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Rogue Beertography Contest
Introducing our biggest beertography contest yet! We've partnered up with Rogue Ales & Spirits to bring you the Show Us Your Dead Guy Social Media Contest. For the entire month of October, we'll be looking for your unique experiences with Rogue's Dead Guy Ale.
Dead Guy Ale was conceived in the early 1990s as part of the Mayan Day of the Dead celebration at an Oregonian pub. Not your typical Maibock, Dead Guy is brewed with Rogue's proprietary Pacman yeast and it's gone on to become the most iconic Rogue brew. So you've probably heard of it and its counterpart Dead Guy Whiskey. We think you've probably got a good story about it too. Maybe you climbed a mountain with it or got a tattoo in honor of it. Maybe you've had it as part of a Dia de los Muertos celebration or dressed up in a Halloween costume that was inspired by Dead Guy. Maybe you found it in some far-flung location, had it in an unusual place for the first time or heck, maybe you named your child after it. We've heard it all. And now we want photographic evidence.
We want to see your Dead Guy stories. Tweet, Instagram or post your #MyDeadGuy photos to Facebook using the hashtag between Oct. 1 & Oct. 31 and you could win your face on a Rogue Ales bottle.
How to enter? Starting Oct. 1st …
– Tweet the photo that tells your Dead Guy story with hashtag #MyDeadGuy
– Instagram the photo of your Dead Guy story with hashtag #MyDeadGuy
– Post your Dead Guy story photo to Rogue Ales & Spirits Facebook page with #MyDeadGuy
– Or enter here: http://bit.ly/deadguystories
We'll pick 1 grand prize winner and 2 runners up who will get some Rogue goodies. More details to come on October 1st so stay tuned.
Beertography's 6th Anniversary Contest
Today marks the 6 year anniversary of the birth of Beertography. I can't believe how quickly the last six years have gone, it's pretty insane. To celebrate, we're throwing a good ol' fashioned Beertography Contest!
The rules are simple. All you have to do to enter is post your Beertography on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #beertography6th. That's it! The winner will receive a #beertography shirt.
We'll keep the entries open until Monday. So get to work this weekend!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays everyone! Here's a recently submitted reader's photo of what can do with the fizzy yellow macro lager. The tree is made up of 732 beer cans including Coors, Bud Light, Busch Light, Miller Light, Budweiser and Busch Heavy. It took the three of them about two months to drink all of the beer (with occasional help from a couple friends). Ah, college!
Barcade Crawl II - Saturday 10/18
In case you haven't seen BrewYork's post yet, I want to officially invite you on the most epic beer and gaming crawl of your life. If you've been reading for a while, you'll remember that back in December 2011, BrewYork and Beertography teamed up for a Barcade Crawl. At the time, it was to celebrate the opening of Barcade Philadelphia which was the third location to open. Flash forward to present day, and we have the FIFTH Barcade opening Thursday October 9th. Guess where we're going with this?
Yes, we're going to all five Barcades in one day. Let me just write that out one more time. We're going to ALL FIVE BARCADES in one day. Philadelphia, Jersey City, Chelsea, St. Mark's and Brooklyn - ALL via public transportation.
Thankfully, Chris of BrewYork really knows his public transportation and figured out our whole itinerary for the day:
- 9:00am: Meet at New York Penn Station by the NJ Transit ticket booths; purchase joint NJT/SEPTA ticket for 9:15 departure to Trenton/Philadelphia (don't be late!)
- 11:45am: Arrive at 30th Street Station Philly; take Market-Frankford Line to Girard (three block walk to Barcade Phily)
- 12:00pm: Arrive at Barcade Philly! (Lunch available)
- 2:15pm: Leave Barcade Philly, take Market-Frankford Line to 30th Street Station
- 2:30pm: Arrive at 30th Street Station Philly; purchase joint NJT/SEPTA ticket for 2:49 departure to Newark Penn Station
- 5:15pm: Arrive at Newark Penn Station; take PATH to Grove St. (three block walk to Barcade Jersey City)
- 5:45pm: Arrive at Barcade Jersey City! (Dinner available)
- 7:15pm: Leave Barcade Jersey City; take PATH to 23rd St. (one block walk to Barcade New York)
- 7:45pm: Arrive at Barcade New York!
- 9:15pm: Leave Barcade New York, take N/R Trains to 8th St.-NYU (two block walk to Barcade St. Mark's)
- 9:30pm: Arrive at Barcade St. Mark's!
- 11:00pm: Leave Barcade St. Marks, take L Train to Lorimer St. (three block walk to Barcade Brooklyn)
- 11:30pm: Arrive at Barcade Brooklyn!
Yes, that's a long day. But it's going to be a lot of fun. It's all about staying hydrated, pacing yourself and enjoying the scenery. If you don't feel up to hitting all five locations, then by all means - meet us at any of them and come to as many as you can!


