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Halloween is coming in Pico Mundo, and Odd Thomas is about to have a busy holiday. The young fry cook, with his ability to see the dead, gets a visit from a dead child still wearing her costume, giving him a pervading sense of dread about the upcoming town-wide trick-or-treat festival. Aided by his gun-toting girlfriend Stormy and the ghost of Elvis, the clock is ticking for Odd to save the day… and the lives of dozens of children.
This is the second graphic novel prequel based on Koontz' ODD THOMAS series, and much like the first one, this one grabs you by the lapels and sucks you in quickly. It isn't so much the plot that captivates, but the characters- in Odd Thomas, Koontz has his finest creation. The boy has a perfect blend of charm, naïveté, and pluck, and his chemistry with Stormy is so much fun that you wouldn't mind spending the entire book watching them drive around in a car and yapping with one another. We also get a new supporting character this time in the person of novelist Ozzie Boone, and he's a complete hoot as well. The people are just fun, and if you can get that across to the reader, 90% of the battle is done.
Of course, they wouldn't be as much fun if they weren't drawn spectacularly well, and Queenie Chan delivers the good stuff on the page. The first book looked good, but it wasn't always sure of itself. That isn't the case here. Every page looks confident, and the characters have life that you can feel emanating from Chan's linework.
If there is one thing to complain about as pertains to this book, it is that it shows (as the first graphic novel did) that the first ODD THOMAS novel's ending was one of the worst mistakes that the author has ever made on the page. There was so much more to mine, so much more that could have been discovered, without the plot twist in the final ten pages. It made me swear off reading any of the rest of the prose works; but I will happily read as many more of these prequel graphic novels as Del Rey chooses to make.


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Trump Vs Snoop Dogg - The Twitter War
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Social media and news station alike are all buzzing about the latest tweets from President Donald Trump. The President has become rather infamous as of late due to his twitter outbursts and apparent lack of a verbal filter. This time however, Trump's social media rampage had no political agenda. Instead the President fired shots at none other than the legend himself- Snoop Dogg.
On March 15th at 4:02 am, Trump tweeted: " Can you imagine what the outcry would be if @SnoopDogg, failing career and all, had aimed and fired the gun at President Obama? Jail time!"
Trump took to social media in response to Snoop's latest music video, a remix of his song Lavender. Snoop's video featured several characters with painted clown faces. The video portrays a strong message about police brutality and shootings within the black community, but that message is being overlooked by the media and the President himself. Instead, the character that stands out the most is an orange faced clown by the name of Ronald Klump.
In the video Klump is hit over the head with what appears to be a sock filled with powder while standing at a podium to make a speech and is knocked off balance with a dumbfounded look on his face.
Then Snoop is depicted holding a gun to Klump's head and pulling the trigger. A sign reading "Bang!" materializes and Klump's character disappears from the scene. When his character reappears again, he's in chains. This particular part of the video is what has Trump and many of his supporters calling for jail time.
In response to being questioned about the nature of his video, Snoop is quoted to say "When I be putting ---- out, I don't ever expect or look for a reaction. I just put it out because I feel like it's something that's missing. Any time I drop something, I'm trying to fill in a void. I feel like it's a lot of people making cool records, having fun, partying, but nobody's dealing with the real issue with this ------- clown as president."
Not surpsing in the least that Snoop would have a far more diplomatic and mature response to the music video's critics than the President himself did, given Trump's history of being unable to hold his tongue on social media.
While this is certianly not the first artist to voice their politcal opions and address serious issues in our nation through their music- this is most certainly the first to get a direct response from Our Commander in Chief. Time can only tell how Donald will react next, but clearly, he is less than pleased with Snoop and his latest video release.
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To add more fuel to the social media fire, rapper T.I responded to the President's tweet with a barrage of insults mocking everything from Trump's appearance to his abilities as Chief of State.

