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Original post made by Gary, Downtown North, on May 22, 2012
I understand Google and Amizon, but not Facebook.
I fully support free-market captialism, winners and losers. However I just don't get the Facebook model. How does chit-chat turn into ad revenues? GM pulled out, as they should have. Why would any business want to buy into the Facebook ad model? Is Facebook just building a database, then wants to go into viral marketing? If so, it will be behind the curve.
a resident of Downtown North
on May 22, 2012 at 7:35 pm
Answer: they have 900 million customers.
Some of them former leftists. Some named Jerry.
My guess is back in 2004, neither Gary nor Jerry understood why Google had it nailed. Why they can offer cloud docs, mail, the android OS, etc for free.
Google had the GREAT model.
Facebook looks good. We'll see. If you don't get it, or don't think they'll support the price, there are/will be numerous ways to bet against it.
a resident of Downtown North
on May 22, 2012 at 7:52 pm
"Answer: they have 900 million customers."
Wrong, Facebook may have 900M subscribers, but not customers. Google relies on specific searches, along with a profile of ad choices. Amizon is about selling, including "one-click" purchasing. Facebook is a weird deal, even though I support risk-taking capitalists.
Just don't get it. Neither did GM.
a resident of Midtown
on May 22, 2012 at 7:59 pm
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a resident of Downtown North
on May 22, 2012 at 8:22 pm
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a resident of Meadow Park
on May 22, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Welcome to the new palo alto. Where someone dares say something against an amoral start up, run by a posturing business naif, which tricks dopes into handing over their private info and sells it to the highest bidder THEN turns around and fleeces them with an IPO.
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a resident of Downtown North
on May 23, 2012 at 4:45 pm
I happened to listen to an NPR report on this fiasco this morning. A well known anaylyst, in the digital environemnt, said it was way overpriced. She also said that the information was out there, ahead of time. She also said that the business model is highly suspect, because ad revenue is declining, and there is no known solution.
This is an absurd business model, unless it can show that it will sell real products (new mousetraps), instead of pure hype. Solyndra sold hype, instead of lower-cost power; Obama funded Solyndra; Obama supported Facebook and Zuck (both ways). It is time to draw the line: Facebook/Solyndra/Obama are triplets, born of the same ideological mother.
Time to say goodbye to this irrational approach.
a resident of Downtown North
on May 23, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Only Jerry/Gary could draw that line.
If you want to bash FB, sell them short and go on an investment board and trash talk.
FB had half a BILLION subscribers before Obama was elected.
Nice try.
a resident of Midtown
on May 23, 2012 at 5:30 pm
FBs future does not look bright
1/It sells adverting for revenue by the grow is way down and the shift to mobile devices on which the ad clicks do not work.
2/User growth is declining in the US and Europe, user growth is now in developing countries where the users have very little money so there is no point in companies paying for ads on FB
3/The FB brand has taken a huge hit with the news of litigation and mess of the IPO--the CEO is clearly not competent to run a publicly traded company and he never really wanted to
4/ The FB P/E and growth projections are grossly over stated
The stock is realistically worth much less than $10 per share and that is where it is headed.
FB may well go the way of MySpace within a few months.
a resident of Downtown North
on May 23, 2012 at 5:34 pm
"FB may well go the way of MySpace within a few months."
There ya go. Gary, whats your prediction?
a resident of Downtown North
on May 23, 2012 at 5:42 pm
"FB had half a BILLION subscribers before Obama was elected."
The question is: How does FB make money from its ad model? Nobody seems to be able to figure this out. I am thinking that it is a shell company, deriving profile information, then selling this inforamtion to willing buyers...who will then atempt to sell products. However, it is so nebulous... ethereal, smoke and mirrors...so Obama-like.
FB shills should announce theemselve, before they attempt to provide cover for this disaster. James?
BTW, my name is Gary, not Jerry. But have as much fun with it as you like. Is your name "James" or "Zuck"? Or do you report to Zuck? Or to the underwriters of this disaster? Or are you just a naive investor that bought into the hype?
a resident of Midtown
on May 23, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Gary used to be a leftist, but then he fell in love with Sharon and now he wants to build a monument to Reagen. As usual both Gary and sharons prediction will be down to be wrong.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on May 23, 2012 at 8:13 pm
James asked "Gary, whats your prediction?"
So Gary ran away, accusing him of shilling. What has he said positive other than the number of subscribers?
Gary, whats your prediction?
Sharon had the guts to predict Facebook will be down with MySpace soon. Gary runs. All those words and not the guts to do anything as bold as Sharon. Gary talks about chitchat, a digital analyst, behind the curve on viral, data base building, suspect model, declining rev, "This is an absurd business model", etc...
Fess up Gary, say it. Prove to folks it's worth their time to read your "opinion".
a resident of College Terrace
on May 24, 2012 at 9:01 am
FB has so much data about their subscribers at their disposal by this point that it is staggering. They can therefore target ads in such a way that it is more efficient for advertisers. That being said, how many people actually click on these ads? FB relies on their users' stupidity. That's right. If all FB users were more intelligent, they would not be "liking" whatever they see pop up on their screen and clicking "OK" whenever they are asked if they are willing to not only give complete strangers access to all sorts of personal information about themselves, but also personal information about all the people they are connected with on Facebook! A very small percentage of FB users play the paid versions of games or make purchases through the ads. But that is a small percentage of an extremely large population. So as long as enough users continue to be stupid, FB will continue to be a successful business.
What makes FAR less sense is some of the satellite businesses that rely on Facebook. Zinga? Instagram? Instagram is worth $1bln?? I would almost pay to NOT see Instagram photos! As long as there is a large population of unintelligent users, these businesses will succeed and multiply.
I have been telling people for the past couple years that FB will be a distant memory in 10 years. There are many superior social networks. There were before FB, there are now, and there will be much better ones in the future. Unfortunately, so many people these days are on FB simply because "everyone else is." Once critical mass is achieved by one of the superior social networks, FB users will flock to this new network, leaving a MySpace-type ghost town behind...
a resident of Greenmeadow
on May 24, 2012 at 10:20 am
"I have been telling people for the past couple years that FB will be a distant memory in 10 years" Does that mean gone in about 8 years, 7 years?
Gary: they all are willing to make predictions, step on up.
a resident of Downtown North
on May 24, 2012 at 11:46 am
I didn't buy any FB stock, nor would I going forward. I did buy JP Morgan Chase, after its recent fall.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on May 24, 2012 at 11:54 am
After all that kerfuffle, your declaration is: "nor would I going forward"
Wow. Whole lotta noise from Gary/Jerry about FB, with nothing to show for it.
