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Good value, nice room, spacious Nothing
Super helpful staff. Had even created a mini "door" and shower display to explain the room keys and how the shower turned on. Clean rooms. Not fancy, but modern and clean. Good for our short stay.
Great hotel. This was the first time staying here but will go back to Lexington for a church function.
Drinks in the evening and a very nice room and lobby area. Parking lot is a good walk to to front desk
The room was spacious clean and comfortable. Staff was friendly. Check in and check out was simple. I didn't encounter any problems. I am in the area often and have stayed here three times and never had an issue. I only wish the surrounding area had some more restaurants. Overall not too bad though.
Good people and very comfortable. Lack of security in parking area.
Convenience to interstate and any necessary shopping for travel Cont Breakfast is ok to good. Staff has always been friendly and professional I stay at this hotel a couple times per year. My parents are snowbirds from upstate NY and I drive them down and visit them in FL. This is the stop I make after 12 hours or so of driving which only leaves me with 8 hours the next day. I have always been happy here. However this time the room left alot to be desired. Toilet had a major leak between the tank and the bowl. One that just couldnt be missed, it left massive flooding on bathroom floor. Granted not sewage but just the same unpleasant. There were no tissues in any dispensers either. We got in so late I was to tired to call up front and complain or switch rooms. We left 10 hours later anyway. I alerted the front desk at checkout. I will still comeback to this hotel this was just one bad experience.
Rooms comfortable, clean. Breakfast included. Pool looked nice. Breakfast very basic. TV on dresses to side of bed making viewing awkward. Location not interesting.
The rooms were very nice and clean. The pillows were small and not fluffy enough.
Belgium waffles was the best part of the trip. Staff very courteous Curtains were ripped. Screen door was ripped off. Coffee machine was a hazzard waiting to happen, button was missing and exposed electrical wires. Pillows were small, bed not comfortable. Holes in towels. No vents in the bathroom
Comfy bed. Ok food. Out of order door
Clean and friendly. Convenient to the highway and airport. The surrounding area was scary. Literally. Prostitutes out on the main road. People in the Walmart parking lot approaching shoppers with cover stories and asking for money. No nice places to eat anywhere nearby.
The lobby was very clean, check in staff was super friendly. I liked that there we're several entrances so I didnt have to walk very far. The beds were clean and soft and the towels were in good condition. Room was clean as well. Rate was reasonable for the area
Right off the highway on the way to the Masters from RVA. It was quiet, clean and reasonably priced for that time. I don't think I would be happy paying those rates. We left before breakfast was ready, but it was looking good. The property was slightly aged, but in good condition. The neighborhood was a little sketchy. I definitely would not go for a walk off of the property.
Clean rooms, clean hotel Area looked shifty. Im a smoker and I had to go outside and I saw some sketchy things and people in the parking lots. Maybe they were customers also but they looked suspicious. I would have been better on the 2nd floor where there was actually a balcony patio. The 1st floor has a patio doors but it's really not accessible.
First, I hope everyone in South Carlina has gotten through the mind boggling relentless storms that have battered the area.This hotel is a relatively short ride, mostly by highway , to USC. Price was reasonable being the many of the downtown Columbia hotels certainly work the supply and demand factor to the max on Parents weekend. Hotel has a nice outdoor pool and indoor hot tub. Breakfast was decent but nothing beyond standard. Hot and cold cereal, waffles, yogurt, etc. Bed was comfortable and employees were friendly and helpful. Walmart across street. Does seem to be in a good area. Were housing some construction workers who had stored some of their items outside their sliding doors making it appear like shanty town from the parking lot. Otherwise outside presentation was fine. Hallways were extremely warm and damp. AC in first room sounded like a freight train. Second room it was quiet and comfortable. All in all, I would definitely recommend this hotel when taking all factors into account.
Stop by the rooftop bar at sunset for the best view of Columbia.
The staff was very nice, and the bed was wonderful! Rooms very clean Parking was not included in the price of your room. Valet was $22 a night, or you could park your own car for $16 a day in the parking garage. We got in at two in the morning, so this was kind of a problem, as I decided to park at the meter due to the expense. Breakfast is not included in the price of the hotel, although there are several restaurants around the hotel.
it was a beautiful historic building-not your typical sheraton.It looked more like a castle than a hotel. The rooms and decor were great I have already recommended it to many friends Lisa Clemons
Location I entered the property with s ankle injury and soft cast. While in shower I held onto hand hold bar and it collapsed and fell apart with large metal peices falling onto my leg creating tremendous pain Unbelieve you would approve a room for rental in that shadow.
Valet was great , very prompt and courteous. Overall bad experience.Staff not personable. Room very cold and not very clean,(found hair in bath tub) Valet staff very nice. Breakfast room service disappointing. I will not recommend to friends and family
good workout facility hard to get a hold of staff TV reception horrible
Location Old, dirty, creaky floors, rusting hinges, noisy, etc. The housekeeping staff (and using that term for them is a stretch) was the rudest, kst inconsiderate I have ever encountered.
Valet was pricey for Columbia
Location Rusty towel bars; unexpected stay in poorly designed handicap access room; unique bar (in old bank vault) closed; ice machines on 4 floors inoperable; laundry chute door left open with no staff anywhere around making us glad we didn't bring our children with us. Will never stay there again.
Definitely worth the stay. Updated rooms in old historic building.
We really liked the atmosphere and the friendly staff. They made our stay very comfortable. The farmer's market on Saturday morning was a special treat with many great food options.
The hotel structure is exquisite, architecturally. The interior design is timeless with eclectic accents. The two sculpture heads in the lobby are a wonderful surprise. The front desk and room service delivery staff were extremely good and concerned about our happiness, But the room we had was next to the stairwell and ice machine. All night long the heavy door to the stairwell opened and slammed. The ice maker made noise constantly and we couldn't sleep. We put our room service order form out at 9:30p for breakfast the next morning. The order form was collected and lost by room service. We re-ordered and the food was horrific. Worse, the Starbucks coffee they tout was weak, see-through, and tasted awful.
