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And now for something completely different. Craig Robinson of Flip Flop Flyball gets weird and wonderful on us with this thought experiment: what if a baseball diamond had FIVE bases? No need to say much more, just open your mind and enjoy!
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Flip Flop Fly Ball: Diamonds Aren't Forever – Five Base Baseball?
Posted by Craig Robinson under Flip Flop Fly Ball on May 23, 2013
Flip Flop Fly Ball: Playing Manager
Posted by Craig Robinson under Flip Flop Fly Ball on Apr 30, 2013
The latest and greatest from Craig Robinson tracks the post-playing careers for all today's active managers. From years as a bench coach to years in the wilderness, Craig creates a virtual CV for every manager in the game today. Enjoy!
Flip Flop Fly Ball: Opening Day
Posted by Craig Robinson under Flip Flop Fly Ball on Apr 03, 2013
Flip Flop Fly Ball: Ties That Bind
Posted by Craig Robinson under Flip Flop Fly Ball on Mar 05, 2013
He's back! After a trip to the disabled list, Craig Robinson is back with his latest infographic. A long look at the history of tied games throughout the ages. Tell your sister you miss her and think about the scourge of the tie across the ages.
Flip Flop Fly Ball: The Toronto Blue Jays Draft History
Posted by Craig Robinson under Flip Flop Fly Ball, Toronto Blue Jays on Jan 16, 2013
Ed. Note: The Rule 4 amateur draft is one of the most important days of the baseball year. Making the right selection on draft day reverberates throughout an organization, just as whiffing on a pick keeps general managers and scouting directors up at night.
Drafting is important but isn't the be all, end all. The Toronto Blue Jays have a decent draft record over the past two decades. The team has, at times, been decent. That's it. How did it happen? Craig Robinson dig into the Blue Jays drafting with the latest Flip Flop Fly Ball infographic.
Flip Flop Fly Ball: Kevin Youkilis – An Anatomical Diagram
Posted by Craig Robinson under Flip Flop Fly Ball on Dec 19, 2012
Kevin Youkilis did the unthinkable this month when he agreed to join the New York Yankees on a one-year contract. After playing all but 80 of his 1033 career games for the Boston Red Sox, this caused many to wonder about Youkilis' makeup. What kind of a man is he, after all? Luckily, our very own Craig Robinson was able to get to the bottom of this mystery by cutting to the very core of Kevin Youkilis. The results are below. Click and click again for the full-sized version and enjoy!
Flip Flop Fly Ball – Losing One's Religion
Posted by Craig Robinson under Flip Flop Fly Ball on Nov 21, 2012
As noted this morning, News Corp and the New York Yankees are now awfully cosy. This news does not sit well with all Yankees fans, most notably our own Craig Robinson. Seems Craig is now in search of a new team. Follow his process as he seeks a new rooting interest. Enjoy!
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The only Oregon berry crop that seemed to decline somewhat this season was strawberries, Malensky said. The harvest lasted just over two weeks with the bulk of the crop going to processors in Japan, he said.
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Processors will get all of Oregon Packing's black raspberries, Malensky said.
"We've had a good crop, but prices were soft because the processors still have inventory from last year," he said.
Berry lovers are very fond of the flavor of the black raspberries, Malensky said, but the variety does not sell well as fresh fruit because of its short shelf life.
The latest of the berry varieties at Hurst's is the kiwi berry, which will be available well into October, Perkins said. A hurdle that kiwi berry grower-shippers have to overcome, he said, is the consumers' general lack of knowledge about the fruit.
"A big part of our push is education," he said. "We start with the label and let people know it's an item that is best when it is a little soft."
Perkins expects sales of kiwi berries to grow.
"It's a product people are starting to appreciate," he said.
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Retailers remain the biggest customers for Oregon's blueberries, but there is growing interest in foodservice, Malensky said. Unlike some other types of berries, blueberries hold well, he said, which is an advantage for foodservice operators.
"They're just phenomenal to work with because they wait for you," Malensky said.
Perkins also sees foodservice as an area that "still has tremendous growth potential."
Shoppers in the Southwest have been slower than consumers in other regions of the country to jump on the blueberry bandwagon, but Perkins said things are changing, especially in California.
He points to that state's burgeoning blueberry industry as a catalyst for the growing popularity of blueberries among Californians.
"It helps when the fruit is grown in their own backyard," he said.
The proximity of the harvest does not seem to be an issue that affects foreign blueberry fans. More than 50% of Oregon Packing's blueberry crop will be exported, Malensky said.
There's no concern at Hurst's Berry Farm that its other berries will steal market share from blueberries.
"The growth in blues in recent years has been phenomenal," he said, "I don't think the specialty berries are cutting into the blues. I think they are riding the wave."
A reason for that ride, he said, is that retailers are looking for more space to promote berries in general.
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Matt Glaser is a renowned violinist that has been credited with mastering all forms of jazz. He helped form, and is the chairman of, the Berklee String Department. Glaser was helped into the spotlight by legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, and has performed at such prestigious locations as Carnegie Hall and the White House.
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[1559] Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Noncirrhotic Livers: Morphology, Immunophenotype, and Clinical Outcome.
Ta-Chiang Liu, Neeta Vachharajani, William C Chapman, Elizabeth M Brunt. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background: The majority of hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) arise in the setting of cirrhosis, from an established sequence of premalignant events; liver cell adenomas (LCA) arise in a hormonally or metabolically stimulated liver. Less is understood regarding the pathogenesis of non-cirrhotic (NC) HCC.
Design: Forty consecutive resected or transplanted cases of NC-HCC between 1997 and 2009 were collected. Routine and immunohistochemical (IHC) stains for p53, keratin (K) 19, β-catenin, glutamine synthetase (GS), glypican-3 (GPC-3), and liver fatty acid binding protein (LFABP) were analyzed. Tumor grading was by Edmondson-Steiner (E-S) criteria.
