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Have fun, see some great artwork and support Big Island artists and art in Puna schools during the Paradise Studio Tour Artist's Collective's seventh annual Open Studio event 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7-8.
Twelve studios will host 45 artists, who will have their work on display for sale to the public, offering a wide variety of fine arts and crafts, featuring paintings in oil, acrylic and pastel, prints and cards of original works, ceramics, hand-thrown pottery and cement lava-inspired pots.
An impressive variety of jewelry will be on display, including fused glass, beading, cold fused silver and delicately cut wood. Raku pottery, blown and stained glass, mosaics, turned wood, gourds and bamboo, handmade soap and a variety of clothing from tie-dyed to hand-painted silk will offer a rich selection of work to be enjoyed by those who come out to Hawaiian Paradise Park in Keaau, off Highway 130, to tour the studios.
As cofounder Karen Hagen said, "It's fun to get to know the community and my neighbors."
Each studio provides a chance for visitors to get a glimpse of how the artists create their work.
"You don't always get the opportunity to go into the artists' studios. If I can buy something directly from the artist it has special meaning," said Ann Kalber, board president.
"Keep the buck on the Big Island," she smiled.
Visitors can ask questions, and see the process and equipment used to produce the beautiful items usually only seen at galleries or shops, and meet the artists who make them. Many artists will give live demonstrations or opportunities for the public to participate in trying out a particular medium.
Patti Pease Johnson, Studio F, will be painting with liquid dye on a silk scarf at 2 p.m. both days. Throughout the two days, she'll also have a community scarf available so anyone can play with brushing vibrant colors on the silk.
At Studio C, Hagen will have the potter's wheel out and visitors can see a lump of clay turn into a beautiful vessel. Hopper Sheldon, of Studio A, will have a variety of live painting demos and there is always something fun for the kids to make. People can raku glaze a lava bowl for a small fee with Margaret Lynch in Studio K and watch Ken Charon work painting on a new canvas.
The Paradise Studio Tour artists are proud to support art in the local schools by donating 10 percent of their proceeds during this weekend to three local high school art programs. To date, they successfully raised and donated more than $7,000 for art supplies given to Keaau High School, Pahoa High School and Hawaii Academy of the Arts and Sciences. This year, the donations will be evenly distributed to all three schools.
"Having a relationship with the three public high schools in the area gives us an insight into the Art Department needs. With so many cut backs and art taking a big hit, we felt it was important to give to each school every year rather than the two year wait between donations in the past," Kalber said. "Art departments and programs made a difference in many of our artist's lives and we want to continue to give back."
Through the years, so many compliments have been made by local residents and out-of-town guests alike. Some folks travel here from Kona and off island to enjoy the studios.
Cofounder, board member and artist Patti Datlof said she has heard the following comments from guests, "The quality of the work is incredible," "I didn't know there was so much talent here in Puna," and "This is so much fun, I look forward to it every year."
Brochures with maps of the event are at local shops and galleries. You also can visit www.paradisestudiotour.com and print the brochure or call Hagen at 982-5150 or Lynch at 557-0931.
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To all the LEs out there please don't take a Chick-Fil-A to the briefing room! :danceban:
Dallas Police Sergeant Left Holding Bag Over Chick-Fil-A Sandwich « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Unless you like night shifts!
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To all the LEs out there please don't take a Chick-Fil-A to the briefing room! :danceban:
Dallas Police Sergeant Left Holding Bag Over Chick-Fil-A Sandwich « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
Unless you like night shifts!
Good grief. To paraphrase, Sometimes a chicken sandwich is just a chicken sandwich.Quote:
The DPA points out the two female officers happen to be homosexuals.
Welcome to the new and improved America................ :yup:
It's a shame the restaurant went political. Now people feel like they're exercising their political voice when they buy a sandwich. If your goal is to make a better world, there're a lot better ways to spend your money than to give it to a CEO. Cripes, I can supply a family with malaria nets for less than it takes to feed my family at the restaurant.
The Dallas PD is getting to be a joke with it's "we need to balance our dept. with the ethnicity of the city" policies. It's looking more and more like the movie police academy
Sounds like THERE MIGHT BE A LOT MORE HOMOSEXUALS IN DPA LEADERSHIP
they convicted him before he had a hearing.
The Sgt gets shafted because two lesbians find a chick-fil-a sandwiche offensive. So wrong in so many ways.
"Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional,
illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream
media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end**.**" Author Unknown
To be fair and honest I will say that there is not enough information here to form an opinion. None of the details about the complaint made by the lesbian officers has been released and none of the inappropriate comments have been released. We don't know what was said and we don't know who "drew first blood". I have a guess but it's just that, a guess.
As a Government employee there are rules that cannot be broken if you want to keep your job. I won't pick a side on this until all the details are in.
