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Customer Service Executive – German
Cambridge, United Kingdom - Booking.com Customer Service Center (UK) Limited
Life doesn't come with scripts, so why should customer service? At Booking.com, we don't need to repeat the same speech in order to deliver the outstanding customer service we are known for. We are real people, having real conversations. We go the extra mile to make sure travellers get their stay just right. 24/7. All year round.
Our Customer Service Executives play a pivotal role in the success of Booking.com. As such, we're not looking for just anybody. We're looking for people who want to be part of a fast-paced environment, with the passion to provide the best service to guests. We're looking for someone who can turn a frown upside-down, any time of the day, any day of the week. Any query, any complaint, our Customer Service Executives handle each call or email with patience and professionalism, creating an individual, positive experience for every traveler.
The Customer Service teams work hard to ensure everyone gets the trip he or she deserves. That means committing to a rotating shift pattern of 8 hours per day scheduled between 7am-10pm, totaling a 40 hour week. We'll also ask you to work the occasional weekend shift and night shift. In return for your hard work and commitment, we offer a competitive salary & benefits package with overtime and a comfortable, modern working environment in Cambridge. We can offer permanent contracts or fixed term contracts of 9 or 12 months, whatever works best for you!
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- Fluent in both written and spoken English and German
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We just completed an 8 day trip attending Matt Lloyd's Titanium Mastermind in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. The educational and networking endeavor consisted of a 3 day Traffic Summit and then the 4 day mastermind. It was located at an amazing all inclusive resort Barceló Bávaro Palace Deluxe. There was really no reason to ever leave the massive resort located right on the beach with numerous pools, restaurants, golf courses and entertainment. I attended the event with my business partner Sarah Harris and our focus for the event was education and networking with the MOBE community.
During our time in Punta Cana we heard from some of the best Internet Marketing speakers on the Planet. Speakers like Kevin Harrington (from the Shark Tank), John Lee, Tom Beal, Matt Lloyd, Daven Michaels, Marshall Sylver, and Paul O'Mahony who each shared some amazing content with us. Our days at the event were long, but extremely informative. Usually we started with an early breakfast where we identified things we needed to get done for our on line business while attending the event. Typically we were in the classroom by 8:30am till 6pm and we even had a good number of group evening activities.
Those evening activities included cocktail parties, dinners, local entertainment, speaker presentations and my favorite where every in the room probably laughed harder than they had in a long time was when Marshall Sylver performed his hypnotist show using the Mastermind attendees as his subjects. If in the past you might have thought hypnotists were fake, there was no one in the room that had that opinion any more after the show.
In addition to the professional speakers that presented at the event there were a ton of MOBE affiliate leaders who made extremely informative presentations sharing exactly what they were doing to earn MOBE commissions. Presenters like John Chow, Shaqir Hussyin, TJ Rohleder, Chris Lakey ,Yannick van den Bos and Norbert Orlewicz. Seeing what they are doing with some of their active marketing funnels was one of the highlights of my trip. In additional to the group activities we had plenty of time during meals and in the evening to network with our old and new friends where we could share information and ideas to improve each other's businesses. We even got a few minutes to enjoy the beautiful pools and beaches.
So my top three likes about Matt Lloyd Titanium Mastermind event.
1. Networking with old MOBE friends and making amazing new friends.
2. Informative Education throughout the event
3. Laughing harder than we have in a VERY long time at the Marshall Sylver Hypnotist Show!
Recommendation: Join the MOBE Community and start to educate yourself with their massive training library. Get to the Live events, which is the best place to grow your business via networking and talking to the affiliates who are making it happen. The best secrets for success will be shared at Live events. If you are already in MOBE make sure you position yourself so you can get to some of the events.Google+


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A New York based brand protection and anti-counterfeiting law firm the Gioconda Law Group has sued Arthur Wesley Kenzie, who is nothing to do with the Duke of Wellington and accused him of cybersquatting, trademark infringement and hacking.
The lawsuit seeks a permanent injunction and over $1 million in damages.
According to the JD Journal, Kenzey claims to be a member of Cyber Warfare and Russian Cybercrime Hacking and Information Warfare groups, but what appears to have got Gioconda's goat is that he had registered an internet domain name GiocondoLaw.com as a misspelling of GiacondaLaw.com.
Kenzie created fake e-mail accounts to intentionally intercept private e-mails addressed to the firm's lawyers and staff.
In the court documents, Giaconda said that it sent several test e-mail messages to see if they were delivered to the misspelled emal addresses, and indeed, they were received by active mailboxes.
Kenzie was rumbled when a complaint to the Internet Registrar exposed him. He has also been harvesting misspelled e-mails intended for many major corporations without their knowledge or permission including MasterCard, McDonalds, NewsCorp and McAfee.
It is not the first time that Kenzie has had a brush with the long arm of the law. He has been found guilty of cybersquatting before.
His defence in that case, which involved Lockheed Martin, was that he was performing "research" about Lockheed's emal vulnerabilities.
The panel that handles domain name disputes found that Kenzie's attempts were motivated by bad faith to extort cash. The panel decided that Kenzie himself had created the vulnerabilities that he was researching and that "his purpose was to offer services to the Complainant."


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OCI Advances to 2-Week High on Supply Outlook: Seoul Mover
OCI Co. (010060), South Korea's biggest polysilicon maker for solar cells, rose to a two-week high after a smaller rival filed for court receivership, triggering speculation an industry oversupply will ease.
Shares of OCI gained 2 percent to 152,000 won in Seoul trading, the highest close since Nov. 15. The benchmark Kospi index added 1.2 percent.
Hankook Silicon Co., which is unlisted, filed for receivership with the Seoul Central District Court yesterday because of deteriorating margins in the solar business, its parent Osung LST Co. (052420) said in a filing today. The spot price of polysilicon has been falling since February, dragging down the price of long-term contracts for the material derived from sand.
"The crumbling of a smaller rival eases concerns about industrywide oversupply," Lee Eung Ju, an analyst at Shinhan Investment Corp., said by telephone today. "It's still unclear whether demand could turn around."
Osung LST tumbled 15 percent to 1,900 won, while the Kosdaq index, where the company is listed, gained 0.5 percent. S-Oil Corp., which also holds a stake in Hankook Silicon, slipped 2.1 percent to 97,200 won.
OCI shares have retreated 31 percent this year, compared with a 6 percent gain in the Kospi index.
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Next Saturday's Mother Goose at Belmont Park, will be ladies day for sure. Rachel Alexandra, the super filly and headliner of the race for 3-year-old fillies, will be the attraction and rightfully so. It will be her first start since becoming the first filly since 1924 to win the Preakness Stakes.
The New York Racing Association is marketing the race and are giving free admission to any female who wishes to come to the Long Island track. And the are also giving away 10,000 pink bracelets with Rachel Alexandra's name on them.
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I would like to thank the very kind lady who helped my fifteen year old daughter on Saturday by paying her bus fare for her.
My daughter had finished her day working in Halifax Market, when she attempted to pay her bus fare on the 576 from Halifax to Queensbury, the bus driver refused to accept a £20 note from her. As she had no other money, she asked him what to do, he abruptly told her to get off the bus and get it changed, when she told him that the shops were all closed, his response was that it was not his problem. A very, very kind lady gave my daughter the £2 she needed for the bus fare. My daughter and I are extremely grateful for her kind actions. I am particularly grateful as I do not relish the thought of my daughter wandering around the town centre on her own to find change when the evenings are so dark. I wonder if the bus driver would appreciate someone telling his young daughter to do the same? Thank you again, it's good to know that there are still very decent people out there.
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We pride ourselves on going that little bit further than our competitors, when you book with us whether it's corporate travel, executive hire, private hire or just a journey to your local shops or even hospitals, we will give you that extra care and consideration you deserve. At Avon Cars we put customer comfort first, with our regularly cleaned and serviced vehicles, you know your in safe hands. Avon Cars (Bristol) drivers are all CRB checked and South Gloucestershire licensed badge holders. We are also registered with social services.
We, here at The Castle School, have been working with Avon Cars for over four years to meet our very individual transport needs. They are much, much more than a taxi service to us. Reliable, extremely friendly and professional. Many thanks for all you do and I hope this is helpful.
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I just wanted to thank you for your level of service when picking up Gloria Miller on 22nd July I think it was Rob who drove her). Gloria said that you really went above and beyond the call of duty. Thank you so much.
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Dear Kay/Rob, I would just like to say how satisfied Air Cdre Donohoe and Air Cdre Bethell have been with the service you have provided them with over the last 4 years and continue to provide since I have been working in Abbey Wood. It has been 100% reliable and you have always gone the extra mile to accommodate our last minute changes which happen quite frequently! I find you both very friendly and accommodating and a pleasure to do business with.
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On July 8, True the Vote dismissed its lawsuit filed a week ago to force the state to reveal the list of Mississippi voters who voted in the Democratic primary this year. The purpose of the lawsuit was to determine if enough voters voted in the Democratic primary and the Republican run-off primary for U.S. Senate, to make a case that the run-off outcome might be invalidated.
The case was probably dismissed because the judge issued an opinion on July 7 saying the case was probably filed in the wrong district. The case had been filed in the Northern District, but the state capital, Jackson, is in the Southern District. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.


