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the proximity fo the accomodation to the cbd.
We loved the pool area, I'm sure it is going to be more outstanding once the renovations are done! With so much grass area space at the back of hotel a mini playground would be wonderful for kids to play in with BBQ for hotel guest to use so we can sit relax other than the pool area looking at the wonderful ocean view you have to offer as you feel uncomfortable taking chldren downstairs to eateries in the casino.
The room. It was beautiful. Even received chocolates on the pillows at night time. Loved it! Many of the staff were lovely. Waitresses didn't know the menu (sunset restaurant). Menu said Cocktail of the week, however the waitress said there wasn't one and so did the barman.Waiters talking in different language in front of customers - loudly.
The pool area is lovely. The view from the room of the ocean (when we changed rooms). The decor of the room was dowdy, making it dark and uninviting. It did not seem at all like a luxury suite. On our previous visit (5 years ago), we had stayed in a room rather than a suite. It was decorated much more nicely and felt fresh and good to be there. Also, the bed was uncomfortable, making a good night's sleep difficult.
the helpfullness and consideration of staff i tought it was just a bit more out of town than i expected, but that was my issue, not the hotel
Location convenience. Unable to access balcony from room.
The great rooms, good restaurants and fantastic pool. Needs more shuttles into Darwin City.
Smoking is outside. Casino staff were friendly & taught me how to play at tables. As soon as we arrived staff were there to take our bags from car to room.
Spa bath, King size bed, balcony, Evoo Restaurant, lots to do without leaving casino, 11am check out Bar service was very slow in the gambling area, only had one drink wanted 4 or 5. DVD player was not tuned to the TV,
Location, location was the most oustanding benefit for us, along with te use of casino. Hotel was fairly expensive for what it was, although accommodation seems expensive in this location at this time of year - perhaps time for upgrade in peticular the bathroom.
we always stay at the airport resort for location and the long fong restuarant accross the road.we stay about 10 times a year
The pool was great for the children providing a relaxing atmosphere and range of options including waterfall, spa and different depths. Also the staff were extremely friendly and helpful especially the gardeners.
just great vibe loverly layout of the place and well presented nothing was great place to stay
The convenience to the airport plus the shuttle bus availability; the outdoor area for relaxing
friendly , location it is a pity the pool is so close to the bar
The location was great. Good shower. Very expensive for a very average room. Stated Cable but not full cable just a couple of extra channels. Only three pillows. Air con set at 24, not able to adjust. Restaurant breakfast very expensive for what you got. No fresh tropical fruit just apples, oranges and pears.We paid less for bed and breakfast at a 4 star hotel in the centre of Paris this year. I was a bit shocked at the low quality.
We could walk to and from car rental and airport, nice nature walk. Room was a good size with fridge. Pool was welcoming. We wanted to sit outside to eat and were a little discouraged from doing so. The server said possums might bother us. We sat outside anyway and had a lovely meal. No possums present.
The attentive staff & 24hr reception & shuttle service restaurant prices a bit on the high side & no room service
Convenience: close to airport No
Very comfortable bed, location suited us well re business meetings and airport
The location and the noise of the room was probably the worst nights sleep we had the entire time we were away, lugging cases up stairs was very hard for us,not being that young. asked for a wake up call we didn't get it. Nothing to like except the weather.
Access to the city on your doorstep. The rooms were serviced poorly. Not what I would expect from the Crown.
good well situated hotel high quality rooms and public areas
staff very cordial & helpful. We requested for a micro-oven - & it was brought in almost atonce ! There was no smoking section inside the hotel-
Location & Staff Pool was not able to cope with occupancy. On 3 trips to pool we could not get a lounge chair
From your reception desk to cocktail area to dinning room to the door attentants, the service was great. All the staff without exception were really helpfull and friendly. It was a pleasure staying there and I would not hesitate to recommend Crown or stay there again. A little more shade at the pool area
the hotel was central to every thing there was nothing that we didn't like
Clean, good location, easy access
Easy to come and go. Check in and check out very efficient. In house car park system works well but at A$15 extra/night is pricey for extended stay. Staff organisation for breakfast was very variable, and unable to cope with peak loading, person in charge changing daily and staff lacking clear and consistent direction. Food selection very basic and variety lacking.
New and very comfortable hotel, big room, fully furnished, dining and breakfast were pretty good and not expensive considering the level of the accommodation.Staff friendly The hotel is finished but some improvements on the surrounding area are still on so it was fairly noise in the morning. It's better to have a car because it is not so close to restaurants and shops on foot.
Great location Credit card surcharge, the epitome of poor business practices. Especially for travellers from overseas such as us.
The staff was pleasant. The room was nicely furnished. The oneline information about the hotel indicated that there was free, wireless internet access throughout the hotel. This was not true. There was not wireless access except in the lobby area and access was not free anywhere.
We loved the location and the staff we very helpful Unfortunately, when we arrived, our booking was not in their system. So, despite booking through your organisation, we had to pay again on our credit card. When will you refund our money? Please respond asap
I liked the location on arrival late afternoon, there was a breakfast tray on the floor outside our friends room, obviously not collected earlier that day. Not a good look!! Also, I don't think tables at the 'bar' should be able to be reserved..bars are usually first come first served. We called in for a very brief drink, were only going to be there 8 minutes, sat at a 'reserved' table only to be told by two young staff that we shouldn't be sitting there. After explaining our short visit, we were 'allowed' to stay....not very welcoming...
had a great time enjoy the hotel and the darwin harbour precinct
the location rooms smaller than expected and service was spoasmodic
The view was excellent and the proximity to the CBD was very good The servicing of the room was very poor.
The position of the hotel on teh waterfront, the views, the room service was very efficient and also when we checked out. The service always had a smile which makes for a nice change, great views, and awesome to be so close to the wave pool.
The staff at reception were very helpful and courteous. Will be great once the place is fullly finished! Building was not yet completed.
Booking online apparently cancelled my reservation. Staff were most helpful in re-organizing.
That it was very close to restaurants and pick up location was right outside the back door for all of our excursions..great location.. The menu selection was not very good and actually the food wasn't to our liking..as far as room service went..we did not eat at the restaurant itself..so I can not comment if the food there was any different..-----I Will say the room was large and comfortable and the view was great...
Spaciousness and facilities of our room. Air conditionioning problem was reported, fixed the next day
The closness to the city walking distance to everything The hotel wasn't as nice as we expected, for the money we paid we thought it was abit to much, the hotel appartment look nothing like the photo's as we where there for or first anniveriery and were not impressed. and would not recommend.
comfort, room service meals, peace
I expected wired internet to be supplied free to the room
Excellent location with hartbour views, walking distance to shops, restaurants
Convenient location with excellent facilities and an upmarket feel to it without being intimidating. Pleasant and efficient staff. Shortage of free parking.
We hired a car & found that it was really easy to get to & from the Resort. There was one day that we had to ask for the bed to be remade as it lookes as if it had just been pulled up.
The convenience of the location, the pools and the pool bar. The People to People Group. We paid alot of money to stay there for a holiday and the inconvenience of not being able to sit where we wanted to sit in the evening was a pain when they were having their "Private Function" The time of the year we stayed there is not a good time for that particular group to also be accomodated in your hotel. At times the kids were loud and obnoxious and did not take into consideration the other patrons at the hotel. Given a choice, if I knew that group would be staying there again in the future I would look at staying elsewhere. Based on your next question, I would not recommend people stay at the hotel whilst the People to People Group where there, otherwise I would definetly recommend our friends stay.
Room was excellent, pool environment very pleasant, breakfast room very nicely laid out and all other amenities very good.
The location and the atmosphere
The service was very good and the room was very pleasant. The service in the restaurant was slow. If you are a "table for 1" you don't want to wait around a lot.
We found the service excellent and close to the city.
They had no record of my booking through you guys
Terrific staff, nice dining, lovely pools. we chose this hotel as our gateway-to-Kakadu stop for rate, location, amenities not a thing
convenience to city, city transport, tours, Darwin city points of interest. Has a nice pool. We find the restaurant too expensive.
The water heater worked poorly. It took a long time to get the hot water and flowed slowly.
