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Astronomical clock suite by Ruterra
Size65 m²
Floor No.1(with elevator)
- Family/child friendly
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Washer/dryer
- Suitable for events
- Hot tub
- Elevator in building
Accommodation summary
|Kozna, 11000 Prague, Czech Republic
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This apartment is located in the city center less than 1 min away from Old town square. This area is really busy, but the street where the building with the apartment is situated, is quiet and the noise from the center will not disturb you neither at night nor during the day.
The flat by itself is gorgeous. Completely new, renovated, with a fully equipped kitchen (plates, cutlery, glasses (even for beer), a fridge with a freezer, a dish washer, an oven, a microwave, a kettle, a coffee maker).
This is a 2-roomed apartment. There is a big bedroom with a double bed, a wardrobe, a sofa, an antique table,a mirror, and a living room joint with a kitchen, which has a huge leather sofa, a TV, a dining table for 4 people.
The apartment is ideal for 4 people. Two sleeping places are provided by a double bed in the bedroom and another two - by a mezzanine bed (check the photos) in the living room.
There is a beautiful bathroom with a washing machine, a hairdryer, a dryer rack, and a iron along with an ironing board.
BTW, the apartment is located on the first floor, and there is an elevator in the house, which is something not typical for old buildings in the center of Prague.
Guest Access
Also we provide:
*Towels and bed linen
*iron, ironing board
*washing machine
*good recommendations where to go and what to see in Prague
*24 hours support during your stay
The Neighborhood
Plenty of shops and restaurants are around there along with a small farm market exactly round the corner, where you can buy fresh fruit and vegetables, also some souvenirs from Prague. And according to our own experience, the prices are okay there :)
Getting Around
The apartment's location is perfect - all the main attractions are located within a walking distance. You can walk the whole day along narrow medieval streets and feel an unforgettable atmosphere of the city!
*Old town square (just several steps!!!)
*Wenceslas square (2 min walk)
*Charles bridge (up to a 7-min walk and it is a very short distance to the riverbank!
Other Things to Note
We will be glad to meet you at our office, which is situated within a 5-minute walk from the Main Train Station - (URL HIDDEN) (Opletalova 39 street,green building, ground floor), big brown doors with a sign Ruterra.
If you are arriving at the airport, you can take a shuttle bus to the main railway station - once you are there, you will easily find us.
It takes 30 minutes to get to your apartment from the airport by taxi. We could also arrange a transfer from the airport for you - the cost varies depending on the number of people (it's 20 euros for 1-3 ppl, and 25 euros for 4 ppl). In this case our driver will meet you in the arrival zone, drive you to the apartment and hand you in the keys and a couple of maps with some relevant information.
House rules- Please note that smoking is not allowed in the apartment. This is a strict rule.
- Please leave the apartment in the same condition as it was upon your arrival. All bed linen/tea towels and other textile as well.
- Check-in from 15h00 (we will do our best to prepare your apartment as early as possible) and check-out until 11h00 (you can leave your luggage in our office afterwards)
- We kindly ask you to not make any noise in the hallways and other common areas in the house after 22h00. There are many old people in the house and we have promised the neighbours to keep peace and maintain friendly relations.
-We love our guests so much that we provide them with a welcome set consisting of tea, coffee, sugar, detergent (dishwasher and washing machine), hair&body 2-in-1 shampoo, kitchen utensils, towels and bed linen.
- If you stay in our apartment for more than 7 days – we will clean and change towels/bed linen once a week for free.
- If you break something, please tell us. It happens, life is life :)
Thank you for your understanding.
|Price for > 2 guests
|12 NZ$ per guest/night extra
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Reviews for this host's other properties
Appartement is nice, in nice Area. Close to trambahn and wenzelsplatz. Good Restaurants around the corner . Interesting cut of the appartment. Wifi is good and fast. Only thing is getting it dark. There are some shutters or jalousies neccesary to get the rooms darker, to get some sleep in the morning. World Comeback back, thank you.
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We had a very nice stay at Prague in the Executive Bright Appartement. It was a nice, little appartement, tidy and absolute alright for three people. The hosts gave us a lot information about the trams, exchanges, etc. which was very helpful if you stay the first time in Prague.
Very good and clean apartment!
was a really nice trip and a nice flat in the centre of prague!
was there with 3 friends and the flat was perfect.
best regards,
flo :)
Very central. A lot of traffic, but easy to get around the city by foot. Very good service at arrival at the office at Opletalova. Two rooms all together, one bedroom behind the kitchen, and the other room with 2-3 beds and a dining table, so it's might be a bit crammed for 5 grownups / larger kids, if you stayed for a longer period of time. Nice interior and clean place. If you go by car: Reserve a parking lot before arrival, e.g. at Mr. Parkit - the price is fair and you cannot park in the street, you can only stop for a while to drop off the suitcases etc.
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We really enjoyed our stay in Prag!
When we have booked this flat, Alex and Anastasia had contact us even before our stay. They were so friendly and let us know all the important information. When we arrived in Prag, we got a map with all the important stuff on it and Alex also sent a mail to ask, if everything is okay. The apartment was cosy and clean and just a few steps from Wenceslas Square.
We really recommend this flat! :)
A huge thank you to Alex and Anastasia, you made our stay unforgettable.
location of the office and the apartment is very close to the main station and the inner city and therefore easily to reach by foot. people in the office are friendly, proper english speaking and helpfull. the apartment itself gave a great impression, all clean, well-equipped and working (dish-washer and so on). the perfect base to explore the city and relaxe afterwards.
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A local beekeeping friend texted the following to me this morning :
"Lots of purple loosestrife blooming And knotweed is looking ready to go."
Read "Guns, Germs, and Steel" to learn about invasive humans. Pretty interesting.
Just amazing, that the more I research nectar sources for our "invasive, non-native" honeybees, I find their favorite nectar sources are plants that here in NA, botanically are classified as noxious, invasive, black listed, eradicate on site plants like loostrife, Japanese knotweed, etc...our bees come from the Eurasian area, makes sense their preferred nectar/pollen sources are what we consider "exotic"...just musing about...
girls just started bringing pollen in again last week, not a bonanza by any means-but nice to see something coming again- didn't see much in from joe pye weed, hoping the GR and loosestrife build up some more than whats coming in presently, asters just starting to make an appearance-I would think the decent rainfall, and cool summer in general would mean a decent autumn flow-hears to hope!!!
Japanese Beetles will ruin a plant's pollen/nectar by invading them in the spring? I hadn't heard of that.
Yes, chickens love the beetles, but they have to be able to reach them. On my growth the beetles seem to mainly stay about 4' off the ground (or maybe the lower ones are just eaten). Chickens will eat the beetle grubs in the ground tho, so that helps.
I agree with Mark about invasive. All plants and and animals are meant to move into any niche they can prosper in. It's also natural for people to encourage the benefitials and discourage the others. The government has never been good at deciding which is which.
Well the goldenrod that the bees like is finally blooming and I must say my nucs need it.
I'm seeing a lot more loosestrife this year. Bees really didn't start working it hard until this week down here. Maybe the beetles are dying out?Quote:
Some loosestrife blooming but no flow. Beetles did their job.