I give props to Sharon and "nofool", at least they took a stand. Gary, after many posts trashing FB, waffles.
a resident of Downtown North
on May 24, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Did you buy into the hype? I didn't. Rational people should not.
Do you work for FB? If so, do you have stock options?
I happen to know a poor soul (friend of a friend) who bought in at 41, and he is still buying as it goes down. There is no guarantee of a pop. A sucker is born every day.
If FB gets down to a P/E of 12:1 or lower, I will start to take a look at it, but only if it develops a consistent revenue stream.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on May 24, 2012 at 3:25 pm
Ggary, your answers - no, no, no. Why do you ask? I haven't hyped nor trashed (like you) facebook. "Gary talks about chitchat, a digital analyst, behind the curve on viral, data base building, suspect model, declining rev, "This is an absurd business model", etc..."
Others that have trashed fb have had the guts to make a prediction.
Not you.
"but only if it develops a consistent revenue stream. " You won't be able to afford it then.
a resident of Downtown North
on May 24, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Since I seem to get under your skin, I suggest that you ignore my comments. I will not buy FB, but you are free to do so.
a resident of Greenmeadow
on May 24, 2012 at 4:18 pm
I'm not buying either. Just pointing out your annoying trolling against facebook and how at least Sharon and the others have the guts to make a statement.
Not you.
Why are you trolling against fb? Someone defriend you?
If it means so much to you, step up like Shaon and the others.
a resident of Downtown North
on May 29, 2012 at 6:01 pm
FB is tanking, with good reason. It was a sucker play. There is no there there.
a resident of Crescent Park
on May 29, 2012 at 8:48 pm
All of these companies are incompetent.
FB plays games with our data and who knows what they do with all that data of connections between people and what they like.
Google has been doing search for over ten year and has not substantially improved or brought anything new to search. Servers game the system to get tons and tons of the same website and what good are thousands of results that I cannot use or have to in some way process to get what I want? Google does work, but on like a kindergarten level. And why one Earth would they need to make "Don't Be Evil" their motto? Funny how branding and public relations is often the technology of getting the public to believe the exact opposite of what the organization is going.
What these sites do is to offer the least possible useful thing they can to draw people in to use them while they take the results and process them about global sociological data.
If you ever read the book "IBM And The Holocaust" the Nazis were able to demographically slice and dice Germany and determine which minorities they could marginalize and ultimately criminally exploit and murder millions of people with simple census data and punch cards, then they disappeared, the unlucky ones killed or caught.
With the pyramidalization of our society we now see and the power and automation given to such a very few who can be certain we do not face something far far worse in the future.
Animal Farm indeed.
a resident of St. Claire Gardens
on May 29, 2012 at 9:18 pm
Cuz once they have their billions, they could hire talents and buy real companies.


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WebAIM: Screen Reader User Survey #3 Results
Some main points:
-JAWS (still most popular reader) is becoming less popular among those who take the surveys, while NVDA use has increased.I wonder if the increase in VoiceOver is from the increasing popularity of iWhatevers (who all come with it pre-installed)
-IE is still the most popular browser among survey respondents.(note from me: Some of the free readers, like Gnome Orca, only work with Firefox at the moment (webkit is being worked on).I hope a good majority of the "Others" users are Opera users)
(note from me: What developers need to be careful with are widgets (like drag-n-drop sliders, calendars, etc) and content being dynamically added/ajax (ARIA attributes can help here). Scripts can interfere with a reader, and the user may not know how to turn Javascript off for that page (happened fairly recently on a mailing list where a script gave regular updates to a small scrollbox with calendar... the reader kept refreshing the page). Testing your scripts in a screen reader is a good idea if you can.)
-Mobile use is up significantly! Nokia is still the most popular (using Nuance as the reader for Symbian systems). About two-thirds use a mobile with screen reader regularly
-Respondents are generally optimistic about future accessibility of the web, though they don't think much improved in the last year
-Respondents believe more accessible web sites, rather than better AT, would have the biggest impact on web accessibility
-While many respondents used social media sites (twitter, facebook, etc), the overall impression is that they are only somewhat accessible.(me: I wonder if the variety of responses is affected by available plugins and specific features of these sites rather than the basic services.(note for twitter users: there is Accessible Twitter : web accessibility for the Twitter.com website application, an app that uses the twitter API... very cool))
-While nearly half of the respondents didn't know what to think of HTML5, those who were familiar with it were positive about it
-Awareness of ARIA landmarks has increased since the last study, but usage is uneven (why?)
-Page navigation is increasingly relying on headers (h1-h6 tags).To me, this suggests web pages are also using headers more than they used to (making the technique more useful than in the past).Where the survey mentions "Find", I don't know if they mean a reader find function or the one built into the browser.
-There's a slight decrease in the use of skip links since the previous survey. But in general usage is still spread around pretty good.I still include skip links where appropriate, not so much for screen reader users, but for sighted keyboarders who may appreciate it.
-Some respondents try to find and use the mobile version of a site if one exists (generally those with less proficiency with their readers).I recently saw this suggested on the Orca mailing list by an Orca user as a "tip". I think this adds more fuel to the call by some web standardistas to rethink the complexity of the "desktop" versions of sites we build. The version for mobile is more likely to be a version that does everything users want it to, without the bloat.
-Text-only versions? Responses are mixed. Those with disabilities were more likely to use them than those without, but there was about 30% who rarely or never use them
-Two h1 tags, one for the site name and one for the particular page title, was most popular! If just one is available, users preferred the document/page name to be in the h1 rather than the site name (makes sense)(from me: If your site name is in your <title> tag, that is the first thing announced when a page is being loaded. Google also looks at the <title>, so using an h1 for the site name on every page really has little value compared to the name of the actual page.)
-Longdesc, which was going to be removed from HTML5 (was not in the earlier specifications, but apparently is back in talks?) has most respondents being positive about it, with a large chunk not knowing much about it at all
Awesome study, keep them coming guys!
Nice summary, Stomme poes. Interesting to see VoiceOver gaining ground.
Are screen readers yet ready for the prospect of HTML5 allowing multiple H1's on each page? That will be an interesting change.