Breakfast is excellent with made to order omelets and waffles as well as a good selection of other foods. Rooms were clean and comfortable. Doors allowed hallway noise and light in even when locked. Breakfast shut down at 9am on Thanksgiving day and Black Friday. And when it shuts down, it's OVER! Even the coffee goes away!
All good
Great view and convenient to local bars and restaurants.
Best staff ever, very welcoming and helpful! Best staff ever, very welcoming and helpful!
I didn't want to leave the bed! The only problem was the shuttle to the hotel but the manager was great about making up for it!
We have stayed here twice and both times I was very pleased with the service as well as the hotel. They also now have a Starbucks downstairs!!!!!
Courteous staff. Great valet parking. Rooms acceptable but not spectacular. Flat TVs would perk up the property. Nice bath products. Some excellent views. I've stayed in this hotel half a dozen times and it's usually a good value for the money.
have been stayed twice in half year.Very friendly,helpful staff.The last time we checked in early,the room was not ready. We got free starbucks coffe coupon and free breakfast coupon.Room was ready in an hour when we were having lunch in the Center City Grille.We will def stay in there again!
Good accomodation downtown. I had arranged for a hotel shuttle to pick me up which turned into an hour plus wait. To their credit, the hotel comped me breakfast and apologized for the inconvenience. Cab fare from the Columbia airport is $25 plus tip...
We were in Columbia for a nephew's wedding and his parents reserved rooms and held their reception here. From the moment we pulled into the unloading area it was nothing but incredible service! Everything was immaculate, the food in the restaurant was great. Our room was impeccable! THe beds were so incredibly comfortable, with down matress pads and comforters, six pillows on each bed... Our son wanted a portable crib so we called room service and they brought us a Graco Pack-N-Play. It was perfect! In the middle of the night (around 1am), my husband was sick and we needed some cleaning supplies and they brought them right up. Then, at 4am, my son woke up and wanted some milk. The kitchen was closed and the doors were locked, but they opened it up to get us some milk and brought it to us. The reception was incredible as well. The food was delicious and again, the service was great! The parking garage is attached to the hotel through a breezeway and is convenient and it feels safe to have your car parked there. The pool is really nice but it was FREEZING cold. The spa was very nice, as was the gym facility! I will definately think of Marriott every time I'm in need of accomodations anywhere!
I stayed here for a conference being held so my job payed the bill. Very nice hotel but pricey... The staff was very courteous. Both the restaurant and bar served good meals. The common areas were clean. Internet was not free nor was parking. The bed was comfortable and I was unable to hear anything outside of the room which is always a plus (the hotel was pretty full because of the conference). But I have stayed in as nice and nicer hotels for 3/4 of the price...
As Marriotts go, this one is OK. The rooms are comfy & nicely decorated. The hotel is clean and offers convenient dining options. The concierge/front desk were quite satisfactory. At check-in, the clerk was confused about how I had made and paid for the reservation- which made my nervous. I had issues with my door key every time I needed to get into my room. No mini-bar; room service was late. Overall, quite comfortable and very convenient location. SMOKERS beware, though- you'll be going outside at all times of day and night.
My wife and I stayed at this beautiful Marriott while visiting our daughter at USC. From the moment we stepped out of the car, the bellman, Eugene, greeted us with his Southern charm. I can see why many guests stay at the Marriott in Columbia. With the exceptional service and great location, we will come back to this grand hotel several more times in the upcoming years!
Staff was courteous and responded quickly to needs. Beds very comfortable No fan in bathroom. Mildew on shower curtain on on shower wall
Rooms nice Food was not good in the restaurant and took to long to get it
traveling to Florida . Great mattress. Spacious and clean room. . Spacious, clean and modern room
Good location 1 o'clock in the morning the transformer and all of the electricity went out and made everybody evacuate the building And her around 4 o'clock they decided to let everybody back in but the power was not going to be fixed . So we had to get all of our stuff with no power to see on the top 9 floor to get another hotel which they said they would accommodate but they have not yet done so so I had to pay for two hotels and no sleep because I had to be up the same day at 7 o'clock so the time I got to the new hotel at 5 o'clock it was pointless trying to sleep . Hoping they will refund my money for the trip and the hassle of everything .
Clean room. Decent lobby. Moderate to poor breakfast. Was placed in a room adjacent the 'kitchen area.' Front desk staff was very loud in the hallway in the evening (social conversations). Then in the morning kitchen alarms started around 5 a.m. Wifi speeds 1 MB around the clock: 'slow since we're busy
Rooms were clean and comfortable. Nothing
Breakfast is included with your stay!! Plenty of choices!! The elevators' carpet could use some cleaning
The room was spacious and well designed. The beds were great. The best breakfast ever.
Friendly staff, pet friendly, 24 hour cafe and bar. Nice and quiet with plenty of good restaurants close by. Short drive to downtown.
Super nice. Great amenities. Friendly staff. Wish we could have stayed longer and will definitely stay there again.
staff is excellent bedbugs,nuff said
The hotel was wonderful, the man checking us in was not!
Hotel is well maintained and in a great location. Shopping and food is very close by.
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The room was spacious and comfortable. The front desk staff was friendly and helpful. No microwave in rooms.
We loved the location and the clean and beautiful rooms, but we loved courteous staff the most. They were very friendly and helpful. The parking. We had to park our car across the street in a parking deck.
Hillbilly feather pillows and comforter left down dander in the air of the room that kept my eyes red my entire stay. The room was noisy since it next to a night club that patrons talked loudly coming and going all night. Being close to the train tracks and hearing the train whistle all night didn't help either. Even though the staff removed the feather products it left the feather dander in the air, so I doubt I would stay there again.
