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We are looking for volunteers to help at the Our Towne Conference and Visitor Center.
The time is close for our grand opening of the Conference Center here in Fairfield Bay. October 12 will be the day that we will be presenting Story Fest and the Grand Opening. After the opening, we will be in business at the center. The current volunteers have been establishing a data base of potential companies and organizations, calling past conference attendees to gain current information and update all of the old files. We have been busy with all the details needed to be sure we can begin accepting conference guests starting the first of November. We need to have a volunteer organization to help with welcoming our guests to Fairfield Bay. We will need help with our welcome desk, meeting planning, conference set up, and calling. We are sure that there will be lots of little needs that come up as the center becomes busy and the interest grows. We want to develop a list of conference supporters who will offer their special skills to make the center a special place for Fairfield Bay and all of our visitors. We will have a training program so that everyone will be comfortable with what we ask them to do. To get on the volunteer list please call the Conference Center Office at 884-4202. Thank you Fairfield Bay for all you are doing.


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Low played three times for Scotland during this year's RBS 6 Nations and he thinks that his side's rotation and their strong home-grown contingent will sow the seeds for future glory.
Low will be on the bench again today for Glasgow's final clash with Leinster but he knows that the talent that his side have waiting in the wings could prove decisive.
And it is the strong core of Scottish talent such as Sean Maitland, Jonny Gray and Chris Cusiter that have been the heartbeat of the club's stellar season.
"When there has been changes to the team the guys who have come in have stepped up and set the bar high and when others get the opportunity they set the bar higher. That has helped us.
"Every week we're able to put out a strong team and even during the RBS 6 Nations and Autumn Tests there is always a strong team out competing.
"Our away record has been excellent this season but the big thing for me is the squad and the depth we've got. It's our first final which is great for us to be in.
"It has been a long season and we've had some good results but it's a big challenge for us to take on Leinster on their home patch and we're looking forward to it."

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The typical asking rate per listing is in the $20's per square foot per year. The South Central region is experiencing a decrease in rates. In the last 3 months, the median rate fell $4 per sqft per year. That's a 14% decrease in rent.
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The standard measurement for office space in this area is around 1,700 sqft. Most properties in this market are approximately 2 floors. Most buildings in this market were built in 1992 and are Class A.
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2014 Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships
Daily at 10:00 AM - From Monday, August 18, 2014 - Saturday, August 23, 2014
This year Manitoba is hosting the Canadian Lawn Bowling Championships. World class athletes from across Canada will be competing for gold here in Winnipeg. Come out and support our own Provincial Champions and see why bowls is the Sport of a Lifetime! Contact Cathy at (204) 925-5694...
Venue: Dakota Lawn Bowling Center 1212 Dakota Norwood Lawn Bowling Club 1202 Dakota St. James Lawn Bowling Club 90 Ferry Road
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Access Transcona
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offers the following 204-938-5555: individual counselling through A&O. Call 204-956-6440. support-group meetings, 204-940-2114; diabetes education, four-week session, 204-938-5555; Diabetes support group Feb., 2-3 p.m.; Widow(er) to Widow(er) six-week support group, 204-956-6440; dementia support
Karaoke with Jacqui Fox
Weekly - Friday, Saturday - From Friday, December 13, 2013 - Saturday, December 13, 2014
Venue: Saffrons Restaurant & Lounge
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
St. Boniface guided walking tours
Daily at 10:30 AM - From Sunday, May 25, 2014 - Monday, September 1, 2014
Enjoy a guided walking tour of Old Saint-Boniface, including the St. Boniface Cathedral and the Cemetery. Tours run twice daily and start at the St. Boniface Old City Hall at 219 Provencher Blvd.
Venue: Old St. Boniface City Hall
Neighbourhood: St. Boniface
Seine River Seniors
Daily - From Friday, October 25, 2013 - Saturday, October 25, 2014
offers: bridge, Mondays 9:30-11:30 a.m. Indoor walking, Winakwa C.C., Mondays 10-11 a.m. Creative writing April 17 and alternating Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon. Catered Easter luncheon & guest speaker, April 12, noon, register by April 6; social brunch April 15, 9:30 a.m., Promenade Bistro, C130
Venue: Southwood Community Centre
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
90s Dance Party
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90s Dance Party SATURDAYS at TYC 1405 St. Matthews Ave 90s "Throwback" Prices! 90s MUSIC VIDEO MIX SHOW with DJ Brian St.Clair ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ EURODANCE: 2 Unlimited, Snap!, Real McCoy, Technotronic, etc POP: Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys, Ace Of Base, Michael
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
WVEBL Texas Holdem Lic # 5965
Weekly - Saturday - From Saturday, July 26, 2014 - Saturday, December 20, 2014
Veterans English Billiards Deep Stack Tournament at the Winnipeg South Osborne Legion (formerly known as the Ft. Rouge Legion) on Osborne across from the Winnipeg Transit Garage. Registration opens at 1:00pm Entry $100 Main Table / $50 Consolation (Sit-N-Go) Blinds start at 25/50 with a 15000
Venue: Winnipeg South Osborne Legion #252
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg , Fort Rouge
Whisky Bent
Weekly - Friday, Saturday - From Friday, August 22, 2014 - Saturday, August 23, 2014
Venue: Rockwood Anavets
Neighbourhood: The Sou'wester (Southwest)
Charleswood Historical Museum
Weekly - Saturday - From Saturday, July 19, 2014 - Saturday, December 27, 2014
Charleswood Historical Museum open every Saturday showcasing the past 100 years of life in the area. Wheelchair accessible - Free admission.
Venue: Charleswood Senior Centre Inc.
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Canadian Hemophilia Society, Manitoba Chapter Charity Golf Tournament
Daily - From Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - Tuesday, September 9, 2014
The Canadian Hemophilia Society is pleased to invite you to our Golf Tournament on September 9, 2014 at Bridges Golf Course. Cost of $150 includes a light lunch and buffet dinner. Information: http://www.hemophiliamb.ca/events/golf-tournament/ or 204-775-8625
Venue: Bridges Golf Course
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Day Out with Thomas: The Thrill of the Ride Tour 2014
8:45 AM on Saturday, August 16, 2014
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Little engineers won't believe their eyes—or their ears! For the first time ever at Day Out With Thomas, Thomas the Tank Engine will be able to talk to his fans. Boys and girls will be cheerfully greeted by the #1 Engine when he pulls into The Prairie Dog Central Railway on August 16, 17, 23 and
Venue: Prairie Dog Central Railway
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
The Second Annual Secrets From The Vault
Daily at 9:00 AM - From Friday, July 4, 2014 - Saturday, August 30, 2014
Gurevich Fine Art proudly presents the second annual Secrets from the Vault, an exhibit of work from Gurevich Fine Art's private collection. Many of the works showcased in Secrets from the Vault have been acquired over the last few years and are on view at Gurevich Fine Art for the first time. The
Venue: Gurevich Fine Art
Neighbourhood: Centre
WVEBL Texas Holdem Deep Stack Lic # 5965
2:00 PM on Saturday, August 23, 2014
Veterans English Billiards Deep Stack Saturday. Tournament at the Winnipeg South Osborne Legion (formerly known as the Ft. Rouge Legion) on Osborne across from the Winnipeg Transit Garage. Registration opens at 1:00pm Entry $100 Main Table / $50 Consolation (Sit-N-Go) Blinds start at 25/50
Venue: Winnipeg South Osborne Legion
Neighbourhood: Fort Rouge
Charleswood Historical Museum
Weekly - Saturday - From Saturday, July 19, 2014 - Saturday, December 27, 2014
at 5006 Roblin Blvd - showcasing local area history form the past 100 years. Every Saturday from 2 to 4 pm. Wheelchair accessible - free admission.
Venue: Charleswood Historical Society Inc.
