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Hello all, I just got back from a lovely 5 night stay on the south coast of Barbados and I figured you would enjoy a trip report. I have posted a full trip report with pictures on my blog (http://writeanothertravelingsong.blogspot.com/), but I will detail some highlights below
Flight: American Airlines – Never again. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and regret it.
South coast beaches: My friend and I were a bit worried about rough water, but the south coast beaches were fine for us. The sand was beautiful; soft, white sand with hues of pink. I actually found it to be pinker than the sand in Bermuda.
We visited Enteprise Beach, Rockley Beach, Dover Beach, and Maxwell. Maxwell beach was absolutely beautiful and one of our favorites. Dover and Rockley were nice but a bit busy for our taste. Enterprise was my personal favorite. There was an area with small – medium waves (typical for the south coast) and a little bay area that was completely calm and flat.
Excursions: The only excursion we did was the Jammin' catamaran and it is highly recommended. They kept the drinks flowing, the crew was great, and the west coast was lovely. The sand on the west coast was not as nice as the south though.
St. Lawrence Gap: We ate in the Gap twice. Once at Café Sol for lunch (one of the best burritos I have ever had!) and we also had dinner at Harlequin. There are lots of nice places in the Gap to eat but Harlequin seems to be one of the better values. The food was great as was the ambience. We were lucky enough to eat outside.
All in all we had a lovely trip. Barbados is a beautiful island and Bajans are extremely friendly. We won't be returning anytime soon as there are more places I'd like to visit, but I would love to return one day in the future since we weren't able to visit the East coast.
Two things I want to note:
1.) We traveled with a same sex couple and we had no problems at all. Everyone was friendly, courteous, and helpful to everyone in our group.
2.) We weren't harassed on the beach by vendors/peddlers trying to sell things. We were only approached about two times the entire trip.
3.) We walked all over the place and took public transportation (in the morning, during the day, at night) and had no problems at all with safety.
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Lovely Barbados – Trip report; 3/2 – 3/7
Hello all, I just got back from a lovely 5 night stay on the south coast of Barbados and I figured you would enjoy a trip report. I have posted a full trip report with pictures on my blog (http://writeanothertravelingsong.blogspot.com/), but I will detail some highlights below
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"Flight: American Airlines – Never again. I gave them the benefit of the doubt and regret it."
I'm sorry, but I had to laugh out loud. Only because our last 2 vacations with AA, we got screwed big time. I hate that airline with a purple passion. That is one of the main reasons why we have not made it to Barbados, as I swear we will never step foot on another one of thier planes again. So, unless we take a cruise out of San Juan, I don't know how to get there from our depaturate airport.
Beautiful photos. Glad you had a great trip in spite of AA.
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AA is the worst. There were people on the plane who ALMOST missed their cruise ship because our flight was so delayed. I'm a little worried because I have a US AIRWAYS card and they just bought AA. I guess we will see what happens. I'll never fly them by choice again.
Barbados is a beautiful country. Hopefully you can make it out there one day.
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In December, 2011, we were 12 hours late getting to Jamaica because of their delays. We finally arrived at 3am. We missed a whole day of our paid vacation and recieved nothing for it. To add insult to injury they broke the wheels off both of our suitcases. I filed a claim and was basically told "too bad for you".
This past December, we missed our connection in Dallas coming out of Cabo San Lucas due to their delays again. Had to pay for a hotel and then they put us on stand by with no guarentee of getting a flight out for 2 days. Beyond unacceptable. Worst customer service attitude I have ever experienced from any company. They plainly do not care about their passengers. Fortunately, we were close enough home to rent a car and drive home. Filed a formal complaint and was provided a $100 voucher for our next flight with them. Obviously they did not "get it". Told them they could stick their voucher where the sun does not shine. (not in those exact words. It was way more explicit) I insited they refund the additional monies spent due to their incompetance. Never heard from them again. Not surprising. Their horibble customer service and business practices is what put them in their position in the first place. I don't appreciate they basically have a monopoly in whether or not people get so some destinations or not. Hoping things will change. I've read horrid stories about US Air also, so not looking hopefully for that option.
Southwest is starting to branch out to Mexico and the Caribbean out of Texas. Their flight schedule is one thing that is determining our vacation for this year.
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Thanks for the share. We visited Barbados earlier this year. We are looking for a new island next year but this post makes me want to go back!
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Thanks for sharing your experiences.
Pity about the American Airlines bit but so glad you enjoyed yourself in Barbados! Hope you'll make it back someday to explore the east coast.
Happy travels!
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I'm happy you enjoyed Barbados and I really liked your write up on your blog space.
Hopefully AA will improve .....
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Ode to Air Traffic Controllers ~ "Just a Catnap" ~ from the idea of a Googled photo ~ man sleeping at desk ~ changed/ for this idea! If Joe can nap while the President is talking... why can't we all?! LOL!!! Kidding of course!!!!
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A humorous drawing about a serious job! Well done! You caught the look of exhaustion on the man's face perfectly! 5h!
Sounds like my kind of work! Love the style of this one, really nice draw!
They caught a 6th Air Traffic Contorller napping today... this is a field I may be getting into later... when I get really old and can't do another thing! LOL!
Good one Salita. I have wondered about this when I was on a plane.
Lol well cats do nap very long. x)
This is the typical scenerio for America these days...overworked and under paid! 5h c f
ha ha ....you have a good sense of humor :)...this is very nice drawing Salita
Great drawing and great ironic humour!
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I have always loved to sing Christmas carols that tell of Christ's birth and Easter carols that tell of his death and resurrection. I have often thought of Jesus as a baby and then, though I had followed the biblical account showing him briefly as a young boy in the temple, I had quickly jumped to Jesus as a grown man, never giving much thought to imagining the journey from the manger to adulthood. That changed when we had our first child.
After months of painstakingly counting and recounting the days till her arrival, Eliza Joy came on March 2nd. A lasting memory for me that day was the cutting of the cord as this little, very real, independent person nestled so dependently upon me. But I think the scariest moment for us was putting her in her bright, shiny new car seat and walking out of the hospital with her. I thought, What now? I don't know anything about babies! I can't remember anything I heard in the prenatal classes. Will she survive the night?
This experience really opened my eyes to see Mary in a new light. I had seen her by the manger, but not two days later; not learning to feed Jesus; not comforting him during his first fever; washing him and dressing him; spending sleepless nights with him; teaching him to walk; not helping him sound his words; protecting him from the sun; keeping him warm in winter … the wonder and work of all this is immense for any baby, but to know that this baby was the Son of God and that Mary was bringing him up to be her Savior—our Savior—is an astounding thought!
My husband Keith wrote the melody to our children's carol "Jesus, Joy of the Highest Heaven" while I was pregnant, but I couldn't finish the lyrics until a few months after Eliza was born, partly because sitting down to write was a laughable suggestion when I was onboard the runaway train of new motherhood, and partly because I wanted to see how having her might change or add to my musings! I had thought of writing the first line as "Softly, softly is Jesus coming," but after giving birth, "softly" didn't seem quite appropriate, so I changed it to "Jesus, joy of the highest heaven!"
