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"Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,The Canterbury Tales is a collection of short stories written in Late Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer in the late 14th century about a group of travellers on a pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedralnote . To pass the time on what was then a journey of several days, they decide to hold a storytelling contest where each pilgrim will tell two tales on the journey to Canterbury and two tales on the return trip. Originally, Chaucer was going to write all 124 tales, but was only able to finish 24 before his death in 1400.The pilgrims' tales cover a wide variety of genres, from morality plays to romances to bawdy tales with lots of sex and fart jokes.The tales are often published these days in verse "translations" (or even in prose), but as the excerpt of the opening lines above shows, they are perfectly comprehensible in the original in a good edition with footnotes.Compare to The Decameron, another Late Medieval collection of stories within a Frame Story involving travel; some of the stories are similar, and indeed many of the stories seem inspired by those in Boccaccio's collection (that said, it appears that Chaucer never directly copied a story; he probably merely read The Decameron while on a diplomatic mission in Italy, and did not have access to a copy when he was writing the Tales).
The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne
And smale fowles maken melodye,
That slepen al the night with open ye,
So priketh hem nature in hir corages:
Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
And palmers for to seken straunge strondes,
To ferne halwes, couthe in sondry londes;
And specially, from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The holy blisful martir for to seke,
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke."
The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth
Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours y-ronne
And smale fowles maken melodye,
That slepen al the night with open ye,
So priketh hem nature in hir corages:
Than longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,
And palmers for to seken straunge strondes,
To ferne halwes, couthe in sondry londes;
And specially, from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,
The holy blisful martir for to seke,
That hem hath holpen, whan that they were seke."
—Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales - Prologue in Middle English
Contains examples of:
- Abhorrent Admirer: The "loathly lady" in the Wife of Bath's Tale.
- Adaptation Species Change: A particularly odd example in "The Merchant's Tale": Pluto and Proserpina, gods of Classical Mythology, are portrayed as fairies.
- Affably Evil: Possibly the Pardoner, who is soft-spoken and polite, but also a corrupt hypocrite. It's not clear if he's this or Faux Affably Evil, though.
- All Women Are Lustful: Invoked repeatedly, most particularly with the Wife of Bath, but also subverted, lampshaded, and deconstructed.
- Altum Videtur: The Pardoner's (hypocritical) motto, "Radix malorum est cupiditas" (greed is the root of all evil).
- Ambiguously Gay: The Pardoner's sexuality has been much debated, and the Summoner is sometimes seen as his Macho Camp companion.
- And Your Reward is Dinner: The Host and the pilgrims come into agreement that the one who tells the best tale will get treated to dinner with everyone else footing the bill.
- Ass Shove: In the Miller's Tale.
- Author Avatar: The Narrator
- Author Existence Failure: Chaucer didn't even finish writing even one tale for each named pilgrim.
- Backstory: Each pilgrim introduces himself or herself.
- Black Comedy Rape: The seduction of the Miller's wife and daughter in "The Reeve's Tale".
- Blatant Lies: The Pardoner has some pretty interesting descriptions of The Bible...
- Boisterous Bruiser: Harry Bailey, the Host; the Monk, the Miller and the Franklin also have some elements of this.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Chaucer does this in "The Miller's Prologue," during the Content Warning: "Turn over the leef and chese another tale."
- Break the Haughty: The theme of the Monk's Tale. It's not just one story, he picks a famous great figure, then tells about how he failed and died, then moves onto another one, over and over again. He says he has a hundred, but the Knight cuts him off after seventeen when he gets to Peter of Cyprus — The Knight's former commander.
- The Designated Hero of the Wife of Bath's tale also gets a well-deserved lesson or two on treating women right.
- Broken Aesop: The incredibly greedy Pardoner gives a story teaching the evils of greed. He even mentions how ironic this is.
- BrotherSister Incest: Canacee and Cambalo in "The Squire's Tale".
- Buffy Speak: No, really. Chaucer used "I guess" in the modern sense:"Of twenty year of age he was, I guess."
- But I Digress: The Knight does this all the time. Naturally, everybody else mocks him for it.
- Cain and Abel: Arcite and Palamon in the Knight's Tale.
- Camp Straight: Absalon in the Miller's Tale
- Card-Carrying Villain: The Pardoner shows no shame in being greedy, and proudly exclaims being so.
- Character Development: Most obvious (and essential) in the Wife of Bath's Tale, as a rapist learns a lesson in humility.
- The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes / Hypocritical Humor: It's commented in the Prologue that while the Merchant is always giving financial advice, he is actually flat broke. He's also telling his tale with an intent to show that marriage is terrible and women are lying liars who lie, which is kind of hilarious considering that he's drawing this from all of two months' experience in the realm of marriage.
- Cock-a-Doodle Dawn
- Content Warnings: In "The Miller's Prologue", the narrator makes an aside to warn the reader that the upcoming tale is going to be obscene, and whoever doesn't like it should "turn over the leef and chese another tale."
- An indirect example: the miller himself basically tells everyone "Okay, I'm stinking drunk, so if anyone gets offended by what I say, blame it on the Southwerk ale."
- Corrupt Church: All too common in the stories. Though the Church always formally condemned simony (i.e., the sale of sacraments and Church offices), there were also always those making end-runs around the rules.
- Case in point, the Parson and the Nuns are about the only religious pilgrims in the story that aren't corrupt.
- Costume Porn: The General Prologue gives in-depth descriptions of each of the pilgrims' outfits, often containing clues as to their personalities.
- Country Matters: "queynte" (The Miller's Tale, The Wife of Bath's Prologue). In "The Miller's Tale" Chaucer makes puns from the double meaning of "queynte"—at the end of the 14th century that word meant both Country Matters and the modern meaning of "quaint".
- Courtly Love: Arcite and Palamon for Emily in "The Knight's Tale".
- Creepy Child: The Prioress's tale concerns one. Gets even creepier when he gets killed... and keeps singing that damn song of his.
- Cultural Cross-Reference: The Squire's Tale is about none other than Genghis Khan (though the case has been made of the story fitting better with Kublai Khan, his great grandson). Ironically, medieval Europeans knew of him, but not of many of the places he conquered.
- Cultural Posturing: The Knight, for ancient Greece. Historically accurate, too.
- The Danza: Chaucer himself.
- Dirty Old Woman: The Wife of Bath.
- Domestic Abuser: The Wife of Bath's fifth husband, who used to verbally berate her, beat her until she appeared dead and is the reason she's half deaf. He's also the husband she loved the most.
- Dreaming of Things to Come
- Dummied Out: To say nothing of the fact that the characters never even reach the holy shrine, Chaucer actually just started the Cook's Tale... only to leave it as a short, unfinished fragment. Judging from the tone it would have resembled the crass anecdotes told by the Miller and the Reeve. (Coghill's translation advertises this tale on the back of the book for some reason.)
- Evil Will Fail: The three villainous protagonists of "The Pardoner's Tale" kill each other because of their greed.
- Exact Words: In "The Pardoner's Tale", the protagonists are told that they can find Death under the oak tree. After killing each other over the gold they find at the oak tree, they do indeed find Death.
- Fan Sequel: Some of the earliest examples in English literature, including:
- Edmund Spenser followed up with "The Friar's Tale" in Book 4 of The Faerie Queene.
- Alexander Pope also wrote a few works that combined this with a pastiche/parody.
- In one of the first pieces of Fan Fiction, there is a narrative tale The Tale of Beryn which makes the Pardoner's sexuality less ambiguous by showing his attempts to seduce a tavern wench.
- The prologue of The Siege of Thebes by John Lydgate, one of Chaucer's literary successors, includes a Self-Insert Fic in which the author meets the pilgrims after their arrival at Canterbury, and is asked to provide the first tale on the return journey.