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg , Charleswood , St. James-Assiniboia , Headingley
Travels with Quidam: A collection of photos of his travels through India and across Canada
Daily at 11:00 AM - From Friday, August 1, 2014 - Wednesday, August 27, 2014
closed Sundays and
Venue: Wayne Arthur Gallery
Neighbourhood: Centre


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|From: Paulo J. Matos (pocmatos at gmail.com)
Date: Fri Jun 2 11:40:02 EDT 2006
On 02/06/06, Robby Findler <robby at cs.uchicago.edu> wrote: > I think you probably want to have your plugins in modules and > dynamic-require them, instead of loading them. require (and > dynamic-require) is (are) designed to avoid exactly these kinds of > headaches. > Dynamic-require seems to work fine but for some reason I keep getting: compile: variable not provided (directly or indirectly) from module: mzbrain in: begin This is the where the problem shows up (the main function in the mzbrain module): (define (main configure?) (if configure? (configure-interface) (let* ([default-plugin-option (assoc 'default (read-option-file (get-option-file-path)))] [plugin (if (and default-plugin-option (second default-plugin-option)) (dynamic-require (string->path (string-append (get-plugin-path) (second default-plugin-option))) 'plugin) (begin (message-box "No default plugin" "You have not set yet a default plugin. Use configure window.") (exit)))] [game (compound-unit/sig (import) (link (PLUGIN : mzbrain-plugin^ (plugin)) (MZBRAIN : mzbrain^ (mzbrain@ PLUGIN))) (export (var (MZBRAIN show-interface))))]) (invoke-unit/sig game)))) Although the highlight occurs in the dynamic-require message, I ask myself if the problem is with the begin in the line after dynamic-require. Any ideas? > Robby > > At Fri, 2 Jun 2006 16:13:14 +0100, "Paulo J. Matos" wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm trying to implement a simple plugin-based software. My first > > approach which quite didn't was to define a plugin as a plain scheme > > file where the last expression was a unit which imported a given > > signature. Then I have a master file which loads the plugin with > > 'load', composes the plugin unit with another main unit and invokes > > what it needs. Seems ok at first but the problem is that the plugin > > may require some lib functions so it start with a couple of > > 'require's. For some reason it runs ok inside DrScheme, but when I > > compile the main program and run it, it tries to load the plugin and > > then I get an error message along the lines: > > Couldn't find collection "srfi" in HOME/.plt-scheme... etc etc. > > > > Oh, well, so I though I should compile it. I did so using the > > compile-file and the I used 'load' again and load returns: > > compile: variable not provided (directly or indirectly) from module: > > mzbrain in: begin > > > > well, can't understand this. mzbrain is the main module. I'm just > > trying to load a files primefactor.pss.zo. Can't understand it's > > problem. Any guesses? > > > > -- > > Paulo Jorge Matos - pocm at sat inesc-id pt > > Web: http://sat.inesc-id.pt/~pocm > > Computer and Software Engineering > > INESC-ID - SAT Group > > _________________________________________________ > > For list-related administrative tasks: > > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme > _________________________________________________ > For list-related administrative tasks: > http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme > -- Paulo Jorge Matos - pocm at sat inesc-id pt Web: http://sat.inesc-id.pt/~pocm Computer and Software Engineering INESC-ID - SAT Group
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text: Show Hide image Politics 30 January 2013 The Tories are blinded by rage against the Lib Dems, while Labour's cold fury is thawing Most of Labour's shadow ministers think another hung parliament the likeliest outcome of the next election. Sign up for our weekly email * Conservatives are sometimes accused of living in the past, dreaming of an Olde England untainted by vulgar modernity. That is unfair. Tory curmudgeons who date British decline from the end of empire and the advent of colour TV are a dying breed. The more apt charge is that too many Tories live in the future. They fantasise about governing beyond 2015, without the shackles of coalition, apparently forgetting that two years of sharing power with the Liberal Democrats and a general election lie between their present position and fulfilment of that dream. The impairment of Tory perspective can be measured in the difference between two recent episodes in parliament. At Prime Minister's Questions on 24 January, Conservative MPs roared in lusty approval of David Cameron's pledge of a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union, to be held by 2017. Five days later the Tories were spitting in impotent fury as the Lib Dems voted with Labour to bury plans to reconfigure constituency boundaries. The defeat will cost Cameron up to 20 seats. Given that the EU referendum exists only in the hypothetical realm of a majority Tory administration, Conservative MPs' joy should have been more confined. Had they focused earlier and harder on the real-world obstacles to winning that majority, they might have heeded Lib Dem threats to trash the boundary changes in retaliation for Cameron's failure to enact House of Lords reform. The warnings were explicit enough. There is no hiding the self-interest in the Lib Dems' boundary sabotage. Killing the reform makes another hung parliament after the next election more likely, which boosts Nick Clegg's chances of negotiating a second term in government. An even bigger factor is the party's reliance on local incumbency. Lib Dem MPs are notorious for fortifying their seats and holding them in defiance of national voting trends – a skill made obsolete when constituency maps are redrawn. The ground-war advantage is especially vital in constituencies where the nearest rival is a Tory – about two-thirds of Lib Dem seats. Senior party figures accept that left-leaning protest voters are irrecoverably lost to Labour, which means surrendering seats in the north, where the Tories are hardly in the picture. Clegg's fortunes hinge, as one Lib Dem cabinet minister puts it, on "protecting our guerrilla bases in the south". Ed Miliband would much rather see the Lib Dems hold those redoubts than have them fall to Cameron's forces. Labour will not waste campaign resources meddling in Blue-on-Yellow battles. (Intriguing insight into how those skirmishes might play out will be furnished in local elections this May, which will feature a high number of rural contests between Lib Dems and Tories.) Much depends on whether Labour supporters can be relied on to vote tactically against the Conservatives, as has usually been the case, or whether the Lib Dems are deemed so contaminated that leftish voters cannot bring themselves, even with clothes peg on nose, to endorse a Cleggite candidate. Clegg's team does not claim any advances in rehabilitating his personal ratings. They still put their faith in a shy cohort of voters who believe the Tories have been tamed by coalition and who might reward their local Lib Dem if the alternative is letting Cameron's wilder MPs off the leash. That message will be harder to transmit with Labour depicting Clegg's MPs, in the words of a senior Miliband aide, "as accomplices, not brakes" to the Tories' social vandalism. That is despite a thaw in relations between the two leaders. Witnesses report a markedly more amicable tone in their private conversations. They have collaborated in response to the Leveson report on press standards and in scotching the boundary changes. They have exchanged thoughts on Cameron's EU referendum gambit, although not to the extent of agreeing joint refusal to match the Prime Minister's pledge. Both men are reluctant to have their next manifesto dictated by quixotic Tory MPs and a Europhobic press. They are also keeping their options open in recognition of how debilitating it could be to spend two years fending off the charge that they don't trust the people to decide their European fate. The change in mood is not so much a rapprochement as a slow draining of poison. Labour shadow ministers have stopped naming Clegg's defenestration as the minimum price of future collaboration; senior Lib Dems no longer echo Tory taunts about Miliband's deficient charisma. They do still sneer at Labour's lack of fiscal gumption just as Labour still accuses the Lib Dems of trading their conscience for a ride in a ministerial car. Miliband's aides insist that his exclusive focus remains winning a majority. Most shadow ministers I speak to think another hung parliament the likeliest outcome of the next election. The adjective I most frequently hear from MPs on all sides to describe British party politics is "stuck". Faced with an impasse in 2010, Cameron took the audacious step of making a "big, open and comprehensive" coalition offer to the Lib Dems. It is hard to imagine that proposition being renewed in 2015, even if the Tories are still the largest party in parliament. Conservative MPs have tasted coalition and they don't like it. In the absence of a majority, many would prefer a minority administration. Meanwhile, their eyes are fixed on a point beyond the present purgatory of power-sharing. They support Cameron only when he makes policy for an imaginary government he doesn't lead, which makes it harder for him to run the one he does. Miliband would also have a hard time persuading his MPs to buddy up with Clegg's party. A crucial difference is that Labour's attitude towards the Lib Dems is shifting from blind fury to electoral pragmatism, while the Tories have taken great strides in the opposite direction. Rafael Behr is political columnist at the Guardian and former political editor of the New Statesman Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 04 February 2013 issue of the New Statesman, The Intervention Trap More


text: Twitter expanding ads to mobile apps Published on March 01, 2012. Most Popular San Francisco—Twitter will extend its ad program for mobile devices, making its Promoted Tweets and Promoted Accounts ad units appear to users of mobile apps for iPhones and Android devices. The new ads will appear near the top of users' Twitter timelines within the mobile apps, as with regular tweets, and will appear only once. Twitter previously had served ads to users of desktop and laptop computers, as well as the mobile version of its website. In this article: BtoB


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Ahead of UN treaty negotiation, reports show greater mercury risks than earlier thought
December 4th, 2012
The Zero Mercury Working Group, in cooperation with scientists from the Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) and with other prominent scientists, organized a global webinar to release new findings that demonstrate extensive mercury contamination and summarize studies that show health effects from methylmercury occurring below the level that was considered "safe" just a few years ago. This comes ahead of the final round of United Nations negotiations, scheduled in January 2013, for a global mercury treaty. Slides from the webinar presentations are now available along with the reports: BRI report; Dr. Groth's report for ZMWG and ZMWG summary/recommendations.
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So during the period of waiting for certain games to come out I have been playing things which already came out, a bit of GTA SA, Bully and Dream Fall the longest journey which by the way I liked a lot it was really good but ironically not the "longest" journey. It was pretty short but I will be playing the first game soon ( reason I played the second first was because the first games graphics look like cat poop no offense...).
I got Ni no Kuni and got minor annoyance headaches from it due to the wonky battle system but I got into it really fast. The party members AI is horrible though, they steal HP orbs they don't need then die, I have to kill the boss in the end. Stuck in a Nightmare boss fight though, need some major level up. This game has been very good though, going in my personal top favourites of the ps3 with Eternal Sonata, Tales of Graces F and Rune Factory Tides of destiny. I'm sure when Tales of Xillia comes out it will join them :3.
So a friend was watching this video on youtube of this game...it looked interesting so I asked them what that was and they told me it was ATELIER Ayesha. Omg how could I think an Atelier game was good!? Ok I will give Compile one more chance. ONE CHANCE! Oh and I will get Hyper Dimension Neptunia V, the plot is a flaming mess but I like making my own story as I play it and pretending thats the story. You could do this too, imagine these poor girls were put into a horrible world with terrible graphics and monsters that look like they were ripped out of toy story. All they can do is escape...