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LITTLEFIELD - At first glance, it looks like a typical liquor store, with "Liquor" and "Beer" stenciled on its tan walls. However, those who know the flying W symbol, the signature orange and black colors and the song, "Waymore's Blues," that store - Waymore's - holds a legacy unlike any other.
Old photographs, album covers and posters line the walls behind rows of colorful wine and liquor bottles. The whole room, a museum of sorts at Waymore's Liquor Store, is dedicated to James Jennings' brother and country music star, Waylon Jennings.
With each item, James has a story to tell. Waylon's framed gold record - the same record that became the first platinum country music record - was a gift to his mother. An old guitar with Waylon's name and first wife's name barely visible had been sold in a pawn shop, and James had to buy the guitar from its new owner to put it in his store.
James said he "ain't ever going to be through" collecting Waylon's belongings and memorabilia. But he wished he had more, even though he already has a roomful of items and more at his house. The memorabilia that covers the liquor store walls was collected mostly from Waylon's wife, Jessi, his friends, relatives and the fans who visit.
"When you're living around something your whole life, you don't think about it," he said. "Looking back, you wish you'd have grabbed on to all that stuff."
As soon as Waylon was mentioned, James went back and forth across the room pointing to an album cover in one moment and a family picture in the next, sharing new stories or singing one of Waylon's songs each time.
"Do you know this song?" he asked before cheerfully launching into one of his brother's songs.
James created Waymore's with his wife Helen four years ago along the boulevard named after his brother. It used to be a gas station with a separate room for their Waylon museum, but James said he suddenly got the idea to turn it into a liquor store.
"We've been in the service station business and I was ready to get out - gas prices were jumping high. I was ready to do something different," Helen said. "I knew if James had faith in it, it'd work."
They kept the museum in the same room but have since added shelves for liquor and wine, a Christmas tree and a playpen for their great-grandson. Helen said it isn't the museum most people expect. She said visitors come to Waymore's to meet her husband, hear his stories and go on his "25-cent tour" of Waylon's life in Littlefield.
James conducted Littlefield tours from his pickup truck, pointing out the house where he and Waylon grew up, the place where they dug caves, the radio station where Waylon worked, and the house where Waylon was born. Each conjured up a new memory and story.
"(Waylon) said, 'You know, my first remembrance of anything was a guitar. I can remember trying to get to that guitar.' That was even before he could walk," James said. "(Waylon) said, 'There was just something about that guitar that caught my eye.' "
It was stories like these that brought visitors from all over the country and the world to the small-town liquor store. Whenever fans come to Waymore's, Helen has them sign their name in a guest book. People from Europe, Asia and Australia have scrawled their names in the book.
"We get a lot of people who come through. You'd be surprised to see them stop in Littlefield, Texas," said James' daughter, Darla. "I like all the visitors - you never know who you're going to meet."
A man from Japan flew to Lubbock and drove to Littlefield just to meet him and see the town where Waylon grew up, James said. When he met visitors from foreign countries, he said he was surprised at how much they knew about his brother.
"You can start talking about a song Waylon did a long time ago, and they'd chime right in," James said. "They followed Waylon and his whole career."
Even at the end of Waylon's career, when he had diabetes problems, James said Waylon had no intention of retiring.
"(Waylon) said, 'I'm not quitting - I'm going back on the road,' " James said. "You just got to play the hand you got, and he said, 'I know.' "
That's how James feels about his store. He says people have often asked him if he would ever sell any of the memorabilia, but James told them he never will. To him, Waylon was always famous and he said he wants to keep the store and Waylon's items in the family.
Darla will continue what her father started as Waymore's new owner.
"Five generations (of Jenningses) grew up on this corner," Darla said. "This is all we know."
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Is anyone having problems with their php shops loading that has the domain Link Redirection enabled. Trying to figure out whether this is a PopShops issue or a server hosting issue.
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This was not a PopShops issue.
My hosting company figured out the problem. With the huge amount of holiday traffic my websites are getting, the server automatically blocked PopShops IP for too many requests in so many seconds.
Posting this just in case someone else is trying to troubleshoot a problem.
December 5th, 2011, 07:04 AM #3MERCHANTS: Start showing your coupons directly on your site, that way your shoppers will stop leaving your site looking for them!! If not then remove your Coupon Box!!
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I have been using the same hosting company for almost 10 years and am very happy with them. They responded quickly to this issue and tracked down the problem. Like Convergence said, I am using shared hosting and there will be limitations. As my business grows I may need to look at other options.
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Are America's highest earners the same, static group of ultra-wealthy individuals, sitting atop the income distribution from year to year? Not at all. As Mark J. Perry of the American Enterprise Institute explains, the wealthiest Americans are an ever-changing group, and Americans move up and down the income ladder throughout their lives.
The IRS recently issued new data regarding how often American taxpayers appeared in the list of top 400 earners, analyzing tax returns across the 19-year period from 1992 to 2010. What they found differs markedly from most commentary on income mobility. There were 4,024 unique taxpayers whose tax returns filed from 1992 to 2010 placed in the top 400 earners. Of those:
- The vast majority -- 72.3 percent -- of the 4,024 taxpayers were in the top 400 only once during the period.
- Just 27.7 percent of the top 400 taxpayers made the list more than once during the period.
- Eighty-five percent of top earners (3,413 of the 4,024 taxpayers) made it into the group only once or twice.
- Just 95 taxpayers (2.4 percent of the total) sat in the top 400 for at least a decade.
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Source: Mark J. Perry, "IRS data show that the vast majority of taxpayers in the 'Fortunate 400' are only there for one year," American Enterprise Institute, November 25, 2014.
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**Disclaimer: I actually hate the label of PUA. I don't like what it implies, and I don't think the goals are generally in the best interest of many or even all parties involved. One should not aspire to be a "PUA," one should aspire to be a cool, social guy who brings value to everyone around him. Which is part of the reason I write this post. So with that out of the way read on:
The Dark Side of Game
As a guy with my finger firmly on the pulse of gamers in Japan and the pickup community over here, I often get concerned when I hear or read guys thumping chests and bashing chicks. I get it – the tendency to harden up, get overly cocky or jaded, and run through girls without much concern for their wellbeing is somewhat natural.
Why, you say?
It has to do with the overall trajectory of male growth as they walk the path of game. When they start out, if you're anything like me, you were raised by a sweet mother and culture who taught you to be kind and gentlemanly with women, the fairer sex.
This is a great idea on paper.
This is not you.
In reality, men are faced with a cutthroat dating market where women are extremely fast to cut men off without giving them a chance at all. Women's value is hugely inflated, and beauty itself – something gifted from birth rather than developed – is seen as a virtue for women, one that signifies men should grovel and feel privileged just to talk to such a goddess.
And so Mystery and the PUA forefathers developed techniques to "take her off the pedestal" or "knock her down a notch." In many ways, this was a kind of "revenge of the nerds." Guys who were ignored, trampled on, rejected, insulted, and deprived of female contact and interest now had some tools in their arsenal. "Game" offered men something that another hobby of theirs – video games – also offered: a systematic, learnable, skill-based method of improvement and mastery to gain results.
The principal flaw of course being that in video games, you seek to dominate and destroy your opponent by any means necessary.
No, this is the wrong kind of game.
And so the begrudged nerds struck back with their techniques, "escalation ladders" and "neg routines." And they worked – to a degree. These guys were catching the attention of women who previously wouldn't give them the time of day. They happily hooked up with girls for short, dirty one night stands where they preyed on low self-esteem and relied on their bag of tricks to plaster over their deep-seated insecurities.
This spiritual failing of the forefathers of game is one of the biggest and most dangerous traps which awaits any newcomer on the road to success with women – tricks are not substitute for substance and reflection.
You cannot improve the quality of your relationships without developing yourself.
This is one of the huge reasons I spend so much time talking about the destruction of your own ego and mastery over yourself. Unless you spend time taking a brutally honest look in the mirror, you aren't going to have meaningful relationships with women. Sex – yes, maybe. Tricks can get you sex and short-term "results". But not true affinity and long-term satisfaction.
Which brings me back to what I see sometimes in guys learning game. EVERY guy actually must fall into this trap and pull himself out – sometimes multiple times. And the trap is this:
The temptation to use your newfound skills and power to exact revenge and domination over those who have mistreated you in the past – women.
In other words, to "harden up" to the point where you are no longer vulnerable and honest and refuse to recognize those aspects in women you interact with.
Squishy vs. Spiky
Hedgehogs are Spiky and Squishy.
Don't get me wrong here. Most guys who are just starting out – especially from liberal Western cultures and the more education and critical theory they've learned and digested – need to harden up a bit. They need some spikes because at first, they are pushovers. Doormats. They coddle and suck up to women, not realizing that women are not meek creatures but actually fanged beings of the night – equal in power to men, yet their power does not manifest in the same way. Physical strength is not the only, nor the most powerful form of strength, and women employ a more subtle strength but DO NOT mistake this for weakness.
Show me a beautiful girl and I'll show you a woman with more social power than nearly any man has ever mustered. Yes, she does have fangs and they do cut deep.
So men, in pursuit of such beautiful women, learn, through game and/or experience, to grow spikes. They get a bit bolder. Refuse to take girls' bullshit. Call them out on their hypocrisies. Pull them and have sex with them sooner than a "gentleman" would. And these hard spikes serve them well – they get far more results than the vast majority of men around the world, and are viewed as sexual assholes by most.
So what is the problem?
The issue, to which I alluded earlier, is in getting TOO spiky, going TOO far off the edge to the point of actually treating women as doormats and simply having your way with them without any care or desire to connect on a more meaningful way with them. The issue is being so spiky that nobody can get close enough to love you, and you can't love anybody else.
These men – and again, it has happened to me, most guys I know who are advanced at game, and it will happen to everyone who sticks with this path – wield their reality tunnels as weapons, enforcing their wills upon the world at large. Consumed by their power, they push things too far and are filled with their own self-interest.
I've seen guys get into petty sex-only focus which leaves them angry and delving into darkness. Cases where a guy will happily be walking a girl home and when she doesn't want to have sex with him, the guy flashes angry, starts berating her and demands money back from the dinner he previously paid for.
I've heard guys proclaim they treat girls like shit and they follow me home, as if this was something to be proud of. But this type of behavior doesn't make you a boss player, it makes you a weak little man hiding in a shell. This is the very real dark underbelly of game. And these men have hardened and embraced their power so fully they are full of malice and value-leeching.
They have forgotten how to be squishy.
And they must relearn.
Darth Vader has no Squish
The Battle of the Sexes
Have you ever heard women say things like:
"There are no good men left."
Women have a hard time too in this "battle of the sexes." Men can be callous and dismissive, and plunge their spikes right in the vulnerable squishy parts of the woman (har har). And do not think that women are all just emotional messes – they too have spikes and defenses in place. But when they let a man into their life, and the man takes advantage and hurts them, they feel that pain after the relationship. They vow to never be taken advantage of again. They harden up. They grow more spikes. Eventually, you end up with cat ladies and bra-burning feminists who "don't need NO man."
But let me tell you something:
The second you prevent yourself from showing your own vulnerability is the second you cut yourself off from meaningful relationships.
These hardened, spiky women, and the hardened, spiky player men are suffering from the same mental poison. They both believe that the secret to their own happiness and romantic success is to be harder. Tougher. Spikier.
When in reality it is to cultivate your vulnerability. True power comes in being so secure with yourself and knowing your own flaws so intimately that nobody can use them against you, and then exposing those flaws to would-be partners. You cannot form meaningful relationships with women until you both see each others' flaws, so you might as well get this bit out of the way and enjoy more depth sooner! If you have the courage to be vulnerable with women, they will reward you beyond your wildest dreams with relationships of rich vibrancy and depth.
Empathy Vs. Leadership
Now, don't flip the other extreme and forget how to be a leader on your purpose. You must at all times keep moving towards your agenda. Especially with Japanese girls, you must direct the entire interaction, guiding it towards what both of you want. But you must also listen to the girl. An age-old aphorism states:
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.-Somebody smart
Such is the basis of empathy. So if you are just starting out – work on your leadership. Push interactions farther than you are comfortable. Plan and take care of all logistics, meeting dates, times, venues, music choice, activities, etc. Bring the girl under your wing, as if she were a sheep in your flock or a daughter you value and wish to protect, but don't let her be distracted by shiny objects and folly.
If she were your daughter, would you allow her to gorge on doughnuts all day and skip out on her spinach? Would you let her watch TV constantly and miss the dentist? I hope not. Giving women constant validation, attention, and caving to all their demands deflates their attraction and is horrible for their general well-being. We've all seen daughters who control their meek fathers – to their own demise.
A squishy dad is controllable, lax, a pushover. A squishy dad wants everything for his daughter, but in trying to give her the world he robs her of challenge, growth, and boundaries.
A strong dad frame of leadership keeps the ship right.
But do not confuse leadership with invulnerability. A spiky dad is not a loving dad. A spiky dad sends his daughters to ballet and starves them half to death, demanding more and more or worse – being totally absent. A spiky dad withdraws his affections and ignores them.
So add to this base of leadership an attempt at deep understanding. Not just the facts about her – her likes, dislikes, birthday, hobbies. These are superficial. Seek instead to understand the forces which create her, inspire her, intimidate her. Seek the WHY of what she does. Create a space where she can feel both supremely comfortable and loved, yet challenged and never allowed to slip into mediocrity. Alternate between your love and attention to her, and your slight disapproval and desire to see her improve on her choices and life. Give her not what she wants, but what she needs.
For this – not some weak "gentlemanly" groveling – is the true essence of caring for someone. This is how you treat your friends, your family, your loved ones.
And this more enlightened approach to relationships is how we end the "battle of the sexes." This is how we stop the cycle of pain that hurts both men and women. We must refuse to fight – for men and women are not enemies by nature. And in this sense, being good at Game means refusing to play.
I think in some ways, the ideal game is that of the "enlightened beginner." The child's mind – approaching every girl and opportunity with curiosity and interest, and a lack of any "hardened" shell developed from past pain. Zen, almost.
At the end of each interaction with women evaluate yourself by these criteria:
-Did I express myself honestly? Honesty here means not pretending to be anything, not playing any games or having any trickery at heart. Honesty also means not being afraid to put myself out there and make sexual advances when you deem fit. This honesty should not be confused with the chivalry or saccharine pleasantry you might imagine. Nor does it mean to always tell the truth. Rather, it should be bold, real, uncouth, unfiltered, spontaneous, and free. Honesty means DEEP honesty, with yourself and your intentions.
–Did I lead the interaction? Was I the guiding force behind our encounter? Did things move, not necessarily rigidly or completely, but at least to some degree in the direction I desired? Was I dynamic and able to adapt my plan yet maintain it's overall integrity and the role of leader?
-Did I seek to understand her? Was there a real, concerted effort on my part to understand the forces which guide and influence her? Did I hold her accountable to her own standards? Did I do what she wanted, or what she needed?
The biggest irony of all this?
If you actually focus on bringing this empathy and vulnerability back into your game, you'll sleep with far more women than you ever did being "hard." Funny how in game, what's good for us spiritually is also good for being a huge pimp.
In summary:
–Stay in touch with your own vulnerability and expose it actively.
–Great game is created in the managing of the tension between empathy and leadership.
–Always have the girls' best interests at heart.
–Don't be a Sith Lord, even though their powers are way cooler.


