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LOL, enterprisy folks still know how to get the money from the client.
The Real WTF is that they're using the same room as both a coat room and a broom closet.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 10:21 • by Andy Goth
Hell, I keep all my network junk (firewall/server, switch, modem, wireless access point, etc.) on a shelf above the coat rack in my front closet. And there are a couple vacuum cleaners in there too; I guess you could call those electric brooms. :^)
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 10:22 • by Asiago Chow (unregistered)
And the moral of the story is: If you want all-expenses-paid trips to Canada and raised floors you've got to come out of the closet.
This reminds me of how my college changed the housing request process.
Originally, the first year I was there, everyone was scheduled to physically walk in and sign up with a new dorm. This involved talking to a real human being and having them fill things into the arcane system. They had the knowledge and training to understand the quirks which would be incomprehensible to everyone else.
The next year, they created a new website to sign up, and by "created" I mean revealed the crusty old system in web page format. Not only was it constantly crashing from the load, but even if you could get on you'd have to sit there for a while to figure out what everything meant, and how it related the printed housing numbers. It was a harrowing experience, and no one I knew actually got the place they wanted. Surprisingly my friends and I still mananged to all be in the same building, which was still good even if it wasn't the building we wanted.
I heard the year after that they fixed up the system, but by that point I didn't care and sought housing off campus.
There were similar problems with the registration system, until one of my friends figured out the old phone registration system still worked. So we all had exactly the classes we wanted, while everyone else was sitting at their computers hours later refreshing their browser in the hope that they wouldn't get an error page.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 10:23 • by conservajerk (unregistered)
Hmmmm... I just looked at jobs on the certain 3 letter company's website. They seem to think an intermediate/senior java developer in Victoria, B.C. needs only a minimum of 2 years java experience and 3 years it experience. This is senior? WTF?
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 10:32 • by snoofle
Sadly, it's not just them. Scan Dice/HotJobs/Monster, and you'll see countless ads for "senior developers" with 3 years of experience.
I found one today that wanted 3 years of Java and 2 years of programming experience. (no, that's not a misprint).
At my college the kids who knew how to ssh directly into the registration server were the ones who at least had a chance to get the schedule they wanted. The 'web portal' was always the least likely option.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 10:39 • by NewbiusMaximus (unregistered)
Yeah, I've been on the other side of that "thoroughly load-tested" statement. Every time some customer was told that, it meant they sat down one tester with (maybe) two client computers and (if you're really lucky) some kind of automated or scripted testing software that they might know how to use.
Which, of course, gives you spectacular, catastrophic failure when more than 4 people try to use the application simultaneously. Hilarity ensues.
Note to self: get in on the wine-and-dine, "get-a-big-bonus when your shitty $4 million Rube Goldbergian system is finally cobbled together" side of the game instead of the "make things work on a reasonable budget" side of the game.
They were surprised that college kids were up at 3 A.M? WTF!!! That's prime time in college time.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 10:52 • by conservajerk (unregistered)
LOL - I think I want to work there. If they can't even get the job ad right then what can they possibly expect from me?
So, this is a really good explanation for why college is so expensive, "a few mil for a new registration system? Sure!"
Goddamn that makes me angry.
This sounds remarkably like the University of Waterloo, except that I thought the "dinky old CGI PC" was built and maintained by a CS prof in his office, and rather than interfacing with the "real" registration system, it just printed up official course selection sheets (normally filled out by hand) and the prof would have his grad students gather up the printouts and hand them over in batches rather than having every student stand in line separately.
And when they phased in the new super-duper web based system that didn't work and needed everyone to sign up only during their assigned block of time, the old CS-only system went away because they stopped using the old forms entirely.
If it turns out that this IS the same story, and the old system was actually on-line the whole time and I just never heard about it, I'm going to be PISSED.
Ed: Based on your description ("U of Waterloo", "Professor"), it's certainly a different place...
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 11:06 • by fluffy777
When I was at UCSC, we had similar things going:
Scheduled times to register for classes (which doubled as a way to let seniors could get priority registration).
Old, telephone based backend interface, with small cgi frontend.
New, horrible web monstrosity replaces old telephone based backend. (not from a three letter company, but it did have a three letter name).
Maybe UCSC was one of the consulted.
I smell BS. It sounds like they are trotting out the IT David and Goliath story - especially when it gets to the big bonuses and windowed office for all the App Dev IT people. Like any administration reward developers for anything. ;)
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 11:24 • by Sa (unregistered)
Well, it's about time. For a while there I was afraid that you would never see the light. You're too late for the Boca trip, but I'm looking forward to seeing you in Maui next month. We'll be discussing the the new mega-site development project aboard the 45 foot schooner that the company leased for the trip.
Now that you've decided to come over to the "dark side" (yuck yuck) have your people get in touch with my people and we'll get together and discuss "old times in IT hell". We can even lay back in the Jacuzzi and read TheDailyWTF (or whatever its name is this week), drink scotch, and laugh about the old developer days.
I'll let Jack know that you've finally decided to join us later. It appears that right now he's inside the Bungalow with some lady walking on his back.
If you hurry, you can try some of these crab cake finger thingies that Jeeves is carrying around on a silver tray. Janet has Slashdot up on the 52 plasma.
<clip>.. rewarded the folks in ADU with big bonuses and new offices with real windows ..<clip>.. As for GRG and his fellow programmer, they stayed in their small coat-room office and got a 2.3% raise at the end of that year.
This bothers me that the 2 developers didn't get anything of a reward when their system worked so well. I'm on GRG's side!
Also, I still believe that 2 developers that work well together can get more done than a large team, it's about working well together and forming a relationship with one-another so you can accomplish things.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 11:26 • by A Nonny Mouse
That's the most depressing WTF in a while. :(
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 11:34 • by Joshua Ochs (unregistered)
Yup, same thing at Northwestern University, although the culprit there was PeopleSoft. They delivered CAESAR (Course Application ..... Registration - I don't recall it all now). It similarly crashed under a few users when it went live. Took a couple years to get working at even a basic level - we took to calling it "Seizure" instead.
These universities DO have a huge talent pool willing to work for a couple extra credits; why don't they ever take advantage of that?
In my university in Brazil, we had a similar, albeit successful, path.
(20 years ago) in person, time-slices by seniority and grades, cross-department allocations were sent from department to department by teletype or phone.
(15 years ago) same thing, but the registration attendants had a telnet terminal to the central server to register people in real time and solve cross-department allocations. Students had the opportunity to change their plans if their desired classes were full.
(5 years ago) web-based registration. Every student sets 3 "registration plans" during a 10 day period. After that, according to the student seniority, the "filling" of each plan was evaluated. The best plan for the student (most mandatory classes, most classes, etc) was selected. Failures, special requests, etc were handled in person during the following week.
(3 years ago) same system, but the student was allowed to make adjustments or special requests online.
Right now, the way it is, 99% of the registrations are solved online; this is specially good for students living out of town, for previously they had less vacation time. The only WTF on this system is the clumsy interface. Other than that, is reliable and fast.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 11:45 • by NewbiusMaximus (unregistered)
Well, at *some* universities, it's because they really don't have a huge talent pool. At mine, for example, a prof told me that he was chatting with someone around the time they were graduating, who admitted that he'd never actually got any code to compile in his 4 years there. People outside the university weren't totally ignorant of this state of affairs, which is partly the reason I chose to get a degree in a different subject, from a different department. :P
Yeah, in general, it's stupid to not take some grad students and give them credit for building something instead of paying consultants large sums of money. I think most people who have worked in software development know that, on the average, you're going to get the same shitty product either way. But hey, the decision makers have other priorities, like getting to go on the wine/dine trips.
