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Quoted from barbiepink Thanks for that,So im better off to have sweet potatoes than rice and if so how many servings a week if im trying to lose weight.At the mo this is what im eating:Breakfast:1 essene bun with half a banana and a green teaSnack:smoothie,200 mls pineapple juice,half banana,4 strawberries and 2 tablespoons flaxseed oil.Lunch:leftovers from dinner or a small salad with lemon and olive oil.Snack:walnuts and almondsDinner:Steak and salad,sweet potatoeGlass of red wineCup of green tea before bed,and lots of water throughout the day!Am i on the right track?
Quoted from Victoria You would do better with meat, eggs or fish, and some vegetables for breakfast. Or you could have your smoothie when you first wake up and your meat and veggies an hour later....
Quoted from barbiepink Ive been on this blood type diet for ten days now,was preiviously on atkins,and im wondering has anyone else had a problem with bloating?....I was hoping to lose 2-3 kg and get healthy but instead i look like i have a basket ball up my top!.
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Well, i was told that i could have seltzer and/or sparkling water by one coach at my center. So i was having some every day (about a small bottle) in addition to my water. Well weighed in last Friday and had only lost two pounds in two weeks (no cheats). I almost started crying. After some questioning, my diet coach thinks it was the seltzer and sparkling water. I was so upset.
I'm still being pretty strict with the diet. If i want something different i'll have half a restricted bar for snack (i'll have my two non-restricted packets throughout the day). I'm drinking a ton of plain water and getting in all my supplements and oil. I weighed myself this morning and have not noticed a change in my weight since Friday (not close to my TOM either). I'm getting pretty irritated/upset.
I'm probably just overreacting, but i'm frustrated. Any ideas or suggestions?
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Apr 30, 2011 10:54 PM by Kathy Kuretich (DL)
It may not be new but Arroyo Grande celebrated its much improved park with a dedication ceremony Saturday.
The "Village Green Park" is now "Centennial Park" to honor the city's 100th birthday in July. New features include improvements to the gazebo and extension of a creek walk. Officials say a 12-member team has been planning the upgrades for nearly two years.
"So we're very pleased with how it came out, and we're excited about having this new addition to our parks inventory," said Doug Perrin, director of Recreation and Maintenance Services. "It's going to be a lot more functional park with the improvements we've installed."
The Central Coast Celebration Chorus entertained the crowd by singing their official centennial song, "Arroyo Grande, The Place To Be."
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Well, because of the 100% willing to repurchase, i tested it out @ BBW. It was a really shiny gloss (which i ♥) and it wasn't artificial (2% lemon oil which i ♥♥) and kept my lips super soft in the length of time i kept it on, but it tasted ehhhh. i have most of their mint glosses and those taste delicious but this didn't taste delicious. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't like the others. but i guess the purpose of this is to keep lips soft, which it got an A+ on, so i guess this is a great product!
Wow, why didn't someone tell me about this stuff sooner? I ♥ it! I found a Blistex stick balm that I loved because it had a slight lemon smell/taste to it but DH confiscated it for himself so I've been on the lookout for something similar.
This isn't similar, it's WAY better. It instantly moisturized my lips and kept them soft for HOURS. It tastes sweet and smells yummy. I love that it's real lemon oil (2%) as it doesn't give off an artificial taste/smell.
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i love this stuff!! i am a self-proclaimed lip gloss/chapstick whore! i love trying anything new and have the tendency to end up with 10 lip treatments in my purse.. this lemon lip cream is smooth, creamy and makes my lips feel amazingly soft! smells like fresh lemons and is a nice thick treatment for the harsh winter weather. it is normally $7.50 but i got it for $5 because i bought 2 of them. i can see myself using these pretty frequently especially at home since there is no spf in it! rave!!
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Yum! I love anything lemon or citrus scented, so I was thrilled to see a product at Bath & Body Works called "Lemon Lip Cream". I opened the tester and took a sniff...and it was L.O.V.E. It smells really tasty. I think it is just like lemon pudding, or maybe even lemon curd. The texture is slightly gritty, but when you rub your lips together this stuff melts into them. My lips become super soft with this stuff. Would rebuy.
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OSF New Grants Program & Free Training Manual on Health & Human Rights
The Open Society Foundations (OSF) on the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture held on June 26 has launched a new grants program as well as a new training manual to address the problem of abuse, torture, and neglect in health facilities, especially to those of ethnic or sexual minorities, disabilities, or certain illnesses.
Grants program
The OSF is requesting proposals from NGOs to apply for the new grants program called "Fighting Torture in Health Care." OSF is the coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Torture in Health Care's Standards and Litigation Working Group. It is seeking proposals from NGOs to implement proposals from organizations interested in using one or more of the mechanisms described in its recently published training manual to advance existing advocacy efforts to address torture in health care and ensure government accountability.
The training manual that can aid in developing the proposal can be accessed at this link.
NGOs can submit proposals for a grant of up to $15,000. The deadline to submit proposals is 1 September 2012. For more information, visit this link.
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The OSF recently published the free training manual called the "Twenty Mechanisms for Addressing Torture in Health Care." The manual is an excellent tool to gain understanding of abuse of human rights in healthcare settings and it can also be used byNGOs as an excellent reference material while developing and submitting proposals for OSF's new grants program.
