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The way to avoid all such problems is simple. Select your own agent (expert immobilier/expert) to do the check-in and the check-out. That way both parties get a truly independent and fair assessment.
The way to avoid all such problems is simple. Select your own agent (expert immobilier/expert) to do the check-in and the check-out. That way both parties get a truly independent and fair assessment.
The security deposit
'''The security deposit'''
You will either need to pay around three months rental up front as a security deposit against tenant-effected damages, or to ask your bank for a guarantee.
You will either need to pay around three months rental up front as a security deposit against tenant-effected damages, or to ask your bank for a guarantee.
Revision as of 12:15, 4 August 2005
Moving to a new country can be both exciting and frustrating. Everything is fascinating and at the same time it can be confusing to find your way around a new city, a culture and possibly a new language. The objective of this page is to provide some information for newcomers to IRIDIA, such as Ph.D. students, and Brussels in general in order to make the initial couple of weeks a bit easier. The information contained in this document has been collected by people who have been through the process. If you have any questions, suggestions, additions or such, please make them.
Getting around Brussels by the public transport system is easy: The city sports a decent system of metros, busses and trams. The first thing to do when you arrive in Brussels is to get a map of the busses, trams and metros. You can get that in many places, e.g. at the Central Station, get one - it will be your best friend in the beginning.
If you want to go straight to Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) from the Central Station you should take bus 71 (when you exit the Central Station the stop for 71 is just 40m up the street alongside a number of other stops). It runs fairly frequently - every 20 mins or so - from early morning to midnight.
In busses and trams you can buy a one-trip ticket for 1.50 euro from the driver. They will allow you to take any means of urban, public transport for one hour. In metro stations you can also by 5 and 10 trip tickets in machines (10 euro for the 10 trips ticket), which work in the exact same way, but are cheaper. The tickets are called "Jump tickets". Once you have a ticket, it needs to be stamped by one of the orange machines located in every tram and bus (just remember to validate the ticket every time you get in, in case it's less than an hour from the previous validation, it will not consume a new ride but will stamp a transfer next to the previous one). If you use the metro, remember to stamp the ticket BEFORE entering the metro train (sometimes they have raids where tickets are checked and the cops doing that do not look friendly!)
Registering a car
(These information are copied from within the "Marie Curie Fellowship Association Welcome Packs" for new MC fellows)
Now I know why the Belgium number plates are so small. It's because they have to fit in your letter box !
To be serious: Here is the recipe how I imported (!) my German car to Belgium (in fact it was a Japanese car registered in Germany). If you buy a car in Belgium, than the scheme might differ a bit. Maybe a local car dealer can give you some advice as well. Don't be afraid. He/she won't bite you (see 2.) and maybe he can even help you with the technical control of the car.
a) get the pink form "demande d'immatriculation" (I can not remember how that was written exactly). The rest of the procedure is in principle to fill out that form.
b) If you import your car, you have to visit a customs office. The customs office is probably not in the town where you live. So will have to drive 50 km or so. The customs office will put a stamp on the pink form. So far you have spent some few hundred BEFâs.
c) now you have to buy some special tax stamp. That costs 2000,- BEF and can be obtained at a post office.
d) You need a certificate of conformity. If you import your car to Belgium you will have something most likely does not satisfy the Belgium authorities. So you will have to get a Belgium one. This cannot usually be obtained from your local dealer and you will have to go the Belgium headquarters of your car manufacturer and get it. Arrange a date before you do that, because the office is most likely again not in the city where you live. In my case the certificate of conformity cost 4000,- BEF. (You may wonder why you have to do this for a car that has already been registered in Europe. But thatâs just one of the happy moments where you find out how well Europe works in everyday life).
e) Now look for an insurance. Compare the prices and what they offer. Like in Germany the price of the insurance is cheaper if you have driving experience. Bring a letter from your insurance company at home that states for how many years you have driven your car without an accident. As a guideline: I have a 65 horsepower car, a 50% reduction on the insurance and pay something like 16000,- BEF per year.
f) Send the pink form (filled out) with all stamps, a copy of the certificate of conformity, and a copy of the original car papers of your home country to the address indicated on the pink form. Maybe the insurance people will do that for you.
g) A few days later you will get a letter with a strange shape. You open it and find one (!) number plate for your car. You will however need a second one.
h) So you have to go to some shop (it is usually where they make keys for doors) where they provide you with one. Maybe your local car dealer can be of some help as well.
i) The final step is the technical control of the car. If you are tired of driving around with your car, you can also ask your local dealer around the corner to to do that for you. In my case the total amount was something like 1500,- BEF. By the way: Belgium law requires that each car is equipped with a fire extinguisher.
j) Congratulations: You have successfully registered your car in Belgium. Depending from which country you come from it may take a while until you get used to Belgium traffic and roads.
k) After you got used to driving in Belgium you will receive a letter. That letter invites you to pay the yearly tax for your car. In my case (I have a car with a 1800cc diesel engine) that was about 15000,- BEF.
l) Later you will receive a letter from the public radio and television service saying that you have registered a car with the number plate ABC 123 which is probably equipped with a radio. Of course, they want some money as well.
Mobile phone
There are several options for getting a mobile phone and/or a SIM card. There are three companies operating in Belgium:
You can buy either a subscription where you pay a monthly fee and they'll send you a bill sized in accordance with your use. Alternatively, you can go for a prepaid card deal, where calls are usually a bit more expensive, but you do not have to lock yourself into a long-term contract. Moreover, you can walk straight into a store and five minutes later you got your own phone number. The prepaid cards can be recharged in tobacco shops and in any of the operator's braches.
Getting a mobile phone number right away is a GOOD IDEA. It is especially useful for finding accommodation. The rumor has it that Base has the less expensive deals at the moment.
Make sure that your phone is not SIM-locked and that it works with the new card before leaving the store.
Short-term accommodation
For short-term accommodation (that is a place to sleep for the first couple of weeks you are in Brussels) a bed and breakfast is a convenient option. Depending on your budget and confidence in finding more long-term accommodation quickly there is a number of different options to choose from:
- Centre Sportif de la Foret de Soignes is a sports facility in the outskirts of Brussels. It is quite cheap for longer stays at ~230 euro/month or ~16 euros/day for shorter stays. There is easy access to the university: Bus number 72 runs directly between ULB and the center (also known as A.D.E.P.S.) and the ride is 15 to 20 mins. And that is about all the good things that there are to say about the place. Breakfast is not included, the rooms are very basic, the reception closes at 23h00 on weekdays, 22h00 on Saturdays and at 20h00 on Sundays. You either have to be there before closing time or you'll have to arranged with the Security staff or the reception, that you will come at a later hour. Being so far out is by no means an ideal way to get acquainted with the city. However, if you intend to stay in short-term for a whole month Centre Sportif de la Foret de Soignes might be the least expensive option. If you want to book a room there you have to do it through IRIDIA.
- Bed & Brussels manages rooms in more than 100 guesthouses. Have a look and contact them if you are interested. If you book a room make sure that it is close to the university (Ixelles 1050 or Uccle 1180). Hint: Go to Maporama and punch in the address of the guest house to see how far it is from ULB.
- The guest house at Square Robert Goldschmidt, 50 - B-1050 Brussels, Belgium should be quite good, inexpensive and very close to the university. They only have few rooms.
Long-term accommodation
In case you do not already live in Brussels, one of the first and most important things to do obviously is to find an apartment. One option is to buy the magazine "Vlan" where you have lots of ads for flats and etc. You can as well visit the Vlan website, which is very good and publishes the announcements shortly after they are published in the magazine. You can try out IMMOWEB.be on which apartments are also advertised. Another great website full of ads for apartments and furniture is Expats in Brussel.