Over the first few weeks I was often overcome in putting Eliza down for the night, thinking how small and vulnerable she was in a world full of dangers, knowing I couldn't protect her from them all. I wrote, "Jesus, laid in a lowly manger/Facing a world of dangers/come to turn me a stranger/Into a child of God." Over the first months I was amazed at how she learned to hold her head up and then began to press down on her chubby legs and make funny sounds with her little gummy mouth! I wrote, "Jesus, King of the highest heaven/Learning to take his first steps/That He might bring us life."
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BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend review – trail blazing
Does the PS Vita really need three beat 'em-ups in its launch line-up? Probably not, but this is definitely the best of the bunch.
If you're worrying that we're going to start this review with another rant about the lack of tutorials in fighting games don't worry, we're not. Because this has an excellent tutorial! One that goes out of its way to explain everything in the game, for all levels of player, and which makes all the recent complaints about Capcom and Namco's games seem even more damning.The BlazBlue games have always been like this, an odd mix of impenetrable storytelling and highly accessible 2D combat. We suspect the anime stylings will put off as many people as they attract but amidst all the old franchises making their comeback this is by far the best new beat 'em-up of the last several years.This particular version though is just a minor extension of the original Continuum Shift, which itself was a relatively minor upgrade from the original Calamity Trigger (whose contents are included here in their entirety). That makes giving his version a score entirely meaningless as its worth to you will depend solely on whether you've played the previous games, and if you have how much you liked them.Obviously it's the one and only version on the PS Vita though and as such a great place to start. Not only does it have an outrageously generous selection of game modes but the gorgeously animated visuals look absolutely stunning on Sony's OLED screen.Although BlazBlue is a new franchise developer Arc System Works has an awful lot of experience in the genre. They're best known for the Guilty Gear series, but apart from both being 2D one-on-one fighters there are no direct links between the two series.Although the full depth of the game's combat will take months to uncover it actually proves surprisingly accessible to even beat 'em-up neophytes. There are just four main attack buttons, the last of which is a special character-specific 'Drive' attack. This allows you to unleash a special move ranging from a freeze attack for Jin, to Rachel's control of the wind or Platinum the Trinity's various magic weapons.Naturally things do get more complicated once you start to delve in deeper, with the Heat gauge working like the super meter of other fighters. This governs Distortion Drive super attacks and Astral Heat – finishing moves for opponents on low health. There's also various permutations of the Barrier guarding move and the Rapid Cancel, which instantly stops your move at the cost of half your Heat gauge.We know what all that sounds like but remember that unlike other fighting games this one actually bothers to explain how everything works, and of course you don't need to use or understand all the techniques straight away.The roster of 19 characters (including all the downloadable content from the last game) is fairly small for a modern fighting game, despite the additions from the original Continuum Shift and new Extend character Relius Clover.However, they're all highly distinctive, from squirrel girl Makoto to Carl Clover and his independently controlled marionette. The ropes for some are easier to learn than others, but they're still all surprisingly well balanced – a benefit of this being essentially the third version of the same game.The other benefit this offers, for those jumping into the series for the first time, is the huge range of extra content that's been accrued over the last few years. There are no less than 11 different modes of play, from simple arcade battles to stories with branching paths, survival modes (complete with extra role-playing elements), extra hard modes, wireless and online modes.Plus you can copy across your saves from the PlayStation 3 version and there's an interesting use of the rear touchpad, that mimics the Hit Box control systems used by hardcore professional players (see this video for more).
If you don't like 2D beat 'em-ups (and especially if you don't like anime on top of that) this game isn't going to change your mind, but the mountains of content and game modes – and those all-important tutorials – show just how lazy Capcom and the others are being when it comes to their own games.The exact value for money will depend on whether you own any of the previous games, but if you don't this is the perfect place to jump aboard – not just for BlazBlue but for fighting games in general.In Short:It's only a very minor extension to the previous games, but if this is your first BlazBlue it's the ideal way to become acquainted with the best new 2D fighter of the generation.Pros:Small, but perfectly formed roster of characters, with genuinely unique abilities. Impossibly large number of game modes, including proper tutorials. Fantastic visuals.Cons:The story is impenetrably dull and the barrage of weird phrases and concepts makes it seem more inaccessible than it is. Few new meaningful extras over the last version.Score:9/10Formats: PS Vita (reviewed), Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3Price: £39.99Publisher: PQube/Arc System Works EuropeDeveloper: Arc System WorksRelease Date: 22nd February 2012Age Rating: 12Video:Check out the BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend trailer
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hi! I'm new as well.. My 5 year old son had few seizures.. we still don't know what is happening with him. waiting for tests.
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Glad you found us! As you look around for info, try visiting the Parents section - there's lots of information about seizures in children that you may find helpful!
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Hi there. I am new here, my son is 15 and just had a seizure 2 months ago first time ever. I have a question for you, why do you have to wait 2 months for an EEG result? That is unreasonable.
I know that you have to wait for the neuro appointment an average of 2 months, but there is no reason that you have to wait 2 months for the results. On most practices, you can call ahead of the appointment and ASK for the results. Neuros know of the waiting times for appointments and usually have a nurse on call that can tell you the results before the appointment and also answer some questions. Call your practice and ask them, there is really no reason to wait 2 months to know.
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I am in the US. Sorry that it has taken forever, I feel your frustration. I had to wait 2 months to see a neuro for my son. The EEG was done within a few days and I had the results within 2 days. They gave me the results ahead of time over the phone. I guess it is because you are going through a general practitioner and not a neurologist. I guess you will need a referral to see a specialist.
There is a great website in the UK that gives you a detailed list of neurologist in the UK. here: http://www.epilepsy.org.uk/
My son is been on keppra for almost 3 months and doing great, no relapses. We did lifestyle adjustments: diet, dha pills, vitamins, earlier bed time, no staying up late and very little video games. I think all together it has helped. So far so good. I hope your son feels better too. Please know that you are not alone.
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Poland made history by winning the UEFA European Women's Under-17 Championship in Nyon last summer but as they attempt to earn a return to the finals next month in England, their star player has been fast-tracked to the seniors.
The 16-year-old Ewa Pajor is still eligible at U17 level, and helped Poland through the UEFA European Women's U19 Championship qualifying round last month, but she is now preparing for FIFA Women's World Cup fixtures in France and at home to Scotland later in October.
The KKPK Medyk Konin striker was the key to Poland's first ever women's international triumph as they beat Belgium and Sweden in Nyon to lift the continental trophy, scoring goals throughout the run and giving full rein to her array of skills in the final.
Team-mate Ewelina Kamczyk said: "She is kind of a pearl in our team. Of course, when she's on the pitch she helps us a great deal. She helps in building the game. I think she's becoming a bit like Cristiano Ronaldo in her play, and that is her asset."
Though many in Poland have described Pajor as a female Lionel Messi, she is indeed inspired by Portuguese forward Ronaldo. "I learn from Cristiano Ronaldo – he is my favourite player," Pajor told UEFA.com. "He is very hard-working. I try to learn a lot from him, because I like hard-working people."
