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Free all-you-can-eat breakfast! Bagels and cream cheese, cereals, muffins, scones, toast, fruit, juice, milk, tea and coffee, served every day from 8 - 10am. It's at least a $5 value, and we know you've got better places to spend that money - like on beer!
Private bathrooms! Every bathroom in our hostel is a private bathroom.
**Taxes not included. Rates quoted are for HI members. Non-members may purchase a membership at check-in or pay a 10% non-member surcharge.**
Smack dab in the middle of Granville Street's pub and club district, we're one of the newest Vancouver hostels -- and if you're angling for access to all the partying and good times you could want, without compromising on security, comfort, and cleanliness, then we're where you want to be!
Our in-the-thick-of-it location makes for the perfect home base while you explore Vancouver. Our hostel has awesome daily tours that'll have you hanging out with travellers from all over the world while you teeter across the Capilano Suspension Bridge or sip a pint on one of our pub crawls.
If you're looking for the fun of a hostel, but still want privacy, you'll love our ensuite private rooms (cable TV included!) and our two-bed dorms. These are our most popular room types, so make sure to book in advance!
A quick word about our kitchen -- our previous guests have asked (and we listened!) that we mention ahead that our cooking facilities include only microwaves, toasters and kettles. If you're looking to cook up a feast, we've got two other hostels in Vancouver (Downtown and Jericho Beach) with really impressive kitchens.
We know you care about security, too, and that's why you'll find your own backpack-sized locker in your dorm. When you don't have to worry about your stuff, you can really start enjoying yourself.
So that's our story: fun, secure, comfortable, clean, and can we just put in one more plug for the Granville Street nightlife?
We can't wait to meet you!
Rates quoted are for HI members. Non-members may purchase a membership at check-in or pay a 10% non-member surcharge.
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- 24 Hour Reception
- 24 Hour Security
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- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Free Breakfast
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elevator
- Telephone/Fax Facilities
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- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Jobs Board
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- Linen Included
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- Luggage Storage
- No Curfew
- Non Smoking
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels Included
- Vending Machines
- Washing Machine
- Wi-Fi
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
Taxes not included (+16%)
24h cancellation policy.
This property may pre-authorise your card before arrival.
Must have valid photo ID issued outside of the Vancouver Lower Mainland to check in.
Please note that HI/YHA discounts are not available to members as part of this booking.
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From Airport:
Take the Canada Line train from the Airport to Vancouver City Center Station. Walk South down Granville street for 3 blocks to the hostel. The train costs $8.75 and takes about 40 minutes to the hostel. Or a taxi will cost about $35 plus tip, 30 minutes.
From bust/train station:
Go out the front door of Pacific Central Station and walk across the park diagonally to your left to the elevated Skytrain track. Buy a ticket from the machine and go two stops westbound to Granville Station. Take the Granville St exit and walk 4 blocks south. This trip will cost you $2.75 and will take approximately 25 minutes.
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Located in the middle of Granville Street's pub and club district, Robson Street shopping, Art Gallery, Yaletown restaurant district, seawall, sports and concert stadiums. 20-minute walk to Stanley Park.


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Rogaining is the sport of long distance cross-country navigation for teams traveling on foot. Rogaining involves both route planning and navigating between checkpoints using a topographical map (what's a topo map?) and a compass. The object is to score points by finding these checkpoints located on the course within a specified time. Checkpoints may be visited in any order and are worth various points depending on their difficulty and location.
Teams consists of 2-5 people, although solo competitors are allowed in some shorter events. Teamwork, endurance, competition and an appreciation for the natural environment are features of the sport. Championship rogaines are 24 hours long, however rogaines can be as short as 2 hours.
Rogaining can trace its roots back to Australia in 1947, when the first of many events with some of the features of rogaines was organized by the Melbourne University Mountaineering Club. These events led to the birth of the sport of rogaining in April 1976, in Melbourne. For even more info: History & Facts
Orienteering USA has a Rogaine Committee. The Committee is composed of active rogainers and serves as a liaison with the International Rogaining Federation. The Committee is charged with the development of the sport of rogaining in the U.S., that is, its goals are to increase both the number of rogaines and the number of active rogainers in the U.S. One of the primary tasks of the Committee is rogaine sanctioning; to this extent, the Committee provides a Course Consultant and an overall Event Consultant for each rogaine that applies to Orienteering USA for sanctioning.
The U.S. Rogaine Championships — and the North American Rogaining Championships when they occur in the U.S. — require sanctioning, with a set of fees charged by Orienteering USA much like that for regular orienteering A events. In addition to these Championships, any rogaine can apply for sanctioning, with all aspects of the course and event examined by the Committee. It is hoped that sanctioning will ensure a uniform level of quality among these events, and a useful source of support for organizers. Course and Event Consultants do not need to be members of the Rogaine Committee, and we gladly welcome all who feel they can contribute to the sport by filling these positions.
For more information go to the resource page or contact: Barb Bryant (barb [dot] bryant [at] gmail [dot] com)
The rogaining committee is looking for volunteers. Are you interested in any of these positions?
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Swedish Tennis Star Seeks Triathlon Debut in France
This weekend, coaching star Norman Magnus will try a new challenge in Nice.
by Carola Felchner
Norman Magnus summarizes the essence of his tennis career—one that includes 15 wins at professional tournaments—by talking about losing. "The reason for me to focus on tennis was partly that I liked losing more in an individual sport as there is no one you can blame for failing than yourself," he says.
Given that logic, it seems triathlon, his new passion, will be a similarly fitting sport.
The Swede, who was ranked number two in the world for years, is now coach to the highly decorated Swiss pro Stanislas Wawrinka. Under Magnus' guidance, Wawrinka achieved the overall victory at the 2014 Australian Open, the 2015 French Open, and the 2016 US Open.
