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"You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you."
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
70 years after D-Day, and celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Memoir '44 game system, the D-Day Landings expansion commemorates the Normandy landings with six unique Battle Maps. The new Extended Breakthrough format introduced in this expansion is 23 hexes deep and offers battles on a scale and scope never seen before.


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Is There Such A Thing As Good Luck or Bad Luck ?
Some Quotes To Think About
Luck Favors The Prepared. (Author Unknown)
Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity. (Seneca)
Fortes Fortuna Adiuvat – (Latin Proverb) – Fortune Favors The Brave
Diligence Is The Mother Of Good Luck (Ben Franklin)
Some Definitions
Luck – The force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities.
Favor(s) – The state of being approved or held in regard. Friendly or well-disposed regard. A gift bestowed as a token of goodwill, kind regard.
Prepare – To put in proper condition or readiness.
Opportunity – A situation or condition favorable for attainment of a goal. An appropriate or favorable time or occasion.
Brave – Possessing or exhibiting courage.
Diligence – Constant and earnest effort to accomplish what is undertaken. Conscientiousness in paying attention to a task; giving the degree of care required in a given situation.
What Do I Believe?
I believe that we create our own luck. That's what the Laws of Positioning are all about. The Laws of Positioning are based upon a few beliefs:
- Opportunities are all around us, each and every day; and
- It is only those of us who recognize those opportunities AND who are in a position to act upon those opportunities, who will be able to take advantage of them.
Those Who Are The Most Prepared Have The Best Luck
It really is that simple. The more you are prepared to face whatever opportunities come our way; the more good luck you will experience.
Probability theory says that given enough time; given enough opportunities; everything can and will happen.
For example, take a dice cube and roll it. There is an equal chance you will get a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6.
Now, roll that dice ten times. Probability says that you will average something in the area of 3 to 4 when you add up all the rolls.
What are the chances of you rolling ten straight 1's ? What are the chances of you rolling ten straight 6's ?
The answer is, not very good. But, but, but, if you were to do it enough times; say a billion times, I bet somewhere along the way you will roll:
- 1 – ten times straight;
- 2 – ten times straight;
- 3 – ten times straight;
- 4 – ten times straight;
- 5 – ten times straight;
- 6 – ten times straight.
Given those circumstances, would you consider yourself lucky if you rolled ten 6's in a row ???
I would say BOTH yes and no. The reason you got lucky was that you obeyed the laws of probability. You rolled the dice a billion times (or the entire human race collectively rolled the dice a billion times) and it happened to come up for you.
In other words, by simply rolling the dice, YOU PREPARED YOURSELF TO MEET THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOU WERE LUCKY AS A RESULT.
A Real Life Example
I'm often criticized because I like to constantly monitor my emails. I remember a time when a TREMENDOUS opportunity presented itself by email (no, not the email scams, but a real one). It was NOT an opportunity for me, BUT it was a tremendous opportunity for a friend. That friend NEVER saw the email and wasn't even a participant on that email list, so they would have never seen it.
However, if I had NOT been monitoring my emails, someone else might have grabbed the opportunity first.
Questions For You?
- Are you prepared to be lucky?
- Are you prepared for good things to happen to you?
- Are you positioned (i.e. prepared) deal with whatever opportunities come your way BEFORE everyone else around you has the opportunity to react?
If you TRULY CAN SAY YES to all 3 questions, then I can almost guaranty that you will have more good luck than others around you.


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News release - 3/14/2014
Published 3/14/2014 (all press releases for this day)
In response to six recent armed robberies over the past several months at the 7-11 convenience store, located at 2201 East Channel Islands Boulevard, the Oxnard Police Department is requesting the community's assistance regarding possible suspect information. We have detailed the incidents below and provided information on how the public can assist.
The first robbery occurred on November 13th, 2013 at 0106 hours. The Oxnard Police Department responded to the 7-11 convenience store located at 2201 East Channel Islands Boulevard regarding a robbery which had just occurred at the business. Upon arrival, Officers were informed by the store employee that an unknown male suspect entered the store armed with a baseball bat and demanded money. The suspect stole an undisclosed amount of money from the business. The suspect fled on foot prior to officer arrival. The suspect was described as a Hispanic Male, 30-40 years old, 5-06 to 5-09, 150-170 lbs.
On November 16th, 2013 at 0053 hours, the Oxnard Police Department again responded to the same 7-11 convenience store regarding a second armed robbery from the business. Officers were again advised by the store employee that an unknown male suspect entered the store armed with a baseball bat and demanded money. The suspect matched the description of the previous armed robbery which took place on November 13th at the store.
The third armed robbery took place on November 17th, 2013 at 0359 hours. Officers responded to the same 7-11 store. It is believed that the same male suspect entered the store again threatening a baseball bat and demanded money. This time the suspect stole a minimal amount of money. The suspect fled on foot prior to officer arrival. The suspect matched the description of the previous armed robberies which took place earlier in the week.
