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What, if anything, have you purchased during this Wootoff?
I haven't seen anything that I could both afford and like to have, so let me Woot! vicariously through you. . .
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BOC is the only thing I've gotten so far this time.
@sully51: rub it in sully! ruubb it in.....
Just the tablet pens so far...and those were a gift.
Three Kindle3 leather covers. Looking closely at wine.woot. ...oh, and a Barge of Cargo. :-D
I got the waterproof footballs for this summer in the pool and for the beach, and I was lucky enough to snag a BOC in the wee hours of this morning. I'm interested to see what else pops up on wine.woot, haven't seen anything I have to have from there yet (or what usually will happen is I will see something and then it won't ship to my state!)
Just a BoC so far. I was tempted by the pumpkin sauce on wine.woot but it's not for me after reading the ingredients.
Hoping for some bacon salt!
I got a BoC and that's all.
I bought a couple shirts from the Reckoning when they were on sale for $12, a lamp with a digital photo frame in it for my man cave, some tablet pens, and a couple of other smaller things.
I have missed out on all bags of crap so far, and I've resigned myself that it will remain elusive to me.
I haven't seen anything offered during the Woot Off that I considered a must have, so my credit card and bank balances are doing great! I didn't even stay up last night, so I got a decent night's sleep. I'm curious whether tonight will be the end of the Woot Off. My guess is that it will end tonight, so I'm hoping to end the woot off by getting some monkeys.
Not a thing...
I bought the BOC and a shirt that was 20% off so far...I expect a monkey in my future!
I only got a BOC this time around. I was hoping those little things that looked like lightsabers would pop up on kids.woot but haven't yet.
I made my first woot purchase - the waterproof footballs. They were within my budget, and I can use them as gifts for little cousins. And I was able to use a $5 coupon so shipping was free! Thanks, jumbowoot! So many choices...so little $$. Sigh!
I have bought nothing, I caught the first two rounds of BoC but I got stuck on processing >_> after that I just gave up on mashing f5.
Still waiting for something with my name on it. But I am too busy to pay close attention, I am in and out. It's the luck of the draw. I almost didn't read this thread because I was sure there were going to be things listed I'd be kicking myself for missing, but that's not the case so far.
Well, I'm trying the best I could not to braaaaag, but I got a Bag of Crap! XD
Sales I've missed and would've bought on the spot:
- Razor Ultra Pro Lo Kick Scooter - I might've bought it, but would've bought it if it had bigger wheels like a Lux A5.
- Clocky Alarm Clock on Wheels - was sleeping, and only sold three. Not even sure of price.
- AR iPod/iPad Docking Station - was hesitant on buying because I have a case that's hard to remove.
Still looking out for what's to come though!
It's just me being me:
1 Bag of Crap
3 Section 8 High Performance Earbuds
3 Sunpak FlexPod Gripper Tripod
3 Bendaroos Amazing Flexible Building Sticks – 2 Pack
1 What, me paranoid? (shirt)
3 Life+Gear Auto Glow Rechargeable Flashlight/Emergency Flasher - 2 Pack
3 Celltronix Stylus Pen Set – 2 Pack
3 Multipurpose Cleaning Gel, 6.75fl oz
1 Mr. Beer Premium Edition Home Beer Kit (fathers day gift)
3 Cyber Acoustics Earclip Headset with Microphone
3 I-Insect Robotic Bug Arena
1 aPen A3 Digital Recording Wireless Pen
3 Disney Canvas Paint Set
Well, I won the Stanley Mug. 3 to be exact, from home.woot
That's it for now. I've tried twice on the BOC, and missed.
@cowboydann: I read your list and have to wonder if your house is as cluttered as mine!
So far I've missed out on the BOCs (missed by a smidgen!), but my alter ego bought two shirts and used her coupons. Personally, I'm hoping the Fleur de Sel chocolate covered caramels come up soon. I ration mine, but I'm down to the last 5 or 6 and the price on their website is DOUBLE what Woot! charges for them!
Got some baby girl leggings and a canopy cover just now. Baby girl on the way, so I'm stocking up.
Taking a little trip to Chicago this weekend so the Mrs said this Woot Off I was only able to go for a BOC. I really wanted a shirt though so I got that too. I figure I will just open the boxes before she gets home and say the shirt was in the BOC :)
I havent wooted in forever. then i check in yesterday and there was a woot off. so far i got the Mr beer maker (fathers day gift) the 2 kids fishing poles, and a woot t-shirt for the kid for 5 bucks. gotta represent woot!!
@cowboydann: I have to say, all that and you still sleep on a futon? :)
I would love to see you get a King Size racecar bed in a BoC....
Bazinga! T-shirt :)
@tiamat114: most of the stuff I buy 3 of I plan on selling 2 and keeping the third one for over half off the woot price :P I hardly keep what I buy.
A king size bed would be nice. It will go well with my zebraprint king size sheets I got for my future kingsize bed.
A bag of crap and a Yggdrasil Tree shirt.
Haven't really seen anything else that I need/want...
I was being oh, so virtuous, ignoring all those things I don't really need, and then this happened:
(Domodimonti Picens Vino Rosso)
Simply more than I could resist. Besides, Scott Harvey likes it. ;-}
{Still hoping for some Todd's Dirt}
I'm still at nada. :(
Nothing for me. : { I'm going to go to sleep now and dream of flying monkeys. (The good kind. Not the scary kind.)
Just got denied a BOC for the nth time. I selected "I want one" and instead of taking me to the purchase screen it refreshed to a different item. I am not fated to ever get one. So much for my fantasy roomba. I've got these jumbowoot coupons burning a hole in my pocket and haven't found anything to spend them on.
Got my BOC!!! And the sweet fanny pack that came after it!
I clicked to buy the BOC, but failed to get it in time. =( Nothing has peaked my interest yet although I did think about getting the canister Dyson, but I didn't spend like spending $200 today.
3 boc's and a rocking knife.
Ok. Just the knife.
In this thread: everyone who got a BoC nonchalantly mentions it.
Also, the only thing that caught my interest was the BoC
So far only bought Life+Gear Auto Glow Rechargeable Flashlight/Emergency Flasher - 2 Pack
I got a BOC yesterday and my wife got a BOC today. That is all this wootoff, but that's enough!
@cowboydann: Woot should make special accommodation for you and combine shipping. That's a lot of $5 charges!
@mlsapack: I don't mind the 5 dollar charge. I work it into the price when I sell it to co-workers. Whenever I split a winewoot with a co-worker they pay half of the 10 dollar shipping charge :P
No luck for BOCs, but did get a couple of these bath scoops http://kids.woot.com/blog/viewentry.aspx?id=23668 Hope they are as cute!
Okay, I now regret not getting the monkey... again.
Just a BOC. I'm on the market for a good chef's knife and some reusable food containers but I missed a bunch and didn't care for the ones I saw. Still a good woot off though, I like the multi-BOC method.
I got the monkey. Used my March $5 coupon to get it for 2 bucks this time.
Now my thief monkey has a mate.
@joshobra: If you want a monkey, let me know. I got three (one for home, one for my office, and one that I have no idea what to do with), so I'm happy to rehome it to a monkey-craving abode.
Grabbed a boc, 3 monkeys, Woot cellars f-bomb riesling, 3 pc headset things.
For myself I got:
my usual batch of monkeys (for my sister, she gets a kick out of them)
A roku (I have three, and my brother wanted one, so it will be his b-day present)
and I scored a baggie of carbon, my second one ever, and first during a woot-off.
