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A layup attempt with four seconds remaining by Islanders big man Joe Rasmussen wouldn't fall, as the Blazers escaped with a victory.
TACOMA — Mercer Island was a missed layup from the Tacoma Dome on Saturday at Mount Tahoma High School.
With four seconds left, Islanders center Joe Rasmussen had a look at a shot right under the hoop — one he almost always makes. But he missed, and Timberline escaped with a 56-55 win in the loser-out Class 3A boys basketball regional playoff game.
Mercer Island coach Gavin Cree said "the ball just didn't bounce our way," and was literally correct. And he wasn't talking only about the last shot.
While the fourth-ranked Islanders dictated the first-half pace and led by eight at halftime, they made just 2 of 11 three-point attempts in the first 16 minutes. They were 3 of 16 beyond the arc for the game.
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"We had a lot of shots that I think we make a lot of the time," Cree said.
Donaven Dorsey helped fuel Timberline's second-half comeback, and by the end of the third quarter the score was tied at 37.
That's all Timberline coach Allen Thomas asked of his players at halftime.
"All that I said was, 'If we can get it tied by the end of the third quarter, we have a chance,' " Thomas said. "And we have been battle-tested all year."
There were eight lead changes in the second half.
Mercer Island led by six with 3:30 remaining before Dorsey scored eight points in less than a minute, putting Timberline up 50-48.
Even though Rasmussen's shot was well defended, it was about as good a look as the Islanders could have asked for.
"Our original set kind of broke down but (Rasmussen) had a nice seal in there and was open," Cree said.
The blood on Dorsey's white shorts at the end of the game showed how hard both teams competed. Dorsey finished with 27 points for the unranked Blazers.
Nick Nordale led the Islanders with 16 points.
Mercer Island claimed its 24th KingCo Conference title earlier this month, but missing the state tournament hurts.
"Our next goal was to get to the Tacoma Dome and it didn't happen," Cree said, "and that really stings because we were well prepared and we were ready to do it."
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Columbia River 35
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Date of Stay: June, 2015
Well kept state park with a large campground. Electric loop is one of the older loops and sites are not all that level. We stayed in one of the H/C sites with electric in a tenting loop because access was easier. Each loop has a host site but only one of the five hosts was present. Campground is uphill from everything at the park and plan on driving down to the lake or trail heads. Within the park hiking available or just across the road to the larger Catoctin National Park with plentiful trails and rock outcroppings to visit. Lake has a couple of nice sand beaches and the falls were running due to recent rains. Park tends to get a lot of day use at the beaches but the campground is secluded and access restricted. Restrooms were clean and serviced daily. We camp here two to three times a season.
Date of Stay: October, 2013
Nice new park with wide paved campground roads with both back in and pull through sites. Bath house was like new and in the style of newly renovated VA State Parks. Laundry facilities provided in one of the two bath houses. RV sites were large, well separated, and generally level but still needed blocking to level our RV. Some pull through sites were runoff rutted. Plan to arrive early to pick your best unoccupied site. Lots of trails to hike. Camped mid week and only two of the 23 RV sites occupied. Will definitely be back.
Date of Stay: October, 2013
This is a great park. We purposefully went Sun-Tues when empty was an understatement. Of the 40 sites in Loop B we were one of two campers other than the Park host who we only saw early AM and evenings. By the second night we were the only transient camper in the Loop and Loop A only had two. Camp host lived in Loop A and visited daily, cleaning up empty sites prepping for weekend. Rangers patrolled frequently. Check in was painless and consisted of picking a site (even with reservations) and then notifying the visitor's center where we were. Sites are close together and little ground cover and brush remains. You will get to know your neighbors if the campground starts getting full. Not too many level sites and not all will take the larger rigs so get there early on arrival day. We were in site 13 with a 32 foot MH with no problem. Some pull through sites are available, but without jacks some would be tough to level on just blocks. Water in our site did not work but plenty of empty sites around to pull water from. Bath house was clean and kept up. Loop B bath house appeared in better shape than Loop A. Loop A sites are older and not as friendly to larger rigs with similar leveling issues and a number of reversed services. Visitor Center was open, but all other park amenities other than trails were closed during the week. Park trails are well marked and good hikes. Two are bikeable and they are relatively easy. Road to beach has a steep hill/walk bikes warning and its for real. Ride back up will test a seasoned mountain biker. Few bugs this time of year.
