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Topic: Django, Rails but a cost to pay ?
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I write a post about Django Rails. I'd like to have your opinion about it.
Well I don't know what you are asking really in that article, or criticizing. Seems like you just point out some good and bad things of everything, what are you asking?
Just a couple of points on some of the things you said.
- You're right, java has been mainstream and you said (speaking of rails and django):
A community, but it is not so easy to find developers compared to Java or .NET
you act like that is a good thing that java and .NET is so easy to find developers. How is that good? If that's the case (and it is), doesn't it make it way harder to get a job using one of those technologies? Then wouldn't it be better to focus your time and energy mastering a new age technology that not as many people know so that when the time comes to hire on these technologies, your skills become needed?
Also, think to yourself which languages are the first to be outsourced? Not ruby and not ruby on rails, but things like java and .NET (for the time being, obviously this industry changes fast).
With dynamic languages, we cannot use powerful IDE as Visual Studio. It is not a problem for me, but some developers like completion, compilation…
RadRails is a pretty darn powerful IDE, as far as I know, and it's free. I've found a lot of Ruby can be written to look and act like other, I guess you could say, more 'traditional' languages. You have the ability to treat ruby like java if you want. Ruby is very flexible. To me, if I was experienced with a bunch of other languages, I would be drawn to a nice looking, clean, modern language, one that presents flexibility and makes the process of adopting friendly.
Then why pay this price?
What price are you talking about paying? Your article is very unclear, but it sounds like there isn't a price to pay.
The only price to pay I've found in RoR is problems with concurrency and memory hogging. Rails, unfortunately, takes up quite a bit of memory, even on simple apps. Many of it's libraries are blocking and that results in a loss of ability for multi-threading (which I'm not saying multi-threading is necessarily always faster). Work needs to be done to improve rails performance, but I'm optimistic because it seems like a lot of the community is frustrated with this and are trying to do something about it. For instance, the company Phusion has been studying this and trying to find ways to improve performance and have been fairly innovative so far.
My perspective and theory on your pros and cons about the differences between languages/frameworks, old and new, is this:
Growth is important. I see little growth in java (not saying I see a decline, I just see it remaining where it is). I see jobs in java being outsourced (the company I work for has many people straight from India and Asia). I see modern languages and frameworks growing and becoming more and more popular, consistently evolving. Where do I want to focus my time (I'm 20 years old)... not in learning technologies that are from a different era than me, not where I'll struggle to compete with outsourcing and thousands of other people who know java but rather in growing languages and frameworks that present new opportunities.
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"Then why pay this price?"
Effectively, I was not so clear in my post.
It is not so easy to find Django/Rails developers. And enterprises need some internal developers, not only freelances. In this case, using alternatives frameworks or languages could be a constraint.
All developers are not able to use efficiently dynamic languages. It needs to have a specific mindset, and probably be more rigourous than static languages as C# or Java.
Thanks for your reply.
[Sorry for my bad english !!!!]
Interesting thread developing.
One thing the original author posted about was 'religion'. Technological zealotry.
I trace the origins of technological zealotry to Sun and Apple.
In 1985, Sun was an upstart workstation company, and they did something no company had ever really done before. They released a piece of code into the public domain, the Networked File System, NFS. By 1988, there were about 85 computer hardware manufactures that had put NFS into their OS's, usually it was the first thing they did after they put TCP/IP into their OSs.
This list of NFS supporters included IBM, DEC, HP, collectively they represent MOST large computer hardware purchases, and they all sold proprietary operating systems with their hardware. In 1987, these large proprietary vendors woke up to the fact they they had unknowingly let a Trojan horse into their 'gold mines'. Sun was selling a new vision of computing, based on an Open operating System (Unix). Sun had garnered considerable technological mind share even within the IT bastions of IBM, DEC and HPs customer base. The big boys felt threatened, and created the Open Software Foundation (OSF), the Unix wars began.
Sun's response to this full frontal attack from a consortium of new competitors, hundreds of times their size in terms of revenue, was to fight back on the excellence of their Unix verses what OSF was offering, but in reality is was a basic Open (Unix) vs. Closed (proprietary operating systems) battle. Sun perfected, in it's fight for survival, the concept of technological evangelism. It was the best way to approach selling corporate America on a radical new concept, open software.
But technological zealotry didn't get out of control until the internet and Java sprang up. I think it was the gold-rush mentality of the early internet years, combined with the already established Sun practice of evangelizing technology, that created a monster. Face it, Java was NOT developed to be a large back end server infrastructure, James Gosling architect-ed Java to be a peer to peer desktop environment, initially for set top boxes in the Cable industry. When he decided to make Java threads centric, it was with the intent that the threads would simply deal with the bit-map of the display, something a large number of threads can do efficiently on a simple desktop box.
Sun, and a whole host of new start ups (i.e. WebLogic), took Java to places it was not really designed for, and initially didn't handle very well, server infrastructure for the Internet. Threads were the main stumbling block. While threads works great while there were 10s of them all simply blocking on a single resource, the screen's bit map, 100's of threads blocking on lots of different resources, (network connections, disk I/O, etc.), didn't work very well. It still doesn't work anywhere near as well as it should to support Java being used as a serious back end infrastructure for large scale computing.
But the damage was done, and Java became a de-facto standard for back end internet infrastructure, and threads got ingrained into the minds of many new software engineers. Eventually JVMs improved, Solaris and even Linux improved, and the performance of java on the back end improved, but the sad reality is that a Java still doesn't really scale as well as it could or should.
The other thing about Java was the breathtaking speed with which new Java industry standards were created, often with very little thought to scalability, reliability, serviceability. It was all about, "Just get the API out, and get people using it, so we capture their mind share even further". The result was a huge boondoggle, like J2EE, jack of all trades, master of none. Today the Java APIs are just too much, and Java development is unnecessarily complex.
There are companies / enterprises that have internal rails/django developers. There are big web development companies that just use rails/django.
The site Metromix.com has 6 internal, full-time rails developers that develop the site and deploy it. They work year around for metromix, which is a pretty big company and is growing.
I think it's more easy for them to find rails/django developers than you think because developers find employers who are looking for rails/django developers. There are many websites designed for developers to present themselves, some of these sites are specific to rails, like the link on this forum. I know that I'd look all over chicago and beyond to get a job in rails if I needed to and if there were jobs I'd find them. So employers should be able to find rails/django developers no problem.
Besides, with the growing popularity of frameworks and modern languages, companies are finding developers specialized in these new(er) technologies cost effective. It's becoming attractive not only to developers, but to employers too.
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Lauren Landis is the Sr. Representative, Sudan, Sudan Programs Group.