Not much this time around, I wanted to get some computer monitors also, but I just couldn't risk spending the cash until I get my next paycheck, and now the woot-off is over. I hope I'll be able to grab a good monitor soon.
This time around, I purchased one BOC and one exciting night - http://home.woot.com/Forums/ViewPost.aspx?PostID=5015627
I missed the monkeys?! Again?! I hate woot-offs.
BoC for me.. just bought a house, and I was hoping for some good stuff to fill it up with, but nothing tickled my fancy.. or rustled my jimmies, for that matter.
@ki4rxm: Congrats on the house. Not sure what your style tastes are, but have you checked out FAb.com and Onekingslane?
Ironically, I was waiting the whole Wootoff! for some more Kuhn Rikon knives, and they turned out to be today's sale item. . . and now I don't want them anymore. Happy DAWO (Day After Woot Off) everybody!


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I use AppShopper.com to get information like this. In the right sidebar of every page, it shows the total stats of all the app stores. For example, as of 18 Sep 2011 at 5:10pm GMT, the sidebar shows:
I believe there is a Browse button when you're in the App Store in iTunes. As long as you don't do it from within an App Store Category it should give you a complete list of apps. At the top you should see something that tells you that you're in page 1 of X where X is the total number of pages. Multiply that by the number of apps in each page and you have your number. Hope this helps.


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I sometimes see this in code samples of PHP. Does this handle DOS/Mac/Unix endline issues?
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Yes, PHP_EOL is ostensibly used to find the newline character in a cross-platform-compatible way, so it handles DOS/Mac/Unix issues.
You use PHP_EOL when you want a new line, and you want to be cross-platform.
This could be when you are writing files to the filesystem (logs, exports, other).
You could use it if you want your generated HTML to be readable. So you might follow your
You would use it if you are running php as a script from cron and you needed to output something and have it be formated for a screen.
You might use it if you are building up an email to send that needed some formatting.
As you can see
As others already told you, you can use
I just wanted to show the possibles values of
You can use this constant when you read or write text files on the server's filesystem.
Line endings do not matter in most cases as most software are capable of handling text files regardless of their origin. You ought to be consistent with your code.
If line endings matter, explicitly specify the line endings instead of using the constant. For example:
I'd like to throw in an answer that addresses "When not to use it" as it hasn't been covered yet and can imagine it being used blindly and no one noticing the there is a problem till later down the line. Some of this contradicts some of the existing answers somewhat.
If outputting to a webpage in HTML, particularly text in
The reason for this is that while code may work perform well on one sever - which happens to be a Unix-like platform - if deployed on a Windows host (such the Windows Azure platform) then it may alter how pages are displayed in some browsers (specifically Internet Explorer - some versions of which will see both the \n and \r).
I'm not sure if this is still an issue since IE6 or not, so it might be fairly moot but seems worth mentioning if it helps people prompt to think about the context. There might be other cases (such as strict XHTML) where suddently outputting
As noted by someone already, you wouldn't want to use it when returning HTTP headers - as they should always follow the RFC on any platform.
I wouldn't use it for something like delimiters on CSV files (as someone has suggested). The platform the sever is running on shouldn't determine the line endings in generated or consumed files.
The definition of PHP_EOL is that it gives you the newline character of the operating system you're working on.
In practice, you should almost never need this. Consider a few cases:
PHP_EOL is so ridiculously long that it's really not worth using it.
I found PHP_EOL very useful for file handling, specially if you are writing multiple lines of content into a file.
For example, you have a long string that you want to break into the multiple lines while writing into plain file. Using \r\n might not work so simply put PHP_EOL into your script and the result is awesome.
Check out this simple example below:
There is one obvious place where it might be useful: when you are writing code that predominantly uses single quote strings. Its arguable as to whether:
The art of it is to be consistent. The problem with mix and matching '' and "" is that when you get long strings, you don't really want to have to go hunting for what type of quote you used.
As with all things in life, it depends on the context.
DOS/Windows standard "newline" is CRLF (= \r\n) and not LFCR (\n\r). If we put the latter, it's likely to produce some unexpected (well, in fact, kind of expected! :D) behaviors.
Nowadays almost all (well written) programs accept the UNIX standard LF (\n) for newline code, even mail sender daemons (RFC sets CRLF as newline for headers and message body).
I am using WebCalendar and found that Mac iCal barfs on importing a generated ics file because the end-of-line is hardcoded in xcal.php as "\r\n". I went in and replaced all occurrences with PHP_EOL and now iCal is happy! I also tested it on Vista and Outlook was able to import the file as well, even though the end of line character is "\n".
You are writing code that predominantly uses single quote strings.
I have a site where a logging-script writes a new line of text to a textfile after an action from the user, who can be using any OS.
Using PHP_EOL don't seem to be optimal in this case. If the user is on Mac OS and writes to the textfile it will put \n. When opening the textfile on a windows computer it doesn't show a line break. For this reason i use "\r\n" instead which works when opening the file on any OS.
Handy with error_log() if you're outputting multiple lines.
I've found a lot of debug statements look weird on my windows install since the developers have assumed unix endings when breaking up strings.
I use the PHP_EOL constant in some command line scripts I had to write. I develop on my local Windows machine and then test on a Linux server box. Using the constant meant I didn't have to worry about using the correct line ending for each of the different platforms.
When jumi (joomla plugin for PHP) compiles your code for some reason it removes all backslashes from your code. Such that something like
Very annoying bug!
Use PHP_EOL instead to get the result you were after.
I prefer to use \n\r. Also I am on a windows system and \n works just fine in my experience.
Since PHP_EOL does not work with regular expressions, and these are the most useful way of dealing with text, then I really never used it or needed to.
No, PHP_EOL does not handle endline issues, because the system where you use that constant is not the same system where you send the output to.
I would not recommend using PHP_EOL at all. Unix/Linux use \n, MacOS / OS X changed from \r to \n too and on Windows many applications (especially browsers) can display it correctly too. On Windows, it is also easy change existing client-side code to use \n only and still maintain backward-compatibility: Just change the delimiter for line trimming from \r\n to \n and wrap it in a trim() like function.


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It is the policy of New York University (NYU, "the University") to comply with the requirements of the Federal Office of Budget and Management (OMB) OMB Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-profit Organizations (http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/a133/a133_revised_2007.pdf) and other applicable regulations, pertaining to subawards.
The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance on proposing, developing, issuing, oversight and closeout of subawards.
This policy is applicable to all schools, departments, units and personnel of the University involved in administering sponsored awards.
a. How Subawards Are Submitted and Awarded
i. Distinguishing Characteristics between Subawards and Other forms of sub-agreements
NYU follows the requirements in OMB Circular A-133 to distinguish subawards from other potential forms of sub-agreements such as consulting agreements or purchasing agreements. The table below (see also A-133) provides guidance to help differentiate between subawards and other vendor relationships.
Subaward (or Subrecipient)
a. Helps determine eligibility for assistance.
b. Has its performance measured against meeting the objectives of the program.
c. Has responsibility for programmatic decision making.
d. Assumes responsibility for adherence to applicable sponsor program compliance requirements.
e. Uses sponsor funds to carry out a program of NYU as compared to providing goods or services.
