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In a drunken fit of drunkenness, I agreed to wear a pedometer and set some fitness goals. Omron kindly asked me to join their Fitness Blogger Challenge Campaign, which, DUH, screams AUNT BECKY, right? They sent me some sweet ass swag (and some for YOU, too) and I was all, I am so going to beat the shit out of this challenge.
I just knew it.
I mean, as long as I could call it an "odometer," I was pretty happy to try wearing the thing for a month. I mean, I walk all the time…right? Surely as a "writer"* on the Internet who spends her time watching zany cats do stuff while pecking out email after email on her Big Mac is probably an athletic superstar.
Really, how could I *not* be eligible for an award like, "most athletic blogger," or "walks most steps in a day?" I scoffed at the suggestion of 10,000 steps a day – certainly I did at least a million steps each day. Probably TWO million!
In fact, I bet that I'd break the odometer with my awesome steps.
I couldn't wait to go to the Omron factory, right in my backyard, to be all, "I broke this with my awesomeness."
Happily I strapped it on the first day – I didn't even drop it in the toilet. I hummed a little as I imagined the odometer getting all confused after I passed the 1 million steps mark.
At the end of the night, I glanced down at the thing and was all, OH EM GEE, this ridiculously expensive odometer is broken. Obviously.
Because there is NO WAY I only walked 2,398 steps. It probably had to roll over from 99,999 or something. Right?
The next morning, I got up and happily strapped the thing on again. This time I included some yoga pants (who cares if I never actually DO yoga in my yoga pants?) and a headband to catch all the sweat that I'd be dripping. I'd have used those weird 80's wrist cuffs if I had any, but sadly, no.
I put up a picture of Bob Greene as a motivator-thingy and pictured him cheering me on each time I wrote an email.
His voice sounded like Billy Mays, so I got a little nostalgic. And when I get nostalgic, I have to take a nap. Kind of like when I have a cheeseburger. Or really, any time. I love naps. I bet Bob Greene does too. I get to talk to him next week and I plan to ask him about it.
The end of that night, after I was all EYE OF THE MOTHERFUCKING TIGER about shit? My odometer read 1,082.
Apparently, WEARING yoga pants isn't the same as working out. Who the fuck knew?
It was a bad month to work on getting fit – pneumonia, now I'm dying of something that's growing in my sinuses, then an ear infection, now Ebola – so I'm going to have to cram all of my Getting Fit With Omron into a week and a half. What can I say? I'm a procrastinator (although this time, not by choice).
So I'm setting a ridiculously low goal and trying to stick to it. I know that simple shit like parking far away from the entrance to Target (my boyfriend) is an easy way to get a little bit of exercise. If all else fails, I can throw the odometer on one of the kids and be all BOOO-YEAH.
Because Your Aunt Becky has GOT to get fit. Or die trying.
Oh yeah, and I'm being compensated to write this post by Bookieboo LLC in a blogger campaign with Omron Fitness.
*use of quotation marks is intentional.
Okay, Pranksters – I need some ridiculously awesome (or hilarious) fitness tips. Because obviously. Or if you've got none, tell me what your favorite flavor of cupcake is, because delicious. Obviously.
It might shock you, Pranksters, that Your Aunt Becky is a weeeee bit compulsive.
Okay, stop nodding so hard – it's giving me a headache.
So I'm compulsive. One look at my orchid farm will tell you that much.
I mean, I'm so compulsive that days like yesterday, even though I had a perfectly valid reason (I was sick and had to go to the doctor ALSO Alex was sick – ear infection this time – and had to go to the doctor) not to post here, because it would've turned out like, "GAHHHH! WHY DO I FEEEEEL SO SICK! IT'S MARK ANTHONY'S FAULT!" I still felt off. All day.
Had I had three remaining brain cells, I'd have grimly come up with SOMETHING. Because OMGWTFBBQ it's my BLAWG and peoples READ MAH BLAWG.
Last year, right around this time, I was all OMGWTFBBQ GLEE IS AWESOME. I DON'T CARE IF THE GIRL EVERYONE SAYS IS LIKE ME, HAS A MOUTH THAT THREATENS ME WHILE I WATCH. IT'S SO FUNNY AND AWESOME AND OMGWTFBBQ.
But Glee, sadly, was on hiatus for some American Idol crap or something. And I was recovering from surgery which meant I wasn't supposed to be sitting up. I had a LOT of hours to fill. Vertically.
So I'm all, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOTTA BE AS AWESOME AS GLEE? THE OTHER SHOW THE GLEE CREATOR MADE: NIP/TUCK.
Netflix and I had a love affair, see, and I TRUSTED Netflix not to do me wrong.
Happily, I noted that I had six (SIX!) entire seasons of the show to watch. I'd have done a happy dance if I'd be able, but I settled on a lone *fistbump* and queued up the first episode.
Okay, I said, so there's this really nice doctor guy and he's got this perfect wife and two kids – the boy looked like Michael Jackson – and then there's this cocky playboy doctor and puts his peen in lots of things. Instantly, I was horrified. Crazy-balls Anne Hesche was in it. Until I learned that it wasn't actually Crazy-Balls Anne Hesche and felt bad for hating the pretty blonde NON-ANNE-HESCHE lady.
But whatever. The kid looked like Michael Jackson and the two doctors were semi-likeable.
By episode two, I found myself bored.
By episode three, I'd begun to hate each and every character – including the hamster.
Any normal person would have then stopped the show, shrugged, and written it off as a crap-ass show. But not Your Aunt Becky.
No, I grimly sat through each show, all of the ridiculous scenarios, and hoped for a better episode. The next one HAD to be better, right?
Turns out, not so much.
My favorite moment of the entire show was when someone got hit by a bus. It was great.
The rest of it? I hated each and every character. Equally. At no point did I say, "wow, that was great. I really connected with that character."
(to be fair, I've never said something so hokey in my life, unless I was stoned and/or drunk)
So this week, when The Guy On The Couch, The Daver and I ran out of Pawn Stars episodes on Netflix, we searched desperately to find something to fill the void. Anything.
"I've heard good things about Parking Wars," Daver suggested.
"Me too," The Guy on the Couch chimed in.
"Uh, I've never heard of it, but okay," I agreed.
We settled down to watch the first episode.
Instantly, I hated everyone on the screen – these are the fuckheads who give me tickets and they're talking about how they think they're doing some great job for the world? HOW IS CHARGING ME TWENTY BUCKS ALTRUISTIC?
By the time some lady began weeping over her car, calling it "her BABY," I had to turn it off. I mean, who can feel a connection with the douchebags that give me parking tickets for being ONE MINUTE PAST MY METER TIME? Like, aw, thanks Buddy, for making MY world a WORSE place to be. Way to RID the world of those of us who FORGET TO PAY OUR METERS. YOU'RE TOTALLY SUPER-FUCKING-MAN, BUDDY!
It's like trying to be sympathetic to the chick who has brought in 8 different guys for five different Maury shows. WHO HAS SEX WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE IN A MONTH?
Only thing worse than Parking Wars would be watching people at the DMV…
Wait, so long as the DMV people were antagonists, I might be okay.
I am pleased to report to you, Pranksters, that I DID, in fact, learn my lesson. Rather than muddle through the entire catalog of Parking Wars, I deleted it from my "you might like this" queue.
Hoarders, however, well, let's just say I miss seeing people poo into bags AND SAVE IT.
(okay, that's a lie)
P.P.S. I'm probably delirious.
I met her there, on the transplant floor (liver and kidney) where she sat, her eyes full of a sadness I couldn't quite place, next to her son. The second of her three children to lay in a bed just like that one, all suffering the same rare genetic liver disease. The guilt was written all over her face – she hadn't known that she and her husband were carriers for this disease – it hadn't occurred to her to be tested. Not until later – much later, after her first son required a liver transplant.
I had her during my clinicals that week, so I spent a good deal of time with her. They lived in some BumFuck Southern town, temporarily moving to Chicago where the premiere doctor who treated this particular liver disease practiced. She and her husband and their other kids, moved, where so many do, into the Ronald McDonald house attached to the hospital I'd been volunteered to rotate through.
A student nurse then, the horror of a hospital – a big, beautiful, wonderful, cheerful hospital – that treated only children, her eyes haunted me long after I'd stopped being their nurse.
Their son, he was three at the time, I think, and while he was bloated, sorta like Violet Beauregard from Willy Wonka, he bore enough of a resemblance to my own tiny son that I couldn't help but see him every time I administered medication or checked his vitals.
We walked past the house a couple of times. Visiting the dialysis center. Other offsite clinical stuffs. It was there. The logo was similar to that of my most favorite fast-food joint – McDonald's – and I thought, each time, of the families who had to live there, while they waited to see if their children could be cured.
It was an honor to have been placed there – Children's Memorial Hospital – and I was one of six lucky recipients.
In a twist of fate no one could've foreseen, my daughter, not even a glimmer in my eye at that time, had her neurosurgery at a branch of the very same hospital. She wore the same gown that all of my patients back then did, making me feel as though I'd somehow walked into an alternate universe.
I'm close enough now to Children's Memorial that I didn't have to stay at the Ronald McDonald house when she was born so sick. Or when she had to be readmitted for her surgery.
But I never forgot.
I never forgot what an amazing place the Ronald McDonald House was. When I think of it even today, I am reminded of the woman with the sick boys, who harkened from BumFuck, USA, living in the Great Big City of Chicago while she awaited her son's fate.
My friend Paula, another transplant mom, who I happened to meet through this very blog (who also works with me now, on Band Back Together), began something a couple of months ago. She inspired me.
She's been collecting pop-tops to donate to the Ronald McDonald house (not the same one that I've been to). She inspired me to do the same.
And now I ask you, My Pranksters, to consider helping me with this.
McDonald's Corporate HQ is about thirty minutes from my house and I plan to collect as many pop-tabs as I can to donate to their charity.
If you'd like to join me, (PLEASE?!), you can collect these pop-tabs and drop them off at your OWN Ronald McDonald House, or you can send them directly to me.
Email me: firstname.lastname@example.com for my address.
Time to use The Internet for some good.
P.S. If I get enough pop-tabs, I will totally do something random for you on a dare. Like go out in public in jeggings or something. YOU PICK THE DARE.
Also: if you're participating, go ahead and link up, yo!


