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How Not To Accept An Offer - Chapter 2 - Don't Say 'Yes, But'
- How do I accept a job offer?
- Can I negotiate a job offer?
- Can I make changes to job offer conditions?
Our guidance on accepting offers - how not to do it!
We covered how to decline an offer a while ago and we still got questions about how to accept offers. Then we published 'Accepting an Offer' and we still got questions about what's okay and what's not. This cast covers questions we've been asked about accepting offers and behaviors which are definitely NOT okay.
- How Not To Accept An Offer - Chapter 2 Shownotes (PDF)
- How Not To Accept An Offer - Chapter 2 Slides (PDF)
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From a manager's point of view, I think it is great that a potential employee would tell me six months in advance that they have a potential medical condition/family change coming up and I would not expect this. Therefore I don't believe this is good advice to give to a person who is trying to advance their career.
Six months is a huge time frame and any number of things can come up during that time. I also don't think a hiring manager should be burdened with having to make a decision based on pregnancy or other medical conditions. It would be as if the candidate came into the interview and revealed their age, religion, race, marital status, number of kids, etc. I see where you were trying to go with the example and I think you were on the right track though.
Sometimes the best advice for an employee isn't necessarily in the best interest of their manager or employer. I'm sure this is something that Manager Tools/Career Tools have to balance from time to time.

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You are right. Warriors are decent class when not comparing them to other classes. But this is an MMO, a multiplayer game. Comparing warriors to other classes is very important because raid leaders, guild leaders, and PvP team leaders ARE comparing warriors to the other classes in the game. Yes, wars are awesome at single target threat but the truth is, it doesn't matter. Threat can be maintained by all tanks in the game right now. What DOES matter to guild, raid, and PvP team leaders is the numbers a class can produce. Sure warriors could tank anything but the more DPS generally the faster a boss crashes. In a perfect raid world, a leader would invite whoever wanted to come and if it didn't work, no big deal. BUT what leaders want is a solid group that can destroy a boss quickly or with the most achievements.
Warriors are not those tanks.


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posts about or somewhat related to 'memory'
Emily Badger, How Instagram Alters Your Memory, The Atlantic Cities.
To test this, Henkel, a researcher at Fairfield University, concocted a series of experiments leading undergraduate students on guided tours through the university's Bellarmine Museum of Art. They looked at paintings, sculptures, pottery, jewelry and mosaics. The students were given digital cameras to photograph some of the objects and were told to simply observe the others. The next day, they were given a series of recall tests, trying to detect which objects they remembered best in name and detail.
As it turned out, people remembered fewer of the photographed objects, and fewer of the details about them, relative to the pieces of art they'd actively observed with their own eyes.
…There was one catch in Henkel's findings: She also asked participants to zoom in on and photograph the details of some of these art pieces. And people who did that were much better at remembering the works of art that those who simply wedged entire objects into one frame and then walked away. Perhaps, by focusing consciously on the details, we can cut back on some of this "photo-taking impairment effect."
Why Remember When You Can Search →
A new study out of Columbia University suggests that humans are offloading memory and recall to our internet devices. Simply, why bother remembering things when you can look it up when you actually need it?
From the study's abstract:
The advent of the Internet, with sophisticated algorithmic search engines, has made accessing information as easy as lifting a finger. No longer do we have to make costly efforts to find the things we want. We can "Google" the old classmate, find articles online, or look up the actor who was on the tip of our tongue. The results of four studies suggest that when faced with difficult questions, people are primed to think about computers and that when people expect to have future access to information, they have lower rates of recall of the information itself and enhanced recall instead for where to access it. The Internet has become a primary form of external or transactive memory, where information is stored collectively outside ourselves.
There's Advertising in Your Memories →
Ever have a product pop up in your memories? And you swear, absolutely swear that indeed, yes, you were drinking a Coke while listening to your iPod as you cruised down the California coast in your brand new Cooper Mini even though you don't own a Cooper Mini and don't drink Coke but just might have an iPod.
There's a reason for that. Scientists refer to this as "false experience effect" and it revolves around a theory known as memory reconsolidation in which it is suggested we reconstruct our memories each time we think them.
So how do the iPod, Coke and car fit into the mix?
Take it away, Wired:
A new study, published in The Journal of Consumer Research, helps explain both the success of this marketing strategy and my flawed nostalgia for Coke. It turns out that vivid commercials are incredibly good at tricking the hippocampus (a center of long-term memory in the brain) into believing that the scene we just watched on television actually happened. And it happened to us.
Takeaway: Remember Journalism 101 and don't just question mom when she alleges that she loves you. Question your memories. Especially the product placement bits.


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Saturday, July 23, 2011
Norway's homegrown terrorism
The end of an era
Chinese villagers mistake atrophied ape for alien
This ape made a monkey of Chinese villagers who feared it was a visitor from another world.
Locals panicked when Mao Xiping, a housewife from the village of Gezhai, in Henan province, central China, found the scraggy simian stealing cucumbers from her flat.
She thought it was a harmless rabbit, until she noticed it had an 'alien face' and her neighbours agreed it was like nothing they had ever seen before.
Amy Winehouse's final stage appearance
Amy Winehouse: 1983 - 2011
A very troubled and talented soul is gone. She died at the age of 27 of an apparent overdoes. Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, and Janis Joplin all died at 27 of similar circumstances.
Couple busted for having sex for 30 minutes in public pool
An Indiana couple is facing public indecency charges after they allegedly had sex for 30 minutes Sunday afternoon in a community pool while dozens of witnesses, including children, watched the illicit aquatic action.
Connersville Police Department officers were summoned to the Roberts Park Family Aquatic Center (seen at right) after pool patrons complained to the facility's manager.
Cops initially issued no trespass orders to Myron Helms, 33, and Victoria Cross, 40, but prosecutors yesterday decided to charge the pair with the misdemeanor indecency count.
Pool manager Cindy Schwab told cops that she walked up behind Helms and Cross "when she realized what they were doing," according to a Connersville Police Department report. After telling the pair to stop, Schwab said that Cross moved away from Helms, which was when "she could see the male's penis."
The police report states that one concerned adult stood near the trysting couple "to make sure her children didn't get too close to the subjects." Additionally, cops noted, "All the witnesses were visibly disturbed by the incident."
The pool was cleared and workers recycled the entire water system and put in fresh chemicals.
Helms, a reserve officer with the Laurel Police Department is on unpaid leave during the investigation.
Mad at dealership that would take back "lemon", man makes like demolition derby in lot
Unhappy that a car dealer wouldn't take back the van he bought on Monday, David Cross drove "the lemon" back after the dealer closed on Tuesday and crashed it into six cars parked on the lot for sale.
"I hit the first $25,000 car I could see," Cross told the Herald. "I didn't hit a car under $20,000. Then I moved a van that they wouldn't come down on the price for. I moved it with the lemon they sold me. I just held it to the floor until I couldn't move it anymore. I took out seven vehicles, including my own."
Cross, a Salisbury, Mass., resident who turns 42 today, is charged with six felony counts of criminal mischief, one for each of the cars he damaged, excluding his own.
He said his story began on Monday, when his wife bought a van at the Portsmouth Used Car Superstore.
"It was a piece of crap," Cross said, elaborating that his mechanic looked at the van after it was purchased and found a host of problems, including an odometer that didn't work. He said an Internet search showed it had been in a wreck and his insurance agent told him he couldn't insure it with a broken odometer, so he followed his mechanic's advice to "take it back."
Cross said he went back to the car dealer, asked for a refund and was told "you're stuck with it." So he began negotiating the price for another van, but a salesman wouldn't budge, he said.
He said he and his wife returned home in the van they bought Monday, and he waited for her to fall asleep. He then drove back to the car dealership just before midnight and started driving into cars.
He said he was about to call the police and turn himself in when he saw a cruiser, flagged it down and told the officer "the deal." After his arrest, he was released on personal recognizance bail and he's scheduled to be arraigned Sept. 19 in Portsmouth District Court.
"I was pretty crazy last night," he said. "I woke up this morning and wondered if it was a dream, but then I looked over and there's my bail papers."
Cross said he was not under the influence of any substance, just driven by anger.
A Portsmouth Used Car Superstore manager, who asked not to be named, declined to comment, but when pressed, estimated the damage caused by Cross to be about $20,000.
Revenge of the disgruntled consumer!
Ouch! Man has brick tied to his penis as punishment
Bangladeshi police said on Thursday they were investigating the case of a man forced to parade naked through his village with a brick tied to his penis as punishment for kidnapping and marrying a minor.
The punishment was meted out Saturday to the 30-year-old man by the local council in a village 30 kilometres (18 miles) south of Dhaka.
