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While most other teams had already started the 2009-10 ACHA season, the Icers didn't pick up business until the first weekend in October. An opening weekend series against Towson was tabbed as a good way to get the new guys up to ACHA game speed. Of course, the following weekend saw a road-trip to Byrd Arena to face the ever-tough Ohio Bobcat fans. Oh, and their team is pretty solid too. Not to mention both sides hate each other. Guess there's no better way to test the new guys like throwing them into the fire.
October 2nd, vs Towson, 4-3 W (OT): With a line-up heavy in new players, the Icers hit the ice against Towson with the same goals in mind - another ACHA National Championship. After a short feeling-out process, the Icers finally got on the board 9 minutes into the game off the stick of freshman Dominic Morrone. It would take another 10 minutes before another goal - this one also for the Icers, credited to sophomore Nick Seravalli. The Icers brought the energy early in the second period, but an interference penalty to freshman Ryan Erbe allowed Towson to get on the board 7 minutes into the period. Some more scrumming around and penalties, and Towson would tie the game 8 and a half minutes later. But Nick Seravalli would not allow it to be tied for long, as he put the Icers up 3-2 less than a minute later.
The third period started, and like an eerie case of déjà vu, a Ryan Erbe interference penalty led to a game-tying power play goal for Towson. More back and forth play would follow until the Icers would get a break with a late-game power play opportunity. But that break almost turned into an upset when a Towson player would steal the puck and beat Teddy Hume. Somehow, the refs missed what happened and called "no goal" saying the puck hit the post and bounced out. (There was enough anecdotal evidence from Icers faithful that said the refs screwed up this call.) Heading into overtime, the Icers would not take this second chance for granted. Freshman George Saad would put away the game-winner just 54 seconds into the overtime period, letting the Icers leave with a win and the chance to go home counting their blessings.
October 3rd, vs Towson, 15-3 W: Saturday came around, and the Icers hoped for some better play all around. The game would open much like Friday night, with the Icers jumping out to an early 2-0 lead (goals by Tim O'Brien and Kurt Collins). But the mirror of Friday night continued as Towson would get the next two, including a short-handed goal thanks to an Icer turnover. Marek Polidor would put the Icers back up by a goal just 1:17 into the second period. As was the theme for the weekend, Towson would respond, tying the game back up at 3-3 a few minutes later. Dominic Morrone would insert himself in this game with a goal just 3 minutes later, giving the Icers the 4-3 lead. And the heavens opened.
The Icers would go on to score 11 more goals in a row - 12 total unanswered - to blow Towson out of the water, 15-3. To keep this from going on forever, here's the recap of scoring of the 12 unanswered: Morrone (2), Herel, Kirstein, Seravalli, Steinour (2), Thurston (2), Daley (2), Pronchik. So yeah. There's that.
October 9th, at Ohio, 2-1 L: After a roller-coaster weekend, the Icers found themselves on the road against a more-seasoned and more-experienced Ohio Bobcat team. Both teams came out with energy, and the Icers controlled the early part of the 1st period. The Bobcats would even things out, shots-wise, as both teams ended the first period tied at zero. The second period saw more action and some scoring. The Icers would open the scoring on the stick of (yet again) Dominic Morrone. But the lead would be short-lived, as the Bobcats would strike back later in the 2nd period, setting up an exciting fight for the win. Speaking of fighting, there was a rare fight involving the Icers' Eric Steinour. No real winner/loser of the fight, but both men involved would be given the game disqualification and be suspended for Saturday's game.
Onto the third period the two teams went, and the hitting and energy picked up again. The refs let the two teams play for awhile without calling any penalties. Then stopped. Unfortunately, this came at the expense of the Icers and the Bobcats would eventually take advantage of one of the power plays to take the 2-1 lead. The Icers continued to play hard, but they just couldn't beat OU goaltender Paul Marshall again (something most teams struggle doing anyway, as evidenced by his 3 shutouts already this season). A well played game by both sides, including some great play by goaltender Teddy Hume. But with the Icers falling just short, they had to look to Saturday for a weekend split.
October 10th, at Ohio, 4-3 W (OT): Saturday saw more intense play between the two teams. After some good back and forth action, the Icers would strike first, as Kurt Collins found the back of the net for the second time this season. But Ohio kept up their play and would capitalize on a power play late in the first, sending the teams into the 1st intermission tied at 1-1. The second period belonged completely to Ohio. Ohio also got the benefit of a number of penalties in their favor (to the point where one could start to wonder about some "home cooking" with the calls). They peppered goalie Teddy Hume with shot after shot, but Teddy Hume stood tall time and time again. It may be fair to say he single-handedly kept the game tied going into the 2nd intermission.
As the 3rd period took shape, the phantom penalties started to subside, but the physicality picked up. Then 11 minutes into the period, Matt Kirstein found himself in the right place - in front of the net. A quick deflection off of a Marek Polidor shot to give the Icers a 2-1 lead. But it was a short-lived lead, as OU would win the faceoff, take a quick shot, and put home the rebound just 11 seconds later to bring the game to a 2-2 tie. Not to be outdone, the Icers would take advantage of a shot rebound, with George Saad giving the Icers a 3-2 lead with just under 8 minutes left in the 3rd period. Then came the scrum in the corner, and the 8-day joint session for the refs to figure out what penalties they actually wanted to call. After it was all sorted out, the Bobcats ended up with a power play. The Icers would hold their own until with 44 seconds left, Ohio would put home a rebound at the side of Teddy Hume and tie it up at 3-3. Both teams would get some chances in the overtime, but it seemed as though a shootout would determine the winner. That was until Steve Thurston put the puck past OU goalie Paul Marshall with mere tenths of a second left in the overtime period, giving the Icers the much needed emotional win, 4-3.
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Penn State Icers Overtime GWG 10-10-2009 (via PSUHockeyBD)
Season Standings and Rankings: ACHA Rankings - 3rd; ACHA Season Record - 3-1-0; ESCHL Season Record - 0-0-0.
On the Horizon: The Icers have two home-and-home sets in the coming weekends. The Icers start at home on Friday against West Chester, before heading to WCU for Saturday's game. The Icers follow the same setup the next weekend against Drexel. WCU is always a tough team, but took a beating at the ACHA Showcase, losing 9-2 to Arizona State. Drexel is, well, Drexel. Not to take a team lightly, but they're still not a good team. This can be evidenced by their loss to Rutgers, their overtime win over Villanova, and a loss to Lehigh - the last two teams, I didn't even realize they had a DI ACHA team. That should say enough...
So after a shaky start, the Icers started to find their legs. The tight games against Ohio don't surprise me at all, and the team played very well all things considered. The returning players have made a number of mistakes - something they will have to cut down to help the new guys. The new guys have begun to insert themselves nicely - the "Black Line" of Dominic Morrone, Eric Steinour, and George Saad has played very well together. And it's nice to see some of the returning players who did not see a lot of ice time last year playing well - as is the case with Seravalli and Collins. If Teddy Hume can keep up the form he "re-found" against OU, this could be a very successful year for the Icers, new players and all.
On a quick side note for those of you in the Pittsburgh area (or those who want to take a trip to Pittsburgh), the Icers face off against Robert Morris' ACHA team in January as part of the 4th Annual Pittsburgh College Hockey Showcase. Tickets are on sale (at Ticketmaster) now for the full day of hockey. So yes, you can go watch the Icers (and the other Robert Morris hockey teams, if you want) play at Mellon Arena if you're so interested.


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Tip of the Day: If you have a chunk of land that's walk-able in California, and you spot a rusted out can.
Pick it up.
That's what one Northern California couple said they did, and their curiosity proved to be rather bountiful.
Found poking out of the dirt was a can that contained rare, 19th century, U.S. gold coins that date back to the Gold Rush.
