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"The review here is fairly simple to write: Bing Crosby's WWII broadcasts were always superb entertainment. If you love the singing as well as the humor of Bing, you will want this."
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"I've always loved it when Bing and Bob Hope get together! They did a great job on this album! Tracts like 'Its Love, Love, Love'
and 'Put it There Pal' are mostly talking, but they are so hilarious that they alone are worth the price of the whole CD!
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"The U.S. House of Representatives, on November 1st, passed…a concurrent resolution reaffirming 'In God We Trust' as the national motto. Resolutions do not carry the force of law and do not require the President's signature."
But…"important definitional problems concern 'God' and 'We.' When it comes to religions, the United States is a polyglot (mixed and confusing) nation. Just whose 'God' are we talking about? Within Christianity alone there are many different concepts of God."
Then, "there is the 'we' problem. To just which 'we' does the phrase refer? There are an estimated 30,000,000 people in the United States who do not believe in any form of…divinity".
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress. A troublesome detail to some, but apparently not to J. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), co-chairman of the Congressional Prayer Caucus, and the 368 other US Representatives who voted for the resolution.
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By Ahmed Rasheed
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Supreme Court on Monday ruled against a decision by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to scrap three vice-president positions, weakening his political standing by overruling one of his most important measures to streamline the government.
One of the VPs was former prime minister Nuri al-Maliki.
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Abadi canceled the VP positions in August 2015 as part of cost-cutting reforms following an oil price collapse that crimped state revenues.
Maliki, Abadi's predecessor, said the court decision "is respectable and corrects a mistake", according to a statement from his media office.
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Report: Met Police 'bugged Duwayne Brooks' meetings'
The Metropolitan Police allegedly bugged meetings between Stephen Lawrence's friend, Duwayne Brooks, and his lawyer, the BBC has reported.
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This piece by Daniel Olsen is currently on the wall of the Mercer Union gallery, part of the Infinity Etc. show, which closes on Saturday.
The digits are arranged in a sequence. Can you figure out what kind of order they're in?For a hint, highlight the following invisible text: The answer is very simple; it's kind of a trick question. Also: The sequence only works in English.
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I went through 40 great balls this morning, sent Victini to sleep repeatedly, got its health down to 1, but still nothing. what am I doing wrong!!!
One of the more annoying traits of the Pokemon series. You've just got to persevere I'm afraid, my friend. I know people who've caught Victini straight away, it took me about 30 great balls, constantly paralyzing the little ****!
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Yesterday I asked on twitter whether or not people had a written "expectations" document in their lab. What I had in mind was much like this "lab philosophy" page that was pointed out by Dr. Becca. If you have a second to go read it, I think you'll find it's worth it.
The response was pretty variable, but more people than I expected answered yes. I don't mean to strictly formalize things in the lab with memos for everything, but I can see how such a document puts everyone on the same page. One could argue that a conversation will do the same, but the document is consistent across anyone who comes into the lab. Additionally, it lets people at different levels get a better feel for what is expected of others.
So, readers, do you have such a document in your lab (as PI or trainee)? If so, do you think it helps? If not, do you think it would help?


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Data normalization, is it really that good?
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A couple of weeks ago Pat Helland blogged about a short presentation he gave named "Normalization is for Sissies". Pat started by stating (the obvious) that we normalize to eliminate update anomalies. but then proceeded to make a couple interesting observations:
- Many types of computing problems are append only in nature or in his words "Accountant don't use erasers". Hence there is no need to normalize immutable data (unless you really need the space)
- Developers work with "complete" business objects. These Business Objects are denormalized complete views anyway
Andres Aguiar commented that in addition to the "no need to normalize immutable data", you don't even need to delete:
Another [idea] is that you actually don't need to delete/update the database. 'Deleting' a row means setting a InvalidationTimestamp = now(), and updating a row means setting InvalidationTimestamp = now() and inserting a new row with SinceTimestamp = now() and InvalidationTimestamp = null (you actually need two sets of dates, but that's for another post). Now, if you put the two ideas together, all the data is immutable, so you don't need to normalize anything.Analyzing this, one barrier Andres mentioned was that databases are not ready for the large number of columns per table such a scenario will generate, which is solvable if you apply archiving to older data.
Dare Obasanjo thinks that
"Database denormalization is the kind of performance optimization that should be carried out as a last resort after trying things like creating database indexes, using SQL views and implementing application specific in-memory caching. "However Dare agrees that when you need massive scale you probably need to denormalize and give Flickr as an example.
* Normalised data is for sissiesA 2004 blog post by Jason Kottke, which bares the same title like Pat's post and Cal's first point discusses Cal's presentations. Jason explains that in Flickr's case there is a ration of 13 Selects to each Insert/Delete or Update which is why they chose to denormalize.
* Keep multiple copies of data around
* Makes searching faster
* Have to ensure consistency in the application logic
To sum up as Pat finished his presentation:
"people normalize 'cuz their professor said to"Is it time yet to rethink the mantra of database normalization? Some of the larger web-sites seem to think so, what's your take?
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Porter Woodward
It all depends heavily on the nature of your application. In some cases normalization is critical. OLTP (online transaction processing) systems with large numbers of updates seem to benefit most from normalization. Having one copy of the data - and just referencing it via foreign key can be a huge help for maintaining consistency; each copy of that data that needs to be updated increases the chance that the values will diverge. Joins may be slower - but most modern database servers provide "views" - allowing you to create flattened tables, yet still maintain relational integrity.
On the other hand you have a class of applications that tend to have many more reads than writes. Often those are what you would term OLAP (Online Analysis and Processing) applications. Major database vendors have been pushing "Data Warehouse" solutions for some time - flattening out your data to improve complex query processing: tabulating sales figures by region and quarter for instance.
Smart money seems to be on hybrid systems and building it smart. Your "online transaction" system being fully relational for performance reasons... and replicating that data to a warehouse flattening out the data for your online analysis needs. The OLTP system can purge out old inactive records based on timed retirement - with "backup" of the data now being stored in the OLAP system.
Some of the larger web sites that have rethought normalization have done so because their problem space typically does not require it. Data accuracy at flickr isn't exactly of paramount importance (compared to financial systems). Not to mention flickr still seems to have abysmal performance in spite of claims to the contrary.