Lauren's previous post: Stop the Fighting in Sudan
Over the past 20 years, I've worked for USAID's Food for Peace Program and Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and Save the Children, delivering food and humanitarian assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and other vulnerable populations. I've visited people all over Africa who have lost everything: their homes, their livelihoods, their families and their friends because of violence, war, famine and other catastrophes. In Sudan, the situation is particularly bad -- the UN calls it the world's worst humanitarian disaster. Currently there are 2.5 million people living in IDP camps, driven from their lands by insecurity and violence.
Because I know the fear in which these people live -- I've gone to Darfur repeatedly -- I was troubled when I read press reports that displaced persons were being ordered to move. In addition, the Government of Sudan has said it is going to divide one IDP camp in Darfur into several smaller camps. I'm not on the ground in Darfur right now, but I want to take a moment to reiterate the U.S. policy on the movement of IDPs.
Our government condemns any efforts to pressure internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Darfur to leave IDP camps before the displaced have voluntarily decided to return to their homes. We also condemn any forced movements of IDPs. We insist that the Government of Sudan adhere to the international agreements that it has made with respect to ensuring IDP returns in Darfur are voluntary. Moreover, any IDP sites must meet all international humanitarian standards, be fully accessible to humanitarian workers, and be secure.
The people in Darfur have suffered enough. They don't need to be forced to move against their will.
Wang in China writes:
I think that it won't be a good feel to see so many people suffering a lot and you just can't do anything except seeing and feeling sorry for them, especially when you are sent to there to help them. Isn't it the time that we really did something for them? Saying can't solve any problem; we should all donate ourselves to helping them.
John in Greece writes:
Sudan -among other areas in the globe...
What all the other "big" countries do in the area?
And not only in Sudan, but everywhere ...in the whole Africa region, Asia, N.Asia, S.Asia etc. ...wherever there is a need?
the "Giant" China?
The non gay Iran?
Where is any other nation's presence in Sudan? Do they care? And if they do not care about Sudan, why they "do care" about other "geo" issues and countries?
It's been more than 70 years that only the U.S.A. (and of course the Bush Administration) cares for Sudan... and many other areas (Burma etc.) by doing real, costly "things", exercising a humanitarian policy far away from the "honey", according to an Ethical code that contributes to a global peace!
I hope the best for all the people there.
DS writes:
The U.S. spent a lot of money for the permanent housing of the UN workers. Maybe they saw all the great housing and decided they needed it.
More troops are not the answer. The AU has a lot of them. The AU should be supported instead of the countries that want the AU destroyed.
I don't think it is right for the U.S. or anybody else to tell a country they can't shut down a problem. It was bad housing and now it's getting better, so why not take it over? These people can go back home. It's was a slum and now it's a city. The city can be sold to new people who want the housing. Maybe it will be a real nice place. Maybe the IDPs won't live in fear and suffer.
Our government condemns sounds like a statement to the media. There should be some reference to the law that says this in my country.
The IDP sites no longer exist. They might be tired of paying for all these workers and allowing them access to their country. Maybe we should stop looking to continue a crisis as it is being ended.
N. in U.S. writes:
I understand that suffering counts for something, but how about Mass Murder in the thousands. Just look up "Hmong and Laos Genocide." I don't need a response, because i already know the response. Here are some links.
Thomas in Pennsylvania writes:
What are the ways in which the US, UN, and other nations of the world can bring about change in Darfur? If the Sudanese government wants to relocate the IDP, what can the rest of the world do to change their mind?
There are limited types of pressure that can be brought to bear on the Sudanese government. We can offer them money to do what we think is right (foreign aid, relief funds). We can threaten economic sanctions or the cessation of aid (economic pressure). We can make them look bad in the world press, or make them look good if they comply (information power). We can try to convince them to honor their earlier promises either out of shame, fear, enlightened self interest, honor, good will, or ethical reasoning (diplomatic pressure). Or we can use military power to punish them for not doing what we want, up to and including regime change or complete take over. These methods could be used by the any world power either alone or in concert with other powers. Each of these methods has advantages and disadvantages.
Which of the options available should be pursued by the world's powers to help save people from their own government? How much is the world ready to do? What is best for the people we are trying to save?
Tough questions.
Ronald in New York writes:
OK...first we played semantics....what's genocide?....call in the lawyers....OK...Darfur is Genocide....now what?
Blackhawks in?...Down? Hey, let it go....we aren't the worlds policemen....Sudan is trying...it's the Janjaweed... anyway, we pay the biggest share of humanitarian aid....
What if other nation's got on our case for our racism?...
Also, there's a national election coming up...we don't want to confuse people with any rash interventions now do we?....besides, it's only Africa...we need to stay focused on the middle-east......Darfur?, I think i have a headache.
LP in Tennessee writes:
The problems in Africa are enormous, from communications to representation in democratic nations which have as many as 16 parties fighting for their constituents. Just one example is Namibia's history. It has culminated in a country with diverse language and culture. A country in which English, Oshivambo, Herero, Damara and German and several other languages are spoken by just two million inhabitants.
What need be developed are Nationalistic Inter cultural bridges. Patchwork education, housing, etc is simply not enough. This needs somehow be done and laws governing the corruption developed by Corp. Greed, which is the real problem economically. This problem often is viewed as "Political" but is a separate issue which has yet to be addressed by any Nation involved in any attempt at re-construction.
You have every country in the world trying to exploit which is not a free democracy there now: North Koreans selling arms, Russia, now even China is "lending" some 400 million in return for oil rights -- as well as selling an enormous amt. of weapons to any group who opposes democracy. That is also a major problem. They negate any gains through fiscal and military support which will give them a "control" function in that society.
Africa has some 53 countries, 54 with Egypt -- all as diverse as could possibly be and the problem in Darfur is only one part of the problem to be solved. There needs are so great and the people so oppressed, even the concept of a "unified" National identification is not a reality. There is a social and psychological barrage of barriers that need addressing. The first thing you have to realize is it's not an "isolated" incident, which is the problem.
Militarily, the United States has developed AFRICOM to aid with everything from armed suppression to the escorting of necessary deliveries for everything from tents to food to hospital supplies and merge with UN forces accordingly shows the degree to which the African problem is being addressed.
This could be a book, but truth be known Darfur represents only a part of the problem and the war is bigger than just a "people suffrage" war. There is an "open" and recognizable attempt to keep dictatorship and opposition regimes alive and well in Africa and not by the United States or others who support Democracy and individual freedoms.


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[Salem, N.J.] A year ago, Russell Grizzle took the helm of Mannington Mills, a family-owned nearly 100-year-old company that was deeply grounded in tradition and like the rest of the industry, was mired in a painfully slow recovery. His job then and now is to plot a path for the future that includes growth in new markets while at the same time to stay true to the company's core values.
Today, Grizzle points to the Amtico acquisition as a strategic move that allows Mannington to expand its global reach while enabling it to bring its LVT commercial production onshore.