An alternative method is to simply walk around in the neighborhood you are interested in living in as the landlords hang out easy identifiable announcements. As this might not be a usual way to find accommodation in other countries it works in Belgium. There are a lot of signs put up and sometimes this is the only way in which apartments are advertised. Walking around is probably a bit more time consuming than finding a flat through the Vlan, but on the other side you get to know the area, and you are likely to find one of the apartments close to the University not advertised on the web. The signs read "A Louer" or "Te Huur", which translates to "for rent". There are lots of rooms and apartments for rent. They vary a lot in terms of quality and price, so you might have to spend some time to find something that suites your budget and your style.
Most other students at IRIDIA live quite close to the university; choosing a place in the neighborhood is likely to improve your social life.
In case you don't speak any French it is recommendable to ask a French speaker (e.g. at IRIDIA) to check the contract. Even though the probability is low that some landlord wants to cheat, it is always better to know what exactly is written in the contract!
Renting an apartment
Once you have found the property you want to rent, you need a lease (bail/kontract), an inventory (etat des lieux/plaatsbeschrijving), a security deposit, and to get the phone, electricity and gas reconnected.
There is an element of Catch 22 here - there is a certain order to get things done that, at times, seems to be mutually exclusive.
The lease
Belgium has an odd system of a standard nine-year flexible lease, and an inflexible three-year lease. At first sight the three-year lease seems the most attractive to a newcomer whose time in the country is uncertain, but this is not necessarily the case.
A three-year lease can be for any agreed period up to a maximum of three years. It fixes the rent for the period of the lease and commits the tenant to pay for the entire period of the lease. It can include a diplomatic clause (designed to indemnify the tenant if he wants to break the lease because he is leaving the country) but these have been nullified by the Belgian Courts in the past.
It is thus better to opt for a nine-year lease, which can in fact be broken by giving three months notice. But if you leave in the first, second or third year, you will pay an indemnity of three, two and one month's rent respectively. From year four, there is no penalty for leaving.
The monthly rent is fixed for nine years subject to the normal state-controlled annual indexation. The landlord can only give you notice if they intend to occupy the property personally, need to carry out major works (where major has a legal definition), or at the end of year three or year six, for no reason but subject to compensation to the tenant of nine or six month's rent respectively.
For an apartment, the monthly outgoing may include an element of rent and a fixed amount of service charge. Usually the service charge is just a prepayment (provision pour charges/vooruitbetaling) and there will be an annual assessment of common charges for the property that you will share in.
If you want to negotiate a better price, negotiate down the rental not the service charges! If there are things you want the landlord to correct before you move in, don't sign the lease until they have happened.
The inventory
The inventory (etat des lieux /plaatsbeschrijvin) is the source of more misery to tenants than any other legal document.
Typically, the landlord's agent prepares a stunningly detailed list of the condition of the property complete with photographs. The tenant reads it or not and signs. At the end of the lease, the landlord's agent checks the property and finds an unreasonable amount of property damage.
Expats have been charged for scratches in the bath that were there before they arrived, and for damp patches caused by the landlord's failure to repair a roof. That the cost of the damage often comes to about the level of the retained security deposit is a coincidence of course!
It is bad enough to have someone who seems to be less than independent assessing costs against you, even more irritating is that you have to pay 50 percent of his bill. Some agents insist you sign a document agreeing to the fee and to accept his expertise before he starts. Don't do so.
The way to avoid all such problems is simple. Select your own agent (expert immobilier/expert) to do the check-in and the check-out. That way both parties get a truly independent and fair assessment.
The security deposit
You will either need to pay around three months rental up front as a security deposit against tenant-effected damages, or to ask your bank for a guarantee.
The latter option is basically a low-cost insurance policy sold to you by the bank which gets your salary as its means of security. It is typically the better option because a bad-faith landlord needs to prove to the bank that he deserves the guarantee.
Bank account
Getting a bank account is straight-forward. Simply choose a bank and set up an interview. Mrs. Laurence Schor (email: first name . second name @ing.be, phone number 02 639 65 46) is an excellent English speaker and very helpful. Make an appointment with her. She works for ING, which is one of the large banks in Belgium and they have a branch only ~400m from the university (Av. de l'Universite 11, 1050 Brussels).
Usually, banks can also help out with matters related to insurance of property etc.
If you move into an unfurnished apartment, IKEA is a good option. They have two branches in Brussels, the one in Zaventem is close to the airport. You can even rent a truck there to take your new furniture to your place (and it is not expensive).
Another option is second-hand furniture. Brussels houses lots of expats coming and going, so often you can find good deals for second-hand items ranging from apartments, furniture and cars. XPATS.com - a site for expatriates in Brussels and the surrounding area. Go to the Classified section and choose the http://www.xpats.com/clads/clads_display.php?Action=view&categorie=12 For sale section]. There is usually heaps of stuff for sale and many new ads are added daily.
Registering at the local commune
At some point you have to register at the city hall to get a residence permit. However, it's better to wait until you have found yourself some long-term accommodation before registering because they want to have your permanent address. So itâs not possible to register until you have a permanent place to live. Officially you have to do it within 3 months of arrival in case you are from an EU member state and within 8 days if not.
If you live in the commune of Ixelles you have to call the following number: 02 5156627 between 8 and 10 am to schedule an appointment.
Some days or weeks later a police man will come and visit you in your apartment to check that you are really living there (and your family members).
You will usually get a residence permit valid for one year at the time, thus you might have to renew your permit every year. For renewing the permission, you have to go to Chausse d'Ixelles 124 to present: a) the confirmation of enrollment of the university, b) a proof of coverage by your health insurance, c) a photo and d) 7.50 EUR.
Registering at the AIRE
Italians that are staying in Belgium more than 12 months must register at the AIRE (Associazione Italiani Residenti all'Estero). Officialy you have to register before the 12th month, and in orderd to do that you have to go to the Consolato d'Italia in Rue de Livourne, 38. You can phone to the number 02/5431550 to schedule an appointment.
In order to enroll in a health care plan you need contact a mutualité for instance Euromut. Fill out the web form and they will send you the necessary documents.
It take a while before you can become a member of a mutualité. However, once you are inscribed you can get any medical expenses reimbursed from the date on which you started at the university. Hence, in case something happens in between arrival and becoming a member of Euromut you are still covered.
Normally Euromut will only provide you a basic, compulsory insurance and the coverage of such an insurance is far from complete. Therefore, it is a good and cheap option to buy additional coverage e.g. for hospitalization. You can do that either through Euromut or another mutualité. The rumor has it that the insurance through the University is the cheaper one. In order to get such an insurance you should contact the ULB Social Services (internal phone numbers: 3505, 3506, 3507) or simply go to their office in the V building on the third floor (right above the university book store on Av. Adolphe Buyl). You can try with English, but your milage may vary.
Useful web sites
Online maps
Check the following sites for maps:
- Maporama - an international site with lots of cities and options. Includes a route planner as well. The most accurate so far.
- Mappy - a Belgian run site - type in an address or district and you get a zoomable map.
- Via Michelin a nice route planer and map finder. Not as many Brussels addresses are available as Mappy, but produces nice maps for print outs.
Transportation web sites
- STIB - The site of the company responsible for urban transport in Brussels. It contains time tables for busses trams and metros. The site is only in French and Dutch. Time table is "Horaires" in French and "Dienstregeling" in Dutch.
- Transport En Commun (TEC) - Regional bus company. Their site is available in English.