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- 7 Chat Game
- 8 So, I tried the whole Lisp thing...
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- 10 Editing Tyranny Domain
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Yay Captcha![edit]
Good to see our shields are up again. Course, it would be ideal if we didn't need them, but you know those crazy spammers. I'll keep a look-out for any bypasses. -- Eiji-kun 06:53, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Boo Capchas[edit]
Well, not boo in that we have them, but boo in that they are giving us a PHP error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function curl_init() in /var/www/w/extensions/Asirra/Asirra.class.php on line 78"
This is blocking reddir from saving pages from what he said in IRC. --Havvy 13:28, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
- Error has been fixed, but the CAPTCHA has been turned off. And uh, shit, this has probably prevented anyone from registering on the site since we moved servers. Surgo 16:37, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
- I never saw a CAPTCHA offered, even when I tried to make an edit after logging out. Its not normally a problem for me. Be Well 13:44, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
- CAPTCHA reenabled. Problem with curl should be fixed. Surgo 14:10, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
- Testing...Yay! I can still post. Be Well 15:15, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Lizardfolk Paragon is now CommFave[edit]
Enjoy and all that. Put it in the rotation and all that. - MisterSinister 08:36, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Ratings Update[edit]
Following the recent wiki vote on ratings granularity and display, all old ratings can be updated to make use of "love / like / neutral / dislike / hate" instead of the old values. If you would like to update your ratings, you can find a list of them at Category:Legacy Rating Surgo. When you update a rating, be sure to delete the "|OldRating=True" part. - Tarkisflux Talk 17:54, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
AddRating Stuffs[edit]
Can you update the ip error text so that it contains an intended line break at a nice place instead of breaking at its current weird place?
Can you trigger the ip error before they have a chance to write (and then lose) their review? If not, can you display their review for them to copy before they log in so they can then paste it back in? - Tarkisflux Talk 02:51, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
- I can't do this tonight. For the second paragraph, the former is not possible. The later may be possible. This could take some time though. Surgo 03:05, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
- I'd actually like to do the latter as part of a "rewrite your rating if it exists" thing. Surgo 03:21, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
- That's fine. Just tested as an ip, saw weirdness, didn't want to forget it. - Tarkisflux Talk 04:57, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Ninja Surprise![edit]
By the by... I made my attempt. So far results have been positive. -- Eiji-kun 17:06, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks, I'll check it out when I have some free time at work or get home. Surgo 17:10, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
Chat Game[edit]
We can do it today if you are up for it. --Leziad 23:48, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
- Another one tonight if you are available. --Leziad 00:33, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
So, I tried the whole Lisp thing...[edit]
Yeah, I decided I'd actually try it, and I'm not having much luck. I'm using Lispbox (i.e. emacs), and I was just trying to write some simple functions, and the results were... rather weird. Specifically, I wrote this:
(defun square (x) (* x x))
And the REPL seemed fine with it. Then, I tried this:
(square (2))
And what I got was this:
Car of (2) is not a function name or lambda-expression.
[Condition of type CCL::SIMPLE-PROGRAM-ERROR]
[Restart options go here]
I am... completely confused as to why this is happening, and I had nobody else to ask. I would appreciate any help immensely, because I very much would like to like Lisp (and be able to use it). - MisterSinister (talk) 08:33, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
- You wanted to write (square 2), not (square (2)). Function calling goes (function arg1 arg2...), and if you put anything inside parenthesis (this isn't exactly what happens, but is enough for the purposes of this discussion) it tries to evaluate it as if its a function. So (square (2)) is trying to evaluate a function "2", as if you had just typed (2). This function doesn't exist, so it errors out. Much more specific explanation (which you may or may not understand) in the paragraphs below.
- What actually happens in the evaluation (or a reasonably close approximation of what happens) is that when the interpreter sees a () list, it takes the "car" (the first element) of the list and tries to evaluate it. This can be either a function, a macro, or a special form (some things like if, or lambda). If it's none of the above, it doesn't know what to do so it has to bail out. So take (square (2)). It goes from left to right...okay we see (square, and square is a function, so evaluate it. Now we have (2, try to evaluate it...error! (It doesn't go from inner to outer because of macros, which you'll learn about later.)
- You might wonder -- why the hell does (defun) not work that way? That's because defun is a macro -- a macro is a construct that is like a function, but is evaluated at compile time (instead of run time) and does not interpret its arguments when called. So the macro gets (x) (* x x) as its arguments -- not the results of evaluating (x) and (* x x).
- Hope that helps. Surgo (talk) 13:05, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
- Thanks - that actually makes sense. - MisterSinister (talk) 19:10, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
Comm Faves[edit]
Turns out your Tome Ninja is a Comm Fave, but it doesn't have a blurb and isn't in the front page rotation. Here's a link to the blurb preload loader if you wanted to fix that: linky. The Tome Monk needs one too, if you wanted to write up two while you were at it. - Tarkisflux Talk 20:49, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
- I think what we really need are images. Could anyone help with that? Surgo (talk) 17:19, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
Editing Tyranny Domain[edit]
There need to be some additions and changes to Tyranny Domain. The list of compulsion type spells associated with Tyranny are incomplete. The list of total deities that align with the Tyranny Domain are incomplete. The WotC database has other different material, but they aren't open to public edits. As it stands, these are just minor edits based on the actual domain features, and the full list of spells. It's not an earth shattering edit really? At least it doesn't seem so.
Can I just add the missing date (it's taken me hours of research to complete this) without a rollback please?
- I'm not Surgo but I can answer for him (because I would have done the same thing). The domain you edited is a homebrew replacement and not intended to be a reprint of the WotC one (which I'm pretty sure is not OGL, and so not content we are allowed to host). The reason the edits you made got reverted is that they were substantial changes to a contributor's work that is associated with their name, and is not the vision they had for the work. I can add a note to the top to indicate that it's supposed to be a replacement, since it wasn't clear otherwise, but that's about as far as we can go with it. Letting you make the changes you'd like to wouldn't correct it, since it was never intended to reflect the WotC original. - Tarkisflux Talk 16:25, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
Gotcha. I missed that it was homebrew. I'll just find add another.
Chronicles of Astinus[edit]
Hello! I had some time today and have now imported the articles from Chronicles of Astinus into the DnDWiki namespace. I thought it would not be too much trouble to go ahead and do this manually, but it was quite some more than I expected. Inbetween I messed up the main page (I still do not know, why the import did not change any pages which names already did exist, like Caramon Majere, but seems to HAVE changed the main page) - I hope there was no harm done and I'm really sorry about that. In any case, if we carry on importing Spelljammer Wiki some time in the future, I would be happy if you might find a non-manual solution some time. But now there will be lots of work for adapting the stuff from Chronicles of Astinus :-). I also made a page Dungeons and Dragons Wiki:Chronicles of Astinus (in accordance with Dungeons and Dragons Wiki:DnDWiki/Dungeons and Dragons Wiki:DnDWiki import).
One problem I could not solve: I could not import Template:Pantheon of Dragonlance because it is so large. Would you have any idea how to solve that? Thanks in any case. Daranios (talk) 18:01, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
- By the way: Would it be possible to upload svg-files? This seems to be possible at Wikipedia, but not (yet) here. I would be interested in: Ansalon Post Catacylsm. Thanks a lot for giving it a thought! Daranios (talk) 16:06, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
- That template is really nasty. I'll see what I can do about it, but it depends on a lot of stuff that we don't have. I can enable svg rendering and hopefully it won't put too much of a strain on the server -- to be honest, I never even realized it was turned off. I might not even have to install anything extra. Surgo (talk) 19:30, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
- Holy crap that template is crazy. It's only used on two pages though, and going without it or working up a (less crazy and probably less pretty) replacement doesn't seem too difficult. Alternately, it could be saved as an image and loaded into the page in that format. Not interactive, but also easy to implement.
- As for svg, if it's problematic we can always save the image to a different format and upload new format with the same licensing information. That might lose the image history, but I think it works out ok. - Tarkisflux Talk 21:01, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Rating Block Notice[edit]
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Can I get your get your blessing to adopt the S'uuisku (3.5e Race) page? --Franken Kesey (talk) 15:24, 23 July 2013 (UTC)
Rating Extension Tweak[edit]
A bit ago I asked if you could modify the ratings extension to update category/semantic tables or just "open"->"save" the associated article page without making any changes, and now I have an example of why I want that changed. Dark Sun Rising (3.5e Spell) just got commopp'd, and according to the article page it is in the Community Opposed category and also has the Rating property set to "Rated 0 / 4". If you go to the comm opp category, you will not see the page. If you do a semantic search for Rated 0 / 4, you will not see the article listed. If the article gets edited and saved it will show up in those places, but that doesn't happen all the time. These make it really really hard to track down things that should be removed per policy, hence my original request.
If you don't want to look into the table thing, could you just do the article save thing instead? Since the extension is already opening and saving the talk page, adding a call to open and save the article page without changes right after seems like an easy thing to bolt on. Assuming it works, and I don't see why it wouldn't, it would make tracking these things a lot easier. - Tarkisflux Talk 03:45, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
- Sorry I haven't looked at this. I'll take a look as soon as I can. We are running somewhat older versions of the software at the moment -- I wonder if an upgrade would fix this problem. Surgo (talk) 04:55, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
- Going to guess it's a result of the stuff being added using the author template. The trouble with null saving programmatically has always been the race conditions that come with it; I'll see if there's a better way to refresh the pages. Surgo (talk) 05:02, 20 August 2013 (UTC)
- I think I found a way to do this. Surgo (talk) 17:17, 21 August 2013 (UTC)
And we're back...[edit]
How's the wiki? Spammerbane was getting a workout there, but I believe I have CLEAVED AND SMOTE EVIL them all. What a strange thing, were our defenses down for a moment? -- Eiji-kun (talk) 03:36, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
- Yeah I was upgrading and turned Asirra off for a second...WTF man, how often are spammers pinging us? It was just like 2 minutes. Surgo (talk) 03:41, 14 January 2014 (UTC)
Edits Disabled[edit]
So I seem to be unable to make edits to pages (curiously though I can edit Talk pages just fine). Also curiously I can post new pages just fine, but god help me if I try to edit after. The error message varies slightly, but the typical message is Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in /var/www/w/includes/parser/Preprocessor_DOM.php on line 1073. Any ideas? -- Eiji-kun (talk) 02:33, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
- Can you edit them while logged out? I'll try upgrading a couple extensions that might be causing trouble and see if it changes anything. Surgo (talk) 02:53, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
- I'll be on chat for a bit, let's try to fix this bug. Surgo (talk) 02:57, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
- Don't worry about it. I've reproduced and will keep testing on this end. Surgo (talk) 03:03, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
Slow Loading[edit]
The wiki has been loading pages slowly for about a day now (30 seconds to a minute to load a page). Got any ideas on why this might be? --Ganteka Future (talk) 22:00, 11 February 2014 (UTC)
- Looks like I'll need to reinstate my "restart everything at regular intervals" script. Surgo (talk) 03:18, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
- And we'll go back to looking for which page is breaking everything again. Maybe I should just convert all of the nav pages to shorter formats with "further results" links already... - Tarkisflux Talk 04:03, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
- I'd be surprised if it was any particular page this time...the process happened so slowly it could just as easily be a bug in lighttpd or whatnot. Surgo (talk) 05:18, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Hey Surgo, the User Navbox JS stuff is ready: Talk:Main_Page#Please_take_NavBoxes_out_of_articles._.28Just_in_case.2C_this_is_NOT_an_April.27s_Fool.29. --Aarnott (talk) 15:10, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
- Hey, I'll add this in and test it when I get back from travelling on Thursday. You can do it yourself if you want though, as an admin I believe you have access to MediaWiki:Common.js. I only don't want to do it now because I want to be able to test it a bit :/ Feel free to splice it in before I get home if you have access, otherwise I'll do it as I can test it. Surgo (talk) 07:05, 12 April 2014 (UTC)
Phoenix Knight[edit]
The class you requested is about 50% done now. Just updating so you know im still working on it. --Leziad (talk) 05:00, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
- Thank you! :-D Surgo (talk) 15:44, 20 August 2014 (UTC)
Comm Opp / Fav Category and Ratings Code[edit]
Did you ever update the "add ratings" code so that it re-saved the article page that we talked about. You figured out an alternative to my proposed open / save without changes plan to update the tables, but I don't know what it was. I ask because I'm not seeing the newly opposed articles in the Community Opposed category (it shows on the article, but the article isn't listed in the category page), and I don't want them to get lost or missed in general. - Tarkisflux Talk 16:42, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
- Oh man I don't think I did. Urgh, I don't even remember what the alternative was now. Surgo (talk) 17:12, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
Asirra Issue[edit]
Had a non-registered user come into IRC today and post that they couldn't create a new page due to an error with assira:
Fatal error: Call to a member function xpath() on boolean in /var/www/w/extensions/ConfirmEdit/Asirra.class.php on line 52
--Havvy (talk) 00:03, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- Acknowledged. Will fix tonight and if I can't, disable it entirely until I can fix it. Surgo (talk) 01:13, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- Ah, fuck. Asirra shut down. Need to find a replacement. Surgo (talk) 02:39, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- I turned on recaptcha. People should at least be able to register now, but be aware that recaptcha is way fucking worse than Asirra ever was and we're probably going to get some spam. Unless I get some time that I don't have to improve the ConfirmEdit extension, I'm afraid we're in a bit of trouble. Surgo (talk) 03:43, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
- If anyone's looking for a programming challenge btw, please patch the ConfirmEdit extension to implement some kind of exponential backoff. Shouldn't take more than a day, depending on your familiarity with PHP and the algorithm itself. Surgo (talk) 03:44, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Capcha stuff[edit]
Found places I could work in an exponential backoff, haven't done it. Also found this that just disallows users with insufficient edits from posting outside links at all. It's probably easier to just do that one if spam becomes a problem. - Tarkisflux Talk 20:27, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
Replace Text / Template Update Jobs[edit]
I setup 2 replace text jobs last night, and neither has started yet. Did something break? - Tarkisflux Talk 20:10, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
- Das bump. Still nothing showing for those replace jobs. - Tarkisflux Talk 16:30, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
- It's been 5 months, and those jobs never showed up (I forgot what they were even :-( ). Neither has the new one I triggered. And I actually want this functional so I can do work on redirects to remove some search barriers. Can you get this reinstalled or fixed or something please? - Tarkisflux Talk 03:25, 17 March 2015 (UTC)
- I've updated the extension. Does it work now? Surgo (talk) 07:52, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
- It's accepting jobs, but still not running them. Which is what it was doing before. Maybe an issue with the jobs queue? - Tarkisflux Talk 00:09, 31 March 2015 (UTC)
- Job queue investigation bump. - Tarkisflux Talk 21:23, 10 May 2015 (UTC)
- In case you're kind of around again, I wanted to bump this. The replace text plugin is still not behaving. The form fills out nicely and generates the appropriate items and submits properly... but the jobs are never run. It also looks like the template update jobs aren't running properly either, though that's harder to quantify.
- Anyway, If you're doing some work around here it would be nice if those were fixed too. There were some issues with jobs in Mediawiki 1.22 a couple of years ago (when I first noticed this broke), but as we're on 1.26 now it might be as simple as updating some vars that I don't have access to. - Tarkisflux Talk 17:55, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
- Variables set. Job queue running. Looks like we've got a couple years of backlog. Surgo (talk) 19:29, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
- Should be done. Surgo (talk) 19:30, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
We're back![edit]
Surgo saves the day! -- Eiji-kun (talk) 02:14, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
- Surgo saves the day again! Seriously, thanks for the rapid turnout sir. I salute you! -- Eiji-kun (talk) 04:52, 10 September 2016 (UTC)
Good news[edit]
I recreated my FE variant rule IN MY SANDBOX so you can praise me now (in evil voice:) or else the potato monster will come to your house while you are sleeping and eat you alive XX the memenist Xx (talk) 16:28, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
- Good. Keep doing that. Surgo (talk) 17:48, 31 July 2016 (UTC)
Password Reset Error[edit]
Hey Surgo, it's my annual "change all the passwords" marathon and the wiki is giving me the following error when it tries to email me a temporary new password (after clicking "forgot password" in the login screen): "Error sending mail: Unknown error in PHP's mail() function." A brief google search made it seem unlikely to be something on my end, and I don't know PHP from PHB, so I'm alerting you to the issue. - Spanambula (talk) 19:10, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
- Definitely something on our end. Taking a look when I get home. Surgo (talk) 21:46, 28 August 2016 (UTC)
- Email should work now. A system upgrade moved the location of the program that sends the emails. Surgo (talk) 04:43, 31 August 2016 (UTC)
Surgo Contact Request[edit]
Good day Surgo, Larry Vela here, the owner of BoLS Interactive. www.bolsinteractive.com. I am trying to get in contact with the owner of the site to discuss a business proposal. Can you please contact me at email@example.com at your convenience. I have attempted to contact the site owner previously with no success.
- I sent a message. Surgo (talk) 21:15, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
File uploads[edit]
Noticed while uploading an image that the stated maximum filesize is 2MB, but Nginx seems to throw a 413 Payload Too Large for anything over 1Mb. Probably some configs not quite lining up? --DanielDraco (talk) 00:50, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
SRD5 Namespace Search[edit]
Had a request to add SRD5 to the advanced search page, which I can't do so I'm forwarding to you. Should probably also add it as a default NS for search from the upper right box. Thanks. - Tarkisflux Talk 17:52, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
- This is complicated. SRD5 was never created as a namespace by me. I'll see what I can do. Surgo (talk) 04:13, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
- Done. Some old garbo from Semantic Forms (which we haven't used for years) got moved to the mainspace in the process. If you encounter it, just delete it. Surgo (talk) 04:51, 1 December 2016 (UTC)
Strange Activity[edit]
Who is User:Bigred, and why were they apparently promoted? -- Eiji-kun (talk) 03:27, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
- It's intentional. I'll give more details soon. Surgo (talk) 04:45, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
Best Wishes in the Future[edit]
I am sorry to hear of your lessening impact on the site. But I am glad that you have the opportunity to follow your happiness. I wish you all the best. With respect --Rlyehable (talk) 00:22, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
- No, thank you for the 5e SRD work! Surgo (talk) 00:22, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
Seven years of Smooth Sailing[edit]
Thanks for all the effort in keeping this boat afloat. Don't be a stranger, now.
Much love. And stay away from buses. --Sulacu (talk) 08:36, 7 December 2016 (MST)
I noticed you moved my maneuver, and given its nature, I was worried it was probably jut too OP, but I guess my drowsiness resulted in the oversight of actually listing it as a maneuver and giving it the proper breadcrumb. Thanks for doing that for me with no other questions asked. You're a saint, my dude. -SecondDeath777 16:47, 28 October 2017


