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- Medical School - University of California, Irvine, Doctor of Medicine
- University of California, Los Angeles, Residency in Otolaryngology
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- American Board of Otolaryngology
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- The Phi Beta Kappa Society
- American College of Surgeons
- American Head and Neck Society
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Director of Head and Neck Cancer Center Department of Surgery,Los Angeles Nasal & Sinus Institute - Medical Director
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Director of Head and Neck Tumor Board Department of Surgery
- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA - Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Surgery
- House Ear Clinic - Center for Facial Nerve Function
- HELPS International Medical Mission - Medical Director
- Medical Missions for Children - Surgical Team
- Global Smile Foundation - Surgical Team
- Director, Cedars-Sinai 3 Day Course: Practical Management of Sinus Disease, Hypeparathyroidism, Head & Neck and Thyroid Cancer
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Dr. Babak Larian is one of nations most renowned Otolaryngologist. He is the Chief of Head & Neck Surgery at Cedars-Sinai, Director of the CENTER for Advanced Head and Neck Surgery, and a pioneer in the field of minimally invasive thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Dr. Larian and his staff strive to create a compassionate and comfortable environment for optimal medical care. He uses the latest equipment to diagnose and treat patients with ease and accuracy. Dr. Larian's dedication to improving healthcare goes beyond his clinical duties. He is the Medical Director for the HELPS International Medical Mission, and a surgical team member for Medical Missions for Children and the Global Smile Foundation.
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Lovely office and very polite professional staff. The doctor was very gracious and determined the source for my long term problem which previous doctors had either missed or just not addressed. I appreciate that Dr. Larian is not quick to recommend surgery.
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Copa America: Green Shoots In Group A
The 2007 edition of the Copa America yielded a mighty average of 3.15 goals per game, nations throwing caution to the wind in pursuit of glory with expansive attacking play. The competition has yet to begin firing in the same manner this time around, the 8 matches so far producing only 10 goals, with the 4 Group A games accounting for half of these.
Hopefully Thursday night's encounter between Bolivia and Costa Rica will herald the start of the tournament everyone expected. It would not have been in the diaries of many when the fixtures came out, but the game was a far more "traditional" and enjoyable Copa match. With caution thrown to the wind, there was plenty of space on the park as both teams appeared to try and win the game, something of a novelty thus far.
After a staunch defensive display in grinding out a proud draw against the hosts in the opening game, the more aggressive tactics did not pay off for a Bolivian side for whom a win would have all but secured a quarter-final berth. Indeed, they will now struggle to get there, needing victory in their final game against a, shall we say, interesting Colombia.
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Exotic Leagues: Bolivia
Following on from my earlier post about League Format. Today we'll look at how the National championship works in Bolivia. Like many of the other countries in Latin America, Bolivia use an Apertura-Clausura style system and their top level league has 12 clubs.
The Apertura, which kicks off in February, operates a 2 stage format. The first stage involves splitting the 12 clubs into two groups of 6, they play a double round-robin within their groups as well as home and away matches from a rival from the other group. Once these 12 fixtures have been played the top 3 from each group progress into a 'winners' group or hexagonal, and the bottom 3 go into a losers hexagonal.
Both groups again play a set of round-robin fixtures, home and away, the team that finishes top of the winner's hexagonal is declared the Apertura champion. The winners also earn a berth into the Copa Libertadores group stage, the runner up gets a place in the 2nd round of the Copa Sudamericana. Bizarrely the winner of the losers hexagonal receive a place in the Copa Sudamericana, this is analogous to a mid-table Premier League side receiving a place in the Uefa cup for finishing as the best team in the bottom half.
Torneo de Invierno (Winter tournament)
In between the Apertura and Clausura, the Bolivian FA hold the 'Torneo de Invierno' literally translates as the winter tournament. This used to be a play off tournament for the Apertura but after the format change it has remained as cup competition, something that is unusual to see in a Latin American league. All 12 sides enter, 6 ties are played in the group round with the 6 winners going through as well as the best two runners up. The rest of the tournament is a 2 legged knockout tournament with the winner receiving a place in the Copa Sudamericana.
The Clausura is a much simpler affair, the 12 teams play a double round robin league with the winner being crowned as champion. Winner and runner-up get a Libertadores place while the 3rd place side receives a place in the Sudamericana the following season.
Relegation is decided over the past two years performances, the team with the worst average is relegated immediately. The second worst team has to play off against the runner-up of the Copa Simon Bolivar, Bolivia has a 9 league 2nd tier, similar to 3/4th tiers in countries such as Italy. The runner-up of the play off competition gets a second chance to get into the top division.
The Emperor is looking for a move back to Europe
Anyone who has followed Italian or Brazilian football with any sort of vague interest over the last five or so years will have hopefully comeacross Adriano, Adriano Leite Ribeiro. The once prolific and nearing untouchable target man with a left foot that could break wrists has had his fair share of controversy over the past couple of years. He has been left out of Dunga's Brazil squad for the World Cup next month and may now be looking for a move back to Europe to find a better standard of football.
Adriano signed for Inter in 2001 following a good breakthrough year at Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro at the tender age of 19. He worked his way into the first team by going on loan and producing the goods for Fiorentina and Parma (Parma actually co-owned Adriano for 2 years). From the 2004-05 season onwards he was a huge part of Inter's first team. However the death of his father in August 2004 and the split with his long term girlfriend shortly afterward sent the front man into a spiral of depression. He was able to hide this from Inter for some considerable period of time but soon the demons began to catch up with him and he was disciplined by the Milanese club for late nights on the town and missed training sessions. This it would seem, was the beginning of the end.
In 2007 Massimo Moratti, the Inter chairman, sent Adriano back to Brazil to recuperate and to seek counselling for the problems he had been facing. He was loaned out to Sao Paolo so that he could continue to maintain some form of physical shape while at home. Despite scoring a brace on debut he continued to prove difficult to handle, he was sent off soon afterward for headbutting another player and began turning up late and missing training sessions again. Half way through the 2007 campaign Sao Paolo decided they had had enough and terminated the loan early sending Adriano back to Italy because 'they couldn't count on him'
In April 2009 he called his own career into question by stating that "I don't care about the money," he said. "I care about being happy. And in Italy I'm unhappy. Everybody should have the right to pursue happiness." This followed his disappearing act following a short International break. The striker didn't turn up for the flight back to Milan and could not be found for 3 days, it later turned out he was chilling out in the Favela where he grew up. Later that month he terminated his contract with Inter and went back to Brazil, seemingly for good. Serie A mourned the loss of a potential legend.
He joined his first club Flamengo a few weeks later and has been playing for them for the past year, he has linked well with Vagner Love and Kleberson (once of Manchester United). Last season they came from nowhere to win the Brazilian national championship. However his psychological problems have not yet been dealt with properly, at least his behaviour suggests that the deeply rooted issues are still there.
He as been late multiple times for training, occasionally not turning up at all. The first of these incidents was just a matter of days after his debut for his new club. It appears to have cost him his place at this summer's World Cup. Dunga has a soft spot for Adriano, but he has made it clear that he is all about 'the group' as it were, and as Tim Vickery describes it. For Dunga it is no use having sensational talent if you are going to undermine the work your team mates by playing away. Even though he seems to like Adriano, he cannot take him to the World Cup because of the disruption it may cause to his squad. The problem for Adriano is that in Brazil his club are happy to allow him these indiscretions and will make excuses for him to placate him. The club have even gone as far as to 'falsify' doctor's reports to explain away his absenses from training sessions, even blaming the absense on hot dogs.
