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I plan to pay everyone back. I have decided to go one more year and take all profits and apply to those I owe and then go from there. Otherwise somewhere between 15-20% of the owed will be paid. Everyone wins.
I plan to pay everyone back. I have decided to go one more year and take all profits and apply to those I owe and then go from there. Otherwise somewhere between 15-20% of the owed will be paid. Everyone wins.
It seems that Long Creek is doing well after all. I typed in a search for Russian Package Bees and found that he is taking orders for 2012. I hope that means it all got sorted out with refunds and bee deliveries.......
Last edited by Lauren; 02-06-2012 at 12:46 PM. Reason: missing intended sarcasm.
How does one know if they will be getting a full refund or the packages that they ordered?
You don't know. and the odds are, based on past history, you should just kiss your money good bye. And if anyone orders bees from them, well, I have a bridge here in Butler County, MO, I'd like to sell you.
"If all you have is a hammer, the whole world is a nail." - A.H. Maslow
Sounds like the tone here is that I should quit, liquidate, and distribute whatever money there is. In that case you can expect 15-20% of what is owed to you. Otherwise, stay viable one year and and everyone gets paid everything assuming this thread doesn't prevent enough business to pay 100%. Hey lets have a survey! Option 1 as stated above which is quit, etc. or Option 2 stay viable etc.
I would say that there is plenty of discussion in this thread for potential buyers to beware. If you want to take the chance with your money, then do so. If you do take your chance, and wind up a loser in the deal, then there's not much room for complaining.
Please keep the thread focused on actual experience, and not on speculation and foretelling the future. This adds nothing constructive to the discussion.
So many weeds.......so little time.
I have gotten bees from them before and the bees came when they said i also have talked to Mr. Winters and he seems to be a real nice guy. I also sent a pm and was told if i have any doubt then do not order so i made up my mind and i am going to get some queens from him. I never had a problem with them before and he always answer my questions somtimes thing's happen out of our control and from reading the posts he said he was going to give back the refunds at least he is not like rory of Busy bee you never get a answer i say give this man a chance what does it hurt.
Thomas Yancey
I se this as an issue of lifestyle and self control. If you could not make taking money = sending product in the past. What is supposed to have happened that you will be able to do it now? You have not been able to keep your end for what? two years now. and now you will be able to produce three years worth of bees in one season??? Did you get new management or something? expand to more than three times the size you where? What colossal change in your life happened that makes you think this will happen? Otherwise this is just the next chapter in a story that keeps convincing people to send you their money. I can't believe you are allowed to post on this group. You can't make a personal attack on someone but rip them off, that is fine.
Significant Minority vs Insignificant Majority, 20% of causes produce 80% of the effects.
Simple solution for longcreek, post a list of all the refunds of users on here. that would go a lonnnnng way to show he is doing what he says he is doing.
Anyone can get in trouble using funds as they come in. To do so takes some self control and disclipine. I build complete hives and require people to pay up front for foundation and frames so i can order them. I build the hive whle the supplies come to me and then ask for balance when i complete hive. Then i use the profit to fund the other hives i am working on. But i never use money that is not from a completed hive.
You can't use the money in bees and queens until your harvest is complete. You can't possibly know how many your going to get to fill your orders. So the only safe way is to escrow the deposits. That way your never caught with your titty in the wringer.
To longcreek, cudos to you if you are working towards returning the money. If you succeed at that, then build a track record with it. It really needs to be done even if you call it quits, and im not talking 15 -25%. This is completely different than investors investing in your company and taking a loss.
I would like to know why everyone has allowed him to get away with this for so long? Does he only do business with people out of state so they wont come to his home state to prosecute him? Why are you not getting in touch with his local police to file criminal charges? If enough of you do it, someone at the local police will take notice and investigate. It wont take that long. If he did it here in Virginia, he woud be in prison. This appears to be nothing more than a Ponzi scheme where he is taking from one to give to another. (allegedly) You all are way too kind.
i am still waiting for a refund of some $700 from 3 years ago.....and i will never see it. the message and lesson to be learned here is BUYER BEWARE, and choose carefully who you purchase your bees or your queens from. i might add, that the money that i am still owed.....mr. winters has never emailed or written me, or my attorney to explain how and when, i might be paid back, other than to blame and insult me for asking for my refund. if there are those of you that have had a good experience, great, but there is a large majority that has not. you make the decision for yourselves. this is only my experience and my opinion.
Perhaps the state of TN doesnt give a hoot, but the Federal Authorities will. I am retired federal and given the volume of posts, his misconduct must be above $50,000.00 which is the threshold. He is using the internet, mail, taking checks and credit cards, that is mail and wire fraud all federal crimes. What we need is one person to put this collectively together and take it to a United States Attorney. I know who to take this to so here is what I am willing to do. If you have paid and not received your money or your products, send me your name, dollar amount, email and phone number, and I will put a spreadsheet together. If we can get over the 50k, I will forward it to the appropriate federal authorities. Here is my email address: email@example.com Put Long Creek in the subject line. If 350 people post with a majority of them having negative views, coupled with an F rating at the BBB, then this is not someone down on his luck, this is done with malice and he should be stopped because his predatory ways on new and unsuspecting beekeepers will cause the rest of us trying hard to do it right to pay a hefty price. Lord knows this work is tough enough without wondering whether you are going to receive what you paid for.
Jerry Mattiaccio
Long Creek Apiaries, INC is closed for business. Go ahead, pat yourselves on the back, you deserve it. Maybe you will delete this post also.
Thats a no brainer since you are actively selling from http://caucasianbreeder.com/ Aka Winters apiaries.
I'm not gloating. Just discusted with your deceptive business practices and the lack of support from local and state government consumer protection agincies and the fact that you were able to stay in business for so long and bilk so many people out of their hard earned cash.
