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- What were your goals for the promotion and was it a success? Can you give any specifics?
The goal of our customer appreciation day was exactly that, to show appreciation to our customers. It¹s sharing the love and thanking our loyal JJ fans for keeping us in business for the past 27 years. Hell yea it was a success, did you see those lines? - What type of preparation did you do ahead of time to run the promotion? (Staffing, food preparation, research about other food giveaway promotions, etc.). With last year's disastrous KFC free grilled chicken promotion, I'm highly impressed that you guys pulled off such an awesome food promotion across Chicagoland. You didn't run out of food and your lines moved quickly. How'd you do it?!?!
Jimmy¹s passion is execution and logistics first and accounting is a close second. He has this so organized and dialed in for all the franchisees that all they have to do is follow Jimmy¹s detailed prep instructions and it flows beautifully. In addition to that, the entire corporate office and Guerrilla Marketing team was represented in 112 of 171 stores in the Chicago DMA, even our President James North was in one of the downtown units as a lead on the cash register. Jimmy is an operating s-o-b! - What, if anything, surprised you about running the promotion?
People wanting to purchase twenty of them for a buck and bitching at us when we said no. It was in the ad and the rules were clear. If we let people do that we would have run out. - Jimmy John's obviously has a great social media presence. Will you please talk about how you go about merging the brand's social media marketing prowess with more traditional forms of media marketing (like radio)? Specifically, how did you use new and old media to make this promotion successful?
Oh c¹mon, we can't tell you all our shiznit? - Will there soon be additional Customer Appreciation Days in other cities around the country?
You bet man, no doubt. But what there won¹t be is a 5 dollar foot long and when you order one it suddenly becomes $6.50 at the register!
Jimmy John's
Add This to Your To-Do List
It's the same as last time: If you're running a promotion at your company, pay close attention to how Jimmy John's ran this promotion: Run it for a limited time, don't require coupons, keep customers engaged and relaxed while they wait, and make the customers pay something.
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Sternadel participates in competitive shooting with DeWitt County 4-H Club
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The smell of black powder and the sound of the boom. One does not have to wait until the Fourth of July or New Year. What is there not to like? Add accuracy, power and speed to practical competition and it is the love of the sport for any skeet or trap shooter.
Mathis Sternadel, 16, of Yoakum, has found a new appreciation for shoot competition since he has been a member of the DeWitt County 4-H Club.
Mathis said, "[When I was a member of Lavaca County 4-H] I was fair overall. Since I have been in DeWitt County 4-H I get more coaching from Joe Moore and Jode Zavesky and I shoot more."
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Frangipane is a classic pastry filling with ground almonds. Here, pistachios are also added. Both the pastry and the filling can be made one day before baking.
- Yield
- Makes 10 to 12 servings
- Crust
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons chilled whipping cream
- 1 large egg yolk
- Filling
- 1/2 cup shelled natural unsalted pistachios (about 2 ounces)
- 1/2 cup slivered almonds (about 2 ounces)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 9 large apricots, halved, pitted
- Glaze
- 1/3 cup apricot jam
- 2 teaspoons water
- Chopped pistachios
- For crust:
- Combine flour, sugar, and salt in processor; blend 5 seconds. Add butter and cut in, using on/off turns, until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add cream and egg yolk. Using on/off turns, blend until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball. Press over bottom and up sides of 10-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Pierce crust all over with fork. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.
- For filling:
- Combine pistachios, almonds, and sugar in processor. Blend until nuts are finely ground. Add butter and blend to paste consistency. Using on/off turns, mix in egg and both extracts. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Let stand at room temperature 1 hour before using.)
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake chilled crust until light golden, pressing any bubbles with back of fork, about 18 minutes. Cool crust on rack 15 minutes.
- Spread filling evenly in crust. Arrange apricot halves, cut side down, close together in concentric circles atop filling, fitting in as many as possible. Bake tart until filling is lightly browned and set and apricots are tender, about 55 minutes. Cool tart completely on rack.
- For glaze:
- Combine jam and 2 teaspoons water in heavy small saucepan. Simmer over medium-low heat 1 minute, stirring constantly. Strain glaze into small bowl. Push up pan bottom to release tart. Place tart on platter. Brush glaze over tart. Sprinkle chopped pistachios around edge of tart. (Can be prepared 8 hours ahead; let stand at room temperature.)
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Nutritional Info
- Calories419
- Carbohydrates42 g(14%)
- Fat26 g(40%)
- Protein6 g(12%)
- Saturated Fat13 g(66%)
- Sodium75 mg(3%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber3 g(10%)
- Monounsaturated Fat8 g
- Cholesterol90 mg(30%)


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1. My colleague Robert V.S. Redick yesterday celebrated Book Day for The Night of the Swarm, the fourth-and-last book in his epic fantasy series, The Chathrand Voyage Quartet. You can read all about it, and view a book trailer, here on Robert's homepage.
2. I may have failed to mention here that John Scalzi hosted a Big Idea piece about Necessity's Child yesterday. Here's that link.
3. Uncle Hugo is shipping Necessity's Child! Mr. Blyly lets us know that he's shipped out about 150 copies so far, starting with the first pre-orders received, in September, and is now through those placed in October. He believes that he will have shipped all non-problem orders by Monday-next.
4. SFWA addresses the "orphaned works" myth, here.
5. Games Workshop is being a nincompoop, here and here. Edited to add: And here
6. More on the slow demise of Barnes and Noble, this from The Atlantic
7. The results of the Eustace Tilley 2013 cover are in. View the finalists here
8. Reviews of Necessity's Child from Exploding Spaceship , SFRevu, and from The Examiner. WARNING: May contain spoilers.
9. If you haven't read "Eleutherios" yet, your time is running out. Here's the link.
9a. And Steve reminds me that there is a new splinter at Splinter Universe, Moon's Honor, the first 12,000 words of a novel that was never finished. Here's THAT link.
10. I am hopelessly behind on my email, to the point where I may never get caught up. I love you all, but the spoons still haven't arrived.
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Superior Accomplishment Awards
This annual awards program recognizes University of Florida faculty and staff who contribute outstanding and meritorious service, efficiency and/or economy, or to the quality of life provided to students and employees. Division-level award recipients receive cash awards of $200 each, and are then eligible for university-level awards. Eight $1,000 and eight $2,000 cash awards are made at the university-wide level.
