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Hi, I'm a wordpress newbie, just installed wordpress and it mostly works... about 90% there I think. I can create posts.
However, many of the hyperlinks point into space. For example, the links at the bottom of each post are missing a field:
'Uncategorized' references:
'No Comments' references:
'June Archives' references:
Clicking any of these links brings me to a dir listing of the /wordpress dir. (Which is quite nice, but not too useful) There should be something between the '/'and the '?', no?
I'm running on wordpress 2.0, XP, apache 2.0.58, php 5.1.4, mysql 5.0.21
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Taylor Swift Setting "Off Romantic Sparks" With Matthew Gray Gubler?
"Taylor Swift Set Off Romantic Sparks With Matthew Gray Gubler On The 4th Of July?!" asks the perennially clueless Perez Hilton.
The blogger goes on to write, "We thought Taylor Swift spent her 4th of July with all her dancers on her Red Tour, but it seems there might have been one special guest included."
Perez continues, "After some inneresting pics [sic] hit online, rumors are now running wild that something might be happening in the love department between Swifty and actor Matthew Gray Gubler!"
He writes that "A pic of Matthew with his face painted just like our fave country darling might be giving away a few hints," and goes on to cite two tweets Grubler sent out about his July 4th plans — which make no mention of Swift whatsoever — before noting, "Well, it's not exactly a declaration of love to Swifty, but we'll take it as confirmation that they might be friends
with benefits!"
If Perez bothered to do any REAL reporting, he'd know there's NOTHING going on between Swift and Gubler "in the love department."
A rock-solid source close to the singer tells Gossip Cop that the pair are "just friends."


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Blogs Liberty and Power Warrantless SurveillanceJan 7, 2006 7:40 pm
Warrantless Surveillance
Here (.pdf) is a copy of the new CRS report on warrantless surveillance by the executive that made the front page of the Washington Post today. According to the Post:
A report by Congress's research arm concluded yesterday that the administration's justification for the warrantless eavesdropping authorized by President Bush conflicts with existing law and hinges on weak legal arguments.
The Congressional Research Service's report rebuts the central assertions made recently by Bush and Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales about the president's authority to order secret intercepts of telephone and e-mail exchanges between people inside the United States and their contacts abroad.
I haven't read it yet.
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In wartime, all normal limits on the exercise of power are suspended -- for the duration of the war. This war is eternal. Therefore civil liberties can never be restored. QED.
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The Italian Job
Tomas Maier Restores a Classic Milan Fashion House to Its Former Glory
That's just the kind of subtlety that Tomas Maier appreciates. As creative director of the Italian luxury-goods label Bottega Veneta, he designs lush, intricately crafted—and, yes, pricey—bags, shoes, accessories and clothing that ooze elegance, not flash, with nary a logo in sight. "My opinion is that there should be something on the market for people who don't like logos," says the German-born Maier, 47, who keeps his beard trimmed to a two-day growth and rarely veers from his uniform of jeans, crisp shirt, flawlessly cut sports jacket and handmade leather shoes. "Our slogan is 'When your own initials are enough.' "
Apparently they're more than enough for celebrities like Uma Thurman, Scarlett Johansson, Mary-Louise Parker and Mary J. Blige, who says, "I love their shoes and I love their bags." Sarah Jessica Parker raves about her pink Bottega tote: "I can stick The New Yorker in there, The New York Times and my son's bottle and pacifier."
Maier's own bag is a large beige suede tote. "You can throw it on the floor, sit on it, hang it up," he says. "Over time it takes on the personality of the wearer. It becomes your bag."
Durability is one key to BV's leather goods, which were must-haves in the '70s. The label had fallen out of favor when Gucci bought it three years ago and hired Maier to turn it around. Though Maier has since increased sales 60 percent by modernizing the brand, he continues to rely on BV's meticulous artisans, many of whom are third generation. When he first visited their workshops in Vicenza, Italy, says Maier, "it was love at first sight." Though Bottega's wares have luxe prices (ranging from $500 shoes to the $75,000 crocodile Cabat bag, aversion of which even Jennifer Lopez and Madonna were wait-listed for), they're worth it, insists Maier: "Our customers like quality craftsmanship, good design and they want something exclusive."
The child of two architects in a small Black Forest town, Maier had an early flair for fashion. As a child, he learned to knit sweaters for himself. Later opting out of the family business ("Too conventional," he says), he enrolled in a fashion school run by Paris's Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. But in just his second year he caught the attention of Hubert de Givenchy, who arranged a position for him with the house of Guy Laroche. He added Sonia Rykiel, Revillon and Hermes to his CV before landing at Bottega.
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Chuck Grassley, one of the smarter Republicans in Congress (snark), had this to say about the President's use of Executive Orders (my emphasis):
It is a very dangerous road he's going down contrary to the spirit of the Constitution. Just because Congress doesn't act doesn't mean the president has a right to act.
