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Three young men left the New Jersey party where they met one night in 1964 to sample a hoagie sandwich they'd heard about at the Jersey seashore. Before the evening was over, Anthony Conza, Peter DeCarlo and Angelo Baldassare, all 24 years old, had the ingredients for their own sandwich shop: Blimpie.
"We were fascinated with the way they made the sandwiches right there in front of the customer," recalls Conza.
Fascinated enough to pursue it as a business venture. A friend lent the young men $2,000 to open the first Blimpie in Hoboken, New Jersey. They sold their first franchise the same year for just $600.
Thirty-two years later, Blimpie is 1,450 units strong, and last year it rang up sales of $26.9 million. Although Conza, now 56, is the only remaining founder, his two former partners still have ties: Baldassare started his own food distribution company and supplies some Blimpie stores, and DeCarlo retains rights to Mid-Atlantic-area Blimpie stores.
But partnerships still play a big role in Blimpie for Conza. The sandwich franchisor inked a deal last year with Swedish convenience store chain Pressbyran, locating 22 Blimpie counters within Pressbyran stores in Sweden so far and hoping to have 100 locations there in the next few years. Blimpie is also establishing its own free-standing stores throughout Sweden, with the first one debuting in October 1995.
The Swedish expansion has whetted Conza's appetite for international markets. A second Blimpie location recently opened in Madrid, Spain, a store is expected to be operating in the U.K. by year-end, and several other countries are in the planning stages.
"We've not had to make a lot of changes [in foreign stores]," says Conza. "That's the beauty of Blimpie: You take a loaf of bread and cut it in half and put whatever you want inside."
Conza wasn't always so enthusiastic about Blimpie. "In 1983, we decided Blimpie wasn't enough for us," he recalls. Hungry for more, Conza opened Border Cafe, a Mexican restaurant. In hindsight, he admits he was probably biting off more than he could chew.
The Mexican food foray distracted Conza from Blimpie, taught him a lot about tequila, and, eventually, led him to do some serious soul-searching. "I had lost the passion for this business," he admits.
Conza considered starting a new business concept but knew he risked running into the same problems. "I decided we should get back to doing what we really know how to do," he says.
Not an easy task when you have a competitor like Subway dominating the industry. But Conza doesn't see it that way. "Subway has done us a favor by introducing Americans to the submarine sandwich," he says. "We feel we have a better product, so all we have to do is to get people to try our products over theirs."
To that end, Blimpie has expanded creatively: Since 1992, the sandwich company has been selling subs in nontraditional outlets such as colleges, hospitals, schools and convenience stores. Blimpie has even signed contracts with Delta and Hawaiian airlines to provide in-flight meals. Other co-branding agreements have Blimpie sandwiches being served at Texaco stations in the New Orleans area and Mobil stations nationwide.
"Our big goal is to have 5,000 outlets in the year 2000," says Conza.
One thing is certain: Blimpie is taking a bite out of the competition.
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Awesome giveaway warning. For the record, I'm almost 20 weeks pregnant and I still wear my Lululemon Astro crops every chance I get.
Also, fair warning, stay tuned on the blog. We found out the sex of our little bundle of love yesterday morning and I'll share it with you soon enough. We are absolutely thrilled and can't wait to meet our baby. :)
Moving on…. and good luck….
With Summer just around the corner it's time to start getting in shape for bikini season. What's a better motivator to work out than super cute and comfortable workout clothes? Today we are giving away $165 to Lululemon! Pick out your new favorite sports bra, yoga pants or accessory. Enter with rafflecopter below!
So I tried something new this year, guys. I'm actually surprised it took me so long to give it a whirl, but I ordered stamps from USPS online. Online! They were all "free 2-day priority shipping" me to place my order and we all know how busy I've been, so spending two minutes on their website versus swinging by the post office sounded great.
Two weeks later….
My little packets of gingerbread stamp joy finally arrived and I was able to send the rest of our Christmas cards out this morning. What a debacle. And, if you remember last year, our Christmas cards came with a burn on the photo and so I just gave up and moved on with my holiday altogether.
I'm so happy to be collaborating with Minted this holiday season to keep the gears moving in the December madness. Nobody wants to waste their holiday stress on greeting cards. I mean, trust me, two years of my greeting card stress is more than enough for us all. P.S. Don't you just love the foil pressing on these gorgeous cards? And she's just precious with her glitter flying everywhere. I'll keep her.
