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After a decade on the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Carson Road, Porterhouse Bistro closed on Monday, February 28th. "We're just calling everyone about it now," said a hostess two days after the closure. The lease was up and the rental value increased, said owner Bobby Burton, who is also the merchant ambassador for Groupon.
A popular meeting spot for law groups and private parties, Porterhouse Bistro made a name for itself as a neighborhood restaurant selling large, juicy porterhouses in an intimate dining setting. "The brand is always there. We may bring it back in the future," said Burton.
The owner will remain with Groupon as well as help revamp the French Quarter Marketplace in West Hollywood, as a consulting partner. "We will renovate it and bring it up to par," he said of the 37-year-old restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard. "It's almost a blessing in disguise," Burton said of the closure, noting his busy schedule traveling across the country to lead panel discussions for Groupon.
I guess we'll be heading to Mastro's...
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Notice: This is a discussion thread for comments about the SitePoint article, How to be a Great Online Community Member.
So what do you guys think is the number one quality of an excellent forum member? Do you have any stories of stand-out members who have helped you in some way?
The one who is always active in the forum and the one who is well motivated. I think that is the one you are looking for to help you in some way.
Hi pothi,Sorry for the late reply.
Good question. I am not completely sure about what you mean by bringing boredom. Do you mean someone that doesn't have much to say, or someone that asks the same questions repetitively? If it's the former, then I wouldn't do anything - some people are big talkers and others are not. It it's the latter, then the best approach I find is to have a sticky FAQ thread which you can politely point people towards.
Angry people are different. If their anger means that they are rude to other members, I would discipline them immediately. If their anger is general, then usually a polite PM does the trick. There will always be people that just want to cause trouble and in the end they spark their own demise.
Please let me know if I've misinterpreted your question.
Interesting article.. printed
Well always be active in forums and try to motivational talk and sometime give suggestions if anybody needed
Hi Hawk,
This is a fantastic post.
A bit off-topic question...
How to deal with someone who brings boredom (and sometimes anger) to the forum community by saying negative things about everything in the forum?
Thanks for sharing your views and for the post.
good article ! I'm reading it now.
Help others with what you know of and share your experience. Ask questions and find answers. Just stay active.
I'm sure it's unintentional, but sometimes spam is in the eye of the beholder. You might have just written what you consider to be the most amazing free script known to humankind. You've signed up to a forum with the sole intention of sharing it with as many people as possible
i have read it.. its awesome.. nice writing and an eye opener for every member of the group..
OMG, so long! But I finished it at last! Really great article! I'd like to save it and share it with some of my friends!
In some cases, I need to research for some reasons just to answer one's question. It's always been great to help other people.
First of all, I agree with a lot of the content in this article. There is a certain amount of online etiquette that should be expected and practiced on a regular basis. This includes responsiveness, don't leave someone hanging after they've specifically asked you something, sent you a message, etc., genuineness- don't pretend to be someone you're not, hopefully everyone on here strives to be honest and credible, and encouraging. I believe encouraging and offering advice to a pool of complete strangers often frees people up to offer their true opinion in an objective manner.
Good Job it's a great motivation for me. I will bookmark this site and share it to my online friends.
In case anyone is wondering, we have a policy of not moderating fluff posts on article and blog threads, simply because a number of people commenting on the post may not actually realise that they are commenting to the forum.
Having said that, if you have a history of that sort of posting we might not be so lenient...
[ot]"So what on earth is a fluff post?" ....
Something like this...
Last I checked, Sarah was not a man. :)[/ot]Great article, Sarah. Most of what was in the article was common sense to me, but it definitely wasn't that way when I first began using forums.
The one point which sticks out to me is "The Internet Is Forever." It's a very valid point in which I wouldn't even have thought to make. It's very easy to overlook the potential consequences of your Internet/forum usage but also very important that you don't.
Good job.
Yes good reading.
Consider every member of global community is respectable. speak for the issue for which you have complete idea, fake arguments may damage your personal image. Quality contents are required. Thats it.
awesome jobs man keep it up
We have to thank Hawk for the good job... I think that I will link to it in my signature... I'm sure it will be handy on more than one occasion
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Doing well is school has a lot to do with how organized they are. The more organized you are at something, the better you will perform. This is especially true when dealing with organizing your material for school. Being more organized helps you find what you need and you will be prepared for almost everything when in school. It is important for getting good grades as well. The following tutorial will help you understand some ways you could be more organized. Being more organized will be very beneficial to you when you get assignments done.
1You always need material to use in class. This includes pencils, pens, binder paper, highlighter, calculator, folders, planner, binders, glue sticks, note cards, backpack, and any other material your teacher tells you to bring. More could be found in the syllabus you are handed out, but this would be a good amount of thing to make sure you bring everyday. Check your backpack to see if any material needs refilling, such as paper.
2Always have a planner for writing down your homework assignments. This will help you remember all the assignments you have to turn in and anything you have to get done. Weather it is big or small, all assignments could be remembered this way. It will also help you remember important due dates.
3Check the teachers' websites for more work or assignments the day before. This is good because some teachers do not tell you the assignments in class or they don't tell you all of assignments. Teachers will like it if you visit their websites frequently.
4Do not procrastinate or put off work. Do not think you could get the assignment done in an advisory period/free period or at lunch. Things may come up that will prevent you from finishing your work. Also, you may not have enough time because the work takes longer than expected to finish.
5Check for schedule differences in the school's periods. Some times there are special schedules for different events. There could be an assembly schedule, a minimum day, or a different schedule for testing.
6When doing an assignment, make sure you complete it fully. Reread the directions that you have to follow. Also, read ahead to help you get ahead of your classmates. Start studying for tests even if they do not come up for a couple more days. There may be a lot of material to cover.
7Always be ready for answering questions in class. To do so, you will need to understand all the topics that was covered in your assignments. To do this, fully concentrate and understand your assignments.