Nothing legally prevents us from using multiple h1's... the preferred 2 h1's thing was on current websites (mostly HTML4-style) where basically people were marking up both the web site name and the page name in h1's... that is, the two most important pieces of information both being in an h1, rather than one in an h1 and the other either not in a header or maybe in an h2. This survey might mean people find both of those parts of equal, and highest, importance, combined with header navigation (I confess it's one of my main navigation tools too... just so easy).
The HTML5 multiple-h1 things is more like, an h1 heading each
 rather than anything to do with a single page having two "titles".
You can use a number to navigate to "the next h2" or whatever in a reader, so yeah, it'll be interesting to see if something like an h1 per
 with its own set of header levels is a pro or a con for screen reader users. It might not matter at all for pages where this setup is best, like a page (like BBC) listing a bunch of articles, each being in a
 with their title being an h1... if your using header nagivation and not specifying which level header, you can just "h" your way through the whole list of articles, and use h2 to check the next header within that article for more skimming.
Yes, I guess not a lot is changing, as they are still headings. I still can't see myself using multiple H1s any time soon. Funny how an idea gets in and is hard to shift. I was shocked when I first heard of the HTML5 structures.
That wasn't the REASON for it, though that was often the effect it provided.
Headings exist to provide structure to a document -- they should 'fan out' as lower level headings are by definition the start of subsections under the higher level heading preceeding it.
Because of this, having multiple H1's is like having multiple trunks on a tree -- it's just not normal though it can happen. In a properly laid out document all h2's should be the start of a subsection of content under the h1, h3's are starts of subsections under the h2's, etc, etc... It's why skipping heading levels is poor coding, it's why unless you are using 5 having more than one H1 makes no sense, and why on most sites there is no viable
Again, the newspaper comparison. Many people would make the largest headline on the front page the H1 and all the other headlines H2's -- which makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE as those other headlines are NOT subsections of the large headline, they are subsections of the paper AS IS that largest headline; they're ALL H2's structurally even if one of them is presented in larger text. It's part of how many can't seem to separate the meaning of a tag from it's default appearance, and as most every document on the subject that's worth a damn will tell you, you should never choose a tag based on how it looks when rendered.
But apparently this was "too complex" for most developers (who need to do us all a favor, back away from the keyboard and take up something less detail oriented like macramé weaving), which is why as part of their "let's ressurect HTML 3.2 and pretend STRICT never existed" HTML5 nonsense they are adding the redundant "section" tag to basically do what heading tags were originally there to handle. People are apparently just too stupid to put things in the proper order no matter how many times you explain it to them.
But of course, nobody is going to bother to learn to do that properly either since everyone is too lazy and stupid do bother doing anything more than vomiting up markup any old way.
Back on topic, I found the bit about .skipto links interesting -- SO many developers will try to tell you not to bother with those, but it's like most of them have never owned/used a mobile device. It's funny they mention heading navigation, as I always found that to be a fallback for when skipto links aren't implemented properly. As an Opera mobile user (and Opera on the desktop) the sites that do support them are a joy to navigate; more-so when TITLE is included alongside ACCESSKEYS.
Though like anything else accessibility related, the more you layer in for choices the better the experience for everyone. Much less MOST of what gives you accessibility is no more or less work if you practice semantic markup, separation of presentation from content, SENSIBLE heading orders, and the dozen other good practices that should be a natural part of building a site.
Interesting comments, deathshadow. But could you elucidate on this? …
Shouldn't they all be H1s then? If they are all H2s, then what's the H1? The name of the newspaper? Normally a chapter in a book would start with an H1 and then work down, wouldn't it? I wouldn't think of the title of the book as the only H1. But maybe I should?
Not the reason why the webmasters wrote that way? No, I didn't think so either: I figured people who do it do it for SEO reasons or something. The survey didn't say WHY people preferred the two as h1's but it seems logical that people feel those two bits of information are equally important and/or want to access them right away using the same tool (h key).
I suppose for a tree it's not too bad:h1 site name|h1 page title/name|h2 whatever - h2 something - h2 something|h3 etc
as far as navigation goes I mean. I still don't put my site name in any kind of header except on the main page (where it IS the name of the page), but I have it in my <title> so unless you turn that off, it gets announced right away before you even start navigating.
Again, the newspaper comparison. Many people would make the largest headline on the front page the H1 and all the other headlines H2's -- which makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE as those other headlines are NOT subsections of the large headline, they are subsections of the paper AS IS that largest headline; they're ALL H2's structurally even if one of them is presented in larger text.
This would make the h1... what? "Sydney Morning Herald"? Name of the paper?To many people, each of those articles in the newspaper are completely stand-alone things, meaning they are all headed by H1, not h2. H2 implies the article is a chunk of something bigger...
well a web site that aggregates articles from wherever has no business claiming those articles are somehow part of them. They are displayed on their site (written elsewhere)... is that enough to let them claim
Joe's News Scraper.com
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Some Guy Rambling on Technorati
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Grandma Baked Cookies Today
article...

Some Dutch Politician Sticks Pen Up His Nose
article...
I can very much see the argument that those articles are not subs of Joesnewsscraper.com at all... especially when clicking on the little blurb on his main page brings you to a page containing nothing more than the name joesnewsscraper.com and then the article.
Why I'd rather joesnewsscraper.com is some other element, and the article's title (what that standalone HTML document is actually about) the h1.
When it's a product page for some company's product, I'm less sure of that argument. The product description could indeed be headed by an h2 while the manufacturer or selling is the h1.

Black & Decker
 <--is the page about B&D? No, it's about the backhoe
Super Ultra Mega Backhoe
product description...
<somethingelse>Black & Decker</somethingelse>
Super Ultra Mega Backhoe
 <--the entire page is about this itemproduct description...
Some products nobody ever knows the owner anyway:ConAgra foods owns all your food
Chef Boyardee Spaghetti with Meatballs
about product...
I would. The difference is, on the web each web page is considered a stand-alone document. At least that's what the Googles claim. A book page, however, is always part of a whole book, and does not stand alone.
*edit suddenly I just wondered about short story collections. Hm...
Which would make me immediately ask "If they aren't subsections of the website, what the blue blazes are they doing on the site in the first place?!?"
1) I'd be interested in hearing where google claims that...
2) I consider EVERY page on my site to be part of that site, NOT standalone pages... otherwise, why are they on the site? It's not like I'm giving every page it's own domain name.
That's just... silly. idiotic even; I find it hard to believe google would claim that -- unless of course it's being misquoted and/or misinterpreted.
