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We're planning on downsizing and putting our home up for sale next spring. We're acquainted with someone who works out of a small, local office (2 agents) and think he would do a good job of helping us buy a home, but we're concerned about the level of exposure our home would get from his office. Is it possible to use one agent to sell our home and a different agent to buy one, or should we plan on using one agent who will handle both the sale of our current home and the purchase of a new home?
We're thinking of starting to look at homes now, but I'm hesitant to start anything with this agent since we may not ultimately hire him to sell our home. |
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Yes, it is possible and very common. Choose each agent for the job. Selling your house is a huge job and very expensive proposition for you. Only go with an agent after careful interviews and consideration. If you need to sell your house before buying, I would do the selling first. When selling your primary exposure is the MLS. Spend time now reviewing each room for fixes and your personal plan for marketing your house. When you've got the house ready, contact several agents, interviewing a few before deciding on one. Your first job is marketing your house to the agents. |
But you might consider negotiating a better commission rate by agreeing to both sell and buy using the same agent. That's quite common. |
I doubt if it's very common unless the Vendor is turning around and buying from a new home builder that doesn't cooperate with agents. I was a broker for many years and I can't think of a greater insult than for a client to think I was only fit for handling one end of the transaction. On the other hand, the most successful agents I know are the ones who concentrate on selling. When you have a listing, you've got something. Chauffeuring around prospects is no guarantee of anything. Though maybe it's a little better now where there are specifically buyer's agents. Since I left the business--allergies made it impossible to continue--I've stuck with one broker through close to 30 sales and purchases. I definitely get a better commission rate, and instant service, than I would shopping around. |
I doubt if it's very common I was referring to the OP, not the post directly prior. |
I was a broker for many years and I can't think of a greater insult than for a client to think I was only fit for handling one end of the transaction. The goal is for the OP to sell her home and buy another. Why the drama about being insulted ? If the person is not the right one, find the right one. If this is your biggest insult, you've led a very great life.. |
But you might consider negotiating a better commission rate by agreeing to both sell and buy using the same agent. That's quite common. Saving a little commission is not worth going with the wrong agent. |
Of course, it's not about the broker's or agent's feelings! I fully understand the attitude of most "consumers". Agents in the business for any length of time develop a hard shell to deflect the knives aimed for their backs. It's just that I fail to see why an agent capable of finding and negotiating a purchase is not capable of selling your home. (If you had a bad experience with the purchase, I can understand splitting the jobs.) I'm assuming this is an MLS area, where all agents have instant information and access to every property. |
We chose an exclusive buyers agent for our home & lot search - and when that was completed and it was time to sell our home we asked his advice, interviewed several selling agents, and picked the one agent who exclusively did seller listings for her office. She had the same standard commissions to all the others - one agent offered a much lower commission if he brokered both sides, which I wasn't comfortable with. She also offered more services and included staging etc... An interesting side note is she come up with the lowest list price of all the agents we interviewed... |
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Why 'Supertasters' Can't Get Enough Salt
Most people know that consuming too much sodium can increase your risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. But did you know that laying off the salt shaker is harder for some than others?
One explanation may lie at the tip of our tongues -- and in our genes.
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According to the Mayo Clinic, 77 percent of the salt in the American diet comes from processed food. Here's a look at the salt content of some common grocery items -- some of the findings might surprise you. Keep in mind that the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans say you should consume less than 2,300 mg of sodium per day, and the American Heart Association recommends less than 1,500 mg.
Rice: Boxed rice dinners might seem innocuous, even healthy. But Chicken Fajita Rice A Roni contains a whopping 1,000 mg of sodium per serving. That's nearly as much sodium as a McDonald's Big Mac, which has 1,040 mg. Other types of packaged rice aren't much better: Zatarain's New Orleans Style Yellow Rice has 930 mg and Near East Original Rice Pilaf has 780 mg.
Soup: Even soups that seem healthy can contain large amounts of sodium. Campbell's Vegetable Soup contains 890 mg of sodium per serving. Other soups fare better: Campbell's Healthy Request Tomato Soup clocks in with less than half that amount at 410 mg. Progresso Light Chicken & Dumpling soup has 345 mg for the same serving size. Point of comparison: A McDonald's Cheeseburger has 750 mg of sodium.
Salad Dressing: Considering they're associated with the ultimate health food, salad dressings have surprisingly high levels of sodium. Eating Right Light Ranch dressing is 310 mg a serving (2 Tablespoons), and Wishbone Balsamic Vinaigrette is 280 mg. To compare, McDonald's Medium French Fries have 270 mg, and Lay's Classic Potato Chips have 180 mg.
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All you need for this experiment is a cotton swab and some blue food dye. Painting your tongue with a few drops of the dye is one way to gauge the density of papillae on your tongue.
"You can see these little dots on the front of your tongue," says food scientist John Hayes of Pennsylvania State University.
The little bumps are called papillae, and they're the structures which house our taste buds. People with lots of papillae usually experience tastes more intensely -- they've been dubbed "supertasters." For instance, they may sense a real bitterness in arugula or the subtle sweetness of a snap pea. So-called "non-tasters" are on the other end of the spectrum.
In a laboratory setting Hayes uses fancy video microscopes to examine people's tongues and count how many papillae they have. But at home you can use a mirror. That's what I did.
Hayes counted the number of papillae within a 6-millimeter area of the tongue, which is about the size of the head of a pencil eraser. And in his latest study, published in Physiology & Behavior, he found lots of individual variation.
"We saw that people had anywhere from 12 to 40 (papillae)," says Hayes. The research involved 87 healthy participants, ranging from supertasters to non-tasters. All the participants agreed to sample salty foods such as broth, chips, pretzels and cheese. Afterwards, they rated the intensity of taste and described their preferences. (Check out NPR's Richard Knox's blog post to read more about Hayes' experiments.)
