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Now that everyone has recovered from the American Cup, where Simone Biles won by a million points, everyone got eaten by the pommel horse, dear sweet Oleg stole our hearts, Mykayla Skinner enjoyed some fancy execution scores, and Sam Mikulak continued being every boy you had a crush on when you were 15 in spite of falling twice, it's time to turn our attention back to NCAA for an interesting little Saturday of meets.
Georgia is at home, and it's time for the Gym Dogs to break out with a big 197. They have the gymnastics, at least on 3.5 of the events. They just need to bring it. Now or never. Well, now or next week. Or the week after. Or the week after that. Whatever. Arkansas is so good at getting that solid 196.3 (perhaps higher at a Georgia meet) that can destroy you if you're not on point through all four events.
It's Senior afternoon for Sam Peszek at Pauley, so if last night's senior-night enthusiasm is any indication, she will get a 40.000. Do the back with a full.
Flashback to "Samantha Pessik"
Both UCLA and Stanford appear to be rounding into form now that it's March, as they often do, but neither team should feel very comfortable with the current RQS standard. They'll need to keep up the not-bad today. No excuse for scoring under 197, right? I don't think there is.
Georgia/Arkansas begins at 6:00 ET/3:00 PT, with UCLA/Stanford an hour later. At the same time, Oregon State is visiting Nebraska in another meet with vital RQS implications.
Georgia, UCLA, and Nebraska are all currently chasing Auburn, who jumped ahead of them into a provisional ranking of #7 with yesterday's score. UCLA and Nebraska both have a chance to jump just ahead of them for the time being with 197.3s today (Georgia would come up just short even with a season high), but Auburn will look to solidify that #7 ranking with a solid score tomorrow to drop yesterday's 196.3 and keep the rest of the challengers at bay.
I also haven't talked about Arizona State only putting up half a gymnast yesterday for a 162. A 162. Dear dear dear. It's just sad now. They were without Allex and Sundby and so had nobody to go. I can't remember the last time a DI program was this much of a shambles. A score in the 160s, you guys. It's not as though the program was in great shape going into this year, Rene was basically left with a skeleton of former glory, but basically the entire roster either left or is looking to cash in some frequent ambulance miles.
Melissa and Kupets are showing us an Arkansas beam disaster-reel.
Kupets is almost sputtering with frustration about Georgia's lack of 197s.You know she can barely keep herself from jumping up on that beam and getting a 10.
Can we please invite Suzanne onto the broadcast? I really want to hear some thoughts.
OH GOD. Brandie Jay has an ankle injury and is out of the meet. Like Georgia needed that.
Rotation 1: Georgia on vault, Arkansas on bars
Vaculik – VT – good distance but not as much control on her full – one step back and then another to salute.
Glover – UB – half turn to jaeger – good height just a little loose in the legs – clean on the bail – final handstand short – nice distance on double back with a stick –
Roberts – VT – Someone is sitting behind Georgia's vault rotation praying. I understand. One of her better vaults in the form and distance department – some piking – but a gigantic seven million mile bounce on the landing.
Elswick – UB – opens with a solid jaeger – very short of vertical on her bail handstand with a leg break – full into a double back – way close to the bar but does stick with a leg separation.
Marino – VT – Still doing the 1.5 and has improved since early in the year – larger lunge forward and still some knee bend.
Freier – UB – Love this one. Always hope she hits to her best – opens with a shaposh – great handstands – a little floppy in the bail but fine – almost sticks the DLO – leans forward with a step to salute, but still a good one.
Davis – VT – There it is, girl! The usual Chelsea Davis stick. Good height, excellent control on the landing. Gets a 9.950. You can argue some landing position and distance, but it was a good one. And it's Georgia at home.
Canizaro – solid shaposh to bail combo to start – also hitting her handstands – hits that Ray with some real toe point action – just holds onto her final handstand with a little arch – step back on DLO.
Broussard – VT – Also trouble controlling her landing – Good position and power but a pretty big bounce back.
Wellick – UB – Good hip shaposh but also WAY short on her bail handstand – misses the hs before her tkatchev – hits her double front this time but a number of short handstands in that one, so not her best showing –
Rogers – VT – Solid on the 1.5 – a small step or two back and some crazy legs on the block – but should still be a good score –
Zaziski – UB – nice opening hs – good finish on the full turn – solid tkatchev – a little floppy on the bail but OK – short final hs – small step on DLO and then another step to salute – good rhythm and general form, though.
After 1: Georgia 49.275, Arkansas 49.075
Not a great first rotation for either team. Georgia was saved by Davis's excellent stick for a big score, and Rogers was also solid enough, though there were certainly areas to take there. The rest did not have enough control on their landings, but I was pleased to see Marino get another look in. They need Jay. Get Brandie in there and this rotation is probably a 49.4, which is much more what we expect from Georgia on vault at home.
Arkansas did what they needed to do, but everyone had small errors. A few people had serious handstand problems, an arched handstand here, a leg break there, and they didn't stick enough dismounts to squeeze a big score out of that one. No major breaks, but a lot of 9.825ish work.
Suri is interviewing Suzanne. She's talking about relationships with the athletes. Ask her about who should be getting 9.9s but isn't.
Um, that RQS graphic was not right.
Rotation 2:
Nelson – VT – yfull – fine distance, chest down on landing and a bounce back.
Vaculik – UB – good halt turn to her huge jaeger – short on handstand – solid bail with a slight leg break – fine final hs – very low chest on her tuck full dismount – barely around with a lunge forward – shame about that dismount.
Canizaro – VT – late twist on her full – also a bit low in the chest and with some piking – pretty big bounce back as well.
Persinger – UB – good first hs – nice half turn to big jaeger – hitting handstands – clean bail – excellent extended hold on handstands – lateish on final full turn – and sticks the double back – best bars routine she has done? – quite nice.
Elswick – VT – yfull – smaller bounce than the first two but still a bounce – a bit of piking and not the biggest vault we'll see in the meet, but should be a good score improvement. 9.900. Well now.
Brown – UB – hits her huge tkatchev as always – strong pak – hitting handstands well – does the tuck full dismount this time – two steps back. Would have been a huge score if not for the dismount.
Zaziski – VT – Good body position on her full – not much distance and another bounce back.
Kupets is becoming much more comfortable giving criticisms.
Davis – UB – Also great on the tkatchev and excellent rhythm out of it – clean on her bail and shoot to high bar – hitting hs – small hop on tuck full dismount, but great on the bars.
Wellick – VT – Best vault of the team so far in the distance and dynamics department – maintains good body position and a smaller hop back.
Rogers – UB – Did PA guy just introduce her as "Mrs. Brittany Rogers?" Oh "This is Brittany Rogers." I see – Ricna – yes yes yes – pretty bail and stalder shoot – precise on hs – sticks DLO. There you go. Best of the rotation. Very pretty and very clean.
Arkansas won't vault a 6th. Finishes 49.275 on vault, which they'll take any day.
Sanders – UB – OH YEAH. Coming in for Jay. short on first hs – high piked jaeger and well done – a little arch on hs afterward and basically sideways on her bail – a couple short handstands and almost sticks – a lean and a step on the double back. Not bad. Won't make the lineup but potential for next year. This is her event.
Danna is telling everyone how much better they need to land.
After 2: Georgia 98.550, Arkansas 98.350
Georgia is on that 197 pace but still has beam and floor to come, so scary. Some solid bars routines from the usual suspects there. Rogers was phenomenal, and Davis and Brown were both strong until the dismount, and Persinger did one of her best. Once again missing Jay. They had two sloppier performances and had to count Vaculik's score, which brought them down.
Arkansas will be happy with that 49.275 on vault, which was the same score Georgia got. Wellick was excellent, but the rest need more control on those landings going forward to really put pressure on other teams once Regionals comes around. Well, Wellick needs more control too since she bounced like the rest, but the vault was strong enough to withstand it.
Rotation 3 – Georgia on HORRORBEAM, Arkansas on floor
Vaculik – BB – good switch and split 1/4 – always her strength on beam – tight but solid on loso series – check on the aerial – full turn – side aerial but off line into layout full – and then a hop to the side as well.
Canizaro – FX – double pike – chest down with a bounce – wolf jump full – also bounce back (nearly OOB) on the double tuck – switch ring is slightly college – 1.5 to layout is fine – but needed more control on those opening passes.
Brown – BB – pretty full turn – clean on her two loso series, definitely her best since she has returned to the lineup – a little short on her split – fine on straddle 1/4 – and then completely off on her side aerial – fall. And just when I returned you to my fantasy gym lineup! Hop on gainer pike. Trouble for Georgia now.
Dillard – FX – starts with a clean rudi – switch ring is better – nice front full to layout – simple routine but one of the more precise ones on the team – random aerial – 1.5 to layout – clean hit.
Babalis – BB – Solid on her loso series – and clean on the aerial – switch to pike jump with a check – a little tight on full turn – solid kickover front to beat jump – sticks front full dismount – one of her more solid beam routines this year.
Zaziski – FX – solid opening double pike – very short on that double tuck middle pass (no height) and lunges forward – fine switch side and a little short on her wolf jump position – crazy leg separation on her front layout and then goes off line on her front full with a hop.
Rogers – BB – switch to straddle – still not quite hitting that switch – pretty in the air on her loso series – perhaps a slight adjustment but basically nothing – nice full turn – hits her bhs 3/4 well this time – bhs 1/1 to layout full – stuck. One of her solidest beam routine of the year. Or solidest. Well done.
Nelson – FX – another with a large bounce on her double pike – solid on the straddles – clean on the 1.5 to layout – that's well done – another slide on her double back – just looked like she got that around.
UCLA/Stanford getting underway soon but still in pre-meet mode.
Broussard – BB – UGH! One-armed bhs and then off on her loso. Kupets is as exasperated as I am. And now they're counting a fall again. BYE 197! The rest of the work is solid so far. Check on side aerial – hops her feet together on the gainer full. Maybe they'll get their first 197 at Regionals?
Elswick – FX – Nice double pike – good chest position and height – switch side to wolf full – 1.5 to front tuck with a large lunge – didn't get much on that pass but got it around – "Front tuck is still an element" says Kupets. Solid landing on double tuck – lowish chest.
UCLA starts with Honest on vault with mushy legs and a big bounce back.
Wing on bars – (as Box goes on beam) – and Wing misses her shaposh. UGH. Pressure on the rest (Rice) now.
Box rescuing Georgia as much as she can with a hit beam – clean and secure acro. The rest of Wing's routine was lovely as always. Box ALMOST sat that dismount. Just held on but squatty.
Irvin – VT – comes in a little short this time with a hop forward.
Wellick – FX – Nice high double pike – good chest position and perhaps just a little bouncy nothing – hitting her leaps well. Another small slide on double tuck but good position.
McNair – UB – nice height on piked jaeger – clean and hit bail – a little close on shoot – great stick on tuck full. Strong routine.
Bynum – VT – Looked to be one of her nicer halfs in the air, but ended up taking a couple small steps forward on landing.
Rice – UB – good first hs – nice height on shoot to high bar – a little close? – strong jaeger – pretty pak as well – nice half turn on low bar – full turn was OK – hop forward on double tuck – fine.
Lee – VT – OK, UCLA needs some real vaults now. Because those first three were not landed well enough. Lovely. Good form and direction – smallest twitch of the legs on landing, opens out of it – yes.
Shapiro – UB – Good toe shoot – handstands are excellent obviously – hugely high jaeger – pretty on the pak – and sticks the DLO. Massive routine. Very well done.
Peszek – VT – Almost a stick? Looks like she hopped her legs together a little landing that but otherwise magnificent.
Vaculik – UB – nice first hs – Vaculik gienger is Vaculik gienger – some moments of small leg issues but lovely work – one iffy giant in there – flops out her legs in the second salto of her DLO and pikes a bit but sticks it –
Williams – VT – Nice vault – Lot quite as laid out the whole way as Lee or Peszek – but she has power and maintains the direction – also just the smallest movement on the landing like Peszek.
Hong – UB -clean bail and shoot back to high bar – hitting hs – low landing on her DLO and a hop forward.
Scores went big there for UCLA for those last few routines, but they last three did well to control their landings giving away almost nothing. 49.475. Stanford was very pretty on bars, overcame the fall for a 49.200. Seems like a couple of those scores could have been higher. Shapiro was just lovely, but a few did give away too much on dismounts.
