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Even though the Mayans' prediction of Y2K or whatever was very wrong, it's worth holding out hope for the prognostications of PDX's food & drink heavy-hitters, from late-night hot dogs to more Lardo than you can shake a shank at
Trent Pierce, Executive Chef/Owner, Wafu/Roe"Fine-dining strip clubs.
Ben Edmunds, Brewmaster, Breakside Brewery"I look at the places that have been wildly successful this year -- Lardo or Ox for example -- and I think that Portland's embrace of 'high-brow casual' still has a lot of legs. If either the Duane Sorenson beer hall on Division or the ChefStable beer/sausage concept for the old Corazon space comes to fruition, they'll do really well. I'd also like to see more places that are able to do the full booze trifecta well: beer, wine, and spirits. A lot of places get two of three and then gloss over the third. It takes a lot of knowledgeable staff to do that AND have kickass food. Beer-wise, I think 2013 will finally be the year when craft lagers really take off. I know that some of the larger breweries in the state are planning to launch ambitious lager programs, and we'll be making at least two at all times at Breakside. And as for cocktails, I wouldn't be surprised to see more kitschy drinks showing up on menus, even if only sporadically. It's only a matter of time before someone opens a bar with a frozen Hurricane machine.
Justin Woodward, Executive Chef, Castagna"Pork belly! I'm kidding. It would be nice to see better late-night options offering quality food and drinks, especially in SE. Back in New York, when I was working at WD-50, there was a place called PDT -- it stood for Please Don't Tell -- and you entered through a phone booth, if you knew the number to dial. They served great hot dogs, with chefs from all the local restaurants offering their own combos for the dogs. I loved the sense of collaboration, and the fact that you could get a really great late-night dog.
Brandon Wise, Bar Manager, Imperial/Portland Penny Diner "I see a resurgence in SW happening as we speak. Look for a downtown revival and more big name chefs launching more casual concepts. It wouldn't surprise me to see some of our beloved chefs opening food carts as a departure from their daily fine-dining routine.
Tommy Habetz, Chef/Co-owner, Bunk Sandwiches/Trigger"More queso. More underground places. Less playing-it-safe. I'm not sure if that is a wish or a prediction.
Gregory Gourdet, Executive Chef, Departure"I think lots of newer restaurants will find their stride and more up-and-coming chefs and restaurants will make more of a major mark on the scene as they show their longevity and focus as they enter years two to five. I think all our favorite, smaller artisan companies will continue to grow and expand as the word about them continues to get out, both locally and nationally and as more artisans move to brick and mortar. Cases in point: Jacobsen Salt Co, Nong's Khao Man Gai (kitchen and sauce line) and Tails & Trotters.
Ken Norris, Executive Chef/Owner, Riffle"Improved seafood distribution for chefs, which would allow for more sustainable choices as well as an improved variety.
Mike Thelin, Co-Founder, Feast Portland"The economy is definitely getting stronger, so I'd expect some bigger restaurant openings. Downtown will continue to be hot. Many top chefs want to open there, to join stalwarts like Vitaly Paley and, coming soon, John Gorham. This is only going to increase. Plus, the real estate market is starting to heat up again. This is going to affect food carts, which will continue to get displaced.
Chris Angelus, Founder, Portland Food Adventures"Two more Lardos and, despite that, I am absolutely going to lose 30lbs. Luckily, the Lardo tuna melt is the best tuna sandwich I've ever had. Half of one of those and a small Caesar more than satisfies."


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Quito is the capital city of Ecuador and it is formerly known as San Francisco De Quito. With its location at 2800 meters above sea level, it is considered as the highest capital city in the world. Aside from being the country's capital, it is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Despite the high altitude and being on the slope of an active stratovolcano also named Pichincha, Quito is the second most populous city of Ecuador.
The currency being used in Quito and the whole country is United States Dollars (USD). Timezone is ECT (UTC-5). The languange being used is Spanish but most can understand English as well.
The main entry point to the country is also located in Quito as it is the capital city. But other airlines use the Guayaquil airport. Mariscal Sucre International Airport (IATA Airport Code: UIO) is the city's principal airport. It is located at a convenient driving distance of just about 10 kilometers from the city's center. A new airport outside the city limits is being built to replace this one as its current location near the high buildings makes landings quite hard at night and during foggy weather conditions.
Hotel Dann Carlton, Quito
Location: 0° 11' 0.92" S, 78° 28' 50.42" W
One advantage of this hotel is that it is located in the financial and business center of the capital. The rooms are spacious and provided with the standard amenities that most hotels provide. Wifi internet, international cable television, telephone, electronic safe are available for the guests use.
For fitness conscious guests, they also have a gym located at the Penthouse and provides a relaxing view of the city while you are working out or running on the treadmill. If you also fancy running outside, Parque La Carolina with a large track oval is just a walking distance from the hotel.
|My cozy room in Dann Carlton
|The view from my room. The open field is Parque La Carolina
Quito, being declared by UNESCO in 1978 as one of the first World Cultural Heritage Sites, has many historic places. Most of these are least altered and well preserved locations. Below are some of the must visit locations while you are in Quito.
|An artistic graffiti on a roadside wall.
Vasilica Del Voto National (Basilica of the National Vow)
Location: 0° 12' 53.98" S, 78° 30' 26.64" W
This is a Roman Catholic church that is situated in the historic center of Quito. It is also known as Basilica de San Juan or Cathedral de Consagracion de Jesus. The construction of the Basilica has started in 1887 and until now it is still considered technically as unfinished. Donations by visitors (in the form of access tickets) and believers helps to continue the construction of the Basilica. Local urban legend states that when the Basilica is finished, the end of the world will come.
The Basilica is considered as the most important work of Neogothic Ecuadorian architecture. This is visible in the architectural design featuring grotesques in the form of the native Ecuadorian animals like iguana, tortoises and armadillos. Dimension of the Basilica is 140 meters in length and 35 meters width. The height depends on the different points of the Basilica. It is 115 meters in the frontal towers, 74 meters in the transept, 30 meters in the sanctuary and 15 meters in the votive chapels. Visitors are allowed to climb to the top of the towers even up to the bell tower where there is a panoramic view of the city and its surrounding mountains. Ticket price is USD $3 for foreign tourists and USD $1 for locals (at the time of this writing).
|The facade of the Basilica
|Ticket for entering the Basilica.
|Tickets for tower access. At left is for tourists and the other one is for locals.
|The beautiful stained glass.
|Inside the roof of the Basilica, going to the bell tower.
|View from the bell tower. At the background are the two front towers.
|A pipe organ inside the Basilica.
