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Getting to the start lineMost of the stress of race week was getting my kids to Idaho and making it to athlete check-in before it closed. We managed to get there with an entire hour to spare. Awesome.
|Fact: Kids love airports
I made a short list of stuff I needed to pack for the race. This doesn't include my clothes/toiletries for the rest of the 8-day trip. As you can see from my manifest, triathlon is a stupidly complex sport. No one should have a hobby that involves making lists like this.
|That's right, crack pipe
- Shoes
- Skinny legs
- Bad hair
|Creepy little toddler
The actual race partsHere's a picture I snapped on race morning at 5am, when transition opened and only a few athletes are up and around. The lake was glassy and the sky was rumbly. Those 2 would reverse within an hour of the start.
|The boxing ring
The swim start involves 2500 people running down the beach and into the water. That sounds like a lot of people, and it is. Here's how it breaks down:
- 1000 start breaststroke immediately and freak out. Dodge these people and their wide frog kicks. They are destined for hypothermia, the warming tent, and a rectal thermometer.
- 200 punch me in the kidneys and push my legs down. The cold water leads to tight back muscles, which are easily strained. Unrelated, I pulled a back muscle on the swim.
- 3 women had an item on their list that I did not: long finger nails. They scratch. Avoid, or end up with claw marks.
- 1 guy, me, not being careful catches a heel to the jaw, which still has a metal plate holding it together. I thought I was done. I was happy with my 5-minute effort, and was about to go back to bed. Then I tested out my bite, and decided it wasn't broken. I raced on, for another 12 hours.
The bike was fine. My back hurt from the Greco-Roman, but it wasn't a big deal.
I exited T2 at 2:30 PM. That means I had 4 hours to to finish in 11:30. My goal was a 4 hour marathon, so I honestly though I'd do it. The first mile is uphill, and that's when shit got dark. This 2-loop run course has a BAD hill that you climb, descend and then climb again, each loop.
My goals kept changing:
- 11:30, if I can average 9:10/mile
- 11:45, if I walk the aid stations
- 12:00 if I walk 1 minute of each mile, and some extra on the hills
The final half-mile is downhill, and it's got to be the best finish in all of Ironman. The street is lined with people cheering. I looked up and saw 11:55 on the clock when I finished. That's 1 painful minute faster than my Ironman Arizona time in 2010.
AnalysisI enjoyed the run at IM Arizona. This race was NOT fun. It was hard, very rewarding, but I was in the pain cave from mile 2 to mile 26. It was one long nightmare.
The real success at this race with transitions. I cut out 8 minutes of screwing-around time in transition from my first Ironman race.
Getting homeWe spent a week messing around in Idaho after the race. Northern Idaho is some of the most beautiful country I've ever been to. The people are great, and the forests are just spectacular.
|My girls!
I was pulled aside at the airport for further screening. When the TSA opened my gear bag they recoiled in disgust. It turns out I shoved everything from the race into a plastic bag the night of the race and left it in there for a week. Oops!
- Wetsuit, definitely peed in, still wet
- Bike shorts and jersey, wet
- Bike shoes, may have been peed on
- Running shorts and t-shirt, very wet
- Bottle of Gatorade, open and spilled
|The wite/orange bag contains the nastiest nasty ever
All of that is true.
Now I'm home and rested, mostly recovered. (Actually I'm on a plane, traveling for work. I lie to you all the time, so it's fine.) I'm not sure what's next for me, but I don't want to go for any long bike rides for a while.
Here is a more technical race report, if you're into that sort of thing.


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This is a discussion on Re: Against the system:/, media:/ and home:/ namespaces - KDE ; > On Wednesday, July 6, 2005 1:20 am, Manuel Amador wrote: > > Why the hell are we moving away from standard UNIX paths, and inventing > > another arcane proprietary path/resource location system? > > Because the UNIX filesystem ...
> On Wednesday, July 6, 2005 1:20 am, Manuel Amador wrote:
> > Why the hell are we moving away from standard UNIX paths, and inventing
> > another arcane proprietary path/resource location system?
> Because the UNIX filesystem is incomprehensible to the average user. No
> casual user is ever going to understand the idea of a single root
> directory, or the concept of "mounting" filesystems. Unfortunately,
> Windows-style drive letters and synchronous access (that actually works)
> are probably not going to be introduced on UNIX anytime soon, and so there
> is no way to solve this except abstracting it away.
I completely agree. The average user has no idea what mounting is and nor =
should they. I love the concept of kioslaves because they pull away from t=
he =
UNIX filesystem for the GUI. I love the UNIX filesystem for the command li=
ne =
where all of us here are comfortable. But the GUI offers to take away the =
technical aspects of the behind-the-scenes workings of the operating system =
so that the average person (my grandmother for an example) can sit down in =
front of the computer and make use of it. This requires that we rid the GU=
of /proc /sys /boot and other confusing directories. A perfect example of =
why this is a good thing is OS X. Why can anyone sit in front of a Mac and =
use it? Because when they click on 'Hard Disk' they don't see =
the /sys /proc /bin and other folders. In the GUI, they are hidden. You c=
an =
still access them from the command line if you need to though. When my wif=
e =
inserts a CD she doesn't want and shouldn't need to know where the hell it =
is. All she should know is, if I click on the icon that popped up on kicke=
r =
or my desktop, I will be taken to the CD. Or if she clicks on the Media =
Storage icon on the side bar of open file dialogs. Forgive me for being =
bold, but I think we need to talk about who we are designing KDE for. =
Developers (technical users) or Users (non-technical users).
> The organization of the UNIX filesystem is not really much of an issue,
> because users generally only care about browsing files in their home
> directory. That is why the Home Folder entries were introduced in the
> Konqueror sidepane and in the file selection dialog. I would support home=
> if it made sense. Unfortunately, to access my home directory, I would have
> to type home:/luke instead of /home/luke, not much of an improvement.