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AUDUSD – Aiming For New Highs
Before you read today's analysis, read EURUSD analysis from yesterday. EURUSD moved close to 150 pips since then and we were able to lock in +105 pips on Elite Swing Signals on EURUSD Long trade. I personally took another long trade based on CandleTick strategy earlier in the Asian session yesterday, which netted +100 pips more.
AUDUSD Technical Analysis
Today we look at AUDUSD. Technical Analysis of weekly chart shows break of the upper trendline. price from here is likely to move up towards the resistance at 1.0230. Price need to close above this level for it to keep moving higher.
AUDUSD daily chart shows that price closed above the weekly trendline last week and so far this week it has been hanging around the same area on 4 hour chart. Now it seems to have broken and re-tested the trendline and poised to go up from here.
AUDUSD Fundamental Analysis
Reserve Bank of Australia is due to meet later in the day and likely to keep interest rates at 4.75%. Current monetary policy and Inflation so far at a safe level, however recent floods in Queensland are bit of a concern.
If RBA comments about concerns towards increase in inflation due to floods then it could lead AUDUSD higher in hope that Interest Rates are likely to go up in near future.
AUDUSD Trading Plan
If price drops to trendline before heading up to the resistance above, then look for aggressive long trades around 1.0150. If price pushes higher and close above 1.0230-50 then look for re-test of this area for long trades.
On the other hand if momentum towards the downside is strong then look for shorts if price close below the trendline at 1.0150