I know! I'll give you a few seconds to stop laughing …
First of all, for all the right-wingnuts who claim they know something about the Constitution and claim that President Obama's Executive Orders are unconstitutional or illegal, here's an easy to understand explanation of an Executive Order and a president's constitutional authority to issue them:
Executive Orders do not require Congressional approval to take effect but they have the same legal weight as laws passed by Congress. The President's source of authority to issue Executive Orders can be found in the Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution which grants to the President the "executive Power." Section 3 of Article II further directs the President to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." To implement or execute the laws of the land, Presidents give direction and guidance to Executive Branch agencies and departments, often in the form of Executive Orders.
Teabaggers and libertarians love to pretend they revere the founding fathers. They might be surprised to learn that George Washington was not only the first president, he was literally the first president to issue an Executive Order. They also often claim that the President has issued more Executive Orders than any other president, which makes him a "tyrant" in their eyes. However, as the folks at DKos point out, the President issued fewer Executive Orders in his first term than any president since Truman, and he has a long way to go to reach the number of orders issued by modern presidents. According to the National Archives, the number of Executives Orders by the last five presidents are as follows:
Barack Obama, 143 (to-date)
George W. Bush, 290
Bill Clinton, 363
George HW Bush, 165
Ronald Reagan, 380
Yeah, so if the President is a tyrant, then Ronald Reagan was what? A tyrannical dictator?
If Chuck Grassley has any intention of effectively serving his constituents without sounding like a dunce, he might want to learn a little about the workings of the federal government outside of the Congress.


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The direct dispute process provides specific provision for them to do so by simply holding the dispute frivolous or irrelevant, identifying to the best of their ability what is lacking. However, your dispute was not a direct dispute.
When disputes are referred to them via a CRA, they could respond that the dispute has inadequate supporting documentation to conduct a reasonable investigation. However, they would then have to rely on the CRA agreeing, and thus holding the dispute as frivolous or irrelevant, as they dont have that authority when disputes are being handled by the CRA. They should not ask the consumer for more info, they should request the CRA to dismiss the dispute.


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Women who stop smoking before age 40 avoid more than 90% of the increased risk of dying caused by continuing to smoke, according to a study
The hazards of smoking for women are far greater than previous studies have suggested, but stopping smoking has bigger benefits than previously thought, reported researchers with Oxford University.
Two-thirds of all deaths of smokers in their 50s, 60s, and 70s can be ascribed to smoking, the results indicated, since most of the difference between smokers and non-smokers comes from smoking-related diseases such as lung cancer, chronic lung disease, heart disease and stroke.
Stopping smoking around age 30 is even more beneficial than stopping at age 40: It allows women to avoid 97% of the increased risk of premature death due to cigarettes, according to the study.
"Both in the U.K. and the U.S.A., women born around 1940 were the first generation in which many smoked substantial numbers of cigarettes throughout adult life," Sir Richard Peto, an Oxford professor and one of the studys lead authors, said in a news release. "Hence, only in the 21st century could we observe directly the full effects of prolonged smoking, and of prolonged cessation, on premature mortality among women."
Peto said male or female smokers who "stop before reaching middle age will on average gain about an extra 10 years of life."
The Million Women Study recruited 1.3 million women ages 50 to 65 in the years from 1996 to 2001. Participants completed a questionnaire about their lifestyle, medical and social factors, and took another survey three years later. The researchers used British National Health Service records to track any deaths of participants, and the cause of death, over an average of 12 years from the time the women first joined the study.
At the start of the study, 20% of the study participants were smokers, 28% were ex-smokers, and 52% never had smoked. The researchers found that those women who were still smokers when surveyed three years later were nearly three times as likely as non-smokers to die over the next nine years.
The researchers also showed that risks among smokers increased steeply with the amount smoked. Even for light smokers having between one and nine cigarettes a day, death rates were double those for non-smokers.
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Joshua Bell Plays Tchaikovsky At Copley Symphony Hall
- When Multiple dates from May 24 - May 26, 2013 [days & times]
- Where Joan and Irwin Jacobs Music Center, 750 B St., San Diego Map | Website
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Arts, Classical
- Cost $20 - $96
Above: Image of Joshua Bell, who will be performing at the Copley Symphony Hall on May 24th - 26th, 2013.
Join us at the Copley Symphony Hall, Joshua Bell will be playing Tchaikovsky.
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Jahja Ling, conductor
Joshua Bell, violin
SMETANA: Overture to The Bartered Bride
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3: Eroica
May 24th, 2013 at 8pm
May 25th, 2013 at 8pm
May 26th, 2013 at 2pm
Tickets can be purchased online prior to the show.
Location: Copley Symphony Hall, 1245 7th Avenue
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We all need to help Thomas Levet get to one million Twitter followers
Yes, that is an actual promise from Thomas Levet, a six-time winner on the European Tour, who is really getting into the social media game.
If I go past 1M followers,I will play as lady Gaga my next tournament in the uk!!— thomas Levet (@thomaslevetgolf) May 28, 2012
Levet is promising to dress like Lady Gaga and play an event in the outfit if he can get to one million Twitter followers, a mighty high goal for the man that has under 6,000 followers at the time of this post.
He has been landing more and more followers and is trying to get into Stewart Cink and Ian Poulter land, and it will probably take months before this even begins to tape shape, but wouldn't this be the best golf costume change since Fred Funk wore a skirt at the Skins Game?