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Scientists have long known about the wide variation in taste preferences among individuals. "People don't all live in the same taste world," Hayes says.
But one new finding from his study did surprise him.
"We had expected that the supertasters would need less salt," Hayes says, because past studies have shown that supertasters experience stronger taste sensations from lots of foods. "For instance, we know supertasters need less fat and sugar to get to the same amount of pleasure than a non-taster does."
But with salt it turns out that the supertasters couldn't get enough. They choose higher-sodium foods than their counterparts. For instance, they opted for -- and preferred -- higher sodium chips and cheeses.
This study illustrates the wide range in individual sensitivities when it comes to sensitivities and preference.
Still, Hayes says we shouldn't conclude that the density of our papillae is akin to genetic determinism. His take is that we all have free will and can choose what's healthy to eat. But when it comes to a low-salt diet, he says, "it's easier for some people to make good choices."
Oh, as for me? Turns out the density of my papillae wasn't so easy to measure. I definitely saw lots of bumps -- but they were too small to get a good count. If I really want to know, looks like I'll have to make a trip to John Haye's lab -- and put my tongue under a microscope.
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In "Your Health" on this Monday morning, we begin with salt. Most people know that consuming too much salt increases your risk of high blood pressure, heart attacks and strokes. Some people may not realize that laying off salt may be harder for some people than others. NPR's Allison Aubrey says one explanation lies at the tip of your tongue.
ALLISON AUBREY: I'm about to paint my tongue blue. Stick with me. I've got a Q-tip here in my right hand. And - well, it just takes a drop or two of this food dye. And on the phone with me is just the person who can explain this little experiment.
Professor JOHN HAYES (Food Science, Pennsylvania State University): My name is John Hayes, and I am an assistant professor of food science at Pennsylvania State University.
AUBREY: Hayes uses the blue food dye to determine just how intensely people can perceive tastes. I've just done it here in the recording studio, and I've got a little mirror I can look into. When it's actually done in the lab, Hayes uses fancy video microscopes to examine people's tongues.
Prof. HAYES: When we do that, we can just put a slip of plastic on their tongue, and they hold it there with their hands.
AUBREY: I'm actually holding my tongue now. What do I look for?
Prof. HAYES: So there's these little dots that you can see on the front of your tongue.
AUBREY: Little bumps called papillae. They house our taste buds. And here's the thing: It turns out that some of us have a lot more of them than others. In Hayes' most recent study, he recruited 87 healthy volunteers and examined an area of their tongues about the size of the head of a pencil eraser. Then he counted the number of papillae.
Prof. HAYES: We saw people had anywhere from about 12 to 40.
AUBREY: Wow. So some people have three times as many as others?
Prof. HAYES: Yes.
AUBREY: Which Hayes says was not a surprise. Scientists have long known about this variability. People who have lots of papillae have been dubbed supertasters for their ability to really perceive, say, the bitterness in arugula or the subtle sweetness of a pea.
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AUBREY: But with salt, it turns out that the supertasters could not get enough. They choose higher-sodium foods than their non-supertaster counterparts, and it's not what Hayes expected. The surprise shows just how varied individual preferences can be, says food scientist Danielle Reed of the Monell�Chemical�Senses�Center.
Dr. DANIELLE REED (Monell�Chemical�Senses�Center): You can never go wrong when you try to carefully appreciate how individual differences might influence things like trying to comply with a low-salt diet.
AUBREY: So sticking with foods that may help keep the high blood pressure medicine and heart disease at bay is likely going to be much harder for some than others.
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January 26, 2015
"For growth… you need investment. For investment, you need confidence. And for confidence, you need structural reforms. It's now up to the governments."
The week in review...
ECB QE: Diving in, for as long as it takes The ECB's long-anticipated €1 trillion ($1.14 trillion) bond-buying program is big (about 10% of eurozone GDP), persistent (€60 bn/month until at least Sept 2016) and wide-ranging (it could include Greek sovereign debt). Most notably, it's open-ended; purchases may continue until the bank sees a "sustained adjustment" in the path of inflation below 2 percent, over the medium term. Overall, a much bolder commitment than many expected – the open-endedness is calculated to increase the odds of success by convincing financial markets that the ECB means business.
Greek fire extinguished? As this week's election looms, Syriza party opposition leader Alexis Tsipras moderated his stance on cooperation with EU fiscal rules, saying "a Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation, as a eurozone member, to maintain a balanced budget, and will commit to quantitative targets." While sounding conciliatory, Syriza is still seeking relief from its debt burden by way of "haircuts" to existing bonds – which German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has reiterated is not an option.
Signs of growth: Anecdotal and otherwise Hard data: home prices rose more than expected in November, up 0.8% from October. That's a 5.3% increase from a year ago. Anecdata: closely-watched advertising sales for Feb 1's Super Bowl feature a group of 15 brands advertising for the first time during what's become television's biggest event. That's the largest number of newbies at the Super Bowl since just before the collapse of the dot-com boom in 2000.
China: Muted growth, as expected GDP growth came in at 7.3% year-on-year for 4Q14. That's below the widely-promoted 7.5% long-term objective, but well within more recent government guidance.
Japan: Deflated expectations the Bank of Japan cut its inflation forecast for the next fiscal year due to the decline in oil prices, but raised its outlook for inflation-adjusted GDP growth to 2.1% from 1.5% for the upcoming fiscal year beginning in April 2015.