The couple who go by the names of John and Mary reported finding the can — and several more — in a section of property they coined, Saddle Ridge, after lugging the can home to take a peek inside.
Donald Kagin, president of Kagin's Inc., of Tiburon, the numismatic firm known for its expertise in U.S. gold coins, reported in a statement that eight cans held more than 1,400 preserved coins from 1847 to 1894.
Though the coins have a face value of more than $28,000, Kagin has noted the collection could sell on for $10 million or more. Hazah!
The couple, who chooses to remain anonymous, spoke with the LA Times about their find.
We already know the moral of this story.
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Alfred Hitchcock, Woody Allen and Quentin Tarantino are listed as some of the most influential film directors of all time in Total Film Magazine's Top 50 Directors.
The list, which encompasses almost a century of filmmaking, includes 47 other directors, all of whom are male.
In recognition of the imbalance of women in the film industry, four female SIUC faculty members created the program Girls Make Movies, a one-week summer camp held at the university for high school girls interested in the film industry.
The camp focuses on teaching girls to create their own films and other media projects in a collaborative situation under the direction of practicing filmmakers, film students and film teachers.
To wrap up Women's History Month, SIUC held a film screening Saturday with Girls Make Movies, which featured movies made by girls at the camp, a few films by undergraduates and a film by Lilly Boruszkowski, associate professor of cinema-photography, that won the Audience Award at the Taos Shortz Film Festival.
Susan Felleman, associate professor of cinema-photography who was part of the planning committee for Women's History Month, said she suggested the event because it would be a great opportunity to honor students for their work.
The event raised more than $1,000 from admission and silent auction items, which goes toward keeping the cost low of the Girls Make Movies camp, Felleman said.
The camp, which debuted in July 2010, is a faculty-driven initiative that works to highlight the opportunities available for the girls in the film industry, said Clare Mitchell, assistant dean of the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts.
"As you may have noticed, most well-known film makers are not women," Felleman said. "It's still really a problem for women to become film makers."
The idea for the camp was born from conditions observed in the classroom, said Angela Aguayo, assistant professor of cinema-photography.
She said it was difficult enough that many classrooms were significantly imbalanced with male students outnumbering female media makers.
"I wanted all of my students to feel comfortable and skilled behind the camera, and I realized it all starts much earlier than college," Aguayo said. "We needed a space for young women to find their voice and feel empowered behind the camera before they arrive on a college campus."
The camp is meant to empower the high school girls, make a career in the film industry more attainable and encourage them to continue to study film, whether at SIUC or elsewhere, Felleman said.
She said one key thing about holding the camp at SIUC is the campers and their families get to see an aspect of the university they may have been unaware of.
"It's not just a party school or a place for the well-known majors, but a place where people are working hard to do creative things," Felleman said.
She said while roughly 85 percent of the film students are male, a large number of the instructors are females, all of whom teach, create and study film.
Having instructors who practice in the industry and know how the gender inequalities resonate in different aspects of the career can help the campers and female students understand that they can overcome it, Aguayo said.
She said they might find information and advice at their fingertips at SIUC to help mentor them.
Aguayo said she hopes the camp, which she said is designed to encourage a film culture where women feel comfortable picking up the technologies and using them, influences the girls to learn a powerful means of self-expression and find a creative outlet for their ideas about the world.
She said learning filmmaking is like learning how to write or become a great public speaker. It is a powerful means to communicate ideas to others, she said.
"Being able to understand film, to be critical in watching it as well as being able to use those skills to produce it is an empowering process, especially in a world where we spend almost more time with media than anything else," Aguayo said.
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This scenario presented two obvious options for conversion: Migrate the data on the iSCSI LUN into a VMware disk image, or simply map the LUN straight through to the resulting VM. Both options would retain the storage on the iSCSI SAN, but the second would permit the LUN to be bound by other servers. It turned out that VI3 also offers a middle route here, which is to wrap the existing iSCSI LUN in a virtual disk layer. To configure this, the LUN must be visible from all VI3 hosts, and the new disk built for the VM selected with Virtual Disk Mode, which adds the virtualization layer.
We chose this third option, and it worked well. In fact, the server's performance held up well during the conversion, and the following reboot/powerdown required to complete the migration caused only a few seconds of downtime. The new VM came up normally, and because the iSCSI LUN set aside for file storage on the original physical server was already mapped to the VM, it immediately began serving files as if nothing had happened. The performance of the file server did suffer a dip in the new environment, as you would expect, averaging 85MB per second through a gigabit uplink to the network that was shared with other VMs. But, all considered, not too shabby.
Having successfully migrated all the Windows servers within an hour, we turned to the two Linux servers, a Dell PowerEdge 2950 running MySQL and a Dell PowerEdge 850 running a Web application linking to that database. Try as we might, none of the VMware tools would properly detect the hardware in these two servers, and the live transfer option was out, because Converter doesn't support Linux.
Officially, VMware doesn't support P2V migrations of Linux servers at all, which is a significant black eye, not only considering that VI3 is built on a Linux base, but also in light of VMware's history of extensive Linux support. Fortunately, it's far easier to migrate Linux servers manually than Windows servers, so we built two new VMs running identical configurations of 64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, then copied over the databases and Web applications, all of which was the work of about 90 minutes. VMware does plan to officially support Linux P2V migrations in the near future.
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After these base-layer tasks were out of the way, it was time to show off. We built two more VI3 servers on two more blades and added them to the cluster. These new servers were identical to the first server, right down to the licensing configuration. Because VI3 builds are based on Anaconda, most can be completely automated, and the automation functions are nearly identical to Red Hat's Kickstart server provisioning tools.
As soon as the two new servers were brought online, we configured the cluster for DRS, VMware's resource management framework. DRS manages server load by dynamically distributing VMs across multiple servers to take advantage of all the resources available in the cluster. Although enabling DRS is as simple as checking a box, there's really more to it than that. Every server in the cluster must be configured identically, and all network interfaces and virtual switches must share the same names. Further, every VM must be built on shared storage — in this case, the iSCSI LUN — and VMotion must be enabled on every server.


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Santiago de Compostela is the ecclesiastical centre of Spain and has been a university city since the sixteenth century. At the turn of the twentieth century it boasted a population of 25,000, so it is surprising that football never really took off in the city prior to the formation of SD Compostela. A couple of teams, namely Club Deportivo Santiago and Club Arenal, played in the Tercera in the 1940's & 50's, but achieved very little. The demise of CD Santiago in the summer of 1962 left the city without a senior team in the national championships.
After much debate, SD Compostela was formed in June 1962 and in September merged with Club Arenal. Taking Arenal's place in the Primera Regional, the club won the league, playing its matches on a field owned by the city's university. In September 1963, SD Compostela moved to the Campo de Santa Isabel, which had been purchased by the municipality and renovated following the closure of CD Santiago. The club spent much of the 1960s and 1970s playing in the regional divisions and the Tercera. Its first promotion to Segunda B came in 1977, but the stay lasted just the one season. They regained their place in 1980 and whilst this time they hung around for six seasons, it ended in relegation and controversy.
|Santa Isabel in 1992
In 1986, the poor season on the pitch was compounded by an off-field controversy surrounding the actions of then president Francisco Steppe. He resigned amid allegations of receiving payments to throw a game against Pontevedra CF, which would maintain Pontevedra's status in the Segunda B. The late 1980's saw a significant restructuring of the club both at board and management levels and in 1990 Compostela returned to Segunda B. The following season was to prove the club's most successful to date. A third place finish ensured entry to the play-offs and on 23 June 1991, a capacity crowd of 8,000 gathered at the Estadio Municipal Santa Isabel. They witnessed goals from Juanito and Ochoa (two), clinch a 3–1 victory in the final play-off match against CD Badajoz and promotion to La Segunda. By now, the simple Santa Isabel was proving to be too small and outdated for football in the second tier. The club played their last match at the ground on 12 June 1993, losing 0-3 to champions UE Lleida. Santa Isabel was a simple ground with a propped covered stand on the west side and an open terrace on the east. It was situated about half a mile north of the city's historic centre, and is now the site of a Municipal Sports Centre, but the main stand is still in use next to a new all-weather pitch.