Freier hitting a pretty beam for Arkansas right now in the final rotation. Georgia must recover from that beam on an even that has been a real problem and now is without Jay. Hop back on gainer full for Freier.
Persinger – FX – tuck to double back – did she land right on the microphone? – solid landing – the switch ring looked good – the switch full less so, but her dance elements are usually a strength – nice solid landing on double pike as well – not giving away anything on those landings today so far – rudi with just a small bounce but a strong opening.
Wellick – BB – nice switch to straddle 1/4 – hits aerial to straddle jump – secure on loso series and full turn – some areas of mushy knees but not too bad – holds onto her side somi well with just a swing of the arms – sticks 2/1 dismount. Good work.
Reynolds – FX – Slides back on double pike – it has been the day of the sliding pass – good switch side to popa – rudi to loso is solid – clean 1.5 to layout.
Hanset – VT – handpring pike half – chest down because it's a handspring pike – step back.
Francis – UB – nice first hs – solid form on shaposh and clean into bail – nice shoot to high bar – good full turn and sticks the double pike once again. Every time now! If this were Florida, she would be anchoring for 9.950.
McNair – VT – Good form on the full – just a hop back –
Zaziski hitting a solid beam so far for Arkansas –
Meraz – UB – toe on – floppy legs in bail – hits her shoot well – short on hs and a little flat on the tkatchev – DLO with leg break and piking – bends and bends and bends to hold onto the stick
Rice – VT – Lands a little more piked over on her full this time – a step back and then another slide to salute. Not the distance of the later UCLA vaults.
DeJesus – UB – good full turn – usual legs on the gienger – clean on the bail and shoot back to high bar – one iffy handstand in there – trying for better chest position on that dismount, which she gets, but takes a big hop back –
N McNair – VT – Good height on her vault, not much distance but just the smallest shuffle back – nice work.
Brown came back into the floor lineup for Georgia and hit.
Mossett – UB – high jaeger and nice catch – pretty pak and not as close as it has been this year many time – hitting her hs – tuck full dismount with a step – one of her most composed routines this year. No major errors this time.
Price – VT – Magical on the full. Hugely huge. Looked like a stick to me but she may have twitched a bit there? No, I'm calling that a stick. Great vault. Let's see what the score is. 9.950.
Peszek – UB -excellent full – great gienger as wlays – hitting hs – clean bail – not that high on the shoot to high bar but fine – smallest bounce on the DLO. Nice routine but they're going to be itching to give her 10s and she's not getting them yet.
Vaculik – VT -She's getting there – a little knee bend on the full and comes in a bit short with a step, but closer to her usual level.
Lee – Great Bahrdwaj – hits her shaposh 1/2 as well – nice hs – way short on the DLO with a lunge forward. Would have been a great score until that.
Missed Marino on floor for Georgia, but she got a 9.950. Big wobble for Ellswoarth on beam now.
Babalis – FX – bounces a bit on her double tuck – buit nice in the air – half to front full isn't big but fairly secure – very solid double pike. Good work.
Craddock hits an exhibition beam.
Dillard – BB – Really need this routine because Ellsworth lost some SV – clean aerial to bhs loso series – stag – just some small twitches of correction but nothing major – side aerial to side position is hit – switch to wolf is OK – solid side aerial to split – sticks the 1/5 Needed that routine.
Teams are tied at 196.650 going into the final routine from Box for Georgia, which should give them what she needs if she hits her usual.
Box – Great high double pike as always and pretty good control – 1.5 to layout is also big – dance-runs a little bit out of it – switch side is good, popa is fine – solid and secure double back. Good routine. 9.950
Final: Georgia 196.775 to Arkansas 196.650
Georgia just squeaks through with a victory in spite of counting a fall on beam. But still, it's another of those high 196s and not the 197 they were looking for. What are we going to do about this. They NEED Brandie. But that wasn't the problem on beam. Arkansas will certainly take that road score for a relatively well-hit meet.
UCLA leads Stanford 98.850 to 98.350 after two, though the quality of performances haven't been that different, especially on bars where Stanford was quite good. UCLA was the stronger team on vault, which three great vaults to Stanford's one.
Rotation 3 – UCLA on beam, Stanford on floor
Meraz – BB – solid front – secure on loso series as well – she is a good find for this lineup – it's not the cleanest or most extended, but it's solid – has to pause a bit in her dance combination so that will be interesting – sticks 1.5 dismount. No wobbles in there.
Frowein – FX – Back in the lineup this week – solid double pike – a little low chest but high and secure on landing – front full to front pike is right to the edge but she keeps it in – Note: I don't need an aerial view. L turn – struggles with leaps – switch ring was not – solid landing on the 1.5 to pike – holds onto it after it looked like she would be short.
Williams – BB -solid on bhs loso series – hits straddle 3/4 as well – calm and precise so far – full turn – kickover front to wolf is nice – keep her in this lineup? – Dom is so happy about it – gainer full with a step. Very unusual to see a UCLA gymnast with a gainer full unless that's the only option.
Rice – FX – Taylor is barely taller than that low table. Good double pike – better making it rain – half to front full is solid – also right to the edge but it – legs a bit ragged but nbd – switch ring is iffy switch side is fine – hits double tuck – goes a little off to the side, but a worthy hit.
DeJesus – BB – small check/hesitation on her aerial to bhs – switch to split – fine kickover to best jump – solid on full turn – the moonwalk is getting better, but it's still a moonwalk. Sticks front full dismount. Solid work, but she needs to work on moving faster in between the skills on her combinations.
Hanset – FX – 2.5 to front tuck is strong – made sure to keep her back leg planted on the tuck – WOW – can't believe she kept that middle combination to her feet – got one inch of air to do that tuck but pulled it around and may have kept it in bounds as well – doesn't on the double pike, though – stumbles back and goes OOB. They'll need to drop that.
Francis – BB – good side aerial – clean on aerial to bhs as well – good switch to split – always hits those 180s perfectly – y spin – no errors yet – into dismount – sticks it but did have some pause in between the elements this time. I think it should be fine. 9.950. So yes, fine.
Spector – FX – She has the cash register sound effects? Not Taylor? High double pike with a slide – switch side to a slightly crooked popa – front layout to front full – secure on double back – not big work but solid enough work.
Lee – BB – Peszek going last this time as is appropriate. Let's hope Peng hits so Sam has the freedom of composition. Wonderful flares as always – lovely switch and split jump – excellent and stuck on the 2ft layout this time as well – right on with the punch front as well. This is one of her solidest routines so far – strong on double turn. She really packs in the risk, and I appreciate that so much. One step on 2/1 dismount. Well done. This is already a great rotation score. They're starting to find their beam greatness. Another 9.950. Would have been a 10 with a stick.
Vaculik – FX – Nice high, easy, and clean double tuck to start – solid 1.5 to layout to stag as well – short in her split 1/2 – so glad she's back on this event, though. They need her in the AA almost as much as they need Price in as many events as possible. Low chest on double pike with a bounce.
Peszek – BB – good aerial to back tuck – switch + switch leap and splits the beam and comes off. Shame. Also I HATE that dance element combo for her. It's not 180, and makes her look so much worse than she is – and clearly a problem since she has fallen on it twice, and it's dance elements. Goes again and does a straddle as the second element and it's a million times better already. Combo into the full dismount and stuck. They didn't need the score, so it's fine, but still should not be happening.
Daum – FX – No Price today. So what's the point of anything? A little low on her double pike – 1.5 to layout. Squatty on the final double tuck and steps OOB. Too much trouble on that floor rotation for Stanford, still. It looked very January.
Mossett doing exhibition on beam – nice on her leaps – hits her loso series as well and solid on the side somi this time. She's an option but probably not among the most reliable 6 for this team – steps on gainer pike dismount. Craddock next because senior day. Has an acro series now – it's aerial to bhs again, and it's fine but slow – switch to split – Randy thinks it's just OK – side aerial to full and hits.
After 3: UCLA 148.325, Stanford 147.425
Great beam from UCLA until Peszek. The first three did the solid work they need to (though I would like to see a little more rhythm in combinations), and then Peng and Francis were brilliant as always. They need to get Peszek's composition worked out yesterday. UCLA on track for a good mid-197 with a hit floor. Stanford can still pull a solid mid-high 196 out of this if they hit beam the way they should.
In other news, Nebraska is nailing it so far on good 197 pace (9.975 for Deziel on vault), while Oregon State is overcoming a poor vault score to get back on mid 196 pace with beam still to come.
Rotation 4:
Wing – BB – Nice bhs full – clean aerial to bhs loso – very pretty full turn – switch to a correct sissone and then a stuck gainer full – lovely work. I've always been a fan of this one.
Gerber – FX -Fine double tuck – a little slide – 1.5 to what was supposed to be a front layout – had to pike it to get it around – her dance combination has some 3/4 elements that are a little cheated around but the positions look fine enough – low chest on double pike to finish. Pinches still out?
N McNair – BB – steps back on loso series and bends at the waist but stays on – side somi and side aerial are nice though – good switch to straddle 1/4 – the rest was nice – shame about the early mistake.
Mossett – FX – Opens double back steps and near OOB – layouts to front handspring middle pass – I like her headstand choreography in the middle and the leaps are well done – looked a little short on double pike?
Rice – BB – straddle jump to sheep – more making it rain – important element in the routine – secure on the front as well as the loso series – she has turned into more of a beamer from being a nervous one earlier in her career – gainer full.
Francis – FX – whip to double tuck is fine – a little low but held onto the landing – has the usual slightly awkward stepover on the 2.5 landing, but it is under control and solidly landed – same on the double pike. Very nice routine, controlled and secure, but she does land with a very low chest on some of those passes.
Hanset – BB – solid loso series – switch to straddle 1/4 – aerial to wolf is fine as well – they have to get rid of a 9.700, but everyone since has been solid – including Hanset, just the larger step forward on the dismount.
Cipra – FX – Starting just the double back this time – nice enough – could have been a little higher on landing but not a major issue – 1.5 to layout is well done – switch ring is good – I wasn't that into this routine when she first performed it (preferred last year's), but it has grown on me a lot. Holds double pike. Have I mentioned that I really hate this overhead view? How are we supposed to see anything? Squats a little in the final pass but holds the landing.
Vaculik – BB – Just slightly off line on her rulfova but pulls it back centrally well – check at the hips on her loso series – nice switch and wolf jump – comfortable full turn – 2/1 dismount with steps. OK.
Bynum – FX – Really nice on the DLO this time – one of her better ones – secure on the front tuck through to double back as well – split full to wolf jump full – Another double back as last pass – minus a million for repeated elements, but some of her most controlled tumbling landings. 9.975. OK now.
Hong – BB – Lovely on the mount as always – and on the onodi to bhs – we've seen so few onodis this year – even fewer than usual – high and excellent on the loso series – split to sheep – sticks gainer pike – magnificent routine. They needed that one.
Peszek – FX – How much do they want to give her a 10? I feel like I haven't seen this routine at all. Because I haven't. Nice DLO – does a Peszek bounce on it but a controlled one and keeps her plant leg down – 1.5 to layout – has to pull around the layout a little with a leg break – nice switch to a rushed split full – bounces on the double pike. She can be better, but it's important to have this routine back. The lineup needs it. GROUP HUG FOR SENIORS. Peszek gets a 9.950 anyway. UCLA just missed joining the 198 club.
Elsewhere, Nebraska and Oregon State both hit well in their final rotations for a final score of Nebraska 197.225, Oregon State 196.700. A score both needed.
Ellette Craddock is doing a floor routine. I didn't know she even did floor. She doesn't really, but SENIOR NIGHT.
Final: UCLA 197.950, Stanford 196.625.
Big result for UCLA that will likely be their dropped high score, but once again they're starting to put it together. That beam is beginning to fire, and getting Peszek back on floor was huge. Obviously some senior night scores in there, but probably UCLA's most complete meet of the year. It's also Stanford's highest road score of the year, and they will certainly take that one, though they didn't look quite their best. Floor is flat right now, the vault landings weren't as strong as last week, and there were too many wobbles on beam. We know this Stanford team can be top 5 on both bars and beam when confident. No question. But they need full, healthy vault and floor lineups to make that mean something.


