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Whitsundays Sailing Adventures have a catamaran for all types of adventure seekers, Wings Sailing Adventures offers up to seven locations over two days and two nights for the 'Flash Packer' who wants to enjoy all the extras or you can sail in style with one of their love cats 'Whitsunday Getaways' for those that are chasing a bit more luxury with four private cabins on each vessel all with their own private en suites.
Whitsundays Sailing Adventures (WSA) offers the most diverse range of quality crewed sailing tours in the Whitsundays and Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Their fleet of owner operators have a high focus on crew standards, fantastic food, personalised service and a truly individual and unique experience.
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Whitsunday Getaways provides an intimate sailing adventure in comfort and style. Jump on board either of their beautiful catamarans and explore the amazing Whitsunday Islands. They offer two-night cruises for couples, departing six days a week. Both boats comfortably accommodate four couples in private, air-conditioned cabins with en suites. Your professional Skipper and Host will ensure your wants and needs are taken care of as you sail, snorkel and explore this spectacular playground.
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Use of their stand-up paddle boards .
Relaxed and intimate trip for couples and honeymooners (private charters on request).
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Large modern catamarans.
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Man sentenced 20 to 35 years in connection with Hamtramck murders
Miguel Rodriguez sentenced on second-degree murder charge in connection with death of Hamtramck women
DETROIT – A man who pled guilty in connection with the kidnapping and murder of two Hamtramck women in February was sentenced to 20-to-35 years in prison Friday.
Miguel Rodriguez plead guilty to second degree murder in connection with the deaths of Abreeya Brown and Ashley Conaway.
During sentencing, Judge Vonda Evans said, "During sentencing, Judge Vonda Evans said, "There are no winners in this case - especially not those two girls. The promise that they had is gone. Let me say this to you Mr. Rodriguez. I always like to think that there is always some type of view that comes out of this. And this one is a cowardly chameleon. Let me tell you something about yourself. A chameleon is something that blends in with the surroundings to protect itself from danger. You will do or say anything to protect yourself at any cost." One thing sir, you may wash your body but you will never wash your soul for what you've done. You do no honor, whatsoever, to the lives of the ones you love."
Police said Brown and Conaway were forced at gunpoint from the home and put into a trunk of a car in late February. Family members say the received a text message from one of the girls saying they were in the trunk and they indicated who was abducting them. Their bodies were discovered in March in shallow graves in a Detroit park. They had been bound and shot in the head. Authorities say the women may have been targeted for telling police about an earlier shooting.
Earlier this week two juries convicted four men of murdering the two women. One jury convicted Reginald Brown and cousin Jeremy Brown, and the other convicted Brandon Cain and Brian Lee.
All but Lee face mandatory penalties of life in prison without possibility of parole for first-degree murder at their sentencing Dec. 21. Lee faces up to life for second-degree murder.
-Where Brown and Conaway's bodies were found
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Weekend in Istanbul (Part III)
Earlier I wrote about my Weekend in Istanbul:
Part I – Where we stayed, What we visited, What we ate
Part II – Where we shopped, Where we went
Here is my final post about my weekend in this complex, multi-layered city.
What We Saw
To me, Istanbul was tidy and charming (at least the areas that I saw). The city was full of clean streets, green boulevards and hills. (Think San Francisco.) Here is one of many winding cobblestone streets that I saw.
Istanbul is a colorful city in many ways.
Even the buildings are colorful. On some streets, every building is a different color.
When the weather is nicer, Istanbul would be a fabulous place for sitting in sidewalk cafés. (This photo was taken by someone else on a sunny day.)
What Surprised Me
I knew that Istanbul is famously divided by the Bosporus strait which cuts the city into East and West, Asia and Europe. What I hadn't considered was the Golden Horn, which divides European Istanbul and the Sea of Marmara, which provides water to the south. All this meant that Istanbul has miles and miles of waterfront and so many beautiful views of water, boats and bridges. I loved this.
One can get right up close to the water in the many cafés and restaurants that line the waterfront. This photo was taken from a place where we ate lunch outside (Assk Café). Luckily there were heaters.
I was surprised by how darn cold it was. First, I thought it would be a "nice change" from the sun and warmth of Dubai. Then the rain made me homesick for Seattle. After that, I was just cold, wet and a little bit miserable. Even though I had the proper coat and shoes (for once), I was freezing.
We spent a lot of time riding in taxis, waiting for a taxi or searching for a taxi. Also, we had various communication breakdowns with drivers. I only knew one word in Turkish: merhaba, which means "hello." I relied heavily on this word. (It's the same word in Arabic.)
There were a lot of stay dogs in Istanbul. What surprised me was how healthy, well-fed and docile they looked.
What I Bought
Aside from too much Turkish delight, this is what I bought. I love the handmade tiles of Turkey.
Here's a detail of the hand of Fatima trinket. These types of things were very cheap.
I also bought a Turkish teapot. The top is for strong tea that is slowly brewed over the hot water below. The tea is diluted with the water from the bottom. This tea-brewing method creates a unique taste. I used to think this was a samovar. No, it's just a teapot.
This is a samovar. (We didn't buy it. It was in the Ritz-Carlton lobby café.)
What I thought
I found the Turks to be a smiley, cheerful people (except for one guy). This is what I noticed coming from a place that's not particularly smiley.
Also, at first glance, Istanbul appears truly secular. Of course, there were gorgeous mosques all over the city. But from my perspective (coming from the UAE), it didn't have the feel of a Muslim country. I realize there's a reason for this, due to Turkey's own unique history and Ataturk's reforms and laws against the hijab. I also realize it's a different story outside the city.
Above all, Istanbul felt like Europe. Well, according to the map, we were in Europe.
Lonely Planet calls Istanbul one of "the world's great romantic cities." I believe that. In fact, what I saw of Istanbul reminded me more of Paris than any other city I've been to.
So, my first impression as a weekend visitor was that Istanbul is more European than Middle Eastern, more secular than Muslim. Also, the city is so old, complex and layered, so rich with history, architecture… well, with everything. I got the impression one could spend a lifetime there and still not explore everything.
May my next trip to Istanbul be longer and filled with sunny weather and lots of time spent antique-shopping and sitting in sidewalk cafés.
Question: What are your impressions of Istanbul?


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- A solid victory. The better team very clearly won this game. The Bears were clearly overmatched.
- Yet another game where it seemed the Pack could have blown out the opponent. In the second half when the Pack went up 27-10, we should have busted the game wide open. McCarthy had 2 consecutive series in the 3rd (or 4th – not sure) quarter when he ran the ball on both 1st and 2nd down in the red zone. Didn't make sense at all. On the second series he was vindicated when Finley caught that TD on 3rd down.
- There were some questionable calls by the officials against both teams I thought. Still not sure what happened on the Knox run back at the end of the game.
- Cutler threw some nice passes today. His WRs and especially TEs didn't help much by dropping several of them. Cutler threw a couple bad picks, but overall he wasn't that bad – threw for 302 yards (5 more than Rodgers).
- Matt Forte was held to 2 yards rushing. You read that right – 9 rushes for 2 yards. That's phenomenal run defense. Phenomenal. The stellar run defense forced Chicago to pass more than they may have wanted to.
- The fast start also may have forced the Bears to abandon the run fairly early. I'm guessing McCarthy was really pushing for a fast start in particular today because he knows that when the Bears have to play catch-up, they're just not very good.
- Matt Forte did have 7 catches for 80 yards.
- Finley and Jennings were fantastic today. They each had a few catches that were unreal.
- Morgan Burnett is turning into a real playmaker. Yes, he whiffed on a few plays coverage-wise (and on that missed tackle of Kellen Davis when Davis scored). But he is a good player. He also had a few nasty hits in the run game. He could really become a good player in this league.
- Jarius Wynn had a nice game with 2 sacks. He is one guy taking advantage of the attention paid to Matthews.
- I thought Marshall Newhouse had a heck of a game overall filling in for Bulaga. He started out really strong and did struggle a bit later, but overall, he did a really nice job of filling in under difficult circumstances.
