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Released: Dec 01st, 2001
Running Time: 120
Director: Seymore Butts
Company: Seymore Butts' Home Movies
Sophie Evans, Seymore Butts, Jessie James, McKayla Matthews, Kylie Ireland, Marie Silva, Nacho Vidal, Alisha Klass, Bridgette Kerkove, Toni Ribas
Critical Rating: AAAA
Genre: Gonzo
Good for Seymore fans; note the presence of Alisha Klass.
Another sphincter-shattering chapter in the life of Seymore Butts has arrived just in time for his obscenity trial. As the title suggests, this one's an epic. In the opening sequence, the gonzo maven introduces his new buddy Nacho Vidal to live-in slut girlfriend McKayla Matthews. Their workout includes some fine doggie-style anal pounding and an A2M finish. Next, Toni Ribas and Sophie Evans arrive at Seymore's pad and perform an equally fine anal scene. Things really get out of control when Bridgette Kerkove and Kylie Ireland come to visit; Kerkove nonchalantly takes two monster bead-strings in her anus, and works up to an astounding triple-dildo penetration. After further abuse, the two girls suck on the unwashed ass-toys, though Seymore himself declines that honor. Then, a stylized "dream sequence" has our host tormented by memories of Alisha Klass in the form of some leftover footage from their first meeting. Finally, Butts and Matthews head to Tampa for an award show. The ceremony itself is never shown, but Seymore is greeted with a very special celebration back at the ol' Day's Inn. Marie Silva, Jessie James and Matthews all shove champagne glasses in their twats and invite the award-winner to drink his fill. This evolves into a triple blowjob and numerous anal contortions. Several AVN staffers froze in their tracks at the sight of this four-way frenzy, so we'll have to give it a pre-nom for Best Group Scene.


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"Average hotel with basic amenities"
- Posted Sep 13, 2014
There was no difficulty in finding the hotel during day time but night its tough cause no streets available. Staffs services was average but the appearance was good. Rooms were well-maintained but ventilated along basic amenities but there was no view and food was not upto the mark. There was no difficulty in check-in and check-out and there was no activities.
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- Chaitanya T
- Lives in Chennai
- 3 Reviews
"The hotel was value for money"
- Posted Sep 10, 2014
The location of the hotel was good. The staff was good and friendly. The appearance of the hotel was average. There was no delay in check-in and check-out. The room was spacious and well-maintained.The food was good and tasty. The hotel was value for money. The hotel had own parking space.
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- Ravi kumar Padala
- Lives in Visakhapatnam
- 1 Review
"Excellent staff and good food"
- Posted Sep 1, 2014
I took non-AC room, room was good, neat and clean with TV and geyser facility in the room and there was greenery view from the room. Location was good and hotel appearance, exterior and interior were good. Staff were good, helpful, friendly and their receiving was good, maintenance and neatness was excellent. I had only dinner in this hotel, they provided veg, non-veg food varieties, the quality and taste of the food was very good. No problem during check in and check out and there was campfire facility. I visited this place with family for relaxation in October 2013. I was satisfied very much, the hotel room tariff was value for money and it is recommendable to others.
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- Arijit Dutta
- Lives in Kolkata
- 2 Reviews
"Good sea facing rooms with good room service"
- Posted Aug 8, 2014
I booked this hotel through online and I faced no problem at check in and check out. Sea facing rooms were very good where I stayed for 2 days. Due to the illness of the cook, the food was not provided and hence I had food from outside. The rooms were spacious and provided with cupboard, almirah, TV, AC, and geyser all in working condition. The room service was good; staff responded to the calls quickly. There was no activity available. I made a romantic trip with my wife to this place in August 2013. It is recommendable to other future travellers.
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- 2 votes
- Kishore Na
- Lives in Hyderabad
- 4 Reviews
"Comfortable stay with good service"
- Posted Jul 21, 2014
Purpose is to have a trip to see the beauty of araku valley. The hotel is quite comfortable and is services offered are quite good and affordable. Hire a guide to so that he can take you to more places around the araku valley so that the tour can be planned in your budget limits.
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- Waseem
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- Lives in Hyderabad
- 2 Reviews
"Overall average experience"
- Posted Jun 14, 2014
When we have entered the hotel we faced the problem regarding booking conformation for which I waited around 30-40 minutes at the reception. The hotel service and the room was unsatisfied. We didn't had breakfast and dinner facility available at the hotel. The room doors were not good we were unable to close the door properly. The Araku valley was a good location to watch and travel.
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- 2 votes
- Santosh
- Lives in Visakhapatnam
- 1 Review
"Service and behavior of the staff was excellent"
- Posted May 28, 2014
Overall,my experience in this hotel was good. As a destination,Araku Valley is a very good place. Location of the hotel was very good. Appearance of the hotel was excellent. Booking was done directly. There was no problem in booking and it was excellent. Service and behaviour of the staff was excellent and they were helpful. Rooms were excellent,they were clean and spacious. All amenities were provided in the room like TV,AC,clean bed etc. Food and drink was excellent. Activity was there and they were excellent. It was a family trip. I went there in the month of May.
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- Anilkumar
- Lives in Hyderabad
- 4 Reviews
"A good hotel for short stay"
- Posted Feb 26, 2014
The hotel was fine for one day stay but the location viewing point was bad. The food we have not tried because the restaurant was not good. Then you have to make sure the hot water was not coming as when we want. So be sure you ask before you check-in.
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- Pavani
- Critic
- 2 Reviews
"The room was very good"
- Posted Jan 31, 2014
We enjoyed a lot at Araku. We visited so many places. The hotel rooms were really very good. The bed room is very comfortable. The toilets very good. Food services also good. Room service also good. The views through the window is very nice. It was the first trip with my life partner. We really enjoyed a lot.
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- 3 votes
- Mohan s Pillai
- Flashpacker
- 1 Review
"Comfortable stay but staff shortage is there"
- Posted Jan 27, 2014
It was comfortable stay. Stayed for 24 hours only. Garden is well maintained and room was neat. This hotel is located very close to main road. Service was not up to the mark. Hospitality by staff can be improved. Room furnishing, TV and bathroom were good. However, staff shortage was felt. Morning tea served too late. Araku town should be developed for tourism. Streetlights to be provided. We should have planned to stay two or more days to enjoy Araku.