On November 19th, 2013 at 0030 hours, the 7-11 store was robbed again. It is believed the same male suspect attempted to rob the store. The suspect again entered the store with a baseball bat and demanded money. This time the suspect fled the store without obtaining any money or property. The suspect was again described with a similar description as the previous robberies.
The fifth armed robbery occurred on November 24th, 2013 at 0130 hours Oxnard police responded to a call of another robbery from the 7-11 store. The suspect was again armed with a baseball bat. The suspect made off with a minimal amount of money. The suspect again matched the description of the male in the previous robberies.
The most recent robbery took place on March 10th, 2014 at 0229 hours the 7-11 store. Again an unknown male suspect armed with a metal pipe, entered the store and demanded money. The suspect stole a small amount of undisclosed property during this robbery but did not get away with any money. The suspect again fled on foot prior to officer arrival.
Based on the evidence obtained at the scene, it is believed that all six robberies have been committed by the same individual.
The Oxnard Police Department Robbery Unit is continuing their investigation and is following up on several leads regarding these incidents. We are asking for the public's assistance with any information regarding these recent robberies.
The Oxnard Police Department continues to encourage residents to be partners in public safety as part of the Operation Safer and Stronger initiative. Persons with information regarding these incidents are encouraged to contact Detective Edgar Fernandez (805) 385-7645. If you wish to remain anonymous you may call the violent crimes hotline at (805) 982-7070 or Ventura County Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477. You can also visit this site http://www.venturacountycrimestoppers.org/contactus.aspx to submit a tip via text or e-mail.
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- During summer months, the concierge can arrange gourmet picnic lunches for guests in Hyde Park.
Hotel Overview
What to Expect:
- Overlooking Hyde Park, this Mandarin Oriental hotel in London exemplifies timeless elegance and grace. Housed in a majestic building dating back to 1889, the hotel's interiors blend Asian and Victorian styles. Business executives, celebrities, and stylish vacationers favor the hotel for its refined ambiance and sought-after Knightsbridge address.
Amenity Highlights:
- The on-site spa offers a variety of therapies inspired by ancient healing techniques of Chinese, European, Balinese, and Thai cultures. Treatments include access to the sanarium, amethyst crystal steam room, vitality pool, and color therapy relaxation area. Two restaurants are on-site including the Michelin-starred Foliage; room service is available 24 hours. Other hotel facilities include a fitness center and a business center.
United Kingdom
- Knightsbridge
Airport:London Heathrow Airport LHR
Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park London offers 198 guestrooms and suites on nine floors. All accommodations are individually decorated in a Victorian style with antique furnishings and elegant fabrics. Bathrooms feature heated towel racks, hair dryers, makeup mirrors, and complimentary designer toiletries. Rooms include flat-screen TVs with premium channels, CD players, multi-line phones with voice mail, and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access (surcharge). Guests receive a complimentary welcome amenity upon arrival and complimentary bottled mineral water is provided with turndown service. Other amenities include minibars, laptop-sized safes, and complimentary newspapers.
Property Amenities
Located in London's fashionable Knightsbridge district, this hotel faces Hyde Park and the Harvey Nichols department store. The lavish on-site spa includes eight treatment rooms, an amethyst crystal steam room, sanarium, vitality pool, and color therapy relaxation area. A full range of facials, body treatments, and massages are available including full and half-day programs (surcharge). Guests enjoy complimentary use of the fitness center, which also offers yoga and Pilates classes for a surcharge.
For business travelers, the hotel features a fully equipped business center, six meeting rooms, and catering services. Additional amenities include 24-hour room service, a concierge desk, and babysitting/childcare.
The amenities listed below are available at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, London; fees may apply:
- 24-hour front desk
- Audio-visual equipment
- Ballroom(s)
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Business services
- Concierge desk
- Conference room(s)
- Currency exchange
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Dry cleaning service
- Elevator/lift
- Event catering
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness equipment
- Health club
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Laundry service
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Massage - treatment room(s)
- Medical assistance available
- Multilingual staff
- Parking garage
- Picnic area
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (24 hours)
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Sauna
- Spa services on site
- Steam room
Extra person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
There are no room charges for children 12 and younger when staying in the same room as their parents or guardians.
Rollaway beds and cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in, cannot be guaranteed, and may incur additional charges.
- Cash not accepted
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The ParkAll-day dining restaurant serving international and Asian cuisine including vegetarian dishes. Menu highlights include Black Alaskan Cod and Sashimi. Features traditional afternoon tea with a selection of sandwiches, homemade cakes, and pastries. Terrace seating overlooking Hyde Park available during summer months.
FoliageStylish Michelin-starred restaurant overlooking the park. Decorated in a contemporary style with soft lighting, rich fabrics, dark wood chairs, and rosewood paneling. Serves modern European-style cuisine with a menu changing seasonally. Open daily for lunch and dinner.
Mandarin BarSwanky bar with silk lined walls, glass and marble accents, and leather armchairs. Serves an extensive selection of drinks including champagne cocktails and martinis. Bar menu includes light dishes such as Tempura Soft Shell Crab and Tandoori Chicken Winglets. Open daily from afternoon to late night.
