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Summary: Foods: Experimental Perspectives, Seventh Editionwill help students pursuing food-related careers broaden and deepen their scientific knowledge of food and its safe preparation. It clearly explains food science's foundational principles and most important emerging technologies. The text first surveys the consumer marketplace, career opportunities, and basic food research techniques. Next, it discusses food's physical aspects and preparation, and thoroughly explains carbohydrates, lip ...show moreids, and proteins. Finally, it presents up-to-date coverage of food safety, preservation, and additives. Learning is promoted through ''Food for Thought'' boxes, photos, objectives, margin notes, definitions, charts, web links, and study questions. Updated throughout, this edition includes extensively revised coverage of food safety, GMOs, trans fats, alternative sweeteners, and much more. ...show less
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So there are the old Gods, the ones we've heard myths and stories about for years, going back to greek mythology, ancient religions and whatever else you can think of. But now a days most people don't care about them anymore, we have new Gods. The new Gods of today we all know but might not think of that way, TV, Radio, the Internet. So the question that we have here is what happens when the old Gods are tried of getting ignored and want to take back the glory they once had. Neil Gaiman tries to answer that here in American Gods. The story mostly centers around Shadow, who from the start is having a pretty shitty time. He's in jail, but he's getting out, but then his wife dies. From there it doesn't get much better for him. Overall after I finished I basically enjoyed the book, the main problem is for most of the book nothing really happens. It's a whole lot of small information coming to you that doesn't have a payoff until about the last hundred pages of the book. At the end of the book it's a pretty great payoff but it's an uphill battle getting there. If you feel like investing some time here it will turn out pretty well but if you don't long periods with nothing going on you might wanna look at something else.
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2013 by the numbers:
48% of the people we serve have at least one working member in their household. Many are single parents trying to raise their children on one income. Statistically, of children under age six in female-headed families, 59% are poor.
Children who eat breakfast every day will get higher scores in math. More than 50% of the students in Sarasota County are eligible for free and reduced lunches, and in DeSoto County, more than 90%. Feeding our children is something we can accomplish together, to make the future stronger, smarter, and safer for us all.
Many of the seniors who count on us for food must regularly decide between buying groceries or medication. More than 12,000 disabled veterans live in our area and often don't have enough to eat. We believe that if we take care of our community, our community will take care of us. Won't you join us?


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Here's the deal, I'll even sweeten the pot for you. If I win with your picks…I'll give you my winnings! Not sure how many players in on it here at the station yet, but if you help me and I win…you get the cash.
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Brand diversity allows Flaman Ag to negotiate with suppliers and meet its customers' needs.
Back in 1959, Frank Flaman made the jump from farmer to farm equipment dealer somewhat by accident. Flaman was in need of four new grain bins, but was told if he ordered 10 he'd qualify for dealer pricing. So he ordered 10 and was able to quickly sell the additional six bins for a profit. He used it to place another order, says Don Flaman, co-owner and one of Frank's three sons now involved in the resulting business, Flaman Agriculture.
The Flaman Group of companies operates 9 ag equipment dealerships throughout Western Canada. The group represents 27 different product lines. Photo Courtesy of Flaman Agriculture |
From that first purchase of 10 grain bins over 50 years ago, Flaman has grown into a 9-store specialty equipment dealership in Western Canada with 150 employees. In the 1990s the company diversified and now, in addition to the ag division, Flaman also has nearly 100 rental locations in Canada and the U.S., as well as 37 fitness equipment stores throughout the country. Flaman Fitness is now Canada's largest specialty fitness equipment retailer.
The dealership group carries 26 different product categories from 27 different suppliers, with grain handling, storage and drying equipment as their primary product areas. "We're constantly looking for new things, and every year or two we'll take on a new line or the odd thing will drop off," Flaman says.
While the company has grown and changed over the years, one thing has always remained the same. It has never carried a major line tractor or combine.
"We've been very busy doing what we're doing. There's really never been any discussion about adding a major line. The company is steadily evolving and we continue to grow," says Flaman. He says their biggest growth has been over the last 10 years. In that time, revenue from the ag division has tripled.
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Flaman says there's little difference in how the dealership is run compared to a more conventional mainline dealership. "We deal with pretty much the same customers, we're just selling a different product. In many cases, it's a very similar product to the same customers," he says.
The dealership's customers are primarily grain farmers but it also works with some customers who deal with cattle as well. "The size of the farms really vary up here, but they keep getting bigger. We have equipment for everybody," Flaman says.
While customers might be able to get similar products elsewhere, Flaman says many come to them because of their focus on specialty equipment. "Shortline products are our livelihood so we have to be focused and true experts for our customers. To a mainline dealer, his big equipment — tractors and combines — may be more important to him than some of these shortlines. This is our livelihood so we have more accessories and better trained service and sales people because they specialize in a very wide range of equipment," he says.
"The one similarity is we've all got salespeople and we have a very high percentage of repeat customers, similar to a mainline dealership," Flaman says. "The difference is their parts and service departments would be larger and both of those would be a much larger profit center for a mainline dealership than they are for us because of the nature of the products that they sell."
Flaman adds that mainline dealerships also deal with far more trades and used equipment. "Our products are smaller products, and for the most part they're cash sales as opposed to trades," he says. While Flaman Ag does offer financing options it's not to the same level as a mainline dealer because of the smaller products it sells.
The lack of a row-crop tractor and combine line helps keep the dealership focused on its specialty equipment during the spring and fall when other dealers who carry a mainline need to focus on seeding and planting or harvest equipment, says Hal Carnago, sales manager with Schulte, which supplies Flaman Agriculture with mowing equipment.
Because the dealership represents so many lines, a big difference between Flaman and mainline dealerships is the amount of parts inventory they carry. Photo Courtesy of Flaman Agriculture |
Like most dealerships with multiple locations, Flaman moves equipment and parts among its 9 stores. Flaman says there is often just more demand in areas the dealership serves for certain products than in others. Depending on the season, the dealership makes transfers among the stores at least weekly. In the busy season, the trips can increase to several times a week, he says.
Frank Flaman's business philosophy that led him to buying 10 grain bins instead of 4 all those years ago still influences how the company does business. "When we started with Flaman, we gave them the best discount we possibly could and Frank put down a large sum of money in front of me and he said, 'When that's gone, let me know and we'll come back and order some more stuff.' That was Frank's philosophy, to buy right and sell right and basically go at the manufacturer and get the best discount he could by putting in the best order he could," says Carnago.
Having numerous locations has aided Flaman's ability to buy right. "Our buying power is far greater at times because we are spread out across western Canada," Flaman says.
Being a multi-store dealership has also helped the shortline-only model work for Flaman because marketing and other overhead expenses are shared across all the locations.
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With so many different product categories and brands, it may seem like the dealership is willing to take on any product. That's not the case, however. Flaman says there needs to be customer demand for the product. In addition, the manufacturer needs to provide a good, quality product with good people to work with. "We handle better quality products and don't tend to have the cheapest products on the market," he says.
"We're looking for good people who do what they say they'll do," he says. "What we look for is people we can build a good relationship with."
The dealership isn't shy about carrying competing lines, either. Flaman says they carry several competing brands. "Every product is different. We'll have two or three different competing products on our lot because customers have different preferences and in some cases we need more than one supplier because some of them can't supply us with enough volume," he says.