So my question as a former union guy is why did they transfer the accused? If the investigation is not complete they should have offered the two female officers the option of a temporary transfer to another district or shift. I would have filed a grievance before the ink was dry on the memo.


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BLINK STEFANUS, an established local brand, approached us with a sticker exchange project in 2012. The project asked each of us to place Blink Stefanus stickers on a random object, thus increasing the object's value through branding. The item would then be exchanged for something more valuable, which would again be branded with a sticker. The game ended when all 5 stickers were finished.
For this brief, I chose Zef rides and their accessories as my theme. I began with just a Blink Stefanus sticker and ended up with Blue Bull rugby supporter balls (known in Afrikaans culture as 'Blou Bul Balle').
This concept won Pendoring Gold 2012 in the Student Integrated Campaign category.
BOOKLETS containing information on the trade and its owner
Zef Ride owner traded for a Blink Stefanus sticker in exchange for her dice


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Not sure if you have heard by now but Bob passed away a couple of years ago.
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Not sure if you have heard by now but Bob passed away a couple of years ago.
Great job Scott
she looks Great !
Scott, Do you find you red or yellow paint schems are easier to see while test flying and racing ??
Lookin Good !!
Love the lines of this plane !!!
Gettin er Done !!
I wish I could !!
A Multi State Race. Have fun!!
Here is a link to the flyer and Pilots List for the Denis Lyon Memorial at Whittier this month.
It is the 15th and 16th of March with a Friday afternoon practice with Poles up.
Lets support...
Looks great next to the Choo Choo Train Too ;)
The Kommander would know !!!
Looks Great Scott!! Give us a Flight report will you ?
It is true, Here is a link to a post Jim Allen made on the nmpra website. Winterfest and the Q40 classic have already been scheduled.
Looking good as usual Scott !!
How did the Racing Go ??
This Man is on a Mission !!!
Nice Tool !! Did you make that ?? You don't have to take the cowl off to tighten the collet nut.
Is the dark areas around the airloins carbon ??
Looking Good Scott !! Should look Great after the Clear. Do you apply the clear untill it is glossy or does the wet sanding and buffing take care of that ???
Hey Hartman!!! Your Sluffing off!! Finish this thing :D
Any Results ??
Looks Great Scott!!! and under weight too!!
Good luck next weekend!!
Don't forget about this race this weekend!!!
And it flew Well!!!
Thanks for sharing it with me Scott !!
here is the link to the Whittier race coming up in 2 weeks. Lee's Series . 424/Efi flown on a 400 ft course. These races are throback and a lot of fun!! Hope to see you there.


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Bucs acquired DE George Johnson and a 2015 seventh-round pick from the Lions in exchange for a 2015 fifth-round pick.
A third-party arbitrator has been appointed to rule on restricted free agent DE George Johnson's offer sheet.
The Lions are disputing the offer sheet DE George Johnson signed with the Buccaneers.
The Detroit Free Press expects the Lions to let restricted free agent DE George Johnson walk after he signed a three-year, $9 million offer sheet with the Bucs.
Bucs signed restricted free agent DE George Johnson to a three-year, $9 million offer sheet.
Lions restricted free agent DE George Johnson visited the Bucs on Thursday.
Lions extended a one-year, $1.542 million tender to restricted free agent DE George Johnson.
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Lions signed DE George Johnson.
Vikings signed DE George Johnson from the practice squad and waived OL Mark Asper and TE Allen Reisner.
Bucs placed DE George Johnson on injured reserve with a knee injury, ending his season.
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International Urogynecology Journal
, Volume 24, Issue 8, pp 1271-1278
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Long-term follow-up of the retropubic tension-free vaginal tape procedure
- Rune SvenningsenAffiliated withDepartment of Gynaecology, Oslo University Hospital Email author
- , Anne C. StaffAffiliated withDepartment of Gynaecology, Oslo University HospitalFaculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
- , Hjalmar A. SchiøtzAffiliated withDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vestfold Hospital
- , Kari WesternAffiliated withDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Østfold Hospital
- , Sigurd Kulseng-HanssenAffiliated withDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Asker and Bærum Hospital
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Introduction and hypothesis
Retropubic tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) was introduced in 1996 as a new and innovative surgical approach in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI). In this study we evaluate the long-term objective and subjective outcomes in a non-selected patient population 10 years after the retropubic TVT procedure.
All women (603) operated on with retropubic TVT at four gynecological departments from September 1998 through December 2000 were identified, and those still alive (542) were invited to participate in this population-based prospective study. For subjective data a short-form urinary incontinence disease-specific questionnaire was used. For objective evaluation the women underwent a stress test. Data collected were merged with previously stored data in the Norwegian National Incontinence Registry Database.