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In the occasionally funny but mostly facile '80s-style culture-clash comedy Parental Guidance, Billy Crystal, who now resembles a very cute puffer fish, plays Artie Decker, a small-time professional baseball announcer who's essentially a nice guy. At the same time, he's a clueless crank when it comes to everything that's changed in America over the past 25 years. After being fired from his job as a broadcaster for the Fresno Grizzlies, Artie, along with his wife, Diane (Bette Midler), is asked by their daughter (Marisa Tomei) to spend five days babysitting her three children so that she and her husband (Tom Everett Scott) can go off on a holiday. (''We're the other grandparents,'' says Diane in horror, after seeing that her daughter's mantlepiece is full of smiling photographs of... the kids' paternal grandparents. The ones who are always there.)
Artie shows up, bearing sweets as a gift, only to learn that his grandchildren aren't allowed to eat sugar (Artie: ''No Carvel? That's the saddest thing I ever heard!''). It's his introduction to the fact that they've grown up in a world he didn't even know existed: a squishy and empathic, behaviorally correct, vigilantly monitored, everybody-wins universe of ''enlightened'' middle-class child-rearing, where kids are coddled as if one small blunder of insensitivity could destroy their futures. It's not enough that the daughter, Harper (Bailee Madison), who's studying the violin, is a solemn perfectionist; she has to be diagnosed with ''high achievement syndrome.'' And Turner (Joshua Rush), who stutters, attends a speech-therapy class that's so progressive the kids aren't even asked...to speak! Of course, Artie, the old-school grandpa, is having none of this. He's the bull in the china shop of the new family sensitivity. He feeds the kids ice-cream cake, watches Saw with Turner, and deals with bouts of acting out from the mop-topped young Barker (Kyle Harrison Breitkopf) by bribing him with cash.
Except that Artie also can't stop apologizing for his gauchely out-of-date point of view. At that speech class, he chides the teacher (which is funny), then begs for her forgiveness (which is not). He mixes up Barker's food on his plate (a no-no! Barker likes his portions ''not to touch'') and then basically says Sorry, sorry, I didn't know! At a kids' baseball game, when he learns that there are no outs and not even a score (lest the children end up scarred by too much competition), he gets up in the stands to protest, but that token bout of misbehavior goes nowhere either.
Parental Guidance has been slapped together by its director, Andy Fickman, and after a while it seems to run out of jokes, maybe to make room for all the crying and hug-it-out family redemption in the last half hour. In form, the movie satirizes our overly controlled era, in which an unhip grandfather like Artie, with his bad old jokes and what-the-hell approach to discipline, is far more of a free spirit than the kids who look at him like he's a dinosaur. The trouble is, the movie is structured to be on Artie's side, but it actually has too much allegiance to the new mode of parenting to allow Artie to disembowel it completely. Which makes Billy Crystal, in this role, a rebel with foam rubber teeth. C


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Nearly two weeks later, that information has yet to be delivered to the newspaper and no information from any source has appeared that would document various claims he made regarding his service.
Laughter, who is unopposed in the Democratic primary for the Bradley County government position, previously announced he had served as an EOD technician and had been awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
When he was presented by the Banner with information that appeared to contradict his service claims, Laughter acquiesced to two interviews.
The total documentation provided by Laughter through the course of those interviews was a single sheet of what he claimed was his DD214 certificate of discharge from the Navy. Laughter said he had personally redacted information from the certificate, information that would have listed duty stations and training.
Laughter's second interview also gained a commitment he would be inquiring to the service to get further documentation and pictures to provide to the Banner.
The documents and pictures requested and promised to the Banner have yet to be presented.
Since publication of the story in the April 1 edition of the Banner, the newspaper has received literally hundreds of emails and Facebook postings from around the world from former shipmates of Laughter and other members of the U.S. Navy community.
Without exception, every credible communication received refuted Laughter's version of his military record.
Emails and messages left on Laughter's cellphone by the Banner have not been returned.
Emails and phone messages requesting comment from the Bradley County Democratic Party have also gone without response. It appears earlier references regarding Laughter's campaign announcement, as well as any mention of his candidacy, have been removed from the Democratic Party's website.
Laughter stated in his candidacy announcement he "was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for his military service to our country. I served four years in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. I was an Explosive Ordinance (sic) Disposal Technician, 2nd Class, and attached to EOD Mobile Unit 2 at the end of my career."
According to Laughter's publicly releasable service data from the U.S. Navy, Laughter's military decorations do not include either the Bronze Star or Purple Heart, an award given for injuries received while engaged in actions with a hostile enemy.
The U.S. Navy information is also absent of any reference to acquiring an EOD rating — a rating which requires about a year of specialized training in explosives, dive school and parachute training.
The duty stations reported in the U.S. Navy document acquired by the Banner show Laughter went to Nuclear Field "A" School in Charleston, S.C., from Feb. 16, 2010, through April 22, 2010; Center for Surface Combat Systems Unit student in Great Lakes, Ill., from June 20, 2010, through July 13, 2010; USS Iwo Jima; and the Transient Personnel Unit in Norfolk, Va., from March 12 through April 12, 2012.
The Navy lists his last duty station as the Navy Medical Center, Portsmouth, Va. That is inconsistent with Laughter's claim his service with EOD Mobile Unit 2 came "at the end of my career."
His "end of my career" statement would also be at odds with his announcement that he spent four years, or even parts thereof, in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya. His total service listed on Navy documents was less than three years.
There is no mention of "EOD 2" in any fashion on his service history as provided by the U.S. Navy.
The Banner will continue to develop this story as information unfolds, including any developments on the presence of Laughter's name on the coming Bradley County primary ballot on May 6.


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Proposed charter changes, state bonds await voters
Thursday, October 31, 2013
SANFORD — Most of the hoopla around this year's elections has been about candidates running for municipal office, especially since voters will be choosing Sanford's first elected mayor. But there are also three questions concerning the Sanford Charter on the Nov. 5 ballot, and there is a state ballot with five bond issues.
