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Tiki Barber Ronde Barber Twins
March 6, 2012 by staff
Tiki Barber Ronde Barber Twins, It seems so long ago that Tiki Barber, twin to Tampa Bay Bucs cornerback Ronde Barber, was a likeable figure. He ripped his former teammate Eli Manning and before that announced his retirement from the New York Giants in the middle of the season, then he embarked on a controversial television career (google NBC's Jenna Wolfe), only to engage in an ugly affair with a 23-year-old intern which led to a nasty divorce with his wife of 11 years, who happened to be pregnant with twins.
Now, Tiki Barber filed paperwork with the NFL to end his retirement and play in 2011. Barber, who played his last NFL game in the 2007 Pro Bowl game, is still property of the New York Giants.
Barber told Fox's Jay Glazer that his brother Ronde Barber is the inspiration for his return.
"After seeing my brother still have fun at our age, it re-ignited the fire," Tiki Barber said. "I'm really looking forward to the challenge of seeing if I can get back to the level of where I was. I started working out again recently. It kind of shocked myself. I still had a lot of the strength I had before. I'm really looking forward to making a return."
Raise your hand if you believe that statement.
Money issues seems to make more sense for the man who vowed to walk away from football with no regrets. NBC terminated Tiki Barber's television contract with $300,000 a year due to a moral clause. He claimed he was too broke to pay a divorce settlement to Ginny Barber, mother to his four children. And Barber lived in one of the most expensive states in America, New York. It's no wonder the guy needs to return to football.
During Tiki Barber's 10-year career with the New York Giants, he rushed for 10,449 yards and had 5,183 receiving yards. He was inducted into the "Ring of Honor" last season — though it was to a chorus of boos. The Giants won the Super Bowl in 2007, one season after Tiki Barber retired.
The Giants plan to release Tiki Barber as soon as NFL labor negotiations are resolved. So what team would make a great fit for a soon-to-be 36-year-old running back?
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Compassionate Fashion: 10 Fabulous Karen Kane Pieces
The collapse of Rana Plaza, a clothing factory in Bangladesh, has been a horrifying wake-up call about the consequences of "fast fashion." Here at The Frisky, we're dedicated to bringing you the styles you love at prices you can afford, but we're also working hard to make sure to recommend companies we believe in and advocate for better working conditions for the people (mostly women) who make the clothes we buy. When it comes to ethical shopping, it can be hard to know where to start, so we're going to be spotlighting some specific brands and general shopping tips in a new feature called Compassionate Fashion.
First up: Karen Kane. You've probably seen Karen Kane labels while browsing the racks at Macy's or Nordstrom, but did you know that nearly all Karen Kane clothing is made in the USA? That's a rare feat in the fashion world, and one worth applauding. Click on the gallery to check out 10 of our favorite pieces from her current collection (including plus sizes!), all proudly made in America.

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CHARDON, Ohio (AP) — A judge in Ohio won't allow media access to county social services agency records related to a 17-year-old boy suspected in a deadly high school shooting.
Judge Timothy Grendell on Monday rejected requests by The Associated Press and other media organizations for any existing abuse, neglect or dependency records on T.J. Lane. He says releasing that information could endanger the fairness of court proceedings by influencing a jury pool.
Lane's delinquency and paternity records have been released.
Lane is accused in a Feb. 27 shooting at Chardon High School. Three students died.
The judge says he'll allow photography and filming of Lane's court hearings but won't allow photos of Lane when he's in restraints or a protective vest inside or near the court building.
A defense lawyer has said Lane's family is "devastated" by the shootings.


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McGruder Named Top 30 Candidate for Naismith Award
McGruder Named Top 30 Candidate for Naismith Award
Feb. 26, 2013
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Senior Rodney McGruder was named one of 30 candidates for the 2013 Naismith Men's College Player of the Year Award presented by AT&T and the Atlanta Tipoff Club on Tuesday.
McGruder becomes third Wildcat to be selected as a Top 30 candidate for the Naismith Award, joining Michael Beasley (2008) and Jacob Pullen (2010). He is one of four Big 12 players named to the 2013 list, along with Kansas' Ben McLemore and Jeff Withey and Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart.
The top 30 candidates were selected by the Atlanta Tipoff Club's Board of Selectors, which based its criteria on player performances to this point in the 2012-13 season. In late March, the Naismith Trophy voting academy will narrow down the list to four finalists. The Naismith Player of the Year will be awarded on April 7 in Atlanta. The Atlanta Tipoff Club has presented the award every year since UCLA's Lew Alcindor won it in 1969.
K-State fans will have the opportunity to vote for McGruder and help determine the Naismith winner when voting begins on Monday, March 25. For more information, visit www.naismithawards.com.
McGruder leads the 13th-ranked Wildcats (23-5, 12-3 Big 12) in six categories, including scoring (14.8 ppg.), double-digit scoring games (21), 20-point games (eight), field goals (155), rebounding (5.4 rpg.) and minutes (32.2 mpg.). He is connecting on 44.3 percent (155-of-350) of his field goals, including 34 percent (38-of-113) from 3-point range, while knocking down 75.9 percent (66-of-87) of his free throw attempts. He is averaging 15.7 points in Big 12 play on 47.5 percent shooting (84-of-177), including 39.1 percent (27-of-69) from 3-point range, to go with 5.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals in 34.1 minutes per game. Four times he has been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week, winning the honor on Dec. 10 and 24, 2012 and Jan. 7 and 21.
McGruder ranks in the Top 20 in five Big 12 categories, including field goals (1st), scoring (6th), minutes (8th), field goal percentage (14th) and rebounding (20th). He ranks sixth in scoring in Big 12-only games, while he is sixth in free throw percentage and minutes, eighth in 3-point field goal percentage, ninth in field goal percentage, 11th in steals, 12th in 3-point field goals made and offensive rebounds and 20th in rebounding.
With the win over Texas Tech on Feb. 25, McGruder, along with fellow seniors Jordan Henriquez and Martavious Irving, became the winningest senior class in school history with their 97th victory. The team, which has won 20 or more games in seven consecutive seasons, also earned its 12th league win for the first time in the Big 12 era and the first time since the 1972-73 season. The seniors will attempt to become just the second class in school history to advance to the NCAA Tournament in four consecutive seasons.
The first Wildcat with 1,400 points, 600 rebounds and 100 steals in a career, McGruder ranks in the Top 10 of 13 career categories at K-State, including consecutive starts (95, 3rd), games (128, 3rd), 3-point field goals attempted (455, 4th), minutes played (3,439, 4th), double-digit scoring games (79, 5th), 3-point field goals (175, 5th), 3-point field goal percentage (38.5%, 6th), starts (95, 6th), field goals (519, 7th), consecutive games (104, 7th), points (1,443, 8th), steals (106, 8th) and field goal attempts (1,145, 8th).
No. 13/13 Kansas State remains in a tie with No. 6/5 Kansas (24-4) for first place in the Big 12 standings with just three games left in the regular season. The Wildcats begin the month of March in Waco, Texas to take on the Baylor Bears (16-11, 7-7 Big 12) on Saturday at 6 p.m. on ESPN2.
K-State will celebrate the accomplishments of its three-man senior class in its final home game on Tuesday, March 5 against TCU (10-17, 1-13 Big 12) at 7 p.m. Tickets are still available through the K-State Athletics Ticket Office and can be purchased online at www.kstatesports.com/tickets and by phone at (800) 221.CATS.


