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Same plants have been wilting for a while
Since the database upheaval of this weekend the same three to four words seem to be stuck in a wilting phase. Even when I water them they are usually not removed from the wilting list which is quite annoying. I'm just writing this to ask if it's a known bug.
I had this problem myself and let them know. Apparently they are working on it.
@saepe - make sure to put a comment on the particular words through the comment/discussion tab. Label it - constantly wilting. This way - memrise can focus those particular entries that are troubling you and not looking through an entire database.
I will
I did what Jennifer suggested for some of the words having this problem, in my case:
可 ke3 can 且 qie3 moreover 服 fu2 to serve 前面 qian2mian4 ahead 系 ji4 to fasten 高 gao1 tall
Then I noticed these are all words on which I have recently started being quizzed on pronounciation, within the last week or so. Maybe the list is different for everybody?
Laoban said the character 尼 had this problem as well, but for me it does not seem to have any problem.
For me they're also words I only recently learned to pronounce. So probably it's because they're status changed in the database recently or something like that?
Maybe I was too quick, because now I see only two of those still have the 'problem', fu2 and qian2mian4.
Maybe it is just a change in the algorith of which words are considered watered or not, and that it now takes many correct answers after a mistake before it is seen as watered?
I'm getting the same problem. Yesterday, I had to water 牛 four or five times; today, immediately after I watered 饺子,父,and 母, I was told they were wilting again.
It makes sense if I have to re-water something I got wrong (I got 牛 and 饺子 wrong), but I get the rest right and still have to water them again a few more times. :/
I actually like the extra waterings. I feel like it helps me focus on a couple of words as opposed to the mix of words in the watering session.
In fact, not only some plants are incredibly thirsty, but also the watering periods are wrong...
Problem still there for maybe 20 of my words, any time for fix admin? Thanks
I know this may be odd - but I noticed that some of the words that I have a lot of difficulty remembering the pinyin form are the ones that were constantly wilting. I would have to water them 3-4 times - back to back watering sessions (less than 1 minute in between each session). However - they did eventually get watered. I liked it because it allowed me to focus on the pinyin for those very troublesome words instead of having to wait a couple of hours till the next watering session. Is this what is happening with the people who have a wilting issue?
In my case, yes, it's always plants whose pinyin I got wrong. I see how it can be good for you, but after a while, it just feels like nagging.
Oh, it might not just be plants whose pinyin I got wrong. I just got tested and retested for words whose pinyin I haven't gotten wrong yet. :/
Problem still there. Every day seems to be different words, where maybe 10 of the 200 or so words i water remain parched even after correct answer. After multiple waterings they eventually are no longer parched but still get retested after 1 day (these are 7/7 growth words so it should be weeks or months).
Clearly some bug in algorithm that needs fixing.
A constantly wilting plant would never stop wilting. Memrise would have to fix (move the entry to the correct wiki) for it to stop wilting. If I can remove the wilt from the plant with a couple of back-to-back watering sessions, it means that it is part of the algorithm. That's why I don't think it's a bug.
This is my experience and you may not necessarily have the same experience.
1)I don't get that many "constantly wilting" plants. (I suspect because my error rate is relatively low.) The one's that do get the "constantly watering" treatment are pinyin related for me. These plants are the one's that I have consistently entered incorrectly.
2)When I go onto Memrise for a watering session, I water and water until the wilt goes away. (For me - that's not a lot because I don't get a lot of constantly wilting plants. To put it in perspective - I have gotten at the most 5 wilting plants but most often it's only 0-3 wilting plants. Maybe that's why I don't consider it irritating.) AND NO - I don't water plants all day long. I water at timed intervals with several hours in between each watering session. 3) Eventually - I get the pinyin input test. Again - with the way I handle the wilters - it doesn't take long to get to this stage. I usually get the pinyin correct. The next time I see the plant is 1 day later. (This closely parallels the sprouting/harvesting timing, i.e. if you make no errors while sprouting and harvesting, then the next watering session is 1 day later.) The end result is this - eventually, if you continually answer correctly - you will not see that plant for a while. (In fact, the lower the error rate, the fewer incidences of "constantly wilting plants".) I would advise anyone who has a lot of wilters to look at those wilters and determine what type they are - 1) a genuine bug (a plant that never stops wilting) or (2) Memrise's way making sure that you do learn the entry's definition, pinyin, whatever.
Even if it wasn't a bug, it's becoming a big question of productivity. Maybe it's fine if your watering sessions are staggered, but in my case, I'd rather use Memrise only once or twice a day. I usually get 10-20 plants "endlessly" wilting at a time, even with a 90-100% error rate. It's just getting way too time-consuming.
If it's not a bug, but a new way of focusing on the ones we get wrong, then it's possibly just gone a little too far that way. In theory it's a good idea to make us go over the ones we got wrong at the end, but it's annoying when there's one character and I've watered it ten times in a row and it's still "parched". Furthermore these reviews are always the same style of review (usually for me a four-character choice from a pinyin example), it would be better as a review if there was a variety.
@eldavide- really? ten times? I've not had to water any one plant that often. I agree with the variety - but I've noticed a progression from 4 choice to 8 choice, mandarin in the button choices, English definition being in the button choices that is similar to what we do in the sprouting process. Are you saying that you only get 4 part MC and you don't progress further?
@pingKL - 10-20 plants is not an indication of your overall error rate. It means that you are screwing up one word several times. Those 10/20 words are words that you are not answering correctly often enough. If you are answering correctly enough - they will disappear. Every wilter I've had has disappeared. What are you doing that I'm not? Or rather - what am I doing that you are not doing? I guarantee that if I watered twice a day, I still wouldn't have 10-20 wilters and I have several hundred characters in my garden.
Yeah, for example I actually gave up trying to get rid of 红烧茄子 from the Restaurant Survival deck because it just gave me the same 4 part multiple choice (Pinyin at the top and character MC) so many times, I stopped counting around 7.