The on-site fitness center offers yoga and Pilates classes (surcharge). Located opposite the hotel, Hyde Park offers tennis courts, jogging paths, and horse riding.
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Chapter 6 Summary
A Favor from Jeremy
- Mrs. Frisby searches for some corn for supper before she heads home and spies a shiny piece of foil. Three guesses who's messing around with that foil. You are so smart.
- When she sees Jeremy examining the foil, she decides to ask his advice about Moving Day.
- Mrs. Frisby asks Jeremy why he likes shiny things so much and he admits that he brings them to a female crow, who also likes shiny things. Ah, young love!
- After listening to Mrs. Frisby explain the trouble with Moving Day, Jeremy is sympathetic. But does not know how to solve her problem.
- Luckily, he does have one piece of advice: he tells her that when the birds do not know what to do, they go see Owl.
- Mrs. Frisby is afraid of Owl, but she realizes that she has to take any opportunity available to help Timothy.
- Jeremy tells her he will bring her to the Owl and they make a plan to meet at her house at 5 pm.


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- Overview
Table of Contents
- Special Member Functions: Constructors, Destructors, and the Assignment Operator
- Operator Overloading
- Memory Management
- Templates
- Namespaces
- Time and Date Library
- Streams
- Object-Oriented Programming and Design Principles
- The Standard Template Library (STL) and Generic Programming
- Exception Handling
- Runtime Type Information (RTTI)
- Signal Processing
- Creating Persistent Objects
- Bit Fields
- New Cast Operators
- Environment Variables
- Variadic Functions
- Pointers to Functions
- Function Objects
- Pointers to Members
- Lock Files
- Design Patterns
- Dynamic Linking
- Tips and Techniques
- Five Things You Need to Know About C++11 Unions
- A Tour of C99
- A Tour of C1X
C++0X: The New Face of Standard C++
- Reference Wrapper
- The Performance Technical Report
- auto for the People
- Ironing Templates' Syntactic Wrinkles
- Visual C++ Becomes ISO Compliant
- A Garbage Collector for C++
- C99 Core Features in C++0X
- The shared_ptr Class
- The shared_ptr Class, II
- Lambda Expressions and Closures, Part I
- Lambda Expressions and Closures, Part II
- Lambda Expressions and Closures, Part III
- The Type Traits Library, Part I
- The Type Traits Library, Part II
- The Type Traits Library, Part III
- finally Revisited
- The Any Library
- The nullptr Keyword Proposal
- Delegating Constructors
- The Explicit Conversion Operators Proposal
- Conditionally-Supported Behavior
- The weak ptr Class Template, Part I
- The weak ptr Class Template, Part II
- POD Types Revisited
- The rvalue Reference Proposal, Part I
- The rvalue Reference Proposal, Part II
- Proposal for New String Algorithms
- Concepts, Part I
- Concepts, Part II
- constexpr: Generalized Constant Expressions
- The constexpr Proposal: Constructors
- Strongly-Typed enum Types
- C++09: The Road Ahead
- C++09: Proposals by Statuses
- Changing Undefined Behavior to Diagnosable Errors
- New Character Types
- The __func__ Predeclared Identifier is Coming to C++
- Static Assertions
- The extern template Proposal
- Variadic Templates, Part I
- Variadic Templates, Part II
- Variadic Templates, Part III -- Critique
- Using unique_ptr, Part I
- Using unique_ptr, Part II
- Unrestricted Unions, Part I
- Unrestricted Unions, Part II
- Unrestricted Unions, Part III
- Types With No Linkage as Template Arguments
- New Initialization Syntax
- Initializer Lists and Sequence Constructors
- New Standard Library Algorithms
- Class Member Initializers
- Inheriting Constructors
- Introducing Attributes
- The Removal of Concepts From C++0x
- The Future of C++0x, Part I
- The Future of C++0X, Part II
- The Debate About Attributes, Part I
- The Debate About Attributes, Part II
- The Debate About Attributes, Part III
- The Debate About Attributes, Part IV
- Forward Declarations of Enum Types
- The SCARY Iterators Proposal, Part I
- The SCARY Iterators Proposal, Part II
- Heading for Deprecation: <tt>export</tt>, Exception Specification and <tt>register</tt>
- The Rejection of the Unified Function Syntax Proposal
- Rvalue References as Object Members
- FCD Approved
- The Debate on noexcept, Part I
- The Debate on noexcept, Part II
- The Debate on noexcept, Part III
- About-face -- [[Attributes]] to Be Replaced with Keywords
- Will Delegating Constructors Be Removed From C++0x?
- Rvalue References: Past, Present and Future, Part I
- Rvalue References: Past, Present and Future, Part II
- Rvalue References: Past, Present and Future, Part III
- A Move in the Right Direction, Part I
- A Move in the Right Direction, Part II
- New Keywords for Inheritance Control, Part I
- New Keywords for Inheritance Control, Part II
- FDIS Approved
- C++0x Concurrency
- The Reflecting Circle
- We Have Mail
- The Soapbox
- Numeric Types and Arithmetic
- Careers
- Locales and Internationalization
The Debate on noexcept, Part III
Last updated Jan 1, 2003.
