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RE: Three REALLY WILD releases for me...and so much more to celebrate International BookCrossing Day!!! : D
Wow! I'm glad you had such a productive BookCrossing Day! :)
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Today is BookCrossing Day, a fine day for some releases. If you release any books today, please tell us about it here, we'd love to read it!
I've left several books at this post office, apart from the ones I've, posted but with no luck, so far, with catches. Here's hoping that this will be the exception to celebrate bookcrossing day. I did mention them to a member of staff once and she said that she'd seen them around and assured me that they wouldn't be thrown out but may be taken to a charity shop if they sat there for a long time. It's a very busy "main" PO so I expect they are being picked up.
EDITED 5.5.2017- to say
YESSS-it did get caught! Have another look at the link....
Happy BookCrossing Day everyone!
I left a book called "Waiting" under an arch where everyone waits for friends & family when they are out shopping!
I also spent some time looking round second hand book shops and bought about a dozen books to register and wild release. That includes a book I have been after for sometime which I would like to start as a bookring. :)
I also spent some time looking round second hand book shops and bought about a dozen books to register and wild release. That includes a book I have been after for sometime which I would like to start as a bookring. :)
Sounds like the perfect way to celebrate BookCrossing!
released today by Herbert Looby
These ground were shaped during the last iceage. This was more or less where the glacier ended, so there is for Dutch degrees quite a climb cycling the mudwall it created at its base.
This last book is by a Dutch girl who traveled the world with cards and pencils and asked everyone she met to draw a happy memory. Prints of those cards are collected in this book.
And this was released at a deerfarm, where yound children or people like me with an inner child can see and feed deer.
And this was released at a deerfarm, where yound children or people like me with an inner child can see and feed deer.
Great idea!
I am in the midst of all I have planned in celebration of International BookCrossing Day today and will be back later to post the details. I thought I'd share this link from the Release Challenges Forum with everyone, as there are some great ideas that have been posted by a few other BCers there, as well!!! ; ) HAVE A FUN DAY!!! : D https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/540816
I've released three books today, two with my lovely new BookCrossing Day labels and one with a handwritten label as I registered it last week before the labels came.
1. A Streetcar Named Desire http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10058653/
2. All Quiet on the Western Front http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14493713
3. Mindless Eating http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14380372
4. The Debt to Pleasure http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/8277857
5. Sherlock Holmes: Two Complete Adventures (mini book) http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/13949984/
6. The Cat Who Went to Paris http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14361889
I did some driving today, to leave books in several different towns (and a couple of states).
Today turned out to be rather raw and very rainy, so it wasn't the most friendly outdoor-releasing weather. On the other hand, it meant that I could usually find parking, as so few other people were out and about today {wry grin}. I left books near a newspaper office, a TV station, a brew-pub, and assorted scenic spots; also left a few books in Little Free Libraries. Due to the weather they were all in plastic bags, save for the LFL releases and one or two that I was able to leave indoors - but I did make use of the bags to hang a few from trees!
All releases wild, all with photos, roughly in coolest-photo-first order:
1. Wildflowers Around the Year ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14441090/ ), left near a lighthouse on the Maine coast. [UPDATE: Got a lovely catch on this one!]
2. Reaper Man ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14508016/ ), left near a historical burying ground in Portsmouth NH. (It's one of my favorite Discworld books, and I only started reading that series thanks to comments in the BC forums. I figured I just *had* to include Discworld book in today's releases.) [UPDATE: caught!]
3. Gaudy Night ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14490870/ ), left near a statue commemorating the young women who worked in the mills in the 19th century. The "Lord Peter" books are among my favorites, so I wanted to include one of those in today's releases.
4. The Complete Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/4186275/ ), one of my earliest registered books, long a "PC"-status keeper-copy; in honor of the day, I decided to release it, and took the opportunity to leave it near a fascinating sculpture that I've often driven past but never used as a release site before.
5. Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14437410/ ) - I left this one in a Portsmouth brew-pub, as part of the book deals with home brewing. And I love brew-pubs!
6. Just an Ordinary Day ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14441089/ ) is a collection of Shirley Jackson stories, some hilarious, some disturbing. I adore her work, and wanted to include her in my releases today.
7. Garden Sky ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14361256/ ), and...
8. Wild Ones ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14448399/ ); these are both manga, which I've gotten very fond of over the years. Had to release some manga today!
9. Reading in Bed: Personal Essays on the Glories of Reading ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14111437/ ), because reading in bed is the *best*! [UPDATE: Caught!]
10. The Thief Lord ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14484954/ ), which I first heard about via its BookCrossing placement, and really enjoyed.
11. Anatomy of a Rose ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/10516959/ ), which came from the Biographies of Things bookbox - in memory of BCer MaryZee, who started it years ago. I wanted to include a book-from-other-BCers in today's releases. [UPDATE: Another catch!]
12. Wildly into the Dark: Typewriter Poems and the Rattlings of a Curious Mind ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14441113/ ) - this one's a book of poetry, another genre I thought it'd be fun to account for.
13. Wild Inferno ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14441110/ ) is an example of a book that I picked up purely because it qualified for a release challenge (the "In the Wild" one), and found to be much more interesting than I'd expected.
I also released several classics, including:
14. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14505261/ )
15. Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14448404/ )
16. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14441098/ )
17. The Call of the Wild ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14441104/ )
And some not-classic-yet children's books:
18. Wild in Africa! ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14441095/ )
19. Spirit Animals: Wild Born ( http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14484942/ )
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14031837 Breaking Silence
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11768911 Hotel World
http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/11022241 Siren
International BookCrossing Day is done. Wilderwoman and I released 182 books in 15 locations* in 6 cities. Got done about midnight. We were gone for 8 hours and ate out 3 times. We were pooped. But we had fun!
Links to the release sites to be added when the site is working properly again. Right now it is too slow to do *any* release notes.
* ETA: the 15 locations included 2 OBCZs and 4 LFLs if I counted right.
** ETA: looks like I counted the releases wrong, I think it's 181 releases for the two of us, not 182.
Right now it is too slow to do *any* release notes.
Yeah, that's not the best of birthday gifts! And Ardik is at the Convention. But he's been notified, and he's on the case.
International BookCrossing Day is done. Wilderwoman and I released 182 books in 15 locations in 6 cities. Got done about midnight. We were gone for 8 hours and ate out 3 times. We were pooped. But we had fun!
(Some look like they were released the next day because the site adds hours to the release time. The journal entries show the real release date and times, all were on International BookCrossing Day.)
Two at the supermarket when I went shopping in the afternoon:
Changing Babies by Deborah Moggach
Me Cheetah: The Autobiography by James Lever
And two in Grewelthorpe village hall when we were out dancing last night:
The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens by Claire Tomalin
Paris for One by Jojo Moyes
Plus one of my earlier controlled released changed hands again:
The Secrets of Happiness by Lucy Diamond
And one that previously passed through my hands was released by millycat in a forest cafe:
Corpse Candle by P C Doherty
Good to see BookCrossing books onthe move!
It was spotted in the sidebar and posted in Site Watch by Delphi_Reader, and is well-worth reading:
I've enjoyed seeing quite a few International BC Day releases made by BCers who don't frequent the forums, as well as by those who do!
At a meeting for camper travel consultants.
The first day , one book was taken.
On the end of the second day, before going home, there was this woman looking through them.
Tja, she said, I like to take some but I'm doing this myself, and I have so many books to get rid of.
Hesitant and lingerend. Mr C cut to the chase and said: Why don't you take the whole basket and bring it back with the books you want to go.
So we exchangend and that is how I met fellow Bookcrosser omaleest from Begium and this made my BookCrossing day international :-)
So we exchangend and that is how I met fellow Bookcrosser omaleest from Begium and this made my BookCrossing day international :-)
That's so cool!
So we exchangend and that is how I met fellow Bookcrosser omaleest from Begium and this made my BookCrossing day international :-)
Three REALLY WILD releases for me...and so much more to celebrate International BookCrossing Day!!! : D
In addition to these three Wild Releases...
1. WILDerness At Dawn: The Settling of the North American Continent by Ted Morgan...Multiple Challenges
2. WILD by Lori Foster...Multiple Challenges
3. WILD Justice: The Evolution of Revenge by Susan Jacoby...Multiple Challenges
...I also made a Supply Store Purchase and Donation to support the site,
Gifted WINGS to another BCer,
Started a Bookring,
Sent several RABCKs off to fellow BCers,
Made several Controlled Releases,
Registered 21 books...AND...
because I am not able to attend the BookCrossing Convention in Oslo, I made an Oslo inspired WILD release in support. You can read about it here... https://www.bookcrossing.com/---/541285?...
This is the Wild Release I made for the Oslo Convention...
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut
THANKS SO VERY MUCH TO ALL OF YOU AT BOOKCROSSING FOR MAKING THIS SITE POSSIBLE!!! Hope you all had a FABulous Day!!! : D
RE: Three REALLY WILD releases for me...and so much more to celebrate International BookCrossing Day!!! : D
Wow! I'm glad you had such a productive BookCrossing Day! :)
it's a cookbook, so I left it in a little free library