Admittedly I had gotten that one wrong in the initial review, but then it was a 7/7 mature plant. I thought the normal response to that would not be to take you right back to the first level multiple choice and make you do over and over but to give you another shot at typing in the pinyin (this is what happens most of the time it seems). Anyway it's not a major issue, just a little frustrating!
jenniferhunter's last few responses have made me pay more attention to today's watering sessions. I took some notes to see if there wasn't some method to this "constantly wilting" madness, and here are some hypotheses based on what I've seen today:
- Parched or thirsty status does not go away until growth level reaches 7/7.
- Sometimes, 7/7 thirsty/parched requires extra watering anyway.
- Mistakes mean the plant will go down a growth level and wilt again later in the day.
I'm not 100% sure, so I'm going to take more notes tomorrow. But if you're interested in my notes from today, they're below. (--) is a divider between watering rounds.
MORNING SESSION Survival: 19 wilters HSK 1: 21 wilters
Survival 女 6/7 ready for watering crown 5/7 parched 巳 5/7 parched 条 6/7 thirsty 饭 7/7 ready for watering 酉 7/7 thirsty 几 7/7 ready for watering 酒 6/7 parched stick 7/7 thirsty 酱 6/7 ready for watering 茶 7/7 parched 烧 1/7 ready for watering 烧烤 1/7 ready for watering bowl 1/7 ready for watering 北 1/7 ready for watering 北京 1/7 ready for watering 干 1/7 ready for watering 南 1/7 ready for watering 上 1/7 ready for watering -- 巳 6/7 parched stick 7/7 thirsty
My only mistake was 饭, but it was not wilting the next round. crown did not reappear, which is one counter to my theory.
Because of Survival's overlap with HSK 1, I decided to tackle 巳 and stick along with the rest of the HSK 1 wilters.
HSK 1 好 7/7 ready for watering 垂 7/7 ready for watering 巳 6/7 parched 身 7/7 ready for watering stick 7/7 thirsty 谢 7/7 ready for watering 九 5/7 parched 午 1/7 ready for watering 上午 1/7 ready for watering sign 1/7 ready for watering 视 1/7 ready for watering -- 巳 7/7 parched -- 巳 7/7 healthy
Like crown in my Survival garden, 九 did not reappear for another round — yet.
AFTERNOON SESSION Survival: 5 wilters HSK 1: 6 wilters
Survival crown 6/7 Thirsty 巳 7/7 Thirsty 饭 5/7 Thirsty 酒 7/7 Ready for watering 刀 2/7 parched
Note that 饭 is suddenly back and 5/7 thirsty; this is why I think making a mistake will make a word wilt again later on.
Results of the repeat waterings:
刀 3/7 parched 饭 6/7 thirsty 酒 7/7 ready for watering -- 刀 4/7 parched 饭 7/7 healthy 酒 7/7 healthy -- 刀 5/7 parched -- 刀 6/7 parched -- 刀 7/7 healthy
HSK 1 wilters (remaining after Survival) 么 7/7 ready for watering 九 6/7 thirsty -- 九 7/7 thirsty -- 九 7/7 thirsty -- 九 7/7 healthy
Woah, sorry about the giant text. I don't know how that happened. :/
I also have needy plants are constantly demanding water. Tonight I noticed that whenever I get tested with the pinyin, and get to choose from hanzi, the watering has no effect. When I got tested with the hanzi and I needed to answer choosing from a pinyin list, the plant would be happily watered.
Oh and by the way, I consider this a bug and very annoying.
Yesterday, I figured the following:
- Parched or thirsty status does not go away until growth level reaches 7/7.
- Sometimes, 7/7 thirsty/parched requires extra watering anyway.
- Mistakes mean the plant will go down a growth level and wilt again later in the day.
Today's observations:
- A plant will stay at 7/7 ready status until you've been tested on both its definition and its pinyin. So, if you watered it the first time it was 7/7 ready and had to supply its meaning, it'll still be 7/7 ready for another watering, so you can supply its pinyin.
- Mistakes definitely mean that the plant goes down some growth levels, maybe at least two. Each time I got a 7/7 plant wrong in the morning, I would have to water it again in the afternoon, and it would be only 5/7.
- The 7/7 thirsty plants that just stay thirsty for three or four waterings (#2 above) seem to be a bug; they just don't go away until the test type changes. This is similar to faguoren's observation above. But in my case, I was tested on one word three times, each time to give the correct pinyin. Only when the test changed and asked me to choose the correct hanzi did the plant finally become 7/7 healthy.
I've had a similar thing - if it's a bug then it's incredibly annoying, and eating hours of my life watering the same word that I now know well. If it's a design feature then I think it's overly penalising mistakes such that if I get a word wrong, or even misclick or time out due to having to look away, then I have to spend minutes trying to re-water that plant - which adds up!
Some numbers: Currently whenever I water 50 plants at a time, my plants remaining count goes down by about 30. There are ~5 mistakes in there, and I did it pretty quickly so I doubt too many plants will just become thirsty in ten minutes. So that's between 10-15 (20-30%) of my plants need repeatedly watering after I get them right! And they need watering straight away, which is pointless if you are trying to clear a massive 300 word backlog, as you come across the same words every single set of 50...
It must be a bug - I have to water and rewater (actually up to 8 times) words that I am pretty sure I very seldomly got wrong (started with HSK1 although I had prior CHinese skills). So, memrise team, if you read this, please fix this asap! I am tired of spending about 15-20 minutes a day repeatedly watering very basic characters instead of concentrating on new words!! :)
Some more data: Of the 532 words in my HSK2 wordlist, there are currently 269 wilting. Around 70% of those are parched. Now, I don't know how long it takes for plants to become parched, but I watered every single item in this list until it was green three days ago (which took me hours). And then two days ago, I had ~270 words needing watering. All of which I have watered in the last couple of days. Sure, some of them I got wrong, but not that many (I average 85% correct rate). As a case in point, I now have wo3 (I/me) as parched. I watered it ten minutes ago, and I'm pretty sure I've never got it wrong. I now regard this as a bug, and because watering ~250 words per day is an unsustainably large amount of time spent on memrise (especially when now of 50 words watered, on average 15 will remain parched and need to be watered again - 250 words is around 10 watering runs of 50 for me now), I just can't water much until this is fixed.
