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Pink NauSEA: Carnival Splendor Cruise Review by Ezark
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Pink NauSEA
Destination: Mexican Riviera
Embarkation: Los Angeles
This was our first Carnival cruise. I never thought I could afford one before but since I collected $500,000 in an accident settlement, I thought maybe I can finally go for it. I did what thought was my due diligence and researched all the reviews and details and selected Carnival Splendor. I was excited about sailing on a new ship. Would I be able to smell the fresh paint?
We arrived in Long Beach a day early and decided to sleep in our car. It was pretty scary in the neighborhood. The least that Carnival can do is to make sure the neighborhoods around the Terminal were safe and pleasant. There was not a bathroom for at least More
a mile and when I found it, it was an outhouse at what looked like an abandoned construction site. Gross! Knowing that we did not want to pay the outrageous parking costs at the terminal. We decided to haul our luggage about 4 miles and left the car in a Best Buy parking lot. It would have been nice if Carnival would have had someone to meet us so we didn't have to walk so far.
Embarkation- Stateroom- The best entertainer aboard was the cruise director. We just loved him. When the bad news about our cruise came. He almost made it easy to swallow. We could not find a single bar that had inexpensive drinks either. I guess the trick is to get us on board then when we can't go anywhere else, jack up the prices. We ended up drinking lots of lemonade.
The Food- The altered cruise- Another sore spot was the fact that the buffet closes at night! For those of us who enjoy a late night snack, our only options were room service, pizza and burgers. One one night everyone was all dressed up all fancy. I thought that this was an attempt to intimidate those of us without a lot of money to get all gussied up. The uprise onboard with some passengers in regards to the itinerary change was getting out of control. I thought the coast guard would have to be called. Some of us could not comprehend why the buffets closed late night and why we could not get face masks and still visit Mexico. I guess some of us complained enough that the line decided to make a stop back in Long Beach so anyone who wished to disembark could do so. We had a few days to think about it and since I had the time, we decided to stick it out for the rest of the cruise. We hoped we would not regret it. The shows in the theater we beyond what I could ever see on TV. Still I cannot help but wonder what would a show would be like with professional dancers and singers. The choreography was seamless but it would have been nice to have a juggler or a comedian once in a while. We slowly into San Francisco. I guess the ship was about to run out of fuel so we had to go in very slow to conserve. Once in San Francisco it was horrible weather. If I would have known it would be this bad I would have gotten off back in Long Beach. Carnival staff members did nothing to let us know about the bad weather. When I asked for compensation I was completely shut down. Humph!
I couldn't wait to get back home.
During the embarkation, we walked across and did a very fast check in and dropped off our bags. We were told to come back at 1:30 p.m. for embarkation. We realized that we had forgotten Janet's camera so we decided to walk back to the car to get it and then we would make it back in time to board. Once back at the ship I have to say, it was crazy getting aboard as the lines, sometimes 15 people deep! stopped and went and stopped and went often while twisting and turning. I was getting seasick and we weren't even on the boat yet! I heard that other cruise company's will serve drinks and snacks to guests while they wait in line. Not at Carnival. At first I thought this was going to be a zip in, zip out check-in, but it really turned out to be an exhausting 20 minutes! 20 minutes of my life that I will never get back. Finally aboard we made strait for the buffet. I was not even into my third trip when I was rudely "cut off" midway through the buffet line because we had to do a stupid drill to make sure everyone had a lifejacket and knew where the lifeboats are. Believe me, if there was a problem, I could find the lifeboats. I don't have to have my buffet interrupted to tell me where the friggin lifeboats are. By the time we had to endure the crowds at the drill (4 people deep!) it was already time for dinner. It would have been much nicer to have our drills done by appointment or even deck so we didn't have to get so cuddlely with the other sweating complain-about-everything guests.
To save money we booked and interior cabin. Or should I say can. There was not enough room to even set up my travel stair-stepper! I will say the bed was very comfortable, and the duvet and linens very nice. Would it kill Carnival to have a map of the world on the wall? I guess that would be a little more than what is expected. The flat screen interactive TV was really small. There was at least another 24 inches of space available for a bigger screen. And I had to lay in my bed backwards in order to get at the right angle to enjoy the full illumination. Plus there was only one remote control. Three beds, one remote control! This didn't make sense. The bathroom was about the size of an airplane bathroom. No water in the toilet and the shower had a little stoop that I had to stub my tow on 50 times if not 100.
The Ship-
Pink, Pink, Pink everywhere, with a mish-mash of different designs all over. It looked like a bismol brothel. If Liberace was on acid, this is what he would see. It gave me a headache the whole rest of the cruise. Getting around the boat was entirely ridiculous. Not only could I not get to the bow, I had to go up and down and over and about just to get to the buffet. Another weird thing is that all the odd rooms are on one side of the ship and all of the even rooms were on the other side. It didn't matter if you had an interior room. I can't tell you how many times I was nearly brought to tears because I could not find my room. Then to have to endure the embarrassment that I was on the wrong side of the boat. I was humiliated. And while I'm on the subject, what is the deal with "port" and "starboard" can't we move to the 21st century and just go with left and right for Pete's sake?
I do have to say that there were not a lot of channels on the TV. I could not get one baseball game or even the SciFi channel. There was a channel that showed the bow of the boat so viewers can see where we were going (or in the case of this cruise, where we were NOT going)
I noticed many using their complimentary bath robes. Unfortunately my bath robe did not fit right. When I enquired to the steward about getting a larger size, I could tell from his eyes and his body language that he was thinking I should loose a few pounds. This is not the type of customer service I was expecting. He was very rude and spoke with a foreign accent. Wouldn't it be nice to have an American service person just once? Throughout the whole ship, foreigners everywhere. Now I know why everything is so expensive.
We found the food to be average in the dining room for dinner. Our waiter, Silvia, and assistant, Wilerverat or something foreign, provided the kind of service we pay for. I was grateful that I was able to order 3 appetizers, three main courses and three desserts without even a blink from the wait staff. Breakfast in the "buffet was your standard crowded mess. Some lady complained because I was getting two plates. Some people just are determined to be miserable I guess. Lunch often had some choices that were good some not so good. The rotisserie was always too crowded. I didn't realize until the second to last day was that if you ask the staff at the buffet, they will bring you lobster. I guess that is a something that Carnival doesn't want the 'regular' guests to know about.
