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LGBT in the City - a night walking tour to explore LGBT culture and history in Hong Kong
Book Now
Dec 8 2017 (Fri)/ 8 - 10:30 pm
Central & Sheung Wan
Central MTR Station Exit K (ground level)
Approx. 2.5 hours
Adult HKD 380
Hong Kong may not have rainbow flags flying in every district, but the city does have a rich lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) history. In this engaging 2.5-hour night walking tour, your entertaining and passionate local guide will lead you through historical landmarks in Central and Sheung Wan while discussing the city's LGBT history, activism, and culture through storytelling and interactive activities. We will also touch on other sex and gender issues in this Asia's world city. Be inspired by the rich and diverse history of Hong Kong's LGBT community. A free drink is included.
*Walk In Hong Kong has just been named Hong Kong's Top LGBT+ Inclusive SME Employer for 2017!*
Tour Highlights
• Learn about Hong Kong's LGBT history and its key personalities through interactive activities
• Visit iconic spots where some of Hong Kong's pre-eminent LGBT movies were shot, such as Happy Together and All About Love
• Pass by landmarks like the old Propaganda — the revolutionary bar that was Hong Kong's most popular gay hangout spot for almost 25 years
• Visit hidden LGBT hangout spots in the back alleys
• Experience the gay bars in Sheung Wan and Central and hear about the stories that happened there while enjoying a free drink
Guest Reviews
"I had the pleasure to join the first LGBTI Walk Hong Kong tour. As a member of this community and a Hong Kong resident for close to 15 years I wasn't sure what to expect and if I would learn anything new. I not only discovered some facts about Hong Kong's LGBT history that were new to me but I also spent an amazing few hours with a very enthusiastic and knowledge guide. I would recommend this tour not only to visitors to our wonderfully city rich in stories and history but to anybody LGBTI or ally who want to know more about the men, women and transgender Hong Kongers who created a powerful and vibrant community in not the easiest of environments."
- Betty Grisoni, Co-Founder of Les Peches and Co-Director of Pink Dot
"What a pleasure to join the very first LGBT walk-in HK tour! I am amazed by the research and knowledge delivered by the tour guide and her team. Filled with interactive activities and small adventure, I am glad to see the hidden gem and hear some stories of the local LGBT community, such as the story of Mid-Levels Escalator. If you want to know more about LGBT in Hong Kong, want to widen your perspective, or just even want to have a taste of nightlife of local LGBT, this LGBT walking tour is surely on your must-do list. You are not going to meet HOCC and Anthony Wong (local gay icons), but I am sure you are going to meet passionate tour guide and LGBT friends and allies in this remarkable friendly walking tour."
- Pantha Joey Siu, Social Worker and PhD Candidate at University of Hong Kong
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My name is Decemberlady and I'd like to welcome you to my little corner of the web. This is my X-Files art site, home to all of the collages I've created over the course of 16 years. Well, not all... the early terrible ones aren't here, lol! And they're not all X-Files... there's a variety of other subjects as well. It's also home to all of the fanlistings that I've joined.
As far as I know, I'm the only one with an X-Files art site that is still currently being updated. Sad huh? Well, I guess it's all in the way that you look at it. It could be sad for me because I'm still here after all these years, lol... talk about never giving up! Anyway, I'm thrilled that you stopped by and I hope you find something here that makes your visit an enjoyable one. ~DL
I remember the time I knew what happiness was... let the memory live again"
The 2016 Advent Calendar is live... c'mon over and visit!
All my life I've heard 3 words in regards to my hometown team: maybe next year! Well, maybe, just maybe... that year is here. So yeah, I'm flying my own W for my team, the Chicago Cubs, and I hope they do it! But if not, they've given us an incredible season with so much to be proud of.
As of today, we're 2-0 against the San Francisco Giants... let's hope that Monday night we'll have the first part of our journey done. Go Cubbies!!!
I made this! And I'm so excited about it. If you've stopped by to see what I've been up to, this is the place to go! You can read all about how it came to be when you get there... no spoilers ;) But I will tell you that I haven't enjoyed making a site so much in a very long time.
As promised, my newest fanlisting is done and ready for more members. John Denver is one of the greatest singer/songwriters who ever lived... at least in my opinion, and I know that I'm not alone in thinking that. So if you're a fan of this amazingly talented man too, please come and join us!
It's been quite busy around here... I've been very fortunate, and quite honored, to adopt 6 fanlistings from two lovely ladies who ran them: Cassie and Little Albatross. Saying 'thank you' just isn't enough... I just hope they know how much I appreciate their trust and generosity.
Yeah, I know what you're thinking... have I gone over to the 'dark side'... Doggett and Scully??? No, I haven't, but don't you think it's about time we call a truce between the two fandoms? I sure do... I will always, always be a Mulder fan and a Shipper to the end. I love Scully too, but I didn't get into this fandom because of her... I got into it because of Mulder. I'm here to keep the Dream alive, and I believe that means all of The X-Files... even the little CSM relegated to the bottom of the page. *g*

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Two months after their first Decibel release Spaghetti Trip, aka Federico Romanzi and Mr. Dendo, released their second EP. This EP contains 6 tracks, 4 collaborations and 2 solo productions.The album opens with Venere, a rather fast track at 125 bpm,...
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Kyle Burns, "Beginning ShiChuang 8 Application Development - XAML Edition"
2012 | pages: 313 | ISBN: 1430245662 | PDF | 8,5 mb
introduces you to the ShiChuang 8 modern app design paradigm and the new ShiChuang 8 programming model developed around this paradigm. You'll learn to build rich, immersive applications designed to run on the many devices that will be powered by ShiChuang 8.
With the introduction of ShiChuang 8, once again WeiRuan-->WeiRuan has re-envisioned the way that PCs and devices will be used and applications will be built in a world that has become far more connected. The ShiChuang 8 modern UI style is far more than a programming model and takes you beyond the syntax of any development language. We examine the factors such as UX (User Experience), social integration, and maintaining data and settings across multiple devices.