I think I used to work for the University that has been described in these WTF postings. I too worked for one in the area which jumps from freezing cold to burning hot day to day (aka the Midwest) if not then there be striking similarities between his school and mine...
Making note of the old tree next to the building hosing the data center, which was on the 3rd floor of a building in a server room with a raised floor when I worked there, but it was moved from the "basement" of another building 7 to 10 years prior. When I left a year ago there was still Enrollment IT people in the basement area we called the "closet" because it wasn't fully finished/furnished.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 11:50 • by sf (unregistered)
Well, with one year wiping tables at Starbucks and 2 years programming, you can apply.
Not even HelloWorld? I want to cry.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:05 • by Gamma (unregistered)
Obviously, your university did not have the wherewithal to employ any three letter consultants.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:05 • by AMerrickanGirl
The real WTF is that most colleges of any size use one of several standard student information systems, such as Banner, and these systems have an online component for course registrations.
Why are they reinventing the wheel? Adapt an existing product.
I don't see the WTF. Perhaps i'm jaded but it sounds like par for the course. Go Go Enterprisee!
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:15 • by Tachyon
And how come they almost always suck?
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:19 • by FredSaw
Yes, data centers will get hosed from time to time.
Was I the only one who found the story very depressing?
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Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:24 • by SomeCoder (unregistered)
Gah! Banner sucks, hard; cluttered interface that is impossible to find your way around, completely breaks the back button in your browser and is incredibly slow to boot.
Though admittedly, it's better than the horror that was the previous system my school used: A Java applet that not only required you to install Java but also tended to only work on one particular version of Java which meant that I had to head down to the school to use their computers anyway.
There are some major horrors in online stuff for universities. Anyone here used Blackboard? That's gotta be the worst system to ever be designed by man.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:31 • by NewbiusMaximus (unregistered)
Yeah, it struck me as having been poorly thought out. Fortunately, 99% of the profs had the same opinion, and chose to use other avenues for communication. I wonder how much my university paid for it to sit there unused?
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:33 • by Crabs (unregistered)
My school uses banner. Searching for classes is a pain (omg..why would they make the back button useless?), but the rest of it is fine, for the most part. I always seem to register for my classes on time with no problems.
We also used to use blackboard, up until the end of this semester. Blackboard is a piece. The fact that it's not integrated with the registration system at all bothers me. My teachers tried to use it the first year we got it, but then basically abandoned it. The problem was it wasn't integrated at all. Each student had to sign themselves up for blackboard, and sign themselves up for each class separately.
We are now getting a much more integrated system starting in the fall. Too bad that's my last semester, I'd like to see how it turns out.
I have fond memories of the day that a Previous Employer had a review of our department, and they gave awards to two projects: One that had built a system that crashed several times a day, was awkward to use when it was running, and was full of security holes; and another to a team that spent $60 million and never actually deployed anything because the system crashed at about 3 users and repeatedly gave incorrect results with 1 or 2. But ... they had filled out all the paperwork correctly, so they got awards for excellence! Yes, that was the criteria for the awards: Did you fill out the paperwork correctly.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:34 • by Anonymous User (unregistered)
Sounds like RIT's registration system...
Even then, if you SSH'd into the registration server, there was still a "waiting period" between trying to login (if you got dumped back out, you couldn't try to log in again for 1 minute). Unless, of course, you knew the code to erase that restriction...then you could just pummel the server until it let you in or crashed.
Ahhh...good times.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:37 • by Alin (unregistered)
Depends IF someone pushes the Big Red Button!
That. Was. Bleak.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:48 • by Scurvy (unregistered)
It also helped to know A) the people who wrote the software and/or B) the people who had admin access to the system. I don't think I ever didn't get into a class I wanted in my *ahem* 7 years there.
"handled 85,000 registrations each semester and brought in about $400 Million a year"
That's nearly $5,000 per registration... WTF?!
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:55 • by anonymous (unregistered)
Actually, it's only about $2400 per registration.
Hint: Semesters... there are two of them! (more, if you count summer registrations!)
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 12:56 • by ServZero
You have no idea how much colleges waste on over-priced consultants and "made for academia" software solutions. My college just dropped $20,000 on a content management system for its new website when Joomla or Drupal would have done the same thing for free.
There's also a search engine optimization effort for our graduate program. Currently their cost per conversion for a filled out "request for information" form is around $600.00. They're also paying thousands of dollars for a fancy-schmancy consultant to manage their $22,000 per year AdWords budget..
I went to a small private university (about 2300 undergrads) that specializes in technology and even they couldn't put up a decent scheduling web interface that could handle the load.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 13:09 • by random_garbage
Well, you might be right, except for the half-dozen people who chimed in with "Hey - that happened at my school too"...
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 13:11 • by Peter Amstutz (unregistered)
Something similar happened when I was a student at the University of Massachusetts. The first couple years I was there (late 90s), the standard registration system for classes was touch-tone phone based. It was clunky, annoying, and tended to get overloaded during peak hours, but at least it did work.
Then somebody got the bright idea to build an online registration system. However, instead of building or adopting a system designed for the needs of a large university, they decided to adopt -- wait for it -- PeopleSoft.
Since PeopleSoft is an "enterprisy" HR system, students were now "employees", courses were now "work groups" and semesters were now "fiscal years". There was no integration of the actual course descriptions into the system, so you still needed to refer to a completely different web site (or get the phonebook-sized course guide) to figure out what classes to sign up for.
Needless to say, the system was a disaster when it deployed: totally unable to handle the load, there was an outcry from students who were unable to sign up for classes due to never actually being able to log in to the system. The user interface was slow and cryptic, and the service got badly confused when users use exotic web technologies such as the "back" button...
A couple more years of work and several million dollars later, the system was almost as good as the crappy telephone system it had replaced.
Re: The Mother of all Interfaces
2008-04-24 13:12 • by Orclev (unregistered)
What, and trust students with something? Students aren't real people, you can't trust them to do something important!
Sounds almost like Gov't...
If it doesn't work, throw more hardware at it. Doesn't matter the cost... just keep throwing hardware at it until it works.
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We were welcome at the entrance and led to our table which is at the far end of the restaurant. The décor is reasonable for a causal dining environment and definitely not grand. But the immediate feeling is that every single inch of space was utilized to put up as many tables as they could without any consideration of the patrons. You could literally shake hands with the patrons at the table next to yours. The setup is more for family gathering and friends reunion and definitely not suitable for couples who would like some breathing space and a bit of peace and quiet. Caprice of Four Seasons or Petrus of Island Shangri La is miles better.
There were more tables than the staff could handle and obviously the service is not attentive. However, you can see the staff being very busy, running round to try to serve each table but
There is a movable side table which is attached to our table. To our surprise, one purpose of the side table is as a transient area for the bottles of water ordered by the patron next table, the plates with finished meals collected from near by tables, etc. We have been t virtually all the top dining places in the territory and have never come across such experience. This is totally unacceptable and all I could say is that the staff there just didn't have any common sense on how to serve in a fine-dining restaurant or is Sabatini supposed to be a fine-dining place ?