Over the last few days rumours emerged linking Adriano with a move back to Europe and specifically to Roma, these were followed by reports that he had already informed his team mates of his intention to leave next month in order to return to Italy. If this move goes through it will be intriguing to see how Claudio Ranieri handles the fiery and unpredictable temperament of Adriano. It will also be interesting to see if Adriano is finally ready to knuckle down and get on with his football so that he can show us exactly what it is he can do.
Libertadores shock for holders, U de Chile finally lose
Teams left in the Copa Libertadores, South America's premier club competition, concluded their quarter final ties last week. Going into the 2nd legs the ties stood as follows: -
Chivas de Guadalajara (Mexico) 3 – 0 Libertad (Paraguay)
Universidad de Chile 3 – 2 Flamengo (Brazil)
Sao Paolo (Brazil) 2 -0 Cruziero (Brazil)
Estudiantes (Argentina & Holders) 0 – 1 Internacional (Brazil)
The biggest of those games were held in Santiago and La Plata. The holders Estudiantes went into their home game with Internacional of Brazil looking to overturn a 1 goal defecit and looked on track to do so after a great first half. On 19 minutes Juan Sebastian Veron delivered a magnificent cross field ball from 10 yards inside his half to the edge of the box where Leandro Gonzalez had lost his full back and chipped simply over Abbondanzieri. Two minutes later Enzo Perez netted a second and Estudiantes led the tie up until the 88th minute Giuliano scored a crucial away goal for the visitors in a smoke filled penalty area. The end of the game was marred by a bit of a big scuffle.
Flamengo had a poor first tie at home to Universidad de Chile. The Chilean side were the only undefeated side in the tournament though so they were hardly dealing with poor opposition. U de Chile had won that game 3-2 despite being down to 10 men for the majority of the second half. Flamengo scored two cracking goals, the first was assisted by an inspired overhead kick from Adriano which Vagner love helped towards the goal at the far post. Walter Montillo equalised for U de Chile by delicately chipping the keeper from all of 25 yards out. The second Flamengo goal came from a lovely piece of interchange between Kleberson and Adriano leading to the 'Emperor' scoring. Sadly this wasn't enough to put Flamengo through to the semi finals.
The other results of the 2nd leg games were
Libertad 2 – 0 Guadalajara (2-3)
Sao Paolo 2 – 0 Cruziero (4-0)
This means that the semi finals will be as follows:
Sao Paolo vs Internacional
Guadalajara vs Universidad de Chile
To be played on the 29th July and 5th August, there will be at least one Brazilian side in the final.
Brazil: Round 2
Just a quick round up of the action in the Campeonato Brasileiro round 2 this week. Corinthians continue their 100% record with a 2-1 away win at Gremio Porto Alegre. Gremio were resting a few key names in lieu of a Copa do Brasil semi final 2nd leg in midweek against Santos. Corinthians appear to be extremely hungry for success following their eliminatioon from the Libertadores last month.
Avai missed the chance to join Corinthians at the top when they relinquished a 2-0 first half lead against a 10 man Cruizero. The game ended 2-2 and with both teams with 10 men after the Avai goalkeeper, Ze Carlos, was sent off for giving away the equalising penalty. Wellington Paulista scored both goals for Cruizero who will be the happier side with this result especially after they had also rested players in preparation for the second leg of their all Brazil Libertadores quarter final with Sao Paolo.
Vasco da Gama took on Palmeiras on Sunday night and should have all but buried them. The game was almost entirely a case of attack vs defence with Palmeiras having to create the few chances they did have on the counter attack. The Sao Paolo side didn't manage to get a shot on target until 10 minutes into the second half. For all their pressure and possession Vasco were unable to effectively penatrate a very organised back four, never stretching them or getting in behind the defenders.
Santos took on north eastern club Ceara, still no sign of Robinho in the National Championships however. Newspaper reports suggest he is being rested, perhaps for the midweek cup semi. His young prodigy, Neymar, was both hero and villain for Santos. He had the balls to score the equalising penalty in an absolutely audacious manner, though touching on the illegal, he dummies twice before chipping the ball into the side opposite the keeper. He had the chance later on in the game to put Santos ahead but this time the keeper didn't buy it and he dragged the spot kick wide. My only hope is that he isn't tempted to leave Santos at such a young age. Despite this level of courage/arrogance I think he needs a little more time to give himself the platform to become a true great.
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This goal was scored in Paraguay and deserves special mention for an amazing trajectory. It is scored by a Sol de America player nicknamed Inca. Enjoy…
Kick off in Brazil
On Sunday afternoon the Campeonato Brasileiro, Brazilian National championship, kicked off in earnest following the conclusion of the circus show that is the regional championships. While it is a national championship most of the hype circulates around the sides from Brazil's two biggest cities. Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, the league is still quite young only being established in 1971, before this the regional championships of the Carioca (Rio) and Paulista (Sao Paolo) were considered far more prestigious competitions. Also this year Santos are making all of the pre-season noise with the short term acquisition of Robinho together with wonder kid Neymar.
In Rio we have Botafogo, Fluminense, current champions Flamengo and Vasco da Gama, who have been newly re-instated with their top flight status following the chaos and collapse of the last few seasons. Sao Paolo offers us Corinthians, Palmeiras and, of course, Sao Paolo. Also promoted from Serie B this season are Ceará, this club based close to the north-eastern tip of Brazil will have to travel the furthest this season and I expect this will contribute to poor away form. They will need to pick up plenty of points at home if they are to have a chance of survival.
As well as Robinho, European followers may be interested in the progress of some other former stars who have returned home after reaching the peaks of European competition. Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos are plying their trade for Corinthians while Flamengo have Adriano and Vagner Love on their books.
Corinthians are in their centenary year but have already been eliminated from the Libertadores, a competition they have never won, and so will have to concentrate on the league in order to crown their birthday with a trophy. They began the campaign in a steady fashion, Ronaldo scored the winner against Atletico Paranaense from the penalty spot. Meanwhile champions Flamengo were held to a 1-1 draw with Sao Paolo and Santos fought out a 3-3 draw with the once great Botafogo.
There are still four Brazilian sides left in the Libertadores at the Quarter final stage. Past form has told us that sides that progress in the continental tournament struggle tremendously to battle on two fronts and therefore we can expect these sides league form to take a hit.


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Calling a beach the most expensive sounds a little odd, particularly when you are not buying it outright. But in some cases the maintenance and expansion of a public beach requires huge investments making the beach rather expensive. According to this parameter the most expensive beach in America is the Rockaways. The beach has shrunk due to the havoc created by Sandy. The narrower beach will look more crowded this summer. Luckily the US Army Corps of Engineers have taken it upon themselves to replace the lost sand and restore the glory of the beach. The investment involved in the project will make the beach even more expensive.
Army Corps Had Moved in Millions of Dollars Worth of Sand
The old residents of the area remember both the erosion and the reconstruction of the beach. John Cori, 50, who is a resident of Rockaway remembers the grandeur of the beach when people had to get down 14 steps and jump another 4 feet to get to the beach. He also remembers the fate of the beach when the waves had eroded the sand even from under the boardwalk steps. It was towards the end of the 1970s that the federal government decided to invest in the reconstruction and restoration of the Rockaway Beach. The Army Corps also chipped in with millions of dollars worth of sand. However, the flow of funds dried up in 2004 and the level of maintenance dropped drastically.
