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mirage wrote:I am not very familiar with situation in Zen, but maybe because it one of the precious few ways to deal with numerous charlatans and crazies who appear out of nowhere proclaiming themselves to be enlightened teachers? Who can judge if a particular person is qualified to teach? His own teacher. How do we know this teacher is qualified himself? Supposedly because it was confirmed by his own teacher, and so on back to Buddha. I find this idea very attractive, even though it might not always work exactly that way in practice. But it is at least some insurance.
Since the lineage of confirming and authorising a teacher is broken, the transmission is given based on several reasons and not always connected to the receiver's inner realisation, and there are several examples of correctly transmitted teachers abusing the naive belief in transmission itself, it does not work as an guarantee for quality. Yes, people want to feel safe, but it's a false belief based on an illusion. On the other hand, if instead of blindly accepting the myth of transmission, they would take the time to actually study and contemplate the teachings and assess a teacher by his knowledge and behaviour, that could be a lot safer. In fact, both knowledge and behaviour are relatively easy to measure. As for those who believe that "enlightenment" is the single qualifying factor, that's a very narrow and simple view, especially when they have no idea what enlightenment is.


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3.9/5 rDev +6%
quality: 4.5 | service: 3 | selection: 4 | $$
I tell people that I purchased my house based on it's proximity to Brewers Market. As the sign out front of the store suggests it is your ONE STOP. They sell delicious sandwiches, craft beers, kegs, liquor, other basic survival needs, plus homebrew and dart supplies.
It is sort of a pain in the A%^&* to order kegs here. The list is way out of date. The staff is not very helpful, and there is poor communication. As a previous reviewer noted, the staff is not always knowledgeable. But I understand it's not easy to be an expert in everything this place sells. Everyone is typically very friendly, though.
Some items are a little pricey, it's what you would expect to pay at a convenience store as opposed to a grocery store. You'll typically pay $1 more per six pack, but you won't find Ommegang at Shaws Market in Plaistow. (You will find it at Brewers Market in Haverhill).
All that being said, I highly recommend this place. Especially if you are going for a grand slam. Buy a Turkey Sub, a bottle of Grey Goose, a six pack of Magic Hat, some flights for your darts, and an ounce of Fuggles for good measure!
12-27-2006 04:01:33 | More by JimFalzone
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10-31-2013 23:12:19 | More by hockeypuck
5/5 rDev +35.9%
vibe: 5 | quality: 5 | service: 5 | selection: 5 | $$
I have to give the One Stop Market a 5 star review! Please keep in mind we didn't eat at the Grill Next Door, however, the atmosphere was very exciting because it was "Talk like a Pirate night," and they had patrons in costume cavorting outside - and inside, a Pirate contest with $500 in beer booty. So that was exciting!
On getting a great invite from my partner to harvest a bunch of lovely, red concord grapes, I knew that a proper stop to a brew shop was in order. No time to wait for supplies to ship on ebay. Having only brewed home cider before, which was easy peasy the cold yeast and balloon way, I knew that winemaking would present a bit of a challenge. I found the prices of the gear very reasonable, and the staff helpful in answering some simple brew questions. All I needed to get started was a couple of bottles, proper airlocks, and something other than Fleishman's yeast (And don't laugh, it DOES make a good cider!)
They were actually out of Champagne yeast - which is the one I would have preferred to get over wine yeast - because Champagne yeast IS also the most commonly recommended for cider. However, the fact that they were out of Champagne yeast confirmed to me that indeed their brewing materials are quite fresh.
The beer selection was impeccable , unlike other reviewers, I found the selections clearly marked with price. Also, the pick your own 6 pack for $9.69 had a GREAT selection area. I had just been to Port Wine and spirits in Newburyport who used to feature a $6.99 section, but that was iffy and only was available if a number of somewhat broken up 6 packs happened, to make up for damages. I'd just found out they'd discontinued the program. But I like build your own 6 pack sections a lot, because if they cost average the featured varieties together, you ultimately save more than buying six singles.
Would like to mention that even though this gem is a bit out of the way it is in fact a stone's throw from Salem NH and "America's Stonehenge," and "Victorian Park Family entertainment center" which has a full arcade, both of which sound like fun (we didn't have time to go to those on our excursion) but if you're even remotely interested in stopping up here for supplies, the potential exist to make it a day trip OR Beer Date....
Anyway , thanks One Stop for helping me make sure all these grapes won't go to waste! I will totally be coming back here!!!
09-26-2013 14:58:03 | More by jtronique
New Hampshire
3.72/5 rDev +1.1%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.75 | service: 3.25 | selection: 4.25 | $$
I found this to be a fine place to acquire a wide variety of local and regional beers. They sell a large number of bombers which are crammed on a square shelf that you have to walk around to see everything. They allow mix and match 6-packs but you must get your selection from a specific shelf. However there were many choices available. There is a cooler for the macros mainly and a beer cave. I didn't try the food so I can't comment on it. They also had several choices of freshly brewed Green Mountain Coffee available. I think their selection was quite good for the area and a place I will go to again.
02-28-2013 15:06:51 | More by puboflyons
1.96/5 rDev -46.7%
vibe: 1.5 | quality: 2.5 | service: 1 | selection: 2.5 | $$$
Stopped in to take a look after a disappointing few overpriced beers at the bar/restaurant next door - Grille Next Door.
Layout is odd. Racks of bombers basking under fluorescent lights and rotting while gathering dust. Made a passing look but no way was I getting anything from there. Lots of cooler space with a variety of craft offerings on 6 packs...didn't notice many 12 packs however. Was tough to maneuver around as there were case stacks in front of the coolers.
The biggest knock on this place is the lack of any pricing....I mean NOTHING was labeled with a price tag or shelf tag. W. T. F. What an insult to the customer & a sign of abject laziness of the staff.