Regarding the food, we had crab meat with fried soft cell crab and Parma ham as appetizers. Followed by seafood soup which is excellent but my mushroom soup was nothing special. The scampi risotto my wife had was not again nothing special but my char-frilled yellow flounder fish was tasty. Overall, the food is OK.
The 30 oz T-bone steak seems to be a popular choice and we can see many people ordered that for sharing. The problem with the steak was the way it was served. The serving staff would slice the steak into portions by your table. The are two major issues with this way of serving : (1) the whole operation takes about 10 minutes and by the time the sliced steak was served on a plate to you, it should be at most warm and not sizzling; (2) the slicing was done on a chopping board and needless to say the meat juice would all be lost and you would not get a single drop of it. Is this the Italian way for serving steak ? Didn't they know these issues or people having it didn't know how a steak should be served ?
Nevertheless, I would not go again due to the service and environment. And for $1800 per person, there are many much better choices, Petrus or Caprice would remain my top favourite. Sabatini is just not up to standard in many ways.
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With the United States already on the critical list and Europe in the intensive care unit, Canada has good reason to fear contagion.
The last time around — in 2008 — conditions were different and Canada breezed through relatively unscathed.
In fact, by early 2011, Canada was the only G7 country to have recouped its losses from the 2008-09 downturn (which, according to Statistics Canada, officially lasted from August 2008 to July of 2009).
The reasons for that vary, but include low interest rates and the way employers handled downsizing (a combination of layoffs and shorter work weeks). Combined, that meant that household spending — and credit — didn't collapse as it has in the past. Spending dropped by two per cent over two recessionary quarters compared with an average six per cent in past downturns.
But what about this time around? After all, everyone from Stephen Harper to top bank economists have been clearing their throats about what lies ahead for Canada.
Part of that concern is based on the economic floundering that continues to plague our largest trade partners. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board has just slashed its outlook for economic growth and has stopped publicly opposing the option of further government stimulus. It predicts the U.S. economy will expand by 1.7 per cent — nowhere near the amount required to reduce nine per cent unemployment.
That's down from a mid-year growth projection of about three per cent, because the central bank says it underestimated how tightly business and household wallets would close. And without that spending, the American economy remains stalled.
That's just part of the equation, however, when it comes to Canada's economic vulnerability.
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1/2 cup
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3/4 cup
finely chopped pecans
Great receipe. So yummy. Like toffee. Only thing I did different was to sprinkle chocolate chips on it after it came out of the oven. Give them a few minutes then spread over grammies. I broke em up and storered in a plastic container.
I had a wet mess
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My mother always made this. The only difference is that we used brown sugar. I prefer that. We cooked the sugar mixture about 10 minutes and then sprinkled on salted pecans and baked them for 10 minutes at 350.
My family likes these! It is actually a recipe an elderly German lady gave me a number of years ago. I do use more pecans and cook the butter/sugar sauce a little longer.
I agree, too much butter/margarine in the original recipe so I tried it again. I used: 1 cup of butter, 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of chopped pecans with 3 packets of cracker (27 whole crackers) and they came out a better consistency. I also tried the trick with adding chocolate chips on top and that worked nicely. I did not frost the entire cracker with them as that seemed overpowering, I did a heavy drizzle
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The diversity of birds around Las Vegas is amazing. One might think that the Nevada desert, being a wasteland, would be barren and devoid of life -- but the birds alone prove that this is not true. There are, in fact, so many species that I've had to break them into orders and families to keep the number of photos per page manageable. This page lists the Orders of birds that can be expected around Las Vegas and serves as a table of contents to the families and species. Arrangement of the birds follows the AOU 2011 checklist, which is a considerable rearrangement over previous checklists.
Odontophoridae (Quail): Gambel's Quail.
Gaviidae (Loons): Common Loon, Yellow-billed Loon.
Diomedeidae (Albatross):
Procellariidae (Shearwaters): Audubon's Shearwater.
Hydrobatidae (Storm Petrels): White-vented Storm-Petrel.
Fregatidae (Frigatebird): Magnificent Frigatebird.
Sulidae (Boobies): Blue-footed Booby.
Phalacrocoracidae (Cormorants): Double-crested Cormorant, Brant's Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorant.
Anhingidae (Anhinga): Anhinga.
Pelicans, Herons,
Ibis, and Spoonbill
Pelecanidae (Pelicans): American White Pelican, Brown Pelican.
Ardeidae (Herons): American Bittern, Least Bittern, Great Blue Heron, Great Egret, Snowy
Egret, Cattle Egret, Green Heron, Black-crowned Night-Heron, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron.
Threskiornithidae (Ibis): White-faced Ibis, White Ibis.
Threskiornithidae (Spoonbill): Roseate Spoonbill.
Cathartidae (New World Vultures): California Condor, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture.
Pandionidae (Osprey): Osprey.
Accipitridae (Hawks and Eagles):
Rallidae (Rails): Clapper Rail, Virginia Rail, Sora.
Rallidae (Coots): Common Gallinule, American Coot.
Aramidae (Limpkin): Limpkin.
Gruidae (Cranes): Sandhill Crane.
Plovers: Black-bellied Plover, Snowy Plover, Semipalmated Plover, Killdeer.
Stilts and Avocets: Black-necked Stilt, American Avocet.
Sandpipers: Spotted Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Willet, Long-billed Curlew, Western Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper,
Long-billed Dowitcher, Wilson's Snipe, Wilson's Phalarope, Red-necked Phalarope.
Gulls: Bonaparte's Gull, Heermann's Gull, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Franklin's Gull, Western Gull.
Terns: Caspian Tern, Black Tern, Forster's Tern.
Jaegers: Parasitic Jaeger.
Parrots: No native species.
Parrots: Lilac-crowned Parrot.
Cuckoos: Yellow-billed Cuckoo.
Roadrunners: Greater Roadrunner.
Barn Owls: Barn Owl.
Typical Owls: Burrowing Owl, Flammulated Owl, Great Horned Ow, Long-eared Owl, Short-eared Owl, Western Screech-Owl.
Nighthawks: Lesser Nighthawk, Common Nighthawk.
Poorwills: Common Poorwill.
Swifts: White-throated Swift, Vaux's Swift.
Hummingbirds: Anna's Hummingbird, Costa's Hummingbird, Black-chinned Hummingbird,
Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Calliope Hummingbird.
Trogons: No native species.
Trogons: Elegant Trogon.
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First, last, and foremost, Ling Tan thought of herself as a Christian. So when Mrs. Sheriday said, "Tell me a little something about yourself," Ling didn't even draw breath before responding, "I am good Christian." And so saying, she sat up even straighter in her chair, like a star pupil providing the correct answer to a teacher.
But the employment counselor didn't smile. She didn't even look up. She went on regarding the papers on her desk and said, "Well, yes, I'm sure that you are. But what I meant was, tell me more about your work experience. I see that you were enrolled in a practical-nursing program at Long Beach Memorial Hospital but you didn't complete the course of study."
Ling ducked her head.
"Why was that?"
Ling said nothing.
"Why, exactly, did you drop out?"
Ling smiled and shrugged.
The other woman waited.