> Simply home:/ would make sense.
I don't think that a home:/ kioslave is necessary. What I've chosen to do =
with my KDE box is to remove as many traces of the / directory as I can for =
my users. I can access anything I need from the command line. And perhaps =
some GUI apps can browse the entire filesystem (KDevelop). I mean, what do =
users need to know about outside of their home directories? If any mounts =
are needed, the GUI should handle it for them. May it be a camera, network =
browsing, jump drive, or CD. That way the system is completely hidden from =
them and confusion over the filesystem is virtually eliminated. Don't forg=
et =
that the Windows way of doing things is confusing too. So many users I wor=
k =
with on a daily basis have no clue how find a file when starting from C:\ =
.. =
Not to mention the fact that D:\ doesn't make sense. Our way of doing thin=
gs =
is much better. When a CD is inserted, an identifiable icon appears in =
various places for quick and easy access and is named a name that makes =
sense, not D:\ . If the GUI eliminates the unnecessary parts of the file =
system and handles everything outside of their home directory then the =
desktop system becomes usable for everyone. =
> UNIX will never be a feasible desktop OS until mounting is completely
> hidden and transparent to the user. =
I think you can guess that I agree completely.
> My biggest problem with media:/ is as =
> follows: A devices should be automatically mounted whenever the user tries
> to access it (media:/ has done this) and AUTOMATICALLY UNMOUNTED WHENEVER
> THE USER IS DONE ACCESSING IT (media:/ has not done this). =
I agree for one reason. Many distros don't handle multi-user environments =
properly. For instance mine, SuSE 9.3 does not have the fstab file correct =
for desktop systems. I had to modify it and add 'users' to it so that if I =
inserted a CD and left it there, my wife can still eject it and put somethi=
ng =
else in. This would be a way of getting around a foolish distribution. =
> There should =
> then be no overlay on device icons indicated whether they are mounted or
> unmounted, because user's don't know about mounting. =
Again, I agree.
> 3) the floppy drive must always appear in media:/ on PC systems, even when
> no disk is present, because there is no way to tell if there is one
> present. Thus, CD-ROMs and other non-hot-pluggable devices should always
> appear in media:/ as well for consistency.
I disagree. The CD-ROM devices should not always be there. An inserted CD =
should appear as if from nowhere to cut down on what the user has to know =
about where things are. If it appears in multiple places, then there's no =
confusion. It's just up to us to make sure that media:/ is integrated well=
.. =
A floppy on the other hand, I have two points about. =
1) Who uses floppies anymore? I know I haven't had a floppy drive for year=
s =
now. Why? Because they're obsolete. Way obsolete. Desktops don't hardly =
even come with floppy drives anymore. =
2)For older systems with floppy drives, the floppy drive should not appear =
in =
media:/ at all unless it is mounted. How you access it is from a floppy:/ =
kioslave. I think we have one? Upon KDE install, if the system has a flop=
py =
drive installed then links to floppy:/ will be placed on the desktop, kicke=
r =
and file dialog navigation bar. And of course these links will appear if =
hald reports that a usb floppy drive has been inserted. =
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Samsung Touts Galaxy S III at Glitzy New York Event
By Thomas Gryta and Shara Tibken
If you're hoping to get your hands on Samsung's latest phone, the much-hyped Galaxy S III, you may have to wait.
Demand for the device is so strong, the South Korean electronics giant says, that it's causing some supply shortages. It's working with carriers to fill pre-orders, but in-store purchases may be a little delayed. A Samsung spokeswoman says the company hopes to have the retail channel full next week so people can finally buy in stores.
But even if you can't get the device–or if you have no interest in getting one–you are going to see it. Samsung is making its biggest ever U.S. mobile marketing push with traditional advertising and a number of interactive strategies like 3-D games at movie theaters.
The marketing push was apparent Wednesday at a flashy launch party at Skylight Studios in downtown Manhattan. To get inside, attendees had to walk through the foggy "Tunnel of Sharing Purgatory," where Samsung stressed how easy it is to share photos and other files with the new phone. The event also included opportunities to chat with NBA legend Walt Frazier and shoot some hoops with basketball great Steve Nash.
Beyond the glitz and gimmickry of the event itself, Samsung is opening several fronts in getting the public exposed to the Galaxy name.
The company is placing brightly branded public kiosks–mostly in transportation hubs for now–where Galaxy S III owners can download free content by touching the phone to the stand.
Samsung is doing the same thing with posters, which use Samsung's TecTiles, or paper-thin tags that can be programmed to prompt the phone to perform functions when it touches the tag. In this case, the tag sends the phone to a Web address that contains the downloadable content.
Samsung is also pushing the marketing into movie theaters by allowing people with the phone to play a 3-D game with each other to demonstrate various "sharing features" of the phone. Among those features is tap-and-go NFC technology that lets users share files with other Galaxy S III owners, and a way to let users work on the same document on separate devices. Users can also share pictures with other Galaxy III owners as they take them.
The Galaxy S III marks a new strategy for Samsung, one it hopes will boost its lead in the global smartphone market. It's the first device from the company that's identical across all the carriers, allowing it to market the brand more aggressively.
With all of this product-specific marketing, Samsung has shifted inward as opposed to helping wireless carriers build and differentiate their brands. It's unclear if the carriers themselves will cut back on their usual commercialization of the latest hot device.
For its part, Verizon Wireless said it doesn't comment on marketing plans. Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
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2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nino Rota and already over the last few months a number of commemorative concerts have taken place.
This month various Italian and foreign orchestras will pay homage to the composer including in their concerts some of his most famous compositions. Below we offer details on some of these initiatives.
On 1st and 2nd December the Olso Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Enrique Mazzola, will perform the suite from the ballet La Strada.
The Madrid Orquésta Sinfonica RTVE will perform Concerto per trombone on 2nd and 3rd December. The orchestra will be conducted by Jan Söderblom and the soloist is Ximo Vicedo.