8Try to go to sleep early the day before school. Being fully alert allows you to perform very well in class. This is especially true when taking a difficult test or doing a presentation.
9Concentrate and stay focused in class. The teacher may be telling you important information that will be needed in the future. Some of the material may come up on tests even if it is not on textbooks.
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- Create a check list to make sure all needed assignments have been finished.
- Set aside some time everyday to make sure you did everything in your check list.
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WILLMAR -- The city of Willmar could survive a short delay of several weeks or maybe a little longer in receiving the first of two local government aid payments if the budget stalemate between the governor and the Legislature results in a state government shutdown July 1.
"It's a concern not only that there might be a delay in payments but sometimes I wonder if the real question is will there be a payment and that's what's really scary,'' says City Administrator Michael Schmit.
Willmar is budgeted to receive LGA totaling $4.48 million in two payments, one in July and one in December. LGA and property tax settlements budgeted at nearly $3.8 million are the city's two biggest revenue sources.
"I think that the City of Willmar is positioned in anticipation of these difficulties to cash flow a short government shutdown period,'' Schmit said Thursday.
The issue might be settled this weekend, however, because Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and the top two Republican legislative leaders agreed Thursday to lock themselves in a room today and Saturday in a last-ditch effort to agree on a state budget.
"What really concerns me that based on these discussions that are going on: if a compromise of some sort to the budget deficit issue involves further reductions to local government aid. And of course we've been planning for a reduction that equals what the House and Senate agreed to several months ago actually and then the governor vetoed that bill,'' said Schmit.
"So anything over and above that to reach a compromise in St. Paul will mean we have to go back to the existing 2011 budget and look beyond what we're already been planning to cut for some additional ideas.''
But Schmit's hoping a solution will be found that does not adversely affect cities any more than that what's already on the table.
"I've always felt that reasonable people ought to be able to find reasonable solutions to most problems, and politics has become so partisan now that it's not surprising that we've gotten to the point we're at,'' Schmit said.
In St. Paul, the League of Minnesota Cities, on behalf of its more than 830 members including Willmar, filed a response Thursday to the State Attorney General's petition challenging the state's authority to delay or stop local government aid payments should a state government shutdown occur on July 1.
The League said these funds were already part of a budget approved by the Legislature and enacted into law. The response was co-signed by the Coalition of Greater Minnesota Cities and the City of St. Paul.
The Attorney General's petition, submitted on June 13, addressed the temporary funding of core government functions in the event of a state government shutdown. The response co-signers contend that, as dictated by state law, standing appropriations must be paid on schedule.


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The North Platte girls cross-country team took second and the boys were third on Friday at the Cozad Invitational. Lexington won both divisions.
Lexington boys finished 1, 2, 4, 7, and 13.
The best finish for the North Platte boys was Ben Engleman, who finished 14th. Brandon Edwards was 17th. Philip Hammer was 21st and Christian Brandlye was 22nd.
In the girls division, North Platte's Talia Martinez was fourth and Libby Burrows fifth. Lady Dawgs Brooklyn Brinker was 17th and McKenna Miller 20th.
The Lady Dawg team finished just two points behind Lexington.
Odaliz Santoyo of Lexington won the girls race in 19:39., 17 seconds ahead of runner up Molly Sughroue of McCook.
In the boys junior varsity division, Gilbert Seck of North Platte finished second in 19:35.
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The FBI says childhood sexual abuse is one of the most under reported crimes in the United States. The reporting rate is under 8 percent at best. Offenders know they have a 1-in-20 chance of getting away with it, but the child may have to live with the trauma for the rest of his or her life.
Now, one mother is on a mission to help the smallest victims, and she uses a little help from horses.
"I'm a mom on a mission and hell bent on changing every single law that I'm told about," said April, founder and program director of Marley's Mission.
The tragedy that set this mom on a mission: her 5-year-old was attacked by an intruder in her own bedroom.
"It's not locked, it's never locked; she knows not to lock the door. So I began pounding the door and calling her name. Finally I hear her little voice say, 'I'm trying, I'm trying.' I'm spinning in a circle in her room and all of a sudden from underneath the bed I see a hand come out and I screamed, 'There is a man in her room!'" remembers April.
A friend prevented the man from escaping, blocking him in the room until police arrived. April tried traditional therapy for her little girl, but hit a dead end. That's when she found equine therapy, also known as horse assisted psychotherapy.
April explains, "We saw her come back in a way we never thought possible again."
That's when Marley's Mission began, a non-profit located on this farm in Pennsylvania. April and her team of therapists have provided alternative psychotherapy to more than 200 children.
"What's happening is you're giving them an activity that's directed towards the treatment plan and they are literally working it out with the horses," explains Equine Specialist and Therapist Alishia Allegrucci.
This mother says every child should have the chance to survive a tragedy and still smile.
"There she is a five-year-old girl, maybe 70 pounds and she just kind of lays back and the horse leans in with her nose to nose and she's not scared," says April.
"Once I see it happen, it's indescribable," says Allegrucci.
Helping give confidence and control back to children who need it the most.
Marley's Mission is free to any child who needs help. Due to increased media attention on cases involving child sexual abuse, there has been a push for more laws protecting children.