- Capers should call more blitzes for Jarrett Bush. The guy does make plays and he had a very big sack today.
- We do need to address the middle of our defense in the passing game. If opposing teams were smart they'd just throw over the middle all game. Bishop isn't super quick in coverage and Hawk is bad in coverage. Both are solid against the run and at tackling generally – but passing against us over the middle will continue to be a smart strategy for opposing teams.
- Randall Cobb is a difference maker. The guy has serious stones catching the ball just moments before potentially getting blasted – but he never gets blasted because he makes some calculated move to avoid it. He knows what he's doing back there.
- Tim Masthay was not so great today. A 38.7 average overall.
- The defense answered the call in the second half. They gave up that one TD (to Kellen Davis) after that questionable fumble recovery by Peppers. That's it. Otherwise, they were fairly strong and obviously good at keeping Chicago out of scoring territory.
Game Thoughts Packers/Bears
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DaveK Says:
September 25, 2011 at 9:35 pm |
I agree with most of what you posted. Some games you just want to enjoy and not analyze too much. I guess you don't have that option as a Packer blogger!
I do think MM sticking to the run game really helped Newhouse and the pass protectors. Grant did have some nice 9-12 yards runs on that little delayed hand-off and from then on it caused the d-line to slow down a bit and respect the run. Those two red zone trips though with 1st and 2nd down runs were puzzling.
I also HATED the way MM called plays at the end of the game. (Rodgers may very well may have changed them to passes) You have a 10 point lead with a 4 minutes left….RUN THE BALL. With a two score lead, using the full play-clock is the most important thing. No penalties. No incompletions. No running out of bounds. (Yes, James Jones I am talking about you!)
The last punt return was absolutely amazing. The best thing about it is that the Bear's wasted it on a game that was out of reach. Even if it did count they would have had to get an onside kick AND kick a field goal with about 30 seconds left. Other teams now know the trick.
Denver at home. I smell 4-0.
The Choj Says:
September 25, 2011 at 9:37 pm |
Saw a tweet earlier that said the holding penalty on the punt at the end of the game was earlier in the play than what Fox showed in the replay, and was only visable on the actual play, though I havent rewatched it to see if thats the case
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September 25, 2011 at 9:45 pm |
Also I, in theory, dont mind the run calls, but why did we keep feeding it to Starks when he clearly just wasnt seeing it today? Grant had the hot hand, got to think he would've at least gotten a yard or two out of the runs Starks was stuffed on.
But I dont want to be too picky, 'cause I love beating the Bears, and I love the feelin coming off a win in a week that I'm travelling to GB!
ronlc1 Says:
September 25, 2011 at 10:30 pm |
Pass defense play a very good aggressive game today. The Bears moved the when they went into that soft zone. Running D is very, very good. Keep this up and this could be a great year.
MM's play calling was at best questionable at the point were the last TD was scored. Someday amybe someday MM will decide to destroy any thought of a comeback for an opponent. Until then we'll just have to sweat these out.
Starks didn't take advantage of his time today. I've never seen him so tentative. Those cutbacks were awful. Grant did impress. Ran with authority and never slowed down. Great Game, Ryan.
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September 25, 2011 at 10:35 pm |
Did you see the way BJ Raji pushed Wynn's man away (and his own as well) on Wynn's second sack? BJ was spectacular on that play – I hope he gets a 1/2 sack as he deserves it.
I also thought the Pepper's fumble recovery was a poor call. The replay showed clearly that he didn't have possession while in bounds.
Dave in Tucson Says:
September 26, 2011 at 9:30 am |
The Bears may have been overmatched, but I think they're still a dangerous team, especially on defense. If they ever put together a solid o-line for Cutler to throw behind, they're going to be right back in the thick of contention.
This was a huge win. First time the Packers have won @ Soldier Field in the regular season since week 17 of the 2006 season (when the Super Bowl-bound Bears had already clinched the #1 seed).
ronlc1 Says:
September 26, 2011 at 11:31 am |
Just heard via Bill Michaels, Ryan Grant was taken to the hospital after the game, touble breathing. Initially thought it was ribs, but that was not the reason. The cause is still unkown. I guess we have to hold our collective breaths until MM's PC this afternoon. Off the say a Novena again.
56Coop Says:
September 26, 2011 at 1:37 pm |
OK football experts, please explain something to me. I've noticed in Rodgers cadence (and a few other QB's around the league, although they use diffferent numbers) that when he says 319 loud and then 319 softly the ball is hiked. If I were a blitzer I'd be keying on the soft 319. What am missing and is there any significance to the 319?
DaveK Says:
September 26, 2011 at 3:08 pm |
56Coop – Rodgers (and Favre before him) uses the snap cadence of 3-19 or Blue-58. Both are meaningless words but the snap count is based on when each term is used. They change up the snap count each play in the huddle.
Joe Says:
September 26, 2011 at 3:49 pm |
I'm about 95% certain the it is Green 19 (not 3-19).
RayMidge Says:
September 26, 2011 at 4:00 pm |
I was a bit shocked by how ineffective Starks was. Easily the worst game he has played as a Packer.
Great insight about the Packers poor coverage from the LBs. Chillar's absence is glaring.
Other than all of the false starts (which are maddening), I was very encouraged by the offensive line play. they are starting to really come together, which is the key to the offense using all of the weapons TT has assembled.
Overall it felt like every other Bears-Pack game from the Rodgers era. The Pack were clearly superior but there is always this feeling that the Bears are only one or two big plays from stealing a win. Unlike in those past games, though, it now feels like Rodgers can drive this team at will, so it is only a matter of getting one last possession.
Burnett is showing why he was targetted by TT. Looks like the next Pro Bowl safety is already on the roster.
Cutler made some good throws and was let down by some drops, but he is far too inconsistent to ever lead a team all the way. I don't understand why so many commentators emphasize the positive, the occassional good drive or great throw. In the NFL any QB on any roster is capable of individual brilliance at any given time. Only consistency makes a QB worth having. It reminds me of commentators citing the occassionaly great round by Tiger Woods in the last few years, as if every golfer on tour doesn't usually have one great round out of 4. I know he'll burn us here and there and maybe put together a big game here or there, but overall I am pretty happy to face Cutler for the next 5-10 years. He will always limit how good the Bears can be.


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What's so great about Two Guys from Andromeda getting together to make a new game? For the answer, let's look at the classic adventure Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers, an adventure so epic it spans at least three different games.
After ripping science fiction a new laugh-hole through three amazing Space Quest adventure titles for Sierra Online, Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy took on one of sci-fi's most confusing elements: time travel. They did this by warping the slightly-heroic space janitor that just wants to keep the galaxy clean.
The entire game is one hilarious moment after another, aided greatly by Laugh-In's Gary Owen's on narration duty in the CD-rom version of the game. But by far the funniest moment of the entire series is realizing that the top of the screen features an entirely different game name. That alone is worth helping Two Guys from Andromeda make a new game.


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A Quirky, Classic Spring Wedding at Castle Hotel & Spa in Tarrytown, New York
For their spring wedding at the Castle Hotel & Spa in Tarrytown, New York, Danlu and Eli pulled off a classic fete with shades of pale rose pink and tranquil blue and plenty of playful, personalized touches.
Playing up the whimsical appeal of the historic setting, voluminous, cascading bouquets of wildflowers, textured greenery and coral peonies topped the reception tables. "Everything about the flowers—the volume, the color and the ratio of flowers to greens—was just right," Danlu says. Further amplifying the effect were the vibrant watercolor escort cards, menus, programs and table numbers that Danlu designed herself.
The real pièce de résistance, however, was the unexpected details tucked into the décor. In addition to miniature Lego superhero escort cards—a nod to their first date, during which they watched Batman: The Dark Knight Returns—the couple enlisted the help of their friends to construct Lego reproductions of New York City (where they first met) and London (where Danlu worked for six months). "The cake toppers? Also Lego!" Danlu says.
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Interviews: Simon Furman (10/02)
Calling Simon Furman a legend in the Transformers world is a bit of an understatement. He is perhaps, the only writer to ever have worked on Transformers across generations, and few people have written the volumes of material he has that many fans take as their "canon". With his new series "The War Within" out in stores now, Simon took time for more interview questions prepared by Jenni 'Trixter' Ulm, thanks Jenni!