And, if you've already sent your cards out this season, there's so much more on their website to fall in love with. I'm pretty much in love with their Silver and Gold Party Decor. (Sidenote: this is where I'll enter in my daily "we need a bigger house so….. I can entertain more" gripe. They've been daily occurrences recently, these gripes.)
Oh, and one more thing I just love. Their stationary. I'm working on my penmanship. It's awful, you guys. Awful. So, since I've always been a big fan of the practice makes perfect philosophy, I'm writing snail mail (some of you have been victims of my poor handwriting snail mail, you know who you are). I just love the stationary Minted has available to make up for poor handwriters like myself. Hello to you, too, darling.
So, moving on. I love a good paperie. Would you like $50 to spend at Minted this holiday season? Go ahead and enter the Rafflecopter below and good luck. Winner will be announced on Wednesday, December 18th.
So, I've officially kept this little corner of the internet open for two years. And to celebrate Like Ordinary Life's second birthday, I collected a few favorites of mine to giveaway to one lucky reader. It's like the grown-up version of a goody bag, isn't it? Except the fact that I only made one. Hey, we're all on budgets these days, aren't we?
So here's the stash up for grabs. Be kind. These are a few of my favorite things (along with whiskers on kittens and bright copper kettles, yada yada yada). On that same note, you could consider this your brown paper package tied up in strings. Yes?
Essie Mind Your Mittens nail polish: So by now you should all have read that ancient post of mine on my nail polish obsession. If you've been to our house since I redid the downstairs bathroom, you know that the collection's moved from the medicine cabinet to this adorable copper bucket next to the sink. This color I've picked out for whoever you are, lucky winner, is a perfect grey-blue that kind of works for all seasons, really. It's hard to see the color in my pictures, so click on the link if you're really interested. It's a great color.
Voluspa French Cade & Lavender candle: This is one of those spa day sort of candles. It's super refreshing, calming, and most importantly, not soapy. You know what I mean? I just love Voluspa's candles and they burn so clean! They also burn for a good, long time, too. And because the jar has that gorgeous blue tint, I'm telling you, it burns pretty, too. Such a great candle.
Lollia Shea Butter Handcreme in Wish: This is is my absolute favorite lotion. I usually don't splurge on beauty products (I'm a total drugstore makeup sort of girl), but this is the world's best lotion. And the scent is incredible! Truth be told, this is the tester tube at Anthropologie I would make a beeline to every single time I went shopping for about two years before finally splurging and purchasing it. Now, this gorgeous tube hangs out in my cubicle. The smell is a mixture of cinnamon and pepper, rice flower, ylang-ylang, amber, and vanilla bean. Amazing.
Smith's Rosebud Salve: Go no further. This is the bee's knees of chap sticks. Love it. Such a classic. I have at least three different chap sticks on me at all times and this is the only one that doesn't get taken out of rotation from time to time.
Steeping Thoughts Journal: Because we're all writers and what's a writer without a gorgeous, blank journal to carry with us wherever we go. It's purrrty, hmm?
Where'd You Go, Bernadette: The book of the year? Perhaps. If you have already snagged yourself a copy, I'll swap this out with another lovely piece of fine literature I highly recommend. But, in case you haven't devoured this incredible story yet, I've picked this out for you. Enjoy. :)
Sooooo…. if you'd like to celebrate with me, it's pretty simple. Just enter the Rafflecopter below. As many entries as you'd like, but I'll be verifying all entries before picking a winner. And none of this "US residents only" stuff. I'll ship to you, wherever you are. Thank you for being such loyal readers. And good luck.
My girl, Hayley, from A Beautiful Exchange put together this absolutely fabulous giveaway for you all in celebration of her 1,000th Bloglovin' follower! I love this girl to pieces and I'm so thrilled to be a part of her celebration! In fact, check out all of the lovely ladies below that made this incredible opportunity happen! Happy blog browsing and good luck!
Do you know Melyssa? Well, we're kind of like sisters because we share the same last name. Sort of. Then I got married, threw a hissy fit for way too long, caved, and changed my last name. But, regardless, we share the same maiden last name. And that's pretty cool.
I know, you don't care. This awesome giveaway she's put together is what you care about, right? Good luck! I know I'd do some serious damage with this prize if I won!