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The Crap We Missed – Wednesday 1.23.13
Welcome to Wednesday's The Crap We Missed which is surprisingly abundant despite every available paparazzi resource being called to Sundance for the impossible task of covering everybody Alexander Skarsgard is banging. "We're gonna need more cameras, and like, a fuckload of midwives," they could be heard yelling from the make-shift birthing tents that now outnumber the theaters there. The good news is we've still got Denzel Washington on El Hormiguero (Enough said.), Drew Lachey onstage for 'The Package Tour,' which if you wanted to calculate the average weight of the ticket holders would require a truck scale, and finally, Arnold Schwarzenegger sampling Ben & Jerry's newest flavor, Mexican Maid In Manhattan™.
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FLORENCE, Ala. – The Saint Leo volleyball team's trip to North Alabama started on the wrong note as the Lions were handed a dominate 3-0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-23) defeat at the hands of Christian Brothers University in NCAA South Region action on Friday afternoon.
Hitting just .187 for the contest the Lions suddenly seemed out-matched, with the Buccaneers (6-1) hitting a blistering .306 across three sets. Each of the three games was a near carbon-copy of the previous as the Lions dropped into a large deficit in the early points and spent the rest of the set playing catch-up.
A lineup change in the third set saw Saint Leo (3-2) fight to try and take it beyond the three-game sweep, as the Green and Gold rallied late in the game to draw within 24-23. Typical of the vibe of the entire match, a service error, the Lions' 11th, finished off the game for the opponents from Memphis, Tenn.
Playing only two sets, the Lions were led by Jordan Sisson who hit .714 as she connected on five of seven swings. Saint Leo senior Emily Calderon-Reyes was the only Lion with double-figure kills, posting 10 and hitting .231.
Saddled with the sole setting duties, Alexa Reed assisted on 29 successful attacks.
The Lions will try to regroup with their biggest test of the tournament on Saturday. Saint Leo squares off with host North Alabama at noon CDT. The Lions then close out the North Alabama Classic with an afternoon match against Queens University of Charlotte at 3:00 p.m. CDT. Live stats and video will be featured for both matches.
For the latest news, information, and updates on Lions Volleyball, visit SaintLeoLions.com.


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Karen Sears , Ph.D.
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Bachelor's degree from Northern Illinois University, majoring in psychology and minoring in mathematical sciences. M.A and Ph.D. degrees from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in industrial-organizational psychology, minoring in social psychology and quantitative methods. Dissertation title: "Continuity in Conflict: Past Events and their Impact upon Current Mediation."
Regularly teach courses at the undergraduate level: Industrial-organizational psychology, Women and Work, Research Methods, Fair Employment Law seminar, Introduction to Statistics.
Within the area of industrial-organizational psychology, my research focuses on the causes and consequences of counterproductive work behavior, or behaviors at work that lower productivity and distract from the normal functioning of the organization. Specifically, my first research strand examines the social and organizational contexts that enhance the likelihood of workplace incivility, which is relatively low-intensity rude behavior at work (e.g., excluding others, ignoring coworkers, gossiping). The second strand investigates the developmental, job-related, and emotional consequences of workplace sexual harassment directed at teen-aged targets.
Recent Scholarly Activities:
Sayers, J.K., Sears, K.L., Kelly, K.M., & Harbke, C.R. (2011). When employees engage in workplace incivility: The interactive effect of psychological contract violation and organizational justice. Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 31, 269-283. doi:10.1007/s10672-011-9170-6
Sears, K. L., Intrieri, R. C., & Papini, D. R. (2011). Sexual harassment and psychosocial maturity outcomes among young adults recalling their first adolescent work experiences. Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 64, 491-505. doi: 10.1007/s11199-010-9928-6
Gray, C.J., Sears, K. L., & Lifka, A. (2011, May). Narcissism and incivility: Interpreting psychological contract violation as a threat to ego. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington, D.C.
Strom, D.L., & Sears, K.L. (2010, May). Employee engagement as a function of leadership and justice. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Boston, MA.


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AGE UK is looking for volunteers who can give just four hours of their time a week to work in its Darwen shop.
The shop, selling a range of donated goods to raise cash for the charity's services to older people in Blackburn with Darwen, needs volunteers in a number of roles.
A spokeswoman for the Market Street shop said: "We are looking for volunteers who have a reasonable level of fitness and a good eye for fashion and clothing.
"Volunteers are needed to help with sorting and preparing goods for sale and for helping customers and serving on the till."
A range of times and days are available Monday to Saturday and volunteers are asked to commit to at least four hours a week. Training and out of pocket travel expenses are provided.
For information, contact Fran Breckell on 01254 266620 or email enquiries@ageuk bwd.org.uk.


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A couple of weeks ago I was with the mill manager of a local coop. He had just come from a meeting with his electricity supplier.
The purpose of the meeting was to talk thru the implications of an upcoming 20 percent rate hike to the mill.
Were there things in the mill that could be done to lower the consumption of electricity?


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From Our 2014 Archives
CDC Targets 5 Parasitic Infections
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THURSDAY, May 8, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Five types of parasitic infections have just been labeled priorities for public health action by U.S. health officials.
"Parasitic infections affect millions around the world causing seizures, blindness, infertility, heart failure, and even death," Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an agency news release Thursday.
"They're more common in the U.S. than people realize and yet there is so much we don't know about them. We need research to learn more about these infections and action to better prevent and treat them," Frieden added.
The five neglected parasitic infections in the United States are: Chagas disease, cysticercosis, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, and trichomoniasis. All were targeted based on the number of people infected, the severity of the illnesses, and the ability to prevent and treat them, the CDC said.
While parasitic infections can sometimes affect millions of people, they often cause few symptoms and go unnoticed. In a special supplement to the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, CDC experts noted the large numbers of Americans who may be at risk:
The CDC experts noted that most parasitic infections can be prevented and many are treatable. But they most often go undiagnosed and untreated because people don't know they are at risk or infected, and many doctors, unfamiliar with these infections, fail to diagnose or treat them properly, they added.
"The [neglected parasitic infections] in the United States are part of the global burden of parasitic diseases, and strategies that reduce or eliminate them in the United States can someday be applied globally," the authors noted in the news release.
The CDC actions to protect people from these parasitic infections include: increasing public and physician awareness; improving diagnosis methods; providing treatment advice, including distribution of otherwise unavailable drugs; and analyzing data to learn more about the infections.
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SOURCE: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, news release, May 8, 2014


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Aging Hearts and Arteries
Age is the major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Heart disease and stroke incidence rises steeply after age 65, accounting for more than 40 percent of all deaths among people age 65 to 74 and almost 60 percent at age 85 and above. People age 65 and older are much more likely than younger people to suffer a heart attack, to have a stroke, or to develop coronary heart disease and high blood pressure leading to heart failure. Cardiovascular disease is also a major cause of disability, limiting the activity and eroding the quality of life of millions of older people each year. The cost of these diseases is in the billions of dollars.
To understand why aging is so closely linked to cardiovascular disease, and ultimately to understand the causes and develop cures for this group of diseases, it is essential to understand what is happening in the heart and arteries during normal aging—aging in the absence of disease. This understanding has moved forward dramatically in the past 30 years. The purpose of this booklet is to tell the story of this progress, describe some of the most important findings, and give a sense of what may lie ahead.
While we know a great deal about cardiovascular disease and its risk factors, new areas of research are beginning to shed further light on the link between aging and the development and course of the disease. For instance, scientists at the National Institute on Aging (NIA) are paying special attention to certain age-related changes that occur in the arteries and their influence on cardiac function. Many of these changes, once considered a normal part of aging, may put people at increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
This and other compelling research on the aging heart and blood vessels takes place at many different research centers. A great deal of the work is being done by researchers in the Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science at the NIA or by NIA-funded scientists at other institutions. Others have worked at or been funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). NIA and NHLBI are two of 27 research institutes and centers at the National Institutes of Health, and their work is complementary. NIA research focuses on the effects of aging on the heart, blood vessels, and other parts of the body, while NHLBI works to understand the diseases and risk factors that affect the heart and blood vessels.
