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First read this short story:
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurriedly, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist.
Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the top musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written,with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.
This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito at the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people.
The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty?
Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experiment could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
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And now, this is my personal "Rodinhood" take.
- A lot of people are 'sighing' and feeling bad that 'we' as a human race have forgotten to 'stop', look back, appreciate things, etc.
I say NONSENSE. The Human Race is far more evolved emotionally and sensitively than a few hundred years back when we were killing and looting and raping each other. (This point was brilliantly brought out by some French Author at the recent Jaipur festival. If someone finds a link, please post the same).
- Now the point about spotting hidden musicians like Joshua Bell in the Metro:
That's not what we are at the Metro Station to do! I can imagine spotting George Clooney or Harry Belle because of their popularity (even they are tough to recognize in plain clothes), but not Joshua Bell!
Commuters are busy. They have a schedule! I say even if Joshua Bell wore a Tuxedo and had a stage and announcing who he was, he would have got scant attention!
As an evolved race, we PLAN our days. We have a quality of life to live which includes GOING TO a concert of Joshua Bell at 7 pm at the Opera House and paying 100$ for that performance. That's part of my schedule! I earn in the day and spend in my leisure!
We are not cows grazing in the fields who suddenly spot a greener pasture and casually walk towards it and then spend the rest of the week there!
I believe that all these social scientists in an attempt to PROVE themselves are expecting unnatural behavior from the human species. How many of them go and swim in the Ocean at 11 am on a Monday? I mean the dolphins there are also 'waiting' to be swum with!
- Hearing and recognizing talent
Let me assure you, that it's NOT NORMALLY human to recognize genius so with a Naked ear. In the movie Mozart, only Salieri could recognize who Mozart really was - till he became a full blown celebrity.
I've heard Mstislav Rostropovich playing his Stradivarius and Itzhak Perlman play live at the NCPA & Jamshed Bhabha Auditoriums. They were playing really complex pieces, and let me assure you that as someone going to concerts for the past 26 years, it was not easy to understand the beauty of their music easily. It took silence, contemplation, dedication and a brochure to slowly appreciate what they were unravelling.
That's NOT POSSIBLE at a Metro Station!
[A Mini Story: Rostropovich plays a legendary Stradivarius that rumor says has Emperor Napolean's spur marks on it. When Rostropovich landed in Mumbai to play with this Stradivarius (this was circa 1988), the customs duty fellow asked him, "How much does this instrument cost?" Rostropovich replied, "A few millon dollars!" The moron Customs officer wanted to impose CRORES of import duty on the instrument! The rumor mill again goes that Ratan Tata himself rushed to the Airport to save Rostropovich and the Stradivarius from going back. Read about the Stradivarius here ]
Coming back to Joshua Bell - when I am at the metro station, I can't be expected to listen to complicated musical compositions and recognize them! Play me drums, percussion, etc and at least I will sway as I pass by. Complex pieces require time and attention - not the business of a station and the rattling of trains!
In short, the lesson I believe of this much hyped story is, that as we Humans feel guilty of life's fast pace and keep inventing nice, powerful plots to expose the same. Social Scientists deliver on these plots and execute them for a living.
Each morning, I don't wake up in a cave. I don't kill a boar to eat. I don't wear a loin cloth. I don't make fire with sticks. I don't see the moon and go crazy.
So what if I can't spot Joshua Bell??
I can always go and hear him when I want to and enjoy him at my own pace and time!!!!
Note added on 8th Feb 2012:
After posting this article, I received some feedback on my wall about 'the real intent' of the experiment - if indeed the Washington Post Journalist's intent was what was hinted to in the story floating around.
So, I asked him ! And this is what he wrote back:
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Fact in very apt words >> "In short, the lesson I believe of this much hyped story is, that as we Humans feel guilty of life's fast pace and keep inventing nice, powerful plots to expose the same."
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Agree 100%, you must be relevant to the context to be noticed - or so incongruent that you stand out for the wrong reason. Had Joshua Bell - or for that matter you or I - walked backwards on his hands, sure he would've been noticed.
As in life, so with businesses, I'm thinking of your post on alleged "e-com" sites that look so much like one another .... or like HTC hoping to "differentiate" itself on Android with just a screen UI ....
"Common" sense is, alas, such an oxymoron!
I think the experiment proves that :
1) People who can spend $100 tickets for a concert do not travel the subway.
2) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
3) If you have something to show, you need to advertise it.
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Dear Alok,
I read your blog post, "So what if I can't spot Joshua Bell" with great interest. I empathize with your concern that social psychologists (damn them) use these tricks to make us feel guilty about not observing the beauties of life. But I think the issue these folks point out in this case (and hence you, via your blog post) points to more crucial issue, with a larger over arching theme and that is one of Perception and Focus.
I think what the Joshua Bell example says to me is that, when we're focused on something, everything else gets sidelined. Wouldn't it be better if we could take this research in a manner to make us more aware of the world around us (and of course it's hard to do). Because today it's Joshua Bell, tomorrow it might be a key feature in one of your customers or a feature in a product (which a 3 year old might discover). I am sure you would have heard of this famous experiment. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJG698U2Mvo). This could be extrapolated to teaching one's sales staff about body language (which many acquire over a career), because in trying to make a sale, we so often don't take into account the non-verbal reaction of the other person, because we're more focused on the words.
Again, not nit picking, and hope it didn't sound preachy, just read your post, and thought of communicating what went through my head upon reading it. I enjoy your posts and look forward to reading more of them.
Firstly, I cannot help but make this personal comment - you come across as a classic Type A personality. Pardon me for that.
I went thru the original article on WP. The experiment is defined in two different places. In one place they say, it is an experiment in context, perception and priorities. In the other place, they describe in more laymen terms as "...... a test of whether, in an incongruous context, ordinary people would recognize genius."
In the article, they quote Kant "...the 18th-century German philosopher felt that to properly appreciate beauty, the viewing conditions must be optimal."
As per the article, the inference one can make about people who could not recognise great music in front of them. "He would have inferred about them," Guyer said, "absolutely nothing."
So you do not need to feel bad that you would not recognize Joshua Bell.
This is where it gets interesting.
But then a few people did recognize the great music and the talent of the musician. One was a project manager who is not familiar with classical music, another was a 3 year old, a waiter in the cafe opposite to where Joshua Bell was playing, a postal supervisor who had learnt the violin and recognized the music but not the musician and so on, till the end when one person actually recognized the musician.
The point they make is that the fast paced life has robbed us of the capacity to be spontaneous. They cite the example of a guy who did not notice the music because he was on his IPOD listening to a song which laments the failure to see the beauty in front of our eyes.
From a business perspective, it can be thought of as about recognizing opportunities even if the context and priorities are not conducive. From a more personal perspective, it is about being more spontaneous and autonomous in our relationships.
I am sure a CEO who tells his board that he missed an opportunity in the marketplace because he planned to look for new opportunities on Tuesday evenings and this particular opportunity came on a Monday morning will not be appreciated.
About your comment on planning - "As an evolved race, we PLAN our days", I leave you with this pithy quote from one of the Star Wars Movies
Obi-Wan: But Master Yoda says I should be mindful of the future.
Qui-Gon Jinn: But not at the expense of the moment.
After posting this article, I received some feedback on my wall about 'the real intent' of the experiment - if indeed the Washington Post Journalist's intent was what was hinted to in the story floating around.