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Four-ish Ingredient Recipes- Better Than Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup
So the following recipe has garnered me a little attention over the past 10 years or so.
I got it from an old neighbor who in turn got it from her mom.
I first had the soup at her house one afternoon while our then toddler daughter's were playing in the next room and I ended up eating three bowls full.
Three bowls not cups, bowls.
I have made it over the years for friends, football Sundays and for our church bazaar for two years in a row.
It was sold out within an hour- yes it is that good.
Now, I am not taking the credit here because it's a crock pot recipe.
And we all know that as much as we would like to take all the credit for great dishes that are made in the crock pot, lets be perfectly honest, it is the easiest form of cooking known to man.
So here is my favorite all time recipe and I swear on my yoga pants it really is better than Panera's.
Better Than Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup
1- 8 oz. velveeta, cubed
2- 2 cans cream of celery soup
3- 1 pint 1/2 and 1/2
4- 2- 10 oz. bags of frozen chopped broccoli
Cube the cheese and add to the crockpot. Add the rest of the ingredients to the crock pot as well and combine. Cook on low 4-6 hours.
See how easy?!
When I make this, I usually splurge and buy a loaf of Panera sourdough because it tastes so good together.
Better Than Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup
- 1- 8 oz. velveeta cubed
- 2- 2 cans cream of celery soup
- 3- 1 pint 1/2 and 1/2
- 4- 2- 10 oz. bags of frozen chopped broccoli
Cube your cheese and add that along with everything else to a crock pot. Cook on low 4-6 hours.
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2 thoughts on "Four-ish Ingredient Recipes- Better Than Panera Broccoli Cheese Soup"
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Your soup looks SO yummy!! I love that it's so simple and crockpot friendly 🙂
Thanks for sharing your recipe!
Kari at A Grace Full Life
Thanks Shelley! It is sooo good and soooo easy, two great combo's in cooking in my humble opinion!


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The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, recently announced a national call for artists to submit applications for the Joffrey's Second Annual Choreographers of Color Award.
This Award is to recognize promising young choreographers of color whose diverse perspective will ignite creativity in the form of original works of dance. The deadline to apply is October 1, 2011 and the winners will be sent notification by November 1, 2011.
The selected choreographers (3) will be given at least 30 rehearsal hours to set their pieces on the Joffrey Academy Trainees. They will each also receive a $2,500 stipend and an opportunity to work directly with Artistic Director, Ashley C. Wheater, and Academy Artistic Directors, Alexei Kremnev and Anna Reznik. The new works will be performed at various venues throughout the year.
To apply, interested choreographers must submit the following by mail: a DVD with a five-minute or less excerpt of their choreography with a brief written description; a letter of intent describing their interest in the competition and the kind of work they will create; a headshot and curriculum vitae with three references; and, a general application, which can be found online at joffrey.org/choreographersofcolor. Materials can be mailed to: The Joffrey Ballet, Attn: Choreographers of Color Competition Selection Committee, 10 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL, 60601.
Good luck, and be sure and let us know if you will be entering the competition!


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The most important action you can take to succeed in any business.
You've probably heard this before many times, but if you hear something over and over, it means it's important!! You have to know where your destination is if you're going somewhere and it's no different in business. It is absolutely necessary to know exactly what you want out of life in all areas: Spiritual (not […]
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Thread: Coach: "You guys are the fodder"
9/27/2008 3:43am, #41
Actually....gzk, DID that comment fire you up in a ****-you-I'll-show-you mode? If so, your coach knows you pretty well. If not, just tell him it doesn't help.
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I'm in the same situation as what would seem everyone here. I've been doing a class which is a mix of Judo/jujitsu/wrestling with some integrated striking for about two and a half years now (not as consistently as I should, but school comes first) and I have my first BJJ tourny in two weeks.
But my instructors seem to have handled me way differently. While I have to win to pass the sparring requirement for a blue belt, I had kind of been led to believe that my coaches would never ask me to do something that I wasn't perfectly capable of. After rolling today my BJJ coach said he actually thought I could win it now. Maybe I just worship my instructors too much, but I personally feel that if they say I can do it, then by god I'm going to crush some people (of course now that I said that I'm going to be submitted in the first match), and the boost in confidence has definitely helped on the mat with my friends outside of the dojo.
If my coach told me I was fodder I would just trust his judgment and only go if he said I needed the competition experiance.
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DATZ. The man. The myth. The legend. Well it may not be a man. Really it's more like a baby. Born at the start of 2009, this baby is nearing two whole years old. But the atmosphere feels well worn and hip, much more like a twenty-something. Ready to party. Maybe ready to slip you a roofie? No no no! No that's not right. Just a cool guy, with lots of beer, and lots of meats. The kind of guy you'd like to hang out with sometimes, but not all the time, because maybe he's a bit too cool for school. Annoyingly cool.
Two hour wait to be seated cool.
I called ahead for our party of six, expecting there to be a bit of a wait without a reservation. But I was told that they didn't do traditional reservations, and instead I should text "datz" to their QLess queuing service. Once you do that, you will receive prompts about your party, how many people and what time, etc. Then you will be put on a waiting list. I was told to text thirty minutes before arriving. And so I did. I received the response "SERVICE DOWN". Aw.
So when we got there (on MacDill, just down the street from Byblos), we were told that there would be a two hour wait to be seated. The place was packed, with crowds of people eating, and crowds of people waiting to eat. Also there was some dude upstairs (yeah this place is two story… sweet) playing an acoustic guitar and singing really loudly. It was intrusively loud. Well, my group had a movie to catch, so there was no way we were willing to wait two hours. But then, as though Jesus himself were our hostess, I was told that we could sit outside on the patio if we chose to, and be sat immediately. Of course, it was [Florida] cold outside, and for the inconvenience, we were told we would be given free appetizers and dessert. That seals the deal. If it was snowing outside we would have taken the offer. Hells yes.
We all sat down and were fairly quickly greeted by our server. She was really cool, and humored all of our questions about what's the best on the menu, what beer to get, and if she participated in roller derby (she does). Regarding the beer, Datz has apparently pokevolved from simple deli in their early days (way back in 2009) to something of a pub/deli hybrid (the much more recent 2010), with a long, ever-changing list of craft beers on tap. It's similar to Dunderbak's in that aspect. So make sure to take advantage of that.
And speaking of taking advantage, we ordered three appetizers, all of which ended up being comped! Two of the appetizers were their flatbreads:
They were basically pizzas, each with a liberal helping of tomato sauce, and a bunch of cheese (mozzarella on both, with parmesan on the Margherita and smoked gouda on the Piggy). The Margharita was nice and light, with sparse toppings, serving much better as an appetizer than the Piggy, which was basically a meal in itself (it was all topping – sweet and spicy sausage, and bacon). The flatbread they were on was perfectly crisp and flaky. And there were seven slices of each for everyone to share, which is quite a lot for an appetizer.
I also ordered the Datz Wings, as I have sworn to do at any place that offers them. As my first wings of 2011, I have to say they were quite underwhelming! Good job, Datz. Nothing wrong with these wings, they had a pretty standard sauce, but you could hardly taste it past the baked flavor they had. They were a good size, and they came with a side of coleslaw (yuck) which was nice. If you get these, ask for extra sauce.
For the main feast, I felt I had to order a sandwich, Datz being a deli and all. But they did have a huge dinner menu packed with sandwiches as well as down home American regional dishes (like chicken and waffles, and creole shrimp and grits). I went ahead and ordered the Roger's Rockin' Reuben, with a side of garlic smashed potatoes. (Note: if you ever go to a place that offers their potatoes smashed rather than mashed, you order those potatoes. And you like it.)
The sandwich was huge. It came with Datz'(?) special homemade potato chips, which were drizzled with blue cheese dressing. The chips were delicious, sweet and salty all at once, crisp, and the blue cheese offered an interesting flavor that played well off the sweetness. The sandwich was godly, packed with a ton of delicious corned beef, with a good amount of sauerkraut and Russian dressing (just enough to taste). I do kind of wish the Swiss cheese had been a stronger presence, but it was still noticeable. The bread was an awesome thick rye, lightly grilled, just the right size to hold the sandwich together. I loved it.
The garlic smashed potatoes were passable. They were good, but nothing special, especially when set up aside Datz'(s??) potato chips (also, my friend was making a huge deal out of their bacon macaroni and cheese, which I instantly regretted not getting). They were a little too well blended to really consider smashed for me, and there could have been much more garlic involved than there was. They would be better off just calling this side "mashed potatoes".
As for the FREE dessert, the server came back and listed all the options (they had peanut butter chocolate cake, carrot cake, banana cake, and a whole bunch of different types of gelato). I had assumed that we were getting one dessert to share with the entire table, but we all ended up ordering our own desserts when the server asked each of us individually what we'd like. I ordered the s'mores Gelato (I like s'mores, okay).
I don't usually order gelato, or ice cream for that matter, but for whatever reason I was in the mood. It turned out to be a great choice. The chocolate gelato was blended with a generous amount of marshmallow fluff, and something that seemed more like peanuts than graham cracker. Whatever it was, it was very good, and it was a perfect end to the meal.
My friend ordered the carrot cake, and insisted I take a picture of it, based on the size of the slice alone. You can see forks in the background for reference… it was HUGE. And apparently delicious.
When we got the bill, we found that all the desserts were free in addition to the free appetizers. They had really hooked us up, which I completely attribute to our awesome server. The mild cold was completely worth putting up with for not only free food, but being able to eat here at all. There's no way we would have waited two hours (even after loving the place… I still wouldn't wait that long for any restaurant), but we were sat immediately when we went with the patio. The whole thing was a combination of good luck and great service. I will definitely be returning to Datz, mostly for beer, but also to sample their far more extensive lunch sandwich menu. But if Datz was closer to me, I'd go there all the time.


