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Polar Bear are a perfect fit for a modern London, where influences constantly collide to create new and exciting hybrids. Their take on jazz is never limited by constricting notions of what a genre 'ought' to sound like. Led by drummer/bandleader Sebastian Rochford, with saxophonists Pete Wareham and Mark Lockheart, double bassist Tom Herbert and Leafcutter John on electronics and guitar, the group's music actively embraces the different musical worlds that surround it. From the raw energy of punk and hip-hop to the delicacy of modern experimental and classical music, their music confounds expectations by being both shamelessly melodic and gloriously uplifting.
Following their 2004 debut Dim Lit, the group was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize in 2005 for their second album Held On The Tips Of Fingers, which found their sound expanding to incorporate electronic elements. The album was subsequently included in Jazzwise magazine's 100 Jazz Albums That Shook The World and The Guardian's 1000 Albums To Hear Before You Die. The addition of Leafcutter John to the group offered new avenues to explore, something they took full advantage of on third album Polar Bear, which moved away from the previous tight, thrashy arrangements into a more longform style of composition.
Polar Bear's live performances carry both the nervous, exploratory energy of improvisation and the confident intensity of a group of musicians who have been playing together for many years. In 2010, Rochford deliberately wrote and recorded their fourth album quickly, with the group having only played each piece once or twice before recording them live in a studio. The result was Peepers (their first album for The Leaf Label), with a wonderfully spontaneous feel.
Later that year, Rochford constructed further material almost entirely using samples of Peepers, in collaboration with London rapper Jyager. Their record, Common Ground, was released under the name Polar Bear with Jyager, and Polar Bear subsequently performed the material live, with saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings joining the line-up for several shows.
2013 will see Polar Bear regroup for a new album and tour, opening up a new window on Rochford's intriguing writing and recording processes.
Seb Rochford is an Aberdeen-raised, London-based jazz drummer and bandleader of Polar Bear. An early member of the F-IRE Collective, he has played in numerous other formations including Fulborn Teversham, Sons Of Kemet, Room of Katinas, Oriole, Open Souls, with Bojan Z and Andy Sheppard, and until recently as a member of Acoustic Ladyland. He collaborated with Basquiat Strings on their Mercury-nominated Basquiat Strings With Seb Rochford album, and has played alongside a host of other musicians from around the world. In 2012 he put together a monthly digital singles club under the banner Days And Nights At The Takeaway.
Pete Wareham plays tenor and baritone saxophone in Polar Bear. Until their split in 2011 he was leader of London jazz/punk band Acoustic Ladyland. Two brand new Wareham-led projects will surface in 2013.
Mark Lockheart is a London-based saxophonist, who plays tenor sax in Polar Bear. He first came to prominence in the '80s as part of jazz ensemble Loose Tubes, and has since played in Perfect Houseplants and alongside a host of other musicians. He leads his own group In Deep and is currently working on a new seven-piece project under the name Ellington In Anticipation, taking Duke Ellington's music as its inspiration. In 2010 he received the Parliamentary Jazz Award for Best Jazz Musician.
Tom Herbert is a London-based musician, playing double bass in Polar Bear. He is a member of Mercury-nominated trio The Invisible, and also vocal/double bass duo Moats & Thrones with his wife, singer Alice Grant. Until 2007 Tom was a member of Acoustic Ladyland alongside Rochford and Wareham.
Composer, producer and musician Leafcutter John plays guitar, electronics and any number of other devices for Polar Bear, bringing a playful edge to their live performances. Originally from Yorkshire but now resident in the capital, John has recorded half a dozen solo albums (including three for Planet Mu). He composes and performs his own mixed media sound projects, and creates his own music software.
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- Win Tickets To See Polar Bear With Jyager In London
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- Leaf Hooks Up With The Camden Crawl For 2011
- Polar Bear Video Session & Mixtape
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- Polar Bear With Jyager Announce New Mini-Album And Download
- Nancy Elizabeth Session On Radio 3's Late Junction
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- Acoustic Ladyland Say Goodbye
- Seb Rochford Plays Van Gigs
- Polar Bear's Seb Rochford On Nemone
- Polar Bear in Creative Review
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Manor House Art Gallery and Museum
Castle Yard
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Situated within the beautiful surroundings of the Wharfe Valley, one of Ilkley's oldest buildings, the Manor House, has been converted into an attractive museum and art gallery. On the ground floor visitors are given a glimpse into Ilkley's past while the first floor galleries provide the venue for a regularly changing programme of temporary exhibitions.
While being a major exhibit in itself, the Manor House also stands on the remains of the Roman fort of Olicana. Only a short section of defensive wall remains exposed at the back of the building, but Roman artefacts from the fort and surrounding area are on permanent display inside the Manor House, together with prehistoric artefacts and information about the development of Ilkley as a Victorian spa town.
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Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Music, Natural Sciences, Social History, Weapons and War, World Cultures
Ukrainian Art: from the middle and second half of the twentieth century
- 11 February — 10 August 2014 *on now
Part of the International Cultural Programme of the Kiev Art Gallery, ANN Gallery, Ukrainian Art and the world. This programme is supported by the Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom, the Union of Artists of Ukraine, Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and a number of Ukrainian media.
The exhibition features paintings and drawings by famous artists such as Alexander Maksimenko, Arkady Pavlyuk, Maria Vinokourov, Ivan Parkhomenko and others. Priceless advantage of the exhibition is that it represents artists of different regions of Ukraine, schools of pre-war and post WWII periods, the works by the most professional and recognized masters and those who've left behind something really significant in the history of Ukrainian art.
Curators - Anna Lavrekha, Ukraine and Vlad Yamin, UK
Sikh Fortress Turban
- 21 February — 18 May 2014 *on now
Unravel the stories of the Sikh turban and discover how and why turbans symbolise Sikh faith and identity, featuring the Sikh Fortress Turban on loan from the British Museum and part of the national museum's Spotlight Loan programme.