Due to the rampant outbreaks of the swine flu changed plans and stopped in Cabo first. Everyone was running around not knowing what was going on. I asked a staff member for a face mask to prevent infection and was referred to the infirmary. The people at the infirmary first looked at me with confusion then told me that there was nothing to worry about. If there was nothing to worry about then why did we stop? I asked. We went back and forth for what seemed all afternoon. I never did get a face mask so I took two napkins from the buffet and made my own!. This must have been a good idea because I noticed several other guests following my lead and making their own face masks. After who knows how long of sitting in the port the foreign captain announced that due to the swine flu outbreaks in Mexico we are not going to travel to Mexico. In exchange, we would be going to San Francisco. Oh Boy! We are just about on the final straw and we were only on the second day. When they announced we would get two of our port charges back totally $40 per person, I considered that a slap in the face. First they were not prepared with face masks, then they cancel Mexico, and then they expect to smooth everything over with a $40 credit. You would think a multi-million corporation would be better prepared for things like pandemics.
Finally everything seemed to fall into place. On the voyage home I went to the Pursers desk with a list of complaints. The buffet hours, the short time in rainy San Francisco, the cancelled Mexico, the lack of face masks. Carnival values it's customers. I was very pleased that they offered a full refund less my alcohol and gratuities. I was so pleased that I added an extra few bucks for the staff. While my complaints are still valid and my hope that Carnival will work to improve, I am pleased that they know when to compensate guests who have a few constructive criticisms. Less
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1. you would have to have a core group of people at the top of the league who are involved in this. Assuming it was rigged for some time, you would end up with quite a few people that have a very strong blackmailing tool at their disposal everytime they have more to lose by not using the tool. 2. you would have to get the accounting firm to cooperate with you. Again, that means more than a handful of people (the turnover rate within the accounting firm is probably high, so every few years you would have to deal with different people). You would also have to provide a VERY strong incentive to the accounting firm to risk their reputation, and you would also have to hide this incentive. We're talking at least 10s of millions of dollars (let's just say that somebody like PWC would not risk their reputation for 500k ...). 3. they would have to have a really strong reason to do it. Even if it only costs them 2-3 million dollars a year to cheat, what do they really have to gain. Would sending the #1 pick to the right team really make the NBA that much more profitable, to the point of covering the costs and compensating for the huge risks of this leaking out to the media? It just makes no sense, the NBA would have to be really stupid to do it AND really clever to pull it off. |
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i think you're under the impression that people at an account firm care
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It's a hell of a gameplan that colangelo and co. have: Hope of winning a lottery in which they have little chance. hahaha. |
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As far as the accounting firm, you MUST be joking. The very existence of an audit firm is tied to their reputation. They are hired for the explicit purpose to ensure the draft is not rigged. If they fail (and worse, they are part of the cover-up), they will almost certainly go bankrupt. Even if they don't lose all their clients right away, they would be sued by every team who ever was part of the lottery and didn't win ... Look up Arthur Andersen to see what a major scandal does to an audit firm. They used to be as big as PWC or Ernst and Young a decade ago. And finally, the draft is public, there's media in the draft room to observe the process. Why would they televise it anyway, everything is done in a computer, they press a button and the results are spit out - it probably takes a milisecond. Which btw means that the programmers would have to be part of the conspiracy as well. And again, why would they do it - what can they possibly gain from it? Not to mention that if they are doing it, how come NYK or Boston didn't win the lottery in all the years they've been in it? How come they sent lebron to Cleveland of all places, and now they send Davis to NO rather than to NJ? |
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I don't disagree moremilk, and I'm not into the conspiracy, but what if another Arthur Andersen was involved? Inexplicably stupid and corrupt shit is pretty epidemic these days, all the much more so amongst professions that require the best reputation.
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Load JSON data with jQuery, PHP and MySQL
Posted in Javascript, MySql and PHP -This post shows how to populate a select box based on the value of the another, by getting JSON data with jQuery from a PHP script that gets the data from a MySQL database.
Previous posts
As a build up to this post I have recently covered loading JSON data with jQuery, converting an array to JSON with PHP, and fetching data from a MySQL database with PHP PDO using data from my example fruit table. A couple of other relevent posts are how to iterate through an associative array, get and set form element values and adding a new option to a select with jQuery.
Update 18 November 2013
At some point, the jQuery team deprecated the use of .attr() and then removed it altogether, replacing it with .prop(). I'm not sure which versions this occurred in, but at the time of this update jQuery 1.10.2 and 2.0.3 are current and .attr() is not supported at all.
I have updated this post to use .prop() instead of .attr() and tested it with both 1.10.2 and 2.0.3 in Chrome 31 on OSX Mavericks. I've also added a link to the HTML and PHP files which can be used as-is once the test database table has been created (the SQL is in the PHP file) and the credentials added to the file.
Downloadable example
A downloadable example can be found here. This contains a PHP file which connects to the database and returns data when the fruitName parameter is specified.
ll you need to do is add in your database name, login name and password to the PHP file and create the fruit table. The SQL for doing this is included in a comment at the end of the PHP file.
The HTML file should then work as-is, as long as you run the whole thing through a web server (e.g. don't just open the HTML file in your web browser and expect it to work).
Working example
The example below doesn't actually make a JSON call with jQuery but does illustrate how the example detailed in this post works. It won't work if you are reading this in a feed reader so be sure to click through to view it in a web browser.
Select a different fruit from the first select and it will change the available varieties in the second select.
HTML Code
The initial HTML code looks like this:
<form> Fruit: <select name="name" id="fruitName"> <option>Apple</option> <option>Banana</option> <option>Orange</option> <option>Pear</option> </select> Variety: <select name="variety" id="fruitVariety"> </select> </form>
The set of fruit names was already populated on the server-side and the default set of varieties could be too; I have chosen to populate them with Javascript in this example.
jQuery Code
The jQuery code needs to initially populate the variety drop down based on the value of the fruit drop down. It then needs to update the variety if the fruit drop down changes.
Assuming the PHP script to fetch the fruit is at /fruit-varieties.php do this:
function populateFruitVariety() { $.getJSON('/fruit-varities.php', {fruitName:$('#fruitName').val()}, function(data) { var select = $('#fruitVariety'); var options = select.prop('options'); $('option', select).remove(); $.each(data, function(index, array) { options[options.length] = new Option(array['variety']); }); }); } $(document).ready(function() { populateFruitVariety(); $('#fruitName').change(function() { populateFruitVariety(); }); });
The "$.getJSON('/fruit-varities.php', {fruitName:$('#fruitName').val()}" line is what retrieves the data and it passes the currently selected fruit name value as part of the get string to the PHP script.