My hat is off to you beemaster01. You have proven to me that true justice is only afforded to the truley wealthy (the ones who can pay for justice). My dealings with you and the legal machine has proven that crime does pay. You get to walk away with all the money and nobody can do a thing about it, unless they can afford an aturney at $100.00 + dollars an hour. If I didn't want to sleep at night, I'd advertise on the internet, collect peoples money and provide nothing in return.
What's happening to all the people who have placed orders over the last few months and not been filled yet?
I hate to say it but you probably get to stand in line with the rest of us suckers


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Keith Mason signs for Cas
Posted 12 December 2012 - 04:49 PM
I, just like those Castleford supporters felt that the ball should have gone to David Plange but he put the bit betwen his teeth...and it was a try
Kevin Ward - best player I have ever seen
The real Mick Gledhill is what you see on here, a Bradford fan ........, but deep down knows that Bradford are just not good enough to challenge the likes of Leeds & St Helens.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 05:09 PM
Lilly, Jacob and Isaac, what my life is about. Although our route through life is not how it should be, I am a blessed man.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 05:12 PM
Thought he was signing with us. Wonder why he was released from his long term contract though?
Probably best not to speculate.
I think he'll go well at Cas. He's still a decent player, but he's had a tough year this year.
That's me. I'm done.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 05:14 PM
Got to worry about Salford but any of the above can make the 8th spot.
Should be a good season and Hull, Catalans and Hudds will have to be looking over their shoulders.
Posted 12 December 2012 - 06:39 PM
Great news! He was rumoured signing for Wakefield, thank god he has signed for Cas. Well done Millward!
Chuffed with this - think he'll go well for us next season
Posted 12 December 2012 - 09:46 PM
Anyway, I hope he declares again for Wales.
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Wonder why he was released from his long term contract though?
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Texting Sacrilege
The following is an actual, real life conversation (albeit by text messaging) that occurred last night between myself and a fellow baseball nerd (who just so happens to be a lowly Cub fan) prior to the Cardinals/Dodgers game on ESPN — America's home for Manny-mania and other sensationalized crap.
HIM: Whew! First place finally. I feel so safe. Especially since we can pull off a deal at the break cuz I'm sure hendry has the green light financially……..
ME: Yeah, sure. Don't get too comfortable🙂
HIM: I was being facetious of course. And anti jinxing at the same time. Have fun with manny and the boyz tonite.
ME: Haha. I know. I'm fluent in sarcasm. Will do. Fertility drugs in hand.
HIM: How would Cards nation handle the inevitable Pujols scandal?
ME: Suicide.
HIM: Seriously.
ME: Okay…seriously… Denial. Then anger. Then revolt. Then suicide.
HIM: About what I imagine would happen in the bronx wit DJ. Laughing villainous now. When that happens I'll put on robin williams beard and tell u its not your fault.
ME: Haha. Might b too late. I may have murdered an entire village by then.
HIM: Like Annakin when he took out the sand people?
ME: Yes. Only worse.
And that is all I have to say about that.
Hate me 'cuz I preach the Truth: that Jesus hates the Cubs; just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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It absolutely kills those North Siders to think that Albert Pujols is this good legitimately.
I just posted about the Alphonso Soriano antics from last night; I'd love your take and some updates on what they think of him up there.
Chris — They won't shut up about it. Must be awful to be a loser AND jaded. Jeesh. If I see Sori on Lake Shore I'll run him off the road.
Jonestein — OMG. Thx!
What the #5 God on something more than M&M's never happen…. if he was he'd have been hitting in Philly instead of Lugo last weekend… hehehehe had to get in one more dig…
Outside the Phillies looking In
It's too bad that Manny et al will forever now taint a player who gets to the top the old-fashioned way; by working hard.
Wow! You guys are so funny! I really like your blog. Jeff, I love dogs & puppies, too! And I've been playing piano since 1st grade, Mozart included! I love Albert Pujols, a true class act. I have his rookie card! The Tigers are in a tight race. My Yankees handled them pretty well, with the sweep and all. Although mine is a Yankee blog, I welcome everyone, and was wondering if you guys would be interested in it. If you get the chance to see it, that would be great! Thank you, and best of luck to both teams! -from Virginia
You guys are so funny! Thanks for the laugh! Love the Star Wars bit.🙂
Moneyball — Thanks! Send the link to everyone you know! *Cap tip.
Devilabrit — Consider it dug. It still hurts.
Julia — Yep, like Bird Brained said, those Cub fans are so salty that someone could do it the right way.
Virginia — Thanks for stopping by! Glad we have some things in common. We'll check out your site. Keep comin' back!
Ginny — We try… and may the Force be with you.
Jeff – Don't look now, but Kaz just completed 7 innings and picthed to the first batter in the 8th…That's 3 games now that the old Scotty is starting to show.🙂
Just thought I'd let ya know!😉
Yeah, I saw that, Ginny; but his track record this year tells another story. I think he's lost that starter step. Time to conserve and do a Dennis Eckersley type transition into closer role.
Jeff…these aren't the 'roids you're looking for. Ha. Couldn't resist. Glad your Cards had their way with the Dodgers. Very nice.
Uh oh, here I am on the dark side!!! Thought I would take a look.
Hey guys! Thanks for visiting my site. I'll keep working hard like you told me too. My Yanks had a bad loss last night. I hope they play better today. I saw you guys are interested in baseball books. I read one a long time ago called, "Me and My Dad." It's Paul O' Neil's book. It was really good. There are so many good baseball books out there! Thanks for supporting me, guys! -from Virginia
Lori — Zing! That's a good one, never thought of that… and yes, I'm pretty pleased with the home stand so far.
Heartruss — Once you come in, you never get out.
Virginia — No prob… and yes, reading is good… unless it's something authored by Ann Coulter… I can't keep food down while reading that kind of stuff.