This unique item known as a Dastaar Boonga or fortress turban was worn by a group of skilled warrior Sikhs called Akali Nihangs which protected the head in battle, comprising original weapons including daggers, swords and metal throwing discs secured on a replica indigo dyed turban.
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This exhibition displays the artistic talent present in the Burley and Menston art clubs. These groups have worked with the historic collection at Ilkley Manor House and Museum to inspire their work and provide visitors with a unique opportunity to view and buy original pieces.
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Four-Cheese Chicken Fettuccine Recipe
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Meet the Cook: As a cattle rancher, my husband's a big fan of beef. For him to comment on a poultry dish is rare. But he always tells me, "I love this casserole!" I first tasted it at a potluck; now, I fix it for my family (we have a 3-year-old daughter) once or twice a month, and I'm asked to take it to most every get-together. -Rochelle Brownlee, Big Timber, Montana
- 8 ounces uncooked fettuccine
- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, cubed
- 1 jar (4-1/2 ounces) sliced mushrooms, drained
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 3/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded Swiss cheese
- 2-1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken
- 1/3 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 to 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- Cook fettuccine according to package directions.
- Meanwhile, in a large kettle, combine the soup, cream cheese, mushrooms, cream, butter and garlic powder. Stir in cheeses; cook and stir until melted. Add chicken; heat through. Drain fettuccine; add to the sauce.
- Transfer to a shallow greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over chicken mixture. Cover and bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until golden brown. Yield: 6-8 servings.
Originally published as Four-Cheese Chicken Fettuccine in Country Woman May/June 1999, p31
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Enjoy this recipe with a full-bodied white wine such as Chardonnay or Viognier.
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Just okay for me. Can't believe I'm saying this but it's actually too rich. I'm by no means a health nut, but I didn't feel good after having this.
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I make this whenever I have all the ingredients on hand. It's a favourite. Good without mushrooms too.
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This recipe is awesome. One of my favorites. I also left out the mushrooms. I honestly never thought I'd find a fettuccine recipe that I'd be able to make at home. Easy and amazing!
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2012
This was the BEST fettuccine I have ever had. All the ingredients go really well together. I will never stop making this.
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I have been working for several days in attempt to configure a Captivate 5.5 project to function correctly as SCORM 1.2 content deliverable from an LMS; this should not be a difficult task! Configuring the SCORM 1.2 report settings for content with a scored assessment is not rocket science.
-developed content
-developed a scored assessment
-define a pass/fail threshold for the assessment (completion requirements are simple, learner meets or exceeds threshold or not)
-configure manifest
-select pass/fail (pass/fail is for scored assessments, incomplete/complete is for % of pages viewed by learner; i.e. no assessment)
-select quiz results only
-report score (which obviously should include the learners pass or fail status)
In the event there was a misunderstanding to the completion requirements for my content: complete assessment, meet or exceed threshold to obtain a pass status otherwise it's a failed attempt. For the life of me I can't understand why the Captivate 5.5 SCO issues a "Failed" status after initializing the API. Obviously at this point in the course the completion requirements, completing the assessment, have not been met by the learner!
Information copied from the ADL SCORM 1.2 Conformance Requirements document:
When setting (writing) the cmi.core.lesson_status element, the SCO shall set the value according to the following:
"incomplete" – This value is used when the SCO is taken for no-credit or credit, when the SCO is exited prematurely (before a passed/failed/completed status can be determined).
I've tweaked the settings to the point where I can get the SCO to send an incomplete status after the API has been initialized. In addition I can access the assessment, pass it and receive a passing transcript. I can also access the assessment, fail it and receive a failed transcript. However, if I view just a few pages and exit I receive a failed transcript. Again, how can a completion status, fail, be sent by the SCO when the completion requirements have not been met? (refer back to the ADL comformance requirement above) It's worthy to note bookmarks are recorded in my transcript…but what good are bookmarks if you have a failed transcript? A failed attempt is a valid completion. For certifications purposes our transcripts are locked once they've obtained a valid completion; i.e. pass, fail or complete.
Here is a valid scenario:
A 2 hour course has been developed for corporate. Every employee in the company must complete the course by passing the assessment. If any employee fails the course twice they must travel to corporate head quarters for a 3 day ILT training and coaching session. The employee logs into the LMS, launches the course and midway through the course the employee's boss calls. The boss wants the employee in his office to discuss an issue with a customer. No problem right? The course utilizes bookmarks so at a later time the employee can re-launch and continue on where he left off. The employee exits the course, meets with the boss and returns to his desk. He logs back into the LMS, accesses his learning plan to discover there is a failed transcript for the corporate course rather than an incomplete transcript. Once again the employee's boss calls and this time he is upset. Why? The LMS generated an email and sent it to the boss informing him the employee now has one failed attempt at completing the corporate course. One more failed attempt and the employee will have an expensive 3 day trip to corporate head quarters!
The observed functionality of Captivate content not compiling with the SCORM standard is unacceptable!!
Is there a way to force Captivate 5.5 to function correctly based on ADL conformance?
I may not grasp the situation exactly, but as a quick reply, you state,
"pass/fail is for scored assessments, incomplete/complete is for % of pages viewed by learner"
Are you mixing the two? If so, are you selecting SCORM 2004? Is your LMS SCORM 2004-compliant?
If you must use SCORM 1.2, don't mix those two - report the score only, not the page views. Captivate can get wacky when trying to track both pass/fail and complete/incomplete at the same time...
I'll try to revisit this tomorrow and reference a matrix I've got on various reporting combinations and results with Captivate...
On revisiting, it looks like you are just setting pass/fail options, correct?
What options are you selecting in the Quiz Preferences dialog?
Are you setting a Mastery Score? If so, try NOT doing that as such a setting may be forcing the LMS to establish a pass/fail status when the SCO exits, regardless of whether the assessment was actually taken or not.