Results: Among the 40 patients, 26 (65%) were men; the mean age at surgery was 66 yrs (range 18 to 77 yr). 34 (85%) had no evidence of liver disease; 2 (5%) had HBV, 3 (7.5%) HCV, 1 (2.5%) had both HBV and HCV. Two (2.5%) with chronic hepatitis also had alcoholic liver disease. Eight (20%) patients were diabetic and 11 (27.5%) were obese. None had cirrhosis. The average tumor size was 7.2 cm (mean 1.5 – 19cm). Seven (17.5%) were E-S grade 1 and had vascular ectasias similar to adenomas; 28 (70%) were grade 2, 2 (5%) were grade 3, and 3 (7.5%) were grade 4. Three cases (7.5%) showed features of combined HCC-cholangiocarcinoma, and two (5%) showed > 50% clear cell changes. Nine cases (22.5%) showed strong nuclear p53 staining in >10% tumor cells. K19 was detected in 7 (17.5%). The majority of the cases showed diffuse cytoplasmic expression of GS (95%), but did not express nuclear β-catenin (95%). Patchy cytoplasmic expression of GPC-3 was seen in 16 (40%), whereas diffuse expression was seen in 11 (27.5%); 13 (32.5%) were negative. Various patterns of LFABP were observed in 23 cases (57.5%). Seventeen patients (42.5%) developed recurrence. The overall survival was 3.5 yrs following surgery. Of all factors, only strong p53 stain correlated with shortened survival by univariate analysis (p<0.05).
Conclusions: In this group of 40 noncirrhotic HCC, there was a slight male predominance. Chronic viral hepatitis and/or alcoholism were identified in < 20% of cases; obesity and DM were not features of significance in aggressive behavior. The majority of tumors were E-S grade 2, however, many encapsulated grade 1 NC-HCCs were suggestive of LCA. K19 expression, a marker of aggressive behavior in cirrhotic HCC, was detected in <20% of cases, and only increased nuclear p53 expression correlated with poor outcome.
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Three Creative Ways Twitter and Fashion Mix "Offline"
Having a shirt from the Twitter office is pretty cool. But now it might be fun to step it up a notch and involve Twitter further in my wardrobe. Here are three pretty cool options:
The Twitter handle necklace
I ordered one of these for my friend's graduation and she loved it. Customers have the option of buying a silver or gold necklace, custom made, to reflect their Twitter handle (or hashtag of choice).
The Twitter dress
Just this summer, Microsoft Research introduced a dress that displays tweets. How does it work? By way four Lilypad Arduinos, a laptop, a projector, and a Processing sketch. Interestingly, the dress is mainly made out of paper; a nice juxtaposition to the digital words that flit across the skirt. Check out Electricfoxy's interview with Asta Roseway for more details!
The Tweet Mirror
If you're not sure if you look good in a particular outfit, and need instant feedback, check out the Tweet Mirror, by Netherlands-based Nedap Retail. All you have to do is stand in front of the mirror in an outfit you're deciding on and take a picture. The photo will be sent to friends on Twitter and answers will be received by cell phone. Last year, this invention was awarded a retail technology prize.
Needless to say, Twitter is becoming more ingrained in the fashion industry "offline". What do you hope to see next?
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Lisa Mayer (@lisacmayer) says:
Love this post! The "Tweet Mirror" is onto something, what's not to love about an easy way to post your outfit and get feedback from others.
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Love the necklace idea! i wonder if they make in a bracelet…i'd want one!
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I guess if I had a month off of work, I would take a Holiday to Spain or Holland,and taste some of the good food they have. I have always wanted to go there. I would love to be in Holland in the Springtime to see all the Tulips in bloom!
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''Lost'': Mr. Eko confronts his violent past
The season 3 pattern continues: This episode, titled ''The Cost of Living,'' answered a few questions (whose tumor?), raised a few questions (who's the eye-patch guy?), and ignored many long-standing questions (how did Yemi and Eko crash on the same island?). When Juliet asked Jack to guess what she had brought him for lunch and he said, ''I'm not big on mysteries,'' I wasn't the only one who chuckled. We've digested a steady diet of them since the pilot aired.
The big mystery that this episode confirmed was whose tumor was on the X-ray: Ben's. I don't get how that jibes with the physical prowess Ben demonstrated in the previous episode, but I'm hoping the answer is coming soon. Once the cancer was out of the bag, Ben played the straightforward card and appealed to Jack's mercy: ''I want you to want to save my life....All I ask is that you consider it.'' And he added: ''Two days after I found out I had a fatal tumor on my spine, a spinal surgeon fell out of the sky.'' If we take that line at face value (dare we?), it indicates that Ben and the Others played no role in the Oceanic crash, as some viewers have speculated.
On to the tantalizing mystery of Eye-Patch Man, who skulked into view on a Pearl station monitor. Is he an Other? Does the glass eye the Tailies found in the Arrow station (in season 2) belong to him? Nikki the newbie had the idea to fire up the additional monitors. Although she still hasn't won me over (I kept wishing Sawyer would drop in and drawl, ''Pipe down, Daisy Duke'') and Paulo's pearl of wisdom about the Pearl's john (''The toilet still works'') sounded random, the episode set them up to become more pivotal characters. Their couplehood definitely seems clearer now; my bet is they were on their honeymoon before 815 crashed.
Here's a Pearl-related question I've had ever since the scene when we first peeked inside. (Cue it up, those of you who own season 2 on DVD.) Entering the Pearl station for the first time, Eko glanced at a ceiling panel that had been torn away to reveal a camera aimed into the hatch. Why was the Pearl, which was designed to monitor other stations, being monitored? (Is Ben's voyeur studio inside Hydra the real spy hub?) There was visible debris is that from when staffers abandoned the Pearl? Some theorize that the Others are a ''breakaway'' group of Dharma folks if so, did the breakaway begin when the observers realized they were the observed? Locke's loss of faith inside the Pearl may have merely echoed theirs. Imagine two Dharma minions finding that camera and bailing from the project. (The Pearl T-shirt worn by a skeleton in the polar-bear cave means they might not have gotten far.)