Ciudad Mitad del Mundo (Middle of the World City)
Location: 0° 0' 8" S, 78° 27' 21" W
This location is like a park where a monument was constructed to mark the location of the equatorial line. Location is conveniently located north of center of Quito. You can also find here the Museo Etnografico Mitad Del Mundo which features the indigenous ethnography of Ecuador.
The monument with a height of about 30 meters was constructed between 1979 and 1982 to replace the older and smaller marker built by the Ecuador Government under the direction of a geographer named Luis Tufiño in 1936. The older monument was built to commemorate the first Geodesic Mission of the French Academy of Sciences which is led by Pierre Bouguer, Charles Marie de La Condamine and Louis Godin. This monument is now located in a town called Calacali, about 7 kilometers away from this location.
The new monument which is pyramidal in shape is topped by a globe that is about 2.25 meter in radius and weighs about 5 tons. Each side of the monument is facing a cardinal direction. Inside you can find a small museum with displays of indigenous items pertaining to Ecuadorian culture and a miniature model of the park.
There is also a planetarium which displays the instruments used by the Geodesic mission in calculating the location of the equatorial line. Based on World Geodetic System WGS84 used on modern GPS systems and other GIS products like Google Earth, the actual equatorial line is about 240 meters north of the marked line calculated by the mission. Considering the equipment they have used on that time, the 240 meters error is still quite impressive.
Other attractions are insectarium, restaurants and diverse selection of local handicraft stores and local food served at several cafes and restaurants. During weekends, the central plaza also hosts various cultural and musical events for the tourists.
|The ticket to the Ethnographic Museum
|Marker on the side street of the entrance to the park.
|Inside the insectarium
|Straddling the marker line on the East side of the monument
Intiñan Solar Museum
Location: 0° 0' 2.76" S, 78° 27' 16.37" W
Intiñan solar museum is a private attraction located at about 200 meters north east of the Ciudad Mitad del Mundo monument. They are claiming that their marked line is the true location of the equator though my GPS (a civilian GPS, accuracy of about 2 meters at the time of measuring) says otherwise and the location itself on google map is outside the 0° 0' 0" line.
The museum has English speaking tour guides and the information they provide about the ancestral culture of Ecuador is quite exceptional. They also perform experiments that they claim to be only possible near the equatorial line. It is kind of fun and amusing but I will not be very skeptic about it. What is important is that I enjoy their presentation. But if you are interested, you can do some research about this. What I enjoy the most is attempting to balance an egg on its end on a head of a nail. If you manage to do so, a certificate will be given to you. Also bring your passport with you because they also stamp it with a commemorative stamp.
They demonstrate what they claim the coriolis effect on the rotation of water down the drain depending on the location with reference to the equatorial line. Though coriolis effect is true, it is just significant on macro scale. Rotation of water down the drain is much affected by the direction it enters the vessel. (See the video below)
|Intiñan equatorial line marker (red line)
|Galapagos tortoise
|I successfully balanced an egg :)
|The certificate they give when you have balanced an egg.
|The commemorative stamp on my passport.
|The demonstration of coriolis effect by our guide
Templo del Sol
Location: 0° 1' 23.94" N, 78° 28' 51.84" W
About 1.5 kilometer from Intiñan Solar Museum is another museum that features the rich culture of Ecuadorian art. The building's architecture and interior design will make you feel like you were in some kind of archaeological site. What my driver told me is that this museum was created by the initiative of an Ecuadorian artist named Christopher Ortega. Visit the artist's webpage for more information about him and the museum.
|Magnificent view outside the museum
|Templo del Sol
|Inside Templo del Sol
Reserva Geobotánica Pululahua (Pululahua Geobotanical Reserve)
Location: 0° 1' 31.34" N, 78° 28' 59.50" W
Located just 500 meters from Templo del Sol it is also practical to visit this place. This is a protected area around Pululahua volcano just 17 kilometers north of Quito. The volcano's crater is visible from this spot. This crater is one of only few in the world with human inhabitants. The view is exhilarating and the soft breeze will surely relax. I recommend this stop before the drive back to the city.
|The entrance to the site with overlooking view of the crater.
|The crater at the background. Buildings and houses rooftops are visible.


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Mysterious Reviews, mysteries reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, is publishing a new review of Silent Witness by Michael Norman. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.
Silent Witness by Michael Norman
A Sam Kincaid Mystery
Poisoned Pen Press (Hardcover)
Publication Date: May 2008
List Price: $24.95
Synopsis (from the publisher): Sam Kincaid and Kate McConnell must once again look beneath the obvious in an increasingly dangerous scenario.
The armored car robbery went terribly awry, leaving two people dead. One was a member of the gang believed responsible for the crime. Walter Bradshaw, the 45-year-old leader of the Reformed Church of the Divine Christ, is charged with capital murder and aggravated robbery. Bradshaw leads an arch-conservative, anti-government group of Mormon polygamists who were once a part of Warren Jeffs' Fundamentalist Church. Captured after a high-speed chase, Bradshaw currently sits in a cell at the Utah State Prison, awaiting trial for the armored car fiasco. The rest of the Bradshaw gang remains at large.
Then two days before Bradshaw's preliminary hearing, Arnold Ginsberg, one of two witnesses to the robbery, is stabbed and bludgeoned to death in a parking garage in downtown Salt Lake City. That same evening, the second witness, 24-year old University of Utah student Robin Joiner, narrowly escapes being kidnapped as she walks across campus to her car ...
Review: Sam Kincaid, head of the Special Investigation Branch within the Utah Department of Corrections, and Detective Lieutenant Kate McConnell return to look into the mysterious death and disappearance of two witnesses to a robbery in Silent Witness, the second mystery in this series by Michael Norman.
