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Posted 08 May 2000 - 09:34 AM
To make a NN grow free from scratch would take many many many many years of uptime.
BUT, let me give you some headache. If we won't let the program solve the evoultion thing itself, then who's gonna do it?
Do you REALLY want to set up a unique structure of billions of emulated cells? Well, i see you next millenium and see how it goes!
Don't try to cheat nature, don't try to outsmart nature, try to copy nature.
Edited by - Electron on May 8, 2000 4:36:41 PM
#23 Members - Reputation: 158
Posted 08 May 2000 - 10:08 AM
Life, essentially, is a persistant chemical reaction, nothing more. Simulate chemistry exactly and you could do the same inside a computer. I don''t think that would make it any less alive than we are.
Also, emotions are just another form of stimulus, a mind set bought on by a given situation. They are quite easy to simulate but they make up a large portion of what seperates us from from a machine. So it is a large part of what you consider life.
#24 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 08 May 2000 - 10:57 AM
There are some materials that have shape memory. Is that alive? Intelligent?
Are rocks intelligent? They sure "know" how to follow the laws of gravity when one falls on my head. Probably too many have fallen on my head.
#25 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 08 May 2000 - 11:35 AM
Can''t a machine that achieves the same goals using different methods also be intelligent?
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#26 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 09 May 2000 - 12:00 PM
belive it or not....all we are is only a neural net...
maybe ..only maybe (but its not req)there is a soul behind that neural net...but for now .. we just dont know..so we have to assume that ALL inteligence with emotions and with cretive actions is only NN doing...
And i have arguments for that:
1. A neural net (of course after proper training witch can take long time) can do everything a man can do.
1.a.it can easy do emotions you only have to learn it to
(hate/love for example) and i dont think more taht basic emotions are hardcoded into hummans
1.b it can DREAM... and actually it HAS TO DREAM TO IMPROVE without external trainning
What it happenes when a NN dreams? well you connect all his outputs to his imputs (also disconect outside world inputs) so it generates its own world of dreams ....
and this helps recognize paterns from events that take place early this day..also eliminates some random data...
1.c Cretive it will be.... (because starange things will happem in dreams...and tomorow it will try to take actions on that...and i may be right ar it may be wrong...but if its right,,,,wea..here we have a creator...
After all creators are just ppl with better understanding of patterns in this universe....an other ppl witch dont understand the world so well say it ia an ARTIST...hmm how may times where you considered almost a GOD by individuals that didnt know nothing about computers....see what i mean....
2. they have the power of Universe...
Do you know how many connections can be made form 1 thousand neurons each other to echother...
hummans have only some milions neurons....any haddrive has more now... but the neurons can be connected in more ways "than atoms in the whole universe"....
More to come if u are interested...
NN are nor so much known because of special military intrests in them...take care... and also because this is the first place where mathematics fails us...and sientists dont like it....there is no valid theory to explain how the hell do they work...but you see they do...
there are also some improvements in real humman brain NN but they are not of the essence (not very sure )
mainly they can have extra connections "on the way" ...
we can implement taht but for now we didnt understand simple connections....so this looks left for the future
they are also having some tunneling effect to speed up operations ... and go over the speed of light...some enthusiasts think...but nothing sure here... (maybe here is the soul ? hmmmm we all hope)
Ppl disagree with NN because for the first time we understand that WE ARE JUST SOME ROBOTS with all of our love/hate and creative thinking....and even the simple fact of giveing this a chance raises great fear....
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Posted 09 May 2000 - 12:39 PM
it is pretty obvious that one day we''ll have an artifical universe simulation at least 99% accurate. Perhaps it won''t bother with sub atomic particles or maybe it will, whatever. So life is going to evolve in these simulations. If the simulations are run long enough the people in them will make their own sims, the people in them will make their own sims and so forth, eventually after so many layers the laws of physics will be so watered down that the creatures in those sims won''t get smart enough to make their own sims, still there will probably be millions of nested realities at least. Now here''s the question: what are the chances that we''re on top? Next to zero. We are almost certainly in an artificial world. Sure it''s real to us, but to the user on the outside we''re just a research project or a screen saver. Hmm maybe the theory or relativity just explains the implementation of floating point numbers on the computer our universe is being run on. Why not?
#28 Members - Reputation: 250
Posted 09 May 2000 - 11:11 PM
I suggest the basics Go read plato, aristophanes, aristotle, et. al. Who am I? Why am I? Where am I going...