Question 2 is an amendment to Section 610.3 of the charter. It proposes to reduce the amount of funds to be raised for the capital improvement plan (CIP) each year by the amount raised for capital improvements in the previous year's budget. So the amount raised for CIP each year will be based on a percentage of the combined operating budgets of the school and the city, minus the amount raised for CIP the prior year.
The major portion of the proposed bonds — $100 million — is for highway and bridge reconstruction projects and other transportation related projects. Three of the proposed bond issues would improve and enhance educational facilities and opportunities throughout the state, and another would improve the Maine Army National Guard's facilities.
The construction project is expected to cost about $6.5 million, of which YCCC has raised $1.2 million so far.
Question 2: Do you favor a $15.5 million bond issue to enhance educational and employment opportunities for Maine citizens and students by updating and improving existing laboratory and classroom facilities of the University of Maine System statewide?
Question 3: Do you favor a $100 million bond issue for reconstruction and rehabilitation of highways and bridges and for facilities or equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, freight and passenger railroads, aviation and transit, to be used to match an estimated $154 million in federal and other funds?
■ $24 million would be spent on facilities and equipment related to ports, harbors, marine transportation, aviation, railroads (both passenger and freight), and transit (public transportation), as well as improvements at the International Marine Terminal in Portland. If approved, the investment is expected to generate up to $52 million in federal funds and up to $19 million in local and private funds.
If approved, the funds will be spent by the Maine Community College System as follows:
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Listening to former Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Jay Feaster talk about the Washington Capitals goalies on NHL Home Ice yesterday, I was struck by a number of things.
The first thing that caught me is how poor Feaster's credentials are when it comes to evaluating goaltenders. After winning the Stanley Cup in 2004 with Nikolai Khabibulin, Feaster helped drive the Lightning into the ground by employing a frightful succession of incompetent starters. In 2005-06, John Grahame was the starting goaltender, with Sean Burke (by then in the twilight of his career) filling the backup role. Neither returned for 2006-07, replaced by disappointing Columbus goaltender Marc Denis, who was supplanted midseason by unheralded journeyman Johan Holmqvist. Holmqvist was retained for 2007-08, splitting the crease with Denis, rookie Karri Ramo, and deadline acquisition Mike Smith. The common denominator? In those three seasons, not one of the players selected by Feaster to backstop his team was able to crack a .900 save percentage – a number which would have been subpar for even a backup. The cherry on top of that chocolate sundae of failure was Feaster's column earlier this season explaining that not adding Tomas Vokoun was one of the best moves he ever made as a manager, a column gleefully and competently eviscerated by Kent Wilson.
Suffice to say, I'm not inclined to take Feaster's declaration that what separates the Washington Capitals from other contending teams is their incompetent goaltending on the basis of his illustrious reputation. Still, his argument deserves some examination. Let's compare Washington to the other seven teams currently holding on to a spot in the Eastern Conference playoffs and see how their goaltending matches up. We'll use even-strength save percentage as the measuring stick, as it removes the bias caused by different penalty killing units.
Player | Team | EV SV% |
Semyon Varlamov | Washington | 0.935 |
Tuukka Rask | Boston | 0.935 |
Jaroslav Halak | Montreal | 0.933 |
Ryan Miller | Buffalo | 0.932 |
Ray Emery | Philadelphia | 0.930 |
Martin Brodeur | New Jersey | 0.925 |
Carey Price | Montreal | 0.919 |
Tim Thomas | Boston | 0.915 |
Marc-Andre Fleury | Pittsburgh | 0.913 |
Brian Elliott | Ottawa | 0.910 |
Interesting numbers, those. Martin Brodeur is having a disappointing season by his standards, but his .925 SV% is still above average for an NHL starter – last year, the 30 most used goalies in the league averaged .921 at even-strength. Aside from Brodeur, Ryan Miller is having a very strong season and Ray Emery would be much more highly regarded if he stopped a few more pucks on the penalty kill.
The three goalies at the top of the list are all young and all having breakout seasons. Jaroslav Halak has been rightly praised for his tremendous work, and may even have usurped Carey Price as Montreal's goalie of the future. He has certainly claimed the 'goalie of the present' role. Tuukka Rask has also played very well, supplanting last year's Vezina Trophy winner, Tim Thomas.
At the top of the pack is Semyon Varlamov, who remains underrated, probably because of how few games he's played. It's a little surprising, especially after he performed so well in last year's playoffs – among Eastern Conference goaltenders, only Tim Thomas had a better even-strength save percentage than Varlamov's .926. The only thing against Varlamov is that he's young, but despite his youth his results have been very impressive. Add in the fact that Jose Theodore's a serviceable backup whose numbers over the last two seasons have been decent, and the fact that the goalie market isn't exactly flooded with attractive options, and I can't for the life of me imagine why the Capitals would sink money and assets in a new goalie at the trade deadline.
Any of the players available (most frequently mentioned are Marty Turco and Martin Biron) would represent a gamble on the Capitals part; if they're going to gamble they might as well gamble on the guy they have.


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on November 2, 2011Everyone who believes Bank of America has been talked out of raising these fees in perpetuity, please stand on your head.
Thank you.
Regardless of the learned opinions of famed New York public-relations specialists and I haven't had in faith in them since that day back in '57 when Sidney Falco sold me out to that bastard, Hunsecker (above) I still don't trust the people who run Bank of America as far as I can throw them. And I certainly do not choose to believe that they have suddenly grown either a conscience, or less greedy. The same thing goes for the politicians who enable them.