A cult of Mormon polygamists, headed by 45-year-old Walter Bradshaw, has been exiled from the Fundamental Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Under Bradshaw's leadership, they decide to build their own church in southern Utah, funding the cost by robbing banks. During the hold up of an armored van, officers in the van show their guns, and the shooting begins, leaving two men dead, one being a relative of Bradshaw. The Bradshaws, however, get away with some money. After a high-speed chase, the fugitives are captured. Bradshaw, under warrant for previous offenses is immediately incarcerated. When the investigation begins into this crime, it is discovered there were two witnesses. Arnold Ginsberg, an accountant, was just leaving his office when the attempted robbery occurred. He is willing and able to give testimony at trial and identify the would-be robbers. Also, able but not too willing to give testimony, is Robin Joiner, a 24-year-old graduate student at a local university. Two days before the inquest, Ginsberg is battered and stabbed to death in his garage. An attempted abduction is made on Robin but she is able to escape and goes into hiding. To Kincaid and McConnell, this sounds like a "slam-dunk" case. They had the lawbreaker in custody, so all they had to do was find the girl and have her testify. They find, however, there is more to this crime than just theft, murder and a missing girl.
Arnold's secret life leads Kincaid and McConnell into the gay underground of Salt Lake City and a partner who seems to live a lifestyle far exceeding the couple's means. And when Robin is finally located, she not only refuses to testify, giving no reason for her decision, but also refuses protection. It takes everything in their powers to unravel what ultimately becomes a most complicated case.
Silent Witness is a terrific police procedural that also includes personal dilemmas for Kincaid. His ex-wife wants their 8 year old daughter, now in Sam's primary custody, taken away from him because of the danger of his job, and to move to Atlanta where she will have primary custody and be safe. Sam must find a way to prevent this. He also has a new boss who is not too thrilled with the ways Sam handles his job. He and Kate are in love, but she's not too sure she wants to take on a new husband and his family. Sam understands this and but how long is he willing to wait? Simply put, Silent Witness is a solid entry in this series.
Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Silent Witness and to Poisoned Pen Press for providing an ARC of the book for this review.
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If you work on the web, chances are a good chunk of your day is devoted to developing relationships online. You talk to people on Twitter, follow them onFoursquare, share photos with them on Facebook, swap music on MySpace and let them know what you're working on via LinkedIn. Of course, contrary to the stereotype, that doesn't mean we techies spend every day in keyboard-covered caves.
In fact, from conferences to networking events, there are plenty of opportunities to turn those online connections into real world relationships. The web can actually make maintaining all those real world relationships even easier, especially if you know how to optimize your networking – both online and offline. Luckily for the would-be social media social butterfly, there are a few simple tips that can help you do just that…more


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Sunday, December 16, 2007
Lack of security at shopping mall
SHOPPING malls can play their part to curb kidnap cases with their high level of security.
However, there are some which are neglecting this duty.
Recently, when my mother and I were at a shopping mall, we came across a little girl not more than the age of five, crying and looking for her father.
My mother and I went to offer our help.
Being strangers, we dared not go far but stayed at that spot and tried looking for a security guard in the hope that he would take the girl to the service counter to make an announcement that she was lost.
Subsequently, we saw a security guard and approached him. My mother told him about the girl and asked him to take her to the service counter.
Both of us got very angry when he told us to take her there ourselves.
Fortunately the girl's father returned after a while.
Is this what security guards in shopping malls are for?
What if my mother and I are kidnappers?
Wouldn't it be easy for us to kidnap that little girl under such a situation?
Security levels like this are really unforgivable as it could lead to a tragedy similar to the Nurin case. (The body of eight-year-old Nurin Jazlin Jazimin, who had been sexually assaulted and murdered, was found in a bag abandoned at a shop.)
I would also like to comment on the public's behaviour.
I was very shocked to see that people just looked at the little girl and did not offer a helping hand.
A worker at a nearby shop just watched the "drama."
I urge the authorities to take immediate action to improve the security level in public places.
A concerned society will help prevent unwanted incidents.
Rawang, Selangor.
- Published in The Star on 4th December 2007
1 comment:
- unicorn said...
THIs is what we call APATHY.
the attitude spread like nobody biz in our society.
the securiguards job?-JAGA PINTU ,takut2 pintu tak function nanti hujan tempias pulak!
my advice to those who feel obligated to help in this kind of situation: GO ahead,bring the lost child to service counter(for announcement).DONT have to burden yourselves with unnecessary question like 'what if....?'
the welfare of the child is the priority NOT what if people say this and that.
i did the same thing a few time and i also resent how public reacted when they see crying child haywire-ly running while looking for their parents.they just look,look and whispering without go and try to comfort the child.
Soon after one incident, my child age 3 yrs old was lost in pasar malam( my husband and i had some miscommunication because he thought my son was with me.it was a nerve wrecking 30 mts!)
i was close to hysterical when he was found near our car alone that was parked abt 100 mtrs away and stairs to climb to reach the parking! i still dont know who brought my son &left him there but i thank GOD a lot!.it must be an angel...
when nobody care,then opportunitist will take over. DONT be afraid because kindness will be pay back with kindness.JUst follow your heart
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It's been long standing that I am besties with honey bees. This is unlike my sister some people who freak the fuck out when ever honey bees buzz around. So, in an effort to over come any fear you may have with our flying farmers, here are a few tips on how to help save the bees:
Bees truly don't want to bother you, in fact, they don't even want to be around you! If encountered by a bee, let it do it's thing and they will fly away.
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Well, duh! That's an easy one! But really… if you have an unruly part of your garden that you have no clue what to do with, broadcast some wildflower seeds for the bees.
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Sandi Katz is a glass artist whose work is known across the United States. Originally from Columbus, Ohio, Sandi now lives in Boca Raton, Florida.
Each signed piece is an original handcrafted design that has been kiln fired.
It takes about 12 hours from the inception of a piece until the firing process is complete. Many of the multi-layered designs require multiple firings. "I enjoy being able to combine function, beauty, and the warmth of tradition. I delight in the infinite array of design possibilities available with this art form.
My art is inspired by traditions passed on to me by my mother and it keeps her close in my heart. Each piece is lovingly made with the hope that it brings you the same joy I received in creating it."- Sandi Katz


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Universal access? I think not!
The expansion of early childhood education in Australia to allow access to a structured and play based early learning program to all children in the year before they enter school is meant to be a universal access policy.
In 2009, the Australian Government finally got involved in early childhood education, which was previously the responsibility of states.
It responded to international policy comparisons and research evidence about the economic benefits of early education for later life outcomes, particularly for disadvantaged children.
One commitment the government made was a non compulsory opportunity for every child in the year before they enter school to attend a 15 hours per week (or later 600 hours per year) quality learning program.
This commitment presented Australia with an enormous task, although it seems comparably small to other countries, such as Finland, where all children have a subjective right to full time early childhood education should their parents so decide and a pre-primary education program is compulsory for all six year olds before they go to school.