Now keep in mind, as I understand it, that your scenario may well occur if the user takes an assessment (quiz) part-way through and exits the lesson. I believe when a quiz starts, a score is kept and updated as each question is answered; so if there are 4 questions and the user answers the first one correctly, they now have a 25%....and if they exit at that point, their current score is 25%....which Captivate or the LMS may then evaluate as a 'fail' as it does not meet the 'passing' requirements....
Based on SCORM 1.2 standards a pass/fail status is for content containing a scored assessment and incomplete/complete status is for content which does not contain a scored assessment.
We have content which contains a scored assessment and we're publishing to SCORM 1.2. We have attempted to use pass/fail without success.
This is a synopsis of our best attempt at using the pass/fail option:
-upon accessing the SCO a status of incomplete is sent to the LMS
-upon completing content and passing the assessment a passing status is sent to the LMS
-upon completing content and failing the assessment a failed status is sent to the LMS
-however, if exiting SCO prior to completing content and not accessing assessment, a failed status is sent to the LMS
The above synopsis is incorrect. If a learner exits the SCO without completing the content and not accessing the assessment the SCO should return an incomplete status to the LMS. When the learner re-launches the SCO then book marking will return the learner to the point in the content where he/she left off; Captivates book marking capabilities are excellent. A pass/fail status cannot be nor should it be determined until the learner has met the course completion requirements; i.e. pass or fail the assessment.
As I noted in my initial post from the ADL Conformance requirements document; "incomplete" – This value is used when the SCO is taken for no-credit or credit, when the SCO is exited prematurely (before a passed/failed/completed status can be determined).
With the above ADL statement in mind a final status cannot be determined until the course completion requirements are met by the learner. For a pass/fail the completion requirement is for the learner to complete the assessment. Even if the learner accesses the assessment and exits prior to completing it, which would result in a failed attempt. For incomplete/complete the requirement is for the learner to meet the % of content viewed. A status of incomplete should be maintained until the learner meets the course completion requirements.
We have also attempted to use incomplete/complete for the same course. The issue we have with this is that even if the learner fails the assessment the SCO sends a complete status to the LMS. Obviously our content with an assessment requires a pass/fail which is what we want.
Thanks for your feedback,
Just out of curiosity, have you tried uploading your Captivate course to the SCORM Cloud LMS and tested what that does with it?
I mention it because SCORM Cloud is built by Rustici Software, the people that make many of the SCORM players used by large LMS vendors. They're the recognised experts when it comes to SCORM. So it would be interesting to see if their SCORM Cloud LMS has an issue with your Captivate course too. I've always found that my Cp courses set up for SCORM 1.2 worked pretty flawlessly and got a total thumbs up from SCORM Cloud.
I like Rod's suggestion, just to see if the behavior changes. We test in the SCORM Cloud environment for such unexpected results as well.
Overall, however, how the CP development team has interpreted the SCORM spec is...what it is. Definitely feel free to make suggestions on how it should be changed:
For your immediate needs, the only solution is to either hit upon the proper combination of value settings for the lesson to act the way you need...and there's no guarantee that's possible. It sounds like you need to do pass/fail, no complete/incomplete, for your options...but I don't think you'll be able to overcome the lesson marking 'failed' if the user doesn't finish taking the quiz...
...but maybe you'll hit upon a combination of settings that works.
If not, then the only solution is possibly altering the quiz results before it gets sent to the LMS, via some custom JS coding in the parent HTML document, or choosing a different tool...
Wish I had better guidance!
Rod had a good suggestion. However, I can't see any possible way the behavior of the content could change; it is what it is. The problem is not our LMS it's the content. Inside the course start HTM file is an option to activate an alert box which I've done; and by the way the alert box displays pretty much the same data as the Java Console. As you can clearly see (Location = 3) I viewed 3 pages of the content prior to exiting, obviously not accessing the quiz, the content sent a failed status. Our LMS only records information sent by the course content. Therefore even testing with Rustici's, who I'm very familiar with, would record exactly the same thing.


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Seattle >Arts & Entertainment > The Triple Door Theater & Musicquarium Lounge
216 Union Street, Seattle, WA | Directions 9810147.608667 -122.337310
4PM-2AM Everyday
Neighborhoods: Central Business District, Downtown
This place is the best for music in all of Seattle. – I've seen Beck at Benaroya, but nothing compared to Jose Gonzalez and Jake Shimabukura at the Triple Door. It's too bad someone like Neil Young doesn't do a show at a place like this.
place to plae – WOW, this place is nice.... very elegant in a way... nice drinks... one classical yet modern stuffs.. hehehe
Good music, bad service – I sometimes come here to listen to music on a slow weekend - it's free, it's not too bad, and there's a good amount of places to sit.
The main reason I'm giving this place 3 stars instead of more is the service. Almost every single time I've been here, I have been purposely ignored by bartending staff too busy to take my order. The last time I went, the girl who cleans dishes came by 3 times to apologize and assure me she asked the bartender to pass by. Total wait time for a drink: 25 minutes.
Piss-Poor Service – I used to like going to this place, though the service was never friendly or quick. The happy hour prices are great , the food is pretty good and I like the live music. However, I am never going back to The Triple Door.
I was part of a group of 8 that met at the Triple Door last Saturday night at around 730PM, hardly prime bar time on a Saturday. The place wasn't too crowded and there were 5 bartenders behind the bar. However, when we ordered our drinks, only 6 of them came. No big deal, the waitress said that they'd be right out. We waited 10 minutes. Couldn't find our waitress (or any waitress). Waited 10 more mintues. My boyfriend got mad and went up to the bar to ask (nicely!) for our drinks. The bartender (not making drinks but leaning on the counter) said that the drinks would be right out. Waited 10 MORE minutes. We finally flagged down our clueless waitress. When we told her that we were still waiting for two drinks, she said, "Oh, I think the paper is out back there." NO "I'm sorry." No panicked, "Oh no, I care about my tip and I should make sure these people get their drinks right away" reaction. I asked her what that had to do with it and she said that they probably didn't get her electronic order because they were out of paper. I'm sorry honey, but obviously they did get the order because 6 of the drinks came. She never apologized. We finally got the drinks 10 MORE minutes later (a total of 40 mins late!), when everyone else was done. To make matters worse, this happened 2 MORE times that night- a drink was always missing and the careless, vapid waitress and lazy bartenders never seemed to mind.