|Santa Isabel in 2008
The club moved Estadio Multiusos de San Lazaro in the summer of 1993, which coincided with the continuing rise in the team's fortunes and in 1993–94, following a 3–1 play-off victory against Rayo Vallecano, Compostela reached La Primera. For a small regional club, Compostela did remarkably well and reached a best finish of 10th in 1995–96. After four seasons at the top, Compostela was relegated after losing a relegation play-off on to Villarreal CF. Club President José María Caneda, who had overseen the good times of promotion to the top flight and the move to the new stadium, was not the man for a crisis. His mismanagement led to three seasons of diminishing returns in La Segunda, which eventually saw Compostela relegated to Segunda B in 2001. They returned to La Segunda for the 2002-03 season, but this was played against a backdrop of off-field distractions. With the players and staff going unpaid for months, a final 9th place was not enough to prevent relegation, as Caneda failed to meet the 31 July deadline to settle all wage debts and were demoted by the Federation.
|A one-off. There is nothing quite like San Lazaro.
The off-field problems continued in 2003–04, with the peak being a strike by the players. After not receiving a wage for several months, they refused to appear for a fixture at UB Conquense. At the season's close, which saw on pitch relegation to the Tercera, Compostela dropped further to the Galician Regional Preferente (north) after failing again to meet another financial deadline. This led to the liquidation in the summer of 2006 of the original club, which in turn saw another club, SD Campus Stallae, move in to San Lazaro. After four seasons of languishing in the regional league, the new team reached the Tercera for the 2008-09 season. In the following campaign, after finishing first in its group, they beat Atlético Monzón in the play-offs and won a second consecutive promotion. Now in Segunda B for the 2009-10 season, it was almost inevitable that this would be a short-lived return. Campus Stallae finished in last place and relegation was followed by the now ubiquitous demotion for more financial irregularities. After a couple of seasons in the Regional Preferente North (Level 5), the club regained its old name and Tercera status in the summer of 2012. This was followed a year later with a return to Segunda B.
|You're not singing any more. A typical sight at San Lazaro
In recent years, a host of other teams have tried and failed to take on the mantle of the city's top team, notably Ciudad de Santiago who won promotion to Segunda B in 2008-09. A creditable 13th place finish counted for nothing as, you guessed it; they were demoted for not paying the players. They struggled on until the December 2009, before being expelled by the league for failing to meet a fixture at Coruxo FC. With financial mismanagement that makes the UK banking system look competent, it comes as a relief to talk about the stadium. It's also a pleasant change to talk about a stadium with an athletics track that actually works.
|OK... I might have got carried away about
the athletics track. It is still a crap view
The Estadio Multiusos San Lazaro was opened on 24 June 1993 with a match between Deportivo La Coruna and Sao Paulo FC. Its distinctive terracotta tiled roof provides excellent cover from the elements, pretty essential in a Galician winter. It sweeps over a single tier of seats until it reaches the west side, where it slopes gently upwards to accommodate a second tier, which includes the directors box and media gantry. Also, get a load of the floodlights! They resemble construction cranes as they lean over the roof and peer onto the pitch below. I've never seen the design repeated, not because it doesn't work, but because there isn't another stadium quite like San Lazaro.
|The Northern Lights - San Lazaro's unique pylons
San Lazaro's perennial problem however, is that over the years, too few of its 12,000 seats have been filled on match days. Is it apathy on the part of the population, or disenchantment with the management of the clubs that have represented the city? Either way, the fact remains that Santiago de Compostela seems as far away from having a top flight team today, as at any point in the past 50 years.


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Smallcakes in Albany welcomed Phillip Phillips home with a sweet treat ahead of a benefit concert.
January 6, 2004
Albany- The new year brought the end of an era for workers at the Flint River Textile plant, but it also means bad news for Dougherty County unemployment numbers.
"230 jobs is a big loss to the community. We have 60,000 jobs total in Dougherty County. So, as a percentage it's not very big, one-third of one percent, but 230 jobs is very significant," says Tim Martin of the Albany Chamber of Commerce.
But help for the laid-off workers is already on the way.
"The one thing about Flint River Textile people is that they have probably been there for a long time and they have wonderful work ethics, and that is going to be a plus for them," says Sheilah Holland of the Georgia Labor Department.
The Georgia Labor Department is planning a workshop where they will work with them one-on-one helping to file for benefits and work their way back into the job market.
"We do have some of the workshops resume preparation, interviewing techniques where we help them know how to interview because after you have been at a job so long you do need to have refresher courses in those," adds Holland.
The growing number of new Dougherty County businesses like the Albany Bedding Company also mean good news for the unemployed.
"The Albany bedding Company has completed their site work. They're pouring their foundation and will be constructing their facility in the next few days," says Martin.
Which will eventually bring more than 100 new jobs to the area. So, while things may look bleak for Flint River Textile employees, labor officials still predict a bright year.
Officials at the Georgia Labor Department say they will also be contacting existing businesses and asking them to do whatever they can to help place Flint River employees.
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Watch Auburn's Chris Davis' improbable 109 yard touchdown run with no time left on the clock to beat No.1 Alabama and win the South Eastern Conference Western Division Championship.
Here's Auburn play by play announcer Rod Bramblett calling the play on IMG radio.
And here is Rod Bramblett and Stan White's reaction in the radio booth to Davis's touchdown return.
How fitting that the Tigers scored 34 points to win on Bo Jackson's birthday. The West Champion Auburn Tigers will now play East Champion Missouri in the Conference Championship in Atlanta.
Be sure to check back here at Track 'em Tigers tomorrow for Acid Reign's post game review and unit grades of the Auburn Tigers epic Iron Bowl win. War Eagle!
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Remarks by President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Former President George W. Bush and Former First Lady Laura Bush at the Official Portrait Unveiling
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PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Well, good afternoon, everybody. Thank you, Fred, for that introduction. To President George H. W. Bush and Barbara, to all the members of the Bush family who are here — it is a great privilege to have you here today. And to President and Mrs. Bush, welcome back to the house that you called home for eight years.
The White House is many things at once. It's a working office, it's a living museum, it's an enduring symbol of our democracy. But at the end of the day, when the visitors go home and the lights go down, a few of us are blessed with the tremendous honor to actually live here.
I think it's fair to say that every President is acutely aware that we are just temporary residents — we're renters here. We're charged with the upkeep until our lease runs out. But we also leave a piece of ourselves in this place. And today, with the unveiling of the portraits next to me, President and Mrs. Bush will take their place alongside men and women who built this country and those who worked to perfect it.
It's been said that no one can ever truly understand what it's like being President until they sit behind that desk and feel the weight and responsibility for the first time. And that is true. After three and a half years in office — and much more gray hair — (laughter) — I have a deeper understanding of the challenges faced by the Presidents who came before me, including my immediate predecessor, President Bush.
In this job, no decision that reaches your desk is easy. No choice you make is without costs. No matter how hard you try, you're not going to make everybody happy. I think that's something President Bush and I both learned pretty quickly. (Laughter.)
And that's why, from time to time, those of us who have had the privilege to hold this office find ourselves turning to the only people on
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------Performed by Willie Nelson | 04/12/2007 11:00:00 AM
Who is the man that sings Faded Love with Willie.
I have a CD of Willie's songs written and/or recorded by him. I love the song Faded Love and am unable to name the man that sings the first verse and Willie joins him at the chorus.
I hope you will be able to solve this for me. Thanks
Thanks to Edye Higgins for submitting the review.


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It was Houston's first ice storm in three years and social media sites like Facebook allowed a new kind of interaction.