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- Available in: Naïve-Bayes
- Hyperparameter: yes
This option specifies the threshold value for probability. If this threshold is not met, then the
min_prob value is used. This option can be used, for example, if one response category has very few observations compared to the total. In this case, the conditional probability may be very low. The
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eps_prob values serve as a cutoff by setting a floor on the calculated probability.
This option is not set by default. When specified, this value must be greater than 0.
# import the cars dataset
cars <- h2o.importFile("https://s3.amazonaws.com/h2o-public-test-data/smalldata/junit/cars_20mpg.csv")
# Specify model-building exercise (1:binomial, 2:multinomial)
problem <- sample(1:2,1)
# Specify response column based on predictor value and problem type
predictors <- c("displacement","power","weight","acceleration","year")
if ( problem == 1 ) { response_col <- "economy_20mpg"} else { response_col <- "cylinders" }
# Convert the response column to a factor
cars[,response_col] <- as.factor(cars[,response_col])
# Specify model parameters
laplace <- c(1)
min_prob <- c(0.1)
eps_prob <- c(0.5)
# Build the model
cars_naivebayes <- h2o.naiveBayes(x=predictors, y=response_col, training_frame=cars,
eps_prob=eps_prob, min_prob=min_prob, laplace=laplace)
# Predict on training data
cars_naivebayes.pred <- predict(cars_naivebayes, cars)
# Specify grid search parameters
grid_space <- list()
grid_space$laplace <- c(1,2)
grid_space$min_prob <- c(0.1,0.2)
grid_space$eps_prob <- c(0.5,0.6)
# Construct the grid of naive bayes models
cars_naivebayes_grid <- h2o.grid(x=predictors, y=response_col, training_frame=cars,
algorithm="naivebayes", grid_id="naiveBayes_grid_cars_test",
import h2o
import random
from h2o.estimators.naive_bayes import H2ONaiveBayesEstimator
# import the cars dataset:
cars = h2o.import_file("https://s3.amazonaws.com/h2o-public-test-data/smalldata/junit/cars_20mpg.csv")
# Specify model-building exercise (1:binomial, 2:multinomial)
problem = random.sample(["binomial","multinomial"],1)
# Specify response column based on predictor value and problem type
predictors = ["displacement","power","weight","acceleration","year"]
if problem == "binomial":
response_col = "economy_20mpg"
response_col = "cylinders"
# Convert the response column to a factor
cars[response_col] = cars[response_col].asfactor()
# Train the model
cars_nb = H2ONaiveBayesEstimator(min_prob=0.1, eps_prob=0.5, seed=1234)
cars_nb.train(x=predictors, y=response_col, training_frame=cars)
# Predict on training data
cars_pred = cars_nb.predict(cars)
# Specify grid search parameters
from h2o.grid.grid_search import H2OGridSearch
hyper_params = {'laplace':[1,2], 'min_prob':[0.1,0.2], 'eps_prob':[0.5,0.6]}
# Construct the grid of naive bayes models
cars_nb2 = H2ONaiveBayesEstimator(seed = 1234)
cars_grid = H2OGridSearch(model=cars_nb2, hyper_params=hyper_params)
# Train using the grid
cars_grid.train(x=predictors, y=response_col, training_frame=cars)