Oh and Pokemon X + Y looks amazing, Deer or some dragon thing? Can't freaking decide. Pokemon mystery dungeon is coming so soon omfg *melts*
As for Atlus, hurry up with Arena, yes I am an idiot who bought a european ps3, fml. Guy at the store ran the game fine and I was in tears trying to plot how I could take that ps3 home. Really wonder how the hell Persona 5 will turn out. Omg getting good tingles from the thought of all that catchy music with lyrics I don't understand.
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What to TiVo, Friday 2009-01-15 23:50:19
What to TiVo: Friday
- Fox is new with Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? and Don't Forget the Lyrics!
- NBC is new with Howie Do It, has a repeat of Friday Night Lights, and is new with Dateline
- CBS is new with Ghost Whisperer, Flashpoint, and Numb3rs
- ABC is new with Wife Swap, has a repeat of Supernanny, and is new with 20/20
- The CW is new with Everybody Hates Chris and The Game and has a repeat of 13—Fear is Real
- USA is new with Psych
- TLC is new with What Not to Wear and Miss America: Countdown to the Crown
- VH1 is new with Best Week Ever
- MTV has Daddy's Girls
- Sci Fi is new with the season premiere of Battlestar Galactica
- Late-night highlights include Zach Braff, Arj Barker, and the Airborne Toxic Event on Late Show With David Letterman on CBS; Hugh Laurie, Chuck Todd, and Band From TV on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on NBC; and Brooke Shields, Robert Reich, and Amos Leeon a repeat of Late Night With Conan O'Brien on NBC


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TEAM manager Mark Barber saluted his Parley heroes after they had claimed runners-up position in the prestigious NatWest Under-15 National Club Championship.
Parley, one of no fewer than 1,700 teams to take part in the competition, won through nine rounds to earn a place in the grand final at Oundle School in Peterborough.
The Dorset club, who were crowned South & West group winners, secured a place in the showpiece final after easing to an eight-wicket victory over Southill Park, who had won through to finals day after winning the Midlands group.
Owen Morris (3-12) and skipper Ollie Shrubsole (5-8) did most of the damage as Southill Park were dismissed for just 70 before the pair also starred with the bat (Morris 38, Shrubsole 17) as Parley made light work of the chase.
Although Parley put up a spirited display in the final against a well-organised Guildford outfit, they found the London & East group winners a much tougher proposition and were beaten by seven wickets by the team from Surrey.
Parley team manager Barber said: "The effort and commitment that these players have shown this year is a real credit to them.
"To be able to pick the same 11 players for all nine rounds of the competition has been a great help and, although we were disappointed not to win, to come second in the whole country out of 1,700 teams is a tremendous effort and one for which they should be very proud."
Their exploits in the NatWest Under-15 National Club Championship rounded off another excellent year for Parley with their youth teams winning nine leagues and four cups between them.
Parley won the national competition in 2006 and a number of players have gone on to play cricket at a high level, including bowler David Payne who is now on the books at Gloucestershire.
Parley: Jake Markham, Oliver Thomas, Harrison Clarke, Ian Westhead, Max Trueman, Will Carter, Tom Barber, Alex Sands, Ollie Shrubsole, Owen Morris, Spencer Hopkins.


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The 'Teen Mom 2' star posted on her social media accounts the first picture of her one-month-old baby boy.
Jenelle Evans debuted the first picture of her one-month-old baby boy, Kaiser, on her social media accounts on July 24. The "Teen Mom 2" star captioned the picture posted on Instagram and Twitter with, "Peace dude. Baby Kai." In the picture, Kaiser looks adorable as he hangs onto Jenelle's shoulder while making a peace sign with his hand.
On the same day, Jenelle posted on Twitter a family picture featuring her, her boyfriend Nathan Griffith and her two sons. She wrote along with the picture, "I'm so blessed to have my little family. I love them so much and so happy how far I've came within these past 2 years." The 22-year-old reality star posted the same photo on Instagram, captioning it with, "#FamilyPhoto."
In the family photo, Jenelle sits next to Nathan, holding her first son, Jace, on her lap. Meanwhile, Kaiser lies down on his stroller.
Jenelle, who gave birth to Kaiser on June 29, previously told Us Weekly about how she and Nathan came up with the name Kaiser for their adorable baby boy, "We were basically searching for baby names on the Internet, and we came up with a bunch of different unique ones. We didn't want something that everyone else had or had even heard before, even us. So we wanted something different, and we ended up looking up Kaiser."
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Everytime I have complained about a legit complaint, it has been taken care of by RCCL. Writing reviews on some of these gripe sites, and we know which ones they are (the initials are TA), it has just become a forum for competitors to bash each other and for crazies who didn't get what they want.
We have a business that was written about in one of these sites (TA)...they complained because we wouldn't allow them to party w/ non-guests (bunch of 20 year-old guys) in one of our suites. They were running up and down the stairs carrying beer & were planning on having a pre-wedding party. (The wedding wasn't at our place) The guy who rented the room wasn't even in the room. So if we had allowed it and one of these underaged guys fell down the stairs, who do you think they would sue? Apparently, they had a lot to drink another evening and then did the cowardly thing by bashing us on Trip Advisor. Of course they are cowards since they don't use their own names.
The interesting part is when you read negative reviews, most of the time, you can figure out exactly what they did...and when they don't get their own way, they act like children. We have started legal procedings because they were in fact tresspassing and the man who rented the room is responsible for their actions. By writing this negative review, he is allowing them to inflict damage on us. And surprise...the man who rented the suite is the father of the groom and he is a minister.
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She had a wardrobe malfunction after dressing up too quickly for the event and lost the slip to her dress.
Cher suffered an embarrassing wardrobe malfunction during her Hollywood salute outside Grauman's Chinese Theater on Thursday, November 18 night when fans and onlookers got a good glimpse of her turquoise underwear. The pop superstar dressed quickly for the event and realized too late she wasn't covered up - and had to borrow clothing from her assistant.
She explains, "I lost the slip to my dress but no one realized, so I wore her tanktop under my dress." But even that wasn't enough.
Cher tells Los Angeles DJ Ryan Seacrest, "It was such a nightmare... Everyone kept standing behind me, reaching up under my skirt... and pulling down my little T-shirt." But at least she was wearing a G-string, "I had the presence of mind to put it on... I was so afraid it was gonna be worse."


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Over the years, on various internet gun and civil liberties forums I have witnessed a divide between the patrol officer and the citizen. The lack of understanding invariably led to entrenched arguments on each side of the coin, each not without merit. I have studiously avoided these arguments, especially on forums which I moderate. I have engaged in one on one debate on the issues with law enforcement officers whom I respect. As a nurse, working with the public in an official capacity in a high stress area that is foreign to the public, I feel I understand a little of what officers of the law experience on the job. Hopefully, I will understand better in the future.
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anyway the iPhone always makes more hype then other phones because 1. you know it will come out 2. iPhones do really well in making "accidentally" leaking things for rumors etc. and 3. its one phone by one company with android they don't host events every time they release a phone cause they have release like 1 a day (nothing compared to samsungs 81892437294724 a day)
When a new iPhone comes out I always say I'm going to wait to buy it to see if theres any bugs & wait for a jailbreak but 100% of the time I lied myself lol
Ive always bought previous iPhones (3G, 3GS, 4) cash - this will be the first one Im thinking of getting on contract and I hope its awesome. Im looking for a better camera and NFC. Not really phased by a larger screen (scared about the implications of such an upgrade).
Let's not kid ourselves. Crap wrapped in foil with Apple stamp on it will generate interest, because it will somehow be a better crap than all crap that came before it.
As to why it will "dwarfs" all previous iPhone demand is because it may finally be 4G LTE which iPhone 4S should have had, I personally think Apple held it back so they can have something more significant to introduce when new phone is released.
interesting reads here ... i'm just hoping its features surpass that of the leading smartphone on the market now. otherwise, why bother?


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December 10, 2013
Book Adventures - Brooklyn Public Library, Carroll Gardens branch
December 10, 2013 - Carroll Gardens
Kids enjoy hearing a read aloud and doing a story inspired activity afterward.
Mandarin Fun Time - Brooklyn Public Library, Kings Bay branch
December 10, 2013 - Homecrest
Kids can learn some Chinese Mandarin!
Read and Play - Brooklyn Public Library, Flatlands branch
December 10, 2013 - Marine Park
Children, age birth to 5 years, and with and without disabilities, share stories, rhymes, and play. Part of the Child's Place for Children for Special Needs.
Wonderful Winter - Brooklyn Children's Museum
December 10, 2013 - Crown Heights
Brr...It's cold outside! Preschoolers can come to the Museum's Art Studio and explore the many facets of winter and be inspired to create a winter art of your very own.
Arty Facts - Brooklyn Museum
Through December 15, 2013 - Prospect Heights/Park Slope
In this hands-on art program children and their family will explore the galleries through fun activities and engaging conversation, and then head to the studio to create an artwork of your own.