Sandy Sucked Out 1.5 Million Cubic Yards of Sand to Deeper Water
It was Sandy, the storm that almost swallowed the entire beach. The waves during the storm sucked sand into deeper water. According to estimates made by Army Corps almost 1.5 million cubic yards of sand simply disappeared from the beach. The Army Corps of Engineers have taken it upon themselves to restore the beach. Half of the sand lost during the storm will be replaced this summer itself at the cost of $10 million. The Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines at Western Carolina University has gone through, in detail, the records at the federal, state and local level to assess the cost of maintaining different beaches. The Rockaway has been receiving funds for its maintenance since 1926 and $216,928,138 has been spent on it till date.
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Batch capture encountered timecode breaks in sequence items. To protect your edits, these clips were left offline and not divided into separate clips.
This dialog usually indicates that Final Cut Pro encountered non-sequential timecode when attempting to capture a clip. The timecode break might have been in the clip itself, in the requested media handle sections, or in the pre-roll segment of the tape leading up to the clip.
If this dialogue appears, try to determine what actual segment of tape Final Cut Pro is trying to capture. Final Cut Pro must be able to detect continuously present and sequential timecode values, starting from the pre-roll section, through incoming handle, the clip itself from In to Out, and through to the end of the outgoing handle.
If the timecode break occurs in the handle or pre-roll areas, try making the pre-roll or the handle values smaller (if possible) while capturing that particular clip. If you discover that there is a timecode break in the clip itself, simply re-log the single clip as two clips that do not include the problem timecode segment (remembering to allow for handles and pre-roll).
In rare cases, you may find that the timecode on tape seems to be valid and sequential for the section of media being captured. In most of these instances, a slightly erratic timecode signal may have caused Final Cut Pro to detect a break where none appears to exist. If this happens, the batch capture for that clip can simply be attempted again. If a timecode break is reported repeatedly, there may be a marginal problem with the tape itself. In these cases, a good solution is to dub or clone the tape to a new tape with timecode intact.
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New York Mets (23-25) at Chicago Cubs (21-26), 2:20 p.m.
Probable Starting Pitchers: New York - R.A. Dickey (2-5, 4.71) Chicago - Carlos Zambrano (4-2, 4.88)
The New York Mets are still waiting for last year's version of R.A. Dickey to show up after signing the knuckleballer to a two-year deal with a club option for 2013 this past offseason.
Dickey will get the call this afternoon in the finale of a three-game series versus the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field and is coming off just his second win of the 2011 campaign. In last Friday's 2-1 victory against the local New York Yankees in the Bronx, Dickey was reached for just one run in six innings.
The right-hander struck out six batters and walked three to improve to 2-5 in 10 games (9 starts) to go along with a 4.71 earned run average. Dickey lost his only start against the Cubs on Sept. 3 in a 7-6 loss in the Windy City and is 2-1 in five road games, four of which have been starts. In 2010, Dickey finished tied for second on the club with a career-best 11 wins.
New York ended a three-game losing streak in last night's rain-shortened 7-4 victory. Carlos Beltran had a pair of hits and drove in two runs, while Daniel Murphy also knocked in two runs for the Mets, who have won four of seven games and are 2-3 on a six-game road trip.
Dillon Gee earned the win and allowed four runs on four hits in six solid innings of work.
"I couldn't find it in the first inning," Gee said. "After my team dug me out of it, I really focused on doing well for the team."
After today's game the Mets will return to Citi Field for a 10-game homestand versus the Phillies, Pirates and Braves.
The Cubs will resume a nine-game homestand Thursday and are 1-1 so far on the residency. They entered last night's game with four wins in six tries, but got a rough outing from starter Casey Coleman, who was rocked for six runs and seven hits in only 1 1/3 innings of work.
Reed Johnson and Alfonso Soriano knocked in two runs apiece for the Cubs.
"I think a lot of us were upset," Cubs second baseman Darwin Barney said. "Having experience in this weather, we knew we had to work quick. I thought we could have gotten another inning in."
Chicago, which is also slated to host Pittsburgh and Houston on the homestand, will send veteran hurler Carlos Zambrano to the mound Thursday. Zambrano is 0-1 with a 6.50 earned run average in his last three starts and did not record a decision in Saturday's 9-3 win at Boston in which he gave up three runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.
Zambrano is 4-2 with a 4.88 ERA in 10 starts, but 0-1 in four trips to the Wrigley Field mound. The righty hasn't won at home since Sept. 4. He has faced the Mets 12 times in his career, 11 of which have been starts, and sports a 5-3 record to go along with a 3.52 ERA. Zambrano is 3-1 in six games (5 starts) against New York at home.
New York won four of seven versus Chicago last year, but dropped two of three at Wrigley Field. The Cubs, however, are 11-2 in their last 13 games against NL East opponents.
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Casa Tina is located in the fishing village of Bucerias, on the Bay of Banderas. The bay is the second largest bay in the world. During January, dolphins and whales can be seen from the balcony of Casa Tina. Bucerias and Casa Tina have everything you may want or need for your fabulous vacation. The people of Bucerias are very friendly and helpful. Casa Tina and Bucerias is a laid back area for a stress-less vacation!
Casa Tina is in a gated secure area. Views are absolutely outstanding! Shopping and eating is all walking distance! My property manager, Felipe, will buy your groceries and have them at the Casa for you! Jorge, my taxi driver, can pick you up from Puerto Vallarta airport for stress less transfer to your Casa; plus, Jorge will stop to buy beer, on the way.
Beach is clean and quiet! GREAT BEACH FOR SWIMMING AND PLAYING-NOT ROCKY! Great for boogie boarding also!
Surfing is 15 minutes north and golfing is ten minutes south at the Flamingos! Excursions are only a fingertip away, ask my property manager, Felipe! He knows all the best places! Bring your laptop-there is an internet connection!
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Enjoy Casa Tina like our family does! Casa Tina is great for a couple, families or single people. The configuration allows two families with 2 kids each plus a Nanny! I am always updating Casa Tina to make sure everything is perfect for your visit! Mexico relaxation with South American amenities! I want your experience at Casa Tina to be the BEST ever!
Tina Long purchased this villa in 2003
Casa Tina is your private secret garden. We are located on the beach surrounded by beautiful flowers and a GREAT deck for lounging. The swimming pool is wonderful and refreshing for swimmers as well as for children to splash around in! Yet, the 250 feet driveway takes you to civilization-stores, shops, restaurants and bars! I LOVE Bucerias because there aren't alot of time share sales people and it's so laid back! Clean, safe, fun! Great place to be!
The swimming pool, with Palm Trees, is right out your door as well as the beach! Every window has either a pool or ocean/beach view, BBQ, boogie boards, table and chairs on the balcony, alot of outside lounge chairs on the deck, Wireless internet, WIFI, TOTAL RELAXATION. Swimming pool has lounge chairs built into it! Everything is within walking distance! PERFECT PLACE FOR YOUR NEXT VACATION! Bedroom configuration allows 2 couples plus 2 kids each and a Nanny!
Just wanted to let you know that we had a fantastic time at Casa Tina. Beautiful location and within walking distance of everything. We found some great restaurants and beach walked almost every morning. Great sunrises and beautiful sunset. Staff was very friendly and helpful. We were met at the airport after we landed and Flippe had a taxi ready for us when we headed to Puerto Vallarta for our second week.
Thank you again for all your suggestions and letting us stay at Casa Tina.
Casa Tina is amazing a home away from home! Thank you Tina for sharing your casa again! Counting the days until next year...
My family and I thoroughly enjoyed staying at Casa Tina this past Christmas. The house accomodated 6 adults and 1 6 month old infant beautifully. The full kitchen and laundry facilities were wonderful to have and the immediate access to the beach, the pool and the nearby eateries made this a truly wonderful holiday. In fact, we have just rebooked for another week in 2008.
