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PlayBook: An Open Letter to David Stern
One fan wallows in the ruins of what was once a great game. Plus Week 14 lines.
We're never going to get back to talking about football given the speed at which the NBA is falling into disrepute. It's a bona fide three-ring circus these days with the ringleader Stern at the center pulling the strings and setting the various hoops a team might have to jump through ablaze. It's a bit of a farce that might as well be scripted because it's hard to believe it's actually not. In the ensuing confusion we're writing a letter to show our displeasure before this all goes too far.
This has nothing to do with sports writing. No numbers or logic or reasoned response. This is one fan, of what was once a good game, upset that its sunk to such a sad level.
David, we've never met but you've made us sad. Sad, then happy, then sad.
Knowing for months since the close of last season that the CBA was set to expire, you dawdled. You took a lackadaisical approach to something so decidedly not lackadaisical that it cost you a third of the season and salaries to boot. Then, when it finally came time to bargain you balked at compromise, backed like a badger into a corner you got what you wanted, an agreement that was "fair." You sold out to owners for the sake of a season and for one solid moment we were happy again. Having basketball back and in time for Christmas made us forget all the wrong you had done. Which makes what came next such a sad, sad moment that it will likely go down as the day your reign died.
David, the move lacks all credibility. We can't take you seriously as a commissioner anymore. The NBA, a supposed free market big brother, has no business sticking its nose in. Yet you did at the behest of impatient owners unhappy their investment is not paying off. Parity at the cost of professional propriety seems like a steep price to pay. We're not saying we're not happy to see Chris Paul playing in Griffin Town, we're just saying we're not happy with how it came about and for the reasons it was done.
We're worried about you David. Where's the commissioner that sat with a smirk while others complained and he just brushed them off? Are the days long gone when the game really mattered? Is it just about business and dollars and cents? Are players just commodities to be auctioned and traded? Are the fans just numbers at the end of the day?
You made us sad David. Sad, then happy, then sad.
This week's lines:
Green Bay (-13.5) over Kansas City
Playing the Chiefs to secure home field through the playoffs? This line couldn't get high enough.
Pittsburgh (+1.5) over San Francisco
Both teams can stop the run so winning will require taking to the sky which Big Ben can do and Alex Smith sort of can, sometimes, but not always and probably not against the Steelers.
New York (+3) over Philadelphia
It's about time we made a confession: We haven't bet the Eagles right once this season. Not once in 12 games. Make of that what you will.
New England (-6.5) over Denver
Unconventional offense, meet unconventional (read non-existent) defense. Denver has made a point of keeping it close, winning their last three games by a margin of three. That is not going to happen with the Patriots; all Tebowing aside, Denver just doesn't have the offensive weapons to keep pace.
New Orleans (-6.5) over Minnesota
What do you get when you cross the top passing team in the league with one of the worst pass defenses? A blowout, plain and simple.
Miami (PK) over Buffalo
Miami is in the precarious position of having to win just the right amount of games to ensure Stephen Ross doesn't try anything funny on draft day like taking someone not named Robert Griffin III. Five wins seems about right which means they need this win against Buffalo before closing out the season with loses to New England and New York.
Seattle (+3.5) over Chicago
In other Windy City news: The Bulls are back.
Dallas (-6.5) over Tampa Bay
The Bucs have lost by less than seven only twice in seven weeks; the Broncos have only covered seven twice in the same seven weeks. The game means more to Dallas so we'll say they win it but not by more than seven.
Washington (+7) over New York
As bad a Rex Grossman and John Beck have been this season, rookie Roy Helu and the Redskins have played tough teams tough down the stretch; 27-34 against the Pats, 24-27 against the Jets. Next up: The Giants.
Baltimore (-2.5) over San Diego
The Chargers haven't been able to get much going against bad offenses; there is no reason to believe they'll do much against a good one.
Quick Slants: Carolina (+6.5) over Houston, Cincinnati (-3.5) over St. Louis, Tennessee (-6.5) over Indianapolis, Detroit (-1) over Oakland, Cleveland (+6.5) over Arizona
Last Week: 10-5
Overall: 49-35-2


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Apartment near Parc Monceau
Size23 m²
Floor No.3
- Internet/WiFi
- Kitchen
- Towels
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Accommodation summary
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The open plan living area is a bright and airy room. Included is sleeping space for 3 people in the form of a double sofa bed and a single sofa bed. Use a fully-equipped kitchen to prepare tasty meals, and a dining table to sit and eat together. A shower and hairdryer are placed in the bathroom.
Fifteen minutes away on foot is the Saint Lazare Train Station from where various intercity and suburban services are offered. Take the metro for 5 minutes to reach the charming Montmartre district and the picturesque Sacré-Cœur Basilica.
The vibrant surrounding area is filled with cafes, restaurants and bars. Also closeby on Rue de Lévis Street is a typical Parisian open air market.
House rulesFor short term rentals (less than a month), bed linen and towels are provided.
Please note that the building does not have an elevator (and the apartment is located on the 3rd floor).
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Alex flat is very well located, a lot of shops and restaurants are very close to the flat. The flat is very calm, clean, confortable and with all items you need, also hi-speed wifi is available. A taxi stop and metro station is in front of the flat.
It has been a very amazing days in paris. Alex flat is small (as espected) but it is clean, confortable and with all items you need, also hi-speed wifi is available. The falt is very well located with a lot of shops and restaurants very close (less than 5 min walking) and a taxi stop and metro station in front of the flat.
Alex is also a great host, he help us in all what we need and he is very polite and solicitus.
I recomend Alex flat a lot, If I return to Paris or a friend of me is going to visit Paris I will recomend Alex flat.
Alex, thaks for all!!!!
Good apartment with excellent value. Ideally located next to the metro station Villiers that leads to anywhere in Paris in 10 minutes. The apartment is simple, clean, well equipped with everything you need, is as it appears in photos. Only drawback is no elevator as indicated on the web, we were two adults and a small child and a little uncomfortable stairs.
Alex, very polite and approachable. Undoubtedly recommended.
Buen apartamento, con excelente relación calidad-precio. Muy bien situado pegado a la estación de metro de Villiers que permite llegar a cualquier sitio de Paris en 10 minutos. El apartamento es sencillo, limpio, bien equipado con todo lo necesario, es tal y como figura en las fotos. Unico inconveniente que no tiene ascensor como indican en la web, nosotros eramos dos adultos y un niño pequeño y un poco incomodo las escaleras.
Alex, muy educado y accesible. Recomendable sin lugar a dudas.
Everything perfect, flat and comfortable with everything, Alex always available to help in any way. Measuring 10 meters from the apartment, in the local area really beautiful with fair prices and no mass tourism. A walk away quietly Arc de Triomphe ... Very central ... Really everything perfect.
Tutto perfetto,appartamento comodissimo e fornito di tutto, Alex sempre disponibile per aiutare in qualsiasi modo. Metro a 10mt dall'appartamento,locali in zona davvero belli con prezzi onesti e senza turismo di massa. A piedi si raggiunge tranquillamente Arco di trionfo... Centralissimo... Davvero tutto perfetto.
It's a nice, very quiet, actually one room apartment, efficiently furnished, although the kitchen equipment could be better (add tea towels, bread knife and chopping board) and the cleaner should be instructed how to clean/dust a room properly. We stayed 6 nights and it was OK for the two of us. I don't think the space is suited for three persons. The apartment is situated on the third floor at the far end of the building. From the main entrance to the apartment is quite a walk through a long, narrow passage leading to the three staircases. That's not a problem, but what struck me - and somehow worried me a bit - was that there were no smoke detectors to be seen. There is one fire extinguisher on the second floor, but in my opinion that's not enough. The neighbourhood is very lively with shops, restaurants, markets, metro, etc. We enjoyed our stay very much.