We included 483 women; 327 attended a clinical follow-up consultation and 156 had a telephone interview. Median duration of follow-up was 129 months. Objective cure rate was 89.9 %, subjective cure rate was 76.1 %, and 82.6 % of the patients stated they were "very satisfied" with their surgery (treatment satisfaction rate). Only 2.3 % of the women had undergone repeat SUI surgery. Subjective voiding difficulties were reported by 22.8 %, the majority describing slow stream or intermittency. De novo urgency incontinence increased significantly from 4.1 % 6–12 months after surgery to 14.9 % at the 10-year follow-up.
Long-term objective and subjective outcome after retropubic TVT is excellent with a low number of re-operations even in a non-selected cohort of patients.
KeywordsLong-term follow-up Mid-urethral slings Stress urinary incontinence
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- Title
- Long-term follow-up of the retropubic tension-free vaginal tape procedure
- Journal
International Urogynecology Journal
Volume 24, Issue 8 , pp 1271-1278
- Cover Date
- 2013-08
- 10.1007/s00192-013-2058-2
- Print ISSN
- 0937-3462
- Online ISSN
- 1433-3023
- Publisher
- Springer London
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- Topics
- Keywords
- Long-term follow-up
- Mid-urethral slings
- Stress urinary incontinence
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Rune Svenningsen (1)
- Anne C. Staff (1) (2)
- Hjalmar A. Schiøtz (3)
- Kari Western (4)
- Sigurd Kulseng-Hanssen (5)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Gynaecology, Oslo University Hospital, POB 4956, 0424, Nydalen, Oslo, Norway
- 2. Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- 3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Vestfold Hospital, Tønsberg, Norway
- 4. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Østfold Hospital, Fredrikstad, Norway
- 5. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Asker and Bærum Hospital, Bærum, Norway


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Both MetaValidator and MonitorCentral received a lot of bug fixes and optimizations with this release.
Spell check diagnostics are much improved, too.
MetaValidator and MonitorCentral now have support for Tidy (thanks to help from the JTidy API hosted at sourceforge), spell checking and correction (thanks to the excellent Jazzy API, also hosted at sourceforge), and FTP capabilities (thanks to J-FTP).
The open source section 508 web page correction and validation tool "MetaValidator" has been updated in release 0.5.5 with the following features/improvements:
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This release adds improved support to ASP, JSP, CFM. Also new is a 508 wizard for fixing accessibility problems. Improved performance with search and reporting tools was also implemented in this release.
This is a win32/Java based tool for determining accessibility of web pages/web sites. It can both spider (analyze over the net) and index (local file system) web sites for compliance with Section 508 standards. This may be the only free 508 spider out there....


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There is a question on an assignment that was due today which solutions have been released for, and I don't understand the correct answer. The question deals with best-case performance of disjoint sets in the form of disjoint set forests that utilize the weighed union algorithm to improve performance (the smaller of the trees has its root connected as a child to the root of the larger of the two trees) but without using the path compression algorithm.
The question is whether the best case performance of doing (n-1) Union operations on n singleton nodes and m>=n Find operations in any order is Omega(m*logn) which the solution confirms is correct like this:
There is a sequence S of n-1 Unions followed by m >= n Finds that takes Omega(m log n) time. The sequence S starts with a sequence n-1 Unions that builds a tree with depth Omega(log n). Then it has m>=n Finds, each one for the deepest leaf of that tree, so each one takes (log n) time.
My question is, why does that prove the lower bound is Omega(m*logn) is correct? Isn't that just an isolated example of when the bound would be Omega(m*logn) that doesn't prove it for all inputs? I am certain one needs to only show one counter-example when disproving a claim but needs to prove a predicate for all possible inputs in order to prove its correctness.
In my answer, I pointed out the fact that you could have a case when you start off by joining two singleton nodes together. You then join in another singleton to that 2-node tree with 3 nodes sharing the same parent, then another etc., until you join together all the n nodes. You then have a tree where n-1 nodes all point up to the same parent, which is essentially the result you obtain if you use path compression. Then every FIND is executed in O(1) time. Thus, a sequence of (n-1) Unions and m>=n Finds ends up being Omega(n-1+m) = Omega(n+m) = Omega(m).
Doesn't this imply that the Omega(m*logn) bound is not tight and the claim is, therefore, incorrect? I'm starting to wonder if I don't fully understand Big-O/Omega/Theta :/
EDIT : fixed up the question to be a little clearer
EDIT2: Here is the original question the way it was presented and the solution (it took me a little while to realize that Gambarino and the other guy are completely made up; hardcore Italian prof)


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I stayed here for 4 nights with my husband in late 2012. We stayed on the exec floor (10th).
We had a room which overlooked the Bund and the view was amazing.
We had our breakfast on all days except one in the exec lounge. I would recommend this as on each day we were the only ones there and the main breakfast room was very crowded the day we went there. They will advise you to head to the main room as there is more choice... but the choices in the exec lounge were fine.
The room was huge with a separate bath and shower.
The wi-fi in the hotel isnt great but I wasnt there to spend my time on the net - you cant get on facebook in China anyhow!