I thought this topic was nueral nets
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Posted 09 May 2000 - 11:41 PM
If we can simulate life on a computer, showing evolution, and can claim this ''life'' is as good as the real thing, then we have also shown that evolution does not necessarily have to exist and can believe in a creationist theory. And if we can believe in Creation, the whole simulation is not necessarily meaningful in the first place. Would we be simulating what we are, or what we think we are? Or would we actually be the simulation? Aaaahhh...
Somebody post some more pathfinding stuff. At least that makes sense.
#30 Moderators - Reputation: 991
Posted 10 May 2000 - 12:09 AM
If I have my ten-giga-terabyte *10E104 harddrive, and randomly assemble bits on it in every possible combination, chances are, one of them will be god.
That''s basically what you are saying.
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#31 Members - Reputation: 158
Posted 10 May 2000 - 05:14 AM
Face it, there''s no way we can simulate a human being with simple connection/node NN''s. We''re far more complex than that, we''re full of chemical complexity we don''t even understand yet, yet alone are able to simulate.
It''s gonna take a long, long time.
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Posted 10 May 2000 - 08:32 AM
Think about it! What is the world build on? Athoms! (Ok, it goes smaller than that, but that''s not the point)
How do we define an athom? Some coordinates perhaps? ok!
it has got speed! Put in some speed variables! How many Electrons (ME! =) are there circulating around the athom? what''s their position? a hunderd bytes more.
Fine! we''ll end up at an athom with the structure of 1k bytes, and that''s even when we are simplifying the whole thing!
Even the smallest hard drive cannot store a bit smaller than an athom! That''s the final limit.
Now, use some maths. If we wanna duplicate our own world, it will need a harddrive bigger (Physically) than the world times 1000!
Screw you Eniac, you''re like DUST compared to this hardware!
"Who need more than 640kb of RAM?" -Bill gates -89
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Posted 10 May 2000 - 08:49 AM
Suppose WE are all simply an extremely advanced program? Maybe we are designed the way we are beacause our creators had higly advanced technology? Maybe the reason it is so hard to trace evolution to its absolute root is because the original living organism was not, as we think, the first living organism? Maybe this organism was created by an advanced species, who themselves were only a creation of another species before them? One day our evolution may lead to a species capable of developing a similiar "living" technology, able to reproduce, repair and grow. Just think about it. BTW my response to anyone who wants to dispute me is this : Prove me wrong, and ill see you in 50,000,000,000 + years to congradulate you.
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I really would like to see you teach a neural net to be scared...
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#35 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 10 May 2000 - 10:13 AM
My roommate was talking to me about where the "soul" is? It seems to be located in the brain. You can have artifical hearts and limbs... etc. But there''s no artifical brain yet.
#36 Members - Reputation: 122
Posted 11 May 2000 - 09:33 AM
You talk of ''scareness'' as if it was a concrete entity.
Scareness and other types of BEHAVIOURS, are just behaviours.
Behaviour is a pattern experienced by an observer. The pattern is caused by an active object. For instance, a plant is observed as a plant, but it only contains chemicals and cells which operate together and their "behaviour" causes the object to be experienced as a plant in an observers mind.
Therefore I think you can''t train a network to be scared, as it''s a behaviour CAUSED by a neural network. But you might surely train a network to ACT scared. But the nn must live in some kind of world. You won''t get a "scared"-vector as output. I mean, a (0.2 0.234 0.75)-output vector can never be defined as a "scared"-output. But the output might start an active ''scared''-behaviour.
That''s my view, but it might be upside down
/Mankind gave birth to God.
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Posted 11 May 2000 - 09:57 AM
Here''s the one problem : input. Our brain has only one output : behavior. That''s the sum of all of our current input and internal stuff. We can simulate the internals with math and our current technology (to some extent) but the world we live in is infinitly more complex. It can be simulated, but with our life span, I doubt we will ever do it.
Also, you can''t logically prove that something can''t be done. Think about it.
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Posted 11 May 2000 - 10:04 AM
If you commented my "can''t".
Of course I don''t mean that you can''t train it to be scared. Don''t take it literally. What I mean is that you train the net to BEHAVE scared.
Life is an illusion.
/Mankind gave birth to God.
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Posted 11 May 2000 - 10:40 PM
I think there''s a couple of main points here.
Firstly, it is very difficult to hand generate a neural net bigger than a few neurons for more than a very simple task. You either have to specifically create it with from finite state rules, which is really pointless, or work out all the maths before hand which is a long and laborious process and impossible for large neural nets.
