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We know of at least 65 engagements, 58 marriages and several other couples who are very happy together. If you have a story to share, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com
This happy couple met at one of our events almost four years ago and got married. Congrats to Heather and Joe! Best of luck.
Lance and Theresa met at our Northern Lights, Stamford Mariott event and got
engaged in February 2017. Watch this awesome video!
Here is why I do one way matches. Christian and Leshelle married in 2007 (I
think, lol) All of these years later, they are still happily married and have
two beautiful children. Shushh, but originally Christian did not pick Lehselle.
Watch the video on what happened (video taken in 2009) at
Hi ,
Just wanted to let you know that exactly a year after I
met John (he was actually waitlisted) at your event we got engaged. We
will be married next June. I've been telling anyone who asked that they should
definitely try weekend dating and that I thought the people at your event were
nicer, more down to earth people than the people you meet at speed dating
events in the city.
All the best,
Hello Jay and Company!!!
I know you keep track of your "success stories" (engagements
and weddings, happy couples, etc). I thought I would tell you that you can
add another engagement to your list!
Rob and I met almost 3 years ago at one of your Suffolk speed dating
events. I had been to approximately 5 other events prior spread out over a
couple years and always had more luck with speed dating than I had online.
Rob had never been to one (he got lucky
his first time out lol). Anyway, a married couple who had also met speed
dating was running the event that night. It was a lot of fun as always.
Rob said he drove by the place several times as his friend who was
supposed to go that night too cancelled and he was thinking of backing
out. I am so glad he didn't!!! We hit it off right away (although I did
not hear from him afterward even though we matched and I broke my rule and
contacted him first after about a month lol). As soon as we got in touch
we went out that weekend and have been together ever since. Last month he
proposed on the bow bridge in Central Park and we are planning a June
wedding at one of the wineries out east where he lives (and where I will
be living next year too). We couldn't be happier or more in love and we
have you to thank for it. Tell others they can learn from us-you might get
lucky your first time out like Rob but it could also take a few tries like
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November 2015
My now boyfriend and I attended an event for the first time in June 2015.
We both had our eyes on each other before he got to my table and once he
did we clicked instantly. Since then
it's been nothing but happiness. We both are amazed by how well suited for each
other we are and how it seems we've known each other for far longer.
We always talk about how crazy it is that if it wasn't for weekend dating
we would never have met and we both had circumstances that almost prevented us
from being there. I didn't know I
could love someone as much as I love him and I am so thankful that your event
brought us together. We tell our
friends that they have to do it too because it really works.
Because of you I met the man I intend to spend my life with.
Thank you so much!
Update: 6/28/2017
August 2015
Dear Jay,
I attended my first speed dating night in May 29th in
Melville. Before the event started, I spotted this person who I was attracted
to, but did not know if he was there for the event or not. It turns out he was
there for speed dating too. He was the second person I spoke to and we just
hit it off. We stayed after it was over and chatted for a while. We then left
together and went to a place to hear music. He asked me out the next night and
we have been going out ever since. We have so much in common. We are both
widowed and have many of the same interests. I have had a fantastic summer
doing many special things with him. We have gone away together twice and
enjoyed every minute. We do not analyze anything but just enjoy the time we
have together. Things look very positive for us as our relationship moves
forward. I will say that we are both very happy. Thank you so much.
January 2015
leave, at least stay and have something to eat.
Never could I have imagined that these special 10 words was going to
change two people's lives forever. One of my favorite motivational
speeches is by Al Pacino in the movie Any Given Sunday.
"You find out life's this game of inches, so is football. Because in
either game - life or football - the margin for error is so small. I mean, one
half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second
too slow, too fast and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are
everywhere around us."
Lets rewind exactly one year ago from this past Sunday to August 10,
2013. I was hosting a singles BBQ in Bethpage. This was
Jackie's first ever event. The BBQ's are a lot of fun and are very
informal. At this particular event the ages was skewing a little
"older." Jackie hung out for a bit and then let me know
that she was going to leave. I could tell that she was keeping a brave
face, but the guys were a little bit too old for her. Then I said those
magical 10 words. "Don't leave, at least stay and have something to
eat." I let her know the food was coming out shortly and she agreed
to stay for a bit.
I called Omar (who was closer to Jackie's age and had expressed some
possible interest in attending the BBQ) and told him that we had some cute
younger women in attendance and he should come down and register. Omar
said that he was with Chris and that they were going to the city but would try
to stop by on the way. Thankfully they did because as the story
goes...The rest was history.
Lets fast forward to this past Sunday, August 10th, 2014. It was an
honor to have been invited back to the place where it all began.
Chris proposed to Jackie and she accepted!!
It really made me think about that Al Pacino speech. What if Jackie
had left early and not stayed for the food? What if Omar and Chris
decided to skip the BBQ and go straight to the city? "One half a
step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too
slow, too fast and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere
around us."
I will keep this story in mind the next time I want to leave someplace
early or decide that I really do not want to do something.. You just never
know how not missing that experience could have a tremendous impact on your
Congrats to the engaged couple!
Dear Jay,
Just wanted to let you know I got engaged on New Year's Eve. I met my
fianc Rich at a speeddating event that you held on July 20, 2012 at the
New Hyde Park Inn. I can't thank you enough for the effort you
put into helping people find one another. It's not easy to meet
people when you have a busy life and I love the idea behind
speeddating because it gets the angst of a blind date done away with right
away. We are so in love and looking forward to spending the rest of our
lives together. Thanks so much for introducing me to my future husband.
God Bless You,
Hi Jay
As the Daughtry song says, "you never know when you're gonna meet someone and your whole wide world in a moment comes undone." That moment came for me on October 29, 2010 when I met a wonderful man at your event at 34 New Street in Huntington.
We went on our first date about a week later and have been inseparable ever since. It truly was "the start of something good."
Thank you for providing the avenue for us to meet and for the laughter we share each day.
Theresa & George
Congrats to Brian and Suzanne!! They met December
2011 at our 841 East Lounge Speed Dating event in Huntington!
"It was an interesting night; the chemistry between
us was undeniable, magical, a bolt of lightning. The rest is as they say
history. We are engaged now and are in the process of moving in
together. We couldnt be happier.
Thanks for getting us together.
Jay, just wanted to thank you! Bill and I just got engaged! We
met at one of your events at 34 New Street in Huntington. Wedding date set
for May this year! Thanks a million! You changed our lives!!
Update: We are now married!!!