Date of Stay: August, 2013
This is a great spot to camp. We stayed mid week, Sunday through Tuesday and the park was effectively deserted. Only 6 of the 30 sites in the electric loop were occupied when we arrived and that dwindled to three before we left. Bath house appears to have been recently renovated, might be a bit crowded if all sites are full on a weekend. Sites are widely spaced and the packed gravel pad areas are relatively level. Approaches are paved. Some sites have large trees at the back of the pad which will limit overhang and RV length. Check the photos on the reservation site for trees. Rangers patrolled a few times each day. The entrance is not gated but the sites are not visible from the nearest road. Surrounding area is very rural. Camp area is heavily wooded making it cooler than adjacent field areas. Good walking trails are available. Biking along the paved roads is available but trails leading from the camp to the rest of the park would class as difficult for biking. Arboretum ($5 entry fee) is a good mile and a half walk to two mile walk. We did not go in, but from the visitor's center it appeared to have a lot of interesting trails to explore. Lake is about a half mile by road/trail. Firewood for sale was green and took a lot to keep going. We will definitely camp here again.
Date of Stay: July, 2013
Nice state park convenient to I95. We stayed overnight mid-week on way north. There are two camp areas and we stayed in the Cypress View (Lakefront B) area. Camp host very friendly and helpful. We arrived after hours without a reservation and were told to just pick an open site and pay at the office in the morning. Sites are in a wooded area with no undercover so lots of shade but little privacy. Spacing is OK but the camp was not full. Site descriptions state flat, slight slope, or moderate slope and these descriptions are not accurate. There are flat sites listed as sloped and some listed as flat but have a slope and require leveling. Some pull thru sites were heavily rutted and in need of grading. Site and road surfaces are sandy clay. Our site was missing its picnic table (borrowed by an adjacent camper before our arrival) but it re-appeared overnight. Great playground for kids. Nice lake views. Bugs not noticeable. Bath house was old and worn but serviceable.

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Contrary to reports that a "question mark" hangs over the fate of Raj Kumar Hirani's "PK" following Sanjay Dutt's impending jail term, the dates issue regarding the precious project has been happily sorted out.
Aamir Khan has gone out of his way to allot dates out of turn to Hirani's film to ensure that Sanjay's scenes are completed before the latter's proposed incarceration starts from April 18.
The 53-year-old was sentenced to five years in jail by the Supreme Court March 21 for illegal arms possession during the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts.
He was asked to surrender in four weeks to serve his remaining term of three-and-half years as he has already spent 18 months in jail.
The shooting for "PK" is expected to take place next week.
Said a close friend of Dutt: "There is no uncertainty about 'PK' or any of Sanju's pending projects. He's done with his portion for Apoorva Lakhia's 'Zanjeer(2013)' (remake). Work on 'Policegiri' is almost over too. Sanjay had made it clear that he would shoot for Hirani as soon as Aamir was available. Aamir's dates were the only area of uncertainty."
Aamir, one hears, has quickly given priority dates to "PK".
"Both Sanju and Aamir are very close to Hirani. They'd never allow his project to suffer," said the source.
Aamir's spokesperson confirmed that the star has allotted priority dates to shoot with Sanjay.
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Santa Cruz 5010 Carbon XL with Carbon Wheels$3700 USD
For sale is my Santa Cruz 5010 (a.k.a. Solo). The frame was new in February 2014 and the build is totally custom: Shimano XT brakes (rear was used on two rides, front still new) Maxxis High Roller Tires (just mounted) Rockshox Pike 150mm (0 rides since back from Rockshox with a full service done) Rockshox Monarch rear shock Light-bicycle 30mm Carbon wheels with custom stickers. These are solid wheels, which I have owned 4 sets now and had no problems. They are no different than anything coming form China. They are also built up with washers in each of the eyelets which is total overkill. Hadley Hubs Rockshox Reverb 125mm Seatpost WTB Saddle Sram X9 Cranks with Wolftooth 30t narrow-wide ring Sram XO Type II rear derauiler Sram 10 speed cassette Sram 1090 Chain (brand new) Sram X7 10 speed shifter Cane Creek 40 Headset (new bearings) Thompsom 70mm Stem Answer Carbon Bars Santa Cruz Grips ***also comes with 41 tooth MTB tools brand cog*** I have maintained this bike meticulously since it was built up. There is nothing more than normal wear for a bike that is one year old. All of the bearings are smooth and this bike is ready to go. The pictures show the worst spots. It is nothing more than superficial. It is a killer all-around trail bike that does everything very well. If I only had one bike, this would be it for sure. More information from SC's website: Developed using what we learned from Bronson, the comparatively lower bottom bracket height, shorter chainstays and 125mm of VPP™ travel give 5010 a snappy, nimble, ride. It's right at home just about anywhere, and it's become a bike that seasoned riders turn to as a "quiver of one." Its 68-degree head angle, 5lb frame weight, and the firm pedaling platform afforded by the VPP suspension design add climbing agility into the equation, making 5010 the tool for that backcountry mission you've been planning.