Although things may have not gone to plan, government policy has give preschools some unprecedented powers, the authors of this report argue.


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TOMS Founder On Conscious Consumerism & How To Start A Mission-Driven Company
This isn't your typical interview. It was conducted by Hannah Alper, the 14-year-old activist who picked the brains of her icons for her new book, Momentus: Small Acts, Big Change, which aims to empower people of all ages to be the change they want to see in the world. Here, she gleans insights from the entrepreneur behind one of the largest charitable movements in the world.
The inspiration for TOMS came to Blake Mycoskie while vacationing in Argentina in 2006. He noticed that many children he saw there didn't have shoes, which sparked his idea to create a business with a simple concept: buy a new pair of shoes and give one new pair of shoes. (Fun fact: There isn't a guy named Tom who has anything to do with TOMS. TOMS comes from the word "tomorrow" and the idea that we can create a better tomorrow together.) Ten years later, TOMS has given 70 million pairs to kids in need and partners with over 100 organizations to make a difference in 93 countries.
TOMS began with a small idea that grew to big change. I've been wearing TOMS and following Blake on social media for as long as I can remember and was excited to talk to him from his home in Los Angeles.
On his inspiration
Blake named Yvon Chouinard (founder of Patagonia), Howard Schultz (of Starbucks), and Richard Branson (of Virgin Group) as role models. He said that from each of their stories he took away something that inspired him. They all contributed to Blake's mindset of creating a business that has social impact and of not being afraid to take risks.
When Blake came up with the One for One model, he told me that people said things such as "That seems like a really risky idea" or "I don't know if that'll work." Reading books by and about his role models gave Blake the confidence to be bold and creative.
"I'm really thankful that I was able to read some of these books and do some of this work early on because that's what gave me the confidence," he said.
"A big idea like TOMS starts as kind of a small hunch or intuition, and I think that happens when you're in situations where you're relaxed. For me, it happens a lot when I'm in nature. I was very relaxed. I was enjoying myself. I was curious. All those things led to me being kind of open enough to have an idea like TOMS, and also open enough to kind of experiment with it and see what it could be."
Blake added that getting out of the office and into a new environment is important. Being somewhere different allows you to tap into creativity. Being out there in the world and really seeing, listening, and hearing about other people's lives will uncover issues that you didn't realize mattered to you.
On conscious consumerism
Blake said something really important during our conversation: "How you spend your money is how you show your values, and if you're supporting businesses that are aligned with your values, you'll feel better about how you spend your money." Blake is talking about being a conscious consumer—that is, someone who thinks about how and what they purchase and use. Conscious consumerism is about making the best possible choices, whether for people or the environment or, in the best-case scenario, both.
Now, if you're like me, you're likely not the one in your family actually spending the money and making the decisions about what items you're going to buy and where you're going to buy them. But that doesn't mean you can't help make those choices and influence those decisions. A big part of taking action is doing research and sharing your knowledge so you can influence others. Below are some ideas on how to show your values.
Shop local
When you buy products that are made and food that is grown locally, there are several positive impacts. By purchasing from local businesses and farmers, you are supporting the local economy, which means the sellers can provide for their families. When we're talking specifically about fruits and vegetables, they are fresher because they don't need to be shipped a long way to get to you. Plus, less transporting is also better for the environment.
Buy fair trade
The fair trade movement considers everything involved in the product, including how something is made and who is making it. These are really important things to think about, as they bring the human side to a buying decision. Are the people who played a part in making the product being paid fairly? Are their working conditions safe? Is the production of this product safe for the environment? While products that are fair trade are sometimes more expensive, it's worth looking at all of the costs to make them, including the human and environmental costs.
Look out for packaging and second-life items
Look for less packaging, products that are either made from recycled material or material that can be recycled, and also products that will last a long time so they don't need to be replaced (a.k.a. repurchased) whenever possible. Thinking about eco-friendly products also includes reusing things like water bottles and shopping bags. The fewer things we need to throw out, the better. It's worth noting that of the three Rs—reduce, reuse, recycle—the first two are the most important. Recycling is better than sending stuff to the landfill, but it still does take a lot of energy to recycle.
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The School of Community and Public Affairs at Concordia University is presenting a panel discussion/debate on The New Griffintown.
Panelists listed are:
Claude Beaulac, Executive Director of the Ordre des Urbanistes du Québec
Pierre Richard, Co-president, Regroupement Économique et Social du Sud-Ouest (RESO)
Michel Leblanc, President and Executive Director, Chamber of Commerce of Montréal
Grace Barrasso, Consultant and specialist in sustainable development, Committee for the Sustainable Redevelopment of Griffintown (csrgriffintown.wordpress.com)
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Devimco is out. In the Griff, about 90% of owners are no longer, or have never been, attached with Devimco. Devimco has in fact stopped paying deposits on renewing their promises to purchase, thereby rendering them nul and void at expiration. Only a couple "sucker" owners, who believed in the BS Devimco fed them and signed onto long-term purchase promises, are still attached to their own discontent. This means that Devimco must start all over again with these owners they lost, all of whom no longer believe in Devimco's project, and most of whom have lost all their tenants and are now left with empty rotting buildings. This is quite an embarrassing situation for the city, so it would be catastrophic for Devimco to pull out now, in an election year. They are simply playing the newspaper game the city needs them to, so Tremblay can get back into power in November, and THEN Devimco will announce that they are "officially" out. There will be no 2nd consultation, no smaller scale project, only more BS from Devimco and the city. If anyone is or knows serious investors, NOW is the opportunity to buy up Griffintown properties since a) Devimco is out, b) the city has rezoned, and c) owners are motivated to sell…and at lower prices than Devimco offered.
I have been following all the discussions on GT and agree to some degree that there needs to be more thought in developing the area other than building a new Dix30. However, ideas on building these car free or car limited zones is completely unrealistic. The transit system in Mtl is decent but not a convenient option for the majority of people who work outside of the downtown area.
The comments on preserving the buildings in GT is an expensive proposition. Leaving these buildings intact and re-selling them will cost too much money. Given the state of economy today, nobody will be able to afford paying inflated prices on this re-developed housing. Places like the horse stable that people are so vocally speaking of also needs to be shut down. This is a joke. We are in 2009 and still treating animals in this manner. Old horses walking along Wellington st. with cars driving by them 80km/hr spraying them with salt. Nice life for animal.