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The two – who met in March 2012 and began a long-distance relationship a few months later – were at the finish line of the Boston Marathon last April, cheering on DiMartino's mom. When the bombs went off, Gregory, 26, was thrown on top of her young son, saving his life but breaking just about every bone in her foot, leg and ankle in the process. (Fifteen surgeries later, she's still in a wheelchair.) DiMartino, 29, was injured too, losing 90 percent of his right Achilles tendon, suffering broken ankle bones and a ruptured eardrum as well.
In the aftermath, the couple were taken to separate hospitals, and "it was really hard," Gregory tells PEOPLE. "I was in and out of surgery every single day. He was moved from his hospital to a rehab center. Neither one of us wanted to hear how badly the other was hurt – seeing the person you love more than anyone in the world hurting, it's a horrible feeling. So it was a struggle at first to figure out our new normal – we didn't know how we were going to cope with it by ourselves, much less together."
"[In] the end, we decided our relationship was worth more," Gregory says. "We realized that we didn't have to survive that day – we could've lost one another – and for me, I knew I didn't want to spend another day without this guy. For whatever time I have left on Earth I want to be with him."
Wedding BellsIn October, DiMartino surprised Gregory near their new home in Richmond, Texas, dropping down on one knee and proposing. Though the two were considering a small family wedding – "maybe on a boat or something spontaneous," Gregory says – TheKnot.com got wind of their story and offered them this year's The Knot Dream Wedding, which readers will help plan by voting on everything from the flowers, the dress to the cake each week. The big day will be this spring in a yet-to-be-determined city, and the reception will be planned by Marcy Blum, who's done the weddings of LeBron James and Savannah Brinson, Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, Billy Joel and Katie Lee, and more.
"It's neat because I've never really known what I wanted," Gregory says of letting the public help plan her wedding. "I'm really indecisive anyway, so the fact that everyone gets to make the decisions for me is perfect. Now I'm just really excited – I look on Pinterest every day!"
Throughout the process, Gregory will be blogging exclusively for PEOPLE.com, talking about the wedding planning and her recovery (check back for her first blog around Valentine's Day!). Readers will be invited to vote on plans for the couple's nuptials, too, at theknot.com/dreamwedding. (Visit the site today to help decide which city they'll be married in.)
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The family is also putting the finishing touches on a new home this week, just about one-eighth of a mile away from the Gregory family home in Richmond, Texas. "Rebekah's been at her parents' house since she got back from the bombing, and I've been living there for the past two months – in separate rooms," DiMartino says. "So I'll be living in our new house until the wedding, and Rebekah will come over during the days. I've got some plans for cool things that Noah and I can do for the house to make it more like home."
Getting back to work is on the to-do list, too – the couple hope to collaborate on creating and running rental properties when they're both able to work again, and Gregory is embarking on a public-speaking career – but until spring, marriage will be top of mind.
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In this groundbreaking union of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin (The World in Six Songs and The Organized Mind) explores the connection between music – its performance, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it – and the human brain. Drawing on the latest research and on musical examples ranging from Mozart to Duke Ellington to Van Halen, Levitin reveals:
- How composers produce some of the most pleasurable effects of listening to music by exploiting the way our brains make sense of the world
- Why we are so emotionally attached to the music we listened to as teenagers, whether it was Fleetwood Mac, U2, or Dr. Dre
- That practice, rather than talent, is the driving force behind musical expertise
- How those insidious little jingles (called earworms) get stuck in our head
-Oliver Sacks, M.D.
"I loved reading that listening to music coordinates more disparate parts of the brain than almost anything else – and playing music uses even more! Despite illuminating a lot of what goes on, this book doesn't 'spoil' enjoyment – it only deepens the beautiful mystery that is music."
-David Byrne, founder of Talking Heads and author of How Music Works
"Levitin is a deft and patient explainer of the basics for the non-scientist as well as the non-musician. . . . By tracing music's deep ties to memory, Levitin helps quantify some of music's magic without breaking its spell."
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Table of Contents
I Love Music and I Love Science—Why Would I Want to Mix the Two?
1. What Is Music?
From Pitch to Timbre
2. Foot Tapping
Discerning Rhythm, Loudness, and Harmony
3. Behind the Curtain
Music and the Mind Machine
4. Anticipation
What We Expect from Liszt (and Ludacris)
5. You Know My Name, Look Up the Number
How We Categorize Music
6. After Dessert, Crick Was Still Four Seats Away from Me
Music, Emotion, and the Reptilian Brain
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We reported earlier this week that Porsche is looking to add
what is essentially "cruise control on steroids" to its future
vehicles. The Porsche
ACC InnoDrive system will take full control of throttle inputs and
"learn" the routes that the driver regularly travels. Only the
steering will be left for the driver to control when the system is enabled.
Now, we're getting some more information on the most famous
member of the Porsche family: the 911. The next generation model will be
revealed before the end of this year, with production models going to North
American customers next year.
The new 911, codenamed 991, is growing in length again. The
911 will sit on a 4-inch longer wheelbase, while overall length grows another
2.2 inches. Compared to the last air-cooled 911, the iconic 993, the new 911
is roughly 10 inches longer with a 7-inch longer wheelbase.
Despite the expanded dimensions, the new 911 will be lighter
than outgoing 997 variant. Instead of relying primarily on steel for the
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constructed of aluminum with high-strength steel being deployed used for
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The extended wheelbase will also leave more legroom for the
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hybrid system that should be available for the 2016 model year refresh of
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The hybrid system isn't the only concession being made to
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ditched the 911's wonderful hydraulic steering system for an electric one.
Porsche 911 project manager Roland Achleitner explains that the excellent
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electric." Another buzzkill is that Porsche is moving to an electronic parking brake for
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When it comes to powertrains, the new 911 Carrera will share
a 3.4-liter flat-6 engine with the Boxster S that produces 350hp. The Carrera S
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Overall efficiency is said to improve by 12 to 15 percent
over the outgoing model.
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development of the car, you can check out Inside
Line's write-up. They actually
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A woman went to check on a couch in her cousins shed Friday morning when she saw a white male lying on the floor and called 911, according to the DCSO incident report.
She told investigators her cousin owns the property and she was going to move on it in the near future.
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BRASELTON, Ga. – The Stetson University men's golf team continued to struggle with chilly and windy conditions at the Atlantic Sun Championship on Monday.
The Hatters followed Sunday's round of 309 with a 321 on Monday to slide from seventh place to 10th.
Only one team, Kennesaw State, broke 300 on the second day of play. The Owls posted a 293 to move to within one shot of North Florida (301) for the tournament lead. The Ospreys have a combined score of 14-over par 590 while KSU is second at 591.
No other teams are within 10 shots of the team lead entering Tuesday's final round of competition.
For the Hatters, freshman Dustin Dingus matched his opening round score of 78. He is 12-over par for the tournament and tied for 22nd overall. Fellow freshman Andrew Peterson followed his Sunday score of 76 with a 79 on Monday and is tied for 19th heading into Tuesday's final round of play.
Junior Tyler White posted an 83 on Monday and is tied for 40th with a two-day score of 162. Sophomore Matt Taylor improved by two shots on Monday, posting an 81, and is tied for 43rd at 164. Freshman Michael Primavera had the roughest round on Monday, posting a 90 after Sunday's 76. He is tied for 48th going into the final round of play.
Kennesaw State's Austin Vick holds a three-shot lead going into the final round on Tuesday. He posted an even par round of 72 on Monday and is one-under par for the tournament.
North Florida's Kevin Phelan (71-75=146) is alone in second place with a trio of players one shot further back, tied for third.
Only one player, Kennesaw State's Jimmy Beck, was able to break par in the second round of the tournament. He posted a one-under par 71 on Monday.
The tournament will conclude on Tuesday with tee times scheduled to begin at 8 a.m.