Bees were into everything yesterday - saw many on the last of the Showy Fireweed and they were paying attention to the GR and Aster too. Still, there seems to be a slowdown in nectar that I hoped wouldn't happen until the first killing frost. Hmmmmmm. 51 was the low temp overnight.
Was about to move a hive over to an area with a lot of Japanese Knotweed, noticed this morning that it was hacked down and what was left over over was drooping and dying. Probably sprayed!! Noticed a few other areas hit too. Hope none of my girls get into the crap they spray!
I'll Definitly be cautious moving a hive near that stuff if it's going to be targeted for destruction.
No wonder the bees are dying off...
I've been seeing quite a bit of Joe Pye Weed in flower. The Japenese Knotweed is just starting to open in flower - at least along the creek banks. The early Goldenrod is out and blooming.
I was just out lastnight and put an empty hive body with frames on top of the hives - so IF the girls need the room for making honey, they have it. They will just have to draw out the comb. I was expecting the girls to explode out when I opened the top cover, and while there were alot of bees in the top level, they were good natured.
I'm hoping we have a good Fall flow since Summer was so cool and rainy. But as cool as what it's been, I keep getting the feeling of an earlier frost than usual.

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GIFs aren't only great conversation pieces online—they're also the perfect ice-breaker when texting your crush! If you see a hilarious GIF your crush would die over, or a viral meme that is amazing, it's the perfect way to send a quick funny message and come off as super cool. "I text a lot of GIFs! Someone sent me the Prancercise GIF yesterday and I was just dying laughing," Colton said.
If you want to hang out with your crush after school but aren't quite sure how to ask, Colton says to suggest a super casual, but fun activity. "If you say 'hey, let's meet for coffee' or something, that's always cooler than 'let's meet up for dinner' because it's not as intense, especially for a first date situation. Or you could ask to do something random and different, like go to a museum!"
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Got faith?
For Nick Cocalis, Comm '07, and Andy Atwell, Law '09, Library Hill was a launch pad.
While sitting in their Library Hill apartment adjacent to campus, inspiration struck Cocalis and Atwell. They had just returned to Marquette after leading a group of students on a mission trip to Jamaica. Their hearts remained focused on what happened thousands of miles away.
"We really saw the need and saw what a group of Marquette students could do," Cocalis remembers. "We can really make an impact in some of these communities."
That call to serve became the duo's driving focus, and their concept for Next Step Ministries was born. Each year, the nonprofit based in Madison, Wis., takes more than 4,500 young people on 80 week-long mission trips to nine communities in the United States and Caribbean.
These volunteers have tackled everything from building a residence for HIV/AIDS patients in the Bahamas to assisting with tornado relief in Joplin, Mo.
But Next Step's mission is larger than painting and pounding nails. And the trips serve a deeper purpose for the teenage volunteers. At each work site, evening prayer activities and worship music help weave together faith with service.
"As great as the work is, the reason we do this is for students to grow in their personal relationships with Christ," Cocalis says. "The biggest thing is understanding that your faith isn't just a Sunday morning activity, that being men and women of God is a 24/7 thing." Jessie Bazan


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Any progress in this build? VERY interested in a 9mm build!
That is a repro of the prototype foregrip that is found in a pic on one of the official Kalshnikov museum gallery sites. I do not recall exactly but I believe it was never officially used in any "issue" capacity.
The repros are apparently airsoft pieces (made of real wood) from China or Taiwan.
My personal opinion is they are really ugly, and a really really cheap way to make a forward pistol grip. But it doesn't seem like it would be very wieldy since the thumbhole up front would inevitably be difficult to work with!
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Guys stop. Morehead didn't want this thread turning out this way even though he started it.
Damn time flies. I still remember it like it was yesterday when Eli put on his Giants jersey for the first time at the old Giants Stadium.
Happy Birthday to our 2x Superbowl MVP. Where would we be without you?


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President for a day: oh, what fun that would be.
Perhaps you'd ban guns or crack down on Wall Street. Perhaps you'd check out what really happened in Roswell. Perhaps you'd be overcome by a spell of dictatorial dizziness, riding Airforce One to your gold-plated Ferrari before getting Nigella Lawson to cook a spot of dinner.
A friend reckons if he were US President, he'd beam free wireless internet across every inch of Planet Earth. How could al-Qaeda hate you then?
Of course, daydreams are cheap and simple and passing law isn't nearly that easy. As in the second half of his first term in the Presidential office, Barack Obama still faces a divided Congress and a Republican-held House of Representatives not particularly enthused about fast-tracking his dreams into law.
But tomorrow, as Obama takes the oath for another four years, a few bits and bobs play in the President's favour more so than any other time in the past few years.
Perhaps most importantly, he now definitively carries the weight of US public support.
The final count from November's election shows Obama won his second term in office by a surprisingly comfortable margin.
By the Electoral College count, he won by more than Bush beat Kerry, and he won the popular vote by more than five million ballots. Claims to political mandates have been lodged with far less impressive figures.
And have you noticed how no one gives a hoot about Mitt Romney these days?
Funny that. The man has quietly melted into a milky puddle of political oblivion, as the Republican Party works to adjust its image from his failed campaign.
America is shifting left, and the game of political chicken before the so-called fiscal cliff proved Republican politicians may have finally reached a point of greater willingness to reach the occasional compromise.
Best of all, of course, Obama no longer needs to give a toss about his popularity. This time there's no re-election campaign to worry about in four years' time.
He can quadruple taxes, reinstate prohibition and flip the bird to every lobbyist in the country and he'll still be President of the US.
So with that in mind, it's time to sort the big stuff. Obama's to-do list has a few notable ticks: healthcare reform has passed, a war in Iraq has ended and Osama bin Laden is dead.
But meaningful gun control still needs to get over the line. Guantanamo Bay is still open for business and immigration needs a complete rethink.
If ambitions are unfettered by political nitty-gritty and his dreams are as big as his talk, Obama has the opportunity to instil change that will cement his political greatness.
The seas are rising, America's warming and, despite some mighty big campaign promises in 2008, Obama has so far done almost nothing about it. Last year was the hottest year on record for the contiguous United States.
To represent great change is one thing. To achieve it is quite another. But what grander goal can exist for a modern President in improving his country and planet, than to do just that?


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Top photo: At the proclamation ceremony are (from left) Michael
Grimes (senior systems administrator), Lydia Garza (instructional
designer), Jean Shackell (office assistant), Anne Jett (associate
director of training and development), Denni McCarter
(administrative associate), President Ricardo Romo, Judy Verdon
(training coordinator), Ernestine Alejandro (instructional designer)
and Francisco Erazo (Web designer). Not pictured are Gary
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Bottom photo: Employee Learning Week bracelet
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UTSA Employee Learning Week is Dec. 8-12
By Gary Grimes
Training Coordinator, Office of Human Resources
(Dec. 8, 2008)--UTSA President Ricardo Romo has proclaimed Dec. 8-12 as UTSA Employee Learning Week. The Department of Human Resources Training and Development coordinates UTSA's participation in National Employee Learning Week with a two-fold focus recognizing the value of lifelong learning and highlighting the important connection between a highly skilled work force and organizational success.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
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The national week, celebrating its fifth year, was created by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals. UTSA's training and development department actively participates in ASTD events and has been recognized nationally by the organization as a "Champion of Workplace Learning."
