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Japan's drones reach new heights
The Japanese government have recently recognised the potential of drone technology - and given the green light to those that meet regulations. As Devin Patrick O'Hara reports drones are now taking on new roles.
Prepare for liftoff. This hovering robot can be navigated without the touch of a button. Phoenix Lab has been developing this unique system for two years. After a successful kick starter campaign Ryo Konamura has shipped over 50 drones and has plans to produce more. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) TOKYO UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE STUDENT, RYO KONAMURA, SAYING: "Most of our customers are not personal hobbyists but rather corporations and universities are the majority." But drones have had a bad rep in recent years, especially after one fell on the prime minister's office prompting crackdowns on robots. But recently the government has recognized the potential of the emerging technology and those who meet regulations are getting the green light. One company is construction giant Komatsu. Using internet of things technology they brought construction onto the cloud. Another integral element of smart construction, drones. The drone roams the construction site taking photos, These are later compiled as 3D CGI data which can be used to model the site. (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) KOMATSU RENTAL, PRESIDENT AND CEO, AKINORI ONODERA, SAYING: "It's necessary to raise the productivity of workers because the number of workers is decreasing so by implementing and connecting technology in terms of construction it is best to automate the machines to a certain degree to account for the lack of skilled workers." So while under strict regulations drones look to be taking to the skies in Japan. Just be sure to make sure you have the permission. Or else there will be another government drone there just to take you down.


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Directly the cost to the taxpayer for cleaning our streets is reaching almost a £1billion a year and indirectly the financial contribution of litter to crime is estimated to cost approximately £328 million a year! Litter Matters yet street cleansing budgets continue to be cut by up to 80% within some municipals. Increasingly councils are now seeking innovative solutions and cost effective tools in tackling litter and supporting government targets in terms of recycling and landfill waste.
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Cartoonist Johnny Hart, who created the popular Stone Age comic strip "B.C." and generated controversy in recent years with overtly religious themes reflecting his evangelical Christian beliefs, died Saturday, the day before Easter. He was 76.
Hart, who also collaborated with Brant Parker on the medieval comic strip "The Wizard of Id," died of a stroke while working at his home studio in Nineveh, N.Y., his wife, Bobby, told the Associated Press.
"B.C.," a sparely drawn cartoon featuring prehistoric men, women and animals, has been syndicated since 1958. It is distributed to more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide, according to Creators Syndicate Inc., and has an audience of more than 100 million. The Times ran "B.C." from 1968 until 2001.
Hart began imparting Christian messages, especially at Christmas and Easter, in the 1980s, after experiencing a religious conversion. Some Jewish, Muslim and secular readers complained to newspapers and to the syndicate, saying his views were offensive or inappropriate for the comics page and better suited for the op-ed pages.


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I first expressed interest as a content editor and restaurant scout, but joined the team as the general manager of Forkable's Boston Market. Within a few months, I took on management of Forkable's DC market and social media efforts. Just last week, in response to some changes to the team, I also took on Forkable's LA and Seattle markets. This week, one of my coworkers is on vacation and so I'm also running the NYC market!
Phew. Thank goodness, NYC goes back into my coworker's very capable hands next week and I will breathe easier for it. But since I'm holding onto LA and Seattle, in addition to Boston and DC, for the next two or so months, I still have a lot on my plate!
When there's so much work and so much to keep track of, it's really easy to feel overwhelmed. I won't pretend that I'm immune to work stress - the thought of running four markets at once is still daunting to me whenever I step back and think about it! But caving in under the pressure or pulling my hair out with stress isn't good for me, it isn't good for the company, and it isn't good for our customers, who have entrusted us with their lunches. Instead, here's how I stay (relatively) sane and calm through the madness.
How to Survive a Busy Work Week
1) Get enough sleep.
It's tempting to cram extra work into the wee hours of the night, but making sure to hit 7-8 hours of sleep per night despite my workload keeps me productive, healthy, and sane. More sleep means more even mood, less likelihood of falling ill, and better ability to focus. That's worth the time investment!
2) Eat regularly.
Skipping lunch is also oh-so-tempting when you're going non-stop, but that's when it's also the most counterproductive. On my busiest days, it might not be feasible to get away from my desk for lunch. But making sure to order some food, or have packed food ready to eat, is so important. You need fuel to keep going! Eating regularly also prevents hanger and no one deserves to have to deal with a hangry and stressed coworker.
3) Stay hydrated.
I like to keep a water bottle and/or a mug of tea on my desk when I work. That way, it's easy to stay hydrated without disrupting my workflow. Staying hydrated prevents headaches and keeps my brain working the way I need it to.
4) Optimize use of breaks by getting outside.
If I have five or ten minutes of downtime, I like to pop out for some fresh air and a little stroll, even if it's literally just down the sidewalk for the length of one city block and back.
It lets me reconnect with the outside world and shake the cobwebs out, so I can refocus. Fresh air and movement are both energizing!
It lets me reconnect with the outside world and shake the cobwebs out, so I can refocus. Fresh air and movement are both energizing!
5) Turn off when you can.
The nature of my work means that I have to work on Sunday (though not a full workday) in order to prepare for Monday's operations. On Saturday, however, I try to take an uninterrupted day to myself, to think about other things. If I do need to do work-related things (and I usually do) I try to limit it to just one hour. The rest of the day is for relaxing, exercising, exploring NYC, hanging out with friends, and going on fun dates!
6) Eat the pie piece by piece.
When I think about everything I need to do, I feel my throat closing up and that fear of missing something or forgetting something and letting everyone down. Instead, I try to focus on just the next task ahead of me, and then the next one after that, and so on and so forth until it's the end of the day and I'm done with those tasks.