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Its hurting the game and probably one of the main reason Blizzard can neve fix WPVP and people are getting burnt out and bored quicker than ever.
WoW is what you call a "themepark" MMO. Theme park MMOs are designed to set players on a set of rails, guiding them through the content of a game. The development team works on creating a very elaborate story or setting to deeply enhance the experience a player has. Whether this is through scripted events, quests, or mini-cut scenes, all of these things and more.
No matter how many times you ride the attractions, the details just never change. If you wait several years and go back, they are right there, waiting for you...just as you left them. While this could be fun the first few times, it gets boring quick and you could find yourself looking at other themeparks for new and more exciting rides.
Its like every expansion we have our path layed out for us. Its a simulation. Nothing we do changes anything. Its already given that you will kill the bad guy of that expansion unless Blizzard plans on writting him for future expansions. There are no consequences. You wipe on the Lich King, you come back next week to kill him. Doesn't feel very real does it? With current design of MMOs focused on progression, raiding is very important and that is how every one these days seem to judge any current MMO. That is what Blizzard seems to be doing as well.
WoW is so heavily driven by developers from the very start, new players begin with a set path to follow. The developer controls the experience, from the first time a player logs in with a new character and every time after, until that character achieves the level cap for that particular game. Developers restrict the attractions offered, often only allowing one ride at a time. In other words, once on there's no turning back until the ride stops! Like you can see with capped Valor Points, gated reputations, daily lockouts and such.
Then you have the "Sandbox" MMOs. Sandbox MMOs are nearly the complete opposite of this. Rather than choosing a predestined path for players to follow, this development style allows for the creation of an open world in which players are free to discover their own adventure at their own pace. This is what a traditional MMO was and a lot of folks are actually looking for but just can't put a finger on what they really are looking for.
You look at the "old schoool" MMOs such as Ultima Online, the taple top dungeons and dragons which were so player driven, it kept players interest. Its like an artist. You give him a blank cavas and he paints a masterpiece. That is what MMOs were. They gave you this world and you lived and created your memories.
Its amazing what some folks do in RPGs. Take Skyrim for example. I've read of players RP Hunters that don't only sleep out in the wild and eat only food that is hunted. Or Khajits that never enter a Hold during the day and only enter at night when everyone is at bed. These are small examples. Or even some that prefer to use these hardcores mods - Frostfall - which changes how the game is played. It hads a ton of realist mechanics to the game. This is for those looking to immerse themselves completely in the world. The game is "player driven". Players will keep coming back creating and living through new characters.
People keep calling for Blizzard to save WPVP. The funny thing is that Blizzard didn't start WPVP. Folks look back at the good times at Tarren Mill or South Shore and the Horde and Alliance rivalry. Who created it? Its the players. The game was primarily driven by players early on. Sure Blizzard deserves credit for some amazing raids but its the players that actually kept you coming back. Alterac Valley for example. Blizzard has tried to hype up the Alliance vs Horde rivalry in Cataclysm and again is MoP but they keep failing at it. Its cause they never started it. The rivalry was player driven.
Folks get burnt out quickly cause content is limited in a way. There are no incentives given for players to come up with their own content. So Blizzard piles us with more dailies thinking its the best way to give players something to do at 90. Again its all so linear.
The reason Vanilla WoW actually is fondly remember is cause it still had a few "sandbox" elements. There was never a clear path. Not everyone was into raids. Raids were intended for the hardcore crowd. PVP was a grind. Folks got less burnt out. Sure those that raided got burnt out as well but that is the nature of raiding.
I can never figure out why its so hard to actually have MMOs designed around a traditional RPG design. That is what a lot of players seem to be actually calling for but simply can't point a finger at. There are only so many times you can run the same dungeon over and over again before it becomes mind numbing.
It's inevitable that everything in life eventually becomes old or boring and as a result, it was only natural that players of theme park MMOs have begun to cry for something different. That's the magic a sandbox MMO can give that a theme park game never will. It may take extra effort on the part of a player to create reasons to explore and push further for themselves, but trust me when I say it is well worth the effort. Times are changing and the sandbox is becoming a welcome site to gamers new and old alike.