JU: Did you ever expect to see Transformers as a whole get this popular again?
SF: No, but then I keep being surprised by TF, the durability of the brand and its ability to reinvent itself for new generations. When I proposed the collected edition series to Titan, I only had moderate expectations, but it really has gone sky high. Dreamwave, it has to be said, have done a great job of freshening up the brand, and Armada seems to be a solid series. One thing I keep forgetting, and I really should know better by now, is just how dedicated and patient TF fans are.
JU: What's it like to be following up on a record-breaking series like Dreamwave's "Transformers: Generation 1"?
SF: Scary, but then I want The War Within to succeed or fail on its own merits. I don't expect to do the numbers of Gen 1 #1, but as long as #1 does reasonably well (and people come back for more) I'll be happy. If people don't come back for more, then I haven't done my job properly.
JU: Do you feel the comic industry as a whole is giving you a lot of attention because that series was such a success? Do you feel any extra pressure because of it?
SF: I'm happy to have the extra attention, but strangely I feel no pressure from that direction. I'd been out of comics (and into the animation side of things) for the best part of six years, so coming back in just felt like coming home, strangley comforting. And I learned a lot scripting for TV, which somehow made the comics scripting seem easier.
JU: Was it a different exprience working on series and character development with an artist who was already a Transformers fan?
SF: It certainly made my life easy. Don is fantastic. All I had to say was, we need this character or that character, and moments later this completely wonderful sketch would turn up, perfect (far better than I could have described). Don's knowledge of the characters and backstory has meant that I can strip my scripts down to storytelling essentials. I don't need to think, does he know what this character used to look like. In fact, I started off making suggestions to Don, but just stopped. He was way ahead of me.
JU: Since many fans are still very much stuck on the cartoon series, did you find any concepts or characters from that to fit into this series?
SF: Not really, but then I didn't take from the original comic either (other than to have Grimlock established on Cybertron, in a pre-Earth mode). I was glad just to clear the board and start more or less from scratch. Inevitably, though, bits of my comic heritage will creep in. There's a mention of Sentinel Prime and there's an Emirate Xeon...
JU: Are there characters in addition to Optimus Prime whose personalities are going to be a lot different in the earlier days when "The War Within" takes place?
SF: Not really. There are four main players in TWW: Prime, Grimlock, Megatron and Starscream, so while characters like Prowl, Jazz and Shockwave are featured, they aren't so much in the spotlight. Prowl is a lot more direct and confident in TWW than in previous comic versions, but otherwise I saw no reason (in the space I had) to stray from what had already been established, character-wise.
JU: Which characters did you enjoy delving into the development of the most?
SF: Grimlock, probably, but I suppose that's no great surprise to a lot of people. But I also liked starting Prime from scratch and showing there's a lot more to Megatron than conquest, conquest, conquest.
JU: Grimlock and Prowl seem to be fairly major characters in this story. Will we see the same Grimlock/Prowl rivalry we saw in the original comic series, or will their relationship be different?
SF: Grimlock is a sort of official loose-cannon in TWW, while Prowl is much more by the book, but they don't clash. If anything, they derstand/respect each other... even though they're very different in approach.
JU: Already you've introduced some characters to the story who were killed shortly after showing up, which is a bit of a trademark of your storytelling. Do you put much work into creating these characters? For instance, do you have names for the Decepticon assassins who were unnamed in the dialogue?
SF: One of the assassins is actually named in #1, Darklight. The other two (for the record) are Umbra and Backbite. The problem I faced with TWW, was
that we're in a middle of huge war and no one in the main cast could die. But if I couldn't kill off a primary character, I could at least (and felt I had to) show the cost of war in terms of other lives lost (it's what prompts Prime's controvertial decision). So, characters had to be created in order to die. I didn't want these to be a nameless mass, so I tried at least give them names and some thought about the who and what. I just always cross my fingers and hope I haven't picked a name that's already out there in TF Universe.
JU: At BotCon it was announced that you and Pat Lee would be collaborating on a short storyline for Dreamwave's "Transformers: Armada" comic. Are there any teasers you can give us for that yet?
SF: It's issues #6 & 7 of the series, and it centres on the Air Defense Team and their combined form of the Star Saber. Megatron gets it, and turns it on the Autobots (and that's all I'm giving away). As it turns out, I'll be continuing on Armada (with a new artist) straight after this story.
JU: Did Dreamwave approach you to do an Armada story, or were you inspired to write one on your own?
SF: Dreamwave approached me. Up to that point, all I'd seen (and not been hugely impressed with) was the rough cut of the first TV episode (that was screened at Botcon 2002). So I had to get into Armada fast. It's been a lot of fun.
JU: What is it like to write a story about characters who in some cases are alternate versions of the ones you're used to, in a completely and unquestionably different universe?
SF: Not a problem as it turned out, though I do write some characters as I would their Gen 1 equivalents. Starscream for one.
JU: There's also been announcment of a non-Transformers project you're working with Pat Lee on for Dreamwave. Is there anything new you can tell
us about that?
SF: Well, the first script is written, and we're just waiting on a confirmation of title (the original we had was already taken). It's about the invasion (into our universe) of Dark Matter energy, personified by a creature known as Darcona, and the response to that... which is to send in human soldiers in living Graft Suits that will protect them. Or so they think. Basically, the five central characters are being set up... to be dead. And from that point, the series really kicks in.
JU: Is there anything else you want to let your die-hard fans know about these or any other current projects of yours?
SF: Beyond Armada, TWW and (Title TBC), I'm also writing the UK version of Armada (for a monthly comic being published by Panini UK). It's 14pp of new strip per issue, and issues 1 & 2 (out Jan/Feb 2003, I think) re-tell/re-work the set-up/origin. We then go into all new stories, a continuing strand and Mini-Con Tales. Simon Furman, October 2003
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Richard's Foodporium executives tend to gulp with jitters when they hear a few fateful words from their boss, John Rorer: "I'm going on a business trip."
Although the top managers for the Sarasota-based natural foods and specialty goods chain certainly like Rorer, they aren't nervous because they will miss him. Instead, they know an avalanche of business dreams — some doable, others, not so much — is in their future because Rorer will have time to kill.
"They don't like to see me go away," says Rorer. "If I do, I'm at an airport and I'll come up with a lot of ideas."
Rorer, 57, admits some of his ideas aren't always easy to execute. Nonetheless, the stream of dreams has certainly done a lot for Richard's Foodporium, which has 13 corporate and three franchise-run stores in Florida, from Port Charlotte to Dunedin and Oldsmar. A franchised location recently opened in Flagler County, in Palm Coast.
Founded in 1979 by Richard Downey, a Sarasota businessman with an admitted eccentric side, the chain is on a growth spurt, both in sales and locations. The entire company run by Rorer, which includes a distribution center and a few affiliated businesses, totals about $17 million in annual sales. Revenues have grown by about 18% company-wide since 2008, says Rorer, although average sales per store vary widely, from high growth to flat.
The good news there, adds Rorer, is the economic downturn deluge has subsided since the spring for Richard's, with same-store sales up at least 5% since April.
Locations-based growth at Richard's, meanwhile, comes from franchising and buying out competitors, the latter of which has been part of Rorer's growth strategy for most of the last decade. For example, Rorer bought three Good Earth Natural Foods stores in April in Manatee County. The purchase price wasn't disclosed.
The move was both offensive and defensive. On defense, Rorer closed a Good Earth in East Manatee County a few miles from a Richard's Foodporium location to avoid duplication.
On offense, Rorer will convert two other Good Earth stores into Richard's Foodporiums. That project includes new décor for each store, expanded bulk food offerings and equipment, from shelves to point-of-sale machines. The project, says Rorer, will cost at least $300,000 and should be done by the end of the summer.
Growth is also forthcoming in warehouse and office space. The company long ago outgrew its 5,000 square feet of warehouse-office flex space south of downtown Sarasota. Rorer and some other executives have even been forced to work from home the past few years to conserve space.