Gives an early start to building next-generation connected applications
Introduces new programming libraries available in ShiChuang 8
Explores ShiChuang 8 app design concepts
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Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City
Much of what we know about the marginal effect of pollution on infant mortality is derived from developed country data. However, given the lower levels of air pollution in developed countries, these estimates may not be externally valid to the developing country context if there is a nonlinear dose relationship between pollution and mortality or if the costs of avoidance behavior differs considerably between the two contexts. In this paper, we estimate the relationship between pollution and infant mortality using data from Mexico. We find that an increase of 1 parts per billion in carbon monoxide (CO) over the last week results in 0.0032 deaths per 100,000 births, while a 1 (mu)g/m[superscript 3] increase in particulate matter (PM[subscript 10]) results in 0.24 infant deaths per 100,000 births. Our estimates for PM[subscript 10] tend to be similar (or even smaller) than the U.S. estimates, while our findings on CO tend to be larger than those derived from the U.S. context. We provide suggestive evidence that a non-linearity in the relationship between CO and health explains this difference.
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text: The neward thread got me thinking. I was planning on getting a hotel near Newark that was $100/night for an upcoming girls trip. Is there somewhere better to stay with good transportation to NYC and nice accomodations? We'll be there for 3 nights and spending all of our time in NYC. 2-4 women


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"Swadhin Bangla Betar" – Radio Free Bangladesh was formed during Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The station was first established in a remote area of Chittagong and later in Kolkata.
"Swadhin Bangla Betar" broadcasters inspired freedom fighters in battlefields and millions of people throughout Bangladesh – the East Pakistan.
To mark the Independence Day of Bangladesh, a program was prepared based on "Swadhin Bangla Betar." Some of the people who were actively involved and participated in Swadhin Bangla Betar were interviewed in this program. The program was broadcast in 1992.


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Long Beach dunes to be rebuilt under $37.5M Army Corps project
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $37.5 million contract to a Bay Shore bridge builder to construct dunes and jetties off the Long Beach coastline.
The Army Corps selected Bay Shore-based H & L Contracting LLC for a $37,595,900 contract for the Long Beach Coastal Storm Risk Management project.
H & L was the lowest of eight bids received and is slated to start work this spring with the dune phase completed by September 2018, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
The dune project is part of a $230 million plan to add storm protection dunes across seven miles of coastline on the barrier island from Point Lookout to Atlantic Beach. Engineers will fill in sand on the beach across 35,000 linear feet to Nevada Avenue on Long Beach's western boundary and taper into Atlantic Beach.
The contract was secured by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) "to ensure shovels will soon be in the ground," they said in a statement this week.
"Long Beach is officially well on its way toward a more resilient waterfront and a more hardened shoreline between East Rockaway Inlet and Jones Inlet," Schumer said. "Long Beach homeowners and businesses will soon be better protected in the event of another storm."
The project is fully federally funded under the federal Sandy Relief Bill and Disaster Appropriations Act of 2013. It also covers 65 percent of future dune re-nourishment costs for repair from future storms.
The Long Beach City Council signed the agreement in October with the Army Corps and New York State for the storm protection work.
The city gained final approval last year from the state Department of Environmental Conservation for the Corps to replenish sand on the beach using deposits from the ocean floor.
About $85 million of the funds for the total project will be devoted to Long Beach and the city's beach front. A second contract will be awarded by the Army Corps for walkover and crossover structures, which is scheduled for late 2017.
City officials said the dunes project will begin off Jones Inlet and move west. It will rebuild 15 of the 23 groins in the city's boundaries and also widen the beachfront. The first contract covers four new groin jetties and 18 groin rehabilitations. Engineers plan to use 250,000 tons of stone for jetties across the entire barrier island. The city expects all work to take about four years.
Some dunes will be built up to 16 feet, but will be no higher than the beachfront boardwalk.
City leaders say the dunes will offer more protection for Long Beach.
"Once completed, for the first time in this city's history, our community will finally have an engineered beach to help defend against flooding, an enormous step forward in our mission to rebuild a stronger, smarter and safer Long Beach," Long Beach City Council Vice President Anthony Eramo said.


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Part of Spoleto Festival USA. Yumiko Tanaka is a master of the shamisen, a stringed instrument used in traditional Japanese music. Equally adept in the music of our time, Tanaka will present a premiere for her instrument by Yuji Takahashi, and recent work of Michio Mamiya, as well as traditional works which bridge the ancient and contemporary. (1 hr. 15 in.)
The Buzz:
WHAT IS IT? In this ever-fascinating series, director John Kennedy takes us straight onto the cutting-edge of contemporary music. We'll get four stimulating late-afternoon programs.
WHY SEE IT? Music keeps evolving, and in more new directions than most of us can keep track of. Trust Mr. Kennedy to winnow out the best of it. This time 'round, we'll get works ranging from a violin concerto by Gavin Bryars to "oral histories" (with instruments) from Phillip Bimstein. In between, we'll hear Michael Harrison's shimmering music for "just-intonation piano" and a premiere performance by Yumiko Tanaka: a virtuoso of the shamisen, a traditional Japanese stringed instrument. Tanaka is in town to provide accompaniment for Basil Twist's Dogugaeshi, a puppet show that uses a matrix of slides instead of puppets.
WHO SHOULD GO? Any musical person with open ears and an adventurous spirit should really enjoy these concerts. Folks who get lost (or disgruntled) if there's no tune they can whistle may want to stay away, though how do you know you won't like it if you haven't heard it? (Lindsay Koob)


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Awsome. I love how the composition seems to be trying to explain something, but its impossible to guess what.
Great work you've got here. You're very talented.
Sweet... very nice design.
oh i like it very much .... great colors, awesome elements ... good work!
this is definately a fav.. cool 3d skills
above the average
no but really great piece , but wall 1024x768 would be welcome
no but really great piece , but wall 1024x768 would be welcome
nice color, i like the blurrs too. the orange makes for good contrast
urban-techno. Love the design!
awesome design, and I like the stock photo used. flows well.!
Very clean and original layout.
Pretty spiffy holmes.
looks like a greatly done web site, not many artists around here can do that, gj
great piece!