So, does a page about an appliance which is on a B&D website call the h1 black & decker? Is the page about Black & Decker? Is it partially about it, mostly about it, anything about it?
The Joe's example is those sites I see that just randomly gather stuff. I dunno what they are... content mills? Spammy McSpams? In any case is any article on Joe's actually about Joe's site? Referencing Joe's site? Is a standalone article written by the AP that's published in both Joe's News Scraper, the BBC and the Podunk Times not have its title as the h1?
I haven't settled on an answer to these questions, and they keep coming back as the HTML5 people start spreading their "multiple articles each with it's own h1 on one big page" thing. I have already decided none of my sites will have the site name as the h1 except maybe the first page, since that's usually about the site itself. But, none of my web sites are news article sites or anything like the Joe examples.
I find it hard to believe google would claim that -- unless of course it's being misquoted and/or misinterpreted.
Likely. What I had been told was, when they search/index sites, they do not search/index sites, but individual pages. This is why a page has a rank and appears on searches as an individual search result. Likely why the SEO freaks are so worried about putting nofollow stuff on their menus that appear on every page... something about fruit juice leaking or something...
I would argue this is logical to think this way. If you don't think each page is a stand-alone document, I have to ask: Do you put some sort of navigation on your site? If you answer yes, then you are saying that page is a stand-alone, or else you would simply link back to your home page and have people navigate solely from there.
See, and that's a matter of perspective -- all the pages are getting the same menu and the same heading and the same styling BECAUSE they are part of the same site, NOT because they are separate pages! My answer yes draws the opposite conclusion.
NOT giving them the same menu and header and making people go back to the main page to navigate to me is saying they are separate unrelated pages! Again, the opposite conclusion to the same data.
Besides, sure google scans each page individually; how else is it going to work? I think people are taking how it works and mis-interpreting it into meaning something it doesn't...
Though as even Google keeps saying, the best SEO is to write for the users following the rules of HTML, not using 'stupid code tricks' to try and game the engines. Write for the user, not the engine.
Which when it comes to things like screen readers and other accessibility methods is kind-of the point! WCAG for the win... HTML rules for the win... Graceful degradation thanks to building the site with progressive enhancement for the win... and logical document structure for the win.
Which is why putting a h2 before the h1, skipping to h4's with no H3's in-between and multiple h1's makes little to no sense and can result in broken heading-style navigation on websites.
I tend to think of two things which causes this to happen. 1) The are using some sort of WYSIWYG editor that does it automatically. 2) The people making the page sees the size of the heading levels and chooses them on font size. i have seen a number of sites that put footer stuff in an h4 because of that.
The more likely of the two -- which is automatically presentational markup by people who failed to grasp the simplest of concepts.
Though again, with most people still vomiting up HTML 3.2 and slapping either a 4 tranny or 5 doctype on it, this is hardly surprising.
Lol last week I was asked to review this asp site. Each page had two doctypes and the language was set to NL...
Each page had two doctypes and the language was set to NL...
Usually I see it the other way around: someone makes a Dutch site, using a CMS made by English-speakers... so the one making the site leaves the default lang to EN and there's skip link text like "Skip to main content" instead of being changed over to Dutch.
Definitely this survey tell us absolutely how we have come over the web since its birth. Most of the concept we were preaching as Usability and accessibility professionals have now come into play. Sensible design has now its own factor on the web. Good to see the use of H1 specially, which seems like people come to understand why exactly they are making the site, not like just putting a website on the web and tell your friends that see I also have got a website :).
But seriously the statistic that we all want to change is the user of browser. we really want IE6 to die. I am pretty sure that IE6 still has bigger market share for browsers.
Not all those IE users are IE6 users, BUT if you're stuck with an older reader made for Windows, it may only work well with IE6.


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Discussion in 'Chevy Truck Talk & GM News' started by stchman, Oct 29, 2013.
I was talking to [MENTION=57614]stchman[/MENTION], but I know how much you like amazon also.
Really, that sucks. They probably ran out and used the PF47E in their place. 99% of the people won't notice the difference.
I went to Amazon and they are $8 each. I would scoop a bunch up.
I think that I paid $4.19 for the Pf46. I do have a crap load of PF47 and vehicle to fit them. I will probably sell them on CL.
PF52 is 4.19 at Autozone. Darn that is cheap!! Worth picking up a few.
I would pick up at least 12 for that price.
I may do that once I have my get my $20 rebate from my member rewards. Once you spend $20 5 times they give you $20 back so I'll wait until I get that so I can save some cash.
I have one of those AutoZone membership things. They keep changing the rules all the time. Now it has to be 5 $20 purchases, but you cannot do more than one $20 purchase a day. I knew a guy that bought a lot from AZ(he had a business) and he would routinely make 10 $20 purchases in a day and really racked up the rewards.
I didn't know they changed that.... They must have caught on to me. I did that so much when I had a major project on the truck.
Yes, when I had a big purchase at AZ I asked the guy to break it up into as many $20 multiples as we could. He then pointed out to me that AZ changed their policy to one $20 purchase a day for the rewards.
Guess I'll just need to plan ahead and go there multiple days.
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Triple Flip cost her 2 Olympic titles, though.
It's funny...after that mistake at the 2002 Olympics all of her Triple Flips for the next 3 years were perfect. She barely ever made a mistake on that jump in general throughout her career. She messed up on it at 1997 Nationals (her worst performance ever, where everything was going wrong) and she made a small mistake on it at 2000 Worlds in the SP. Otherwise...always fine from what I can remember.
But your conclusion may unfortunately be correct. Aruntunian seems to be a major jinx as first he ended Michelle's career and now possibly Sasha's
Not to mention what has become of Mao
My point is that to give a returning Olympic medalist a bye to Natls does not really hurt anyone. If the skater performs poorly then I still fail to see how this is hurting anybody.
Somewhere out there is a young skater who might lose a place at Natls. That doesn't make me happy - but I hardly give it a second thought because this skater probably wasn't good enough to do anything at Natls anyway.
I see nothing wrong with honoring our Olympic champions and hope they never change that rule. Besides it offers great stuff to write about and discuss in the off season
Nine days... and Aunt Joyce is reporting that she's already out, it just hasn't been announced yet.
So Sasha is WD , just didn't announce yet.
I'm so disappointed.
So if there is no announcement tomorrow (Friday), then Sasha is not out? hmm
I shouldn't have expect since when we do not expect, we would not disappoinnt.