Signs of the times:
Central Banks Step Up Low-Inflation Fight as Canada Cuts Rate – Bloomberg
Putin Enlists Veteran of 'Much Tougher Times' to Help Contain Ruble Crisis – Bloomberg
Spain bags record borrowing costs in ten-year sale – Financial Times
Brazil Raises Taxes by $7.5 Billion in Quest for Confidence – Bloomberg
Sources: Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Nikkei Asian Review, China Daily
...And the week ahead:
GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR: Jan 25–31, 2015
Other Americas
Europe, UK, Africa, Mideast
Japan, Asia Ex Japan & Pac Rim
Sun Jan 25
Greece: parliamentary elections
Mon Jan 26
Mexico: retail sales
Germany: business confidence Russia: industrial production
Japan: trade data
Tue Jan 27
Consumer confidence, new home sales, 20-city housing prices, durable goods orders
European Union: debate on €315 bn ($363 bn) investment stimulus program UK: GDP
China: industrial profits Hong Kong: exports, imports, trade balance
Wed Jan 28
Federal Reserve: FOMC policy announcement
Russia: retail sales, unemployment
Australia: consumer prices ASEAN (10-nation Assn' of Southeast Asian Nations) meeting concludes
Thu Jan 29
Jobless claims, pending home sales
Germany: unemployment Spain: retail sales Eurozone: economic confidence
Philippines: GDP Japan: retail sales
Fri Jan 30
GDP, consumer spending, consumer confidence
Eurozone: inflation Spain: GDP UK: mortgage approvals
Japan: consumer prices, household spending, unemployment, labor market data, industrial production Hong Kong: money supply
Sat Jan 31
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A teenager has been shot as he lay in his bed at his west Belfast home during an attack described by his aunt as "horrific".
The 16-year-old was shot twice in the leg by masked men who pushed their way into the Ballymurphy property shortly after 9.30am on Thursday.
Two members of the gang held his mother at gunpoint as they searched through rooms in the house in the Whitecliff Parade area, looking for her son.
"They held her and she started to scream," explained the victim's aunt, Bernadette O'Rawe. "She was shouting and screaming at them in a panic."
A third bullet fired at the teenager missed, and as the gang made their way out of his home they fired once more through the kitchen window.
It is understood Ryan, who is in stable condition in hospital, is the son of Gerard Devlin, the west Belfast man who was stabbed to death in 2006 during a neighbourhood feud.
"It was a savage attack on the child... I wonder where we are and why we are going. It was a shocking incident."
Mrs O'Rawe condemned those who attacked her nephew.
"Who are these people to take the law into their own hands for whatever reason? Whatever reason they think they've in their heads they don't have a right to shoot Ryan or any children," she said.


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Winter Panto 2015: KerPlop! The Tale of the Frog Prince
Presented by imaginary beasts and Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) at BCA Plaza Black Box, Boston
January 17 - February 7, 2015
imaginary beasts bound into town this January with a ribbiting tale of wonder when they refashion another classic fairy tale into a fantasy of amphibious proportions.
The Book of Oracles predicts the kingdom is doomed unless the unruly Princess Aurelia marries before the looming total eclipse of the sun! Meanwhile, our hero, Prince Friedrich, is on his way to woo and possibly wed the wild ...more
David Garrity Presents 'Magic & Beyond' One-Man Illusion ShowPresented by Regent Theatre at Regent Theatre, Arlington January 31, 2015 "Magic & Beyond" is a one-man illusion show that features unique, theatrical and visual magic, audience participation, comedy, and ...more |
Family Concert - "Keeping Good Company"- Musical Partnerships of Inspiration and InnovationPresented by Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) at Symphony Hall, Boston February 7, 2015 BSO Family Concerts are designed to build connection to the orchestra, orchestral music, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (BYSO), and Symphony ...more |
Family Concert: The Adventures of Babar and BlissPresented by Boston Musica Viva at Tsai Performance Center, Boston February 8, 2015 Our annual Family Concert, The Adventure of Babr and Bliss, explores adventure tales old and new. We join the inquisitive and precocious ...more |
Lollipops for BreakfastPresented by Puppet Showplace Theater at Puppet Showplace Theater, Brookline January 31 - February 16, 2015 A World Premiere by Bonnie Duncan of They Gotta Be Secret Agents |
The WizPresented by Fiddlehead Theatre Company at Strand Theatre, Boston February 13 - February 22, 2015 The funky, modern re-telling of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum won 7 Tony awards. This Broadway musical sets ...more |
Curious GeorgePresented by Jewish Community Centers of Greater Boston at Leventhal-Sidman JCC, Newton March 22, 2015 Theatreworks USA presents a delightful new musical based on the adventures of the inquisitive, |


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Tuesday, October 6 – Thursday, October 8, 2015 Dallas Market Center / World Trade Center Show Hours 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
TIA's Fall Toy Preview® marketplace is where influential decision-makers from mass, long-lead and high-volume specialty retail looking to preview product for next year come to meet toy manufacturers and marketers with one or more lines ready for Q4 2016. Fall Toy Preview now features a variety of booth spaces to accommodate private appointments as well as walk-in business. New open booth displays enable exhibitors to highlight items from their 2016 lines and encourage buyers to discover new products, trends and suppliers.
Interested in exhibiting? Contact your Account Executive. For company names beginning with:
P-Z: Ava Slepicoff 646-520-4852
Fall Toy Preview is open to the trade only. No one under the age of 18, including infants, will be admitted. Attendee registration for Fall Toy Preview will open in Spring 2015. Please check back for details.