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Photo by Michelle Felter, Staff
There is another branch in Cape Girardeau, and the owners plan to open two more soon.
Cutting the ribbon is owner Chris Lix. Also pictured are: Pam Tibbs of the Sikeston Area Chamber of Commerce, Rachel Patterson, a Chamber of Commerce member; Lix; co-owner Kim Baker; Emily Cowell, assistant manager; Regina Roberts, branch manager; and Frank Burgess, general manager.


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Bank of England holds QE and bank rate
The Bank of England has left its quantitative easing (QE) programme and historic bank rate unchanged.
The asset purchasing programme was left at £375bn with the bank rate remaining at 0.5 per cent, where it has been since March 2009.
Last month seven of the nine-member committee voted to boost the QE programme by £50bn, including governor Mervyn King.
The minutes said that those seven members felt that the need for further monetary easing was "compelling", and even discussed boosting the programme by £75bn.
In a statement released today, the rate-setting Monetary Policy Committee said it expected the latest round of QE to take another three months to complete and would keep the scale of the programme under review.
The minutes from the meeting will be released on August 15.


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Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014
AIKEN, SC (WRDW) -- The report of the missing domesticated mountain lion on Sunday was a hoax, according to the Aiken Department of Public Safety,
Earlier on Sunday, officers responded to Bob's Aquarium Pets and were told a pet mountain lion was missing. According to reports, Billy Lungford told officers the animal was black, weighed 100 pounds and three feet tall. He also told them the pet was de-clawed and was wearing a dog harness.
In the officer's report, Lungford stated the mountain lion was last seen 7 p.m. Saturday night and was left to wander around the backroom of the building. Officers said they saw were a pipe was used as a wedge to pry the metal sheet back exposing the inside of the building.
Investigators now say the entire story was fabricated. They say the search has turned into a criminal investigation into filing a false police report.


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Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina Part 8, Chapter 7 Summary
- Kitty nurses Mitya as the nanny sleeps. Kitty can hear her guests laughing on the balcony, and is a little peeved that Levin isn't around to greet them.
- She reflects that Levin has been spending a lot of time alone lately, mostly tending to his beehives. He knows that her husband is bothered by his lack of faith.
- She notes that he reads philosophy incessantly yet finds no answers, then reflects that he'll enjoy the company of his visitors. This train of thought leads her to worry that there are no clean sheets to offer the guests.
- She returns to pondering her husband's unbelief, deciding that she would rather have him be an unbeliever than be a believer full of pretense, like Madame Stahl.
- She knows that her husband is a good man, thinking of a recent suggestion that helped the Oblonskys out of financial difficulties. Kitty thinks of all the duties that he assumes caring for his relatives' estates, Dolly and her children, and all the peasants who seek his guidance.
- Kitty bends over her son and murmurs a wish that he turns out to be just like his father.


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The Comparison Test
The last convergence tool we have is the comparison test. If all else fails, we should compare our Pandora's box to another one. If we look at the other one, and we decide the other one is bursting at the seems, we know it's safe to open ours up.
We studied improper integrals a while back, and we learned that, if f ≤ g on the interval (c, ∞), then
Here, when f and g are nonnegative, there's a smaller area under f and than under g. If the big area is finite, the smaller area must be finite too. If the small area is infinite, the bigger area must be infinite. If the other box is smaller and it's too dangerous to open, then ours is too. If is the other box is larger and it is safe to open, so is ours.
Since we can visualize a series as an area , we can use the same intuition to compare series. Suppose we have two series
0 ≤ an ≤ bn
for all n. Then the small area described by the series a is contained in the big area described by the series B.
This tells us two useful things:
- If the area described by B is finite, the smaller area described by a must also be finite.
- If the area described by a is infinite, the bigger area described by B must also be infinite.
Be Careful: As with improper integrals, we have to be careful about which way the comparisons go.
- If the area described by a is finite, that doesn't tell us anything useful. The area described by B could be a larger finite value, or it could be infinite.
- If the area described by B is infinite, that doesn't tell us anything useful. The smaller area described by a could be either finite or infinite.
The tricky part, as with improper integrals, is finding the correct series to compare with. We can't compare gremlins to grilled cheese. We need something similar and easy to tell if the series converge or diverge. We like to use series of the form
whenever possible, since we can easily tell whether such series diverge or converge.
Be Careful: We can't use the comparison test if we can't find something to compare with. For example, we can't use the comparison test on
The only thing we can see to compare the term with is , but the inequality goes the wrong way:


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IBM Placement Papers
IBM stands for International Business Machines. It has its headquarter in New York. IBM is a multinational computer & IT consulting corporation. It is one of the largest technology companies all over the world. In this category, IBM ranks fourth amongst all. Also, it is second most valuable global brand.
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Written Test – There are 3 sections in this usually. Section I is on Data Matrices. There would be 15 questions on 3 data matrices each of 1 mark. No negative marking in this section. Section II is on number series consisting of 20 questions & you will be given 4 minutes for this. Also negative marking scheme is applicable here. Section III is on Quantitative ability. There are 12 questions on this of 15 marks. For each wrong answer, 1/4 mark will be deducted.
Group Discussion – In this, a topic of worldwide importance is given to a group of approximately 10 candidates. You have too discuss among yourself in 10 minutes & then 30 seconds is given for every one to express yourselves. In this, confidence is mainly checked.
Interview : After this, personal interview takes place.
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Well Panthers fans, tomorrow it will be a week since Opening Night at the BB&T Center and I have to say that the magic and excitement of that evening has not yet worn off.
With an Opening Night record 19,688 red-clad guests packing the BB&T Center, we unveiled our Southeast Division Championship banner, dedicated the season to our fans with the 7th Man initiative, and came away with an exciting 5-1 win over the rival Carolina Hurricanes.
It's hard to believe that by the end of Saturday night's game against the Philadelphia Flyers, we will already have played five games in 2013, roughly 10% of our schedule. That is the nature of this shortened campaign – from here until the end of April, games will come fast and furious and there will be ups and downs and challenges for every team.
We've seen that thus far, taking an exciting victory in the opener before falling short over the last few games. But the bonus of a condensed schedule is that we have an opportunity to get right back out there on Saturday, in Tampa on Tuesday and then home again on Thursday against Winnipeg.
But regardless of the normal peaks and valleys of an NHL season, the one thing that does remain consistent is our commitment to thanking our fans and showing how much we need them and appreciate them, all season long.
On Opening Night alone, we launched our 7th Man initiative with a special fan banner, 7th Man jerseys worn by every player during warmups (which will be given out to fans one by one during the season), a postgame autograph session on the JetBlue Tarmac, my own Twitter campaign to sit with a different fan each game, and more.
Our fans are the lifeblood of our organization, and we are committed to giving them the exciting hockey and incredible experiences that they deserve. And clearly, our fans were extremely excited for the return of hockey. With nearly 20,000 in the building on Opening Night, another 15,634 at our game vs. Ottawa Thursday night, and a big crowd expected on Saturday vs. the Flyers.
It really is moving, and a bit humbling, to see how passionately our fans have responded to the return of Panthers hockey, and it just reminds our organization once again, how lucky we are to have the best fans in the National Hockey League. Yet another reason why the 2013 season is all about our fans.
Thanks for reading, looking forward to a great game tomorrow night, and go Panthers.
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ANTIOCH -- A new urgent care clinic that allows insured East Contra Costa residents to receive treatment for non-life-threatening illnesses opened earlier this month.
Sutter Urgent Care Antioch, in Sutter's existing location in the Bluerock Center at 4053 Lone Tree Way, allows area residents to receive help on nights and weekends.
A high volume of patients use the emergency room at Sutter Delta Medical Center and wait for hours -- sometimes in discomfort -- to be treated, Sutter Health East Bay Region spokeswoman Tran Nguyen said.
"These people will have to sit there for hours in excruciating pain. The urgent care clinic will help those people to receive the quick treatment they need," she said.
The urgent care clinic allows Sutter to compete with John Muir's clinic in Brentwood and is more convenient for patients who otherwise have to drive to the Concord-Walnut Creek area, said Dr. Elizabeth Mahler, interim president of the East Bay Physicians Medical Group, the physician arm of the Sutter East Bay medical foundation.
"It's a very useful way to open up the practice," she said.
The urgent care clinic complements the Sutter Delta Community Clinic, which was opened in 2004 to help patients unable to afford private health insurance and lacking government-financed coverage.
The new clinic uses emergency physicians rather than Sutter's own staff to make community doctors feel more comfortable in referring patients to the clinic, Mahler said.
Staff physicians at the urgent care clinic can treat patients with illnesses, including sore throat, cold and flu, vomiting, diarrhea, asthma, headaches, ear infections, urinary tract infections or back pain.
People with conditions such as severe bleeding, poisoning, chest pain or pressure, moderate to severe burns, convulsions, serious head, neck or back injury, or severe broken bones should go to the hospital's emergency room.
Sutter Urgent Care Antioch is open 5 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, call 925-756-3499.
Contact Paul Burgarino at 925-779-7164. Follow him at Twitter.com/paulburgarino.


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Abstinence is a path of choosing between profound suffering or abject failure. Moderation is a more humane choice.Abstinence is a perpetual cycly of holiness, misery and corruption. Balance brings more fulfillment and less suffering.
Earon Davis
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Of all my books, I find only a few indispensible.
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926)
Source: Letters to a Young Poet (Vintage), Pages: 16
Contributed by: Tsuya
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove-lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Source: Following the Equator
Contributed by: I Dig It
Misfortune occurs or can occur to anyone, of any sort of character. The eudaimonic has more resources to avoid it (being in autonomous control of his appetites and assumptions) and more resources to deal with it if it occurs (being better able to put it in perspective and maintain his own evenness of self-mastery). Tragedy as a dramatic form is meant to foster the ethos of sophrosyne or moderation, "nothing to excess"; it nurtures a sense of distance from the dominant illusions and delusions that may infect even aristoi.
Kenneth Smith
Contributed by: Dave
For governing a country well there is nothing better than moderation. The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way. Nothing is impossible for him. Because he has let go, he can care for the people's welfare as a mother cares for her child.
Lao Tzu (c.604 - 531 B.C.)
Source: Tao Te Ching
Contributed by: Gaia Team
In the 15th century, Marsilio Ficino put it as simply as possible. The mind, he said, tends to go off on it's own so that it seems to have no revelance to the physical world. At the same time, the materialistic life can be so absorbing that we get caught in it and forget about spirituality. What we need, he said, is soul, in the middle, holding together mind and body, ideas, life, spirituality and the world.
Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Source: Care of the Soul : A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday Life, Pages: xiii
Contributed by: HeyOK
Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fence-sitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation...is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew.
Dan Millman
Source: Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Contributed by: Brian
Source: The Way of the Peaceful Warrior
Contributed by: Zaady
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
Follow the wisdom provided by nature. Everything in moderation - sunlight, water, nutrients. Too much of a good thing will topple your structure. You can't harvest what you don't sow. So plant your desires, gently nurture them, and they will be rewarded with abundance.
Vivian Elisabeth Glyck
Source: 1997
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Albuquerque has seven Goodwill stores including the Clearance Corner and the GoodBuys 99¢ Store that carries clothing for, you guessed it, 99¢.
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I recently posted about the thrift stores that I go to most often. While the trek down Menaul is my most well-worn route, I do have a couple of other areas that I knock around in. One of these areas encompasses the Salvation Army on…Continue
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I love the New Mexico Tea Company for many things; for its fabulous selection of tea and tea accessories, for its knowledgeable owner David Edwards (I haven't met his business partner but I'm sure she knows her stuff, too), and for the smell when I walk through the door. The smell was always a promise of things to come… Continue
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I started my Two a Day project on June 5 so it hasn't been quite two months. I've crossed a lot of items off of my To Do List in that time and I don't think I would have accomplished so much if I didn't have the structure and support of this blog and its commenters to keep me motivated.