Tina - I can't recall how many times exactly that we have availed ourselves of your property over the years, but, suffice to say we have never been disappointed. Quiet, clean and well appointed as we expected. You have maintained your property well and it shows!
The new supermarket which is close by is an added bonus as we can walk and secure our groceries for the week.
We have always loved Casa Tina and when traveling to Vallarta, we will always book with you. Thank you for having such a lovely place to decompress and relax!
This was our 2nd stay at Casa Tina and we already have reserved for next year! The Casa is beautiful with plenty of room and many personal touches. You will find everything you need to enjoy your vacation. Tina is amazing to work with as is Felipe the property manager and Theresa the maid. We celebrated my parents 50th this year and held a vow renewal right on the beach. The chef we hired found everything he needed to prepare an amazing meal for 22 of us! We consider Casa Tina our home away from home! Thanks Tina for sharing...
Fabulous place to stay in Bucerias. I've visited Bucerias many times but now my place to stay is Casa Tina. Thanks Tina!!
We went to Casa Tina for my Bachelorette party of eight for 7 incredible days. It could not have been more perfect! We participated in every indulgence within arms reach from the town house. (i.e.: beach massage, farmers market, art galleries, restaurants from high end to street car, island excursions, paddle boarding, kayaking, and serious beach laying). The big decisions we made each day were whether or not we sun bathed ocean side only steps from the house, or poolside on the property in a pool that has palm trees IN IT for added shade. I am hoping to go again this year with a different group of friends because I enjoyed it so immensely.
Casa Tina is your own secret garden retreat! 1700 square feet of glorious South American pleasure. TV, Cable, Internet. 3 bedrooms, sleeps 8 very comfortably. Casa Tina is next to LaVida and across from Ixta and Bungalos Arroyo. We are located between the kissing bridge (Bucerias Centro aka Town Square- where there are masses of merchant shops) and north of deCameron, on the beach. Our property is gated and secure. Casa Tina is located on the beach; so, street noise is little to none. Restaurants are located across the street, a bar and mini mart is north, near the deCameron. Lazaro Cardenas (street of Casa Tina) is very modern with a ton of great shops. The original 'shopping' area is across the kissing bridge. (About 10 blocks north from Casa Tina.) Mega is a grocery store near Casa Tina. We take the local bus and a cab back or Felipe can have everything when u arrive! or take a taxi both ways. EVERYTHING necessary is within walking distance. Cirque du Soleil is 10 minutes away in Nuevo Vallarta. el Payo and Angel Miguels in the square are great places to eat seafood. Encore, Sandrina, Jorge, Taco Linda, Ixta are awesome. Bucerias is close to Puerto Vallarta; but, is away from the hubbub. Felipe, our concierge, will guide you where to go! Vallarta Adventures, he can get you great prices. http://playasmexico.com.mx/playa_mexico_ficha.php?id_rubrique=207
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JChart2D is a easy to use component for displaying two- dimensional traces in a coordinate system written in Java. It supports real-time (animated) charting, custom trace rendering, Multithreading, viewports, automatic scaling and labels.
Former UI controls (right click context menu, file menu) have been ported to the subproject jchart2d-uimenu (https://sourceforge.net/projects/jchart2d-uimenu.jchart2d.p/) for the benefit of having no dependencies to 3rd party libraries.
- Easy usage: only a few lines of code are necessary to use a chart. No complex specification of data points, labels or grids necessary. This is done per default and may optionally be configured.
- Real time performance (e.g. for telemetry at www.lionsracing.de)
- Multiple traces with different behavior may be added to a single chart.
- Automatic choice of the unit - prefix (multiplier) according to the scientific unit system (nano , milli, tera, ..).
- Label formatter for scale labels via java.text.NumberFormat or java.text.DateFormat.
- Chooseable display of grids, labels, labeled scalepoints, coordinate tooltips, ... .
- Traces may be rendered via lines, discs, dots (is a disc with radius 1) or filled polygons. Additionally strokes may be specified (only useful for lines I think). An open interface for further graphical representations of traces exists.
- Different axis implementations (settable from UI): linear, log e and log 10.
- Multiple axes on top,bottom, left and right side. Traces may be assigned to an x and an y axis that has been assigned to the chart and will be related to them.
- Different viewport implementations: Zooming (ZoomableChart), enforcing visible bounds even if data does not fill them,...
- Exact visualisation of labeled scalepoints. No label of a scalepoint is ever rounded to the next current chosen decimal, instead the scalepoint is shifted to a position which represents an exact decimal.
- Fully resizable. The amount of labeled scalepoints may increase on choosing a bigger size.
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A member of the salmon family, the arctic char is is found in cold arctic waters and in some deep mountain lakes in Canada and Europe.
Their color can vary depending on it's environment. Like the salmon the male char changes in appearance during spawning. They develop a hooked jaw . Also at this time the arctic char turns a deep red color. Generally they range from brown to greenish-brown with a lighter colored belly. They have faint pink to red spots on their back and sides.
They have many similarities with their cousins the salmon and the trout. Like the salmon they are born in freshwater and then they migrate to the sea. They return to freshwater at maturity to breed and unlike the salmon, after breeding they return to the sea. Landlocked arctic char spend their entire life in fresh water.
The market size for arctic char is usually between two and four pounds but they can reach as much as 30 pounds. Commercial and sports fisherman seek the arctic char. Fish farms throughout Canada and Iceland supply the vast majority of artic char sold in the United States. Farming Char is pretty much restricted to northern areas because of their need for a cool water environment. Farmed arctic char is considered environmentally friendly and sustainable because of the closed tank method of farming. This method limits any chance of interfering with the wild char population.
Its meat has a firm texture that is slightly smoother than salmon. The meat ranges from pink to dark red and is mild in flavor and somewhat high in fat. The color of the meat does not determine the quality. It has a taste similar to trout and salmon however many think it is not quite as rich as salmon. The best way to cook arctic char is to bake, broil, grill, sauté or poach. Check out these methods to cook artic char.
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Many years ago, I inquired on the GameDev StackExchange site about how to stop players from using memory editors to cheat. While slightly controversial, I still maintain that this is a fun academic exercise.
Recently, I revisited this concept. After lots of experimentation with a simple game (press a key to fight, player and monster both decrease in health by a random amount), I arrived at a working solution based on my initial concept.
Memory editors work because programs store (integer) values in the same location in memory, for as long as the game runs. C# applications also exhibit this behaviour. Memory editors exploit this, by allowing the user to scan for a specific value, or a changed (eg. decreased value).
Some anti-cheat mechanisms work around this by masking the value (eg. storing it as twos-complement or inverted, or added/subtracted to a random value), or by never displaying the original value.
My solution involved actually moving the object to a new location. In .NET, this means re-creating the original object's value, in a new object.
What if you read this value in your game loop, at 60FPS, and each read results in a write? That may lead to poor performance. Instead, the value only changes on each write operation.
Some code:
class MovingValue<T> {
private Box<T> box;
public MovingValue(T value)
this.box = new Box<T>(value);
public T CurrentValue
get { return this.box.Value; }
set { this.box = new Box<T>(value); }
class Box<T>
public T Value { get; set; }
public Box(T value) { this.Value = value; }
I chose the names
MovingValue to indicate that the value stored moves, and
Box because it uses a concept similar to boxing/unboxing.
