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Vargas, 42, had no criminal or mental record — thus it was legal for him to possess all the murder weapons he wanted. Acquaintances said he took steroids for years while he lifted weights at a Hialeah gym. He was known for screaming at his mother and having difficulty with girlfriends.
Police say Vargas withdrew about $10,000 in cash from his bank account, piled it on his apartment floor and set it afire — an irrational act. When the apartment managers, an aging husband and wife, came to investigate the smoke, he shot them both to death.
Vargas shot wildly from his balcony, killing a man in a parking lot below. …
The Hialeah massacre happened the same day as a West Virginia one. Clarksburg police say Sidney Muller, 27, went to a known drug house where something went wrong and he shot four people to death — including father-and-son newspaper deliverers who happened to be passing outside.
These mass killings made headlines because of the number of victims involved. But never-ending shootings across the nation kill thousands of Americans, a few at a time, drawing little notice. More Americans die from pistol murders than from wars.
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Barry Zito got another start and it went poorly … again
Sep 3, 2013, 11:19 AM EDT
It looked like Barry Zito had pitched his way out of the Giants' rotation for the final time last week, but instead they gave him another start last night and he lost on the road again.
Zito was yanked after four innings against the Padres, allowing four runs while dropping to 0-9 with a 9.25 ERA in road games this season. He's one month away from the Giants buying out his 2014 option for $8 million and saying goodbye to Zito after paying him $126 million, but manager Bruce Bochy told Andrew Baggarly of CSNBayArea.com that he won't be dropped from the roster:
We pull for him, believe me. I can't tell you how much we pull for him. He's a good teammate. What he did for us last year, you hate to see him go through this. One thing about Barry: I know the results haven't been good, but he's all-in in his preparation and his effort. It's just been a rough go, especially on the road.
As for his spot in the rotation, at some point you'd think being a nice guy and pitching for successful teams would take a backseat to being really, really awful. But who knows.
- sportsfan18 - Sep 3, 2013 at 11:40 AM
At this point it doesn't matter. Yes, he's overpaid, a lot… Yes, he's a good teammate…
Yes he helped them win the title last yr…
But since the Giants are going nowhere this yr and everyone has known that for quite a while, they should at least let him pitch a time or two at the end of the season since he's most likely done playing ball after this yr.
With his $8 million in buyout monies, he'll have made around $145 million playing ball so he doesn't need the money…
He's 35 and would turn 36 early next season if he plays but why would someone sign a soon to be 36 yr old pitcher whose ERA+ has been below league average for 6 out of the past 7 seasons and for the last 4 consecutive yrs?
I mean 3 yrs ago his ERA+ was 60 (league average is 100). To this point this yr, he's only at 57 for his ERA+.
His career ERA+ is now down to just 105. I mean the Giants got a pitcher who performed so far below league average for his 7 seasons with them…
Any team would be better to throw a kid out there to pitch to see what he could give you than basically a 36 yr old Zito with his track record for the past 7 seasons…
If they want to pull him from the rotation, fine… Just let him make say two starts at the very end of the season…
- emdash01 - Sep 3, 2013 at 12:00 PM
He could probably get a minor league deal somewhere if he wants to keep pitching – a once-very-successful pitcher who throws left-handed? Someone would take a flyer on him. But it's hard to say if he'd want to do the minor league bus thing after playing in the majors so long and making that much money.
- tablescrappy - Sep 3, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Yeah, not a nice guy. Not even close.
- sisqsage - Sep 3, 2013 at 1:21 PM
Since the basis of your post was about one start, focus on what happened in that game. They only scored one run on offense, so their chances of winning were not good, no matter what Zito did. Walking the pitcher was such a Zito thing to do, but lack of timely hitting played a bigger role in the defeat. Second and third and no outs and coming up empty is inexcusable, and a huge reason why they have a losing record in a season that was lost months ago. They had plenty of chances to get back in that game and failed. A better premise for a post about Z is why he is still getting sent out there. The fat contract was considered "sunk cost" by the end of 2010. So it shouldn't be about feeling tied to the guy over a bad contract. They could have cut ties to him a long time ago with an imaginative deal like the way the Angels finally got rid of Wells or the Yankees shipping off Burnett, or what the Bosox did last year in dumping huge unproductive salaries. The AZ series went well with a great start by Petit and a 1-0 win by Lincecum. They could have swept with a break or two in a walkoff loss on Saturday. That series showed they can still play good ball. Sending Zito out there again took the mojo away from those impressive wins, and keeps the team from finding out about other pitchers who could have taken Zito's spot and who might actually have a future with the team. Zito obviously doesn't, which makes sending him out there another bad choice by Bochy and the front office in a season filled with them.
- dcarroll73 - Sep 3, 2013 at 3:25 PM
I agree with you in part about using some of Zito's spots to check out some young pitchers (I am a Giants fan BTW.) When I write "in part" I am referring to the weird home-road split Zito has. If he pitches well at home, use him. Has anyone done an analysis of that split? I know the Giants play in a pretty pitcher-friendly park (at least since the opposing pitcher hasn't had to face Mr. Bonds) but is that enough to explain the major imbalance in Zito's record this year?
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For her 1993 novel, The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx won both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. She is only the fifth author in history to accomplish this. Her first novel, Postcards, also stunned readers with its darkly comic characterization and assured technique. Proulx's third novel, Accordion Crimes, takes a panoramic sweep of the American immigrant experience, relating a multitude of stories all linked by a lovingly hand-crafted Sicilian accordion. In 1890 the accordion's maker journeys to New Orleans to find his fortune, but instead ends up dying in an anti-Italian riot not long after his arrival. Over the next hundred years the accordion changes hands frequently ? be it sold, given away, or stolen. In the hands of various owners, first- and second-generation Americans, it often witnesses similarly unlucky fates. Proulx's grim humor and the absurdity of the violence that follows the green accordion (self decapitation, poisonous spiders and freak accidents) accentuates the passion and prejudice that so many American immigrants experienced. Georgie, Powells.com
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Accordion Crimes traces the long odyssey of a button accordion, an instrument made by a Sicilian who immigrates to New Orleans in 1891. Imprisoned in a round-up of Italian suspects after the political murder of the chief of police, the accordion maker is lynched, and his accordion falls into the hands of Apollo, a black steamboat screwman. The instrument begins its long, erratic voyage through 20th-century America, passing through the hands of the descendants of slaves, immigrants and their children, some of whom learn that the cost of becoming American is to surrender the private definition of self.
Accordion Crimes is alive with vividly drawn characters who sometimes meet violent, strange ends, and who, at other times, succeed in a hard world. Filled with indelible images, Proulx's latest novel is charged with sardonic wit and is, at different turns, darkly hilarious and heartbreakingly sad. What we see as the accordion weakens and disintegrates is a haunting and ominous sense of what is America.