I wouldn't say normalization is for sissies. I would say you should understand why or why not to normalize. It's also possible that the process of breaking down your data set - normalizing it - will help you understand the shape of your data better; even if you don't ultimately end up storing it in a normalized schema.
Have it both ways
Tero Vaananen
I need to run batches of statistical queries over a normalized database, but it is horribly inefficient. I can only spare minutes, but the queries take better part of a day to run over a normalized database, if not days in some extreme cases. On the other hand, I can't really denormalize the existing database and it would be a horrible choice for many other things we do.
So, we are keeping a mirrored copy that squeezes all the tables into a handful denormalized ones. It is literally thousands of times faster for the queries we need. And that's what we use it for - just for queries that need to be extremely fast. And sometimes that is too slow as well, so we are looking at partitioned views, to limit the queries to smaller chunks of data. Beyond that we are really looking at physical partitioning over several servers.
Re: Have it both ways
Vikas Hazrati
Meanwhile I tend to agree with Porter that depending on whether your application is OLTP heavy or OLAP heavy you should decide on some of the strategies, or you might have to decide on a combination depending on the various parts of your application.
Re: Have it both ways
Tero Vaananen
Tero, Wouldn't creating views (snapshot or dynamic as required) be a better option in your situation?
Views work if your data sets are not very big. We could not create proper indexes for the views so they were just too slow. It might work better for some other databases; we used SQLServer 2000. The problem is that in some cases even regular indexed tables are too slow so we have to partition the data. We use views to hide the partitioning and it seems to work well.
correct terminology makes a difference...
Ted Thibodeau Jr
"Data normalization" is much more about having standard formats for your data — little things like always using "Street" or always using "St" (or "St.") in an address field, or storing all phone numbers as pure numerics without spaces or other punctuation vs. storing phone numbers as strings with whatever formatting the person inputting it chooses (this becomes important when you start dealing with international phone records — which is also where you have to start thinking about country codes, in addition to area codes and local exchanges).
Data normalization is not only necessary if you're going to be doing joins of any kind, but also when you're doing selects based on the content of a given field — because you cannot match "(617) 555-1212" to "6175551212" or "+1-617-555-1212" without doing some major manipulation — and that takes significant time when you start considering all the possible format variants, and whether the leading "+1-" about breaks a match or not, and whether "617-KL5-1212" also matches….
Both OLAP and OLTP benefit from data normalization — in different ways, but the benefits are inarguable. Database normalization (basically, relational schema design) is different and distinct — and this is where the tradeoffs for OLAP vs OLTP optimzation come in.
Re: correct terminology makes a difference...
Arnon Rotem-Gal-Oz
Nevertheless, you are correct that a more accurate term is database normalization
yes, its really that good
fregas baratis
Normalization is part of a much larger concept that some people call "DRY" or "Once and Only Once." Normalization actually makes my application code SIMPLER in many cases. Sure joins can be a pain, but so is trying display a list of a user's phone numbers when your table schema looks like this:
Its much easier to have a seperate table where i can add as many types of phone numbers as I like without changing the database.
This is just one simple example. I realize not everyone needs to normalize their phone numbers like this. Every application is different. But breaking things out makes application code simpler and more flexible. I have seen denormalization cause absolute havoc with application code, much less issues with updates.
Data normalization, is it really that good?
Roy Morien
I am sure that certain facts in any database are in reality immutable, thus creating no problems when redundantly recorded. But always control must be maintained over this redundancy, as in ensuring that future generations of users and developers are aware of this.
Having stated that caveat, it is obvious that denormalisation can serve very useful purposes, primarily enabling ease of access, efficiency of access etc.
But there is also some misunderstanding about denormalisation. For example , having three telephone numbers. Is that really three values for the same attribute; Telephone Number, or is that really three different attributes? Is the Customer's Address on an Invoice really redundant if stored in the Invoice Table? Perhaps it is drawn from the domain of Customer Addresses, but it might very well be defined as being different; ie: The Address of the Customer THAT THE INVOICE WAS SENT TO, which is a role.
Personally, I think the best approach is to create a stringently normalised data model, and then carefully and with great forethought undertake a denormalisation activity.
Re: Data normalization, is it really that good?
Geir Hedemark
Is the Customer's Address on an Invoice really redundant if stored in the Invoice Table? Perhaps it is drawn from the domain of Customer Addresses, but it might very well be defined as being different; ie: The Address of the Customer THAT THE INVOICE WAS SENT TO, which is a role.
I think you were a bit unlucky with your choice of example. The address in a customer object may change. You do not want to update the address you sent an invoice to - you may have to have a look at where the invoices were sent to when the customer complains about lost invoices. There is a whole host of these kinds of cases where something looks like a denormalized copy of something when it is a snapshot of that something at some point in the past.
Matthew Rawlings
The performance justification for de-normalized data is easy to verify - just test the model or do the calculations at the relative create, read, update, delete frequencies you expect.
The complexity justification for de-normalized data is weak unless you can demonstrate more than one team of which one needs a 'simplified' interface.
Re: Un-normalized
Dan Hardison
I think the motive for a lot of this argument is laziness and lack of understanding.
Whilst the OLTP vs OLAP arguments presented are valid, I dont think that is what is driving the Un-normalized camp.
I have come across the "joins are slow", "joins are messy" argument many times and 90% of the time its just laziness. Modern relational database systems are designed for joining. Thats where the "relational" comes in.
I fear the uninformed and lazy will skim this article and use it as continued justification for poor design.
Re: Data normalization, is it really that good?
tahir akhtar
Is the Customer's Address on an Invoice really redundant if stored in the Invoice Table? Perhaps it is drawn from the domain of Customer Addresses, but it might very well be defined as being different; ie: The Address of the Customer THAT THE INVOICE WAS SENT TO, which is a role.
I think you were a bit unlucky with your choice of example. The address in a customer object may change. You do not want to update the address you sent an invoice to - you may have to have a look at where the invoices were sent to when the customer complains about lost invoices. There is a whole host of these kinds of cases where something looks like a denormalized copy of something when it is a snapshot of that something at some point in the past.
He said, "If stored in invoice table" :). I think his point is if store customer's invoice-address in an invoice table rather than separate address table, it is justifiable due to one-to-one relationship between invoice and invoice-address but most designers will move it out to a separate table without giving it a second thought.