Apartment very nice, clean and comfortable. Great location, close to the metro. Supermarket very close by with great prices to be in Paris :) Unfortunately we have not met Alex :) I hope to return soon!
Appartamento molto bello, pulito e comodo. Ottima posizione , vicinissimo alla metro. Supermercato molto vicino con ottimi prezzi per essere a Parigi :)
Purtroppo non abbiamo conosciuto Alex :)
Spero di ritornarci presto !!!
We were very well received by Alex who is very friendly and accommodating. Apartment clean, clear, fully equipped, close to the subway and shopping. Very pleasant stay. Thank you to Alex
Nous avons été très bien accueilli par Alex personne très sympathique et conciliante . Appartement propre , clair, tout équipé, proche du métro et des commerces. Séjour très agréable. Merci encore à Alex
The apartment was small but lovely and was perfect for a short stay. The area is nice, with the Villiers metro station very close by, and it is within walking distance of the Arc de Triomphe through Parc Monceau. Alex was very nice and helpful :) I would definitely recommend.
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Jay Carney: I don't know if we'll cooperate with the Benghazi select committee
posted at 3:21 pm on May 5, 2014 by Allahpundit
Lot o' strategizin' happening today vis-a-vis the committee, and not just on the GOP side. Greg Sargent hears from a source on the Hill that Pelosi and company are trying to decide whether to boycott.
A House Dem leadership aide points out that there is precedent for such a boycott. Back in 2005, House Dem leaders declined to participate in GOP hearings into what went wrong with the Bush administration's response to the Katrina disaster, arguing that Republicans had set up the committee in a way that ensured it would not conduct a serious probe into what happened.
The House Dem leadership aide notes that Dems are looking at their 2005 response as a possible model on how to respond to the new Benghazi committee, though no decisions have been made.
"There is deep concern in the Caucus that participation in this sham committee, like the 2005 Katrina committee, would serve to legitimize what has and by all signs will continue to be a political operation," the Dem leadership aide tells me.
Steny Hoyer told Politico today that they haven't decided what to do yet. I made the case for why boycotting is smart-ish in the last post; if your goal is to delegitimize the proceedings, there's no clearer way to make that point (especially to your friends in the media, who undoubtedly share your contempt for this) than to skip it entirely. The counterargument is that the average low-information voter watching soundbites of the day's hearings at 10 p.m. on cable either won't know or won't care about the boycott. All he'll know is that Trey Gowdy is pounding the table and seems utterly convinced that there's a cover-up, and that the witness he's grilling seems shifty and nervous. If you're a Dem, maybe it's better to have people on the committee pounding the table about what a farce this all is so that the news networks have something for the "counterpoint" part of the soundbite highlight reel.
What Democrats are really trying to do right now, I think, is calculate the odds that there's something hugely damaging out there that might be uncovered by the committee — in other words, the odds that the GOP's been right about Benghazi all along. Looks to me like they're 90 percent sure that this'll be a nothingburger, but that remaining 10 percent carries a big risk. Namely, if they participate in the committee, spend three weeks screeching that it's a sham and an insult to the president, and then a smoking gun turns up, they'll be as humiliated as Obama is. That's another reason to boycott, to keep their distance not only from a committee that their base finds dubious but to keep their distance from any findings that might truly hurt O. Or would their absence actually backfire by signaling to the public that they didn't care enough to find the truth? Political actors don't like uncertainty and Pelosi's dealing with a lot of uncertainty right now.
Exit question for legal eagles: What would it mean for the White House to not "cooperate" with the committee? I assume that means claiming executive privilege over documents that Gowdy wants, which has worked so far in other contexts to hinder GOP investigations but would look awfully shady in this case, especially with the White House bleating that this is all much ado about nothing. Would they, or could they, refuse to send witnesses too? Even Kerry and Hillary routinely appear/appeared before Congress. It'd look suspicious if the key players suddenly clammed up now.
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Town Square
Risk everywhere when bikes, autos share the road
Original post made by Renee Batti, associate editor of The Almanac, on Jan 31, 2007
Sailboats have the right of way over powerboats, but most sailboat owners do not challenge freighters or tankers in the shipping lanes. In a collision between two objects of vastly disproportionate size, the smaller one invariably loses.
Now that Dr. Greg Wright has enlightened me (Almanac Jan. 17) I know that Old La Honda Road is called the Alpe d'Huez (the steepest part of the Tour de France) of Portola Valley. He should be advised that the road is barely lanes wide with no shoulders.
If there is a vehicle coming uphill toward a blind curve, and one heading downhill toward the same curve, and a pace line or peloton of bicyclists heading into the same blind curve, we have all the makings of a serious injury accident.
As I read the letters and editorial on this conflict, I have come to realize that the bicyclists are willing to assume the risk to "do what they do." "Can't we all just get along" is not a solution to a physics problem. Posting share the road signs doesn't solve the problem either. If the government wants public safety it will have to do so by creating wider roads with bike lanes, or roads restricted to bicycle traffic. It should do so by licensing and taxing bicycles to pay for these facilities.
Even where there are bike lanes and the cyclists use them there is still risk from vehicles, as the recent collision on Sand Hill Road illustrates. One of the references cited in a Jan. 24 Almanac letter quotes the Web site of Rich Swents, who is an instructor certified by the League of American Bicyclists. He says that "47 percent of car-bike collisions are due to bicyclists making one of the following errors," which include wrong way riding, left turns from the right lane, riding out of a driveway, failure to yield, at a stop sign, for example, and a sudden swerve.
Both motorists and cyclists can be the cause of these incidents. Remember, share the road also means share the risk.
Bruce Campbell
Santa Maria Avenue, Portola Valley
a resident of Menlo Park: Stanford Weekend Acres
on Feb 2, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Sharing the road with bicycles may be aggravating or frightening to some drivers, but in this debate, no one seems to be paying attention to the benefits that we, as a society, derive when people choose to ride bicycles.
The obvious benefits to us all are that bicycles produce no exhaust fumes. They also don't cause wear and tear on our roads. (Roads that are supported by our tax dollars regardless of whether we drive or not. Roads that are, by legal definition, bicycle facilities.)
Another boon is the health benefits of riding.
When people exercise they reduce their risk of health problems that strain our health care system and add to its high cost. It's not a panacea, but think of the reduction in obesity and its related disorders if people who could bike to work, did so.
The sailboats vs. tankers argument worries me, because it smacks of a "bicyclists are asking for it" mentality.
I wonder if the comments would have the same tenor if someone was horribly injured in a Mini vs. Hummer accident. "A tiny, light-weight car shouldn't be on the road with heavier vehicles. The driver should have known better."
a resident of Woodside: Mountain Home Road
on Feb 3, 2007 at 1:31 pm
While I do agree that health benefits of bike riding are clear, it is irrelevant to the discussion that bikes should be on the same roads as cars. There are plenty of ways to be healthy and exercise that have nothing to do with roads or cars.
Most roads are build for the transport of cars and other vehicles that can maintain a certain set of characteristics of safety, speed, and handling characteristics. Vehicles (including bicycles) that use them should fit into that profile to be legally allowed on those roads.
The health question is a ridiculous and irrelevant point. Should bicycles be used on freeways and highways? Just because they promote "health" and don't create exhaust? Of course not.