PHP Code
The PHP script connects to the database, retrieves the data for the selected fruit name and then returns it as a JSON encoded string.
$dsn = "mysql:host=localhost;dbname=[DATABASE NAME HERE]"; $username = "[USERNAME HERE]"; $password = "[PASSWORD HERE]"; $pdo = new PDO($dsn, $username, $password); $rows = array(); if(isset($_GET['fruitName'])) { $stmt = $pdo->prepare("SELECT variety FROM fruit WHERE name = ? ORDER BY variety"); $stmt->execute(array($_GET['fruitName'])); $rows = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); } echo json_encode($rows);
Caching issues
Internet Explorer and Firefox will cache the subsequent requests made to the same fruit name but the other browsers won't, requesting them again each time. There are a couple of ways to solve this which is covered in another post.
Radio buttons instead of select boxes
I'vw written a follow up post "Load JSON data with jQuery and PHP - Radio Buttons" to show how to do the same thing but with radio buttons instead of select boxes.
Further reading
I haven't written much in the way of comments for each of the above code snippets; they've all been covered to some degree in previous posts which led up to this one. Please refer to these in the "Previous Posts" section at the top of this post or the "Related Posts" list below.
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To use the strobe tuner, select the desired note and observe the pattern created when playing. Rotation indicates that the note is sharp (clockwise) or flat (anticlockwise). The faster the rotation, the more out-of-tune. This rotation is very precise and gives a much more accurate result when compared to ordinary electronic tuners. Each ring on the disc corresponds to a partial above the fundamental (the two inner rings are below the fundamental) and can be used to tune instruments with many partials.
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UK authorities: your job was to Protect that 82 year old woman, Not to protect the religion that motivated the Scumuslim who beheaded her.
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What do I feel about our "protecters" instead protecting All things Islam & allowing Muslims to have open season on us during this war? Rage
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The reason for organizing this workshop is very simple. If we use a low weight for age as the basis for the anthropometric diagnosis of malnutrition, then in many countries some four-fifths of the children considered to be malnourished are simply small in size, with normal weight for height (Table 1).
The process of growth inhibition in children (stunting) leads to "stunted growth." Stunted growth implies the existence of inhibiting factors without which growth would have continued unabated according to the genetically determined growth potential of the individual.
We consider how length measurements taken every 4 or every 8 weeks in infancy may be used to detect slowing down of growth as a result of nutritional or other causes. Mixed longitudinal data from 427 children from the Sudan are presented.
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It is generally accepted that adequate nutrition is a prerequisite for normal postnatal growth. Hormones such as growth hormone (GH), insulin, thyroxine, and sex steroids play a pivotal role in controlling musculoskeletal growth, as proven in a number of well-described clinical conditions (Fig. 1).
A universal observation in vertebrate biology is that a low plane of nutrition in early life slows the rate of growth and, if it persists may result in small stature at maturity.
When a wheat plant is grown in soil low in selenium, the result is a normally sized plant that has a low selenium concentration in its tissues. When a wheat plant is grown on a soil low in zinc, the result is a stunted plant that has a normal concentration of zinc in its tissues.
In this chapter, we examine patterns of children's linear growth in Nepal and in Bangladesh. We then present an analysis of different variables associated with slowed linear growth; these include the child's sex, the place where the child lives, the season, the economic status of the household, the ethnic group to which the child belongs, and illnesses to which the child is exposed.
The general relationships between malnutrition and infection have been recognized for centuries, but the details of the links have been defined considerably only during the last few decades. Many of the studies examining the effect of malnutrition on the response to infection have been reviewed (1,2).
Mental development is a product of the interaction between hereditary and environmental factors. If one assumes that the brain is the organ for intellectual functioning, it is important to point out that its development extends over a very long period of time, the longest of all organs in the body, and is therefore susceptible to the influence of a great variety of events that might interfere with its normal evolution: traumas, infections, deprivations, nutritional deficits, etc.
The relationship in poorer, developing nations of the world between small body size of the adult population and nutritional deprivation during the period of growth has been discussed at length in previous chapters. Some of the functional consequences have also been discussed.
When discussing the relationship between stunting and mortality in developing countries, one has to distinguish two separate issues, (a) Does being stunted, i.e., presenting with retarded linear growth, carry an additional risk of dying? (b) Does stunting, i.e., presenting with deceleration of linear growth, carry an additional risk of dying? Very little is known on either subject.
Available anthropometric data on different communities around the world broadly indicate a close relationship between the heights of children (and, for that matter, of adults) in a community and the level of its socioeconomic development. The greater the socioeconomic deprivation in a community, the greater, generally, are the extent and degree of stunting in it.
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This is kinda wierd topic, but has anyone built there own mini-monster truck. I am considering starting my own after college. So far I want a low CG decent power to weight ratio and a high/low range selectable drive. I have looked around but I need some ideas for motor/tranny/tcase, or whatever else is applicable. I want to be as small as possible as far as the frame length and width are concerned, but i would like to run mid-size truck axles for the width. Thanks for any inspiration, Skeeter.
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yeah i know rock crawlers are small, but i am looking for something with a slightly different flair. In the area of the country i am from rock crawling is seldom spoke of. I am planning something similar to a one seater rock competition rock crawler, only with a little more emphasis on handling at higher speeds (not high speed, but more than crawling) and balance if any air born adventures occur. I do agree rock crawlers are very similar to this, but I want little different setup. skeeter
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There was a guy a while back building just what you are talking about..
They looked like this design but were bigger and had a Chevy 350 motors.. This on has a 2 stroke motor.. Here is a one but it's not the one I was looking for.. Here is one on Ebay. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mini-...QQcmdZViewItem
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East Cocalico starts year on a busy note
By: ALICE HUMMER Review Correspondent, Staff Writer
After dealing with two snows requiring road maintenance over the holiday, East Cocalico supervisors started the year by being named in a lawsuit brought by residents of Park View Heights.
Stevens & Lee law firm was named at the Jan. 16 East Cocalico supervisors meeting as the special council to represent the township in any litigation.
"We are named in the lawsuit, along with many others," said East Cocalico Township supervisor chairman, Doug Mackley.