- SNCB - Regional train company.
Expatriate web sites
These websites have various sections, communities and information related to being a foreigner in Belgium and Brussels in particular. Some have sections ranging from buy and sell to expat dating. Definitely worth checking out:


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FreeBSD is a free computer operating system based on BSD UNIX originally. Many IT companies, like DeployIS is using it to provide an up-to-date, stable operating system.
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vfs_getopt, vfs_getopts, vfs_flagopt, vfs_scanopt, vfs_copyopt, vfs_filteropt - manipulate mount options and their values
#include <sys/param.h> #include <sys/mount.h> int vfs_getopt(struct vfsoptlist *opts, const char *name, void **buf, int *len); char * vfs_getops(struct vfsoptlist *opts, const char *name, int *error); int vfs_flagopt(struct vfsoptlist *opts, const char *name, u_int *flags, u_int flag); int vfs_scanopt(struct vfsoptlist *opts, const char *name, const char *fmt, ...); int vfs_copyopt(struct vfsoptlist *opts, const char *name, void *dest, int len); int vfs_filteropt(struct vfsoptlist *opts, const char **legal);
The vfs_getopt() function sets buf to point to the value of the named mount option, and sets len to the length of the value if it is not NULL. The buf argument will point to the actual value, and does not need to be freed or released (and probably should not be modified). The vfs_getopts() function returns the value of the specified option if it is a string (i.e., NUL terminated). The vfs_flagopt() function determines if an option exists. If the option does exist, and flags is not NULL, flag is added to those already set in flags. If the option does not exist, and flags is not NULL, flag is removed from those already set in flags. An example of typical usage is: if (vfs_flagopt(mp->mnt_optnew, "wormlike", NULL, 0)) vfs_flagopt(mp->mnt_optnew, "appendok", &(mp->flags), F_APPENDOK); The vfs_scanopt() function performs a vsscanf(3) with the options value, using the given format, into the specified variable arguments. The value must be a string (i.e., NUL terminated). The vfs_copyopt() function creates a copy of the options value. The len argument must match the length of the options value exactly (i.e., a larger buffer will still cause vfs_copyout() to fail with EINVAL). The vfs_filteropt() function ensures that no unknown options were speci‐ fied. A option is valid if its name matches one of the names in the list of legal names. An option may be prefixed with 'no', and still be con‐ sidered valid. The vfs_getopt() function returns 0 if the option was found; otherwise, ENOENT is returned. The vfs_getops() function returns the specified option if it is found, and is NUL terminated. If the option was found, but is not NUL termi‐ nated, error is set to EINVAL and NULL is returned. If the option was not found, error is set to 0, and NULL is returned. The vfs_flagopt() function returns 1 if the option was found, and 0 if it was not. The vfs_scanopt() function returns 0 if the option was not found, or was not NUL terminated; otherwise, the return value of vsscanf(3) is returned. If vsscanf(3) returns 0, it will be returned unchanged; there‐ fore, a return value of 0 does not always mean the option does not exist, or is not a valid string. The vfs_copyopt() function returns 0 if the copy was successful, EINVAL if the option was found but the lengths did not match, and ENOENT if the option was not found. The vfs_filteropt() function returns 0 if all of the options are legal; otherwise, EINVAL is returned.
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Felix Day in Pittsburgh (5/8/2013)
For months, we planned to go see our Mariners at PNC Park on Tuesday, May 7, 2013. But then something came up at work and Tim had a Little League game scheduled that evening so our plans were foiled. This was only the second time the M's had ever played in Pittsburgh, and the first time since Tim was born. I really wanted the boys to get to see the M's play at PNC Park. And I just generally really wanted to see a Mariners game. The only other game in the Pittsburgh series was Wednesday, May 8, 2013. It was a *early* day game with a 12:35 start time. We had to do it.
We live 4 hours from Pittsburgh. The early game time meant we needed to leave the night before. So at 8:47 p.m. on May 7th, after my business dinner and the rain out of Tim's Little League game, the boys and I hopped in the car…
…for a late night drive across the Pennsylvania turnpike. The boys fell asleep around Harrisburg, PA, and then I listened to some "Master of Puppets" by Metallica and chatted with my dad on the phone for about 2 hours.
We arrived at our hotel around 1:00 a.m. and had no trouble making it a complete mess by the *following* morning:
After a decent free breakfast at the hotel, we hit the road and made it to PNC Park before 10:00 a.m.
It was #FelixDay and we predicted…
…complete Felix domination.
I knew there would be no BP so I didn't feel compelled to go get in line at the CF gate. So, instead, we walked around to the other side of the stadium and hung out by the autograph collectors where the players arrive for the game:
In that last photo, that's Rauuuuuuuuul Ibanez wearing a stylish suit (NOTE: baseball players shouldn't wear suits) and listening to an mp3 player.
The first person we witnessed arrive at the players/employees entrance was our buddy Jason Phillips. All of the autograph collectors were on the other side of the entrance from us. Jason saw us as he exited his cab, signed one or two autographs, and then told the autograph collectors that he had to go chat with us.
Jason and I shook hands and chatted for a minute or so. He confirmed there would be no BP. He asked if we'd ever been to PNC Park. He told us that he'd *opened* PNC Park with the Mets back in 2001. And then he headed into the ballpark, after showing his official MLB credentials to the people guarding the entrance.
Jason Phillips is a cool guy. It's always good to get to chat with him, and it was nice to begin our 2013 in-person Mariners season with a brief on-the-street chat with him.
After a while, I asked a guard if we could get around the stadium on the river side before the stadium opened. He confirmed we could so we headed toward the river. On our way, the boys posed with the new (in 2012) Bill Mazeroski statue:
Then we walked along the river toward the CF gate:
When we arrived at the CF gate, PNC Park regular Zac Weiss was already there. After setting our bags down in line behind Zac's bag, I took Tim's photo with the Roberto Clemente statue (Kellan was avoiding the camera):
Before the gates opened, Zac busted out a baseball and we all headed out to the Roberto Clemente Bridge to play catch:
I played catch with both Zac (real baseball) and Tim (soft, practice baseball) at the same time, alternating throws between them. I almost threw Tim's baseball into the River!
Zack Hample was in line next to our bags when we finished playing catch. He was there with Neal Stewart from Bigs Seeds and the two of them were on another leg of Zack Hample's BIGS Baseball Adventure.
The CF gates opened at 10:30, but that just let us into the Riverwalk. Zac, Zack, Neal, Tim, Kellan and I all gathered at the inside gate behind the bullpens…but we were stuck. Normally, season ticket holders, such as Zac, can get into the field before regular fans, and they can take guests with them. But the Pirates don't do the early access for day games. So we were stuck on the Riverwalk until 11:00.
We passed the time by posing for some fist bump photos…
…and trying hot sauce seed sample packs that Neal had in his seed satchel. They were tasty.
Thanks, Neal!
I was excited when we saw our first uniformed Mariner of the season:
I think it was Hector Noesi.
Several Mariners joined Hector to play catch down the LF line. Nothing was happening in CF. So the boys and I headed over to LF to see if there was a spot where we could watch the M's playing catch. There wasn't.
So we headed to the kids play area instead:
When the rest of the gates finally opened, Oliver Perez and his partner (who I didn't recognize at the time, but am pretty sure it was Yoervis Medina) had just finished playing catch and the only other pair of M's out there at the time were Hisashi Iwakuma and Lucas Luetge:
Perez and Medina has been doing a little post-throwing running. On their way back toward the dugout, Perez grabbed one of the several baseballs sitting on the ground and walked over and handed it to Tim. I took the opportunity to ask him for a photo:
Thanks, Oliver!