- Numerous late medieval authors attempted to complete the unfinished bits of the Tales, as well; there are a few efforts at finishing the Cook's Tale, and two different efforts at a tale for the Plowman (the only pilgrim described in the General Prologue who doesn't tell even an unfinished tale), the better known of which was meant to suggest that Chaucer was essentially a proto-Protestant.
- Henry Dudeney wrote a puzzle book with a section supposedly coming from Chaucer's notes.
- Flower Motifs: The Prioress, one of the few characters who has a proper name, is Madame Eglantine, referring to a kind of rose, also known as a sweetbrier. Having a name that means "rose" is right in line with her sentimentality and bracelet reading "Love Conquers All."
- Flying Dutchman: The old man in "The Pardoner's Tale".
- Foreign Cuss Word: Guess what the Wife of Bath meant with (Latin) "quoniam". Hint: it suffices to delete three letters.
- Framing Device
- Genre Roulette: Each of the Tales is based on a different genre that existed at the time.
- Gold Fever: The ultimate downfall of the protagonists of "The Pardoner's Tale".
- Good Bad Girl: According to her at least, the Wife of Bath. May be the Ur-Example.
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: the Prioress:"Her greatest oath was but "By Saint Loy!"
- Good Shepherd: The parson, who is also the only religious character who isn't corrupt.
- That's not quite fair, some of the other nuns (minus the Prioress) seem pretty faithful and although the Nun's Priest has some worldly beliefs, he doesn't seem to act on them.
- Handsome Lech: Nicholas in "The Miller's Tale"
- He-Man Woman Hater: The Wife of Bath's fifth husband had an entire book full of stories about how horrible women are. She eventually forced him to change his ways, but not before he hit her hard enough to go deaf on one ear.
- Henpecked Husband: From the Wife of Bath's perspective, this is the ideal model for a husband. Didn't stop her from falling madly in love with an abusive jerk, though.
- History of English: Hugely, hugely important in the development of English as a literary language. Chaucer's work is arguably responsible for the adoption of his London dialect as the standard from which modern English developed. The roughly contemporary Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, alliterative blank verse written in a northern dialect, makes a fascinating comparison.
- Holy City: Canterbury itself.
- Honor-Related Abuse: Virginius and Virginia.
- Hurricane of Puns
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: The Parson, who is described as the ideal priest.
- St. Cecilia in "The Second Nun's Tale". Unsurprising, given that she's a saint.
- It's All About Me: Pretty much the Pardoner's worldview. And he's shockingly proud of that fact.
- The Joy of X: It's the origin of "The X's Tale" formula. The problem is that most references miss the "told by an X" of the original and take it to mean, "about an X." For example, the film A Knight's Tale, is set in Medieval Europe.
- Knight in Shining Armor: The Knight fits personality wise (or so he would have us believe), but actually has rather dirty, worn-out armor, because he's an experienced soldier who has got a lot of use out of it. This Knight in Shining Armor was pretty obviously implied to be a hired sword who fought for any prince who paid enough. Despite the Values Dissonance the sheer variety of his experience makes it clear that he was at least a badass if not exactly Incorruptible Pure Pureness. And to be fair, he presumably kept his contracts and fought decently and was about as honorable as a merc can be in his profession.
- Laser-Guided Karma:
- Most villains in the Man of Law's Tale don't escape justice. The servants of the Sultan's wicked mother are slaughtered by the Romans (The Sultan's mother gets off scot-free, though), and King Alla orders his mother dead once he finds out about her trickery. The drunken messenger is also tortured.
- The knight in the Wife of Bath's tale suffers this due to Values Dissonance—after raping an innocent maiden, he finds himself tricked into marrying an ugly old hag who only becomes young and beautiful when he pledges to her that he will always remain submissive to her and let her make all of his decisions for him. For modern audiences at least, this feels like the knight's getting a well-deserved punishment.
- The Lady's Favour: An unorthodox example with the Monk, who basically acts like a typical nobleman in spite of his religious profession. He is described wearing a gold pin with a "love knot" (his sweetheart/mistress') hair inside it.
- Left Hanging:
- "The Cook's Tale" breaks off unfinished.
- The Tale of Sir Thopas is also interrupted by the Host, on the grounds that it is a long-winded Cliché Storm.
- Literal Ass Kissing: Yes. This happens. Then a hot poker gets involved.
- Literal Genie: The Gods behave like this in the Knight's Tale. Venus and Mars, to be more precise. Diana is more of a Jackass Genie.
- Loads and Loads of Characters: The core cast has close to twenty, and that's not even getting into the background characters and the characters in the tales.
- Love Dodecahedron: In the "Miller's Tale"
- Love Triangle: In the "Knight's Tale", the "Merchant's Tale" and the "Franklin's Tale".
- Malicious Slander
- MayDecember Romance: Trope Namer, per Brewer's: The story of May and January in "The Merchant's Tale" (the expression having altered over time). note
- Mistaken for Apocalypse: In the "Miller's Tale", Fry Nicholas convinces the carpenter to take special precautions in order to escape the coming flood that will drown the world. Of course, there is no such flood, it's just a ploy to get more time with the carpenter's wife.
- Moral Myopia: The Prioress cares more for dogs than she does for Jews
- Nameless Narrative: Very few of the characters have names; they are all identified by their occupation or social role.
- Nice to the Waiter: The knight, we are told, has never spoken rudely to anyone.
- Noble Demon: In "The Friar's Tale".
- No Ending: The tales simply stop before all the pilgrims have supplied one, and the framing narration never states that they have made it to Canterbury. Critics have argued about whether or not the story is unfinished. Chaucer's so-called retraction, which is usually appended to the tales as an ad hoc epilogue doesn't make matters any clearer.
- No Guy Wants to Be Chased: Inverted, interestingly enough; the Wife of Bath is a firm believer in the idea that this is true of women.
- Not In Front of the Crow: Pretty much the central plot point of the Manciple's Tale.
- Old Maid: Reading between the lines, the Prioress is getting past her prime and is overweight from her lifestyle, but is still pretty concerned with her features.
- Pretty Boy: Absalom in "The Miller's Tale" is so pretty as to be downright effeminate. In the frame story, the Squire is another example (vaguely feminine prettiness being in fashion for courtly types). Subverted with the Pardoner, who's rather androgynous, but this is meant to make him creepy rather than attractive. That and it's subtly implied that he's a eunuch.
- The Wife of Bath's last husband, Jankyn, is described as this, at least in his younger days.
- Put Off Their Food: Happens in the prologue. While the Cook is a Supreme Chef, Chaucer unfortunately can't enjoy a dish of his because its appearance reminds him too much of a nasty running sore the Cook has on his leg.
- Refuge in Audacity: "The Pardoner's Tale" begins with the Pardoner bragging about his hypocrisy and all the fake relics he sells. At the end of his tale, an effective moral tale, he offers the same relics to the other pilgrims.
- Rousseau Was Right: The Franklin's Tale — the knight releases his lady from the guilt of the promise she made, the lady fulfills her promise, the squire releases the lady from her promise to him, and the magician forgives the squire of the thousand-gold-coin debt he'd incurred, when hearing of the nobility of the above people. Awww.
- Rump Roast: Absalom burns Nicolas's bottom with a hot poker.
- Satan Is Good: In "The Friar's Tale".
- Secret Test of Character: The Wife of Bath's tale.
- Self-Deprecation: Chaucer assigns himself a pair of awful stories, the first of which is so bad it's forcibly halted by Harry Bailey, who orders him to tell a better tale.
- Self-Insert Fic: Likely the Ur-Example as far as English literature is concerned.