The 40-year-old coach is a straightforward teacher who isn't afraid to be honest with his protégé and criticize him if necessary. One of his core beliefs is that you need to be honest with others and yourself to be successful, even if it hurts sometimes.
As tennis pro, Magnus kept himself in check with a healthy dose of humility, and regularly pushed himself to his limits. The Swede was notorious for his intense training regime: "I trained an extreme amount," he says. "With a few years' distance from my own career and more knowledge about training in general I can say that I probably over trained a bit," he admits. Triathlon is now a way for Magnus to disconnecting and re-charging. "I've competed enough in my life," he says.
Someone who has competing in his genes can't do without some kind of athletic challenge, and so has chosen to race IRONMAN France. The athlete only started swimming two years ago, but caught the triathlon bug immediately. He finished last year's 2016 IRONMAN 70.3 Jönköping in 5:23:16 hours—"an awesome race that I really recommend"—and now organizes a triathlon and a swim-run in Karlstad where he lives with his wife, Linda and his twin girls Elin and Estell.
"Everybody can try triathlon. You don't need an expensive bike or special gear."
What Magnus likes most about triathlon is its combination of three disciplines: "It's more variation and you only compete against yourself, at least at my level. For sure you have to be fast, but it's really about endurance and your mind in the end." Triathlon is very different than tennis, he says, where you need a combination of acceleration, deceleration, endurance, strength, flexibility, rotation, mental strength, tactical strength, "and on top of that you have to be a ball player."
For his inaugural long-distance race, his main goal is to have fun with his family and to raise funds for Race4KidsWithAllergies. "I have a very tight working schedule and with 180 travel days a year, I need to be very flexible," says Magnus, who has been training between seven and 10 hours for his IRONMAN debut in July.
He approaches his endeavor with the humility and understatement that is typical for him: "As I'm new to the sport, I don't have a discipline that I'm really good at or that I feel very comfortable with," he says. "I think I could be a good cyclist with more hours in the saddle. Swimming is the discipline I would have to work really hard at to improve in. But I even now enjoy the open water swims a lot."
Magnus' ambitions might not be as lofty as they were when he was playing professional tennis, but he still can't do without pushing himself. He blends together his knowledge of training, health, fitness, and nutrition, but says "most of it's in the head." He is also an advocate of newcomers in the sport: "Everybody can try triathlon. You don't need an expensive bike or special gear. The triathlon community is a great one, and on top of that you'll be healthy and feel better!"
"Magnus made me a winner," Stan Wawrinka has commented. At the end of July, the Swedish coach will make himself a winner as well by accepting the challenge of a long-distance triathlon, raising money for kids with allergies, and pushing his own limits.


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Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts for information about Oracle Security Advisories.
Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon as possible. This Critical Patch Update contains 42 new security fixes across Java SE products of which 2 are applicable to server deployments of Java.
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Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon as possible. Until you apply the CPU fixes, it may be possible to reduce the risk of successful attack by restricting network protocols required by an attack. For attacks that require certain privileges or access to certain packages, removing the privileges or the ability to access the packages from unprivileged users may help reduce the risk of successful attack. Both approaches may break application functionality, so Oracle strongly recommends that customers test changes on non-production systems. Neither approach should be considered a long-term solution as neither corrects the underlying problem.
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Critical Patch Update patches are not provided for product versions that are no longer supported. We recommend that customers upgrade to the latest supported version of Oracle products in order to obtain patches.
The following people or organizations reported security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update to Oracle: Adam Gowdiak of Security Explorations; Alexander Antukh of SEC Consult; Alin Rad Pop (binaryproof) via HP's Zero Day Initiative; an Anonymous researcher via Beyond Security's SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure Program; Ben Murphy via HP's ZDI; Ben Murphy with Aware Mobile via HP's Zero Day Initiative; Chris Ries via iDefense; Hontvári Attila; James Forshaw (tyranid) via HP's Zero Day Initiative; Jeroen Frijters; Joshua J. Drake with Accuvant LABS via HP's Zero Day Initiative; Vitaliy Toropov via HP's Zero Day Initiative; Vitaliy Toropov via iDefense; and VUPEN Security via HP's Zero Day Initiative.
Oracle provides recognition to people that have contributed to our Security-In-Depth program (see FAQ). People are recognized for Security-In-Depth contributions if they provide information, observations or suggestions pertaining to security vulnerability issues that result in significant modification of Oracle code or documentation in future releases, but are not of such a critical nature that they are distributed in Critical Patch Updates.
In this Critical Patch Update Advisory, Oracle recognizes Christian Schneider; Deepak Bhole of Red Hat; Denis Gorchakov of Positive Technologies; Jeroen Frijters; Mark Baggett; Timothy McKenzie of United American Insurance Company; Tomas Hoger of Red Hat; and Will Dormann of CERT/CC for contributions to Oracle's Security-In-Depth program.
The next four dates for Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Updates are:
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Appendix - Oracle Java SE
Oracle Java SE Executive Summary
This Critical Patch Update contains 42 new security fixes for Oracle Java SE. 39 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
The CVSS scores below assume that a user running a Java applet or Java Web Start application has administrator privileges (typical on Windows). When the user does not run with administrator privileges (typical on Solaris and Linux), the corresponding CVSS impact scores for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability are "Partial" instead of "Complete", lowering the CVSS Base Score. For example, a Base Score of 10.0 becomes 7.5.
Users should only use the default Java Plug-in and Java Web Start from the latest JDK or JRE 7 release.
My Oracle Support Note 360870.1 explains the impact of Java security vulnerabilities on Oracle products that include an Oracle Java SE JDK or JRE.
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Interoperability amendment
The French Senate appears to be softening plans that would have forced Apple and others offering copy-protected music downloads to open up their services so that music can be made interoperable with other music players, Associated Press reports.