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A quality Guest House which has been recently fully refurbished to a very high standard. AA 4 star Gold Rated . Set at the end of a private drive in the secluded wooded grounds of the former Ernest Bailey mansion our Guest house offers 1st floor single,double& twin bedrooms all en-suite with power showers plus a super family-suite (sleeps 2 adults+2 children) comprising of a double room with an adjoining room with full size bunk beds again en-suite On the ground floor we have our luxury Premier room boasting a super-king sized bed and a spacious en-suite wet room ,this room is also suitable for less mobile guests as door openings are extra wide.
Rooms are Not wheel chair friendly All rooms have 32" free view flat screen TVs, ceiling fans,safes,hair dryers,shaver points, shaver mirrors,Free Wi-FI , tea/coffee making facilities and a guest guide folder. Large block paved car park providing ample free parking. Out side block paved garden patio and a super Gazebo Breakfasts can be served on the patio weather permitting Situated just short walk into the Town
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Erin Preuss brings her marketing skills to her job with UCSD development
Erin Preuss is a native San Diegan who grew up as a "lifer" at the Francis Parker School. She has a bachelor of arts in public relations and a master's degree in communication management from the University of Southern California. Her husband, Peter, graduated from The Bishop's School, and USC, as well.
Preuss began her career more than eight years ago at DreamWorks SKG where she worked in marketing and the national publicity department. After leaving DreamWorks, she began a six-year career at her alma mater USC, working in alumni relations, development, and student services. Currently, she does corporate development at the UCSD alumni office.
The couple (married for two years with a Maltese named Cosmo, whom they adore), relocated to San Diego in September 2010 from Los Angeles.
Preuss is a member of The Trojan League of San Diego, USC Town and Gown, USC Marshall Partners, St. Germaine Children's Charity, and she recently served as the co-chair of the San Diego Crew Classic Beach Master's Breakfast and The Preuss School gala.
What brought you to La Jolla?
My husband got a job working at Qualcomm doing Augmented Reality and we jumped at the chance to move back to San Diego. We worked with Phil and Pam Reed to find our home in La Jolla, which we bought in November.
What are your favorite places to go in La Jolla?
I may have too many to list, but here are my top 10:
Windansea Beach, Fay Avenue Bike Path, La Jolla Open Aire Market, La Jolla Yoga Center, Brick & Bell Café, Piatti's, Beaumount's, La Valencia Ocean View Terrace, Prep Kitchen and Whisknladle.
If you could snap your fingers and have it done, what might you add to improve La Jolla?
An entrance to I-5 North off of La Jolla Parkway.
Who or what inspires you?
That would be my dad for his Midwestern values and his friendly spirit.
If you hosted a dinner party for eight, who (living or deceased) would you invite?
The guest list would contain all of my grandparents and my husband's grandparents. Both of us knew only our paternal grandmothers, but never got a chance to actually meet each other's grandmother or any of our other grandparents.
Tell us about what you are reading.
I just finished reading "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother." In it, Amy Chua presents a very different way of parenting from how I was raised. It gave me a good insight into the cultural differences between traditional Chinese and American parenting.
What is your dream vacation?
It would be at one of those hotels where the rooms are all the way out over the crystal clear blue water with only a bridge to get back to land.
What are your five favorite movies of all time?
"Thomas Crown Affair," "You've Got Mail," "Enchanted," "Sleepless in Seattle" and "Almost Famous."
What foods comfort you? What foods do you crave?
My mom's meatloaf is great comfort food. I crave anything spicy — especially Mexican food.
What is your motto or philosophy of life?
Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.


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Friday Jun 09, 2006
Friday Jun 02, 2006
From Sarasota to Bay Area
By suchys on Jun 02, 2006
Thursday Jun 01, 2006
Orange Partner Camp in Sarasota
By suchys on Jun 01, 2006
Wednesday Apr 26, 2006
I am not blogging too much
By suchys on Apr 26, 2006
and I'd like more. Well, it is not easy, busy time before JavaOne, people are asking if I am involved in things mentioned on JavaOne conference welcome page Java One. Well, you never know with Suchys. But if you want to be the first who knows the answer, I'd like to give you a hint - register and come to NetBeans Day - it's a day before JavaOne. There is going to be a lot of to see.
You're gonna be suprised, you're gonna be happy you didn't miss it, no doubt, I am sure everyone! :o)
Yes, SDN!
By suchys on Apr 26, 2006
We have Mobility month on SDN: If you are not registered already, do it. You can get a lot of useful information there - I am subscribed since 1997 or 1998? - was it called SDN that time? I can not remember details, I was not with Sun, but it was the best starter for me to learn Java, young programming language that time.
And back to Mobility - see us at SDN and enjoy the maximum from the everyday incredible effort to make Java developers happy and important.
Thursday Apr 13, 2006
NetBeans Day and Sun Tech Days - A great time in Brazil!
By suchys on Apr 13, 2006
NetBeans Day in Sao Paulo, showing NetBeans Mobility CDC - Matisse designer, UIQ emulator and live Sony Ericsson P990i. All together :o).
People was really interested in CDC, just showing the Xlets programming using NetBeans Mobility Pack for CDC. Cafeteria at Politec company where the event took place.
Sunday Apr 09, 2006
Yes, it was NetBeans day @ CTIA in Sin City
By suchys on Apr 09, 2006
where I showed for the very first time Sony Ericsson P990i live. It was good time, I was able to meet people from Nokia, UIQ (if you do not know, Sony Ericsson CDC emulator is based on), Siemens WM (they are the one who makes the TC65) and many others.
The other side of moon, while the event itself is smaller than 3GSM, it was quite crazy there. To get a taxi took about one hour, if I tried to register on Wednesday, it was for forewer. Network down, really wireless at some moment in Las Vegas. On the other hand, Thursday and Friday worked very well.
Will try to post some pictures when I get to resize them, now I got to Sao Paulo for NetBeans Day and Sun Tech Days.
Tuesday Apr 04, 2006
Back to Nevada
By suchys on Apr 04, 2006
Right, not any ghost towns this time, we are having NetBeans Day @ CTIA. Las Vegas seems to be a different kind of adventure, unfortunately I can not joint much. Yes, tomorrow should be a real first opportunity for me to show live CDC on Sony Ericsson P990i, looking forward to it that I can not sleep.
Thursday Mar 30, 2006
NetBeans Mobility for CDC and Sony Ericsson P990 live!
By suchys on Mar 30, 2006
Look at the picture: NetBeans Mobility for CDC, Matisse, and Sony Ericsson P990 live!
Are going to use NetBeans for developing CDC applications as well? Look at and get it here: http://www.netbeans.org/kb/50/mobilitycdc.html
You can also join bug hunting contest, win t-shirt and more!
Wednesday Mar 29, 2006
Do not miss NetBeans day @ CTIA!
By suchys on Mar 29, 2006
Make sure you are registered at NetBeans Day @ CTIA! We are also going to show new NetBeans Mobility Pack for CDC with newest Sony Ericsson phones.
Register here: http://www.netbeans.org/kb/50/nbmobilityday.html
Monday Mar 27, 2006
Clearance to take off. It is Monday..!
By suchys on Mar 27, 2006
Saturday Mar 25, 2006
On Monday?
By suchys on Mar 25, 2006
---- On Monday. -Martin Michael Andreasen wrote: > Been using netbeans for years now. > > However, been pushed into using Eclipse (websphere) for some PDA/Mobile stuff that uses CDC. Not happy. > > Any news when CDC (even a beta) will be in NB Mobility, so I can go back to netbeans? > > Thanks. > ----Is it joke or is it serious?
Friday Mar 03, 2006
NetBeans Mobility Day @ CTIA
By suchys on Mar 03, 2006
Thursday Mar 02, 2006
Deeper in NetBeans Mobility Pack
By suchys on Mar 02, 2006
Wednesday Feb 15, 2006
What one should not forget
By suchys on Feb 15, 2006
My friend took me in the morning to airport while he needed something. I am living at about 5 miles, that is not far and also he is living on half way to there. Got there, checked in, sat down, took my notebook, looked for my card ..... Noooo, [censored here]. I was checking my email in the morning for some latest news, took my card from wallet and ... You know the story.
Believe or not, I managed it. Called my friend again, better not to talk in details, but I got my card and caught flight in time. Uff, it was a hard start.
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- Yes, it was NetBeans day @ CTIA in Sin City
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A User Experience Manager / UX Designer needed by a leading eCommerce company to become the focal point of UX across the business. This is an amazing opportunity to work with a creative team, responsible for a number of platforms and projects at various times. Therefore, the successful candidate will be the voice and vision for delivering world class UX for customers.
The User Experience Manager / UX Designer will:
- Create a UX strategy for the overall business.
- Be responsible for project lifecycles, research, usability and UX delivery.
- Educate teams on the importance of UX to the overall business by working with the tech team, product managers and stakeholders.
- Develop and strategize UX on various platforms including web, mobile and apps.
Key to the role will be a User Experience Manager / UX Designer who appreciates strategy and implementation across eCommerce platforms. Therefore, the candidate will have experience of:
- JavaScript, AJAX, HTML, Flash, CSS, SQL.
- Working on large scale platforms and ideally within an eCommerce environment.
- Using wireframes and design tools such as Visio, Omnigraffle or Axure.
- Working and developing great user experience for customers by being passionate about all things UX.
The User Experience Manager / UX Designer will play a vital part in the business by developing and championing UX. Therefore, the client is looking for a User Experience Manager / UX Designer who is adaptable and able to be hands on with delivery.
This is an unbelievable opportunity to play a critical role in developing UX within a global eCommerce organisation. If you are passionate about the research, strategy and implementation of user experience then get in touch today.
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Zombies run to preserve Buffalo Gap Historic Village
ABILENE, Texas - People in Abilene ran in the Second Annual Zombie Run Saturday morning.
The run was held to raise money to preserve the buildings in the Buffalo Gap Historic Village Buildings. Most of the buildings have been around for more than 100 years, including the chapel which still holds service once a month.
"We're currently raising money to preserve that," said Site Manager Heather Reed. "With time everything settles. New floorboards need to go in. The outside needs to be repainted and that's really critical because it's covered in lead paint so we want to make sure to take care of that in the proper way."
This year groups from Dyess, the National Guard and the US marines participated in the 5K. Children from local schools signed up for the one mile family fun run too. The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum partnered with the Village. They also set up a World War II camp at the finish line for runners to finish the race in a "safe zone" away from the zombies.
Retired Dyess Airman and zombie Brian Doremus said, "This has become our adopted home and so it's important for us to be part of it. Not just to live in, but to live with the people and do what we can to make the place better."
Close to 400 runners and more than 100 volunteers participated. The Village expects to raise between $10,000 to $15,000.