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Major financial institutions, by nature of their size and scope, have a difficult time remaining "lean and mean" operations. As they grow in size, they tend to become bloated and inefficient—trends that hurt revenues, profits, and shareholder returns. Consider the following symptoms that we have observed among numerous players:
Too many managers have narrow spans of control (only a few direct reports) and don't really manage much—essentially living off their titles and tenure.
The number of organizational layers between the CEO and the lowest-ranking full-time equivalent (FTE) is in the double digits.
Too many employees have roles that are two to three degrees removed from the customer—and some of these workers are often situated in high-cost locations.
Business units often have their own set of staff functions (such as finance, human resources, IT, and legal), creating duplicate activities and competing fiefdoms.
Employee productivity (for example, in client management, sales, and call centers) is poor when compared with external and internal benchmarks. But line managers often push back, saying the comparison isn't valid.
Some activities represent "invented" tasks that keep people busy but add no value that customers are willing to pay for.
Symptoms such as these cry out for a cost-cutting exercise to reduce overhead. But which method should be used? One based on standard delayering? On outsourcing and offshoring? On process reengineering?
The Boston Consulting Group has developed a cost-cutting approach that builds on the delayering concept and includes elements of traditional methods. But it is broader in scope, more formalized, and somewhat more aggressive. The key to the method is a four-phase process that involves establishing specific principles through which head count reductions can be identified and carried out. Hence, the method's name: principles-based cost reduction (PBCR).
Many financial institutions worry that significant head- count reductions will ultimately hurt the customer. Yet our work with many clients indicates that, typically, at least one-third of total FTE costs stems from non-customer-facing employees. Moreover, one-third of those costs can be cut with no negative impact on revenues or on the customer experience—all within a six-month period. The end result is trimming "a third of a third," or about 9 to 10 percent of total FTE costs, which can translate into hundreds of millions of dollars. In some cases, up to 20 percent of total FTE costs can actually be cut—with no cost "creep-back" in the months and years following the exercise.
Exactly what is a principle in this context? It is a rule that places a limit on—or sets a goal for—a definable aspect of the institution, such as the number of organizational layers separating the CEO from the lowest echelon of employees or the productivity of the sales force compared with benchmarks. Forging and articulating these principles helps cut through organizational clutter in a way that some other cost-cutting methods have not always been able to achieve.
Another aspect of PBCR is that it involves the participation of what we call discreet insiders—a small group of senior managers picked by the CEO or project sponsor. These insiders are aware of the endeavor and help facilitate it from the beginning. This group, which expands in a tightly controlled manner as the exercise evolves, represents the institution's core project team. The organization at large should not be aware of the impending cuts until they are imminent.
Phase One. During the initial step in Phase One, we perform a full-scale outside-in diagnostic—using data provided by the company concerning overall costs, organization structure, and FTEs—in order to deliver a preliminary view of projected savings and where FTE reductions should come from.
Next comes the critical moment of deciding on the precise principles to be applied—a task we carry out in close collaboration with the company's project team. Although typically the same areas are targeted for most institutions, the principles can vary according to each company's size, geographic footprint, and particular "DNA." It is crucial, however, for all parties to reach agreement on the exact principles to be applied at the beginning of the process.