So saddddddddd.
oh please no! I have been looking forward to this for so long. What if she just cancels the whole season?


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Hiring for the right fit
You can teach a new employee to use specialized software, write a press release, even organize a conference call — but can you teach them to be trustworthy, compassionate, and ethical? Personal values matter, but they are often overlooked during the hiring process.
Value-based hiring is the idea of employing people whose values align with the business culture of your organization, rather than hiring candidates solely for their skills and experience. For example, you may be looking for an employee who demonstrates reliability, strong leadership skills, and an appreciation of diversity in addition to having a good track record.
Hiring based on values can help you:
- Create a strong organizational culture
- Promote ethical behaviour
- Increase employee satisfaction and reduce turnover
Uncovering personal values during the hiring process can be challenging. Ask open-ended or situational questions to encourage interviewees to open up about themselves. It is important to remember that there are no right or wrong answers — you're trying to get insight into the candidate's character. You could also ask candidates to participate in an activity that would allow you to observe how they interact with others.
If you are looking for someone with strong leadership skills, you could ask them to describe a situation where they led a team. In a group interview, you could observe candidates completing a group challenge that requires them to interact with others, solve problems, and exhibit leadership.
It is also important to give potential employees the opportunity to learn about your business. Be clear about your business's values — you want potential hires to be able to opt out of the hiring process if they don't feel like the position will be a good fit.
Hiring based on values takes time and effort, but it can help you find the best candidate for the job. Check out our Attract and keep talented employees blog for more tips on attracting outstanding employees. You can also visit our section on Hiring employees to learn more about the recruitment process.


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"I am the provider and the oppressed ... I am the role model and the embarrassment."
This is how fa'afafine Vili/Vilanda (Taofia Pelesasa) opens this moving examination of family, grief and the difficulties of coming-of-age.
But she's not the only one who has it rough: Vili's father (Dave Fane) mourns his wife, and bitterly regrets persuading her to move from Samoa to Auckland; Vili's brother Sione (Troy Tu'ua) gets bossed around; Vili's fa'afafine friends Shaniqua (Amanaki Prescott) and Dejavu (Shimpal Lelisi) no longer see their families.
The success of this play is its acknowledgment, sympathetically drawn out by Alison Quigan's direction, that everybody onstage hurts. In the aftermath of a crisis, all the family members feel undervalued without realising that those from whom they're seeking recognition are also feeling unrecognised.
The casual violence shocks, even as it's expected.
This all develops rather slowly, and later plot points lose an element of surprise because of Shaniqua and Dejavu's seen-it-all-before prophetic and unheeded warnings to Vili. However, as one would hope of a play written by two Naked Samoans (Fane and Oscar Kightley) with Nathaniel Lees, A Frigate Bird Sings has many moments of lightness and humour, and gently finds absurdity in situations of heavy drama.
Shaniqua is given the best quips and uses the ultimate threat during one scrap: "Don't make me use my man voice." While a costume change would have been nice, her lip-synch numbers are glamorous and polished - the flick of a Prescott eyelash or fingernail as effective as any rigorous routine. The identity politics here, while not fleshed out entirely, are presented as complex; the audience is implicated in looking upon fa'afafine as "freaks".
The 1998 play has been updated with Facebook references, but John Parker's set, which matches a fawn La-Z-boy with plastic flowered mats, looks both kitsch and timeless. A well-acted bargain at $15-$25.
What: A Frigate Bird Sings
Where: Mangere Arts Centre
When: Until Saturday Taofia Pelesasa (Vili, left), Dave Fane (Vili's father) and Troy Tu'ua (Sione).


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text: Hello to all my fellow health and fitness professionals who are looking to take your career to the next level by becoming an ACE-certified Health Coach! My name is Jessie and I am a new Study Coach here at ACE. To better help those seeking our study assistance, I am preparing to take my Health Coach Certification Exam, and it occurred to me, "Why not blog about it for those who are going to take this same journey?" And thus my "Health Coach Helper" was created. I am so excited and I hope that all those considering the Health Coach Certification find this blog series informative and beneficial. First, I highly recommend establishing a timeline so the material doesn't get put on the back burner. Even if you miss a few days or weeks here and there, this time will help you figure out how to get yourself back on track. If you purchased one of our bundles, you already have a six-month timeframe to schedule your exam (NOT take it—just schedule it), but some of you may want to move at a faster or slower pace. My personal goal is to take the exam before the end of the year, so I am aiming to accomplish one lesson in Academy Select every other week, which I'll write about in future blog posts. Lesson One Now for the good stuff! The first lesson in Academy Select covers chapters 1, 2 and 5, which discuss the skills needed to be a successful health coach. (Don't worry if you didn't purchase the Academy Select Program—I will give you a breakdown.) There was a little bit of overlap in the chapters, which is nice because it helps to reinforce the topics. For each of these chapters, I read the manual and then did the Master the Manual Workbook, using the manual to assist me. However, I did not use the manual for the multiple-choice questions at the end of each section. I tried to answer those on my own, and then if I answered incorrectly, I went through the Health Coach Manual until I found the part in the book that discussed that topic. The other things I noticed and found to be really valuable were the "Think It Through" and "Expand Your Knowledge" sections. If you ACTUALLY go through the examples given, it's not surprising that the information seems to sink in a little better. For those who do have the Academy Select program, I watched the video after reading the chapters and it was very helpful in reiterating the information I had read. However, I think for this next lesson I might watch the video before I read the manual to see if it makes any difference. I missed four questions on the quiz, but they were all questions where I could identify why I had thought erroneously, so I felt good about it even though I got the answers wrong. Key Takeaways To sum everything up, the things I found most important were: 1. How to identify the wants and needs of your client by understanding his or her personality and which stage of change he or she is in 2. How to be an effective listener (e.g., active listening, positive listening) and an effective communicator (e.g., questioning skills, nonverbal communication) I hope you found this information helpful. My next blog will cover chapters 3, 4, 14 and 18. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Resource Center at 888-825-3636, Ext. 796, or email@example.com.


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PLHS students undertake chores on Day of Caring
Pequot Lakes High School students were determined to show lakes area taxpayers that they appreciate the improvements being made to their school, so the participated in a Day of Caring on Thursday, May 9.
From Baxter to Pine River and Pequot Lakes to Crosslake, residents saw students hard at work, whether it was raking, painting, cleaning or building.