We stayed in this hotel by accident. There are TWO Holiday Inns in Darwin and this, the old one, has seen better days. The place is showing its age, especially in the furnishings and a kindly but obvious lack of attention to cleanliness. Many of the residents appear to be roughnecks from the Timor Sea oil rigs, a fact which explains why breakfast begins at 4 a.m. All that said, we had a great stay! The hotel's location -- it looks out across a park to Darwin Bay - is wonderful but not particularly close to the actual harbor area. The staff was friendly and the food both tasty and inexpensive. Darwin is not exactly a tourist mecca but its a fantastic little town in the tropics with a lot of history and not too far from wonderful natural parks and superb aboriginal rock art. Several local museums, especially the aviation museum, are excellent and well worth a visit. In all, this hotel is, like Darwin itself, a bit funky and kind of fun. Recommended particularly if cost is a consideration.
This is the 'elder' Holiday Inn in Darwin (the new - more expensive - one is located next-door. A bit worn around the edges, the hotel is popular with workers from the Timor Sea oil rigs which accounts for the fact that breakfast starts at 3:00 a.m. and runs for seven hours! The rooms are adequate but no more. Each has a small balcony and those on the Esplanade side have a magnificent view across a green park to Darwin's outer harbor. The hotel is quiet and within walking distance of the shopping district. Taxis are readily available for longer trips and are inexpensive by American standards. The desk staff was welcoming and efficient, the room was clean but weary. We found the breakfast to be EXCELLENT and suspect other meals would be too. Chosen for its moderate price, the Holiday Inn did not disappoint and we would stay there again.
A good, clean, well presented hotel and we appreciated the complete chinaware, cutlery etc offered in the suite. The room service hamburger was a good size and service was prompt. The decor is a bit Spartan and sterile. There are plenty of blank walls which could be spruced up with a bit more artwork, especially given Darwin's reputation for brilliant Aboriginal art. It seems there is also plenty of advertising space which the hotel could, perhaps, sell to generate more revenue. Adding Bircher muesli (my favourite) to the breakfast menu would be a plus.
Very pleasant and clean rooms, extremely efficient staff (check in and check out in a few seconds), good location.
our room had good reading lights at bed and desk, the bed was very comfortable, the furniture modern and well kept, the bathroom convenient, the laundry user friendly, the staff very friendly and welcoming and the breakfast buffet was outstanding in quality. the location of the hotel was perfect for sightseeing the cbd and harbourside of Darwin.
good check in and out,staff very friendly,ideal central location for city centre. used this hotel before and would certainly return
Location is perfect for walking around Darwin. Spotless throughout and has a very reasonably priced cafe for breakfast and lunch. Would stay there again. did not have a business centre for internet use if you did not have your own lap-top.
Very good service. We were upgraded because of Booking.com.
no fuss the hotel just went about it's business in a professional way
Proximity to everything
good location. easy to walk just about anything downtown. did not like the lighting in the room. Too cold looking with cfl bulbs.
the central position of the hotel to the city, restaurants and entertainment of Darwin I had to leave early to travel to work place and asked if I could use the extra night paid at a later time and was refused... told I needed to give 48 hr notice... I only made the original booking the day before and had no way or control over the circumstances...
Location is good. Room is clean. Staff are professional. None
Beautiful surrounding gardens and the rooms were clean and comfortable. Noise level, from nearby pubs on the weekend, could hear the bands playing, people going past drunk. Road sweepers every night and lots of traffic noise very early in the morning.
The pool was kids under 2 friendly Only having a breakfast restaurant made it a little hard but there is plenty of places just a short walk away.
The rooms where quiet cosy had a nice pool and the staff where very helpful There wasnt anything I did'nt like about this Resort
The villas were excellent and the provision of an electric bbq on the balcony was a welcome addition. the pool was a welcome respite - overall the facilities were great
The staff was very friendly and helpful, The microwave oven, sink and crockery came very handy. The room was cleaned and serviced daily which was a nice gesture. The Resort is in a TOP spot, walking distance to shops, the 'Wave Pool', Restaurants and so on. I would recommend this place to anyone. The Duplex Villa is a bit small, but the verandah made up for lack of space inside. The room could have done with an extra wicker chair instead of only one and maybe a small round table.
The proximity of the hotel to points of interest within Darwin City was excellent. It is also good value considering it's location.
the room was spacous, the staff were excellent the private spa was not privatecould of had a few more facilitys i.e a games room, inhouse meals and the wifi did not work and tv recepoit was very poor
I loved the location,so close to everything,friendly staff,comfortable room,lovely pool area.
Nice quiet and convenient location. A lovely sheltered pool for a refreshing swim in lovely surrounds. A little compact but larger units were available if preferred.
Very friendly and nice staff. Nice pool area with palms and deckchairs. Nice facilities (laundry, etc.( We wrote an extra complaint already. We stayed three nights at the Palms City. Two of them were fine. The last one unfortunately a nightmare. We were hunting 20 - 30 bugs all night long and couldn't get to sleep because it was really discusting and disrupting. When we used the insects spray, it even got worse and we had an invasion of bugs coming out from the corners of the room and from under the bed. Please see our complaint form we filled in at check-out. We would expect a refund for the last night!
Gateway to darwin and waterfront Hassles getting a DVD player
The view, and the spaciousness of the apartment. The location to the city and restaurants, pool and spa facilities. We had to ring for milk twice, handle came off the sliding door on the wardrobe and the sliding to the balcony would not lock, plus we filled the maintenance slip and it was not collected by the staff.
Was not told of earlycheck in cost. Poor value.
Quite, beautifull view, short walk to city and pier, Crustacean Restaurant defintely is the winner. Arrived 05am the receptionists didn't offer to help the luggages into the foyer, even though he was at the door, poor serivce!
The room was well apportioned and roomy. The bed was confortable and the view was excellent. Good location for conference goers as I was. Your staff were not helpful or informative. We were not sold any of the extras that came with the hotel such as the spa, the gym, the tours, etc.Your restaurant had poor service and the food was poor quality - both my partner and I suffered from eating at Curve and will not eat there again even if we stay at your hotel. Your TV was not functioning properly and it was disappointing not to be able to connect my computer to practice my presentation. No assistance was available from your staff when questioned - except - pay to use the internet downstairs - when I am already paying for my room, this is quite poor.
Poor service, upon arrival our our booking had not been received even though i had confirmation of the reservation. Was dissapointed in the staff & there lack of interest/care.
Location was excellent... walk to town, within walking distance of great eateries at the wharf, excellent wave pool for the kids across from the hotel. Excellent access to the convention centre for business. Great walkways to exercise. Air conditioning was inefficient freezing in lounge room and too low to feel in the bedroom. Paid movies did not play very well. Otherwise everything was fine.
the hotel was clean and modern with good ammenities. I thought it was a bit too expensive and the parking was annoying being in a the sixth floor carpark alongside the Medina
Fresh, modern, comfortable accomodation, with freindly helpful staff.Great views.Good services on offer. Wait staff a little detremental towards parents with prams
Pretty much normal hotel experience - not exceptional but not at all bad
Clean and comfortable good aircon, the two early morning fire alarm drills while we stayed there,
The bed is very comfortable and room well designed. The staff were not well trained and nor they have a professional manner. I guess it goes with "The Territory". They were not aware of my booking when I arrived. Very poor. My phone did not work. Little concern was given to this problem and I was unable to use it throughout my stay. Indiginous folks brawling outside the lifts on my floor was an indication of the clientele. Again very poor for an "up-market hotel".
Its location in the city centre and pool facilities were very good.
Comfortable room. Good location for business. Good pool Gym smelt
Only stayed11 hours so not much to say but liked it Gym needs a water dispenser
Great services and excellent location No
The fact that is was close to the city Service was a bit poor, and we had trouble with the airconditioning which required us to move to another hotel room..
It was very centrally located. The rooms were a little dirty and the beds very old and uncomfortable.
It was in the heart of the city district and close to shops and the bus station to the rail terminal. Tours were easily scheduled for pickup at this location. The pool was wonderful to be in with the hot humid weather during my stay. My room had an odd smell that I detected off and on, sort of like dried urine. The drapes were not in very good condition and there was no inner sheer window covering.The carpet needed to be cleaned as my socks collected a lot of dirt after I walked on it in my white socks.
Very helpful Staff, view from room, swimming pool, late checkout, massive 'single' bed, well priced room service. Can't open the windows
Good service, food also good and the location of our room. All good
Location, access from transport, waterfront and in-house facilities excellent.