On 12th December the series of commemorative concerts that the Milan Orchestra Sinfonica Verdi and the conductor Giuseppe Grazioli are dedicating to the composer, 'La leggerezza dell'ascolto (The lightness of listening) – Nino Rota: Milano 1911-Roma 1979', continues with a performance of Concerto per arpa and the suite from Guerra e Pace.
Finally, a further three performances of the suite from La Strada will take place on 21st and 22nd December in Lecce and on 31st December at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. The former two renditions will be performed by the Lecce Orchestra Sinfonica under the direction of Marcello Panni while the latter will be performed by the Royal Danish Orchestra. The orchestra has included the piece in its end of year concert, to be conducted by Thomas Søndergård.


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Wanna hear a funny joke? Donald Trump.
Donald Trump Calls Hurricane Sandy "Good Luck" For Obama To Win Re-Election
We've come to not expect too much from combover queen Donald Trump, so we're never really shocked when he pulls a stunt like attempting to publicly extort the president in the name of a national disaster. That's just Trump being the douchelord he is!
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MUMBAI: The forest authorities in Madhya Pradesh are pleased as punch. A "fresh" tiger census conducted by the authorities in the Panna tiger reserve between March 18 and 24 claims that it is home to 34 tigers and a cub.
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Hello, things are like this.
i use a sony home theater to stream on the tv.
i used version 1.90 where the app looks and works good.
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i tried changing some settings but the app just won't cooperate. (like ass and fontconfig....)
Than after few hours i changed to 1.54 version where everything should work smooth, but it doesn't still my home theater remote won't let me access the subtitle.
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Holy cow, your hubs does look super young! Sorry about sickness, that stinks.ReplyDelete
I was recently down and out sick and watched a season and a half of White Collar! Still haven't seen the Croods!
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worst part about having a big family=how long it takes for sickness to pass through the family. Glad you're feeling better. Looking forward to seeing you at Hope Spoken, friend :)ReplyDelete
Emily, your family is gorgeous!!!! What a bummer having everyone sick. :( I just bought a book on using oils and fully intend on going the more homeopathic route this year. I've already starting taking some for my chronic fatigue and it seems to be helping some. Thank you for sharing your treatment regimen for the flu! We haven't had it yet (knock on wood) but it seems every single kid at the boys' school has...either it's out there waiting to pounce, or we're going to be super lucky.ReplyDelete
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Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's biggest car maker by annual production volume, said Thursday that its domestic output rose 22% from a year earlier to 346,215 vehicles. Nissan Motor Co., the country's second-largest car maker, said it boosted production 20% to 111,786.
Honda Motor Co., Japan's third-biggest car maker, said it built 115,920 vehicles, up 65%. The sharp increase also reflects a relatively lower basis of comparison in the year-earlier month, a Honda spokeswoman said.
The subsidy program, valued at ¥300 billion ($3.6 billion), is designed to boost domestic demand to help the Japanese auto industry compensate for a drop in exports amid the strong yen.
The government will start accepting applications for subsidies of either ¥70,000 or ¥100,000 a vehicle in April. People buying fuel-efficient cars from Dec. 20 of last year to the end of January next year will be eligible to apply.
Nationwide vehicle sales, excluding minicars, surged 32% in February on the back of the program, according to an industry body.
Industry executives expect the subsidies to continue to buoy demand for fuel-efficient vehicles, but companies also are bracing for the program's effect to wear off much earlier than hoped as the current brisk demand might use up the budget ahead of schedule. The ¥300 billion package will end as soon as the allocated budget runs out.
"Do you think it will last until autumn? Maybe, maybe not," said Seiichi Ohta, a managing director at Mitsubishi Motors Corp. in charge of sales in Japan.
A similar subsidy program introduced for 17 months through early September 2010 saw sales pick up toward the end of its duration and ended several weeks before its expiration.
Toyota sold 166,151 vehicles in Japan in February, up 40%, while Nissan sold 72,115 domestically, up 19%. Honda's Japan sales increased 58% to 77,145 vehicles.
Among smaller Japanese car makers, Suzuki Motor Corp. posted a 3.4% increase in production in the company's home market to 86,584 vehicles, driven by a 12% rise in domestic sales.
Mitsubishi Motors said its production fell 15% to 52,205 vehicles as domestic sales growth was offset by a drop in exports.
Mazda Motor Corp. said its domestic production declined 0.2% to 70,279 vehicles as the company's exports declined.


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March 14, 2014
Lasell's graduate program offerings will expand by one this Fall to include a new online Professional Masters in Business Administration.
The Professional MBA, which was recently approved by Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, is designed for the working professionals and requires a minimum of three years professional work experience for application.
"The program explores aspects of leadership in a global, changing world including a focus on marketing, economics and entrepreneurship," says Dr. Joan Dolamore, dean of graduate education at Lasell.
The new Professional MBA will offer 36 credits over four, 15-week modules so that students can finish in 18 months. Most modules will be team-taught by two or three instructors, according to Dolamore.
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Alums can access all of Lasell's the graduate programs with a 10 percent tuition discount and may be able to waive certain admission requirements. Rolling admission is open for the program starting either in September 2014 or January 2015.
The creation of the Professional MBA is consistent with a goal in the College's strategic plan to initiate four new graduate degree programs by 2017. Lasell recently added a graduate concentration in Health Communication (within the M.S. in Communication program) and will soon add another concentration in Hospitality (within the M.S. in Management program). A proposal is also forthcoming for an M.S. in Criminal Justice with multiple concentrations.