Follow all of the action live on Golfstat.com.


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If you are interested in helping Hamilton as an Annual Fund volunteer, let us know by submitting this survey.
Annual Fund volunteers have exclusive access to the Annual Fund Volunteer website, which provides essential tools and expansive resources to assist volunteers. The site is available to all members of the Class Gift Committees, the 1812 Leadership Committee, Reunion Gift Committees, Parent Volunteers, and Class Presidents. Login by using your Alumni Directory username and password.


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Online Banking Agreement and Disclosure
Online Banking Agreement and Disclosure
This Online Banking Agreement (this "Agreement") contains the terms that govern your use of the American Plus Bank Online banking service. In this Agreement, we will use the word "Service" to refer to the American Plus Bank Online banking services. You may use a Service to access your Eligible Accounts (defined in section II of this Agreement) through the Internet. You may also use a Service to access a number of Online Financial Services (defined in section X of this Agreement) through the Internet. By using a Service to access an Eligible Account or Online Financial Service, you are agreeing to the terms of this Agreement. In this Agreement, the words: "Bank", "we," "us," "our" and "American Plus Bank" are used to refer to American Plus Bank, N.A. and any of their affiliates or direct or indirect subsidiaries, when they or the affiliates or subsidiaries hold an Eligible Account or provide an Online Financial Service; "you" or "your" is used to refer to the owner of an Eligible Account or an authorized representative; "consumer" is used to refer to a natural person who owns an Eligible Account with respect to which an Online Financial Service is requested primarily for personal, family or household purposes; "business" is used to refer to anyone other than a consumer who owns an Eligible Account with respect to which an Online Financial Service is requested; and "authorized representative" is used to refer to a person with authority of any kind with respect to an Eligible Account or an Online Financial Transaction.
WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR TWO SIGNATURES:You recognize that any requirement of verifying two signatures on checks, if such a requirement exists, does not apply to electronic or telephone transfers, and release Bank from liability when making such transfers. This means that any person who is authorized to act as a signer on your account shall be authorized by you to individually make electronic or telephonic transfers, even though that person's authority to transfer or withdraw funds from your account by some other means (e.g., by check) must be exercised jointly with one or more other persons. Notwithstanding any other access agreement or terms and conditions with respect to your access to an Eligible Account established primarily for personal, family or household purposes, this Agreement shall have precedence in interpreting any inconsistencies in the provisions of such agreements.
Eligible Accounts include deposit and loan accounts you maintain with American Plus Bank. Each of your Eligible Accounts will continue to be subject to the agreement that already applies to it. In the event there is any conflict between this Agreement and agreement for your Eligible Account, or if any agreement for your Eligible Accounts contains a provision that is not in this Agreement, your agreement for your Eligible Account will take precedence over this Agreement but only to the extent it applies to that particular Eligible Account. Joint account owners have the right to any information or to make any request associated with their account. Please refer to the agreement governing your Eligible Accounts for more information. Additionally, each Eligible Account and Online Financial Service will be subject to the following:
- the terms or instructions appearing on a screen when using a Service;
- American Plus Bank's rules, procedures and policies applicable to each Eligible Account and each Online Financial Service;
- the rules and regulations of any funds transfer system used in connection with an Online Financial Service; and
- applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
You authorize American Plus Bank to provide access to some or all Eligible Accounts through the Service. For each Eligible Account to which access is provided, you may request removal of such access by calling American Plus Bank Online Customer Service at 626-821-9188. You may access an Eligible Account at the American Plus Bank website at https://www.bankaplus.com/ (called the "Website") to obtain balances, transaction history and other information. To access an Eligible Account or use an Online Financial Service you must have a password and the required hardware and software. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, you will generally be able to access your Eligible Accounts through the Website seven days a week, 24 hours a day. A transfer completed through a Service before the transfer cutoff time on a business day will be posted to your Eligible Account the same day. All transfers completed after the transfer cutoff time on a business day or on a day that is not a business day, will be posted on the next business day. The transfer cutoff time is 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). Every day is a business day except Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays
At certain times, a Service may not be available due to system maintenance or circumstances beyond our control. During these times, you may contact us at 626-821-9188 to obtain information about your Eligible Accounts.
Eligible Accounts that are linked together in the same portfolio will appear together without regard to the ownership of those accounts, for example, that when an authorized representative of an Eligible Account accesses the Service, that authorized representative will be able to view and access at a single time the following accounts:
- the accounts of the business for which that person is an authorized representative;
- the accounts of any other business for which that person is an authorized representative; and
- any consumer accounts for which the person is a co-owner or authorized signer
If you are a business, any authorized signer of your business account is authorized on such terms, conditions, and agreements as we may from time to time require to:
- enter into this Agreement, as amended from time to time;
- access each Eligible Account of yours in any manner and for any purpose available through the Service, whether now available or available at some time in the future; and
- use any Online Financial Service in any manner and for any purpose available through the Service, whether now available or available at some time in the future.
One way we may communicate with you is through email. By sending us an email or otherwise providing us with an email or text message address, you expressly consent to American Plus Bank sending email or text messages to such address. You should not rely on e-mail if you need to report an unauthorized transaction from one of your accounts or if you need to stop a payment that is scheduled to occur. You cannot use email to initiate transactions on your Eligible Accounts. For transactions, please use the appropriate functions within the Service or call American Plus Bank Online Customer Service at 626-821-9188.
NOTE: E-mail transmissions outside of the Online Banking Website are not secure. We advise you not to send us or ask for sensitive information such as account numbers, password, account information, etc. via any general or public e-mail system.
There is a $10.00 charge for business account Bill Payment service per month. The fee will be deducted automatically from the Bill Payment account you specify each month.
You will continue to receive your regular account statement either monthly or quarterly, depending on the type of account.
You are responsible for keeping your password and Online Account information confidential. In order to protect yourself against fraud, you should adhere to the following guidelines:
- Do not give out your account information, password, or user ID;
- Do not leave your PC unattended while you are in the Bank's Online Banking Site;
- Never leave your account information within range of others; and
- Do not send privileged account information (account number, Password, etc.) in any public or general e-mail system.
You may use the Service to obtain such products and services as are then available through the Service as then disclosed at the Website (the "Online Financial Services"). With respect to your Eligible Deposit Accounts, this includes obtaining balance information, transferring funds between eligible deposit accounts, reviewing transactions on eligible accounts, online bill payment and obtaining copy of statement. With respect to loan accounts, you may obtain balance information and copy of loan statement. American Plus Bank may, from time to time, introduce new Online Financial Services. When this happens, we will update our Website to include them. By using an Online Financial Service, you agree to be bound by the terms contained in this Agreement at that time.
NOTE: Because regulations require the Bank to limit preauthorized transfers (including Internet Banking transfers), the following limitations apply:
- Statement savings account. You can make no more than six (6) transfers per statement period by preauthorized or automatic transfer or by telephone or Internet Banking.
- Money Market account. You can make no more than six (6) transfers per
statement period by preauthorized or automatic transfer or by telephone or
Internet Banking.
Upon approval of the online bill payment service, you will be required to accept the online bill pay service agreement and disclosure. Refer to the online bill payment service agreement and disclosure under a separate link for specific information.
This Agreement will become effective on the Effective Date and shall remain in full force and effect until termination in accordance with the following provisions.
We may immediately terminate your electronic banking privileges (including the Bill Payment Service) without notice to you under the following circumstances:
- you do not pay any fee required by this Agreement when due; or
- you do not comply with the agreement governing your deposit or loan accounts or your accounts are not maintained in good standing.