Very friendly and accommodating. Had to check out a day early and manager credited account and thanked me for my stay. No hassles just friendly service. This is why I will return for all of my business in Columbia.
Friendly staff, clean, great hotel for the cost.
I enjoyed the ease of the location while I was traveling through SC and it offered many attractions for food and needs of shopping or leisure. The staff of the hotel were nice, friendly and professional...and the hotel itself was clean and well cared for. Thank you. I would happily return for another stay.
I would like an extended stay rate. I'll be staying in a hotel for at least one month but when I asked the front desk if they had a discount for extended stays they said no.
The location was ok. The towels were dirty, requested a blanket for the sofa bed and the receptionist didn't want to look for any. She stated that, she didn't THINK they had any blankets, so I had asked her do you mind checking for me please? Her attitude was awful ,I'm assuming bc she didn't want to do it.
We were visiting Columbia and wanted a clean, comfortable hotel. We were not concerned with whether or not the hotel had a lot of amenities, as we knew we would basically just be there at night. The hotel has been recently redecorated and all areas were clean and fresh. We were very happy with it and the location was good. Easy access to highways and to where we wanted to be. We wished that the breakfast had started earlier. We were getting up and going each morning before the breakfast started. The phone in our room did not work while we were there, even though we told the manager on the first night. This was not really a concern, though, as we did not really need to use it (just once to call the front desk with a question).

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- - Frogspawn heads softening (http://www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/coral-reef-creatures/frogspawn-heads-softening-52653/)
Frogspawn heads softening
I have had this frogspawn for months now and it just hasn't been coming out fully lately. I have also noticed that the exoskeleton of the heads are turning soft looking. Does anyone know what is probably causing this? Some of my recent changes to the tank are the addition of a bubble tip anemone, which is not touching the frogspawn so I dont think it is being stung, and the redirection of some of the power heads. I had to redirect them in order to get the anemone to latch in a place i approved of. Other than that, I also epoxied the frogspawn to a rock in the tank. Im worried that where I epoxied it may have too much flow. Too much flow can irritate the frogspawn and cause it not to open all the way, correct? Also, my calcium levels were high before my recent water change (almost up to 500). Could this be part of the problem as well? I figured high calcium levels would cause hardening of the exoskeleton, not softening. What other things could be irritating this frogspawn or does it just need to be moved?
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46 gallon, been up and running for about 9 months or so. have 2 koralia 4's and an oversized skimmer.
all test results were good besides my recent high calcium levels. SG might of been a little on the high side and was almost 1.026 but that is a parameter suggestion from a coral site i follow.
I also have the nova extreme T5's HO light fixture.
Thanks in advance
from what i have read (not personal experienced) high Cal is ok as long as your Alk is also in range with it (high cal high Alk)
yes flow will certainly play a big roll with the frog spawn as they are large soft polyps...
if possible adjust the flow in the area and also measure from the bubble to the Frog as the Bubbles will typically have a 6-9 inch range so it could be too close (just saying to be sure its also checked)
also when you placed the frog spawn in did you place it low in the tank and then gradually move it to where it is now? it may not like or be used to the amount of light it is receiving . just a thought....
its probably the flow...if you fixed it to a differnt position and it had been in a comftorable one for a while it will take awhile to recoop ...and if the flow is wrong it never gets a chance due to exposed skeletal tissue...try an inderect flow...the anemone can move the euphylia cannot...i prefer hgh calcium with my frog spawns hammers and torches...400+...hope you figure this one out...let us know on any changes
any tips on removing the epoxy without damaging the frogspawn? should i just use a knife to pry it or what? Im going to try to move it down and shelter it a little from the flow
do you have a pic of its position...sometimes you can shield a coral from flow with another rock strategicaly placed...if you need to move it you may have to cut or break off some of the skeletal stalk as close to the rock as possible......be carfull not to agggrevate the flesh ....you may be able to pry the apoxy loose if the rock is porous enough...
K, to try and counter this problem, I went to the LFS and just bought another piece of rock that i placed to kind of shield the frogspawn from the flow as much as possible. it seems to be coming out a little bit more just because it isnt being blown around as much. Hopefully the frogspawn will have a chance to harden up those heads again. Ill keep you guys posted.
Let me know of any other ideas as well.
oh thats great!!! let us know how things are and as always PIX!!!!!! LOL
all in good time
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so far, no luck. what are these tube looking things coming our from my frogspawn and some other places in my tank? are they aggravating the frog spawn by any chance? i uploaded some pictures. there is some web-like excretions in the last picture which makes me thing it could be some nuisance of some sort. this is worse than it usually is since i had just done some tank maintenance before taking these pictures. does anyone know anything about it?
for fun, i also uploaded some pictures of a few fish as well haha. they are decent at best since i took them on my phone...and the 6 lined wrasse managed to stay out of them...haha
it also looks like those tubes in the first pictures above could possibly be the source of some of those secretions. right when the lights turn on in the morning there always seems to be some of the "webbing" on the frogspawn originating from those tubes...
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If the progression of tunes on Ted Hawkins' recently released The Next Hundred Years (DGC) reads like an emotional rags-to-riches story, that's because the life it documents is just that. To compress a long story into a blurb, Hawkins was born to a father he never met and an alcoholic prostitute in Mississippi in 1936. He spent most of his early life in and out of reform schools -- where he was turned on to music by a happenstance visit from Professor Longhair -- and jail. Hawkins married twice, and after his second wife died, took a train from New York to Los Angeles in 1966. In L.A., a down-and-out Hawkins took to playing on the streets, recording a few tapes for a producer friend that were later released (in 1982) as Watch Your Step on Rounder. In 1985, he recorded two volumes of cover tunes in Nashville that made him a minor phenom in Europe. He lived in England from 1986 until 1990, when he returned to Los Angeles to discover that the acclaim he'd found on the Continent didn't translate back to America. So Hawkins sat a milk crate on the Venice Beach boardwalk and played his songs to passersby to make his meager rent.