My friends, family and I have all worked in the service industry for years and I know the difference between service where 'things go wrong' and service where the servers do not give 2 cents. This was the latter and I am not sorry to say that we did not give them 2 cents either. I have never been treated so negligently and I'm still peeved about it!
Always great! – I consistantly bring all my out of towner guest into The Triple Door and they always LOVE it ! I've never had a bad experience with the waitstaff, they are always attentive and around when you need something.
Try the 7 flavored beef or the seafood noodle dish - the best !
Great music, great food and great drinks – I think triple door has it all! The food is wild ginger standards, the music the best you cna find in town. Perfect place to take a date of go with friends or by yourself, either ways you never go wrong!
Rubber shrimp. – The venue itself is nice but food is terrible. My shrimp tasted like rubber band. I paid $16 for my rubber band dinner. If anyone wants to go their to enjoy shows, I would suggest to get dinner somewhere else and order drinks there. Drinks are OK and did not taste like rubber band.
Located below Wild Ginger, this former vaudeville theater is beautifully reborn as a classy music venue and cocktail bar. – The Scene
Located across from Benaroya Hall and downstairs from Wild Ginger, this high-end jazz venue draws a distinctly well-heeled crowd. After work, Triple Door is a movers-and-shakers spot for appetizers and delicious cocktails, although there's surprisingly little snobbery amid the suits and schmoozing. Appreciative crowds gather later on for musical performances in the beautifully renovated, 1920s-era vaudeville theater.
The Draw
In the theater, expect intimate and comfortable seating, personable dining service, and a world-class sound system. The upstairs bar--called the "Musicquarium" because of the giant fish tank at the entrance--is an inviting place to meet friends or scope out well-groomed singles in their mid-30s to 50s. Order a bottle of wine, a few Asian-fusion treats from the menu, and the stage is set for a great evening.
Thanks for the review. One thing we would like to make clear is that the Triple Door is NOT a Jazz club. We do a max of 2-3 jazz shows a month. Any quick look-over of our calendar demonstrates our commitment to all genres of music, burlesque and comedy. Musically we could not be more varied: rock, singer-songwriters, blues, alt-country, jazz, world music, Indie and much more...
Please help us make the Triple Door knows for what we do best: diversity and quality in programming.
Trivia Night Can't Be Beat – A hidden gem in downtown Seattle, The Triple Door's trivia night on Mondays is always great times and a great deal on top of that! It starts at 10:30PM, winners get money off their tabs (no buy in either!) and its industry night, 33% off. The always entertaining Paul Jensen of the Dudley Manlove Quartet is one of the hosts.
Best Place for a Romantic Celebration – My boyfriend and I had our first date at the Triple Door. On our second visit I wanted to surprise him with a romantic night out. A few weeks before the show I emailed the staff to see what special touches could be done to make the night even more amazing. The staff especially Lauren Ragen went above and beyond my expectations to make the evening incredibly memorable. She was patient and understanding of all my requests and million emails! The night of the show everything went wonderfully- leaving my boyfriend speechless! Thank you for everything. I highly recommend the Triple Door for Romantic Evenings Out, Top Notch Service, Captivating Shows, & Phenomenal food.My boyfriend and I had our first date at the Triple Door. On our second visit I wanted to surprise him with a romantic night out. A few weeks before the show I emailed the staff to see what special touches could be done to make the night even more amazing. The staff especially Lauren Ragen went above and beyond my expectations to make the evening incredibly memorable. She was patient and understanding of all my requests and million emails! The night of the show everything went wonderfully- leaving my boyfriend speechless! Thank you for everything. I highly recommend the Triple Door for Romantic Evenings Out, Top Notch Service, Captivating Shows, & Phenomenal food.
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I'll be releasing a new Theme tonight, to accompany multiMan's newest goodies...
thanks Dean.
Hey so I downloaded the zelda theme and I was trying to install it but it seems like it didn't come with a .mmt file (I see that all the other themes came with it). How would I go about installing this theme?
Also I did press R2 and L2 and did not find any files with the .mmt extension. I downloaded it separately, not from the mega pack.
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That's odd. My zelda theme has mmt file. Nevertheless you can copy all the files in it to game/bles80608/usrdir and it should then work.
It may be when condorstrike redid them, as all of the new ones are basically legal ports of the originals but perhaps it is missing or no longer necessary.
crap, I'm sorry guys... yes Zelda 41 is missing the .mmt file, when I get home I'll attach it. thanks for letting me know.
edit: here it is fixed: http://www.ps3news.com/forums/ps3-ha...tml#post366946
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Pizza >Antonio's
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Daily 11:00am- 5:00pm
Fri-Sat 5:00pm-10:00pm
Sun-Thu 5:00pm- 9:00pm
Not that good! – We were brought to a table by the person who we assume was the manager. He did not say anything too us. The table was very cramped for the four of us. All the tables around us seemed to be right on top of us. The service was slow and not very welcoming. It seemed as if the waiter had tables inside and outside. The tomatoes on the buffalo mozzarella were pink and hard. The bread seemed old and entrees were served warm at best and with very little flavor. Left very disappointed and will not be going back. They seem to cater to the regulars.
Nice italian off the tourist strip – Pleasantly surprised at the waterfront location in Celebration. Cute little "village" atmosphere. I understand Celebration is a Disney-manufactured town, but they pull it off really well. Nice outdoor patio seating with a view of the water and (gasp) it's not a major chain restaurant! We arrived relatively late (9pm ... be warned everything closes at 10pm around here), and host was friendly and service was quick and attentive. Very extensive menu, something to please everyone. Friend had a mushroom-pasta dish that was very tasty. I had a salmon-prosciutto dish that was tasty, but could have done without the coating of balsamic wine reduction. Good wine selection, and a great get away for the weary Orlando conventioneer looking for something different. Definitely will make the little bit extra drive to return on my next business trip to avoid the landmine of awful restaurants on I-Drive!