The best method of creating large scale neural networks is evolution and genetic algorithms.
The second point is, how do you evolve a human being?
The easy answer (and it isn''t easy) is to make the fitness function ''likeness to a human being'' or the artificial environment like our own in which a human being is the best fit answer (or at least we think a human being is the best fit answer).
Remember though that our environment wasn''t initially like it is today and our 3 billion years worth of ancestors didn''t evolve in this world. We are also one of at least 10^1000000000 solutions to the problem of survival on this planet and we are undoubtedly not the best. We are just the best that has managed to survive and evolve, which makes us lucky more than anything else.
What I''m trying to say here is that any form of programming, be it AI, specifically NN or Genetic Algorithms or any other type, is a solution to a problem. What is the problem you''re trying to solve? Why is simulating human beings a good problem? Why solve what''s already been solved in nature?
In artificial envoronments you may well evolve simple creatures that react to certain stimuli with emotions or with something simmilar enough to pique your interest. Emotions are obviously good for survival else we wouldn''t have them. But there''s only so far you want to push the human analogy.
As I said, pick a problem and solve it, just make it more interesting than the simulated human one.
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- Tranquil location, within walking distance of Philipsburg's dining and entertainment
- Direct access to a scenic, uncrowded beach
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- Cheerful guest rooms, some with kitchens and separate living areas
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Sonesta Great Bay Beach Resort & Casino is a three-pearl, all-inclusive adults-only resort located just outside St. Maartin's capital, Philipsburg. The hotel's 257 guest rooms and facilities are generic, but the property does offer all the features that travelers would expect from a mid-range resort. The location is among the hotel's biggest perks, with its restaurants (and many rooms) offering striking views of Great Bay. The property backs onto a fine stretch of beach, and its setting is delightfully quiet despite its proximately to touristy Philipsburg. Travelers looking for a stylish boutique option could try the Holland House Beach Hotel, though it lacks a pool.
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Open for more than 50 years, Sonesta Great Bay is among the oldest and largest properties on the island. The hotel underwent renovations in 2014, but it appears as though a number of areas were overlooked. The hotel grounds are simple and compact, with the facilities and rooms branching off the round lobby. There are no major eyesores -- everything is tidy and appealing -- but this hotel is far from stylish. The fitness center was enlarged but its no-frills decor is unchanged. New circular benches and chairs in the lobby match its round layout, but the space could still use more oomph. The guest room colors are more distinctive, but the drab pre-renovation furniture remains.
The picture-perfect views of Great Bay are the showpiece here and the property's long stretch of beach is another unexpected gem. With virtually no vendors or other tourists, guests really only need to compete with one another for a spot on the sand. Sonesta Great Bay is an adults-only property, and mosts guests are over 40, which keeps the party vibe at bay. While the atmosphere isn't overly hectic, it's lively enough to keep things interesting.
All-inclusive options on St. Martin are limited, making this resort a solid option for travelers interested in package deals. For a higher rate, the hotel's sister property, Sonesta Ocean Point, is also adults-only and all-inclusive, but the rooms and facilities are significantly chicer.
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Sonesta Great Bay is set on a peaceful stretch of Little Bay Road, close enough to the Dutch capital of Philipsburg to be convenient, yet far enough away from the crowds to feel pleasantly secluded. Philipsburg is packed with duty-free shops, restaurants, and bars, most of which are concentrated along Front Street, about a 12-minute walk away. There's also a buzzing boardwalk that runs along the white sands of Great Bay Beach. Most cruise ships dock in nearby Great Bay Harbor, and Philipsburg has a bustling, commercial ambiance as a result. The hotel is less than a 20-minute drive from Princess Juliana International Airport, and Fort Amsterdam is a 10-minute walk away. The French capital of Marigot can be reached in 20 minutes by car.
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Pleasant rooms include furnished balconies or terraces plus minibars
Guest rooms at Sonesta Great Bay feature a bright color scheme of golden yellow and lime green. All rooms include balconies or terraces furnished with clunky wooden tables and chairs. The views of the ocean are beautiful, but Island View Rooms mainly overlook the hotel parking lot (though picturesque rolling hills are visible in the background.) Rooms are clean and modern, but the medium-brown wood furniture looks dated. Wall-mounted flat-screen TVs are positioned over long dressers topped with basic coffeemakers. Dressers also hold minibars filled with soft drinks, and some room categories have liquor and beer. Some room categories also include separate living areas, kitchens, and multiple bedrooms.