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- Year 12: The Australian Synchrotron lab book should be downloaded and printed before you go on the excursion. Details of the excursion are here.
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- The 2016 timelines for Units 1-4 are available: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3 and Unit 4.
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An historic day for British television yesterday passed with a disappointing lack of hullabaloo.
It was the privilege of ITV1's This Morning to feature the inaugural paid-for product placement, a Dolce Gusto coffee machine, positioned with a kind of conspicuous inconspicuousness behind presenters Phillip Schofield and Ruth Langsford on a worktop in the programme's kitchen.
For those of us who weren't so much as a granule in the coffee jar of life at 8.12pm on 22 September 1955, the precise moment at which SR toothpaste became the first product to be advertised on commercial television ("brush up and down and round the gums"), 28 February 2011 offered some consolation; the first opportunity to see why Nescafé reportedly paid around £100,000 for its apparatus to form part of the background of This Morning's set for the next three months.
It was able to do so following a relaxation of the rules governing TV advertising, announced in December by the broadcasting watchdog Ofcom.
The last day of February was chosen as the start of a new commercial era, interpreted by some doom-mongers as the beginning of a slippery slope towards the rampant product placement routinely seen across the Atlantic, where a certain soft drinks company, for example, has paid handsomely to have its brands ostentatiously glugged on American Idol by Simon Cowell, a man whose appetite for success and fame, gargantuan though it might be, seems to be exceeded by his thirst for Coca-Cola.
Still, if yesterday heralded a cynical new world in which Ken Barlow ends up sipping halves of Newcastle Brown Ale in the Rovers Return, and ITN's Mark Austin ascribes his autocue slip-ups to having not quite found time to get to Specsavers, then it happened with proper British discretion and understatement.
Even without knowing in advance about the historic Dolce Gusto coffee machine, it was particularly easy to spot on This Morning, but Schofield and Langsford studiously ignored it as they watched the show's chef Phil Vickery cook up a storm in the studio kitchen – just as they were obliged to by Ofcom regulations. The rules also dictate that product placement must be editorially justified, so a coffee machine is permitted in a kitchen, while talking Russian meerkats or the new Audi Quattro are not. Foods high in salt, fat or sugar are on a list of proscribed items, along with all alcoholic drinks. And children's and news programmes are deemed to occupy a higher ethical plane, beyond the reach, at least for now, of Kellogg's Corn Flakes, Robinson's Barley Water and everyone else – even a national newspaper renowned for its editorial independence.
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T-RCED-99-103: Published: Mar 3, 1999. Publicly Released: Mar 3, 1999.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Department of Energy's (DOE) management of the Spallation Neutron Source Project, focusing on the: (1) project's cost and schedule; and (2) effectiveness of the collaborating laboratories' coordination.
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Feb 3, 2017
Nuclear Nonproliferation:Better Information Needed on Results of National Nuclear Security Administration's Research and Technology Development ProjectsGAO-17-210: Published: Feb 3, 2017. Publicly Released: Feb 3, 2017.
Jan 31, 2017
Nuclear Waste:Benefits and Costs Should Be Better Understood Before DOE Commits to a Separate Repository for Defense WasteGAO-17-174: Published: Jan 31, 2017. Publicly Released: Jan 31, 2017.
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National Nuclear Security Administration:A Plan Incorporating Leading Practices Is Needed to Guide Cost Reporting Improvement EffortGAO-17-141: Published: Jan 19, 2017. Publicly Released: Jan 19, 2017.
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Program Management:DOE Needs to Develop a Comprehensive Policy and Training ProgramGAO-17-51: Published: Nov 21, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 21, 2016.
Nov 17, 2016
Indian Energy Development:Additional Actions by Federal Agencies Are Needed to Overcome Factors Hindering DevelopmentGAO-17-43: Published: Nov 10, 2016. Publicly Released: Nov 17, 2016.
Oct 24, 2016
Nuclear Material:Agencies Have Sound Procedures for Managing Exchanges but Could Improve Inventory MonitoringGAO-16-713: Published: Sep 23, 2016. Publicly Released: Oct 24, 2016.
Sep 14, 2016
Nuclear Weapons:NNSA Should Evaluate the Role of the Enhanced Surveillance Program in Assessing the Condition of the U.S. Nuclear StockpileGAO-16-549: Published: Sep 14, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 14, 2016.
Sep 8, 2016
Department of Energy:Actions Needed to Strengthen Acquisition Planning for Management and Operating ContractsGAO-16-529: Published: Aug 9, 2016. Publicly Released: Sep 8, 2016.
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Nuclear Supply Chain:DOE Should Assess Circumstances for Using Enhanced Procurement Authority to Manage RiskGAO-16-710: Published: Aug 11, 2016. Publicly Released: Aug 11, 2016.
Aug 9, 2016
DOE Project Management:NNSA Needs to Clarify Requirements for Its Plutonium Analysis Project at Los AlamosGAO-16-585: Published: Aug 9, 2016. Publicly Released: Aug 9, 2016.
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For the last year, two random Reddit users have dedicated a long-forgotten thread to chronicling their day-to-day lives, providing an often mundane and yet oddly fascinating window into the lives of two ordinary people.
It all started in a (most decidedly NSFW) Reddit AMA thread about a man who had sex with his own mother. Some frivolous banter over a "GIANT SLIPPER ANUS" prompted redditor PortableBook to suggest to a perfect stranger, "Let's be penpals."