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This is my first time posting in this forum. I am a project manager at a small-scale farm near Atlanta, Georgia, and I have been put to task to accomplish the near impossible...a permaculture set-up in an impossible landscape. Zone 1 right outside the back door, to the left is an empty above ground pool with the liner removed (will use as part of zone set up), to the center and right of the door is a steep grade downhill to the gardens and under this hill are the drain lines for the septic tank. How do I incorporate the zone 1 strategy when I really can't plant in the ground? I've toyed with the idea of using this space to plant amarynth, since it is currently grass that needs to be mowed. I can use pots and grow bags along the path, then just strip the sod off behind the plants to grow amarynth. A mini chicken coop or chicken tractor will be used to control pests and have the zone 1 loop and transition to zone 2. Also, I will be using the empty inground pool as a mini-model for permaculture...to show what can be done in a small space. |
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g'day tifbee, at first all i can suggest is a bit of KISS keep it simple, for me i see no issues in mulching on top of teh leech trenches and planting above ground producing food crops annuals, also below the leech field say around 5 meters below plant food trees. for me i don't pay too much heed to zones, the important one is zone 0 or 00 in the head, if we get it right there then the rest is academic, and for the main most don't have enough land to formalise zoning. all that is important outside is that the herb garden be very near the kitchen door. the important factor missed by many is the aspect of the land and the aspecting and orientation of the house on that land, much more important than a view or in real estate terms more important than "location; location; location". keep us informed i usually only visit this forum once a week but while there is live chat i will pay more visits. see our eco' home essay: len |
Here is a link that might be useful: lens eco' home essay
Thanks Len! I think I just need to go sit and observe a little longer, and make small adjustments. Usually the big picture will turn out if I work with a small space/issue at a time. I was thinking annuals as well since the root system isn't permanent, and the perennials in pots. Thanks, Tif |
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This is a list of movies that have never been released on DVD or have been in the past but…
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- Linnea Quigley's Horror Workout
- The Slayer
- She Came on the Bus
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- The Touch of Her Flesh
- Bad Girls Go to Hell
- Scare Their Pants Off!
A sub genre of exploitation film, which had it's heyday in the 60's. Plots usually involved women being blackmailed, sold…
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Mexican Wrestling and monsters
A listing of films combining Mexican wrestling and monsters. It's a work in progress as there are still plenty of…
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- Alien: Resurrection
Owned on Bluray
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- Silent Night, Bloody Night
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- The Dunwich Horror
Elvira's Movie Macabre
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The Late Great George "Buck" Flower
My favorite bit part actor of all time. He played the same character type in all of his films, but…
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Tubular Boobular Joy
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- Cheerleader Massacre
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Epic shower scenes
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Space Sentinel is a point-of-view spaceship simulator, where you protect the homeworld from invading enemy fleet and incoming meteors.
Your spacecraft is our last remaining starfighter, although already damaged, it is still a pretty powerful and it is equipped with a scanners, dual lasers, targeting system, hyperdrive and shielding for the ship's defence. When an enemy laser or asteroid hits it target, one layer of shielding is knocked off, and when there are none left the next collision destroys the ship.
Before shields are gone can you can recharge them and get the ship refueled by visiting homeworld until it runs out of supplies.
The enemyfleet is using different types of enemy ships in their invasion task force: swift, stealthy and unshielded small fighters, shielded/cloaked cruisers, bulky cargoships and four huge base station like warships.
The two smaller classes of enemyships fly around in packs of two or three while the larger enemy warships are waiting on the edge of the system.
The mission is to destroy all enemies and remaining asteroids located in starmap before fuel/energy runs out.


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E McGovern di collective intelligence
Partiamo dal primo,
Vocabulary: "Landing page" è il post di oggi. Interessanti le ultime righe
"Landing pages are not wandering generalities. They are specific, measurable offers. You can tell if they're working or not. You can improve the metrics and make them work better. Landing pages are the new direct marketing, and everyone with a website is a direct marketer."
Mentre di McGovern questa settimana metto da parte
"For the first time, the Internet allows us to use collective intelligence on a potentially massive scale and in a highly cost-effective manner. Tapping the collective intelligence has many advantages. It brings us closer to our customers and it enhances trust, as customers tend to see websites as trustworthy that represent the views of other customers."


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Hi, I got an old maple it's 20 years old, and we´re moving and I would like to know if I can propagate my tree to our new home. Do you how I can do it ?
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What type is it? Most native species of maples can be propagated fairly easily by cuttings. However, Japanese maples are more difficult and often must be grafted. Some common upright varieties such as 'bloodgood' or 'sango kaku' can be done by cuttings, but it does require good conditions and timing. Many dwarfs and more tender varieties (including many weeping dissectums) should probably be done from grafting unless heat, humidity, and sunlight are kept very ideal with a greenhouse. Either way, the worst possible time for propagating is right now (spring) for most trees. Cuttings can be done at the first of June, but the new growth must be hardened off before this can be done. Grafting can be done as early as August, but is more easily done in February from my experience. |
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Cities are a hot topic at the moment. As more and more of the world's population gravitates toward living in them, people from all professions are coming together to figure out how to create infrastructures and environments to suit human needs and desires in the 21st century. These are huge issues, and you can be sure that the conversation, discussion and outright disagreement on how best to proceed will continue. Including at our own TEDCity 2.0 Day, taking place on September 20.
But cities are also exciting, vibrant and interesting places because of each resident's experiences within them. After all, these smaller moments and movements coalesce to characterize the indefinable — the spirit and soul of a modern-day metropolis. So we're launching a series of Instagram-based photo challenges, to collect and celebrate individual views and visions of cities…
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In the spring of 1972 and 1973, I had the privilege of playing on what I'm convinced was the best baseball team in the state. Our starting nine was void of any weakness. In what was the very end of the wooden bat era, Andrew Lewis High School had speed, defense, power, an unhittable ace and an extremely high baseball IQ. In each of these seasons, however, a thin pitching staff was exposed and we were bounced from the regional competition. Our team was devastated and the tears flowed freely. Nearly 40 years later, especially on the occasions when old teammates reunite, the pain still lingers.