"UTSA is committed to creating a highly skilled work force that is critical to growing and sustaining a competitive advantage," said Romo at the announcement ceremony. "We recognize that continuing learning is essential to developing individual and institutional knowledge and expertise. We salute our professionals in the training and development department who continue to demonstrate their commitment to developing the skills of employees in all parts of the university."
UTSA employees can participate in National Employee Learning Week through several activities. Those who participate can win prizes including an Employee Learning Week bracelet (pictured above).
- Participate in the online Scavenger Hunt -- search the UTSA Web site to find answers to questions and win a prize.
- Print and post President Ricardo Romo's UTSA Proclamation for Employee Learning Week.
- Register for one of the 23 classroom training sessions offered during Learning Week, Dec. 8-12 at TXClass.
- Set a goal to learn something new this week or for a New Year's resolution. There is always something new to learn, new ways to improve and opportunities to pass it on to others.
Studies have shown a direct correlation between continuous employee development and an organization's ability to achieve its goals. UTSA offers many classes in technical and job skills as well as people skills, which contribute to UTSA's pursuit of becoming a premier research institution.
The UTSA Office of Human Resources Training and Development offers these services:
- Classroom training for faculty, staff and students employed by UTSA
- Online courses
- Customized workshops and retreats
- Assessments and consulting
For more information, contact HR Training and Development at (210) 458-4658.


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But, as the sun rose in a brilliant array of colors, the strange langscape of Komodo Island came into view. It is green and hilly, but with only scattered trees. It almost looks as if farmland has been draped like a tablecloth over rugged hills. We were here at last.
We anchored in the bay, had breakfast, and then motored to the shore. We met our ranger and he told us a little about the island. For protection he carried a stick with a small fork in the end. I didn't think it would help much. He also told us that the dragons looked slow but they could move at 18 km/h in a short burst of speed
Luckily enough, the fates decided to be kind today and remove the suspense. We came across a dragon about 200 meters along the beach. He was a large male, about 3 meters, and he was sitting very close to the surf and pondering the bay. We couldn't have asked for a better photo shoot. Some others found another stalking off into the bushes. Everyone snapped away. Eventually he must have finished his musings because he slowly turned and ambled up the beach, flicking his giant, forked tongue along the ground. An incredible looking beast.
Dragon spotted, everyone could relax and enjoy the hike. We also learned a bit more about the Komodo Dragons. The males have battles during the mating season (what I would give to see that). The females dig a few false nests and then lay clutches of about 30 eggs. Only 3 survive. Komodos are cannibals, and even the mother will eat an emerging baby. Quite naturally, once they hatch they take to the trees, where they live out most of their child years. Komodos lie and wait for prey to walk by, then lunge and bite it
We saw a few birds, lots of trees, and a megopod nest. Although a megpod sounds cool, it's just a chicken. They build huge mounds and the Komodos use them to lay their eggs.
Coming back to the beginning we saw two more Komodos hanging out around the ranger huts. One just sat and stared at us as we sat and stared back. We later saw another one charging off into the bushes. Our trip to Komodo could be considered a success.
Coming back to the boat, we moved up the beach to do some more snorkelling, this time in the Komodo marine park. The snorkelling was good but we didn't see anything particularly special
Those who had signed up for the return trip had the option of looking around town, but this was the end of the ride for us and we got out to find some accomodation. The options weren't great. We also purchased a bus ticket to head into the island the next day.
To finish off our Perama adventure, we were invited back to the boat for a party with old and new participants. We had dinner, drank a little, and otherwise made merry. The crew also performed a little puja puja for the new arrivals. Around 11 we walked back. The travel agent who had sold us the ticket had been waiting all night to see us walk by (I was pretty impressed by this). He told us that a group of people coming off one of the passenger boats had rented the bus (the PUBLIC bus) and therefore there wouldn't be a bus tomorrow. Great. We were stuck in this town another day. But it did save us waiting at 5:30 in the dark.


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On Deadline: When Steve Jobs showed he had some social skills
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Oct 27, 2011
It is mainly about a longtime Palo Altan, Carolyn Caddes, a retired portrait-quality photographer and photojournalist who a quarter century ago put together a remarkable book: "Portraits of Success -- Impressions of Silicon Valley Pioneers."
The large, coffee-table-quality publication featured 57 individuals who turned the once-bucolic Santa Clara Valley into the dynamic economic engine that almost literally turned sand into gold.
Caddes, originally from West Virginia, was able through vision, determination and charm to win the cooperation of such luminaries as David Packard, William Hewlett and the 55 others -- some known mostly by Silicon Valley insiders.
She took portraits, conducted detailed interviews and wrote up smoothly flowing nutshells of the person's life and contributions -- with the help of another Palo Altan, Barbara Newton.
Jobs was one of those featured <0x2014> in the mid-1980s, not terribly long after he had been fired by Apple Computer in 1983 in favor of the ultimately disastrous decade of leadership of CEO John Sculley.
Caddes disclosed that Jobs was notoriously difficult, to the point that she even considered leaving a blank page where his photo and interview would have gone.
In June 2009 Caddes shared stories of how she put together the book at the Palo Alto Historical Association's annual meeting, breaking attendance records while bravely conquering a lifelong aversion to public speaking.
Jobs was the hardest to get, she recounted. He had a deep aversion to being interviewed by "the press" and a virtually secret private life -- at least prior to the publication this week of his revealing biography.
He also had highly protective people around him, who responded defensively, even rudely, to Caddes' inquiries, she recalled.
But she finally landed the interview and photo session at Jobs' home, only after an intense half-hour interview of her by Jobs.
The outcome speaks for itself in the now out-of-print book, available in libraries and for sale online.
Years later, in 1997, Caddes had another contact with Jobs that showed a softer, more trusting and interactive side.
She outlined the encounter in a personal note to her mother and family dated Nov. 5, 1997, and sent a copy to Jobs -- made public here for the first time.
It turns out that Jobs had earlier asked for a print of a photo Caddes took of another Silicon Valley pioneer, the late Robert "Bob" Noyce, who co-invented the integrated circuit that made modern computers possible. But, alas, when she tried to retrieve the negative from Stanford University archives it could not be found. Instead, she sadly provided Jobs gratis with a "reprint of a reprint."
Then in 1997 after a change of residence she found an original photo of Noyce she had printed and matted in 1983 to share at an Ansel Adams workshop.
"So, in a moment of high self-esteem, I called Steve," she recalled in the note to her family, which she has kept confidential since in respect for Jobs' penchant for privacy. "His assistant said he was very interested.
"Then I began to contemplate selling my final Robert Noyce photograph to THE Steve Jobs, a man who had not been easy to deal with in 1985 and '86.
"Privately, I became quite cocky about this whole scene and wondered if this man deserved the picture. (I hadn't even considered price)," she wrote.