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Alex and I have perfected the weekend getaway. And, while we'd love to add longer vacations to our repertoire each year, it's unrealistic because our budget rarely ever allows for more than a couple night's stay in a hotel. More than any other reason, hotel costs send us home the fastest.
I've partnered with {Bee}autiful Blessings, The Dashboard Diary, By the Porchlight, and Green Fashionista to bring you this awesome giveaway! Use it toward accommodations for your next trip or, if you're more of a homebody, toward dining, spa services or golf! The card can be used at all Marriott-owned properties including Renaissance Hotels, Springhill Suites, Residence Inn and Gaylord Hotels, among others. We all deserve to end this summer on a high note, right? So what are you waiting for?! Get entering!
I don't know if you've noticed, but I carry my Longchamp with me everywhere…. even to The Home Depot… even when all it has in it is a phone and a wallet. I have a… relationship…. with my Longchamp.
This month I'm teaming with my lovely sponsors to give away a cute mini Longchamp to one lucky winner! Better yet? I'm not making you choose the bland navy blue that I love so much. You can pick whichever color your heart desires. Sound good? Great. Good luck!
Happy Independence Day to all of my fellow Americans out there! We've officially entered that time of the year I like to call summer (or a socially acceptable point to begin counting down until fall). Whatever, not everyone lives in muggy swampland like I do, and even I will be escaping this humid little home of mine a few times to truly enjoy this season.
Today I've paired with Beth to give you a chance to win something rather special: $100 to spend at Williams-Sonoma! But first, have you seen the Agrarian section of Williams-Sonoma? I wish my seasons looked a lot more like this:
Actually, let's talk Williams-Sonoma for a moment. Back in the days of gift registries, Alex and I registered at three places: Bed Bath & Beyond (because somebody told us we had to register at a big box store), Pottery Barn, and Williams-Sonoma. Okay. In all reality, I frequently had dreams about the items on our Williams-Sonoma registry. Alex sort of did, too, because a happy wife makes a happy life or something like that. Probably more like a happy cook makes a full belly. Either way, I SWEAR by Williams-Sonoma.
And I'll let you in on a little secret…. the only ingredient I will ever give away for my chocolate chip cookies….. I use their Goldtouch cookie sheets. DON'T EVEN WAIT TO WIN THIS GIVEAWAY, BUY THEM TODAY!!!! They are incredible.
So I'll stop babbling and you start entering. As always, all entries will be verified. Good luck.
I'm so excited to share this giveaway with you. Unless you've been under a rock, you've surely heard of Shabby Apple by now. They're an online dress boutique that specializes in vintage and retro styles. Adorable. And affordable. Boom.
I'm kind of lusting after these pieces (and their names!). From l-r: Popeye's Girl Blouse, Santa Monica, The White Queen, Eye Candy
So enter your little heart out! Shopping really is best when it's free! Good luck!
This weekend consisted of an Orioles game, backyard dinner parties, sunbathing poolside, overheating runs in the smoldering air, the hydrangeas beginning to bloom, and considering ice cream an acceptable form of dinner. It must be summer. And if that didn't do it for you, I can flash my lovely sunburn your way and I know you'll believe me then.
Let me tell you a little something about how I operate in the summer. It goes a little something like this: survival mode. Air conditioning becomes my best friend. I thank God our cars have light interiors (wouldn't have it any other way, truthfully). I stop eating because water sounds much better than food. And I begin my countdown to Labor Day (91 days but who's counting?).
I. Despise. The. Heat.
So, now that we have that out of the way (if you weren't around last year, I had a better point of view on this 365 days ago….) let's go ahead and meet some of the lovely ladies behind May's sponsor giveaway to Zappos.
Allie just got married on a tropical beach. That's all you probably needed to know to get your booty over to her blog. But, there's a ton more, too. She's my soul sister in the quest for happiness and dream chasing. You need to pay her a visit. Her blog's a gem out here in blogland. And, she's got amazing taste in shoes. When you win the Zappos giveaway, you can buy her these as a wedding gift!
While we're on the wedding front, Sarah from The Quixotic Chica has been trekking around Morocco on her honeymoon! Jealous? Because I am. Sarah and I are going to become in real life friends really soon because she's got this bucket list of things to do in DC while she's living here and visiting me in Annapolis is on that list! We'll be pretty good friends, I can tell, because this list of not-so-great things sounds rather similar to my list of bad habits. Go pay Sarah a visit!