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It's human nature to adapt to whatever is "good enough." People will seek help with movement if there is a problem. Pain, excessive exertion, perceived weakness, or lack of coordination in the aftermath of an injury or in the midst of some other difficulty frequently drive people to try the Feldenkrais Method. But why bother to improve if there's no problem?
1) Feldenkrais lessons are useful because they expand your "movement vocabulary." Another way to think of it is to expand your "database" of available movements for any activity. Why is this important? Because it's good to have alternatives if one way of doing something stops working! Think of the Major League Baseball switch pitcher Pat Venditte, who can throw a baseball right or left-handed with equal skill and power. When he experienced an injury to one shoulder a few years ago, he simply threw with the other arm. He continued to play that season, instead of going on the injured list. With more movement options, you can stay active and avoid being on the sidelines for the pastimes you enjoy.
2) Feldenkrais lessons can help you learn to prevent injuries. As you become more attuned to yourself, to where your body is in space, and to the nice sensations of efficient movement, your brain gets a higher quality of "real-time reporting" from your body. If you are creating shearing forces through a joint, or straining in a muscle group, or simply experiencing fatigue and inattention, you will feel it sooner and be able to adjust your position, effort, or trajectory, thereby averting disaster.
3) Feldenkrais lessons improve all of your senses, including your sense of balance (literally and metaphorically) and your sense of humor. As you bring your attention to the simple and basic sensations of movement, your appreciation of life and your capacity for enjoyment will soar! Results may vary: unpredictable outcomes can surprise and delight!
4) Feldenkrais lessons can restore your faith in yourself, and in your capacity to learn, adapt, and change. Whatever your situation, there are aspects that are still under your control, where you have agency and ability to affect the quality of the present moment. As you catch glimpses of your potential and your capacity, your ability to improve is ongoing and virtually unlimited.
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Another runway collection I've been dying to see is the new Gucci line. Last season it was all about color blocking and this collection was seemingly inspired by the 1920′s. We're seeing a bevy of low waistline shift dresses, fringed skirts, art deco lines, and a palette of emerald green, gold, and black. There are some pretty pieces mixed in here… but this isn't my favorite of Gucci's collections. The blazers paired with silk blouses and trouser pants lend to a feminine meets masculine feel that really isn't my style. However, it seems the androgynous-chic look has become increasingly in vogue (as seen by the tuxedo trend of late). Pat McGrath and team designed a makeup look featuring gorgeous, smoked out eyes, bleached eyebrows, and nude lips.
Who I Picture Wearing This Collection: Zoe Saldana, June Ambrose, Kelly Rowland, Madonna, Solange Knowles
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Christmas time just brings out the festive in us. What's the best way to celebrate this season of giving? Give out eco-friendly kids Christmas gifts. This way, you don't just give presents and put smiles on children's faces; you can basically feel Mother Earth heave a sigh of relief.
The advent of the environmentalist movement has sparked many a group and individual to find different ways to help save our planet. From saving whales to fighting pollution-causing industries, environmentalists have moved from the fringe to the mainstream and the movement is reaching our kids. It is never too early to teach our kids the value of saving the planet with the help of eco-friendly toys.
Whether you're a hardcore environmentalist or not, it would not hurt to give out eco-friendly kids Christmas gifts. Here is a list of popular green kids Christmas gifts in the market today:
1. Recycled Christmas cards. In this era of fast-paced internet connections, social networks, and virtual hugs and hohohos, Christmas cards are putting up a fight. You can send out hand-written greetings to loved ones anywhere using recycled cards and papers.
2. Wooden blocks. Go old school with wooden building blocks. You can buy blocks made of sturdy wood that come from a sustainable source. Some toy companies who use wood for their products return the favor by conducting tree-planting and other ecological activities. Also, wooden blocks are free of harmful BPA and lead which makes them perfect eco-friendly kids Christmas gifts.
3. Wind-up toys. These eco-friendly contraptions have been with us even before the visionary Leonardo da Vinci presented King Louis XII with a wind-up lion. Even then, wind-up toys were only given to royal bloods. Make your little one feel like a prince and surprise him with green kids Christmas gifts like wind-up toys and other modernized clockwork gadgets.
4. Solar-powered gadgets. Harvesting the sun's energy is not confined to homes and cars anymore. Solar panels have made its way through to the toy section. Available in the market today are solar-powered toy cars and robots.
5. Pull toys. There is a variety of wooden dancing pull toys in the eco-friendly section of most toy stores. Like wooden blocks, they are safe and fun to play with.
Why do you think St. Nick rides a sleigh pulled by flying reindeers instead of a turbo-powered gas guzzler? That is because Santa loves the environment and so should all of us. Be green this holiday season and give away eco-friendly kids Christmas gifts. Do so and you'll surely be on Santa's list!


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Life is a gamble full stop my friend. The desire to swan about in limousines and beat the house could be perceived as a mite immature. Fantasies abound in the minds of those who are tethered to a desk somewhere, safe in their jobs in some suburban outpost. They dream of being a high roller and imagine the beautiful babes and the life, as some ad for an exotic perfume they might have seen on their TV screen. Concepts like, travelling the world on your terms, and making a living as a professional gambler reek of the dreams of teenagers and Peter Pans who have never grown up.
Traveling the World on Your Terms: Life as a Professional Gambler
The life of a professional gambler is all about numbers, crunching numbers and beating the odds to get an edge. It is about achieving a winning percentage over time. The numbers quoted are that a gambler must win 53 percent of the time just to break even, because bookmakers build a profit into their odds. Forget about casinos, because you can't beat the house, as the song goes, not consistently and not in the long run.
Professional Gambling is a Business
The life of a professional gambler is akin to that of an accountant more than some Erol Flynn like adventurer. It is all about the numbers and has to be treated like a business if the pro gambler is to survive in this cutthroat contest. Bet online for free is flashed on banner ads across the digital spectrum to entice the mug punter in. Most gamblers do not bet in a business-like manner, they are enamoured of that winning feeling. Some become addicted to that buzz and lose big through their addiction. Legal help is often required to extract them from their problems.
Most Gamblers Lose & Regret It
Living life on your own terms is hard enough in reality, without the lure of lucre, piles of supposedly free cash to be had. Watch this stuff via Hollywood movies if you must, but keep it real when it matters, because the most common stories from gamblers is one of loss and regret. Loss of loved ones: wives, girlfriends and family. Loss of status: jobs, friends and your place in society. Loss of yourself and knowing who you are or were. Life is a gamble my friend; so keep it real.