"So we're trying to open the trampoline and its stuck," a woman is heard saying on a video posted to our Fox 26 Houston fan page.
When LaLa Howell posted the video, we weren't quite sure what she was up to, until she's heard saying, "who wants to break the ice?"
Little ladies go first on Howell's video.
But as it turns out "breaking the ice" trampoline style was actually a popular sport on this icy January 24th.
The little kid even came out in a couple of jumping adults.
Richey Farrell shared his laughs with us.
"You're gonna fall. I got you on camera," someone says on his video. Followed by, "we got snow."
And the "big kid" in Alexis Eiler's video took a dive that had the little ones behind the camera squealing.
"Cannonball," is heard on Brandy Garner's video as a little boy jumps, then lands on a sheet of ice on his trampoline. Garner captured the "ouch" factor that comes with breaking the ice- trampoline style.
But breaking the ice, car window style, also drew more than a few laughs from Alicia Esquivel and her daughter, as well as Saif Abuhaija, who captured the "inside" break on the video he shared on our page.
As if recently learning to walk wasn't a big enough challenge for this little one, Ana Garza captured her tiny tot taking on an icy new challenge, with a little help of course to avoid a different kind of "ice break".
Edwin Mascorro found a different way to have fun with the weather. His boiling water trick drew a lot of likes and comments on our Facebook page, as well as a few cautionary warnings.
But back to the trampolines, as the children in Howell's video learned, sometimes it's okay to throw caution to the wind.
Because after a little slipping, slidding and squealing, they still had more fun on the way.
"Okay now scoop it up and make a snowman."


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Start planning next New Year's party
- Written by Alonzo Kittrels
- Published in Lifestyles
I would like to share an experience with you that I had last New Year's Eve that involved partying, drinking and driving. As you know, some of us still engage in some serious partying, which often involves serious drinking. Partying and drinking involve either appointing a designated driver or driving oneself home. Those who have had to drive after a serious night of partying know they were lucky if they avoided an accident or contact with the authorities on the way home.
So, last Monday night, I partied well into 2013 with some friends, had too many wines and topped things off with an Amaretto. This was not a good idea, since I was over the limit. Having no one to drive me home, I decided to do something I have never done before; I took a taxi. It passed a police roadblock, but because it was a taxi, they waved it past. I arrived home safely and without incident.
Actually, this did not happen to me. What I shared with you comes from an unknown source and was shared by a friend through email. The story quickly took me back to our New Year's partying and drinking, as many of us used to do back in the day.
People do not party on New Year's Eve as they did back in the day. Weeks before the Eve, people were busy planning their evening out on the town. Back then, we had to go out to a party "somewhere" on New Year's Eve. Recall the planning for this special event. First, there was the matter of sorting through the written and verbal invitations; which party would be well attended; which would be the place where most of the "in-crowd" would appear; and if you were single and a male, which party would have the most "lookers." Should I attend a house party or one at a ballroom or hall? Once this decision was made, there was the challenge of looking for that special outfit to make you stand out in the crowd. For some, the plan was to go from one party to another, making several stops before the night was over. Some of you went from your homes to one party. Still others felt compelled to go to Watch Night services, claiming to "get right with the Lord" and then leave for a party after the new year came in.
A New Year's Eve party was not a party without foods characteristic of the spirit of the occasion. These were present in banquet halls and in homes, but more prevalent at house parties. If you made your own personal list of foods and compared it with mine, I suspect there would be no significant differences. Yours would contain rice and black-eyed peas, collard greens with hog jowls, cabbage, potato salad, fried chicken and cornbread. No, I did not forget chitterlings; this was the mainstay on the table at almost every New Year's Eve party. It would not be a party without chitterlings. Today, people going out to such parties do not engage in consuming alcohol as we did. We should all be thankful for this. Today, the drinks of choice are either a beer or perhaps some wine.
In light of changes that we see, I am wondering if anyone went to a New Year's Eve party last Monday and had a shot of Old Grand-Dad. What about I.W. Harper or Old Crow? Did anyone have Dewar's White Label Scotch or Chivas Regal with milk? Are Canadian Club and ginger ale or Seagram's Seven and ginger ale consumed by anyone today? Are some still drinking Southern Comfort straight up? Did anyone enjoy a glass of Cooks Champagne simply to reminisce about New Year's Eves of the past? I know Thunderbird or Boone's Farm were nowhere to be found. However, if for any reason you had one of these drinks, I suspect you had big fun, dancing and laughing and making unlimited resolutions. I suspect you awakened next day with a major headache. Then again, perhaps you went well over your limit and cannot recall what took place on New Year's Eve. We are thankful, given the perils of drinking and driving, that this type drinking has been left, for most people, back in the day.
Back in the day people were highly visible in the streets in their party hats, blowing party horns or making noise with their noisemakers. People would slowly drive through the streets just to see sights that seemed to appear only on New Year's Eve. One sight characteristic of New Year's Eves back in the day was the "running drunk." This was someone so drunk he would be engaged in a tip-toe run, usually alongside a wall to avoid falling over.
Yes, there are partygoers today, but not like those in the past. When one does go to a party today, he or she tends to stay there for the evening. Restrictions placed on driving and the dangers of alcoholic beverages have had a positive impact on cutting down on the wild partying of the past. Unlike today, you may recall that our New Year's Eve parties of the past occurred right in our neighborhoods. Thus, returning home from a wild party involved walking just a block or two; no driving was required.
Those of you old enough to party back in the '80s will recall Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity, Inc. put on the most sought-after bid to a New Year's Eve party in this town. We partied at the old Civic Center with crowds so large that tables had to be set up on the stage. New Year's Eve partying in the '50s and '60s generally took the form of a house party. If you were not part of a clique or an "in group" invited to a New Year's Eve party, you went looking for a party. This was by men rather than women. You would learn that a party was being held on a given block, but you had no address. So, what did you do? You would walk up and down the block, listening at the front door or basement window until you heard music. Then you would ring the bell and attempt to present yourself as having been invited. A big thing was "crashing a party." Because some hosts did not want any trouble, party crashers were admitted as often as they were turned away. But party crashers made everyone uncomfortable and were watched carefully by those invited; New Year's Eve parties were centered on couples. Much to the relief of the invitees, party crashers, traveling in small groups, would move on after a short period of time.
If you like the idea of a New Year's Eve party and wish to engage in some advance planning for closing out 2013 and bringing in 2014, it may not be too early to begin making plans. Why not consider creating a party atmosphere reminiscent of the past? You may want to charge a nominal admission fee based on the size of one's waist; the larger the waist, the more one would pay. Make certain your plans include having red lights on when fast music is played and blue lights on when slow music is played. Pull out your old record player and only play records; no compact disks or music from any other source. Let everyone should know in advance that they will be required to engage in dances such as "the slop," cha-cha and the grind. Consider piling all coats on a bed; do not plan on using closets or racks for any coat, including furs. Take the many months leading up to next December to go out and find the one record that would end all parties in the past, not just a New Year's Eve party. You must remember the one, with these words by Jesse Belvin: "The party's over, its time to go." The alcoholic beverages, referred to above, should be served in moderation and your menu should include all of those back-in-the-day foods typically served on New Year's Eve. I suspect you will have an unforgettable time. If you do follow-through with plans for this type of grand affair next New Year's Eve, let me offer one caution: Many of us are getting up in age and you may plan to have one thing we did not need in years past — have a doctor friend present


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Residents receive curbside garbage and recycling services weekly. The Village of Streamwood's contracted solid waste, recycling and yardwaste collection services firm is Advanced Disposal Services, Inc. New residents must register for service by calling (630) 587-8282.
Types of services include refuse collection, recycling, landscape/yardwaste, household furnishings, appliances, construction/remodeling debris. Select from below for more information:
For more specific details, request information directly from Advanced Disposal.