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Holidays have you feeling stressed? South Lake Union has plenty of places that offer the perfect service to get you feeling right again. Here are five of our favorites:
The swank new office of Drs. James Collyer and Heather Rogers offers medical, surgical, and aesthetic dermatology.
2. Banya 5
In addition to traditional spa services like massage, facials, and scrubs, Banya 5 offers a saltwater tepid pool, cold plunge pool, hot pool, Turkish steam room, and more.
3. Capelli's
Gentlemen, getting a great haircut isn't the only reason you should visit the barber. Treat yourself to a luxurious straight razor shave or one of Capelli's many other services.
4. Life Float
Looking for an alternative way to relax? Float away your stress in a pool of Epsom salt-concentrated water, which creates a buoyant surface relieving you of your body weight. Float sessions are an hour long and are meant to help you relax and recover from injury.
New, talented staff members provide similarly luxurious services to the full-service Gary Manuel Salon, from haircuts to color, hair and scalp therapy, and more.
This story appears in the 2015-2016 Winter/Spring issue of Discover South Lake Union magazine.


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Back in October, we reported that the humble visage of Arlington white-collar hamlet Rosslyn was preparing for a government-sanctioned yarn bomb. The Arlington County-assisted initiative was hatched in part to help promote the neighborhood's beleaguered arts center, Artisphere—-with the fringe benefit of transforming lower Wilson Boulevard into something other than a glorified Chipotle feeding station.
Well, the Guerrilla Stitch Brigade's yarn-bombing project reportedly commenced yesterday, and now Rosslyn's chain-link fences, trees, and parking-lot bollards look 75 percent less corporate. ARLnow.com brings the news and the slideshow.


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VANCOUVER—CUPE BC's Executive Board today elected Paul Faoro as President and Trevor Davies as Secretary-Treasurer. In addition, the Board elected Frank Lee as General Vice President. The elections were a result of former CUPE BC President Mark Hancock's resignation after his election last month as National President of CUPE.
"I want to thank all the members of our Executive Board for placing their confidence in me to take on this challenge," said Faoro. "I pledge to all 85,000 members of our union that I will not let you down.
"I also want to thank my good friend and brother, CUPE National President Mark Hancock, both for running our elections today, and for the leadership he has provided our union in B.C. for the past three years as our president."
"I'm looking forward to working with Paul and all the members of the board to continue moving our union forward," said Davies. "I also want to thank my colleagues on the Executive Board for their support."
All positions elected today are interim until CUPE BC's next Convention, when they will be up for re-election. CUPE BC's 53rd annual Convention will be held in Victoria, April 27-30, 2016.
CUPE BC is British Columbia's largest union, representing more than 85,000 workers across the province.
View CUPE BC Officer bios and a list of the Executive Board membership here.


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Tourism, the act and process of spending time away from home in pursuit of recreation, relaxation, and pleasure, while making use of the commercial provision of services. As such, tourism is a product of modern social arrangements, beginning in western Europe in the 17th century, although it has antecedents in Classical antiquity. It is distinguished from exploration in that tourists follow a "beaten path," benefit from established systems of provision, and, as befits pleasure-seekers, are generally insulated from difficulty, danger, and embarrassment. Tourism, however, overlaps with other activities, interests, and processes, including, for example, pilgrimage. This gives rise to shared categories, such as "business tourism," "sports tourism," and "medical tourism" (international travel undertaken for the purpose of receiving medical care).
The origins of tourism
By the early 21st century, international tourism had become one of the world's most important economic activities, and its impact was becoming increasingly apparent from the Arctic to Antarctica. The history of tourism is therefore of great interest and importance. That history begins long before the coinage of the word tourist at the end of the 18th century. In the Western tradition, organized travel with supporting infrastructure, sightseeing, and an emphasis on essential destinations and experiences can be found in ancient Greece and Rome, which can lay claim to the origins of both "heritage tourism" (aimed at the celebration and appreciation of historic sites of recognized cultural importance) and beach resorts. The Seven Wonders of the World became tourist sites for Greeks and Romans.
Pilgrimage offers similar antecedents, bringing Eastern civilizations into play. Its religious goals coexist with defined routes, commercial hospitality, and an admixture of curiosity, adventure, and enjoyment among the motives of the participants. Pilgrimage to the earliest Buddhist sites began more than 2,000 years ago, although it is hard to define a transition from the makeshift privations of small groups of monks to recognizably tourist practices. Pilgrimage to Mecca is of similar antiquity. The tourist status of the hajj is problematic given the number of casualties that—even in the 21st century—continued to be suffered on the journey through the desert. The thermal spa as a tourist destination—regardless of the pilgrimage associations with the site as a holy well or sacred spring—is not necessarily a European invention, despite deriving its English-language label from Spa, an early resort in what is now Belgium. The oldest Japanese onsen (hot springs) were catering to bathers from at least the 6th century. Tourism has been a global phenomenon from its origins.
Modern tourism is an increasingly intensive, commercially organized, business-oriented set of activities whose roots can be found in the industrial and postindustrial West. The aristocratic grand tour of cultural sites in France, Germany, and especially Italy—including those associated with Classical Roman tourism—had its roots in the 16th century. It grew rapidly, however, expanding its geographical range to embrace Alpine scenery during the second half of the 18th century, in the intervals between European wars. (If truth is historically the first casualty of war, tourism is the second, although it may subsequently incorporate pilgrimages to graves and battlefield sites and even, by the late 20th century, to concentration camps.) As part of the grand tour's expansion, its exclusivity was undermined as the expanding commercial, professional, and industrial middle ranks joined the landowning and political classes in aspiring to gain access to this rite of passage for their sons. By the early 19th century, European journeys for health, leisure, and culture became common practice among the middle classes, and paths to the acquisition of cultural capital (that array of knowledge, experience, and polish that was necessary to mix in polite society) were smoothed by guidebooks, primers, the development of art and souvenir markets, and carefully calibrated transport and accommodation systems.
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Technology and the democratization of international tourism
Transport innovation was an essential enabler of tourism's spread and democratization and its ultimate globalization. Beginning in the mid-19th century, the steamship and the railway brought greater comfort and speed and cheaper travel, in part because fewer overnight and intermediate stops were needed. Above all else, these innovations allowed for reliable time-tabling, essential for those who were tied to the discipline of the calendar if not the clock. The gaps in accessibility to these transport systems were steadily closing in the later 19th century, while the empire of steam was becoming global. Railways promoted domestic as well as international tourism, including short visits to the coast, city, and countryside which might last less than a day but fell clearly into the "tourism" category. Rail travel also made grand tour destinations more widely accessible, reinforcing existing tourism flows while contributing to tensions and clashes between classes and cultures among the tourists. By the late 19th century, steam navigation and railways were opening tourist destinations from Lapland to New Zealand, and the latter opened the first dedicated national tourist office in 1901.
After World War II, governments became interested in tourism as an invisible import and as a tool of diplomacy, but prior to this time international travel agencies took the lead in easing the complexities of tourist journeys. The most famous of these agencies was Britain's Thomas Cook and Son organization, whose operations spread from Europe and the Middle East across the globe in the late 19th century. The role played by other firms (including the British tour organizers Frame's and Henry Gaze and Sons) has been less visible to 21st-century observers, not least because these agencies did not preserve their records, but they were equally important. Shipping lines also promoted international tourism from the late 19th century onward. From the Norwegian fjords to the Caribbean, the pleasure cruise was already becoming a distinctive tourist experience before World War I, and transatlantic companies competed for middle-class tourism during the 1920s and '30s. Between the World Wars, affluent Americans journeyed by air and sea to a variety of destinations in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Tourism became even bigger business internationally in the latter half of the 20th century as air travel was progressively deregulated and decoupled from "flag carriers" (national airlines). The airborne package tour to sunny coastal destinations became the basis of an enormous annual migration from northern Europe to the Mediterranean before extending to a growing variety of long-haul destinations, including Asian markets in the Pacific, and eventually bringing postcommunist Russians and eastern Europeans to the Mediterranean. Similar traffic flows expanded from the United States to Mexico and the Caribbean. In each case these developments built on older rail-, road-, and sea-travel patterns. The earliest package tours to the Mediterranean were by motor coach (bus) during the 1930s and postwar years. It was not until the late 1970s that Mediterranean sun and sea vacations became popular among working-class families in northern Europe; the label "mass tourism," which is often applied to this phenomenon, is misleading. Such holidays were experienced in a variety of ways because tourists had choices, and the destination resorts varied widely in history, culture, architecture, and visitor mix. From the 1990s the growth of flexible international travel through the rise of budget airlines, notably easyJet and Ryanair in Europe, opened a new mix of destinations. Some of these were former Soviet-bloc locales such as Prague and Riga, which appealed to weekend and short-break European tourists who constructed their own itineraries in negotiation with local service providers, mediated through the airlines' special deals. In international tourism, globalization has not been a one-way process; it has entailed negotiation between hosts and guests.


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St. Athan
Venue : The Gathering Place, St. Athan Church & Community Centre, Flemingston Road, St. Athan, CF62 4JH.
Instructor : Simon Dodd
Grade : 4th Dan
Contact Number : 01446 751077 / 07917441138
Times :
Wednesday 6.00pm - 7.30pm
Fridays 6.00 - 7.30pm
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After trying various martial arts; including Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Kick Boxing, Judo and Ju Jutsu; Simon realised that Karate was the one for him.
Simon began Karate in 1997 at the age of 8 in Llantwit Major, just two weeks after the club opened. Simon has been fortunate to train with many famous instructors, including Aidan Trimble, Steve Wellington, Dave Hazard, and Wayne Otto to name a few.
Simon's first instructor was Richard Jenkins who taught Simon the basics and provided motivation to continue his training. After Sensei Jenkins left to focus on family life, the club had a few uncertain years with changing instructors.
In testament to Simon's personal effort, Simon never missed a grading since beginning and after just five years, became the first member of Llantwit Major to become a Shodan in 2002 at age 13, and Nidan in 2005 at age 16. In November 2011, Simon achieved his Sandan (3rd Dan) and completed a lifelong goal, with no view to slowing things down now!
In October 2007, Simon took over as Sensei of Llantwit Major. He is currently working hard to develop his students both mentally and physically and also attempting to generate an interest in karate in the surrounding areas with an aim to bringing in some young blood to give others the time and effort he himself was given. Additionally, Simon is heavily involved with the Vale of Glamorgan Sports Development team, particularly doing work with disability sports, with an aim of bringing in a new generation of karate-ka.
Simon completed a BSc and MSc in Sport Coaching and Development to further improve his knowledge and ability, attaining a 1st Class (Honours) and Distinction respectively, leading to academic publications on martial arts topics; particularly focusing on kata and pedagogy.Simon now acts a guest lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University, delivering on a number of modules, and continues to pursue academic martial arts research projects.
Being a staunch believer that there is no stronger martial art, only a stronger martial art for an individual, Simon encourages all his students to work hard and study their chosen art diligently.
Simon hopes to create a legacy of talented Karate-Ka to continue the works of the W.K.U, in the way he himself is a legacy of Sensei Watson and Kinsella.