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WESTMINSTER, COLORADO -- On June 30th I had placed an order for a Samsung refrigerator via bestbuy.com. Due to some reasons I had to call the customer service representative to finish my order. All the weekends were booked for delivery therefore I had to settle for Friday 07/05/16 between 4-8 pm. On 7/05/16 I took a half day off from work and waited for the delivery. I did not get a call at all, which is quite contrary to what it says on their delivery email that they will call 2 hours prior to delivery time. I waited for more than 5 hours. Around 8 pm I called the customer service line multiple times. The reps over the phone were very rude and they could not tell what the delivery status was.
They could not help me reschedule it because the status on their system showed as "out for delivery". The next day I called and reschedule the delivery time for 07/14/16 from 8am-2pm. On 7/14/16 I took a day off from work to get the delivery. Unfortunately, I never got a call "2 hours prior" to delivery time. So at 10:43 am I called them up. The representative again over the phone had no clue where the delivery truck was. After we hung up I got a call from ** at 10:56 am saying they are 30 minutes away. 12 pm still no show for the delivery truck.
But I did get a call from Zane from Aurora Best Buy warehouse from 303-340-4971 saying the delivery truck broke down and they cannot deliver my refrigerator. Being very frustrated I called to cancel my order and they again said the item needs to be in the warehouse to cancel my order. So today finally I was able to cancel my order. The representative named Nicole at appliance Geek Squad, I believe she said, was very rude and asked me why I was cancelling my order. I told her to look at the history and figure it out. She said she couldn't see the history (very rudely) and that's why she was asking. I do not know if I will see my money back on my account or not.
I have been a Best Buy customer for years and years and have spent thousands of dollars. That will never happen again. Best Buy you have lost me as a customer. And I will make sure that I share this horrible experience with everyone so that they do not have to deal with such an irresponsible company.
COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Delivery of fridge was a nightmare. Delivery men scratched fridge and walls of my home. The delivery men actually yelled at me and my husband that they didn't do it. Went to Best Buy with pics and they filled out form to escalate the problem to this outside company. The company calls me and leaves a voicemail with a disconnected number and no one ever calls me back as of this date. Went back to Best Buy two more times with promises to call me and no one has. Been over a month.
COLUMBUS, OHIO -- Delivery of fridge was a nightmare. Delivery men scratched fridge and walls of my home. The delivery men actually yelled at me and my husband that they didn't do it. Went to Best Buy with pics and they filled out form to escalate the problem to this outside company. The company calls me and leaves a voicemail with a disconnected number and no one ever calls me back as of this date. Went back to Best Buy two more times with promises to call me and no one has. Been over a month.
CERRITOS, CALIFORNIA -- First, the delivery guys took the doors and shelves/bins off the new fridge, and placed them in the wet grass and dirt, leaning them up unprotected, against the tree in my front yard. This is how Best Buy treats your brand new $3,000 appliances?! After they left I found two beetles crawling on the fridge, one inside, one outside on the door! They did even not remove all the plastic and tape from many parts including ice maker, drawers, bins, doors, etc. They left so quickly we didn't even have time to inspect it while they were here. Doors are nonaligned, fridge not getting cold, drinks are cool at best, not cold even after 24 hours.
They did not cover it with any protection while moving it in through a tight doorway AS PROMISED at the store. Driver was rude and simply said "No." They did not hook it up for us because our water shut off valve was in a closet, even though at the store they said that would be no problem. Again, driver said "No!" Yesterday, a representative from Best Buy called to ask how delivery went. Told her about the door problem. She scheduled someone to come out today and said they would call me by 8 pm last night to confirm delivery time. Never called me!
When I called today I was on hold a total of 50 MINUTES before finally being told the service was NEVER SCHEDULED! Said they would "try to get a driver to come back, but next appointment isn't until the Fourth of July!" I purchased a 5-year extended warranty and the best they will do is send a DRIVER, not a technician, and not until 3 days after delivery of a faulty refrigerator? UNACCEPTABLE!
NOTE: Store representative contacted me, soonest they can send a technician is late next week! Meanwhile my food rots?? Instead they are delivering a new replacement tomorrow. Dreading another repeat of the delivery nightmare and customer service! Meanwhile, we miss more time from work, and spend hours prepping - moving furniture, emptying fridge, loading coolers with all our food, drinks, and ice. Get it right the first time!!
NOTE: The ONLY person who was professional, kind, courteous and knowledgeable was Maria, the store rep who sold us the refrigerator and finally, after several wasted hours with other customer service, Geek Squad, and delivery reps on the phone, helped to coordinate a replacement.
NORTH OLMSTED, OHIO -- So, about 1 and a half hours ago, I got the recorded message telling me my refrigerator would be delivered tomorrow between 7:30 and 9:30 am, and to call if there was a problem. Okay, I called and was told it could not be changed because it was less than 24 hours away. Now wait a minute, didn't you just say to call if there was a problem, but then you have no way to change it? That's problem number 1. Number 2 I asked to talk to a supervisor in the scheduling/delivery department which I waited for over a half hour with NO reply. I assume there is no one there, this is all computer controlled and doggone, the customer is going to do this OUR way.
Number 3 I asked to be switched to customer service. Now you would think I could get an answer, at least pick up the phone, is anybody working? No, I waited another half hour with no response. What I've learned: you do not care about customer service. You do not answer the phone. You do not equip your operators or the chat line (see problem number 4) with the necessary connections or authority to actually resolve a problem. If the customer waits long enough, he will hang up and go away. Oh he'll go away alright.
Number 4 while waiting on the phone, I got online and got a chat session going. Of course, he could not deal with my problem. He did not even have a phone to call another department to push this along. Without that how can he help anybody. So, I will eventually get the delivery rescheduled. Only after they show up and find out no one is here. Now if they decide they are going to charge me a delivery fee, well we'll be going through another round of escalating the issue til I DO get resolution. What a pain in the **!!! I'll be looking everywhere I can find online to leave a review of Best Buy, to let anyone know how unresponsive this company is.
