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Banff is a tiny town of about 7000 permanent residents located in Banff National Park. The town itself is quite commercial and always packed full of tourists every time of year. The shops, restaurants and hotels are on the expensive side. The National Park is gorgeous, with stunning mountains, pristine lakes, glaciers and lots of wildlife. There are almost endless things to do in Banff, so you really don't have to spend a lot of time in the town if you don't want to. I've been to Banff 3 times in the past 5 years, and more when I was younger. Every time I go, I find something new that I want to do the next time.
Banff is about a one hour drive from Calgary and about 4 hours from Edmonton. I love it because it is close enough for a weekend getaway. Banff is a must see for anyone visiting Western Canada, and if you have the time, Canada at all!
** Banff National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site, as part of the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks **
My page covers things in Banff the town and Banff National Park. I've put them all under Banff, rather than having a page under Banff and another page under Banff National Park!
- Pros:Beautiful, nice weather, lots to do
- Cons:Lots of people all the time, expensive
- In a nutshell:Worth a few visits!
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Our dream is to drive around Canada with a rental car for a month one day. We're still a bit far away from that dream but I have my lottery ticket:) Banff seems sooo nice.
I'd also love to visit this beautiful area, so much nature... :D
Very lovely page, Karlie. I appreciate your honesty with the restaurant tips. The scenery must have been breathtaking!
Thank you for the great card!! Banff looks so beautiful, I love mountains. I'd also visit the COWS shop, I love things with sheep and cows:) greetings from sunny Sofia
Hi Karlie, thanks a lot the beautiful postcard and this nice page! I did a working holiday in Banff NP many years ago, it's about time to come back :)
This place is amazing.The pictures here are nice.
Another beauty spot to come visit! Thanks for the photos of the beautiful scenery!
Good place!!! What time of the year did you go there? My husband and I are planning on going there in late September.
Geez Banff is gorgeous... Yea i have to get on the Canadian tips soon here. Good luck with the tickets...how does it work what stadiums did you apply for any what not? Oh...and 2012....POLAND is hosting EURO..yeeoooooo
Hello there Karlie, Beautiful pics and great info I thought the stake house like was a very cool like. And The Cave and Basin Hot Springs sounded great...Donna :)
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I'm not sure I would support a Biden bid for the presidency. (although that probably depends on who the GOP trots out there)
But from all accounts he has been a tireless worker as VP and was well respected for his work in the senate.
Granted- he makes some off the cuff remarks that make you shake your head... (ie Obama is a nice clean African American)... but he has been a tireless advocate for the middle class.
you don't see much of that from either party in Congress these days
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Thread: General Politics Thread
11-09-2012 #3526
By Theft
I am stunned that some people appear to love their Playstation(1,2,3) or Xbox(360) more than I love the Denver Broncos.
Trust me, it's sad
11-09-2012 #3527
Again, I make statement X about Biden, you say "Yeah, well you can't make statement Y about him", I respond "I never said Y about him?", you respond, "Yeah, because you can't"..... LOL come on man.
]LOL.... to each his own!
Well, he's here for 4 more years, it deserved repeating.
Is your outlook on everything set it stone, is your world view in a state of constancy or do you allow it to change?
You do your screen name justice with this one!
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11-09-2012 #3528
First of all, let me say thank you for a thoughtful response.
I am sure there are some GOP candidates that would be worse than Biden, no doubt about it.
You might be right about Biden and the work he's done, that's great as a senator, his antics just seem to be a little too divisive for a leadership position like he's in, and I would hate to have a President act like him. For instance, the Ryan/Biden debate, the guy was outright rude through much of the debate and displayed a complete lack of respect for Paul Ryan. Maybe he truly feels that way, which is fine, but people won't be very willing to work with you when you act like that.
Now that you bring this new information to light, your right, it does looks like some people that didn't support Obama are upset that the guy they supported lost! That's crazy! Thank for bringing that to my attention, not sure what I would have done without your wisdom.
And again, your response, as usual, avoided the question... that's OK though, that's just how you roll!
You are too much man!
Last edited by weskurtz81; 11-09-2012 at 18:53."you are both the product and the architect of your environment"
11-09-2012 #3529
Yeah, it's not your opinion I take issue with, it's your inability to respond to something. What you do consistently is respond with something that irrelevant to the initial post. In general, if you can't at least post something relevant to the topic at hand, it's best to not post anything.
See above, classic example of no relevance to the initial post.
LOL, yeah SHE'S relevant alright! Sarah who?
No kidding... so you are saying that the people that didn't vote for him might be upset that he won? Huh, that's never been the case in prior election, no one was ever upset when Bush won, or when Clinton won, or when Bush won before him.... all the voters, regardless of who they voted for.... were happy.
Now that you bring this new information to light, your right, it does looks like some people that didn't support Obama are upset that the guy they supported lost! That's crazy! Thank for bringing that to my attention, not sure what I would have done without your wisdom.
[And again, your response, as usual, avoided the question... that's OK though, that's just how you roll!
Do you know what "eating crow" is? If so, how am I "eating crow"?
ROFL!!! "People choose to focus on petty stuff like politicians making gaffes".... Pot, meet kettle!
You are too much man!