Bathrooms have old-fashioned fixtures, magnifying mirrors, and roomy countertops. Glass walk-in showers are stocked with pump bottles of shampoo, conditioner, and Gilchrist & Soames brand body wash. Suites in the Miramar Building have bathrooms featuring sleek above-counter sinks and rainfall showerheads.
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Three outdoor pools with bay views, four on-site restaurants and bars, and quiet beach
Sonesta Great Bay Beach doesn't have outstanding features, but it checks all the boxes for the typical mid-range resort. The main pool is set in a modest courtyard facing Great Bay with lounge chairs and beach umbrellas. The deck drops down to a second level, which features an infinity pool with a swim-up bar. This lower deck also includes a round hot tub and a few cushy day beds. A third, clover-shaped pool is found by the apartment section of the resort. All three pools are on the smaller side, with most guests clustering around the infinity pool.
The resort's "limitless all-inclusive" package includes breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks each day in any of the property's restaurants, along with beer, wine, and spirits. The main buffet restaurant, Bay View Restaurant, features a breezy open-air layout and an eye-catching bar area decorated with blue glass. Set on a lovely terrace, casual Pizzeria Capri offers more wonderful ocean vistas. The same space transforms into Water's Edge Restaurant in the evening, which features a more upscale Mediterranean and Italian a la carte menu. Il Pescatore Seafood Restaurant is located off the lobby, and offers a smaller dining area with a more intimate feel. Although this restaurant is set indoors the ocean views have not been neglected, and there are floor-to-ceiling windows along one wall. Note that the food is reportedly average across the board.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – LeBron James is almost never at a loss for words when it comes to Kobe Bryant.
Until Monday night.
After the Cavs finished off the Sacramento Kings 120-100, and James piled up his 40th career triple-double, the conversation turned toward what – or who – is coming Wednesday. That would be Bryant, who in his 20th and final season, will play for the last time at The Q when the Lakers visit.
James waxed poetically – at length – on Dec. 1 in the wake of Bryant's retirement announcement. And really, the two have engaged in public displays of affection for a little while now, including their hugfest when James and Bryant met for the only time last season at Staples Center.
For most of James' pro career -- which dates back to 2003 -- Bryant was openly cold to him on the court. On Monday night, after James again spoke so warmly of Bryant, he was asked why their relationship went from cold war to Kumbaya.
"I don't want to answer that. I don't want to answer that," James said, suggesting the question should be asked of Bryant.
Here's guessing that happens now. When Bryant said he'd retire at the end of the season, setting a date for the end of a storied, surefire, hall-of-fame career, James went on and on about what Bryant meant to him as a young player.
Touching stories of James wearing a "nappy-ass Afro" hairstyle like Bryant, hanging Bryant posters on his wall, and the time Bryant gave James a pair of shoes before a high-school tournament against Carmelo Anthony.
"Anytime I even watch his games, even when I'm not playing him, it's always like very emotional just knowing it's his last hurrah," James said. "And he's done so much not only for the Lakers organization but for me as a kid growing up watching Kobe and things of that nature and also competing against him.
"So, it's going to be really cool to see him on Wednesday for sure and hopefully, I know our fans, they're going to give him a great reception – well deserved."
The last time James and Bryant played against one another, Jan. 15, 2015, in Los Angeles, the two were laughing and hugging and carrying on like old friends.
(An injury cost Bryant the game in Cleveland – like injuries have so many times for Bryant over the past four seasons.)
James poured in 36 points in a Cavs win; Bryant added 19 points and a career-high 17 assists.
This whole topic of the thawing between James and Bryant came up then – both basically chalked it up to Bryant's age (he's 37 now) and the fact that the Cavs and Lakers are heading in two totally different directions.
"Like you said, he's not as moody as before," James said at the time. "He was just hey, 'I'm taking your heart out from the jump and we'll figure things out later.'"
"Some years ago, we were competing for championships, I was a lot more moody," Bryant said then. "Now it's a little different, I get a chance to appreciate the competition and enjoy the interaction. We've gotten to know each other very well."
James has already expressed deep regret this season for failing to get the Cavs to the Finals in 2009 for what would've been the ultimate showdown against Bryant.
According to a piece by The Bleacher Report's Kevin Ding from last year, James and Bryant had no relationship prior to their gold-medal run together during the 2008 Olympics. But is there a deeper reason for the thawing, beyond Bryant's old, his body's betrayed him over the past few seasons, and the Lakers stink? Stay tuned.
