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Seattle Seahawks
Brandon Browner - #39 - CB
|6' 4"/ 221 lbs.
|Sylmar, CA
|Oregon State
|Years played
Seahawks' Pro Bowl snubs considered justified
Our sources in Seattle couldn't find much fault with the Pro Bowl voters' reluctance to choose any Seahawks players for the second season in a row.
Whitehurst to start for Seattle in Week 17
Charlie Whitehurst has started only once in his five-year NFL career. Start No. 2 will come in one of the most important games of the entire 2010 season.
Week 17 game times changed
The NFL has announced time changes for several key Week 17 matchups.
Bucs keep playoff hopes alive with win over Seahawks
Josh Freeman threw for 237 yards and a career-best five touchdowns Sunday to help the Buccaneers keep their playoff hopes alive with a 38-15 rout of the struggling Seahawks.
Versatile Robinson earning his keep for Seahawks
The way we hear it, former Niners RB Michael Robinson has quietly become a very key player for the Seahawks — in a lot of different ways.
Ellis, Jets sued by Seahawks fan
Shaun Ellis has been sued by a Seahawks fan who claims that the Jets DE threw a "large chunk of ice" at him following a game in December 2008.
Hasselbeck on increasingly shaky ground in Seattle
After being removed from the Seahawks' latest one-sided loss having registered three turnovers and a pathetic 28.9 passer rating, it appears Matt Hasselbeck's longtime run under center in Seattle might have run its course.
Seahawks place CB Lewis on I.R.
The Seahawks placed CB Roy Lewis on injured reserve on Monday and signed CB Marcus Brown off their practice squad.
Ryan tosses three TDs, Falcons win eighth straight
Matt Ryan threw for 174 yards and three touchdowns, Jonathan Babineaux recovered a fumble for a touchdown and the Falcons wrapped up an NFC playoff spot with a 34-18 win over the Seahawks on Sunday.
Injuries bombard Seahawks in untimely waves
Few teams in the league have been victimized by injuries like the Seahawks, with different areas of the team getting thoroughly decimated at different points in the season.
Seahawks place WR Butler on I.R.
The Seahawks placed WR Deon Butler on injured reserve Tuesday and signed OG Paul Fanaika from the Browns' practice squad.
Smith returns to lead 49ers past 'Hawks
Alex Smith threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns in a triumphant return to the starting lineup following a five-game absence, and the 49ers improved their once-slim playoff hopes with a 40-21 victory over the NFC West rival Seattle Seahawks ...
Carlson's scant production for Seahawks a surprise
For a variety of reasons, Seahawks TE John Carlson has not performed at the level most team observers predicted he would entering the season.
Wake-up call comes just in time for Seahawks
The Seahawks rebounded from a slow start to keep their playoff hopes alive with a win over the lowly Panthers. But they came away from the victory with newfound concerns about the condition of star WR Mike Williams.
Seahawks rally behind Lynch, top Panthers 31-14
Marshawn Lynch scored on a pair of 1-yard runs in the third quarter, sandwiched around Lofa Tatupu's 26-yard interception return for a score, and the Seahawks rallied from a 14-0 deficit for a critical 31-14 win over the Panthers ...
Browner is expected to start for the Seattle Seahawks in the playoff opener Sunday at Washington despite just returning this week from his four-game suspension.||||||| Coach Pete Carroll said Browner looked fine in practice but that the team will watch his fatigue during the game. Veteran Marcus Trufant will likely get the nod as Seattle's fifth defensive back in passing situations, while Leroy Hill and Malcolm Smith will likely split time at outside linebacker.
Browner has dropped the appeal of his suspension for using performance-enhancing substances and will miss the final four games of the regular season. Browner's decision was announced by the league on Wednesday. He will be eligible to rejoin the team on Dec. 31 and able to play in the postseason should the Seahawks make the playoffs.||||||| News broke after Seattle's loss at Miami on Nov. 25 that Browner and fellow starting cornerback, Richard Sherman, were both facing suspensions after testing positive for PEDs. Sherman is continuing with his plans to appeal and can continue to play while his suspension is being appealed. Browner has 44 tackles, three interceptions and six passes defensed this season.
Richard Sherman is at the center of what could be a massive distraction for the Seattle Seahawks as they try to hold the last playoff spot in the NFC. Yet the talkative cornerback said Wednesday that this week is the same as always, despite news leaking out of failed drug tests by Sherman and fellow starting cornerback Browner.||||||| Sherman spoke for the first time since news first broke saying he and Browner failed tests for performance-enhancing drugs and face possible four-game suspensions. The Seahawks expect the pair to play this week at Chicago as they appeal.


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WibiData, derived data, and analytic schema flexibility
My clients at Odiago, vendors of WibiData, have changed their company name simply to WibiData. Even better, they blogged with more detail as to how WibiData works, in what is essentially a follow-on to my original WibiData post last October. Among other virtues, WibiData turns out to be a poster child for my views on derived data and the corresponding schema evolution.
Interesting quotes include:
WibiData is designed to store … transactional data side-by-side with profile and other derived data attributes.
… the ability to add new ad-hoc columns to a table enables more flexible analysis: output data that is the result of one analytic pipeline is stored adjacent to its input data, meaning that you can easily use this as input to second- or third-order derived data as well.
schemas can vary over time; you can easily add a field to a record, or delete a field. … But even though you start collecting that new data, your existing analysis pipelines can treat records like they always did; programs that don't yet know about the new cookie are still compatible with both the old records already collected, and the new records with the additional field. New programs fill in default values for old data recorded before a field was added, applying the new schema at read time.
schemas for every column are stored in a data dictionary that matches column names with their schemas, as well as human-readable descriptions of the data.
Interesting aspects of the post that don't lend themselves as well to being excerpted include:
- How the Produce-Gather "analysis calculus" — i.e. framework — works.
- How this all ties into Apache projects (and sub-projects) such as Hadoop, HBase, and Avro.
|Categories: Data models and architecture, Data warehousing, Derived data, NoSQL, WibiData
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The cool aspects of Odiago WibiData
Christophe Bisciglia and Aaron Kimball have a new company.
- It's called Odiago, and is one of my gratifyingly more numerous tiny clients.
- Odiago's product line is called WibiData, after the justly popular We Be Sushi restaurants.
- We've agreed on a split exclusive de-stealthing launch. You can read about the company/founder/investor stuff on TechCrunch. But this is the place for — well, for the tech crunch.
WibiData is designed for management of, investigative analytics on, and operational analytics on consumer internet data, the main examples of which are web site traffic and personalization and their analogues for games and/or mobile devices. The core WibiData technology, built on HBase and Hadoop,* is a data management and analytic execution layer. That's where the secret sauce resides. Also included are:
- REST APIs for interactive access.
- Import/export tools, including JDBC access.
- Management tools.
- Analytic libraries — data mining, predictive analytics, machine learning, and so on.
The whole thing is in beta, with about three (paying) beta customers.
*And Avro and so on.
The core ideas of WibiData include:
- ALL data pertaining to a single user (or mobile device) is kept in a single, possibly very long, HBase row.
- There are two primary operators in WibiData, Produce and Gather.
- Produce operates on single rows. It can operate on one row at HBase speed (milliseconds) if you need to inform an interactive user response. Or it can operate on the whole database in batch via Hadoop MapReduce.
- It is reasonable to think of Produce as mainly doing two things. One is the aforementioned serving of data out of WibiData into interactive applications. The other is scoring, classifying, recommending, etc. on individual users (i.e. rows), in line with an analytic model.
- Gather typically operates on all your rows at once, and emits suitable input for a MapReduce Reduce step. It is reasonable to think of Gather as being a key cog in the training of analytic models.
- HBase schema management is done at the WibiData system level, not directly in applications. There's a WibiData HBase data dictionary, powered by a set of system tables, that specifies cell data types/record types and, in effect, primitive schemas.
|Categories: Data models and architecture, Hadoop, HBase, NoSQL, Predictive modeling and advanced analytics, Web analytics, WibiData
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The NYC Health Dept. shut down the famous John's Pizza on Bleecker Street in the West Village this week for repeat health violations including flies, dirty food surfaces and evidence of mice.
"The problem is you didn't give the lettuce sandwich to the inspectors. You stick some lettuce (money) into the sandwich.," said Sliwa.
Curtis Sliwa is the host of The Curtis Sliwa Show on AM 970 The Answer