Update: 8/15/14
Things usually come in threes.. This is the second great bit of news in
just a few days.. So who is next??
A JEWISH SALSA DANCER! That's what Simone told me that she wanted. I said.. "YOU ARE CRAZY, NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN." Well as the saying in lotto goes... You never know..
Simone met Bill at our 34
New Street event in Huntington and have been happily married for years!
They JUST HAD THEIR FIRST LITTLE GIRL!! CONGRATS TO THE AWESOME COUPLE!
Hi Jay,
In case you would like to add to your success stories, Dennis
Acar and I got married in 2012 and we just had twins in 2013 ( a boy - Shane
and a girl - Sofia). Thanks to your weekend dating service our dreams
have now come true!!! We thank you immensely
I hope all is well by you!!
On November 2, 2009, I had the pleasure of reuniting with nine couples whose
lives have changed forever. I took them to dinner at Allettos
in Lindenhurst. If I had any doubt about the true purpose of
WeekendDating.com, those doubts were put to rest. The event went so
great, that a couples reunion will be planned once or twice a year.
Married June 2011
Jay, hello to you! I attended an event at Katies (Smithtown) in
November of 2006 where I met my (now) fiance. I wrote you in 2007 to let
you know that we were moving in together, now I would like to let you know
that we are getting married. We were engaged last October at Niagara
Falls! We will be married this coming October. I thought you would
want to know about another successful match! Thanks for all of the good
you do to help couples find each other.
Diane and Tom
Peter and I are still dating since your event March 2008.
We are now living together. We are wishing you happy Holidays and a very happy
New Year.
Thanks again
UPDATE July 2017- Tom and Tracy have been married for many many
years. They just went to Bermuda and renewed their vows!
Just want to say that I met someone special at your October 18 event at Sly Fox. (It was my 2nd event - I was supposed to be out of town, but
you had one extra spot for women. You said, "Maybe it is meant to
be"...and it's been pretty great these past nearly six months. Chris was totally there for me during the holidays, when my dad passed away in January, etc. Just wanted to let you know. I have been referring friends/acquaintances to weekenddating.com.
Hey Jay,
Don't know if you remember me, we met a few times at the Cat's meow. You bought my baby g/f a pizza, she was the young blond hanging out at the bar. Anyway dear.... I've been meaning to tell ya that at the single thingy, last year, around this time, end of June, I met Gary. We have been dating now a year and are very much in luv. Just wanna say ty for having these speed dating events. He and I get along so well. Anyways I'll keep in touch.
xoxo Lynn
Thanks to WeekendDating.com , I no longer need these mailings... In July,2003, I met Mr. Right... at your program... Conrad and I are now engaged... just thought that you would like to know...
Pat B
I would just like to say thank-you for what you do and to let you know that it looks like your speed dating has resulted in yet another engagement. I met Chris at Brunos May 2004. We dated a few weeks before we became exclusive. However after some outside influence we broke up after a year. Seven months later we got back together and today I am happy to tell you that we are engaged. We are so very happy and thought you would like to know. Thanks so much,
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you (I truly would never be able to thank you enough) for creating that night that brought me such a wonderful person.
Sorry this is so long but I thought you would appreciate the feedback and if anyone ever gets discouraged (and God knows I had my moments) you can tell them about my story. Hopefully, this is only Chapter one of a
very long book.
Thanks again,
Hello. this letter is for jay. it is catherine, jen's friend. well nick and i are engaged and getting married 11/17/06. we went to the bruno's event, march 26. i almost left and he decided to go at the last minute. we talked about marriage about 4 months later and were engaged 5 months later.
THANK YOU for giving us the opportunity to meet. :)
hope all is well with you!!
hello jay,
well its official mark and i are engaged as of christmas eve! we owe our initial meeting on Friday June 18, 2004 at Brennan's to you! we couldn't be happier and wish you much success.
lisa and mark
HI Jay. FYI. Dan and I who met at one of your events one year and ten months ago and a half are now getting married!
Hi Jay,
Thank you very much for telling me about that
singles event. I been dating this wonderful guy for 2 months already. My friend was interested in attending your events, but I wasn't sure if you had the slightly younger age group like the one I attended. She is 30
years old and wants to meet someone from like age 27-35. I told her I met someone at the cats meow and maybe you would have one of these events again. I hope you have a great weekend and thanks again.
Just want to drop you a note and holiday greetings. Lisa H and I met at one of your dating events in Brooklyn in April. It was the first for
both of us. I am happy to report that we have since been married and have relocated to Pennsylvania. We just closed on a house and we are moving in
tomorrow. We be happy to participate in a success story as we both feel so fortunate in meeting through your social.
Happy Holidays!
Joe L
Hi Jay,
Just wanted to let you know that I attended the event at Jillians on February 12th and met a great guy. We have been dating ever since and I just wanted to thank you. You no longer have to send me the emails about upcoming events because I know this is "the one". Thanks again.
hi jay,
i ended up meeting my boyfriend Brian at the June 2004 speed dating event at brennans.
i want to share the happy news that Brian and i have been together almost a year and half now and are planning on getting engaged around the holidays. we would NEVER have met if it wasn't for your speed dating business. we want to thank you for getting us together. ill keep you posted when we officially get engaged! you can then add us to your 'count' of engaged couples.
Hi Jay:
Just wanted to let you know that Joe and I got engaged last month. Both of us wanted to let you know we are thrilled that we met one another at Speed Dating and would highly recommend it to anyone!!!
Hi Jay!
Last fall I came to your Hauppauge speed dating and had a wonderful time and went on a few dates. It has been nearly 30 years since I have been single. From those dates I was able to build some dating experience and confidence in dating. I found this whole experience to be very positive. After dating several months and even more confident I was ready to try speed dating once again at your Farmingdale location just two months ago. I had even more fun and 1000% more confident and relaxed. I went on some more dates but was really interested in only two super ladies, it didn't take me long to realize my connection was with "Cookie" not her real name and we have been together ever since. Cookie and I really knew the very first night how special we were as a couple. What a great service you provide and professional way you run your service. Thanks so much.
Dear Jay:
I want you to know .. it may sound korny but thank you for having your speeddating.. if not for you, I would not have such a wonderful boyfriend and I am very greatful for that.
Monica and Dom married on February 15, 2009 and have two beautiful children!
When they met for the first time at our speed dating event.. .they DID NOT
each other. They met again at a subsequent event and the rest was
Hi. It's Barbara, the first speed dating ticket winner. Well, it's still early but I thought you would appreciate the feedback and the story. I went to the second night, largely to meet up with your friend Dave and because I won the ticket. I took the winning of the ticket as a sign. My mom died when I was little and she has been giving me signs all along. Well, turns out one of my matches and I really hit it off.