Generally, all Flaman locations carry all the lines. However, there are a few exceptions. In some cases, certain locations just don't have the demand for a particular product that the other locations have. "In other cases, there may have been a dealer carrying that brand in town already. For example our, Swan River store doesn't carry any Schulte products. Before we opened that store there was already an established Schulte dealer in town," Flaman says.
Today, Flaman has grown into a well organized and successful organization, but it wasn't easy getting there. "We've grown up with it and it's taken a long time to build the business. We do carry a lot of inventory, and I don't know if someone would want to jump into a business like this with the cost required to get involved," Flaman says. "We've been doing it a long time and have made it work.
"At this point, this would be a hard business to start because most of the mainline dealers also carry many of the shortlines that we do."
Flaman says equipment rentals have been a large part of the business. Rental customers often return to purchase equipment. "There are a lot of people who only need a piece of equipment for one day a year. Tillage equipment and trailers and some livestock equipment are big rental items, but also big discs and rotary mowers and even some field equipment," he says. The oil boom in Western Canada has helped grow Flaman's business. "The lease roads that go out to the oil barracks have to be maintained. So the snow removal equipment is one item that is needed. Then there's rock removal equipment for starting and building the roads and rotary cutters for cutting the grass out to the lease wells, which is also very good business," Carnago says. "Flaman's rent a lot of its equipment in that aspect — and sell a lot in that aspect as well. The rental division has done quite well for them." |
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The number of digital subscribers to The Times and The Sunday Times has continued to grow month-on- month.
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God Damnnnn!! It's finally done; I think I spent way too much time on this one but I'm quite happy with it. It's a digital painting of one of the later scenes in 'Old Boy'. If you're new to Korean cinema, this film is a good place to start.
This is my first attempt at doing multiple people in one scene. I also went for a more airbrushed look this time. With these movie stills I've been trying to challenge myself by not colour picking from the original image or tracing anything.
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i have the orange and lavender.
it's made up of organic oils!! it smells insanely nice. i don't have the driest of skin, so i just use it to make my hands softer and also use it as a moisturiser on the go for anywhere that needs it...i'd say it's more like a solid perfume than a moisturising balm. i think balm is probably the wrong word to describe it as it's very light and super absorbent - when i think of a balm i think of something extremely rich and moisturising which this is not!!
i use it on my neck and wrists to freshen them up when my perfume has faded and i'd say it would be 5/5 for a perfume but 3/5 for an all body balm...
solid perfumes tend to be quite pricey so this is a bargain!!
i can't stop smelling my orangey lavendery hands right now as i type this!
I have this in the Baby Mild version. I like the tin: it's a small metal rectangle, and you slide the top back to expose the product. It closes securely, so I imagine it would be good for traveling. I was expecting this to be a thicker, waxier balm (similar to Carmex, though without the cooling sensation). I was surprised by how thin/light the balm is. It feels kind of moussey straight out of the tin, and it basically disintegrates into an oil as soon as it hits skin temperature.
No negative reactions to report and the ingredients are impeccable, but I didn't find it moisturizing enough for my purposes, and the texture kind of put me off. I used it as a lip balm in hopes it would heal my chronically dry, chapped lips, but it seemed to just sit on top like an oil and never really sink in. After an hour or so, it had completely vanished, and my lips felt no moister than before. I had the same issues using it on my hands, elbows, and feet (the only parts of my body generally prone to dryness).
Additionally, mine had a strange smell to it that I can't quite describe, but is vaguely reminiscent of bacon. Perhaps mine had just gone off or I got a bad batch? Either way, it's not what I was looking for and I won't repurchase. I do love the packaging, though, and will reuse the tin.
I have this in baby mild which is supposed to be unscented and positively lovee this for use as a cuticle balm. =] This is also really nice to dab a bit on those dry spots such as elbows, heels, etc. I don't see myself running out anytime soon because I just use a little here and there but it's a great product.
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Magic "All-One" Body Balm.
Accurate description; this stuff is amazing. I have the peppermint.
Ingredients: jojoba seed oil, beeswax, avocado oil, cannabis sativa oil, peppermint oil, and vitamin e.
It has a nice buttery texture, it melts onto your skin and then right into it without leaving any greasy feeling behind. The peppermint is very strong but not overpowering. Very soothing.
I think I've used this on my lips, any areas of dry skin, tattoo care, cuticles, the ends of my hair, as aromatherapy (dabbed a but under my nose)
A bit expensive, but that tin will last forever. I always carry this with me, you can use it for nearly anything when in a pinch. And I don't have to worry about any of the ingredients being bad for me...I could probably eat this stuff.
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I have this product in Citrus Orange, in a circular tin. First of all, the packaging is pretty awful-- it's very difficult to screw shut because the threads are hard to align. However, I just keep this product at home on my nightstand so I've stopped trying to screw it completely shut. Other than that minor problem, this is an excellent product. One of the first balms or lip products I've "hit pan" on in a long time. All the scents in this line are amazing and very natural.
The amount of beeswax in this product drastically decreases the slip factor. It is long-lasting and does not have an artificial texture... it's quite buttery. I use it on dry or chapped spots, as well as my lips.
Note: this product was purchased in Asia, and I believe that not only is the packaging different in the US, this scent is also unavailable.
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I love Dr. B's Organic balm. I have it in peppermint and orange lavender. It says it can be used "for dry/chapped skin or tattoos," and I use it for both. It is basically made up of oils and beeswax, so it is a fantastic treat for super dry skin. I use it as a cuticle rub too. I have put in on my tattoos and it keeps the skin hydrated, but I don't think it really "brightens" them.
My absolute favorite thing about this though is the super cute tin it comes in. I used up one balm, and I'm trying to think of what I can do with the tin to reuse it. So cute and practical (I think I will store a needle, thread and buttons in there for sewing emergencies). I love that this balm is organic, but at $5 a pop, it's a little pricey...but you do get to reuse the tin!
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Wedding Receptions - Upper Cape Cod
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Cape Cod is the perfect destination for your Cape Cod Wedding. Cross over the Bourne or Sagamore Bridges and you are in your dream setting...surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. The Upper Cape and its four villages offer you a choice of 20 Cape Cod Wedding Reception venues in all price ranges. Please review the table below to find exciting choices within your budget. Our digital video library on the home page and area pages show actual Cape Cod Weddings which will be fun for you to see. If you decide to honeymoon on Cape Cod, we can recommend secluded hide-away's and luxurious to moderate resorts.
Upper Cape - Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, Sandwich
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Spectacular public golf course
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Daniel Webster Inn and Spa - Sandwich
Hemisphere Waterfront Restaurant - Sandwich
Heritage Museums and Gardens - Sandwich
Historic Highfield Hall - Falmouth
Falmouth Yacht Club with private beach
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Nauticus Marina - Osterville
premier outdoor setting, lighthouse on property
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21 Jul 2013A must-do event for all travellers, the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets, is a world famous festival held before Lent every year.
Rio Carnival is all about parades, dancing, music and infamous street parties. The most famous dance of Rio Carnival is the samba, which is a Brazilian dance with African influences. The samba remains a popular dance not only at Rio Carnival but also in the villages outside of the main cities throughout Brazil.
