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Striped tee with pleating on the front and back. Cropped to the natural waist. Rounded neck. Raw trim and hem.
*We The Free brings us back to our down-to-earth, All-American roots, made mostly with casual cottons that have a lightly distressed and perfectly worn in feel.
*We The Free brings us back to our down-to-earth, All-American roots, made mostly with casual cottons that have a lightly distressed and perfectly worn in feel.
*55% Rayon
*45% Polyester
*Machine Wash Cold
*45% Polyester
*Machine Wash Cold
Measurements for Small:Bust: 42"= 107 cm
Length: 19"= 48 cm
Sleeve Length: 6"= 15 cm
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Rated 5 out of 5Â by MandaShow Fun, Simple... I like this a lot. A real lot. It's going to be so light and perfect for summer. It's also a great true crop top. The tea and Jade color is accurate to the picture. 5.31.2014
Rated 5 out of 5Â by charcolgirl The Perfect Summer Crop This is super cute. I got it in black from my local FP and I just fell in love with the way that it falls; especially the cut in the back. Also the black is really a traditional stripe tee, and would not give you the jail stripe look at all (that was an initial fear of mine.) very cute and I can't wait to wear it with cutoff shorts on the summer! 5.25.2014
Rated 5 out of 5Â by carpathian18 Fun Tee I'm 5'5 118lbs 34DD and really wanted this shirt because of how cute it is in the black stripes. I bought the Small. Was really worried that it would rise to far up for someone of my age. I just got it and it fits TTS. Glad I bought it because it covers my belly area and looks really cute with some lightly destroyed jeans. I'm going to order another one in a different color. The material is worth it and it has a soft flow to it making it a perfect summer Tee. Thanks again FP 5.21.2014
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Who is Faith Daniels? Wow... A woman who has found the freedom of loving the sound of her own voice and actually has something to say!
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The President of the National Bar Association, Wright and Schulte, The Cochran Firm and The Ohio Student Association are presenting a "Do You Know Your Rights?" Seminar June 24th from 6-8 PM at Phillips Temple Church located at 3620 Shiloh Springs Rd., Trotwood, Ohio.
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The first worship service after the murder of 9 of it's members, The Emanuel African Methodist Episcapol Church, held worship services on Sunday to an overflow of parishioners and mourners from Charleston and surrounding areas. Hundreds of people spilled out into the streets during the morning service as the pain of the murders, still fresh was met with a spirit of forgiveness, love and kindness. Funeral services for the 9 victims are set to begin on Thursday. To read more click here.
Tomorrow, June 16th a the Schuster Center, renowned author, motivational speaker and television host of "Iyanla: Fix My Life!" on the OWN Network comes to Dayton to offer some wonderful motivation and personal awareness for women and men!
Tickets for "A Conversation" with Dr. Iyanla Vanzant are available on line at www.ticketcenterstage.com and by calling the box office at 937-228-3630.
Don't miss the refreshing Women's Fair that will begin at 5:30 in the Winter garden.
Black Music Month began in 1979 when Kenny Gamble, Ed Wright, and Dyana Williams developed the idea to set aside a month dedicated to celebrating the impact of black music. Created by music business insiders, the group successfully lobbied President Jimmy Carter to host a reception on June 7th, 1979 to formally recognize the cultural and financial contributions of black music. Since 1979, Black Music Month has grown from a small commemoration to national proportions with events held annually across the country. For more details click HERE
Just last year Mel Waiters performed here in Dayton at Gilly's and gave a stellar show! In fact, 2 shows to sold out audiences where he and his band gave rousing performances of all of his hits and crowd favorites.
Mel Waiters will be greatly missed.
Tracy Morgan has reached a comfortable settlement with Wal-Mart following an accident that nearly took his life last June.
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I hate programming
Posted on December 22, 2014 at 13:34
Yeah that's right, I said it. I hate programming. It's such a pain in the @ss. I don't think I've ever enjoyed programming which is ironic considering I'm a computer science major. Programming is the skill I need but not the skill I want. I've forced myself to learn it just like I've forced myself to practice pixel art because the real goal of it all is to make games.
Games are what I love, not programming or drawing. I love to design games and to sketch up huge documents and plans for a game. I get all deep into the mechanics and progression of a game's design, that is pure joy for me. Best of all, I love seeing it all come to life when a project is finally starting to feel like a game.
But damn if the process isn't tedious as hell. I can spend whole days trying to fix simple bugs only to end up punching myself when it was so obvious. Or worse, when I decide my programming sucks and I need to start all over again to get something right. It's usually better to build a newer better machine than to patch up a faulty one isn't it? It's this process that makes me feel like I'm going no where with a project. I spend more time redoing the things I already did than I do adding new content to the game.
This explains why it takes me forever to make any progress on my projects and why I'm terrible at game jams. I'm plain and simple, not a good programmer. I'm just somebody that forces myself into creating something fully functional before I call it complete and this is a really long process for me due to my lack of skill. I refuse to release something I would call complete and not have it be to the best it can be. (this obviously excludes WIPs)
well wasn't that a nice rant? I just get pretty frustrated with programming and even more frustrated with Game Maker Studio. That damn program seems to always work in the opposite way than I expect it to.
Currently working on an old project of mine, Land of Death, which should be a simple platformer, really simple actually. Just jump and slash at stuff. 1 color sprites and 2 color tiles is all I'm working with. Trying to keep the enemies simple but programming challenging AI and basic physics that work with it seems to be something I apparently suck at.
Over 6 years of programming and developing games and I still can't get smooth collisions for a platformer. WTF am I doing!?
YYG ready to release GameMaker: Player
Posted on October 06, 2014 at 12:51
So it seems YYG is finally replacing the old sandbox with this new service/app that will act like a cross-platform Steam service for Game Maker Studio games. This actually sounds amazing, even with the current beta restrictions (2-10 games depending on your license). You get the freedom to set up paid games or free games as well. YYG takes approx 30% of the revenue though, which isn't too bad depending on how popular this service/store becomes.
