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Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 | 7:01 p.m.
Las Vegas will be well represented on NBC's new season of "Celebrity Apprentice" that starts filming Monday for six weeks for fall airing. NBC today confirmed our Vegas Deluxe story Wednesday that Motley Crue icon and Las Vegas resident Vince Neil will be among the 16 contestants.
Also participating in Season 8 of the reality-TV competition will be familiar Las Vegas names: retired UFC fighter Chael Sonnen, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi of "Jersey Shore" fame, Muhammad Ali's daughter and retired champion boxer Laila Ali and Kyle Richards of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills."
Singer Boy George, NFL Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson, comedian Jon Lovitz and stylist Carson Kressley also are competing. Actor and ex-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is host, replacing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Ah-nuld will be joined in the board room by billionaire Warren Buffet, ex-Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer and supermodel Tyra Banks, who replaces Ivanka Trump, as advisers.
The show has raised more than $15 million for charities as celebrities take on business challenges and will be filmed in the tech-startup community Silicon Beach on the west side of Los Angeles. Vince is playing for late chef Kerry Simon's Fight MSA and Keep Memory Alive causes at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Symphony Park here.
Vince arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday night with 12 suitcases of outfits requested by producers for possible filming scenarios. "I'll be raising money for great Las Vegas causes, so I hope the entire valley-wide community will be supporting whatever it is we have to tackle," he told me.
"I've set myself a record target of $1 million and have begun reaching out to my rock star and country star friends to support me once the challenges get underway."
'Restaurant Startup'
Four Las Vegas food industry investors have joined with restaurateur and hospitality queen Elizabeth Blau in a $1.25 million deal to bring South African fusion food concept Peli Peli here from Houston, then they plan to take it global.
Elizabeth appeared on Wednesday night's CNBC reality-TV show "Restaurant Startup." Elizabeth and host Tim Love received business pitches with financial plans from Peli Peli chef Paul Friedman and his wife against two female chefs with their slider concept at Full Circle Tavern in Dallas.
At the screening at her Andiron Steak + Sea in Downtown Summerlin, Elizabeth told me: "We selected Peli Peli as the winner of the two business pitches. They then had to transform an empty, raw-space restaurant into a fully working pop-up bistro with 100 customers arriving for dinner.
"They were given $7,500 and 36 hours for the makeover. We watched them cook, watched them serve and checked their restaurant design and had a food tasting for their food quality.
"Tim offered them a $1 million deal. I topped it and went for $1.25 million, the largest deal ever made on the series. Now that the show has broadcast, we can finalize the deal.
"It's a little complicated because they already have two existing businesses and want to use $300,000 for a quick-service version. We're sorting out the details and hope to wrap it up very shortly."
Elizabeth, who has four restaurants here including Buddy V's at Palazzo, told me that her TV appearance brought congratulatory messages from Buddy Valastro, fellow trustees at Culinary Institute of America and even her high school in Connecticut.
"It hasn't quite hit me yet that I'm on reality television," she laughed. "Everything it looked like I knew came from watching you every week on 'Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous'. "
Elizabeth filmed three episodes of the series last May at NBC in Burbank over 15 days. The next two episodes will air next Wednesday and again a week later.
Peli Peli specializes in a South African fusion cooking style with flavors of Dutch, Caribbean and British cuisines for curried chicken, meat pies, small chile peppers, karoo lamb chops, espetadas and Boerewors sausage.
"Peli Peli means bird's-eye chili, a spice discovered by the Portuguese in the 15th century on the plains of Southern Africa," said Elizabeth. "The marinades, seasonings and spices are infused with such fruits as guava, passion fruit, papaya and mango.
"The food was fantastic. We'll bring it to Las Vegas, then take it around the world."
Robin Leach of "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous" fame has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past 15 years giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world's premier platinum playground.
Follow Robin Leach on Twitter at Twitter.com/Robin_Leach.
Follow Las Vegas Sun Entertainment + Luxury Senior Editor Don Chareunsy on Twitter at Twitter.com/VDLXEditorDon.
With top accommodations, first-rate entertainment, high-end shopping and a slew of acclaimed chefs, the Palazzo has positioned itself as one of the most luxurious resorts on the Strip.
More than 3,000 all-suite rooms start at 740 square feet and are decorated in a modern, yet classic, Italian style. Each room features a sleeping area, with a king or two queens, and a sunken living room area with floor to ceiling windows.