Apple has always refused to share its digital rights management (DRM) software, known as FairPlay. Music downloaded from Apple iTunes will only play on a computer or an Apple iPod. It will not play on a rival portable music player. Microsoft and Sony do the same with their proprietary formats.
The French National Assembly approved a copyright bill in March which would make the separate systems interoperable with each other, by forcing the firms to make their DRM software available for scrutiny by competitors.
The lawmakers' motive was greater competition and consumer choice. But Apple called it "state-sponsored piracy", fearing it would reduce the effectiveness of copy-protection systems and of copyright itself.
Associated Press reports today that an amendment has been proposed by the Senate Cultural Affairs Committee that would allow Apple to maintain the exclusive link between iTunes and the iPod. But it appears that Apple would need to negotiate authorisation from record labels and artists to circumvent the requirement for interoperability in future downloads of their music.
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Castles in Catalonia: buildings that come to life
Florejacs Castle (Lleida)
The Templar Castle of Miravet
Tamarit Castle, in Tarragona
There are many ways to visit and discover Catalonia. Here we suggest visiting its medieval castles, to be found throughout this Region in northeastern Spain, from the Pyrenees to the Mediterranean Sea. There are many different visits and routes, some of which are guided. Here we suggest two of them: the Lleida Castles Route, and the Route of the Templars, in Tarragona. Take note.
In the Middle Ages, feudal lords, beautiful maidens and valiant soldiers populated castles which, centuries later, now open their gates and portcullises to you. In Catalonia there are some 600 medieval fortresses, many of which are open for visits all year round.
If you explore the castles of Lleida, a province known as the "Castile of Catalonia" for its prolific number of fortifications, you will find Montsonís, Montclar, Florejacs, Pallargues, Vicfred and Mur: castles that make up this guided tour. On these visits you will learn about everyday life and customs in the Middle Ages, the history of the castles themselves, and anecdotes related with them. But there is more: if you like, you can also take part in cultural activities that go from concerts to courses and workshops, conferences, and medieval and gastronomic events. You can also stay at some of these stone castles, now converted into luxury hotels or restaurants. At the tourist offices you will find detailed information on opening times, prices and guided tours.
Tarragona, land of the Templars
Further south, in Tarragona, you can go on the Route of the Templars. This was a military order created to protect pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land in the Middle Ages, and they left behind a major legacy in this part of Spain. Visit Miravet, a small village on the banks of the Ebro River, whose stunning castle dominates the surrounding landscape. The castle was the last stronghold of the Templar knights in Catalonia in the 14th century, and is one of the best examples of Medieval Catalonian military architecture. Explore its rooms and walls, its towers and watchtowers, and let your imagination travel back to a time of kings and warriors. Head up to its highest point, where you can enjoy stunning views. In August, this castle is the stage for a theatre production, The seige of Miravet, which recreates the legendary eight-month seige that the Templars suffered before finally surrendering to king Jaime II.
Less than 40 kilometres away, in Tortosa, there is another Templar fortress, now a Parador Hotel: La Suda Castle. From here there are views over the city and the beautiful surroundings of the Ebro River. Make the most of the occasion to explore its old town and see the Cathedral and the Episcopal Palace buildings. There are many more castles to be found the length of the Costa Dorada coast. One is in Ulldecona, an excellent example of military architecture; another in Tamarit, built on an outcrop jutting out into the sea; also in Altafulla, or in Torredembarra, which has a beautiful 16th-century Renaissance fortification.
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IRS officials reportedly ask about tax assistance program in city
DANBURY -- Internal Revenue Service agents visited several nonprofit organizations in the city this week, sources said, as part of an inquiry into a local tax assistance organization and the Community Action Committee of Danbury, an anti-poverty agency that receives state and federal funding.
Mayor Mark Boughton said he heard from several nonprofit agencies that were visited by IRS agents on Wednesday, and the inquiries appeared to revolve around "several CACD employees."
Boughton declined to say which agencies were visited or which employees may be targets of a probe.
Ingrid Alvarez-DiMarzo, executive director of the Hispanic Center of Danbury, however, said an agent visited the center Wednesday.
She said the agent posed several questions about Danbury-VITA Inc., which is a separate agency from CACD, and about Danbury-VITA's director, Gloria Sanchez, who also worked as human resources director for CACD.
Alvarez-DiMarzo said the agent asked whether Danbury-VITA, which offers free tax assistance services, has ever charged its clients.
Alvarez-DiMarzo said a client of the Hispanic Center told her he was once charged $50 by Danbury-VITA for help in getting a tax identification number.
An IRS spokeswoman reached by telephone Friday said she was unable to comment on the visit.
Sanchez said Friday she left the Danbury-VITA program in May because she was worried about a possible conflict in serving that organization and CACD.
Sanchez said Friday she has not been contacted by the IRS and that Danbury-VITA had permission in the past to charge for tax identification numbers to help the organization build its reserves of "unrestricted" money.
In the nonprofit world, much of the funding organizations receive is earmarked for specific purposes, and unrestricted money is more difficult to come by.
CACD has come under fire from local, state and federal authorities for suspected financial mismanagement, including a claim it misspent nearly $100,000 in federal stimulus dollars.
Glenda Armstrong, president of the Community Action Committee's board of directors, said CACD is one of several agencies in the city that offer free tax assistance services through the VITA program.
She added that an IRS visit was expected sometime in the past month, but it was a routine annual visit to make sure volunteers and others are in place to operate the program come tax season.
Armstrong declined comment on an investigative committee the City Council established Thursday to examine the allegations swirling around CACD.
The committee, unlike a routine ad hoc committee, has the power to subpoena witnesses to testify.
"When the committee meets, it's up to the members to discuss the scope of the inquiry," said Dan Casagrande, an attorney assigned to work with the group.