In conclusion, allow me to present... a metaphor:
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Software Developer seeking a role of greater challenge and responsibility with the ability to continue to grow my skill set.
I got my start developing software with PHP in high school, writing small apps for fun. Prior to that, I taught myself BASIC on an old Apple II that was given to me in middle school.
Since then, I've embraced Software Development as a career. I love creating websites and applications, so much so that I spend part of my free time catching up with new industry trends and technologies.
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February 2013 - Current
Software Developer, Grand Canyon University
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Developed applications with integration into SharePoint 2010 using ASP.NET MVC with between 100 and 5000 users consisting of both internal employees and external students and faculty. Examples include an application to facilitate tracked messaging between doctoral students and their dissertation sponsors with support for attachments, and an application to facilitate moving files from a file share into a SharePoint document library with rules for naming, locations, content types, among others.
Supported existing SharePoint 2007 farms with high availability requirements.
Created, maintained, and added additional features to new and existing InfoPath forms hosted in both SharePoint 2007 and SharePoint 2010 environments.
Worked with the SharePoint 2010 BCS to increase visibility of business critical data.
Sr. Software Developer (SharePoint 2010), Schuff Steel
December 2010 - June 2011
Served as the primary in-house SharePoint development resource.
Responsibilities included developing custom solutions to fit business needs. Examples include a change requests solution for the IT department, managing integration between SharePoint and other applications, and building, maintaining, and administering the SharePoint development servers
Software Developer, Apollo Group, Inc.
July 2007 - November 2010
Developed ASP.NET web parts, SharePoint Features, and Custom Web Services to extend the SharePoint platform and add custom functionality designed to supplement or replace existing business systems.
Developed a set of custom webparts to help facilitate communication and information sharing within the company that was used by over 65,000 employees nationwide. Examples include a custom stock ticker webpart that pulls stock quotes from an existing web service on the internet and a classified ads site that leverages SharePoint as a platform and data store.
Responsibilities included mentoring junior developers, identifying technical requirements, and working with customers to ensure quality.
Technicial Support Specialist, iBAHN
July 2006 - June 2007
Provided technical support for wired and wireless networks in hotels around the world.
Responsible for troubleshooting escalated tickets and working with on-site network engineers and hotel employees to resolve issues.
B.S. Computer Science, Neumont University
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Project lead on a few projects throughout the course of the degree
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So 2 almost 3 hours later I finally have a not so passable reply. I mean Nash has done what many haven't and actually listed why they liked the old map instead of just saying: "OMG new map suxxor please uninstall RIOT DON'T WANT!" But still there has yet to be a coherent response to answer what is it that made this new one bad. Was it the alters, does something need to be done about them, is it the map layout as a whole, if so what parts can you point to as big problems, was the removal of jungle buffs what has you all up in a fit. Look I loved old TT but from an objective stand point I really don't see that much of a difference, after many games with my friends (despite me loosing my main account) on the old TT this one seems much the same with some interesting differences. No, I would not call the new one better, but I feel that it may only be my, and to make a judgement call here our nostalgia towards and older iteration of this design that we cling to. When TV was invented my great grandparents told my grandparents that TV was a horrible awful devil machine that should be stayed away from. (Actually that was my parents and my grandparents but none the less) And when I was very young my parents told me video games will rot my brain and give me stds and all sorts of made up "change hating" lies. I submit that all of the people here who cannot give me a unbiased oppinion and discuss what it is that really needs to be fixed (as I said, is it the jungle? the items? the alters? or even all three?) That is exactly what RIOT asked of us in their post because that's what we should be doing, they can easily enough move a few things around, play with the top jungle again what ever you need them to do, but to go back to an older iteration of a forward moving design for nothing but subjective nostalgia and wild claims will not be answered by RIOT or any game company for that matter. Imagine if WoW listened to you guys, they would remove battlegrounds, go back to 40 man raids that dropped less gear, they would get rid of faster mounts and flying around anywhere just because nostalgia dictates that a game that is constantly being changed needs to not be changed. If you like living in the past it is extremely easy to download an emulator and go and play metroid, because that new fangled super metroid allows you to duck and shoot, instead of using bombs to kill the most common enemy in the game. What if RIOT had ever listened to people like you? We wouldn't even have Garen, actually if they just wanted to be nostalgic and not try anything new then we would still just be playing dota, if you don't like change go play dota2. They've updated the graphics but done nothing, hardly, to change the gameplay if living in the past is your thing then do it somewhere else. Do it where you don't harm a company trying to push a medium/genre forward. Go play emulator games, enjoy your FF7 and your Duck Hunt, they are fun games but stay the HELL away from games that are trying to do what you and so many others claim to want: Change. If you don't want people to change anything then stop telling us that we need to. I can make a Call of Duty clone in a couple of months with a sub-par, under payed, novice team but that won't make you happy. Cling not to the past and look towards the future. Eat the cake or keep it, not both.