Rorer has worked with a few local real-estate brokers to find the right space. In addition to space with at least 10,000 square feet, Rorer has specific needs, from ample parking to neighborhood quality.
Organic growth
While Rorer's internal moves have defined and led to most of the company's growth, it certainly helps that the natural-food industry hasn't been completely crushed by the recession.
Indeed, organic food and beverage sales increased 7.7% in 2010, from $24.8 billion in 2009 to $26.7 billion, according to the Organic Trade Association. Even better for Rorer, the association reports that the natural-food stores segment of the industry has a 39% market share. That moves it closer to the 54% controlled by mass-market retailers such as Publix, Whole Foods and Sam's Club.
Rorer and others familiar with Richard's Foodporium, however, say the company's edge comes not from industry growth, but its business model. That's where Rorer mixes the nostalgia of an old-time neighborhood store with a shopper's club mentality on bulk food selection and price points. Most stores range in size from 1,800 square feet to 3,000 square feet.
Greg Leonard, an executive with Jacksonville-based natural foods distribution firm Tree of Life, says Rorer's philosophy has shifted with the times, but has always leaned toward value — long before the recession forced the issue. Leonard has worked with Rorer for 30 years.
"In one sense the stores have a convenience-store feel," says Leonard. "But bulk food is also important to the stores."
The Rorer way relies heavily on the right employees, even more so than a traditional grocery business. That's because top customer service is essential, given many natural and specialty foods customers — and potential customers — can be overwhelmed by all the options.
Little surprise, finding employees who "get it" is one of Rorer's biggest challenges. Says Rorer: "There aren't that many people who are trained to understand vitamins and health food."
Competition is another challenge. In Sarasota alone, Rorer clicks off the double-digit list of rivals, from GNC vitamin stores to Whole Foods to two locations of The Granary, now run under the Earth Origins Markets brand.
But to an idea guy like Rorer, competition is merely potential to win more market share. That's why he renamed the company headquarters "Opportunity Central" a few years ago and staffed it with his executive team he coined the "Creators of Opportunity."
"This is one of the most competitive markets in the country," says Rorer. "And, yet, an average (Richard's) store still does $1 million a year."
Blue ocean
Richard Downey might not have dreamed the chain would ever be that big back in 1979. His focus was instead to build an eclectic list of hard-to-find natural-food items.
When Downey first launched Richard's, then called Richard's Whole Foods, Rorer was on the east coast of Florida. A Virginia native, Rorer was a massage therapist in Melbourne, when he received a call from a friend in St. Petersburg. The friend's nonprofit health food co-op was floundering, and he sought help from Rorer.
Rorer thought it would be temporary. "At first, I was like there is no way I'm going to do that," says Rorer. "But after six months, I realized how much I liked the natural-foods industry."
Rorer learned the business by doing and reading how-to business books. Rorer doesn't have a college degree, nor did he graduate high school.
In fact, Rorer left high school in the 10th grade, came back for a year and left again. He earned a GED in his early 20s. He then went on to various entrepreneurial careers. He was a real estate broker, ran a silk-screen printing firm and painted houses.
"School and I never really meshed," Rorer says. "I was always an average student and getting into trouble."
Rorer did help guide his friend's co-op out of trouble in the early 1980s. And he stayed in natural foods.
First, Rorer and two business partners opened a store, Rollin' Oats, in St. Petersburg. The partners bought the six-store Richard's chain from Downey's widow in 1997.
The chain was significantly outdated, recalls Rorer. Stores didn't have phones or credit card machines. Refrigerators were used sparingly.
The new Richard's owners took a blue-ocean approach to an overhaul of the chain. They gutted some stores. They tinkered with others. It was a costly investment, but the payoff came quick.
Revenues company-wide doubled by 1999, for instance, from $3 million to $6 million. By 2004 there were 12 stores and $9 million a year in sales.
Rorer took another risk in 2005, when he bought out his business partners. It was congenial, he says, but the trio disagreed on long-term strategy.
Rorer thought the best way to fight mass-market competitors was to build small and be nimble, to find specific spots and products on which it could win. His partners, though, wanted to invest $750,000 to $1 million into one store. They wanted to attack big with big. "I had a vision they didn't share," says Rorer.
Lay low
Rorer has spent the half-decade since he bought out his partners making the entire chain bigger, not just one store. He hired new managers and executives, and he updated the marketing materials. He changed the name to Richard's Foodporium in 2009.
The next big growth area for Richard's could lie in franchising.
The first three franchise locations opened in 2010, including the one in Flagler County, the company's first move outside the Gulf Coast. Startup costs to open a franchise range from $285,000 to $400,000, with most of it going to furniture, equipment, rent, initial inventory and early advertising. The franchise fee is $35,000.
Richard's has a competitive advantage in franchising because few natural-foods companies are doing it. Interest from perspective franchisees is high, says Diana Capirano, franchise development and operations director. Capirano works through a continuous stream of would-be franchisees everywhere from Sarasota to Norway.
Still, Rorer and Capirano aren't in a rush to blanket the state with stores. "A lot of new franchisors have grandiose plans to grow quickly," says Capirano. But the plan at Richards's is to go slow, so executives are sure they have the right franchisee in the right market.
In that regard, the company actually took a franchising timeout in 2011. Capirano hopes to open at least four franchised locations in 2012, with target markets including Orlando and the Fort Lauderdale-Boca Raton area.
Rorer meanwhile, intends to keep his focus on the big ideas side of the business.
"I'd like to step back and let other people do things here," says Rorer, "but I'm not the type to retire."
Contact Mark Gordon at [email protected].


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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Queenly blue: Stucco turns heads in Belmont
Address: 710 Belmont Avenue
Neighborhood: Belmont
Asking: $519,000
Assessment: $420,200
Year Built: 1920
Size: 1,895 fin. sq. ft. / 200 unfin.
Land: 0.12 acres
Agent: Sonja Casero, 296-0134, Frank Hardy Inc.
Curb Appeal: 9 out of 10
A house isn't always just a house. Some have only walls surrounding space, while others have an ineffable something— we could call it heart— that makes the place a home. It's hard to put a finger on what that element is– or a price tag, for that matter.
While visitors may quibble about whether that element is evident in this Queen Anne at the corner of Belmont Avenue and Church Street, it does have curbside presence. Its blue stucco exterior catches a passerby's eye, and a new copper roof extends over a romantic turret that makes one imagine a cozy space for reading or other private endeavors.
When the current owner bought the place in 2004, there was not a single plant on the property. Today, all the landscaping has resulted in lush gardens, even in November. Shrubs and young trees provide height and counterpoint to low herbs and grasses. A stone walkway through a small seating area leads to the front door and around the house to the fenced yard in back. Stones from two log-cabin chimneys surround raised beds that look authentic enough to be original.
Although small, the backyard is an oasis, with a koi pond and soothing waterfall, and the covered back porch is big enough entertain a small group. (Prospective buyers shouldn't get too attached to the fish, though, as they do not convey.)
Inside, warm pine floors and a gas-converted hearth create a lived-in feel in the living room beside the generous foyer. A wide doorway leads to an updated kitchen with the dining room beyond. Painted a vibrant red, it's quite dramatic, but the current clunky furniture shrinks the size of the room. New owners may probably want to shift to minimalist to give the appearance of a larger space.
Space in the back on this floor, currently used as a second living room, would make a striking master suite with a new spa-like bath and tiled shower sporting two showerheads and a built-in bench. Two steps down from the bath, what could be the bedroom leads directly to the covered porch. If new buyers wanted to make this space the master suite, they probably would add a second door to the backyard.
In the renovation, the staircase was opened up on the second floor to create a potential office or play area. Here, built-in shelves take the place of a railing and sit low, again creating a feeling of space. Two second-story bedrooms are connected by a bath with a claw-foot tub. A washer and dryer are also up here behind closet doors.
Some extras, like plantation shutters and antique and handmade light fixtures, are in keeping with the character of the house, while a whole-house water purification system is an update for contemporary needs. Two heat pumps have also been installed.