To terminate this Agreement, you must notify the Bank and provide your name, address, the Service(s) you are discontinuing, and the termination date of the Service(s). You may notify the Bank by one of the following methods:
- By calling 626-821-9188; or
- By writing a letter and either sending it to the following address:
Attention: Internet Banking Administrator
American Plus Bank, N.A.
630 W. Duarte Rd
Arcadia, CA 91007 or
- giving it to a Customer Service Representative at any of the Bank's locations during our regular business hours posted for that location.
In case of errors or questions regarding an Online Banking transaction, please call 626-821-9188. You should report an unauthorized Online Banking transaction that appears on your periodic statement no later than 60 days of transmittal of the statement.
- When reporting a problem, be prepared to provide the following:
- Your name and account number
- A description of the error or the transfer in question and an explanation concerning why you believe it is an error or need more information; and
- The dollar amount of the suspected error and date on which it occurred.
This section explains our liability to you only to the extent that our liability has not been separately disclosed by any other agreements, notices or disclosures. In no event shall we be liable to you for failure to provide access to your Online Banking or Bill Payment services accounts. Unless otherwise required by applicable law, we are only responsible for performing the Online Banking and Bill Payment services as delineated in this Agreement and Bill Payment Agreement. We will be liable for the amount of any material losses or damages incurred by you resulting directly from our gross negligence. We will not be liable to you in the following instances:
- If through no fault of the Bank, you do not have enough money in your account to make the transfer;
- If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire, flood, power outage, equipment or technical failure or breakdown) prevents the transfer despite reasonable precautions that we have taken;
- If there is a hold on your account, or if access to your account is blocked, in accordance with banking policy;
- If your funds are subject to a legal proceeding or other encumbrance restricting the transfer;
- If your transfer authorization terminates by operation of law;
- If you believe someone has accessed your accounts without your permission and you fail to notify the Bank immediately;
- If you have not properly followed the instructions on how to make a transfer included in this Agreement;
- If we have received incomplete or inaccurate information from you or a third party involving the account or transfer; and
- If we have a reasonable basis for believing that unauthorized use of your password or account has occurred or may be occurring or if you default under this Agreement, the deposit account agreement, a credit agreement or any other agreement with us, or if we or you terminate this Agreement.
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold us, our affiliate companies, directors, officers, employees and agents harmless against any third party claim, demand, suit, action or other proceeding and any expenses related to an Online Banking or Bill Payment account.
We are not liable for any loss or liability resulting from any failure of your equipment or software, or that of an internet browser provider such as Netscape (Netscape Navigator browser) or Microsoft (Microsoft Explorer browser),...etc., by an internet access provider, or by an online service provider, nor will we be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages resulting from your access to or failure to access an Online Banking or Bill Payment account.
The Bank is not responsible for any electronic virus or viruses that you may encounter. We suggest that you routinely scan your PC using a virus protection product. An undetected virus may corrupt and destroy your programs, files, and your hardware.
We reserve the right to amend or cancel any of the provisions of this Agreement, including changes to any fees, costs, or assessments. We may amend or cancel any provision or charge by disclosing the change electronically, and, at our option, by sending you notification in addition thereto. We will provide notice of thirty (30) days of any changes (or such lesser period as may be allowed by applicable law) unless an immediate change is necessary to maintain the security of the system. You may choose to accept or decline amendments, cancellations or changes by continuing or discontinuing the accounts or services to which these changes relate, at your option. We also reserve the option, in our business judgment, to waive, reduce or reverse charges or fees in individual situations.
Each of your Eligible Accounts will continue to be read and interpreted according to the laws described in the agreements you have with us regarding those Eligible Accounts (for example, your deposit account agreement with us). Except where superseded by the laws of the United Stated of America or regulations promulgated thereunder, this Online Banking Agreement will be read and interpreted according to the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. In any legal action or claim regarding this Online Banking Agreement, the prevailing party will be entitled to recover costs and attorney fees.
We may assign this Agreement to any affiliate, parent or other company; however, you may not assign or transfer this Agreement. We may also assign or delegate certain of our rights and responsibilities under this Agreement to independent contractors or other third parties.
Other than your Materials and Account Information, all content included or available on the Service, such as advertisements, text graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, and software, is the property of American Plus Bank, and/or third parties and is protected by copyrights, trademarks, or other intellectual and proprietary rights. The compilation (meaning the collection, arrangement, and assembly) of all content on the Service is the exclusive property of American Plus Bank and/or it licensors and is protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on the Service (collectively the "Trademarks") are the registered and unregistered trademarks of American Plus Bank, or third parties. Under no circumstances may you use copy, alter, modify, or change these Trademarks. Nothing contained on the Service should be construed as granting by implication or otherwise any license or right to use any Trademark without the express written permission of American Plus Bank, or the third party which has rights to such Trademarks, as appropriate.
This Agreement represents the sole and exclusive agreement between you and American Plus Bank regarding the Service and merges and supersedes all previous and contemporaneous written or oral agreements and understandings regarding the subject matter hereof. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be invalidated or otherwise affected.
Headings are for reference only and in no way define, limit, construe, or describe the scope or extent of such section. Our failure to act with respect to a breach by you or others does not waive our right to act with respect to subsequent or similar breaches. If you have any questions regarding this Agreement, please contact American Plus Bank Online Customer Service at 626-821-9188.


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Barry Carpenter, 40, was received two years and eight months in prison from an Ohio judge on Wednesday, a sentence his attorney said he would appeal.
In announcing the sentence, the judge called prison time "a must," the Associated Press reports. Carpenter could have received up to six years in jail.
In November, Carpenter, 40, was found of receiving stolen property, theft in office, and tampering with evidence. He and another police chief were accused of breaking into the Ohio home of Parker and Broderick's surrogate, stealing items such as a poem, photos, legal documents about the surrogacy agreement, and pictures of ultrasounds, and offering them for sale to a freelance photographer. The photographer later told the surrogacy agency, which contacted police.
Carpenter was found not guilty of two counts of burglary and one count of unauthorized use of property or services.
Since his conviction, Carpenter's been under house arrest at his mother's house till his sentencing, wearing a GPS device that tracks him. He resigned from office two weeks ago.
Carpenter maintained he only went into the house because he noticed a door ajar, and didn't take anything. He said that he was merely joking with photographers when he offered the surrogate's things for sale.
The surrogate had been staying at a West Virginia hotel during the break-in, and noticed items missing and out of place when she returned home. Carpenter and his alleged accomplice, Bridgeport Police Chief Chad M. Dojack, 29, were arrested in July.
Parker, 44, said that the incident made her fear for the safety of her twin children, . Surrogate Michelle Ross, 26, gave birth to the twin girls on June 22.
Dojack will stand trial in January.
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Top Definition
When you insert your thumb, index, and middle fingers into someone's anus or vagina in the shape of a bird beak. With your fingers inserted you open and close the beak while making a crowing sound.
"I was bird-beaking the crap out of your mom last night!"
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A combination of dog and cat loaves picked up in the yard and cooked over a campfire. The bowl weevils and roundworms really make this a tasty treat.
"I put the poop soup back in fido's butt, where it came from."
автор: Running out of patience 2 апреля 2007
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This is the liquid sludge that resides in the upper tank of the toilet after somebody pulls an Upper Decker. A healthy mix of shit and tank water!
I found a bunch of Poop Soup in my Tank after Jeff's friends left the party yesterday.
автор: Ed Bodine 25 августа 2005
The combination of poo and cum after anal sex.
Hours after nick had shot his load inside Rachel, the sticky poop soup dribbled out.