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Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira Over Injuries And Staph Infection, Ready For Frank Mir Rematch At UFC 140.
Is there a problem with lack of showering in Blackhouse? Dude always seems to get staph.
Well once you get a skin infection once they always seem easier to catch after that.
I figured he would have been over that like 2 years ago?! Does he sleep in filth or something.
is a very common bacteria, found even on healthy people….sweat has alot of bacteria, so with nothing but sweaty guys in a gym and constantly in contact with it, its actually a very common thing.
Nogs the man but mir is still gonna kill him – mirs game has evolved alot more than nogs
Mir FTW staph or not trust me the staph had nothing to do with his chin.
Yes it is, and if your immunological system is a little low it is way easier to develop.
Nasty infection.
Thats going to be a great fight. Mir is gonna go at Big Nog with confidence he built from his victory over him and his last few KO's. However BN's standup was impressive in his last fight so its going to end in a KO for someone!!
I would love to see it go to the ground just to see how they evolved down there!!
come on nog
mir is dead meat f****** ……………..
The reason why staph is so bad at blackhouse is because the gym is located in a tropical area. Warmer temperatures allow the bacteria in staph to stay alive on surfaces alot longer making it spread faster and harder to get rid of.


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Sunman Town Council members received the 2013 Sunman Community Park report at their Dec. 19 meeting.
In the document, President Janice Hosmer revealed, "Family reunions and holiday family get-togethers top the rental list this year, as in previous years. The ball fields were again busy in the summer months, and annual local festivals always fill the park."
There were 57 rentals, which is down from last year. This does not include meetings for various nonprofit and 4-H clubs or the Hoosier Hoedowners weekly practices.
"The park was the location for the firemen's festival, Easter egg hunt and breakfast, chamber of commerce events, continuing education (courses) for Purdue, wine fest and softball tournaments," she reported.
The president said survey sheets were included in each rental contract this year. "We use ... (them) as feedback so the consumers can suggest improvements, vent any problems or just give comments on the park." One is drawn from those returned each year, and that person receives a free rental next time. "We get some good feedback with these sheets and feel the free rental is well worth the effort."
Over the next two years, members hope to make improvements and additions to the park, including upgrading the outdoor bathrooms and adding a paved walking path, more park benches/resting areas, water play area and more playground equipment. These items were suggestions from the 2011 survey.
"We would like to thank the awesome Sunman employees for all the work they have done again this past year, including clearing downed trees and putting up the Christmas lights. Thanks also to the beautification committee for keeping the flower pots filled and weeded," Hosmer noted.
Diane Raver can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com or 812-934-4343, Ext. 114.


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The first and second seeds get a first round bye. For achieving the first seed, that team is rewarded with home field advantage. The first seed also gets to play the lowest remaining seed following the completion of NFL Wild Card Weekend. But I believe the first seed should also always play on Sunday. And I believe the conference with the previous year's Super Bowl winner should always be awarded the night game on their respective playing days.
NFL corporate needs to take a hike and set in stone a rule that says the top seeds playing on any given weekend always garner the last day of play. Furthermore, another rule should dictate which teams play the night games, whether it's the defending Super Bowl champion's conference or otherwise, so that all guess work is removed.
Final records and seeding should account for every advantage. Make no mistake, one extra day of rest is an advantage; one the Saints and Texans have earned by virtue of their seeds. Consider that the Saints beat the tar out of the Giants and have five more wins. But I suppose the team in the biggest media market simply gets the advantage. Want to avoid an accusation like this? Make a fair rule instead of arbitrarily deciding on the fly when playoff games are scheduled.


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The "Top" 100 Players of the Decade
Rob Neyer from ESPN compiled a list of the "Top" 100 Players from this decade.... After looking through this list, I've now realized Rob Neyer is one of the worst journalists covering sports today. He fails to include Justin Morneau (MVP Award Winner), our once beloved Francisco Rodriguez (All-Time Saves Holder), Ryan Howard, John Smoltz, or even Garrett Anderson. Yet he does include, Ray Durham, Brian Giles, Brad Radke, Cory Koskie? Definitely a stretch Rob Neyer.
After reading that, it made me think of the Top 10 Angels from this decade.... Thoughts? And enjoy laughing at Mr. Neyer's knowledge.


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David Shadoan and Harry Witz announced the acquisition of dB Sound shares by Sound Image. Both companies have had long histories in both the tour sound and contracting segments of the professional audio market. db Sound will now be known as db Sound Image.
The acquisition and consolidation of db Sound and Sound Image creates one of the largest professional audio service companies in the world. "Taking these two highly successful companies and blending them into one 'super company' will yield tremendous advantages for our clients," says Dave Shadoan, president of Sound Image. "We now can provide customers with the same high level of service consistently around the world."
Shadoan was quick to point out that key staff from the db Sound team will remain in place, but Harry Witz will stay as the only original partner in db. With the addition of Witz as CEO of db Sound Image, the Sound Image executive management team will include not only Dave Shadoan, but also founding partner Ross Ritto, COO, and CFO Ralph Wagner.
"I could not be more excited about the future," says Witz. "The new configuration of db Sound as a component of Sound Image will allow for a new, higher level of worldwide support and service and give us the depth customers are looking for. It will also mean more opportunities for every member of the new team."
One focus of the new consolidated team will be to provide the equipment that each customer wants and needs without compromise. "Many vendors in our industry attempt to force a customer to use the kind of equipment that the vendor has in inventory," says Shadoan. "This solves the sound company's problem, but does not necessarily satisfy the client. Because of the comprehensive inventory that we can now draw from, we can satisfy the clients request, regardless how obscure it may be. We don't ever want the customer to feel compromised."
For more information, go to www.sound-image.com.


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Package Boiler Explosion
A delayed ignition explosion inside a gas-fired package firetube boiler blew open the front doors, which struck and killed a boiler operator.
During startup, a delayed ignition explosion occurred inside the fire tubes of a gas-fired package boiler at a electric utility company's service facility. The boiler's front doors blew open, striking and killing a boiler operator. Intertek was retained by the utility company to determine the origin and cause of the explosion. The boiler and its combustion control system were inspected and the boiler's operation procedures were reviewed.
After discovering small metal beads in a gas piping drip leg, we arranged to X-ray the main gas valve. The radiograph film revealed that some of the beads were embedded on the seat of the valve plug. This prevented the valve from completely shutting off the gas to the burner, and allowed raw gas to flow through the burner spuds and into the fire tubes. The gas mixed with air, and the mixture exploded when it was ignited by the burner's spark igniter during the startup.
Request more information to see how Intertek can help your organization with Package Boiler Explosion.