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Most people would agree that hurting a child is unthinkable, but unfortunately child abuse occurs every day in the United States. The abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional, or sometimes the child is neglected. Neglect is the most common form of abuse and is a factor in 78.3% of all child abuse cases. In 2010, more than five children died each day as a result of abuse, with 80% of the children who died being younger than four years old. (Source: www.childhelp.org)
Consequences of Abuse: Any type of child abuse can have long term effects on the child and sometimes these problems will follow them well into adulthood. In fact, abused and neglected children are 25% more likely to experience a teen pregnancy and 59% more likely to be arrested during their juvenile years. These children also have an increased risk of developing a psychological disorder in their adult years or abusing their own children. (Source: www.childhelp.org)
Signs: Children will often keep their abuse secret from others, so it is important to recognize the signs and get the child help as soon as possible. Some possible indicators that abuse has occurred include:
- Sudden Behavioral Changes
- Becomes Very Passive or Withdrawn
- Becomes Watchful and Anxious
- Concentration or Learning Problems without Reason
Depending on the type of abuse the child experienced, the warning signs may vary. (Source: www.childwelfare.gov)
What to Do: It is not unusual for abuse victims to have a difficult time talking about the abuse, so people should remember to reassure the child that they are not at fault and avoid interrogating them. If abuse is suspected, it is important to seek out professional help, especially in situations where an individual is in immediate danger. The National Child Abuse Hotline is: 1-800-4-A-CHILD
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|Britta and Annie arrive at Troy and Abed's apartment for their housewarming party. They find that Shirley is already there baking for the guests. As Abed gives them a tour, Jeff and Pierce then show up and are greeted by Troy. Jeff lets them know he won't be staying long citing another event he was invited to. Abed reveals that invitation was faked by him in order to trick Jeff into keeping his schedule clear. The hosts then invite them to play a game of Yahtzee but not long after they gather at a table to start, the buzzer goes off. The pizza Abed ordered has just arrived but they are unable to let the delivery person up. Jeff proposes a roll of the die to determine who will go downstairs to get the pizza. Abed warns Jeff that doing so will create alternate timelines. Jeff ignores him and rolls anyway as six different scenarios are created...
|After the die comes up "2", Jeff counts down from his left and Annie is chosen to get the pizza. Britta plays "Roxanne" on the stereo, and Jeff stops her from singing along, causing her to go to the bathroom. Troy finds a gun in Annie's purse. Pierce tries to give Troy a housewarming present but is ignored. Jeff doesn't want to deal with the situation and stands up to get a drink, hitting his head on the ceiling fan. Shirley finishes baking her pies. Abed asks Britta about the smell coming from the bathroom. When Annie shows up with the pizzas, Britta acts weird.
|After the die comes up "4", Jeff counts down from his left and Shirley is chosen to get the pizza. Before she leaves, she asks the others to look after her pies. Jeff reminds the study group of their pact not to enable her baking. Britta tries to sing along to "Roxanne", but Jeff stops her, and she goes to the bathroom. Pierce gives his housewarming gift to Troy who freaks out when he sees it's the Norwegian troll doll. Jeff laughs at him and stands up, hitting his head on the ceiling fan. No one checks on Shirley's pies, and they get burned. Hurt and offended, Shirley chastises the group before storming out in tears.
|After the die comes up "3", Jeff counts down from his left and Pierce is chosen to get the pizza. Before leaving, he mentions sleeping with Eartha Kitt on an airplane. Britta tries to sing along to "Roxanne", but Jeff stops her, and she goes to the bathroom to smoke a joint. Jeff makes fun of Troy, which prompts him to join Britta. Back at the table, Annie chides Jeff for being hard on Troy; Jeff ignores her and stands up to get a drink, hitting his head on the ceiling fan. Britta and Troy have a talk and end up making each other feel better. Pierce comes back with the pizzas, and everyone notices a moment between Troy and Britta.
|After the die comes up "6", Jeff counts down from his left and Britta is chosen to get the pizza. When Britta leaves, Pierce tries to segue into his Eartha Kitt story. Shirley cuts him off and leaves to check on her pies. Jeff tries to leave as well but ends up hitting his head on the ceiling fan. Annie offers to take a look at his injury in the bathroom. After tending to his wound, Jeff expresses his concern with her living over Dildopolis. The two are about to kiss but are interrupted when they hear screaming. They find Pierce terrorizing Troy with a troll doll. Abed calls him out for being jealous of them living together. Britta then arrives with the pizzas and the delivery guy, Toby, to whom she announces she is engaged to.
|After the die comes up "1", Jeff counts down from his left and Troy is chosen to get the pizza. After he leaves (ironically saying that he will go as fast as he can so that he doesn't miss anything), the darkest timeline unfolds. When Troy returns with the pizzas, he finds that Pierce is dying, bleeding heavily after having been accidentally shot in the leg by Annie's gun. On top of that, a fire has broken out in the apartment with Jeff desperately trying to put it out. In the middle of the fire is the Norwegian troll doll, smiling back at him. He drops the pizzas and starts to scream...
|After the die comes up "5", Jeff counts down from his left and Abed is chosen to get the pizza and demands money from everyone to pay the bill. Britta tries to sing, but Jeff stops her, and she goes to the bathroom to get lit. Jeff hits his head on the ceiling fan, and Annie offers to look at his injury in the kitchen. Pierce feels guilty about giving Troy the troll doll after Troy thanks him for letting him stay at his mansion. Pierce tries to take back the gift, but Troy wrestles it away from him and becomes angry when he finds out what it is. Annie and Jeff have a moment and kiss. Britta upsets Shirley when she inadvertently reveals the group's pact to not enable her baking. Annie annoys Jeff when she compares him to her father. Abed returns with the pizza and digs in, unaware of the bad mood.
|The "prime" timeline is then shown. In this timeline, Abed catches the die before it can land. He explains to the group what Jeff had planned. By using the six-sided die and counting down from his left, Jeff ensures that he will never be chosen to go since he is number seven. As a result of his deception, the others elect Jeff to go downstairs to get the pizza. In his absence, Britta is able to sing along with "Roxanne," causing the others to join in. Pierce decides not to give Troy his housewarming gift and throws it in the trash. When Jeff returns, he sees them all having a good time. He eats a slice of pizza and watches the festivities from the sidelines.