In the meantime, we know Bryant definitely respects James now. And Bryant's respect is hard to earn.
According to Ding, after the Lakers lost to the Indiana Pacers Monday night, and Bryant was laughing about players in the league being too young to have seen him in his prime, he said: "They grew up watching LeBron."
In Cleveland on Monday night, James registered 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists for his first triple-double this season. He did it in three quarters.
Meanwhile, in Indianapolis, Bryant contributed 19 points in a two-point loss to the Pacers. Bryant's had some rough nights this season, but before Monday night had scored 23, 38, 27 and 25 points in the Lakers' last four games.
"He's been in a great rhythm," James said. "I hope he gets back to a not-so-good rhythm by Wednesday. But it's fun."
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Baja Fresh
Baja Fresh's current logo, used since 2012.
A Baja Fresh restaurant at the Californian city of San Carlos in December 2010.
|August 1990
Newbury Park, California, U.S.
|Jim Magglos and Linda Magglos
|Irvine, California, U.S. (2009–present)
Number of locations
Area served
|United States (29 U.S. states), Singapore, and Dubai
Key people
|David Rink (CEO and president)[1]
|Mexican-style fast casual food
|Fresh Enterprises, LLC[1]
Baja Fresh is a chain of fast-casual Tex Mex restaurants founded in Newbury Park, California in 1990 and headquartered in Irvine, California.[3] The chain emphasizes fresh ingredients, and each restaurant features a self-serve salsa bar.
Domestically, the chain operates 256 restaurants in 29 U.S. states.[4] Internationally, two stores were opened in Dubai in 2010, including Dubai Mall and Deira City Centre,[4] and a single store opened in Singapore in 2012[5]
Competitors include California Tortilla, Panchero's Mexican Grill, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Moe's Southwest Grill, Qdoba Mexican Grill, Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill, Tijuana Flats.[citation needed]
In 1990, Jim and Linda Magglos took out a third mortgage on their home[6] and opened the first Baja Fresh in Newbury Park, California in the Conejo Valley. Franchising began in 1995,[6] and the chain had expanded to 31 outlets by 1997.[7] In 1998, the Magglos worked with Greg Dollarhyde and Pete Siracusa, who recapitalized the parent company, acquired venture capital and bought shares from outside holders to take control of Baja Fresh.[6][8] Dollarhyde became CEO with Siracusa as Chairman and Magglos as President, they then grew the chain from 45 locations in 1998 to 249 stores.[9]
In 2002, Wendy's International purchased Baja Fresh for $275 million.[10] As a wholly owned subsidiary of Wendy's, the 249 restaurant chain[11] saw consistently declining same store sales.[11] In 2006, Wendy's sold the roughly 300-location Baja Fresh chain for $31 million to a private investor consortium that operates other restaurants, including Sweet Factory, La Salsa, Cinnabon and Denny's.[12] The consortium is led by David Kim, who took on the role of CEO (Appearing on Season 2 Episode 20 Undercover Boss) of the company.[11]
In 2009, Baja Fresh moved its corporate headquarters from Thousand Oaks to Cypress, California,[7] and closed all locations in central Ohio.[13]
Between 2009 and 2010, the chain closed stores in Berkeley, Pasadena and Torrance, California. In late 2011, the company moved its main corporate office from Cypress to Irvine. In early 2012, the chain closed its store in Newbury Park, California although this was a different location in Newbury Park than the original site of the first Baja Fresh.[14] On April 12, 2013 Baja Fresh closed all 5 locations in Phoenix, Arizona without notice.[15] On April 5, 2012, David Kim stepped down from his position as company CEO. His position was assumed by company president Chuck Rink, who now holds both titles.[1]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b c "Chuck Rink Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Baja Fresh® Mexican Grill". Business Wire (Press release). April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
- ^ http://bajafreshfranchise.com/
- ^ "Contact Us". Baja Fresh. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ a b "Quick-Causal Fresh Mexican Chain to Open in Dubai's World Famous Burj Khalifa". Franchising.com. January 22, 2010.
- ^ "Baja Fresh opens in Singapore". Fast Casual. March 19, 2012.
- ^ a b c Axelson, Barb (November 1, 2001). "Hurry Up & Relax Fast Casual is Booming". Restaurant Hospitality. (subscription required (help)).