Collection Day
The Village is divided into four zones which determine your collection day.
South of Irving Park Rd
North of Irving Park Rd and West of Bartlett Rd
North of Schaumburg/Old Church Rd and East of East Avenue (Southgate Manor)
North of Irving Park Rd, South of Schaumburg Rd, West of East Avenue, and East of Bartlett Rd
Holiday Collection Schedule
Collection may be delayed one day following a holiday. The following holidays affect the collection schedule:New Year's Day
Memorial Day
July 4th
Labor Day
Please see the chart below for more details:
If Holiday falls on:
|Monday Pickup will occur
|Tuesday Pickup will occur
|Thursday Pickup will occur
|Friday Pickup will occur
Hours of Collection
7:00am - 5:00pm
Materials must be placed at the curb no earlier than 5:00pm the day before collection, but no later than 7:00am the day of collection (there is no guarantee that the truck will be in your neighborhood at the same time each week). Refuse containers must be removed from the curb by 9:00pm the day of collection.
Refuse Containers
Reusable containers (cans) or sealed impervious (plastic) bags may be used for general waste disposal. Bags and containers cannot exceed 33 gallons and may not exceed 50 pounds in weight. Overweight or over capacity containers may not be picked up.
Advanced Disposal offers equipment rental options for wheeled cart service, including:
- Refuse Carts: 95-gallon refuse carts are available for rental at an additional $3 per month (previously available for $4 per month).
- Recycling Carts: A new contract provision allows customers to rent a 64-gallon recycling cart for an additional $2 per month.
- Refuse & Recycling Carts: If a customer prefers to rent both a refuse and a recycling cart, this can be done for a discounted fee of $4 per month.
To arrange for this wheeled cart service, call Advanced Disposal at (630) 587-8282 or visit their website.
Green-recycling bins will be distributed by Advanced Disposal for recycling and are to be placed at the curb to serve as a visual signal to the collection crew that you have recyclables for pick-up. The first bin will be furnished at no charge. Additional bins are available at $10.00 each, or you may rent the 64 gallon recycling cart, by calling Advanced Disposal at (630) 587-8282 (old blue recycling bins may also be used).
What's Accepted and What's Not
It is not necessary to sort recyclable materials: all recyclables may be placed together in the recycling bin. The following items are accepted in the recycling program:
Paper Products
Rigid Products
Newspapers (and all inserts)
Aluminum Cans
Junk Mail
Steel Cans
Plastic Milk Jugs
Glass Bottles and Jars
Office Paper
Tin Cans
Telephone Books
Paint Cans (empty)
Paper Grocery Bags
Soda Bottles
Corrugated Cardboard
Aerosol Cans (empty)
Plastics as Follows:
|PETE - soft drink bottles, peanut butter jars
|HDPE - milk jugs, laundry detergent jugs
|PVC - window cleaner bottles, vegetable oil bottles
|LDPE - dry cleaning bags, bread bags, six pack rings
|PP - yogurt cups, shampoo bottles, margarine tubs
|Other - microwaveable serving ware
Collection is seasonal and occurs from April 1st through December 15th, and again, the first three (3) pick-ups in January for the collection of Christmas Trees.
Landscape/yardwaste includes: grass clippings, leaves, weeds, shrubbery, brush, small branches and other material accumulated as a result of the care of lawns, shrubbery and trees. Disposal of landscape/yardwaste must be in either brown Kraft paper bags available for purchase at local stores, or by designating a regular trash can to be used solely for Yardwaste. This is accomplished by purchasing a single Yardwaste sticker for $1.00 at Village Hall. This sticker is to act as a visual signal to the crew that you have Yardwaste for pick-up. Plastic "biodegradable" bags are not accepted.
Household furnishings
One item per week will be picked up on regular collection days. There will be no additional charge for this service.
Appliances (White Goods)
Including but not limited to stoves, ovens, washing machines, dryers, air conditioners, freezers, refrigerators, dehumidifiers, water softeners, water heaters, microwave ovens, trash compactors and dishwashers. For safety reasons please remove all doors prior to placing at the curb. There is a $25.00 charge per item for the collection of these appliances. Please call Advanced Disposal at (630) 587-8282 to arrange for a pick up.
Construction/Remodeling Debris
Two yards collected weekly at no additional charge. Includes items such as lumber, drywall, paneling, carpeting, rocks, dirt, concrete, sod, bricks and branches greater the 6" in diameter. These materials must be placed in bags or boxes not to exceed 4 feet in length and 50 pounds in weight. Single items such as toilets, sinks, vanities, garage doors, swing sets, and kitchen cabinets must be disassembled and each portion or item cannot exceed 50 pounds in weight. There will be an additional charge of $7.50 (minimum charge of 2 cubic yards) per cubic yard, payable prior to service for quantities of construction/remodeling debris in excess of two (2) cubic yards.
Electronic (E-Waste) Recycling
Electronics manufacturers are responsible for the cost of recycling millions of pounds of residential electronic waste (e-waste) in Illinois every year. Under this Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Residential E-Waste Program, you may have options for safely getting rid of your old residential computers, monitors, laptops, televisions, and printers. Please note old electronic equipment being discarded from a business is not covered by this program.
Here's how the program works. The Illinois EPA has compiled a list of e-waste collectors, whom you may contact regarding recycling either at no charge to you, or, if there is a fee, in exchange for a dollar-for-dollar coupon you can use to reduce the cost of new equipment. The Illinois EPA has this list sorted, alphabetically by county, and it includes site addresses and phone numbers. The Illinois EPA recommends that you call the collection site nearest you for its schedule, as well as the types of old electronics the site will accept. Some sites will accept not only your computers, monitors, TVs, and printers, but also items like keyboards, mice, DVD players, and other electronics.
For more information and a complete list of participating manufacturers and sites, please see the E-Waste Recycling Program on the Illinois EPA website.
Household Hazardous Waste
Wondering what to do with old lawn, garden and pool chemicals, motor oil, and household cleaners? These items cannot be discarded in your regular waste collection because they are considered hazardous. They can contaminate our water supply.
One Day Household Hazardous Waste collections sponsored by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and local governments provide opportunities for the safe disposal of household hazardous waste. Check their website for dates and locations at www.epa.state.il.us.
|The following long-term facilities are available for disposal of household hazardous waste. Please note that neither facility will accept latex paint. Phone ahead to determine availability and open hours:
|Fire Station #4
1971 Brookdale Road
|Rock River Reclamation District
3333 Kishwaukee Street
For further questions concerning one day or long term collections, please call the IEPA Waste Reduction Unit at (217) 785-8604.
Unable to make a scheduled collection or drop-off? Visit the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County's website for a list of companies that will collect household hazardous waste for a fee, at www.swancc.org.
Household Hazardous Waste Items:
|Latex paint, agricultural wastes, business/commercial sector wastes, explosives, fireworks, lead acid batteries, medical wastes, propane tanks, smoke detectors, farm machinery oil, fire extinguishers, institutional wastes
|Oil-based paints, paint thinners, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, old gasoline, pool chemicals, cleaning products, mercury, household batteries, used motor oil, drain cleaners, lawn chemicals, solvents, antifreeze, hobby chemicals, aerosol paints, fluorescent bulbs


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Degree Destinations - Plant Sciences
With a Plant Sciences degree from Reading, you'll be well placed to succeed in both technical and executive roles in the job market. Some graduates follow careers that involve outdoor work, others are laboratory based, whilst many jobs combine the two.
At a glance
Six months after leaving (figures from the last two years of DLHE data):
- 70% of graduates are in paid work
- 19% are in higher level study
- 69% of our graduates are in graduate-level work or study
See summary info for the whole University
See national information (external link)
Examples of first jobs undertaken by Plant Sciences graduates
- Scientific Information Officer
- Landscape Manager / Landscape Officer
- Research Student
- Research Assistant
- Head Gardener
- Teacher
- Administrator
Who employs Plant Sciences graduates? (to name a few...)