Again, of then next set of 50 (HSK2), I made 6 mistakes. And yet, of the 50 I had just watered, 21 were either parched or thirsty. And only three of those were ones I got wrong. So whenever I water 50 words, somewhere between 30-40% of them don't get watered properly.
This is now VERY annoying, and I consider it a serious issue. It's increasing the time I spend watering by about 2-3 times as long as it used to be, and to do the daily watering, well it's impossible, as it takes over an hour, every day, just for watering this one list.
I'd be surprised if the Memrise team didn't know about this issue/bug/complaint by now, so it's strange that we haven't heard from any of them about it. A quick "We are working to fix this before v1.0 drops" would be nice, at least.
Let's hope that's what they're doing and that this cycle won't be permanent. :/ The most I've had to water so far is about 60 wilters. It's manageable now, but I don't want to keep using this site if the more I learn, the more unreasonable the practice demands get.
I mean, 200+ words? I feel for you, luminara17.
I find a lot of these words aren't ones I've gotten wrong -- they are words I just recently learned the pinyin for (and answered correctly).
I am guessing the memrise crew is not going to be doing much about any of the bugs on the current site and are instead focusing on getting the new site ready to go... that is what I am hoping anyway.
To test, I watered a few words 10 times in a row -- they remained desperate for water. I clicked "edit" on a few of them and several of them were now waterable. Others could be watered when I waited a bit and came back. It does seem a bit random at times.
bump 'cause I'm annoyed
Just had the same issue -- this is particularly a problem because the iphone app automatically submits (incorrectly) if you try and use the on-screen "extra keys" used to designate the tones (Mandarin), so you get the error even if you knew the right answer! :P
你们好,guys. I was gone for a week and was happy to see the progress bar back. What else is new, now that Memrise 1.0 has dropped? Do we still have persistently wilting plants?
I'm still having this problem. It's quite frustrating and for the memrise team to ignore this huge bug while they push out 1.0. I am unable to study any Chinese because of this bug.
I'm still having them too...
I have this issue as well, now that my words are up too 200, watering almost the same 50 words a day is getting to be a chore.
Hey, here's another person with the same problem...I just had to water one word 7 times (and I always got the right answer), before it was healthy again. That's kinda annoying. >.<


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1) Timing--these are student athletes who have to take finals (so have to be careful going deep into December); going deep into January infringes on NFL playoff turf.
2) How do conference championships play a role? Even if you have a 11 game season--you could end up playing a 15 game schedule (conf championship plus quarters, semis, finals under 8 team playoff). This cannot happen.
I'd keep the BCS formula and bowl system generally. I'd implement a 4 team playoff (basically like the +1), and you'd have to be a conference champion to be eligible (we'd take the top 4 ranked champs) OR be top 4 in BCS and 4 champs aren't in top 10 (to exclude weak conf champs).
One semi is played in the Rose, the other in the Sugar on NYD. The final played one week later on a rotating site like the Super Bowl (could be any site, like Cowboy Stadium, Miami, LA's new NFL stadium, or one of the standard sites like Tempe).
Fiesta and Orange still get to have their bowls, and the Citrus and Cotton Bowl joins them as the new 4 bowl BCS, and are free to pick based on lottery in alternating fashion (remaining big conf champs must be picked)
This year would produce:
1) Rose: Oklahoma St. v. Oregon
2) Sugar: LSU v. Va Tech
In the new BCS, you'd have to pick from Bama, Stanford, Wisconsin, Michigan, Houston, Boise, etc. for awesome marquee matchups.
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FANTASTIC viewpoint (around 35-40 yard line on ND side)--I posted in another thread as well (can't open the spreadsheet?). Taking best cash offer to meet me in AA tomorrow night or Saturday. Have an early offer for $200, will probably take at least $250 to get.
|4 years 41 weeks ago
|I have a single ticket to sell
Going to get a student ticket to sit with a friend instead. Sec 2, Row 47 (ND Sideline, but around the 35-40 yd lines--can't beat the view). I've put up some CL ads but would be happy to sell to an MGoLurker instead.
Seeking cash and best offer (I've had one for $200 already). I'm coming in from California so I'll be able to meet either late tomorrow night or Saturday anytime morning/afternoon.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|I actually just worked on one of the recent Netflix deals
I can tell you that some of what's been said is absolutely accurate. Netflix is getting murdered by the studios right now on the one side (which means higher licensing fees) and also getting pressure from the broadband side (like Comcast who is also a content provider, threatening to limit bandwidth or slow down speeds when Netflix is used). You see a lot of changes going on right now with windows for both theatrical and video on demand, and the content providers (whether studio, tv network, etc.) want more of the pie.
Couple all that with the fact that everything is moving toward streaming, and you have a breakdown of their model. While they realize this and have moved incrementally towards streaming, their ability to secure premium content is become more difficult by the day. At the very least, they cannot get such content on exclusive terms (to prevent Google-Youtube, or Amazon, or anyone else from also buying such content), or with premium windows when people most want them.
HBO Go is actually the wave of the future--you're going to see individual networks and studios controlling their content more and more and streaming it directly, and companies like Netflix will be left to get the last bite of the apple, if there's any apple left.


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Had fate (and the fashion gods) not intervened, Atlanta might have never been graced with the likes of pre-eminent Neiman Marcus personal shopper Tesa Wallace. Nor would the city's top socialites be quite the dapper lot they are today. Wallace was supposed to be born a boy, but was a surprise to her mom when she came out fated to be a fashion-addicted young lady. Wallace says she doesn't recall a time in her life when she wasn't drawn to "pretty things" or obsessed with fashion.
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Twin brothers were discovered dead in their home and they had been there for three years without a soul reporting that they were missing. The twin brothers were not known by their neighbors. A woman across the street said she didn't even know their names, according to MSN News on April 7. This is the second case reported this year where a home owner was dead in their house for years before being discovered.
Andrew and Anthony Johnson, 67, were a bit odd, as their Chattanooga, Tennessee neighbors explained. They said that the brothers kept to themselves and acted somewhat strange when out in the yard. They would wear surgical masks when working on the garden.