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KrishnaTara Comforts Overview
Krishna Tara Comforts is located on Padmapuram Garden Road. It is an 11 months old hotel. It is 140 km away from Vizag airport, 120 km from Vizag railhead and � km from Araku valley bus station.
Rooms and Amenities at KrishnaTara Comforts
Overall there are 12 rooms. Out of which 5 are Non-Ac rooms and 7 are Ac rooms. They have an in-house restaurant.
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foom | look at the arguments to make-array |
nyef | redwyrm: The :FILL-POINTER option for MAKE-ARRAY. |
foom | as pointed out above, you often also want adjustable with your fill-pointer. |
redwyrm | are arrays and vectors the same? |
nyef | redwyrm: No, vectors are a subset of arrays. Sortof. |
foom | arrays can be multidimensional e.g. (make-array '(4 4 4)) |
redwyrm | ah, k |
nyef | Ugh. 1:10ish already? I knew that afternoon nap was a bad idea. :-/ |
mvilleneuve | morning |
marvinalone | so i'm trying to use the series package in clisp, and i run (asdf:operate 'asdf:load-op :series) to load it, and then (use-package 'series) to use it the call to use-package complains that the sympol series is defined twice, once in series, and once in common-lisp-user what do i do? |
jdz | use the correct restart |
antifuchs | you define your own package (using defpackage) |
jdz | or instead of (use-pakage 'series) do (use-package :series) |
marvinalone | jdz: what's the difference between the two? jdz: (that works, btw) |
jdz | i know it works :) marvinalone: i suggest you read about symbols marvinalone: and the lisp reader |
luis | marvinalone: it's actually quite funny. |
marvinalone | luis: what is? symbols and the lisp reader? |
luis | marvinalone: when you say 'series in the cl-user package, you're interning the cl-user::series symbol. marvinalone: and immediately afterward you're importing the series:series symbol (and many others) so there's a clash |
marvinalone | oh, i see well, thanks, that helped. both did. :-) |
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redwyrm | cool is this non-standard code? ((lambda (x) (* x x)) 4) |
Zhivago | no |
redwyrm | ah, good |
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Dangerous Flea Treatments and Shampoos/ Permethrin
Thanks to Bosco'sMum for this valuable information:
"Twitching, [excess licking], and weak hindquarters sounds like dog flea treatment on the cat. permethrin can harm cats to death." .
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Felix (my Mums cat) wears a flea collar with that permethrin stuff all the time
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Re: Dangerous Flea Treatments and Shampoos/ Permethrin
It makes me wonder why one whould use permethrin for his cat. Advantage (regular or Multi) and Revolution (selamectin) spot-on formulations are great against fleas. Adv. Multi and Revolution can be used for ear mites, scabies, etc... why would one use a collar? this is too toxic and serves little purpose.
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^ I agree. The stuff from the vet is more expensive, but it is SAFE and EFFECTIVE. Things you can't put a price on when it comes to my babies.
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Re: Dangerous Flea Treatments and Shampoos/ Permethrin
Jeanie,Boscosmum, Thanks!!!! I just bought some spray today! I'll have to check to see if it contains Permethrin! God bless you,thanks for watching out for us!
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Re: Dangerous Flea Treatments and Shampoos/ Permethrin
I just saw this! I haven't been around much lately.
I'm so glad you posted this, Jeanie! I can't tell you how any times, when I used to work at the vet, cats would come in seriously ill from these darn OTC flea (and deworming) products. Sadly, some even died! I think it's criminal that they still have them on the market. Wanted to add also that anything with pyrethrins should not be used on cats as well. Even though it is "natural" (permethrin is the synthetic version) it can still be highly toxic to cats.
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Re: Dangerous Flea Treatments and Shampoos/ Permethrin
I tried various shampoos/treatments (including permethrin).. Anything containing permethrin should have a warning on it "FOR DOGS ONLY". As it was the only thing I could get at the time, I disregarded this and diluted the mixture (heavily) with water. My cats suffered no ill effects.
I ended up having to have a family member ship me some stuff from the US to get rid of the problem completely. I used "sergeant's silver squeeze on for cats" (active ingredtian etofenprox 55.0%) After 2-3 months and many many many complete house sanitations (basically turning my house into a clean room) later. No more fleas! I had some extra medication so I used them on the 'wild' cats that I feed outside, now pretty much the whole neighborhood is flea free! I dont know what that active ingrediant is, but the fleas REALLY hate it. Be warned though, if your cat has a heavy flea infestation they'll jump off your cat and eat the **** out of you before dying. I found that if I used isopropyl alcohol on my body (from shoulder down to fingers and from thigh to my foot), the fleas wouldnt bite me. I had to wash my arms/legs with alcohol every day or they'd come back and bite me some more. |
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So, tonight I start to believe my cat Iris has fleas. I never actually saw fleas on her, but she has been scratching more for a while, and she did stay with my mom's cat for a while, who definitely has had fleas recently. Also, I went back to the apartment that I just moved out of and found that it has become infested. I decided that since she likely has fleas, I should get some medicine. So, I go to the grocery store. Its late in the evening, because I get off work late. I don't know anything about flea medicine, and I would never suspect that something would be sold over the at the grocery store that is dangerous to the health of animals. Not something intended to be used on a pet animal, I mean. So, I pick up Hartz Ultraguard spot-on flea and tick "medicine."