Please, can we all just follow him? I want to see a 43-year-old Frenchman try to shoot under par while rocking the meat suit. Oh, and if it happens, might I suggest Levet re-watch these moves from Gabe on "The Office"?


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Student Achievement Goal III, Responsibility to the Community, includes a service learning component that allows students to earn hours for their participation in service learning projects. Service learning is a teaching method designed to involve students in authentic and meaningful service to their communities. Service learning makes connections between the classroom and the community and provides structured time for students to reflect on their service experiences. It is intended to instill a sense of civic responsibility by encouraging students to access their impact on the community as active contributors to society. Students can engage in a variety of activities.
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Dave Robinson lived in a town in New Jersey, and his mail regularly arrived every afternoon. But in April 1967, his postal carrier was rapping at the door at 6:30 a.m.
It had arrived.
Robinson tore off the parcel wrapping, pulled aside the flaps and pulled out a giant gold ring.
Then the mailman grabbed it - and tried it on.
"Wow!" was about all the breathless postal carrier could say.
The star linebacker for the Green Bay Packers and the postman talked about the ring that morning and what it stood for: great men and great moments. Robinson declared that this bejeweled token was proof the Packers were the best team in all of professional football.
The mailman then turned away, reluctantly, for a mountain of mailbags and his route, leaving Robinson at his doorstep, beholding the first Super Bowl championship ring. He slipped it on, the single bold diamond refracting light, for the first time.
"It was something else," recalls Robinson.
Forty-four years later, in the atrium of Lambeau Field, the current members of the Green Bay Packers, victors of Super Bowl XLV, will get to open their Super Bowl championship rings in a private ceremony Thursday night.
"I'm looking forward to it," said receiver Greg Jennings. "Everywhere we go, people ask, 'Do you have the ring?' So I'm very excited."
Details of the Super Bowl XLV ring's design and the ceremony are being kept secret by the Packers in an effort to create a special, meaningful and surprising event for the players, coaches and staff who contributed to winning the 45th Super Bowl.
That ring will come to symbolize something different to each man: Sacrifice. Hope. Determination. Will. Strength. Triumph. Immortality.
And while the Vince Lombardi Trophy always will rest inside Lambeau, the rings belong to individuals.
"When you actually put it on, you feel like you're not even worthy of it," said LeRoy Butler, an all-pro safety on the Packers' 1997 Super Bowl team.
1997 ring ceremony
Vince Lombardi's teams got their Super Bowl rings in the mail, but the Super Bowl XXXI champion Packers had a private ring ceremony in 1997. Then-president Bob Harlan, general manager Ron Wolf and coach Mike Holmgren were among the small group that designed the ring, and the three of them counted down at the Oneida Country Club as everyone opened their Jostens ring cases together. The Packers "oohed" and "aahed" over the diamond-studded giant 'G' on the top.
"Some teams get it in front of the home crowd; ours was very peaceful," said former center Frank Winters. "Just coaches and players and certain board of directors. Small setting but very special."
Former defensive end Reggie White was not happy. His ring was far too small for the NFL's 300-pound sack leader, and he was visibly upset - until someone explained that the wives were getting rings, too, and he must have accidentally opened his wife's.
It was a memorable day. It was the one time in their lives when star quarterbacks and receivers stood equal with special teams captains and backup fullbacks. It was the rare time when their families reveled in the moment with their teammates.
"Except for the fans, the most important people in your whole life were in that room to get the ring," said former wide receiver Antonio Freeman.
Butler had the day circled on the calendar "like you do when you play the Vikings or something" and his children had posted it on the refrigerator: ring ceremony for Dad.
He worried about what he was going to wear. He was so nervous that his wife had to tie his tie.
"It was the most emotional night of my life other than watching my kids being born," said Butler. "I've never won anything like a national championship. It was like, this will complete my legacy."
The designs
Past Green Bay Super Bowl rings were designed to fit the personalities of the men who would wear them and the era they represented.
Lombardi's first Super Bowl ring is engraved with the words "Harmony, Courage and Valor."
Lombardi's second Super Bowl ring has three diamonds signifying the three straight championships - the '65 title game and then Super Bowls I and II. It also has "Run to Win" on it.
"Before we played the Los Angeles Rams in Milwaukee in 1967, a lot of our players were hurt," said former defensive back Tom Brown. "Apparently, he got it out of a Bible verse."
The Super Bowl XXXI ring is "kind of big - I wouldn't say flashy," said Winters. "I only wear it on special occasions."
For Butler, the classic Green Bay 'G' on his ring is a symbol for the history, tradition and loyal following of his team.
"That 'G' stands for all of the fans, the alumni, the players back to the Acme days in the '20s," said Butler. "Having that 'G' with those diamonds was special. I've seen the Patriots'. They have a really nice ring; they have the colors in it. I've seen Emmitt Smith's with the Cowboys. Some are so big, almost too big, you can see it a mile away. Ours are not real gaudy. Ours fits if you're a bigger guy, or a smaller guy."
"The ring shows all the work you put in to it," said Winters. "You've got to cherish it, the fact that you were one of the great teams of your time."