I was furious & about to just leave but a 6 pack of Ithaca Flower Power in the cooler caught my eye...at the time of this review was a rare sighting of 1 of my fave beers. No pricing but I figured how much could it be? Well....$14 as it rang up. Most places charge maybe $11 around Boston & this was outright robbery. Told the cashier to keep it.
Will never return.
10-18-2012 02:37:01 | More by SunDevilBeer
North Carolina
4.01/5 rDev +9%
vibe: 3 | quality: 4 | service: 4.5 | selection: 4 | $$
This place is right next to the Grill Next Door, which makes this little building an oasis of craft beer in the Haverill/Salem area. I pulled in to swing by the Grill, and ended up heading in and picking up a handful of bombers. The place sells craft beer, as well as booze and wine, chips, sandwiches, etc. It's like a normal convienience store with a great little craft beer selection nuzzled in the middle of it. The staff was super helpful, and I recommend asking at the counter what they have available "out back", as I was told there was a stash of 120 Minute and Bitches Brew back there that wasn't on the shelves. Great selections of beer in bombers, singles, and sixes, and the prices really are reasonable. I will definitely be making a return trip to the One Stop, as it is now called.
12-19-2011 02:53:34 | More by GarthDanielson
3.65/5 rDev -0.8%
vibe: 3 | quality: 4 | service: 3 | selection: 4 | food: 4 | $$$
This place is really called One Stop Market now. It has pretty much everything you need. Craft beer, sandwiches, home brew supplies, and a full convenience store. When I visit here though it's all for the craft beer.
The craft selection is decent. They tend to carry all your regulars(Stone, Pretty Things, DFH, Firestone Walker, etc). One thing I do like is they usually carry everything they have on tap next door at the Grill. It's the same owner.
Price is a bit expensive. You can expect to pay more than any other stores in the area but I guess that's part of it really being a convenience store.
Staff is friendly but don't expect to stand around and talk beer with anyone. They don't seem to be too knowledgeable about the beer unless the owner happens to be in the store. But one plus is they will special order for you if it's available.
I'd definitely recommend this store. If you are making the trip from far away plan on stopping in at the Grill Next Door first for some great beer and food. Then pick up some goodies for home from One Stop.
10-21-2011 14:20:30 | More by baldbuffjp
4.05/5 rDev +10.1%
quality: 4.5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 4 | $$
Stopped in here after going to the grill next door. they have a pretty decent bottle selection. they had new england brewing companies imperial stout trooper on the shelf when i went (scooped up a bottle of that) they have offerings from stone, mcneill's, and ithaca to name a few. the service was good at the counter, but they guy did not seem to know that much about beer, other than checking the system for a beer i don't think they would be able to assist you that much. the selection is really decent for a store that is homebrew and convenient store as well. go to the grill next door for lunch and check this place out while there, they are in the same parking lot
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Donald Trump's Sons Ripped Over Hunting Photosby Free Britney at .
If Donald Trump's adult sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump, Jr., are under fire for recent photos that have surfaced of their big game hunt in Africa last year.
Watch the montage of pics in the video below and it's clear why.
Eric and Donald Jr., both of whom are featured on Trump's NBC reality show Celebrity Apprentice, went on a big game hunting adventure in Zimbabwe a year ago.
But thanks to a wildlife enthusiast's recent video of photos from that trip, featured on the website Hunting Legends, they're now getting some attention:
Photos show the Trump sons posing with their trophy kills, including an elephant - with Don Jr. holding its severed tail - kudu, waterbuck, buffalo and others.
Donald Trump, who says he personally doesn't believe in hunting, said:
"My sons love hunting. They're both hunters and they've become good at it. I know that anything they did was 100% OK in terms of the hunting community."
Jack Carone of the group In Defense of Animals was less supportive."Would any intelligent person feel moved to murder a magnificent elephant, then further insult and desecrate by hacking off his/her tail as an additional gesture of dominance?"
"Privilege has clearly not bought them the sensitivity or wisdom needed to view the world as anything but their personal playground, including the imagined entitlement to end the lives of sensitive and social animals for mere amusement."
"This is truly a pitiful testimony to their lack of character and compassion, at the ultimate expense of their innocent fellow Earthlings."
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I have been hunting with trerakcs all my life .If you want a dog for tracking you want a breed of hound . Most other breeds will hunt by sight not tracking scent .Hounds have much keener sense of smell than other breeds of dogs.Since you are going to be tracking deer you want a breed of hound that is a fast runner .So I wouldnt recomend a bloodhound .They are fine for tracking something that dosent run fast like people but they are to slow for deer .I would recomend a black and tan a redtick or a bluetick hound .If you can have 2 dogs . I would recomend running it with a irish wolf hound ,if you want them to bring down wounded deer.Wolf hounds hunt more by sight than smell than other hounds but the tracker wouldnt loose him and the wolf hound would take over once they caught him .Any hound will be good with your family if you get it as a puppy and raise it as a pet .Show dogs for 30 years
Maybe the Trump boys should volunteer in Africa with the starving people and actually do hands on stuff. Furthermore maybe they should help the poor with ongoing support instead of a carcas from endangered species. Tourism will stop in Africa if everything is killed off. For what? Some sick hunting ritual that makes boys feel like cavemen? Grow up and get to the crux of the problem before making stupid dumbass comments about feeding the starving people there. You two are supposed to be well educated???????
Phil, you and the chump Trumps are a bunch of bloody POOFTAS!!! Don't visit South Africa, the poachers will hunt you down, rape you and eat you. Dickheads!!
We cull our own wildlife for the benefit of nature - we don't need assholes like the Trumps too ejaculate everytime they shoot an innocent wild animal.
May the fleas of a thousand camels infest their armpits and ticks attack their dicks!!!!
Everyone on this post that is against hunting obviously don't know the first thing about conservation,who do you think brings the money in to fund nature conservation in africa,the hunter,who benefits the most from these hunts,the local populatio,as for the person that said the might as well shoot an african child,the most likely fed hundreds of african children during their hunt so get educated or keep you mouth shut
OMG- really???? Obviously money doesn't buy happiness, killing innocent animals is however. Maybe next he can killing innocent African children...So unforgivable POS!!! It would have been so cool if he would have shot a chunk of change towards a wild life refuge. Just saying...