- English Heritage
- Kensington Gardens
- University of Reading
- Local authorities
More detailed information
University of Reading Staff - full departmental information is available in the Staff section of this site.
Current or prospective students - please email us to request further information, stating the department you are interested in - Request Data


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Columbia Police have made two arrests in connection to a fatal shooting at the 1300 block of McDuffie Street back on July 20.
Police arrested 20-year-old Nickolas Richardson and 18-year-old Jessica Faye Edmonds on Wednesday.
Investigators say 24-year-old D'Andra Pelzer was shot in the head while she stood amongst a group of people in the area at about 3:30 a.m.
According to police, Richardson opened fire on that group.
Investigators say they don't believe the shooting was random, and Pelzer was not the intended target.
As for Edmonds, police investigators believe she helped Richardson get away from the scene in a white, older model Ford Crown Victoria.
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WordPress Theme Customization for – Living in RO Colors blogFebruary 8th, 2008
Design General helped the team from Living in RO Colors to customize a demo WordPress theme. In the mean time I'm working on a new corporate identity and WordPress theme design for this blog. Please bookmark the link if you want to see the new design.
I recommend you this blog if you want to learn about living in Romania and find interesting facts about Romanians. You can also share your experience and comments about the Romanian brands that you know.


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Pinterest Experiments with Promoted Pins
Promoted posts (or rather, pins) are coming to Pinterest soon. While this booming social network has already introduced "rich pins" and started to offer personalized recommendations to users, promoted pins will be reserved for select business accounts and appear only in search and category results initially, not user streams. We know what you're thinking… "Seriously? Just let me pin in peace without annoying neon-colored banner ads getting in the way!"
Good news is Pinterest says they are determined to make promoted pins blend in, while at the same time making it noticeable and clear that these pins are in fact paid advertisements. Promoted pins will also stay relevant to users' interests to keep them pinning happily. For now this is just an experiment, so we'll see what happens next. Be sure to check back for more updates.
The Social Media Scene Outside the U.S.
Here in the U.S., we tend to think of ourselves as the home of social media. That's sort of true, but only to the extent that we are aware of what else is out there for the rest of the world.
Recently, a couple of articles from Forbes and Bloomberg made us think about how many times a day we don't think about the social media opportunities outside of our comfort zone. And especially if we're part of international or even B2B companies, that mindset could really be hurting our overall marketing efforts.
Just because Facebook is huge for our customers here, it doesn't mean we can ignore outlets like orkut and potentially reaching a new level of engagement with a previously undiscovered audience. Think about this – China is restricted from using Facebook and Twitter, but mobile Internet use is growing up to 10 percent every six months to the tune of 464 million users. What are they doing on those phones? QQ and WeChat perhaps?
We're not saying go out and get involved with these channels, but we are saying you should know what's out there. You never know when you might have a great idea about how to reach a new audience and exactly where to find them.
Social Media News to Know::
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"Those who forget their past are destined to repeat it."
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Steve Smith is one of the premier Wide Receivers of he new generation times.
5x pro bowler
3x all pro
NFL receiver of the year in 2005
NFL comeback player in 2005
the triple crown in 2005
a lot of punt and kick returning records
and all receiving leader in panthers franchise
He is the biggest little man and one of the most feird men in all of the NFL.
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Reflections on the art of painting, psychology and spirituality by the artist Andrew Todd.
About the Authorandrew todd
toddzen Santa Cruz, Ca
born 1960, New Jersey studied art in New York City at Parsons School of Design and School of Visual Arts. Internationally published editorial and children's book illustrator. My artwork is many private collections. I currently live and work in Santa Cruz, California.
Publish Date December 05, 2007
Dimensions Small Square 38 pgs Standard Paper
Category Arts & Photography
Tags art therapy, art, painting, acrylic, zen, philosophy, spirituality
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Routes Sorted
L to R R to L Alpha
This fun line pulls pockets and edges with a crux between the second and third bolt, with continuous slightly easier climbing above. A small bulge guards the chains.
Face Dancer is located 7 bolted lines to the left of the Fallen Idol Pillar. It is the second line up a small pedestal / ramp on the left side of the Fallen Idol face. A newer "Unknown" route (10+) starts immediately right of Face Dancer, while Wicker Man (11a) is right of this.
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Shy people have quite a bit to contend with - not least the word itself.
It has a number of different meanings, none of which are flattering. To "shy away" from something implies avoidance; to "shy" can also mean to move suddenly in fright; to "be shy of" something can mean to come up short, or be insufficient.
And to be a shy person in our extrovert-worshipping age can be seen as being inadequate for the task of relentlessly positive self-presentation.
I recently wrote a memoir called "Shy" as part of a PhD in Creative Writing at RMIT University and have been exploring the different definitions of the word "shy" as part of a quest to understand the impact of shyness on my own life story. As at least 40 percent of us would self-identify as shy, I suspect my deep interest in this subject will be shared by many fellow-sufferers.
Psychologists would say it is a temperament trait, one that can induce feelings of social anxiety ranging from mildly distressing to severely debilitating. I have been relieved to discover, though, that shyness is also accompanied by a range of socially useful and positive character attributes.
Part of my research involved interviewing my mother, Melbourne University psychologist Margot Prior, who has been studying temperament for more than three decades. In her view, all children fit somewhere on a spectrum called "approach-withdrawal," ranging from the most engaged and extroverted kids to the most withdrawn, fearful and anxious kids.
For the shy ones among us, this fear comes from our biology, specifically from the reactivity of our nervous systems. American psychologist Jerome Kagan has studied the physical symptoms of so-called "timid" and "bold" children and found in the timid ones a neural circuitry that is highly reactive to even mild stress.


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By Jill Harmacinski firstname.lastname@example.com
The Eagle-Tribune
---- — LAWRENCE — A jury in the La Guira double murder trial wasn't fully impaneled until yesterday, delaying opening arguments in the case against Johan Saint Clair until today.
Jury selection in the case started Tuesday morning in Lawrence Superior Court.
Armed with a semi-automatic handgun, Saint Clair, 32, of Lawrence, is accused of opening fire in the La Guira nightclub on Broadway on Sept. 6, 2010. Two people were killed and two others were wounded in what police described as a "revenge" crime.
The bloody shootings were considered retribution against a local kidnapping gang that allegedly stole cocaine from Saint Clair previously, according to court documents.
Saint Clair is charged with two counts of first degree murder, which each carry a life sentence without parole, two counts of armed assault with intent to murder, two counts of armed assault by means of a dangerous weapon and illegal possession of a large capacity firearm.
Amarilis Roldon, 24, of Dorchester, and Juan Esteban Suazo-Soto, 24, of Hyde Park, were killed. Shooting survivors Valerie Verdejo and Jose Luis Medrano Baez are listed as potential witnesses in the case, along with numerous Lawrence detectives, police officers and La Guira owner Richard Nunez.
The club was shut down in August after its liquor license was revoked by the state's Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission.
Saint Clair has been held at Middleton Jail since his immediate arrest after the shooting.
The trial is expected to last two weeks.
Follow staff reporter Jill Harmacinski on Twitter under the screenname EagleTribJill.


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Derek Lowe did a little bit of everything tonight as Atlanta got back on the winning track with a 3-1 victory over Washington.
Atlanta got things going in the bottom of the second inning, as Chipper Jones launched his 450th career home run into the stands just left of dead center field. Jones' homer off Nationals starter John Lannan gave the Braves an early 1-0 lead.
The Braves kept the offense going in third inning, as Lowe led off with his first career home run to left field to make it a 2-0 game.
Two batters later, Martin Prado walked and advanced to second on a passed ball. Prado moved up to third on a groundout and scored on a Dan Uggla infield single. Uggla's RBI single upped the Atlanta lead to 3-0.