"We are pleased with the acquisition. LVT is a very, very hot product and we continue to grow our commercial and residential LVT product lines. We are ahead of projections at this point," he said.
Since then, he has invested his time in overseeing the integration, a job made easier because of careful due diligence before the purchase and company values that aligned with Mannington's from the start. "That's been a big help," he said.
In October, the company announced that both the Mannington Commercial and the Amtico sales forces will carry both companies' commercial products, including LVT, sheet and carpet tile, using the current Mannington Commercial "Choices That Work" strategy, according to Grizzle. He said that part of the process includes significant product training and education.
The acquisition also brings "clear global advantages" in bringing Mannington product overseas. Products going to the U.K. and Europe will carry the Amtico brand name. "Over there, they have a very strong, well-established brand name. As we look to the rest of the world, we may look to build the Mannington name. We were, for the most part, North America-centric so we continue to look at what we can do in the rest of the world."
Here at home, Mannington will bring its commercial LVT production onshore to the Amtico plant. "We were 100 percent sourced and are now moving that production to Georgia. We are up and running there," he said, adding that for the time being the company will continue to source from China, for residential LVT in particular.
Service at home
One of the challenges the company experienced this year as a result of bringing all Mannington and Amtico products as well as sundries to the marketplace — more than 50,000 SKUs — had to do with service.
"During the year, we had some service hiccups that are not our norm," admitted Grizzle. "We disappointed ourselves with our service issues, but we have put in measures that will actually make us better in 2013. Now that we have fixed those problems, frankly, I think we will be dramatically better in 2013 — better than we've ever been," he said.
As Grizzle makes his mark on the company, he continues to be sensitive to its culture even as he pushes it forward to embrace new changes. One of his personal goals is to communicate better and more often.
"The market is different for Mannington than it's ever been and we are working to change with it," Grizzle explained. "Mannington is going to stay the way it is — we are not changing our core values -- but we have to face our competition, embrace some ideas so we can get better and that is better for everybody. We have a serious job to do — protect our associate's jobs and return something to the shareholders so that the company can move forward. But at the same time, we can do it and still have some fun around here. Protecting our company's culture is very important to me."
A common theme for Grizzle is continued improvement. He has put a lean manufacturing concept in place to allow the company to run more efficiently and react to both good and bad business conditions.
"We are headed down the path of being able to respond to market indicators up and down quickly without it always having to be about inventory. Our plants are much more responsive to market demands," he said. "We are better than we were a year ago and we will be better in 2013 than in 2012.
"My commitment is that we will continue to try and make ourselves better in 2013 and in every year thereafter. We can make things more efficient and we can still care, do the right thing, control our destiny, work hard, play hard — our four core values. My goal is to get the 2,000 plus associates around the globe doing that better."
"It's been a lot of fun being part of Mannington, being part of the Mannington culture. It's getting to know all the people better and getting to know our customers really well," Grizzle said.
"We are all on the same path to accomplish the same goals. "We continue to grow very quickly despite the economy and we are ahead of projections at this point," he said.
Mannington's future
Going forward, Grizzle said that the company is always looking at deals that would fit its portfolio and its culture. But for now, he said, the company still has much to do in finalizing the Amtico integration.
They'll also be busy with a number of capital projects in the coming year for both equipment upgrades and new product development. "We have plenty of capacity in place to meet the growth. We did not shutter any of our plants. We still have all assets in place and, if you include LVT, we have more assets in place than before the recession hit. We are ready."
Mannington will be aggressive with product introductions beginning with Surfaces in January — new product in sheet vinyl, the introduction of TruLoc in LVT residential, a sister to the LockSolid line introduced last year, and new lines for both Mannington and Amtico — "Expanding on what we think is our design leadership," he said.


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Council hears more details on Fogarty mural
MARSHALL – Marshall City Council members learned more about a planned downtown mural by artist and Southwest Minnesota State University alumnus Terrence Fogarty during part of their regular meeting Tuesday night. Council members approved an artist's agreement commissioning the painting that will later become the mural.
Marshall Community Services Director Harry Weilage said the finished mural would go up in 2014.
The Fogarty mural will be the last of three planned by the Marshall Mural Project. The finished mural will have a theme of sports and recreation and will be located on the parking lot side of the Varsity Pub building at the corner of Main Street and College Drive.
Weilage said the mural won't be painted directly on the building, like the mural on the west wall of Johnson's Paint and Wallpaper further down Main Street. Instead, Fogarty will start with a 20-by-60 inch oil painting on canvas. Once the painting is finished, Weilage said, the image will be enlarged onto another material like vinyl and attached to the wall.
In that respect, he said, "It would be similar to the mural on 3rd Street."
Under the artist's agreement, the original painting would also belong to the city. Weilage said it could be displayed at the planned amateur sports center in Marshall.
Funding for the artist's agreement will come from several sources – including $20,000 funded through the 1.5 percent city tax helping to fund the sports center, Weilage said. Weilage said the painting's planned display at the sports center helped connect it to the project. Other funding sources include a raffle fundraiser that raised $15,000 and five corporate sponsors contributing a total of $12,500. He said the Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council also has $9,600 in funding that will go toward construction of the mural.
"They've had wide support for the project," he said.
Council member Glenn Bayerkohler asked about plans to use sales tax funds to help buy the mural painting. Council member John DeCramer said sports center supporters are "believing pretty strongly we'll get state bonding dollars" in the next legislative session.
Council members voted 6-1 in favor of approving the artist's agreement. Bayerkohler cast the vote against.
Council members voted to award a bid for a new rural pumper truck for the Marshall Fire Department. Marshall City Administrator Ben Martig said the city received two bids to build the truck. The low bid was from Custom Fire for about $468,000.
Marshall Fire Chief Marc Klaith said the truck design included features that would help with fighting grass fires and would meet current vehicle regulations.
"It's a quite detailed truck," Klaith said. He said the new truck would take a while to be built to specifications and would likely be delivered in March. He said another small city had shown potential interest in buying the old truck from Marshall.
A project that would build a segment of bike trail running from Clarice Avenue to Minnesota Highway 19 prompted some questions from Bayerkohler. Assistant city engineer Shane Waterman presented council members with an agreement limited use permit from the Minnesota Department of Transportation for construction of the trail within the Minnesota Highway 23 right of way. The project was part of MnDOT's Safety Transportation Improvement Projects in 2008.
Bayerkohler said he had questions about some of the terms of MnDOT's permit agreement, including a termination date in 2033, with the provision that the city will then remove the trail.
"That's kind of scary," Bayerkohler said. The permit agreement says the city would also need to reapply for a new limited use permit if it wanted to continue using the trail.
Waterman said he might not be able to explain the terms of the agreement or termination date for Bayerkohler. However, council members voted to approve the agreement. Council members said it's possible that the highway or area around the trail might even be redeveloped by 2033.