I would also recommend getting the Big Bus Tour ticket. It was fantastic - not just for the things you get to see but also for the most convenient transport system in Shanghai and all the discounts you get with the ticket (I would advise checking the river cruise times yourselves though).
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Using a USB outlet on your motorcycle is the best way to consolidate your chargers and simplify your packing list. Just about every device now uses a USB power cable. With this outlet, you will no longer have to pack a specific charger for all your phones, Ipods, Bluetooth headsets, and GPS units. Just plug any of them into this convenient dual USB motorcycle outlet. No wiring is necessary if your bike already has a 12v power outlet.
The Shorai LFX motorcycle battery is one of the lightest and most powerful batteries on the market, making it the perfect fit for adventure, dual-sport, and touring motorcycles. The Shorai LFX Lithium-Iron batteries are 70 to 80% lighter than standard lead acid batteries, turn your motorcycle engine over quickly, charge fast, and require very little maintenance.
NOTE: Please call Touratech-USA at (800) 491-2926 for assistance in selecting the correct battery for your motorcycle.
Dual USB power adaptor to keep your Smart phone, GPS, MP3 charged. Input DC 12 volt (cigarette lighter size), Output DC 5 volt/2 Amp.
Water and weather resistant cap included along with a blue LED power indicator light.


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Once again, Apple is said to be developing high-res audio formats
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"The Second Large City in Indonesia" Top 5 Page for this destination Surabaya by Hui-Hui
Surabaya Travel Guide: 204 reviews and 426 photos
On the late evening of 4th Feb. I arrived at Surabaya with my parents and twin sister. We had to walk down from the airplane to the ground by ourselves. The first breath in Surabaya was so humid and hot. The weather was very different from dry and chilly one in Taiwan! Finally I realized that I was in tropical zone!
We took a shuttle bus from the apron to the airport. The old building looked like a community center of the 70?s. A lot of tourists waited on lines for passing the custom. Customer offiers worked very slow. It was almost midnight and even one of them dozed off... :-p
On the way to the hotel, I couldn?t stop looking at the view outside the bus. The local houses were with white walls and red roof. The roof protruded on the top in lovely shape. And all was almost dark and very quiet. I liked the hotel where I would stay when I just entered the lobby. It was full of classic decoration. In the middle there was a bar with some comfortable sofa. A beautiful female singer sang with live band. And we realized very late that she sang a Taiwanese pop song because her Mandarin pronunciation was not perfect. I noticed that some local rich people gathered in the lobby as well?They behaved in cultivation and presented their high position unwittingly?
The next morning I was awaken by ?singing? of the Koran from a nearby mosque? It was very pretty? The city panorama from my room was just great! I saw a lot of red roofs covered one by one in a big mass. There were very few so-called modern buildings of glass and steel? And at the furthest point I saw a vague shape of a mountain? Sometimes it just disappeared because of heavy clouds?
The restautant was surrounded by a green tropical garden... The waiters and waitresses were very friendly and smiled a lot. I took a big interest in Indonesian cuisine!!! The first local dishes which I had were chicken sausage and Javanese noodles soup. Chicken sausage tasted very fresh and sweet! There were various ingredients like spring onion, bean sprouts, peanut and cassava etc. in the noodle soup. The taste was very light with soya sauce.
It was an exciting moment when our bus left the hotel and we finally had opportunity to see street view! Most of houses were of two floors with lovely red roof made of concrete tiles. There were many stands along the street. Some vendors just showed some plastic cups/bottles of water to sell... It was weird but a lot of people just sat along the street and looked absent-minded? Even some families including parents and children did like that together? What attracted me the most was local dress of women. They wore in bright-color robes and hid their pretty hair by scar and liked walking in a group? Due to the humid climate, basically the buildings and infrastructures looked dark and somehow dirty. (We have the same problem in Taiwan.)
We arrived at a traditional fruit market as first stop. It was a market made by some simple tents. The scene of various colorful tropical fruits (banana, durian and so on) hung around was very interesting. Indonesian durian was smaller and less ?stinky? than one of Thailand. The most special fruit was snake fruit. It was covered by a thin brown shell like snake?s squama. The white meat tasted sour! Afterwards we visited a local convenience store. There were various products made in Indonesia and most of them were of international brands. To be honest I didn?t take interest in their western snacks at all because they looked very artificial.
Then we left the downtown of Surabaya to the suburb. There were only rice fields, trees and farm houses around us? I had never seen such amazing complete GREEN scenery in my life! Because of humidity and sunshine Java was really a paradise for plants! But unfortunately our aged Mercedes bus got problem once and we had to park along the road. The air conditioner was off and it was very hot...