Vendor a. Provides the goods and services within its normal business operations.
b. Provides similar goods or services to many different purchasers.
c. Operates in a competitive environment.
d. Provides goods or services that are ancillary to the operation of NYU's sponsored project.
e. Is not subject to compliance requirements of NYU's sponsor.
ii. Proposing a Subaward
A. Determining the Need for a Subaward
The Principal Investigator (PI) is responsible for determining the need for a subaward and/or procurement action on a sponsored project, and for the initial determination of which mechanism is appropriate (See Section a.i above). In making these determinations, PI's are typically assisted by their Departmental Administrators (DA's) and/or Projects Officers in the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). PI's generally outline this need (with appropriate rationale and authorization) in the grant proposal. PI's should consult the Contract Office when issuing a consulting agreement on a sponsored project. However, all vendor relationships for the purchase of goods and services should be processed through the Purchasing Department.
B. Required Elements to Include a Subaward in a Proposal
NYU requires that the following documents be completed for each Subaward that is included in a proposal to the sponsor. Proposals will not be signed by institutional officials until these items are completed and submitted to OSP.
The Subaward Statement of Work (SOW), include:
-a clear description of the work to be performed
-the proposed timelines and deliverables.
For guidance on scope development see: http://www.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu/research/documents/Contracts/guidelinesforscopeofwork.pdf.
• Subaward Budget and Budget Justification, including the subaward direct and indirect costs, calculated using the Subaward approved Facilities and Administrative (F&A) cost rates and fringe benefit rates and verifying any committed cost sharing.
• A Fair and Reasonable Cost Analysis – Subawards Under Contract (See Appendix 1, Sole Source Justification and Cost/Price Analysis), as applicable, must be signed by NYU's PI. The PI's signature on this form certifies that the PI has selected the subawardee in accordance with this policy, and determined that their costs are reasonable with respect to the proposed SOW and that all proposed costs are allowable under the Sponsor's anticipated terms and conditions.
• Any additional information that may be required by NYU's sponsor (e.g., Certificate of Current Cost or Pricing data, Sole Source Justification, biographies of Subaward key personnel).
Subaward proposal elements are expected to comply with the sponsor requirements for NYU's prime proposal. PI's are responsible for ensuring that they obtain all materials from their subawardee in the correct format and that the information is complete.
iii.Issuance of a subaward
A. Initial Spending by Subawardee
A subaward will not be issued, nor payments to a subawardee authorized, prior to NYU's receipt and acceptance of a funding commitment from the prime sponsor which authorizes NYU to enter into the proposed contractual agreement. An NYU PI or designee may not authorize a subawardee to begin working without a fully executed subaward agreement in place. Proposed subawardees that commence work without a fully signed subaward agreement from the NYU Contract Office do so at their own risk and have no assurance of payment from NYU. In the event a subaward is subsequently issued to a subawardee, a subawardee may claim costs properly incurred under its own risk, provided that the costs are otherwise allowable. In such cases, the subawardee must furnish evidence to NYU that all required compliance approvals were in place at the time the costs were incurred.
B. Subaward Periods of Performance and Duration
The period of performance of a subaward (including any requested extensions) may not be outside of NYU's own period of performance. Subawards may, however, be issued for shorter periods of time than NYU's full period of performance. A new subaward may be issued whenever NYU's sponsored project receives funding under a new competitive segment.
C. Subaward Funding Mechanisms
NYU normally issues subawards on a cost-reimbursement basis.
D. Requesting Issuance of a New Subaward
After an award has been accepted by New York University and a sponsored project is established, the PI or authorized administrator will submit a Request to Issue Subaward Form (RIS) to the Contract Office, along with all required documentation (such as copy of the Prime Award, detailed Scope of Work, and final Budget). In addition, the PI or the authorized administrator must provide the following items to the Contract Office, which must be kept on file before a subaward is issued:
1. Copies of the Subaward human subjects approval and approval to use animals, if applicable
2. Any special requirements the PI requests (e.g., prior approval requirements, report formats or due dates).
The Contract Office will consult with the PI and/or DA as needed to clarify requirements or to obtain additional information. Once a subaward request is complete, a draft subaward will be created and circulated to the PI and OSP for the review and written approval of both parties. When the Contract Office receives those approvals, the subaward will be issued to the subawardee for review and execution. The Contract Office will handle the negotiation of any terms and conditions in the subaward and, once the agreement is acceptable to both parties, will sign on behalf of the University.
E. Applying Facilities and Administrative (F&A; Indirect Cost) Rates to Subawards
There are two types of F&A costs on subawards: those earned by the subawardee, and those earned by NYU. A subawardee is expected to apply its own Federally-negotiated F&A rates and bases when preparing its subaward budget unless a lower rate or base has been agreed to by the subawardee institutional official (e.g., to meet cost-sharing requirements, or to meet a sponsor's F&A rate limitation.). If a subawardee does not have an approved F&A rate, it must either have its proposed indirect cost rate approved by NYU or elect not to recover indirect costs. NYU applies the OMB A-21 "life-of-the-award" policy with respect to its subawards and will use the approved F&A rates authorized at the time of issuance of the subaward.
NYU's "life-of-the-award" policy applies to subawards under a sponsored project. The terms of the subawardee's F&A rate agreement in effect when the subaward is issued will govern F&A charges throughout the performance of the subaward. The period of performance on a subaward will not exceed NYU's competitive segment on its award. When a renewal subaward is issued under a NYU award that uses a modified total direct cost (MTDC) base for calculating F&A, NYU will recover its F&A on the first $25,000 of the renewal subaward.
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|Effective Date:
|September 01, 2013
|Issuing Authority:
|Sponsored Programs Administration
|Responsible Officer:
|Assistant Vice President for Post-Awards Administration
Consultant - An individual, firm, company or institution which provides needed expertise to a project for a limited period of time. They function as independent contractors (with little or no day-to-day supervision by NYU staff) and they are not employees of the University. Consultants are typically paid on an hourly or daily fee including reimbursement for travel and other incidental expenses. Consultant agreements issued for sponsored projects are executed by the Contract Office.
Pass-through Entity - A non-Federal entity that provides an award to a subawardee to carry out a program through a Statement of Work on a sponsored project. The pass-through entity assumes many of the responsibilities typically assigned to a prime sponsor in issuance and oversight of an award to a grantee or contractor, including verification of the financial viability, adequacy of compliance controls, audit status and fulfillment of its portion of the programmatic effort.
Subaward (also referred to as a subgrant) - A formal written agreement made between NYU and a "Subawardee" (as defined below) to perform a portion of the Statement of Work under a NYU sponsored project.
Subawardee (also referred to as a subrecipient or a subgrantee) - An entity that expends award funds received from the prime grantee to carry out a portion of the prime's programmatic effort under a sponsored project.
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I have written some code that provides statistical information about visitors to a website (like "Google Analytics")
I have a REFERER table with refererID, refererURL columns. The refererURL contains the whole url, including the parameters.
other tables, such as the statistics table, refer to this table by the refererID column.
This is not efficient in terms of database storage space.
How could I save the referer URL differently to save as much space as I can?
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Does anyone know of some good references for computing Christoffel symbols for Hermitian metrics?