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I'm a Rubyist for ~15 years and CTO of a Rails consultancy, Ask Me Anything!
Michael Kohl ・1 min read
I started coding on my Commodore 64 around 1991 and via Pascal, C, C++, Perl and PHP found my way to Ruby sometime around 2003/04. It's still one of my favorite languages and I currently serve as the CTO of a Rails consultancy. In the last few years I've also done more Python (mostly for machine learning and data science projects) and JS (there's no escape) and I'm really into Elixir.
I'm pretty active across various programming and FOSS communities and fairly frequently speak at different user groups and lately also at conferences (Deccan RubyConf in India, Ruby X Elixir Conf in Taiwan). Last weekend was my first time speaking at a PyCon (PyCon Thailand in Bangkok to be specific), which I also helped organize.
I'm originally from Austria, but also lived and/or worked in China, Turkey, and Italy. I moved to Bangkok in early 2014 and to everyone's surprise (including my own) I'm still here.
What are your thoughts about the future of Ruby on Rails and Ruby in general? Does it make sense to transition to Ruby or learn Ruby in 2018/2019, and what are your thoughts about the performance of Ruby? I'm a PHP guy who started delving into Ruby world recently, and I must say the performance difference between PHP and Ruby cli apps is really noticeable, e.g. rails commands are a lot slower than php artisan.
For my thoughts on the current/future situation of Ruby and Rails, please see my answer above, I don't want to repeat all of that here.
If you are looking for a new language to supplement/replace PHP then Python is a great choice. Apart from good web frameworks (Flask, Django etc.) it has a ton of data science and machine learning libraries, can be used for embedded systems programming with MicroPython etc. If your focus is purely on web you could do much worse than looking into Elixir and Phoenix, I think we'll see a lot more demand for that over the next few years.
Re performance: I have very little experience with PHP, but from 5.2 onwards Rails includes Bootsnap by Shopify, which significantly speeds up application load time. As for the "Ruby doesn't scale" trope, I'm honestly getting a bit tired of it. Pure startup time is pretty irrelevant for long running backend applications and I've seen way too many people complain about Ruby's performance as a language when their apps had much bigger performance problems like non-optimized images, non gzipp-ed responses, no CDNs, unindexed/badly indexed databases, not using fragment/russian-doll caching etc. I can recommend Rails Speed by Nate Berkopec if you're ever getting serious about properly optimizing Rails applications.
Any thoughts or experience with RubyMotion? I learned about it before I got a job, and I love the idea of writing native apps in Ruby, but it seems like (free) JS alternatives like React Native or Electron are more popular and probably work better.
No real experience, just a bit of playing around. But with Swift and Kotlin native coding moved more into the OOP+FP realm and JS seems a closer fit for that.
We recently built a non-trivial React Native app for a client and overall the experience was good.
I might meet you at Deccan Ruby Conf this year!
What do you think about Ruby's future? Do you think Crystal/Elixir/Go/other languages will replace it and it'll be like how Perl is today?
I won't be able to make Deccan this year :-( But I have my eyes set on RubyConf India in Goa next January.
As to Ruby's future, I think in some ways it's looking better than it has in a long time. Hanami seems to be the first serious contender to Rails since back in the Merb days, and Sequel, rom-rb, and the dry-rb gems also are excellent additions to the Ruby ecosystem, both within Rails (see e.g. Exploding Rails by Ryan Bigg) or with Sinatra or Roda. On a language level there are some interesting features planned for Ruby 3 (MJIT, guilds etc.) and we're likely to see some of them released before, at least in preliminary versions. We also have TruffleRuby, a rather new and very interesting implementation of Ruby focussed on performance.
On the other hand, sometimes it feels a bit like "too little, too late", as several prominent Rubyists already have left the community over the past few years. It also doesn't help that Python is way ahead in the machine learning/data science game and chances for Ruby to catch up look pretty slim at this point, despite some recent positive developments in SciRuby (not least thanks to Sameer Deshmukh).
Overall this is a great time to be a Rubyist, and given how many project requests our and similar companies are receiving I'd say there's still plenty of Ruby/Rails work out there.
Have you been following the TruffleRuby project very closely? It seems like the Current Status section of the readme has been about the same for a while, so I'm curious where you think the project is?
I'm following as closely as I can, since this could potentially be a game changer for Ruby. Following Benoit's blog is a good way to get the latest info (he doesn't blog frequently though), apart from that you can just follow what happens on GitHub.
You should check out Crystal, it's a similar story, speed of C with syntax of Ruby.
I've been using Crystal on the side for a while, see my posts here:
I also published several Crystal shards, e.g. a Bitcoin RPC client and a bloom filter.
There's a very interesting web framework called Lucky developed by a Thoughtbot employee. I contributed a bit in the very beginning but currently don't have time for that.
Also one should note that while Crystal and Ruby look similar, they're semantically quite different.
What are your go-to gems?
Both the every-project-needs-these and the little-known-but-great gems?
I'll leave out all the obvious ones that most Rails projects seem to use (e.g.
sidekiq). I also generally try to keep the number of gems to a minimum, e.g. by not dragging in an API client gem when all I need is to hit one endpoint.
In no particular order:
- bundler-audit: Verifies your Bundle against the Ruby Advisory Database. I make this part of our CI pipeline so we can't deploy when we have vulnerable gems.
- pundit: simple OO authorization
- fast_jsonapi: JSON serialization. It's quite new and still has a few rough edges, but it's fast indeed and I like that it's rather explicit
- secureheaders: sane defaults for security headers, by Twitter
- lograge: less verbose log output in production
- heroku-deflater: allows to serve your content gzip compressed when hosting on Heroku
- nakayoshi_fork: Written by Koichi Sasada, this can potentially save quite a bit of memory when running forking servers by making Ruby's GC more copy-on-write friendly.
- bullet: finds N+1 queries. Can also be used in RSpec so your tests fails when you introduce a new one. Also detects unnecessary eager loads.
- nullalign: I'm a stickler for data consistency and properly using our RDBMS.
- methodfinder: my own gem, but I do use it when teaching Ruby.
Thanks for pointing me to secureheaders and also nullalign :-)
I'm a stickler too for having constraints in the DB, you never know where data is going to come from :D
In that case you might also want to check out ActiveRecord::DatabaseValidations.
Thanks. I think this stuff should be the default in a widely used framework like Rails.
It's allways great to see a rubyist making a living out of it.
Have you done any serious projects in Ruby without Rails?
What would you say are the most exciting gems or technologies in the Ruby ecosystem (I've seen you mentioning Sequel and Hanami)?
In fact, yes. I worked as a penetration tester/security consultant a few years back and used quite a bit of Ruby for that. Metasploit uses Ruby as a scripting language, which is one use case a lot of Rubyists are unaware of.
As for most exciting new Ruby gems/technologies, my vote goes to dry-rb (I contributed a bit, mostly to dry-monads). Hyperloop also looks interesting, but I didn't get around to try it yet. Personally I'm also very excited by mruby, which opens up embedded/IoT programming to Rubyists. Truffle Ruby also is very interesting, since it's already beating the target speed for Ruby 3 by a fair bit.
If we are in a language marketplace and I'm a software developer looking to buy a new language to learn, what would be your sales pitch for Ruby?
I'm not much into selling programming languages, everyone should use what feels enjoyable and productive to them.
That said, Josh Susser described Ruby as "the love child of Lisp and Smalltalk, raised by Perl the eccentric nanny", which I think is a most excellent description since it mentions all the main influences but also hints at the occasional quirkiness that arises from their combination.
What got you interested in Elixir?
Two things:
- I've been playing with Erlang since about 2010 and was always interested in its runtime.
- Jose Valim was a very prominent figure in the Ruby on Rails community before he started Elixir and I always admired his work. Getting to pair program with him for a bit at Ruby X Elixir Conf Taiwan definitely was a bit of fanboy moment for me.
Congrats on the opportunity with Jose!
Thanks! It was a great way to get introduced to some parts of the Erlang VM.
What are the biggest security concerns in a typical Rails app?
Overall Rails has a really decent security story nowadays. If you follow the guide and use bundler-audit to verify your bundle against a CVE database you're off to a great start.
Apart from that, the OWASP Top 10 are not specific to a particular framework, so you should always keep an eye out for them. While it's a bit outdated in parts there's an OWASP Ruby on Rails Cheatsheet which I recommend reading.
We have a Rails template we start all our client work from, so I use that to enforce certain things so people can't just forget about them. For example
ApplicationController has
before_action :authenticate_user! to enforce Pundit, so people need to explicitly opt out for the actions where they really don't need it. At least it makes them stop and think for a bit ("Do I really NOT need to authenticate this?") which IMHO is good.
I also encourage to make Brakeman a part of your Rails development workflow, either via CI or locally. Static security analysis is not the easiest in a language as dynamic as Ruby, but Brakeman does a good job.
For a total beginner, is there a go-to tutorial or course or book you could recommend on Ruby on Rails?
Michael Hartl's Rails Tutorial has been the go to resource for new Rails developers since the Rails 3 days. You also may want to invest in The Rails 5 Way by Obie Fernandez as a reference book. Once you learned the basics, do yourself a favor and read Objects on Rails by Avdi Grim, which while a bit dated is a great read on using proper OOP architecture for your Rails app.

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Meritt was put in an impossible and unfair situation when she was just 5 years old. She was injured in a car accident and ever since then has been in the fight to one-day walk again. With that being said, she has never once made an excuse for herself. She has faced every challenge head on and embraced every obstacle that was in her way. In 8th grade she was introduced to wheelchair sports and hasn't looked back since. She has improved every year till she finally won a gold medal in track and field! Merit is the definition of "Heart Has No Limit" and I personally couldn't be happier to have her representing our brand!
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I was always the shortest one when I played volleyball and the coach didn't have faith in me and I ended up winning the best setter award for my season. HHNL is such a positive message for kids and adults in life and I would love to share the message and company through Alabama.
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The reason why I believe in HHNL is because I see it as more than a brand or a saying. My life is an example of how heart really has no limit because I've been through a lot but by having heart it has allowed me to just keep going and not let whatever is happening to me distract me from goals and happiness. I know that there are people out there who have gone through their own personal struggles and have had the heart to push through and have success and not let their lives be defined by an illness or where they stand economically. People with diseases or illness doesn't only define HHNL, people who find the heart to overcome anything and everything define it.