Police said he had kidnapped and then forcibly married a 12-year-old girl, who later managed to escape.
"The council chief and some village elders beat him and made him parade with a brick tied to his penis at a river ghat (steps) under the full gaze of at least 200 people," police sub-inspector Binoy Krishna Kar said.
Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak is in favour of work details for inmates and GPS monitors for sex offenders. Here in North America even right wing politicians are soft on criminals.
Man faked autism, wore diaper then attacks baby sitter
An Oklahoma City man who wore diapers as part of a con was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison.
Mark Anthony Richardson II also must serve five years on probation after his release and register as a sex offender. Last year, he fooled two women into baby-sitting him at their Oklahoma City homes, police said.
He pretended to be autistic and have the mind of a young child. He used a pacifier, drank baby formula and threw childlike fits.
Richardson, 21, pleaded guilty in June to sexual battery, a felony, for grabbing the breast of a baby sitter's daughter. The victim, then 18, was asleep.
He pleaded guilty to seven misdemeanor counts of outraging public decency for the seven times his diapers were changed.
How far will a guy go to get laid? How about crapping in a diaper and acting like a complete moron. How desperate can I get be? For sure lock this guy and throw away the key. Nice touch by the judge making him pay the the baby sitter for looking after him after having to change his damn diapers. What a loser.
You can sue someone for looking like you?
Melissa Molinaro, the woman who stars in the Old Navy ad campaign that sparked a lawsuit this week from Kim Kardashian, is having a bad week.
Kardashian filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Old Navy and its parent company, Gap, alleging illegal use of her public image in the campaign starring Molinaro. She was not named as a defendant, incidentally.
Kardashian, meanwhile, is "a businesswoman who has to protect her brand" rather than allowing another company to use it to sell clothes, an insider told Us Magazine. "Bottom line."
The silver lining for Molinaro? Her "Dance Floor" music video on YouTube had more than 400,000 views by Friday (above).
If you can get sued for looking like someone then I can see another big lawsuit coming down. Look at all the money made by Jesse Eisenberg for looking like Mark Zuckerberg in the movie Social Network. Bob Dylan may be suing Cate Blanchett. Micky Ward maybe suing Mark Wahlberg. This is big folks!
Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Holy shit we hit 100F today!
Now I know it hit 108F in Phoenix but there was humidity so it felt like 108F. I rather take 108F with no humidity than this 100F sauna.
Steven Georgiou aka Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam is 63 today
Yusuf Islam in 2006
Man guilty of evading arrest after being mistaken for burglar in his own home
A Lufkin man convicted of resisting arrest in his own home after police mistook him for a burglar was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine.
Following a one-day trial and four-hour deliberation, a six-panel Angelina County jury concluded Sauceda was guilty of resisting arrest on March 15, 2009, while being pepper-sprayed, shot with a pepper ball gun and wrestled to the ground by nine Lufkin Police officers in his own living room, according to testimony.
In closing arguments Wednesday morning, Sauceda's defense attorney, Ryan Deaton, chronicled how his client was wronged by Lufkin Police when they entered his home at 111 Finley St. on a report of a black male kicking in the front door, called in by a neighbor. Sauceda, who Deaton described as having the mind of a child, then locked himself in the bathroom and refused to come out despite repeated warnings by the officers on scene.Before the verdict was delivered, a note from the jury was sent to Flournoy, which he said was "indicative of the verdict." It read, "We've all reached a verdict. To us we feel he has been wronged. Please consider that in his sentencing."
Despite the unfavorable criminal outcome for his client, Deaton said he intends to pursue a federal civil lawsuit against the city on Sauceda's behalf.
Police beat the crap out of another developmental handicapped guy. I guess these are considered low hanging fruit - easy pickings.
Sewer geyser blasts car in Montreal storm
Derek Jeters isn't just good at baseball
Derek has now had over 3,000 hits in his major league career but off the field he is just as proficient when it comes to ladies. Here are just some of his past dates.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Man gets $12,000 from Air Canada for being served a Sprite instead of a 7-Up
Among several complaints to the Federal Court of Canada, Michel Thibodeau described how when he asked a unilingual anglophone flight attendant in French for a 7-Up, she gave him a Sprite.
Thibodeau characterized the incident and others as "malicious, oppressive and reprehensible," conduct by Air Canada employees that only aggravated the violation of the couple's linguistic rights.
The court agreed in part, and ruled the airline breached the Official Languages Act on four occasions in 2009 involving Thibodeau and his wife, Lynda, of Orléans.
Thibodeau filed suit in Federal Court for $525,000 in damages. The court upheld his complaint, ordered the airline to make a formal apology and pay him $5,375.95. Thibodeau was later honoured by the French-language rights group, Imperatif français.
In 2007, he filed a complaint against the City of Ottawa, accusing it of not providing sufficient bilingual services on its buses.
What a racket this guy has going. Had I known the ability to speak French could make you this kind of money I would have taken French longer in school. The mental anguish that you would suffer if brought white bread instead of whole wheat. That has to be worth $150,000. If you get directed to the ladies' room instead of the men's room that could easily be $1 million.
2 teens have to register as sex offenders for sitting on w kids' faces
wo New Jersey teenagers face registering for life as sex offenders under Megan's Law for what their lawyers claim was horseplay.
An appeals court agreed the boys, who were 14, engaged in sexual contact when they held down two 12-year-old boys in Somerset County in 2008 and placed their bare buttocks on their faces.
The ruling means the boys would have to register under Megan's Law because the court said sexual contact applies to touching for the purpose of humiliation.
The judges wrote they were "keenly aware" of the ruling's ramifications for the boys and for others.
The judges sent both cases back to a lower court to consider whether one boy can withdraw his guilty plea and whether the other received effective counsel.
It's pretty pathetic to treat two juvenile idiots like they were pedophiles. I'm pretty sure Megan's Law was not enacted to deal with this silly situations.
Two men arrested for pretending to get arrested
Ryan Letchford and Jeffrey Olsen thought it would be funny to break into the van and take pictures of each other in custodyBut the prank took a turn for the worse when the van locked with the jokers still inside.
According to police in the US, a third man, who was also drunk, found his friends in the back of the van after leaving a nearby party to search for them, but he was unable to set them free and was forced to call 911.
Radnor constable Mike Connor told the Philadelphia Daily News: 'I came down and unlocked the doors, and "Dumb and Dumber" pranced out of the van. They looked a little embarrassed.'The pranksters didn't regain their freedom for too long, as they were immediately arrested for attempted theft of a motor vehicle, criminal mischief and public drunkenness.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
A knife on a plane is no big deal
Just days after the release of a report saying there have been more than 25,000 security breaches at U.S. airports, a startling confession comes out.
An Indianapolis woman has come forward saying she was able to get a knife past security, not once, but twice.
Sara Gallienne says she was able to get a three-inch knife past TSA in both Richmond and Providence, Rhode Island as she was headed home to Indianapolis.
t wasn't until she was unpacking her carry on that Galleinne made the startling discovery that she had breached security.
After returning home Sara says she realized that the three inch, folding knife, was in her bag when she boarded a flight froBoldm Richmond to Providence, Rhode Island. It also made it through security when she left Providence for Indianapolis a few days later.
"I was blown away I could not believe that I had just made it through with this knife," Sara said. "Not one, but two TSA checkpoints."
Gallienne says she had forgotten the knife was in her bag, and when she made the discovery she filed a complaint with the TSA.
The TSA has since released a statement, saying, "We continue to take the discovery of knives and other prohibited items seriously, however, it today's post-9/11 security environment, intelligence tells us our officers' greatest focus needs to be on the biggest threat to aviation security today-explosives and explosive components."
Seriously there must be 10 good TSA stories every single day. Is there anyone who believes they are doing a good job? Nice to know you can't get a bottle of water on a plane but knife is no problem.
Hey mom, I'm going to drop by
A Swiss man has died after piloting a rented plane into the home of his estranged mother. Minutes before the attack, he phoned her from the cockpit to say: 'Are you home? I am just going to drop by!'
Then Konrad Schmidt, 47, banked the twin-engined aircraft over his mother's home and flew past it three times before flying at top speed into the house in Oberhallau. Schmidt's body was later found in the rubble of the house. His mother Rosemary, 68, only survived because she was in the basement at the time of the suicide attack, and is being treated for shock.
Eyewitnesses told police there was 'no possibility' of an accident. One said: 'He had all these flypasts. He was lining himself up. And then he did it. It was like seeing a mini re-run of 9/11.' Neighbours helped rescue Rosemary from the burning shell of her house, which will now have to be demolished.
