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Officers had received multiple calls from other drivers concerned about an SUV heading the wrong way down the interstate.
The driver was first spotted near Horizon Drive, heading toward Clifton in the westbound lanes. When he got to the Clifton exit, the driver tried to get off the interstate using the on ramp, but ended up crashing his SUV into a guard–rail near the I–70 business loop. Thankfully that is the only thing he hit.
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Inditex SA, the owner of fast-fashion pioneer Zara, Wednesday reported a rise in 2011 net profit, as the retailer doubled its store count in China and continued its swift expansion across Europe and elsewhere. WSJ
Amazon Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos is trying to squeeze every penny possible from the 17 fulfillment centers he built for about $4.6 billion last year, part of a spending spree that sent operating expenses up 44% in 2011 and shaved 2.3 percentage points off margins, even as sales rose 41%. To reverse the pinch, Amazon is handling a broader range of products and offering services to third-party vendors, so that its giant warehouses themselves will become profit hubs. Bloomberg
When Alexa Chung gets dressed, the high street cashes in. Eva Wiseman heads to Central Saint Martins to meet the money spinners and starmakers of the British fashion industry. The Observer
From New York to London to Milan and now on to Paris, celebrities—including Michelle Williams, Rooney Mara, Kanye West and Matt Damon—lined the front rows of fashion presentations.
From the bright colors and playful shapes that dictate his House of Holland brand to the foot-tapping music and fun-loving friends that always accompany his catwalks, you can tell Henry Holland loves his day job. Maybe it's the neon block-letter T-shirts with slogans like "GET YER FREAK ON GILES DEACON" that first gave him away. Or the now-discontinued U.K. television show "Frock Me" with pal Alexa Chung, where his humor and wit were mainstays. Whatever it is, it's kind of contagious. The crowd at his Saturday afternoon show was
In between yells of "YEAAAA" and "I'm sweating," we caught up with the London designer backstage after his show, where Mr. Holland was, of course, decked out in the enlarged blue-and-black houndstooth that occupied the majority of his autumn/winter collection.
Madewell, the little known sibling to J. Crew, has had somewhat of a rocky start. Since Mickey Drexler launched the brand more than three years ago, sales at its handful of stores have been slow. The denim-based concept is aimed at college-age shoppers, but the brand still doesn't offer e-commerce on its Web site. The opening price point of its jeans, once starting around $98, had to be brought down to $59.
But the fledgling brand's buzz factor rose considerably Monday evening with the debut of Madewell's partnership with Alexa Chung, the model turned television personality who is a fixture on the social scene's best dressed list.
"What a great way for Madewell to revamp their look and image. How fabulous," said Christian Siriano, the Project Runway alum who had his own show in Bryant Park this week.
Ms. Chung, a 26-year-old Brit, was most recently the host of MTV's "It's On with Alexa Chung," which was cancelled late last year. The last episode. . .
You've got to love Vivienne Westwood. The original punk, Ms. Westwood continues to stay true to herself and her roots. And she has a loyal following — if the show for her secondary line, Red Label, Sunday night is any indication.
The Redbull Fashion Factory in central London was busting at the seams, with the likes of Boy George and his entourage, Alexa Chung, Peaches Geldof, Joss Stone, Spice Girl Geri Halliwell and Girls Aloud singers Sarah Harding and Nicola Roberts in the front row. People were virtually (sometimes literally) sitting on top of one another. Those unfortunate enough to not have a seat, stood in the aisles and crowded into corners. …
When Heard on the Runway arrived at the Redbull Fashion Factory on Saturday night for PPQ's show, it seemed like the place to be — with a line of shouting hipsters waiting outside in the rain for a chance to stand through the catwalk show (the hardest part of which is the standing before the show — which averages about 45 minutes. Try that in heels.)
Peaches Geldof and Alexa Chung, two of Britain's "It" girls, proved us right when they took their seats with other front-row-worthy types (If only we read Hello! and Grazia…)
With the amount of black eyeliner and messy hair crowding to get into the show, we were a bit taken aback by the collection designers Amy Molyneaux and Percy Parker sent out.
It was not only beautiful (no offense to messy hair), but incredibly wearable and office friendly.
And with the '80s experiencing its second fashion moment (although we wondered as we sat waiting for the show to start, watching people mill about, whether London ever really moved out of the '80s), it was nice to see the '60s get a bit of time in the limelight. (Thank you "Mad Men"!) …
Heard on the Runway provides news about the fashion and retail worlds, as well as fresh analysis and dispatches from the bi-annual fashion shows in New York, Milan and Paris. For complete style coverage, go to WSJ.com/Fashion.
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Originally posted by Ko Ko Naing: Well then, does it mean that we cannot develop SWT application with JFace, using other IDEs?
Originally posted by JiaYun Jia: You can use other IDEs, just need some jar files from Eclipse. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-ecgui1/
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I am a junior in high school and I recently talked to a Navy Recruiter at a college fair we had at school. I am currently taking EMT/BLS classes and will be taking firefighting classes this summer. As a Corpsman, do you get the decision to serve in a combat situation with a platoon of Marines, or are you just assigned to whatever is needed at the time? Also, I know that all Navy recruits are trained in firefighting, but does anyone know if serving in the Navy, let alone the military, can help you actually get a job as a firefighter in the civilian sector? Sorry for the pretty novice questions. Thanks for all of your help.


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So now doing exactly what was legally required of them, copying the exact text of what they were legally told to say, and formatting it exactly as they were told to format it… is "not in compliance".
"Fire trucks are red." You can think otherwise. Doesn't make you right in any universe.
Ooh, would an Airstrip One reference be out of line? It's fitting, even more than just the setting:
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The Office of Public Accountability has denied a vendor's appeal over the Guam Department of Education's purchase of special education mini-buses.
Fukuda Enterprises LLC filed an appeal with the OPA, challenging changes the education department made to the bid's wheelchair lift specifications.
The bid originally stated vendors must be certified by a wheelchair lift manufacturer and have an on-island service center. ...