Neighbors said they never saw interior lights on, even after dark. The home never had any yard lights on either, report the neighbors. They were seldom seen, but once in a while someone would get a glimpse at them coming home with groceries or working in the yard.
Another mystery was the yard. It is apparent that the grass was getting cut, but no one knows who was doing this. They aren't sure if it was a neighbor doing a good deed or a relative or a friend that kept the lawn trimmed.
The mailbox contained a note saying the mail was stopped because the post office was under the impression that the brothers had moved. There is no indication that the twin brothers suffered from mental illness. There are records indicating they did own a business.
The brothers were found when a relative asked the police to do a well-being check on them. The authorities estimate the men were in the home dead since 2011. The conditions of the bodies and the surroundings suggested this timeline would be about right.
The preliminary results of the autopsy confirmed the identities of the men, but the autopsy did not reveal a cause of death. The twin brothers who were found decaying in recliners, looked as if they just sat down and died. The police said that the brothers did not look as though they were victims of foul play.
Toxicology tests were done and authorities are waiting for the results to see if they give a clue as to how the twin brothers died. Some flesh was left on the skeletal remains, reports the coroner. All the neighbors report not seeing the men in years and while the police have no idea what happened, folks that live nearby have some of their own theories. Those theories range from gas leak to double suicide.
Mummified woman dead six years and was missing never noticed missing, family devastated.
Last month a woman's skeletal remains were found in her home and they had been there for six years. Her automatic bill paying through the bank paid all the bills, so nothing seemed strange. A neighbor cut her lawn every week, so the house looked maintained, just like the Johnson twin's home.
It wasn't until the woman's bank account was depleted and the bank foreclosed on her home that her body was found. The bank sent over a contractor to fix a hole in the roof and he found her mummified body in her car in the garage. She had been there dead for six years.
These two incidents have sparked the discussion of just how well American's keep an eye out for their neighbors. These two stories are really sad. These folks died inside their homes and weren't discovered for years. Hopefully these incidents prompt neighbors to keep a lookout for one another. This is especially needed in today's world, which is riddled with crimes of home invasions, stalkers and just every day run-of-the-mill crimes.


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Coeur Sports: heart and style for the female athlete.
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Interbike is an insane, wonderful place. There is a dazzling array of bikes, gear, people, glitter (okay, maybe no glitter, but there was definitely confetti) and it's all within one giant maze. By day two I was already following the 303 team with a glazed look on my face. I hadn't paced myself as Kris had warned me. Luckily, Dana Willett, (our 303 Triathlon editor-in-chief) came to the rescue. Dana, not only has a keen sense of direction (must be from all her open water swims) but has the stamina of a true Ironman competitor. She was excited to lead us into the "Tri-section" of Interbike. As we meandered through aero-bars, velcro shoes and number belts, my mind started to wander. Dana must have sensed this and snapped me out of my daze with those magic words: "Katie, LOOK! They have coffee!", and she pointed at the Coeur Sports booth.
Coeur Sports had reached out to us a few weeks earlier. This start-up company from LA was looking for other states who might fit their niche. Colorado was right up their alley. Up until this point, I had only spoken with Reg and Kebby (husband/wife duo) via email...buuuuut...you guessed it. I already LOVED them. They had a wonderful sense of humor and were obviously working their TAILS off to make this company a success. So of course I was giddy about the coffee, but I was thrilled to meet them in person!!
We walked into the booth and I gasped. Everything was gorgeous. I mean GORGEOUS (and it might surprise you to know that this was definitely NOT the norm at Interbike). The booth was totally geared towards a woman. An ATHLETIC woman. There were friendly, sporty-looking women chatting on couches. The swimsuits hanging above them made me want to start swimming again. The bike jerseys were something I could see myself donning on a warm summer ride up Sunshine. And there in the corner, was a special surprise. "They have coffee...AND wine. How will I decide?" I said aloud to no one in particular as I stroked a bottle of Pinot Noir. A very friendly voice answered back,"Don't choose. Have both." I turned around and saw it was the welcoming face of Kebby Holden: founder of Coeur Sports. I wanted to be her best friend from that point forward.
Coeur Sports is a new line of high performance apparel designed (and initially tested) by Kebby. She got the idea when competing as a top age group athlete. She found it hard to train and compete in apparel that worked against her as she swam, cycled and ran long distances. Inspired to find better workout gear, and unable to find answers off the shelf, Kebby created Coeur as a solution. Read what Kebby had to say about their start and where they are going from here.
We've designed our clothing from the ground up for the competitive athlete. Whether it is the (we think genius) removal of the seam in the seat of the tri shorts or the custom designed and incredibly soft fabric that is made from scratch in Los Angeles, no detail of these garments was overlooked. Across the entire line, Coeur Sports addresses the specific needs of female athletes training for and competing in endurance sports. Each piece in the Coeur collection features uniquely designed, fashion forward features that are made specifically for a woman's body in motion.
Women represent the fastest growing segment of endurance sports and they have very specific needs for apparel, says Holden. Women like to train and compete, but they also like to look great while they're at it. That's why we are designing complete collections to be mixed and matched, providing flexibility and fun while dressing for tough workouts and races. The name, Coeur which means "heart" in French, reflects my personal passion for providing apparel that blends performance and fashion for the woman who pushes herself to train hard, compete harder and look great while doing it.
-Kebby Holden
Amen, sister! Coeur has made a conscious effort to design sport specific lines. As female athletes we know that the clothes a straight-up cyclist wears is different than those of a triathlete. Your lap suit is different than your racing suit. For those cross-over days Coeur also offer "lifestyle clothing" [Editor's note: you might be wondering, "What is lifestyle clothing?". You know, its the sporty stuff you can hang out in without looking like a gym-rat-freak, but that also allows you to sprint for the bus without losing your pants.] Coeur Sports is indeed (as they say) "stylish speed, straight from the heart". I can't wait to see what Kebby and the Coeur gang have in store for us at Interbike next year.
*More information can be found at coeursports.com or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.