You are truly kings of all media. First videos. Then text messages. What's next? Your Tweets? And what ever happened between you and Erin? I know you weren't her hotel room stalker, because you had an alibi. You were here blogging, right? Right???
Jane — I am the Michael Jackson of technocracy, yes (just not as weird)… and yeah, I got the shaft from Erin and her handlers. I couldn't even get nearer than 50 feet. I let it go. After the scandalous vid broke I wanted no association with it whatsoever. Yes, my alibi was Morgan Street after the games, with a pint in my hand😉
so since you are the god of technology(he says choking back the laughs) and knowledgeable in aspects related too…(does that even make sense) shoud we refer to Philadelphia now as the Phillies or PhilLEEs….
this has nothing to do with the technology stuff or texting but had to find a segway somewhere
Outside the Phillies Looking In
hate those typo's…"should we" not shoud…doh!! you do have a way with words though… and good job keeping that woMANNY down to 2 BB's yesterdays in the slaughter
Outside the Phillies Looking In
Devilabrit — The "PhilLEEs" is not near as bad as all the "PH" puns I've had to hear during my 30 years on this planet but it could get equally annoying. Please see: http://redstatebluestate.mlblogs.com/archives/2008/10/enouph_phriggin_phun_with_the.html


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On Friday, May 3, the St. John Fisher College Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. School of Education held an "Education Celebration" to recognize and celebrate the College's support for education, educators, and community leadership. Graduating seniors, graduate candidates, and alumni were honored at the event.
Three new distinguished alumni awards were given to alumni who exemplify the School of Education's highest values of diversity, achievement, compassion, knowledge, and service.
The Distinguished Teaching Award honors an alumnus or alumna who exemplifies the highest standards of teaching. This year's recipient is Maria Katsetos '09, '11 (MS), a special education teacher at Victor Senior High School. Katsetos started her teaching career as a first grade teacher at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation preschool. She earned her bachelor's degree in Adolescence Education, American Studies, and Special Education at Fisher, and returned to receive her master's in Literacy while working in the Rochester City School District.
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And the Arthur L. Walton, Jr. Award for Executive Leadership honors an alumnus or alumna of the Doctor of Education in Executive Leadership Program who has gained distinction in his/her career for extraordinarily effective leadership through applied scholarship in professions including health, criminal justice, education, government, and community service. This year, the award was presented to Dr. Matthew Augustine '10, President and CEO of Biodrill Technical Solutions. Prior to Biodrill, Augustine was the CEO of Eltrex Industries, and also held management positions at Adage and Polaroid Corporation. In addition, he was a faculty member at the Rochester Institute of Technology and in the College's Executive Leadership Doctoral Program. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisiana, an MBA from Harvard University, and a Doctor of Education from Fisher. Augustine is a member of the Rochester Business Hall of Fame and has received the Annual Rochester Rotary Award. In 2010, he was the recipient of the Black Heritage Pioneer Award. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Augustine served for one year in Vietnam and was awarded the Joint Services Commendation Medal.
Eight members of the Class of 2013 were also honored with awards.
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The Outstanding Childhood Education Student Teacher Award is given to a candidate who demonstrated that he/she will lead a distinguished career and be a leader in a diverse, rapidly changing, and increasingly technological society through his/her coursework and fieldwork. The recipient also utilized exemplary knowledge, skills, and dispositions to have a great impact on student learning during student teaching. This year's recipient was Jennifer Popp, a Childhood Special Education major.
The Excellence in Preparation to Teach English Award honors a candidate for his/her outstanding coursework, capstone project, and student teaching in English. Katie Ganter, an Adolescent Education major, received the award.
The Excellence in Preparation to Teach Social Studies Award is given to a candidate who has displayed outstanding coursework, capstone project, and student teaching in social studies. Patrick Palmisano, an Adolescent Education major, received the honor.
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The Dr. Ronald Edmonds Award is given to a graduating candidate who has demonstrated significant progress in meeting the goals and standards of the Master of Science in Educational Leadership program, and who exemplifies the characteristics of leaders in effective schools. Joseph Koehler from the Educational Leadership program received this year's award.
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From L to R: Dr. Matthew Augustine '10; Maria Katsetos '09, '11 (MS); Dr. Mathis Calvin III '04; and Dr. Michael Wischnowski, Dean, School of Education.


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I'm assisting a lecture tomorrow on the adult entertainment industry for a course at Penn, so I thought I'd write a quick blog. Note: most links NSFW. Thanks to Queerty, Fleshbot, MOC Blog and Racialicious for linking.
Sean Cody, the king (or among the kings) of amateur gay, and gay-for-pay, video online, has recently included a couple of black men on his site. Sean Cody is infamous for his almost religious devotion to featuring only white performers, though he's not the only one. Bloggers from Unzipped, Fleshbot, to Men of Color Blog were understandably flabbergasted — and delighted — at the recent shift.
I wonder: Does the change have anything to do with Sean Cody's possibly declining numbers?
(UPDATE (7/6/10): After featuring Landon numerous times since this post was written, it appears most metrics have Sean Cody's traffic numbers rising.)
First, disclaimers: 1) I'm speculating. I have no access to Sean Cody's traffic or subscription numbers; 2) Sean Cody makes it money from subscriptions, not advertising, so while traffic might suggest lower subscriptions, it doesn't necessarily; 3) the sites I'm using are as unreliable, though perhaps more so, than the other ratings agencies.
Looking at the general trend, it seems possible Sean Cody's popularity has declined in recent months. See the tables above. The site has been facing increased competition from a steady stream of new entrants to the market, sites like Dominic Ford, It's Gonna Hurt, Tim Tales, Cocky Boys and a host of others, most of which I don't know. This is not to forget all the free amateur/professional aggregators, like XTube, YouPorn, and the like.