Ronaldo is not her only role model. Her cousin Krystian Nowak, who plays for RTS Widzew Łódź, has been a source of advice since she first became interested in the game. "It was a long time ago," Pajor said. "I was six, maybe seven years old. My cousin encouraged me. He used to come to my village and we played together. He used to teach me. Then I started to play in primary school.
"That's where the manager from Medyk Konin saw me, that is my current club. I have lived in Konin since I was 12, and that is where I play."
Aged 15, Pajor broke into the Medyk senior team, scoring nine goals in 16 Premier League games as they won the Polish title. "I think speed, and maybe also the way I shoot," is how she describes her strengths. "I have confidence in myself, and composure. The girls help me too. I get good passes, and I have taken advantage of those situations."
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Rubio: OK for parents to teach 'multiple theories' on Earth's age
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) says he's not certain whether the planet was created by God in seven days or in "seven actual eras" – telling GQ magazine it's up to parents to teach their children either a faith-based history of Earth or a scientific one.
In a wide-ranging interview with the men's publication, Rubio refused to be pinned down about his personal views on the Earth's creation, calling it "one of the great mysteries" of life.
"I'm not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that's a dispute amongst theologians and I think it has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States," Rubio told GQ when asked how old he thinks the Earth is.
"I think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow. I'm not a scientist. I don't think I'm qualified to answer a question like that."
What a narrow-minded view! You don't need to be a scientist to figure out that evolution is the way life on earth works. It just is. It's NOT a question. Science has everything to do with solving many of our pressing problems around the world. Technology will be the key to many of our future decisions regarding what we can do to sustain and enhance our society. Republican conservatives like this consistently exhibit how out of touch they are with the findings of science and are clueless on how science works.
This piece has some insight on the politics:
Confusing faith with science and then legislating based off that confusion has been the calling card of the religious right. We've seen this on climate change, abortion rights and now, more broadly, basic and core scientific principles that are the foundations of biology, astronomy and most of our science curriculum. Rubio and other religious conservatives would like us to believe that the problem lies in a culture that is hostile to religious rights rather than the fact that this country was founded on the belief of a secular government that kept matters of faith out of matters of civil life.
So, beware this new softened, inclusive tone from conservatives. They may sound like a more sophisticated and tolerant group but when you strip it all away it's the same religious zealots directing the show.
Why Marco Rubio Needs To Know That The Earth Is Billions Of Years Old – Forbes.
As an aside, I wrote a piece about what one university is doing to prepare future leaders who are NOT scientists what science is all about. Check it out in my Sounds Sciencey column.
UPDATE: (6- Dec-2012) Rubio: "There is no scientific debate on the age of the earth"
The Florida senator clarifies that he believes the Earth is "at least 4.5 billion years old"
After dabbling in creationism earlier this month, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., clarified that he does believe that scientists know the Earth is "at least 4.5 billion years old."
"There is no scientific debate on the age of the earth. I mean, it's established pretty definitively, it's at least 4.5 billion years old," Rubio told Mike Allen of Politico. "I was referring to a theological debate, which is a pretty healthy debate.


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Memory Management Pitfalls in Xamarin iOS - Pitfall 2
July 23, 2013
Pitfall #2 – Button Event Handlers
In the Introduction to this series, we talked about the interaction between Xamarin.iOS and the native Objective C iOS code. We pointed out that since Objective C is reference counted, the Xamarin.iOS C# garbage collector may have trouble releasing objects in certain scenarios and needs our help. In part 1 we reviewed parent/child relationships and possible cyclical references. Now let's look at a more complicated, but much more common, scenario.
This one bears a little bit more explanation and a demonstration.
The Setup
We'll start out with a very simple storyboard application with two view controllers. The first "Continue" button triggers a push segue to load the second view controller that contains the two buttons we'll be working with.
As you can see, the first button is a standard UIButton, fittingly labeled "Normal UIButton." The second button we've given a new class, "CustomButton," which is defined as so:
public partial class MyButton : UIButton
public MyButton (IntPtr handle) : base (handle)
Nothing special going on in there, as you can see. We've created outlets for each button in our View2Controller class.
The easiest way we've found to see when garbage collection / object release is failing to occur is by overriding the Dispose method on your UIViewController, as so:
protected override void Dispose (bool disposing)
Console.WriteLine (String.Format ("{0} controller disposed - {1}",
this.GetType (), this.GetHashCode ()));
base.Dispose (disposing);
Here we're just logging a message when our UIViewController is disposed. The garbage collector runs very aggressively when debugging in the iOS Simulator, so you should see your message logged to the console when you've popped the controller from the navigation stack, say by using the back button of a UINavigationController.
The Test(s)
Now let's examine how each of our buttons affects the garbage collection of View2Controller depending on how we attach event handlers.
In each of our tests, we'll perform the following steps:
- Tap the big "Continue" button on the root view
- Tap the button we're working with, "normal" or "custom"
- Tap the back button on the UINavigationController
We'll have our buttons do the same thing, call the logButtonClick() method:
void logButtonClick ()
Console.WriteLine("Button was clicked");
Using lambdas or anonymous delegates
This seems to be the Xamarin preferred way of attaching event handlers. Indeed, you see code similar to this in many of their code samples and in the MonoTouch/Xamarin community in general. Let's try it out! In our ViewDidLoad override, we'll attach the event handler to our normal UIButton like so:
NormalButton.TouchUpInside += (sender, e) => {
Next we'll perform the test steps listed above and stop the app. Sure enough, the application output window has this logged:
2013-06-16 23:18:04.810 MemoryTestApp[32154:c07] Button was clicked
2013-06-16 23:18:07.691 MemoryTestApp[32154:2c03] View2Controller disposed
Great! We're really on the right track here and everything's working as expected.
Let's try the same thing with our custom button:
CustomButton.TouchUpInside += (sender, e) => {
Fast-forwarding to the results, here's what we see:
2013-06-16 23:59:56.694 MemoryTestApp[32310:c07] Button was clicked
Hmm… that's weird, no disposal notification. Let's look at why this is happening.
Why it doesn't work
If you view the Xamarin Evolve talk that was linked in the introduction to this series, you'll find a nugget that bears mentioning. Xamarin's garbage collector treats their wrapper classes (such as UIButton) differently than custom, user-defined types when it comes to handling the reference counting for a given object. For user types only, a GC handle (like a static field) is created if the object's reference count rises above 1. (Refer to slides 39 – 43 of the presentation for the details here).
Really, when you dig down into it, we've essentially created another reference cycle like in Pitfall #1, but this time the event handler is pointing back to the view controller rather than the "parent" variable reference.
This means that by a) subclassing UIButton, and b) attaching an event handler to a button event, we've incremented the reference count above this threshold, created a cyclical reference, and Xamarin will not garbage collect the object without our help. This also keeps the view controller from being collected as well since one of those references (the event handler) is pointing to the view controller class.
How we can help
So how can we help the GC make sense of this? The simple answer is to remove the event handlers when it makes sense.
