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Tourism and hospitality is the third-largest industry in Alberta and demand for jobs in that sector - especially those requiring post-secondary education - are expected to increase sharply over the next decade, according to industry forecasts and experts.
"Over the next 10 to 15 years, the industry is going to continue to grow and we're going to see high demand for skilled positions," says Joseph Clohessy, general manager of the Calgary Marriott Hotel, the highest revenue-generating hotel in the Canadian operations of the global hotel chain. "That's where we see the future."
Careers at the supervisory and management level in hospitality, in particular, increasingly require job candidates to hone and upgrade their skills to land the top jobs, say experts.
"From a post-secondary perspective, this is an industry that's under-served," says Ranil Herath, president of the Canadian operations of DeVry Institute of Technology. "It's highly appropriate that we have more credentials at a bachelor's, diploma or even a master's level in this industry."
In the past five years, it was most difficult to find entry-level, hourly employees, especially during the intense boom years of 2006-07 in Alberta. Now, the focus is shifting to management-level positions.
"Since then, the quality of (hourly) candidates has been strong," Clohessy says. "Where we've been focusing now is developing our leaders. That's where it's going to become extremely competitive is developing the supervisory and management level (employees)."
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) recently found there are currently about 55,000 unfilled private sector jobs in Alberta, with 3.7 per cent in construction, followed by 2.9 per cent in hospitality.
The challenge for people who have worked in the hospitality sector without postsecondary qualifications is that they have relied on experience alone to allow them to rise up through the ranks. That may be increasingly difficult.
"There is a place for everyone ... but there are careers," says Clohessy, who is the past-chair of the Calgary Hotel Association (CHA) and sits on the board of the Alberta Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA).
Post-secondary training is progressively being seen as a requirement to enter management roles. It's an industry often overlooked as a career path, since many students work entry-level jobs in university or college just to pay the bills.
Clohessy notes the industry offers well-paying careers in finance, sales and marketing, human resources, event planning, food and beverage services and other areas. "You're covering a wide swath of people," he adds.
This month, DeVry launched an online advanced diploma in hospitality management and in sales and marketing. Both programs are transferable into its bachelor's degree program in business administration.
SAIT Polytechnic has well-established and internationally-recognized programs in hospitality and culinary arts, while Olds College in Red Deer is in the process of launching a program of its own.
One of the obstacles, says Herath, for employees working in remote locations such as Banff or Lake Louise is the lack of direct access to in-class education. He hopes DeVry's online program will help accommodate those workers.
Demand for skilled workers is only expected to increase in coming years. "I see this growing and the response from industry has been overwhelming with delight," says Herath.
Calgary's hospitality industry at a glance
The Conference Board of Canada projects Calgary to lead Canada's major metropolitan centres in visitor and tourism spending this year, with overnight visits up four per cent over last year and tourism spending expected to rise by six per cent
Eighty-four per cent of Calgarians believe employees with post-secondary education are vital to growing the city's tourism and hospitality industry Expanding the sector is rated by 95 per cent of respondents as important to the city's economic growth. Eight in 10 surveyed believe job candidates with postsecondary training have an advantage over those without it.
Source: Conference Board of Canada/DeVry Institute of Technology
By Derek Sankey, The Calgary Herald © Copyright (c) The Calgary Herald Original source article: Hospitality jobs in high demand


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WSC Houston is happening this Saturday at Ridge Point HS, with our great host Craig Sanders. We're looking for judges to help out with the debates right now, from about 12 to 4 pm - if you're a coach (or student above 16 yo) interested in the program and would maybe like to get a look at it from the inside, we'ld love to have you. Please email me at firstname.lastname@example.com and Julie at firstname.lastname@example.com, and we'll tell you more.
(You are also welcome as an observer for the bowl thereafter, plus our mini-talent show and awards - no alpaca petting farm, sadly.)
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We actually had three live alpacas all set to take selfies with students (the humans would have had to take the photographs; I don't think alpacas have quite figured out the opposable thumb strategy for snapping photographs on their smart phones), but, unfortunately, it fell through at the last minute. We still expect 150+ competitors from Houston, Dallas and San Antonio competing to earn global round invitations to Spain, Malaysia or Australia.
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Jim O'Connell Talks Madness on One on One
With the Conference tournaments winding down, who are the favorites to win the Big Dance?
Jim O' Connell, head college basketball writer of the Associated Press, joins Kelly Kultys and James Decker on One on One to talk about the madness that is college basketball in the month of March. He discusses the end of the conference tournaments, who his favorites are to win, and gives his take on the state of Fordham basketball.


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Leave it for you to choose, a nice meal and drinks and see where we go from there
Chill out in the park. Go to MOMA. Draw each other and do some photography maybe record a song if you're nearby.
Opera, performance art, readings, maybe even going to a library?
I feel like first dates are always awkward but it should be somewhere where we can talk and get to know each other. I am a cheap date I prefer the thought over the money spent
A quiet remote corner in a candle lit room listening to spoken word. We would exchange words of positive reflection relating to a spiritual that is an uplifting design of our true direction in life.
Share a chocolate bar.... Go to the OC Fair and walk about.
Makeing love after a great meal , Ready for Desert
I would love to get dinner and see a show of some sort. Whether it be a concert, ballet, movie, or musical, I love it all.
Take toubtobmybhouse so we can do alittle something , or head to your place
Aku ingin bertemu dg mu d mato coffy
My idea for a first date is at the theater.
.anything wiyh animals.
a festival
comedy club
quite special places
Hmm....pertenious I know buy the malll. Lol
dont give three crap about this move on to the next question
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As one can easily prove https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/20564/sums-of-square-free-numbers-is-this-conjecture-equivalent-to-goldbachs-conjec every integer greater than $1$ is a sum of two squarefree numbers.
Can we have bounds for the length of these numbers? I write $(n,m)$ to denote the sum of a squarefree number of n prime factors to one of m prime factors, when $n$ or $m$ $=0$ then i mean that the summand is $1$.
Chenn's theorem asserts that for large enough even numbers the length $(2,1)$ is enough Goldbach's conjecture says that $(1,1)$ would be enough too.
CONJECTURE: Every odd number can be written as a sum of two squarefree numbers of length at most $(2,1)$ (meaning as a sum of a prime and a double of a prime or a sum of a prime plus 2 or as a sum of 1 plus a double of a prime)
1 Is there any easy counterexample?
2 do i really need the prime plus 2 or the 1 plus the double of a prime in order to have all the odd numbers? It seems too difficult to me to prove that i do not need them.
3 What is the relation of this conjecture to Goldbach's conjecture? does the one implies the other?
I apologise for the elementary style of my question , i think that this conjecture is well known but i haven't met it. If it is well known maybe it is known the relation to the Goldbach Conjecture. Maybe i miss something obvious...
NOTE: From the second question we have one new conjecture
CONJECTURE:Every prime $p$ is $p=p1+2(p2-1)$ and $p=p3+1/2(p4-1)$ for some primes $p1,p2,p3,p4$ . Of course someone could ask many questions about these form for the consecutive primes ,etc.
EDIT:after asking this question i found this related article en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemoine%27s_conjecture at wikipedia.