During an informational update at Tuesday's meeting, Waterman told council members that Marshall Public Works Director Glenn Olson is recovering from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash last week, while Olson was on vacation. Waterman said Olson has been able to do some office work this week but is still on the mend.


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1. Pre-requisite: Single Leg Balance on Stable Surface (floor)
Begin by balancing on one leg on a stable surface. Your hips should be level, torso upright and arms hanging naturally at your sides. Standing in front of a mirror is ideal so you can see what your body is doing. Try to hold for 30 to 60 seconds. Switch sides.
Make it more challenging: Turn your head from side-to-side, pass a medicine ball around your waist or close your eyes.
2. Single Leg Balance on BOSU
With the flat side down, start by standing with both feet on the BOSU. Once you feel balanced, stand on one leg. Keep your standing leg locked, with your quad engaged and raised leg bent 90 degrees.
Make it more challenging: Turn your head from side to side or pass a medicine ball around your waist, alternating directions. The goal is to be able to do each one of these activities as steady as possible.
Hardest: Perform exercise on flat side of BOSU, with ball side down.
3. Weight Shifting on BOSU
Start with both feet on the ball side of the BOSU, flat side down. Shift your weight forward onto your toes and then back toward your heels, increasing your forward and backward motion without falling.
Make it more challenging: Stand on one leg. Rock back and forth for 30 to 60 seconds on each foot.
Hardest: Perform exercise on flat side of BOSU, with ball side down.
4. Pistols on BOSU
Start by standing on one leg on ball side of the BOSU, with standing leg quad engaged and raised leg extended as close to 90-degrees as your flexibility allows. Bend your standing knee 30 to 45 degrees and then return to standing. As you squat, sit back slightly, like sitting in a chair, to engage your glutes. Perform two to three sets of 15 reps on each side.
Make it more challenging: Try to squat further than 45 degrees or hold a medicine ball while you squat.
Hardest: Perform exercise on flat side of BOSU, with ball side down.
5. Ball Toss on BOSU
Start by standing on one leg on either side of the BOSU. With a partner, toss a ball back and forth for 60 seconds on each leg.
Make it more challenging: Have your partner throw a ball slightly to the side or down low so you are forced to react quickly to catch it. (If you don't have a partner, throw ball against a wall.)
If these exercises seem difficult at first, it just means its even more important for you to be doing stability work.
Erika Lindland is an orthopedic physical therapist in Fairfax, California, and certified strength and conditioning specialist who works primarily with runners. She is also an ultrarunner and the owner of the online trail running store www.MarinTrailRunning.com.


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B&B Margareth Amsterdam
Size19.8 m²
Floor No.1
- Towels
- Balcony/terrace
- Lockable room
- Internet/WiFi
Accommodation summary
|Proffesor Tulpstraat, 1018 GZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
|Property type
|Private room
|Property ID
|Acceptance rate
|Response time
|A few hours
|Calendar updated
Plus Minus 1 minute walk tram and metro stop (Weesperplein). The subway is two stops to the Amstel and three stops to the Central Station.
Sights are within walking distance, for example (circus theater Carré, Skinny Bridge, Waterloo, Albert Cuyp market, etc.)
Nice shopping "Utrechtsestraat" is a 5 min walk away and ends at the Rembrandtplein. So as you sit in the middle of the city.
They call the area known as "the golden edge of town"
The room is equipped with a 1 bed ( for two persons)
coffee and tea facilities.
cooler is present.
closet and wardrobe next to your room (hall).
Shared bathroom with tub and toilet (owner).
You can use the balcony.
Lots of privacy, which means you have a private entrance which has a key on arrival at reception can take.
Do you wish regarding activities please indicate this on the whiteboard in the hallway outside your room. For breakfast, if desired, also make known the day before on the whiteboard.
It is a very quiet area, so we respect you in this life.
We wish you a very pleasant stay and we would like to welcome you in our clean room.
House rulesNo smoking in the room (poss. On balcony is there opportunity)
no drugs
No parties
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 219 HKD per guest/night extra
|Maximum nights
|7 nights
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Reviews of this property
I thoroughly enjoyed my stay. I was in Amsterdam for a conference and the room and facilities were perfect. Cool, peaceful with fast wifi. Henk was always very helpful and his breakfast was amazing. The location is very central and an easy walk to most places.
First: Thank you very much Henk!
Henk was very friendly, helpful (even before we arrived) and everything was perfect. We felt save and comfortable right from the beginning. The own entry is very nice and the bathroom is clean and offers everything you need.
You should also try the offert breakfast, you will get much more than you can eat, everything is fresh and with love.
We will definateley come back.
The hosts Margareth and Henk are very gentle and the stay was wonderful. We booked the breakfast additionally and that was the perfect start into every day. We easily reached the apartment in the Professor Tulpstraat from Amsterdam Centraal by foot. As this room is in subterrain, of course some machinery of the cellar makes occasional noise, but we had no trouble recovering easily from the long walks through Amsterdam through uninterrupted sleep. The balcony is cosy, bathroom is great, as is the separate entry to the apartment. All are linked by stairs to the appartment. When we again visit Amsterdam, we will for sure try to book Margareth's and Henk's Appartment again.
Margareth and Henk are a lovely and warm couple. Staying at their place is like staying home ! I higly recommends staying with them in Amsterdam ! Their logement is 10 minutes walk to center and the tram stop and metro are in front. The logement is really clean and just like in photos ! Oh, and the bed is awesome ! Very confortable and cosy.
5***** :)
Henk and Margareth are doing something beautiful! We enjoyed the stay and we are happy that we met you! Also, thank you for the best breakfast! Bye and see you again for sure! Best Regards, Anca and Alexandra
Here is our Review.
We went to Amsterdam for four days and stayed at henks and Margaretes Appartement.
Before we travelled to Amsterdam, henk sended us a discreption, how to get to his place. The cheapest way is to go by train and Metro if you fly to Amsterdam as we did.
When we arrived, henk helped us with our bags and showed us the Appartement and as other people here on wimdu allready said, he is a very friendly and helpful host. He has always time for his guests, if they have any questions or Problems.
Some Infos to the Appartement: You can enter the it by an sepperate entry, so you can stay out for a long Night too, without disturbing your hosts in the late night. Henk is giving the keys to you for it. ;-)
The Appartement is downstairs in the cellar with all comfortables you need for a Trip to Amsterdam. WiFi is inclusive. Everything is very clean and Nice. The bathroom is upstairs as well as the beautiful balkony.
If you are interested in an really, really great breakfast for small money, you should try out henks breakfast, it has everything you need. Bread, cheese, ham, Salami, cooked eggs, fruits, milk, orange Juice, Marmelade, Tea, coffee and so on.