The first time I tried speed dating, I approached it with expectations of having fun ... I didn't expect anything to come out of it. Imagine my surprise when something actually did! Of the six matches I had that night, I met with three about one week after you introduced us. Bachelor #1 didn't appeal to me and Bachelor #3 made me feel as if were at the dentist. However, Bachelor #2 made quite an impression. John (#61) and I met at 2 PM on a Sunday afternoon for coffee. We immediately started talking and at about 5 PM I asked him if he wanted to get something to eat because I was starving. We sat in the restaurant until 9 PM. We would've stayed longer, but I had to get up early for work Monday morning. After a seven hour first date, we both had an idea that something good was going to happen! That was almost two months ago and we've been inseparable ever since. Thank you for bringing two people together who probably wouldn't have met otherwise.
Jay, even though it is still early I really started to believe I would never meet someone who sees life through my eyes and is on so many of the same wavelengths as I am. We both are a bit ga-ga over each other. I have always said "Timing is everything" and apparently we were 14 years in the making. I am over the moon! My friends say I am walking and talking differently and co-workers who don't know me very well are saying that I look great:)


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Sunday, August 7, 2016
Art to share now that I'm back online
I know lots of my dear internet friends thought I would be making lots of art while I was offline. Unfortunately, that was the furthest thing from the truth. Instead, I was so initially stressed I did something I rarely do. I binged on tv shows, even though it appears most were reruns. Then Saturday came and my phone and internet were fixed. Instead of jumping up and down for joy, I didn't even turn my computer on. I got wrapped up in the Olympics and many of the PBS (public broadcasting shows) that lead up to the Olympics.
Today I started to feel guilty about leaving my blog for so long, so I went online to see what the latest challenges were. In order to catch up with others, I decided to try a single entry that would cover Art Journal Journey, Moo-Mania and More, and Try it on Tuesday. I call it Summertime in the Garden.
I'll begin with Art Journal Journey where this month the theme, Nature's Wonders, was chosen by Gill of Gibby Frogett Craftations. I've yet to meet Gill, but will as soon as I post this entry. I hope you can see there are truly some of Nature's Wonders in this piece.
Moo-Mania and More's challenge is Summer. Not only do I show it's summer, I also named the piece for summertime.
Try it on Tuesday asks us to use our leftovers. Many of my regular visitors saw the pages I made for Chris in our International Swap. These were all left over from that swap. Even the background paper came from that swap, as did the chipboard flowers and the flowers I cut while I was privy to my friend Kathy's dies.
This butterfly was left over from an entry I created about a year ago. It's part of a napkin that I cut and adhered to the background.
This entry was created in my Coll-AH-ge Too altered book. Please join me at Art Journal Journey, Moo-Mania and More, and Try it on Tuesday, where each challenge offers different types of mixed media art that you are going to love.
21 thoughtful remarks:
- pearshapedcrafting said...
Oooh! Just popped over to copy a link to your blog and here you are - Yay!!! This is beautiful and certainly ticks the boxes for those 3 challenges! Thank you for joining in at Try It On Tuesday! The colours here are just wonderful(as I already know!) I think I would have just been like you - I couldn't have concentrated on making anything and as for the Olympics - well already there were some awful spills in the cycling, some great gymnastics and today found me watching Fencing!! I really enjoyed the Opening Ceremony too! So pleased you are fixed! Hugs, Chrisx
ps I won't be around on Tuesday - taking my 2 grandsons away for a few days!
- 5:47 PM, August 07, 2016
- My name is Erika. said...
Glad to hear you are back. And I'm also glad you totally took it easy and did a bit of tv binging, as you've had enough to deal with between your internet and basement flooding lately. I got engrossed in woman's soccer/football game today. Every time I see a game it amazes me (still) how big of a field they play on. And I love your latest piece, and how you managed to hit all 3 challenges at the same time. So hope you have been well-minus the internet problems. Glad you are back online. You were missed by me. Hugs-Erika
- 9:25 PM, August 07, 2016
- Valerie-Jael said...
Great to see you back with us! Love the pages you made, and thanks so much for linking them to our three challenges, that was a coup! I haven't looked at anything about Olympia yet, not really my cup of tea or coffee). Have fun, hugs, Valerie
- 11:32 PM, August 07, 2016
- Rita said...
Hey! You can do whatever you want to do. :) When I am stressed I don't accomplish much of anything. Glad you did do some art and that you are back online. Hope this is a less stressful week. :)
- 11:34 PM, August 07, 2016
- Helen said...
glad to see you back, and like you I spent most of the weekend watching the Olympics. Love your summery piece, too.
- 12:13 AM, August 08, 2016
- chrissie said...
Just love this with all the summer brightness
Thank you for joining us at Try it on Tuesday
Love Chrissie xx
- 12:24 AM, August 08, 2016
- voodoo vixen said...
Love the colours of this piece and so happy that you are back online! Think it was brilliant that you got the opportunity to sit and chill after the stress of the last weeks with your basement probs and interweb difficulties!
- 12:52 AM, August 08, 2016
- froebelsternchen Susi said...
First of all: Great to have you back Elizabeth !! I missed you!
I think that this was a wonderful break for you as you are always so busy with making art and blogging! One needs to have a break from time to time..and see... after the break you made the most wonderful and unique piece of art that even fits 3 challenges at one!
So this is the WONDER that came after relaxing even when relaxing was forced -
I am sure about this - and maybe you should learn from this to allow yourself to rest at least one day every week from internet work???!
I say three times THANK YOU ELIZABETH
in this comment!
We are happy to welcome you art at
Art Journal Journey, Moo Mania & More and
Try It On Tuesday!
A wonderful new week to you - we will meet tomorrow again I think!
oxo Susi
- 1:11 AM, August 08, 2016
- Sami said...
How wonderful that your internet issues have been resolved!
I have days when I don't go online at all either...it's also good to give your mind a change.
Lovely art work that fits 3 criteria, it's certainly very summery.
- 2:05 AM, August 08, 2016
- Meggymay said...
Wow a wonderful splash of summer colours. A great way to return to the craft room and share this awesome journal spread with us. I love how you used up some of your leftovers and its good to have you share work with us at TioT's.
Finally, its good to see you back on the net, lets hope all your connection problems have been solved this time. You are not the only one watching some of the Olympics, we are but being a bit selective over what we turn on.