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E. Annie Proulx:
A Note to Readers;
I am the oldest of five girls. I was born in Connecticut in 1935, where my mother's English ancestors — farmers, mill workers, inventors, artists — have lived for 350 years. My father's Quebec-born grandparents came to New England in the 1860s to work in the woolen mills. My father continued in the textile tradition and we moved frequently when I was a child as he worked his way up the executive ladder. My mother, who died in 1994, was a painter and amateur naturalist, and from her I learned to see and appreciate the natural world and to develop an eye for detail. There was a strong tradition of oral storytelling in my mother's family and, although I work on the page, I see myself as continuing that tradition.
I lived in Vermont for more than 30 years but in 1995 moved to Wyoming, the place where I used to travel to in order to write. The long sight-lines encourage clarity of vision, the roll of high plains and stony steeps satisfy some inner longing smothered by my native New England woods.
The idea for Accordion Crimes — a small accordion passing from hand to hand, from community to community — came several years ago while I was writing one of the more tedious parts of The Shipping News. The writing mind seems to conjure up fresh and alluring stories when beleaguered by difficult sections in the work at hand. Specifically, the shape of the entire story was worked out while I sat shaking and aching in the middle of the night in the hours after a bite by a Brown Recluse spider, an experience that became part of the book. At that early stage I planned to set the story entirely in Texas, a state with an extremely rich immigrant population, and shortly after finishing The Shipping News, I applied for a Dobie Paisano fellowship — a six month residency at Frank Dobie's old Paisano Ranch in Texas — in order to work the story into the Texas landscape and geography. I did not get the fellowship and so had to restructure the book and, in the interests of balance, to throw out or recast all but one of the Texas sections already written. The canvas enlarged, the focus switched from Texas to America, and the driving point of the story became not the regional adventures of an accordion but the immigrant experience and the individual and cultural costs of abandoning the past and reinventing oneself. I am very much interested in the American penchant for redefining the self, our attraction to shape shifting, career changes, plastic surgery and cosmetic makeover, sex changes, our root-tearing mobility — how did we become this way? Was it the immigrant experience, the rite of passage of literally redefining oneself as an American? Accordion Crimes was a way into some of this.
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My Scraping Stack
Enabling yourself to work with data sources from the web still has a lot to do with scraping. And, I assume, it will for a long time to come. Even if the data you need is available via a webservice API, what you do in order to harvest larger amounts of data is something like scraping. Again and again you will have to answer the same questions.
- What language should I use to write my scraper?
- Which HTTP client should I use?
- How can I parse HTML input, maybe XML, JSON and all the rest?
- How can I scrape pages that require form submission, session handling etc.?
- How can I store the data?
- How can I avoid scraping the same stuff over and over again?
- How can I make the scraper fault tolerant, so that it won't brake with a single 404 response?
If you're simply gathering content from one HTML table, you probably won't mind. But as your projects grow larger, these questions wil become more important.
I have spent a great share of the recent two years with writing, re-writing and maintaining serveral scrapers. One of them, called Scrape-A-RIS, builds the foundation for an Open Data version of the Cologne, Germany local parliament platform. And I have had occasions to reason about these questions. I thought It would be time to discuss the current status of my answers here in public, so someone could benefit from what I learned or call "bullocks".
Language: Python
There isn't much to argue here. You have your scripting language of choice, I have mine. All I've regretted since working with Python is the fact that I spent so much time in my past with PHP. But let's not get religious here. This post isn't about any language, but Python is the foundation of my stack. If you're not into Python, this article might either not be useful, or you might start taking a glimpse.
The HTTP client
Python standard modules like urllib, urllib2, urllib3, all have some ways for you to request a resource from an HTTP server. The problem: They're a mess.
My choice is the Requests module. It has a straight forward API that I can remeber how to use and it gives a great amount of control without requiring me to think about all of that of all I want is a simple GET request. It makes HTTP headers case-insensitive (so I can assume they're all lowercase) and more.
In some of my projects, there is still one exception to the rule, when I use mechanize. We get to that.
Parsing HTML
Writing code to parse HTML is the worst thing about the whole concept of scraping. You can spend (and waste) a lot of time here. And you can get really philosophical about how this should be done right. For example, you can think a lot about how to make your parsing code long-lasting and insusceptible to change.
I've tried several ways. For example, scrapemark looked nice in the beginning. It seems to allow describing HTML structures with very little detail. Which would mean that if tiny details of the HTML change, you won't have to adapt the scraper. However, scrapemark just gave me completely unexpected results in some cases. It just didn't behave as expected, and while doing so, it was impossible to debug. So I dropped it finally.
Currently I use the lxml Python module with straight-forward XPath for parsing. This seems to be the right thing for all kinds of (X)HTML input. Be it broken HTML 3.1 or well-formed XML, with lxml, there is a way to make a tree out of it. Here is some sample code that should digest all forms:
>>> from lxml import etree
>>> html = "
This is bad HTML.
And more.
"
>>> tree = etree.HTML(html)
>>> for el in tree.xpath("//p"):
>>> print el.tag, el.text
p This is bad HTML.
p And more.
p None
At first I wasn't too keen to work with XPath as a medium of expression. lxml gives you the option to use CSS-style selectors to create XPath strings. The according module is called lxml.cssselect. But it's not a drop-in replacement for XPath and makes code more complicated. At least, if you're comfortable with CSS but not with XPath, you can use this in order to create XPath expressions for use in your parsing code.
Parsing HTML in digestable chunks
Often HTML markup makes it impossible (or not sensible) to address an element in the page direcetly. Say you are targeting a table that is preceded by five other tables. Will you hard-code the index number 6 of your target table into your code?
In cases like this, I often end up iterating over the top-level blocks until I know that I'm in the right block. Then I apply more detailed parsing of that block. Regarding this example, I would probably iterate over all tables (using the appropriate XPath) and check for some condition(s) until I know that the table at hand is the one with the expeced format. Then I apply some more XPath and iterate the rows of that table in order to extract the data.
Submitting forms, handling sessions
I can't tell why, but it appears as if mechanize was the only beast that handles even the worst of these cases. Unfortunately, the mechanize documentation is horrible and the API seems to make no sense at all – quite the opposite of Requests.
Here is a working example that shows how to download a number of PDFs from a page, especially adapted for that case:
>>> import mechanize
>>> url = "http://buergerinfo.mannheim.de/buergerinfo/to0040.asp?__ksinr=4626"
>>> response1 = mechanize.urlopen(mechanize.Request(url))
>>> forms = mechanize.ParseResponse(response1, backwards_compat=False)
>>> for form in forms:
>>> for control in form.controls:
>>> if control.name == 'DT':
>>> request2 = form.click()
>>> response2 = mechanize.urlopen(request2)
>>> form_url = response2.geturl()
>>> if "getfile.asp" in form_url:
>>> document = response2.read()
>>> # do something with that document
In ths example, we iterate all forms in that page in order to check each for the existence of a certain input field named "DT". If it's there, we submit that form and handle the response. See how the ParseResponse method intuitively returns an iterator of all forms within a page? Not. Awkward as it is, in some cases where everything else fails it seems worhtwhile to check out the sparse mechanize documentation and even the source code.