ADDED i think that one can easily see that if every even number is the sum of a prime and a Sophie Germain prime or his pair (meaning a prime of the form $2p+1$ ) this would be too strong to implie both do we have a counterexample to this??


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WASHINGTON — It may look to America like President Barack Obama is off the campaign trail. He's really not.
By commanding the response to a ferocious October storm a week before the election, Obama is employing a political advantage in the race to be president: actually being the president.
Clearly, Obama's responsibility to act transcends the election. Superstorm Sandy's wrath is real. At a time of death and danger, any president is expected to lead for the people of every state, battleground or otherwise.
Yet in a political sense — and politics are absolutely part of this — Obama has a remarkable last-minute chance to campaign for his job simply by doing his job.
Republican nominee Mitt Romney can load canned food onto donation trucks as he did in Ohio on Tuesday. Obama can order aid and assets to the entire Northeastern corridor.
Labeled by Romney as the big government guy, Obama is the one slashing red tape and telling governors to call him directly if they hit a single bureaucratic snag.
The presidential race is tied, or close to it, in all the states that matter, so Obama is taking on risks, too, by halting days of official campaign events as Romney resumes them.
Every rally Obama scraps means one less chance to implore people to vote early, as many states allow, or to vote at all. The storm is consuming attention for much of the East Coast, particularly in New York and New Jersey, but has far less resonance in the key states where the weather is fine.
And, of course, Obama can blow it.
Each major storm still lives in the harrowing legacy of Hurricane Katrina, which is why Obama has offered declarations like "There are no unmet needs."
Advisers to Obama said that in a data-driven campaign, the storm emerged as an unpredictable factor — and, therefore, voters response to Obama's moves also will be unpredictable.
The politics of Obama's storm response are not overt. The point is to go the other direction and just be presidential.
So gone, for three days and counting, are the rallies in which Obama expressly asks people to re-elect him. Instead, voters see images of Obama in charge in the Situation Room, or addressing the country from the White House briefing room, or assuring the hurting while visiting the American Red Cross that "America is with you."
To the independent and undecided voters sick of the mess in Washington, Obama appears bipartisan and positively unconcerned about his own political fate.
His best friend is suddenly a prominent Romney supporter, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, with whom Obama will tour damage on Wednesday.
"The president has been all over this, and he deserves great credit," Christie, a Republican, gushed in a TV interview. By contrast, when Christie was asked whether Romney was coming to help, he said, "I have no idea, nor am I the least bit concerned or interested."
The decision on when Obama will shift back from a heavy governing role to traditional campaigning is being driven by the White House, not the re-election campaign, aides say. Members of the tight inner circle of both operations appear plenty content with the position Obama commands so far this week.
"The president is focused on exactly what the American people elected him to do, which is manage the country in the event of crisis," campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said.
It is the kind of statement that leaves Romney little counter, because there is no good political move in undermining American unity.
On the flip side, even with a priority on safety and recovery for storm victims, the Obama camp's underplaying of all things political seems a mighty stretch.
On Tuesday, one week from Election Day, Vice-President Joe Biden went so far as to say, "Honest to God, I don't think anyone's thought about that."
Romney, without government authority but with a real shot at unseating the president, has been mindful of his tone, too.
"We are looking for all the help we can get for all the families that need," Romney said in an Ohio gym. He stood in front of a neatly lined table of toothpaste, diapers and blankets. His donate-for-storm-relief event, though, welcomed supporters with a campaign video declaring how he would make America strong again.
More than one Obama adviser suggested Romney was blurring precisely the line that the president would never dare cross.
"Soon enough we'll need to get back to work on the most important campaign of our lifetime," campaign manager Jim Messina said in an email. It looked like so many of the fundraising appeals he has sent out for Obama's re-election bid. In this one, he was lobbying people to donate to the American Red Cross.
As for the back-to-campaigning part of Messina's message, Obama has campaign stops scheduled in Nevada, Colorado and Ohio on Thursday.
They remain a go, for now, while Obama monitors the storm.
And while voters monitor him, not campaigning — even as he is.
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Nov. 2, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (seminoles.com) – The Florida State women's basketball team plays its first and only exhibition prior to the regular season as it hosts Faulkner University on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center.
Sunday's exhibition contest includes free admission for all fans. The 2013-14 FSU women's basketball team will also be signing autographs located on the concourse level.
The Seminoles are heading into the upcoming season with optimism after hauling in a talented freshman class following the graduation of five key seniors from 2012-13. Freshman guard Brittany Brown and center Kai James are two prominent members of the class who are expected to contribute greatly this year.
James, a 6-foot-5 McDonald's All-American, gives the Seminoles three McDonald's All-Americans on the current roster with the inclusion of senior forward Natasha Howard and redshirt sophomore guard Morgan Jones.
"Losing five seniors last year, they really set a high standard or a Seminole standard as we call it," head coach Sue Semrau said. "Our two seniors now are having to teach a large group what that standard is. Putting on the uniform for the first time will mean great expectations for them to go out and perform, and more importantly as a coach it's about them getting that full-time experience."
Howard enters her senior season as a bona fide All-America contender. The Toledo, Ohio, native is one of just 10 `Noles in the 1,000-point, 700-rebound club and recently was named a Senior CLASS Award candidate for her outstanding characteristics. The team captain has increased her scoring average each season and hopes to culminate her career with her best year yet.
Jones is a highly-touted transfer who sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules. The Lake Mary, Fla., native earned Big Ten All-Freshman honors two seasons ago at Northwestern averaging 13.9 points per game and six rebounds. She was named to the ACC Newcomer Watch List just a few weeks ago.
The `Noles were picked to finish tied for fifth in the expanded ACC by the Blue Ribbon Panel, and were chosen by the league's coaches to finish sixth. FSU is receiving 18 votes in the USA Today Coaches Poll and adds two votes in the AP Top 25 Poll.
"I think it's so young in the season that we need to look at this (game) not as `Oh, it's here,' but more like `We have an opportunity to get better,'" Semrau added about its exhibition versus Faulkner.
The Faulkner Lady Eagles are coming off a successful campaign after finishing 26-7 and winning a championship in the Southern States Athletic Conference West Division. They earned a spot in the Sweet 16 of the NAIA national tournament in 2012-13.
Faulkner opened its season on Friday with a 69-57 victory over Thomas University at the Jimmy Faulkner Classic. It plays Concordia College Selma on Saturday at 5 p.m. before playing the Seminoles.
Season tickets for the 2013-14 Florida State women's basketball season are on sale now and can be purchased at Seminoles.com or by calling the Seminole Ticket Office at 1-888-FSUNole.
Season tickets are $50 for adults and $25 for youth and seniors. For the third year in a row, FSU will offer a "Family Pack" for women's hoops season tickets which includes two adults and two youth tickets for $99. Additional youth tickets can be added $15 each.
For more information on Florida State women's basketball, follow the Seminoles on Twitter at @FSU_WBasketball and like their official Facebook page.