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Getting closer to customers seems like a no-brainer - but it may not make you any more profitable than you were before. The key is to take it slow
In January 2005, one of the most resolutely product-oriented companies in the world, semiconductor maker Intel, announced it was reorganizing itself around its customers. No longer would the firm simply announce new chips and expect customers to adopt them. Instead, it would focus on the bundling of processes, ancillary chips and software into platforms tailored to five customer segments.
Intel is far from alone. Organizations have been steadily evolving toward closer alignment with customers. But the changes required by this evolution are disruptive in the short run and add coordination costs in the long run. These countervailing pressures are a warning to CIOs that while closer customer alignment may be correct, it is not sufficient to support a wholesale shift in strategy and organizational structure. The appropriate structure is guided as much by implementation realities as by the strategic imperative to get closer to the customer.
So is it worth doing? The findings from our study of 347 midsize to large firms were mixed. Among those companies that made the shift, accountability for customer relationships sharply improved and information sharing was better. Firms organized according to customer segments were also easier to do business with and better at dealing with problems and queries. But these benefits didn't immediately translate into superior financial performance. There was no direct correlation to increased profitability.
Among the companies we studied, we saw four stages in the transition to being customer-focused.
Stage one: product or functional silo. For small or highly focused firms, this simple structure usually suffices. Problems arise as competitive pressures, fragmenting customer requirements and proliferating channels create performance-sapping conflict.
Stage two: informal lateral coordination. As customer requirements begin to fragment across functional or product divisions, the company responds by coordinating across independent areas. Product managers may serve informally as bridges across multiple business units. Rotation programs, such as moving salespeople through a stint in marketing, are also common at this stage, as is the development of a companywide CRM system. However, these moves are much more successful when done in tandem with the next stage of evolution.
Stage three: partial alignment via integrating functions. Companies create formal positions for market segment or key account managers - sometimes even entire organizations - that span multiple boundaries in the organization to overcome a functionally partitioned view of the customer. IT systems that span functional boundaries are often part of this transition, creating integration issues for the CIO.
Stage four: fuller structural alignment. Companies at this stage have created powerful, independent units to serve as central coordination points for the company's various independent business units. These units act as the front end, assuming primary responsibility for the customer relationship. This design flourishes when customers want solutions from multiple business units that are customized to their individualized needs. However, product business units often retain the ability to sell directly to customers, which means there must be a strong corporate centre to mediate the conflicting demands.
Fidelity Investments' evolution to the front hybrid model began with a strategy that emphasized credible advice and investment solutions tailored to the individual investor's situation. This meant picking the customer segments to nurture and creating dedicated groups to serve each of these segments with personalized guidance and service levels appropriate to the profit potential of the segment members. The product groups continued to develop and manage a broadened array of funds and financial services that could be readily bundled and sold by the front-end customer unit.
From an IT perspective, this kind of structural alignment is very difficult. Inadequate systems are a major source of delay. How can an organization be aligned to its markets if customer data is dispersed, segment profitability can't be estimated and customer defections aren't visible? Indeed, Fidelity Investments managers estimate that it took more than three years to accomplish 60 percent of their reorganization goals - mainly because of systems constraints.
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Interview with AMD CEOBy Julio Franco
Another interview for you guys to read today, this time it's eWeek having a chat with AMD's President and CEO, Hector de Ruiz. Sure the man has got something to say having the first batch of 64-bit products almost ready for mass production and some others under heavy development...
eWEEK: The reason I ask is because there are a number of OEMs out there that won't consider AMD.
Ruiz: You [bring] up an entirely important point. We have these people in the middle that are responsible for delivering to the enterprise the boxes. And these people in the middle frankly are, and I'll just be totally blunt with you, they're scared to death to respond to the enterprise positively of AMD for fear of retaliation by Intel. It's just as simple as that. I could give you numerous examples of enterprise people who say they would love to see boxes with AMD products in them. But they expect the PC maker to provide that option to them, and they don't. Although, it's changing, HP [Hewlett-Packard Co.] is now providing commercial units in this space. … It's changing. But there's no doubt that these PC makers are frankly being held hostage by the tremendous market power of our competitor.


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Wow :) That was cheerful. Sort of. Spent the last few hours working the phone bank for the Lez/Gay Rights Lobby, where they had a really great message--they were guessing there was at least a 50%/50% chance they could block the HJR6/the Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment before it reached the popular vote. W00t! :) That's just wonderful--apparently, with the right taking over so many new districts and gerrymandering in new and creative ways, some conservatives supporting the bill took over major gay districts...oops...anyway, I'd gotten so pessimistic about this, it's really amazing to think of it as "even odds." Yay!
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NewsBioethicsWed Oct 25, 2017 - 3:18 pm EST
Morally produced shingles vaccine approved in U.S. and Canada
LARGO, Florida, October 25, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Children of God for Life announced today that a morally produced shingles vaccine has received FDA approval for licensing in the United States.
Shingrix, made by Glaxo SmithKline (GSK) pharmaceutical company, is produced using a yeast cell line, unlike Merck's Zostavax, which uses aborted fetal cells.
"Until now, people wanting to have protection from shingles have had to either use Merck's aborted fetal version or abstain entirely," stated Debi Vinnedge, executive director at Children of God for Life. "We are absolutely thrilled that GSK has finally given the U.S. a moral option."
Shingrix was also approved for use in Canada this month.
Earlier this year, Children of God for Life issued a press release noting that the Shingrix was likely to get the FDA recommendation as a product of choice. In September, the FDA did exactly that, voting unanimously in its endorsement of Shingrix.
The preference for GSK's shot could seriously hurt Merck's Zostavax sales, which totaled $685 million last year. Not only is GSK's Shingrix morally produced, but it is also a far superior product as evidenced by lengthy clinical trials.
The studies demonstrated that Shingrix is 97.2 percent effective in people over 50 years old. It also maintained 90 percent efficacy in those 70 years old and above with 95 percent immunity maintained after four years. On the other hand, Merck's Zostavax is only 38 percent effective in people over 70 and only 40 percent duration of immunity after four years.
Shingrix combines a protein from the chickenpox virus called glycoprotein E with the immune system-boosting QS-21 Stimulon made by Agenus. This unique component is made from the bark of the Quillaja saponaria (soap bark) evergreen tree native to central Chile.
Children of God for Life is hoping that with the advancement of Shingrix, GSK could also produce a moral version of the chickenpox vaccine. Merck's Zostavax is simply a stronger version of its chickenpox vaccine, so it seems possible that GSK could weaken Shingrix for a chickenpox vaccine.
"This is a problem we have dealt with for years and we cannot thank GSK enough for doing it right," Vinnedge noted. "There is absolutely no reason to use the remains of aborted babies to produce vaccines."
In June 2005, the Vatican's Pontifical Academy for Life responded to Children of God for Life's request for help stating unequivocally that:
"Doctors and fathers of families have a duty to take recourse to alternative vaccines, putting pressure on the political authorities and health systems so that other vaccines without moral problems become available. They should take recourse, if necessary, to the use of conscientious objection with regard to the use of vaccines produced by means of cell lines of aborted human foetal origin. Equally, they should oppose by all means the vaccines which do not yet have morally acceptable alternatives, creating pressure so that alternative vaccines are prepared, which are not connected with the abortion of a human foetus, and requesting rigorous legal control of the pharmaceutical industry producers."
Likewise, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops noted in their April 2015 updated statement that "the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities agrees with the National Catholics Bioethics Center, the Catholic Medical Association, and others that manufacturers should be urged to make alternative vaccines more widely available so that Catholics and others will not face this moral dilemma.
"I commend GSK for the development of Shingrix," said John F. Brehany, director of institutional relations at the National Catholic Bioethics Center. "And I commend the thousands of people who by their prayers and petitions have helped to bring about this day. I hope they will redouble their efforts. Safe, effective, and vaccines can and should be provided by the pharmaceutical companies. And everyone who respects human life and dignity should make use of these ethical alternatives."
The public is being asked to thank GSK by writing to:
Patrick Desbiens, Senior Vice President
GSK US Vaccines
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Last year I was invited to Harvard University in Boston towork with their scanning electron microscope for my terra cibus fine art series. While there, I witnessed a vibrant and innovative food scene. As a result, I am not surprised that a group has come together to create an opportunity for game-changing paradigms by providing working space, networking and business insights for a select group of food and food tech startups in Boston's South End.
The Food Loft is a space created by veteran cookbook publisher, Harvard Common Press--specifically by president Bruce Shaw and associate publisher Adam Salomone. In a recent article by Food + Tech Connection, Shaw and Salomone said "they created the space to combat the lack of resources – contacts, insights and funding – that they feel prohibits food and food tech entrepreneurs from achieving real success." By creating a "coworking" environment they hope to foster great change.
This is merely one of the food start-ups that Shaw and Salomone have on the radar, and you can read more about their pioneering ideas in a Q & A format here: http://www.foodtechconnect.com/2013/09/20/boston-gets-a-co-working-space-for-food-startups/.