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Hello Suhasd!
Welcome to Wikitravel. Thanks for plunging forward so far. If you're going to continue working on Wikitravel, you may find the tips for new contributors helpful. You should also make sure you understand our copyleft and policies and guidelines. Scanning the Manual of style, especially the article templates, can give you a good idea of how we like articles formatted. If you need help, check out Wikitravel:Help and Wikitravel:Jargon, and if you need some info not on there, post a message in the travellers' pub or on the talk page for the most appropriate article.
Your Image:DSC 0193.jpg is awesome! Thanks for contributing it! You may want to check the image policy just to familiarize yourself with rules for images, but aside from the filename (which isn't a big deal) this image seems to be in line with policy so it seems like you know what you're doing. Hopefully we'll see more! -- Ryan 04:19, 27 March 2006 (EST)
Hey Suhasd. You've been working hard on the Alora article. It sounds like a great place. However, I'm afraid that I have had to delete the 'visit' information because it has been copied from [1] and therefore contravenes copyright laws. However, if you can rewrite in your own words, then in will be acceptable. Sorry about that. WindHorse 27 March 06
Thanks for your great additions to Delhi's history! I've reverted your changes to Delhi's airport and climate sections though — while way better than it used to be, the airport is still terribly overcrowded and will stay that way until they open the new terminal in 2010; and Delhi's climate is in all likelihood the worst of all the world's major cities. Jpatokal 06:16, 26 December 2008 (EST)