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1 - Industry City
Through December 15, 2013 - Brooklyn
An exhibition of works from local artists who were impacted by Superstorm Sandy. The nearly 100,000-square-foot exhibition includes more than 300 artists and will feature exhibitions, music and dance performances, screenings of documentary films, panel discussions regarding the conservation of works of art and preventative measures with regard to future natural disasters, and readings by poets who have been commissioned to write about their experience of Sandy.
Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp - Puppetworks
Through December 22, 2013 - Park Slope
Puppetworks presents an adaptation of the tale "1001 Arabian Nights," featuring a "live" djinni.
Blooming Naturalists - Prospect Park Audubon Center
Through December 27, 2013 - Flatbush
Kids explore the natural beauty of Prospect Park with a park naturalist.
So Smart Kids Fun Fitness Program - Vee Arnis Jitsu
Through December 28, 2013 - Canarsie
Fitness program helps build self-esteem and confidence, social skills, attention span and focus, gross motor development, and breathing and calming strategies for children with special needs.
Introduction to Birdwatching - Prospect Park Audubon Center
Through December 28, 2013 - Flatbush
Explore the Park's natural areas and learn how to look for amazing birds.
ElectriCity: Powering New York's Rails - New York Transit Museum
Through December 31, 2013 - Brooklyn Heights
This long-term exhibit engages visitors in a compelling and participatory exploration of electricity's role in powering the metropolitan region's subways and commuter rails.
Indoor Play - Powerplay
Through December 31, 2013 - Gowanus
Powerplay's play area is an environment that encourages physical and imaginative play. It's indoor play space is a warm embrace for the cold and frosty days. It provides amenities of a local playground in a fun and inviting atmosphere. Parents and caregivers must supervise their child.
Space No. 1 - Extreme Kids and Crew
Through December 31, 2013 - Bedford-Stuyvesant
An initiative of Extreme Kids and Crew, Space No. 1 offers a safe, sensory play space where special need children and their parents can play, teach, learn, sing, sprawl, and swing. An array of multi-sensory equipment provides for this.
Animal Adventures - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through December 31, 2013 - Crown Heights
Kids learn about and touch live animals from the Museum's living collection.
Nature on the Go - Prospect Park Audubon Center
Through December 31, 2013 - Flatbush
Kids have fun out in nature by playing animal charades, pretending to be a bat trying to catch a moth, or joining in many other fun and active nature games that teaches them about the nature around us. Led by a park naturalist.
Open Play - The Gym Park
Through December 31, 2013 - Greenpoint
Kids have fun, exercise, and enjoy alot of gymnastic-based sensory input. Use our 2,800-square-foot facility to explore, discover and help increase your child's awareness with positive play habits and a fun social environment. The Gym Park also offers a wide range of other programs including gymnastics and physical education for home-schooled children.
Christmas Lights and Cannoli Tour - Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge Neighborhood Streets
Through December 31, 2013 - Manhattan
Tour some Brooklyn nabes where the front lawn Christmas lights are truly completely over the top. Ride in a luxury coach bus and enjoy free cannoli and hot chocolate. Tour begins in Manhattan.
Story Time with Emily - The Moxie Spot
Through December 31, 2013 - Brooklyn Heights
Emily, The Moxie Spot's resident storyteller, reads for the young and impressionable.
Harbor Lights Theater Company Presents It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play - Snug Harbor Cultural Arts Center
Through December 31, 2013 - Staten Island
It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, is performed as a 1940's live radio broadcast in front of a studio audience. Five actors perform the dozens of characters in the radio play; the production also features a "Foley Artist" -- an actor creating all the sound effects live onstage.
History in your Hands: Historic Games - Lefferts Historic House
Through December 31, 2013 - Flatbush
Learn how to play Nine Man Morris, a historic board game. Afterwards you can make your own board to take home with you.
Animal Encounters - Prospect Park Audubon Center
Through December 31, 2013 - Flatbush
Learn about the animals at the Audubon Center with a park ranger.
Bug Out - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through January 01, 2014 - Crown Heights
Feeling brave? Meet grasshoppers, worms, stick bugs, and Madagascar hissing cockroaches.
Nature's Tots - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through January 01, 2014 - Crown Heights
Preschoolers learn about the living and nonliving things that coexist with us on planet Earth, and the importance of being a steward of the environment. Meet an animal, plant, or mineral from the museum's collection.
Feeding Frenzy - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through January 01, 2014 - Crown Heights
Come see what's on the menu today for the animals that live at the museum.
Sensory Room Family Hours - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through January 01, 2014 - Crown Heights
The Museum's inclusive sensory space engages children of all abilities. This room provides a welcoming environment for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Sensory Integration disorder. Please note that the Museum will be closed from September 1 through September 13.
GingerBread Lane - New York Hall of Science
Through January 12, 2014 - Queens
Jon Lovitch is a chef and the creator of GingerBread Lane, an annual display of homemade and handmade gingerbread houses that he drafts, designs, bakes, plans, builds, and decorates for an entire year. This season will be its 20th.
The concept for Gingerbread Lane changes each year, depending on what Lovitch has seen at gingerbread competitions, in magazines, at holiday displays, sometimes even drawing ideas from houses he spots while driving.
Lovitch purchases the materials after the holiday season, and begins designing and constructing the exhibit by March. All work is completed by late October and reviewed for detail until the exhibit begins. Beginning in November, Lovitch works between 80 and 90 hours for the final three weeks before GingerBread Lane opens for display. Each gingerbread house requires approximately three hours to complete and many of the complicated projects within the village require upwards of 35 hours. Each annual GBL takes about 1500 hours to make.
GBL is made from only "real" edible ingredients: gingerbread, royal icing, and candy. In contrast, other gingerbread competitors use dried pasta, uncooked rice and beans, and edible clay, among other ingredients. This year, GBL uses both gingerbread bricks and candy bricks for the structures.
The 2013 GBL weighs more than 1.5 tons, covers a continuous surface of nearly 300 square feet and is 11 feet high at its highest point. It will be competing for a Guinness World Record for largest gingerbread exhibit, and will be the largest GBL ever.
While the layout and composition change yearly, GBL always includes Eggnog Bay, Gum Drop Row, Peppermint Central Park, Candy Cane Place, and Toffee Boulevard. New this year is Ribbon Candy Ridge and a "behind-the-scenes" window, giving a peek into the makings of GBL with ovens, models, and ingredients...made entirely from royal icing. Five two-foot-high nutcrackers, also made of royal icing, stand guard over the back of the exhibit.
This year's village includes an estimated 1750 lbs. of icing, 400 lbs. of candy, and 500 lbs. of gingerbread dough; and comprises 152 gingerbread houses, 65 trees, four gingerbread cable cars, five gingerbread train cars, an underground candy subway station, candy trees, and sugar signage.
GingerBread Lane always sits out in the open, rather than behind glass, a fact that can really be appreciated when one smells the homemade gingerbread.
All gingerbread structures are given away free on the last day of the exhibit. Since December 2000, GingerBread Lane has also hosted annual workshops for families and after-school programs for children. Each year, Lovitch works with underprivileged and disabled children by shipping GingerBread Lane pieces across the country for those unable to view the display.
gingerbread-lane.org; Twitter: @GingerBreadLane; Facebook: GingerBread Lane, #gingerbreadlane.
Holiday Train Show - New York Botanical Garden
Through January 12, 2014 - Bronx
The Holiday Train Show is back with plenty of holiday fun and new surprises for the whole family! This year features more trains than ever before, and a new holiday dining experience inspired by the historic streets of New York.
Marvel at model trains zipping around New York landmark replicas made of plant parts such as nuts, bark, and leaves. The Artist's Studio provides an insider's look at how the building replicas are constructed and - new this year - features a showcase of unique and historic model trains.
Explore the exhibition in the warmth of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, enjoy hands-on holiday fun for the entire family, and get your holiday shopping done too...it's a whole day of fun!
Knit, Purl, Sow - Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Through January 22, 2014 - Crown Heights
Knit, Purl, Sow brings together textile and knitting artists and their finely detailed botanical renderings, expressionistic plants, and landscapes that will inspire a new appreciation for natural forms.
Touch Tank - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through January 31, 2014 - Crown Heights
Touch a star fish, a horseshoe crab, or a sea snail. Explore sea creatures up close and learn about ocean diversity.
Try It Tuesdays - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through January 31, 2014 - Crown Heights
Children explore, learn, and discover as they try out science, art, and language in fun and exciting ways. Please note that the Brooklyn Children's Museum is closed from September 2 through September 13.
Wonderment Wednesdays - Brooklyn Children's Museum
Through January 31, 2014 - Crown Heights
Kids explore and uncover amazing wonders from the Museum's collection. Unravel the mysterious secrets of objects from across the ocean and right in our own backyards.
Saturday Story Time - Greenlight Bookstore
Through February 28, 2014 - Brooklyn
Saturday Story Time is geared toward kids ages 3 to 8 and their families. Authors and illustrators of picture books often visit us on Saturdays to present their new books, and neighborhood performers sometimes read as well.