UNITED STATES, CALIFORNIA -- I am totally disappointed with BB. I ordered an expensive new refrigerator on Labor Day and they scheduled a delivery in one week. On the day of the delivery I waited and waited - no one called. I had to call and be put on hold for 30 minutes until someone figured out that the refrigerator had never been delivered to any BB warehouse in the area. No one told me in advance, although they knew about it. I cancelled the order and even that took forever. I will never shop at BB again. I asked for some compensation for my troubles and all the manager could do was give me a $20 gift card.
FORT MYERS, FLORIDA -- I ordered a dishwasher on October 15th to be delivered, installed and the haul away on November 5th. The salesman even told me that I had to buy an installation kit because they would not install with old equipment. On the 5th the dishwasher was delivered. The delivery guy told me there was no institution on the ticket and that he would not haul away because the old one was disconnected. I called Best Buy. They offered me a $50 gift card. My husband installed the dishwasher.
I called the delivery guy to reschedule the haul away for Friday the 8th. Got an email the next day. It said that my haul away was cancelled. Called Best Buy again they said that it was still showing as scheduled in the computer. Was supposed to get a call with a time frame for Haul Away. Never did. Called Best Buy again who said that I was not scheduled for Haul Away on the 8th. Suggested that I call the delivery company when they open at 5am. I suggest you don't buy anything from Best Buy.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO -- I bought three appliances and accepted their offer of "3 years interest free". Big mistake. I was within $200 of paying off the entire balance when they charged me $1,300 in interest. When I asked about it, they said the promotion was for 18 months. When I told them what the salesperson told me, they could have cared less. They said the contract indicated 18 months. That contract is four pages long and #3 font. My bad for believing a salesperson, but they just lost a customer for life along with anyone I can convince to avoid this horrible store. Perhaps you will be able to avoid my fate. Shop elsewhere. They are in trouble for a reason.
ROUTE 17 NORTH -- On Friday December 17th, I went to Best Buy in Paramus NJ (Rt. 17 North) to purchase a Dishwasher. Ours had died a few days before and we were hopeful we could find a replacement of decent quality that could be delivered before Christmas eve. We were in luck. After comparing models on-line and at the store that day, we purchased an LG Dishwasher. The person assisting confirmed they had it in white and plenty in stock. I paid for a 5 year warranty, installation and disposal of the old one. I chose Tuesday December 21st for delivery. They called the day before to confirm delivery between 1-5 on 12/21/2010.
My wife stayed home and took a day off to take delivery. 4:20 P.M. rolled around and no one yet. She called the number on the receipt to check that things were on track. WELL.. the initial call after 25 minutes on hold revealed that it was cancelled because when the delivery person went to pick it up it was not at the warehouse. My wife left it to me to call... I spent 2.5 hours between hold times on average or 20 to 30 minutes to eventually talk and get transferred to 4 people. One said I cancelled it. I explained that I never cancelled it. She then read that their "SMS" system cancelled at 7:15 A.M. the morning of delivery because it was out of stock and I could get a refund or select a model.
NO ONE FROM BEST BUY (WORST BUY) CALLED US TO TELL US ANYTHING. THEY LET US SIT AT HOME.. WASTE A DAY OFF AND GET NOTHING DELIVERED. I spoke to the an Appliance Manager at the Paramus NJ store and he explained he had no clue why and would "escalate it." I asked for a refund and he processed it incorrectly. He forgot to refund the warranty as well. Next morning on 12/22 I went to the Best Buy Store at Paramus NJ and spoke to the customer service desk. That person was unbelievably nice and was shocked that no one called. She refunded the remainder of the balance.
I then went over to the Appliance Manager to speak to him directly. I explained that his escalation call reached the delivery company but that the problem was Best Buy and not them. He could not tell me how they went from a few items in stock on Friday 12/17 and none on the morning of my delivery and WHY no one could call us. He promised to escalate it to the warehouse and again apologized. I received a second call from the delivery company on 12/22 and they informed me it was escalated again to them. Apparently to work at Best Buy as a manager you don't have to really understand how to follow-up on a customer problem.
I explained again it wasn't their issue but wanted to know why it was in stock when I bought it and then not on the morning I was to receive it and WHY I did not receive a call. She was kind enough to offer to transfer me again, but I had now done 6 calls with no one who would find out the problem. In the end, we lost a day off.. wasted.. Best Buy doesn't give a darn about an individual customer. Remember folks they got all the gadgets you want and hide behind a big name and it's not BEST BUY. It's "WORSE-BUY".
IRIVNE, CALIFORNIA -- I ordered a washer & dryer online to be delivered today. They came at 9am. Instead of the delivery guy asking me if I was going to do the connections myself he was being deliberately difficult by giving half information and said "you are going to do the installation yourself". Later I found out through the half info that they won't install if you didn't buy the hoses etc through them. NO WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT IN ANY INFO ON THE WEB SITE. I went back and checked. So just now I went to 2 stores, the first had no one to ask a question of and had no hoses etc at all. I went to store 2, found some of the stuff I needed, this time I was ignored by a salesperson, waited for 10 additional minutes, and decided to purchase what I found.
The checkout stand was blocked deliberately by a display, soooooooooo I had to walk around to the exit door to go in and pay. Three women employees (including the supposed supervisor **) were standing around having a personal conversation (because that's more important than helping customers after all, they don't care- they think they are getting the same paycheck - until sales go in the tank and people lose their jobs - for not doing it in the 1st place). The exit security guy asked if he could help me because I obviously was confused. My reply was I'm trying to pay! These women were literally startled out of their intense conversation.
I walked over to the check stand and the clerk admitted it is confusing. I corrected her that it is annoying. I shared with her my experience so far in that store and I guess she was personally offended by it because she wanted me to shut up just because SHE was being nice to me and helping me. HELLO THAT IS YOUR JOB. To which I replied that I take crap from customers all day long and if I had said to a customer what she had just said to me I would be fired. Her comeback was that I do not have to shop here. To which I said cancel my transaction. She had to go get her supervisor ** - yes the same one who was engrossed in not helping the handful of customers in the store.