One of the main purposes of the Rio Carnival parade is for a samba school to compete with other rival samba schools. This competition is the climax of the whole Rio Carnival festival. The samba schools build floats, costumes and create songs and themes (in Carnival terminology called "enredo") for their entries. They also include the best music they can from their drumming band, which is called the bateria. There are many parts to each school's entry including up to eight floats and 4,000 party goers.
The samba is the main dance of Rio Carnival, but music in general is another major aspect of all parts of Rio Carnival. Samba Carnival instruments are an important part of Brazil and the Rio Carnival. The music of Rio Carnival contains amazing beats and rhythms, which has the crowds dancing all over the streets of Rio. The samba that is found in Rio is called batucada and the dance and music are based on percussion instruments.
There can be more than 300 street parties taking place at any given point in time during the Rio Carnival. While the biggest street party takes place right outside the Sambadrome, the largest organized street dance is typically found on Cinelndia Square in Rio's Centro, but numerous street parties take place throughout the city during Rio Carnival. According to police estimates, more than 5 million people attend one of the street parties during Rio Carnival and there is very little reported incident of crime.
Today, some of the biggest events of Rio Carnival are ticketed events. There are different types of Sambadrome tickets that are available for purchase. Grandstand tickets are general admissions tickets that are available on a first come-first serve basis and are not allocated ahead of time. Frisas are open air box seats located along the samba runway. Camarotes are luxury boxes situated between the frisas and the grandstands. Sector 9 is the tourist sector, which are the same as grandstand tickets, with the difference being that they are allocated so people have assigned seats.
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Prices in Abu Dhabi used to be much higher than Dubai, so people would often live in Dubai and commute to Abu Dhabi. But post recession, the scenario has flipped. "In addition, the government put in place a rule that if you work for a government agency or ministry, you have to live in Abu Dhabi and that helped feed demand," Neill said. Now prices in the older buildings on Abu Dhabi Island are falling as people leave for newer communities. In modern developments and luxury buildings, there is a high demand in both rentals and sales. "Sale value tends to be going up because there is a low supply on the market," Neill explained.
Most expats rent while living in Abu Dhabi. A two-bedroom flat in a high end building on the Corniche, Saadiyat Island or in Al Raha Beach rents for between 140,000 to 200,000 dirhams a year (it is typical for rents to be paid yearly in Abu Dhabi). On Al Reem, a similar property rents for 110,000 to 130,000 dirhams a year. In these prime areas, apartments currently cost 14,200 dirhams per square metre.
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Nagios is a great product, it's free, you can't beat that. The problem is that the level of usability and sophistication of the product is pretty much zero. Don't expect any bells and whistles, or really any usability for that matter. The technology is rudimentary at best, but it can get the job done with the right skills on staff.
Many vendors have introduced products which make Nagios more usable, these improve the product itself, the supportability, and the fact that you can get support when things break. The problem is that the underpinning and ugliness still exist once you get through the layers intended to cover up the mess that Nagios is. There are still scripted "checks" which run to determine service health, the checks are normally challenging to manage, especially when some execute through the agent, while others do not. Other features added include better management, dash boarding, and other basic capabilities that you would expect out of the box with any monitoring product.
The problem with all of these approaches is that they don't auto-configure themselves, they don't detect application instances properly or consistently, and configuration of checks is painful. Most clients using Nagios will hear me tell them to ditch it, and go for a simple and inexpensive monitoring tool. I hear from many Gartner clients who decide to implement open source tools based on a talented engineer on the team, but when he leaves the company no one can figure out how to safely upgrade nagios or it's associated components (This article goes through some of what is needed to manage Nagios : http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/nagiosinstall.htm)
The time and effort needed to manage this software is much better spent buying a simple monitoring tool to get the basics covered for infrastructure health. Once you lick the easy stuff, infrastructure health monitoring, you can start focusing on the harder problems. Application performance monitoring (APM) tools are where most interest is since they facilitate end user experience monitoring, in depth troubleshooting capabilities, and provide much greater business value to the non-technical users.
Other Nagios related blog posts:
- Nagios : Let the religious wars continue
- How to properly leverage open source server monitoring (Nagios)
- Monitoring software sucks so I use Nagios, what's a better approach?
Probably a better way to do similar types of monitoring, from a wider perspective:
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1 Bringing all this to a climax, King Solomon called in the leaders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the family patriarchs, to bring up the Chest of the Covenant of God from Zion, the City of David. | 1 Then King Solomon summoned into his presence at Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the LORD's covenant from Zion, the City of David. |
2 And they came, all Israel before King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month, for the great autumn festival. | 2 All the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the time of the festival in the month of Ethanim, the seventh month. |
3 With all Israel's leaders present, the priests took up the Chest of God | 3 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, |
4 and carried up the Chest and the Tent of Meeting and all the holy vessels that went with the Tent. | 4 and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The priests and Levites carried them up, |
5 King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel were there at the Chest worshiping and sacrificing huge numbers of sheep and cattle - so many that no one could keep track. | 5 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted. |
6 Then the priests brought the Chest of the Covenant of God to its place in the Inner Sanctuary, the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim. | 6 The priests then brought the ark of the LORD's covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim. |
7 The outspread wings of the cherubim stretched over the Chest and its poles. | 7 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles. |
8 The poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the entrance to the Inner Sanctuary, but were not noticeable farther out. They're still there today. | 8 These poles were so long that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today. |
9 There was nothing in the Chest but the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb where God made a covenant with Israel after bringing them up from Egypt. The Temple Finished, Dedicated, Filled | 9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt. |
10 When the priests left the Holy Place, a cloud filled The Temple of God. | 10 When the priests withdrew from the Holy Place, the cloud filled the temple of the LORD. |
11 The priests couldn't carry out their priestly duties because of the cloud - the glory of God filled The Temple of God! | 11 And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled his temple. |
12 Then Solomon spoke: God has told us that he lives in the dark where no one can see him; | 12 Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; |
13 I've built this splendid Temple, O God, to mark your invisible presence forever. | 13 I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever." |
14 The king then turned to face the congregation and blessed them: | 14 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them. |
15 "Blessed be God, the God of Israel, who spoke personally to my father David. Now he has kept the promise he made when he said, | 15 Then he said: "Praise be to the LORD, the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said, |
16 'From the day I brought my people Israel from Egypt, I haven't set apart one city among the tribes of Israel to build a Temple to fix my Name there. But I did choose David to rule my people Israel.' | 16 'Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of Israel to have a temple built for my Name to be there, but I have chosen David to rule my people Israel.' |
17 "My father David had it in his heart to build a Temple honoring the Name of God, the God of Israel. | 17 "My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. |
18 But God told him 'It was good that you wanted to build a Temple in my honor - most commendable! | 18 But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a temple for my Name, you did well to have this in your heart. |
19 But you are not the one to do it - your son will build it to honor my Name.' | 19 Nevertheless, you are not the one to build the temple, but your son, who is your own flesh and blood--he is the one who will build the temple for my Name.' |
