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#145 new Enhancement
Additional naming convention for TV shows ripped from DVDs
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With support for VIDEO_TS files it would be nice to handle ripped TV series.
A TV series box set ripped to a hard drive could look like:
~/Movies/Battlestar Gallactica/Season 1/Disc 1/ Disc 2/ Disc 3/ Disc 4/ Season 2/Disc 1/ Disc 2/ Disc 3/ Disc 4/
with a VIDEO_TS directory in each "Disc X" folder.
The current naming convention for VIDEO_TS scenarios is the parent directory is used as the film name, but this won't work for ripped TV shows because it tries to resolve "Disc X" as the title.
It would be nice to support
~/Movie/<name>/<Season>/<Disc> or
~/Movie/<name>/<Disc> (for single season)
as a naming convention.
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comment:1 Changed 9 years ago by gbooker
That's very difficult. There is not consistent number of episodes per disc across shows.
Patches welcome.
comment:2 Changed 9 years ago by wazza
I'm happy to help with a patch, please bear with my as I get started.
I have registered with the site, so any tips on how you like to receive patches etc can be sent to my email address.
comment:3 Changed 9 years ago by gbooker
Patches are best put in tickets. For example, a patch for this is best attached to this ticket.
A patch for something which doesn't already have a ticket about it is best put in a newly created ticket.
comment:4 Changed 9 years ago by wazza
Ok, I'll see what I can come up with. Between learning Objective-C and familiarising myself with the Sapphire code I can't promise anything for at least a couple of weeks, but I'll give it a go.
If I have questions about the code is this the best place to ask, or is there a wiki link/email address I should use?
comment:5 Changed 9 years ago by gbooker
We understand that it takes time to learn a new language, and we wouldn't get to something like this until long after you could complete it.
The developers tend to talk via IM with each other; but we are also often lurking in the #awkward channel
Sapphire should be fairly well documented; at least as far as its functions go. If you run doxygen on the doxyfile in the source, you will get some nice HTML documentation on classes and public functions.
Changed 9 years ago by wazza
comment:6 Changed 9 years ago by wazza
Well it turned out that most of the work had already been done for me. The existing naming conventions work for directories also. This solves to difficulty of different discs containing different numbers of episodes, the user is in charge of this as (s)he follows the naming convention.
If my directory follows the same naming convention as for a file
e.g. ~/Movies/BSG/Battlestar.Galactica.S01E01-E04/VIDEO_TS
Then Sapphire will accept this.
The attached diff file is a small set of mods, as well as updated text for the supported file types page
M SapphireFrappliance/SapphireMetaData.h M SapphireFrappliance/SapphireMetaData.m M SapphireFrappliance/SapphireTVShowImporter.m
Added function totalFileSize to recursively check a VIDEO_TS directory and calculate the total size, not just directory size (~102 Bytes)
Method size for metadata changed from long long to unsigned long long (DVDs over 6GB were turning into negative numbers and confusing things a bit)
Added function combine:withMultipleEpisodes. The original combine:with method was only combining information from the first and last episodes in a multi-episode file.
For multiple episodes the title keys were getting too long, so the description key is used to list the episodes. The title key is changed to "Episode X - Y"
One problem I've spent a few wasted nights on was trying lay out the episode titles nicely in the summary. I tried spreading them out with newline characters, but the summary box forces strange justification like this
------------------ Summary Width ---------------- s p a c e d t i t l e Justified title Justified title Justified title final title -------------------------------------------------
I think formatting of the summary box is hidden in BackRow, so I don't know if there's a way to change it.
comment:7 Changed 9 years ago by gbooker
I'd like to look at this patch, but the ripped-tv-shows.diff file is really a .tar.gz file, containing another copy of supported_file_types.txt. Could you re-upload the patch?
Changed 9 years ago by anonymous
comment:8 Changed 9 years ago by anonymous
I don't know what happened there, sorry about that.
I've uploaded the diff separately.
I've noticed with my changes that file sizes are fluctuating between their proper formats (e.g. 6.6GB) and wildly strange numbers (1717989.....0GB) would storing the size as a string be a good idea, or would that break other parts?
comment:9 Changed 9 years ago by gbooker
Long longs are 64-bit in size. There is no need to use unsigned, because the signed can express values up to 263. That's about 1019. No file is anywhere near that big.