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Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina Part 2, Chapter 17 Summary
- Oblonsky is now cheerful.
- Levin is in a terrible mood, which is made worse by the idea that Kitty is ill because Vronsky failed to propose.
- Levin and Oblonsky enter into an extended discussion.
- Levin understands that he's being kind of reactionary, but he still feels that it's wrong that the peasant classes and the nobility are growing closer together. As a nobleman, he's okay with noblemen losing their property due to excessive luxury, because that's what noblemen do. And it's great for peasants to raise themselves up and buy land if that's what they deserve.
- What he dislikes, though, is when noblemen lose money due to innocence (i.e., ignorance), because it's just a waste. He thinks it's ridiculous to see noblemen like himself getting poor because they don't know what's what, while the peasants are educating themselves, buying land and making money. According to Levin, the next generation of noblemen is also getting a bad deal.
- Oblonsky doesn't seem to care. He's more interested in Miss Agatha's herb brandy. For him, alcohol is more crucial than social commentary.
- Levin asks about Vronsky, and Oblonsky points out that he recommended that Levin go head-to-head with Vronsky to fight for Kitty.
- Oblonsky also mentions that Kitty's mother was the real Vronsky fan because Vronsky was an ideal aristocrat and had a future in society.
- Levin gets worked up at the idea of Vronsky being an ideal aristocrat: he dismisses Vronsky's parents as wily and conniving. Levin also suggests that Vronsky's mother had loose morals.
- It becomes clear that Levin's vision of the aristocracy doesn't encompass the hedonist socialites with whom Vronsky associates.
- Levin likes the idea of an aristocracy in which members can point back to three or four honest generations, with high degrees of education, and low degrees of debt. In his opinion, that's better than someone who lives on handouts from connections and is willing to do anything for money.
- Oblonsky's good mood continues even though he knows that he's probably more in Levin's second group than in the first. Oblonsky nonetheless agrees with Levin and enjoys his spirit.
- Levin is in a much better mood after his rant.
- The two men agree to go shooting first thing in the morning.


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Colorado is facing a $1 billion short fall in the next 18 months and Governor Ritter told 11 News while he stopped in Grand Junction Monday, that he plans to cut $600 million from the budget.
With those cuts he's promising programs that will create new jobs and help small businesses but some local business owners say help may not come fast enough.
Frank Michalek was at the "Surviving Tough Times" seminar looking for answers.
"I don't expect a magic pill solution. I don't think it's gonna happen," Michalek told 11 News on Monday.
But he did expect some ideas. He says this year could make or break he and his wife's small businesses.
"I think like most people you go into survival mode."
And with profits down to a third of what they used to be, he says it's not just his customers cutting back--he and his wife are too.
"People are tightening their belts without a doubt," said Michalek.
Frank Michalek is exactly the kind of person Governor Bill Ritter and the state are trying to target with seminars statewide.
"We're really concerned in these tough times about ensuring that we do all we can to prop them up," Ritter told 11 News on Monday.
Ritter says the state is doing better than most but if small businesses fail, it would be devastating to the economy since 50 percent of all jobs in Colorado are in small businesses.
"We're still in a little better shape but that doesn't mean we don't have to pay attention to this."
The Governor says he's re-instated a credit reserve program and a job creation tax credit but with mounting budget cuts, he's hoping the private sector will open up credit lines and kick in some cash.
Until then, he's got a word of advice for small business owners.
"Exhaust all alternatives before you make that really tough decision to close shop," said Ritter.
And that's exactly what Frank Michalek is doing but he doesn't think all businesses will be able to ride out the storm.
"There's gonna be a fallout right now."
But in a survival of the fittest business he's hoping the seminar will help him keep his doors open.
Governor Ritter will announce the details of his budget cuts Tuesday but told 11 news no area will be spared and there will be cuts across the board.
If you own a small business and could use some help, click on the link below to get in touch with the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.