автор: Sam Tucker 29 мая 2006
Diarrhea, wet shit, anal leakage.
Emilia Dynak and Dee Gleason made poop soup in their pants.
автор: smackjer 4 октября 2003
Liquid feces that explode from ones anus.
David: What's wrong with you?
Mike: I've got major poop soup going on...
David: Nice!!!!
Mike: I've got major poop soup going on...
David: Nice!!!!
автор: superdat37 9 июня 2011
A simple, modern cream-based soup typically made from human excrement, which is either puréed or lightly simmered in a clear broth and then mixed with canned cream of poo.
"You know, smelling your farts all day has given me a craving for a big bowl of poop soup!"
"Poop soup's on! Come and get it while it's hot!"
"Poop soup's on! Come and get it while it's hot!"
автор: Mrs. Hooper 14 сентября 2009
The mess that dog and cat owners are left with after cleaning up their yard after the winter snows finally melt.
The melting snow of winter in Rob's backyard turned all the dog poop in his yard into poop soup.
автор: Kalisiin 15 января 2011


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Welcome to our weekly edition of what's hot in social media news. To help you stay up to date with social media, here are some of the news items that caught our attention.
What's New This Week?
Twitter Launches Vanity URLs for Vine Users: "A profile URL is a unique Vine profile address accessible from the web. Once you select an available URL, you will be able to access your profile by visiting vine.co/[yourURL]."


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Top Definition
Using your neighbor's wireless network because you can't afford your own.
At my midtown apartment, I piggybacked off the chick next door for months, but when I moved I had to get my own internet service.
od uživatele Suzanne B 03. červen 2009
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when someone carries someon on their back...usually kids piggyback their parents or galfriends on their boyfriends..
gay dudes on each other
gay dudes on each other
gal...comeon sweety am tired..can i piggy back ya??
dude...fuk off..u skanky ass big ass ho
dude...fuk off..u skanky ass big ass ho
od uživatele sonycruise 27. prosinec 2007
Accessing a rich person's wireless network from the suburbs which allows you to use their internet connection without their permission which offends not only the rich person, but the ISP because the ISP wants you to pay over 60 dollars a month for cheap bogged-down high speed internet.
A stupid rich stuck-up person from the suburbs bought a wireless router with BROADBAND internet connection (which is totally bogged down by the ISP) and encrypted it with a password but since passwords are crackable the talented hacker cracked the password and is now using the rich persons wireless network which now gives them free internet.
The authorities caught a coupe of people doing this and labeled this a Piggyback.
The authorities caught a coupe of people doing this and labeled this a Piggyback.
od uživatele usagetoutofiraq 04. říjen 2011
The only eay for a 5 year old to get action from his/her teenage baby sitter.
5 year old: Hey Nikita, can I have a piggyback ride please?
Nikita: Sure, hop on.
Nikita: Sure, hop on.
od uživatele Tyler the Hyphy 24. únor 2012
When someone joins a friends cell phone family plan just cause it would be cheaper than being on your own.
"yo dog you wana piggyback on my family plan it would make it cheaper for the both of us" "chea, then we can get the latest n greatest phones
od uživatele goodguys 25. květen 2010
A confusing act involving two or more men identified as being done wrong.
"What are you doing mate?"
"You're doing it wrong"
"You're doing it wrong"
od uživatele Growden 11. září 2016
the ingesting of two consecutive tablets of ecstasy
I piggybacked two "beans" at that rave last night...
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We offer high-quality, competitively priced educational programs throughout the year. Whether face-to-face or online, our programs give you the chance to learn and network.
Whether you're selling a practice, looking for space, or pursuing new opportunities, look no further than our CDS dental classifieds, which receive more than 100,000 online views annually. Ads are also published in the CDS Review, the official magazine of the society.
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The Chicago Dental Society Foundation hosted an Open House Sunday, June 9, for CDS members and friends to visit the new CDS Foundation Dental Clinic. The Foundation welcomed well over 175 people to the Wheaton venue for a tour of the new space and some celebratory cake. Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle was also gracious through her participation in the event, making time to tour of the new facility.
"The Open House was successful in that it provided a first glimpse to everyone attending of a professional dental office that serves low income residents of DuPage, Cook and Lake counties," said Carolyn Van Eck, interim executive director of the Chicago Dental Society Foundation.
"Our guests had a first-hand look of the three-operatory facility where our patients can make an appointment with a regularly scheduled dentist and arrive on site as any other patient would visit their dental office. Our clinic offers patients dignity, and our patients can take pride in calling the CDS Foundation Clinic their dental home."
Since the clinic's opening in late February, they have registered 242 patients of record and administered $110,636 worth of dental treatment.
View photos from the event on the CDS Facebook page.
Founded in 1864, the Chicago Dental Society celebrates 150 years of serving the profession and the community in 2014 and 2015. Join the fun and make an impression at the Midwinter Meeting and beyond by sponsoring a limited edition 150th Anniversary Molar.
CDS will manufacture up to 12 undecorated giant molar displays. The sponsor may either decorate its own tooth or contract with our vendor to have it decorated. To learn more, read on...
To reserve your 150th Anniversary Molar, email CDS or call 312.836.7327. Download the reservation form to get started.
A tradition of working for the dental profession. The Chicago Dental Society was organized in 1864 and incorporated in 1878. The objective of the Chicago Dental Society is to encourage the improvement of the health of the public, to promote the art and science of dentistry and to represent the intrest of the members of the profession and the public that it serves.
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Source: MIT Technology Review
quote: Hold your arm straight out in front of you for several minutes and you'll realise why - the physical exertion needed to use a touch monitor is ludicrous compared to a mouse. It's inefficient and ungainly.
quote: That's if you're stuck in the old paradigm. Many of my employees could benefit by a 10" mobile device rather than having to go back to their desks to use a desktop.


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Fall 2001, Vol. 33, No. 3
Black Men in Navy Blue During the Civil War
Joseph P. Reidy
Defunct Strategy and Divergent Goals: The Role of the United States
Navy along the Eastern Seaboard during the Civil War
Robert M. Browning, Jr.
The Diplomats Who Sank a Fleet: The Confederacy's Undelivered European
Fleet and the Union Consular Service
Kevin J. Foster
Eisenhower and the Red Menace
Michael J. Birkner
Prologue in Perspective: The Stories That We Can Tell
John W. Carlin
Spotlight on NARA: Shedding Light on War Crimes
Genealogy Notes: The Rost Home Colony, St. Charles
Parish, Louisiana
Michael F. Knight
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|Articles published in Prologue do not necessarily represent the views of NARA or of any other agency of the United States Government.


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Dyson 10 in. Air Multiplier Table Fan - White
Revolutionize the way you stay cool with the Dyson 10 in. Oscillating Air Multiplier Fan, a sleek and sophisticated design constructed from high-impact ABS plastic for durability. A dimmer switch provides a wide range of fan speeds, with the air multiplier capable of drawing in air and amplifying it 15 times before sending it out in consistent, even streams for powerful cooling. The portable fan is ideal for tabletops and is easy to clean for convenience.
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Upgrade the storage capacity with a 4 TB hard drive on your WD Sentinel family of Networked Storage Appliances.
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- One 4 TB Hard drive (WD P/N: WD4000F9MZ-76NVPL0 or WD4000F9YZ-09N20L0)
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Amber Valletta has revealed her battle with drugs and alcohol in a new video.
"I suffer from a disease called addiction," the model-turned-actress told the wellness website MindBodyGreen.com. "I've had it for as long as I can remember."
Valletta, 40, says she started looking for ways to get high since she was 8 years old because she was "uncomfortable being a human being."