20 "God has done what he said he would do: I have succeeded David my father and ruled over Israel just as God promised; and now I've built a Temple to honor God, the God of Israel, | 20 "The LORD has kept the promise he made: I have succeeded David my father and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised, and I have built the temple for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. |
21 and I've secured a place for the Chest that holds the covenant of God, the covenant that he made with our ancestors when he brought them up from the land of Egypt." | 21 I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our fathers when he brought them out of Egypt." |
22 Before the entire congregation of Israel, Solomon took a position before the Altar, spread his hands out before heaven, | 22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven |
23 and prayed, | 23 and said: "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth below--you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. |
24 You kept your word to David my father, your personal word. You did exactly what you promised - every detail. The proof is before us today! | 24 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it--as it is today. |
25 Keep it up, God, O God of Israel! Continue to keep the promises you made to David my father when you said, "You'll always have a descendant to represent my rule on Israel's throne, on the condition that your sons are as careful to live obediently in my presence as you have." | 25 "Now LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, 'You shall never fail to have a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons are careful in all they do to walk before me as you have done.' |
26 God of Israel, let this all happen; confirm and establish it! | 26 And now, O God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David my father come true. |
27 Can it be that God will actually move into our neighborhood? Why, the cosmos itself isn't large enough to give you breathing room, let alone this Temple I've built. | 27 "But will God really dwell on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built! |
28 Even so, I'm bold to ask: Pay attention to these my prayers, both intercessory and personal, O God, my God. Listen to my prayers, energetic and devout, that I'm setting before you right now. | 28 Yet give attention to your servant's prayer and his plea for mercy, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your presence this day. |
29 Keep your eyes open to this Temple night and day, this place of which you said, "My Name will be honored there," | 29 May your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, this place of which you said, 'My Name shall be there,' so that you will hear the prayer your servant prays toward this place. |
30 and listen to the prayers that I pray at this place. Listen from your home in heaven and when you hear, forgive. | 30 Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive. |
31 When someone hurts a neighbor and promises to make things right, and then comes and repeats the promise before your Altar in this Temple, | 31 "When a man wrongs his neighbor and is required to take an oath and he comes and swears the oath before your altar in this temple, |
32 listen from heaven and act accordingly: Judge your servants, making the offender pay for his offense and setting the offended free of any charges. | 32 then hear from heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and bringing down on his own head what he has done. Declare the innocent not guilty, and so establish his innocence. |
33 When your people Israel are beaten by an enemy because they've sinned against you, but then turn to you and acknowledge your rule in prayers desperate and devout in this Temple, | 33 "When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have sinned against you, and when they turn back to you and confess your name, praying and making supplication to you in this temple, |
34 Listen from your home in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, return them to the land you gave their ancestors. | 34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their fathers. |
35 When the skies shrivel up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, but then they pray at this place, acknowledging your rule and quitting their sins because you have scourged them, | 35 "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and confess your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them, |
36 isten from your home in heaven, forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Then start over with them: Train them to live right and well; send rain on the land you gave your people as an inheritance. | 36 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance. |
37 When disasters strike, famine or catastrophe, crop failure or disease, locust or beetle, or when an enemy attacks their defenses - calamity of any sort | 37 "When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or grasshoppers, or when an enemy besieges them in any of their cities, whatever disaster or disease may come, |
38 - any prayer that's prayed from anyone at all among your people Israel, hearts penetrated by the disaster, hands and arms thrown out to this Temple for help, | 38 and when a prayer or plea is made by any of your people Israel--each one aware of the afflictions of his own heart, and spreading out his hands toward this temple-- |
39 Listen from your home in heaven. | 39 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with each man according to all he does, since you know his heart (for you alone know the hearts of all men), |
40 so that they'll live before you in lifelong reverent and believing obedience on this land you gave our ancestors. | 40 so that they will fear you all the time they live in the land you gave our fathers. |
41 And don't forget the foreigner who is not a member of your people Israel but has come from a far country because of your reputation. | 41 "As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of your name-- |
42 People are going to be attracted here by your great reputation, your wonder-working power, who come to pray at this Temple. | 42 for men will hear of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm--when he comes and prays toward this temple, |
43 Listen from your home in heaven. Honor the prayers of the foreigner so that people all over the world will know who you are and what you're like and will live in reverent obedience before you, just as your own people Israel do; so they'll know that you personally make this Temple that I've built what it is. | 43 then hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name. |
44 When your people go to war against their enemies at the time and place you send them and they pray to God toward the city you chose and this Temple I've built to honor your Name, | 44 "When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them, and when they pray to the LORD toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name, |
45 Listen from heaven to what they pray and ask for, and do what's right for them. | 45 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. |
46 When they sin against you - and they certainly will; there's no one without sin! - and in anger you turn them over to the enemy and they are taken captive to the enemy's land, whether far or near, | 46 "When they sin against you--for there is no one who does not sin--and you become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive to his own land, far away or near; |
47 but repent in the country of their captivity and pray with changed hearts in their exile, "We've sinned; we've done wrong; we've been most wicked," | 47 and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their conquerors and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly'; |
48 and turn back to you heart and soul in the land of the enemy who conquered them, and pray to you toward their homeland, the land you gave their ancestors, toward the city you chose, and this Temple I have built to the honor of your Name, | 48 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to you toward the land you gave their fathers, toward the city you have chosen and the temple I have built for your Name; |
49 isten from your home in heaven to their prayers desperate and devout and do what is best for them. | 49 then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their plea, and uphold their cause. |
50 Forgive your people who have sinned against you; forgive their gross rebellions and move their captors to treat them with compassion. | 50 And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their conquerors to show them mercy; |
51 They are, after all, your people and your precious inheritance whom you rescued from the heart of that iron-smelting furnace, Egypt! | 51 for they are your people and your inheritance, whom you brought out of Egypt, out of that iron-smelting furnace. |
52 O be alert and attentive to the needy prayers of me, your servant, and your dear people Israel; listen every time they cry out to you! | 52 "May your eyes be open to your servant's plea and to the plea of your people Israel, and may you listen to them whenever they cry out to you. |
53 You handpicked them from all the peoples on earth to be your very own people, as you announced through your servant Moses when you, O God, in your masterful rule, delivered our ancestors from Egypt. | 53 For you singled them out from all the nations of the world to be your own inheritance, just as you declared through your servant Moses when you, O Sovereign LORD, brought our fathers out of Egypt." |
54 Having finished praying to God - all these bold and passionate prayers - Solomon stood up before God's Altar where he had been kneeling all this time, his arms stretched upward to heaven. | 54 When Solomon had finished all these prayers and supplications to the LORD, he rose from before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven. |
55 Standing, he blessed the whole congregation of Israel, blessing them at the top of his lungs: | 55 He stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying: |