Over the last several weeks, I, like many, have watched a considerable amount of tournament basketball. I enjoyed this season's VHSL tournament mostly due to a greater-than-usual rooting interest. Both Thomas Dale teams came within a whisker of the state's version of the Final Four. In addition, Petersburg is coached by my former student Billy Lawson. You see, a teacher's pride is very much like that of a parent. My daughter's Maroon Tide from Galax was making a run in Division I and I am enamored with George Mason's girls' team. Mason is an anomaly; a single-A school surrounded by behemoths in Fairfax County.
All but Mason were derailed along the way. The games all ended with disappointed players on the losing side, but I saw little evidence of devastation in their eyes. I thought back to the gut-wrenching emptiness I had felt 40 years prior, and I began to ponder what had changed.
I have concluded that it is the sheer volume of games that kids play today, especially on elite travel squads, that has made today's high school tournament (and, I might add, college tournament) action to be less significant. One season simply rolls into the next, with the player becoming more concerned with personal development than with the name that appears on the front of the jersey.
This reality hit me at the conclusion of the Dale-Cosby battle in the Central Region finals. Dale had fought back from a poor first half to take the Titans into overtime. The Knights took a brief lead in the extra stanza, but eventually fell in what I saw as a heartbreaking game. After the game, I saw no tears. In fact, soon after the game ended, girls from both teams were seen sitting together in the stands. They were laughing and joking with one another. What this old goat hadn't realized is that these players saw each other as friends and teammates. They represent different schools from November thru February, but for the rest of the year they are teammates and friends, not enemy combatants.
I'm not entirely sure what to make of this new era. To my way of thinking, Thomas Dale is supposed to hate Matoaca; respecting the competitor, but despising the name on the front of the jersey. The feeling of bitter rivalry is definitely felt more by older fans than by players.
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Faculty and staff challenge the Ohio State Lima student population to a fun game of Flag Football. The Office of FYE encourages all students to come out and play or just to watch. The funfilled afternoon is followed by a bonfire.
Location: Barons Baseball Field Time: 4:00 pm
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Dans ce troisième épisode de la série Wapos Bay, de mystérieux événements se produisent quand Raven siffle en voyant le ciel éclairé par des aurores boréales.
La série Wapos Bay suit les aventures de trois jeunes enfants d'une communauté crie du nord de la Saskatchewan. La série a remporté un prix Gemini en 2010.
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The judges didn't have to rely solely on Sammy Quintana's testimony to know who'd really stabbed Brandy, he says. Francisco himself, when questioned by police, had admitted he was in the front passenger seat when the gang left Uncle Joe's house (although he denied that Brandy was with them). The wounds to Brandy's stomach and sides had been caused by the person sitting in that seat.
When the judges reach step three, Sargent says, they will find that whatever mitigators they allow "would pale in comparison to the aggravators." And when they turn to step four, he says, there can be only one sentence: "for the ultimate crime, the ultimate punishment."
Defense attorney Kaplan waits for Sargent to sit before he goes slowly to the podium, as if lost in thought. He is tired. One day during a break in the hearing, he had begged a different judge to reschedule another trial--not because Kaplan didn't have that case together, but because he would be too emotionally drained by this one to put any heart into it, he said.
"Who should live and who should die is not an easy question for a civilized society," Kaplan now begins. And the judges will have to make their decision not just according to "legal concepts, but moral concepts."
They should begin with "the presumption of life...the value of life. The life of Brandy DuVall," he says, turning to the girl's family, and then pointing to his client, "and the life of Francisco Martinez."
Kaplan revives the argument that all of the evidence pointing to Francisco as the man who inflicted Brandy's fatal wounds came from Sammy Quintana. Recalling Quintana's involvement in the killing of Brandy and Venus Montoya, Kaplan asks, "Is that the type of person whose testimony you can rely on in order to kill Francisco Martinez?"
The attorney also returns to Ridley's opening statement that the judges couldn't know if the jury convicted Francisco as the principal or the complicitor. In which case, he says, "it would be impermissible to sentence Francisco Martinez to death on a theory of complicity."
Kaplan attacks the quality of the prosecution's evidence regarding its aggravators, particularly those accusing Francisco of crimes of which he was never convicted. Much of it was hearsay, he argues, or blown out of proportion.
"And what of Francisco Martinez, the man before this court? What of his life?" Kaplan asks, then delves into his client's past.
The judges can't just "sweep it off the table like yesterday's news. It was not just like every other hard-luck story." Some of what Francisco went through would have been "okay if everything else was okay. But it was not okay when you have virtually nothing else going for you."
Kaplan ends his remarks by recalling the Columbine High School shootings a month before. A civilized society, he says, needs to ask questions about what events precede "something this horrible...whether Brandy DuVall or Columbine," and what might have been done to prevent either one.
His voice cracking from the strain, Kaplan says that this is the first time he's had to argue about whether a client should live or die, "and I'm not quite sure how to sit down. Tomorrow will be too late." He asks the judges to try to understand the forces that created Francisco--"and hopefully, to understand is to forgive."
When all the arguments are done, just one question remains to be answered. In this courtroom, at least. Unlike Danny's death-penalty panel, which left everyone guessing when the decision would be made, Judge Villano says this panel will have its answer in eight days--on May 27, 1999.
Just four days shy of the two-year anniversary of Brandy DuVall's murder.
May 27, 1999
"I didn't want to come, but Danny asked me to. I told him I don't want to show any disrespect for Angela. But he said, 'Linda needs you.'"