The release date is not exact but they suggest the 2nd half of October. I can't wait to see what this is going to be like. I have a few worries, such as how much control or rights to the games uploaded does YYG gain, whether or not they restrict where the game can be published, and so on but I don't expect anything too harsh on those subjects.
There also doesn't seem to be much mention on Quality Control so there is that little problem which became a huge problem in the sandbox. Still, googleplay has no Quality Control and it's still thriving. (for some fortunate devs that is)
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S4D Progress?
Posted on October 02, 2014 at 10:42
yeah so, not much progress from me. I have barely even started. Got a fairly bare project file right now, just the core engine stuff and some early lighting. Wanna see?
It's really dark so it's pretty tough to see. The lighting could be better, I don't know what the deal is, maybe i didn't set the normal vectors as good as I could have but there are some issues with it, mostly the walls to the side of the player are darker than walls that are facing the player but up to 3 times the distance away from the player. it doesn't look smooth. if anyone has any tips to give me for how to set the normals, that would be awesome.
Originally I was gonna make all the graphics myself, than I realized I'm too lazy so I started gathering some free textures online. That'll speed things up quite a bit. The type of game I'm going for here is simple enough, it's mostly a puzzle solver with some ghoulies to avoid. that's all. I'll try to throw in some unexpected elements though, to keep things interesting. gotta surprise the player I suppose.
Terror alpha release 2 & S4D
Posted on September 08, 2014 at 23:45
Here is the 2nd alpha release of my main project, Terror. I've decided to switch over to indieDB for uploading and blogging about this project. I figure a bigger site may offer more feedback. You can check out the game's page here:
Download Terror @ indie DB
There are a few new additions in this version:
- mouse sensitivity options
- performance options such as Deactivation Distance and clipping
- a new enemy type
- a new map
- enemy and weapon graphics switched to freedoom assets
I probably won't release another demo for a long time. Way after the S4D comp at least. Unless there are any critical bugs that need fixing. My next release will most likely be a beta, at least containing all major features.
S4D Plans:
My plans for my S4D entry will be quite similar to what I did last year with Lost In October. It'll be a dark, slow paced horror game with exploration and puzzle solving. However I'm not going to waste time trying to make it look as realistic as GM can manage. That took way too much time to get a game that didn't look that good anyway. So instead, I'm using Terror's engine for the 3D rendering and mapping.
I'll create a fork off the current engine and add in some specific features for my S4D entry. It'll have dynamic lights, that much I am sure of. I have no clue what type of setting I will do but I'm thinking something with dungeons or a prison. It'll be easier to do with the engine, that way I can avoid the trouble of making a modern setting. This time around, I may add a little more spice to the game play, perhaps some death and a little bit of hopeless combat to make the player feel weak because I'm evil like that.
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Devblog: Terror revived
Posted on August 04, 2014 at 15:50
Finally got some free time on my hands so I started working on my fps game Terror again. It's been a while since I last worked on it. It's still pretty close to being complete on the engine side of things but the game itself hasn't even really started. I have juggled so many ideas for this project but I think I am finally settling on something.
The basic idea for this game is an action-adventure game with minor RPG elements. There will be 3 classes to choose from: Warrior, Gunner and Mage. The game's story is pretty similar to the likes of Doom and such. However instead of fighting off an invasion, this story begins at the end of an invasion, when the human race has already been defeated and the planet has been transformed into a new home for the invaders, so the player is basically just trying to survive. The invaders are not demons or typical monsters but some sort of other dimensional alien lifeforms. I'm gonna have to get incredibly creative as I want the enemies to be very unique artistically.
The structure of the game is also changing, it won't be linear maps one after the other, instead i'm going for a more open-world feel although not in the modern sense. Think more of a metroidvania style open world. In terms of the maps, they will be large non-linear maps that connect to one another. I won't be using a hub system like in Hexen. There also won't be any towns and very few living humans in the game. So no currency or shops. You will have to find what you need and ration your supplies. It's not technically a survival game but there will be an inventory system in place so using items will completely replace the oldschool style of running over health packs and ammo.
Today I decided to ditch the Quake-style scrolling skies for this:
A basic skybox. Looks pretty good though I went a bit crazy with the saturation. Also gonna have to blend the sky color into the textures and lighting to make the whole scene look more consistent. It's still pretty early and this is just a free skybox set I found online. I'll probably try to make my own that'll fit into the low-res graphics of the rest of the game.
As I continue to approach the completion of the programming side of this project, it is time the actual game assets start getting worked on. So far I've made only about 30 textures (32x32), a few object graphics and no enemy graphics yet. I can handle the textures and objects but animated enemy sprites aren't my strong suit, especially when it requires artistic skill. I can easily create tiles and textures that reflect real images but I always struggled at trying to come up with creative life forms in graphics.
Also I have no final-game maps completed and seeing as they are going to be a lot of them and fairly large and complex, this is going to take a ridiculous amount of time to complete by myself.
With that being said, I wouldn't mind some assistance on this project. If anyone is interested in the following, let me know:
- Creating maps
- Spriting enemy graphics
- Composing music
It would be a huge help to have some others to work on maps and graphics, and of course a soundtrack, though that won't be necessary for quite some time.
I'll be releasing a playable demonstration of the game's core game-play as soon as possible. Everyone interested can get a feel for the game's engine, and it's map editor than.
Right now, all I wanna finish up is adding in bullet decals, blood and a few other minor - though important - features. Oh and finish the demo map.
Posted on July 04, 2014 at 21:53
I just got the documents for my eviction from the apartment I have lived in the past 5 years. I was completely unaware of the situation since my girlfriend's mother was paying the rent and I was paying everything else. Apparently she never paid last month's rent so now I hold a document in my hand today that says I gotta be off the premise by Monday. (7/7/14)
Last month we had a break-in here while I was at work, stole my girlfriend's $700 laptop and supposedly $300 from her mother's room - which is her excuse for not paying the rent. That still isn't acceptable seeing as she said at the time, that she would be able to pay the rent, had she at least talked to me about it, it wouldn't have been a problem for me, I could pay it. But no, here I am, being evicted.