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The scene was set for a blockbuster derby clash at Parramatta Stadium, and neither team disappointed, with Sydney FC edging out cross-town rivals the Western Sydney Wanderers 1-0.
Bragging rights were on the line in this historic encounter and it was Sydney's marquee man who was to prove the difference.
Alessandro Del Piero threatened to open the scoring for most of the game and did so early in the second-half when referee Strebre Delovski awarded him a 52nd minute penalty.
Del Piero stepped up to the spot and cooly slotted the ball into the net, before he was made to retake the kick for player encroachment in the penalty area.
The Italian maestro wasn't as convincing second time round, and saw his initial shot saved before blasting home the rebound with his left foot.
Sydney's goal clearly rattled the Wanderers who had held their own throughout the early stages of the contest.
Adam D'Apuzzo had the best opportunity of the Wanderers when teammate Aaron Mooy threaded a clever through-ball for the fullback.
With little time on the ball D'Apuzzo cracked a thunderous effort which sailed narrowly over the crossbar.
In the 65th minute Wanderers coach Tony Popovic introduced Dutch attacker Youssouf Hersi for the tiring Labinot Haliti.
Hersi made an immediate impact on the game and helped in the build-up play to set up a cross for Dino Kresinger who headed just wide.
As the clock wound down into the final stages, the Wanderers seemed to lift a gear and push for an equaliser in front of a sell-out crowd of 19,126 fans.
Mark Bridge and substitute Tarek Elrich caused the defence plenty of problems but couldn't convert their chances as the game entered stoppage time.
Captain Michael Beauchamp had one final opportunity for the Wanderers but headed over the bar giving Sydney FC their first win of the season.
Popovic conceded the significance of the occasion may have played on his squad's nerves.
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''I'm disappointed to lose the first derby and they've got one over us now.''
Three games and 270 minutes of football have now passed without a Wanderers goal.
Popovic said it was an area for his team to work on but not something to get nervous about.
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There is no good, objective way to rate GMs, but dollars spent per win helps
The top three spots belong to American League East general managers
Ed Wade and Dayton Moore have failed to improve their teams
No one has as much control over a team's fate as the general manager. A good one can thwart a dimwit owner, and a great one can win with a low payroll. Yet there's no reliable way to tell the good ones from the bad ones. All agree that Theo Epstein of the Boston Red Sox does a terrific job, and that Dayton Moore of the Kansas City Royals doesn't. The in-between is murky.
One problem is that it's hard even to tell what general managers should be judged by. Each has different goals, different resources and a different amount of control over his team, and for these reasons it's not rare for an empty suit to run a good club, or for a bright spark to run a lousy one.
Even the simplest possible criterion, winning, doesn't really work. Ruben Amaro Jr. of the Philadelphia Phillies has one pennant in one year on the job, while Billy Beane of the Oakland A's, the most celebrated executive of his generation, has none in a dozen. That doesn't tell you what you need to know about either of them.
In theory, the best way to judge general managers might be to measure their wins against their payroll -- whether you have $50 million or $150 million, you can spend it more or less prudently -- but this raises its own issues. Fourteen of the game's 30 general managers have run their team for one or two seasons. Judging them on how well they've dealt with a roster and payroll they may have had little control over isn't really fair. Also, efficiency isn't everything. No team spends more per win than the New York Yankees, but few would say that Brian Cashman is anything other than one of the best in the game at his trade.
Sadly, there isn't any good, objective way to rate general managers. Take the following rankings, then, as largely subjective and based on a few simple criteria having mostly to do with player moves and setting an overall direction for the organization, which are only a part of what a general manager actually does.
The most important is success. That doesn't necessarily mean winning, but it does mean meeting a reasonable goal, be that winning championships, cleaning up the mess your predecessor made, building a quality farm system or just putting a good team on the field with little money to spend.
After that, not doing stupid things counts most. The reason for this is that while mere uninspired time served won't destroy a team, doing actively malignant things such as making clearly ridiculous trades or signing costly, terrible free agents can ruin a team's chances for many years.
Next most important is efficiency. I'll spare you the math here, but the metric used is marginal dollars per marginal win over the last three years. (This just measures spending above the league minimum payroll of about $10 million against wins beyond the 50 or so that a roster full of sketchy reserves would run up in a year.) As noted, this isn't everything, but it's a lot.
(An underrated element is my dislike for your favorite team, which is why I ranked the guy running the shop so low when he obviously deserves to rate at least above the several fools directly above him on the list, if not even higher.)
Finally comes tenure. You'd rather have a good general manager than a bad one, but you'd also rather have an experienced good one than the opposite.
Intangibles don't really come into play here simply because they don't count. If a general manager is good at networking, respected by players and agents, esteemed as a genuinely decent person even by people who aren't related to him and good at stroking an incompetent owner, that should show up somewhere in his record. If his team is still lousy despite all his winning personal traits, they probably aren't that helpful after all.
The really impressive thing about this list is how few bad general managers there are in the game. Most of the ones who come in among the lower half are there because they just haven't had much chance to do anything good or bad yet, and even most of the lower-rated veterans would be perfectly competent stewards for most teams. Say what you will about Moneyball, but that book's most lasting influence may have been in convincing the rich people who own baseball teams to run their clubs like any other business, looking for agile thinkers rather than interpreters of the inner mysteries of what really isn't a very complicated game.
1. Andrew Friedman, Tampa Bay Rays
For as much praise as the Rays have received over the last few years, they've probably deserved even more. Over the last three years they've spent just a million dollars per marginal win, the sort of thing that gets baseball wonks to draw hearts around pictures of Friedman. Maybe the best example of their method is the preposterous contract to which they signed Evan Longoria during his first days as a major leaguer -- if the Rays exercise all the options in the contract, they could end up paying him less than $50 million through his age 30 season, which makes him the single most valuable commodity in baseball. Friedman has also won a pennant and maintains one of the game's best farm systems. It may seem absurd to say of a 32-year-old whom few people had heard of a year and a half ago, but he and his braintrust are the best in baseball.