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SWANSBORO � The use of one-way streets and clearly marking parking spaces are among the recommendations offered for making parking more efficient in downtown Swansboro.
SWANSBORO � The use of one-way streets and clearly marking parking spaces are among the recommendations offered for making parking more efficient in downtown Swansboro.
�There is no substitute for efficient management of the parking supply. Good management can actually increase parking availability without costly construction on new spaces,� states the recently completed downtown parking study for the Town of Swansboro.
The study recommends the town initiate a management plan and consider options such as improvements in directional signs, a review of possible on-street parking time limits in prime retail areas, and providing information on the availability of off-street parking lots.
The study notes the challenge of downtown�s narrow streets and suggests one-way directions at Front Street and Water Street in order to allow space for parking on both sides.
�If you want parking on both sides of the street, you need them to be one way,� said Robert Murphrey of the N.C. Department of Commerce�s Office of Urban Development, who conducted the study for the town.
The study covered a 16-block area from the riverfront to Elm Street and Corbett Street to Spring Street. The area is mixed use with residential, municipal and commercial.
There are currently 307 on-street parking spaces and 373 off-street spaces within 12 different lots.
According to industry standards, which consider commercial square footage and other factors, the town currently needs 962 spaces and 1,638 spaces at maximum build-out.
However, when looking at land use, such as the mixed uses of retail, restaurant, office and residential, the numbers estimate the demand at 1,105 spaces, giving the town a shortage of about 400 spaces.
The study also had volunteers do occupancy counts over one-week periods in April, May, June and July.
According to actual use, the demand at peak was for 278 spaces. The difference from the estimated demand is likely due to the mixed uses.
When overall use of capacity is less than 85 percent, parking is considered adequate.
But numbers and perception are two different things, Murphrey said.
�Adequate doesn�t always mean parking is going to be there at the time you want and where you want it. It means adequate in terms of numbers,� he said.
To address the perception issue, Murphrey said the town can supply information in the report, develop a marketing theme to spread parking information when advertising the town and provide brochures on parking availability.
The full report can be viewed on the town�s website at Swansboro-nc.org.
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It's the end of an era: Yesterday, Adobe quietly removed its Flash Player from Google Play, meaning Android device owners will no longer be able to download and install Adobe Flash to access videos, games, and other Flash-based content on the Web.
For many mobile users, Flash support was a key reason for choosing Android over Apple's iOS. After all, having Flash playback provided access to "the full Web." That meant not just rich multimedia like online video and interactive elements, but sometimes even basic site access: There are still sites out there that rely on Flash for navigation. But Adobe was never able to deliver on its promise of a high-performance, touch-centric, battery-friendly version of Flash for mobile devices, and announced last year that it was giving up on mobile Flash in favor of HTML5 technologies. No, the hammer has fallen.
What can Android users do if they absolutely have to continue using Flash? And does Adobe's capitulation on Flash essentially doom the technology — and end the Adobe's mobile aspirations?
Flash in the pan
Adobe has removed (or "unpublished") Flash Player from the Google Play store, which means that purchasers of new Android devices won't be able to add Flash their setups simply by going online and downloading the software. The removal does not mean that Android devices that currently have Flash installed suddenly lose it — they will continue to be able to access Flash content — at least for the time being.
Adobe pulled Flash Player from Google Play because it hasn't developed or certified the software for use with Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean." The version of Adobe Player available from Google Play has mostly existed to enabling "uncertified" installations of Flash Player on devices with Android 4.0 and earlier. While Flash Player generally worked on uncertified those devices, users were on their own if issues cropped up.
Devices running Android 4.0 and earlier that already have Flash Player will continue to be able to use the software, and Adobe says it plans to issue updates and bug fixes through September 2013. So, Android devices that currently have Flash aren't being abandoned — and that includes many brand-new devices available today. However, if users upgrade their devices to Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean," Flash may "exhibit unpredictable behavior," and Adobe says future updates won't work at all. The company recommends uninstalling Flash before upgrading to Jelly Bean. And if a new device comes with Jelly Bean or later… Flash won't be there.
Daring and technically-proficient Android users who want to install Flash on Jelly Bean devices — ignoring warnings and recommendations — can apparently do so by side-loading the APK, at least for now. Users will also have to enable plug-ins in their browser settings. For users with Chrome-only devices like the Nexus 7, that may mean sideloading Browser or the Android version of Firefox as well.
Fragmentation, schmagmentation
How many people are impacted by Flash not supporting Android Jelly Bean? Right now, not many — thanks to the still-fragmented nature of the Android ecosystem.
According to Google, Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" accounted for less than one percent of all Android devices that accessed Google Play in the last two weeks of July 2012. The most common version of Android on the market remains Android 2.3 "Gingerbread," which still accounts for more then 60 percent of all devices checking in with Google Play.
Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" — which was supposed to be a real game-changer for Android and put an end to pesky fragmentation problems — didn't even account for 16 percent of Android devices in the same period. That figure puts it barely ahead of Android 2.2 "Froyo," which was released more than two years ago. It was the first version to support mobile Flash.
That means most Android device owners are still capable of running Flash — and their versions of Flash will continue to get updates and fixes from Adobe for over a year. Fears of a sudden Flash-apocalypse for Android are a little overblown.
Several factors combined to ultimately kill off Flash for Android, but the root cause can be summed up in one word: Apple.
Apple never made room for Flash on the iPhone, iPod touch, or the iPad, and while Android may be the top-selling mobile operating system now, Apple's iOS still commands enormous mindshare and revenue. The issue came to a head back in early 2010 when late Apple CEO Steve Jobs penned a rare open letter explaining why Apple's would not embrace Flash in its mobile products. Some of those issues related to business — Flash is a proprietary platform, after all, and Apple did not want Adobe Flash to become a de facto standard for developing mobile apps, effectively inserting itself between Apple and iOS developers.
However, Apple's other objections centered on Flash being a poor fit for mobile technology. Flash was designed with a conventional mouse and keyboard in mind, and Web-based Flash projects aimed at conventional Web browser tended to translate poorly (and sometimes not at all) to a touch-based interface. Apple also noted that Flash was a top reason its Macintosh computers crashed, and it didn't want to bring that kind of reliability problem to its mobile devices. In fact, Apple stopped bundling Flash with Macs later that year.
Apple's other concerns had to do with battery life and security. Mobile versions of Adobe Flash had (and continue to have) a significant impact on battery life — and the same is true for notebook computers, where running Flash (even in a hidden browser tab in the background) can chomp batteries. Adobe Flash also has a security record that can only be described as abysmal, both on mobile and on the desktop. When did Flash issue its latest critical security fix for the desktop version of Flash? Yesterday. And, yes, the exploit is being used in the wild, so updating is a very good idea.
It's easy to chalk Apple's reasons for not supporting Flash on iOS up to "sour grapes" — after all, Steve Jobs was known for being difficult and sometimes vindictive. But even critics eventually had to concede that Adobe never made mobile Flash a paragon of reliability, nor did the company adequately address battery-consumption issues. (Adobe kept promising that the next generation of smartphone hardware would be much better with Flash…and then the next generation, and then the one after that…) Even Microsoft implicitly side with Apple when it rolled out its Windows Phone 7 platform in late 2010, which also omitted Flash support. Windows Phone 8 won't have it either — although Microsoft will apparently be supporting Flash on Windows RT, albeit only for a handful of whitelisted sites. We'll see what it does to the battery life of Surface RT devices.
We come to bury mobile Flash, not praise it
Microsoft's move to continue supporting Flash in the Windows RT does highlight Flash's still-present weight on Web content. Although Adobe used to boast that something like 75 percent of the Web's video content was served via Flash, the choice of YouTube and other popular video streaming services to support H.264 video seriously undermined Flash's ubiquity as a video streaming platform. And, again, much of that push had to do with Apple: Few video sites wanted to be incompatible with Apple's ever-popular iPhone or iPad, so they switched to video technologies fully supported by those devices.
But that doesn't mean all video is available in a Flash-free world. For example, BBC's iPlayer relies on Flash for both desktop and mobile video. The BBC says it is working with Adobe on an new player for Android devices, but — for now — Flash is the only way to get iPlayer on Android.
Few doubt that HTML5 technologies are the future of Web development, both for online video and highly interactive applications such as games. However, HTML5 still isn't as mature as Flash, leading many to lament Adobe's decision to abandon mobile Flash as a move that cuts them off from some of the best material on the Web.
The future of Flash
With the online world increasingly migrating to mobile devices — and Adobe abandoning Flash for mobile devices — does Adobe Flash even have a future?
Well, yes and no. Adobe is continuing to develop Flash for the desktop, focusing on two core markets: DRM-protected video content, and console-quality gaming. Standards-based H.264 video might be all the rage for streaming to iOS and HTML5-savvy browsers, but it's not an ideal solution for video-streaming operators who want (or need) to protect their content from being casually pirated. That's why Netflix for Macs and PCs relies on Microsoft Silverlight — a decision that company is probably reconsidering. Although companies like Google and Microsoft are pushing for standards that would enable HTML5 encryption, Adobe is betting it can leverage DRM and authorization technologies for Flash to step into the void, offering streaming services, movie studios, cable operators, and other paid video services a way to stream protected content to customers.
Adobe is also betting Flash's mature authoring tools and scripting language will appeal to game developers — and companies like Zynga have certainly made a mint peddling Flash-based games via the Web. Relieved of the need to support underpowered, small-screen devices like smartphones and tablets, Adobe is betting game developers will follow Flash to the next level by developing high frame-rate, console-quality games using Flash.
Adobe is also keen to let developers know that, just because mobile Flash is going away, that doesn't mean Adobe is giving up on smartphones. Developers who want to put video into their Android and iOS applications with DRM support can use Adobe AIR. This is the most likely the route being followed by the BBC's iPlayer. Adobe is also leveraging its years of experience developing multimedia authoring tools to inform Adobe Edge, which (loosely) aims to do for HTML5 what Flash did for browser plugins.
But the bottom line: Flash will never again be a ubiquitous Internet technology. Smartphone buyers who chose Android thinking it was superior to iOS because it supported Flash will have to find replacement apps or services. Eventually, anyway.
Editors' Recommendations
- How to install Flash on an Android phone or tablet
- Spoof Adobe Flash updaters are inserting cryptocurrency mining malware
- You can finally throw away your PC; Photoshop is coming to the iPad
- Diving into Adobe's cloud-based, edit-anywhere video app, Premiere Rush CC
- Adobe's Premiere Rush is a video-editing app designed for social media projects