A cathedral ceiling tops the Palazzo casino, while a second 80-foot dome brings natural light to the property's lobby. The 105,000 square foot casino features more than 2,000 slots and 80 table games but lacks the stale smell of cigarettes, as the property is LEED certified with smoking off limits in most of the Palazzo — including 50 percent of the casino floor.
Dining at the Palazzo is among the best of the Strip, starting with Wolfgang Puck's CUT. Chef Simon To serves up authentic Chinese cuisine at Zine, while Sushisamba combines Brazilian and Peruvian flavors with Japanese techniques. At LAVO, club-goers can dine on Mediterranean dishes before heading upstairs to the bath house-inspired nightclub.


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Tag Archive: kids clothing
New Look 6444
Another garment that was finished (and photographed) a year ago. Good thing I have these "archives" left to post on my blog, because my sewing output has reduced dramatically over the last year. This is New Look 6444. We bought this embroidered cotton on our first trip to Chiang Mai (you may remember the pink… Continue reading New Look 6444read more
McCalls 6690
Oh my goodness, there are less than ten blog posts from last year left to write. Of course, I have a fair few from this year to catch up on, but hey…..I'm making progress! This pattern – McCalls 6690 – caught my eye because it seemed very fashionable. Like something that was in the shops… Continue reading McCalls 6690read more
Boo Designs Sleeved Skater dress
I sometimes find it a little challenging to get sizing right for my kids. Both daughters are quite slim for their height (I was the same at their age; up until my late teens really). To get the combination of style, ease, and fit preferences right is not always easy. I sewed this Boo Designs… Continue reading Boo Designs Sleeved Skater dressread more
summer pyjamas for Clare
It is SO cold today! Winter is well and truly chilly this year (by Melbourne standards). We are all wearing our cosiest winter pyjamas and dressing gowns and slippers and there are flannelette sheets on the beds. But these are the pyjamas that I sewed for Clare last summer. I used two Oliver + S… Continue reading summer pyjamas for Clareread more
McCalls 7428
McCalls 7428 includes patterns for a girls' top, dress, tunic, skirt and leggings. I have to admit, that is the FABULOUS thing about non-indie patterns – you get so much bang for your buck, especially when patterns are on sale. Pullover tops and dress have neckband. A: Contrast back yoke. B: High-low hem, wrong side… Continue reading McCalls 7428read more
McCalls 7427 for Clare
McCalls describe pattern 7427 as follows: Loose-fitting cardigans and vest have shaped hems. A, B: Front self-facing. B:Purchased lace. C, D, E: Wrong side of fabric will show. D: Hood and contrast back. E:Bands and peplum with handkerchief hem. Clare chose view F, the cardigan with a drapey front collar. It's basically the same view view… Continue reading McCalls 7427 for Clareread more
Hey June Morrison tees
When the weather changed from warm to cold a few months ago Clare complained that she no longer had long-sleeved tees that fit. Kids – they keep on growing! So I dived into the pattern stash, and over the course of a weekend she had around seven new long-sleeved tops to get her through the… Continue reading Hey June Morrison teesread more
McCalls 7079 – the winter version
I first sewed McCalls 7079 for Clare in January 2016, so a year and a half ago. She's worn it quite a lot, and requested something similar for winter. So I pulled out the same pattern and went for it! The pattern is a soft printed ponte/double knit from Super Cheap Fabrics. They had it… Continue reading McCalls 7079 – the winter versionread more
Another Mini Ogden and a patternless skirt
A few months ago I sewed Clare a True Bias Mini Ogden cami and a patternless skirt. So here they are! The cami was sewn from gold foiled linen and that stuff creases like all hell and shows every single fold line. This had been ironed, but then folded and put away in her drawer… Continue reading Another Mini Ogden and a patternless skirtread more
McCalls 7151 – the jumpsuit version
You might remember that I sewed McCalls 7151 in the dress version for Clare and it was an absolute fail. However, not all was lost, because from that fail I worked out what adjustments the pattern needed to become a success. Once I'd adjusted the front pattern pieces to raise the neckline, I sewed the… Continue reading McCalls 7151 – the jumpsuit versionread more
Simplicity 1435
I keep on trying to figure out how best to keep up with blogging. I really WANT to post everything I make here on the blog. Not only is it a good reference for me, but I feel as though I am contributing to the general sewing community. But I am SO behind! I might… Continue reading Simplicity 1435read more