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Today struggling retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) released a highly anticipated and critical reported on 2012 holiday sales. This year the stakes were sky high and so was the competition. For the first time, Best Buy offered in-store and online price matching with Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) and Target (NYSE: TGT). Heading into the holidays, many believed a Best Buy sales-flub would botch a rumored buyout offer by founder and former Chairman Richard Schultze.
The Results
Best Buy Co announced revenue of $12.8 billion for the nine weeks ended January 5, 2013 compared to $12.9 billion for the nine weeks ended December 31, 2011, essential flat. Holiday comps fell 1.4 percent.
Domestic comparable store sales for the period were flat.The company recorded positive comparable store sales growth in mobile phones, tablets/eReaders and appliances. In contrast, comparable store sales in entertainment, televisions and computing declined.
The International segment comparable store sales decline of 6.4 percent was driven by comparable store sales declines in Canada and China.
Overall the results were slightly ahead of many Wall Street estimates. For example, analysts at Goldman Sachs were forecasting a 3 percent decline in domestic same-store-sales in 4Q. The consensus was for a decline of 2.5 percent over the holiday period.
Commenting on the news, Goldman analyst Matthew J. Fassler said, "This is the clearest beat delivered by BBY in some time, though without visibility on earnings, we would hesitate to draw big-picture conclusions."
Best Buy President and CEO Hubert Joly told investors to expect a lot of ups and downs on the journey back to success. Overall, today's results appear to be neither. They are, for lack of a better word, okay.
None the less, many investors today appear to be throwing caution to the wind. Shares are higher by 11.5 percent to 13.6 intra-day on Friday. The massive rally could indicate much lower expectations than previously thought.
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The most recent press release regarding BBY compared 9 weeks of 2012 to 9 weeks of 2011.
This seems odd since prior years had always only compared 5 weeks to 5 weeks.
Why would they switch to 9 weeks from 5? Why would they include weeks leading up to Thanksgiving?
One plausible explanation is that BBY was trying to find a comparison that would make this years performance look better then it actually was. When looking at the 63 days that make up the 9 week period you will see that in 2012 44 days occurred after Thanksgiving while in 2011 only 37 days occurred after Thanksgiving.
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That's the philosophy of the new leadership at El Torero in Sikeston.
"We're trying to make it feel like you are in Mexico, even though you are in the States," said Rigobarto Trajo, manager. "We try to make it feel like a good experience."
"The food has changed a little bit," he said. "We have changed a little bit on the recipes and added a little bit more spices."
But for those who don't like some seasonings or items, such as onions, they can request they be left out. And Trajo stressed that El Torero is a family restaurant, which also features a children's menu with pizza, chicken and cheeseburgers, to name a few.
"We've got something for every member of the family," he said.
Some menu items have been added as well, said Trajo. One popular choice is the steak burrito, topped with cheese sauce.
And people have noticed a difference in the taste, as staff members have received several compliments, according to Trajo. The different taste is also thanks in part to changing suppliers on some items.
Under the new ownership, El Torero has changed some of its prices. However, unlike several other stores and restaurants that are increasing prices, the cost of meals and drinks has gone down a bit, he said.
Several lunch and dinner specials -- about three to four for each meal daily -- are offered and listed on a sign at the restaurant's atrium. "You have a lot to choose from," said Trajo.
The $3.99 lunch and $5.99 dinners are quite popular, he added.
In another change to make the restaurant more like Mexico, sodas are now served in bottles instead of glasses, pointed out Trajo. "It's just a little bit more like Mexico," he said.
Also served are Jarritos -- one of the traditional drinks sold in Mexico, he said. El Torero features a full bar, too.
Salt and pepper shakers at the restaurant are in the Corona bottles, typical of what one would see in Mexico, pointed out Trajo.
El Torero is beginning to cater meals. For those who want to have a large group of people at the restaurant, which seats more than 100, Trajo said reservations are accepted.
Items remain available for pick-up in the location's drive-thru window, said Trajo.
Trajo said the staff makes every effort to keep the restaurant clean and provide good service. Management is always open to any customer comments or suggestions, he said.
Restaurant hours are 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 10 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. El Torero is located at 213 N. Main in Sikeston at the Shoppes at Lake Crossing and the phone number is 481-2111.


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The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy
The Death of Ivan Ilych Technology and Modernization Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph). We used Alymer Maude's translation.
Quote #1
"But what really was the matter with him?"
"The doctors couldn't say – at least they could, but each of them said something different. When last I saw him I though he was getting better." (1.9-10)
Only one page into the story and we're given an indication that doctors will be useless for Ivan Ilych. Not only could they not save him; they couldn't even agree on what he had. Medical science seems to have failed completely. It's a quick clue-in to how badly the doctors will come across throughout the story.
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He went. Everything took place as he had expected and as it always does. There was the usual waiting and the important air assumed by the doctor, with which he was so familiar (resembling that which he himself assumed in court), and the sounding and listening, and the questions which called for answers that were foregone conclusions and were evidently unnecessary, and the look of importance which implied that "if only you put yourself in our hands we will arrange everything – we know indubitably how it has to be done, always in the same way for everybody alike." It was all just as it was in the law courts. The doctor put on just the same air towards him as he himself put on towards an accused person. (4.4)
Ivan's first visit to the doctor instantly reveals the narrator's uncharitable attitude towards the profession. The doctor comes across as arrogant, filled with his own importance. He also dehumanizes Ivan, making just another case out of him, just like all the others. The comparison to the law courts ties a damning link between the two groups of professionals – they're both part of the larger false middle-class world that Tolstoy is satirizing. It also suggests the degree to which Ivan's experience as a suffering patient will turn him against the world he lived in before.
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To Ivan Ilych only one question was important: was his case serious or not? But the doctor ignored that inappropriate question. From his point of view it was not the one under consideration, the real question was to decide between a floating kidney, chronic catarrh, or appendicitis. It was not a question of Ivan Ilych's life or death, but one between a floating kidney and appendicitis. And that question the doctor solved brilliantly, as it seemed to Ivan Ilych, in favour of the appendix, with the reservation that should an examination of the urine give fresh indications the matter would be reconsidered. All this was just what Ivan Ilych had himself brilliantly accomplished a thousand times in dealing with men on trial. (4.5)
What matters to the doctor is not what matters to Ivan. To the doctor, Ivan is a fascinating medical puzzle to be solved; he wants to figure out which of Ivan's organs is malfunctioning. To Ivan, all that matters is whether or not he'll live. The doctor seems to care about Ivan as a medical case and not as a person. Again Tolstoy draws a comparison between doctors and lawyers.