Priceless memento
Many players say they have the ring insured against theft. But they still worry.
Freeman only feels comfortable letting a fan try on his ring occasionally, and only if he's in a secure group, like the Wisconsin-based unit he met recently in Iraq.
He couldn't resist in Iraq, seeing all those tanks and soldiers trimmed with Cheeseheads and Packers gear. "It was a highlight for a lot of those troops to put that ring on," said Freeman. "They knew I was coming; it was like I was the fifth member of the Beatles."
Robinson keeps his Super Bowl I ring on him at all times. Butler? No way. He has heard "horror" stories.
"Remember Matt LaBounty? He was a defensive end who played for us," said Butler. "After 9-11, when you had to take off all your jewelry - well, he left his ring in an airport. He was calling insurance, ready to file a claim, he was so upset.
"A lady in my church found it! She did the most beautiful thing; she brought it to church, gave it to me. That was the happiest day of his life."
Butler only brings his Super Bowl ring to special occasions. "And the only reason I do that is to let other people see it; they want to try it on all the time," said Butler.
Robinson has heard an estimate of $27,000 to replace a lost or stolen Super Bowl I ring. He's also heard estimates of what the rings are worth today.
Former Green Bay tackle Steve Wright (1964-'67) auctioned off his Super Bowl I ring and it sold for $73,409, according to Pro Football Talk, which quoted Grey Flannel Auctions President Richard Russek as saying it is the only player's ring from the first Super Bowl to be offered in a public sale.
Robinson has heard some could fetch more: around $85,000 to $100,000 for a starter on that team and maybe even $125,000 or more for a Hall of Famer.
Brown can't imagine selling his rings - two for the Super Bowls and another for the 1965 championship. He just got them back.
He said that when he divorced his wife in 1971, two of the rings were missing; he suspected all along that she had them, though she denied it.
"The judge told her, 'If I ever find out that you have them, I'm going to hold you in contempt of court,'" said Brown. "He was serious. And she had them, she had them all along. And we got them back. I signed a paper that we would not prosecute her."
He got the rings back just three years ago and now keeps them in a safe-deposit box. They're heirlooms, something to pass down to children.
"The rings mean a lot," said Brown. "You have Hall of Famers. To have one, to have three is wonderful. It's a badge of honor."
The symbolism is different for everyone. Sometimes it is personal. Freeman specifically brings his Super Bowl ring when he talks to kids, to get their attention.
"I want them to know that, yes, I came from the inner city. I came from your school, your rec program," said Freeman. Then he shows them his ring. "But if you sacrifice, if you go to school, listen to your parents, you can make it, too."
Other times, the ring represents something bigger.
"I remember the 1970s and '80s, and they were not very kind to us," said Harlan, the former team president. "Four winning seasons, two playoff appearances. I got the calls from fans who said the league has passed you by.
"So for us to be back on top was the biggest thrill for me."
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I had a friend 15 years ago who played for the 1970 Colts. Everyone was always asking him if they could see his ring. He kept it locked in a safe. One time when I was at his home in Florida he brought it out. It wasn't as gaudy as so many of them are today. I was amazed at how big it was.
After reading the above story I had to chuckle that Lombardi just mailed the players their rings. Like it was not a big deal. Today they would be afraid that they would be stolen.
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Great story!
I got to try on Dave Robinson's Super Bowl 2 ring, Ray Nitschke's SB 1 ring, and one of the board of director's SB 31 ring.
Now i have to get one of the "new" one's to try on, so i can complete the foursome.
I can tell you, it's a special feeling just to get to put one of those on for a few seconds.
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There were a bunch of NFL games Sunday. Blah, blah, blah. Who cares? The greatest news from the day by far is that Randy Moss, in a recent altercation with Tom Brady, reportedly told Brady that he looks like a girl.
Of course, there are now conflicting reports saying that didn't happen. Perhaps Moss didn't say Brady looks like a girl; maybe he said he looks like a lady. Or a woman. Or the Crown Princess of Bradystan. Whatever. The point is this: Randy Moss is a great American.
So let's take a look around the NFL using classic Randy Moss quotes.
"Straight cash, homey."
Jake Delhomme is making $19.7 million in 2010; Alex Smith will have been paid $34.8 million in his 49ers career through the end of the season.
The above is fact, and also word-for-word how I'm guessing the NFL owners will open collective bargaining negotiations with the players.
"I'm in love right now. Who wouldn't want to be in the silver and black?"
The Raiders beat the Chargers on Sunday for the first time since 2003. At 2-3 they're tied for second (and last) in the division. They could easily win the AFC West. Heck, they could easily win the AFC. And the Super Bowl. I mean, the defending Super Bowl champions just lost by 10 points to Max Hall and the Cardinals.
I know it's mathematically impossible for every team in the NFL to finish 7-9 this season. But forget math. Use your eyes. It's possible, isn't it?
"To hell with them."
That was Moss commenting on the Vikings the first time he played against his old team as a Raider. In a preseason game. Ouch. I trust that now that he's a Viking again, Moss can let his old preseason opinions go. Just as we can now let go of our old preseason opinions about the Cowboys being good.