In the final part of this series I will summarize the pros and cons and conclude the discussion about the fate of noexcept and its usefulness.
Redundant? Not Quite
In the previous part I raised the "redundancy claim", which essentially suggests that noexcept might be redundant because in some cases at least, the compiler can check a function's code to determine whether it will throw an exception. If the compiler can prove that a function will not throw, it doesn't need noexcept in the first place.
The proponents of noexcept raise an important counter-argument. Indeed, when the compiler processes a function definition it can sometimes tell whether that function will not throw without a noexcept declaration. However, this is true only for functions whose definitions are visible to the compiler. If a certain translation unit contains a call to a function defined in a different translation unit, the compiler has no way of knowing whether that function throws. That's where the noexcept keyword proves to be most useful -- it allows both the programmer and the compiler to tell that a certain function doesn't throw. Looking back at our previous example:
void f2() noexecpt; void f1() noexcept { f2(); //OK, calling a noexcept function }
Adding noexcept to the prototype of f2() seemingly resolves the dilemma -- the compiler assumes that the call to f2() will not throw, which means that f1() will not throw either. But what if the programmer who wrote the declaration of f2() with noexcept was wrong? What if the definition of f2() changes in the future, turning f2() into a function that does throw? Will the programmer remember to update all the declarations of f2()? Unlike inline, which can't cause too much harm even if it's wrong, noexcept isn't to be taken lightly -- a noexcept violation can be disastrous. That is why I believe that noexcept is bad idea to begin with. Indeed, it may improve performance in some cases but the risks are too high. The proposal also assumes that the programmer is an exception safety expert, which is rarely the case.
Summarizing the Problems with noexcept
Let's summarize the problems with the current specification of noexcept.
No existing practice. The committee fell again into the well-known trap of "design by committee", standardizing a feature that had never been implemented in the real world. If noexcept had been proposed a couple of years ago, at least we would have had some time to evaluate it, fine-tune it or even scrap it. Alas, the noexcept proposal appeared out of the blue, just days before the FCD's closing date.
Underspecification. The proposal boasts "compile-time checking" but that's false advertising. In some cases, the compiler is supposed to validate the noexcept guarantee. However, there are cases in which the compiler can't do that. Worse yet, the proposal doesn't state which tests the compiler should perform and what's considered a "show-stopper". For example, is it OK to declare a function that might rarely throw noexcept? Should the compiler dig deep into every possible execution path of a noexcept function?
Benchmarking. Thus far, no official benchmark results have been published. It's therefore not clear what the potential performance gain of noexcept is. What if it turns out to be negligible? Will that justify the risks associated with noexcept? Even if the performance improvement is staggering, the results should have been published before the Pittsburgh meeting, not after.
Disagreement about noexcept violations. Although the proposal requires that std::terminate() shall be called if a noexcept function throws, that policy is both controversial and underspecified. Which resources are supposed to be released in such case? Should the program crash unconditionally, causing resource leaks and risking data integrity? I can understand why stack unwinding is ruled out but what about other resources such as locks and system I/O buffers? Letting an airplane crash just because a sloppy programmer forgot to remove noexcept from an old header file doesn't sound reassuring.
Compile-time checking is unrealistic. Let's admit it: unless the C++ standard enforces Whole Program Analysis, it's simply ridiculous to assume that the compiler will apply compile-time checking of noexcept. If the compiler can do that only in certain cases, that's the worst option because programmers will never know whether a successful compilation means that a noexcept function has been validated by the compiler or does that mean that the compiler was unable to validate the noexcept guarantee and therefore trusted the programmer's judgment. We have plenty of experience with register and inline suggesting that programmers' judgment -- as far as optimization is concerned -- doesn't necessarily outwit the compiler's.
In Conclusion
Although noexcept is in the FCD, we still don't have full specifications thereof nor do we have an exhaustive checklist of what's required of the implementation. I believe that as with other questionable C++0x features, noexcept is a recipe for trouble, and that its benefits are offset by its drawbacks. Premature optimization is evil, as we all know too well.


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Microsoft has created a series of so called learning snacks, informative videos that showcase Windows 7 features. A total of six videos have been posted which are all accessible at the learning snacks page (via WinSpark) at Microsoft. Microsoft Silverlight is needed to access the page and run the videos on the website. It will display a dialog to download and install Silverlight if it is not installed already on the local computer system.
Below is the list of videos in the Introducing Windows 7 series:
- Benefits of Windows 7
- Improved Accessibility
- Enhanced Security
- Improved Operational Efficiency
- Managing Images Using DISM
- Learn More
The videos have a playing time between three to six minutes. Some are aimed at IT professionals while some are providing basic information for viewers with non-IT backgrounds.


