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By Danna Elling Schultz, Research Communications, Minnesota State Senate
Jewel Pickett posed an interesting question about attending college and the worth of a college degree (Star-Gazette, 4-18-19). I think the questions we should pose now are not the worth but rather: what level of post-high school training should our children have? How can we help them attain it and to afford it?
Back when I was in high school, a four-year college degree was extremely important. If you wanted to work at a company or corporation, you needed at least a bachelor's degree, and not necessarily in a related major. 3M, Honeywell and other large Minnesota employers were looking for college grads who could think critically, could communicate well and could work well with others on team projects and ultimately become managers. You didn't always need a specific degree either. If you had an English degree and had done well in college, it was likely you could do the job, especially if you would spend a good part of your day writing memos and managing people. (To all high school students - writing is still very important. No matter what you do, you will need to craft a concise email/memo at least once a week...)
Things are different now. Almost everyday I hear from corporate and manufacturing managers and other business people that they need well-trained workers now. They don't always need workers with four-year degrees, but rather those who have two-year degrees and training certificates to work in metal fabrication or as machinists, welders, carpenters and plumbers. The health care industry is crying for workers to help care for both the young and old. Our schools are looking for quality teachers, especially in math, science and special education.
So, what can we do to help fill these needs? First, we need to help young people find their career interests and pursue post-secondary education options. Our high schools, higher education institutions and businesses need to collaborate to provide internships and apprenticeships that can help students pay for college or trade school and to get on-the-job-training. And, our high schools need to have adequate funds to provide career counselors to help our students think beyond graduation to envision a successful career to help them provide for themselves and ultimately their families.
I would love to see some Hastings businesses partner with Inver Hills, Dakota County Tech and Hastings High School to help students find the right career. And it doesn't have to be only a career/technical partnership. How about a gateway into teaching and teacher preparation? Working at our local medical clinic or hospital to explore a career in medicine or the health care field? Make a connection with Cranky Ape? Set up an apprenticeship as a cook in one of our local restaurants to gain experience before culinary school?
The state of Minnesota provides workforce development scholarships for businesses and students that collaborate with higher education institutions. It helps students pay tuition and brings in the trained workers our businesses need right now.
Post-secondary education isn't just a four-year college degree - although that is a real key to success for those that pursue it. There are great options out there if we know how to work with others and get the partnerships going that we need. And then we can all say that yes, college/post-high school training was worth it!


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The Nick Atoms Return With New Stuff
Sorry for the delay around here. We've got a brand new song available for you! It's the ditty we've been promising with guest star 'Rock And Roll' Ray on the vocals! It took quite the while, but we found this treasure hidden deep in the vault! Ray may also appear in The Nick Atoms comic you all have been enjoying.
As for the comic, thanks you all for the kind and promising words and advice. It's all been helpful! Chapter two will be here sooner than you think! We apologize or the wait, but we are still learning how to draw. We are so far along in the learning process, we just bought a ruler! Hoo-Ray! Hold tight, Atomites! The cliff hanger will be hung no more soon! So go listen to a tune or two and re-read the comic! join The Nick Atoms Action Club while you're at it! STAY TUNED!
EVENING UPDATE: A fresh set of photos from our set at Big V's is now ready!
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(All photos courtesy of & copyrighted by Geoffrey Notkin; used with permission).
A confession; Ive always wanted to own a space rock. I suspect Im not alone in this desire in the astronomical community, a realm where we must resign ourselves to observing what we love from afar. It was this yearning that led me to pick up one of the very few pieces of jewelry that I own from a Discovery Store in Anchorage, Alaska; a meteorite fashioned into a guitar pick. Here was a perfect melding of two passions in my life; music & space.
Author and meteorite hunter Geoffrey Notkin shares those same passions as well. We recently had a chance to read his latest book, Rock Star: Adventures of a Meteorite Man and interview the author. Geoff has led a remarkable life of transitions, noting a cyclical pattern in my life with rocks, geology, astronomy, music He was literally there in 77 when the original wave of U.K. punk rock took off and enjoyed a long run with such bands The Marines, the Ex-Execs, Proper Id & the Big Picture both in England and later in New York City. He now calls Tucson, Arizona home, and his television series Meteorite Men with fellow host Steve Arnold just wrapped up a successful three season run. The book covers his early life, the show, and off course, hunting for meteorites worldwide. This is Mr. Notkins second book (the first being Meteorite Hunting: How to Find a Treasure from Space which recently won a 2012 IPPY Award) and he maintains an active forum for space rock hunters at Club Space Rock.
The author with a meteorite displaying ablation "thumbprints" known as regmaglypts.
We asked Geoff during the recent interview how his approach to meteorite hunting has changed over the years. He noted that there has been a definite shift from his exploits outlined early on in the book, and equipment, approach and tactics are all dictated by situation. Like Thunderbirds in the old British TV series, their bags and specialized pods of gear are always packed, and whenever theres a fall, the Meteorite Men are ready. As their techniques have become more sophisticated, theyve even enlisted high tech gear, such as the Doppler radar used at Ash Creek, Texas in 2009 to plot cloud debris of a recent fall.
Geoff Notkin scouring a strewn field in Chile.
Mr. Notkin is always careful to conduct ethical meteorite hunting with the right intentions, noting that the science always comes first. Mr. Notkin stated that such pro bono meteorite hunting is still a good experience, although it Hurts a bit, but I go into it knowing that were doing important work, promoting a symbiotic relationship with science, universities, etc.
We are extremely supportive of science first & business second Mr. Notkin said, always being careful to assure that the data is not pilfered.
He further stated that most land owners are welcoming and curious of their cause, and the Meteorite Men are always careful and meticulous in drawing up fair contracts with the land owners before beginning a hunt.
Have metal detector will travel!
What was his favorite meteorite hunt? Mr. Notkin cited Season Two, Episode 8 in Australia exploring the Henbury craters. It was noted during the interview that another Australian crater was discovered a few years ago on Google Earth. Henbury is a series of 15 craters around 4,500 years old located in the Australian outback. One of our faves was watching the Meteorite Men explore the Monturaqui crater in Chile it must amazing to have such a pristine crater all to yourself, without a Starbucks or gift shop to be seen, or at least not yet!
And speaking of manmade debris, we were also interested to hear what the coolest Meteor wrong was theyd uncovered in their exploits. During the episode on the Tucson ring shot in the Santa Rita Mountains, the boys came across various frontier era revolvers. The area has also been used for target practice by the military over the years, and they once found a complete air-to-air missile buried in the area!
We were also curious if there were some areas of the globe that they were still interesting in scouring. Geoff noted that he was currently interested in the 2010 Gebel Kamil fall in Egypt. We wondered if the current trend of global warming may be opening up new meteorite finds in glacial fields; Mr. Notkin mentioned that they were close to green-lighting an episode in Greenland, but the local government didnt grant them approval. This would be a fascinating area of study, as explorer Robert Peary discovered that the Inuit had iron tools thought to come from the Cape York meteorite fall in the 1800s.
We were also interested to know if meteorite sniffing dogs had ever been employed, and Mr. Notkin confirmed that yes, in one episode, a dog had been credited with one small find. He also noted that there has been at least one documented instance of a meteorite having a smell similar to vinegar. That particular meteorite was a carbonaceous chondrite recovered from the 1969 Murchison Fall.
Mr. Notkin advises patience & determination for beginning meteorite hunters. He gets frequent fan mail asking: how do I do this? along with the very occasional claim from rival hunters that they reveal too much! Yes, there is a bit of rivalry in the world of meteorite hunting, and the author notes in the book and the TV series that mis-information on strewn fields and the like can often be spread in an effort to throw rivals off track.
Being a backyard amateur astronomer & satellite spotter by trade, we were interested to know if they had ever chased a fall that turned out to be reentering space junk. The author noted that they usually wait a bit after a reported fall until more information trickles in, and that reentering satellites often glow a characteristic green due to the melting copper wiring!
And speaking of spurious reports, the author noted that this week being the Perseid meteors they can typically expect 1 to 5 false reports in the days following the shower. Unlike meteorites, meteor showers are composed of cometary debris; no fall has ever been linked to a parent meteor shower. Still, there are coincidences, such as the Sutters Mill Fall in California which occurred during the Lyrid meteor shower early this year. The author notes that for a fall to have occurred close by, a fireball typically has to be seen nearly overhead, preferably with an accompanying sonic boom. Appearing lower than 45° degrees in the sky lends credence to a fall occurring far away from the observer.