"With his baggage and everything he's been through, and my baggage and what I've been through, I don't think that would work. As far as him compared to the league and myself, he don't talk to me, I don't talk to him, so we don't even have a relationship. No communication."
That was Moss back in 2005 talking about possibly playing with Terrell Owens in Oakland. But now Owens is teamed with another high-profile receiver in Cincinnati. You can watch their exploits Tuesday night on Versus with the debut of "The T.Ocho Show." Critics rave: "It does not include Carson Palmer!"
"I think if we'd been getting me the ball earlier, we'd probably have a Super Bowl ring now. Like I said earlier, if we'd have done this since my rookie year, we'd have some jewelry around here."
Another Moss quote, of course. But it would be a lot cooler if a quote like that came out of Max Hall's mouth. Moss has carried a chip on his shoulder his whole career because he was passed over 20 times in the first round; Hall was passed over 255 times. And then he went out and beat Drew Brees in his first NFL start.
He needs to show some more swagger. But without losing his BYU roots. "What am I going to do with my game check? Straight tithing, homey!"
"They really don't know me, and I really don't know them. But one thing for sure that I try to leave them with is I am serious about my J-O-B. Once I retire and leave this game, that's what I want everybody to understand."
Brandon Lloyd is leading the NFL in receiving yards with 589. He had 495 receiving yards the past three seasons combined. Meanwhile, Felix Jones only has 197 rushing yards and zero TDs. My point is this: NFL players, we are serious about our fantasy football team(s). Even more than our J-O-B. A little warning would be nice.
"What's 10 grand to me? Next time I might shake my %@!^."
If Brett Favre gets fined as a result of the current NFL investigation, maybe Moss will advise his new teammate to break out this line to Roger Goodell.
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Michael Bush, RB, Raiders: 135 total yards, TD
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"A lucky fan wearing my jersey 2day will get a signed football by Me & Ocho Cinco! My asst will pick U out!! Good luck!"
-- Terrell Owens, tweeting less than 90 minutes before kickoff, so he will get fined by the NFL.
If Carson Palmer tweeted: "Three lucky people wearing Bucs jerseys 2day will get an official NFL football thrown by Me in the general direction of T.O. & Ocho Cinco! My inaccuracy will pick U out!! Good luck!"
(Yes, I realize that is more than 140 characters. But I imagine Carson Palmer would be as good at tweeting is he is at playing quarterback.)
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38 Detroit's 38-point victory over the Rams was its biggest margin of victory since beating the expansion Jaguars 44-0 in 1995. The Lions' biggest margin of victory since November 2007 had been five points. People of Detroit, I am so sorry.
Pictures of the Week
• "Dear God, make me a bird. So I can fly far, far, far away from here."
• "Look, the unproductive version of Terrell Owens has a point."
• "You tell me when I've gone too far."
• "I hope I'm not overdressed."
• "Hey, Peyton! Nice forehead!"
• "I can't believe I got punched in the mouth. It's like no one is even intimidated by these elderly security personnel."
• "Whee! I guessed the right hand! Give me the candy!"
• "I still can't believe he wouldn't want to remain a part of this awesome franchise. Whatever. His loss."
• "Who's laughing at me? Was it you?"
• "Whew! I'm exhausted. I must have over-trained again."
• "Eating vegetables gives me big muscles."
• "Santa? I know it's early, but I wanted to get my request in early for a Buzz Lightyear action figure. The one with the lights and everything."
• "Whaaa? Yaaah. I gadda moufpeece in. Whaaa? Why izat weeahd?"
• "Your time is over, baldy. I own you."
• "Thank God we already saved our season a couple of weeks ago because we would be screwed."
• "Remember that expensive dinner? Yeah? I spit in it."
• "Ohhhh. Gross. Come on. Some of your hair gel dripped on me."
• "For David Carr? That guy is, like, one of the biggest No. 1 overall busts of all time!"
How They Spent Their Bye Week
Dolphins: Enjoying the excitement that is NBA preseason basketball.
Patriots: Trying to stifle laughs whenever Tom Brady walks by.
Seahawks: Taking a week off from winning forever.
Steelers: Wondering how anyone can play with a quarterback with the character of Brett Favre.
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I am actually surprised this mount is able to hold my 51 inch plasma flat screen with the the tv stand still attached. but make sure you use all four bults in the studs in your wall. Oh best way to install it is to open up the arms alittle like a O put your arm through it so it is resting on you while you put bults in. So the bults are in the wall and tighten up the bottom bult first then go upwards so it will remain leveled. However, if you have a bigger tv 50 in or up it is not really full motion. but with a bigger tv you dont really want it to be full motion.
The single stud mount mad install VERY EASY. Just find one stud, put lag bolts in an you are ready to mount the TV on the wall. You can move your TV side to side to center it even if single stud is off a bit.
I usually don't write reviews, but I was so pleasantly surprised by the thought that went into manufacturing and packaging that I had to. The instructions were clear. The materials were good. The construction was good. The hardware was good. Everything was straights and no jagged edges. I was floored that they include a long HDMI cable, and a magnetized level for mounting the thing straight. The biggest thing is that the unit came assembled. I highly recommend this unit, despite it being an obvious design knock-off of a more expensive product.