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The incidence of childhood leukaemia around the La Hague nuclear waste reprocessing plant (France): a survey for the years 1978–1998
- aRegistre des cancers de La Manche (ARKM), hôpital Louis Pasteur, Cherbourg, France, bINSERM Research Unit 292, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, 82, rue du Général Leclerc, 94276 Le Kremlin Bicêtre Cedex, France, cGRECAN, UPRES EA 1772, Université de Caen, Caen, France, dINSERM CJF 9603, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Côte de Nacre, Caen, France, eLaboratoire d'hématologie, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire Côte de Nacre, fUnit of Applied Epidemiology, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
- Dr Spira (spira{at}vjf.inserm.fr)
- Accepted 4 March 2001
BACKGROUND A previous study has suggested an increased incidence rate of leukaemia from 1978 to 1992 in people aged 0 to 24 years and living in the vicinity of the La Hague nuclear waste reprocessing plant without considering age and cytological type.
SETTING The Nord Cotentin region (France) and the island of Alderney (United Kingdom).
STUDY OBJECTIVE To describe the occurrence of leukaemia for each age group and cytological type from 1978 to 1998 in the same area, using accurate reference incidence rates and adequate estimation of the at risk population.
DESIGN A geographical study of incidence using three zones defined according to their distance from the site (0 to 10 km: Beaumont-Hague electoral ward, 10 to 20 km and 20 to 35 km) has been conducted. The risk of leukaemia was estimated from the standardised incidence ratio (SIR) of the number of cases observed to the number expected. Exact 95% confidence intervals (CI) have been computed.
PARTICIPANTS All people under the age of 25 years living in the study region between 1978 and 1998.
MAIN RESULTS The observed number of cases of leukaemia in the study region as a whole was consistent with the expected value (SIR=1.03; 95%CI: 0.73, 1.41). No cases were observed on Alderney. The SIR in the Beaumont-Hague electoral ward was 2.17 (95%CI: 0.71, 5.07). The highest SIR was observed in the 5 to 9 years age group (SIR=6.38; 95%CI: 1.32, 18.65). This consists in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia cases.
CONCLUSION This study indicates an increased incidence of leukaemia in the area situated at less than 10 km from the plant. Monitoring and further investigations should be targeted at acute lymphoblastic leukaemia occurring during the childhood incidence peak (before 10 years) in children living near the La Hague site and may be other nuclear reprocessing plants.
Funding: this study was supported by a grant from "Institut National de la Veille Sanitaire" (InVS), St Maurice, France, by the "Direction Générale de la Santé", Paris, France, contract no: 10/2436 and by the "Conseil régional de Basse-Normandie", Caen, France, convention no 8-A-6, "Fédération des registres de Basse-Normandie".
Conflicts of interest: ARKM is partly funded by COGEMA (7.4% of the annual budget), owner and operator of the La Hague nuclear waste reprocessing plant.


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Police have issued an e-fit of a man they want to speak to about the sexual attack on a young mother.
The offender is a white man in his late forties, around 5ft 9ins tall, of a very slim build, with blonde balding hair and a very red face.
He was wearing a pale denim jacket and dark jogging bottoms.


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On Tuesday you'll be asked to cast your vote on four constitutional amendments, one initiated measure, and two referred laws. Monday morning we are taking a look at what a "yes" or "no" vote means on these issues.
Constitutional Amendment M is an Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution regarding certain provisions relating to corporations. The Constitution currently contains certain restrictions on the Legislature's authority to enact laws regarding corporations. Constitutional Amendment M removes these restrictions, and allows the Legislature to: (1) authorize alternative methods of voting in elections for corporate directors; (2) expand the types of contributions a corporation may receive for the issuance of stock or bonds; and (3) establish procedures governing the increase of corporate stock or debt. A vote "Yes" will remove the constitutional restrictions. A vote "No" will leave the Constitution as it is.
Constitutional Amendment N is an Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution repealing certain reimbursement restrictions for travel by legislators to and from a legislative session. The Constitution fixes the mileage reimbursement rate for legislators at five cents per mile for their travel to and from a legislative session. Constitutional Amendment N repeals this constitutional limitation and allows legislator travel reimbursement to be set by the Legislature. Supporters of this Amendment say the current reimbursement rate has been a part of the constitution since the 19th century and it was incorporated into the constitution before cars were invented. A vote "Yes" will eliminate the fixed travel reimbursement rate. A vote "No" will leave the Constitution as it is.
Constitutional Amendment O is an Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution changing the method for distributions from the cement plant trust fund. In 2001, the $238 million in proceeds from the sale of the state cement plant were placed in a constitutionally created trust fund. Currently, the Constitution requires a yearly transfer of $12 million from the cement plant trust fund to the state general fund. In addition, under certain circumstances the Legislature must authorize distributions of cement plant trust fund earnings for the support of education. Amendment O replaces the existing method for cement trust fund distributions. The amendment would require a yearly transfer of 4% of the market value of the cement plant trust fund to the state general fund for the support of education. A vote "Yes" is for changing the method for distributions from the cement plant trust fund. A vote "No" will leave the constitution as it is.
Constitutional Amendment P is an Amendment to the South Dakota Constitution adding balanced budget requirements.While the constitution currently restricts the State from incurring debt, it does not expressly require the State to have a balanced budget. Amendment P requires the Governor to propose a balanced budget. In addition, Amendment P prohibits legislative appropriations from exceeding anticipated revenues and existing available funds. The amendment is not intended to affect other constitutional provisions. A vote "Yes" will include balanced budget requirements in the Constitution. A vote "No" will leave the Constitution as it is.
Referred Law 14 is an Act to establish the Large Project Development Fund. The referred law establishes the "Large Project Development Fund." Beginning January 1st, 2013, 22% of contractors' excise tax revenues would be transferred from the state general fund to the Large Project Development Fund. The South Dakota Board of Economic Development would use Large Project Development Fund monies to provide grants for the construction of large economic development projects within the state. To be eligible, a project must have a cost exceeding $5 million. Supporters say this incentive program behind Referred Law 14 will be the most effective way to achieve goals such as high paying jobs with benefits, community growth, and an increasing tax base that provides permanent funding to schools. They say being For 14 is being for economic development. Those opposed say Referred Law 14 expands a broken program at nearly triple the cost without any accountability. They say the Large Project Development Fund expands the old construction tax refund program that the state legislature repealed after a public records request by five newspapers revealed that the program was granting secret refunds at much higher cost to companies like TransCanada that would have come here anyway. A vote "Yes" is for the establishment of the Large Project Development Fund. A vote "No" is against the referred law.
Referred Law 16 is an education reform act with five key components. First, it would create scholarship programs for eligible college students who commit to teach in SD in certain subject areas. Second, there would be yearly bonuses for eligible math and science teachers. Third, it would provide yearly state-funded merit bonuses that would be awarded by the school board. Some boards could opt-out. Fourth, it would evaluate teachers and principals through a rating system. Lastly, it would eliminate tenure for teachers. Those opposed to Referred Law 16 say it is a significant expansion of state government resulting in standardization of programs,shifting control over our children's education from our local school boards and administrators to Pierre's politicians.Those in favor of Referred Law 16 say it is a commitment by the State of South Dakota to put $15 million, every year, into teachers and teaching students. They say the goal of our school system is to increase student achievement. Referred Law 16 is based on the simple idea that great teachers are the key to great results for our students. A vote "Yes" is to enact the education reform act. A vote "No" is against the referred law.
Initiated Measure 15 is an initiated measure to increase state general sales and use taxes for additional K-12 public education and Medicaid funding. The initiated measure increases the state general sales and use tax rate from 4% to 5%. The additional tax revenue will be split evenly between K-12 public education and Medicaid. The education funds will be provided to school districts based on enrollment, to be spent on improving education as school boards determine. The Medicaid funds will be spent only on payments to Medicaid providers and related state expenses. Supports of the measure say a quality education system and access to basic medical care are the building blocks of a successful, thriving state. They say in 2011, funding for these essential programs was dramatically cut. They say we should not balance the state budget on the backs of school children and at-risk citizens in need of basic medical care. Those against the measure say as the state ends its fiscal year with $48 million in unexpected revenues and savings, now is not the time to permanently increase the state sales tax rate by 25% and force taxpayers to pay an additional $180 million per year in taxes. A vote "Yes" is for the proposed law. A vote "No" is against the proposed law.