For example, at one company we worked with, the average span of management control had narrowed to four and the number of organizational layers had swelled to 12. More than 40 percent of the company's employees worked two or three degrees removed from the customer. Other problems included low productivity in a variety of roles and many redundant and non-value-adding activities. The principles we forged with this company, aimed at setting specific limits and goals in areas such as these, were typical for a PBCR exercise. (See Exhibit 1.)
The process of forging the principles can be a delicate one. Indeed, it is not uncommon for one or two members of the institution's project team to point fingers at business areas other than their own, saying in essence that the PBCR exercise "is a great idea that we need, but it doesn't apply to my people." In our experience, however, this type of assertion rarely reflects the true situation. In fact, unlike some other cost-cutting approaches, PBCR makes it difficult for senior managers to "protect their own" in an inequitable way because deviation from the principles, once they are hammered out, is highly transparent.
Phase Two. In Phase Two, using our initial cost diagnostic along with the newly forged principles, we conduct a reality check with the institution's project team to review and refine head-count and savings targets on the basis of what feels truly achievable. This effort leads to the development of commitment packages—highly precise cost and FTE targets.
Phase Three. The commitment packages are then delivered as direct challenges to the leaders of specific business and functional units. These leaders, unaware of the PBCR initiative until this point, are given a period of weeks in which to respond with a detailed action plan to meet or exceed the targets under their purview. Often, they are allowed to choose one or two additional colleagues as collaborators. At the end of this phase, these managers bring their strategies back to the overall project team for ratification.
Phase Four. In Phase Four, the implementation of the ratified action plans is designed. This stage includes drawing up the details of FTE displacements and severance payouts, and constructing new organization charts. No organizationwide announcements are made until all implementation plans are ready.
What kind of results can be expected from a PBCR exercise? In the example described above, the result was typical and included the following: Average spans of control were increased from four to seven. Organizational layers were cut from 12 to 6. Activities deemed to be redundant were eliminated, and resources devoted to activities and products considered to be of low value were significantly reduced. Some work streams were shifted to lower compensation bands. Ultimately, the overall management head count was reduced by about 25 percent, and the total annual savings from the exercise amounted to about $300 million—$200 million in compensation and $100 million in benefits. (See Exhibit 2.) This figure represented roughly 15 percent of the company's total FTE costs.
In some projects, we have witnessed FTE cost savings of 20 percent in IT activities and 16 percent in operations—all, as in the above example, implemented within six months.
There are, of course, risks involved in PBCR. For example, it is critical to keep the number of discreet insiders to a minimum. If the "cat gets out of the bag" and word of the cost-cutting initiative spreads, heads of some business units and functions may try to erect barriers to change or game the system. For example, some may try to pad their FTE base lines in order to claim compliance with a commitment to cut, say, 20 percent, when in fact they are cutting only 10 percent.
Also, benefits from the cuts will be short-lived unless the institution takes steps to sustain them. Indeed, just as it is easy for a person to regain weight after taking it off, so too the symptoms of a bloated, inefficient enterprise can creep back insidiously. It is therefore critical to plan for regular checkpoints in the months (and years) following the initiative to guard against this possibility.
Yet, there are also advantages to PBCR beyond substantial cost savings and a leaner, crisper organization. For example, with fewer managers and increased spans of control, decision-making processes tend to run better. Senior managers are closer to the action, and decisions are made more often—and more rapidly—by those with a real understanding of the issues. Accountability is enhanced, there are fewer turf battles, and intracompany communications often become faster and more reliable. What's more, with less micromanagement, employees feel more empowered. This leads to higher morale.
Ultimately, the key advantage of PBCR is that it focuses on resources that usually have accumulated over time and do not drive real value. Building on the core delayering approach, PBCR enables financial institutions to cut very substantial FTE costs without risking revenue attrition or damage to the customer experience—and, in so doing, to improve organizational flexibility and nimbleness. Moreover, PBCR typically accomplishes these goals very quickly—unlike cost-cutting initiatives that target core processes and products, which can take years to complete.
Financial institutions can start the PBCR process by carrying out a prediagnostic effort and asking themselves questions such as the following:
On average, how many direct reports do our senior executives and senior and middle managers have?
How many organizational layers are there between our CEO and our lowest-level FTE?
What percentage of our work force is non-customer-facing? Could some employee tasks be cut in some locations? Outsourced? Offshored to a lower-cost venue?