People need to be realisitc what is possible.
http://cibl1015.com/radiomontreal/un-promoteur-pourrait-rejoindre-devimco-a-griffintown hey guys look at this site on CIBL FM101.5 looks like Devimco is slowly but surely fading away
Preserving the original buildings is the best policy for the longterm, Rome would not be what it is if they knocked down the old buildings. Keep the character and the feel of the area for future generations to understand what Montreal was made off. Some new buildings are needed, built to mirror the exisiting, such as in Rome or other such cities. This is environmentaly sound and economicaly feasible.


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Cops and FBI agents were searching Thursday night into Friday morning for a convicted murderer after Illinois officials mistakenly let him go.
Steven Robbins, who was serving time in an Indiana prison following a 2004 murder conviction, was also facing drug and gun charges in Cook County, Ill., ABC 7 reported Friday.
He was released from Indiana State Prison Tuesday and transferred to Cook County.
But when those charges were dropped, Robbins was accidentally released from a Chicago jail Wednesday night, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
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Posted by Dain, Wednesday, June 08, 2005 5:32 AM (Eastern)
In Japan, the Lush shops packaged Chocolate Whipstick in a sweet little box and sold it as a Valentine's Day gift. Frankly, we don't blame them. What better message on Valentines Day than one which says, "I would like you to make your lips lovely and soft and flavour them with chocolate." I bet we could all think of someone we'd like to say that to. Why wait? There's no law which says you can't give someone cocoa and orange flavoured, lip-softening balm on any day of the year. (And even if there were, although we're normally pretty law abiding, we'd recommend that you break it.)
This balm is every chocolate lover's dream—the taste of delectable chocolate without the calories! The blend of delicious, lip-smacking Belgian chocolate, almond oil, olive oil, honey, and tangerine and orange essential oils leave the delicate skin on the lips plumped and soft.
MY TAKE: Well, I applaud the effort. Chocolate is a difficult scent/taste to bottle, indeed. Until I met LUSH's own Sonic Death Monkey shower gel, I knew only of one product that did chocolate with success, the inimitable Comptoir Sud Pacifique Amour de Cacao (how different, these names). Don't get me wrong, this isn't your Bonne Bell of auld—this has a lovely (albeit kinda odd, at least to encounter in a lip balm) whipped creamy texture, loads and loads and loads of emollients, real chocolate and honey and vanilla, with a bit of tangerine and orange to round out the scent. This is a very luxe formula indeed, and the glycerin (a humectant) bursts on the lips for a very pleasing hydrating effect. This is, however, not to my liking. The scent is too strong and saccharine for me (especially since I don't much like chocolate to begin with), and in any case it's not really all that pleasing. It's chocolatey, to be sure, but does it really capture the decadence, the erotic joy, of chocolate? Nay. The formula is lovely, though hardly extraordinary, on the soothing, emollient side, rather than light, for wearing under lipstick, though the shea butter makes it very silky so that it avoids any waxiness. But unless you are hopelessly addicted to the sugary chocolate-orange scent (if this had been a chocolate-coffee scent, it would have worked much better), I think you're better off spending your $7 elsewhere.
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This shirt came from my friend Doug at Rise Above Performance Training. Doug has been a friend and supporter of S/E/E for a long time. He is always positive and ready to share ideas about fitness and physical training. Doug is all about, rising above the fray and helping people. Check out this blog post, where he gives away a free manual of circuit training programs. Better yet, if you are in the Bay Area, follow these directions and head over to Rise Above and meet Doug in person.
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My first attempt at improv quilting is done; this will be for the grandkids when they visit here in Silicon Valley. The batting is flannel, as I wanted a comforter more in line with the increasing temperatures. This little quilt is light, rather bright, with a variety of fabrics, although many are of the same value, which in the future will be something I change up more. But while I am very pleased with the improvisational nature of the front, it's the back of which I wanted to speak.
Hippos from the past, making their presence known in the here and now….
So, about these peripatetic hippos; this fabric is from 1988, so old, but not quite vintage. It was originally from my eldest's crib bumper, but there's truly no use for that now, what with bumpers being out of fashion, not to mention that my daughter and her hubby wanted their own choice of bedding. A few months ago I ripped apart that bumper, salvaging the fabric and edging for other projects. When I completed this quilt, I didn't want to back it with flannel, too warm. Then I saw the hippos….
What's great about these hippos is their roving nature. Also they are adorable. And they hearken back to my first baby, who is nearly a mother herself. I used this fabric to back a wall hanging I made for the nursery, and now it lives on in this quilt.
Something about hippos makes me giggle. Something about this quilt makes me ache to finish the bigger improv quilt on the wall, so I can start another. I think modern quilting will be my forte; it's very enticing to slice into fabric, sewing pieces together without matching lengths perfectly. I've cross stitched plenty of improv pieces, so I guess fashioning quilts in that manner was inevitable. And I'm learning so much, like colour value.
Best to have a good mix of it, so the quilt has some key pops. Not much in this first attempt, but this is how I learn. And my grandchildren won't care all that much, while they crawl, spit, and drool on these cottons.
And one day they'll ask about the hippos, and I'll have a lovely story for them. That those hippos kept their mum/aunt safe when she was a baby, and now wrap around a new generation with improvisational nomadic hippo love.
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text: THIS DAY IN MUSIC……………………………………on July 31st of 1982 Survivor's "Eye Of The Tiger" sat atop both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cashbox Best Sellers chart. The song, which was commissioned by actor Sylvester Stallone for the theme for the movie Rocky III, which was the biggest movie of 1982, would receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song and go on to sell over five million copies. The first two Rocky movies used a very popular orchestral theme written by Bill Conti. That song, "Gonna Fly Now," was a #1 hit in 1977. Says Peterik: "We didn't want to do anything like that. Stallone, in his first conversation to us, he made it real clear he wanted to distance himself from that first song. To him, it was great, but he wanted something to get to the youth market, the cutting edge. Looking back at age 53, it's hilarious to think I was once part of the cutting edge. We attempted to steer clear of the 'Gonna Fly Now' thing." Jim Peterik explained in an interview how Survivor wrote the song: "Frankie (Sullivan) came in with the lines, 'Back on the street, doin' time, taking chances.' I loved those lines immediately and suggested, 'Rising up, back on the street, did my time, took my chances' to make it fit with the story line and to make the rhythm of the words fit the music I was hearing in my head. That was certainly the lyrical spark that got the song started. The next two hours flew by in a flash as we jammed, cassette recorder running nonstop to catch anything good we did for future reference, and at the end of the day, the music was about 80% complete and the lyric about 30%. Over the next few days, I worked hard on the lyrics, remembering pieces of movie dialogue like, 'Went the distance,' referring to the central phrase of the first Rocky movie." Sylvester Stallone loved this song. When he heard the demo, he told the group it was exactly what he was looking for, but requested a mix with louder drums and asked if they could write a new third verse instead of repeating the first as they had done. The group did what Stallone suggested – they went about modifying the first verse and remixed the song. The movie tune also reached #1 in the UK and according to Billboard, this was the #1 song of 1982.