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Wonderful condo
We have stayed at this condo several times and the value, view, amenities, location, etc... is awesome. Highly recommend this condo. Very clean and close to shopping and walking distance to all the fun places in Panama City.
The Condo was perfect in everyway. It was just a short walk to the beach. The owners were very accomodating . We did not have to use the elevators which was nice during peak times. The view of the nightly water show was fantastic. The property was clean and very well maintained
Amazing Stay!!
I had an amazing stay in this condo! Everything was very clean and described accurately from the listing. The location is great, as there is so much to do.


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Entry Into Australia
Do I require a visa?
All visitors to Australia must have a valid visa before boarding their plane regardless of the length of stay.
Note: New Zealand and Norfolk Island passport holders do not usually need to lodge a visa application prior to their departure unless they have health and/or character concerns.
The IECN can advise you on the following:
What should I do to help with the visa application process?
Determine which visa you should apply for (see Visa options for business events such as conferences, meetings or seminars ( 73KB PDF file) and Business Visit Visa Options).
Apply for your visa at least 6–8 weeks before your intended date of travel to Australia (or two weeks for online applications) as visa processing times may vary. Consider Australia's health and character requirements, which you will have to meet as part of the visa application process (see Fact Sheet 79 – The Character Requirement and Fact Sheet 22 – The Health Requirement).
If you are not from an eVisitor or ETA eligible country, ensure you obtain a confirmation of your registration, or a letter of invitation, to attach to your paper-based visa application. Lodge paper-based visa applications at the Australian visa office nearest to your current country of residence (see Immigration Offices Outside Australia).
Important: IECN assistance will not guarantee a visa grant. In order to be granted a visa you must meet all the legislative requirements of that visa.
In accordance with Australia's Privacy Act 1988, any information an event organiser or participant passes on to the Department's IECN, will only be used to facilitate visa processing with the relevant Australian overseas visa office


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(WMC-TV) - Gang rape charges against five Memphis boy were reduced Monday in juvenile court. This comes four months after the alleged attack on a mentally disabled 13-year-old girl.
All five suspects are all 15 years old or younger; one is only 10 years old. Charges were reduced from rape to aggravated sexual battery.
The boys were charged with raping the 13-year-old girl inside a vacant home off Rolling Hills Drive in Frayser.
"Went to court today and the charges were reduced to sexual battery ... One was dismissed," said chief probation officer Barry Mitchell.
Mitchell said charges were dropped against the 10-year-old because of his age. Mitchell hopes they gets on the right track so they will not return.
According to court records, the 10-year-old, two older cousins, and two other friends admitted to luring the alleged victim into the vacant house where she was forced to perform sex acts on all five boys.
But despite the seriousness of the charges, a DA's office spokesman said the below in statement:
"The defense and the prosecution came to an agreement, that based on the evidence and the interest of rehabilitation of these youngsters, it would be best to prosecute on the lesser charge of aggravated sexual battery."
The four older boys were all released on probation. One of the boys could face sex offender treatment based on his prior record.
The others will be evaluated at the end of their probationary period.
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Review: Although they've been dabbling with releases on the bassier and glitchy side of things of late, for their newest signing Scour are on an electro-swing tip. However, the Groove Gigolos EP doesn't tackle the genre in a straight up manner, opting instead for a wider interpretation of the style. "Reflections" takes a familiar Charleston-style melody and fuses it with chuggy bass and staccato beats. "Can't Hold Back" again takes vintage samples and marries 'em to tough breakbeats sprinkled with some MC vocals. The style hopping continues further with even some dobby reggaeton ("Swing Mi Food") and even DnB soul ("J&B").
20 Dec 12
Played by: Goodgroove Records, Spinforth, Clairvo (MustBeat), BMD, B.Visible, Ellboss, Hong Kong Ping Pong, Dj stex, Chudy, Badboe, Jayl Funk, Actual Sounds, JohnnyPluse(Bulabeats Records), Juno Recommends Breakbeat, Tim Livingstone, Dastardly Kuts, DJ Axe, The Funk Hunters, DJ Jimi Needles, TURNTILL, Ez Icarus, Telephunken, Tosses & Varvez, Radical Mixtape, Mr Doris, Father Funk, Relative Dimensions
Review: This label recently launched by DJ Spinforth (and pals) as a next step extension to his biweekly column for the Ghetto Funk blog called 'The Scour', to highlight and showcase the unsigned talent that he encounters while 'scouring' Soundcloud. The next logical step was to actually release this stuff, so here's the impressive debut compilation snappily called Scoured Cream. Originally intended to showcase just five tunes, its now boasts eight including the stop-start blues-hop of "Sun No Shine", the wobble-soul of "Hell Yeah" and some electro-swing courtesy of Hong Kong Ping Pong.
21 Mar 13
Played by: Goodgroove Records, Spinforth, BMD, Roast Beatz, Hong Kong Ping Pong, Dj stex, Chudy, Manmade / CMC-Silenta, Voodoocuts, Jayl Funk, Actual Sounds, JohnnyPluse(Bulabeats Records), Juno Recommends Breakbeat, BadboE, DJ Axe, The Funk Hunters, Rory Hoy, TURNTILL, Ez Icarus, Basement Freaks, Essex Groove, JiggyJoe, Juno Best Sellers 2013, Radical Mixtape, Bialson Hajsy, WBBL
Review: Spinforth's quest for freshness continues as he follows up the debut December Scour dispatch with another generous selection of chunky-jacksy bass joints. With gnarly fingers probing every party pie, across the collection we're treated to dubstep-meets-classic-Brooklyn ("Time To Rock"), 23rd century electro wobbles ("Boss DAT!") and VERY cheeky Cypress Hill booty business ("Insane Brains"... obviously!) And that's only three examples. Get Scouring.
29 Aug 13
Played by: Goodgroove Records, Spinforth, Roast Beatz, Hong Kong Ping Pong, Dj stex, Trotter, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, BadboE, The Captain, TURNTILL, D-Funk, Ez Icarus, Kotch, Dusty Tonez, Radical Mixtape, Father Funk, WBBL
Review: Scour's dedication to the glitch funk movement continues with this full-frontal seminar of juicy low-end party discussions. Highlights include the twisted swing swagger of "Strictly Dynamite", Howla's bass bitten rail-road sing-along "Long Road", WBBL's body-slamming Kasabian booty "Fiyah" and Father Funk's take on Ram Jam's never-tiring "Black Betty". Not a dull moment in sight, this is a must for all breaks, glitch and nu-funk selectors.
17 Apr 14
Played by: Spinforth, Clairvo (MustBeat), Hong Kong Ping Pong, Chudy, Spark Arrester (Boogieburg), Nick Hollywood, Jayl Funk, Juno Recommends Breakbeat, The Funk Hunters, Basement Freaks, Dusty Tonez, Radical Mixtape, Father Funk, Funky Boogie Brothers, WBBL, DJ Maars, Relative Dimensions, Crashgroove
Review: Skimming the purist, fullest fat cream from the nu-funk crop, Scour's behaviour at the forefront of the party-minded movement is nothing short of commendable. Their most extensive compendium to date, vibes range of the Little Walter-sampling "Ain't No Coolin" to the filtered jazz funk chops and slaps of "The Program". Between these two disparate-yet-wholly-consistent flavours you'll find subverted swing (Father Funk & Howla's "Got Swing?"), stark Jackson Five string struts ("Soul Rocka") and classic rap ("Two For The Crates"). Whipped and unashamedly fresh, Scour really are the cream of the crop right now.