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Rocky decided to switch after talking to a fellow theatre owner who spoke highly of Veezi. His two theatres, while located next to each other, are organized as separate businesses. Although the Veezi team had never dealt with this situation before, they were online within two weeks.
At the Rose Theatre, they sell their tickets through the box office and next door in the Starlight Room on an iPad. Set up on two different tabs, POS operators can switch from selling for one theatre to the other. "The mantra round here is Veezi is easy!" says Rocky.
Rocky is the oldest person at the Rose — most of his staff are young. He claims that he is not technically savvy and says if he can learn Veezi, anyone can. "I really appreciate how quick it is!" Updates can be loaded to the website for all the world to see in a timely manner and that's really important at the Rose Theatre.
Until recently, people buying online still had to collect their tickets from the box office. This meant the Rose employed ticket tearers. Now Rocky stands at the front door with his list of online purchasers on his iPad. "I greet them and get to know them by name. It personalizes their experience. They now feel like they are getting something for their online surcharge as they bypass the box office and come directly in — I wasn't anticipating that!"
The Rose Theatre attracts culture-loving fans by bringing a world-class line-up of movies, plays, ballets, and operas from around the globe. Every show is personally introduced by the host. "This personalization matches well with the front door greeting. You have to provide incentive for people to get off the couch and come to the movies by giving them more. It is harder than ever to sell movies so you have to make your own space. Veezi fits right in and that helps," says Rocky.
"The Veezi team is proactive, organized and smart. They do everything they can to help a customer. I am just sorry I didn't discover them sooner."
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Making a nation's foundation strong, the importance of a good teacher and a responsible doctor does not wait for an explanation. Health and education are our two basic needs and major responsible areas that we must ensure to make our nation's pillar strong so that under any circumstances its citizen do not succumb to anything. A doctor's role is to reward a healthy nation. Similarly, a teacher plays a significant role in making his nation strong and fit. But with the changing dynamics of education, the method of teaching has received a bit change in its approach and functionality. Now to improve students' aptitude and develop knowledge-base, more emphasis is given on one-on-one attention model. According to many highly qualified and most experienced private tutors in Kolkata, one-on-one education assistance is the only way of achieving world-class education and following the trend of global education.
Private home tutors in Kolkata opine that a good private teacher offers extra help and instruction to develop good study skills. He comes closer to his students to find out lacunas in them and assist them accordingly until they overcome all problems and difficulties in their studies. Unlike the traditional model of class-room teaching, where a teacher has to face around thirty pupils with different rates of learning abilities, strength and weakness, this one-on-one attention not only makes students ready for tests but also ensure their sure success. A good private tutor can make good lesson plans and strategic planning to place his students far ahead of their competitors. Apart from this specialized teaching, he helps in preparing school-works. He throws more lights on school tasks and other parallel studies to make sure advance and world-class education for the students so that they easily get into area of global education.
To make the matter more understandable, I mean to let you know the role of good home tutor let me answer you few questions.
Who is a home tutor or private tutor?
A home tutor or private tutor is a coach who offers individual guidance to his students, many times reaching at students' places and sometimes at his own home. He counsels his students to proceed towards right direction.
What is basic difference between a teacher and a home tutor?
Though both of them are 'a teacher' and guide students but the basic difference is that we use the term 'teacher' for the school teacher who teaches students in a school. His duty is over when the school is closed. We call them home tutors who go to students' homes for teaching purposes. But the duty of a home tutor starts at home and does not over until his students take release from him. He has to take much more responsibility than a school teacher.
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While there may not be actual documentation to support the notion, it seems reasonable to think UFC welterweight Martin Kampmann's fans are more prone to having grey hair than those of other fighters based on the stress he often puts them through. Last night a few new silver-foxes were no doubt created when "The Hitman" battled back from the brink of defeat – again – to finish an apt adversary.
Fresh off his last-second submission of Thiago Alves, Kampmann's success came against Jake Ellenberger in the main event of the Ultimate Fighter 15 Finale. Ellenberger hurt Kampmann early and seemed to be seconds away from stopping him at one point, but "The Juggernaut" ultimately ate a knee in the second stanza to seal the deal in Kampmann's favor. The result was named Knockout of the Night and earned Kampmann an extra $40,000 for the honor.
While Kampmann's win was impressive he was not the only stand-out scrapper on the card. Justin Lawrence, a contestant on TUF 15, took home dual bonuses with his beautiful head-kick finish of John Cofer. The performance netted the Team Black House member a total of $80,000 after scoring a second Knockout of the Night distinction as well as the bout being labeled as Fight of the Night.
Submission of the Night went to TUF 15 champ Michael Chiesa, capping off one of the most memorable stories in the show's history based on his father passing away the same night he grabbed a spot inside the season's house. Chiesa choked opponent Al Iaquinta out cold in the first frame of action. Similarly to his bonus-winning peers the bearded bad-ass won an additional $40,000 on top of his regularly contracted pay.


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"Mommy! Annemarie says you pay people to watch me when you practice for the show. That's SO silly! You can watch me for free! I can watch you for free too. See? You are watching me right now mom..."
|Here was her exact expression, captured a couple months back...
Actually I wasn't. I was staring at the world of Minecraft, trying to help my 11 year-old find out how to change armor in a make-believe medieval world. Someone has stolen her wild wolf turned tame dog... I have to fix that too.
"Mom, let me just kill this guy, see? Oh don't worry he'll regenerate..."
I don't have the wherewithal to explain the finer points of babysitting to my four year old right now. Having gotten a new virtual horse from an egg that my 11 year-old has to hatch by cracking it on black wool and then train to follow her commands (my 1980's brain just exploded), I went for a good old, paperboard book for my disgruntled Cecilia. Felicity clambers onto my lap too. They both fight over my right knee (who knows why?) kicking and screaming. I settle them, and then read to them about what Elmo is thinking about today.
I read the words from memory while parodying them in my head: "What's Elmo thinking about today? Ya da da daaa!! Drowning! Yeah, drowning! Dorothy's thinking about drowning too! Isn't that right Dorothy! Ha ha ha! Whoops, where's Dorothy? Lets ask Mr. Noodle! Mr. Noodle, that's a puddle; that's not how you drown! Silly Mr. Noodle..."
I look at my watch. Darn it. Should have left 12 minutes ago, to the Christmas germ swap... I mean craft and cocoa homeschool event.
I slide two unhappy preschoolers on my lap, who would have preferred to hear Elmo 12 more times. I call on my 11 year old to leave Minecraft world. "Just one more minute mom! I'm opening an inn!"
"Err... Okay just open the inn, and hurry!!"
Turning to the sock laundry basket known as Luck o' the Drawer (no two are alike... not sure how we did that) I find a pair of socks that just really almost matches... One white ankle and one really faded pink crew. She can deal. I pop them on the four year old, and then go on the oft-recurring "Search For the Other Shoe".
Meanwhile, Cecilia peels a banana completely, breaks off half to eat, and leaves the other on the rug. This is stepped on. By the white ankle sock.
We leave 12 minutes later. We scramble up the stairs and start unwinding the kids from hats and scarfs and coats and boots. The things I do for socialization with other homeschoolers...
"Oh, how ARE you! So good to see you again!" I adjust my falling ponytail, grab someone else's doll from my daughter who is about to feed it cocoa, and glance up mid-scream at the woman.
Why does everyone else look so put together? I wonder sometimes. I mean, we moms probably all feel disheveled and distracted to some extent at some point, but man... Sometimes it's worse than others. And today was pretty bad. Neat as a pin, and flanked by two equally neat kids, the woman carried an older toddler with suspiciously flushed cheeks. Maybe it wasn't a fever... right?
I was just soooo not in the mood for this.
I recognize this lady, a friend of a friend, but I misremember her name. And I'd love to chat. I truly would. If one child wasn't screaming and the other wasn't touching every cookie left out on that handy table.
"Yes. Good to see you. Yes. Well...." I half grinned and looked pointedly at the screaming toddler, who had apparently gone unnoticed. (You'd be amazed what we moms can tune out, you really would.)
"Oh! Oh I won't keep you, I just wanted to say hi." And Mrs. Calm Cool and Collected--somewhere in the time it took to calm the screaming toddler and collect a flung hat--was gone.
Defeated and fearing I'd come off as plainly rude, I started hot-gluing popsicle sticks and pom poms as my toddler "made" ornaments. And I thought about you guys. How I haven't been able to write in days, between Minecraft, homeschooling, Christmas shopping and preparations (mostly the Christmas stuff), and oh yes: being the wife of two men, one by day, one by night. Okay that's called hyperbole: Bob Crachitt is nearly twice my age. :)
My this acting stuff... it's time-consuming. It's tiring and fun. And flattering and bizarre to have--like I did a couple hours ago--over 800 people applauding our show.
But just to keep myself from getting a big head, I have a frumpy bonnet and the biggest, most unflattering dress you can imagine to wear on stage. I'm supposed to be poor and maternal. Two very fluffy, sumptuous light-colored skirts that layer and flare out from the widest point of my child-bearing hips... yep, that fits the bill nicely. As one kindly woman told me, "You're good! But oh, that costume is the most unattractive dress I've ever seen, bar none." Yes, she said "bar none."
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Sigh. Looking at the pictures, I'm cringing at my far less-than-perfectness amidst the so much more put-together magical "Ghosts" of Christmas... but smiling at the same time. I'm grateful to be part of something so absorbing during an emotional season of the year for me.
Darn all those "Baby's First Christmas" ornaments... just, humbug.
I love that the Christmas Carol is a story of redemption. A story revealing that happiness comes from selflessness. A story about the value of the whole human family. A story that shows that, whatever bad things have happened, love can overcome.
A story where, in the end, Tiny Tim does not die. I'm so grateful.
"He told me, coming home, that he hoped the people saw him in the church,
because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant to them
to remember upon Christmas Day,
Who made lame beggars walk, and blind men see."
Mr. Crachitt― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol


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In the Earth-One universe Bat-Mite was an imp similar to Mr. Mxyzptlk. He appeared as a small childlike man in an ill-fitting Batman costume, with a black lightning bolt instead of the Bat-insignia. Bat-Mite possessed near-infinite magical powers and came from another dimension, much like Mr. Mxyzptlk. In Bat-Mite's dimension, the resident imps idolize the heroes of the Batman's dimension and impersonated them, re-enacting their heroic feats and adventures. Bat-Mite's favorite hero was Batman, and thus the imp visited Batman on various occasions, often setting up strange events so that he could see his hero in action. Despite this, Bat-Mite was more of a nuisance than a supervillain, and often left his hero alone when he realized he had angered his idol again.
In his first recorded appearance, Bat-Mite comes to Earth to watch his idol Batman in action and uses his magical powers to try and help make Batman and Robin's crime fighting more spectacular. This proves to be more of a hindererance than an aid Batman demands that Bat-Mite capture the crooks. After the imp does so, Batman tells him to go away, and Bat-Mite complies but promises to return again some day[1]. Bat-Mite would return sometime later and cause trouble but not only for Batman and Robin, but for the newly established Batwoman. Feeling bad for causing so much trouble, Bat-Mite would help Batman, Batwoman, and Robin capture the Hobby Robber and his gang, even saving the three heroes and earning their appreciation for a short time[2]. When Bat-Mite next returned to the Earth dimension he would seek to become Batwoman's sidekick. She would agree under the promise that he would behave. Bat-Mite would be a competent side kick until a kiss from Batwoman would make the imp fall in love with her. Seeking to make Batwoman a better super-hero than Batman, Bat-Mite would attempt to make Batman look bad. However after Ace the Bat-Hound would help capture crooks that Bat-Mite would escape he would earn the ire of Batman, Robin and Batwoman and flee back to his home dimension to avoid trouble[3].
When Bat-Mite would next appear on Earth, it would be during a time when Batman and Robin were working with Superman to stop a group of crooks using a robot suit to commit their crimes. Not wishing Superman to upstage his hero, Bat-Mite would get in their way until the Dynamic Duo capture the crooks. When Mr. Mxyzptlk would arrive to cause Superman grief, Bat-Mite would match his powers against the imp from the 5th Dimension until the frustrated Mxyzptlk would return home. Despite this, Batman, Robin and Superman would be upset at Bat-Mite for the reckless use of his powers and he would flee back to his home dimension[4]. Seeking to challenge Batman with a new villain, Bat-Mite would use his powers to create the evil Mr. X, not revealing the truth behind the foe or his involvement until Batman would successfully defeat the foe[5]. After coming at odds with Batman and Robin again, Bat-Mite would be tricked by criminal Willy Wild to join his gang, until Batman and Robin made him realize how they were exploiting his abilities and helps the Dynamic Duo capture them[6]. Later when Bat-Girl's advances are rejected by Robin during a period when the two junior crime fighters are left alone to defend Gotham City, Bat-Mite offers his aid to help her win Robin over. Their plan backfires when Bat-Girl is captured, forcing Bat-Mite to admit his involvement and help free Bat-Girl before returning to his home dimension once more[7].
Interfering once more with a case being handled by Batman, Robin and Superman leads to another clash between Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk, their battle causes their magics to combine to create menaces that neither imp can stop until the three heroes defeat them. Bat-Mite and Mxyzptlk flee the scene before they can be scolded by the heroes[8]. In another attempt to make Batman's adventures more exciting, Bat-Mite would conspire to endow Batman and Robin as well as some crook who captured a magician to get magical powers until Batman would learn the truth and make the imp restore them to normal[9]. Another similar episode begins when Bat-Mite endows crooks fleeing Batman with circus abilities before being knocked out and losing his abilities temporarily. Ultimately, Bat-Mite regains his powers and reverses the abilities he gave to the crooks[10]. In another misguided attempt to help Batman and Robin out, Bat-Mite endows Ace, the Bat-Hound with super-powers until a twist of fate makes the Bat-Hound obedient to criminals until Bat-Mite reverses his spells effect[11].
When Bat-Mite causes Batman grief trying to capture crooks at a baseball game, he tells Bat-Mite to find another hero to pester. Taking Batman's words to heart, Bat-Mite attempts three different times to create his own heroes. The first two were bunglers, the third was a criminal that exploited his powers for criminal purposes until Bat-Mite would help Batman defeat him[12]. Bat-Mite would later make a bet with Mr. Mxyzptlk that Batman and Superman couldn't deduce their involvement if they were to disguise themselves. With Bat-Mite becoming "Speed Kid" and Mxyzptlk would become "Force Boy", until Batman, Robin and Superman would figure out their deception[13]. In a seemingly uncharacteristic move, Bat-Mite aids Mr. Mxyzptlk in capturing Batgirl and Supergirl and posing as them to completely defeat Superman and Batman. However the two heroes eventually expose the two imps thanks in part to the return of their female counterparts[14].
In his last recorded adventure in the Earth-One universe, Bat-Mite traveled to New York to petition the publishers at DC Comics to give him his own story in a comic book, after years of being left forgotten[15].
Like many of the characters that interacted with Batman of the Earth-One universe, Bat-Mite was seemingly erased from existence following Crisis on Infinite Earths. His origins and possible existence in the Post-Crisis universe prior to Infinite Crisis and other subsequent reality altering events have left any existence of Bat-Mite questionable at best.
The first recorded "appearance" of Bat-Mite in the Post-Crisis universe per-se came from the ramblings of Bob Overdog, a drug addled murderer who was imprisoned in Arkham Asylum. Overdog would claim that all the people he himself had murdered were in reality killed by Bat-Mite who had come from a dimension where his people worshiped the super-heroes of Earth. Batman would dismiss Overdog's ramblings as hallucinations brought on by his drug abuse[16]. This theory would gain more credibility when Overdog would hallucinate an alternate version of the Knightfall event with Bat-Mite taking the role of Batman and Overdog himself playing the part of Jean-Paul Valley[17]. Inspired by Overdog's rantings, Mr. Mxyzpltk would use his powers to bring Bob's hallucination to life. The two would wager to see who was better Superman or Batman. When both heroes would get out of a fun-house trap at the same time a frustraited Mxyzptlk would call off the bet and return home[18].
Bat-Mite would later be absorbed by the Joker who would use his powers against Superman, Batman and Mr. Mxyzptlk. However a blast from the Phantom Zone projector would free him[19].
New EarthEdit
When Batman, through the manipulations of Simon Hunt and Professor Milo began operating as the "Zur-En-Arrh" Batman, a sort-of Batman without Bruce Wayne personality, he would begin seeing hallucinations of Bat-Mite in his mind. This Bat-Mite was supposedly Batman's rational, which would attempt to prevent Zur-En-Arrh from going too far. Things are further confused with the fact that Bat-Mite has also claimed to be from the 5th Dimension, as the 5th Dimension is a realm of imagination[20].
The true nature and full origins of the Post-Crisis and New Earth versions of Bat-Mite remain unrevealed at this present time.
Powers and AbilitiesEdit
Powers Wide variety of magical powers, including the ability to turn invisible, levitate, animate inamite objects, and grant superpowers to others. Bat mite can shoot lightning from his hands.