"Under the city's charter, the council has the power to set up an investigative committee ... when (examining) agencies that receive city funding."
Several city officials said it has been at least 20 years since the council has attempted to establish an investigative committee as authorized by the charter.
"It's not a section of the charter that is used often," Boughton said. "But given there is so much concern amongst council members, and given the fact that CACD officials asked (council president) Joe Cavo to leave a meeting where public business was being discussed, it's an appropriate way to handle the inquiry."
Boughton was referring to a meeting last week between the CACD and Hispanic Center officials that Cavo attended. The nonprofits discussed a contract the CACD terminated with the center on June 28.
The contract is funded by a state grant from the Department of Social Services under the Hispanic Human Resource Initiative and used by the center to provide a range of client services.
Alvarez-DiMarzo said the center may have to close its doors by Thanksgiving if the contract isn't restored.
Calls left with the Danbury-VITA program were not immediately returned Friday.
A recorded message at the agency said, "We are unable to help clients until October because of a personal issue with staff. We will do our best to return phone messages, but it may take awhile. Thanks for your understanding."
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Sentara Edinburgh campus begins taking shape
Sentara Healthcare broke ground today on its Edinburgh campus in Chesapeake, Va. Edinburgh is a fast-growing planned development in the southern portion of the city.
"We want to be able to meet the community's need for health care as the city grows," said Thomas Thames, M.D., president of Sentara Princess Anne Hospital and executive sponsor of the Sentara Edinburgh campus project. "We look forward to continuing our relationship with the City of Chesapeake, where Sentara currently has physician practices, a nursing center, physical therapy and an outpatient campus in the Greenbrier area."
The two-story, 60,000 square foot medical office building is scheduled to open on the Edinburgh campus in the summer of 2016.
"When you get better, we get better, and we will grow and prosper together," said Chesapeake Mayor Alan Krasnoff during the groundbreaking ceremony. "Sentara has all the right motives for envisioning and moving on this project and we look forward to continuing with Sentara as an active health care partner."
The Sentara Edinburgh campus will include primary care physicians and other skilled providers who comprise Sentara's innovative personalized care teams, with consumers at the center of the process, according to Gus Nicoll, vice president and chief operating officer of Sentara Medical Group.
"We want to make this campus a comprehensive destination for care," Nicolls said at the ceremony. "We are creating a seamless process to help people reach their healthcare goals and it is a privilege to care for you and your families."


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Officials in an eastern Pennsylvania city plan to consider changes to a popular annual music festival following several violent incidents at or near this year's events.
Bethlehem Mayor Bob Donchez told The (Easton) Express-Times that officials will meet with Musikfest organizer ArtsQuest in the next few days. Council members are to meet next month to discuss how public safety was handled.
Donchez said several changes are being discussed, including shortening festival hours on Main Street and installing brighter lights, but he wants to discuss the ideas with merchants first.
Police said a dispute between two groups led to a double shooting a few blocks from the festival Aug. 5. An assault involving brass knuckles was also reported during the festival along with another shooting.


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Finding the Formatting Toolbar Button Equivalents in Excel 2007
Finding the Excel 2007 Ribbon equivalents for the buttons that were on the Formatting toolbar in earlier versions of Excel is easy. Each button on the Formatting toolbar is prominently displayed on the Home tab of the Excel 2007 Ribbon. They're all easy to identify because they use the same icons as before and are located in the Font, Alignment, and Number groups on the Home tab.
The Ribbon's Font group
In addition to the Font, Font Size, Bold, Italic, Underline, Borders, Fill Color, and Font Color buttons from the Formatting toolbar, the Font group also contains the following two buttons:
Increase Font button that bumps up the current font size a point.
Decrease Font button that reduces the current font size by a point.
The Ribbon's Alignment group
The Alignment group of the Home tab includes the Left Align, Center, Right Align, Decrease Indent, Increase Indent, and Merge and Center buttons from the Formatting toolbar of earlier versions, as well as the following new buttons:
Top Align button that vertically aligns the data entered into the current cell selection with the top edge of the cell.
Middle Align button that vertically centers the data entered into the current cell selection.
Bottom Align button that aligns the data entered in the current cell selection with the bottom edge of the cell.
Orientation button that opens a pop-menu of orientation options that enable you to change the direction of the text entered into the current cell selection by angling it up or down, converting it to vertical text, turning the text 90 degrees, as well as opening the Alignment tab of the Format Cells dialog box.
Wrap Text button that applies the wrap text function to the current cell selection so that Excel expands the row heights as needed to fit all of its text within the current column widths.
The Ribbon's Numbers group
The Numbers contains the Percent Style, Comma, Increase Decimal, and Decrease Decimal buttons from the Formatting toolbar, as well as these new buttons:
Accounting Number Format button that enables you to select among several different currency formats, from U.S. dollars to Swiss Francs, as well as to open the Number tab of the Format Cells dialog box with the Accounting number format selected.
Number Format button that opens a pop-up menu of different number options, from General through Text, and lets you open the Number tab of the Format Cells dialog box if you need more choices.


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After attending the Mayer Hawthorne DJ set on Friday at the Pyramid Cabaret, I had the displeasure of seeing the driver's side window of my wife's Honda Fit busted open. Having talked to a few people about this incident, it's apparent that being the victim of a smash n' grab is an unfortunate rite of passage in this city. That kinda eases the pain, but only a little. Naturally, I blamed myself for what happened, and you can't tell me one fucking thing that I haven't already told myself:
Well, why'd you park so far away from the venue, dumbass?
Shit, I dunno. it was a nice night, and I anticipated a frenzied parking situation, so I parked a block away. Is that a fucking crime?