Prudential Productivity Awards
A joint effort of the Florida TaxWatch, the Florida Council of 100, and the State of Florida, the Prudential Productivity Awards are presented annually to honor state government employees throughout Florida who have significantly increased productivity in delivering state services and products. The program presents cash awards ranging from $200 to $2,750 as well as commemorative plaques, and certificates of commendation.
Meritorious Service Award
This award is designed to recognize the outstanding service of long-time employees retiring from the University of Florida. To be eligible for this award, employees must have at least 10 years of service with the university and be retiring from employment. Employees will receive a certificate, suitable for framing, which will be signed by the vice president of the employee's area or college and by the president.
Service Recognition Program
The Service Recognition Program recognizes USPS and TEAMS employees with at least five years of continuous service. Pins are distributed on a bi-annual basis to departments by Human Resource Services and are awarded in five-year increments (5, 10, 15, etc.).
President's Medallion
A two-and-a-half-inch medal, this award is given for outstanding service or contribution to the university. Examples of individuals receiving the award include the Teacher/Scholar of the Year, Distinguished Service Professors and Administrative Council members upon retirement, and other individuals inside and outside the university who have given outstanding service or contributions to the university and deserve special recognition. The President's Medallion is awarded by the President and recommendations may be made by any member of the university community to the President, but the President may also seek a vice presidential recommendation. Please call 352-392-1311 for information.
University Medallion
A two-inch medal, this award is given for significant service and loyalty to the university. Examples of individuals receiving this award include faculty upon their retirement from tenured positions with at least ten years of service, and other university employees and members of the university community who exhibited significant service and loyalty to the university. The University Medallion is awarded by the President and recommendations may be made by any member of the university community to the President, but the President may also seek a vice presidential recommendation. Please call 352-392-1311 for information on Honors, Awards, Presidential Events, Dedications, Groundbreakings and Namings.
2015 Staff Appreciation Luncheon (formerly the Longevity Luncheon)
Hosted by the UF President and the Vice President for Human Resource Services, this luncheon is in honor of staff members with 35 years of consecutive service to the University of Florida.
View photos from the 2015 ceremony here. View the program here.
Employee Award and Recognition Programs Policy
Human Resource Services coordinates the establishment of department level employee recognition and award programs designed to reward employees for superior performance. Our current policies governing these award programs are available here.


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Exclusive Debut: Jump Into "Dramaworld" With "Don't Wake Me Up" OST and Tune Video
Exclusive Debut: Jump Into Dramaworld With Dont Wake Me Up OST and Song Video-Sumiyo July 11, 2016 From the internet drama that fulfills every K-drama enthusiastsdelusion comes the common soundtrack song Dont Wake Me Up, sung by way of the talented singer-songwriter eSNa.
Dramaworld is a 2016 Viki original series that tells the tale of Claire Duncan (Liv Hewson), a 20-year-old faculty student who unearths her genuinelifestyles boring. She is a big K-drama fan, latelyenthusiastic about "Taste of Love," which stars her favorite actor Joon Park (Sean Dulake).
Claire's preference to shed her own dull life and reside in the arena of "Taste of Love" comes true when she is magically transported into her favourite drama and meets the one and simplest Joon Park. Yet the exciting global of K-dramas is also too much for Claire to deal with when she finds the fate of this Dramaworld in her hands.
Dont Wake Me Up is written by eSNa, conveying the wistful and heartfelt choose of the heroine to stick in Dramaworld. eSNa has a massive number of songs to her credit, including the chart-topping unmarried Some, sung by Junggigo and SISTARs Soyou. She has also worked with other most sensible K-pop acts similar to Wheesung, Gummy, and MAMAMOO.
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Sleeps | 3 |
Bedrooms | 1 |
Bathrooms | 1 |
Property type | apartment |
Minimum Stay | 5 nights |
Stay in a slice of history - this London apartment is in a listed house (built 1850) in a family-friendly conservation area. Easy access to tourist cultural and historical attractions of the city centre but also to historical south east England with Leeds castle, Hever Castle, steam railways and many fine walks. 5 min. walk from historic Crystal Palace park with its famous Victorian dinosaurs and National Sports Centre is a 5 mi.n walk. 2 min. walk to excellent world-food restaurants/cafes and large supermarket. The apartment is in the most prestigious area of historic Crystal Palace. The house is one of the oldest and most striking in the Crystal Palace area and can be seen in the impressionist painting of Pissarro (called Fox Hill). At the highest point in south London, the apartment has views over south London. Leafy green walks are close by yet frequent trains take 15-25 min. into the city centre for museums, clubs, and shows.
Crystal Palace is a lovely area full of restaurants and family-friendly bars with great views of central London. We love living here.
We very much enjoyed our stay in this Crystal Palace flat.It is exactly as described and is close to restaurants,shops,the supermarket,and wonderful Crystal Palace Park.The owner was pleasant and helpful.We would definately stay here again.
Excellent dinning, public transport (bus, train), grocery shopping, and park within walking distance. Kitchen with oven/stove combination, large sink, and fridge inside the flat. Washer on premises. Great value for the money.
Owners left for family emergency without ever informing us of that fact or having a contigency plan and as a result several issues that cropped up were not dealt with in either timely manner or at all. There was no hot water or heat on second night and in general the room was severly underheated during our stay. There is no thermostat or any sort of control in the room and the radiators are on a timer. There are no electric heaters like in an upstairs unit. This was not disclosed prior to our stay. We got sick as a result towards the end . The room is draftly as well, bed keeps falling apart, and few applicances are nasty (toaster, hot pot).
The location and the price set this one apart, but when things go wrong you cannot count on the owners to handle the matter properly or in speedy manner. It is hard to believe these issues did not appear before and the impression is one of owners knowing about the problems but not taking steps to prevent them from occuring or mediating them. Recommended for warmer months, avoid in colder weather.
Our stay at the apartment was great!! The location was great and the owners, Stuart and Vivienne, allowed us to park our car on the property so we didn't have to worry about where to park. The room was warm and comfortable and the view of the garden was also very nice. We also had a fun time making our own meals and going shopping at Sainsbury's which was only a few minutes away. We would definitely recommend this apartment to our friends. We plan on coming back every year!! Thank you again, Stuart and Vivienne!!