The detached garage, accessed from Church Street, could be converted into a carriage house– the owner has an architect's plans for the conversion that will convey and might be useful for a buyer seeking some rental income.
Beyond the obvious beauty and character of the house, the price does reflect updates and the owner's personal investment. Finding an older house in turn-key condition is a boon, though, and character is hard to price.
Each week, a brave local seller invites the Hook to provide an impartial, warts-and-all look at their real estate listing. E-mail yours today!
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"Character may be hard to price", but nowadays, real estate isn't.
Current owner paid $335,000 for this house in 2004. Even in Charlottesville there's no longer apreciating at $184,000 in five years.Even if it's Belmont.
The same flipper who brought 710 Belmont into the 21st Century also did the house two doors away, 702. It went on the market in Spring 2008 for $520,000. Even though the price was reduced to $450,000 it never sold. According to Craigslist, it rented for $1,600/month.
The same real estate agent was trying to sell 702 as 710.
Best wishes on this.
$519,000? Good luck with that.
This house was listed 'for sale by owner' a few weeks ago for $499,000 on Craigslist
So the Realtor advised that it's a good time to raise the price?


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August 09, 2000
Grundfos A/S published the first issue of what we chose to call Integrated Accounts. This is a brief status of the TQ process (the Business Exellence Model, which at Grundfos is called TQ, Total Quality), based on the nine criteria of the TQ model.
With these Integrated Accounts, including auditor's report and statement of the accounting conventions, we fully live up to the objectives of the Grundfos corporate values of sharing information about the company's development with all stakeholders, including shareholders, staff, customers, suppliers, and the surrounding society.
The Integrated Accounts, on the basis of the TQ model, put the company into perspective from a variety of angles unlike traditional accounts of the financial results of a year.
In our opinion the new kind of accounts offer a more comprehensive picture of the development of a company.


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Date: 9/9/2013; 86 minutes
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ohchk brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 136 Designs von 47 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
$220 total prize for two logo design in same tone. Absolute Skincare & Absolute Day Spa are two newly opened beauty shops catering for various beauty, skincare and personal care services.
The full shop names are called "Absolute Skincare†and "Absolute Day Spaâ€
Desired Color Scheme:
silver, white, charcoal grey or blue (or a creative combination of these colours)
Desired Style:
Timeless, fresh, clean image. Strong. Focus on a *brandable* logo.
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Both pls
Absolute Skincare is a one stop beauty boutique, providing a range of branded skincare products, rejuvenating spa services, professional make-up and nail bar, whereas Absolute Day Spa is a modern, chic, kind of medical (but not medical clinic) day spa. We do peeling and sell medically approved products but not just to pamper the senses. We strive to make visible improvements.  Â
Words that can describe the company
- modern
- simple elegant
Two Logo should be timeless and yet tries to incorporate the meaning of the shop name where appropriate. The design should be in same style and tone, but should differentiate two logos in which Absolute Skincare presents more like a total solution shop for beauty while Absolute Day Spa presents pure "spa†concept.
Overall tone should be in silver, white, charcoal grey or blue colour. The logo should be able to be used as a wordless icon or a full logo. The shop name or logo design can be used to brand our product. It should have a strong branding for people to recognize the shop's identity.
Ownership of winning entry must be transferred via written contract. Must be original work and must be free of any potential trademark / use conflicts.
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Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott 'Can't Wait' to Have Children… One Day
Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott just tied the knot with husband Chris Tyrrell a few months ago, but excited fans are already keeping an eye out for a baby bump. Unfortunately for baby-crazed followers, the lead singing beauty and her husband aren't planning to expand their family just yet.
Lady A's star singer is looking forward to motherhood, but she wants to enjoy some downtime with her band and her hubby first. Scott -- who just turned 26 on April 1 -- and her 'Need You Now' bandmates are too busy touring right now to think about much else. The country trio is on the road until June in the States, and then they'll take Europe by storm until sometime in July.
Though, Scott isn't the only Lady Antebellum member to make some major life changes recently. Band member Dave Haywood proposed to his girlfriend in December, and he's looking forward to planning a wedding this year.
"I have asked Hillary and Charles a few things because I would like to get both the female and male perspective on wedding planning," Dave told the Boot.
Now that the entire group has the whole marriage thing figured out, they're already brainstorming about touring with babies.
"[We'll] make a really wicked nursery under there," Scott suggested to Country Weekly, presumably referring to the bus. "The family's grown." She also said the entire band is happier now that they've found their soul mates.
Even though Scott has placed motherhood on the back burner for now, she assures fans that she and Tyrrell will start planning to expand their family some time in the near(ish) future.


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Snowmen are great. Everyone loves a good snowman! But if you're expecting piles and piles of the white stuff this year, have a ton of free time on your hands, and want to make something truly cool, why not go all out and construct an urban igloo?
Modern Farmer got the inside info on how to make it happen from the good folks at the aptly named Urban Igloo blog, and... okay, it's not exactly easy, but it can be done. This thing could be an all in one frigid part time office, playhouse, and sulky getaway for a little non-familial alone time.
Apart from the space issue, a flat area about seven feet in diameter is required, forming the bricks themselves seems like the major challenge here. They suggest tightly packing kitty litter bins—but you'll need 150 individual bricks, and have to let each set for a solid half hour before starting to build.
If you've got the patience and live in a place where white weather's in the forecast, it could be fun to give it a go; here's the rest of the how-to. [Urban Igloos via Modern Farmer]


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Mountain Vacation Rentals, LLC is a provider of premier vacation rental homes in the cashiers area including Lake Glenville, Sapphire Valley, Trillium Links and Lake Club.
Different Communities offer a variety of year round and seasonal activities including private country clubs, championship golf, indoor and outdoor tennis, spa and fitness, motorized and non motorized boating, maintained hiking trails, waterfalls, fishing, private docks, snow skiing, tubing, and boarding , and summer tubing. From hiking to skiing to world class whitewater rafting, in the mountains the challenge isn't finding something to do, but finding the time to do it all!


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The box features four compartments, with a tight locking lid. It can store approximately 320 cards in sleeves in total.
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Saint Catherine's College bases its educational philosophy on the tradition of the international Society of the Sacred Heart. It aims at the harmonious, progressive, overall development of each pupil so that she responds to God's call in her life. Education for Faith permeates the spirit of the school. The school is a community - all of whose members have inherent and therefore equal dignity. Education for personal responsibility and for social justice are integral to this philosophy. In stressing elements such as these we are not so much seeing ourselves as different from other schools as acknowledging that, since education is never neutral, we must choose the direction our education will take, according to values we believe to be central and by which we want to live.
To be true to itself a tradition much constantly adapt itself. The youth of today and tomorrow require an education different from that of previous generations. Saint Catherine's College is committed to ongoing adaptation and wise innovation in order to keep true to its purpose.


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Why not purchase all your equipment needs online with free delivery direct to your door!
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It has a constant flashing red LED light. Its realistic looking can be mounted just about anywhere. It has an easy adjusting bracket so it sets up in minutes.
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Kernel mode setting
zh-CN:Kernel Mode Setting zh-TW:Kernel Mode Setting
Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) is a method for setting display resolution and depth in the kernel space rather than user space.
The Linux kernel's implementation of KMS enables native resolution in the framebuffer and allows for instant console (tty) switching. KMS also enables newer technologies (such as DRI2) which will help reduce artifacts and increase 3D performance, even kernel space power-saving.
Previously, setting up the video card was the job of the X server. Because of this, it was not easily possible to have fancy graphics in virtual consoles. Also, each time a switch from X to a virtual console was made (
Ctrl+Alt+F1), the server had to give control over the video card to the kernel, which was slow and caused flickering. The same "painful" process happened when the control was given back to the X server (
With Kernel Mode Setting (KMS), the kernel is now able to set the mode of the video card. This makes fancy graphics during bootup, virtual console and X fast switching possible, among other things.
At first, note that for any method you use, you should always disable:
- Any
vga=options in your bootloader as these will conflict with the native resolution enabled by KMS.