The silence got too big for Ling. Twisting her hands, she said, "Had late classes. Afraid to ride bus home at night."
"I see." Mrs. Sheriday looked back down at the papers. "Next time try taking morning classes, because you need more credits." She pointed her pen at Ling's thin résumé. "Your references are very good; I can see you're good with patients. But our doctors and care managers like to see more academic training. You still have time to register for some classes at Long Beach Community College."
Ling nodded.
"Even if you were just enrolled, I could list them."
"Next semester I enroll," Ling said, and smiled. Americans liked smiling, and Californians smiled all the time, so Ling made it a habit to smile constantly. She smiled when she was alone; she might even have smiled in her sleep.
As Ling got up to leave, Mrs. Sheriday said, "Check with me midweek—I might have something then. I see you've worked with children. I have a pediatric oncologist who is looking for somebody to live in and provide custodial care for a patient who is terminal. You wouldn't have any expenses, and you could save your wages for next school term."
Ling nodded, and in acknowledgment of the seriousness of this new topic, the mortal illness of a child, attempted to stop smiling. But this was not quite possible.
Back in her furnished room, two hours later, Ling drank three glasses of water. She drank the first one because she was thirsty from sitting on the bus-stop bench in the hot sun for an hour; she drank the second and third to trick her stomach into thinking she had fed it breakfast and lunch. She sat in a chair she had placed at the uncurtained window of her second-story room. It was spring, and in a yard beyond a shabby garage two plum trees—unpruned for a generation—were struggling into bloom. Ling let her eyes rest on the white blossoms and took the time to thank God for the beauty he had created in every moment and in every place. Even now, even here. Wherever she looked she could see evidence of his goodness. And the flowering plums were beautiful—if Ling looked only at their canopies, if her eye didn't follow the scaling trunks down to the array of old paint cans and junk lumber nestled in the weeds beneath.
Ling took a deep breath and thanked God for his unceasing goodness to her—air in abundance, strong lungs to take it in, the flowering plums, even the water in her plastic glass. Ling sat in her chair and watched the plum trees until dusk fell and the blossoms melted into the darkness. Then, having no food and no money to buy it, she went to bed. In her neighborhood children played late; car alarms went on and off, seemingly at random; police cars and ambulances wailed on their way to St. Mary's Hospital, a block away. Even after she'd pulled the shades down, the orange streetlights cast a hellish glow on the ceiling. Ling shut her eyes and prayed. She was deep in a prayer of thanksgiving for her many blessings when she fell asleep.
Ling called Mrs. Sheriday on Wednesday from a pay phone on the corner of her street. "Ling, I'm glad you called. I got a call from the doctor about that boy. I made a tentative appointment for you to go out and meet his mother, Mrs. Tipton. The parents are divorced."
Ling smiled furiously into the phone.
Martha Tipton, the sick boy's mother, opened the door to Ling Tan. While still in the vestibule, Mrs. Tipton said, "Oh, dear, you don't look very strong—you're shorter than Mike."
"Oh, very strong," Ling said. "Not big, not tall, but very strong. Used to working with children."
"Mike's sixteen. He doesn't weigh what he should, of course, but he's tall for his age."
Ling smiled. "Very strong," she repeated.
Mrs. Tipton led the way into the living room. "Well, if you say so. Mrs. Sheriday said you'd be bringing references. May I see them?"
Ling opened her purse and proffered the letters, and Mrs. Tipton sat down on the edge of the sofa to read them. Ling remained standing. The living room was sparsely furnished—a sofa, a piano, a bare coffee table. All of Mrs. Tipton's domestic efforts appeared to have gone into her yard and her plants. From the sidewalk Ling had already noticed, with approval, Mrs. Tipton's well-kept garden. Now Ling's eyes went to a row of African violets on a low windowsill—pink ones, white ones, purple ones—all blooming! Mrs. Tipton was a good steward.
"These are remarkable," Mrs. Tipton said, handing the letters back to Ling. "Let's go back to Mike's room and see if he's awake." When they got there, Mrs. Tipton stuck her head inside. "He's sleeping," she whispered, closing the door quietly.
"Will I sleep close by, so can hear boy if he call?" Ling asked.
Mrs. Tipton nodded and opened the next door—into a small room containing a bureau, a sewing machine, an ironing board, and a single bed. "I've cleared out the bureau for your things," she said.
The room had French doors. Outside, healthy ferns and fuchsias cascaded from hanging baskets, and nasturtiums bordered the brick walk. God's goodness, as well as Mrs. Tipton's fine stewardship, was much in evidence.
Ling transported her belongings—a green leatherette suitcase and a canvas satchel holding her Bible and her Bible-study books—on the bus later that afternoon. When she arrived, at six, Mike was asleep again, and Mrs. Tipton was preparing to leave for an appointment with her tax man.
"Mike's had his dinner," she said. "He usually eats at five-thirty. Just go in and introduce yourself when he wakes up. And when you do, give him the pills in this paper cup. I've told him about you, and he's expecting to meet you. If you should need me, the number is on the refrigerator, beside Doctor Mackenzie's."
After Mrs. Tipton had gone, Ling checked on Mike. She stood in the doorway to his room and studied her new charge for a long time. He was blond, pale, and tall, as his mother had said—or, more accurate in the circumstances, long. His bare arms were covered with a light blond down. Ling—who had been orphaned at eight and had survived typhus and thirty-two days in an open boat—could not accept the inevitability of the sleeping boy's death. Inevitability was a concept that ran contrary to her experience. That afternoon, while discussing Mike's illness with Mrs. Tipton, Ling had said that she would pray for a miracle for Mike. Mrs. Tipton's brow had furrowed, and she'd said that it was a little late in the day for that. Ling had quickly dropped the subject, but she could not drop the hope. To Ling, who regarded her own life as an unfolding miracle, miracles were a commonplace.


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4 Signs He's Hiding Something
There might be a problem with your guy or maybe Melrose Place is making you paranoid. When in doubt, sit back and watch him
His Throat Gets Dry
Keeping something from you makes him nervous, and his body actually goes into freak-out mode. "When a secret is big enough that he's worried he may lose something important if it's revealed, research shows that his esophageal muscles will start to constrict, causing his throat to dry up," says Janine Driver, president of The Body Language Institute and author of You Say More Than You Think. "So if he begins swallowing a lot during your conversation, it's because he's trying to loosen up those throat muscles." Pay attention to the topic you hit on when this happens — it will give you a hint as to what his secret relates to.
He Wants More Sex
Yes, maybe he's just extra horny or you're looking extra hot, but a sudden surge in his sexual appetite can also be a sign that something's awry. "A man who's hiding something won't want to connect emotionally through conversation because he's afraid if he does, he'll spill the secret," says Krista Bloom, PhD, a psychologist in Florida. "Instead, because he loves you, he'll look to fill that void by connecting with you physically." But since various things can cause a spike in a guy's sex drive — like an awesome shift in your relationship sparked by, say, getting engaged — don't accuse him of anything without ruling out other explanations.
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Don't be fooled by a guy who offers up tons of minor bits of information about where he's been or what he's been doing. At first, it may seem that because he can describe so much, he must be truthful. But he could actually be trying to cover his ass. "If he's telling a story and you notice he's peppering it with insignificant details, that's a warning sign," says Driver. "This is especially true if you detect a lot of pauses, because it means he's trying to come up with more facts." Think about it: When you're speaking honestly, you never actually go into all the minutiae — like the name of the bartender or what color the walls were — because you don't retain that superfluous info in everyday life.