She told police of the air-to-ground phone call from the aircraft shortly before the attack yesterday. Her son had rented the aircraft earlier in the day from an airfield 45 minutes away. Jobless Schmidt had a long-running feud with his mother, according to neighbours. One said, 'They had a lot of heavy issues over a lot of things.'
Drunk mailman stashed 31,000 parcels at home
Steve Tasker, 43, hoarded the "staggering" collection at his home. for up to three and a half years at his house and kept almost 16,000 mail items in or behind his garden shed.
Tasker also wrapped the letters in plastic supermarket bags to try and keep them dry because he claimed he would deliver them once he had sobered up. But he never got round to taking the post to its rightful destinations.
Tasker, then a postman for 12 years, was eventually put under surveillance by the British Royal Mail last September, after reports from the public about mail not being delivered. On the day he was observed, he didn't start on his walk until noon at the earliest, finished about 2pm and had left more than 300 packets undelivered.
Is there a class of workers more scary than postal workers? It's a well known fact that mental health problems are rampant in the post office. Those are the good employees. The rest are too stoned to delivery the mail. Everyone knows email was invented to protect the public from postal madness.
Monday, July 18, 2011
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Police shut down girls' lemonade stand
Midway, Georgia police bust none other than a lemonade stand, because the three girls running it didn't have a business license. The three girls thought if they sold enough lemonade, they could make money to go to a water park. Well they thought wrong. Midway police say, they're breaking city law and have to go.
"It's kind of crazy that we couldn't sell lemonade. It was fun, but we had to listen to the cops and shut it down," 14-year-old Casity Dixon said.
The girls had only been opened for one day before Midway's police chief and another officer cruised by and saw the stand.
"We had told them, we understand you guys are young, but still, you're breaking the law, and we can't let you do it anymore. The law is the law, and we have to be consistent with how we enforce the laws," Midway Police Chief Kelly Morningstar said.
By a city ordinance, the girls must have a business license, peddler's permit, and food permit to set up shop, even on residential property. The permits cost $50 a day and a total of $180 per year. City officials said it's their job to keep everyone safe and healthy, and there can be no exceptions to the rules.
"We were not aware of how the lemonade was made, who made the lemonade, of what the lemonade was made with, so we acted accordingly by city ordinance," Chief Morningstar said.
"It's almost like they don't have anything better to do. I'm going to let it go. I'm trying to cheat them good. I don't think if I keep on, it'll teach them a good thing," Amy Roberts said.
So the law wins, and what started out as three girls' dream of a fun summer business is now just a piece of plywood.
Since the lemonade stand was shut down, the girls have been doing extra chores and yard work to make money for the water park.
Guy in Storm Trooper costume is walking across Australia
Stormtroopers have a hard life. They've been annihilated en masse on two successive Death Stars, despite just following orders, they've been constantly cleaved in twain by light sabers, and they lost a war against a large group of glorified teddy bears. Now, in aid of the Starlight Foundation, we have a Stormtrooper walking across Australia! When will the suffering end?
Jacob French, in order to raise money for the Starlight Foundation, has decided to walk 4100 km, from Perth to Sydney, dressed as a Stormtrooper.
You can donate to his cause here.
Jacob is also live tweeting his journey here.
Listen Jake you're ripping off my gig here. Just don't be starting a blog.
Texting while walking Is now a crime in Philadelphia
Philadelphia officials next month plan to use more "stick" in a program that takes a carrot-and-stick approach to bad behavior by people in cars, on bicycles, and on foot.
The program, dubbed "Give Respect, Get Respect," was launched at the beginning of May, aimed at reining in bad behavior by motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians in Center City.
Since then, some tickets, but mostly warnings have been handed out.
But Deputy Mayor Rina Cutler says starting in August, more citations will be issued.
"After the first several months of doing that, we really need to pick up the enforcement side and really get serious," she told KYW Newsradio today.
Nearly 600 bicyclists were given warnings since the program started, many for riding on the sidewalk or running red lights.
Cutler says some didn't take too kindly to it.
"It's my sense at least that some of the bicyclists believe that the laws don't apply to them," she said.
Pedestrians who text while they walk without looking ahead will also be targeted. And on the motorist side, officials will be looking for drivers who don't respect the bike lanes.
The citations include $120 fines.
So have the Taliban retaken Kandahar and moved on to Philadelphia? In a city as crime ridden as Philly isn't there bigger fish to fry than disrespectful bicyclists and pedestrians? Will they bring back the stock and pillory? How about the Scarlet letter?


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Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is declaring a state of emergency in advance of a winter storm that's moving into the state. Ice is expected to be the biggest safety threat as colder temperatures and precipitation move into Alabama early Tuesday. Temperatures aren't expected to rebound until midday Thursday. Bentley says he's encouraging motorists to avoid unnecessary travel. The National Weather Service is predicting 1 to 3 inches of snow across central and south Alabama and ice accumulation that could lead to power outages. Alabama transportation crews are hustling to move salt and spreader trucks, normally only kept in north Alabama, to the southern part of the state. The state is also postponing special elections that had been scheduled for Tuesday to fill vacant legislative seats.
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When it comes to providing high end tuning kits for some Mercedes models, tuners like Prior Design and Inden Design are more than well known. However, at this November's SEMA Show, Los Angeles-based tuner Misha Design will be coming prepared with their own wide body kit for the Mercedes SL55 AMG , and as far as we can tell, they will provide as much spark as any other tuner.
Only two sketches of the tuning package were revealed, but the tuner did confirm that the package will include black carbon fiber fins on the hood and the rear bumper, new air intakes, and forged wheels.
Apparently an SL55 AMG was chosen by the customer because of the numerous deals and low mileage SL55 AMGs that were available. A standard Mercedes SL 55 AMG is powered by a 5.5-liter V8 supercharged engine that delivers a total of 517 HP. That being said, Misha Design has announced that they pulled a few tricks out of their sleeves to toy with the engine. No performance numbers were announced as of yet, but as soon as we get the information - which will be in November when it is unveiled at the SEMA Show - we'll pass it along!


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Halloween has come and gone and there is one thing left: Getting rid of all that Halloween candy! Between eating it, The Switch Witch, Candy for Troops, and the Food Bank it is incredibly easy to get rid of all the extra sugar in your … [Read more...]
Halloween Restaurant Deals: Chipotle, IHOP, Krispy Kreme, and More
Halloween means Deals and Freebies in the restaurant industry. There are many great deals that happen on Halloween this year. Chipotle is offering a "Boorito" to patrons in costume. You will pay only $3 for a burrito, bowl or salad if wear … [Read more...]
Halloween Lunchbox Notes Using Halloween Jokes
Add some Halloween lunchbox notes to your child's lunch to give them something to laugh about in the days before Halloween. Using some of my favorite Halloween Jokes for Kids I created some very cute Halloween notes that are sure to make my girls … [Read more...]
Old Navy Baby and Toddler Halloween Costumes: Only $5 Today Only
Old Navy has baby costumes on sale TODAY only (10/23) and is an in store offer. This sale is valid on All Baby Costumes. This starts at the 0-3 month size and goes through size 5T. What a steal! It's times like these that my husband tells me that … [Read more...]
New Printable Halloween Candy Coupons
Hooray for printable Halloween Candy coupons! It is estimated that spending on Halloween will reach $6.9 billion this year. Surely part of that number includes budget savvy people like you and me who are going to use printable Halloween candy … [Read more...]
Create Spooky Treats with Halloween Cookie Cutters: 18 Cookie Cutters for $6.89
Halloween cookie cutters are great for cookies (of course), Play-Doh, and fun lunches. Right now you can get an 18 piece Wilton Halloween Cookie Cutter set from Amazon for only $6.89. That breaks down to 38¢ per cookie cutter! Grab some Halloween … [Read more...]
Halloween Decorations: Pumpkin Front Door with Crepe Paper #Halloween
If you are looking for inexpensive Halloween decorations look no further than a Pumpkin Front Door made with crepe paper. This easy Halloween decoration is incredibly nice on our budgets, costing only $1.00 for the crepe paper! You can pick up a 2 … [Read more...]
Ghost Hair Bow Tutorial
Leaves changing for the fall means so many exciting things. My girls are giddy about the Ghost Hair Bows I just made them. This craft project takes only a few minutes and the rewards are totally worth it! Even if you think you do not have an ounce … [Read more...]
Restaurant Halloween Special Offers: Deals and Freebies
Happy Halloween everyone! We hope that you are able to have a wonderful Halloween this year - despite the weather. There are some great restaurant halloween special offers this Halloween. We all love being able to have an easy Halloween dinner and … [Read more...]