Surcharge for views was robbery. This hotel has tiny non-opening windows facing the water. It was completely misleading and I wish to lodge a formal complaint about this rate surcharge.
the friendly staff,close to all amenities,
The esplanade view,especially from, room 517. it was quiet (once we moved away from the construction noise next door).
it is centrally located, clean, and services were very adequate.
absolutely nothing - checked out early dark, damp, depressing, over priced, over rated
comfort of the room big enough to totally spread out and not trip over anything no
Breakfast menu It had a temporary pool that was smaller than a suburban backyard pool and there was major building works next door. We were not informed that we could use the hotels pool next door until we complained at reception. The rainforest effect around the interior of the hotel was very musty smelling. Very outdated furnishings - not a 4 and a half star hotel. Also disappointed with the extra we paid for a harbour view.
Centraly located Restaurant very average
Restaurant food quite good. Comfy room, bed etc. Nice interior layout of inside of hotel. Reception area decorated with overhanging plants & ferns in foyer/bar area absolutely delightful. No,
Everything was very clean and inviting, the foyer was beautiful and the pool area was clean and inviting also. Its a beautifuly located motel and the view is fantasic if facing the esplanade. I found that the staff didnt seem interested about being at work and didnt smile much at all, not very many desk staff seemed happy to help only that is was a chore to answer a question if we had it. I also asked for a brocure on the hotel and it couldnt be provided. I feel the amount we paid just for a basic hotel room was a bit overpriced.


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A good peanut dressing is hard to find. I've had quite a few misses that left me slightly nauseous and thoroughly discouraged.
Not to get all Debbie Downer on you, but I had kind of given up on making a good Asian-y peanut sauce altogether. (SO sad, I know.)
But when the mood struck for something a little spicy, gingery and peanutty, I decided to give it another try. And FINALLY, I ended up with something I was pretty happy with.
I thinned out the sauce with a little warm water to use it as a salad dressing (the sauce recipe below ends up on the thick side) over a nice crunchy and fresh mix of carrots, Swiss chard, chickpeas and rice.
This sauce is also great spooned over warm steamed veggies and tofu or as a dipping sauce for rice paper rolls or dumplings. A little swirl of Sriracha with it is pretty killer too.
- 1 tablespoon grape seed oil
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 1 red chili, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- 2 tablespoons all-natural peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 cup coconut milk
- 1/4 cup water
- juice of half a lime (extra to serve)
Heat oil in a small pan over a medium heat. Add garlic and sauté for 30 seconds until fragrant, add chili and ginger and continue to cook for another minute, stirring.
Add peanut butter, soy sauce , coconut milk and water and reduce heat to low. Cook, stirring for about 10 minutes, allowing the mixture to thicken. If it becomes too thick, add more water 1 tablespoon at a time.
Allow to cool and add lime juice.
Serve over salad or as a dipping sauce for vegetables or dumplings.
(serves 2)
- 1/2 cup cooked chickpeas, rinsed and dried
- 1/2 cup brown rice
- 2 cups shredded Swiss chard
- 1 medium carrot, cut into ribbons with a vegetable peeler
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced (set some aside to garnish the salad)
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro/coriander
- 1/4 cup chopped peanuts (or cashews)
Place all the ingredients besides the nuts together in a bowl with the dressing and mix well to combine. Top with reserved green onions, chopped nuts and extra cilantro. Spritz a little extra lime juice on there for extra punch.

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'The Sabres say for season ticket holders, which numbered about 8,200 last season, the average price will be $35 per seat, lowest in the 30-team NHL. The overall average ticket price, which was $45 in 2003-04, will drop to $38.'
Sabres introduce new variable to ticket prices
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Korn guitarist shares thoughts on Tim Lambesis, personal struggles
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Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch says he almost found himself in a situation very similar to that of Tim Lambesis.
The As I Lay Dying frontman was recently sentenced to six years in prison for trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife, and Welch admits in an article for Loudwire that he had the same kind of thoughts about his own ex.
Welch says he was in the midst of a serious drug problem at the time, but he was lucky enough to have a friend talk him out of doing anything violent. When he heard about Lambesis' arrest, he says he felt horrible for Tim's wife, but his heart also went out to Tim because he was reminded of his own struggles. Welch eventually met up with Lambesis before his sentencing, and he says he was surprisingly excited about the convicted rocker's future.
Welch says he's "seen God create overwhelming beauty out of a pile of ashes so many times," and he thinks something good will come out of this "horrible situation." He encourages people to send "positive vibes and prayers" to Lambesis, his wife, and everyone else involved in the ordeal.
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On August 24th, 2011 Martina wrote on the subject of Datadial,Hosting,Inspiration,Internet,Organic Search Marketing,Software,Usability,Web Technology.
Why your website isn't as fast as it should be…
…a wheelbarrow in an open field that you drag along every day filling it with this and that – each thing you add to it has some significance and some use.
Now imagine you never empty the wheelbarrow. Each day, not only do the things you found the week before now lie at the bottom covered by the newest additions, but the device also becomes increasingly heavy to pull until eventually, it becomes almost impossible.
Now think of the wheelbarrow as your website, and think of its contents as the factors affecting its speed – Let's explore these factors…
Bad HTML:
- Empty spaces between code (This only adds to processing time)
- Missing tags (Causing internal errors & bugs in the site)
- Bulky HTML (such as using unnecessary tags where something more CSS compatible would work better e.g. using the tag "font-size" rather than just "small")
- Background colour being the same as text colour (making all text unreadable)
- Hyperlinks that fail (Devaluing your site in terms of credibility, and possibly increasing bounce rates)
- Missing images
An overload of HTTP requests:
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Whenever your web browser fetches a file from a web server, for example when it loads a picture, it does this by using HTTP which stands for "HyperText Transfer Protocol".
HTTP is an action whereby you're computer requests for a particular file. One example is a request for 'home.html' (the homepage of a particular website). The web server then sends a response to the computer that says something like: "Here's the file you asked for" which is followed by the actual file itself.
Understandably, if your server is receiving a very high volume of requests for a range of different things, such as pictures, graphics, photographs, music players and video rendering, it can take its toll and end up really slowing your website down.
JavaScript/Flash overuse:
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Too many cookies:
HTTP Cookies are used mainly for personalization and authentication purposes. A series of saved information is exchanged between the web server and the browser in order to remember things about how you are using the internet. For example if you are shopping online and exit the website returning at a later date, a cookie will enable the site to remember what you had in your shopping cart so you don't have to spend time finding the same items again.
However, because saved information is being kept on the server, a build up of this can add to the process time on a website. In some cases, hackers even use cookies as an opportunity to track browsing activity; this is called spyware…so beware!
Bad hosting:
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Web hosting is the business of providing storage space and access for websites. Bad web hosting happens when said storage space is overloaded with many websites, yours is added to the list and so runs slow. Other issues caused by a bad web host include:
- Search engines being unable to crawl your site resulting in a fall in Search Rank
- Your website being "down" (not working, sending out 404-errors)
- Not being able to contact your web host to fix the issue (since the service is so bad the system has probably crashed)
Excess of external media:
Embedded YouTube videos, actually embedded anything that is coming from another website can potentially slow yours down. When you embed something from another site, you are relying on that sites web server, that sites speed, and that sites ability to ensure the embedded item is working properly there, so that it works properly on yours site. Often, even when it works just fine, it might add an extra few seconds to a certain page loading…a few seconds a potential customer may be unwilling to wait!
Spam is so much more than just a bunch of annoying emails. It slows down the Internet and it increases consumer fees.
The internet is a network where spamming effects everyone that uses it. To push spam around the internet relies on a process; it begins with global networks that pass the spam along to their destination, and ends with the message being received by the recipient.
Simultaneously, time, money and resources are used trying to catch and prevent spammers from infiltrating mail servers resulting in higher costs to the consumer because providers are forced to add more security to their servers and hire more staff to manage and prevent the problem.
Be sure to spam proof all web forms by adding "captchas" or similar.
Favicon neglect:
A 'favicon' is an image (as shown above) that stays in the root of your server. It's definitely needed because even if you don't care about them, the browser still requests one. If there isn't one, it will respond with a 404 error (meaning not found). Any error message, such as a 404 or 301, is an extra message sent that adds time to the processing of a site.