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Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Title: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni aka When Cicadas Cry
Genre: Drama/Horror
Company: Studio DEEN
Format: 26 episodes
Dates: 5 Apr 2006 – 27 Sep 2006
Synopsis: Maebara Keiichi has moved back to his home country town of Hinamizawa with his family. There he attends school and is a (forced) member of the games club with his friends, Ryuuguu Rena, Sonozaki Mion, Houjou Satoko and Furude Rika. Even though Hinamizawa seems like a quaint, peaceful town to Keiichi, he soon finds out that the town hides a shocking history of regular murders.
The Highlights
Tension: Has numerous chilling, almost shocking scenes.
Plot Progression: Unique; story told through parallel universes.
Animation: Ugly; sometimes detracts from atmosphere.
Mystery: Finishes with several unanswered questions.
I've been continually disappointed by recent visual novel to anime conversions; the ones that haven't been drab romances have squandered their interesting characters for tedious, sometimes cliched plotlines. Higurashi is not just a massive and welcome change from these staples, but is also a series that puts a new spin on the workings of both the mystery and horror genres in anime. Even though it has its flaws and is unfortunately an incomplete story, it is truly groundbreaking in many respects.
A lot of Higurashi's concepts are clever and unique. The plot progresses in a totally non-linear time passage and actually consists of chapters that follow what are essentially parallel universes. The first four of these arcs pose the various questions that comprise Higurashi's mystery, while the last two answer them, and, even though the mystery does leave an unsatisfactorily large number of questions unanswered, one can't help but admire the cleverness of the solutions that are revealed. But the highlight of Higurashi are the scenes I like to refer to as the "Higurashi moments", scenes of twisted insanity and gruesome torment set to an atmosphere drenched with suspense and tension. The obvious comparisons are Elfen Lied(1,2) and Narutaru, but I'd say Higurashi does such scenes better than both these titles; never do the scenes become about the violence itself but rather the impact of the violence on the characters involved. Speaking of characters, I was impressed by the attention given to them by the series. As intricate and complex as the mystery plot grew, it never relegated the characters to second fiddle or allowed them to become stagnant.
As an aesthetic piece, Higurashi is pitiful. The music never dominates and does its job of enhancing the mood with zero ado, but there aren't many tunes that will stick with you afterwards, with the possible exceptions of the OP and ED pieces, "Higurashi no Naku Koro ni" by Shimamiyu Eiko and "why, or why not" by Oshima Hiroyuki feat. Katakiri Rekka. The animation is noticeably bad though, something that has become almost synonymous with Higurashi among anime fans and while most of the time one won't notice it, it can serve to considerably disrupt the atmosphere in some of the more tense and violent moments. As far as the seiyuu are concerned, Tamura Yukari and Nakahara Mai (who is going to be a big star in the future) deliver their usual commendable performances, but Yukino Satsuki shines in her portrayal of both Sonozaki sisters—I can't remember a role where I've heard her better.
It's unfortunate that the final two chapters of Higurashi's visual novel aren't animated, since many of the major plot twists, as well as the solutions to the more significant questions in the mystery are revealed here. As it stands, the story told in this anime is a fascinating one, but an incomplete one. Higurashi also suffers from a middle section that is frustrating to follow. The "Higurashi moments" dry up, and question upon question is piled up on the audience with no sign of reprieve. However, even despite these significant flaws, there's a lot to admire about Higurashi, particularly its unique use of non-linear timelines and elaborate mystery. Featuring several moments that are chillingly unforgettable, Higurashi may be as close to a successful horror anime as we may ever see on TV.
The Rating: 7
Reviewed by: Sorrow-kun


text: The title given to the great King Tarannon Falastur and his three successors: Eärnil I, Ciryandil and Hyarmendacil I. These four did much to expand Gondor's naval and military might. Between them, they enormously extended the South-kingdom's control over the southern lands of Middle-earth, including the lands west of the Mouths of Anduin, and as far south as Umbar and the Harad. Their influence was such that, at the end of the reign of Hyarmendacil I, Gondor had reached a peak of strength and power that it would never again surpass.


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M.Ed., Lesley University
Ed.D., Boston University
A retired elementary school teacher and administrator, Christine Redford teaches MAT130, 131, and 132, is the Math Leader Coordinator, and is Wheelock's MTEL Coordinator.
She consults for a variety of school districts and enjoys working with teachers and provides staff development. Furthermore, she is a speaker and/or presenter at a variety of conferences (for example, the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachusetts, Boston Area Math Specialist and the Blueprint for Educational Excellence National Institute).
Fascinated with children's curiosity, her work on fostering and celebrating children's curiosity in mathematics can be seen in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' journal Teaching Children Mathematics.


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Brown Seaweed
Doesn't sound that appetizing does it? But this is one amazing natural product that has been hitting the headlines for the past few years. I wasn't convinced to begin with, but I have to admit that it's well worth finding out more about it. You've probably heard of Dr Oz. Well even this guy has plenty to say about how cool and how beneficial brown seaweed could be. If that hasn't got you interested, keep reading because you're about to find out how it may have the power to change your life.
Let's start at the beginning. What on earth is brown seaweed?
Well to state the obvious, brown seaweed is just what it sounds like. It's seaweed from the sea and it's brown. In fact this isn't some rare and exotic type of seaweed; you've probably seen it with your own two eyes if you've ever gone to the beach. You've probably heard of bladderwrack before – this is one of the best known types of brown seaweed around. Its posh name is Fucus vesiculosus is also one of the types of brown seaweed that is used in various medicines and treatments. Another common type is Laminaria japonica.
It has been discovered that brown seaweed contains something called fucoxanthin. This has been noted in studies to be able to boost weight loss in overweight people. Now that sounds impressive but unfortunately brown seaweed doesn't naturally contain enough of the stuff to make a difference. It certainly doesn't make it worth sitting down and eating as much brown seaweed as you can get your hands on so you get the required amount of fucoxanthin.
But the story doesn't end there. This seaweed is already used in a number of natural products to lead to potential health benefits in other ways, not just for weight loss. I'll share some more information with you about that in just a moment. But in addition to this the Japanese in particular use a lot of brown seaweed in their food. It's great for flavoring so if you love Japanese food and you want to cook some at home it certainly wouldn't do you any harm to start introducing brown seaweed into your diet.
What has Dr Oz got to say about it?
The Dr Oz Show is incredibly popular and shares a lot of good and startling information about various natural products among other things. He had a lot of good things to say about brown seaweed when he talked about it on a recent program during the latter part of 2011.
His show focused on the potential ability the brown seaweed has to help people lose weight. Now he was careful to note that the ideal way to do this was not to eat the seaweed itself. As I mentioned above, while brown seaweed does have fucoxanthin in it, you won't get enough of it from eating the seaweed in its natural form.
Luckily you don't have to. This is because you can buy a natural supplement that has taken this part of the brown seaweed and concentrated it into a pill form. This means all you have to do is to take the supplement every day as directed, and it could help you lose weight. Dr Oz reckoned that 500mg a day would be right for most people.
The best news of all is that this magic ingredient seems to have the power to burn belly fat. Now this is an area of fat that a lot of people have trouble losing. But Dr Oz has the following to say about it: "Brown seaweed has potent powers for burning belly fat, but only if you eat it in a pill form."
Remember that as you keep on reading.
The health benefits don't stop with belly fat…
Okay so we know that this particular ingredient of brown seaweed is super cool when it comes to helping you get rid of any excess body fat, but does it have any other great qualities? Can it help you get a healthier body in other ways as well?
It looks as if this might be the case. When brown seaweed and extracts from it are used in natural medicine, they are used to tackle such conditions as stomach problems, cellulite and other skin conditions. Some also believe it can help reduce fatigue and even help with protecting the body against harmful cells. Seaweed is believed to contain antioxidants, which can help the body fight off oxidant molecules. These can be extremely harmful over time, so it makes sense that if you can increase the amount of antioxidant foods you are ingesting, you'll have a much better shot of staying healthy.
This is another reason why some people think it's a great idea to use brown seaweed as an ingredient in certain dishes. It will help increase your level of antioxidants even before you think about taking your fucoxanthin supplements.
What's the best approach to adding brown seaweed to your diet?
For my money I think it's best to focus on eating more healthily as well as taking the supplement containing the active part of brown seaweed. You don't want to keep on eating the same diet if you are looking to try and lose your belly fat. With a sensible diet to help you lose weight, this supplement may help you reduce your belly fat even faster than you would be able to normally.
Of course it could be that you have other health conditions you want to try and help by taking the supplement too. Hopefully more research will be done into the effects of brown seaweed and its component parts so we'll learn more about how it affects the body. So far the research has been limited and there is no definitive proof to back up the various benefits that brown seaweed could have. Many believe it is worth taking the supplement every day in the hope that their belly fat will disappear and their bodies remain healthy and immune to certain conditions and afflictions.
So, is brown seaweed the magic panacea for fat loss and health that everyone has been looking for? It seems it certainly may have some pretty awesome properties and with high profile health gurus like Dr. Oz touting the benefits, it may well be worth grabbing a bottle in pill form. Start with a healthy diet, and add some brown seaweed in addition, and you just may reap the fat loss effects and health benefits you have been looking for.