- Any
video=lines that enable a framebuffer that conflicts with the driver.
- Any other framebuffer drivers (such as uvesafb).
Late KMS start
Intel, Nouveau and ATI drivers already enable KMS automatically for all chipsets, so you need not install it manually.
The proprietary NVIDIA and AMD Catalyst drivers do not use the open driver stack. In order to use KMS you should replace them with open source drivers.
Early KMS start
To load KMS as early as possible in boot process, add the module radeon (for ATI/AMD cards), i915 (for Intel integrated graphics) or nouveau (for Nvidia cards) to the
MODULES line in
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf. For example:
MODULES="... i915 ..."
If you are using a custom EDID file (not applicable for the built-in resolutions), you should embed it into initramfs as well:
Rebuild your kernel image (refer to the mkinitcpio article for more info):
# mkinitcpio -p <name of your kernel preset; e.g. linux>
My fonts are too tiny
See changing the default font for how to change your console font to a large font. Terminus font in [community] is available in many sizes, including larger sizes.
Problem upon bootloading and dmesg
Polling for connected display devices on older systems can be quite expensive. Poll will happen periodically and can in worst cases take several hundred milliseconds, depending on the hardware. This will cause visible stalls, for example in video playback. These stalls might happen even when your video is on HDP output but you have other non HDP outputs in your hw configuration. If you experience stalls in display output occurring every 10 seconds, disabling polling might help.
If you see an error code of
0x00000010 (2) while booting up, (You will get about 10 lines of text, the last part denoting that error code), then add the following line into
options drm_kms_helper poll=0
Forcing modes and EDID
In case that your monitor/TV is not sending the appropriate EDID data or similar problems, you will notice that the native resolution is not automatically configured or no display at all. The kernel has a provision to load the binary EDID data, and provides as well data to set four of the most typical resolutions.
If you have the EDID file for your monitor the process is easy. If you do not have, you can either use one of the built-in resolution-EDID binaries (or generate one during kernel compilation, more info here) or build your own EDID.
In case you have an EDID file (e.g. extracted from Windows drivers for your monitor), create a dir
edid under
# mkdir /usr/lib/firmware/edid
and then copy your binary into the
/usr/lib/firmware/edid directory.
To load it at boot, specify the following in the kernel command line:
You can also specify it only for a specified connection:
For the four built-in resolutions, see table below for the name to specify:
|Name to specify
|1600x1200 (kernel 3.10 or higher)
If you are doing early KMS, you must include the custom EDID file in the initramfs or you will run into problems.
You can also construct your own EDID with the makefile included in the
Documentation/EDID sources of the kernel. The full information can be read here and there.
video= command line may be useful in some scenarios
From the nouveau wiki:
A mode can be forced on the kernel command line. Unfortunately, the command line option video is poorly documented in the DRM case. Bits and pieces on how to use it can be found in
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/linux-2.6/tree/Documentation/fb/modedb.txt
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/nouveau/linux-2.6/tree/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_fb_helper.c
The format is:
- <conn>: Connector, e.g. DVI-I-1, see
/sys/class/drm/for available connectors
- <xres> x <yres>: resolution
- M: compute a CVT mode?
- R: reduced blanking?
- -<bpp>: color depth
- @<refresh>: refresh rate
- i: interlaced (non-CVT mode)
- m: margins?
- e: output forced to on
- d: output forced to off
- D: digital output forced to on (e.g. DVI-I connector)
You can override the modes of several outputs using "video" several times, for instance, to force DVI to 1024x768 at 85 Hz and TV-out off:
video=DVI-I-1:1024x768@85 video=TV-1:d
To get the name and current status of connectors, you can use the following shell oneliner:
for p in /sys/class/drm/*/status; do con=${p%/status}; echo -n "${con#*/card?-}: "; cat $p; done
DVI-I-1: connected HDMI-A-1: disconnected VGA-1: disconnected
Disabling modesetting
You may want to disable KMS for various reasons, such as getting a blank screen or a "no signal" error from the display, when using the Catalyst driver, etc. To disable KMS add
nomodeset as a kernel parameter. See Kernel parameters for more info.
Along with
nomodeset kernel parameter, for Intel graphics card you need to add
i915.modeset=0 and for Nvidia graphics card you need to add
nouveau.modeset=0. For Nvidia Optimus dual-graphics system, you need to add all the three kernel parameters (i.e.
"nomodeset i915.modeset=0 nouveau.modeset=0").


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This week at Taubman College marked the 2nd iteration of a new pilot program at the school, Masterclass or Expert in the studio. I am sure all of my dedicated and loyal readers will remember my post from our Alexander d'Hooghe charrette last semester, but for those you didn't read it (hard to believe I know) this began last semester with the idea of bringing in an "expert" in specific areas we are tackling in studio and holding a week-long, super intense charrette where nothing else in the world matters.
Free tickets to the super bowl, "sorry bro, gotta charrette."
Spontaneous call from Frank Gehry asking if I could fly to LA for an interview, "can't dude, charretting."
Anyways, for this semesters version of Masterclass Dan Wood of workAC was brought in to help each studio design a new masterplan for Seoul, South Korea as part of the Vertical Cities competition the school is participating in.
But here's the rub, the whole masterplan has to be completed in 4 days.
I will be doing another post shortly with a more in depth look at the masterclass charrette and our final masterplan ideas, but for now here are some images of our work in progress.
Final presentation...30 mins.
As ridiculous as this sounds (Masterplanning a city in 4 days), it is really good as it prepares you for the real world. I've worked on projects where a whole masterplan + presentation package (with animations, renders etc) has been done in 4 weeks.
ya I agree, even as we were running around and throwing models together I couldn't help but think that things probably aren't that much different in the real world
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. While these exercises might be exciting and stimulating, masterplanning to the scale and scope suggested is modern day suburban sprawl for the urban realm. The 4 day exercise sounds like fun but what does it actually teach you. It tells me your program identifies cities as disposable objects and training you for jobs in China. Way to go.
Did you guys really go to school to generalize cities or make them functional and unique?
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Four weeks after the incident, Luetscher, who has slight swelling and minor damage to the affected eye, said that he feels lucky to be alive.


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Welcome to my blog! I'm a Sr. Software Development Engineer in the Seattle area, who has been performing C++/C#/Java development for over 20 years, but have definitely learned that there is always more to learn!
All thoughts and opinions expressed in my blog and my comments are my own and do not represent the thoughts of my employer.
Once again, in this series of posts I look at the parts of the .NET Framework that may seem trivial, but can help improve your code by making it easier to write and maintain. The index of all my past little wonders posts can be found here.
Most of the time in C#, we implement interfaces implicitly. This is by far the simplest method and makes the method available both to consumers of the interface and the implementing type directly.
There are times, though, when you may want to implement an interface, but hide or change how the interface implementation is exposed in the implementing type. This is done through explicit interface implementation, which we will discuss today.
Implementing interfaces in C# is easy, we simply have our implementing type satisfy the interface by having it contain a member which satisfies the interface (or can be abstract of course). The easiest way to do this is with implicit implementation.
So, for example, say we have a sample interface (yes, I could make it a generic, but bear with me for now):
1: public interface IFactory
2: {
3: object Create();
4: }
1: public class SentenceBuilder : IFactory
3: // ...
5: // Because this method has the same signature and return type, it
6: // is considered an implicit interface implementation
7: public object Create()
8: {
9: return "Both class and interface see this.";
10: }
11: }
1: // same object, one as SentenceBuilder, one as Factory
2: var builder = new SentenceBuilder();
4: IFactory factory = builder;
6: // result will be the same regardless of the reference we call from
7: Console.WriteLine(factory.Create());
8: Console.WriteLine(builder.Create());
Many times, this is sufficient for our needs. But sometimes, we'd like a little bit more control of how a type implements an interface while still being required to satisfy the interface contract. This is where explicit interface implementation comes into play.