- ^ a b "Baja Fresh company leaves Thousand Oaks: Corporate operations are now in Orange County". Trading Markets. March 25, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ Woo, Ken (December 3, 1998). "Investor Group to Take Control of Baja Fresh". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Fresh Enterprises Inc. History". Funding Universe.
- ^ "Wendy's diversifies with purchase of Baja Fresh". USA Today. May 31, 2002.
- ^ a b c Jennings, Lisa (December 18, 2006). "Baja Fresh buyers look to inject new life into struggling chain" (PDF). Restaurant News – via QSR Consulting Group.
- ^ "Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc. :: News Release". Wendy's/Arby's Group (Press release). 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
- ^ Chronister, Bill (July 21, 2009). "Central Ohio bids adios to Baja Fresh locations". The Columbus Dispatch.
- ^ "Baja Fresh Newbury Park Location Closed as of Tuesday, January 10th". Conejo Valley Guide. January 11, 2012.
- ^ Gallen, Tim (April 12, 2013). "Baja Fresh closing all Phoenix-area locations". Phoenix Business Journal.
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Baja Fresh.
- Official website
- Baja Fresh at the Wayback Machine (archived March 31, 1997)


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Popular children's author James Dean brings back his loveable and rocking cat Pete to celebrate a delightful Halloween in his new book, Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins! Using the popular children's song "Five Little Pumpkins," Dean takes Pete and his adoring fans on one purrrfect adaptation of the classic rhyme. Will Pete and the galloping gourds make it in time for Trick-or-Treating? Read to find out!
Jumpy Jack & Googily are a real odd couple. One is a giant snail who happens to be dreadfully frightened of monsters. The other is, well, Jack's best friend! Despite Googily's sharp teeth, pointy ears, and appalling style of dress, these two are inseparable.
You want to make Halloween sweet and spooky fun for your family. But you're too clever (and too strapped for time and cash) to make a plan that will haunt your wallet and your sanity. You need Better Homes and Gardens' Halloween: 101 Frightfully Fun Ideas.
When you first approach reading Shakespeare, it can be a daunting experience. Even though I grew up reading books with similar language, I still found Shakespeare difficult unless I had a teacher holding my hand every step of the way. I could just about understand the basic plot line and even some of the language, but many of the jokes, the history, and the language went over my head.
Over the years, I have found several things helpful in reading Shakespeare's plays. With these aids, I am able to enjoy Shakespeare so much more than before as well as understand the plays at a deeper level.
Don't miss the Gifts for Furry Friends classes this fall, part of our Fabulous Fridays classes for students in grades K-6. Working with natural and easy-to-find materials, kids can create thoughtful gifts for animals to enjoy during the harsh winter months.
This hands-on activity, with lots of opportunity for creativity, can help satisfy kids' curiosity about what animals do in the winter. Throughout the season, they can delight in having helped their furry friends as they learn more about the natural world.
When a strange noise interrupts the Wimbledon family's sleep, father Walter goes to check. "It's only Stanley," he says. The family dog is howling at the moon. Everyone returns to the slumber, but the interruptions do not stop.
A clanking sound turns out to be Stanley hammering at the oil tank in the basement. A strange odor from the kitchen leads to the dog cooking catfish stew. Stanley appears to accomplish more in a single night than most people do in a whole week!
Flora's Very Windy Day is a terrific fall story. Big sister Flora gets all in a huff after younger brother Crispin spills her paints. Both children are sent outside on a most blustery autumn day.
Flora knows that her super-special, heavy-duty, red boots will keep her on the ground. After she taunts the powerful gusts though, little Crispin is whisked away! Flora courageously throws off her protective boots in order to save her brother.
Please note: Due to inclement weather, our birthday celebration on Saturday, Oct. 3 is canceled. Instead, we will have refreshments and children's activities on Monday, Oct. 5 from 10-12.
We're five years old and we're having a party! On Saturday, October 3rd, from 1:00-3:00 we invite everyone to our Open House at the beautiful, state-of-the-art England Run Branch. Plenty of fun activities for all ages, including music, refreshments, tours, the MakerLab with our 3-D printer, other STEM related tech toys and more! Kids can enjoy a scavenger hunt, activity tables, and visit with the PAWS for Reading therapy dogs. Please join us in honoring and thanking the Stafford County Board of Supervisors, the Library Board and the community for this newest addition to the Central Rappahannock Regional Library system.