It's your own got-damn fault for leaving your backpack in the back seat.Shit like that has been playing in my head for the past 24 hours. They took the RCA cord that we plug our respective iPhones in with, and the also absconded with the cig lighter charger for said iPhones. Really shitty, but somewhat inexpensive to purchase again somewhere down the line. What really stings here is twofold:
First of all, fuck you. Second, am I the only person in history that's left something in a car with the thought that mankind wouldn't mess with it? No.
The price of getting the window fixed. Don't get me started. This is a very unwelcome addition to the financial bullshit we've had to deal with this year.
My backpack. Gone. Along with my favorite drawing utensils and my barely-used sketchbook. I'd rather they kicked me in the balls instead.
October 4th, 2010: My backpack and its contents at the time.
As I've told others, I'm past the emotional point of white-hot hatred and have settled into a begrudging acceptance with a healthy dash of brooding. Right now, I'd pretty much give anything to have the sketchbook and drawing stuff back. The sketchbook is where I kept notes and drew ideas. Yeah, I can think of more stuff, but that doesn't change the fact that I feel violated. At any rate, if you happen to stumble upon it, it looks like this:
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I've been checking LetterCult probably from the very beginning, although I can't remember how I found out about it. It might've been via Drawn, if I think about it carefully. Anyway...all that matters is that LetterCult is among the spots to be when it comes to custom lettering.
Last year, they started a thing called Alphabattle, where folks from everywhere did their take on letters A to Z, the results of which, when submitted to LetterCult via email, would end up posted on the site. I don't have to tell you that last year was nuts, so I never found the time to contribute (or didn't properly allot time, really). Having reached Z, they're messing with numbers now. While the 1 round slipped past my consciousness, I wasn't about to miss messing with the 2. With my current situation, I've decided to refocus my creative energy, and participating in this helped greatly.
By the way, I have to single out fellow Alphabattle dude Rory Phillips for posting amazing work each and every time. Take a look.


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We are a small game studio in Northern California that has published three titles for the iPhone platform, now working on a new title for the iPad.
With our games we try to provide entertainment that is engaging and lively enough for kids, but stimulating enough for grownups.
The iPad allows a new kind of game play, where there can be multiple players gathered together in a social setting like the family den, living room or the family van. We have several ideas that can take advantage of this new multi-touch playing field.
We need two pairs of small, simple illustrations in various poses.
For this iPad game, there will be several pairs of character figures that are classic opponents, such as cats & dogs, or wolves & sheep, or fox & chickens.
Eventually we'll need many pairs of such characters, but for now we can start with just two pairs:
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At first glance, Jake Cosley says he wasn't quite sure what he was seeing Wednesday afternoon while snowmobiling on the Red River south of Pembina, N.D.
It looked like a dead deer, but something else seemed to be going on, too, he said.
"I saw all this stuff going on around its head area and I'm like, 'what kind of a buck was this?'" Cosley, 23, said.
As he got closer, Cosley, of Pembina, says could see a buck that still was alive sprawled on the ice, locked at the antlers with the head of another buck.
Judging by the vertebrae hanging from the entangled head, which was all that remained of the animal's carcass, the second buck had been dead for quite some time.
There didn't seem to be much life left in the surviving buck, either, Cosley says.
"He was just laying there until I got up to him, then he tried starting to get up," said Cosley, who graduated in 2016 from the University of Minnesota-Crookston with a degree in agricultural systems management. "All he would ever do is just walk backward. He never tried to go forward or anything else."
Even though he was alone and didn't have a saw or any other tool to pry the antlers apart, Cosley knew he had to try and free the living deer.
First, though, he decided to shoot some video to document the unusual encounter with his iPhone, which quickly died in the cold. Cosley put the phone in his pocket to warm up and was able to coax enough life back into the battery to shoot a couple of photos and some video.
Then came the tricky part: getting the antlers freed from a living buck that didn't realize Cosley's good intentions.
"Sitting there trying to wrestle with it, it was pretty tough, because even though he was very weak, he was still strong," Cosley said. "I'm sitting there trying to focus on what's going to be the best move to rip the antlers apart. They were actually loose inside of each other. ... There was some play, but they just would not come apart.
"And I'm sitting there tugging on him. I didn't know how bad I was hurting the live deer by trying to pull on him like that because it had to have been stressing his head some with how much pressure I had to use to sit there and rip them apart."
Needless to say, the surviving buck wasn't exactly cooperative.
"He was thinking I'm trying to kill him," Cosley said. "He doesn't know I'm trying to help him. I'm like, 'Come on, man, you've got to settle down. I'm trying to help you.' "
Eventually, Cosley was able to separate the entangled antlers after several minutes of trying.
"He finally got loose, and when he did get loose, he backed away from me and then started trying to run," Cosley said of the surviving buck. "He looked like he was all disoriented when he started to take off and run because I'm sure his neck had been caught for who knows how long."
Worst-case scenario, Cosley says, he worried he'd have to use the pistol he carried to shoot the antlers apart.
"That was kind of my very last resort I was going to go to, but at least I didn't have to," Cosley said. "I didn't want to have to shoot that close to the deer's head."
The surviving buck appeared to have some bite marks on its hind quarters, and one of its eyeballs had been punctured, Cosley said, either in battle with the other deer or perhaps during a coyote attack on the dead buck.
Judging by the racks and how they were entangled, Cosley says it can't be the same buck that showed up on a trail camera near Walhalla, N.D., several weeks ago dragging the entangled head of another buck.
"You can tell when you look at the racks they're just not the same," he said. "The other one looked like the head literally was just severed off, and this one had more of a dragging spine. And from where this was, even as the crow flies, to Walhalla, it would have been 45 miles. Deer just don't, even when they're healthy, travel that far."
Cosley also was able to shoot video of the surviving buck as it wandered away and into the brush.