To make matters worse, my girlfriend's mother's residency has expired so she got laid off from her job, no income at all on her side. What a mess. She only had over 10 years to renew it. She did file for citizenship a while back but obviously too close to the deadline.
Well things aren't all bad, this apartment is a terrible place to live and a bad neighborhood. I'm almost relieved that I can finally leave, although i wish it had been under better circumstances.
My gf's mom is moving in with her cousin in another city, while I'm gonna stay here in Orlando and move into another apartment with my girlfriend. Luckily we found a place under extremely short notice but I already made the payments and received the keys today! What luck, it's a really nice place too, huge step up from where I've been and it's cheaper too - although much shorter, it's a studio. I've been staying in a 2 bedroom with 2 baths so it's a big difference in size but I'm okay with that. I only need one room anyway.
I barely managed to scrap up all my savings to make the deposits and start-up fee's, which there were a lot of - I was forced to get renter's insurance to move into this new place, first I ever heard of that. Unfortunately we did have to take out a loan to cover it all but it's not too large of a loan so not a problem there.
So, officially adulthood now. Paying my own rent, bills, food, and so on. It's exciting and terrifying at the same time. I'm worried I won't have enough money, when accidents pop up they can cost a lot and I don't have any money saved, completely broke right now. My job is nearly minimum wage and to make things worse, I haven't been getting many hours there recently so... it's looking bleak.
Still, I'm trying my best to stay optimistic in this situation, I've always been the responsible one of the household (except on steam summer sales...) but this is a whole new challenge for me.
Since my options are so low, I may have no choice but to go full-time at my lame job. Which would make going to school much tougher but I really don't have the choice, I need to increase my monthly income practically double. There is no one to rely on by myself now (and my girlfriend of course).
And now some game stuff:
Haven't worked on any games this week because of this situation but before this happened, I was working on an RPG in RPG Maker VX Ace for the 2014 Indie Game Maker Contest. My entry was over ambitious as always so it ultimately fell short of it's initial expectations. In other words, it's pretty short and technically incomplete. It's about 2-4 hours of game play depending on how you play. It's fairly standard jrpg fair using the default RTP. I spent a lot of time designing the maps and the story but it doesn't really get deep into the story at all, in it's current state it just introduces the player to the world and the main character but still much isn't learned yet.
I took a fairly average approach in the pacing of the game, which wasn't a good idea considering it's a competition entry so it's very slow pace at first and not very exciting. That's unfortunate but I really don't mind that at all, it'll pick up and get far more interesting later on - it's just too bad the judges will never get to see where it goes so it's not going to give great first impressions in an hour.
Oh well, if you wanna check it out by any chance, here's my submission.
Hopefully once I get fully moved and settled in, I'll be starting up one of my projects again. Not sure what yet but working with RPG Maker has only made me feel like programming my own engine again so I may continue that NES style RPG I was working on last year. Since the engine is practically complete, maybe I can finally start the damn maps I've been too lazy to sprite for.
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2013 Portfolio
Posted on January 02, 2014 at 23:20
Warning: Large image.
Well it's a brand new year, so i thought it'd be nice to look back on all that i've done this year with game development. I may not have finished much but that doesn't mean i haven't done a lot of work. I know the same can be said about most developers-in-training so I'd like to see something like this from other developers here. Well here it is, a long image containing descriptions and screenshots from just about everything i worked on this year, minus a few projects that barely got off the ground.
(if you are having any trouble seeing the image, click here)
So what's next for 2014? Well I hope to have some of these completed, the smaller ones most likely. I think my goal for 2014 will be to get something out there, i want a complete game on some market place, either Steam or GooglePlay. I got a new android-ish tablet that uses the Amazon marketplace so maybe I'll try there when i'm ready. It maybe an unlikely goal but ya gotta dream big.
As for now, well this is pretty much it for a while. I start school again next week and they've finally increased my hours at my wonderful fast-food job. Tomorrow i go in for a 13 hour shift, followed by a 10 hour shift and it seems to continue that way for the next two weeks. Between school and work, I will only have Wednesday off for the next 4 months so I won't be getting much free time, which means i won't be able to work on my projects much :( but who knows, maybe I'll figure something out. May have to go back to using my girlfriend's laptop in between classes and lunch breaks to work on my stuff. Worked before. I won't ever give up.
S4D Devlog#3
Posted on October 15, 2013 at 15:21
I'll have to admit, i haven't been working on this often. Or at least as much as i would like too. I have however finished about half of the first floor of the house. At this pace, i'm unlikely to finish the project by the deadline, however i will still be uploading something to the competition. It will most likely be what i'm calling a "preview", basically a mini demo that won't contain too much game play and largely unfinished areas but i'll make sure there is something you can do to entertain the players for a good 10 minutes.
I've added a lot of models and reworked a lot of them as well. The list includes:
- refrigerators
- entertainment centers
- television
- grand piano
- sofa
- bookcase
and currently working on the sink and dishwasher...
here's the latest screenshot. it's a little dark and quite large so i'll put it in a link:
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Amazon and Bad Sellers
Posted on September 30, 2013 at 16:19
2 Weeks ago when my PC crashed, I was considering a lot of different options about how to get replacement parts. I bought multiple parts from stores and eventually found one that worked, however I also placed an order on Amazon for a replacement as well. Of course it took over a week to arrive despite the fact that i paid additional for faster shipping.
When i finally got the package, i was excited. I had ordered the exact model that i previously had for my power supply so i knew it would be compatible. When i opened the box, i was extremely disappointed... I got a fake. Some sort of cheap Chinese knock off that didn't even have the right cables i needed. It wasn't even the same wattage either. I was pretty pissed off.