This image or lack thereof, interferes with the processing sequence by requesting extra components in the load, and since the favicon is the first thing that is downloaded before these extra components, if there isn't one, the first thing downloaded will be an error.
Too many advertisements:
Any time a site uses advertisements, you are adding to other processes a site goes through in order to function correctly. Programmes like Google Adsense and Microsoft adcenter are external, and reputable, however it is logical to practice the same rules as with external media; everything in moderation – besides, sites with too many ads look un"site"ly! :-P
If any of these apply to you, take active steps to protect your website against sloth! Speed be with you!


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Rihanna teams up with MAC Cosmetics
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Rihanna has inked a deal with MAC Cosmetics. On Wednesday, which also happened to be her 25th brithday, she announced on Twitter that she'll be launching a series of collections with the beauty company.
She tells Women's Wear Daily that teaming up with MAC was a "no-brainer" and that she's excited to work with the brand that's been her personal go-to for years.
The first product set to come out will be a red lipstick called "RiRi Woo." It will become available at a pop-up shop on May 4th, when Rihanna brings her tour to Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
A summer, fall and holiday collection will follow "RiRi Woo" through the rest of 2013. The holiday collection will be the most extensive, including a line of makeup bags, nail polishes and more.
The partnership is a big step for MAC. It's the first time the company has inked a multi-collection deal with a celebrity outside of its "Viva Glam" project.
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These manifest as "smart" mouth guards and peel-and-stick sensors.
He was arrested multiple times holding a can of spray paint with his hands and mouth "smeared with the stuff."
In this part of the country we call it blowout—when the mouth opens up in the middle of a hill and shoots stuff out like a rifle.
A taxidermic bear stands almost six feet tall on his hind legs with his mouth gaping in a never-ending silent roar.
See how he gets all nervous and jittery, and then this stuff just tumbles out of his mouth?
"Five hundred—d'ye say five" said the postman from the half of his mouth that was clear.
At this moment the pilot came in, with a cigar in his mouth, and took the wheel.
I thought I knew what was on his mind; my tongue grew large in my mouth.
As that was not our present purpose, we forgot all about it as soon as we were out of sight of its mouth.
They were now more than four thousand miles distant from the mouth of the Missouri.
Old English muþ "mouth, opening, door, gate," from Proto-Germanic *munthaz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian muth, Old Norse munnr, Danish mund, Middle Dutch mont, Dutch mond, Old High German mund, German Mund, Gothic munþs "mouth"), with characteristic loss of nasal consonant in Old English (cf. tooth, goose, etc.), from PIE *mnto-s (cf. Latin mentum "chin"). In the sense of "outfall of a river" it is attested from late Old English; as the opening of anything with capacity (a bottle, cave, etc.) it is recorded from c.1200. Mouth-organ attested from 1660s.
c.1300, "to speak," from mouth (n.). Related: Mouthed; mouthing. Old English had muðettan "to blab."
c.1300, "to speak," from mouth (n.). Related: Mouthed; mouthing. Old English had muðettan "to blab."
mouth (mouth)
n. pl. mouths (mouðz)
The body opening through which an animal takes in food.
The oral cavity.
The opening to any cavity or canal in an organ or a bodily part.
Impudence; backtalk; sass: I've had about enough of your mouth (1926+)
: They jounced and mouthed each other
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Virginia from Ozark, AR asks:
I use OpenOffice and a friend has sent a file that I cannot open. It is WPS. I don't have any problem opening any other files. Can you help?
OpenOffice is supposed to be able to read many types of files, WPS included. Try following the steps below to open up a WPS file in OpenOffice, just to make sure you are going through the correct procedure.
Step 1 – Click on File at the top of the screen
Step 2 – Click on Open File in the new window that appears
Step 3 – Click on your Documents folder along the left side of the next window that opens
Step 4 – Go to the Files of type at the bottom of this same window and open the drop box
Step 5 – Scroll down until you see WPS files listed and then click on WPS files
Step 6 – Click the Open button and all the WPS files should be displayed
Step 7 – Double click on the WPS file to be opened
Once you have the desired file open, it can then be changed over to an OpenOffice file and saved. This procedure is detailed below. It's important to know that some reformatting will have to take place after the file is opened in OpenOffice. Words that are underlined, in bold, or in italics will not be converted to the OpenOffice document. You will have to fix these later to make it look like the original.
Step 1 – Open the desired file in OpenOffice
Step 2 – Make any formatting changes necessary
Step 3 – Save the file by clicking on Save as
Step 4 – Enter the name you wish to save the file under
Step 5 – Delete the WPS file or keep it, it's up to you
If you were still unable to open the WPS file after following the 7 steps listed, you have the option to save the file in a format that is readable by OpenOffice. The types of files that tend to cause little to no difficulties with OpenOffice are; RTF files, MS Word formatted files, MS Powerpoint documents and templates, and MS Excel files.
Note: The WPS file format supported by OOo is not the MS Works file format, but Kingsoft's WPS2000 file format.
Multiple conversion tools exist online for all types of documents. You can enter 'wps converter online' in the Google search bar and find a conversion tool that works for you. These will enable you to easily and quickly convert WPS files to DOC, PCX, PNG, TXT, ODT, PDF, or PS files. Most online tools for converting WPS files are able to be used in a similar fashion. Some programs will allow you to choose which type of file you wish to convert the WPS file into, while others are specifically for changing the WPS file to a single type of file.
Word Viewer is a conversion program that is put out by Microsoft and it enables people to view files that were saved as WPS files, as well as many other formats. The system requirements include one of the following operating systems:
Windows XP Service Pack 2
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4
Windows 7
Once you get to the download page for Word Viewer, simply click on the Download button and save the file to your computer's hard drive. Double-click on the file name wdviewer.exe to set the program up and follow the installation instructions as prompted. Be sure to install the Compatibility Pack as well. After installation is complete, follow the steps below to view a file in Word Viewer:
Step 1 – Go to the File menu at the top of the screen and click on it
Step 2 – Click on Open File
Step 3 – Open the drop down box next to the Look In list at the top of the box
Step 4 – Scroll down until you find the appropriate file or folder containing the file you wish to view
Step 5 – Open this file by double-clicking on it
You should be able to view any WPS file with no problems at all. If this program doesn't turn out to be what you expected, you can always go to the Add/Remove Programs section on your Control Panel and uninstall it to make room for a different online conversion tool. For instance, if you have Word 97 or Word 2000 on your computer, then you could try downloading Works 2000 Converter. This program allows WPS files to be opened in these two applications without difficulty. It also works with older operating systems such as; Windows NT, 98, 95, and 2000.
I hope this information helps you make the proper adjustments necessary for being able to view WPS files easily.
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QUESTION FOR TOM or BETH or? 1. Should I monitor this discussion page or does someone else?
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What about teaming up and open a real tasty solar-cooking restaurant in lets say Nevada?
A bit close to Vegas but yet free enough to cook the best food around the year.So we can al taste this "new" cooking and promote it well.
Kickstarter won't help funding.
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As of 2013, the 10 ASEAN nations had a total of over 700 million mobile subscriptions, with the CAGR from 2003-2013 reaching 24%. This Digitimes Research Special Report analyzes the various mobile broadband markets in ASEAN and looks at the respective trends in 4G LTE development for those markets.
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Only official Bay Area Oscar® night event
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85th Annual Academy Awards®
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Celebrate the magic of the 85th annual Academy Awards® with your friends, family and fellow film aficionados! Michael Krasny, host of the award winning KQED FORUM, to emcee exclusive event and party.
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Really interesting attack, pureh@te. I will take a look at it soon. Thanks for sharing!
I did a little write up on the new Java applet attack in the social engineering toolkit. I use it to clone a web site and trick a target into visiting it.
The Social Engineering Toolkit: Creating Fake Web Sites to Own Boxes
Really interesting attack, pureh@te. I will take a look at it soon. Thanks for sharing!
here the attack presented by rel1k itself during Shmoocon 2010:
download all the firetalk's videos - must see...lot of fun ;-)
P.S: epsecially the Pentoo one ;-)
....hehehe I like these gentoo folks...
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I know I was there.
I'm trying the website attack vectors option in SET.