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Travel Photography Featured Travel Photos of Myanmar
3,000 temples in Bagan's historic complex and the taller ones serve as splendid sunset lookouts. This is a latecomer with little concern for pedestrains!
Looking up at the payas at Bagan.
These are children Playing water and enjoying water festival myanmar
Monks at a monastery near Bagan, Myanmar
A monk carrying water in northern Burma, highlighting the national colours of Burma
Taken in Bagan
Taken in water village in Inle.
This was our horse cart for a day in the ancient city of Bagan.
Dried Fish in a Market in Rural Myanmar
Longest teak bridge in the world, or so they tell me. Who am I to doubt that sort of statistic?
Burmese villagers unite every year for the boat racing festival on Inle Lake. Paddling with their legs, no less!
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Help is at hand for the elderly during the wintry weather
Posted: January 26, 2013|
THE wintry weather is a busy time for teams overseeing services for the elderly and vulnerable across Staffordshire.
At the Women's Royal Voluntary Service, staff and volunteers help older people stay connected and independent.
They also provide invaluable support for residents using the meals on wheels service, who need extra help after hospital visits, or just need a friendly ear and a chance to chat to someone.
During the cold weather, they have been handing out packs of gloves and fleeces. And without fail, they have been delivering all meals.
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The Beat The Cold charity has also been pulling out the stops to help people cope.
Chief officer, Martin Chadwick, said: "Some people won't turn the heating on because they are frightened that they will get a huge bill.
"Our advisers go out to see people in their own homes, where they can look at fuel bills, read the meters and make sure householders know the best way to use their heating systems.
"For anyone who is unwell already, a cold home can make things a lot worse, whether people have breathing problems, raised blood pressure, accidental falls, or mental health problems."
For advice and help, or for a free card thermometer, people can call the charity on 0800 389 2258.
Other support could include cold weather payments, which cover each week that there is very cold weather.
A one-off payment of £25 will be made when the average temperature is 0° Celsius for seven consecutive days.
To qualify, people must already be receiving one of the following benefits pension credit, income support with a child under five years old in their family, income support with a pensioner premium or disability premium, child tax credit with an element for a child or young person who is disabled.
If eligible, candidates will automatically be paid.
Having effective heating systems and a ready supply of food and drink is also vital.
Glynn Luznyj, head of risk reduction at Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: "The older members of our community are the most vulnerable in this weather. It's important that older people are keeping warm and are doing so safely.
"We've sadly seen too many fatal fires involving elderly people over the last few years, where some form of heating method or appliance was to blame.
"If you are clearing your own drive and pathways from snow and ice, and you have an elderly neighbour, why not offer to do theirs as well?
"Or if you need to pop to the shop, why not see if an elderly neighbour needs anything on your way?
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The impact of clinical versus pathological staging in oral cavity carcinoma–a multi-institutional analysis of survival
Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alberta, University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, AB, 1E4.33 WMC, , Canada
Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2013, 42:28 doi:10.1186/1916-0216-42-28Published: 11 April 2013
To evaluate any disparity in clinical versus pathological TNM staging in oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) patients and any impact of this on survival.
Demographic, survival, staging, and pathologic data on all patients undergoing surgical treatment for OCSCC in Alberta between 1998 and 2006 was collected. Clinical and pathological TNM staging data were compared. Patients were stratified as pathologically downstaged, upstaged or unchanged.
Tertiary care centers in Alberta, Canada.
Main outcome measures
Survival differences between groups were analyzed using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression models.
Patients with clinically early stage tumors were pathologically upstaged in 21.9% of cases and unchanged in 78.1% of cases. Patients with clinically advanced stage tumors were pathologically downstaged in 7.9% of cases and unchanged in 92.1% of cases. Univariate and multivariate estimates of disease-specific survival showed no statistically significant differences in survival when patients were either upstaged or downstaged.
Some disparity exists in clinical versus pathological staging in OCSCC, however, this does not have any significant impact on disease specific survival.


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At first glance, zero-tolerance policies in schools make perfect sense.
If a student brings a weapon to school, he or she is immediately suspended or expelled.
Case closed, at least as far as school administrators are concerned.
Caught with drugs or alcohol? Fighting? Out the door.
One can't be too cautious when it comes to student safety.
The problem is when school administrators apply zero-tolerance's harsh penalties to behavior that harms no one - or in the case of a South Eastern School District fifth-grader, amounts to a child simply being a child.
Ten-year-old Johnny Jones was suspended in October for threatening another student with a weapon, and a notation to that effect was placed in his permanent school record.
The problem is he had no weapon, and there was no threat -- he playfully pantomimed firing an arrow at a friend who had used a folder as an imaginary gun to "shoot" at Johnny.
Another classmate reported the boys to the teacher, who removed them from the classroom to reprimand them for the disruption.
There's nothing wrong with that. We suspect teacher-student exchanges like this take place on a daily basis across the country - and if memory serves us, they've been happening for quite a while.
"Settle down, class," the teacher says, and it's back to work.
But this incident didn't end there.
The teacher reported it to the principal, who informed Johnny's mother, Beverly Jones, both boys were being suspended for violating the school's zero-tolerance policy against weapons.
It's absurd.
These were two friends playing around.
If anything, maybe they were guilty of being annoying -- a trait not uncommon to 10-year-old boys.
The Rutherford Institute, a Virginia-based civil liberties group that has taken up Johnny's cause, summed it up perfectly.
"You're punishing kids for imagination," said John Whitehead, founder and president of the institute.
The organization sent a letter to South Eastern Superintendent Rona Kaufmann, asking the district to rescind the suspension and remove the weapons reference from his permanent record.
While well-intended, the problem with zero-tolerance policies is that they too often are applied without any consideration to the circumstances of individual cases.
This is one reason the National Association of School Psychologists call them "complex, costly and generally ineffective."
"'Zero Tolerance' initially was defined as consistently enforced suspension and expulsion policies in response to weapons, drugs and violent acts in the school setting," according to the association's website.