I shared with her that I was jerked around this morning with the delivery (a $2000 purchase) and can't get any assistance in the store, and now a snotty nose high school or college / immature kid is giving me crap. I had not shopped in Best Buy for 20 years. He comment was "DON"T COME BACK". Best Buy doesn't want any customers in this economy and therefore doesn't need any revenue apparently. Best Buy employees haven't a clue as to how they get a paycheck and what it consists of. And they don't want to hear you complain about them not doing any job - especially the ones they are being paid to do. Typical selfish Californians.


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ESA's 2nd annual Science Cafe Prize — take your science out of the box
Have a science story you want to tell? Send in your pitch for our public pub talk at the Ecological Society's 99th Annual Meeting this summer. Contest deadline: Friday, 30 May 2014.
Call for nominations! Joan Ehrenfeld Award for Best Student Presentation in Urban Ecology
At the annual Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN next month, the Urban Ecosystems Ecology (UEE) section will present its second annual student presentation award in honor of the late Dr. Joan Ehrenfeld. The award is open to both undergraduate and graduate students giving an oral presentation in the field of urban ecology at the annual meeting. Students interested in being considered for this award, should...
Students! Nominate yourselves for the Lotka and Volterra awards for theoretical ecology at #ESA2013
The Theoretical Ecology Section of the ESA is proud to announce the fourteenth annual Alfred J. Lotka prize for the best poster and Vito Volterra prize for the best talk given by students during the ESA annual meeting.
Lisa Schulte Moore's agro-ecology pitch takes the ESA2013 Science Cafe Prize
Want to stem biodiversity loss, enhance fresh water supplies, curtail climate change AND improve people's lives? Then change modern agriculture.
ESA2013 Science Cafe Prize — call for submissions!
Have you ever wanted to escape the conference center during the ESA Annual Meeting and talk science with the locals? This August at the 98th Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, we are launching a Science Café – a chance to tell local pub-goers about your ecological passions in a casual environment.


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Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 1(a). Scope of Rules.
These rules govern the procedure and apply uniformly in the district courts and the magistrate's divisions of the district courts in the state of Idaho in all actions, proceedings and appeals of a civil nature whether cognizable as cases at law or in equity, including probate proceedings and proceedings in which a judge pro tempore is appointed pursuant to Idaho Court Administrative Rule 4; except that certain proceedings in the magistrate's division involving family law and the Domestic Violence Crime Prevention Act are governed by the Idaho Rules of Family Law Procedure as set forth in IRFLP 101 and proceedings in the small claims department are governed by these rules only as provided by Rule 81. All references in these rules to the court or district court shall include the magistrate's division, and all references to judges or clerks shall include magistrates and their clerks and a judge pro tempore appointed pursuant to Idaho Court Administrative Rule 4, except as referred to in Rules 81, 82 and 83. These rules shall be liberally construed to secure the just, speedy and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding.
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"CERT/CC has called out AMD for having insecure video drivers. AMD/ATI video drivers are incompatible with system-wide ASLR. 'Always On' DEP combined with 'Always On' ASLR are effective exploit mitigations. However, most people don't know about 'Always On' ASLR since Microsoft had to hide it from EMET with an 'EnableUnsafeSettings' registry key — because AMD/ATI video drivers will cause a BSOD on boot if 'Always On' ASLR is enabled."
booted linux on 7xxx, +6mos from release and drivers still buggy/crash often.
they should really, really opensource the radeon driver development.
better security, faster development, whats not to love about open source?


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Krysta Rohde will one day make her living driving a boat.
Could be a Coast Guard cutter.
Could be an Olympic-class dinghy.
Could be an America's Cup yacht.
Could be all three even.
No matter the vessel, expect success.
Rohde is Savannah's next great sailor, and potentially it's greatest. America's Cupper Ted Turner learned to sail in this town, and Eric Oetgen spent a decade among this nation's elite Finn-class skippers.
But Rohde seems destined for deeper seas.
At age 19, she already owns a collegiate national championship. She sailed a Laser, a small dinghy designed for one person, to that title last fall during her freshman year at the Coast Guard Academy. She's also considered among the best female skippers in the two-person boats on the New England college circuit and spent this summer as a helmsman in a big-boat ocean race.
Rohde, whose family moved to Richmond Hill from California when she was a middle-schooler, is on the cusp of America's elite sailors.
"It's probably a bit premature to put too many expectations on her, but unless something untoward happens, she will be involved in sailing for a long time," said John McIntosh Sr., who mentored Rohde at the Savannah Sailing Center.
"She has the capability to go as far in sailing as you can go."
Off on the horizon
Rohde considers herself a dinghy sailor.
So naturally, her career focus extends only as far as the next mark.
She opens her second season on the Coast Guard Academy sailing team this weekend. Her goal is to win regattas and help improve the Bears' national ranking. She aspires to make the All-American team ... next year.
Needless to say, Rohde's professional sailing future - dinghies or big boats, captain or crew, regattas or distance races - is not on her mind.
"I really don't know," she said. "I owe the Coast Guard five years back after graduation. Does that count?"
Technically yes. Rohde's first profession upon her 2011 graduation will likely be as a deck-watch officer on Coast Guard cutter. Rohde doesn't see the 2012 Olympics as an option.
The 2016 Games would be a more realistic target, she said. Most academy graduates spend their first two years on active duty, and then are given a choice in their assignments.
Most go to graduate school or enroll in advanced training courses. Rohde could presumably combine one of those options with an Olympic campaign.
"The Olympics would be cool because the academy would support that, I think," she said. "All I've heard from classmates since winning nationals is 'Are you going to the Olympics.'"
Celebrity status
Rohde should be the Big Woman on Campus.
Just as Georgia and Ohio State and Nebraska are football schools, you'd think the Coast Guard Academy is a sailing school.