Obama won the election dude. You and others can keep bringing up stuff like Biden and Paul but it won't change the result. You can't bring yourself to say that Obama ran a brilliant campaign and is just a better campaigner. You can't bring yourself to give him any credit. It's basically the same old story just like the last 2 years.
11-09-2012 #3530
Patreaus resigns after stepping out on his wife...
Didn't see that one coming.
By Theft
I am stunned that some people appear to love their Playstation(1,2,3) or Xbox(360) more than I love the Denver Broncos.
Trust me, it's sad
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11-09-2012 #3532
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Now that the election is over, does one of you want to create a general Politics thread?
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11-09-2012 #3533
Better start in on the 2016 thread.////Taking sig/avatar requests, PM if interested\\\\
11-09-2012 #3534
We could just edit the thread title, I think.Thanks to Kwes for the signature!
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11-09-2012 #3537
It's a lot easier to have a conversation with someone when they respond in a way that's coherent, and I would love for nothing more for you to be able to do that, but you regularly go off on a tangent.
Bouncing ball... try and follow.
Ok man, I admit it, Romney was out campaigned by the superior campaigner!!! LOL.
LOL man, I never said he didn't run a strong campaign and I never disagreed with anyone that said he ran a strong campaign. These trips down the rabbit hole with you are a lot of work, but they certainly are entertaining."you are both the product and the architect of your environment"
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You gotta watch yourself with closet democrats like Sub-stance1 if you post on here, weskurtz81. Notice how he hasn't refuted any of the questions I asked him? All he wants to hear is, "Obama is good, Obama is great, we thank him for our daily bread" In his mind's eye, Obama is god and as such, he could never ever do any wrong. It's just how he rolls. Some people like to pretend they're independents or not affiliated with one party or another but at the end of the day, they're either closet democrats or closet republicans.
I expect him to actually respond to this very post with something like the following.
"Dude. Paul lost cause he's un-electable. You and the rest of the Paulites, Paulbots, Paulnuts, Paulness, kooky libertarians are just gonna have to accept that you lost. Paul will never be president because.. well... he just can't."
11-09-2012 #3539
Good ole Engage, PSU must be your form of crack, buddy.... put the pipe down and seek help. There are plenty of forums out there, I'm sure there's one out there that you be a great fit for, unfortunately this just isn't it.
Also, although I think Romney would have been better than Obama (albeit might not have been MUCH better), I didn't think he was the best option, hence the reason I voted for neither of the two front runners.
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11-10-2012 #3540
11-10-2012 #3541
what the $#@! is wrong with the state of Florida???
Why are they always trying to $#@! up elections? Collecting and counting votes SHOULD NOT be this difficult.
You got Cali and new york done counting their votes 2 hours after polls close (hyperbole)... Florida takes a week. smh
And can we all now fess up and admit that trying to prevent early voting is $#@!ed up?
Looking at the long lines in Florida and in other states... it seems pretty clear that contracting the voting period disenfranchises voters.
Here is colorado... almost 50% of registered voters had votes before tuesday.
I think that figure was like 70% in Nevada.
And our voter population is miniscule when compared to Florida.
I hope the states take action to protect voters in the next four years.
By Theft
I am stunned that some people appear to love their Playstation(1,2,3) or Xbox(360) more than I love the Denver Broncos.
Trust me, it's sad
11-10-2012 #3542
Florida is an interesting contradiction due to its demographic. Alot of fairly well off retired old, white people from other states and a bunch of urbanites and minorities who were born and raised there.
Imo if it were just natural born city dwellers or just old people it'd concretely swing one way or another.
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They hire OLD people to count threads like 60+ that's a factor lol
11-11-2012 #3544
The voting is fixed. Florida can count for the next decade and it wouldn't matter. The Bilderburg group decided a while ago what time it is. And them boys said Obama. Period. End of story.
None the less I did find valuable entertainment in Fox News being SOOOOOO salty. I mean, them boys are so sour it was actually pathetic after 10 minutes.
$Greatness$ Awaits
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11-12-2012 #3547
There are idiots right now as i type petitioning to secede from the union via the petition function Obama added to the white house. Texas is getting close to 35K petition signatures meaning the govt. will likely have to issue a response since 35K is the threshold for the govt. to review the petition. I can't believe their are people who earnestly believe they can separate and still be viable. I hope this is merely symbolic protest against obama, but i am inclined to believe there are some who actually want to leave the Union.
11-13-2012 #3548
I think it would be disastrous for everyone involved, probably, but I don't see how they technically can't do it. In fact, didn't Texas come into the union with the agreement that they could secede in the future if they so deemed?
So for them in particular I believed it was possible.
11-13-2012 #3549
11-13-2012 #3550
Read about it, looks like it's more to do with the White Houses online petition form than any state actually requesting to secede from the nation. Apparently, some of the signatures for Texas aren't even residents of the state. Hell, looking at the site it looks like anyone can start a petition. To be perfectly honest, I'm surprised only 35K people have "signed" it, I bet now it will increase considering the attention it's been receiving.
As far as Texas's ability to survive on its own as a country, it would probably do just fine. The rest of the US would probably be negatively impacted, but I think both would ultimately be just fine if they parted ways. It would certainly be a mess to get it all sorted out, but beyond that we'd all survive.
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Dolores M. Hunt, 80, of Fletcher died Tuesday, July 12, 2006, at Park Ridge Hospital.