We changed from longs to long longs a while ago, because longs loop to negative numbers at 2G, and I already had a few files that were 2+G in size.
Storing as a string will break future development techniques. We are currently redesigning the backend metadata to be much more powerful. Actually, I just redid it to handle this situation much more gracefully. I'll discuss it more once it is decent enough to commit into the repository.
comment:10 Changed 9 years ago by wazza
I'm having no problems with summarised sizes during the original import. But if I close and re-open Sapphire the size of each ripped DVD changes.
In the Property List Editor the size shows up as a negative integer, which I think is causing the problems I see once I return to Sapphire. Is is possible that the plist format currently only supports longs which is why I'm seeing sizes as negatives? All ripped DVDs are over 2G.
comment:11 Changed 9 years ago by gbooker
There is something very important to note:
A negative bug in Property List Editor does not mean that the actual value is negative Property List Editor is buggy, as in it cannot handle long long values. Try this code and see what happens:
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h> int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) { NSAutoreleasePool * pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]; long long size = 2300 * 1024; size *= 1024; NSNumber *num = [NSNumber numberWithLongLong:size]; size *= 4; NSNumber *biggerNum = [NSNumber numberWithLongLong:size]; NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjectsAndKeys: num, @"Number", biggerNum, @"Big Num", nil]; [dict writeToFile:@"test.plist" atomically:YES]; NSDictionary *dict2 = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:@"test.plist"]; NSNumber *num2 = [dict2 objectForKey:@"Number"]; long long size2 = [num2 longLongValue]; NSNumber *bigNum2 = [dict2 objectForKey:@"Big Num"]; size2 = [bigNum2 longLongValue]; [pool drain]; return 0; }
You can see quite clearly that Property List Editor is buggy in this situation. So, the real question is what is the value in the real plist?
comment:12 Changed 9 years ago by wazza
Sorry for the late response, lots of things on the go at the moment.
You are right in saying the property editor is buggy, it cannot handle long longs (signed or unsigned). If I modify the settings in the editor and re-save , it saves the sizes as (possibly negatively converted) integers. Hence why I'm seeing the strange behaviour, it was after I modified and saved in the editor.
It's clearly not Sapphires fault this is happening, but if users are fiddling with the metadata.plist file then this will crop up occasionally.
If numbers are modified then the first 4 bytes will be FFFF FFFF, one work around would be to mask the size with 0000 0001 1111 1111, which would result in the original value. (Or at least it would for values less than 0000 0002 0000 0000, but a ripped DVD will never be this size, until people start ripping Blu-ray at least :-) )
comment:13 Changed 9 years ago by gbooker
Or.... just wait for Apple to fix it. This bug has existed for years, and interestingly enough, shortly after I posted code which demonstrates it, Apple fixes the bug in the next iPhone SDK.


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So let's say our sales folks are off at an exhibition and they want to take an iPad with them to be able to show videos and presentations and the likes.
If several people are going and they are taking their laptops, what are the options that would let any of them drop content (videos, presentations etc.) onto the iPad?
AFAIK the iPad will be "locked" to the first PC/iTunes that it synchronises with, which seems a bit shit for this usage scenario tbh, but hopefully I've got it wrong.
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Jul 2, 2012 at 2:59 UTC
iPad's are not multi-people devices.
I'd look in to Google Docs (now called Drive), Dropbox, or similar file transfer programs instead.
That would be easier than syncing the iPad to a laptop anyway.
Jul 2, 2012 at 3:04 UTC
I use DropBox and GoogleDrive for file transfer.
Jul 2, 2012 at 3:08 UTC
Ugh!! We use Egnyte for some things so setting up an account for that should be pretty simple, far from ideal though.
Jul 2, 2012 at 3:14 UTC
Syncing to a laptop seems to be more of a pain imo. I'd rather pick one up (not find one that had my stuff on it) and know that my stuff can be loaded. I'm not familiar with Egynte, but I personally can vouch for the Google and Dropbox option. Although, for a single shared "account", dropbox you could sign in to once, and not worry about multiple accounts. All iPads could share the same account and folders.