Yvonne xx
- 3:40 AM, August 08, 2016
- Darla said...
Yay! Happy to see your internet problems are solved. You did a very good job of hitting all three challenges with one piece. I like the colorful page very much. I admit I kept trying to see the background paper - I'm interested in that sort of graphic at the moment.
- 6:54 AM, August 08, 2016
- Halle said...
Glad you are back online. I totally understand getting sucked into shows. I binge watched a series on Netflix last spring instead of doing what I should have been. I was obsessed!
Lovely summer page and very skillful to meet three challenges in one.
- 7:03 AM, August 08, 2016
- Gibby Frogett said...
Firstly thank you for your lovely comments on my blog and its lovely to meet you too. (not sure if you see my reply from there but re the background and the cellophane I used, I think its a bit of trial and error needed, as a different piece I used would not transfer the ink. I just assumed as it was clear and shiny it would work.
I hope you are feeling much more relaxed now your phone/internet working, these things are always stressful, wondering if they will keep appointments and fix things promptly.
Bliss? yes... summery days full of sunshine and wonderful flowers and butterflies that is bliss! and your beautiful page has captured that - I love it!
Wishing you a better week... Gill x
- 10:06 AM, August 08, 2016
- Angela Radford said...
Hi Elizabeth, hope you enjoyed your rest away from the computer but we're pleased you're back. Happy crafting, Angela x
- 10:27 AM, August 08, 2016
- Little Artbee said...
A very fresh summer page , well done. Nice to have you back.
Dear Greetings
- 1:14 PM, August 08, 2016
- Carol said...
Great pages and so happy to see you have resolved your issues !!!!
- 4:16 PM, August 08, 2016
- Let's Art Journal said...
So pleased that it's finally fixed and you are back on line! I've been enjoying the Olympics too and I think it's good to recharge your batteries and have some down time :-). Your art hasn't suffered for it, your page is full of creativity and linking to 3 challenges at one - WOW! The images are such fun and combined with those beautiul colours certainly celebrate the summer! Wishing you a happy week! J :-)
- 4:35 PM, August 08, 2016
Summertime in the garden IS bliss. Lovely spread for the garden theme. I've been reading up a storm lately and staying off the computer alot which is why I am so behind in catch up. Also spending oodles of time at the gallery, which is a happy place so it's all good. xox
- 5:23 PM, August 08, 2016
- Jeanie said...
Well, I've been MIA online for longer than I like -- even though I've been having fun. I have a couple of days to check up! And I do thank you for visiting, even when I haven't!
- 8:49 AM, August 09, 2016
- sheila 77 said...
Hello Elizabeth. Maybe you just needed a break from all your Internet and art activity recently, you've been doing so much. I think Susi said it very well.
Thanks for all your delightful comments on my blog, I know how much time it can take to go commenting so I really appreciate it.
Your three-in-one piece is beautiful, love that cool sun.
- 3:28 PM, August 09, 2016
- ~*~Patty S said...
OH Elizabeth these pages are glorious and certainly do speak to perfect summer days!
A break is not a bad thing (well I took one and now I am scrambling to try and catch up with everyone at AJJ and I even missed T this week which hardly ever happens). Hope you break was refreshing.
p.s. about the tissue melting into the page ... I make sure to peel them down to the thinnest layer and am sometimes surprised that some tissues and napkins have 3 or 4 layers
- 6:05 AM, August 11, 2016

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As part of Transport for London's 'Transported by Design' project, Sophie and the team were invited design a poster to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Edward Johnston's icon Johnston font.
In 1916 the work of the calligrapher Edward Johnston became synonymous with the unification of The Underground Group. Under the direction of Frank Pick, Johnston created a font that ran across the entire network of railways which had, up to that point, all used different signage and different typography.
Thomas.Matthews was selected alongside a handful of the UK's most exciting graphic and design agencies including: Alan Kitching, Sea Design, Studio Frith and Pentagram.
Johnston's typeface is iconic for everybody who lives in or visits London, however many may not know that he was also the creator of the early fabrics that now give each line their distinct personality. Using printed woodblock letters from the Johnston typeface to create patterns based on the weaves of the underground seats, our poster aims to communicate the hustle and bustle of London as well as the constant presence of Johnston in our everyday journeys, becoming "The Fabric of London".
The posters will be on show at an exhibition entitled "The Language of London" at KK Outlet – May 16-28 2016, displayed throughout the London Underground during June, and you can buy it online via the TfL here.


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Sorry my outfit posts haven't been quite as regular as I'd have hoped. We were due to get Superfast Fibre internet in our new house from BT on the 27th of October. We're still left without internet so it's fair to say I'm not impressed. As a result I've had to trek to my parents to try and keep a little up to date.
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Competing Is Fun
ACE RaceRunning club is both a recreational club as well as a sports club. You can be a member and participate in club activities from a recreational aspect only and there is no pressure to participate in RaceRunning sports competitions/events. Around 75% of members do participate in competitions. There are different levels of competition, starting from all fun festivals, to Scottish Disability Sports (SDS) athletics events, to National SDS competitions, to Scottish Athletics Elite competitions, to International competitions. We have club members participating in all levels of competitions. The club's main focus is on facilitating and preparing participation in SDS athletics events of which there are 5 to 6 competitions per year. The SDS athletics events are very friendly, welcoming and hugely encouraging. At these SDS events, coaches, parents or carers are allowed to walk/run with new and inexperienced racerunners. Those providing a reassuring introduction to athletics events and supportive ongoing development.


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|101 in I Sports Party Megamix
|Developer: Nordcurrent
Publisher: Nordcurrent
Release Date: Out Now
Players: 1-4
Like me you probably look at the title of the game and think "101? Well they're all going to be crap"! And sadly, for a large majority of the selection you'd be dead right. But before you pass onto the next review wait, because 101 does have certain merits—well hidden as they may be.
The game's first merit is obvious, and that's the huge (101 in fact!) number of games available, and unlike the DS game of a similar title this Wii version does at least supply a variety of game styles and varied visuals.
The games use a wide variety of control methods, some work better than others, some are more responsive than others and some games look better than others. Importantly they all work, and there's a multiplayer option so you can drag three friends along to share the fun. However, as with the DS version some of the instructions regarding the controls are a bit misleading ('turning' the Wiimote sometimes means 'twisting' etc.) but the games are so simple that you'll probably figure them out without too much trouble. The games also seem to vary massively in difficulty; some you will pass easily first try, others will need many attempts to complete, either because of control issues or overpowered AI opponents-and that is if you actually think the games are worth re-playing of course, and I fear that many of them will be played once and never tried again.