"I sniffed markers, I sniffed glue, fingernail polish, anything that could give me a buzz," she says.
By the time she was 22 and her modeling career was at its peak, Valletta was abusing cocaine and alcohol.
"I had a multimillion [dollar] deal and I showed up the first day to shoot this campaign high and drunk," she admits. "I didn't care and that's just to show you addiction takes you to the worst places."
The Oklahoma native says the modeling industry contributed to her disease. "I was in a business that drugs and alcohol were widely acceptable and they were given to me."
But she takes full responsibility for her actions. "I am not a victim," she says. "I don't blame anything that happened to me that was negative."
Valletta sought help at 25 because she "didn't want to die."
"I had to be willing to lift the veil off the shame and say, 'I'm an addict, I can't do this alone, I don't want to do this alone, I don't feel comfortable, can you help me?' "
After staying sober for 15 years, the model-turned-actress – whose new show Legends premieres on TNT in August – hopes to inspire others by sharing her story.
"My hope is that someone, somewhere in this room, out of this room will hear something that will help them and perhaps get them out of the shadows and the darkness of addiction and bring them into the light."
Amber Valletta Reveals Her Drug and Alcohol Addiction
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"IT'S always been us against the world," says Billie Joe Armstrong.
"Three albums, like this, it's never been done before and proves how free we are as a band in our approach."
The Green Day singer is in characteristically defiant mood.
And no wonder. The Californian trio are about to release THREE new studio albums, called ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! ("Yes an album named after me," jokes drummer Tré Cool.) All will be released within four months, six weeks apart, and if there are any nerves about this tall order, they're not on show today.
SFTW are at the Bren Events Center at Irvine University, California, where the band from Oakland are taking a break from rehearsals to chat.
They've been holed up in a nearby house for the past few weeks as they prepare for upcoming live shows across Europe including a surprise appearance at Reading Festival this weekend, to play their breakthrough 1994 album Dookie in full.
They're off the booze and have been working out, looking healthy and lean.
"We have a mammoth task ahead," says Billie Joe. "We usually have five weeks of rehearsals up to the release of an album but this time it's ten weeks including promo and production as we have three records in one. We don't make things easy for ourselves."
Not that he seems fazed by what lies ahead. As a group of UK friends scream at a TV showing Mo Farah winning the 10,000 metres, Billie Joe, 40, continues to pose for a magazine cover shoot. It seems everything with Billie Joe is taken in his stride. There are no distractions.
"There was no planning for these albums," Billie Joe tells me later from the band's dressing room.
"We even took the three album cover photos of us on our iPhones.
"And it's the first time we've got sex, love AND politics here. It's what the whole record is about.
"The first record is back-to-basics power pop, classic Green Day. But done with a new sound. It's like getting the party started. Then the next record is the party going wild and you're deep into the hell of it. Then the third one is about love and reflection.
"We have songs on there like Oh Love, Wild One, Makeout Party and F**k Time which are about sex because sex is fun.
"We've hinted at it before in songs but now it's just more direct. Instead of implying it, we say, 'It's f**k time'. You can't be more direct than that!"
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Following four years of floor-to-ceiling renovations and "spiffing up," Davis & Elkins College alumni, board of directors, staff, professors and students gathered Friday for the official dedication of the Myles Center for the Arts on the school's campus.
The center is named for longtime board of trustees member June Myles. Her financial support, hands-on planning and consultation helped make the vision for the center a reality, officials said.
The Myles Center for the Arts is comprised of three key areas, including the Hermanson Center, Harper-McNeeley Auditorium and the Paull Gallery.
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The Inter-Mountain photo by Beth Christian Broschart
Davis & Elkins College President G.T. 'Buck' Smith prepares to present D&E Board of Trustees member June Myles with a plaque Friday at the dedication of the Myles Center for the Arts. The center was named for Myles, whose generous financial support and hands-on planning and consultation made the vision of the center a reality.
The renovation project included interior architectural upgrades to the facility's lower level, creating an art department consisting of office space, technology labs and studio space.
The 1,200-seat Harper-McNeeley Auditorium was completely renovated with new seating - ranging in size from 19 to 24 inches - and also new carpeting, new lighting and a new Bose sound system.
The auditorium lobby has been refurbished to include office space and a retail center for the Augusta Heritage Center. The area also includes exhibit space with the Paull Gallery. The restrooms have also been redesigned.
Infrastructure upgrades include a sprinkler system and a new boiler and chiller system.
Myles said she hopes everyone is happy to see the rejuvenation of the arts at D&E.
"My mother loved music and my father liked to draw and paint when he had time," Myles said. "We never took regular vacations, but used to go to Abington, Va. to see a play. I think they would be pleased with the renovations."
Myles said people will enjoy the renovated center.
"My hope is that all in the D&E community will learn to love the arts in whatever capacity they choose," Myles said. "I also hope those in the Randolph County community will take advantage of the updated facility."
D&E Chancellor Dr. Mike Mihalyo said the Myles Center For the Arts is an extraordinary place for learning.
"Over the past few weeks, the facility has been used for learning, for Mountain State Forest Festival events and for arts students from D&E and the community," Mihalyo said. "D&E board members had the opportunity to see the premier of (the colllege's new dance troupe) Appalachian Spirit. These folks were inspired partly due to the sprucing up of the center."
The Mills Group of Morgantown served as the overseers for the design and construction of the project.
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5 Romantic Products Perfect for Ending Relationships
Imagine for a moment how helpless and uncomfortable you'd feel knowing that there was a senior citizen husband and wife duo out there picturing in great detail the way you personally have sex. Now imagine contracting that elderly couple to not only think about it for days, but to commit it to paper so that you can read and re-read their best guess at the lumbering, arrhythmic body slaps you call love.
At yournovel.com, a husband-wife writing team is offering just that. You can pay to have them write an erotic novel about you and your partner nailing each other. Though, if you can afford to pay for the book, you can probably afford a video camera and cut out the creepy old middleman altogether. Of course, some people prefer the narrative apparently, because the website boasts that it can cover ever fantasy imaginable, from historical fiction and vampires to ... golf. In fact, golf must be their top seller because it's featured heavily on their homepage, including a sample book cover of a story called Sandhills Fore-Play. Given the opportunity to fantasize about themselves having sex anywhere, from the surface of a hurtling asteroid to the nest of a pterodactyl, most people apparently choose a pro-shop.
Your Novel
Is this why seniors love golf so much? It's like a sex thing for them?
But the real reason I suspect this is a break-up aid instead of a romantic gift is that anyone who has read an erotic novel knows that they're pretty boring when only two characters keep doing each other the whole time. Erotic fiction is only fun if the possibility of sex happening in any direction, with anyone, is constant. So unless Kathy M. Newbern and J.S. Fletcher are taking full artistic license writing about you humping everything from groundskeepers to the Canada geese on the course (which I assume they're not), these novels have to be the most depressing erotic stories ever printed. Surely seeing that even professional writers couldn't save your relationship is enough of an indication that it's time call it quits.
But man, if they are writing erotic novels about real couples and filling the pages with inter-species infidelity, I take back everything I said, because that old couple is awesome and I want a copy of my own book to see all the creatures I sex into submission.
#1. Semen Volumizer
Just as women will sometimes buy underwear for themselves as a sexy gift for their guy, so too can men buy a pill that will make them cum gallons just for their lady. The hilariously named Maxejaxxx is a product specifically designed to increase the volume of semen a man produces for no other reason than aesthetic. The fact that this product sells at all suggests that there's some terrible rumor circulating throughout society that a lady's favorite part of sex is fighting and wincing through the horrifying aftermath.