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and these similar dresses from Obus. What a rad summer uniform they would make.
pillow from Gorman's Home Time range.
Ask Alice Annual Charity Calendar is available for pre-order, and it's a beauty.
Comfort Food. That's him and Caitlin Moran ogling his toasted cheese sandwich, above, which was an amazing episode. The series, and cookbook is all about taking retro, run of the mill dishes and making them spectacularly, over the top. That cheese sandwich was so impressive.


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The 13th Canadian Neutron Scattering Summer School will be held at Chalk River Laboratories on May 15-19, 2017. The school is aimed at graduate students and post-docs with backgrounds in physics, chemistry, or materials science who may have no prior knowledge of how to use neutron beams to study materials. Undergraduate students, professors and other researchers are welcome as well. The curriculum covers a wide range of scientific areas, such as magnetism, industrial alloys, and thin films.
For more information, visit: http://cins.ca/ss2017/


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White House to crack down on methane pollution
In his big climate plan released last June, President Obama promised new rules to reduce methane leakage during the production and transport of natural gas. Since then, we've learned that the problem of methane leaks is much larger than the government had estimated.
Now the administration is poised to finally announce those regulations and help prevent the country's natural gas industry from turning the world into a Dutch oven.
When burned, natural gas produces half as much carbon dioxide as coal. But methane, the main component of natural gas, is a much more potent greenhouse gas when released directly into the atmosphere, 86 times stronger than CO2 over a 20-year time frame.
Obama adviser John Podesta told reporters this week that the White House is "in the throes of finalizing" a government-wide strategy aimed at reducing accidental leaks of methane. The Washington Post reports that the new rules could be announced as soon as this month. They don't require the approval of Congress.
Colorado, home to a booming natural-gas fracking industry, recently became the first state to clamp down on methane emissions. The state's efforts were mostly supported by the natural gas industry, which stands to benefit financially by cutting back on the amount of product that wafts into the atmosphere instead of being sold to customers. Even frackers in Texas are starting to see that it might be smart to patch up those methane leaks.
WH to unveil new methane strategy this month, The Washington Post
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31 Oct: New employees with Directors of Sleepwell International as well as Management staff of S.S.A.B. New employees with Directors of Sleepwell International as well as Management staff of S.S.A.B. "United we stand, divided we fall." This is a guiding principle for 20 new employees of the company who will be working on renovating the whole 7,000 square meters of what used to be the Yazaki premises.
The company is now starting on building offices, wood works as well as technicians and air compressors.
One of the Directors, Tuatagaloa Aumua Leung Wai, said these are the first steps of the factory which promises jobs for many Samoans. They plan to officially open the factory some time in December.
Sleepwell International is a partnership between Sleepwell New Zealand owned by the Lutu Brothers and Samoa Stationery and Books owned by Tuatagaloa and Fiti Leung Wai.
The beginning of the renovation started with a prayer and word of encouragement by Rev. Segi Bee and Kuini Leung Wai of Worship Center and Nino Lafaele of the Assembly of God Lotopa.
Salā George Lutu encouraged the new employees that honesty is the best policy.
"This is a new beginning and we must have one heart and soul to make this work," he said.
"You have been chosen because you have the ability and the skills to do the work and at the same time we want you to be honest.
"Being honest comes great blessings and I am looking forward to have this new beginning and to work side by side with you our Samoan community in running this factory."
Fiti Leung Wai said that yesterday the 30th of October, 2017 will always be remembered as the date that history had been made.
"This is a special day for us as this is the first factory in Samoa," she said. "Sometime this year we went on a trip to Fiji and we found out that there were five bed factories in Fiji but as for Samoa we have none.
"So Sleepwell International Ltd will be the first bed factory to be set up in Samoa and we want to acknowledge the Lutu Brothers for choosing S.S.A.B. to be their partners.
"The reason why we called this company Sleepwell International because for the long run we will be selling to international markets and who knows maybe we will take up the challenge with China.
"Many of the businesses within Samoa are competing on the current pull of money that is circulating within but Sleepwell International we are trying to inject new revenue from outside of Samoa.
"All the wisdom and knowledge in making good quality beds is with the Lutu Brothers and so if the beds we make are in good quality we will have more overseas market's demand for our beds.
"This is why it is very important for you all to do the work with honesty so that we will be able to sell it internationally.
"So as the start of a new milestone we have to work together for the betterment of our people as well as our company."
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As you lay your head down on your pillow and close your eyes each night, what thoughts come to mind? You may think about something funny that happened today, your plans for tomorrow or your hopes and dreams for the future. But, for many Canadians, the burden of debt consumes their thoughts and prevents them from getting a good nights rest.
One of those people was Marjorie, a mother of four from Alberta. She had spent nearly two decades working on her family farm when her husband passed away unexpectedly. Before long, she was struggling to pay bills.
Unfortunately, Marjorie says, there was no life insurance to help her in the aftermath of her husband's death – "It was my own stupidity not to have it. We don't plan on dying, so we didn't get it."
The bills kept piling up and Marjorie was getting by with the help of credit cards that she couldn't pay off. Before she reached out to Consolidated Credit Counseling Services of Canada for help, she was over $60,000 in debt.
"Many people think that debt is caused by overspending. They have a vision of an irresponsible person who blew all their savings on a new car. But often, its just people who are struggling to pay for the necessities of life." says credit counselor Samycha Millerfrancis.
After starting a debt management program, Marjorie started to pay off her debts bit by bit. It took her four years, but in the spring of 2013 she had eliminated the debt that had kept her up at night. She says that her experience has changed her outlook and made her more responsible when it comes to her finances.
If you are struggling with debt, there are a few things that you should start doing before the problem gets even bigger
Calculate Your Debt
It's amazing how many people don't know just how far in debt they are. They are often afraid to know the truth and avoid it at all costs. Well, that way of thinking will actually cost you a lot more in the end.
So, gather up all your bills and credit card statements and write them down. Figure out how much you owe and how much you are paying towards your debts. Only then can you start to fix the problem.
Cut Back
The first step to getting rid of your debts is to spend less.
Every dollar you save is a dollar that can go towards paying off the money you owe.
Get a roommate. Shop at the discount grocery stores. Watch a movie at home instead of going out. There are an endless number of ways to save money but they all require one thing: a will to save.
Get Help
Suffering in silence will only cause you more pain. If you are struggling with debt, reach out for help. Talking to a friend, family member or credit counselor can help you figure out what your options are.
Debt doesn't go away on its own, but there are ways you can rid it from your life. Debt management programs are just one way that you can start paying off your debts but they require you to take the first step of acknowledging your situation and wanting to fix it.
Marjorie is in a much better financial situation today than she was five years ago. Her debt problems are behind her and she is confident she'll avoid the same mistakes in the future. She has learned to make a budget and to separate her wants from her needs.
And, when all else fails, she says she just follows one simple piece of advice to stay on track:
"If you don't have money to buy something, then don't buy it."


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J.J. Abrams Suggests 'Star Wars' Could Prevent Him Making 'Star Trek 3'
Since being hired to direct Star Wars: Episode VII, J.J. Abrams has had a secondary role in addition to keeping the Star Trek series on track: being a cheerleader for two very different series owned by different companies. As the new captain of Trek, Abrams is just about to launch his second Enterprise mission, and then will have to quickly shift over into Star Wars mode to get Episode VII rolling early next year.
Part of his role as shepherd of both series has been to remain optimistic about the chances of working on both going forward, even though such a thing seems unlikely. Simon Pegg once blurted out that Abrams would definitely direct Star Trek 3, but later had to admit he couldn't speak for Abrams. And Abrams has said that directing both Episode VII and Star Trek 3 was a possibility.
There are a couple years of work ahead on Star Wars, and also the very real possibility that Paramount will want a Trek sequel as soon as possible. And so Star Trek may need a new director after all.
The New York Times has a piece on Abrams' attempt to straddle two massive franchises, and while there is no direct quote from the producer/director about his future with Star Trek as he works on Star Wars, the article does say,
He was noncommittal about directing a third "Star Trek," except to say that Bad Robot would produce it. He said it was unlikely that Paramount would wait another four years for such a film, in which case his "Star Wars" schedule would likely conflict with it.
None of which comes as any sort of surprise; the notion that Abrams would be able to direct the next installments of both series seemed wildly ambitious at best. We'll see how Star Trek Into Darkness pans out for Paramount; the studio may end up wanting to go with a new creative team to keep the series fresh.