But i thought "no problem, i can just ship it back, Amazon is cool like that." So that's what i did. I had to pay $12 to ship it back too. This brings the total amount of money i spent on a fake product to nearly $50.
A week after having shipped it back to the seller, i get an email from the seller and here is exactly what it says:
The item you return to me which is not buy from me, I am selling PSAZ-CP600 600W power supply ( black color ),
why you ship a used defected silver color LPG8 630W power supply to me , I never carry or list the LPG8 630W , Please return the original PSAZ-CP600 to me for refund.
This is just plain out insulting. He's basically claiming that I, for some reason, spent my money to send back a different item than what i received. And for what? What reason would I have to do that? What do i get in return? Nothing!
To make matters worse, he sends me 2 pictures, one of the product he sent me, with a caption saying "what the buyer sent" and another picture of the REAL product i wanted with a caption saying "what i was selling".
So he actually does have the product i wanted, so this was either a scam or a sick joke. Either way, i'[m out of $50 and from what i've read about Amazon's policy is that i won't be able to get a refund unless the seller chooses to give it to me, which seems highly unlikely given the circumstances.
So i learned my lesson about online shopping. It's surprising too because i have bought a lot of things online and never had this problem before. This is the first time i experienced something like this and sadly, i think it's ruined online shopping for me. I can no longer confidently purchase things online without fear of losing my money and time.
Consider this a warning to anyone who hasn't bought things online yet or does but has not experienced this yet. Be careful with your online purchases, you have control over what you are getting.
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Back in Action
Posted on September 21, 2013 at 13:23
Finally got a new Power Supply and now my computer is running again. I'm gonna start working on my comp entry right away to make up for all that lost time. Lost 7 days which is a lot but isn't too bad.
Blog's too short... what else to say? Well i was playing a lot of old games while my computer was down. Actually hooked up my Genesis and Super Nintendo and played some classic games like
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (which i beat with only a handful of deaths),
Golden Axe (i got murdered),
Sim City (only reached 99k population, would not go to 100k!)
Mortal Kombat 3 (this game is still so cheap, murdered at E stage on Easy mode)
Than I tried to get back into Demon's Souls on the PS3. Managed to beat the Fat frog-like boss but than i was promptly killed by a reaper that shot a magic beam at me and killed me in 2 hits while i was blocking. This game is insanely hard. Demon's Souls is much harder than Dark Souls by the way.
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A Tale of Two Carlos
Los Tocayos Carlos - a comprehensive investigation by Columbia Law School Professor James Liebman and a team of students which uncovers evidence that Carlos DeLuna, a poor Hispanic man with childlike intelligence who was executed in Texas in 1989, was innocent. The issue of The Columbia Human Rights Law Review, entirely dedicated to this investigation, is available at this website.
I sense you want to plead the 5th
For the first time in the Indian state of Maharashtra, life sentences were meted out based on the findings of Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature(BEOS) profiling. [more inside]
US Census Bureau's DataWeb
TheDataWeb - a network of online data libraries on topics including census data, economic data, health data, income and unemployment data, population data, labor data, cancer data, crime and transportation data, family dynamics, vital statistics data
The Trouble with Enron
Open Secrets - the trouble with Enron
Lots of lockups
The Prison Policy Initiative conducts research and advocacy on incarceration policy. Some interesting data include the proliferation of prisons in the US over the last century, disenfranchisement of potential black voters, global incarceration rates and percentage of US population under control of the criminal justice system.
I Think (Therefore) I'm Guilty? A convicted sex offender is barred from public parks and the zoo in Lafayette, Indiana after he revealed to his psychologist that he entertained thoughts of sexual contact with children, while visiting a park. Here's John Doe's history of arrests and charges for alleged sexual offences.
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"to know" (archaic), c.1500, from Old English past tense of witan "to know" (cf. German wusste, past tense of wissen "to know"); see wit. Had-I-wiste was used c.1400-1550 in sense "regret for something done rashly or heedlessly;" see wist. Proverbial in expression Had-I-wiste cometh ever too late.
Haddywyst comyth euer to late Whan lewyd woordis beth owte y-spronge. ["Commonplace book" in Trinity College, Cambridge, c.1500]
"mental capacity," Old English wit, more commonly gewit, from Proto-Germanic *witjan (cf. Old Saxon wit, Old Norse vit, Danish vid, Swedish vett, Old Frisian wit, Old High German wizzi "knowledge, understanding, intelligence, mind," German Witz "wit, witticism, joke," Gothic unwiti "ignorance"), from PIE *woid-/*weid-/*wid- "to see," metaphorically "to know" (see vision). Related to Old English witan "to know" (source of wit (v.)). Meaning "ability to make clever remarks in an amusing way" is first recorded 1540s; that of "person of wit or learning" is from late 15c. For nuances of usage, see humor.
A witty saying proves nothing. [Voltaire, Diner du Comte de Boulainvilliers]
Wit ought to be five or six degrees above the ideas that form the intelligence of an audience. [Stendhal, "Life of Henry Brulard"]
"know," Old English witan "to know," from Proto-Germanic *witanan "to have seen," hence "to know" (cf. Old Saxon witan, Old Norse vita, Old Frisian wita, Middle Dutch, Dutch weten, Old High German wizzan, German wissen, Gothic witan "to know"); see wit (n.). The phrase to wit, almost the only surviving use of the verb, is first recorded 1570s, from earlier that is to wit (mid-14c.), probably a loan-translation of Anglo-French cestasavoir, used to render Latin videlicet (see viz.).
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JUNEAU -- Sealaska CEO Chris McNeil this week called the controversial comments state Sen. Albert Kookesh made to the Craig City Council earlier this month an "incongruous choice of words." McNeil said it's unfortunate the media are focusing on them rather than the issue of Sealaska's lands bill in Congress.