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The PLANTA project is located in the gravel pit of the Plana del Corb, in a position that connects the quarry and the original topography, allowing it to serve as a Museistic space for the collection of contemporary art of the Foundation, and as an Observatory of the entropic processes of time and human action, tying the plastic experience with the productive-ecological one.
The Planta project is also a Thermal Machine of 7500m2 , built with materials directly extracted from the quarry, and based in an organization of Form/Matter/Flux, which passively manages radiation, natural lighting and ventilation, according to an advanced thermodynamic conception. This synthetic character, which at the same time is programmatic (museum, observatory, thermal machine), performative and material, aims to connect the times and cultures of the place. For that purpose, it serves itself from the resources and iconography present in there, to produce an artifact whose "new primitivism" evidentiates the interest for revising the value of time (or of history, if it is required).


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Thanks for visiting my website. If you're looking for a comprehensive review of "Model Trains for Beginners" product by Dan Morgan, then you've come to the right place.
I have personally bought the Model Trains for Beginners program & and I also have access to their Insiders Club, and my goal here is simple …To provide you with a complete unbiased and honest review of the program.
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What Does The Model Trains For beginners Cover?
Dan Morgan's Model Trains for Beginners breaks down step by step how a beginner can get into model railroading and help avoid mistakes that could be very costly to a person just starting out. The 116 page e-book starts at the beginning explaining all the different train sizes measured in " scale" and the track sizes measured in "gauge". The book breaks down how to pick the best size train set for you to start out with, the best tools and materials you will need, and also how to figure your track layout. It also covers how to build a bench, hills & mountains, tunnels and scenery and in great detail.
I will give you my thoughts on the whole program itself later in this review, but for now, I'll say that this program for beginners wanting to take up railroading as a hobby is excellent and for a very good reason. It gives you everything you need to know about model railroading and what pitfalls to avoid and how to start out slow and work your way up to the type of layout that you want.
What does the 'Model Trains for Beginners' training program consist of?
I was very impressed with the amount of tips & information that the e-books and the Insiders Club had to offer. I really didn't know what to expect when purchasing the product. There is so much information packed into this book & website, a person starting out for the first time will have no trouble putting together a great train layout by following the course.
There are also many videos spread throughout the course showing how to build a bench for your layout, how to lay track and make scenery and much, much more. The training video was not like watching a "training" video at all! When it comes to learning how to build or put something together I would rather watch a video then read instructions from a book or manual, but that's just me.
So here is a complete breakdown of everything you get when you purchase:
- Model Trains for Beginners- (e-book 116 pages)
- The 7 Ways to Save Money Building Your Model Railroad (Bonus E-Book)
- Weathering Made Simple (Bonus E-Book)
- A Model Railroading Glossary & Resources (Bonus E-Book)
- A Quick Start Guide to Model Railroading (Bonus E-Book)
- The Model Train Mistakes That Almost All Beginners Make (Bonus E-Book)
- 30 Days Free Access to the Model Trains for Beginners Inside Club
The above list is everything that is included in the original purchase of Model Trains for Beginners. The sales page values all of these trainings at $199 (which seems like a fair evaluation to me) and the asking price is $27.00
The Model Trains for Beginners Inside Club that you get Free access to for 30 days is just jam packed with all kinds of tips and information on model railroading. Here is just some of the information you can get as a member:When you purchase model trains for beginners, as a bonus you will receive free access for 30 days to their Insiders Club, this site is just jam packed with all kinds of tips and information on model railroading. There you will find so much information on all aspects of model railroading no stone is left unturned. The club is designed and setup to answer all of your questions that you might have or solve any problems you might run into. While providing you with some great ideas, tips, tricks and techniques.
Check out what you'll find in the Insiders Club:
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- A Quick Start to Model Railroading
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There is also a forum that you can converse with other model railroaders, ask questions Model Trainsand get ideas. The first 30 days are free and then it the price is $27 a month. If you cancel before the 30 days you will not be charged. If I had to find a negative it would be that the Insider s Club has so much information that a beginner, I mean a very beginner that never did any model railroading could get information overload from this site.
Usually when I'm writing these reviews, this is one of the longest sections. I really go into detail about why the Model Trains For Beginners program might or might not be right for you… However, since this is a pretty simple product, I can sum up the answer to this question in just a few sentences.
There is so much to learn from Model Trains For Beginners Book whether you are a beginner or an intermediate model railroader; there are so many articles, books and videos on almost every phase of model railroading from size of locomotive to track layouts, wiring, what type of converters work best, building scenery, mountains and tunnels and on and on and on. And if you can't find an answer to a question from all the material available there is support line that will help answer any questions you might have. So if you are looking for a great hobby to get into and you like model trains then this purchase will be well worth the investment.
Hope you have found this review helpful,
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This is the last of the jacks I did for CSFG Publishing's upcoming A Hand of Knaves anthology. Since the other three cards focused heavily on the genres, science fiction, fantasy and horror, I wanted to give a shout out to urban and contemporary fantasy with this final card.
A tough girl with a dragon delivering pizza? Hell yes, I hope someone writes her story in the anthology.
A fire conjuring boy with his trio of ferrets? What adventures they might have!
Hope you liked the art. I'll post back when the cover design eventually goes up.
Shauna O'Meara.


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Editor's note: This story was written by contributing writer Lynette Chen.
Syracuse, NY -- Every Sunday morning Corissa Tefft brings a basket filled with about 20 bottles of nail polishes to the female residents at Rosewood Heights Health Center. She discusses what colors and designs they like. Then she paints their nails.
Tefft has been following this routine with the women for the last four years. "They love fancy things," she said. "Like pink and purple flowers."
Nail painting is not the only thing Tefft does for the Rosewood Heights residents. For the fourth Christmas in a row, the 10th-grader at Paul V. Moore High School in Central Square is collecting new pajamas and nightgowns for them. "I love to make them happy and make their days brighter," she said. "They are like my family."