All this competition promises one thing: anything a user wants, a user can get. If Sean Cody doesn't offer black guys, you can get it elsewhere for free. And if you want higher quality, most of the other upscale amateur sites offer more diversity. Randy Blue, which uses more professionals and a few more people of color, is either up in traffic or slightly more than flat. Equally diverse Dominic Ford, a newbie, is on the rise, though not yet a threat (a lot of its buzz has to do with its much-promoted 3-D offerings). Meanwhile, lily white Corbin Fisher is probably flat. A number of other new subscription amateur outlets, like the controversial Machofucker, put diversity at a premium. Sites like Manhunt and Adam4Adam offer pay-per-view options with huge and diverse libraries, and they too are growing or already popular. The free sites, for their part, have basically beat everybody out, and Quantcast's numbers suggest black, Latino and Asian visitors disproportionately frequent free sites like XTube, GayForIt and JerkYourTube. Perhaps they are getting something there they can't elsewhere: diversity!
It's not just about race, of course. Other higher quality amateur and subscription professional sites offer lots of deviations from the white, smooth, clean frat type (SC's bread and butter): hairy, older, beefy, tattooed, etc. are all available elsewhere. Sexual tastes are varied. It goes without saying more variation is better, though holding your niche is important as well.
Sean Cody may have needed a way to differentiate himself from the likes of Corbin Fisher and Bel Ami, knowing he would get press for his championing of diversity and maybe a few new subscribers. Months ago, starting with Geoff and Middle Eastern Sydney, Sean Cody has been slowly diversifying his slate of pseudo-straight models. It must be working, as in, paying off. Since then, he's published: a pair of ambiguously ethnic models (John, Joseph), the black Derek, hairier guys (Ian), the older (looking) Dennis, all culminating in the recent interracial scene, the first in, well, a long time. (UPDATE: He has posted a second interracial scene with Landon and another Latino guy has shown up in his subsequent audition video. UPDATE 2: Even more ethnic diversity, scenes with Landon and a new Brazilian. UPDATE 3: Landon is, essentially, a regular.).
Sean Cody was really one of the first sites to capitalize on the use of amateur performers in adult online video, turning it into a solid business and proving you didn't need to produce a six-figure scripted film to get people to pay for pleasure. It is true that his site, along with Randy Blue, really did start out quite diverse, when both sites needed to fill the content vacuum and get models who would work for cheap, as MOC Blog pointed out (not without controversy). Now the market might be running away from, or past, Sean Cody, and he's needed to adapt, however slowly, to the changing and increasingly cutthroat environment.
It's still possible — likely, really — that Sean Cody's subscriber base does not want black models. But it's equally possible the site wants to grow that base and needs black models to do it. It's also true that for mainstream subscription-based companies like HBO and Showtime, the freedom from relying on advertising has allowed for greater experimentation and diversity. Despite HBO's primary focus on affluent men, shows like Oz and The Wire, while nowhere near as highly rated as The Sopranos, allowed the network to retain its more urban subscriber base. Showtime made its mark by being the only network to show explicit gay content, and, while it's largely abandoned that strategy, it still offers a strong slate of shows geared toward women, offering actresses like Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) and Toni Collette (United States of Tara) the complicated lead roles rarely offered to women.
I'm not sure of many things, but I can be sure that the market for online video is dynamic and always changing. Who knows where it will go next?


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Board game enthusiasts often get a bit snobby about the more "mainstream" games out there. Sometimes this is with good reason — Monopoly is pretty tedious, after all, and is inclined to go on for hours and hours and hours because no-one really knows the rules properly. But there's a few amongst the pile that are actually worth playing.
Scrabble, first and foremost, is still a great game, as anyone who's played Words with Friends or the numerous Facebook ripoffs will be able to attest. Simple, effective, clear rules, well balanced play and a nice sense of competition — plus the requirement to actually use your brain rather than play based entirely on luck.
Lexicon is an interesting card game based around building and modifying words. It's very quick to play but it's pretty fun, plus random enough to provide a different play experience each time.
Rummikub is an odd game that makes your brain hurt after a while. Ostensibly very simple, the mechanics of the game actually require that you remain very observant throughout and plan ahead.
Yahtzee is a decent game, though mostly luck-based. It has a nice element of poker-like gambling to it though ultimately there's not a huge amount of depth. Word Yahtzee, on the other hand, is a much better — if less well-known — game. Requiring you to build words according to specific criteria (such as "two letters", "three words" and the like) the game requires much more in the way of brainpower than regular Yahtzee but as a result is significantly more difficult.
I remember board games being a staple gift at Christmas and birthdays when I was young. Theme-heavy games such as The Gunge Game and The Bigfoot Game were often filled with exciting plastic bits and pieces but tended to be largely based on luck. Titles such as Scrabble, Yahtzee, Rummikub and the like were often set aside due to their focus on mechanics and strategy rather than theme. But it's those games that stand the test of time a whole lot better — I have no desire to ever play The Gunge Game again, for example, despite its awesome little rubber snot-monsters. I played Lexicon, Yahtzee and Rummikub tonight, however, and I expect I will do so again.
Interestingly, a lot of these classic games have now spawned a bunch of more quick-playing spinoffs. Monopoly, for example, now has a card-based variant named Monopoly Deal. Monopoly Deal is, ironically, significantly better than Monopoly, largely because a game takes about twenty minutes (if that) rather than three bajillion hours. Scrabble also has a couple of variants, such as the fast-playing, hectic Scrabble Dash card game which is a lot of fun but probably better with more people. And there's variants on Cluedo and Boggle out there, too.
So while some classics may not, in fact, be the best games in the world — some of them genuinely are, and in some cases they've spawned spinoffs that are decent things to play in their own right. So while I'm not saying you should cast aside your copies of Catan and Power Grid just yet, dust off that Scrabble box once in a while and give it a chance. You might be surprised.


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The Bucks are a 16 -24 record team for a reason....NO DEFENSE
Coach Skiles offense/defense system is considered tier-3 strategy....