Kookesh, an Angoon Democrat who represents Craig in the Legislature, is drawing ethics allegations after coming to the City Council meeting to lobby on behalf of the Sealaska bill. Kookesh, who is Sealaska's board chair, brought up the city's funding requests to the Legislature as the council talked about whether to send Congress a letter opposing the Sealaska bill.
"I am the state senator that represents Craig. I'm not a vindictive person," Kookesh told the council. "I see you're going to have your 2010 capital projects on the table here tonight. And who's it going to go to? It's going to go to me. And to (Rep.) Bill Thomas, who is also a Sealaska board member. We have to be good neighbors."
'There are times you are going to need my help and Bill Thomas' help," Kookesh said. "And this is a time we need yours."
Sealaska CEO McNeil's statement described it as a "brief, unguarded moment," and praised Kookesh as a dedicated and passionate advocate for Southeast Alaska villages. McNeil's full statement laid out Sealaska's arguments for the lands bill. Read it at www.adn.com/alaskapolitics.
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Historical Traveler Reviews Sundara Inn and Spa Wisconsin Dells
Gift Certificate waiting to be used
Last spring of 2004 I called to reserve a room at the spa. My daughter had stayed there twice and liked Sundara very much. She had given my husband and myself a gift certificate for Christmas. The day I called to reserve a room I had a quote for the room price from a brochure that my daughter had just physically taken from the front desk of the hotel three days before. Yes, they had a room available but the price was a hundred dollars more than the price in the brochure!
I talked to three different people about this and they informed me that the prices can change at any time.
The most basic room was over three hundred dollars. I had just made a reservation at the Ritz Carlton in Chicago for a days stay for 189.00. I informed them that they weren't the Ritz Carlton and that the Dells is not Chicago. However, they wouldn't budge on the price. I still have the certificate and hate to waste the money spent on it but refuse to pay this place 300 for a basic room.
All of the people that I spoke with seemed very disconnected.
The spa MUST have a better sense of public relations.
Management is what makes or breaks a place!
An Oasis in the Dells
I chose Sundara from an internet search because it was far enough away from home to feel like a retreat, but close enough for a weekend drive. My mother and I both felt unbelievably pampered. We were there on June 14. You drive off the beated path in the Dells and it is peacefully set back in the woods. I can't speak for the rooms because we went for a day, but I was told they were great. Since it was our first spa visit, we were a bit apprehensive but there was always someone to guide us and patiently answer our questions. The service was great, and the staff seemed genuinely warm. We had facials that included mini-massages of our head, arms and feet, which was enough to completely relax us. My skin never looked better! I believe our therapist's name was Susan, and she was fantastic. We spent the rest of the day lounging by the infinity pool and ordering organic food off the menu. The noise level is kept down and there is soft new-agey music playing. So relaxing...We will be going back in the fall!
A wonderful weekend
My husband and I went to Sundara to celebrate our second anniversary. We are both used to Four Seasons-level service and atmosphere and Sundara doesn't disappoint. The service has clearly come up to speed since some of the early reviews, the spa cuisine is excellent, and treatments were quite lovely. Yes, you can get a nice dinner at Fields Restaurant -- don't over dress, but the rooms are elegant. Yes it is romantic. And yes it is worth the drive!
May stay at Sundara Spa
My husband and I recently was in Wisconsin to attend a funeral in Madison. We decided to take the next day and travel to the dells. We were so disappointed when we saw billboards and a carnival like atmosphere. We needed to find a place to stay for the evening and the only ad that appealed to us was Sundara Spa. We called, they had a room. We arrived exhausted. I admit the front desk was abit confusing but they were polite and we were patient. We had two wonderful meals in our room. All was clean and soothing. I had a facial and we enjoyed the bath ritual. We wish we could have stayed longer. I read the other reviews and I am glad I did not read them prior to arrival.
They are young and need polishing, but overall, the concept is genuine and hopefully it will only continue to get better. I would return if we are ever in the area again. Wish they were somewhere other than the dells! That was the most horrible experience of all.
Bait and Switch
They posted rates on the web for their suites, and then when we called we couldn't get those rates, the actual rates were over $100 than posted. A classic bait and switch and horrible business practices.
Relaxation achieved at Sundara
I spent Easter weekend relaxing at Sundara Spa. I was a bit apprehensive prior to going because of the poor reviews other people had written, but I encountered none of those problems. I arrived on Friday 4/9/04 and my room was ready for an early check-in. The Shanta suite was wonderful and the spa was awesome too. I even had spa services on Easter Sunday! I would definitely recommend the marma massage with Iris and the hot stone massage with Stevie! P.S. Don't bring work with you, leave it at home! Also, the Ho-Chunk casino is 5 minutes away and they have a great inexpensive buffet. Moosejaw pizza is great too.
My Great Escape
I can't wait for my upcoming third visit to Sundara Inn & Spa in Wisconsin Dells, WI. Everytime I go to the Spa, I know I am truly escaping the hectic chaotic pace of life in the Cities to a place where relaxation and calmness is the staff mantra. The location and surroundings is like discovering hidden treasures. No phones, no noise - just pampering. The beds are like no others I've experienced. The treatments are soothing and comforting. The staff is professional and polite. The pedicure is the best I've ever had - in fact I'd return monthly just for that! I always leave the Spa feeling like I've been away for a week instead of a few days. I tell people all the time that it is an experience everybody should have. Life is short - go to the Spa.
I just returned from a girls weekend getaway at the Sundara Inn & Spa in Wisconsin Dells, WI. What a wonderful experience...beautiful accommodations and location! Pampering deluxe. We all had a great time and would definitely recommend it to anyone - they even have special packages for couples to enjoy! Kelli Trumble the CEO has truly created a unique and memorable experience for her guests. Mary Galligan
Cancelled appointments, poor service - All Icing, no cake
Cancelled appointments (rescheduled and cancelled again), lack of toiletries (weekly stay had to ask for toiletries after first day and personally go to staff to get), shower not properly cleaned, whirlpool tub instructions unclear and took three times of asking front desk to get explanation, message light never turned off, garbage not removed, incorrect charges of stay, unclear policies (no diet pop allowed outside of the room), and staff that will tell you these problems are your fault, and turn their back and walk away. Do not stay here. I talked to three other couples who were experiencing the same type of problems, including one who had her entire stay cancelled. The room and spa looked so nice that I can't believe how stupid they are being about getting their scheduling problem fixed and making the customers feel that they are cared about.