His Hands Go into His Pockets
Pay close attention to what he does with his hands if you're sensing he's concealing something, says Driver. "When a person suddenly buries his hands or even touches one body part to another, like by holding the back of his neck, it could be his way of comforting himself because he knows he's doing something wrong." There's one caveat: Some guys naturally stand with their hands in their pockets. So if this is a normal stance for your man, don't immediately assume he's a liar.
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Many people who hear my story, ask me why I still trust men? because not all men cheat or lie. I have not had a relationship yet due to my cultures and beliefs but even after all I have been through, think I can trust men. I have not met a man who has not called me hurtful names, looked at me in disgust, and only looked at my physical appearance but I still have hope. I'm not overly fat but I am not thin and beautiful either. I think you can never tell if someone is hiding something, unless you know them well enough and know their weak spots. I can not lie, because I tend to laugh when I do. Everyone is different and unique. It is difficult to look at everyone with the same eyes as the woman who writes this article. One man can lie and not feel guilty, the next can lie but will feel guilty and will end up confessing no matter what. This goes to show, its depends on the person, the way they are brought up, and etc.
WOW! would you all listen to ursleves? many of the men who have commented are pissed about all the man bashing and then they go and do the exact same thing to women saying that we are irrational and other crap like that. i don't agree with this article in any way, but all of the posts show so much about society!
It's not men are like this.. or women are like that... it's PEOPLE!!!! We're all screwed up today. everyone's trying to cover their own asses and blame the other gender.
For example... a lot of u said that women overanalyze everything.. well a guy that i dated this year wouldn't let me hang out or even talk to any of my guy friends without getting all pissed off. he even had a bunch of his friends watch me when i was in the caf to see if i would sit with anyone of the male gender. he also went through my whole facebook friends list and found that i had wayyy more guy friends than girl friends. so its not just WOMEN.... it's people who have been screwed over in the past. for the record i have never cheated on anyone in my life and i also didn't take the way he treated me into my next relationship. that's part of the problem... we can't compare each other to past relationships!
also a lot of ppl who r suspicious r the one's cheating... i've seen it from both genders so many times. for example my friend was dating this guy who would never let her go out and he questioned everything especially when a guy wrote on her facebook wall. in the end he cheated on her with several girls. (i know my examples seem to be bashing guys but like i said ive seen it from both genders.. these r just the examples that came to mind first).
So get it right ppl... all men are not lying, cheating pigs.... and all women do not over analyze and are not all irrational! i found the comments more offensive than the actual article and i only read the article to see how ppl reacted to it. the comments were very entertaining!
Stop bashing each other and jsut realize that life is f***** today and it's all about the sex... the real enemy is not these articles... it's us wanting more than wat we have and taking people in our lives for granted. it's also us taking past relationship experiences into new ones. OPEN YOUR HEARTS BEFORE YOUR PANTS!!!!!
I would like to say for the record that this article is "Incorrect" and its just a way to get women/men attention. I myself can retain the "superfluous details" and I always stop in the middle of sentence because, yes I am thinking but its better to stop and think then to continuously say "uumm uhhh" especially if your the type that talks in detail. Recollecting is NOT a sign of dishonesty. And in terms of "a guy who offers up tons of minor bits of information" quote, I feel more comfortable with the guy I am dating especially if he knows more than less. Who does this MISINFORMATION apply to?
To comment on the Sexual Depiction, we as human beings are very sexual in nature, both men and women, though women are starting to feel more comfortable with it and to deny that would go against the very fabric of our genetic disposition.
I would prefer if the writer of the article come up with some hard undisputable facts rather than to debunk their own information with theoretical evidence. LOL
"Funny the games children play"- Breach
FroDaddy.... Hopefully this clarifies a little bit for everyone.... NOT all women read those dumb mags .... oh wait maybe thats why i agree with u... i do believe women do over analyze everything and maybe it is due to those articles and this one is not really helping.... totally stupid and irrelevant... everyone lies and keeps secrets and most of the time those liars, cheaters etc get caught .... so really why hold such anger?? as for SoaringDove **** who cares! WE all make our decisions we are all adults and we all have to take this **** we read as pure entertainment... for all we know the person writing these articles is lying and his/her throat is dry or perhaps sore....?? LOL
This article is realy stupid, not even close to the truth.
I've never been unfaithful to my wife. Now I want more sex with her because I had the vasectomy done on me, you know all the fears of unwanted pregnacies are gone. So I want to enjoy sex more freely. Believe me this has nothing to do with me being a cheater cause I am not.
It is all about getting women to buy more product if you don't trust your boyfriend/husband and you trust what the article is saying then you have essentially accepted the whole publication and everything that is in it including the advertisers.
Cosmo etc... knows how to win you over. With an article that makes you angry with your boyfriend, husband or men in general. And the Cosmos of the world can brainwash you with this bull****; in order, to have you build up a subconscious feeling of self-righteous anger toward men then they know that you have accepted them - they make you believe they are on your side - essentially they have you under their thumb....and they know if you accept 'Cosmos' you will accept all of the advertisers in their publication. Hence, regardless of how true the article is they have you hooked. They have got you ladies!!! You the modern woman will buy more because the Cosmos of the world have given you a reason to do some emotional buying based on how much of a liar your boyfriend/husband. That boyfriend/husband of course has been molded according to the Cosmos that is attempting to sell you something for their own gain. A magazine and the advertisements inside. They don't care if they f..k up your head with b...sh..t . They DON"T CARE IF THEY F...K UP YOUR LOVING RELATIONSHIP based on their brainwashing that made you paranoid....they just want money out of you - CAN"T YOU WOMEN SEE HOW YOU ARE BEING MANIPULATED?????? Wise UP!!!!!!
Grow up Nancy Drew, just because a guy can remember the name of a bartender or has a desire for more sex does not directly correlate to a guy being a cheater. Get your facts straight before you start painting all men with the same brush. If that's to much to ask, then I suggest the least you can do is provide women with more information as to why a guy might do any one of your aforementioned "hiding techniques" even though they have nothing to hide. It's trash like this that gets posted on a website and tries to convince women that men are always hiding something. No wonder the divorce rate in North America is at minimum 50%. Why don't you write some meaningful articles about "How to make a relationship last the test of time."
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The EPA is responsible for setting Federal Guidelines that regulate the content of engine fuels. With a governmental push for blended fuels and bio-fuel development from renewable sources, ethanol has gained the energy spotlight as a fuel additive solution.
Ethanol is a refined grain alcohol produced by the fermentation and distillation process of such renewable crops as corn, sugar cane, and sugar beets and has the potential to produce cleaner engine emissions. Ethanol is also an oxygenated hydrocarbon with the useful potential to increase the octane rating of unleaded fuel.
Currently the EPA is allowing the blending of ethanol with gasoline in quantities of up to 10% for common use. Blended fuels containing any higher percentage of ethanol than 10% are unacceptable for general engine use at this time. With a movement toward higher ethanol percentage fuel use and The Energy Policy Act of 2005 requiring ethanol production to nearly double in the US by 2012, many manufacturers are working diligently to produce ethanol compatible engines. The potential effects of ethanol-blended fuels on existing boat fuel systems however is one to remain wary of.