So Nadine and I have been blog friends since before either one of us knew what we were doing. She did write an awesome guest post for me back in August that was fun to look back on! But, seriously, it's been so awesome to see this chick grow and her writing voice evolve over at Back East Blonde. She's the funniest blogger out there. Hands down. Don't believe me? Exhibit A. Exhibit B. Exhibit C.
Halie blogs over at Penguins, Pasta & Polka Dots. She, too, has her mind on a wedding. Crazy wedding people. You are everywhere! But, seriously, I loved her little DIY to ask her bridesmaids the big question. I wish I were that creative. I called them all up and asked them over the phone. Lame. She's also a master cook. Love her recipes. So go pay her a visit!
They rock! Be sure to enter the giveaway if you haven't already. And if you are interested in sponsoring Like Ordinary Life, I'd love to have you!


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This is one in a series of articles leading up to Fortune Brainstorm Tech, which takes place July 22-24 in Aspen, Colo. The articles will look back at the progress of companies that presented at Brainstorm in 2009 as well as look forward to those that will present this year.
By Shelley DuBois, reporter
Dropping a plot twist like a time traveling island to millions of obsessed viewers requires a different skill set than, say, reporting your first quarter earnings. But at the end of the day, it's all business.
If that sounds like crazy talk and not the focus of your life for the past six years, you probably haven't heard of Damon Lindelof, one of the writers of Lost. But you've probably heard of Lost. The six-season smash hit kept an average of 13.5 million viewers per year tuning into ABC, and a couple million watching online, downloading video on demand or buying DVDs.
Lindelof and Carlton Cuse took over the show after the first season, when J.J. Abrams ditched for other projects. Lindelof will be speaking at Fortune's 2010 Brainstorm Tech Conference in Aspen. Hopefully he'll share some insight about how to top his last TV mammoth, and how to use other media to successfully prop up a broadcast show when broadcast in general looks sickly. More
Network advances, next-generation devices, and regulatory pressures are putting pressure on broadcast.
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On-demand video is starting to out-compete broadcast, and it looks like that trend is going to keep going. The recent federal appeals court ruling against the FCC's net neutrality assertions will probably support the growth of on-demand video. Various forces are converging to open the floodgates for broadband service providers and content owners to deliver MOREApr 29, 2010 2:42 PM ET
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West Virginia University's first Big 12 victory was a memorable win in a most forgettable overtime game.
Fighting back from a 13-point deficit in a game where they could have been down 30, the Mountaineers could not clinch the victory until Aaric Murray stole a Texas pass and sank two free throws with 6.5 seconds left for a 57-53 final score.
Texas coach Rick Barnes had won all 14 of his previous conference home openers.
West Virginia had missed 14 consecutive 3-point shots and was in jeopardy of seeing its streak of 436 consecutive games with a 3-point basket broken when Kevin Noreen, of all people, hit a 3 to get them back into contention. A struggling Jabarie Hinds, who had missed all five of his 3-point tries, then tied the game at 47 with a 3, and then WVU nearly won it in regulation as Eron Harris hit a 3 for a 50-47 lead in the final seconds.
But the Longhorns, who now have dropped each of their first two conference games this season in overtime, tied the game when Jonathan Harris dropped his own 3 on top of that to force overtime.
In overtime the Mountaineers crushed the offensive boards, allowing them to run one possession for almost two minutes. In all they had 17 offensive rebounds, Noreen showing the way with 13 boards.
"This is what we do," Huggins said of the rebounding. "This is what I'm accustomed to seeing us doing. I wasn't accustomed of seeing what they had been doing. If we play this way, we're going to be all right."
The Mountaineers now are 8-6 and even their Big 12 record at 1-1.
As play started, neither coach knew what to expect from his team, at least what good to expect.
"You never know who is going to play; you never know who is going to show up," Huggins had said in preparing for the game.
His counterpart, Rick Barnes, coaching the youngest team in America with two freshmen and three sophomores starting and not a junior or senior in his rotation, echoed Huggins' feelings as his team has had similar struggles.
"Like Bobby," Barnes said, "I don't know what to expect."