So if you are interested in an Apartment for small money, really close to the Center (only two Metro stations to the nieuwenmarkt) i can totally recommend this place, cause it has everything you need.
Thanks to Henk and Margarete for the great time we had in Amsterdam.
It won't be the last time us :)
Amazing! We loved this place, couldn't fault it at all. Great location as you are close to all the action but still have peace and quiet. We walked all over Amsterdam and it was such a nice room to come back to and very private. Margareth and Henk are very welcoming and we really enjoyed their company.
Great location, great breakfast, super clean, super hosts.
Super Lage, super Frühstück, super sauber, super Gastgeber.
Love Wimdu team
Also this time were fully satisfied, it has everything worked out well. Our hosts were super friendly and everything was clean and perfect.
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Karin and Markus Stettler
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Vielen Dank und freundliche Grüsse
Karin und Markus Stettler
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I agree, those are the best--I liked the Foreigner suite too. Cat/Yusuf's recent one had a Foreigner recycle on it, which was really one of the few highlights. You would think he could work up a better mojo, but "An Other Cup" wasn't all that hot.dpantz wrote:I dig Cat Stevens. I'm familiar his older work, but not familiar with his recent music. A friend of mine turned me on to his music about two years ago.
You listed his three best albums in my opinion.
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Five experimental sound artists use the Museum of Contemporary Art building to create soundscapes.
Five experimental sound artists use the Museum of Contemporary Art building to create soundscapes.
Friends Barbara Elfbrandt and Ted Warmbrand share memories of Appleton, an educator and Tucson folk pioneer who died at age 86.
From stand-up to acting, writing, directing and producing, veteran comic says he feels lucky to create and explore in different mediums.
2015 procession estimated to be the largest in event's 25-year history.
Voices for the Cure; documentary details transgender Tucsonan's story; stage & screen legend Rita Moreno; comedian Lisa Landry comes to town; desert marauders make for interesting neighbors.
Wildlife illustrator Beth Surdut learns that all lizards are not created equal...
Remembering "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" with stars Ellen Burstyn and Diane Ladd; the challenges of being the first in your family to attend college, Chris Dashiell previews the first Tucson Festival of Films.
A music legend visits Tucson when Herb Alpert & Lani Hall present an evening of jazz with Brazillian flavor at the Fox Tucson Theatre on September 26th.
Changes in leadership at the Tucson Museum of Art, MOCA, and the Tucson Pima Arts Council; actor Chuck Yates plays Truman Capote at the Invisible Theatre; commemorating 9/11 with the music of composer Stephen Paulus.
After a decade on the job, Knight says he is ready for the unknown.
What does "Mapping Q" say about Tucson's social landscape and LGBTQ youth?; a look back to Tucson in 1776; The Friends of Tucson's Birthplace celebrates the city's 240th birthday; blues legend Stefan George remembered.
'White Dove Campaign' aims for $3 million for Arizona's oldest European-influenced structure.
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Visit an exhibit at the Tucson Museum of Art created by global refugee artists of all ages from The Owl and Panther Project.
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Chris Dashiell shares his admiration for the music from "Vertigo", "Lawrence of Arabia", and "To Kill a Mockingbird", and discusses what each added to their respective films.
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Chip wrote:Very nice Alex! I have not purchased a Hokujo yet ... hopefully one day real soon.
But I did just purchase a bunch ...
Alex wrote:I can't recommend him enough. I really felt like I was overstepping the line with how much of his time I was taking up on this one but he kept on answering my emails with huge insightful friendly emails.
Alex wrote:Many thanks Stentor. How's the banko doing? (slightly miss that pot but glad it went to a good home.
Stentor wrote:Alex wrote:Many thanks Stentor. How's the banko doing? (slightly miss that pot but glad it went to a good home.
It's doing great. I've been enjoying it so much that I actually had a moment the other day when I felt a little bad, like you might have changed your mind about it, had you given it a little more time. I'm really enjoying the wide design and large opening. I think it may really make a difference that the tea leaves have that much horizontal space to unfold in. Anyway, I really like it and I can assure you that I am treating it very well!
I have not really made any specific clay comparisons with my other pots. I don't think there's a night and day difference when compared to Tokoname, though. The difference may be some small details that you can really only notice with side by side comparisons. Delicious tea can be made in both kinds of clay for sure.
I'm sure you'll forget all about the Masaki once the Hokujo arrives. Plus you also have that Teriyuki now, right? That's a wonderful choice as well. I expect the quality to be similar to the Hokujo, though I don't have a Teruyuki myself. Well, you'll be able to compare the two really soon
Alex wrote:Damn someone bought the pot I was looking at!!!!!
Oh wait it was me
Alex wrote:Damn someone bought the pot I was looking at!!!!!
Oh wait it was me 260ml + dimple
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Beautiful...! If the backdrop was black, these two pictures look like they could be images of planets....!


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Niagara Falls Metals Recycling Plant Receives Allocation Of Low-Cost Hydropower: Project to Redevelop a Brownfield Site and Create 45 Jobs
Michael Saltzman
May 24, 2011
WHITE PLAINS—The New York Power Authority (NYPA) Board of Trustees today approved an allocation of low-cost hydropower in support of a project to redevelop an abandoned commercial brownfield site and bring a metals recycling facility—and 45 new jobs—to Niagara Falls.
The allocation of 2,500 kilowatt (kW) is being offered to Falls Metal Recycling, which is planning to invest $14.6 million in a new facility on a 14-acre site, of which approximately half is a brownfield. The proposed project's added benefit would be to make use of dormant industrial land for redevelopment and economic growth.
"It's no secret why the hydropower is such an effective means for catalyzing business investments, with the generating output provided at rates that are more than 50 percent less than current wholesale market prices," said Michael J. Townsend, chairman of the NYPA Board of Trustees. "Low-cost hydropower can be a determining factor in the competitiveness of the recipients and their business plans, especially in industries with thin profit margins and volatile raw material costs."
"The allocation of low-cost hydropower to Falls Metal Recycling is the latest example of our efforts under Governor Cuomo to maximize the benefits of the Niagara Power Project for spurring economic development in Western New York," said Richard M. Kessel, president and chief executive officer, NYPA. "The Power Authority is committed to working with our state and local partners in efforts to jumpstart the state economy and revitalize our local communities."
"We're very excited that Falls Metal Recycling has expressed serious interest in relocating to an industrial area of Niagara Falls," said Senator Mark Grisanti. "Attracting the recycling plant would serve to support our local goals for 'green' business development and further enhance the city's prospects for additional growth. I want to thank the Power Authority for the low-cost hydropower allocation and helping to make this new facility—and 45 new jobs—possible."