She contacted Noyce's wife, Ann Bowers, and asked her opinion. Bowers said if Jobs didn't want it she would buy it and donate it to Grinnell College or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Unsure what to do, she let several months pass. She had not charged Intel for the 4- by 5-foot photo of Noyce hanging in the lobby of Intel's Robert Noyce Building.
"I had felt it was improper, perhaps immoral of me, to get money for any of my photographs of someone nice who had died."
But friends, and Intel officials, "convinced me that was naïve, lacking in business savvy, downright silly and belittling to both my photography and my profession," she recounted. Thinking of the new roof she and her husband, Robin, needed for their Eichler home, came up with a price of $10,000.
Jobs wanted to see the picture, and Caddes raced to get it framed and boxed for an appointment two days later. She was greeted pleasantly by Jobs' assistant, Andrea Nordeman, who was "much different from the people Steve had surrounded himself with when we were all working on THE book in the '80s."
Jobs emerged from an Apple board meeting and she greeted him with: "Hi. New beard. Good looking."
"Thanks," he replied. "And Stanford lost the negative? That's sh----!"
As she unwrapped the photo Caddes confessed to being nervous due to it being her last print of Noyce, "such a highly respected human being and a major role model in Silicon Valley."
"But this is like Christmas," Jobs said, as he confirmed that she had personally printed the image on acid-free paper.
"Finally, he said, 'Bob was a great man. I want it.' I said, 'You do?' He said, 'I'll take it. I'll be honored to buy it from you.' ('Honored?' Good grief! The NEW Steve Jobs had learned some social skills, even some flattery!)
"Without thinking, I laughed out loud, leaned over and gave him a peck on his cheek, saying, 'You're lucky!' He laughed and asked, 'Plus tax?'" He thanked her, "and I blurted out, 'You can give it to MIT when you die.'
"I think he smiled as he stepped into his office holding the framed picture and still looking at it."
There's no word yet on whether MIT will inherit the Noyce portrait, though.
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Comments (17)
a resident of Woodside
on Oct 27, 2011 at 2:34 pm
How sad that Jobs treating someone well is news.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 27, 2011 at 4:14 pm
[Portion removed by Palo Alto Online staff.] Leo Duroscher said, "Nice guys finsih last" . Steve Jobs was not a nice guy, but he finished first. Just leave it at that. There is no need to make him a teddy bear. He was what he was...and he could probably care less about being loved by the sensitive crowds.
a resident of Stanford
on Oct 27, 2011 at 4:27 pm
Finished is right - since he is now deceased.
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 27, 2011 at 4:40 pm
I was always taught if you can't say something nice about someone, then don't say anything at all.
This is a nice story, thanks.
a resident of Stanford
on Oct 27, 2011 at 6:04 pm
Well, Resident, you wouldn't have lasted under Steve, that's for sure.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 27, 2011 at 6:26 pm
Bill Gates spent $ 1.75 Billion of his own money and took a hands on leadership to develop a vaccine for malaria.
He has succeeded in developing a vaccine for malaria that works and will save millions of child and adult lives and increase productivity in Africa, Asia and S America.
Jobs bought a photograph--very nice
Jobs ran a cult that produced very expensive pretty toys that have built in obsolescence -- 18 to 24 months max.
These expensive pretty Apple toys were built by sweat shop cruel labor in China.
Jobs made a lot of money for himself--well done
He was a legend in his own mind
a resident of Stanford
on Oct 27, 2011 at 7:11 pm
Sharon would be wise to research her tech giant favorites to see where they do their manufacturing and what the conditions are for the workers. Jobs wasn't the only one who had products made in China.
This editorial is merely a fluff piece. It's a lot more fun to read about Steve's snarky, nasty behavior, but there were plenty of times that he was nice to people. It's just sad that it makes the news when the niceness was banal, not important.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 27, 2011 at 8:00 pm
When Nikes horrendous China manufacturing conditions were made public they imposed new standards.
When Jobs was told about the suicides and crippling conditions in his Apple China factories--
He said " Love cannot buy you money"
His moto and epitaph
a resident of Crescent Park
on Oct 28, 2011 at 1:13 am
Why is it that so very often successful people are real SOBs?
Maybe because they are so focused on one thing they have no
time to really understand the world, and yet they have the money
and the power to transform it - and mostly in ways that make no
sense and just cause problems.
Steve Jobs was brilliant, lucky, aggressive. I am pretty happy that
I never worked with or for him the more I read about him. There
is so much science now that says stress and belittling people can
really affect their health and happiness, and 60 Minutes interview
about Jobs shows that he was not much different in terms of style
than any one of thousands of terrible bosses - but he got very rich
and famous, and lots of people who worked with him did as well,
so there is some magic about that that allows us in public mode to
just forget or forgive.
Beauty is not truth. Beautiful engineering is just that, something
wonderful to behold and use ... it is inspiring and fun, and Steve
Jobs added his share of that to the world - he showed us how it
is done - with style. So did Werner Von Braun. So did Alfred
Giving these people more power than they deserve is a clear
logical error in human society. The one major decision that Jobs
made that I am very sad about, for his sake, was not to get
operated on in time years ago. I am sorry for him and for his family
that he made that decision, but it is a very telling incident about
such people that we idolize and idealize, they are just images
in our own minds, our own fantasies, and can be very very
wrong. We see it so often, over and over, and yet we human
beings just keep making the same mistakes. In their delusion,
the same delusions we all have, they can take themselves and
many other down if we are all not careful.
The more we could remove this ability of people to abuse,
bully, be rude to, the better all of us would be - all of us.
Being a genius, being rich, being the head of corporation,
being older, being better looking, does not entitle anyone
to dehumanize another person, and yes we all do it, assuming
we can, at some point.
If we could stop or lower that characteristic in people I think
we would find that we could produce a lot of Steve Jobs'es,
maybe even enough to push technology forward sufficiently
to solve our problems and sustain the human race in the
face of our many mistakes.
a resident of another community
on Oct 28, 2011 at 1:04 pm
I imagine life among the titans of Silicon Valley is something liek this:
MS WHITMAN The most beautiful thing in the world is a match well made, and a happy merger to you both.
MS FIORINA Oh, thank you Meg. Your campaigning grows more accomplished every day.
MS WHITMAN You are very kind, but it would be all the better if I had practiced my curtsies more, as you urged me.
MR ELLISON I should never take sides against you, Ms Whitman, but your friend is right. It is indeed a job well done.
MS WHITMAN The job well done, Mr Ellison was yours in performing the ceremony.
MR HURD Must the church be so drafty, Mr Ellison? It is very difficult to surrender the soul when one is worried about one's throat.
MR ELLISON Perhaps some tea and cake would revive you, Mr Hurd.
a resident of East Palo Alto
on Oct 28, 2011 at 2:00 pm
Thank you, Anon., Crescent Park - wonderful, thoughtful post.