Update vs reporting
gilbert prine
My current project is downloading equity data and doing time series analysis on this information. If I were the Data Administrator of the NYSE or the NASDAQ, I would be out of my mind to consider updating this data with an unnormalized database. However as a customer I only want unnormalized data, because I actually use my own ETL process to a quasi-object database that I use for my stock market time series analysis. These Data Administrators better be providing me with unnormalized data or they won't have a customer.
Normalization is conceptual, not implementation
Jack van Hoof
Fair enough, most of the concepts are implemented as is, but smart DBMS systems are tricking you...
Fair enough again: messages in an EDA, where data represent immutable business events, is all about denormalization, but based on structured normalized (conceptual) that is hit into flat structures. Or am I wrong?
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Fall 2004
Required readings (order online or at any bookstore)
Larson, Eric, Devil in the White City
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This course explores two simultaneous tendencies in American life at the turn of the last century. On the one hand, the rise of industrialization made Americans fascinated with personal transformation--with self making, with economic mobility, and with the possibility of changing your place in life. This new, modern world highlighted the difference between the real and the fake. In an age of mass copies and new identities, how could you tell the genuine, honest man from the con man? As much as they loved magic and personal transformation, Americans of this era loved detection, and the wide range of new techniques--like fingerprints, mug shots, and criminology generally--designed to pin identity down. The course will also focus on this simultaneous, contradictory fascination with fascination with both self transformation and with stabilizing identity.
The course makes extensive use of this game-like website, which is designed to reproduce some of the ambiguities of historical research itself
Wed. Aug. 30 introduction: The pace of change. (Begin Larsen, Devil in the White City)
Wed. Sept. 8 (Review Essay due) Making modern individuals: Character and self making
Wed. Sept. 15 The World of Strangers (discuss Larsen, Devil in the White City)
Wed. Sept. 22 Mass production and Commodities/ Money and Value
Wed. Sept. 29 Detecting (discuss Coles, Suspect Identities )
Wed. Oct. 6 Art and Authenticity Discuss Levine, "William Shakespeare and the American People" (available online)
Wed. Oct. 13 Making Race/The Immigrant menace Discuss Alger, Ragged Dick
Wed. Oct. 20 Midterm exam
Wed. Oct. 27 The New Woman (discuss Johnson, Autobiography)
Wed. Nov. 3 Criminal and Racial types
Wed. Nov. 10 Discuss Nick Carter, Detective
Wed. Nov. 17 short paper assignment Classifying the Body: Read Sekula, "The Body and the Archive". The link will work if you're on campus. If you are off campus you can get access by going here, clicking on "jstor" and entering your G number. If you can't get the link to work, you can dowload a .pdf file here. (Caution: the .pdf file is more than 9 megabytes .)
Wed. Dec. 1 Magic and spiritualism: The movies
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The Commission will host workshops and gather feedback on the Draft Plan in every Nunavut municipality, as well as with the Inuit of Nunavik and the Athabasca and Manitoba Denesuline over the next year. Additional dates to be determined.
The Commission's Chairperson Paul Quassa and staff will be presenting and asking for verification of a summary report on feedback received during a recently held Public Meeting regarding land use planning with elected officials in your community.


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Nestled with love in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, the sacred town of Joshimath spreads its celestial aura in the entire Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. The town of Joshimath is also nicknamed as Jyotirmath and is the winter seat of Lord Badri, whose idol is brought down from Badrinath temple to Vasudeva temple at Joshimath. This holy town is revered by the Hindus for being an important pilgrimage centre of the country.
The tinsel town of Joshimath is also popular as a hill station as it seated at an elevation of 1,890 metres above sea level. Also, the two mighty rivers, the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga meet at the confluence of Vishnuprayag overlooking the town of Joshimath. And the view of Hathi Parvat and other Himalayan Peaks is mystifying. It is also the gateway of many Himalayan expeditions, trekking trails, camping and pilgrimage centres.


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Živo me zanima koliko su plaćene ključne boldovane rečenice u vesti koju je Rojters upravo objavio.
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic formally agreed on Friday to be the presidential candidate of his center-right Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in an election tentatively slated for April.
The vote will be a key test of the popularity of Vucic and his economic reforms, which have been backed by the International Monetary Fund, as well as his bid to bring the country of 7.3 million closer to the European Union.
The departure of Nikolic could mean quicker moves towards EU accession and a further improvement of Serbia's ties with NATO, despite its military neutrality.
On Wednesday and Thursday Serbian newspapers reported Nikolic could run for another term against Vucic, but both have far declined to confirm or deny the reports.
Vucic does not have to resign as prime minister before the election.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
A good article on Trendwatching.
FUNCTIONALL | Captures the phenomenon of simple, small and/or cheap products and services designed for low(er)-income consumers in emerging markets, with cross-over appeal to consumers in mature consumer societies.
Goods and services especially designed for emerging markets often incorporate one or more of the following characteristics:
- Smaller and/or limited number of features, to keep prices low.
- Simpler, or easier to use, for inexperienced consumers.
- Energy efficient (or not using any traditional energies at all) and/or easy to repair and/or waste-reducing.
- Robust, as some of them are used in rugged conditions.
- Well-designed (the democratization of design is a global phenomenon).
- Aimed at helping owners to generate income, or allow users to create self-sustaining systems.
Monday, February 15, 2010
"Saying yes is often just lazyness". very true...
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Thursday, July 09, 2009
Want True Sustainability? Then Design to Seduce
- by Amit Gadi (New Deal Design)
"….(talking about the unibody macbook) to create its aluminum case, engineers take a sheet of aluminum 15mm thick and machine away 90% of its mass. They then regrind and smelt the leftovers up to 20 times to make 20 more notebooks--hardly a 'sustainable' practice from an energy use and dematerialization standpoint. However the resulting product is beautiful and solid as a rock. I will keep mine for a long time--unless they force its obsolescence through software--because I simply love it! And that's the most sustainable point about it…."
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Intel is working on a "Whole home storage" solution.
very insightful article regarding consumer research.
Its interesting how a chip making company is envisioning solutions for consumers using their core technology and packaging it in a product/ service.
" Intel conducts in-depth research with people around the world to explore their homes, cultures, relationships, desires, and how they interact with technology. The goal of this effort is to improve our understanding of where Intel platforms can make meaningful differences in their lives. One of the focal points of our research is to learn how people interact with their large and growing collections of digital media.