Storing data
Among the things I've employed are: write data to relational database tables (MySQL, mostly), write JSON files, write files like PDFs etc. to the file system, and last but not least, use NoSQL database.
I tend to use the no-SQL-approach now right away and I'm currently mostly happy with MongoDB. For me, this combines many benefits of the other approaches but helps avoid some of the problems.
But let's step back and start with JSON files. Writing each scraped "record" to an individual JSON file is easy. It allows you not to worry too much about the schema. And in practice, depending on the complexity of the data to be scraped, defining a schema might become a big issue. When starting your scraping you might not know yet what the 1000th record to be scraped might look like. So being able to just write it all away is a good thing. Then, on the other hand, thousands or hundreds of thousands of (small) files are not easily handled. Once you start to actually use (=read) your data for analysis, you will regret all that file opening, reading and parsing. Let allone manipulation.
Storing to a relational database might be the way to go for simple tabular data. But once you deal with data that has to be broken down to several tables with records linked by foreign keys, things become nasty. Not only do you have to be completely aware of the structure of the data at hand (which is, as I said, not necessarily possible), you also have to make sure foreign key constrains are met during write and update transactions.
And then there is MongoDB. MongoDB doesn't care about the schema of your data. You can strore practically everyhting as a "document" that fits inside a Python dict. When I start a scraper project nowadays, I tend to store the roughest form of parsed data into MongoDB, not worrying too much about date formats etc. – this can be done later when I find out that I actually want to work with that attribute. Since it's effortless to manipulate documents once they are stored in MongoDB, I find myself iteratively writing clean-up-scripts with simple routines that can then, step by step, be moved into the scraper code. This way I can do first explorations with the data early and don't have to re-scrape everything when I make up my mind about the schema. It's an iterative approach, really.
For the curious: To access MongoDB data, I use pymongo and no additional layer on top.
The two remaining questions from the list at the top (avoid duplicate scraping, be fault tolerant) have guided me to employ a job queue for my larger scrapers. Let me explain.
Imagine you have a scraper that has to recursively go throught thousands of search result entries on a website. Then, after hours of scraping, due to a network outage, one request throws an exception that kills your code. Or, even more nasty, a piece of your parser produces an error on a detail page. You fix the code and then what? Scrape again?
There might be many cases where this would actually work. E.g. you have a durable key for the resources you scrape (say an ID or a permanent URL). Then, while working through a list of items on a page, look up that key in your database and only go scrape those you haven't fetched yet.
But what if your scraper project isn't a one-off, but should also work to update existing records, in case the data on the website has changed? In that case, my recommendation is to build a persistent job queue. The scraper first has the job to fill the queue with keys of items (say URLs) to be scraped – or you might even manually add some. Once you have jobs in the queue, your scraper reads open jobs one by one from the queue and scrapes the entries. It's recommendable to mark a job as "in progress" when the scraper takes over. Then, after an entry is scraped, the job status is changed to "done". And so forth, until no more open jobs remain. During scraping one entry, the scraper might find a reason to add more jobs to the queue, in order to fetch more previously unseen items which have been mentioned (linked) on a page. No problem.
All you have to make sure is that there can be only one job per target resource in the queue. Since I use MongoDB as the storage for scraped data, it seems natural for me to maintain the queue in MongoDB, too. The uniquess of the job entry can easily be guaranteed by an index with the "unique" setting.
So what happens if something kills the scraper while it works from the queue? There might be a number of open and finished jobs in the queue as well as one "in progress" job. You can set up your scraper in a way that it resets "in progress" jobs at the beginning to be "open" again. Then all you need is start working of the queue again.
After your scraper has finished and all jobs are done, it's your responsibility to empty the queue.
If you're interested in sample code for the queue, I have set up a gist with an (untested) simplified version of a queue I use in one of my projects.
Wrapping it up
This is pretty much it. I hope you either find this interesting enough or you can correct me where I'm wrong. In both cases, feel free to add comments!


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Scars from her first love and the reckless lifestyle of her parents force Ember Harris to chart a new course. She favors practicality over spontaneity and rules over a broken heart.
An encounter with a musician at a local pub forces Ember into making a decision to let go or hold on for dear life as passions are unlocked and deceptions revealed.
November Harris is lost. After a failed romance with musician Bo Cavanaugh, Ember is left struggling to regain her true self. The problem is, Bo won't go away and Ember's stance is firm—she doesn't want him back.
Adrian Turner, Ember's ex-boyfriend-turned confidant, is patient with her heartbreak, but he can't hold back his own feelings forever.
As she sorts through her past, in an effort to plan a solid future, Ember will find that sometimes even the best laid plans bow to the soul's desire for reckless abandon.
Kissing movie star Grant West may be every teenage girl's dream, but when it happens to Sydney Kane, it's nothing but a nightmare. Sure he's cute, but having her face plastered all over celebrity gossip blogs is not something she's interested in. Now cheerleaders are trying to befriend her,
reporters won't stop calling, and her mother keeps chasing her with a curling iron so she won't be caught by the paparazzi with flat hair ever again.
Forgetting Grant is all Sydney wants and Colin, the guy she's had a crush on since seventh grade, seems like a pretty good way to do it. Then Grant shows up at Sydney's door begging for a second chance and the more she gets to know him, the more she isn't sure she wants him to go away. But with Grant in the picture, Colin is backing off and she definitely doesn't want that. Everything is a mess and Sydney doesn't know what to do, who to choose, or how to make those pesky cheerleaders leave her alone. She only knows one thing for sure, being STARKISSED isn't a dream come true at all.
My Review:
It was an amazing book, different from what I expected, but beautiful right until the end.
She was a brave girl even if she didn't realize it her self.
What I liked the most is that you can almost feel her frustration with the people around her and with her self.
Her father made me laugh with his protective streak which I should admit it's not all that funny in real life.
The only thing that should have been more intense was her love for Grant, I feel like they didn't spend enough time together and that their connection should have been more explicit.
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
"Suppose the solution to all your problems is the one thing you never wanted "
It figures the one time Sabrina Cassidy is determined to do the responsible thing, karma kicks in. After four years on the road chasing her musical dream, she s stranded six hours from home with no money, a ruined credit history and morning sickness.
Out of options, she swallows her legendary independent streak and calls the only person who won t hang up on her. Luke, the man she left behind.
Marc Sterling s first instinct is to protect his business partner and best friend from another broken heart. That means letting her think she s talking to Luke, then finding a way to send her in the opposite direction.
When he shows up at her hotel room, there s something in the air beside their customary insults. Sure, her rebellious attitude, smart mouth and purple panties still drive him crazy, but now it s a different kind of crazy. The kind that has him driving her home instead of to the nearest airport.
And when Luke offers to solve all her problems if she ll only say I do, Marc realizes he s just crazy enough about her to forget whose heart he wanted to protect.