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"Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Coupled with it being relatively fast and having a very lenient license, it has gained a following among game developers for providing a viable scripting interface. It has been used in games such as World of Warcraft and Far Cry, and in applications such as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Snort."


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Ian Somerhalder & Nikki Reed Are Rumored to Be Living Together
Ian Somerhalder looks so dreamy while filming a segment for The Climate Reality Project on Saturday afternoon (August 23) in New York City's Washington Square Park.
The 35-year-old Vampire Diaries actor is in the Big Apple a day after attending a charity gala alongside his girlfriend Nikki Reed.
It is being reported by Us Weekly that Ian and Nikki have moved in together in Atlanta while he works on the upcoming sixth season of his hit CW series. "[Nikki] goes to set every day," a source said, adding that they also live together while in Los Angeles.


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New England coach Bill Belichick always liked Greg Lewis and now the veteran Eagles receiver is working for the Patriots.
The Eagles officially announced that Lewis was dealt for an undisclosed pick in next month's draft and that the Patriots would also get an undisclosed pick in the 2010 draft. A team source said the Eagles' selection is a fifth-rounder and the Patriots will receive a seventh-rounder.
The team also announced that safety Sean Jones will visit the NovaCare Complex tomorrow. Given the Eagles' need at the position, it wouldn't be surprising if they signed Jones, who was a starter the last three seasons with the Cleveland Browns.
Brown, who played strong safety with the Browns, has 14 interceptions the last three seasons, including four last year when he was limited to 12 games because of arthroscopic knee surgery. Brown, who turned 27 Monday, started 16 games in 2006 and 2007 for Cleveland and had five interceptions each year. The recently departed Brian Dawkins only has six interceptions in the last three seasons with the Eagles.
It's no secret that Belichick has always liked Lewis a lot more than the average Eagles fan, and it's easy to figure out why. Lewis has eight career touchdowns and three of them have come against the Patriots. Lewis had four catches for 53 yards and a touchdown in the Eagles' 2005 Super Bowl loss to New England and four catches for 88 yards and two touchdowns in a loss at New England in 2007.
Those were not typical games for G. Lewis, who averaged just over one catch for 19 yards during his 99 games in an Eagles uniform. Lewis, who made the team as an undrafted free agent in 2003, spent the 2005 as a starter, but he had just one touchdown catch that year.
The Eagles will have at least a dozen draft picks next month, including four in the fifth round. They already had 10 picks before trading Lewis and cornerback Lito Sheppard for fifth-round selections.


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Recap: Knicks' Allan Houston Proves Why "Fathers Know Best"
Allan Houston is taking his talents to Brooklyn… and he's teaching more than just basketball.
Houston, alongside Jay Sugarman, CEO of iStar, took their interactive basketball tour to Brooklyn and used it to further promote stronger family relationships, education, human rights and the fight against poverty. "Father Knows Best," now in its ninth year, found participants and sponsors of the iStar Charity Shooutout enjoying the opportunity to take to the court and mentor the young minds of the future.
Although the former New York Knicks guard retired from the NBA years ago, the father of seven has made being a role model for young adolescence a priority. VIBE Pop Culture had the pleasure to attend the festivities at the Pratt Institute and you can see the highlights after the jump.
Make sure to follow @VIBEMagazine on Twitter!