People are generating immense collections of photos and home video, and they are building large music and video libraries consisting of media they buy on the Internet, obtain from friends and family, or purchase in stores.
During our research, we spent many hours with people in an attempt to understand:
- Where, why and how do they create or acquire digital media today, and how have they done so in the past?
- What devices do they use to acquire and create their media, and where are these devices located and used, within and outside the home?
- Where are they currently storing these files?
- Are they creating backup copies, and if so, how? If not, why? Would they like to do this?
- What do they do with their media once they have it? Do they view it alone, with others, share the media, or file it away?
- What would they like to be able to do with their media that they are not doing today?
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In a small town in the United States, a man of twenty two years old named Jacob won the lottery, a total sum (after taxes) of one million dollars. When asked what he would do with the money, he replied that he would probably go to Disney World, Paris, prison, or something else along those lines.
Questioned as to his answer of "prison", he apologized for not being clear about it earlier, and answered, "You see, I've got a brother in jail, and he's in there for stealing, because he had to support me and my mom and he didn't know how else to do it but to steal stuff and either use what he stole or sell it. So now that I have so much money, I can pay the fine or whatever it is."
Sure enough, two days later, Charlie, Jacob's brother, was released from prison on probation. (Note: due to Jacob's childish and happy voice, Charlie prefers to be called Josh so as not to be mistaken for Charlie the Unicorn)
It was later uncovered by another branch of this magazine, the Moronical Monthly based out of Moroni, Comoros, that an application was sent to the African Space Agency from "Josh" to be an astronaut. Sadly, due to certain policies dealing with criminal records and his inability to speak the language in which he would have worked, his application was rejected.
Jacob tried to cheer "Josh" up by taking him to Disney World. It didn't work.
Later, Jacob asked "Josh" what he had always wanted to do, but couldn't, besides being an astronaut. "Josh" thought about it, but could not seem to decide on any job.
While walking down a street, "Josh" saw a poster for a monster truck rally, and immediately remembered his childhood fantasy of being the best monster truck driver ever. Jacob saw to entering "Josh" in the rally, buying a Super-Huge-Almost-Larger-Than-Godzilla-Monstrous-Monster-Truck and insurance.
Win "Josh" did indeed, beating out all the competition as a rookie, including a four time state defending champion Joey Huey Allnoe. However, due to a referee standing barely inside the course, "Josh" drove over his leg as the referee attempted to dodge the massive truck.
By running over the African American referee's leg in his first ever tournament, "Josh" was sent back to prison for a hate crime because of the earlier edition of the Moronical Daily which showed "Josh's" rejection of the African Space Agency. After paying for "Josh's" dream, Jacob had no money to hire a lawyer smart enough to argue that it was the referee's fault that the referee's leg was run over.
In an interview last week, "Josh" told us that although he hated his name to death, he needed a bit of happiness, and that he preferred the last word in this short, exclusive biography to be Charlie.


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1939 Autocar COE Truck
Price: - Item location: Woodstock, Georgia, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: Other Makes
- Model: Autocar
- Trim: Big truck
- Year: 1939
- Mileage: 11,111
- Engine size: 350 Chevy
- Number of cylinders: 8
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Automatic
- Drive type: RWD
- Vehicle Title: Clear Want to buy? Contact seller!
1939 Other Makes Autocar1939 Autocar cab over truck sitting on a Chevy dually chassis. Truck has a 350 engine and a turbo 400 transmission. Power steering, ower disc brakes, rums on the rear. The truck was a running truck when purchased 8 years ago but hasn't been started since. Miles on the chassis and running gear are unknown. Very cool truck with no rust and all the interior wood is perfect. Appears to have been in doors all of its life. We were going to make a pick-up out of it but it could be turned into a ramp truck, recker, r whatever else you can come up with. The person that owned the truck prior to me cut out for a sunroof to go in. The hole can be filled easily due to the roof being smooth on top. Truck originally had heavy duty check plate fenders. I had planned to use a set of 40s era Ford fenders and running boards. These trucks are extremely rare and to find one in this mint condition is almost unheard of. The truck has been stored in a trailer since it was purchased. Just moved it out to take photos. Truck still spins over with a good battery but would not fire. Probably rebuild the carburetor and it would run again. It was next in line on a long list of projects but the economy took its toll. It is time for it to go to someone who can finish it.On Nov-07-15 at 17:59:43 PST, eller added the following information:
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ACTOR Sir Patrick Stewart, author Ian McEwan and ex-England cricketer Chris Broad have pledged support for a change in the law on assisted dying.
Dignity in Dying wants to legalise the choice of assisted dying for terminally ill, mentally competent adults.
Sir Patrick said: "We have no control over how we arrive in the world but at the end of a life we should have control over how we leave it."
Broad's wife Michelle was suffering from Motor Neurone Disease and ended her life alone when her suffering became unbearable.
He said: "This law must change and I support Dignity in Dying in their pursuit of this."


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text: Hi, oh my god what have i started here. Please don't try to convince me that standards are important and slapd pricecly implents RFC 2696, i was already convinced of that before i started the discussion. Anyway i like to resond to Howard Chu because he mentioned something dangerous and wrong regarding Active Directory (somewhat of topic here) but i like to avaoid people following his suggestion: Howard Chu <email@example.com> wrote: >> Here is why i believe others might run into the same issue. If you need >> to create a ldap client dealing with big search results for various LDAP >> directories you had to use 1.2.840.113518.104.22.1689 even if you are only >> interested in collecting the entire result otherwise you would fail with >> Active Directory. > >Nonsense. You simply ask your AD administrator to raise the default sizelimit, >the same way you would ask an OpenLDAP administrator to do the same thing. Well about 6 years ago when i first noticed this problem, i asked Microsoft about that limit and yes you can use ntdsutil.exe to set MaxPageSize to a higher limit: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315071/en-us But it is strongly recommend to not change it!!!! Over the years i have seen quite some Active Directories customers and many of them are very afraid when you ask them you change some configuration or extending the schema. In 2001 SAP's IT set MaxPageSize=10000 for a few weeks as a temporary workaround until i was able to provide a real solution. That was a long time ago and today SAP's and probably most other companies Active Directories are running with default values. 1.2.840.1135184.108.40.2069 and MaxPageSize had not been invented to make our life more difficult. A good article about it is e.g. http://searchwinit.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid1_gci1265206,00.html. I like to close with Gary Olsen's conclusion "The best practice for setting MaxPageSize is to leave it alone." Best regards Randolf


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The Alps burst into life during spring and summer and now is a great time to enjoy all that the high country has to offer. From cycling and self guided bush walking on the mountain, to polo and the Omeo Rodeo at Easter, Mt Hotham is a great place to visit even if there is no snow.