A quick Google search turns up this. The following formula appears on page 4:
$$\Gamma_{AB}^C = \frac{1}{2}h^{CE}\left(\frac{\partial h_{AE}}{\partial z^B} + \frac{\partial h_{BE}}{\partial z^A} - \frac{\partial h_{AB}}{\partial z^E}\right)$$
where $A, B, C, E \in$ {$1, \dots, n, \bar{1}, \dots, \bar{n}$} and $z^{\bar{i}} = \bar{z}^i$. From this they get
$$\Gamma_{\bar{i}j}^k = \frac{1}{2}h^{k\bar{l}}\left(\frac{\partial h_{j\bar{l}}}{\partial \bar{z}^i} - \frac{\partial h_{j\bar{i}}}{\partial \bar{z}^l}\right)$$
How do they obtain this? Are they regarding $h$ as a map $(T^{1,0}M\oplus T^{0,1}M) \times (T^{1,0}M\oplus T^{0,1}M) \to \mathbb{C}$ where $h_{ab} = 0$, $h_{\bar{a}\bar{b}} = 0$, and $h_{\bar{a}b} = \overline{h_{b\bar{a}}}$? Even if they do, I don't see how they get the second term.
Everything else I have found deals only with Kähler metrics, in which case $\Gamma_{ab}^c$ and $\Gamma_{\bar{a}\bar{b}}^{\bar{c}}$ are the only non-trivial symbols.
More generally, are there any treatments of Hermitian geometry which take this coordinate approach (as is common in Riemannian geometry texts)?


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Anyone want to suggest a few good cellphones?
I'm currently considering switching cell phone providers. In so doing, I will have to get all new phones for me and the family. So anyone have good suggestions on phones that will work on the sprint network?
Couple of restrictions - no iPhones (lots of reasons, not just because I don't like iPhones) - Any/All phones I get are going to be purchased at full retail price, so even though the samsung SIII is an option, it's also $500+
at least 3 of the phones will need to be "smart" (translate that as android) and at least one will have to be non-smart (feature phone).
Feel free to ask for more clarification on my restrictions, and feel even more free to suggest stuff that may not work for me as long as you include an argument as to why.
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I have a HTC Evo 4G LTE that I just love. I've had really good luck with HTC phones. They are really durable and this one is fast, has a lot of internal memory that you can still expand with a card of you want. I've accidentally dropped mine dozens of times and the dog has stepped on it a few times and there's still not a scratch on it. I'm not sure what it retails for, but I got mine from Amazon for $150. It was supposed to extend my contract with Sprint, but for some reason it didn't. Good luck on your search.
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I will be participating on a summer program this summer with egalitarian davening, including women leading, laining, having aliyot, etc. Can I respond amen to their brachot? Can I respond to their kedushah? To their aliyot? If I was a gabbay, could I call up a girl? I cannot think of other questions that might come up, but if anyone can think of other issues please add them.
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Another thing to consider is dealing with the group's definition of what counts as a minyan/quorum. For example, a nice (and real) question is what would you do if Halacha/your psak says that there is nowhere close to a minyan but at some important point the group holds that there is exactly a minyan with your presence.
Even without having a role, you can't always be a neutral observer.
Rav Moshe said to distance oneself from such minyanim (OC 4 91:6).
Rav Henkin permitted davening in a shul without a mechitza under limited circumstances. He writes:
"Every individual should live in a place of observant Jews if possible. However, if this is not possible, we should not be strict concerning these matters because it will lead to a potential catastrophe.
However, if the place itself is corrupt in that it has mixed-seating, it has already been established that it is preferable to pray by yourself at home. But, if this is the only synagogue in the area and you will always have to pray at home, you must examine the situation and evaluate the corruption versus the hope that through the involvement of the observant in this congregation, the community will become Orthodox. Yet, in all situations you must reprimand them if you pray in their midst."
I'm not sure how this ruling would apply to the summer program you are participating in, since R. Henkin was talking about only mixed seating, but not necessarily mixed participation, but some of the factors to consider are mentioned in his response.


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TOWNSEND, Carl S. Jr., 75, of Weirton, passed away on Saturday January 5, 2013, at the Weirton Medical Center.
Born on June 14, 1937, in Mingo Junction, OH, he was a son of the late Carl S. Townsend Sr. and Stephanie A. Kostolansky Townsend.
A retired educator, Carl graduated from Follansbee High School in 1955 and from John Carroll University in Cleveland in 1960 with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. Following college Carl worked for the Charlie Bailey Meter Co. in Cleveland from 1960 to 1964. From 1964 to 1992 he was an employee of the former Weirton Steel. He then worked for Tech INT. Technologies from 1994 to 1998. In addition he had taught at various institutions for 40 years throughout the area. Also he was a professor of mathematics at WV Northern Community College from 2000 to 2008.
One brother, Harry Townsend, died in 1995.
Carl leaves his loving wife, Joyce A. Trojan Townsend, his son, David B. Townsend of Weirton, his daughter, Tammy J. Townsend of Wheeling, his brother, Donald Townsend of Weirton, his sister, Polly Meredith of Apopka, FL; and one uncle, Paul Kostolansky of Charleroi, PA.
In fulfilling Carl's wishes, cremation has taken place and no services are planned.
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7 Classic Kid's TV Shows Clearly Conceived on (Bad) Acid
Most children's TV producers know that to get kids to watch, you have to terrify the little bastards. Looking back at the weird-ass shows they've cranked out over the decades, it's a wonder that we all grew up to be such, stable, well-adjusted adults.
#7. Slim Goodbody
Slim Goodbody was a friendly Jewfroed health nut who saw nothing wrong with showing you his innards in a way that is both intimate and vomit-inducing.
What The Hell Were They Thinking?
If you ever found yourself wondering what a Steve Gutenberg/Horshack hybrid would look like on the inside, this is the show of your dreams.
Slim Goodbody is here to force you to make good nutrition type choices, or he'll feed you to his robot-man.
Don't get us wrong, we're pleased when the neighborhood exhibitionist takes a unhealthy interest in vulnerable children. The scary part is when the animated picture of the red-track-suited man magically bursts into a nude man who utilizes an inappropriate wide-legged stance.
Note the shiny animated highlights to accentuate the fact that yes, this man has shed his clothes to teach you about love and life.
And we wonder why we have an obesity epidemic? Slim Goodbody utilizes his lumpy flesh-covered unitard to teach all the terrified children of the world why they should eat as much as possible, in order to cover the monstrosities which lurk beneath their skin.
Pay close attention to the part where the animated Goodbody goes through the trouble of turning around to show his half-muscularly-buttocked backside. We contend this visual assault subconsciously prompted millions of children to eat uncontrollably, as they never, ever wanted to be as healthy as Slim Goodbody. Never. Ever.
You know you want some of this lower intestine that is covering my private parts.
#6. Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
Let's see if you can make it past :16 of the intro without collapsing into a scared little ball of tears and urine.
Nice how they suck you in with the jaunty little sailor theme, then slam you with the nightmare fuel.
What The Hell Were They Thinking?
The "Sigmund" in the title is a sad little lettuce heap of worthlessness who, in the course of the tune, is literally beat out of his home by his abusive family. The sea monster dad tells Sigmund to "go out and scare some humans, or you're through!"
No doubt traumatized by his parents' death threat, Sigmund makes a pathetic attempt at scaring some unsupervised children. The children mercilessly taunt Sigmund, laughing as his limp little tentacles attempt to catch a ball they callously fling at his googly eyes. Watch them mock as they force the little blob to hula hoop. He has no torso, you dicks.
Deserving of your sympathy.