- 101 games to play!
- Most of them are rubbish!
- Poor graphics
- Simplistic gameplay.


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Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Why popcorn costs so much at the movies? by Richard B. McKenzie
Summary on Goodreads.
Am I really dumb or this guy explains things in a very difficult way. For instance, I read the section about the shortage of water in California and, from my understanding, there's no such shortage. They increase the price of water when it doesn't rain too much to create awareness that it isn't raining so they should mind the water. Well, if that really is the explanation, couldn't he just say so without so much blah blah blah?
The explanations must be in the book, I just didn't find them as they were buried under a sea of economic verbose.
A shorter, more concise, in layman's language book would had been better.
I also got the impression the author jumped from one thing to another without finishing his thoughts.
The editor of this book must have a Ph. D. in economics. I'm sure the editor and the author are the only ones who read the whole thing! What the heck, this book must have been written for Republicans! I was looking for something more straight forward and simple for my brain; something more like Freakonomics.
So, why does popcorn cost so much at the movies? I still have no idea.
Why popcorn costs so much at the movies? by Richard B. McKenzie
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M. Chimaera Infections Are Not Always Immediately Apparent: Symptoms Can Appear Up To Seven Years After Surgery
Open-heart surgery patients whose surgical teams employed the Stockert 3t Heater-Cooler device during the procedure are at risk for developing a dangerous, life-threatening infection up to seven years later.
The U.K. Daily Mail describes the infection, caused by a bacterium known as mycobacterium chimaera, as a "blood eating" disease. This bacterium, which is fairly common, has little effect on healthy people. However, those with compromised immune systems and have had open-chest surgery could be at risk – even seven years after exposure.
Currently, Britain's National Health Service is tracking 47,000 patients who have had surgery over the past four years. The U.K. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) reports that more than 33% of the heater-cooler machines used in hospitals are contaminated with m. chimaera.
In the U.S., m. chimaera contamination has been reported in hospitals in ten states from Washington to North Carolina. There have been nearly 30 fatalities from m. chimaera infections reported over the past decade. Although this contamination usually occurs in the operating room, the FDA reports that tests on the devices from 2014 revealed m. chimaera contamination on the factory production line as well as the water sources at these facilities – indicating that these machines arrive at hospitals already contaminated. Today, contaminated machines have been found in hospitals in five countries across the world.
According to figures from the Centers for Disease Control, as many as 2500 patients undergoing open-chest surgery each year are at risk for contracting an m. chimaera infection.
The Stockert 3t Heater-Cooler Unit employs water in order to maintain a patient's body temperature. While the water itself does not come into contact with the patient, it evaporates and is vented into the operating room environment. If there is any bacteria in the water, then it is released into the air as well – and if it lands inside a patient's open incision, the results can be fatal.
Because m. chimaera can have a lengthy incubation period, patients who have had cardio-thoracic surgery are advised to be aware of the symptoms of an m. chimaera infection. These can include:
- difficulty breathing
- chronic fatigue
- persistent cough or cough with blood
- unexplained fever
- redness, heat, or pus at the surgical site
- muscle pain
- joint pain
- night sweats
- weight loss
- abdominal pain
- nausea
- vomiting
While the Stockert 3t Heater-Cooler has been the culprit in most cases of m. chimaera infections, they are not the only ones. A recent study by health authorities in Denmark found m. chimaera infestation in 86% of the machines that were tested, including units from Maquet.


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Yahoo Now Has 400M Monthly Mobile Users, Marissa Mayer Says (Business Insider)
When Mayer took on the CEO job at Yahoo, she knew it needed to up its game in mobile. She told the board: "I think the mobile wave, if we can catch and harness even part of it, can really propel us." So she said on stage to Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff during the Dreamforce conference Tuesday night. PCWorld Yahoo now has about 400 million mobile monthly users, according to Mayer. Yahoo has grown its mobile development team to about 400 from between 30 to 60 in a year, and many of those personnel were internal transfers, she added. Since coming aboard, Mayer has been focused on Yahoo's product design philosophy as well. The Next Web So does Mayer consider herself to be the chief design officer? She doesn't think so and says that in her executive team, she has a spot for a senior vice president of design (similar to a Jony Ive role), but she loves design and enjoys working with teams to create the experience. She sees herself responsible for designing the organization, the brand and the overall vision — this is what she's excited about. In a bit of drama, at the beginning of Mayer and Benioff's talk, a small group of protesters began chanting, but were quickly escorted out. The protest appears to have been in response to Mayer's position on Walmart's board of directors. SFGate Mayer, however, did not talk about her announcement on Monday that Yahoo was encrypting all communications and other information flowing from the company's data centers to protect its users' online activities from the National Security Agency. Bloomberg In related news, Yahoo (YHOO) boosted its stock-buyback plan by $ 5 billion, returning more cash to shareholders as Mayer seeks to revive growth at the largest U.S. Internet portal. Yahoo will also sell $ 1 billion in convertible debt maturing in 2018 in a private placement, the company said yesterday in a statement.
'Selfie' is the Word of The Year (FishbowlNY)
Well, you've done it, Internet. The publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary have unanimously — unanimously — selected "selfie" as 2013′s word of the year. A selfie is a self portrait posted online or on a social network. Selfie beat out other terrible words for the honor, such as "twerk" and "bitcoin." OxfordWords Here's a video, featuring Richard Holden, online editor for Oxford Dictionaries, that reveals why this word was chosen, what the earliest known usage of selfie is, and which related terms have already been created. Mashable Now, let's take a little trip back to the roots of the social-media era's most loved (and loathed) mode of photographic self-expression. The hashtag #selfie has been used on Instagram 57 million times, the company said. The first photo tagged #selfie in the photo-sharing network's short but illustrious history was uploaded on Jan. 16, 2011 by user Jennifer Lee.
Twitter Apps Get Search Filters and Trends Timeline (The Next Web)
On Tuesday Twitter updated its apps for Android and iOS with a slew of new features, focusing on search and discovery. New filters in search help users easily find the tweets and people they're looking for. Twitter has also added a trending timeline. Under the "Discover" tab, you'll see trends along with associated tweets, including trending TV shows and nearby events.