Theresa Swinton, Danny Martinez's mother, sits outside the courtroom where, in a few minutes, she'll learn whether the young man she has known since boyhood will be sent to the state executioner. Outside, low gray clouds obscure the tops of the foothills just west of the courthouse--fitting weather for the occasion, she notes.
"I told him I'd come but I didn't want to go in the courtroom," she says of her conversation last night with Danny. "I no more want to hear them hand down the death penalty for Pancho than I did for my own son. But he said, 'You have to go in the courtroom and be there for her.'"
Theresa sighs. In the few weeks since Danny had escaped the death penalty by a single vote, she'd felt good. Her prayers had been answered: Her son would live.
But as Pancho's hearing approached, she realized she'd been kidding herself if she thought she could get on with her life. It can only be over if he receives a life sentence without the possibility of parole. That would be justice for what her son and his best friend did to that little girl. "They should have to get up every morning and work hard until night," she says, perhaps building schools or playgrounds.


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Get it? Cause I'm dying. But I'm die-ing? Wow, aren't I clever?
It all started when I bought a set of Wilton's food dye to experiment with. I had been using kool aid and was looking for an alternative. Don't get me wrong, kool aid is great, but it lacked the black and browns I was needing. And let me tell you, black is INVALUABLE when it comes to dying. Add it to blue to get navy or obviously just use it on its own. So fun.
Anywho, these skeins were inspired by yarn I saw (and splurged on) about a year ago on vacation in a LYS I frequent when I'm there. Manos Del Uruguay Alegria. Look it up in Ravelry when you have the time. I bought the two brightest skeins there and I have yet to make something with them. They're just so pretty. So expensive. Ahem.
But I figured why not give it a shot myself? The results are perfection my friends. Take a peek-


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Career Day
Note: I half-wrote this way back, but then had to put the blog on hiatus due to commitments that make me money. I've decided to post this now that schools are back in session, hopefully encouraging others to speak at their kids' schools this year.
I did my first career day at my son's school, and it was a blast.
I'd never done one before, because either the timing was poor, or the stinker would hide the flyer from me. This year, I intercepted it and was able to sign up, much to his horror.
The lead-up
Since I signed up for a whole day, I thought I'd be speaking for the whole day. Imagine my level of peevishness when I found out I was only signed up for three talking slots. Was I not cool enough or something? I pouted with another first-time parent (also in IT), as we waited for our turns.
The cool factor of the other parents was also a bit intimidating. We had:
- A bee keeper
- A mobile vet lab
- A freaking SWAT team
- A mounted policeman
- Loads of firemen
- A Redskins cheerleader
Seriously? I'm going to compete with that? I comforted myself that I was at least a step above the nutritionist.
Talking to the kids
Finally, it was my turn.
We were handed a sheet of things to cover. This sheet was very important, because the kids had to write down certain things about you, like how much you can make in your career, what character traits are important, and how much education you need. You know, the boring stuff. After that, you could ad lib all you wanted.
I was tempted to ad lib all the way through, but the kids stopped me cold. "You're not reading the sheet."
A girl held up her worksheet. It looked like the sheet I'd been handed, except hers was mostly blank. Fine, I read off the sheet, they filled out their paper, and they were happy. Less stressed, they actually paid closer attention to what I had to say after that.
- My spiel was pretty basic:
- I told them I was a developer, a person who makes programs for computers and the Internet. Computers are stupid (the kids loved that I used a 'bad' word, by the way), and we give them instructions to tell them what to do.
- We call those instructions 'code.'
- Many things in our lives are either computers in disguise, or contain computers. Gaming consoles, phones, MP3 players, TVs, and even cars use code.
- Being good at math is a plus, but I know many developers who aren't as good at math who are great developers.
- What you need to be good at is breaking down a problem into parts, and being able to solve those parts.
Oh, and be good at writing and communication, I added. I figured I might as well indoctrinate some of them while I had them, because we totally need more developers who can write coherently.
I also brought up that I was way overdressed for my job, seeing as how I was in jeans and a nice sweater set. I usually wore my pajamas.
My spiel done, I brought up the code for a fairly basic number guessing game.
import random high = 10 secret_num = random.randint(1, high) while 1: guess = input("Give me a number between 1 and %s: " % high) if guess == secret_num: print "You got it!" break elif guess > secret_num: print "That's too high. Try again!" else: print "That's too low. Try again!"
I walked them through it, and surprisingly, the kids got it right off the bat. We messed around with it, raising the upper limit, changing the inputs, adding how many times the class had guessed. They really, really understood it. They knew what to change, and they knew what the outcome would be.
This should be a lesson to educators: You don't need to start kids off on some fake programming language like Scratch. We have something they can understand and actually use later.
I then brought up my roguelike, toyed around with it, and showed them how much more code was involved. They began to understand that you can do a lot with a little code, but sometimes you need a bunch of code to do something bigger.
Lastly, I made my Mac speak. This, hands-down, was the best trick, and it was one I didn't add until a few minutes before I started my talks. You'd think a bunch of kids who had consoles and computers at home that spouted voice acting all the time wouldn't be into this, but they were amazed. I got requests to do everyone's names, get the computer to sass me, and get it to say bits of songs that I wasn't cool enough to recognize.
Question time!
There was a time set aside for questions, and I got hammered.
- Common questions:
- Do you know anyone who makes video games? (Yes, I know people at EA and BioWare, and a few indie developers. The kids flipped out over this)
- Can I play your game on my XBox/PS3/DS? (No, and then I explained how distribution channels worked, and how it was very expensive to develop for consoles)
- How long does it take for you to make a website? (It varies. I've put one up in an hour, I've had them take me a few weeks. One took a group of us a year to make)
- What games do you play? (I'd list off all the titles I could think of, much to the dismay of the teachers. I think they wanted me to decry all games as evil. The kids, however, were stunned that I played many of the games that they did.)