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BRCC officials met Tuesday morning to continue talks about the future Public Safety Center, as well as the assessment for current buildings on site.
The Blue Ridge Community College Board of Trustees Finance Committee has a seven-year capital improvement plan through fiscal year 2016-17, totaling $14.6 million in projects at the Flat Rock and Transylvania campuses.
The budget includes the improving and maintenance of current buildings, the planned Public Safety Center as well as new equipment and upkeep for the campus.
For fiscal year 2010-11, the committee plans to submit a budget totaling $893,924 to the Henderson County Board of Commissioners.
About 150 parking spaces are included in the budget request. The new Technology and Education and Development Center, which opened in late fall 2008, coupled with record enrollment numbers for the spring and fall at the college prompted a need for more space.
The Public Safety Center is in its preliminary design stages, for which the committee looked at two design options. During the addition, the campus will add 300 to 350 parking spaces. The site for the center is located near the Sink Building on campus.
There is a plan to rework the parking for the Sink Building and Bo Thomas Auditorium, and create another entrance onto campus. The building is designed as a free-standing building, even though there is still discussion about having a YMCA-facility next door.
Estimates from the college showed a cost projection of $6 million and completion date of 2013. The building will be used for law enforcement training, health and emergency services classes, offices and classrooms.
The Facilities Condition Assessment Program for BRCC, started in 2006, is a bi-annual room-by-room survey of each building. Eight buildings -- 53 percent of facilities -- are 11 to 30 years old. One building is more than 50 years old, and three buildings are between 31 and 50 years.
The audit found 62 percent of campus facilities were at a "remodeling-A" condition, meaning they require restoration to present standards, without major changes, alterations or modernizations, and the cost is not more than 25 percent of the total replacement value.
The other 38 percent of facilities were rated as being in "satisfactory condition."
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Michelle was stunned when Nikos Alessandros announced his outrageous plan. He needed a social hostess, and beautiful, sophisticated Michelle would be perfect -- especially as she needed a male companion to deter an unwanted suitor. But to be a pretend mistress? Nikos was formidably sexy, and Michelle had never experienced such a powerful attraction for any man. She had no choice but to agree to the arrangement, but what if Nikos suggested they turn pretence into reality?
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There was only one way for Mikayla to clear her fathers debt to powerful tycoon Rafael Velez-Aguilera: by offering herself in exchange! She knew it was crazy - Rafael had his pick of glamorous women, and Mikayla was a virgin. . . . But Rafael was intrigued by Mikaylas proposal and immediately presented her with a contract of her duties as his mistress for a year! Top of the list was sharing his bed. What had Mikayla let herself in for? Rafael was an intensely sensual man, and once hed made love to Mikayla, he might never let her go. . . .
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There was only one way for Mikayla to clear her father's debt to powerful tycoon Rafael Velez-Aguilera: by offering herself in exchange! She knew it was crazy-Rafael had his pick of glamorous women, and Mikayla was a virgin....But Rafael was intrigued by Mikayla's proposal and immediately presented her with a contract of her duties as his mistress for a year! Top of the list was sharing his bed. What had Mikayla let herself in for? Rafael was an intensely sensual man, and once he'd made love to Mikayla, he might never let her go....
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How should an official document containing information about exams passed by a person in previous years be called? Are there any differences between "Archival record" and "Archive reference" in the context of this purpose?
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The Coast Guard says it has rescued four fishermen from a life raft about 65 miles southeast of Savannah.
Coast Guard spokesman Michael Hulme says the men were aboard the 45-foot fishing vessel Old Smokey, based out of Little River, S.C., when they radioed for help as the vessel began to take on water.
Hulme said the 700-foot merchant vessel Tamesis relayed the call and stayed nearby to relay information to the Coast Guard until
help arrived. He said the men arrived at Air Station Savannah
Friday night in good condition.
He identified the crew members as 45-year-old James Mincey of Little River, S.C.; 32-year-old Dean R. Ronald Jr. of Towns, Ga.;
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The Cycling House hosted our first point to point Montana cycling trip this past week. The point to point trip across Montana had been a pipe dream for many TCH staffers but Shaun Radley really made it happen. Over the years our clients have learned that Missoula, Montana is the center of the universe and Montana is the best state out there. The Tour De Montana was our chance to prove exactly why Montana is such a great state and really showcase our back yard. Almost every Cycling House staffer has lived in Montana at some point in their lives and we all know why Montana is such a special place. Late June through September are the prime summer months in Montana so the tour fell during prime time for a state that can receive snowstorms in every month of the year. Montana is not touted as a major cycling destination because roads are few and far between and loop routes often require 150+miles of cycling. The point to point format offered a chance to create a route that would cover a very unique, desolate, beautiful part of the state. We knew that breathtaking views, big skies, quiet roads, mountain ranges, picturesque streams and rivers would be what campers would expect to find in Montana. The route covered all of the above and more!
I had a bit of an outsiders perspective on this trip because I have been out in New Hampshire training and racing for the past month. I made a quick trip to St. Louis Missouri for the Big Shark Bicycle Company's Newtown triathlon before arriving in Missoula on Sunday evening. I helped out with the kids race, talked with athletes, helped set up and raced. It was a whirlwind of a trip and I finished 2nd in the near Olympic distance race. I was very impressed with the organization, professionalism and quality of the Newtown Triathlon. The day of the race was full and I had to clean myself and change in the airport restroom before flying out for Montana. The next morning I hit the ground running with The Tour De Montana and was impressed as soon as I arrived at The Gue family farm.