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On September 13, Junior Board of Birmingham Botanical Gardens presented From the Garden to the Grill, a class designed to teach participants proper grilling methods for items from their own gardens. A couple of the recipes shared in the class from Chef U:
Grilled Sweet Potato Salad:
4 Sweet Potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2 slices
1/4 LB Haricot Verts (French Green Beans)
1 Red Onion, Sliced into thick slices
6 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Garlic, Minced
Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper
4 Tablespoons Whole Grain Mustard
1/4 Cup Cider Vinegar
1 Bunch Scallions, Chopped, Green Part Only
Preheat Grill to Medium High Heat
Toss Potatoes in 3 Tablespoones of Olive Oil; Season with Salt, Pepper and Garlic, Grill Potatoes Over Direct But Not too Hot Heat for 15-20 minutes or Until Tender, Remove and Set Aside. Meanwhile, Toss Onion Slices in 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil and Season with Salt and Pepper. Place on Grill until Marked and Tender. Toss Haricot Verts with remaining Olive Oil and Season with Salt and Pepper. Grill Verts till Tender, Maybe 2-3 Minutes.
Combine Cooked Vegetables and Dress with Remaining Ingredients, Taste and Season.
Mexican Street Corn
4 Ears Sweet Corn Still in Husk
1 Cup Mayo
2 Tablespoones Aji Amarillo
2 Limes, Juice
1 Lime, Zested
1/8 Teaspoon Smoked Paprika
Salt to Taste
Queso Fresco and Chopped Cilantro for Garnish
Preheat Grill to High, Roast Corn in Hush Until Tender (Approx. 45 minutes). In a Small Mixing Bowl, Whisk Mayo, Aji Amarillo, Lime Zest/Juice, Cayenne, Paprika and Salt. To Serve, Spread Hot Corn with Aioli, Garnish with Queso Fresco and Chopped Cilantro.
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Whitgift Centre News
1969 - 1970
When the Whitgift Centre
was first imagined,
the idea of a shopping centre
was new and unnamed.
Whitgift Centre News
promoted this revolutionary
way of shopping.
Marian Bushell
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Marian Bushell
Marian talks about
the way shopping in Croydon has changed:
"When I lived in Streatham
it was like an adventure
to go to Croydon.
Almost like going up town,
up to Kensington.
You had things like Bus Stop,
which was just one step down
from Biba really,
very trendy.
It was quite exciting
because it had lots of
interesting little shops
that you didn't find anywhere else
at the time,
you could always get unusual presents.
Then those places disappeared
and the bigger shops took over
and it became a place
where as far as I'm concerned
virtually all the stuff's the same.
I find it's very mainstream,
all the clothes for my age group
in the shops
they're very conventional,
very middle of the road,
I suppose
lower middle class type of thing.
It's still good for general shopping,
and for some things like records.
But there's nothing adventurous."
Building the Whitgift Centre
The Trinity School of John Whitgift
stood in the centre of Croydon
for nearly 100 years.
In 1966
the school moved to Shirley
as part of a deal with developers
and the local council.
A massive shopping centre
was planned in its place.
In October 1970,
the Whitgift Centre officially opened.
It was the largest shopping centre
of its kind in Europe.
The sales area was 35,000 square feet
and new shops were appearing every week.
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I Am Here
This sound clip was created during the
I Am Here project. The group of 14-24
year olds selected objects close to their
heart that also said something about identity.
I Am Here is part of Stories of the World,
one of the major projects at the heart of the
London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
"My name is Jasmine John and I am 14
years old.
Changing the face of Croydon shopping.
When the Whitgift Centre was first imagined,
the idea of a shopping centre was new and
unnamed. Whitgift Centre officially opened
in October 1970. The unsuspecting world had
received something heavenly, the public
were amazed at the extravagant shopping
centre. Locals and tourists just couldn't wait
to enter.
Whitgift was the largest shopping centre of its
kind, there was so much to buy and people
couldn't make up their mind, everything that
people might want to buy was in one place.
There was so much for sale and there was
hardly any space, with a sales area of 35,000
square feet, it was pretty impossible to keep
everything neat.
Whitgift Centre news promised that this new
kind of shopping would be 'a pleasure instead
of a chore', there was something new behind
every door. So it never became a bore.
Whitgift relates to me in many ways but the
beauty of it remains the same. Whitgift Centre
news inspires me because I want to pursue a
career in journalism. This specific object reminds
of the start of my involvement in media, where
I once pondered upon where the journey
might take me."


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When I was three years old, my dad bought my first computer, a Macintosh Plus. I loved it. I would spend hours every day playing with it. I may have needed a lot of help from my dad with the tricky stuff, like shooting gargoyles in Dark Castle, but that computer was designed such that even a child could understand and master it.
It was right around then that I knew I wanted to work for Apple to build these awesome computers. I got the usual, "Oh yes, that's very nice, Matt" from my family. What else would you tell a three year old? But I knew then what my life's work would be.
I spent five years there and worked on a variety of iPods, iPhones, and iPads. I absolutely loved it. Then I left.
Apple was my dream job as a kid because of what Steve and Woz did: design products intuitive enough for a child, but so powerful they redefined entire industries. As an adult, I wanted to do the same. So Tony and I found an industry to redefine.
The gap between the consumer experience in mobile products and the ones in our homes is enormous. I've been a programmer my entire life and could not program a thermostat for the life of me. I looked at it and thought, this beige plastic box cannot be the best our generation can come up with. Surely, there must be a better way.
We've worked for a year and a half to create The Nest Learning Thermostat. It's the culmination of all we care about — cutting waste, creating technology that makes a difference, solving a daily frustration — and everything we've learned:
- Invest a ton in design.
- Sweat even the smallest details.
- Never compromise when it comes to the customer experience.
- Push technology further than anyone thinks it will go.
In our combined 15 years in the iPod division, Tony and I learned to strip down problems to their most elemental parts. So what does a thermostat need? Not a touch screen, not a clock, not weather updates, pictures of your kids, temperatures to the tenth degree or the barometric pressure. A thermostat needs to tell you the temperature in your home, allow you to easily change that temperature, and remember what you've done so you don't have to do it again.
How should a thermostat look? We took our cue from the consumer electronics we knew, since the status quo clearly needed shaking. Thermostat design made its last great leap in the 1950s with Henry Dreyfuss. 60 years ago. It was time to make the thermostat beautiful again, but also make its interface simple, clear, friendly.
We were focused on creating useful features, clean design, and grasping that ineffable quality that makes people want to touch, hold, play with your creation. Feature creep is not an option. Complications for the customer are not allowed. Your product needs to be elegant, functional, revolutionary. That's what Steve Jobs put into the water at Apple. I hope the Nest Learning Thermostat would make him proud.
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Hi, I'm fairly new to the system but interested either playing and/or GMing for a group in the DC area. I've been studying 3e so that system would be preferable but I don't mind picking up 2e if there's a group recruiting.
If there aren't any games though, I would like to possibly start something up. So far it's just me and my boyfriend who's also interested in playing. We'd love a gay friendly group who meets semi-regularly in either the city or NoVa. If there's any interest, please reply or PM me. Thanks for reading.
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The Nissan Pickup line currently includes two models in the U.S. However, the line evolves from the Datsun line, which began in Japan decades ago.
Nissan Motors has a long history of manufacturing trucks dating back to the 1930s. When Nissan began, it produced trucks and other vehicles for the Japanese military during World War II. After the war, Nissan Motors moved to designing and manufacturing cars and trucks for the civilian market. The first truck produced by Nissan sold under the Datsun brand, which Nissan controlled. The Datsun/Nissan truck was a compact pickup truck that launched in Japan, in 1955. Nissan exported the second generation of this compact pickup truck to the U.S., as well as other markets, and establishing Nissan as a truck producer in the U.S. market.