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My friend and colleague Jason Roberts (Dymus) is generally a man of few words, so when he says something, it's worth your time to listen. He recently made a post in the 38 thread on FoH which merits further attention, so I am quoting it here. His post was in response to the notion that "the Next Generation of MMOs is coming":
I'm quite literal and thus a generation is defined by an iteration and building upon the best of what came before. Since MMO's take roughly 5-6 years from inception to completion let's use that with the overlap. Given that, I'd say we're in the midst of generation 2 and working on generation 3. I'm also keeping the focus to subscription and 'classic' style MMO's, adding the other branches gets unmanageable and I want to stick to one family tree.
Generation 0: IRC, play by e-mail, web games, MUD's (This is obvious)
Generation 1: (1999-2004) Asheron's Call, EverQuest, Ultima Online, Meridian 59, Dark Age of Camelot, Anarchy Online, and others.
Generation 2: (2003-2008) World of Warcraft, EVE Online, EverQuest II, Warhammer, Conan, Star Wars Galaxies, Final Fantasy, Matrix Online, City of Heroes, Vanguard, and several others.
Generation 3: (2009-2014) Whatever Blizzard is making, Star Wars: Old Republic, Whatever Carbine is making, Heroes of Telara, whatever else Trion is making, Copernicus, and others.
Now let's play evolution…
Generation 1: There were three main models that passed on their genes — Ultima Online, EverQuest and Dark Age of Camelot. There were traits that the second generation inherited from all the other games but the primary evolutions in generation 2 came from those three.
What did generation 1 teach us? MMO's work. Playing with other people is fun. Raiding is cool. Organized PvP is cool. Emergent gameplay is not always a bad thing. Among a whole host of other things, but it was all new.
Generation 2: What defines generation 2 is a refinement of the main ideas from the prior generation. In this, one game had one very key adaptation: Accessibility. Other evolutions happened they just were not as successful.
But what has Generation 2 taught us? People like to play 'around' others but not necessarily always 'with' others. Accessibility and polish are of critical importance when there are choices. Focus on what your game IS not what it COULD be. (A corollary is that radically changing a game mid-flight is probably a bad idea). Building massive worlds and system generated content to fill them is bad.
Generation 3: We're just starting here. But there are now two generations to learn from. Not all the ideas from generation 1 were refined in generation 2 since they were so overshadowed by the one big adaptation of Accessibility and polish. I think those are a given by now, if you don't have that adaptation you can't compete in the natural selection. The question is, will Generation 3 hit on anything like that adaptation and be a clear trait to carry forward? Perhaps… a lot of us are guessing what it could be, and it might be that there is more than a single answer.
What do I think generation 3 teach us? Story (personal and world focused) is more important than people guessed. You can successfully apply the working models to more genres than fantasy. You can make a massively single player game and still be successful. If you don't seriously include socialization as a goal you'll have a serious retention problem.
Many people are still quick to throw the tired phrase "next gen" around. When I was community manager on EQ2, I had to constantly hear a certain game being touted as "third gen" without any substantive merit as to what that meant, so I really like Jason's delineation. It's not about technology or platform, but about key adaptations and innovations. After all, building Pong with fancy 3D assets doesn't make it a next-gen game. Truly ushering in a new generation is about building upon what went before and adding both polish and some interesting new twists.


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Have you ever seen a little kid wearing glasses? They look pretty cute right? Well if you haven't heard on Twitter or Facebook, my little baby girl has gotten her first pair of glasses this week.
For a little while I've thought that her left eye turned in, mostly when she was tired but it was getting more obvious. So off we went to the Paediatric Ophthalmologist late last month.
It turns out that little Miss J is long sighted & as a result it's causing both of her eyes to turn in. The left is quite obvious & the focus on it is worse than the right, but the right isn't quite perfect either. I'll show you a pic so you can see…
See how her right eye is looking straight ahead but her left eye is turning slightly in? That's the problem. So now our baby girl has to wear glasses. This is not a big deal to me, her daddy & I both wear glasses so it's just one of those things.
We picked them up on Monday & it was a struggle to get her to put them on at first, but now even after only a few days it's second nature. All we have to do now is stop her from putting her fingers all over them!
See I told you they were cute!!
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adj. Latin Orgin. /mee-otch/ an eloquent term use to place a woman into her proper social strata without her knowing that she is truely without a doubt a bitch
Steve replied to Laura, "Why do you always have to be such a miotch about everything?"
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1.) Derogatory term for your friend Mitch; to be used on all festive occassions.
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2.) rhymes with "Biatch".
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Instead of using the curse word "bitch," I used to call my mom "miotch" to get around cursing. Plus, it sounds cooler.
You are one stupid miotch!
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This guy gets a thumb up, that is for sure. However, can we really tell if he has thumbs or not? Is he capable of giving himself a thumbs up, or must he hold a thick pencil in his palm facing skyward to resemble a thumb? Either way the man is a legend, thumb or no thumb. He is close with Dan the Man but not in a sexual, friend ship, or literal meaning.
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A nearly 40-year-old publicly funded nonprofit -- one of Contra Costa County's vehicles to assist people battling mental illness -- has collapsed amid clear evidence that its leaders knew they were improperly socking away taxpayer funds.