Both perspectives are bringing us closer to the possibility that heart disease and stroke will someday be defeated. Research on the basic biology of the aging cardiovascular system nurtures hope that we need not accept the high rates of death and disability and the enormous health care costs imposed by cardiovascular disease among older people in our society.


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One Day in San Diego
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This Saturday, join people across San Diego and be part of One Day in San Diego. On Saturday, April 26, 2014 film makers throughout our city will be documenting what makes our city great with a focus on our future. MOPA is going to be a part of this and we want you to join us.
On April 26th, go out and take a photograph of something that represents San Diego to you personally. Then, between noon and 4:00, come to MOPA and tell us, on camera, what the image means to you, why it represents San Diego and what role it will have in the city's future. There are no guarantees, but your image and interview could end up as part of an interactive geo-tagged archive and a TV series on the future of the American city. Plus MOPA will be showcasing many of the works on our digital platforms.
To learn more, watch the video below or check out their website: onedayinsandiego.org/
With so many photographers in San Diego, what better way to showcase our home than through the power of images. We hope to see you on Saturday. Instructions about where to email your photo will be provided after the interview.
Note: Interviews will be done on first-come-first-served basis.


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Relaxing, outstanding and kind staff, outstanding rooms, homey I recommend for any visit, especially relaxing romantic weekend
Used condom wrapper in the drawer. Need i say more.
The staff was very helpful when it was found out that the website I had booked through hadn't communicated with the hotel fully and they had to go digging for my reservation. But I got a room, it was very nice, even if a bit cramped, but that didn't detract from my stay. The grounds were very nice. I enjoyed their exercise room, it was more filled out than most hotels. I just wish I had had warmer weather to enjoy the pool and more time to enjoy every other feature of Hayes Mansion.
Staff incredibly attentive The shortness of our stay
We stayed here 1 night in room 121. It was a suite with easy access to the swimming pool. The back door lead right to the swimming pool. The pool looks bigger in the picture but it's still a excellent size. The staff was great and Sunday brunch was delicious. Good hotel to relax and get away from the regular 9-5. The only thing I can critique is we were there on a Saturday and there's was nothing special for dinner. The bar food was ok and room service food was ok. No restaurants walking distance but no big deal. Everything was releasing
Everything from the room/bathroom was spotless incredibly clean . beautiful place to stay. Absolutely no negative comments to say.also GREAT STAFF! Very helpful and on point..even if I have to go out of my way to stay here again it would be worth it.very quite also.no traffic noises etc.will be back for another stay asap!!!
Beautiful grounds Nice rework of what was there previously Nice pool and hot tub Good lounge Ample parking Comfortable bed Difficult to get to (in the middle of a neighborhood) Staff wouldn't print me a receipt (big issue on business travel) Pool / spa could be open later
The grounds are really nice with a large and comfortable patio seating area and swimming pool. The furnishings in the room were old, old, old, and poorly decorated.
Driving up the residential street and coming upon the entrance for the 1st time gives you a feeling of stepping back in time to another era. The attention to detail and the beautiful wood trim all around gave a feeling of a very special place. I had only one night to explore the mansion and surroundings.
Relaxing, outstanding and kind staff, outstanding rooms, homey I recommend for any visit, especially relaxing romantic weekend
I had called ahead to make sure I coukd check in late, but when i got there, I couldn't find the front desk person (or anyone) for 5 minutes, then when I finally found her, she found my reservation, but couldn't tell what rooms were available & so had to call her manager, and long story short, it was just over half an hour between when I walked in the front door and walked into my room. She said it was her second day, which I can only imagine is really overwhelming, so I was trying to be patient, and I've had good experiences every other time I've stayed there, but i have to say, this one left a sour taste in my mouth.
Great grounds and plenty of character; a relaxing venue with history and luxury.
Used condom wrapper in the drawer. Need i say more.
Being able to use the upstairs business room for a meeting and size of my room.
It was quiet and the front desk was friendly. We live a few cities away and didn't want to drink and drive after a party. It served it's purpose. I was a bit grossed out by the cleanliness of the bathroom. Most if not all hotels I've been in have the toilet paper folded (arrow) and this one didn't it. To me the folded t.p. is a clue that the restroom was fresh and clean. It made me second guess if someone had used the restroom prior to checking in or if it was cleaned. The following morning I took a shower and noticed that a used bar soap was still in the corner of the shower. I didn't touch it because I don't know who used it or how long it had been sitting there. As I was getting out of the shower I noticed medium sized long black hair on the wall of the shower. Again, I assume from previous guest. It second guessed my opinion of the cleaniless of the hotel and how thorough they are cleaned. I felt as if the towels were changed and that was about it.
This hotel served the purpose for me - it was close to where I needed to be, and it was in my price range. Overall, it was a fairly pleasurable stay. The room was clean and roomy. Although, I didn't understand when I booked it, it was a handicap-accessible room - which things were laid out a little differently than I expected. Other than that, the staff was friendly. The complimentary breakfast was good - and even served until 10am, which allowed us to sleep in a bit. I didn't have any substantial negatives - only some things I would have preferred or expected to be different. For instance, there was only 1 table in the breakfast room itself. You had to take your food and sit at one of the tables or island in the lobby... just seemed odd. And one other minor thing, I would have wanted the TV to be a little bigger in size than just a 27".
Worked out get at a good price. Also get walking/running path next to hotel
Hotel needs update. Toilets need cleaning. No one seems to care about long term maintenance and it's obvious.
Beds were comfortable From our room we could hear music playing on the lobby all night long. Fan in the bathroom was incredibly loud and came on everytime the bathroom light was on. Very basic. No fridge, not enough outlets. But, it was clean, safe, and they had a room available.
Nothing There was mold in my shower. I had to change rooms. In the room I went to there was no remote for the TV. I made a reservation with my company Ltd and wanted to charge that card. I have them my personal card for incidentals and they charged my card. So the HD to refund my card and charge my company card. What an inconvenience I have to wait now 3-5 days for a refund when my card shouldn't have been charged in the first place. The furniture is outdated and old. I wanted to have a nice evening with my girlfriend for our anniversary and it was bad from the beginning. I also missed the world series because I had to wait 30 mins to get a remote.
Hotel needs update. Toilets need cleaning. No one seems to care about long term maintenance and it's obvious.
Nothing Hair in the bathtub, old beds, in need of new paint, stained carpet, paper thin walls where people talking all hours of night keep you up, only one functioning elevator, no choice of restaurants nearby. I would not recommend this hotel.
Much cheaper than many other hotels in the area but with the same quality. Not within walking distance of much. Need to drive everywhere.
Front desk staff was very friendly, very large hotel, long walk to the room without any short cuts. Lots of traffic to airport on Monday morning
Highway noise and resturant is expensive.
The room is clean and bed is comfortable There is no toopaste (mouth wash instead) towels are a bit rough and there is no fridge
Worked out get at a good price. Also get walking/running path next to hotel
The rooms were clean and the beds were comfortable Kayak says there is an airport shuttle. The fine print says there is a surcharge for one. Turns out they don't offer a an airport shuttle, paid or free. We booked this hotel for the shuttle. When we talked to the manager, they used the excuse that there was a surcharge and we had read the description wrong. They did nothing to help. Poor customer service. Not at all impressed
The place was clean & quiet. The front desk lady was rude & difficult. The place is a little bit out of the way from many things like gas stations & other things of that nature
Could hear everything outside my room. Sounded like a zoo outside my door. Accidently booked the wrong Four Points my Sheraton. Would not move my reservation to their other hotel.