Last year, she gave more than 300 pairs of pajamas to the residents at the nursing home. The monetary donations she collected also helped her buy other items, as well, such as a wooden outdoor swing, arts and crafts supplies, decorations and clothing. "These are things they can use all year round," she said.
This year, her goal is to gather enough pajamas for all the 242 residents at Rosewood Heights. "A lot of people called me and asked where they can drop off pajamas," Tefft said. "It's looking good."
Her efforts on behalf of the Rosewood Heights residents started in August 2006, when Tefft began visiting her grandmother, Margarite Reichard, at the nursing home. The 12-year-old was sad to see so many elderly who didn't have families.
Before long, she became the unofficial goodwill ambassador of the sixth floor, serving coffee, writing letters, helping with bingo, painting nails — or just talking to someone who never had visitors.
She held their hands and listened to their stories. Some of the residents have varying levels of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease. "It's nice to talk to them and bring their memories back," she said.
Sometimes she brought school works to the nursing home. For example, she and a friend were doing a project on the Great Depression. They talked to some residents. "I was shocked," she said. "It was surprising to see how they lived.
Friends gave Tefft a lot support on the pajama drive. Last year, more than 10 students helped wrapping the gifts. Emily Mein, Tefft's classmate, was among them. "It's a really fun thing that knowing you're doing something good for others," Mein said. "The people at the nursing home are like a big family."
Paul Scarpinato, administrator of Rosewood Heights Health Center, said Tefft has drive and passion. "She's motivated to continue her efforts helping the residents," he said.
The word about her work has spread. Last December, Tefft was interviewed by ABC's "Good Morning America." The film crew spent a day with her, watching her do what she does every Sunday.
"The project is growing bigger and bigger," Tefft said. "It encourages me to keep going."
|Corissa Tefft: Pajama Girl


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|Message ID
Other architectures commonly use __NR_umount2 for sys_umount,
only ia64 and alpha use __NR_umount here. In order to synchronize
the generated tables, use umount2 like everyone else, and add back
the old name from asm/unistd.h for compatibility.
For shmat, alpha uses the osf_shmat name, we can do the same thing
here, which means we don't have to add an entry in the __IGNORE
list now that shmat is mandatory everywhere
alarm, creat, pause, time, and utime are optional everywhere
these days, no need to list them here any more.
I considered also adding the regular versions of the get*id system
calls that have different names and calling conventions on alpha,
which would further help unify the syscall ABI, but for now
I decided against that.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <firstname.lastname@example.com>
arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h | 6 ------
arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h | 5 +++++
arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl | 4 ++--
3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h index 21b706a5b772..564ba87bdc38 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h +++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/unistd.h @@ -22,18 +22,12 @@ /* * Ignore legacy syscalls that we don't use. */ -#define __IGNORE_alarm -#define __IGNORE_creat #define __IGNORE_getegid #define __IGNORE_geteuid #define __IGNORE_getgid #define __IGNORE_getpid #define __IGNORE_getppid #define __IGNORE_getuid -#define __IGNORE_pause -#define __IGNORE_time -#define __IGNORE_utime -#define __IGNORE_umount2 /* Alpha doesn't have protection keys. */ #define __IGNORE_pkey_mprotect diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h index 9ba724f116f1..4507071f995f 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h +++ b/arch/alpha/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h @@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ #ifndef _UAPI_ALPHA_UNISTD_H #define _UAPI_ALPHA_UNISTD_H +/* These are traditionally the names linux-alpha uses for + * the two otherwise generic system calls */ +#define __NR_umount __NR_umount2 +#define __NR_osf_shmat __NR_shmat + #include <asm/unistd_32.h> #endif /* _UAPI_ALPHA_UNISTD_H */ diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl index e09558edae73..f920b65e8c49 100644 --- a/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl +++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ 19 common lseek sys_lseek 20 common getxpid sys_getxpid 21 common osf_mount sys_osf_mount -22 common umount sys_umount +22 common umount2 sys_umount 23 common setuid sys_setuid 24 common getxuid sys_getxuid 25 common exec_with_loader sys_ni_syscall @@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ 206 common semop sys_semop 207 common osf_utsname sys_osf_utsname 208 common lchown sys_lchown -209 common osf_shmat sys_shmat +209 common shmat sys_shmat 210 common shmctl sys_shmctl 211 common shmdt sys_shmdt 212 common shmget sys_shmget


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Ocean MZ5 to miniaturowy spektrometr ATR mierzący w zakresie 1818-909 cm-1 (5.5-11 µm). Jest to alternatywa dla tradycyjnej spektroskopii FTIR.
lApplications include chemical discrimination, food and flavorings analysis, environmental testing and scientific research.
Ocean MZ5 is ready to go out of the box and does not require any external equipment such as light sources or fibers. Ocean Mirror, the software that comes with the system, is designed for measuring absorbance and transmittance of liquids placed on the instrument's crystal surface.
|Spectral range:
|1818-909 cm-1 (5.5-11 µm)
|Signal-to-noise ratio (single scan):
|300:1 or better (60 s measurement)
|Spectral bandwidth (FWHM):
|75 cm-1
|Measurement time (typical):
|~30 seconds (N=200)
|Operating environment:
|0-45° C non-condensing
|Storage environment:
|0-60° C non-condensing
|DETECTOR and OPTOELECTRONICS
|Number of sample reflections:
|Illumination source:
|Electrically modulated MEMS emitter
|Source lifetime:
|>5,000 hrs. of continuous measurement
|Dispersing element:
|Linear variable filter
|128-pixel uncooled pyroelectric array
|Analog to digital converter:
|PHYSICAL and MECHANICAL
|165 mm x 165 mm x 66 mm
|~812 g
|Housing and ATR frame material:
|ATR surface area:
|17 mm x 27 mm
|Crystal material:
|ZnSe (zinc selenide)
|Application Area
|Fuel Analysis
|Fatty acids content in biodiesel
|Octane level testing
|Ethanol spiking in gasoline
|Materials Identification
|Biomaterial analysis
|Solvent analysis
|Polymer analysis
|Farm to Table Technologies
|Agricultural measurements and monitoring
|Food and beverage quality control
|Food safety
|Testing and qualification
|Identification and authentication of samples such as essential oils


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Last year I wrote a short piece about the demand for talented science graduates to enter the intellectual property profession. Twelve months on, and I would say that demand is now even higher.