Product was as advertised. It's sturdy, easy to install and once you have your TV mounted on the bars it has locks to prevent it from being knocked off or a deterrant to thieves that might want to make a quick getaway with your TV, most of all the price is the best. I've done my research and you won't find a better product for the price. My new 50" TV looks wonderful mounted on the wall with this product. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a multifunction type wall mount. I would purchase this product again if I needed another mount.
Once you find the stud on the other side of the dry wall, installation is easy. I mounted a 51" TV and it works great. The arm has great movility and it is easy to tilt up or down. Best Buy wanted me to buy one there for 4 times what I paid for this one.
The directions that come with the unit could have been written more clearly and / or the drawings could have been better. However hanging the unit on the wall is very intuative and attaching the TV is simple once you look the parts over and think about it a moment. Holds my Samsung 40" LED without any problem. Took about 20 minutes of actual work to mount and about another 15 minutes to find my tools.
What a great mount! (At any price). I'm amazed at the quality and utility of this mount.
The mount is made from strong, heavy duty steel, and the workmanship is excellent. It puts your tv in any viewing position you want. Easy mount, good instructions. If you don't get this one, you're making a mistake! Do I love this mount? You bet! By the way- shipping was also excellent
I am very pleased with my purchase of this wall mount. I have my 55 inch LCD on it for 2 months now and it is so easy to maneuver for different angles. I have it mounted on a small wall in my Den and with it's range of movement it turned my 50 in wall into a 60 inch wall. I am so pleased with the mount that I am buying another for a friend for a house warming gift.
This mount was so easy to set up and worked so well that I immediately purchased a second one to use in the bedroom. I am using on a 32 inch LED HDTV. The mounting screws that were provided worked well so there was no need to take a trip to the hardware store to search for the right screw.
Great product, easy installation, works to fit on one stud and mounts easily with simple tools.
Depending on how heavy your TV is, one person can handle the install. Easier with two people if your TV is heavy. Easy to maneuver the TV to different positions after install.
I bought this mount because the horizontal framework allows a slightly off center stud for hanging. The mount went up fairly easily. My only complaint would be that they did not provide a template. It's difficult to hold up, level and then mark the holes.
This is a quality product. I was surprised, however, that I could not center my 46" Samsung TV on the wall mount because of the TV power cord connection being in direct line with one of the support rods. Although the TV had to be installed off center on the wall mount, the weight of the TV and levelness of it were compensated for by slightly tilting the mount in the opposite direction until the TV was level. Then I tightened the mounting screws. I liked this product and did not want to go through all of the trouble of finding another wall mount.


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We used to eat a similar salad at a little Italian Bistro. We loved the simplicity of it. Easy to make but it still impresses company. In the summer when I have too many zucchini I substitute it for the cucumber.
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- 1 seedless English cucumber (or substitute zucchini)
- 3 medium tomatoes or 6 roma tomatoes
- 1⁄2 red onion
- olive oil
- balsamic vinegar
- cracked black pepper
- Chop cucumbers, tomato, and onion into large pieces.
- Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
- Add cracked black pepper and serve.
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Excellent! I think the red onion and balsamic vinegar make this salad special.
I used two cucumbers instead of one, added 1/4 cup feta cheese, and used grape tomatoes instead of roma. Very easy and tasty! Filling, too!
Absolutely awesome. I thinly slice all the ingredients using my mandalin. I always use roma tomatoes and have used white wine balsamic vinegar on occasion. I have also added sliced black olives once in awhile. Serve at room temp for the best flavor. I love this as a side to grilled steaks or salmon.


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Historical Traveler Reviews Boardwalk Resort Hotel and Villas Virginia Beach
We didn't want to leave!
We absolutly loved this hotel. Everyone was nice and friendly including the staff at the Rockfish Cafe. We were impressed with the decor, cleanliness, and size of the room- especially when we found out we had a free upgrade. I can't wait to go back. The only downfall was the fact that the pool was not heated.
Excellent except for a couple of annoyances
I stayed in room 509 with a city view. The parking was a little
confusing with few signs but I figured it out eventually. All in all it
was great. Spacious, new and comfortable. There are no non-smoking
rooms per-se but they say the clean each room thoroughly. There is a
phone charge of .50 for local calls but 800 toll free were no charge.
They plan to offer high speed internet which is wired in the room but
did not give a time it would be available. The two things that bothered
me were a very loud bathroom fan which was hard wired to the light. I
turned it on a little as possible. The other was that the bedroom
window did not have a black out drape that covered it completely. There
were bright lights outside and there was no good way to dim them. I
wound up paper clipping the drapes along each side of the window but
this only partially covered it.
I probably would stay there again but would try a different room that (hopefully) wouldn't have these problems.
Overbooked excuse
We reserved a room months in advance only to be called a few days before leaving telling us there were no rooms available. We had to find another place. We now know that all they are interrested in is selling timeshares. Don't bother reserving there because if more money comes along they won't honor your reservation.
Not Much to Fix Here
This Hotel is borders on excellent. It has everything you need for a get away. My only critique would be to put a screen on the balcony door to keep the bugs (this is a problem anywhere, not just this hotel) out because I want to hear the ocean at night.