"All I was thinking was, I hope this thing lives because he's got a punctured eye and there's potential of infection in his back end from getting bit," Cosley said. "I probably sat there for five minutes after he got away, and when I took off on my sled, he was just gone. He must have kind of got his bearings back enough to at least get off the river and into the river brush."
Neither of the bucks were trophies, Cosley says, and while he pondered keeping the head of the dead buck, he decided to leave it on the ice for nature to reclaim, instead.
Cosley then continued his snowmobile ride, heading to Hallock, Minn., to visit a cousin.
No doubt he had quite a story to tell when he got there.


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Morrison & Foerster has a thriving national appellate practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, in the federal courts of appeals, and in state appellate courts. Leveraging their substantive expertise, our appellate attorneys have taken on some of the most challenging legal issues, including intellectual property, federal preemption, arbitration, patent law, tax, antitrust, financial services, RICO, securities, and class actions.
Our practice is consistently ranked as one of the top appellate and supreme court practices in the country by the Chambers guides, Legal 500 USA, and The National Law Journal. Co-chairs, Deanne Maynard and Joseph Palmore are both ranked in the 2017 guides for Chambers USA and Legal 500 USA and for the fourth year in a row the National Law Journal has named the practice to the Appellate Hot List.
U.S. Supreme Court
Several of our attorneys have particular expertise before the Supreme Court of the United States, having served in the Office of the Solicitor General and as law clerks to Justices. Deanne E. Maynard and Joseph Palmore, co-chairs of our Appellate and Supreme Court practice group, have collectively argued more than 20 cases before the Supreme Court and have filed more than 250 briefs there.
We regularly represent major corporations, trade associations, and industry groups before the Supreme Court. We are skilled at presenting our clients' positions in a context that facilitates the Supreme Court's resolution of a broad legal issue presented, while also advancing our client's interests in the particular case. Our attorneys are experienced at briefing and oral argument before the Supreme Court on the merits of cases, and also at the certiorari stage. We are particularly adept at drafting briefs in opposition to certiorari petitions to preserve lower court victories as well as at preparing compelling certiorari petitions for Supreme Court review. We also represent clients in meetings before the Department of Justice, the Office of the Solicitor General, and other federal agencies related to appellate and Supreme Court litigation.
Federal and State Courts of Appeals
Our experience in the federal and state courts of appeals reflects similar breadth. Over the past five years, we have represented clients in more than one hundred cases in the federal courts of appeals, and in more than forty cases in state supreme courts. Our attorneys include numerous former federal appellate law clerks, as well as a former federal court of appeals judge and a former justice of the California courts of appeal.
Our appellate group works closely with our intellectual property attorneys. The firm's attorneys have extensive experience arguing cases in the Federal Circuit, collectively handling more than 40 appeals in that court. For this reason, our practice was highly ranked in the 2009 edition of Legal 500 US, in which the editor writes, "Morrison & Foerster LLP's 45-strong appellate practice makes for a formidable opponent in any commercial arbitration or patent appeal, in large part due to the group's ability to collaborate with the firm's robust patent litigation practice."
Our group also has a preeminent and active practice in California's appellate courts. In recent years, we have represented clients in dozens of appeals throughout the State on a wide variety of business issues. We have multiple attorneys with extensive experience with California's specialized practice and procedure. Our attorneys include former Justice Miriam A. Vogel, who joined our firm after 18 years as a justice of the California Court of Appeal.
In federal and state courts, we provide our clients a wide range of appellate assistance, including work at the trial level to frame legal arguments for appeal, particularly on case-dispositive and post-judgment motions, drafting extraordinary writ petitions, strategic analysis of when and where to pursue further review, amicus curiae briefs, and, of course, briefs and oral argument in appellate courts. We frequently are retained after trial to bring an appeal and often work with trial counsel. We actively monitor appellate developments relevant to our clients' industries to alert them to the potential effect of pending cases and forthcoming rulings.
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Dezignext Technologies provides more than 100+ Audio, BIM, CAD, Design, Graphics, Video, IT, Security and Professional Business Software training courses throughout Danbury, CT. Whether you're looking for customized onsite Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) training for a private group throughout the Danbury, CT area or an instructor-led online Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) class, Dezignext Technologies Learning has the solution for you.
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Since she was laid off in May 2009, Sandra Taylor has been trying to juggle her bills with her unemployment check. Most months she manages, but not without occasionally prioritizing, leaving some for the next check.
Since she was laid off from her job at a manufacturing company in May 2009, Sandra Taylor has been trying to juggle her bills with her unemployment check.
Most months she manages, but not without prioritizing occasionally, leaving some for the next check.
"You've got to make the car payment because you need the car to find a job," the 41-year-old Rockford, Ill., resident said. "You've got to have lights and food. But other stuff, you've got to prioritize and use your dollars where you can."
Taylor is living with the reality millions of Americans have faced since the start of the Great Recession in December 2007: Despite the lengthy unemployment benefits available, unemployment checks aren't enough to keep a household afloat. Even if another person in the household is working, the payments are only a percentage of an individual's previous average weekly wage, with additions for a nonworking spouse or dependent children.
"It is unemployment insurance. It was never designed to replace an individual's income," said Greg Rivara, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Employment Security. "It was always designed as a bridge until that individual finds meaningful employment."
Is it too much?
Despite continued high unemployment and slow job growth, the debate continues over funding extensions of federal unemployment benefits.
The U.S. Senate failed to muster enough votes last week to pass an extension for federal unemployment benefits, which total 73 weeks in four tiers, though November. The benefits were part of the stimulus act and expired in December, although a patchwork of bills kept them going through the first week of June.
They've expired now, meaning when claimants exhaust their current tier of benefits, they'll be unable to move to the next tier.
Some congressmen have argued that the $40 billion price tag to cover additional benefits is too much to pay, given the country's deficit. Others argue that the benefits are a disincentive to find work because the funding is available for nearly two years.