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New pics of my finished booth
Wildfir3: I like your setup . . . are those American Audio decks? those crazy ones with like 4.5 torque? How do you like em? Anyways, good job, looks like its a pleasure to spin on, I would like a review on the decks tho . . .
i turn to the music
cause it never lets me down
that setup looks pimp. turntable look like some sort of copy of the stanton. i like the slipmats too.
does anybody know of some good free hosts for pictures? cause i wanna up some pics of my set up.
Send your pics to firstname.lastname@example.com i'll host em, no problem
The decks are in fact the american audio ones with 4.5 torque. Or clones of the american audio at least. They're Akiyama Dj4000 Acura turntables. No wonder they look like stanton's since they're internally pretty much the same machine (only things that are different are the looks, and the key correction thingy).
Pretty damn happy with 'em, been having them since they came out, so that's about a year. I wouldn't trade em for the gold M5G's (unless if i'm short on cash & would want to sell the techs and buy my turntables again )
Aren't you always short on cash?
Pretty and clean setup! well done
Hehe actually yes. Anyone wanna trade some M5G's?
If u gimme a xone.92 u can have the mixer too, i'm being generous
My humble but nice setup (I thinks ), the tree is just taking the place of some form of CD decks till I get emm :d
If you can read this, I'm seriously fucking bored.
what kinda decks are those, and your setup may be humble, but it looks hella tight
Fortuna Favet Fortibus.
Numark TT100's
Technics 1210MK2 and 1200MK2
Behringer DJX700
Denon DN-D4000
Sony MDVR700DJ Headphones
2X JBL Eon G2 15's
Not pictured: JBL Eon G2 Sub
2 Technics MK-5
1 Behringer VMX-200
1 Pioneer HDJ-1000
1 Amplifieur Akyama AP-85
2 Tannoy Reveal monitors
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Technics 1210MK2 and 1200MK2
Behringer DJX700
Denon DN-D4000
Sony MDVR700DJ Headphones
2X JBL Eon G2 15's
Not pictured: JBL Eon G2 Sub
Hehe do you leave your decks on all the time? Or did you just put the covers back on for the pic?
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Hey, Well I am happy to announce that Faerie Myst is going to offer a 1-time free cold process soap making class. This class will be a mini-class, very basic instruction. You may want to do a bit of research … Continue reading
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Planning a free soap making class for this Tuesday 11/09 in the afternoon. I will post all the info tomorrow and there will be an event on Facebook for is also.
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LIVE 2012 ELECTION RESULTS% reporting Race Democratic Candidates Results Republican Candidates Results 98.8
U.S. President Obama-Biden 2,864,619
Romney-Ryan 2,580,543
89.26 U.S. Senate Bob Casey Jr. 2,899,659
Tom Smith 2,417,029
89.26 PA Treasurer Robert M. McCord 2,762,278
Diana Irey Vaughan 2,315,845
89.26 PA Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane 3,005,522
David J. Freed 2,227,836
70.25 PA Auditor General Eugene A. DePasquale 2,623,291
John Maher 2,454,802
85.77 Congress District 12 Mark Critz 144,702 Keith Rothfus
149,52999.41 Allegheny/100 Wesmoreland
Congress District 14 Mike Doyle 235,195/4,461
Hans Lessman 69,305/2,500
President Barack Obama has been re-elected for another four-year term.
Obama also won in Pennsylvania, gaining the state's 20 electoral votes, according to CBS, NBC and ABC.
In Pennsylvania's 2012 race for U.S. Senate, incumbent Bob Casey Jr. (D-Scranton) defeated Tom Smith (R-Shelocta).
In Pennsylvania's 2012 race for U.S. Senate, incumbent Bob Casey Jr. (D-Scranton) defeated Tom Smith (R-Shelocta).
In the races for three state offices:
- Auditor General: Democrat Eugene A. DePasquale of York County defeated Republican John Maher of Upper St. Clair and Libertarian Betsy Elizabeth Summers
- Attorney General: Democrat Kathleen G. Kane of Lackawanna County defeated Republican David J. Freed of Cumberland County and Libertarian Marakay J. Rogers.
- Treasurer: Incumbent Democrat Robert M. McCord of Montgomery County defeated Republican Diana Irey Vaughan of Washington County and Libertarian Patricia M. Fryman.
In the congressional race in the newly redesigned 12th District, Republican Keith Rothfus of Edgeworth defeated incumbent Democrat Mark Critz of Johnstown. The district covers Plum Borough.
In the 14th Congressional District, incumbent Democrat Mike Doyle of Forest Hills beat Republican Hans Lessman. The district covers Oakmont and Verona.
For local state senate and house race results, visit http://patch.com/A-zrCq.
Prior to Tuesday's vote, influential Pennsylvania political insiders differed on the key to winning the Keystone State for President Barack Obama or former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Republicans said the role of undecided and independent voters would be key to a Romney win, while Democrats said turning out their base was the top priority for Obama, according to Red Keystone/Blue Keystone surveys by Patch.
Here's how the replies from survey respondents broke down:
Republicans on what's more important
- 13 — Get out the base
- 35 — Convince undecided/independent voters
Democrats on what's more important
- 21 — Get out the base
- 6 — Convince undecided/independent voters
Who will win Pennsylvania?
Democrats were far more unified than Republicans in their opinion of who will win Pennsylvania. Twenty-seven said Obama, while just two said Romney. Eighteen Republicans said Obama and 32 said Romney.
Who had the best ground game and ad campaign?
Democrats and Republicans both largely supported their party candidate on the question of who ran the best campaign. Patch asked survey takers to assess the campaigns, regardless of the respondent's partisan preference.
How did Pa. vote in 2008 presidential race?
In 2008, Pennsylvania voted Democratic, with nearly 3.3 million voters, or 55 percent, casting ballots for the Obama-Biden team. Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin earned nearly 2.7 million votes. According to statistics collected by the Pennsylvania Department of State office, voter turnout tallied about 68.4 percent in 2008.
2010 was a much better election year, however, for Republican candidates in Pennsylvania.
Former state Attorney General Tom Corbett, a Republican, defeated then- Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, a Democrat, in the race for governor. Republicans also picked up a seat in the state Senate, gained five seats in the House of Representatives and took control of both chambers of the Legislature.
Here's a sampling of comments from the Patch surveys:
- I think the results will be extremely close and will be based on turnout, yet at the same time, I believe the local elections down the ballot will be affected in results by the amount of times a person is willing to switch parties. They will for president, but the questions remains, when will they change back to their party.
- If Pennsylvania goes to Romney, it's going to be an early election night. Looks like team R and R may have caught the President flat-footed.
- Republicans will increase house margin from 12-7 to 13-5.
- Record voter turnout in GOP areas, average turnout in Dem areas.
- I think voters are disappointed with how things have gone the past four years and will make that frustration heard at the polls on Tuesday.
- The presidential campaign has been lackluster in Pennsylvania. Obama felt that this was his state from the beginning, and Romney has not been highly involved until recently.
- While I believe the enthusiasm for President Obama has diminished a bit since the 2008 election, I'm not seeing much enthusiasm at all for Gov. Romney.
- I think Casey, Kane, and McCord will win. Auditor General will be a nail biter and unfortunately I believe Mark Critz is going to lose. I think the Democrats will pick up a total of 4-6 seats in the state House and 1 in the state Senate.
- Pennsylvania must institute an early voting program—similar to 37 other states.
- I am distressed and, quite frankly, disgusted with the influence of the Super PACs on this election. Money should not buy a candidate an office and these Super PACs exist only to use their dollars to buy the office for the candidate of their choice. Their ads are, in many cases, misleading and misinformed. If those individuals have so much money, why don't they use it to help people rather than work to tear our country apart with their rhetoric?
Also on the presidential ballot is Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
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When The Research Is Wrong
Market research is notoriously misused and abused. The article, citing a forthcoming study (yes, that's ironic), went on to say:
To predict reactions of a broader public, 31 subjects interested in quitting smoking were recruited for a focus group to evaluate samples from three antismoking ad campaigns: A (a humorous effort that empathized about the difficulty of the task), B (more serious but also empathetic), and C (lighthearted). Ads in each campaign ended by posting a hotline number for help quitting smoking. Researchers measured the viewers' neural activity as they watched.
The viewers, rating the ads for their power, helpfulness, grabbiness and so on, ordered them B, A, C. But levels of brain activity in a region tied to behavioral change suggested the ranking C, B, A. That ranking better captured real-world performance. For example, Campaign C caused a 32-fold increase in calls to the hotline, in contrast to only a threefold rise for Campaign A.
Having recently conducted research on this very topic, this hit home. We were not using our focus groups to "test" ads (a fundamental abuse of the methodology); we were using them to explore smokers' thoughts and feelings about their habit and the role it plays in their lives. And we sensed at various points of the discussion that they were lying, perhaps even to themselves.
Not that the groups weren't valuable; on the contrary, we picked up insights that led to what we believe will be a breakthrough approach. But I'm convinced that the more we as marketers learn about consumers, the less we really know.
One of the the critical mistakes that can come about as a result of a loss of nerve in a struggling company is over-reliance on market research. It's easy to hide behind what consumers say on the surface, not to mention the authoritative heft of a market research report. But it's dangerous.
No one believes in research more than we do. But it must be handled correctly and interpreted in the proper context. Bad research won't produce good strategy any more than a polluted well produces fresh water. It could, in fact, hasten one's demise.
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Dennis Storm and Valerio Zena, the hosts of a Dutch TV show called "Guinea Pigs," have done lots of crazy things before, including eating bits of each other's flesh. But in this episode, the men wanted to have the chance to experience what women go through during labor--and boy did they ever. With electrodes on their stomach simulating contractions, which got stronger over time, and a labor that was scheduled to last two hours, the men laughed, screamed, and breathed their way through the pain. Were they man enough to go through childbirth? Watch the video and find out. Although you can pretty much get the gist of what's going on here, I've translated it for you so you can get every last drop.
Dennis: The pain of childbirth is the very worst pain of all, if we are to believe women.