However, it morphed over time and created other problems, the psychologists allege.
Among them: "Inconsistent application of zero tolerance policies, which often are not reserved exclusively for serious behaviors but applied indiscriminately to much lower levels of rule infraction."
It's time for school district to re-examine their use of these rules. And South Eastern should start with Johnny Jones' case.


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A Coralville man has been charged for allegedly breaking another man's ribs and jaw over a card game.
Coralville police arrested William Coates, 39, of Coralville, at 6:50 p.m. Oct. 2 for allegedly assaulting a 49-year-old man along with two unknown subjects at Coates' apartment at 735 20th Ave., Coralville.
Coralville Lt. Shane Kron said the assault appears to have taken place over a game of cards.
"Ultimately the story is they were playing cards and the victim has no idea why Coates and two other people jumped him during the card game and beat him senseless," Kron said.
Police reports state Coates and the two unidentified subjects punched and kicked the victim in the head and ribs causing a concussion, loss of consciousness and a fractured jaw and ribs.
Coates still was being held Monday in the Johnson County Jail on a $25,000 cash or surety bond.


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GLENMORE The Glenmore Town Board voted Monday to wait 60 days before voting on a permit request to have seven wind turbines built in the town.
In an emotion-filled meeting that at one point had Town Chairman Don Kittell call in police officers when residents began chanting and shouting, the board reversed an earlier vote to approve the permits.
Mark Dick of Cenergy, a subsidiary of Pennsylvania-based CG Power Solutions that is seeking to erect the turbines, said the board's delay on a decision was based on emotion and opinion, not law.
"You're asking the Town Board to violate law," Dick told the more than 100 residents who crowded into the Glenmore Community Center. "You might as well as ask them to outlaw smoking."
The board voted quickly at the meeting's outset to approve the permits, with Kittell and Supervisor Kriss Schmidt supporting it and Supervisor Ron Nowak opposing it. Kittell argued that the board was simply following the law that required it to honor a conditional use permit that went into effect before the town changed its wind turbine ordinance last year.
But residents reacted angrily, chanting, "No permits," then "change your vote," prompting Kittell to call for police support.
"The people are trying to get out of hand," Kittell said on his cell phone. One Wisconsin State Patrol officer and two Brown County Sheriff's Department officers showed up 15 minutes later.
Residents continued to protest, and Kittell ended the meeting. But the residents continued to argue that the recent decision by a legislative committee to suspend the Public Service Commission's wind-siting rules made it possible for the board to delay its vote.
"I don't understand what your rush is," Cliff Hammond said.
Resident Steve Deslauriers said wind turbine officials wanted the permits approved before the state had a chance to impose new siting rules.
After 90 minutes of debate, the board decided to reconvene the meeting and Schmidt made a motion to delay a decision until more information came from the state. This was approved unanimously but brought Cenergy officials to their feet to protest that the board voted illegally.
"You can't let the minority dissuade you from the law," Dick told board members, ignoring shouts from the residents.
But the board voted unanimously for the delay, bringing applause from the audience.
Glenmore initially had two wind turbines erected in 1997 and last year had seven more built in the Shirley Wind project.


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This morning the law school's dean, Thorny Steele, confirmed that he had learned of allegations that the former faculty assistant had been accused of changing grades for law students in exchange for cash. But Steele said there was no investigation into the matter and that he had no intention of starting one based on "rumors." He also insisted the faculty assistant, whose name is being withheld at this time, recently left the employ of NSU on his own volition for reasons that had nothing to do with any allegations. "We have no idea where this stuff is coming from," said Steele, who refused to appear on camera.
Listening to the dean, it sounded like there was nothing to it at all. But then I checked with Davie police and learned that on May 13, the school's public safety coordinator, Michael Walsh, reported that the "heads at the law school" had met with the faculty assistant and suspended him pending "further investigation and inquiries by NSU's Human Resources," according to a police report. The police officer gave the faculty assistant a trespass warning to stay off campus "until Human Resources determines if he will continue employment at NSU."
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One of the surest bets of the soon-to-begin 2011 NBA free-agent period is that Nene wants out of Denver. Where he winds up, and how, will be among the most intriguing storylines when the floodgates open around Dec. 9.
The Nuggets are operating under the firm belief that Nene will test the market as an unrestricted free agent, according to a person familiar with the team's thinking. Six teams have registered interest, the source said: Golden State, New Jersey, Indiana, Miami, Dallas and Houston.
Nene, the top unrestricted free agent on the market in the view of many team executives, will have a say over where he winds up -- though not as much as free agents did under the previous system since free agents can no longer get max deals when leaving their teams via sign-and-trades.
Nene, 29, has long coveted Miami and Dallas as landing spots, but would have to force his way to one of those teams via a sign-and-trade since both are well over the cap. And whereas LeBron James was able to get a max deal through a sign-and-trade when he went from Cleveland to Miami, Nene would have to settle for a four-year deal with 4.5 percent raises under the new system in such an arrangement.
If the Golden State used the amnesty provision on Andris Biedrins, the Warriors would have enough room to sign Nene outright for close to the max -- but again, that would be a four-year deal with non-Bird raises as opposed to the five-year deal with 7.5 percent raises he'd get by re-signing with Denver. There's no incentive under the new rules for Nene to push for a sign-and-trade as opposed to an outright signing with another team, unless there was a clear preference for a team that didn't have room to sign him.
There is incentive, however, for the Nuggets to accommodate his wishes in the hopes of getting significant assets back through a sign-and-trade. For the Nuggets, the most advantageous scenario would be if Nene wanted to be in Miami, Dallas or Houston enough to be willing to accept less money to get there.
UPDATE: The Nets would have room sign Nene to a max deal starting at 30 percent of the cap -- $17.4 million -- if they used amnesty on Travis Outlaw. The Pacers have enough room regardless, while the Rockets are close. They would either do a sign-and-trade or trade a player to create cap space or a trade exception. A source indicated the Rockets have no plans to use the amnesty clause on Terrence Williams.