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You're just browsing. You have no intention of buying anything. But then you see that one special thing and you just can't resist. So you buy it, and you don't look at it again for a few weeks. It's only when the bills are due and you see a long list of impulsive buys that you start to think you might have a problem.
We all like to treat ourselves now and again, but when we have limited funds it's important to make sure we're not splurging on things we don't need. Here are some suggestions where you could save money and, eventually, you may still be able to indulge in an impulse buy in the future.
Go green
Of course, household things like water, electricity, and a broadband connection are necessities, but you can trim the fat by making your home green. Unplugging all your unused electrical devices, air sealing your home, or switching to LED lightbulbs can reduce your energy consumption, saving you money on your bills and helping the environment. Going paperless and receiving your bills online can also save you a few dollars per month.
DIY whenever you can
Sometimes things break around the house, or drains get blocked. If it's nothing too serious, then save money by not calling a professional and doing your own home repairs. DIY isn't just limited to fixing things around the house either. You can make your own cleaning products, which aren't as harsh on the skin as chemical products.
Budget your beauty regime
Inevitably, you will have to buy new things each season, such as fresh makeup, summer clothing, or skincare products. You'll have to get creative, but you can save money and still have a fresh look each season. If you're good with a needle, you can repair and recycle your old clothes to give them an updated look. There are plenty of home remedies online for face masks, or hair products, which only require things you'd put on your grocery list. Check out Raeanne's tips on controlling your budget for more beauty hacks.
Shop smarter
Buying food on a budget is a struggle for a lot of people for various reasons. Fortunately, there are several ways to reduce your food bill each week, including shopping for cheaper store brands, buying non-perishables items in bulk, or sticking to a shopping list. You can also save money on food by avoiding takeaways, packing a lunch to take to work, or freezing your leftovers to eat them later. The best thing you can do to keep your grocery bills low is to find ways to reduce the amount of waste food you throw away this week.
Check your luxuriesSome luxuries are essential, because they are small rewards to keep you motivated throughout the year. However, you should make sure they're worth the money you pay for them. If you only go to the gym every once in a while, then don't pay monthly for a membership.