FYI, Kellan was still on my shoulders at the time and didn't want to get down.
When Perez and Medina left, they were replaced along the baseline by Brandon Maurer and Carter Capps.
When Kuma and Luetge finished throwing, Lucas tossed his baseball to Tim and then he posed for pictures with both boys:
Thanks, Lucas!
Meanwhile, Kuma had started signing autographs a little further down the LF line. We ran over there and he was happy to sign his and Lucas's warm up ball in both English and Japanese…
…and to pose for a picture with the boys.
、ミスター岩熊をありがとう! (Thank you, Mr. Iwawkuma!)
Some Mariners had run out to the bullpen, but the only action left in LF was Maurer and Capps playing catch:
When they finished, Carter tossed the baseball to Tim, and then followed the ball so we could autograph it and pose for a picture with Tim:
Thanks, Carter!
With nothing else going on down the LF line, we headed out to LCF near the bullpen. On our we stopped to get a PNC Park bonus picture for the MyGameBalls.com photo scavenger hunt:
Just as we approached the LF seats, a group of about 20 people ran through the seats from LF to LCF and filled almost the entire section right next to the bullpen. That foiled our plan to get a close up look at the action in the bullpen. So we hung back in the shady cross-aisle behind the LF seats and had a nice chat with an usher. She took our only family photo of the day for us:
Tim was spitting his BIGS seeds all over the place and we ended up talking about seeds for some reason. She mentioned that her co-worker gave her some pickle flavored seeds. When she pulled them out, she realized she didn't have the pickle seeds today, she had BIGS Salt & Vinegar seeds:
We still had about 45 minutes until game time and nothing was happening on the field. We ended up meeting up with Zack, Zac, Neal and PNC Park regular Robbie "Scoonz" Sacunas for lunch in the Hall of Fame Club:
We'd never been in, or knew anything about, the Hall of Fame Club so it was great to experience it. As our food was being prepared, Kellan and I walked around and took some pictures of the club:
The Hall of Fame Club is right behind the LF upper bleachers. There are big windows that look at over the field. As Kellan and I walked around, we saw King Felix warming up out the windows:
Zack, Neal and I all tried the new, off-menu novelty meal, the donut burger:
The burger is a bacon cheese burger with a fried egg on a donut bug. I find eggs to be incredibly disgusting so my burger was eggless. I would recommend everyone try the donut burger so you can say you had one. But it doesn't rank near the top of my best burgers list…in fact, if I really had such a list, it would be way down on the list. More than like eating a donut, the weird combination and texture of the burger made it seem like I was eating meat filled french toast.
The boys split a footlong hot dog. Tim smothered his in ketchup and mustard, most of which seemed to find its way onto the front of his mostly white Mariners t-shirt. Luckily, Kellan has no condiments on his half of the hot dog because he ate his dog while sitting on my shoulders.
Before leaving the club, I got this panorama out of the front windows:
When we got back down to the field, King Felix warming up in the bullpen. We headed over there to watch. The bullpen set up is pretty interesting at PNC Park. It's not very good watching a pitcher warm up from the bleachers. Here's what it looked like:
Just before the game started, Felix headed toward the dugout…
…and the members of the Mariners bullpen gave each other a bunch of high fives. See that baseball sitting on the garbage can in the last photo? Jason Phillips ended up tossing it to us (after giving it a thorough rubbing). It was thoroughly dirty and beautiful.
Thanks, Jason!
Here is where we were sitting for first pitch:
Those were our real seats. They were pretty awesome – section 31, row C, seats 1-3. It was a three row section. To our left was the aisle and then LF:
The seats were pretty amazing. They are regularly priced $36/ticket, but I found them on stubhub for $17/ticket. Gotta love below face value tickets!
The tough thing about day games is that Kellan still takes a nap in the afternoon most days. For a night game, I work his nap into the drive to the game. But for a day game, there is no good nap time. At this game, that actually played to our benefit.
When we reached our seats, Kellan was sitting, totally relaxed on my shoulders. I tried to take him down, but he was very fussy. Sometimes he refuses to get off of my shoulders, and this was one of those times. I realized there was no one behind our third seat in. In fact, there was no one behind that seat in the entire section. So I figured there was no one whose view would be blocked if I sat there with Kellan on my shoulders. That's how we started that game.
It didn't take long for an usher to stop by and tell me that Kellan needed to come down off of my shoulders. "No problem," I responded, "it's just that it's his nap time and he's a little cranky and didn't want to get off of my shoulders." When I took him down, he protested by crying, yelling and kicking.
Upon seeing the little tandrum in process, the usher came back and told Kellan that we could move to some other, even better seats in the third inning if Kellan behaved now. Lucky for us, he did.
The M's didn't score in the first. And then King Felix took the mound:
With the dominating King Felix on the hill, I felt pretty safe leaving our seats to go get ice cream in the first inning. My plan actually wasn't too good. The very first Pirates batter of the game, Starling Marte, hit a ground ball right past third base and down the LF line for a double. That happened just as we started to walk up the stairway toward the concourse.
Felix struck out the next batter. But Andrew McCutchen hit an RBI single as we walked through the concourse toward the ice cream place.
After twos innings, the Pirates still led 1-0. The boys were still eating their ice cream helmets when the last out of the second was recorded. I immediately stood up and waved at the usher who had mentioned the seat upgrade in the third. I pointed at the seats and he gave me a confirming thumbs up. And then we moved here (essentially) for the rest of the game:
Is that beautiful or what? Here is what our view looked like from the front row:
That picture above with Tim and Kellan sitting by the ballgirl is actually way out of order (it was just the best picture I got showing our seat location). In the third inning, this…
…is the ballgirl who was sitting right next to us. She was quite nice. While Kellan finished his ice cream…
…I chatted her up a bit. She is a former college softball player. And guess what happened when King Felix induced Andrew McCutchen into hitting a foul ball to the ballgirl in the bottom of the third? Here's a hint:
Yep, she gave it to Tim!
Thanks, Felix, McCutchen and Ballgirl!
These seats were the absolute best seats possible for us. Tim and Kellan do pretty good sitting in the seats when we have my dad or Colleen or some four person with us. But when it's just the three of us, for some reason, they really want to roam around and be on the move a lot. But there was so much room to move in this seating section that we stayed put and I got to watch the entire (awesome) Mariners game! Yes!
One of those in-seating-section activities included playing with the dirt and bugs:
Into the fourth inning (aside from Michael Saunders who kept drawing walks), the Mariners batters, including Kendrys Morales…
…, couldn't find any success against Pirates starter A.J. Burnett.
In addition to showing Tim spitting seeds onto the warning track, this picture sets the scene for what happened next:
Let's examine that photo closer. Upper left corner, the small scoreboard shows the score is 1-0 Pirates in the top of the second with two outs (Morales, above, was the second out of the inning). Also, notice that the Mariners have no hits on the day. Next, Mariners centerfielder Michael Saunders is standing on 3B after drawing a leadoff walk, advancing to 2B on a wild pitch and to 3B on Morales's groundout. Finally, the ribbon board shows that Dustin Ackley is about to step to the plate (he hadn't seen a pitch yet because the count is shown as 0-0).
Five pitches later, Saunders scored the tying run on a Burnett's second wild pitch of the inning! One pitch later, Ackley struck out to end the inning.
So, while being no hit by A.J. Burnett, the Mariners were all tied up 1-1 with the Pirates after 4 innings.