El personal era amable y profesional. Mi habitación estaba limpia y atractiva. Aparcamiento suficiente. Solo me dieron mi habitación descafeinado café. El desayuno ha sido mejor en el pasado de las estancias. No suficientes opciones.
Buen desayuno Gran televisión de pantalla plana en la habitación Piscina climatizada durante todo el año. Tienda de comestibles raleys y centro comercial al otro lado de la calle: conveniente Aceptable. El sitio estaba en los suburbios
Buen desayuno Gran televisión de pantalla plana en la habitación Piscina climatizada durante todo el año. Tienda de comestibles raleys y centro comercial al otro lado de la calle: conveniente Aceptable. El sitio estaba en los suburbios
El personal era amable y profesional. Mi habitación estaba limpia y atractiva. Aparcamiento suficiente. Solo me dieron mi habitación descafeinado café. El desayuno ha sido mejor en el pasado de las estancias. No suficientes opciones.
Nice and quiet. Room is cleaned. Nothing to not like. All good
Nothing was good about this place There were pubic hairs in the tub the beds were uncomfortable and not the right size the guy working the desk on night shift was a rude jerk and there were druggies hanging out in the parking lot.
Nice and quiet. Room is cleaned. Nothing to not like. All good
Mark, at reception, was one of the kindest, most helpful people in that position that I have met. When I arrived, the lobby was stuffy (actually, warm) and smelled of old cleaning chemicals...like if someone had used dirty mop water, but it was carpet. That left me with a bad first impression.
Convenience Breakfast facility was dirty and breakfast was limited, not much to choose from.
Generally the rooms are very clean one of the main reasons I love to stay here . Upon checking in we opened one of our drawers in the room and there was a open condom wrapper and condom box from previous guest. I advised housekeeping when she went to clean the room said she would take care of it. However when we came back after she cleaned it the condom wrapper and box were still there. Had to let housekeeping know again to get problem taken care of. I have stayed here more then 4 times and the experience is always very pleasent and rooms very clean. This time was a little disappointing.
I absolutely loved the staff - they were all extremely friendly, helpful and informative. They went out of their way to help me with all sorts of logistics. The cleaning staff was very nice and did an excellent job. The pool area was great and the jacuzzi was a nice addition. The breakfast area was nice. I would have suggested more fresh fruit and stronger coffee but that is my taste. The landscaping of the grounds and parking area was really beautiful. The location was a bit close to the airport and the road. At times, the noise was a bit much for someone who likes to sleep with the windows open.
Clean, large rooms. Helpful staff. Good location (in a main road). No problem.
Nothing was good about this place There were pubic hairs in the tub the beds were uncomfortable and not the right size the guy working the desk on night shift was a rude jerk and there were druggies hanging out in the parking lot.
I am not sure there is anything I liked about this hotel. Except maybe the price. Everything was very low-end and the free breakfast was not even worth the price...
Good location. quiet
Good place, price aligned. Nice internal decorations in a mixed of Spanish and Italian interiors. Breakfast better that other similar hotel in San Jose, they offer fresh fruit, that is a plus. Corridor air conditioning noisy. Dishes and accessories for breakfast not in a good state, scratched, damaged, etc.
The near position to the city (san jose) and the swimming pool Breakfast is very poor, missing the microwave and the fridge.
Very quiet. A "classic" motel that is generally pretty well maintained. A little grungy in the elevator area.
The name given for this hotel is "Days Inn San Jose Convention Center." It is actually nowhere near the convention center -- you have to drive 15-20 minutes to get there. Additionally, the hotel is not clean or well-kept. The door in our hotel room had clearly been kicked in at some point, and the security lock was broken because of this. You had to kind of finesse the door into the right place to lock the door. There were stains on the carpet, the finish on the faucet in the bathroom was peeling off, there were holes in the bathroom wall where the towel rack had been at one point (it had apparently been moved for some reason?), chips in the floor tile, and the room smelled a little funky. This was a last-minute arrangement for my husband and I, and we chose the hotel because we thought it was near the convention center. I will be much more careful about my hotel selection in the future, because I did not feel comfortable or safe staying here.
Nothing Room was dirty, the kitchen was completely empty only thing in the kitchen was a moldy dirty pan. No one answered the phone at the front desk, there is not an ice machine on property and the price was ridiculous for what you got. This hotel should be removed from any on line booking site. It is a complete "DUMP".
Nice staff Non-smoking room smelled very smokey. Room was filthy in terms of dust. Light fixtures dirty. Huge dust bunnies under bed. Dental pick and syrup left by another visitor was underneath shelf in bathroom. What can I say...I would never recommend or chose this location again!!!!!
Apart from system malfunction, the front desk lady had a very rude attitude.


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ASUS P5N32-E SLI Plus: NVIDIA's 650i goes Dual x16by Gary Key on 4/2/2007 3:30 AM EST
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yacoub - Sunday, April 29, 2007 - linkJust curious about the audio CPU usage test usually done on boards... Reply
Leinad - Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - linkIn the FAQ for this board on the Asus website, the board is listed as a 680i board. Newegg lists it as a 650i board, and Anandtech likewise calls it a 650i board. Nice to finally see an explanation.
Looking forward to the Motherboard roundup! Reply
goinginstyle - Thursday, April 05, 2007 - linkAny chance of testing some cheap memory? Reply
sWORDs - Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - linkI'm really disappointed by this review, it's not up to the usual Anandtrch quality. Let me explain why:
You can not call this a 650, because there is no nForce 430 southbridge.
Calling the southbridge a AMD570 is a bit misleading, because NB 570AMD = NB 590AMD = SB 590AMD = SB 590i = SB 680i.
Further more there might not even be a difference in the northbridge even if it has 8 lanes disabled, those aren't connected with the "real" 680i's either. They appear as a hidden link, the links on the Hybrid also have a missing #1 port, so it's there, not sure if it's cut or disabled. The only bord that appears to use it isn't here yet, it's the MSI Diamond with 4 PEG ports.
Besides this, you failed to notice that the pcb is actually a Striker Extreme (just peak under de Plus sticker). So any difference between this bord and a Striker Extreme are caused by difference of Bios, or between individual bords. You can't compare one Striker and one Plus and One Evga and make chipset conclussions, two Strikers might end up on different FSB speeds.
"680i SLI chipset utilizes the nForce 590 SLI MCP and 680i SLI MCP." That should be 680i SPP.
Memory timing differences should be caused by bios difference. THe Striker has a 1004 bios ready did you use that? Reply
Dainas - Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - linkGreat, so theirs only one PCI slot(rendered useless if you SLI) and the only PCIe 1x is rendered useless if you put a decent videocard in this machine.
Not that any friggin SLI/Crossfire LGA board on the market can be considered much better should you want to have more than a soundcard installed.
sWORDs - Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - linkIt has two PCI slots and only one would useless when using SLI with double sized cards. The only PCIe 1x is useless when using a double sized card. Reply
yacoub - Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - linkBtw this board gets some horrid reviews over on NewEgg. Sure, the user reviews there are known to be pretty tough because anytime someone has a bad experience they're ten times more likely to write about it than someone who has a good experience. But still, compare the reviews of this board with the reviews of the MSI board Anandtech reviewed last week.
I wouldn't consider buying this Asus board seeing how many DOAs and other problems folks are reporting with it. The MSI, which doesn't overclock as well, seems much more likely to at least be a 100% functioning product.