Private practice firms in the UK continue to increase their headcount of new entrants in the profession, which is great news for the sector.
For those graduates who have studied for computer science, electronic engineering and physics degrees in particular, the demand is especially high.
If you have strong interpersonal skills, an ability to build rapport with inventors and a genuine passion for new technology, then IP could well be the career for you.
Commercial awareness is another much sought-after skill set in IP, as the demands of clients that range from UK-based SMEs to global organisations become increasingly challenging. Patent attorneys are required to understand the commercial objectives of clients large or small, so an ability to provide legal and strategic advice is part and parcel of the profession these days.


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How can I uninstall Lockitron or remove it from my app?
You can uninstall Lockitron with a standard Phillips screwdriver by removing all screws holding the unit in place. In the case of Lockitron Bolt you will also need to remove the associated latch and strike plate.
To remove a Lockitron you own from your account, head to the Lockitron dashboard and select the "Settings" tab for the appropriate lock. There, select "Remove Lockitron". You should go through this process if you would like to transfer ownership of the Lockitron to another user, however, keep in mind that the device and associated users will be reset.
If you're the guest on a Lockitron you can remove yourself from the lock by clicking the "X" to the right of your name when viewing the web dashboard.


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He's eyeing a barcade next
Cliff Bleszinski has been on quite the entrepreneurial run since his 2012 departure from Epic Games. It was recently revealed that he's opening up a new studio called Boss Key Productions. While developing videogames will be right up his alley, he also ventured outside his comfort zone to found a business in an industry that's less familiar to him -- the restaurant industry.
In an interview with Men's Journal, Bleszinski tells how he opened a pub named "The Station" in Raleigh, North Carolina. The establishment is designed to look like "a modern take on a 1910 Amoco gas station," and Bleszinski went in on it with a business partner that owns other restaurants.
While videogames and bars seem worlds apart, Bleszinski commented that they can be pretty similar. He elaborated "This restaurant looked like chaos and then I realized everything is just systems. The videogame is systems that are operating together that the player manipulates. One thing I've learned about the restaurant business is to keep an eye on your ticket times and keep an eye on your customers. Make sure they're happy."
Bleszinski doesn't intend for The Station to be a one-off experiment. He's already planning his next foray into selling booze, and it's much more ambitious. Sometime in Spring 2015, Bleszinski intends to open a barcade called "The Raleigh Beer Garden" that's going to have arcade cabinets, pinball machines, and around 350 beers on tap. Maybe it's no surprise that even in the restaurant business, he's injecting a little bit of what he knows best.
From Gears to Beers: A Video Game Mogul Opens a Restaurant [Men's Journal via Eurogamer]
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You realize that you're attracted to both men and women, but you're already in a straight relationship. What do you do? You could have a sexual experience on the side, as about one in four men and one in five women do at some point during their marriages, but this poses both ethical and practical problems. Rather than keeping secrets from your partner, wouldn't it be better to explore your options together?
A declaration of bisexuality by one person in a couple poses some problems. First, your partner may be upset that you are interested in having sex with anyone else, regardless of their gender. Second, your partner may hold one of many stereotypes about bisexuality and fear that you are really gay, or at least confused, and that your love and desire were never genuine. Your partner may become outraged, allege that you are having an affair, suspect that you have concealed prior homosexual experiences, and conclude that the two of you are incompatible.
That is not a desirable outcome, though it is a risk you may be willing to take, as an alternative to having an affair or leaving important feelings unexplored for the rest of your life.
It is best to raise the topic of your sexual feelings cautiously in order to gauge how your partner will react. You can mention bisexuality in general, ask your partner about his or her prior feelings and experiences with the same sex, make reference to mutual friends or family who have come out as gay or bisexual, explore his or her interest in having a threesome (with the combinations of genders you think he or she would prefer), and gradually reveal your own curiosity. You may find it helpful to first introduce role-playing, fantasies, or pornography with bisexual themes into your love making, to prime his or her sexual interest. Or ask your partner to take the Flexuality Test.
Your partner's reaction may surprise you. Some may be relieved that you've broached a topic that has been on their mind. Perhaps he or she has always wanted to try a threesome but has been afraid to say so. Some may have never considered it but become sexually excited at the possibility. Many men would enjoy having sex with two women, and many women would enjoy having sex with two men, so long as they are confident in the stability of your relationship.
Rather than feeling deceived, your partner may feel that your disclosure is a sign of your trust and commitment to a growing and deepening relationship. Relationships can evolve, just as people do, and this may introduce an exciting change. A positive outcome is more likely if your partner is open-minded about sex to begin with and has some understanding that bisexual desires are commonplace and natural, not deviant and rare.
On the other hand, you both need to be realistic about the risks of opening up your relationship, such as jealous reactions, falling in love with a mutual partner, or starting down a slippery slope away from sexual commitment.
Finding a partner can also be a challenge, though you may have someone in mind. You may be able to pick someone up at a bar or on a cruising Web site, some of which allow you to set up a profile as a couple. If you are trying to pick up a stranger, one or the other of you may serve as bait, flirting and then explaining the situation to the man or woman whose interest you have captured. If you want to invite a friend into bed, do so cautiously. Even close friends may be shocked to discover that you have sexual designs on them. Explore your friends' attitudes towards sexual practices and swinging before you pop the question. Don't assume that they anticipate or share your interest.
Once you work things out with a stranger or friend, keep in mind that you may have different preconceptions or desires in terms of who will be doing what to whom. You may want to establish ground rules with your partner ahead of time, and you may want to explain your preferences to the third party and establish his or her expectations before you get into bed. But that can also have a chilling effect and reduce the spontaneity and excitement that are a part of love making. I recommend keeping the discussion to a minimum, but be mindful of any discomfort or pleasure that arises. You might enjoy things you hadn't anticipated trying.
What if you're in a gay or lesbian relationship and want to explore your heterosexual side? The same principles apply, as with a straight couple, and the same risks. A gay or lesbian partner may be more understanding, if only because he or she is likely to have had prior heterosexual experiences. On the other hand, after struggling to come out and come to terms with a minority sexual identity and battling homophobia, your partner may be upset that you are contemplating sliding back to the majority. Your expression of opposite-sex desire may feel like a slap in the face and trigger feelings of abandonment, especially since many gay couples feel particularly fortunate to have discovered each other and to have built a relationship against the odds.