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Social media has been a powerful tool for real estate professionals, but platforms like Facebook sometimes do more harm than good. Finding a way to disconnect from the internet will allow you to pay attention to the clients and prospects right in front of you.
- A break from social media can be good for connecting with people.


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Indomitable Bink
We were in Professor Veale's study a couple of evenings ago, Bink having invited me to attend her appointment.
"How much Lorazepam are you on now?"
"It's supposed to be two and a half," Bink told him. "It's still hurrumhurrumhurrum..."
"Please can you speak up a little?"
"Three milligrams a day?"
"Er… hurrum," she conceded.
"Why is that then?"
"I was going to cut it down," she assured him earnestly. "But I was too busy," she gave me a sideways, Lady Diana look, "deciding whether or not to kill myself."
Well, it's a lot better than the dog ate my homework, isn't it?
Professor Veale must think we're all bonkers: I burst out laughing. Bink with me.
Quite rightly, he asked whether she is safe. (I don't know whether he'd spotted the savage fresh cuts all over her right arm. The bandage was mostly hidden by her hoodie.)
"Yeah," she said. "I'm safe."
"So, why didn't you kill yourself?"
"I'm afraid I couldn't get it organised."
As we walked to the car, she said, "It's a bit pathetic, isn't it? Being too incompetent to kill yourself."
"On balance, Bink, I think it's quite a good failure."
Over supper I was laughing almost too much to convey the conversation to Shaun.
"But killing yourself is difficult," Bink protested. "You do have to be organised."
Ben came up into the kitchen from his den, one of his snakes wound round his neck. "I totally agree," he said. "You're right, Bink. It is difficult to kill yourself."
He was on his way outside, no doubt to get a rat for his cuddly little pet's supper. He puts these at the back of the range to thaw, particularly if I'm about to cook supper or we have paying guests. Occasionally he adds to the fun by forgetting them. Or blowing them up in the microwave.
"But the good news, Bink," he didn't halt his step as he comforted her in that patronising but soothing voice he has acquired since becoming a teacher to young girls, "is that I am here to help you..."
A reader has just kindly commented on an article in today's telegraph:
I admire Bink hugely.
When she was, almost miraculously, offered private treatment earlier this year after so devastating and destructive half-a-lifetime's wait for the NHS, I asked if I could blog about it in gratitude to the person who has made it possible. She said I can write anything I like as long as she doesn't have to do anything. But then became drawn into reading it without really meaning to. It was clear that the history of her illness was distressing her, but she was adamant I should continue.
It was the same with the Telegraph article. There was no problem… until she had to give her permission.
"But I said I don't want to be involved."
Bink is very precise in everything she does.
"You don't, Bink. You just have to say you're happy for the article to go ahead."
"I'm not happy."
"Then I must cancel it!"
"Absolutely not. I don't want to stop you writing."
She and I eventually came up with wording acceptable to her: that she had given me permission. No more, no less.
My daughter, you will know by now, has an illness which has ruined her life.
And yet she retains her coruscating, self-deprecating humour. And the sharpest sense of other peoples' autonomy. Not only do I admire that more than I can say.
Far more important, it gives me hope for her healing.


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Download our fun Way is Peace coloring page!
Send us a picture on social media and you might see your artwork featured on our website or social media accounts! Come out to our concerts in December and we will have coloring pages and crayons to get you started. Happy holidays!
Check out Wendy & DB's latest video and purchase the single on CDBABY all the proceeds go to Cure Violence Global.
This special song highlights the true meaning of peace and love, and the good that can come to children as they embrace these universal qualities.
Download from CDBaby here!
On their newest album "HomeEarth", Wendy & DB, a dynamic duo/band from Chicago, address the important messages for children and all people that we need to work together, be happy, feel our feelings, and take care of our wonderful world and ALL the folks that live in it.
Children will be engaged with melodic, interactive and contagious songs that even adults will like! Thirteen tracks are filled with bugs and bees, animals and trees, and include "We Bop," a fun new dance tune and "Girl Superhero", one of several puppet characters who has begun making exciting appearances at Wendy & DB concerts! Guest artists include Grammy-award winning harmonica star Howard Levy; celebrated guitarist Verlan Thompson; and the Funn Band, comprised of pianist Dean Rolando, bassist Geoffrey Lowe, and Dennis Calito on percussion, who appear regularly with Wendy & DB.
Wendy & DB are committed to giving back by raising money and awareness for organizations such as VH1 Save The Music, A Better Life For Kids, the Xerces Society and the Jane Goodall Institute. A portion of proceeds from this CD and merchandise will support one or more of these non-profits.


text: Hello James, Louise & Fiona! Further to our conversation we've put together a couple of additional relevant projects which may be of interest to you and your team at Rusk & Rusk (both of these projects are current and ongoing. For our most recent work please visit our website below.


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20XX Coming to Consoles/
In the period between the release of Mega Man 10 and the announcement of Mega Man 11, there were a number of developers inspired by the Mega Man franchise who tried to fill the void with something similar. Among the most famous of these would be 20XX by Batterystaple Games, which was released on Steam at the end of 2014.
20XX is a roguelike action platformer with the styling of an entry in the Mega Man X series, and it can be played by one or two players simultaneously, online or off. And now, it's coming to home consoles:
20XX will be arriving on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4 on July 10th, and according to Game Informer, the downloadable content for the distinct character known as Hawk will be included.