The value stored changes on each write operation, and you can always get the current value. To use it, you change this:
class Player {
private int health = 30;
public int Health {
get { return this.health; }
set { this.health = value;
public void GetHurt(int damage) {
health -= damage;
To this:
class Player {
private MovingValue<int> health = new MovingValue<int>(30);
public int Health {
get { return this.health.Value; }
set { this.health.Value = value;
public void GetHurt(int damage) {
health -= damage;
I tested this with the ArtMoney memory editor. The original health
int address is easy to locate/freeze, while the
MovingValue address can't be pinned down, even with multiple rounds of scanning.
This design also doesn't suffer from any type of concurrency issues or race-conditions (which it would if you moved the value with, say, a timer).
As a final caveat, I would be weary of:
- Updating this value frequently (like every render/update tick), because it allocates a new object every single write.
- Updating this value with a very large object, that has multiple fields/sub-fields (perhaps with collections). If you update frequently, this can compound problems.


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A 16-zone Creston system will run you a lot of coin – or you can pick up this chump's system on Craigslist. I wonder if he used to work for Lehmans Brothers and needs to his McMansion's mortgage payment.
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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National School Choice Week whistle-stop event previously scheduled for Wednesday, January 22, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia has been canceled due to severe weather and safety concerns, organizers announced this afternoon.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter has declared a snow emergency, the city's schools will be closed, and conditions have been deemed too unsafe for attendees to travel to the event.
"Canceling this event is not a decision we make lightly – and not one that we want to make at all," said Andrew Campanella, president of National School Choice Week. "But the safety of everyone involved with our event is our first priority. We are extremely grateful to our partners who have worked so hard to organize this event and expand school choice across the state of Pennsylvania."
Senator Pat Toomey and State Senator Anthony H. Williams had been slated to speak. The event was being hosted by National School Choice Week in partnership with The Center for Education Reform, Faith First Educational Assistance Corporation, Faith in the Future, Foundation for Excellence in Education, GreatSchools.org, KIPP Philadelphia, PennCAN, Pennsylvania Families for Public Cyber Schools, PublicSchoolOptions.org, REACH Foundation and StudentsFirst PA.
"We may not be able to gather together in Philadelphia, but we will continue to share the message that every child deserves effective education options. That message is being celebrated at the 200 events taking place at schools and organizations throughout Pennsylvania, and at the 5,500 events taking place all across the country during National School Choice Week," Campanella said.
National School Choice Week (Jan. 26 – Feb. 1, 2014) is an independent public awareness campaign designed to shine a spotlight on effective education options for children. For more information, visit www.schoolchoiceweek.com or follow NSCW on Twitter at www.twitter.com/schoolchoicewk.


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So..... been riding the wheels off of this machine while all my others just sit. The other day i suddenly got a vibaration from the motor that happened only when there was no load (like on a down slope). I pulled the motor and went in. what I found was on the apposing end of the brushes a set of points that i can only guess is a shut down system. With it is a plate with three short bars connected with rubber bushings. The plate that holds them broke letting one of those short bars float (No damage inside that I can see and the motor was operable up to taking it out). I am going to need this plate. The bearings and brushes seem fine but should I replace them? Steve, from Wattsup told me to post this to see what forum members might say.
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UBS is literally rewriting the time-tested formula of "If you can't beat them, join them." The largest Swiss bank clearly believes "If you can't beat them, employ them." No wonder it has been on an unabashed poaching spree for the country's top brokers. UBS has reportedly added nearly 50 reputed U.S. brokers to its payroll over this quarter – almost completely on the back of hefty signing bonuses. [1] The move looks in-line with the Swiss bank's strategy of growing its wealth management business in the U.S. UBS is currently ranked 4th among the list of brokerages, with Morgan Stanley, Bank of America's Merrill Lynch business and Wells Fargo taking up the top 3 spots.
We maintain a $16 price estimate for UBS, and attribute the 10% premium over the current market prices to the pessimistic outlook for European bank stocks in the wake of weak economic conditions and the European debt situation.
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UBS has been aggressively adding to its broker strength in the country by attracting top brokers employed with the bigger competitors Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch. Apparently, UBS is sweetening the deal for established brokers managing millions of dollars by offering them upfront bonuses up to 50% more than what competitors are willing to shell out. The bank is also hard-selling its smaller size as a positive for potential employees as it can afford them easier access to the upper management echelons.
But does this strategy make sense? After all, this move looks contradictory to the bank's efforts to cut down on costs by shrinking its compensation pool (see UBS Slashes Compensation Pool By 40%, Stock Worth $16)
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We believe there is some merit to the approach. This is because established brokers bring along many of their customers too, which is part of the contract. This brings the lucrative management fees and cross selling opportunities for other UBS products. This way, the bank ensures an increase to its customer list and assets under management as it adds these brokers. Also, the higher pay allows UBS to implement longer term contracts with the brokers – which helps reduce churn in the long run.
No doubt, the strategy does impose an additional pressure on the profitability of the business in the near term, but this strategy looks to pay off as long as the brokers keep performing.
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Draw Something numbers nosedive. Has it been erased from your app drawer? [POLL]
May 2, 2012 | by Andrew Kameka
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Draw Something's meteoric rise was nothing short of amazing. The Pictionary-copying game got rave reviews and managed more than 20 million downloads within five weeks of its February debut, which eventually led to Zynga acquiring its developer OMGPop.
But alas, even meteors fall, and so is Draw Something. The Atlantic, citing data gathered by AppData, claims that the number of people who use Draw Something through Facebook's connect has dropped – down to 10.4 million from 14.3 million.
That's not a total representation of the number of people who use Draw Something, just the number who use Facebook's popular authorization process to avoid setting up another account. Still, a daily active user (DAU) drop of nearly 5 million in one month is cause for concern.
So what did Draw Something in? The Zynga acquisition, lack of critical feature updates, or was it just that spring time made it nice enough to go outside and do other things? Or maybe, the novelty just wore off. It's possible that a sizable chunk of Draw Something's users are like me: they heard about the app from friends, downloaded it to try it out, had some fun for a few days, and then walked away forgetting that it was even there. It's probably not a problem of Draw Something losing users, but Draw Something failing to retain people brought in by hype rather than a genuine interest in the app.
Draw Something was a fun game because it reminded so many people of Pictionary and it was collaborative rather than competitive. However, problems with the set-up chipped away at the fun the app provided and Zynga is paying for that now. (Scott Webster of AndroidGuys, who draws a mean Raekwon, summed up the problems with Draw Something well here.) But it wouldn't surprise me if things level off or even rise in a few months as Draw Something works to address its flaws.
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These baby owls are monitored by the grower to make sure they're thriving. When grown, they'll be part of the integrated pest control plan, ridding the orchard of vermin.
The pistachio tree (pistacia vera) originated in western Asia and Asia Minor, made its way into Mediterranean Europe and now thrives in the dry climates of the American west. Advanced production technologies, efficient harvesting and sophisticated growing techniques now make the United States #1 in global commercial production.
Harvest takes place anywhere from late August to early October. Between 5 and 7 years of age, the pistachio tree begins bearing fruit (yes, it's a drupal). A biennial bearer (a heavy crop one year and little crop the next), there appears to be no upper age limit to a tree's viability. Once ripened, the nuts are quickly harvested, cleaned, sorted and roasted for the perfect snack or for ingredient usage.
Nature decides when it's time to harvest pistachios. In the American West, harvest occurs in September or October when the fruit is mature and the shell has split. For American Pistachio Growers, the year's work culminates in the highly coordinated effort between our member growers and processors to harvest and deliver the crop quickly and efficiently. This process ensures the highest quality pistachios year after year, as shown in this video.
These baby owls are monitored by the grower to make sure they're thriving. When grown, they'll be part of the integrated pest control plan, ridding the orchard of vermin.