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Hmm. I seem to not be getting this point through well. The design process is employed by riot is known as iterative design. which means... let me look up a definition to help this along. "Iterative design is a design methodology based on a cyclic process of prototyping, testing, analyzing, and refining a product or process. Based on the results of testing the most recent iteration of a design, changes and refinements are made. This process is intended to ultimately improve the quality and functionality of a design. In iterative design, interaction with the designed system is used as a form of research for informing and evolving a project, as successive versions, or iterations of a design are implemented." -Wikipedia So this is what we know that riot uses, in fact let me find that piece of evidence for you as well. "Lets be clear: this will be an iterative process. We know that your games are going to play out differently than youre used to and well be watching like a hawk for any issues that we need to patch" -Morello Alright now Morello is just talking about this coming patch in this quote but looking at league history we can see this is the message that has been repeated throughout time. Now we also know because beta testing, and I mean REAL beta testing not previews called betas (for more on that the WoW dev blog could be cited), is part and parcel of the iterative design process. So from this we can begin to see that this beta map is part being working through this design philosophy so that is what it should be measured against, not against your ideas of cars... Actually cars... good example. The design of cars is also, typically, iterative. So lets look at two links: http://www.hubcaps.org/blog/wp-conte...oletimpala.jpg that is a 1973 Chevy Impala. A classic American car that some would argue is the one of the best most iconic cars of all time, however it's design is an iterative process so in 1985 we get this photo: http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/chevrol...ala-1985-1.jpg now this car is not alot of peoples favorites, many would say they took a great design and made it worse but they also usually can't point at why. (mostly because ascetics matter in both the case of the cars and the maps and that is something that you don't just put your finger onto easily. As the years have gone by the Chevy impala of the 70s has grown into a legend and has quite the following, but Chevy despite this has NEVER gone back and made the same car twice why? Because iterative design says so, basically. Now before you tackle me for that statement let me explain. When making a game, a car, a house, designing anything using the iterative method you never take a step backwards (or rarely... like really rarely) and in fact taking a step back is exactly what this design process is NOT about so by doing so you break your tool you are using to make the game. You can look towards the past. You can say: "Damn that red lizard buff really made for some interesting fights, we should put a buff like that instead of the speed buff." But you cannot just go back. Ever... I hesitate to say it but from my long exposure to this industry I have never seen a company go back on a design decision in a game. They may change it. They may modify it to look or act more like the old system, but they will (almost) never go back on that choice. Every spot, every angle of the new TT map was combed over by level designers, systems designers, champion designers, and each choice was made to fit the meta and the TT they want, which as artists that is there right, but forgetting that. This is not how we should be helping them. If you want the lizard buff back, then ask for it but just saying "Don't want!" you do nothing to help them, or yourself. The great designers at Riot Games do not believe in your backwards corporate "new coke v. coke classic" logic. They aren't trying to mass produce content and shove 1 kind of soda down the throats of many Americans. They aren't trying to give you a new shiny car to drive around in but don't like as much. They are trying to make the 3v3 environment something a bit more competitive. Something that you would actually want to watch the world finals for. Riot wants eSports rise up across the world. Not make a bunch of people who like things that are older because they are more comfortable. I really hope some people read this. Too much work for just a bunch of people who think they know how games work. It's an art form, not a mass produced product. This represents more man hours than the average movie or TV series, respect it as such.
Out with the old in with the new!Love the new Map.
I don't want to argue this point further. I will now defeat you with your own name. The logical fallacy presented in my opponents case is the fallacy known as the bandwagon which is: Appealing to popularity or the fact that more people like/do something as an attempt at validation. This is not true it breaks one of logic's oh so sacred rules. The second issue here is your mis-persecption of time, I'm sorry but my skills in debate are not great enough to find the fallacy for this one. You believe, or your last statement leads me to believe that you.... believe, that this hasn't already happened. It has. You it is not 2013 but the 2013 Chevy Impala has been designed, you can't change that now, it's hit the show room floor, or should shortly. This has been made from a design perspective it exists and is the next step in design, period. To further this argument this beta is out, the public has seen it and we can no longer go back on this, we can only take pieces. Progress marches forward and we have little control of that. This is done. The decision has been made. You cannot argue or talk from a perspective of something that is over. You can't say after you bomb Japan that we should go back on the decision. The design of this map was not conducive to the idea that it was based off of. Riot argues that this map is everything they wanted in TT originally and you argue that this map hasn't happened and ignore the design document, the original idea about this fast paced gank heavy game type.


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Hi Jerry, do you think Courtney Lawes' strong performance against Castres last week and his man-of-the-match display against Ospreys this week are enough to earn a starting spot in the England second row for the autumn internationals ahead of Geoff Parling or Joe Launchbury? marchthe14th
Hi marchthe14th, without doubt Lawes has put in some headline performances recently and they will have caught the eye of England boss Stuart Lancaster.
In my opinion he's a better player this season for adding an attacking element to his play, rather than just looking for the next player to tackle. Lawes' timing couldn't have been better and personally I would pick him ahead of Parling for the first Test, against Australia on 2 November, but I think Lancaster will select Parling. It's all very close though.
Top story this week, obviously, is Cardiff Blues smashing Toulon. Do you think we can springboard from this and get out of the group? CymruBlue
Hi CymruBlue, with one point separating first to fourth this pool is wide open, but it's hard to look past Toulon finishing top. For Cardiff to progress as one of the two best runners-up they've got to be looking at having 20 or more points, so winning three of the next four games, with at least one bonus point, is a must if they are to have a realistic chance of going through.
Winning round three against Glasgow at home with that bonus point would give them the start required and the incentive to make it. But Glasgow and Exeter are in the same position and I can see a scenario where they cancel each other out and only the pool winner will go through.
Jerry, Cardiff beating Toulon was a major upset and brought this competition over the weekend alight. Surely this shows that we need the Heineken Cup as there is no better club tournament in the northern hemisphere and that it is exciting and tense. Proud Celt
Hi Proud Celt, have no fear, in my opinion there will be a European competition next season - it will just be a different format and have a different broadcaster televising it.