It was fascinating to talk to Mr. Notkin; do search out his books and series at their website MeteoriteHunters.TV another book he had recommended that now on our must track down list is Michelle Maurettes Hunting for Stars… Could there be space rocks in your backyard?


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TVXQ is really excited! We are still aiming to present you much and much better performances in the future!
Because we have you here watching our performances, we're so glad. We'll try even harder in the future for everyone who wants to see our concert!
TVXQ's Micky Yoochun. Thank you! ^^
My heart is filled with love from all of you.
This 3rd live concert ended happily~
Do you know that in every songs we sang, due to your awesome cheer, we just got more power to perform it til the latest song?
Everyday, I always wish to stand on the stage like this.. and watching all of you from here.
Featuring our 4th album, we're holding our 3rd live concert!!
All five of us, and also our staffs felt really excited. Maybe even more excited than all of you guys who came to the concert those days.
It's so nice to create a memoriable happy memory.
Thank you to all of you for all the happiness we feel right now!!!
Korea concert was really exciting and full of happiness…
The big stage made me nervous, yet your support gave me more power to do harder. Therefore, we could manage to finish our concert!
To thank you guys for always giving us a cheerful support, we'll work even harder ^^
Thank you~ ^^
Concert is already ended but I still can feel the excitement!
Were we performing well?
Up til now, I still can hear your cheer!!!
The members and staffs united to present you the best performance ever. We did a lot of preparation for this concert.
I'm too happy that I can't wait to make another concert in other time!
Everyone has to take care your health, so that we can share the same happiness on stage once again~ ^^
See you~
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Getting Back Up Again
Returning from our European adventure was quite an emotional experience for me. Traveling throughout Europe for 7 months was a dream come true. We had planned and saved for years and I really wasn't sure what we were going to do once we got back. We moved back into our old house (literally, it is 106 years old) without much of a plan. Now back to the drawing board to get it going again.
First things first, we needed to get the girls back in school and figure out how we were going to make money again. Our finances had dwindled down from our travels, so we sold a piece of real estate to help get us going again. My husband set out with a new job and I struggled to get my grounding, feeling uninspired and lost. I had dreamed of traveling for so long and now I knew that had come to an end, for now. We promised our kids to stay in one place until they were out of high school, so we were here to stay and had to settle in.
The shift from being constantly on the go and experiencing new things everyday to going back to old routines and familiar places was quite huge. We were excited to see family and friends again and have some downtime. We were also very happy to get back to being with our family pets that we had to leave behind, the girls were happy to play soccer again, and just gearing down with the ease of familiar foods and no language barriers made things simple. My husband was completely burnt out on loading and unloading the car (we only had to pack and unpack 48 times, not sure why he was complaining, ha!) and I was getting tired of always feeling a little lost, so our customary ways are not so bad.
Now, after being back for just a little more than a year, we have jumped back into our always changing, yet everyday life. The girls got right back into school, friends and soccer. They have done great and have had a better understanding and appreciation from having seen so much from traveling. My husband has now started his own business which is getting off to a good start, but of course, has its stresses. I though, am still struggling to get a foothold, but think I have finally found a way. I really enjoyed writing this blog about our travels and have not felt able to write since we have been back. I guess it is just that I haven't had much to say. It has been really hard to switch back into my old way of living, I have been struggling and stuck, instead of appreciating the fact that I even had this opportunity to travel in the first place and am so lucky in my life. I feel like traveling is such a big part of what makes me happy and now that our incredible journey is over, I just haven't been able to figure out what to do next. I have a plan now though, and it starts with getting back to what I really enjoy doing; blogging, taking pictures and I have started writing a travel guide for kids. I figure if I cannot travel at the moment, at least I can dream about it. Oh, and I do need to fix up our old house too. So now I am ready to get going again! Okay, here we go. I am really going now. Let's go. For real this time. That is it, committing now! 1-2-3! Go!!!
Walking along the Costa Brava
Gorgeous, breathtaking, moving and complete awe for this beautiful planet we live on gives you a sense of what we felt as we walked along the coast of Spain's Costa Brava. We are heading out for another hike today, but wanted to share a few photos of yesterdays tour. Hard to capture it's true beauty. Reminded me of parts of California's coastline, which we will be back to soon! Again feeling very lucky!
Celebrating Carnival in Spain's Costa Brava
Today, we enjoyed watching all the fun of Carnival in Spain. Carnival is celebrated all over Europe (and of course, Brazil) where each country puts their own twist to the celebration It is a wonderful celebration of family and community. We saw all ages dancing and singing through the streets, it was great! The different towns compete for the best costumes, dance choreography, and floats. Tough competition this year in Lloret de Mar. We felt very lucky to be part of this great tradition!
I'm in love with Mallorca
When we just really needed some warm weather and sunshine we found it in Mallorca. This incredible island off the coast of Spain, a quick 30 minute flight from Barcelona, is a very special place. It is part of the Balearic Islands which also includes, Ibiza, Menorca and Formentera. It is the home of Rafa Nadal and Carlos Moya, both who have been #1 in men's tennis. We were so lucky to have warm weather and even a touch of spring. The almond trees were just beginning to bloom and we found fields covered in white and yellow flowers, so nice to see, as it has been a long cold winter. For those of us from Southern California, any winter is a long cold winter, and we have had our share of snow and cold this year traveling through Europe, so this warming trend was very much appreciated.
During the busy summer season, tourists can outnumber the locals 15 to 1. There are lots of German and English visitors, and many have bought second homes on the island. One of the really nice things about us traveling during the winter is that we are in such an off season, that there are no lines and the beaches are almost deserted but it is also a little chilly. It was nice to have the island to ourselves, but many of the restaurants are closed or have shorter hours. We ended up just grabbing some fruit, baguettes and cheeses and headed to the beach, we made the most of it…
We played tennis, went swimming, hiking, enjoyed the beautiful beaches, explored caves, did some wine tasting (Mallorca has several types of grapes only grown on the island) and we had some really nice meals. It was wonderful and we did not feel like leaving but we did.
Traveler's Log
Heading westward in southern France towards the end of our incredible European adventure has me thinking upon a few things. Our travels have taken us 13,000 kilometers and we have stayed in 17 different places, including, apartments, villas, homes and hotel rooms. By the time our trip ends, in Lisbon, Portugal, we will have stayed in 24 places and have traveled close to 20,000 kilometers (12,000 miles). My kind husband is becoming quite tired of loading and unloading the car (34 times so far and this does not count our trip in California before we left for Europe along with packing up our whole house into storage). Sometimes we are parked close to where we are staying and it is easy, but other times we have hauled our bags down the side of a mountain, through busy city streets, and up several long flights of stairs. I have to say that this packing and unpacking is the worst part, even though, at times, we are ready to try our next location, it can get pretty tiresome. We have all become professional packers though, and I really am proud of how little the girls complain as they resign themselves to the task at hand.
With staying in so many different places we have had to get use to lots of different kitchens and lots of different beds. I do appreciate nice cooking utensils and appliances, it really makes a difference. We have learned a lot of what works and what doesn't for vacation rentals…
We will have gone to the supermarket in 10 different countries. The most unusual market so far has to be in Prague. We have had to really rely at times on the pretty pictures on the packaging in order to have the slightest idea of what might be inside.
One of the most useful tools we have used is the translation app on my iPad this has come in handy when having to read cooking instructions in Czech… Also, a very handy app, has been the conversion app on our iPhone. Whether being used for temperature (cooking or weather) distances, weights or currency, it has been very helpful. We have used the Euro, the British Pound (GBP), the Czech Koruna (CZK), and the Swiss Franc (CHF). Hopefully helping our girls to build good math skills in the meantime.
The most memorable gift from our travels, along with all the incredible places we have seen, the time we have spent together as a family, and the food, has to be the wonderful people we have met. We have met lovely people all over Europe. It really has helped to make our experience so special. With the language barrier being very tough as times, these connections with people have helped us so much to enjoy and understand the places that we have been. It gives me such faith in humanity…there are good people everywhere!
Well, I must sign off as we have to go and pack…
Roma Roma Roma
It had been a very very long time since I had been to Rome. I was excited to explore this ancient city and experience the warmth of the friendly Italians. So much of our human culture began in Rome and it is impossible not be moved by the connection to this history. There is a lot that was brought from the sophisticated Greek Empire that came 500 years before, which is just mind boggling really! But the Romans, in true fashion created a vast empire which survived for 1,000 years. We have seen reminders of this vast empire throughout Europe. The first half of the empire began with a republic government ruled by elected officials and then in the middle period of the empire, the Caesars took over as dictators, which eventually brought the end of the Roman Empire, something to examine for sure. It is always better to have a democracy!