Unfortunate Experience at Sundara
In an attempt to give my husband a special relaxation treat I made the mistake of booking an evening reservation at Sundara Spa. As many have mentioned the service during my reservation process was cumbersome and unclear. The front desk staff seemed unable to determine which suites were available and which treatments could be done (both the room, Viharra and the treatments are excessively over priced for what is supplied). I was quoted two different prices for the suites as well. As a seasoned travel veteran (the QE2, Hana-Maui Resort, Cinqe Terre, Cannes, France, etc) I know what to expect, even when the accomodations are not top notch, the service is what truly counts and following I will describe what can only be considered a service nightmare.Upon arriving we were given no assistance with our luggage, though there appeared to be several front desk workers none came to assist us with heavy luggage that clearly could have used an extra hand. The check-in process was done by a teenager who appeared to have no idea of what customer service was, she treated my husband and I in a very non-chalant and insincere manner, flippantly placing two agreements before us and asking us to sign them with no disucssion of what was being signed. We were taken up to our suite(finally our backage was put on a backage cart) and shown some the amenities.In hopes of rectifying the poor customer service experience I offered that we could partake of the "purifying bath ritual", unfortunately, we had arrived later in the evening and what had once been a sandstone body polish was now a bowl of muddy water with no sandstone left for exfoliating. The showers were nice, but then again they were only showers.My husband and I then went out to dinner. Upon our return we were greeted at the front desk by an incredibly unfriendly woman who gave us what I can only describe as a dirty look as we waited for the painfully slow elevator to bring us to our suite. Once in the suite we decided to play music softly and use the whirlpool hot tub. We had not been in the suite more than five minutes when there is a banging at the door, my husband jumps to answer it and the woman explains that the music must be lowered (it was already very quiet). We obligingly turn the music off completely and decide the water running may also be to noisy, ultimately we don't even enjoy amenities of our room for fear of rousing this woman to our suiteagain. Ultimately we just go to sleep. . . and this is where the night mare begins. . . AT 2:00 AM THE FRONT DESK CALLS OUR ROOM- BOTH MY HUSBAND AND I ARE COMPLETELY ASLEEP- SHE SAYS THAT SHE CAN HEAR NOISE COMING FROM OUR ROOM AND THAT WE MUST KEEP OUR NOISE LEVEL DOWN- I EXPLAIN THAT WE ARE SLEEPING AND NOT POSSIBLY MAKING ANY NOISE- SHE CHUCKLES BEMUSEDLY AND SAYS "OH, WELL THEN IT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN YOU", SHE THEN HANGS UP. I lay in bed unable to believe that I have paid this obscene amount of money, when I could have slept a sound night in my own home.When I contacted the front desk at 9:00 am the next morning in hopes of speaking to a manager about our terrible sleep as a result of being harassed at 2:00am I am told, by a customer service representative, the manager never contacted me herself, that the front desk was following protocol and that nothing could be done. I have never been so frustrated or embarassed- needless to say my husband was not thrilled by the horrible service and while he appreciated the attempt, it was clear that this spa fell far short of an enjoyable, relaxing evening away.
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... Campground in Landon Station Wisconsin near the Dells. We are the only ones in the park that aren't seasonal or residents. Great WiFi because no one is here! The owner stopped by and said after this coming graduation weekend the park will be full. It's park like with tall pines. We will decide our next stop tonight somewhere in Minnesota. We are filling up our US map. The Eastern seaboard is not completed ...
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Wisconsin State - "America's Dairyland"
Decided to break the trip through to Minneapolis so stayed halfway at Wisconsin Dells. Reminded us of Pigeon Forge with amusement and water parks everywhere. A real summer holiday spot for the tourists. Population is 2600 but one hotel alone (Mt Olympus) advertised 1500 rooms.
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After a day at the factory and some extra effort this AM. The factory has got, I hope, all of Tina's problems solved. Left Decatur, IN at 9:30 this AM. Drove 435 miles today. So we have driven 1050 miles on our trip.
It was 41 degrees this AM when we went out.
The scenery is repetitive- corn fields as far as the eye can see. Less than exciting.
Westward to Winnebago we go
... over the fairgrounds in ankle high wet grass. Heart attack flashed before my eyes and chest! Once we found the stupid unit we unpacked quickly, stowing our possessions in the ample storage. We laid down on the new rock hard foam mattresses. How could foam feel like a concrete slab covered with a sheet? We slept well considering how tired we were. Too tired and dry camping with no Internet, so no news now.
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Disfrute de este hotel de campo entre los viñedos de la histórica localidad de Calistoga, a la cabeza del hermoso valle de Napa. Le invitamos a alojarse en nuestro entorno rural de casi cuatro hectáreas en las afueras de la ciudad, pero sólo dos minutos de finos restaurantes, balnearios y bodegas de renombre mundial de Calistoga. Las instalaciones de alojamiento consisten de cinco unidades, cuatro están en la casa principal y una en una casa unifamiliar. Un spa y la piscina están disponibles para su uso por todos los huéspedes. Un desayuno completo, compuesto por alimentos frescos locales, se sirve en la mañana en un comedor central. Estamos con energía solar, con 10.000 vatios de energía renewalble.
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5 en mayo 03, 2015
We had such a wonderful stay at Bear Flag Inn!!! Dennis and Marjorie are the perfect hosts. From the gourmet breakfasts, wine and snack afternoons, to the special guest rooms ~ our stay was perfect. We will definitely return.