Great work man, i love your work. Its all so friggin awesome.
hmmm....... talk about amazing................
ja mann you are my new favorite artist on deviantart! I´ve been commenting all your latest pieces and I came to the conclusion that your style is very unique. I hope that some day you´ll find the time to comment some of my latest work
there are more abstract shapes in our own environment than anyone could possibly create on the computer. you captured that essence in this piece, along with nice typo and 2d. +favs
amazing concept.. truly inspiring (experimental work that WORKS always is)..
i hope to see more like this.. perhaps even try similar techniques.
Very cool..
the colour mix is great and the arhetectural elements are fabulous. a new favourite
i hope to see more like this.. perhaps even try similar techniques.
Very cool..
the colour mix is great and the arhetectural elements are fabulous. a new favourite
what archnemesis said
nice use of photography / typography and general layout. Good work man.
nice use of photography / typography and general layout. Good work man.
dam nice. i like where your going with this. most ppl lose their style when trying new things but this is just as good as the rest of your stuff, which is dam nice.
cool but bigger version demanded
lookin tight man the typo/photos/forms blend amazingly well
lookin tight man the typo/photos/forms blend amazingly well
Experimantation is the key, it looks quite good. Nice use of photos
eeeek - where did that one go?
You are in total control of everything you do - just awesome!
F**king bad-ass design!
Nice style, like it!
Goddamn! Love it. Awesome technique man.
Looks real nice. Maybe less blurring so it looks more out of focus than blurred to obscurity. Very nice nonetheless
there is no way you can understand how much i love this
Looks great, that overpass looks like something from Seattle:d
I'm not sure how to explain why this appeals to me so much - fascinating shapes and vibrant with energy. The orange does seem a bit subdued but I really love the piece
its definetly a nice piece. i like it alot. the composition. make it a lil bigger for a wallpaper and also make the orange a bit more birghter melow orange doesnt wirk that good.
very very interesting colors! I love that composition too~
now THIS is what im talking about!
sweet piece, if it was bigger i would use it!
sweet piece, if it was bigger i would use it!
very nice, alota action and good design in it
I love this piece. The scale is so wonderful and minimal compared to your larger works and I agree with zedka, the ways in which you have utilized your space is amazing. I love plays with perspective, and ways of seeing, and its fragmentation, and this is so well done here -- and well implemented into the overall design -- I really am interested in the ways in which this piece interrogates notion of "structure" and travel -- in the "shattering" of the route of movement. well done.
Hardcore session... This purely rox, it stimulate my mind so much... The management of space is awesome... 100% top good
Im scared
one awesome pic right here
That is some nice stuff, I like this style, if it were a wall, I would use it.
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great job. very interesting : )
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ah sweet man
Love the colors and design
Very original layout
Great job man
Love the colors and design
Very original layout
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Greetings SD Chowhounds! A couple of families will be in San Diego area for a week for spring break with the kids. We've arranged a few babysitter nights to have some adult time and check out the local restaurants and lounges. We would welcome any recommendations for great food, wine bars, lounges. We are staying in the Coronado area but happy to drive to worthwhile spots.
A couple of local friends have recommended Red Velvet Lounge, Searsucker, Cafe Chloe...others we should consider? Any excellent sushi places? Great Mexican (restaurant, not taqueria)?
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I've only had the phone about a month, but I seem to be having serious issues with media transfer (specifically music). Prior to getting a Micro SD card, I transferred a ton of music to my phone, with no issue (I have TONS of music). Now, I'm running into issues with having the media transfer to the card, and/or having my phone recognize the media.
Using the Media Go program to transfer the music to the mounted 32GB Micro SD does not work. I only end up getting 6 bands, and the rest show up across the bottom of the program in a pink bar saying an error occurred. Additionally, I seem to be having a similar issue with simply copy/pasting the files onto the Micro SD card.
Is there a specific format of music that the Ion will not accept? Is there a specific way I need to format the Micro SD card (currently formatted to FAT32)? Any ideas?


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Lucien C. Ducret
The Inventor of the Roto-Split
A Better Mousetrap - Inventors Tackle Life with Yankee Ingenuity
By Elizabeth Payne
Staff writer, Fairpress
When Lucien Ducret was rewiring a room in his Norwalk home in 1973, he fashioned himself an invention that not only spawned a new company but also ended up winning him a bronze award at the International Exhibition of Inventors last April, his second showing there. The Roto-Split was neither sexy or high-tech, just very practical - and novel enough to warrant patent. Since its creation it has been refined over the years with modifications that landed it the coveted prize this spring.
The idea behind Ducret's invention took shape when he learned that the local hardware store had nothing other than a hacksaw for cutting the steel encased BX cable - a method that had been causing some electricians injuries and even more frustration. Confronted with that problem, Ducret's imagination sped into high gear. "Being an engineer," he recalled in a recent interview, "my wheels start turning when I hear something like that. I say there's got to be another way."
As necessity has always been the mother of invention, Ducret researched the matter thoroughly and found nothing but clumsy, aborted attempts at solving the problem. He finally designed his own prototype of a new device that cut through the heavy outer layer without harming the cable inside, quickly and efficiently.
To gauge the market for the then $8.95 instrument, he ran one small ad in The New York Times that elicited more than 500 orders - about 400 more Roto-Splits than he had on hand. So Ducret sent back the checks and asked customer to wait until he could tool up for higher production. Almost 90 re-ordered, and that was the start of the mechanical engineer's Seatek Corporation.
"He's been doing this since childhood," explained his wife, Carol, who also works at the business. "Anything he would put his hands on he would modify to make it better."
Ducret's Roto-Split and patented Swing-Saw are among the many inventions born of Fairfield County minds. Some sound fairly simple, like the new cosmetic powder dispenser for which James Ladd of Rowayton recently received a patent; or the fine-toothed comb designed by a Greenwich pair to pick nits; or the Odor Eaters shoe inserts created years go by Ridgefielder Herbert Lapidus.
Other Inventions produced In this area are more esoteric, even mind-boggling. Perkin-Elmer of Norwalk, for example, recently got assigned patent number 4,660,977 for a synchronous wavelength drive and data acquisition conversion for a sequential spectrophotometer. This system, inventor Charles Wittmer said, was designed for a new Plasma II instrument to help analytical chemists locate some 60 different elements, like iron or copper in one minute. "In earlier days," Wittmer explained, "you could spend a couple of days just determining one."