To first see the Coliseum from afar and slowly walk up to it is a dramatic experience, for sure. The Coliseum has such emotion to it. When it opened in 80 A.D., it had a total of 4 stories, which is only partially seen today. It is said that the Romans invented concrete and bricks. There is extensive use of brick which is clearly visible throughout the Coliseum. At the time the Coliseum was used, it was covered in marble. For our children, learning about the gladiators really brought that history to life. Imagine yourself as a gladiator walking into the Coliseum with 50,000 spectators excitedly waiting for your gruesome death, what fun they all had, quite the show! I guess it was important to make clear the power that Roman Empire had over just about anything, man and beast. Barbaric, yes, but they had something to prove.
We spent several days in Rome strolling among the ruins. We were excitedly joined by my husband's mother who added so much to our experience! In addition to exploring the Coliseum, we visited the Forum, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain and the incredible Galleria Borghese. Rome is such a vibrant city but it still is a city and we ended up having one of our tires slashed in a not so safe parking area. We luckily found a nice man to help us, but we heard it could have been a lot worse. Anyway, as much as we loved Rome, when it was time to leave, we happily headed off into the sunset, towards Lucca.


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Various Components of Door Shutters
Jun 22, 2017
Kinjal Mistry is a Civil Engineer and content writer who is working at gharpedia.com for the last two years. She is writing a creative article and also solve on any house related problems, specially Flooring, Painting, Doors and Windows.
The doors are an essential part of the house. The purpose of the doors is providing an entry or exit to the inside or outside of a house or rooms of a house. They are the framework of wood, steel, aluminium, glass or a combination of these materials secured in an opening left in a wall for the purpose of providing access to the users of the structure.
Also Read: All You Need to Know About Doors of Your House
The doors consist of main two components: Door Frames and Door Shutters. Among them, the door shutters are a movable barrier consisting of a panelled assembly or otherwise which fits into the frame. It is the openable part of the door. They are an assembly of styles, panel and rail. It is used to open or close the way to go inside or outside of a house or rooms. Door shutters provide light, air and ventilation to the rooms or house. Different materials are used to make door shutters i.e., wood, metal, aluminum, etc. The shutters for doors are available in a variety of style like solid shutter, louver shutter, etc.
Also Read: Different Parts of a Door Frame
The various components are used in connection with door shutters like stile, top rail, bottom rail, etc.
The Main Components of Door Shutters are:
01. Stiles or Styles:
It is the vertical outside member of the shutter.
02. Hinged Stiles:
The stiles of a door, which are hung on one side, are called hinged stiles.
03. Top Rail:
This is the top most horizontal member of shutter.
04. Lock Rail:
This is the middle horizontal member of shutters, to which locking arrangement is fixed.
05. Bottom Rail:
This is the lowermost horizontal member of a door shutter.
06. Intermediate Rail:
These are the additional horizontal rails, fixed between the top and bottom rails of door shutters.
07. Panel:
Door panel is the most important component of door shutters. The area of shutter enclosed between the adjacent rails is called Door Panel.
Nowadays wooden shutters are mostly used in the house. Door shutters provide privacy and safety to our house. Hence it protects your health and ultimately leads to happiness.
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I went to the Getty Museum last month with my family to check out the BERNINI EXHIBIT OF BAROQUE SCULPTURE. I've been a fan of Bernini's work for a while, but was still unprepared for how impressive his stuff is in person. It's just stunning. I came armed with drawing materials with which to sketch, but had a difficult time doing so for two reasons. 1. As is always the case, I didn't have enough time (I'm not the fastest person with a pencil) 2. The place was packed. Tons of traffic parading around the sculptures had the effect of not only obstructing my view but distracting my concentration.
We happened to arrive at the exhibit at the exact same time as Jack Black, who was yacking on a cell phone while I was trying to appreciate and study these magnificent marbles. There weren't many places to sit and this was one of the few I could get a good look at from a bench....
Upon closer inspection of the description, I discovered this wasn't by Bernini at all but rather another sculptor who participated in the Baroque movement. While still obviously beautiful, I was slightly frustrated and marched over to one that was famously made by Bernini's hand...
This is Constanza Bonarelli (sounds like she's from Jersey) and was the wife of one of Bernini's assistants as well as Bernini's lover. It's arguably the most famous bust that he sculpted and has fascinated people for hundreds of years. I made this drawing with black and white chalk stumped on blue paper. I did this after falling in love with the life drawings of another artists, Pierre Paul Prud'hon, who FAMOUSLY USED THIS TECHNIQUE.
Prud'hon was part of the Neoclassical movement in France in the late 1700s. I've been reading some books about this movement as well as Prud'hons half-hearted participation in it. A big reason for the renewed interest in classical art during this time, was the publication of THE HISTORY OF THE ART OF ANTIQUITY in 1764 by Johann Joachim Wincklemann. The book was a huge success -- in no small part because of how much more serious the scholarship was when compared to previous studies on Greek and Roman art -- and in many ways brought the study of art history to new levels.
I happened to be in the middle of the book when I went to the Bernini exhibit. Considering how influential it was at the time, it's interesting to read it hundreds of years later. Wincklemann spends much time correcting assumptions made by previous art historians and seems to greatly enjoy doing so. Moreover, was deeply in love with his own opinions. One artist who he liked to beat up on in particular was, ironically, Bernini.
"In others, the climate did not allow the delicate feeling for pure beauty to mature. Either this feeling was hardened in them by their skill, that is, by the effort to apply their knowledge everywhere in the production of youthful beauties, as with Michelangelo; or this feeling was over time completely corrupted in them by a vulgar flattery of the coarser senses so as to render everything more readily intelligible to the eye, as happened with Bernini. The former occupied himself with the contemplation of high beauty, as we see from his published and unpublished poems, in which he reflected upon it with noble and elevated expressions, and with massive bodies, he is admirable. But for these same reasons, his female figures are creatures of another world in their build, action, and gestures. Michelangelo is to Raphael what Thucydides was to Xenophon. The same course that brought Michelangelo to impassable places and steep cliffs plunged Bernini, by contrast, into swamps and puddles. He sought to ennoble forms taken from lowest nature by exaggeration, as it were, and his figures are like common people who have suddenly met with good fortune; their expression is often contradicted by their action, as wen Hannibal laughed in extreme grief. Nonetheless, this artist has long sat on the throne and homage is paid to him even today (1764). The eye of many artists is as faulty as that of the uninstructed..."
I'm not sure I get every last thing he's saying here, but Wincklemann goes to great lengths to tie beauty to youth and I think he disapproved of Bernini making so many sculptures of elder subjects. It's also interesting to see Michelangelo not getting off easy!
"This view will surprise those who are aware that through one single man, such as Bernini, a corruption was introduced to art that continues to this day."
Wow. Considering how narrow Wincklemann's view of what great art is (not much gets a passing grade outside of the age of Pericles) I wonder what Winckleman would have thought of modern art? But he's just plain wrong about Bernini.
I've been working on this guy forever, but I'm finally saying that my custom, scratch-built Jumbo Machinder of Ganira is finished. Yeah, it would be great to bust out the Pegas for scale, but I'm just too tired to dig him out of storage. You'll just have to do with the red Gaiking/Daimos hybrid by Famosa for scaling purposes.
I recently saw the new Chris Rock special on HBO, "Kill the Messenger," and Mr. Rock's stand-up is still very, very strong. The material was great - not significantly less or more great that his past few specials, but the format of this one was a bit different. This special took three different performances - one in New York, one in London and one in Johannesburg - and edited them together. I'm pretty sure it was all the same material on three separate nights, but spliced together. And this wasn't something that they were trying to hide. He was wearing different outfits on each night and addressed the specific crowds during certain bits. Overall, I'm inclined to think this wasn't a wise conceptual move.
In stand-up comedy a fair amount of effort goes into making the material seem spontaneous. Although this isn't obviously the case, the delivery shouldn't make the material seem "written." In reality, a comic can (and should) work on new material in a set also containing old material, or go off on unplanned tangents. Ideally, the audience shouldn't be able to tell what was unique to that set and what has been on a comics set list for months.
The format of "Kill the Messenger" works against that. It reminds the viewer of the mechanics behind tricking an audience into forgetting that the performer says this stuff exactly the same way night after night.