"Yay that sounds fun!" clicktoaddtitle responded, "(and creepy)."
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"Not much happened today, planted some flowers in the backyard, tended to my chili garden, played a few hours of DayZ, spent alot [sic] of time on Reddit, listened to music and studied for exams."
Clicktoaddtitle's first day was not a great deal more exciting either:
"I had a big test in school. That's pretty much it. I might play some videogames later."
With such an inauspicious start, one might expect the project was short-lived. But, somehow, it didn't fizzle out. Two weeks in, PortableBook had a video game marathon, and a minor epiphany: "I'm beginning to realise, thanks to having a daily recap here, that all I do is waste my time playing games, if I died now I would have achieved nothing with my life."
He added, "I want to start doing something with my life."
On day 68, it was still going, as clicktoaddtitle recounted his day with the Scouts, including archery ("cause it's so flippin [sic] awesome"), and plans for the evening: "We did the epic dance at dinner again. We're going to the campfire soon." PortableBook, meanwhile, skipped school for the day.
After 159 days, it was still going strong, with PortableBook reporting in to announce his last ever day of high school ("I expected it to be really cringe but it wasn't that bad").
Clicktoaddtitle had a really good rehearsal for orchestra on Day 200.
Day 220 was Christmas Day—clicktoaddtitle got a photo of their dog, headphones and an iPod case, while PortableBook got shirts, a book, and "this really amazing leather wallet with $100 inside, it looks really awesome."
The 281st day was much like any other for clicktoaddtitle—a window into the life of an average teen.
"Today was Hawaiian Day for Spirit Week and I didn't bother with it. Had a little test in math. One of the questions was downright impossible. Also had a test in Econ. Got 5/7. In theatre we went to the auditorium where some of us practiced the dance for the auditorium. I got applauded for my skills. My secret is practice. After that we worked on our theatre research projects. My group finally made some fucking progress."
As you might expect, the thread became rife with in-joke and obscure references, with "giant slippery anuses" and the opaque concept of "marclar" featuring heavily. "Have the most epic marclar possible," wishes PortableBook on day 322, "and never give up even when the marclar seems nigh." Posts got ever longer too as the year went by, detailing everything from their breakfasts to their outfits (on day 348 clicktoaddtitle opted for "red and white shirt with blue shorts cause I'm patriotic like that"), a surreal first-person blow-by-blow of their lives that becomes engrossing in its ordinariness.
As it drew to the end, the duo became both melancholy about the diary's completion, and philosophical about the future. "This feels like the end of an era, and it kind of is. You've been a god penpal," clicktoaddtitle wrote on Day 364 (May 14 2014). "I hope you have the most fulfilling marclar you've ever marclared. Don't let anything get in the way of your marclaring."
"Now's the time man," wrote PortableBook. "Now's the time to do whatever the fuck you want. Go talk to your crush, do whatever the fuck you want. Act as if there were no consequences. That's how I want to live my life. As if it was groundhog day, no consequences involved, just not as extreme as groundhog day. Once I'm dead it's not going to matter to me if I had a few awkward encounters in my life, so why would I bother holding back."
The pair didn't have crazy adventures to recount over their year, but, they later reflected, that was kind of the point. After the duo's diary-keeping was brought to the the attention of wider Reddit via r/bestof, PortableBook reappeared to explain the therapeutic benefits the year-long exercise had. "Talking to /u/clicktoaddtitle all this time sort of comforted me," he said, "knowing that everyone else has their own problems and maybe they feel that their life is mundane too."
The impromptu diary has now inspired a new subreddit, /r/Life_journals. So far, it's barely used, but moderator Odrevan hopes to replicate the success that PortableBook and clicktoaddtitle in their own shared life-journaling. "The concept of this subreddit is simple," the sidebar reads, "pair up with another redactor and share an update every day for an agreed time with your new best friend."
Though the diary has now finished, the duo still talk, and consider one another friends. clicktoaddtitle—the younger of the two—is now 17, and says in the last year he feel[s] that [he's] matured a lot." But asked whether he'll continue a diary, his response is an unambiguous no.


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Stainless steel mirrors are a smart purchase- you'd have to try hard to break them, of course, and they could also possibly double as a weapon. Those two things aside, this Easy Mirror designed by Jamie Wolfond is also really convenient for the glamorous sort of vagabond. Simply press the leg outward to make it stand vertical, then press it back flat when it's time to pack it away.
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Skilled interaction with objects in peripersonal space during visual navigation, object acquisition and manipulation (e.g., eating), and object avoidance is crucial in everyday life, not the least to avoid damage to the face and head. These abilities are impaired after parietal strokes that cause neglect. The goal of this investigation is to map the location and internal organization of parietal, temporal, and frontal cortical areas involved in combining visual and somatosensory information in peripersonal space. Studies in several areas in non-human primates including the ventral intraparietal area (VIP), area 7b, and the precentral polysensory zone (PZ) have shown that they contain multisensory neurons. In the case of VIP, neurons have aligned visual and somatosensory receptive fields on the face and upper body. VIP can be thought of as a parietal face area alongside the better known temporal lobe face areas involved in face recognition. The visual receptive fields of some VIP neurons shift relative to the retina in order to maintain responsiveness to the same part of visual space defined with respect to the head, suggesting that VIP uses a head-centered coordinate system. Neurons in VIP respond vigorously to optical flow stimuli like those produced by object movement and self-movement through complex environment (e.g., expansion).
Our first aim i s to retinotopically map the three multisensory areas. This extends our previous work mapping early and intermediate visual areas.
Our second aim i s to map the internal structure of the somatosensory responses in these areas using phase-encoded spatial air-puff stimuli on the face, neck, shoulders, and arms, to determine how stimuli from visual and somatosensory modalities interact, and to determine if the visual maps in human VIP, as well as 7b and PZ are head-centered.