- Can you hack our teacher's computer? (Uh, no. That's illegal.)
What surprised me
The kids repeat questions. Over and over and over again. Not variations on a question: the same exact question. I would just repeat myself until the teacher intervened.
Every kid has a smart phone. I guess my son wasn't being dramatic when he said he was the only one without one.
I should have reviewed what kids call numbers before I went in. They don't call them integers and floats. They call them whole numbers and decimal numbers. I'd recommend asking the teacher before you go in, since this could vary by district.
One kid asked me if I knew anyone who worked on Grand Theft Auto. "That's rated M. What do you know about that series?" "Um..."
The kids were shocked that me, an old person, played as many video games as I do. They were also shocked that I knew what all the systems were, and that I would actually choose not to buy one.
They were really, really good at the number guessing game. Like, almost perfect. I've known adults who couldn't do the guessing game in the minimum amount of moves.
Not everyone presenting was a parent of a child there. Some had children who graduated long ago, others were friends of a teacher. Some had approached the school and had a standing agreement. I had always assumed that the adults at career day were parents to a child there, but most weren't.
So, should you do a career day?
You absolutely should. I was up against a SWAT team and a vet, and I ended up being one of the more popular presentations. It takes barely any prep: I wrote the number guessing game while I was waiting. They already had the format they needed, and it wasn't anything I had to think terribly hard about.
Getting kids excited about programming today means that one day, you're more likely to have competent juniors. If you plan on being in the workforce eleven years from now, the fifth grader you talk to today is your new hire in the future.
PyCon 2013: Young Coders
This year at PyCon, I had the honor of co-teaching the very first workshop just for children at PyCon. Barbara Shaurette and I taught approximately 35 kids from eight to eighteen the basics of programming Python.
The class was offered for free to all children, and all kids got to take home a Raspberry Pi at the end of the day. The students came from attendees and the local community. Some parents were Python developers, and some had no idea what programming was. They just knew this was a chance to enrich their children's lives.
What did we teach?
Barbara took her materials that she uses for her class and, with minimal tweaks, converted them to a kids' class (I'm lazy, and have no slides for my classes). We tweaked the lesson plan for the second day when we realized that some things were confusing to the kids (or to the teacher who couldn't remember how slices work).
This is roughly what we taught:
- Who are we, and what do we do with Python?
- What is programming?
- What's an algorithm (the peanut butter and jelly example)
- Numbers + math
- Strings
- Lists
- if statements
- Loops (for and while)
- Input + Output
- Functions
- Objects
- Imports
- Let's make some games!
- Number guessing
- Raspberry Rogue
- State capitals
- Care and feeding of your Raspberry Pis
With the first class, we had to take lots of breaks. Every other module, we'd let the kids get up and move around or run to the bathroom. The second class, where the kids were older, we didn't need as many breaks (in fact, they often refused breaks), so we got through way more material. In fact, we ran out, so I ended up live coding a few more examples and running through some code Barbara had written for another class.
Barbara and I swapped back and forth as needed. Sometimes, one teacher needed a break. Other times, the other teacher knew more about that module so wanted to take point.
I'll confess, I was worried when I saw how many volunteers were signed up to help us. Would it be too confusing? Would we have too many chefs in the kitchen? I didn't want to tell anyone that they couldn't come, though, just in case some people couldn't make it (or forgot that they had signed up).
I asked the volunteers to stand or sit at the back of the room and watch the kids' monitors rather than the slides. My reasoning? If they're focusing on what Barbara or I were saying, they were missing what was going on with the students. The one thing we couldn't see was the kids' monitors, so we had no idea if they were lost, if their Pi was throwing errors, or if they were done typing an example. I also needed them to grab the 'off' teacher to tell us if we needed to go over something again, or if they'd noticed something particularly interesting that a student had done.
One thing I made sure to ask was that they not interrupt the class, even if they noticed an error. Having two teachers, though, meant that there was always someone they could grab and talk to quietly.
We ended up having around a 1:3 ratio, and it was perfect. Volunteers were able to jump in if a student was floundering, and many developed a relationship with a few select kids over the course of eight hours. The volunteers were also an invaluable asset to me, letting me know with nods and hand signals if I could move on, or if I needed to chill out for a bit.
We used IDLE because it's already on Raspian's desktop. Personally, I like IDLE as a teaching tool. It's included in the standard library, it does tab completion and color coding, and it even has a text editor included so you don't have to start your class off by teaching everyone about paths.
Too bad it's broke as hell.
I believe my first contribution to the Python Standard Library will be fixes to IDLE. I really do like it that much. Happily, the kids were flexible. If they needed to do a workaround, or ignore something on our slides (they were written with the standard shell in mind), they did so. They were total champs. My adult students would have been much more upset.
So... what was it like?
It was amazing. It was exhausting. I wanted to do it again. I wanted a drink.
The kids were fabulous (I only had to use Mom Voice once). They stayed on task in a way I've never seen. Hell, at work, if we've been coding for a whole hour we start whining that we need a Starbucks run. They had a network connection and never once did I see Facebook open. They had a link to Python games as well, and only opened them during breaks.
People kept stopping by and peeking in, then giving us little cheers at the sight of rows of kids with their 'coder faces' on. I tried to impress on the kids that they were the stars of PyCon. I'm not quite sure they bought it, but it's true. Everyone was so excited about the classes. I got stopped at least once an hour by someone who wanted to know about it, or how they could do it themselves.