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Independents' Day ; For Smaller Publishers, Sales Are Rising as Returns Dwindle
By DOREEN CARVAJAL
Published: December 1, 1997
On the night of the National Book Awards dinner, Morgan Entrekin, the publisher of Grove/Atlantic, is chafing in a tight tuxedo collar and nursing an even stiffer cocktail of vodka and pink grapefruit juice.
Yoga exercises have failed to calm his frazzled nerves, and deep breathing offers scant comfort. He is certain that the top fiction prize will elude his independent publishing company and Charles Frazier, a first-time novelist. ''The gentleman who is most likely to win is sitting there,'' he drawls in a Tennessee accent, nodding toward the author Don DeLillo, who is surrounded by confident Simon & Schuster executives.
But their faces fall with the announcement that Mr. Frazier's ''Cold Mountain'' has won the prize while Mr. Entrekin bears the stunned look of a man clobbered by a weighty book.
''Where else can we go from here?'' he says, resuming his deep breathing.
In terms of sales, up.
While most top New York publishing houses continue to struggle with a two-year downturn in hard-cover sales, many independent publishers -- from medium-size houses like Grove/Atlantic to smaller specialty publishers -- are flourishing with rising sales and dwindling returns of unsold copies of books.
Sales grew on the strength of unexpected best sellers like ''Cold Mountain,'' about a wounded Confederate deserter's trek home to find his love, or unusual niche topics exploring alternative nutrition or progressive business decision-making -- themes that sometimes were too new or exotic to tempt the larger publishing houses until a smaller publisher achieved success.
Typically, the books were part of small, focused lists of titles rising out of the passions and interests of editors and publishers who worked closely with their authors and, in some cases, conceived the book ideas, like ''Girlfriends,'' a best seller from Wildcat Canyon Press.
''We try to stay focused on what we know -- women's issues, relationships, home and family,'' said Julienne Bennett, the publisher of Wildcat Canyon of Berkeley, Calif., which has sold more than 800,000 copies of ''Girlfriends'' and watched its sales skyrocket this year by more than 150 percent, to $3.2 million. The book grew out of a casual conversation between Ms. Bennett and her partner about the importance of girlfriends in their lives.
The sales increase for most independent companies was generally more modest. Various distributors for these companies are reporting a rise in net sales this year ranging from 10 percent to 28 percent -- increases that are salvaging some independent companies, which were stunned a year ago by record returns of books that were running, in some cases, as high as 80 percent of shipments.
Independent publishers credit this year's sales increase to more careful shipment strategies and closer communication with bookstore chains, which are returning fewer books. In addition, the publishers are more selective about their choices for publication, emphasizing subjects or themes in which they have a particular interest. This familiarity with a particular audience lets them fine-tune press runs and marketing strategies.
Hunter House in Alameda, Calif., for example, was ''brutalized'' by heavy returns in 1996, according to its publisher, Kiran S. Rana, but recovered this year with the New York Times best seller ''The Pleasure Prescription.'' Scorned by larger publishers, the original manuscript appealed to Mr. Rana, who decided to take a chance on the book because of its positive message about a Polynesian framework for slowing down and enjoying life with patience and pleasantness.
''It's like hitting the lottery; it's like putting the fifth nickel in the slot machine that pays out $100,000,'' Mr. Rana said, describing the success of the book, which has sold more than 150,000 copies and has allowed him to give bonuses to employees who left during lean times last year.
Publishers Group West, the largest distributor of books from independent publishing companies in the country, estimates that its revenue will rise 25 percent this year, in part because of successes like ''The Pleasure Prescription'' and ''Cold Mountain.''
The company has also done well with Walter Mosley's novel ''Goin' Fishin,'' which has sold more than 100,000 copies for Black Classic Press, based in Baltimore. Mr. Mosley published the book with the independent publisher because he wanted to support black-owned businesses. He was so pleased with the results that he said he would publish again with the company.
''I don't want to overstate our sales,'' said Charles Winton, the chief executive of Publishers Group West, based in Emeryville, Calif., and a former Stanford University classmate of Mr. Entrekin. ''But 13 to 14 years ago we were at $14 million in sales, and now we're at almost $100 million, and that's a pretty impressive growth rate.''
The general success this year of independent publishers has gone largely unnoticed because most do not report their sales to the Association of American Publishers, which tracks the larger publishing houses and is the source of the gloomy statistics about the low sales and high returns.
But the nation's largest bookstore chain, Barnes & Noble, has started to take heed.


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Xiu Xiu Black Drum Machine Lyrics
Last updated: 02/28/2012 11:00:00 AM
it is always night for you here
your brother was the first boy inside of you
and as a locust would eat
your father was the first man inside of you
your body is all your own
keep it away from mine
i love you, kathy
you forgive everything
to die and not breathe
to writhe desolated
to crawl towards colorlessness
the grass across the yard
my father was the second man inside of you
the sailor is dead the social worker is dead
the software engineer is dead the singer is dead
youve always lied to us
richard broddigan never stuffed his underwear in your mouth
i love you, kathy
i forgive everything
im sorry im sorry im sorry im sorry im sorry im sorry
let them sing for joy
but it was you to whom the raven called
there must be some things (for which i got ? abused)
there must be some things (for which i got ? abused)
both feet jammed against your heart
both feet jammed against your heart
do you want me to write your name?
do you want me to tear it up?
do you want me to throw it in the garbage?
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's Freedom and Confinement Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Holly stepped out of the car; she took the cat with her. Cradling him, she scratched his head and asked, "What do you think? This ought to be the right kind of place for a tough guy like you. […] So scram," she said, dropping him (18.12).
Holly's poor cat. She knows she loves him and we know she loves him, but he represents being tied down to something, and Holly just isn't prepared to do this yet. This innocent cat signifies confinement to skittish Holly.
Quote #5
Brazil was beastly but Buenos Aires the best. Not Tiffany's, but almost (19.1).
Holly's postcard tells us that she has secured her literal freedom in that she has escaped the authorities and is living her life in South America. But she still hasn't found her Tiffany's quite yet.
Quote #6
"Look. Don't despise me, darling." She put her hand over mine and pressed it with sudden immense sincerity. "I haven't much choice […]" (17.24).
After spending her life cultivating freedom and resisting confinement, Holly finds herself left with little actual freedom when it comes to her future. She doesn't have many options after being arrested so, in the end, she's pretty confined by the decisions she's made.


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Community Calendar 9-18-13
CAUSE Speaker Series SEPT. 20—Carnegie Mellon University's Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy will host its Speaker Series 2013-2014 Opening Reception from 4:30-6 p.m. at Carnegie Mellon University, Schatz Dinning Hall, University Center, 5000 Forbes Ave., Oakland. There will be a discussion on the upcoming speaker series and the topics that will be discussed. For more information, call 412-268-8928 or visit http://www.hss.cmu.edu/cause.


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Truck Driver Injured at Freeport Indonesia Mining Complex
By Deden Sudrajat and Ben Otto
JAKARTA, Indonesia—A fresh accident occurred Friday at Freeport Indonesia's massive mining operations in Papua, leaving one one worker critically injured.
Three-quarters of the mining giant's workforce refuses to return to work more than two weeks after a tunnel collapsed in the remote site and killed 28 workers.
PT Freeport Indonesia said the latest accident happened during maintenance activities when wet ore material known as wet muck flowed from an ore bin and covered a truck and its driver.
The latest accident, "does not in any way reflect upon the integrity of the mine," the company said, adding that the accident was "inconsistent with the company's established safety protocol for handling wet muck" and is being investigated.
Freeport Indonesia, a subsidiary of Phoenix-based Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. (FCX), is still reeling from the deadly accident earlier this month near near its largest underground mine, the Big Gossan, in a mountainous area in Papua province.
That accident occurred outside of production areas, but the company shut down operations at all mines in the remote site pending safety inspections.
The company said this week that it had resumed operations on a highly limited basis at nearby Grasberg, one of the world's largest open-pit copper mines and the largest gold mine, adding that it would continue to ramp up operations there ahead of a government investigation into the earlier accident.
On Friday, however, Virgo Salossa, leader of a union representing 18,000 of Freeport's more than 24,000 workers, said the majority of the company's workers still hadn't returned.
"There will be no mining activities before the investigation results are out," he told The Wall Street Journal, adding that he was sending a letter to all union leaders telling their employees not to work.
Mr. Salossa has asked the company's president director to suspend five managers deemed accountable for the earlier accident.
After news of the latest incident Friday, the benchmark London Metal Exchange three-month copper prices rose briefly before paring gains.
Freeport Indonesia is Indonesia's largest taxpayer and contributed more than $2 billion to state coffers last year. It has begun to shift operations to underground mines in recent years, as Grasberg is set to be depleted in 2016.
Three-month copper is sensitive to possible supply disruptions at Grasberg, as the mine is a major supplier to the physical market.
Copper prices took support from Grasberg's outage following the initial tunnel collapse on May 14, and moved lower once operations there were said to have restarted, as supply concerns eased.
The two incidents at the mine have come during China's peak copper demand season, and at a time of tightening copper supply in LME warehouses in Asia.
Andreas Ismar in Jakarta and Clementine Wallop in Singapore contributed to this article.