The rest after the jump.
Lowe gave up his only run of the night in the seventh inning when Mike Morse led off the inning with a home run to center field. Morse's homer, his 24th of the season, cut the Braves lead to 3-1.
Morse would be the last batter Lowe faced, and he left after giving only three hits and the one run while walking only two and striking out six in what was a great outing from Lowe.
Eric O'Flaherty finished out the rest of the seventh inning without incident, and Jonny Venters threw a scoreless eighth inning.
Craig Kimbrel entered to pitch the ninth on the brink of history, and was lights out as usual. Kimbrel struck out two of the three batters he faced to earn his 41st save.
The save tonight gives Kimbrel the record for most saves by a rookie in a season, a record previously held by Neftali Feliz. It's even more impressive considering there is still a month left in the regular season.
Of note, Matt Diaz went 2-3 in his first game back in a Braves uniform.
WP: Derek Lowe (9-12)
LP: John Lannan (8-11) 7 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K.
SV: Craig Kimbrel (41)


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Waiter Rant
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Event: The Waiter will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, July 29 at 7 pm
Borders Books at Columbus Circle
Waiters: What are your disaster stories of restaurant customers? And we want to hear from the diners too: What's the worst service you've ever gotten from a waiter?
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Was wondering if you ever heard of a reataurant charging a "seating charge".......Three friends & myself went to a local tavern in North Stamford, one Wednesday evening to escape husbands & children for a few hours....Our plan was to occupy a corner, order a few drinks and chat....The restaurant was not so busy they couldn't spare a table and many were empty.....We were informed that if we were not going to order food and just drink a surcharge of $15 would be added onto our bill for sitting there.......The bar area was directly attached to the eating area yet difficult to chat quietly among ourselves....
Have you ever heard of such a charge?......It was not posted anywhere in the restaurant ....
I was so disgusted I have never gone back !
This is more instructive than nightmarish: I was in a diner in Paramus one day when a group of developmentally disabled adults came in, accompanied by a very quiet young woman who was their chaperone. A waiter came up to take their orders, and one by one they very loudly ordered with detailed, specific instructions for sides and what they didn't want and how they wanted everything fixed. The point is not that they couldn't have what they wanted, but that they had all seen enough demanding "regular" customers to believe that that was the proper way to order in a restaurant.
I agree 100% with the guest.
I was a waiter for 10 or 11 years in family restaurants, a day camp, and several country clubs.
I would add, with emphasis, that saying "please" and "thank you" go a huge way in ensuring that you get good service. Waiters want to be treated like anyone else. You wouldn't say "gimmee this" or "gimmee that" to a doctor, banker or teacher.
I also 100% agree with comment 16 above, from Kimberly. I reprint it here.
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Hi Leonard, I worked in over 8 restaurants during the past 12 years. Having rude people at my tables is the worst. It ruined my night! However, I would NEVER do anything bad to the food. So, the way I would get back at them is when they ordered decaf coffee at the end of the meal. I would give them REGULAR! As I served them their coffee, they would look at me and say, "This is decaf, right? I don't want to be up all night." "Of course!" I would say with a smile. Only later in the night, when I was sleeping soundly, would they feel my revenge! :0)
I also worked at a very "hip" restaurant in Soho as a hostess, and I was constantly told to seat celebrities and hot young people in the front, and old overweight and/or unattractive people in the back.
A slight peeve I have at restaurants is the "food auction" that occurs when the food is delivered. I worked at diners and at mid-range restaurants in the 1980s and regardless of the food prices, were expected to place the food on the table with the person who ordered it, not stand there with a plate calling out what it is and expecting each person to claim his or her food. I cannot remember the last time I went to a restaurant in this city where the my order was placed in front of me correctly. It drives me nuts, particularly at the higher end restaurants.
It is very easy to get it right--you write down the orders following a clockwise pattern. Even if you have to skip over someone who is still deciding, you leave a space and come back to it.
Customers ALWAYS pay for the salaries! The difference is whether they are included in the price of food, or they aren't.
Once when I got a promotion I took my staff out for drinks. There was no one else at the bar and for some reason the waitress decided to ignore us completely. I had to go to the bar to order. I paid with a $100 bill and I left a nickel tip on the table.
As a long time caterer in Manhattan, I stress to my staff that they are providing a SERVICE. They are not servants or slaves and should not be abused in any way. If they are. I deal with it - politely but firmly.
I am in support of tipping although I do prefer that it be included in the cost of the meal, as Chris #24 suggested. I am concerned about the unequal distribution of income among the staff -- do you think that the waiters and kitchen staff would be more equally compensated if it the service charge was included in the cost of the food? If not, what would be a fair solution?
The Chinese waitstaff at Grand Sichuan on 24th St and 9th Ave is rude to Chinese customers but fawning over non-Chinese. Really off-putting, and too bad for Chinese families since this restaurant's food is wonderful.
Thirty years ago I waited on Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin at the (also) long gone Lone Star Cafe on 13th St. in the Village. They and their "female companions" drank many rounds of scotch, and Mr. Mantle grabbed me several times by my skirt to get my attention. Mr. Martin vomited in his bowl of chili. When Mantle paid the check, he was about to hand me a hundred dollar bill for a tip when one of the women grabbed it out of his hand, shoved it in her cleavage, saying, "Oh, no, baby, that's MINE!"
Do NY restaurants tend not to hire blacks or other minorities as waiters? I the bus staff mostly minority and the wait staff mostly white. Is this really the case?
I'm tired of tipping. I'm tired of trying to figure it out and I'm tired of the restraunteurs counting on the diners to subsidize the wait staff. Just pay the staff, build the cost into the price of the meal, and let tipping go back to what it should be -- a token of appreciationn
favorite revenge: regular instead of decaf
many waiters are not properly trained and don't practice proper hygiene.
when i made the headwaiter aware of the waiter that just came out of the bathroom without washing his hands (i know for sure), his answer was - don't worry, he only serves water...
I waitressed 30 hours a week during college.
One woman always tipped in in postage stamps - yes, postage stamps.
Send the food back? Yeah, right. The cook will just spit in it, or maybe the waiter will drop it on the floor.
when u send food back the staff does bad things to it.
Several years ago, I had dinner for the first time at a small restaurant in the West Village. It was a Saturday evening, and the place was packed. I was there on a first date with a woman whom I didn't know very well. So I was in the mood to linger...
Within a mere 15 minutes of serving our meals, the wait staff became extremely aggressive, trying several times to take away our partially-finished plates - right from under our noses, without asking. On one attempt, I had to physically pull my plate back out of the waiter's hand!
Still the rudeness did not stop. Finally, I grasped my fork, dagger-style, and dared the waiter to try taking my plate away - upon risk of being stabbed. That apparently did the trick, as the waiters didn't try again to take my food away - although they did line up against the bar and stare at me bitterly through the remainder of our meal.
Needless to say, no one got a tip from me that night. Welcome to dining out as contact sport - New York style!
When I was in my early twenties I had a waitress job at a small restaurant which was already bad enough on the best days... One busy lunch shift, a boy about 10 years old at a table with his family stopped me to ask if I could try to make his pen write. Somewhat confused, but trying to just be nice and play along, I reached for it saying "okay... but I don't see why I could make it work if you can't." Turned out to be a "joke" pen- it shocked me when I clicked the top - really hard! The boy, his younger brother AND HIS FATHER thought this was hilarious. What a great way to teach your kids how to handle those in the service industry, not to mention women. My arm had a dull ache for about half an hour after that. Their food was already served, but if it wasn't... I never did anything in all my years waiting tables to anyone's food, but that would have absolutely been the exception!