Meanwhile, inside Hydra, Jack after a field trip to Colleen's funeral learned that Juliet's feminine wiles had been part of Ben's plan to ''break'' him. (I disagree with Ben that Juliet resembles Jack's ex Sarah is more physically angular and emotionally one-dimensional.) The episode's best scene was when Juliet stood behind Jack's glass wall and played a movie (To Kill a Mockingbird, she said) that was actually a videotape of silent messages for him. As she earnestly spoke of saving Ben's life (''He's a great man''), Jack glanced at Juliet on the tape, holding up ten handwritten placards instructing him to ignore her speech, informing him that Ben is a dangerous liar, and asking him to let Ben die on the operating table and make it look like an accident. The most provocative of her cards read, ''Some of us want a change.'' (I hadn't seriously considered that Ben was a cult leader with disgruntled disciples, but I will now.) Stunned, Jack played along. Could it be the birth of an alliance that unites castaways and some of the Others for the greater good? It better not be a trick, if only because Jack is overdue for some momentum. Let's get him out of that aquarium!
Time to don your mourning garb. (White pajamas are all the rage comfy, if not practical.)
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to remember Mr. Eko, a Nigerian who spent his final days on earth marooned on a tropical island where he was fatally thrashed by a menacing, muscular entity made of black smoke. Eko was a passionate man. He will be remembered (okay, by me, anyway) for his perfect belly button and pretty eyelashes. His stature, and frequent silences, made him the most intimidating of Flight 815's survivors. A formative milestone occurred when, as a young boy, he was kidnapped by gangsters who essentially baptized him into a life of crime (an event that spared his little brother, Yemi, that fate). On the island, Eko displayed a devout religious faith, but in the end, he was unrepentant for his so-called sins. Eko's conscience haunted his final hours. Time and again, his primary survival tactic had been violence; he struggled to reconcile that with his (and others') definition of goodness.
We already knew Eko was mistaken for a priest when soldiers tried stopping his small plane from taking off with smuggled heroin (and Yemi) on board. In new flashbacks, we learned that Eko continued acting on criminal urges trying to sell the vaccines Yemi had procured and committing murder in Yemi's church. Thanks to a preachy villager telling Eko, ''You owe Yemi one church,'' we now understand why Eko tried building one on the island. I was moved when he knelt before the Yemi apparition and said, ''I did my best.'' Whether we believe that or not, Eko believed it.
I'm ready for my own confession (it's been over two decades since my last confession, yadda yadda): I have theories on just about everything on the island except the smoke monster. None of the explanations I've heard (psychic energy, a ''security'' system) sit right with me. Locke hinted that the monster might be a devious shape shifter; he described ''a very bright light...beautiful'' (to which Eko replied, ''That is not what I saw''). Are certain castaways' visions Jack seeing his father, Hurley seeing Dave, Eko seeing Yemi caused by a monster with shape-shifting and mind-reading powers? Are there good and bad monster twins (to fit my twin theme, introduced last week)? Any way you look at Smokey, the monster got Eko but good.
A final lament before I let Eko and his Jesus stick go: I'll miss Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje his acting was up there with Terry O'Quinn's, Elizabeth Mitchell's, and Michael Emerson's. I guess he was the sacrifice the island demanded.
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Thursday night someone ran through my yard and knocked down the double gate and fence I had in my yard. He took out 2 cememnt planters (one square shaped and one urn shaped; both approx 2 feet tall) an antique rose; a forsythia bush and 3 bird feeders a dog house; and hit the old large dogwood tree there. I have looked all over the net for prices on the cement planters and the dogwood tree and have had no luck. I can replace the doghouse and the bird feeders but I have no idea where to get prices for the planters and how do you price an old dogwood? Please help. Any advice will be welcomed. Thank you. |
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I did a Google search for concrete planters & found many sites listed. See if this one will help. As far as the dogwood, a small replacemnet will be about $35 to 40. Hopes this helps some. Betty PS: sorry for the mess. |
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- Posted by topsiebeezelbub z7 Al (My Page) on Mon, Aug 8, 05 at 0:51
Holy smokes! What hit you - a train? I would insist that losing a venerable tree had reduced my property value by more than a few dollars. Ask a real estate appraiser how much a mature dogwood adds to the resale price of a home...its worth a try. Call a fancy landscaping company to give you an estimate on redoing all this mess. You shouldn't be expected to do the labor. |
- Posted by OutsidePlaying 7/No. Ala (My Page) on Mon, Aug 8, 05 at 10:06
I've heard of several cases lately where cars have hit houses, and I'm so sorry for the mess you must have. You might also call the Hsv Botanical Garden or a local nursery (Bennett's would be my choice) and ask for assistance with putting a price on your dogwood. The HBG as you probably know, has a very large, old dogwood and might be of assistance. |
- Posted by Mimi_Carol 35121 - AL (My Page) on Mon, Aug 8, 05 at 11:07
I hope this idiot has insurance! Did he just lose control or was he inebriated? A large tree is not cheap. Measure the circumference of the tree trunk and then call Bennett's or Pike's here in Birmingham to see what a replacement that size would cost. And don't forget that to plant a larger tree, you will almost have to have a professional do the planting or odds are you'll lose the tree to Mother Nature - (heat, cold, too small of a hole, etc.) And dogwoods are not the fastest growers anyway so to get one the size of the one that was destroyed could be costly. And yes, trees do increase the value of your home/property. Depending on size, concrete planters can be pricey, too. I am so sorry this happened to you! Mimi |
How scary! I hope your dog wasn't in his house! I agree with the earlier posters that you should get good accurate prices and include labor costs for replacement/repair of everything. Even resodding lawn where damaged and replacement of any plants in your planters. I'm assuming an insurance representative has been out to your house or contacted you. I'd take photos of everything...especially the size of the tree, just in case there's any question later. Good luck...hope the settlement/restoration goes quickly and well. josh |
- Posted by debpthomas 6/7 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 16, 05 at 22:17
I can not belive the kindness of folks here on this forum. I have used the advice given and hopefully got a pretty good estimate of the value of the tree. I also lost the antique rose bush that came from my grandmothers house many years ago, (she is no longer with us nor the house she lived in, nor my rosebush) and a forsythia that also came from there. I cant believe that when I went to the persons insurance company, he told them all he did was scrape a fence and didnt know what the big deal was!!! So, I took photos and showed them what scraping a fence means to him and I have a very different opinion!!!! But thank you all so much. I must say, you are the kindest folks I have ever seen and many thanks go out to you for the well wishes!! |
Gosh, I wish I had seen this sooner! I would have urged you to have a certified arborist give an estimate on your tree. It is a specialty that requires expertise and training....and only a few arborists are qualified to do it. I hope and pray that whoever looked at your dogwood valued it appropriately! Best of luck to you and I hope this person recieves the punishment he deserves! |
In Jan, 2004 the same thing happened to me-59 feet of fence and a double gate. He went to sleep at the wheel of a chevy van. Ran 145 feet through the garden. The insurance co. paid every cent I asked for, plus $150 for cleanup. Be sure you charge for gas to drive around and look for planters similar to yours. When I went to the insurance co I had written prices from the concrete place in town, the fence place, and photo from the web with prices. I also called the florist for the banana, vibernum, and bulbs that were scatered. Hopeyou get the amount you want! There are a couple of photos on my website- |
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Saudi Arabia "will never contribute" to the United Nations' $100 billion Green Climate Fund, which should be financed by the governments of developed nations, according to the kingdom's chief climate negotiator.