How sad that the motherboard market has become this unreliable. I remember when Asus was a board you'd pay just a little more for because it would be solid. Reply
kilkennycat - Monday, April 02, 2007 - link.. 0501 has an extensive list of 23 fixes over 0402 !!
The current latest is 0602 BETA.
See the Asus website. Make sure that you search for the PLUS version of the P5N32E-SLI. Reply
Tuffrabbit - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkIt is interesting that the "budget" 650i board draws a whopping 47 more watts at idle than even the Flagship D975 Intel board ??? Reply
Tuffrabbit - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkCorrection: Make that 57 watts... Reply
Spanki - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkNice review, but I must say that at worse it's misleading and at best it's potentially confusing regarding the memory timings used (in particular, the command-rate). I really liked seeing both 1T and 2T benchmark numbers, but the images would have been a lot better if the command-rate was listed for _every_ board tested (every line-item).
In the absense of that, I have to assume that the rate was 2T for all other boards, unless specifically stated, but even that pattern wasn't followed on the first graphic. I guess this means that I'm casting a vote to see the 1T numbers/comparisons on all the boards (whether or not it makes a 'significant' difference) - if you threw out all the 1T results in this review, I think you get an overall different 'picture' of how well this board compares with the others. Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkI believe Gary is in the process of retesting boards with 1T where it works, and that will be part of an upcoming roundup. The problem is that until recently, the 680i boards were unable to support 1T at DDR2-800, and no other chipset has managed it either. Now quite a few 680i (and 650i maybe?) boards have 1T support, with the appropriate DIMMs. Personally, I'm okay with using more typical (and cheaper) 2T RAM and overclocking to make up the less than 5% difference. Some people want the absolute best, though. Reply
yyrkoon - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkHmm, actually, now that I think about it, the CPU Bus speed *is* 250Mhz, and I did drop the memory down to the 667Mhz divider, but technically, the memory is still running above 800Mhz DDR2 (I think)
/me checks while blushing in the process Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkBut you're running an AM2 configuration, right? I'm specifically talking about Core 2 chipsets, where 1T support for DDR2-800 is a more recent addition. I should have made that clearer. I'm pretty sure P965, 975X, 680i, 650i, 590i Intel, and 570i Intel all initially didn't have 1T support at that speed. Reply
yyrkoon - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkUh, my ABIT NF-M2 nView has run nothing BUT 1T, even with the memory OC'd (it is 5-5-5-12 DDR2 6400 Promos, but running 4-4-4-12 1T right_now). Perhaps you meant 'current chipsets' ? Reply
Gary Key - Monday, April 02, 2007 - link
Uh, my ABIT NF-M2 nView has run nothing BUT 1T, even with the memory OC'd (it is 5-5-5-12 DDR2 6400 Promos, but running 4-4-4-12 1T right_now). Perhaps you meant 'current chipsets' ?
Jarred meant current Intel chipsets but 1T is still not working right at DDR2-800 on the P965, close but not there yet. The NVIDIA Intel chipsets have progressed rapidly with 1T operation up to DDR2-900 with decent PC2-6400 memory at fairly low latencies now. We have hit DDR2-1000 at 1T on the RD600 with relaxed timings, have the new board revision on the EVGA 680i and we are so close to DDR2-1000 1T with some "affordable memory" at this time. Reply
BladeVenom - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkThe last 20 motherboard articles on Anandtech have all been for Intel. Doesn't that seem a little excessive? I know Intel is the preferred processor for midrange and up, but with the prices of the x2 3600 and the less expensive motherboards, lots of people are still buying AMD. Reply
fliguy84 - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkShouldn't it be 2MB on the 4th page? Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkYes - fixed. Reply
yacoub - Monday, April 02, 2007 - link
360x10 (3-4-3-9 2T,
Dude, 2T? Eww, why? Is that mandated for quad-core systems or were you simply unable to get any stability with 1T at that OC level? :( Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkSorry - just an errant typo correction. If you look at the image, you can see it's 1T. Gary had "TT" in there and I corrected that to 2T when it should have been 1T. Reply
yacoub - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkoh awesome :) Reply
mostlyprudent - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkI think it's time for a comprehensive article to pick the best boards for Intel CPUs (P965 vs. 680i vs. 650i vs. 680i LT vs. 975X vs. RD600, etc.). I know some of this has been done in pieces, but it would sure be nice to have it all in one article. Please :) Reply
Gary Key - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkAfter I finally complete the opus known as uATX or "How to kill the reviewer", we will have a performance roundup that might even include a new spin of the P35. ;-) Reply
yacoub - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkIt'd be awesome to see a round-up in time for the April 22nd Intel price drop and 6320/6420 release.
I want to know simply: "The Best 650 SLI and 680 SLI NVidia-based Boards For 6320/6420 OverClocking" and NOT with any of that ridiculously over-priced Dominator or Flex XLC RAM. Just test with realistic RAM that actual people would buy like Corsair XMS2 or OCZ Platinum series and similar. High-end RAM but not retarded over-priced stuff with gigantic cooling mechanisms. Test RAM that's around $250 (or less) for 2GB matched pairs.
That's what I'd like to see. An actual overclocker 650/680 board round-up for the 6320/6420 c2d chips with RAM people who are looking for the best bang-for-the-buck would actually buy.
People who spend around $200-250 for the motherboard, $200-250 for quality, low-latency RAM, and $200 for the CPU.
There's a lot of us and we'd love to know which board to buy and which RAM works best with it when oc'ing. Reply
sWORDs - Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - linkThe OCZ2N1066SR2GK only costs €208 here, that's SLI ready, 1066 MHz, 5-5-5-15, 2x 1GB.
The OCZ2N900SR2GK only costs €192 here, that's SLI ready, 900 MHz, 4-4-3-15, 2x 1GB. Reply
yacoub - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkThis image link on page4 is different than the actual image:
(I think one of the sample images is duplicated.) Reply
JarredWalton - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkDid someone fix this? They are definitely different images for me, although only minor differences. Reply
Marlowe - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkVery nice review - looks like a good board! After reading the article I have some questions:
Isn't the 'Plus' moniker ment to mean some kind of functionality with Vista? I think I remember when some previous Asus board got a new revision and the got the Plus moniker, it also got a small PCB riser board attached below the IO area.. ReadyBoost or something? Does this board have that? It's not that copper square behind the LAN/USB connections? Or maby it's just a new name for their mid-range boards.
Isn't that a 6-phase power circuit in the pics? I know the Asus site claims 8-phase, but they also have a wrong power circuit pic. The site also says "With the highest speed up to 800MHz," about the memory speed and doesn't mention support for EPP at all, so that must be wrong as well according to your article?
In the expansion slot area you write "two PCI Express x1" but that's not so? Isn't the top slot for the "SupremeFX" audio riser board?
In the Dual Core OC page, the E6300 has 2MB L2 not 4MB :)
And a question: I have the Tuniq120 as well, and the fan is placed ~7 cm over the board and placed in an angle so I guess there aren't much airflow going to those heatpipe sinks. Did you have to use an additional fan over the cpu area while using the Tuniq120 heatsink and overclocking? So if overclocking you *have* to hang some fan with zip ties or something over that area? Thats a bit of a hassle isn't it :P
Anyways very nice performing board :D Looks physically totally identical to the Asus P5N32-E SLI tho :D But Reply
sWORDs - Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - linkThe E Plus is ment as an upgrade to the E, it has all solid caps just as the Striker.
The E, E Plus and Striker all use the same PCB (just look under the white sticker) and all have a 8 phase power design.
All three have EPP and SLI Ready support up the 1200 (and the 1250 works as well).