Contra Costa County's $1.2 million annual contract with Concord-based Mental Health Consumer Concerns stipulated that any unspent funds be returned to the county. But the nonprofit illegally stashed $363,600 over a three-year period in a reserve fund, according to a review of hundreds of documents, including emails that discussed the illegal diversion. Some of the money went toward small personal loans to agency employees.
The county stripped MHCC of its contract to run three wellness centers, a decision that cost more than a dozen people their jobs and left five times that many clients scrambling for interim services.
But the story behind how the nonprofit went from a healthy balance sheet 18 months ago to bankruptcy is an unambiguous tale of mismanagement and lax county oversight.
The situation is "outrageous," said Contra Costa County Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, who worked as a county contract administrator before she was elected in 2010. "Someone at the county should have spotted the red flags and raised these issues long ago. And I hold MHCC's board of directors responsible for its lack of accountability."
County supervisors in mid-January quietly transferred the wellness centers contract to the much-larger Recovery Innovations, a Phoenix-based company with facilities in five states and New Zealand.
The county and Recovery Innovations then reopened the Concord and Antioch centers. Mold was found at the Richmond facility, and the county is providing interim services elsewhere while Recovery Innovations looks for a new site.
On an average weekday, 50 people struggling with mental illness frequent the three centers, which offer meals, programs, advocacy and peer support.
MHCC's fiscal meltdown with taxpayer money is raising serious questions about the county's oversight of millions of dollars in mental health funds.
"The people who ran MHCC are delightful people, but it has been a troubled organization for many, many years, and the county was remiss in not taking action earlier," said David Kahler, a member of the county's Mental Health Commission and the treasurer of the Contra Costa chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
MHCC directors declined to answer emailed questions or return phone calls.
Instead, MHCC Secretary-Treasurer Gale Bataille sent this email: "We appreciate your inquiry, but on behalf of MHCC, we stand by our written communications to the county and the Mental Health Commission. And given that the agency is shutting down, we see no purpose in pursuing or commenting further on this matter."
Based on this newspaper's review of hundreds of public documents obtained from Contra Costa County:
Former MHCC Acting Director Maria Ramirez eventually jolted the county out of its inattention.
"I cannot participate in what I consider to be an unlawful activity, and after already raising the issue with the board and not receiving a satisfactory response, I believe I have a legal and ethical obligation to inform the county what appears to have transpired," Ramirez wrote July 11 to MHCC's board and copied to the county.
On the previous day, MHCC's outside accountant advised the nonprofit that it owed Contra Costa County $363,600 in unlawfully diverted funds.
Part of that reserve was used to make personal loans without the knowledge of the board of directors. MHCC's then-executive director, Brenda Crawford, gave herself a $2,800 salary advance that she later repaid with a retroactive pay raise.
The board also claimed ignorance of the contract provision that required repayment of all unspent funds. They blamed former staffers and minimized the errors as clerical.
"I am disappointed our executive director or financial director did not tell us this was wrong," MHCC board member Doriot Hill, of Walnut Creek, wrote to the county and this newspaper in late November.
But the written record clearly shows board members and high-level staff were told or knew it was improper.
Crawford reminded Bataille in February 2012 via email that county contract funds must be spent in the same fiscal year they were received.
"I think the county is aware that we have these (reserve) funds and are practicing 'don't ask, don't tell.'" Crawford wrote. "As long as no one makes a big deal of this, they are not going to push on this."
Contra Costa Behavioral Health Services Director Cynthia Belon rejected assertions that the county intentionally ignored the problem but concedes that staff failed to properly oversee the contract.
Meanwhile, Ramirez and Crawford have filed employment-related lawsuits against MHCC. Crawford did not return phone calls made to her Vallejo home, and Ramirez declined to comment.
So, where did the money go?
Just under half of the $363,600 was spent on a financial audit, an outside accounting firm and "restructuring" costs, including severance pay for the outgoing executive and finance directors, according to the county and the accounting firm.
The nonprofit started burning through the rest of the money after Aug. 1, when the county stopped paying MHCC at the beginning of each month and began reimbursing the agency only after services were provided.
The six- to eight-week payment gap pushed the already-financially troubled nonprofit -- which relied almost exclusively on county contract money -- over the fiscal cliff.
The county will credit approximately $201,000 toward MHCC's debt, which is what the nonprofit says it spent providing services in November and December, according to its attorney.
That leaves a balance owed to taxpayers of $162,000. But repayment appears highly unlikely.
MHCC's attorney advised the nonprofit's creditors Jan. 15 that no assets or other funds exist to pay outstanding bills.
Taxpayers may not be the only losers.
Veteran Bay Area mental health patients' rights advocate Connie Steers, of Concord, fears the scandal will erode public and county support for these types of services.
Diagnosed a number of years ago with mental illness herself, Steers said she would "probably be dead" without MHCC's help in the early 1990s.
"I have really benefitted from these programs," said Steers, who transformed herself into a career advocate for people with mental illness. "I think the county is tired of spending money on us. But I am really worried that our consumers will become discouraged, and more will end up in the psychiatric wards."
Contact Lisa Vorderbrueggen at 925-945-4773, ibabuzz.com/politics or Twitter.com/lvorderbrueggen.