"It's nice to help the community, to volunteer," said Alyse Brockway, a ninth-grader who was clearing brush from a garden at Trailside Park in Pequot Lakes.
"They do so much for our school and it's just nice to give back," agreed classmate Sarah Ciesluk, who worked alongside Brockway. They were part of a group that also planted flowers in containers at Pequot Lakes City Hall.
The city's Park Board is always looking for help with city gardens, including watering, weeding and dead-heading flowers. Anyone interested can call city hall at 568-5222.
Students worked at both public and private places. Velma Kargel, 92, of Pequot Lakes, was thankful for the work students did at her home.
"Thank you boys, very, very much," she told a group of students that included her great-grandsons, Devon Anderson and Brady Wickham. "It is absolutely wonderful because I would not be able to do it."
Kargel said she attempted yard work because she loves it, but was suffering for it and in pain. They boys raked her yard, blew leaves, cleaned up pine needles and moved furniture onto her porch.
"It's nice to step out and help the community," said student Vincent Lockie.
"The school needed something like this," added James Waymire before the group moved on from Kargel's home to help install shelving at Little Monkeys, a children's consignment store at the Jack Pine Center.
Alta (Olson) Hanson also appreciated students' work to rake her yard and clean up pine needles.
"They did a lot. I haven't been able to do much," she said, noting she broke her neck a few years ago. "And they're enthusiastic. They did as much as they could because it hasn't been raked for awhile. They really worked hard."
The Crosslake Corps of Engineers campground found itself a bit behind in spring cleanup due to the late snow, but had help from Pequot Lakes students who raked around campsites and buildings. Other students spread black dirt in the flower beds to prepare for flower planting.
Students also painted flagpoles at the Crosslake chamber building and along County Road 66.
Lynn Smith, a high school science teacher, was overseeing operations. She said the students were doing a good job and had visited more than one location the morning of May 9.
Smith said the work doubled as a way for students to complete some of their 10 hours of community service, which is required to graduate.
Bob Embertson, a Crosslake resident, had help from students in his yard.
"They helped me do a yard cleanup for the spring, and they were all very delightful, well-focused kids," Embertson said.
Seniors Gunnar Kuehl and Zach Northenscold picked up trash at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Pequot Lakes.
"It's good to reach out to the community," Northenscold said, especially Gloria Dei, which he and Kuehl said hosts Chat and Chow every Friday, providing a free lunch to students.
A group of ninth-graders raked leaves at a private home in Pequot Lakes.
"It's fun. It's nice to get out," said Brooke Swenson. "It's nice because they're really paying for our school to be done."
Chip Rankin, high school principal, organized the Day of Caring. He was pleased with how the day went, saying students conducted themselves well and did a good job, and people were thankful for the students' help. For some students, this was their first time volunteering, Rankin said.
"It will only grow," he said. "This year it was a challenge to coordinate. Next year it will be even more fun."
Other places students volunteered included churches in Pequot Lakes and Nisswa; businesses in Pequot Lakes and Breezy Point; parks in Pequot Lakes; senior housing in Pequot Lakes; private residences in Pequot Lakes and Breezy Point; Pequot Lakes fire tower; Breezy Point Hockey Arena; Breezy Point Resort and Grand View Lodge in Nisswa; Breezy Point City Hall and public safety building; Breezy Point and Jenkins cemeteries; Jenkins park and ballfield; Crosslake Community Center; Pine River Fish and Game Club and the walleye egg-stripping area in Pine River; Camp Confidence and Gull Lake Campground in East Gull Lake; Heartland Animal Rescue Team in Baxter; Minnesota Hockey Camp in Nisswa; Nisswa Park and Recreation; Nisswa Fire Hall; and Kids Against Hunger in Nisswa.


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Bigger is better—or so the cliché goes. In the asphalt market, it seems the big mainline pavers get all the attention in trade magazines, while the smaller, commercial class of pavers (basically anything 16,000 pounds or less) are relegated to a sidebar. But regardless of this lack of exposure, the fact is that these smaller pavers fill quite a large niche.
One common misconception is that compact, commercial-class pavers are simply smaller versions of larger, mainline-class pavers. But aside from both being used to lay down hot, black asphalt, the two machine classes are completely different in design, capabilities, and quality expectations.
Commercial pavers can be separated into two categories: gravity fed or conveyor fed. This is differentiated by how the pavers deliver asphalt from the hopper to the screed. Given a contractor's preferences and workload, each machine type has its advantages and disadvantages.
Usually weighing less than 10,000 pounds, gravity-fed pavers rely solely on gravity to feed asphalt from the hopper to the screed assembly. As asphalt is delivered into the hopper by feeder trucks, the paver's bed is hydraulically raised until gravity takes effect and draws the asphalt toward the screed.
Gravity-fed pavers can't be considered high-capacity machines. Though some contractors will pull 500 to 600 tons of material though them in a day, they're more commonly used as 200-tons-per-day machines. Therefore, it's very common to see gravity-fed pavers being used for driveways, small parking lots, and general road maintenance, but not for more demanding paving jobs.
Conversely, because conveyor-fed commercial pavers rely on a system of conveyor belts that move the asphalt from the paver to the screed, they offer more consistent and controlled delivery. Also, these units allow for much greater asphalt capacities. It's quite common that a smaller conveyor-fed paver would average 500 tons per day, while the largest units often handle up to 1000 tons per day. In fact, it's not unheard of for a contractor to push up to 2000 tons per day of asphalt through a large, conveyor-fed paver. Therefore, conveyor units are typically considered production machines.
Conveyor-fed commercial pavers can push more asphalt, but this is not where their advantages end. The increased capacities of these units also allow for a much higher-quality finish. With any paving job, every time the paver stops, a bump is formed in the mat. This diminishes the overall quality of the application. Unfortunately, the very nature of a gravity-fed machine lends to frequent stopping because once the hopper is emptied, the paving train must stop so the bed can be lowered and the hopper refilled.
Conversely, conveyor-fed pavers can continuously receive new asphalt while pushing the feeder truck. Additionally, hopper capacities are typically larger on conveyor-fed machines. Even when the feeder truck empties, there is enough hopper capacity to continue paving while swapping a new, full truck into the operation.
Another conveyor-fed feature that promotes higher-quality results is the machine's weight. Since they're heavier than gravity-fed pavers, conveyor units can accommodate larger, heavier screed assemblies. Generally speaking, the heavier the screed, the more structurally sound it is, and the better finish it produces.