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In May 2011, Philip Caputo, his wife, Leslie, and their two dogs set off, as the subtitle of this account of their journey has it, "In Search of America." Their route was unusual — from the southernmost point in the United States at Key West to as far north as it's possible to go by car, the town of Deadhorse, Alaska. Their means of transportation was out of the ordinary, too: a rented 1962 Airstream trailer, "as American as the prairie schooner, its bright aluminum body and rounded lines reminiscent of early racing airplanes," towed by "a 2007 Toyota Tundra, a pickup capable of hauling a boxcar, [with] a hardtop shell for the truck's bed to provide a home for the dogs."
All of which is not without its interesting and engaging aspects, but the idea behind the journey was anything except unusual. People have been hitting the road "In Search of America" since, oh, Lewis and Clark headed west in 1804. Jack Kerouac, John Steinbeck, Jonathan Raban — to name only three of the best-known — all did it and then published nonfiction accounts of their trips. Saul Bellow did it in his head and then made a novel out of it, "The Adventures of Augie March." It's frequently done by authors desperate for subjects to write about, preferably subjects that will attract advances from unwary publishers. Sad to say I did it myself two decades ago, and lived to write an almost uniformly mediocre book about my ramblings through the Mid-Atlantic states.
The petroleum-powered "Search for America," in other words, has become more than a bit of a cliche, a relatively easy solution to the writer's perpetual quest for subject matter and, into the bargain, an excuse to write off all expenses attendant to what ordinary people might think of as just a pleasant motoring vacation. Whether any of that flickered through Caputo's mind is between him and his muse, and he seems on the whole to have enjoyed himself through most of his journey, but for the reader much of the way it's more a grind than a joy ride, largely because one is never allowed to forget that Caputo has, or imagines he has, bigger fish to fry:
"In geology, a rift is a long, narrow zone where stresses in the earth's crust are causing it to rupture. In North America, one such formation is the Rio Grande Rift, which is pulling apart at the rate of two millimeters a year. You might say, with considerable license, that it's very slowly tearing the continent in half. I couldn't help but see it as a metaphor for the stresses that seemed to be ripping our political and social fabric. But was the country really as fractured as it appeared in the media? As bitter and venomous? It wasn't my intention to take the pulse of the nation; the United States is too big, too complicated a mosaic of races and nationalities and walks of life to have a single pulse or even two or three. But I thought I'd ask people, when possible, the question I'd put to myself: what holds us together?"
So off he went, digital recorder at the ready. Caputo is an experienced and capable writer, the author of 14 previous books, the first of which, "A Rumor of War" (1977), is widely regarded as the most honest and powerful depiction of the ground war in Vietnam as ordinary soldiers actually experienced it, but "The Longest Road" mostly feels pro forma by contrast with that unvarnished and painful memoir. His interviews with the people he encountered along the way are amiable but for the most part minimally informative. A good deal of the book, in fact, is less preoccupied with the people and places he encountered than with the minutiae of life on the road: the occasional marital tensions stirred by close quarters and frequent discomfort, concern about the health of the two English setters (one of whom was 12 years old), drinks drunk and meals eaten, Internet connections made and broken. This adds a personal touch to the tale, but a bit less of it would have sufficed.
Starting at the marker in Key West denoting the "Southernmost Point," the two-vehicle Caputo caravan slowly made its way up to Miami, veered west along Alligator Alley, then began the long creep up the western side of a state that is, as Caputo notes, very long indeed: "What finger-shaped Florida lacks in breadth it makes up for in length; Tallahassee is 480 miles from Miami (farther than New York City is from Cleveland)." At a Starbucks outside Tallahassee, Caputo talked with a Republican politician who spoke sympathetically about the tea party but "was so civil and reasonable that I left feeling better about Republicans all around," a gracious if somewhat grudging admission by a self-described "lefty."
In Alabama, though denying that he is "a snooty northerner who thinks Yankees are enlightened and southerners bigoted," he in fact encountered certifiable evidence of bigotry; but, on the other hand, in people helping each other dig out from under the wreckage in and around Tuscaloosa left by devastating tornadoes, he met with "a spirit of generosity arising from a recognition that we are not islands unto ourselves but parts of a greater whole." Chalk that up, if you will, as part of the answer to the question this book purportedly seeks to answer, along with what Caputo found a few days later in a chat with a fellow in Tennessee: "the thing that distinguishes American optimism from other kinds is its faith that tomorrow will be brighter than today, no matter what the facts." Maybe so, but some deeper digging and sharper questioning might have told us more about the state of American optimism in the age of the 1 percent and the 99 percent.
Then, just to prove that all in America today is not sunshine and Santa Claus, Caputo read a newspaper story reporting that a light-rail line "overwhelmingly" approved by voters in Seattle in 2008 had been single-handedly stalled by a wealthy real-estate developer who "thought that cars made America free and prosperous and that building mass transit was a socialist plot." Caputo writes:
"I had been feeling pretty good about the country, much better than before we'd begun our travels. . . . Almost everyone we'd encountered had been kind and generous to us, reasonable in voicing their opinions when we asked for them. We'd heard from ordinary people some perceptive ideas about what put the unum in the American pluribus. I was encouraged and felt like whistling Copland's 'Fanfare for the Common Man.' Now this newspaper story made me wonder if I was deluding myself. Did the thoughts and wishes and opinions of the common man and woman count any longer, assuming they ever had? Here was a project that had won broad public approval and could do nothing but benefit the public, and it had been stymied by one plutocrat flexing his financial biceps, as if to remind us all that Democracy in America has become a process not of one man, one vote but of one million dollars, one vote."
Onward they progressed, finally landing in Deadhorse with 8,314 miles showing on the Toyota's trip odometer and permitting Caputo to intone, with a singular lack of originality, that "in the end . . . the journey had been the destination." Then, back in the Lower 48 after returning the Airstream to Erica, its owner, he decides that "it's the perpetual conflict of extremes that generates the binding force" in America, but he gives the final word to her: "Hope. Isn't that what it's always been?" — a reminder, if an inadvertent one, that it's against the rules to end a "Search of America" road book on anything except an upbeat note.
Overland in Search of America, from Key West to the Arctic Ocean
By Philip Caputo
Henry Holt. 304 pp. $28