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OTTAWA — Jiajun "Jarvis" Wu, 22, was in Vancouver on a student visa earlier this year when he seized on what appeared to be a golden opportunity to get a job — and eventual permanent residency status — in Canada.
But he says his experience with Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program — currently under federal review in the wake of controversy over the hiring of Chinese nationals to work in northeastern B.C. coal mines — left him traumatized.
Wu said his prospective employer tried to charge him twice for the opportunity to work at a fast-food outlet in northern B.C. — once for about $3,000, which was paid through an agent, and later for roughly $19,000.
Wu ended up not paying the second amount, worked just two hours at the Robin's Donuts-2-4-1 Pizza outlet in Dawson Creek, and is now back in China living with his parents.
B.C. law doesn't permit an employer to "request, share or receive, directly or indirectly" a fee from a prospective employee. The federal government also prohibits what it calls "recruitment" fees.
"This was a nightmare that is still haunting me," Wu stated in a formal complaint filed in October with the Employment Standards Branch, part of the B.C. Ministry of Labour, Citizens' Services and Open Government.
Wu's complaint is one of three active files involving Surrey resident Jian "David" Gu, owner of the Robin's Donuts-2-4-1 Pizza franchise in Dawson Creek and another that opened recently in Fort Nelson. He also owned a Robin's Donuts in Surrey, but has sold it.
Two of the complaints obtained by The Vancouver Sun allege that Gu sought $20,000 from each of the prospective employees in exchange for jobs in B.C. The Vancouver Sun was unable to obtain details of the third complaint.
A fourth complaint against Gu was closed last year following a voluntary settlement between the parties "with no attribution of fault, and no identification of contraventions" of the Employment Standards Act, according to the ministry.
"We look into every complaint we receive. Since the (three) complaints are open, the ministry cannot comment on the nature of the complaints," a statement from the labour ministry said. "Please note (that) these are only complaints at this point. No violations have been found."
Critics say such complaints barely scratch the surface of potential abuse in Canada's TFW program, which brought in a record 190,842 workers last year, many of them low-skilled labourers destined for fast-food operations in remote communities.
Two of those critics, immigration lawyer Richard Kurland of Vancouver and employee recruiter Kael Campbell of Victoria, told The Vancouver Sun that both the federal and B.C. governments need to take more aggressive measures to ensure that rules are followed.
Campbell took aim at B.C.'s maximum $500 fine for first-time offenders of the Employment Standards Act, calling it "peanuts" given the potential profits that can be earned by charging fees to temporary foreign workers.
Wu alleges that he was verbally scolded and humiliated during his brief work stint in late June at Gu's franchise in Dawson Creek, a small northeastern B.C. city that is typical of the remote communities where employers say there is a chronic worker shortage.
He also alleges in his complaint that he was charged rent at a rate of $600 a month during the June 30-July 17 period he was in Dawson Creek, living in a rented room but not working.
And he is claiming a further $1,200 because Gu refused to pay air travel costs between Vancouver and Dawson Creek, and then Dawson Creek to China. His contract stipulated that these costs would be covered by the employer.
Wu's contract with Gu stated explicitly that the employer "shall not recoup from the employee … any cost." It also stated Wu pay only $350 a month for accommodation.
Wu said in an interview last week that he was stuck in Dawson Creek with nothing to do because, he alleges, Gu was demanding an additional $19,000 on top of the initial $3,000 payment.
"Because I don't give him that money, so he don't give me that work," Wu said in halting English during a telephone interview. (Gu's January application to the federal government to bring in temporary foreign workers stated that successful applicants "must be fluent in English".)
The Vancouver Sun has received a number of complaints in recent weeks about employers and immigration consultants charging workers hefty fees in exchange for help getting work permits under the TFW program.
A TFW permit is invaluable for an aspiring Canadian because it is one of the easiest and quickest ways to get permanent residency status under the B.C. Provincial Nomination Program (PNP). The program was set up by the federal government several years ago to allow provinces to select their own immigrants.
B.C. and other provincial governments have regularly demanded an expansion of the PNP, although federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney put limits earlier this year on the program due to concerns about its "integrity".
What is unusual about the allegations against Gu is that his critics are prepared to go public. The Vancouver Sun has been provided transcripts and digital recordings of conversations between a friend of Wu's, who was acting on his and his parents' behalf, and David Gu and Gu's wife Susan.
A second young Chinese national, Hongda Hu, has also come forward to allege that he had a very similar experience with Gu. He filed a complaint with the B.C. government last month that included transcripts of two taped conversations he had with Gu in which they discussed the payment from Hu, 22, to Gu of just over $3,000.
Hu's complaint includes documentation indicating that Hu's father made the $3,000 payment directly to Gu. But Hu later decided not to accept the written job offer — which included a contract stating that the employer couldn't "recoup" recruiting costs — after Gu allegedly told him he would need an additional payment of $20,000.
"This time, I just didn't feel right to pay him any more because my visa had already been refused once, although he guaranteed me a two-year work visa," Hu wrote in his complaint.
(The transcript of Hu's discussion with Gu mentioned only the $3,000 payment, and not the subsequent $20,000 demand.)
In a telephone interview last week, Gu claimed it was the foreign workers and their agent who were trying to make "illegal" payments to him, and said he was being "set up." He said Wu worked only two hours for one day in late June because he was "lazy."
Gu — whose application in January to bring in up to 30 temporary foreign workers promised that he would "train, lend support, offer encouragement and guidance and find solutions to potential problems that may arise" — would not fully explain why it took just two hours to determine Wu was unfit to work for him.
However, he did acknowledge in an interview with The Vancouver Sun that he received payments from an agent representing prospective workers who ended up not working in Dawson Creek.
"We paid the money back," he said.
Gu's lawyer, Kheng-Lee Ooi, also confirmed in an interview that her client did obtain $3,000 payments from some workers through an immigration consultant, but she insisted her client did nothing wrong.
"That's a very normal business transaction," she said. "He's not taking it from the employee, nothing from the employee. … He's not selling his jobs. It is a consultant willing to offer (money)."
The B.C. Employment Standards Act states, "A person must not request, charge or receive, directly or indirectly, from a person seeking employment a payment for employing or obtaining employment."
The federal government also said in an operational bulletin last year regarding the TFW program's low-skilled jobs component: "Workers cannot be charged any recruitment fees (i.e. fees for finding the foreign national a job, not fees related to applying for a work permit)."
In both the Hu and Wu cases, there are recorded Chinese-language phone conversations involving Gu and, in one instance, his wife Susan. The Sun was provided with English translations which were checked and, where necessary, corrected by a Chinese-speaking reporter with The Sun.
Gu confirmed after The Vancouver Sun played a portion of one recording that it was his wife's voice speaking with Wu's friend in the recording.
The July 11 discussion between Susan Gu and Wu's friend, who spoke with The Sun on the condition he remain anonymous, focused on a planned meeting the next day at Susan Gu's dentist's office in Vancouver.
The transcript and audio recording quotes Wu's friend discussing an arrangement to bring $19,000 to the dental clinic for Susan Gu to count.
"I can count the money in the car. Counting in the clinic is not good," she replied, according to a transcript that was submitted with the complaint to the B.C. government.
Later in the conversation he says: "So, the total is $19,000 cash (to) give to you tomorrow. Okay?"
Susan Gu replied: "Okay. Okay. Okay. Call me tomorrow."
As the conversation ended, the friend said: "After I pay you the money, our obligations are complete. Please take care of him. Thank you. Thank you."
Susan Gu replied, "Okay" and hung up.
The Sun spoke briefly with Susan Gu by telephone, but she said she was unable to converse effectively in English.
On July 12, there was a second recorded conversation between Wu's friend and David Gu, a transcript of which was also submitted to the B.C. government, in which the friend stated mid-way through the conversation: "This afternoon I will give $2,000 to your wife."
Gu replied, "Okay" and then the friend added, "$19,000 in total." Gu didn't respond.
When the conversation, ended the friend said: "Okay, I will pay the money to your wife this afternoon, then give you a call." Gu replied, "Okay." The friend then said "$19,000" and Gu made an inaudible sound.
After a portion of the July 12 conversation was played over the phone for him, Gu was asked to confirm if the voice speaking to Wu's friend was his.
"It depends on which guy," he replied. When told that one of the voices "was the young man in China, and one of them was you, correct?" Gu, whose name was mentioned several times during the recording, replied: "I'm not sure because (it's) not very clear."
Pressed further, he said: "Okay, but I cannot tell you now, okay? If you want to do it this way, I will call my lawyer."
Wu's friend has confirmed that he was recorded in both telephone conversations, and that he was speaking to Susan Gu on July 11 and David Gu on July 12.
Wu's complaint to the B.C. government includes a Sept. 20 email he sent to Gu demanding the original $3,000 deposit back: "Please forward the money into my account in 15 days, otherwise we will contact the authorities and resolve this issue legally. You may not know this, but we recorded everything, so please proceed cautiously."
Gu replied that he already returned the $3,000 to the Vancouver agent representing Hu, then added: "What you want to do, I don't have a right to ask. But please remember: Whatever you can do, I can do fifteen-fold. I have already prepared what I need."
The second official complaint against Gu, lodged by Hongda Hu, includes two transcripts of recordings between him and Gu on April 10 and April 11. Gu's lawyer has confirmed that the voice in the recording is her client's.
In the April 10 conversation, Gu explained that because he is the employer, "the Canadian government will do what I say." He told Hu that if he came to Canada, Gu would help him obtain permanent residency status under the PNP program.
Gu, despite making clear in his application with the federal government his need to fill a labour shortage, showed little interest in ensuring the young man would remain a long-term employee.
"Once you get (B.C. PNP) status, you can leave. That's no problem," Gu said, adding later that Hu doesn't have to complete the two-year contract: "You don't have to work the two (full) years. Instead, only work for 10 months..."
Gu ended the conversation by saying: "I will give you a bank account number and you go ahead and wire 20,000 (Chinese renminbi, just over $3,000) to me. This is my rule. Is that okay?"
The next day, Gu told Hu that the federal government had approved Gu's request for a Labour Market Opinion, which is required before temporary foreign workers are given work permits. The LMO confirms, among other things, that the employer had tried to find Canadians to fill the jobs.
"Since it is approved, you should pay me the money and email me once the money is wired," Gu said.
Hu's complaint to the B.C. government includes an April 11, 2012, bank transfer receipt showing that his father, at Gu's request, transferred $3,000 to a person named Ping Gu. David Gu's lawyer didn't reply to two emailed requests asking her to explain who Ping Gu is. An email included in the Hu complaint, also sent on April 11, is from David Gu to Hongda Hu and provides Hu with bank account information under the name of Ping Gu.
The Vancouver Sun has also obtained a letter of reference from B.C. Liberal MLA David Hayer, who represents the Surrey-Tynehead riding.
Dated March 16, 2012, and addressed to "Canadian embassy visa post," the letter was apparently used by Gu to assist him in obtaining work permits from Canadian embassies in the home countries of prospective foreign workers.
Hayer's letter noted that Gu owned a Robin's Donuts-2-4-1 Pizza outlet in northern B.C. and wanted to expand in the region, but would require temporary foreign workers because there wasn't a "sufficient" number of potential Canadian employees in the region.
"I have met Mr. Gu and know him to be a responsible businessman," Hayer wrote. "Any assistance you can provide Mr. Gu in his quest for temporary workers is appreciated."
Hayer, in an emailed statement last week, said he wrote the letter because Gu has been a constituent since 2001 and has "successfully operated businesses in Surrey and Dawson Creek before and during that time."
He said he was "recently" made aware of the allegations against Gu and asked the source for permission to forward the information to Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
"If the allegations against Mr. Gu are true, I would condemn them without reservation," he wrote. "When I wrote the letter back in March, I was unaware of any allegations of wrongdoing against him. If I had been made aware of any allegations of wrongdoing, I would not have written a letter in support of Mr. Gu."
Two B.C. immigration professionals say foreigners are regularly being charged for access to jobs under the TFW program, which garnered national attention this fall after Ottawa granted permits for 201 Chinese nationals to work at a northeastern B.C. coal mine.
The resulting controversy, and reports that Chinese consultants were attempting to charge thousands of dollars to potential workers for the right to obtain those jobs, triggered a federal review of the TFW program.
"This is happening in B.C.'s own backyard, and the B.C. and federal governments cannot keep letting this go unfixed," said immigration lawyer Richard Kurland, who has frequently advised federal and B.C. politicians on complex immigration issues.
Kael Campbell, who recruits domestic and foreign workers as head of the Victoria-based Red Seal Group, said the TFW program lacks sufficient enforcement.
And the problems are exacerbated by workers' fears that, if they complain, their jobs and future residency prospects in Canada will be put at risk, according to Campbell.
"There are widespread illegal fees (being) charged to people who can't afford it," Campbell said in an email. "This 'head tax' goes to the unlicensed and illegal recruiters, ghost immigration consultants, and a small number of Canadian lawyers and certified Canadian immigration consultants.
"These individuals make hundreds of thousands with little to no risk, and have been doing it for years."
Campbell ridiculed the penalties for violating the Employment Standards Act — penalties that start at $500 for a first offence and grow to $10,000 for a third offence.
Those penalties are "peanuts in the world of immigration and human smuggling."
He also said that the government rarely recovers the illegal fees charged by recruiters.
Kurland suggested that the B.C. government charge a standard $25 fee for every temporary foreign worker brought to the province, with the money used to set up a complaint monitoring system.
He also said federal government-registered immigration consultants and lawyers be given the exclusive right to apply for LMOs on behalf of employers. In exchange, they should take responsibility for compliance and monitoring.
"If they are not diligent, they risk losing their licence to practice," Kurland said. "That way, the system could largely police itself."
with file from Chuck Chiang, Vancouver Sun