- Sexy Priest: The Friar loves associating with the fairer sex, and is kind enough to perform marriages which he has made necessary. The Pardoner also says he would like to keep a wench in every town... Probably the Monk too, given the love knot he wears, and the Host alleges the Nun's Priest is one of these (see Unwanted Harem below), but the Nun's Priest denies it. Most of these examples are more along the lines of "lecherous priest" than necessarily "good looking priest", and the Nun's Priest is probably the only example who isn't a slimy bastard. The Summoner's Tale features a Sexy Friar, being a Take That! against the Friar, as does The Shipman's Tale.
- Short-Lived Big Impact: The Canterbury Tales was never even finished. It is still considered one of the most influential books of the English language despite the fact it was written in Middle English.
- Shout-Out: Reynard the Fox and Chanticleer the rooster and his wife Pertelote appear in The Nun's Priest Tale.
- Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: One of a small number of works that manages to range successfully over every part of the spectrum from extremely idealistic (The Knight's Tale, The Franklin's Tale) to extremely cynical (The Miller's Tale, The Pardoner's Tale), thanks to the framing device and the multiple narrators. Where Chaucer himself fell is a matter of some debate.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Chanticleer in "The Tale of the Nun's Priest".
- Smart People Wear Glasses: The Oxford Clerk is an Ur-Example of this trope; despite not actually wearing glasses in the text,note he is mentioned as having terrible eyesight due to the long nights he's spent studying by candlelight. This hints that the trope might actually be descended from an older "Smart People Have Bad Eyesight" trope.
- Snake Oil Salesman: One of the things the Pardoner does for a living is sell phony miracle cures.
- Starving Student: The Clerk of Oxford. When he does get money, he tends to spend it on new books rather than food. He lives mostly by borrowing from his friends.
- Still Born Serial: An in-universe one: The Squire's Tale is set up to be sprawling epic that weaves through the lives of a Middle Eastern royal family, culminating in an epic battle. After roughly 700 lines, the Squire has only managed to tell the story of the princess rescued a wounded bird, at which point the Franklin butts in and starts his tale.
- Straw Hypocrite: The Pardoner; he constantly preaches against greed and covetousness (referring to it as "the root of all evil"), yet freely admits that that he himself is motivated entirely by it, preaching, selling salvation and peddling phony miracle cures to make a swift profit. He takes it a step further by claiming that all forms of preaching are done for evil or selfish reasons.
- Stylistic Suck: Chaucer assigns himself a badly written Arthurian romance in verse as well as an interminable and boring prose tale; both the Cook and Monk have their tales booed down by the other pilgrims, as the Cook's is too bawdy and in the Monk's case, everyone expected him to tell a light, bawdy story, but instead he chose to recite a list of the tragic ends of various powerful people from ancient times to the present. Part of Terry Jones' reinterpretation of the Knight is to dispute that the Monk's Tale was bad note , but in any case, it's been traditionally assumed to be intentionally bad.
- Take a Third Option: At the end of "The Wife of Bath's Tale", when his bride offers him a choice that she can be either beautiful but unfaithful or ugly and faithful, the knight takes a third option by letting her decide. Her decision, too, was none of the above: to be both beautiful and faithful.
- Take That!:
- The awful prose tale told by Chaucer is actually a translation of a real work, and arguably the Monk's Tale, which fits a contemporary genre of tragedy, and gets cut off by the Knight.
- In-story, "The Miller's Tale" is often read as a parody of "The Knight's Tale," and the Miller himself seems to treat it as such. "The Reeve's Tale" is a direct attack on the Miller, and response to his tale. "The Summoner's Tale" is an attack on the Friar whose story is told immediately before.
- Tampering with Food and Drink: In "The Pardoner's Tale", the youngest of the three rioters sneaks a poison into the wine he was sent into town for, in the hopes of killing the other two rioters and claiming the gold they found for himself.
- Tender Tears: The Prioress, for her little dogs. Intentional Moral Dissonance, perhaps.
- Toilet Humour: Used extensively in the Miller's tale.
- Too Important to Walk: Chaucer plays with this trope through the Small Name, Big Ego version of Chanticleer the rooster from "The Tale of the Nun's Priest":"He looked as it were a grim lion,
And on his toes he roamed up and down;
He deigned not to set his feet to ground..."
- The Tourney: One is central to the Knight's tale.
- True Beauty Is on the Inside: in the Wife of Bath's tale, the knight hero finds himself wedded to a smart woman with a great personality — who's also a terribly ugly crone. She catches on to his distress and delivers this Aesop to him, and then offers him a choice: she could make herself young and beautiful, but then he'd always have to risk her sleeping around with his friends — or she could remain old and ugly, but be the best wife he could possibly ask for. His choice. He humbly says that the choice is up to her, and she, delighted that he's learned how to respect her, announces that she will be both beautiful and faithful. And they all live Happily Ever After. Broken Aesop? No, because the aesop is that women want some measure of autonomy.
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: The carpenter and Alison in "The Miller's Tale." As is most often the case in medieval literature, this ends with Your Cheating Heart (as well as an unsuccessful suitor).
- Gender-flipped in "The Wife of Bath's Tale."
- Unreliable Narrator: Everyone, including (especially!) Chaucer
- Unwanted Harem: There's an interesting subtext to the "Nun's Priest's Tale". His story is a beast fable whose protagonist is a rooster with a number of wives. There is an implied parallel to the Nun's Priest himself who is a confessor for a group of nuns (possibly Naughty Nuns). He asserts that he is chaste though, and might be telling the truth.
- An alternate interpretation is that the Nun is the rooster, with the "wives" being the priests who work for her. Note the rooster's vanity and stupidity.
- Weakness Turns Her On: The Wife of Bath is particularly fond of submissive men who will do whatever she says and let her completely dominate them in bed. Though it's revealed that this is mostly just because she can trick them into giving her money.
- What Might Have Been: Chaucer was planning for the tales to be between 100 and 120 chapters long. He only finished the first 24 before he died. We'll never know how much richer our language would be today if the man who contributed to our lexicon such phrases as arse and knobbe had survived to tell the remaining three fourths of his epic.
- Read more: 7 Lost Bodies of Work that Would Have Changed Everything, from Cracked.
- Writers Cannot Do Math: Averted in the Introduction to the Man of Law's Tale; Chaucer demonstrates knowledge of the properties of a right isosceles triangle (not in those words, of course):(He) saugh wel that the shadwe of every treeWas as in lengthe the same quantitieThat was the body erect that caused itAnd therefore by the shadwe he took his witThat Phebus, which that shoon so clere and brighteDegrees was fyve and fourty clombe on highte.(He saw that the shadows of the trees were the same length as the trees themselves; thus he calculated that the sun was forty-five degrees high.)
- You All Meet in an Inn: A tavern in this case, but it's really the same thing.
- Your Cheating Heart: Alison in "The Miller's Tale." Discussed and ultimately averted by the old lady in "The Wife of Bath's Tale" as well.
And then they all ate the Nun's Priest. And There Was Much Rejoicing. (Yaaaay)


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Goldman Sachs
January 19, 2011 by staff
Goldman Sachs, Last week, Goldman said it would change how it reports results to reflect a separation between the revenue generated by customers' money and its own capital. In 2009, fixed income, currencies and trading revenue from commodities accounted for over half of the "global revenues from Goldman Sachs." Which fell to 48% under the new reporting system.
Income from investment banking was down 10% year over year but up 30% over the third quarter of 2010 to $ 1.5 billion.
One of the highlights of the quarter has come to invest in the banking and lending unit, which posted a 45% jump in sales last year to $ 2 billion.
Facebook mess with the offer yet made the headlines, 2011 was unusually rough for 'Goldman Sachs." But even with shares just 1% since the beginning of the year, the stock is 25% above its July 2010 levels.