Heidi Berardi, vice president of Family Credit Management in Rockford, isn't sure whether the benefits are stopping people from seeking work.
"Long-term unemployment is not a cure-all," she said. "We don't see many people resting on their laurels because they're seeking a plan to get by."
Budgeting needed
Berardi did say that most families with whom Family Credit works need to make drastic revisions to their budgets if even one person loses a job.
"It's a big thing. It's almost a triage budget," she said. "Cut out the wants and focus on the needs, and even with those needs, where can we cut?"
But the line between wants and needs is blurry and can depend on the individual. For example, some people say they can't cut their cable television and Internet packages, but Berardi pushes them to get cheaper packages while they're unemployed.
"Usually it's a matter of talking it through with them in a team environment to make sure everyone's on the same page," she said. "We set up a game plan and encourage them to come back and review it."
Tony Bell, 34, of Belvidere has been dealing with budget issues for more than a year. His wife works, but her salary and his unemployment aren't enough to support their two children.
"It's tough out there, but hopefully things will get better soon," he said. "I've got to find a job."
Reach staff writer Sean F. Driscoll at 815-987-1346 or email@example.com.
About unemployment benefits
Unemployment insurance payments (benefits) are intended to provide temporary financial assistance to unemployed workers who meet the requirements of state law.
- Each state administers a separate unemployment insurance program within guidelines established by federal law.
- Eligibility for unemployment insurance, benefit amounts and the length of time benefits are available are determined by the state law under which unemployment insurance claims are established.
In the majority of states, benefit funding is based solely on a tax imposed on employers. Three states require minimal employee contributions.
Source: United States Department of Labor


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Flower Girl Dress Style 5213 White or Ivory- Sleeveless Organza Pick Up Dress With Coral Accents
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Absolutely stunning sleeveless bridal satin bodice with pick-up style skirt. Generous organza sash that ties securely in back making for a perfect fit and can be easily slipped off if you would like to add your own. Dress has so many pick up that sets it apart from the rest and is adorned with 9 miniature satin and organza roses in front and back (that pin off). This dress is gorgeous coming and going and is for the truest of princesses! Fully lined, with zipper back- just divine and in almost every wedding color imaginable! AKA Style: Arleen
- You will want to measure your child (bare-skinned) with a smooth tape measure and make sure that the child is relaxed to ensure room for comfort. Get an actual measurement-do not place your finger or give an inch, you will want exactly what she is in inches. If you do not have a soft tape measure, then you can always take a piece of string or ribbon, and lay it down on the tape measure to get the number.
- Chest: Take the tape measure under her arms and go directly over the bust line.
- Waist: Go around them with the measuring tape right at the belly button. Some children have a slight pooch belly, so you will want to measure the widest point of where it sticks out.
- Length: Take the tape measure from the top of the child's shoulder to the floor. You will take the tape measure all the way down the front of her and see where it falls on the leg. For ballerina length, the dress should fall between mid-calf to ankle.
- Please keep in mind that most of our dresses should fall between mid-calf to ankle so looking at the length measurement is important. Some sizing charts are generic ones provided to us from the manufacturer so please look at where the dress falls on the model or mannequin and consider the length it would be on your child.
- If you have measured your child and still have questions regarding sizing we are more than happy to help you find the best size. Please submit an email to our Sizing Department and we will help suggest the size you need. Please note when submitting a sizing inquiry, the information needed is: age, chest, waist, top of shoulder to floor measurement and the wear date. Please note that the assistance you receive should be taken as a suggestion only as the child is not in front of us.
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If you get an error viewing threads, MAKE SURE YOU LOG IN. This site is pretty broken because of PHP and outdated vB.
So, AIM was the primary method of contact back in the early Halo days. But recently AOL shut it down, and I no longer have any way of reaching many people I talk to a few times a year.
I created this thread for us to share our contact information in case anyone needs to reach another member now or in the future. I prefer Discord since it is the chat platform of choice these days, but everyone can post their own preferred methods of contact. Also, Modacity may not be around forever (the forum is obviously broken), so I think it's important that we can preserve these connections while we still can.
My discord name is: jcap#5282
You can also add me on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197979752816/
You can also join irc.gamesurge.net #modacity if you want to drop us a note there.


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Winter Blunderland
Those bell things
Are they listing?
Yellow snow
Stomach's twisting
Unusual sight
He's happy tonight
Gawking in a winter blunderland.
Gone awaaay
is the bluebird
In his plaaace
is a reinturd
My feeling is strong
That this is all wrong
Gawking in a winter blunderland.
This is really quite the bug-eyed snowman!
I'd just rather not see him around
He'll say, "Won't you buy me?"
I'll say, "No, man!"
"You've even got the penguins feeling down!"
We should kiiill
this with fire
I think thiiis
is expired
The way Rudy's splayed:
He may need first aid.
Gawking in a winter blunderland.
Let's sing the praises of Mike M., Lena C., Grainne A., Adam S., Tara K., Jessi C., Michael B., Kendra M., Dan E., and Amy N.


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City of Chelsea Pavement Data
Below you'll find pavement condition data for the City of Chelsea. In 2008, under direction of the Transportation Asset Management Council, PASER rating data was collected on half of the federal aid eligible system in Washtenaw County. Federal aid eligible roads that were not rated in 2008 were rated in 2009.


text: What sounds did the people of Chaco Canyon hear during daily life? David E. Witt August 3, 2017 Soundscapes in the past: Adding a new dimension to our archaeological picture of ancient cultures Kristy E. Primeau, University at Albany, State University of New York and David E. Witt, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York We tend to think of archaeological sites as dead silent – empty ruins left by past cultures. But this isn't how the people who lived in and used these sites would have experienced them.