"We're young, but as coaches, we can't accept that," Barnes continued. "Sometimes maybe we're unrealistic that way. We do realize it's something they're going through they haven't gone through, but they think they're older than they are. If they think that way, they ought to play like they're older than they are."
While Texas had been suffering similar problems scoring to WVU's, the Longhorns figured to shut down the Mountaineers' anemic attack as they were allowing only 60 points a game and were No. 1 in the nation allowing just 33 percent from the field and 23 percent from 3-point range.
Considering the Mountaineers were shooting just 39.7 percent from the field, which was 303rd in the country, and 28.7 from 3-point range, which would have been No. 317 if it qualified to be ranked, what transpired was quite predictable.
The Mountaineers were terrible … and so was Texas as the Longhorns led, 24-21, at the half.
There was no telling how bad it might have been had Texas not been 4-for-14 from the free-throw line in the first half with seven turnovers while the Mountaineers outrebounded the Longhorns 21-15.
Shooting in the first half was worse than normal for WVU, which hit but 25 percent of its field goals and never did hit one of its 10 3-point tries. The Mountaineers missed 15 of their last 17 shots of the half.
About the only thing that worked was Huggins decision to start Noreen, who cleared 8 rebounds in the first half.
"I don't know that our bigs can play very long," Huggins said of the decision to go with Noreen and Dominique Rutledge instead of Deniz Kilicli and Aaric Murray. "Down the stretch against Oklahoma we didn't play well down, so we will try to keep the big guys fresher, get them in and get them out."
He had to. By halftime Rutledge and Kilicli had three fouls each and Murray two.
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WVU hits boards hard, rallies to 57-53 OT win over Texas
West Virginia University's first Big 12 victory was a memorable win in a most forgettable overtime game.
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HERTZEL COLUMN: Under pressure, NCAA decides to change rules
At first glance, it appears that they do not go hand-in-hand, a pair of rules changes the NCAA's Legislative Council approved this week, sending them off for what seems to be smooth sailing toward becoming rules.
Means, WVU baseball shut out Oklahoma
Junior left-hander John Means of the WVU baseball team threw eight shutout innings and the Mountaineers had a five-run first inning en route to a 7-0 victory over Oklahoma on Thursday evening at L. Dale Mitchell Park.
The Mountaineers (18-15, 3-6 Big 12) broke a six-game Big 12 losing streak after being swept by TCU and Oklahoma State in back-to-back weekends. WVU had 16 hits and did not make an error for the second-straight game.
FURFARI COLUMN: Dr. Graber disagrees with Gee's stance on Turnbull firing
Dr. Stephen Graber, an associate professor at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, is among the latest WVU teachers to deplore Oliver Luck's firing of veteran wrestling coach Craig Turnbull.
He raised some significant questions about that issue last Monday in a meeting of the WVU Faculty Senate.
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Coach Bob Huggins completed his 2014-15 West Virginia University recruiting class on Wednesday and deemed it a success after receiving a signed letter of intent from junior college guard Tarik Phillip.
Phillip joins Jevon Carter of Maywood, Ill., and Daxter Miles of Baltimore's Dunbar High and out of Notre Dame Prep in Massachusetts in the 2014-15 recruiting class.
HERTZEL COLUMN: WVU gymnast hopes to stick her final landing
The reaction, one suspects, was the same as most people who see either a picture of West Virginia University gymnast Hope Sloanhoffer or meet her for the first time in person — a quick double take, maybe even stumbling over the first few words of an introduction.
FURFARI COLUMN: Comparing pay of coaches and professors
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From the picture, it looks like it's been dunked in epoxy. Is that true?

I'm wondering if I can cut and/or solder through that shiny crud that's covering the PCB […].

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That is the protection circuit. Typically you either need to release the load (just unplug the battery) or charge the battery for a second to get it should let go.
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The data sheet Fig. 42 shows what the enable circuitry looks like internally. I would agree that it looks like it is fine to tie the on/off to Vin and turn it on.
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I'm delighted that Dr. Mazloomi has asked me to contribute to this exciting work with a fiber art piece that reflects a volatile, yet important time in our history: The Civil Rights era.
In June 1964 near Philadelphia, Mississippi, the murders of James Chaney, a 21-year-old black man from nearby Meridian, Mississippi; Andrew Goodman, a 20-year-ol white Jewish anthropology student from New York; and Michael Schwerner, a 24-year-old white Jewish CORE organizer and former social worker also from New York, demonstrated the dangers faced by civil rights workers in the South, especially during what became known as "Freedom Summer", dedicated to voter education and registration.