The Mariners finally broke through with their first hit of the game in the top of the fifth inning. With Burnett pitching so well, it was a good thing we had King Felix on the hill…
…throwing a dominating game of his own. In fact, it was as if mother nature was behind Felix and the M's during this game – she even set an all-natural crown worthy of a king right above Felix:
Nothing could stop the Mariners fair and just King Felix.
Well, almost nothing, A.J. Burnett did a competent job of shutting down King Felix at the plate:
But, obviously, hitting isn't Felix's thing.
The boys lost interest in the dirt and bugs and played a little grounders/bouncing balls catch behind our row of seats:
Despite numerous warnings from me only to *roll* the ball, the kids kept bouncing them…
…and, every once in a while, Kellan was throw the ball in the air to Tim. This resulted in two different incidents, one good and one bad.
On the good front, Kellan tossed a ball to Tim that hit the railing behind our handicapped accessible section, rolled along the top of the railing, and then fell right into a cup holder handing from the back side of the railing. When it happened, the entire section behind us erupted in applause for Kellan – they were all apparently watching the boys play catch rather than watching King Felix and A.J. Burnett playing catch with their catchers.
On the bad front, Kellan threw another ball that bounced off of the head of the lady in the black Pirates jersey:
I didn't actually see this happen. However, given the facts that (1) the boys were using a cloth/foam-y-ish ball (that incidentally looks exactly like a ROMLB), (2) Kellan is only 2 and (3) the ball bounced before it hit her, I'll go out on a limb here and say there is zero chance this incident actually hurt the lady. But she was very mad about the situation. I thought we were going to get kicked out of the section and sent back to our regular seats. I immediately put the kids' ball away and sincerely apologized to her and she just glared at me with complete and utter contempt.
We let this incident bother us for about 30 seconds and then we let it go. We have better, fun things on which to focus. Like the pierogies race:
And the shirt cannon/slingshot/toss, which resulted in Kellan coming up with this prize:
And, most importantly, Jesus Montero's go-ahead homer to RCF in the top of the seventh inning:
2-1 Mariners after 7!
Kellan's shirt was tied up with balloons, which the boys used to sling shot seeds on the warning track:
Felix was dominating and he was getting solid defense behind him. In the bottom of the eighth, Clint Barmes hit a shallow fly ball to CF that Michael Saunders grabbed with no problem:
The next batter was pinch hitter Jose Tabata, and he hit a low liner to RF and Endy Chavez made a great play on it. Starling Marte then singled, but was thrown out by Jesus Montero when he tried to swipe 2B. Starling no swiping, Starling no swiping, STARLING NO SWIPING!
At the end of the 8th, we left our wonderful seats, took a bathroom break, walked through a small team store behind home plate, and then found ourselves here for the bottom of the ninth:
FYI, Kellan refused to get off of my shoulders so I crouched on the ground in front of the seat so he wouldn't be too tall for the fans behind us.
Although Felix Hernandez was out in the on deck circle at the end of the top of the ninth, Tom "The Bartender" Wilhelmsen…
…came in for "closing time" in the bottom of the ninth.
Wilhelmsen got a quick ground out by Travis Snider for the first out. He then has a 10 pitch battle with Andrew McCutchen, which included a foul ball that landed two rows in front of us, that ended with a fly out to deep LCF.
Garrett Jones made things more interesting by hitting a 2-out single. But Michael McKenry hit another deep fly ball for the final out of the game.
It was truly a beautiful thing.
During the post-game celebration…
…, Aarong Harang tossed a pearly white baseball to Tim.
Thanks, Aaron!
As the celebration died down and the interviews with the heroes began…
…, Robbie Thompson tossed a muddy (game-rubbed?) baseball to Tim.
Thanks, Robbie!
After the game ended and all the Mariners took off, we met up again with Zack, Robbie and a few other guys where Kellan was too tired and cranky to give another fist bump:
We had noticed the Pirates pig statue earlier in the day and wanted to get a picture with it on our way out of the ballpark. As you can see below on the left, an usher wouldn't let us go over to the pig for a picture and then wouldn't get out of our view when we tired to get a picture with the pig from a distance:
Luckily, he didn't follow us out to block our picture with the Willie Stargell statue.
When we hopped in the car, Kellan fell asleep almost instantly and slept for at least three hours.
All around, this was a near perfect baseball experience. It was awesome seeing our Mariners. It was fun to see them in a new park (for Tim and Kellan). And it was even better to see King Felix bring home the win in a great pitchers' duel.
2013 C&S Fan Stats
|7 Game
|12 Teams – Mariners, Royals, Phillies, Red Sox, Rays, Orioles, Yankees, Dodgers, Reds, Nationals, Marlins, Pirates
|12 Ice Cream Helmet – Phillies (jumbo) 2, Red Sox 2, Yankees 2, Orioles 2, Nationals 2, Pirates 2
|35 Baseballs – Mariners 6, Royals 4, Phillies 9, Rays 2, Orioles 1, Dodgers 1, Umpires 2, Reds 4, Nationals 1, Marlins 4, Pirates 1
|6 Stadium – Citizens Bank Park 2, Fenway Park, Yankee Stadium, Camden Yards, Nationals Park, PNC Park
|14 Player Pictures – Oliver Perez, Lucas Luetge, Hisashi Iwakuma, Carter Capps, Daniel Nava, Alex Wilson, Andrew Bailey, Pedro Ciriaco, Mike Carp, Koji Uehara, Will Middlebrooks, Joel Hanrahan, Jonny Gomes, Alfredo Aceves, Clayton Mortensen
|5 Autograph – Hisashi Iwakuma (English & Japanese), Carter Capps, Ryan Hanigan, Jesus Tiamo


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The design is for tshirts/rompers/bibs/baby wraps/shoes - in fact a whole range of kids clothing items and accessories.  It needs to be fun and cheery... and I'm keen to see lots of bright colour as well as versions in pale pastels for newborns. So I'm after a cow character, just one design that will appeal across the board.
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The central prayer of the Eucharist is the anaphora (Greek for "offering up"), although in the West it is also called the "Eucharistic Prayer", the "Canon of the Mass" or eucharistic canon", or the "Great Thanksgiving".
Eucharistic prayer
There are three somewhat overlapping parts to the Eucharistic Prayer: the Thanksgiving, the Anamnesis, and the Epiclesis. But before the prayer can begin, there must be solemn expressions of love and of faith. Unity in love and in faith is needed for our self-offering and communion with God. We first hear: "Let us love one another that with one mind we may confess. Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the Trinity, one in essence and undivided." The "kiss of peace" exchanged by the clergy, and the Symbol of Faith is chanted.
Here is a portion of the prayer from the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom where thanksgiving to God the Father for all that he has done in Christ and the Spirit. We remember all things and are grateful to God. Our remembrance and our thanksgiving take us into the very presence of the Kingdom to the Throne of the Father to sing the Thrice-Holy Hymn with the angelic choirs. (Isaiah 6: 1-5)
- ...It is meet and right to sing to thee, to bless thee, to praise thee, to give thanks unto thee, and to worship thee in every place of thy dominion: for thou art God ineffable, inconceivable, invisible, incomprehensible, ever existing and eternally the same, thou and thine Only-begotten Son and thy Holy Spirit. Thou it was who didst bring us from non-existence into being, and when we had fallen away didst raise us up again, and didst not cease to do all things until thou hadst brought us back to heaven, and hadst endowed us with thy kingdom which is to come. For all these things we give thanks unto thee, and to thine Only-begotten Son, and thy Holy Spirit; for all things of which we know, and of which we know not, and for all the benefits bestowed upon us, both manifest and unseen.