Meet some of the farming families who grow your favorite little green nut. With more than 450 members, we will continuously add families to this section. Welcome to our world!


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Blues in the Night (Hackney Empire)
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A Chicago hotel in the thirties and three very different women are looking for a way to make it through the night. Under the cynical gaze of the only man in the joint - the singer with the bar room band - the women sing of their hope, anguish, longing and living before finally discovering the strength to survive. Blues in the Night is a colourful and passionate celebration of that survival spirit, drawing on some of the greatest Blues and Jazz songs ever written. Age guide 14+
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Only a few weeks into the season, the men's swimming and diving team won their second meet against Urbana over the weekend.
According to junior diver Anthony Peddle and sophomore swimmer Thomas Horsfall, the team has started off the season strong.
Peddle said having a diving coach this season has given him more confidence.
"We are all working through our dive lists strengthening what we already have and moving towards newer dives, as well as increasing our degree of difficulty as we go along," Peddle said. "We should improve on how we approach competitions. We're an awesome team, and we can hold our own."
Horsfall said the team is consistent and is dedicated. He said this is shown by the amount of training that takes place outside of the pool with activities such as running and lifting. Despite this, he said he still thinks there needs to be some improvements with the team.
"What I think the team needs to improve on is communication among the team," Peddle said. "I feel as a whole, the team can split itself into smaller cliques of people and that causes some separation from different parts of the team. But the season is young and I believe as we get deeper into the season, those walls will be broken down."
Unlike many other sports teams, the swimming and diving teams are scored together. Also, both the men's and women's teams practice and travel to meets together. Junior swimmer Jacob Beach said he has never been on a swimming team that definitively separates the guys from the girls.
"This is a defining characteristic of swimming and I think it leads to why swimming is such a close sport," Beach said. "You are spending so many hours a week with the same people, you have to love each other."
Peddle agreed with Beach and said the teams work together well.
"Our camaraderie is unlike any other team, in my opinion," Peddle said. "We have men and women, swimmers and divers, mixed grades. We don't have starters…we're all one team and compete as such. I love this team and I'm so lucky to be a part of it."
Horsfall said while he thinks working alongside the girl's team and the dive team opens up more possibilities for friendships and building unity, he feels it can divide the team sometimes.
"I hear people disagree with listening to members of the team for that reason," Horsfall said. "We are a team. Yes, by gender we are different, but we all make up the OWU swim team and that (disagreement) is something that needs to be changed. If we can change that, I think the teams' unity will be stronger."
Peddle explained how the scoring for the diving team factors into the team score.
"Diving is an individual scoring event, so each of our dives count towards our personal score," he said. "(This) will place us first, second, or third, which if you place in the top three, you win points for the swimming and diving team – which determines if we win or lose."
Peddle said the divers have some goals for this season.
"One goal we all have is to continually improve," he said. "(Also) beat our scores from our previous meet and learn a new dive, or two, or three a week to increase our degree of difficulty."
Horsfall said he plans to improve individually but has goals for the team as well.
"For the team, my goals are to win more meets than last season," he said. "We work hard and I think our new, strong freshman class really gives us an edge on other teams. For myself, the only goals I have are to improve my stroke and to drop time."
Horsfall said staying consistent in practice will be key to reaching the goals.
"Swimming is a sport where just a few days out of the water is detrimental to what you have been working on all season," he said. "They say a day out of practice for a swimmer is comparable to three days out for any other athlete."
The next meet for the team is Nov. 17 and 18 at home for the Corbiere/Merion Invitational. Beach said this meet is a big deal for the team as they swim against several Division II and III teams. At press time, the starting time for the meet was still unannounced.


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Submission + - Who Owns Your Social Identity? (ieee.org) 1
What happens if Facebook or Twitter or, say, your blog hosting service, makes you take a different user name? Sound impossible? It's happened. Last week, a software researcher named Danah Boyd woke up to find her entire blog had disappeared, and in fact, had been renamed, because her hosting service had given her blog's name to someone else.
And as important as they are, what protects our accounts are the terms of service agreements. If you read them—and who does?—you'd learn, probably to no surprise, that they protect the provider a lot more then they protect you.


text: On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 03:42:48PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > Hi ! > > This is an experimental patch against 2.6.9. It concerns the ATI based > Aluminium PowerBook. The nVidia based ones aren't concerned at all, and > the iBook G4 will have to wait a bit more for me to get the video wakeup > code right. > > It will add sleep (suspend-to-ram) support for these machines. > > It's based on various tested bits but is untested on these machines in > it's current form, so let me know. > > Ben. > > Hi, I've tested this patch with the kernel in unstable tree and it works fine here. My system is a powerbook 15", 1,25Ghz with an ati radeon M10 9600. However, I noticed that there is a problem with the sound when I run the kernel 2.6.9. I noticed also that with wmaker, the screen becom very messy befor suspend or resum. Thank you Jaonary


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There are certain songs that come from nowhere and slowly creep up on you. It starts with maybe a friend playing it for you and you don't really like it. Then you hear it again in the corner shop when you are lost in thoughts and without noticing it settles in your subconscious. Then you go to work and you recognize it being played in the office – you know you have heard it somewhere but no idea where or what song it is. And then you start missing it, humming it, LIKING IT. The song has won. This is exactly what has happened to me with two songs in the last month. Now I hear them everywhere and long to listen to them at home. Incredible how it happens, just like this. When I checked on Spotify, they were trending in the UK, so I assume many people feel like me. Every summer has its song, 2010 it was the XX remix of Florence and the Machine's You've got the Love. Last summer it was Rihanna and David Guetta (don't ask). This summer, these seem to be the songs.
P.S Maybe it is me who is behind with music nowadays, since both songs have over 70 000 views on Youtube. Haha. Jenny x0
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by Sharon Diane KingIt's a hostess' worst nightmare: What wine to serve at your last supper?
We were a sad assembly of refugees for New Year's Eve. My home: triple-padlocked and alarm-secured. The neighborhood: razor-wired and electro-gated. But we knew we couldn't stay inside these safe confines forever. Our microgreens were running low.
Still, a nod to holiday traditions tended to lift the spirits. Especially for those lifting spirits.
My gilt-edged china and crisp white linens were festive, but the folks seated around the dining room table were the real eye-catchers. We'd found that creature costumes temporarily confused our relentless pursuers. After all, they had no vested interest in T-Rexes or giant bumblebees. Only humans could give them what they wanted. Craved. Sought after with every fiber of their fixated beings.
So hiding out via cosplay worked, for a while. After that, the outfits sort of became second nature.
"She caught me just as I was leaving work," the Easter Bunny explained to his neighbor, a bright green-and-orange day gecko, as he set down the blood-stained basket of eggs he'd been clutching. Bun gingerly patted his leg with its makeshift bandage and forked up a bite of glazed ham. "I made it to the car, but she slammed the door on my foot. Guess it serves me right," he choked, wiping his eye with a dirty furry paw.
"You don't mean that," Merribel the Hello Meerkitty said, unsheathing her napkin from its crystal-studded ring and settling it over her fishnet stockings. Her claw-pads grappled with the silver server for the chicken chaud-froid. "You deserve better."
"Course you do," grumped my boss Hank from the head of the table. He was impressively attired as the Thanksgiving gobbler, though he was missing a few tailfeathers. After he cut off all contact with his ex-fiancée, she spotted him exiting his office building—she came by there every day—and figured out there just might be something a-lurky in that turkey. "You don't owe her your life, after all. Pass the cranberry sauce."