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Since: Dec 10, 2011
Posted on: December 10, 2011 3:11 pm
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
The NBA salary cap is a joke...how bout they have a set cap and not have all of these stupid exceptions. Just sayinnnnn
Since: Dec 3, 2011
Posted on: December 3, 2011 1:49 pm
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
Wow the nuggets luck out and can Start some of there young russian big men, Nene ppl do not realize how overrated this guy is he looks the part but soft maybe plays 1 out of 5 games. I would like to see him end up in miami i firmly believe you cant win a title with him at center. LOL
Since: Jan 26, 2011
Posted on: December 2, 2011 4:36 pm
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
I agree with you and can't figure out why people are making him out to be a franchise type of player. He's a solid player, but solid players shouldn't get max contracts and whoever signs him will end up regretting it.
Since: Sep 5, 2006
Posted on: December 2, 2011 4:13 pm
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
Am I missing something here? Why all the fuss over a guy who averaged 14.5ppg, 7.6 rpg and doesnt play much D? Desperate for a free agency story I guess.
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Posted on: December 2, 2011 12:07 pm
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
Nene's good, but he's not worth a max contract
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Posted on: December 2, 2011 9:50 am
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
Mischanova you owe me a keyboard as I spit my drink out laughing when I read this post.
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Posted on: December 1, 2011 4:37 pm
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
I agree Beaver 56 .... I also deem it absolutely necessary to make at least one daily post ripping on the NBA .... each .... and .... every .... day
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Posted on: December 1, 2011 12:23 pm
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
Amoral - Although I agree with most of what you write about Nene, I would beg to differ with the assertion that he shows up for the first 2-3 quarters. More like the first quarter for sure, the second quarter maybe, and the second half rarely. He has all the physical tools, just seems to lack the full-time desire and intensity needed to be a franchise-type asset.
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Posted on: December 1, 2011 10:50 am
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
Wait, basketball is back? I still don't care
Wait, you still don't care? And yet you keep reading and posting about it
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Posted on: November 30, 2011 10:06 pm
Nene wants out; six teams in hunt
The problem with Nene is not Nene. It's with the expectations of others. Nene is an average to above average player. He has shown that he can put up great numbers, just not for an extended period. He also has a habit of disappearing for games at a time. If the Nuggets can get something descent for him, then trade him. It's hard enough to play NBA basketball when all your players WANT to play for you. Let alone trying to coax players to do their best when they don't really want to be there. The best thing that Denver could do , would be to try and get draft choices. You aren't going to be contenders for a while, so if you go young, the fans will at least be able to understand why.


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Protoment hopes to begin construction at the end of the month.
Company officials say they are proud to expand in East Tennessee.
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Hi, I have a dataclass that I want to be a singleton class. This is how it looks...
public SingletonClass { // instance private static SingletonClass instance = new SingletonClass(); // private constructor private SingletonClass() { } // access or create class instance static public SingletonClass getInstance() { if ( instance == null ) instance = new SingletonClass(); return instance; } //some members int member1; //some getters void getter1() { return member1; } //some setters int setter1(final int value ){ member1 = value; } // call the setters. Load up the class void load( final int value ) { setter1( value ); } // represent in a string String toString() { // return the fields }
This part works okay. I get one instance and use it to access the methods I need. The problem is I want to get a snapshot of the data each time the load method is called and dump it into an array list. I want each item in the list to store the different member values that were loaded. I am reading the values from a file. This is the way I am attempting to store a snapshot of the SingletonClass each time its members are updated with the load() method.
SingletonClass.getInstance().load( "value read from file" ); Object obj = SingletonClass.getInstance(); ArrayList.add( index, obj ); // then to get it out... SingletonClass snapshot = (SingletonClass) ArrayList.get( 0 ); System.out.println( snapshot.toString() );
My first load may have loaded (100) and my second load(200) but if I call "ArrayList.get( 0 )" the value for load 2(200) is returned.
The reason I went this way is because it processed 100000 lines of pipe-delimited values in about 2234 ms. and I don't have to create a new dataclass instance for each line. Is there something I am leaving out? Is this a possibilty using the Singleton approach? Thanks for you help and patience.
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You're seeing the last value from every entry in the arraylist because every time you add the very same object (the single instance) to the arraylist. You might wind up with a hundred references to the same object and they'll all give the same result. So, you don't want to store the SingletonObject itself in the arraylist, but the current value that's in it. You want something more like:
myList.add( index, SingletonClass.getInstance().getter1() );
Does that make sense? Bad news is it doesn't work yet. You can't add an int to an
because it's not an object. So maybe add new Integer(gettheint...).
Something to ask yourself about any singleton, does it really have state that we need to keep? The only value being kept for the long term are in the array list so the answer seems to be no. In that case, you can use all static methods and variables and never create an instance at all. Of course you may have other things going on that make the singleton more interesting.
Either approach - singleton or static - can run into trouble if you have multiple threads. Probably not a problem today, but something to keep in mind when you get to threads. Then you'll have to synchronize methods or give up and make mulitple instances.
Last note: Your getInstance method tests for null, but it will never be null because you created an instance along with the declaration. That's a good way to do it! You can just remove that
Hope all that helps!
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Jan 13, 2004 15:45:00
Thank you Stan. Yes that makes sense. I should have caught that. So maybe I should do something like...
ArrayList.add( Integer, SingletonClass.getInstance().toString() );
This will work. The rest of the program will parse the line to some textfields. I guess I would have to create the
at some point, but atleast it will be ready to present. I just didnt want to create a whole bunch of strings. Thank you very much for responding.
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Passive Activity Loss ATG - Chapter 8, Activities (Grouping Rules)
Publication Date - December 2004
NOTE: This guide is current through the publication date. Since changes may have occurred after the publication date that would affect the accuracy of this document, no guarantees are made concerning the technical accuracy after the publication date.