We had lunch in an Indonesian-Chinese restaurant called Victoria. Concerning the food sanitation, the traveling agency only arranged restaurants run by local Chinese for us. The ancestors of local Chinese moved to Indonesian some hundred years ago and most of their descents looked like Javanese with dark complexion, short & thin figures and big eyes. My forefathers moved to Formosa so nowadays I was Taiwanese girl with Chinese-aboriginal look? If they had moved to other places, my destiny would have been totally different!
The restaurant was like another community center. In the interior wide room there put some round tables. We just sat there for lunch. The dishes were very common Chinese dishes but tasted different from ?Taiwanese-Chinese home-made dishes which I was used to have. What we liked the most was fried chicken! It was so juicy, crispy, fresh and delicious. We ate it out, even though there was bird flu in Indonesia!!!
Our bus went to a mountain area and got deeper and deeper? The tropical plants were very tall and big! Then our bus stopped in a parking space close to several souvenir shops. We had to walk to the waterfall Coban Rondo. It was quite a popular local tourism spot! I saw a lot of Indonesian youth. Some of them walked around, some sang with guitars, some played water in a small river and some couples dated. They were quite curious to us and smiled to us a lot!
It was really a green world! The valley was full of plants and grass. The water of cascade sprayed and cooled me down? It reminded me of some commercial film where naked female model stayed in pool in front of waterfall surrounded by bright-green tropical plants? How a relaxing scenery! Afterwards we bought some grilled curry corn (1,500 Rupiah) from a stand. The corn was hard with very light taste of curry. It was tasty and natural! I took a look at souvenir shop and found Batik pretty. But concerning the quality, I gave up the idea to do a purchase here.
In the late afternoon we went to Batu town. It was a holiday center on hills. We saw many clean villas of white walls and red roof. There was a big one on a pool as restaurant and karaoke house. The weather was not very good and it was a little foggy on hill. We first visited orchid garden. My hometown was famous for orchid planting so seeing flowers in green house was not so exiciting for me. Then we watched some animals in cage... The most special ones were fruit bats. They were hairy and big. When some children yelled, they made sounds like mice! We got some cups of apple juice to drink before we entered apple farms. The juice was very very sweet... The apple trees were introduced by Dutches when they occupied Indonesia. My father climbed a tree and picked up some fresh apples for us. But due to humid and warm climate the apple had no taste at all...
At noon of 6th Feb. we came back to Surabaya. We went through rice fields and local houses. The house were very lovely with corridor of L type. Some chickens walked around and lived so close to human beings. The traveling guide shared some local bananas with us. They were small and very sweet! We got quite excited to visit the famous zoo! We first took a rest at information center and then our bus entered the animal area. It was interesting to see many animals walking freely around us. Some cute camels got so curious to us and even blocked our way! Besides Komodo dragons (lizards) and orangutans, Indonesian animals were mini. Elephants & rhinos were small; necks of giraffe were short. The design of the zoo was quite Indian... It was said that it was very crowded on weekend.
We had late lunch in another Indonesian-Chinese restaurant. Most of dishes were the same to formers. The new one was fried oyster cake. It contained a lot of egg and tasted different from Taiwanese one. On the way to the city center, we saw Candi Javi temple, a Hindu temple built in the 13 century. It was high all in marble with a roof built by many steps.
We arrived at a shopping center. We didn?t take interest in pirate leather bags but local food-dried vegetables and crisps! We chose many bags of shrimp chips (they had more than 50 kinds in Indonesia), dried potato and cassava chips etc. A girl wrote down all the items which I took one by one by hand and then gave me the paper. I had to take it to the counter for paying. There was no scanner or computer at all! Afterwards we bought a coconut at a stand outside. It was very juicy and cost only RP 1,500!
Then we headed to the huge blue mosque of exotic style. I got very excited to take a rickshaw ride around the mosque. The seats were in front of the rickshaw so passengers were in more dangerous condition than rider! :-p We were not muslin so we could reach until the atrium. Some muslin kids came out and took pictures with us. They were all very cute in bright-color robes!
We had dinner in a restaurant called Crystal Palace. The dishes were similar to what we had had. Some servers in neat uniform gave us glass of tea. I was quite upset to some Taiwanese group members especially a middle-age man. When they were served with glasses of tea, they performed like kings without saying ?Thanks?! I felt so ashamed! Then the guide showed a coconut crab. Although it was an animal under protection, Indonesia-Chinese believed that eating it could help their manhood. :-(
The next morning I had an early breakfast in Marriott Jw. Some waiters were happy that I took interest to try their Javanese breakfast-rice with ingredients wrapped by banana leaf. :-) After breakfast Fenny came to visit me. I was excited to see and talk to her and she was so kind to bring various local desserts! Unfortunately she had to leave for work soon so our meeting was pretty short!