The bank's best-known Wall Street has seen their profits for 2010 and 8.4 billion down from 13.4bn in 2009 and the revenue bonds and commercial products do not correspond to an exceptional year in 2009. The fourth quarter of the year has been particularly affected, with the fall in profits to 2.4 billion 52PCS.
Although the bank and pay 15.38bn and bonus pool was less than 5pc in 2009, it is likely to fuel the debate raging in Britain about the role the City should play in restoring economic development. The compensation is equivalent to 35,700 employees Goldman pay the equivalent of $ 430,700 (£ 269.500).
Goldman Sachs profit fell 53 percent in the fourth quarter due to declines in its bond trading and investment banking.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) has obtained United States and 2.23 billion, after paying preferred dividends over the last three months of the year, against 4.79 billion U.S. and in the same period year earlier. On a per share basis, earnings came out at $ 3.79 per share against 8.20 per share.
Analysts polled by FactSet expected to shore and 3.76 per share. Revenue fell 10 percent to 8.64 billion U.S. dollars. Goldman stock fell 2.86 percent in the United States and 169,658 to Wednesday noon, causing other financial stocks lower.
The head of the bank's chief financial officer, David Viniar, attributed the poor performance to "increased uncertainty surrounding the global economic outlook."
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The file transfer will let you send files and folders to any of your Google Talk buddies. They have no size or file type restrictions so you are pretty much free to do what you want. One interesting thing that I was wondering is whether people would be able to send a virus then? The help page says "It isn't possible to transfer actual viruses within a chat window, or through a call, but please beware of any links that are sent to you" but I don't know if that has been updated since they added the new features. I think that answer was intended for the Google Talk version that didn't have file transfer capabilities. Maybe I will have to give it a try later.
The cool thing with the voicemail is that you can send it to people who don't even have Google Talk. You can talk for up to 10 minutes and it will deliver the voicemail to that person's email address. If you try calling someone in Google Talk the voicemail service will also pickup after the 4th ring or you can send it without calling by right-clicking on the contact and selecting "Send Voicemail".
Now it would really be cool if they figured out a way to add some of these features into the GMail Chat. There are a lot of people that I know who don't download Google Talk and just stay logged into their GMail account constantly. It is probably much harder to do things like voicemail on there because they need to make sure it works flawlessly across all platforms and *most* browsers.
Don't count on this being the end of new features because I am sure Google will continue to listen to feedback and improve their instant messenger. You can find out more about the new features by visiting the What's New page and don't forget to download the new version!


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The Bend Whitewater Park is Open
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The Whitewater Park is Open!
After over a decade of fundraising and a strategic partnership with Bend Parks and Recreation District, the dream of the Bend Whitewater Park has become a reality. Please visit the webpage on BPR's site to learn more about the park. For daily updates visit the Bend Whitewater Park Facebook Page.
11th Annual Pickin' & Paddlin' – June 21 and August 30
What began as a couple of kayakers creating tunes on the back deck after a long day on the river, has grown into Pickin' & Paddlin' 2017, the 11th season of a cult-classic community concert series to raise funds for Bend Paddle Trail Alliance (BPTA). Come enjoy live music and boat demos on the Deschutes River in the Old Mill, Tumalo Creek's back lawn. Demos from 4-7pm and concert from 5-9:30pm. Tickets are $5 (children 12 and under are free) and all proceeds go directly to BPTA.
June 21 concert (Part of the Subaru Outside Games)
Pete Kartsounes Stringband: Pete Kartsounes is an award winning songwriter and flatpicking guitar master. A world traveler, collector of songs and a veteran performer of the Colorado jamgrass scene, Pete has recently relocated to Bend, and we are pleased to welcome him to the Pickin' and Paddlin' stage with his fine Portland based string band for his debut performance in his new hometown.
Ryan Richard (Bend Whitewater Park Waveshaper) & friends
Appaloosa: Local country and americana band
Ticket details: http://tumalocreek.com/pickin-paddlin-2016/
August 30 Pickin' & Paddling with Whitewater Surf Festival
The T-Sisters: Hailing from the Bay Area of California the T-Sisters music blends beautiful sibling harmonies and folk sensibility with West Coast country and rock influences for a truly uplifting and original vibe.
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As I've stated in several of my posts in this section, The Legend of Zelda is my favourite game series. While I love most of the Nintendo game franchises, and while Pokemon come as a close second, Zelda just has everything I enjoy in a game. The games are usually pretty long, and usually gives some challenges, especially in the puzzle department. They're fun and addicting, and was the first series of anything aside from Pokemon I got hooked on. Worst thing about it belonging to Nintendo however is, that they always have so many projects runnning, which means it usually takes years before a new game is even announced. Often there'll be a new console released between the release of two games, which means a new game will most likely be on that console, which makes it all pretty expensive. Like, most people bought their handhelds just to play Pokemon games, and there's usually only two games released for that console anyways. Which is good for Nintendo of course, and helps them in making new games, but not really that affordable for most consumers :/
A little bit sidetracked, but yeah, Zelda is definitely my favourite Nintendo game series.


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Saturday 1 July 1911
It was Saturday, under the sign of Cancer. The US president was William Howard Taft (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Alvino Rey and Sergei Sokolov.
Dante's Inferno, directed by Francesco Bertolini, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1911
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- Surinam Keti Koti (Breaking of Chains) Day of Liberty; On July 1, 1863 slavery was abolished.
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Ever since Donald Trump was elected, many liberals in Hollywood have been extremely vocal about their disdain for our president. And while they all gather together for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, we were all bracing for more anti-Trump rhetoric, as their awards shows seems to be the platform lately for them to spew their hate. But surprisingly, what one black singer decided to wear while she was strutting her stuff on the red carpet tonight had conservatives around the country completely floored, and every liberal in Hollywood completely losing their shi*t.
Obviously not giving a flying crap about what people thought about her, Trump supporter and music artist Joy Villa arrived at the awards show looking absolutely stunning as she shocked the crowd in a gorgeous red, white, and blue gown with the slogan, "Make American Great Again." But the real shocker came when Joy turned around however, with a special "kiss my ass" message on the back for all the Trump-haters around the world to gaze at:
OMG this is great! What an insane political statement! What makes it even more epic is because Joy is black, liberals can't just bask her and call her a "racist" for supporting Trump!
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Swarovski appoints top model and former Victoria's Secret angel Karlie Kloss to be its new ambassador. She replaces fellow angel Miranda Kerr who has had a high-profile stint for years at the Austrian brand. Kloss's first appearance is in the house's latest Be Brilliant campaign, shot by Craig McDean. Kloss is chosen for her ability to embody the modern and multi-faceted woman.
"It's an honour to join the Swarovski family and to be part of the brand's long history of bringing elegance to women through brilliant, unique designs," says the model as she appears in the Be Brilliant campaign from the fall/winter 2016 collection.
Kloss, who was discovered by local modeling agency in Chicago quickly made her way up in New York. In 2008, she notably walked 31 runway shows in New York Fashion Week, followed by successful stints at the fashion weeks after. her powerful runway walk became a unique signature. Last year, she famously appeared alongside best friend Taylor Swift in a Vogue cover. Regularly, she appears in her homemade Youtube video channel, Klossy. In March, she launched a philanthropic programme Kode with Klossy, a summer coding camp for 80 young women.


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When Sam was a toddler, I was constantly amazed about his fascination with sticks. I'd never seen a little kid so enthralled by the endless possibilities of a stick. Maybe that's because I'd only been around little girls.
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Sam yelling, "Cheese!". Sam, here's a word of wisdom from your mother: when you yell so loud the veins on your neck standout, it doesn't make for a very good smile.