Are there roles in corporate functions that are duplicated in different business units?
Does the productivity of different classes of employees measure up to best-in-class benchmarks?
Are some FTEs dedicated to activities whose end value to the customer is questionable?
If your answers to such questions give you pause, you might consider taking a fresh look at your overall cost structure. Your competitors are probably trying to slash their own overhead costs.
It's a matter of principle.
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you wrote:Notes receivable and long term notes receivable...all 100% of it is uncollectable and worthless? Bullshit---All of these notes receivables and long term notes receivable are loans to franchisees. These "loans" were typically given (to Kremeko, South Florida, etc...) to mask uncollectible receivables, i.e. when a franchisee couldn't pay either kkd bought them out (another story) or "loaned" money so the receivables would be pay, effectively capitalizing (bad debt) expenses.---The assets held for sale were the mmx assets. The company has already announced that those assets were sold for an insignificant amount.---you wrote:Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures...all of it is worthless? bullshit. ---Yep. Worthless. Nearly all of the franchisees are undercapitalized and unable to be sustained without support from mother kkd.---Regarding A/R, do the math. Break it down between offsite generated receivables and franchisee receivables. The franchisee receivables are at about 90 days. A/R has just been another financing tool to prop up unecononomic franchisees. When the franchisees collapse, the A/R will, also. Why didn't the auditors catch this. Because the auditors didn't do their job.---Store openings will stop. They just laid off the entire machinery department saying that they won't need any new equipment for at least 2 years. The existing equipment inventory is probably more valuable as scrap. Now, go look at the entry "Purchased merchandise" contained in the distribution centers. What do you think this number represents? Why is it so much greater than "Purchased merchandise" held at the stores. My guess is that this was another way to capitalize expenses, i.e. underreport inventory usage in cogs.---kkd can't get tax credits on capex that they themselves built; much of the machinery and equipment was manufactured by kkd (in fact, I would argue that its valuation is bloated because it was a perfect place to capitalize expenses; the valuation was probably determined by the price they sold it to the franchisees (which is bloated); there is no similar equipment sold by a third party which would give a reliable valuation of such equipment).Also, kkd likely has no carryover losses as federal income taxes have (net) not been paid for the past 4 years and profitability before that was insignificant (see the original S-1).---I don't understand your argument re leases. Operating leases are not shown on the balance sheet. I'm talking about operating leases (not capital leases). Note 9 refers to "The Company conducts some of its operations from leased facilities and, additionally, leases certain equipment under operating leases." These are operating leases (the $155 million which I didn't even use to adjust bv).---you wrote:Goodwill is only worthless in a total liquidation of the company, but that is true of ANY company---kkd's goodwill was created by the purchase of franchisees at obscene valuations. The more obscene valuations, the higher the goodwill. ALL GOODWILL WILL DISAPPEAR SHORTLY. You can take it to the bank (which is something you kan't do with kkd's goodwill).
You wrote:much of the machinery and equipment was manufactured by kkd (in fact, I would argue that its valuation is bloated because it was a perfect place to capitalize expenses; the valuation was probably determined by the price they sold it to the franchisees (which is bloated); there is no similar equipment sold by a third party which would give a reliable valuation of such equipment).I think you may have just hit on the significance of the unexplained change in KKD's reporting of segment performance. In the more recent filings (before financial reporting stopped altogether), transfers from KKM&D to company stores were shown at cost. In earlier filings, KKM&D booked a profit on these transfers. For doughnut mix, all the change did was make the profit show up in a different segment -- but for equipment the earlier practice would have been a means for creation of paper profits. Expense for opening a new store that was charged off as a capital expense (and depreciated more slowly than it should have been, we now know) would have been in part money transferred to KKM&D where it showed up as profit.Maybe you already pointed this out a long time ago, but I must have missed it.
The language in recent SEC filings is as follows:"All intercompany transactions between the KKM&D business segment and the Company Stores Operations segment are at prices intended to reflect an arms-length transfer price and are eliminated in consolidation. Profit from KKM&D's sales to Company Store Operations is classified as a reduction of Company Store operating expenses, generally based on the proportion of sales to Company Stores relative to total KKM&D sales."Let's take this literally -- and why shouldn't we? It says that KKM&D sells capital equipment to Company Store Operations at "arms length" prices -- presumably the same prices it charges to franchisees. The profit earned on these sales is subtracted from Company Stores' OPERATING expenses. The net effect is that the consolidated earnings statement reports profits earned when KKD sells capital equipment to itself. And these profits show up as operating profits of the Company Stores segment.I find it hard to believe that this is so simple, and reported in a paragraph that I (and others on the board) have stared at many times, yet never understood. Am I missing something?