The first colonists at Jamestown found life on the swampy tip of an Indian hunting ground by the James River to be grueling and often deadly. The Virginia Company hoped to make a start in this new world that would ultimately bring profits to King James, the men who ventured there, and, of course, the Virginia Company itself. But the coming of "the Starving Time," sometimes hostile tribes, and sickness turned a dream into a nightmare.
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Nick Saban and Steve Spurrier were known for the occasional back and forth in the media. The former Florida and South Carolina coach had a flare for tweaking Saban with a quote or two.
Now that he's out of coaching, Spurrier's leaving that in the past. He'll join a few top names as speakers at Alabama's spring coaching clinic. Former Colts coach Tony Dungy, will also be a presenter along with former Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer, former Colts GM Bill Polian and Eagles offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland, an ex-Alabama assistant.
The clinic is open to coaches only. It will be held April 7-9 in Tuscaloosa.
Spurrier's taken veiled shots at Saban a few times in their SEC coaching days.
"It's easier to win the national championship than the SEC. Ask Nick Saban," he said in 2012 after Alabama won the BCS without taking the SEC West.
Then in 2014, Spurrier "the best recruiter in the history of college football." That came a few months after saying Alabama had "maxed out" after winning two SEC titles since Saban arrived in 2007. Alabama went on to win the next two SEC championships. Spurrier resigned in the middle of the 2015 season.


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Sprouted Spelt Bread - a Variation of a WGB Recipe
I made this variation of Peter Reinhart's "Whole Wheat and Sprouted Grain Bread" (from WGB) with spelt - I had just bought a 20 lb bag of spelt kernels, and generally like the taste of spelt better than of whole wheat. Instead of a biga I used a starter, added an overnight cold bulk fermentation, and coriander for a hint of spice. The bread rose quite nicely and tasted very good.
175 g spelt kernels
350 g water
63 g whole wheat mother starter
191 g spelt flour
142 g water
283 g sprouted spelt kernels
all starter
57 g spelt flour
14 g vital wheat gluten, (optional)
8 g salt
7 g instant yeast
21 g honey
14 g butter, melted, or vegetable oil
⅛ - ¼ tsp. coriander, ground, (optional)
57 g water , (saved from soaking grains - add slowly, it might be too much)
Rinse spelt kernels and soak them with water for 12 - 24 hrs., at room temperature.
Drain grains over a bowl (save water for final dough). Rinse soaked grains, cover, and let sprout at room temperature. Little tails should appear within 3 - 6 hrs (if not, rinse and drain again). As soon as little tails show, sprouted grains are ready to use. Use or refrigerate immediately.
Prepare starter, and let sit at room temperature.
Grind sprouted grains to as fine a pulp as possible (food processor). Beware of overheating, if pulp begins to feel warm, stop and let it cool for 10 min. before continuing.
Combine sprouted pulp with starter, spelt flour, wheat gluten (if using), salt, yeast, honey, butter, coriander, and 1/4 cup/57 g of the soaking water. Mix at low speed for 1 min. with dough hook to bring ingredients into a ball, adding more water or flour as needed.
Continue mixing for 4 min at medium-low speed, scraping down walls of bowl occasionally (dough will be a sticky ball). Let dough rest for 5 min., then resume kneading for 1 min. Dough should be soft, supple and very tacky.
Transfer dough ball to oiled bowl or 1-quart plastic container, rolling it around to coat with oil. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
Remove dough from refrigerator 2 hrs. before using.
Preheat oven to 425 F/218 C, with steam pan. Shape dough into sandwich loaf (or bâtard) and place in greased 4 x 8.5" loaf pan. Cover, and let rise for 45 - 60 min. at room temperature, until it has ca. 1 1/2 times its original size.
Place bread in oven, pour 1 cup boiling water into steam pan, and bake at 350 F/177 C for 20 min. Rotate loaf 180 degrees and continue baking for another 25 - 30 min. (Internal temperature should be at least 200 F/93 C).
Remove bread from loaf pan and let cool on rack for at least 1 hr. before serving.


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Up here in the Northern Hemisphere, it's time to break out the sweaters. Wool too itchy for you? (It is for poor Simon Cowell.) Cashmere and alpaca are easier to wear; a surface comparison shows why. But you can also steer clear of animal fibers altogether and opt for fabric made from wheat. For that matter, while you're at the greengrocer, also pick up some bamboo (1, 2), soy (1, 2), bananas, corn (1, 2), pineapple, milk (1, 2, 3) and rice. (Vegan yarns previously in AskMe.)
Knit on, with confidence and hope, through all crises.