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The Green Climate Fund, which was central to agreements reached last year by UN treaty negotiators in Cancun, Mexico, is being discussed at climate talks in Durban, South Africa that began this week. The world's richest countries pledged to channel $100 billion annually by 2020, part of it through the fund, to help poorer nations reduce greenhouse-gas emissions from energy production and adapt to effects of global warming such as rising sea levels.
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I get very, very nervous,'' Mary Chapin Carpenter says of performing. ''I have to do breathing exercises and concentrate really hard. It's like a terrible stage fright that happens out of the blue. But there always comes a point in the show where I'm not feeling self-conscious anymore.''
From the outside looking in (one of the titles from her new, No. 1 country album, Stones in the Road), Carpenter shouldn't feel self-conscious about anything. At 36, she's already won three Grammys for the sometimes rollicking, sometimes mournful tunes that have made her the first preppy to conquer country music. But while her big-haired, up-from-nowhere rivals Wynonna, Reba, even Trisha can look back on tough times and revel in their hard-won success, the Ivy League-educated Carpenter's view of stardom remains angst-filled. ''I feel like I came real late to the party,'' she says. ''Stones is about the sorrow I feel that we've forgotten our commitment to more than just material possessions. And it's about me trying to figure out what I've missed.''
Professionally, Carpenter hasn't missed much. Since the modest debut of 1987's Hometown Girl, her soulful, folkie country rock has grown in popularity with each of her five new releases. She's also been embraced by Nashville from the start, despite remaining a steadfast resident of the Washington, D.C., area. But her darker songs about love and loneliness reflect her personal life Carpenter lives alone and has never married and have made her a spokes-singer for the thirtysomething single woman.
Those sentiments are everywhere in Stones. In one song she writes about ''watching them walk hand in hand and my eyes just want to linger/on those golden wedding bands wrapped around their fingers.'' Still, sitting in the rustic living room of her modest Alexandria, Va., apartment, dressed down in old jeans and a sweater, Carpenter insists that her lyrics are not the typical laments of the postmodern spinster. ''If anything, I think I fear that [marriage] is not going to take away the loneliness. And then I'm going to go, 'What the f--- do I do now?'''
What, indeed. Sometimes Carpenter can be so serious it's hard to believe she's behind such upbeat rockabilly anthems like ''Shut Up and Kiss Me.'' ''She's incredible fun all we do is crack jokes,'' says her friend Joan Baez, who recorded Carpenter's ''Stones'' for her own album last year. ''But she's very private and has a hard time with the public side of fame.''
After a disastrous appearance on an Australian morning show two years ago, in which Carpenter's stage fright caused her to ''blank out'' during a song and then burst into tears off camera, she has learned not to be shy about asking for TelePrompTers when performing live. Now if she could only resolve some of her issues closer to home. After a brief romance with her collaborator, John Jennings, and several other relationships, Carpenter worries about the ticking clock and missing out on having a family of her own. ''I worry about it in a sort of, hmm, okay, it's-getting-there sort of way,'' she says softly. ''But I have a few more years to obsess about it. I don't want to grow old by myself, but I also believe that if it's going to happen, it will. I can't force it.''


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Coconut is the richest fruit on earth. It provides juice, milk, and oil to mankind. On many islands coconut is a harvested and lined up on the beach. It is a staple diet of many. In order to eat, drink, or enjoy the coconut in various forms, you will first have to first learn how to open a coconut.
Coconut is a nutritious, fibrous, vitamin, and mineral rich fruit and. It is identified as the "tree of life", since it offers countless health benefits. Coconut oil has healing properties, and it is traditionally used for medicinal purpose and food ingredient, especially among the people of Asia and Pacific regions.
How to Open a Coconut
As you know that the coconut has a hard cover, which you have to open to drink the coconut water. The outer shell is hard and you must know the use of the right tools to crack it properly. The young and baby coconut when it is green in color can be open more easily.
How to Open a Coconut without Tools
There are many people who do not bother to use tools to open the coconut. They simply bang the fruit on the ground or on the rocks, and apply crude techniques to break open the fruit. Some men have even mastered the technique of using their bare teeth to open the shell.
As they have practiced these natural ways for years, such methods will not harm them. On regular basis, it is advised not to use such techniques. With a little bit of knowledge you could open the fruit quite easily.
The coconut has 3 layers. Based on where you have bought or found your coconut, it might have a whitish-gray or green color of the exocarp, a smooth outer layer. The external layer called as exocarp will be green in color when the fruit in on the tree.
Normally they are sold at the stores after removing the exocarp, and the coconut, which you buy, will have fibrous middle layer on the outside, called as mesocarp. The hard brown layer surrounding the coconut flesh is the endocarp. The middle layer is white in color. It is the edible part and is called as the endosperm. You can use this part to prepare coconut cream or milk.