Not so, said Rohde.
"Even at the Coast Guard Academy you have people tell you sailing really isn't a sport," she said. "That place of all places."
Yet Rohde admits she has a following, albeit an understated one. She won her title as a freshman, and just like at the other service academies, Coast Guard newcomers are treated as lesser beings or "swabs."
Rohde remembers passing an officer on her way to a class one day last winter. She acted just as swab should: Her posture ramrod straight, her eyes front, her mouth shut.
"Hi Krysta, how's your day going?" he asked.
"I didn't know what to do," she said. "I'm all braced up and I'm not supposed to talk. And all I want to say is 'How do you know me?'"
Rohde later learned of the message congratulating her on the electronic board at the academy's front gate. And her accomplishments made all the campus publications.
She tries to downplay the pseudo-celebrity status. Individualism is often frowned upon at a military academy, and attention genuinely embarrasses her anyway.
"Recognition is nice," she said. "One day I might enjoy it."
The reward will likely be bigger by then. Say a Coast Guard command. Or an Olympic medal. Or the America's Cup trophy.
Adam Van Brimmer's columns appear on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. Contact him at email@example.com or 912-525-0733.


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But JFK's Momma was rich, there's the difference!
We get Mell's lettering in the first panel (if you can call it a panel), but that computer-generated sh*t in the second? WHY?
JFK had a problem with spending during his youth that he father was trying to curtail, some biographies have reported.
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Their timing couldn't have been worse for Sikeston as the Bearcats shocked the Class 4, No. 10-ranked Bulldogs 29-3 on a rain-soaked Public Schools Stadium.
It's the first time Dexter has defeated the Bulldogs since 1994, snapping a seven-game losing streak to Sikeston.
"It breaks a string of seven years so that's a big-time football game for us," said Dexter head coach Aaron Pixley. "Anytime you can beat Sikeston, it's a big-time win."
The Bulldogs led 3-0 at the half, but Dexter exploded for 29 points in the second half. The Bearcats scored 19 points in the final 6:05 of the game.
But the story of the game was Sikeston's inability to move the football.
The Bulldogs were held to a season-low 88 yards of offense. "That's huge," said Pixley. "If you would've told me we were going to hold them under 100 yards before this game I would've said you're crazy."
Even though Dexter turned the ball over on its first three possessions, Sikeston was only able to come away with three points.
It was at this point that Sikeston head coach Charlie Vickery knew his team had left the door wide open for the Bearcats.
"That was probably the difference in the ballgame," said Vickery. "We weren't able to capitalize on their errors and that gave them a lot of confidence. When we couldn't put the ball in the end zone we were in trouble."
Even with superior field position for most of the night, Sikeston couldn't get much going.
Plagued by an ineffective running game, dropped passes and inopportune penalties, the Bulldogs were forced to punt eight times on the night.
"Penalties hurt us badly tonight," said Vickery. "We were just out of sync the entire night. We didn't play nearly as well as we're capable of playing. We missed some balls, we didn't have protection, we didn't tackle well. It was just a combination of things. We're at the point now where it's time to get better. And we will."
Pixley said his defense focused on containing Bulldog quarterback Blake DeWitt, who had shown a proficiency of throwing and running in the first two weeks of the season.
Dexter limited him to 24 yards passing, completing 4-of-14 attempts. And they sacked him three times to hold him to negative-17 yards on six carries.
"The key was not letting DeWitt get outside of the pocket," said Pixley. "I believe he got outside on us maybe one time there and he came up with a 15-yard gain on us. That's just a credit to our defense and how hard they play."
Dexter's offense was carried, literally, by senior stalwart Matt Burnett. The 6-foot-1, 195-pounder rushed for a season-high 208 yards on 33 carries. He had two touchdown runs and he also had an interception return for a score late in the game.
The Bulldogs limited Burnett to 51 yards rushing on 12 attempts in the first half. But the Dexter offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage in the second half.
"He showed what type of player he really is," said Pixley. "We all knew that he was capable of that. He had to break some runs, Sikeston had him there and he had to fight off some stuff. Whenever you hold your blocks for Matt Burnett, he's going to bust through and have good games."
Vickery echoed Pixley.
"Tough back -- he does an outstanding job," he said. "He has good balance, he doesn't go down very easily. I think he's a very quality back. Anybody that gets 1,700 yards (last season) is a good back."
Burnett gave the Bearcats the lead when he scored on 4th-and-goal from the one to break a 3-3 tie with 41 seconds left in the third quarter.
The touchdown capped a six-play, 65-yard drive.
After two straight Bulldog possessions ended in punts, Burnett broke the game open with a 44-yard TD run with 6:05 left in the game to push the lead to 17-3.
Just 12 seconds later, Burnett intercepted a Drew Lawrence pass and returned it 43 yards for a touchdown. The extra point failed, keeping the score at 23-3.
Dexter added one more touchdown with 1:58 left when Aaron Reese hit paydirt on a 28-yard run to reach the final score.
Sikeston scored its only points when they recovered a Burnett fumble at the Bearcats 25.
The Bulldogs had to settle for a career-long 41-yard field goal by DeWitt with 4:25 left in the first quarter.
The lead would stand until Dexter's Tyler Grovenor tied the game with a 22-yard field goal at the 5:51 mark of the third quarter. The field goal capped a 13-play drive that ate more than six minutes off the clock.
Pixley said part of Dexter's problem with Sikeston over the years was psychological, starting with the pregame festivities that surround Bulldog football at Public Schools Stadium, such as sky divers and Red Peppers circling the stadium with car horns blaring.
"Here in years' past, the field, the stadium, what they do before the game -- we told the kids to not let that stuff bother you," said Pixley. "Just come out and play football. And that's what our kids did. We haven't won any championships around here in a long time. So I don't know if you can say Dexter football has arrived, but I think this win is a step in the right direction, hopefully."