"The availability of low-cost hydropower in the Niagara region provides us with a competitive edge in terms of attracting and retaining businesses and their employees," said Assemblyman John D. Ceretto. "Falls Metal Recycling should become a prime example of how the New York Power Authority can work together with local municipalities and private businesses to stimulate the revitalization of these historic industrial zones in the City of Niagara Falls, many of which currently sit as vacant reminders of a past generation."
"The allocation of low-cost hydropower is great news for our efforts to bring about the construction of the new metals recycling facility and 45 new jobs," said Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster. "Not only will this facility provide new jobs accessible to the people in the neighborhood, it also will contribute to brownfield remediation, which is imperative to Niagara Falls' economic growth."
Falls Metal Recycling is planning to invest in the latest industry recycling technology, including a large shredder, costing roughly $5.5 million, and a metals separation system, for another $5 million. The raw materials, or feedstock, such as scrap cars, appliances and sheet metal, will be purchased locally and in Canada. The recycled material from the industrial process will be sold in both national and international markets.
Falls Metal Recycling, a New York State entity formed in January, will be drawing from the local job pool to fill the 45 positions that include a diverse range of skill levels. The company will also partner with a local trucking business for obtaining the scrap metals and distributing the recycled materials from the Niagara Falls facility. That is expected to create an additional 15 jobs beyond those at the new facility, which could begin operating by year's end.
The hydropower allocation would be drawn from a block of power known as Expansion Power (EP), one of two large amounts of power reserved under New York State law for businesses within a 30-mile radius of the Niagara project's transmission switchyard or for businesses in Chautauqua County. The other block of power is called Replacement Power and together they account for approximately one-third of the Niagara project's firm generating output.
Falls Metal Recycling also has been working with the Buffalo Niagara Enterprise, the City of Niagara Falls and Niagara County for additional support for the project.
Nearly 30,000 jobs in Western New York, with a combined annual payroll of more than $2 billion, are directly linked to NYPA's Niagara hydropower allocations. The recipients of the power include some of the Niagara Frontier's largest employers, accounting for more than 70 percent of the manufacturing jobs in the region.
The Niagara project—the single largest source of electricity in New York State—is marking its 50th anniversary this year. It first generated power in January 1961.
About NYPA:
■ The New York Power Authority uses no tax money or state credit. It finances its operations through the sale of bonds and revenues earned in large part through sales of electricity. ■ NYPA is a leader in promoting energy efficiency, new energy technologies and electric transportation initiatives. ■ It is the nation's largest state public power organization, with 17 generating facilities in various parts of New York State and more than 1,400 circuit-miles of transmission lines. ■ Approximately 80 percent of the electricity it produces is clean renewable hydropower. Its lower-cost power production and electricity purchases support hundreds of thousands of jobs throughout the state. ■For more information, www.nypa.gov.


text: Reardon Presents PaperJack Reardon, School of Business, presented a paper, "Why Economics Needs Philosophy" at the third triennial research conference of the International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The paper was co-authored with Valentin Cojanu of Bucharest University and editor of the Journal of Philosophical Economics. Reardon also served as discussant on the panel session, "Contending Perspectives as Pluralism." The papers in this session were published as a special issue in Vol. II (1), January 2011, of the International Journal of Pluralism and Economics Education, of which Reardon is the founding editor.


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Social justice activist Father Roy Bourgeois will visit Claremont Graduate University on Nov. 1-2 for a pair of events focusing on women's ordination and the Catholic church and his involvement in the School of the Americas Watch.
The talk on women's ordination and the Catholic Church, which includes a panel discussion, will be from 7 to 9 pm on Nov. 1 in Albrecht Auditorium, 925 N. Dartmouth Ave. Panelists include Rosemary Radford Ruether, visiting professor of religion; Jane Via of the Roman Catholic Womenpriests; and Gina Messina-Dysert, visiting assistant professor in the department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University.
Bourgeois' discussion on the struggle for social justice in Latin America and the School of the Americas Watch will be from 1 to 3 pm on Nov. 2, also in Albrecht Auditorium.
Bourgeois is a longtime peace activist and Maryknoll priest who has come under pressure from the church for his "defiant stance" in support of women's ordination.
He served as a Naval officer for two years before entering the seminary of the Maryknoll Missionary Order. Ordained a Catholic priest in 1972, he went on to work with the poor of Bolivia for five years.
He emerged as an outspoken critic of US foreign policy in Latin America in 1980 after four US churchwomen were raped and killed by Salvadoran soldiers. Since then, he has spent over four years in US federal prisons for nonviolent protests against the training of Latin American soldiers at Ft. Benning, Georgia.
He founded School of the Americas Watch in 1990. The organization advocates for the closure of the United States government's Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (formerly known as the School of the Americas) at Ft. Benning.
Bourgeois' talks at CGU are free and open to the public.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (158 votes).
In short: Huge funIn full: I just wish I lived closer, so I could run such a superb route regularly. The race was brilliant.Date of review: October 11, 2012
In short: Another Fantastic Lakeland Trails EventDate of review: October 10, 2012
In short: Very tough but huge grin factor :)In full: If you're chasing PB's this is one to forget immediately. If however, you want to get mucky, sweat, grin, ache and basically have the time of your life in the great outdoors, this is one you MUST do. Like all LT events the emphasis is very much on fun and taking part. You do thechallenge events at your own pace and if you want to stop and draw breath (or take photos, as a fair few did on the tough climb up Coppermines Valley) you can. There are sections that are tough to run for all but the fittest and some hellishly boggy bits (hardly a shock after the recent weather), but these are more than compensated for by some stunning scenery and some brilliant trails and descents to run.If you're thinking of doing an LT event, stop thinking about it and do it, they are fantastic events and potentially life changing experiences, especially for trail running newbies.Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Very tough for a first trail race but it ihas made me want to do more.Date of review: October 8, 2012
In short: Another great Lakeland Trails eventIn full: Perfect mix of competitive racing and beginner friendliness. Stunning views and a tough course.Date of review: October 7, 2012
In short: An Idyllic Challenge!!In full: Only my second 'Trail' and again I was blown away by the organisation and friendliness. These are just brilliant events that have put the sheer fun back into my running! The autumnal atmosphere was amazing with reddening trees and mountains awash in mellow sunshine. The alternative car parking allowed me to park at the very edge of Coniston Water, where I had a post race paddle to wash the mud off!! Idyllic x(However, I really must run these faster....)Date of review: October 7, 2012
In short: Same time next year? Count me in.In full: This was my first trail race, and first time running on mountains (I usually walk like most sane people). I absolutely loved it. The 4K climb at the start was Hell, but provided time to get your breath back and take in the views (because I, like many others walked these hills).After this it was pure joy jumping over rocks, trying to keep balance doing strange little leaps, trudging through mud and free-wheeling down steep hills; I loved it; felt alive. Have to be careful not to forget it's not safe tarmac underfoot and keep concentration. Although at the same time, if you hesitate you're doomed.The views were dramatic and uplifting; well worth the climb.Some funny moments hearing people 'screaming' and making odd noises as they come across particularly boggy stretches; great atmosphere. This race is now in my top 3 races of all time. I'm a trail convert. Date of review: October 7, 2012
In short: see you next yearIn full: love trail running, cheers to all.Date of review: October 16, 2011
In short: spectacular cannot wait for next yearDate of review: October 7, 2011
In short: Great fun & fantastic scenery!In full: A pleasure to run from start to finish and a brilliant atmosphere from when you arrive to when you leave. The first 4 km up the hill are hard work but that's all worth it when you level off as the views are brilliant and you can enjoy them even more as you head down towards Torver. Thanks to Graham & all the Lakeland Trails team and a special mention for the marshalls and photographers who always offer a smile and encouragement on the way round. Can't wait for next year's Lakeland Trails at Coniston and might now have a go at the Coniston marathon in July if I can get the training in! Date of review: October 6, 2011
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1) Shop this weekend's festivals, Part 1. Tomorrow is Independents' Day downtown. Wahoo! There will be plenty of cool and contemporary local crafters and artists for you to shop. Fashion followers, stop by the Performance Arts Stage at 8 p.m.; local designers will show some of their looks and Lindsay Hearts will premiere her Midnight Lady collection for Columbus audiences (New Yorkers already saw it at Fashion Week!). During the day there will also be a Crafty Death Match competition, T-shirt deconstruction workshops, a 15-minute makeover and photobooth area and a fashion MacGyver showdown. See the full schedule here.