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Ski slope's roller coaster ride
Hamilton County hopes to find a private buyer for struggling Oak Mountain
Published 8:26 pm, Thursday, January 12, 2012
SPECULATOR — Interested in owning a 230-acre ski mountain in the southern Adirondacks about a 90-minute drive from the Capital Region? If so, Hamilton County wants to hear from you.
Oak Mountain has been under county control since 2007, when the county Industrial Development Agency foreclosed on struggling private owners hammered by too much debt and unpredictable winter weather.
With 14 trails, 650 feet of vertical descent and one chairlift, the 2,400-foot mountain has been open for business under an operating agreement with the nearby village of Speculator. "It has been a roller coaster," said Bill Farber, chairman of the county Board of Supervisors and an IDA member.
After running the facility, which includes a base lodge, restaurant and bar, for four seasons, the county now wants to see if a private buyer can be found.
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Proposals would not have to be limited to skiing, although that would be a top priority, Farber said.
"The IDA is interested in four-season proposals," he said. "You cannot have an asset that large and be dependent only on the winter season." He said ideas have been floated about installing water slides.
"And mountain biking would be another possibility. There are already hooks on the chair lift to accept bikes, and the mountain is right on the bike loop," Farber said.
He said a residential subdivision project would be "on the low end" of what the agency is interested in, although part of the lower part of the mountain is zoned for hamlet use by the Adirondack Park Agency.
Farber said the lessons of the long-delayed Adirondack Club and Resort project in Tupper Lake, which has been embroiled in controversy between supporters and opponents during years of APA review, shows that some projects are less likely to gain wide public support than others.
Offers are being taken by the IDA through March 22. An inspection of the mountain by potential bidders is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 10-11. The agency is not obligated to accept any offer.
Oak Mountain is one of the oldest ski centers in the Adirondacks, having first opened in 1947 when it was built by the town of Lake Pleasant. In 1967, Tom and Milly Novosel bought the resort. They had a daughter named Nancy, who later married Norm Germain. In 1978, that couple bought the resort from Nancy's parents.
In 1998, after three nearly snowless winters, the Germains almost closed the mountain before being saved by private investors who bought $750,000 worth of Oak Mountain stock. That, with another $740,000 loan through the county IDA, helped fund what would total nearly $2 million in improvements.
Even former Gov. George Pataki stepped in, flying into Speculator in a state helicopter to announce a $75,000 Empire State Development grant.
With the money, the Germains replaced a T-bar lift with a four-person chairlift, added night skiing, improved the snowmaking system, created a tubing park and built a 9,600-square-foot restaurant so they could cater events during the warmer months.
The improvements helped. The mountain's most successful year under the Germains' management was 2002-03. But it wasn't enough to offset more lean winters to come.
In early 2007, the Germains put Oak Mountain up for sale at $2.4 million. But when no buyer stepped up, the IDA was forced to buy out the bank loan and reluctantly foreclose on the property.
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Boulder Wagon Road
Does anyone know if it is open? We were in Winter Park on Sunday and almost decided to try driving over Rollins Pass to Rollinsville, but last I heard the Boulder Ranger District had closed it, even though I read somewhere that there was some law passed that said it was supposed to remain open. I have been digging around on the web and find conflicting info - some places say you can drive it but that it is difficult, others say it is closed to motorized vehicular traffic.
It's been closed for years.
I'll add my 2 cents and keep my reply as short as humanly possible.
yeah it's closed. The deal regarding it being supposed to remain open that you mention above is probably what folks have discussed about it being an access road to Gilpin and Grand County and if they want it open Boulder can't close it.... but they did and are keeping it closed.
It is a big pile of horse ****.
It is very frustrating.
There is a HUGE thread on the adv rider board about it that is good reading.
Boulder Wagon Road has issues that are difficult to resolve to the point where it could be opened. Two of the main issues are the exposed natural gas line that parallels it for about 1/4 mile and the fact that it runs the border of the wilderness area. Those issues alone have been more than enough to keep Boulder out of hot water by not complying with the ruling that if the majority of jurisdictions want a road open the minority has to follow. It is bullpucky and typical of Boulder County Liberaltics.
Thanks for all the replies. It just wasn't clear from all the reading I had done online what the current status was. I remember some years ago when Bill Morgan was our Land Use Coordinator, he had mentioned working with (somebodies???) on getting it reopened.
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Has anyone here in this forum been up there and seen the nature of the closure first hand? I mean, if it is just a sign that says it is closed, but you could drive around it, what would happen? Or is it one of those deals where they've put some giant rocks in the path and you'd need a Wild Rice style rig to get passed?
The BWR has a big metal gate across it near Jenny Creek along with stuff keeping folks from bypassing it on the steep slopes around it. On the West side it is less fortified. The Needle's Eye Tunnel is closed off with two stee/concrete walls and rocks that'd be suitable to protect some kind of military installation from attack.
You should get up there and check it out. The divide is beautiful up there and there is a ton of history. The twin testles are super neat..
Thanks Marco. I might just go up there and check it out anyway. I've never been past the lake, only been up there when we do our work on Jenny Creek Trail. Are the trestles on the Winter Park (West) side or on the Rollinsville (East) side?
There are some really cool trails up there just past the tunnel itself, it is the headwater of Boulder Creek and we've done some hiking and exploring up there. Watching a train come out of the tunnel is really cool too, they've got these gigantic ventilation fans that are about as big and powerful as jet engines!
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Eve of Destruction (Marked, Book 2)
by S.J. Day
Cover Artist: Gordon Crabb
Review by Drew Bittner
Tor Books Mass Market Paperback ISBN/ITEM#: 9780765360427
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Eve Hollis thought the worst was over. After all, she had survived her first week of being a "Mark" (i.e., a sinner who is drafted by Heaven to hunt demons) and successfully navigated the romantic rapids between the biblical Cain and Abel. So what comes after that? Plenty.
In Eve of Destruction, the second Marked novel by S.J. Day, Eve goes for basic training while her boyfriend Cain hunts a rogue werewolf chieftain and his brother/rival Abel tracks a new and devastating demon. Eve begins her training as a pariah--seems the others are jealous of her for having Cain as her mentor--but when bad things start happening, Eve may be the only one who can help the others survive.
It seems there is a murderer among the Mark trainees, which ought to be impossible, since they are being overseen directly by the archangel Raguel (aka Raguel Gadara, multibillionaire real estate developer). But Raguel cannot perceive the source of the danger, leaving it up to Eve to find the killer before all the trainees are dead.
Meanwhile, Cain has problems of his own. A chance encounter in Santa Cruz, on the way to executing a werewolf boss gone bad, leads to Cain discovering what Abel is tracking: a new kind of demon, one that has the potential of killing every Mark in the world. He's alone, helped only by an untrustworthy dream-demoness, and the odds are about the worst he's ever faced. Not to mention, he's distracted by his worries over Eve's safety.
Abel, on the other hand, is keeping a very close eye on Eve, after a jaunt in Australia shows how dangerous this new demon can be. Despite his own ambitions to become more than "middle management" in the Mark hierarchy, he's driven to protect Eve, who has come to be more than leverage against his brother.
Things get even more interesting when Raguel disappears while facing off against a new kind of Infernal, leading to major changes in the status quo for our heroes. Of course, they have to survive the week first--and with the arrival of a team of amateur investigators, their situation becomes ever more problematic.
If Eve, Cain and Abel can't work out their issues, Armageddon may come a little earlier than scheduled.
S.J. Day delivers another fast-paced, action-packed bombshell in Eve of Destruction, the second release in as many months. (If you thought you saw an Eve book on the shelves, your eyes aren't deceiving you--these are coming out once per month from May to July.)
Eve Hollis, a half-Asian interior decorator, is an engaging and resourceful heroine, whose annoyance with authority is well-founded and not the knee-jerk "smark aleck" pose adopted by way too many urban fantasy heroes. She has a great supporting cast in her mother and father, keeping her grounded in reality while her colleagues draw her into the supernatural.
Cain and Abel are sophisticated and well-rounded, showing more than a simple brother vs. brother dynamic that might have worn thin around the fourth chapter. Their relationship is both ancient and complex; Day presents them as deeply conflicted, resenting and even hating each other even while a deeper, almost unacknowledged bond of love exists between them. It's perhaps one of the best written brotherly relationships in the genre.