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Just wanted to thank everyone at 303 Cycling and 303 Triathlon for the review. You guys are great! Reg & Kebby www.coeursports.com
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Perille attended the Milwaukee Institute of Technology and later was a staff photographer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He became a staff photographer for The Charlotte Observer in 1972. One short year later, Perille and two other photographers were featured in the first exhibition at The Light Factory in its first home, a second floor gallery of an old house on Torrence Street.
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Recent and archived news articles by Thomas Kaplan of The New York Times.
Donald Trump Vows to Rip Up Trade Deals and Confront China
Reading from a script for the second time in two weeks, Mr. Trump hammered away at familiar economic grievances in Pennsylvania, a state crucial to his election chances.
June 29, 2016, Wednesday
Hillary Clinton Surprises by Attending Pride Parade in New York
It was an unannounced appearance for Mrs. Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, two weeks after the massacre in Orlando, which colored the proceedings.
June 27, 2016, Monday
How Should Hillary Clinton Choose a Running Mate? Start With Chemistry
The Clinton campaign is searching for a charismatic Democrat who can click with, but not outshine, its candidate. Auditions have already started.
June 20, 2016, Monday
Donald Trump's Speeches Fire Up His Base, but May Cost Him
Polls show that Mr. Trump's repeated calls for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, on the heels of the attack in Orlando, is not gaining traction among voters he will need in November.
June 17, 2016, Friday
Donald Trump Responds to Orlando Attack by Exploiting Fear, Not Easing It
At a time when other leaders would avoid divisive language and seek unity, Mr. Trump has intensified the power of fear in presidential politics in the aftermath of national crises.
June 15, 2016, Wednesday
Democrats Jump on Allies of Donald Trump in Judge Dispute
A report that Mr. Trump urged his supporters to defend his criticisms of a judge's Mexican heritage, and then rebuked his staff for having suggested otherwise, gave his rivals added ammunition.
June 7, 2016, Tuesday
Hillary Clinton Has Clinched Democratic Nomination, Survey Reports
On the eve of the New Jersey and California primaries, an Associated Press survey of superdelegates indicated that Mrs. Clinton had gone over the top.
June 7, 2016, Tuesday
A Biased Judge? Donald Trump Has Claimed It Before
Unlike most plaintiffs, who try to curry the favor of judges, Mr. Trump can turn publicly hostile toward them, assailing their motives, biography and fitness.
June 7, 2016, Tuesday
Bernie Sanders Vows Fight to Convention as Hillary Clinton Wins a Primary
Mrs. Clinton was the victor in Puerto Rico while Mr. Sanders assailed foreign government donations to the Clinton Foundation.
June 6, 2016, Monday
Hillary Clinton's New Attack on Donald Trump Cheers Her Allies and Worries His
Mrs. Clinton showed the first indication of confronting an unconventional opponent, while Mr. Trump's supporters have seen his unwillingness to adapt to the demands of a general election.
June 4, 2016, Saturday
Fact Check: Michigan Republican Debate
The New York Times checks assertions made by the Republican presidential candidates during Thursday's debate in Detroit.
This Is Trump Country
Here is a closer look at a few of the places where Donald J. Trump won big on Super Tuesday
Fact Check: South Carolina G.O.P. Debate
The New York Times checks assertions from the Republican candidates during Saturday's debate in Greenville, S.C.
Fact Check: Wisconsin Democratic Debate
The New York Times checks assertions made from the Democratic candidates, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, during Thursday's debate in Milwaukee.
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The FBI is now involved in the shooting death of a black 18-year-old teenager from Ferguson, near St. Louis. The gunning down of Michael Brown after he was involved in some sort of altercation with police Saturday touched off a night of rioting, looting and violent protests, and a wave of racially charged remonstrations are boiling over on social media sites.
Per the USA Today on Aug. 12: "The FBI opened an investigation Monday into the death of Brown, who police said was shot multiple times Saturday after being confronted by an officer in Ferguson, a suburb of 21,000 that's nearly 70 percent black… Investigators have refused to publicly disclose the race of the officer, who is now on administrative leave. But Phillip Walker [a witness to the incident] said he was on the porch of an apartment complex overlooking the scene when he heard a shot and saw a white officer with Brown on the street."
Yesterday, we brought you this story:
Ferguson riots: Death of unarmed black teen by white cops leads to riots, NAACP
Brown was unarmed, and the story, as one might expect, took on an instantaneous racial overtone. African Americans within the St. Louis suburb where Brown died took to the streets, and a candlelight vigil held Sunday night turned into an out-of-control evening of aggressive looting, burning, smashing storefronts and windows of parked cars; goods were carried out of broken stores by the armful.
Multiple YouTube videos captured mostly black males, many of whom had handkerchiefs or other articles of clothing covering their faces, smashing and grabbing items from destroyed storefronts.
Police were forced to use tear gas rounds in order to quell the crowd. Over 30 arrests were made when the night was over. Multiple officers were injured after rocks were thrown at the police; one officer was struck with a brick.
Monday night, the rioting continued. Reports USA Today:
Police Chief Tom Jackson said members of the crowd threw rocks at police and gunfire came from the crowd, so officers used tear gas and shot "beanbag rounds" meant to stun them. Jackson said police blocked off the area where most of the looting and vandalism occurred the previous night out of concern that cars passing by might hit demonstrators in the street.
St. Louis County police spokesman Brian Schellman said there were at least five arrests and no reports of looting. He said police using loudspeakers were urging people to go home.
Brown was reportedly unarmed and had his hands raised over his head when he was gunned down by what appears to be a white officer. A scuffle occurred inside of the police patrol car; an officer was reportedly shoved into the car and a struggle for the officer's sidearm ensued. One round was fired in the car. The altercation then spilled out into the street, and Brown was thereafter shot.
Details of the scuffle, and what exactly Brown's role was, remain unclear and under investigation. At least one other person was with Brown at the time.
Sunday night, the vigil for Brown drew a crowd of over a thousand individuals, with the scene taking a decidedly violent turn. Angry protestors demanding answers shouted: "We want answer," and "No justice, no peace," while a news conference was being conducted. Some men spray painted "RIP Michael" in the middle of the street. Others walked into the St. Louis police station and shouted, with their hands up: "Don't shoot me!"
Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden, who attended the vigil, said she needs answers, and she wants the officer who killed her son to face the death penalty.
"I would like to see him fired," McSpadden said. "I would like to see him go to jail with the death penalty. My son just turned 18 and graduated from high school, and he don't bother nobody. They told me how many times my son was shot. Eight."
Various pics of Brown have been circulated on social media. One picture, showing a somber-faced teen in a red tank top, throwing up a gang sign, contrasted with another – a younger picture of a smiling Brown in an arcade. MSN News commented on the war raging in the court of public opinion: Black shooting victims face trial by social media
Brown's family, in conjunction with the NAACP, has retained Benjamin Crump, the attorney best known for representing the family of Trayvon Martin, another unarmed black teen who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman.
"I don't want to sugarcoat it, their baby was executed in broad daylight," exclaimed Crump while flanked by Michael's parents. "We want to know and see exactly what happened because this family rejects what the police authorities said at their press conference."
Says USA Today: "Demonstrators expressed similar frustrations with many saying Brown's death is the latest example of black life not being valued by police officers who see youth of color as dangerous. Several on Twitter using the hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown expressed their anger over Brown's death."
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That fabric softener teddy bear...oooh I'm 'a hunt that little bitch down.
I am the Pied Piper of the Hunger Games, a simple man followed by a few dozen rats.
The British film institute suggests Olivier's Richard III may have done more to popularize Shakespeare than any other piece of work.According to the British Film Institute, the 25–40 million viewers during its airing on US television, "would have outnumbered the sum of the play's theatrical audiences over the 358 years since its first performance. - wiki
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Mattie was a heavily matted and neglected dog when she was taken to BARC (the Bureau of Animal Regulation and Care), but today (thanks to Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue), she is a beautiful three year-old American cocker spaniel looking for a forever home.
Mattie is very sweet and loves people. She is learning manners and gaining confidence daily, but right now she is a little nervous around new people and situations.
Mattie gets along with her foster cocker spaniel siblings but would do best in a home without large dogs. She craves human attention and would do great with a family who can provide Mattie with lots of love, structure, and a routine.
If you would like to meet Mattie or learn more about her, please contact Gulf Coast Cocker Spaniel Rescue (GCCSR) by sending them an e-mail here. To view more photos of Mattie (including her before photo), click here.


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The Santa Claus rally period covers the last five trading days of the year and the first two trading days of the new year, so that period doesn't technically begin until Friday. Nonetheless, it is an appealing thought today as the markets bounce from the Grinch like price action of recent sessions.
The risk trade swith was flipped back on today. It brought a barrage of buying that drove stocks up to close at their best single session gain in the last month.Stocks settled the prior session in weak fashion by closing at their lowest levels of December, but the tone of trade improved overnight with help from you can probably guess who ....Europe.
Commodities also scored strong gains, giving the CRB Index a 2.0% gain today. It hasn't made such a strong move since October. Its climb was helped by the dollar's fall. And additionally the Financials were also leaders. The sector settled with a near 4% gain of its own
The combination of broad market strength and support for commodities made natural resource plays some of the session's best performers. Materials stocks and energy stocks collectively climbed close to 4%.
As for today's opening gap and run up we can also note that we have seen this movie before. But for at least today prices did not just fade throughout the day in low volume after the mornings good advance. It was an important note that the market held and closed strong also.
The global macro economic situation continues to be the focus, but there is likely some year end tax strategies at work as well.
On the global construct Italy and Spain have seen yields on their 10 year notes drop 35 bps and 25 bps since Friday to 6.19% and 5.11%. This is a welcome relief from the over 7% spikes. Some market reports were attributing today's opening gap up to Spain's stronger than expected treasury bill auctions.
A surprising German business confidence reading for December is another factor supporting the morning's market strength. It was not only better than expected but it was also better than November, rising to 107.2 from 106.6. according to Reuters.
It did not hurt either that the November Housing Starts here in the US was also better. Led by a 25.3% jump in multi family starts and a 2.3% increase in single family starts, housing starts rose 9.3% from October. This is the highest level of starts since October 2008. Building permits also jumped 5.7%.
With this number of good reports there is a good chance of an upward surprise for the market moving Leading Economic Indicators report for November on Thursday.
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Just when you thought Jena Irene was going to simply walk away with the Season 13 "American Idol" title, Caleb Johnson, with the help of a couple of fan-chosen songs, has asserted himself. During Wednesday night's Top 5 performance show, Caleb channeled Aerosmith and Whitesnake, reaffirming his rocker status and showing that, if nothing else, he's a world-class singer and performer. While taking the former band's "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" and making it into a smooth rock ballad, he left Whitesnake's "Still of the Night" alone, choosing instead to show the power of his voice and let the music do the talking. It was the right choice, too, because not only did he close the show on a roll he started last week with The Black Crowes' "Sting Me," he brought down the house with his David Coverdale-esque scream.
As Lyndsey Parker at Yahoo TV pointed out in her Top 5 performance recap May 1, the "episode featured several standout numbers, but if you only watch one 'Idol' performance this week — nay, this season — make it this one." This one, of course, being the pyrotechnic-backed cover of the 80s blues metal classic by Whitesnake. (Yes, that same song that sounded so Led Zeppelin-like that thousands of fans could be seen with Zeppelin t-shirts at any given Whitesnake concert.) Ricky Minor and the "Idol" band were blasting away, having fun with the hard rocking rhythm. And the lead guitarist? He performed the lead break like a John Sykes (Whitesnake's lead guitarist on the cut) clone.
The performance was so electrifying, so out-of-your-seat energizing, that "American Idol" judges Keith Urban and Jennifer Lopez hit their feet and started head-banging and fist-pumping the air. Of course, the more reserved Harry Connick Jr. couldn't show favoritism (he's a judge, he's told us, and doesn't feel it is fair to give standing ovations), but he said it all in his critique: "You just can't sing that song any better than that, man. Fantastic job."
Now, David Coverdale might have something to say about singing the song "any better than that," but even that great vocalist would be hard pressed not to admit that Caleb's rendition was big hair worthy.