Jul 2, 2012 at 3:21 UTC
+1 for dropbox
Jul 2, 2012 at 3:22 UTC
We use SugarSync so that we can centrally deploy all media content to all iPads. The users could upload something to sugarsync from their laptops & then the iPad can pull it down. It would also allow you to have multiple iPads with the same content.
Jul 2, 2012 at 3:24 UTC
Is it me or does this just seem retarded though?
It's 2012. If I have several laptops in front of me, and an iPad next to it, it seems plain dumb that I have to copy my content up into the cloud (and remember, this could be a slow/throttled connection) and then copy it back down.
Not shooting the messengers, it just seems crazy :)
Jul 2, 2012 at 3:52 UTC
you could set up an ipad email account (like firstname.lastname@example.com) and set it up on the ipad as its only exchange email account. Then you can have the sales people email what they want on the iPad, video will be a pain and you might want to exclude them from your exchange archive. This will also assure that the data being sent is secured if that is a concern. This might not be the best/preferred way of doing it but its what I would do so you don't have to worry about a sales rep reseting a dropbox account or something like that.
Jul 2, 2012 at 4:01 UTC
Is it me or does this just seem retarded though?
It's 2012. If I have several laptops in front of me, and an iPad next to it, it seems plain dumb that I have to copy my content up into the cloud (and remember, this could be a slow/throttled connection) and then copy it back down.
Not shooting the messengers, it just seems crazy :)
I think the idea was to make the iPad a mobile content collaborator. Being 2012, they're expecting most people to be working in the cloud so to speak. Here at work I can upload the most recent version of a doc, and track changes made by others on Google Drive. My grocery lists at home are kept there so that my wife and I can add to it at any time.
When I stop to think about it, you can't copy files to the iPad per se anyway. You could copy a video over, but not a presentation in a PowerPoint format or such. Not like you would a flash drive at least.
Jul 2, 2012 at 4:10 UTC
@Jeremy7043, No you can not load a powerpoint file to an ipad with out having presentations of whatever the apple version is loaded on it, if you need it it's $9.99, I believe you can view them as an email attachment, I could have that wrong thought. I know you can view video, word and excel files from the mailbox.
Jul 2, 2012 at 4:46 UTC
I would look into Goodreader as a way to access and store documents on the iPad. You can use Open In from the mail app to open many attachments in Goodreader, and then they are stored locally on your iPad. You can also connect to your Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, or other cloud services within the Goodreader app and download the relevant material to the iPad that way. In terms of sharing, my wife's work did something similar to what LarryN3 suggested with one shared email account and it is working well. If you used that account to set up a shared iTunes id, then you wouldn't have to be concerned about it being locked to one iTunes install. Of course, it is also true that you will need a presentation app, like Keynote, to show any presentations in addition to Goodreader. You might look into the iPad Camera Connection kit which includes a USB dongle...not sure if the iPad will recognize any flash drive, but there is some anecdotal evidence that it works with some. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531ZM/A.%C2%A0;
Jul 3, 2012 at 8:20 UTC
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Dropbox or Google Drive makes it easy. We use it at our photography studio to show people our work, and these solutions make it easy to update. The email thing could work too, but if the videos are big I wouldn't want to do it that way. Also just setup that Dropbox or GDrive on multiple iDevices and you can have all of them sharing the same content.
Jul 12, 2012 at 6:43 UTC
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I would love to see Pixiefaire offer more costumes, such as the Mad hatter, The Tin Man, Evil Witch from Once Upon a Time (she has some pretty awesome outfits)
My favorite holiday tradition is playing the Scrooge game after the real Christmas presents have been opened.
I love the designs and Patterns , Just wish some one would add Cabbage and Barbie Doll Patterns . "My favorite Holiday tradition is …"Have My Grand Children here and us all cooking and baking from scratch, and decorating the house and tree. the old fashion way and waking in the morning to their brights eyes and ready to dig in and open gifts and eating . Merry Christmas Pixie Faire
My favorite holiday tradition is getting out the toys and books for the grandchildren to play with—the same toys their parents played with when they were little.