Ulster clearly played outstandingly in their away victory over French giants Montpellier on Saturday. Do you think Ulster have the ability and belief to win away in France again this season against the likes of Clermont and Toulon? Also, how would you rate Paddy Jackson's performance against the other fly-halves in this tournament so far? lewisbrock
Hi Lewis, I don't believe many neutrals would bet on an Ulster win against Toulon or Clermont away from home. As for PJ, he's doing a good job and holding his own amongst his positional peers.
Jerry, was Thierry Dusatoir's post-match statement on Friday the biggest understatement this year: "With Gillian [Galan] and Louis [Picamoles], the other sides are less comfortable." Is Galan the biggest man you have ever seen? The most physical team in England (possibly in Britain) were not physical enough. Ominous. StandUpForTheSaracens
Hi StandUpForTheSaracens, these two fellas are enormous but I still think Montpellier's Georgian number eight Mamuka Gorgodze is more powerful. Having said that, Galan must be playing out of his skin to keep Picamoles out of the Toulouse team, because the France number eight was one of the best players in the world last season.
I remember watching Gorgodze running through players like a bowling ball smashing pins out of the way - brutal. However, to put these three players in perspective, Jonah Lomu was the same size but could run twice as fast!
Remember though, you don't always have to match the power and size of a team - you can be smarter and win too.
Jeremy, the Ospreys' pack seem to have come off second best in the first two weeks of the Heineken Cup, particularly in the scrums, where they were expected to have the ascendency. Do you think there is something significant in this, given at least four of the front five will be starters for Wales in the autumn internationals? Arawn
Hi Arawn, there has been a fair amount of expectation surrounding the Ospreys to produce the goods in Europe for a number of years now but it hasn't happened. For me, the missing elements are a combination of wanting to do it for one another and mental toughness.
We can all see the experienced internationals in the team - how they don't manage to put together performances for the Ospreys of the same standard as they produce for their country is bewildering and frustrating. I can only think they don't believe they're good enough, which tells me the spirit within the whole squad isn't right.
Will Clermont ever lose at home? Sunday's win over Harlequins was their 65th in a row at the Stade Marcel Michelin. Fergal Spencer
Hi Fergal, that record has to go at some stage but I can't tell you when that'll be - they're a very good squad, as we know. In my opinion the likes of Toulon, Toulouse and Leinster, on their day, have the ability to do the job.
Hi Jerry, do you think the All Blacks will be undefeated at the end of the year, or can any team (of those left to face them) stop them? Azaer
Hi Azaer, I can't see anyone beating the All Blacks - they really are the best team in the world. They're not the strongest or most powerful but their overall technique, game understanding and skill level in all positions makes them pretty unbeatable.
There's always a chance that teams can produce a performance like England's last season but I'm not expecting one this time round.
The Aberavon v Bristol match was abandoned because of the sudden appearance of a large hole in the pitch. What is the strangest reason you know of for the abandonment of a game? Wrexhamstalwart
Jerry, I was at the Aberavon-Bristol match which had to be abandoned late in the second half because of a huge hole in the pitch. What was the most extraordinary third-party intervention that you witnessed during your playing career? john_adv
Hi, Wrexhamstalwart and John, I remember a fixture as a junior at a club in the region where we refused to play because of the amount of dog poop on the field!
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23rd October 2013 - 22:55The Lions tour was great but if Corbisiero and O'Brien hadn't fronted, the Lions would not have won ....
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To be fair,I would like to think we had enough quality in Wales to beat Japan,but with the team we put out and Japan's performance you can't argue with the result, guess we will just have to back to beating England., sorry just kidding, if Wales are to mount a challenge in the WC we have to look at winning at least 3/4 AI games like Woodward did pre 2003, should be some close games coming up -
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1. The Rabo teams have huge travel costs due to in being pan european so any weaker teams could not afford to travel.
2. If Glasgow playing superb entertaining rugby are struggling to get enough support how will 2 other teams cope?
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A luxury 30 minute Decleor facial. Give your skin a boost of radiance with this time precious facial with powerful ingredients and essential oils..
Mini Manicure
A 20 minute mini manicure using Jessica nail care leaving your hand and nails feeling and looking like new.
Light Lunch
Take time out from your pampering and enjoy a light lunch from the Hotels delightful menu.