Mr./Ms. Austin - thanks for the evil chuckle :-)
The new bio of Jobs has nearly 200 holds on 40 copies at Palo Alto library. I guess people have read about it not being a very good read, so they don't want to pay $17 for the paper or electronic version, even in an area where people have $$ to burn.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 29, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Sharon: Can you provide an AUTHORITATIVE source for that Steve Jobs quote? Googling only shows it appearing in other blog comments.
a resident of Midtown
on Oct 29, 2011 at 7:03 pm
Posted by pat, a resident of the Midtown
If you mean Steve Jobs many times statement that his believe that
Love Cannot Buy You Money
He said it many times--Kottke his old friend from Reed recorded it as did many others from Apple--
It is in the book-and in many of his talks going back many years which are on video
He was very proud of it--he thought it was both true and funny--he even told it to Bono-
That is what he believed and it worked for him.
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 30, 2011 at 8:26 pm
Well ..., by the summer of '97, Steve had not only regained leadership at Apple after 12 years in exile, but had also launched the "Think Different" campaign.
Interesting, personal story, Jay. Do you know if PAHA taped the June 2009 presentation? If so, I hope the Media Center airs it.
Your article reminds me of something I have been thinking about since 10/5/11. It should be fairly obvious, but as yet has not made it into public discourse: Palo Alto should find a way to commemorate the man, who was arguably its most famous and influential resident.
Cupertino will have the space ship; Los Altos, the house and garage; and Stanford, probably an academic building dedicated to business leadership, personal empowerment through technology, industrial design, or any other of a myriad of Jobsian signatures.
But what about Palo Alto, that small town that prides itself on being special, yet a place where its most special person lived during the most successful years of his life, unobtrusively weaving around town almost like any other busy resident.
Let the conversation begin.
I'll open with an idea that I think is realistic from a current city-budget perspective.
To help capture the man among us who enjoyed the ambiance, pace, but also opportunity for privacy-in-public within our community, how about a series of Greg Brown murals of Steve blending into the streetscape just as he did.
Your turn.
editor emeritus
on Oct 31, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Jay Thorwaldson is a registered user.
Interesting idea, Fred. I wonder if Apple would like to provide a grant for Greg. -jay
a resident of College Terrace
on Oct 31, 2011 at 1:58 pm
Well, they've got all the money in the world, but I'd rather see us a community develop and finance a concept that we come to together on, that is OK with the Jobs family, and that is paid for by a mix of city and private contributions.
a resident of Los Altos
on Nov 11, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Thanks also Anon for taking the time to write your post.
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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by BillLaimbeer, Jun 27, 2014.
Lifetime supply of Icy Hot, though.
...or making fun of physically disabled people...
Looks like we will have to start this season under the radar and surprise a few folks .....ESPN/Las Vegas Hotel & Casino didn't have us even in the top 10 to win the east. The favorites and odds are : Cavs 6-5 Bulls 11-4 Pacers 11-2 Heat 13-1 Wiz 13-1 Hornets 18-1 Nets 18-1 Knicks 18-1 Raptors 18-1 Hawks 23-1 So despite the new coach and better pieces, the odds still have us fighting it out with bottom feeders (Magic, Sixers, Celtics and Bucs) just to possibly get to that 10th seed which of course means nothing.
It's kinda hard to see which of those teams we are better than as it stands. I might have wagered the Hawks and/or Nets, but the Hawks will get Horford back from injury, the Nets get Lopez back too but lost Pierce... possibly we could finish above the Knicks.
Not sure if this is the right thread for this, but I currently see the East in kind of four tiers. Cleveland Indiana Chicago ---------- Washington Toronto Miami ---------- Atlanta Charlotte Detroit NY Nets NY Knicks ---------- Milwaukee Boston Orlando Philadelphia First Tier: Lebron will transform the young guns and the T-Wolves will get desperate by the all-star break and trade away Love. Indiana will use the forces of Stuckey to help fix Roy Hibbert. Derrick Rose will emerge from the grave like the monsters from the Michael Jackson Thriller video. We will get to see if the elder Gasol can excel outside of the Phil Jackson/Kobe regime. Only three teams I could see standing a chance against any top 8 from the West. Second Tier: Washington keeps Gortat and swaps Ariza for Paul Pierce while retaining John Wall and Bradley Beal. Solid group. Toronto gets Lowry back at quite a reasonably price, 48 mil for 4 years and retains its quality role players. Thought they competed well at moments in the playoffs against the Heat. The current Heat remind me a lot of the 09/10 Raptors, Bosh's last season with them. Wade led a team with very little help to a championship a couple of years back without Lebron. If Wade can break his form back even slightly, this team will be better than the 09/10 Raptors that finished 40-42 and in 9th in the East. I think the Heat could surprise everyone and upset a Cleveland or a Bulls Team in the playoffs with a potential 3 vs. 6 matchup in the first round. Third Tier: This is the tier I see the Pistons fitting in at. I have never really felt any of these teams to be championship caliber teams and most of them seem to lack a true star. The Knicks have Melo, but no solid role players around him. Charlotte has Al Jefferson and Kemba and could be dangerous, possibly vying for a 4 seed. Nets feel washed up to me. Hawks have always felt like a first round playoff exit team to me 6 or 7 seed, but never enough to take down the teams with championship caliber talent. With all the uncertainty in these teams, I think the Pistons, in an optimistic light can fight for a 7 or 8 seed, if Van Gundy can fix the mindsets of some players i.e. Smith not jacking 3s, and figure out the rotations. Fourth Tier: 76ers showed their hand early with a tanking mindset in the draft. Bucks remind me of the Cavs before they got Lebron. Cavs went 17-65 in 2003 before Lebron and finished 35-47 with rookie Lebron who played most of his games at Shooting Guard going 8/19 per game at 20 ppg leading the Cavs to 9th in the East, just missing the playoffs. This is optimistic for the Bucks. Similarly with the Magic and Celtics who were both awful last season, they have a great deal of youth and do not look poised to make any sort of playoff push. Recap: 3 main teams in championship contention from East, imo. Pistons optimistically looking 6-8 seed, imo.
Great post, only I would put Miami down at the top of the third tier. I like Toronto, they have a great team. Washington is pretty good but I'm not sure how Paul Pierce's corpse is going to help them out. Ariza was a big part of their perimeter defense and really played well last year. Beal is looking like he will break out a bit. I really want to see Otto Porter play because I am certain he can contribute.
Please be true. Please be true. @ESPNSteinLine: ESPN sources say Pistons and Kings have resumed Josh Smith trade talks. Link - Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings resume Josh Smith trade talk - ESPN Twitter / ESPNSteinLine: ESPN sources say Pistons and ...
By the article - Sactown is the initiator - it gives to SVG pretty serious leverage, we'll see...
Yep. Plus from my understanding SVG pulled out last time. Good sign that he won't be taken advantage of to fix a problem.