Kid's Clothing || Our Favorite Places to Shop
Dressing Piper has been so very fun from the beginning. I always envisioned having boys (not sure why??), so I was truly surprised when we found out we were having a girl. Once we found out though, I began looking and browsing baby girl clothing for days and have never looked back. So I wanted […]
The post Kid's Clothing || Our Favorite Places to Shop appeared first on Love Lola | A Life & Style Blog.read more
Mini Ogden Cami – as dress
There are plenty of "pattern hacks" out there involving the Ogden and Mini Ogden Cami patterns. I was not immune to the appeal – it is a nice basic that lends itself to transformations and alterations. For this dress I chopped the cami pattern off at belly button level, then added a gathered skirt. I… Continue reading Mini Ogden Cami – as dressread more
Hey June Morrison Tee and McCalls 7150 shorts
So, back to normal programming! Don't think that I have suddenly started sewing in a frenzy since returning from holiday. I have managed to sew one garment during the past fortnight but I think that there are over 30 items from last year that are still unblogged. So I'll gradually get them all up here.… Continue reading Hey June Morrison Tee and McCalls 7150 shortsread more
True Bias Mini Ogden Cami
There seems to be an explosion of Ogden and Mini Ogden Camis on instagram and blogs at the moment. The patterns have been around for a little while now; I suspect that it's the advent of Australian summer that has made them more obvious to me. I am usually a bit hesitant about camisole style… Continue reading True Bias Mini Ogden Camiread more
Style Arc Cara top – this time for the teen
When Clare saw my version of the Style Arc Cara top, she promptly declared that she wanted one too. I pondered, because she's not really in adult size patterns yet. However, when I checked the Style Arc website I discovered that their patterns start at an Australian size 4. I figured that it was worth… Continue reading Style Arc Cara top – this time for the teenread more
Modkid Cassidy Dungaree Dress
Sewing for my girls is getting harder. Finding the right match between style, fabric, sizing and pattern – especially for the teen. Clare is almost 14, but much smaller than most of her peers. I was the same at her age, and it seems that my genes are strong in this one! She has a… Continue reading Modkid Cassidy Dungaree Dressread more
Book week 2016
It was book week a couple of months ago (yes, I am very behind with blogging so everything that appears here was sewn months ago now). Stella decided that she wanted to go as Billie B Brown. The school was focusing on Australian authors, and as it happens Sally Rippin is not only Australian, but… Continue reading Book week 2016read more
Tessuti Cut Out Lace Competition entry
When Tessuti announced their most recent competition, the Cut Out Lace Sewing Competition, I looked at the fabric and knew that I would never sew it for myself. I don't really wear lace, as much as I love it on other people. But I had a very strong suspicion that Clare would like a lace… Continue reading Tessuti Cut Out Lace Competition entryread more
Groove dress – as dress!
It amuses me that I sewed this pattern as a top twice before I got around to sewing it as an actual dress. This is the Madeit Patterns Groove dress for teens, sewn in the teen size Small. We chose to sew the long sleeved version with the scoop neck. However, Clare finds the scoop […]read more
Nantucket One-Piece swimsuit
One pair of bathers apparently wasn't enough for our FNQ holiday – Clare needed a one-piece as well! Okay, I have a confession – Clare wasn't the one pushing the "I need more bathers" barrow – it was me wanting to sew more of the lovely swimwear fabric that was in my stash! This fabric […]read more
Mountain Ash Designs two-piece
Before we went to Cairns Clare decided that she needed new bathers. She wanted a two-piece, but one that would be practical. We searched the stash, then searched online. We found the Mountain Ash Designs Swimwear Separates #1 pattern. The pattern description from the website is as follows: Make your own tankinis and bikinis using […]read more
yet another circle skirt
It's a skirt. It's a circle. It has an elastic waist. And the hem was left raw. The fabric is a textured knit from Rathdowne Fabrics, and the waistband wide black elastic from Darn Cheap Fabrics. I cut the elastic to her waist measurement, and sewed the ends into a circle. The skirt was "drafted" […]read more
Vintage Simplicity 6494 and another Groove top
More sewing for the thirteen year old! I find that vintage patterns can work well for Clare. The girls patterns have a decent size range – often up to a 16 – and sometimes you can find "Juniors" patterns that were designed especially for changing bodies. However, this skirt is a straightforward Girls size 10. […]read more