Let's all thank the show's creators for turning a disgusting family dynamic in which the parents beat and deride their monster kid out of the home into entertainment. Entertainment for children.
Of course these same children grew up to believe their abused and neglected offspring would become the playthings of laughing beach goers! Hooray! Hooray for deadbeat dads and emotionally abusive moms! Your children are hilarious!
#5. The Osmonds
Meet The Osmonds, a clan of sex-crazed Mormon children with extraordinarily large heads.
What The Hell Were They Thinking?
The decade of the Seventies owes the universe a serious apology. In this instance, it's for defying the laws of nature and presenting the many, many Osmond boys as cartoony Jonas Brothers-type sex symbols. Which is ridiculous as soon as you take a look at the size of their ginormous heads or the way they sadly flail their arms and legs around in what has to be the worst animated dancing ever created.
Maybe the most shocking thing about this program, however, was not the audacity of presenting the Osmonds as sex symbols, it was the reality that the Osmonds were sex symbols. Seriously. These guys had your mamas having all kinds of wicked, dirty thoughts back in the day:
Yes, these guys.
We'll pause for a second so you can go wash that little bit of vomit off your teeth.
Not only were the Osmond boys major sex symbols in what will forthwith be known as "The Most Retarded Decade of the Twentieth Century" ("TMRDTC" for short) but they rubbed our noses in it by showing the toothy seven on their knees trying to woo all the women of the world while they fly around in their psychedelic airplane.
Memo to Mormon Church: don't let your little boy members animate themselves wooing the hands of many, many little girls from all over the world. It doesn't look good, you know, on the whole "polygamy" thing. And PS: floating detached heads of little girls in the sky doesn't look good either.
#4. SuperBook
There are no words to prepare you for what you are about to see. This is the type of thing only the Japanese have words for.
What The Hell Were They Thinking?
After being lovingly blinded by their SuperBible, two children and a toy robot thingy are sucked into a dark vortex that deposits them in Bible Times. And while they are never dropped off in the middle of Lot's encounter with his daughters, the SuperMeanSpiritedBook seems to be A-OK with forcing children to battle flying Devil Serpents. Because that's WJWD.
Initially conceived by Pat Robertson as a way to get the Gospel to Japanese children (who are historically enamored with characters who look nothing like Japanese people and also live in American suburbs) SuperBook is among the first anime programs aired in America.
That's right. Pat Robertson forever has the title as one of the guys who introduced anime to American children. We'll be sure his epitaph will read something like this:
Pat Robertson
Ultimately responsible for dirty fan fiction featuring Sailor Moon.
Rest in peace, sweet soldier of the Lord.


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Cost of User Testing a Website
It takes 39 hours to usability test a website the first time you try. This time estimate includes planning the test, defining test tasks, recruiting test users, conducting a test with five users, analyzing the results, and writing the report. With experience, Web user tests can be completed in two work days .
In a recent project at the Technical University of Denmark, Rolf Molich and Christian Gram collected data from 50 teams of students who conducted usability tests of commercial websites as part of a user interface design class. The average time spent by each team was 39 hours. Furthermore, the students had sat through 15 hours of lectures on user test methodology. These numbers are an upper estimate of the time investment the first time you decide to user test your site.
With experience it is possible to conduct much more rapid user tests of a site. Good test tasks can be written in one or two hours, recruiting can be outsourced to a recruiting firm (at a cost of less than $1,000 for five users), the actual test can be done in a day, and the results can be analyzed in a few hours. If you are a member of the design team, then there is no reason to write an extensive report which nobody will read, so reporting can be done in a one-hour meeting supplemented by a summary that takes 2-3 hours to write. In total, a discount usability study takes only two work days once you know what you are doing.
Even though experts can do the work more efficiently (and usually with better results), it is encouraging that utter beginners could complete a full Web usability project in less than one week. This truly proves that "limited budget" and "lack of time" are not valid excuses for inflicting difficult sites on your users.
The students tested nine large Danish sites: seven sites from major Danish corporations as well as the University's own site and the university library's site.
After rating the usability problems for severity , the study found that each site had an average of
- 11 usability catastrophes
- 20 serious usability problems
- 29 cosmetic problems
In this study, a "catastrophe" was defined as a usability problem that prevented the user from completing a task. A "serious" problem was one that slowed down users significantly but did allow them to complete their task. A "cosmetic" problem delayed users slightly or annoyed the users as indicated by their verbal comments.
I am not at all surprised by that major commercial sites contain this many usability problems. In fact, Molich and Gram note that the sites probably had even more problems that were not found in the study since the students only tested a small part of each site (though presumably they focused on the most important parts).
Most of the usability problems found by the Danish students were similar to problems we have seen in studies of English-language sites over the last five years. This similarity is due to the fact that the study addressed domestic usability (Danish users accessing Danish sites) and not international usability (Danish users accessing, say, American sites). A few problems related to international usability were observed since some sites contained a combination of Danish and English content. Some sites switched language without warning when an unsuspecting user followed certain links. Multilingual search also caused problems since it was not clear to users whether an English-language search page would include the Danish pages in its search scope. Some other issues in multilingual search were discussed in my August 1996 Alertbox on international usability but it is striking how little is known about this topic.
In a study of 15 large commercial sites in the U.S., Jared Spool and colleagues found that users were only successful 42% of the time when asked to find specific information. When asked to rate "overall ease of use", people scored these sites 4.9 on a 1-7 scale (7 best); somewhat better than the neutral rating. This latter result highlights why it is not sufficient to simply ask people whether they like your site: people tend to be polite and give relatively high ratings even when the site is unusable.
These statistics form an interesting baseline for your own usability studies :
- the average site has 11 usability catastrophes (design elements that prevent users from completing test tasks)
- on average, users are only able to complete 42% of the test tasks
- users' average subjective rating of websites is 4.9 on a 1-7 scale
If you did not use any systematic usability engineering methods in the development of your site, your score will probably be along the lines in this list; often worse.
Test Coverage
Web usability problems fall into two categories:
- Site-level usability : home page; information architecture, navigation, and search; linking strategy; internally vs. externally focused design; overall writing style; page templates, layout, and site-wide design standards; graphical language and commonly used icons
- Page-level usability : specific issues related to the individual pages: understandability of headlines, links, and explanations; intuitiveness of forms and error messages; inclusion or exclusion of specific information; individual graphics and icons
A usability test with 5 users will typically uncover 80% of the site-level usability problems plus about half of the page-level usability problems on those pages that users happen to visit during the test. The reason for the lower coverage of page-level problems is that different users will visit different pages, so most pages will be tested by less than the 5 users it takes to find 80% of the problems in a design. A test with 2 users typically finds half of the usability problems in a design, so that is my estimate of the proportion of page-level problems found.
Of course, on a large site, most individual pages will not be visited by any of the test users. Thus, the main goal of user testing a site should be to find the site-level problems. You should obviously take note of the page-level problems so that they can be fixed on those pages that the users happened to visit. The most important outcome of finding page-level usability problems is a better understanding of the extent of page-level problems on your site. Also, the specific set of problems can serve as a starting point for developing a list of typical page-level design pitfalls that need special attention in the design of future pages.
It is possible to run specialized user tests of particularly important pages to increase coverage of their page-level usability problems. For example, it is often a good idea to test registration pages and the pages where users actually buy products or download software. It is possible to substantially increase the number of users who are able to complete their transactions.