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When WHOI scientist Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink brought me this powder made from a ground-up Namibian rock, I didn't know anything about "Snowball Earth." The Namibian (Snowball Earth) rocks are mostly from 020°11.970'South, 015°00.987'East at an outcrop valley East of the road from Fransfontein, Namibia, about a kilometer north of the town.
Then, when I asked other scientists, there seemed to be skepticism about the science and my web searches brought little. Three years later: it's better publicized, National Geographic has written about it, and I've learned more about using it.
One jar contained this chunk hidden within this powder — note the stripes in the rock that show layers of time. Lots to find if you do an Internet search.
It's tricky to use this rock slurry as glaze and the results are varied, depending on if it's applied to stoneware or porcelain clay. Many examples are available for viewing or purchase here.
Having met Adam Maloof, Assistant Professor of Geosciences at Princeton University after he spent several weeks in Namibia, I was excited when he offered me more Namibian Snowball Earth rock because it would give me something to offer if, in the future, there's an option to do a collaborative residency where students might investigate as I have — while doing rigorous science with full time faculty.
You might be interested in his work, and the technology he's been developing, about which he speaks in this video called, "Reassembling Early Life", a TEDx talk by Brad Samuels & Adam Maloof.


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Das nenne ich doch mal Pragmatismus: Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) empfiehlt Chinesen, wenn sie seine CDs schon nicht legal kaufen können, dann sollen sie diese doch bitte irgendwo im Internet runterladen, statt irgendwelche selbstgebrannte CDs von Piraten zu kaufen.
As for the special situation in China, it does not seem to be easy to obtain Western music via legal channels, so I have the following suggestion for our fans: If you can find and buy our legal CDs, I express my thanks for your support. If you cannot find it, I think that downloading from the Internet is a more acceptable option than buying pirated CDs. Our music is easy to find on the Internet, and you might not need to spend much effort to find most of our songs. If you like our songs after you've heard them, please feel free to share it with your friends. As I have put all my effort and heart into my music, I sincerely hope that more and more people can share the enjoyment with us.


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Biophilic design achieves LEED Gold in Delray Beach, Florida
This week I toured, along with 80 or so other USGBC South Florida and AIA members, a newly certified LEED Gold project in Delray Beach, Florida. This gorgeous, modern building has an open plan, expansive windows, abundant natural daylight, and a subtle, sophisticated palette of colors and textures. It was conceptualized and designed under the principles of biophilia and biophilic design, which seeks to create buildings that connect people with nature. Pursuing LEED certification, and achieving Gold-level certification ensured that the design did more than pay lip service to human health and well-being with lovely views and nice landscaping. Respect for the natural environment, another tenet of biophilia, was realized with energy efficiency and water conservation, and the careful selection of environmentally preferable materials.
So what is this awesome place? Is it a cool new club or store, a restaurant, an office building?
This, my friends, is a dental office.
Spodak Dental Group in Delray Beach.
As far as LEED projects go, this one benefitted the most from having a passionate and insurgent sustainability-minded owner, Dr. Craig Spodak.
Dr. Craig proudly pointed out all the features that went into the design of their building and how the design actually helps their practice accomplish their mission. A lot of people are afraid of the dentist, but infusing nature, with transparency and daylight throughout the space helps calm people down, makes them feel more comfortable and at ease, and promotes healing.
One of the ways they achieved so much daylight in the building was through the use of Solatubes. If you've never heard of Solatubes, they're sort of like a tubular skylight. They capture sunlight from your roof into a highly reflective tube that transmits the light into your interior space with a relatively small hole.
Very cool. I always wanted to try one of those. They had a raffle for one that night, and then this happened:
I won a Solatube! How sweet is that?
Thank you to Spodak Dental Group for the hospitality, the USGBC and AIA for a great event, and to Dr. Craig for inspiring us all.