If bicyclists want to use roads, that's totally ok. As long as they are fit into the driving profile of that road.
The suggestion of more bike paths is a great one. And bicyclists should also carry some level of insurance in case they injure someone else like a pedestrian.


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Leaving our destination options open, we plugged in dates for the upcoming weekend (leaving Philadelphia on Friday and returning Sunday). One of the cheapest results was a "Wicked Smaahrt" package in Boston, starting at just $269 per person for airfare, hotel, tax recovery and service fees. A variety of other U.S. cities were also featured for less than $400 per person. The lowest-priced international options were Toronto ("Shiny, Happy People, Eh?") from $451 per person and Mexico City from $551.
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W. Patrick McCray
A GRAND AND BOLD THING: An Extraordinary New Map of the Universe Ushering in a New Era of Discovery. Ann Finkbeiner. xii + 223 pp. Free Press, 2010. $27.
When asked in 1991 what he would do with the next generation of telescopes, Caltech astronomer Wallace Sargent said, "Pardon the expression, but I point the [expletive deleted] telescope at the sky and see what's out there." This expressive quote leads off A Grand and Bold Thing, a new book by award-winning science writer Ann Finkbeiner. What Sargent doesn't say is also important: How you point the telescope to see what's out there matters too. And, as Finkbeiner's narrative illustrates, the ways in which astronomers do science have changed in remarkable and, at times, disquieting ways over the past two decades.
Finkbeiner focuses her story on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Located at the Apache Point Observatory near Sunspot, New Mexico, the Sloan telescope uses its 2.5-meter mirror to take wide-angle images and spectra over wide swaths of the night sky. Compared with behemoths like the Keck telescopes in Hawaii, the Sloan is almost puny. But, as Finkbeiner explains, its considerable power stems not from the size of its mirror but from the enormous amounts of data it produces nightly. Those data contribute to an evolving "virtual observatory," a vast digital archive that researchers from around the world can access without ever having to leave their offices.
Finkbeiner begins her account in 1987 with Princeton astronomer James Gunn's proposal that a "digital telescope" be constructed that would use the larger detectors that were becoming available, which were based on charge-coupled devices (CCDs). Administrators from Princeton University, the Institute for Advanced Study and the University of Chicago soon put together plans for a "science factory" that would churn out gigabytes of data for their scientists to study. However, as the project's price tag climbed from $12 million to more than $85 million, a growing consortium of patrons (including the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which gave millions of dollars and a name to the telescope) was needed to fund and staff the project. Once federal funding agencies got on board, it became clear that the data the survey produced would be available to the entire science community and would foster a greater democratization of science.
The main part of the story unfolds during the 1990s, when the astronomy community was revising its established practices of instrument building. A key challenge, and an expensive one, for the "Sloanies" was that before the surveying could commence they first had to create an instrument that, with its data pipelines, special software and databases, would be far more than just a telescope sitting on an isolated mountain peak.
After years of planning, the construction of hardware began in 1992, and the telescope and camera were supposed to be ready to begin a year of testing in 1994. But nothing went as planned. Everything fell far behind schedule, and the software was latest of all. Designing software to process and archive data collected by the telescope began to consume the careers of many postdocs and other "invisible technicians," some of whom were frustrated to find themselves working primarily as programmers rather than astronomers, and for much longer than they had expected.
By 1996 complaints were being made that SSDS was "a completely unscheduled project, just like Italian trains." At least trains in Italy did eventually arrive, though, however late they might be, whereas Sloan's schedule often seemed to be slipping a month for every month that passed. Eventually the astronomers involved, who were more accustomed to the "lone investigator" model of doing astronomy, were obliged to accept, if not like, professional managers, with their scheduling charts, work-flow graphs and other tools. They were also forced to come up with verifiable science requirements for the survey—to decide, for example, that stars' positions must be measured to within so many milli-arcseconds. Nevertheless, problems continued to dog the project, and at times it appeared as if the entire SDSS effort might fall apart—sometimes literally, as when engineers discovered in 1999 that the secondary mirror on the telescope had cracked.
As the instrument culture of astronomers changed, new ideas about intellectual property emerged as well, as they moved from what Jerry Ostriker called "the mine, mine, mine syndrome," in which the data collected are a scientist's personal property, to the mining of data archives. Finkbeiner describes clearly how scientists have used data collected by SDSS (and its successors, SDSS-II and SDSS-III) to redraw maps of the universe and gain a better understanding of how phenomena like dark energy and dark matter contributed to its morphology.
From the story of SDSS, we also glimpse a set of dyads that speak to broad sociological questions that astronomers and other scientists are still grappling with. One of these is the status of the instrument maker relative to that of the observer or the theoretician. Building new pieces of equipment is a career-consuming process, and the concerns voiced by postdocs who devoted years to SDSS in the hope of one day doing science with it ring true. Finkbeiner deserves credit for revealing the edifice of students and anonymous engineers that supports the careers of senior tenured scientists at research universities.
By the end of the book, Jim Gunn has become a Moses-like figure—he helped conceive SDSS and devoted more than a decade to building it, but he never realized the promised land of major scientific results. The rapidly changing computer technologies essential to Sloan, Finkbeiner writes, outpaced Gunn's willingness to find the time to keep up with them.
However, I don't think that SDSS itself has "changed the way astronomy is done," as Finkbeiner maintains. Many factors contributed to this transformation, including the growth in size of the astronomical community, the routinization of multiwavelength research, and the fact that research ambitions superseded the traditional single-principal-investigator mode. Just as critical was the increased power of technology as computer performance and data storage became exponentially cheaper during the 1990s. At one point, the Sloanies imagined releasing their initial data on 19,000 CD-ROMS, an idea that today stirs a chuckle, given the data-holding capacities of even an iPod. In the end, SDSS appears to have been less a catalyst for the changing practice of astronomy than a symptom of it.
As astronomers are making plans to build the next generation of telescopes, with cost estimates closing in on the magical billion-dollar mark, one can question whether this transformation in how science is done has been an unalloyed boon for astronomers. I recall meeting a Stanford graduate student a few years ago who said he did observational astronomy. So I asked him which telescopes he liked to work with. As it turned out, none yet. For him, being an observer meant sifting through data collected by other people. SDSS provided an important bridge between older efforts, such as the famous 1950s-era National Geographic Society–Palomar Observatory Sky Survey and more ambitious efforts that lie in the future, such as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which will generate terabytes of data every night. But with so much information available to them, have professional astronomers become alienated, as Marx might have said, from the means of production?
Finkbeiner's book also raises questions about how ordinary citizens view the discovery process. Toward the end of the book, she writes enthusiastically about the hundreds of thousands of people who have joined the Galaxy Zoo project. Launched in 2007, it enables science buffs to "collaborate" with professional astronomers and classify galaxies using the Web. It has produced notable discoveries. For example, a Dutch schoolteacher scanning Galaxy Zoo images on her home computer found an extraordinary object—blue in Sloan's initial images, but revealed in later analyses to be an eerie green gaseous cloud, illuminated perhaps by a jet of energetic particles from a nearby black hole. The project is a great way to get people interested in science, to be sure. But how does it compare with the grand and bold experience of being outside with a telescope, peering up at the sky?
W. Patrick McCray is a professor in the Department of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of several books, including Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise of Technology (Harvard University Press, 2004) and Keep Watching the Skies! The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age (Princeton University Press, 2008).
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I was planing to get the ultimate collection for 9.99 from steam but I wonder has FFXI allot of lvl grindig like linage ??
and no I will not play FF14 only if they will have like 7-14 days trials cuz I did not get to beta test it so I don´t gonna pay 49.99 for a game im not even sure I like.