We even had a group of programmers from Mexico approach Jesse and offer to translate our slides so that they could teach the classes in their home country. I believe we're even finding a way to send them Pis so they can copy our set-up exactly.
Lessons learned
How are my son's teachers not alcoholics?
The biggest lesson learned? Two days of teaching, even shared between two teachers, is probably too much. Barbara and I were about to collapse by the end of it. When you teach an eight-hour class, you have to be 'on' for the entire time. Even when we weren't actively teaching, we were looking at the next module, walking the room, talking to a volunteer, or helping a student. Even our break times were spent going over what we needed to change in the slides.
Next time? Two different teachers every day. The optimal pair would be two people who know each other well and can pass the ball back and forth with a minimum amount of effort. Barbara and I have known each other for years, so this was was easy for us. It would have been harder if it was someone I didn't know as well.
Mavis Beacon they aren't
With the exception of a few of the teenagers, the kids were not fast typists. When I was live-coding, some tried to follow along, word for word. As I raced ahead, they became discouraged. We also had long variable names in the examples, which took forever for the kids to type in (and they wanted to type in every code sample).
Oh man, objects...
We were able to get to classes, but it turned out to be something that's a bit difficult to explain. I'm still coming up with a story that will make objects easy for kids to grasp. I don't want to ignore them because many of the kids want to make a game, and that requires understanding what an object is.
Wait, they need to eat?!
We forgot to feed the kids snacks at snack-time. Barbara and I both face-palmed, especially since snacks were provided for tutorial attendees.
The future
I want this class to happen again. I want to see it done at PyCons, big and small. I'd love to see them done in smaller communities, and I even have a few leads back home. People offering to translate our slides has me jumping with joy.
I have ideas for adding to the class, and I'd love to see what other people might add to the material.
I will totally be doing this again and again.
Young Coders at PyOhio
This past July, I got a chance to not only do my first smaller regional conference, but also to do Young Coders again!
The numbers
We had 25 kids, from 12 to 17. From what I heard, the class list filled up within half-hour, and the waitlist was three times as long as the available slots. Some students were children of conference attendees, but several came from outside of the Python community altogether.
Sign-up didn't open until two weeks before the class (I know this was probably killing PyOhio organizers. I know how persistent people can be!). This helped keep the no-show rate down to one student. There were a half-dozen kids outside the door vying for that extra seat, so I'm glad that we had the waitlist on hand to tell who had signed up first!
The setup
We went with the Raspberry Pi set-up again, due to a generous grant. This required getting and setting up 25 Raspberry Pis, which included lugging around monitors, keyboards, mice, and power supplies. If you want to do this yourself, make sure you have a few dollies and some strong backs to help!
We got into the room the day before. It took several hours, and honestly, when they booted us out, I would have gladly taken one more hour to get everything tidied up.
Because of the limited amount of time, we stuck to checking the important stuff:
- Making sure all the RPis booted
- Getting the localization right
- Hooking up monitors, keyboards, and mice
- Making sure we had enough space for all the students, and enough chairs
- Making sure every seat had power
I decided to skip networking. One, we didn't have the Wifi adapters for the RPis, two, we didn't have cable for the hard connection, and three, I didn't have Noah on hand.
We had a bunch of people on hand to help, and we needed every single one of them. We barely got everything checked before the University told us we had to get out (in the nicest way possible, though).
The class
The class itself was amazing. The kids were completely attentive, loved to participate, and picked up concepts quickly. I knew that we were going to zoom through slides when they immediately knew start with "Open the bag of bread, then remove to slices" during the PB+J demo.
One amusing hiccup occurred when we realized that the food court in the building was closed for renovations. I called the building help desk in a panic.
"Oh, the tavern is open!"
"The... tavern?"
"Yeah! They can eat there."
Awesome. Come on kids! Let's go to the bar!
Happily, the tavern was just a slightly swankier place to get food, and not really a bar. The students could get food, and I wasn't breaking any state laws by bringing minors into a dive.
Because we finished the slides early, and we raced through the game demos I had, we ended up hacking on the games included on the RPi. The kids had been playing them during breaks, so they already had an idea of what they wanted to do.
We started off simple, changing text, then colors. We then played around with making the games harder or easier by increasing enemies, making the board smaller or larger, or making things move faster or slower. Best part? I suck at these games, so the kids got to watch me die over and over and over.
At the end of the class, I made sure that everyone knew how to disassemble and reassemble their Pis, and that they knew how to log back in. My fabulous volunteers had made a cheat sheet (now in the repo!) and got it printed, so we handed that out as well.
Topics covered
We covered (in the order I'm remembering, not the order taught):
- Math
- Strings
- Booleans
- Ints and floats
- Lists
- Functions
- Errors
- Loops
- Dictionaries
- Objects (just a tiny bit)
- Modules (random, datetime, calendar, urllib)
A shadow!
Our goal with Young Coders is not to run me and Barbara into the ground, running around to conferences. We'd prefer it if these could be run by locals, not only to cut down on costs, but so that the students have a local resource to go to when they have questions.
I got such a shadow at PyOhio! Bill Triest, who works at the University, took the time to go over the slides and chat with me about what goes into running a YC class. He also watched the class, so he got to see how much of what Barbara and I talk about looks like in practice.
If you decide you want to do a Young Coder's class in your area, you should most certainly look into getting a shadow if you have to import a teacher.
Next year
Will I be doing this again? I certainly hope so! Not only did I love doing the class, but the rest of PyOhio was awesome as well. The talks (which, admittedly, I've been watching mostly on YouTube) have been superb. There's a class on Kivy that I'm eying for my next free Sunday, where people were watching from the hallway.


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