Engine fuel requires a certain octane rating in order to prevent the premature ignition that causes damaging engine knocking. Gasoline alone has a tendency to ignite prematurely during engine compression, which is why additives with a high octane rating must be blended with it.
MTBE, Methyl tert-butyl ether, a common fuel additive in some areas of the country, is gradually being eliminated due to its contamination of ground water systems and soil. Ethanol is a more environmentally friendly additive taking its place. Unfortunately, ethanol has a BTU energy value of nearly 30% less than gasoline, causing an overall decrease in fuel efficiency and engine
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While ethanol may not pose the environmental hazards of other gas additives, the chemical properties of ethanol are much different than those of other fuels, giving ethanol blends the potential to cause severe damage to some engine systems.
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Falmouth High School sophomore Alex Yarosh ended a superb season on the links by finishing eighth in the state at the MIAA spring golf championships at Glen Ellen Country Club. Yarosh was one of only 15 of the 31 golfers in the field to break 90 on the day.
Yarosh's round finished with a score of 85, which left her tied with Skylar Frankiewicz of Concord Carlisle, for the eighth spot overall. The winning score was turned in by Shrewsbury's Julia Ford, who finished with a 75, two shots ahead of Hanover's Sophie Morril.
Yarosh finished 14th last year at the championship. The FHS student was the second-place finisher at this year's south sectional championships and also was the winner of the Mass Bay League championship tournament.


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Football fans across the nation are preparing for next Sunday's Super Bowl XLVII matchup between the NFC Champion San Francisco 49ers and AFC Champion Baltimore Ravens at the Superdome in New Orleans. San Francisco arrived on site Sunday evening and Baltimore is expected to land in New Orleans on Monday.
While everyone is anticipating the Super Bowl matchup, many are left to figure out where they can watch the event and how they can listen in if they are not around a television on the big night. Luckily for you, we've got you covered.
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Event: Super Bowl XLVII
Teams: Baltimore Ravens (AFC) vs. San Francisco 49ers (NFC)
Date: Sunday February 3, 2013
Kickoff: 6:30 p.m., ET
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Stadium: The Superdome
Television Broadcast: CBS
Radio: Complete listings of CBS and FOX Sports radio affiliates — NBC Sports Radio (KCTC-AM 1320 Sacramento) — Sirius XM NFL Channel 88
Live Stream: CBS Online
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AFGHANISTAN - The majority of Afghanistan's population depends on agriculture to support their families. And therefore building up its agriculture sector is key for reducing poverty and feeding food-insecure people.
In Afghanistan, WFP has been working closely with its partners to invest in and boost the production of smallholder farmers while increasing people's access to nutritious food.
Through its Food for Assets programmes, WFP assists vulnerable Afghans with food rations during the construction and rehabilitation of sustainable community assets – such as irrigation canals, water reservoirs, flood protection walls and roads – mainly aimed at improving agriculture production and efficiency or improving community resilience to shocks.
"In the first half of 2012, WFP and its partners brought food to five million people, suffering from the effects of poverty, natural disasters and displacement," said WFP Afghanistan Country Director Mr. Louis Imbleau. "WFP remains committed to helping Afghans in need across the country."
WFP uses its purchasing power to strengthen Afghan businesses by buying locally wherever viable. Since 2011, WFP has purchased some 36,000 metric tonnes of wheat locally in Afghanistan and hopes to procure another 10,000 metric tonnes in the next six months.
Also under P4P, WFP is working to provide equipment, fertilizers and training to some 6,000 soybean farmers in 20 provinces of the country. In addition to this, WFP is supporting businesses in the food processing industry in Afghanistan and planning to link farmers to these companies to help them sell their produce.
Additionally, WFP plans to provide equipment, training, storage facilities and processing tools to five farmers' organizations in Faryab province, in the North. The aim is to help some 14,500 farmers increase their efficiency in production, as well as provide a market for their products by procuring food locally for WFP's projects in Afghanistan.
WFP has been working in Afghanistan since 1963 to bring food assistance to vulnerable Afghans and will remain committed to helping them build a future of food security for themselves.


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Video: Mega Katy Perry Mashup!
Calling all Katy Perry fanboys and girls! This is a seven minute mashup track and video of Katy's hits. From "California Gurls" to "The One That Got Away" Tommie Sunshine remixes them all. Get ready to dance! -Krash
Missy Elliott remixes "Last Friday Night"
If Missy Elliott is remixing the biggest song in the nation right now, do you think that means she's ready to make a comeback in the music world?! That would absolutely make my life. No matter what it means, it's still exciting to hear her voice again. Check out her addition to Katy Perry's "Last […]
Katy Perry breaks records with "Last Friday Night"
It's official! Katy Perry is setting and breaking records after her latest single from the "Teenage Dream" album topped the charts this week! "Last Friday Night (TGIF) is her FIFTH single to hit #1 on the Mainstream charts, and with it creeping up on Billboard's Hot 100 list, she could be breaking some more! From […]
VIDEO OF THE DAY: Guy covers "Last Friday Night" on violin
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Rebecca Black makes a cameo in Katy Perry's video
When Katy Perry sang Rebecca Black's infamous "Friday" song at one of her concerts, it became obvious she was a fan of the super talented teen. So much of a fan, that she's having her in her video for "Last Friday Night (TGIF!)" As all of the artists are doing these days, Katy Perry released […]


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A fungi's-eye view of this year's crop of magical morels in northern Michigan.
To find out more about the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, visit: www.GTRLC.org
This video features shooting-stars, sunrises, sunsets, toads, snails, lakes, rivers and dynamic time-lapses from the beautiful Arcadia Dunes- an amazing and protected part of Northern Michigan. Thanks to the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy, vital places like this can survive.
Stone Hut Studios created this video for The Pop Nation – A gourmet, vegan, gluten-free, locally sourced Popsicle company in San Francisco – to use for a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a commercial kitchen. They successfully raised $50,000 take their business to the next level!
The SAIL Champion Program is a therapeutic sailing program created by Mental Wellness Counseling and Maritime Heritage Alliance. The program combines traditional sailing skills with therapy to teach leadership, responsibility, and self-awareness in youth at-risk in Northern Michigan. Find out more at www.sailchampion.org
Unity Vibration Kombucha's mission is to produce the best artisan Kombucha Tea and Kombucha Beer products on the market made with the healthiest ingredients possible. It is our intention to: spread love, health, possibility, joy and bliss into our community and the world, to inspire others to spread their own unique gifts and creativity into their communities and beyond, and to help local farms and causes in the community and the world.
The sights and sounds of my new backyard – the forests and buildings of The Grand Traverse Commons. Formerly the Northern Michigan Asylum for the Insane built in 1885 (and later renamed the Traverse City State Hospital), the Commons is now one of the United State's largest historical preservation and redevelopment sites.
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Time-lapses shot using the awesome Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly and MX2 DollyEngine. Find out more at DynamicPerception.com
Filmed using a Panasonic GH2 and a Canon 7D.
Stone Hut Studios' mission is to help good-for-the-world organizations, companies and causes tell their stories through short online videos.