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- O. Sukharev., 2004. "On the Choice of the Strategy of Macroeconomic Policy," VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, N.P. Redaktsiya zhurnala "Voprosy Economiki", vol. 8.
- O. Sukharev., 2003. "Evolutionary Macroeconomics in Schumpeterian Perusal," VOPROSY ECONOMIKI, N.P. Redaktsiya zhurnala "Voprosy Economiki", vol. 11.
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I've never posted on WCG before, but felt this merited my time since I have an undying bromance for good ol' 22.
I hope to remain objective and unoffensive. Please let me know if I have failed in either so I can rectify it.
I initially found it difficult to believe keeping Forte needed justification. Then I remembered who we are. We suggest trading Lance Briggs about every other year and we want to deal Devin Hester when Briggs isn't an issue. I don't believe that you can fill holes in positions by creating new ones. This much is sound logic. You trade when depth is there, and you don't trade your starter without an equal or better replacement ready to go. This is not one of those years. With that preface I'll begin my justification for the continuance of the PAYDAMAN campaign.
The CJ_K problem.
If Chris Johnson had performed like he was supposed to this wouldn't likely be as big an issue (I also would have swept in my FFL, but I digress). I don't believe we should let Johnson's lack of production change our view of what Matt Forte can do. We should do our best to remain objective. They're not the same player and we're not the same offense.
Matt Forte's Durability
He's durable. He's taken more than his share of carries since he entered the league in '08 and this is his first injury. No surgery was required. He's already been cleared medically for the ProBowl and I'm sure he'll undergo some more scrutiny before he's signed. Running backs don't last as long--they say. All good things must come to an end. You can't make decisions based on the fact that he's eventually not going to be effective. Don't sign him for 7 years. Sign him for the amount of time he's expected to be effective for. He's only 26.
PAYDAMAN's greed.
Reports say he was offered something in the realm of 6 mil per year and 12-13 mil guaranteed. Forte says offer was no where near that. Something fishy is going on there. I'm not sure how much he's looking for. I'm sure he's looking for something similar to Chris Johnson's value--within that ball park.
Forte's Value.
This is where the infighting really starts. We're in a cap year. Peppers was expensive. Briggs is unhappy--again. Urlacher and co need to be extended. I'm not a finance guy. Da Bears have people for that. I'm a fan I'll think as such and get paid as such. They'll figure it out. They had some cap room this year and couldn't get the deal done, so they'll receive no consideration from me. I think he's worth what Chris Johnson was worth for the TItans. They had a RB, a WR, but no QB. We have a QB a RB and no WR. Values are similar, esp when that RB is also the top WR. I'm one who thinks that if you produce, you should get paid.
We'll just replace him with Kahlil Bell
LOL what? I should stop with just that, but I won't out of respect for my peers. I know off seasons can lead to some crazy talk but Bell is no Matt Forte. I don't want a Caleb Hanie experience out of this position next year. For that matter, as I've noted in a comment section before, I don't want another Cedric Benson experience. How we missed Thomas Jones.... Please don't tell me you'd like to see that again. Matt Forte is a juggernaut. He cannot be replaced with what we evaluated to be a 3rd string RB.
A note on character.
As a fan it means a great deal that he didn't throw us under the bus in a hold out. Think of what this offense would have been without him when Cutler was healthy (for that matter think of what it would have done to my FF team). He showed up to play for under a million when we can ALL agree he's certainly worth more than that to us. He played risking injury without guaranteed money and he got injured. I was very sad for him when it happened and most of us knew our season was definitively over when it did. He's healthy again. If he's not, our evaluation will deem it so. He showed character by giving us a season and we should show some by at least not throwing him under the bus now.
A note from me: I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you guys for making it through the read, but mostly for the reading material you've provided. I'm not from Chicago. I live in California and started watching football later in life than most--2005 (High School). I fell in love with good defense and Chicago was the best team to watch. I've been loyal ever since. I was rewarded early in '06 and have been hooked ever since. I appreciate the Chicagoan perspective you guys offer. I like to get a sense of what the city is feeling from afar and listen to Joniak's broadcast over the web while the games are playing.