"The township might be thought of as a participant in the process where the deed restrictions were removed," said Mark Hiester, East Cocalico Township manager. "And we did have to sign off when residents won the right to purchase the land on which their mobile homes were placed."
At least twice in the last year and a half, Park View Heights residents appeared at township supervisors meetings requesting help to secure the right for residents to own their land instead of renting it.
Legally, there was nothing the township could do to assist. The residents feared with the state closure of the Vista Care health facility, the entire parcel of property — including the adjacent land where their homes sat — would be sold.
The Park Side Homeowners Association seeks relief because it believes that, with the closure of the Vista Care facility, their property values have decreased due to the properties being isolated, among other factors.
The Park Side lawsuit is in U.S. District Court.
Meanwhile, the Kyma Seafood Grille appeal remains in the Lancaster County court system. Restaurant owners, George and Nick Barokas, appealed East Cocalico Township's Oct. 17, 2012 decision to assess a traffic impact fee on the proposed improvements to their restaurant's deck, which they claim would not generate additional traffic. Improvements proposed included an awning, heaters and some side curtains.
In other business, supervisors passed an ordinance "amending the roadway classifications to reference roadway classifications in the transportation impact fee program roadway sufficiency analysis."
"Roads have different designations," Hiester said. "For example, some are local roads, some are collector roads, and these designations affect the traffic impact fees assigned. It's been a few years since we've taken a look at the designations to see if they are accurate."
The Land Planning engineer had no action items, which is an unusual occurrence at a meeting.
"The balls are in the other people's court right now," Hiester said. "There's a lot going on in the Township — our people tend to turn things around faster than the developers do."
Heister named several projects outstanding, such as W.J. Crossroads, Village of East Cocalico, Wabash Landing, Foxbrook and the Dollar General Store. Dollar General wants to locate in the area where the trains are on route 272. Zoning Officer, Tony Luongo noted that there are storm water run-off issues and impervious surface issues causing a delay for conditional approval. Dealing with out of state engineering companies, who may not be familiar with local and PA ordinances also factor into the delays with Dollar General's progress.
"We also have ongoing compliance issues at Heatherwoods," Hiester said. At the supervisors April 4, 2012 meeting, Heatherwoods residents reminded supervisors that they've waited five years and no roads have been dedicated.
"The developer's been given a list. Until that list is complete there is nothing we can do." said supervisor, Noelle Fortna, who shared the resident's concerns.
Supervisor, Alan Fry, reminded people of the Wabash Road closing on Feb. 4.
"The Wabash Bridge will be demolished," Fry said. "And a new concrete bridge will be constructed, and hopefully done in six months."
Zoning officer, Tony Luongo, reported 11 false alarm violations in December, 2012.
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Thereafter, Helvi and mom came with me to explore the island a bit.
Lunch was served at the cafeteria and was just burgers and such. We went and sat by the Estonian flag. It really was amazing to hear and see so many Estonians.
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Private Island Paradise
... up with UV lotions and baked by the water's edge. Back from the beach, a full buffet lunch was provided with ample shaded picnic tables. It was actually a pretty decent spread, with char-broiled burgers, hot dogs and ribs, lots of fruit, salads, breads and desserts and cold beverages. Alcohol was available at separate bars,
By early afternoon we headed back to the ship with glowing skin.
Bikinis and Boo-kinis at Princess Cays
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Here's a blue-ribbon-worthy version of a classic sandwich. When guests try the crusty buns filled with ham and rich, melted goat cheese, they quickly reach for seconds.—Clara Hedrich, Chilton, Wisconsin
19 Stromboli Recipes
- 4 hoagie buns
- 1 small red onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded fontina cheese
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded aged goat cheese
- 1 cup cubed fully cooked ham
- 1/3 cup roasted sweet red peppers, drained and cut into strips
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon minced fresh thyme or 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Cut a thin slice off the top of each bun. Hollow out bottoms of buns, leaving a 1/4-in. shell (discard removed bread or save for another use).
- In a small skillet, saute onion in oil until tender. Remove from the heat; stir in the cheeses, ham, red peppers, parsley, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Spoon into shells; replace tops. Wrap each sandwich in foil, leaving top open. Place on a baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 10-14 minutes or until cheese is melted. Yield: 4 servings.
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On back of its anemic Singapore and Malaysia performance.
The property firm didn't have the one-off boost it enjoyed during the last comparable period, as it saw its net profit plunge by 90%.
According to a report by Maybank Kim Eng, sales recognition for Wing Tai was broadly in line, and sales for the period include recognition for the Tembusu & Le Nouvel Ardmore in Singapore, The Lakeview in China and Jesselton Hills in Malaysia.
Meanwhile, Wing Tai is also burdened by slow home sales in Singapore, with high-end projects Le Nouvel Ardmore and Nouvel 18 remain substantially unsold and are weighed down by the soft prevailing sentiments for the luxury market.
Maybank Kim Eng added that while performance for Wing Tai had been soft in its Singapore and Malaysia performance, the firm is expected to benefit from policy relaxation in the country.
"Sales for The Crest, its mid-range project, were also slow with only 10 units sold over the quarter. Despite the soft showing, we see the challenging market conditions largely priced-in and expect a bottom for Singapore's residential market in the year ahead," Maybank Kim Eng said.
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Expect 16 Perspectives on Stars at Golden Globes
It's a few days before the Golden Globes, and the Beverly Hilton International Ballroom is having a little work done.
Brash Brit Ricky Gervais Turns Sweeter in New Comedy
Ricky Gervais, the brash Briton who built a career on biting satire, is showing off his sweeter side.
Adele to Make Post-Baby Debut at Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Adele is coming to the Golden Globes. The executive producer of the show says the 24-year-old Grammy-winning pop star is set to make her first post-baby appearance at Sunday's ceremony, where she is nominated for original song for the James Bond theme "Skyfall." Adele welcomed her first child, with boyfriend […]
Ricky Gervais Won't Be Attending Sunday's Golden Globes
When the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards air on NBC this Sunday night at 8/7c, Ricky Gervais will be miles away from Los Angeles. The reason is not because the three-time former Globes host is fearful of reentering the celebrity lion's den, but simply because he begins shooting the new "Muppets" movie sequel in London […]
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"Homeland" star Damian Lewis was basking in the glow of the show's impressive collection of Golden Globe Award nominations Thursday morning, but the real buzz is building over the fate of his tortured character on the winning Showtime series. As we eagerly await Sunday night's second-season finale, many fans are obsessing over whether or not […]
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I thought of this because I was watching DS walking around with a toy. My mom gave him this frog when he was a couple months old. It makes that paper sound and if you squeeze it he ribbits. He cried anytime it came into view. He was afraid of it for idk how long. He likes it now. Lol
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My sister was kinda like that. Only was those garden ball things that are different colors. My dad joked with her that those meant aliens lived there and the different colors meant different types. She took it seriously. Lol. She still thinks they're creepy at 30.