To clarify, most Pistons fans want Josh Smith traded? The majority of fans feel there is more potential in keeping Greg Monroe long term and playing alongside Drummond? Although, the statistics suggest that Smith is a much better defensive player than Monroe. However, his utter lack of offensive efficiency garnered him the second worst player in the league last year for offensive win shares. His rating was actually -1.4 OWS, as his contribution to the total number of wins to the team was -1.4 wins. It seems that Monroe's projected contract would fit in around $60 mil (12 for 5 years). That is quite similar to Smith's contract. Therefore in discussing the trade to the Kings of Josh Smith, a quality defensive player, for seemingly mediocre players, Jason Thompson and Derrick Williams, what are our reasons as fans for having such fervor to trade away a quality big man? Do we feel he would not accept a bench role behind Monroe or a rotation role with Monroe? Do we feel even with a superior coach in Van Gundy, Smith is too much of a head case to stop shooting 3s and play in his position? In financial terms, dealing Smith for Thompson and Williams makes a lot more sense. This would be a move for next off season and the following, Williams' ~6 mil would come off the books after next season. Thompson would be retained for the 2015/2016 season, and could come off the books in two seasons. This trade would set up a great financial situation for the 2015/2016 Pistons. This is the year that Drummond becomes a RFA and will possibly be looking to get a max contract if he keeps up his current trajectory. In two years, the 2016 off season, the Pistons would only have Meeks and KCP on the books at ~10 mil total. Adding Monroe on there would bring it to ~22-25 mil. There is a projected max cap increase with a new television deal, where the cap could increase to potentially ~70 mil. Considering the Pistons would only have ~25 mil taken up with 3 solid players, they could easily offer Drummond the max and still have ~30 mil to work out finding a solid point guard and role players. I know fans never like to be thinking too far into tomorrow, as it can make today not very excited. Think about this: In 2012/2013, with a rookie Drummond and an over-the-hill Tay as our second best scorer, we finished 29-53. With a "drastically improved" group of more talented players including Smith and Jennings, as well as, a more honed Drummond, we again finished 29-53. I'd say we take an improved Drummond and put him in the 2012/2013 team and we finish better than 29-53. BETTER without Smith. Not to mention the crew in 2014/2015 we've acquired the past two offseasons: Jennings, Augustin, KCP, Meeks, Butler feels a lot better than the 2012/2013 crew that featured Stuckey, Maxiell, Tay, and CV. Optimism, my friends. Recap: If we don't believe in the Smith, Monroe, Drummond rotation and feel Smith is too much of a knucklehead to stop shooting bad 3s, this current trade rumor makes the most sense TODAY, for on court reasons finding players in spots where they belong, and for TOMORROW, with clearing up cap space to keep the cornerstone of the franchise in a Pistons jersey when he gets off the books in 2016. Be thankful for yesterday, live for today, and hope for tomorrow.
When will this quality defensive player start playing quality defense?
This is a pretty nice piece: The amount of cap room teams have remaining | ShamSports.com
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That's part of the problem. Too many selfish old timers. No one charged him money when he came into the league and was shown the ropes. Too many guy's out for themselves instead of for the love of the game and helping the next generation. This is why so many young guy's with talent lack the fundamentals and don't last in the league.
Its good to know that the decline of mentorship I have seen and experienced in my own professional life also translates into the NBA.
I think pf.com should start a mentoring program in which veteran members take the new ones under their wing and teach them how to trade barbs with other posters, be sarcastic, and let them know when it is appropriate to throw personal insults over insignificant topics.
I nominate you to mentor junior :P
Who gets stuck showing Spud head the ropes?
He's a natural. lol
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The article itself is why Hankins would be a better pick for Philly in the later rounds than Star at #4 which is interesting but that's another conversation.
- Hankins is a big guy and he plays even bigger. He has the strength to overwhelm linemen and anchors very well against double teams.
- Excellent at shedding blocks. When two-gapping he can drive his man into the backfield before tossing him aside and making the tackle when a running back chooses a gap.
- Surprisingly athletic for a man this size. Can make plays laterally along the line of scrimmage and closes quickly on the QB/RB once he slips his blocker. - He ran a 7.59 3-cone and a 4.61 shuttle (compared to Star's 7.76 and 4.65 whilst also being 10 lbs lighter)
- Gets good push up the middle to collapse the pocket and make quarterbacks feel uncomfortable.
- Wasn't asked to play 1-gap very often in college, but on those occasions he showed he can get good penetration into the backfield.
- Fantastic motor. Will chase a ballcarrier downfield until a tackle is made even when it's obvious he won't be the first man to get there.
- Keeps his eyes in the backfield at all times. Is quick to disengage and follow the ballcarrier on runs to the opposite side. Gets his hands up into passing lanes on occasion.
- Played on a hybrid defense that used multiple schemes and techniques. Has experience of just about every defensive line position (even lined up in a Wide-9 on a few occasions).
- Despite all of his dominant ability, Hankins wears down towards the end of games. As he tires, he'll lose power, he'll slow down, his pad level will rise and he'll be blocked much more easily.
- Due to limited experience playing 1-gap schemes, will probably need to work on some more pass rush moves at the next level.
Now, those weaknesses are gonna sound pretty bad until you think about why Hankins wore down towards the end of games. Firstly, he played a lot of snaps. He averaged 61 snaps per game (to put that in context Floyd only played 40 snaps per game) which is a long time to run around carrying 320 lbs. Secondly, he's not very well conditioned. He has had issues with his weight throughout his career and carries too much weight in his gut and butt.
Many have mistaken his fatigue for a lack of effort toward the end of games, but that's simply untrue. Hankins plays hard for every snap that he's on the field and his teammates speak very highly of his work ethic. He's also never missed a game; he used a brace to help him play through a sprained knee.
What this tells me is that his problems can be overcome at the next level. Firstly he won't be asked to play anywhere near as many snaps in the NFL. Secondly, with an NFL weight room and conditioning program (maybe one that gives its players personalized smoothies after practice) he should be able to get his fitness up to a level where he can play more consistently at a high level.
If you ask Big John who he aspires to be like, he'll tell you Vince Wilfork. That might be easy to laugh off when considering his dominance in New England, until you remember what was said about Vince before the 2004 draft:
Powerful, game-controlling defensive player that can be an unstoppable force. Top athlete that displays explosion off the snap, plays with leverage and bull rushes opponents up the field. Quickly closes to the action, immediately alters his angle of attack and chases the action from behind. Squares and wraps tackling bringing ball carriers down on initial contact.
Looked overweight and out of shape as a junior and as though he was playing not to get hurt. Lackadaisical off the ball and inconsistent at times.
Displaying flashes of dominance, Wilfork is an explosive defender in the middle of the line. Had a lot of inconsistency issues last season which is dropping him down draft boards but a good prospect at a priority position.
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I don't want Mark as a Moderator he would have to bite his tongue and not come out with any zingers...
That would curtail his talents.
I don't want Mark as a Moderator he would have to bite his tongue and not come out with any zingers...
That would curtail his talents.
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Zone 5a, Practicing non-intervention beekeeping
javin, i take it your opinion on the harvard study was unchanged by oliver's review?
regarding bees feeding on guttation drops, a challenge was made on the other forum to produce a picture of a bee feeding on corn guttation. so far no pictures.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
But even the most ardent anti-neonic voices have stopped talking about this [the harvard] study...for good reason.
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one of the points Randy makes time and again, controlled experimentation does not translate equally to actual field conditions
Ian Steppler >> Canadian Beekeeper's Blog
I imagine it is possible, perhaps when there is no alternate water source, but it is certainly not a habitual activity of bees. Anyway, bees tend to avoid a food or water source when it is contaminated due to the repellent effect of a pesticide at higher levels. Various researchers have noted this for Imidacloprid.