In long break my family walked out and ?visited? a supermarket. It was interesting to see local products like Indonesian clothes, Islam decoration (made in China!) and perfume in plastic fancy bottles etc. In general the prices were only 1/3 of Taiwan standard. It was funny to see many stickers of Taiwanese idol band-F4. The four cute guys seemed very popular in Indonesia! Before leaving the hotel, I bought and sent a postcard. Then we went to a handcrafts shop. There were various souvenirs at high quality. (most of souvenirs in Bali were actually made in Surabaya.) We bought 2 wooden statues, a batik skirt and tea etc.
We had lunch in a nice Japanese B. B. Q. restaurant. It offered buffet but the ingredients were refilled very slow. My comment for the restaurant was ?Indonesian shrimps were dark and tasty?. Later we visited an old submarine. I once watched a German film ?Das boot? so I enjoyed experiencing the limited space like in the movie.
Then we spent about 2 hour in the biggest department store. It was built glorious like one in Taipei 101! Many local Chinese in pretty suit drove car there for shopping while some Indonesian poor slept on the street. There were many brands imported from America and Europe on sales. The prices were lower than in Taiwan but as we spent out all the local currency, we missed the chance to do big shopping!:-(
After eye shopping, we got exhausted. We went to another Indonesian-Chinese restaurant for dinner. I was really fed up with the same dishes every day except fried chicken. The restaurant was full of Taiwanese tourists and also local Chinese. I saw an old-fashioned pink cr�me birthday cake. It was something which we had 20 years ago in Taiwan!
Our last stop was China town. It was actually a night market on a road with typical match box houseS along and a metal arch of dragon in the front. Compared to night market in Taiwan, it was tiny. There were some stands of Chinese food (satay and fried noodles etc.) and little stuffs from China. The ambiance was very desolate. The guide said that the vendors were all descents of Chinese? But for us, they just looked like locals. Afterward we went to the big community center (airport). It was sad to end the trip and had to work immediately the next morning.
- Pros:friendly people, Javanese style!!
- Cons:big gap between the poor and the rich
- In a nutshell:a big prosperous Javanese city
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At cost price from my suppliers, most memory modules only cost a few pence (usually around 20-40p) more for modules with heatsinks over ones without. However, the specification is usually the same.
The main difference is that you may be able to overclock slightly more without heat issues and as the price isn't a lot more, I always purchase them with.
This being said, the memory specification is the important factor and heat sinks will not make any difference over that.
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...college is a luxury good—a high-end commodity whose appeal, like a designer handbag, grows in direct proportion with the size of the sticker price.
As the Economist has noted, colleges don't compete to see who can offer the lowest sticker price. Instead, they compete on famous faculty and fancy facilities.
At the same time, colleges offer increasingly large discounts — grants and scholarships — off the full-tuition sticker price. (Here's a post on the growing gap between the sticker price and what students actually pay.)
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...college is an investment — an expenditure on which one can expect high future returns
As we pointed out last fall, the income gap between people with college degrees and those with only a high-school diploma has exploded in the past 30 years. That means it makes more sense to think of college as an investment, so it's rational for colleges to charge more.
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Americans have become terrified, he says, of what will happen to their children if they don't send them to college. The recession, widening income inequality, growing job insecurity, the uncertain future of the welfare state, the increasing costs of health care—all have deepened the anxieties that made college such an attractive option for a rising middle class in the first place. "I think that's the way probably a lot of parents think about it. It's a way for their kids to be safe, to be protected from the chaos. You're paying for college because it's an insurance policy against falling out of the middle class." The larger question this raises, he says, is, "Why are we spending ten times as much for insurance as we were 30 years ago? And does that tell us something has gone really badly wrong with our country?"
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Just ate here for the first time tonight and will definitely be back! Pho bowl and Bibimbap were awesome, finally some good steamed buns!!!!! This is a great addition to Mt. Pleasant.
We have lived on DI for a few years now, and we love Dragon Palace! The service is very quick for a dine-in restaurant and the food is great and much more authentic than your average take-out! If you like real Chinese food rather than the typical American-Chinese food, you will love it.
I have been there a lot the food is Great! they seem to cater too the Locals that's where you find the owner if they don't change how they treat there customer there MT pleasant want last! but I hope it does, maybe they will read this post and understand what people are saying? a complaint is a gift, it gives you time to make the changes and if you do you will succeed, if not then social media will kill your business but I do recommenced it for the food and to all the haters I have been there over 15 times the food not there problem. Good luck I wish you well
Ate lunch at Lee Lee's Hot Kitchen. I had the veggie fried rice and an order of spicy dumplings. Both were excellent. The fried rice was full of fresh vegetables and the dumplings were cooked to perfection floating in a nice sauce. They could use more spicy condiments. I'll definitely be back.
Amazing! Had dinner there Saturday night and all four in our party were blown away! We had the walnut shrimp, black bean chicken, General Tso's chicken, shrimp fried rice, lettuce wraps, and TWO orders of crab Rangoon (we immediately ordered the second one on the first taste!). The manager is really attentive and in total command of the large crowd in the small space. We even waited in our car for our table (as it was too cold to stand on the curb) and he came to get us when our table cleared. Prices are incredibly reasonable. Cannot wait to return (often!)!
to drval: while I agree this place is one of the best in the area, It Ain't Chinatown!