My favorite holiday tradition is candle light church on Christmas Eve.
My favorite holiday tradition is going to church on Christmas Eve, and then driving around looking at everyone's light displays on the way home.
My favorite holiday tradition is to be able to celebrate Jesus's birthday.
My favorite holiday tradition is attending church carol services.
My favorite holiday tradition is the feeling I get when someome is opening something I've made for them, and then the relief when I see the joy on their face YES !!!! THEY LIKE IT !!!!! WHOO HOO I DID GOOD !!!!!
My favorite holiday tradition is having our family gather and celebrate the reason for the season "JESUS" snd thank him for the years blessings.
My favourite holiday tradition.
Would be. Serving the Christmas dinner.
My favorite Christmas tradition is buying, wrapping and stuffing our Christmas Stockings. My mother In law knitted each of us a Christmas Stockings with our names on them and as the kid grew up and married, she knitted one for each spouse. Now they all look forward to opening up their sock gifts.
My favorite holiday tradition is waking up my daughter at 2:00am to tell her that I heard Santa on the roof and then we get up to go look at her presents. She is 22 years old now, but it is still fun.
My favourite holiday tradition is listening to Christmas carols in the weeks before Christmas. i never tire of the old favourites.
My Favourite Holiday Tradition is Family
My favorite holiday tradition is Christmas celebration with the grandchildren. I love to see the wonder of the season through their eyes. Their ages are quite varied at 10, 5, 2, and 7 months. This year it was the 5 year old who just could hardly wait any longer for it to come. We celebrated on Christmas Eve which was unusual, but Daddy works at a church and their church had decided not to have an abbreviated Sunday. They had the entire usual Sunday lineup with Sunday School and all 3 services. This meant that Daddy had to leave early and would not be home again until mid-afternoon. By our celebrating Christmas Eve the 5 year old was able to be "put out of the misery" of waiting another day. Seeing the wonder of Christmas through each different ages eyes is magical. And of course a baby's first Christmas is so special.
My favorite holiday tradition is hand painting glass ball ornaments for everyone in the family and friends and neighbors. Some years I have painted as many as 14. This year I painted 7. I have been doing this every year sinc1992.As my daughter and grandchildren matured and got their own homes and families, they were given the ornaments painted for them for their tree to carry on the tradition.
My favorite tradition is St. Nick's day. I love to see my children's faces when they wake up and find candy in their shoes.
My favorite holiday tradition is sitting under the Christmas tree sipping a glass of apple cider enjoying the lights and anticipating the presents.
My favorite holiday tradition is going to church on Christmas Eve, and then driving around looking at everyone's light displays on the way home.
Having spaghetti on Christmas eve
My favorite holiday tradition is opening our advent calendars and reading a different Christmas story each day.
The best fun i have is making clothes with my granddaughter sewing clothes for her doll. I manage to buy her a sewing machine last xmas.
My favorite holiday tradition is playing games with my family after dinner.
My favorite tradition is spending time with family and celebrating the wonderful year we have had. Also making candy together. Thank you for this wonderful tradition. I just love this site.
My favorite tradition is spending time with family and celebrating the wonderful year we have had. Also making candy together. Thank you for this wonderful tradition. I just love this site.
My favorite tradition is spending time with family and celebrating the wonderful year we have had. Also making candy together. Thank you for this wonderful tradition. I just love this site.
My favourite holiday tradition is to make cinnamon buns to share with my family on Christmas morning!
My favourite holiday tradition is the children receiving an ornament of their own to hang on the tree every xmas eve and then when they grew up they would have their own ornament to start with to hang on their own tree in their own homes. Now this has continued on in my grandchildrens lives so the tradition lives on.
My favorite tradition is spending time with family and starting with the youngest, each person opening one gift then going to the next oldest, etc. until all our gifts are opened.
My favourite Christmas tradition is the pyjama fairy. Whilst the kids have a bath or shower the pyjama fairy brings new pjs and a Christmas message for them.