Then, I notice that there is a lot in the little tube that you are supposed to empty on the cats neck. And there are a lot of warnings on the box about safety to humans and animals. So, after applying, I decide to do some research. I find all these horror stories about Hartz Ultraguard and bad reactions cats have to it. In any case, I don't something that could be dangerous on my baby. So, I give her a bath and wash it all off with generic, Dawn-imitation dish soap. For the thirty minutes or so that Iris had the Ultraguard on her, I noticed that she hopped around and acted like she didn't like having it one her. I tried to keep her from licking it, but of course, she tried to lick it constantly. So, she inevitably managed to lick some off her back, and off her feet, from scratching. I read more horror stories, some about veterinary employees who frequently treated animals poisoned by these over-the-counter medicines. After washing her, she seems to be feeling okay, though not as energetic as she was before applying the medicine. This could be her natural rest cycle. I don't really know, but the whole thing made me really worried. I feel terrible for putting something on my cat without knowing that it could cause her serious harm. And I am appalled that the Hartz company is permitted to go on selling these products, without the general public even being made aware of the potential danger. I would gladly appreciate if anyone knew more about this product or the dangers of it. How worried should I be? I love my cat and if I did anything to endanger her life or her long-term health that I could avoid, I would feel awful. I hope that it is made more common knowledge that Hartz Ultraguard may be harmful or dangerous to the health of cats and other pets. Iris's Dad |
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Clint and Lori have written a lot lately about selling your own work. Their advise has been great. But there are some of you who would like to have gallery representation or may already have it. There are pros and cons to working with galleries just as there are pros and cons to selling your own work. For me, a balanced approach utilizing both is the most practical. I cannot address all issues relating to galleries in one article, so I have chosen a few.
Prestigious National Gallery vs. Local Gallery
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With the reputable, well known national gallery, being added among the roster of artists looks great on your resume. It may help get you invited to certain shows. These galleries have a large mailing list with collectors from all over the country. Many (but not all) of these galleries also have a good deal of foot traffic. Your work could potentially be seen by many art collectors. However, these galleries also represent scores of other talented artists who have been around the block a few times. Many of these other artists are well established and sought after. The rest of the other artists in the gallery will be just as good as you are. You will be the new kid on the block competing for wall space. The competition already has an established collector base at the gallery. You will likely be lower on the gallery's totem pole.
With the local gallery, however, you may be the top man or woman. You will likely be the star. Your work will be well displayed and well received by the local or regional community. Sales will come. You will get to know your collectors (if you have a good gallery that encourages communication and interaction). Unfortunately, the number of potential collectors who will see your work will be limited to those who live in or visit the community. Another disadvantage is the fact that most of these galleries cannot sell at as high of a price point as the nationally recognized galleries. This may or may not be an issue for you.
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Gallery / Artist Contract
If you do sign on with a gallery, have all the terms in writing. Most business relationships in most other industries are bound by a contract signed by all parties. Why then would an artist / gallery relationship be any different. It is a business relationship and should be treated as such. The first gallery I was in turned out to be a learning experience. I was so eager to have representation that I didn't take the time to find out about the gallery's business practices. We had a dispute and my attorney spent considerable time settling the issue. Within 4 or 5 months of settling the dispute, the gallery filed for bankruptcy. I was lucky that I had settled. I know of other artists in that gallery who lost a lot. That experience prompted my attorney to draft a fair and comprehensive artist / gallery contract.
You will find that some galleries balk at signing a contract (be leery of these galleries). Others understand the value, and some already require a contract. Realize that you will need to negotiate the terms of the agreement. Don't just sign anything they put in front of you. Look it over carefully. Better yet, have your attorney read through it. If you present an agreement to them, don't expect them to sign it right away. They will want to read it or have their attorney read it. There will be some give and take as you work through what you each want or need.
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One Size Does Not Fit All
I have dealt with galleries that turned out to be great. I have dealt with galleries that turned out to the contrary. But just because a gallery works well for me, does not mean it will work for you. I recently talked with an artist who had a terrible experience with a gallery that I have a relationship with. I have had only great experiences with the gallery. Likewise, I have pulled out of galleries that I was displeased with, but other artists are happy with those galleries. Each artist / gallery relationship is unique. To find a great fit is truly a great blessing.
Being an artist is being in business. You must make decisions that will help grow your business. Keep this in mind as you decide which galleries you would like to be in (again, I think a great approach is to balance gallery representation with nurturing your own clients). Choose galleries that will help you achieve your goals. Establish a relationship of trust from the beginning with your galleries. And if the shoe doesn't fit, try on a new pair of shoes. Somewhere out there is a gallery that will be a great fit for you.
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Now is the time to meditate on the year past, memories had, friends and family we loved and also missed, the work we did, and time we spent. Now is the time to plan, think of the future, and start again.
Whether you put down a smoke, pick up a dumbbell, or continue as you were, may your year be pleasant and spirited. Happy New Year, may it be a good one, and just as Tennyson said, here's to ringing out the false and ringing in the true!
In the spirit of 2013, here are ten more quotes, some words of wisdom in light of the New Year, from a handful of beloved writers.
"One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: To rise above the little things."
- John Burroughs
Literary naturalist, essayist, initiator of the nature fakers controversy
"Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account. "
- Oscar Wilde
Irish playwright, poet, and possessor of very long name: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
"For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
- T.S. Eliot, "Little Gidding"
Innovator of twentieth-century poetry, Missouri-born and London-bound, 1948 winner of Nobel Prize for Literature
"I made no resolutions for the New Year. The habit of making plans, of criticizing, sanctioning and molding my life, is too much of a daily event for me."
- Anaïs Nin
French-Cuban author, master of journal writing, even longer name than Oscar: Angela Anaïs Juana Antolina Rosa Edelmira Nin y Culmell
"New Year's Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual."
- Mark Twain
Father of American literature, riverboat pilot, inventor, all around cool guy
"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day."
- Edith Lovejoy Pierce
English poet and peace activist
"Resolution #8: Stop Googling myself." (see the other 7 here) -Terry Pratchett
English author of fantasy novels, best known for his comic series Discworld, has an asteroid named in his honor: 127005 Pratchett.
"Whatever it is you're scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever."
- Neil Gaiman
English author, notable works include The Sandman series and Coraline, has a dog named Cabal
"A merry Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world!"
- Charles Dickens
English writer and social critic, had 200 film and television adaptions created from his writing
"Resolve to make at least one person happy every day, and then in ten years you may have made three thousand, six hundred and fifty persons happy, or brightened a small town by your contribution to the fund of general enjoyment." -Sydney Smith
English writer, Anglican cleric, wrote a poem about salad dressing
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An MRI taken Saturday in Denver confirmed what the Giants had been fearing for the past 18 hours or so.
According to Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News, outfielder Cody Ross — who made an early exit Friday night against the Rockies — has been diagnosed with a strained right hamstring.