Chipotle Halloween "Boo-rito" Only $2
This Halloween you can get a Chipotle "Boo-rito" for only $2 when you come to any Chipotle dressed in costume from 4pm until close. Really, you can get any burrito, bowl, salad, or order of tacos for just $2.00! We normally have mummy dogs on … [Read more...]


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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The city should send tax bills to subsidiaries of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center if officials really believe the hospital network shouldn't be a tax-exempt nonprofit, an attorney is arguing.
That challenge was aired at an Allegheny County court hearing Wednesday about a lawsuit filed by the city, which contends the hospital network behaves more like a business than a nonprofit and should therefore pay city taxes on its properties and payrolls.
But UPMC attorney William Pietrogallo — who has argued the hospital network, itself, doesn't have any employees — said the city should focus on whether to tax subsidiaries.
Paul Wood, who works for UPMC's flagship hospital and serves as a spokesman for the network, said it has 44 subsidiaries — 23 that are tax-exempt and 21 that pay taxes.
Asked which who is employed by the network's flagship hospital, UPMC Presbyterian, but serves as spokesman for UPMC, the parent holding company."
Pietrogallo argued that, procedurally, the city treasurer should issue the tax bills, which UPMC or its subsidiaries could then appeal. Only then should the issue be decided in court, Pietrogallo argued.
"In this country, we have corporate separateness," Pietrogallo said. "If the city feels that those separate entities should be paying taxes, they can challenge them individually."
But attorneys for the city argue it was proper to sue over UPMC's tax-exempt status even before trying to collect taxes. The city attorneys also contend UPMC's claim that the $10 billion hospital system has no employees is fiction, noting that its top officials, including CEO Jeffrey Romoff, work for the umbrella organization, UPMC.
"UPMC clearly has some taxable entities, and possibly all of them," said one city attorney, E.J. Strassburger.
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Look up, look down, look close, look all around. Turn your head this way and that. This is an exercize in seeing outside the box. Expand the scope of your perceptions. Art is all around you in the things you see in everyday life.
This is a fun feature, so wild and humorous responses are encouraged. Next week the answer will be revealed.
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Two installations of SSRS 2005 on two separate machines in my shop seem to regularly lose their encryption keys at exactly the same time. These are developer machines with the development edition of SQL Server 2005 running, so I'm hoping that perhaps someone here has an explanation for this. About once a month, they lose their encryption keys and display the message:
Restoring the keys from backup fixes the problem. However, it seems odd that they both "lose" the keys at regular intervals. I can even recall at least once instance when it happened on exactly the same day. Does anyone have any ideas why this would be? Here is some information about the installations:
Thank you...
asked Oct 30, 2009 at 12:18 PM in Default
Based on the frequency it almost sounds like a password change issue with the Network Service.
Have you tried rebooting the box or recycling SSRS services to see if the error clears up instead of restoring the backup key?
answered Oct 30, 2009 at 02:54 PM
Yes. We turn our development machines off at night, so it gets a fresh start every morning.
Oct 30, 2009 at 04:26 PM NYSystemsAnalyst
Do they lose their keys at start-up or after having been running for awhile?
Oct 30, 2009 at 04:50 PM Blackhawk-17
Are .NET hotfixes applied every month? They can sometimes cause issues.
Oct 30, 2009 at 05:01 PM Blackhawk-17
Yes, they are. However, we never see this problem on our production or test servers which run SQL Server Standard edition. It only seems to happen on machines that run Development edition.
Nov 02, 2009 at 10:29 AM NYSystemsAnalyst
The problem could be caused by changing the 'log on as' account used in the SQL Server Agent Windows service.
Additional information found here.
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EDINA, Minn. (AP) -- Advocates of a new law that gives first responders and others access to a drug that can stop an opiate overdose have started training people on how to administer it.
Lawmakers passed a new immunity law this year to encourage people to call for help if a friend or family member is experiencing a drug overdose. The law also allows first responders and others to administer naloxone, a drug that reverses the effects of an opiate overdose.
Steve Rummler of Hope Foundation is working on implementing the law.
On Wednesday, a group of people who lost loved ones to opiate overdoses gathered at in Edina to learn how to administer naloxone. They hope the drug will help prevent overdose deaths in the future.


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For me it's just chrome and safari
I'm tired of a new update every freakin week from FF! Just do an update every few months or so cause it's getting really annoying, especially when the add-ons don't work with the update...lame.
Will do. The ONLY browser for me! Now can I have a free FF T-shirt?
@steve-z17: I second that.. Not working addons are really annoying!
As for Chrome, I hope you meant Iron which doesnt feed Google with your private data


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See, hear, feel and experience mobility. A car collection point and themed attraction unlike any other in the world, BMW Welt brings this prestigious brand to life.
With a prime location close to the BMW corporate headquarters, museum and factory, BMW Welt is not just for car buffs and lovers of all things technical. It also offers a wide range of activities and regular special exhibitions, combining engineering, design and innovation with lifestyle, enterprise and culture, in a stunning, state-of-the-art building. Read more
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text: AEM's Infinity stand-alone EMS is next generation in every sense, from its rugged construction that allows it to be mounted in the engine bayto its Internal Simulator that lets you test tuning changes without having to run the engine. If you've been modifying Japanese imports for a more than a few years, chances are you've installed an AEM cold-air intake on a car or two. These cleverly engineered long-tube intake systems have stood the test of time, proving their effectiveness thousands of times on the dyno and turning more than a few heads thanks to their unique induction noise. But as the name suggests (AEM stands for Advanced Engine Management), this Hawthorne, California-based manufacturer has a lot more going on than just "filters on a stick." AEM actually started out as a tuning facility, so engine management has always been in its blood. Back in the day, AEM was the R&D department for Redline/Weber, becoming a stand-alone facility in 1987. A decade later it became a full-time manufacturer, re-entering the electronics/engine management world in 2003 with its now-famous Series 1 EMS. The Series 1 EMS was so impressive that it won the Primedia Technology Award in 2004 as the first EMS to plug into a factory harness. That year also marked the introduction of its first-generation wide-band controllers, and in 2005, AEM introduced the first wide-band controller gauge on the market. Clearly the company has been a leader and an innovator in the performance electronics industry, and better still is the fact that it brought these products to the masses thanks to pricing that didn't require organ donation. That's really the beauty of AEM's approach to performance electronics and engine management: Regular guys like you and me who before could only dream of owning the electronic unobtanium we'd see on professional race cars suddenly found it within reach. And now, with AEM's new Infinity EMS, the bar has been raised even higher in the world of affordable engine management thanks to a whole host of new and innovative features and options that not only make ECU tuning easier and more accurate but also make it safer and more reliable. To give you a quick idea of how advanced the Infinity is compared with the previous-generation unit (Series 2 EMS), check out the chart for a side-by-side comparo. It's pretty telling stuff, with highlights than include a 32-bit 200-mhz CPU core capable of executing 400 million instructors per second, making it 20 times faster than the previous-gen ECM. It also has far more sophisticated data logging, traction control, and knock sensing capabilities that we'll get into later, along with a super robust case that makes it suitable for engine bay mounting. The game changer with the Infinity EMS is the way it uses airflow model- or volumetric efficiency- (VE) based calculations when developing its maps, rather than the old injector pulse-width approach. The game changer with the Infinity EMS is the way it uses airflow model- or volumetric efficiency- (VE) based calculations when developing its maps, rather than the old injector pulse-width approach. But what really sets the Infinity EMS apart is, according to AEM Marketing and PR Director Lawson Mollica, its ability to do airflow model-based calculations. "The real benefit of an airflow model, and therefore VE- [volumetric efficiency] based tuning, is that the numbers make inherent sense to the tuner without any additional knowledge required. In older injector pulse-width-style systems, the main tuning tables work in units of time, or milliseconds of injector-on time. These numbers are meaningless on their own, and without injector flow information, the number of injectors, the size of the engine, and so on, the tuner can't say what the table actually means. Is 6 ms of fuel rich? Is it lean? You can't know without more information. With VE model-based tuning, the general airflow characteristics of the engine are tuned, not the specifics; you leave that up to the model. Now you simply have to tell the system how good the engine breathes at different operating points. Even if you are off in your initial estimates, you are still going to be pretty close, and it's easy to make the initial estimates because the numbers make sense. You let the model take care of the effects of temps, pressures, gas constants, engine displacement, and other factors. What this means, essentially, is that you can be way off your optimum VE number and the car will still run because all these other variables are in play." This change to airflow model-based calculations based on the engine's volumetric efficiency not only makes tuning far more intuitive, but when combined with some of the Infinity's other features, it also makes it a far safer stand-alone system to tune with. One such feature is the Internal Simulator, which allows the user to simulate input channels to the Infinity EMS. As Lawson explained, "If you know a given engine combination should make a certain amount of horsepower and you have a certain size injector, with experience, you will know at WOT what your injector duty cycle value will be. You can plug all that data into your VE table and then the simulator will show you what the ECU will do under those circumstances, without actually having to run the engine, which means you can test changes to the VE table without putting the engine at risk." 1 | 2 | » | View Full Article By David Pratte Enjoyed this Post? 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Sania-Sohaib have not invited Taliban to their reception. Do you think Taliban will gate-crash their 'Valima' party?