To implement an interface explicitly, you drop the public access specifier (all interface members are public), and predicate the method name with the interface name and dot as follows:
1: public class HiddenSentenceBuilder : IFactory
2: {
5: // Notice no access specifier and interface name prefix of method name
6: object IFactory.Create()
7: {
8: return "Only IFactory will see this.";
9: }
10: }
Now, if we try to use this in the same way as the implicit example, we will see something curious:
1: // same object, one as HiddenSentenceBuilder, one as Factory
2: var builder = new HiddenSentenceBuilder();
3: IFactory factory = builder;
5: // This works, because Create() is part of IFactory's public interface.
6: Console.WriteLine(factory.Create());
8: // Compiler error, Create() is a private part of HiddenSentenceBuilder's
9: // interface because it was explicitly implemented.
10: Console.WriteLine(builder.Create());
This is interesting and brings us to one of the first uses that we can use explicit interface implementation for: hiding an interface implementation from the implementing type. This can be useful if you need to satisfy a legacy interface, but really don't like the way it is implemented and prefer to hide it from the common use-case scenario of calling from the class directly.
Another thing you can use explicit interface implementation for is satisfying an interface, but giving a different implementation if called from the implementing type directly. For example, our IFactory (by our design) returns object. But we could opt to have our OverloadedSentenceBuilder below implement it to return a string instead.
However, we can't do this with implicit interface implementation:
1: // Bad example, won't compile!!!
2: public class OverloadedSentenceBuilder : IFactory
3: {
4: // ...
6: public object Create()
8: return "Satisfy IFactory.";
11: // Won't compile, overloads can't differ by return type
12: public string Create()
13: {
14: return "Direct from implementing type.";
15: }
16: }
This won't even compile, because overloads cannot differ by only a return type. However, with explicit interface implementation, we can do this because the interface method is hidden when using the implementing type directly, so there is no conflict:
1: // This will compile!
2: public OverloadedSentenceBuilder : IFactory
6: // We get this if called from IFactory reference
7: object IFactory.Create()
8: {
9: return "Satisfy IFactory.";
10: }
12: // We get this if called from OverloadedSentenceBuilder reference
13: public string Create()
14: {
15: return "Nicer! No objects.";
16: }
17: }
Now, when we call our methods again, we will call a different method depending on which reference we call through. Notice that the method used is chosen at compile time! This is not an override, it is a form of overloading.
1: // same object, one as OverloadedSentenceBuilder, one as Factory
2: var builder = new OverloadedSentenceBuilder();
5: // Calls IFactory.Create() since called through an IFactory reference
8: // Calls OverloadedSentenceBuilder's Create() since called through an OverloadedSentenceBuilder
9: Console.WriteLine(builder.Create());
So, as you can see, we can use explicit interface implementation when we want to have a different implementation when we are called directly from the class, or from the interface – or when we want to change the return type from interface's signature.
Now, if the two examples above seem to be a rare or uninteresting use case to you, consider this case which happens far more likely: implementing two interfaces that collide. That is, the two interfaces may have members with the same name that are incompatible (or that we want to implement differently).
For example, what if we did have both IFactory and IFactory<T> interfaces? Perhaps IFactory was legacy before generics, or perhaps we like having plain old IFactory around for being able to collect together a group of factories regardless of what they return. In either case, let's assume we have:
1: // "Legacy" form that returns as object
2: public interface IFactory
4: object Create();
5: }
7: // Generic form that returns as generic type parameter T
8: public interface IFactory<T>
9: {
10: T Create();
11: }
Now let's say we wanted to implement them both. Often times with collections we will do something similar by implementing both IEnumerable and IEnumerable<T>. However, we can't implicitly satisfy both interfaces because of the same issues when we tried to overload it before:
1: public class DoubleSentenceBuilder : IFactory, IFactory<string>
5: // To satisfy IFactory
11: // To satisfy IFactory<T>, BUT won't compile!
12: // Overloads can't differ by return type only.
So, once again, explicit interface implementation to the rescue!
5: // Explicitly implement IFactory's Create(), this will ONLY
6: // be visible from an IFactory reference.
12: // Implicitly implement IFactory<string>'s Create(), this will be
13: // visible through both DoubleSentenceBuilder and IFactory<string>.
14: public string Create()
15: {
16: return "Satisfy IFactory<string>.";
17: }
18: }
Again, calling them both:
1: // same object, one as DoubleSentenceBuilder, one as Factory
2: var builder = new DoubleSentenceBuilder();
5: // calls IFactory.Create() since called through IFactory reference
6: object result2 = factory.Create();
8: // calls IFactory<string>'s Create() since called through DoubleSentenceBuilder
Notice that we let the more specific interface be our implementing type implicit implementation, though we didn't have to have it this way. We could have made IFactory the implicit and IFactory<string> the explicit, or even made both explicit and hide Create() in the implementing type, or get really crazy and have explicit implementations for both and a third implementation when called from the implementing type. I think you get the point, there's a lot of power here!
Explicit interface implementation is a handy technique for changing the way an interface implementation appears in the implementing type. You can use it to hide the interface method in the implementing type, resolve conflicting overloads with the implementing type, give different implementations between the interface(s) and/or implementing type, etc.
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One More In Cincinnati (7/6/2013)
We woke up at the Millennium Hotel in Cincinnati on the morning of July 6, 2013, ready for some more great Mariners baseball action. Unfortunately, we woke up to a rain soaked city. For a few hours in the morning, I could not imagine the game getting played. I was thinking rain out all the way.
We passed the morning hours by being incredibly lazy in the hotel room:
By the way, Kellan is flexing his muscles to show off the tattoo that he got at the dinosaur place the day before.
Eventually, we decided we needed to run to the parking garage to grab an umbrella. No luck. So the boys, Avi and I trekked around rainy downtown Cincinnati looking for umbrellas. On our walk, we passed by a shiny metal…thingy…that made us look like we were in a house of mirrors:
And then it was off to Skyline Chili for some traditional Cincinnati food:
It was scheduled to be a 4:10 start. We had nothing else to do. So after lunch, we headed over to the ballpark:
It stopped raining on our walk. Still, we were doubtful there would be BP. When we walked into the lobby to the Reds Hall of Fame, we were informed that the early BP tour was cancelled because the teams would not be taking BP. So this was our third Mariners game of the season and third time not getting to see the Mariners take BP. So sad.
We decided to tour the very awesome Reds Hall of Fame. Here are some random shots that explain very little about the first room you enter at the Reds Hall of Fame:
Note the big Ken Griffey, Jr. autograph on the wall. Very nice.
Ringing this entire room there are autographed baseball cards from what appears to be almost everyone who has ever played for the Reds. When you first walk in the door, there are autographed cards from the very beginning of the organization, and it just moves through the years as you walk around the room. Relatively near the end, we found Griff (far right below)…
…there is also a computer on the wall on which you can look up past Reds (middle aboe is the info page for Griff).
Down the hall, Avi found a board for visitors to leave their own autographs. Avi had the bright idea for us to sign in blue sharpie, which stood out in the sea of mostly black ink:
I signed for Kellan since, you know, he was 2 at the time and can't sign his own name. By the way, I've historically worn number 18 so I signed an "18" next to my name like I'm a Big Leaguer. Tim signed his "55," the number he has worn every season of his Little League career to date. Kellan wanted a number of his own and he pulled "6" out of thin air. Avi had no number to add to his signature, which was quite sad. Sorry, Avi.
Down at the end of the hall, I took this picture out of the window:
It looks cool out there. We have to check out that area next time we're in Cincinnati.
Before heading upstairs, we headed into the baseball stadium designed auditorium…
…and watched a cool little video about the history of the Reds.
The stairs and the entire area upstairs was crazy because there were some former Reds signing autographs up there, and a long line of Reds fans started on the stairs and ran all the way to the other end of the building where the payers were signing.
We had to wait for a break in the line to get this picture of the boys…
…with a whole bunch of Joe Morgan's rings.
Upstairs there are some interactive attractions for the kids, including this pitching set up:
Behind home plate you can look through the umpire's face mask and call balls and strikes. On the other side, there is a sensor on the wall that calls actual balls and strikes based on your pitches from the mound.