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TheBlaze's Jonathon M. Seidl contributed to this report.
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Vice President Joe Biden may have made the gaffe of the campaign so far. While speaking Tuesday morning in Danville, Virginia, the vice president said to an audience with a clear population of minorities that Romney and the Republicans want to put people "back in chains."
"They've said it. Every Republican's voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they're proposing," an animated Biden said. "Romney wants to let the—he said in the first 100 days, he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules – unchain Wall Street. They're going to put y'all back in chains. He's said he's going to do nothing about stopping the practice of outsourcing."
Whether the comment was meant to have racial undertones or not, it's an unfortunate statement.
But that comment isn't the only one that has Biden in some hot water. As Business Insider notes, he also mistakenly referred to his location as "North Carolina":
Additionally, at one point he mimicked the sign language translator's hands while saying he was getting so "fired up" that the translator would have a hard time:
Obama campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter says Obama stands by Biden's comments after the Romney camp called for a repudiation:
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Teddy's Little Man Room
Name: Teddy (2 weeks)
Location: Altoona, PA
We decided to do a "Little Man" theme for our son's nursery partly due to my husband's love of all things mustaches, and partly because he is named in part after Teddy Roosevelt, who is a relative on my husband's side.
The Jenny Lind crib is my husband's old baby crib, so I knew I would have yellow as an accent color and just really liked the color teal. I threw in a few orange pieces just to add some pops of color. The bow tie and mustache mobile was a pain to make, but I really loved how it turned out- the biggest problem was getting it balanced correctly. The dresser/changing table was a consignment store find that we painted white.
I wanted the nursery to still have a nursery feel, but still have the Little Man vibe. I added pictures of Theodore Roosevelt and our dog in a bow tie on the bookshelf for fun and had the name decal custom made from an Etsy shop. We really love how it turned out, and it was definitely worth all the work.
Source List:
• Paint: Valspar Sea Air
• Chair: Best Chair-Tryp
• Mustache and Bowtie side prints: LittleG and Me
• Custom Decal: fivestarsigns
• Numbers Nursery Art: sugarfresh
Thanks, Cami! Well done!
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THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Smokey Bones Barbecue & Grill
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OpenLunch & Dinner daily
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- Dress code: Casual
- Full bar
- Heart-healthy dishes
- Kid-friendly
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THIS RESTAURANT IS CLOSED Smokey Bones Barbecue & Grill Restaurant Review: Barbecue fanatics typically avoid corporate 'cue joints because the meat in question usually is cooked in an oven, over gas or has zilch character. Smokey Bones is an exception. These tender, but still al dente, ribs have that pink cast that attests to their having been cooked over wood. Some customers, in fact, think their meat's not done, but it is. Good sides include a respectable Brunswick stew, collard greens and slaw. Very good slaw, in fact. The St. Louis-style ribs are what you want to target, and dip into the hot sauce (the regular lacks guts). The extensive menu includes other choices, such as chicken, for those not into the real thing. The place is fun, with lots of sports-focused TVs that you can control from your booth by tinkering with a metal contraption on the table. The apple cobbler is awesome, if a bit fancy for a 'cue joint. But very tasty indeed.
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Todd Schwartzfarb necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 36 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
Media & Marketing Company
We are a media and marketing company that creates web sweepstakes and promotions designed to engage our client's target customers.
For this promotion we are targeting women and men who like to shop, dress fashionably, and who are likely to click to and participate in a web promotion.
We need you to design a landing page for this sweepstakes that is fun, creative, and vibrant!
Since we're giving away jeans in the sweepstakes, we imagined the design could play on the theme of jeans. For example, you could use jean design cues to create form buttons or develop fonts.
The basic elements of the landing page are
1)Headline/Page Text
2)Product Picture
3)Form Field for Email
Each of these elements is elaborated on below:
1) Headline/Page text (it can be laid out however you decide):
Win 10 Pairs of Designer Jeans!
Enter the "Delight in Denim" Sweepstakes!
We're giving away ten pairs of awesome designer jeans to one lucky winner
2) Product Picture:
A few high res images of different jeans accompanied by their brand logos - you could pick a few from some designers like True Religion, Rock and Republic, Lucky Brand, Diesel, 7 For All ManKind, Guess, Etc. Images should be high impact and create instant page appeal.
3) Form Field:
We need a form element on the page to allow users to input their email address to enter the contest.
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- We want the design to be playful, fun, and engaging. The design should be geared more towards women than men overall, as the majority of entrants will be women.
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Camping at Cable Bay, Urupukapuka Island
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Create a map of your campsite, explore your surroundings and earn a Kiwi Guardians medal for being a Curious Camper.
Become a host at one of our busy campsites over the summer and help visitors enjoy their stay.
Learn how to be a careful camper and practice 'no trace' camping.