EZ does it. "Unventor" of the Möbius scarf and the Pi Shawl, "ur-geek of knitting" Elizabeth Zimmermann will be honored at the University of Wisconsin's Design Gallery in the retrospective exhibit New School Knitting: the Influence of Elizabeth Zimmermann and Schoolhouse Press (opening Oct. 27). "EZ" has been called "the Jerry Garcia of knitting: jolly, kind, unconventional, endlessly creative, often quoted, and much-loved by countless people." More than all those things, however, EZ was an Opinionated Knitter who urged her fellow needlepersons to think critically and inventively about their craft; in her 1999 obit the New York Times said she "brought a penetrating intellect and a sculptor's sensitivity to revolutionizing [this] ancient art." Plus she was funny. The Wisconsin knit camp she founded is now run by her daughter, Meg Swansen (heir to the throne in more ways than one); it was featured in a Wisconsin Public Television segment that aired last December (warning: RealPlayer format; transcript here).
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ISA owns Automation.com, a leading online publisher of automation-related content, and is the founding sponsor of The Automation Federation (www.automationfederation.org), an association of non-profit organizations serving as "The Voice of Automation." Through a wholly owned subsidiary, ISA bridges the gap between standards and their implementation with the ISA Security Compliance Institute (www.isasecure.org) and the ISA Wireless Compliance Institute (www.isa100wci.org).
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Whether you deliver your automation projects in a Design-Build (D-B) format or use a variety of other project delivery methods, a study by the Construction Industry Institute brings some much-needed empirical evidence to the "best" project delivery debate.
As project delivery professionals, we control systems integrators know one method can't fit all clients' needs for all projects. D-B and its process industry counterpart, Engineer-Procure-Construct, have been becoming more popular at an increasing rate.
Until now, the reason was simply that owners got more of what they wanted from their projects. As they became more successful, the news spread in their organizations and to others through word of mouth.
According to the Construction Industry Institute and the< University Texas at Austin, a project-delivery research study proves it. By studying some 350 projects of varying delivery methods and types, key performance metrics prove what many of us have known for some time.
Faster: Using square foot rates and other criteria, D-B was determined to produce projects faster than both traditional-design-bid-build-delivery and construction management at risk. When the design phase is included, D-B produced projects more than twice as fast as traditional design-bid-build (DBB).
Cost control: The study showed D-B method the best for controlling costs while traditional DBB fared the worst. The median cost growth for D-B projects was 2.17%, less than half the cost growth of traditionally delivered projects.
Schedule containment: Schedules are crucial for any project. The study found the average traditional DBB project schedule grew 4.4%. D-B projects tended to not grow their schedule at all. The study shows their median growth at 0%.
Quality performance: Using a variety of quantifiable factors related to quality, owners ranked each factor on how well the project delivered on their expectations. They examined elements like callbacks, O&M costs, meeting owner intent, equipment selection, and others.
From this, each project received a composite quality score. D-B had the highest quality rating of the three project delivery methods.
D-B's score was some 17% higher than DBB. DBB delivery posted the lowest quality score. Considering traditional practitioners have historically argued that quality was one of the big tradeoffs when using D-B, such a result is a welcome clarifier for D-B practitioners in what is an ongoing debate.
So, why isn't everyone using D-B? Change is hard, and one size simply doesn't fit all.
Certain projects will always require a different approach. Some public owners are still struggling to get legislative access to the method.
However, plan to see more and more D-B delivery.
Dave Crumrine (dave.crumrine@
interstates.com) is a certified member of the Control System Integrators Association (CSIA) and is president of Interstates Construction Services, a design-build electrical contracting, engineering, automation, and instrumentation system services company.
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Design-Build is an owner driven project delivery mechanism used to reduce the project delivery time by overlapping the design phase and construction phase of a project. This does not shorten the time it takes to draw the drawings, acquire the building permits, or build the building. Rather, it focuses on interweaving the design, permit, and construction schedules in order to capture the time lost in a traditional Bid-Build environment. In this way, Design-Build represents a risk management strategy that places a premium on delivering the project sooner versus delivering it cheaper.
CM@risk: Construction management at risk has proven to be an extremely beneficial project delivery method. It applies a contractor's perspective and input to planning and design decisions and has the ability to fast track early components of construction. CM@risk allows a client to select a construction manager based on qualifications, making the CM a member of a collaborative project team, thus reducing risk for the client, the A/E firm, the CM, and the subcontractors