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Pittsburgh Forces Game Seven, Series Heads Back to DetroitJune 10, 2009
After being held scoreless in Game Five, the Pittsburgh Penguins faced elimination in Game Six for the second straight year in the Stanley Cup Finals. Last year, the Red Wings won the Cup in Pittsburgh, forcing the Penguins to watch them celebrate in their house.
Detroit wanted to do the same in Game Six this year, but the Penguins had other ideas. Pittsburgh came out firing in the first period, taking 12 shots on Detroit's Chris Osgoode.
They also had two power plays they were not able to capitalize on, as both teams were unable to beat the goalie during the first period.
With no score in over 44 minutes of play, (going back to the 15:40 mark in the second period of game five), it's the Penguins who break through in the second period, with Jordan Staal scoring less than one minute into the second, giving Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.
The Red Wings fail to score for the third straight period.
Just over five minutes into the third, the Pens added to their lead when Tyler Kennedy put another one past Osgoode, giving the home team a 2-0 lead.
The Red Wings did not give the Penguins room to breathe for long. Despite being injured for most of the Finals, Detroit's Kris Draper was able to get the puck past Marc-Andre Fleury, cutting Pittsburgh's lead to 2-1 with nearly 12 minutes left to play.
Detroit was not done making the Penguins sweat in the third period. With 1:41 left, Fleury stonewalls the Red Wings Daniel Cleary on a breakaway, something Detroit's net minder Chris Osgood has done to Pittsburgh the entire series.
The Red Wings got one last chance to score in the final seconds, when Detroit pulled Osgood to get an extra attacker on the ice.
After several near-goal-scoring chances by the Red Wings, Fleury is caught out of position, nearly allowing the tying goal to trickle in. Fortunately for the Pens, Rob Scuderi jumped in front of the puck, making the save until Fleury could get back and cover the puck.
Pittsburgh was able to hang on for the 2-1 win off of strong defense by Brooks Orpik. Fleury was solid in goal, saving 25 of the 26 shots he faced. Osgood for Detroit is not bad either, saving 29 of the 31 shots he faced.
Now the series heads back to Detroit for a winner take all in Game Seven. In their recent Cup runs, Detroit has yet to be pushed to a game seven.
The Red Wings and the Penguins have not lost on home ice so far in this series. If Pittsburgh wants to win the Cup, they will have to break that trend on Friday in the last game of the series.


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Wednesday June 25, 2014
From LA Mag
Curtain Call: How Radio Influenced Jazz Pianist Jason Moran
by Craig Byrd
When you think of L.A.'s iconic radio concerts, KROQ's Weenie Roast and KIIS-FM's Wango Tango probably come to mind. But Long Beach-based jazz station KKJZ (88.1 FM) also hosts an annual concert. This weekend singers Steve Tyrell and Jane Monheit will perform at the Walt Disney Concert Hall along with musician and radio host David Benoit at the second annual KJazz Summer Benefit Concert. Jazz pianist Jason Moran, who was named the Downbeat Magazine Jazz Artist of the Year in 2011, will open the show. His album Ten was also named Jazz Album of the Year.
39-year-old Moran is an innovator pianist who blends the familiar with the new. He released his first album, 1999's Soundtrack to Human Motion. Rolling Stone said he was 'shaping up to be the most provocative thinker in current jazz.' In 2010 he was named a MacArthur Fellow. More recently he paired with saxophonist Charles Lloyd on the 2013 album Hagar's Song.
Moran, who grew up in Houston, credits a local radio station for informing his sound. 'I grew up with KTSU and that station gave me so much info about the pantheon of black sounds: reggae, gospel, blues, soul, hip hop, and mostly they played jazz. That was a major part of how I understood music.'
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You don't see them… or very little, but they are essential to the success of your stay at Le Camp.
Béatrice Rognon and Anabela Marques Fonseca take care of the interior maintenance of the camp's dozen or so buildings : cleaning from floor to ceiling, washing and ironing laundry, replacing bedding, inventorying dishes and kitchen utensils and many other tasks, not always very fun, and that must be repeated every day throughout the year. The same applies to Pascal Dugon, in charge of infrastructure and external maintenance. Whether it is raining or windy and even under the snow, you will find him on a ladder, at the wheel of the tractor for grass cutting or with a whole set of tools in hand. If the Camp is lit at night, if the premises are heated in winter and if the water runs at the tap, it is thanks to him.