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Tour ID: 10063448
The Great Barrier Reef is truly one of the great wonders of the natural world and a 'MUST DO' for anyone visiting the Whitsundays.
On this excursion you'll cruise to Heart pontoon on the Great Barrier Reef. Heart Pontoon allows guests to appreciate the Great Barrier Reef with a range of activities both in and out of the water.
Cruise onboard one of our high speed, luxury vessels through the Whitsunday Island National Park. Pass by islands, secluded bays and isolated beaches enroute to Heart Pontoon on the outer Great Barrier Reef. You might even see our friendly turtle mascot on the way.
Heart Pontoon has a choice of spaces to relax in and a large range of activities on offer. It has undercover seating and tables, sun decks to top up your tan, freshwater showers and change rooms. You will also have full access to the air-conditioned comfort of the vessel tied up to the pontoon during your visit. The pontoon is adjacent to a coral wall in protected bays where you can explore the length and depth of the reef life in the area. The prolific fish life will surprise and delight you – especially the giant grouper!
Fully immerse yourself by snorkelling, diving and swimming with the thousands of fish. All the gear you need for snorkelling is provided including sterilised mouthpieces for the snorkels. If you haven't snorkelled before no problem – our staff will provide the basic tuition. Flotation devices are available as well as wet suits. If you don't want to get wet, take our 'Subsea Adventure', complete with an entertaining and informative commentary by our Marine Experts. And don't miss our fantastic Underwater Observatory with its panoramic views.
All this sea air makes you hungry! A delicious morning tea will be served on your way to the pontoon and sumptuous buffet lunch will be served on your return journey. Free tea and coffee is available onboard. There is also a bar selling a full range of alcoholic and soft drinks, ice creams and confectionery. Purchases from the bar cost extra. We look forward to welcoming you on board to cruise the Whitsundays with us and discover the wonders of the Great Barrier Reef!
Diving is an additional cost. Age and medical restrictions apply to diving activities. A medical questionnaire must be completed. Due to altitude restrictions certified divers cannot fly after diving.
Select departure dates only
Morning Tea
Buffet Lunch
Semi Submersible rides
Underwater Observatory
Snorkelling equipment
Snorkel Safaris
6.5hrs (approx)
7:00 AM Daily
Port of Airlie 1:30pm
Airlie Beach
Depart Port of Airlie 7:00am
Please bring: swimwear, towel, protective clothing, hat, sunscreen lotion and a light jacket or sweater during the cooler months. You may also wish to bring money / credit card for any optional purchases. Don't forget to bring your camera.
Not specified
4 - 14yrs
Heli Scenic flights ARE NOT available on this tour
Great Barrier Reef, Outer Barrier Reef and Outer Barrier Reef Pontoon
Adults $14 Children $7
Adults: $14.50 | Children: $7.50
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Our View: Harden cyber defenses
Once Internet thieves discovered how easy it is to steal a person's credit card numbers and other valuable information, it was inevitable they would seek larger and more potentially lucrative victims. The U.S. government, for example.
A technology security company hired by The Washington Post recently reported that 115 U.S. government agencies and private companies had been hacked by Chinese cyber spies operating out of a Shanghai office building housing the People's Liberation Army cyber-command unit.
The hackers have penetrated our nation's most powerful institutions, including federal agencies, military contractors, congressional offices, news organizations and law firms. They have infiltrated systems that control our power grid and water systems.
That raises concerns about the potential for future high-tech terrorist attacks. But did the thieves have evil intentions, or were they stealing the trade secrets of leading U.S. innovators in science, aerospace and energy? No one seems to know.
We do know that hackers located in many countries, including our own, have been snooping and stealing for years. But the Chinese attack has been exposed as the latest and most aggressive ever detected.
The Obama administration has ordered improvements in U.S. cybersecurity, and the Pentagon's own Cyber Command unit is taking aggressive countermeasures. We cannot move fast enough to strengthen our cyber protections and defenses.
Maybe China merely is engaged in old-fashioned industrial espionage to get an economic upper hand. But imagine what horrors a country with more sinister intentions could commit?


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old worthington partnership
The Old Worthington Partnership is a 501c3 non-profit organization led by a volunteer Board of Directors focusing on a clear vision of enhancing the Old Worthington Experience. Achievement of the vision is pursued via three key areas: collaboration, engagement and sustainability.
Other Community Partners
We are happy to share our community with many wonderful partners. Please explore all the programs, offerings, and information they may have to offer our residents and visitors.
The Worthington Resource Pantry
The Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce
Worthington City Schools
McConnell Arts Center


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Fresh Food Box is a food access initiative that enables under-served communities to purchase fresh, healthy, primarily regionally-grown produce well below traditional retail prices. Would you like to learn about how to run a Fresh Food Box site of your very own? Thanks to the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets FreshConnect Program, Fresh Food Box is here to help! In this 3 hour training, you will learn how to run a Fresh Food Box-style program in your community.
This training is FREE!
Reserve your free ticket, today. Registration is limited.
This training has been made possible by funding from the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, (OTDA) and USDA through the SNAP Ed. Program.


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To be honest, my knowledge of modern Bill Murray films is a bit lacking. I haven't seen any of his collaborations with Wes Anderson save Moonrise Kingdom, and most of my knowledge of his work involves the classics such as Ghostbusters and his work on SNL. I'm trying to catch up on the Murray that I've missed in the last few years, and since 2005's Broken Flowers was on Netflix, I thought that I'd try it out.
In this film, Bill Murray plays the main character Don Johnston, whose name is a play on Don Juan that I personally appreciated. After being with several different women over the years, Don receives an anonymous letter from one of his former lovers saying that he has a son who is now a young adult. Don then sets off on a cross-country journey to visit four of his former lovers whom he was with two decades ago to find out more about his son.
I have to admit, this film started off a bit slow. It takes about a half hour for Don to hit the road, but once he does, it's a much more enjoyable ride. His journey reveals what these lovers have been up to since he's been out of their lives; one of them has taken a husband, and another has become a moderately successful animal communicator. The conversations and dinners that ensue are both uncomfortable and amusing, providing a few laughs along the way.
One thing that I enjoyed about this film was that it didn't advocate nor condemn Don's actions in his earlier years; it rather just shows this one man's experiences and how his lifestyle has affected his twilight years. It was also interesting to see Don, who was at first pressured into taking this trip by his friend, warm up to the journey as he visits these women and remembers the times that he had with them. Don clearly has some regret about what he's done, but it is also very apparent that he cared deeply for each of these women, despite how any of them may now feel about him.
Murray did a fantastic job in this film. As I said, I haven't seen many modern Bill Murray films, and I am aware that he has done several serious roles since his heyday. It was great to see him in a more subtle role where he has toned-down conversations with the rest of the cast, showing a more human side to the beloved actor. There was even a scene where the former SNL star welled up with tears, and I have to say that it was one of the more believable crying performances that I've seen in awhile. I also enjoyed the several talented actresses who were recruited to play Don's former love interests, an ensemble that included the likes of Sharon Stone and Jessica Lange. The script served each of their characters well, and made the film an enjoyable ride.
As I stated above, the film gets off to a slow start, and I felt that it took me awhile to become invested in Don's life. I also have to say that for a film that bills itself as a comedy-drama, I didn't laugh very much throughout the course of the film. This flick definitely sticks more to the serious side of the dramedy tightrope, which was definitely a deliberate decision. Altogether, the direction, dialogue, and characters really drew me into Don's world, and I'd be happy to watch this film again.