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Signing Day begins in a few short hours and college coaches everywhere will be watching the office fax machines intently. The one thing you can expect on Signing Day is the unexpected, so will there be any huge surprises?
The biggest name yet to commit is Birmingham (Ala.) Huffman offensive lineman Andre Smith, who has been linked to Alabama for months. However, there have been rumblings that LSU or Southern Cal could sneak in here and the Trojans have many folks in Alabama scared. The guess here is still that the home school wins out, but this will be one to watch.
Oklahoma City (Okla.) Southeast defensive tackle Gerald McCoy shouldn't surprise anyone on Signing Day when he chooses Oklahoma, but both wide receiver Vidal Hazelton and running back C.J. Spiller have tough decisions to make. Hazelton, originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., is torn between Penn State and Southern Cal (the team he committed to in December) and could come down to the last minute before he signs with either. Spiller, from Lake Butler (Fla.) Union County, has long been considered a Florida State lean but Florida has elbowed their way into this race and have quickly become the team to beat. Clemson is also in the mix. In the end I think Hazelton sticks with Southern Cal and Spiller heads to Florida in tough decisions, but both could go either way.
Defensive back Reshad Jones from Atlanta is expected to choose between Georgia and LSU with the Dawgs taking the lead this past weekend. Look for Jones to stay home in a close race.
A couple other five-star studs might make a few people anxious as they await their Letter of Intent. Defensive end Ricky Sapp has been linked with Florida State and lately South Carolina and those rumors won't stop until he signs with Clemson, the team he's been committed to for awhile. Both are expected to stick with their original choices, but if there's to be a change of commitment from a big-time player beyond Hazelton, it could be Sapp.
Others in the top 100 that are expected to wait until Signing Day include offensive lineman Daron Rose from Florida, tight end Jermaine Gresham from Oklahoma, defensive back Jonas Mouton from California and running back Knowshon Moreno of New Jersey. Expect Rose to pick Florida State despite a strong push by South Carolina, Gresham to stay home and play for Oklahoma, Mouton to pick Southern Cal after the Trojans got back in with a huge push and Moreno to become a Georgia Bulldog.
The prep school ranks boast three top players that will have a huge effect on rankings as well. Running back LeSean McCoy from Milford Academy in New York is expected to sign with either Penn State or Miami and Hargave Military running back Keiland Williams will sign with LSU or Southern Cal. Williams is currently committed to the Tigers. Defensive end Melvin Alaeze has said he'll sign with Maryland but he's not sure when and said if he waits he might consider Penn State or Southern Cal.
And, as always, the Percy Harvin rumors abound. The nation's No. 1 player is committed to Florida but there are rumors that Southern Cal could steal him away. USC couldn't get into Harvin's house for an in-home visit, but they did get to speak to him at school a couple of weeks ago and make their final pitch. Harvin is expected to stick with Florida, but Signing Day can always bring huge surprises.
Plenty of other recruits will wait until Signing Day to announce their decisions, but the big question is how will these affect the team rankings?
The Gators will try to hang onto the top spot and hope Spiller and offensive lineman Orlando Franklin as well as running back Mon Williams can keep them on top. Southern Cal is hoping to pull a huge upset with Smith and land Mouton, something that could push them to their third straight recruiting title. But right now things look good for the Gators.
If Georgia gets Moreno and Jones, they can jump back into the top 5 while Florida State hopes to close strong as usual with Marcus Sims, Rose, McDaniel, Spiller and others to remain in the top 5 as well. Texas might need Mouton to remain inside the top 5 as well while LSU could stay there with an upset in the battle for either Jones or Smith.
As we head into what is truly Christmas day for recruitniks, the only thing we can be sure of is that we'll be surprised more than once. Coaches won't be sleeping tonight.


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So for the past two months I've been casually dating a guy. Were not exclusive, but I thought it was heading that way until about two weeks ago when he suddenly became distant and suddenly didn't really have time to see me. Nothing happened between us to cause this, so I'm not sure whats going on. I finally saw him for lunch today after not seeing for the past week and a half. The conversation went well and he told me everything that he had been up to. Near the end of the conversation though, we were talking about relationships and he told me that he wished that I would argue more, since he likes women that argue with him and that he sometimes feels like he dominates the conversation. I'm more a laid back person and I hate to argue and told him that he's the only guy that I've met that actually likes to argue. When he told me goodbye he gave me a hug and a kiss on the cheek. It caught me off guard since he only did this on our first date and since then has always given me a kiss on the mouth when he leaves. He also told me that he was going to be super busy this upcoming week and didn't know if/when he would be able to see me. Since having lunch today this whole situation has really bothered me. Does it sound like he's lost interest? I'm not sure what I should do? Thanks for your help!
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I see that people really think that AC III sucks, well at least most of them, but is it realy like that?
This can also be named a "Comparison"
Well i personally think AC III had a really good story especially a nice start to begin with but hey guys we all know we want to get in Connor's Assassin robes and kick some Templar arse.
Anyways the story in this game is pretty good the characters are also not bad either. Especially the real ones. One of my favourite here are the "historical" missions, such as the Tea Party, Midinight Ride and the Bluecoats vs Redcoats battles. You should have seen the look on my face when i found out Haytham was a templar and then he betrayed the mother of his son and her people which really brings some emotions. I really like Tyranny of King Washington trilogy and I think it's better then AC3. The Storyline is quite fine in lenghth without the DLC that is. And i especially like the ending where Connor finally revenges to Charles Lee after he was running after him in the harbour-i have to admit though thats a really difficult obstacle course. As there is only mainland you really have no problem getting the storyline to the end unlike in AC IV.
Well even though there is fast travel its annoying to travel by boat after each mission to a location on the other side to the map so that makes it so much slower to me making me want to play less like SHADDDAP BLACKBEARD I GOT BOARS TO HUNT, RUM TO DRINK AND HOES TO KILL.
Gosh that part about Hoes sounds a bit like GTA.Anyways.
The start is quite odd really it shows that Ed has bad morale and not just kills the Assassin but also steals his clothes When getting to the Assassin island after killing that poor dude i was surprised he did not kill them all. But seriously guys lets admit it the only thing it has to do about Assassins Creed is fighting againts templars its not like you see assassins a lot throughout the game on the other side the map is full of redcoat and yellowcoat bastards and i really enjoy destroying their forts convoys and legendary ships.
FIGHTINGWell both games are quite similar but I thing AC IV is more difficult I really like the soldier variations they are the same in both games-the musketeer (which shoots you from a distance but is weak as ****ing **** when you come near him), the brute/headbutter (everyone hates this guy), the Officer/Captain (same as the headbutter but also has a gun) and the "Poor guy we Air-Assassinate".
What i like about BF but not about III is the number of ammo we can carry in our pouch-in BF you can carry 20 bullets (cartridges) and also a large number (10?) of darts and bombs. In III however you only have 8 bullets, 8 arrows, 3 bombs, 5 rope darts---THE BEST WEAPON EVER, and 5 other darts (i think).
To me atleast one of the most important aspects in both games also this is why i bought RDR and FC3 too. You are more involved in AC 3 where you can use bait and snares too,along with the normal weps,and that is i guess because the area was full of hunters back in the day. And the reason why i liked hunting is the Frontier,yes-one place to hunt all animals. Plus the areas where lots of Wolves,Bears,Beavers and Cougars spawn too. Could have used some more animals.
AC IV had great potential here, and i really like the animals you can hunt, but they are missing a frontier, hell no i do not want to travel by ship to hunt a different animal on each island. For Cuba, being the largest island, they should have made a large frontier where you could hunt all land animals in one place (but could also hunt in other islands), and this is just one more thing i dont like about BF. Harpooning a great addition really, and i really cannot say anything bad about it, its all i expected.