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not so much a toy. but my son hated garden gnomes. he thought they were scary. (started maybe age 2ish) my mom wasnt allowed to have them in her garden either. when he was 5 he still hated them. he told my mom they were bad luck.


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Preorders for Apple iPad slow after 120K first-day rush
Enthusiasts tracking presales of the iPad believe Apple sold 120,000 units on its first day of availability, though excitement is estimated to have dropped considerably on days two and three.Users on the AAPL Sanity Board at Investor Village have taken their order numbers and used them to figure out how many total preorders Apple has taken for the iPad. On Friday, the first day of availability, they determined that an estimated 51,000 units were sold in the first two hours. By the end of the day, they found that 120,000 were secured in the first 24 hours.
But according to Philip Elmer-DeWitt with Fortune Brainstorm Tech, by Saturday and Sunday those order estimates had slowed to about 1,000 per hour, suggesting demand for the device died off considerably after the first day.
Daniel Tello, who has been tracking the numbers closely, predicted that Apple will sell about 30,000 iPad preorders on weekdays, and half of that on weekends. He forecasts no more than a half-million preorders and reservations will be taken before the April 3 launch. He told Elmer-DeWitt he believes Apple will sell 1 million iPads by the second week after the device ships.
Most among the preorders tracked at Investor Village opted for the Wi-Fi-only model, coming on top by a two-to-one margin. The Wi-Fi iPad will be available April 3, while the 3G-enabled versions, which carry a $130 premium, will arrive later that month. Preorders saw a relatively even split among capacities, with the largest model, 64GB, accounting for 35 percent of orders.
Users who wish to add to the iPad sales tracking project can help by sending their order number with the last three digits X-ed out, the number of iPads ordered, order time, time zone, memory capacity and whether they purchased a 3G or Wi-Fi model to email@example.com.
Despite the sharp drop-off in preorders, a half-million sales before the product ships would be an excellent start for Apple, as low-end estimates on Wall Street had forecast the iPad would sell 1 million units in its entire first year. Tello's numbers, on the other hand, would have Apple reaching that milestone in a matter of weeks.


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Hotel Marabout Sousse is located within a mile (2 km) of Tunisia Water Sport a Sousse and Sousse Beach. This 3-star hotel welcomes guests with 200 rooms and conveniences like a private beach, an outdoor pool, and free self parking. It's in central Sousse and also close to Ribat of Sousse and ribat.
Free hot/cold buffet breakfast is included with your stay. In addition to a meal at the onsite restaurant, you can also enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. Get a pick-me-up at the coffee shop/café.
All 200 air-conditioned rooms feature balconies and phones. For entertainment, guests can expect to find cable TV.
Property features
Hotel Marabout Sousse features a private beach, a nightclub, and an outdoor pool. You can take advantage of free parking, along with an airport shuttle. Multilingual staff at the front desk are standing by 24/7 to help with tours or tickets, luggage storage, and securing valuables. Other amenities at this beach hotel include a children's pool, a kids' club, and a seasonal outdoor pool.
- Free hot/cold buffet breakfast
- Free parking
- Onsite dining
- Private beach
Hotel Marabout Sousse
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Hotel Amenities
Step outside to unwind on the white sand beach. After a day at the beach, enjoy amenities at Hotel Marabout Sousse like an outdoor pool and a children's pool.
Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. The hotel offers a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. Wired high-speed Internet access is available for a surcharge. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- On private beach
- 24-hour front desk
- Children's club (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 200
- Number of floors - 5
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee shop or café
- Free breakfast
- Elevator/lift
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Waterslide
- Airport transportation
- Billiards or pool table
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Laundry facilities
- Multilingual staff
- Nightclub
- Poolside bar
- Porter/bellhop
- Luggage storage
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Year Built 1990
- Garden
- Number of buildings/towers - 2
- Children's pool
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Family Friendly Amenities
- On private beach
- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
- Waterslide
- Laundry facilities
Available in some public areas: Wired high-speed internet ( TND 8 )
Free self parking
Room Amenities
Hotel Marabout Sousse offers 200 accommodations with air conditioning. Rooms open to balconies. Televisions come with cable channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary hot/cold buffet breakfast.
Hotel Marabout Sousse has a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site. Other recreational amenities include a private beach and a waterslide.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Fitness classes on site
Spa Services
- Manicures and pedicures
- Massages
- Body treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 1:30 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11:30 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No cribs (infant beds) available
Optional extras
- Fee for high-speed Internet (wired) in public areas: TND 8 (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: TND 100 per vehicle (one way)
- Late check-out fee: TND 60
Hotel Name
- Hotel Marabout
- Hotel Marabout Sousse
- Marabout Hotel
- Marabout Hotel Sousse
- Marabout Sousse
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The lodge was warm and well kept. All the necessary things were there. It was exceptionally clean, bed was comfortable our only gripe was the shower lacked any real power. It was fantastic to look out the window at the sunrise from the bed, there was no need to close the curtains no one could look in and the dark nights made it good for stargazing.
Confirmed guest, 2016-12-30
nice house. Beautiful view over the sea.
Confirmed guest, 2016-09-23
2 out of 10
Tired and dated lodge ours smelt funny but was ok after a good airing!
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10 out of 10
Bronze lodge is way above our expections. Thank you.
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8 out of 10
Nice lodge and excellent value for money
Confirmed guest, 2016-08-13
A smell of damp in one of the bedrooms but really well equipped and very comfortable.
7 out of 10
Lodge was basic but very clean with everything you needed. Sofa bed in the lounge was fine as a sofa but the mattress was very uncomfortable when used as a bed. Plenty of storage space in the bedroom and whilst we had to rearrange the furniture in the lounge to eat at the dining table and make the bed this was what we expected and was reflected in the price we paid.