Kalyna Ski Club, pronounced (Ka-liin-na), in the heart of the Mt Hotham Alpine Resort is a spacious, comfortable member lodge offering guest accommodation all year round. With a sleeping capacity of almost 100 guests, Kalyna specialises in accomodating large group bookings.
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We will try to make a point to update the webpage this 2015. For some reason we do update facebook so if your looking for a daily report pictures etc. go to facebook. I will make a pledge to try to do a weekly update keep you guys fixed that don't have facebook. Anyway hope all is well let's have a great 2015.
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April 10, 2007
There's nothing more frustrating than having to buy an interesting anime one disc at a time. Sure I could save my money for a few weeks then buy the boxed set, but where's the instant gratification in that? Combine that with the likelyhood that I'd try to watch the whole thing in one sitting and now I'm looking at a recipe for meltdown. I don't think I want a repeat of the 11 hour Evangelion marathon.
The need to get out of town is driving me batty, but considering that the better part of everywhere is closed due to fire concerns means putting 300 miles on the car just to get to open public land.
Oh, and if anyone has a lead on where I can buy both volumes of the Magical Project S soundtrack, you will make me a very happy geek. I would really rather not have to fly all the way to Japan and rummage through the used CD bargain-bin.
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The Beach
Just over a week ago we headed to the coast for a long weekend. We chose to stay in Maharashtra, rather than Goa, partly because San and I have been to Goa a couple of times before, and partly because we wanted to see what the Maharashtra coast had to offer. The main attraction was the advertised lack of crowds; Goa at this time of year can be pretty crowded. We chose to stay at the MTDC (Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation) resort in Ganapatipule.
Ganapatipule is a small town on the Konkan Coast about 100 miles north of Goa. Apart from the beach, it has a Ganesh temple, and not much else. It took us about six and a half hours to drive there, leaving shortly before sunrise. The first part, along the Pune bypass, was in the dark. Once we had turned off onto a road heading over the Ghats the first hints of light were beginning to appear. By the time we reached the lake at Mulshi dawn was imminent. It looked very photogenic, so we stopped to take some pictures.
From the lake onwards the road headed into the hills. Monsoon damage was evident, and the journey was somewhat bumpy. This, combined with more than a few hairpins, didn't agree with Roshni's stomach. Fortunately she slept for a great deal of the journey, and the Ghats were soon dispensed with. On the other side of the hills we joined up with NH 17; the main Bombay-Goa highway. this was a single carriageway route, but wide, straight and fairly traffic free for the most part. The width and traffic stayed more or less constant, but there were still some fair sized climbs to pass. good fun for the driver, less so for babies!
Most of the destinations were signposted in Marathi. This uses the same script as Hindi, except it has an extra 'l' equivalent: 'ळ'. This meant that I could read it without assistance. I still can't read that quickly, so it sometimes took a few signs for me to be sure where we were. Soon though, I could recognise our destination 'गणपतीपुळे'. However, since NH 17 wouldn't take us there directly it wasn't posted that often during the 200 kilometre stretch. Still, we noticed the turn off, but not quickly enough to avoid a swift u-turn. This led us on to a narrower, but still good quality road, that took us the remaining 25 miles to the coast.
The MTDC resort is right on the coast with the beach immediately accessible down some steps from our sea view cottage. The name was appropriate, as the main room had windows on two sides offering a great view of a palm lined and golden beach. As promised there were no crowds. Apart from a slight gathering near the temple in the evenings, there were vast expanses of empty sand to lay down your beach towel. The sea was warm, the coconut trees aesthetically pleasing, and the sun strong. How's February in the UK?
The resort had a restaurant where we went for most of our lunches and dinners. One evening we ventured out to see what else was on offer. Not that much! We had a decent chicken thali; but there wasn't a great deal of choice. Nights were warm, so we could eat outside, and then retire to our cottage and sit on the balcony until bedtime. The sky was very clear and, as the moon was new, it was very dark at night. The Milky Way was just about visible from our balcony, and I am sure it would be clearer still if we had taked a night time walk along the beach.
As well as sunbathing and swimming during the day, the beach was a good place to walk along in the late afternoon and early evening. There were horse and camel rides, much to Roshni's delight. She gives every impression of wanting a pony when she's older. I will look up the price of donkeys, I suspect they are pretty cheap! Whilst she was riding her horse, San and I could watch the sun set over the sea. Then it was time to drink the water from a coconut at one of the beach-side shacks near the temple.
All very relaxing, and a very enjoyable break. Sadly though, we had to go back to Pune. We headed back up NH 17, but turned off a bit earlier, in order to take an alternative route over the Ghats. This route, over Varandha Ghat, turned out to be higher and twistier. A long sequence of hairpins took us up to about 850 metres, and some spectacular views. We maintained altitude for many miles along a narrow, and very monsoon wrecked road, before heading back down south of Pune. The dual carriageway NH 4 took us back at high speed. Well 100kph feels fast in a Maruti 800.
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It is possible to live and die with dignity, but it isn't always certain. My mother denied to all that she was either ill or in pain. She died at home. My father raged angrily against his brain tumour.
I chose to document this story of caring for my ailing parents, as I could find little in the literature to help me on my journey. To keep ourselves organized, and to keep track of my parents' appointments, our trips to Toronto, their cancer treatments, and their prognoses, we wrote every appointment on our calendar. Eventually, I created a journal.
Journalling is a highly recommended means by which a writer can come to terms with the events of her life. An autobiography is an excellent way to capture a life well lived.[1] Some new studies have reported the benefits of writing a memoir to come to terms with your own story. There is healing power in such a process.