My Review:
I have to say it. It is amaziing, I loved it.:D 4.5 stars
A good book is the one that makes you angry, sad, happy, and shed a few tears.
I was a little skeptical at first because of all the comments I read calling Sabrina a b*tch, and truthfully she is,at first.
But don't lose hope keep reading, as the story progresses you get an insight as to why she behaved the way she did, and you realize that she has changed and that all she wants is to give her baby a stable home and love, lots of it.And she is willing to do anything to allow her child to have what she didn't while growing up, even if it means sacrificing her own happiness.
And that turns our lead character from a childish and overdependent teenager into a grown woman capable of anything.
We have to keep in mind that in the end, we can't dwell on how we got somewhere, we have to focous on the present and what we want for ourselves and the ones around us.
Thursday, 16 April 2013
Beautiful Bastard by Christina Lauren
An ambitious intern.
A perfectionist executive.
And a whole lot of name calling.
Whip-smart, hardworking, and on her way to an MBA, Chloe Mills has only one problem: her boss, Bennett Ryan. He's exacting, blunt, inconsiderate—and completely irresistible. A Beautiful Bastard.
Bennett has returned to Chicago from France to take a vital role in his family's massive media business. He never expected that the assistant who'd been helping him from abroad was the gorgeous, innocently provocative—completely infuriating—creature he now has to see every day. Despite the rumors, he's never been one for a workplace hookup. But Chloe's so tempting he's willing to bend the rules—or outright smash them—if it means he can have her. All over the office.
As their appetites for one another increase to a breaking point, Bennett and Chloe must decide exactly what they're willing to lose in order to win each other.
My review:
Ok, I have to adimit that while I was browsing the reviews for this book on Goodreads I found a lot of negativity towards it. Mostly because it started out as Twilight Fanfiction.What people need to understand is that fanfiction are original stories, I've never wrote any, but i admit to have read some, and it's not that bad, they are just unpolished stories, a way for authors to get the readers perspective, to figure out if they should try for something more.
Now about the book, I found this book lacking in the relationship department.Most of their relashionship was based around sex and the truth is no relashionship like that will survive in the future.
"If only he would keep his mouth shut, he'd be perfect. A piece of ducktape would do the trick."
I found Bennett to be inconsistent, more often than not he questioned his actions towards Chloe and the people around him including his family, he was blunt, irritating, inconsiderate and a Beautiful Bastard.
While Chloe believed herself to be something different than what this boo actually shows, a person with morals regarding the workplace, a mature woman in control of herself, but it seemed she just couldn't control herself near Bennett to the point where she was almost as arrogant and obnoxious as he was.
This, however shouldn't stop you from reading this book which I happened to enjoy for a quick afternoon read.
I give this book 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
This Beautiful Thing by Amanda Heath
Teagan Harper doesn't have much experience with guys. Her twin brothers have made sure of that. Until one night at a college party she gives them the slip, finding herself in the arms of the most amazing guy she has ever met. Now she's on a mission to find him since she ran from his bed. And forgot to ask his name...
Declan Sage has had control over his entire life. But that is all about to change when the girl who ran out of his bed turns his life upside down. She is about to throw that control out the window. But he's pretty sure that's a good thing seeing as she stole his heart...
My Review:
I have been putting off this book, because it didn't seem like something I'd be inclined to read but I finally got around to it and this is what I found.
The book starts out with a very unatractive and immature description of Teagan's life and her mother's choices.The first meeting between Teagan and Declan starts out with a drink being thrown in both their faces by Declan's ex-girlfriend and aparently the next thing we know the ex has a broken nose, which I don't understand since it wasn't described, I even re-read that section of the book and still, the only way we know of the incident is this : "Claire has this deer in headlights look with blood dripping out of her broken nose."
And then you find out that Claire was his high school girlfriend and a bitch, which he only dated (for six years) because he felt like it was expected of him since she was head cheerleader and he was the quarterback. I mean how more cliché can it get??
Aparently more than I thought because:
"Grace what is the name of the football player you have a crush on?"
Her face pales. I knew it. "Umm…" she looks down at the floor before she mumbles. "Your brother."
"This is so great! You can totally keep him preoccupied while I date Declan and maybe one day when we are already married and have kids I can tell Jaden."
"I can't…they never stop…I just cry like this all the time…"she sobs into her hands
Ohh please... Usually I'm all for heartwrenching situations but this book is seriously ridiculous.So many grammatical errors, I believe that whoever edited this book needs to seriously consider changing careers. The characters were terribly annoying and while sometimes they sounded all mature and profound, most of the time they just seemed like uncomprehended teens. I rate this book 1.5 out of 5 stars.
Sunday, 14 April 2013


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Weddings and Unions
The chapel is open from 7am to 10pm every day. You are welcome to come by without an appointment to view the chapel, and as long as there is not an event in progress, to walk through any open space. If you wish to pursue a reservation, you may schedule a meeting with the Chaplains' Office Manager during weekday office hours. The manager will be happy to show you around the chapel, discuss lighting and sound system options, and address any other concerns or questions you have. Reservations may also be made over the phone by calling 719-389-6638.
Wedding Cost
A wedding at Shove Chapel costs $800.00. A $200 deposit is requested within two weeks of your wedding reservation to secure the date and time. Reservations are not guaranteed unless the deposit has been received and confirmed. The balance of $600 is due two months before the wedding date. This fee includes:
- four hours of chapel use: three hours on the day of the wedding (1½ hours prior to and 1½ hours after the start of the wedding ceremony) and one hour for the rehearsal, usually held the afternoon or evening prior to the day of the ceremony;
- the logistical services of a wedding assistant at the rehearsal and the wedding;
- any sound system or amplification equipment desired, including stand microphones, a wireless lapel microphone for the officiant, and CD player or iPod/laptop hookup for any recorded music;
- the use of the grand piano and any chancel furniture (table, lectern, pulpit);
- use of the floor-standing unity candle holder with two dripless tapers (you supply the unity candle).
For CC-affiliated persons (bride, groom, or parents/grandparents on either side are alumni, currently matriculated, or currently employed), a wedding costs $200.00. For CC-affiliated weddings, payment of the fee of $200 is requested within two weeks of your wedding reservation to secure the date and time.
An additional charge may be assessed if the reserved times are exceeded by anyone in your party, including photographers and ministers. If you feel it might be necessary, you can reserve an extra hour of time for your ceremony in advance for $200.
A reservation for a wedding at Shove Chapel does not include the services of an officiant.
Weddings are usually held on Saturdays during the day and early evening. Other days of the week are possible when they are compatible with the chapel and college schedules. Weekday weddings are difficult to schedule during the academic year.
Wedding rehearsals are usually held during the afternoon or evening prior to the day of the ceremony.
Especially in spring and summer months, wedding scheduling is very tight, with several weddings each weekend! For this reason, it is very important that your rehearsal and your wedding ceremony begin and end at the designated times. Decorating prior to your reserved time is not allowed.