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|Winter Fuyu Persimmons and Winter Avocados (Bacon featured here) along with
California nuts make a unique and delicious fruit salad.
In California - we are lucky enough to even have farmer's markets in the winter. In December - we can get beautiful fruits - like winter avocados, Fuyu persimmons and all kinds of nuts. With the Diva's basket full of these delicious items - she "tisket - a - tasket-ed" home last night from our local farmer's market and put a beautiful salad together.
This would make an AWESOME salad for your Christmas, holiday or New Year's party!
This is a unique way to make a real "FRUIT" salad using the lighter tasting avocados. The sweetness of the persimmons goes so well with the creamy taste of the winter avocado – and the crunch of the nuts. Then top with a light vinaigrette made of champagne – YUM! Unique and delicious! So colorful too.
These are ALSO the same items she shipped out to some of our lucky customers during this past week. Diva club members are getting winter avocados (that are often lighter, more fruity than the oil-filled summer varieties). They make GREAT fruit salads. She often ships our customers "rancher's freebies" - like lemons, grapefruits, pomegranates or in this case, persimmons!
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The MoveRolla Transportation Strategy (MoveRolla) provides a framework for the implementation of a multimodal transportation network for Rolla's central core and the Westside Marketplace. The purpose of the strategy is to improve mobility and safety for all modes, connect major activity centers, maximize economic development opportunities, and provide aesthetic improvements to enhance Rolla's unique identity and sense of place.
Develop a transportation system that meets the needs of all people and modes and promotes a safe, healthy community and economic opportunities for the next 20 years.
•Develop a safe and convenient transportation environment.
•Promote alternative mobility choices.
•Develop a multimodal transportation system that promotes economic opportunities.
•Create a sense of place.
MoveRolla was developed through a technical analysis of exiting and future conditions, review of study area plans including the Missouri S&T Campus Master Plan, the Westside Marketplace Development Plan, Rolla West Master Plan, and the Phelps County Regional Medical Center Master Plan. Input was also gathered from the project core team, stakeholders and the public.
•The heaviest vehicle demand along Bishop Avenue occurs at the 10th Street, Kingshighway, and Highway 72 intersections.
•The heaviest pedestrian demand along Bishop Avenue is at 10th Street.
•12 percent of through traffic on Bishop Avenue is truck traffic.
•Bishop Avenue represents 66 percent of total arterial crashes in the study area.
•The crash rate on Bishop Avenue is 2.7 times the statewide average.
•Bishop Avenue represents 50 percent of the total pedestrian crashes in the study area.
•Missouri S&T is experiencing significant growth in enrollment.
•The Phelps County Regional Medical Center is undergoing a significant expansion including the construction of the new Delbert Day Cancer Institute.
•The Westside Marketplace will bring regional retail to Rolla West.


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This is again old deck, in a sense older than "Elemental Augury". I didn't list this as my oldest "deck from a card" as this deck did not start from Tainted Æther. You see, I was new to Magic and – around year 2001 – I realized one can order singles of Magic cards. I ordered multiple black cards that sounded good. Mostly something like Dry Spell. (I told you I was new to Magic.) One of the cards I ordered was Tainted Æther. I put all those cards to a mono-black deck I carried with me when playing with friends.
The deck has evolved a lot then. Tainted Æther became four-of (all traded or from boosters!) Dry Spells are gone. I have added good creature control whenever I have gained some from boosters or by trading. I haven't bought any cards to this deck. (Well, I use same tutors in all my decks so they have not been bought to this deck.) And there are even few combos. Currently deck has evolved to this:
The deck
4 x Tainted Æther
4 x Dark Ritual
1 x Curse of the Cabal
1 x Lethal Vapors
1 x Decree of pain
1 x Ensnaring Bridge
1 x Grafted Skullcap
2 x Havoc Demon
3 x Corrupt
2 x Massacre
3 x Engineered Plague
3 x Consume Spirit
4 x Seal of Doom
1 x Slaughter
1 x Smother
2 x Crippling Fatigue
1 x Demonic Tutor
1 x Vampiric Tutor
1 x Expunge
1 x Cabal Coffers
1 x Peat bog
21 x Swamp
How to play
You want to drop Tainted Æther as soon as possible, preferably turn 2 with dark ritual. When it is in play, every creature destruction in your deck (is there anything else in the deck?) is cheap land destruction. Kill opponent's creatures so he/she has to sacrifice lands in order to get more into play. Then kill those too. You can drain opponent whenever you have nothing better to do with your mana. Cabal Coffers is awesome for that.
Want to try it? Cards you don't need:
Anything past Tainted Æther and Dark Ritual is non-mandatory. You really need just creature removal spells (Dark Banishing & alike) and a way to kill opponent. "Your opponent sacrifices a permanent" style cards splash in very nicely and work as artifact/enchantment removal black is lacking.
• Your Tainted Æther was destroyed or you did not draw one? It's okay, you are now playing one of the best creature control decks I have. Have fun! 😀
• Multiple Tainted Æthers are cumulative. For one creature entering the battlefield player must sacrifice as many creatures or lands as he there were Æthers in battlefield.
• Engineered plague destroys 1-toughness creatures as state based effect. Tainted Æther will trigger, but creature that entered the battlefield will be long gone before it could be sacrificed for the effect. Therefore opponent has to sacrifice yet another permanent.
• Grafted Skullcap is good if you are already having empty hand but it becomes double as useful with Ensnaring Bridge.
• Multiple drain spells double as creature removal if needed.
• Two Havoc Demons and Engineered Plague tuned to "Golem" can kill Darksteel Colossus. If opponent refuses to attack, consume the spirit of other of the demons to start the fun. 😉