If people have a problem with being ignored - 'speak up' , it's your money and it's their job. Address your problems to the corporation
Pleasingly Surprised
My husband & I just returned from a weeklong stay, we went during the downtime in Virginia but enjoyed ourselves greatly. We were very pleased with the room and service of the staff while we were there. We are a timeshare owner and got a great room only one month in advance. We were on the 6TH floor, oceanfront, and our understanding is all room are oceanfront. I don't think there has been any major remodeling so I believe they have always been this way. But beside that, it was clean & tastefully decorated. The rooms are fully equipt with all dishes and cookware. And all have a wonderful view of the ocean and boardwalk. We found the restraunt to be clean and fun. It can get loud but didn't think it was too overboard. If we were to decide to go back to Virginia, we would more than likely stay here again. And believe me there are plenty of choices we have through the timeshare company. I would recommend it to family and friends definetly.
Bait and Switch
Their booking service guaranteed us a waterfront one bedroom suite (per their brochure) on a high (6-8) floor. We were put in a deluxe double (smaller, with bathing area inside bedroom) with a difficult waterVIEW.
Front desk said this happens all the time, agreed to move us the next day, & put us in contact with booking service who said there are no deluxe doubles in that hotel. I told her I was standing in one and she still argued with me; we were moved the next day to another deluxe double, 3rd floor waterfront. Being 2 floors over the restaurant we heard drum thumping until late each night. VERY noisey and quite dirty restaurant. We were called 3 times in one week by someone wanting to sell us a condo in the building tho we told them "no". Management told us they were cleaning the parking garage so we needed to move our car.
We did just what they told us to do but ended up having to have our car washed twice to get rid of what they sprayed on it. They would not reimburse us. They added $1 each day to our bill (no choice) for use of the safe, which we did not use. We got them to refund that. My husband went twice to the hot tub. Once, it burned his foot when he put it in.
The other time, he was only able to stay in 10 min without blistering, tho he told them it was too hot. The facility is nice and clean; the mattress & linens are nice. This unit is supposed to sleep 6 but they would have to be immediate family. You'd have to climb over one bed to get from the master bed to the sink/shower in the same room. It is a shame for such a nice facility to be ruined by poor booking and inept management. We won't go again.
Our new favorite place!
We stayed at the Boradwalk Resort during the Neptune Festival(09/25/03-09/29/03). We arrived exactly one week after Hurricane Isabel and were not sure what to expect since we had been told The Boardwalk had received a lot of water damage from Isabel. You would have never known! The staff at the Boardwalk did an excellant job getting it back into shape in time for the Festival. We had a one bedroom suite(Living Room w/sleeper sofa, nice Kitchen and Master Bedroom w/full bed and sleeper sofa) which worked out great since the four of us included our two teenagers. The Decor was awesome! The staff went out of their way to attend to us, including follow up calls for all our request! The staff was the most friendly we have ever met. We had a room on the 11th floor, great view. Our friends had a 2 bedroom suite since they had two families with small children staying together.
Their suite was the size of a nice apartment! The indoor pool and fitness center were great and Rockfish was a fun place to eat. The only downsides were the repeated calls trying to get us to go see the time-share properties and it would have been nice if the living room also had a balcony. We have stayed at alot of places in Virginia Beach, but this is our new favorite!
5 star hotel?? yea right!
we made the mistake of buying into a time share at the Villas. Bad move. we have a suite that sleeps 6-8 people. 1 queensized bed and 2 pull out sofa beds. 1 small closet for the entire suite. the toilet.. yes just the toilet is enclosed with 2 doors leading into it from the kitchen area and the bedroom area. the mirror and the sink are viewable from the master bed room. when you emerge from the shower, you are now standing in the open for all in the master bedroom to see!! there is no door or anything to give you any privacy. we discussed this with the hospitality department and were told that this would be corrected. this year we had made arrangements to have guests staying with us based on the hospitality departments statement that this problem would be fixed. when we called to verify if it was fixed, we were told that it was not and that there would be no arrangements for future corrections! their support people are not very helpful in trying to help with problems and questions.. 5 star hotel>>>>> a joke..please e-mail me for more details!!!!!
Magnificent Suite
The Boardwalk Resort Hotel and Villas exceeded my expectations. My family and I stayed in a two bedroom suite and like its sister hotel the Turtle Cay. The Boardwalk Resort was beautifully decorated, comfortable, and clean. I would love to stay there again.