I don't know which NY Chinatown you refer to, but it sure isn't the one I used to hang out in. Again, Chopsticks is as good as it gets around here, but it wouldn't last 6 months in Chinatown in NY or Philly.
This is truly the tastiest Chinese food in recent memory. After 10 years living near NYC's China Town, that's gotta tell you something. I've had take out from Chopsticks House at least 5 times already, and it has never disappointed. Very rich, heavy on the sweet sauces, but worth the calories. BBQ spare ribs appetizer better than any local rib place. Don't let the horrific ambiance fool you - the food is meant for take out and the generous portions insure plenty of leftovers.
This is my first ever restaurant review so be patient. Walked in the door and wasn't turned off by the decor. It was okay in a hokey pseudo-chinese sort of way but a big improvement on the average strip mall take out. This restaurant is serious about being a dine in experience.
Service was good and prompt but the menus left a film of grease on our hands. I actually had to wash my hands before eating. This is not a good sign.
We ordered the Dragon Palace Sampler (appetizer assortment). The spring rolls were really cabbage rolls, the crab puffs were cream cheese filled (someone waved a crab at the mixture when it was filled) and the fried wonton skin was tough. The honey glazed pork was excellent until I found large shreds of pork fat and the pickled carrot. Pickle flavor didn't seem to fit. The crispy ginger shrimp was excellent but had lost its crispness. I didn't expect the pineapple in the seafood rolls.
The asparagus stuffed shrimp appetizer was excellent until they drizzled it with what tasted like sweetened mayonaise.
We also ordered the steamed chicken dumplings. They were ok but I thought the wonton skins were tough.
We also ordered the chicken Mei Fun. This is a dish that I love. The noodles glistened with a fresh coat of oil at service but they were still dry. I suspect that the mei fun was prepared ahead of time and stored until time to cook.
We spent about $50 (with a pot of tea for $2.50 and two domestic light beers). All in all, a pretty disappointing experience.
Red Ochids truly is the best Chinese food in charleston. The owners are great, food is excellent and the atmosphere is comfortable and casual. If you are craving some good chinese, this is the place to hit up. Tony knows his stuff when it comes to all things beverage related, you will be surprised with the wine, beer and drink selections...
Sauces and soups were outstanding. Chicken was a little dry, but everything overall was pretty good. Definitely one of the better Chinese food locations in Charleston.
I ordered Chow Mein and what I received was cabbage soup with some stale wonton crackers and rice. It was terrible!
Considering that a restaurant is made up of more than just the food, Red Orchids' attention to detail in creating a comfortable, quiet atmosphere is spot on. To RON98, upon entering Red Orchids, did you feel that this was the kind of restaurant that would be kid friendly? Although many kids enjoy different foods, the venue in which these foods are served is not kid friendly. Kids do not, I repeat, do not belong in any bar area. As for allowing them to stand on the stools, I have to ask do you allow your children to stand on your furniture? Also, have you ever purchased a barstool that must withstand a high volume of sitters ranging in weight? The menu prices at Red Orchids are reasonable and the quality of food is incomparable to any other asian cuisine in the Charleston area. When the furniture and fixtures undergo repair or replacement we can all expect menu prices to be increased. By the way, I prefer to sit at the bar at Red Orchids, it is a nice spot to be a bit social and have a great glass of wine. I do not enjoy your kids sitting/standing next to me.
Red Orchid rocks. I have not eaten inside the restaurant in a year, but I call in my orders every couple of months for pickup and the food is always ready within 15 minutes. Ive been doing this for 3 years now. I have lived in NYC where the quality of Asian restaurant is far greater than those in the area, and this is the only place in CHS that comes close to having great Chinese food. One of my barometers in measuring the quality of a restaurant is tasting the soup. The hot and sour soup at Red Orchid is the best in town and no Asian place comes close.
I have nothing but good things to say about the Red Orchid. The food is really good, the service is professional and for the most part efficient, and the atmosphere is much better than you will find in most Chinese places.
Other reviewers have complained about unfriendly patrons, or Tony, (the owner), not tolerating misbehaving children. (Standing on bar stools? Really? You consider this acceptable behavior?) Not legitimate complaints. The truth is that there are a lot of regulars, but everybody is treated well. I've been going there for years, and while service can (on occasion) be slow, it's not directed at the newcomers.
Don't let the naysayers naysay you out of giving this place a shot. There's a reason the Red Orchid is packed with regulars.
Osaka is great. The best sushi in town! Very consistent service, friendly staff.