Full use of the facilities
Swimming pool Sauna and steam rooms Fully equipped gym for the more active
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- London
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This experience is valid for 6 months from date of purchase. Please bring appropriate swimwear. This is not suitable for spectators. This experience is for one person only. This experience is available seven days per week and is suitable for group bookings of up to 6 people. Towels will be provided. Treatments are in separate treatment rooms. This voucher must be produced on arrival, failure to produce a valid voucher will not allow access to Aquilla Spa. Treatments are booked at the allocated times. It is your responsibility to arrive before your allocated treatment time. Any late entrance will be taken out of your treatment time and may result in cancellation of your treatment The treatments you have selected are reserved especially for you. A cancellation charge for the full value of the treatment will be taken, unless the cancellation is made within 24 hours of the treatment date. To avoid disappointment we recommend all treatments be booked, in advance. Treatment rooms are individual, separate rooms. Steam and Sauna Rooms are individual 'same sex', separate rooms. Although we aim to accommodate all guests, we would however advise that due to access limitations, this club is May not be suitable for reduced mobility guests
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I have a recipe that calls for 6 egg whites. I have bought the egg whites that come in a carton for this recipe, but I don't know how much to measure out. Does anybody know? |
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It should tell you on the box. |
12 tablespoons? I have never seen egg whites in a carton, but one egg contains about two tablespoons of egg white. Cook's Thesaurus may have more info. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Cook's Thesaurus
Thanks...now I can make my mini angel cake! |
Mini angel cake? Please share the recipe. A large one is just too big for us. Have fun baking! |
I'll do that tomorrow, Msmarion....I'm switching to another computer and I'm not real smooth at it yet! |
.....and just so you aren't measuring 12 tablespoons of egg whites, that is 3/4th of a cup. |
Thanks, Marygail! |
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Swedish Massage (1 hr.) $70.00
This relaxing massage is designed to reduce stress, improve blood circulation, and eliminates toxins from the body. With Stone Massage Plus $25.00 Stress Reliever (30 min) $65.00 Targets Back, Neck, Shoulders and Scalp to release stress and headaches. Head to Toe Massage (75 min) $90.00 A relaxing massage that concentrates on the entire body including scalp and face. It calms the nervous system bringing you a sense of inner peace & tranquility. Hot River Stone Massage (75 min) $110.00 Softly rounded water heated stones take on a comfort inducing to ease muscle tension. Reflexology Massage (30 min) $50.00 Ancient art of massage that brings a sense of comfort and relaxation to body, and mind. Pressure point is applied on the feet or hands to release stress, eliminate toxins, and reestablish the balancing on the body. Deep Tissue Massage (1 hr.) $90.00 A combination of acupressure & therapeutic deep pressure to melt away tension. |
Aromatherapy Massage (1hr.) $70.00
With the use of natures aromatic pure essential oils, & soft lit candles, this beneficial treatment includes a Swedish massage to induce complete relaxation, reduce stress & soothe your cares away! Prenatal Massage (50 min) $90.00 Gentle and effective massage that relieves aching back, swollen feet and sore muscles for the mother-to-be. Trigar Point Therapy (1 hr.) $80.00 This therapeutic massage targets muscle spasms in the body, and releases them through the use of direct static pressure. Therapeutic Massage (50 min) $80.00 Combination of deep tissue massage and other massage techniques to release muscle pain and tightness. Will improve range of motion and promote relaxation while easing muscle aches and pain. Post-Op (Lymphatic Massage) (60 min.) $90.00 With ultrasound Plus $25.00 gentle form of massage that stimulates the lymphatic system to improve metabolism, promote the removal of bodily toxins and waste, and encourages a healthy immune system. For athletes, Cosmetic surgical patients, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue sufferers, as well as those wanting a fresh look may want to consider lymphatic massage. |


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In 1989 my husband and I built our house on a super low budget. The shower he built lasted until about 1995 or so, when we ripped it out with hopes of a remodel. One thing led to another and we just didn't get it done until now. Luckily we had two other showers to use as well as an outside shower that he loves and uses from May until October.
We are usually DIY'ers, but we just couldn't wrap our heads around what to do. We met with a couple of different designers who were also General Contractors. One of them stood out and we really liked her design ideas. It was a real treat to have someone else do all the work, though it was expensive. And the Elfa Closet!! My clothes are not worthy! Beth P. |
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ur tile is beautiful. is it slate is it real slate or porcelain. if porcelain, what is it and where can i buy it? |
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Bethpen, this is beautiful. Details please! Specifically, what material dis you use to undermount your tub? What is tub? Did you slope the bench Into shower for water to drain? We would like to use a slab across tub and into shower as well. Thanks! |
very nice. love the tub filler faucet, what is it? |
It's so pretty and totally different than any I've seen. I like that! Just beautiful. |
Thank you all! The shower wall and floor tiles are porcelain, Fioranese Laguna Seca tile. The more decorative tile, Anatolia Sierra Ledger is stone (I think?). I'm pretty sure she got both at Best Tile. The counters and tub surround are Caesarstone. The color is Mink I think, 4350H. I LOVE it. More calm than a granite would have been, but still has some interest, even a little sparkle in the right light. We didn't know to slope into the shower, so that is a concern. The good news is after a quick wipe (top and bottom), it dries really fast. The Tub and sinks are Kohler Archer, and the Tub filler is Kohler Bancroft. We used the Bancroft for the sinks and I think one of the shower heads. We ended up mixing and matching a little with those. The towel warmer is a Runtal. We installed it because we already had a heating line going in there. It looks great, except for the two valves that go into the wall, they're kind of industrial and ugly. I guess most of the radiators that they sell (and all that they show in their literature) are electric. I'm sure I won't care at all next Winter in New England. Olychick, thank you for your nice comments. Seeing photos of your bathroom kept me hopeful that we could do it! Beth P. |
- Posted by northminnesota (My Page) on Thu, May 12, 11 at 20:09
I just posted pics of our Archer tub and sinks! The tub is great! |
- Posted by transitional (My Page) on Fri, May 13, 11 at 16:18
I love, love, love your bathroom! So much so that it's exactly what I'm doing in mine. My husband was set on getting slate and this is finally a look that I can agree on. If you don't mind could I get a few more details? What curbing or sill was used? It kindof looks like your countertop? What tile did you go with for the shower floor and do you have a closer pic of that? When I went shopping for tile I could only find multi-color, copper and autumn. Do you know if yours was in one of these color categories? It all just looks beautiful!!! |
Transitional, thank you! The curbing is the same caesarstone as the counter. The shower floor is a really dark pebble with a dark, blackish grout. I will take photos tomorrow. I'm pretty sure the color is Laguna Seca. It's hard to tell from an online sample because the colors vary SO much in the box. Beth P. |
Oh MY!!!!! Lovely, just lovely!! Especially loving the use of the Caesarstone... you've got the perfect color blending with your tile, but setting off the tub. If some of you haven't bothered to look closely because of the tiny size, it's worth clicking a photo to go directly to flickr! |
It's beautiful! I love the Caesarstone, I'm also a fan of a calmer material for the countertops particularly when you have a lot of other movement going on with tile as you do. And the color is gorgeous. Congratulations! |
I love your bathroom - love all the choices you made - stunning. You noted that your bathtub is a Kohler Archer, all the Kohler archers I see online have a ledge around it I guess as kind of an armrest, your bathtub doesn't seem to have it - is it an older model? I definitely like your tub better Thanks, |
Here is a link that might be useful: Archer Tub
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What cabinet hardware did you use? I haven't seen anything like it so far. |
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We continue to track news coverage of the role national service participants have played in the Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery effort for the last few months. This week, our collection of stories includes one about two AmeriCorps members who spent their holiday away from home, helping people in New York and New Jersey recover from the storm.