The Tour De Montana started at, Owen Gue's faimlies house just west of downtown Missoula, Montana. Unlike all of our other trips we would be a traveling caravan and our accommodations would be tents and camping cabins. We might have been "roughing it" but that did not keep us from having wifi, espresso, tour de France viewing, showers, or Chef Drew's amazing food! The Gue farm was the perfect location for campers to start to get the Montana feel that the tour would offer. The first evening we headed out on the town for an excellent meal at Caffe Dolce for our last civlilized meal before heading out into the great unknown. Le Petit Outre, Birdman Bread, Big Sky Brewing, and Black Coffee Roasting Company all local Missoula businesses donated supplies for the trip including; pastries, pizza dough, baguettes, bread, beer, and coffee. It was amazing to have the support of some of our favorite Missoula businesses as we ventured into a new realm of bicycle trips for The Cycling House.
The staff for the trip included; Owen Gue (owner of TCH), Shaun Radley (camp director), Drew Peterson (chef), Lizzy English (ride guide), Alan Adams (ride guide) and myself (Brendan Halpin, lead guide). As mentioned earlier we were rouging it, but camping was turn key and we had amazing food, client tents were set up and Black Diamond provided top of the line tents. When most folks think of a vacation in Montana they consider places like Glacier National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Big Sky Resort and other more traveled tourist destinations. Albiet beautiful all of these places experience heavy tourist traffic in the peak month of July and we wanted to show our clients the real Montana. The Tour De Montana started in Missoula, Montana headed south towards the Bitterroot mountains climbed into the Big Hole Valley paralleled the Pioneer & Pintler Mountain ranges and completed the loop along the Blackfoot River back into Missoula. The course offered some of the best views in Montana along some of the best cycling routes available. Low traffic, near perfect weather and amazing support made the Tour De Montana an amazing trip.
On Tuesday morning we set out from Missoula for Stage 1 of the Tour De Montana a 87 mile stage with just over 3,000 feet of climbing. We headed South in parellel to the Bitterroot mountains and 1/2 the ride was on a bicycle path. We capped off the day with one of the most spectacular views of the mountains; Trapper Peak just outside of Darby. Our final destination was Sula a small town consisting of a gas station, campground, restaurant combination. Stage 2 started out almost immediately with the longest climb of the trip and it brought riders to the border of Idaho and then headed east towards the Big Hole Valley. This stage was the largest climbing day of the tour with nearly 7000 feet of climbing in 90 miles. We finished off the day at Elkhorn Hot Springs and the Pioneer Mountain range loomed in the background. Stage 2 was probably the most difficult stage but campers were rewarded with our only indoor accommodations for the trip in camping cabins. Stage 3 set out with yet another small climb before descending back into the Big Hole Valley and then making our way to Georgetown lake. The stage offered some spectacular views and lunch stop at the top of pass just outside of Anaconda was perfect. The day had over 4500 feet of climbing and 90 miles. We camped right on Georgetown Lake which offers amazing views of the Anaconda Pintlers and cold body of water to soak your legs in. Georgetown lake was the only campground without power but Chef Drew still whipped up some amazing carne asada tacos with homemade guacamole and salsa. Stage 4 started out with a descent followed by some flats all the way to Drummond. After Drummond we had the days major climb up to Helmsville and another wide open valley that led into Ovando. The stage offered 80 miles of cycling and just over 2500 feet of climbing. Unlike the other days stage 4 also had a dirt road option that included 15 miles of gravel and quickly became a highlight of the trip for many. The final stage featured 70 miles of cycling with just over 2000 feet of climbing back into Missoula, Montana. The final loop was just over 400 miles in 5 days of cycling. This was huge miles with tons of climbing but we had a unique twist on the Tour De Montana. Unlike other camps at The Cycling House each day had a lunch stop with sandwiches, snacks, fresh fruit and beverages. The miles were long and the lunch stops offered a brief respite before completing the final miles of the day. Once back in camp we had snacks, fresh fruit and beverages ready upon the cyclists arrival to camp.
On our final overnight in Ovando, Montana campers also had the opportunity to fly fish on a pristine Montana river after receiving fly fishing lessons from Chris Corbin husband of Linsey Corbin (top American professional triathlete and Missoula resident). Linsey and Chris joined us for dinner and Olympic mountain biker, Sam Schultz (another Missoula resident) popped in to fish and have dinner as well. I'm sure all of the Tour De Montana participants would agree when I declare the Tour De Montana a smashing success! The Tour De Montana might be best described as, "EPIC" but you will have to sign up for 2014 to find out for yourself. I'm already looking forward to next year and making the Tour De Montana bigger and better! Up next we have our Crested Butte & Montana Mountain bike camps. Check out The Cycling House website for information about these camps and for our full 2014 schedule.


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Aaryn is the Head of Household this week and has nominated Elissa and Helen for eviction. Not a huge surprise, Aaryn's alliance is totally gunning for Elissa. Helen is the pawn because she's a good competitor (less chance that Elissa wins Veto) and because she's so well-liked in the house that no one will vote to evict her.