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Favorite Casual Shoe
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Womens 8.5
I wear these all the time. They are super comfortable and work with just about any outfit. They are my first pair of Vans, and will not be my last.
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- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: 9
I love the lo pro. They are my go to casual shoe. I recently purchased the Chambray and found the color to be even better in person.
great gift
I bought this shoes as a gift to my sister and she loves it. True to size.
Exactly what you'd expect.
Vans are vans. Basically just pick the color and they're gonna be great. I got the Silver Sconce ones for my sister and she was super excited that the insoles and the bottoms were pink.
For casual use
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: 8
I bought this shoes for my wife, in orange, the color is not what she expected a little shiny, she says they are pretty comfy, perfect for jeans and skirts. A casual shoe not her favourite but she definitively will buy another one. Perfect when you don't know what to wear. She says that if you use them for too much time without socks it can hurt your feet. Be careful with the size they come in Mens.
Not extatic
I was so stoked to get new lo pro's. I ordered the Arabian Spice Vans in Women's and the shoes I got in the mail were Men's. Way too big. 😕
Arrived on time and in great shape. Love these shoes. Have been wearing them for years
casual and fresh
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
- Fit: True to size
- Size Bought: Women 8.5
a present for my niece (13 years old)
Love em!
These are my third pair of vans and they're great! For me they fit true to size with a more narrow fit compared to their slip-ons, which work well for my super skinny feet. These are my new everyday shoe until they'll need replacing, which they usually last about a year with every day wear. Great investment for an all around casual summer shoe
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
First off I'm a male. I got these because I like the low profile look of these. Just sized up 1-1.5 over my men's shoe size. I have narrow feet so they work great. Great everyday shoe, I also use them for commuting on the pedal bicycle. The canvas doesn't last forever, but they are super comfortable. I great summer shoe. I wouldn't recommend them for the winter. The sole seems to suck the cold from the ground to freeze your feet.
Great light weight shoes
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
It is very hard not to love Vans. They are light and very comfortable. I bought them for a friend that is a nurse and the purple vans match her scrubs perfectly.
Favorite shoes
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
- Fit: True to size
I got these shoes this summer just because I needed a pair of black shoes for my job. I was skeptical of them because I was going to be using them on my feet for long periods of time and thought they might not be that comfortable and durable for the price... but I was proven wrong! Not only are these shoes good looking, they are extremely comfortable for walking around in for long periods of time and have lasted quite well for how much I have used them! They are a great value and I'm planning on buying several more pairs in different colors to replace the original pair.
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
One of the comfiest shoes I have ever owned, plus you can wear them for all occasions! I normally get the all black pair but I thought I would switch it up this time around and get Castlerock. I was a little bummed when I got them because they were lighter in color than the picture was, and the design was just a print on grey canvas, I thought it would have some texture to it but I think that is just my fault for failing to read though all the specs. Overall though these shoes are KILLER and for a pretty decent price! Beware they will stretch out over time though!
Classic Shoe
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
Everything you would expect from a classic shoe. Bought these for my girlfriend and she'd loves them. They were a bit squeaky at first but that soon went away. Great casual sneaker
Cute and cute!
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
These little shoes are a great alternative to my traditional converse all-stars.
Lighter and a bit more feminine.
Fit true to size. I wear an 8.5 in most shoes and this goes for these little cuties as well!
Vans Authentic Lo Pro Shoe - Women's
Reading other reviews I was worried the wrong size would arrive but needn't have worried. Ordered womens size and received right size! Love the pattern & the texture of the print. Great fit, not too chunky.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
These were my first pair of vans, and they are the greatest! I wore them for a week straight, and I never felt pain while breaking them in! They are a great pair of shoes that look good with everything!
Perfect as always
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This shoe has never failed me, and my newest pair is no different. Great fit, goes with anything, lasts forever. Takes a couple days to break in but after that I can walk for miles, no problem. I actually prefer the slim minimalistic look and feel.
Not WOMENS size!
BEWARE when ordering. They come in MENS sizing even though they are listed as womens. So just order as you would if you were ordering MENS!
Wondering if a size 6.0 womens can be...
Wondering if a size 6.0 womens can be special ordered of the cherry/black variety?
Unfortunately dogfunk doesn't do special orders. But keep your fingers crossed for the next shipment to carry those! Generally they will restock all the previous colors if it is still for the current season.
Why do the stripes run horizontally on the...
Why do the stripes run horizontally on the multi striped true white shoe when on the vans website the stripes run vertically?
Is it truly labeled in woman's? Like, I'm...
Is it truly labeled in woman's? Like, I'm a size 10. Should I order the 10 or the 8.5?
I wear a 7.5 - 8... should I get a 7 because...
I wear a 7.5 - 8... should I get a 7 because I hear they run big?
They don't necessarily run big, but because of the canvas material they will stretch out a bit. You should be fine with a 7.5. Obviously like other shoes after a lot of use over a long period of time, they may seem a bit bigger than when you purchased them.
Is there any chance you can get me true...
Is there any chance you can get me true white/true white & true black/true black in size 6 womens please ? That would be greatly appreciated , Thank you .
Does dogfunk ship Vans Authentic Lo Pro...
Does dogfunk ship Vans Authentic Lo Pro Shoe - Women's to Canada?
Unfortunately we cannot ship Vans out of the US.
When buying a size 10 in womens, do you...
When buying a size 10 in womens, do you need to choose a 8.5 mens or 10 womens?
If it's a shoe labeled as a women's shoe on our site, buy a 10. If it's labeled as men's buy an 8.5. Hope that helps.
if im a womens size 7 what size do i order...
if im a womens size 7 what size do i order these vans in? are they in mens sizes?
Hey Taylor,
This is a women's shoe. If you wear a size 7, order a size 7.
Do you ship Internationally, Australia .....
Do you ship Internationally, Australia .. If so what would be the cost? Thanks
i wanted a size 8 in the pewter? can i put...
i wanted a size 8 in the pewter? can i put them on back order? i see the 8's are out in that color
The Vans Authentic Lo Pro is a great classic shoe. Unfortunately we aren't able to backorder for you. We do have more of these coming in so just keep your eyes peeled and keep shopping at Dogfunk.com.
since these are women's i assume they are...
since these are women's i assume they are women's sizes, is that true? i have a pair of the lo pro shoes and they are a men's 5, so what size should i wear in women's?
Then you would be a women's 6-6.5
If you wear a size 5 in men's, you should be a 7 in women's, for a women's size just add 2. Or for a mens size, subtract 2.
Are the purple vans in men sizes?
Are the purple vans in men sizes?
No. These are in womens sizes.
do you seelll kids size (2) in boys....
do you seelll kids size (2) in boys. thanks
is there going to be more orders of vans...
is there going to be more orders of vans authentic lo pro- women's, in the colour of ascot frost grey/ english manor, in sizes 7 or 7.5?


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I recently got a w520, it seems to work properly. However i am having some trouble with the color profile in windows on the laptop. In the advanced display settings I keep trying to set a custom ICC profile but ever time the computer goes into power savings or shuts the monitor off the ICC profile gets reset to the default one.
I have scoured these forums as well as various sources around the net for a solution with no avail. Can someone point me in the right direction please and thanks in advance.