56 "Blessed be God, who has given peace to his people Israel just as he said he'd do. Not one of all those good and wonderful words that he spoke through Moses has misfired. | 56 "Praise be to the LORD, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. |
57 May God, our very own God, continue to be with us just as he was with our ancestors - may he never give up and walk out on us. | 57 May the LORD our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us. |
58 May he keep us centered and devoted to him, following the life path he has cleared, watching the signposts, walking at the pace and rhythms he laid down for our ancestors. | 58 May he turn our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways and to keep the commands, decrees and regulations he gave our fathers. |
59 "And let these words that I've prayed in the presence of God be always right there before him, day and night, so that he'll do what is right for me, to guarantee justice for his people Israel day after day after day. | 59 And may these words of mine, which I have prayed before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he may uphold the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel according to each day's need, |
60 Then all the people on earth will know God is the true God; there is no other God. | 60 so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God and that there is no other. |
61 And you, your lives must be totally obedient to God, our personal God, following the life path he has cleared, alert and attentive to everything he has made plain this day." | 61 But your hearts must be fully committed to the LORD our God, to live by his decrees and obey his commands, as at this time." |
62 The king and all Israel with him then worshiped, offering sacrifices to God. | 62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD. |
63 Solomon offered Peace-Offerings, sacrificing to God twenty-two thousand cattle, a hundred and twenty thousand sheep. This is how the king and all Israel dedicated The Temple of God. | 63 Solomon offered a sacrifice of fellowship offerings to the LORD: twenty-two thousand cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the temple of the LORD. |
64 That same day, the king set apart the central area of the Courtyard in front of God's Temple for sacred use and there sacrificed the Whole-Burnt-Offerings, Grain-Offerings, and fat from the Peace-Offerings - the bronze Altar was too small to handle all these offerings. | 64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the LORD, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings. |
65 This is how Solomon kept the great autumn feast, and all Israel with him, people there all the way from the far northeast (the Entrance to Hamath) to the far southwest (the Brook of Egypt) - a huge congregation. They started out celebrating for seven days - and then did it another seven days! Two solid weeks of celebration! | 65 So Solomon observed the festival at that time, and all Israel with him--a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. They celebrated it before the LORD our God for seven days and seven days more, fourteen days in all. |
66 Then he dismissed them. They blessed the king and went home, exuberant with heartfelt gratitude for all the good God had done for his servant David and for his people Israel. | 66 On the following day he sent the people away. They blessed the king and then went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things the LORD had done for his servant David and his people Israel. |
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Most people love fast cars. Vin Diesel loves them. Will Ferrell has been known to go 'round the track a time or two. Heck, even Tracy Chapman needed a fast car at one point. Driving fast is a thing that, by nature, we like to do. However, it's usually not the best idea jump behind the wheel and hit fifth gear at full throttle. For that, we have video games. All of the fast, none of the wreck/death/ticket/jail time/other bad things.
EA has a tried-and-true formula for the Need For Speed (NFS) series: fast cars, good graphics, a cheesy story, and some good old arcade-style racing. Thus it's no surprise that the latest NFS title, Most Wanted (a follow up to the 2008 original) features just that - and as always, it looks like a properly good time:
The game will be coming to all the major platforms - Xbox 360, PS3, Vita, PC, iOS, and Android - so it's unclear how much the press release and trailer pertain to Android.


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I don't cook soup very often as the winters in Greece are quite mild and cook some , maybe three of four times during the whole winter. On such occasions there are so many different soups to chose from, like trahanas, avgolemono, giouvarlakia, kreatosoupa (meat soup with beef and vegetables) or psarosoupa same as kreatosoupa but made with fish that we hardly make each one more than once a year.
The weather was very mild this year and until last week the temperatures were high, around 22 – 23 degrees C so this was another reason not to make soup.
The temperature has now dropped suddenly around 15 degrees and what better than a nice bowl of hot soup.
My all times favourite is trahanas soup. Trahanas is a traditional Greek and Cypriot dish that has passed from generation to generation. It is usually made in the villages which breed live stock. It is mainly prepared from cracked wheat flour and a goat milk curd that is fermented. It is then formed into small oval patties and dried whereas in Greece they usually sieve it into tiny pellets.
In Greece there are two kinds of trahanas, sour and sweet trahanas and apart from making soups they also use it in pies, «pites» to absorb the fluids. In Cyprus, as far as I know there is only one kind of trahanas and that is the sour one. In Cyprus they make trahanas by using ewe's or goat milk which is prepared by pouring it into large earthenware containers or churns and leaving it to turn sour while turning it into a clean churn every day for about a week. On the last day, it is put on to boil with wheat and salt.
Then it is allowed to set and cool and soup can be made with trahanas, fresh as it is. When we were children we loved to eat it, before it was cooked. In the picture below you can see the fresh trahanas.
In order to preserve it for the winter, it is then shaped, and spread onto traditional shallow baskets, called tsestos or on long trestle tables or on clean sheets and left in the sun to dry.
The number of days depends on how hot the sun is. Then trahanas is stored and is used until the following year. From experience I must say that the best way to store the dried trahanas is in the refrigerator, otherwise if left outside the fridge after a long time you might get some tiny worms called «appitouria» in it.
When Trahanas is boiled just as it is, it is served very hot with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Alternatively it may be boiled in chicken stock, with fresh tomato and halloumi, which makes it much tastier and creamy.
This tasty and nutritious soup is preferred by most of the Cypriots as a comfort dish but lots of years ago when they used to get up at dawn to go to their works they used to have it for breakfast.
Trahanas soup is a light, nutritious and a hearty dish, which makes it ideal for a light supper or after coming home at dawn after a night's drinking out and having an upset stomach, or after recuperating from an illness.
The recipe is included in my cookbook Mint, Cinnamon & Blossom Water, Flavours of Cyprus, Kopiaste as well as in Volume 1 of my e-cookbook, sold on all Amazon stores.
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Tags: Cypriot cookbook, Cypriot pantry, Mint Cinnamon & Blossom Water Flavours of Cyprus Kopiaste!, Soups, Traditional, Trahanas
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An interesting soup!
Cheers and have a lovely week,
I used to hate trahanas as a child but don't mind it at all as an adult. This looks lovely and hearty especially with the addition of the halloumi. Hope you are feeling better.
What an interesting tradition, Ivy. I am trying to imagine the flavor of the soup. Thanks for the informative notes.
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I always learn so much from your posts Ivy – this is new to me.
Different kinda soup. Great for this chilly weather.
Soups are must everyday to survive the chill here,wish I could slurp this warming soup with unique flavors
it's a very interesting soup,thanks for sharing!
one of my favourite soups. I love this one!
Une soupe que je ne connais pas du tout et que j'aurais bien voulu goûter.
A bientôt. -
I don't know this, thank you for sharing, with the cold outsite at this time, a soup will be nice
I could eat a bowl of your soup right now. It sounds delicious and it's so cold, so a hearty hot soup would be perfect.
This soup looks so unique and interesint, never seen anything like it Ivy!
I am not a big fan for the soups…well, but this soup looks so tempting .
I love to make soups during the winter season! This looks so nice and I love the addition of haloumi!
Ivy, I don't eat traxana all that often but your soup is the most appetizing that I have seen. In the winters, it's one soup a week here…love them!
Interesting post and a great looking soup. Thanks for sending it along to Souper Sundays–nice to have you back this week!
That soup looks good! I have been wanting to try trahanas. I will have to look for it again.
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Simmer it in a pot with lime juice, sugar, salt and a few ground spices until it gets thick and gooey.
Fill your sterilized jars with the hot jam and toss them into the canning pot for a bit.
Et voilá! You have tomato jam - sweet, salty, spicy. Try this delectable jam on bread or crackers with some goat cheese or brie or something much stinkier, serve it with grilled sausage (it's great with these spiced lamb kabobs) or steak, use it in place of ketchup on a burger, or try it as a glaze for roasted chicken or pork - I think you will love it!