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Herewith, a checklist of industry-blessed positions guaranteed not to hurt fat bottoms or fat bottom lines.
WARNING LABELS. Smoking has gone down in this county but remains epidemic both domestically and internationally. Yesteryear's bland package warning labels have blended into the wallpaper. Teen smoking is rising in these parts.
Big Tobacco has fought imposition of disgustingly groady new warning labels and has thus far won in court. Apparently, the First Amendment prohibits promulgation at the expense of profits.
You will have proof-positive that tobacco-style labels don't work the day the National Rifle Association endorses them for gun purchase invoices.
MOVIE, TV and VIDEO GAME RATINGS. Hollywood produced much more interesting work before imposition of a censorship code in the mid-1930's. Director King Vidor even filmed a legendary underwater ballet which dared to display Dolores del Rio's redoubtable derriere. ("Bird of Paradise," 1932)
Fearing critics, Hollywood self-censored. Fast-forward to the present multi-media era and ask yourself how that's working so far.
In a similar jugular vein, a discredited dogmatist named Alan Greenspan thought Wall Street would regulate itself. Now comes the NRA endorsing a crackdown on video games. Stronger warning labels, anyone?
TV/RADIO SPOTS. Those that work get censored. Those that won't bore us to death every day.
In 1990, the California Dept. of Health Services produced legendary anti-smoking media. I ran some for free on my radio show and defeated Lush Rambo in the process. Smoking plummeted and the industry soon killed the campaign's funding.
The TV equivalent of warning labels apparently does no good. Prescription drug commercials come laden with scary statements but people continue to demand drugs promising paradise in pill form. The Lunesta Tinkerbell looks dreamily alluring even though that stuff can be lethal.
TAXOPHOBIA. Reaganaut moonhowlers consider it religious dogma that taxes hurt the economy and kill jobs. Nothing could be further from the truth.
When the U.S. had a progressive tax code from 1945 to 1970, we enjoyed the strongest economy the world had ever known and created that now-endangered species called the middle class.
President Clinton pushed a progressive tax increase through Congress in 1993 and lost both the Senate and House of Representatives the following year. The tax hike helped fuel the economic boom of the 1990's.
Spreading the wealth through progressive tax policy works.
Alas, progressivity has been eliminated over the past four decades, which is why former Sen. Sheila Leslie, D-Reno, in last week's alternative state-of-the-state address, noted that Nevada's wealthiest pay a 1.5 percent tax rate while poor people pay 10 percent of their incomes.
Even though they may question global warming and evolution, moonhowlers are quick to accept such disparity as God's plan of survival of the fattest...er...fittest.
I disclaim any liability if this column ticks off some corporate PR department.
Be well. Raise hell.
Andrew Barbano is a 44-year Nevadan and editor of NevadaLabor.com. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com. Barbwire by Barbano has originated in the Tribune since 1988.


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Introduction to Quantitative Methods A
Course Code: PUBLG100A
Course Tutor: Dr Jennifer Hudson (Department of Political Science)
Assessment: One 3,000 word assignment
Credit Value: 15
About this course
The course will provide an introduction to quantitative methods including: data analysis and presentation, descriptive statistics, inferential statistics (Chi Square, correlation, ANOVA, etc) and regression models (OLS and logit/probit models). Students will be trained in statistical software (Stata) to produce original research and evaluate the use of statistics in published research.
By the end of the course, students should be able to understand basic quantitative research methods, demonstrate competence in performing statistical analyses using Stata, apply quantitative methods to real world problems, evaluate their use in published research and employ these methods (where appropriate) in their dissertation research.
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Mon-Fri 11:30am-3pm, Sat-Sun 11:30-5pm
Sun-Wed 5pm-10pm, Thu-Sat 5pm-11pm
Neighborhoods: East LA, Silver Lake
Good little Vietnamese restaurant in Silver lake. Pretty decor and food that's tasty.
I have only tried a few dishes here, but all of my selections have been fantastic. I'm surprised that others are rating it poorly. I see nothing to dislike.
Citysearch Editorial Review – Natural decor and soft lighting create a welcoming environment at this casual Vietnamese lunch and dinner spot that's popular with couples and groups (this being Silver Lake, the crowd skews towards young hipster couples and families). The menu features a variety of Vietnamese favorites, including standards like pork-and-shrimp summer rolls, beef, chicken or pork noodle bowls, and banh mi sandwiches; non-meat eaters will find vegetarian- and vegan-friendly options like vegetarian pho with mushrooms, bok choy, carrots, ginger and baked tofu in a vegan broth over rice noodles, and the Gingergrass tofu with crispy tofu, shiitake mushrooms and bok choy served with vegan nuoc cham sauce. There's also a rotating list of specials, which appear on the blackboard above the open kitchen. Service is friendly (if a little slow when it's busy), and prices are affordable--while dinner entrees are pricier, noodle bowls, soups and sandwiches run under $10. Specialty beverages like ginger limeade or basil-lime elixir are refreshing non-alcoholic drink options; wine and beer are also served, including imports such as Tiger Beer from Vietnam and Tsingtao from China.
Great little asian bistro with a lot of character. – I've been dabbling with the idea of trying Ginger Grass for a while. I heard it was a great place for Bun, Banh Mi, and Pho in the Silverlake area. Growing up Vietnamese Chinese I'm pretty picky about my those aforementioned dishes because homemade was always the best or living in the San Gabriel Valley and being driving distance to Little Saigon you could get authentic and good almost anytime.