There are two hurdles to doing this:
- There is no way to remove an event handler that was attached using a lambda or anonymous delegate. The standard syntax of object.event -= handler just doesn't quite work here. We could assign the delegate to a variable and += and -= the variable, but that starts to look horrible and takes the "cool factor" of lambdas/anon delegates way down.
- When do we do it? How do we know the view controller is going away and the handlers can safely be removed?
We've developed some methodologies and a pattern than can help with both of these:
- Attach handlers the old school way, to methods within your controller:
CustomButton.TouchUpInside += handler;
It may not be as cool, but it does allow you to unhook it later, and that proves to be extremely useful.
- Attach handlers in ViewWillAppear and detach them in ViewWillDisappear. This ensures that anytime the view is visible and receptive the user's touch, the events are hooked up and ready to go. But when the view goes away we can safely unhook the handlers.
The Payoff
Let's see this in action!
Putting all the above into place, our View2Controller now looks like this:
protected override void Dispose (bool disposing)
base.Dispose (disposing);
Console.WriteLine (String.Format ("{0} controller disposed - {1}",
this.GetType (), this.GetHashCode ()));
public override void ViewWillAppear (bool animated)
base.ViewWillAppear (animated);
CustomButton.TouchUpInside += handler;
public override void ViewWillDisappear (bool animated)
CustomButton.TouchUpInside -= handler;
base.ViewWillDisappear (animated);
void handler (object sender, EventArgs e)
void logButtonClick ()
Console.WriteLine("Button was clicked");
Running our test yields the following results:
2013-06-17 00:38:49.067 MemoryTestApp[32467:c07] Button was clicked
2013-06-17 00:38:50.946 MemoryTestApp[32467:2c03] MemoryTestApp.View2Controller controller disposed – 495710208
Excellent! Life is now good and everything is in order.
It's important to note that this is not a UIButton-specific problem. Extending any of the "wrapper" classes around native objects (think UIAlertView, UIDatePicker, etc.) will put you in the same situation. We've singled out buttons as they are most often customized and the "lambda method" of attaching event handlers is widely used and prevalent in code samples.
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I'm looking to leave my current city and I've been applying to a variety of jobs across the country without much luck. I'm wondering if the distance between me and the new position is a factor in not being selected? A fair number of jobs have indicated an ASAP start date, which seems to give an advantage to local applicants (since moving across the country would be hard to do quickly). Also, I wonder if the unlikelihood of having a face-to-face meeting or the lack of local connections if a factor. Additionally, I am considering whether I need to state in my cover letter my willingness/enthusiasm for the city to clarify this point, or is the fact that I'm applying enough of an indication that I'm willing to relocate?
The Answer
Employers usually do prefer local candidates. This is because (as you suspected), it's easier to schedule in-person interviews on short notice, there are no relocation costs, and local candidates generally bring greater local insights to the job. But it is possible to land a job in another city. It's just a greater uphill battle, so you must be strategic.
Start by narrowing down your search to one city. Doing so will allow you to: 1) know cost-of-living variances in your new city, 2) manoeuvre local salary ranges (which can vary from city to city), 3) calculate moving expenses (companies typically only relocate candidates on its dime if qualified local workers are not available), and 4) better gage local job opportunities in your field.
Next, focus on your presentation. Employers often receive hundreds of résumés a day. They simply can't read each résumé. You may have 10 or 15 seconds to capture their attention as they scan your résumé for key words. With an out-of-town address, you should definitely clarify that you are relocating, and that you are willing to come into the city on your own for an in-person interview. Consider getting a local cell phone number too, and be available during your target city's business hours (e.g. taking a call at 5 a.m. in Vancouver, if necessary, from an employer in Halifax).
Out-of-town employers may not be familiar with local companies listed on your résumé. For example, your current employer may have a stellar local reputation, yet be unheard of in other parts of the country. In which case, add in small descriptors about the companies on your résumé, so recruiters and employers can recognize your experience for what it is.
Your hunch is also correct about local connections. They can help your search; so start networking to create local contacts virtually. Work with a local recruiter who specializes in your field. He or she can help you get local market insights so you can tailor your résumé to highlight your most highly sought after skills. Join a professional association in your target city and engage with members to get the inside scoop on industry activities. Network with key decision-makers via social media too. Create smart conversations that put you on their radar.
Finally, consider temporary or contract work, which may allow you to move to your new city first, as you continue to look for a permanent position.
Julie Labrie is the vice-president of BlueSky Personnel Solutions.
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Published 12:00 am, Thursday, March 22, 2012
Admit it: You think you know Connecticut pretty well. You know where to go for pizza, which hiking trails are the best, even where to see great music and theater.
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Lehman, who -- it must be said -- did not grow up in Connecticut, has adopted our fine state with a gusto bordering on obsession, ever since he moved here 15 years ago from Pennsylvania.
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During that 15 years, Lehman and his wife, poet Amy Nawrocki, have traveled the state, taking notes, visiting attractions and restaurants, tasting wine, and hiking the trails. Who better to write an insiders' travel guide than someone who has looked around with fresh eyes and seen everything that Connecticut has to offer?
"I was surprised how many little-known places there are, the little spots and attractions you never seem to hear about," he says. "I spent a day at Putnam Memorial State Park, a historical park in West Redding. I had never even heard anybody talk about the place before, but it was wonderful."
The park, he writes, is actually Connecticut's oldest state park and is an archaeological preserve, the site of the 1778-'79 encampment of the Continental Army where the troops were sheltered during the winter in the Revolutionary War.
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Museums not your thing? Lehman also gives information on spas and golf courses, nightclubs and kid attractions, pick-your-own farms, pizza, river expeditions, theaters, wineries, beaches, inns, and best places to get ice cream -- everything a visitor might need to know about, and everything a full-time resident may have overlooked.
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Theft: A green Diamondback mountain bicycle was stolen from a northwest bicycle rack. Loss value: $75.00.
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Ballymun Lullaby
Music teacher Ron Cooney has been working in the Republic of Ireland's only high-rise housing estate for fifteen years. During this time he has seen the area undergo a dramatic transformation, including the demolition of six of its seven tower blocks. The young people of Ballymun have had an extraordinary experience, and Ron sets out to produce a collection of music that gives voice to their story. Working with composer Daragh O'Toole, Ron's ambition is to create a 'world class' collection of music for his talented students to play and write lyrics for. This music will challenge the negative views many still hold of the area - views that have the potential to hold his students back, and undermine the aims of the Ballymun Music Programme.
The music that is produced attracts the attention of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and is soon recorded by them in a unique collaboration with the students. A dynamic funny and driven man, despite his own health problems, what Ron and his students have achieved is simply amazing.
Winner of the Directors Guild of America 'Directors Finders' Series 2011, facilitated by?the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland
Pulp Productions Presents: Ballymun Lullaby
A Documentary Directed by Frank Berry
"If anyone had felt minded to hand out a prize for the most enthusiastically received picture, Ballymun Lullaby would have been a hands-down winner. Frank Berry's stirring documentary offers a cheery portrait of Ron Cooney, the inspiring music tutor behind the Ballymun Music Programme. A behind-the-scenes account of the making of a 2009 EP, the film recreates the area's famous sense of community, with lively contributions from composer Daragh O'Toole, former Dublin 11 resident Glen Hansard and talented students Tara, Wayne and Darren."