Readers should enjoy the diverse supporting cast of Marks in training, as well as the pastiche of a well-known group of young investigators. (The lack of a psychedelic van shouldn't throw off anyone, really.)
The plot rockets along, with Eve training at a former Army base with a group of new-fledged Marks, including a French supermodel, a German Goth girl, an Irish man eager to take on the unholy, an Italian and his paramour, and more. One by one, several of these are taken out of the picture; Day manages to make us care about each trainee before pulling the plug (often in surprising ways), so that the deaths don't feel like cardboard cutouts being knocked over.
With all the right elements, Eve of Destruction is one book that genre fans ought to buy right away.
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With consumer intentions to spend on the rise, restaurant sales should continue their seven-month climb through March, according to Kurt Salmon's proprietary analysis. From October 2009, when consumers spent the least on dining out since before the Great Recession, restaurant spending has increased about 5%.
"Restaurant spending is on a modest yet sustainable growth path. Consumers are re-integrating eating out into their lifestyles," said Todd Hooper, retail and restaurant industry strategist. "While our consumer tracking indicates that consumer intention to spend at restaurants may falter in the first quarter, restaurants should be planning for overall growth in 2011."
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Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Open Voting Consortium
I have been on a mailing list for the Open Voting Consortium, where we are working on a design for Open Source software for touch-screen electronic voting machines. In the trade, these products are known as DRE (Direct Recording Electronic) machines, or jut DREs. The plan is to produce an auditable system in which the machines cannot be fiddled to count votes differently from what the voter told the machine to do. This means, among other things, producing a paper audit trail, and a printed ballot that the voter would have to verify before depositing it in the ballot box. In case of discrepancies between the electronic tally and the paper, the entire process could be checked over step by step.
Alan Dechert, the leader of the Consortium, handed out sample printouts from the demo version of the system at the UC Santa Cruz Forum on Electronic Voting.
Defects in current voting technology, law, and procedures became painfully evident in Florida in the 2000 Presidential election, where there were vehement allegations of misconduct from both the Democratic and Republican sides, and equally vehement rebuttals. For example, the Republicans complained vociferously that the Democrats wanted to disenfranchise troops overseas by throwing out illegal absentee ballots.
There was no doubt whatsoever that tens of thousands of voters did not have their votes counted in the way they intended, because of problems with ballot design, and the fact that punched card ballots could not be verified before being placed in the ballot box. Problems included unintentionally voting for the wrong candidate (Pat Buchanan, in allmost every case), double voting (for Buchanan and then Gore, in almost every case), and failure of the cards to punch cleanly, resulting in "hanging", "dimpled", and "pregnant" chads. Without these problems, Gore would have won Florida convincingly. As it was, the election was in doubt for several weeks, with the parties and the media variously estimating changing margins of victory for either Bush or Gore, and various Florida courts and the U. S. Supreme court contradicting each other on the proper procedures for resolving the matter, amid further partisan bickering.
Elections have been stolen or subverted for nearly as long as there have been elections, going back at least to the Athenian and Roman Senates. In modern times, no major party has shown itself to be better or worse than any other. Nixon's dirty tricksters were certainly no worse in intent than the way "Landslide" Lyndon Johnson won election to the U. S. Senate in 1948 by having 200 extra ballots mysteriously turn up several days after the polls had closed. The Democratic machine in Chicago used to go by the motto "Vote early and often", and relied heavily on the cemetery vote.
At any rate, after the Florida debacle, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which provided Federal funds for upgrading voting systems, and mandated certain improvements in technology, including electronic touch-screen voting for the disabled, with auditory assistance and feedback for the blind and visually impaired. However, HAVA did not go far enough, in the opinion of election experts, in mandating security features and procedures to protect the integrity of elections.
We all knowr from experience that a computer can take your instructions and then do something completely different. Program bugs can cause incorrect computation, incorrect writing of files, loss and corruption of data, or outright crashes. Malicious code, whether inserted by trusted insiders or external attackers, could deliberately change votes as they are cast, and in the absence of hardware security measures, even fake an audit trail.
The record of the companies making voting machines is dismal, in every technology more complicated than marking a paper ballot, and particularly bad in DREs. One of the leading manufacturers, Diebold, inadventenly left a copy of much of its source code out on the Internet, where researchers downloaded and examined it. Although Diebold disputes the conclusions drawn in this research, the researchers stand by their analysis.
Paper ballots have their own problems. They are difficult or impossible for some disabled people to use without assistance, and they can be lost, stolen, replaced, or forged. Ballot boxes can be stuffed. A manual count takes too long and is too error-prone. Machines to count the ballots can shred them or crumple them up and jam. It is possible to design procedures to deal with all of these issues and with many other security hazards, but procedures are not always followed. Any good stage magician could game any of the obvious solutions, making ballot boxes disappear and reappear, and changing the contents of locked boxes under the noses of observers. Protections against these hazards are harder to design, but it can be done. Whether there will be the political will to follow the procedures is another question.
So use of DREs in at least some part of the election process is necessary, and the question is how to fix the security holes and still maintain accessibility for the disabled. Congress is considering legislation to correct some of these flaws in the earlier legislation, and will need to take up the matter again as further threats to elections are identified in the future. The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE, read I-triple-E) has a project to create a standard for voting machines in general and DREs in particular, to address design, security, testing, and voting procedures). The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the U.S. government plans to consider making the IEEE work a government standard, once it is finished, if it stands up to public scrutiny.
In addition to improving the quality of voting machine software, another goal of the Open Voting Consortium is to make the machines much less expensive than they are at present. Proprietary systems cost thousands of dollars per unit. However, the voting functions could easily be performed on commodity PCs with commodity printers, and verified by commodity scanners. We could build such systems around Simputers. Of course, it is necessary to create reliable systems of high quality and ease of use, for election officials and poll workers as well as for voters. Governments have procurement procedures that often require them to buy extra-cost proprietary solutions rather than off-the-shelf products. But this is a billion dollar market, just in the U.S., and many times bigger worldwide.There is no question that it could be done right and at the same time achieve economies of scale comparable to secure office computing systems. I can't predict what the price will be, but I know that it can be less than governments spend now.
This is not the whole story. We still need secure procedures, partisan and impartial observers, and the rooting out of corrupt politics in general in order to achieve clean, fair elections. These are even more pressing issues than technology in many of the contries where the new machines will be used, sooner or later.
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Letter: Residency posts need state funds
Published 6:24 pm, Sunday, March 31, 2013
Thanks to the Times Union for sharing the news of Albany Medical College's fourth-year students learning of their residency placements on "Match Day" ("Some happy matches," March 16).
Match Day is an important milestone in the training of young physicians as it determines where the next phase of their professional education will occur.
Thirty-eight of our students will continue their training in New York, and 55 percent of all students are entering primary care fields.
While we are proud of our students' successes, we recognize the increasing challenge graduating medical students face in finding residency training positions. If health care reform is to succeed, we need more trained medical professionals and, therefore, more funded residency positions.
Sen. Chuck Schumer continues to demonstrate leadership in working to address the physician shortage. Along with Rep. Michael Grimm, R-Staten Island, who sponsored a companion bill in the House, Schumer has advanced a bipartisan bill to increase the number of Medicare-funded residency positions. Specifically, this legislation would provide for training of an additional 3,000 physicians per year for five years. Passage of this legislation will help ensure more happy match days for students like ours and improved access to high quality medical care for all.
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Albany Medical College;
executive vice president
for health affairs, Albany Medical Center