- And we thank Thee for this liturgy which Thou hast found worthy to accept at our hands, though there stand by Thee thousands of archangels and hosts of angels, the Cherubim and the Seraphim, six-winged, many eyed, who soar aloft, borne on their pinions, singing the triumphant hymn, shouting, proclaiming and saying:
- Holy! Holy! Holy! Lord of Sabaoth! Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory! Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!
This narrative culminates in the of the Last Supper, and the words of Christ: "This is my Body ... This is my Blood..."
This section is called the anamnesis or oblation in that it references Jesus' command, at least implicitly, to "do this in memory of me" and states that the gifts of bread and wine are offered to God in memory of Jesus' life, death, resurrection, and second coming. It culminates in the priest or deacon elevating the bread and wine while the priest exclaims: "Thine own of thine own we offer unto thee on behalf of all and for all."
Epiclesis is the Invocation or 'calling down' of the Spirit on the Holy Gifts
- The Orthodox Faith, by the V. Rev. Thomas Hopko


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There are few pious devotions that also address social justice. However, for at least two decades Pax Christi groups have been walking the Stations of the Cross while reflecting on issues of social justice. Pax Christi is the international Catholic peace organization. As such it strives to create a world that reflects the peace of Christ. The members witness to Christian nonviolence, rejection of war and every form of violence and dominance. The small group of Pax Christi members in Houston has been sponsoring the Walk for Justice in downtown Houston for at least two decades.
The Stations of the Cross is a prayerful reflection on the suffering and death of Christ in fourteen moments. Added to that Catholic devotion is a reflection on a specific social justice issue at each station. The most closely related station and cause is the twelfth station of the death of Jesus at which is considered the abolition of the death penalty, particularly in Texas. Another example is the concern about human trafficking especially of women and children for the sex trade which is considered in conjunction with the eighth station where Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem. The other issues considered in 2012 were: the closing of the School of the Americas (SOA/WHINSEC); racial discrimination; ecology; religious persecution; Maryknoll Missionary projects; universal nuclear disarmament; the global financial crisis; advocacy for the hungry; justice for Houston janitors; undocumented worker justice; health care reform; and end to war in the Middle East.
The location for the Walk for Justice has been importantly symbolic in bringing the saving message of Christ to the world. Originally, the walk began at the county jail at the north end of downtown and wound through the business area of Houston toward City Hall. Walking on the sidewalks only, no permit was needed. This proved to be a longer walk than most wanted to make, especially in Houston heat. For the last seven years, the walk has been in the large park in front of City Hall. Being at the civil hub of Houston holds the symbolic value of bringing the gospel of justice and peace to the heart of the city. Good Friday is a holiday for most people including city hall staff, so the area is not highly populated on that day, but the Walk is very public as there are people in the park and traffic passes on the adjoining streets.
The participants are mainly Catholics, but of all ages and social classes. Youth from a predominantly minority parish provide a dramatization of each of the stations, while some of the texts for the stations are created and presented by Catholic high school students. This year Fr. Vince Dulock and Basilian novices, Alejandro and Jose, were helpful participants. The presence of youth is a means of catechizing young Catholics about Catholic teaching and living of social justice. The Walk for Justice is not a demonstration, but rather a prayerful action that refocuses the hearts of the participants. It is a dynamic call to conversion.
Richard Wahl, csb. has been a member of Pax Christi since 1983 and the organizer of the Walk for Justice since 2006.


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The definitive WWII Luftwaffe fighter pilots jacket, as worn by Eric Hartmann, the highest scoring fighter ace of all time: 'The Hartmann®'.
Made from an amazing premium quality nappa, the feel and handle of the garment will leave you drooling with pleasure the moment you put it on. The top texture is butter soft, whilst the handle is firm enough that you'd expect in practical garment like this.
Eric Hartmann was accredited with 352 aerial victories during his service with the Luftwaffe in WWII. Known as the 'Blonde Knight of Germany', his ability in aerial combat was astounding. Awarded countless times for his skill and bravery he was eventually bestowed with the highest decoration for combat in the German armed forces; the Knights Cross, with oak-leaves, swords and diamonds.
In archive images from the period he can often be seen wearing a short leather jacket. Many Luftwaffe fighter pilots had these style jackets, with one in particular that was especially popular; a French made garment often referred to as a 'cyclists' jacket.
They were produced by a number of companies throughout the 30s and early 40s as an everyday lightweight all-purpose practical jacket for work or casual use. Each manufacturer had their own subtle way of shaping collar points, pocket flaps, angle of the zips, side fasteners etc, but the basic design was the same. One detail in particular that stands out, and is unique to these jackets, is a unique 'razor-blade' style buckle.
It wasn't long after the outbreak of WWII and the invasion of France that German fighter pilots found this style jacket very suitable for their purpose.
Our reproduction of this style is faithful to the original jacket worn by Hartmann in every detail. We have even had the 'razor' buckle reproduced, to ensure the utmost authenticity.
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Measure your chest over a T-shirt; it is helpful to get someone to do this for you. Do not inflate your lungs, just relax and stand with your arms out. The tape measure should be run around your chest right up under your arms and held snug, but not tight - this is your chest measurement.
Measure the circumference of your hand around your 4 knuckles (obviously do not include your thumb). Correlate this measurement with size chart below to assess your glove size.
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Blogged By:De De Tillman
Source: Yahoo News – AFP
Photo Credit: listverse.com
Posted: Wednesday May 23, 2012 @ 2:40 p.m PST
According to AFP, Former US first lady Nancy Reagan is "slowly" recovering from a fall a few weeks ago which left her with fractured ribs, her spokeswoman said Wednesday.
The 90-year-old widow of president Ronald Reagan canceled her attendance at an event at the Reagan Library in California on Tuesday evening because doctors her advised her against it, said spokeswoman Joanne Drake.
"Weeks ago Mrs. Reagan took a fall at home and fractured a number of ribs," she told AFP.
"She has been recovering slowly and has been adding a few appointments back on to her schedule, but was advised by her doctor not to try and attend large events too far from home just yet.
"She personally invited Congressman Paul Ryan to speak at the Reagan Library and really wanted to be there, but sent her apologies to him early yesterday," she said in an email.
The fall occurred at Reagan's home in Bel Air, just outside Los Angeles in March, CNN reported. The Reagan Library is in Simi Valley, an hour or so north of the city.
Nancy Reagan appears in public relatively rarely. Last year she laid a wreath for her husband at the Presidential Library on the 100th anniversary of his birthday in February.


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Haren, Nats come up short against Cardinals
WASHINGTON -- Dan Haren's early-season problems are rather similar to what his Washington teammates have dealt with in the season's first month.
The veteran right-hander's been a mix between good, bad and somewhere in between. Haren turned in his most effective performance Monday night, working his way into the sixth inning, but it wasn't enough as St. Louis edged Washington, 3-2, before 27,263 at Nationals Park.
Haren hadn't gone more than five innings in his first three starts and came into the series opener with an 8.10 ERA. He gave up three runs on six hits in five-plus innings and fell to 1-3 this season. It wasn't perfect overall, but Haren showed the kind of progress that made manager Davey Johnson happy.
"I thought he threw the ball a lot better," Johnson said. "I thought he had good location and mixed his pitches up. I thought he pitched a good ballgame. That's a very positive outing for me."
Haren also felt better with what he saw, but he still wanted to go longer. It's clear the veteran is truly bothered and somewhat mystified by his 2013 struggles.
Haren's ERA dropped to 7.36, still very high, and hitting Matt Holliday to start the game-winning rally in the sixth frustrated the veteran, but the right-hander's looking to improve any way he can.