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May notAnswered by anil garg, 25 Apr '10 08:53 pm
we can not say
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Taliban will be escorted by CIA to their party,which will be protected by ISI agents.Answered by TARZAN, 25 Apr '10 06:54 pm
Without them no party in Pakistan succeed.Without Sanisa's knowledge n behind the back of international media,they might have been invited.Answered by Damodar Biswal, 25 Apr '10 06:43 pm
Woh gate crash nahi.......reception karnewalon mese log hai!Answered by harshal kalangutkar, 25 Apr '10 06:37 pm


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Rick Ross Reebok Party In Miami
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On Thursday (March 1st), Cole will be honored in Fayetteville, North Carolina with his own day. The event is part of his first Dreamville Weekend which will include speaking engagements and a concert.
Rick Ross All-Star Weekend 2012
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Hi I bought my new Samsung notebook at PC World and purchased Norton 360 Exclusive Gold Edition. I obviously need to down load this and use activation key, anybod out there know where I download this as I can find NOTHING on this 360 Gold and certainly not the exclusive edition, getting pretty stressed here....
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01-29-2013 02:23 PM - edited 01-29-2013 02:33 PM
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Hi I bought my new Samsung notebook at PC World and purchased Norton 360 Exclusive Gold Edition. I obviously need to down load this and use activation key, anybod out there know where I download this as I can find NOTHING on this 360 Gold and certainly not the exclusive edition, getting pretty stressed here....
We don't know a lot about Norton 360 Gold which seems more common in the UK than here in the USA.
When you say you bought it from PCWorld with your notebook what did you actually buy? Did you get a boxed disk or the right to download it and if so from where? I presume your Samsung notebook has an optical drive but you don't say which model it is. If it's an Ullrabook or tablet then it won't.
According to this webpage you should have gotten a boxed CD
I think you probably will find it quicker to ask PCWorld but let us know if you need more help and also what the solution was.
I've asked Norton about the difference between the normal and the Gold editions and also asked whether there is a source for an installation file for the Gold although I've looked before and not found one.
If all else fails Norton have a good 60 day retrun policy and you could get the normal lN 360 for which we can provide a download URL .... but the keys are not interchangeable or I would have given you that already.
No the Samsung has no optical drive, I purchased a boxed CD which has instrctions and an activation key inside specifically for notebooks. The instructions say that I have to access a web site:
which does not seem to actually exist, the only leads I get from this link are to forums where people are complaining they cant find the site!!
I dont understand why I should contact PC world? I dont know how PC World can help me access a site that doesnt seem to exist, is there a contact for UK Norton?
01-29-2013 02:41 PM - edited 01-29-2013 02:51 PM
OK -- now we have some more information that we did not have bvefore.
I tried that link you posted and it took me to
which had a Download now button.
If you still have a problem you can contact Norton OnLine Support via the CHAT route as below and they should be able to help you.
To contact customer support Click on this link https://www.norton.com/chat and work on from there.
The reason I suggested contacting PCWorld is that they sold you both items and they could have installed it for you using an external optical drive connecting via USB .... but you had not told us the rest of the story.
Please let us know how you get on ....
PS I'm downloading the installation file from that link you gave but note that the file name
has DIXONS name in it specifically so I hope it will work with your KEY. If not then definitely contact Norton OnLine Support. And Please let us know the final outcome.
Hugh you are a superstar...its started, thank you so much for your help. Sorry I was a bit short there, been at this for almost three hours :(
Glad you got there -- it really is important to give full information since we can't see your computer.
Note my addendum about the file name having DIXONS in it so I hope it works with a key from PCWorld. Or did they merge?
When your installation is finished make sure you run LiveUpdate several times with a restart between until it tells you that you are fully uptodate since there is a slightly more uptodate version available via live update.
If you have Windows 8 there are some oddities that Microsoft has not yet sorted out, like the Action Center saying you don't have any protection when Norton is working fine ... that happens to other security applications too and all are working with Microsoft to resolve it.


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Perhaps my computer's greatest attribute is its lack of opinion. This intrinsically unhuman objectivity is what allows me to have so much trust in my technology. I don't have to worry if my alarm's bad mood would cause it not to ring because it didn't particularly like me today. My returned…
- Manu Kumar, Chief Firestarter, K9 Ventures
*Update: Manu Kumar point outs out that the Series Seed (http://seriesseed.com) documents are a good set of standard/open documents for doing an easy and inexpensive "fill-in-the-blanks" equity round.
This week we were very fortunate to have four speakers come and talk to us about early stage startup fundraising:
As first-time founders, fundraising is something we hear about a lot but don't really get the chance to "practice" until you decide to actually fundraise. And even then, this is your first time doing it compared to VCs and Angels who have done tens if not hundreds of deals by the time you talk to them. So this was the perfect opportunity to get a lot of practical advice from people who have been on both sides of the table:
"Do your homework" - Even if you just have an idea or a mockup, investors want to see that you've done your homework and can answer questions about the market and its potential. Also research what kind of deals the investor is looking for; most have it stated right on their website (K9 Ventures for example: http://www.k9ventures.com/about/).
Use standard term sheets - For seed stage fundraising, the only numbers you should really negotiate are the discount and the cap on a convertible note. Make it simple for yourself and just use YC's vetted term sheets; they're free and if you try to negotiate on other variables, you'll likely end up doing yourself a disservice.
Try to fundraise as quickly as possible - When you're fundraising, your mind is on fundraising and not growing the business (directly), so try to fundraise as quickly as possible and then get back to growing your business.
Use AngelList to fill out a round - AngelList is great when you have over half your round subscribed, but not so great when starting your round. Investors want to feel like they're special and when the round is open to almost anyone, they don't feel so special any more.
Be careful of party rounds - While it's nice to get every big name investor you can in your round, it can come back to bite you because none of them are as dedicated to you or the company since they think 'oh, one of the other 50 investors will take care of them'.
Fundraising is an art-form - In the end, there is no right or wrong way to fundraise and there's often conflicting advice. Fundraising in itself is an art-form and can take many tries to get right, but in the process you are building a relationship with these investors and as long as you're honest and thoughtful, that can always help you in your career.
- Kevin Xu, cofounder, FanHero
A few weeks ago we went on a San Francisco tour, where we visited Leap Motion as well as several other startup headquarters.
Our company, Splat, and Leap Motion both create devices that allow you to interact with computers in a physical way. Splat is like the Wii, but for your smartphone. It plugs into your phone's audio jack and sends and receives infrared, allowing you to play interactive, real-life mobile games. Leap hooks up to your computer and enables you to control it through hand gestures. If Leap lets you control and visualize data like Tony Stark, then Splat lets you blast your friends like Iron Man.
Splat has been ramping up to launch a Kickstarter in the future, and become a platform for a new type of social and interactive mobile gaming experience. We are often reminded, however, that it is difficult to attract both customers and developers concurrently as a platform: developers must want to create on it and consumers must understand what to do with it. Some investors and entrepreneurs advise to create one great product and to later develop it into a platform. We decided to learn from other hardware platforms and to test the assumptions ourselves.
Product or Platform?
Leap Motion launched their platform with confidence. With no Kickstarter, little customer testing and two years of technical development, they were able to release a video demo. Many were impressed by Leap's demo, which displayed Leap's hand gesture hardware platform and API.
Leap's strategy seems fruitful in hindsight, but it can be difficult to decide to create a wide platform vs. one killer application when creating a new technology. How does a company decide whether to embrace the platform or focus on one more narrow product? Here are a few questions to ask before deciding if you should go product or platform:
Are there abundant applications? Are they all convincing?
Does the technology have a variety of applications? How obvious are these applications to people and developers outside of your company? Can you spark people's imaginations to create new experiences, and is it convincing enough that they want to actually go out and create those applications, especially if you do not yet have customers on the platform?
The "SFC" factor comes into play here as well. Is the product So Fu*king Cool that developers are drooling to make a variety of apps for it and customers are dying to get their hands on it? If not, then ask the next question.
Are there one or two killer applications?
If you tested each application on the product as the sole function of the device, would one of them seem like a stronger or easier product to sell?