2) Shop this weekend's festival's, Part Two. For those with a more traditional Americana taste, try Country Living Fair at Ohio Village in the Ohio History Center. The fair, sponsored by Country Living magazine, features rows upon rows of the state's best arts, crafts and food sure to make your country side do-si-do. Per-day entry is $16 but weekend passes are available. The fair runs from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. today through Sunday.
3) Snag some fall deals. Consignment store Plato's Closet, which has myriad locations around town, is having a sale today through Sept. 17 that is perfect for this fall weather. Buy one long-sleeved top, get one 50 percent off.
3) Take a free yoga class. Sign this waiver, bring a mat and do some Vinyasa flow yoga in the open air from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday at the Columbus Commons. Zumba (pictured) is right after until 11 a.m. Before you go, make this T-shirt.


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Under normal operations the cluster should be in a "stable" state and the configuration shouldn't change. If your application is using short lived connections or a lot of connections from the same machine you are constantly requesting the server to give you the current configuration of the server. These are HTTP streaming requests which, in some realases, the ns_server component of the Couchbase Cluster server software isn't implementing very efficiently (slow to set up and requires a fair amount of resources in ns_server).
To mitigate this error and to be even more efficient, the idea is to use a local cache in the file system on the client side so that the clients don't talk to ns_server unless there is an actual change in the cluster topology.
Create instance
New instances is created by using lcb_create_compat with type set to LCB_CACHED_CONFIG:
lcb_create_compat(LCB_CACHED_CONFIG, &specific, &instance, io);
Specific is a new structure that looks like:
struct lcb_cached_config_st {
struct lcb_create_st createopt;
const char *cachefile;
const char *lockfile;
The cachefile is the path (relative or absolute) of the file containing the cache. If set to a non-null value the lockfile specifies the file to use to synchronize access update access to the the cachefile (we don't want all instances to try to upgrade the cache at the same time). If no lockfile is specified ".lock" is appended to cachefile.
Given that the cache is intended to be accessed from multiple processes at the same time the user is responsible for deleting the cachefile and the lockfile when it is no longer in use.
We need to extend the internal instance metadata that so that we know that if we get a "not my vbucket" response we know that we're in a "cached configuration" change and that we should use full bootstrap logic.
Updating the cache
To avoid a "burst" of clients updating the cache when the topology change the clients first try to create a lockfile. If that fails because of a file existence it the client will try to check the age of the lockfile (to work around stale locks). If the lockfile is older than 2secs it will go ahead and try to update the configuration anyway (and remove the lockfile when its done). In this situation you get a burst of connect attempts anyway.
The entire JSON for the current configuration is dumped in the cache file.
If the lock file exists and is "new" the client will "busy"-wait (just a really short sleep) and check for the existence for the file (unless the platform supports monitoring a file).
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ingenthr says:It may be preferable for the path to be optional somehow, such that a file assoc...
It may be preferable for the path to be optional somehow, such that a file associated with the bucket name would be the default, created in a TMPDIR. This would need to be portable to UNIX-like and Windows platforms.
Otherwise, it looks quite good to me.


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An Arizona legislator wants the state to spend $30 million for a high-tech surveillance network near the U.S. border with Mexico.
Republican Sen. Bob Worsley of Mesa said the "virtual fence" consisting of 200 cameras would monitor cross-border movement to see if the federal government keeps its promises to secure the border.
Under Worsley's bill, the new surveillance system would be erected within 20 miles of the border.
The Arizona Capitol Times reported that funding for the project also could include the approximately $260,000 of donations that the state has already collected for border enforcement under previously enacted legislation.


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U.S. gold-medal winning freestyle wrestler Henry Cejudo says "half of my medal is Mexican," in an article in Spanish in El Pregonero, the Spanish-language newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington. Cejudo was born in the United States to parents who immigrated without documents to find work and scrambled to keep food on the table. Cejudo says he's "living the American dream." A Los Angeles Times article about Cejudo's background covers some of the same territory in English.
'Half of my medal is Mexican,' Olympic winner says
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Well said...tooo much of this going on. Work or starve!Yeah, everyone, vote democrat, OBAMA FOR PRES!!!! I don't want to lose my food stamps and my free cell phone!! I don't work, but he's letting me stay in my house I don't pay for, and I'm doing fine. I don't have to worry about the cost of anything, because you do!! yeah you, the ones who work to pay for everything I have. Distribution of wealth!!! I love it! Now , if you would excuse me, I have to go buy a nnew set of 26 inch rims for my escalade so I can look good at the club tonight. Beer is high, good thing It's the first of the month. Your, oh sorry, now it's my, money will be here. Bye now, it is time for the free transportation to bring my kids home from the free daycare. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!
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we need better runners usa will go into a depression
#504 Sep 30, 2012
less extreme
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#515 Feb 8, 2013
somebody who will get tough on these criminals!
#516 Feb 8, 2013
It's a shame how these criminals now a days are. Some poor little teenage girl can't play in a park in Chicago with her friends with out being shot and killed. They will never get these guns out of the hands of the unstable.
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#519 Feb 11, 2013
we need change, not the same old
#522 Feb 15, 2013
anyone but greg abbott
#523 Feb 15, 2013
pendejo, who said you could post on here. next time check with me before you post anything idiot or i'll make you cry.