Ladd left Chesebrough-Ponds five years ago to form his own cosmetics firm, where he felt he would be freer to develop new ideas. Some large companies, he said, tend to look for quick returns and often shy away from their employees' inventiveness because of the expense and bureaucracy.
"They have the money and they have the manpower, but they don't have the will." Ladd explained. According to the U.S. Patent Office, only about a quarter of the patents issued go to independent inventors, the rest to businesses.
"Because we're small and not as wealthy as a Chesebrough-Ponds, we don't file patents unless we feel they really provide some meaningful protection for the company, because it's just too expensive." Ladd said.
Though not a giant like Xerox or Polaroid, which also were spawned with key patents for marketable products, Ducret's company has now grown from a 400 square foot office to about 7,000 square feet in downtown Stamford. Hundreds of thousands of its number one selling cable splitter, the Roto-Split, are in the field today, costing about $30 each.
Ducret - who worked on the camera shutter for the first lunar landing, to mention just one diversion - has a total of 14 patents. And there are "more to come" to continue broadening the company line.
A domestic patent, which takes an average of 22 months to get from filing to acceptance, costs about $1,000 on up, Ladd said. The filing fee itself is normally only $170, but there are other government fees as well as tremendous research and often the need for patent attorneys, which can make the process expensive. Then there are additional fees in each country where an item is patented, something Ladd usually does to ensure no foreign copies come on the market.
Ladd's most recent invention, the $25 Luminique Powder Pen, contains a disposable cartridge that applies face powder that is loose rather than laden with the oils normally needed for adherence to a compact. Based on consumer interviews, Ladd said he believes the product will be widely accepted and eventually take some share of the market away from the now more popular pressed powder lines.
Another prolific inventor, Murray Schiffman of Westport, has, like Ducret, been fiddling ever since childhood. His first offering was a flywheel, primitively crafted from cork, toothpicks and flies, to maintain its own momentum when floated in water.
"It would go around and around," said Schiffman, president an co-founder of the lnventor's Association of New England at age 8, Schiffman put together a contraption to muffle the ticking of his alarm clock, which was disrupting his sleep. In 1950, he got his first patent for a wire garment hanger that not only held pants securely, but also prevented creasing. His next patent was for the more elaborate Directomat, once used in the New York subways to help people plot their routes until vandalism got the better of it.
"Now I'm working on a new kind of tape recorder, but I can't talk about it," Schiffman said. With inventions, secrecy is the name of the game to prevent idea theft. "That's one of the worst things in this business," Schiffman said, recalling a time when his patent attorney discovered a customer lifted his patented concept and come out with a slight variation on the theme - for which he then got a patent. Taking action through the Patent Office for the rights to the high resolution digital shaft position and coder instrument, Schiffman was able to take over the competitors claims of origination.
Chemist John Carroll is another local inventor of sorts, more "applications oriented," whose job at Novo Labs in Wilton requires constantly churning out of new ideas. He's not the mad scientist variety, though. "I tend to invent little things, all the time, but I'm not a full-fledged inventor spending dark nights under light bulbs" he explained.
Inventions don't always make it in the market, as both Schiffman and Ducret can attest. "I made a couple of mistakes, like everybody else," Ducret said, describing a "big monster" of a machine he invented years back for measuring and cutting cable, something that never achieved much success despite constant downsizing and other revisions. "I decided this was crazy," he said laughing now. "The challenge was great - I enjoy doing it as an engineer, but it wasn't a moneymaking proposition."
For the small inventor not endowed with company backing, it can be a tough way to make to make a living, said Schiffman. "It's very difficult to be a really successful inventor in terms of money," he said. Schiffman developed the idea for the variable speech control device in cooperation with the Cambridge Research and Development Group in Wesport. "We spent a quarter of a million dollars for the basic patent umbrella and then quite a bit each year to maintain it," he explained.
The Swing Saw, that Ducret has patented in the U.S., Japan, and Common Market countries won an award at the International Exhibition in 1984, but has yet to reach the promising market Ducret anticipates. "It's a long time and it costs a lot of money," Ducret said, "It cost about $60,000 or $70,000 just to tool up."
"Certainly a large percentage of patents don't pay their way," added a patent attorney who recently retired from a major local corporation. "A smaller percentage of patents more or less break even. An even smaller percentage make real money."


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For centuries, medicine has made reckless use of one of earth's most toxic substances: mercury - and the consequences, often invisible or ignored, continue to be tragic. Today, global emissions of mercury as well as other toxicants, make us all more vulnerable to its effects. From the worst cases of syphilis to Sigmund Freud's first cases of hysteria, from baffling new disorders in 19th century Britain to the modern scourge of autism, The Age of Autism traces the long overlooked history of mercury poisoning.
"A very thorough scientific journey of the harmful uses of mercury in medicine"


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Our Royal Cocktail Coaster Set is inspired by vintage playing cards. Each of the four designs references a classic cocktail translated into a whimsical character (Pink Lady, Bloody Mary, White Russian, and Brandy Alexander).
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This restaurant serves one of the best cuisine in Philly. Their staff and service are good also.
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Hm....How should I start....Uff....Don´t know....
First of all, I will explane you what the name "Jinx" stands for. Jinx stands for Jinx
Sounds arbitrarily, I know. Ok...Bla Bla I think a Jinx Guide doesn´t need a Intro.
Pros / Cons
-Big damage to champions from ult if good aimed
-Good passive to escape
-Good stun from FLAME CHOMPERS! and ZAP!
-High Attack Speed from Pow-Pow,the Minigun
-Good clean weaver
-Short range from Pow-Pow,the Minigun
-Hard to master
-No escape spells
-Mana problems in early game
Buying the greater quints and marks for damage helps you in early game to do damage to your enemy.
Greater seals for armor provides you armor this helps you reduce the damage from the enemy adc.
Greater glyphs for magic resistance helps you reduce the damage that the support does to you if the support goes ap or the jungler whcih goes ap.
Starting with a doran blade a health potion and the ward trinket. You dont buy a mana potion because it would be useless for her.
When you get firstblood and farm good when you come back to base you can buy a B.F Sword and boots if you have enough gold you can buy a health and mana potion or buy just health postions.