My husband, myself and our 19 year old daughter stayed here for 2 weeks and found it very comfortable and cosy. What a nice surprise that on our first morning, we awoke to see a fox in the garden. It truly is "Fox" Hill. Please take the owners advice and at least upon your arrival, take the taxi from the train station to the house. Though not a long walk, for 4 pounds the driver will show you how to get there and back from the station and will also save you the trek up the steep incline, hence the "Hill" part of the address. There are other ways to get there without treking up the hill. The bathroom is seperate from the apartment, half a flight down, but is private, sufficient and quite modern. We were able to shop at Victoria train station each evening for our dinner and breakfast supplies and the kitchen was supplied well for our needs. It was pleasant to just relax in the evenings, watching tv and surfing the internet after a long day of chasing trains and tubes. The cross ventilation we had from the big windows each evening made for perfect sleeping conditions. If you're looking for a nice place to use for home base in the evenings while doing the tourist thing during the day, I couldn't recommend a better and more economical place to stay. The owners were very responsive to all inquiries before our arrival and after. Very friendly people. The house was quiet, although we're fairly certain there were other people staying there, though they were rarely heard at all. We loved it so much we plan to return again in a year or so with friends. I forgot to ask while we were there if it was another apartment adjoining via the hallway that maybe a larger party could also rent. That could be nice to know if it is so. All in all, the rental was exactly as described. More updated pictures would be nice because the room is much nicer than it appears in the pictures and the garden is lovely and the main entance into the apartment from outside is charming. It was "home" for 2 weeks that we will never forget!
The Fox Hill, Crystal Palace apartment was a pleasure to stay at. It had all the amenities and furnishings we needed for a long-term vacation stay. We enjoyed using the kitchen and the ecofriendly, electric stove. Some of the antique decor gives it a very charming appearance. The cable on the television was also an added bonus. It often premiered good movies. A very useful bedside radio clock, with ipod facilities, dressing table, breakfast/dining table with chairs. The sofa and bed were very comfy, and the temperature of the room was never an issue. There were extra heaters available to us for those cold days/nights too.
For those wanting to save a pound/buck, and especially for those who lose value in currency to the pound, it's furnished with all the kitchen appliances you need to make the occasional dinner/lunch at home without incurring restaurant costs and the grocery store is only within walking distance.
The location is as described, situated in a safe, peaceful residential area, only about a 10minute walk from the train station. The trains operate frequently and central London is only 20/30 minutes away.
The correspondence between the owners was very pleasant and helpful. They were always at hand when we needed any assistance.
Overall, our stay was enjoyable and we'd highly recommend it to future travelers!
Nice Big room, couches, bed and kitchenette are all in same room.
A little noisy as you can hear people talking and walking around in other parts of the house. But to be expected in an old house.
Bathroom was outside of the room in a share hallway and needs updating. It was freezing, the breeze that came from the the old window blew stronger than the heater + there never seemed to be enough hot water, it would shut off during every shower.
But that being said the location was good, about 20-30 minutes by train/bus to downtown London.
Grocery store within walking distance.
We had a fabulous trip to London!
Good place to stay when working within a tight budget.
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Fees | No additional mandatory fees |
Rates include towels, linen, etc. No breakage deposit; we know that accidents can happen.
Crystal Palace is very family-friendly. Eating out at restaurants and cafes in Crystal Palace is a must with excellent food from all regions of the globe. Crystal Palace park is the place to work up an appetite or for the more sedate, antique hunting is always good fun. South East England offers access to field and forest (e.g. the famous Winnie The Pooh Ashdown Forest) and a slice of history (Leeds Castle and Hastings where Normans and Saxons slugged it out) yet central London is only 20 min. away with its famous historical and theatrical landscape.


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Hi all,
I am trying to build a website with some fancy stuff. I know, this is asking for trouble…. Any way, i would like to try.
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My site: http://test.colddesign.nl
Currently the accordion is working. When you disable the prototype.js, effects.js and the accordion.js the innerfade wil work.
BTW. Any comments on the design are welcome….
Greetings Bert. Have a nice christmas and a happy newyear.
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jQuery and Prototype notoriously don't get along because of the common use of the "$" shorthand. One way to get around this is to use the jQuery.noConflict(); function, and then use "jQuery" anywhere you would normally use "$". More on this here:
Even better, you should just use a single library for all the effects on your page. They can both pretty much do the same stuff, you just need to learn them in more detail or find similar plugins.
Thanks a lot, Chris. I'll have a look at this. gr. Bert
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Welcome to successful partnerships in sustainable land use and rural development
IFSAT has a proven track record of project success.
Key to IFSAT philosophy is responsibility - social and environmental.
IFSAT recognises the wide range of circumstances faced in rural areas by those seeking to learn; we recognise the differing needs, background experience and learning styles. We have devised, within European partnership, unique, innovative and fully supported training courses designed to enable anyone, irrespective of their location or circumstances, to achieve their own change scenario.


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Roz Ho, corporate vice president for Premium Mobile Experiences at
She recently helped lead the development and launch of the new Kin phone, which allows users to connect on social networks and share music, photos, videos and text messages. Kin was developed in partnership with
Early in her career, Ho worked at Bank of America to help produce the world's first large-scale ATM system. She was a software engineer at
Ho also worked as general manager of the MacIntosh Business unit, overseeing the development and marketing of Mac Office, including Word and Excel.
Being a woman, however, makes her a minority among other top scientists and executives in the technology industry. In Hong Kong where she was born and spent her early childhood and in San Francisco, where she moved with her family when she was 11, she always got A's in math. And from the moment she got her first taste of Fortan programming in high school, she knew she wanted to study computer science.
Here, Ho talks to ForbesWoman about why she pursued a career in math and science and what inspires her to keep at it.
"I was born and raised in Hong Kong, at the time when astronauts were first landing on the moon. That's what first sparked my interest in science. I dreamed about becoming an astronaut. I also always was very good at math, the top student, both at the all-girls' school I attended in Hong Kong and later at my junior high and high schools in San Francisco.
"But what really led me to computer science was my voracious reading of science fiction. I stumbled onto Isaac Asimov. His Foundation novels (a series of tales set far in the future where humans live throughout the galaxy) captivated me. I read all of them and Asimov's other novels, too. Then I read everything written by Robert Heinlein and other science fiction authors. These books made me so excited. I kept thinking as I read, "technology can change the world." And these novels depicted a world where men and women were equal. There were female characters who were scientists, who held political office and who were power figures, even if they weren't for the most part the main characters. I began equating science and technology with a world that was gender-neutral and that appealed to me.