Nissan has a reputation for creating vehicles that have up-to-date and unique styling with excellent performance. Through the use of cutting-edge innovations, Nissan aims to produce high-quality and dependable vehicles, including pickup trucks. Not only does Nissan focus on creating useful, yet stylish pickup trucks, it also works to make them efficient without sacrificing performance. From introducing the very first compact pickup truck into the market and creating a new class of pickup trucks, Nissan has continued to up the ante when it comes to the innovations included in the Nissan pickup truck line.
Nissan has two pickup trucks in its U.S. model line: the Nissan Frontier and the Nissan Titan. The first generation of the Nissan Frontier debuted in the 1998 model year and remained in production until 2004. The second and current generation of the Nissan Frontier debuted at the 2004 North American International Auto Show for the 2005 model year. The Nissan Titan launched in 2004 as a full-size pickup truck for the North American market.
The Nissan Frontier is a midsize pickup truck that comes in a crew cab or extended (King) cab style. It offers four trim levels starting with the S base model and including the SV, PRO-4X, and the SL models. The Nissan Frontier S contains a 2.5-liter, four-cylinder engine that produces 152 horsepower and couples with a five-speed manual transmission. The SV trim level offers two engine choices: the four-cylinder from the S base model, or a 4.0-liter V-6 engine that provides 261 horsepower and uses a six-speed manual transmission. A five-speed automatic transmission provides an option for all three models.
The PRO-4X and SL trim lines employ the V-6 engine, and the SL trim line has the five-speed automatic transmission as a standard feature. The four-cylinder SV model comes in the King cab style only, while the SL trim model offers only a crew cab. The PRO-4X has four-wheel drive, while the SV V-6 version and the SL model can be fitted with rear drive or four-wheel drive.
The full-size Nissan Titan also comes in four trim levels, with extended, crew cab, and standard bed lengths available. The S, SV, and PRO-4X come with both the King cab and crew cab body styles, while the SL trim model has a crew cab body only. All contain a 5.6-liter V-8 engine that provides 317 horsepower and 385 lb-ft of torque. The only transmission is a five-speed automatic. Two- or four-wheel drive are also available.
When Nissan unveiled the Datsun truck at the Los Angeles Auto Show in 1958, it introduced a whole new concept to the market. The Datsun truck marks the first compact pickup truck to see production, and it started a category that has become one of the most popular and best-selling in the U.S. The first Datsun truck to launch in the U.S. was the Datsun 220. This actually came from the second generation of the compact pickup, but the first had only been sold in Japan. Initially, sales stayed slow until the Datsun 520 (the fourth generation of the truck) launched in 1965.
The Datsun pickup truck went through two more iterations with the Datsun marque. The Datsun 720 remains the last Datsun pickup truck. It represents one of the first vehicles to be produced in the U.S. by Nissan at its first assembly plant in Smyrna, Tennessee. Nissan began manufacturing vehicles for the North American market in the U.S. to avoid paying the import tax implemented by the U.S. government. In 1986, Nissan ceased to use the Datsun name for its pickup trucks and rebranded them as Nissan pickup trucks.
The first Nissan pickup truck succeeded the Datsun 720. This truck, the Nissan Hardbody, saw production from 1986 to 1997. The name Hardbody comes from the overall style of the pickup truck, and it refers to the truck's double-wall bed. It comes in standard and extended cab styles, as well as standard and long bed lengths. Four-cylinder and V-6 engines couple with either a manual transmission or an automatic transmission, although the manual transmission enjoys more popularity. The production of the Nissan Hardbody ceased in 1997 with the launch of the Nissan Frontier.
1997 Nissan Pickup
Truck, Utility/Offroad
The 1997 Nissan Pickup is a dependable truck offered in a variety of two- and four-wheel-drive models.
1996 Nissan Pickup
The 1996 Nissan Pickup comes with one engine choice and two transmission choices.
1995 Nissan Pickup
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Incoming Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and ranking member Lisa Murkowski want the Department of the Interior to investigate whether coal companies are understating the value of coal mined on federal and tribal lands to avoid paying higher royalties.
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Video -- PA Puppy Mills
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The video was shot by an undercover animal-rights investigator hired by a member of an ad hoc committee advising Gov. Rendell on the problem of puppy mills in Pennsylvania. It was shot in May at 15 large breeding kennels in Berks, Chester and Lancaster Counties. Largely run by traditional farmers as a side business, they are the type of operations that have given Pennsylvania the dubious moniker of "puppy mill capital of the East."
Rendell, a dog lover who owns two rescued golden retrievers, wants to crack down on the operations and has expressed frustration with his own Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement for not aggressively enforcing regulations already on the books.
Bob Baker, a longtime animal advocate and a member of the ad hoc committee, said he arranged the undercover video to counter Department of Agriculture arguments that the puppy-mill problem has been overstated by animal-rights activists and the media.
The conditions shown in the video are far from horrific, but they also are far from the warm image most dog buyers have of the place their puppy came from. These clearly are commercial puppy factories; the animals are treated no differently from livestock. They are a commodity, and one that spends most of its life inside a cage.
In one of the more distressing scenes, the video shows a kennel near Kutztown with a long row of pens, each with a circular wire exercise treadmill in which a small dog runs endlessly, its only access to exercise.
At the same kennel, the farmer takes the undercover visitor, posing as a customer, to a pen of puppies hidden on the property. The pen's only protection from the elements is a piece of plywood lying across the top. "I'm hiding them so my inspector doesn't know about them," the investigator quotes the farmer as saying.
The video shows a Lancaster kennel where the dogs are kept in small crates inside a dark barn.
The investigator, who asked that his name not be used because he is continuing his undercover work, said he visited 25 kennels in the three counties, and 10 - all small operations - appeared to be without violations. He said the 15 where he documented cramped and unsanitary conditions all had been inspected and licensed through the state.
Baker said the video gets to the heart of the problem - kennels that manage to obtain and hold their licenses despite what he said are obvious violations of state regulations.
"It is a problem and a serious problem," he said. "The biggest problem is just lack of enforcement of the laws we already have. There are just blatant violations at some of these kennels."
Rendell, who already has fired the entire state Dog Law Advisory Board, wants that to change. Animal advocates are urging him to order a shakeup of the Bureau of Dog Law.
Baker believes the Agriculture Department is too close to the breeders to aggressively enforce the laws.
When I asked Agriculture Department officials to comment, they referred me to the governor's office.
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Chris Sale was sharp in his final tuneup for his first opening day start, and Dayan Viciedo homered to help power the Chicago White Sox past the Texas Rangers 11-3 on Tuesday.
Brandon Short hit his first two home runs of the spring and Angel Sanchez also connected for the White Sox. Sale struck out five and allowed a solo shot to Geovany Soto in four otherwise perfect innings.
Rangers left-hander Matt Harrison, also prepping for his first opening day start, yielded four runs and seven hits in 3 1-3 innings. He needed 81 pitches to get 10 outs.