I was prepared for a complete bastardization of Vietnamese cuisine but hoping for a good plate of Asian Fusion. Instead, I came away really impressed. I had the Noodle Bowl with Grilled Shrimp and Imperial Roll. It was 10.50!!! the Imperial roll addition cost $1.50 for a little tiny roll the size of my thumb. My grandma would lecture me firmly for even thinking about paying for something like that. However, the little imperial roll was well done. Reminded me of Grandma's freshly fried Cha Gio. The grilled shrimp was well marinated with definite lemongrass flavors. I suspect either the nuoc cham (dressing) or the shrimp had a bit of msg in it because an hour after eating the bowls my bf was passed out in a food coma and i got my typical msg headache induced coma an hour after he did. Not verifiable though...but suspicious.
We ordered the Gingergrass fresh rolls, which was a suped up summer roll, packed with avocado, crab, and a good amount of mint and/or basil. It was served with a mayo mixed with sambal, which i found a little weird. Too creamy for the rolls. I squirted some hoisin sauce and sirracha on the plate and it was much better with the rolls. I didn't want to ask for another sauce cuz the waitress seemd a bit overwhelmed despite the restaurant being only half full on a late Saturday afternoon. She brought our appetizers out after we halfway into our noodle bowls.
My boyfriend ordered their limeade. It was watered down. He loves a good soda chanh so was a bit disappointed with it. I ordered the gingergrass ginger ale, and it was very very gingery.
We saw people crunching on the shrimp chips which they sold by the bags. I LOVED shrimp chips growing up. My grandma would fry them in a big wok in our backyard, crispy, shrimpy, yummy! We bought a bag to take with us on a road trip, it didn't disappoint. Brings back the memories. At $1.50 a bag, by one of those instead of spending it on the imperial roll addition to your noodle bowl.
We gotta go back for dinner, try the pho and the claypot catfish, and their cocktails. (Oh yeah, we ordered the vietnamese coffee ice cream for dessert, creamy, fluffy, with a hint of coffee and served with best gingersnap cookies i've ever had.) I want to make my way down their dessert list too.
To sum up, I would go there to get my vietnamese fix without driving to westminster or san gabriel and know that i'm going to get well executed food. I woudln't take my mom or grandma there though. They'd be horrified with the prices. And, I'll probably drink a lot of water before and after just in case they do use msg.
Slowly but surely, another one bites the dust – I have never been compelled to write a review - until tonight - about Gingergrass. This restaurant has gotten my money and patronage since opening and used to be my favorite place to eat - fresh, tasty food, reasonable prices, nearby location, you know, all good stuff.
But never in my life have I personally witnessed a restaurant fall so far from grace, leaving me with only the hazy memory of its former glory.
First, the food is so saturated with a salty, saucy coating that most all the dishes taste the same... Now I am not a horse, but you may as well serve up a salt block, garnished with a sprig of alfalfa.
Second, there has recently been a mysterious shortage of rice. On several occasions I've been told they were out of rice, and would I like something else? Certainly not! I am Asian, and I need rice with my Asian food! Whoever takes charge of rice I deem unfit for Asian food service till the end of time.
Third, if I wanted to listen to new age trance on loop all night, I'd be at my little brother's high school rave party.
Fourth, although I don't eat at Gingergrass nearly as often as I used to, the food still manages to give me horrible indigestion EVERY SINGLE TIME. Maybe I'll post my next review on LA's public health page...
Love the pork chops. The marinade is similar to Korean BBQ marinade, and the pork chops are served with short grain rice and an Asian-style cole slaw.
Love the food ... some servers need to shave and wear clean clothes – this is one of my favorite restaurants, so to be fair, I have to say I absolutely love the Shaking Beef and the Tofu dish. On the other hand, I've almost gotten sick to my stomach a couple of times that I've gone in for lunch and saw how dirty the servers' clothes looked. I looked down and this server's shoes looked like he had partied too hard the previous night, stepped all over his peeuk , went to sleep and rolled off the bed right over to do his shift at Gingergrass. and the worst thing is that when they're carrying too many dishes, they lean them against their sweaty body with dirty clothes. There's one particular server that the last time I walked in the restaurant, I just had to leave. He has an extreme amount of facial hair (very puffy, long beard), and on my last trip, I thought I saw my food almost touch his beard when he was walking through the tables. I thought there were some food serving laws against facial hair being that ungroomed? I've cut down a lot on my trips to Gingergrass for the simple cleanliness of the servers, and when I do go, I try to eat at the tail end of lunch so that they're not too busy and my food doesn't have to touch their unlaundried shirt or ungroomed facial hair.
Fun with Vietnamese food! – I've always had good dining experience at Gingergrass. I like going on Thursdays because just accross the street there's a wine vendor offering wine tasting. So I first find parking which can be dicey, I put my name on the list at Gingergrass, along with my cell no. so they can call me when my table is ready. Then we scoot across the street for some wine tasting. Every time we've decided on an appropriate bottle of wine, we're called letting us know our table is ready. Typical of the Silverlake/Los Feliz area, you'll find the crowd is eclectic, and the mood is casual and overall friendly. I've sampled most of their menu and haven't found fault in it. Be reminded though, this is Americanized Vietnamese food, that is all good. If you're looking for "authentic" then consider going to Garden Grove (try Brodard @ 9100 Trask Ave, or Pho Lu @ 10141 Westminster Ave). But given gas prices today, I'll go to Gingergrass every Thursday for my Vietnamese food fix.
Great food, bad service. – Good food and as a previous user stated "authentic vietnamese" food but it's still good. The servers are only wrapped up about their friends coming through the door and socializing so just feel free to yell and wave to get their attention. Heck even get up yourself to get that condiment you're looking for. What can you expect you're in Silverlake.
The shaking beef and mako salad and if you like shrimp entree are recommended. Pass on the desserts and any of the appetizers other than the imperial rolls.
Stylish & Homey – Love the design of the place and super incredible food. The waiters are speed lightning and if you can catch one it's a miracle. If you don't get their early enough expect an hour wait!