Higher Grounds Trading Co. (highergroundstrading.com) works directly with small-scale coffee farming cooperatives around the world. With a commitment to sourcing high quality specialty organic beans, they go beyond normal fair trade and direct trade relationships with their partners in the field. In this video, Chris Treter, co-founder of Higher Grounds, introduces us to partner farmers at Maya Vinic and explains Higher Grounds' commitment to just and sustainable business practices. Learn more at highergroundstrading.com


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With a food truck roundup in the Loft parking lot before the movie, featuring Kadooks!, Vina Baguette, and more!
See the new all-star comedy Chef, starring Jon Favreau, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., John Leguizamo and Scarlett Johansson before its national theatrical release at this very special New York Film Critics Series preview screening, featuring a captured-live post-film interview with writer/director/star Jon Favreau (Iron Man, Swingers) moderated by Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers! The New York Film Critics Series, broadcast to 50 selected major markets, takes place exclusively in cinemas and is never available on TV or online.
"An easygoing comedy … Jon Favreau's Chef enlists a top-shelf cast for a film as earnestly emotional as Swingers and his family-centric adventure Zathura." – John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Chef Carl Casper (Favreau) suddenly quits his job at a prominent Los Angeles restaurant after refusing to compromise his creative integrity for its controlling owner (Dustin Hoffman), he is left to figure out what's next. Finding himself in Miami, he teams up with his ex-wife (Sofia Vergara), his friend (John Leguizamo) and his son to launch a food truck. Taking to the road, Chef Carl goes back to his roots to reignite his passion for the kitchen - and zest for life and love. Also starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Bobby Cannavale, Amy Sedaris, Oliver Platt and Gary Shandling. (Dir. by John Favreau, 2014, USA, 115 mins., Not Yet Rated, Open Road Films) Digital
The New York Film Critics Series is the first-ever live national premiere screening series. It is dedicated to producing inspiring events in a collaborative environment and to nurturing the long-term success of better, smarter movies. Each NYFCS screening brings prestigious, live New York City screenings of soon-to-be-released films to the best independent cinemas in America. These screening events are moderated by Rolling Stone film critic Peter Travers, and include a preview screening of a new film prior to its national release, interviews with talent from the film and special behind the scenes content. These screenings are scheduled to take place once a month and will happen approximately 12 times per year. Recent NYFCS premieres and live chats with directors/stars have included such films as Nebraska, American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, The Artist, Margin Call, My Week with Marilyn, Black Swan and The King's Speech.
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Karen Sprinkle
Ryan looks like he is praying for strength in the first photo. I hope his prayers come true!
Pretty good pix….Ryan off in lala land where he plays and Poy…well he is always the same…never changes body language or look on his face. These guys appear to be nice guys, but man I hate the way they play.
Larry Pup
Give em a break, they were getting their brains beat out. You ever been there?
Larry Pup…were u watching the same game? It didn't bother them a bit…no fight at all.
Larry Pup
I was watching the officials call cheap touch fouls on UK the whole game and let UT get away with muggings from start to finisih! It takes a toll on you Mike! It takes away the game plan quick if they are not going to call it fair. WCS is playing with 2 or 3 fouls early, same with Poy. Both fouled out. I didn't like the way our guys played. But there has to be a reason. Either they are over rated, or there is bad blood, or UT was just that much better with Nerlens out. I think these coaches have to shoulder some blame. There job is to get these guys ready to play. They simply ran into a buzz saw.
Larry P….They did run into a buzz saw. It was the perfect if UK didn't come prepared to compete. It makes one wonder what they were doing most of the week in practice. I also don't agree with Cal calling them out and then reversing course this morning. He was tried working both sides all season and nothing has taken hold yet. I maybe didn't see all the fouls called on WCS or Poy but the ones I did see certainly looked to be callable. I haven't been happy with a lot of the officiating this year but think it does tend to balance out over course of the year with possible exception of one ref. I also think a couple of these guys were overated and that there has not been good team bonding chemistry as well. On top of that, I guess you can add on that they haven'g exactly been drinking Cal's kool aid either. It looks like it will just be one of those years that no one could have predicted.


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Yelp is to Angie's List What Facebook was to Classmates.com
By Scott Anderson - August 19, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, FB, GOOG, OPEN, YELP
Once upon a time when the Internet was new, a chat room on AOL would have been the closest thing to "Social Media". Then suddenly there came a promising website called classmates.com. The web domain was succinct, easy to remember and made it clear what the visitor should expect.
Over a period of years from the late 1990s into the middle 2000s, Classmates grew at a steady pace. It more »
Killer Apps
By J.A. Graham - August 16, 2013 | Tickers: GRMN, OPEN, WTW, YELP
Weight Watchers (NYSE: WTW) has been shedding market cap faster than clients drop pounds. Since the fourth quarter of 2012, it's been a story of disappearing subscribers and slowing growth for this membership driven weight loss service.
WTW rose from its zombie–like performance in 2008-2010, to dazzle the market with lively growth in 2011 and a subsequent resurrection of its market cap and its price. The growth was more »
How is a New CEO, a Buyback Program, and a Few News Tricks, Working for This Company?
By Mike Thiessen - August 15, 2013 | Tickers: FB, GRPN, OPEN
It is often said that the fast-moving social media landscape behaves like the weather in San Francisco: If it's foggy and gray one moment, wait five minutes for sunshine and warmth. Although Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is actually based in Chicago, it is nevertheless Exhibit A for this increasingly relevant truism. In late 2012, the company appeared to be on the ropes. Beset by cratering earnings figures and a rudderless more »
Why Online Dining Is Not So Hot
By Adrian Campos - August 2, 2013 | Tickers: GRPN, OPEN, YELP
What do Yelp (NYSE: YELP), OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) and Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) have in common? Well, in various degrees, all of these companies have exposure to the online dining segment. At first glance, this market looks highly attractive. At least in America, it seems that more users are using the Internet and apps to make their online reservations, read restaurant reviews and earn points for free meals.
Attracted by the more »
This Stock Is on SALE Following its IPO
By Brian Shaw - July 30, 2013 | Tickers: AWAY, OPEN, SALE, YELP, Z
It is often difficult to evaluate a company following its IPO. Share price volatility and hype bombard investors, while financial data and a detailed look into the company can be much more difficult to find. To get a better picture of whether a recently-public company is a buy or not, it is important to understand as much as you can about the company and the risks and opportunities that will more »
Couponing: Good Deal or Flawed Business Model?
By Colin Tweel - July 28, 2013 | Tickers: GRPN, OPEN, OSTK, TZOO
When Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) issued its massive IPO in July of 2011, the company had been in a difficult position. First, it was forced to reissue it's S-1 statement due to errors in accounting mechanisms it used in its first filing. Furthermore, its inexperience, the rapid emergence of competitors, and customer deal fatigue (translation: exasperation at the number of emails and deals they were getting bombarded with), put Groupon more »
Should Investors Follow Dan Loeb Out of Yahoo!?
By Sam Mattera - July 25, 2013 | Tickers: OPEN, YHOO, YELP
Monday wasn't a good day for Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) shareholders. The company announced that three of its directors were resigning, and that Dan Loeb's Third Point was selling most of its stake.