Ross was 2-for-4 with two RBI on Friday evening before departing, and one of those hits was his 100th career home run. But the utility outfielder is now in danger of missing the rest of the regular season.
A hamstring strain is nothing to fret about, but the Giants are still well out of contention for a playoff spot despite a recent run of success and will finish up their regular season schedule just 10 days from now. Ross will need at least seven days to get back to full health.
The 30-year-old impending free agent batted just .240 with a .730 OPS in 121 games this season.
- babyjesus69 - Sep 18, 2011 at 7:38 AM
thought the season was over for the Giants when Buster Posey went down. Shocked they were able to stay in contention for as long as they did. Beltran said he would return if they add offensive firepower. So does Posey returning count as adding that firepower? Cause techinically….
- bleedgreen - Sep 18, 2011 at 9:41 AM
Can we stop saying 'done for the season'? If you put a guy on the 15 day DL now, he's done for the season. The season is only 2 weeks long now.


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I purchased this amp about 18 months ago and it has done everything I wanted without any problems. The sound is great and I really like the mixing capabilities it has. It's built well, like everything Roland makes and I'm thinking I'll get plenty of years of use from it.I'm running my keyboards and a microphone through it when playing at home. If the 60 watts is enough for you I'd highly recommend this amp. There's plenty enough power for home use and small gigs.
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This amp is great for smaller gigs or churches. The four channels are convenient for plugging in an additional keyboard or a drum machine. It also has tape in/out jacks. It has a lot of power and very little distortion at high volumes.
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Last fall, I joined with District 113A Superintendent Dr. Courtney Orzel to alert you of legislation being considered in Springfield that had the potential to remove nearly $2 million annually from Lemont schools and affect the students we serve. Unfortunately, under the newly proposed Senate Bill 1 – the School Funding Reform Act of 2015 – the schools that serve the Lemont community once again could be facing a tremendous loss in state funding.
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Lemont High School senior Ethan Pocic (right) is joined by head coach Eric Michaelsen as they celebrate his commitment to play football at Louisiana State University.
Lemont High School senior offensive lineman
Ethan Pocic
, who is one of the nation's top recruits at his position, will sign a National Letter of Intent to play college football at Louisiana State University beginning in 2013. By graduating in December 2012, he will be eligible to enroll at LSU during the spring semester.
A 6'6", 290-pound left tackle, Pocic is the most heralded prospect to emerge from head coach
Eric Michaelsen's
Lemont football program. Pocic committed to LSU in May 2012 after receiving dozens of scholarship offers from some of the nation's top programs, including Alabama, Florida, Notre Dame and Ohio State. A four-star recruit, Pocic ranks among the Class of 2013's top 50 players, and rates among the top five offensive tackles in the country according to several recruiting services. He twice has been named an IHSA Class 6A All-State selection, and has been chosen to participate in the 2013 Under Armour High School All-America Game in Tampa, Fla., in January.
Lemont has been one of the state's top football programs for several years, but that success has heightened during Pocic's tenure. The Indians have collected a 34-3 record since 2010, which has included a sterling 17-1 mark in South Suburban Conference-Blue Division play and an 8-2 record in the IHSA playoffs. Lemont has won SSC Blue titles each of the last three years, and enjoyed undefeated regular seasons in both 2010 and 2011. The team advanced to the IHSA Class 6A Quarterfinals in 2010, and was an IHSA Class 6A Semifinalist in 2011. This season, the Indians are 11-1 and are set to play in the IHSA Class 6A Semifinals against Crete-Monee on Saturday, November 17.
Not surprisingly, Lemont has flourished offensively during Pocic's career, averaging 36.9 points per game over 37 contests. The Indians have rolled up more than 12,000 total yards in three seasons, including more than 8,000 yards rushing.
This season, Lemont has averaged 35.5 points and 357.1 total yards per game (236.3 yards rushing, 120.8 yards passing). The Indians have recorded at least 200 yards rushing in eight of 11 contests. To complement his work on the offensive line, Pocic has added duties on the defensive line as a senior. He has totaled 26 tackles (19 solo) and recorded two fumble recoveries in limited playing time.
During Pocic's junior year in 2011, the Indians came an overtime period short of advancing to the state finals before finishing with a 12-1 record. That squad's offense was one of the most prolific in school history, averaging an all-time best 39.7 points per game and rolling up more than 4,500 yards in total offense. In his first varsity season in 2010, Lemont averaged 35.2 points per game on its way to an 11-1 finish and an IHSA Quarterfinal appearance.
Pocic will play for head coach
Les Miles
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Feyenoord striker John Guidetti can't guarantee staying with parent club Manchester City.
After this season's success at Feyenoord, the super Swede has no interest in a bit-part role at City.
"I don't know what Man City are thinking but I want to play football," Guidetti told the Daily Mail.
"I don't care about the money but in football it shows where you are. It says, "This is how much we believe in giving you this chance". And I want the chance. I don't want to be a reserve at City, I can't be. I have to be honest with people, I'm not going to lie.
"I'm not saying City should do this or that, maybe they don't want me - they can get any player in the world. Their wealth is extreme. Maybe they want Van Persie or Messi. Those two are as tall as these buildings and I'm down here. I know that.""If I can't play at Manchester City - I'm a young boy - then I'll have to play somewhere else. If I am going to be given a chance at City then I have to be on the same level as the other boys. If I'm given No 68, then I don't have a chance of playing. I have to see what comes up. Maybe I'll get a chance to go to a big team that will give me No 9 or No 10 and say, 'OK, we're ready to pay you this money'.


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Lord Sugar attacks 'bargain basement' Royal Mail sale
Lord Alan Sugar has dubbed the Government sell-off of Royal Mail a "bargain basement sale" and demanded an inquiry to find out who benefited from it.
The businessman and Labour peer made his comments during question time in the House of Lords as Government business spokesman Lord Popat said banks who helped with the sale could receive up to £18.4 million in fees.
The Government has faced widespread criticism that it under-valued the company after Royal Mail shares soared from the offer price of 330p to more than £5 during the first few days of trading.
Lord Popat said the key objective had been to "secure value for money for the taxpayer".