4,6 en abril 01, 2015
What a great place to stay if you are in Calistoga. The owners/hosts are the best. They go out of their way to ensure their guests every need is taken care of. The breakfast in the morning is the best I have ever had any any B&B. We will definitely be back the next time we are in Calistoga.
4,2 en abril 01, 2015
The Bear Flag is on a wonderfully charming property just barely outside downtown Calistoga. The hosts are very welcoming.
5 en diciembre 27, 2014
The Bear Flag Inn I very comfortable and the hosts are very friendly! We had our two dogs with us and they were welcomed also! I took tour of the rooms and they all had lovely antiques ! Our room had a claw foot tub! Breakfast in the solarium was delightful! Eggs Benedict one morning, and Belgian waffles the next! We will return!
3,6 en diciembre 01, 2014
We stayed in the dog friendly cottage. We have Labs and so do the owners! We enjoyed our visit and playtime with them!
4,0 en noviembre 19, 2014
Marge & Dennis are fantastic people who went out of their way to make us feel at home. Not only was the Inn a former homestead of my family heritage, they openly shared information they had about the history. The Inn was presentably clean and comfortable. It is quiet as it sets back from the main road. The grounds were a bit untidy making it look a bit run down, but with a change of season I can well imagine its appearance during Spring and Summer months. There was a pool and patio area. Inside was a large common room where guests are given snacks and a nice glass of wine in the afternoon. Breakfast was fantastic served piping hot and accompanied with local fresh fruits and bread. The room price was more than I typically spend, but seemed to be the average for the Napa Valley area... Throwing in a meal and lovely people, I would recommend staying here
3,8 en octubre 27, 2014
Very welcoming hosts and this B&B was perfectly nestled in the middle of vineyards. I would definitely recommend this to friends, and plan to visit again. The hosts were informative and friendly. I loved my stay!
3,6 en octubre 08, 2014
I really enjoyed staying at the Bear Flag Inn. While the room was clean and cozy there was a funny smell that I just couldn't get over. It smelled a little like kitty litter. Again, the room was clean and well maintained, perhaps I just have a sensitive sniffer! The pool was kind of lame, too. I didn't go in but it wasn't that inviting. The hosts were wonderful; very nice and hospitable. It is also in a decent location. It's not right in town but was on the main highway which made it easy to get to, and parking was a breeze.
3,8 en septiembre 28, 2014
Dennis and Margery were welcoming hosts, the room was spacious and the bed comfortable. We enjoyed using the pool after a hot day wine tasting and the breakfasts set us up for the rest of the day. David and Janet
4,8 en septiembre 08, 2014
David and Roberta love this B&B. Love Marge and Dennis ~ so spot on appropriate. We enjoy talking with them at breakfast and during afternoon social hour. Great breakfasts. Clean home. Love daughter Caroline. Thanks for all the kindnesses. If we return to Napa we will stay here again. D & R Schwartz
Zona rural, Rancho, Ciudad pequeña, Región vinícola
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Bed and Breakfast, Cottage, Country Inn, Historic Inn
Barbacoas , Juegos de mesa, Ordenador, Fotocopiadora, Fax, Chimenea, Jacuzzi/bañera con hidromasaje, Servicio de Internet, Biblioteca, Piano, Teléfono, VCR, Vídeos, Lavadora/secadora , Spa y la piscina exterior, el viñedo.
Aire acondicionado, Despertador, Albornoces, Ventiladores de techo, Reproductor de DVD, Secador, Entrada privada<br /> , TV por Satélite/Cable, TV, Wi-Fi
Pistas para bicicletas, Billares, Pasear en canoa, Pescar, Jugar al golf, Pistas para senderismo, Montar a caballo, Herraduras, Cazar, , Juego de croquet, Navegar, Comprar, Visitar lugares de interés, Nadar, Piscina, Tenis de mesa, Pistas de tenis, Alquiler de raquetas de tenis
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PITTSBURGH - OCTOBER 2: Craig Adams #27 of the Pittsburgh Penguins defends against Marian Gaborik #10 of the New York Rangers on October 2, 2009 at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH - Columbus Blue Jackets fans should be assured of one thing after Wednesdays NHL trade deadline: This teams management is in it for the here and now AND the future. The Blue Jackets rocked an otherwise ho-hum trading deadline day with a deal to bring 31-year-old superstar winger Marian Gaborik to Columbus, along with AHL defensemen Steven Delisle and Blake Bartlett. It was one of three significant deals the team made in the waning minutes of the trade deadline, and it was clearly the biggest. In return for Gaborik, the Blue Jackets sent forwards Derick Brassard and Derek Dorsett, along with defenseman John Moore and a 6th-round pick in next years draft to the New York Rangers. In a press conference at Nationwide Arena shortly after making the deals, Columbus GM Jarmo Kekalainen said Gaborik, a three-time 40-goal scorer in the NHL, adds a significant piece to the teams offense, something that was a primary focus heading up to the trade deadline. Throughout this process,...
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I presently work with a large solution, containing about 100 projects. At least 10 of the projects are executable applications. Some of the library projects are imported as plugins via MEF and reflection rather than with direct references. If a needed plugin's own dependencies are not copied to the output or plugin directory of the executable project using it, we'll get reflection errors at runtime.
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- Post-build copying (push): The present solution started with xcopy and now mostly uses robocopy in post-build events of the plugin projects to copy needed files directly to the plugin folders of the executable projects that use them. This works fairly well in that if one makes a change in a plugin, one can go straight to running with the debugger. Also, the CI build doesn't break, and users disabling certain "optional" plugin projects for various builds don't get build errors from missing references. This still seems hackish, and is cumbersome to maintain in all the separate post-build windows, which are rather small and can't be expanded. When executable projects get moved from a project restructure or renamed, we don't find out about broken references until the next day after hearing results from the overnight automated testing.