2. Theo Epstein, Boston Red Sox
Among baseball's really big spenders, the Red Sox are the most efficient, or, if you prefer, the least wasteful. It's difficult to avoid roster bloat while playing even-up with the Yankees, but they've managed it. Before signing starter John Lackey this winter, they didn't have a player making more than $14 million per year, and the team is built around cheap, homegrown talent. Like the Rays, the impressive thing about the Red Sox is that they may deserve even more hype than they get.
3. Brian Cashman, New York Yankees
Cashman's weakness isn't a small one -- the Yankees, the only team in baseball to routinely run $200 million payrolls, have recently been spending about four times as much per win as the Rays. Why, then, does he rank so high? His four world championships don't hurt, but the really impressive thing is that since he secured full control over baseball operations after the 2005 season, the Yankees have spent their money wisely, signing studs like CC Sabathia rather than sure bets for decline, and traded smartly, dealing the fruits of a much-improved farm system for players still in their prime, such as Curtis Granderson.
4. Larry Beinfest, Florida Marlins
Duly noted that Michael Hill is nominally the Marlins' general manager. That said, Beinfest, technically the team's president of baseball operations, consistently gets more wins for his dollar than anyone else in baseball. Since he took over following the 2002 season, the Marlins have won a World Series and posted winning records in five of seven seasons, despite consistently ranking at or near the bottom of the majors in payroll. Beinfest has picked up players every way you can -- trading for Hanley Ramirez, acquiring Dan Uggla in the Rule 5 draft, and bringing up players from the farm -- and on the few occasions he's had money to spend, he has spent it shrewdly.
5. Jack Zduriencik, Seattle Mariners
This may seem a preposterous ranking for someone who's only been in the job for a bit more than a year, but the key thing to note about Zduriencik is that he was already one of baseball's most highly regarded minds before coming to Seattle. His run of drafts for the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2000s was so good that he became the first scouting director to win Baseball America's Executive of the Year award. Since taking over the reins in Seattle, he has turned the Mariners into a contender, engineering their abrupt transformation from one of baseball's dullest organizations to one of its most progressive, such as by focusing on defensive studs such as Jack Wilson, Franklin Gutierrez and Casey Kotchman.
6. Doug Melvin, Milwaukee Brewers
There's a lingering air of unfulfilled potential about the Brewers, a sense that they took their shot two years ago when they traded for CC Sabathia and just missed (they lost in the NLDS). But Melvin made what had been perhaps baseball's blandest team relevant for the first time in decades, and he probably isn't done quite yet. Don't be surprised if he turns Prince Fielder into enough young talent to drive another serious run at a pennant.
7. Dan O'Dowd, Colorado Rockies
O'Dowd has built some thrilling teams recently, and done so on the cheap. It's been a long time since the Mike Hampton and Denny Neagle debacles, and granting that he's Baseball America's reigning Executive of the Year, O'Dowd still deserves more credit than he sometimes gets. He built his team up the right way and finally solved the problem of Coors Field by overseeing the introduction of the famed humidor.
8. Jon Daniels, Texas Rangers
General managers are always going on about the virtues of building a strong farm system, and what they generally mean is that they want to win major league games so they can keep their jobs. Daniels has actually built a preposterously good system (Justin Smoak, Neftali Feliz, Derek Holland) over the last few years, bringing in talent every way you can, and now has his team positioned to contend for the next several years. That he has kept the major league team perfectly respectable on modest payrolls while overseeing this rebuilding project is really very impressive, and with a good run over the next couple of years he could well move up on this list.
9. Ken Williams, Chicago White Sox
For someone regarded even by many of his own team's fans as somewhere between daft and clueless, Williams certainly has a habit of making killer trades, identifying undervalued players and putting together winning ballclubs. His basic philosophy of running out an 85-win team every year in the expectation that in its better years it will be a serious pennant contender is a bit strange for a big city team in a small-town division, but he has a World Series ring and several division flags that say it works.
10. Billy Beane, Oakland A's
Beane really seems to have been at least matched at his own game by a generation of younger general managers who learned, to some extent, from his example. He's still a fine and creative executive, and you have to wonder what he would do in a town like New York or Chicago, but he'll have to invent some new tricks to reclaim the title of the man who does most with the least. He could justifiably be ranked higher, but considering that his team has lost at least 86 games in each of the last three years, he could also be justifiably ranked lower.
11. Josh Byrnes, Arizona Diamondbacks
I'm not quite sure if the Diamondbacks are a team whose young players haven't developed as well as they should or an extremely young team that just hasn't come all the way together yet, not that these are mutually exclusive possibilities. Either way, Byrnes has done an admirable job collecting young talent and patiently letting it develop. The odd questionable move like trading away Carlos Quentin has been more than balanced out by savvy moves such as trading for Dan Haren. There's a championship team somewhere in this collection of talent.
12. Andy MacPhail, Baltimore Orioles
He's baseball royalty and a possible future commissioner who has built first-rate clubs in Minnesota and Chicago, so the surprise of MacPhail's work in Baltimore is that he's there at all, given the Orioles' notoriously headache-inducing ownership. It's not a surprise that he's doing the job the right way. This is a lousy team, but that's because under MacPhail's stewardship they're actually rebuilding properly rather than burning money in a futile bid for 80 wins. In any other division they'd be a comer.
13. Dave Dombrowski, Detroit Tigers
Dombrowski hasn't had the best run lately between a string of dubious trades involving players like Jair Jurrjens and Curtis Granderson and the equally dubious contracts given players like Gary Sheffield and Dontrelle Willis. That said, you have to respect his incredible resume. He built the outstanding Montreal Expos clubs of the early 1990s, won a world championship in Miami and a pennant with a Tigers team that just three years before was arguably the worst team of all time, and he probably has still more success ahead of him.