Groove dress as top
I don't know why, but I don't often think to do the obvious. For example, shorten a dress into a top – or conversely, to lengthen a top into a dress. I have no idea why it doesn't occur to me more often. Fortunately, a month or so ago it did. Clare has been asking […]read more
BurdaStyle top and patternless skirt
Tween sewing came up on instagram yesterday, with a question asking where are all the tween patterns? I will do a separate blog post especially about that at a later date, but in the meantime will share some current tween makes. Both this top and skirt are another example of using up scraps. It's always […]read more
Circle skirt for Stella
When I was at Sewjourn in May I mostly did selfish sewing. Let's be honest – I mostly did selfish sewing anyway. But I always like to sew something for the girls while I am there. Something simple. This time, a circle skirt for Stella. There are plenty of circle skirt calculators online. I wanted […]read more
Vintage Style 4248
Vintage Style 4248 (copyright 1985) was recently given to me by Sarah. I so appreciate that people think of my girls when they are browsing patterns in op shops! It only took about a minute for me to reach into my stash and pull out a length of soft spotted knit that Emma has also […]read more
Tween winter raglan dress
Clare spotted this fabric at Darn Cheap Fabrics when I was on a stash enhancement visit one day. The printed side is smooth, and the reverse soft and fleecy. She wanted an easy warm winter dress. It's really just a long raglan windcheater. We based the dress on the BurdaStyle Sweater Dress 10/2014 #144, which […]read more
Slouchy cardigan
Now that we are into autumn I am quickly realising that the girls have both grown quite a bit since last year, and definitely need warm clothing in larger sizes. Stella gets Clare's hand-me-downs, so there isn't as much urgency to sew for her, but Clare needs some new layering pieces. This is the Heidi […]read more
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Vintner Profiles is a post series that puts a spotlight on one of our East Bay Vintner Alliance winemaker members.
For this Q & A we spoke with Barbara Brown, VP & Assistant Winemaker
Like the key change in the songs Barbara and Kevin perform as musicians, a sweet shift is happening soon for R & B Cellars. Founded in 1997 and always having produced wines in the East Bay, R & B Cellars will be moving from Alameda to the Rigger's Loft in Point Richmond at the end of July.
The new R & B Cellars at Rigger's Loft
The renovated space is part of the historic Kaiser Shipyard where the Liberty and Victory ships were built during World War II. The new R&B Cellars at Rigger's Loft will feature a tasting room but also a tasting dock, enabling visitors to take in 270° views of the Bay –from Marin and San Francisco to Oakland and El Cerrito. While soaking in the vista visitors can nibble on a paired lunch menu or sample wares from nearby gourmet food trucks. Of course all this comes with what Barbara and Kevin consider to be the other perfect pairing to good wine: really cool music.
The Improviser
Now in its 10th iteration, this red is the result of Barbara and Ken's passions and stimulus of the moment. It is a delicious blend of Zinfandel, Mourvedre, Barbera, Cabernet, petite Sirah and Merlot, with these fruits sourced from Napa Valley, Contra Costa, and Lake County. Most recently it has collected awards including Double Gold Medal, 98 Points, "Best of Class" – 2012 CA State Fair Wine Competition.
About R & B Cellars
Kevin and Barbara Brown are the owners and winemakers. They are both jazz musicians, performing at winery events, charitable events, winemaker dinners and wine tastings across the country and around the world. The musical wine labels and the fun, jazzy names, create the natural blend of passion for the jazz they love to perform. Their motto is "Wine That Swings!" And so it does.
At R&B Cellars, they believe that winemaking is as influential and powerful as music. It should be inspiring, full of passion, and have the ability to bring people together to celebrate life, happiness, and community. As lifetime musicians, Kevin and Barbara understand that like music, wine is something you create to be shared with the rest of the world and enjoyed by others, which is why they offer several different varietals and price points for different styles, tastes, and personalities.
Kevin Brown is the winemaker for R&B Cellars and a 30+-year veteran of the wine industry. He is a frequent educator and lecturer on winemaking in the industry. In keeping with the R&B Cellars philosophy, Kevin believes that drinking wine should be fun, and like music, is a creative pursuit.