If your product becomes more understandable to consumers or if your potential customers become more targeted, then focusing on that one application might be what it takes to get your first customers.
If you are isolating a large part of your potential audience by creating a sole product, like Leap would be if it marketed strictly as a gaming console, then a platform may be the correct path for you.
Do you feel compelled to make the platform?
Some technologies seem wrong to tame. A team is driven by a vision and they build their product around it. It can be disheartening to compromise on one's vision because the market says to do it.
The hard realization is that while there may be several applications for a technology, the company might be better served by delaying their vision and focusing on one. The question really comes down to the goals of the company. Are you willing to create a narrower experience if it means a more obvious and affordable product, or does your technology have to be unleashed for the world to tinker with?
Splat's Choice
The questions do not have obvious answers, and Splat is currently working to figure out some of them. We think our technology can enable a more fun gaming experience, and know lots of games and apps that could be developed with the device. To figure out if people feel the same way, we are currently beta testing our products. We created minigames to test which Splat activities people find the most fun. If they like many, then a platform may be our best approach. If one or two games stand out as clear favorites, fleshing out those games and creating Splat as a device specifically to play them may be a better option.
So far, people have responded very positively. Kids have a great time playing (as do adults), and parents have expressed pleasure in seeing their kids actually moving around instead of tethered to their living room couch.
If you'd like to help out, we are always looking for beta testers and to get people's opinions. Give us feedback through our website at playsplat.com or drop us a line at firstname.lastname@example.com. If you are a developer, let us know if the idea intrigues you, if you have ideas for games, and if you want to work with us to create great games for a new type of mobile gaming!
Recently we were lucky enough to have met with Imprivata's CEO, Omar Hussain. Imprivata is a leading company in secure access and collaboration in the healthcare sector. Omar has had an interesting and varied career. He has never worked in the same industry twice and has successfully navigated Imprivata through two major changes of direction. Omar epitomized the classic image of a serial entrepreneur with a singular passion for building great companies. Offering plenty of good advice for young entrepreneurs, Omar's charismatic delivery was that of a natural salesman. He was even kind enough to follow up afterwards over the phone.
Sales doesn't always = traction
Omar was emphatic that as an early stage company you have to find the holy grail of product-market fit. The best way to do that is by using sales as a measuring stick. But he cautions to not mistake being a good sales person with product traction. Avoid questions that lead the witness and instead ask, "Why wouldn't you use this product?" The more often a client's ideal product sounds like what you are offering that's when you are closing in on Petra.
Our experience at Skillbridge has been exactly that. We are building a platform where companies can cut their costs by accessing premier talent on an as-needed and fluid basis. We have shifted our sales calls from aggressively pushing our platform to giving clients the space to tell us about their pain points: too many short-term projects and a lack of time to screen piles of under-qualified resumes. By meticulously interviewing our customers we are learning to completely understand their needs. These conversations have even provided us tips such as which budget pool to target with their CFO and what conferences their competitors go to find related vendors.
Here are some of Omar's suggestions for the questions you should be asking on your initial sales calls:
What are the products/services [in your space] you most need?
How often do you need them?
Why do you need them?
How do you try and get them today?
Why have you not been able to get what you want?
If you were able to find the product/service you want…
How would you like to access it? (e.g. hourly, per use etc.)
How would you like to purchase it? (e.g. directly over the web, through your IT department etc.)
If XYZ product existed what would prevent you from using it?
If you found a service/product that fulfilled your need where would you get the money to pay for it?
Develop a strong gut instinct and then have the courage to follow it
Omar also touched on something we've heard consistently from startup founders – follow your gut. Some see it as the brain's ultimate self-adjusting pattern recognition system. Omar believes that following your gut is a skill that you develop and hone over time providing you a strong compass to guide decision making. Omar's extensive career and ability to bring people with him on Imprivata's winding and often unexpected journey is a testament to his ability to stand up and act on his convictions.
Blocking out the noise and focusing on the underlying truth was our biggest takeaway from the time spent with Omar: "You may be able to BS investors and BS customers but don't ever BS yourself." We at Skillbridge are taking Omar's advice to heart.
Recently, we had the privilege of visiting not one but two different sites on the Google Campus. Our first stop was the Wildfire Headquarters to meet with the CEO and Co-founder (and a Summer@Highland alum!) Victoria Ransom.
Victoria's story was, in a word, fascinating. Her business started with a desire for more "adult-like" traveling programs abroad that she herself would benefit from. Wildfire itself spun out of a tool that they built to help publicize the travel business. Perhaps what impressed us most about Victoria was how open-minded and spontaneous she was able to be in her career while still following a carefully planned path to success. She was innovative and spontaneous enough to, for example, hire her lead sales guy off of craigslist and outsource part of her software development while still moving around the world and building a company that was so lean and impressive that it was profitable within the first few months. Victoria truly embodied how quick on your feet an entrepreneur must be. At Wildfire, we learned that while there really is no standard secret formula to success, building a product that solves your own problems and finding people you love to work with (in Victoria's case, even marry!) are definitely two important steps in the right direction.
As we begin to launch our own company (called Side – check it out in the app store here), we will definitely keep Victoria's flexibility in mind. While marrying each other may not be in the cards, we know that we will receive plenty of user feedback to which we will have to quickly adapt. Our early signs of adapting can be seen in the multiple name changes we've undergone – you'll be happy to know that 'Side' is here to stay. Moreover, as a small company of just a few 19-year-olds, we understand now more than ever how important a service like Wildfire really is. We truly believe that we have built a great (albeit first version) product in Side that we know users will love, but spreading the word beyond our personal networks is incredibly difficult. Victoria understood this fundamental problem of reaching customers when she was trying to grow her travel company and did something amazing to fix it. Unfortunately, as college students our budget is, for lack of a better word, low. So, at least for now we will have to use our networks wisely and hope people reach out to us with feedback and spread the word themselves (we'd love your help!).
Our second stop at Google was to speak with Jeremy Sugerman, Co-founder at Talaria and first employee at VMware. Needless to say, Jeremy is definitely one of the smartest people we've ever met. What was best about the discussion we had with him, however, was how open and down-to-earth he was. With VMware and Talaria, Jeremy faced a situation most startups could only dream of: Not only were all of the co-founders technical, but they also worked well together. As a team, they followed perhaps the most important message that Jeremy shared with us: We should not build a company for the sake of building a company, but rather we should hack away on a product that we love and truly care about. Only with such a product will a successful company emerge. With this mentality, we have built Side as a tool and experience that we, above all else, wholeheartedly enjoy. With our upcoming app release, it seems only fair that we share something with you all that we love so you can try it out for yourselves.
We hope that, in following Jeremy's advice of building something we care about, we've created something you too like to use. Try it out for yourself here and let us know what you think.
Happy Siding!
- Ishaan Chugh, CEO, EagerPanda
Last week, we visited the headquarters of Quora in Mountain View. Quora is one of the most interesting companies in the world today, and is especially interesting to EagerPanda because we share the exact same mission: To grow the world's knowledge.
Meeting each of the internal teams pretty much drove home the point that Quora is a company built for the long term. They have invested significantly in their infrastructure – something that would hold them in good stead once Quora reaches scale. Adam D'Angelo, the company's technically-brilliant co-founder, echoed the exact same sentiment in the Q&A that followed.
It was heartening to hear Adam speak candidly about Quora's mission. There used to be a time when technologists worked on problems whose culmination would mark a paradigm shift in how we live. Unfortunately, a wave of incrementalism has blinded us recently. Our best computer scientists are working on closing well-defined market arbitrages and are, in my opinion, overly praised for it. There are thousands of 'startups' that believe having a web presence gives them license to masquerade as a technology company. And thus, Quora stands out. The problem they are tackling isn't well-defined. There is no clear path to revenue, but the heart of what they're building has implications very core to the human condition. It is a company that has sprung not as a reaction to a market opportunity, but from a very sound underlying philosophy.
History provides us ample evidence that as a race, our progress has been a function of the accessibility of knowledge and the ability to communicate around that knowledge. Until a couple of decades ago, pockets of society where these two criteria were well met flourished and became the source of innovation during their time period. This was true of Nalanda in India around the 6th century AD. This was true of Western Europe during the Renaissance. Now, finally, we have through the web all the infrastructure we need to replicate this phenomenon at a global level. Thus, a system that allows people to effectively share and retrieve knowledge without any barriers of age, culture, nationality and (in the near future) language, will have implications as profound as the web itself.
Critics of Quora could argue that perhaps Q&A and blogs don't offer the best medium to do that. They could argue that as it scales it will run into the same problems of finding relevant knowledge as Google. They could further argue if discovering "What the cutest thing a five-year-old has said" construes as knowledge at all. Quora is a company that gives cynics enough fodder to chew upon, but it is not the cynics who change the world.