Snapchat Users Edging Past Facebook's Photo-Upload Volume (Business Insider)
Snapchat users now send 400 million "snaps" — the term for photos and videos shared over the network — daily, according to a source at Snapchat. To put this number in perspective, sources at Facebook are still reporting that 350 million photos are uploaded daily worldwide on the network, and that Instagram users are uploading 55 million photos daily. Mashable Snapchat appears to be neck and neck with Facebook in one key metric: photos shared daily. Unlike Snapchat's snaps stat, Facebook's number doesn't include videos.
You Can No Longer Receive DMs From Any Follower (AllTwitter)
In a move that's typically Twitter, the company has removed the option for users to receive a direct message from any of their followers without needing to follow them back — just one month after enabling it. So those of you who actually noticed it in the past 30 or so days will have to go back to the old way of sending DMs — mutually following each other.
The Dropbox Computer Vision Acquisition That Slipped Under the Radar (GigaOM)
Dropbox has made some pretty smart (and frugal) acquisitions over the past couple years (including Monday's acquisition of PiCloud) as it attempts to grow into a full-on platform, but its coolest might also be the one that very few people seem to have noticed: Anchovi Labs.
Boardwalk Empire Ignites Audience by Engaging With ESPN's Jason Whitlock (LostRemote)
When it comes to one-on-one social TV engagement, the value is often underestimated. HBO's Boardwalk Empire and other Sunday night TV shows went above and beyond this past Sunday in joining the conversation. Here's how in this week's exclusive analysis from Topsy.
This is One Social Site Where You Should Connect ONLY to Friends (SocialTimes)
We know you want lots of followers everywhere you go online, but there's (at least) one social site where you should really stick to connecting ONLY with people you know, as it's truly a stalker's dream platform: Foursquare.
Facebook's Feedback Panel Returns (AllFacebook)
Last month, we told you about Facebook's new Feedback Panel and how its eerie data gathering could potentially save your marriage. This month, there's another round of feedback panel questions to share — and more for us to subjectively interpret from the questions. Read on for the most telling question.
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My 2 favorite photos from Cambodia.
It was a surreal moment when I saw these guys walking around Angkor Wat in their bright orange robes; at first I stared at awe because up until that moment I'd only seen Buddhist monks on tv or read about them in magazines. After a few minutes of staring I immediately sprung into action, taking as many photos as I possibly could.
Unfortunately, by the time I caught up to them they were heading into the inner halls of Angkor Wat and because of that I was only able to snap off a few frames (check out, the coolest photos of ME).
I wish I would of had the opportunity to take more photos of the monks at Angkor Wat, but non the less the few frames I was able to take were my favorite pictures of my entire adventure.


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The social justice narrative is playing out once again in El Cajon, CA, a San Diego suburb, as CNN reports:
Two protesters were arrested after 50 people blocked an intersection in El Cajon, California, to demand accountability following the police shooting of an unarmed black man.
Alfred Olango, 38, pulled a vaping device from his pocket and pointed it at police Tuesday before one officer fatally shot him and another discharged a Taser, El Cajon police said."
His death set off demonstrations in the San Diego suburb as activists demanded authorities release video of the shooting. They also want a federal probe into Olango's death.
The usual tactics have been employed: blocking freeways, harassing innocent citizens, attacking police, etc. Also usual, a mealy mouthed statement by the Mayor:
[Bill] Wells said he understood the frustration of demonstrators, who blocked a freeway exit Wednesday.
The protests were 'angry and loud' but peaceful, he said.
'It's their First Amendment right,' he said. 'I understand that they don't feel heard. I understand that they're wanting more information.'
Wells said he had seen the video and it pained him, but he called for patience as the investigation runs its course.
'I saw a man who was distraught, a man who was acting in ways that looked like he was in great pain, and I saw him get gunned down and killed and it broke my heart,' he said. 'If it was my son, I would be devastated.
Notice that while Wells make a perfunctory plea to hold judgment until the investigation was completed, his thoughtlessly emotional conclusion obliterated any call to reason. What Wells saw on that video was the reality faced by police officers every day. Violence is not beautifully filmed in cinematic slow motion and manipulated to produce specific emotions. It is incredibly fast, brutal, ugly and cruel. Police officers deal with the deranged, criminal and violent so that people like Wells don't have to, yet it is people like Wells that mindlessly wish to remove that thin blue line between civilization and a state of nature. A bit of background on this case:
On Tuesday afternoon, El Cajon police responded to a 911 call reporting a man in his 30s was behaving 'erratically' behind a restaurant, Lt. Rob Ransweiler said.
According to the call, the man was 'not acting like himself' and had been walking in traffic, endangering himself and motorists, police Chief Jeff Davis said.
The woman calling 911 claimed to be the man's sister and told the dispatcher he was mentally ill and unarmed, Davis said. Investigators have not been able to confirm whether the caller was the man's sister, he said.
Olango's mother, Pamela Benge, later said he was not mentally ill. He was mourning the loss of a friend, she said.
'He wasn't mentally ill, never,' she said. "He was going through a mental breakdown. He lost someone dearly … mental breakdown was not easy to control, he needed someone to calm him down.
Oh, well, of course. A "mental breakdown" certainly isn't mental illness. Interestingly, the woman that made the original 911 call is refusing to cooperate with the police. Equally interesting is that it took officers 50 minutes to respond to the call because they were too busy elsewhere. Something to keep in mind when anti-liberty/anti-gun types claim the police can and will protect everyone. That kind of response time is far more common than the police want to admit.
Once they arrived, Olango kept his hands concealed in his pockets while pacing back and forth, police said. As a second officer prepared a Taser, the man 'rapidly drew an object' and placed both hands on it 'like you would be holding a firearm,' Davis said.
One officer fired his gun at Olango, while a second officer discharged his Taser, he said. Both are on three-day administrative leave.
Local "activists" are demanding the police release all video and every other bit of evidence, which police departments virtually never do so early in an investigation for legitimate reasons of law and evidence integrity. There is, as is usual in such cases, no reason to believe a video would assuage the mobs, and every reason to believe they'd ignore it unless it supported their narrative.
NPR, of all media outlets, accidently provided some useful context on Olango:
Olango was a refugee from Uganda, the AP reports, who had a part-time job in a furniture store. He had a history of run-ins with the police, with convictions for selling cocaine, receiving stolen property and drunken driving. He had served time in federal prison for possessing a gun as a felon.
The lawyer representing Olango's family told the AP that Olango was a loving father who was having an emotional breakdown after his best friend's death.