He depend on Jennings creative leadership on offense, and Gooden's vocal team leadership on defense....Tier-1 coach Pop depends 25% on Parker & Duncan leadership, the 75% belongs to coach Pop strategic system.
The Knicks allowing the Bucks to get 17 offensive-rebounds to the Knicks 9 offensive rebounds gave the Bucks 93 shot attempts to the Knicks 83 shot attempts....who assignment was it for the defensive-rebounds? was it one of the most minute played players, which become a team factor?
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The Knicks have a roster load of talent on top of talent, yet the Knicks dont have a 2nd half strategy to win a game....this was showed and proven in the Knicks past four road games losing in the 2nd half of the game.
Defense is a team responsibility (all 5 players), its not one or two players....Lin-Sanity prove that in his 7 game win streak with a 30+ minute rotation of co-exist defensive players -Tyson, Jefferies, Fields, Shump....it didnt matter if a 40 minute Lin-Sanity made 15 turnovers these 5 Knicks players caused "STOPS" in the passing-lane, peremeter, or any fool who was willing to challenge Tyson Chandler in the paint in the final quarter of the game.


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The top bass anglers in the world will be coming to the north country next month.
The National St. Lawrence River Tournament is part of the 2013 Bassmasters Elite Series.
It will be held in Waddington August 8 to 11 and is the only Bassmasters Elite tournament scheduled for the northeast this year.
Organizer Bob Giordano says it's the largest fishing event to ever come to the north country and could bring millions of dollars to the region
Along with the tournament is a festival. Jo Ann Roberts says 99 vendors are signed up.
There will be food, wine, artisans, crafters, and live music.
There will be a military appreciation day on August 10.
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Downtown Honolulu has always had a bit of a sketchy reputation.
It's one reason Gelareh Khoie opened thirtyninehotel nine years ago.
"We just wanted a place for artists and musicians to be able to showcase their work, especially a little bit more modern art as opposed to island style," Khoie said.
Since day one, Buddha has been the centerpiece of the patio at thirtyninehotel.
"The Buddha has a lot of significance for me," said Khoie. "I've been studying Buddhism for many years and I just wanted it sort of like a guardian to watch over this space and look over everyone."
Khoie said she believes a customer stole the Buddha Wednesday night. "It takes, even with alcohol in your system, it takes that going that extra mile to steal something that is sacred and I think stealing is wrong in general."
It's the fifth Buddha taken from thirtyninehotel, according to Khoie. She said her first and second Buddha were gifts from Thailand and Japan, the third she bought from an Indian store in New York and the last two from a local antique store.
"Wow, that blows my mind," said thirtyninehotel customer David Tveraas. "I don't know who would steal that. That seems like, that's sacrilege right there."
"Honestly, if someone asked me for it, I would hand it over to right away," Khoie added.
Khoie said these thefts haven't changed her faith.
"No theft is going to stop me from replacing the Buddha," said Khoie.


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CSN Bay Area reports Vernon Davis is skipping 49ers OTAs due to "dissatisfaction with his contract."
ESPN's Adam Caplan reports Jordan Matthews (questionable, ankle) will play in Sunday's game against Washington.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports Jordan Reed (shoulder) is expected to play Sunday at Philadelphia.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports the Falcons aren't sure if Julio Jones (questionable, toe) will play Sunday.
9News Denver reports Trevor Siemian (questionable, foot) will start Week 14 against the Titans.
Jaguars placed TE Julius Thomas (back) on injured reserve.
Browns signed CB Jamar Taylor to a three-year, $15 million extension.
Bucs activated Charles Sims (knee) off injured reserve.
ESPN Steelers reporter Jeremy Fowler believes 30-40 snaps is Ladarius Green's "range because of the Steelers' run-heavy sets."
Luke Kuechly (concussion) has been ruled out for Week 14 against the Chargers.
Justin Forsett said 99 percent of the Broncos' offense is the same as the system he ran under Gary Kubiak in Baltimore.
D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Julio Jones will be "a decoy at best" Week 14 against the Rams.


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Another weekend has come and gone, and unfortunately, the lockout did not get raptured. We are still here, and so is the lockout, but we are getting closer to the June 3 day in court in St. Louis.
[Insert clichés about competition here] … You've got to play them one day at a time. I'm just happy to be here; hope I can help the ball club. I just want to give it my best shot, and the good Lord willing, things will work out.
Perhaps Jaguar QB David Garrard is the new Crash Davis, as he brought out the clichés – and acknowledged it – when discussing his upcoming quarterback battle with rookie 1st-round pick Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh …. or, uh, Blaine Gabbert.
Said Garrard, according to The Florida Times-Union: "My thing is the best man will play. The cream will rise to the top. All those different sayings. That's true, you want the best person out there on the field to give the team the best chance. That's what I believe. If it's not me, then it's just not me. If Blaine comes in and he is above and beyond just better than me, then best of luck to him. [...]


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One of the biggest challenges for a modeler who builds motorcycles in 1/12 scale, is to modify a wire wheel and make it look realistic; specially without having to buy an aftermarket kit. Anyway, there are no kits for this kind of modification (except for one of the Acu-stion for the Tamiya XV1600 kit), so it's not possible to get one. So any modeler attempting to do this task must rely in his/her ability in order, to get a good result.
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The infamous Dragon P-51D in 1/32. This model was started before Tamiya announced their kit, and I have to admit that during this build I did consider scrapping it more than once. In the end, I am very glad I did not. Despite the challenges and limitations of this kit, I am very happy (and proud) of the end result.
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Tamiya Caterhams, a step by step guide for novices 1/12 scale
The first Catherham from Tamiya coming to my hands at the end of 1994, was the "Cycle Fender Special" (10202), since the "Super Seven BDR was out of stock, and it was impossible for me to get it from the stores I used to buy kits. From that moment on, my affair with which, I think is the best scale car kit ever produced, began. And here my comment: probably, you have seen better detailed kits, or even superb models limited editions.