In AC3, i really love both Boston and the Frontier, with Boston i really love the colonial feeling, especailly the main harbour, ah it reminds me of Titanic before the ships goes to America. New York was boring, like a village actually, and it could have been much better.
8/10, had potential but did not fully use it.
I really love the AC 4 locations, Havana and Cape Bonavista easily being my favourite. Why the above? Well, Havana is the only city that has no wooden cottages, and you get a feeling of nostalgia, as it is somewhat similar to AC 2 or Revelations. Cape Bonavista cause it really is creatively made, and no other island that i have visited is not as nice as this one is, and as i said, they had a lot of potential, but i simply dont like Kingston or Nassau very much,they look pretty much like villages when comparing to Havana, or even to Boston.
Overall 9/10
Quite good in both games, in AC3 you can hunt, do side missions, search for feathers, there are naval contracts, you can also explore, as in every similar game.
AC4, even better, with everything mentioned above, you can destroy enemy forts, rob enemy convoys and ships, rob warehouses and simply so much more.
9.5/10 This is my first review so it is not that good, yes, i could make more paragraphs, like for navy and characters, but i do not think it was necesary, as ACIII's navy is only a small thing on the side, while in AC4 it is one of the main things in the game. As for characters, all of them in both games are ok, somewhat. Only if Ed was acting less like a pirate, and Connor was a bit happier, but i understand him seeing his mother dying in front of his eyes.


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Conservatively, I think it would be about 15 hours a week that I spend on blogging and blog preparation. That has changed since the beginning….because I now spend so much time on other blogs. In the beginning, I would write a post, close it and go away. Now I enjoy so many others and have learned lessons from so many others, that I have to watch the time I spend with them.
2. There is always more you can do, write, read, comment on…how do you limit your time spent on these tasks?
Life limits the time. My work, students, and family just naturally put limitations on the time, because I cannot ignore life and shut it outside a door while I pull out the computer. But, I also see the blog as part of a bigger picture and goals that I have set for myself…so I justify the time spent because I truly desire to help women over 50. Since I am a journalist, I tend to get caught up in research and looking at the blog as a reporter…but I think that is a good thing and I do not want to stop looking at it from a fashion journalist viewpoint…it just requires more time.
3. Have you experienced Blogger Burnout yet? How have you dealt with that?
I think I am too new at this (6 months) to be burned out yet? However, I do experience Blogger Doubt a lot…and wonder if this is making a difference and if it is worth the time. It seems that every time my doubt grows and I am about to push the DELETE button, some sweet reader gives me a surprise piece of encouragement. That has kept me going more than anything!
4. This time of year is always a lot busier than any other time. Will your blogging change as a result?
Since I teach, it will be crazy until the end of the semester…but after that I get a longer vacation than most and that will give me more time, actually, to work on research, new ideas, and articles for the blog. It will help me.
5. Could you foresee a moment that you are not blogging anymore?
I really do not think so...unless an unforeseen crisis in my family was to arise. I could see me adding another blog to the mix on a different topic possibly. Right now, I am feeling energized by blogging and not weary…I realize that can change in a heartbeat!
6. How would you identify that it is time to walk away?
Of course, if no one is reading it, then I would walk away. I am not doing this for me and that was not my motivation in beginning. As long as there are readers, and I am helping some of those readers walk in confidence & joy during midlife, then I plan to keep going!! It has been so much fun and I love the incredible women I have met through blogging.
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I love how you blog and I love that your aim is to encourage women. And you really do! You always encourage me!ReplyDelete
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Love what you said in your Q&A.
Looking forward to seeing what is next and perusing some past posts.
Thanks again for stopping by to see me.
Pam--I'm so glad to see that you did these questions too. Sounds like you began your blog about the same time I did, as though we were somehow 'fated' to cross one another's paths. Here's to many more years of blogging friendship.ReplyDelete
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by Rick Hamada, ESH Community Relations Director
Welcome to our inaugural edition of "Five Questions with…."- a new feature that will focus in the people and personalities of Easter Seals Hawaii. We are blessed to begin our series with a gentleman who has served our community well in so many ways, but who also shares a remarkable story of faith, hope and comfort as a member of our Easter Seals Hawaii ohana. You may already know of Hector from a wonderful song that has become synonymous with Hawaii. You can take a listen here. But, for now, please, enjoy our "Five Questions with… Mr. Hector Venegas."
Hector, can you tell us a little about yourself, where are you originally from?
Rick, I was born in Mexico 1939, lived there till 1956, when I moved to Kansas City Missouri, where I graduated from South East High School, attended Kansas City Junior College for one year and transferred to University of Hawaii in 1961, and have resided in Hawaii since.
Who were your parents and please share some thoughts about them?
My father, Jose Hernandez, now deceased was a Promotor, Business Entrepreneur, who I respected but parted ways with at a very early age! My Mother, Alicia Venegas Lopez, now 94 and living in Chicago, Illinois, was my role model and guiding light in my formative years.
You have such a cosmopolitan, professional background. Can you tell us about it?
- 2006, I retired from the working force, but my career spanned started in 1961, while attending the University of Hawaii.
- 1961, I was in the Food and Beverage Department of the Hilton Hawaiian Village as: Waiter, Restaurants and Bar Manager.
- 1963, I left the hospitality industry, to go in the Phonograph Record Distribution with various local companies as: Salesman, Sales Manager, Marketing and Promotion Manager.
1970, I Moved to the Advertising industry as: Account Representative, Advertising Agency Manager.
- 1973, I formed and owned KristAnn Advertising
- 1976, I started Hector Venegas Enterprises, it dealt with promotions and marketing of entertainment, fashion, restaurants, etc.
- 1984, I became a consultant to the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii's Military Affairs Council, a non-profit group working on behalf of the defense industry as a liaison element bridging the military and civilian communities, in Hawaii. A few years later, I became the Director and provided services to the private sector by assisting them with marketing their sales of goods and services to Hawaii based Department of Defense contracting offices in Hawaii. I also implemented special events such as military appreciation programs, and lobbied for military funding, to be spent in Hawaii, at national levels, including the Pentagon and Washington D.C.
- 1997, I reactivated my marketing, public relations, and promotions firm; by assisting Hawaii's small businesses with the potential and desire to sell their goods and services to local government offices: counties, state, federal. My mission was to help small businesses, suppliers, contractors, and vendors who want to learn the fundamentals of Government contracting. The workshops took them step-by-step through the language, key players, and procedures of doing business with the government, and provide attendees information, which can be applied immediately to government contracting. Subjects ranged from the Basics of Contracting, to fundamentals or advanced Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange, etc.
You are responsible for one of the most iconic songs in all of Hawaii. Tell us about the inspiration and process in writing "Hawaiian Lullaby."
My second daughter Krista was born in May of 1970, at seven weeks old, she caught a cold and from that contracted Bacterial Meningitis and faced death. She was in intensive care for several weeks at the Old Children's Hospital and slowly began to recover, but as result of the illness and multiple seizures, we were told that she suffered mild brain damaged. For me, this situation became extremely difficult and mentally challenging ao deal with. In writing, I implored my maker not to take her, for she had not seen this world, nor had she sinned. After intensive and tedious help from caring doctors, and neurologist; she survived. A year later, when things subsided, I visited my early writings, and changed the negative language to a positive, it was self-healing. At the time, I was an agent for Mr. Peter Moon. When he read the prose, he wanted to write music to it and change the title from "Manoa Lullaby" to "Hawaiian Lullaby", I said yes and the rest is history.
Hawaiian Lullaby performed by the Makaha Sons
How did your relationship with Easter Seals Hawaii begin and what is your involvement today?