Elizabeth Hachem/Lifesize
Yeah, kind of like that.
It's actually hard to think of a product that could focus on a more undesirable aspect of sex. Maybe a tonic that grows pubic hair longer and fuller? An ointment that allows one testicle to droop lower?
Without any logical answers, I'm left to assume that this is actually intended as some sort of cruel surprise for a woman. Maxejaxxx is not supposed to be a sexy product at all, despite how it may be marketed. It is a last-ditch effort for cowards in dying relationships who don't want to be the one to hit the eject button first. It's a passive aggressive way to force all the anger and deep-seated issues to literally blow up in both your faces so that you finally have to address them. I refuse to believe anyone outside of the porn industry has ever used this product and not had an hour-long conversation/argument immediately afterward because Maxejaxxx isn't just a semen volumizer, it's a catharsis in a bottle.
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Congo brownies, bars or squares seemingly have no connection to the African Congo, based on the standard ingredients. Some of the recipes do call for coconut, so maybe that was just enough exotic to fire up someones imagination.
Carol Fellmy of North Charleston, a transplant from Michigan, requested a recipe for Congo brownies made with butterscotch chips.
Looking at different sources, including The Post and Couriers archives and those on the Internet, it became clear that there is no consensus about what these bars are. Some have chocolate chips, some butterscotch and some both. Most have nuts of some sort, either walnuts or pecans. Coconut appears and disappears. Brown sugar is common.
But it is a blonde batter, not a chocolate-flavored one. Blonde usually refers to the inclusion of butterscotch and vanilla, according to the Food Lovers Companion. But not always, as the evidence shows.
Then there is a similar bar that goes by the local name, Charleston Chews or Chewies. They basically are an adaptation of a brown sugar bar with everything but the butterscotch and/or chocolate chips.
Eileen Stevens shared a Congo recipe with these notes: My sister-in-law, Lyn, sent me this recipe about 30 years ago.
Congo Bars
11/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup shortening or butter
1 cup firmly packed (dark or light) brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
Sift together dry ingredients. Stir in nuts. Melt shortening or butter and add brown sugar. Cook slowly until brown sugar is melted, then allow to cool. Beat in eggs thoroughly, one at a time. Add vanilla. Stir in flour-nut mixture and mix well. Add chips. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 min. Check for doneness with toothpick. Cut into squares or bars.
We would be remiss not to include a version with coconut. Heres one adapted from The Seattle Times.
Congo Bars
Makes 36
2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
21/4 cups (1 pound) brown sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
23/4 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup chopped nuts
11/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate morsels
11/2 cups coconut, divided (optional)
Grease a 9-by-13-inch pan. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat butter with brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla and mix.
In a separate bowl, whisk flour with baking powder and salt, then mix into batter.
Fold in nuts, chocolate chips and 1 cup of the coconut, mixing just until evenly distributed. Spread batter in prepared pan and bake. After 15 minutes, remove from oven and sprinkle evenly with reserved coconut. Return to oven and bake another 20 to 25 minutes, until top is golden and coconut is lightly toasted. Cut into bars.
We also would be scolded if we didnt include this recipe while we have the chance:
Charleston Chewies
1 stick butter or margarine
1 pound (1 box) dark brown sugar
3 eggs
11/2 cups plain flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans
Cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the 3 eggs until fluffy. Add the flour, salt and baking powder. Add the vanilla and the chopped nuts last.
Place in a 9-by-13-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cut into squares or bars.
Whos got the recipe
Evelyn Misko of Charleston writes, Im looking for tips and recipes using a pizza stone. I received one as a Christmas gift and so far have only used it for baking pizzas. I would appreciate your readers other ideas about using a pizza stone.
Still on the hunt: Linda Altman of Mount Pleasant is looking for recipes for red rice, chicken or shrimp pilau, etc., that can be made in an electric rice cooker.
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From coffee shops to recreational sports leagues, take a look at a list of the best places to find that special someone.
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it was so cool. man im so excited to see it happen.
"i shall return by gen mac aruther"
were you scared??? :O ...clara <3 x.
an object close to me and it wont be the last but it was so cool i wish i had a video camera to record it to post here to show all of you.
"i shall return by gen mac aruther"
that is totally awesome and scary... I always admire watching bolts of lightning flash in the gray sky but not as close as 20 feet...
i shall return by gen mac aruther
4th Wave!!!
Ngwaaa yeah, i wish you could record it .. Did anione get hurt ?? .... clara <3 x.
and the building was exactly 20 feet away from the window to the tree.
"i shall return by gen mac aruther"
Love... is just a different kind of pain.
it kinda ruined my graduation ceremony but it was alright the dance was fun =D
< Where do the years go >
im all good now.
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Hi All,
Clicking on a delta infopackage is giving MESSAGE_TYPE_X short dump, at program SAPLRSS1, and module name RSM1_CHECK_FOR_DELTAUPD.
Understand that this has got to do with the inconsistent delta information between the source system and BW system.
Here's the scenario:
In BW system:
Table RSSDLINIT contain an entry for this problematic infosource 0HR_PT_2, with request number REQU_4848.
In Source System:
Transaction RSA7 does not list down any relevant delta queue for this infosource.
Table ROOSPRMSC contains an entry for this datasource 0HR_PT_2, but for a different source system, and with a different request number.
What should I do now to fix this?
Thanks all.
Hi ,
1. Once you log out from BI system
and login again
try to schedule the Same info package
if it dose not work follow this
2.we would suggest to create new InfoPackage
Choose the delta update and cickoff the infopackage
Pls update what is the status after doing this steps
also Cut paste the dump you got if above dosnt work.
Edited by: Hari Gonuguntla on Aug 4, 2008 10:30 AM
Hi Hari,
Thanks for your reply. The short dump occurs when I try to open the infopackage, not when trying to schedule it. This mean I cannot even open the infopackage. Anyway, I have tried your suggestions and they didn't work.
Go to SE38 and run this program RSSM_OLTP_INIT_DELTA_UPDATE giving the required details.
we have to enter the value for the LOGSYS and DATASOURCE and then execute it.
It wont give any message. Then try to open your infopackage and do an fresh init and a delta as per your requirements.
It happens when some setup tables are run at the R/3 systems due to which the init of an delta gets deleted in the background.
Hi, thanks for the reply. What should I entered in the ALWAYS field? I tried Y, N, and X, but after running the program, I still hit the short dump when trying to open the infopackage.
The Always field is optional so we can leave it as blank.
It is mandatory to give LOGSYS and Datasource name.
Then execute it and it wont gave any indication or message after execution.
After that go to your respective infopackage and try to open it.
Hi Merlin,
Your reply for Short Dump issue was really helpful to me. It resolved my issue as well.
Thanks a Lot
Thanks Merlin. Solved my issue too.
Thanks Marlin
I have got the same error and in R/3 there are more no. of entries on R/3 side table ROOSPRMSC as compared to table RSSDLINIT (BW side).
Can you please suggest what the next steps we should try...
Do we have to delete from RSA7 or something else...
Thanking you,
Tarun Brijwani.
This error basically happens when RSSDLINIT table of BW is out of sync with ROOSPRMSC and ROOSPRMSF tables in R/3.
Merlin's method works when information is available in RSSDLINIT regarding delta init, which then copied to the above mentioned tables in R/3 using RSSM_OLTP_INIT_DELTA_UPDATE, but the reverse is not possible. i.e If the delta init information is available in R/3 but not the corresponding BW, then you have to reinit.