"I have to just stay positive," Haren said. "It's been eating at me, it really has. This week, I tried to make a conscious effort to have more fun out there and not to put so much stress on myself. I want to do well more than anybody. Now I've got to wait five days."
As a team, the Nationals are kind of moving along the way of Haren. This loss, in a rematch of last year's dramatic five-game National League Division Series loss against St. Louis, dropped them to 10-9 on the season.
The biggest problem for the Nationals is that they're doing some things good at certain times, but not everything well at once. That's why St. Louis starter Shelby Miller (3-1) was able to pitch well, as he relied heavily on high fastballs that Washington batters repeatedly swung at.
Miller gave up two runs on four hits and finished with eight strikeouts and two walks in 6 2/3 innings.
"I was talking to [catcher Yadier Molina], and he knew that this team, especially, would swing at pitches up in the zone," Miller said. "Obviously, they have a really good lineup overthere, but I faced them in the spring, and I know that they'll swing at the ball up."
Johnson noticed Miller's strategy also, saying the right-hander stuck with fastballs almost constantly. The skipper said he thought Miller threw just a handful of breaking balls -- maybe only two -- throughout the night.
"We're not swinging the bats throughout the lineup like we're capable of," Johnson said.
The Nationals swung well at times. St. Louis (11-8) took a 2-0 lead in the third on Allen Craig's two-run double that just deflected off Denard Span's glove in deep center. Ian Desmond and Anthony Rendon then tied the game with back-to-back RBI doubles in the fourth.
Rendon's double was his first Major League hit and RBI, a shot into the gap in right-center, which gave him a key run-scoring hit in his first career home game.
The 22-year-old rookie said he'll always remember that first hit. He already had the baseball, which was sitting on a shelf in his locker.
"It's the one thing you're going to treasure the rest of your life," Rendon said of that first hit. "You don't get another one."
The Cardinals then took the lead for good on Molina's RBI single in sixth. That gave St. Louis a 3-2 edge, and the Nationals missed on two good scoring chances after that.
Washington had runners on first and second with two outs in the eighth, but pinch-hitter Chad Tracy was robbed by center fielder Jon Jay, who raced in to make a sliding catch of Tracy's bloop. The Nationals threatened once more in the eighth, putting runners on second and third with two outs.
That's when right-hander Trevor Rosenthal struck out Desmond looking, and Edward Mujica earned his second save by retiring the Nationals in order in the ninth. Washington finished just 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
That kind of symbolized what the Nationals have been going through in this first month. Still, Washington is trying to stay focused and look at the fact that there's still about five months remaining in the 2013 season.
"It's a marathon," pitcher Drew Storen said. "We're a good team, and for us to get where we need to be, we need to take a step forward every night, and I think we're doing that."


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and caramelize the Weetabix. LET'S GO!
CURIOSITY: WHY IS SEX FUN? – 8:00PM Sunday (Discovery) You know, if you have to ask, you probably aren't doing it right. I keed, I keed. This Discovery show takes a look at the science behind the female orgasm (oooh!). Maggie Gyllenhaal is your host, and given her performance in "Secretary," I'd say she knows quite a bit about this particular subject. ANTICIPATION: HORNY!
MEGA SHARK VS. CROCOSAURUS – 9:00PM Saturday (SyFy - an NBC/Universal network) If you think the title of this magnum SyFy opus tells you everything you need to know, you are WRONG, because it fails to alert you to the fact that Jaleel White is the top billed star. So it's really Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus vs. Urkel. This 2010 movie was called "a tedious and horrific mess" by one critic. Finally, a movie that lives up to its expectations. Was that so hard, Hollywood? ANTICIPATION: FREAKIN' CROCOSAURUSES!
BIG EASY BRIDES – 10:00PM Sunday (WE) Follow New Orleans wedding chapel owners Tony and Lou Ann Talavera as they help people get married very quickly and get that same marriage annulled even quicker. Your first wedding in the premiere is one with a trailer park theme. Why wouldn't you just have the wedding IN a trailer park then? It's not like a Cinderella-themed wedding, where you'd need a pumpkin coach. A trailer park wedding is feasible. ANTICIPATION: TRASHY GOOD!
MY COLLECTION OBSESSION – 10:00PM Sunday (TLC) There's such a fine line between collecting and hoarding, and you'll meet some folks Sunday night who have probably stepped over it, like a 16-year-old who collects vacuum cleaners (but how do you vacuum around them?), and a bunch of obsessive Dolly Parton fans. Being a Dolly Parton collector is a shrewd hobby, since the singer auctions off her own parts at a frequent pace. ANTICIPATION: CRAZYTOWN!
IN THE FLOW WITH AFFION CROCKETT – 9:30PM Sunday (FOX) Wait, this is a show? When did this happen? Affion Crockett is a real name? Sounds like a John Grisham villain. ANTICIPATION: LAFFION WITH AFFION!
Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and caramelize the Weetabix. LET'S GO!


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UH Hilo team sets sights on Russia for Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals
UH Hilo Home > News and Events > UH Hilo Press Releases
Date: Monday, July 1, 2013
Contact: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 974-7642
For Immediate Release
A student team from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo departs Hawaii for St. Petersburg, Russia on Saturday, July 6 to represent the United States in the Imagine Cup 2013 Worldwide Finals sponsored by Microsoft. The Imagine Cup is recognized as the premier student technology competition that honors innovations that address the world's toughest problems.
Team Poli`ahu, comprised of Mike Purvis, Kayton Summers, Wallace Hamada and Ryder Donahue from the UH Hilo Computer Science Department, won the U.S. Championship held in San Jose, California in May with their application entitled, "Help Me Help." The program aids the community and emergency response personnel in disaster situations by allowing users to upload images of nearby hazards through the use of smart phones.
For Purvis and his teammates, the past several weeks have been a whirlwind experience. But he believes the team has gotten over the emotional jitters it felt in the aftermath of its victory, and is now focused on the task at hand.
"Right now we're concentrated on refining our vision, business model and technology description into a polished, eight-minute presentation," Purvis said. "From here on out, we will be practicing our final speech over and over until we can recite it in our sleep."
This year's competition features 86 teams of students from 69 countries competing in six categories for more than $1 million in cash and prizes. The UH Hilo squad will compete against 31 other teams in the Innovation Competition category that includes entries from China, Japan, Korea, Russia and the United Kingdom. Purvis said his teammates are looking forward to the challenge along with the opportunity to spread some aloha.
"We're excited to be representing the U.S., but Hawaiʻi in particular," Purvis said. "Our speech, decorations and slideshow are all being tailored to showcase the Big Island."
Over the past 10 years, more than 1.65 million students from more than 190 countries have participated in the Imagine Cup competition.
A video link is available at: http://bit.ly/14y5NwY.
VIDEO BROLL (1 minute, 27 seconds):
• UH Hilo team presenting the "Help Me Help" app to a meeting of Hawaiʻi County first responders (civil defense, fire, police, etc.)
• UH Hilo team working on campus in their lab/classroom
• "Help Me Help App" demo
Darryl Oliveira – Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense Director (19 seconds)
"Getting live or real time photographs as well as the geographic information -- the lat, long, addresses -- and then tagging it with a particular hazard identifier, would give us this tremendous information of what's occurring in the community during and post of disaster. And then be able to quantify that so that we can address the resource needs in those areas."
Darren J. Rosario – Hawaiʻi County Fire Department Chief (21 seconds)
"Being able to see the incident as it's evolving while we are still responding will give the incident commander valuable information to set up his action plan on how to mitigate that incident. Such things as the size of the fire or maybe the type of auto accident that is involved, how many patients that we may be having to respond to."