Al goes well untill i look at the email and open the link ,a
jave applet should appear but it doesnt!
On my bt4 machine i have sun java and openjdk installed.
On my victim machine i've installed java too.
Any ideas on what i'm doin wrong?
SET's other options work great!!I love this tool!
There was a writeup on this over here if you want some more to read:
Metasploit Unleashed - Mastering the Framework
Ch.8 / Social-Engineering Toolkit
It's a pretty interesting toolkit.
If you get tired of listening to your music... cat /vmlinuz > /dev/audio
Macbook 2.4Ghz Dual Core, 4GB Ram, Edimax EW-7318USG, BT4
Are theire any ways to spoof Emails.
like From email@example.com
to: firstname.lastname@example.com
And this should not go automatically in SPAM!
In the Config File you can change Sendmail to ON but my tes Email went to Spam ;-(
Nice, I wonder if the applet could be modified to mask the URL...
ReL1k, you should see if Rapid7 is hiring...
Nice one ph!
@b_114 - The spoofing of the sender address in an email is easy. Bypassing a spam filter takes slightly more work. If you want to learn how to do this I'd recommend you read up on how various spam filtering methods work. SPF (Sender Policy Framework), for example, is one spam prevention method that works based on the sender address...
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How to get my daughter to go to sleep quickly after she goes to bed?
My daughter stays about an hour before she really goes to sleep. Any one can give me any idea? Thank you.
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I'd have to say that putting children to sleep has been a hot topic lately!
You'll want to be sure that she's getting plenty of exercise each day so that she's actually tired when she goes to bed. If she naps, is she napping early enough in the day? Do you get her up early enough in the morning?
If you could share how old your daughter is it would make it easier to give suggestions on what you might try in order to help her get to sleep faster.
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She attend daycare when, we are at work. I do believe she got plenty of exercise everyday. She nap in daycare everyday that is one of there policy. She get up at 6:30am since the school is just 10min. away from our house and class start at 8am. We drop her off around 7:45am everyday. and she is only 4 hers old.


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Woods Cross • Bountiful players zipped the ball around the court, and Woods Cross finally called off the dogs and stopped attempting to foul. The large Bountiful student section chanted from the upper reaches of the stands: "Region champs! Region champs!"
After the buzzer, the Braves shuffled through the postgame handshake. Unlike their fans, they were subdued. There was no huddle on the court or flamboyant proclamations.
The Braves' first goal had been completed, but there are others ahead a state title, namely.
"I guess we kind of expect to win region," said guard Sam Merrill. "I guess we're not a team that makes it all out of control we just go about our business."
Merrill had 21 points and Zach Seljaas added 18, and the Braves answered each Wildcat run to win 72-62 Thursday evening. The win locked up Region 6 for the Braves and boosted their winning streak to 17 games.
Bountiful opened on a 13-4 run, but Woods Cross quickly closed the gap. The rest of the game played out in a similar fashion. Skylar Farnes had 27 for Woods Cross, but Merrill got to the free-throw line too frequently down the stretch for the Wildcats to make much headway.
"That's how rivalry games are. They always make runs," Merrill said. "But we did a good job keeping our composure, making free throws and not letting them cut too much into our lead."
The Braves have one last obstacle to finishing undefeated in region play for the second consecutive year. If they can win on the road against Highland on Tuesday, they'll have duplicated a special feat.
"That's obviously another one of our goals," Merrill said. "We don't ever want to lose, and going undefeated is something we've wanted to do."
Getting a test from Woods Cross, along with what Bountiful expects to be a close game against Highland, is crucial for preparation heading into the playoffs.
"There's probably not going to be any blowouts in state," Merrill said. "So to win on your rival's home court, to be able to withstand that, that's a big help."
Storylines Bountiful 72, Woods Cross 62
R Bountiful's Sam Merrill had 21 points to finish off the Wildcats and lock up Region 6 for the Braves.
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The Tongue River Eagles football team will host Wright this afternoon in Dayton. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter has a preview.
STATE TENNIS - Sheridan Lady Bronc tennis player Julia Fenn won her second straight state championship Wednesday afternoon, Fenn lost only two games on her run to the title.
Bronc defending boys state champ Reed Ritterbusch had to settle for second place and his teammate Adam Berry ended up in third place after winning the consolation final.
The Broncs finished 3rd as a team while the Lady Broncs were 5th.
Sheridan Lady Bronc Julia Fenn won her second straight tennis title Wednesday afternoon, Fenn lost only two games on the way to the title.
STATE TENNIS - The Bronc and Lady Bronc tennis teams continued play at the state tournament yesterday in Gillette the Broncs are in 3rd place the Lady Broncs are 5th.
Defending state champions in number one singles Reed Ritterbusch and Julia Fenn are in the finals again. Also for the Broncs Adam Berry will play in the consolation finals in number two singles.
SC VOLLEYBALL - The Sheridan college volleyball team won at Rocky Mountain college in Billings last night to run their record to 17-10 overall.
The weather was much better in Lamar, CO this weekend. The men's team placed 2nd with 570 points, Casper's men won the rodeo with 615 points.
The men's team had 5 saddle bronc riders make it to the short round, 1 bareback rider, 1 bullrider, 1 tie down roper and 2 team ropers.
The men's team moved back into 3rd position in the region after this weekend, they are only 330 points out of second and 420 points out of first.
STATE TENNIS - The Bronc and Lady Bronc tennis teams started the state tournament yesterday in Gillette. in the team race the Broncs are in 4th place the Lady Broncs are 6th.
Defending state champions in number one singles Reed Ritterbusch and Julia Fenn made it to the semi finals also for the Broncs Adam Berry made the semi's in number two singles, semi final matches will be played today with the finals tomorrow.
Buffalo High School's Lady Bison swimming/diving team hosted their invitational meet Saturday and won the meet with 154 points, followed by Douglas with 80.5 points and finally Newcastle with 64.5 points.
After being postponed a couple of times, the Big Horn Rams football team finally got a chance to hit the gridiron against the Glenrock Herders Monday night. Sheridan Media's Ron Richter was in Glenrock for the game, and has this report.
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"This endorsement for Obama would be like the NAACP endorsing Romney!"
victoria marshall
commenting on the State of the Debate blog post, "Tribune endorsement (Barack Obama) goes viral"
"The mostly liberal Salt Lake Tribune endorses Obama, now there's a shock! "
on the same thread
"How does a mostly liberal newspaper also endorse Orrin Hatch, Rob Bishop, Jason Chaffetz, and Gary Herbert?"
digital bath
on the same thread
"I'm in a state of shock, and feel I owe the Trib's editorial writers an apology for assuming they would endorse Romney."
commenting on the Oct. 21 Tribune editorial, "Too Many Mitts: Obama has earned another term"
"I think we need drug testing for editorial writers. This 'endorsement' can only be justified if the writer was under the influence."
commenting on the same thread
"How frigging confused must your values be to endorse Obama while endorsing Hatch, Herbert, and Bishop as well? Not sure they are on the same planet as the rest of us."
commenting on the Oct. 23 Tribune editorial, "Our endorsements: 2012 general election"
"No, I won't vote. I haven't voted since I moved here 40 years ago. I would vote for all Democrats, but it would be in vain. I'll stay home and read and drink coffee."
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Kilmeade opines that McCain "should not be allowed to talk on torture" because "he was tortured"
From the April 28 edition of Fox News Radio's Brian & The Judge:
ANDREW NAPOLITANO (co-host): You may not know the name unless you live in California. Jay Bybee was a professional researcher for the Justice Department when he authored the principal of -- the main one -- of the torture memos.
President Bush awarded him by appointing him to the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. That's the level of appellate court just below the Supreme Court. He was appointed to the 9th Circuit, which covers the western third of the United States.
There's a lot of pressure on Jay Bybee -- on Judge Bybee, now, because these memoranda, which obviously were not known about under -- during the time of his confirmation came -- came out.
Here's what John McCain had to say about it yesterday.
JOHN McCAIN [audio clip]: A resignation would be a decision he would have to make on his own, but he falls into the same category as everybody else as far as giving very bad advice and misinterpreting fundamentally what the United States is all about, much less things like the Geneva Conventions.
Plus, under President Reagan, we signed a agreement against torture. We're in violation of that.