Chapter 8: Activities (Grouping Rules)
In a Nutshell
If related businesses form an appropriate economic unit, entities may be grouped as a single activity, making it easier to meet the 500-hour test. The taxpayer needs to show he materially participates in the grouped activity as a whole. A sole proprietorship (Schedule C or F), C or S Corporation, partnership or LLC may be grouped into one single activity if the businesses form an appropriate economic unit. See Reg. § 1.469-4.
An "activity" is not constrained by entity lines. If the taxpayer spends 500 hours among the grouped businesses, even though in different entities, he materially participates in all. The entire 500+ hours could be spent all in one business entity or could be spread among several related entities. See checksheet at end of chapter.
It is important to note that Reg. § 1.469-4(a) only provides for grouping of businesses (or rentals). Businesses generally may not be grouped with rentals. Land or buildings held for investment may not be grouped. And, of course, no personal activity or portfolio activity belongs in the grouping.
It is possible that several different activities may exist within a single entity. Example: two unrelated businesses or a business and a rental activity within a single partnership.
The temporary regulations expired in 1992. The Reg. § 1.469-4T cannot be relied upon for current years. All rules and definitions for what constitutes an activity are in Reg. § 1.469-4, which is in final format.
Five Factors
The Reg. § 1.469-4 provides a facts and circumstances approach to determine whether two or more activities form an appropriate economic unit for the measurement of gain or loss. Five factors[1] are given significant weight:
- Similarities and differences in the types of businesses.
- Extent of common control.
- Extent of common ownership.
- Geographical location.
- Interdependencies between or among the activities.
Not all factors are necessary. The determination as to whether related entities form a single activity is made based on all the facts and circumstances. In a realistic sense, are the entities interrelated, integrated businesses?
Audit Techniques
- On examination, taxpayers may argue that, while they do not materially participate in an entity, it forms an economic unit with another business. Early in the examination, it is important to determine what the taxpayer's activities are. In the initial Information Document Request (IDR), ask the taxpayer to explain any grouping under Reg. § 1.469-4, why the grouping is appropriate, what the nature of each entity or activity is, and when the grouping decision was made. If each activity is a separate activity, request an affirmative statement in writing to that effect.
- Look for any rentals in a grouping. As discussed later in the chapter, a rental generally may not be grouped with a business (Reg. § 1.469-4(d)(1)).
- Secure as many prior year returns as possible and peruse them for inconsistencies between passive and non-passive. Particularly, in income years, some taxpayers classify the activity as passive. At a minimum a three-year comparison of passive and non-passive income and losses is suggested. The consistency requirement is discussed later. The fluctuation between passive and non-passive could be due to the annual test for material participation. However, it could also be a significant indicator that each entity was treated as a separate activity or of inconsistent treatment.
The Reg. § 1.469-4(d)(1) prohibits grouping a rental activity with a trade or business unless:
- Either is insubstantial in relation to the other; OR,
- The owner has the same proportionate interest in the rental as in the business[2].
Grouping real property and personal property rentals is also prohibited unless the personal property is provided in connection with the real property.
Audit Techniques:
- Ensure that the taxpayer is not erroneously mixing a rental with a business activity, i.e. using a rental loss to offset business income on Schedule C or F.
- Look for rental losses which might have been erroneously entered on Schedule E in the non-passive column. Even if owned via a partnership or S Corporation interest, rentals generally retain their passive taint.
Limited Partners
A limited partnership interest (or limited entrepreneur) generally may be grouped with other activities which form an appropriate economic unit. However, a limited partnership interest in any of the following types of businesses may not be grouped with another business unless it is the same type of business and the two form an appropriate economic unit[3]:
- Motion picture films or videotapes
- Farming
- Leasing IRC § 1245 property (personal property)
- Exploring for or exploiting oil and gas
- Exploring for or exploiting geothermal deposits
C Corporations
A personal service corporation or closely held C Corporation may be part of the grouping that forms an appropriate economic unit[4].
Partnerships and S Corporations
If an entity contains more than one business or rental activity, it must group or separate activities. Once the entity groups its activities, the investor may group those activities with each other, with activities he conducts himself or with activities conducted through other entities – as long as the grouped businesses form an economic unit, i.e. they are integrated interrelated activities. See Reg. § 1.469-4(d)(5).
Consistency Requirement
The Reg. § 1.469-4(e) imposes a consistency requirement. Once the taxpayer has selected his grouping, he must use that same grouping in future years unless the original group is clearing inappropriate or there is a material change in facts and circumstances.
A decision not to group, i.e. to treat each activity separately, is a grouping decision. This decision generally should have been made starting in 1994 when Reg. § 1.469-4 was finalized or, if subsequent to that date, at the time the activity was first reflected on a return. A taxpayer cannot pick and choose each year what his grouping is. The taxpayer must maintain the grouping he originally chose under the consistency rules in Reg. § 1.469-4(e).
Audit Technique:
In the IDR, ask:
- Has each activity on the return been treated as a separate activity under Reg. § 1.469-4 [appropriate economic unit rules]? If so, please provide a statement to that effect.
- If the Schedule C business or partnership interest or S Corporation interest has been grouped with another business OR rental activity under Reg. § 1.469-4, please provide a written explanation of the grouping and why it is appropriate. If activities or entities were grouped under Reg. § 1.469-4, in what year were they grouped?
- If there are tax workpapers or other documentation supporting your grouping, please provide them. If you have no documentation from prior years on your grouping decision, please state so.
Anti-Abuse Provision
The anti-abuse provision in Reg. § 1.469-4(f) permits the Commissioner (examiner) to regroup businesses if:
The taxpayer's grouping is not an appropriate economic unit; and,
One of the primary purposes of the taxpayer's grouping is to circumvent the underlying purposes of IRC § 469.
To illustrate, the regulations provide an excellent example in Reg.1.469-4(f)(2). In this example, a limited partnership (formed by five doctors, each of whom were limited partners) produced net income. Because it formed an economic unit with the doctors' practices and the purpose was to circumvent IRC §469, the Government could group the two businesses as a single activity, with the result that income from the partnership was deemed non-passive.