My favorite holiday tradition is riding out after dark on Christmas Day to see the decorations. Also spending time with my husband, daughter and husband and my only granddaughter. Sharing special times with both families.
Our favorite holiday tradition is decorating the tree and unwrapping each special ornament, placing it on the tree and reminiscing of what that special ornament means to our family.
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is making gingerbread houses with my 2 kids. I have many fun memories doing this with my siblings growing up and enjoy carrying on the tradition and special time together with my kids. The houses are just graham crackers and frosting, but we all have so much fun creating different settings and coming up with creative uses for the array of candies they pick out for decorating!
My favorite tradition is cooking goodies with my children and then delivering them to friends and neighbors.
My favorite Holiday tradition is something I picked up from my inlaws- when we give people presents, we don't just put who they are "from" on the package; we think of something (fictional character, celebrity, etc) for it to be from that is related to the present. They also engage in trying to figure out what's in the present, but I like the surprise more so I don't do that :D
the tradition in our family is going to grandma's house to eat she always makes the best cheese ball she always makes one for my brother and I to take home. She is the best Grandma ever
My favorite Holiday tradition is writing rhymes at the christmas gifts.
My favorite holiday tradition is buying our Christmas tree in the rain. There have only been a few years that we have not been able to do this.
-My favorite Holiday Tradition is remembering what Christmas was like when my parents were still alive and I was a child. I know it sounds depressing to many but it makes me smile.
Every Christmas I make as gifts new Christmas aprons for my daughter and 2 granddaughters. They take pictures of them wearing them and I get to see how they look on them. All their aprons are different. No two are alike. The last few years they were full aprons. This year was different, they each got a waist apron with s tie back and each one said they loved them. This has become our tradition
remembering Christmas past with fondness and enjoying family and friends
My favorite holiday tradition is making and distributing small handmade gifts to each of the handful of neighbors that live on our country lane. It gives my husband and I a reason to brave winter weather and catch up on neighborhood news and share holiday joy at a time when cold, wet weather often keeps all of us isolated within our homes.
My favorite Holiday tradition is getting together with family & friends.
My favourite tradition is having all the family at our house Christmas Eve, opening several gifts and eating and eating. There are usually a few others that aren't part of our exact family but it's always an exciting night. The little grandkids are so excited and it's fun watching all the cousins play together.
My favourite holiday tradition is spending time together as a family. Whether it's playing a board game, watching a movie, or decorating cookies, it's just so great to finally have some days to spend time together uninterrupted.
My favorite Holiday tradition is lighting the Menorah with family!
My favorite Christmas tradition is decorating with the kids.
My favorite Holiday tradition is having Christmas dinner with family.
My favorite holiday tradition is to put up the Christmas tree(s) and decorations which includes pictures of my dolls helping out. Music and ackware and coffee or tea are all part of this tradition.
My favourite holiday tradition is gathering around the tree Christmas morning and reading the Bible verses about the birth of Christ, & having family prayer before exchanging gifts. I liked when extended family gathered and we played games all night too, but that fell apart when my father-in-law passed away :(
My favorite Holiday tradition is going to Midnight Mass early and listening to the choir sing carols


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EUREKA- Traffic was blocked off at R and 3rd Streets after a motorcyclist jumped off his bike before crashing into another vehicle. The incident happened around 4 p.m. on Sunday.
The driver of the truck, 69-year-old Allen Travis of Eureka, was traveling southbound and about to turn left to go to the gas station. The motorcyclist, 23-year-old Christopher Brimley, also of Eureka, was traveling northbound and saw the truck turning and tried to stop. However according to Eureka Police, the tires on the motorcycle locked up. Brimley realized he was going to crash into the truck, and jumped off his bike to avoid the collision.
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In today's world, when plants and animals are disappearing faster than we'd like, it's nice to see that some countries do their best to preserve the species they have in their territories, such as these 10 most biodiverse countries in the world.
What makes a country mega-diverse? Well, first of all, only a few countries in the world have enough biodiversity to rank this high. Biodiversity as a term includes all of the plant and animal species on the planet, with genetic differences, as well as the ecosystems where they can be found. In order for a nation to be on the mega-diverse list, they need to have at least 5,000 endemic plants and to have a marine ecosystem within its borders. Conservation International notes there are only 17 countries that fit the bill, accounting for 70% of the world's flora and fauna. At the same time, their territories put together comprise under 10% of the world's territory.