BRIAN KILMEADE (co-host): Oh, come on. Number one, we all know John McCain is not a lawyer; this guy is. Number two, Judge, you knew at that time, this is --
NAPOLITANO: This is your guy, John McCain.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Now, now. Come on.
KILMEADE: No, he's not my guy. I like John McCain. I respect him. But there's a lot of issues I don't understand. Plus, he should not be allowed to talk on torture because he is clearly somebody who went through unspeakable pain and punishment --
NAPOLITANO: You mean, he shouldn't be allowed to talk -- he has an opinion like everybody else. He represents the state of Arizona.
KILMEADE: But he was tortured. He was tortured. And --
NAPOLITANO: Therefore, his views on torture are --
KILMEADE: -- are skewed.
NAPOLITANO: -- irrelevant because of what happened --
KILMEADE: -- are skewed.
NAPOLITANO: -- in 'nam? I think his views are particularly telling because he's been through this kind of thing.
KILMEADE: But what do you think he's going to be -- pro-torture --
NAPOLITANO: No.
KILMEADE: -- after he's been through it?
NAPOLITANO: Of course, he's not going to be pro-torture.
KILMEADE: And plus, I don't think this is torture. And they don't subscribe to the Geneva Conventions. We had this debate in 2002. You were on our set -- you were on constantly saying, "Look, they don't -- right -- the way the courts look at it right now, they do not fall under the Geneva Conventions." And that was what they were going under.
NAPOLITANO: I never said they didn't fall under the Geneva Conventions.
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Plans unveiled for former ALCO site in Schenectady
Major plans are being unveiled for the former ALCO site in Schenectady.
It will now be known as "Mohawk Harbor." Developer Galesi Group has secured a contract to put up a 124 room hotel.
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Buicko adds several several potential operators have approached them about a casino. Before an application is submitted before the June 30th deadline, a deal would have to be in place. Buicko says there isn't one - yet.
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Yesterday the 78' Bridge at the park my firm design go set. It came from Minnesota to New York in one piece over the road and was crane set. Special thanks go out to the guys at Continental Bridge Company for a wonderful Keystone Bridge.Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you:
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Here's hoping the body count is higher on the next Bon Iver album. Frontman Justin Vernon's flair for elegant understatement adds an instantly compelling edge to what's already a disquieting — and often brutal — traditional Irish murder ballad. Somehow the dead girl at the heart of the story gets less sympathy than the murderer's father who must watch his son's execution. That's songwriting.
Because Kurt Cobain closed Nirvana's MTV Unplugged by saying, "Fuck you all. This is the last song of the evening." And because his scream on the last verse never fails to raise goosebumps.
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District of Columbia Emergency Preparedness Council
The DCEPC operates and serves the District by continually re-examining the overall state of emergency and disaster readiness, providing a consistent network of District agency expertise to make the DC Government a national leader in comprehensive emergency management and homeland security, and making recommendations on improving District planning for, response to, and recovery from emergencies and disasters as well as emerging threats.
District of Columbia Local Emergency Planning Council.
The District of Columbia Local Emergency Planning Council, Inc. (DCLEPC) was established to monitor and inform the public about the use of hazardous chemicals in the District of Columbia.
Homeland Security Commission
The Homeland Security Commission was established by the Homeland Security, Risk Reduction, and Preparedness Amendment Act of 2006. The primary function of the Commission is to make recommendations for improvements in homeland security and preparedness in the District and report its findings to the Mayor and the DC Council. The Commission met on a quarterly basis throughout the year to discuss and evaluate the status of homeland security within the District and completed its first annual report this past year.
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Last night I went through 3 copies of Men's Fitness.
There were loads of fat loss articles - that didn't talk about fat loss.
All they did was talk about weight loss, which is not the same thing.
There is only one way to train to effectively burn fat - low intensity aerobic exercise on an empty stomach.
Combine that with short and sharp high intensity work, to release the fat burning hormones.
Everything else is just about weight control (in this context), helping burn more calories than you take in.
Discuss. Lol!
1) Keep a food log
2) Eat 1.5IB of lean protein per pound of body weight
3) Drop processed carbs for veggies apart from pre and post work out
4) Eat 5/6 times daily
5) Do YOUR OWN research and be consistant.
Those are mine anyway. I realise the lat one is two as well lol.
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WATCH: Alison Gold is the new Rebecca Black with 'Chinese Food'
First there was Rebecca Black's "Friday," then there was Nicole Westbrook's "It's Thanksgiving." Now, Patrice Wilson is back again with Alison Gold's ode to the culinary delight we know and love: "Chinese Food." And yes, there's a video.
Let's take a look at this masterpiece:
Meet Alison. She likes Chinese food. Like really, really likes Chinese food. In fact, she LOVES Chinese food, which is why she's singing about it. And she's hungry.
She's REALLY hungry.
Just look at her. She's so happy, she's making it rain chow mein!
YAY! Chinese food FEAST!!!
But Alison's enchanting Chinese food adventure doesn't end there. She gets a magical fortune cookie...
AND HER FORTUNE CAME TRUE!! IT ACTUALLY. CAME. TRUE. And Alison and her new BFF go skipping through the meadow.
Alison and her panda BFF have so much fun in the meadow, she invites him over for a slumber party!!
SURPRISE!!! Panda is a RAPPER!!!
Alison loves Chinese food so much, she's embraced the entire culture.
PILLOW FIGHT!! Probably fighting over the last bit of chow m-m-m-m-mein.
What a day. Of course, all good things must come to an end. Panda has to go home.
But Panda doesn't leave through the front door. He leaves via a MAGICAL RAINBOW. Clearly, there is just no other way to travel these days.
*Sidenote: We hope that magical rainbow has magical repair powers for Alison's sake, or her parents are going to be upset when they find a huge panda-sized hole in the roof!
And Alison can't say she didn't know because ... ANOTHER FORTUNE COOKIE!!
Watch the full video and Alison's love for Chinese food below:


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FOSS over Miami
Here's a little Larry-the-Free-Software-Guy history for those of you who don't already know it: I grew up in Miami and didn't move to San Francisco until I was 29 (and that was the summer of 1987, so you can do the math). More specifically, I grew up in a strip of unincorporated Dade County sandwiched between North Miami and North Miami Beach. So you'll understand why I have a tendency to pull for the Dolphins and the U on occasion, and I don't think twice about driving 30 or so miles down Highway 1 into Monterey County to visit The Whole Enchilada because it has the only Key Lime Pie in this region close enough to be considered Miami-class. Listening to Jimmy Buffett puts me back among the palm trees, retroactively sweating in the 80 degree/90 percent humidity coziness for which South Florida is known worldwide.
But let's put the nostalgia aside for a moment.
While I was reading a Google feed about Linux, something caught my eye — specifically, a Linux-based cafe/tech store called Planet Linux Caffe, 1430 Ponce De Leon Boulevard in Coral Gables. The store/cafe was mentioned on the Miami Linux Users Group page (MIALUG) — another discovery, and I'm glad to see there's a growing Linux User Group in South Florida, too — and to go to the cafe's menu page to order KDE or GNOME to go with the Ubuntu you can drink during or after your meal.
[Extra credit points go to the cafe for having a "Bodhi Linux" on the menu as well.]
This is a great idea — a FOSS-based cafe where folks can pick up a Drupal while learning Drupal, where people can get together over Gentoo and discuss the latest FOSS developments. Order me a Debian to go, please.
So if you're in the South Florida area, either visiting or residing there, the Planet Linux Caffe should be on your list for a visit; multiple visits if you live there. For those of you FOSS folks who live in South Florida, get involved, too with MIALUG.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software in his new home office. Watch this space.)


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I graduated from Full Sail with a BA in Web Design and Development - Nov 2012. I've done some research on salaries. I just wanted to know what others thought about the issue of a base salary.
Some say don't go under $40,000 with a degree, others state that without professional experience I am considered to be a jr. web developer and your list my salary requirements between $20 - $30,000.
Thanks in advance.
It largely depends on your skill set (there's a lot more to know than what they teach in school), and it depends on the complexity of the projects you'll be working on. In my experience, starting salary in your situation could range from $12/hr if you're going to do basic work for a mill, to $30/hr if you're going to do complex work for an agency with big-name clients.