Dr. Gary Reker's (2002) work on spirituality and his autobiography, as well as the work done by Pennebaker (2004), convince me that the writing process is a healing one. In Writing to Heal, Pennebaker cites research that demonstrates reduced visits to medical professionals for those who disclose their emotional trauma and try to make sense of it. Writing about one's emotions is associated with general enhancement of immune function and reduced physiological indicators of stress. His research finds that one's mood and behaviours change after writing, and that expressive writing can help those dealing with stressed interpersonal relationships. His work gives the reader many ideas about basic writing technique, constructing and editing your story, changing perspective, and experimenting with context. Certainly, when teaching writing to my intermediate students, we found much healing in working through the writing process in fiction, both poetry and prose. Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones gives terrific strategies for opening up your mind and helping the words flow off the pen.
I was inspired to write this memoir in order to share my stories with others. These are lessons that I wanted to share. While my parents were fighting for their lives and trying to deal with the vagaries of age, I looked for human and physical resources through the Internet, sought out various counsellors, and contacted the Canadian Cancer Society. I scoured bookstores and found few resources. This book outlines the human and physical resources, the personnel, and the publications I found during my journey; and the frustrations of the bureaucratic process of dealing with health care professionals, long-term care facilities, and even extended family members.
These difficulties were compounded by my own diagnosis of clinical depression. I found during my research that as a woman going through menopause, with symptoms of stress, I was at great risk for depression. I am now receiving hormone therapy, after a saliva test showed that my estrogen levels were low and that my progesterone was minimal. This imbalance, due to surgical menopause in 1995, resulted in menopausal symptoms that included depression.
I worked hard to advocate for my parents, while working full time and caring for my adult children. After facing depression, a year on antidepressants and a focus on healthy eating and daily exercise have me feeling better. Depression is a difficult disorder, as it is unspoken, unnamed, and often undiagnosed. Many things can trigger it, including adolescence, hormonal changes, moving through life passages, a new job, or perceived job stress. I went into a mild depression and sought counselling after my divorce; having been in a marriage of sixteen years, it was a shock. I used the Employee Assistance Program to find someone to talk to about the issues I had been facing. The research says that depression can return with new stressors, such as work pressures, perimenopause, worrying over young or adult children, ailing parents, or bereavement. I have done extensive research on it to understand it better. It was quite a learning experience.
I had a fairly normal family life. Adopted as an infant into a loving working-class family, I had the usual teenage angst. A large amount of my leisure time was spent singing in choirs, attending church, and participating in a close, extended family network with cousins galore. I was always a good student and had no trouble in school. My parents really wanted me to get a good education. They encouraged me to go to university. I pursued a degree in Early Education from Ryerson, married in second year, and graduated pregnant. I earned my B.Ed., and then an M.Ed. Reading, writing, and research have taken up a better part of my life. I have always liked to ask questions.
Here we are: a loving, '60s family at Robin's first birthday. He was adopted at two weeks of age. I was adopted when I was six months old in 1957.
My younger brother, Robin, was adopted when he was two weeks old. Robin now lives in British Columbia. He works in Northern Ontario as a miner for two weeks at a time, spending the alternate two weeks on Vancouver Island where he lives with his son. Robin is a big man. Not tall, but a sturdy man of Scots descent. His dark, curly hair usually needs a trim. He is a "go to it" type of person. He works hard as a miner. We never talked much, not until our parents' ill health, but we love one another.
I was very proud of my mother. She was a very strong and determined woman. Her father died when she was fifteen years old and she dropped out of school to work and supplement the family income. Old photos reveal a beautiful young woman, especially the old, old black and white photos dating from 1940--obviously taken when she and Dad were courting. She worked and played hard all of her life. At the age of fifty, she learned to use a computer in her office. For twenty-seven years she managed a Rotary Club of 500 members with aplomb and panache. She was one of my best friends, despite living in separate cities. She listened to me and gave me unconditional support. We spoke every few days.
I did not talk to Dad very much. In his later years, he couldn't hear me on the phone. A strong, silent type, with many tools and a well-appointed workbench, he always had a project on the go and seemed to be able to fix anything. He loved his plants, his goldfish pond, his pets, and his lovely waterfront home. In my youth, he and Mom attended every track and field meet, every concert, and every other important event in my life. I always felt loved unconditionally and totally supported all my life. My parents were always there for me. I suffered little, other than having a huge lack of self-confidence.
We were a busy family that lived in the bustling inner city. I grew up taking the subway everywhere. Summers were spent in marvellous Muskoka. I adored the lake, the water, and the wind. We built a cottage, which still stands nestled in the trees by the lake. Dad loved his cottage. In the summer he would leave early on a Monday morning to nip into the busy city, and we would meet him at the highway when he returned on Friday nights for the weekend. In 1991, Mom finally retired after Dad had lost a series of jobs in the construction bust of the eighties. They were both sixty-six years old.


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First things first. What is a 'crooked stave'? Even if you are not a fan of wild and sour barrel-aged beers you can appreciate the symbolism and story behind the Crooked Stave Artisan Beer Project.
The stave in question is one of the narrow wooden planks placed edge to edge in the making of barrels. Certain beer styles, especially ones using wild yeast strains such as Brettanomyces are placed in oak barrels for secondary fermentation, where with the help of bacteria certain acids are produced that account for the complex sour flavors. For example using Lactobacillus produces lactic acid which results in a clean sour taste. This is the case with the beers made by Crooked Stave Artisan Project – the use of barrels for conditioning is a pivotal trait.
Chris and I have deep appreciation of their work and we often buy whatever we can find locally. For his birthday this past week we went to their taproom inside The Source artisan marketplace in Denver. I want to tell you about the experience – we had a blast.
At Crooked Stave they pinch wild yeast strains (in a controlled manner) in combination with traditional ale yeast strains and/or a variety of wild microorganisms. (They are venturing into spontaneous fermentation though, we learned that they now have a coolship). The flavors that develop are all over the map. Several of the beers aged in wine barrels had pronounced tannic flavors and a dry finish characteristic of wine. They even make beers entirely fermented with Brettanomyces such as their Persica Sour Golden Ale aged in oak barrels with the addition of Colorado peaches. We totally went at it before it occurred to me to take this picture…
If you are a fan of wild and sour barrel-aged beers and have a chance to stop by their taproom in Denver – by all means do so! You will appreciate the treasure trove that it is. I cannot even begin to describe the palatable excitement among patrons in the taproom.