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Here's the fix:
Click the Windows start button and type "msconfig" in the search bar; press enter. In the window that pops up, click the "Startup" tab at the top. In the list of items below, you should see three entries for "Intel(R) Common User Interface". To the right of those is a column called Command. One of the entries for Intel Common User Interface will have the command "c:\windows\system32\igfxpers.exe". Un-check the box next to that entry, click Apply at the bottom, and then reboot your computer. Your display profile that you set should stay loaded now.
thanks kindly that worked rather well. what does that file do? do you know off hand?
Glad it worked! I've never noticed any effects of it being disabled, but I've read that it has to do with automatically restoring the display to its native resolution after it's been connected to an external display/docking station/projector, or after rebooting or restoring from hibernation.
My W520 color calibration worked fine for a few month then it stopped working for no reason at all. It's been like that for a couple months. I went out and researched these posts. The fix was simple. I made sure my screen resolution was set at max 1920x1080 then I clicked on "Make text and other items larger or smaller" and changed the size from 150% to 125%. I rebooted and reran the calibration progam and it is now working again.
This fix was found by someone on this forum. No actual help from lenovo support as expected.


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Kaepernick was ridiculous last night.
Entire Team Let Eli down today - NYG4l
Its hardly the wave of the future. But it is a legitimate way to run an offense. (with the right guy) And by the right guy, I mean a guy who can throw the ball effectively from the pocket.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
who would we consider the 'mobile' QBs in nfl right now? Vick, cam, kap, rgIII, jackson. am i missing anyone?
Vick is damanged goods, both mentally and physicall.
cam is good, but far from great.
Kap looks great, but so did cam and vick early on.
RGIII is great right now, but already had a knee injury after his rookie season to recover from.
Jackson looks very good but its his first season as well.
there's definitely more of them coming out into the league, but i question if that style of play is realistic in the modern NFL.
i mean, its hard enough keeping a pocket passing QB healthy, i don't know if you can both run the ball great and throw the ball great, keep a 2 to 1 ratio pass/rush production, and stay healthy.
and we'll see if the league changes rules to encourage this kind of QB play or not.
but for the time being, it think the jury is out about how effective this style of play will be long term.
While only a fool would discount the successes of mobile QB's this year*, it's at best a cautionary tale: It's a violent game, and you can't put the heart of your team in harms way without taking a significant chance it doesn't end well. Ask a Skins fan.
And when did speed become "technology"?
*How you jammed Ben and Flacco into that group I'll never know.
Every single day I log onto this message board thinking i've seen it all, every single day I am wrong...NYGiants2120
So when we talk about running QB's, we have to be talking about guys who enhance their threats with the ability to run the ball. Not as a replacement of the ability to be efficient pocket passers.
When players come along who have both these attributes, they are to be taken very seriously. These posters who dismiss this ability since they haven't yet won a SB is so short sighted its to be dismissed out of hand.
Because in one sense we HAVE seen it. We've seen Steve Young, Ben Roethlisberger and Aaron Rodgers win SB's. the threat to tuck the ball and run and pick up yards in the NFL is well documented and affirmed with championship success.
But as I said, in order for them to be successful, they must be able to pass from the pocket well.
That's what we saw with Kaepernick last night.
"Typical Morehead!"..................and he didn't even mean that as a compliment..
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New London - The New London Police Union discussed the possibility of taking a vote of no confidence in Chief Margaret Ackley at a meeting Monday night.
With officers leaving at a rapid clip, and others seeking to leave even before they have worked long enough to repay the city for their training, the union met at the Radisson Hotel to discuss what the union president said is an ongoing morale problem between the rank-and-file officers and the police administration.
Several officers who did not want to be identified said a motion to approve taking a vote of no confidence met with unanimous support.
Union president Darrin Omara said members wanted to clarify and specify their grievances so union officials could decide what action they would take.
Besides the unusual number of departures, Omara said, other issues led to Monday's meeting, including a Municipal Prohibitive Practice grievance filed last month with the State Labor Board's Board of Mediation and Arbitration after Ackley attended a union committee meeting.
Omara said it is his place to extend invitations to union meetings, and he did not do so in this case.
In an e-mail to The Day, Ackley said, "I have not had an opportunity to meet with President O'Mara, but I welcome any input he may have. The department is in the midst of change and some have not adjusted well to the changes necessary to move the department forward to a place of better serving our community and all who work in or visit New London. Standards of conduct and accountability are a must for any professional organization."
Omara offered no details of specific complaints. He said he would prefer to talk about the problems with the chief or with city officials before airing them in public. He said some of the issues the union has are contractual and some are procedural.
The goal, he said, is to establish a better working relationship.
"This process is in its infancy," Omara said. "Many individual incidents led to this point."
On Monday, Mayor Rob Pero supported the work Ackley has done as police chief.
"Chief Ackley has a different way of doing things," Pero said. "She been visible and out in the community."
Although specific numbers were not available Monday night, union members who spoke on the condition of anonymity said as many as 10 officers have left the department this year, including one who took a job in Norwich that pays several thousand dollars less per year.
Omara said the officers who remain in the department and several of those who have left have been dedicated to serving the city. He said morale problems compelled some people to look for more comfortable work environments.
"The fact that officers are leaving screams of a problem with morale," he said. "It should also be a big concern to the citizens of New London. We're losing people that the city has trained and paid."
Ackley was appointed the city's 16th police chief in June 2009. She joined the department in 1986.
She reinstated the deputy chief position that had been eliminated in 2005 budgetary cuts, and appointed Marshall Segar, the former union president, to the post in January of this year.
In August, the department announced a reassignment of leadership in two of its divisions.
Capt. William Dittman, who had been commander of investigative services for more than 15 years, was named to head the patrol division, while Capt. Steven Crowley, who had been head of the patrol division, took over investigative services.
"People don't feel like they can take complaints to her and talk about it," one officer said. "They feel like if they do, they will end up in her dog house and get retaliated against."
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Telecom says it has no plans to move forward its rollout of faster mobile internet services as rival Vodafone beats it to market with a 4G network.
And New Zealand's third-biggest mobile operator, 2degrees, won't reveal its plans for a 4G network or how quickly it will respond to Vodafone's move.
Vodafone confirmed rumours yesterday and announced the launch of its 4G network - which will carry mobile internet data 10 times faster than its third-generation counterpart.
The service is live for just under a third of Auckland and Vodafone plans to offer 4G mobile internet to 15 cities and towns by the end of this year.
Based on latest figures, Vodafone has about 2.4 million mobile customers and chief executive Russell Stanners said about 65,000 of them had 4G-capable devices. He expected this would grow to more than 100,000 by June.
Even though the company has not unveiled any plans for the Government's fibre internet scheme, Stanners said the 4G move was not Vodafone shifting its focus away from broadband.
"Mass uptake of fibre will start to happen in 2015, 2016, 2017 if you look at [analyst] projections," he said. "An organisation like ours, you've got to get [the] timing right.
"We've got 65,000 4G-capable devices in our customer base today and growing rapidly. Different market dynamics indicate how fast you launch in a market."
While Telecom launched a 4G trial for 100 customers last month, Vodafone sped past it with a commercial launch yesterday.
Telecom plans to launch a 4G service to the public by the end of this year and a spokesman said Vodafone's move would not change its timetable. Telecom does not have funds earmarked for a commercial 4G rollout for the financial year ending June 30 so it is not certain if its infrastructure upgrade will begin before July.
Vodafone's upgrade to 4G took about six months, said corporate affairs head Tom Chignell.
A 2degrees spokeswoman said although the company planned to move to 4G, it could not indicate when this would happen.
Telecommunications Users Association chief executive Paul Brislen raised the question of whether 2degrees could beat Telecom to a 4G launch.