Please do your best to make sure all of the participants are here on time and that everyone in your party exits the chapel promptly at the end of your reserved times.
Other Details
- Adjustable gold 7-candle candelabras with dripless candles included are available for rent for $20 each. "Pewlabras" are available from local florists or rental companies.
- The wedding party is responsible for securing the services of an officiant, musicians, photographer, and florist.
- Use of the pipe organ must be arranged with the College Organist, Frank Shelton (please see below).
- Limousines, carriages, special vehicles, and those vehicles carrying handicapped or elderly individuals may pull into the curved driveway on the east side of the chapel (off Nevada Avenue) and remain there during the ceremony.
- Birdseed may be thrown outside the chapel, but no rice, streamers, or paper products of any kind are permitted. Scattering of anything, including flowers or petals, is not allowed inside the chapel.
- No consumption of alcoholic beverages is allowed inside the chapel or on the adjacent grounds.
- The Chaplains' Office and Colorado College are not responsible for any personal items of the wedding party or guests, or decorations of the florist or rental company, that are left unattended in the chapel before, during or after the ceremony.
Chapel Statistics
- The total seating capacity of the chapel is 987. The main lower section seats about 600. There are 38 pews on each side of the center aisle.
- The Pilgrim (side) Chapel seats about 49 people.
- The aisle is 110 feet long.
- The carved wood altar table is 93 inches long.
Organists and Fees
The Colorado College Organist, Frank Shelton, usually plays for weddings in Shove Chapel. In cases where he is not available, another local organist with experience playing this instrument will be suggested. In some instances, professional organists known to the wedding party may receive permission to play for that particular wedding.
There are generally four parts of wedding music planning for which fees may be charged:
- Musical consultation ($50 per hour): The organist discusses music choices for the wedding, normally by phone and/or with an audio tape.
- Soloist rehearsal ($50 per rehearsal): The organist has a working rehearsal (usually about an hour long) with the soloist(s) to set tempos and balance and to perfect the presentation.
- Wedding rehearsal ($75): The organist is present at the wedding rehearsal to play the processional and recessional.
- Wedding ($225): The organist plays for the wedding, including a 15 to 20 minute pre-service recital, processional, recessional, and/or incidental organ music during the service.
You should contact the College Organist about two months prior to your wedding date. Financial arrangements for payment are an agreement made between the musician and the wedding party.
Frank Shelton, College Organist
(719) 630-8114
As an interfaith chapel, we welcome spiritual leaders from all traditions. Couples may choose who they wish to officiate their wedding. If you are affiliated with a specific tradition, we encourage you to consult with the leadership of your tradition. Colorado College chaplains do not usually officiate weddings held at Shove Chapel, unless they have a personal relationship with the couple. A list of celebrants who may be available to perform weddings at Shove Chapel is available from the Chaplains' Office Manager.


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Monthly Archive for March, 2009
Review today's live chat
Miss today's live chat? Replay it below: Texans chat with John McClain [Read More]
Who needs to step up in 2009 for the Texans?
I asked Gary Kubiak this last week: Give me one player on each side of the ball who really has to step up, and tell me why. I found his two players quite interesting. Before I write a story for the Chronicle with Kubiak's answers, I'd like to know what you think, please. Tell me […] [Read More]
Check out what you missed in Friday's draft chat
NFL draft chat with John McClain [Read More]
Happy anniversary, Baby
Indulge me, please, because I'll get back to sports with our two-hour chat on Friday. On Thursday, I return to Houston from the NFL meetings in California to celebrate my 21st anniversary with my wife, Carol. I told her I was going to write something about her in my blog, and she said that I […] [Read More]
Cody gives Texans flexibility, depth
When the Texans get defensive tackle Shaun Cody's name on the dotted line, they will have given themselves more flexibility in the draft. In free agency, general manager Rick Smith and coach Gary Kubiak will have filled needs with Cody at tackle and Antonio Smith at defensive end. Smith will start. Cody will compete for […] [Read More]
Greetings from the NFL owners meetings
Greetings from near exclusive Dana Point, Calif., where the NFL owners are meeting at the luxurious St. Regis Hotel. Don't worry, boss, I'm staying 30 minutes away, and I'm keeping it reasonable. Before I tell you about how much the hard-hit owners are suffering during the nation's financial crisis, I want you to know I'm […] [Read More]
More answers to your draft questions in the chat recap
If you missed any of Tuesday's chat, just click "replay" below to review the Q&A. Thanks, as always, for tuning in. Texans chat with John McClain [Read More]
Check out my new mock draft
Last month, I did my first mock draft before 332 prospects went to Indianapolis to impress NFL teams at Lucas Oil Stadium. Now, as colleges continue to have their pro days for scouts, coaches and other members of personnel departments, I'm giving you my second mock draft. I try to obtain as much information as […] [Read More]
The numbers say Reeves better than fans think
Thanks to everyone who participated in my last blog on what one starter you would like to get rid of. Although you mentioned a lot of players, most of your attention was directed at defensive tackle Travis Johnson, center Chris Myers, right guard Mike Brisiel and cornerback Jacques Reeves. Have I got some interesting stats […] [Read More]
Texans' weak links: Review this week's live chat
Before I ask you an important question about the Texans, I'd like to point out a few things. • First, I'd like to remind you that I'm doing the regular Tuesday chat for Chron.com from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thanks ahead of time for participating. John McClain on NFL and Texans • Second, in […] [Read More]
Hanging out at the Texas Sports Hall
Thanks very much for your response to my Terrell Owens question. Before I ask you a Texans draft question, I have to tell you who I was honored to hang out with on Wednesday night. I wish all of you could have been there. I've told you for years about the Texas Sports Hall of […] [Read More]
Cowboy cut: T.O. done in Dallas
So Terrell Owens is out in Dallas. Wow! It's about time. Teams in the NFC East should start to worry because Jerry Jones just fixed his primary problem. He's got a lot more work to do, of course, to build the kind of chemistry the Cowboys are lacking, but this was a huge first step. […] [Read More]
Bengals' 'business side' proved bigger for Benson
When Mark Berman of KRIV and I met running back Cedric Benson at Hobby Airport on Monday, he said all the right things about wanting to return to Texas to play in his home state. When asked why he would be interested in a backup role with the Texans compared to a starting role with […] [Read More]
Chat recap: Texans, NFL free agent moves
NFL chat with John McClain at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday When I learned the Texans were bringing in free agent running back Cedric Benson for a visit, my first response was wow! A year ago, the Texans weren't interested in Benson, but after watching him run at Cincinnati and stay out of trouble off the field, […] [Read More]


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34 CFR 388.1 - What is the State Vocational Rehabilitation Unit In-Service Training program?
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This program is designed to support projects for training State vocational rehabilitation unit personnel in program areas essential to the effective management of the unit's program of vocational rehabilitation services or in skill areas that will enable staff personnel to improve their ability to provide vocational rehabilitation services leading to employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities. The State Vocational Rehabilitation Unit In-Service Training program responds to needs identified in the comprehensive system of personnel development in section 101(a)(7) of the Act. The program may include training designed—
(d) For fiscal year 1994, to provide training on the amendments to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 made by the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1992.