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Now that I have systems in place I'm free to do the work I'm here to do. Jamie's consultation and work were invaluable. Her expertise and her ability to elicit the working needs of the project and the final product and to do this in a highly technical scientific field were impressive. She understands how to get to the heart of how a system currently works or doesn't, what the client wants from the system or project, and how to implement it to work effectively and without unnecessary complexity. The system she developed worked extremely well and I have continued to use these concepts in my professional life, greatly increasing my creativity and effectiveness. She is highly professional, extremely knowledgeable and skilled in organizing information, concepts, and objects. I recommend Working Order, LLC without reservation to both business and personal colleagues. - Carole B. – Medical Researcher / Systems Engineer
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I am not feeling euphoric by seeing Democrats win the House. I am heartend by the number of women who ran and won, but this is just the first step. Before the Dems go crazy with investigations, they should consider why Trump won in the first place. We need progress on real issues more than we need revenge.
If the Democrats in the House fall into the trap of Washington nazel gazing this small victory could lead to a Trump re-election in 2020. Yes, provide oversight, but more importantly listen to all of your constituents and try to do something to help them!


text: BEA Systems beas reported first-quarter net income of $24.5 million, or 6 cents a share, up from $3.9 million, or 1 cent a share, in the same period last year. Excluding one-time charges, the company said it earned 7 cents a share, meeting the expectations of analysts polled by Thomson First Call. Sales in the quarter rose to $237.3 million from $224.8 million, although license sales fell to $122.3 million from $131.1 million. BEA Systems shares rose 9 cents to close at $11.15 in daytime Nasdaq trading.


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2018: Started 18 games in net for the Blue Hose for 1650 minutes ... Collected six shutouts, including a pair in the Big South tournament and three in the regular season against Big South opponents ... Collected eight wins, five in-conference ... Held a .747 save percentage and 1.04 GAA (.781, 0.86 Big South) ... Recorded 56 saves.
Iowa Western: Went 7-2 as a starter and logged 804 minutes for the Iowa Western Reivers as a freshman … Made 26 saves and had a goals against average of 0.67 and save percentage of .813 … Had five shutouts.
High School: Played seven years at Eintracht Frankfurt … Spent time with Rot-Weiß Frankfurt and Viktoria Köln in Germany.
Why did Jan choose Presbyterian:" I chose Presbyterian because of the high academic standard that they uphold and also I want to take the next step in my soccer career."


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At Glenwood Place, we promote dignity, choices and individuality through excellence in service and loving care. We are dedicated to providing a quality, enjoyable, home-like environment for residents, family members, employees and visitors. Come see why we're the only choice among Central-Iowa seniors.
Glenwood Place will honor our competitor's advertised move-in specials.
Glenwood Place has grown to provide all aspects of retirement living to the community of Marshalltown. Our 6 Town Homes offer independent living overlooking our beautiful Glenwood Lake. In April 2015 Glenwood Place opened 8 new assisted living apartments, a community room with beverage bar, theater room, and fitness center with 2 Nu-Steps and an elevator for easy access to the lower level. In the Summer of 2017, the newest addition was added to provide 12 new assisted living apartments and 8 new Independent Living apartments. The Independent Apartments feature a washer and dryer in each unit, along with a full kitchen and stainless steel appliances. The independent and assisted living halls each come with their own family room featuring gas fireplaces and space for entertaining family and friends.
Business After Hours:
September 19
4:30 – 6:00 pm
Hor d'oeuvres and Live Music
Meet Bill Block. Bill was an engineer at Fisher Controls before retiring to Mesa, Arizona for some 20+ years. Bill and his wife Ellen moved back to Marshalltown in June of 2017 anticipating the opening of our new addition. After only a few months he lost his wife to a brain aneurism. He is a very quiet man and during this time of grieving I would find him sitting on our front porch crying when I came into work. So it became a daily thing with Bill and I talking and having a cup of coffee each morning. During those talks he told me about his life and I found out that he was on the 1944 championship team from Iowa State that played at the final four as a freshman!!!
The 1944 Iowa State NCAA final Four team is, without a doubt, one of the greatest units in the history of Cyclone basketball, and Block, who is 93 years old, was a key player in their success.
Here's the story…..
It was a tumultuous time in the United States in 1944, as war was ravaging in Europe and the Pacific. The majority of young males in the US were serving their country and it was no exception at Iowa State, where enrollment dropped significantly.
Because of the strong engineering programs, ISU was one of several schools that offered Naval Training programs. The Navel cadets could train under ISU's V-5 and V-12 engineering curriculum and be eligible to participate in athletics for the Cyclones regardless of age or previous college graduation.
Bill Block was one of these cadets.
How the Cyclones made the NCAA Tournament in 1944 is a fascinating story. Because many members of the team were involved with Naval responsibilities it looked like Iowa State couldn't participate because the cadets could be away from their base longer than 48 hours. The Cyclones eventually got permission to go, and was one of eight teams to make the NCAA Tournament.
Cyclones lost to Utah and Block remembers it as their worst performance of the season. Something that could have played a part with their performance was they received word from the Navy, their couldn't go to New York to play in the finals, the Naval people said we couldn't be off the base for more than 48 hours, so we couldn't play in the championship game even if we won!
So we contacted Iowa State and they rolled out the red carpet for him and his family. He was given, a bag full of goodies and met with the ISU staff, his daughter and granddaughter and families attended the TCU game (unfortunately ISU lost) and they enjoyed lunch and were to meet with the coach at the post game conference but by the time Bill and family we escorted down there it was over but the day was very special for Bill and see by that smile he won't forget this night for a long time.
Thank you for the Dare to Dream Program!
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Six security personnel killed in Maoist landmine blast in Bihar
Patna, Oct.23 (ANI): Maoists have killed four Special Auxiliary Police (SAP) personnel and two Bihar police inspectors in a landmine explosion in Bihar's Sheohar District, two days after the State went to polls to elect a new assembly.
The explosion took place near the Shaympur Bhitta Police Station area of the district late on Friday night.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had on Friday termed Naxalism as a grave threat to national security and asserted that the Indian state cannot and would not allow its authority to be challenged. (ANI)


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Bhutan & Northern India
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Bhutan & Northern India
Product Overview
- Product No:
- 280005
- Publisher:
- ITMB Publishing
- 9781553411529
- Edition:
- 4th Edition
- Edition Date:
- May 2012
- Size:
- 100 x 235 x 10 mm
- Weight:
- 150 g
- Format:
- Folded Map
- Scale:
- 1: 345 000/1:2 100 000
- Sales Rank:
- 3023 (See Top 100 in Maps)
Product Description
This map is brand new, ITMB has come up with a way to preserve the wonderfully detailed artwork of the original version first published in 1980 by Kevin Healey, the co-founder of ITMB, and subsequently published by ITMB in four succeeding updated editions. ITMB retired the artwork several years ago, feeling that the market preferred more detailed country maps, but repeated requests for a map of this nature convinced them to have a look at it again.
This map is ideal for travelers concentrating their activities on Bhutan and Northern India. It is quite clear for a map of this scale, yet it contains a tremendous amount of information. It also graphically shows how few motorway-type roads there are in this part of the world.
A range of symbols and graphics show airports, lighthouses, points of interest, wells, ruins and archaeological sites, reefs, volcanoes, glaciers, etc. Topography is indicated using contours and vivid altitude shading with plenty of spot heights.
Current reviews for 'Bhutan & Northern India'
Lighthouse & reefs? - by Chillip Girl
18 February, 2016
Well that's new! A map of Bhutan that includes lighthouses & reefs ;)