#524 Feb 15, 2013
It's about time
#525 Feb 16, 2013
I hate to change the subject but does anyone know anything about the skinny chick that works at the Laundromat? She is 40ish, weighs about 80 pounds. Is she on dope or is she sick or just nice and little. I like the skinny chicks but don't want to get involved with something Ajax may not wash off.
#526 Feb 16, 2013
What a stupid question to ask as you sound like a scewball that roams around laundromats am I right? I will complete your question probly in a matter you don,t like. First of all its none of your business who is who and what is wrong with some-one. I don,t think her husband would like some strange and duranged individial asking about there wife unless of course is she is not married. Another thing to add you werdo there are hundereds of these laundromats around the city and you don,t even metion which one. Yes this is rather odd of one to bring up a question like this so something tells me you either some desperate person that is single just wanting to use a person for fast sex are a werdo are some sex offender who knows right? I really hate to say this but questions like that indicate something may be wrong as i have never seen a question like this on a topix forum. yeaaa i will be sure to warn all the laundromats that we have people that need to be watched that roam around them. I have a feeling i,am going to get a screaming reply from you but i sadly think there is something wrong with you. Join a dating service our go to a topless bar are go find you a woman you can live with and be happy with and that lives a great life. Its not all about looks goofball its what is in the heart. Another thing stick to the subject on this forum.
#527 Feb 16, 2013
Mr big money i have more money then you ever thought of. You say you could make some-one cry? I bet you can,t make me cry. why don,t you werdos roll with the flow on this forum are take youselfs to another forum.
#528 Feb 16, 2013
And who said you could post on here? They call me big bad john not big money. I say its time for you to leave the forum right? Before you try to step on anybodys toes out here there is always a big bad john around.. yeaaaa now shut up pal.
#529 Feb 16, 2013
You just confirmed what I always thought about you arrogant Texan's. Nothing here but steers and queers.
#530 Feb 16, 2013
Get off the forum my man it will be easyer on you to do so, that way you won,t get tons of replies from me.
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A titanic performance propelled Lee Yong Dae and Yoo Yeon Seong into tomorrow's Men's Doubles semi-finals of the BCA Indonesia Open, thwarting the ambitions of their gutted Malaysian rivals.
Grabbing a valuable 18-15 lead in the deciding game of their quarter-final this evening, Tan Boon Heong and Tan Wee Kiong (below) were already dreaming about a spot in the final four of the BWF Superseries Premier event. However, the never-say-die Koreans gave a rousing finale – with trademark big hitting from the back court – to pull level at 18-all before edging home, 15-21 21-6 21-19.
In an encounter the losers were clearly aggrieved to have squandered, Malaysia played confidently to snatch the first game. The response from across the net was swift – and deadly. The cliff-hanger that ensued in the third was one of which this battle was worthy and the approval of fans inside the heaving Istora Senayan was overwhelming. Ear plugs would have been a handy commodity as wild screams and the noisy beating of thunder sticks greeted every point, regardless of who scored.
"I never give up. I just had to focus and find a way to get level with them. Then we could attack. I kept thinking positively. I always believe we can win," said the irrepressible Lee, savouring his return to the MetLife BWF World Superseries and hunting his second straight success after triumphing in last week's Yonex Open Japan.
His partner admitted he wasn't confident and that it was Lee's spirit and refusal to surrender the match that got them through.
"I was nervous, especially after how the Malaysians started. He (Lee) kept pushing me. Telling me we can do it," stated a drenched Yoo.
By contrast, Tan Boon Heong was inconsolable, though hailing the clash a "great match".
"We should win that match. We were leading 18-15 and we should have pressured them but they were pressuring us. We had a few mistakes. It's disappointing as we were not originally partners but we had a chance to be in the semi-finals," said the veteran.
There were similar tales of "oh-so-close-but-yet-so-far" for Denmark's Christinna Pedersen/Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Singaporean duo, Shinta Mulia Sari/Yao Lei. Both Women's Doubles pairs saw match points come and go and, with them, the chance of advancing to the weekend action.
For the No. 2 seeds, it was a nightmarish ending to a match they seemed to have under control at key stages and really could have won in two games. Despite holding match point at 20-19 versus Jang Ye Na/Kim So Young (BWF home page) and putting away smash opportunities quickly, the Danes faltered when it counted most. Rytter Juhl rushed a shot and found the net to lock the scores 20-20 in the third game and the luck of the net then earned Korea their own match point.
Again, the usually-assured Rytter erred, smashing wide. The score: 14-21 22-20 22-20 to the jubilant Koreans.
"This is a big win for us because Denmark is very difficult to beat. We talked about their strengths and weaknesses and we just kept fighting. If we play our best, I think we can win this," said Jang, her partner nodding in agreement.
Meanwhile, Indonesia-born Shinta Mulia Sari – spurred on by boisterous cheers from her compatriots – was a point away from earning a place for Singapore in the Women's Doubles semi-finals. The 26-year-old and Yao Lei held two match points against the wily Ma Jin and the young Tang Yuanting. Nerves, however, got the better of the Singaporeans as the Chinese – with nothing to lose – attacked decisively and were rewarded with a 21-18 17-21 22-20 result.
"I didn't think too far ahead. I just tried to play my best and we won. I am more experienced than Tang and I tried to take charge," explained Ma Jin, who also won her Mixed Doubles match later.
Sari, who has represented Singapore for 12 years, acknowledged their eagerness to win cost them victory. However, she was pleased with their progress and feels confident ahead of next week's Star Australian Open – the newest World Superseries tournament.
* Thailand's Women's Singles players continued their fine showing, with a gutsy Nichaon Jindapon (above, right) celebrating her first World Superseries semi-final while Ratchanok Intanon maintained her welcome return to form. Jindapon overcame Bae Yeon Ju (Korea), 17-21 21-14 22-20, in just over an hour while Intanon beat China's Sun Yu, 21-11 21-10. Their team-mate Busanan Ongbumrungpan gave Wang Shixian a lot to think about before the Chinese prevailed 21-19 21-19. World No. 1 Li Xuerui of China stayed on course to defend her title, winning 22-20 21-15 against India's Saina Nehwal.
* Indonesia's top players – Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan (Men's Doubles) and Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir (Mixed Doubles; above, centre) – came through their quarter-finals to keep home interest high. The latter now face Xu Chen/Ma Jin for a place in Sunday's showdown. Meanwhile, Setiawan said he and Ahsan must do well in front their fans despite the pressure of playing at home.
* The usual suspects worked their way to the business end of the Men's Singles championship with Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei (below, right); China's Chen Long (below, left); Jan Jorgensen of Denmark (below, centre) and Japanese Kenichi Tago all disposing of their rivals.
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