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|In the timeline where Troy got the pizza, Pierce died from the gunshot wound, Annie is in psychiatric care, Jeff has lost an arm, Troy's voicebox is damaged and Shirley has become an alcoholic. Abed suggests that this is the darkest timeline and claims responsibility for not preventing it by failing to stop the use of the die. He dons one of several felt goatees he cut out and encourages the others to do the same. Abed declares himself "Evil Abed" and proposes they become an evil study group, cross over to the "Prime" timeline and take over their duplicates' lives. Only Troy dons the goatee while the others leave. Evil Troy and Evil Abed perform their signature handshake. In the Prime timeline, Abed gets a sense that something ominous is happening.
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Gives Troy a giftEdit
Laments missing thingsEdit
Terrorizes Troy with the giftEdit
Tries to take back his giftEdit
Smokes pot in the bathroomEdit
Gives Troy a pep talkEdit
Gets engagedEdit
Confesses about the no baking pactEdit
Finds Annie's gunEdit
Freaks out over giftEdit
Talks with BrittaEdit
Freaks out over giftEdit
Angry over his giftEdit
Shows Britta the bathroomEdit
Shows Britta the bathroom, stops the boulder from rollingEdit
Witnesses Troy's freak outEdit
Oblivious to everyone's bad moodEdit
Refuses to get involved, gets injured after hitting his head on the ceiling fanEdit
Talks to Annie in the...Edit
Kisses AnnieEdit
Recurring themesEdit
- That just happened:
- In the Season Three premiere, Troy and Abed announce they are moving in together.
- Annie reminds Jeff of the conversation they had in "Geography of Global Conflict".
- Mad skillz: Despite acknowledging Shirley being a good cook, the group believes that it shouldn't be her only identity and they make a pact to not enable her cooking.
- This must be the place: Living arrangements, both past and present, are significant plot points in this episode: Trobed's new apartment, Troy's time living with Pierce in his mansion, and references to Annie's residence in an apartment above Dildopolis.
- A nice gesture:
- After finding out someone has to go get the pizza, each member of the study group instantly touches their nose in order to signify they are not "it". They used this gesture before in the Season Two episode "Aerodynamics of Gender".
- In the episode end tag, Evil Troy and Evil Abed do their signature handshake.
- Googly eyes: Several of the timelines contain romantic situations between the Troy/Britta and Jeff/Annie pairings, although the prime timeline does not contain any of these developments. The term "googly eyes" itself is coined in this episode by Shirley, and followed by Annie looking at Jeff, Jeff looking at Britta, Britta looking at Troy and Troy looking at Abed. The glances at each other hint at the most common romantic pairings in the series, although the last (Troy/Abed) is probably a joke. A similar thing occurred in "Romantic Expressionism".
- Replay: Six different versions of the same situation are presented in this episode.
- Catchphrase: Britta says "Duh Doy".
- School supplies:
- Various items are featured prominently in this episode which play a part in how each timeline unfolds: The Indiana Jones diorama, Yahtzee die, Annie's gun, Pierce's Serbian rum, the Norwegian troll doll, and Britta's lighter.
- Various posters from Abed's dorm room can be seen in the background including the Kickpuncher and "Kick Splasher" ones seen in Season One.
- The Greendale College Anus flag can be seen several times.
- Troy and Abed's apartment has framed photos of both of them together from various episodes from past seasons. For details see Abed and Annie's apartment gallery.
- Felt goatees are created in this episode by an Abed from an alternate reality.
- First appearance:
- "The Darkest Timeline" first appears in this episode. It becomes a part of Abed's story arc in Season Three leading into the season finale "Introduction to Finality". It resurfaces again in Season Four this time as a part of Jeff's story arc leading to the season finale "Advanced Introduction to Finality".
- Evil Abed first appears in this episode. He later returns in "Contemporary Impressionists" appearing inside the Dreamatorium with Abed and eventually "taking over" Abed's body in "Introduction to Finality".
- Toby makes his debut and returns in the episode "Course Listing Unavailable".
Running gagsEdit
- Gasp: Annie gasps loudly when Toby the pizza guy buzzes their apartment.
- NOOOOO!: In Troy's timeline, he screams when he sees what has happened after he left to get the pizzas.
- Troy and Abed in the Morning!: When Britta and Annie arrive, they declare "Troy and Abed's new apartment!". In the episode end tag, the alternate timeline Troy and Abed declare their new identities as "Evil Troy and Evil A-bed".
- Turning it into a snake: Britta does an awkward song and dance when the pizza arrived; this dance was purportedly thought up by Gillian Jacobs herself.
- WWBJD?: Shirley chastises the group as horny toads who make googly eyes at each other.
Pop culture referencesEdit
- Alert nerd!: Abed has a diorama of "Indiana Jones" which he proudly shows off to his guests. He mentions being a huge fan of the franchise in the Season One episode "Social Psychology," although he confessed being disappointed with the last one.
- Name that tune: The song "Roxanne" by "The Police" is featured prominently in this episode.
- Product placement:
- The group play the classic board game Yahtzee.
- Pierce gives Troy a Norwegian troll doll which is actually a real product and sold in Norway gift shops.
- When criticizing Jeff for his selfish actions, Pierce says to "Encarta" the word friendship, a reference to the now defunct online multimedia encyclopedia that was produced by Microsoft.
- Shout out: In each timeline, Pierce tries to tell his story about sleeping with singer/actress Eartha Kitt.
- Use your allusion:
- The Darkest Timeline sees Abed cutting out fake goatees for the "evil" study group. This is a direct reference to Star Trek and its "Mirror Universe" concept where evil alternate versions of the main characters would appear. The first appearance of these doppelgangers had an evil version of Spock sporting one.
- In the kitchen of Troy and Abed's apartment, the refrigerator is made up to look like a vending machine. One of the selections pictured is Troy referencing his being trapped inside a vending machine in the end tag of "Basic Genealogy".