If you dont get firstblood but farm good then you buy boots and vampiric scepter.
Your first item should be bloodthirste. Then you buy berserkers greaves.
For attack speed you can buy phantom dancer or statikk shiv.
Its importnat to buy ifinity edge because its like a rabadon but for ad. This item realy provides you the main damage.
Defence for adc there isnt a lot but still there is.
You can buy a guardian angel. If there are a lot of champions in the enemy team which have stun or slows you should then buy mercurial scimitar. When the enemy team has a teemo or a champion which does big ap damage then you should buy banshee veil.
When the enemy team has a nasus,Dr.Mundo or amumu you should then buy last whisper this gives you 35% of armor penetration but also you should buy this to increase your damage.
In this part i will show you wich items I buy with Jinx. The first item you should buy is Doran's Blade. For Lane sustain and dmg. But you can also buy Long Sword and 2x Health Potion.
Farm until you have 1875 gold to buy a B. F. Sword and Boots of Speed. If u only got 1125 gold buy a Vampiric Scepter and Boots of Speed.
First buy The Bloodthirster for Lifesteal and dmg. You also should upgrade your boots to Berserker's Greaves.
Buy Infinity Edge for critical damage bonus, damage and critical strike chance. Its a normal AD-Carry item, but its realy good for Jinx because her Fishbones, the Rocket Launcher can make critical surface damage.
Farming by jinx is realy easy because the attack speed by Pow-Pow,the Minigun maybe it has a short range but is realy good in early game. Fishbone,the Rocket this is good if you want to farm from a longer range but also when you see a few crepts together with low hp the rockets will do damage to all minions.
Skill Sequence
Ability: Key: Time(s): Levels:
Get Excited! - Passive
Switcheroo! Q 1 1,4,5,7,9
Zap! w 10-6 2,8,10,12,13
Flame Chompers! E 20-16 3,14,15,17,18
Super Mega Death Rocket! R 90-60 6,11,16
After a short delay, Jinx fires a shock blast that deals physical damage to the first enemy hit, also granting true sight and slowing it for 2 seconds.
Use it to check bushes, poke enemies and slow enemies.
Zap! is a really nice slow and damage Skillshot. You can use it to poke your enemys, or to slow them. Extraordinary in teamfights. Poke your enemys before you fight.
Max it out second for a better slow and a lower CD. The reason why I dont level it at first is that the slow is good enough at level 1. And its not so easy to hit Zap! in lane. Minions will block it.
Get Excited!
Get Excited!|Passive
Whenever a champion or tower that Jinx has dealt damage to within the last 3 seconds is killed or destroyed, she gains 175% Movement Speed that decays over 4 seconds.
Use it to escape from Teamfight´s or escape from downed Turrets.
Minigun and rocket launcher
TOGGLE OFF—POW-POW, THE MINIGUN: Jinx's basic attacks grant bonus attack speed for 2.5 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. The stacks decay one at a time when she stops attacking with her minigun.
Switching to her Rocket Launcher will not clear any active stacks, but they will not grant attack speed after her first attack.
Max. it first. If u level it at begin you dont need some Attack Speed Items. The Attack Speed Bonus is insane.
TOGGLE ON—FISHBONES, THE ROCKET LAUNCHER: Jinx gains bonus attack range and deals 10% AD bonus damage on her attacks, at the cost of mana per attack.
Additionally, her attacks will splash to nearby enemies - dealing 110% AD to all enemies within ??-radius area. The bonus damage to her target and the splash damage both scale with critical strikes.
Dont waste your mana. Use it wisely. It´s a really good Wave clearer and it have a longer range then your Pow-Pow, the Minigun.
I think thats why the most people play Jinx. It´s really funny and something special to play with two guns at the same time.
Dont waste your Gold for to many Attack Speed Bonus. You dont need it. With Pow-Pow, the Minigun at level 5 and a Phantom Dancer you will have a 1,9 Attack Speed. And thats enough. Spend your Gold for damage Items.
Because I only buy damage Items at early and mid game, I must use my Pow-Pow, the Minigun in every fight. You need the extra Attack Speed. Only use Fishbones, the Rocket Launcher to farm or if you need a longer range.
Super Mega Death Rocket!
Jinx fires a rocket that gains damage over the first second it travels. It explodes on the first enemy champion hit, dealing Physical Damage plus a percentage of the target's missing health. Nearby enemies take 80% damage.
RANGE: Global
Super Mega Death Rocket! is in my opinion the best skill of Jinx. It makes tons of damage, have a global range and a short CD at level 18. Use it to win team fights and make surface damage. With my build order you don´t have attack speed, only attack damage. So your Super Mega Death Rocket! makes tons of damage. Thats another reason why I build Jinx without attack speed.
Flame Chompers!
Jinx tosses out 3 chompers that, once armed, explode on contact with enemy champions dealing magic damage over 1.5 seconds to nearby enemies. The champion that sets off the chomper is also rooted the same duration. Chompers explode automatically after 5 seconds.
If enemys walk on Flame Chompers!, they get stunned. They are only able to be stunned once.
Use it to shut off the escape route.
Max. it out last, because it makes magic damage and the stun time dont increase per level.
If you jungle comes or you just want to engage use flame chompers to root the enemys. But be carefull, its just an root and not a stun. The enemys can attack you while they are rooted.
This is good is there is a teamfight because when 3 enemy champions go in them then you have a chance to kill one of them or escape.
In late game you must be carefull. Jinx has no escape spell to flee from assasins like Talon, Rengar or Zed. Stay with your support and tank. Communicate with them and tell them that they must protect you. They cant fight without you.
No protection + bad positioning = GG
Jinx isn´t the best late game AD-Carry. She cant keep up with Vayne or Kog'Maw, but she makes much damage and have a nice Ultimate to dominate fights.
Especially with Jarvan IV´s Ult or Oriannas.
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Eh, your course is so well controlled most days that you have a little wiggle room. Pot lucks are difficult, tho, with all the good stuff.
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I don't like groups either. I have some social anxiety and it is nerve wracking for me to be in those situations. Hope you get that moonlight paddle in. It sounds so relaxing but I know you work hard. Be careful, and have a wonderful time. Cooper does have his moments doesn't he? LOL Be safe.