"Still of the Night," performed by David Coverdale and Whitesnake on their eponymous 8-times platinum album, barely cracked the Top 80 (No. 79) on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but managed to get to No. 18 on the Mainstream Rock chart in 1987. It remains their signature song. The song seemed to be Coverdale's and lead guitarist John Sykes' ode to Led Zeppelin, highlighted by a break where Sykes uses a violin bow to play a few notes (reminiscent of Page's performance on "Dazed and Confused" and "How Many More Times" from the band's first album). The songs roots touch even more rock royalty -- it was generated from a demo of a song Coverdale worked on with Richie Blackmore when the former sang lead for Deep Purple.
Caleb Johnson's rendition was a fan-chosen cover. A young man named Cameron Martin from Oregon requested Caleb perform the blues metal tune, saying, "It requires power and range, and you have all of them. Just go out there and crush it!"
Oh, he crushed it alright, so much so that Judge Keith had a difficult time giving the North Carolina rocker some constructive feedback.
"American Idol" is winding down its thirteenth season and some finalists just keep getting better and better -- except for Sam Woolf, who seems to be stuck in some kind of bland vocal purgatory, even if the judges can't seem to see it -- with each passing week. Still, the show is down to at least four top-rate performers -- Jena Irene, Alex Preston, Jessica Meuse, and Caleb Johnson. And one of the remaining five will be voted off the show, their fate revealed on Thursday's results episode.
Suffice it to say, it is highly unlikely that that finalist will be Caleb Johnson.
"American Idol" returns for the results reveal on Thursday at 9 p.m. (EST) on Fox Television. Judge Keith Urban is scheduled to leave the panel for a few minutes to perform.
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Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition and the Future of Warehouse Builder
By antonio romero on Feb 16, 2009
We realize the blog has been quiet lately—lots of stuff going on internally, so the usual contributors have been a bit preoccupied. (Also, a nasty cold is going around HQ, which has left me, at least, almost literally speechless—if this were a podcast, you'd realize I've mostly lost my voice.) But given some changes in the atmosphere lately, I wanted to comment on how Warehouse Builder users should be thinking about the future of our product.
Oracle has made some licensing, packaging and pricing changes around data integration that should go a long ways towards settling any customer uncertainty around Oracle Warehouse Builder and Oracle Data Integrator. Most importantly, the new Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition product was announced, which incorporates both the old Oracle Data Integrator and Oracle Warehouse Builder Enterprise ETL as components of a single bundle with a single license.
The blogosphere was first informed of these changes over on the Data Integration blog, hosted by Oracle's Dain Hansen:
Oracle has unveiled that it will now include both Oracle Data Integrator and Oracle Warehouse Builder Enterprise ETL, formerly an add-on option to Oracle Database, as the two components of Oracle Data Integrator Enterprise Edition (ODI-EE). Going forward, these products will merge into a single unified data integration technology platform. This strategy fully preserves any existing development investments of all Oracle data integration customers and will provide a seamless, easy upgrade path from the current components to the unified platform. Customers can safely choose either component as the basis for implementations today. More information is available on this Oracle Data Integration Statement of Direction.
Rather than re-iterate the contents of this announcement, I want to ensure Warehouse Builder customers of a number of important points:
- All of the features of Oracle Warehouse Builder 11.1 as you've known it are still available, and will continue to be available going forward. (The features that were in OWB Enterprise ETL are now only available in the ODI-EE product. Essentially you get both, and then whichever product better fits your business and technical needs, you can implement.)
- Oracle Warehouse Builder 11.2 is still on track to be released with Oracle Database 11gR2.
- Support, training, and other resources (like this blog) for Oracle Warehouse Builder will continue to be available, Oracle University classes will be updated for 11.2, and so on.
- As stated above, "Customers can safely choose either component [i.e. either Warehouse Builder with Enterprise ETL features or Oracle Data Integrator] as the basis for implementations today", with a smooth migration path going forward.
- Oracle Warehouse Builder data quality features are still available, but are now packaged as the Oracle Data Profiling and Data Quality option to the Oracle Database Enterprise Edition. (This is essentially just a name change for the data quality features.)
- OWB Application Connectors are still available, but are now re-named as Application Adapters for Warehouse Builder.
- The core OWB features that have been included with all Oracle database licenses (except XE) are still included with every Oracle database license.
So… you can still get everything you used to get, you can count on it being there for years to come, you can count on the 11.2 release being there when it's supposed to, no fear. If OWB was the right product for you to adopt a year ago or six months ago, it's still the right product for you to adopt now.
When you're ready to purchase a license for data quality or the Enterprise ETL features, though, talk to Oracle sales to understand how the current packaging, naming and pricing map onto what you need.
Keep following this blog for Warehouse Builder tips and our thoughts on ETL, data integration, data warehousing and data quality.


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CLEVELAND -- After what might have been the nastiest of CC Sabathia's 11 strikeout sequences on Tuesday, Curtis Granderson glanced over to left field and gestured to teammate Brett Gardner, as if to say: "Is he for real?"
On a night when Derek Jeter moved two hits closer to 3,000 and Granderson homered twice, it was Sabathia who loomed largest, continuing one of his best grooves with the Yankees in a 9-2 victory over the Indians.
*Phil Hughes returns to Yankees with rejuvenated fastball after stint on disabled list (NJ.com)
*Derek Jeter turns back the clock for a moment, but he still may not be the Captain of old again (NY Daily News)
*Jeter gets two hits in Yankees romp; could get tonight off (NY Post)


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The New York Islanders will face the high power San Jose Sharks tonight at home at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The Islanders are coming off an amazing come-back win Monday in which, down by 3 goals, they scored 7 goals in the third period against the Vancouver Canucks to win 7-4. It was also an historic night as the team tied a franchise record for most goals in a period.
Fans are surely hoping for more fire power from the team that returns home after a four game Canadian road trip. They'd probably settle for what they witnessed back in February against the Toronto Maple Leafs in which the team last one at home 5-4 in an overtime thriller. It will be back to back games at home as the Isles host Buffalo tomorrow night.