"It wasn't lost on me, though, that I was a minority among male students when I took more advanced math and science classes. There were a lot of stereotypical assumptions about my abilities. When I was a college undergraduate at Berkeley and taking calculus, a male student offered to help me with my homework. I was polite but said, 'no thanks, I'm good at this.' When the test scores came out, he realized I was the one who was getting the best grades and asked, that's you, right?' I said yes' and thought to myself, 'I'm sorry to bust your ego.' The assumption that women can't do math and science is something I've encountered throughout my career. Even today people are surprised about what I do. 'Aren't you in marketing?' they ask.
"From the time I learned how to program, I've loved the problem-solving, math-like part of computer science. There's a lot of detection work involved. I also enjoy pulling together a team of people with different strengths and perspectives and interacting with customers to solve their problems, so instead of just being a technologist I also became a program manager and worked to launch new products. What drove me the most was [the same thing that] inspired me when I read science fiction: how technology can change our lives.
"One of the first business projects I worked on (as a software engineer at Bank of America) was developing the first large-scale ATM system in the world. That certainly transformed society. Now no one has to run to the bank on Fridays and stand on lines waiting for a bank teller to give them cash.
"Later, at Microsoft, I worked on developing PowerPoint. When I started doing this in 1991, people were still doing presentations with transparencies, overhead projectors and slides. But the first time I saw a Dilbert cartoon about Power Point, in 1995, I knew we'd arrived. And today PowerPoint has gone from being a niche product to a product like Kleenex. Everyone has it.
"Eleven years ago, I traveled around the world. I went to remote little towns in Laos and rural areas of China and I'd see people printing out PowerPoint presentations. They were from a template we'd shipped from Microsoft. I'd been thinking about moving to a job in the nonprofit sector, but seeing this made me realize that I love software and I can make a difference around the world creating new technology.
"In the last three years, I've worked harder than ever on the launch of Microsoft's new KIN mobile phone, which is aimed at younger customers who are very active on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. You can publish photos, share videos and connect with all your friends on KIN. We spent a long time doing research about what features KIN should include before designing anything and I had to learn a lot about hardware.
"None of my career has been planned, I mostly just think about what would be fun to do next, what would be engaging and change things.
"The reason I got into the mobile phone space was because it's clear that phones are becoming the dominant computing platform, and the software in them is a big part of new innovation. Phones are so much cheaper than computers and so much more portable. So I thought to myself, how can I help to improve on what's happening here?
"I'm still on a quest for creating technology that will enable people to do more things and which makes the world a better place. That's the promise of technology, and we still have to make it come true."


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RCC will offer a free, fun and informative three-part workshop this summer for graduating high school seniors planning on attending RCC. Event Flyer June 24, July 22 and Aug 19, 9 a.m. to noon
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~Rain. I love rain. I love a humid Midwestern afternoon, and the ozone smell that comes over the land before the storm hits. I love thunder and lightening. I no longer consider myself an Illinois girl, but I will always love a Midwestern thunderstorm.
~Friendship. I have some fabulous friends. People that make me better. Encourage me to keep the faith. Ladies, and guys, who put me on the right path when I mess up (and who are loving enough to point out when I'm on the wrong path). People who spur me to believe in myself. Those who invest themselves in you so that you will forever take a piece of them with you.
~Moving boxes and empty houses. Another great pairing. I love the feeling of excitement at the next step. The feeling of fear of what's to come. The feeling of sadness at what is left behind. The feeling of accompishment at what was done and is to be still.
~Feelings. I love to feel. Happiness. Excitement. Fear. Sadness. Calm. I love the range of feelings that the Lord created within us.
~Labor and Delivery. If I could give birth professionally, I would. Besides the depth of feelings it creates, I love how the world stops in those moments. The physical pain allows your mind and body to completely focus on the miraculous task of bringing life into the world.
~Autumn. The crisp morning air. The dampness of the weather changing. Soccer afternoons and football Saturdays. Wearing jeans after months of shorts. I love how the whole earth seems to enjoy the freedom of cooler weather as it prepares for the stillness of winter.
~Vacation Days. I love being together. And I like it better during the middle of a normal work week. Life is right when Tony and the kids and I are all together. Grocery shopping. Beach. Airplane. Mall. The where doesn't matter. It's all about the whom.
What about you? What touches deeply within your soul? What brings you happiness? What allows your spirit to breathe more easily? What feels like a smile from heaven?
Follow our journey as my family of 6 become residents of Panama City, Panama, and I become PanaMOM. I don't know if it will be scary, ugly, funny, or embarassing. But it will be real.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
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- Melissa said...
Autumn and the beach are definitely a couple of my faves. Oh and dusk. I'm not there with ya on the childbirth one. You must if had some pretty great deliveries. I felt like I was goin% into shock with Henry and really fearful with Simon. I do love the emotions of holding you newborn baby and feeling like your heart will burst with joy. Oh and the new baby smell. Nothing beats that!!
- July 28, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- panaMOM said...
I'll keep L&D and you keep dusk. Deal??
(and my last 3 deliveries were relatively easy!) - July 28, 2011 at 6:28 PM
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Shohin Wild Olive bonsai tree (Olea Oleaster) in an unglazed round pot.
The plant is 20 cm high and nebari is 7 cm.
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The pictures change about 1 time per month, so the only variant will be the greater or lesser vegetation.
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Mayfest is an outdoor tribute to the arts and music that is a family-oriented event created to promote a broader knowledge of and appreciation for arts and humanities among serious, as well as casual art lovers.Tulsa International Mayfest, in cooperation with the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, is once again making plans to stage Tulsa's renowned spring festival of the arts. Mayfest 2010 will be May 13-16.
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Steve Jobs's superyacht Venus was free to leave Amsterdam port on Monday after the late Apple co-founder's estate paid a deposit to resolve a dispute with designer Philippe Starck, who had had the yacht impounded.
"The Venus is no longer impounded, we have found a solution," said Gerard Moussault, a Hague-based lawyer for the Jobs estate.
"A security deposit was paid into a bank account, but I cannot say for how much," Moussault said after French designer Starck last week asked Amsterdam bailiffs to seize the sleek 70-metre (230-foot) yacht.
The vessel, which reportedly cost over 100 million euros ($127 million) to build, was impounded after Starck said Jobs's estate still owed him three million euros for his contribution to its design.
Starck said he was to be paid a fixed sum of nine million euros, while lawyers for Jobs's estate said he was to be paid a percentage of the project's cost equal to six million euros.
The Dutch-built yacht, which was only unveiled in October - just over a year after Jobs died - is in Amsterdam harbour because of bad weather.