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life is full of "potlucks" ~ situations where we have more choices than we know are good for us, times that we have to push out of our comfort zone and just mingle with the crowd for a few hours. those experiences stretch us, but rarely do permanent damage, and they give us the opportunity to prove to ourselves once again how far we have come on our journey.
I hope the weather cooperates and you get another chance at a (near) full moon paddle
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We are an American family of 5 with teenage children who love to eat and are adventurous. We spend months every year in Italy but this is our first real trip to Paris. We know how to find what makes us happy in Italy but feel overwhelmed by the choices on Paris. We mostly enjoy small restaurants with creative but not challenging food (no goose barnacles). Great quality ingredients and prices that are fair. We prefer meat to fish. We would rather not be surrounded by tourists. We are not looking for notches on our belt. We are willing to travel for our food. We do not want elaborate, starred experiences; just excellent food, well prepared!
Can you recommend two restaurants? The choices do not have to be scaled down for our kids. They love to eat. We are going mid-June so places with long waiting lists for reservations would be difficult.
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Title: Peggy Bacon and Alexander Brook with their children
Date: ca. 1920
Physical Details: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 12 x 18 cm.
Description: Bacon, Brook, and their two children Belinda and Sandy in costume outdoors.
Identification on verso (handwritten): "Alex Brook, Peggy Brook (Bacon), Belinda Brook, Sandy Brook at a Maverick Festival - 1920's."
Creator: Unidentified
Forms part of: Peggy Bacon papers, 1893-1973, bulk 1900-1936
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation: Peggy Bacon and Alexander Brook with their children, ca. 1920 / unidentified photographer. Peggy Bacon papers, 1893-1973, bulk 1900-1936. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Digital ID: 3409


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National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies. 65-103 Donath Str., P.O.Box 700 RO-400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; E-mail: [email protected] Separation of lithium isotopes by chemical exchange chromatography. D. Axente, Ancuţa Mureşan. H. 3 . 1 . 6 Li
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National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies
65-103 Donath Str., P.O.Box 700 RO-400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; E-mail: [email protected]
Separation of lithium isotopes by chemical exchange chromatography
D. Axente, Ancuţa Mureşan
H and Molecular Technologies
ELEX process, electric driven chemical exchange (1951)
Operated 1953-1956
COLEX process (Column Exchange) Li+ + Li(Hg)
Alpha 4: operated 1955-1963; dismantled 1980.
Alpha 5: operated 1955-1959; dismantled 1965-1966.
Employed ~ 10.9x106 Kgs mercury.
The mercury-nitric acid purification system, utilized in COLEX process, was the source of the major mercury-bearing waste stream at Y-12 plant. This system discharged a diluted, neutralized acid waste, containing mercuric nitrate.
~ 910,000 Kgs of mercury have still not been accounted for.
~ 310,000 Kgs of this material have been lost in waste streams, evaporation and spills.
It was estimated that 23,269 Kgs of mercury were released in the air by venting of mercury vapors and smelting of mercury contaminated scrap.
The COLEX process discharged 108,408 Kgs of mercury to East Fork Poplar Creek, being contaminated Watts Barr Lake, Poplar Creek and Clinch River.
6 COLEX process, was the source of the major mercury-bearing waste stream at Y-12 plant. This system discharged a diluted, neutralized acid waste, containing mercuric nitrate.Li (Li/Al alloy)
6Li is utilized to manufacture of the secondaries of so called "dry thermonuclear devices", as 6LiD (lithium deuteride)
6Li + Neutron →3H + 3He + Energy (1)
D + 3H →4He + n + 17.6 MeV (2)
The neutrons, from a fission of "primary" device, bombarded 6Li, liberating tritium, which quickly fuses with the nearly deuterium of 6LiD.
In France COGÉMA enriched 6Li by chemical exchange in columns, using Li(Hg) and a solution of LiOH.
In 1995 the releases contained 12.1 Kg mercury, representing a major reduction since 1984, when they rose to 240 Kg/yr.
Lithium-6 will be used to produce tritium in magnetically confined nuclear fusion reactors using deuterium and tritium as fuel.
Tritium will be produced by surrounding the reacting plasma with a "blanket" containing 6Li, where neutrons, from the deuterium-tritium reaction in the plasma, will react with lithium-6 to produce more tritium (1).
ITER will be designed to produce ~ 500 MW of fusion power, sustained for up to 400 sec., by burning of about 0.5 g of deuterium/tritium mixture in its 840 m3 reactor.
Fusion power offers potential of "environmentally benign, widely applicable and essentially inexhaustible" electricity. These properties will be needed as world energy increase, while simultaneously greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced.
ITER: European Union; India; Japan; China; Russia; South Korea; USA.
Separation of Lithium Isotopes a major reduction since 1984, when they rose to 240 Kg/yr.
Chemical exchange methods have been considered as useful isotope separation techniques.
Enriching coefficient: ε = α -1 (3)
Column chromatography with:
» [2.2.1]-cryptand resin: ε = 0.014 at 40°C
» [2B.2.1]-cryptand resin: ε = 0.047 at 20°C
» cation exchange resin: ε = 0.00089-0.00171 at 25°C
» ion exchange using hydrous manganese (IV) oxide, as ion exchanger, and elution chromatography:
The adsorption capacity of MnO2 was: 0.5 meq/g.
R = local enrichment factor = a major reduction since 1984, when they rose to 240 Kg/yr.
log R
Δm/m x 100
(6Li+/7Li+)0 = the isotopic ratio of the lithium feed solution, of natural isotopic abundance.
(6Li+/7Li+) = the isotopic ratio of an individual fraction, extracted from the chromatographic column.