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This route was solo'd, so the pro is uncertain, although the static line can easily be used as protection if you so wish. A good method for getting to the top of the cliff. Still a bit loose and dirty.
Just left of an obvious large, wide roof and just to the right of the rappel line is a gully at the top of a large mound of dirt. 15' up there is a static line to hand over hand up if you wish.
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Category — New Source Review (NSR)
Time to Repeal New Source Review? (Up to 30 GW of coal-plant upgrades hangs in the balance)
The typical pulverized coal power plant in the U.S. is about 35 years old, yet the fleet will continue to operate for many years to come. New coal-fired plants, meanwhile, will continue to enter service but at a slow rate. There may not be a future price for carbon dioxide (CO2) given the dramatic scientific and political developments that we are going through, but cheap natural gas makes it difficult to justify the higher up-front costs of a new coal plant.
Still, there is significant new electricity generation capacity is possible from these older plants, perhaps as much as 30,000 MW–twice EIA's projected growth of coal power over the next two decades. In addition, new technology upgrades have the potential of improving the operating efficiency by 3% to 5%. But the impediment for such win-wins is the risk of a New Source Review violation, years of litigation, and possibly fines.
Given the Obama Administration's stance against coal, many attendees of the National Coal Council's December meeting were caught flat-footed when DOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy James Markowsky suggested an exception be made under Clean Air Act's New Source Review (NSR) program. Mr. Markowsky proposed easing the NSR requirements for power plants that make modifications to improve their operating efficiency–assuming those plants would be good candidates for a later retrofit of a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) system.
Markowsky's trial balloon also suggested that candidate plants would already have installed flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems. The concept is intriguing but doesn't go near far enough in solving the nation's energy woes.
NSR Definitions Remain Murky
NSR is the process established by the Clean Air Act (CAA) that requires utilities to add a host of new and expensive emission controls should they make any "major modifications" to the plant that increase emissions. The definition of a major modification has been the subject of numerous court battles since the Clinton Administration yet stills remains murky. Even when upgrades were discussed with the EPA in advance of their installation, Justice has routinely lowered the legal boom on utilities that made common maintenance changes to their plants The usual result has been a decade of legal maneuvering followed by a consent decree agreement where the utility agrees to install new emission controls and pay a fine. [Read more →]
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If Lord of the Flies merged with The Hunger Games, and you threw in a dash of The City of Ember, it would look something like James Dashner's The Maze Runner.
The Maze Runner begins with Thomas waking up in an elevator-like contraption, boys taunting him from above. He only remembers his name, but that's how all the boys arrive in The Glade, what they call their large, open grassland surrounded by stone walls. They don't know how they got there, why they're there, or how to leave, but but they do know that once a month they get a new, male resident.
The walls surrounding The Glade have stone doors that open themselves at dawn and close at dusk. Outside its walls, The Glade is surrounded by mazes that change every day and monsters that come out at night. The boys spend their days running through the maze, trying to find an escape, but everything changes when a girl arrives in The Glade just a day after Thomas, calling his name.
The Maze Runner was a good book, but it's harder to talk about a good book than a bad one. It wasn't amazing enough for me gush; it wasn't bad enough for me to berate. It was good. I liked it. I'll read the rest in the series. It didn't blow me away.
What The Maze Runner has going for it is mystery and pulse-pounding action. The maze and monsters are a bit absurd, but why are they there, who is controlling them, and how can the boys beat them? Dashner does a good job of giving a little bit of information, but enough to prompt questions and keep up the curiosity and creepiness of The Glade.
The Lord of the Flies-like governing is also something the book has going for it, but it could've been fleshed out more. It's good seeing the boys assign themselves jobs – cooks, maintenance, housekeeping, maze runners – and there are definite leaders. There are also Jack-like (Lord of the Flies reference!) characters that seem like they'd snap someone's neck because they were bored, but this all could've been better. Give me more in-fighting, some suicidal, confused boys, and a lot of paranoia.
I think it all boils down to lack of character development. Thomas seems to just whine and demand answers from boys who can't give them. The Jack-like characters are hostile and not very interesting. And the girl who arrives is sick the whole time so she offers nothing. I don't expect magic from amnesiac teens, but there could've been more to help move along the story.
So it's a good book and I'll read the next in the series. The ending, that did answer some questions, has me very skeptical, so I need to know what happens next. I just hope that we get more from the characters in the rest of the series than we got here.
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This is on my TBR list. My son got it free from the library program last summer. I have so many other books to read so I am not sure when I will tackle it. I think I will read Patrick Ness first. On a side note, I got and ereader and so now I always have a teen read going on it. I just got the Scipio races and can't wait to read it.
@Laura (Booksnob), You'll have to let me know what you think about Scorpio Races (or I'll maybe see a review on your blog?). I stopped reading that one. It wasn't grabbing me. Let me know if I should start again.
well i'll be darned! i'd just finished The Scorpio Races and am halfway through The Maze Runner, only pausing to google if anyone else felt the Lord of the Flies + The Hunger Games in it too. (btw, i also felt like i'm not getting much from the characters, same thoughts you have here really!)
anyway, re: Scorpio Races, i almost gave up a few chapters in, the pace was too slow. but things picked up somewhere in the middle (i persevered – can't bear to leave off a book with such high rating without giving it another chance), and i actually felt, hmm, involved, with the characters, the setting, and yes, the romance, which was also a slow burn (i polled my husband, which kind of romance he prefers – subtle and restrained, or overly-passionate and all-consuming – and he, as did i, chose the former). anyway, yeah, i was surprised to find myself still having lingering feelings for the characters after finishing the book, although by all means it wasn't a great story or anything. i think it's a lot more about the humans and their relationships with each other, vis a vis the strange water horses that are seemingly central to the story.
hey, i hope i didn't yap on too much here, anyway good review of TMR! i'll be trudging along the chapters now.
Hey, Hana! You may have just made me reconsider trying to read Scorpio Races again. It was just so slow for me. I'll have to try to jump into it again some time…though my to-read list is so long right now, who knows when that will be!
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St. Matthews Location: Parents and guardians will need to walk to the second floor and into our lobby to drop off or pick up their children. All students, regardless of their age and maturity, MUST wait to be picked up by their guardian in the front seating area where our receptionist is located.
Since young children often need to use the restroom or need a parent at a moment's notice, we would appreciate it if parents could please remain at our studios during classes that are thirty minutes in length.
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Louisville Ballet Youth Ensemble hosts a Not-So-Scary Halloween Costume Party
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Age slows us all, but a few rare types sail through the years somehow unimpeded. Paul Theroux, in his latest book, writes, "It occurs to me that someone else should be doing this, someone younger perhaps, hungrier, stronger, more desperate." He tells us this before trekking the slums of Cape Town, South Africa, then traveling north by train and bus into the deserts of Namibia, detouring for an elephant safari in Botswana, and finally, after a horrific border crossing, traversing the exhausted landscape of postwar Angola.
Theroux made the journey three years ago, at just shy of 70 years of age. He teases us with the notion that this might be his "valedictory trip," time to take stock on the continent where he was a Peace Corps worker in 1963, in Malawi, and where he began writing.
If this book is proof, age has not slowed Theroux or encouraged him to rest on his achievements: 29 works of fiction and this, his 17th book of travel. Theroux goes it alone, ignoring the easy routes, which would undermine the value of travel and writing about it.