Loeb's work with Yahoo! was certainly impressive, and having made his money, he's probably moving on to new fights (a bigger Sony stake?). But with Third Point out of the picture, the Yahoo! story more »
A New Edge for This Social Media Company
By WenYu Huang - July 24, 2013 | Tickers: GRPN, OPEN, YELP
The evolution continues for Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), and more upside is still expected for this turnaround company, whose share price surged over 86% year to date. From unbeatable prices to restaurant reservations, Groupon is taking a step further to leverage its brand and platform to boost transactions. Groupon has just launched Groupon Reserve, giving customers a discount without pre-payment or vouchers while allowing local businesses to drive traffic.
Groupon Reserve more »
Online Dining Is Getting Hot
By Nathaniel Matherson - July 23, 2013 | Tickers: GRPN, OPEN, YELP
While large deals have been few and far between over the last few years, some big companies whom you may be very familiar with are making small deals as of late.
A company in which I personally use quite often, Yelp (NYSE: YELP), announced late last week it would be pursuing market share within the increasingly competitive restaurant reservation business. On Thursday the company announced it would be acquiring a more »
This Is Not the Company You Should Invest In!
By Mihir Mehta - July 18, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, GRPN, OPEN
In the last year, there has not been a single instance when I have skipped checking Groupon's (NASDAQ: GRPN) website before taking out someone for dinner or buying myself a new wrist watch. However, it's not just the reasonable prices that have kept me hooked on the site, but also a plethora of great products and services it has to offer. A very young company on Wall Street more »
Once Alibaba is Gone, it Might Be Time to Sell Yahoo!
By Sam Mattera - July 18, 2013 | Tickers: OPEN, YHOO, YELP
Marissa Mayer is a red herring. Despite all the fanfare she's received in the last year, her status as CEO has largely been irrelevant to Yahoo!'s (NASDAQ: YHOO) 70% rally. Rather, the continued appreciation of Alibaba, and an aggressive buyback program, have accounted for nearly all of the stock's gains.
Given Yahoo!'s recent earnings results, the core business appears to be deteriorating. The stock may continue more »
OpenTable Might Surprise You
By Dan Moskowitz - July 17, 2013 | Tickers: OPEN, TRIP, YELP
OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) is up more than 77% over the past 12 months, as well as approximately 40% year to date. At the same time, the stock carries a hefty short position of 20%. Trading at 30 times forward earnings, some shorts might have taken their position based on valuation alone. Other shorts might have established their positions based on longer term concerns.
The good news
OpenTable's revenue has more »
The Problem With Troubled Internet Companies
By Timothy Green - July 11, 2013 | Tickers: ANGI, GRPN, OPEN, YELP
When a company IPOs it's a good idea to examine its business model to ensure that the company, if not already profitable, has a real chance at becoming profitable in the future. Too often, especially with Internet companies, it turns out that the business model isn't viable in the long term. Investing in a company with a chameleon-like business model is almost never a good idea.
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Will "Groupon Reserve" Save Groupon or Open Doors for Others?
By Michael Carter - July 9, 2013 | Tickers: FB, GRPN, OPEN
Companies are always evolving at different rates. Some companies are in the process of rebuilding their brand, fixing flaws, and tweaking their business. Others are focused on maximizing the returns of their current successes through expansion. Then there are others that are looking for a catalyst to push them over current plateaus and spark future growth. Sometimes, a few of these companies seem to meet at a fork in the more »
Discretion Is the Better Part of Groupon
By AnnaLisa Kraft - July 8, 2013 | Tickers: AMZN, GRPN, INTU, OPEN
Last week, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) rolled out a new service to big cities in the U.S. that combines the restaurant reservation service of OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) and the dining discounts of restaurant.com, but best of all, a dining discount is automatically applied to your bill...no coupon embarrassment.
It is Groupon Reserve and available in NYC, Chicago, LA, Washington DC, Denver, Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Boston more »
3 Web-Based Businesses That Profit From Leisure
By Victor Selva - June 27, 2013 | Tickers: OPEN, SFLY, TRIP
You travel, you dine out, you take pictures… you spend money. This is my list of Internet services related to leisure activities: TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP) is used for voyages, OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) is used to eat out and Shutterfly (NASDAQ: SFLY) is used to keep the memories alive. These three companies beneficiate from increasing disposable incomes around the world and an ever-growing use of the Internet as a research, reservation more »
Should You Reserve a Place in Your Portfolio for This Stock?
By Mark Lin - June 25, 2013 | Tickers: AWAY, OPEN, Z
OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN), a provider of online and computerized restaurant reservation services, helps restaurants and diners transition from traditional phone reservation methods to online and mobile alternatives.
OpenTable's solutions solve real problems
Traditional restaurant reservations, a combination of phone and voicemail reservations and manual record keeping on paper, are inefficient for a few reasons.
Firstly, although searching for restaurant information on the Internet through company websites, blogs and message more »
Innovating On Everyday Tasks: Pet Medicine, Flights & Restaurant Bookings
By Damian Illia - June 20, 2013 | Tickers: OPEN, PETS, PCLN
Nothing is more rewarding than good, cheap-to-execute ideas. There are not many of them, but when they appear, someone will surely make a profit. PetMed Express (NASDAQ: PETS), Priceline (NASDAQ: PCLN), and OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) have made successful businesses out of good ideas that didn't need hefty initial capital investments. Let's take a look at how these Internet-based firms accomplished their success and what their future prospects look more »
OpenTable Could Rise Above It All
By Leo Sun - May 24, 2013 | Tickers: FB, GOOG, OPEN, YELP
Shares of online restaurant reservation service OpenTable (NASDAQ: OPEN) have been on fire since the beginning of May, after the San Francisco, California-based company reported first quarter earnings that topped analyst expectations.
Due to its categorization as a social media stock, OpenTable is often mentioned in the same breath as Yelp (NYSE: YELP) and Groupon. Yet I believe that OpenTable is a superior investment to either of these companies, since more »
2 Internet Companies to Buy, 1 to Sell
By Zain Abbas - April 29, 2013 | Tickers: OPEN, SFLY, ZNGA
E-commerce continues to show signs of accelerating growth as consumers shift more of their purchases online to take advantage of superior pricing, selection and convenience. While non-travel US e-commerce growth improved modestly, that measure fails to account for mobile, which grew over 50% for both Amazon and eBay in 1Q.
In this rising e-commerce trend, Internet companies are clearly the beneficiaries. However, many believe that small-cap companies might not benefit more »
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For some inspiration, check out 2012 Drum-Off winner Juan Carlos Mendoza performing live at the grand finals last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRTAu52G9Lg&feature=share&list=UUr4kaFJ16UqtDQRzadrVkzw


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Vulture reports that Short will fill in for Dave Foley as Marshall's new boss; Foley's new series 'How to Be a Gentleman' (also on CBS) prevents him from continuing his role.
Short got his drama fill on 'Damages' last season, and can next be seen on this season of 'Weeds,' which premiered last night.
In other TV casting news ...
• Ed Begley Jr. will play an assistant medical examiner on 'Rizzoli & Isles.'His episode of the TNT show, called 'Gone,' will air Sept. 5. [THR]
• 'Drop Dead Diva' is adding another guest star to its impressive roster.Bruce Davison will appear as a judge in an upcoming episode. [TV Guide]
• The newest 'Bachelor Pad' mystery man is ... Blake.The dentist got the boot from 'The Bachelorette' last night. [EW]
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