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Large Groups
We currently can handle large orders for any popular event. Whether it is for delivery or pickup, we can accommodate your needs.
Popular large group events that we accommodate for are –
- Family gatherings
- Birthday parties
- Sporting events
- Baby showers
- Holiday gatherings and events
- Work meetings or training sessions
- Graduation parties


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The DevTeam just updated RedSn0w to jailbreak iOS 6 GM that was released last night (Spanish time).
Like the previous jailbreak is only for developers, since it does not including Cydia, install all you want you'll have to do for SSH. Saurik says this ensures that we only install Cydia developers to start preparing their applications and tweaks. Moreover it is a tethered jailbreak, tethered, will have to restart your iPhone or iPod with your computer every time you shut down or restart, this is because using Limera1n, the bootrom level exploit that Geohot and discovered that it is impossible to close.
Works on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod Touch 4G, does not work on iPhone 4S. Remember not install Cydia. Preserves the baseband No, keep eye if you need to release. Hacktiva not the iPhone.
You can download it here:
- redsn0w 0.9.13dev4 (OS X)
- 0.9.13dev4 redsn0w (Windows)
More information - available in 6 GM iOS Developer Center


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It could be because I'm American that I have a special place on my culinary palate for Chinese buffets. I remember going to one when my husband and I first started dating because we were young and didn't have much money; our local Chinese buffet located in one of America's never-ending strip malls was one of our few choices for a filling meal on a dime. Maybe it's that nostalgia or maybe it's the novelty of finding one in Stuttgart that influenced us to check out New Shanghai Restaurant today for lunch.
New Shanghai opened just a little over two months ago. It's situated back among the many office buildings on the industrial side of Feuerbach. Matt had actually already been to New Shanghai on Friday for lunch with his colleagues. He was rather impressed by the quality of the food, so he was more than willing to go back with me again just two days later.
The first thing that struck me about the restaurant was just how nice it is. With the cream-colored benches and chairs, wood dividers, and gold-accented wall features, I felt like I was in a luxury hotel. The light, bright dining area was a far cry from the dark, worn-out buffets that I went to in my youth. The managers were even dressed in suits, and were more than happy to find us a table on such a busy day.
The buffet itself is almost as long as the restaurant. There are four different stations, each with a different set of food. At the far end of the restaurant, there's a station with various raw meats and seafood on ice next to bowls of fresh vegetables and sauces. This is where you can create your own dish and leave it for the chefs to fry up on their teppanyaki grill. It's really quite a neat system, because at each table you get little clips with your table number on them that you can clip them to your plate. That way you can leave your plate with the chef, and when it's ready, a waitress will bring your dish to you at the table.
The next section has all the usual hot buffet foods, including an impressive number of fried foods, along with various sautéed meats and vegetables. Following that is a cold station with salads and sushi, and at the end, of course, is the dessert station.
I started with a heaping plate of hot food that was, in retrospect, probably unnecessarily large but very tasty. I tried the sweet-and-sour chicken, fried crab wantons, fried duck spring rolls, Japanese-style karaage, panko crusted fish, fried crab balls, sautéed veggies and tofu, crispy duck, beef with onions, fried rice, and lo mein.
Everything was hot and tasted fresh, and I was especially impressed by how the fried foods were perfectly crispy without being greasy. The fried duck spring roll was of particular note. The sautéed veggies were also rather nice with a light, but flavorful sauce. I would even venture to say that the sweet-and-sour sauce was made on premises given the high quality. Matt was also especially pleased by the lo mein noodles, which are sometimes hard for us to get ahold of here. The only disappointment for me was the crab ball, which was definitely something similar to red king crab and not my beloved blue crab (I'm a Maryland girl through and through when it comes to seafood).
I quickly jumped up to get another plate before my stomach had time to realize how much food I'd just eaten. This time, I picked up some dumplings which had just come out fresh, a few more pieces of karaage, some seaweed salad, and some sushi from sushi bar. The dumplings were excellent -- salty, meaty, and with a great texture. The sushi, on the other hand, was just okay. The fish was a decent quality for Germany and much better than most buffet sushi that I've had, but I found the salmon lacked the rich flavor that you get from fresh salmon. I don't usually go to Chinese buffets for the sushi, though, so I wasn't that disappointed by it.
By this point I'd struggled to finish what I had on my plate, and had to leave the fluffy white rice I'd gotten and ask Matt to take a piece of nigiri. I think my stomach must have shrunk down a bit through lack of practice with Chinese buffets after all these years. Of course, that didn't stop me from getting something sweet.
For dessert, I decided to forgo the ice cream and instead chose to get a couple of lychees (which I love!), a cream puff, a slice of chocolate-covered banana, pudding, and crème brûlée. The lychees came from a can, of course, but they were still good, along with the fresh banana and cream puff. The pudding reminded me a bit too much of those Jello pudding cups that I used to get as a kid, and I didn't really enjoy mine much (though I've never been a big pudding person to be honest). The crème brûlée, on the other hand, was really good for a buffet and clearly made in-house.
Our meal ended up costing 18,50€, which wasn't as inexpensive as we expected (Sunday counts as an all-day dinner buffet and you pay more at dinner for the teppanyaki option), but still worth it for three plates of food and the fact that I haven't been hungry enough to eat dinner this evening. Normally the lunch buffet, which is open Monday through Saturday from 11:30 to 14:30 is just 12€ per person plus drinks. Children 10 and under are half price, and children aged 3 and under are free.
We saw lots of families there, so it seems like a popular choice for an inexpensive family meal. There were also plenty of vegetarian options on the buffet, which I imagine makes it a great place to bring a diverse group of eaters. Most of the reviews I've seen on their Facebook page have been rather positive, and if the crowd today was any indication, it seems like they're doing well for a new business.
Of course I was absolutely stuffed by the end of our meal. Luckily, Rosensteinpark is close by, and so we were able to take a nice Sunday walk to help alleviate some of our uncomfortability. The restaurant is located at the end of Maybachstraße, about a five minute (or less walk) from the U-bahn station of the same name. You can easily get there on the U6 or U13 lines.
Have you been to New Shanghai? What did you think of the food?


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On Paud road there are many small trucks and many drivers would be playing cards in back of it, when I go around I get so tempted to ask for playing one or two round. Some how I managed to resist my urge to gamble in public! We used to gamble for snack in college days. We used to waste our whole afternoon just for tea and pohe. But it is used to be so much fun, 15-20 friends sitting around having fun. Who were loose will be thinking hard what strategy he should adopt to win next snack. I used to like these setting for number of reason ...
1. Number of topics will come for discussion and it used to be such a learning experience since everybody will share their experience and knowledge.
2. We will avoid afternoon heat, not playing cricket during that time. Evening it used to be fun after refreshment.
3. During PL (preparation leave) it will also relax us from morning study and tensions associated with it.
Similar to playing with friends playing at home is also fun. It brings every family members together and can have some meaningful discussion when everybody is around. If family guest/relatives are also present it will be much more fun.
Root to this hobby might be in my school vacations. We used to visit ancestral hilly village for every summer vacation. Apart from swimming in river and occasionally roaming around fields to get mango and jambul there was nothing to do. So non busy Patils will gather for game of cards .. myself, 2 cousins and my grand father where regular members! We will never realized how time will go while playing with them.
How much time we waste playing card game and how much motivation we get is point to ponder, since my father never used to play with us saying it's just waste of time.