Animation explaining "Help Me Help" app by Microsoft (35 seconds)
Disclaimer: The University of Hawaii at Hilo is not responsible for the contents, links and/or materials presented in any web site listed above that are not of the "hilo.hawaii.edu" or ".uhh.hawaii.edu" domains. All comments, complaints and grievances should be filed with the author, host and/or owner of said site.


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Back from Chicago for good now. Had a presentation out in Cincinnati for another project last week. I really don't want to be travelling back and forward again for another 3 years. I do have a project to work on back here so at least I'm off the non-billable radar screen.
Just sent back the Thinkpad T23 to IBM that they leant me to hunt down the bug. I have a solution for the problem, its not particularly nice, so I've added an extra module parameter called thinkpad_bug that can be set to enable the workaround.
On another front I've been play with monkeyglobs (a javascript wrapper for OpenGL) recently. Lots of fun, hacked in support for multiple graphic formats and converted a load of demos to test out the code.
Current mission is to get md3 support in the code. (This is the format Quake 3 uses for the characters). I have the object model built now, just need to write the javascript wrappers to render the model. This took a lot longer than I expected. I was judging a couple of days to get the model together, instead it took a whole week of serious coding (6+ hrs a day) to get it working. Most of the initial time was me getting up to speed with the jsapi though. I can now create classes and subclasses in a flash.


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The Effects of the Electrical Double Layer on Giant Ionic Currents through Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Electrofluidic transport through a single walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) is enhanced by electroosmosis. Electroosmosis is made possible in these devices by the combination of a large slip length within SWCNTs and the interfacial potential at the solution/nanotube interface. A computational model of a SWCNT device was developed using COMSOL Multiphysics to investigate the complete electrical double layer structure with the consideration of electroosmostic force in addition to electric mobility force. The thickness of the compact layer was iteratively adjusted and found to increase with solution concentration. The relationship between conductance and concentration found in the model fit the correlation predicted from experimental results in the literature. By including an explicitly defined Stern layer with a spatially varying dielectric permittivity, the model accounts for the complete Gouy-Chapman-Stern electrical double layer and surface potential at the channel wall. The validity of the model was verified by comparing the output of the model with experimental data found in literature. Key metrics in validating the model were internal consistency (agreement between current probes at various lengths along the nanotube) and conductance/concentration relationships. The observed current response was due to the combination of electrophoresis and electroosmosis facilitated by an effectively perfect slip plane at the solution interface of the compact layer. The thickness of the compact layer is non-negligible and contributes to the observed relationship between conductance and concentration. The improved model presented here replicates the experimentally observed behavior of single walled carbon nanotubes while remaining in harmony with current electrochemical theory.


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MARTIN, Tenn. – Patrick Miller scored 29 points, but an early Skyhawks run propelled UT Martin past Tennessee State 100-81 in pivotal OVC contest.
UT Martin (6-14, 1-4) raced out to a quick 9-0 lead in the first half on 4-of-5 shooting from the field. An M.J. Rhett free-throw broke the ice at the 17:14 mark to bring Tennessee State (2-17, 1-4) within eight, 9-1.
Big Blue didn't record its first field goal until 14:44 left in the first half with a Jamonte Graham 3-pointer.
During the Tigers shooting drought the Skyhawks extended their lead out to 15 points, 16-1. In the first 5:16 the home team knocked down 7-of-8 shots for a blistering 87.5 field goal percentage.
The Skyhawks lead was pushed to 18 on two occasions before the Tigers went on a run halfway through the half.
TSU used a 10-0 run to cut UT Martin's lead down to just eight, 26-18, at the 10:24 mark in the first. Senior Chaed Wellian and freshman Jamonte Graham orchestrated the charge with four points apiece.
UT Martin answered with a run of its own to push the lead back out to 17, 42-25, with just 4:45 on the first half clock.
An 11-2 run by Tennessee State saw the lead dip back under 10 points at 44-36. Junior guard Jay Harris racked up five points in the stretch, with a 3-pointer and a layup, Miller also added four points.
The home team pushed its lead back to double digits just before half to take a 48-37 advantage into the locker room.
Both teams shot the basketball well in the opening frame, with UT Martin at 58.8 percent and Tennessee State at 52.0 percent from the floor.
Miller led the Tigers in scoring, finishing the stanza with 10 points on 3-of-8 shooting. Off the bench freshman Jamonte Graham also posted nine points on 4-of-6 field goal attempts, just three shy of his career high.
A 4-0 TSU burst out of the break pulled the Tigers within seven, 48-41, after layups from Miller and Rhett. UTM answered back, pushing its lead out to 14, 61-47, just two minutes later at the 14:52 mark.
UTM's lead grew to 19 on multiple occasions and proved to be too much as the Skyhawks went on to win 100-81.
Miller, the reigning OVC player of the week finished with 29 points on 8-of-14 shooting and went 13-for-14 from the line. The Chicago native also dished out three assists and pulled down four rebounds.
Three other players joined Miller in the double-digit scoring club: Harris (15), Rhett (11), and Kennedy Eubanks (11). Rhett nearly finished with a double double, totaling eight boards on the night.
UT Martin finished with five players scoring in double figures; including 25 points from Myles Taylor in the win.
The 100 points by the Skyhawks marked the second consecutive game the Tigers allowed 100 or more points. The last time the Tigers allowed 100 plus points in back-to-back games came in the 2002-03 season. Both times the feat occurred in OVC play.
Tennessee State continues life on the road Thursday, when the team travels to Jacksonville, Ala. to take on Jacksonville State. Tip-off for that contest is slated for 7p.m. in the Yellowhammer State.


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A long term goal of ours has been to produce movies with Papervision. Our first attempt is "forever". We created this movie by screen capturing a Wii controlled silly string application we had written. What we learned from our first creation was how powerful the Wii was as an animation tool in making 3D movies.
We are now working on our next movie called Harry.
The YouTube movie is below. My son Josh (the incredible guitar player) put together all the music.
YouTube Video
Scaled Down Non-Wii version
Click on the image or link below to view a scaled down non-Wii version of this application. Placing your mouse cursor on the right side of the screen causes the string to grow fat, on the left side skinny.
Or click on the link below;
You can download the Wii controlled Silly String program from
there is also a scaled down web version you can download.
Wiimote Comands
For this particular demonstration we programmed the Wiimote keys as follows. Of course this will change depending on the application.
Press A = Increase Orbit Radius
Release A = Return Orbit Radius
Press B = Get Fat
Release B = Return Skinny
Press UP = Zoom Out
Release Down = Zoom In
Press + = Increase Velocity Release
Press – = Decrease Velocity
Press Home = Blow Up (Repeating Destroys More)
Creating the Disk
To create the Wii Disk shown below slow your velocity to zero by holding the "-" key. The silly string will wrap around itself creating the disk. Then play around by pressing the B key, the A key, and then blow it up using the home key.
The heart of the Wii controlled silly string program is the line3D class and the Wii starter code provided in a previous post. Drawing a 3D line is really simple in Papervision. Just create a new line as shown below
new Line3D(lines, lineMaterial, lineSize, prevVertex3d, myVertexHere);
and give it a starting point and ending point as shown above. The string is then pushed forward by continually incrementing rotation (pitch, yaw, and roll) of the guiding sphere and using the moveForward command as shown below;
Finally, the string is constrained to a sphere by setting its last coordinates to the guiding sphere's coordinates. The radius of the sphere constraint can be changed by changing the velocity of your string.
Click the more button below to see the entire code.