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I haven't been around blog land much lately. I think maybe my one faithful reader might have noticed. In case there were two who wondered where I went, I thought I'd fill you all in.
I've been absent because we're expecting a new little blessing in January. As par for the course for me, I've been down and out. I'm 12 weeks now and I still have another good 12 weeks of severe morning sickness to make it through before I'm feeling just pregnant as opposed to how I feel right now, which is just sick. In a few months I'll feel sick and pregnant. So you can see why feeling just pregnant will be a welcome change. LOL
I'm not a good pregnant lady and instead of coming here to complain about how tired I am of being so sick, I just thought I'd stay away. You can thank me later.
I'll still be sporadic in my blogging and it's not because I'll just complain. ;-) No, it's really because I don't feel well enough to just sit and type. In a few months I hope to be back to my regular, spotty blogging.
Until then, enjoy your summers and God bless you all. :)
Sunday, June 29, 2008
My blogging break
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Monsoon Storms
We're in our monsoon season which means, hot temperatures, more humidity, dust storms and high winds. Unfortunately, it doesn't mean a whole lot of rain.We had a storm pass through tonight at dinner. The kids watched as this branch fell from our Eucalyptus tree.
When I was learning about the trees in our backyard I discovered that in Australia there are forests of Eucalyptus trees and they have nicknamed them Widow Makers or Widow Maker Forest or something like that. It's been a few years now. The trees are known to drop their limbs with no provocation hitting many unsuspecting hikers walking underneath. I also learned the intense smell of Eucalyptus is caused from the oils inside the tree. These trees are known to spontaneously combust in high temperatures. As the temperatures outside heat up, the oil inside the tree also heats up and can get to a point where it just explodes. Another reason they are known as Widow Makers.
Pretty cool tree we have in our backyard, don't you think? LOL No wonder they've fallen from favor in landscaping yards here.
Pretty cool tree we have in our backyard, don't you think? LOL No wonder they've fallen from favor in landscaping yards here.
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People are being urged to help search for an adorable dog that went missing three days ago.
Freddie the Chihuahua-cross ran off in Plympton at about 2pm on Monday.
There have been several sightings of the pooch. Anyone who sees Freddie is being urged to not chase after him or call his name.
A search is due to take place from 6pm this evening and 2am tomorrow in the hope of tracking him down.
Organisers, who have shared appeals on Facebook, are urging anyone who can help to get in touch.
A post on the happypetsdaycarecenter.co.uk website urged people to join the search.
It said: "When a dog is lost – it instantly turns into survival mode. This means that it will respond very differently to how a dog would at home, they are very scared and see everything as their predator (INCLUDING HUMANS).
"Because of this it is highly likely Freddie is in hiding during the day and comes out at night when everything has quietened down in the hunt for food (we have spotted him ourselves at midnight).
"We believe Freddie to be using a specific lane in Plympton to be getting around, however with limited resources and the ability to cover such a large area with such little legs we are struggling to sight him. "
Teams are due to search around the Ridgeway, Moorland Avenue, St Maurice, Hemerdon Heights, Westfield and Kingston Drive.
The post continues: "You will be given a location and asked to stay there unless told otherwise.
"This will mean whatever route Freddie is taking with our planning we are able to get eyes into the right places.
"We hope this will lead to a sighting of which the dedicated phone line of 07902 933358 will need to be called immediately and his immediate family / experts will come to try and retrieve Freddie.
"YOU MUSN'T CHASE HIM OR CALL HIM BY HIS NAME. There will also be the need for people driving around Plympton to cover areas not covered by sitters."
People are being urged to not bring their dogs with them.
Anyone wishing to join the search is asked to complete a form on the happypetsdaycarecenter.co.uk website.


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Do you know the problem with the NCAA basketball tournament?
It isn't the fact that some teams with a chance of competing are left to the NIT as an after-thought to many American sports fans. It isn't that we have four play-in games now, making filling out your bracket just that much more difficult. It isn't that many games will now be telecast on the Turner family of networks, including truTV (formerly Court TV). No, despite whatever gripe you may or may not have with the "new-and-improved" version of March Madness, the number one problem is this: we only get that kind of raw hardwood college intensity during the month of March.
Well, in this regard, I have good and bad news.
The bad news is that there's very little I can do about this issue. The good news is that I scoured NCAA rule books and legislations for hours and there was absolutely nothing saying that we weren't allowed to fill out our own brackets any time we wanted!
Unfortunately, certain NCAA sanctions prevent us from staging our own personal out-of-season tournament using actual collegiate teams. But that's exactly when it hit me! What do I love more than sports itself? PEOPLE WHO MAKE A LIVING TALKING ABOUT SPORTS!
That's when it was born: The OKC Sports Media Spectacular. Inspired mostly by a famous (infamous?) ranking I devised a few years ago for a different blog, its a good way to pass the time during the NBA down-time.
The format of the tournament isn't exactly rocket surgery, but needs some explaining nonetheless. It's a basic 16-person bracket including Oklahoma City sports media personalities seeded 1 to 16. The seeding was done by yours truly, with consideration going into the particular person's overall impact on the local sports scene. By this I mean how many viewers/listeners/readers is this media personality able to reach and how many in that audience actually care about what that person has to say. All other attributes, such as veteranship, entertainment-value, and major sport experience were also considered, but only as bonus.
In order to spice things up a bit, I decided to give out "automatic bids" to those who I felt were the best representatives from the major media outlets within the city. These seven major outlets (as determined by me) include KFOR Channel 4, KOCO Channel 5, KWTV Channel 9, KOKH Fox 25, WWLS: The Sports Animal, The Oklahoman, and those involved in Thunder television broadcasts (Fox Sports Oklahoma).
Most of the automatic qualifiers would have made the tournament on their own accord, but one or two may not have made it otherwise. If you have a problem with any of the media outlets I included (or didn't include), note that I was trying to be as representative as I could while still allowing bracket flexibility.
With 7 spots accounted for, I filled in the rest of the bracket with the nine next best "at-larges." These spots were filled with no regard to the station or publication the person happened to be representing.
Without further adieu, the 2010 OKC Sports Media Spectacular Bracket:
The Bob Barry Senior Region
(1) Al Eschbach*
(16) Daniel Holdge*
(8) Mike Steely
(9) John Rohde
(5) Bob Barry Jr.*
(12) Mark Rodgers
(4) Dean Blevins*
(13) Craig Humphreys
The Bill Teegins Region
(3) Berry Tramel*
(14) Jenni Carlson
(6) Matt Pinto
(11) Pat Jones
(7) Brian Davis*
(10) Toby Rowland
(2) Jim Traber
(15) Myron Patton*
*-denotes automatic bid
Now that we have a bracket, we need a way to determine a winner. As much as we'd like to get a shirts and skins best 1-on-1 basketball tourney going, several additions to the field made this a somewhat distasteful option. Therefore, we decided that there was no better way determine a winner than through the votes of the reader.
Each coming day, a new match-up will be available for you the vote on using your own criteria and judgment. You have 24 hours to help decide the outcome until the next match-up is posted. At the end of each round we'll post a short recap and then continue with the proceeding round on the next day. Therefore, the voting schedule SHOULD go down as follows:
July 27: Eschbach vs Holdge
July 28: Steely vs Rohde
July 29: Barry, Jr. vs Rodgers
July 30: Blevins vs Humphreys
July 31: Tramel vs Carlson
August 1: Pinto vs Jones
August 2: Davis vs Rowland
August 3: Traber vs Patton
August 4: Round 1 Recap
August 5: Bob Barry Sr Regional Semi 1
August 6: Bob Barry Sr Regional Semi 2
August 7: Bill Teegins Regional Semi 1
August 8: Bill Teegins Regional Semi 2
August 9: Round 2 Recap
August 10: Bob Barry Sr Regional Final
August 11: Bill Teegins Regional Final
August 12: Round 3 Recap
August 13: The Championship Match
August 14: Ode To The Champion
So, with all of this establish, I have but a few more things to say to you. First, VOTE! Second, invite your friends to vote (if you have any). Third, if you have any issues with the bracket or any of my procedures – if you think I'm the biggest nincompoop this side of Red River, if you think I should be involuntarily sterilized in order to prevent the possibility of spreading such irresponsible stupidity that could only have been a product of inbreeding – don't be afraid to let me hear about it. I have a reason for all of my selections, rather or not it is a just one is up to your own interpretation. Remember, all I did was lay down the framework of tournament. Whatever happens after that is completely out of my hands.