Adam Dunn gave Chicago a 1-0 lead in the first with an RBI double against Harrison. Short made it 4-1 in the fourth when he followed an error and Sanchez's single with his home run to straightaway center.
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You can actually induce that feeling again in almost any really charismatic group setting. Some of the really high end motivational seminars are good for that. I felt it a few times in some Pentecostal rituals, the freedom of just totally letting go, letting yourself be convinced that everything is chocolate and candy canes, or whatever. I've felt it in some good motivational workshops, although the relief comes from convincing yourself that you can conquer anything just by focusing your mind hard enough - usually paying another $700 to do so, ha ha. I saw an article that suggested there was a scientific study that showed the experience could be addicting - which would explain why some Pentecostals seem so drugged out and dependent on their dogma.
Thanks for commenting - I appreciate the feedback.
hahaha "nothing but hot air" I love it. Dan Barker (Freedom From Religion Foundation or FFRF co-president) describes in his writings how factors such as cadence and repetition can trigger deep emotional responses. Ministers are trained to speak in ways that affect their congregations, just like advertisers learn how to target consumers. If you know the tricks you can do it to yourself. Would that be considered masturbation? ;~0
As if you didn't think it could happen? hahaha
Ewww, nasty! These people are sick. They actually turned religion into some quasi-sexual mental orgy. Oh! I get it now! Religion allows people to mentally fuck themselves, figuratively and, apparently, literally!
Very interesting story Heather. What were your grandmothers thinking when they both decided to go Moe Howard on you (assuming they were, indeed, thinking)??
It's crap like that which makes people wonder sometimes...
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Kevin Cook's off-the-cuff comments in a televised interview inadvertently launched a national controversy over the near-term impact of pending health care reform measures. Now Mr. Cook, head of a Scranton, Pa., Catholic health system, has denied widespread media reports that the decision to put three hospitals in northeastern Pennsylvania up for sale was a consequence of the health care reform bill passed in March.
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Mercy Health Partners is made up of Mercy Hospital in Scranton, Mercy Special Care Hospital in Nanticoke, Mercy Tyler Hospital in Tunkhannock and several outpatient facilities. It is part of Catholic Healthcare Partners, based in Cincinnati. Reports that health reform had forced the closing of a Catholic hospital surfaced after Cook told a Scranton television news reporter on Oct. 6 that health reform "is absolutely playing a role" in the decision to explore the sale of one or all of the hospitals. "Was it the precipitating factor in this decision? No, but was it a factor in our planning over the next five years? Absolutely," Cook said. He said health reform changes could mean lower federal reimbursements for the Scranton-area hospitals, which already suffered from underutilization. Scranton's population has endured a relentless decline for decades.
Claiming that "three Scranton-area Catholic hospitals are shutting down because of 'Obamacare' regulations," the Web site CatholicVote.org said it had developed a radio ad calling on Pennsylvania voters to reject the re-election bids of the Democratic representatives Paul Kanjorski and Chris Carney, who voted in favor of the final health reform package. A blogger on that site, Thomas Peters, also criticized Carol Keehan [pictured], a member of the Daughters of Charity who is president and chief executive officer of the Catholic Health Association, reporting an accusation first made at conservative media outlets that she had bullied Cook into retracting his statement.
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Sister Keehan denied pressuring or even speaking with Cook and added that she did not know him personally. A C.H.A. spokesperson, Fred Caesar, said that Sister Keehan had, in fact, not spoken with any members of the Sisters of Mercy or board members at Mercy Health Partners about the furor generated by Cook's interview. He said that "normal contact" took place between "lower levels" at the C.H.A. and Mercy Health Partners. Regarding the content and timing of press releases refuting media reports, Caesar said, "You stand by your members. We followed their lead and supported our member."


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c. 1905
Of the different senses of "philosophy," preference is stated for that sense in which it is synonymous with cenoscopy, i.e., the study of common experience. The need for a technical nomenclature and terminology in the idioscopic sciences. The situation in philosophy is somewhat different. Philosophy needs to admit "into its language a body of words of vague significations with which to identify those vague ideas of ordinary life which it is its business to analyze." Logical analysis is not always adequate. Examples from the history of philosophy, especially Kant and Leibniz, of irresponsibility in logical analysis. Kant's use of "necessary" and "universal." Blunders in logical analysis inevitable until proper method (pragmaticism) is adopted. Specifically, blunders result from the failure of philosophers to understand and accept the logic of relations. Elementary discussion of existential graphs ("quite the luckiest find that has been gained in exact logic since Boole"). CSP reflects bitterly on treatment received from institutions and publishers.
Boole George, Cenoscopy, Graphs existential, Kant Immanuel and Kant studies (CSP's), Leibniz Gottfried Wilhelm von, Logic (modal see Modality), Necessity, "The Basis of Pragmaticism", Philosophy, Pragmatism and Pragmaticism, Science, Terminology, Universals
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TsunamiTL brauchte ein neues Website Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 42 Designs von 11 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
This should be a fun opportunity to help reinvent the design of a highly-trafficked site.
Our PrivateEye.com people search site needs a new look that capitalizes on our domain without being silly, creepy or Sherlockian. Up to the challenge? There will be three winners – one first place ($700) and two runners-up ($100 each). No coding needed!
We have lots of future work in the pipeline.
Private Eye is a people search site and can be seen in its current form here. (Use this link rather than type-in URL. It's a specific version we want to build from.)
This is a search site for public records, also known as "People Search." Users arrive at the site on the Search Page (Page One) and run a search using a search form. From there, they go to a Search Results Page (Page Two) where they are given preliminary search results. Here they will choose the person's name or information they believe matches up with the person or information they are looking for. Once they make that choice they click through to the Product Selection Page (Page 3), where they are given products to choose from. Once they choose the product that best serves their needs, they click through to the Registration Page (Page 4) – which is a typical registration and credit card checkout page in one.
Please take some time to run a few searches on our site, so you get a feel for how the site flows, and how a user might interact with the site.
A cohesive design for the following 4 pages is needed:
- Search Page (Page 1): Must have search form with room for description copy and an action button (such as "Continue" or "Search", but we're open to suggestions for other words that), and room for ads (728×90 banners ads top and bottom, and one 300×250 square somewhere above the fold).
- Search Results Page (Page 2): We have tried multiple ways of serving this information and have found what is currently active on the site to be the best so far. If you can think of a different way to organize this data table so it makes more sense to users, go for it!
- Product Selection Page (Page 3): We have tried multiple iterations here as well, and are not set on any one way of presenting this information. We have 3 major products available: a Basic Report (includes contact information such as addresses and phone numbers), a 24 Hour Search Pass (a non-recurring membership pass that allows users to see basic records for as many people searches as they want to run for 24 hours), and a Background Check (which includes detailed information about a single person). Please lay them out in a way that would make the most sense to a user.
- Registration Page (Page 4): This page must stay largely the same in so far as the parts that comprise the form remain the same. But we are open to new headers and footers to retain consistency with the new design for the first three pages.
Please feel free to concentrate first on a look and feel for the first page. We'll try to be very proactive with our feedback, and we can go from there.
All pages need:
Consistent header and footer with links that are presently in header and footer, room at top and bottom for banner ads (728×90). The width of all pages must be no less than 750 and no greater than 960. We prefer sans-serif fonts that are viewable on any computer and not specific to any certain OS.