"The captain is waiting for better weather to set sail," Moussault said.
Starck's lawyer in the Netherlands, Roelant Klaassen, said on Friday that Jobs and Starck were "very close in the period that the design was made and the building proceeded.
"That's one of the reasons there was no formal agreement on the job," he said.
The yacht will reportedly be shipped by another ship to the United States, where Jobs's family, including widow Laurene Powell Jobs and their three children Reed, Erin and Eve, are to take charge of her.
The aluminium-hulled yacht was built by Royal De Vries shipbuilder's in Aalsmeer, just south of Amsterdam, with interiors designed by Starck.
The bridge features a control panel made up of an array of seven iMac computers.
Starck said last year that he was working on the yacht, which was mentioned in Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs, who died on October 5, 2011. He said it was "sleek and minimalist", with teak decks.


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PR Portfolio Class Praised for Professional Presentations
Representatives from three non-profits praised Public Relations students for projects the class took on during the fall semester.
"We are so pleased with what the students did for us," said Suzanne Hoby-Shippen, one of the founders of New Hope House, a Georgia-based organization that provides hospitality services and support for families of death row inmates.
"Most people don't like getting involved with our organization, as capital punishment is such a controversial issue. To see these students do so much work on our behalf and with such passion is such a blessing," said Hoby-Shippen, who with other group founders drove 11 hours from Atlanta to attend the presentation.
Professor Gemma Puglisi's Public Relations Portfolio students also provided PR services for Bethany House and The Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation.
Students, who worked with Bethany House, held a linen drive to help women who are victims of domestic violence. The group also raised awareness at an AU volleyball game and were recognized along with the organization during half-time. One student redesigned the entire website for the nonprofit and worked with local schools in the area to raise funds. The students collected over $300 and nearly 25 sets of linens.
For New Hope House, students rebranded the image of the nonprofit. Because the organization helps the families of men on death row in the state of Georgia, the goal was to help people understand all the great work New Hope House does. The students redesigned the monthly newsletter, helped the organization target specific foundations for funding, held a small fundraiser, and produced a panel that included James Rocap, III, the attorney for Teresa Lewis, the first women executed in the state of Virginia in 100 years; Terri Steinberg, mother of Justin Wolfe, the youngest man on death row in Virginia, and Yasmine Arrington, a high school student whose father is serving time in Georgia.
The last team worked with The Stone and Holt Weeks Foundation. A nonprofit started by Jan and Linton Weeks, the parents of two sons who were tragically killed in a car accident in the summer of 2009. The students created marketing materials, helped promote a blood drive in October, which created a great deal of media, and created a Wikipedia page. Another highpoint for the students was establishing a scholarship in memory of one of the boys with a fraternity on the campus.
MFA Professor Nina Shapiro-Perl, a close friend of Jan Linton, spoke about the unthinkable loss that the Lintons have faced and the great work the Foundation has already done in carrying on their son's legacy. "Gemma's students' work to help the Foundation was remarkable," she said.
"It was truly impressive," said Catherine Hassinger of Bethany House, a Virginia-based non-profit that offers support for victims of domestic abuse. "We are all very grateful to [the students] for the hard work that went into each of the project."
Puglisi's students get hands-on experience working with real clients. Her classes have received recognition from the Washington Post and the Washington Mystics.


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Even as the economy improves from the depths of the recession, several U.S. religious groups are not keeping up financially, according to two new studies. Giving as a percentage of income continues to fall for many Protestant groups, while the Catholic Church faces several financial challenges from changing demographics to church embezzlement and the fallout from the clergy sex abuse scandal.
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The sky is not falling on the Catholic Church in the United States, but it faces plenty of challenges as it welcomes Pope Francis for a six-day visit. Here are six key areas you may want to keep in mind when considering the evolving state of the nation's largest religious group.
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Research lifting up the experiences of mothers facing hardships, whether in a homeless shelter in the Southwest, or in a maximum-security prison in the Midwest, or ostracized with AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, suggests many women rely on religion and spirituality for a pathway beyond despair to having a sense of hope for the future. Their stories reveal a powerful faith that provides a vision of a better life for them and their children.
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Spending quality time with God appears to make benevolent love possible for many Americans, new research indicates. Americans may be biologically hard-wired to worship at the altars of consumerism this holiday season, buying gifts with expectations of what they will receive in return, but those people who say they regularly experience divine love are much more likely to reach out beyond family and friends to serve humanity, according to a national study.
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Churchgoers like to think of themselves as generous and cheerful givers, but for many the flesh appears to be weak when it comes to living up to their own standards for charitable giving. A quarter of respondents in a new national study said they tithed 10 percent of their income to charity. But when their donations were checked against income figures, only 3 percent of the group gave more than 5 percent to charity. The findings from the Science of Generosity Survey not only suggest the need to take a closer look at self-reported figures on tithing, but indicate the internal conflicts many religious individuals face when it comes to giving.
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Bible reading matters – just not in the way many commentators on popular culture would predict. A new study, one of the first to examine the social consequences of reading Scripture, reveals the effects of Bible reading appear to transcend conservative-liberal boundaries. Thus, while opposition to same-sex marriage and legalized abortion tends to increase with more time spent with the Bible, so does the number of people who say it is important to actively seek social and economic justice.
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Black churches represent the fourth largest religious group of congregations in America, behind only Catholic and predominantly white mainline and evangelical Protestant churches. Yet they are often as invisible to the majority of Americans as the disproportionately poor communities many serve in the nation's cities. Until, perhaps, they are no longer there. Anyone who cares about struggling city neighborhoods needs to pay attention to a major trend unfolding across urban America. Some large black churches are moving out, and many more may follow.
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Does placing time, talent and treasure in spiritual pursuits pay off? For many people, the answer is yes. Among the findings of recent studies in religion and economics, researchers report that children whose parents were observant tended to stay in school longer and get better jobs and that the poor in particular find religion a beneficial use of their time. Faith also extends to financial matters, with investors in religious mutual funds being less likely to react to market volatility even with lower returns than secular funds. There also is an economic downside for religious groups, however. Studies indicated that a rise in the welfare state contributed to steep declines in religiosity among some Western democracies and that the well-off are more likely than their less fortunate brethren to spend time at work and play than at prayer.
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The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee's View and Alison of Alison Can Read. Each host will have their own Feature Blog and this way it'll allow us to show off more new blogs!