(Authority: 29 U.S.C. 771a(g)(3))
Title 34 published on 2014-07-01.
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We know what it's like to try and balance a busy schedule with raising a healthy family because we've been there too. Thankfully our dietitians are at your service to help you make healthy choices and still have time for the other important things in life. Learn more about our experts below and be sure to visit our Ask the Experts page where you can submit your questions and view our questions archive. You can also visit our living well blog for tips and tricks on living and eating healthy.
Brenda Duby, MS, RD, is a Registered Dietitian with the United Family®. She obtained both her BS and MS degrees in Food and Nutrition from Texas Tech University. She also completed her Dietetic Internship at Texas Tech University.
Brenda has experience in clinical, home health and pharmaceutical research. Most recently, she has taught college nutrition classes for the last nine years. Brenda worked as an intern for the Corporate Dietitian at United Supermarkets while she was in college and is now so excited to come full circle as one of the company's Corporate Dietitians.
In that role, Brenda helps guests and community members understand the world of nutrition. She has a desire to help make nutrition easy and obtainable. As a busy mom and wife herself, she enjoys teaching people how to make healthy living fit into their busy lives!
When not at work, Brenda enjoys spending time with her family. She is often volunteering to help with her kids' extracurricular activities, both at school and at church. Traveling with her family is a favorite, but she also enjoys making their house into a home where friends and family can gather and relax.
Alicia M Jerome, MS, RD, LD is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian. She obtained her BS degree in Exercise Science from Hardin Simmons University and her MS degree in Exercise and Sports Nutrition from Texas Woman's University. She completed her dietetic internship at Texas Woman's University and passed her RD exam in 2006.
Alicia has been a dietitian for DFW area Market Streets since 2008. Previously she worked for a health resort providing preventative nutrition care. Alicia is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and was President of the Dallas Dietetic Association from 2011-2012. In 2009, she was honored to receive the Registered Young Dietitian of the Year Award (RYDY).
As a Corporate Dietitian, she works with and for store guests and team members to provide nutrition education. Alicia has a passion for making nutrition fun, especially for kids. She has an interest in vegetarian/vegan nutrition, enjoys working with the corporate chef to calculate the nutrition analysis of his delicious recipes, and finding new topics for the Market Street Blog. Through store tours, community programs, maintaining the NuVal tag program and more, she is realizing more and more every day that this is her dream job.
When she is not at Market Street, Alicia enjoys baking vegan treats, working out, being outdoors with her wonderful husband and chocolate lab, Whiskey Jack, and exploring to new foods and places.
Robin Hawkins is a Registered Dietitian and licensed to practice in the state of Texas. She obtained a BS and MS in Food and Nutrition from Texas Tech University. She also completed a Dietetic Internship at Texas Tech University. In 2004, Robin was honored to receive the Outstanding Educator of the Year for Dietetic Internship from the Texas Dietetic Association. In 2005 she received the Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year Award from the Texas Dietetic Association.
Robin has more than 12 years of experience including extensive clinical and management experience. She most recently spent more than six years in the medical sales arena. As Director of Health and Wellness, she is responsible for leading the team of dietitians as well as working with a cross functional team of experts at United Supermarkets, LLC and external sources to create a Health and Wellness value to our Guests. Robin is focused on making sure Market Street is meeting the Health and Wellness needs of their Guests. She also enjoys conducting store tours and teaching Guests how to build a better basket.
Robin loves spending time with her husband and her young daughter. She loves to cook and try new foods, especially anything gluten free. She also adores her three Boston Terriers.
Jennifer Gorman is a Registered Dietitian and is licensed to practice in Texas. She obtained BS and MS degrees in nutritional sciences from Texas Tech University. She completed a dietetic internship at Texas Tech University. Currently, she is a member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a part of the Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition dietetic practice group.
Jennifer has experience in nutrition education for cardiovascular disease, diabetes education, and is certified in counseling for Adult Weight Management. She is also a certified Master Fitness Specialist with a background in exercise science. She specializes in helping people to make lifestyle changes on every realm – fitness, diet, and stress management.
As Wellness Manager of United Supermarkets, LLC, she is responsible for educating Team Members, store Guests, and community groups on issues related to nutrition, health, wellness, and disease management. Jennifer is involved in the planning and implementation of Team Member wellness challenges and events. She plays a vital role in the overall well-being of Team Members at all store locations and pursuing United Supermarket's, LLC overall health and wellness initiatives.
In her spare time, Jennifer enjoys spending time outside playing with her 3 dogs and cheering on her husband as he coaches football and basketball.


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Need turkey ideas for new cook/single busy mom
Need some cooking ideas for a newly single mom - she is a busy lady, limited time in the evening and in her past life, relied heavily on her husband to do the cooking. She is interested in learning some basic approaches to getting dinner on the table for her and her daughter - that's as far as it goes right now. I've offered the "make ahead on weekends, do the basic protein and veggie with a starch for the kiddo (lady is watching her weight and limits carbs)" tune.....
First up is ideas for left over turkey (as we just celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving) and her first (very successful I might add) attempt at making turkey broth in her newly baptized crockpot. I am pretty proud of her and want to give her lots of incentive to continue on her path of "home cooking for her little family" rather than resorting to the all to easy trap of take out that tired, overworked single parents fall into (and I've been one and I've been there and I'm not blaming...)
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"Parents and caregivers have a wealth of valuable information and understandings regarding their children..." (Te Whāriki, 1996, p.30)
"Parents and caregivers have a wealth of valuable information and understandings regarding their children..." (Te Whāriki, 1996, p.30)
Lily's Mum helps plant a "kindy garden".
Observations and records like learning stories should be part of a two-way communication that strengthens the partnership between the early childhood setting and families.
Relationships are central to a child's existence, sense of well-being and belonging and programmes must emphasise the central role parents, whānau and the community play in establishing these.
In our work as teachers and as professional development facilitators we see many successful strategies teachers have implemented to build deep reciprocal and responsive relationships with parents and whānau. Their driving forces are a passion and commitment to build a centre culture that truly values this partnership.
Alison Brierly, professional development facilitator from ELP, says: "During a discussion in a workshop we challenged teachers to think about how they acknowledged the contributions that families make to the documentation. If we think about Learning Stories being the beginning of a conversation, then we will naturally respond in some way. A teacher in our workshop was moved to tears, saying she had not thought how rude they were being by never responding to a parent's/whānau story from home or a parents'/whānau response to a learning story. This was a moment for everyone to reflect on, and we came away from the workshop feeling that many teachers had made a significant shift in their practice."
There are many ways in which parents or whānau members offer contributions to the programme that can be acted on and included into the work of teachers.