Heading toward collapse
Mental Health Consumer Concerns, a nearly 40-year-old publicly funded nonprofit, has collapsed amid clear evidence that its leaders knew they were improperly socking away taxpayer funds, some of which was diverted for personal loans. Here is a look at the agency's unraveling:
2007-2010 -- MHCC accumulates $363,606 from unspent county dollars into what it calls a "prudent reserve," a violation of the terms of its contract. The county requires all unspent funds to be returned the same fiscal year in which they were paid.
February-March 2012 -- MHCC Executive Director Brenda Crawford advises several members of the nonprofit's board of directors via email that retaining county funds in a reserve account is a contract violation but believes the county knows about the funds and won't do anything about it "as long as no one makes a big deal."
April 1 -- Acting MHCC Executive Director Maria Ramirez informs the county that the nonprofit owes $78,804 in unspent funds held over from a prior fiscal year. She is concerned it may have occurred in previous years and asks the nonprofit's accountant to check.
May 3 -- Then-Contra Costa County Mental Health Director Steve Grolnic-McClurg launches an investigation into an allegation that MHCC misspent public funds.
July 10 -- MHCC's outside accounting firm advises its client that it owes Contra Costa County more than $300,000 in funds that were improperly diverted into a reserve account and spent in later fiscal years.
July 30 -- MHCC's outside accountant confirms that its client improperly increased its reserves with unspent Contra Costa and Napa contract funds by $369,392 from 2007-2010. The accountant also discloses that MHCC spent money on ineligible expenses, including legal fees and personal loans to staff members.
Nov. 12 -- The Board of Supervisors cancels MHCC's contract as of Dec. 31. The county allows the nonprofit to apply toward its debt the costs of providing services in November and December.
Dec. 31 -- MHCC closes its three wellness centers, and the county behavioral health staff provides limited interim services at its drop-in adult mental health clinics. It is unclear how much MHCC still owes the county or whether it will be paid.
Jan. 16 -- MHCC's attorney advises the nonprofit's creditors that no funds exist with which to pay outstanding bills, including the $151,000 owed to Contra Costa County taxpayers.
Source: Bay Area News Group research


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As World Cup fever grips soccer fans across the globe, Coca-Cola is giving young players the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to win a trip to the Copa Coca-Cola Soccer Camp in Brazil during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Copa Coca-Cola is an international youth soccer tournament played in 60 countries around the world. The tournament, taking place in the U.S. starting February 22, will allow more than 4,000 teens between the ages of 13 and 15 to get active and take part in the excitement leading up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup™. Four players from the national championship teams (two boys and two girls) will have the opportunity to participate in the Copa Coca-Cola Soccer Camp in Brazil, a unique experience with more than 150 other young players from around the world, all Copa Coca-Cola participants of their country's national tournament.
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By Petah Marian | 24 February 2012
In September last year, fashion retailer Esprit revealed a bold turnaround strategy. In an update yesterday (23 February), the company revealed how these extensive plans are set to touch all areas of its business.
Among its plans are the shuttering of its North American stores while also seeking a licence partner in the region, a new branding strategy, a new sourcing strategy, a hybrid store/franchise model in China, and a new wholesale strategy.
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When Esprit announced its revitalisation plans last year, the most attention-grabbing element was its decision to exit its North American retail operations. Esprit now says it will wind-down the business by 31 March, after deciding not to sell it. However, the company is not giving up on North America entirely, revealing that it is looking to work with a licence partner there.
Describing the reasons behind not selling the business, it said: "We are not willing to compromise on brand positioning and distribution channels.
"Given that the focus of our transformation process is to re-establish the Esprit brand as a leading, inspiring fashion brand, we were not willing to jeopardise our efforts by a potential different brand execution in North America.
"Hence, we believe that pursuing the option to close down the operations in North America and develop the licensing business with one or more competent license partners will serve the best interests of the group."
The store closures announced in September also remain on-track, with over 50% of the 80 stores slated for closure now shuttered or in final negotiations.
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Esprit's first efforts under its new branding strategy have seen "very encouraging results". The first campaign, which featured model Gisele Bündchen, helped raise consumer awareness, with a 9 percentage points rise to 59% in Germany, and a rise of 19 percentage points to 49% in China.
It has also launched a new Trend division, a China design centre and a new denim division. Esprit said the Trend division is expected to have its first product delivery in September this year, while the China design centre has already delivered its first concepts, with new product designs being launched in August. The company is already including new fits in its denim lines, with the first styles to be in store by December.
With a focus on making its products more fashionable, a more frequent six-season calendar with 12 deliveries will help ensure the "continual flow of products throughout the season".
And following the successful roll-out of its new concept store in Cologne, there are now plans to refurbish some 14 stores in key locations over the second half of the year. In addition it will also open two other store concepts, in Antwerp in April and Dusseldorf in July.
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Esprit also revealed a new sourcing strategy, opening a never-out-of-stock service centre to optimise availability and inventory. It is also setting up new sourcing offices in Indonesia and India, to "realise further potential". The offices will open in the second and fourth quarters respectively.