If you are new to wild and barrel-aged sour beers, the beers of Crooked Stave are an exciting place to start. We often come across wild aged/sours that are not executed all that well and say to each other that if these were our first taste of sour beers, we would probably be turned off. Crooked Stave's creations are impeccable. The owner/brewer, Chad Yakobson is one of the contemporary authorities in wild fermentation and a wizard when it comes to using Brettanomyces.
The selection at Crooked Stave is always changing, so going there periodically to taste new releases is something we look forward to. There were so many different styles with unique touches being offered that we literally could have stayed at the taproom all day instead of just two hours. Our most favorite were their well established Nightmare on Brett (American Wild Ale aged in whiskey barrels) and the Blackberry Petite Sour Wild Ale, aged with blackberries in oak barrels (pictured above).
All that being said, we were very surprised to taste their Von Pilsner. It is quite a departure from the rest of the selection and we decided to buy some to have at home. For one, they do not make many lagers. In addition, they didn't use Brettanomyces or other wild microorganisms to ferment the Von Pilsner. We found it to be a much more drinkable beer (ahem, as much as you can be in love with funky wild/sour styles if you really feel like downing a pint or two they are not the best contender in our opinion).
As a German lager the Von Pilsner still had the typical bready malt flavors balanced by Noble hops aromas and bitterness characteristic of the style. It is actually a take on an old Franconian (South Germany) style known as Kellerbier (literally "cellar beer") because it is fermented in casks, inside cool cellars.
Kellerbiers are traditionally not filtered which is why they lack the landmark brilliance of German lagers. Typically the casks where these lagers are slow fermented have a small opening, allowing CO2 to escape. In result the beer pours hazy and forms almost no head (the Von Pilsner, being a variation of kellerbier, formed a thick, fine white head).
Kellerbiers are medium bodied – sightly thicker than a regular German lager but not nearly as heavy as bocks. This was the case with the Von Pilsner.
On our way out of the taproom, a cool looking bottle growler with Von Pilsner in hand, we passed by a place called Mondo Market. The Source was built as a brick foundry in the late 1800s and apart from the Crooked Stave taproom now houses an artisan bakery, a flower shop, a liquor store, a photography studio, a butcher's shop, two hip eateries and the meat and cheese shop we stopped by.
We asked for a cheese recommendation to pair with the Von Pilsner and were quickly offered several samples of praiseworthy potential options. Super friendly people manning the place. We picked an aged goat cheese that they insisted paired really well with most of Crooked Stave beers.
We also bought a quarter pound of beautifully cut and arranged slices of Bernina Bresaola. This was our very first taste of this lean grass-fed Uruguayan dry-cured beef. Absolutely loved it! As well as the artisan wheat crackers and duck & pork pate with orange that completed our purchase. A breeze to assemble a tasty Sunday beer snack to accompany the Von Pilsner growler.


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text: I believe the original thread has been removed and I have no idea why. I joined BFRLN Jan 3,08 and have given updates every month. I won't go into details about the program but will give this update as members who know about the program or have followed my updates in the past my find some use************ ============================================================ All right this is my 3rd update and unfortunately my last as far as a member of BigFatRichLoser. Here are my exact stats for the month of March: Adsense revenue - $170.78 Commissions - $468.96 Total gross income for March - $639.74 Now to me these numbers look awesome from the outside. I mean damn if I Could build on March's numbers I would have re-upped for 3 more months at $675.00/3mo ($225/mo but you are required to pay for 3 months). Understand I made a little money in eBay at one time and a little money and Still do in writing articles but nothing steady so I can't get on this forum and Say I made $100,000/yr or my PayPal account has a quarter mil in it. So when I say $639.74 looks awesome; I'm not kidding! Now here's the down fall ? My adsense income totaled $170.78 for March but in a 10-day period near the middle of the month I averaged $10.00 to $13.00 per day so I was ramping it up right, WTF I mean in one day and till the end of the month my income dropped to an average of $2.25 per day. I have no idea why? My hits dropped wickedly as well as clicks dropped obviously. Now noticing this when the drop first started to happen, I tried to see if anything Was obviously wrong such as sites de indexed. Dammit I checked every domain, All 280 and besides the ones I put up near the end and may not of had time to get indexed, the balance were NOT de indexed ? not one of them WTF! So I contacted a fellow BFRLN member whom I won't mention as I did not ask Permission to use his name and we had exchanged email in the past so I have no Reason not to believe him if his numbered had drastically dropped off and he reported his numbers were good. So I guess because I don't know any better it was me?? I did something wrong so I emailed Peter of BFRLN with I think about 7 days left and asked for advice because my numbers had become so poor that I was not 100% sure I would even break even for the next 3 months, I also made it clear I would not, no could not go again due to drop off unless I could change it quick ? He never responded. Now saying all this I am not blaming Peter, in the past I have stated he was quick to respond to help and did what he said he would, which was send traffic. That being said he did not respond to my last request and I really wanted him to because I believed this opportunity to be the real thing. So there it is, everything I have just reported is true to the best of my knowledge. If Peter is a member I welcome him to correct any incorrect information I have Stated, if I had received information that this happened to other members I guess I would hold him a little more responsible. As far as my commissions they dropped but not near as drastic as my adsense. Good luck to everyone in BFRLN hope you guys keep use informed and good Luck to everyone in BHW.


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How to get to RabouilletFly into Perpignan (PGF-Perpignan - Rivesaltes Intl.), 25.2 mi (40.6 km) from central Rabouillet.
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|Yu Gardens
|Tianzifang on 31st October
That evening we stayed at one of the "coolest" hotels on the planet! The Indigo - on The Bund - amazing decor and facilities. Loved every minute I was there!.
|Daytime view of Pudong
|Night view of Pudong.
|Our room.
I've been fortunate enough to "meet" like minded creative people through my participation in the Lawendula's Paper Swaps, the 21 Secrets online class, Daisy Yellow's Index Card A Day and Daily Paper Prompts challenges, and Ro Bruhn's workshops.
|Thank you Marleen, from Delft, Netherland.
|Thank you Sabine, from Melbourne, Australia.
|Thank you Wendy from Ontario, Canada.
|Thank you Marlene, Albuquerque, USA.
|Thank you Manu, from Berlin, Germany.
|Thank you Laurie, from Glendale, USA.
|Thank you Marianne, from Castlecove, Ireland.
|Thank you Ro, from Melbourne, Australia.
|Thank you Denyse, from Sydney, Australia.
|Thank you Anne, from Melbourne, Australia.
|Thank you Wendy, from Western Australia.
|Thank you, Carlene, from Nashville, USA.
|Thank you Lee, from Alberta, Canada.
|Thank you, Marg, from Melbourne, Australia.
|Thank you Lynn, from Ontario, Canada.