- "Dummy" projects with references: One idea that was briefly tossed about involved making empty projects for each of the different executable build configurations and going back to the hard references method on those. Each would use its own references to gather up the plugins and their dependencies. They would also have a reference to the actual executable and copy it over. Then, if one wanted to run a particular executable in a particular configuration, you'd run its dummy project. This one seemed particularly bloated and was never attempted.
- NuGet: In my limited familiarity with NuGet, this seems like a good fit for using packages, except I wouldn't know how to implement that internal to one solution. We've talked about breaking up the solution, but many members of the team are strongly opposed to that. Is using NuGet with packages coming from within the same solution possible?
What are best practices for a situation like this? Is there a better solution to managing dependencies of reflected dependencies like this than any of the above, or is a refinement of one of the above the best choice?


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"They're a good team. Let's not kid ourselves here," said Claude Julien. "They've got good speed. They've got players that are pretty skilled. They've got a great goaltender. That's what we're competing against. I don't know about what we have to prepare ourselves against more than what we have to prepare ourselves to do. That's what we're doing. We're getting ourselves ready. It doesn't matter who you're going to play. You better hope your team is at its best. Simple as that."
Price will be expected to be the game-changer for Montreal. In six appearances against the Bruins, Price went 4-2-0 with a 3.46 GAA and an .899 save percentage. Price has been the team's MVP.
Up front, Brian Gionta scored five goals in the six games. Max Pacioretty scored four goals in four games. Pacioretty is not expected to play in the series.
The expected Canadiens lineup:
Mike Cammalleri-Tomas Plekanec-Andrei Kostitsyn
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BMW is disgorging so many new models, it's running out of numbers. After i3 and i8 and X4, I dunno what it'll call the upcoming front-drive hatches. So how come BMW is wantonly spending precious new numbers on cars that already had perfectly good badges? The 3-Series Coupe has become, by deed poll, the 4-Series. The rationale is this: odd numbers are for sensible bodies, and even numbers are for cars of a coupe-ular disposition: 6-Series, 8-Series, i8, X6 and X4. So it's 4-Series for this. Next year's 2dr derivatives of the current 1-Series will go by the 2-Series handle. Got all that?
The 4 justifies the new name by moving visually away from the 3. It was always lower and squatter, but now it's also slightly wider than a 3-Series (and a lot wider than the old one), not just in the body panels but the track. Visual tricks add to the effect: the glasshouse narrows toward the rear - it's just a four-seater - so the rear wings look broader. The channel along the side of the body at doorhandle height becomes shallower as it fades into the wing, as if the wheels are bursting out through the body.
Inside is a regular 3-Series dash, but you sit slightly lower relative to it. The suspension is 10mm lower, too. Mind you, that's all within the range of the seat-height adjuster. Rear room is fine for legs and feet, though marginal for a six-footer.
So BMW sportified the proportions. What about the drive? Mass is down versus the old coupe - minus 25kg for the same engine and 45kg for a 428i, as its 4cyl replaces the old 330i six. Versus the current 3-Series, the steering has been remapped, and the hub carriers are different to take advantage of the track change and the lower suspension and c-of-g.
I'm driving a non-UK spec: a 435i Sport. In Britain, the nearest spec is Luxury. But you can option up this car's adaptive suspension, 19s and variable sport steering 'box. Yet, when you ask the 4-Series project leader, he admits he'd have a 428i, saying it turns more nimbly. The 435i (306bhp and 295lb ft) has the legs over the 328i GT that I drive daily (245bhp and 258lb ft), but by a smaller margin than I expected. The 4cyl 328i is gruffer in the mid range, mind, but, heck, as the six-pot 435i goes to its 7,000rpm red line, it doesn't quite sound as delicious as you'd want when the name above the door is Bayerische Motoren Werke. Still, I'm being petty over small degrees of excellence. It's quiet and lag-free, and operates over a huge rev range, while shunning fuel stops. The 435i might feel rapid, but it's even more rapid than it feels.
The steering disappears in your hands. It just works, and you stop noticing it after the first corner. It's not so eager as to be twitchy, nor so slow that you're ever twirling your arms. Never bashed about by bumps or tugged by engine torque. Most of all, it's instinctive and progressive, so you can place the car perfectly on the road and (unless you've made it slide) never have to correct your input. The 4 has mild understeer in the steady state, to safely impart knowledge about how much grip you've got. Add throttle, and the rear tyres will edge out, depending on which of the electronic waiver forms you've signed with the three-stage DSC. Anyway, oversteer is remarkably correctable and progressive and tidy. Only in tight hairpins is an LSD missed.
Comfort mode gives surprising and relaxing ride suppleness, but it can get floaty when you press on. The Sport mode cancels that, slightly sharpens turn-in and tautens things usefully mid-bend. But even going slowly on straight roads, when stiffness isn't wanted, Sport gives an annoyingly knobbly ride. It's not adaptive enough, so I'm incessantly jabbing at the switch. The chassis engineer says it's a hardware issue, because the dampers operate between differently set limits in each mode. But, when pushed, he adds it's also a marketing one. People want to press a switch and feel where their money went. More fool they.
That niggle aside, this is a machine whose nearly every atom operates with high competence. I've filled my allotted space and didn't have room for the infotainment and connectivity and quality and driver assistance, but all those are right up there too.
Competence is one thing; character, another. Starting with the 3's near-impregnable excellence, all the 4's detailed differences make only a detailed difference. The 4 was never going to muck things up. But neither has it risked getting edgier.
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Fabio Capello has signed an amended contract to commit his future to England until after UEFA EURO 2012, the Football Association confirmed today.
The amendment removes a break clause in the deal and puts an end to Inter Milan's hopes of appointing Capello as Jose Mourinho's successor. The news will be a boost to England as they head to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.
Following the loss of Mourinho to Real Madrid, Inter president Massimo Moratti confirmed Capello - who made his name as a manager in charge of city rivals AC - was on his shortlist to replace the Portuguese gaffer.
Such speculation was the last thing either Capello or his England players needed with their FIFA World Cup campaign about to get underway in South Africa.


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