If you like reading upon countries that differ from others in some way, don't miss our article on 10 Most Barbaric Countries in the World.
In order to create our list today we took a look at these 17 countries and checked out how many types of plants, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles they have. Then, we ranked them by these, awarding points in accordance with their position on the chart. In the end, we added up the totals and came up with the 10 most biodiverse countries in the world.


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The Yarrow Point Pixie Pack: This Pixie Pack provides everything you need to make the Liberty Jane Aspen Party Dress in two different colors! Fabrics can also be used to make the Picture Day skirt or darling bubble skirts! All these items are made from mesh dance fabric which can be really hard to find - especially in a variety of colors - We're super excited to share these beautiful fabrics with you!
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Fabric: Mesh fabric is soft, soly, and has a fluid drape. It is not stiff like tulle. This kit includes two colors - black and a magenta/purple. We've also included a black lycra lining that can be used with both colors of mesh. Coordianting sparkly trims (for sashes) complete the looks!
The fabric can used to create the specified items or a variety of other pieces! *Note - Fabric is new and unwashed, but is machine washable. Each Piece is enough to make one dress or two skirts.
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Prepubescent boys are, if anything, more likely than girls to be depressed. During adolescence, however, a dramatic shift occurs: between the ages of 11 and 13 years, this trend in depression rates is reversed. By 15 years of age, females are approximately twice as likely as males to have experienced an episode of depression, and this gender gap persists for the next 35 to 40 years. We offer a theoretical framework that addresses the timing of this phenomenon. First, we discuss the social and hormonal mechanisms that stimulate affiliative needs for females at puberty. Next, we describe how heightened affiliative need can interact with adolescent transition difficulties to create a depressogenic diathesis as at-risk females reach puberty. This gender-linked vulnerability explains why adolescent females are more likely than males to become depressed when faced with negative life events and, particularly, life events with interpersonal consequences.
Cyranowski JM, Frank E, Young E, Shear MK. Adolescent Onset of the Gender Difference in Lifetime Rates of Major DepressionA Theoretical Model. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2000;57(1):21–27. doi:10.1001/archpsyc.57.1.21
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I'm not blond and I don't have blue eyes and it would be nearly impossible considering I'm not white ha ha but I ask just for opinions. Do you find the blond hair/blue eyed combo attractive or is it in your personal preference?
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Same hither. I actually find the dark hair/light eyes combo more fascinating but either way I'm not particular about hair/eye color combos


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Discussion in 'Lawn Mowing' started by TopNotchLawnCare, Jan 26, 2012.
Hey top notch don't feel bad that mower Was bad news
as for using the walker and not bagging, you can just open the hopper door and it will dischcarge, you just have to be extra vigilant on blowing your clippings on cleanup.
You can buy a deflector that is designed to keep the clippings down, but I didnt find it made much of a difference, it was just something else to get caught on trees and house corners etc
Hey man that first machine is not a 1991..... Just to let you know in case it's still around... The hopper is way too big to be that old... Older models had a much smaller hopper... To be honest, that looks post 2002 to me...


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afar from where i stood.
the smell of frozen soil
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Berlin: Pep Guardiola has not been given the credit he deserves for his time at Bayern Munich, despite winning seven titles in three seasons, according to ex-club president Uli Hoeness.
Pep Guardiola
Guardiola signed off his Munich sojourn on Saturday when Bayern won the German Cup by beating Borussia Dortmund 4-3 in a penalty shoot-out in Berlin to seal the German league and cup double.
The Spanish super coach will now start work at future employers Manchester City to prepare for next season, but Hoeness believes Guardiola was not given enough credit in Germany.


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Before you begin to plan the nuts and bolts of your ideal retirement, make the life-changing decision to embrace happiness. This may not be as simple as it sounds, but it can be done. So much of how we feel is a decision. Consider the example of Abraham Lincoln.