In order to deal with the huge market size and demographic differences among provinces in China, Esprit plans to work with national and regional franchise partners to accelerate its expansion in the country. It aims to open around 40 stores in the country during the second half.
The company also intends to launch its first Asia-Pacific e-shop in China over the second-half of the year.
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Some 650 wholesale accounts have been selected as key partners for whom Esprit has tailored support packages to help drive growth.
It is also working to develop its wholesale business in regions where it is under represented, such as Asia and Latin America. Over the half, the company saw "robust wholesale turnover growth" in Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Chile and Columbia.
Speaking about its outlook, the company said the results represent an "early and very important step on our route to seeing the entire plan through, and this good result has confirmed that...we are definitely heading in the right direction.
"Looking beyond this financial year, we are even more confident that we will see the tangible results of our hard work materialise in 2013 and succeed in turning Esprit into an inspiring and fashionable brand with sustainable profits and a clear identity."
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CHARLESTON - Janisha Williams and Parrish Craig are the parents of their second daughter, born at 6:47 p.m. March 13, 2005, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Jakyiza Kasi Jean Williams weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 inches long.
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HAMPTON, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire police chief who was killed in the line of duty has been honored with a Medal of Valor at an annual gathering of New England law enforcement officers.
Michael Maloney, the police chief in Greenland, was killed in April when he and several other officers came under fire while carrying out a search warrant. Four other officers were injured.
On Wednesday, his father, John Maloney, accepted the medal from the New England Association of Chiefs of Police. The ceremony was in Hampton.
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"If you look at the circumstances, he was involved in actually saving other officers' lives," said Robert Campbell, police chief in Agawam, Mass. "Somebody who's willing to give their life for the safety of their other officers is certainly the ultimate sacrifice."
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Citation: Gates, M.W., Metz, M., Schauff, M.E. 2006. The circumscription of the generic concept of Aximopsis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) with the description of seven new species. Zootaxa. 1273:9-54. Interpretive Summary: Leafmining insects are important pests of agricultural crops worldwide and cause millions of dollars in damage each year. We both redefine a group of parasitic wasps important in controlling leafmining pests and describe seven species new to science. This information will aid biocontrol workers, regulatory agencies, port inspectors and scientists working in these groups with identification of these parasites.
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Anyone who grew up in Wine Country in the '70s would appreciate the movie "Bottle Shock," which captures the early days before the swirl, sniff and spit crowd began the great migration to Sonoma and Napa Valley.
The same can be said of Casa Vino. The wine bar and restaurant in South Berkeley embodies the pre-Wine Rush days when pickup trucks were more common than BMWs.
The owners, brothers Jim and Chris O'Meally, like to boast that they have more wines by the glass than any other wine bar in the Bay Area. But they pour them without pretentiousness. "Wine doesn't need to be that way," Chris O'Meally said while standing behind Casa Vino's handmade redwood bar Wednesday evening.
"I think there's enough good wine out there that you can afford to drink it every day," Jim O'Meally said.
Jim said in choosing wine they look for value, an equation that balances quality with price. "It's not a bargain if it tastes like crap," he said.
That sparked another discussion between the brothers about how closely a price tag reflects the quality of a wine. The talk ended when a man walked in looking to sample something before happy hour ended at 6 p.m. (Glasses of wine are half off during happy hour from 5 to 6 p.m.)
Jim poured him a Domaine des Salices Viognier. "It's a perfect starting wine," said Jim, who made his living as a professional pianist for 30 years before the two decided to open Casa Vino. He is the executive chef and created the menu, which mixes rack of lamb with baby back ribs, crab cakes, escargot, quesadillas and bruschetta.
Both brothers had spent summers — Jim two, Chris four — working at a winery near their childhood home in Westminster, Md.
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"Sweet riesling was my thing," said Chris, a professional photographer. He insisted on pouring me an Alsatian riesling Grand Cru, considered among the greatest wines to be had in a bottle.
"This is like nothing you've had before," Chris said, although he has become a fan of pinot noirs now that he doesn't have to drink them in the oppressive humidity of a scorching Maryland summer. "A good pinot," he said, "cannot be faked."
For the next 10 minutes, Jim answered a question about the difference between French and California "cab francs" for a couple who arrived for dinner, while Chris seated a young French woman who ordered a house red and the ravioli.
"If you want a $5 wine, we have that. If you want a $100 bottle of wine, we have that too," he said. One regular patron, he added, arrives once a week for nachos, a Caesar salad and two very expensive bottles of red wine.
The casual attitude combined with a serious approach to wine and food has helped Casa Vino become a destination for wine novices and connoisseurs.
The location at Sacramento and 66th streets was a bit of a fluke. The restaurant was called El Nopal, and the owners were ready to sign over the lease — faux brick wallpaper and all — when the brothers stepped in during the summer of 2008. At the same time the thrust of gentrification came to a screeching halt.
Their timing and the address have created a challenge. But what they lack in location, they make up for in space inside as well as by having a parking lot and patio.
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