Though the two basic categories of commercial pavers are relatively simple to understand in terms of capabilities and merit, a wide range of available equipment designs and options can complicate the selection process.
One variable relates to how the equipment is propelled. Units are available that are either track- or wheel-driven. Today this is almost a moot point since roughly 95% of all commercial pavers being used in the United States are track-driven. Even so, there are some specific advantages of wheel-driven units that have kept this option in the market.
First of all, wheel-driven pavers offer higher travel speeds than track-driven units. When working on road-maintenance applications, this can be a major benefit, allowing operators to quickly travel from one pass to another and reducing the amount of time that traffic is impeded. Secondly, wheel-driven units travel on pneumatic tires that can safely roll over surrounding structures, such as curbs and sidewalks, without fracturing the concrete. This is a hazard presented by pavers with steel tracks.
Why, then, do wheel-driven pavers make up such a small portion of the market? Traction, or lack thereof, is the culprit. When working on unstable bases or subgrades, wheel-driven units have a tendency to spin their tires and get stuck. And getting stuck is one of the worst things that can happen with a paver—next to breaking down. Therefore, wheel-driven pavers are feasible only for those who almost exclusively do maintenance work where they are working on a stable base.
On the other hand, the only limiting factor of track-driven pavers is travel speed. Tractive effort, gradeability, and maneuverability are all greatly enhanced with tracks.
The next variable to consider is the screed. This is the last part of the paver to come in contact with the fresh asphalt—forming and smoothing the material as it leaves the machine. To do this more effectively, one common option is the bolt-on screed extension. With most mainline pavers, the ability to produce a raised or tapered edge in the asphalt is integrated into the screed itself, but commercial pavers must offer bolt-on alternatives to achieve the same results. Bolt-on screed extensions give the operator more control over the material while offering variable finishing configurations. Additionally, special plates are available from several manufacturers that attach to the screed and narrow the paving width. This is ideal when paving bike or cart paths.
Another option found on many commercial-class pavers is screed automation. This provides the paver with the ability to adjust screed depth or material thickness automatically through the use of onboard computers. Eliminating some of the human element during operation provides more consistent paving results.
When paving at full width, consistent material flow to the entire screed often can be a problem. Some manufacturers are countering this through the implementation of screed-mounted, material-feed augers.
On most pavers—mainline or commercial class—the material augers that displace asphalt to both sides of the screed are mounted in the hopper. As paving widths increase, these augers typically have difficulty shoving material efficiently to the widest expanses of the screed. This is why it is not uncommon to see laborers with shovels on either side of a paver helping direct asphalt to the entire length of the screed—often slowing production.
Some machines now use material flow augers mounted directly to the screed. As the screed extends to handle wider paving widths, so too do the augers. This eliminates the need for laborers to redirect asphalt by completely automating the material flow process.
Productivity features are important, but is the paver built to handle the ceaseless demands of asphalt paving? Bear in mind that from the moment a paver hits the jobsite, it's receiving several tons of hot, abrasive aggregate from sunrise to sunset with few breaks in between. No matter how durable the paver, regular maintenance is unavoidable. But will it be something that needs to be maintained once a week or once a day? Maintenance intervals can make a big difference to the bottom line of any operation—and the materials that make up a paver's wear components can be key.
All manufacturers will list the materials that make up their respective augers and screed surfaces. Durability usually is indicated through a hardness rating. For instance, depending on the manufacturer, one might find the option of having wear components constructed of heavy-duty steel with hardness levels of 400 or more. Compared with standard-grade steel components, a level 400 hardened steel will offer four to five times longer life. This added life comes with a price, but contractors typically will find that the extra price will be offset by the reduced maintenance costs.
No matter the type of compact paver, one of the biggest technology changes taking place today is the implementation of electronics. This is apparent not only with the available full-screed automation packages, but also with operator controls.
Instead of presenting a series of levers that manually control paver operations, digital controls use a series of toggle and jog switches that offer numerous benefits. Electronic controls are more precise and efficient, and they're easier to use for operators of any experience level. But there is a catch. Electronics don't mix well with a few elements—heat, liquid, and dirt—all of which are omnipresent on a paving job-site. Therefore, the choice of electronic controls poses a reliability concern.
For some operators, electronic controls are too foreign to merit consideration. With manual controls, if something fails, operators usually can repair it on the spot and continue paving. But if something electronic fails, it probably requires a certified technician to remedy the problem, meaning dreaded downtime. This is the main reason why most manufacturers offer two configurations for each paver model—one with electronic controls and one with manual.
But with greater risks come greater rewards. Electronics help ensure better, more easily repeatable results. Also, as the technology progresses, manufacturers are finding ways to better protect the electronic components, reducing reliability concerns.
— John Hood is manager of product development with BOMAG Paving Products, Warrensburg, Mo.
Looking for a commercial paver?
Here are a few simple questions and answers that will help narrow your focus:
1. What will it be used for?
If small parking lots and general road-maintenance applications are the toughest jobs this paver will see, consider a gravity-fed unit. Otherwise, anything more demanding would be better served by a conveyor-fed paver.
2. How much asphalt do you intend to pull each day?
If it's more than 600 tons per day, look to a conveyor-fed paver. The most you can expect from a gravity-fed unit is 500 to 600 tons, but a conveyor-fed paver, in extreme cases, can handle up to 2000 tons per day.
3. What's your budget?
Gravity-fed pavers will cost $25,000 to $50,000, whereas a conveyor-fed unit will run anywhere from $50,000 to $110,000.
4. What type of bases will you be working on?
If all of your work will be done on stable bases, as when doing road maintenance, consider a wheel-propelled unit. Otherwise, if you ever intend to work on unstable bases or subgrades, it's best to choose a track-propelled unit for better traction and more reliable results.
5. How important is equipment portability?
Gravity-fed pavers are smaller and can typically fit on a standard flatbed trailer along with a roller, skidsteer, and other necessary tools. On the other hand, a conveyor-fed paver will typically require a dedicated trailer.


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Ditch the guidebook to avoid Japan's worst tourist draws
It's no secret that Japan is trying hard to attract tourists. How can it not be, of course, after the industry fell to its knees in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami?
Sure, the country has much to offer, but mixed in with the interesting stuff there's also plenty of dross that means first-time visitors can easily end up having a very disappointing time.
Especially if they blindly follow the guidebooks ...
These often recommend extremely boring activities simply because all previous guidebooks have done so.