Ideal base for visiting Tenby and surrounding areas
Confirmed guest, 2016-08-12
Please see above review.
Happy to go again
Confirmed guest, 2016-08-05
Excellent value and something for the whole family (3 teenagers)
Confirmed guest, 2016-07-23
6 out of 10
Wish they mention it before we booked that swimming pool is not open 😟
Confirmed guest, 2016-07-18
Area is beautiful but couldn't spend more than a week. We got a discount price which we felt was good value but wouldn't pay full price. Lodge was well equipped but a bit grubby and in need of updating. Bed was uncomfortable and there is little to do on site. Staff are very friendly and helpful and so were the locals. The grounds are well kept and the view from our lodge was beautiful (not all lodges have sea views). Beach is quite close and good value for £3 all day parking. We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and we would go back for the right price.
Confirmed guest, 2016-07-16
Good accommodation although the hot water could be tempremental. Carpet could do with an update in the living area or better still laminate it. The furniture in the bedroom was Fab looked original 50's (except for the bed )
Confirmed guest, 2016-07-15
Had a lovely few days. Property was lovely, clean and had everything we needed. Our only gripe was the parking. The parking space next to our lodge was so small/narrow we couldn't park our KA.
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Experimental studies have been carried out to predict the fire resistance of protected I-shaped steel insulated with ceramic fibre. The steel section selected were W250-80 and W310-158. The experimental results are compared with those obtained using the mathematical models develop by the same authors. The results indicate that the model is capable of predicting the fire.
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UH Manoa Campus Events Calendar
Second Campus-Wide Conversation with Chancellor Tom Apple
November 19, 12:00pm - 1:00pmManoa Campus, Kuykendall Auditorium
All students, faculty, staff, administration and other interested members of our UHM campus community are invited to participate in the second "Campus-Wide Conversation."
We will meet in Kuykendall Auditorium at 12 noon on Monday, November 19. Light refreshments will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis until the refreshments are exhausted.
I encourage all campus constituencies to attend. I want to hear your concerns.
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Second Campus-Wide Conversation with Chancellor Tom Apple
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Managing Your Data for Publication and Citations for Graduate Students
Manoa Campus, Kuykendall 106 Events Room & Gallery |
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Bollywood Mondays: 'Dev. D' (2009)
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Strawberry Nutella Mug Cake
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Is self rising flour different from All Purpose Flour? Im definitely thinking of trying this tonight!!
ReplyDeleteA few weeks ago, I downloaded a free Kindle book Gluten-Free Microwave Mug Cakes! So happy I did! :-p
ReplyDeleteNo I never ever get those cravings at 9 pm...never;-) Fine you got me...I get them all the time!!! This is an awesome little cake for when those cravings hit. Plus it has strawberries in it so it has to be some what healthy right? Thank you so much for sharing on Trick or Treat Tuesday!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that you use an entire egg for a mug cake when a whole cake (9x13 or 2-8" cakes) recipe only calls for 2-3 eggs! But that's not going to stop me from trying it!!!
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Does anyone know how much baking soda and/or baking powder I need to add with all purpose flour?
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 24, 2013 at 5:26 AM
I just tried it with 3 broken up walnuts and omitted the preserves. Very good!
ReplyDelete Can't wait to try this recipe for my babyshower in cupcake form!
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I don't have/use a microwave at home.... Can this be made in the oven using a ramekin??? It looks delicious!


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Robert Allan gave props (1 Aug 2010):
Ah... yes, this sad. Nice capture!
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Compositionally this is lovely :)
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I love ths.. the colors and the textures.. great job
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very nice scene and lovely colors
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Cryptic Nonagrams - CLanguage brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.A nonagram is a 9-letter word made from three 3-letter words or abbreviations.
In this teaser, each sentence gives three clues, leading to the three short words (or abbreviations) that make the nonagram. *Example* Worker on a curved path, with a little twitch. *Hint* Polar (region) *Answer* Antarctic - [Worker = ANT; Curved path = ARC; Twitch = TIC] These nonagrams all begin with the letter "C". 1. The taxi took a section of the journey with a male sheep! 2. "Puss" joined the American Medical Association and took charge. 3. The short Commodore is with a guy who has an IBM operating system. 4. Swindle by a despicable man and a communist. The HINT gives - some suggestions to help you with cryptic clues - a further clue for the complete nonagram Answer1. CABLEGRAM - Taxi = CAB; Section = LEG; Sheep = RAM2. CATAMARAN - Puss = CAT; AMA (acronym); took charge = RAN 3. COMMANDOS - Commodore (abbrev) = COM; guy = MAN; IBM Operating System = DOS 4. CONCURRED - Swindle = CON; despicable man = CUR; communist = RED Hide What Next?
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Los Blancos' captain was captured on camera during Tuesday night's clash with the Citizens, and appeared unmoved by the Portuguese's 90th-minute goal
Jose Mourinho's side were losing to the English visitors five minutes from time until Karim Benzema levelled matters before Ronaldo popped up to drive home the winner and send the home fans into raptures.
And in the pictures taken by TVE, Casillas appears indifferent as the Santiago Bernabeu erupted and the reasons remain unclear.
In recent weeks much speculation has surrounded the Spanish champions, stemming from Ronaldo's revelation of his apparent 'sadness'. The former Manchester United player's admission sparked off a media frenzy with question marks being raised regarding his relationship with certain team members, including Casillas.
Since then, however, Casillas has revealed that he was feeling sad during the game, due to the death of a young Polish football fan that he met during the summer. Marca suggests that this was the reason why he did not celebrate the goal.
The keeper expressed his grief on facebook, with a message stating: "My most sincere condolences to his family. Rest in peace, my friend".
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Lol at this thread direction.
It's an admirable detour, TBH.
Appreciating cricket's greatest legend ever - HD Bird...............Funniest post (intentionally) ever.....Runner-up.....Third.....Fourth
(Accidental) founder of Twenty20 Is Boring Society. Click and post to sign-up.RIP Fardin Qayyumi (AKA "cricket player"; "Bob"), 1/11/1990-15/4/2006
Lol, at this thread. I've had stuff labelled at 96%. It has a polish name I cbf transliterating it. Can't really describe the feeling you get when you have it, basically one single drop and your whole mouth is on fire. Not something I'd ever do again, but I'm glad I tried it. You can't get the stuff in shops though, pretty sure it'd be illegal.