14. Walt Jocketty, Cincinnati Reds
You could certainly make an argument that Jocketty should rate higher given his great success with the St. Louis Cardinals, the best team in the National League last decade. Given how much of that success came down to Albert Pujols' reign of terror, the presence of all-time great manager Tony La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan's ability to nurse terrific performances out of incredibly sketchy pitching talent, though, there's only so much credit to go around.
15. Tony Reagins, Los Angeles Angels
It's hard to get Reagins much higher than this given that he has a tenure of only two years and that he can be given only so much credit for not immediately ruining one of the most consistently successful teams in baseball. Still, he has done an awful lot right, such as signing Bobby Abreu for a pittance last year and trading for players like Mark Teixeira and Scott Kazmir. Perhaps as impressive is what he hasn't done: This winter, for instance, he declined to overpay for homegrown ace John Lackey and beloved leadoff man Chone Figgins. As fits the Angels, he isn't flashy, but he has impressed so far.
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"The drain in the bathtub was clogged. And the toilet made noise all night. And three light bulbs were out. And we could have used some Scotch tape. But other than that, it was a great NY apartment."
That is my feedback about the trip Angela and I recently took to New York where we stayed in an apartment we found on VRBO. As a vacation home owner, maybe I'm more critical. But nonetheless, that's my honest response about the $625/night (peak) apartment we stayed in. We didn't pay near that, but will we stay there again? Maybe. Or maybe we'll explore other options first.
How many "maybes" are your guests telling everyone but you because of neglected little things that require more thoughtfulness to fix than time or money? What is your system for making sure the little things don't give your guests the wrong memories (as in, not DELIGHTFUL).
Below are some easy ways to manage the little things:
1. Stay a While – We make it a point to stay in each of our homes at least once a year for at least three days, more often when we can manage. There are little things that our guests simply won't take the time to point out. A good way to identify that the guest bathroom has a slow drip or the master bedroom door is difficult to shut is to experience those things yourself.
*Best Practice – Invite friends to stay with you and ask them to be on the lookout for anything that might need attention. This is a great way to spend quality time with Loved ones, enjoy your vacation home, and get a fresh set of eyes and expectations that will make your home better.
2. Check It Off the List – We have checklists for our PM's that break out the little things.
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*Best Practice – For a FREE copy of our PM checklist, email email@example.com.
3. Help Them Help You – Make it as easy for your guests to communicate little things that need attention. We call them "Uh Ohs" and "Oh Wells." If they say "Uh Oh…" about something during their stay we ask them to let us know about it right away so we can try to fix it for them during their stay. If they say "Oh Well" then we ask them to let us know at check-out so we can fix it for their next stay.
*Best Practice – Three easy ways to gather feedback:
- At check-in encourage them to reach out for any little thing - email and text messaging work great for this.
- Hang a little dry erase board on the fridge with a note asking for the "Oh Wells."
- In your follow-up Thank You email/card ask them if there was anything that could have been improved upon for their next stay in your home (See my blog post on Soliciting Referrals).
The Bottom Line: Minding the little things is a great way to maximize revenue through repeat business and referrals, and most little things are inexpensive and easy to manage.
We all spend a great deal of time providing outstanding accommodations to our guests so they will rave about us to anyone who will listen. If we don't manage the little things that can detract from their stay we undermine our efforts and hurt our future business. Standing in shin high water during showers or having to go out and buy a new light bulbs can be the difference between "It was AWESOME!" and "It was alright but…"
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Plano High School's assistant football coach, Bradley Kunz, has been named the school's new varsity coach.
The School Board Monday approved the hiring of Kunz to succeed Jim Green.
Kunz is a graduate of downstate Carlyle High School and was a player on the 2001 University of Miami (Fla.) national championship team.
Upon graduating from Miami, Kunz returned to Carlyle High and coached football and basketball.
In 2010, he came to Plano High School as an English teacher and assistant football coach, working with Green for the last three seasons — the past two as JV offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Kunz also coordinated and supervised the summer conditioning program for the past two seasons.
Kunz was the Reapers head track coach for the 2012 season and an assistant girls basketball coach for the past two years. He also supervises Plano High School's Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization.
"We are all very excited to have Brad take over the Reaper football program. Brad is an outstanding teacher, coach and individual, as well as a terrific role model for the students," said principal Eric Bensen.
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The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is a global partnership that brings together scientific organizations with funders of research on sustainable development. The funders include developing and developed country governments, foundations, and international and regional organizations. They support the work of 15 international agricultural research centers and, through the centers, collaborative partnerships with hundreds of government and civil society organizations as well as private businesses around the world.
The CGIAR is trying to achieve reduced poverty and hunger, better human health and nutrition, and greater ecosystem resilience. To achieve that goal, the CGIAR uses science to foster sustainable agricultural growth that benefits the poor. The new crop varieties, knowledge and other products that result from the CGIAR's research are available to individuals and organizations throughout the world. Eleven of the CGIAR Centers maintain international genebanks. These genebanks—the world's most important—conserve and distribute a wide array of important crop diversity, which is the basis of global food security.
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International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
ILRI works at the crossroads of livestock and poverty, bringing high-quality science and capacity building to bear on poverty reduction and sustainable development for poor livestock keepers and their communities. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, ILRI works in all tropical developing regions of Africa and Asia. www.ilri.org
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IRRI develops new rice varieties and rice crop management techniques that help rice farmers improve the yield and quality of their rice in an environmentally sustainable way. IRRI works with public and private sector partners in major rice-growing countries to do research, training, and knowledge transfer. IRRI's social and economic research also informs governments to help them formulate policy to improve the equitable supply of rice. IRRI is headquartered in Los Baños, the Philippines. www.irri.org
International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
IWMI targets water and land management challenges faced by poor communities in developing countries and through this contributes towards the achievement of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals of reducing poverty, hunger and maintaining a sustainable environment. IWMI is based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. www.iwmi.cgiar.org
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While we did write recently about furniture and home design for pets, we never had any idea that anyone would take it this far: an unidentified homeowner in California has spent $35,000 turning his home into a feline paradise. It's not clear who this home is better for, the owner or the 18 cats he lives with. Spiral ramps, walkways, scratching posts, miniature stairways, crawlspaces and other awesome details designed specifically with his 18 fluffy roommates in mind.