Winning designs must include above-mentioned criteria, but otherwise the framework, navigation and tone are up for creative debate. Stock images from iStockPhoto are welcome, we just need to know the specifics for each, so we can pay the licensing fees should your design be chosen.
Winners will likely have the opportunity for long term work on this project and others. Good luck to all!
- Fresh new look.
- Brighter (but not garish) color scheme.
- Product-related pictures or graphics and theme.
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- loud colors
- anything too busy or confusing
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I have been reluctant to predict the outcome of the presidential election because I believe the race is too close to call with any confidence. That, in any event, is what the national polls say.
However, last night, during his Ricochet podcast, John asked me for a prediction. As a guest, I could hardly refuse.
I picked Romney to win narrowly, both in the popular and the electoral vote. Why? Because with the polls inconclusive, I relied on my sense of the "fundamentals" of the race. And the fundamentals, in my view, favor Romney.
A fuller account of the fundamentals, as well as other factors, that favor Romney can be found in this analysis by Bill Otis, a very reliable forecaster of presidential races during the 40 years we've been friends.
1. When both Rasmussen and Gallup say +1 [for Romney], it's +1.
2. That would mean Romney by about 1,200,000 votes. No candidate has ever finished that far in front and lost the Electoral College.
3. Back to basics: The conventional wisdom all year was that the party to win the independents wins the White House. As usual, the conventional wisdom is right.
4. Back to basics again: When the polling is a tie, the side with greater intensity wins. That's us.
5. Sandy did hurt Romeny, but the hurt stopped yesterday, when graphic pictures showed that what was thought to be Dear Leader's relief effort was leaving thousands in awful shape. If anything, I suspect there's been a slight Thermidor over the last 48 hours.
6. Take a look at the right track/wrong track number.
7. Almost no poll has Obama at 50%. What is the history of incumbents who are not at 50% the day before the election?
8. Obama squandered his best asset, his "favorability." Romney now outdoes him there on the RCP Index. Behavior does matter.
9. The economy stinks, and the press can't hide it. True, it doesn't stink around here, because Washington is absorbing tax dollars from everywhere else. But it's extremely hard to get a job. People feel anxious, and they've felt that way ever since Dear Leader has been in office. There is a pent-up longing to be able to feel better, more relaxed.
10. We've got Obamafatigue. He's the most overexposed man in history. He wears well for a while, but it's been too long. What used to sound like soaring phrases now sounds like what it actually is, to wit, blather.
11. All during the Republican primary season, for months, the polling showed a generic Republican winning over Obama. Romney has succeeded in turning himself into the generic Republican.
12. The expiation-driven urge to elect a black President has been sated. Been there, done that.
13. Where will the decisive electoral votes come from? I suspect from Wisconsin (just last year the Dems and unions threw in everything they had and lost the recall by 7%; plus there's favorite son Paul Ryan); Iowa (all four major papers endorsed the Republican candidate — a first, I believe); Colorado (a marijuana initiative will draw some of the college vote to Gary Johnson). We appear to have some chance at Pennsylvania, although we always seem to think that and always seem to lose. Ohio — who knows? But if I'm right, we can win without it.


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General Banter / Re: New Johnson County Park looking for suggestions for how to use the space« on: March 10, 2015, 04:31:40 PM »
Its times like this I wished I still lived in OP. A huge thumbs up to this!!!!!
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I think team challenge is really cool and would love to play in it sometime. Unfortunately for the majority of KC disc golfers it is not a tournament we are able to play in because it's something you have to qualify or be picked for. So something on the am side would be pretty cool.
Each year, minus the RAC this year, there is a few "AM exclusive" events already. I'm ready for a local "PRO only event".
However, I'm not holding my breath...
Doors open for your next snide comment Rob...
Doug, along these lines....Kinda...I have the map at home, but we need to walk it and I will help set up the course as well on Saturday after Rosie for the Sunday round.Blue Valley NE League 8/4/14
1-Hole #1 Big Course (Want this one to be in the LONG placement)
2-(all Jr.)Across street Tee from #2 to #3 basket, go top of hill to #4.
3-#4 Jr downhill
4-#5 to #6 basket up top hill
5-#7 to #8 basket (by road on North)
6-#9 pad to #2 basket
8-Middle of Bales Lake concrete to short pin on Big #3
9-(Back on Big)#4
14-#9 Short
15-#9 alt pad to #9 long pin
16-#10 Short Pad
That would be perfect. Doesn't matter how many times I tell people it's a great game for kids, nothing gets the message across like watching a 6-yr-old take the tee and launch a drive 120 ft down the fairway. Even if you can't make it, let's still get together for a father/son round since our boys are the same age and my son is also totally into the game.


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1 Picking up our numbers.
2 Markus helping a hand.
3 Hi Frank, immer dabei :-)
4 Saki working at the TNS-stand.
5 Making custom racing boots.
6 Dusfor skaters at the pasta party at "Mezza Notte".
7 Dutch skaters taking in carbohydrates.
8 TNS-skaters.
9 Preparing myself for the start,
10 in this dark and cold dungeon.
11 Pace car for the race.
12 Frankfurter Messe.
13 Iron lady?
14 Sky scrapers am Main.
15 Not much sun and windy.
16 Frankfurt sky line.
17 Warming up before the start.
18 The skaters in the blue block (>1:30)
19 Difficult to recognize the others.
20 The yellow starting block. (1:15< <1:30)
21 Even a helicopter can read the numbers ;-)
22 He guys, dont't push!
23 Three minutes after the pro's its our turn.
24 Here we go!
25 Every body is struggling to get to the front.
26 Looking for a nice pack to combine forces.
27 Ah, I've found one.
28 No, we are not at the finish yet.
29 No matter what handicap, everybody joined the marathon.
30 Skating in two files.
31 Sorry Doro, not a clear picture.
32 Carefully zipping the two files together.
33 He guys stay with us.
34 I hope nobody drops a banana or a bottle.
35 A lot of thanks to all the helpers along the track!
36 Applause from the helpers.
37 Okay, lunch is over, let's roll. :-)
38 Markus fighting against the wind at the front of the pack.
39 Team ZDF ?
40 Hi Klaus, this time a sharp picture of you.
41 Sorry Doro, you are hiding again :-)
42 Dorien (Amsterdam FNS) finished 2nd. Interviewd by HR.
43 Fréderic, Elwin and Erik (9th) from Amsterdam FNS.
44 Gadgets on helmet are popular in Germany.
45 Some were exhausted at the finish.
46 Sebastian Baumgartner was the speaker of that day.
47 Wheelers crossing the finish.
48 Ingenious machines.
49 Jan Feijes.com finishing in his red St Gallen shirt.
50 Team Mainzelmännchen.
51 He you're missing some wheels!
52 Maritza arriving.
53 Maritza, Evelien, ? and Martijn (Amsterdam FNS).
54 She was suffering from asthma and finishing in 2 hours, well done!
55 Rollerman Jean-Yves Blondeau.
56 TNS-organizer Dirk and Heidi.
57 The sweepers cleaning the track from skaters.
58 Klaus, this year not racing but helping a hand.
59 The party after.
60 Loads of bananas.
61 Dorien in the middle of the Dutch-FNS delegation.
62 A big video screen showed runners approaching the hall,...
63 ..where they were welcomed by a red carpet...