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Tamiya Porsche 911, A weekend project for novices 1/24 scale
This Porsche 911 has been built in a few nights to be entered at the "Trofeo Tamiya" which took place the day I completed the model. I normally have no problems in starting new projects but then I struggle to finish one, except if I have to enter a contest. At that time the 911 Carrera was a relatively new issued kit, so mine would have been the first one seen at a contest in my area, that's the reason why I choose a non-standard eye-catching color and showy wheels.
By Patricio Delfosse
Detailing and weathering the JSU-122 Dragon #6013 1/35 scale
This note aims at showing the corrections made from scratch, as well as pointing out the necessary modifications to include the Eduard's improvement set to the kit. Also, I focused on the painting aspects to get a weathered effect.
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Building rusted cars - VW 1966 - 1/24 scale
It all started with a joke, I built a rusted Mustang GT 350 to make a gift to a friend who only builds Mustangs. It was at a modelers meeting when he received a homage and the joke consisted of letting him know the arduous remodeling and restoration work he would have with this rusted Mustang. I took advantage of my work and presented it in a contest that took place in Campinas city. Finally, the model was "best of the show" and they called me mad for giving a winning model. My answer was.... I will have to make another rusted model for me.
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How to build a winner. Ferrari F2001B (First place TamCon 2005) 1/20 scale
Here William offers us a large article, step by step, with pictures during the whole building and a commentary about what we are looking, he calls this a diary, but I think that's the state of the art of the patience to take pictures. Thanks for the time and effort William spent on writing this article for Modeler Site.
Building 1/12 F1 resin model kits: A step by step guide for novices
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Building the Tamiya Ferrari 310B first place TamCon 2003 Tamiya 1/20 scale
F310B was a 1997 Ferrari F1 contender. It was very close to take away world championship from Jacque Villeneuve that year until the final nasty collision caused by Michael Schumacher. As a result, Schumacher was the one got thrown off the track and Villeneuve went on the win the driver championship. Later Schumacher was disqualified that year too. Very memorable year especially when Schumacher was fighting all points back and it made thing exciting.
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Sorry but it doesn't matter how you dress it up our players don't seem to have the pride, passion or enthusiasm for this kind of match. We've seen it before and we'd see it again and with it would come fan apathy.
Fact is that Yorkshire and Lancashire don't really hate each other like queensland and NSW do. We have a bit of banter but thats it. We tried to remarket it as "County of Origin" and it was like watching a charity runabout.
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Julie, Is it ok to change the "winning" entry? "has got?" My daughter, the kindergarten teacher, would be ashamed. I would much prefer to change the second line to "Tony has a loaded gun". See what happens when you actually see something in print?? thanks, Phil
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SALISBURY Donald Chief Goodrich, 84, died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at his home following a brief illness.
He was born June 10, 1928, in Salisbury, the son of Wilbur and Irma (Douglas) Goodrich.
He married Mildred Phelps on Sept. 3, 1949, in Chittenden. Together with his wife, they operated the Goodrich Farm in Salisbury since 1955.
He enjoyed family gatherings, hunting trips, and working on his property in Illinois.
Survivors include a son, Ernie Goodrich of Salisbury; three daughters, Donna Lawton of Bridport, and Debbie Goodrich and Penny Supernaw, both of Salisbury; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his wife Mildred on April 5, 2009, a daughter Roxanne, and an infant.
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I don't normally pay attention to the guy (his presidential chances should be taken about as seriously as Oprah Winfrey's), but after hearing about his recent remarks on how Mitt Romney "didn't create companies", I couldn't help but take a gander at the interview video:
The above video doesn't catch all of the Romney talk, though; fast-forward to the 4:45 mark in this video to catch the entire diologue. I don't mind re-posting the entire interview here. If you watch it all, you'll see that the more he speaks, the more the guy does harm to his cause:
In 1984, Romney founded and led Bain Capital, now one of the nation's most successful venture capital and investment firms.
Some lesser known facts about Mitt's net worth: Romney left his company to go back and restructure Bain & Company, taking only a symbolic $1 salary for the entire year; he didn't take a salary as Governor and he donated his Olympic's salary to charity. Not to mention all the proceeds from Romney's 'New York Times Best Seller' went to charity, as well. Success means nothing unless you learn to give back. Romney has essentially gone without pay for the past decade (longer than the average duration of the Donald's marriages). Trump's 2009 salary? …$50 million.
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"We have had more than 50,000 passengers, which is a good start and good indicator," said Myrtle Beach Direct Air and Tours President Ed Warneck. "We're listening to our customers, who want more direct flights to new destinations."
That positive customer feedback has led to the following developments: Myrtle Beach Direct Air will extend its Pittsburgh International Airport fall schedule through the winter months to continue service year round. It will also add a third flight to its spring schedule beginning in March.
To mark the extended service, discounted fares starting at $79 will be available for flights from November 1st through November 16th. These fares can be booked today. Reservations can be made by calling 1-877-432-DIRECT (3473) or accessing the company's website at www.myrtlebeachdirectair.com.
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Myrtle Beach Direct Air has also announced that special flights have also been added during the Thanksgiving week and ensuing holidays.
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Although she has won it many times, Kostner doesn't usually skate to her potential at Europeans. Her points since 2007 have been 174-171-165-173-168-183. Her only clear victory (more than a couple of points) was last year.
Oh bummer! That is a real bummer. Kira could have used euros to keep the momentum for worlds. She's one of those skaters. Lovely but always a bit of an afterthought so the more comps she can get the better.
Caro - has she skated in any competition this season? Euros must be a bit like US Nationals where it's hard to make that your first competition of the season. My bet would be on Liza at this point.