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and are irrational.
For a contradiction, suppose is rational, so that , where are positive integers.
For let us define
We have that and if or . But, if , then
an integer. Hence and all its derivates take integral values at .Since , the same is true at
so that and are integers. We have
witch is an integer. But by equation 1,
For a large enough , we obtain a contradiction.
For any integer , if is irrational then a is irrational (proof), and since is irrational is also irrational. ∎
The irrationality of was Proved by Lambert in 1761. The above proof is not the original proof due to Lambert.
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\pi is irrational
To make it clearer that \pi is irrational because \pi^2 is irrational, have a look at http://planetmath.org/?op=getobj&from=objects&id=5779
Re: \pi is irrational
Sincerely, what we won with this Mr. Gunnar? I think that anyway we must read the Lambert's hard paper.
$\pi$ and $\pi^2$ are irrational
In general,
$\cos{x} \neq \pi\cos{\pix}$
$\sin{x} \neq \sin{\pix}$
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Well of course it's interesting to read that paper. I'll start googling for it.
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Alloggi Economici Asia India Agra Alberghi Economici Hotel Tara Grand Agra
Hotel Tara Grand Agra has a restaurant which serves delicious Indian and Continental food. It is situated just 500 meters from Shilp Gram which is a handicraft village developed by U P Tourism and has plenty of options for dining and shopping.
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Hotel Tara Grand is a Boutique budget hotel in Agra ,situated near Eastern Gate of 'TAJ MAHAL' infront of NATIONAL JALMA INSTITUTE OF LEPROSY, just a walking distance ( 100 MTRS) to Taj Mahal from Hotel Tara Grand , its very closer to to Taj Mahal Eastern
Hotel Tara Grand Agra has a restaurant which serves delicious Indian and Continental food. It is situated just 500 meters from Shilp Gram which is a handicraft village developed by U P Tourism and has plenty of options for dining and shopping.
The roof top of this Boutique hotel has a scintillating and mesmerizing view of the Taj Mahal especially during sunrise, sunset and full moon nights, on the banks of river Yamuna.
The city of Agra is great historical reference especially during the Mughal Empire; wherein the city was the capital city during the Mughal rule. There are various ancient monuments and buildings in Agra which are reminiscent of the Mughal rule in their design and architecture. 'Taj Mahal', 'Fatehpur Sikri' and the 'Agra Fort' are prime examples of the influence of Mughal rule in the city. In fact all these monuments of cultural and historical importance have been accorded with 'UNESCO World Heritage Site' status and are a major reason of influx of people into the city of Agra.
Hotel Tara Grand Agra is ideally located and offers Deluxe & Standard rooms fully adorned with all international facilities.
All the rooms are air-conditioned and have an attached toilet /bath with 24hrs running hot and cold water & as well as a LCD Television, Telephone with direct dial, and mini fridge.
The designed rooms are very spacious & the different colored walls décor get more attraction to the rooms with matching furniture.
From Agra Cantt Railway Station:
It will take only 20 minutes drive to our place, you can come towards the VIP road or it's known as Taj Mahal Road until you reach TDI Mall. From here, you will take the road on the left towards Shilp Gram. When you reach the (Under U .P Govt.) you need to continue until you reach the Jalma Hospital. In front of the hospital, we are placed in the east gate of the Taj Mahal. Before you check in to our hotel, you can get a glimpse of the Taj Mahal.
Eastern Gate of Taj Mahal ,Opp. Jalma Hospital Near Shilp Gram Parking
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Invertebrate Medicine is the single most comprehensive resource available today on invertebrate animal medicine. Public and private aquarists, aquaculturists, and veterinarians in zoo animal, exotic animal and laboratory animal medicine will all find this book an irreplaceable source of information on many of the animals they care for or treat.
Coverage includes sponges, jellyfish, anemones, corals, mollusks, starfish, sea urchins, crabs, crayfish, lobsters, shrimp, hermit crabs, spiders, scorpions, and dozens more. Although coverage is broad, emphasis is on invertebrates harvested for food or kept in captivity as pets, for display, or as research animals.