Practical Note: If the examiner wishes to regroup the taxpayer's activities under the anti-abuse rule, document the following facts as fully as possible:
- The factors indicating the two businesses form an economic unit: related businesses, same customers, etc.
- All facts indicating an attempt to circumvent IRC § 469. Probably the most common factor is that, in the absence of the purported passive income, passive losses would be nondeductible.
Supporting Law
- IRC § 469(c): The term passive activity means any business in which the taxpayer does not materially participate. It also generally includes any rental or leasing activity, regardless of the taxpayer's participation.
- IRC § 469(c)(2) & (4): In general, all rentals are passive whether or not the taxpayer materially participates.
- IRC § 469(h): A taxpayer must work on a regular, continuous and substantial basis in the operations of an activity in order to meet the material participation standard. If the taxpayer can group two or more businesses as a single activity, it will be easier to meet the 500-hour test for material participation.
- Reg. § 1.469-4T: Contains the temporary grouping rules for related businesses and rentals. These regulations expired on 5/11/92. If the taxpayer cites any provision in Reg. § 1.469-4T, he is citing old law which has no applicability for years after 1992.
- Reg. § 1.469-4: Contains the final regulations for grouping businesses and/or rentals. Reg. § 1.469-4 governs current years and was effective for 1994 and subsequent years. Sole proprietorships, farms, partnerships, S Corporations, personal service corporations and closely held C Corporations may be grouped as a single activity if they form an appropriate economic unit, i.e. they form integrated interrelated business activities. Grouping makes it easier for the taxpayer to meet 500 hour test for material participation. An activity is not an entity. It is an integrated interrelated economic unit, which could be comprised of more than one entity. A single entity also may contain more than one activity, i.e. several different and distinct activities.
- Reg. § 1.469-4(c): Entities may be grouped as a single activity if the form an appropriate economic unit. Factors: similarities; common control; common ownership; geographic location; interdependencies.
- Reg. § 1.469-4(d)(1): Rental real estate or equipment leasing activities may not be grouped with a business unless insubstantial or owned in the same proportionate ownership interest.
- Reg. § 1.469-4(d)(3): Limited partners involved in motion pictures, videotapes, farming, exploring or exploiting oil and gas, and exploring or exploiting geothermal deposits may group with another activity only if it is in the same line of business.
- Reg. 1.469-4(d)(5)(ii): A C Corporation may be grouped with another activity only for purposes of determining whether the taxpayer materially or significantly participates in the other activity.
- Reg. § 1.469-4(e)(2): The taxpayer may change his grouping only if the original grouping was clearly inappropriate or there has been a material change in the facts and circumstances that makes the original grouping inappropriate. If the taxpayer wants to change his grouping, he must prove that the grouping in prior years was clearly inappropriate.
- Reg. § 1.469-4(f) The Commissioner may regroup the taxpayer's activities if they do not form an appropriate economic unit and a principal purpose is avoidance of the passive loss limitations.
- The five factors indicating that activities form an economic unit are: similarities, common control, common ownership, location, and interdependencies.
- A rental may not be grouped with a business unless it is owned in the same percentage as the business or it is insubstantial in relation to the business.
- Limited partners in IRC § 465(c)(1) activities may not group with other activities, unless in the same line of business.
- The PSCs and closely held C Corporations may be grouped with other businesses, but only to determine material participation.
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Certainly using your Chinese skills in Bejing, where the language is spoken immeasurably increases the speed and quality of learning. The Chinese languages school is always keen to take the students out of the classroom to participate in excursions and cultural activities. The school has experienced coordinators who will guide you so that you can better understand the unique character of Beijing and it's surroundings.
A variety of activities are proposed each month (at additional cost).
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The Great Wall of China
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The Forbidden City
Right in the middle of Beijing lies the Forbidden City, the former imperial palace which was forbidden to the Chinese commoners. Site of the feature film The Last Emperor, you can see the splendors for yourself and visit the halls and pavilions inside.
Chinese Martial Arts: Tai Qi and Kung Fu
Martial Arts are a great way to exercise as well as get to know the Chinese culture. Tai Chi consists of gentle movements, which let you relax through concentration and improve your balance and flexibility. Kung Fu teaches you form, fighting, self-defense, sparring and respect.
Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese character writing made fun with the school's Chinese Calligraphy Class. You will learn from an experienced tutor to write with brush and Chinese ink. Get a real feel for Chinese Characters!
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The Chinese language, it's culture and it's history are intrinsically entwined. A range of topics will be discussed so that you can learn more about China, and her culture. The Chinese people have a 5,000 year old history to drawn upon, so there are many stories and subjects to cover: cookery classes, history lectures and the art of playing Mahjong!
798 Art Area
The 798 Art Area in Beijing is an artistic haven for those who want to discover the local art scene.There are many art galleries to discover and a distinctive bohemian atmosphere to explore.
Beijing Countryside
Farmers still make up the largest part of Chinese population. The big city is exciting and cosmopolitan, but you have to experience the countryside around the city to understand the importance of the agricultural way of life to China and the Chinese people : visit a farm, help to pick fruit and have a healthy farmer's lunch
The Summer Palace
A Unesco World Heritage Site in the northern suburbs of Beijing, the summer retreat for Empress Cixi who spent large amount of taxes on building this palace, set on top of a fake mountain, next to a man-made lake!
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Tiananmen Square a place not to be missed, the square and its surroundings used to be the old city centre and holds great historical interest.
The Temple of Heaven, this is where Ming and Qing Emperors travelled to, from the Forbidden city on winter solstice to worship and offer sacrifices to heaven and to pray for good harvests. It is well worth the visit during your stay.
For those who love shopping, Wangfujing Street is Beijing's busiest commercial area. The Liulichang market specialises in Chinese paintings, calligraphy, rare books, and arts and crafts.
There are thousands of eating places in Beijing, serving the typical Chinese cuisine. The large department stores and commercial centres almost always have food patios where you can grab a bite to eat. You will largely find a variety of such foods as Chinese cakes in the University areas where there are large numbers of student cafeterias.