Young call-up center Anders Lee has excelled tallying 7 points in 7 games (5 G, 2 A) since joining the team against Toronto on Feb. 27. While Lee has been getting much of the attention, center Ryan Strome, who was called up again Feb. 27 against Toronto, has quietly tallied 5 points in 7 games since his most recent call-up.
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Below is a list of current and upcoming exhibitions at galleries in New York City that are worth a visit:
1. Beth Carter—Dancing With Morpheus: For this show, Carter presents 10 new life-size sculptures made from clay or wax and cast into bronze or resin. She portrays mythical creatures, many of which appear as half-human and half-animal. Carter describes her creations as "magical realism" and are influenced by fantasy, melancholy, and whimsy that stem from her deep, subconscious mind. At The Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, 535 W. 25th St., through Mar. 8th. The gallery is open Tues—Sat. from 10 a.m.—6 p.m.
2. Grisha Bruskin—H Hour: For this show, Bruskin presents 40 bronze sculptures painted with white enamel. She explains the theme for the exhibition is how "the trivial is made sacred, how strong the hypnotic power of art and the image in general really is, and how depiction can become a means and instrument for manipulating human consciousness." At the Marlborough Gallery, 40 W. 57th St., through Mar. 15th. The gallery is open Mon—Sat. from 10 a.m.—5:30 p.m.
3. Klara Kristalova—Big Girl Now: For her second solo show at the gallery, Kristalova presents several new ceramic pieces where she explores the complexity of the human condition and bring to light the dualities of the many dimensions that exist within human nature. At The Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 201 Chrystie St., through Apr. 26th. There will be an opening reception at the gallery Feb. 27th from 6—8 p.m. The gallery is open Tues—Sat. from 10 a.m.—6 p.m.
4. Nikolai Ishchuk—Indeterminate Objects: For this show, Ishchuk presents several sculptures composed of painted photographic prints, and partially painted and folded structures. At Denny Gallery, 261 Broome St., through Mar. 16th. The gallery is open Wed—Fri from 12—6 p.m., and weekends from 12—6 p.m., and Mon. and Tues. by appointment.
5. Ana Cardoso and Christian Bonnefoi—The Other Side and In Between: Collaborating for their first show at the gallery, Cardoso presents several wall installations, objects, and paintings. Bonnefoi offers work from his Eureka series inspired by a poem by Edgar Allan Poe, that explores the relationship between four dimensions: the recto, the verso, the thickness between them, and the temporal process. At Longhouse Projects, 285 Spring St., through Feb. 28th. The gallery is open Tues—Sat. from 10 a.m.—6 p.m.


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For many cruisers and potential cruisers, that is the ultimate question! It's one that my husband and partner who has sold cruises for more than 15 years, is asked every week and depending on his answer, he can acquire a cruise client for life, or totally alienate a potential client.
The answer of course, is a broad one. A week-long cruise to the Caribbean, without air, but including all taxes and port charges can cost as little as $500 a person -- or several thousand dollars a person. The variables make all the difference: season, destination, cruise line, ship, type of cabin and cabin location.
One potential client contacted Pat last week from Australia, interested in a week aboard Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas, a worthy, older Voyager-class ship. His price for a balcony cabin for the two of them was around $900 per person, and the clients seemed pleased. Then, they changed their minds. Instead of the Navigator, they wanted Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas, the flashy, huge, new RCCL flagship. Of course, the price went up--more than $200 per person. And they didn't want to pay the difference. A suggestion that they might compromise their cabin and take an oceanview cabin instead of a balcony was not well received. They wanted what they wanted, and didn't want to compromise cost or cabin. Sadly, they won't be taking a cruise when they visit the USA next month.
The combination of factors that control a cruise price can be manipulated in any number of ways, but in general, if you want to take a genuinely affordable Caribbean cruise, here's the best formula:
1. Sail off season. If you can vacation in the fall, you're going to save a lot. Some people say, "No. Not fall. That's hurricane season." My response to that is, "So what?" The truth is no cruise line is going to jeopardize their multimillion-dollar investment to put a ship in harm's way. And the savings? Tremendous!
2. Compare itineraries. You might find a significant price difference between Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries. It depends on what's popular this year as well as the difference in port taxes the ship is passing to land at the various ports.
3. Shop cruise lines. I can almost promise you that Carnival will be less expensive to sail than Royal Caribbean or Princess. NCL is often an excellent value, and new cruise lines can also offer bargain fares when they're trying to build clientele. An example of this is MSC Cruises. While they're well known in Europe, they are a one-ship-only newcomer in the U.S., so the MSC Divina is a great value--and a beautiful new ship.
4. Even on a single cruise line, prices vary by ship. The same seven-night Caribbean itinerary will be less expensive on the Carnival Conquest or the Carnival Glory, for example, than it will on the Carnival Breeze. Why? The Breeze is new, has a few extra features, and is in demand. The others are a bit older, might lack an amenity or two, are will be a much better value.
5. Your cabin makes a big difference. Suites cost more than balconies, which cost more than ocean-view (picture window), which costs more than portholes, which cost more than inside cabins with no view at all. Like the limbo, the question is: how low can you go?
6. And speaking of low, the lower in the ship, the less expensive the cabin within your chosen category. A balcony on deck 6 in the front or back will be less expensive than a midship balcony on deck 10. It's all up to you and what you simply must have, and therefore, what you're willing to pay for.
7. Pack 'em full! Another way to save is to put three or four people in your cabin. Carnival even has some cabins on some ships that will accommodate five. Please note: I didn't say this would be comfortable, but it is economical. The ideal number is two per cabin. Okay, maybe three. Just remember, there is only one bathroom and everyone has to shower and get ready for dinner at the same time.
8. Finally, and I think most important of all, buy your cruise from a genuine cruise agent--someone who knows the cruise lines, knows the ports, knows the ships and knows, above all, how to get you just what you want at the best price. I recommend Pat Crane's 7 Seas Cruises and once you try him, you will never consider anyone else. Write him at email@example.com or call 1-866-424-1090 toll-free.
Smooth sailing,