Great Healthy Food, Fun Urban Neighborhood Joint, and Yes Crappy Service** – My husband and I grab dinner at Gingergrass at least twice a month, and have been doing so since they opened. Although I will agree that service is iffy, I wouldn't say it's the worst but we absolutely avoid it during peak hours (anything after 7pm on weekdays and after 6 on weekends- seriously they're THAT busy). The place is small and very bustling, it has an urban feel and gets very hectic during peak hours so I understand when the servers are slammed and often rushing like mad, BUT that does not excuse their curt and 'European Style' service. I will agree that I have rarely had an exceedingly nice server, usually they're merely passable but they deliver the food and bring me the bill so honestly my love for the food negates their poor attitudes. Meals are pretty cheap and my staple of Hazelnut Rogue Beer, fresh Papaya Salad, and Chicken Noodle Bowl (the best noodle bowl ever) are always fantastic. The Curry Claypot is delicious, as is the Shaking Beef. It may not be the most authentic Vietnamese, the friendliest, or the fastest, but it has a great upbeat feel, delicious and healthy menu options and I will continue to love and visit this neighborhood joint. I'm surprised at the number of negative reviews, and I would expect the staff and owners at Gingergrass to step it up based on this feedback, maybe they're busy enough simply not to care.
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Meet Amy! She is a pioneer. Amy is the first Free People designer to take a full time position overseas. Most of our designers travel regularly to the factories to over see product development, develop relationships with our vendors, and learn about how to improve our products with the resources each factory has available. Amy is working for us in Hong Kong where she can work hand in hand with our factories on a day to day basis. Previous to her move, she was working in Philadelphia as our sweater designer.
In this photo, Amy sits where a woman that specializes in hand knitting usually sits. Amy works with her to experiment with new yarns and techniques.
Here Amy is fitting one of our hand knit sweater samples on Sally, a girl she works with at the factory.
Here is a photo of where Amy keeps all the FP yarns. It is right near the sample room, so she has easy access to choose yarns for knitdowns.
Here is one of the factory employees working on a swatch. This machine is a 12 gauge handflat knitting machine.
And here is Amy writing a spec in an office of one of the three factories she works with the most.
Hopefully Amy will continue to send us news from Hong Kong. I'm really excited to see pictures of where she lives, the culture and fashion! So stay tuned for more news from China!
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Meet Amy! She is a pioneer. Amy is the first Free People designer to take a full time position overseas. Most of our designers travel regularly to the factories to over see product development, develop relationships with our vendors, and learn about how to improve our products with the resources each factory has available. Amy is working for us in Hong Kong where she can work hand in hand with our factories on a day to day basis. Previous to her move, she was working in Philadelphia as our sweater designer.
- -December 6, 2006, 8:49PM
- -December 7, 2006, 2:19AM
What are the conditions like for the other factory workers?
- -December 7, 2006, 12:10PM
I really like all design from freepeople, however I live in Hong Kong so I couldn't make any order in your site …. I really hope you guys can accept international order in the future …
- -December 8, 2006, 1:39AM
I'm with Anonymous up above. Please tell us what the conditions are like for the other factory workers. Thanks!
- -December 9, 2006, 1:43PM
I'd also be very interested in hearing about what the working conditions are like for your workers as you paint such a rosy picture. I am a big fan of your clothes, but it would be sadly ironic if you are called "Free People" and use did not pay your workers livable wages, wouldn't it?
- -December 11, 2006, 12:03AM
on the working conditions…
I asked Amy to give her first hand account. She said we work in some of the best quality factories. The facilities are relatively clean (you can see by the photos, they are not glamourous, but they are factories after all) There are no children working. Only young adults and older. They work from morning until noon and take an hour lunch. Then work until six. There are night shifts during times of high production. In China, most of the employees are from small villages and come stay in the city to make a living for their families. The employees live in dorms near the factory. It is common for people to come and work for a few years, then once they have saved enough money, return to their village. This usually happens during Chinese New Year when the factory shuts down and employees take vacation. Amy says that in spending time there, she feels like Free People is really helping these communities, by bringing them business and supporting their economy.
I hope this gives some insight into what it is like to work in these factories. I'm sure people have a lot of curiosity concerning these conditions. It is certainly unfortunate that not everyone enjoys the luxuries we do in this country. But hopefully it can be understood that our business is helping these people. I will do my best to answer any questions I can.
- -December 11, 2006, 10:43AM
Wow! that looks super exciting! Yeah, get Amy to send us pics of the culture and fashion!
- -December 14, 2006, 3:53PM
We miss you Amy!
- -December 16, 2006, 11:25AM
I've asked more questions about the working conditions, and not only have they been ignored, the posts weren't allowed to show up. I guess that answers my questions.
Goodbye Free People, Hello Clear Conscious!
- -December 17, 2006, 10:31PM
hello anonymous. Comments do not show up right away because I read them before I publish them. That way I know what is being commented on and I can respond if necessary. Another thing is, I do not typically work on the blog on the weekend, so sometimes it takes a couple of days for comments to be published.
I honestly did not receive any more questions about the working conditions. And I personally have no first hand knowledge. The info I have passed on is from a girl actually living and working there on a daily basis. I apologize if there was some sort of error, but I truly have not received any more questions.
- -February 18, 2008, 6:43AM
I am looking for handflat machine gauge 9 knitting machine. I am in Kenya how much does it cost and how can i get it?
- -March 28, 2008, 10:08AM
I am looking for a handflat machine gauge 9 or gauge 11. Is it possible to get one from you?
Mary Mutua, Kenya – Africa
- -April 22, 2008, 11:30AM
hi, my name is lauren, i embelish clothes for a few stores where i live, in bellingham, wa. i also embellished some clothes for urban renewal in october. im also very interested in making accesories and taking old things and making them into new. i was wondering how you got started designing for free people, and if you have any advise about getting my stuff out there more and maybe one day doing what your doing…
- -February 9, 2010, 4:26AM
i am very inspried…
- -February 9, 2010, 4:28AM
i am very inspired by yours work…
- -July 11, 2012, 5:28PM
Do you pay fair wages?