Meta referencesEdit
- Behind the scenes: This episode was originally intended to be the third episode aired, but Harmon felt they needed to have more time to edit it properly and switched the air date with "Competitive Ecology". This is referenced when Britta asks Annie about the number to Troy and Abed's apartment which is 303, the same number as the production code for the episode even though it's the fourth one aired.
- Homage: The ending of The Darkest Timeline arc while Troy is holding the pizzas is a possible homage to the ending of the third segment in Four Rooms where Antonio Banderas is holding his wife and the room is in chaos.
- IRL: According to Danny Pudi's official bio on NBC.com (as seen HERE), he enjoys playing Yahtzee.
Behind the scenesEdit
Story CirclesEdit
"Community" creator and showrunner Dan Harmon posted on his Tumblr blog exclusive pictures showing how "Remedial Chaos Theory"'s story was broken down in the writers room. Using "Story Circle's", each character's journey in the story was meticulously plotted out on dry eraser boards.
- In the Community The Complete Third Season DVD commentaries, it's mentioned that securing the rights to the song "Roxanne" used up most of the season's music budget. This resulted in the use of songs such as "Daybreak" in many of the remaining Season Three episodes.
- "There's no such thing as "Single Malt Platinum Boobs and Billiards Club"? Aw, I guess I never said it out loud."— Jeff
- "Feel the terror, Troy. Feel the terror of the Norwegian troll!"— Pierce
- "Chaos already dominates enough of our lives. The universe is an endless, raging sea of randomness. Our job isn't to fight it but to weather it together on the raft of life. A raft held together by those few, rare, beautiful things that we know to be predictable."— Abed
- "Ropes? Vines. Vines? Let him finish!"— Britta
- "Us. It won't matter what happens to us as long as we stay honest and accepting of each others' flaws and virtues. Annie will always be driven, Shirley will always be giving, Pierce will never apologize, Britta's sort of a wild card from my perspective, and Jeff will forever remain a conniving son of a bitch."— Abed
|Season Three Episodes
1. "Biology 101"
12. "Contemporary Impressionists"
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The potentially democratic developments in Egypt inspired geopolitical musings from Rosie O'Donnell on her Sirius/XM radio show on Thursday. Predictably, what most offends Rosie in the current environment is her usual emphasis: America should never lecture about democracy and so on, because we aren't better than anyone else:
When we only judge other nations about their human-rights violations and don't really look at our own, when we don't spend the time on the news talking about the problems in American culture and what the results of them have been on our children, on our society...Things like the homeless rate, the divorce rate...corporate corruption...what we are guilty of here. We only look at someone else and say, 'Look at what's wrong with their culture'...I think it puts us in a really ethnocentric blind spot.
Rosie O'Donnell is now listing divorce and homelessness in the category of "human rights violations" -- defining "rights" down to get over our "really ethnocentric blind spot." (Would this make Rosie's "divorce" from Kelly Carpenter a human-rights violation?)
Her producer Bobby Pearce tried to echo her, that supporting democracy is arrogant: "It's a sticky situation for us to impose our feelings about...religion, sex, whatever, on another country when they're thousands of years older than us and they have their cultures. They have their way of living." But her executive producer Janette Barber tried to insist that perhaps the Muslim countries are a little more disrespectful of women than America, and O'Donnell went right back to ripping America:
BARBER: ...If you read Infidel...if you read Honeymoon in Tehran, if you read some of the books [by] women who are living in those [Islamic] countries--
O'DONNELL: If you read some of the books on child abuse in America, if you read some of the books on children who are imprisoned in America and sold as sex slaves in America...you would feel the same way about America.
It's too bad that didn't develop into a discussion of Planned Parenthood and the video stings. O'Donnell's aversion to America did actually lead her to denounce apparently ethnocentric American reporters on the scene in Egypt:
O'DONNELL: I think there's some kind of arrogance about American reporters or even I'm considering Christiane Amanpour American even though she's British, correct? To go as a[n] American-looking white Anglo-Saxon person in the middle of this mob in the Mideast and expect that you're going to get the kind of protection that your celebrity affords you in America, when America is mildly despised in the region. I think it's sort of surprising to me.
BARBER: That they're there, or--?
O'DONNELL: Well, that they're surprised that they're getting beat up or harassed.
I don't think reporters think celebrity will protect them, and I'm not sure they're surprised that it could turn violent. They do think of themselves as merely peaceful, nonpartisan observers and can't imagine why anyone would have a beef with that vision of themselves. They also probably don't really think of themselves primarly as Americans, or at least as some sort of cogs in the American military-industrial complex, which might be how they might be perceived in the Middle East. But it's fascinating that Rosie thinks this is about race, about being white in a dark-skinned crowd, that she imagines Anderson Cooper would think "hey, I'm white, I'll be protected"?
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A delegation from Turkey is coming back to Indiana to further research the state's hardwood forests.
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COPPERAS COVE — The temperature gauge hovered above 50 degrees Fahrenheit and the sun took the morning off Saturday, but Cove's citywide garage sale was still a success.
Vendors with hot dogs, clothing, toys, antiques, paintings and cosmetics braved the elements and were set up early. And it paid off, said Betty Price, president of the city's chamber of commerce.
"There has been a steady stream of people since we opened this morning," she said. "I've seen people leave with furniture and all sorts of trinkets. It has been a good turnout this year with 30 vendors, and well over 100 people have already been here (at 10 a.m.)."
Most of the items at the Copperas Cove Citizen's Police Academy Association Alumni booth were donated by members, President Bob Oaks said.
"My wife and I have been members for 13 years and this is our second year out here. We come out to raise funds to help the Cove police department in whatever way we can," Oaks said. "It's a project of love and we enjoy helping out."