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The goal is to increase blog followers and make friends. First you leave your name here on this post, (using the linky tools — keep scrolling!) then you create a post on your own blog that links back to this post (easiest way is to just grab the code under the #FF picture and put it in your post) and then you visit as many blogs as you can and tell them "hi" in their comments (on the post that has the #FF image). You follow them, they follow you. Win. Win. Just make sure to follow back if someone follows you! What sets this Hop apart from others, is our Feature. Each week we will showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas. Who is our Feature today? Find out below. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow our Features and you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) as a courtesy. How do you follow someone? Well, if you have a preference, state it in your #FF post. A lot of blogs are transitioning to WordPress in which they do not have the luxury of GFC, so an RSS subscription is appreciated or if you choose an email subscription. If you don't have GFC please state in your post how you would like to be followed. All features are chosen randomly to be the feature. They are not chosen by content or name.
The Feature: Pinker Than Fiction
When did you start blogging?
March this year. I'm still a bit of a newbie!
What is your favorite part of book blogging?
Learning about new books and authors and getting to know fellow book bloggers.
What type of books do you mainly blog about?
Everything YA. I'm a tad obsessed.
What are your favorite books?
Harry Potter by JK Rowling, The Agency by YS Lee, The Day After Forever by Erin Skiffington, Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake. I also love all things Maggie Stiefvater (though I STILL haven't read The Raven Cycle, eeek!), David Levithan, Sarah Dessen and Nicholas Sparks. This year I added a new book to my favourites list, and it is Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley. So much love for that book!
What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?
Hands down, the best thing has been getting to know and making friends with other book bloggers. Everyone has been so lovely and supportive. As too few of my friends in 'real life' enjoy the same books as me, it's great having people to squee about books with, finally!
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BRUSSELS — Deutsche Boerse AG said yesterday it received a statement of objections against its planned merger with NYSE Euronext from the European Union's competition watchdog.
The operator of the Frankfurt stock exchange said it regarded the statement as a "normal step" that "does not prejudge the final outcome of the case."
The statement sets out competition issues with the merger that the parties can offer to remedy, for instance, by opening certain services to competitors or selling off businesses.
Deutsche Boerse said the two exchanges were still working to "complete the transaction by the end of this year." Deutsche Boerse said in February it would buy NYSE Euronext for $10 billion, creating the world's largest exchange operator.


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Bystronic hires sales engineer
Bystronic Inc. has hired Darren McCarthy as sales engineer for the states of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
McCarthy has 23 years of experience in sales, sales management, and customer service in the machine tool industry. Seventeen of those years focused on the metal fabrication industry, specifically lasers, laser automated systems, flexible work cells, and press brakes.


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MASON CITY, Iowa – We're already seeing the transition in stores across the country; Christmas is just around the corner.
Even though we just started the fall season big-box stores like Wal-Mart are already gearing up for the holidays.
Store Manager, Stewart Anderson said that things are beginning to get in gear for the holidays and said that they are already starting to set out their Christmas trees and lights.
"We have Christmas on one side of the store, we have Halloween up front, we just came out of back to school, so it's ramping up and in about 3 weeks is when it's really going to start picking up," Anderson said.
Retailers like Wal-Mart are already announcing their plans to tackle this upcoming holiday season.
Wal-Mart announced on Monday that they plan to hire 55,000 seasonal workers this year, which is about 5,000 more than last year.
Anderson says that Wal-Mart is unique in their seasonal hiring in that the temporary, seasonal jobs often lead to bigger things for holiday employees.
"Lots of those positions will typically bring on for the holidays and then after the holidays, through attrition, etc., those folks will go into permanent jobs," Anderson said.
Holiday shopping of course means that there will be more business for shipping companies across the country.
Branch Manager of Manpower in Mason City, Tony Buhr said that they're already seeing more jobs opening up in that field.
"Obviously if people are buying stuff and shipping stuff you see a definite increase in help so i know drivers in UPS, FedEx are always looking for additional holiday help," Buhr said.
Seasonal jobs are a good way to earn some extra money for the holidays and Buhr says that now is a good time to start applying for those jobs.


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Singapore Airlines' sale of its 49-percent stake in Virgin Atlantic will allow the cash-rich Asian carrier to focus resources on its fast-growing regional market, analysts said Wednesday.
The Singapore carrier's tie-up with British billionaire Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic never really took off since the alliance began 12 years ago when the stake was bought for 600 million pounds ($966.5 million).
Singapore Airlines (SIA) on Tuesday said it will sell the stake to Delta Air Lines of the United States for $360 million in cash in a deal to be completed next year.
SIA said it "had been evaluating strategic options for the stake for some time, as the investment has not performed to expectations and the synergies the parties originally hoped for have not materialised."
Analysts said SIA, consistently one of the world's most profitable airlines, had little say in how Virgin Atlantic was run by the flamboyant Branson, and the sale allows it to exit an underperforming investment in the troubled European market.
"SIA can now focus on investments in the Asia Pacific region," Brendan Sobie, a Singapore-based analyst with industry consultancy Centre for Aviation, told AFP.
Sobie said it made more sense for Delta to have a strategic stake in Virgin Atlantic as there are more synergies in their trans-Atlantic network.
Jason Hughes, an analyst with IG Markets Singapore, said that despite the higher acquisition price paid by SIA, the $360 million "will go down as a profit, as losses had already been accounted for in previous years".
SIA shares closed 1.12 percent higher at Sg$10.87 as investors cheered the divestment.
Malaysian bank CIMB said in a note that the sale would give SIA a "short-term boost" but urged investors to focus on the long-term challenges posed by Middle Eastern carriers and budget airlines.
Shukor Yusof, an aviation analyst with Standard & Poor's Equity Research, said SIA can use the extra cash to "redefine its business strategy on top of beefing up its regional subsidiaries".
"It's also good to exit out of Europe because the market conditions there are quite atrocious," he told AFP.
Shukor said conflicting management styles with Branson was one of the chief reasons why the alliance failed to prosper beyond a code-sharing agreement.
"Branson remained the controlling shareholder and he called the shots," he said.
Virgin Atlantic also did not have enough slots at London's high-traffic Heathrow airport for SIA to latch on in its bid to gain a share of the lucrative trans-Atlantic route to New York, Shukor added.
Analysts said SIA's decision to buy the stake in Virgin Atlantic in March 2000 was a good move at the time because Asia was just emerging from the 1997-1998 financial crisis.
But the centre of global economic power has since shifted to Asia, sparking a travel boom in the region.