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A 51.25ac residential farm at Clareen, Co Offaly, located between Roscrea and Birr, was withdrawn from auction last week at €360,000 and sold a few days later to a local farmer for a figure closer to the original guide of €400,000.
Located two miles from Clareen village, seven miles from Birr and eight miles from Roscrea, the holding is situated 500m off the public road.
It includes a three-bedroom bungalow built in the 1970s but fully refurbished in 2008.
The lands are also being sold with a traditional farmyard comprised of a three-span hayshed and a lean-to along with a range of storage sheds.
The lands are all in one block, in permanent pasture and well fenced.
The ground is described by Roscrea auctioneer, Seamus Browne, as free draining, quality fattening land suited to dry stock or dairy.
A good crowd showed for the auction and when bidding opened at €250,000 there were three bidders in contention.
The amount on offer climbed in increments of €10,000 and at €330,000 matters slowed somewhat as bidding continued in tranches of €5,000.
The property was withdrawn from auction by Seamus Browne at €360,000.
Negotiations were entered into with the highest bidder and continued over the ensuing days until a deal was struck and the property was bought by a local farmer for a figure believed to be close to the €400,000 guide.
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Squint, and see your family and friends come together for this exciting new party game from the makers of Apples to Apples.
The focus is on fun! Using a variety of shapes, build a picture of the item listed on your Squint Card.
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Year: 2002
Players: 3 - 8
Time: 20 - 30 minutes
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I got this game at Christmas time to have a new box to throw around the table as folks showed up on the big day. I wasn't overly excited to play it as the premise just seemed a little dull.
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Squint is one of those games that literally everyone can enjoy regardless of age, sex, or preferred game style...that is unless you can't stand party games. We've got all kinds in our group of gamers and this one quickly attracted everyone. Younger kids (say in the 9 and up range) can play with the adults as they'll see things in a different way and get answers ahead of time. They did tend to fall a bit behind on the actual "drawing" of the pictures but with so many players (we had 8) that was only once out of 8 times, the score was kept pretty close.
I also really enjoyed the custom pieces in the game. The shiny blue metalic timer with the neon green sand was sweet! It's always nice to see custom elements when you buy a game!
This is a super simple game that will give enjoyment for hours. Also...the rules (and name) are actually very accurate, sometimes when you are having problems seeing what's being created Squint at it, and the lines blur together and it makes perfect sense...and you score!
I think Squint was made very well, with very good choices of shapes to use. Surprisingly you combine these shapes with a bit of creativity and you can create just about anything!
Finally, I like this game because it gets lots of good laughs and really draws people together and forms funny memories that you like to talk about. I LOVE deeper strategic games (like Carcassonne and Settlers of Catan, etc.) but they just don't have this element. I have never played a game of Carcassonne where we talked about a certain move for days afterwards laughing about it. Such as "Oh man, remember when you connected those two cities and totally beat me out because you had two knights and I only one? - ha ha ha, man that was good!" Yeah, doesn't happen. However, there have been a LOT of very things that have happened in Squint that you think back on and laugh.
A great party game. If you're looking for something to play with the Cranium, Pictionary, and Apples to Apples crowd, I recommend Squint.
This game and Apples to Apples are some of the best new party games because you can teach them to a group of rowdy friends in about 1 minute and start playing half a minute later. People have a great time, before they decide to do something else (like watch TV). Any game which can keep my friends from turning on the tube for a half hour or more should be subsidized by the government!
So what is this game? It is Pictionary for those who don't want to (or can't) draw. It is also streamlined so that there is no down time. Very solid game. Kudos to Out of the Box!
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CU-Boulder not only strives to provide outstanding academic and extracurricular resources and opportunities for all of its students, it also is committed to recognizing and serving the specific needs and requirements of all members of its diverse community. Key components of this commitment include programs and policies that focus on ensuring gender equity:
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CU-Boulder health-care services include many people who understand women's issues. The Wardenburg Student Health Center houses:
Psychological counseling is also available at Counseling and Psychological Services, where clients may request a certain type of counselor, for example, female, feminist, or Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual/Transgender-friendly.
Student safety and related services are a high priority for CU-Boulder:
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Through their involvement in campus programs and organizations such as the College of Engineering and Applied Science Earn-Learn Apprenticeship Program and the Women and Gender Studies Community Advisory Board, CU-Boulder alumnae actively support students by donating time and funds to advance students' academic and professional goals. CU-Boulder Career Planning Services (CPS) serves as a comprehensive resource offering a wealth of information on topics that include financial aid, scholarships, and fellowships for women planning to pursue advanced degrees; job search resources for women in a wide range of fields; and professional organizations and other resources for women interested in international careers. CPS also sponsors an annual Multicultural Career Fair to support diverse students, including women, students of color, and members of other underrepresented groups, who seek internships and post-graduate career opportunities. This event offers students an opportunity to speak with representatives of companies and organizations that are recruiting interns and employees. CPS services are available to CU-Boulder alumni as well as to current students.
Distinguished Alumnae. Many CU-Boulder alumnae have gone on to achieve prominence in science; business; politics, law, and public service; athletics; and the arts. Distinguished alumnae include:
Olympic figure skater DEBI THOMAS, singer JUDY COLLINS, and actress JOAN VAN ARK also attended CU-Boulder.
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FRANKFURT – 22 July 2009: Proofpoint, a leading provider of SaaS based email security, compliance, and eDiscovery solutions, has selected TelecityGroup to provide data centre operations in Frankfurt and Amsterdam for its hosted email security and compliance offerings. The contract will enable Proofpoint to comply with stringent IT security requirements, maintain its focus on service delivery, reduce operational costs and guarantee quality of service as the company expands its distribution channels and customer base in Europe. Frankfurt will be the primary data centre for EMEA with Amsterdam being a completely redundant data centre providing instantaneous emergency capacity, failover and disaster recovery.
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