- The Irish Times
"Ballymun Lullaby is a gentle heart-warming documentary centred on the inspirational music teacher Ron Cooney who teaches children music in the Ballymun Music Programme."
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"It's really beautiful, full of optimism and so charming to watch."
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"Stirring, inspiring, insightful, it just blew me away".
- Gareth O'Callaghan, Classic Hits 4FM
"Ballymun Lullaby is the awe-inspiring account of Ron Cooney, the inspirational music teacher in the Ballymun Music Programme."
- Cork Film Festival
'Ballymun Lullaby has been a labor of love for all of us. It documents a community initiative that I believe is socially very important and I'm really proud that it's getting a cinema release.'
- Frank Berry - Producer/Director
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Corn futures closed lower on Friday. Today has been a very volatile day for the corn market. Futures are moved higher during early morning trade on technical support, despite bearish production projections contained in the November WASDE. Corn production was estimated 19 million bushels higher than the previous month which was approximately 60 to 75 million bushels higher than trade expectations. However, spillover pressure from the soy complex pulled prices lower the last hour of trade. December corn futures settled 2 cents lower at $7.41 ¼.
Soybean futures settled sharply lower on Friday. USDA's WASDE report was quite bearish for the soybean market today. USDA revised soybean production estimates upward by over 100,000 million bushels as a result of the increase in soybean yield estimates. Yield estimates were raised 1.5 bushels per acre. Total new crop production was pegged at 2.97 billion bushels. Soybean oil and soybean meal closed significantly lower as well. January soybean futures closed 44 ½ cents lower at $14.51. January soybean oil closed 98 points lower at 48.20 cents. Lastly, January soybean meal futures closed $13.80 lower at $445.00.
Wheat futures closed with moderate losses on Friday. WASDE estimates for wheat were bearish for both the U.S. and global balance sheets. Not to mention the sharp losses in the soy complex added even more downward pressure to wheat futures. In regards to the report, USDA revised U.S. ending stocks upward 50 million bushels. Global ending stocks were reported approximately 1 million tonnes higher versus expectations of a 1.5 million tonne decline. Global production was cut less than expected while global usage was cut more than expected. December wheat futures at CBOT closed 16 cents lower at $8.86 ½; KCBT closed 14 ¾ cents lower at $9.22 ¼; and MGE closed 8 ¼ cents lower at $9.50 ½.
Live cattle futures closed higher on Friday. Cattle futures bucked pressure from sharply lower beef prices. Midday prices were reported over $1 lower for both choice and select cutouts. Buying interest started to gain momentum after midday although there remains no fundamental reasoning behind the lift in prices. However, some traders believe the market is pulling support from yesterday's solid export sales. The market is closed but cash trade is still underway, with prices called steady to lower versus the previous week. December cattle futures settled 33 cents higher at $125.75.
Lean hog futures closed higher on Friday. Hog futures traded fairly choppy today. Prices traded on both sides of the board as the market searched for direction. During early morning trade gains were trimmed on profit taking and supply worries, but prices received a boost on spillover buying in the cattle complex. However, long term demand and lower cash prices are expected to negatively affect prices. December hog futures settled 55 cents lower at $80.75.


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Willis Lease Finance Corp. (NASDAQ:WLFC) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.
Willis Lease Finance Corp. has a market cap of $121.1 million; its shares were traded at around $13 with a P/E ratio of 20.3 and P/S ratio of 0.8. Willis Lease Finance Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 11.1% over the past 10 years.
Highlight of Business Operations:The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of the last business day of the registrants most recently completed second fiscal quarter (June 30, 2010) was approximately $57.6 million (based on a closing sale price of $9.22 per share as reported on the NASDAQ National Market).
We hold a fifty percent membership interest in a joint venture, WOLF A340, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (WOLF). On December 30, 2005, WOLF completed the purchase of two Airbus A340-313 aircraft from Boeing Aircraft Holding Company for a purchase price of $96.0 million. These aircraft are currently leased to Emirates with remaining lease terms of 30 and 32 months. Our investment in the joint venture is $9.4 million.
As of December 31, 2010, we had a total lease portfolio of 179 aircraft engines and related equipment, four spare parts packages, three aircraft and various parts and other engine-related equipment with a cost of $1,190.4 million in our lease portfolio. As of December 31, 2009, we had a total lease portfolio of 169 aircraft engines and related equipment, three spare parts packages, four aircraft and various parts and other engine-related equipment with a cost of $1,137.5 million in our lease portfolio.
Gavarnie Holding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Gavarnie) owned by Charles F. Willis, IV, purchased the stock of Aloha Island Air, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, (Island Air) from Aloha AirGroup, Inc. (Aloha) on May 11, 2004. Charles F. Willis, IV is the President, CEO and Chairman of our Board of Directors and owns approximately 30% of our common stock. As of December 31, 2010, Island Air leases three DeHaviland DHC-8-100 aircraft and four spare engines from us. The aircraft and engines on lease to Island Air have a net book value of $3.8 million at December 31, 2010. Beginning in 2006 Island Air experienced cash flow difficulties, which affected their payments to us due to a fare war commenced by a competitor, their dependence on tourism which has suffered from the current economic environment as well as volatile fuel prices. The Board of Directors approved lease rent deferrals which were accounted for as a reduction in lease revenue in the applicable periods. Because of the question regarding collectability of amounts due under these leases, lease rent revenue for these leases have been recorded on a cash basis until such time as collectability becomes reasonably assured. After taking into account the deferred amounts, Island Air owes us $2.8 million in overdue rent. We hold letters of credit for $0.2 million which may be used to partially offset our claims against Island Air.
In October 2010, Island Air purchased one airframe from us, generating a net gain of $0.4 million. Effective January 2, 2011 we converted the operating leases with Island Air to a finance lease, with a principal amount of $7.0 million, under which they have resumed monthly payments. This transaction will increase operating income by $3.2 million which will be recognized over the five year term of the finance lease. We are also discussing a program for them to commence payments of the deferred amounts under the previous operating leases on a reduced basis. This program is dependent on their obtaining substantially similar concessions from their other major creditors.
We hold a fifty percent membership interest in a joint venture, WOLF A340, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (WOLF). On December 30, 2005, WOLF completed the purchase of two Airbus A340-313 aircraft from Boeing Aircraft Holding Company for a purchase price of $96.0 million. These aircraft are currently on lease to Emirates until 2013. Our investment in the joint venture at December 31, 2010 is $9.4 million.
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Aside from its prominent apparel and headwear segment, one thing that Mishka has always seemed to execute well is its bag and accessory lineup. Consistently playing around with patterns, prints and new materials, the New York mainstay has managed to build upon functional bag silhouettes with its own edge and aesthetic. For Spring/Summer 2012, the brand introduces its latest "The Jurassic Knapsack" in Dark Navy. Aptly titled, the polyester-constructed backpack boasts an all-over print dinosaur embroidery in contrasting white stitching. A plethora of pockets and zipper comprise the exterior shell in black zipper hardware and subtle leather accents. A quilted lower panel and back as well as padded utility straps round out the summer pack. Priced reasonably at a retail of $88 USD, availability is now offered through Karmaloop.com.