In another room, there is a little play area for the kids:
There was a crazy kid in there who was hyping Tim and Kellan up, until he hurt himself by falling through a hole in the ceiling/floor – he fell from the upper level of theplay area back down to the lower level.
In other news, check out Avi's cool baseball glove chair.
Here are some other random areas in the upstairs portion of the Reds Hall of Fame:
Avi and Tim celebrated with a bunch of Big Red Machine statues:
Above to the left, that is Tim and Ken Griffey, Sr. (formerly known simply as Ken Griffey during his days with the Reds).
At the far end of the upstairs, we finally found the former Reds who were signing autographs (I still have no clue who they were)…
…and we walked (quickly) through the Hall of Fame gallery.
We walked quickly through the gallery because I noticed out the window that THE GATES WERE OPEN!
I had no clue what was going on. We knew when the gates were supposed to open, and it wasn't supposed to be for another 10-15 minutes…or so we though. So we scurried out of the Hall of Fame and into the ballpark.
When we reached the field…
…there were absolutely no players anywhere to be found. The frustrating thing is that there were a bunch of spike marks all over the warning track. The Mariners had already been out there throwing and we missed seeing them. So, so, so very sad.
We sat around and did absolutely nothing for a long, long time. Actually, not nothing. Avi and Tim talked over how to score a baseball game:
And Kellan took a half hour nap on my shoulders:
Avi eventually went off to explore the ballpark a bit. Tim, Kellan and I headed out to the Mariners bullpen in RF…
…when reclamation project Jeremy Bonderman prepared for his final game as a Mariner (maybe his final game of his career):
See Danny Farquhar (No. 40) in the bullpen in that last picture? He came over and ended up talking to a guy next to us for a while. He signed a few baseballs and tossed them up to the guy. After they finished chatting and Farquhar returned to the bullpen, the guy mentioned that he was Farquhar's little league coach. I thought that was pretty cool.
It was also pretty cool when Jason Phillips came over and tossed us a couple baseballs after Bonderman finished warming up for the game:
Thanks, Jason!
Jason is always a cool dude. It's always great to see him.
Something else cool happened when we were over by the bullpen. Alice Cooper threw out the ceremonial first pitch:
Check out Alice's awesome choice of jersey number! 18! Excellent.
We hung out by the bullpen until just a few minutes before game time. From there, we headed around the batters' eye on our way to our seats in the LF upper deck. Check out these tall guys we passed on our way:
This game started almost exactly like the day before (unfortunately, it didn't end like the previous day's game).
The boys and I went to get some nachos before heading to our seats. We walked around the back side of the nacho stand to watch the first pitch:
Actually, we watched Brad Miller's entire lead-off at bat. He grounded out.
Then we bought our nachos – check 'em out!
Like the day before, when we returned to our seats after watching the first batter of the game, the Mariners were leading 2-0. Endy Chavez had followed Miller with a single, and then Kyle Seager hit a 2-run bomb. Excellent.
Here was our view from the back of section 405:
We had a great time clowning around in the back row:
And, of course, eating some ice cream:
Yes, we ate all of our food at this game out of helmets:
Here's something you don't see everyday from the bleachers of an MLB stadium…
…a coal barge passing by RF.
Here's something else you don't see everyday at an MLB stadium (unless you are me)…
…an ice cream-drip-stained Mariners hat. I've committed to wearing this hat to every MLG game we attend until I have worn it at all 30 MLB ballparks. It has been to 29 of the current ballparks, all but Chase Field. The plan is to get to Chase Field again next season and then retire this trusty old hat.
The actual game action is too sad to track in detail here. This Dustin Ackley double…
…was a highlight. But there were many lowlights. The Mariners got creamed.
But we managed to have lots of fun anyway up high in the LF bleachers:
Check out this huge load of stuff I was carrying:
That's a pretty standard amount of stuff for us. During April games, my backpack is even bigger because I stuff it with jackets and other warm clothes too.
Tim took a ton of pictures during this game. Here are four of them:
Top Left: Endy Chavez taking a pitch.
Top Right: Kendrys Morales taking a big hack.
Bottom Left: Jeremy Bonderman delivering a pitch while Kyle Seager gets ready at the hot corner.
Bottom Right: Mike Zunino hitting a line drive…that was caught for an out.
After each of the Mariners 14 strike outs (11 at the hands of Reds starter Mat Latos), these things shot fire:
Kellan and I went and explored this restaurant down the LF line:
I believe it is called the "Machine Room." It is pretty cool looking for a sports bar, but I'm not sure why you would want to go to a sports bar WHILE YOU ARE AT a Major League game.
Toward the end of the game, we took a walk. On the way out of our section, Kellan wouldn't get down from my shoulders, so here is a picture of only Tim at the front of section 406:
Avi went off looking at stuff. The boys and I headed over to the dinosaur area, but it was closed. So we went to this standing room area…
…, which is behind home plate just slightly off to the 1B side. As you can see from the big 9-screen-in-one-screen above the concourse in that last picture, Danny Farquhar came in to pitch the bottom of the eighth inning for the Mariners, and he gave up four runs. It was ugly.
The silver lining was that the Reds fans felt comfortable with a 13-4 lead heading toward the ninth inning and they took off in droves. We noticed a ton of open seats on the 3B side so we headed over there.
This was our view in the top of the ninth:
When the game ended, home plate umpire Alan Porter walked right below us into the umpires' tunnel. He paid no attention to us or any of the other fans.
We headed down to the other side of the dugout. As the Mariners relievers headed toward the dugout, I snapped this picture:
As you can see, Tom Wilhelmsen is in the process of swinging his arm back to underhand a baseball to Tim. I didn't notice this at all when I was taking the picture. I snapped the picture and then lowered my camera to find a ball flying right at us. Tim snatched it up with no problem.
Thanks, Tom!
We got a final group shot before heading back to the hotel and our car:
Then we drove until around midnight…
…and stopped at a hotel in Triadelphia, West Virginia, where they had this cool pancake machine at the free breakfast the next morning:
Before driving the rest of the way home the following morning, we stopped at Cabela's to look at some live fish and stuff animals:
We had the most fun with the big bad bears:
It was another great weekend of baseball and another excellent road trip with Avi.
2013 C&S Fan Stats
|16 Games
|17 Teams – Mariners, Royals, Phillies, Red Sox, Rays, Orioles, Yankees, Dodgers, Reds, Nationals, Marlins, Pirates, Blue Jays, Twins, Tigers, Mets, Brewers
|30 Ice Cream Helmets – Phillies (jumbo) 2, Phillies (normal) 2, Red Sox 2, Yankees 2, Orioles 4, Nationals 2, Pirates 2, Blue Jays 2, Tigers 6, Mets 2, Reds 4
|76 Baseballs – Mariners 11, Royals 4, Phillies 11, Rays 2, Orioles 7, Dodgers 1, Umpires 7, Reds 9, Nationals 1, Marlins 4, Pirates 1, Blue Jays 2, Twins 3, Tigers 1, Mets 3, Yankees 2, Brewers 2, Red Sox 6
|10 Stadiums – Citizens Bank Park 2, Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Camden Yards, Nationals Park, PNC Park, Rogers Centre, Comerica Park, Citi Field, Great American Ball Park
|32 Player+ Photos – Oliver Perez, Lucas Luetge, Hisashi Iwakuma, Carter Capps, Daniel Nava, Alex Wilson, Andrew Bailey, Pedro Ciriaco, Mike Carp 2, Koji Uehara, Will Middlebrooks, Joel Hanrahan, Jonny Gomes, Alfredo Aceves, Clayton Mortensen, Rick Anderson, Tom Gorzelanny, Joe Savery, Jonathan Pettibone, Carlos Ruiz, Charlie Manuel, Justin DeFratus, Ryan Howard, Ben Revere, Larry Anderson, Gary "Sarge" Matthews Sr., Kyle Kendrick, Ryne "HOF 2005" Sandberg, Michael Stutes, Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Rowland-Smith
|10 Autograph – Hisashi Iwakuma 2 (English & Japanese), Carter Capps, Ryan Hanigan, Jesus Tiamo, Mike Carp 2, Ryan Rowland-Smith 2, Felix Hernandez