Passenger traffic in the Asia Pacific is forecast to account for 33 percent of the global market in 2016, up from 29 percent in 2011, according to trade body International Air Transport Association (IATA).
"This makes the region the largest regional market for air transport, ahead of North America and Europe which each represent 21 percent," IATA said in a statement on their latest industry forecast.
SIA has been investing both in the premium travel segment, where it faces competition from Middle East carriers, and in the low-cost market where it is challenged by budget airlines.
SIA in June launched a long-haul budget wing called Scoot while maintaining a substantial stake in low-fare carrier Tiger Airways. It also operates a regional wing, SilkAir.
SIA and Scoot in October announced orders for 45 Airbus and Boeing aircraft. The orders came after SilkAir in August said it would buy 54 new Boeing planes with an option to buy a further 14 aircraft.


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Welcome to Accuhealth, a BAcC registered clinic, open 7 days. Emergency/same day appointments available: call 07536033109
* Practitioner Christine Sutton BSc TCM [acupuncture} BSc {Human Bio/psych} Dip.Y. MBAcC
* 15 years acupuncturist experience
* Professional and affordable (2 complimentary treatments per short course)
* Trained, insured and regulated to British Acupuncture Council standards
* Superior quality silicone needles for minimal discomfort
* Conveniently located for Welshpool, Newtown, Powys and East Shrewsbury
Clinical quality lies in the time and personal service offered. An in depth consultation is taken and treatment is carried out by an experienced acupuncturist who has undertaken a full time degree level course with further post-graduate specialist training in physical manipulation, acupressure massage, fertility support etc. Several forms of acupuncture are available, each with its own strengths. The form used will be chosen according to the nature of your complaint e.g. Electro, Traditional, Tung, Auricular etc.
Further options are available for chronic pain relief such as electro acupuncture, heat treatments (including moxibustion) and cupping. You may also be offered postural corrections and rehabilitation exercises. Treatment is bespoke to suit your needs.
Different Forms Of Acupuncture Suit Different Complaints
Because acupuncture is an evolving science your treatment may include some of the more recent approaches including electro, auricular or battleground acupuncture (as the name suggests devised for military use and highly effective for acute pain). These are in addition to 'tried and tested' Oriental protocols including the use of warming herbs and cupping. If appropriate, supplements (herbal and otherwise) may also be recommended.
*Acupuncturists and Acupuncturists: What do the different memberships mean? *What Is Acupuncture *How Does Acupuncture Work? *Can Acupuncture Help You? *Is It Safe? *How Many Treatments Will I Need? *How Does Acupuncture Feel?
Is The Treatment Safe?
There is a small chance of minor bruising, however this very quickly disappears. Overall acupuncture is an extremely safe treatment with little risk of side effects or infection given that the needles used are single use and sterile.
How Does The Treatment Feel?
Believe it or not the needles actually feel highly pleasant. This is because the needles act to release the bodies own 'feel good' endorphins. There is an initial sensation where the extremely fine needle penetrates the skin. Afterwards, other than the qi sensation (a temporary mild ache or tingling) there is a feeling of deep relaxation. People have been known to fall asleep!
Acupuncture is tried and tested
The treatment carried out by acupuncturists is a form of natural healing - more than 3000 years old - which continues to evolve as new knowledge builds upon the foundations of the old. Nevertheless, the 'Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine,' dating to approximately 300 BC is still in use to this day! This, despite the fact, that in the days of the Yellow Emperor there was no cutting edge science. Rather, experience and common sense culiminated in a system of medicine currently used worldwide and by 40% of the Chinese population.
How Does It Work?
Meridian theory holds that an invisible grid of energy, termed qi, permeates the body. The needles can access this energy via areas of the body (think of tiny plug sockets), which have been proven to be areas of least electrical resistance.
Because Qi energy needs to be in balance and free flowing for optimum health, if imbalance or blockage occurs, incurring either excess or deficiency; there are consequential health problems, which will affect the organ or organ system linked to that particular meridian.
Energy is Finite
We know that energy is not infinite and that there are priorities for its use within the body. This is why stress, which uses precious energy, can affect the health. Ancient doctors therefore emphasised the value of Qi energy and its circulation. They talked of how 'Qi' could be built upon, conserved and dissipated. They already knew, as Western science is currently finding out, that emotion affects qi, as well as other factors such as genetic inheritance, environment and lifestyle. So what is Qi?
Now, we have all heard of the 'placebo effect,' and yet the needles work on animals also, therefore the Qi effect is not 'all in the mind.' The answer is that we do not know what Qi energy is, although other pathways regarding the efficacy of acupuncture are becoming understood. It is a fact that we have an energy currency called ATP and yet the needles may be working at a different level entirely. Surely we would be foolish to conclude that we know it all?
Acupuncture is currently used for pain relief, including back pain, headache, migraine, arthritis etc. It is also effective for anxiety related disorders including insomnia and for the support of fertility and ivf.
"Chinese Medicine is the worlds pre-eminent, pre-modern medical system; it is not folk medicine or alternative medicine, it is simply medicine." (Charlie Buck, British Acupuncture Council chair)
Find Accuhealth Clinic, by typing in Acupuncturist Welshpool or Acupuncture Newtown, Powys. The clinic and Ormskirk. The is also convenient for Shrewsbury.
What Happens At The Clinic
First of all a consultation will take place, during which you will be asked many questions. A diagnosis of your complaint is reached according to your replies and also according to other 'signs and symptoms.' Such 'signs' are perceived via tongue diagnosis, palpitation and assessment of appearance including skin, hair, posture etc.
This approach is the culmination of thousands of years of Oriental observation, whereby the body is understood to exist as a series of interconnecting systems. The organ systems are connected, influenced and affected by various interconnecting channels or meridians, some of which, also relate to Western understandings of the nervous system.
When a diagnosis has been reached, the patient is treated via acupuncture points on the relevant channels in order to influence the diseased area.


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245: Floor Tiles
Floor Tiles |
Title text: The worst part is when sidewalk cracks are out-of-sync with your natural stride. |
[edit] Explanation
Cueball is walking according to a certain pattern of floor tiles which makes sense to him in his head (the same pattern was first introduced in 207: What xkcd Means). But as his friend asks him why he is walking funny, he realises that the algorithm he is using for walking on floor tiles would be so tedious and time-consuming to explain to his friend that he decides instead to simply defend himself and say that he isn't walking funny. Either that, or he is embarrassed to explain. This being far simpler than trying to show his friend exactly how his logic works - in his head, he imagines a complex diagram. However, the diagram does not accurately reflect the floor, as the two main rows with black tiles in the foreground are only separated by one row of white tiles instead of two.