The expectations that a fan has of a comedian have always amused me. While most fans understand that comedians don't come up with material on the spot and say things that just come to them onstage, they do tend to feel that if they see you live, the material should be all new the next time you come into town. It's quite common to overhear people leaving a comedy club with a tone of disappointment in their voice as they say "I heard a couple of those jokes before."
This is in stark contrast to the world of music where fans exit in rage if the band hasn't played every single one of their greatest hits. Moreover, many fans only want to hear the hits. I was recently reading on a message board that at recent concerts of a very popular band, people had brought banners reading "No New Shit."
I recently caught the new CLAUDE CHABROL film, A GIRL CUT IN TWO. I'm a big Chabrol fan and it puts a smile on my face to see the guy still making movies as he approaches 80. His newest release isn't his best, but is still solid, examining themes familiar to his filmography while still not feeling stale. The guy's still got his chops as a director and this effort is far better than late films made by, say ANTONIONI or JULES DASSIN, whose (early-to-mid) work I also enjoy.
IMHO, Chabrol hasn't been given his due. He was right there with GODARD and TRUFFAUT, when the French New Wave started (in fact, he preceded them and funded the movies of many of his peers.) The guy has literally been making movies non-stop since he first picked up a camera (his credits list over 60) and so many of them are just wonderful. Much like the way the writing in CAHIERS DU CINEMA, raised the stock and opinion of certain Hollywood genre filmmakers, I predict Chabrol will ultimately be recognized as an artist greater than his current reputation.
Chabrol frequently attacks the bourgeoise in his films, and AGCIT doesn't let up the assault. The story is about a very attractive girl being pursued by two very different suitors, both of whom have serious flaws. In that regard, it's sort of like SHOP GIRL, except here, niether of the two suitors have arcs in which they change into someone more mate-worthy, which I find that both more realistic and interesting to watch. However, the real interesting thing is the unusual and massive career of Chabrol as a whole.
While surfing on Youtube, I found this segment from "The Jamie Kennedy Experiment" that I have always been a big fan of. The quality is obviously not great, but it's worth looking at.
A great idea that's well written, but what really makes it is Pat Bullard's performance. Much like John Cleese's schoolteacher in the beginning of the "Sex Education" sketch in "The Meaning of Life," he makes it seem like these ridiculously complex rules are painfully simple.
There's a new law in California that people can't use cell phones while driving a car unless it's a hands-free version. This has resulted in people from all walks of life walking around with high tech electronics sticking out of their ears.
Some people have found it sill and annoying, but I actually like it and endorse any new law that makes it seem like the Borg is one step closer to assimilating us all.
I recently finished reading a book entitled THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. MABUSE by David Kalat. I picked up the book since I've seen a few of the Mabuse films, enoyed them and wanted to know more. I understood that the history of the film series (which began in the 1920s) was quite complicated and looked forward to a text which could straighten it all out for me. Boy did I get that in spades.
The book was not only authoritative, but shockingly well researched. It thoroughly covered all aspects of the Mabuse legacy and also corrected many myths which have been taken as fact by film historians. The accuracy of the information was not by chance. In the introduction, the author mentions that he wrote an article of the same title for "Midnight Marquee," and was called on numerous factual errors (that he made unknowingly). Subsequently, he went straight to German resources in an attempt to straighten it all out. He has most certainly suceeded as there's no possible question one could have left about Dr. Mabuse after reading this book.
The book is aptly titled as Dr. Mabuse has had such a strange mix of directors making movies about him; filmmakers who run the gamut of artistic credibility - from celebrated directors such as Fritz Lang and Claude Chabrol to Eurotrash shlockmeisters like Jess Franco to uber-arty, experimental types like Ulrike Ottinger. The author not only goes into each and every film related to Mabuse, but also provides chapters on these fascinating individuals.
There were plenty of sections where I knew preciously little, but when I came to parts where I did have previously knowledge about the people and films involved, the information was always in accord with what I knew to be correct. The author covers the golden age of German Cinema, the rise of postwar Euro trash films as well as the birth of the French New Wave with equal aplomb.
The text itself is also a joy to read. Perhaps my favorite line is "European B-movie makers understood that the easiest way to promote a low-budget picture is to confuse the audience into expecting something better." No confusion needed here to recommend this book.
I recently came across some people talking about the 80s, sci-fi/horror cult classic "The Hidden" and was reminded how much I enjoyed this flick. Liked it when it first came out and still think it holds up.
For those of you who don't know, it's a very different alien invasion movie. An alien has landed and is indeed walking among us, "hidden" by disguising himself as a human - but instead of working on some long-range plan to the planet, the alien is basically just out on a joy ride. The film starts off with him speeding in a stolen sportscar while being chased by cops. Earth weapons and dangers can't harm the alien - only the human host that he's hiding inside of. The alien is difficult to track since he can leap out of the mouth of his current host and crawl into the mouth of a new one at any time.
Kyle Maclachlan plays another alien out to capture the nasty one and defeats him with a special alien weapon before he can run for President in his current host.
Once again, this is a very fun movie with a solid, original concept that's well executed. In rethinking the movie, it became quite clear to me that the joy-riding alien might, in fact, not be fiction. However, I don't think that the alien has been host-jumping that much, but instead has stayed within the same body for an extended period of time. With this in mind, her actions over the years suddenly make a lot more sense to me....
Looks good to me, but the question I have is when this story takes place. Obviously - as much of the press states - between Episode II and Episode III. However, the real question is when does it take place in relation to the original Clone Wars series. Asajj Ventress is in this new movie and was introduced in the Tartakovsky CW series, so it looks to be the same universe. Anakin defeated her at the end of Chapter 19, this story appears to be her return, so it's gotta be after that. General Grevious is in this new movie and he was introduced in Chapter 20, so it's gotta be after that. Chapter 21 picks up right where Chapter 20 left off (or perhaps even backtracks a little as the Clone Troopers are on their way to save Ki-Adi-Mundi from a Grievous ass-whupping), so it's gotta be after that. Chapters 24-25 deal with Palpatine getting abducted, which leads right into Episode III, so this new movie has to take place before that, doesn't it? Maybe this story takes place between Chapters 21 and 22? 22 and 23? Your guess is as good as mine.
I'm still looking forward to it, but the shine is off the apple a bit for the Clone Wars these days. This period seemed a lot more exciting to me before Episode III than after. What I'd really like to see is stuff between III and IV. I'm sure George will get to that eventually...
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Black Pepper Benefits
This page is dedicated to the awesome black pepper benefits. Black pepper is an awesome spice we should include in our daily cuisine.
The black pepper plant is a tall climbing vine grown in tropical countries in the world. It is native to India.
This perennial can reach 5 meters (15 feet). It has large oval shaped leaves and tiny white flowers.
The piper nigrum is about three years old when it starts to produce the fruits which may be harvested.
The peppercorns grow in clusters and are small and round. The fruit clusters on the piper nigrum are called drupes. They ripen from green to red. After they are dried they are called peppercorns.
Green peppercorns are picked when the drupe is unripe and then they are preserved, often pickled.
Black pepper is also picked when the drupe is green and unripe. The green peppercorns are dried. Some will boil the unripe green drupes before drying. Others will sundry the peppercorns without boiling them first.
During the drying process the peppercorns will wrinkle and darken. Soon we will have what is widely known as black pepper.
To get red and white pepper the drupes are picked when they are ripe and have a red color.
For red pepper the ripe drupes are dried.
For white pepper the ripe peppercorns are soaked in water for about eight days before drying. The outer pepper is removed and only the seed inside is dried and sold as white pepper.
Black Pepper Benefits In Cooking
Black pepper is about as common as salt. Black pepper naturally accompanies salt on the table to season dishes. It is used to flavor hundreds of different recipes.
Pepper can be used to season almost any kind of food. The latest fad is black pepper ice cream which is becoming increasingly popular; who would have thought?
Ground black pepper will lose its aroma and flavor if exposed to light and air for too long.
It is highly recommended to grind whole peppercorn yourself immediately before you intend to use it.
When you are cooking pepper should always be added to the food just before serving to uphold the health benefits and the flavor of pepper.
Black Pepper Health Benefits
Black pepper has a warming effect in the body. This is probably the best known benefit of black pepper.
Black pepper improves the digestive system. It helps reduce stomach pains and bloating. Black pepper is known to increase the appetite.
Black pepper is said to have aphrodisiac qualities. Something maybe love birds want to make a note of.
Black pepper is a great antioxidant. Many believe black pepper is a valuable aid in fighting colon cancer.
The peperine found in black pepper has proven to increase the absorption of curcumin found in turmeric. The combination of black pepper and turmeric has shown encouraging results in the battle against breast cancer.