Breastfeeding Support Clinic - Tribeca Parenting
Through March 31, 2014 - Park Slope
These clinics are helpful for moms who need a little reassurance or encouragement with breastfeeding. While many simple issues can be resolved in these helpful group sessions, please be aware that certain more complex breastfeeding issues may require more individualized attention which can be provided in a home visit.
Flight of the Butterflies in 3D - NY Hall of Science
Through April 11, 2014 - Corona
Join millions of real butterflies on an amazing journey to a remote and secret hideaway. Weighing less than a penny, the monarch butterfly makes one of the longest migrations on Earth. Follow the monarchs' perilous journey to the remote mountain peaks of Mexico in this 3D film. For the first time ever, witness the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly, inside a chrysalis, thanks to advanced MRI and micro CT scans.
The award-winning production team, including Oscar-winner Peter Parks, followed the year-long migration cycle of the monarch butterflies, from Canada, through the United States to remote 10,000-foot-high peaks in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico.
The film has won numerous awards including the 2013 Grand Teton Award in the category of Best Immersive 3D/Large Format at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and awards at the 2013 Giant Screen Industry Awards, including Best Film, Best Cinematography, Best Film for Lifelong Learning, and Best Educational Program.
The Emancipation Proclamation - Brooklyn Historical Society
Through April 30, 2014 - Brooklyn
View Brooklyn Historical Society's rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863, and examine its dramatic and polemic impact on Americans at the height of the Civil War. The exhibit suggests ways that the document's social and political meaning has evolved in the 150 years since it was signed, and invites visitors to reflect on its legacy in the twenty-first century.
Landmarks of New York - Brooklyn Historical Society
Through April 30, 2014 - Brooklyn Heights
Since 1965, when the New York City Landmarks law was instituted, more than 30,000 structures and environments have been protected from destruction through landmark designation. Explore the history of New York through the lens of its landmark buildings in this exhibit of photographs, The show documents architectural structures of all types that reflect the city's history, from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries.
Brooklyn Navy Yard Overview Tour: The Past, The Present, and The Future - Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at Building 92
Through May 31, 2014 - Vinegar Hill
It's hard not to notice the hulking structures of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Here's an opportunity to tour the Yard and learn about intriguing sites of the 150-year shipbuilding facility, including a Civil-War era dry dock, the 24-acre former Navy hospital campus, and more.
Breastfeeding Support Group - New York Methodist Hospital
Through June 30, 2014 -
Discuss questions and concerns regarding breastfeeding and find support and encouragement with this group, which meets regularly.
Donald and Barbara Zucker Natural Exploration Area - Prospect Park/Grand Army Plaza
Through July 01, 2014 - Park Slope
Enter the park at the Grand Army Plaza entrance and walk along Park Drive toward the carousel and you'll find the Donald and Barbara Zucker Natural Exploration Area. Constructed from trees and other materials damaged by recent storms, the Area serves to surround children with natural elements as they play, exercising their minds and muscles.
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Publication Acceptance Date: 4/28/1996
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Technical Abstract: Overnight chilling significantly alters the expression of several nuclear genes the encode chloroplast proteins in chilling sensitive plants species. In this study, we found that the steady state level of rubisco activase (rca) mRNA in tomato is substantially decreased during the recovery phase following overnight chilling even through the half-life of rca mRNA is more than doubled by the treatment. This behavior indicates that the lower steady state rca mRNA level may be caused by lower rates of transcription. Two inhibitors of protein phosphatases 1 (PP1) and 2A (PP2A), okadaic acid and calyculin A, were found to prevent the decrease in rca message level following chilling. This result possibly indicates that chilling interferes with the normal expression of rca, and probably certain other genes, by disrupting a phosphorylation/dephosphorylation regulatory step involved in the initiation of transcription. Although the steady state level of rca message decreased following chilling, the level of mRNA associated with polysomes remains high and near the control level. Immunoprecipitation of the polysome runoff products by rca antisera further indicates that chilling treatment may also interfere with the elongation steps in the translation process. A partial length cDNA of rca was cloned by asymmetric PCR, and showed high sequence homology with tobacco and spinach rca. We will use this clone as a probe to isolate the genomic DNA of rca in order to further investigate the detailed mechanism of how chilling effects the expression of rca. This work was supported in part by a grant from the USDA NRI program (grant No. 91-37100-6620).


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Continuing my summer homework, here's the next deep dive into a two deep and recruiting class, this time Oklahoma's. You can see Alabama's, LSU's, Texas A&M's, Oregon's and Stanford's evals here, here, here, here and here.
Again, let's get a few things in order before you read these evals. It's very important to read this if you want to understand where I'm coming from.
1. Rather than rank someone with a nebulous star rating or a happy face, I am applying an NFL draft grade to them since this is a metric that many of us understand. To be clear, when I write that someone is a first-round talent, I am not predicting that they will be selected in the first round of the draft (though some certainly will). What I am saying is that this player has physical ability or skills commensurate with players who are typically drafted in the first round. The same standard applies with other denominations by round.
2. The two deeps, heights and weights are typically taken from either the school's web site or from Rivals.com. If you quibble with who I have on the depth chart, I have no answer for you as the goal is to evaluate players and not to predict who will start. Just go with the eval provided. Some of the recruit lists might not include late signees or it might include guys who won't qualify or will grayshirt. Just take the evals for what they are in that case.
3. The purpose of these evals are to give myself and the HP audience an insight into the raw talent levels of the schools in question. Coaching and scheme are not taken into account.
4. I did not look at anyone else's evals when doing my own evals. I did not look at stats. I did not read what coaches had to say. I did not peek to see how many or which schools offered a given recruit. In other words, I avoided outside influences as much as possible and basically just looked at as much tape as was available and made my call.
5. I know evaluations of this nature are controversial. Some of you are going to vehemently disagree with some of them. Some of you will wonder what my qualifications are for making them. All I ask is that you put my evaluations to the test in the coming seasons and we'll see how accurate I was. In the meantime, I welcome any insights or helpful comments on these players.
6. In some cases, for speed's sake, my evals are very brief, especially with players who I don't need to evaluate further. A guy like Johnny Manziel? We all know about him. I don't waste much words adding to what we already know. In other cases, I have limited or bad tape on a player and have to make a snap eval based on what I am able to see.
7. When I have all my evaluations, I will rank the teams and players according to talent level and also overall.
And here we go:
Terms: COD = Change of direction; FBI = Football instincts; Pass Pro=pass protection; YAC=yards after catch
9 Trevor Knight (RFr. 6-1, 197)
Excellent athlete. Strong arm. Accurate. Tight release. Good runner. Good FBI. 3rd round talent.
10 Blake Bell (Jr., 6-6, 254)
Massive athlete with quick feet, coordination and speed. Strong arm with decent accuracy. Oblong release. Powerful runner. Good FBI. 1st round talent.
26 Damien Williams (Sr., 6-0, 208)
Very good speed for his size. A boom/bust type of back. Decent vision and power. Good FBI. Mid-round talent.
24 Brennan Clay (Sr., 5-11, 201)
Average speed. Good balance and strength. Patient runner with decent vision. Late round talent.
33 Trey Millard (Sr., 6-2, 256)
Very good downhill blocker. Decent athlete with good hands and running ability. Very good FBI. Late round talent.
48 Aaron Ripkowski (So., 6-1, 260)
Tough grinder. Decent athlete. Good FBI. Free agent talent.
13 Durron Neal (So., 5-11, 201)
Good athlete. Thickly built. Good COD. Very good YAC. Good, not great long speed. Raw. 2nd round talent.
16 Jaz Reynolds (Sr., 6-2, 198)
Long strider. Decent speed once he gets rolling but not very quick. Average YAC. Lean, angular body. Not very strong. Good hands. Mid-round talent.
18 Jalen Saunders (Sr., 5-9, 160)
Nimble and quick slot guy. Undersized. Very good YAC and COD. Slippery. Good burst. Mid-round talent.
3 Sterling Shepard (So., 5-10, 188)
Good athlete. Undersized. Good feel for the game. Great body control. Average long speed. Good FBI. Mid-round talent.
17 Trey Metoyer (So, 6-1, 190)
Lean and athletic. Good body control and leaping ability. Hand catcher. Average YAC. Decent long speed. 3rd round talent.
18 Lacoltan Bester (Sr., 6-3, 205)
Good speed for his size. Wiry and athletic. Explosive out of cuts. Physical. Good YAC. 2nd round talent.
88 Taylor McNamara (RFr., 6-5, 238)
Nimble, fluid athlete with great hands. Good speed for his size. Good FBI. 2nd round talent.
82 Brannon Green (Sr., 6-2, 250)
Average athlete. Rugged. Good hands. Good FBI. Free agent talent.
79 Daryl Williams (Jr., 6-6, 320)
Excellent athlete who bends his knees and uses his feet well. Good mobility and size. Long arms with a good frame. Thick base. Lean upper body. 1st round talent.
55 Josiah St. John (Jr., 6-6, 305)
Very good athlete. Good frame. Good feet. Average FBI. 3rd round talent.
74 Adam Shead (Jr., 6-4, 307)
Decent athlete. Very strong. A bit of a waist bender. Short arms. Average pass blocker. Mid-round talent.