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December 30, 2015 | by By Veronique de Turenne
The evolution of breast cancer treatment has become a revolution thanks to precision medicine, improved screening, and a move to more refined surgical techniques. This momentum will continue in 2016 as advances such as immunotherapy, nipple-sparing surgery, and gene therapy continue to transform the field.
To learn more, we spoke with two of City of Hope's breast cancer specialists, Laura Kruper, M.D., head of breast surgery service, and Joanne Mortimer, M.D., director of the Women's Cancers Program. They answered five questions about new directions in breast cancer treatment and research in the coming year.
Kruper, an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery, is director of the Women's Center. A vocal advocate for breast cancer awareness, Kruper led a study that showed how race, income and insurance status can prevent breast cancer patients from getting the reconstructive surgery to which they are legally entitled.
Mortimer, who has been named numerous times as one of America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly, serves as vice chair and professor in the Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research. As part of her research, Mortimer is working on a new way to match breast cancer patients to specific treatments.
1. What treatment advances do you expect for breast cancer patients in 2016?
"We're seeing very promising advances in several directions, such as in systemic therapies where the focus is moving to drugs that target abnormalities in the cancer cell that are unique to each patient," Mortimer said. "We're also looking to provide individualized treatment for breast cancer patients, which means less chemotherapy, less surgery and less radiation."
In the area of surgery, Kruper sees a new emphasis on procedures that remove tumors while preserving as much of the breast as possible.
"One of the innovative surgeries that we can offer patients here at City of Hope are nipple-sparing mastectomies with direct implant-based reconstruction," Kruper said. "This means that we preserve the whole envelope of the breast, and the plastic surgeons then place implants during the same surgery."
Unlike at many other medical centers, plastic surgeons at City of Hope do not use tissue expanders, Kruper said.
"With expanders, patients undergo expansion with saline over a period of three months and then have the tissue expanders exchanged for implants as a separate surgery," she said. "By eliminating the need for tissue expansion, patients are spared many office trips as well as an additional surgery."
Also, two new therapies to destroy early-stage breast cancers are showing great promise in clinical trials, Kruper said. One uses lasers; the other uses freezing, also known as cryoablation. In fact, she said, a cryoablation trial called FROST will open soon at City of Hope.
2. How significant is that?
The move to precision medicine in breast cancer means being able to match a patient with the most effective treatment for her specific cancer, Mortimer said.
"When you identify which drugs are best for individual patients, you are likely to find more effective treatments for each individual," she said. "That means less chemotherapy, less surgery and less radiation, which means fewer side effects. This will also help prevent resistance to existing therapies."
The surgical innovations offer breast cancer patients a better quality of life during and after treatment, Kruper said. Cryoablation and laser therapy are less invasive than traditional surgery, so patients recover more quickly and with less pain.
3. How will this improve the patient experience or patient outcomes?
Growing precision in the area of drug therapy means matching a type of cancer to a specific treatment, Mortimer said.
"Patients will be more comfortable that they are getting the appropriate therapy that is unique and individual to them," she said. "And as a result they will experience fewer of the side effects that make cancer treatment difficult."
As for nipple-sparing surgery without the use of tissue expanders, that preserves the natural look of a patient's breast and eliminates the need for additional surgery, Kruper said.
"By eliminating the need for tissue expansion, patients are spared many office trips as well as an additional surgery," Kruper said. "Patients also wake up after surgery with intact nipples and the original appearance of their breasts."
4. What research progress do you expect in 2016?
The focus on the genetic and molecular makeup of breast cancer will continue to reveal how the disease works and how the body can be mobilized to fight it. Breast cancer is made up of many types and sub-types and each patient is different, Kruper said.
"For example, there are at least six different subtypes of 'triple-negative' breast cancer," she said. "We will see increasing use of molecular profiling tools that result in more personalized treatment regimens."
Research into checkpoint inhibitors, which unleash the power of a patient's own immune system, will significantly advance the cancer fight, Mortimer said.
"We will improve quality of life for patients because treatment will no longer be one-size-fits-all," she said.
5. Overall, where is the field of breast cancer treatment and research moving?
"The shift is toward a greater and more thorough understanding the biology of each subtype of cancer," Mortimer said. "The more we understand about the genetics of cancer, the more we will be able to identify therapies that will be more effective than the drugs we have had up until now, many of which simply kill all cells that divide, rather than just breast cancer cells."
Kruper foresees continued and rapid change.
"The field is constantly changing, which is exciting," Kruper said. "We learn more each year about the (diversity) of breast cancer and how important individualized patient treatments are so important."
Learn more about City of Hope's Breast Cancer Program and research. If you are looking for a second opinion or consultation about your treatment, request an appointment online or contact us at 800-826-HOPE. Please visit Making Your First Appointment for more information.


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Deciding to move to a new neighbourhood is a big decision and there are many reasons for doing so. Maybe work commitments have lead you to a new location or you have decided to move closer to relatives. Whatever the exact reasons there are certain things that you need to do before moving to a new neighbourhood. One of the most important things that needs to be taken care of is checking out what a new neighbourhood is actually like, before you commit to moving in.
But what exactly do you need to check? Read on if you are unsure of just what needs to be checked.
The Quality Of Local Schools
This applies mainly to people who are already parents or to those who are considering becoming parents in the future. When moving to a new neighbourhood you need to make sure that the local schools are of sufficient quality for you children. Education is so important and you want to make sure that your children will receive the best education they can.
Take some time to ring up local schools in the neighbourhoods that you are looking at to find out what they are actually like. You should be asking about things like reviews, whether there is extra help available and if there are opportunities to get involved in any extracurricular activities.
The Transport System
How good the transport system is in a new neighbourhood is definitely a question you always need to find out the answer for. How easy is it going to be for you to get to work? Are there regular buses for your children to get to school or college? Are the sort of questions that you need to be asking. You always need to make sure that you think of how easy a trip would be in all types of weather conditions. For example if it is cold during winter do you really want to walk 25 minutes to the nearest bus stop?
If you are not planning on using public transport and are going to drive to work instead, you should still take the time to see how bad traffic can get in a neighbourhood.
Crime Rates
Crime rates are not 100% accurate as there are some crimes that go unrecorded. However they do give a pretty good picture of a neighbourhood. You should be able to gather some pretty insightful statistics to what sort of crimes are committed in a neighbourhood. Sites such as Neighbourhood Scout or City Data are brilliant for this purpose. However you need to bear in mind that all areas have some level of crime that just cannot be avoided. You will be able to tell whether the crime rate is above the national average or not pretty easily.
What's the actual place like?
It's all well and good to ring up schools and check the crime statistics but nothing gives you a better impression of a neighbourhood than visiting it in person. You should drive and walk through a neighbourhood during the day and at night to get the best picture of what the place is actually like.
You should try to determine how near to places such as shops you are, as you don't want to move to a new area to find out you are miles away from the rest of civilization.
Doing all these things will help you to get the best impression of what a neighbourhood is like. This can help you to decide whether you want to move to a certain area or not. The last thing you want to do is commit to living somewhere that you really dislike.
This artice was written by Endre Rex-Kiss, freelance writer and guest blogger in topics ranging from finance, real estate and social media. This time he represents FidelisAM, a US based company providing tenant screening services. Connect with him on Twitter @erexkiss.