Open the Coconut with Tools
- Use a bigger sized knife and apply four chops from the top of the nut to create a lid. Now you can easily insert a straw and drink the water; - You can then use a knife and a hammer of any size t o bang open the shell and then crack the nut; - You can also use these tools to peel the fruit; - Use tools like scissors, peeler, screw driver and a spoon to scoop the coconut meat; - If the coconut is dry, you can also apply a simple method of poking one of the three eyes on the shell with the help of a knife and then open it with scissors. Finally use a straw to pass through the hole and enjoy the water; - You can also place the coconut inside the oven at 350 degrees, and crack open it without using any sharp object; - Now, cut the white meat with the help of the knife and a big spoon; - You can also grate the coconut meat and use it in making sweets or eat directly; - Empty the coconut milk in a container.
Now that you have learnt the process of opening the fruit properly, you can use it to prepare different types of shakes, drinks, or cocktails. It will keep you healthy, fresh, and protect the body from dehydrating during the hot summer climate.
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For those that have read my other post, you know what I've been going through with my dad. I just need to get this off my chest.
I haven't seen my dad for three days since I placed him into the nursing home. They said it's best to let him get situated, settled into the home for two weeks but yet they let him call me the next day and as soon as he heard my voice he started crying and this was very upsetting to me. I called them back telling them how upsetting it was for me. The very next day they called again and said that my dad wanted to talk to me and I told them that as soon as he hears my voice he'll start crying and they need to help him out with this. Today I took him a frige and some food for him to have in his room and the person that let my husband carry the stuff in told me Oh your the daughter that the father is crying for. Needless to say I'm very sad and feeling so bad. I'm trying to be strong, I know he can't live on his on anymore cause he can't retain info on how to take his new medicine for his heart. He had a pacemaker put in two weeks ago and had congestive heart failure four days before that. He's on water pills now. He would over take his his flowmax thinking it helped him pee. Life is so cruel. I don't deal with this type of situation well. My nerves don't handle it well, I don't know how I've held myself together this far. Thanks for listening to me vent. Barb |
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- Posted by mikeandbarb (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Mon, Sep 29, 08 at 20:05
yes, it is sad but if he can't live alone, and he can't live with you what other choice do you have? All you can do 'is the best you can do' - don't beat yourself up over what you can't change. It is so hard to have our parents live so long that they have so many problems. SOmehow maybe it was better when they only lived to be 70 or so and went pretty quickly with either a heart attack or a stroke. I am not certain that modern medicine should go 'all out' to keep everyone alive if the quality of their life is so poor and before I upset everyone who disagrees with me, my Mom died a month ago at age 91, totally helpless due to having MS for FIFTY years - I am now dealing with my aging 95 year old Father who has never lived alone in his life, plus my 59 yr old husband who has a particularly bad kind of cancer (along with working full time!) Yes, when my quality of life is greatly diminished do not do everything possible to keep me alive - let me go gracefully - that is my wish. Carolyn |
- Posted by mikeandbarb (email@example.com) on Mon, Sep 29, 08 at 21:59
You said just what I feel and I agree with you Carolyn. It is hard and hurts so much seeing our loved ones going through all the pain and mental stress and it puts us in a prolonged mental stress as well. If dad hadn't had the pacemaker he might not be here now but it was his choice to have it did. He is scared to die, I know this and I always knew in my heart that he'd be a fighter just like his mom. Even though I know he's better off in the home it just hurts me so much. Dad was always there for me, he and I have gone through a lot. He helped me raise my kids and if it hadn't been for him I might not have had made it at times. |
Till the day he died, I called him daddy. When he died, I told my momma that daddys aren't supposed to die. I think when there is a special relationship between the daughter and father, there are things in life so hard for us to accept especially if it involves our dad. Mine had to be placed in a nursing home. His mind went back to where he was happiest, riding a horse looking for calves in the canyons that were lost. That makes me smile still. I imagine him in heaven driving God nuts with his oneriness and on a horse. I still miss him and it's been 14 years. Some people only open their mouth to put their foot in it. She should not have made that remark as it cut deep. Then too maybe she thought it would please you somehow. I sometimes tell people to take one step at a time, even if baby steps. Sometimes we stumble a bit but just keep going forward and don't look back on what could have been. Perhaps if there was something you both enjoyed doing together, you could do it again at the nursing home, reading the newspaper, watching a movie or taking a walk. It doesn't matter if he understands the words or the world around him, you are there. It sounds like he has reversed the roles of where he was the security for you, now you are the security for him. Is there something you can give him to make it feel to him like you are near? Maybe something that represents a nickname for you or something you used to joke about? My dad started liking dogs in the nursing home. I got him both stuffed and statues of dogs. Just give it some thought. Maybe he has a need for someone to be close by to feel safe. Do you have volunteers that visit the nursing homes? Maybe they could visit him. I disagree with the 2 week period. I understand his needing to settle in but n his mind all he knows is it's a place not familiar to him and he's alone. If not you, maybe other family members could visit. Is he on any kind of medicine to help his mind work better. They have come out with new medicines that seem to help. My husband and my mother are on Aricept and it has helped both of them. Of course, sadly not the same outcome for everyone. Sorry I was so long winded. It just flooded my mind with memories when I read your post. Take care. Lynn |
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Godzilla: Behind the Roar
Godzilla's roar is one of the most recognizable in film history. How do you update an iconic sound for a new generation? Dolby & Legendary go behind the scenes with Erik Aadahl, sound designer on 'Godzilla', director Gareth Edwards and producer Thomas Tull, to look at how you tackle this historic challenge. Via Dolby Laboratories, NoFilmSchoolRead More


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FORM 15: Talking with Paul J. Matt
This year marks FORM's 15th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we'll be sharing stories and videos from our archives that highlight our history and unqiue perspective on architecture and design. Today we're delighted to bring you an exclusive archival video interview between our publisher, Ann Gray, and Paul Matt, of Matt Construction.
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Organizational learning is an area of knowledge within organizational theory that studies models and theories about the way an organization learns and adapts (Vasenska, 2013:615).