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I'm so sorry to hear that Kiira is out with another injury. I was hoping that she would have an outside chance to finally get that gold medal at Euros. I'm just glad to hear that the achilles injury is not a tear which would have ended her season or maybe even her career. She's not just a beautiful skater, she's got the technical ability as well if she'd just stay healthy.


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by Steve Novick-- The following is adapted from a piece of mine that the Register-Guard was kind enough to print a few years ago:
Abraham Lincoln is, of course, best known as the first Presidential candidate to win Oregon. (As you know, we became a state in 1859 – and we made the right choice.) Then of course there was that whole business of freeing the slaves and winning the Civil War. But Abraham Lincoln should also be remembered as one of America's most eloquent explainers and defenders of the role of government.
In a July 1854 essay, Lincoln wrote:
"Why … should we have government? Why not each individual take to himself the whole fruit of his labor, without having any of it taxed away?" He answered his own question: "The legitimate object of government, is to do for the people whatever they need to have done, but which they can not do, at all, or can not do, so well, for themselves – in their separate and individual capacities … There are many such things … roads, bridges and the like; providing for the helpless young and afflicted; common schools … the criminal and civil [justice] departments."
In the same essay, Lincoln made this observation: "The best framed and best administered governments are necessarily expensive." In other words: in government, as in life, you get what you pay for. That seemed obvious to Lincoln – but today, most supporters of government services would probably be too scared to be that blunt.
Lincoln's views on taxation were somewhat out of sync with modern Republicanism; he thought that the wealthier members of society should pay a good deal of the cost of government. As President he enacted a progressive income tax. As an Illinois state legislator in 1839, he defended a proposed tax increase this way: "I believe it can be sustained, as it does not increase the tax upon the 'many poor,' but upon the 'wealthy few.'"
He added, with a touch of mischief:
"The wealthy can not justly complain, because the change is equitable … If, however, the wealthy should, regardless of the justness of the complaint, as men often are, when interest is involved, complain of the change, it is still to be remembered, that they are not sufficiently numerous to carry the elections."
Smart guy, that Lincoln.
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I'm emotionally and physically ready to wean my almost-14-month old daughter, but she's taken to throwing huge tantrums anytime that I deny and try to distract her from nursing. During the week when I'm at work (or when I'm traveling) she's fine without nursing and takes the occasional bottle and lots of sippy cups. So on weekdays we're only nursing a couple of times a day - which I'd be fine continuing. The problem is that on the weekends she wants to nurse almost hourly, and will pull up my shirt/throw a tantrum/generally freak out until she gets her way.
A month ago I decided that we just weren't ready to wean yet, so I put it on the backburner, but she's teething hard - and biting harder, to the point that I was bleeding yesterday (after FOUR nursing sessions in under 90 minutes).
I know that a big part of the problem is that she's become a very, very picky eater and so a part of nursing is hunger. But I know a MUCH bigger part of it is good ol' mommy comfort. But this WAY too tired and stressed mommy is getting no comfort from our once amazing nursing relationship.
I talked to my ped about it and they essentially said, "Just let her scream and leave the room and have your husband deal with it." But that doesn't work when I'm home alone (I can't bear the thought of leaving her screaming for me in her crib) OR when we're traveling/out. I realized yesterday when I had to leave my nephew's baptism because of a nursing tantrum that I had to figure something out (I'm normally a HUGE NIPer, but it just wasn't the time... long story).
I want her to know that I still love her so much, but that it's time for momma-moo-moo to stop. (Ah, the irony that it took 4 LC visits, nipple shields, horrible mastitis, and nights of sobbing to GET her to nurse, and now I can't get her to STOP!)
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""The Hornets players had a whale of a time on Sunday when 10 brave souls took on the Man V Peritos Challenges!
Local restaurant Peritos has set up a series of food challenges to test the strongest or most foolish amongst us.
Hornets players marshaled by Paul Crook descended on Peritos to test their metal. Leading from the front Crooky along with Wayne English and new signing Joe Bate took on the first challenge of eating 2 whole chickens in under 20 minutes!
Former England Rugby League U16`s International Joe Bates set off like a house on fire, demolishing the 1st chicken with ease, whilst Crooky and Wayno plodded on slowly.
After the halfway point Joe hit the wall and started to stow, whilst Crooky and Wayno carried on their relentless plod.
As the clock ticked down Crooky came to the fore, using the tactic of stripping the bones first he looked to have the challenge beaten, but with only of couple of mouthfuls left it just proved to much!
The three Hornets players left the table full but beaten and round 1 went to Peritos!
Round 2 saw the next group of players take on 15 buffalo Chicken wings, all covered increasingly hotter sauce!
New boys Owen Livesey and Gaz Langley joined last seasons Under 23`s sensation Fraser Jones Lake with pack corner stone John Cookson for the "suicide wing challenge!"
The spicy smell of the first 5 wings had several of the boys coughing, even before the supper hot ones had come out! The fact the competitors had to sign a disclaimer and wear rubber gloves should have been a warning of what was to follow.
When all 15 wings were laid out in front of the boys the clock started. John Cookson started with the tactic of stripping each wing so all the three spice levels mixed and all the chicken was in his bowl.
Gaz Langley set off at a steady pace with Owen struggling right from the start. Fraser played the silent assassin quietly devouring the fiery wings.
Cookys tactic of stripping the wings appeared sound, until he took his first mouthful. With what looked like steam coming out of his ears Cooky had the Peritos staff bring him milk to ease the pain, Gaz was sweating and complaining of hallucinations after completing his 10th wing and poor Owen joined Cooky on the milk after just eating his 2nd wing. The machine that was Fraser just carried on!
After just 9 minutes Fraser pushed his empty third bowl forward, setting a new record for the Peritos Suicide Wing Challenge much to every-ones amazement, none more so than his 2 fellow competitors who at this point were all looked like extras from Apocalypse Now.