64 and a massive enthousiastic crowd.
65 Men's winners wheelchairs.
66 Women's winners. Nina 1st, Dorien 2nd.
67 Time to celebrate
68 Husband Erik and friend Elwin admiring the trophy.
69 Dorien, congratulations!
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Doctors anticipate speedy recovery after Jim Kelly has surgery to remove cancer in upper jaw
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly is anticipated to have a speedy recovery and successful outcome after having surgery to remove cancer from his upper jaw, according to doctors who performed the operation.
The operation, conducted on Friday morning, was described as going "very well," according to a release issued by Buffalo's Erie County Medical Center. Kelly is recovering comfortably and will remain in hospital for an undetermined period, the release said.
The operation was performed by Thom Loree, the hospital's director of head and neck surgery department.
The 53-year-old Kelly announced Monday he had been diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma two weeks earlier. Calling the prognosis for recovery as being "very good," Kelly said tests showed the cancer was isolated to his jaw.


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Over the past few weeks, Portal developer Valve and its more devoted fans have been engaged in an alternate reality game, which was believed to have resulted in people getting to play Portal 2 early. Just hours from its conclusion, it hasn't really worked out that way.
Were it just a game, that would fine. Disappointing, but fine. And yet it wasn't just a game, as the lure of playing one major title early had some people spending hours playing (or idling) in games, while others were buying a ton of games they'd otherwise have had little intention to purchase.
So it wasn't really an alternate reality game at all.
For hardcore consumers, the type that will engage in this kind of business, the modern video game landscape is one they rightfully approach with jaded eyes. It's an industry that often seems built to scam and exploit customers each and every step of the way, so gamers have become increasingly wary of the PR machine and its marketing stunts, especially when it comes to big publishers like EA and Activision.
A precious few companies remain outside of this fear and loathing, able to count on large, dedicated and loyal fanbases. Blizzard is one. And Valve is another. People feel that, because of those developer's track records of great games and forthright communication with fans, they can be trusted.
I think Valve blew a little of that trust this week.
For the past week or so, the company has been all but directly announcing that, if people went and played a whole bunch of indie games, Portal 2 would be released early. It seemed a neat stunt given Valve, who also developed Half-Life and Team Fortress, is notorious for releasing titles months and even years behind schedule. And hey, who doesn't like supporting indie games?
So many people bought a bundle of games they most likely did not previously own, all just to indulge in a little Portal 2 cross-promotion, and in the belief that in doing so they'd really get to play one of the biggest games of the year a day or two early.
At time of posting, that doesn't seem to be the case. While calculations vary (and the events of this ARG ebb and flow every hour), it seems the game will be released approximately ten hours early.
After all the clue-hunting, purchasing and playing of games thousands (maybe tens of thousands) of people engaged in, that's all they're going to get. The chance to play something a few hours earlier. In the middle of the night. If like me you didn't play this "game", then it's business as usual! Hell, you'll get the game a few hours early for doing nothing. But if I'd paid money for those indie games, games I only bought as part of the Portal 2 promotion, I'd maybe have expected a little more payoff at the end.
This, I feel, creates a slight problem for Valve. As the company's Steam digital delivery service has grown to be the single-most important shopfront for the PC gaming market, it has faced increasing, if muffled, criticism from both rival stores and outspoken developers. How can it be kosher, critics say, for the PC market's biggest online store to be run by a company that itself makes and sells games?
That hasn't been much of a problem to date because, Left 4 Dead aside, most of Valve's own games have not been released during Steam's period of "dominance" over its competitors. So Valve has been able to remain mostly neutral in its use of the store and its promotional power.
This "game", though, violates that neutrality. A selection of games have sold through the roof this week (Portal 2 was #1 on Steam's charts, followed by the "The Potato Sack", the collection of indie games containing Portal 2 promotions, at #2), and sold purely because people wanted to play a Valve game early. While the indie developers involved are getting a nice bonus, proceeds from each sale are still going to, yes, Valve. To promote a game Valve developed. At the expense of other third-party games.
So people were sold games believing that purchasing them would let them get at Portal 2 early. And for all their trouble got the game...a few hours early. Making matters worse is the fact the console versions of the game, shipping on physical discs, are already finding their ways into people's homes one way or another (I've already got a copy on 360, for example, while my PC version sits at "pre-load"), and those people didn't have to spend an extra cent.
There's also the matter of a disgruntled playerbase, made up of some of Valve's biggest fans, some of whom surely feel almost exploited at having "wasted" either time or money engaged in this game, with now little to nothing to show for it.
While conspiracy theorists could easily call this a stunt aimed squarely at callously squeezing a little extra money out of Portal fanatics, there is, of course, the chance that this is all simply part of the Portal universe. An elaborate, canonical gag. GLaDOS, the malevolent computer and star/villain of the series, spent the first game promising to give you something she/it never gave you. As this ARG has been mostly "run" by Valve staffers posting as GLaDOS, that's certainly a possibility.
Yes, this is far from a heinous crime. Nobody forced people to buy those games, many probably had fun with titles they'd never played and some indie developers got paid. I'm not saying the incident has been some kind of disaster, nor that everyone involved had a wretched time, or is burning their Valve merchandise in the streets.
And hey, there's the chance that, as the night drags on, those persevering with the game will be rewarded for their efforts with something. Art, in-game items, a tease of a future project, something.
Yet I can't help but feel that, through their manipulative actions over the course of the past few weeks, Valve has lost a little of its shine as a can't-fault-them company (beyond the obvious Half-Life delay jokes), and finally given critics of its online store's growing power a tangible hook to hang their complaints on.
UPDATE - As of 12:20am EST, it appears Portal 2 has unlocked on Steam for some users, while some participants in the ARG are receiving the Valve Complete Pack for their troubles.


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Macbeth played by Jasper Britton
Macbeth (2001)
Written by: William Shakespeare
Jasper Britton played the title role in the 2001 production of Macbeth at the Globe. This was Jasper's second Theatre Season here, previously playing Caliban in The Tempest, and Palamon in The Two Noble Kinsmen in 2000.
latest updates
In his final blog post, Jasper discusses re-rehearsals and interacting with the audience, and looks ahead to taking the production to Vicenza, Italy.
This is Jasper's fourth blog post. This week he discusses the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, his interpretations of his character and how they affect Mabeth's relationship with the Witches.
In his third blog post, Jasper discusses incorporating dance into the production, his further thoughts on his character and the creative decisions made for this production.
In his second blog post, Jasper discusses rehearsal exercises and his interpretation of Macbeth, and looks forward to performing the production.
This is Jasper's first blog post. This week he discusses rehearsal exercises, his previous experience of Macbeth, and his own ideas concerning playing Macbeth.


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MB2014 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 182 designs submitted by 51 freelance designers.
We are looking for a professional, creative logo that is thought provoking and captures the imagination. The logo will primarily be used on company marketing materials, including our website, letterhead, business cards and press kit. UPDATE: We would like to see some designs that morph (e.g., layers, combines, arranges) the letters "BEP" into a polished metal looking symbol, such that the letters are not immediately recognizable. The letters should be in Times New Roman font. Do NOT include any other words (e.g., BASS ENTERTAINMENT PICTURES) with this symbol.