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Orion 120mm f/8.3 Refractor
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Here you can see the Orion 120mm on an equatorial mount with my William Optics zenith star 66 sitting as a guide scope.
This is my review of the Orion 120mm F/8.3 achromatic refractor. I have been an amateur astronomer for about 8 years now and have a dozen or so small to mid size scope but have always wanted a large refractor. And since I do not have the money to shell out 4 to 5k dollars for a new premium 4-5 inch apo, I would give this one a try and I thought that this scope was well worth a review.
Since I already owned an equatorial mount for a 10" Newtonian I just purchased the o.t.a., and that is all I will be reviewing. The scope came about a week after I ordered it and it was very well packed. At first glance I was kind of in awe for I have never seen in person a refractor of this size, the only other refractor I have ever owned is William optics zenith star 66 which I will also review at a later time. So in other words I was very impressed at first glance. The build on this scope is very nice not as nice as my William Optics but for $319.00 (u.s.) you cannot beat it. But there was some very minor tweaking needing to be done.
1. Focuser
The standard 2" rack and pinion feels like it was lubricated with glue! Not
cool at all. But after about an hour of taking It apart and spraying it all
down with degreaser and lubricating it with some lithium grease it works like
a gem. Also the mechanics of this focuser are probably the best I've ever
seen (in a rack and pinion).
2.Dew shield
The dew shield is just a very cheap design. It just slips over the objective
end with some felt on the inside, it does fit snuggly but a retractable shield
would have been much nicer. These are the only two complaints that I have
with this scope but when you think about it Orion sells this scope for just
over three hundred bucks. I mean you have to sacrifice something's to get
a scope that cheap and I would prefer to have the mechanics suffer rather
than the optics. All and all the mechanics are top notch for 300 bucks, with
some minor tweaking.
First light.
First light was an experience I will never forget. It amazed me the amount of detail you see with 4.7" of clear aperture.
The lunar limb came alive with little crater-lets and mountain ranges that
blew me away. With quite a bit of false color on only the brightest objects
like the moon you will need a minus violet filter if the false color annoys
you, which on the moon it did annoy me but with the filter it was perfect
jet black background with the lunar limb nesting in it with virtually no false
color present. Also on the moon there was some stray light visible when the
moon was just out of sight but I think this is due to the poor baffling inside
the o.t.a. But once again this was ONLY on the moon and mars.
"Wow"!..first words out of my mouth when I first pointed to Sagittarius: M21,M22,M8,M20,M16,M17 all just stood out like I have never seen before. And after that I quickly pointed to M31 and almost fell to the ground. I had time to take a couple of pics with my canon power shot A95 of M45 to give you an idea of what you can see.
M45 eyepiece projection with canon A95 6X15 sec. Stacked in registax and processed in Photoshop Faintest magnitude seen here is 9.85.
Mars was a real treat. It was the first time I have seen it with this much
detail. I do not have the right mount for high power photography but let me
just say that it was a real gem through this scope.
Now for the real review, the optics:
First off the collimation was spot on right out of the box, which surprised
the heck out of me. Stars showed a perfect airy disk with the first diffraction
ring being bright and concentric all the way around. In and out of focus showed
almost no differences. I did not notice any field curvature or astigmatism
of any kind. Here you can see the doublet lens and baffles.
Three baffles?
The optics are near perfect. But yea know I cannot complain about anything
on this scope, with some very minor tweaking to the focuser and maybe having
a baffle system custom made for it, this is the perfect scope for me and was
exactly what I wanted.
Lightweight, very nice fit and finish, good quality doublet lens, 4.7" CLEAR APERTURE $319.00
Focuser needs adjustments, Dew shield of poor design, fair amount of false
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Final Thoughts:
If you are looking for a very nice "big" achromatic refractor, this is the best bang for the buck! I cannot see any better way to spend 300 bucks


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The Rockdale Youth Soccer Association's director of coaching Rafe Mauran recently announced the under-12 girls Blue team, coached by Michelle Bird, will be the first team from RYSA to travel to Manchester, England, and train with the Wolverhampton Wanderers, an English Premier League team.
"This is a fantastic opportunity for these girls," Mauran said. "They achieved a great deal of success on the field last year going to six finals in the nine tournaments they played. They conducted themselves like champions both on and off the field all season. The girls truly deserve this opportunity. They will be great ambassadors for RYSA and great ambassadors for the game of soccer."
Mauran and RYSA had announced a partnership with the Wanderers earlier in the year.
"The partnership will improve our existing recreation, academy and select format in regards to player and coaching education, expand our player's and coaches' horizons by traveling to and training at the Wolves academy, and exposing our players to the Wolves academy staff and philosophy through summer camp opportunities here at RYSA," Mauran said.Fall baseball registration under wayLocal youth baseball players still have plenty of opportunity to play fall baseball. Online registration continues for the fall baseball season at the Rockdale Youth Baseball Association. Players can register online at ryba.org until Aug. 10, then four opportunities are available for walk-up registration, including Aug. 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Aug. 14 and 16 from 6 to 8 p.m., and Aug. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Officer Derek Middendorf confronted Albert Flowers, 66, who was arrested after police answered a call of a disturbance involving an edged weapon in October, according to Florida Today. Police suspected Flowers, who reportedly has dementia, had pulled a knife on a fellow lawn care employee earlier.
In the video, Middendorf restrains Flowers after he "instructed the defendant to stop several times in a loud and clear voice," as he said in a written report.
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Middendorf was reprimanded for tampering with the dash cam as it was discovered the camera was turned off, though authorities were able to retrieve the footage. Police did not open an internal review, sources said.
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Attorney Paul Bross said Middendorf, who remains on leave for an unrelated injury, should be fired, citing false arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution.
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A pioneering era: from adventure to routine operations
Fly in open aircraft, in the dead of winter? Could such a thing really be possible? It just had to work. And the time was now: the beginning of the 1920s, right after the war. Politicians and journalists were the first to crouch on uncomfortable planks, "air-cooled" and surrounded by mail bags and parcels. They were real pioneers. But it wouldn't be long until they'd be sitting in full-fledged passenger aircraft, equipped with heated cabins.