I agree with Muskie. If you are not a regular at the restaurant then you are not even seen. I went there to place a take out order and after speaking with 2 wait staff they told me to wait for Tony which took him about 10 minutes to make it back to the back to the bar. He ends up serving someone else behind me. When he finally realizes that I am waiting to order, he make comments about my kids standing on his stools. I just found him rude and annoying and not very kid friendly. This place may have good food, but poor service and not friendly at all. That's too bad...
Red Orchids is a favorite of my family, and recently we went on a Tuesday night. It was pretty slow, but was about 3/4 full. There seemed to be a lot of "regulars" there, the owner's assistant (the guy) was touching base with a bunch of people on a regular basis. You could tell that certain folks were regulars simply because they were greeted with a usual seat or usual drink. Not that familiarity is always bad, but in this case it was. The servers seemed awfully enamored of the regulars, which is sad, because I'd love to be a regular and I certainly tip better than most regulars. The food was the to standard for each time I've gone, certainly some of the best Chinese cuisine in South Carolina, although not the best I've ever had (some unnamed place off of Clay St. in San Francisco). Besides the service being below mediocre, the regulars seem to be offended if someone is trouncing on their territory. I had a older woman glaring at my wife and I as we ate our appetizers. She and her husband were regulars (as they were given the check the server made sure to say the husband's first name), and I know we had not said anything to offend her. Note to Red Orchids, the food is still great, but the atmosphere could use some work.
The food at Red Orchid is good. However, we have never received anything but SLOW service. Evidently when you ask for the "express" lunch, they make you wait even longer. Everyone around us who had come in after us got their food before us. We gave them a second chance a couple of weeks later and decided to only order appetizers and Definitely do NOT ask for the "express" service. Sadly, the service was still ridiculously slow. The food is good but if we ever eat there again it will be takeout that we call in 3 hours before we need it...
Took some coworkers to lunch there last week. Everyone loved what they ordered. One person commented that the food reminded him of his favorite Chinese restaurant from back in Greenville. Tony was our waiter, he introduced himself as the assistant to the assistant manager. He told us some stories about traveling around Taiwan and other parts of Asia to find inspiration for new dishes. He talked us into trying some of the in house ice cream. And I'm glad he did! I had a banana caramel ice cream that tasted of the most decadent bananas foster ever. Every single little nibble was ultra rich and ultra sweet and delicious. I sampled someone's black sesame seed ice cream and it was like a benne wafer crushed into premium ice creaminess.
Red Orchids is definitely my favorite restaurant in Charleston. I eat here often and love everything on the menu. If you have never tried it, you need to go. Don't get the usual sweet and sour stuff. ask for recommendations and suggestions. The staff is very knowledgeable about the menu and the service has always been friendly and professional. Their portions are huge and the quality of the food is amazing.


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i'm working on a school project regarding making a customized media player. I've got some source code on the web which i have been using. I wanted to add in another new feature which is to make a playlist which the source code does not have.
However i encounter an error whereby the window "stop responding" when i try to drag the window around. I wasn't able to click on anything as it seem like there is some background tread running because my cursor show the "loading sign" (Circular cursor).
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def load_playlist(self, event):
playlist = ["D:\Videos\test1.mp4", "D:\Videos\test2.avi"]
for path in playlist:
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ffmpeg_command = ['C:\\MPlayer-rtm-svn-31170\\ffmpeg.exe', '-i' , path]
pipe = subprocess.Popen(ffmpeg_command, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
results = pipe.communicate()
#Regular expression to get the duration
length_regexp = 'Duration: (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2})\.\d+,'
re_length = re.compile(length_regexp)
# find the matches using the regexp that to compare with the buffer/string
matches = re_length.search(str(results))
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hour = matches.group(1)
minute = matches.group(2)
second = matches.group(3)
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hour_to_second = int(hour) * 60 * 60
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second_to_second = int(second)
num_second = hour_to_second + minute_to_second + second_to_second
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#Play the media file
trackPath = '"%s"' % path.replace("\\", "/")
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Niners: 5-7
Seattle Seahawks: 5-7
Carolina Panthers: 5-7
Chicago Bears: 5-7
The only team in the NFC with a worse record than us:
Redskins, Lions, Rams, Bucs.
We are now members of the cellar dwellars of the league.
Another long offseason folks..............
[ Edited by ZRF80 on Dec 6, 2009 at 17:29:56 ]


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HOOVER, Ala. (AP) - Authorities said its likely a robbery attempt was the motive behind the fatal shooting of a Hoover woman.
Police believe two teenagers selected and targeted 52-year-old Doris Jean Bennett while she walked her dog near the Galleria shopping center.
The shooting occurred Monday night at about 7:30 p.m.
Bennett died the next day.
Hoover Police Chief Nick Derzis said at a news conference Wednesday, 16-year-old Lamont Shields of Hoover and 17-year-old
Brandon Solomon Foster of Birmingham were arrested within an hour
of the shooting.
Both teens were charged with capital murder.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)