Honestly, best case scenario for those of us who enjoy conflict and drama is that Elissa is MVP and nominates Jeremy, then wins POV and takes herself off. Aaryn's replacement nominee will probably be Candice and then either Candice or Jeremy will go home.
Either way, Helen and Elissa's plan is to make sure the block is the two of them plus Jeremy, so they are assuming Elissa gets MVP again and puts him up. That's definitely a smart play.
Stay tuned here all weekend for the MVP and POV results!
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they would have to beat the chiefs 1st . the chiefs get moaiki, berry, and charles back:clap::clap::clap:
monkeyspanker i think your bronco d has more issues than the chiefs d
All these guys are elite pah rushers in the NFL. its hard to pick one to start a team with, but ill take Hali. he has a great motor and sacks qb's left and right.
Miguel Cabrera plays 3rd base
Bynum shouldnt be on the list i agree monkey. Dwight is a way better center than him. I would rather take kevin durant over any of these players.
They are both solid pitchers that can strike you out anytime
And there is another nonsmart comment by monkeyspanker
I agree packers he has been writing nonsense for the last hour.
I dont think he will. i think he will be around .268 20 hr and 85 rbi's
i think kershaw in NL and Verlander in AL
I agree Adrain i solid every year. With his bat in Boston he'll hit 30 hr and 115 rbi's. Puljos is going to have a bad year now that he switched teams, but prince should start to pick it up before...
For CY Young NL/AL
Who do you think will win NL/AL?
Are you smart? yes/no? He is a good prospect that the royals gave up. He has good potential for years to come. he has superstar caliber potential.
Its a video game. and he is the 2nd worst get it right
Carlos pena has potential but strike out to many times to be in the elite group.
I only mentioned 2 of the pitchers doing good. though. Both Lynn and Loshe are doing good
Your a yankee fan and your saying he sucks? who do you think should be on the list instead?
Just because hes the fan fav dont mean he isnt the worst NBA player.
I think the cards pitching staff is doing very good so far this year and carpenter and wainwright havent done anything yet. Lance Lynn and Kyle loshe both have 4 wins and the Padres only have 7 wins...
C.C is good but is the only pitcher the yankees have.
Metta should be kicked out of the league he is stupid and doesnt act like a real nba player.
Darvish sucks and wont ever be an elite pitcher let alone win rookie of the year. Yoenis Cespedes outfielder for the A's is a legit canidate for rookie of the year. He has power and speed.
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Thanks for the list.
I just spoke to a Penfed CSR and she stated that credit card preapproval offers cannot be assigned to any other product. It looks like the rates on all those products are so terrible that nobody would want to anyway.
No one said or suggested that the preapproved offers could be moved to other products. The unsecured preapprovals are offered in parallel. Once one (unsecured) is accepted the remainder (unsecured) disappear while the secured offers may remain. I received offers for everything but the CC earlier and left them alone. (I have no need of those other things.) Eventually the CC offer came along, too.
Her Ladyship had $40K pre-app offers recently on all of the above and took $20K added to her CC. Someday I will figure out why one would need or want a $40K Thrifty Credit Service account.
It seems to me that is exactly what you suggested in your previous posts.
No parallel preapprovals here. Only one for a credit card, which after being accepted (twice now) has resulted in a denial, once with a second credit pull on another bureau.
I'm not saying the latter is untrue for you but not everybody receives parallel offers like you suggest.


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Input, Output and Comprehension:
Input: What is input in the ESL classroom?
Input is the information that students receive from each other and the teacher. It is very important in second language acquisition and must be "comprehensible, developmentally appropriate, redundant, and accurate" (Kagan, 1995). So, students must be able to understand the basic message of the information they are receiving. "It is especially critical for them to receive comprehensible input from their teachers and classmates" (Haynes, 2005). The input must be received from many different sources for the information to move from "short-term comprehension to long-term acquisition" (Kagan, 1995). Also, the messages must be "slightly above their current English level" (Haynes, 2005). Krashen, working off of Vygotsky's theory of the zone of proximal development, "devised a similar notion for the kind of input that an ESL student needs in order to make progress in acquiring English. He called this gap i+1, where i is the current level of proficiency" (ESL Workshop: Scaffolding Theory).
Output: What does "output mean and how is it important to the language acquisition process?
"Output takes an active role in the acquisition process in that output serves as an avenue for experimenting with language and for testing language hypotheses" (Module 6 Lecture Notes). It can be used as "feedback for intake because it assists the second language learner to check and correct language use," or it "forces the second language learner to examine a syntactic rather than semantic analysis and examination of language" (Module 2 Lecture Notes). "Language acquisition is fostered by output that is functional and communicative," as well as comprehensible (Kagan, 1995). For the output to be comprehensible, it must be ordered, structured, coherent and understandable. So, the learner must "draw on L2 syntax" (Module 6 Lecture Notes). It is important to note that "students, to a large extent, learn to speak by speaking" (Kagan, 1995). To become fluent they must be given multiple opportunities to speak about and discuss the same topic, express their own ideas and practice speaking on their own level and terms (Kagan, 1995; Excerpt from Teaching English Language Learners with Learning Difficulties; Haynes, 2005). "There are four ways in which output provides learners with opportunities for authentic language learning: testing hypotheses, receiving feedback, developing automaticity and shifting from meaning-based processing" (Module 6 Lecture Notes).