The book's organization is easy to follow, with chapters dividing up invertebrates taxonomically. Each chapter includes the natural history of the group, anatomy and physiology, environmental disorders, preventative medicine, infectious diseases, common miscellaneous disorders, analgesia, anesthesia and surgery, treatment protocols and formularies. Amply illustrated in color and black and white, Invertebrate Medicine is sure to become the classic reference on invertebrate animal medicine.
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The ELISA method is used extensively in immunology and biochemistry. The technique has been shown to be reliable and reproducible in detecting a variety of antibodies and antigens of clinical importance.
In the ELISA method, food antigens are immobilized on to the surface of polystyrene micro-titre plates. To protect the unstable antigens, the micro-wells are then further coated with a stabilizing polymer layer, which is dried on top of the food antigens. Additionally, our food extracts are obtained from FDA approved sources to ensure the highest quality extracts and lot-to-lot reproducibility. The coating levels of the extracts have been optimized for sensitivity to ensure the reactions identified are real rather than false positive reactions (something which plagues other competing tests).
The measurement of food antibody levels depends on the ability of the patient's food antibodies to attach themselves specifically to the food antigen. After the antibody has bound to the antigen, the micro-titre plates are rinsed to remove other antibodies and blood constituents. The food antibodies are then detected using a second antibody which is chemically tagged with an enzyme. The enzyme causes a color to develop at the end of the process. The color density obtained is an accurate indication of the original anti-food antibody concentration in the patients blood sample.
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Mur Lafferty is one of the worst-kept secrets in science fiction and fantasy publishing. "Secret" in that her fiction has not been widely published (until now). "Worst-kept" in that she has been such a force of nature -- the podcaster's podcaster, author of a huge corpus of excellent self-published work, and a skilled editor currently running Escape Pod -- that anyone who's been paying attention has known that there were great things coming from her.
Great things have come from her. The Shambling Guide to New York City is the first volume in a new series of books about Zoe Norris, a book editor who stumbles into a job editing a line of travel guides for monsters, demons, golem-makers, sprites, death-gods and other supernatural members of the coterie, a hidden-in-plain-sight secret society of the supernatural.
The volume opens with a desperate, out-of-work Zoe prowling the streets of New York, looking for a publishing job -- any publishing job. She finds herself chasing down a mysterious advertisement for an editor for Underground Press, which turns out to be the hobby-business of an ancient vampire with a modern idea. Phil, the owner, wants to produce the first-ever line of tour-guides for travelling coterie. And it just so happens that Zoe's last job was editing a successful line of (human) travel guides, a gig she excelled at and would have held still save for her philandering boss, who neglected to mention that he was married (to a psycho police chief!) before he seduced her.
After being rebuffed, Zoe bulls her way into the job, only to discover that she has bitten off more than she can chew -- or rather, that several monsters are vying for chance to bite off a rather large chunk of her. Chief among them is a sleazy incubus who is fixated on having sex with her and feeding off her sexual energy (workplace harassment is complicated in the coterie).
From this, the story is off and running, and it never pauses for breath -- there's love, war, humor and a lot of heart, and by the time it's done, you know exactly why so many writers have been buzzing about Mur Lafferty for so many years. It's as strong a debut as I can remember reading, and I can't wait for the follow-on volumes.
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10 Responses to "Shambling Guide to New York City"
jtollert says:
This is an incredible work and well worth anyone's purchase. Mur has recently stepped down from her editorial duties at Escape Pod, though.
KBert says:
On the bleeding edge; not 1 review @ Amazon yet!
I'll have to learn of mightymur; thank you
John M Salcido says:
I can see this becoming a Joss Wedon-esque TV series within the next few years.
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Derek C. F. Pegritz says:
Yeah, exactly–this is just Ugly Americans without all the zombie dick jokes. And without zombie dick jokes, what's the friggin' point?!
Cthulhim says:
GawainLavers, it's a case of parallel development. Mur released a Shambling Guide for New Orleans as part of a fundraiser book for Katrina, back in 2005. She also read an early draft of the first chapters of this book at Balticon in 2008, and played with similar themes in her podiobook "The Takeover," which came out in 2009.
billstewart says:
Every day I'm shamblin', shamblin', shamblin' …
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JoshP says:
she also maintains a fairly high level domestic warrior character. wtg Mur.
chrisdag says:
bought it; read it; loved it. Thanks!