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Nicholas Cage, doing his downbeat everyman, plays Dave Spritz, a Chicago television weather man going through a mid-life crisis. His exasperated ex-wife (Hope Davis) has moved on with her life after their divorce and is in a relationship with a man that Dave can't stand. Their two children are troubled. His overweight daughter (Gemmenne de la Pena) urgently needs social guidance and his teenage son (Nicolas Hoult from About a Boy) is remote and troubled. He's also getting far too close to his creepy student counsellor (Gil Bellows). Most painfully, his father (Michael Caine), Robert Spritz, an acclaimed writer, has been diagnosed with terminal cancer. David does not value himself, much less his profession. Maybe people discern that from his permanently smiling face, which is why they throw fast food at him from passing cars. They can tell that he's a self-loathing loser, a miserable failure and the object of his own contempt.
Some of Dave's inadequacy can be traced to his father Robert (Michael Caine), a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, the toast of the Chicago literary set, who cannot hide his disappointment in his only son. It's not that Dave is on TV discussing the weather, it's that he's just reading out the information. He's not a qualified meteorologist and has no ambition to become one. For his part, Robert is coming to terms with his sad news and is desperate to teach his floundering son some life lessons. "Do you know," he asks, "that the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are usually the same thing?" With his life in a shambles and his spirits sinking lower than the November barometer, Dave leans something nobody on television should ever learn, that he is artificial. The knowledge almost kills him.
The film was directed by Gore Verbinski, who previously made The Pirates of the Caribbean and The Ring, and like Cage, isn't someone you'd pick for the material. He does well, setting a suitably frosty mood through some inspired photography and some delicately emotional scenes. He also makes room for a little levity, through some funny wordplay and tellingly suburban comedy of embarrassment, but only a little. The atmosphere otherwise is gloomy and contemplative. The scenes between Cage and Caine are by far the films most effective, Cage's existential uncertainty playing beautifully against Caine's icy, bourgeoisie self-control. As a character essay about inadequacy and the emasculation of the modern man, The Weather Man predicts a chilly forecast, with too little sunshine to fully recommend.


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Mobile predictions for 2008 - wisdom of crowds-style
Chetan Sharma surveyed a number of mobile industry types towards the end of last year to get our views on how 2008 will pan out.
So rather than my one-man-band predictions for Digital Media in 2008, here's the results for mobile when I joined with 195 other mobile movers, shakers and industry insiders (Chetan's words...) to gaze into the mobile year ahead. You can read the full analysis here. The graphic which sums it all up is from Chetan's blog. A larger version (and others) can be found there.


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I'm not in the habit of hugging trees - but the other day, there I was with my arms round a magnificent 80 foot acacia, saying goodbye.
It's gone now - all over so quickly - brought down in half a day. And I do feel sad about it, really sad, which might sound silly - sure it's only a tree, but it was a beautiful tree; a tree I could see (almost touch) from every window at the front of the house - so tall the leaves were too high to block much light. I looked at it every day, it felt like part of our home. I thought it would always be there.
When I asked the tree surgeon working next door to take a look back in October, I never imagined we'd end up where we are now. I thought he'd quote for the usual cutback and general tidy up, but then he spotted fungus growing in a ring around the base of the trunk. And that was the beginning of the end for the acacia. The tree looked so strong and healthy but apparently it was rotting inside.
I keep thinking if the tree surgeon hadn't been working next door, if I hadn't asked him, we'd never have known and it would still be there. Knowing changes everything, doesn't it. The tree could have lasted another 5 years, maybe more, but now there was doubt. If it came down it would land on the road.
Still, I kept putting off making a decision, using my husband being away as an excuse. Even when he got back I prevaricated. My husband was much more practical about it - it wasn't safe so it had to go. But then he's not here as much as me, not as attached. No little emotional flashes of sitting in the shade of the tree playing with the children when they were tiny. I know I'm useless at letting go.
But there wasn't really an option - I knew that too. It had to come down sooner or later.
I talked to my mum because I was sure she'd understand. She's a big time tree hugger and told me I should have a quiet chat with the tree fairy and let her know it was time to move on. Yes, you read right - my mum's a hoot and has fairies for everything. We've all gently teased her over the years; raised eyebrows to the heavens in a 'there she goes again' kind of way - but funny enough, it was what I wanted to hear - and so that's exactly what I did.
When they came to cut the acacia down we went out for the day, and just watched the very early stages. Quite a sight seeing them hanging from the top branches with a chainsaw, and only a bit of rope for safety.
When we got back the tree was gone.
My husband gave me a hug and then admired the new improved view and the large pile of wood.
I just felt sad.
But we asked them to leave about 6 foot or so. I have this idea about getting it carved - as long as it's not jaw-droppingly expensive that is. Hopefully not as jaw-droppingly expensive as getting the tree taken down in the first place. I'm thinking maybe an animal or a bird - nothing too big. A way to remember. I'll let you know what we do.