Sharee Anderson, youth director at the Bountiful New Life Church of God and Christ, said she was glad for the high turnout because she is raising funds to take the congregation's youth on trips this summer.
"We'd planned a garage sale here and didn't even know it coincided with the city's sale," she said. "But it helps because the kids want to go to Six Flags and Austin, and I want to get them more involved in community events so they stay out of trouble."
Several residents said even though multiple events were planned in the city, a stop at the garage sale was a must.
"I already picked a few decorative items for the office, including a lamp," Price said. "This is a shopper's treasure chest with so many vendors and items to choose from. You can't go wrong."


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Selected artwork from the campout will be on display at Gallery `Iolani. The Raku Exhibit will open with a reception and award ceremony.
Gallery `Iolani, Windward Community College
Honolulu Museum of Art School
Artwork by Harue McVay and photography by Jon Rawlings
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Sarah Hyland, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez and Ariel Winter will reportedly ask bigger paychecks in exchange for a one-season extension to their seven-season contracts.
After the adult stars of "Modern Family" settled their contract dispute with 20th Century Fox Television, the young cast members of the show are now seeking salary raises. Words are, Sarah Hyland, Nolan Gould, Rico Rodriguez and Ariel Winter will begin their negotiations with the studio this week.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that representatives for the child actors will be seeking big raises for their clients in exchange for adding an eighth season onto their seven-season contracts. Though so, their negotiations are not expected to be as intense as the adult stars' and won't likely cause a delay to the production of season 4, which will start Monday, July 30.
It is also said that Gould, Rodriguez and Winter have considered to follow the adult stars' strategy by banding together in the salary negotiations. Hyland, meanwhile, is likely to negotiate separately since she allegedly has already made more than the other young stars.
As for Aubrey Anderson-Emmons who joined the cast in the fourth season as Mitchell and Cameron's daughter Lily, she may not receive a big raise since she has a smaller role on the show.


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Empowering Minds by Simplifying Learning
Eclass is an educational audio-video content for the students of Maharashtra State board. The first year of the student in school is always crucial and important. It is said a child will study better with the help of illustration and audio visuals. They can relate and can understand concepts in a better way when they see live images and animations.
Our e-class content consists of the entire 1st standard syllabus in a fun learning method with various sounds and animations. It is as per the current syllabus and helps explain each chapter in detail. This makes the learning very easy and entertaining.
The subject and poems can be easily understood by the kids as their brains process more information with the help of images and visuals. By watching study material in a cartoon/animated format the kids will enjoy the experience of learning and will take more interest in studying. Students can study at their own pace whenever they want. With the new age technology learning, this is the future of learning.
Not only does it help gain more marks but also makes the base of the student very strong. This helps the student to get prepared for his next class. This can be used on an android phone/tablet, on a personal windows computer via a pendrive or even on tv with the help of our ebox.
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Covers mindmap and question and answer videos also for quick revision for students.
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Sail Rock 2013 starring Christopher Cross, Orleans, Gary Wright, Firefall and more
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Jul. 25, 2013
Thanks in part to a popular YouTube series, a certain strain of late-'70s and early-'80s soft rock will always be known to a younger generation as "yacht rock," a derisive term that has come to take on a more affectionate connotation as younger listeners have discovered Kenny Loggins and Michael McDonald and realized that, for all the cheesy signifiers of the era, their music really isn't all that bad. That critical reappraisal hasn't carried over to Christopher Cross, in part because Cross lacked the kitschy, over-the-top persona of some of the other soft-rock stars of his era, but for a time he was one of the genre's biggest draws. His 1979 self-titled debut album, which featured the hits "Ride Like the Wind" and "Sailing"—yes, that was literally what the song was about—was a bona fide blockbuster, and even won the 1980 Grammy for Album of the Year, topping Pink Floyd's The Wall.
For this performance, Cross will be joined by fellow masters of the tame Orleans, Gary Wright, Firefall, John Ford Coley, Robbie Dupree and Player for a soft-rock revue of sorts. No need to bring earplugs.


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Fresh Coconut : Half shell
Green Chillies : 3 to 5
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PHERSY: Well, coach Nick Fatis was finally feeling well enough to meet up for the show today. So I tracked him down, along with assistant coach Todd McIlrath, for a quick radio interview. There is a great deal of player news in this one, along with an update on coach's status (he suffered another concussion).
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Samsung Galaxy S4 grabs top spot at three of four top U.S. carriers
In addition, the Samsung Galaxy S4 is the top selling smartphone at three of the nation's four top carriers. At Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile, the latest Android flagship model was on top of the sales charts followed by the Apple iPhone 5. Only at AT&T was Apple's iconic smartphone on top with the Samsung Galaxy S4 trailing. But the iPhone has a long history at AT&T as the device was originally an exclusive at the carrier in the U.S. for a few years.
The HTC One was third at AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile. With the phone not due at Verizon until later this summer, the recently launched Nokia Lumia 928 came in third at Big Red. This was the first appearance of a Windows Phone model in the investment house's sales charts in two months.
source: BusinessInsiders via WMPoweruser
25 Comments
1. barondebxl (Posts: 132; Member since: 04 Nov 2011)
The galaxy s line has reached iphone status, incredible. HAters, gag on it real slow!
4. ihatesmartphone (unregistered)
I'm hater..
13. Daftama (Posts: 619; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Not hating I loving it will never use icrap...but I have to admit kind sad we need three products to beat one hmmm...lets hope s line and note line up out sells iphone by it self otherwise great sammy
14. iushnt (Posts: 2260; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
S4 alone outsold iphone 5 so how can u say 3 products are required to outsell 1. If you combine all 3 worldwide then its much much better.
15. DnB925Art (Posts: 1060; Member since: 23 May 2013)
Technically, Apple is currently selling 3 models of the iPhone as well in the US: iPhone 5 ($199), iPhone 4S ($99), and iPhone 4 (99 cents or free), contract prices as shown.