In Organizational development (OD), learning is a characteristic of an adaptive organization, i.e., an organization that is able to sense changes in signals from its environment (both internal and external) and adapt accordingly. OD specialists endeavor to assist their clients to learn from experience and incorporate the learning as feedback into the planning process.
Note a profound ambiguity in how the term adaptive system is used. The earliest system theorists studied self-regulating organic and mechanical systems in which a system "adapts" to environmental changes, acting so as to maintain its organization in a steady (viable) state. System theory was taken up in the humanities by those who use the term "adaptation" to mean how an organization evolves so as to produce desired outcomes (or even different outcomes chosen by the participants). When adaptation is used in the second sense, while the organization may continue under the same name, the nature of the system - its structure and behavior - changes. Successive incremental changes can lead to a radically different system.
Argyris and Schön were the first to propose models that facilitate organizational learning; others have followed in the tradition of their work:
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This section does not cite any references or sources. (September 2009) |
Some of this knowledge can be termed technical – knowing the meaning of technical words and phrases, being able to read and make sense of data and being able to act on the basis of generalizations. Scientific knowledge is 'propositional'; it takes the form of causal generalizations – whenever A, then B. For example, whenever water reaches the temperature of 100 degrees, it boils; whenever it boils, it turns into steam; steam generates pressure when in an enclosed space; pressure drives engines.
A large part of the knowledge used by managers, however, does not assume this form. The complexities of a manager's task are such that applying A may result in B, C, or Z. A recipe or an idea that solved very well a particular problem, may, in slightly different circumstances backfire and lead to ever more problems. More important than knowing a whole lot of theories, recipes and solutions for a manager is to know which theory, recipe or solution to apply in a specific situation. Sometimes a manager may combine two different recipes or adapt an existing recipe with some important modification to meet a situation at hand.
Managers often use knowledge in the way that a handyman will use his or her skills, the materials and tools that are at hand to meet the demands of a particular situation. Unlike an engineer who will plan carefully and scientifically his or her every action to deliver the desired outcome, such as a steam engine, a handyman is flexible and opportunistic, often using materials in unorthodox or unusual ways, and relies a lot on trial and error. This is what the French call 'bricolage', the resourceful and creative deployment of skills and materials to meet each challenge in an original way. Rule of thumb, far from being the enemy of management, is what managers throughout the world have relied upon to inform their action.
In contrast to the scientific knowledge that guides the engineer, the physician or the chemist, managers are often informed by a different type of know-how. This is sometimes referred to a 'narrative knowledge' or 'experiential knowledge', the kind of knowledge that comes from experience and resides in stories and narratives of how real people in the real world dealt with real life problems, successfully or unsuccessfully. Narrative knowledge is what we use in everyday life to deal with awkward situations, as parents, as consumers, as patients and so forth. We seek the stories of people in the same situation as ourselves and try to learn from them. As the Chinese proverb says "A wise man learns from experience; a wiser man learns from the experience of others".
Narrative knowledge usually takes the form of organization stories (see organization story and organizational storytelling). These stories enable participants to make sense of the difficulties and challenges they face; by listening to stories, members of organizations learn from each other's experiences, adapt the recipes used by others to address their own difficulties and problems. Narrative knowledge is not only the preserve of managers. Most professionals (including doctors, accountants, lawyers, business consultants and academics) rely on narrative knowledge, in addition to their specialist technical knowledge, when dealing with concrete situations as part of their work. More generally, narrative knowledge represents an endlessly mutating reservoir of ideas, recipes and stories that are traded mostly by word or mouth on the internet. They are often apocryphal and may be inaccurate or untrue - yet, they have the power to influence people's sense making and actions.
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Learning by individuals in an organizational context is the traditional domain of human resources, including activities such as: training, increasing skills, work experience, and formal education. Given that the success of any organization is founded on the knowledge of the people who work for it, these activities will and, indeed, must continue. However, individual learning is only a prerequisite to organizational learning.
Others take it farther with continuous learning. The world is orders of magnitude more dynamic than that of our parents, or even when we were young. Waves of change are crashing on us virtually one on top of another. Change has become the norm rather than the exception. Continuous learning throughout one's career has become essential to remain relevant in the workplace. Again, necessary but not sufficient to describe organizational learning.
What does it mean to say that an organization learns? Simply summing individual learning is inadequate to model organizational learning. The following definition outlines the essential difference between the two: A learning organization actively creates, captures, transfers, and mobilizes knowledge to enable it to adapt to a changing environment. Thus, the key aspect of organizational learning is the interaction that takes place among individuals.
A learning organization does not rely on passive or ad hoc process in the hope that organizational learning will take place through serendipity or as a by-product of normal work. A learning organization actively promotes, facilitates, and rewards collective learning.
Creating (or acquiring) knowledge can be an individual or group activity. However, this is normally a small-scale, isolated activity steeped in the jargon and methods of knowledge workers. As first stated by Lucilius in the 1st century BC, "Knowledge is not knowledge until someone else knows that one knows."
Capturing individual learning is the first step to making it useful to an organization. There are many methods for capturing knowledge and experience, such as publications, activity reports, lessons learned, interviews, and presentations. Capturing includes organizing knowledge in ways that people can find it; multiple structures facilitate searches regardless of the user's perspective (e.g., who, what, when, where, why,and how). Capturing also includes storage in repositories, databases, or libraries to ensure that the knowledge will be available when and as needed.
Transferring knowledge requires that it be accessible to as needed. In a digital world, this involves browser-activated search engines to find what one is looking for. A way to retrieve content is also needed, which requires a communication and network infrastructure. Tacit knowledge may be shared through communities of practice or consulting experts. Knowledge needs to be presented in a way that users can understand it, and it must suit the needs of the user to be accepted and internalized.
Mobilizing knowledge involves integrating and using relevant knowledge from many, often diverse, sources to solve a problem or address an issue. Integration requires interoperability standards among various repositories. Using knowledge may be through simple reuse of existing solutions that have worked previously. It may also come through adapting old solutions to new problems. Conversely, a learning organization learns from mistakes or recognizes when old solutions no longer apply. Use may also be through synthesis; that is creating a broader meaning or a deeper level of understanding. Clearly, the more rapidly knowledge can be mobilized and used, the more competitive an organization.