Δm/m is the proportion of lithium in the individual fraction
Fig.1. Separation of lithium isotopes by cationic exchange chromatography
Table 1 a major reduction since 1984, when they rose to 240 Kg/yr.. Separation of lithium isotopes by ion exchange chromatography
[Dong Won Kim, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc., 2001, Vol.22, No.5, 503-506]
Cryptand (2 a major reduction since 1984, when they rose to 240 Kg/yr.B,2,1) polymer
Criptands are macrobicyclic polydentate ligands that Lehn has termed, e.g. R – CH2O – C6H3 – N2O5[J.M. Lehn, Nobel Lecture, Angew. Chem. Int. Edn. Engl., 27, 89 (1988)]
A cryptand (crypt) has a rigid molecular cavity and can form a complex, e.g. [NH4 (crypt)]Cl, in which the ligand encapsulates the cation with a bicapped trigonal prismatic coordination polyhedron. Polymers with a cryptand, as an anchoring group, are called cryptand polymers.
Cryptand (2B,2,1) polymer is able to bind to alkali and alkaline cations and stability constant of potassium is highest among alkali cations. Therefore stability constant of amonium ion is estimated to be high.
Ion exchange resin (1,12,15-triaza-3,4: 9,10-dibenzo-5,8-dioxacycloheptadecane), named "NDOE bonded Merrifield peptide resin"
[D.W. Kim et. al., J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem., Vol. 242, No. 1, (1999), 215-218]
The absorption capacity: 0.2 meq/g dry resin.
The lighter isotope, 6Li, concentrated in the solution and the heavier isotope, 7Li, in the resin phase.
The distribution coefficient of Li+, between resin and solution, was determined:
Ciand Cf are the concentrations of initial and final electrolyte solution.
M is the mass (g) of dry resin.
V is the total volume (cm3) of the solution.
log K 9,10-dibenzo-5,8-dioxacycloheptadecane), named "NDOE bonded Merrifield peptide resin" d
NDOE resin was slurried in ammonium chloride solution and then was packed in a water jacketed glass column (32 cm length, 0.1 cm I.D.). 1 ml of 500 ppm solution of Li+ in H2O was loaded on the top of the resin. 2.0 M NH4Cl solution was used as an eluent for lithium isotope separation.
The effluent was collected as fractions and isotopically analysed. The separation factor α = 1.0201 was found.
α = 1.035 were reported by the same author, using monobenzo-15-crown-5 and reduced dibenzo pyridino diamide azacrown, as anchor groups, respectively.
α= 1.068 was obtained on N3O3 azacrown ion exchanger.
Fig.2. Distribution coefficient of Li+ on NDOE resin for different concentrations of NH4Cl
[Yasutoshi Ban et. al., J. Nucl. Sci. Technol., vol. 39, No 3, 279-281 (2002)]
prepared a B15C5resin in porous silica beds, with uniform size, 60 μm, for lithium isotope separation.
The volume of silica beads is not changed by the outer solutions; the expansion and shrinking of the packed resin are avoided.
Two runs of column experiment were performed with 21 g of B15C5 resin packed in a glass column (0.8 cm i.d., 100 cm long), at 35°C.
Dibenzo-15-crown-5 ether
pH 3, 279-281 (2002)]
Concentration of Li, mol/dm3
Conc. Li
Fig.3. Values of pH and concentration of Li in the sample obtained through effluent fraction
Volume of the effluent, cm3
The resin packed in the column was washed with pure water and charged with mixture solution of methanol and 12 M HCl (70 vol. %). Then 0.55 M LiCl, dissolved in the same mixture solution, was fed into the column by a high pressure pump. The effluent was collected in small fractions.
The total amount of lithium in the B15C5 resin: 3, 279-281 (2002)]
Qtot = Co(VFB – Vd)
Co is the concentration of lithium in the feed solution
VFB is the volume of the breakthrough point (where the concentration is Co/2)
Vd is the dead volume of the column.
The total Li adsorption capacity of the B15C5 resin was 0.15 mmoles/g. If the column contains 21 g of resin, therefore Qc = 3.15 mmoles.
Isotopic ratio 3, 279-281 (2002)]7Li/6Li
Initial ratio
Fig.4. Isotopic ratios 7Li/6Li vs. volume of effluent
Volume of the effluent, cm3
Table 2. Determined isotopic ratios of lithium in the sample fraction
q 3, 279-281 (2002)]i is the amount of lithium in an effluent sample.
Qtot is the total adsorption of lithium on column resin.
7r is the isotopic mole fraction of 7Li and subscript (i) and (o) denote the fraction sample and feed solution, respectively.
ε7/6 = 0.0127, smaller than the value reported by Kim et al. who utilized B15C5.
The heavier isotope is enriched in the solution phase, in the front of lithium band.
ε7/6 = Σqi·(1 + ro)|7ri – 7ro| / {7ro·Qtot·(1 + 7ri)}
In Kim's work Chromatography of lithium was done in an elution manner, where the lithium band showed a bell shaped concentration profile.
Fig.5. Comparison between the isotopic concentration profiles at steady state on silica grafted resin and organic resin
Molar isotopic ratio of 7Li
silica grafted resin
organic resin
Band length, cm
Y. Barré et al.,
["Separation des isotopes du lithium par chromatographie ionique avec des ligands greffe's sur silice", Conférénce Internationale sur les isotopes stables at les effects isotopique, 20-25 Juin 1999, Carry le Rouet, France]
developed a silica grafted resin, that presents greater isotope separation factor and better kinetic than with conventional organic resins.
Silica allows the use of silane chemistry, which gives strong, stable bonding of organic ligands to the support, by the reaction of surface silanols with methoxy silanes.
Fractions extraction profiles at steady state on silica grafted resin and organic resin
Selector Valve
Fig.6. Flow diagram of the plant for lithium isotope separation by continuously displacement chromatography
The four columns, each 100 cm length, 1-2 cm i.d., are serially connected.
At the bottom of each column the pH-meter measures and records continuously the solution pH.
At the both end of the columns there are selector valves, which change the solution flow in order to continue the development of the lithium band as long as is necessary.
The adsorption band of lithium is moved continuously through the columns, in order to realize adequate separation of isotopes. 7Li is enriched in the front of the band, in solution, and 6Li at the rear of the band, in adsorbent phase.
The degree of enrichment, at each boundary, increases with the distance travelled by the band, until a steady state is reached. After a certain period of operation enriched 6Li and 7Li are recovered from the recycling line, through a selector valve, and equal amounts of feed lithium are fed to the enrichment column.
Conclusions serially connected.