To make a knowledge-sharing platform that is ubiquitous will be akin to navigating Daedelus' Labyrinth. To successfully emerge from it would involve copious amounts of back tracking and slaying Minotaurs. Whether EagerPanda or Quora wins this race is irrelevant. The reward will be shared by both and that reward is accelerated human progress.
Last week, we held a Google+ Hangout with students from Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, University of Maryland and Stanford in order to let them ask some questions about the Summer@Highland application and the program itself. It was a ton of fun, so we decided to host another one, and also detailed a few of the topics we discussed below.
If you'd like the chance to join the next Hangout tomorrow at 1:00pm PT, RSVP here: http://highlandsummerqanda.eventbrite.com/
And don't forget, the final deadline to get your application in is ONE WEEK from today! Don't wait until the last minute; apply now at http://summer.hcp.com/
Other programs require a detailed business plan, while the Summer@Highland application only needs a two-minute video. Why is that?
We think it's a relative waste of time to write a long, detailed business plan if you've barely launched. We structured the application so we could get the "minimally viable information" we need to decide if we should advance you to the next round for an interview. So, we're basically looking for two things:
What else are you looking for in the video?
The main purpose of the video is to get a feel for the team, so please do NOT just submit a screencast. Other things we look for:
What is the difference between being located in the Boston vs. the Silicon Valley office?
Boston weather is surprisingly good in the summer time, believe it or not, so you'll all set in either case. Besides that, we suggest you choose the place where you want to base the business going forward for the purposes of hiring early employees, or finding your first customers.
Do you favor startups in certain markets over others?
Since Summer@Highland is only 10 weeks long, the program is really about speed and acceleration. We're looking for teams that can make a big impact in a short amount of time and achieve meaningful milestones over the summer. So while we don't necessarily favor certain markets over others, there are a few, like physical sciences and expensive hardware, that aren't a great fit. But, we don't rule anything out because you never know. We love to be surprised!


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Before & After: Edgaroso's Brave Bathroom Renovation
Everyone knows that renovations are challenging - the planning, the purchasing, the hard work. Throw in the fact that you sometimes need to gut the ONLY bathroom in your small home to get the job done and the stress goes up another notch. As Apartment Therapy reader Edgaroso reported about his particular project, "let's just say we got to know the people at the gas station down the street really well"…
An impressive change and a more-than-brave job to tackle as a DIY! Here is Edgaroso's renovation tale:
We moved into my grandmother's little house about 7 years ago. It's an 800 square foot rectangle of a house, with two bedrooms, a kitchen/pantry, living room/dining room and a bathroom. The last time the bathroom was renovated was back in the 70's. Consequently, the color scheme of the bathroom was brown, beige, gold and tan.
Instead of using real tile, my Grandparents used tile board; a 4' x 8' faux tile sheet that isn't really waterproof - but it did last over 30 years! The tile board was getting water damaged - and before allowing water into the walls where it could start growing into a major problem we decided to gut the bathroom and bring it back as a clean, simple and utilitarian bathroom.
The "before" photos reflect the post-gutting phase. Sadly, it actually looks better than the old bathroom with the walls up! We lived with the before look for a few weeks before tearing out any essential items in this one bathroom house. Once we tore out the bathtub - showers were taken at night, outside behind the Wisteria arbor with a bucket of hot water and bar of soap. Once the toilet was taken out - well let's just say we got to know the people at the gas station down the street really well.
Since the shower pad footprint was larger than the tub, we had to scale back the bathroom sink in order to fit all three essential items in the same space. The small sink we found at IKEA. It's very small but fit the spot perfectly. The toilet was the least expensive but highest flush rated toilet in the store. It uses 1.5 gallons per flush compared to our older toilet which used 8+ gallons per flush.
Once the shower pad was cemented in place, I tiled the shower area with 2" x 2" white glossy mosaic tiles. Since the walls were not plumb even after putting gin new cement board and green board, we decided against any colored tile as the white grout lines would only enhance the out-of-plumb walls and make the shower area look like an Escher drawing!
After being shot down on installing a single panel of glass to separate the shower from the sink, I researched other alternatives. I did not want to put a shower rod from wall to wall since the ceilings are only 7 feet high. I noticed the gym I go to used a shower rail system for their stalls. I did a little research and discovered a place where you could custom order them at any length - and they weren't really too expensive. I used the same rail system for the bathroom window which happens to be in the shower as well. They work like a charm and make the room actually seem taller than it really is.
For storage, we bought two towel racks from IKEA placed them above the toilet to use as shelves. I placed all of our toiletries and shaving stuff in cloth covered wire baskets which I got at Target. The only original item left in the bathroom is the medicine cabinet which we stripped, primed and spray painted with high gloss enamel Rustoleum. We also replaced the flaking mirror with a vertically taller mirror, got new glass shelves cut for the interior and it's a good as new!
Above the mirror is a small frosted glass rectangular light fixture from Italy. With a max 75 watt bulb it is sufficient to illuminate our 5' x 7' bathroom. The old exhaust fan (not pictured) was replaced with a white plastic exhaust fan - which though it blends in well with the white ceiling and walls - looks cheap. But it is vented to the outside which the old one wasn't - so that's a plus.
My only regrets is that this job took so very long to complete. What I thought would be a few weekends took months to complete because every step was a learning process. All of the plumbing needed to be dig out and properly reconfigured, the floor had to be sledge hammered in the process and new cement needed to be poured and then leveled and then leveled again with thin set mortar before laying down the commercial grade linoleum.
We did it all ourselves except for the cement and green board which was contracted out to an older man who has been doing this type of work for 30 years. We knew we couldn't do it as fast or better than he could. All in all the project came in a little under $3000.
Shopping List:
Swan Corp: SwanStone Shower Floor
AquaLife: Shower Fixtures
Century Tile: 2" x 2" Gloss White Mosaic Tiles
IKEA: ANN sink/fixture & GRUNDTAL bathroom shelves Curtain Affair: Shower/Window Curtain Rail System
Briggs: Toilet
Medicine Cabinet: Stripped and repainted
Accessories: Target, Bed, Bath & Beyond, IKEA
Thanks for sharing your project, Edgaroso!
Images: Edgaroso
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My reaction to these pictures:
1. "Ew."
2. "Holy shit!"
Looks fantastic! Well done!
Fantastic job! You can take on anything now.
Nice job! It looks great - and good for you for sticking it out during the reno.
I will say that those Ikea "shelves" look really impractical because of the bars. Can you cut a piece of plexi for the top so things don't topple and/or fall through them?
Wonderful job! And don't worry - just about every job in my experience takes way, way longer than you think (it is difficult trying to live and do these jobs).
Thanks for sharing.
Your solution to covering the window in the shower stall is great! I have the same bathroom and have a shower curtain ring on all sides--your solution is much more streamlined.
Suggestion: I found an exhaust fan that is actually a can-style light. The exhaust escapes around the edges of the flood light bulb. Not only is it nice to have a light in the shower stall but the fan is incognito. It has worked flawlessly for 5 years now.
just beautiful!!! fantastic job!...
The only thing I'd change would be to put a new tub in, rather than a shower -- I love soaking in the tub. But clearly, these renovators didn't want that, so it works for them.
Holy Slumlord - That's a great result!
Only wish that the drain pipes and supply lines below the sink were chrome rather than PVC...
Timeless all white bathroom. That is how I want it some day. Is your bathroom floor wet after shower??? My shower curtain tends to get sucked to my body in those type of showers with curtain?
Wonderful job.
woah! Perfect. Needs a splash of color in there somewhere though- a towel, a vase of flowers, or a colorful bar of soap!
LOVE that sink. A job well done will be a joy forever. Congratulations!
You are brave to tackle that job! It turned out great!
nice bathroom
Now thats a before and after!
Well done!!
Would like to see a true before shot, with the tile board in place, before any of the demo.
Beautiful job on a challenging project. I'd like to see a picture of that light.
I am a friend of Edgaroso and can testify to his awesomeness and talent. Dude can make stuff happen!
That 'before' looks like our current bathroom in the basement. I wish to change it to similar to yours!! :)
Very brave! Bravo! Not anyone could do that! Now it's time to enjoy!
Wow...a great job. Making a bitty bathroom look spacious...the pvc pipes help that happen. Chrome would draw attention to itself. Was it really necessary to say it needs color? That's a personal choice. The monochromatic white is first class. Thanks for the inspiration.
That sink is super cute! Great work!