21. _Bone_ (Posts: 2155; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Not the iP4 anymore
23. darkkjedii (Posts: 24915; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Hate on it for what? It's a great device.
2. DANTExphone888 (Posts: 102; Member since: 11 Aug 2012)
The key way to truly selling a smartphone is not to make carrier exclusives and release on top six carriers (1.Verizon,2.AT&T,3.Sprint,4.T-Mobile,5.Leap Wireless/Metro PCS and 6.US Cellular.) That's why this phone is selling so well.
3. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Samsung S4, Android™ Ftw®
5. johnriii (Posts: 240; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I guess "plastic" is ok with a LOT of people after all. Samsung is literally flooding the market with it, and it keeps selling. from what I hear, Sammy is moving away from plastic after the Note 3. now you have the S4 active and the S4 mini to go along with the still popular S2, S3, Note 2 and the aforementioned, highly anticipated Note 3. this is a smartphone lineup that no other smartphone company can possibly compete with. sorry HTC, too little, too late.
6. Cha7520 (Posts: 221; Member since: 31 Oct 2010)
And the HTC ONE is still #1 on Phone Dog since Feb by USERS and the EXPERTS! GO HTC!!
8. ideal_josh (Posts: 34; Member since: 26 Nov 2012)
Voted by less than a thousand people(geeks). Compared to the public sales. Hmmmm
9. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
even if 10000 people voted on it that isn't a good idea of how popular a phone is. You could go get 10000 hipsters and most of them would answer iphone 5.
10. fanboy1974 (Posts: 1345; Member since: 12 Nov 2011)
You cannot use the comments on phonedog or phonearena as to what everybody is doing. The blackberry Z10 was #1for almost a month which was a flat out joke. Then you see plenty of pro windows phone/Nokia comments on this site to make you think that their in first place. And don't get me started on the cheap plastic design of the S4 vs metal on the HTC One debates.
The comments on this site represent maybe 0.1% of the total number of individuals buying phones. Do you really think a phonedog poll is a true indicator how a product is doing? It's only a tool used to see how hard you can pump your chest up.
20. barondebxl (Posts: 132; Member since: 04 Nov 2011)
LMAO, youre a CLOWN!
24. johnriii (Posts: 240; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
I can't believe you chose ONE source to reference. really? REALLY??? and Phone dog is just the be all end all, right? try again.....
7. FlushGordon (unregistered)
APPLE must sue....this ain't right
11. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
Wheres the i spin off commercials for I'm a Mac/ I'm a PC. With I'm and Android/ I'm an iphone.
12. Jason2k13 (Posts: 1310; Member since: 28 Mar 2013)
the S4 is definitely not ugly, my gf even said the white S4 was very pretty and preferred it over the XZ design.
Whats good about the removable back cover is that you can replace it with aluminium back cover, or other plastic, wood cover which in my opinion, is alot better than non removable device like HTC or XZ.
If the S4, S3 were ugly phones, why do alot of people buy it? Marketing can only do so much, but if someone finds a design ugly, they wont buy it.
16. Taters (banned) (Posts: 6474; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)
I have heard plenty of people say that it is pretty. Just tech geeks think it is ugly if it doesn't look like something out of robotech or star trek or if it doesn't look a race car or rice rocket.
They fail to see the beauty in minimalist elegance.
18. TheLolGuy (Posts: 483; Member since: 05 Mar 2013)
Yeah I like the s4 design much more than the s3. It's much more modest with reduced eccentric curviness. The metal band around the edge gives it a nice premium-er touch too.
In the end, the plastic does feel a bit funny and is prone to some major sliding around, but for me that's a small price to pay for open access to an SD card slot and battery.
22. MrJerry (Posts: 403; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
Because that's the only thing they(haters or geeks) can say something against Galaxy S4....or they also say things like "I don't like so many features on GS4"
What a joke. It's like saying "I don't like options and choices"
19. sniperdroid (Posts: 146; Member since: 23 May 2013)
Not bad Sammy and mind you this is in the U.S where everyone's got an iPhone (at least that's what I see on TV :P) meaning if you take the rest of the world into account, you'd get a better figure. I don't think I'd change the back cover though, the plastic is pretty flexible and durable for continues used but that's just me.


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He shares that on January 4, 2013, many of Google Calendar's less popular features will be inaccessbile. These include Appointment slots, which means that post that date users will not be able to create new reservable times on their Calendar. However, the existing Appointment slots will work for another year. Smart Rescheduler and Add a gadget URL are two of the Calendar Labs that'll be shut. As alternatives to Smart Rescheduler, Panchapakesan suggests Find a Time view or Suggested Times. Moving further, the post reveals that starting January 30, 2013, users will not be able to set up new devices using Google Sync, even as existing Google Sync connections continue to function.
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Bacteriochlorophyll f: properties of chlorosomes containing the "forbidden chlorophyll"
- 1Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Eberly College of Science, The Pennsylvania State University, United States
- 2Depts. of Chemistry and Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, United States
- 3Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, United States
The chlorosomes of green sulfur bacteria are mainly assembled from one of three types of bacteriochlorophylls, BChls c, d, and e. By analogy to the relationship between BChl c and BChl d (20-desmethyl-BChl c), a fourth type of BChl, BChl f (20-desmethyl-BChl e), should exist but has not yet been observed in nature. The bchU gene (bacteriochlorophyllide C-20 methyltransferase) of the brown-colored green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum was inactivated by conjugative transfer from Eshcerichia coli and homologous recombination of a suicide plasmid carrying a portion of the bchU. The resulting bchU mutant was greenish brown in color and synthesized BChl fF. The chlorosomes of the bchU mutant had similar size and polypeptide composition as those of the wild type (WT), but the Qy absorption band of the BChl f aggregates was blue-shifted 16 nm (705 nm vs. 721 nm for the WT). Fluorescence spectroscopy showed that energy transfer to the baseplate was much less efficient in chlorosomes containing BChl f than in WT chlorosomes containing BChl e. When cells were grown at high irradiance with tungsten or fluorescent light, the WT and bchU mutant had identical growth rates. However, the WT grew about 50% faster than the bchU mutant at low irradiance (10 µmol photons m-2 s-1). Less efficient energy transfer from BChl f aggregates to BChl a in the baseplate, the much slower growth of the strain producing BChl f relative to the WT, and competition from other phototrophs, may explain why BChl f is not observed naturally.