If you don't want to bother with canning, just cut the proportions down accordingly to make a much smaller amount. It will keep in the fridge for up to a week in a tightly covered jar.


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We found a flick about us on YouTube in which a guy by the name of Joel manages to bring together water closets and real estate. At first we thought this was a secret test by our beloved Marketing department trying out our first TV spot. But then it dawned on us that Eric Heller and Glenn Kelman are on vacation. This is for real.
We liked how Joel compared plumbers and real estate agents. We have often made a similar reference to booksellers. When Amazon.com (where several Redfinnians worked in a prior life) launched its website in 1995 and received immediate and widespread attention, the bookstore owners cried foul. The press talked about the demise of the old-fashioned bookstore. Some bookstores that could barely support themselves were crushed by Amazon.com and similar online plays.
However, the viable bookstores are thriving. Some of our all-time favorites include Elliot Bay Books in Seattle, Kepler's in Menlo Park, or the famous City Lights bookstore in San Francisco. Not to mention Powell's in Portland, which now has a booming online presence on Amazon.com. In addition to these tried-and-true booksellers, Amazon.com created a new breed (and a new generation) of penny-booksellers. Their business model is to give away books they get for free and charge only for handling and shipping. They make $1 per order on the handling.
Book shoppers now have a choice — buy the book new for a discount, or, used at a rock-bottom price. Get the personalized advice from the good ol' book store keeper, or the power of customer feedback. Almost everyone wins. We believe the business of real estate will change in similar ways.
We're just not quite ready to accept that waterless toilets with a composting bin underneath are the wave of the future. Joel has started to convince us though.
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While off-campus Knox College users can access campus network computer services including department servers, home accounts, and the registrar, via a virtual private network (VPN) connection.
Note: These instructions will not work when you are on campus.
Accessing the Network
Once logged in you will see the screen below. The options will vary depending on the group (faculty, staff, or student) you are a member of.
Home and Browse Network
You will be provided with servers that you have access to including "Departments", "Euclid", "Faculty/Staff/Student Home Accounts", and the Registrar Web Site. Click the link to the destination you want to browse, then click through the hierarchy to the file you want to access. If the link to the destination is not present, there are further instructions on the VPN screen. You may then copy files from/to your home computer to the directory you selected (with appropriate permissions). From the "Browse Network" link you may also "Browse all Networks" as you would on campus.
Web Applications
You may connect to the Registrar's Site from here. You may also enter a URL in the Address field in the page, select https:// or http://, and click Browse.
Any Connect
Should only be used to access CARS or to use the Knox SMTP server for Thunderbird (smtp.knox.edu). If you select and install Any Connect the computer you are using must meet the same requirements as your office computer. You will be moved through Bradford Scanning, where your computer will be checked for all security updates and an updated version of Sophos anti-virus protection. Moving through this process is a bit tricky. If you need to use this option please contact a member of user services to assist you. You may also access CARS and your Thunderbird e-mail by connecting to your office computer via remote desktop.
Terminal Servers
This allows you to establish a Remote Desktop connection to a computer/server on the Knox Network . Your office computer will need to be configured to allow remote connections, and be left powered on. If you currently connect to your office computer using remote desktop from home you will now be able to use this link. Terminal Servers currently works to connect from your off-campus PC or Mac to a Windows PC on campus.


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HoopsHype Jeff Bower rumors
The Pistons beefed-up front office includes four full-time NBA scouts. They're spread out across the country and Van Gundy estimates that they scout – not just watch, but study and file reports on – 85 to 90 percent of all NBA games. General manager Jeff Bower says that by mid-December, those scouts had filed 6,000 scouting reports. "I get a call on a player, I can go right to his report card and see my weekly grades from the scouting staff," Bower said. "Week by week, you can read the narrative and pull it all together to see if he's going up, if he's going down, why he's been out, why all of a sudden his minutes have increased. But you don't have information like that if you're not following it every day and every game and every week. That's where the day-to-day compounding of information comes in really having value." NBA.com
In studying how NBA teams were put together, Van Gundy kept coming back to the fact that for most teams, more than half of players were drafted by another team. "There tends to be an opinion that we just know the NBA players and I don't think we really watch them as closely as we need to and those are huge decisions," he said. "You don't want to make a mistake in the draft, but the way it's set up now, if you make a mistake in the draft at least it's low cost. If you're going to go out and spend $14 million a year, $15 million a year on a guy and you make a mistake, now you're really hurting. So I just want to weight it a little bit more." NBA.com
Yes, he openly can discuss trades with other teams' personnel bosses, and consults daily with Pistons president of basketball operations and head coach Stan Van Gundy about ways to improve the roster, including trades. "That question is asked a lot," Bower said, referring to his trade empowerment. "But no matter what the structure is, the G.M. isn't going to make a trade without his head coach, his understanding of it, his involvement, his buy-in with it, because it won't work without that. In this case, we all have ideas about things. I'll have ideas that I'll take to Stan; Stan will give ideas to me, and scenarios that he'd like to look into. It's a constant exchange, back and forth." Booth Newspapers
Butler took 4.4 3-point shots in 25 minutes a game last season and made 39.4 percent of them, joining Augustin and shooting guards Jodie Meeks and Cartier Martin as free-agent signees who figure to transform the Pistons' 3-point shooting threat from meek to potent. "He has a competitive nature to him that drives him at this point," Pistons general manager Jeff Bower said. "He's been on good teams. He's seen and experienced what they're all about. He sees this as an opportunity to compete, to play a role of significance within a team that has the potential to grow and to create change." NBA.com
Smith was named coach of the Drive last week in what was a Detroit-Grand Rapids game of match the personnel with the title. Smith, formerly the general manager of the Magic, will take on his first professional coaching job, and it will be under Van Gundy, who was a coach and under Smith in Orlando before he was named the president and head coach of the Pistons in May. Adding to the twist, Smith also interviewed to be general manager of the Pistons, a position Van Gundy eventually gave to another long-time associate Jeff Bower. That makes an interesting mix of 50-somethings. But not strange bedfellows, the three said. "I think Otis' interest in being the (Pistons) GM was more because of me and how he could help me," Van Gundy said. "He was much more enthusiastic about this opportunity than he would have been to be the GM. People look at that and say, you're crazy. But I think this is more of Otis' passion. It's always been working and developing players for him and that fits perfectly with what we want to do (in Grand Rapids)." Booth Newspapers
Bower, 53, adds another element. He was a coach last season at Marist before named in early June the Pistons GM. A former assistant general manager with the New Orleans Hornets, Bower said he has known Smith for years, through his association with Van Gundy, and did not consider his hiring a threat. "When Stan talked to me, I thought he was the perfect guy because he embodies everything that the developmental league is all about," Bower said. "He's great for this. It (the NBA-D League) is about getting the best out of guys." Booth Newspapers
Detroit Pistons Head Coach and President of Basketball Operations Stan Van Gundy announced today that the team has named Jeff Bower as general manager. Per team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed. NBA.com
"I'm pleased to welcome Jeff Bower to the Detroit Pistons organization. Jeff brings great basketball knowledge and NBA experience to our organization and he's enjoyed success in building teams. He's a great evaluator of talent and Jeff will bring solid leadership to our front office," said Van Gundy. NBA.com