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Clive Robinson posted an update in the group Going to the United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas 3 years, 11 months ago
Race Commentary. Just in case anyone is interested as fan vision has gone it seems that the only way to listen to the race at the track is via a mobile phone, A t & t plus Verizon give good coverage and offer pay as you go sim cards cheaply for unlocked phones.
So not only is there no radio commentary. There are no large screens for those in the grandstands to see what's happening away from their line of sight. If that is correct. Then I'm sorry to say it, but that is POOR.
You'd get large screens even at old tracks like Imola. They should be there at a state-of-the-art track facility like COTA.
Steven…there is at least one screen in front of each Grandstand. This is what is installed at the circuit:
I notice that your link is dated 2012. Clive says that the Fan Vision has gone for 2013. I hope he is wrong.
No Fan Vision anywhere. They couldn't come to an agreement with F1 this year. The Link was to show the # & size of the video screens around the circuit. They do have commentary going thru the PA system throughout the day, but when the cars are close to your location it is difficult to hear.


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Most people wouldnt exactly see art in an Oreo cookie, a mousetrap, or Preparation H suppositories, but artist Terry Border looks past the mundane to transform these everyday objects into small, humorous sculptures.
Border collects items you might find in drawers and cabinets around the house and twists ordinary hardware store wire into appendages for the less-than-arty objects. He can anthropomorphize anything: Snack foods become handsy teenagers rolling around on moms couch, while Shakespeare's Prince Hamlet as played by a peanut in the shell -- holds a tiny skull carved from an individual nut in his weirdly expressive wire hands. Alas, poor Yorick, I ate his friends!
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12 bedroom detached house for saleHighley Manor, Balcombe, West Sussex.
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A rare opportunity to acquire three individual properties situated within a delightful rural setting amongst private grounds of approximately 1.75 acres off a quiet country lane being close to the sought after village of Balcombe. The sale comprises of a group of three homes situated around a magnificent walled garden, each of which benefit from their own gardens. All properties are connected with mains drainage and are ancillary to Keepers Cottage. The properties cannot currently be sold off separately or rented out.Keepers Cottage was originally a pair of Victorian cottages with elevations of brick and tile hung clad. Originally purchased as two cottages, they are now classed as one house as they have been combined by knocking an archway through on the ground floor. The cottages have been extended to take in a double garage with bedroom/en-suite bathroom above. The New House was built in the mid 1990s with later addition and has elevations of brick under a tiled roof with a delightful leisure complex with Turkish bath, Jacuzzi, multi-jet shower and bar. The Nuclear Fallout Shelter was constructed in the early 1980s and subsequently the New House was built on top of it. The access is from the drawing room. The Bungalow was built within approximately one acre of garden in the early 1990s and has elevations of brick under a tiled roof. There is also an extensive range of outbuildings including garage block, greenhouse, vine house, potting shed and walled garden.
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Recruiting: Pearl River update
It's funny, perhaps, that Pearl River Community College in Mississippi has built a reputation as being a pipeline or feeder program for USF, since the Bulls have yet to actually get a player from Pearl River in the three falls I've been on the beat. That should change in the next year, perhaps in a big way.
There's two new developments in the USF-Pearl River connection, first that Roger Frazier, who was Matt Grothe's top target in their last two seasons at Lake Gibson High, will attend Pearl River starting in January, with an eye on making it to USF as a junior in 2008. Frazier, who didn't have the grades to get Division I offers out of Lake Gibson, led all junior-college receivers last year with 1,074 yards, catching 13 touchdown passes as a freshman at Hutchinson Community College in Kansas. He's back home in Lakeland this fall, but will try to right himself academically at Pearl River. If he can do that, he'd be a fine addition to USF's receiving corps for what would be Grothe's final two seasons.
Speaking of the Mississippi juco juggernaut, none other than USF coach Jim Leavitt was there Thursday, talking not only to players he's already lined up such as Plant linebacker Donte Spires, but many of Pearl River's top prospects. Spires will sign with USF and transfer this summer (no, not in January) as a redshirt sophomore with three years to play. According to Pearl River coach Tim Hatten, Leavitt also spoke with former Bulls star Carlton Hill, now back at quarterback, and Pearl's two stud receivers, Larry Freeman and Demetrius Byrd, both Floridians the Bulls have a good shot at, with Freeman ready to enroll in January. A new name Hatten mentioned as drawing USF's interest: defensive end Brian Coulter, a Baton Rouge native who is one of the top speed ends available in the juco ranks.


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Army deaths: Maj. John P. Pryor, 42, of Moorestown, N.J., died Thursday in Mosul of wounds from a mortar round that exploded near his living quarters. He was assigned to the 1st Medical Detachment, Forward Surgical Team, Fort Totten, N.Y. Three soldiers died Wednesday in Baghdad of injuries from a vehicle rollover. All were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo. Killed were: Staff Sgt. Christopher G. Smith, 28, of Grand Rapids, Mich. Spc. Stephen M. Okray, 21, of St. Clair Shores, Mich. Spc. Stephen G. Zapasnik, 19, of Broken Arrow, Okla.
Roadside bomb: A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed three soldiers and wounded four in Balad Ruz, 55 miles northeast of Baghdad, police said.
Three suspected insurgents fled a jail in the western city of Ramadi yesterday after overpowering guards, Iraqi officials said. The jailbreak led to a gunfight in which six policemen and seven suspected insurgents were killed, authorities said.
Iraqi security forces launched a manhunt for the three escapees, who included a top leader of the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq.
The jailbreak came as U.S. officials are shutting down their detention facilities across the country and as U.S. troops are sharply reducing their presence in Anbar province, a predominantly Sunni territory that was the cradle of the insurgency. Ramadi is the capital of Anbar.
The incident occurred at 3:30 a.m. as guards were escorting a group of inmates from an interrogation room to a cell, said Maj. Gen. Tariq al-Duleimiy, the Ramadi police chief.
Al-Duleimiy said a suspected insurgent told authorities that the operation had been planned.
"The plan was to grab a weapon from the guards" in order to flee, the chief said. "We hope to capture those three very dangerous criminals."
Lt. Col. Abdul Ghani al-Duleimiy, the chief of the jail, was among those killed in the shootout, Iraqi officials said.
Of the 30 men in the cell, police said 11 fled. Seven were killed, three escaped and one was captured.
Authorities said 10 of the 11 men were being held for terrorism-related offenses.
The other man had been detained because he was suspected of having committed a crime against a female relative over family honor. He was the escapee who surrendered.
Iraqi officials imposed a curfew in Ramadi, limiting vehicle and pedestrian traffic as they searched for the three escapees, believed to have fled on foot.
The police chief said Iraqi and U.S. troops had fanned out across the area to look for the men in neighborhoods and orchards.