"It has the ability to upgrade to 4G quite quickly - it has the spectrum and the network is new enough that I'm told it's a software/card swap scenario rather than redeploying kit to every celltower," Brislen wrote in a blog post.
"Could 2degrees beat Telecom to a launch? Anything's possible, which is great news for us users."
Brislen said Telecom and 2degrees might lower prices in response to Vodafone's outpacing them on network speed.


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Journalist in western Kenya faces death threats
New York, May 10, 2012--Kenyan authorities must immediately investigate recent death threats against a Kenyan journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
Local businessman Armstrong Pino allegedly threatened Joel Eshikumo, a reporter for the Weekly Citizen and a political columnist for the weekly Western Times, in public on Saturday over photographs the journalist had taken of him in court on April 27, local journalists told CPJ. Eshikumo told CPJ that unidentified callers had threatened him every night since Saturday, saying they would burn his house down and telling him to be prepared to die over the pictures he had taken of Pino in court.


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Original post made by Dave, another community, on Dec 10, 2007
What is a Polish dog? It is evidently not a Polish sausage. Aside from being made of meat, it's one other dimension is an unimaginative unidimensional hotness. The sweet relish is curiously bland, the brown mustard amazingly has no bite, and the bun is a white-bread artifact from the 1950s.
After a look behind the counter at the cooking area, I am left to wonder what it takes for a short order cook to be allowed to be expressive rather than orthodox. It seems a simple assembly line with a set collection of ingredients that have no room for creativity.
I'm looking in the wrong place for a good Polish sausage. The ball park at the San Jose Giants or Rossotti's in Portola Valley are without local peers.
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Dec 10, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Jeffrey's = Overpriced Burgers
Max's: Same large price, but worth it.
In-n-Out: Better and (much) cheaper.
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Dec 13, 2007 at 8:51 am
We too have sampled Jeffery's - the setting is nice but VERY noisy - the burgers are very much like those at Brix up the street, but much more expensive.
a resident of Menlo Park: Downtown
on Dec 13, 2007 at 10:42 am
I like Jeffrey's. I like the style of the place and the food. My kids like the food too when we get the rare time to eat out. It is nice to have a new diner restaurant in town. Pretty sad listening to folks who most likely are living in multi-million dollar homes whining about the price of a burger.
a resident of another community
on Dec 13, 2007 at 12:42 pm
My complaint isn't about prices, it's about taste and imagination in setting up a menu.
Why would a restauranteur go with a tasteless "Polish dog" and a bun that contributes almost nothing beyond holding the aforesaid dog when real and tasty Polish sausages are out there? What is behind that choice? Is it because that's what the supplier has? Is it a formula that the owner swears by? What does it say about the rest of the menu?
I have limited dollars for eating at restaurants, and I like my sinful food to actually taste sinfully good. I already knew that In and Out is great for burgers and that Rossotti's is great for Polish Sausage. Now I know that Jeffrey's is not with respect to the latter and that it costs more. I've had my last meal there.
a resident of Menlo Park: Linfield Oaks
on Dec 13, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Jeffery's is better than the recently departed Brix.
Best Burger in my book is Old Pro downtown Palo Alto.
The Stanford Park hotel used to be my first choice for a burger, but something changed about 3 years ago.
a resident of another community
on Dec 13, 2007 at 3:26 pm
We LOVE Jeffries! We visit the original in San Mateo often and were thrilled to learn of the new one in Menlo Park. Best shakes, burgers and onion rings I think. The chili is a treat too. It's Great to have a simple place to go with the family.
THANKS JEFFRIES For expanding to another neighborhood for families to enjoy!


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I just got, as a present from some friends who spent a year in Croatia, a jar of Lavender Honey. It is crystalized, but not solidly so. It appears to be 2 years old, according to the label.
I shared a taste w/ everyone at our church picnic today. They all seemed to like the flavor. I do too. It is not what I would call super sweet like some clovers. But a mild flavored honey w/ ataste almost faintly similar to a very mild sorghum molasses flavor. It is not white in its crystalized form. It's an almost brownish orange color.
Very pleasant earthy fruity mildly sweet honey.
I wish I had a better vocabulary for describing flavors of honey.
Do any of you have uncommon honeys that you like? And can describe as to taste and texture, flavor and scent? Or even favorite common honeys?


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Aloha Karen
Very cheerful quilt. Makes me want to wrap it around me.
How cute! Love house quilts. Yours is really adorable.
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Police investigate overnight shooting
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Colorado Springs police are investigating an overnight shooting Saturday.
Police were called to the 2000 block of Platte Pl. to investigate a report of shots fired. They did not find anyone at the scene, but did find a car with several gun shot holes in it.
Shortly after 2:00 a.m., police learned that a victim with a single gun shot wound had arrived at the Evans Army Hospital. The victim's injuries were not serious.
The victim said he did not know the suspects or why they shot at him.
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you would have to keep the difference in climate between utah and alabama in mind, but...
i successfully over wintered 5 nucs last year. they ranged from 5 - 7 frames and all were in a single deep.
i made solid divider boards out of 1/2" wood, and reduced the space by removing the foundation only frames. i put the drawn frames and bees on the 'sunny' side of the hive, then the divider board, and filled up the empty space with crumpled up newspaper. i also insulated the top, and left small vents open at the top.
all five made it fine, never ran completely out of stores, but i did a little feed in the form of patties in march.
i was told that there should be at least half of the hive with stores, (a little more shouldn't hurt), and the other half should have open comb for clustering.


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0 Willow Bend DR Lt47, Waterford WI 53185-0000 $34,900
Features of 0 Willow Bend DR Lt47 Waterford WI 53185-0000
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- Est. Acreage: 0.26
- Subdivision: Fox Glen
- School District: Waterford UHS
- High School: Waterford High Sch
- County: Racine
- Property Taxes: $1,227
- Property Tax Year: 2013
- Postal Municipality: Waterford
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Property Description for 0 Willow Bend DR Lt47 Waterford WI 53185-0000
0 Willow Bend DR Lt47 Waterford WI 53185-0000 - Tucked away in the quaint Village of Waterford is the desirable Fox Glen Subdivision. Waterford is located a comfortable distance from Milwaukee and Racine for an easy commute. This is the ideal location to build your new dream home with good neighborhood schools, shopping, restaurants, and recreation in the area. Waterford hosts many family friendly events throughout the year.
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The living room, dining area and full kitchen are equipped with free wireless Internet (WIFI), flat-screen TV with cable and international channels (TV5, RAI, BBC), top-quality, clean linens and all of the comforts and conveniences of home.
It is located in a famous residential neighborhood surrounded by historic architectural brownstone homes.
Experience the diversity of contemporary Harlem and the culture, arts, and residents of this unique community that has influenced every corner of the globe.
The B & C subway lines (direct transfer to express A & D lines) are steps from your door on the corner. In 15 minutes you are in midtown: Columbus Circle/Times Square.
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MINIMUM NIGHTS: January - March: 3 April - December: 4
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We had a nice stay in New York. The apartment was small but good for two. The subwaystation was nearby and the ride not too long. We had good contact with the owner.
We spend one week in New York and we really enjoyed our stay at this apartment! You can find everything you need there (wifi, a washing machine, the main kitchen tools, TV etc.). The double bed is more like a bunk bed (with a bottom bunk that you can pull out). The apartment is located in the souterrain, because of that it's a bit dark in there, but it wasn't really a problem...