The top one can only be used for the riser.
The Northbridge does get very hot, however using the heatpipes should be enough to reach 450. Any busspeed above 400 isn't recommended anyway because of the reduction of timing from the strap selection.
True, they share the same PCB, this one has the same caps as the Striker. Reply
R3MF - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkthis mish-mash of different chipsets probably works fine under windows, because asus will provided a tailored nVidia driver to ensure it works.
but they have always been rubbish at providing a linux variant of the proprietary systems design.
can i use the standard release nVidia linux chipset drivers to use this board under linux?
if the answer is 'no' then this board is garbage. Reply
Gary Key - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkThis board uses the standard NVIDIA 680i driver set in XP and Vista. I had no issues loading SUSE 10.2 on the board but did not test it extensively with RAID or other options. The ADI audio worked but not as well as the Realtek offerings on other boards. Reply
yacoub - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkbut only for you and the other handful of folks in that situation... Reply
yyrkoon - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkYes, and no. Because users are fed up with MS/WIndows/Vista, a lot of users are making the plunge into Linux.
Anyhow, it is the softwares responcability to comply with the hardware, not vice versa(to a point that is, obviously the hardware does need to comply with each specification, IE SATA, IDE, x86, etc.), if Linux is to be taken seriously, the Linux dev teams NEED to write a module for every possible chipset out there . . . if not, then well, you will have what you currently have right now, an OS, that does not support near as many hardware configurations, as Windows does.
Linux is a fun OS, and great for certain situations, but when you have problems like those caused by udev, and whatever else, you can not help but feel like it is not complete. Granted, the Linux dev teams for each distro, is usually much smaller than the teams that write code for Windows. End results however, tend to make this user feel as though Linux is a toy OS, with lots of work still needed. Ubuntu, is good for some situations, and a cutting edge Distro such as SabayonLinux, is also not without its quirks(but 'feels' very simular to Windows Vista.).
The end result is: what do *you* expect from a free OS ? Personaly, I like each, for different reasons, but still consider Windows to be the only real serious OS, mainly because of support for many, if not nearly all forms of hardware. Look and feel also are a consideration, but Linux has been closing the gap here, for a long time now.
Anyhow, that 'handful of users' is growing day by day, and is not really a 'handful' any more. Reply
MrWizard6600 - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkI could really use to see one. I don't see the differances between this board and a regualar 680i chipset, aside from the northbridges being different (which you would think would impact total PCI-e lanes but... apparently not..).
so can you put together a map? Reply
sWORDs - Tuesday, April 03, 2007 - linkCheck this post, it's a dutch forum, but the first second and third table are english, and those are the ones you need.
http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/...">http://gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_messages/... Reply
Gary Key - Monday, April 02, 2007 - linkLet me see what we can create tomorrow. Reply


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Discovering My Feminist Voice
This summer, we are catching up with former members of the AAUW National Student Advisory Council (SAC), the exclusive group of college women who advise AAUW on student issues and help plan the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders. Catherine Cleary served on the 2010–11 SAC while she majored in women's studies at St. Mary's College in Indiana. She is now enrolled in the philanthropic studies program at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and hopes to continue her women's advocacy work at a nonprofit.
You seem to have a broad passion for women's rights, from your work on sexual harassment to your volunteering at the Indiana Women's Prison. How did you first get started in advocacy, and what keeps you motivated and inspired?
I've always been a volunteer. I was raised in a family where you volunteer and actively discuss politics. Service and activism were a must.
I started as a biology major, but during my freshman year I took a spring break trip to Indianapolis and volunteered at the Indiana Women's Prison. That's when it hit me that I wanted to continue this at school, so I took a week to reevaluate everything and went on to self-design a women's studies major focusing on women's issues in an urban environment, particularly young women in prison.
So your experience at the Indiana Women's Prison played a part in what you are doing today?
Absolutely. After I came back to school, I knew this was it. The summer between my sophomore and junior year, I became a social work intern there through a contact I had made. I worked in the special-needs unit, and it totally opened my eyes. I mean, I was 19 and from the suburbs, so for two months I got to peel back the layers of these women and see beyond their crimes.
You were awarded a Campus Action Project (CAP) grant from AAUW in 2011. Why did you apply, and what did you focus on?
I applied for the grant the year after serving on the SAC. I already had exposure to AAUW and all that it entailed, so by this point I was trying to figure out how to get more involved. Laura [Corrigan, also a former SAC member] and I applied for the CAP grant. The research topic that year was sexual harassment in school. We proposed this presentation that we would give to a public high school in South Bend, Indiana, that discusses sexual harassment at school.
I think we talked to at least a thousand kids about sexual harassment, what they think it is, and redefining it as more than inappropriate touching. We gave students notebooks to journal about what sexual harassment means to them and what things they hear at school that make them uncomfortable. I think it was a powerful experience for them and opened their eyes. We did this over our spring break our senior year. It was a quick and intense week but also wonderful.
What did you enjoy most in your time on the SAC?
First, feminist role models! Having Kate [Farrar, AAUW director of campus leadership programs] and Holly [Kearl, former coordinator of the SAC] as our leaders was phenomenal. I mean, they were like rock stars. They showed us how to be active in the community and how to do something you are passionate about as a job and then to also support others with that same passion in your personal time.
AAUW has really helped me develop my feminist lens by exposing me to issues and giving me experience to advocate for them. I think it was the most powerful thing I could have done.
This post was written by AAUW College/University Relationships Intern Samantha Lambert.
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Pronunciation: mê-lahr-kee • Hear it!
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Word History: This word first emerged in the US in 1922 but no one knows where it came from. There is an Irish surname, Malarkey, but no one of that name seems to have been blessed with a greater gift of blarney than any other Irishman. Someone has suggested that it might be related to Greek malakos "soft," but this good word does not seem to be the concoction of someone versed in the classics. We will have to chalk it up as another mystery of the US linguistic mind.


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RELATIVES of Worcestershire soldiers who died on the bloodiest single day of the First World War are being offered the chance to visit the graves of their loved ones.
Thousands of Worcestershire men were killed or wounded during the battle of the Somme, a name that has become a byword for the suffering of a generation.
On the first day of the battle – July 1, 1916 – more than 20,000 British soldiers lost their lives.
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Battlefield Memorial Tours press spokesman John Phillpott said: "Many men from Worcestershire were heavily involved in the fighting at Ypres and on the Somme.
"Tom Turrall of the Worcestershire Regiment won a Victoria Cross for saving the life of a badly wounded officer at La Boisselle during the Somme fighting."
Ypres was the scene of three great battles.
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PEARLAND, Texas - Deputies are searching for a woman who, they said, tried to snatch a purse from a 69-year-old woman in a shopping center parking lot.
The 69-year-old had been browsing inside Charming Charlie at the The Crossing at 288 in the 2500 block of Smith Ranch Road about 3:30 p.m. on Jan. 22. Two women inside made her uncomfortable with stares and how close they were standing to her.
Brazoria County sheriff's deputies said the woman decided to leave and one of the women who made her uncomfortable attacked her.
A woman, believed to be 20 to 25 years old, tried to steal the 69-year-old woman's purse, but the victim refused to hand it over, officials said. The thief bit the victim to try to make her hand over the purse, investigators said.
Two witnesses came to the 69-year-old's aid and the woman got into a waiting getaway car, deputies said.
"A human bite is probably one of the worst injuries that you can have," investigator Andy Kerstens said.
The victim has to have a series of shots, just in case the attacker had the deadly Hepatitis B.
The attacker was described as white, 5 feet 5 inches tall and 130 pounds with dirty blond hair that may be dyed, blue eyes and acne. She was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue jeans and boots.