This one lost a phrase in the mail ..."made up of" is floating around some mailroom somewhere!
|Thank you Betty, from Washington, USA.
|Thank you Tammy, from USA.
|Thank you,Tina, from Sweden.
|Thank you Marie, from Melbourne, Australia.
|Thank you, Evelyn from Ohio, USA.
|Thank you Hanna, from Sweden.
|Thank you, Sylvia, from Melbourne, Australia.
|Some cards came in Mail Art envelopes too!
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It was with a great deal of enthusiasm that Pat, fresh out of college, joined Multinational Bank. Their technology division was the pride of the financial industry, and the on-boarding session Pat received did not disappoint: he was treated to a full day of slideshows on compliance, whistle-blowing, and, most importantly, ethics.
When on-boarding was complete, Pat's first port of call was one of the bank's many conference rooms. His team was in the process of taking over a project from a remote office via a flurry of emails and conference calls. These were simpler times, before Cisco's robust line of telepresence solutions. If the bank had deployed videoconferencing, as they would a few years later, Pat's story might have turned out very differently.
Pat was having a good morning: he managed to gulp down a bowl of cereal at his desk and pull a fresh cup of coffee just in time to make it to the conference before his manager showed up. When the manager, Bob, and Pat's teammate Steve entered, an unfamiliar face trailed behind them. Before Pat could introduce himself to the newcomer, the Architect cleared his throat on the far side of the speakerphone. The Architect, having ruled over His Project with an iron fist for three years, was somewhat domineering when it came to knowledge transfer, loath to let his Great Work languish in the hands of Pat's team. But bowing as he must to the corporate will, his influence was limited at this point to imposing a strict roll-call.
"Good morning, Bob here," Pat's manager said. Pat waited his turn.
"Steve here," Steve said. Pat looked to the other new guy expectantly. When the stranger hesitated, Pat drew in a breath, prepared to speak.
"This is Pat," the stranger blurted. Pat was taken aback. He was about to comment on the coincidence when Bob caught his eye. With a hiss too quiet to register on the speakerphones of that era, he silenced Pat. And so, eyeing Bob fearfully all the while, Pat learned the contours of his new job: learned he was in the midst of a web Bob had been spinning since long before he was hired.
The synonymous stranger, Pat soon learned, was not named Pat. His name was Archibald, and, with his decade of C/C++ experience, he was the linchpin of Bob's plan. Since the Architect had made it clear that only a deeply experienced developer could possibly be an appropriate inheritor of His Project, Bob's epiphany was to pull the senior Archibald in for the conferences alone while hiring a greenhorn at one-third the market rate to actually handle the development.
With no choice but to play his part in the charade, Real Pat spent a month taking notes, while his sinister alter-ego did all the talking on the calls, going so far as to engage in full-blown arguments with the Architect about the project's architecture. One particularly stormy call ended with such passive-aggression that Bob, Steve, and Evil Pat took the next day off in outrage. Real Pat had almost settled into a peaceful morning of solo coding when Bob's name appeared on his call display:
The Architect insisted on going ahead with that morning's meeting, and the only one there to attend was Real Pat. Real Pat, who had never spoken in the meetings before.
Real Pat, who, aside from possessing a fraction of the domain knowledge, sounded nothing whatsoever like his twisted doppelgänger.
Bob's only advice before hanging up the phone was that Pat should stand at the far end of the room, hoping the speakerphone would obscure his voice enough to continue the ruse.
Armed with that suggestion and little else, Real Pat could only watch the minutes tick by, the Project's doom at the hands of the Architect - and his doom along with it - all but assured.
Real Pat did his best. Sitting across the room, facing away from the speakerphone, he begged the Architect's forgiveness for the mysterious technical difficulties that made him so hard to hear. Between that and the best damn impression of Evil Pat that he could muster, the Project was saved. Pat and the Architect forgave each other for "their" disagreement, and agreed that the next phase of the Project would be a resounding success.
For playing his part in the web to perfection, Bob gave Real Pat the next day off. Pat spent it adding "professional mimic" to his résumé.


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Met a new buddy, Jonathon Wolff on the OP Hikers FB page and we took a day to hike the very steep Goat Lake Trail from the Dungeness Trailhead. About 11 miles total with some serious, relentless ascending (and descending), loose surface trail and creek bed navigation through slide alder. … Continue reading


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Read this: I dont need 10 reasons why Google TV will succeed | Betanews
Summary: Judging from Reisinger's eWeek profile, he seemingly only writes top-10 lists. His reasons appear to be sensible but lack depth regarding the consumer electronics industry, Google or television networks. Google is as committed to television as it is to mobile -- and look how well Chrome and Android are doing two years out of the gate. - betanews.comRead full article: I dont need 10 reasons why Google TV wil…
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It's been reported to me that some LFMTE owners don't like the fact that banner impressions can be converted to page views by simply deleting a banner and having the script return the impressions to the credit balance…
Here's my theory on banner credits being converted in this way…
First thing is if you price your banner credits properly then you can break even or even make a profit on those people who do that.
example: if you sell page views at $7 per thousand and you have banner impression ratios set at 10 impressions per credit then 7 thousand banner impressions can be priced at the same $7 price point (or at $9 to make a profit)
Second thing: if you encourage people to buy banners at cut price then all you are doing is setting up a special offer on page views when they convert them. Your still taking money
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If customers are buying banner packs now knowing they can do the conversion and get more page views, its my guess if we change that in the script your members will learn not to buy banner or text ad packages.
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Diptyque and Yankee maybe blogger's high end and high street candle favourites but mine is undoubtedly Timothy Dunn. He started off as a florist initially in the UK which makes me love his range even more as he knows about his scents quite well. I don't know why but I have sniffed and analysed the above mentioned, much raved about candle brands but somehow just haven't been as impressed.
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eXelate Observes Online Ecosystem Performance with Dotcom-Monitor™
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