Kakuna is a very friendly host who provided us with lots of information before our stay and kept in contact via WhatsApp during our stay. She even bought some things for breakfast (orange juice, milk, toast, marmelade and eggs), so that we didn't have to worry about that for the first days of our stay.
The street, in which the apartement is located, is very quiet and we never felt unsafe there (although some people recommend that you shouldn't go higher than 125th Street).
We especially liked that the metro was so close (only a very short walk up the street) and that we could take the C or B Metro Line to nearly everywhere we wanted to go ;-)
We would definitely recommend this apartment to others!
Excellent!!! The apartment is super comfortable, located in a very quiet block, yet only a few meters from the subway, that can take you everywhere!
Kakuna and Fred were very friendly, and provided a ton of information on things to do.
It was the perfect stay for us, we will surely come back!!!
Excellent!!! The apartment is super comfortable, located in a very quiet block, yet only a few meters from the subway, that can take you everywhere!
Kakuna and Fred were very friendly, and provided a ton of information on things to do.
It was the perfect stay for us, we will surely come back!!!
The apartment is comfortable and has everything to spend a pleasant stay, with a subway stop nearby. Our hostess, Kakuna, has always been very friendly. No doubt, when we return to New York, we will repeat !!
It was the perfect stay for our trip to New York City. We enjoyed it being in the apartement, it is very cosy and it has absolutely everything you need. There's a Subway station right next to the apartment. Also, the owners were so friendly and helpful and they provided us with a lot of useful information. We highly recommend choosing this apartement for a trip to NY.
It's been a fantastic stay! The studio is located in a residencial part of Harlem, with plenty or typical New York houses. It's a few stops from the subway stop, and next to the Columbia University. I've stayed in different places in north-Manhattan and this is definitely the one I loved the most. Our landlord K. is always willing to help and clear up all doubts, she's very kind and a wonderful person. I would definitely recommend it, it is really great value!!
Kakuna is the perfect host: always reachable, very kind and friendly. We really enjoyed our stay at her place. She gave us a lot of useful tips about restaurants, bars, shopping malls, tourist attraction and much more... She knows basically everything about NYC! The apartment is very cozy and perfectly located, just 2 steps away from the metro. We would defenitely go back there.
We definitely enjoyed the stay at Harlem Studio. Kakuna is a great host. She is very kind and helpful. There are bread, egg, orange juice, water, and butter in the fridge--we can cook our own breakfast, so considerate! ! The fridge and heater could be loud at night, but it is acceptable because it is a studio.
The neighborhood is very quite and in a perfect location, 1 minute walk from subway, easy access to everywhere.
A perfect property in a perfect location. The only thing you could want is for time to stop so that you could enjoy it for longer! The apartment is situated in a lovely quiet, tree lined neighbourhood with 2 subway lines nearby and also serviced by several supermarkets and bodegas. Having a separate entrance was beneficial as it meant that you didn't feel you were 'just another tourist' intruding on the residents, as can be the case in other properties. The hosts went above and beyond, were extremely welcoming (supplying dinner after coming of a 23 hour flight was immensly appreciated) and in the lead up they took the time to ascertain my interests so that they could recommend attractions accordingly. I cannot wait to stay heer again!
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Ore. bill would make cigarettes prescription drug
SALEM, Ore. - A Democrat state lawmaker from Portland has introduced legislation that is turning heads -- a proposal to list cigarettes as a drug available only by prescription.
KPTV reports that Rep. Mitch Greenlick, a Democrat from Portland, is sponsoring a bill that makes cigarettes a Schedule III controlled substance, meaning it would be illegal to possess or distribute cigarettes without a doctor's prescription.
Under the proposal, offenders would face maximum punishments of one year in prison, a $6,250 fine or both.
Other drugs and substances that are considered Schedule III controlled substances include ketamine, lysergic acid and anabolic steroids.
"The State Board of Pharmacy may adopt rules placing requirements and limitations on the sale or transfer of products containing nicotine," the bill's text says.
Salem resident Juan Silva said, "I think it's pretty crazy," and that he doesn't see it passing. Others see the proposal differently.
"I hope it passes and I hope people actually think about it," said Rick Cannon of Salem. "You know, there's less and less smokers every day, because they know how bad it is for them, so I just hope people wake up and realize how bad it actually is for them."


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Braising chicken in vinegar and herbs is a very popular way of cooking in Mediterranean Europe. Often paired with sweet sausage, this is a gutsy, wholesome dish that can be made a day ahead. Serve with whole-wheat couscous tossed with fresh herbs and steamed broccolini.
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Mismatched pairs of simple things can inspire ingenious solutions
Henry Petroski
The world of things is full of mismatched objects. Like round pegs in square holes, they do not fit neatly together. But when they are joined, neither do they easily fall apart. The world of things can be a world of awkward pairings, marked by misfit, imperfection and compromise, but even in these there can be lessons to be learned about why and how they came to be. And their stories can reveal the secrets of how so many things do fit together, albeit imperfectly.
The white-boxes-and-string world of the old-time bakeshop is alien to the baked-goods department of today's supermarket. Here, most things are prepackaged in transparent plastic cases formed to conform to the shape of their contents. Round pies tempt us from beneath round transparent domes. Tops snap onto bottoms and lock in place without the use of string. The packages are neither biodegradable nor easily carried with one hand, but they do fit, if not geometrically congruently—along with the round cans and bottles and globular fruits and vegetables—into the ample trapezoidal hold of a shopping cart. The incongruity of things made and things found is a fact of life, and like most facts of life it is accepted as the way things are, if not embraced as welcome variety. Maybe it would be a more efficient use of resources and space if all things, including pegs and holes, were square, but who would want to slice a squarish pie or catch a cubic ball?
So, we not only accept the shapes of the world as we find them, but we also adapt to the idiosyncrasies of their interaction. And one of the most common surviving examples of this is the round pizza delivered in the squat square box. As my father accepted without comment his chocolate cake and apple pie in white boxes bound in candy-cane string, so most of us accept our pizzas in corrugated-cardboard containers that come in a wide but limited range of styles and colors. The basic container comes in the neutral earthen color of corrugated-cardboard boxes, but some restaurants think it to their advantage to use white cardboard and imprint the boxes they use with the name of the business, often in the green, white and red colors of the Italian flag. However dressed up, the corrugated-cardboard box is near-ideal packaging for a hot pizza that must endure a 15-or-so–minute journey from commercial oven to domestic table.
Relatively thin and unreinforced cardboard, the stuff of which cake and cereal boxes are made, is a rather flimsy material and hardly suitable for bearing the weight of a pizza pie distributed over the reach of a 16- or 18-inch circle. That box material worked for pies and cakes not only because their diameter is typically only about eight inches, but also because they were usually supported by a pie tin or cake base that enforced their burden's flat shape. Pizza pies, on the other hand, are notoriously soft and floppy—especially when they are hot—and if there is anything between them and the box they are placed in, it tends to be a flimsy sheet of waxed paper, whose purpose is to provide not structural stiffness but a modicum of gentility. Where the pizza is especially oily, the paper also may help keep the box bottom dry.
Like the old bakery-cake container, every pizza box begins as a flat sheet, which is die cut into an irregular shape that can be folded into a (usually prismatic) box. Like the cake container, the box gains stiffness by being closed, but with the flaps tucked inside rather than being tied down outside. Some of us have experienced the transformation from flat to full first-hand by assembling gift boxes out of the unassembled parts we have been provided by a department store. For those of us who have not, we can reverse engineer any cardboard box to gain a tactile appreciation for the advantages of the closed structure. We know from shopping at the supermarket that full and sealed boxes of corn flakes hold their shape and protect their fragile contents through the successive processes of being filled at the plant, packed into cartons there, shipped to the store, stocked on the shelf, taken down from the shelf, placed in the cart, slid past the scanner, thrown in the bag, stuffed in the car, jostled on the road, dropped on the drive, squeezed into the pantry and brought to the table—intact. Soon as the box is opened, however, we can feel its rigidity drop. That is because the sealed top had prevented the sides from altering their geometry.