Someone posted a video on you tube of a bee collecting water from droplets but there was no evidence that the water droplets were even guttation droplets.
Guttation droplets can contain very high levels of systemic pesticide but if bees are not taking water from them there is not actually a problem for bees.
With corn, the problem for bees is planter dust clouds during seed drilling.
The Girolami experiment was a lab study which fed dehydrated caged bees syrup laced with pesticide via pipette.
ie it is another study which demonstrates that insecticide kills insects efficiently at high dosage but shows little else.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhguEp7qN4) or a THOUSAND videos of bees collecting corn pollen (such as this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLsLnC8W5DI) the folks that, for some bizzare reason, actively want to ignore the fact that it's our own pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides causing these problems will continue to do so, making statements such as "bees ignore corn" while the sheep nod their heads in agreement. I'm done wasting my time here.
>>'m done wasting my time here.<<
hmmm, thanks for posting bud.
I was actually reading some of it but looks like you cant participate in a two sided conversation
Ian Steppler >> Canadian Beekeeper's Blog
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"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
USDA doc P70Guttation fluid is generally low in
sugar content, and thus not highly attractive for foraging
honey bees. However, water collecting in honey
bees is intensive in arid regions and it is unclear to
what degree ephemeral and rare sources such as guttation
would be used over more permanent water
I have a yard close to some sweet corn. My bees are in it a lot at tassel time. I have a yard adjacent to a large field of silage corn. I never see my bees in it although they often are flying over it to get to other forage. I have NEVER seen a bee drinking guttation fluid from either source. And I have looked. Also my bees are doing pretty nicely next to that field of corn. Experience trumps all the studies for me about neonics. I have seen the devastation that the organophosphates do to hives at times. Never seen that with the neonics.
Cam Bishop
I would agree with that. But even the 5% mark is highly variable depending on how much water has been available to the plant. But that also doesn't make guttation attractive just as "a water source."
This is the last I have to say on the subject. I promise. But the neonicotinoids (read: poisons we know for a fact kill bees) are not ONLY found in the guttation, but in the pollen and nectar in large amounts as well:
"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
It's not true though that neonicotinoids are found in pollen and nectar in large amounts. They are found in pollen and nectar in small (ppb) amounts whereas in guttation fluid the concentration could be 1000 times higher than that.
The key thing is that bees barely bother with guttation fluid so that is not a major issue.
This entire argument about safety of neonicotinoids and whether they should have been approved in the first place or should be banned now hinges on exposure levels.
Pollen and nectar are obviously both attractive to bees so if there is a problem with pollen or nectar then there is a problem with the pesticide.
Canada grows over 7.5 million hectares of Canola every year and the Canadian beekeepers bring their bees to that crop to bring in the nectar and make honey. The bees collect the pollen and the nectar, build up well, and the beekeeper sells the honey surplus.
The minimal levels of neonicotinoid residue in this pollen and nectar collected does not appear to cause problems. If it did, there would be no bees left in Canada by now and I believe there are still plenty.
There are some problems with neonicotinoids, such as planter dust during seed drilling of corn but neither guttation water, nor pollen, nor nectar seems to be a significant issue for honey bees. It may be a different story and a different level of risk for other pollinators such as solitary bees but this is a honey bee forum so people are discussing the issue from the perspective of the impact on honey bees.
I have to say I have never seen bees forage on guttation on corn. I don't love pesticides. I realize that farmers choose to use them to product their crops from pests.
Corn produces guttation under very specific and uncommon environmental conditions. So, it is not regulalry available for bees to forage on.
I have a bee yard that is literally surrounded by corn every other year. There are hundreds/thousands of acres of corn within the foraging area of this bee yard. Others on Beesource have commented on their hives being located in close proximity to corn. While anecdotal, these reports include thousands and thousands of hives located near corn without massive, pesticide related die-offs.
There is no question about the toxicity of neonics to bees. The problem comes in bees exposure, or lack there of, to the neonics.
What is suing the EPA going to do? Result in noenics being banned? Unlikely. But, what if they are? What happens then? Are farmes going to stop using crop protection chemicals to protect their crops from pests? No! What chemicals are they going to use? Are those chemicals going to be safer for bees/pollinators? Are these products going to be as effective, both cost and crop protection wise? What will be the impact to food production/food costs? Could there be any backlash towards beekeepers seeking to place hives on farmers' land who have been impacted by the loss of neonics?
While banning neonics sounds like a great idea on the surface, there are a plethora of potential unintended consquences that mey, or may not be better for bees and the beekeeper.


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On May 4, 1961, 13 Freedom Riders got on two buses in Washington, DC, and headed south. Their goal was to test a recent Supreme Court decision that had declared racially segregated interstate buses and travel facilities unconstitutional. A few days into their journey, the Riders were met with violence: In Alabama, one of the buses was firebombed, and riders on the second were beaten by members of the Ku Klux Klan and police officers when they reached Birmingham.
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Re: Frank's Surf and Turf
All together now...
AWWWWWWW Great collab, guys! Poor little piggy.
Re: Unicorn Steakhouse
Beautiful artwork on this, bass! Let's get this thing in the fog!!
eHalcyon wrote:I remember this one shirt on red (or cranberry?) with a waiter carrying a platter with a giant steak. I think it was yours... I really liked that one. Any chance you can remix it and resub it? This turducken is pretty great too, but not my style.
good memory eHalcyon. I actually thought of that shirt when I saw this derby. wasn't sure how to change it enough to resub it. hopefully it'll print someday, somewhere.
And sorry for the text-tag haters on this one. I'm not much of a resub-er. I like to take one shot and try my luck.
Thanks for all the votes though! Lot of great shirts this week. Anxious to see what 3 print!!
Re: Everyone's a Wiener
Out of your three entries, this is my favorite. I hope it was not subbed too late to print, and that it rockets up to the fog
healsr4f wrote:I know you think its just a playful pun, it actually pretty offensive to any Christian.
I agree. Not /every/ Christian will be offended, but ones that value the meaning of the Cross and see an image of raw meat instead of Jesus will be offended.
timjoestan wrote:Maybe you should troll the comments of every shirt that seems mildly offensive. There's an idea.
No one is telling you what you can and cannot submit to the derby, but likewise don't take offense if some of your feedback is critical when your submission obviously has a high degree of "shock" value. Criticism really comes with the territory, doesn't it? The comments are for positive and negative feedback. Additionally Woot doesn't want to take part in making fun of anyone's religion. That is not good business, whether you use the Christian Cross or the Islam Crescent.
Re: McGold Rush
Great take on the theme, and I think you rendered it well, and chose great, subdued colors. My only quibble is that the golden arches on the suspender buttons might get you rejectionated. I don't know how closely Woot is going to call copyright issues - no one is ever sure how Woot decides things! But if you do get the boot don't feel bad. Learn from it and come back next week. You're good!
Re: Just say No
Thanks for the comments everyone!
Shoppingdingo wrote:"
its a cute design, but.. ok.. isnt this shirt the exact opposite of what the quoted theme is?
Hmmm... it's still about meat, but you do have a point, it's a tangent. Glad you think it's cute anyway!
fairnymph wrote:Can you make me just a pig version since I don't eat pigs for ethical reasons, and for others Jews out there who might like the kosher idea?