The third aim i s to see whether these multisensory areas respond when subjects simply imagine navigating through familiar environments or imagine objects (e.g., a bee) approaching their face.
The fourth aim i s to determine to what extent these same areas automatically participate in cognitive tasks involving metaphorical ego or object movements in ordinary sentences such as, "We are coming up on the holidays" or "Thanksgiving is approaching".
The head contains the brain and key sense organs that must be protected in everyday encounters with objects, some of which need to be avoided and others of which need to be approached and sometimes eaten. These abilities are impaired in several different brain diseases.
This research aims to understand how visual and touch information is combined and processed during near-face encounters with moving objects.
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Are there any rules of thumb? Like "every chip needs a 100nF as close as possible", or something like this?
And what would you consider as "close" to the chip? Is 1in of wire/copper still "close"?
Poor power supply can lead to poor radio performance especially if the supply voltage is not kept withintolerance or is excessively noisy. To help reduce noise a 1uF and 8.2pF capacitor are recommended to beplaced as near to pin1 on the PCB as possible. If using a switching regulator for your power supply, switchingfrequencies above 500kHz are preferred. Power supply ripple should be limited to a maximum 250mV peak topeak.
take the attiny85, with no capacitor, it runs.... But an attiny85 at 8mhz, is not exactly high speed switching either....
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Lot 104: Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Clock
Historic Clock Collection & Estates Auction Extravaganza
by Tim's Inc. Auctions
23 October 2016
Bristol, CT, USALive Auction
Description: Eli Terry Pillar and Scroll Shelf Clock, Plymouth, Connecticut, c. 1825, scroll top case, two brass urn finials, freestanding turned columns, hand painted dial with floral corners and center, reverse painted tablet (has crack). Weight driven, wooden works clock. Has damage to back and label. Measures approx. 30" tall x 17 1/2" wide x 4" deep.
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Choreographer Stacy Grossfield unveils Red, Pink, Black, a new work informed by Rothko, the female form and soft-core pornography in dance. The cast features Nicole Daunic, Rebecca Warner, Judy Iocovozzi, Claire Johannes and Laura Romero. Each night, the 30-minute dance—performed in a vacant storefront—will change in order; no two performances are alike.
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Letters: Mayor Tait is truly a man of the people
ANAHEIM HILLS, Jay Garbutt: After Mitt Romney lost the 2012 presidential election, the national GOP leadership promised that they would begin a "re-branding
|Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait (Register file photo).
and an outreach" to attract more women, Latinos, blacks and Asians. They finally realized that they can't continue to be a party comprised solely of wealthy, white, "seasoned citizens" and expect to win state, federal and non-gerrymandered local elections. Anaheim's Republican leadership might want to think about that fact if they plan to continue to dominate our city's politics.
Mayor of Anaheim Tom Tait has done a stellar job trying to serve and protect all the citizens of our city. He has "gone to bat" for all of us without regard to our wealth, our ethnicity, our religion, our gender or what part of Anaheim we live in. He has worked tirelessly to do what is best for Anaheim and its citizens, not what is best for all the special-interest groups that have long had their way with our local politics. He has fought these powerful entities, and they are not pleased with Tom's dynamic and refreshing leadership.
I understand several of our current or former city council members are planning to challenge Tait in the next city-wide election. They undoubtedly will have the full backing of the "powers that be" in the city. Arte Moreno's Angels, The Walt Disney Company and the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce all have deep pockets. It will be interesting to see just how much money they are willing to spend to regain political control of our city and evict the only mayor Anaheim has ever had who has actually fought for all the people -- not just the rich and powerful.
Hold Fire Authority Chief accountable
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Tom Rolls: Orange County Fire Authority Chief Keith Richter, after serving in the top job for four well-paid years, has now determined that his department lacks "accountability, command structure, awareness of issues, communication and change in agency ["OCFA chief lays out timetable for reform," Local, Dec. 20]. Really? And whose fault is this? What has he been doing the last four years? And, how was his performance (or lack thereof) these past four years rated?
So after a $1.7 million billing fraud, as well as safety equipment being tampered with on county safety vehicles and ethical issues with ambulance contracts, the chief announces that he will give himself six more months to try to run the department the way it should have been run for the last four years.
The chief also says, "My job is to try to improve the organization." Sorry, Chief. We don't pay you a salary and benefits to try. We pay you to run the OCFA efficiently and effectively, maintaining strong standards and holding people accountable for results. The O.C. Board of Supervisors should hold you accountable.
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Author: Glen Henshaw
Stem Cells, part 2
We've already discussed our moral obligations to the very very young. Now I'd like to talk about our obligations to the very very old.
Secular knowledge
Is secular knowledge a spiritual distraction?
Laughing at ourselves
I am particularly fond of an old Jewish folk story called Esperanza's Bread.
Thoughts on evolution
I suspect that when many people think about how God created humans, they have a subconscious image of Him carefully designing each system and part, essentially the same way a human engineer would. But increasingly that's not how human engineers work.
An Engineering Analysis of Santa Claus
To prove that engineers have a sense of humor, I send the following to my family every year at Christmas. I wish I could say I wrote it, but I didn't, and don't know who did. Perhaps you've seen it before. If not, enjoy.
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Until recently I had the good fortune to be a member of Matt Evans' Elder's Quorum class. Matt asked me a question once that I couldn't answer, and still can't. I'm hoping T&S can help (and I hope Matt doesn't mind!)
A House Of Order
My wife Angela is a veterinarian. She's also apparently a really good Relief Society enrichment teacher (I'm not allowed to go to these things, but I have this on good authority). A few weeks ago the enrichment lesson subject was "A House of Order", from Doctrine and Covenants 88:119: "Organize yourselves; prepare every needful thing; and establish a house, even a house of prayer, a house of faith, a house of learning, a house of glory, a house of order, a house of God." This scripture primarily refers to the temple, of course, but it's also often used to reinforce the need to keep our own homes and lives neat and orderly. Angela's take was that this is an incomplete interpretation. God's house may be ordered, but it isn't neat.