The Role of Interaction: What is the role of interaction and how does it relate to language use and acquisition?
Interaction provides ample opportunity for plenty of input and output. "Teachers must constantly involve students, ask many questions, encourage students to express their ideas and thoughts in the new language" (Excerpt from Teaching English Language Learners with Learning Difficulties, 2010). Small groups also help facilitate interaction and adaptation to different levels of proficiency. "You cannot learn a language without interaction" (Foppoli, 2008). Of course, there is the fear of miscommunication. However, miscommunication can encourage "conversational negotiation as well as negotiation of meaning – both beneficial to the process of language acquisition" (Module 6 Lecture Notes). Interaction enables the learner in developing an understanding of grammar and grammatical structures and developing knowledge of L2 syntax (Module 6 Lecture Notes).
Comprehension: How do input, output and interaction encourage and promote comprehension?
Comprehension is the result of language acquisition. The best way for a second language learner to acquire a new language is through receiving lots of input and having the opportunity to produce a lot of output. The best way for a student to have ample opportunities for input and output is through interaction.
Classroom Tips:
- To help make input comprehensible to ELL students, make sure to give visual clues along with auditory and involve them in hands-on activities.
- To encourage output it is important that the students talk more than the teacher. Discussions and small group activities are great ways to make sure the students have ample opportunity for output.
- To foster interaction the teacher must make sure to have a lot of activities for the students to participate in and to limit the amount of individual and silent work they must participate in.
- To aid in comprehension it is important that the teacher make sure instructions and information are given clearly and multiple times. Repetition can be very helpful in comprehension.
These tips and many more can be accessed by clicking the following link: Quick Tips to Help English Language Learner (ELL) Students in the Classroom
Fopolli, J. (2008). The Role of Interaction to Acquire a Second Language. Retrieved from Free Language Lessons Board: https://elearn.mtsu.edu/d2l/lms/content/viewer/view.d2l?tId=14348645&d2l_body_type=1&ou=1579251
Haynes, J. (2005). Comprehensible Input and Output. Retrieved from everythingESL.net: https://elearn.mtsu.edu/d2l/lms/content/viewer/view.d2l?tId=14348644&d2l_body_type=1&ou=1579251
Kagan, S. (1995). We Can Talk: Cooperative Learning in the Elementary ESL Classroom. Retrieved from CAL Digests: https://elearn.mtsu.edu/d2l/lms/content/viewer/view.d2l?tId=14348648&d2l_body_type=1&ou=1579251
What is Comprehensible Input? (Excerpt from Teaching English-Language Learners with Learning Difficulties). (2010). Retrieved from https://elearn.mtsu.edu/d2l/lms/content/viewer/view.d2l?tId=14348642&d2l_body_type=1&ou=1579251
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I had Hodgkin's 28 years ago and had all the treatments. The pain was in my neck, armpits, glands, and down the front of my chest. After 10 years I was given all clear, but recently I've been having pains in back just below lungs. My water sample and blood count was all fine but I've still got theses pains.
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I didn't feel any different than normal to be honest. No weight loss, no night sweats, nothing but this bump where your leg meets the rest of your body. I saw 9 different doctors/specialists over it. It just kept growing the whole time. It hurt, but I think it was because it was rubbing on my leg. This thing went from the inside of my leg all the way around to my hip. If you can imagine that! The surgeon who was going to do the biopsy didn't think it was cancer, he actually told me that if he had to bet on it, he'd bet against it. A hematologist wanted to see it and when he did, he got right on the phone with the surgeon and said you might want to do this biopsy sooner than later. The surgeon said no. It can wait. I didn't have any typical symptoms of cancer. By the time things were said and done though, it was state 2 Hodgkin's. This was just last year (2011-2012) and after the 6 months of abvd, I guess I'm good. I've had one check up since anyhow :) I did ask my oncologist one day, because my white blood cell count had been going higher and higher for years, if that had a little something, something to do with my diagnosis and he did say yes. The oncologist was wonderful, bless his heart, he's not much older than me (I'm 36) and I can't imagine what it's gotta be like to have to look someone in the face and tell them-this may very well take your life-. They were very aggressive with the chemo. I did not radiation however; I actually did one more dose of chemo instead. (I do not have any children) Might have been for a study or something, they told me they've never done it before for my situation. I watched my Father die from lung cancer when he was 51. (I was 26) In those ten years, they sure have changed things. I wonder sometimes if what did't get me though the mess was that one day-we were out on the water and I got all teary eyed because I wondered if I would get to see these very same things the following summer or not. Right then and there I decided there wasn't much I could do about it either way and said "alright big guy, the ball is now in your court". Some things I guess you just have to hand over. Bless you all and may you all (myself included) live long, happy lives!
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When I was 16 years old, I started getting night sweats every day, and they gradually grew more powerful. I also started getting bad fevers, and I was losing a lot of weight, so I went to the doctor. He did blood tests on me, and he never found anything. So, he wanted to do a CT test. After that, he called me saying I had to come back immediately because they found something. So, I went back, and he told me I had cancer, but that he didn't know which one. He referred me to a cancer specialist, and they did many testes and biopsies. They told me I had Hodgkin's lymphoma. I had three weeks of chemo and one month of radiation. Now, I'm cancer-free.