"I'm excited to join the Pistons organization and play a role in helping this franchise build on its great basketball tradition," said Bower. "I look forward to working with Stan, his staff and everyone in the Pistons organization to put together a team that the community can support and be proud of. I'm also excited about ownership's commitment to winning and their demonstrated commitment to the community." NBA.com
Vincent Ellis: Source says contracts aren't signed between #Pistons and Bower. Said still "working on it." Twitter @Vincent_Ellis56
Vincent Ellis: "I can't comment on what everyone wants me to comment on right now, because it's not at that stage yet," Bower told the Poughkeepsie Journal Twitter @Vincent_Ellis56
Detroit Pistons president and coach Stan Van Gundy is making his first major front office hiring, finalizing an agreement with Jeff Bower to become general manager, league sources told Yahoo Sports. Yahoo! Sports
The 76ers have narrowed the search and appear to be leaning toward promoting assistant GM Tony DiLeo to the GM job, league sources said. The 76ers had considered former New Orleans Hornets GM Jeff Bower, but as the Philadelphia Inquirer recently reported, DiLeo has emerged as the favorite to take over for Thorn. Yahoo! Sports
Meanwhile, according to a league source with knowledge of the situation, one of the three candidates mentioned for the job - Boston assistant general manager Mike Zarren - has withdrawn his candidacy. The Sixers have also interviewed ESPN analyst and ex-Portland Trail Blazers assistant general manager Tom Penn, whom they have cooled on, according to a source, and former New Orleans general manager Jeff Bower. Philadelphia Inquirer
Bower - who still lives in the New Orleans suburb of Belle Chasse with his wife, Lisa, and their daughter Lindsey, 9 - was in the running for NBA general manager positions with the Orlando Magic and Portland Trail Blazers earlier this summer. "I've talked with a number of different people about a variety of different [jobs] the last couple of years,'' said Bower, who has been relishing the time off for the last couple of years to enjoy quality time with his family. "When the right fit presents itself, I'll do something. I'm grateful to have worked 15 years in a variety of different positions with an NBA franchise, and I'm excited about exploring new opportunities.'' Altoona Mirror
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Selling your home has tremendous financial implications. Owning a home typically is an individual's single largest investment, so it is critical to be well represented when selling. You should expect professionalism, superior customer service, market knowledge, honesty and integrity from your real estate agent. All Rutenberg Realty agents strive to provide you with an experience which exceeds your expectations. The following steps will help make selling your home as effective and efficient as possible.
When hiring a real estate agent to sell your home, do your homework. Think of this as a job interview – with you doing the hiring. Be certain to choose the right person to represent you and your home.
Questions you should ask potential agents:
- What is the current state of the market and how does that affect my property? Please provide statistics to support your opinion.
- What are the current trends in the marketplace? Is it a buyer's or seller's market? What is the inventory? Has it changed over the last year? What does that mean to me?
- What's the future market outlook? Is now a good time to sell?
- How established is your firm? How is your firm different from all the rest?
- Why should I work with you? What is your background? Please differentiate yourself from your competitors.
- Do you take weekends off? Will you show my home at 7:00 AM and at 8:00 PM? What do you do when you have a scheduling conflict?
- What type of buyer do you plan on targeting for my home?
- How will you reach them? Will you create a marketing plan specifically for my home? What will it look like? How will you price my home? Provide a comparable market analysis to defend your pricing.
An agent should provide you with a comparative market analysis (CMA) which will consist of properties currently on the market, those recently sold and closed, and those in contract. All apartments used in this comparison should be comparable to yours in terms of location, size and type (co-op or condo). This is the basis for your pricing strategy. You might even want to visit other homes on the market against which you will be competing. Look at them objectively and through a buyer's eyes.
Pricing an apartment is not an exact science. The marketplace will ultimately tell you what your home is worth; however, pricing accurately typically will generate the most interest in your home which will enable you to achieve the highest price. If an agent asks you "what do you want for your home?" and relies on you to price your home, then the agent probably is not right for the job. You will do yourself a terrible disservice if you have an agent who tells you what they think you want to hear.
Carefully watch the market's reaction to your home's listing in the initial few weeks of marketing. If there are no offers after 12 to 20 showings, then a price adjustment may need to be made.
Find an agent you trust, ask lots of questions, but do not forget to listen.
Sellers can give the exclusive right to sell their home to one real estate firm and to a particular agent at that firm. Your home then becomes that firm's exclusive "listing." You enter into a formal contract stating offering price, length of listing agreement with the brokerage firm, commission, etc. If you hire a firm on an exclusive basis you have the right to expect that the agent you choose from that firm will be your "point person." They will market your home, arrange all appointments, handle negotiations and oversee the board process (in the case of a cooperative).
The firm with your exclusive listing should immediately co-broke your listing with all of the other brokerage firms in the area. Co-brokering is the process by which real estate firms share their exclusive listings with other firms in their market. This will ensure that your home is exposed to as many buyers as possible. If the listing firm brings in the buyer to buy your home, they collect the entire commission. If another firm with whom they have co-broked brings the buyer, then the commission is divided equally between the two firms.
An Open Listing is a scenario in which you can list your home with as many firms as you like. You manage the process and you do not have an exclusive relationship with any one firm. The commission is paid wholly to the firm bringing you the buyer. The downside is, for the same amount of commission dollars, you are doing all of the work. There's no one advertising your home, no one scheduling appointments and no one negotiating on your behalf.
For your property to be marketed in the most effective ways possible, make sure that:
- Your property is co-brokered with every single real estate firm in Manhattan and will be made available to all 28,000 real estate agents licensed to do business here. In over 90% of sales, an agent other than the listing agent will bring the buyer. Therefore, it is paramount for your agent to reach those responsible for finding you a buyer: the brokerage community.
- Your listing is released immediately through On-Line Residential, REBNY (Real Estate Board of New York) Listing System and The Manhattan MLS, all services designed to communicate available listings with all residential real estate firms.
- Your property is marketed with professional floor plans, digital photos, virtual tours and printed promotional materials.
- Your agent schedules Broker Open Houses to inform and educate the brokerage community about your property.
Your agent should be vigilant in ensuring that all potential buyers are financially qualified to purchase so as to minimize wasted traffic through your home. Your agent should be comfortable asking the necessary questions.
While executing the marketing plan, your agent should be in regular communication with you to provide feedback on showings and changes in market conditions.
Offers are made verbally between buyers and sellers in New York City. Your agent has a legal obligation to present all offers to you. A buyer will place a bid or offer on your home either to your agent or to you directly. Once an offer is received, your agent should discuss with you not only price, but also the other terms and the qualifications of the potential buyer such as likelihood of closing, closing date, etc. An offer means nothing if the buyer is not qualified to purchase or pass the Board (in the case of a co-op).
You may "counter" the offer thereby beginning the negotiation process in which both parties agree on the price, terms, and closing date. Be certain you feel comfortable with the negotiation skills of your broker. This is where you want the best protection possible!
A real estate attorney is required in all property transactions in New York City. Contact an attorney familiar with real estate in Manhattan to represent you. Once you have come to terms with a buyer, your attorney will begin preparing a contract of sale.