The getaway driver was described as Hispanic with a dark complexion, 5 feet 6 inches tall and 160 to 170 pounds with long, dark hair and brown eyes. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt and blue jeans.
The getaway car was described as a gold 2000 to 2003 Ford Taurus with Texas paper license plate No. 69J8585.
Anyone with information is asked to call Brazoria County Crime Stoppers at 800-460-2222.
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text: By LESLIE PEARCE-KEATINGSpecial to The Daily RecordFrom the moment I set foot in the Freedlander Theatre, I knew I was in for a wonderful treat. I must confess it was the first time I had seen a Gilbert and Sullivan light opera in several years. I'm not sure why. Probably because I know it is always there, since Ohio Light Opera, Wooster's own precious jewel, has been in residence for 26 seasons. I guess like too many others, I take it for granted and shouldn't. Friday night's performance of "Patience" was a wondrous escape. Watching the light opera unfold required no patience at all from this viewer's perspective. And from what I saw in the audience around me, I was far from alone in my appreciation.The first indication of the caliber of professionalism was evidenced by the lovely set designed by Tymberley Wittrig and her diligent crew. The grove outside Bunthorne's castle in the 1800s, complete with a picturesque footbridge, moonlit sky, and even comically swimming swan, lent reality to the musical affair. Adorning the stage and its periphery were large scale paintings that added a depth of "aestheticism." Lighting designer, Shannon Schweitzer, enhanced the stage with his subtle craft. Beginning the evening, the audience was reminded of cell-phones and beepers, coughing and other annoyances the actors must endure from the audience, all through a vocal ditty that left us giggling in our seats. That song set the stage for an evening of light-hearted fun. We then rose and sang "God Save The Queen" as well, in accordance with the wishes of the great team of Gilbert and Sullivan, who began every performance with such a salute to their leader. The orchestra, under the direction of J. Lynn Thompson, was true perfection. The talented musicians in the pit did not fail in their attempts to carry the story to its fruition. In fact, they blended with the scenery to become part of the wonderful underlying fabric of the show. The story that unfolded was simply enchanting. It was an evening of escapism into the world of poets and damsels, dragoons and milk maids. In other words, the age-old story of boy meets girl in the light opera sense. Under the direction of gifted artistic director, Steven Daigle, it did not disappoint.The difference between this version of the age-old story and most boy-meets-girl stories, however, was in the tremendous scope of talent in the cast of performers. In fact, skeptics should merely peruse the program to learn of the high quality performers who grace the Wooster stage. I will admit, I had my favorites, not the least of which were Frederick Reeder and Ted Christopher. Both men epitomized their roles, had fabulous voices, and played their parts to a tee. Frederick Reeder's portrayal of the poet who tires easily of the maidens who flock to his feet, was hysterically rendered. What a talent. Ted Christopher's baritone voice was my pick of the male cast. His affected stance and gestures as the idyllic poet, complete with chin-length black wig and velvet attire, brought huge guffaws from the grateful audience. Other noteworthy male performers were veteran talent, Boyd Mackus, who is always captivating, and myriad dragoon guards, who marched and sang and danced with a flourish. Joshua Kohl sang the role of the Duke quite convincingly.However, this Gilbert and Sullivan work would not be any fun at all without the female component of the cast. And what a wondrous job they did. The female contingent comically refers to themselves as "Twenty Love-Sick Maidens We" throughout the show. Not only did they swoon and decorate the stage with aplomb, they sang like a veritable host of angels. The female ingnue, of course, was Patience, a simple milk maid, played beautifully by Sarah Minckler. This talented soprano hit notes that would shatter glass, as she skipped about nonchalantly. Elizabeth Mitchell, who portrayed Lady Jane, entertained the audience with her witty, full-blown humor. And her three counterparts, Ladies Angela, Ella, and Saphir, all sang beautifully and languished effectively. What a joy they were to watch.The costumes for the show were simply delightful. The ethereal gowns worn by the love-sick maidens, the poets' ornate velvet dress, the dragoons military uniforms, Patience's milk maid attire, and the later costume shift to all things common-sensical, were creatively outfitted by costume designer Damita Peace and her dedicated crew. Carol Hageman choreographed the light opera skillfully. Whether the love-sick maidens or dragoons were executing the numbers, the movements were simply yet artfully convincing.As the Gilbert and Sullivan performance ended, a truly satisfied audience stood in appreciation, amidst thunderous clapping and loud cheers of approval. I couldn't agree more. Looking over the program, I am still amazed at the combined talent our small community is able to draw together a literal "who's who" of opera and theater from throughout the country.As I left the theater on opening night, I was reminded of the great talent that takes up residence in our fair city each summer. A lovely gem is created in fact; one we must not take for granted. Leslie A. Pearce-Keating is the drama director for Wayne Center for the Arts and human interest columnist for the Daily Record. She earned her B.A. in communications from Youngstown State University and her M.A. in theater from Akron University. 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More than 130 pupils of Queens Crescent School, Chippenham, had fun joining in the Big Pedal inter-school competition, which aims to get more children active by cycling and scooting to school.
The event was launched in 2009 by transport charity Sustrans to encourage parents to leave their car at home for the school run, the reward being a Bike-it breakfast.
PE leader Sarah Barker said: "The children always look forward to a Bike It breakfast and they were especially excited this time because it was pancake day as well.
"The turn-out was fantastic with positive comments from all the children and parents who came along.
"This year, without Connecting Wiltshire and Sustrans, we wouldn't have been able to have such a wide range of food on offer, something which everyone is incredibly thankful for."
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I was listening today to one of Scott Hanselman's awesome podcasts with Miguel de Icaza and during the show they discussed things that you really should invest in. One list that came up was a good bed, a good chair, and to learn to type. Most of us spend 1/3 of the day in a bed and 1/3 of the day in a chair, so they seem like no-brainers. Typing is an interesting addition to that list.
Back when I was in school, in those sexist old days, typing wasn't something that the boys learned. It was something that was taught to the girls, and mostly to those that weren't heading in an academic direction. Up until about 1990 I was a pretty fast two-finger typist (probably more like a four-finger typist). I could cut code pretty quickly and I wasn't too concerned about it. Occasionally though, I kept feeling that I could do much better if I learned to type. Eventually I convinced myself that if a sizeable percentage of the population could do it, surely I could learn.
Is it hard to learn?
At that time, some pretty decent typing programs for the PC had started to appear. I decided to try to learn to type and chose TypeQuick. It's interesting (and good for them) to see that they still exist today. So many applications from those days have long since gone. I particularly liked the way that it constantly pushed you just a little bit faster than what you were achieving. I haven't tried the program since then but I hope it's just improved over time. But regardless, there are many of these types of programs around.
But then the real problems began. Most of these types of programs assume that you can spend an hour a day learning to type, and in a few weeks you'll be able to do so. The implicit assumption though is that's the only time that you'll be typing during that time. The hassle with this is that if you type for a living (by cutting code or interacting with IT systems), spending an hour a day doing it the right way, then the rest of the day doing it the wrong way isn't a formula for success.
I decided that I needed to break that impasse. Early one fine Sunday morning, I started doing the course and I kept going until I had pretty much finished the course, at around midnight. By then I could barely move my hands at all but I had learned all the basics.
What I hadn't figured on though was that the hardest part was to come. During the next four weeks or so, I had tight deadlines that I knew I could meet by typing my old way, and yet I had to force myself to type correctly, even though it was at a fraction of the speed that I could do the wrong way.