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i have a treadmill and have tried an elliptical. I have bad knees. I cannot do the elliptical but I love the treadmill.
I need some opinions on which to buy for a Xmas gift for my son. I am wondering which would be better for him being he has some arthritis in his knees, either a treadmill or an elliptical trainer? I have been reading up on it, and it seems that might be better for him.
Last edited by Cookie; 12-11-2011 at 08:11 AM.
i have a treadmill and have tried an elliptical. I have bad knees. I cannot do the elliptical but I love the treadmill.
I use both as well as a spin-cycle. The keys to keeping knee pain to a minimum are:
1. Cross-train, change-up your exercises. If you use the treadmill one day, then use the elliptical trainer the next,
2. Wear quality exercise (running) shoes and change them every 6 to 9 months,
3. Keep your body weight low. Unfortunately the vast majority of our weight is above the knees,
4. Stretch the achilles, calfs and hamstrings.
With all of that said, if your son has arthritis in his knees the treadmill may be a problem. An elliptical trainer is low impact and very kind to the knees. As a stocking stuffer you may consider a bottle of Glucosamine & Chondroitin. I use the Walmart Equate band and it really has helped to reduce knee pain.
Thank you to you both, I appreciate your input. He always says how bad his knees are, it worries me. He played football with his friends growing up all the time, one kid played for a major college team, and I think, my son sustained injuries from playing ball. Whether it created the arthritis I don't know. He also has it in his hip. When I watch him walk, it is one of pain for me, and to think of him, on a treadmill hurts my stomach. I have been doing some reading about different things and, I don't know, I think, I am leaning toward the elliptical trainer, it keeps saying it is lower impact on the knees. I work near a GNC so, I am in there all the time, I will ask about the stocking fillers for him, they have a big book in there, I spend my time reading. I wish I could give this kid my knees for Xmas, but, then again, he might look silly with them.
I also have both an treadmill and an elliptical, both are Nordik Track. The treadmill is not powered, except by my own feet. Personally, I find the elliptical nice and smooth to use. Last time I used either one of them was well over a year ago; been too busy reading and posting here
I am definitely not a pro plumber, but I am a pro crastinator
I think that the best thing for the knees is normal walking.
Most of them machines just aggravate knee problems, from the start.
I think that a good walk with Mom does better good than anything else.
You may want to check into a Fish oil supplement, In hopes to better lubricate his joints.
The old timers use WD40...
I thought that you were an Old Timer Bob.
I bet Cookie knows what I am talking about, Even tho she is a Young Lady.
Don't take WD40® internal, Spray it on the hurting Joint.
I aint touching that one.
I guess that the old timers that work on autos used the WD.
I do not recommend it.
But the Fish Oil may help with his problem and is said to protect from many Cancers, + other Benefits.
I would not buy any Fish product from Japan tho, It may glow in the dark.
"I think that the best thing for the knees is normal walking."
I disagree. Being obese myself at a whopping 350 (lots of muscle,beer belly fat) i can tell you that the treadmill is better on your joints than walking on the street because most of them have shock absorption and give to it. I have a Horizon club style treadmill, it lifts fatties up to 400lbs or so. I have also owned a nortictrack incline trainer and loved that too. The only elliptical i've tried was a cheap one that my mom had and it was very jarring to my knees and i couldnt go more than 3 or 4 revolutions before wanting to get off. i can do 1hr on 6% incline no problem on the treadmill though.
I was thinking more of a person starting starting out.
You are correct about walking on the road, but I think Cookie® has a bit of land to walk on.
I was told when I was 14 that I would not be able to walk by the time I was 18 if I did not get my knees operated on.
Screw a bunch of doctors, I am an old Fart and still walking.
It is good that the nortictrack® incline trainer worked for you.
I just chase my girl around the house.
I feel for my son, I do know how it feels. When I was little, I would walk and fall, the doctor told my mom I had "trick knees." When, I turned 9, it turned out to be juvenile rheumotoid arthritis. So, the doctor told my mom to keep me moving. I started running I became a fairly, good runner and tennis player. My mom got me my first tennis racket at age 13 from Green stamps, and it was infact, a man's racket. Heavy with a big grip. So, I have suffered with it, too, in my knees & wrists. I tried the shots through the years, including on my heel of my right foot, and I swore never ever again. That was in 98. I got him an ellipitical trainer today because, I think, from what I have been reading it would be the best for him. He walks like he is in pain at times, I am sure he gets tired of me asking him. I hope he didn't get this crap from me, I hope it is not genetic. Most things are. Walking or running on the roads are fine, but, once I got hit in the eye with a loose piece of asphalt from a car. Ever since then, I am leary of the roads.
Yes, I own a small, mountainside (camp) in the forest I could run on, but then, those bears are pretty darn fast when they want to be. Running for your life is not healthy. Or fun. lol.
Last edited by Cookie; 12-11-2011 at 08:16 AM.
I mean they are no cheetah's but, they can run. Especially, if you are bugging them or taking their blueberries like this one day years ago at camp.
I walked down the road which is curvy, and a pretty nice little hill. I walked my youngest who was about 4 or 5 then. We walked down carrying our little basket, to pick blueberries from the huge bush right at the end. While picking them, I noticed the bush was moving, then, I heard a telltale sign their was a bear in the back also, doing some picking.
My son saw him. And, the bear saw him. I heard the snorting. And, it wasn't me. I scooped my son up and thought we could maybe, tippy-toe, out of there. No way. This bear looked like he wasn't going to tippy-toe. He looked like he was going to charge.