Rest In Peace Craigos
90% absinthe is pretty common over here
Anyway, big T through the ages (well, last few years)
June 2002- anti-social recluse hidden behind friends at the school ball
The smug expression and long hair can't hide the fact that I'm both a nerd AND first loser- November 2002
Tough guy with a cheap camera phone, circa May 2004
Me, my sister, my white legs- Christmas 2005
My family- March 2006
wtf, I have a girlfriend- March 2006
chillaxin- December 2006
engaged- March 2007
Self indulgent tosser with too much time on his hands- all of the above
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Haha, great captions.
How legless is everybody in the family group shot? Looks like a right piss up
Actually it was right at the start of the night! Guess we were just going for "relaxed"
Same bird as on the right at the ball five years ago?
Stedders' Supported XI
Tamim Iqbal, DA Warner, UT Khawaja, CA Lynn, Shakib Al Hasan, AB De Villiers, +BB McCullum, AC Agar, Mashrafe Mortaza, JM Bird, JP Behrendorff.
RIP Fardin. RIP Craigos. RIP Prince.
James, you win the super secret mystery prize! And I didn't really see her at all between June 2002- December 2005, ain't life funny.
Looks like somebody is showing off
Haha, runner-up dux. Well, at least you weren't one of the runner-up runner-up dux like me
You had runner up runner up dux?
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In this little-seen early film from George Romero, Jan White plays an affluent housewife able to keep her creeping disaffection at bay through therapy, friends, and a devotion to her family. When her friends catch wind that a local woman Virginia Greenwald practices witchcraft, their curiosity is piqued and they pay her a visit. For White, however, the visit has profound implications. Exploring the practice herself she finds an escape from her stifling existence -- but at a cost. ~ Keith Phipps, Rovi
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Bishop José Andrés Corral Arredondo, Bishop of Parral, Chihuahua, México, has died.
He was 65 years old and had served as a priest for 41 years and as a bishop for 22 years.
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Lot 130: A spirit photograph. A woman is visited by the spirit of her departed husband
Photographs: Cabinet Cards & some Civil War
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Description: A spirit photograph. A woman is visited by the spirit of her departed husband. Spirit photographs reveal something about spiritual beliefs in the period. They also provide a chance for photographers to exploit some of the possibilities of superimposition. By D. H. Hendee, East Portland, Oregon.
Condition Report: Soil on the bottom margin, and the lower mount corners are bruised. [2+]


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Over the decade, we have seen Hip Hop and Pop music dominating the music charts. I do listen to current Hip Hop and Pop music and i do like some of them but having grown up both as a kid in the 1980s and as a teenager in the 1990s, i do have a soft spot for Rock music. I would certainly like to see Rock back as a force on the mainstream charts. The last great period when Rock had a strong presence in the mainstream music charts was in the 80s (glam metal, arena rock) and early 90s to mid 90s (grunge, alternative rock). The early 2000s did see some good rock bands on the mainstream charts like Korn, Saliva, Slipknot, Fuel and Puddle of Mudd. While i am sure Rock will survive into the future, Will it be able regain the huge popularity it once had or even maintain a presence on the mainstream music charts against the likes of Nicki Minaj, Jay Z and Taylor Swift. Are we going to see mainstream Rock evolve into something like the Folk Rock of Mumford & Sons, the Pop Rock of OneRepublic or the Emo Rock of Jimmy Eat World. Or is the future of mainstream Rock is to be more like Nickelback or more like Foo Fighters?
Granted I'm old, but I haven't had a clue what "current" pop music is like since, oh... Michelle Branch was the last "new" artist I liked.
It may not get the press or flash in the pan mega sales, but it does well year in, year out. It has great staying power. You've only got to look at the size of venue the big rock acts like Iron Maiden, Rush and Metallica play, or the size of the crowd at events like the Download festival to see that there is still a large audience out there. Its just not trendy...
Let me say that i do listen to Hip Hop and Pop music and i do find them catchy. But however, Rock music is still the music that moves my soul. To hear Chris Connell or Brett Scallions rock vocals is something out of this world. Something spiritual.
Rock is still pretty mainstream. It doesn't sell as well as hip hop or pop, but it's definitely way more mainstream than jazz or folk music. I'm waiting for progressive rock to become mainstream again. By far the genre I listen to the most.
You may be taking an American-centric view of this. In Europe, metal (and it's many sub-genres) is frickin' huge, but most Americans haven't even heard of most of the bands. I started getting into symphonic metal about 6 years ago. Only a few of those bands ever play in North America. As far as we in America are concerned, all that pop garbage really is taking over radio & the charts, which makes me very happy I found other music to discover. I think as long as you make yourself aware of other kinds of music, you can find something you like and never have to listen to the radio again (unless it's Sirius/XM, that kicks a$$).
Like for example, the bands that charted in the 2000s. Jimmy Eat World, Gob, Saliva, Slipkot, Fuel, Deftones, Vertical Horizon, Incubus, Default, Puddle of Mudd, Cold, Foo Fighters, Nickleback, Creed etc etc. I know that many rock fans dislike Nickleback and Creed but i included them because they do play Rock music even though many folks dislike them.
You know why pop and rap dominate the pop charts? Because the people who addictive-iTunes-click like pop and rap. There's plenty of great rock coming out, just most of it isn't showing up on the pop charts because so few of its fans (18-35 guys) spend money on music. Arcade Fire, The National, TV On The Radio, LCD Soundsystem. They're called 'indie' but their new albums debut in the top ten and their concerts fill the venue.
It's whatever happens to be popular at the time I suppose. Nobody would have called Nirvana or Pearl Jam mainstream rock when they first appeared, but after selling 50 squillion albums, how can they be anything else? Rock and heavy guitar music in general needs another shot in the arm like Grunge/90s alt rock gave it. It will survive, but it won't be a major mainstream force until that happens.
Finding a new band to be a fan of is no longer as easy as just listening to the radio a lot, like it used to. You have to hunt sadly, but there are some amazing things being done with rock music right now. Currently, I'm obsessed with Devin Townsend's music. I also discovered this week a cool band called Unitopia, who remind me a lot of Peter Gabriel era Genesis.