Hi Leonard, I worked in over 8 restaurants during the past 12 years. Having rude people at my tables is the worst. It ruined my night! However, I would NEVER do anything bad to the food. So, the way I would get back at them is when they ordered decaf coffee at the end of the meal. I would give them REGULAR! As I served them their coffee, they would look at me and say, "This is decaf, right? I don't want to be up all night." "Of course!" I would say with a smile. Only later in the night, when I was sleeping soundly, would they feel my revenge! :0)
I've been serving for about a year now, and there a certain few "regulars" who are great most of the time, but at times can be very difficult. At the restaurant I currently serve at (in addition to a full-time advertising job), one regular is particularly difficult from time to time. I was in the process of closing the bar area there one night, as it was very slow, and in comes "Joe" demanding "just one drink", even though the bar stools were already blocking the bar enterance. My boss was doing me the favor of letting me go early so that I could start the drive to Maine, where my boyfriend was taking me for my birthday. Instead of leaving early, I was forced to re-open the bar, and ended up staying after 2 hours to listen to him talk about how the government is out to screw me, yet again. Talk about inconsideration...
Hello Waiter!
Sorry I can't see you tonight, but I hope you have a good time. Thanks for the blog, it's been giving me little tidbits for what my (hopefully) future career as a chef will be.
Bartender 13, I don't get misty easily but holy #$*&#$&#, I needed a tissue....
But then there are customers like this:
On 9-11 understandably most of the staff couldn't come in to work. I was the only one that made it in to the city for the dinner shift.
When I got there, one of our regular customers, a very successful investment banker, was bussing tables. He had been bussing tables all day, and it was crazy busy.
Tourist nightmares:
The Southerners, that don't understand that up North we don't make Ice Tea with sugar. You have to add it yourself. (Their faces crinkle up that that's an abomination.)
That tourists overall don't understand why prices are so high in NYC. To them a burger should cost the same anywhere. But they forget that their butts are seated on real estate that costs 5 to 10 times what it does back home.
Foreign tourists with guide books, that stiff on the tip. Once a guide book was left behind and it was opened to the page on tipping.
Ordering off the menu to the extreme:
In a French Restaurant I worked at, a customer wanted Salmon Teriyaki. I informed them that wasn't possible. He insisted, saying it wasn't that difficult a request.
Another wanted 1000 Island dressing for their salad (which was not an option) and thought I was be rude when I refused to go to the corner deli and buy a bottle.
Those who don't understand why if you substitute shrimp for chicken that there will be an extra charge.
oh i could tell you some! I must admit I was a terrible waitress, maybe the worst ever. One experience was not as a waitress but as a hostess. It was Bryant Gumbel's daughter's first communion party. They were an hour late and nobody called so we broke up the table for 14 and seated many waiting people, some with reservations. Then the Gumbel party showed up and he pitched the loudest fit ever witnessed in a restaurant. He could have called. A secy had done the booking in advance. We didn't know... Another NBC anchor was really awful at a different time - maybe something in the water? One funny story was in Nantucket, a struggling med student waiting on some effete snobs at the Chanticleer in Sconset - they suggested to him, "maybe you have a dog at home who would like this steak" the waiter/med student said, "why yes - i do - RRRUFF!!
An aside to Bartender 13:
That ice cream craving story is hysterically funny!
Personally, I loved Baskin Robbins' chocolate - the really dark one - I cannot recall the name - but I can still picture the 3-scoop cone and it was years ago...
Thanks for the memory.
Lost in translation:
Many years ago on my first day on the job in a diner I was put on the counter station. During a very busy lunch hour, the owner's heavily accented friends took all of the seats eating for free and drinking coffee after coffee and talking in their language for the rest of the day. One "gentleman" said to me, "Gimme a sliced egg on toast." I put the order in and a little while later came out and put the sandwich in front of him. He looked at it and looked at me and started yelling "What is THIS? I ordered a sliced egg on toast!" I said, "Yes, that's a sliced egg on toast." He turned to his friend the owner and asked why he couldn't hire any help with brains. The owner came and calmly translated: "He wants a slice steak on toast." I didn't get many tips that first day.
My worst experience from working in food service came not from a diner, but from the establishment owner. I was working at a falafel shop in London and the owner was insane, abusive, and humiliating to staff and customers alike. For example, he screamed at one customer, "F*#$ you! I hope you die!" I quit on my second day, because I couldn't stand the abuse, and he only paid me half the money he owed me.
Most people are a joy to wait on.
But it's the few bad apples that make the good servers want to get out of the business.
Okay here's another one:
There seems to be a general idea that waitstaff and bartenders don't have real jobs. I have heard angry customers yell, "If you don't like it, get a real job!" at decent waiters. Luckily, no one has ever said that to me. I would not be responsible for my actions.
This idea even translates in the unsaid way that customers hang out long after closing. As if the restaurant staff are at their leisure and have to be having as good a time as the customers that are outstaying their welcome. We want to go home, and we are not getting paid overtime or anytime after closing in most cases. All we get is the tip which has to be split how many ways, and probably won't cover a minimum wage for the time you overstay.
I guess in that case it's not a real job.
As for more nightmarish stories, I have many.
But I'll just give you my first:
When I was 14 and working for Baskin & Robbins, we were closing for the night and a few minutes after locking the door a man banged on it and demanded a cone of Jamoca Almond Fudge. We told him nicely we were closed. He wouldn't leave. He kept banging for 15 minutes, but then disappeared. When we went to take the garbage out the back, there he was, forcing himself in. Somehow I and my coworker got him to leave. We didn't feel we were in danger from this man. He was just desperate for Ice cream.
And who hasn't been there?
You know you're being lied to when you hear:
"I'll take care of you." (95% of the time they'll tip below average.)
Also people that are very complimentary about the service are usually bad tippers. I like irony, but not when it impedes my making a living.
One father's day a few years ago, I was sitting with my family at Carmines on the Upper West Side. The family seated next to us (or I should say the patriarchal figure of the family) refused to believe that there was no more steak. He began to bully the poor waiter around to the point of pushing DEMANDING steak. Several women and children in the family started to scream, which caused other diners in the restaurant to be frightened, including my family. I got under the table with my NEWBORN, until a manager came out and informed the family calmly that there really was no steak. 'Twas a scary father's day.
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For the first time since the lightweights of season five, I'm really looking forward to the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. Part of it is the roster of fighters -- I can't help being intrigued by Kimbo Slice, but I'm more interested in the mix of established veterans and up and coming talent they've put together. I must admit the prospect of seeing several former pro and college football players ads to the excitement.
Another factor is the resurgence of the UFC heavyweight division. With the rise of Brock Lesnar and the crop of new talent coming up in his wake -- Shane Carwin, Cain Velasquez, Junior dos Santos -- the UFC heavies are compelling for the first time in years. The fact that Randy Couture and Frank Mir are enjoying mid-career renaissances doesn't hurt either. Neither does the presence of Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Mirko Cro Cop to represent the PRIDE flag. Sure Fedor is still out there unsigned, but every passing day makes it more clear that the future of the heavyweight division will happen in the UFC.
The two established veterans on the show couldn't be a clearer contrast. In this corner, wearing a black hat and sneering at the crowd, we've got Wes Sims:
"I kind of enjoy being the bad guy," Sims said. "If you go out there and you don't do anything, people aren't going to care, and you're not going to get paid.
"There's plenty of Randy Coutures in the business now, plenty of good guys. What this sport needs is a few villains."
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Camilla Belle was one of many stars to attend the 3rd Annunal Los Angeles Brazilian Film Festival.
She walked the red carpet for the opening night premiere of the movie "Adrift".
We're used to seeing Camilla wear gowns, but on this occasion she opted for a very different look wearing a Miu Miu Fall 2010 dress.
I love the dress, from the cute hemline to the embroidered details.
I expected someone like Chloe Sevigny to wear it.
Unfortunately I'm not wowed by it on Camilla.
For me to have really liked this look she would've had to either wear this dress without the collar, or pull her tightly back.
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