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On June 30th, 2018 LWT will hold our EIGTH annual Saving Second Base fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
We would like to invite anyone who would want to fight Breast Cancer to raise money for Breast Cancer Research. On June 30th please join us at Thomas Bull Memorial Park (Day Camp Area) for our 16-Team wiffleball tournament. As in past years, our event is not only for people participating in the tournament, we have plenty of festivities for people of all ages including contests, raffles, home run derby, and kids activities.
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English language school in the heart of the Japanese Alps, and English language learners sharing their experiences online. Teachers post regular items about teaching, learning tools, events in the school, their day to day experiences living & working in a foreign country. Students post on whatever takes their fancy - book reports, festivals in home towns, postcards from business trips etc. A little Brit of England in the guts of Japan!
Monday, 12 October 2009
Holiday postcard (homework)
Dear Tana!
Hope you're OK.
I arrived in Athens in Greece last night and I am staying here for four days.
So I am staying at the hotel where I can see the ruins of the Acropolis.
Today I came to the island by one day cruising, that How beautiful the sea is!
In Athens, the whole town is historic spots.
Here is also delicious seafood and there are many kinds of yogurts.
Tonight I will eat Greek foods in a Greek restaurant TAVERNA !
When I get back from the trip, let's meet.
OK then, good bye
Your student Kazuko Maruyama.
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I got a sample of this in the mystery pack and love it! The scent is amazing and it lathers up real nice. It may be worth it for the price. I wouldn't use this everyday just maybe twice a week. I say that because it is scrubbing and I feel like using it everyday would be too harsh on the skin. So I may just suck it up and buy the big version and use only when my skin is really dry and needs a pick me up.5


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Thyroid storm
Thyroid storm is a very rare, but life-threatening condition of the thyroid gland that develops in cases of untreated thyrotoxicosis (hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid).
The thyroid gland is located in the neck, just above where your collarbones meet in the middle.
Alternative Names
Thyrotoxic storm; Hyperthyroid storm; Accelerated hyperthyroidism; Thyroid crisis; Thyrotoxicosis - thyroid storm
Thyroid storm occurs due to a major stress such as trauma, heart attack, or infection. In rare cases, thyroid storm can be caused by treatment of hyperthyroidism with radioiodine therapy.
Symptoms are severe and may include any of the following:
- Agitation
- Change in alertness (consciousness)
- Confusion
- Diarrhea
- Increased temperature
- Pounding heart (tachycardia)
- Restlessness
- Shaking
- Sweating
Exams and Tests
The health care provider may suspect thyrotoxic storm based on:
- A high systolic (top number) blood pressure reading and a low diastolic (bottom number) blood pressure reading may be low
- An increased heart rate
Blood tests are done to check thyroid hormones TSH, free T4 and T3.
Other blood tests are done to check heart and kidney functions and to check for infection.
Less severe forms of thyroid storm can be managed well with supportive measures, such as giving oxygen and fluids in case of difficult breathing or dehydration. Treatment may include any of the following:
- Cooling blankets to return the body temperature to normal
- Monitoring any excess fluid in older people with heart or kidney disease
- Medicines to manage agitation
- Vitamins and glucose
The final goal of treatment is to decrease the levels of thyroid hormones in the blood. Sometimes, iodine or other drugs may be given to lower the hormone level in the blood.
Antibiotics are given in case of infection.
Possible Complications
Irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias) may occur. Heart failure and pulmonary edema can develop rapidly and cause death.
When to Contact a Medical Professional
This is an emergency condition. Call 911 or another emergency number if you have hyperthyroidism and experience symptoms of thyroid storm.
To prevent thyroid storm, hyperthyroidism should be treated.
Ferri FF. Thyrotoxic storm. In: Ferri FF, ed. Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2016. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016:1223.e3-1223.e3.
Marino M, Vitti P, Chiovato L. Grave's disease. In: Jameson JL, De Groot LJ, de Krester DM, et al, eds. Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2016:chap 82.
Sharma AN, Levy DL. Thyroid and adrenal disorders. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen's Emergency Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2014:chap 128.
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Housing and real estate developments require significant planning and preparation. Providing comfortable and beautiful housing to communities is the goal of many property developers, which is what many homeowners want.
The key to successfully carrying out a project like this, without losing money or your patience, is to have a solid game plan. Here are a few pointers to get you started.
Planning and Designing
Any building project requires stringent planning and design. Documentation is essential especially when it comes to water, electricity, heating and other utilities for your project. You also need it to follow the engineering and architectural design so your property would follow the guidelines set for the area. Setting things on paper can save you time and money for any construction project.
You should hire planning consultants that can help you go through your options and work out what is best for your project and property. These experts will consider the layout, budget, construction permits, licenses, and even insurance papers you need for the construction.
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It can be easy to forget things in the midst of a renovation when you are juggling multiple tasks. When it comes to large projects, you should make a list of what needs to be completed for your renovation or building project to progress smoothly.
You should also make plans for demolition and waste disposal once the project is completed, so you can keep the general area clear and free of dangerous waste materials. Leftover cement, rotten wood, and other chemical leftovers should be disposed of properly.
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Women In Business Luncheon
Join the Coppell Chamber of Commerce as we welcome Rochelle Ross as our guest speaker for the first Women in Business Luncheon of 2019.
Ross is the founder and owner of A Simplified Space, which is an organizing company started in 2011. It is dedicated to helping people get organized and efficient in their home and office, as well as with time management and process management.
Ross is a strong believer that everyone gets 24 hours in a day and wants to get as much out of every day as she can.
She spent 25 years in corporate American and has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Arlington. She is also a busy mom on the go with many activities with her children.
Ross is currently a Hurst-Euless-Bedford (HEB) ISD Board of Trustee, along as a Board of Director for the HEB ISD Education Foundation, HEB Chamber of Commerce, Chair of Leadership HEB and a participant in the Leadership Institute at Harris Methodist Hospital HEB.
She is the recipient of the 2015 HEB Chamber of Commerce Getrude Tarpley Memorial Spirit Award for her energy and positive attitude. Ross is also a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and just earned the distinguished Golden Circle for five years of membership.
Ross belongs to the DFW chapter of the NAPO and has served on that Board of Directors.
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Join us for an end of summer shootout, Bettie's style!
Back by popular demand, we are heading to Elk Meadow on August 30 for an evening of networking, shooting, and meeting new photographers. If you have been intimidated to join us - this would be a fantastic first event for you!
The theme of this shoot is Weddings and Couples and we will have two "engagement couples" and two "wedding couples" available for you to photograph. This is portfolio gold!
Models will have their make-up professionally done (read, portfolio worthy), and will be REAL couples, so will have REAL chemistry. We'll have flowers for the wedding couples to mirror a real wedding shoot as closely as possible.
We'll even have a rad, refurbished VW van on site for you to work with.
The cost for the event is $150. Please register at the link below. Remember that a "yes" RSVP on Facebook is NOT a confirmation of your spot!
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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