We are an independent motion picture production company that develops, produces, acquires and distributes modestly budgeted, major studio quality, highly marketable, demographically targeted, feature films for theatrical, DVD, television, and Internet release. We are looking for a professional, creative logo that captures the imagination like logos from the major motion picture studios.
Creative/professional/clean/thought-provoking logo that captures the imagination. Can be used as a watermark image. JPEG and vector format so that it can be resized without loss of quality. Colors should include black, cobalt blue, and polished metal (not chrome).
No fish or guitar references.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, apparent hater of the internet, decided she had enough of America using it to easily gain access to information, news and Nyan Cat. So she demanded that congress overturn the FCC's Net Neutrality policy. Today, she lost.
After the House of Representatives voted to overturn the legislation that was passed last year, Hutchinson picked up the flag for the Senate and began crusading against the single greatest innovation ever. Senate rejected the measure 52-46, ensuring that the original Obama-backed ruling will be upheld, and our corporate ISP overlords can't charge for premium access to select websites. Now if you'll excuse me, I have more Courage Wolves to make. [WSJ]
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New Year's Eve is a symbol of both the last hurrah of the holiday party season, and the start of a new and exciting year. To celebrate, we're definitely planning on looking our best for the countdown to midnight. It's the best excuse to bring out our least practical (but prettiest!) party dresses and dance all night!
Aerie's fit and style expert, Jenny Altman, is here to tell you why the Aerie Bare Bra is your secret weapon to help you ring in the new year!
Why It's a Must-Have:
The Bare Bra is the ultimate in holiday solutions. This bra goes under every top or dress you want to wear, but don't have the right bra for. It goes under strapless, halter, one shoulder and even under backless dresses. The woman who invented this bra is brilliant!
Which One to Buy?
Aerie offers both pushup and lightly lined options – both are great staples to have, depending on your preference. In terms of color, nude goes under every single thing you will ever wear. But black is just a little prettier, so if you often wear dark tops, go black. Or buy both as investment pieces and wear them a million times each.
What Size to Buy?
Buy these bras by cup size as you normally would. If you aren't sure of your size, head to an Aerie store for an expert fitting.
Quick Tips for Wearing the Bare Bra:
OK, these can be a little tricky to put on the first time around..so listen here. No deodorant, fragrance, powder, baby oil or moisturizer where the bra sits on the body. If you don't follow these rules, the bra may not stick as well as it should…you don't want it to end up around your waist! Take the plastic liner out of the bra cups first. Stand tall in front of a mirror and rest each breast into the cup and hoist the bra up a bit so that it fits snug against the body. If your bra has a side wing, remove the plastic from each side wing and stick it securely to your side. These side wings are amazing and give a little extra support to this backless bra.
Caring for Your Bare Bra 101:
Want to make sure your Bare Bra lasts? They require a little extra TLC than your average pushup. After you wear the bra, wash it in the sink with water and a mild soap. Leave it out to fully dry. Once dry, put the plastic liner back inside the bra and store the bra back inside the box you got it in. This keeps the shape and the adhesive lasting a long while!
A Few Last-Minute Quick Tips:
My other NYE secret weapon are Outta Sight undies! They are the best for all of those knit, jersey, or fitted holiday dresses. Undie lines are the worst and these undies are smooth as can be!
Finally, keep a few strips of Apparel Tape in your bag at all times. For any button that pops off, hem that falls, strap that slips, or other fashion emergencies, this is your best fashion friend.
Thanks for the tips, Jenny! Have a Happy New Year, Aerie girls!


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Boston game away from 2004 World Series rematch
The St. Louis Cardinals await. But who?
With a crucial Game 5 victory in Detroit, the Red Sox now have two shots at a World Series berth. Both shots will be taken at home in Fenway Park.
Normally, that would make me feel all warm inside. Just win one game, right? Much easier said than done with Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander standing in your way. Scherzer a near lock for the Cy Young, Verlander a former MVP.
Clay Buchholz takes the mound for Boston in the first of the final two chances. His first outing of the series didn't go as planned, giving up five runs over 5 2/3 innings. Scherzer, on the other hand, was dominant, giving up just one run on two hits over 7 innings, fanning 13. Boston's offense looked inept trying to even make contact with his pitches. Papi would bail out Buchholz with a grand slam and eventually get Boston the win, but had he not, we would be singing a very different tune right now.
I'm not going to take the Belichick "one game at a time" approach here, because there is a serious threat to Boston's World Series hopes waiting for them in a potential Game 7 in Justin Verlander, who made just one mistake in his first outing of the series that lead to a Napoli homer. Opposite him, Lackey had to muster one of the best performances of his career for Boston to hold on. Verlander may have had a sub-par regular season by his standards, but his stuff is the best in the game when it matters most.
In total, the Red Sox are hitting a miserable 6-50 (.120 BA), 2B, HR, 23K vs. Verlander and Scherzer. It's tough to believe they will keep that pace up, but it's also tough to believe either of these guys will implode with a chance to fight for their season.
So what does that mean? It means Boston's improved offense over the past two games has to continue back at home. Seeing a pitcher for the second time around will certainly help that, but the same can be said for Detroit's hitting as well. There are some key players to keep an eye on that need to have big games if Detroit wants to force a decisive Game 7.
- Austin Jackson, since being moved to 8th in the lineup, is now 4-6 with 2 BB. His performance was crucial in Detroit's Game 4 victory, reaching base four times. Leyland's move seems genius, especially if Jackson can continue to get on base.
- Miguel Cabrera is clearly still bothered by injuries, and was the key factor in the Tigers' Game 5 loss. He's making errors in the field, he's making errors running the bases, and he's hitting just .222 in the series. He's likely to win his 2nd consecutive MVP award, but he certainly isn't playing like one. However, injured and slumping, he's still the most dangerous hitter in the game. Continue to make mistakes against this guy, and he'll make you pay.
- Prince Fielder has been nothing close to royalty this series, struggling mightily. So much so he was booed by his home crowd. Boston's defensive shift has been a huge factor in shutting down Fielder, coupled with effective pitching against him. If he can't figure out a way to hit to the opposite field, Detroit is going to have a difficult time scoring runs when he's at the plate.
Detroit has big guns both in their lineup and on the mound. Their issue thus far has been getting both to click in the same game on a consistent basis. If the Red Sox want a shot at the World Series, they have to get to Scherzer, and get to Scherzer early. Boston's offense has a knack for scoring in chunks. Nine times in the playoffs Boston has scored two or more runs in an inning. If the Red Sox can compile an inning where they put up a few runs and force Detroit to play from behind, that can put a tremendous amount of pressure on both Scherzer and their offense. In a win-or-go-home situation, falling behind early on the road can spell disaster.
I don't love Boston in either game, but I certainly will give the edge to them in Game 6. Relying on John Lackey to beat Justin Verlander again head-to-head in a Game 7 for a shot at the World Series scares the daylights out of me. A quality trait about Buchholz is he never implodes; the five earned runs he gave up in his last outing were the most all season, and Boston still was able to escape with the victory. Expect him to have a solid performance with Boston's offense continuing to stay solid.
If not, pray.
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