54 Nila Kasitati (So., 6-4, 312)
Very good athlete. Good feel for the game. Good feet and speed. Mid- round talent.
64 Gabe Ikard (Sr., 6-3, 290)
Very good athlete. A bit undersized. Good FBI. Good first step with quick feet. Plays with good leverage and technique. Second round talent.
56 Ty Darlington (So., 6-3, 288)
Undersized. Quick hands. Good shuffle. Needs to get stronger. Great first step. Pulls well. Good FBI. Third-round talent.
68 Bronson Irwin Sr., (6-5, 315)
Big bodied knee bender. Average athlete. Some stiffness in the hips. Late round talent.
75 Tyler Evans (Sr., 6-5, 315)
Average athlete. Slow footed. Free agent talent.
71 Tyrus Thompson (Jr., 6-5, 305)
Good frame. Decent athlete with some stiffness in his hips. Not very strong. Mid round talent.
72 Derek Farniok (So., 6-9, 319)
Massive body and frame. Long arms. Can't redirect well. Stiff in hips. Free agent talent.
91 Charles Tapper (RFr., 6-4, 265)
Good size and strength. Solid athlete. Good COD. Average FBI. Mid-round talent.
10 Rashod Favors (Jr., 6-1, 250)
Not athletic and can't run. Good strength. Free agent talent.
80 Jordan Phillips (So., 6-6, 318)
Athletic and coordinated for his size. Quick feet and superb COD. Strong. Great size and wingspan. Must learn to play with better leverage. 1st round talent.
94 Torrea Peterson (Jr., 6-3, 295)
Average athlete. Undersized. Good at point of attack. Average COD and FBI. Free agent talent.
98 Chuka Ndulue (Jr., 6-3, 274)
Average athlete. Good strength. Undersized. Average COD. Decent speed. Good hands. Good at point of attack. Late round talent.
95 Quincy Russell (Jr., 6-3, 311)
Nimble athlete for his size. Excellent COD. Good burst. Good FBI. 1st round talent.
85 Geneo Grissom (Jr., 6-4, 247)
Good flexibility and athleticism. Good COD. Good FBI. Long arms. Strong at point of attack. 3rd round talent.
99 Chaz Nelson (Jr., 6-2, 244)
Great athlete. Undersized but superb pass rusher. Relentless motor. Great speed and COD. 1st round talent.
7 Corey Nelson (Sr., 6-1, 225)
Good athlete. Very quick. Can cover backs out of backfield. Physical. Takes on blocks. A bit undersized. Good FBI. 3rd round talent.
25 Aaron Franklin (Jr., 6-1, 222)
Undersized and light in the ass. Decent quickness. Good COD and FBI. Late round talent.
20 Frank Shannon (So., 6-1, 230)
Big hitter and good athlete who pursues from sideline-to-sideline. Better than average speed. Struggles taking on blocks. Good FBI. Mid-round talent.
19 Eric Striker (So., 6-0, 219)
Undersized. Really fast and athletic with a great burst. Excellent coming off the edge. Good COD. 2nd round talent.
9 Gabe Lynn (Sr., 6-0, 199)
Good athlete. Good COD. Decent hips and burst. Not a burner. Mid-round talent.
4 Hatari Byrd (Fr., 6-1, 198)
Physical. Good in run support. Average speed. Good COD and FBI. Mid-round talent.
14 Aaron Colvin (Sr., 6-0, 181)
Excellent break to the ball. Good hips. Very good athlete. Agile. Great FBI. Skinny and not very physical. 1st round talent.
6 Stanvon Taylor (Fr., 5-11, 165)
Not a burner. Undersized. Good quickness and agility. Good athlete. Late round talent.
2 Julian Wilson (Jr., 6-2, 191)
Decent speed and range. Average COD. Decent athlete. Good size. Late round talent.
23 Kass Everett (Sr., 5-10, 189)
Good hips and feet. Pretty good closing speed. Good in coverage. Undersized. Mid-round talent.
29 Quentin Hayes (So., 6-0, 193)
Average athlete. Good FBI. Decent COD. Late round talent.
13 Ahmad Thomas (Fr., 6-1, 215)
Very physical in run support. Could end up at OLB. Very good speed and COD. Good FBI. 3rd round talent.
22 Cortez Johnson (So., 6-2, 191)
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15 Zack Sanchez (Fr. 5-11, 170)
Good athlete with good speed and hips. Mid-round talent.
42 Dominique Alexander, LB, 6-2, 216 — Good athlete. Decent speed. Decent COD. Undersized. Late round talent.
27 Dakota Austin, DB, 5-11, 167 — Good athlete. Smooth hips. More quick than fast. Undersized. Mid-round talent.
83 Austin Bennett, WR, 6-0, 163 — Above average speed. Good YAC. Good body control. Hand catcher. Mid-round talent.
4 Hatari Byrd, S, 6-1, 198 — Physical. Good in run support. Average speed. Good COD and FBI. Mid-round talent.
6 Dannon Cavil, WR, 6-5, 215 — Good speed for his size. Big hands but not a natural catcher. Fluid long strider. Good FBI. 3rd round talent.
70 Christian Daimler, OL, 6-6, 280 — Good frame. Decent athlete. Some stiffness in hips. Late-round talent.
90 Matt Dimon, DE, 6-2, 252 — Solid athlete. Good burst. Strong at point of attack. Might grow into a tackle. Mid-round talent.
26 Jordan Evans, LB, 6-3, 215 — Good athlete. Very good speed. Quick feet and good COD. Good FBI. 3rd round talent.
53 Andrew Feo, OL, 6-4, 292 (Jr.) — Big powerful road grader. Waist bender. Late round talent.
21 Keith Ford, RB, 5-11, 205 — Runs with good forward lean and balance. Patient runner with good vision and power. Not a burner, but has a good second gear. 3rd round talent.
1 L.J. Moore, DB, 6-1, 166 — Good speed but not a true burner. Very quick with excellent vision, agility and COD. Good ball skills. Smooth hips. 3rd round talent.
82 Ogbonnia Okoronkwo, DE, 6-3, 215 — Incredibly quick with a great motor. Undersized. Naturally strong. Good FBI. Nimble feet. 2nd round talent.
92 Matthew Romar, DT, 6-3, 286 — Incredible jumbo athlete. Great COD. Fluid. Strong. Good motor. Good FBI. 1st round talent.
95 Quincey Russell, DT, 6-4, 315 — Nimble athlete for his size. Excellent COD. Good burst. Good FBI. 1st round talent.
77 Dionte Savage, OL, 6-5, 340 (Jr) — Behemoth road grader with great feet. Nimble. Naturally strong. Bit of a waist bender. 2nd round talent.
80 Jordan Smallwood, WR, 6-2, 190 — Decent athlete. Average speed. Possession receiver. Good hands. Late round talent.
55 Josiah St. John, OL, 6-6, 315 — Very good athlete. Good frame. Good feet. Average FBI. 3rd round talent.
6 Stanvon Taylor, DB, 5-11, 170 — Not a burner. Undersized. Good quickness and agility. Good athlete. Late round talent.
13 Ahmad Thomas, DB, 6-1, 199 — Very physical in run support. Could end up at OLB. Very good speed and COD. Good FBI. 3rd round talent.
14 Cody Thomas, QB, 6-5, 220 — Great size. Good arm strength, foot work and accuracy. Above average athlete. Good FBI. 3rd round talent.
97 Charles Walker, DT, 6-4, 280 — Tremendous athlete with great feet and agility. Naturally strong at the point of attack. Explosive pass rusher. Good COD and FBI. 1st round talent.
87 DJ Ward, DE, 6-3, 245 — Very good athlete. Good burst off the edge. Good COD. Good FBI. 2nd round talent.
85 KJ Young, WR, 6-0, 180 — Good long speed. Good YAC. Good body control. Good hands. Mid-round talent.Powered by Sidelines


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ALI Baba: The Silchester Players' panto starts on January 31, in the village hall, and continues on February 1, 7 and 8.
Tickets cost £8, concessions £6, and can be purchased by calling 0118 9815600.
ROMAN talk: Professor Fulford will speak on February 14, in the village hall, with news of findings at the summer dig. Tickets £3 adults and children £1. Arrive at 7.40pm for 8pm start. This may be the last year of a "Silchester Dig".
POST Office: Jay's Stores, in Pamber Heath, which hosts the Post Office Counter, reports that improvements are to be made to services and opening hours.
The Post Office will close from 12.30pm on Saturday, February 8, and reopen at 1pm, on Monday, February 17. The shop will remain open during alterations.
VILLAGE Market: Takes place on Saturday, February 1, from 10am to noon.
VILLAGE Hall: Work proceeds slowly due to the inclement weather but it is hoped that the Club Room will be back in full use from January 27.
The village has waited a long time for this extension and look forward to a finishing date and new facilities.


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Snowflake Plates
What is it about winter that make snow flakes so loved and precious? Combining red and white snowflakes these plates deserve to have appetizers thrown on them and be brought out at my next holiday shindig. Thought they say no snowflake is a like and I see a whole bunch of repetition on these plates. Still their primary colordom makes me love them so.