Black pepper also increases the body's ability to absorb vitamin B, selenium and beta-carotene.
All in all black pepper is a wonderful spice. Remember to grind the whole peppercorns yourself in order to take advantage of the benefits of black pepper.
Black Pepper Plant History
Black pepper has been used since Ancient times. Pepper was very expensive and considered legal currency for goods. Attila the Hun demanded 3000 pounds (1360kg) of black pepper as ransom payment when he laid siege of Rome in 408 CE.
They arrived with gold and left with pepper. Black pepper was considered so valuable it was referred to as "black gold".
Black pepper which is native to India has been used there both for culinary and medicinal purposes for 4000 years. Pepper was one of the few "medicines" Buddhist monks were permitted to carry.
The Chinese have used black pepper as medicine as far back as 4000 years ago. It was used to treat stomach pains.
The mummified body of Ramses II was found with peppercorns in his nostrils. He died in 1213 BCE.
In Europe during the Middle Ages black pepper was something only the wealthy could afford. This could be something to think about and maybe show more appreciation for this lovely spice we all take for granted.


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Pastor Rapes His Friend's Daughter Inside Church in Ibadan
The 62-year-old pastor, Isaiah Akinojo, has been remanded in prison custody by an Iyaganku Chief Magistrate's Court sitting in Ibadan for alleged r*ping his friends daughter.
The Chief Magistrate, Alhaja Modinat Akanni, remanded the accused at Agodi prison pending the advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution.
The plea of the accused, arraigned on a one count of having unlawful carnal knowledge of a minor, was not taken.
Akinojo, according to the charge, is a pastor at Light of life Ministry International Church, Egbeda, Ibadan.
The Prosecutor, Insp. Sikiru Ibrahim, said the offence was committed on May 10 at about 7 pm at the church premises.
Ibrahim said, "The offence took place inside the church while Akinojo sent the girl's junior brother on an errand.''
He said that the victim usually returned to the church everyday after school before their father would pick them home in the evening.
Ibrahim said the offence contravened Section 218 of the Criminal Code Cap. 38, Vol. II, Laws of Oyo State 2000.
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text: I am writing tonight even as late as it is to capture a discussion at dinner tonight before I forget. It was the first night of our March Dinner Show menu. We had a full house with three birthday guests and one anniversary couple in to celebrate. Being a new menu I guess I am a little edgy about the execution. We have been testing the recipes for a couple weeks but until the first night it really doesn't seem to matter. It's opening night and it has to go off without a hick up. This evening was going very well until I described the fish I was about to cook up as Rockfish, or aka, snapper. I was so focused I barely notice when one of the birthday guests shyly raised her hand and said, "I don't mean to be disputatious, but I believe Rock fish is striped bass and not snapper." She said she is quite sure they are different and she should know being from Maryland where Chesapeake Bay Rockfish is the state fish. I explained that the West coast species is more like snapper and of course that was the conversation I had had with my fish perveyor who described the Pacific Rockfish species to a tee and said we also call it snapper out here. When I got home, did a google search and found we are both right because we were dealing with a varied species all around. The Maryland species is definitely different, and depending on origin, Rockfish come with different flavor profiles. As much Rockfish as I cooked in Maryland when I was there, you think I would be more confident. The guest making the point was really anything but disputatious. She was persistent and yet ate my fish offering with gusto. She said it was her favorite course of the night. Further she said it wasn't a big deal, and told us it was kind of like the time she told her husband that dinner was spaghetti with red sauce. When he came to the table the spaghetti was spaghetti squash and he really had a taste for the pasta kind. In other words, her point of reference was Maryland rockfish and that is what she expected when the name rockfish was use. It all shook out just fine with laughter all around and we had a great time with the word "disputatious" the rest of the evening. "dis put ta' tion," noun- the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate.


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Monday, December 3, 2007
Happiness is a profitable foreclosure
In the signs of the times department, this perky sign for a seminar on how to find financial happiness in the misfortunes of others was seen in the conference lobby of a business hotel in Austin this afternoon. In the post-Hindu caste system of 21st century American capitalism, where do realtors fit?
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Biologist Stewart Fefer and three colleagues from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had eagerly anticipated their assignment: a trip to Laysan, a 960-acre island about 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu. They were to study some of the 14 million seabirds that nest there, and they looked forward to their stay on what they assumed would be an island paradise with pristine beaches. What they discovered came as a shock. The sands of Laysan were strewed with an unbelievable variety of plastic trash. While doing his bird-watching chores, Fefer cataloged thousands of pellets as well as toy soldiers, disposable lighters and...
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So like any bread making this is a process a slow amazing process. The smell of anything bread,apple and cinnamon is absolutely perfect even if it is in the summer. This recipe makes 2 and they didn't even last more than 10 minutes. This will become a regular for sure.
2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup milk warmed
2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
2 tablespoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 whole apples peeled, cored and sliced
1/4 cup unsalted butter
1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 Cup Butter
2 Teaspoons Milk
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
Place flour, sugar, salt, cinnamon, and yeast in a stand mixer with the dough hook attached. Stir to combine.
In a small bowl add your melted butter into your warm milk. Then, with the mixer on low, add this mixture to the flour mixture until it forms a soft dough ball.
Knead with the mixer for about 4 minutes. Then transfer dough into a lightly oiled bowl. Cover loosely with plastic wrap. Let rise in a warm area for 1.1/2 hours or until doubled in size.
Punch dough down then divide into 2 balls. On a lightly floured surface, roll out each ball into an approximately 8 x 11-inch rectangle. Cut into 9 strips.
Lightly grease an 8- or 9-inch round pan. Starting at the center of pan, coil apple slices with dough strips into a spiral, pinching ends securely as strips are added.
Repeat the same steps for the other half of the dough. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise for 45 minutes. Toward the end of rising time, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
For the sprinkle topping, mix cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl. Once the bread is removed from the oven, brush each loaf with melted butter and then sprinkle with the cinnamon and sugar mixture.
Make the glaze by heating the butter, milk and brown sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar, then remove from the heat. Drizzle over the warm cake.
Serve warm and cut into wedges
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Best Practice: Human Resource
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One best practice an HR manager of an MNE can use to manage the human capital needs of a highly diverse workforce is that of developing a companywide computerized performance evaluation system. The system would present itself as a form to every supervisor and line manager. The HR manager will enter four criteria which will reflect the strategic goals of the MNE. For example, one such criterion can be the communication skills of the employee. Each criterion will have a weight. There will be four criteria that the supervisor may fill. The HR manager will ...
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The solution to this problem explains human capital needs and best practices with real-life examples and suggestions of how to handle a highly diverse workforce. The references related to the answer are also included.


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October 4, 2018, 7:00 AM - April 20, 2020, 5:00 PM
Star City Crossing will have the sidewalk closed on the East side of 5th Street between South Street and Columbia Street, sidewalk will also be closed on the North side of South Street between 5th Street and the Alley just West of City Hall for the construction of a new building. This will be from 10/4/18 to 4/30/20. Chain link fence has been placed around site. Contact: Jon Caron 765-414-3995
October 16, 2018, 7:00 AM - December 15, 2018, 5:00 PM
Star City Crossing will have the Alley Closed on the West side of City Hall for the construction of a new building. This closure will be from 10/16/18 to 12/15/18. There will be Barricades with flashing lights and signage 'Road Closed' placed at entrance to alley. Contact: Jon Caron 765-414-3995
October 29, 2018, 7:00 AM - May 24, 2019, 5:00 PM
Bowen Engineering will have Wallace Ave. and 24th St. shut down from 10/29/18 to 5/24/19. The intersection of Brice St. and 24th St. will be shut down for the majority of the project. There will be approx. a 3-4 week period when Brice St. between 24th St. and Park Ave. will be shut down to all traffic. Watch for lots of heavy equipment. Watch for Directional Signage, Detour signage, Road Closed signage, barricades, barrels and flaggers. Contact: Nick Isenhower 317-518-9721
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The center lane of South 18th Street will be closed north and south of Teal Road for work inside manholes Wednesday December 12th starting at 8:00 am. Please watch for signs and drive slow through the area.
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December 15, 2018, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM @ Bill and Donna DeFouw Education Center
Nothing brings out the natural curiosity of a child the way animals do! With Critter Classes your child will have the opportunity to learn about wildlife, up-close and hands-on. Each class focuses on a different animal group. Games, crafts, and age-appropriate STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) activities will engage and entertain, letting learning happen naturally. Each session includes a live animal encounter. Supervised outings to zoo exhibits may be included, weather permitting. This program is for ages 5 to 7 years old.