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We have received confirmation from a reliable source that a Cash Money alliance recently bought out Tha Carter IV to exceed record sales. Mysteriously enough, it was as though the quantity bought was insufficient. The source of course choose to remain anonymous with fear of conflict to evolve. Well now, this leaves us to believe that Cash Money may very well have bought out the Carter IV with the intent to out sell Jay-Z & Kanye West's recent Watch The Throne album.


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LONDON UNDERGROUND (LU) workers who are based at London Bridge and are members of the RMT union are set to go on strike at 10pm on Sunday. It is not clear what effect this will have on the Tube network. ...Read More »
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Eid Smiles 2017 launched at House of Lords
Emdad Rahman THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH of Eid Smiles 2017, hosted by Lord Sheikh, has taken place at the House of Lords, London. In May 2016 Faruk Miah MBE and friends, including Emrul Islam BEM of Newark Youth London, started a ...Read More »
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TODAY THE TORIES are concentrating on attacking Labour for promising to spend money without, they say, being able to identify where they will get the money from. It's a somewhat old fashioned attack, which has been used by both parties at ...Read More »
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There's something entertaining about putting a random word into a search engine and seeing what the internet provides. It's an entirely different story when you put in a word that should provide perfectly normal results, and you come up with things like the following. These are The 30 Most Bizarre Santas The Internet Has To Offer, enjoy!
#1. Santa Fights The Devil
It's a known fact that in his war against the devil, Jesus recruits Saints to help in the battle. Santa, or Saint Nick was always found in the front lines. Here it looks like he caught Satan off guard during a performance of Hamlet.
#2. You're Doing It Wrong Santa
This is either Santa's evil twin brother Stan Claus, or he has never experienced Christmas before. The colors are red and white Stan!
#3. Santa the Deer Charmer
You might be thinking… "Hey what's wrong with Santa playing a saxophone, that's cool." But, what's really going on here is that Santa has studied the art of Snake Charming… sadly he's substituted the usual snake, for Blitzen.
#4. Santa macks on some Ho Ho Hos.
About one out of every 10 Santa images on the internet brings either a Sexy Santa Chick or a pic of Santa with a Sexy Chick. This is our favorite. She didn't even bother dressing up in holiday attire, she's just a hoe.
#5. Santa Battles The Flash
Sure, we could assume that Flash made the Naughty List, and therefore Santa is only doing what is necessary. The bigger question is: Why are there three gun toting, short wearing Santas?
#6. Santa Visits The Baby Jesus
He was left out of most Bibles, but according to this, Santa was indeed at the manger along with the other wise men. He didn't bring frankincense, gold, or myrrh. Santa brought what Jesus really wanted, a Nintendo Wii.
#7. Santa Twins
Honestly, we've got nothing on this one. Santa battling his evil twin Stan for a maraschino cherry? Anyone have any clue?
#8. Santa Arrested
It was bound to happen. Santa is finally arrested for Breaking and Entering.
#9. Santa On Vacation
Everyone deserves a break from their jobs. But isn't there some kind of rule about men with bellies full of jelly keeping their shirts on at the beach?
#10. Santa Battle Halloween Man
The caption in the top right says it all… "The Battle That Had To Happen, Halloween vs. Christmas!" The battle for holiday supremacy is one thing, but why in the hell are there three Fetish Nuns!?!?!?
#11. Buttplug Santa Statue
Sure, you could make the excuse that Santa is simply holding a poorly made Christmas Tree in his hand. You could…
#12. Smoking Is Cool Santa
Before is advertising contract with Coke came into play, Santa had to do something to make ends meet.
#13. Santa The Ass Kicker
Halloween Man better watch his back, because this Santa means business.
#14. Shaka Santa
It's all groovy in Santa's neighborhood. We just wish the picture was taken a little farther out, it'd be awesome to know what the statue is to the right.
#15. Santa Riding A Reindeer Scooter
At Christmas, Santa uses the sleigh pulled by reindeer. The rest of the year, he rides this piece of crap.
#16. Santa Shits Candy
We'll quote Family Guy's version of the Crazy Mickey Rooney on this one… "Open up your stockings kids!"
#17. Santa Plays The Bongos
First, why would Santa ever need to play the bongos? Second… the "Try Me" sticker is a sad attempt at selling a ridiculous concept. "Try me… please?"
#18. Naked Santa
Nothing says boner like a naked chick. Nothing says limp dick like a naked Santa.
#19. The Night Jesus Met Santa Claus
We bet the illustrator of this book nearly lost it when he was given this task. "Um, yeah… we need you to draw Santa… on the floor of a house. With Jesus pointing at him. No, seriously." We bet that CD is priceless too.
#20. The Night Christmas Was Ruined For Everyone
At one point, everyone's dad probably dressed up as Santa in a ploy to woo us into believing in a little Christmas magic. This, would be like doing the exact opposite.
#21. Santa Moped Army
In America, we have the Hell's Angels. In Japan, there's Santa's Moped Army.
#22. Washed Up Santa
You try living with a bunch of elves and see if it doesn't lead you to drinking yourself stupid.
#23. Scary As Hell Santa
Someone please hold us.
#24. Eco-friendly Santa
Everyone has to do their part to save the planet.
#25. Santa Doom
The Fantastic Four thwarted Dr. Doom on hundreds of occasions. On this one, we bet they just let play out whatever retarded scheme he had thought up. You know, just for laughs.
#26. Cracked Out Of His Skull Santa
The insane thing about this one, is that someone actually thought this was a good example of what ol' Saint Nick looked like.
#27. Dear Santa Claus…
Dear Santa Claus…. We're sorry that we made this graphic, we were drunk and have no idea what we were thinking.
#28. Santa Speared By A Jet Plane
Oh, we bet the big wigs at the airline just thought they were hilarious when they thought this up. It probably was funny, right up until the first couple of kids arrived to board the plane.
#29. Live Phone Calls From Santa
Officially the worst Sex Chat Hotline in the world.
#30. Santa Riding A Rocket Ship
What really happened when Rudolph couldn't guide his sleigh.
If you've seen or heard of a weird and bizarre Santa, tell us about it in the comments section!


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Needle moving action has been spotted in Henry Schein Inc (HSIC) as shares are moving today on volatility 0.41% or 0.29 from the open. The NASDAQ listed company saw a recent bid of 71.14 and 502151 shares have traded hands in the session.
Investors are typically trying to find solid stocks to add to the portfolio. When it comes to stock picking, there is no magic formula. There are various techniques that may provide better outcomes than others, but it's how these techniques are put together and applied that can make all the difference. One of the keys to successful investing is the proper use of information. Everyone can see the vast amount of data that is available on publically traded companies. Being able to interpret the data could end up being the most important factor when it comes to successfully selecting stocks to buy. Taking the time to investigate a particular stock that looks attractive can be a smart move. Investors may be better served to not just jump on the hot stock of the day, but employ analysis that may help uncover some buried information. Good stocks are indeed out there, it may just take some time to figure out which ones they are.
Henry Schein Inc (HSIC) has a 14-day ATR of 1.81. The Average True Range is an investor tool used to measure stock volatility. The ATR is not used to figure out price direction, just to measure volatility. The ATR is an indicator developed by J. Welles Wilder. Wilder has developed multiple indicators that are still quite popular in today's investing landscape. The general interpretation of the ATR is the higher the ATR value, the higher the volatility.
Currently, the 14-day ADX for Henry Schein Inc (HSIC) is sitting at 24.70. Generally speaking, an ADX value from 0-25 would indicate an absent or weak trend. A value of 25-50 would support a strong trend. A value of 50-75 would identify a very strong trend, and a value of 75-100 would lead to an extremely strong trend. ADX is used to gauge trend strength but not trend direction. Traders often add the Plus Directional Indicator (+DI) and Minus Directional Indicator (-DI) to identify the direction of a trend.
The RSI, or Relative Strength Index, is a widely used technical momentum indicator that compares price movement over time. The RSI was created by J. Welles Wilder who was striving to measure whether or not a stock was overbought or oversold. The RSI may be useful for spotting abnormal price activity and volatility. The RSI oscillates on a scale from 0 to 100. The normal reading of a stock will fall in the range of 30 to 70. A reading over 70 would indicate that the stock is overbought, and possibly overvalued. A reading under 30 may indicate that the stock is oversold, and possibly undervalued. After a recent check, the 14-day RSIfor Henry Schein Inc (HSIC) is currently at 39.37, the 7-day stands at 30.53, and the 3-day is sitting at 25.29.
Looking further at additional technical indicators we can see that the 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) for Henry Schein Inc (HSIC) is sitting at -117.83. CCI is an indicator used in technical analysis that was designed by Donald Lambert. Although it was originally intended for commodity traders to help identify the start and finish of market trends, it is frequently used to analyze stocks as well. A CCI reading closer to +100 may indicate more buying (possibly overbought) and a reading closer to -100 may indicate more selling (possibly oversold).
Moving averages can help spot trends and price reversals. They may also be used to help find support or resistance levels. Moving averages are considered to be lagging indicators meaning that they confirm trends. A certain stock may be considered to be on an uptrend if trading above a moving average and the average is sloping upward. On the other side, a stock may be considered to be in a downtrend if trading below the moving average and sloping downward. Shares of Henry Schein Inc (HSIC) have a 7-day moving average of 72.85. Taking a glance at the relative strength indictor, we note that the 14-day RSI is currently at 39.37, the 7-day stands at 30.53, and the 3-day is sitting at 25.29.
Stock market knowledge can be highly powerful. Successful investors are often highly knowledgeable and have put in the appropriate amount of time to become this way. Proper stock market knowledge may take a long time to acquire. Investors may spend countless hours trying to get an edge, and they may still feel like they are swimming upstream. Preparation and common sense can be highly important when trying to stay on top of the equity market. These days, there is no shortage of information for investors to get their hands on. The challenge then becomes how best to use the information at hand in order to develop knowledge that will help drive profits higher.
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