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By Libby Copeland
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 6, 2006
Falling in love has never had a reputation for making much sense. Dante glimpsed Beatrice a few times and wouldn't shut up about her for decades.
Why should not-falling-in-love be any more rational?
It comes down to the deterrent power of a Phil Collins CD in a woman's car. Or, a guy who habitually sticks his tongue out while eating, like a lapping dog. His girlfriend returns him to his cage, permanently.
Centuries from now, scientists may point to this as the moment in time when the pickiness gene became dominant. In the end, it will come down to one really old, lonely guy and his list.
"She must have blue eyes. She should like animals, but not in a weird way. No thin lips. No lawyers," he'll be writing, just before he keels over and the human race comes to an end.
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As the measure of a relationship, the taquito is greasy and capricious. But there it was late one night, warmed over countless times, poised to destroy a budding romance.
They'd been out with friends at a few bars. She was hungry. She wanted 7-Eleven.
"She said, 'They've got the best taquitos in the world,' " says Joe Peters. "I said, 'Are you serious?' "
Peters, 28, is not a 7-Eleven kind of guy. More of a distance-cycling, marathoning, healthy meals kind of guy. She insisted. He accompanied her in.
"She even said, "Pick out any one, it's on me,' " Peters recalls of the incident, which wasn't even really a date, and acquired great meaning only afterward, after everything else had happened, with the mayonnaise and the brie. But anyway, there he was.
"It's 3 o'clock in the morning. You can tell these taquitos have been the taquitos nobody wanted and they've been sitting out all day."
He chooses one despite himself -- jalapeno and cream cheese, if memory serves. He takes a few bites and throws the thing away in disgust. She devours hers with evident relish.
This was the beginning (and the beginning of the end) of Peters's brief romance with a woman who "just liked the worst food in the world." Then Peters, a program analyst for the federal government, took her out to dinner, and that's when things really deteriorated. She started talking about mayonnaise.
"Some people are mayonnaise people, I completely understand it. But I. Hate. Mayonnaise," Peters says. He thinks it's a texture thing. "I just find it to be the most repulsive thing in the world. And she's just going on and on about how great mayonnaise is and how you can eat all these things and my stomach is just curdling."
There was one more incident. They went to grab a quick bite and she got a roast beef and brie sandwich, heated up. The brie was "oozing."
"I mean, when it's hot and running all over, it looked terrible, and in light of the taquito and mayonnaise stories, I was just like, I can't take it anymore," Peters says.
He stopped calling her. He knows this sounds really bad.
"Feel free to put in there what a shallow [bleep] I am," he says.
But is it really so shallow? Or is it merely efficient, given all the available women in the world Peters might have to date to find someone perfect? It's like shoe shopping; you can't buy the first pair you try on.
Besides, when you push Peters, you discover there was something else about the girl, something too "small-town," too "old-fashioned and motherlike" for him. You start to wonder if the taquito-and-mayonnaise-and-brie thing is just a convenient explanation for something too subtle for words.
After all, Peters is perfectly willing to accept certain imperfections.
"My ex-girlfriend loved Celine Dion," he says.
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There is a difference between an obvious deterrent -- a problem that most people would condemn in a date, like bad breath -- and what we might call the Taquito Moment.
A great many of us would agree on the following reasons for dismissal of a suitor:
Excessive lateness. Excessive neck hair. Rudeness toward wait staff. Multiple mentions of an ex. Starting a sentence with, "Now, my third marriage wasn't my fault."
The Taquito Moment is more interesting. It reveals as much about the person who despises taquitos as it does about the one who keeps them close to her heart. Often it reveals, in shorthand, something we can't quite pinpoint about the other person, or ourselves. It's a proxy for taboos, or regrets about past failed relationships. It's a proxy for class concerns or cultural differences, because most people want someone who looks and sounds and smells as they do.
The Taquito Moment comes to represent a moment of clarity, the thing you fasten onto later when explaining why you could never go out with that person again. So you broke up with a girl because of her arm hair? Fine. Love, like mayonnaise, is a texture thing. But maybe, on some essential level, the girl just didn't do it for you, because if she had, those would have been the arms of the girl you loved.
There is something peculiarly modern about this phenomenon, something aligned with our dark privilege of too much , this consumeriffic culture in which jeans and houses and breasts and ring tones are customizable. Consider it all: geographical dislocation, cities filled with singles, extended childhoods and postponed childbearing, speed-dating, the growing sense that the dating pool is as vast as the 454 men-seeking-women between the ages of 29 and 31 within five miles of your Zip code on Yahoo Personals.
In a world of infinite possibilities, the notion of falling in love, of finding The One, seems itself like the taquito girl, small-town and old-fashioned. Once upon a time, The One would've lived in your village or another one like it. Now, she could be this sweet girl across from you at the dinner table, but she could also be someone you haven't yet met. What if there's another woman somewhere in the world, like this girl, but better? Someone who will snowboard with you, and doesn't do that strange throat-clearing thing?
"When I was buying a computer, there were so many features that for six months I didn't buy a computer," says Jillian Straus, 33, whose book "Unhooked Generation," due out Feb. 8, chronicles why people her age have trouble deciding on mates. The people in their twenties and thirties who Straus interviewed "see commitment to one person as a narrowing of lifestyle choices."
And through all of it, the prospect of happiness always just ahead, if only we could find the right person, the perfect person. Happiness, that sly, flitting creature we somehow convinced ourselves was ours to keep.
Online, people attempt to custom-order mates with the awesome specificity of children at a Build-a-Bear Workshop. In the personal section of Craigslist, a man describes his dream woman: "you are very feminine but also a tad clumsy. you are short, but you love high heels . . . you have long dark hair and big eyes. you like to wear mascara and other eye make-up, and/or you have long lashes."
TV writers lampoon our impossible standards. On "Sex and the City," Charlotte once broke up with a guy because she didn't like his taste in china. On his show, Jerry Seinfeld torpedoed a relationship because a woman had "man hands."
On the MTV reality show "NEXT," one person is set up on five dates in rapid succession, dismissing each potential suitor with the word next . Thus, a young woman nexts a guy within nine seconds for having ugly teeth, and a young man nexts a date because she's vegetarian. He loves cheeseburgers too much, he says.
The Taquito Moment is the test you didn't know you were giving until the other person failed. Sometimes, it's an impossible test.
"I say, hurl," Wayne advises Garth in "Wayne's World." "If you blow chunks and she comes back, she's yours. But if you spew and she bolts, it was never meant to be."
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So here follows, in no particular order, several lifetimes' worth of irritations and perceived warning signs -- a window into the modern limitation of extreme pickiness brought on by too much choice:
Dates with bad grammar. Yankees fans. Actors. Indecisive dates. ("Where do you want to go?" "I dunno, you?") A man who wears a backpack, or socks with his sandals. A woman who can't give good directions to her house. A man who likes pink drinks. A woman who drives a black Pontiac Grand Am with gold rims. A man who kisses you and says, "Yummy!" A woman who wears a tight leopard-print top.
"Any girl that orders a salad as her meal at dinner," says Koonal Gandhi, 27, who shares a place with Joe Peters in upper Northwest Washington. That's an indication she is "very self-conscious about either how she looks or eating in front of other people."
"I do have one guy who I actually stopped dating 'cause he didn't know what paella was," says Jenn Lee, a pediatrician who used to live in New York and now lives in Sterling. The gap in knowledge was a sign to her, she says, "that the guy wasn't cultured. How could you live in New York for 10 years and not experience paella?"
Denisa Canales has had a number of breakups; one because a guy was allergic to her cats, and one because she didn't trust a guy's pit bull. More recently, she left a guy over a crucial difference of opinion concerning her shoes.
They'd been dating for two weeks, and the truth is, things weren't perfect. The guy could be kind of critical, she says, and he seemed to think he knew her better than he did. Anyway, they were out for lunch and she wore the shoes, gold mules with a little heel and lots of beading. She recalls that she'd paid $60 for them and had taken some time picking them out, choosing just exactly what she wanted. The perfect style, The One.
"I call them my pixie shoes," says Canales, 23. "Those shoes exemplify everything that I am. . . . They're so, like, fun and they're kinda dangerous."
She'd worn them to a job interview earlier in the day, and the guy had the audacity to remark that he didn't think they were quite right for an interview. She asked if he liked the shoes and he said in fact, he didn't.
She finished her sushi and stood up.
"Don't call me again," she said, and walked out.
And, as a matter of fact, he never did.
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