The writing of learning stories from home is a powerful tool for parents and whānau members to share their experiences and stories as we can see in Artie and his grandfather's story . One mother's suggestion to read her child's favourite story captured a whole group of toddlers. And teachers and children at Carol White Family Centre learned from their community experts how to pickle olives .
Reading a Japanese language book together.
Teachers and parents who work together extend the learning opportunities for children. In Chase's example, home site and centre site are in sync and offer rich places to build complexity into Chase's learning experience.
Seeing their ideas being implemented into the programme gives parents and whānau members the sense that their voice has value here and they will be listened to.
And when parents or whānau members contribute to their child's profiles/portfolio books teachers have now found ways to respond to this in authentic ways as they weave their knowledge of the child into a follow up learning story, into a conversation with the parents/ whānau or with the child.
A common practice in portfolios is to include an 'About Me' page. When a child starts at the centre this is given to the parent or whānau member to answer a number of questions the teaching team has put together. Questions range from siblings' names, to children's interests at home along with what might help when their child is unsettled.
New Zealand Ministry of Education (1996) Te Whāriki. He Whāriki Mātauranga Mo Ngā Mokopuna O Aotearoa. Wellington: Learning Media.
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Dorando Pietri
Dorando Pietri, often wrongly spelt Petri (Italian pronunciation: [doˈrando ˈpjɛtri]; October 16, 1885, Correggio, Province of Reggio Emilia - February 7, 1942, Sanremo) was an Italian athlete. He finished first in the marathon at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London but was subsequently disqualified.[1]
Early years[edit]
Pietri was born in Mandrio, a frazione of Correggio, but spent his youth in Carpi (Emilia-Romagna region). Here he worked as a shop-boy at a confectionery shop. He was 1.59 m (5 ft., 2½ in.) tall.
In September 1904 the most famous Italian runner of the time, Pericle Pagliani, took part in a race in Carpi. According to tradition, Pietri was attracted by the event and, still wearing his work clothes, ran to the finish ahead of Pagliani. A few days later Pietri débuted in a distance race, finishing second in the 3,000 m of Bologna.
The following year he achieved his first international success, winning the 30 km in Paris. On April 2, 1906 Pietri won the qualifying marathon for the Olympic Games to be held in Athens that same year. In the Olympic race he retired due to intestinal illness when he was leading by 5 minutes.
In 1907 he won the Italian championships. He was by then the undisputed leader of Italian long distance races from 5000 metres to marathon distance.
1908 Olympics[edit]
Dorando Pietri trained hard for the 1908 Olympics in London. In a race in Carpi he ran 40 km (25 mi) in 2 hours and 38 minutes, an extraordinary result for the times. The marathon, which was to take place on July 24, 1908, started with 56 competitors, including Pietri and fellow Italian Umberto Blasi. It began at 2:33pm. The weather was particularly hot by British summer standards. The London course measured 26.2 miles (42.2 km); the distance would later become the official marathon length from 1921.[2]
Pietri began his race at a rather slow pace, but in the second half of the course began a powerful surge moving him into second position by the 32 km (20 mi) mark, 4 minutes behind South African Charles Hefferon. When he knew that Hefferon was in crisis, Pietri further increased his pace, overtaking him at the 39 km (24 mi) mark.
The effort took its toll and with only two kilometres to go, Pietri began to feel the effects of extreme fatigue and dehydration. When he entered the stadium, he took the wrong path and when umpires redirected him, he fell down for the first time. He got up with their help, in front of 75,000 spectators.
He fell four more times, and each time the umpires helped him up. In the end, though totally exhausted, he managed to finish the race in first place. Of his total time of 2h 54min 46s, ten minutes were needed for that last 350 metres. Second was American Johnny Hayes. The American team immediately lodged a complaint against the help Pietri received from the umpires. The complaint was accepted and Pietri was disqualified and removed from the final standings of the race.
International celebrity[edit]
As a compensation for the missing medal, Queen Alexandra gave him a gilded silver cup. Arthur Conan Doyle had been commissioned by the Daily Mail;[3] to write a special report about the race. He was very impressed by the effort of the Italian at the stadium, which he commented with the words:
The Italian's great performance can never be effaced from our record of sport, be the decision of the judges what it may.
Conan Doyle proposed the Daily Mail to start a subscription to raise money and help Pietri to open a bakery in his native town. The fund reached the consistent sum of 300 Pounds, of which the same Conan Doyle contributed with the initial 5 Pounds.
Pietri suddenly became an international celebrity. Composer Irving Berlin dedicated a song to him entitled "Dorando" and Pietri received requests to participate in exhibition races in the United States. On November 25, 1908, in Madison Square Garden, New York a race between Hayes and Pietri was organized. Pietri won the race as well as a second similar race on March 15, 1909. Pietri won 17 of the 22 races on his tour of America.
He returned to Italy in May 1909 and continued racing professionally in his native country and abroad for two more years. He ran his final marathon in Buenos Aires, on May 24, 1910, where he achieved his personal best of 2h 38min 48:2s.
Pietri's last race in Italy was a 15 km (9 mi) race held in Parma on September 3, 1911, which he won. He also won his very last race this time in Göteborg (Sweden), in October of the same year. He was 26 at the time. In three years as a professional runner he earned 200,000 lire in prize money alone, an enormous sum for the time.
He invested his earnings in a hotel he opened in collaboration with his brother. He was not as successful an entrepreneur as he was athlete, and the hotel went bankrupt. He moved to Sanremo, where he directed a car workshop. Pietri lived in Sanremo until his death, of a heart attack, at the age of 56.
See also[edit]
- Il sogno del maratoneta (film)
- ^ "Dorando Pietri's famous 1908 London Olympic marathon finish". Retrieved 14 April 2012.[dead link]
- ^ Burnton, Simon (February 29, 2012). "50 stunning Olympic moments No16: Dorando Pietri's marathon, 1908". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ See the article: "Conan Doyle and the Olympics" di Peter Lovesey dell'International Society of Olympic Historians - ISOH - pubblicato sul "Journal of Olympic History - Vol. 10 - Dic. 2001 / Gen. 2002 - pagg. 6/9": http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv10n1/JOHv10n1h.pdf
External links[edit]
- Biography at CIO site
- The Story of the Marathon
- Video of Pietri's 1908 run on YouTube.
- Dorando Pietri at Sports Reference
- Scenes From the 1908 London Olympic Marathon


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Injured Broadway 'Spider-Man' Actor Christopher Tierney To Rejoin Show
Tierney, who fell 35 feet into the orchestra pit in front of a shocked preview audience on Dec. 20, got permission from his doctor to rejoin rehearsals beginning Monday, producer Michael Cohl said.
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The Green Goblin has been defeated again during Broadway's "Spider-Man" musical — by his own flight system. Spidey's nemesis hung over the stage for three minutes during Friday night's performance.