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I first experienced a dull kind of pain on my left underarm and, soon after that, persistent flu-like symptoms (low grade fever, fatigue, coughing). I waited for a couple of weeks and as the fever wasn't going away, I visited my doctor. He gave me a series of blood tests in which everything looked fine except for the level of white bloods, which was higher than normal. The doctor suspected some sort of infection and repeated the tests over the course of three months. As the tests came back with virtually the same results, he referred me to the local hospital. By the time I went to the hospital for examination, I had a swollen lymph node just above my collarbone on the left side. The relatively frequent symptom of itchiness was also present at the time. A needle biopsy confirmed that I had lymphoma (although it was mistakenly identified as follicular Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma). A surgical biopsy about two weeks later established that I had Hodgkin's lymphoma, stage IIB.
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So glad Gdog to "politically educate" us. It's great that we have someone intelligent comment here. Thanks, Gdog!
•10:51 a.m. Oct. 10, 2012
As opposed to your less than "politically educated" comment; "Jon Huntsman is a Republican? Now, there's a story for Lee Benson!" comment?
Yes, Jon Huntsman Sr. and Jr. are life-long Republicans.
Jon Huntsman Sr. is not a cow-towing, mindless lemming.
He will not sheepishly vote for the letter (R).
He is a man of integrity, and has called Jim Matheson the better candidate.
Deal with it.
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You said it all in two sentences. I also despise the term 'anchor baby' that comes from an insensitive republican party, that which Mia has aligned herself with.
There is a reason being a black female Mormon Republican is newsworthy. It's because the Republican party is generally not a friend of this type of diversity. It's certainly not a friend of immigrants (in the modern sense) and the needy.
Repulicans often say the word 'needy' in a negative sense as well (so and so is needy). Well, like it or not, and regardless of how hard someone may or may not work, there will always be people in need. Republicans turn their back on these people save it be the needs of the wealthy (economic justification).
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My wife is an immigrant and she doesn't remember all the details of how her parents came here, or exactly what she has said. I wouldn't expect Mia to remember, but am very disappointed that some DN Journalists seem to be partisan and going after Mia. I still haven't seen an article discussing that the law did exist, and Mia was originally right. Anyone under such negative scrutiny would certainly wonder if what she had been told was true, and, again, it is unfair to expect Mia to remember everything she said. I still don't understand how only Matheson supporters are writing these articles. KNRS and Fox are more honest about Mia than the DN and KSL. Please tell both sides of the story, and show a little compassion. Matheson is a professional politician who has been in way too long. He has had many opportunities to change the downward course of American, and has pretty much only supported Obama. He has been dishonest in his attacks on Mia.
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I love seeing the hypocrites out in force.
Do a quick bible search on the word "hypocrite" and see how frequently they are condemned. It's probably the one most criticized "sin" in the bible.
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So Mia is trying not to give any more fodder to Democrats? Maybe not the best
way to go about it, but it is what it is.
As for Mia vs. Jim? Well, I'm going to vote for the one that most closely represents my politics - and that's not Matheson. He has a long record of saying one thing to get elected, and voting with the Democrats on everything he can. When he's campaigning, he's the biggest moderate in the whole Democratic Party. Somehow his voting record is far more liberal than his mouth.
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Lee Benson,
I'm not sure I can trust anything you said in this article when you started it off with something that simply isn't true. At the beginning you wrote, "It was December 2011. ... This was long before Love threw her hat into the ring to challenge Jim Matheson for his congressional seat."
In the first week in January 2012, Love officially announced she was challenging Matheson. So your interview in December 2011 could not have been "long before Love threw her hat into the ring."
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@ firstamendment
"My wife is an immigrant and she doesn't remember all the details of how her parents came here, or exactly what she has said. '
I think if your wife was the reason why her parents got their visa to stay - she would know something about it. And I doubt she would have forgotten details of a story she relayed less than a year later.
This is more "shoot the messenger" because it isn't something you want to know. This practice of burying your head when something doesn't match the narrative is a frightening trait that is becoming far too common.
People make mistakes. Period. Some of those mistakes are huge and should change the course of events... most are not. Lets got over it.... she has an uncomfortable part of her history that doesn't reflect how she believes now. So what!
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Gee's if she is blaming others for something, it appears that maybe whatever obama has is contagious.
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Skip to comments.The 50 albums that changed music
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1 The Velvet Underground and Nico The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
Though it sold poorly on its initial release, this has since become arguably the most influential rock album of all time. The first art-rock album, it merges dreamy, druggy balladry ('Sunday Morning') with raw and uncompromising sonic experimentation ('Venus in Furs'), and is famously clothed in that Andy Warhol-designed 'banana' sleeve. Lou Reed's lyrics depicted a Warholian New York demi-monde where hard drugs and sexual experimentation held sway. Shocking then, and still utterly transfixing.
Without this, there'd be no ... Bowie, Roxy Music, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Jesus and Mary Chain, among many others. SOH
2 The Beatles Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
There are those who rate Revolver (1966) or 'the White Album' (1968) higher. But Sgt Pepper's made the watertight case for pop music as an art form in itself; until then, it was thought the silly, transient stuff of teenagers. At a time when all pop music was stringently manufactured, these Paul McCartney-driven melodies and George Martin-produced whorls of sound proved that untried ground was not only the most fertile stuff, but also the most viable commercially. It defined the Sixties and - for good and ill - gave white rock all its airs and graces.