- -January 21, 2013, 3:43PM
As kyra asked, do you pay fair wages to the factory employees?
- -June 24, 2013, 11:50AM
Selling $200 dollar dresses to spoiled white girls everywhere, while profiting off of the labor of others. FREE PEOPLE? FREE. PEOPLE. What a joke.
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Lazard: Apple's core business is selling end users flash memory at steep markupsApril 4, 2013: 12:19 PM ET
And that's a great business to be in, says the bank, as it initiates coverage with a Buy.
FORTUNE -- "We think it's time to revisit what makes Apple unique," writes Lazard Capital Market's Edward Parker in a note to clients that initiates coverage with a Buy rating and a $540 price target.
Don't think of Apple (AAPL) only as the purveyor of jewel-like devices, he suggests. Or elegant, easy-to-use software. Or an "ecosystem" that keeps its customers coming back for more.
All of those factors are important, Parker writes, but none of them adequately explain how Apple manages to capture a disproportionate share of the profits in every business it's in. (In the global market for smartphones, for example, it takes home more that 70% of the profit with less than 20% market share.)
What Wall Street needs, Parker suggests, is a fresh perspective -- a new way of looking at the company.
And this is it: Think of Apple's core business as selling end users flash memory at steep markups.
"We propose," he writes, "that Apple is a 'storage' company, not only levered to data creation but instrumental in driving data creation in ways its competitors are not. Apple sells storage by delicately but deliberately incenting customers to purchase NAND flash memory at 80%-90% incremental margins. We believe this model is unique in the industry and will ensure Apple avoids the pitfalls of former handset innovators that are rapidly falling into the annals of history."
As Parker shows in the chart above, this makes Apple's business model very different from Google's (GOOG) or Samsung's. Google's mission is to drive traffic to its search engine and to data stored in its own cloud servers, not on users' devices. Samsung makes and sells its own memory chips, but is also perfectly happy to let customers walk out the door and buy additional memory from its competitors.
Only Apple gives its uniquely loyal customers ever stronger reasons to buy higher-capacity phones, tablets, music players and computers at margins far higher than the market for raw memory can bear.
"Challenges remain and the company needs to keep the magic alive," Parker writes in conclusion. "That said, we think the worst is behind Apple and believe it's time to long the stock. Our 12-month price target of $540 is based on 12x our calendar 2014 EPS estimate of $45, representing a potential return of 25% from current levels."
UPDATE: Asymco's Horace Dediu is unimpressed wtih Parker's framework.
"The NAND flash markup meme is being repurposed from the iPod era," he writes. "I heard it back then as the reason why the iPod was so profitable and that once that ability to mark up flash would disappear then the company would be finished.
"It was not insightful then and it's not insightful now."Apple is not a storage company. It is successful (and fails) on the basis of being able to innovate in ways that others can't. That means it approaches all open problems with an integrated solution. As long as that approach is in step with the evolution of the market and technology, they are successful. When it's not in step then it is not successful.Being able to charge a premium for storage is a result of having this model not a cause for it."


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Open Office 2.4 Closes Vulnerabilities
The Open Office project has just announced that the latest 2.4 version of the free office suite removes a number of security issues.
The developers did not disclose the nature of the issues to give the teams behind products based on Open Office sufficient time to integrate bugfixes.
Four vulnerabilities are described in the version 2.4 security bulletin. What they all have in common is that they can be triggered by manipulated files and lead to heap overflows. Two of them can be exploited to trigger a buffer overflow and execute code. The developers are not aware of an exploit that attacks the vulnerabilities, they add.
An update to Version 2.4 is thus not only recommended on account of the new features, but for security reasons.
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IBM Corp.'s Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment is a network boot server that facilitates central management of networked workstations. It implements Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE) as well as a Web-based administration service. More information can be found at the following URL.
Remote exploitation of a multiple vulnerabilities within IBM Corp.'s Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment allows attackers to crash the service or potentially execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
These vulnerabilities specifically exist in the handling of multi part/form-data HTTP POST requests. Malformed requests can cause invalid memory accesses leading to denial of service, or in some cases heap corruption.
Exploitation allows an attacker to crash the service or potentially execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
No authentication is required to access the vulnerable code. The attacker need only be able to send a specially crafted request to the HTTP (8080) or HTTP-SSL (443) port of the management service.
It should be noted that this service can be run with reduced privileges. iDefense recommends running this service with the least amount of privileges possible.
iDefense has confirmed the existence of these vulnerabilities within version 188.8.131.52 of Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment. Older versions are suspected to be vulnerable as well.
Employing firewalls to limit access to the affected service will mitigate exposure to these vulnerabilities.
IBM Corp. Tivoli has addressed these vulnerabilities within Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1 Fix Pack 2. More information is available from IBM Document swg24015664 at the following URL.
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Sources: UGA Defensive Coordinator Grantham To Interview With New Orleans Saints Today
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Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham is in New Orleans today to interview with the Saints, according to sources who spoke with the Times-Picayune. On Wednesday, Grantham wouldn't comment specifically on the Saints rumors or the apparent interest in him from the Philadelphia Eagles for their defensive coordinator job.
"I like my job here. At the same time, as you move forward, if opportunities came up, I don't think it's fair to comment on every particular one, because then all I'd be doing is talking about the rumors and innuendos and those types of things. And then I wouldn't be able to do my job.
"At the end of the day when you have time to reflect and sit down, the first thing you always do is you say, 'What's the best thing for your family.' Because you have a family to take care of. And as you answer those questions, it kind of filters out to the way you want it."
With signing day Wednesday, what was his message to recruits?
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Grantham has to notify Georgia A.D. Greg McGarity about serious discussions for another job. But according to Grantham, as of Wednesday afternoon, that had not been necessary.
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