As Jeff points out, the range can vary. Obviously the location in the country will cause wild fluctuations in salary range but that aside, experience and the type of industry you find a job in will affect how much you make. For instance in the private sector you will make a lot more than for something in the public sector such as for a public university or state agency. Conversely, a smaller company or startup may offer much less than a more established business.
There are a lot of ranges on this site,
Hope that helps,
Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.
It totally depends on your skillset and experience. What can you do exactly? What have you done before? Do you have code online on Github?
If you can fully-implement a site, with database backend, and do login systems and cookies and have done it before -- then you can make more than $40k.
You should be getting more than $20,000 for any job in the field of web design. I'd be expecting $40,000 at least. $50,000 would be ideal


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Since many of you asked about the sho-yu tamago (soy sauce eggs) that my mother used to pack for me in my school outings bentos, here's the recipe for them. Well, I hesitate to even call it a recipe - it's so easy.
All you do is:
Since the soy sauce is salty enough, there's no need for extra salt or other seasonings, which makes them very portable - therefore great for picnic or school outing bentos.
These are even easier than the lazy tea eggs, but they don't really keep, so you do have to make them when you need them.
They are very pretty when cut in half or in slices, and make a nice gap filler in a regular bento box.
Flavor wise, miso marinated eggs or the lazy tea eggs, but both methods take some time. When you are in a hurry these soy sauce rolled eggs do fine.
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how long do the sho-yo eggs keep?
like could they be cooked the night before?
I just made some today, right after looking at this page, tastes great. 2011 :D Recipes for food never expire.
Ahhhhhh !!!! I just made these and they are DELICIOUS!!!!!! And sooooooo easy!! Thank you so much!!
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In the heart of the Barossa Valley, Australia's best known wine region, lies St Hallett, one of the country's premier wine producers. Established by the Lindner Family in 1944, for many years St Hallett's winemaking focus was, like many local wineries, on producing fortified wines. However, during the seventies and eighties, St Hallett turned to explore the true potential of the Barossa through premium table wines. This has resulted in St Hallett's status as one of Australia's best producers.
St Hallett is renowned for crafting full-flavored, textured wines entirely from Barossa Valley fruit and is credited with producing benchmark wines of the region such as the iconic St Hallett Old Block Shiraz, made from vines aged up to 100 years old.
Winemaker and General Manager, Stuart Blackwell spearheaded the commissioning of the new winemaking facilities in 1988 and the installation of some of the world's most advanced fruit processing and handling equipment. Despite this modern approach, traditional winemaking techniques prevail at St Hallett as they are best suited to the winery's classic style. View all St Hallett Wines
About Barossa ValleyView a map of Barossa Valley wineries
The Barossa zone consists of two sections - the Barossa Valley and the Eden Valley. Wines from the Eden Valley can be labelled Barossa or Barossa Valley.
Situated just a bit east of the large city of Adelaide, Barossa is Australia's wine headquarters. Mega producers are based here, boutique wineries call it home and a majority of the habitants claim their income on the wine industry. The valley is strewn with a series of hamlets, small towns spotted throughout the region.


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Roll fondant into a ball, kneading until it's soft and pliable. Using a toothpick, add dots of icing color and/or flavor in several spots.
Knead color into your fondant ball; be sure to wear All-Purpose Decorating Gloves to keep your hands stain-free.
Continue kneading until color is evenly blended; add a little more color if needed.


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Microfluidic has more than 10 years of experience in making microfluidic droplet generators for all kinds of applications. Droplet generators are excellent tools for generating highly reproducible microsized droplets with much higher precision and repeatability compared to conventional methods.
By tuning the relative viscosities, surface tension, and velocities between the dispersed and the continuous phase droplets of almost any size can be created. Oil-in-water (O/W) droplets can be generated directly using the glass chips. Water-in-oil droplets (W/O) are best formed in hydrophobic channels (coated glass). This to prevent droplets from sticking to the channel walls. Upon request Micronit can coat chips with an hydrophobic anti-stiction coating.
The choice of the correct droplet generator for your application is sometimes not any easy one. There are many variables which can affect the size, frequency and consistency of the droplets produced including:
Microfluidic devices offer a qualitatively superior alternative to conventional macroscale batch processes for the production of highly monodispersed emulsions in a continuous fashion. By means of parallelization, microstructured droplets generators allows high throughput production of monodisperse emulsions for applications in the pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food industries.
Micronit offers a range of parallel droplets generators with hydrophilic (native glass) or hydrophobic (coated) channels surfaces for both oil-in-water and water-in-oil systems to satisfy our customer's needs in their high throughput emulsification applications. Our parallel droplets generators can be designed in a variety of geometries that meet our customer's requirements. The high accuracy of Micronit's glass processing technologies combined with a wide range of instruments for high precision surface and size analysis ensures a high quality products with very low intrachannel size and frequency of production variation.


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Here Are the 50 Shades Lead Actors
(NEWSER) – After 50 million different rumors, the Internet has its answer as to who will play Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey on the big screen: Anastasia is none other than Dakota Johnson, the 24-year-old daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith, and perhaps previously best known for Fox sitcom Ben & Kate, and minor roles in The Social Network and The Five-Year Engagement. "I am delighted to let you know that the lovely Dakota Johnson has agreed to be our Anastasia in the film adaptation ofFifty Shades of Grey," tweeted author EL James this morning. James later tweet-dropped: "the gorgeous and talented Charlie Hunnam" as the actor who would portray Grey. Click for more Social Network alums working on the project.


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Luce Foundation Center for American Art
2013 Hackathon
View a detailed report of the hackathon (PDF).
On November 16 and 17, 2013 the Smithsonian American Art Museum held a "hackathon" to reimagine the digital interpretation in the museum's visible storage facility, the Luce Foundation Center for American Art. The Luce Center displays around 3,000 artworks from the museum's collection in floor-to-ceiling glass cases. Visitors can currently access information about the artworks and artists through ten computer kiosks in the space. These kiosks are several years old and in need of a refresh, so the museum invited developers, programmers, and designers to delve into its data and create new concepts for the space.
Twenty-three people participated, spending the weekend in the MacMillan Education Center with museum staff and Smithsonian IT experts. On Sunday afternoon, each team or individual had to submit a 2 minute video of their concept and make a presentation to the group. The museum is exploring all of these concepts and protoptypes to develop a new digital plan for the Luce Foundation Center. Descriptions of the projects and links to the videos and prototypes are below. You can see photographs from the event on Flickr, and read a more detailed overview of the event on the Data Community DC blog. Be sure to check out the Art Game, too, which was created by Diego Mayer-Cantu, Presidential Innovation Fellow at the Smithsonian and one of the hackathon judges.
1. People's Choice: Once Upon a Time - The fu
Team members: Diego Paredes-Vincent, Mateo Paredes-Vincent, Andres Paredes-Vincent, and Martin Paredes.
Project description: What would you do if every surface was a screen?
2. Judge's Choice (Overall Winner): Team Back Left - Luce Interact
Team members: Leah Bannon, Michelle Hertzfeld, Andrea Gallego, Shannon Turner, Wesley Cho, Min Nguyen, and James Lane Conkling.
Project description: Bringing the Smithsonian to everything else, and everything else to the American public. Goals: Enrich the experience of museum visitors; Bring the collection to people not at the museum; Create a robust feedback loop with museum-goers; Link to other collections -- especially other Luce Centers
3. Runner Up: Kiosk of the Future - Luce Center Art Explorer
Team members: Mollie Ruskin, Ben Willman, Jason Shen, and Erie Meyer.
Project description: The Luce Center Art Explorer is an open source, responsive tool which works on a desktop, phone, tablet, or kiosk, to find or contribute more information about works of art. Users can find the art by using traditional search, clicking on a piece of art in relation to where it's actually hung in an aisle at the museum, or by browsing based on interesting tours, artists or topics. If you love something, you can dig in and learn more, send it to your friends, "star" it as a favorite, and more.
4. Best Use of the API: Team GeoSafe - Grid 2.0
Team members: Moshe Gutman
Project description: Our theme is to let "art be the star". Every view of the kiosk highlights the wonderful collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The kiosk is designed around 3 major categories: Artwork, Artist, and Collection. Each "hub" allows you to freely browse between each category.