I did force myself to put up with the stress and after about four weeks I was back to about the same typing speed. The brilliant part is that I was then able to keep getting faster and faster. I'd probably now average about three or four times faster than what I could do in my heyday of four-finger typing.
What difference does it make?
Clearly if you are writing a bunch of code, you can do so much more productively but there are also many subtle improvements in what you achieve, not just how quickly:
I'm really surprised that typing isn't considered a core skill for IT people today. Perhaps there will be a time in the future when it won't matter but it does matter today. Curiously though, it's often viewed as a less-important skill to master. But those who have done so will all tell you how important it is.
When I worked at a university, I was pushing for students to learn typing in the first two weeks of their Computer Science degrees. The idea was almost mocked by most lecturers as typing wasn't something that was taught by universities. Yet the same university struggled to have enough resources for students to use, and the resources they had were tied up by people that took forever to type anything. The real irony is that in most courses, there isn't much other useful work that the students could do in the first week or two anyway.
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Totally agree! And after reading your story I'm glad I learned it in early secondary school! Not everyone took the class but I knew it would help me use my Commodore 64 faster. In those days we learned typing the hard way: on those heavy mechanical typewriters. If you weren't careful your finger would slip off the button and you actually could hurt it quite a bit on the buttons above the one you'd slip off. And typos were for real, no backspace...
In the second year of typing class I was upgraded to the next group and I was allowed to use the (back then) new modern electric typewriters, what a difference! Those even had a backspace button. Pushing it would make the machine use some whitener to hide the previously-typed character. But we weren't supposed to use that... :)
What typing speed do you average now?
Have you considered learning DVORAK?
Hi Grant, I'd guess around 90-100 wpm at present. But totally depends upon what I'm typing. Programs that measure that tend to measure typing formal letters, etc. rather than things like code. (And no, no plans for DVORAK)
Thanks Greg. In the formal tests, I'm around 70-80. I must admit that when I watch over other dev's shoulders that are really fast typists, it is quite impressive. You've inspired me to improve my craft.
I knew early on that learning to type would be a handy skill to have if I was going to work with computers, so in year 8 at High School I asked the school librarian if they had a 'learn to type' book. She got one for me from one of the 'Business Studies' teachers (the ones who taught the girls to type as you mentioned).
I then sat down and pounded away on a manual typewriter for a few weeks (to my frustration it would be a few years before I had a computer at home), until I'd got all 10 fingers working well.
It's a skill that I now take for granted every day.
Hi Greg,
Great topic and post. I started writing a response to this blog, but I got carried away and wrote this http://www.prd-software.com/Blogs/EntryId/115/How-I-learned-to-touch-type-A-trip-through-computing-history.aspx
Great points about documentation SQL object names etc. So true.
Best regards,
I also took a typing class on manual typewriters -- the last one my high school ever ever offered -- and I'm very happy that my mother forced me to do so! No matter where I work I'm generally the fastest typist around, and I believe that speed contributes to greater productivity. I often feel that devs who can't properly type are in a slightly lower caste :-)
I highly recommend giving Dvorak a try. I've been using it for the last 15 years. I can switch fairly seamlessly back and forth between it and QWERTY when necessary, but I can do 20+ WPM better on a Dvorak. It's a much more comfortable and natural layout. And really not at all difficult to learn. Anyone who can already touch type will have a bit of unlearning to do on the way there, but if you can find a week of semi-downtime and force yourself you'll find that it's not at all difficult.
Bonus: unless you're REALLY hardcore you won't want to get a hardware Dvorak keyboard, so you'll have to learn blind -- on a keyboard marked for QWERTY. This is a good thing. It means that you'll be forced to actually touch type and not use your eyes at all.
I sat through a presentation last week in which the presenter typed a great deal of code using the hunt-and-peck approach. It was painful.
I agree it's a vital skill but as nice as it is to type fast, I think the real gain is not thinking about the typing and being able to let your brain concentrate on the coding.
Yes i think so typing is essential skill and it is nice to type fast.I did some typing lessons from http://typingdaddy.com and it helped me in improving my typing skills for free.


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Topography, weather, and fuels are known factors driving fire behavior, but the degree towhich each contributes to the spatial pattern of fire severity under different conditions remains poorlyunderstood. The variability in severity within the boundaries of the 2006 wildfires that burned in theKlamath Mountains, northern California, along with data on burn conditions and new analytical tools, presentedan opportunity to evaluate factors influencing fire severity under burning conditions representativeof those where management of wildfire for resource benefit is most likely. Fire severity was estimated asthe percent change in canopy cover (0–100%) classified from the Relativized differenced Normalized BurnRatio (RdNBR), and spatial data layers were compiled to determine strength of associations with topography,weather, and variables directly or indirectly linked to fuels, such as vegetation type, number of previousfires, and time since last fire. Detailed fire progressions were used to estimate weather (e.g.,temperature, relative humidity, temperature inversions, and solar radiation) at the time of burning. A generalizedadditive regression model with random effects and an additional spatial term to account for autocorrelationbetween adjacent locations was fitted to fire severity. In this fire year characterized by therelative absence of extreme fire weather, topographical complexity most strongly influenced severity.Upper- and mid-slopes tended to burn at higher fire severity than lower-slopes. East- and southeast-facingaspects tended to burn at higher severity than other aspects. Vegetation type and fire history were alsoimportant predictors of fire severity. Shrub vegetation was more likely to burn at higher severity thanmixed hardwood/conifer or hardwood vegetation. As expected, fire severity was positively associated withtime since previous fire, but the relationship was non-linear. Of the weather variables analyzed, temperatureinversions, common in the complex topography of the Klamath Mountains, showed the strongestassociation with fire severity. Inversions trapped smoke and had a dampening effect on severity within thelandscape underneath the inversion. Understanding the spatial controls on mixed-severity fires allowsmanagers to better plan for future wildfires and aide in the decision making when managing lightningignitions for resource benefit might be appropriate.
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Event data recorders are typically electronic devices that store information received from sensors connected to the device. An event data recorder is often referred to as a "black box," a familiar recording device found on many large passenger aircraft. Event data recorders are now being designed into many other products to aid in diagnosing problems that may arise with usage of the product. Automobiles, electronic panels, alarm systems and some appliances are equipped with event data recorders. When a loss occurs, it is becoming more likely that some evidentiary information concerning the loss will be recorded on some device. Typical recorded data may be the time a heat sensor activated in a fire alarm panel, the number of loads handled by a clothes dryer, or the speed of an automobile prior to a collision. The following three examples illustrate the type of data retained in "black boxes" and their significance. It should be noted that this article deals with numerical data retained and not visual data retained from the prolific surveillance camera.
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Grilling has become part of many celebrations and regular meals. Unfortunately, grilling also causes fires and burns. National estimates of reported fires derived from the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) and NFPA's annual fire department experience survey show that in 2009-2013, grills, hibachis or barbecues were involved in an average of 8,900 home fires per year, including an average of 3,900 structure fires and 5,100 outside or unclassified fires. These 8,900 fires caused annual averages of 10 civilian deaths, 160 reported civilian injuries, and $118 million in direct property damage. Almost all of the losses resulted from structure fires. Five out of six grills involved in reported fires were fueled by gas. The leading causes of grill fires were a failure to clean, having the grill too close to something that could catch fire and leaving the grill unattended. Leaks or breaks were primarily a problem with gas grills. In 2014, 8,700 thermal burns involving grills were seen in hospital emergency departments. Roughly three out of five thermal burns were non-fire burns, typically caused by contact with the grill or its contents. Children under five accounted for one-third of the contact burns involving grills.
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This handcrafted pottery water pillar fountain is a work of art which is sure to draw attention. Within the vase is a lighted waterfall scene.
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