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Web Map Viewers are used to present spatial data in a user-friendly plan format, via the user's own web browser, typically providing some spatial information querying and reporting capabilities.
Compass offer tools for implementing Web Map Viewers based on the Esri ArcGIS framework and APIs, or with a full open standards product using well-supported open source toolsets. We provide these as in-house or Cloud-hosted solutions.
We design and host interactive applications incorporating ArcGIS Server / ArcGIS Online, data services, and other resources, e.g. print widgets, advanced layer list manager, locators and geoprocessing models. The map viewer widgets are based on JavaScript/HTML5 APIs.
MapView Open Source is HTML/JavaScript-based so it can be hosted anywhere on the web – on a Compass server, a client server, or in the Cloud. It is best suited to our cloud-hosted service to avail of our on-going support services. The open source front end uses standard open source toolsets supported by active development communities with long development histories. The backend uses MapServer/GeoServer for the server component and the powerful, high-level programming language Python


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We're teaming with the Greensboro Builders Association to bring you this briefing for REALTORS, Builders and Remodelers that will cover everything you need to know about how to use the new ordinance. Learn about any changes that will affect your business!
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Through mid-August, RCSC committee members will be collecting donations for the annual Get a Kid Ready for School fundraiser. As it does every year, this drive will help local students who can't afford school supplies have all the items they need on the first day of school.Please remember RCSC is trying to get all of their donations in place as early as possible since there are no regular luncheons between now and August (there is no luncheon in July). You should start to see the familiar pencil boxes popping up in major offices. You can also find one at the GRRA's front desk.Thank you for helping local students achieve to their fullest potential. If you have any questions please contact Megan Tasman at email@example.com.
Association News
REALTOR Night at the Ballpark is coming soon! Get a free "GRRA Swings for the Fences" T-shirt with every $7 advance ticket purchased for the 7:00 PM August 10, 2010 game between the Greensboro Grasshoppers and the Hickory Crawdads. Hurry -- quantities are limited, and shirts are issued on a first come, first-served basis. Buy your ticket at the GRRA front desk, and plan to wear the t-shirt to the game. Help promote the REALTOR brand, GRRA, your community, and the Greensboro Grasshoppers.
The City of Greensboro's Department of Transportation (GDOT) has revised its interactive Urban Loop Mapping Tool to now include other major City- and state-planned roadway projects. The tool, now called Road Project Mapping Tool, can be accessed from the left column of the City's website home page at www.greensboro-nc.gov.
The purpose of the new mapping tool is to provide easy Web access to major roadway project locations and design information. Simply click on the Road Project Mapping Tool link, enter an address within Guilford County, and see how close a property may be to a planned major roadway project.
The Guilford County Tax Department has announced that the long-awaited overhaul of its Billing and Collections system will be unveiled to the public on July 6, 2010. Read about it here (.pdf file).
In the first meeting of TREBIC's Small Town Sign Legalization Task Force, Oak Ridge was designated the first priority. Oak Ridge is the only town that actually prohibits the signs, and they enforce heavily.
The Task Force is organizing a meeting of the Realtors AND BUILDERS most involved in that area to determine a consensus on how to move forward in this jurisdiction. The meeting will be held at the Allen Tate office in Oak Ridge (2215 Oak Ridge Road) on Tuesday, July 27 at 6:30 p.m. Please spread the word to agents and builders that regularly work in Oak Ridge. It is imperative that we have their input.
The next meeting for Small Town Sign Legalization Task Force is Wednesday, July 28 at 3:00 pm at GBA upstairs. Contact Judy Stalder at TREBIC (email@example.com) if you would like to join the task force for
a) all meetings OR
b) to participate in discussions about a particular town or jurisdiction
Here is how you can help:
1) Email Judy Stalder at TREBIC (email@example.com) if you know of any areas where enforcement of sign ordinances is occurring and/or causing problems
2) Think about the "mood" of staff and elected officials in your town. Are they friendly/sympathetic to builders and Realtors? Are they builders or Realtors themselves? Email information to Judy.
3) Archdale, Trinity and Jamestown have ordinances that specifically allow off premise real estate signs. Let Judy know if you have experienced problems in these jurisdictions.
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If you would like to serve on the REALTOR® Partner Committee in 2011, please fill out the attached application or visit our website to submit a request online at www.ncrealtors.org.
4:00-5:30 pm, Tuesday, July 20th
3:30-4:00 Networking
4:00 PTIA Master Plan Briefing, Kevin Baker, Deputy Director PTIA
4:45 Heart of the Triad Briefing, Jeff Hatling, Kernersville Planning Director
5:15 Aerotropolis Land Supply Analysis Update, Marlene Sanford, Subcommittee Chair
At High Point Regional Association of Realtors
1830 Eastchester Drive, High Point 27265
Members of the following associations are invited to this area-wide event:
GRRA, HPRAR and WSRAR
GRCA, HPRCA and WSRCA
GBA and HBAWS
TAA and NAIOP
Parking is limited to 80 vehicles, so carpool if you can.
We want to bring you up-to-date on the new REALTOR.com® website redesign that is currently in beta testing. The new site enhancements make accessing all the rich data available on REALTOR.com® intuitive and better than ever! The millions of consumers who visit REALTOR.com® each month will be able to find properties, as well as companies and agents, faster and more easily.
The "new" REALTOR.com will have upgrades to the search functionality and mapping presentation for current properties for sale, and the user interface design has been updated with new coloring and a tab layout at the top of the page.
Key Features of the "new" REALTOR.com – currently in "beta" release:
New "Find REALTORS®" and Free Member Profile Pages for ALL
ALL members will have the opportunity to have a Profile Page within the new Find REALTORS® search experience. All members will be able to:
The following link includes a short video and downloadable instructions for your members on "how to" add or revise their profile:
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Improved presentation of listing data and property information
New platform with improved speed and flexibility
In addition to the upgrades in the user experience, this release includes the launch of our new underlying system architecture and unified data base – bringing more technical flexibility to the site and faster search results for all users.
Users may choose to explore the Beta version of the new site now by clicking on the link at the top of the REALTOR.com® home page. We anticipate that the new REALTOR.com® experience will be fully released in Summer 2010.Over One Million Downloads of REALTOR.COM® iPHONE APP in Five Months
We are also pleased to announce that the REALTOR.com iPhone application has had over 1,300,000 downloads since it was launched in January 2010! The REALTOR.com® iPhone application is the most comprehensive real estate search on iPhone. Consumers can search based on GPS location, search nearby Open Houses, show listings on a map, and "one tap" call to the listing agent. The REALTOR.com® iPhone app can be downloaded from Apple iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/app/real-estate-search/id336698281 or visit our iPhone information page at www.realtor.com/iphone
The City of Greensboro is making it easier for customers to access information about their water bill with a new online service called WebConnect. WebConnect, which can be accessed at www.greensboro-nc.gov/onlineservices, is a secure way for customers to pay their water bill, make changes to their billing information, and review bill details such as water usage online. Customers can also use the service to sign-up for e-billing to receive water bills via e-mail.When customers log on to WebConnect, they will be able to choose what level of access they want─ premium, standard or landlord. Premium access requires customers to create an online account with a user name and password, and provides all billing information. Standard access doesn't require customers to create an account and only provides bill balance and payment options. And, landlord access, which also doesn't require customers to create an account, allows landlords to view bill balances on all their properties and make payments. It's free to use all options, but a convenience fee of $1.95 will be charged when making online payments. For more information about this new service, call 336-373-CITY (2489).
According to Assistant City Manager Michael Speedling, the crime data suggests police and residents are working together effectively. "A lot of factors affect crime and some of those are harder to impact than others. One thing I'm sure of is that we wouldn't have such significant drops if we weren't all working toward the same goal of creating a safer City."
The Chief also cautions against interpreting downward trends as license to be less vigilant. "Crime trends generally follow a cyclical pattern and just as crime decreases for a variety of factors it may increase in the future if those factors aren't in place," Bellamy said.
GPD generates data based on reported offenses during the year. Occasionally,crimes are reported in one calendar year, but actually occurred in another and occasionally cases are unfounded and haven't occurred. For that reason, data that was presented in previous years may be slightly different than data generated with the most current information. Bellamy urges residents to use the crime reports as trend indicators rather than specific counts of criminal offenses.
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of juiciness, it was the age of fiber, it was the epoch of watermelon…
It was July 2011.