An accomplished jazz musician hailing from Manhattan, Kevin's love of wine brought him into the industry where he successfully grew such brands as Rosenblum Cellars, Marques de Murrietta and Codorinu. In 1990, Kevin created California Classics, a New Hampshire-based distribution and marketing firm that helped bring Rosenblum Cellars from 7,000 to 130,000 cases annually.
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R&B Cellars' core mission is to create high quality wines that deliver tremendous value to the consumer. Since the first vintage of the Napa Valley Reserve Cabernet, winemaker Kevin Brown has taken a detail-oriented and labor-intensive approach to crafting the highest quality wines. Each of the winery's varietals, having earned 90+ point scores and numerous accolades across the country, has helped to set R&B Cellars apart from the traditional players in the marketplace.
Barbara is managing partner and assistant winemaker for R&B Cellars. The husband and wife team often travel together doing winemaker dinners and wine tasting events where the two perform jazz standards together, blending their passions of wine and music. Kevin plays piano and Barbara sings.
These are exciting times for R&B. The winery's distribution has been expanding both domestically and internationally (China, Vietnam, Africa) precipitating the move to Point Richmond.
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BOSTON -- A pharmacist who oversaw the sterile clean rooms at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy responsible for a deadly meningitis outbreak was arrested Thursday as he was about to board a flight for Hong Kong, federal officials said.
A law enforcement source told CBS News that FBI and FDA agents arrested Glenn Adam Chin in the boarding area of Logan International Airport just prior to his boarding the plane. He was arrested without incident.
Chin, a former supervisory pharmacist at the New England Compounding Center, didn't properly sterilize or test equipment and concealed the unsafe practices, federal investigators said.
The pharmacy, which custom-mixed medications in bulk, has been blamed for a 2012 outbreak of fungal meningitis that killed 64 people. About 750 people in 20 states developed meningitis - an inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord - or other infections. Michigan, Tennessee and Indiana were hit the hardest.
Chin, 46, of Canton, was charged with one count of mail fraud, but federal prosecutors said it is part of a larger criminal investigation of Chin and others. He is the first person to be charged in the inquiry.
A law enforcement source told CBS News that authorities arrested Chin out of concern that he may have been fleeing possible prosecution in connection with the investigation.
But Chin's attorney, Paul Shaw, said his client was at the airport with his family because he planned to attend a wedding in his wife's native Hong Kong, not to flee the country. He said Chin would plead not guilty.
"This was a publicity stunt," Shaw said of the arrest.
Prosecutors said Chin supervised the clean rooms and was involved in compounding the contaminated methylprednisolone acetate, or MPA, that caused the outbreak.
An affidavit filed in U.S. District Court alleges that Chin participated in a scheme to fraudulently cause one lot of MPA to be labeled as injectable, meaning that it was sterile and fit for human use. The lot was shipped to Michigan Pain Specialists in Brighton, Michigan.
After receiving the drug, Michigan Pain Specialists doctors injected it into patients, believing it to be safe. As a result, 217 patients contracted fungal meningitis, and 15 of them died, according to the affidavit.
In the affidavit, a special agent with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Chin used numerous unsafe practices while producing the medication, including improper sterilization and improper testing. Agent Benedict Celso said that Chin, in order to conceal the unsafe practices, "instructed pharmacy technicians to mislabel medication to indicate it was properly sterilized and tested."
Celso also said the compounding center failed to properly sterilize and maintain its clean rooms. He said Chin instructed pharmacy technicians to "fraudulently complete cleaning logs" at the end of the month "purporting to show the rooms were properly cleaned and maintained when in fact they had not been."
He said the pharmacy's own testing showed the repeated presence of bacteria and mold within its clean rooms on a weekly basis throughout 2012.
A woman whose husband contracted meningitis after getting a tainted injection at the Michigan clinic welcomed the criminal charge.
"They should take every one of them and put the same contaminated injection in their back," said Iona "Nell" Rye, of Maybee, Michigan.
She said her 74-year-old husband, Alfred, had been in excellent health before he received the injection in August 2012. He has recovered but still has some residual effects, she said.
"He doesn't have the same strength. He's off balance," she said.
The New England Compounding Center, based in Framingham, just west of Boston, gave up its license and filed for bankruptcy protection after it was flooded with hundreds of lawsuits from people who received tainted steroid injections. Attorneys for its creditors late last year announced a preliminary settlement with a victim compensation fund worth more than $100 million.