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IT managers struggle with data management. The challenges are not new, however, they are growing exponentially as (i) operations across all lines of the business are generating more information and (ii) organisations come to realise that within this data exists an opportunity to obtain a competitive edge.
In parallel with these developments, we have witnessed an evolution in the approaches employed for data management. I recall a time when IT managers would lead a process of consciously selecting what data to keep and which to discard. As storage solutions developed further, and the cost of storage declined, we witnessed a gradual evolution toward the current state where organisations keep all of their data. This is a short-term fix and one that now presents a challenge as the enormity of data increases further and legacy storage systems reach their capacity. Obviously, more intelligent data management methods are required.
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Think back, how has IT evolved over your career and over back over the past 30 years if applicable. Now narrow down that focus to just Data Management techniques. Its easy to forget that enterprises used to go to great lengths to determine what data had value and which did not; this was a very expensive approach to data management. Now fast forward to the present and you can see that the IT pendulum has swung the other direction and today enterprises keep all data regardless of type or value, hence; the Big Data problem.
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I have a Mac with OS 10.4.11. My friends might consider me a semi-luddite, but really I'm just not that good at technology. Right now I am using Opera as my backup browser. Here's my trouble with Safari, my preferred browser. I accidentally magnified the desktop because I was writing a document in Open Office. By the time I undid that cluster error, I had severely injured Safari. When I launch Safari from the dock it apparently opens but I can not see a window. When I click on Help for Safari I still do not have a window to read. Please HELP a poor high school French teacher. Merci!
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The easy fix is press and hold the 'Option (Alt)', 'Command(Apple)' then press the number 8 key.
This toggles zoom on and off, I think you have it on and zoomed in so that things are very hard to see.
The System Preference for this is in Universal Access.
Your question says the desktop and that is the zoom feature above.
If it is just Safari then if it opens then press and hold the 'Command' key and press the minus - key to zoom out while in Safari or 'Command' + to zoom in.
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I went to System Preferences, then Universal Access.
I set Zoom to Off, and then applied that setting.
I closed System Preferences.
I went to the Dock and clicked on Safari. Safari has three windows open to my home page, Google (I don't know if their another search engine that is as extensive but I worry about Google being Big Brother).
The proble is in viewing Safari. I tried applying your answer
"If it is just Safari then if it opens then press and hold the 'Command' key and press the minus - key to zoom out while in Safari or 'Command' + to zoom in. "
Right now I am using Opera and can see windows ("tiles"?) when I open Opera 10.10 or Mozilla Firefox 184.108.40.206. However, I don't see any windows for Safari. I don't know If I've somehow pushed it off the screen or made it invisible.
When I launch Safari from the Dock, the icon usually bounces 2 or 3 times but currently it only has one bounce.
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Press the Command key down and then just tap the Tab key. You will see a row of open applications, if you tap the Tab key it will jump from one to the next.
See if Safari is one of them.
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Yep. It shows the open applications: Safari, Opera, Finder, Help and Open Office
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So Safari is open just no window, perhaps it is hidden.
I suggest a restart from the Apple menu. This should reset Safari so it shows.
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I am willing to Restart from the Apple menu and to find out if that will work. However, I do not want to lose the chat with you and you end up not getting your fee. That would reflect badly on my character.
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I will use Restart from the Apple Menu and come back in a few moments.
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I have Restarted. I'm using Opera as my browser for this chat. I have also launched Safari and Firefox. Opera and Firefox show me windows. I've opened Safari once from the Dock and closed it; once from Applications and closed it. Still no window I can view for Safari.
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I have no more time to dedicate to this problem for now. If there is an email update, I will try to reply later. Thank you for working on the problem.
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I suggest using Firefox to goto Apple and downloading Safari.
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I have just now used Firefox to download and install Safari 4.0.4 to my Applications folder. I opened the applications once from the Applications folder, no window. Once from the Dock. Same result, no window for Safari. I can see a window in Opera or Firefox but no window in Safari.