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WiReD surgically removes damaged neurotrash 'expert'
Jonah and the wail
Glossy lifestyle magazine WiReD will sever its relationship with pop neuroscience journalist and author Jonah Lehrer, the author of Imagine: How Creativity Works.
In late July, Lehrer was cut loose by New Yorker after he manufactured Bob Dylan quotes and then fibbed about their provenance to grownups at the posh mag. Lehrer had already come under fire for recycling his WiReD Frontal Cortext blog posts for the New Yorker's website, prompting dozens of "you may have read this crap before" flags.
But WiReD, curiously, kept him on.
The mag's publisher Conde Nast then commissioned a study into Lehrer's online output, and gave a journalism professor a random sample of 18 of the scribe's blog posts. Some plagiarism was allegedly discovered, although to be fair most of the sample involved the sort of churnalism practised by most of Fleet Street: recycling press releases.
(A study of BBC science journalism last year by the BBC Trust found that 75 per cent of science stories were based on a single press release, and 7 out of every 8 of those contain no other source other than the issuer of the press release.)
WiReD wouldn't publish the Lehrer probe's findings, but Slate magazine, with its best more-in-sorrow-than-anger voice on, did. You can read it here. Having caught wind of Slate's story, WiReD finally pulled the trigger.
It must be a coincidence that WiReD editor-in-chief Chris Anderson was discovered lifting huge chunks of material for his book Free from Whackipedia. We discussed the ironies of that story and Lehrer's Dylan blunder here. ®


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Sometimes it's hard to find art that is suitable for a child's bedroom, but these fun and whimsical art prints will be sure to delight your little boy or girl. And, actually, these fun art images will brighten up any spot in the house, with a touch of whimsy.
Originally created with prismacolor pencils by the artist Sharon Pierce McCullough, most of the images feature colorful animals. Choose a giraffe, penguin, bunny, cat, dog or horse. Prints sell for $15 for an 8x10 print or $22 for an 11x14 print. Kids Art on Etsy


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Brand DescriptionFor nearly five decades LuK has been supplying systems and components for the automotive drive train to customers around the world. Dr. Ing (E.h.) Georg Schaeffler and Dr. Wilhelm Schaeffler founded LuK in 1965 initially with the aim to provide diaphragm spring clutches for the successor of the VW Beetle. The company is headquartered in Buhl, Germany.
As a technology leader in many areas, LuK can look back on a legacy of having developed many ground breaking innovations: In 1965, LuK was the first company in Europe to market a diaphragm spring clutch, and in 1985 it launched the first dual mass flywheel. Current R&D efforts focus on components for hybrid drives as well as on the further development of conventional transmission components, in particular of future-oriented double clutch systems.
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Most recently, it was a pair of turquoise jeans that didn't feel like me. Before that, a sweater with a rough seam that escaped notice at the store. The black suede heels, while pretty, were never going to work. These items might languish in some closets for years, maybe decades, before being bagged and donated — unworn and unloved. But, not for me. A transaction doesn't end the moment I walk out the door, receipt in hand. That may be the end of the shopping phase, but it's the beginning of the probationary phase.
There hasn't been a bout of shopping that wasn't followed within days by another trip to unload, exchange, or otherwise undo what I had done. This isn't new; I've watched myself do it again and again — no matter the season, the occasion, the item. I'm like a criminal drawn back to the scene of the crime. I can't stay away.
Most stores have a generous return policy, as long as you keep the receipt, and of course I do. And, though I come in ready with my excuse, no one ever asks for it. The salesgirl could care less, tossing the jeans behind her into a pile without a glance at it or me. This easy-returns approach is a smart move — it lowers the hurdle to purchasing and enables me to shop with a "shop first, ask questions later" approach. The store gets more of my money upfront, even if I ultimately return something. And, I invariably do. Though, if I spend $50 on a shirt I don't end up keeping, I can argue the other side too: I already spent the money, so why not make it an exchange instead?
The probationary stage lasts a day or more, before I've fully committed to a purchase. It involves a re-try on at home, a second round of questions (Do I really love it? Do I need it? Will I wear it?). But, sometimes, I'm not sure. Items in question remain in the bag, by the door. The lovely cowl neck was a no brainer. But the royal blue draped cardigan? That's the wild card. Sometimes they even get a wear around the house until it's clear: No, no, I can't keep this. And, I won't rest until it's back at the store where I bought it.
It's not even about cost. The turquoise jeans were $39 at Uniqlo. I've spent more on a sushi dinner that was gone in under an hour. But, while the meal is history, the jeans are a mistake I can easily undo. And so, I have developed a completely warped internal balance sheet that says if I return one or two items, even if they total $65, it means I have reduced the overall expense of the original trip. It's money back. Kind of. I sacrifice an item or two to the retail gods, the way ancient people used to make an offering of crops.
My sisters roll their eyes, especially at the online orders. "What a hassle! I couldn't be bothered!" Oh, but I can be. In fact, online ordering is a serial returner's dream. You never try it on until after it arrives, so I give myself a lot more slack.
Once, when I was pressed for time to find the right walking sandals for a trip to China, I ordered five different styles in multiple sizes and colors and turned my apartment into a shoe store for a night. When the return is built into the purchase, the buying is temptingly easy. But, then it becomes a game of "What Goes Back?" And, the more I send back, the better I feel. See? I don't need all this.
Call it compulsive, indecision, doubt…maybe it's all of those things. But, it's the only way I've come to make peace with my purchases. I know this stems from the grip of Catholic guilt, which, though mainly skeletal remains at this point, retains its bony hold on my conscience.
Returning is a penance for gluttony, a single sin wiped clean from the record, restoring a fraction of control and a few bucks to my bank account. But, it's also an escape clause, an excuse — a back-end response to the eternal carousel of the purchase cycle, which involves little more than me chasing my own acquisitive tale.
In fact, I'm headed back today to Bed, Bath & Beyond to return this scale. I was initially drawn to its sleek, glass design and the idea of a daily regimen that included accountability — and a potential barrier to other forms of gluttony. But, this impulse purchase is weighing on me in more ways than one. I look forward tohanding it back over the counter, absolving myself of it, and walking out, redeemed — until the next purchase anyway.


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Growing software businesses such as Internet-based computing and data analytics helped IBM boost earnings per share for the 40th consecutive quarter — a full decade — even as revenue was largely flat.
IBM's stock price increased more than 4 percent in after-hours trading following the announcement, as the results seemed to ease investor worries about the uncertain global economy dampening corporate and government spending on technology. The results beat Wall Street's expectations, as is often the case with IBM. The technology bellwether's guidance for 2013 was also stronger than expected.
It has helped that the company has been focusing on growing its software business, which has higher profit margins, over hardware. In fact, software was the only business segment that saw a revenue increase during the quarter.
IBM is seen as a good gauge of technology demand because it sells to major companies and governments around the world. That said, it's not completely immune from economic fluctuations. Its revenue missed Wall Street's expectations in the third quarter, something IBM attributed largely to the economic turmoil in Europe and elsewhere.
IBM said Tuesday that it earned $5.83 billion, or $5.13 per share, in the October-December period. That's up 6 percent from $5.49 billion, or $4.62 per share, in the same period a year earlier.
The results include special items related to acquisitions and to IBM's pension plan. Excluding those items, earnings were $5.39 per share in the latest quarter, above Wall Street's estimates of $5.25 per share.
Revenue slid less than 1 percent to $29.3 billion from $29.49 billion. It would have been flat were it not for currency fluctuations, which translated to fewer dollars IBM made on overseas sales. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected revenue of $29.12 billion.
Revenue from software was $7.9 billion, an increase of 3 percent from the fourth quarter of 2011. Revenue from hardware fell 1 percent to $5.8 billion and revenue from technology services fell 2 percent to $10.3 billion. Revenue from other businesses declined as well.
For the full year, IBM earned $16.6 billion, or $14.37 per share, up 5 percent from $15.86 billion, or $13.06 per share, in 2011. Adjusted earnings were $15.25 per share last year, above analysts' estimates of $15.14.
Revenue declined 2 percent to $104.5 billion from $106.9 billion. Analysts had expected slightly lower revenue of $104.4 billion.
For 2013, IBM expects earnings of at least $15.53 per share. It expects adjusted earnings of at least $16.70, above the $16.65 that analysts were expecting.
The company said it is "well on track" toward its long-term outlook for adjusted earnings of at least $20 per share in 2015. By 2015, it also expects software to account for more than half its total profit. In 2012, software accounted for 45 percent of IBM's profit, up from 43.5 percent a year earlier.
Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM's stock rose $8.37, or 4.3 percent, to $204.45 in after-hours trading. The stock had closed up $1.61 at $196.08 in the regular session.