By now a number of a small aviation companies had sprung up in Germany. Their aircraft made wobbly trips, back and forth, from one city to another – preferably along rail lines and during the day. Pilots didn't have radio contact with the ground yet. Only two airlines survived the all-out competitive battle: Deutscher Aero Llyod and Junkers Luftverkehr. For the subsidies-paying German state, however, this was still one too many. After the two joined forces to found "Deutsche Luft Hansa AG" on January 6, 1926, the flight path started to point upward.
With the introduction of the summer timetable 1928, Lufthansa offered a special air freight service: During certain periods of the year, the airline operated daily cargo flights covering a route network measuring 3,855 kilometers.
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Renovated Horse & Plow reopens Saturday in Kohler
The Horse & Plow, the tavern with a casual menu at the American Club in Kohler, will reopen Saturday after being closed for two months for remodeling.
The Horse & Plow also will have a new menu, with plates such as mustard-crusted pork loin, bison burger, bourbon-apple chicken panino and chorizo-stuffed potato skins. Beer taps have been added as well.
The remodeling expanded the bar and better separated the bar and dining room. It also added a lower-level lounge with fireplace, televisions and cushy furniture.
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I stutter and am expecting right now. Since stuttering can be genetic, I am hoping my child does not get it from me. I wish my parents had NOT waited and had gotten me help early so my advice is to find a speech therapist who is trained to work with stuttering and who works well with young children. The Stuttering Foundation has loads of great information for parents on their web site, and has referrals to speech therapists.
i stuttered as a child and i out grew it. 2 of my children have been delayed to talk and have had speech problems but not stuttering.
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Regarding speech therapy - I have another son who has been in speech for going on 4 years now (different issue - annunciation), and it has been a positive thing in many ways. He loves his SLP (same one from pre-k to second grade), and he has improved tremendously with that therapy. Well, maybe a lot of his improvement in speech is developmental and being exposed to his peers who speak more clearly, but I definitely attribute a lot of his success to speech therapy multiple times a week. It has never been a negative, so, if your DS is deemed eligible for an SLP to work with him, I can only see the potential good that could come out of that. Even if the current stuttering is something that will be outgrown in time.
ok, thanks for chiming in Bonnie and all, I think I'm ready to consider a speech therapist as a potential warm, fun, helpful reality for ds rather than this clinical stressful entity I was fearing, I'm going to investigate locally, maybe some are more affordable, too...
My kids ADORE our speech therapists. Yes, we have multiple with all things that we have going on. DD2 is 6 and thinks speech therapy is so much fun. They play all sorts of games, make silly, goofy noises, it is the highlight of her day honestly. DS1 wakes up almost every single day asking for one speech therapist or another. Neither one sees it as therapy but as one on one undivided attention by an adult who is playing with them. I guess I didn't realize that you thought it would be cold and scary, most speech therapist work at making it fun for the kids so they WANT to come back every week. We've had better ones then other ones, but never a bad experience out of the 8 my kids have probably seen over the years. Many reasons for that, and we weren't switching because we didn't like like they were doing. DD1's current one actually spends 10 minutes each session with her making homework for the week which is always fun daily games, like hide a seek word cards. She actually has gotten to the point where she wakes up before the rest of us, and sets out her homework for the day (we do it in the morning before school) to do when I get up because that is how much she looks forward to it. I know in DS1's mind, speech class ranks right up there with ice cream in the his most awesome list ever. He'll ask to go when it isn't a speech day and when I try to explain, he just melts, he wants to go play with them so bad.
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Questions 1-10
Complete the details below.
using NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.
You will hear a number of different recordings and you have to answer questions on what you hear.
There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions and you will have a chance to check your work.
All the recordings will be played once only.
The test is in 4 Sections. At the end of the test you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an answersheet.
Now turn to section 1:
You will hear a conversation between a travel agent and and a customer
First you have some time to look at Questions 1-7.
You will see that there is an example which has been done for you. So the first activity, visit family has been circled.
Now we shall begin. You should answer the questions as you listen, because you will NOT hear the recording a second time.
Listen carefully and answer Questions 1 to 7:
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Choose THREE letters B-H.
Which THREE other activities does the customer want to do?
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|G join a walking tour
|H meet young people
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If you are planning to visit the Tokyo Game Show next year, be aware that different folks often cosplay on each public day. Meaning? Meaning you should go to both days! »
According to Final Round organizer Scott Popular, one male gamer seems to have confused his joystick with an arcade one. »
If you've been on the internet in the past five years, you've seen a trio of Japanese ladies doing aerobics, while chanting, "I have a bad case of diarrhea." The clip, and the other Zuiikin' English footage, are infamous. Those three ladies have earned their place in internet meme history. »
It's the battle of the ladies cosplaying as iconic fighting game character Mai Shiranui. Earlier this year, Taiwanese model Yoyo appeared dressed as the jiggly ninja to promote her new picture book. This time? »
She really does! This is Rui, and she's done a myriad of cosplay, including a handful of fighting game characters. »
The answer to both is "no". The two questions are too absurd to be borne, and the answer to both questions is obvious, but if you don't know anything about Koreans… »
Oh my! The King of Fighters XIII is getting a new version, The King of Fighters XIII: Climax. It apparently brings characters from KOFXIII's home console versions, such as Nests Style Kyo, to arcades. »
The lines between Japanese cosplay and adult videos are becoming increasingly blurred. Porno actresses are doing cosplay. Cosplayers are doing blue movies. Japanese adult video studios churn out cosplay themed flicks. »
There are literally a gazillion Mai Shiranui figures. The King of Fighters character is a figurine favorite. Some of the figures are great. Some are good. Then, some are so-so, or bad, even. »
Now, you can't really undress your fighters in King of Fighters XIII. However, you can customize them. You know what that means? You can "undress" them! »