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1889046160451485982.post2407260995892940541..comments2015-10-19T07:18:10.081-04:00Comments on THE CRISPY COOK: Cooking up a Foodie Fiction Reading ListRachelhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1889046160451485982.post-63042247943787805082009-08-22T00:06:12.296-04:002009-08-22T00:06:12.296-04:00Judith Ryan Hendricks wrote Bread Alone and The Ba...Judith Ryan Hendricks wrote Bread Alone and The Bakers Apprentice, both of which I loved. The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister is great! Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs is another good one. Barbara O'Neal's The Lost Recipe for Happiness is good also. Icing on the Cake by Laura Castoro is about a bakery. Deep Dish by Mary Kay Andrews is about a cooking show. Almost any book about re-doing a home in France or Italy has lots about food like Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes, Carol Drinkwater's The Olive Farm and the 2 sequels to it, also Ruth Silvestre's Sunflower series, Michael Tucker (of LA Law Fame)wrote Living in a Foreign Language: A Memoir of Food, Wine and Love in Italy, Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence, Toujours Provence and Encore Provence, Laura Fraser's An Italian Affair. All of these, I have read and enjoyed and are full of food descriptions, menus and sometimes even recipes. Think about adding any or all of these to your to be read firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1889046160451485982.post-59577205256504571562008-09-05T20:33:00.000-04:002008-09-05T20:33:00.000-04:00Ooh, I'll have to check these new suggestions out....Ooh, I'll have to check these new suggestions out. I have been adding to this list on my Crispy Cook 2 blog so you can check it out here for additions:

http://crispycook.blogspot.com/2008/08/foodie-fiction-reading-list.html

Keep 'em coming! So tasty!Rachelhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1889046160451485982.post-51181680311530613912008-09-05T20:09:00.000-04:002008-09-05T20:09:00.000-04:00Nero Wolfe is my favorite. So food saavy back then...Nero Wolfe is my favorite. So food saavy back then...

Well, Kathleen Finn's book "The Sharper The Knife, The Less You Cry" is good. I have to think of mor fiction for you...Nik Snackshttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1889046160451485982.post-3279253744109195572008-09-04T10:17:00.000-04:002008-09-04T10:17:00.000-04:00For book club, I just read 'The Wedding Officer: A...For book club, I just read 'The Wedding Officer: A Novel of Culinary Seduction' by Anthony Capella. mmm...Italian food!Jenhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1889046160451485982.post-29093604229208345532008-09-03T10:49:00.000-04:002008-09-03T10:49:00.000-04:00i LOVED that book "Good Grief", oh my that was a g...i LOVED that book "Good Grief", oh my that was a great book... needed a whole box of kleenex, but it was a GREAT read!! :-) LOVE this list!!Carriehttps://email@example.com


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MINNEAPOLIS—Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group announced the further expansion of the Country Inns and Suites By Carlson brand in Nebraska. The opening of Country Inn and Suites By Carlson, Lincoln Airport, NE marks the brand's growth in the region as part ...Read More »
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Omni to Acquire and Operate Five Resorts
IRVING, Texas—Omni Hotels and Resorts announced it has reached a definitive agreement to purchase and operate five resort properties from entities affiliated with KSL Capital Partners. The properties will be reflagged under the Omni brand on July 1, representing a ...Read More »
Boomerang Hotels Opening Property in Dickson, Tenn.
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn.—Boomerang Hotels announced the newest GuestHouse International Inn and Suites will open this summer in Dickson, Tenn. The 40 room hotel is owned by Krupa and Nancy, L.L.C. Bobbie and Tina Patel, owner-managers, have scheduled their opening for July ...Read More »
Meliá Hotels International to Open Five Innside Hotels in Chile
PALMA DE MALLORCA—Meliá Hotels International has announced an agreement to open five Innside by Meliá hotels in Chile together with the a Private Investment Fund lead by Grupo Armas. The hotels will be constructed by Grupo Armas and managed by Meliá ...Read More »
Hilton Worldwide Signs First Hotel in Macedonia
SKOPJE, Macedonia—Hilton Worldwide's is expanding presence in South Eastern Europe with the signing of a franchise agreement with Ajdovan Ademoski to open the upscale DoubleTree by Hilton Skopje in Macedonia. The hotel is expected to open in early 2016 and ...Read More »
Chatham Lodging to Acquire Hyatt Place in Downtown Pittsburgh
PALM BEACH, Fla.—Chatham Lodging Trust, a hotel real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing in upscale extended-stay hotels and premium branded select-service hotels, announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the 178-room Hyatt Place Pittsburgh/North Shore ...Read More »


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Below is a job interview guide to help you get ready to interview. Once you have been selected for a job interview, it's important to prepare properly. That means practicing interview questions and answers, dressing in appropriate interview attire, and, after the interview, sending thank you letters to your interviewers.

You not only have to make a great first impression appearance-wise and have a great knowledge of your target company and its product, you also need to know exactly how to convey that you're the perfect fit for the job.

How to Dress for an Interview

The first impression you make on a potential employer is the most important one. On a job interview, your attire makes a statement about yourself before you even open your mouth. Here's how to dress professionally for a job interview.

Interview Questions and Answers

Knowing how to put together a strong answer to the most common interview questions is obviously key to landing a job. The best job candidates spend a lot of time preparing for the job interview because they know how important that 30- to 60-minute interview can be to their entire career.

Here are some questions you'll be asked when interviewing, how to prepare answers to interview questions, and sample answers.

Job Interview Types

The various types of interviews that employers may conduct, including behavioral interviews, group interviews, phone and video interviews, second interviews, and even interviews held during a meal.

Review the different types of interviews, examples of the questions you will be asked, along with tips on how to interview effectively regardless of the situation you're in.

Also review information on other types of employment-related interviews including exit interviews, mock interviews and informational interviews.

Job Interview Tips

Even if you're accomplished at interviewing, it's essential to spend time thinking carefully about what skills, accomplishments and interview answers will resonate with your interviewers most. Your management abilities? Your creativity? The examples you share will probably be slightly different everywhere you interview. Here are some advice and tips for successful interviewing.

Interview Advice

Interview preparation and etiquette, interview blunders, and post interview follow up.

Strategies for Successful Interviewing

Spend a few hours learning everything you can about the company—from as many sources as you can. Talk to friends and contacts and read current news releases. Often, candidates just look at the information a company is pushing out via the website and social media, but fail to look more in depth at what others are saying. By doing so, you'll get the larger picture about the company.

Here are some more strategies for effective interviewing including following up.

Thank-You Letters

Whether or not you think the job interview went well, you can always improve your chances of getting the job if you send a thank-you letter. Your letter should reiterate your core strengths and emphasize the value you offer. You can also add any important information you didn't get to discuss in the interview.

Here are thank-you letter samples applicable to a variety of employment-related situations.