Zona Verde — literally "green space," from the Portuguese, reflecting Theroux's love for the bush — is a sequel to 2002's Dark Star Safari. He traveled Africa from Cairo to Cape Town "down the right side," the continent's eastern flank, by train and dugout canoe, on buses and "chicken" trucks. Now, from Cape Town, he continues "up the left hand side until … the end of the line … on the road or in my mind." The destination: Timbuktu, in Mali.
He's still gutsy, alert to Africa's struggles, its injustices and history, and attracted because it "is still so empty, so apparently unfinished."
In the tourist-heavy south he reflects on Namibia's German colonizers and the "myth of the Bushman" of eastern Namibia and Botswana. The Ju'hoansi people have been immortalized and damaged by popular culture, like the film The Gods Must Be Crazy, and by academics and do-gooders. Once agile hunters, Theroux writes, they became "plagued by drunkenness and hunger."
In this way, Zona Verde walks us through history and people, guided by Theroux's disdain for colonialism, foreign aid and celebrity activists who have weakened Africa's identity. Then he heads to northern Namibia and Angola, where life gets ugly and he is most at ease as a writer.
Near the border he finds "a world of roadblocks and mobs," building to what may be one of the funniest, most nerve-bending border crossings in contemporary travel literature. Guards bark at travelers they shake down for money. Theroux, toting a duffel and briefcase and hounded by predatory teenagers, smiles and waves. Perfect strangers help him negotiate the border and leave him on the other side, Angola, with a drunken bush taxi driver.
Is Theroux afraid of death? Theroux confesses his fear, but insists, "I am not too old." On the final page, the reader may feel relieved by the words "Not the end of travel, or of reckless essaying — there is no end to those for me."
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We headed to the Fayette County seat of La Grange to "Czech" it all out and stopped at the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center.
Vitáme Vás is the Czech equivalent of "howdy", and we certainly felt welcome.
With its rich heritage, it's no surprise that La Grange is the hub for celebrating the Czech culture in Texas. Over 80 percent of the Czech Moravian families that settled in Texas at some time lived in Fayette County before they spread out across the state.
Celebrating that colorful heritage, which deeply enriches this community, is the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center.
The center tells the story of these early settlers who ventured to Texas poor in money, but rich in culture. We walked through original Czech homes, listened to Czech music, and took time to fully appreciate the traditional Czech clothing.
At its 70-acre site neighboring the Fayette County Fairgrounds just east of La Grange on U.S. Highway 77, is the multifaceted home of the Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center.
A replica of a late 19th and early 20th century Czech Moravian community is being developed there, which includes authentic old Czech homes, businesses, and an old dance hall.
There's a wall depicting the names of Czech settlers who helped to found the city, an amphitheater built into a hill on a bank facing the Colorado River, self-guided walking trails with legends in English and Czech, and a gift shop and library to trace your Czech ancestry.
Work is ongoing on the varied aspects of this celebration of culture.
As the name indicates this is more than a museum. The center also encourages the preservation of the Czech language, fine arts, music, and dance; provides a library with archives to promote research; offers space for meetings and educational activities; and promotes cultural exchange between Czech people of Texas and those in the Czech Republic.
The Czech immigration to the Lone Star State began in 1853 and was largely over by 1912. The estimate is that there are roughly a million Texans who trace their roots back to Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Slovkia.
Fayette County was selected as the site for the Center because of its significance in the history of Texas Czechs. It has the largest Czech population per capita and the most Czech communities of any county in the state.
Many Czech-related historical sites and events, as well as prominent Texas Czechs, can be linked to Fayette County. Other reasons for selecting LaGrange included the location and the amount of land offered and the fact that Fayette County is historically significant in Texas-Czech history.
The Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center is located on the county fairgrounds in La Grange.
Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center
Hours: Monday-Friday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m.-3 p.m..
Address: P.O. Box 6, 250 West Fairgrounds Road, La Grange, TX 78945
Phone: (979) 968-9399 or (888) 785-4500 (toll free)
Website: czechtexas.org
Please Note: This is Part 2 of a 7-Part series on La Grande, Texas
Part 1: Czeching Out La Grange
Part 3: La Grange: We Gotcha Kolache & Texas BBQ
Part 4: Frisch Auf: Monument Hill and Kreische Brewery State Historic Site
Part 5: La Grange: The Best Little Quilt Museum in Texas
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Part 7: La Grande: Fayette County Courthouse & Old County Jail
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No one is going to take away the achievement of turning around a 3-9 team into being seconds away from winning a BCS national championship from Gus Malzahn and Auburn. However, despite the season that will eventually be looked back as very successful, the pain of losing after already leading by 18 points is going to sting for quite a while. More
Despite the whole country being sick and tired of SEC teams making their way into the national championship game, the best conference in college football is sending another team to try and win the BCS, with Auburn proving they deserve every accolade and other trophy they might win, beating Missour in the conference title game, while Tre Mason set a number of individual records to cap off an exceptional 2013. More
No one expected Auburn and Missouri to be the teams to reach Atlanta and turn the 2013 SEC championship game into a mini Tiger bowl, but these are the surprising winners of the divisions, and two teams that hope to put on enough of a performance to convince the voters to give them a chance to take a leap in the polls and find themselves playing for the national title and not a lesser BCS bowl game. More
The logic behind the SEC clamoring for another team in the national championship game, even if it means a one-loss Auburn or Missouri gets to jump an undefeated Ohio State team, is also the same logic that can be used by Arizona State, playing in the very tough Pac-12 with nine conference games and not eight, to jump over both Tigers teams even though they have two losses. More
Heading into championship week which will determine what the BCS national title game will look like, it seems we're down to five choices to fill two spots: Florida State as the clear favorite, Ohio State who'll probably get in if all goes well, Auburn or Missouri representing the SEC and even Alabama, waiting for a turn of events that suits them just fine. More
Even if the BCS isn't a fair system, you at least expect it to be consistent. However, the mayhem of rivalry week suddenly means that Ohio State, who have gone 12-0 for a second consecutive season might be hurt by the prejudice against the Big Ten and the infatuation with the SEC, which will allow Missouri or Auburn, the surprising division champions in the conference, a ticket to the BCS national championship game, probably against Florida State. More
The 2013 Iron Bowl can be summed up with one play – Nick Saban needlessly sending Adam Griffith to kick a 57 yard field goal. He missed, Chris Davis catches it, returning it 109 yards for the touchdown and the 35-28 Auburn win, making a huge difference in the SEC, BCS and national championship picture just as time expires. But a game like this is much bigger than just one play or sentence. More
An interesting tidbit heading into the biggest Iron Bowl we've had in three years: Alabama haven't beaten an Auburn team with nine wins or more since 1994, while Nick Saban has failed to do so as a Crimson Tide and LSU coach. More
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Mystery man found dead in Wigan could have connections with Leigh
4:36pm Friday 15th February 2013 in North West
Police want the public's help to identify a man whose body was discovered on waste ground on Westwood Park Drive, Wigan who may have connections with Leigh.
There were no suspicious circumstances discovered by police at the scene.
He had no form of identification on him and his fingerprints and DNA checks produced no results from any database in the UK.
He had a bus ticket in his pocket, dated 14 January 2013, timed 6.38am, from Leigh to Wigan.
At this time no-one fitting his description has been reported missing and his description has been circulated nationally via the missing person's bureau.
He is described as white with a olive-skinned complexion, short cut brown hair, about 5ft 8ft.
He was wearing blue Nike tracksuit bottoms, a blue padded gillet, a McKenzie hooded blue top with grey cuffs, light blue Fred Perry T shirt and dark blue / light blue adidas trainers.
Detective Sergeant Graham Clare of Wigan CID said: "Since this man's body was found we have carried out extensive enquiries both in Manchester and nationwide to establish this man's identity.
"Unfortunately these have not yielded the results we were looking for so the next stage of our investigation is to go public with this.
"I find it inconceivable that no-one would miss a man who has not been seen alive for at least a month.
"From his appearance it may be that he is not a British national but possibly of eastern European origin.
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