After two eye operations and multiple medical visits, Krista grew up happily a mild challenged person. She attended Special Education classes at Liliuokalani and Wilson elementary schools, Kaimuki Middle School and graduated from Kaimuki High School.
While attending high school my wife Sharon, who has always been behind Krista's life every step of the way, learned about Easter Seals. Krista initially came to Easter Seals as a participant in the after school summer programs. Ms. Linda Guess, who was running the youth services program, liked Krista and when she graduated from high school, created a job for her. She has been with Easter Seals well over 20 years now. Easter Seals is Krista's life, she lives and breathes Easter Seals and can hardly wait to go to work every day. Our family is very happy with that.
Hector, what does Easter Seals Hawaii meant o you and what message would you like to share with the rest of our community?
Easter Seals has given our family hope, faith that is priceless!
When we are faced with harsh reality and life look dismal, prayer and the help from our friends, we will help us get through.
Thank you, Hector, for taking the time to tell us about your story and to highlight the wonderful accomplishments of your daughter, Krista. We'll have another edition of "Five Questions with…." before you know it. If there is someone on the Easter Seals Team or someone who is part of the ESH Ohana, please let me know. I can be reached via email at email@example.com .


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Fast and reliable transportation is without a doubt a necessity in today's world. People's lives are now fast paced and considering the fact that a lot of people work multiple jobs or need to get to different places at the soonest possible time; it is essential that the person will have access to fast transportation. The problem is that while sufficient most of the time, the use of taxis or buses for transportation are not always the fastest or most convenient, which can lead to a lot of complications to the person's schedule as well as the activities that he or she may need to do throughout the day.
Luckily, there are individuals that acknowledge the deficiencies of the above mentioned methods of transportation and have developed ride share services as an alternative to the use of taxis and buses.
With a ride share service, the driver of the passenger will be the owner of the vehicle that is being used for the ride. The whole setup is facilitated by the use of a smart phone application both for the driver as well as for the passenger. Should a passenger need a ride, all the person needs to do is to connect the smart device to the internet, access the smart phone application and then request a ride. It is the company's service that will notify available drivers in the area which will pick up and then drive the passenger to his or her intended destination. Once the trip is done, the passenger will pay the service the driving fee, with the driver getting a cut from the fee paid.
What's great about this setup is that ride share services are much more convenient to use compared to conventional methods. You as a passenger will not need to wait at the sidewalk or spend a lot of time at the bus stop waiting. You can simply stay in the location that you are in, hail an Uber or a Lyft from your smart phone and then simply wait. Also, with these ride share services, it is very likely that you will be able to enjoy a much more comfortable land transportation experience compared to using buses and taxis. This is because these services require that the driver have a fairly modern vehicle that is in great condition in order to be a partner of Uber or Lyft.
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA – An 85-year-old woman died Monday evening after she was hit by a mail truck near Tijeras Creek Elementary School, according to Orange County Sheriff's Department officials.
At 6:34 p.m., a sheriff's deputy and Orange County Fire Authority officials responded to a call of a pedestrian struck by a U.S. Postal Service truck on Teaberry Lane, sheriff's Lt. Brian Schmutz said. The woman was alert and conscious, talking to officers and emergency personnel at the scene and on her way to Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo, Schmutz said.
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What I do: I look after new rowers that have been identified and tested through the GB Rowing Start programme and develop them to move from the academy group to the development group. The aim is for them to then progress into the senior squad that will attend GB trials. I provide the athletes with solid foundations and technique for them to progress. I work in a high performance Sport Wales team with a physio, nutritionist, weightlifting coach and sports science staff all working together to produce top level GB Rowing athletes.How Hartpury helped to get me there: I was taken on as a rowing intern at Hartpury, which is a GB Rowing Start centre, while I was doing my full-time Masters in Coaching Science. I was working with Tom Pattichis (Hartpury rowing programme manager) as a mentor and the internship gave me the opportunity to coach rowers of all abilities, learning how to meet and solve different challenges in their development with the pressure of ensuring the continued success of the Hartpury rowing programme. I don't think I would have got my role with Welsh Rowing had I not been able to show the theoretical skills I gained from my Masters as well as the practical experience I had from my coaching internship at Hartpury.
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Daniel Ward-Murphy - Until The Morning Light-2009-DV8 | 50.38 MB
Artist: Daniel Ward-Murphy
Title: Until The Morning Light
Label: Sellaband
Genre: Folk/Rock
Bitrate: 151kbit av.
Time: 00:46:19
Size: 52.81 mb
Rip Date: 2009-02-11
Str Date: 2009-02-16
1. She's A Knockout 3:33
2. My Beautiful Predicament 4:36
3. I Think I Made You Smile 3:32
4. The Queen Of Something New 4:50
5. The Sun Is In Your Eyes (Featuring Jennifer 3:52
6. You Live Up In The Stars 4:28
7. Flame 3:08
8. The Geius Of Myra 5:57
9. In This Fair City (Featuring Jennifer Delaney) 4:18
10. Under The Wife 3:34
11. Ace Of Defiance 4:31
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Remember what made Damien Rice's debut album, O, such a
delight? One man, his aching voice climbing out of the
never-reaches of his soul, an acoustic guitar and some
occasionally accompanying string and woodwind instruments all
playing through some lovely songs. And then there was his
mysterious, seemingly nameless female accomplice, whose
beautiful voice provided harmonies and the odd lead vocal
moment of her own. Daniel Ward-Murphy's debut effortlessly
combines all of these same elements and has a warming effect
perfect for this chilly time of year.
What with every 'What's Hot 2009' list touting electronic pop
artists as the ones to watch this year, Ward-Murphy could be
considered a pleasant novelty indeed in his singer-songwriter
mould. What makes him even more of a rarity is that he is a
success-story of the Sell-A-Band internet phenomenon, a
website allowing any unsigned artist to upload tracks in the
hope that complete strangers from across the world will listen
and like them enough to pledge real money in their direction.
Once an artist has sold enough 'shares', usually $50,000
worth, the website owners supply them with a producer and a
record is made. A far-fetched scheme it would seem, but one
that evidently works for those that are talented enough and
who know how to market themselves.
Ward-Murphy is an excellent vocalist able to strike a balance
between warm delicacy and surging power. This is especially
apparent on You Live Up In The Stars, the album's strongest
song. The first minute or so contains a prelude to the
upcoming song, with his female sidekick, Jennifer Delaney,
taking lead vocal responsibility for the time being,
accompanied by melancholic strings. Eventually, Ward-Murphy
returns with a tricky, punchy melody that is impeccably
delivered, underpinned by crisp drumming and solo cello.
Hang on a minute - melancholic strings? Preludes? Warm
delicacy? Surely this is just another soppy acoustic album
that you would only buy as a last-minute gift for Mother's
Day? Not so. I certainly would not want to present my mother
with an album that contains the lyric 'tie you up and let me
treat you mean', as Ward-Murphy shows us his adventurous side
on second track My Beautiful Predicament.
I have only one criticism of this debut album - it is a shade
too long, clocking in at 46 minutes, despite containing the
standard-issue eleven tracks. One of those tracks, The Genius
Of Myra, lasts a full six minutes - too stretched for this
slow, tender lament, however beautifully it is performed.
However, it probably demonstrates the strength of the
musicianship on display if I am reduced to pedantic remarks
about Ward-Murphy's timekeeping abilities - this truly is a
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In what has become an annual event during Bassmaster Classic week, the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame will hold its annual induction banquet, honoring four pioneers in the sport.
The Class of 2012 includes longtime B.A.S.S. photographer Gerald Crawford, award-winning videographer Glen Lau, former Classic winner Paul Elias and boat innovator Holmes Thurmond.