President Lincoln said that we're just about as happy as we make up our minds to be. That's truly amazing when you consider that he suffered from melancholia (clinical depression) and that he had recently lost a beloved son and was responsible for steering the nation through a brutal Civil War.
If Lincoln could decide to be happy, surely we could give it a try! Here are some proven ways to raise our level of happiness.
Proven Happy-Makers
1. Be non-judgmental. This doesn't mean you don't have standards. It just means that you're willing to take people as they are. We can never change the other person; all we can change is our reaction to that person.
2. Forgive your enemies. Carrying grudges takes way too much effort. Just let it go. It will increase your happiness tenfold.
3. Share your talents. If you're a great cook, entertain often. Love to garden? Share your flowers or your herbs. If you love to bake, pass those cookies around. If you love to sing, join the choir. If you love to tell jokes, make people laugh. If you're a wonderful teacher, be a volunteer tutor. Everybody is good at something. The point is to pass that talent around; don't hoard it.
More Ways to Embrace Happiness
4. Accept help graciously and with appreciation when you need it. Many people are wonderful at giving but horrible at taking. Think how satisfied you feel when you're able to help another person. It gives you a nice warm feeling. Keep that in mind when you need assistance and someone offers to help. Accept it with thanks and let your helper share in the good feeling
5. Return the soft word rather than the sharp jab. This one is difficult. It's so easy to give the quick come-back, the harsh and sarcastic answer. Unfortunately, those who suffer the tongue lashings are often those we love the most. We're far kinder to those not so dear to us. If we are really true to our authentic selves, we will take a moment and a deep breath and come back with kindness rather than cruelty. It will pay off in happiness – not just to our loved ones but for us.
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6. Employ the 48-hour rule. This comes from my mother, and it's some of the best advice she ever gave me. She said that if I were really upset, really furious, really terrified, I should wait for 48 hours before responding because almost everything will resolve, or at least improve, within 48 hours. Think about it. Except for truly terrible situations – deaths, wars, crimes – few situations still feel as desperate two days later.
7. Consider whether it will matter in 50 years. Almost nothing will. Was the house perfectly clean? Who cares? Did you get that promotion at work? What promotion? Did your political party win the presidency? Who even ran for vice president in that election?
Some Things Do Matter in 50 Years!
- Did you take the time to make some memories with your kids? Remember that time you went fishing in Minnesota? How about that trip to the beach?
- Did you foster the importance of education for your children?
- Did you take the time to make up with your sibling after a disagreement? Later in our lives, our siblings are our only connection to the land of childhood and the authentic children we once were.
Not too long ago, I was visiting with friends from my former place of work. They started to talk about an upcoming conference they were planning to attend. I began to get that familiar churning feeling in my stomach – partly excitement and partly dread – when suddenly I realized one of the wonderful things about retirement.
I don't have to do that anymore! I don't have to apply for the conference. I don't have to justify the cost of attending by submitting a paper to deliver at the conference. I don't have to make travel arrangements through the Byzantine process at work. I don't have to give a re-cap of what I learned at the conference to my fellow employees upon my return. I don't have to deal with all the fires that pop up while I'm gone.
I don't have to be ambitious anymore. My deadlines are now my own, not my boss's. Who cares if I sound smart or decisive or innovative?
I am no longer, in any way, what I do for a living? I am free!
Relish your freedom by living your ideal retirement life. But first, you must know what you need to create your ideal retirement life. We'll do more work on this in the second part of this post, but now that you've worked on discovering your authentic self and making the decision to embrace happiness, you're ready to figure out what it is you really want and go out and get it!


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Predicting Firm Failure: A Behavioral Finance Perspective
In this article we first argue that researchers in the area of financial distress and failure cannot ignore the human/managerial/decision-making side of the business and just focus on the business' operations side; as has been the case so far for almost all the research in the area. We then discuss how psychological phenomena and principles, known as heuristics or mental shortcuts, could be utilized in building more powerful success/failure prediction models especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
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LJ Hooker Kingscliff has been proudly taking care of holiday owners and their guests for over 27 years from our iconic Marine Parade address, checking in via familiar faces year after year is why our guests return to us year after year.
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