We've been tracking news coverage of the role our national service participants have played in the Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery effort for the last few months. Here are some of the latest stories, including two personal reflections by AmeriCorps members.
This post was originally published on the FEMA Blog on Dec. 21, 2012.
The Hurricane Sandy recovery continues with more than 1,660 national service participants deployed in response to the storm and 715 currently serving on the ground and working with the storm's victims. At this time 407 members of FEMA Corps, an AmeriCorps NCCC unit, have deployed or are being re-routed to New York and New Jersey to support FEMA Emergency Response operations in those areas.
Even though there are plenty of distractions around the holiday season, let's not forget the victims of Hurricane Sandy who are still reassembling their lives in the storm's aftermath. The Corporation for National and Community Service joins other federal and national agencies in the recovery effort with a commitment that's used by our Disaster Services Unit: "You can count on us to respond fast and stay last."
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As of Monday, November 19, nearly 1,300 national service participants have been deployed to assist with the Hurricane Sandy response with approximately 1,049 currently serving in disaster-affected areas.
Last week, I led a delegation to New York and New Jersey to visit sites providing disaster assistance to people affected by Hurricane Sandy. Throughout the day, we were joined by local elected officials who are working hard to meet the needs of their communities. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, New Jersey Lt. Gov. and Secretary of State Kim Guadagno, U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), and New York City Councilman Brad Lander each joined us for a portion of the day.
President Obama visited with members of FEMA Corps, a unit of AmeriCorps NCCC, during his November 15 trip to survey the Hurricane Sandy damage in Staten Island, NY. A small contingent of the 428 FEMA Corps members currently serving in New York and New Jersey met the President at a Staten Island Disaster Recovery Center as the scene was broadcast across the nation.
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All too often, when I wander through a megaplex lobby, I'll glance up at a poster for some forthcoming romantic comedy, and the two stars beaming at each other will look as if they've been placed there by accident, a celebrity dating service -- by anything but the destiny of love. Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston? Why not Lisa Kudrow and John Cusack? Josh Hartnett and Maggie Gyllenhaal? Jessica Simpson and DMX? (I mean, really -- why not?) Putting these pairs together isn't about chemistry; it's about the physics of meshing demographics. These are romances shaped by agents and focus groups and by the directors who think like them. It's no wonder movies like Along Came Polly have all the spontaneity of corporate mergers.
Which is not to say that they're always unwatchable. I chuckled a few times at ''Along Came Polly,'' if only because Ben Stiller is willing to stoop as low as he can to turn himself into a clown prince of humiliation: the man who would be dork. As Reuben Feffer, a risk assessor at an insurance firm, Stiller is playing a domesticated masochist, a fellow so cautious and tame he won't dare to eat from a bowl of nuts at a bar for fear of consuming everyone else's bathroom germs. It's enough to make you wonder how he got to be buddies with Sandy (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a tortured vulgarian who tells you when his flatulence carries a little something...extra. (Hoffman might be playing the Method Jack Black.)
The setup for ''Along Came Polly'' is ''The Heartbreak Kid'' in reverse, with Reuben, on the first day of his St. Barts honeymoon, discovering that his wife (Debra Messing) has entwined her flippers with a French scuba hunk (Hank Azaria). Back in New York, he's despondent until he meets Polly (Aniston), a former junior high acquaintance who has grown up into a lovely, if flaky, underachiever. The two appear to like each other, so the only real obstacle to their affair is Reuben's mania for cautious self-control.
Having giggled at ''Meet the Parents'' and, even more so, at the underrated ''Zoolander,'' I have stumbled, I think, onto the golden principle of Ben Stiller comedy: When he acts like an obvious, uptight moron, as in the bit where Reuben tries to plunge out Polly's stuffed-up toilet with her $200 loofah or dances at an underground salsa club as if he had five tangled limbs, he's no funnier than Adam Sandler on a lukewarm day. But when Stiller acts like an obvious, uptight moron who has decided he's cool, he's extremely funny. Witness his return trip to that salsa floor, where he does a disco tango routine swishy enough to make Ricky Ricardo retch.
It doesn't say a lot for one's leading-man prospects when you're at your funniest looking bad while trying to look good. Playing men named Feffer and Focker, Stiller, with his choppy haircut and simian stoop and gritted-teeth grin, has become the Last Jewish Loser in a world of streamlined Hollywood WASPs. ''Along Came Polly'' is nothing if not a chick flick for guys. The fantasy of Stiller rescued by Jennifer Aniston as a taut-bellied, genially undemanding princess whose greatest flaw is that her apartment is a bit messy could easily prove more pleasing to men than to the women who may wonder if she's settling. I'm enough of a fan of Aniston's ordinary-girl sparkle to feel that she generates a facsimile of chemistry just by gazing at Stiller with equal parts disparagement and warmth. But ''Along Came Polly'' leaves you wondering what these two will look like when the honeymoon is over.