In recent months, U.S. officials have released tens of thousands of detainees.
U.S. officials will lose the authority to detain Iraqis without formal charges beginning Jan. 1, when a security agreement between Iraq and the United States will replace the United Nations mandate that has given the U.S. government vast power since the 2003 invasion.
Security in Anbar province, the deadliest for U.S. troops apart from Baghdad, has improved dramatically in recent months as tribes and groups of former insurgents have turned against hard-line insurgent groups.
The New York Times News Service contributed to this report.
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I had this Polish patient today and I swear to jeebus the first five letters of his name were 'Szczy'. WHAT. And also, AWESOME. (Of course, it translated to 'sh'.) Too bad I can't just spell my name Kqcqwuon. And yesterday my roommate was reading a magazine and there was an article about the capital of Iceland and she asked me how to say it and I said RAKE-ya-vik because I think that's how you say it but I really only know that because it was in a movie once. Before that I thought it was RAY-kuh-JAHV-ik. And then there was something in the article (the one my roommate was reading, you're going to have to keep up a little better please because it's only going to get worse) about the biggest city in New Zealand (I actually just typed 'the capital of New Zealand' but then I did a quick fact check and wiki'd it and it's not; the capital of New Zealand is Wellington, like the boot) and she asked me how to say it and I said 'AWK-land, but if you say it with a kiwi accent it kinda sounds like Oakland' and the only reason I knew THAT was from that one episode of Full House where Stephanie and Michelle accidentally got on a plane somehow and they freaked out but then the flight attendant said the destination was 'Auckland' but Stephanie thought she said 'Oakland' as in really close to San Francisco. So they were right to freak out. I just realized that Mad Men is a play-on-words of 'ad men'. How was your weekend mine was good I saw CSS the band play at the Metro and the lead singer is half Asian and when they played Reggae All Night I swear I heard the sound of a hundred hipsters creaming their pants because that song features not only a cowbell but also a keytar and if there is any way to charm a hipster it is with a keytar and a cowbell. Also they played Music Is My Hot Hot Sex of course and because and I like that song because every time I hear it it makes me simultaneously feel like a gangster and a porn star (when in real life I am only one of those things of course). Another thing that is totally meta is that yesterday on The Hills Heidi and Spencer were watching a video of themselves at their fake Mexican wedding (that's not meta but wait) and I'll bet you probably a hundred dollars that they were also watching that episode of The Hills at that moment. Speidi watching footage of themselves watching footage of themselves? Totally… barfworthy, unsurprising, disgusting, irritating… annnnd meta. (That may be a list I have to add to over time. I also have to add 'coxsackie virus', 'hot nodules', 'deep brain stimulation', and 'palatovaginal canal' to the list of pornographic medical terms. P.S. The palatovaginal canal is in the cranium. My running joke, that no one else in anatomy seemed to find funny, was, 'Is that where you skull-fuck someone?' Hey-yo!) Man patient at the Salvation Army today: 'I have eczema.' Me: 'Have you tried anything over-the-counter for it?' Man: 'Yeah.' Me: 'What?' Man: 'Vaseline. But they took it away.' Me: 'Who?' Man: 'The people here.' Me: 'Why?' Man: 'Cause they don't want us to masturbate!' Me: '??' Me: 'Lol.'
Um so did you get all that? (Because clearly, it's really important.)
Also, I just realized that 'untamed forest' sounds like an allusion to pubes. Great.
I don't think I could tell somebody that they have coxsackie virus without laughing.
Wow, somehow I had NOT put that together (about Mad Men) before. Huh.
It IS pronounced awk-land. Full House was totes wrong!
I can never correctly pronounce those names with letters that don't count.
Also, you should NOT be knowing what is happening on The Hills.
Agree with rack ^
I live in New Zealand [Wellington (:] and it's definitely awk-land.
I can't believe I read this post start to finish, without having to re-read any of it. Congratulations.
It's taking me a few minutes to write my comment because I'm laughing too hard. Where do you come UP with this??
I always thought Mad was short for Madison as in Madison Avenue where all the ad agencies were (are). Maybe it's both…
I've got a Computer Engineering teacher named Szczgielskey, haha.


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Ailing, fading, my time approaches,
Taking me from things that I hold dear.
Illness takes me, claims, encroaches
Upon my country, my reign, my time here.
I leave behind my queen, and progeny
To secure my throne and vassals,
And I pray most earnestly my legacy
Keeps them from needless battle.
But I fear my son, my prince, my heir
Shan't be deterred by my intentions.
Thus, I must, while I linger here
Rush to alliances to ease the tensions
To lessen the chance of his campaigns
Embarking to expand our borders,
And thus ensure that his coming reign
Sees our dear country left in order.
For to pass is of itself dismal--
Though that I can accept--
But to know erelong my people follow,
When their lives could still be kept
By the actions from the Katterin throne
Would render any afterlife a hell,
For melancholy not e're afrore known
Would forthwith find me there.


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Sometimes, you get surprises sent your way. Figures you never expected to have your hands on because they were rare, or figures you never expected to have your hands on because ... well, you didn't know much about them. And that's the case with Maitan's Mami Lolita ver., featuring the title character from Mahou no Tenshi Kurimi Mami ... which I knew nothing about.
Not only did I find myself learning about a series I'd never heard of that had something of an effect on the anime industry, but I found myself with a real nice figure, from a company I was very unfamiliar with, but what turned out to be a special one as well. Needless to say, it was quite an adventure, but is Mami a worthwhile addition to your collection?
Figure Name: Creamy Mami Lolita ver. (Wonder Festival 2010 Summer exclusive)
Figure Maker: Maitan
Release date: July 2010
Retail/List Price: ¥6,800
Available at: HobbyLink Japan
So where to start with? The box seems like a good place. Too bad it's pretty bland; a big square window in the front, little heart windows on the side and nothing on the back. There's a printed pink pattern as well, but nothing really, really sticks out from the box. Maybe what's inside is better?
So here's Mami. If she looks a little old-school ... well, she's from a series that started in 1983. Mahou no Tenshi Kurimi Mami (Creamy Mami, the Magic Angel) is the story of Yu Morisawa, a 10-year-old girl who helps out an alien find the Feather Star and gets rewarded with a magic wand that transformers her into a 16-year-old girl. The magic of her wand also gives her other powers, like the ability to sing really well, and through a series of events, she ends up becoming a popular idol named Creamy Mami ... who also has to use her magical girl powers to fight against some rather shady characters. In particular, the series is known for helping push the idea of using lesser-known idols in anime as a way to promote them as a new talent (in this case, Takako Ohta), as well as set the format that Studio Pierrot used for all their future magical girl anime series.
Lesson in history aside, let's focus on the figure. As you can see, she's got a relatively simple pose in a rather pink lolita dress. It doesn't really grab me as too exciting, especially when compared to some of the other figures around her 1/8-scale size and price point. On top of that, she's actually a WonFes 2010 Summer exclusive, with the regular Mami's only difference being her dress was black instead of pink. So if pink's your thing ... hey, here you go!