Reverse engineering the cereal box begins with emptying it of its contents and unsealing the bottom. This leaves an open-box structure, which is readily felt to be much less rigid than its closed counterpart. The doubly-opened box can be sighted through, as if it were a tube. However, unlike a circular tube, whose shape cannot be changed without some crushing, the rectangular tube of the cereal box can be transformed into a parallelogram without altering the flatness of any of its sides. It is this nature of the rectangle that requires it to be braced with diagonals if it is to be used as a basic structural shape for, say, a building or a bridge. Since diagonals bisect a quadrilateral shape into triangular ones, we see triangles dominating the structural pattern of so many bridges and buildings—at least before they are clad in an architectural facade. Without diagonals, the open cereal box is more a mechanism than a structure, and its interior shape can be transformed from rectangle to parallelogram and even to a flattened box with ease. Locating the seam that usually runs down one corner of the box and separating its glued surfaces allows us to open the box fully and lay its insides flat out. This is how the cake box in the bakery and the pie box in the pizzeria are delivered from the box factory.
The corrugated cardboard box is remarkably well-suited for transporting a hot pizza, and this is no doubt why for decades it has remained generally unchanged in design and use. Starting out flat as it does, it takes up relatively little storage space, which is often at a premium in mom-and-pop pizza shops. A basic pizza box is relatively inexpensive, costing perhaps 25 cents when bought off the Internet in lots of 50 and considerably less when purchased wholesale in chain-store quantities. Corrugated cardboard is a relatively stiff material and so, especially when closed, a box made of it is good at holding its shape and so at preserving the shape of its contents. In addition, the nature of the corrugation process is to include channels of air in the sandwich structure, thus providing insulating properties somewhat similar to those of a double-glazed window pane. This, of course, helps the pizza retain its heat while in transit. Finally, cardboard is absorbent, and so to a degree keeps olive oil or other pizza juices from dripping out.
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As the title of the thread states, I am a complete newbie here. I am in the process of getting my gear together. Actually, I just started. I have purchased a few items already, but I have a long road ahead of me. That being said, I was hoping someone might be so kind as to PM me in regards to a person or place to get a decent helmet.
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"Ganesh would become the inspiration behind Lead Now," wrote Claassen on her blog. "I wanted to climb some of the most obscure, beautiful sport lines in the world, in locations that would force me to learn about myself, about the world, and about the people in it."
While on tour in India, Claassen was climbing and raising money for Apne Aap, an Indian based organization working to end forced prostitution.
She also had two weeks to attempt Ganesh, a route that Claassen described to Rock and Ice as "one of the best in the world."
However, Claassen quickly found that climbing Ganesh would prove more difficult than she had anticipated.
"To my surprise, I realized that nearly every move was a jump, and the jumps weren't small," wrote Claassen.
Undeterred, Claassen set to work and figured out her own "less powerful" beta for Ganesh. After working the route from 6 to 7:30 a.m. due to the mid-day heat and humidity, Claassen eventually pulled off an impressive ascent of India's hardest sport-route.
"Ganesh is certainly the most powerful route I've ever climbed, and also makes it on my top-five-routes-of-all-time list," wrote Claassen. "I'm learning to try as hard as I possibly can on every attempt, rather than expecting to take long periods of time to complete routes. As a result, I've found that when you're trying your hardest, you can typically pull things off when you least expect it."
Ganesh is located in Badami, India, and was first climbed by the super-strong Frenchman Gérôme Pouvreau in 2011. Check out the video below to see the first ascent footage. Also, to view a gorgeous HD photo gallery of Pouvreau climbing in India, CLICK HERE.


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Well, hello friends. It is I, Vable once again. Some of you may remembr me from posts such as "The best DP95 You Will Ever See" and "Should Spideyfett make a Spider-Mando suit?" :lol:lol:lol :cheers
Ok, enough with the Troy Mclure impression. I've bounced back to different ideas for my Boba, and I've changed my mind again. I have decided to go from my custom suit, pieces from esb and rotj, mixed with Jango holsters/blasters, to the Pre-Pro suit. I've realized it's got all the things i like about the two movie suits. Fortunately, I haven't made a lot of progress yet, but I shall as soon as my FP V.3 Armor gets here.
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Waldo Canyon recovery groups shows their 30 million dollar project
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - More than 30 million dollars has been put into flood projects around the Waldo Canyon burn scar.
National, state, local and volunteer groups have been finding ways to divert floods for more than a year.
Soil and Water Program Leader Steve Sanchez says Waldo Canyon is an important project for the U.S. Forest Service.
"This is our number one workload, nothing takes priority over this."
Even though Waldo Canyon recovery groups have completed 28 mitigation projects, the job is far from over.
"There is a lot of work being done, to do what we are doing is extremely complicating."
Basins, walls and catchman ponds are some of the techniques Waldo Canyon groups use to divert flooding, and for Rozann Boen these ways are helpful since she has a house in the middle of the burn scar.
"(They) put rocks on the other side so that any debris would come down the canyon will not rip the bags."
She feels mitigation is saving her house.
"I think they are working really well, I feel more protected."
Sanchez feels it's challenge to divert floods going down hill, since the fire burned more than 18,000 acres, water rushes through Williams and Waldo Canyon affecting Cascade, Highwat 24, Manitou Springs and other places around the burn scar.
"As you can see the steep slopes in front of us, how can you get equipment on that it's impossible there's no way, what we have to do is identify opportunities in all these water sheds where we can."
Forest Service Hydrologist Dana Butler feels mother nature will help.
"As you can see the vegetation is really coming back, that's what's going to help us in the long run."
District Ranger Allan Hahn says the goal of mitigation isn't to stop flooding, but to change it's course.
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#11 Sat 24 Nov 12 1:58pm
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Re: Vegetarian Book please
I think it's a great idea because he gets requests and concerns about his 'vegetarian' recipes often. The concerns are always about whether some type of cheese is vegetarian. I hope when they reprint some of the recipes, they correct that issue and write it as parmesan-style vegetarian cheese. Otherwise, a lot of people will be tearing their hair out.
#12 Sat 24 Nov 12 3:44pm
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Re: Vegetarian Book please
I know! "Vegetarian Parmesan". A mythical beast. But I've seen that exact phrase used in books and magazines where they ought to know better!
"Vegetarian Italian hard cheese" maybe. Can Grana Padano be vegtarian, do you know? To be honest, if I'm cooking for vegetarians and the recipe calls for Parmesan, I just use extra-mature cheddar. I know it's not the same, but vegetarian cheddar is easy to get and I can't be bothered starting a wild-goose-chase for a better substitute.
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Re: Vegetarian Book please
I was going to mention the 'Parmasan style cheese , suitable for vegetarians ' but I thought it would open a mine feild of issues again.
You can but vegetarian parmasan style cheese in Waitrose.
If you live in the UK then , as I understand from sittling in on a class at the Great British Cheese festival , British cheese is made with vegetarian rennet .
It Animal rennet is still often used in continental cheese.
#14 Sat 24 Nov 12 5:11pm
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Re: Vegetarian Book please
Certainly the cheese round here is more often vegetarian than not.
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