Without this ... pop would be a very different beast. KE
3 Kraftwerk Trans-Europe Express (1977)
Released at the height of punk, this sleek, urbane, synthesised, intellectual work shared little ground with its contemporaries. Not that it wanted to. Kraftwerk operated from within a bubble of equipment and ideas which owed more to science and philosophy than mere entertainment. Still, this paean to the beauty of mechanised movement and European civilisation was a moving and exquisite album in itself...
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Missed TOM WAITS "THE HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT"
Man,I'm getting old.
This guy sure likes some crappy music (with just a few exceptions)
He missed Alice Cooper's "School's Out."
I dont' know most of these albums anyway.
Totally agree about Brubeck's Take Five. And how could they do this list without the Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin?
Silly list. Way too British.
So many durable people and groups missing.
What about Van Morrison, BB King, Ray Charles, Buddy Holly, Santana, Doors, for just a few?
Chuck Berry?
He never was able to talk the Beach Boys in completing the concept album. (The original version was only half of what he intended.)
It's quite an album, or now CD.
Ah, the Guardian.
This is a very 'English' list. I mean, Kraftwerk? That's pretty provincial.
Okay, I just read the whole aricle.
This list sucks! Pink Floyd is WAAAAAY down the list, no mention of Yes, Rush, Zeppelin, zero southern rock, this guy is on acid. Probably thinks Bjork is sexy too.
Ya think....
21 The Spice Girls
29 Pink Floyd
Every "best of rock and roll" list isn't complete without:
You may be right, but I always thought the album was never completed because Brian descended into drug abuse and schitzophrenia.
Surprisingly, I've heard/owned 11 out 50.
I like Tom Waits quite a bit.
Frank is Frank. Not sure he had any particular album that changed the course of music though. He just did what he did far better than most.
I missed that one. For the Record, I like the lady is a Tramp.
It's an awful list.
And include Kraftwork and the Spice Girls? Uhg.
I would hope most Brits are not this musically challenged.
I just oredered the CD of the original Smiley Smile/Wild Honey album. Good stuff.
Not only provencial, but ridiculous.
Hey, Bjork is not THAT bad!
Please, MG, tell me you are kidding!?
I've heard at least snippets of most...unfortunately.
Why would she be kidding, that album is AWESOME, even 30 years later.
"Silly list. Way too British."
Absoloutely. Numerous people on that list could not have existed and music would be the exact same today. I contend a great deal of those on that list had little or no impact on music in general.
that is scary.
They were a flash in the pan, with no lasting impact, IMO.
We have polar opposite taste in music then. LOL
Not a fan of those guys. Most hippie music doesn't resonate for me.
Agree with some, have heard of alot of them. Elvis and the Beatles definitely, but where's Karen Carpenter?
Some of the stuff is ok. I'm just sayin there was alot of rock type stuff that has it's roots there. CSN, Poco, Loggins and Messina, alot of the Souther rock scene.
She's dead.
So is John Lennon.
True. And unfortuante IMO. LOL Without Buf. Springfield, we wouldn't have Kenny Loggins and therefore no Footloose. LOL
Sounds like we would all be better off if this album had never happened.
I can't discount Loggins and Messina! Without them, one of the most interesting experiences I ever had with a drop dead beautiful blue eyed brunette might not have ever happened...
I'd put any Motley Crue above Frampton anyday!
Most played CD by me--ever...
In case you haven't noticed, I have a diverse taste in music.
What about the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack? It made a craze out of disco (and eventually killed it).
But not Elvis.
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Here is the problem
A user of an enterprise web application is performing a task that results in a long (very long) database query (or other long processing intensive task)
- Request timeout - after a while the user may get a request timeout
- Session timeout - if no session keeping methods are used, a session timeout can occur
- Request thread lock
- since the request thread is not returning, it may block new requrests (if reaches the pool limit)
- In some application servers the server's health status might trigger a forced restart of the node or application(due to a long running request thread)
- If the user leaves the page:
- the transaction is not canceled - resulting in useless processing no one will benefit from
- the user can't return to see the results after they complete
- no progress indication - the user just waits for the page to refresh
There are several solutions I came up with, but I'm not sure I know which is better (in all aspects, peformance, best practice, elegance and maintainability) and I would like to know what is your recommended solution, and if there is a solution that I missed? (probably yes, and many)
The bad solution: use the request thread as a worker thread,save progress state in the session, have an AJAX call check the status (in the session) in another paralel request
The compromise solution: create your own thread pool, handle a monitoring thread, a worker thread and take care of clustering by syncronizing the states in either a distrubuted transactional cache or persistant storage. this releases the request, but creats threads the application server is not aware of, and won't close in undeployment. Its up to you to shutdown threads in a clean way, and there is always a chance you will end up leaking something. This is not the J2EE way to do it either.
The J2EE solution: use JMS for the asynchronous task, this is what it's ment for
the Spring solution: use Spring batch
What would you do / did in your projects? What other solutions you know? which of the ones I noted above is the winner in your opinion?