The sink is adorable but where would I put all my makeup? Great job, well worth the time it took!
eek, how could take out that great old tub. And may I suggest a hand-held shower attachment....to get all the naughty bits extra clean. Sorry, i just don't understand people who only use showers that stream water from above. How do those people clean their bums? Otherwise, it's a beautifully crisp and clean space; definitely a manly bathroom. Great shade of blue on the tiles, and they go very nicely with the steel fixtures and shelves.
Wonderful outcome! Lemons into lemonade! Great use of space to achieve a spa-like look and feel! The white is perfect!
And thank you for including the source for the curtain railing.
I'm sorry but the original tub and sink were great. I hate showers personally and this new shower and sink just makes the place feel tinier than before.
I especially love the sink!
Great job! Love the sink.
Edgarosa, I love everything about this bathroom! The shelves above the toilet reinforce my desire to use them when I renovate the master bath. I really admire your sticking with it over such a long period -- I'd have caved in and called a contractor.
Great transformation...really love the sink - just the perfect size!!
*Very* nice.
If I thought I could tackle my own scary bathroom reno as you have, I'd be on it like white on rice!
Thanks for the nudge of inspiration :D
great job - personally i would have kept the tub but that's just me ;-)
Very nice, but I am always curious why so few people use glass screens for showers - here in Australia it is the norm, yet the rest of the world seems to be in the (sometimes slimy) grip of shower curtains.
Did you really not have a working toilet for months? I can't even imagine.
Bathtubs suck -- I don't understand why people want to stew in their own filth. Shower was the way to go -- nice job!
nice work.
i second bepsf's comment about the chrome underneaths. might help to clean it up a bit since it's all hanging out. true, PVC is white, but it just looks cheap next to finishes that look more finished. look for something called a "bottle trap" (do a quick google). much nicer, simpler and less prone to leakage than a p-trap. they're not cheap ($50 at lowes for a danco), but nice -- and space saving, too.
i've been impressed with ikea's porcelain selection and nice to see it in use.
Great job - impressive commitment, too. Very practical, smart, yet elegant choices.
Re: stewing in your own filth, how long do you go between baths/showers exactly?
That bassin/sink (sorry, English is not my first language) is very nice! And I really like the clean white look. Maybe I would've left a bath in though, but that's because I myself love baths.....
Beautiful result, lovely and clean and airy and although the room is clearly very small it doesn't feel cramped at all.
@MissHeliotrope - in a small room a glass screen can really divide the room and make it feel smaller (yes, I know it's see-through, but it's still visible). I made the same decision in my very small bathroom. I keep the shower curtain pulled right back to make the room seem as spacious as possible. (Incidentally, I did keep my bath, but put a shower head over it)
What a fine job for $3k! I'm really impressed. When I got estimates from a contractor to re-do my bath in Manhattan, he said $15k. A second contractor gave me an estimate of $9k, which kept the existing floor and tub. Those were for labor and building materials only. The fixtures and tile would have been additional.
Good Morning Fellow Apartment Therapy People!
Thanks for your overwhelming support for my very lengthy bathroom rehab project. Your comments and suggestions were wonderful and very inspiring - they may actually push me toward a kitchen rehab - but that must wait until spring!
Here are a few answers to some of your questions and suggestions.
The bathroom shower curtain is 84" long and was NOT specially made. They are available on Amazon and other bathroom box stores. By having the shower curtain hang from floor to ceiling, the space actually looks taller than its real 7 foot clearance. A traditional tension shower bar cut the air space and made the bathroom look smaller.
The hook system on the wall opposite the sink/toilet is indeed a quick way to access dry towels, and if you simply hang a wet towel on one hook it will take a long time to dry out. I usually drape the wet towel over a few hooks and by the time I get back home from work - the towel is dry. Not a big deal really.
Trust me, there is nothing I love more than to soak in a deep bathtub, but the one we removed was not deep, not insulated, and simply too matte in finish to even think about keeping it. One day (not in this house) I'll get a claw foot tub and soak - but for now this walk in shower was the best solution for this space.
As for the p-trap under the sink. I did originally want to go with a chrome "bottle trap" but the cost was a bit high, plus, and this is important, the Ikea drain somehow wasn't making it simple for me to install this type of trap. I'm not sure what was the problem since there were many, many problems and problem solving throughout the project. But today I recall it was not an easy fix to install.
I'm sorry TKPKgirl but the original tub and sink were not great. Style wise they looked great but they were over 30 years old (tub was over 50 years old) and there was no more enamel on either. And as for the space looking smaller than before - I beg to differ. Come over and take a shower if you're still in doubt!
And as for people who only use showers that stream water from above to clean their naughty bits? Having showered on earth with it gravitational pull for almost 50 years - I haven't had any problems or complaints ; ) as of yet! I'll keep you posted should things change in the near future.
While the tiles look blue in the photos, they are glossy white. I do actually have color in the room, the ten navy blue bath towels hang on hooks along the main wall. Additionally, on the Ikea shelves above the toilet, I have two canvas bin-baskets that are navy blue and black and they actually match the small Roy Lichtenstein black framed print ("I don't care! I'd rather sink than call Brad for help!") on the adjacent wall.
Thanks again for your supportive comments.
another wow!!!! nice work!
Your bathroom is amazing! We're inspired especially since we are renovating our bathroom. The shower curtain rail idea is brilliant. I tried to look up the place that did yours - Curtain Affair? It appears to be a company in Australia. Is that correct? Many thanks for any info and congrats on a fantastic reno!
Elizap718 - thanks for the comments. No, Curtain affair is actually in New Jersey. I'm at work right now so I don't have their address. But you should be able to google shower rail system or something like that and get to their contact information. Good luck and thanks again!
found it - it's Curtain Fair not Affair!
Wow! Impressive before and after!
Whew Edgaroso, I am relieved you take your showers here on Earth, with the gravitational pull and all! Showers in space are SO cumbersome.
Thanks for the laugh :D
Brave you! We're thinking of replacing our little old useless tub with a shower pan as well and our ceiling is the same height. Thanks for the shower track source!
Edgaroso, I have the same Roy Lichtenstein print in my kitchen! It sits opposite a photograph of the Sydney, Australia Surf Life Saver of the Year (2000) that I befriended ten years ago. (Just my personal fun). Would you do my bathroom renovation?
Dear UWSider - groovy on the framed kizmet - never again on rehabbing your bathroom!
; )
Congratulations on doing it mostly yourself (and sharing with the rest of us)!
I'm solidly in the camp of those who could never do without a bathtub. I find a hot soak in cold weather to be so relaxing, but I understand a tub can take up a lot of space. I don't understand, however, the sentiment of people like the decorator on Junkraiders, who once made this snarky comment about how adults don't need bathtubs.
wow! well done!!
Good job! Love the minimalistic approach!
Love the minimalistic approach but can't help but feel that the newer bathroom looks smaller?
Love the bathroom - on my list of dream projects to undertake - we are in a similar state - one small - not so nice bathroom for our family of four at the moment....our toilet is currently resting on plywood since the floor was sinking....we need to re-pour the concrete slab and have the plumbing redone - any chance you would share the contact for the older man you spoke of? would love his help!
i have returned to these photos about 10 times over the past few hours. totally stunning!! congrats!
Edgaroso - Thanks so much for the clarification! :)
This is SO amazing, so inspiring, and gives me hope for my very small (5x6 foot) bathroom. I've been dreaming about doing something very similar for years now. We have a clawfoot tub in our teeny bathroom, and while I love in in theory, it is so cumbersome and difficult to clean around in the tiny space. I'm clumsy and bump myself on it far too often!
Edgaroso, I love your hilarious responses to all the comments and your wonderful, informative post! You're a great example for all of us hardcore homeowners.
LOVE your bathroom... Superb reno :) I also just looked at your kitchen and love it, too... You can renovate my pad any time!
I read that about your renovation, and I cried. It surprised me that I cried. But when something needs to be done, and done correctly then you MUST do it. I am so glad you got it done. Enjoy. sincerely, mary
So all I need in my bathroom is to get rid of the schtuff and add a shelf over the toilet and I'm SET!! Thanks!
Congrats! Definite reason to eliminate clutter from the bathroom is to have it white and less spaces for things to gather (like a big sink!).
Looking forward to seeing more posts.
We paid for renovation to our tiny bath - $5k- (1 bathroom in house) - while we were away on vacation. I could not believe how long it took even for the pro's - bathrooms are full of surprises.!
Very creative before pictures. After = success! Really like the tile.
Inspirational . . . .
Don't get the trend of going without bathtubs. Sure, works for them. But as it becomes a trend in renovating, as it is fast becoming, it becomes a problem for those shopping for housing who want them.
And I hate small bathroom sinks. To think this one was made even smaller by the addition of the shower that was wider than the tub!


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