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Each time he flashed his glove or kicked out his legs Sunday night, Frederik Andersen showed the Ducks that he belonged in the NHL. Every time he turned away the Carolina Hurricanes, he furthered his case for sticking with the Ducks instead of returning to the minor leagues.
Andersen made a career-high 49 saves in the NHL-leading Ducks' 5-3 victory over the Hurricanes at the Honda Center. He improved to 15-3-0, tops among rookie goaltenders in the league, in what might very well have been his final appearance with the Ducks this season.
Viktor Fasth completed his conditioning assignment with the Ducks' American Hockey League affiliate in Norfolk, Va., on Sunday and is scheduled to join the team for Tuesday's practice at the Honda Center. Andersen might very well be headed in the other direction.
"I haven't thought about it and I'm not going to think about it until something happens," Andersen said. "That's not my (call). It's upstairs (in general manager Bob Murray's office). They have tough decisions to make and I've just got to try and make it tougher. That's all I can do."
The Ducks have an embarrassment of riches in goal, with Andersen serving as starter Jonas Hiller's backup since Fasth suffered a lower-body injury in November. John Gibson, a fourth standout, has toiled in Norfolk since the beginning of the season.
It's possible the Ducks could trade one of the four before the NHL deadline Wednesday afternoon, but it's believed they would like to see how Fasth rebounds after being sidelined for so many games. Reports on him from Norfolk were very good, according to coach Bruce Boudreau.
"I'm glad I'm not making the decisions," Boudreau said, smiling broadly.
Of Andersen, Boudreau said: "He's proven he can play in the NHL. Quite frankly, we're blessed with four really good goalies. Everybody who's come up has played great. Viktor proved himself last year. It's really good when you've got that many riches in the most important position."
The Ducks' skaters eased Andersen's burden by building a five-goal lead by the early minutes of the second period. Their play was electric, with Corey Perry netting his team-leading 31st and 32nd goals of the season and Francois Beauchemin, Andrew Cogliano and Jakob Silfverberg also scoring.
The Hurricanes simply couldn't keep up, especially in the first period.
Dustin Penner found Perry unmarked near the left goal post for the game's first goal at the 6-minute, 39-second mark. Perry and Penner earned the assists on Beauchemin's goal at 13:38. Perry recorded his sixth multi-goal game of the season with his second of the period at 16:26.
It was 5-1 by the end of two periods and they played the third only because it says you must play three in the rulebook. Carolina finally showed a bit of fight in the final 20 minutes, making the final score more respectable with goals from Patrick Dwyer and Alexander Semin.
Sunday's start reminded Boudreau of the Ducks' early-season rout of the Ottawa Senators. Sunday's finish reminded him the Ducks have miles to skate before they can claim to be a complete team, their league-leading 43-14-5 record notwithstanding.
"We've got Montreal and Pittsburgh next, two very good teams from the East," Boudreau said after his 100th victory as the Ducks' coach. "If we play as loose as we did in the second half of the game, it won't be fun. …
"We were as good as we could be (in the first period), and it wasn't just Corey scoring the goals, it was the defense getting the puck to the forwards, and playing fast, and not giving them a chance to get on top of us. … We didn't want it to end."


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Nurse redundancies letter prompts minister's call for Health Board apology
The Opposition says the Queensland Government is "hell-bent" on destroying the state's public hospital system with plans to replace experienced nurses with junior staff.
Hundreds of nurses attended protest meetings in Brisbane yesterday over the plan to replace highly skilled nurses with lower-paid graduates in the Metro North region.
The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says experienced staff are being asked to consider redundancies as part of a push to casualise the workforce.
Union bosses say 3,000 staff have received letters about the proposed restructure.
But Health Minister Lawrence Springborg says there has been a misunderstanding about the future of nurses at Brisbane hospitals.
"They sent out a letter that gave the impression they were going to be contacting nurses and dismiss nurses, which was completely wrong," he said.
"It was badly communicated and no-one should be surprised that nurses were concerned about that when the intention all the way along was to accommodate nurses who were interested in actually leaving the system."
Springborg orders apology to staff
Mr Springborg has instructed the health board to apologise for the letter sent to staff.
Lesley Fleming, from the Metro North Hospital and Health Board, says she has emailed an apology to nurses and will write to those who received the initial letter.
"I genuinely am very sorry because this is my team and I certainly did not want to distress them," she said.
"The letter needed to be written so the staff could access their voluntary retirement entitlements, so it was quite legalistic and I appreciate that's been very difficult for staff."
LNP 'arrogant, out of touch'
However, Opposition MP Jo-Ann Miller says Mr Springborg is a one-man wrecking ball.
"Who in their right mind would sack 150 nurses in Brisbane - it is a disgrace," she said.
"These nurses are the ones that attend patients who are in their hospital their beds.
"They have decades of experience and their contribution to the health system and to our patients is priceless."
She says the Liberal National Party (LNP) is "arrogant, out of touch and out of control".
"People know how bad they are - they are waiting for them with baseball bats and they can't wait to get them out of government in this state," she said.
Possible industrial action
The QNU says the State Government can expect an all-out war over the plans.
QNU spokesman Des Elder says it is anyone's guess how far the Liberal National Party (LNP) will go to save money.
"If you take away the senior nurses - senior experienced clinical nurses - who are the mainstay of the hospital system, the workloads will increase dramatically for the registered nurses that are left behind," he said.
"That is going to have implications for the level of care."
He says industrial action cannot be ruled out.
"We have passed a number of resolutions today obviously demanding that the decision not proceed and a vote of no-confidence in the board and the executive, including the executive director of nursing at the hospital," he said.
"We'd also be investigating all other options to try and stop this very bad decision by the hospital"
"We will be guided by our membership at the hospital in relation to what sort of action we participate in the future and we will be considering that very carefully and very thoroughly over the next few days."
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