The base is a plain black plastic base, with two little holes for the pegs of her feet. In and of itself, it's nothing really too noteworthy or eye-catching. However, if you look close, you can see scratches in the base and paint marks as well from the bottom of her shoes. Yes, this base does scuff very, very easily.
Here, you can check out her boots and thigh-high stockings, in their pink and white-detailed look. There's not a whole lot of definition on her legs, though the sculpt itself isn't too bad. No real issues with paint lines either, and the designs on the boots and stockings don't show any signs of smearing or otherwise rubbing off.
Her super-frilly dress is actually made up of four parts (the pink top layer and three separate underlayers in white), each stacked one on top of the other. Again, the detail's not bad on the folds here, but it's also nothing too exciting, either.
The upper part of Mami's outfit is definitely very lolita-esque. Lots of frills on the part around her shoulders, along with bows and some fancy striping. The bow looks a little, well, rigid, and the actual middle part of the dress where the girdle portion is lacks detail. It's a bit disheartening to see that because it does take away from the figure's overall presentation a bit.
As part of her outfit, she's got on these little foofy sleeves which look cute, have a nice little bit of detail and don't have any paint issues. Her hands feature individually sculpted fingers, and they're posed quite naturally as well.
She's also got her magic want in her hand, too. It slides in nice and neatly, but the white paint is a little sloppy on it in parts. You can check out the gallery for a close-up shot of the want, but it's the one part that really could have been executed a bit better.
Mami's face is pretty normal; she's got those big, 1980s-style anime eyes, of course, and her mouth's slightly open in a smile. You can see that her bangs are also well sculpted, and her hairband hides the usual seam you find running around the head in many other figures pretty well. However, the paint on her mouth looks just a tiny bit off; there's a little bit of bleed between the lips and teeth, but nothing too noticeable.
Her hair's sculpted well in the back, too, though the ends could be a little more separate and a little less lumped together. The only problem is that you can see some of the paint is missing or has rubbed off in two little spots on either side of her head. I'm not sure if that's a flaw from the factory or from the box, but it's noticeable.
And these are the two little ones who come with her! Their names are Nega (left) and Posi (right) and yes, that kind of describes their attitudes: Nega is supposed to be a brash little fellow and Posi is very supportive. They're the two cats from the Feather Star sent to watch over Yu/Mami while she has her magical powers. And really, they're adorable, well sculpted and well-painted for such little figures! They don't have any special place to be on the stand (Nega sits up on his tail and Posi on her four little legs), so they do tip over a bit easy.
Butt shot, yes, because you seem to like these. As you can see, not a lot of detail. Boring plain white, folks. But you probably won't leave her like this, even if you can take her skirt off ...
Can you guess why? If you said because the dress parts fit into a slot that is very obvious to see when she's skirtless, you're right!
So that leaves my final assessment, does it not? Well, it's a decent figure and what details it has are nice ... but the whole thing just isn't completely my cup of tea. There's nothing that really jumps out from Mami that says, "Gotta have her!" Even as a WonFes event exclusive, I can say she's pretty and if you like her you should be pleased, but she won't be for every collector out there.
[Thanks to HobbyLink Japan for the review sample!]
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Five years ago this firecracker joined the the world as we know it and life has never been the same. NEVER. BEEN. THE. SAME. Maybe because she gets up with the birds and it's likely another 5 years until we can sleep until 8am. Maybe because she's the reason we have two other hearts in our care and the best little adventure going. She is loud and smart and sweet as pie. In fact, we call her Pi. To you my biggest baby: happy 5th birthday!
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Hey Pilot,
It's your birthday. Five long years that went by in the blink of an eye. You're one heck of a star and I count myself among the luckiest in the world to have someone like you in my life. This year has been especially exciting for you because you are a fulll-on student. You can write and your brain is starting to read. READ! I love the look on your face when you sound out a word and then BINGO - realize that the letters on the page MEAN SOMETHING. And that you totally get that reading is powerful. Fireworks. I love you. I love the way you are quick to forgive and first to hug. I love the way you adore your dad. I love the way you look out for your sisters. You engage with them. You love them. You smile big and you laugh loud. (You cry loudly, too - but it's usually pretty short-lived.)
Pilot, the last five years have been a pleasure. Honestly, I am not worthy. You are amazing and I couldn never imagine life without you, my first-born who inspires, challenges and motivates me.
I love you, buddy. Happy 5.
Today: we are having cupcakes and treats and a celebration of the person named Pilot and the day that is 12.12.12. A milestone for us here and the start of a season filled with the birthdays of a whole bunch of people we love. So good.


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United States shale companies have…
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Iranian politicians have often said that they would consider blocking the Straits of Hormuz in response to US and EU sanctions that are exerting economic pressure on the Gulf state in order to force more transparency over the nuclear enrichment program.
However in a move that reduces the potency of those threats, Alireza Tangsiri, deputy naval commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, has come out and stated that whilst "the enemies constantly state that the Islamic Republic of Iran intends to close the Strait of Hormuz, we say that common sense does not dictate that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz as long as it makes use of it."
This follows a similar thought given by Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to Reuters earlier this month; that Iran will not follow through on any threats to block the Straits unless their own vessels were first denied use of the strait.
Iran's parliament is currently considering a bill which recommends closing the straits in retaliation to the sanctions.
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Sometimes I cook something and by the time I get it to the table, I already know that I'm going to be disappointed. I know it isn't going to make my tastebuds sing and dance and do the hula. I eat it because I don't want to waste the food or money or time it took to prepare it, but deep down all I really want is something else. But whenever I have a day like that, along comes a recipe that makes me so excited to try it that I sneak bites off the plate while walking to the table. Those are the days everyone cleans their plates and asks for seconds. The days you tuck the recipe away because you know you're going to make it again and again. Recipes like this summer-fresh Mediterranean Grilled Onion-and-Apricot Salad.
Not only is this a fantastic salad for company (the brownie points for pretty presentation are basically guaranteed!), but it pairs perfectly with almost everything. Throw a pork tenderloin on the grill, chicken breasts, shrimp…You really can't go wrong. And as a bonus, you're taking advantage of in-season apricots and keeping the kitchen cool with mostly outdoor cooking. If you're interested in more recipes that focus on fresh, in-season fare with heart-healthy oils and nuts, click here to check out our Mediterranean plan.
- ½ cup chopped pistachios
- 1 onion, sliced
- 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 3 tablespoons honey, divided
- 8 ripe apricots, cut in half
- 1 cup crumbled goat cheese
- ⅓ cup small fresh mint
- ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
- Cook pistachios in a skillet over medium-low heat until toasted and fragrant.
- Brush onion with 1 tablespoon oil. Whisk together 1 tablespoon oil and 1 tablespoon honey; brush over cut sides of apricots.
- Grill onion, in a grill basket, 3 to 4 minutes or until tender. Grill apricots 1 to 2 minutes or until grill marks appear.
- Arrange onion and apricots on a platter. Drizzle with remaining 3 tablespoons oil and 2 tablespoons honey. Sprinkle with cheese, nuts, mint, salt and cayenne pepper.