Stella English: No regrets over The Apprentice
The Apprentice winner in 2010, Stella English, says she does not regret taking part in the BBC 1 show, despite losing her recent constructive dismissal claim against Lord Sugar and his company, she told Daybreak.
English claimed she was forced to resign from the £100,000 a year job that was her prize for winning series six of the show because "it was not a role of substance". But the claim was dismissed by the tribunal panel which ruled the case "should never have been brought".
Last week Lord Sugar launched a counter claim against Ms English but an East London Tribunal Service panel ruled the mother-of-two should not have to repay legal costs.
Sugar launches counter-claim against Apprentice winner
Alan Sugar has launched a counter-claim against former Apprentice winner Stella English.
English brought a constructive dismissal case against the businessman earlier this year, but her case was dismissed with the tribunal panel ruling the claim "should never have been brought".
Now Sugar has initiated proceedings to try to recoup some of the legal fees he paid.
Lord Sugar vows to take on the 'claim culture'
Lord Sugar has vowed to take on the claim culture as a "personal crusade" after former winner of The Apprentice Stella English lost her constructive dismissal case against him.
Speaking to ITV News he said the case was "tantamount to blackmail", saying he hoped other businesses would fight similar cases.
Sugar: Apprentice claimant 'underestimated me'
Lord Sugar said in a statement that Stella English's claim was "a derisory attempt to smear [his] name" and her reputation "is now in tatters".
Lord Sugar: 'A victory against the claim culture'
Apprentice claim 'should never have been brought'
A judiciary paper said Stella English's had been dismissed:
The judges also ruled that the claim "should never have been brought."
Apprentice winner loses claim against Lord Sugar
Former winner of The Apprentice Stella English has lost her claim of constructive dismissal against businessman Lord Sugar, the Judicial Office said.
Apprentice winner has 'used media as a weapon' says lawyer
Lord Sugar said he feels "wronged" by a former winner of the Apprentice who is currently suing him for constructive dismissal, an employment tribunal heard today.
Stella English, 34, from Whitstable, Kent, claims she was treated as an "overpaid lackey" after winning series six of the BBC1 programme.
Giving legal submissions today, Lord Sugar's representative Seamus Sweeney said: "The claimant has, in the eyes of Lord Sugar, deliberately courted the media with a view of damaging his reputation."
He told how Ms English had "sold her story" to the press several times and accused her of being a "headline-grabber", deliberately sensationalising aspects of her evidence.
He told the tribunal the same was true of Ms English, adding: "Using the media, in this case, was a weapon of choice... It was a first weapon of choice."
Stella English arrives for Apprentice tribunal
Stella English arrived at East London Tribunal Courts this morning. The employment tribunal involving Lord Sugar and the winner of 2010's The Apprentice, is expected to conclude today.


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GNU Emacs is easily extended with Emacs Lisp. In some cases you may hit a performance wall even after byte compiling. In this situation it would be useful to be able to write C functions that you could call from Emacs Lisp code. Is this possible? How do you do it? Is there example code?
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Brad Haynes reports on the inauguration.
President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony will feature musical performances by Aretha Franklin, Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman, according to the congressional committee orchestrating the inaugural program.
Rick Warren, the evangelical pastor of Saddleback Church, will give the invocation and the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a civil rights leader who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., will give the closing benediction.
Franklin, "The Queen of Soul," will perform before Vice President-elect Joe Biden's oath, and Obama's oath will be preceded by a piece composed by John Williams for pianist Gabriela Montero, clarinetist Anthony McGill, violinist Itzhak Perlman and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, who has a spot on Obama's iPod.
Poet Elizabeth Alexander will read a poem. The Yale professor, who grew up in Washington, D.C., is a 2005 Pulitzer finalist and winner of the Alphonse Fletcher Sr. Fellowship for work that "contributes to improving race relations in American society and furthers the broad social goals of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision of 1954."
Boys' and girls' choruses from San Francisco will also perform at the ceremony, along with fixtures like the United States Marine Band and the Navy's official chorus. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts will administer Obama's oath of office and Justice John Paul Stevens will do the same for Biden.
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this is a idea from another site..achievements for each games. and this could be another way you could get poitns the harder the goal is the more points you get. this would make games more funa and have a goal
Posted Mar 1, '08 at 10:12pm
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A system like this has been suggested many times, but there's a lot of work involved in it.
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yeah, but that should be added by the game's creator, not Armourgames, I mean, that ould be hard, and kinda pointless, as many people would sit there for hours playing one game to get it's acheivments, vs. the people who don't have that time and stuff, you'd get a lot of angry people, specially if you can't save the game or something. A lot of complaints you will get
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ya i guesss
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During commencement we celebrate the achievements of our graduates and the faculty, family and friends who support and inspire them. We also recognize the contributions of men and women whose innovative work has improved the lives of others through public service, research, teaching and creative endeavors.
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Let's set the scene. You create a fabulous new application. You want to give away a free edition of your application, but you also want a pro edition that you are going to charge for. The free edition will obviously need to lack some features to encourage people to buy the pro edition.
How do you go about building multiple editions, and importantly, how do you maintain them effectively? In this article, I'll describe some of the basic techniques for managing multiple versions of an application, and discuss the advantages and drawbacks of each.
As a guide for this article, I'll use a small sample application that comes in two editions. The WizzBang Calculator is a command line calculator. The pro edition is fully featured and supports addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. WizzBang also comes in a lite edition that offers just addition and subtraction.
The first step in building a multi-edition application is to abstract your functionality away from the user interface and calling code. This is good design practice regardless of your intentions for multiple editions, so hopefully, you've already done something like this. The cleaner you make your separation, the easier you'll find it to manage your different editions of the application.