The methods for lithium separation, based on lithium isotope exchange 7Li/6Li in the system Li+ - Li(Hg) has been abandoned in USA according to high level of mercury pollution of the environment and big mercury risk of the workshop personnel.
In France, Japan, Russia, etc., the research work for a new lithium isotope separation technology, efficient and clean toward environment, are in progress.
Lithium enriched in the lighter isotope, 6Li, is used in weapons components, in the form of Lithium deuteride and is necessary for nuclear fusion reactors in the frame of ITER Program.
Using the ligands, with a good selectivity towards lithium isotopes, grafted on small silica particles, is very promising because combines a high selectivity with a good isotope exchange kinetic and an important mechanical stability.
These characteristics would be considered in order to develop a new technology for lithium isotope separation.


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I just discovered an ingrown hair today, it was unnoticeable and then it was just there. It's very large but doesn't have a head. What do I do?
Try soaking a folded piece of tissue with hydrogen peroxide and covering the are with it. Chances are it will come to a head much quicker and drain itself.
Very few, and that's not a joke.


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This conference launched the Yugaantar Resource Hub, a journey we are embarking on, with the faith that many co-travellers will join in and enrich and add to the offerings through the Resource Hub that is being launched.
This international conference was organized in partnership with Helena Norberg Hodge (of ISEC – International Society for Ecology and Culture) and Shikshantar, Udaipur.
This event focused on the importance of understanding the unconscious influence of stories on children. Many stories unwittingly foster a materialistic orientation, be it through the hero going in search of treasures or the princess kissing a frog which turns into a prince. Why would not the frog turn into a farmer, a worthy soul who knows to care about the land?
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SAN DIEGO - Marty Schottenheimer has added another mantra to his list: one contract at a time.
Schottenheimer is returning as the Chargers' coach - minus anextension presented Wednesday by the club.
Team president Dean Spanos offered Schottenheimer $4.5 million in 2008, although the club had an option to cancel the deal with a $1 million buyout. Schottenheimer's current pact, which expires at the end of next season, is worth more than $3 million.
"There's been a lot of discussion about the possibility of this thing, but I signed a contract and I have every intention of fulfilling that contract," Schottenheimer said. "We talked about another option within the framework of another year, and I just wasn't comfortable with that part of the arrangement."
Schottenheimer declined to agree to a pact that will likely bebeneath market value in 2008. Atlanta recently hired first-time NFLhead coach Bobby Petrino for $4.8 million per season for fiveyears.
So Schottenheimer will take his chances with the Chargers' performance next season - then reshuffle his hand.
"Right now, I wasn't comfortable accepting it," Schottenheimer said. "I appreciate that it was extended to me."
Schottenheimer enters the 2007 season as a lame duck, with no assurance that he'll roam San Diego's sideline in '08. And Schottenheimer - one of five coaches with 200 regular-season wins - is fine with that.
"Some people would say that I'm at my best when the pressure is on," Schottenheimer said. "I don't necessarily share that, and I'm sure some of you don't, either."
The 63-year-old Schottenheimer couldn't help but smile, knowing his postseason pratfalls are what gave the Chargers pause.
He's 5-13 in the playoffs. Four times his team was bounced after entering the postseason as the top seed, such as the Chargers were on Sunday. On nine occasions, Schottenheimer went one-and-done in the playoffs, including twice with the Chargers.
But Spanos decided that the stability of a team that set a franchise record with 14 regular-season wins trumped Schottenheimer's January experiences. In his five Chargers seasons, Schottenheimer is 47-33 in the regular season.
"There were a lot of things that were discussed between (general manager) A.J. Smith and myself," Spanos said. "I think the most important thing is he gives us the best chance to win next year. It keeps the continuity of the team together. There is a tremendous amount of support (for Schottenheimer) by the players. Those types of things were the kind of things that were important to me.
"I have a lot of confidence in him and the coaches down there - 14-2 is not a bad record."
Still, Schottenheimer's employment was in doubt some 48 hoursafter Sunday's disappointing playoff loss to the New England Patriots. Smith contemplated Schottenheimer's status, solicitingopinions from around the league and within his building.
"Monday was kind of a day to reflect and let your emotions die, settle down," Smith said. "Tuesday, for me, (I spent) all day, all night with Dean. Also I talked to some players. I want to get a pulse for the situation. I want to get a feel for the morale. I also talked to front-office personnel.
"I believe in a year-to-year situation, no matter what contracts are - Year to year to year. And I'm pretty sure I'm evaluated on a year-to-year basis."
One constant is the frosty relationship between Smith and Schottenheimer.
"I don't know what you mean by not getting along," Spanos said. "Are you saying they do not like each other? They get along in this organization for us to go 14-2. They each have the same goal in mind: to win a championship.
"One is a very good coach and one is a very good general manager. We work well enough professionally during the year - we have had issues, there is no doubt about it - but we work well enough during the year to function properly and field a team and go 14-2."
Schottenheimer said his relationship with Smith is a "non-issue."
"I'm a tough, ornery old cuss," Schottenheimer said. "Let me just say this: I hope all of you would appreciate the fact that I only care about one thing, and that's winning football games. All the rest of this stuff is extraneous; they are matters of the day, if you will."
What mattered to Smith was keeping intact a team that has wontwo of the last three AFC West championships.
"I made a recommendation that may surprise all of you," Smith said, "that we continue next year with Marty Schottenheimer based on the fact we are so talented a football team and the information I got from everybody that we are so close."
So don't slam the door on Schottenheimer yet, although some wanted the coach and his six straight playoff losses to exit.
His assistant coaches were also offered extensions, although offensive coordinator Cam Cameron was in Miami on Wednesday interviewing for the Dolphins' head coaching vacancy. Receivers coach James Lofton could be Oakland's next head coach.
For at least one more year, though, Schottenheimer's commitment to excellence is with the Chargers.
"I like San Diego," he said. "I love what went on in that stadium (Sunday) for the first 45 minutes or whatever it is. The community has embraced us; we've had some measure of success. But I think the most important thing, quite frankly for me, was that we've worked very, very hard over the past five years.
"The players and the coaches and the investments that have been made by all of us, we still have work that's undone."
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