The title text refers to a common compulsion that leads people to place their feet either exactly between sidewalk cracks or directly on top of them while walking. Indeed, if the cracks are out of sync with one's natural stride, this will cause you to "walk funny" as you stumble to correct your foot placement.
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- [Two characters walk on a floor tiled in black and white.]
- Friend: Why are you walking funny?
- [Second panel consists of Cueball's thought cloud in which he points to an easel mounted diagram of the floor tile pattern.]
- Cueball, thinking: Well, my instinct is to step only on black tiles, but they're too far apart. So I'm letting myself walk on the tiles directly in line with the black ones, but that means that when we walk diagonally, I have to step in a pattern where...
- [Returns to situation in first panel.]
- Cueball: I'm not walking funny.
I wond what HE thinks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Jyu6eioZ4
- Obsession
The explanation fails to mention the link with Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Stepping on, or avoiding particular floor tiles can be an example of OCD-induced behaviour. Moreover OCD is positively correlated with high IQ and therefore within the "nerd" scope of XKCD.
The reason why Cueball simply denies walking funny (sic) instead of offering the correct explanation, apart from simplicity, may also be because he is embarrassed by the awareness of his own disorder.--22.214.171.124 10:03, 5 September 2012 (UTC)
Personally, I have this walking obsession too. Curiously, my friends can understand my algorithm after observing me in my natural habitat for 2 minutes.
- (New editor, here, the above line being someone else unsigned, or somehow divorced from a prior signing.)
- While I'm bigger with longer legs now, I'm pretty sure my naturally long stride arose from nurturing a regular gait that would avoid cracks in awkwardly-sized paving slabs.
*....*....*....* Original natural gait (Let's call that 100% of normal, for the sake of comparison, based purely on this ASCII.)
|---|---|---|---|---| Slabs *...*...*...*...* Shortened gait, typically centered on one step per slab (80% stride. Obviously shortened and somewhat awkward.)
|---|---|---|---|---| Slabs *.......*.......* Too-long gait, typically centered on one step every other slab (160% stride. Very akward)
|---|---|---|---|---| Slabs *.....*.....*.....* Slightly lengthened gait, two slabs, miss one, repeat. (120% stride. Obviously longer, but not too awkward once practiced. )
- The 120% version (or whatever proportion it is, IRL) effectively works by aiming the feet just after a crack, foot just before a crack, skipping the next slab entirely.
- That tactic was developed back when I was <10 years old (but the latent mathematician in me is proud of my younger self's approach to analysing the tiling), possibly back when I was 6 or 7. They were large rectangular slabs, meaning different strategies in different directions. But when shorter that might mean the above applied when travelling in the 'short direction', but 'long direction' walking was two steps per one slab (after crack, before next crack), one on the next (middle). As I grew up a bit it would have become 'every other slab' in the short-axis, and the above in the long axis. Growing up yet more and it changes again. Diagonal travel is finessed accordingly.
- As an adult, most newer paving slabs have tended to changed from the traditional large rectangular ones to smaller square ones, just big enough for feet to fit on without any possibility of finessing that. Luckily they tend to be monochrome, so it's just a whole number stepped over (when I notice what's under my feet enough to have to do something about it), sometimes involving a Pythagorean calculation... ;) 18.104.22.168 03:30, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
- Sidewalk cracks
My edit/observation that the title text alludes to an Old wives' tale "if you step on a crack you will break your mother's back" was removed. I'm just hoping for additional discussion. "Sidewalk cracks ... out-of-sync with your natural stride" seems to be a clear reference to the wives' tale in question. As I reread my edit I realize this doesn't explain Cueball's behavior, so I was wrong on that point, but my assertion that the title text does point to the wives' tale seems valid enough. Thoughts? --Smartin (talk) 00:10, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
- Additional: I am confounded why Wikipedia does not recognize "step on a crack" as a wives' tale, childrens' taunt, etc. Is there some pondian aspect to this I am missing? In the Midwestern US where I grew up, "step on a crack" is (or was) a common meme; it was even exposited in song (sorry for the lame lyric link) --Smartin (talk) 04:51, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
- It's not so much referencing the step on a crack and break your mother's back child's game so much as many of those with obsessive compulsive tendencies are really annoyed that each footstep cannot be classified as a digital step, meaning that your foot is only one one tile at a time. It's not so much that you don't want to "break your mother's back" it's just a matter of personal pride that you don't walk on cracks. Same problem with steps that are just barely too long that you always end up taking the next one with the same foot. You just start to feel off kilter. lcarsos_a (talk) 07:52, 3 January 2013 (UTC)
- Never heard of the "mother's back" version. Though I'd do this for (referencing prior section title) probably vaguely OCD reasons without an actual mythology behind it, whenever there was a reason for it (e.g. in children's picture books) it was always something to do with bears. (Here in the UK, that is, without any unzooed bears roaming around. i.e. obviously ficticious ones.) 18.104.22.168 02:59, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
I feel we should have some mention of comic 207: what xkcd means here, and vice versa 220.127.116.11 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- I agree, but in 207 it wasn't really referencing this; this had not been created yet. I think we should remove the reference note. 22.214.171.124 23:56, 21 April 2014 (UTC) ( Classhole forgot to log in. )
Alternative explanation
The main reason he does not explain is embarrassment. In the first panel, he is being accused of walking funny. He considers explaining the reason for the behavior but realizes the explanation is even more embarrassing than the behavior itself. He quickly ends the exchange by stating, "I'm not walking funny.", thereby avoiding further embarrassment. -- Flewk (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)


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Game Review: Flick Hoops
Release: Aug 4th, 2011
Developer: Battery Acid Games
Rating: (Age): 4+
Version: 1.0
Size: 20.7 MB
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You can control the direction of the basketball in two ways, by aiming and swiping from a different part, which I found very difficult to change and be precise as in most cases the ball flew whichever way it wanted. The other control method involves you turning your device, the only problem being, the game really doesn't describe what direction you have to tilt your device, and doesn't really give any kind of introduction on how to play the game, it just throws you straight into the court and expects you to figure it out yourself. This was my biggest gripe with the game. I wasn't expecting much structure, but the game feels so empty, you have the typical Arcade mode, where you have to throw the ball and try set a new record. Also you have a "hard mode" which makes it a little harder (faster fan speed).
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