[LEFT]Basically Rock Music that can appeal to masses like the way mainstream Hip Hop music does right now. Hip Hop is so big and so mainstream right now. Yuo don't really see that with the current Rock Music. You don't really see Rock music toping Billboard's the hot 100 and Billboard 200. The only rock song in the top 10 right now is Imagine Dragons's Radioactive. The rest are songs from the Pop, Hip Hop and RnB Genres. Any rock music that is on the general charts is mainstream to me. [/LEFT]
I haven't been a big fan of post-grunge rock, most of the stuff on the radio sounds all samey to me (or is that me just getting old?). Everything sounds like what I used to think of as "alternative".
I actually liked the sound of the post grunge era. Collective Soul, Creed, Puddle of Mudd, Staind, Audioslave, Incubus, Fuel, Matchbox Twenty and also the sound of alternative rock bands like Toad The Wet Sprocket, Gin Blossoms and others that became mainstream after grunge.
I'm not a big fan of grunge, I prefer my rock to be more overblown, theatrical, and somewhat complicated. Nirvana's Nevermind is an OK album but hardly particularly interesting, and the hits from it were somewhat standard pop. Dream Theater's Images and Words was recorded in the same year and completely blows it away as an album.
I saw Devin Townsend singing for Vai back in '94. Fuck me that guy has pipes. Really amazing frontman. To me the radio bands that are shifting decent numbers of records at the moment seem either to be a new breed of folk rockers, or bands still trading on the alt rock scene of the 90s. Popular rock music is pretty tame and bland at the moment. You are right though that if you are prepared to step away from that and go look, there's probably more great rock music around now than there ever has been. I mean, it's much easier to record and distribute now, and you can put together something decently produced on a fraction of the budget big releases used to get.


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I also experienced the same problems like you using the jackrabbit jca connector.
When using jackrabbit 1.3.1 there is a workaround regarding the first issue: add
My first issue was that I was experiencing the two-sessions per transaction deadlock, for no apparent reason (used one transaction and one session). This made me to use REQUIRES_NEW transaction attributes on all jackrabbit save operations, which surprisingly helped getting rid of the deadlock. Anyway, now that I've done that, it still seems like jackrabbit is not really logging out sessions, since I run out of transaction connections after exactly 20 fetches (reproducable): jcr/local convertfrontend-1.0-SNAPSHOT.ear#jackrabbit-jca.rar javax.jcr.Repository /var/mediastorage/jcrstore classpath:repository.xml true
java.lang.RuntimeException: Error initializing JCR access:javax.jcr.RepositoryException: No ManagedConnections available within configured blocking timeout ( 30000 [ms] ): No ManagedConnections available within configured blocking timeout ( 30000 [ms] )I also get some warnings before this happens:
[org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.CachedConnectionManager] Could not find a close method on alleged connection objects. Please close your own connections.I have an alternative storage implementation using java.io, and I have no such problems when I switch to that solution, so I beleive that the problem is from within jackrabbit. My theory is that the sessions never get commited. The first workaround with the double sessions convinced me, since I was calling different session beans from a server, with no more than one jcr session in each method call. The fact that the multiple session bug was visible in this situation should indicate that the session must survive the transaction and still be attached to the current thread even after the transaction has ended. This theory also seems logical with respect to the fact that everything started to work after REQUIRES_NEW, but that I ran out of threads. Is there anything that I have missed to do in order to be sure that sessions get closed at the end of each transaction? Do I need to do a session logout programmatically? Does anyone have any suggestion as to what I should do to make this work? Any help is greatly appriciated. I've searched the mailing list, and found a couple of similar issues, with no answers: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.jackrabbit.user/979/match=blocking+timeout http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.apache.jackrabbit.user/637/match=blocking+timeout Best Regards /Alexander T No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.10/1070 - Release Date: 14.10.2007 09:22 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.10/1070 - Release Date: 14.10.2007 09:22


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The Mind of James Donahue
Goetia Spirits
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Here are introductory links with pictures inviting you to examine the drawings, the sigils and fascinating discovery information about the Goetian Spirits said to have been bound by King Solomon. Aaron C. Donahue, perhaps the most skilled technical remote viewer in the world, has used his talents to summon and then draw these once feared "demons" as they really are. His findings will shock and amaze you. The Goetian Spirits are aliens, who have been with us for thousands of years. They are the origins of many of our myths ranging from sea monsters to unicorns and UFOs.
#1: Human Origins In Bael? Powerful Demon King Is Worshipped
#3: Vassago; An Impish Spirit Plays Games When Evoked
#5 Marbas With Cat Eyes Some Say He Comes As A Lion
#7: Middle Eastern Wolf God He is Amon And He Is Old
#9: Trumpets Announce Paimon He Comes To Set Things Right
#11: Blue Alien Gusion Appears As Puffy Frog
#13 Mystery Spirit Beleth He Rides A Pale Horse
#15 Robotic Figure Eligos Or Maybe He Is The Snake
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Teen charged with murder in stabbing of boy
ANAHEIM – An 18-year-old man suspected of stabbing a 12-year-old to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex near Sycamore Junior High School was charged Wednesday with murder.
Bryan Ocampo of Anaheim is facing a felony count of murder, as well as a sentencing enhancement for use of a dangerous or deadly weapon, according to court records. He is being held at Men's Central Jail in lieu of $1 million bail.
Juan Martinez, a seventh-grader, was walking home from school on La Palma Avenue east of Anna Drive about 2:40 p.m. Monday when he got into a confrontation with Ocampo, police said.
"It is believed the dispute relates to a rivalry between two different graffiti crews," Anaheim police Sgt. Eric Trapp said. "They may have known of each other, but we don't believe they knew each other."
Prosecutors say Ocampo pulled a knife from his pocket and stabbed Martinez in the chest. Martinez tried to run away, prosecutors said, but collapsed from his injuries.
Martinez was taken to a trauma center, where he died 30 minutes later. Ocampo was arrested several hours later after an interview with detectives at the Anaheim police station.
Family members acknowledged that Martinez, who went by the nickname R2D2, was at-times rebellious and was in a tagging crew but said the boy had dreams of growing up and going to art school.
Parents and students struggled to come to grips with Martinez's death, packing into the Sycamore Junior High School gymnasium on Tuesday night as they sought answers from police, school officials and crisis counselors.
Some complained of school fights that they felt hadn't been taken seriously enough, saying that police and security officers aren't as visible as they should be on campus.
Others sought refuge with each other, hugging and huddling outside the school gym as they remembered Martinez.
For their part, authorities warned parents about the dangers of tagging crews, which police described as often being the first step toward gang-activity.
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