Inspired by Fraser showing Gaz Langley had fresh charge at the burning inferno that was the last 5 wings. Despite his valiant effort it was 2 wings too many, and with the loss of feeling to his lips and tongue he had to admit defeat.
With Fraser smashing the record and the valiant effort from Gaz,round 2 was declared a draw.
The final round was the Tower Burger, which was 5 enormous burgers stuffed with cheese stacked on top of each other inside and over-sized bun with onions and veg as garnish.
The final challenge was under taken by new signing and Rochdale lad Lewis Sheridan along with fellow new signing speedster Benji Lloyd with pack star Chris Baines.
The Tower Burger Challenge hadnt been beaten previously and when the waiters brought out the mini-skyscrappers you could see why. But with the Hornets Men V Peritos Challenge hanging in the balance the boys dug deep.
Chris Baines set a relentless pace wolfing down the burgers with ease, even taking time to scrap any last morsel that dropped so as not to miss any.
Both Lewis and Benji who were the smallest of the competitors both dug in. Lewis did his parents proud using a knife and fork through out, Benji went Old Skool and picked the gargantuan up whole and proceeded to eat it like a huge corn on the cob.
Bainsey like Fraser before him was a titan, completing the challenge in just 9 minutes 30 seconds, an incredible feat as previously no one had managed to even complete the task.
Lewis continued to munch his way through and despite a late moment of drama when with just a mouthful to go he looked a bit queasy he polished off the tasty burger.
This left just Benji, he now dropped his corn on the cob tactic and split the last of the burger into manageable pieces. With the clock ticking he plowed on, with about 40 seconds to go he put the last piece into his mouth.
But he couldnt chew!! With the lads screaming encouragement he summoned up his last reserves and munched on that burger.
The lads shouted down from 10, 9, 8, but there was still plenty burger in Benji mouth, 7, 6, 5, it was looking nip and tuck 3, 2,1 There was still a small amount of burger in Benji mouth, but the Peritios staff adjudicated that he had completed the challenge and Hornets had a clean sweep of the Tower Burger Challenge!!
With one win each and a draw the Hornets Men V Peritos Challenge end in a tie.
A brilliant bit of team bonding and it certainly made for great entertainment. Hornets hope to work with Peritos this coming season as we develop our partnerships across town!""
You have just got to smile, "Well Done Lads", I wished I'd been there, great to see you all bonding.
We needed a nickname for Fraser Jones Lake, well now we have one. "Chicken Wing"
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Home List of Titles On-demand minimum cost benchmarking for intermediate dataset storage in scientific cloud workflow systems
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- Title
- On-demand minimum cost benchmarking for intermediate dataset storage in scientific cloud workflow systems
- Author(s)
- Yuan, Dong; Yang, Yun; Liu, Xiao; Chen, Jinjun
- Abstract
- Many scientific workflows are data intensive: large volumes of intermediate datasets are generated during their execution. Some valuable intermediate datasets need to be stored for sharing or reuse. Traditionally, they are selectively stored according to the system storage capacity, determined manually. As doing science on clouds has become popular nowadays, more intermediate datasets in scientific cloud workflows can be stored by different storage strategies based on a pay-as-you-go model. In this paper, we build an intermediate data dependency graph (IDG) from the data provenances in scientific workflows. With the IDG, deleted intermediate datasets can be regenerated, and as such we develop a novel algorithm that can find a minimum cost storage strategy for the intermediate datasets in scientific cloud workflow systems. The strategy achieves the best trade-off of computation cost and storage cost by automatically storing the most appropriate intermediate datasets in the cloud storage. This strategy can be utilised on demand as a minimum cost benchmark for all other intermediate dataset storage strategies in the cloud. We utilise Amazon clouds' cost model and apply the algorithm to general random as well as specific astrophysics pulsar searching scientific workflows for evaluation. The results show that benchmarking effectively demonstrates the cost effectiveness over other representative storage strategies.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
- Source
- Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Vol. 71, no. 2, (Feb 2011), pp. 316-332
- Publication year
- 2011
- FOR Code(s)
- 0805 Distributed Computing
- Keyword(s)
- Cloud computing; Cost benchmarking; Dataset storage; Scientific workflow
- Publisher
- Academic Press
- 0743-7315
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- Copyright © 2011 Elsevier. The accepted manuscript is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
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Sue for whatever she's worth plus $10 million. She's forever altered intimate interactions. If the plaintiff's in her 20s, that's a l-o-n-g time.ReplyCancel
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How on earth does one prove exactly who gave them the Herps? I think this has been a fleeting attempt of others in the past, it doesn't pan out.
No way you can prove you've only been with that person or all your past partners get tested. Ludicrous! I have to think they're just threatening for hush money.
I guess this girl just isn't cutting it' as a model and needs the cash.
Apparently this is a thing.
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At this time we were currently on route to the Union Beach area. After discussing it with Gino on the phone, Valken Sports made a very generous donation while we were traveling and that got us the needed funds to make the extra 70 miles into NY and all the toll charges. Without Valken and Ginos help, we wouldn't have been able to make it.
When we got there, the bay town was in shambles on the bay side. Lots of homes ripped apart and people guarding certain spots of the neighborhood from looters, refusing to leave their homes at the demand of the National Guard.
We were directed to Fireman's Park in Lindenhurst, where we were met with smiles, open jaws and a lot of "WOW!" 's. People couldn't believe we brought up an entire pallet of water.
We unloaded it there and then we went into the bay side of town to unload our ration of 150+ PB N J Sandwiches. People were asking us about why we came and what we brought. When we informed them we brought the sandwiches AND the pallet of water, we were met with numerous hugs, tears and thank yous. This was indeed humbling.
A big thank you to all of you who donated and to Jonathan Brown for driving and providing the truck and Jessica Szekely for helping to load and unload the water today.
I wanted to take the time to thank those who previously donated to help us help those affected by Sandy.
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