For most other pages it is necessary to increase page-level usability through other methods like heuristic evaluation and by training content developers in principles of good Web usability. One good way of increasing the page-level staff's understanding of Web usability is to invite them to observe a few user tests. Even when other people's pages are being tested, one can still learn a lot about how users interact with Web pages from simply observing one or two tests.
The estimates of usability problems found with different numbers of test users comes from a project I did with Tom Landauer. For more information, see my book Usability Engineering and Landauer's book The Trouble With Computers: Usefulness, Usability, and Productivity .
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The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror, Version 2.0 (Hardcover)
'Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas, and all through the tiny community of Pine Cove, California, people are busy buying, wrapping, packing, and generally getting into the holiday spirit.
But not everybody is feeling the joy. Little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a holiday miracle. No, he's not on his deathbed; no, his dog hasn't run away from home. But Josh is sure that he saw Santa take a shovel to the head, and now the seven-year-old has only one prayer: Please, Santa, come back from the dead.
But hold on! There's an angel waiting in the wings. (Wings, get it?) It's none other than the Archangel Raziel come to Earth seeking a small child with a wish that needs granting. Unfortunately, our angel's not sporting the brightest halo in the bunch, and before you can say "Kris Kringle," he's botched his sacred mission and sent the residents of Pine Cove headlong into Christmas chaos, culminating in the most hilarious and horrifying holiday party the town has ever seen.
Move over, Charles Dickens -- it's Christopher Moore time.
About the Author
Christopher Moore is the author of twelve previous novels: Practical Demonkeeping, Coyote Blue, Bloodsucking Fiends, Island of the Sequined Love Nun, The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, Lamb, Fluke, The Stupidest Angel, A Dirty Job, You Suck, Fool, and Bite Me. He lives in San Francisco, California.
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Greet the sun as she gradually rises from below the horizon radiating the most brilliant colors over Sanur Beach, while the soft white sands embrace the oncoming waves: a perfect picture of a beautiful sunny morning, where nature displays her fascinating features at the tranquil, laid back retreat of Sanur, east of Denpasar, capital of the fabled island of Bali.
Located just 25 minutes from the international airport, 30 minutes from the Kuta area, and 15 minutes from downtown Denpasar, Sanur is renowned as Bali's first beach resort and is actually where the early tourism industry grew on Bali.
Sanur is also recognized as the largest village in Bali where its people - as with the rest of east Bali- are particularly friendly, welcoming and accommodating. Despite the locals' activities and the abundance of restaurants and accommodation, it is surprising how un-crowded and peaceful Sanur is. There are many activities to try as well as beach resorts and restaurants but these are all spread along a long coastline, creating a secluded feeling where the action goes unnoticed to sunbathers and loungers on the unspoiled beaches that continue to maintain the traditional Balinese feel.
Sanur beach is a long stretch of beautiful white sand lined with palm trees that shade dreamy footpaths, market stalls and relaxed beach cafes. Along the beach are traditional Balinese Bale (raised shaded open verandas for lying down or relaxing). Most are no longer in use although a few are sometimes occupied by fishermen who fish in these waters.
The waters of Sanur are protected by a long string of offshore reefs, creating large, warm shallow, safe lagoons that are perfectly clear and excellent for swimming, snorkeling and a whole array of water sports. Surfers will be pleased to know that the reefs around Sanur produce some of the best waves in the world in the right conditions although they can be very shallow at low tide. But there are more consistent waves beyond the reefs good for surfing.
Sanur is also the launching pad for visitors who want to dive and explore the splendors of the nearby island of Nusa Lembongan. Nusa Lembongan is approximately 8 square km in size, and is one of three neighbouring islands, the others being much the larger Nusa Penida and tiny Nusa Ceningan. Many areas around the island are good for diving and snorkeling, with abundant marine life and healthly corals. Surfing can get a bit crowded, but the waves are good. There are several white sand beaches away from the main centers which are virtually never crowded.
Sanur Beach was first introduced by A.J. Le Mayeur, a renowned Belgian impressionist painter who arrived in Bali in 1932 and soon immersed himself in the culture of the island. He married a noted Balinese Legong dancer named Ni Polok and made her his model. Here he created some of his famous masterpieces. Today, the house of Le Mayeur has become a famous museum where visitors can view some of his artworks and gain an insight into the romantic aura of the time when Le Mayeur was one of a handful of expatriates.
As a place where tourism first flourished in Bali, Sanur has some of Balis' historic hotels. Built in 1965, the Inna Grand Bali , formerly called Bali Beach Hotel, was the first five star and the only high rise hotel in Bali. After its construction a new law came into force where in Bali no hotel may be built higher than a coconut tree.
Here are also the Sanur Beach Hotel (Initialy called Hotel Garuda) and the Bali Hyatt. All of these hotels still operate until today with that certain touch of modernity that offers that nostalgic ambience for those who knew Bali decades ago before the onrush of tourism. But even today Sanur still maintains that pleasant ambience with places shaded by high and age old trees that continue to radiate the serene magic of Sanur.
Sanur is a quiet version of Kuta that offers a decent selection of accommodation options. You won't find the mega resorts of Nusa Dua, but you will discover a price selection, with many small personal places situated close to the beach. As a site where tourism flourished for the first time in Bali, Sanur has a complete selection of Budget, mid-Range and Luxury options. For hotels with website you can refer to our Find a Hotel, some other accommodation options are listed below:
Kesumasari Guest House
Jl Pantai Kesumasari, Semawang
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Prima Cottage
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Ratna Beach Hotel
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Phone: +62.361.8070181
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Ananda Beach Hotel
Jl Hangtuah
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Baruna Hotel
Segara Ayu Sreet No. 3
Phone: +62 361 288 414
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Arimbi villa sanur
Jl Pengembak 14
Phone: +62 361 289091
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The gangsa Private Villa by Kayumanis
Jalan Tirta Akasa no. 28
Phone: +62 361 270 260
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Mahagiri Villas Sanur
Jalan Pungutan 31
Phone: +62 361 283939
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Jalan Danau Tamblingan, the main street in Sanur, has a number of outlets for car, motorbike and bicycle rental. A large number of metered taxis patrol the streets looking for passengers. Local bemos run with some regularity up and down both Jalan Danau Tamblingan and Jalan Danau Poso. Sanur is also a great place to walk. Distances are not far, the streets are relatively quiet, and there is a splendid, paved beach front path which runs the whole length of the district.
Located within the vicinity of Denpasar, the capital of Bali, Sanur is a 20 minute taxi ride from the Ngurah Rai International Airport. There are plenty of metered taxis all over the island that will be keen to take you to Sanur. This is one of the more straightforward areas of Bali to find as the main Jalan Bypass Ngurah Rai is the western boundary of Sanur. There are many well signposted exit points from this main road into the heart of Sanur. Allow about 30 minutes driving time from Kuta or Legian, about 45 minutes from Seminyak or Ubud and 15 minutes from Downtown Denpasar.
Sanur is also well serviced by shuttle buses and bemos from the north and south and also from Denpasar's Tegal terminal. The bus company Perama has its Sanur office in Jalan Hangtuah, and offers direct transfer here from Candidasa, Kuta, Lovina, Padang Bai and Ubud. Private shuttle buses run from most major tourist centers of Bali to Sanur; check local advertising and always book 24 hours in advance.


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There are some bugs in game when you finish a training, it gives an error that the training can not be completed. The point is added to attribute but is popping a little window, actualy several windows that is not completed.