After the buyer's lawyer concludes that the building's financial condition is satisfactory, and that the by-laws of the building and contract of sale are acceptable, the buyer's attorney will allow the buyer to sign the contract. At that time the buyer will usually be required to present a deposit of 10% of the purchase price. The contract plus the deposit will then be forwarded to your attorney for signature. The deposit will be held in your attorney's escrow account until closing. It is important to note that until the contract has been delivered and signed by all parties, you can still entertain and accept other offers.
If financing, the buyer should move forward with his/her loan application. It is advised that the buyer pre-qualify for a mortgage prior to beginning the housing search.
By now, the buyer will have received the board requirements and application materials from their real estate agent. The application materials can be similar for a cooperative and condominium. The buyer will need to complete all of the required materials which typically include: an application, a financial statement signed by a CPA, all requisite support for your financial statement, three years of tax returns, bank statements, letters of personal and financial reference, letters of professional reference, the contract of sale, bank documents indicating that your loan is in place (if financing), etc.
While the buyer's agent will actually prepare the package, your agent should work with the buyer's agent to ensure that the best possible board package is prepared and submitted to the Managing Agent for review. When the "package" is finished, it will be forwarded to the building's Managing Agent for review. Once the Managing Agent determines that the buyer's application is complete and all credit checks are approved, the package will be forwarded to the Board of Directors.
In the case of a co-op, if the board package passes "muster," the buyer will be invited to meet with members of the board for an interview.
The Managing Agent will generally inform your broker when the potential buyer has been approved by the Board. After approval by the Board, all parties are ready to begin planning for a closing!
In the case of a condominium, there is generally no formal interview. The buyer's application will be reviewed, and if all required materials are included and in order, an approval is typically granted. The entire process can move quickly in a condominium, and assuming a loan can be secured in a timely fashion, the process can move from contract to closing in about 60 days. The cooperative process is more involved and may take longer than 60 to 90 days.
The Managing Agents, banks, attorneys, buyers and sellers will all work to coordinate a time and place for the closing. Generally, if all parties are ready to close, a closing can be scheduled within two to three weeks of board approval, if not sooner.
The following guide will give you general closing costs associated with the purchase or sale of a cooperative or condominium. Please note that these are estimates and that potential buyers and sellers should consult their real estate attorney and financial advisor for specifics. We do not represent that these cover the spectrum of potential costs, but rather is a general guide.
Co-Op Closing Costs
Condominium Closing Costs
Broker: Typically 6% depending upon size and marketing | Broker: Typically 6% depending upon size and marketing |
Own Attorney: Consult your attorney | Own Attorney: Consult your attorney |
Co-op Attorney: $500+ | Processing Fee: $450+ |
Flip Tax: 1% to 3% of Price (if applicable) | Move-out Deposit: One time fee of $500+ |
Stock Transfer Tax: $0.05 per share (if applicable) | NYC Transfer Tax: 1% of price up to $499,999; |
Move-out Deposit: One time fee of $500+ | or, 1.425% of price if $500,000 and over; |
NYC Transfer Tax: 1% of price up to $499,999; | RPT filing fee $125 |
or, 1.425% of price if $500,000 and over; |
NY State Transfer Tax: $2 per $500 of price, or |
plus $100 filing fee. | 0.4% of purchase price |
NY State Transfer Tax: $2 per $500 of price, | Miscellaneous Title Fees: $200 |
or 0.4% of purchase price | Payoff Fee to Title Closer: $300+ |
Payoff Fee to Attorney: $400+ | Note: For condominiums in new developments, the |
UCC-3 Filing Fee: $75+ | Purchaser will pay costs normally paid by the Seller. |
These include Seller attorney fees as well as NY | |
and NYC Transfer Taxes. | |
Own Attorney: Consult your attorney | Own Attorney: Consult your attorney |
Bank Fees: Points: 0% to 3% of loan value | Bank Fees: Points: 0% to 3% of loan value |
Application, credit check, etc.: $500+ | Application Fee: $500+ (Credit Report, Appraisal) |
Bank Attorney: $750+ | Bank Attorney: $750+ |
Miscellaneous Bank Fees: $500+ | Tax Escrows: Two to six months |
Lien Search: $300 | Appraisal Fee: $300+ |
UCC-1 Filing: $75+ | Recording Fees: $400+ |
Appraisal Fee: $300+ | Mortgage Tax: 1.80% of amount of mortgage on loans |
Application Fee: $500+ (Credit Report/Appraisal) | up to $499,999; or, 1.925% of amount of mortgage on |
Short Term Interest: Equal to interest for balance of | loans of $500,000 and over |
month in which you close | Short Term Interest: Equal to interest for balance of |
Move-in Deposit: One time fee of $500+ | month in which you close | Recognition Agreement Fee: $250+ | Fee Title Insurance: Approx. $450 per $100,000 of |
Maintenance Adjustment: Monthly carrying costs, | purchase price |
maintenance, and assessments, if any, are pro-rated | Mortgage Title Insurance: Approx. $200 per $100,000 |
depending on when the closing is held | of mortgage amount |
Mansion Tax: 1% of entire purchase price where price | Municipal Search: $400+ |
is $1,000,000 or more. | Managing Agent Fee: $250+ |
Common Charge Adjustment: Monthly carrying costs, | |
common charges, real estate taxes, and assessments, | |
if any, are pro-rated depending on when the closing | |
is held | |
Real Estate Tax Adjustment: One to six months | |
Mansion Tax: 1% of entire purchase price where price | |
is $1,000,000 or more. | |
Move-in Deposit: One time fee of $500+ | |
Title Closer: $250 |
1. Scrub everything until it sparkles. |
2. Wash all the windows. | |
3. Remove and repair all signs of water damage, mildew and other deterioration. | |
4. Repair holes and cracks in the ceilings. | |
5. Repaint walls with a commercial double coat of flat white and ceilings with eggshell white. | |
6. Repair existing wallpaper. | |
7. Repair or restore existing floor surfaces. | |
8. Re-grout wall tiles. | |
9. Clean floor-tile grout with a mild muriatic-acid solution. | |
10. Restore or repair existing bathroom fixtures. | |
11. Add a new shower curtain, rod and hooks. | |
12. Paint, repair or renovate kitchen cabinets, making sure all doors and drawers work. | |
13. Increase existing lighting. Replace old ceiling fixtures and increase bulb wattage. | |
14. Eliminate odors. Remove the garbage and any kitty or litter box, as well. | |
15. Conceal odors. Bake a loaf of bread, boil some cinnamon or set out flowers or potpourri. | |
16. Expand bathroom size with visual ploys. For example, install a mirror opposite the medicine chest. | |
17. Expand closet size with visual ploys such as thinning out the clothes. | |
18. Expand size of other rooms with mirrors at ends of hallways, in corners and adjacent to windows. | |
19. Replace broken window panes and mirrors. 20. Repair or replace the doorbell. Now you are ready to show your apartment at its best! Most of these suggestions only require "sweat equity" and should cost little or nothing. | |
20. Repair or replace the doorbell. Now you are ready to show your apartment at
its best! Most of these suggestions only require "sweat equity" and should cost little or nothing. |


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