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Panthers' golf off to an excellent start
NORTH LITTLE ROCK -- The Benton Panther golf team began the season with a dominant performance in the Yellowjacket Invitational Tournament on Monday at Stonelinks Golf Course in North Little Rock. The Panthers boys and girls team each won their side of the tournament against teams they will be playing throughout the year.
Led by senior Grace Liles' top score of 79 (+7), the Benton girls team shot a 271 to blow out the competition, which consisted of 7A/6A South conference members, by 13 shots. El Dorado took second with a score of 284, Sheridan 287 and Lake Hamilton shot a 295 for fourth.
"Our girls' score is a state championship-caliber score," Benton golf Coach Chad Pitts said. "If we could get that at state, we would have a good chance at winning state."
Senior Panther Kaylen Presnall shot a 92 and senior Daphne Bono, junior Karli Lipinski and freshman Kristyn Coffman each shot a score of 100. The top three girls' scores for each team are counted toward the total.
"It's always good when you can shoot anything below a 280 is great," Pitts said. "To almost get down to 270 was awesome. All the girls played really well Monday."
Senior Austin Eoff led the boys with a 67 (-5) as the Panthers shot a 307 (par 288) to best second-place El Dorado by six shots. Lake Hamilton took third with a 317, Sheridan shot a 321 and Texarkana took last with a 335.
"I have four seniors and a junior and hopefully they will carry us through conference and state," Pitts said about the boys.
Senior Keith Hammer shot a 77 for second for the Panthers, senior lefty Cameron Treece shot a 78, senior Coulton Lee came in with an 85 and junior Matthew Perry shot an 86. The top four boys scores are counted toward the total.
"It was a good tournament for us because every team from our conference was there," Pitts started, "so to be able to sweep the boys and sweep the girls was a confidence boost knowing we can compete and beat everybody in conference. That just shows we can win conference if we just go out and play like we're capable of playing."
Benton was scheduled to play at Diamante in Hot Springs yesterday, but inclement weather forced the postponement. The Panthers will play next in a tournament in El Dorado on Monday.


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I've been doing a good deal of working out lately, and referring to the muscles in the arms, so the terms "biceps" and "triceps" come up now and again. I've noticed that many are under the unfortunate impression that "bicep" or "tricep" is some sort of singular, when of course "biceps" is the nominative singular, genetive bicipitis, from bi + caput.
So, therefore the plural is either "bicipites" or "bicipita" — in English, since biceps is merely a Latin adjective, should we use the m/f or neuter plural form? I suppose musculi bicipites would justify the m/f form "bicipites" in English.
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Lilium tsingtauense
Lilium tsingtauense (also known as "Twilight Lily") is a species of lily native to East China and Korea. It is a medium sized herb that grows as a single stem from a scaly bulb. It has smooth, inversely lanceolate leaves, about 13 centimetres (5.1 in) long and mostly in 2 whorls. The plant bears loose umbels of 6 (but may be up to 15) upright, unscented, shallow trumpet-shaped flowers, that blossom under partial sunlight. These appear in midsummer and are orange or reddish-orange with maroon spots. The plant is about 70–100 centimetres (28–39 in) tall.[1]
It is named for the city of Tsingtao (Qingdao) in The People's Republic of China.[2]
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- ^ Christopher Brickell (1996). The RHS Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. London: Dorling Kindersley Ltd. p. 617. ISBN 0-7513-0436-0.
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Faisal Saif, Mumbai, January 10 (Washington Bangla Radio, USA) - Talented and vivacious actress Aaradhna Uppal who was last seen in Life OK's Mujhe Pankh Do as Kiran Bedi, will soon be seen in Channel V's 'Sadda Haq'.
Aaradhna will enter the show as Randhir Shekhawat's (Param Singh) mother. She will play corporate woman Renuka, who is sweet, loving and a caring mother. However Randhir has exact opposite perception about his mother. He thinks she is not good and always ignored him.
When contacted Aaradhna Uppal confirmed the news saying, "Yes I am entering the show and already started shooting for the same."
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Blayr Nias is not your average female comic. She lives by the credo "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning." When she hits the stage it's with manic energy, high octane humor, and her trademark mega-watt smile giving her the nickname "GummyBlayr". Winning audiences over across the country with a dynamic stage presence, she shares tales of her misadventures as 'the bad girl next door'. This Massachusetts native graduated from the George Washington University with a degree in Theater and Creative Writing. She has lived in the South for the past 10 years giving her a unique blend of Northern Aggression and Southern Charm.
In 2012 she was featured in the Pink Collar Comedy tour at the Piccolo Spoletto festival in Charleston, SC and performed in the Laugh Your Asheville Off Festival in Asheville, NC headlined by Jim Gaffigan. She was a featured artist in the Charlotte Video Project, a collection of short films about the culture of the city. In May 2013 she won the "Best of the Best" Award for Best Twitter Feed presented by Charlotte Magazine: http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/May-2013/The-2013-BOB-AWARDS/Arts-Culture/
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Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
IVhorseman wrote:I personally stat tanks to have one armor class lower, so the CP would end up costing a bit less in that case.
What's with the complicated side-skirt rules? Why not just consider the treads shielded instead?
EDIT: holy crap I forgot to tell you that you did a good job. The paint job came out awesome! How satisfied are you with the plate replacement?
Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
IVhorseman wrote:I only recommend it because it's an easier solution. Calculating out the actual to-hit chance for any given shot takes more time than simply cancelling out one of the die rolls.
Colette wrote:IVhorseman wrote:I only recommend it because it's an easier solution. Calculating out the actual to-hit chance for any given shot takes more time than simply cancelling out one of the die rolls.
Well, I'm too lazy to have this discussion again.
Warhead wrote:my head burns with War.
IVhorseman wrote:Actually, combined fire is going to be the downfall of those treads, not a lucky hit from a big weapon. Lots of minifigs with small guns have an okay to-hit chance, and even if most of them miss, as long as about 4-5d6 goes through there's a good chance at overwhelming 3d10 armor.
Each wheel appears to be about an inch long from what I can see, which means zero targeting penalty. A minifig firing a pistol will hit on a 3 or better.
The side-skirts reduce that to-hit bonus by half: technically there's no bonus to reduce unless the fig is aiming or whatever, but I'm 90% sure that that's not what you intended the wording to actually mean. Reducing the to-hit chance by half means doubling the UR, so a fig will hit on a 6 or better. Interestingly enough, hitting on a 6 or better is exactly the threshold for a minifig to overcome a shielded bonus in the first place.
One of the other reasons I suggest ditching the 1/2 targeting bonus thing is that I have no idea what you mean, as it seems useless according to one interpretation of the rules and totally broken according to another. According to the first interpretation, you'd need about 4 minifigs to combine fire and break a tread - the second reading requires about 20.
Sticking a flat -1 or -2 to hit would probably be closer to what I imagine that you mean, as well as making the game run a bit faster.
Collette's a big whiney brat about armor rules, so he likes to passive-aggressively moan about them being broken instead of trying to actually playtest them or anything.
piltogg wrote:definitely a significant improvement.
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We have some bad news for those waiting patiently for the Samsung Galaxy S III. Samsung has just sent out a tweet denying the recent rumors that the Galaxy S III would be unveiled this month and could show up in stores as early as April. According to Samsung, the launch details of the Galaxy S III have not yet been finalized, but once they are, details will be made available via Twitter.
Samsung also provided an official statement to The Verge which claims the phone will be unveiled in the first half of the year. The launguage Samsung uses is vague, leaving open the possibility that the phone could still be unveiled in March.
The successor to the GALAXY S II smartphone will be unveiled in the first half of the year, closer to commercial availability of the product. We cannot confirm the detailed information at the moment.Samsung
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Brenda Joly
Academic Degrees
- M.P.H., University of South Florida, College of Public Health, 1997
- Ph.D., University of South Florida, College of Public Health, 2001
"Public health is a multidisciplinary field with opportunities for everyone. Our program is committed to making sure that our students have the knowledge they need to succeed and the skills necessary for improving the health of our communities.
- Brenda M. Joly, Associate Research Professor, Master of Public Health Program, Muskie School of Public Service
Academic Degrees
M.P.H., University of South Florida, College of Public Health, 1997
Ph.D., University of South Florida, College of Public Health, 2001
As a graduate student at the University of South Florida, Brenda Joly remembers standing on a street corner counting bike helmets as children rode by. That project was about bicycles and child injuries and it was the start of a career focused on improving the health of people and communities.
How can a public health system do a better job of reducing chronic illness and preventing premature death? This question is central to Dr. Joly's research and teaching at USM. She takes a systematic approach to evaluating the performance of public health programs. "I study different types of public health interventions and try to figure out what makes them successful and what leads to better health outcomes for our communities."
Dr. Joly teaches three courses in the Master of Public Health Program at USM: Social and Behavioral Health, Applied Public Health Research and Evaluation and Public Health Practice. When she is not teaching, she spends her time evaluating public health efforts at the local, state and federal levels. Currently, she is part of a national CDC evaluation team looking at ways to improve the performance of state, local, tribal and territorial public health departments.