In one month, I kid you not, I must've eaten at least 10 extra large watermelons all by myself.
'Twas glorious! And I was, um — well, let me just put it this way: the kids were regularly getting dropped off at school, if you know what I mean.
You know, regularly? 🙂
If these new 2014 Milani Color Statement Lipsticks had been around back then (during what I call "The Great Watermelon Caper of 2011"), I may have felt differently about their watermelon flavor and scent than I do now.


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Whether or not you've set foot on it or not, you're probably at least vaguely familiar with the High Line. Immaculately manicured and unceasingly mobbed, the linear park situated atop an old railway line spans Manhattan's Far West Side — a once-colorful (read: slightly dodgy, plenty gritty and completely enchanting) area that's been buffed, polished and primped beyond recognition in recent years to make way for shiny new luxury developments and hordes of well-heeled out-of-towners.
Since the first phase of the High Line was completed in 2009, a host of other works of defunct and abandoned urban infrastructure have been reborn in the same mold; high-profile projects, some realized and some not, that transform blighted eyesores into innovative and smartly designed public spaces. The list is an ever-expanding one, with many but certainly not all of these projects sharing a common trait: they're elevated.
The Design Trust for Public Space, the New York City-based nonprofit organization that conducted the 2001 feasibility study that eventually lead to the creation of the High Line, has also recognized the untapped potential in unloved and overlooked spaces existing directly beneath existing elevated infrastructure: subway lines, highways, railway bridges and the like. In fact, New York City is home to nearly 700 miles of these neglected nooks and crannies — an area roughly four times the size of Central Park.
Many tucked-away "el-spaces" remain largely hidden away out of sight and out of mind to a majority of Big Apple residents and visitors — and sometimes for good reason as these largely deserted and dimly lit areas can be a bit iffy. They're often viewed as places to be avoided, bypassed, taken the long away around. The Design Trust for Public Space views them as an opportunity for regeneration and renewal. And in an increasingly cramped metropolis, every little bit of space that can be used for the public good matters.
Published in June following a two-year study conducted by the Design Trust in partnership with the Department of Transportation, "Under the Elevated: Reclaiming Space, Connecting Communities" sheds light on seven elevated infrastructure-cloaked parcels ripe for reclamation. Together, these spaces "represent an untapped public asset that has the potential to radically transform New York's urban fabric."
Writes Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg in the prefaces to the study:
'Under the Elevated' puts New York City at the forefront of the growing national and international trend of addressing and reclaiming aging elevated transportation infrastructure and the spaces associated with it. It is the first major urban initiative to propose a comprehensive approach in dealing with these spaces citywide.
The seven different core case studies spotlighted in the study are spread across four of the five boroughs: the Gowanus Expressway (Brooklyn), Broadway Junction (Brooklyn), Southern Boulevard (Bronx), Division Street (Manhattan), the Kew Gardens Interchange (Queens), Highbridge Park (Manhattan) and, last but not least, the Queensboro Bridge (Queens and Manhattan).
Broadway Junction, a hub of elevated subway lines in the East New York section of Brooklyn. (Photo: molybedena/flickr)
While the study goes into detail as to how each individual parcel would be transformed, the Smithsonian recently published a quick yet informative look at each of the "realistic, context-specific design and programming recommendations" with insight from Susannah Drake, an architect and Design Trust fellow. In my own backyard, for example, the Design Trust envisions pedestrians paths, a fleet of food trucks and a series of modular, pollution-mitigating bioswales to go directly under the (absolutely terrifying) Gowanus Expressway.
Vacant areas under another major roadway, the Queensboro Bridge, would be populated not by parks but by groovy electric vehicle charging stations.
Some of the case studies have involved pop-up prototypes.
In the spring of 2014, the Design Trust and DOT launched a pop-up installation on a particularly infernal stretch of Division Street — "dark and dirty from vehicle emissions and bridge runoff, and noisy due to trains running on the bridge above" — located underneath the landing of the Manhattan Bridge in Chinatown. Drawn by red LED lights that improve visibility in the shadowy space, neighborhood residents congregated around temporary seating and a nifty community calendar/bulletin board installed along the underpass in collaboration with project community partner, Chinatown Partnership. "Under the Elevated" envisions the area being further spruced up with vegetative green walls to reduce noise and pollution.
Also in 2014, the Design Trust launched a second prototype space, this one under the 2/5 line subway trestle along Southern Boulevard in the South Bronx. Dubbed the Boogie Down Booth, this "temporary resting area" featured solar-powered lighting and directional speakers that filled the space, normally dominated by the screech, rattle and roar of trains passing overhead, with the music of Bronx-based artists.
Says Susan Chin, executive director of the Design Trust for Public Space, in a statement:
Design Trust first brought attention to under the elevated sites with its pivotal study to reclaim the High Line. In 2001 we asserted that 'spaces under the High Line must be given equal or greater attention as programming for the High Line's upper deck because of their importance in shaping the urban context at the ground level'. Not every neighborhood needs a High Line, however the need to alleviate the negative impact from the presence of elevated lines is even greater in the outer boroughs. It's time to channel public and private investment into creating vibrant and resilient communities throughout the five boroughs. Engaging neighborhood residents and community partners in the planning process is a great way to meet their needs and create cherished spaces for living.
Head on over to the Design Trust for Public Space to learn more about National Endowment for the Arts-supported "Under the Elevated" project — and to purchase a copy of the 128-page study itself, if so inclined.
Is there a neglected space located near an elevated road or railway near you that you'd like to see transformed into a public space? If so, what do you imagine that space looking like?
Via [Smithsonian.com], [Crain's]
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Meh Birthday Cards!
To celebrate our recent 1 year birthday we sold Fukubukuros complete with confetti and noisemakers, but since we're a little needy we also included self-addressed stamped envelopes to make it as easy as possible for you to send us the birthday wishes that we so desperately desired.
Fortunately it was a huge success! We've received over 100 cards already with more still trickling in.
Unfortunately so many of you were awesome and creative and sent interesting stuff that this post would be way too long if I called out every card we liked, so I had to choose a handful of favorites (don't worry, there's a full gallery linked at the end).
@DaveInSoCal sent us origami post-its (not yet tested)
Some of you even included polaroids!
@Vermifuge showed off some mad art skills with this Irk drawing
@fernikfurra was not to be outdone with an awesome (and majestic af) unicorn and accompanying goat
The prankster known as "Alex" got our hopes up only to dash them
…I guess we know how it feels now
@Starblind included a drawing of @Moose's true self and a Tiny Tub Mummy!
@DarkZrobe stalked us but it's okay because now we can eat a bunch of cheesy tots and cherry limeaides
but we kinda earned it because they also sent us actual cat hair. Gross!
@SHOVAR drew a sweet robot and sent us some cool crap from their junk drawer, like a German Sudowoodo Pokémon card
@TheAlmighty1 really went all out by writing their card in Mad Ape Den and including an "other thing" note
as well as this major award lauding our 404 page
and that "other thing" ended up being A REAL WEDDING INVITATION
don't expect a response because WE'RE CRASHING THIS BABY
Speaking of overachievers, @Trillian sent us…
a custom made pop-up talking Irk card!!!
He says "I'm here because I heard there would be nachos" when you open the card!
Here's a quickly and terribly shot vertical video demonstrating what it says
Thanks so SO much for all of the birthday wishes, creative drawings, random crap, gift cards and miscellaneous legal U.S. tender! Y'all are the best community around.
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portrait is the most meh of videographic orientations
So much creativity and awesomeness!
Our awesomeness as a community is exceeded only by our humbleness as individuals. Especially me. I'm more humble than everyone.
Happy Birthday! Fold yourself a frog, or box, or butterfly. Or here are instructions to an Origami Goat (I assume Scapegoat):
O noes... The internet knows my name.
@darkzrobe Yeah, sorry I realized right before I posted that I forgot to protect your identity…I can take it down and reupload if you'd like.
@darkzrobe Mine too. I have no problem with that.
@JonT Meh, if you put two and two together you can figure it out anyway with a little google foo. You can leave it. Maybe kill off my signature though.
@darkzrobe done and done!
@JonT Much Obliged
@Vermifuge drew the most perfect little poo pile ever. The angle, the stink lines, the flies! It's a little poo pile so ideal that all other little poo piles just look like shit in comparison.
Also you guys do have the best 404 error. I may have stolen that video and put it in my own internal websites.
Those are all awesome, the meh community always amazes...
But did you really say "polaroids?"
It's hidden in the IMGUR album, but @Beardmancer 's card has a QR code that goes to something awesome:
@Starblind - He's pretty in purple. And so ebullient. Cheer down, @Beardmancer.