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So cute, I want to put these on my windows by the front door. Little snowflakes you can cut apart and scatter however you want.Added 6 Years Ago from Tradingphrases
"Our giant hammered snowflakes in three shapes are suitable for hanging on the wall, in a window, or on the front porch. Handcrafted from recycled aluminum, they transform the crystalline beauty of snowflakes into striking decorat... "Our giant hammered snowflakes in three shapes are suitable for hanging on the wall, in a window, or on the front porch. Handcrafted from recycled aluminum, they transform the crystalline beauty of snowflakes into striking decorative sculpture. Each comes with a wire mounting loop."
Set of 12 cupcake wrappers for standard-sized cupcakes. Each wrapper arrives assembled and ready to go! Just bake your cupcakes, and once they're cooled and frosted, fit them snugly into the cupcake wrappers.
The thin strands of curling wire give this snowflake the appearance of twirling and swirling on a gust of wind . . . a sparkling snow sculpture to enchant your tree, doorway, mantel or even a gift.Tags: pop culture, home decor, silver, trees, resin, Anthropologie, wire, unique, cuteAdded 8 Years Ago from Anthropologie
These would be a unique and special touch to your holiday party - go vintage - go green
Gorgeous as always! Don Drumm's daughter creates the most fantastic ornaments.
100% wool holiday ornament sets in Haus (House), Lamm (Lamb), Schneeflocke (Snowflake) and Zyklus (Cycle) shapes and available in 9 Pantone-matched colors!
Schneeflocke (Snowflake) Ornaments Sets in 100% wool felt and your choice of 9 Pantone-matched colors.
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"Holiday ties" suck. A lot. Finally, one that is seasonally appropriate but not lame!
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow. And if you live in LA, like me, and get no snow in the winter (minus the occasionally mushy sleet) then wear your snow and bring it everywhere you go.Tags: jewelry, silver, necklaces, holiday, Christmas, holidays, jewellry, snowflakes, let it snowAdded 9 Years Ago from Amazon.com
These are beautiful adorning a holiday package.
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The cutest and least expensive snowflake earrings...and snowflakes are all the rage now!Tags: gifts, jewelry, earrings, holiday, clear, crystal, snowflakes, gold-platedAdded 9 Years Ago from Naturesjewelry
How aroable would you look serving in this apron!Tags: cooking, red, Jessie Steele, cook, sweets, holiday, aprons, snowflakesAdded 9 Years Ago from Wrapables.com
This lovely snowflake shaped baking pan is sure to create a crowd pleaser - just don't mistake salt for sugar! Perfect for breads, cakes, or other moldable foods (jello?), it's made from professional weight aluminum and has a non-... This lovely snowflake shaped baking pan is sure to create a crowd pleaser - just don't mistake salt for sugar! Perfect for breads, cakes, or other moldable foods (jello?), it's made from professional weight aluminum and has a non-stick lining so the cake easily slides out. Great for this holiday season!Added 9 Years Ago from Crate and Barrel
These hanging wires are perfect for all the holiday artwork your budding Picassos will create this winter. You can choose between peppermints with red clothespins or snowflakes with white clothespins. It would also be a clever way... These hanging wires are perfect for all the holiday artwork your budding Picassos will create this winter. You can choose between peppermints with red clothespins or snowflakes with white clothespins. It would also be a clever way to display the holiday cards you receive.Tags: winter, art, decor, displays, peppermint, holiday, Christmas, snowflakes, hanging wireAdded 9 Years Ago from Land of Nod
More cute cupcake stencils for your holiday treats! Place them on top of your cupcakes or cookies and adorn with colored sugar or yummy sprinkles. Perrfect.Tags: kitchen, cooking, baking, cupcakes, sprinkles, holiday, craft supplies, Martha Stewart, snowmenAdded 9 Years Ago from Crate and Barrel
The design on these cocktail plates is full of holiday cuteness: it shows a cluster of red and green snowflakes that takes the shape of a Christmas tree.Tags: entertaining, decor, plates, cocktail, holiday, Christmas, holiday gifts, festive, snowflakesAdded 10 Years Ago from Crate and Barrel
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These stainless steel picks with dangling snowflakes are way more chic than wooden toothpicks. Make sure your hors d'œuvres look classy, whether they come from the frozen aisle or from a fancy caterer!Tags: entertaining, steel, decor, holiday, snowflakes, picks, mix itAdded 10 Years Ago from Crate and Barrel
This simple napkin holder with a cute snowflake cutout is super convenient for holiday dinners or parties. It looks especially nice with dark blue or red napkins so the snowflake stands out.Tags: entertaining, decor, holders, holiday, snowflakes, napkins, mix itAdded 10 Years Ago from Crate and Barrel
These are cute, functional, and make cooking fun!
I love the snowflake design on this vintage Pyrex casserole dish.Tags: kitchen, vintage, bowls, housewares, casseroles, Etsy, holiday, Christmas, PyrexAdded 10 Years Ago from Etsy
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The Stig is finally granted permission to drive the world's fastest car, the immense Bugatti Veyron, the fastest ever Pagani Zonda around the Top Gear test track. Which will be the faster supercar? Watch this high quality video in full to find out. Visit www.TopGear.com for all the latest news and car reviews.
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Chemical Makers Taking Steps to Corral Big Data
Specialty Chemicals Experts Use Best Practices to Secure Opportunities
"For instance, Rockwell Software FactoryTalk VantagePoint helps integrate and contextualize many sources of specialty chemical and other process data to make it useful to operators, engineers and managers. Big data is increasing in volume, variety and velocity, making EMI applications increasingly important."
Unfortunately, one in three business leaders make decisions based on information they don't have or don't know, Abel continued. "Further, one in two say they don't have the information they need, and 60% of CEOs report they need to do a better job of capturing data to make better decisions faster," Abel said. "All data can fuel intelligence, and it's growing because there are so many sources—from many more connected field devices to websites to social media.
ARC Advisory Group cautions that none of the data is useful unless something is done with it to deliver value to the organization. Actionable intelligence is the new mantra. "As one plant manager told us, 'We're drowning in data, but starving for intelligence.' So, what he needs is at least one good KPI that he can put in context and then be able to interpret intelligently."
For example, one chemical plant reported that every 1% improvement in overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) results in about $1 million per year increased profit, while another chemical plant integrated its plant data with other technical sources across its enterprise, got information to the right users and paid for its new system in less than six months.
"One herbicide producer needed a way to retrieve data and report it easily; its track-and-trace procedures were outdated," said Abel. "So it built a new facility and implemented Rockwell Software FactoryTalk VantagePoint and its historian, metrics and batch recipe software. This resulted in faster and better decision-making; automated real-time data capture; increased data security; improved regulatory compliance; put KPIs on real-time dashboards to enable real-time decisions; and reduced labor costs, errors and non-value- added activities. It also created an integrated, scalable system that enables quality and on-demand supply and increased the overall production by 166%."
Likewise, a petrochemical firm with 5,000 employees and multiple plants processing oil sands found it had a bottleneck in data reporting, lots of added programming changes for its IT department, excessive Excel reports and customization, disparate data sources and manual data entry. To give it better data visualization and intelligence, the company also implemented Rockwell Software FactoryTalk VantagePoint at two facilities, accelerating report delivery and intelligence, all the while minimizing risk with an off-the-shelf solution, which also supports different types of reports and manual entry.
This reporting revamp took six months, and the new solution supports different report types faster, including regulatory compliance data. "This user now gets KPI indicators for facility operations on scorecards and can now distribute useful information via smart phones and deliver full reports via email," adds Abel. "Reports that used to take six or eight hours now take two or three minutes.
"The roadmap to EMI begins with vision and a culture change, including support and funding from the top," Abel said. "EMI is a high-reward, low-risk technology, but it takes the collaboration of the whole organization."
Five Ss Come Before Six Sigma
Meanwhile, Jeremy DeBenedictus, operations and engineering vice president at plastics-to-energy startup Vadxx Energy Corp. and a Six Sigma black belt formerly at GE, reported on how lean operating principles can be applied to eliminate variation from chemical manufacturing processes. This method involves using the methodology of define, measure, analyze, improve and control (DMAIC).
However, before attempting to apply Six Sigma principles, DeBenedictus recommends practicing the five Ss, which are sort, stabilize, shine, standardize and sustain, in order to provide structure. Next, he suggests gaining overview and insight by adopting Kaizen principles, such as visual KPIs and a continuous improvement culture. Finally, he advises using lean practices, such as the stabilizing process and eliminating waste. "You don't want to do Six Sigma until you've done the five Ss, Kaizen and lean, just as you don't do advanced process control until you've tuned all your process loops," says DeBenedictus. "You don't need sophisticated models to start. You can even begin with paper and pen or a whiteboard to identify key input variables and key outputs."