"Cran-kumquat relish, actually," I blushed.
"It'll do."
I'd ended up as Donner the Reindeer. Somebody had already rented Rudolph. My nose kept getting in the way of my glass of viognier, and my rubber antlers occasionally scraped up against the gaslight chandelier, setting it swinging.
From outside it must have looked like we were having a lot more fun than we really were.
It was like a lady-drunk AA meeting. As the wine flowed, we swapped stories of the head-over-heels first days. The sudden change, usually overnight. Then the horrified realization, the fits of screaming, the hairbreadth escapes. The constant moving from place to place as they tracked us down. We'd all been there.
That was why we were here.
Over chia-seed rolls and white-truffled sweet potatoes, I got acquainted with the gecko guy next to me. Merribel had met him hiding out in a downtown basement the week before. A quiet accountant, he was still pretty traumatized by his partner Joe's horrifying transformation.
"I never saw it coming," he muttered bitterly, staring into his frisee-and-goat-cheese salad.
"It's okay," I told him, tipping a smidge more wine into his glass. "Nobody ever does."
Have to say, though, I liked his style. Seemed Joe had always been creeped out by reptiles. Say hi to Gorton Gecko, Joe!
It grew late. I'd just brought the Baked Alaska to the table—to great acclaim—when we heard the door buzzer. We froze.
My ex. Had to be. He'd found my new country abode, had somehow found a way through the double gates. He knew all my passwords, the jerk.
And he was here to get his supply. From me.
We blew out the candles and crouched beneath the table. Silence wasn't just golden at that moment; it was pure platinum. We even heard the meringue fall. The ringing went on, alternating with a furious pounding at the door.
We were trapped.
I glanced around at the downcast masks. Oh, the suits might confuse my ex initially but wouldn't hold him off for long; he'd know I was in there somewhere. We could try ganging up and subduing him, of course. Hell of a way to end the year. And if he managed to get away….
But I'd thought ahead. Reaching inside my suit, I grabbed my cell and clumsily pressed a key. We heard his ringtone–the chorus of "Re:Your Brains"–loud and clear. He'd always loved that song.
I'd rigged a call–from a spoofed number, duh–promising I'd meet him in a little gazebo in the public park on New Year's Day. I have to see you, don't care what happens…. I knew he'd jump at the bait, even though I'd played this hand before: Got trapped at work. Give me another chance. You are SO important… irreplaceable…can't live without you….
And he'd waited there for hours. Yup. That predictable.
Pathetic, really.
We heard a gurgle from the front porch, then a pause, then footsteps fading away. We started breathing again. We'd have time to clear out in the morning, find another hideout for a few days, maybe a week. Before the hordes tracked us down again.
We never resumed our places at table that night. We just relit a candle and lounged underneath, leaning against the table legs. Gobbles poured us a round of champagne. Somebody started humming "Auld Lang Syne", and we all broke into whispered song, misty-eyed, as the clock ticked its way into the new year.
All at once I found myself weeping. I stood up unsteadily, nearly upsetting the hazelnut petit fours on the sideboard.
"Damn him," I sniffled, grabbing a napkin and dabbing at my eyes through the costume's eyeholes. "It never ends. He just won't let go."
"They can't help it," murmured the Easter Bun, patting my shoulder. "It's their nature."
"Narcissists," Merribel nodded sadly. "They don't take partners—"
"—they take prisoners," I rejoined in a small voice. "I know."
"You'll get through it," the gecko said. "We all will. We have to believe."
And in the grey light of the year's first dawn, we bravely stood up, cleared the table, put away the leftovers, and started up the dishwasher.
Sharon Diane King (Ph.D., Comparative Literature, UCLA) works as an actor for film and television. Publications include an essay in the critical anthology Of Bread, Blood and The Hunger Games (McFarland, 2012), a science fiction tale, "Follow The Music," in the anthology Desolation: 21 Tales for Tails (Dragon's Roost Press, 2014), and a fantasy story "Read Shift" in the autumn 2014 issue of the e-zine Kaleidotrope. Her theatrical troupe Les Enfans Sans Abri has for decades been performing short medieval and Renaissance comedies, including an original play, "A Knight To Remember," for the Getty Family Festival (September 2014).
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On the Limits of Analogies Between Baseball and the Law
I love baseball. And I love law. And I like judges and lawyers who share those twin passions. But the repetitive analogies between umpiring and judging are getting old and inaccurate very quickly.
The latest comes from Justice Samuel Alito (UNRELATED ASIDE: When Alito was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and I was a law clerk for a judge on that court, Alito swore my co-clerks and me onto the bar). Anyway, Justice Alito was in St. Petersburg, recently to throw out the first pitch at a Devil Rays-Phillies game (Alito is a life-long Phillies fan, but donned a D-Rays jersey). Rick Garnett has the photo and story here. And I agree, Rick: Alito has pretty good form.
But the story describes Alito giving a talk at a dinner while he was there and saying the following:
One of the things I am asked is if I believe in a living Constitution," Alito said in his speech, referring to a thought that the Constitution can reflect the times. "Umpires face this very same problem. For example, do we want a living strike zone?"
These analogies do not work and they must stop.
First, whether a legal rule should or will "live" depends to some extent on the nature of that rule. There is not much interpretative life in:
"The STRIKE ZONE is that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hollow beneath the knee cap."
There is inevitably and necessarily more life (with the attendant evolution and change) to interpreting and applying broad, amorphous principles or ideas such as "the freedom of speech" or "cruel and unusual punishment."
Second, we do have a living strike zone. If you don't believe me, watch a baseball game from the 1970s or 1980s on ESPN Classic. Pitches at the letters were routinely called strikes, as were pitches slightly below the knees (what was then called a "National League Strike"). Neither one is ever called a strike now. True, the strike zone was lowered slightly in 1988. But rarely is any pitch above the belt called a strike nowadays.
Third, the fact that there were differences between National and American League strike zones tells us that some "life" was present. Back in the 70s and 80s, AL umpires used large exterior balloon chest protectors, which required them to stand more upright--allowing them to see the high pitch more easily than the low pitch. NL umpires wore chest protectors under their shirts, allowing them to crouch lower and thus better see the low strike.
Fourth, even with uniform equipment, no two strike zones are exactly the same simply because no two umpires are exactly the same. There will be slight variations in each umpire's crouch or the angle of her head or her position behind the plate. Such differences produce variations in how each umpire sees a given pitch and thus how each umpire calls a given pitch--what each strike zone looks like.
The point is that umpiring, particularly balls and strikes, is not a perfectly objective determination. Of course, neither is judging the meaning of the First Amendment.
So, on second thought, perhaps the analogy between judging and umpiring works. Just in the precise opposite direction from what Justice Alito was trying to suggest.
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Not only are the umpires' strike zones different, so are the players' strike zones. The example I often use is this: while the width of the strike zone is the same, the height is different player-to-player. Randy Johnson's (6'10") zone starts higher, ends higher, and is larger vertically, than the zone of someone like Kirby Puckett (5'8"). Their stances at the plate also make quite a difference, too.
How about this for a baseball analogy?
The point is that umpiring, particularly balls and strikes, is not a perfectly objective determination


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Every Breath is Momentous
Two weeks ago I got the text I'd been waiting months for. One of my closest friends had gone into labour and delivered a baby boy.
I have no idea what went on the rest of the work day. I just fluttered around ineffectually, counting down the milliseconds until I could hop in a cab to the hospital.
Somehow, my magical friends had managed to turn their curtained-off corner of a hospital room shared with another newborn and his 25 visiting siblings singing wheels on the bus into a cozy little cocoon. It was as if there was nothing but the three of them in the world before I peeked in.