The WizzBang Calculator application has an abstract Command class that takes the user input and performs an operation. A subclass is created for each type of operation that overrides the PerformOperation method and provides the specific calculation.
public abstract class Command { public void ExecuteCommand() { . . . // Get user input for values. . . . // Perform the calculation. int result = PerformOperation(firstNumberValue, secondNumberValue); // Output the answer. Console.WriteLine("The answer is: " + result); } public abstract int PerformOperation(int firstNumber, int secondNumber); } public class AddCommand : Command { public override int PerformOperation(int firstNumber, int secondNumber) { // Perform the addition operation. return firstNumber + secondNumber; } }
When the application starts up, an instance of each of the command subclasses is created and added to a list of commands. This list is used to build up the user interface menus and provide a way for the user to invoke the various commands.
private static List<command> CreateCommands() { List<command> commands = new List<command>(); commands.Add(new AddCommand()); commands.Add(new SubtractCommand()); commands.Add(new MultiplyCommand()); commands.Add(new DivideCommand()); return commands; }
Now you need to create your various editions. There are several options you have here. We'll walk though each possibility, and take a look at the pros and cons of each technique.
The first approach that many people take is to create a copy of their application, and modify the copy to remove some of the key features. Although it seems like the easy option to begin with, it is only going to cause further problems down the road. If you have bug fixes or improvements to make, you'll find yourself making the changes multiple times, once for each edition of your application. You should generally rule this option out.
A slight step up from maintaining multiple code bases for each edition is to shift all the common code into shared assemblies, and maintain multiple editions of just one assembly that performs the calls into the functionality in the shared libraries. This helps a little with some of the problems of maintaining multiple copies of a huge code base, but you still have the same issue, just to a slightly lesser extent.
Imagine you were to maintain a separate set of your source code for each edition, but imagine there was a way to merge changes between the different sets of source code to prevent you from having to do too much repeated work. Well there is. Most modern source control products offer a way to branch your code into two versions, work on the versions independently, and merge changes from one branch to the other. (Check with your source control documentation for specific methods for achieving this.)
You would start with the primary edition containing all the functionality. You then create a branch from the primary edition for each edition you want to offer to your users. In each of these branches, you would be able to make the necessary changes to remove any functionality that was not offered in that specific edition.
Now, you are able to make base changes and fixes in the primary branch, and merge these changes into each of the other branches to prevent duplicate work.
This obviously has the advantage of reducing the code duplication. It does, however, add its own complexities. Multiple branches can be tricky to manage. It's not easy to keep track of what changes have been merged to which branches. It takes some careful discipline and strict procedures to ensure that the various branches don't get too far out of sync and cause problems.
A popular option that many developers take is to maintain just one edition of the application, and decide at run time which functionality the user is allowed to invoke. This decision is often made via the use of some key or serial number. Different values of keys can relate to different unlocked editions for the user. You can either choose to build this kind of functionality yourself, or you can use one of the many application protection libraries available online.
Initially, this does sound like an attractive option, and it does have some benefits:
But, it also has its drawbacks. Code for locked functionality is still compiled into the binaries. This leaves it open for crackers to break your application and provide a way of accessing the locked functionality. This is even more of an issue with .NET, as code is easily readable using tools like Reflector or ILDASM. Obfuscators and IL encryptors can help, but the effectiveness of obfuscators and similar tools is still widely questioned.
The final technique addresses many of the problems associated with some of the other methods. Conditional compilation is a technique where using a series of 'directives', you can instruct the compiler to either compile or not compile specific blocks of code under different conditions. What I will demonstrate is the various commands available to you for working with conditional compilation, and how these commands can be used to manage multiple editions of an application.
Conditional compilation in C# and VB.NET centers around several 'pre-processor directives'. First, a little background - pre-processor directives originated in C. C and C++ both have a pre-processor that would parse the code base before the compiler and do some advance processing. Directives could be provided to the pre-processor to instruct it on what it should do. C# and VB.NET don't have formal pre-processors, but the compiler does however recognize several pre-processor directives and processes them in the same way. If you come from a C or C++ background, you'll find some limitations in what C#/VB.NET compilers do (for example, you can't create macros), but what they can do is more than enough to handle the conditional compilation scenarios we are looking at. The pre-processor directives we are interested in are:
#define (Or #CONST in VB.NET) #undef #if #elif (Or #ElseIf in VB.NET) #else #endif
#define and #undef allow you to define (and undefine) constants. The remaining four directives allow you to restrict the code that is compiled based on those constants.
Let's start with an example:
#define TEST #if TEST Console.WriteLine("Test defined"); #else Console.WriteLine("Test not defined"); #endif
The #define and #undef directives must come first in a file, before any other code, and affect the constant only for code within that file. The #undef directive is used to undefine globally declared constants (more on that later).
You'll notice that unlike regular if statements, you don't use curly braces to surround the if block; instead, you have an #endif directive at the bottom of the block. OK, let's run this and see what we get:
Pretty much as you would expect, it outputs "Test defined". Let's just see what happens if we remove the #define directive and run the code again:
Again, as expected, "Test not defined" is the output.
Let's take a quick peek at the compiled assembly in Reflector and see what it looks like.
What you are looking at here is the compiled version of the Main method containing our pre-processor directives. Interestingly, there's no #if/#else/#endif directives in the compiled assembly, and importantly, the code from the else block is totally missing. So, what has happened here? Pre-processor directives don't work like normal if statements. Unlike normal if statements, pre-processor directives are evaluated at compile time, not runtime. The compiler processes the directives, evaluates and determines the result of the #if directive, and only compiles the half of the #if/#else block that matches with the evaluated #if statement.
Now, we have a useful way of including or removing code from a source file depending on some defined constants. Let's quickly apply this to our WizzBang Calculator application and see how it helps.
private static List<command> CreateCommands() { List<command> commands = new List<command>(); commands.Add(new AddCommand()); commands.Add(new SubtractCommand()); #if ProEdition commands.Add(new MultiplyCommand()); commands.Add(new DivideCommand()); #endif return commands; }
If we slightly modify our CreateCommands method to include some pre-processor directives, we can ensure that the commands for multiply and divide are only created in the pro edition. We can also wrap our MultiplyCommand and DivideCommand classes with #if/#endif directives to ensure that not only are the command objects not created for the lite edition, but their respective classes aren't even compiled into the final assembly, preventing any nefarious users from finding a way to bypass our protection and re-include them in the lite edition.
#if ProEdition public class MultiplyCommand : Command { . . . } #endif
Finally, we can also include some directives in the DisplayTitle method to write a different title depending on the edition.