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I have been using a Surface Pro 4 i5, 16GB model since late last year. I held off on getting a Surface device for actual work. I found the first three generations of devices to be too much of a compromise and they seemed to have too many reliability issues. Eventually, I had to replace my old laptop. I chose the Surface Pro 4, which I have been quite happy with this year.
When Microsoft announced the two new Surface devices in early May, the Surface Laptop and Surface Pro, I was immediately intrigued on the Surface Laptop. It was much cheaper than a Surface Book. It also did not have bold new design choices, such as the dynamic fulcrum hinge.
As Surface Laptop comes preloaded with Windows 10 S, I knew I might have some challenges in being my usual productive self. I knew I may have to upgrade to a normal Windows 10 version. It is possible to simply upgrade to Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise simply by changing the product license key.
I placed a pre-order for a Surface Laptop i5-model with 8GB of RAM and 256GB SSD. This seems to be the sweet spot in terms of cost, performance, and battery life. Compared to my Surface Pro 4, it is not as powerful. However, I was really looking for better battery life. Many people have complained about the awkwardness of the Surface Pro while traveling and using it on the go. To be honest, it took me a few weeks with the Surface Pro 4 to get used to balancing the device on my lap. Since then, it has mostly been a non-issue for me.
I got confirmation of delivery for mid-June, which was pretty accurate. I received the device on June 16th. I had already decided to try and love Windows 10 S as strongly as humanly possible while trying to do all my work with the limitations of the Windows Store and Universal Apps. I knew I would have trouble getting by without several of my main tools, such as Google Chrome, Notepad++, and KeePass.
To replace Chrome, I switched to Edge, which I have never really liked. Surprisingly enough, it has been a good experience and feels much like using Chrome or Firefox. Granted, there are some things I am missing but Edge feels lightweight now compared to Chrome. Over a period of a long weekend, I found myself quite happy with Edge. The biggest deal breaker in the end for me with Edge, the missing mobile equivalent for my Android phone and iPad. I miss having my bookmarks, browsing history, and saved credentials automatically synchronized across all devices.
Web browser aside, the smaller utilities and apps often had similar alternatives available. Most of these are free on the Windows Store. I use KeePass, an open source tool to securely store all my credentials locally. This allows me to create complex passwords easily and there is an app available for mobile platforms. I found PassKeep as a Windows app, which supports KeePass database files. While perfectly usable, it is clumsy due to the shortcut keys not working.
Office 2016 is available as a Universal App. I decided to not configure Outlook and simply resort to using the built-in Windows Mail app. After using it for more than a week, I really like it. Outlook has gotten very bloated and slow in recent times. Mail reminds me of the old days when I used Elm or Pine over a telnet or ssh session in Linux. It is nice, fast, and fluid. There are some frustrating qualities in it, which I mostly pin on the UWP platform. There are some aesthetic issues that Outlook does not have but it is a small price to pay for getting speedier access to email and calendars.
Dropbox is not available as a rich version and the Windows app is somewhat poor. You can access your files and data but that is all there is to it. Having files synchronized locally was something I could not get to work. I suspect the boundaries of UWP framework forbid such activities from happening. Whenever I needed to fetch a file, I would manually have to go and download that file with Edge. I felt my productivity go drastically down because of this. Your train of thought is constantly cut when you hunt a file that is not locally available.
The liberating thing about using Windows 10 S, you do not need to spend any time fiddling around with settings. It is a bit like using iOS on iPad. It just works. You mostly use one or two apps at a time and you do not need to constantly hop between numerous apps.
I found Windows 10 S speedy and non-intrusive, although I did disable most Windows and app notifications to avoid distractions. Obviously, with the more limited version of Windows, I could not work in certain applications, such as Visual Studio 2017. For those occasions, I opened a Remote Desktop connection to my primary workstation, which is a beefy Windows 10 Enterprise machine in my office. Mobile data is very cheap, fast, and unlimited in Finland. This allows me to leave stuff running remotely while I am traveling and cannot get online as easily. The remote desktop app had limitations, including lack of dynamic resizing but it worked for my needs.
After 4 full days and 35 hours of work with Windows 10 S, I can say it is perfectly possible to use a Surface Laptop as an IT Pro or a developer and still be very productive. Windows 10 S is limited and you need another laptop or machine to use for things where an app is not available. You also need to change your attitude a bit. I found myself challenging my preconceptions on Windows apps, which was a refreshing tour.
I knew immediately upon unpackaging the device that eventually I would have to move to a real Windows 10 version. As I had an unused Windows 10 Pro key available, I decided to not use the free option to upgrade to Pro. I would simply change the license to Pro myself. This upgrade process took about 5 minutes.
After a reboot, I could install all the missing applications and utilities, including Chrome, Notepad++, and Visual Studio Code. This would be the case on any normal laptop.
There might be some additional optimizations Microsoft introduced as part of Windows 10 S but so far, I have not encountered anything that I cannot use with Windows 10 Pro. I still have access to all my apps from Windows Store but I get the full benefit of using Windows software now also. The first thing I did after upgrading the Windows version, download the usual utilities from Ninite.
I bought the Surface Laptop for travel and I still use my Surface Pro 4. It is a bit beefier and the form factor is smaller. I carry both devices every day. Since they share the same charger, it is only a little extra weight in my messenger bag.
I was wary of Microsoft's promise of the 14-hour battery life. I made a mental note to myself, if I get half of that, I will be happy. Turns out, I get 7 to 8 hours of regular use in Windows 10 Pro. I am using BatteryBar Pro and currently, I still have 5 hours and 30 minutes of battery at 76 percent. It certainly is not something to write home about but compared to my Surface Pro 4, it is much better. At the current price of Surface Laptop, I am satisfied with the battery life.
I traveled to the Netherlands last week to present at Office 365 Engage. This was the first time I had a chance to use Surface Laptop on the road. It seems the resume from sleep and hibernation issues that have plagued my SP4 for months, do not exist in this newer device. The device sleeps immediately and wakes up while I am still opening the laptop cover.
All the usual things I look for in a laptop work as expected. I carry a few dongles with me. Since they share the same adapter types with SP4, I only need one set. They consist of a 4-port USB3 hub, a Mini DisplayPort adapter that provides connectivity for DVI, VGA, HDMI, and a USB Ethernet adapter. During my presentations at the conference, I did not have any issues. Microsoft seems to have carried over the fixes that it recently introduced for SP4.
Travel-wise, the device is both better and a little worse than SP4. The good thing is that the display is clearer and touch feels a bit snappier. As the device sleeps and resumes reliably, I found myself using the laptop in every possible place. I was not worried about balancing it on my knee, accidentally disconnecting the keyboard, or dropping the device.
The thing that still bothers me with Surface Laptop, the size of the screen. While writing this article, I am flying back to Helsinki from Schiphol airport in Amsterdam. The passenger sitting in front of me reclined his seat without a warning in lightning speed. I quickly slipped the laptop away from the tray but still got a small hit on the top of the device. This usually does not happen with SP4. The form factor is smaller so that you have more room for quick rescue operations.
Is this the best Windows laptop you can currently get? It depends on your usage patterns. For travel, working on the go, and carrying a lightweight laptop, I still say it is. It is also much cheaper than similar offerings from other vendors but the feeling is very premium. The device feels well-designed and crafted. It is classy and has a premium feel.
I suspect the majority of people who purchase this laptop will quickly move on to Windows 10 Pro or Pro. I also feel Windows 10 S is perfect for non-technical users who are content with Windows app available from the Windows Store.
Battery life could be slightly better, even if it is miles ahead of Surface Pro 4. The display is nicer. It is the best display I have used in any laptop. The keyboard is what you would expect coming from a previous Surface device and key travel is great. It reminds me a bit of Macbook but with better key travel. It is a joy to use. The touchpad is responsive and works like a thought.
I do recommend anyone looking for a great and lightweight laptop to try out the Surface Laptop. Make sure to go with the 8GB model. It seems like the sweet spot in terms of pricing and capabilities. For me, the Surface Laptop seems like an ideal companion for many years to come.


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Accepting payments is an area of business that is often overlooked. However, PaySimple believes that payment processing for your business shouldn't be viewed as any other mundane task. There are so many areas of payment processing that need attention–but who wants to get distracted from the joy of running your own business? Chances are, your passion lies in helping patients more than it does with payments, cash flow, and business finance.
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There are so many moving parts to payment processing, it would be a lot to ask for you to master them all. Luckily, with PaySimple, you don't have to. Collecting payments through PaySimple allows you to simplify and streamline your payment collection so you can get back to doing what you love, working with your patients. It is our goal to provide you features that benefit your business at a competitive price. Let our team show you how we can improve your practice management and cost savings. Upon speaking with a PaySimple representative, we will conduct a complimentary rate review to see if we can match or beat your current processing rates but more importantly, save your practice time when it comes to collecting payments.
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Your patients are not identical copies of one another–they each have different needs and preferences. Of course, this holds true when it comes to payment processing as well. Some patients might want to pay by bank transfer, others might prefer to earn rewards by paying with a credit card. Whatever the case, PaySimple has you covered. PaySimple offers ACH (electronic transfers) and credit card processing of all major card types (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover).
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Have you ever encountered a person with almost shutting eyes, vapid ways of response, dark circled eyes or even rude behavior? You might think that there might be some problem going on in their life but sometimes the reason could be very simple and unexpected at the same time, such as sleep. Yes, they might not have had a good sleep last night which stops them from being fresh.
Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
You must have come across this phrase a lot, especially in your kindergarten days. At that time, our main homework was to actually sleep all day long. Anyway, the reason you're taught to have a good night's sleep right at the beginning is because it endows you with a lot of gifts that you might not even realize and so here's why you shouldn't let go off that lifelong learning. We do go to sleep while we are tensed or in a bad mood or sometimes when we are working a lot late night. Well, that's understandable for some of the rare occasions but everyday? The answer is a big NO. You just can't afford to escape your relaxing period of the day for any reason whatsoever. Unbelievably, these top ten awesome reasons would really want to make you reach your bed. Just have a look :
10. Few calorie intake
And the bigger appetite award goes to sleep deprived squad. Yes, studies show that people who don't get enough sleep in a day tend to intake more calories than people who get enough sleep. This means getting inadequate amount of sleep is a major factor in increasing obesity. If you're trying really hard to lose weight, increase your sleeping hours to 7-8 at least per day. Above all, it is absolutely effective.
9. Wave bye to stress
Stress? No. De-stress? Yes, why not! Depression is one of the main causes of deprived sleep. Trust me, if you really want to combat depression and other mental diseases, sleep is the best stress buster. Sleep disorders like insomnia and obstructive sleep apnea can easily drag people into serious depression sometimes leading to fatal death. Sleep is the best medicine to boost your energy for the next day, thus keeping you fresh simultaneously.
8. Improves Immunity
Getting less than 8 hours of sleep can really make you prone towards acute diseases like common cold and cough, thereby damaging your immunity system. Our immune system becomes active during the time we are sleeping to make us feel good and energized later. Even a person who is suffering from a cold or a headache feels relieved in the morning after getting a good night's sleep.
7. Never-ending capacity
For enhancing your physical fitness and athletic performance, sleep is the best and the easiest way to reach your set goals. It is the period when your body is at complete peace preparing your mechanism to perform with enthusiasm later. This is in relation with the revitalization of your body because as you spend your energy while working throughout the day, you gain it back through a well rested night. Not only it improves your capacity to perform but also your speed and accuracy in certain independent tasks. Surveys show that people who get less of sleep are found to have a slow grip in walking and another day to day tasks.
6. Makes you glow
Sleep makes you beautiful eternally. Yeah, you might not even realize this but the better amount of sleep makes you feel ultimate fresh the next morning, therefore, adding to the beauty of your fresh face. The inside of you glows naturally if you have slept adequately the previous night. The duration of your perfect "beauty sleep" should be between 22:00 to midnight. This is because it is believed during this time of sleep your skin, muscles and eyes repair at a rapid rate. Also, no more dark circles ladies.
5. Sleep and stay calm
Keeping calm for the rest of the day is as much as important getting good sleep. And what if the above two mentioned activities are connected? Yes, they obviously are. The trick to a get a fresh morning face is to drink a herbal tea with some honey in the evening itself. You will wake up with fresh new vibes and hence much calmed.
4. 10/10 concentration and productivity
The C²P² formula that goes by the mere vantage of a good sleep expands to Concentration, Cognition, Productivity and Performance. A healthy sleep can really hone your problem-solving skills as well as sharpen your memory. Even while you're sleeping, your brain never does. It keeps on working on the unreachable thoughts and concepts, therefore, enhancing the creativity of your ideas. The key to upgraded brain power is the quantitative and qualitative sleeping hours.
3. Minimize mood swings
The mood is a juxtaposition of sleep. It can be both good and bad depending upon the amount of sleep you get. If you're not getting enough of it, then you might find yourself snapping back at your friends or maybe feeling dejected etc. Continous lack of sleep generally leads to irritability, impatience and mood swings which can really harm your relationships with your social groups.
2. Less prone to heart diseases
The risk of heart diseases minimizes itself by getting the right amount of sleep on a regular basis. Not only deprivation of sleep leads to an increase in such chronic diseases as the obvious cardiovascular risks but if you're not sleeping for 7-8 hours a day, you are more likely to get strokes than the people who are sleeping happily every day.
1. Lifespan x 10
This is not about making you immortal for life like the vampires you encounter in stories and movies. But believe me or not, sleep has proven to increase your lifespan at least by 10 times for any average person. Pills are not your thing to get a good night's sleep but pillows are. So, what are you waiting for? Just grab that pillow and quilt and set off on a journey to increase your life expectancy.
I hope this would have made you alter your daily schedule with giving the utmost priority to sleeping otherwise you do know it's going to cost you heavy enough later. Now, since I can see I really need to improve my mechanism overall and I have a lot of work to do as well but I am just gonna take a nap. Sleep well!