An organization must learn so that it can adapt to a changing environment. Historically, the life-cycle of organizations typically spanned stable environments between major socioeconomic changes. Blacksmiths who didn't become mechanics simply fell by the wayside. More recently, many Fortune 500 companies of two decades ago no longer exist. Given the ever-accelerating rate of global-scale change, the more critical learning and adaptation become to organization relevance, success, and ultimate survival.
Organizational learning is a social process, involving interactions among many individuals leading to well-informed decision making. Thus, a culture that learns and adapts as part of everyday working practices is essential. Reuse must equal or exceed reinvent as a desirable behavior. Adapting an idea must be rewarded along with its initial creation. Sharing to empower the organization must supersede controlling to empower an individual.
Clearly, shifting from individual to organizational learning involves a non-linear transformation. Once someone learns something, it is available for their immediate use. In contrast, organizations need to create, capture, transfer, and mobilize knowledge before it can be used. Although technology supports the latter, these are primarily social processes within a cultural environment, and cultural change, however necessary, is a particularly challenging undertaking.
The work in Organizational Learning can be distinguished from the work on a related concept, the learning organization. This later body of work, in general, uses the theoretical findings of organizational learning (and other research in organizational development, system theory, and cognitive science) in order to prescribe specific recommendations about how to create organizations that continuously and effectively learn. This practical approach was championed by Peter Senge in his book The Fifth Discipline.
Diffusion of innovations theory explores how and why people adopt new ideas, practices and products. It may be seen as a subset of the anthropological concept of diffusion and can help to explain how ideas are spread by individuals, social networks and organizations.


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Tonight is the annual Seattle Police Department Seattle Night Out.
Seattle Night Out is billed as a crime prevention event, but it is more of an opportunity to meet new neighbors and catch up on the neighborhood gossip. For you real estate buffs out there, this is the place to get the inside scoop on what is about to come on the market, why stuff is sitting on the market and why stuff sold for what it did.
What is really interesting is how this event brings about a sense of micro community. In my hood, Phinney Ridge, there is a block party just about every other street. For this one evening a year there is this sense of block rivalry–we have the best food, the best people, the best houses, the best location… It would be fun to have follow up event to settle the score of which block is really the best. Perhaps a hot dog eating contest or bocce tournament?
If your block is having a party you should find a way to peel yourself away from your computer and catch up with your neighbors and plot ways to take a bite out of crime. If your block isn't having one, wander a few blocks and I am sure you will find one.


text: Fabulous Ocean front condo. Golf and Tennis Club included in your hoa fees. New kitchen with granite counters. Large living room and dining room with direct ocean views access onto the balcony through 2 sets of sliding doors. Master bedroom and Guest bedroom are facing the golf course and intra coastal waterway both bedrooms have sliding doors onto the rear balcony.. Enjoy sunrise on the ocean and sunset over the golf course and river. Owners looking for a quick closing and sale. Fully furnished and ready to occupy. Beach and Sewer assessment to be confirmedEnergy Features: Under Building Closed Features: Bike Storage,Extra Storage,Glass Porch/Balcony,Open Porch,Screen Porch,Storm/Security Shutters,Trash Chute,Vehicle Wash Area Year Built: 1983


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.NET Array Collections File String Async Cast Class Data Dictionary Enum Exception For Foreach IEnumerable If IndexOf Interface Lambda LINQ List Parse Path Process Property Regex Sort Split StringBuilder Substring Switch Time
Arrays. In abstraction,
our understanding,
our view of an object changes. Consider computer memory. It is an array of bytes. With abstraction, we understand these bytes to mean something.
A foundation. Arrays are a foundational type, a basis of many things.
With a number,
an index,
we access a unit of data. The meaning of this connection is part of our abstraction.
We start. This program allocates and initializes an integer array of three elements. Please notice how the elements are assigned, and read from, using the same syntax.
Zero:The array is zero-based. The first element is element zero. Element indexes proceed upwards by one.
Expressions:An array element may be used in an expression. Here we multiply the values of the elements by 2 in expressions.
C# program that uses an array using System; class Program { static void Main() { // Use an array. int[] values = new int[3]; values[0] = 5; values[1] = values[0] * 2; values[2] = values[1] * 2; foreach (int value in values) { Console.WriteLine(value); } } } Output 5 10 20
Initialization. This syntax form is shorter. We use curly brackets to assign element values in one line. This is concise. The length of the array is automatically determined.
Tip:This syntax causes no performance impact. It is compiled to the same code as the previous example.
C# program that uses another array syntax using System; class Program { static void Main() { // Create an array of three ints. int[] array = { 10, 30, 50 }; foreach (int value in array) { Console.WriteLine(value); } } } Output 10 30 50
For-loop. Sometimes it helps to use the for-loop construct on an array. This syntax allows us to access the index value (i). We also read the element value in the array.
Tip:We could perform a different computation on the second element (where i == 1). The Length property is necessary here.
Further:The for-loop is also helps compare adjacent elements. We can add one or subtract one to get these.
C# program that uses for-loop on int array using System; class Program { static void Main() { // Array of three ints. int[] array = { 100, 300, 500 }; // Use for loop. for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++) { Console.WriteLine(array[i]); } } } Output 100 300 500
Strings. Arrays are not just for value types such as ints. They are used for strings and other object references (classes). The strings themselves are not stored in the array.
String ArrayWith string arrays:Just a reference to the string data is in the array. The object data is stored in the managed heap.
C# program that creates string array using System; class Program { static void Main() { // Create string array of four references. string[] array = new string[4]; array[0] = "DOT"; array[1] = "NET"; array[2] = "PERLS"; array[3] = 2014.ToString(); // Display. foreach (string value in array) { Console.Write(value); Console.Write("... "); } } } Output DOT... NET... PERLS... 2014...