He did.
I never ran so hard and so fast, carrying a kid in my life. I flew. My feet wasn't touching the ground. My son kept saying, " there's a bear, there's a bear."
All the way up the hill we ran and probably, the only mother & child to beat a bear in distance. He was fast.
We were faster.
We got back to camp and went inside and, my basket still had the blueberries in them.
Oh, the bear? He sat down on the road a bit & then left. We never ever picked blueberries there ever again. They belonged to the bear.


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A parasite is an organism that gets its nourishment by feeding either on or within another animal and it is fairly common for our pets to become the unhappy hosts to a number of unwanted organisms. Dog skin parasites are the external parasites such as ticks, fleas and mites.
Fleas are especially worrisome for pet owners and their pets alike. Getting rid of fleas is no easy task, and sensitive pets may even develop an allergy to flea bites resulting in a condition called flea bite dermatitis. Other common dog parasites such as sarcoptic mange mites and ticks can be incredibly harmful to our beloved pets, but the good news is that most external parasites can be avoided to a certain extent with preventative treatments and thorough grooming.
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Click on the link to it. Register a new account on the server site you wish to play on. (This will be your World of Warcraft login) After making an account, find "Connecting to server" or instructions on how to connect. To play on a private server, they should give you a IP address, or website. This will be typed in one of your World of Warcraft files. OK here is where it gets a little harder. Go to your World of Warcraft folder. (Default: C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft) and locate "realmlist.wtf" open this with notepad, or another text editor. It should say set realmlist us.worldofwarcraft.com, delete that so it says set realmlist "your server". For our case "set realmlist 184.108.40.206" save the file and exit.
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Where else does it occur?
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Phytophthora lateralis is a pathogen that generally attacks and kills the roots of its host trees, although aerial infections of branches and foliage also occur. It spreads by its roots coming into contact with the spores in the soil or water. Planting infected plants, or using soil that is harbouring spores, are key pathways for introducing the disease into new sites. It can also be spread in water run-off. It kills the roots and can extend up the trunk of affected trees and girdle them, leading to the tree's death.
There are two distinct 'lineages' of P. lateralis present in the UK, one that occurs in the Pacific north west of the USA and another that has to date only been found in Scotland.
Outbreaks of inection have been confirmed in Lawson cypress trees (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) in South-West-England, Yorkshire, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
P. lateralis was found for the first time in Great Britain in 2010 at Balloch Castle Country Park in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, although there have been recent outbreaks in other European countries, including France and The Netherlands. Other outbreak sites in Great Britain include Greenock Cemetery in Inverclyde, Yorkshire Water land at Blubberhouses, near Otley in North Yorkshire, and one in Kintyre, Scotland.
One site has tested positive for infection near Aberdare in Wales. The infected trees were felled by Merthyr Council. Additional trees on the site were sampled in JUly 2012 and there were no further positives.
A further positive was reported in February 2013 in a site in east Sussex. The trees were around 15 years old and have since been felled. The source of the infection is not known although the site is close to a busy road. Further inspection and monitoring is planned.
P. lateralis usually kills most Lawson cypress trees that it infects, and is the main cause of mortality in Lawson cypress in its native range in south-western Oregon and north-western California.
The foliage of infected Lawson cypress trees initially turns a light olive-grey; later on it withers and turns a reddish-brown colour, then the tree dies. As the pathogen extends from the roots and root collar up the trunks of affected trees, tongues of killed inner bark become visible by their darker colour, and the entire trunk can be girdled.
Lawson cypress trees are the only species of tree likely to be infected by P. lateralis in Britain, but they are easily confused with other tree species of similar appearance. It is therefore important first of all to be sure that the affected tree is indeed a Lawson cypress, and this guide to identifying Lawson cypress trees and P. lateralis symptoms, and this factsheet , can help.
P. lateralis is a virulent pathogen that usually kills the trees that it infects, primarily Lawson cypress. Few trees recover from an attack. Lawson cypress is found throughout Britain, and we believe P. lateralis is capable of surviving in all parts of Britain. It also affects Pacific yew, a native of North America and a relative of our native common yew. Although Pacific yew (T. brevifolia) is much less susceptible than Lawson cypress, and usually only succumbs when it is close to infected Lawson cypress trees producing a lot of spores, we don't yet know whether our native yew is susceptible.
We estimate there are fewer than 2,200 hectares in woodland in Great Britain overall. However, Lawson cypress and its many colourful cultivated varieties are popular for amenity planting in parks and gardens, and are among the most important conifers in the UK ornamental plant trade. This means it could represent a serious threat to the ornamental plant industry if it became established here.
Where else does it occur?
It mostly occurs in western North America, where Lawson cypress is a native species, including the states of California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. However, it is thought to have originated in Asia, and was recently found associated with yellow cedar (Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana) in Taiwan. Outbreaks were also recorded in France in 2009 and the Netherlands in 2010.
How it spreads
We do not know how it got into Britain, but the most likely route is that it entered in the soil of the root balls of plants or semi-mature trees imported for planting, mostly in gardens. We have not yet been able to confirm the pathway by which the pathogen got to these specific sites, although provisional DNA sequencing indicates that the Greenock samples are distinctly different from the Balloch samples, suggesting (until further confirmation) that we might be dealing with independent introduction of this pathogen to Greenock, rather than a spread from Balloch.
It could have spread on the footwear of people who visit or work in the infected sites, or in watercourses flowing through or by them. We encourage owners of Lawson cypress trees to check them for symptoms and tell us or a reputable arborsit if they think their trees might be infected.
There are treatments, such as soil drenches, that can be effective in some limited situations, such as nurseries, but they are unlikely to be effective in the wider landscape, where their use would also raise a number of other environmental issues.
P. lateralis is on the Alert List of the European & Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO). It is not currently listed in the European Union's Plant Health Directive.