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If Neil McGregor, Director of the British Museum, ever leaves these shores I will cry and cry. We visited this weekend and it is buzzing, humming and still full of wonder. (I won't delve into the ethics or not of the Elgin Marbles going back to Athens – would the six million people who see them here each year travel there to see them. Enough of that!)
Our main purpose was to see Germany - Memories of a Nation, a six hundred year history in objects. McGregor has form: several years ago he worked with the BBC on a project telling A History of the World in 100 objects. There were a hundred 15-minute episodes, broadcast on Radio 4 based on objects from the British Museum's collection. It was entrancing, fascinating and if you can get the podcast, worth listening to or buying the book.
The current German exhibition has been subjected to the same treatment and is his narrative is currently being broadcast on BBC Radio 4 – I am halfway through and it is fascinating. I learned a bit of German history at school – in South Africa the unification of Germany seemed a long way away and not terribly relevant.
I knew that Martin Luther had translated the bible into German – and there is a copy hand annotated by him – but hadn't realized that he all but created the universal written German language – pulling together numerous regional dialects and making arbitrary decisions about which words to use, wanting the text to be as relevant as possible to ordinary people. This sits a few paces away from a Gutenberg bible – the first mass produced printed book.
Each object tells a story – about the Hanseatic League to a copy of The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels; a copy of Das Kapital; a porcelain rhinocerous modeled on Dürer s etching which is there as well; an Iron Cross and a stunning Bauhaus cradle.
Wonderful art from Dürer to the Bauhaus, from Meissen to Kathe Kollwitz and not so wonderful examples of the dark days of the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust, including the gate from Buchenwald concentration camp. That simple gate with the words Jedem das Seine innocuously translated as "to each his own" but in this case vilely as "everyone gets what he deserves" and written on the gate so it could only be read from the inside.
The exhibition starts with news footage of the fall of the Berlin Wall and outside there is – what else – a Volkswagen Beetle! We collect magnets from art exhibitions to act as a daily visual reminder – this time it was the Dürer rhinocerous......
Finally – we are members of the British Museum so we didn't pay to see this exhibition – you will have to pay a very small sum of between £8 - £10 – the rest of the museum is free. The subject of my next blog!


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Cheap This Week - 15/06/11
Heavy Rain! Killzone! Portal 2!
Get your payment method of choice at the ready, for here's another bountiful selection of cheap games that are worth your attention. This week we've got a few of the best games from the last year or so getting their first big discounts, and this week's hot releases at an affordable price.
To make sure you never miss out on the best gaming discounts, head over to SavyGamer.co.uk for round the clock updates.
Here are this week's deals:
Heavy Rain, PS3 - £9.99 delivered
That's a pre-owned price, so unless you're lucky, someone else will probably have done the origami that came bundled with mint copies. You'll have to find some other way to entertain yourself whilst the game's installing.
Heavy Rain earned itself a solid 9/10 from Tom in its Eurogamer review. Here's what he said:
"For its problems, it's an intricate game that deserves to be debated for a long time, and it's also a simple one to enjoy: a thrilling mystery, cleverly composed, and unlike anything else you will play this year. It may also be the only game you play this year where pulling the trigger makes you really feel something, and I can think of no greater compliment."
Killzone 3, PS3 - £17.85 delivered
One of the shiniest shooters available on Sony's black monolith, Killzone 3 has got audiovisual bells and whistles hiding in every corner. The jetpacks may have spluttered and it was all over fairly quickly, but the action packed campaign has a wide variety of environments and guns, and it was entertaining throughout.
Dan had this to say in his review: "It's always polished and breathlessly paced, but it no longer offers a distinct change of pace from the rest of the shooter herd. Killzone 3 is a powerful, impressive game that sets an imposing standard for Sony's 3D, Move-enabled future output; it's just a shame that in doing so, it's lost just a little of what made the series stand out in the first place."
Portal 2, PC/Mac - £12.99 delivered
It says "Usually dispatched within 1-2 weeks", so don't go for this offer if you're in any particular hurry. Oli gave Portal 2 the highly sought after Eurogamer perfect 10 when it came out in April. Here's what he thought:
"It's human: hot-blooded, silly, poignant, irreverent, base, ingenious and loving. It's never less than a pure video game, but it's often more, and it will no doubt stand as one of the best entertainments in any medium at the end of this year. It's a masterpiece."
It's a must play game, and £13 is a brilliant price (especially when compared to the Steam price of £29.99). I burned through the single player in a few sittings, but the co-operative campaign kept me and a friend scratching our heads for a fair bit longer.


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Our Data Centre Operations team is seeking a technology guru to help us maintain our multi-datacentre network infrastructure. Are you ready to tackle some of the leading software and system issues to ensure a smooth user-experience for our 45 million visitors using our customer's website every months? In this critical position you will tap into your in-depth knowledge of both networking best practices and security flaws to protect trivago against attack and vulnerabilities. You'll be working with top notch network equipment, systems and tools to keep our labs humming smoothly at all times. We're a company that will let you work when, how and with whatever PC or Mac you choose. If you've got what it takes to tackle complex software and system issues and you have the drive to take our customer to the next level then we look forward to hearing from you!
Your tasks:
- You monitor and maintain our multi datacentre network infrastructure to optimise routing policies for increased speed and availability
- You monitor the workload of critical systems and predict necessary changes to cope with future workload. We're growing, and growing fast, so we want you to make sure our systems and infrastructure stay the cutting-edge of computer technology.
- Thinking like a hacker, you challenge the status quo of our security rules while maintaining accessibility – we appreciate the balance of safety and fun for our users
- Use your know-how and logical thinking to troubleshoot reasons for critical malfunctions in our complex technical environment
- Reduce manual work by setting up automated processes for monitoring, error detection and system setup
Your profile:
- Bachelor or apprenticeship in Computer Science or equivalent experience. At least 5 years networking experience in organisations with large networks – web environment preferred
- Large-scale operational knowledge of Juniper ScreenOS, JunOS and Cisco IOS including security features
- Solid understanding of BGP routing protocol
- Hands-on experience working with and troubleshooting of network related issues using Linux or Unix (FreeBSD) based tools
- Advanced know-how of monitoring systems (Nagios/Incinga/Cacti) and Apache httpd webserver
- Up-to-date knowledge of network-based attacks and their mitigation.
- Solid scripting skills
- Fluency in English. If you understand German too, that would be even better
- Razor-sharp analytical abilities, coupled with a strong sense of responsibility, urgency, and drive
What we offer:
- A pleasant working environment within a dynamic and international team
- Independent work in an innovative, rapidly growing company
- A free choice of computer and equipment
- Fast personal development and a steep learning curve
- Flat hierarchies and short decision paths
- Cross-functional opportunities in project and teamwork
- Regular team events, a wide range of sport activities, a fridge full of beer and non-alcoholic beverages as well as fresh fruit every day
We look forward to receiving your application in German or English.
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