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Ok, try this.
Open a Finder window.
Follow the path in the image.
First quit Safari so that it will make a new plist when you next open it.
Then open a Finder window/Small house/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist and drag the plist to the trash.
Now open Safari again and see if will appear.
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EUREKA! There it is. Safari 4.0.4 in all its mundane, work-a-day, humble, hand-to-the-plow glory. I know you didn't use voodoo since you're a friend to Jesus. So, praise the Lord for brothers who have understanding and wisdom. . . . . The pages open fine in Safari but it won't show a window for Safari Help.....
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I guess I don't get it.
Did it get fixed or did it not?
What do you mean pages open but no window? You don't get this?
If Safari shows in the menu bar then under File select New Window.
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You fixed Safari. I'm using it right now. . . . . . Maybe the next problem is for another day. In Safari when I click on "Safari Help (command)? " I can read "Help Viewer" at the top of the screen but a new window does not open for "Safari Help".
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Is this what you are talking about?
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The governments of countries need to acknowledge the atrocities they've committed, as such helps in preventing them from occurring again. Germany has set the precedent for this, as they go out of their way to take responsibility for the Holocaust. Their schools require students to visit concentration camps to learn firsthand about what happens. Though the US doesn't go this far, honestly, we haven't done anything that bad. And what we have done (for example, the Trail of Tears), we educate our people about.
Now, for a government that's horribly stuck in the past, we have Japan. Many of their people still refuse to acknowledge that the Rape of Nanking ever happened, including much of their government. They love to talk about about how devastating the atomic bombings were, yet they flat-out refuse to mention the war crimes they've committed, many of which are much, much worse than the atomic bombings. For example, Unit 731. In Unit 731, some of the vilest, most inhumane crimes against humanity were perpetuated. Quite honestly, many of the things done there rival and at times are even worse than Dr. Mengele's experiments in terms of brutality. And on whom were these acts performed? Innocent Chinese civilians. Yet the Japanese never mention this.
That's actually a good example of an atrocities that people /don't/ talk about. I don't think the Japanese war leaders responsible for the crimes committed were ever tried and executed (which they probably would have been). There was an apology way back in the 70's when Japan decided to normalize relations with China, but it's not something people talk about. When I mentioned this to my roommate while we were in China (he studied at Keio for a semester or two), the first words out of his mouth were, "you know they don't give a ****, right?"
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I visited Tude this weekend and had a blast. However, when I was taking a nap and dreaming of my hobby, Ming viciously attacked my foot. While Ming is an awesome kitteh, why is she crazy? Are all baby kittehs crazy?
I visited Tude this weekend and had a blast. However, when I was taking a nap and dreaming of my hobby, Ming viciously attacked my foot. While Ming is an awesome kitteh, why is she crazy? Are all baby kittehs crazy?
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I have a feeling that Tude's cats are all very intuitive. Ming must have sensed that you were dreaming of burning couches again. She was likely protecting Tude's couch.
I am guessing you moved your foot in your sleep. Moving body parts are fair game for kittens, especially feet and hands.
My dog says it's because cats don't have the brain power of a flea but then she has a slight bias!
Ming is short for "Ming the merciless".
Every young animal (and human for that matter) is borderline insane.
They live with you for free, lie around the house while you go to work to earn money to feed and house them, and they're crazy?
Anything within line-of-sight of a kitten automatically belongs to the kitten for the purposes of stalking, pouncing, chasing, climbing, nipping, biting, clawing, and sleeping on/in/under. (with the exception of water-filled squirtbottles and vaccuum cleaners, these are the things of terrifying nightmares)
Pics or gtfo
Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.
But we won
Oh and btw - after playing with bad, bad toy Couchy got her that makes chirping noises -- from 5-6 am (I couldn't find the toy either! - just the birdy every so often) - then she surprised me with going after my toes too.
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She so looks like she enjoyed that, Tude!
I think the pic Tude posted is proof enough that Ming should be in a Kitteh Institution. She obviously has no fashion sense and doesn't do good with yellow.
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Ok, so from what I have read so far, all cats have psychopathic tendencies and Ming was just displaying normal Kitteh behavior. Looks like I'm wear a Kevlar body suit the next time I visit Tude.