Keywords: Green sulfur bacterium, bacteriochlorophyll, Chlorobium limnaeum, chlorosomes, Photosynthesis
Citation: Vogl K, Tank M, Orf GS, Blankenship RE and Bryant DA
Received: 09 Jul 2012;
Accepted: 25 Jul 2012;
Published online: 10 Aug 2012.
Edited by:Martin G. Klotz, Washington State University | Tri-Cities, United States
Reviewed by:Thomas E. Hanson, University of Delaware, United States
Carl Bauer, Indiana University Bloomington, United States
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Suggestions- what to do???? Paradise Point Tramway up Flag Hill, Travel to Mountain Top with view of Magen's Bay Beach, Skyline Drive and Charlotte Amalie harbor, Drake's Seat, Blackbeard's Hill hike to the Blackbeard's Tower
Main Street- 99 Steps down?
Take a cab to Red Hook and a ferry to St. John, a cab to Trunk Bay. Or a catamaran sail/snorkel to Trunk Bay or Honeymoon Bay on St. John. Or a catamaran sail/snorkel to Buck Island. Or Megan's Bay or Coki Beach or Sapphire Beach or the tram or Blackbeard's castle or shopping. There's tons to do in St. Thomas, so it depends on what you really enjoy doing. You can also do more than one activity in a day because you're normally in port for 7 hours (by the time you get off and you have to be back 1/2 hour before sailing). Plus, you'll probably visit St. Thomas more than once.
Thanks Penny- The tram to Blackbeards Castle/& Tower- is that the Paradise Point Tram or a different one? Does the castle cost $ and is it worth it?
What is Red Hook?
We did hear about feeding dog biscuits to the fish at Coki Beach.
If we ferry to St John what is there, where do you get the ferry?
We were going to Megans Bay just for the views, but what is at Trunk Bay- the same?
Thanks Penny. This is only our third cruise, first on HAL so I doubt we'll get back to ST Thomas because there are so many other ports we want to get to...like the Panama Canal cruise!
We always take the tram ride up to the top of the hill...The last time it was $18 per person...You do get great views and lots of Kodak Moments....there is a bar and restaurant up there plus a few small shops....and of course in St. Thomas there is SHOPPING....Gold, Diamonds, Emeralds, etc....Happy Cruising...
Bob E
I believe it's different, but it's been a while since I've done it. Blackbeard's was a tourist trap, but had good views and a good drink. Red Hook is the dock on the northeast corner of the island where the ferry goes. They do have a ferry from Charolette Amalie, but it doesn't run as often as Red Hook's ferry. The locals use Red Hook to catch the ferry to out islands. I believe Red Hook is every hour and it takes a little less time. Sapphire Beach is up by Red Hook. Trunk Bay is in St. Johns, shop in St. Thomas, prices are high in St. Johns. Trunk Bay is a pristine white beach, rated one of the top 10 beaches in the world. The water is crystal clear, warm and calm (unless there's a storm). There's a self-guided snorkel trail about 50 yards off the shore. There's a snack bar, lockers, a couple of shops, snorkeling gear rental, showers, and shade. Google Trunk Bay pictures, it is absolutely beautiful. Megan's Bay is a really nice beach, with all the ammenities, but definitely not Trunk Bay. You can google Magen's Bay pictures, too. St. Thomas is a great island, but it's not like it was 30 years ago. It's become pretty "Americanized". I was a teenager the first time I went to St. Thomas, it was just like I pictured a Caribbean Paradise. It's grown a lot since then, but it's still a great island. I'll bet you'll be back to St. Thomas, but if you've not been there, explore that island first. There's always another time for St. Johns. We went to Coki when we were there in January. The water was pretty rough, so the snorkeling wasn't too good. The body surfing was a blast, though. One of the staff on our last cruise mentioned something about Pineapple Beach. I haven't been there, but thought we'd try it this December. Enjoy St. Thomas, they have some really good prices there.
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City council has given the green light to organize a working committee to be sent to the East Coast of the United States to gather information on handling natural disasters.
Coun. Chuck Puchmayr, chair of the city's emergency advisory committee, proposed the trip to learn how to deal with storms like Hurricane Sandy that hit the East Coast of the United States and their aftermath. He noted the trip would be worthwhile because that area is similar to New Westminster in that it is at sea level and close to city infrastructure.
The idea came from fire chief Tim Armstrong, said Puchmayr. He doesn't propose to go right away because it will be difficult to get around and authorities there won't have had time to assess how they handled the situation. "It would be invaluable," said Puchmayr of such a fact-finding mission.
He also said the working committee made up of city staff and first responders would look at restoration issues, not only physical but also to get local businesses back up-and-running and injecting money into the local economy.
A representative from the New Westminster school district will be invited to tag along. Puchmayr said one East Coast school district website directed students on what to do, where to go, how classes were being rescheduled, what's available and what's open.
He also said New Westminster has been fortunate not to have suffered flood damage at least twice in recent years, including this year when a heavy winter snowpack throughout British Columbia last winter threatened to wreak havoc in the province.
"We've avoided two potential serious dike breaches only by the small advance of summer," said Puchmayr. "We need to be better prepared and when it does happen we need to be quick in our action."