Not what i expect for the price
This was actually the second time I stayed at this hotel.I will not stay there again. At check in I was ignored while the desk clerk carried on a conversation with a housekeeping employee. I'd made my reservation online and requested a suite with 2 double beds, I was told they had no suites with 2 beds, that all their rooms had 1 queen bed ;however , I stayed at this hotel last summer during the grand opening and had a suite with 2 beds. the facility was very clean but service was lousy
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text: On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 03:51:33PM +1000, Brian Spilsbury wrote: > William Harold Newman wrote: > >7. I still don't understand why the +Unicode system can't bootstrap > >normally under CMU CL or SBCL. Do you have any hints, or should I just > >try it myself and see how it fails? > > > I wouldn't do the latter again :) > > That took about 2 months to figure out. > > In the earlier patch to 0.6.13 in src/compiler/fndb.lisp at the top > you'll see a really horrible piece of code which looks like this > > #!+(and sb-xc-host (or sbcl cmu) unicode) > (progn > > ; be naughty and allow these types to be redefined > ; so that the right type definitions leak in... > ; *sigh* [BTS] > > ; once for loaded things > #.(setf (sb-c::info :type :kind 'sb-c::simple-string) :defined) > #.(setf (sb-c::info :type :kind 'sb-c::string) :defined) > #.(setf (sb-c::info :type :kind 'sb-c::character) :defined) > #.(setf (sb-c::info :type :kind 'sb-c::sequence) :defined) > #.(setf (sb-c::info :type :kind 'sb-c::vector) :defined) > > ; once again for compiled things - probably a better way FIXME [BTS] > (setf (sb-c::info :type :kind 'sb-c::simple-string) :defined) > (setf (sb-c::info :type :kind 'sb-c::string) :defined) > (setf (sb-c::info :type :kind 'sb-c::character) :defined) > (setf (sb-c::info :type :kind 'sb-c::vector) :defined) > > (setf (sb-c::info :type :builtin 'sb-c::character) nil) > (sb-c::values-specifier-type-cache-clear) > (sb!c::values-specifier-type-cache-clear) > > ...) > > The problem is that the host's type assumptions are used to build things > like the defknowns, etc, and in a couple of other places. > > These assumptions then propagate down into the cross-compiler, and then > it breaks when the cross-compiler's own code uses the cross-compiler's > own type-definitions to try to compile itself into the target. I'd really like the patch to be bootstrappable. (As per the comment at the head of make.sh.:-) As below, I'd like to deal with the patch in smaller pieces if possible. That's mostly for other reasons but maybe, as another benefit, the deep system-level wide-character bootstrap issues would be a little easier to figure out if we don't have so many megabytes of application-level Unicode stuff to confuse the issue. > >8. Might it be possible to do the patch in smaller pieces? E.g. > >in three phases, each adding some testable functionality: > > 1. Make the system manipulate Unicode data (reading and > > writing it, representing it in characters and > > strings) but not know anything about its properties > > other than what's a BASE-CHAR and what's not. > > (I.e. no upcasing, symbolic names for Unicode chars, > > or other messy stuff.) > > > Two and three are certainly separatable, but they're also relatively > trivial. > > They're included because I wrote them to use the 0.6.13 version to > actually do some stuff, as well as for testing. > > > > > 2. Add Unicode-capable implementation of upcasing. > > 3. Add Unicode-capable implementation of symbolic char names. My inclination is to break up the patch along these lines: "part 1" and "everything else". Parts 2 and 3, and other Unicode-level stuff like locales, may be "relatively trivial", but they're also * enormous * difficult to get unambiguously correct (since IIRC some ANSI operations like upcasing a single character are a poor fit to Unicode) * more-or-less application-level code, as opposed to the kind of code which needs to be tightly integrated into low-level SBCL internals like GC, dumping/loading, typing, and type-related compiler optimizations You wrote elsewhere that you'd like to have the code in the SBCL CVS codebase. That's entirely understandable after you had to drag the patch through all the 0.pre7.* rearrangement (though hopefully that's a one-time event, or at least a once-in-a-decade event, not a regular event). Anyway, it seems to me that most of the benefit there would follow from part 1, for more or less the loose-coupling reasons discussed below. After merging part 1, I'm not sure what would be the best way to develop and integrate the other stuff. If it goes exceedingly smoothly (with obvious solutions to the upcasing problems I worried about above, with no design issues for locales, etc.), we can just merge it into the main codebase. At the other extreme, if there's considerable uncertainty and the design ends up requiring a lot of experiment and revision, it could probably be developed in a way which is only loosely coupled to the main SBCL codebase through a few extensions, e.g. * "User" code (meaning in this case the wide-chars-are-Unicode customization layer) is explicitly allowed to redefine the char-set-related functions (e.g. UPPER-CASE-P). (ANSI says conforming code can't do this, but we'd relax that in this case.) * The reader logic which processes #\FOO, and perhaps other internal character-set-related things also, go through redefinable hooks of some kind. > I'm quite happy to go though and clean things up, and would like to > incrementally do that, since it isn't quite up to the standard that I > would normally like. A lot of hacks went in while working with partially > understood code, and not all of them have been sanitised. Would you be willing to restructure the patch along the lines discussed above? Or failing that, if I or someone else extracted a part-1-like part of your patch and merged it as #!-SB-CHARACTER-IS-BASE-CHAR into the main codebase, would you be happy? (Any comments or suggestions from anyone else?) -- William Harold Newman <william.newman@...> Users like this are like a mongoose backed into a corner: with its back to the wall and seeing certain death staring it in the face, it attacks frantically, because doing something has to be better than doing nothing. This is not well adapted to the type of problems computers produce. -- <http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html> PGP key fingerprint 85 CE 1C BA 79 8D 51 8C B9 25 FB EE E0 C3 E5 7C


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