The contaminated medication was discovered in the fall of 2012. Regulators later found a host of potential contaminants at the company's Framingham plant, including standing water, mold, water droplets and dirty equipment.
"The medicine is just unbearable," one patient told CBS News last year.
Asked to describe the effects of the anti-fungal medications, another patient said, "The horrible hallucinations -- I would see people's faces and their shapes would change, and the next thing I would see would be, like, legs and feet flying around."
NECC was exempt from FDA oversight because it was a so-called compounding pharmacy, limited by law to making specialty drugs for individuals -- one prescription at a time.
A salesman for NECC told CBS News that the company sent drugs nationwide to 3,000 hospitals and clinics. The necessary prescriptions, he said, were often fraudulent. Clinics provided pages of names -- any names.
"Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, that we -- those ones did raise red flags, and we told to call our client back and say, 'Hey, give us different names,'" the salesman said. "The follow-up names would be like a John Doe, Jane Doe, Bill Doe, you know, Jane Smith, Bill Smith, et cetera."


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Update on the SOCATRI incident - Environmental monitoring results (8h00 pm)
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July 09, 2008
Environmental monitoring results
Samples have been taken on a regular basis since the incident at the SOCATRI effluent treatment station at Tricastin that released natural uranium into the environment.
Analyses of surface water samples taken off-site and in the Gaffière and Lauzon streams confirmed a significant decrease in uranium levels at all sampling points.
In their majority, the latest analyses indicate that uranium levels are now below the levels recommended by the World Health Organization for potable water (i.e. 15 micro-grams of uranium per liter).
The maximum level recorded in the few samples exceeding recommended levels was 31.2 micro-grams per liter.
SOCATRI will continue to implement its upgraded environmental monitoring plan.
Water samples taken from the aquifer show no abnormality and are consistent with levels recorded under normal conditions.
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Online dating is great for women, it sucks for men. Also I used it quite extensively for about a year (match and okcupid).
First of all, there is about one girl for every 4 men on dating websites. This really doesn't require much explanation as its common sense. Girls don't have to try as hard as men to get dates. They generally can just go about their day at if she is at least mildly attractive, odds are there is at least one guy at any given point in time who is interested & pursuing her. Men on the other hand take a more active roll, so its common for us to use dating sites. It's like another pasture for us to go hunting in. Because of this same idea, the girls who tend to be found on online dating sites are usually not very attractive (not saying you're not). Again, good looking girls don't need to resort to online dating to get dates.
Let's do some math using what I've just stated above. For the sake of argument let's say our dating site has 40 guys and 10 girls (4/1 ratio). Out of those 10 girls, let's say 2 of them are very attractive (about 10-30% of women on online dating sites are 7+ on looks). That means that for each one of those 2 girls is getting 20 messages. This explain why you, as well as many other attractive women, report similar experiences. I know a women in my office who was 28 and pretty attractive was getting about 100 messages a week. So for a girl, this is all positive, for men, it means your just one fish among many.
One other positives of online dating is also its negative. There is such a large selection of people to choose from, it can be overwhelming. It can also cause you to be more shallow than you otherwise would be in a real world situation. When dating become like window shopping and we're presented with a long list of search filters, of course we're going to build our perfect mate. This also causes us to focus on things that really don't matter. You might pass someone up that had you met them in real life would have liked them. Maybe you put in minimum 5'10 but there was a perfect guy who was 5'9. Maybe he has brown eyes but you said you wanted blue. These guys you are passing up might have been perfect for you and had you met them more naturally would have realized that and overlooked these superficial things. Plus when dating turns into window shopping, your going to be tempted to pick the best one of the bunch. Again, going back to my statistics above. Everyone gravitates to the same few people who are the most attractive, simply because we can. They are made available. In real life, you can't always ask out the most attractive person in town, because you simply have never run across them. Online dating strips you of these real world boundaries.
In a nutshell, Online dating has its place but I would never rely on it (as a guy). For girls its much better. Just be careful. There are quite a few, if not most users, who are perves, just looking for desperate girls they can lay then kick to the curb.51|40|0


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Tiny Elephant, Tiny Corn, Tiny Violin, and Tiny Toothpaste
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The Google Places API allows web and mobile app developers to search Google's index of business listings and POI data -- today received a number of additional features. "Keyword search and rank by distance are available in both the Places API web service and in the places library of the JavaScript Maps API v3," posted Thor Mitchell, Product Manager, Google Places API.