They also routinely misinterpret key Japanese concepts, like "wabi-sabi," which Western travel-guide writers think denotes an aesthetic of rarified beauty.
By contrast, most Japanese know that it tends to signify the most soporific elements of their culture.
For these reasons, rather than recommending what to enjoy, it may be more useful to point out what to avoid when visiting Japan.
Once you steer clear of the dull shibboleths celebrated in many guidebooks, the chances are you'll land on your feet and find interesting stuff at random.
So, here is my list of Fujiland's top 10 most forgettable and best-avoided tourist "attractions" and experiences.
The Imperial Palace
Tourists arriving fresh from Narita might be excited by the fact that Japan has an emperor and that his palace is smack bang in the center of Tokyo. I know I was.
Getting lost and wandering round for several hours is a much more exciting option.
An emperor! That's one step up from a king!
But if you're expecting a spectacle on a par with the Roman Empire, or grander than London's Buckingham Palace, you'll be sorely disappointed.
Behind its tea-green moat and giant stone dykes, the Emperor's Palace in Tokyo is practically invisible.
And there's nothing to see like London's Changing the Guard, except for a solitary duck and an occasional jogger.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 9.5.
That bar in 'Lost in Translation'
Next on the amnesia list is the bar at Shinjuku's Park Hyatt made famous by the film "Lost in Translation."
This location isn't quite the Odessa Steps featured in Eisenstein's "The Battleship Potemkin" or La Bocca della Verità that crops up in "Roman Holiday."
In Sofia Coppola's movie, the could-be-anywhere bar is kept as a blur in the background, which, when you see it, you realize was one of her better directorial decisions.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 10.
Tokyo Tower
This is not only mentioned in all the guidebooks, but it also makes it onto a lot of the covers as well, so you just know it must be overrated.
Tourists are always being warned to be on their guard against pirated brand-name goods.
What then are they to do with an entire 333-meter tower that is an obvious rip-off of a more-famous "brand-name" tower in Paris?
Boring because it's unoriginal and it's not even the tallest building in Tokyo anymore.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 8.
Yoshiwara red-light district
Inspired by the woodblock prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige, many tourists are fascinated by Japan's ancient image of geisha loveliness.
Then they go looking for the sights of old Edo's pleasure quarters.
But tracking down the former site of the Yoshiwara red-light district is sure to disappoint because all that awaits you is a banal-looking street corner.
Getting lost and wandering round for several hours is a much more exciting option and you can do that anywhere.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 9.5.
The tea ceremony
For many foreign visitors, the closest they can hope to get to the kimono-clad beauties of yesteryear is to visit a tea ceremony.
But, be warned, in Japan this activity, like hula and flamenco dancing, is generally the preserve of the elderly. In other words, truly "the kimono-clad beauties of yesteryear."
But even if you get a hottie handling the teapot there really is nothing quite as boring as watching someone take 30 minutes to make lukewarm tea.
No wonder the Japanese never developed tipping.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 9.5.
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Kabuki theater
Many other Japanese traditional arts exist on the same timeless plateau as the tea ceremony. A good example is kabuki theater.
Attempts have been made in recent years to jazz it up by putting on shows that don't last all day, and through adding explanations in English.
What really needs explaining is why anyone would want to watch a bunch of men dressed in retro drag whose idea of acting is to tilt their fans a few degrees, and who waggle their heads to check if their wigs are still on.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 10.
Sword exhibitions
Japan is justifiably famous for the quality of its sword-making. You can often find exhibitions of swords and there are even a few museums dedicated to the art.
But, while the samurai sword may conjure up images of legendary battles, looking at a couple of hundred virtually identical pieces of metal in glass cases can quickly become mind-numbing.
Sure the experts can detect "fascinating" differences in the hamon (blade pattern) and other microscopic details, but as for you and me, we may as well be staring into a very big drawer of cutlery.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 9.
Taiyaki and kakigori
Taiyaki are small fish-shaped cakes filled with red bean paste. Kakigori is shaved ice with a splash of colored syrup on top.
These culinary mediocrities always seem to get a mention in the guidebooks, a mysterious phenomenon which is probably the most interesting thing about them.
But knowing the explanation -- probably editorial laziness -- only adds to the boredom factor.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 9.75.
Climbing Mount Fuji
Mount Fuji is an iconic symbol of Japan, with many of the guidebooks recommending a climb. This is a mistake.
Although relatively easy to walk up, Fuji is only an icon because it can be seen from far away.
Once you get onto its slopes you realize that it is just an extended ashtray, strewn with unsightly ash and misshapen fragments of lava that make for a dreary ascent.
And don't expect any solitude on the mountain either.
During the short climbing season it is swarmed over by a crowd of heavy-breathing seniors. Avoid at all costs.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 8.5.
Hanami (flower watching)
This is a bit like watching the grass grow, except in this case the "grass" is pink, and above your head. Apart from that, it's basically the same thing.
For the Japanese, watching the cherry blossoms is supposed to represent the fleeting quality of life, but if this is one of the highlights of life then perhaps the more fleeting it is the better.
Alcohol doesn't make it any more exciting but sometimes knocks you out for the count. And that's as close as it gets to a good thing.
Wabi-sabi boredom rating: 10 (sober), 6.5 (drunk).
Overall combined wabi-sabi boredom rating: infinite. You have been warned.
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of C.B. Liddell.
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Robin Chase founded Zipcar, the world's biggest car-sharing business. That was one of her smaller ideas. Here she travels much farther, contemplating road-pricing schemes that will shake up our driving habits and a mesh network vast as the Interstate.
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Fla. lawmakers to take up $74 billion budget
Published: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 9:00 a.m.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida legislators are taking their first votes this year on a new state budget.
House and Senate committees are expected to vote Wednesday on rival $74 billion spending plans.
Fueled by growth that is adding to the state's bottom line, the proposed budgets include more money for public schools and a pay raise for state workers.
This year's proposals are a turnaround from the last few years when lawmakers were forced to cut funding for public schools and universities.
Lawmakers have until early May to send a new budget to Gov. Rick Scott that covers state spending from July 1, 2013 until June 2014.
While there are differences in the rival plans there's not enough to keep legislators ending their work on time.
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At some times during the year I have some trouble deciding what I should be doing, such as when I first get to South Carolina in the Spring. What do I do first? Where to start. But, this time of year, the honey is all off and extracted and the job is pretty clear. Get all of those hives together and ready to get on the semi to go South.
All 460 so hives are ready for the ride.