@Starblind that was incredible, it's a shame it was hidden in a QR code (because really, who scans QR codes?).
Seriously loved that @Beardmancer!
@Starblind -
And a thousand points for Birthday Tiny Tub Mummy! Yay!
@JonT Yeah, QR codes are pretty a pretty mediocre means of data transfer. I use them only when appropriate.
Thanks for the love! It's really a shame the .gif was hidden under so many layers of whacky image compression. I tried to make it not suck, but after about 10 seconds of effort I was le tired.
Also, It's kinda hard to tell, but one of my fuku items was a WiFi security camera, which is what I was using to record.
@KDemo Oooh, that's a fun new (to me) word. Thanks! Ebullient. Eeeeeboooolyunt. Sounds weird when it rolls off the tongue.
I love purple.
Dang, you are a cool and talented lot.
@JonT Take care of that winning ticket, could be worth a bazillion dollars some day, (in some other life I suspect.) Keep it out of the light. Those bet tickets fade out real easy. It's got a face value of about $3.50 and an EBay value of anywhere from $10 to $20.
It expires 90 days after the race.
It doesn't look like my card made it :( Sorry guys! I definitely sent it!
what happened to the awesome glitter I put in there??? That was holographic glitter yo!
@thismyusername My husband is the one who sent the card with the dollar bill and pack of glitter. It was a do-it-yourself glitter bomb.
@Teripie I hand made holographic glitter out of some "holographic scare tape" and filled the card with a proper amount... it was beautiful in the light. Guess it just ended up in a robot vac ;)
@thismyusername - I filled mine with confetti from the fuku. They probably didn't notice it - warehouse camo.
Cool cards! Mine was pretty boring in comparison.
As I did not get a fuku, being a robot and all, here is the one I made
Hey I sent in all the fake scratch tickets! I hope they fooled someone. (wow my handwriting is really bad)
You didn't check any of the boxes : (
@darksaber99999 Its a trap.
@darksaber99999 sorry, I was totally going to make my own box that said "kind of" but forgot so you can use this reply as that.
Hahaha I'm glad you guys liked the "Mogelbaum" Pokemon card. I didn't see the pirate potato temporary tattoo I sent in the pic though. Maybe someone's running around your office wearing it. Because everyone loves pirate potatoes. :D
Man, and I thought I was going to be awesome for sending in a pop up Irk card! Since I haven't started yet, guess I should change up the old plan now :)
Good job @Trillian!!
@djslack Aw, thanks! And I'm sure Meh would love to get a pop-up card featuring Glen, Mr. Chinface, or The Singing Cowboy. But not that asshole Mediocrebot.
I wanted to do a mediocrebot something but there just wasn't time. Something vaguely dalek-like with a grasping claw instead of the plunger (though given Meh's predilection for toilet paper, maybe the claw would replace the gun barrel, leaving the plunger for appropriate uses...)
Ah well, too many ideas, not enough time or skill...
@duodec Maybe a variation of this?
@Trillian Maybe, but it would have to say "EVACUATE", "EJECT", "ELIMINATE", or on a bad day "LIQUIDATE"...
@duodec um what about "use less TP" ?
I'm kinda sad, I sent my card out right at the start of July but it doesn't look like you guys got it, or the contents inside. That's really depressing actually. I'm sort of soul-crushingly disappointed it never came.
Did it just not get into the album (which I can live with) or did it really not come at all?
@Tiamat114 Hard to say for certain, there were a ton of cards that got sent back in and we tried to document them all but it's possible that it got misplaced. What was in it and I'll tell you if it rings a bell at least?
@Tiamat114 there were a few cards that we got that only had (perfectly lovely and appreciated) written birthday wishes inside that weren't included in the album, but once we get some more cards I can add them and update it.
@MEHcus Well, I know my card itself wasnt anything unique or special, so it wouldn't have stood out. The only notable thing was I included some cards for Sonic I had to drive around to 4 stores for as a way to treat you guys to drinks as a thank you and birthday present, as I totally stalked you on google maps and noticed you have one right next door (and I've seen the cups in pictures videos so I knew you go there).
I've been worrying that I didn't give you enough and left someone out, but I guess that's a moot point if they never arrived in the first place.
@Tiamat114 Ah yes! We definitely did get that one and there will be a follow up/separate post and maybe even a periscope session involved, don't you worry.
@MEHcus Oh thank goodness, I've been fretting over it since I sent it out and worried to death someone would help themselves to it and make off with it, I'm so relived to hear it made it safe and sounds, that's all I wanted.
@Tiamat114 rofl I did the same thing. The google foo internet stalking is strong with us.
@MEHcus wtf (strikethru font) WTMeh is a periscope session?
@dmlivezey Live feed they do HERE sometimes. They have done the Meh. 1 YR B-Day party, a day at the Dallas Zoo, etc.
So, is @MEHcus remembering the one @darkzrobe sent that was posted above, or is he remembering the one that @Tiamat114 also sent?
@dmlivezey the b-day party was like being there... we even saw the keeper of the baby arm.
@thismyusername but how can i see this now?
@dmlivezey can't sadly... they expire after 24 hours.
@thismyusername ah, like snapchat on crack (as david byrne would say)
@PurplePawprints @darkzrobe @Tiamat114 The answer is C: All of the above. Both of them were generous enough to send in Sonic gift cards. I think we ended up with around $75 total which is going to make for a fantastic Sonic Happy Hour!
@MEHcus Wow, I find it amazing that their are 3 other creepy folks out there that googled the shit out of where you live.
Also than you for posting this instead of the periscope stuff. This is much easier to see on my time without it disappearing.
Man, I am so happy I did not stay up that fateful night and win another FUKU, otherwise I would have been so dissappointed to not get mentioned in this thread, because @dmlivezey<>creative
"Ve can't all be der first violiners. Sum ov us just gotta push vind tru der trombones..."
(with apologies to E.E. Smith).
@duodec I was first trombone in HS band, providence
@dmlivezey Heh! Second French Horn, Las Vegas. but we did't have pansy violins ;)
Glad the Schlock Mercenary monkey coin made it! It always feels a little iffy sending coin-like objects in a card envelope.
Nie mój cyrk
Nie moje małpy
For your first
Happy Birthday!
I've been meaning to send a package instead of just the card, but I'm old and tired and forget things. ;) I am working on it, though.
Yeah, belated birthday cards are good, too.
@JonT @hollboll @MEHcus I'm curious, how many glitter bombs did you guys get? My husband sent a do-it-yourself one with an unopened pack of glitter.
@JonT Did my CPU keychain make it to yall? I see the rest of the card did.
whoo hoo! i see mine...! it's the one in the pile with the three packs of "vintage" cards....gotta say how impressed i am with the creativity of all of the cards! thanks again Meh..! it was a great first year!!!!!!!!!!
@JonT did my special addition in the birthday card get to you yet?
@sohmageek we got it today!
@sohmageek thanks for the TP/magic card (worst card ever)!
@JonT No... worse card would be a 1/0... muhaha... It's mostly unplayable... but IF I made it an artifact creature at 1 cost... very nice indeed... :)
Had a few more cards trickle in and had to highlight this awesome Adventure Time art! We're not sure of their usernames so we can't tag them:
We also received some more TP-related items…I guess you would call them felt toilet paper caddies?
They also came with this rad note:
Thanks everybody!
@JonT I mailed you something today. It'll be there in a week or so. (I had to use parcel select because I was just short of having enough for Priority. Shouldn't have bought all those lanterns.) It's addressed to you, but you have to share the misery around the office. :p
@johnamo Just wanted to publicly acknowledge that we received your card today. Thank you. It was a great 1st birthday.
@ChadP So…did he just now send you the original card?
@medz That's correct.
@ChadP my pleasure! It already had a stamp on it so… I didn't want to waste that prepaid postage… better late than never.
@ChadP @johnamo Yay, someone else procrastinated less than I did!
/8ball Will Mediocre ever get their card?
Cannot predict now
In what year?
/roll 2d6
You rolled a total of 8
@ChadP So, I just got a notification that a Fuko4 may be coming my way. In such a case that "Tepid Busted Skin" is real (yeah, not gonna risk Google Image searching that one), I would like to share my favorite "Meh" item/message I have ever received --maybe from Fuku 4 on 1/14/15?. Someone studied how to write your logo really hard and I was very impressed.
But the way, this 'extra' box included a massive portable air condition that kept me cool all the way through medical school… so it was much appreciated!


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