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Are all Husbands who beat their Wives Monsters and always will be Monsters?
Or can they change their violent ways, their outlook on Women and the Human Race for the better?
If they do, should we forget their past and only focus on their present?
I doubt anyone will have the moral courage to even attempt an answer though!
In trouble again, Kipper?
What did you hit her for this time?
As to your question, your history of attacking women would suggest you're a hopeless case, you obviously pick on women because you're incapable of picking on men.
And, BTW, you're the last person who should be talking about moral courage.
So what is your opinion? If you have the savvy to express one!


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Take a sneak peek at the new NIST.gov and let us know what you think!
(Please note: some content may not be complete on the beta site.).
NIST Authors in Bold
|Joseph A. Main; Fahim Sadek;
|Robustness of Steel Gravity Frame Systems with Single-Plate Shear Connections
|February 27, 2013
|This report presents a computational assessment of the performance of steel gravity framing systems with single-plate shear (,shear tabŠ) connections and composite floor slabs under column loss scenarios. The computational assessment uses a reduced modeling approach, while comparisons with detailed model results and available experimental data are presented to establish confidence in the reduced models. The reduced modeling approach enables large multi-bay systems to be analyzed much more efficiently than the detailed modeling approaches used in previous studies. Both quasi-static and sudden column loss scenarios are considered, and an energy-based approximate procedure for analysis of sudden column loss is adopted, after verification through comparisons with direct dynamic analyses, further enhancing the efficiency of the reduced modeling approach. Reduced models are used to investigate the influence of factors such as bay spacing, slab continuity, and the mode of connection failure on the collapse resistance of gravity frame systems. Simple equations for the rotational capacities of the connections are derived as a function of a few parameters including the span length and the connection depth. These equations yield good agreement with computed rotational capacities of connections both in bare steel assemblies (i.e., no slab) and in composite floor systems, where composite action leads to reduced rotational capacities. The reduced models are used to assess the adequacy of current structural integrity requirements, and based on the computational results, a new relationship is proposed between the uniform load intensity and the tie forces required for collapse prevention.
|Technical Note (NIST TN) - 1749
|Buildings, Connections, Floors, Finite element method, Nonlinear analysis, Progressive collapse, Steel structures
|Research Areas:
|Progressive Structural Collapse


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Churches together in Hampsteadaffiliated to Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
CTH grew out of the fraternal group involving the clergy of Hampstead Parish Church, Heath Street Baptist Church, St Andrews United Reformed Church, St Mary's R.C. Church in Holly Place, Christ Church and a representative of the Quakers in Heath Street. The Hampstead Counselling Service, still flourishing today, grew out of those first meetings. Later CTH extended its boundaries to include the Unitarians in Rosslyn Hill and the Royal Free Hospital Chaplaincy, and more recently Emmanuel, West Hampstead, St Peter's, Belsize Park and St Saviour's, Eton Road have joined us. Other local churches, such as St Thomas More, like to be kept informed of our activities.
From the very beginning the original member groups came together each year to share Lent Groups, something we still do. Between the churches we try to run a house or church Lent group each weekday evening and two weekday afternoons, all studying the same material at the same pace so that anyone having to miss their usual meeting can go to one of the others without missing or repeating any of it.
In the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity we have held an ecumenical service at one of the churches to which all the other groups are invited. In 2011 it was a full choral Anglican Evensong at St John's, in 2012 a jazz Service at Christ Church conducted (in both senses) by the Rev Ewan King, the minister at Heath St Baptist Church. The Service in 2013 was poorly attended because the weather was atrocious and we decided to move it to Whitsun, and in 2014 it will be at Hampstead Parish Church with a sermon by the Rev Hugh Graham, new minister at St Andrew's.
Since the demise of the Palm Sunday Walk of Witness which went from Hampstead to Parliament Hill we have tried to come up with another joint activity but so far haven't found one everyone wants to pool their resources for, each church having its own cherished traditions. But the idea is still there - we feel there should be scope for one more ecumenical event in the year. We hold an informal picnic in July on the Heath and an annual Quiz Night in the Autumn which has encouraged friendly rivalry and much fun while raising impressive sums for the Camden Churches Night Shelter.
We don't meet often - there are already so many meetings that to turn it into anything more time consuming would be self-defeating - but when we do meet we share news of what's going on in our churches - what's going right, what's going wrong, our joys and sadnesses.
Andrew Penny
Secretary, Churches Together in Hampstead


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Course: Secondary Level
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Welcome to Global Voices!
This website is dedicated to giving you the necessary facts and advice as well as news about organising charitable events around the UK.
If you are an individual or charity, organising or looking to take part in a fundraiser or event, we look to help you find the right way to organise or participate in an event of your choice.
We give you a range of popular tried and tested fundraising ideas that you can use and give a unique twist so you can raise the amount you want for a good cause.
Get inspired and contribute to the communities in need.
Here are a top pick of ideas to start you off :
Sponsored walk – Set yourself a target distance / number of steps. Monitor and update your sponsors on your status. Make it challenging!
Fundraising Concert – Gather a bunch of talented friends or artists that are willing to participate for your given charity and put together a nice evening and a great way to raise money.
Football Tournament – Get competitive! The winning team can donate the money made to the charity of their choice.
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The Morton brothers displayed their latest hardware from their boxing matches this summer. Chris lost his match last week in Winnipeg and competed in three bouts at Summerfest in Grafton and Hillsboro. Tony competed in an exhibition match against the Canadian national champion and lost.
The two will be competing in the Ringside World Championships in Kansas City, Mo. July 30 to Aug. 5.
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They Shall Not Pass: The Battle of Verdun, 1916
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As German stormtroopers surged toward the ancient fortress city of Verdun under cover of massive, days-long artillery bombardments, Gen. Henri Petain's French Second Army refused to yield. Petain issued one simple order:
"They shall not pass."
Many of the dead would never be found, but they numbered over 200,000. It would be one of history's hardest-fought battles and ultimately a decisive one: France would survive despite her horrifying losses, and Germany would not win the First World War.
They Shall Not Pass is a new type of product from Avalanche Press: a 64-page book about the battle and the forces involved that also includes a complete historical game on the subject.
The book covers the armies that fought at Verdun and the course of the battle. It has strategy tips for playing the game, and shows how the game relates to history.
The game is a quick-playing simulation by William Sariego covering the crucial first 10 days of the battle. Artillery bombardment and assault combat take place separately. Elite troops have numerous advantages, and morale is a vital component of the game. Game pieces represent regiments and a handful of battalions. Units are rated for morale, attack, defense and movement. They Shall Not Pass is a new edition of a boxed game we published in 2006; you can order just the book if you'd prefer.
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William Sariego
Avalanche Press
Year: 2006
Players: 2
Time: 90 - 180 minutes
Weight: 304 grams