The love in that place was palpable and contagious, a visible glittery swirl through the shimmer of tears that kept welling up in my eyes when I stared at the gorgeous wee creature in my friend's arms.
It's strange how someone so teeny, who really doesn't do anything can be positively fascinating.
Every tiny breath is momentous.
As I held him, he held me too – absolutely riveted.
I just stared and stared and stared, mesmerized by his perfect little lips and his fingernails and his amazingly full head of downy hair. My heart stopped at every tiny squeak he made.
He cried once, just after I whispered "Remember me? I'm the one always talking your mom's ear off! You know all my secrets!"
But I like to think that was just a coincidence.
What an honour and a privilege it is to meet someone in the first 24 hours of their life, in the precious few fleeting moments before their world expands by leaps and bounds, then expands and expands again.
When every single wonderful thing in this whole wide world has yet to be discovered, we're all born tiny adventurers.
I sometimes wonder if I were to adopt, (which seems like it might be my best shot at having children), if I might have trouble bonding with a baby not biologically linked to me or my partner, but if the way I felt about this little fella within ten seconds is any indication, it shouldn't be a problem. Because guys?
I'm totally in love.
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this must have been a beautiful moment. I'm a medical student and my neonatal placement was by far the most emotional and memorable to date. I met so many babies in their first minute of life, the midwives would say "welcome to the world, little one". life's a miracle.
So well-written! He is such a freaking cutie, and that is a lot of hair for a newborn! Isn't it amazing how absolutely TINY they are? I can never get over a baby's itty-bitty fingernails!! Congrats to your friend!
Those first moments of life are some of the most precious, and such a joy to witness. I was present for my youngest nephew's birth, and I cried when he entered the world and let out his first cry. I will never forget spending precious moments with him in the wee hours of the morning, watching the the snow fall on hat late March morning as my sister and her husband slept. I miss those quiet moments with him, yet am delighted with the loud, rambunctious boy that has replaced them.
Oh what a little cutie! So sweet!


text: Longboat Key resident and photographer Mary Lou Johnson's work was displayed in the collection of Professional Photographers of America's 2011 International Photographic Competition. The exhibition is one of the world's largest annual exhibits of professional photography. Two of her photos in the collection were taken on Longboat Key: "Mystic Morning" and "Can You See Me Now?"


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The New Catholic Catechism in Part One, Section 847, states that non-Catholics who "seek God with a sincere heart" and "try in their actions to do his will as they know it through the dictates of their conscience," will "achieve eternal salvation."
The Roman Catholic Church has publicly stated that this means that sincere people from non-Christian religions such as Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Taoists, animists, etc. will make it to heaven without the necessity of hearing of or believing in it or its dogmas. As long as they are sincere in their faith and live a good life, they will make it to heaven.
The Roman Church has also publicly stated that this means that sincere people who have no religious convictions such as agnostics, atheists, skeptics, etc. will make it to heaven without the necessity of hearing of or believing in it and its dogmas. As long as they are sincere and live a good life, they will make it to heaven.
The Pope has also said that the Orthodox, Evangelicals, Pentecostals, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists, etc, will also make it to heaven without hearing of or believing in the Roman Catholic Church. As long as they are sincere in their faith and live a good life, they will make it to heaven. They are only "separated brethren."
Since this is what your Church teaches, we who are non-Catholics request that you stop trying to convert us. Why?
1. We do not need to hear of or believe in your church to make it to heaven. Since we do not need your religion and our own religion or lack of religion is sufficient to save us, don't bother us.
2. Our ignorance is our salvation according to your Catechism. Thus if you try to convert us, you will endanger our souls. Your Catechism states that people go to hell if they come to believe that the Roman Catholic Church is the true religion but "refuse to enter it." Thus you may cause us to lose our salvation if you convince us that your religion is true. So, please leave us alone.
3. Section 846 also states that people who believe that the Roman Catholic Church is the true religion but "refuse to remain in it," will go to hell. Those who leave the Roman Church and then are sincere in their new beliefs and live a good life will still make it to heaven. But if you convince them that the Roman Church is the true church, you will endanger their immortal soul. So, leave them alone! As sincere ex-Catholics, they are going to heaven. Don't damn them by trying to convert them.
4. Section 856 the Catechism states that a "respectful dialogue" with non-Catholics may be done. But you have failed to be "respectful." Instead, you have repeatedly engaged in rude and offensive "Protestant bashing."
Since, according to your Church, we non-Catholics can get to heaven without becoming Roman Catholics, we do not need you or your Church. And, since we have our own religion, we do not want you or your Church. Catholic apologetics will do us more harm than good. It is thus time for you to seek gainful employment elsewhere such as selling insurance, cars or shoes.
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Went out with one of my girl friends last weekend. Lydia is her name X)
Had our lunch @ Sakae Sushi, Pavilion
The food was awesome! It's not my first time there but it's been a while since I last ate at Sakae Sushi. Anyway, I loveeeee their food freaking much! So so yummy! It makes such a happy girl! :D
Peach jelly to finish it off. I can haz peach, my favourite fruit! Yums! :D
After lunch, it's movie time! Great choice of movie! It was awesome! Love, love, love <3 Ashton Kutcher & Natalie Portman looks so good together. Just love looking at them :)
"Hey, you say no flowers." LOL Haha..this scene totally cracked me up.
After the movie, it's time to shop! :D
Tada, here's a few dresses I tried on X)
To be honest, I love them all but it was kinda pricey. Dress, why you no discount? T____T
Anyway, I did bought a dress from Forever 21. Only RM 49.00! Mad cheap for a dress from Forever 21 don't you think? :D *the dress is not in the pictures above*
Saw these cute looking bears @ Times Book Store. They have angel wings some more. Super super cute! Ahhh...I feel like buying one! :/ Anyway, didn't buy them in the end but took pictures of them so yes, this is my laptop wallpaper now LOL
And the highlight of the day?
We saw Gurmit Singh a.k.a Phua Chu Kang live in person at Times Square! What a surprise! :D
I don't know what event it was but there was a lucky draw & he sang two songs. Mandy by Westlife & Better Man by Robbie Williams. I tell you! It was not bad! He has a really good voice. Can be a singer already la!..haha!
Overall, it was a really really good day. Feels awesome to be able to take some time off from uni life. To get away from all the stress although it was just for a day :) Looking forward to more time like this! :)
P/S : Did you realised that there's no picture of both of us together? Yes, we forgot to take pictures together that day. We only realised that when we were back..haha -.-


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A "free" apartment may not be used as a credit against the minimum wage requirement without a voluntarily entered into written agreement which provides for that credit.
The part of Order #5 which creates the most confusion and consternation for apartment owners and property management companies is paragraph #10 of the order, which prohibits taking a credit against the minimum wage obligation due to the resident apartment manager without a voluntary written agreement between the employer and the employee.
This means that if the resident apartment manager is given a "free" apartment in exchange for his or her services, the owner or property management company must still pay the resident apartment manager minimum wage for each and every hour worked on the premises unless there is a written agreement, voluntarily entered into between the resident apartment manager and the owner or property management company, which specifically provides that a credit will be taken against the wages owed for the value of the apartment.
In addition to the fact that the agreement must be voluntarily entered into, we take the position that it must also specifically and clearly state that a credit is being taken against minimum wage owed to the resident apartment manager. If the agreement does not meet these requirements, the owner or property management company will not be permitted to take any credit for providing the "free" apartment, and the resident apartment manager will be entitled to minimum wage for every hour worked.