Parameter. How can we pass an array to another method to use there? Here is the correct syntax for passing an int array. The entire contents of the array are not copied.
Instead:Just a reference to the array is copied when the new method is put in the call stack.
C# program that receives array parameter using System; class Program { static void Main() { // Three-element array. int[] array = { -5, -6, -7 }; // Pass array to Method. Console.WriteLine(Method(array)); } /// <summary> /// Receive array parameter. /// </summary> static int Method(int[] array) { return array[0] * 2; } } Output -10
Return. We can return arrays from methods. In this example program, we allocate a two-element array of strings in Method(). Then, after assigning its elements, we return it.
C# program that returns array reference using System; class Program { static void Main() { // Write array from Method. Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", Method())); } /// <summary> /// Return an array. /// </summary> static string[] Method() { string[] array = new string[2]; array[0] = "THANK"; array[1] = "YOU"; return array; } } Output THANK YOU
First. The first element is at index 0. It can be accessed by using the indexer syntax, which has square brackets. We first ensure that it can be accessed in the array region.
Usually:We test against null. Often we test the Length. An error occurs if we go out of range.
Note:This error is an IndexOutOfRangeException. An element can be null, but this is still in range and no error will occur.
C# that gets first array element using System; class Program { static void Main() { int[] array = new int[2]; // Create an array. array[0] = 10; array[1] = 20; Test(array); Test(null); // No output Test(new int[0]); // No output } static void Test(int[] array) { if (array != null && array.Length > 0) { int first = array[0]; Console.WriteLine(first); } } } Output 10
Last. The last element's offset is equal to the array Length minus one. Often we need to check against null, and that the Length is greater than zero, before accessing the last element.
However:If we know an array access will succeed, there is no need to check the array length. Doing so will just slow the program down.
C# that gets last array element using System; class Program { static void Main() { string[] arr = new string[] { "cat", "dog", "panther", "tiger" }; // Get the last string element. Console.WriteLine(arr[arr.Length - 1]); } } Output tiger
2D array. The C# language offers two-dimensional and multidimensional arrays. We also loop over 2D arrays. We use them with enumerators.
2D Array3D:If two dimension are not enough, try a three-dimensional array. Even further dimensions can be added.
Multidimensional ArrayCaution:Multidimensional arrays are rarely ideal. Science fiction movies may find multiple dimensions more useful.
Jagged arrays are arrays of arrays.
They can be faster,
or slower,
than 2D arrays based on usage. The memory required too varies. This depends on the shape of data.
Memory:If data is not rectangular (some rows are longer than others) a jagged array is ideal. It may even use less memory.
Jagged Array MemoryTypes. Arrays can be of any type. We can have (for example) bool, byte, int or char arrays. And all these arrays can also be used as static fields or properties. They can be null.
Bool ArrayByte ArrayChar ArrayEnum ArrayInt ArrayNull ArrayStatic ArrayProperty:An array property often benefits from special-casing. We avoid returning null.
Array PropertyRandom:We can use the Random NextBytes method to fill a byte array with random values.
Random Byte ArrayOperations. Suppose two arrays exist. We can combine them. Suppose a 2D array is present. We can flatten it into a single array. An array can operated upon in nearly any way imaginable.
InitializeCombineFlattenInitialize ArrayMethods. The Array type introduces many methods. We use these methods to manipulate or test arrays and their elements. We use BinarySearch—this optimizes searching a sorted array.
AsReadOnlyBinarySearchClearConstrainedCopyConvertAllCopyCreateInstanceExistsFindFindIndexForEachIndexOfLastIndexOfResizeReverseSortTrueForAllProperties. The most commonly used property on arrays is the Length property.
With Length,
we access a stored field,
and no costly counting occurs. Length has no internal loops.
IsFixedSize:An array has many boolean properties. These are rarely useful. But I like to be thorough.
IsFixedSize, IsReadOnly, IsSynchronizedCount:This is not an array property. But this extension method can be used to count elements, like the Length property.
Count ElementsArraySegment. When we use arrays, we often want to read or write into the elements with indexes. ArraySegment helps here. It is an abstraction for part of an array.
ArraySegmentBuffer deals with bytes in large arrays. It is fast. This program uses BlockCopy. We copy the first 12 bytes (three ints of 4 bytes each) of the source array into the destination array.
BufferTip:The Buffer type acts upon bytes, not array elements. It is not helpful with object data.
C# that uses Buffer class using System; class Program { static void Main() { int[] src = { 1, 2, 3 }; int[] dst = { 0, 0, 0 }; Buffer.BlockCopy(src, 0, dst, 0, 3 * sizeof(int)); foreach (int val in dst) { Console.WriteLine(val); } } } Output 1 2 3
Performance. Arrays are a low-level, managed type. They are faster than other structures, such as List, in many cases. This makes sense. The List is built with an internal array.
Optimization: Avoid LoopsSentinelsLocality of ReferenceStore Expensive DataResearch. What is an array? An array is a collection of elements, all of a specific type. And these elements are stored together in memory. Each element is accessed by an integer index.
An array is a fixed collection of same-type data that are stored contiguously and that are accessible by an index.
Algorithms in C++Arrays are the simplest and most common type of structured data.
Code CompleteIn understanding arrays, all parts of our programs can be improved. Programs become more reliable and faster. Arrays are everywhere, buried within other types.
Levels. On abstraction's ladder,
arrays are closer to the machine,
less abstract,
than many objects. But they are key to adding abstraction and building complexity in programs.
An array is a fixed region of memory that contains elements. Arrays are at once simple and complex. And we find them at the core of important types, like List and Dictionary.


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Another great show. I was totally uneducated about the concierge level. I'm giving it some serious thought for Thanksgiving 2008. My family is threatening to come and a hotel may be necessary for those unable to climb the stairs in my house. I know at least 3 members of the family aren't big "park" goers due to health restrictions, and I think they might enjoy having the extra attention they would get at the hotel.
I wish I'd had pictures to go along with the discussion of MGM. I'm saving this pod cast for my next MGM trip to use as my own audio tour.
Thanks for playing my voice mail as well.