Per Mitchell blog post:
Keyword search
When searching for business it's often the case that you have very fine grained requirements. You don't just want a restaurant, you want a Mexican restaurant. You don't just want a clothes shop, you want a vintage clothes shop. You don't just a want a bar, you want a bar that offers live music.
The Google Places API offers filtering over 100 different types, including restaurant, clothing_store, and bar. As rich as this type scheme is, it can not cover the infinite range of fine grained requirements that you or your users might have.
For these situations the Places API now offers keyword search, which searches places based on an arbitrary text string. Results are matched against all the information that Google has about a business, including country specific categories, cuisine, and Google review content.
Keyword searches can also be combined with type filters. For example, you could add a type filter of 'bar' to a keyword search for 'wine' to ensure your search results include only drinking establishments, and not wine merchants.
Rank by distance
By default, the Google Places API orders the search results it returns using the same ranking algorithm as Google Maps, which prioritises places that are popular or prominent. This is great for local discovery and check-in apps, as these are the places likely to be the most interesting or relevant. However for certain types of search, such as gas stations or atms, the closest result is usually preferable.
To help with these use case the Places API can now rank results strictly by distance. In order to rank results by distance you must use some form of query or filter on the search. This can be a name filter, a type filter, or a keyword search. When results are ranked by distance it is not necessary to provide a search radius as the Places API will try to return the 20 closest results within reasonable distance.
You can find more information, Places API web service, and places library of the JavaScript Maps API v3.
Also, the DFA API v1.18 now available adds support for In-Stream Video creatives and some assorted improvements, including better error messages and trimming out some unused fields.
Capping on Page Sizes: Google begin to enforce reasonable limits on the number of objects within an individual pages (also known as pageSize). "With the release of v1.18, the placement service's getPlacementsByCriteria operation is limited to a maximum of 1000 objects in a single page," posted DFA API Team.
Beginning June 2nd, 2012, the same limit also applies for the following operations: getSpotlightActivities; getCreativeFields; getCreativeFieldValues; getChangeLogRecords; getUsersByCriteria; getAds; getContacts.
"All affected operations will have a default page size of 1000 if a page size is not provided."
"With v1.18, version v1.16 is now deprecated and will continue to be supported until June 2nd, 2012, when it will be entirely removed from service, as previously announced," the team said. Meanwhile, version v1.17 will be deprecated in August and sunset in early September, 2012.
Finally, DoubleClick Search released the new "Floodlight column" reporting feature to all customers.
"The Floodlight column gives you more power to select the level of Floodlight reporting you want to see, in an easy-to-read column format. It allows you to create a column (such as Actions, Cost/action, etc.) that's filtered to the selected Floodlight activities. And you have all the same options as with other reporting columns, such as chart metrics, see the summary in the scorecard, sort, and download," explains DoubleClick Search team.
The team also announced the following updates:
Improved status and error messages for uploads: You'll now see real-time status updates in the Results column of the Uploads list in the UI, from processing in DS to items sent to the engine. When you start an upload, the Processing row line will tell you how many rows of the upload DS has analyzed. When the DS processing phase is complete, it will display the number of rows that were Booked on DS, as well as the number of Failed rows. DS will then attempt to send the booked items to the engine. DS will display Sent to engine, or the number of items that successfully made it to the engine, as well as the Failed items. Finally, when you click Download error sheet to see the changes that encountered errors, DS will now also include trafficking error messages. This provides even more data to help you troubleshoot upload issues.
Improvements to reporting table: "If you'd like to see more rows in the reporting table, click the arrow directly beneath the summary of data; the graph and summary will be hidden and replaced with more rows. We also reduced column width, which allows you to see more columns on the screens at once. In addition, you can now sort by the Status column," the team explained.


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Wednesday, June 2, 2004
ORFID Licenses UC Patents
Los Angeles-based ORFID Corp (www.orfid.com) has signed a licensing agreement with the University of California for two patents in the area of organics electronics technology. The patents cover a process for injet printing organic semiconductor devices, as well as devices and systems based on the process. The patents were invented by Dr. Yang Yang, one of the co-founders of ORFID and a professor at UCLA. ORFID is developing technology to create Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs), Field Effect Transistors (FETs), sensors, and photodetectors processed using the patented hybrid inkjet printing technology, and expects that the devices will cost dramatically less to manufacture than current silicon-based devices.


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