Opening of the infopackage is not possible in BW at all in the second case, until R/3 also forgets that there was such a delta......(Hope this gives you a hint regarding what to do..)
Edited by: SDX BI on Oct 13, 2008 7:31 PM
I have got the same error and in R/3 there are more no. of entries on R/3 side table ROOSPRMSC as compared to table RSSDLINIT (BW side).
Can you please suggest what the next steps we should try...
Do we have to delete from RSA7 or something else...
Thanking you,
Tarun Brijwani.


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At 10-Year Milestone, Milk to the MAX® Training is Helping More Dairies Than Ever
At 10-Year Milestone, Milk to the MAX® Training is Helping More Dairies Than Ever
In the ten years that the Milk to the MAX® program has been in place, Vi-COR® dairy specialists have helped thousands of dairy farm managers improve education of employees to keep cows healthy and productive.
It all started in 2003 when a Vi-COR representative was working with a dairy nutritionist on a customer's feeding program. They realized that there was an additional need for dairy employee training in both English and Spanish. Mark Holt, President at Vi-COR explains, "We can put all the right nutrition and all the right inputs into an animal's system, but if there's something out of alignment in the parlor or with cow handling, we can't maximize milk production."
Milk to the MAX became the first on-site training program of its kind in the dairy industry. This free bilingual program educates dairy employees on cow physiology, cow comfort, proper milking procedures, calving care, and more. "Milk to the MAX improves efficiencies, saving dairy owners time and money," says Holt.
The program begins with on-site training. Vi-COR customer support specialists perform a pre-evaluation of the current surroundings and milking procedures being used. They prepare a customized report and make recommendations to maximize quality milk production, reduce SCC and SPC counts, and increase milk flow while reducing unit on-time. The Milk to the MAX team also promotes milk quality at special mastitis workshops that focus on udder function. These udder dissection wet labs give dairy workers a unique understanding of the importance of their job to herd health.
In order for a dairy to participate, Milk to the MAX must be requested by a nutritionist, veterinarian, or feed company that promotes all-natural Vi-COR products. The dairy can also contact Vi-COR directly to see if it qualifies for this beneficial free program. Visit www.milktothemax.com for details.
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WASHINGTON – Norman McCombs' life began in a modest country home without indoor plumbing, back when much of Amherst was still country.
And it culminated 75 years later in the most famous house in America, as President Obama on Friday awarded McCombs the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation's highest honor for genius inventors.
Obama honored McCombs for inventing oxygen concentrators that are now ubiquitous in hospitals from America to Afghanistan.
Now refined down to a weight of less than five pounds, McCombs' inventions also give oxygen-dependent patients the freedom to drive, to fly by plane, to live life unencumbered by a huge and heavy oxygen tank that may just run out and God knows when.
Then again, Obama could have honored McCombs for a life fully lived.
McCombs' story is an unlikely tale of a country boy who went to the University at Buffalo on the 10-year plan only to become not only a world-renowned inventor, but also a classical guitarist and restaurateur, not to mention president of the Bulldog Club of America.
Yet McCombs isn't taking any credit for making himself a modern-day Renaissance man.
"It's hard to take credit for something God's given you," McCombs said in an interview.
Divine intervention or not, Obama seemed to be hinting at McCombs' life story at Friday's awards ceremony.
"If there's one idea that sets this country apart, one idea that makes us different from every other nation on earth, [it's] that here in America, success does not depend on where you are born or what your last name is," the president said. "Success depends on the ideas that you dream up, the possibilities you envision, and the hard work – the blood, sweat and tears – you're willing to put in."
For his part, though, McCombs offers a simpler explanation for how he invented such important products.
"I like solving problems," he said.
The son of a Scottish immigrant who struggled through the Great Depression and ended up making a living taking checks from one branch of Manufacturers & Traders Bank to another, McCombs put in hard work from the very beginning.
At first, like many boys, young Norm McCombs liked to tear things apart and put them back together again. But he never quite aspired to be an engineer; looking back, he said he wasn't even really familiar with the term back then.
All he wanted to do, really, was help his family. So while still at Amherst Central High School – where he starred at football and met Grace, the love of his life and wife-to-be – he went to work at the local Chevrolet plant, grinding crankshafts.
Turning down football scholarships to keep making money after graduation, he worked full time and pumped gas and ushered at a local theater to bring in money on the side, but it wasn't as hard as it sounds, Grace said in the letter she wrote in recommending her husband for his national award.
"Norm has always made everything seem easy," she wrote.
Before long, he enrolled in Erie County Technical Institute – now Erie Community College – and went to work at Fedders Corp. And there, the boy who loved tearing things apart started learning to be a man who could make new and wonderful things.
"Norm had designed a new central heat pump system and Fedders gave one to him as a field test unit," Grace said. "He installed it in our new home and it cooled and supplemented the heat in our home for over 30 years."
And that was just the start.
Union Carbide's Linde Division saw a little something in this aspiring young inventor, and not only hired him, but agreed to help him get the University at Buffalo engineering degree that he'd earn at night school over the next decade.
And slowly but surely over many years – at Linde, at the company he formed called Xorbox, and at AirSep Corp. of Amherst, where he has been an employee since 1998 – the inventions kept coming.
First he designed an oxygen separator for use in waste water treatment plants. Then, striking off on his own in the early 1970s, he built an oxygen system for use in a veterinary clinic.
With a little venture capital from a unit of W.R. Grace, in the mid-1970s he then built the first system to pull oxygen out of the air and deliver it to medical patients.
And ever since building that 125-pound device, he's been working to make his invention smaller and more convenient.
After cutting his product's weight in half to make it easily shippable, McCombs decided to make an oxygen concentrator you could carry.
"When I was trying to decide which weight to actually target, I used Grace's purse, which was almost nine pounds," he explained.
Still not satisfied, by 2008 McCombs winnowed his product down even further. AirSep's FreeStyle weighs in at less than five pounds, and can be plugged into any wall socket or even a car's power source, literally changing the life of many people who need extra oxygen to stay healthy.
"You could go shopping, enjoy a game of golf, have coffee at Starbucks and enjoy Thanksgiving dinner at the kids' house – all because of Mr. Norman McCombs," Anthony J. Staub, president of Staub Machine Co. in Hamburg, wrote in endorsing McCombs' nomination for the award.
What's more, McCombs' inventions are used in military hospitals all over the world.
"These units have gone a long ways to saving wounded soldiers in the front lines," said Army Sgt. Chris Russell, a medical maintenance specialist, in an endorsement of McCombs' inventions.
You would think that helping the sick and wounded to breathe would be quite enough, but that's never been McCombs' way.
"If I can do something," he said, "I want to do it."
And so he got into dog training in the 1970s and ended up as president of the Bulldog Club of America.
Retiring temporarily and only sort of at 39, he went to cooking school in Europe and in 1990 opened Truffles, a highly regarded restaurant that operated for several years on Kenmore Avenue in Kenmore.
And if he ever has doubts of his impact on the world, recent events in Vienna, Austria, and the White House East Room should lay them to rest.
In a coffeehouse in Vienna, McCombs encountered a man using AirSep's FreeStyle. McCombs went over to introduce himself and mentioned that he invented the machine, and the man replied by saying it had changed his life.
Having driven to Vienna from Germany, "he was raving about this thing, because previously he couldn't go anywhere," McCombs said.
And then on Friday, McCombs climbed to a stage at the White House, following the footsteps of previous National Medal of Technology winners such as Wilson Greatbatch, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs.
Hearing a Marine read a citation describing McCombs' life's work, the president leaned over to McCombs and whispered in his ear.
"He said it sounded wonderful," McCombs said.
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