On site, the dead and dying trees will be felled and destroyed, either by burning, or chipping and deep burial provided no other Lawson cypress are in the vicinity. Where appropriate, disinfectant mats are placed at exit points from public sites, and staff and visitors are asked to use them to kill any spores from the pathogen that they might pick up on their footwear. Notices are also erected at the public sites to inform visitors of the infection and to encourage them to observe sensible biosecurity measures such as keeping to the footpaths, keeping dogs on leads, and not taking cuttings from plants in the park.
Overall, we are continuing to research the disease to gain as wide a knowledge and understanding of it as possible, and to try to trace the pathway by which it entered Britain. We are also surveying the surrounding areas to see whether it is present at any other location in the area.
Other infected species
About 27 native common yew trees (Taxus baccata) in Balloch Castle Country Park are also dying, but we believe the cause is another Phytophthora, P. cinnamomi, which is endemic in Great Britain. However, under conditions of natural infection, P. lateralis can affect other species, especially some other Chamaecyparis species and Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia), a close relative of Britain's native common yew (Taxus baccata).
There is a possibility of hybridisation happening. P. lateralis and P. ramorum belong to the same sub-group of the large Phytophthora group of organisms, which means they might be able to exchange genetic material. This could involve anything ranging from genetic modification of P. lateralis or P. ramorum to formation of a new species of Phytophthora. It is impossible to predict what the consequences of hybridisation would be. Hybrids can prove to be little different from their 'parent' species; they might not be fit enough to survive for any length of time; or they might be more virulent and infect species of trees and plants that the 'parent' species are not currently known to affect.
Pest risk analysis
A PRA is available from the Fera website.
Reporting sightings
If, after consulting the above guidance, you are still sure it is a possible case, and it involves trees in a private garden, you should consult a reputable arborist. The Arboricultural Association can help you find a local one.
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Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered the following remarks on the House floor today in support of the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act (H.R. 6049). The legislation passed the House this afternoon by a vote of 263 to 160. Below are her remarks:
"Mr. Speaker, I proudly rise in strong support of the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act. I am enthusiastic about it because it will cut taxes for millions of middle-income families and grow the U.S. economy. It will invest in renewable energy technologies to create high-paying green jobs. It will make us more energy independent. And it will remove incentives in the tax code that encourage shipping jobs and investment overseas.
"I would like to acknowledge the extraordinary leadership of the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Mr. Charlie Rangel. He has brought a bill to the floor that makes key investments in our families and our future. And I thank the gentleman from Washington state, Mr. McDermott, for his leadership and for yielding me time.
"This is how the bill will cut taxes. Here are seven reasons why everybody in this Congress should vote for this bill. Any one of them should be enough.
"First, it provides 30 million homeowners with property tax relief.
"Secondly, it helps 13 million children by expanding the child tax credit.
"Third, it benefits 11 million families through the state and local sales tax deduction.
"It helps 4.5 million families better afford college with tuition deductions.
"Next it saves 3.4 million teachers money with a deduction for classroom expenses. Imagine now when our teachers go into a classroom that is not fully equipped, they had to pay for that equipment themselves. This at least says, if you do that, you will get a tax deduction.
"It provides more than 22,000 military families with tax relief under the Earned Income Tax Credit, and it ensures U.S. competitiveness by expanding the R&D, research and development tax credit.
"That is how it cuts taxes. That is seven reasons right there, any one of which I think is sufficient to vote for this bill.
"When it comes to taxing gas prices, Mr. Speaker, as we debate this legislation, American families are paying record prices at the pump - yesterday the cost of a barrel of oil passed $129 for the first time in history. Today, I believe it went past $130.
"This legislation invests in the future and the ingenuity of the American people to create and deploy cutting-edge renewable technologies that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil. And this is how it does that.
"It strengthens and extends the production tax credit, which will spur the deployment of wind, biomass, geothermal, hydropower, tidal and landfill gas.
"Next, it transitions biofuel beyond corn by creating a new tax credit to promote the production of cellulosic biofuels.
"Next it expands and extends the solar and fuel cell investment tax credit and offers tax incentives for residential solar, wind, and geothermal technologies.
"And it provides tax incentives for coal electricity plants that capture and sequester carbon dioxide.
"It includes incentives to encourage energy efficient products, such as plug-in hybrids cars, and incentives for energy conservation in both commercial buildings and residential structures; and it creates a new category of tax credit bonds to fund local initiatives to promote the deployment of green technologies.
"This is a comprehensive approach, the missing part of the energy bill that we passed last year because it did not have the tax credits. Now we do. This industry can take off. We can have private sector initiatives to grow our economy, create good paying jobs, here at home, green jobs, and the green revolutions that is so important to our future. And this is all being done in a fiscally sound way. No new deficit spending. It is paid for.
"This forward-looking legislation invests in renewable energy, creates hundreds of thousands of good-paying green jobs, spurs American innovation, and cuts taxes for millions of Americans - and it does so, as I mentioned, in a fiscally responsible way.
"To invest in our future, this bill closes loopholes allowing corporations and executives to avoid paying certain taxes by shipping jobs and investments overseas. The New Direction Congress thinks we should focus tax benefits on creating jobs and encouraging investment here at home.
"Despite the strong case for rescinding taxpayer subsidies for Big Oil companies making record profits, opposition by the Senate Republicans to these offsets make their inclusion untenable for the bill being debated today, but we will come back to that. Today's bill represents a concerted effort to enact a bill into law promptly, and thus relies on revenue offsets that enjoy strong bipartisan support.
"I urge my colleagues to join Mr. Rangel, the members of the Ways and Means Committee, many members of our House on both sides of the aisle who care about an energy future for America that reduces our dependence on foreign oil. It is a national security issue. It is an economic issue. It is an environmental and health issue. It is an energy issue. It is a moral issue for us to preserve God's beautiful creation, this planet, and to pass it on to the next generation in a responsible way. I urge my colleges to support the Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act and yield back the balance of my time."


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