The remaining pre-processor directive we haven't mentioned is #elif. This directive stands for "else if". It works much like a regular elseif statement, and allows you to chain multiple if statements together.
You can still use all the normal conditional operators with pre-processor directives. For example, if you want a block of code included in the compiled assembly if either the LiteEdition constant or the ProEdition constant is defined, you could do the following:
#if LiteEdtion || ProEdition commands.Add(new AddCommand()); commands.Add(new SubtractCommand()); . . . #endif
Now, we have our differentiated WizzBang application that can be compiled into two editions based upon some defined constants. But it is a bit tricky to define those constants in the source code. They would have to be defined in every single source file, and would have to be changed every time we want to compile a different edition. What we need is a way of defining these constants globally, and at build time. Fortunately, there are several ways to do this. The easiest and most common way is though the project properties dialog in Visual Studio.
First let's create some new build types for our different editions. If you click on the "Build" menu and open up "Configuration Manager" you will be able to configure some different types of builds. Pull down the "Active Solution Configuration" combo box and create some new Configurations. You can choose to copy the configuration options from an existing configuration to save you some work. Here you can see I've created a Debug and Release configuration for each of my application editions:
Once you have created build configurations for your various editions, go to the project properties for your application and go to the "Build" tab. You'll see at the top that you can select which build configuration you are currently editing. Just beneath that, you'll see a text entry box labeled "Conditional compilation symbols". Here, you can list any constant you want to be defined for this build configuration. You can use commas if you want to define more than one constant. (Note that conditional compilation constants are case sensitive). You can also use the tick boxes underneath to decide if the DEBUG or TRACE constants are defined for this build configuration. (Usually, TRACE is defined always, and DEBUG is defined for debug builds only.)
Now you'll find that the appropriate constants are defined automatically when the compiler starts. You can change the active build configuration using the drop down combo box on the standard tool bar. Visual Studio also helps you out by colouring any code that won't be compiled with the current configuration in grey, and automatically providing one of the region style +/- collapse boxes.
You can also define constants in MSBuild scripts using the <DefineConstants></DefineConstants> tags, and these can be included conditionally in property groups like any other MSBuild properties. Alternatively, you can define your constants via the command line with the /d switch:
MSBuild: <DefineConstants>ProEdition</DefineConstants> Visual Basic command line: vbc /d:ProEdition=TRUE MyApplication.vb C# command line: csc /d:ProEdition MyApplication.cs
One final trick in the conditional compilation toolbox is the conditional attribute. The conditional attribute can be applied to methods, and indicates to the compiler that calls to this method should only be compiled if the specified constant is defined.
[Conditional("ProEdition")] private static void CreateProCommands(List<command> commands) { commands.Add(new MultiplyCommand()); commands.Add(new DivideCommand()); }
Using the conditional attribute like this has the advantage that your code isn't littered with the #if/#endif directives cluttering the flow of your main methods.
One thing worth noting about the conditional attribute is that it is the equivalent of wrapping the call to the method in #if/#endif directives, and not the contents of the method. This means that the method itself and all the code in it are still compiled into the assembly, it is just the calls to the method that are removed.
The two techniques are often used together:
[Conditional("ProEdition")] private static void CreateProCommands(List<command> commands) { #if ProEdition commands.Add(new MultiplyCommand()); commands.Add(new DivideCommand()); #endif }
By doing this, you get the best of both worlds. The contents of the method are not compiled into the application, and the calls to the method are removed without cluttering your main methods with lots of #if/#endif directives. (Additionally, you don't have the performance waste of calling into empty methods. This is especially useful for regularly called methods, like logging or debugging calls.)
You can apply multiple conditional attributes to a single method if you require the method to be called when any one of a set of constants have been defined.
It probably is worth noting that the Common Language Specification does permit compilers to ignore the conditional attribute. The C#, J#, and Visual Basic compilers do support the conditional attribute; but the C++ and JScript compilers do not. This does not affect the support of the pre-processor directives we discussed earlier.
As I mentioned at the beginning, conditional compilation does require that your code is well structured and functionality is carefully separated so the appropriate parts of the code can be easily removed from the compiled assemblies, but this is something that is considered good practice anyway.
We started by taking a brief look at the various possible techniques for managing multiple editions of an application. We looked at the pitfalls associated with each of the simplistic methods. Then we looked at more detail into conditional compilation. We discovered how conditional compilation can be used to restrict parts of the source code from being included in each of the different editions of your application, and we looked at how Visual Studio can help you manage the different build configurations for each of your editions.
Finally, we took a look at the conditional attribute and how it can help improve the quality of your code by providing some of the conditional compilation behavior automatically.
Conditional compilation is one of the best tools available to help you build and manage different editions of your application.
Some additional references for more information:
Thanks to Mustafa for originally suggesting I write this article.
This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)
Simon Stevens wrote:Thanks. Glad I helped.
Som Shekhar wrote:specific purpose for a few clients. (with high value so I need them to pay)
Mustafa Ismail Mustafa wrote:Is it possible to submit conditionals in build arguments?
MSBuild: <defineconstants>ProEdition</defineconstants> Visual Basic command line: vbc /d:ProEdition=TRUE MyApplication.vb C# command line: csc /d:ProEdition MyApplication.cs
stano wrote:From an ex-BBC Micro guy
stano wrote:screen shot of the Build screen
ptmcomp wrote:But every conditional makes the program more complex! If you have 4 switches there are 2^4 ways to compile your code!
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�Actions speak louder than words,� says my wife, Laurie. �You can tell me you love me all day long, but when you show me by your actions, I know you really do love me.� With family, showing your love starts with devoting time. It�s true in business, too. Do you show your salespeople that you love them?
Somewhere along the line, we got the idea that salespeople are expendable � that if they don�t perform quickly, or if they slip below budget, they should be terminated. Meanwhile, everybody complains about how hard it is to hire and retain great people.
The radio-sales meat grinder goes something like this: Hire them, hand them a training book or tape, put them on the streets, and give them 90 days to sink or swim. Most sink.
First we have to look at the level of people we bring in. If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. In theory, higher-grade people � who cost more � will perform better and return your investment sooner.