The wire service also spoke to a woman named Agnes Hassan, originally from Sudan, who says she and Olango spent time in a refugee camp together. She described him as an educated man with mental problems, saying that both of them suffered in order to get to the U.S.
It's interesting that very often, these entirely innocent, educated, loving fathers and family men—such as Keith Lamont Scott–have lengthy records as violent felons.
Keep in mind, please, gentle readers, that this brief analysis is based entirely on the information available through media accounts. However, in many circumstances, photos are worth a thousand words, which appears to be the case here. I will, of course, update and change any erroneous observations or conclusions as better and more complete evidence becomes available. A story—true—from my police days, may help to illustrate the issues.
One evening I was given a call of a man who was going through a divorce. He was at his wife's home, banging on the door and demanding to be let in. She wanted nothing to do with him, and was worried about his mental state.
By the time my backup and I arrived—our response time was about 5 minutes—the man was seated behind the wheel of his car, which wasn't running, in the driveway. We approached and I asked him to roll down the window, which he did. I quickly learned he was the guy we were looking for. He was nervous, and depressed, moving and talking slowly and resignedly. As my partner went to the door to speak with the woman/caller, I asked for his identification.
Moving with great speed and determination, the opposite of his affect to that point, he shifted in his seat and reached behind his right hip, exactly in the attitude and motions of one drawing a handgun. He shot his hand out in front of him in the same manner, holding a black billfold as though it were a handgun.
As regular readers know, I am blessed with extraordinarily fast reflexes, and the moment the man's hand began its forward movement, I had already leaped backward a yard and drawn my handgun. I simultaneously exclaimed "gun" in a register that would have made an operatic soprano jealous. This caused my partner to began to run back toward the car. In the meantime, I noticed the man was holding still, the billfold still extended outward, and, reason finally catching up with reflexes, realized he was not holding a gun. I quickly told my partner it was a billfold.
And the man? After talking to the woman, who explained he had been raving about killing himself, I took him into custody on a mental health hold. He was trying to commit suicide by cop, and had the bad/good luck to stumble into a cop fast and practiced enough to take the extra fractions of a second necessary to realize he didn't need to be shot.
Would I have been justified in shooting him? Absolutely. Everything he was doing indicated to me, because of my training and experience, that he, in those fractions of a second, was a threat of serious bodily injury or death (to understand the elements necessary for the use of deadly force, go here). I would have been routinely relieved of patrol duties while the investigation was completed, but eventually exonerated (he eventually admitted he was trying to get me to shoot him). Dealing with having to shoot someone that was unarmed and actually baiting me into killing him would have been another matter. That he was unarmed doesn't matter. I had every reason to believe he had a gun, and most police officers would have given him his wish.
Let's return to El Cajon and Alfred Olango. The responding officers had reason to believe he might be on drugs, mentally ill, or behaving oddly for some other reason, which made Olango potentially dangerous, ratcheting up their internal threat meters. What the article did not say is the officers were certainly telling Olango to slowly remove his hands from his pockets. Why? That's where weapons are often kept, any competent officer would have done that, and his refusal to do as they asked would dramatically move their threat meter needles. The article suggests that one officer was readying his Taser. What it does not indicate is the other had surely unholstered his handgun and was probably at ready (holding the weapon in a two-handed grip, its muzzle pointed toward the general area of Olango's waistline). Notice that the officers were properly positioned so that if they had to fire, they would not shoot each other.
At this point, Olango had control of the situation. If he simply and slowly removed his empty hands from his pockets, and did as the officers asked, he would almost surely not have been shot. But he apparently not only rapidly and dramatically drew the vaping device, which had a shape that could easily be taken for the barrel of a handgun, but he simultaneously moved into a two-handed shooter's stance, as depicted in the photograph.
Just as was the case in my long-ago situation, the officers had every reason to believe Olango was about to shoot them, and responded appropriately. Why did the officer with the Taser use that on Olango? Situations like this take place with blinding speed. He used it because that was what was in his hand at the moment. Remember, he was in the process of readying the Taser when Olango committed suicide by cop. Given enough time, he would almost certainly have preferred to use his handgun.
But why didn't they just tase him? From the CNN account, the officers didn't have time. One was apparently keeping Olango covered with his handgun, because tasers don't always work, and because Olango might not go along with their intentions. This is normal procedure in this kind of situation. These officers were 21-year veterans, obviously well experienced. They were skilled enough to try to take Olango with a Taser; he just didn't give them the time to do it.
Did Olango intentionally commit suicide by cop, or was he so mentally unbalanced he didn't have any idea what he was doing? His actions would suggest the former. He apparently, and at just the right time, moved in exactly the right way to make the officers think he was trying to shoot them. This indicates a degree of conscious planning not seen in the mentally incapacitated.
Hopefully the officers have sufficient time in to retire. Even if they are exonerated, as everything currently known suggests they must be, their careers are over. Even if they were willing to continue, BLM/social justice cractivists have painted targets on their backs. Their presence among their colleagues will endanger every police officer on the force. Their absence will make their community less safe, and make criminals more successful, which is just what criminals, and their progressive advocates, want.
When they don't care about the facts, and about the consequences of their demands, that's all that's left, isn't it?


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Clare's first All-Ireland senior final appearance since 2002 is all down to a revolution at underage level that was kickstarted that same year when the
Development Squad structure was put in place, writes Joe Ó Muircheartaigh.
THERE'S a picture that's now turning sepia with age that was taken at the junction of the Canal End and Hogan Stand of Croke Park and it shows the Clare minor team of '97 on their way to the dressing room.
The picture that tells a thousand words of hoopla, high fives and hollering to make the throat run dry – there's even a bit of Gangnam Style a couple of generations before its time as Clare's greatest day in the minor grade is celebrated raucously.
Captain John Reddan leads the way in one big rolling maul of players and a few selectors thrown in – among them Sean O'Halloran, with his smile giving off an aura that looked as if it would last a lifetime.
Why not! Clare had finally landed an All-Ireland minor title and the senior would follow within a couple of hours and within the space of a glorious afternoon in Dublin 3 Clare hurling never had it so good.
Galway in the minor; Tipperary in the senior; bluebloods to both grades and it seemed in the first flush of the two victories that every day would be like this.
Clare, without an All-Ireland in any grade between the senior and junior wins of '14 had now won four in five years since '93 – a junior, a minor, two senior. This was empire building and it wouldn't be left there.