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Graham Bars
|Graham cereal
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|2 Teaspoon
|Warm water
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Mini chocolate chips
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1 , slightly beaten
Combine the cereal and cornstarch in a bowl; stir to coat cereal with cornstarch.
Add water and stir until the cereal appears moistened.
Allow to rest for 5 minutes.
Add the remaining ingredients and stir to blend thoroughly.
Transfer mixture to a well-greased 8 in. (20 cm) square baking pan; spread evenly with your palm, pressing tightly into bottom of pan.
Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 15 minutes.
Immediately cut into 12 bars while hot.
Transfer bars to a cooling rack.
Bars can be stored in the refrigerator or freezer.
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Nutrition Facts
Serving size: Complete recipe
Calories 2564 Calories from Fat 515
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 61 g94.1%
Saturated Fat 12.8 g63.9%
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 211.5 mg70.5%
Sodium 3101.2 mg129.2%
Total Carbohydrates 476 g158.6%
Dietary Fiber 18.7 g74.8%
Sugars 176.2 g
Protein 41 g82.1%
Vitamin A 4.9% Vitamin C 3.4%
Calcium 37.9% Iron 99.7%
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Bring your mother and have a raucous good time with this musical full of joy, a bit of heartbreak, and lots of hilarity. It's a celebration of life, love, Dolly Parton, and catfish!
Boney James is a four-time Grammy Award nominee and a Soul Train Award winner. He has also been honored with two NAACP Image Award nominations for Best Jazz Album.
Come to listen to live readings by local writers on the beauty, the beast, and the barely-rested of motherhood, in celebration of Mother's Day. Born of the creative work of mothers who publish online, each production is directed, produced, and performed by local communities, for local communities.
See two male comics, two female comics, one each married and single, talking about relationships and other wonders. Re-celebrate Valentine's Day (or don't!) with tales of love and not-love, bad dinners and good dates, broken cars and unbroken dreams.
The reigning virtuoso of the violin, Itzhak Perlman enjoys superstar status rarely afforded a classical musician. Beloved as much for his charm and humanity as his talent, he is treasured by audiences who respond to his remarkable artistry and to his irrepressible joy of making music.
Six R&B superstars, one musically memorable night! Keyshia Cole, Monica, Tank, Ginuwine, Joe, and Avant will all perform in this metro area exclusive!
The 2016 rendition of the biennial Art in Bloom festival of floral design will present 32 enchanting floral interpretations of works of art. The exhibition is a remarkable collaboration of floral arrangements created by more than 30 floral designers from the tristate area and the art that inspired them.
Noel Coward's final and semi-autobiographical play kicks off the season in high style. A celebrated writer, his devoted wife, and a glamourous woman from his past -- add a sprinkling of piano music and Coward's delicious quips, and it's the perfect recipe for this bittersweet comedy.
This award-winning play by Aaron Posner, based on the best-selling novel by Chaim Potok, tells the story of Asher Lev, a young Jew growing up in post-war Brooklyn who must create art at any cost, regardless of the will of his family, his community, and tradition.
Shakespeare's thrilling and epic tale of adventure, shipwreck, and romance is brought to life with original songs by Rinde Eckert and directed by David Schweizer. This is an exhilarating and mystical event you won't want to miss!
When Claire returns home from an afternoon of shopping, she discovers one of her packages is missing. Before long, larceny and trickery abound as she and two other women compete in a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse.
Lang Lang inspires millions with his open-hearted, emotive playing, whether it be in intimate recitals or on the grandest of stages. He forms enduring musical partnerships with the world's greatest artists and builds cultural bridges between East and West.
During this fun and interactive day, a variety of hands-on art activities for kids of all ages and parents alike will take place in three art studios and in the outdoor pavilion, including a variety of creative projects to keep or give on Mother's Day.
See rockstar Alice Cooper live in concert! Alice Cooper pioneered a grandly theatrical brand of hard rock that was designed to shock. Drawing equally from horror movies, vaudeville, and garage rock, he continues to tour regularly, performing shows worldwide with dark, horror-themed theatrics.
This exhibition looks at the way beads were made, used, and changed over time, and also compares the ways Native peoples used symbols, colors, and patterns. Included is a hands-on bead activity for children.
What better way to bring the classics to the Grand's anniversary season than with the Tony Award-winning Guys & Dolls? This oddball romantic comedy tells the story of four very different people taking a gamble on love.
A story of friendship, loneliness, racism and the struggle for personal independence, Of Mice and Men follows the poignant journey of two traveling friends and ranch workers as they strive for a better life and a little piece of the American Dream.
Written by Tennessee Williams, this charming comedy following four eccentric women in 1930s St. Loius became the basis for the highly successful TV series The Golden Girls in the 1980s.
"Undeniable fun," writes the New York Post about this laugh-out-loud musical, also described as a chair-throwing episode of Jerry Springer set to music. Come meet the tenants of Armadillo Acres Trailer Park -- a stripper, an agoraphobic, and a tollbooth collector.
Jazz brunch comes to the beautiful Emlen Physick Estate! Linger over a Sunday morning brunch buffet as you listen to live jazz from The Great American Songbook with musicians Mary Lou Newnam and Pat Mercuri.
The Strawbs return to The Strand for the first time since 2012 with the full electric band. They will perform their 1974 masterpiece Hero & Heroine (listed as one of Rolling Stone's Top 50 prog albums of all time) in its entirety, followed by a second set of career spanning hits.