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Boom to bust – the familiar cycle for the commodity business of oil and gas – has once again plagued the global industry. Oil prices declined over 50% in 2015, and natural gas prices followed suit. Excess supply in the market, and declining demand, particularly in China, created one of the worst downturns in the sector's history. Finally, prices are starting to show some sign of recovery, as the supply/demand relationship approaches equilibrium. But will this uptick continue? Where will prices even out, and how soon? These are the burning questions of the day. While global demand for affordable, reliable energy is expected to grow for the foreseeable future, the world is rapidly transitioning. Navigating the future is increasingly challenging in a more complex global market, where technological breakthroughs, changing consumer attitudes, and many other factors are at play. At PwC, our global oil and gas professionals understand the challenges that our clients face, along with the uncertainties and risks they have to manage, and we provide the help that companies need to succeed not only today, but into the future.
Instability continues to be a major concern around the world. The global economy is less than robust, and the BRIC countries formerly rapid growth has slowed. Geopolitical tensions remain in play throughout much of the Middle East, Africa and Asia, as well as Eastern Europe. Terrorism and cybersecurity breaches can happen anywhere at any time. The regulatory environment is also in transition, and oil and gas companies are being challenged to lower their carbon footprint around the globe. On many fronts, oil and gas companies face obstacles outside of their control that impact their business.
In addition to the external factors that complicate business, oil and gas companies also continue to face internal challenges. Talent shortages, rising costs, and capital constraints are some of the chief concerns. Simultaneously, there are global trends that are impacting where and how the business will grow or decline.
The industry also is dealing with social and behavioural changes. Urbanization, the growth of digital communication and social media, talent shifts and a host of other factors need to be addressed by the industry in terms of where and how they do business. The oil and gas industry wants to improve its public image and reduce scepticism, and monitoring social and behavioural changes will be an important step in this process.
So at PwC, we are not only watching these developments in the industry, but we are analysing these changes from the perspective of how they will impact our clients, and how we can best help companies prepare and manage the changes. We examine the issues, and build teams of subject matter specialists who develop appropriate solutions through our assurance, consulting, deals and tax services. Our experienced professionals are on the ground with offices in 756 locations in 157 countries around the world contributing local insight and understanding.
PwC is a leading advisor to the global oil and gas industry, working with every segment of the business—from oilfield services to upstream to midstream to downstream—to provide business solutions tailored to meet your needs. For more than 100 years, we have helped oil and gas companies succeed. We look forward to the opportunity to work with your company.
Chance to change – Africa Oil & Gas Review 2016
August 24, 2016
In our 6th annual Africa Oil & Gas Review, PwC looks at the events that have taken place in the last 12 months within the major and emerging African oil & gas countries.
Navigating the transformation of the gas market - Adapting to survive in a period of change
July 06, 2016
With a growing glut in globally tradable LNG, all industry players buyers, sellers, traders, and governments, to name just a few will need to adjust their operating models.
Driving capital efficiency to fuel oil and gas projects
June 17, 2016
Oil and gas players spend trillions in capital expenditure on projects, but these projects do not necessarily select, deploy, and manage capital investments that maximise shareholder value.
A Sea Change - the future of North Sea oil and gas
June 17, 2016
With 50 successful years for the industry in the North Sea basin, how do we plan for sustainable success in the coming decades? Senior executives share their views.
Driving capital efficiency to fuel oil and gas projects
June 17, 2016
Oil and gas players spend trillions in capital expenditure on projects, but these projects do not necessarily select, deploy, and manage capital investments that maximise shareholder value.
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May 31, 2016
In discussion with certain oil and gas industry leaders, this report focuses on the three Cs that seem to present the biggest challenges in energy —customers, carbon and costs.
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Ruth L. Styler, 92, of Otsego, formerly of East Grand Forks, died peacefully surrounded by her family on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010.
A private interment was held. Arrangements were made by Dare's Funeral Home of Elk River.
Memorials are preferred to the American Cancer Society.
Mrs. Styler is survived by her sons, Paul (Sue) of Chesaning, Mich., and John (Diane) of Otsego; granddaughter, Alexandra; and by many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Karl.
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Motorcycle Racing in Ontario, Canada
The images in this book were taken at Shannonville Motorsports Park, in Shannonville, Ontario, Canada and Mosport International Raceway, in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. I would like to thank the staff and volunteer workers at these facilities, without whose work this book would not have been possible.
I would also like to thank Cameron Eadie for his friendship and for taking a relative stranger into his home, 5 years ago, when this all began.
I hope that you enjoy this brief look at the sport, and those who take part in it.
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New Rule: Sci-fi nerds must finally accept that if it really was possible for a heartless robot to go back in time and prevent someone from being born, Arnold totally would have done it this week.
New Rule: [slide of Dominique Strauss-Kahn] You can't claim not to be a flight risk when you're apprehended literally on a flight.
New Rule: [slide of Mel Gibson wearing a "wife beater" t-shirt] Oh, speaking of Mel Gibson, if you're known for beating the mother of your child, you probably should not wear a "wife beater."
New Rule: [slide of topless protestors] Protesting topless is not an effective way to call attention to your issue...unless your issue is tits.
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With the next rate hike likely a year or more away, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz can afford to keep a low profile at his second rate-setting meeting Wednesday.
He isn't holding a news conference. Nor is he expected to alter the central bank's prevailing "soft" bias toward an eventual return to higher rates.
The official line is that the bank will "normalize" rates when the economy gets back to normal.
But that hasn't happened yet, leaving Mr. Poloz content to let the statement stand for a while longer.
"In effect, [the bank is] guiding the market to do absolutely nothing – a suitably bland fashion statement for late summer in Ottawa," CIBC World Markets economist Avery Shenfeld said in a research note.
Bank of Montreal economist Benjamin Reitzes echoed that, saying "a low profile is exactly what the bank wants."
Mr. Poloz has every reason to stay quiet, and little incentive to want higher rates now. The economy is sluggish (1.7-per-cent annual growth in the second quarter), inflation is tame and the long-awaited U.S. rebound is still a work in progress.
And even though the Bank of Canada isn't officially tightening yet, there is some tightening under way in mortgage markets, where interest rates have begun to creep up. The market doesn't need any additional nudging from Mr. Poloz.
Most economists don't expect the bank to reset its official target for the overnight rate, now at 1 per cent, until October of next year at the earliest.
BMO's Mr. Reitzes said Mr. Poloz needs three things to fall into place before he moves:
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The Main Reason Twitter Is Integrated In IOS and Not Facebook –
Robert Scoble has recently posted his thoughts about twitter integration in IOS5 on Google + in which he said
Fortunately for Twitter they made that Apple deal (I asked someone at Apple why they made that deal and the answer was "because Mark Zuckerberg is a ****ing a**hole.") Wow, insider politics between these companies is something to behold.
Apple has promised they will launch iOS 5 this fall with the great feature of Twitter integration, could this be the biggest mistake that Mark Zuckerberg has made ?
Robert scoble also recently comment on how he believes Twitter is really messed up internally and is seeing a lot of their top assets moving on.
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Diamond Club vs. Concierge Club
We have booked a GS for our upcoming cruise on the Allure. I noticed the two clubs are different, the Diamond Club on deck 6 overlooking the Promenade and the Concierge Club on deck 11. As guests booked in a GS but not yet a Diamond level we have access to the Concierge Club only?
That is correct. You can only go to the Concierge Lounge. Amenity-wise it is the better of the two. The Concierge Lounge serves full breakfasts and has a lunch menu too. You can't get that in the Diamond Lounge. I think I ate breakfast there 5 out of 7 mornings on our Oasis cruise a few months ago.
The evening cocktail hours are the same in both lounges.
Here is my order one morning. This is for one person, the 'ultimate' breakfast or something like that. Lox, bagel, fruit, muesli, omelet, bacon, hashbrown potatoes.
Dave, thank you once again for answering another one of my questions.
We look forward to the cruise and the amenitites that come with the GS.
Dexter Fraser should be one of the suite concierges from 9/29 through the end of the year. He is outstanding and a charming man. Very gracious host. Sonny V knows him personally. You'll be getting an e-mail from the concierge before your cruise starts.
Different "Clubs"
Dave, I have access to both coming up. I understand that Diamond club does not have food, but do both have the same set-up for drinks (cocktails)? No charge, except a tip for the bartender, in Concierge; Diamond Club the same, and snacks (Hoover-Doovers my Dad used to call them)?
Drinks and snacks are the same at the cocktail hours in both lounges. Diamond Lounge can get noisy since it is open to the promenade, but they usually have to use an overflow area to accommodate everyone, and that is normally in the Blaze nightclub on deck 4.
I look forward to his email. I will print it out and take it with me on the trip.
We're on Brilliance this fall, and both are up in the Viking Crown lounge area. From past cruises on Radience, I don't expect the area to be very large. Concierge used to be on deck 10 before both ships were re-done, and now the old area is another larger-sized cabin.
Looking forward to either any way it comes.
Hi Jim,
I think on this cruise most likely they will turn Singapore Slings on deck 6 into the Diamond Club. This cruise is known for attracting a lot of D's & D+ cruisers. I would not be surprised to have at least 500 onboard. This is the norm on Transatlantic's and from speaking to people on CC, that has been the case the last 2 years. It makes for a very festive atmosphere.
We normally don't book excursions through the ship,especially in the caribbean, but we just booked the Mi Dushi in Aruba. Took it a couple years back and really enjoyed it.
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