Just a thought.
Hehe well if you have a t-shirt site, I'd make it for ya! At this point don't think that would have much chance of printing here though
JRWorkshop wrote:Sorry, y'all look better on my plate
Even with the fur and eyes and tails?
dmaz wrote:As cute as this is I don't think it will print. Too many people like meat and its more a "message sender" t-shirt than a humor one.
Yep, you're most likely right there.
fishbiscuit5 wrote:Aw, just look at those sad little faces. How can anybody want to eat them now?
I know... how? How???
walmazan wrote:Excellent expressions JASNEKO! Love it!
Thank you walmazan!
akd85 wrote:I hear tears add flavor.....
Ewwwww! Cruel akd85;)
Re: Crazy Al's Meat Emporium
love it!!!!! +1
paigeg wrote:Great take on the theme, and I think you rendered it well, and chose great, subdued colors. My only quibble is that the golden arches on the suspender buttons might get you rejectionated. I don't know how closely Woot is going to call copyright issues - no one is ever sure how Woot decides things! But if you do get the boot don't feel bad. Learn from it and come back next week. You're good!
Thanks! Good point about the arches. Think I should modify it a tad and re-submit? It doesn't seem like it would be a dreadfully big deal to make a little edit like that.
Re: Pudding means Meat
Siax wrote:me too and I was almost compelled to do it, but I couldn't quite executed it.......This earns a +1
hehe so I wasn't the only one! Thanks Siax=)
sTyLeS wrote:I actually really enjoy this one, being a huge Pink Floyd fan myself.
Oh good! Glad some are enjoying my little Pink Floyd indulgence:D Thanks sTyLeS!
NotCesar wrote:Its bacon!
about 25 seconds in XD
kevlar51 wrote:Thanks for the kind words and critiques all!
I'm glad this has been well received. It's much closer to my actual style than the more cartoony designs I've been submitting--so this certainly helps build my confidence going into future derbies.
I guess my enthusiasm was premature. Any momentum this one had seems to have completely disappeared.
bassanimation wrote:LOLOL, everytime I see this piggy, I think, "Awww, he looks like me when I sit at my desk and mope cause I'm not on a beach being served fruity drinks by bunnies in banana hammocks."
I have wild fantasies, I know. :\
I'm sorry Bass but I had to
Re: Hot Dog's Identity Crisis
"this thing we found." I love that line
tjost wrote:I'm sorry Bass but I had to
YES!! YEEESSS! My vision has at last been realized. -lays out in middle of office floor in bikini....people stare...-
Also can I get this on a shirt? Redbubble plz yes?
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Re: Baconlove
I like it, it says everything it needs to and no more.
Re: WHAT WOULD JESUS EAT?
I would have voted for it.
I love the fonts you've used on both designs.
Re: Mystery Meat
Making fonts and hand lettering is one of the biggest pain in the butts ever. People don't realize how much work goes into it, there's a reason font houses charge thousands of dollars for unique fonts for companies. Whenever a client wants something on the cheap but wants a custom font I'm like yeah shuuuure Great job on this Diana, very art deco.
Re: Meat Shake
Is this an Ugly Duckling, "Taste the Secret" reference?
Re: Steaked
I keep seeing the dude from the milk commercials thats a rock star and plays the guitar full of milk in this
Well, he is wearing a banana hammock. But there's not much banana action going on. And for that I thank you.
Re: The Toughest Cuts of Meat
It seems like anything with Chuck Norris on it gets a lot of votes on here. Cool shirt though.
kinzoku wrote:"Oh god I find this unsettling. It's being burned alive but it is indifferent."
That about sums it up. Great design :-D
The death pose reminds me of when Homer stakes vampire Mr. Burns, who comes back to life just long enough to tell Homer he's fired.
timjoestan wrote:Every Christian I've showed this to has laughed and found the humor in it. No one has been offended yet, and trust me, they'd tell me if they were. Honestly I held back a little on the design compared to what I could have done
There are lots of shirts in the derby every week that could be taken as offensive by someone. Should Christians receive special treatment? What if there's someone out there whose family was ravaged by polar bears?
Maybe you should troll the comments of every shirt that seems mildly offensive. There's an idea.
Now I've offended you. Even?
shellsandoval wrote:It seems like anything with Chuck Norris on it gets a lot of votes on here. Cool shirt though.
Well, I don't want a roundhouse kick to the face... that's all I'm sayin.. haha
markhollenbeck wrote:It's impossible not to see religious overtones in this. What's amazing is that even though you mock the one who created you and gave his own life for you, He still loves you. Ironically, unless you believe, it is you who will be "braised" forever. There is still time...
amen! make a decision.
Re: This is not bacon (resub)
The treachery of Canadian meat...
Re: Baconoctopus
This is completely awesome.
SkekTek wrote:The treachery of Canadian meat...
Hahaha THATS what I should have named it
odysseyroc wrote:Great job Midge. I did a quick alternate layout that you might want to consider.
Thanks for the advice. I played with that same layout but it covered up the letters too much and then if moved up it felt detached.
But appreciate the feedback.
walmazan wrote:love it!!!!! +1
thank you walmazan!
Does his brother run the Sofa King outlet in mid town?
jjjcheetah wrote:I love the fonts you've used on both designs.
Thanks, its my hand draw font
The sections "totally" and "not meat. Just kidding" are the same section. Its kinda messing with me O_O
I just threw up a little in my mouth, plus I don't even want to know what that "whipped cream" is :S Good job?
Re: Meat's Not Murder...
kevlar51 wrote:I like this design, and it's certainly your style. GMV
Thanks kevlar!
megsck wrote:uh...thats uh...thats a pretty big cleaver you got there.
The better to chop schtuff with!
Ok, Tjost...you asked for it...
everyone has a right to their own opinion.
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GT Tim wrote:Jim, do you know if Jemco makes a 'street' chamber for T500? Need a set of street chambers for my project.
Hey Tim,
Jemco offers a set of street pipes for $400. It's an extra $140 for nickel plating. I think Jet Hot will run you about the same.
http://jemcoexhaust.com/downloads/Jemco ... atalog.pdf
I loaned Jeff G a set of Allspeeds for a T500 to copy - he was working on them off and on last time I asked him about it. It might be a cheaper deal if he can get some sets made up. Although the Allspeeds probably don't perform any better than the Jemcos would.


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Posted by Corinne Munchbach on October 16, 2012
For the past couple of years, I've been serving CMO and marketing leadership professionals here at Forrester in a supporting role and, in particular, researching shopper marketing and the path to purchase (P2P). I'm excited to share that, going forward, I will be an analyst on the CMO and marketing leadership team. As an analyst, I will have the opportunity to focus my time and research agenda on helping marketers better understand the true potential and business implications of shopper marketing and P2P initiatives, and I am fired up to get started!
Over the next few months, look for reports about:


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Arms that have a mass of fat along the back of them. This fat is often loose and jiggly, so the fatty nature would be easily highlighted by someone driving the wide steering wheel of a bus.
That chick has got some wicked bus driver arms!
by theserialkillerta November 16, 2011