The Sister Chapel, a historic collaborative installation created at the height of the women's art movement, opens at Rowan University Art Gallery West for its first public exhibition since 1980. The installation embraces the cooperative spirit of the women's art movement.
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How can we design performance ads that actually perform? This seems like a simple question.
The simple answer is, create ads that are relevant to the people who are looking at them. But the reality is subtler than this.
Put simply, the goal of a performance ad is to get a user to click on it. And it's easy to create relevant ads that simply don't perform.
So how can we design the online user experience so that users will actually click on the ads that they see?
The Key: Task Flows
When on the web, users are engaged in tasks. Tasks have a start, some steps, and a goal. A user is engaged in a task, trying to accomplish some goal.
The task need not be all that complicated, and might only have a few steps. But without understanding tasks and task flow, it's easy to get performance ad placement completely wrong.
The user's task might be, for example, to read an article, and to understand what's in it. Here, the user starts at the beginning of the article, clicks or scrolls in increments to see sections of the article in sequence, and finally reaches the end.
For a performance ad to be effective, there must be a chance that the user will click on it. For the user to be motivated to click on an ad, the topic of the ad must be connected to the task that the user is engaged in. And for the user to be likely to click, the ad must be presented at a point in the user's task flow such that clicking on the ad won't interrupt the user's task.
The Two Principles of Effective Performance Advertising
So the two core principles of effective performance advertising are these.
- Relevance: Ad content must be relevant to the user's task.
- Non-interruption: Acting on an ad (clicking) must not be interruptive to the user's task.
An Example: Search Advertising
Consider search advertising. Let's say that I'm using Bing, and I'm looking for good ski vacation rental cabins around the Lake Tahoe area.
Here are the steps of my task:
- Go to Bing
- Search for [ski rental cabin lake tahoe" (or similar)
- Hit enter
- Review the search results page
- Click on a link on the page and explore the resulting page
- Go back to Bing and type in another search term based on what I've learned.
On any given search results page, there are organic results and paid results. The ads are, by design, relevant to my search term. So that satisfies our principle of relevance.
The key to search ads actually working, however, is that when users see them, they're at a point in their task flow when clicking on an ad doesn't interrupt them.
Indeed, in search, clicking on an ad is a natural next step in my overall task flow. I don't actually care all that much if I'm clicking on an organic result or a paid result (an ad). Both sorts of links are relevant to my task, and clicking on either type takes me forward in my task flow.
Designing the User Experience Around Ads
So, in general, how can you design a good user experience that leads to performance ads that work well?
- Map out the user's overall task flow. Understand where the user starts, what steps they take in the task, and what their goal is.
- Figure out how to associate ads with the topic of the user's task (relevance).
- Only put ads at points in the task flow where the user can actually click on them without interrupting the task (non-interruption).
Once you've mapped out the user's task flow in terms of states and transitions between states, you can usually figure out how to match an ad to the task. You can use information context from states in the task flow (page or other content), or declared user intent, or anything else that tells you what the user's task is all about. (Here, there are opportunities for contextual targeting, search term targeting, and even behavioral targeting.)
Determining relevance is trivial in the case of keyword search, but I would argue that in all tasks, there's always a clue regarding context or intent that will allow you to do some appropriate matching of the ad to the user's task. You just need to look for it, and understanding the user's task flow will help you find it.
This isn't complicated, but it's easy to get it wrong. Everyone involved with online performance advertising should design each user experience so that ads are only presented at points in the task flow where the topic of the ad is relevant to the task, and such that acting on the ad doesn't interrupt the task itself.
If you take care of these two principles of performance advertising, then performance advertising will take care of you.
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Master Lighting Controller 24 X-Plug Outlet
Master Lighting Controller 24 X-Plug Outlet
Power 24 different 120/240 Volt components
- 24 receptacles
- Universal X-plug 120/240V outlets
- Requires 80 amp power
- Every 4 receptacles have their own circuit breaker
- Can control up to 24 high-intensity discharge lamps
- Uses a single trigger cable to control the entire operation
- 3 year warranty
A master lighting controller is essentially a mini circuit breaker with receptacles built right in. They are used primarily for indoor growing operations, greenhouses and workshops and can contain many receptacles.
They typically run at either 120 or 240 Volts and usually have one or more circuit breakers built-in for better control and safety. The master lighting controller can be used to power multiple high-intensity discharge lamps such as high pressure sodium or metal halide.
They can also be used to run fans, blowers, cooling systems and other lighting. These are a great option for anyone wanting to create or expand an indoor operation, and will provide the receptacles needed for a power hungry growing operation.
This particular master lighting controller features 24 different 120/240 Volt universal X-plug outlets. It is ETL listed ensuring that it is in compliance with North American safety regulations. It features a circuit breaker for every 4 receptacles, separating them into 6 banks of lights that can be turned on and off individually.
Simply run 80 amp power to the master lighting controller and it can power up to 24 high-intensity discharge lamps and ballasts. The trigger cable can be plugged into a standard 24 hour timer to have the whole operation come on for a specific amount of time.
- Indoor growing operations
- Greenhouses
- Workshops
- Garden lighting
- Barns
The master lighting controller was designed specifically for indoor growing operations and features everything needed to start powering an operation today.
Unit Ship Weight: 25 lbs


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WAK The Wool
Brand WAK
We Are Knitters packs enormous potential into each generous 200 g skein of The Wool, an unexpectedly lofty single-ply yarn in Peruvian Highland Wool. Each skein of this soft super-bulky yarn is more than enough for an accessory or two, but it would work equally well for a unique and quick-to-knit sweater.
FIBER: 100% Peruvian Highland Wool
YARDAGE: 87 yds / 80 m
AMOUNT: 7.05 oz / 200 g
WEIGHT: Super Bulky
GAUGE: 6 sts = 4"
NEEDLE: US 15 (10 mm)