The banquet will be held Friday, Feb. 24, in the Ballroom of Sam's Town Hotel and Casino. A special tribute also is planned in memory of Ray Murski, a hall of famer and charter board member of the Bass Fishing Hall of Fame who died in an automobile accident Dec. 19, 2011.
In the fall of 1980, Gerald Crawford was hired by B.A.S.S. to photograph the Bassmaster Classic at Thousand Islands, N.Y. He soon became the staff photographer for B.A.S.S. and Bassmaster Magazine, traveling throughout the country to cover its tournaments. Over the years, he photographed more than 200 professional tournaments, including every Classic since 1980. He is universally respected by tournament anglers because of the courteous and non-intrusive way he follows them on the water, always getting what he called "the shot" while being careful never to interfere with their fishing.
During Paul Elias' 42-year career as a B.A.S.S. pro, he won six tournaments, including the 1982 Bassmaster Classic on the Alabama River in Montgomery, Ala. In that tournament, he introduced his "kneel 'n reel" technique for deep cranking. He used the tactic years later to establish the all-time winning weight record for a 5-bass-limit tournament with 132 pounds, 8 ounces during an Elite Series event in April 2008 at Lake Falcon in Texas.
In between those tournaments, he became a recognized expert and innovator in the technique of deep cranking. He qualified for 15 Bassmaster Classics, finishing in the Top 10 eight times, and posting 41 Top 10 finishes in other B.A.S.S. events. A true pro's pro, Elias has been an ambassador for the sport and especially for the profession of competitive bass fishing.
A legendary fishing guide on Lake Erie, Glen Lau gave up guiding to pursue a career in videography. As a producer and director, he created more than 300 commercials and 200 television programs, including several segments of The American Sportsman, The Wild, Wild World of Animals and Quest for Adventure.
He is perhaps best known for the groundbreaking documentary Bigmouth, which explored the life cycle of largemouth bass. More recently, his Bigmouth Forever film won the 1996 North American Film & Video Award and numerous other national honors. He has hosted or appeared on more than 300 television programs and is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, the American Society of Media Photographers, the American Fisheries Society, and the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. He is one of the founders of the "Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs" campaign.
Today, he owns Glen Lau Productions, a Florida-based film production company that specializes in outdoor adventure and underwater productions. A resident of Ocala, Fla., he is an ardent supporter of the Florida Bass Conservation Center and other conservation causes in his adopted home state.
Holmes Thurmond came up with a design for a boat that wouldn't get pushed around by the wind, a boat with inward-sloping sides. The boat was also extremely stable and just about impossible to turn over, because even if you stood on the sides, you'd actually be standing towards the middle of the boat. Low, sleek, and narrow, Thurmond's little wood boat developed quite a following. Like a sharp-nosed bug, the boat zipped around the lakes, and soon people nicknamed it the Mosquito, or "Skeeter," for short. He brought to market what many believe to be the world's first bass boat, known as "Skeeter," in 1948.
Thurmond eventually sold the rights to build fiberglass replicas of his boat to Skeeter Products Inc., which has grown the Skeeter name into one of the most popular boat brands in the country. Thurmond was born in 1894 and passed away in 1970.
"We're inviting all bass fishing enthusiasts to join us in Shreveport-Bossier City in February to honor and recognize these gentlemen for their contributions to our sport," said Sammy Lee, president of the Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization dedicated to recognizing anglers, media, industry leaders and others who further the sport of bass fishing.
B.A.S.S. owner and television pioneer Jerry McKinnis will be the keynote speaker for the induction dinner. In addition, valuable prizes such as fishing tackle and exotic hunting and fishing trips — including one with The Bassmasters television show host Mark Zona — will be auctioned during the evening. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. CT and the dinner begins at 8:00.
To attend, tickets must be purchased by Friday, Feb., 17. For these and a list of auction items and other information, visit BassFishingHOF.com or Facebook.com/BFHOF, or call 888-690-2277.


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The ever loving, virus fighting MD of the local village, Dr. Mario works day and night, constantly working on miracle pills known as Mega Vitamins! Thanks to these wonderous medicines, Dr. Mario has made quite a reputation for himself! However one day, the 3 Minions of evil, Fever, Chill, and Weird, had invaded Mario's home and stolen his Megavitamins!! Now the Doc is on a chase after the Megavitamins, hoping it doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
A Greedy mad man who always thinks of nothing but getting more money in his pocket, he's out to find treasure yet again!! After hears of a treasure found on the "unkown neck of the world", he's willing to stop at nothing to find sucha treasure. Will the big palooka find what he's looking for?
A Young free spirited girl from a faraway village who always has a rather large-sized kitten by her side, Pyan's mother is at the brink of death. She vows to save her mother's life no matter what the cost. After hearing of a special "wonder medicine" that can cure all illnesses, Pyan goes on a journey to find such a cure.
A mysterious sorceress with a huge obsession for books, and a scarred past. After hearing of a strange Wolf Man in the premesis, huanting memories awaken and leave her seeking vengence. She will stop at nothing to but this wolf man out of his misary.
A man who was cursed into a wolf by a strange strand of sorcery, Vang wishes to find a cure to his strange transformation. While menacing in appearence, this character is actually kind in heart. However he is shunned due to his appearence. He has a likeness for playing the maracas.
A man from the same village Dr. Mario is located, Derugg is a guy who is constantly searching for a lady. One of his most common traits is the sake bottle he holds in his hands, and his carefree smile he hardly ever takes off. He's one of those whose personality can easily get on people's bad side, especially Dr. Mario.
A vain woman from the far reaches of the region, she is constantly on the lookout for anyone who will be willing enough to be hers. Of course her tastes are pretty strong and she's hard to please, so there's not much chance she'll find what she's looking for.
A little boy who's been stripped of his emotions and always has a strange figure looming him, he cares nothing of those around him, and will use force to anyone who tries to get in his way. Some say that the reason he's so emotionless and remorseless is because of the shadowy being that stalks him. Unless there's a cure, there's no doubt that he'll be this way for life.
Boss Characters
Fever, Chill & Weird
The 3 Minions of evil that resemble the very same viruses that Dr. Mario is forced to deal with all the time. They cause all kinds of mischief to the innocent and make life difficult to all. It's said that they are under an even bigger force that hides it's face from the world.
A very powerful deviant who lives in the unkown neck of the world, who despise everything and everyone that moves. He is the one responsible for the creation of Fever, Chill, and Weird, and commands them to do much undoing to the world. This is most undoubtly one of life's biggest foes! But if he had at least one of Dr. Mario's own Megavitamins, would this madman be cured at last?


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This is a little know website that has huge benefits for the business traveler as well as the leisure traveler. It's Syncing.net (no affiliation).
If you rely on a computer for your livelihood you will definitely want to check this out. Syncing.net syncs one computer to another, live. If you make a change to a document on one computer it will automatically update the file on another computer. So if your on a business trip where you've done a ton of work on your laptop you don't have to transfer anything to your office computer when you get back. We've set this up on a couple clients computers where their business is dependent on their laptops. They have a "hot spare" at home so if they spill or drop their laptop (which happened) they grab the hot spare and thier businees isn't affected. You don't have to run a hot spare if you don't want, you can work on your laptop in your kitchen and go to you desk, continue working for a while, then go back to the laptop in the kitchen. Making changes to the same document, All seamlessly.
PLUS it will even sync your Outlook!
Oh and the personal edition syncs up to 300 Outlook folders. This is usually a huge problem to get set up correctly without duplicating everything. Well there is a limit of 50 folders for the personal edition. Normally when you use Outlook it's difficult to have more then one computer use the same database. Syncing.net fixes this problem by syncing any change you make in Outlook with your other computer immediately. Of course there are some requirements – you need to be connected to the internet. You can also change when and how often the computers sync as well as pausing a sync if you need to.
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