The windows that are popping seems to be a little offscreen.
An if you can, maybe a training system to shoot at gate would help. I would like to know what possibilities are to shoot, I keep experimenting when I'm in a game.
And if you level up, some more info about what you gain by leveling up could be nice.
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text: Well everyone, here is a fun lesson on yet another tattoo design that I had a lot of fun creating. It is on the ying yang, and it is bad azz. Here you will learn "how to draw a ying yang tattoo", step by step. Instead of going with the typical black and white circular concept I went with a unique display of two koi style fish. The combination of a firey and relaxed concept is something I like to call awesome. I love the way that this tattoo came out and I had so much fun drawing it out and coloring it in. You too should have a blast with learning "how to draw a ying yang tattoo" because this is truly an awesome concept that will leave you speechless. I will be back soon so stay tuned.


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Easy access to go any where in the city, a short walk to 145 Street is the subway stop of the famous "A" train that travel express to 59th Street & Columbus and all the way Downtown. The 1 train on 145 street and broadway takes you all the way to South Ferry to see Lady Liberty.
Everything you need is all here in the neighborhood, supermarkets, Laundromat, coffee shops, restaurants & bars the basic needs of every day life!
The apartment is a 3 floors walk up. Comfortable and very quite. There is 2 bedrooms one is the Guest room fully furnished with a comfortable Queen Size Bed, the second room is Me! The bathroom is located next to your room, the Living room & Kitchen is spacious and cozy that you and I can use any time. Kitchen is open anytime you want where you can organize some food for yourself.
In Other Words…. You Are a Guest in my home….with the same attention and guidance that I provide to my friends or family. You will have the experience and surrounding of a real New Yorker.
If you like the situation, You are most Welcome!
There are good restaurants in the neighborhood , you can also hang out and listen to good Jazz or latin music in very authentic place.
You can not miss Central Park, that covers 843 acres (341 hectares) and is located in the heart of Manhattan. Offering a welcome nature scene from all the hustle and bustle of the city streets that surround it. The park is a refreshing all year-round sanctuary.
Visitors can walk, run, ride bicycles, play chess and checkers, ice skate, and even fish
No smoking in the bedroom, I suggest you can open the kitchen window and smoke there!
No shoes in the house, I ask kindly to take shoes off when you come in. Please bring your sleepers or flip flops if you need.
You can come in and out when ever you want.
Your room has linens and towels, You just have to bring your personal toiletry.
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We had a wonderfull time. Thanks for all. We will definatly book again if we visit NY again. Nice flat and totally quiet. Sophia you are the best hostess:))))
I had a wunderful and unforgettable time in New York, in Harlem and in sophias apartment. It was just perfect for my trip.
Thank you for evrything Sophia! Je reviens bientôt, hasta pronto.
We had a wonderful time. On arrival, we were handed out a pile of information about subway lines, neighborhood restaurants, things to see and other places of interest or importance. We were also given personal tips and recommendation about booking sights in advance, best times to see etc., and talked a lot about the city. The room was quite and suitably located in harlem a few blocks from an A-line stop. 25 Minutes downtown. We can very much recommend the place if you are looking for a (small) place to stay and be in touch with a lovely host.
We spent two weeks in this room and our trip was amazing ! We had the opportunity to meet very lovely people and we had a great time.
The room is perfect, very quiet and comfortable, with more than enough space for two. The AC works very well and that is a very good point. We could use the kitchen anytime, alone or to spend some good moments with our hosts !
The neighbourhood was very safe and plaisant, with everything you need (stores, restaurants, bars...). We felt safe to go home, even at night. A very good thing is that the A train station is only a few minutes away, so it is a good way to get to Times square or anywhere downtown easily.
We will definitely go back to stay there if we go to NY again, and strongly recommend this place to anybody who wants to visit the city as a real new yorker !
We hope to see you soon guys, enjoy your summer :-)
Michael and Margot
We staid for a week with Sophia and enjoyed every minute. She was very helpful and had lots of recommendations for us. The room was simple but clean, the bed very comfortable, the neighbourhood quiet.. There are groceries, corner shops and restaurants within easy walking distance as well as two bus lines and a subway station (A Train) around the corner, so the connection to midtown/uptown is excellent, the ride to Columbus Circle/Grand Army Plaza takes between 20 min (subway) and 35 min (bus). It is nothing fancy, just a good accommodation at a very reasonable price. We recommend it and will stay with Sophia on our next visit to New York.
Dirk and Katja
It was very nice to stay in the apartment from Sophia.
They are kind, helpful, nice, respectful and told us everything we asked how to go or where to go!
We feld "at home" and very welcome!
And sure.... if we go back to New York (and we do!!) than i like to stay again in this apartment!
And if you want to come to Holland.... feel welcome to stay with us!
I think we have friends in New York :)
We had a wonderful stay! The room was perfect and Ana & Engin are so nice and generous people! We are so happy we got to know them! They gave us a lot of tips of what to go see in New York and how to get there. They helped make our stay wonderful and we could not have asked for a better place to stay! Wishing Ana & Engin the best and hope to see them again! They will definitely be our first choice next time we come to New York!
Well, I know who the zware nichr Sophia is but it was just fine when Ana and her husband.
Two observations I have already partially discussed with Ana:
She has sent me detailed instructions for address apartment number, ETC via email, but not realized that I was already on the way and the mail could not be read as it has sent. So, I think it has everything what is important to reach the address will be sent upon confirmation of booking to the same.
The other is that a chair for an extended stay would be no luxury, is also a larger mattress necessary when two people should remain in the room.
Rudolf Saltet
Na, ich weiss zware nichr wer die Sophia ist aber es war einfach prima bei der Ana und ihrem Gatten.
Zwei Bemerkungen die ich teilweise schon mit Ana besprochen habe:
Sie hat mir genaue Hinweise wegen Adresse Wohnungnummer USW per e mail zugeschickt, aber nicht realisiert dass ich schon unterwegs war und die Mail nicht lesen konnte als sie die geschickt hat. Also, meines Erachtens muss alles was wichtig ist um die Adresse zu erreichen gleich bei der Bestätigung der Buchung zu geschickt werden.
Das Andere ist dass ein Sessel für einen längeren Aufenthalt kei Luxus wäre, auch ist eine grössere Matraze nötig wenn zwei Leute ins Zimmer verbleiben sollten.
Rudolf Saltet
We had a very pleasant stay with Anna, not at Cybele. We would also appreciate being informed of this change before we left for NYC. That said we were greeted warmly and were able to benefit from the apartment with a great peace. It is very well located with metro and train A (direct from the airport) nearby, as well as shops and very quiet. The room is spacious and the TV set, for those who are interested, is of high quality. Some caveats in my case at least: 4th floor, a well-soft mattress, problems with the key and finally no landline phone useful for joining friends in the USA. Despite this an address that we recommend.
Catherine and Philippe.
Nous avons fait un très agréable séjour chez Anna, non pas chez Cibèle. Nous aurions d'ailleurs apprécié d'être au courant de ce changement bien avant notre départ pour NYC. Cela dit nous avons été reçus très chaleureusement et avons pu bénéficier de l'appartement avec une grande tranquillité. Il est très bien situé avec des lignes de métro et le train A (direct de l'aéroport) à proximité, ainsi que des commerces et très calme. La chambre est spacieuse et le poste de TV, pour ceux que cela intéressent, est de grande qualité. Quelques bémols en ce qui me concerne du moins : 4ème étage sans ascenseur, un matelas bien mou, des problèmes avec la clé et enfin pas de ligne de téléphone fixe utile pour joindre les amis aux USA. Malgré cela une adresse que nous recommandons.