Then, we should consider the person�s selling style. One of my salespeople closed very few sales in his first six months. But we saw that he was relationship-driven, so we didn�t fire him. Within the first year, he�d brought in more business than we could ever have expected � and 20 years later, he�s still with us. Had I fired him in those first 90 days, I would have lost one of the best people I have ever worked with. If selling is indeed about relationships, how many great relationships can be built in 90 days?
If you hire me as a seller, you owe it to yourself to help me be successful. You owe me opportunity, training, a job description, and a product to sell.
Most stations don�t have job descriptions for salespeople. One manager told me: �Of course we do. Their job is to sell. Period.� No! A salesperson�s job is multi-faceted: building relationships, prospecting, delivering the station value proposition, maintaining the station�s image to the clients, servicing business, managing the creative development of commercials, and closing deals.
�I cannot invest in training until they prove themselves,� one manager told me �That guy was a terrible seller. I�m so glad I didn�t waste any money training him.� That manager should be taken out behind the station and shot for stupidity. Does an airline pilot receive training only after he makes it from San Francisco to New York?
Before you fire salespeople for non-performance, ask yourself: Did I provide them with the tools they need? Did they have a job description? Did they follow it? Is the failure their fault?
Also, think about this: How much time do you spend with your salespeople? Your radio station�s success relies on a handful of people, but they often receive minimal time from management. Managers and sales managers are loaded with shuffling paperwork, watching inventory, and dealing with clients and other departments. One consultant told me he secretly tracks the time that he sees the sales manager spending with sellers.
The average per day for all sellers is 42 minutes.
If you have a sales problem, ask yourself: I am showing them the love? Am I giving my time, attention, training, and respect? Am I beating on them, hoping they will do better, when they don�t know how to do better? Am I pushing good people out because they�re taking too long to succeed?
Of course, we have to push for results, and at some point we have to end our relationship with non-performing people. But first we owe it to them, and to our success, to make sure we have shown them the love with our actions, not just our words.
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It's clear that in today's landscape of higher education that not all institutions are created equal. Selecting a school to attend involves weighing multiple options, including whether the school is nonprofit or for profit. Here is a quick breakdown of the major differences between the two.
Nonprofit |
For Profit |
The Mission |
Driven to provide a full educational experience to each student. |
The ultimate goal is to make a profit and provide shareholders with a return on investment. |
Student Costs |
Although costs may vary, tuition is typically affordable and competitive with public university system rates. |
Often called "high tuition schools," for-profit universities are more expensive in order to make a profit. |
Accessibility |
Although acceptance may be more selective, as charitable organizations, funds from donors help provide scholarships to qualified students. |
This sector generally has loose standards for acceptance and offers fewer need- and merit-based scholarships. |
Accreditation |
Typically regionally accredited and use this as the industry gold standard. They generally do not accept credits from nationally accredited schools. |
Although recent years have shifted for-profits from their traditional vocational focus to degree seeking, most of them maintain the historical status of being nationally accredited. |
Community Connection |
Many public and private nonprofit universities offer clubs and organizations students can participate in locally. Relationships among alumni and advisory board members help to provide networking opportunities and build community connections. |
Liberal acceptance standards to drive large enrollment numbers for maximum revenue, many for-profits have locations across the country. Although this allows for nearly unlimited network connections, the intimacy and one-on-one relationships may get lost in the crowds |
Flexibility |
Although some schools are beginning to tailor to the nontraditional student sector, typically nonprofits are part of the larger public education systems that serve the traditional student with daytime classes and dormitories. |
With their beginnings in providing alternative education solutions and trade training classes, for-profits tailor most toward nontraditional students, offering evening and online classes. Many have multiple locations available. |
Educational Investment1 |
Nonprofit universities invest more capital per student on instructional costs, in 2009-10 the average for this sector was $15,321 per student. |
For-profits spend significantly less on instructional costs. For the same period this sector spent an average of $3,017 per student. |
Funding |
There are various models for nonprofit funding, but generally sources come from private charitable donors. Most schools do accept federal financial aid, but not nearly to the degree of for-profits. |
The majority of funding comes from taxpayer dollars in the form of federal grants and loans. In 2009-10 these institutions received $32 billion in government funds.2 |
Default Rates3 |
Default rates are much lower in the public and nonprofit sector, 57% take out loans in nonprofit, while 48% do so in public universities with median debt $8-10K lower than for-profits. |
A staggering 96% of for-profit school students take out loans to pay for college and carry more debt than their peers in public and private nonprofit schools, leading to high default rates. |
Success Rates4 |
Although published graduation rates vary based on calculation methods, private nonprofit schools have significantly higher rates with a category average of 64.5%. |
Graduation rate for private for-profit universities is 27%. This is less than half of its private nonprofit counterparts. |
1 http://www.franklin.edu/blog/non-profit-vs-for-profit-colleges-what-you-need-to-know/
2 http://www.ncsl.org/research/education/for-profit-colleges-and-universities.aspx
3 http://forprofitu.org/fact-sheet/
4 http://nces.ed.gov/datalab/tableslibrary/viewtable.aspx?tableid=7512


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— Posted by Park City Mountain Resort on October 13, 2012
Take a look at the fresh snow we woke up to this morning up on the mountain!
Hey it dumped in PC all week! How about another update? I remembered I skied before Halloween in PC in 96. Any chance you'll open earlier?
— Posted by Brian on October 27, 2012 6:49 AM MDT
We've been updating! Check out -
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and blog posts - http://www.parkcitymountain.com/site/blog/categories/Conditions%20and%20Terrain
(use the conditions and terrain topic to filter)
Also, opening day is still scheduled for the 17th. The forecast shows a "weak storm" coming at the end of next week and a larger one around the 5th, so it doesn't look like conditions are pointing to an earlier start. We'll be doing our Thriller Snow Dance up at the Town Lift this afternoon (October 27) to do our best to bring on the snow!
— Posted by Eric on October 27, 2012 9:57 AM MDT
Hi Chuck,
I've updated the player, let me know if you still are having issues.
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Originally from Washington, DC; Andy has been with Park City Mountain Resort since 2011 after being a lifelong PC visitor with his family.
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When he's not up on the mountain checking on the cams, Eric is managing the interactive marketing for Park City Mountain Resort.
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