Yeah there was a hiatus of a few years, but Clare Hurling Future was established a few years later with the imprimatur of no less a figure than Ger Loughnane and a slew of former county players as the county board looked to build on the successes of '95 and '97 . But by then, the smiling Sean O'Halloran admits that things had started to turn sour.
The minors did get back to Croke Park in '98 and play in a quarter-final, as they did the following year when they were in a Munster final, but the slide had already begun and would last the guts of a decade.
"In my first couple of years there didn't seem to be much happening," says O'Halloran, who came in as Bord na nÓg Iomáint chairman in 2000, "and we didn't win a first round in Munster for many years".
He's slightly wrong – they beat Kerry a couple of times but the message stays the same, with Clare's failure to beat any of the major powers in Munster from 2000 until 2008 when they beat Cork in Páirc Uí Chaoimh showing how far things had fallen.
Still, out of the darkest hour comes the dawn and all that….because in the middle of that slump the wheels of what would be a slow burning, bottom up and velvet revolution were turning.
"We realised something had to be done," says O'Halloran, "so in 2002 we started the Development Squad system at Bord na nÓg level.
"To try and get things going I would have gone to Kilkenny and Tipperary and spoken to the key people there to see how they were doing their business, so we could set up a model in Clare to follow.
"We were welcomed and there was never a problem in getting information – they laid it on the table, they told us how they were doing their business and I structured it on those counties.
"In Tipp and Kilkenny they regionalised things and every player that had potential got the opportunity. The key was we always emphasised that it was open ended – some fellas mature at 14, others at minor, others at 20. That means the key was to keep the eyes open for players, while we decided we'd try broaden the influx of players coming in to play for their county at all levels – from under 14 level up to minor.
"The thinking behind it was that we'd try to attract more players from every club – one, two, three players or more, players who had the potential to develop into county standard," he adds.
And so began the revolution, with the first Under 14 team in 2002 including, among others the likes of Domhnall O'Donvan, Cormac O'Donovan, Ciaran O'Doherty, Cian Dillon and Darach Honan, all of whom went on to win Munster and Under 21 All-Irelands seven years later.
Along the way there were no Forristal Cup, Under 16 or minor successes, but what O'Halloran describes as his 'Eureka Moment' did come and with that Clare had turned a big corner.
Páirc Uí Chaoimh on a Monday night in July 2008 and a Clare team that had done nothing three years earlier as minors exploded as a force at Under 21 level, beating Cork by 1-20 to 1-10.
"That was the group coming through from the first squads and I saw something that evening," says O'Halloran, who was a selector on that side managed by John Minogue and coached by Cyril Lyons. "We were finally going places."
The county hasn't stopped since, with an underage title coming to the county every year since 2009. That's unprecedented, unchartered territory in the most times forlorn history of Clare hurling, so much so that the moniker of the 'Golden Generation' is an easy and natural fit.
However, the difference with this run of success as compared with the salad years at senior level between 1995 and '98 is that new foundations are being laid all the time.
"Initially," says O'Halloran, "when I went to Kilkenny and Tipp I was on my own, but the year I left Bord na nÓg I would have brought in the services of Seanie McMahon, Jamesie O'Connor, Brian Quinn and Jim McInerney.
"They came into it in 2010 and it was fantastic – they are totally dedicated to the cause and with no agendas, just to put something back into the promotion and development of the game.
"You couldn't meet people who were more enthusiastic about underage hurling and really wanted to see it improve. They're the inspiration and with the system that's in place now we're going deeper into it all the time.
"When the Development Squad started in 2002 it was from Under 12 up. Now, we've eight, nine, ten-year-olds brought in. Coaches like Peter Casey, Ronan Keane and those lads are doing great work.
"The players are being identified at the younger age with the coaches going into the schools and we would probably have 50 coaches working at some level or other.
"The key is to implement the plans – get the coaches that are going to do the work with them, while trying to broaden the net all the time. For example at under 14 level we'd be brining in 120/130 players. In the early stages we'd only be bringing in 50 or 60, so we've doubled the numbers who were coming in."
That's real empire building. At last.


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The USDA is out with its latest crop condition report, and the situation for corn, and the news was bad. But it could have been a lot worse.
The corn crop good/excellent ratio declined by 2 points. Analysts were expecting a 3 point decline.
23 crops were rated "very poor," compared with 21 last week; 25 were rated "poor," compared with 24 last week.


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They both have roots in Poland and grew up in Tel Aviv, but the musical career paths of violinist Itzhak Perlman and Chazzan Yitzchak Meir Helfgot couldn't have been more different—until those paths met a few years ago for a performance that took place, of all places, on the White House Lawn. Now they've joined forces once again, this time on a new CD that will be released by Sony Music on September 4. The behind-the-scenes story about this unusual collaboration.
There are 200 million landmines still buried all over the globe from decades of wars, killing thousands each year. While countries have allocated millions of dollars to make their territories mine-free, it would take an estimated thousand years to clear the world of mines. But now that a new airborne mine detector system invented by an Israeli geologist has hit the market, the grim prognosis seems a lot less dreary. Will Avi Buzaglo Yoresh's discovery make the world a safer place?
When he was a child in Kharkov, Sam (Shlomo) Samuel used to stand behind the chair of his beloved Tchechoiver Rebbe. But although the elderly restaurateur is no longer a chassid in the classic sense, he daily recites the verse that was on the Rebbe's lips when his holy body turned to ashes.
When most couples their age would be thinking of retirement, Rabbi Yisroel and Rebbetzin Debby Miller were figuring out what their next station would be. So instead of collecting brochures for golden-ager communities inFlorida, they went to their local sporting goods store and stocked up on ski masks and hiking socks. They were off toCalgary, where they hoped to establish a warm spot for Torah in the freezing Canadian Rockies.


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helmi@hix2:~> uname -aI tried gnash as flash player, but it eat a lot of CPU resource for some of the websites. Yeah I have dual core CPU, but still irritate me when gkrellm show CPU busy working. Another idea is setup 32bit OS in vmware and install the firefox. Swiftfox=32bit app, i.e. not fully utilize 64 bit machine.
Linux hix2 2.6.15-26-amd64-k8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 3 03:11:38 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux
helmi@hix2:~> cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 6.10"
One issue with swiftfox, my firebug don't work, i.e. hard for me to do web app development using swiftfox :-(
** not related to any geeky stuff ** Really bored recently. So, I decide to learn new skill that not related to computer - juggle 3 objects. I believe in repetition is mother of skill (liliadandelion say: mother of boredom), so after a lot of practising I can YIPPEE! now. Highscore=64


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