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My daughter and I had dinner here recently on a Tuesday night. Reservation for 7:30 - took about 20 minutes to get seated. The place was crowded and lively. The wait was hardly noticeable since it was fun to sit at the bar and survey the room. The food was excellent. My spaghetti puttanesca was perfectly seasoned, making a familiar item seem new. Her pasta special (penne with tomatoes and mozarella) was simple but delicious. Service was attentive but unobtrusive. The hostess/owner was welcoming and gracious. Could not have asked for more.
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Had a great dinner there. The service was very accomidating, and the pastas we had were delicious.
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great food, but you better go once a week for them to even acknowledge your existence....celeb sightings regularly, great chicken francese. They can make any pasta you want... Reservations a must. Overall, great for new yorkers.
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As Frequent travelers to NYC, we usually try different restaurants, but always return to Elio's. This place has it all, atmosphere, service, and the food is incredible.
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This place is one of those classic places that never goes out of style. The best pasta in NYC-- no contest. Considering what they have to put with (packed, noisy, and sometimes impatient people), the service is excellent. The food is well worth the price! No wonder it's so hard to get a table!
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I've been dining at Elio's for well over a decade. The food has been consistently excellent. The linguine with white clam sauce is one of my favorites and is always very tasty. The specials are always great and I have to say the service is excellent, in fact, they may be over-atttentive at times and the food comes out very quickly. I've seen celebrites there many times, the ambience is exciting and very much alive. The waiters are classic.
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We had a very good experience despite the warnings in the other reviews. The place is over-crowded with well dressed diners that seem to never stop coming in. The crowd got much younger as the evening went on. The people watching factor is high all night long. When ordering, trust your waiter's recommendations - we ended up with three entrees that were not on the menu and were very pleased both with quality and portion size. Make sure you order the antipasto appetizer - it was huge and spectacular! The buffalo mozzarella in the apppetizer is simply unbelieveable. Overall, the food was great, service was very good and the atmosphere, although extremely overcrowded, was somehow pleasing as a result of all the interesting people that continuallly pour through the front door. We will go back again.


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Every startup tends to have an invite process nowadays but when Dropbox was released, there was no migrating period. Not only was it one of the true cloud apps that simply fit in with a user's work flow due to integration with some file managers but it was an example that both addressed your original question:
is it better to try to have flexible software that adapts to the user (assuming they know what they want), or to have software that implements a really good way of doing things and have the user adapt to that?
...and yet depending on your needs and the features you used, the overall concept is solid enough to either fall as part of your first or second statement. Something that can't be quite done for concepts like gmail unless you bring up such things as certain features. But if you're bringing up certain features, it makes using the sum of the whole a pretty flawed example because then you are bringing into place a scenario where an application slowly and incrementally updated itself in order to become the "as well received" concept that it is.
That is tantamount to talking about the recurring reminders of a task manager rather than the actual concept of a task manager that would either be a flexible software that adapts to the user or a software that implements a really good way of doing things that have the users adopting. You don't really have to sell yourself short on your point. I thought your original questions were pretty clear and I'm known for being poor at communicating. All around the place is not my style though unless that's where the points was going.
You can't expect a reply that doesn't go all over the place when you expect me to both provide some better example and yet at the same time hint that I am trying to break down your example. It's also flawed to self-rate what you feel is a topic that is hijacking a thread and a topic that isn't. At the very least, only the OP can decide that or a mod interjecting. (though this does not mean the mod has the right to decide, only that they have the power.) We're all biased towards continuing the trail of posts that interests us so of course given the chances of a conversation being stopped, we would rarely personally admit to hijacking a thread especially if it's our posts that are being brought up.
Just my last 2 cents: I think asking for realistic is very impractical and somewhat arrogant. Not from a developers' point of view (since the realistic idea will get tested eventually) but from a conceptual point of view, you can't assume there's a theoretically better way of working already and that this theoretically better way will not match up to people's desired ways of working. It's begging for a chicken or egg scenario and it would be much more problematic than answering your first two questions.


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How to Find Affordable Child Care
The search for cheap child care has many American families on edge. The dearth of affordable child care options periodically crops up in the news as parents continue to struggle with the lingering after-effects of the recent recession, which include reduced funding for some child care programs targeted to low-income families. Child care costs vary substantially around the country, ranging from about $3,800 at year up to nearly $19,000; in major cities like New York and L.A., cheap child care is almost an oxymoron. Your child's age affects costs, as well; rates for infant care are usually higher than for toddlers and preschoolers because babies require more attention.
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There are several ways to minimize the expense of making sure your children are well cared for while you're at work.
Check to see if your employer offers what's known as a flexible spending account. These accounts let you set aside several thousand dollars a year, deducted from your pre-tax earnings, to be used for childcare. Once you've paid the child care fees, you're reimbursed from this account. Hold on to receipts so you can prove how you spent the funds. Workers who don't have access to such accounts can still qualify for a tax credit that can shave up to 35 percent from daycare fees. This tax benefit maxes out at $3,000 for one child and $6,000 for two or more.
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Help with your taxes is one thing, but finding a cheap child care program is equally important. YMCAs throughout the country often offer affordable child care to member families. In states such as Kentucky these programs are called Child Care Enrichment Programs (CEP) and provide before- and after-school care for as little as $35 a day, depending on the number of children enrolled and the hours when care is needed. The centers are usually open from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, including weekends, holidays, and days when schools are closed for inclement weather or teacher in-service training. In other states, this program is called Y-CARE. Regardless of the name, these programs provide health assessments and value- and family-based education along with basic child care, and are well-liked by parents. Reviews of some cheap child care programs sponsored by the YMCA award lots of four- and five-star ratings.
Some parents save money with home-based providers who typically charge less than daycare centers. One parent posting on BabyCenter.com says she pays just $120 a week for in-home care of her infant. The advantages of such arrangements are the comfortable home setting, a stable and small group of children, and one primary provider rather than several. The biggest drawback to this type of affordable child care is that some home providers are not licensed. If you opt for home daycare, contact your state licensing agency to see if the provider has the proper credentials; each state's basic requirements are specified at the National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education.
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Most states have some kind of resource and referral network to help you find cheap child care and point you to financial assistance, if needed. Families living in the southeast can refer to the Childcare Network. Georgia residents can turn to Quality Care for Children, a nonprofit agency that provides temporary grants to parents who need help paying for daycare. One Decatur parent says the partial subsidy of a $238 a week daycare bill reduced the stress of going back to work because her 18-month-old daughter can now attend a quality program. Other states facilitate cheap daycare with programs that offer sliding-scale fees; Neighborhood House and Destinations Children's Center, located outside Salt Lake City, is one.
The quality of care is usually a top concern for parents. According to an article in the Deseret News, an upcoming website will enable parents in more than half the states to assess the quality of cheap child care services in their area by seeing how they fare according to the Quality Rating Improvement System (QRIS). QRIS is designed to help get providers up to professional standards and to offer parents a guide to quality child care. In the meantime, several other resources can help you identify accredited and cheap child care. Visit NACCRRA, the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and the National Association for Family Child Care for childcare resources and accreditation information.
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