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Violet Affleck Has Doggy Ears
Violet Affleck plays with her doggy-earred winter hat while out and about in New York City on Thursday morning with actress mom Jennifer Garner.
Jen, 35, is currently on Broadway starring in the critically-acclaimed play Cyrano de Bergerac. The former Alias actress recently answered questions from readers of the Los Angeles Times. Here are some samples:
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All time favorite movie? Fave movie–don't laugh, because I mean it–Wizard of Oz.
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Review: "Plain and Fancy" opens at Round Barn
NAPPANEE — The 27th season of the musical "Plain and Fancy" kicked off inside the Round Barn Theatre, Wednesday, May 29, following an opening night reception held inside the Upper Room at Amish Acres Restaurant.
During the prelude to the featured performance, Executive Producer and CEO Richard Pletcher dedicated the current season to former Indiana Gov. Dr. Otis Bowen and his wife, Carol.
The former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Bowen was a big supporter of the Round Barn Theatre.
His interest in the theatre began with its 1990 construction and the first on-stage performances.
"Dr. Bowen and his wife, Carol, were the Round Barn Theatre's subscribers number three (third to buy
into the seasonal performances)," said Pletcher, reading the ordinance dedicating the season to Bowen.
He then recalled with great affection that Bowen attended performances regularly each season – even when wheelchair bound — until his death on May 4.
"As Joseph Stein (who created the musical) is the theatre's guiding light for what goes on this stage, Dr. Bowen is patron number one," Pletcher said.
Entertaining performance
Following the opening night, reception ticket holders were treated to the season's first performance of the musical which takes a fond look at the traditions of the Amish culture as they mix under the eyes of a visiting couple from New York City.
In turn, the non-Amish invading the neighborhood learn much from the plain lifestyles they witness each day of their stay in an area known as Bird In Hand.
Laughter erupted throughout both levels of audience seating, beginning with chuckles at the city folks trying to adjust to country life where buttons are optional, hard work is a part of every day, and where doing for others is the greatest way to show love and respect.
The modest Amish lifestyle, with limited knowledge of the world outside their community,
brought even more humor.
Amish women were stunned by the sight of a big fancy feather hat which led them to assume the city-slicker wearing it must be Spanish and from Mexico just like a woman they had once seen in a magazine.
The miscommunications continued throughout the performance in good fun until at last one important point of tradition was seen in a new light in order to facilitate true romance.
There was something for everyone in the play. The production as a whole delighted a diverse audience.
Historical musical
"Plain and Fancy," now playing at Round Barn Theatre until October 19, is one of the longest running musicals of all time.
It has been performed before over 3,600 audiences since it first opened in 1955.
The Round Barn Theatre has become its national home, and features a live performance stage named after the musical's creator, Joseph Stein.
Other all-time favorite musicals created by Stein include "Hello, Dolly!", "My Fair Lady," "Oklahoma,"
"South Pacific," "The Sound of Music," "The Music Man" and "Fiddler on the Roof."
"Plain and Fancy" performances continue through Oct. 19 at Joseph Stein Stage inside The Round Barn Theatre,
U.S. 6 West, Nappanee.
For More Information, call the box office at (800) 800-4942 ext. 2, or go online at amishacres.com.


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Jean Louise Burnham Papers
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Winter Park is a city in Orange County, Florida, with a population
of approximately 29,000 people. The city is home to Rollins College, Full Sail University and the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, which houses the largest collection of Tiffany glass on Earth. Winter Park enjoys more parkspace
per capita than any other city in Florida.
Winter Park was founded as a resort destination by New England Industrialists before the turn of the 20th century. It is recognized as the first centrally planned community in Florida; its main street includes not only public civic and retail buildings, but also art galleries, a private liberal arts college, museums, a park, a train station, a golf course country club, a historic cemetery, and a beach and boat launch. Winter Park is celebrated for a sense of place and history, uncommon to many parts of Central Florida. Many structures are more than 100 years old. The scenic "olde Winter Park" area is punctuated by small, winding brick streets, and a canopy of old Southern Live Oak and Camphor trees, draped with Spanish Moss. The city draws thousands of visitors to annual festivals including the Bach Festival, the nationally ranked Sidewalk Art Festival, and the Winter Park Concours d'Elegance.
In 1885, the Congregational Assembly of Florida started Rollins College, the state's first four-year college. The following year saw the opening of the Seminole Hotel on Lake Osceola, a grand resort complete with the luxuries of the day: gas lights, steam heat, a string orchestra, a formal dining room, a bowling alley, and long covered porches. It was the largest hotel in Florida.
Winter Park is located about 5 miles northeast of Orlando. Elevation ranges between 66 and 97 feet above sea level. According to the US Census Bureau, the city encompasses a total area of 8.6 square miles. The City of Winter Park is nestled among the Winter Park Chain of Lakes, a series of aquifer-fed lakes interconnected by a series of navigable canals, which were originally created for flood control and to run logs to a sawmill on present day Lake Virginia. The lakes are popular for boating, watersports, fishing, and swimming.
The city is traversed by the old Orlando-Oviedo railroad bed, which, until the 1960s had a stop at Lake Virginia/Rollins College at the city park, now known
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Due to its close proximity to Orlando, Winter Park is a city which many commuters use to access Downtown Orlando. Due to its local governments desire to preserve it's downtown, keep it pedestrian friendly, and emphasize the arts and scenic charm, Winter Park has traditionally attracted an eclectic mix of residents - wealthy Northerners, patrons of the arts, Old Florida families, artists, students, vacationers and idealists.
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Qualifying the owner of an object when you reference it is always a good idea, even when SQL Server's default name-resolution rules don't require the qualification. When you use SQL Server Profiler to generate the SP:CacheMiss event, as we did in the Q&A "Should I Use the sp_ Prefix for Procedure Names?" page 21, you'll see a slight performance gain when you fully qualify stored procedure names as you execute them. To create an example that illustrates the value of qualifying object owners, follow these steps:
- Create a login called Test that's a user in tempdb.
- Create the dbo.Select1 procedure that Listing 1, page 21, shows.
- Run the command grant exec on Select1 to test to set the appropriate permissions.
- Use the Test login to log in to the server on a new connection, and change your current database context to tempdb.
- Be sure that the Profiler trace is running. (You create the trace by following the steps in "Should I Use the sp_Prefix for Procedure Names?")
- Press Ctrl+Shift+Delete to clear all events in the Profiler window.
- Run Select1 and notice the generation of an SP:CacheMiss event.
- Run dbo.Select1 and notice that it didn't generate an SP:CacheMiss event.
Because the procedure doesn't generate an SP:CacheMiss event, SQL Server doesn't need to create the compile lock that "Should I use the sp_ Prefix for Procedure Names?" describes, so performance isn't degraded. For more information about qualifying stored procedure names, see the Microsoft articles "INF: Troubleshooting Stored Procedure Recompilation" (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q243/5/86.asp) and "INF: SQL Blocking Due to COMPILE Locks" (http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q263/8/89.asp).


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Music streaming service Spotify announced Wednesday that classic rock legend Led Zeppelin's entire library would soon be available.
The deal brings a whole lotta love to fans, encouraging them to get the Led out wherever they may be, whether it's down by the seaside, over the hills and far away or if they're just going to California.
Previously there were some good times, bad times as Zeppelin's music was only available for digital downloads via numerous online stores, leaving streamers dazed and confused.
Spotify is now the only online service to have persuaded the band to agree to stream its music, likely by reminding them: Your time is gonna come.
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