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Well, after meeting Ming I'm thinking of getting a kitteh for Inge. Is there a particular breed that is completely nuts?
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I wish I had an answer and not a partially severed finger tip. My neighbours cats got frisky so now there are four kitties prowling about. One got itself caught between the hottub wall and the deck stairs banister; when I tried to extract the brainless wonder it chomped down on a finger REEEALLY HARD!
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Sarah Lawrence College mourns the loss of Dr. Alice Stone Ilchman, an expert in international affairs who served as the eighth president of Sarah Lawrence College from 1981 to 1998. Alice died on Friday, August 11, 2006 from complications arising from pancreatic cancer. Throughout Dr. Ilchman's long and varied career in academia, government and philanthropy she was respected and admired for her leadership, her commitment to her ideals, and her ability to "build bridges," to bring together diverse constituencies to collaborate towards common goals. She was 71 years old.
As the longest-serving president in Sarah Lawrence College's history Ilchman had a profound effect on the school. She established two new buildings, 10 faculty chairs, and three overseas programs; she strengthened the College's management and finances and helped it find its place in the global community. In so doing, she advanced the College's unique approach to education during a time when the liberal arts often appeared to be endangered.
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Her legacy at Sarah Lawrence College is marked by the Alice Stone Ilchman Chair in Comparative and International Studies and the Alumnae/i Association's Alice Stone Ilchman Award for Service, both established in 1998. In May 2006, recognizing her contribution to the growth of science studies at the College, the science center was named the Alice Stone Ilchman Science Center.
"Dr. Ilchman's vision for science sparked a campus renaissance that has resulted in the expansion of the curriculum, the creation of new interdisciplinary areas of study, new funds for research, and a lively culture of science and mathematics that has enhanced campus life for all," said President Myers, in announcing the building's renaming.
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Alice Ilchman served on the boards of many organizations, foundations and institutions including the Committee on Economic Development (CED), the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) The Court of Governors, London School of Economics and Save the Children USA. For 13 years, she served as a trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation, chairing the board from 1995 to 2000.
Peter Goldmark, former president of the Rockefeller Foundation said: "Alice Ilchman had the magic touch. At the core, indomitable will and insatiable curiosity. But every problem she tackled at Rockefeller she moved forward with humor and care; everyone she worked with she taught."
"Alice Ilchman was a superb board member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and a dear friend," said Peter Duchin, a member of the Board of Directors. "Everything she said that she would do, she did, and it was unfailingly intelligent, thoughtful and always inspired other members of the board including myself to deeper commitment. If she approached you with that seemingly innocent disarming way of hers to do something for the Society, you simply did it - no questions asked - there was something so kind and so good about her, that you just couldn't say no. She was the best possible board member and the best possible friend."
Mary Bitterman, Chair of the PBS board of directors said of Dr. Ilchman, "PBS benefited greatly from Alice's service on the board of directors. While Alice wrote to me less than a month ago that her PBS colleagues – board and staff alike – were among the 'wisest, most public spirited, and generous people' with whom she had had the privilege of working, I can only say that, in our collective view, she was the primus inter pares on all accounts."
In the1980s, Dr. Ilchman was part of a major national panel on women, families and work and authored two major policy studies. Many of her papers are held in the Sarah Lawrence College Archives. An oral history resides there as well.
Most recently, Dr. Ilchman was director of The Jeannette K. Watson Fellowships program of The Thomas J. Watson Foundation which, provides internships, mentoring, and enriched educational opportunities to promising New York City undergraduates with the goal of increasing their life choices and developing their capacity to make a difference in their own and others' lives.
Alice Stone Ilchman held a B.A. from Mount Holyoke, a master's degree from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, and a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. She received many awards for education and international service, including the Fulbright Award for International Understanding in 1996.
She is survived by her husband, Dr. Warren Ilchman, program director for the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, son Frederick, of Boston, a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and daughter Sarah Hollinger of New York City, World Area Manager for Africa, Near East and South Asia for the Fulbright Foreign Programs at the Institute of International Education.
A memorial service will be held at Christ Church, Bronxville on Thursday, September 7 at 4 p.m. The family has asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to Sarah Lawrence College, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Mount Holyoke College, PBS Foundation and Save the Children.