5. Most Franchise-able: ArtPASS - ArtPASS
Team members: Francis Acupan, Matthew Duran, and Martin Smith
Project description: ArtPASS is your personalized museum guide. It's the seamless merging of physical museum space, new technology, and user experience. Touch stations placed within exhibits add interactive media and text to the space. Museum visitors can use printed cards or a smartphone to check in at these stations, save favorites, and get personalized recommendations. Visitors can take their cards home and retrieve details of their visit, share with friends, or continue research across multiple visits.
6. Most Unexpected: Sohaib - VirtuArt
Team members: Sohaib Akhter
Project description: A 3D Game of the Museum.
7. Honorable Mention: Patrick - Entry Points
Team members: Patrick Murray-John
Project description: The physical space of the Luce Center is beautiful -- once you get in and have something to look at. My project is to 1) play with ways to data in a web page, and on mobile devices, to make a connection between the physical space and the data in order to offer people on-site an immediate destination object, then, when they are in front of it, get the richer interpretation and data. A second entry point is the people on-site. The stories, interests, and insights of the staff, now currently captured in the walking tour, could be made into data that lives parallel to the more official curatorial data to provide visitors an additional entry point. While running the site on a mobile device as you walk through the physical space is fundamental, desktops and --inside the center, kiosks -- also have a place. The site should behave differently based on whether the device is physically within the center. At a desktop away from the center, for example, more browsing and searching options should be available. When people are away, the site should encourage them to sit down and read in depth. When in the center, the site should encourage movement around the center. Kiosks can do a lot there, by suggesting an easy destination, and by being visible at the physical entry points to the center and to each floor.
8. Honorable Mention: Muneeb - Art-Hackline
Team members: Muneeb Akhter
Project description: Call the Smithsonian website/API for audio information about artworks and artists. Call 202-738-5102 and enter each part of the object accession number as instructed. The system will read the information on that artwork back to you. To test, press "2 0 0 0" then "2 7 #" and then "#".
9. Honorable Mention: Megatherium - Tapestry
Team members: Nathan Verrill, Phoebe Elefante, and Nick Elefante.
Project description: The tapestry is a nine tile casual game and user-interface that can be accessed through the website, mobile app, and on-site through upgraded touchscreens. Users view the 43,000 works in the collection and create a personal tapestry from the 9 items they select through the game UI. Achievements based on existing data sets reward players for creating unexpected - and sometimes serendipitous - connections between works as they complete their tapestry. Once each player's tapestry is finalized, they are able to dive deep into the information available on each piece. Customization, knowledge, and rewards help to generate meaningful connections to those pieces. On-site, touch screens at the end of designated rows in the Center will replace the kiosks. There a person can see which pieces are currently on display in that section, search for works based on the accession number, tap each tile to unfold the image for more information, access A/V content on each piece, vote to replace pieces that are on loan, see upcoming events, play games, plan tours within the collection, and share their customized tapestry through social media. The browser and app-based experiences give off-site users the same access and functionality as the touch screens in the museum. The Tapestry can also be leveraged as part of an enhanced visibility campaign for the Luce Center. And the Tapestry UI can be scaled to encompass the collections of the entire American Art Museum, other Luce Center locations, and the entire Smithsonian Institution. The tapestry turns all players into artists, and tapestries into "citizen art".


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"Game changer" is a term you hear often when people talk about how technology has changed their industry.
In the heat of a sales call, it's easy to get carried away and possibly follow a tangent that the prospect is leading. That's not a bad way to gain some useful personal insight and information about the prospect. However, you always want your salespeople to be in control of the conversation and the sales call. They are there for a specific purpose and to gain detailed information about the prospect's requirements, budget and upcoming projects for which your products or services are ideally suited.
Salespeople should keep the questions they want to ask firmly in mind and avoid asking the following questions at all costs. And, unless the prospect leads a rep into personal question territory, remind them to stay far, far away from those, too.
1. How's business?
Before a salesperson calls on the prospect, he should make sure he has done his homework on the prospect's website, business affiliations, customers and competitors. Asking this, even in jest, makes a salesperson look unprepared and clueless in the struggling economy most businesses are facing. Rather, they might ask, "What aspect of your business has been most adversely impacted by the economic realities of the past couple years?"
2. What are your product plans for the next year?
This is the stuff of private company meetings and confidential memorandum, not something they're likely to tell a new-to-them sales professional at the first meeting (think first date). Your rep's level of sales savvy will be quite suspect if he comes out with this one. Once a salesperson gains some experience and trust, he should learn what these plans are naturally as a part of the ongoing conversations.
3. Do you want me to [fill in the blank]?
Although your rep is not flexing his arms in the prospect's office, he always has personal power. Asking a "mother may I?" question such as this takes the sales rep swiftly out of the driver's seat and gives all the control to the prospect, never to be regained. You know the saying, Better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission"? Rather than ask a "do you want me..." question, a salesperson should make a statement. If he's wrong, the prospect will correct him and the rep retains his personal power.
4. So, what else are you guys doing?
This silence filler should be stricken from a rep's conversational arsenal immediately. If there is nothing else to ask or nothing to say, just be quiet. Silence is a remarkable tool and (in my opinion) way underutilized.
5. Who else should I be talking to/following up with?
Really? Preparation and homework should be at least 80 percent of a sales call so that a rep goes in knowing he has the decision maker in front of him. If the salesperson is faced with doing a pre-interview meeting with an influencer or underling, he should be crystal clear about that and go in knowing the hierarchy in the decision making chain.
If a rep is emailing or sending something, he might casually ask, "Is there someone else on the team (besides [name]) who should also receive the [fill in the blank]?" This might uncover the team administrator or other cross-functional parties that will need to be involved.
Asking the right questions to uncover the right details and facts is the biggest single issue when meeting a new prospect. You don't want to stop the process dead in its tracks by asking one of these mind trap questions.
Michael Krause is the President and founder of Sales Sense Solutions, Inc., a sales consultancy that customizes Fortune 500 success systems for small and midsized companies. His latest book is "Smart Prospecting that Works Every Time."


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ACRS Breakfast with Richard (Dick) Benner: Anabaptist Politico
When Monday December 10, 2012 @ 7:30 AM (1686 days ago)
Where Northlawn, West Dining Room
Duration 1 hour 30 minutes
On MONDAY morning, Dec. 10, 7:30 – 9:00 in EMU's West Dining Room, Richard (Dick) Benner will share parts of his many-faceted life with us. "Many-faceted" is not a space-filler but a true descriptor of who Dick is. He is a creative theological thinker, but not a theologian; he is a social analyst, but not a sociologist. He is a businessman but sits on no bank boards. As editor of The Canadian Mennonite, he is a thought-smith of a whole Mennonite denomination (a people so determined not to be dominated by Americans that they separated from their neighbors to the south), yet he is a blue-blood American holding no Canadian passport! He carries ecclesiastical clout, but he wears no sacred mantel (ordination). If Mennonites had talk shows, Dick would be a regular guest. He is a Mennonite-politico. Apparently the Canadian government thinks so too. Deciding that the Anabaptist values expressed in his editorials were too "political," the Canadian Revenue Service sent warning shots testing the tax-exempt status of the magazine.
Richard is an EMU (EMC) grad; holds a Masters of Mass Communication from Arizona State. In the '70s and early '80s Dick and his wife, Marlene, developed a small one-paper operation of which Dick was owner, publisher, and editor, into a chain of weekly highly successful left-leaning newspapers in conservative Pennsylvania Appalachian country. Then in 1984, in the midst of a nasty political challenge (and just before the digital challenge to hard-copy newspapers), this savvy journalist-busiman sold his very sizable enterprise for cash. In Anabaptist fashion over the next two decades, he used his economic freedom to explore a variety of church and para-church journalistic business ventures. Woven through the midst of all this is a parallel narrative of a very severe battle with cancer. Not an ordinary story; not an ordinary life. On Monday morning we'll have opportunity to follow Richard through this journey.
Join us Monday at 7:30. If you wish to eat a full breakfast please go through the cafeteria line, then bring your food to the West Dining Room. Coffee and pastries will be provided. Please share this announcement with your friends and others interested in Dick's life and times—extraordinary commitment, exemplary courage. Next month's presenter and story-teller is Allon Lefever—entrepreneur, educator, churchman.
Intended Audience General Public