Catherine & Philippe.
The apartment is located north of Harlem in a very quiet neighborhood. The metro is a 5 minute walk away and we find ourselves very quickly throughout New York. The apartment is clean, tidy and the kitchen is available.
The owners are really nice (Anna). They gave us good advice, took us to a restaurant or several jazz band passed. It was a great experience. We highly recommend them. Bon voyage to you.
(Contact your host by telephone as you land)
L'appartement est situé au nord de Harlem dans un quartier très calme. Le métro est accessible en 5 mn à pied et on se retrouve très rapidement dans tout New York. L'appartement est propre, bien rangé et la cuisine est à disposition.
Les propriétaires sont vraiment très agréables ( Anna) . Ils nous ont donnés de bon conseils, nous ont emmené dans un restaurant ou plusieurs groupe de jazz passaient. Ce fut une excellente expérience. Nous vous les recommandons vivement. Bon voyage à vous.
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With my kids, when they were 12 I measured them both...same height. They both weighed...same weight. I was finally able to distinguish the difference: my daughter's hair was 6" longer than her brother's.
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My meditation and prayer room has a beautiful view of fields. It also shares space with my desk and computer, and as I have a somewhat scattered mind, every time the iMac pings to notify me of a new deposit in my e-mail inbox, I want to jump up to read my mail.
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Unanswered: Ext.Application vs Ext.Setup
Can someone explain the difference between using Ext.Application and then the launch property versus using Ext.Setup and the onReady property?
I've seen many tutorials each using different methods to begin the application.
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i have moved your topic here then, ext js 3 did not fit
ext.application is meant to be used when creating apps that follow our mvc pattern. you can use ext.onReady or setup as well, imho best for small apps that do not need to be an ext.application.
the event is the same in all 3 usecases (document ready and ext framework ready), so you have the freedom of choice.Best regards
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Ext.Application vs Ext.Setup
I'm totally new to Sencha Touch, coming from application development Java/.NET background. Understanding is not the problem, yet when presentation of information is not clear it makes ramping up on new technology more difficult than necessary.
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5 Animals That Casually Play Tricks With the Laws of Physics
Unless there's something they're not telling us, animals don't actually understand physics. If they fall from the top of a tree and go splat, they have no idea that it was gravity. They only know that they are now dead. But that doesn't stop them from mastering the physical laws of the universe in ways that science just barely understands ...
#5. Dogs Use an Internal Compass When They Poop
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Dog owners, see if this sounds familiar:
You're out walking your dog and are about to cross a busy intersection. You've started to cross, the light is changing, and this is the moment your pooch decides to take a dump. There he is, sniffing out a spot on the asphalt and spinning around in half a dozen circles to find a position he likes while cars are honking and the driver beside you chucks a Red Bull can full of chewing tobacco spit at your face. But Mr. Poochington cannot be stopped -- in his maddeningly obsessive-compulsive way, he must lay out that turd in a very precise alignment with some crazy feng shui shit that only dogs can understand. The very last thought that crosses your mind before the old grouch in the Suburban floors it and runs you over is "Why exactly are dogs so freaking particular about exactly where they poop, anyway?"
"I learned it by watching YOU!"
Believe it or not, science just might have found an answer. After carefully monitoring nearly 7,500 shits from 70 dogs across 37 diverse breeds, researchers found that the dogs consistently laid waste along the north-south axis of the Earth's magnetic field.
And while you'd like to write that off as coincidence, or that maybe they're going by the position of the sun or some shit, scientists are pretty sure that the dogs were following a kind of built-in magnetic sensor. When they disrupted the magnetic field in the room, the pups' poop centers went haywire, dropping turds in the kind of random patterns that up to now most of you assumed were the norm for canine shits.
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Do not test this at home with your dog and a microwave.
If this sounds like some kind of dog turd-based pseudoscience, it's not -- this ability to sense magnetic fields exists in a lot of species. For instance, we've mentioned before how cows have been caught feeding in the same direction on satellite imagery and foxes hunt best while using the magnetic field to triangulate their attacks. It's just that in both of those cases, the magnetic instinct seems to be put toward something useful: a unified herding behavior or an advanced targeting system. But what possible need does a dog have for spinning around and around just to find the perfect angle to play a deuce ... unless it's to flaunt its magnetic mastery in our faces.
#4. Cockroaches and Geckos Are Parkour Masters
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If you were to send something flying off a ramp, whether it be a toy truck, a skateboard, or that car you're test driving and don't feel like bringing back, the result would always be the same -- the moment said object leaves solid ground, gravity takes over, it rotates into a nosedive, and you curse that asshole Newton for being right again.
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We glided like birds before Newton fucked things up.
For the most part, this is also the case with animals -- if your precious Mr. Fluffykins runs off the edge of the table like the dumbass he is, he'll crash to the ground immediately -- but two completely unrelated creatures have evolved a fun method of telling the laws of inertia to fuck right the hell off. Geckos and cockroaches, when not respectively selling you insurance and making you puke after finding one in your sandwich, escape from predators via an insane vanishing act that defies reason:
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Geckos evolved this ability during their many years aboard pirate ships.
Well. That certainly shouldn't be possible. It even looks like the little bastard is having fun, and possibly screaming in gecko-ese about being king of the world. And cockroaches, strangely, swing around in the exact same pendulum-like manner:
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This is why it's so hard to shake them off your leg.
Both species are clinging to the edge by their adorable little claws and then using their abs of steel to swing underneath the ledge to safety. They appear to be the only species able to do this without the aid of some kind of special shoes. The claws are essential, though. We know this because after researchers declawed the animals, this happened:
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It's funny because fuck roaches.
#3. Elephants Communicate Across Miles via Inaudible Signals
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Aside from being big and goofy-looking and causing massive property damage during pissed-off drunken rampages, elephants are known for being one thing: loud. The idea of them having any kind of inside voice, never mind a secret method of communication that's inaudible to humans, just sounds like a bunch of bullshit. But it's not, unless science is just screwing with us.
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"Yeah, and you can stick their ivory tusks up your pee hole to cure your impotency."
By manipulating their vocal cords much the same way we do, elephants are able to communicate via a rumbly infrasonic murmur at a pitch far lower than anything our pitiful human ears could ever pick up. Other elephants can hear it perfectly, though, including ones that live, oh, 20 miles away.
Yep, while some of us can't hear a shriek coming from right outside our living room, elephants are whispering full conversations with their faraway buddies. It's not because their ears are so abnormally large, either (if figuring out animal biology were that simple, anyone could do it) -- it's actually because elephants may have the most sensitive feet on the planet. Their rumbly whispers create little earthquakes that enter a fellow pachyderm's body by the toenail. From there, the sound travels up their leg, through the body, and into the brain. And based on which toenail felt the whispery tremors first, they can even decipher which direction the sound came from.
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"A new prince has been born to the north. They need our trumpets!"
This bit of superhearing allows elephants to do all sorts of networking. They can stay in touch with loved ones, alert others to nearby predators and thunderstorms, and even flirt with a potential mate. It's like an elephant Internet, only their Nigerian scams are resolved by finding the bastard responsible and goring his ass to death.


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