Hats off to the three of them! Motivation, versatility, perseverance, excellence, these are the qualifiers that best characterize them, but let us not forget their smile and their sense of service to others. In this way, they put into practice a motto that the founders of the Camp in 1915 would not deny and that has been valid, since 1915: "to serve with discretion". On behalf of all the Camp hosts, their colleagues and the members of the Foundation Board, we extend a heartfelt thank you to Béatrice, Anabela and Pascal.


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- "Please don't squish me. I'll be good"
- "i could die for those legs…"–boy, bye.
- "My father was cuban and the only thing he gave me was an impressive cock."—hahahahahahaha
- "I like to put my face in that ass and keep it there until made to take it out."–he also likes to get high and makes green.
- "I know a hot couple looking"—at?
- "Hi how are you?have you dated asian?"
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[The Following writing was recovered from a swap file after being thought lost to a dead laptop battery at the beginning of the New Year 2016.]
Caught in a bleak dystopian world, I looked again and saw the ruins that the commons had become. Abandonded, left to rot in waste, all of value had long been plundered and destroyed.
But somewhere, somehow, I found a few others who were also ready to put energy into creating and giving again.
It was nothing but an old abandoned building. What was I doing here, in this wreck of a place, all by myself? What had it been? Where had they all gone?
I went out amidst the ephemeral town, endeavoring to seek out allies. It didn't take long to find them.
Another woman, also seeking to give aid and assistance to the homeless, found common cause, and we agreed to collaborate. That was what I had been about, wasn't it? Helping the homeless, whoever "they" were. Or was that a "we", the homeless? Regardless, we, along with a few others who also found this idea exciting, set about to make it happen.
Back at the old building where everything had been falling apart, we set about to create anew. I set out the material belongings I wanted to share, and declared that this was my offering to the newly revived commons: A few boxes of books, a collection dvd movies, and various other odds and ends I just didn't need at all anymore, but other people might.
Each bringing in what we could offer to give, a sort of informal free store paradise began to form once more. It grew. The abandoned old building was again becoming a vibrant place where people with extra to offer could gather with those in need, attracting more of both types to the scene, but as it grew, it became clear that those with much to give were easily outnumbering and overpowering the ones in need, who came with nothing, and found themselves showered with abundance.
The kitchen was also beginning to bustle, with more food around than everyone could eat, more people to cook it, and more of everything that was needed. Just for fun, I tried making a pizza, and found all the ingredients I needed readily avaliable; even my old favorite topping, green olives, available aplenty. The oven was being used for something else, so I set my pizza out on the counter, and while it waited to bake, I went back look at progress in the media library.
Things were being rearranged, moved around more quickly than I could comprehend, with more always arriving. It was almost overwhelming. I saw a familiar box, and looked inside. Some of my old books were there, along with some other mundane items I didn't recognize. I opened one of the books, and began to look inside. It was an old volume I had read long ago, and didn't particularly need anymore. Besides, all around me were new donations, promising endless possibilities to explore. Why go back to repeating the same old stories, when all around me new volumes beckoned?
So I set my attention to a nearby shelf full of brand new books, and found myself admiring the art on covers. Before I could delve in very long, I found myself distracted by people bringing in even more! Things were also being rearranged, furniture moved around to make room.
I looked back at the box containing old my books, and decided to take it back. I picked it up, carried these valued books away from the free store commons, and put them in another spot, where I hoped it would be obvious they were not on offer for others to take.
When I turned around to look back at the free store commons again, I saw a new pattern beginning to form: People had begun dividing the commons into individual areas where "their" items were on offer, and while anyone could still go in and take whatever they wanted from the free store, it would not be done without being watched by the "owners" tending each little de facto booth. This was fair, though a little unnerving. Everyone was simply tending to what they had brought in to give. How could I complain, when I too had grown attached to some of my belongings, and even decided to take back a few of the things I had donated to the commons.
The rest of the stuff I had given, which decided I didn't really want back, was now being moved around, split apart, lost in limbo between the newly segregated areas where each tended to their own offerings. I considered that maybe it was time to join this flow, take my donations and group them in one spot, then I could sit and watch my "booth" to make sure everything stayed orderly, just as they were doing.
Uninspired by that idea, I turned my attention back to the kitchen, where I had left the pizza waiting to go into the oven. The green olives which I had so delightfully piled on had been removed! Someone must have taken them off the pizza, one by one. Why? I looked in the sink. Near the drain, I saw a pile of perfectly good onions, already chopped and ready to be added as an ingredient, about to go to waste. I didn't even know what the onions were for, I hadn't chopped them, but something was obviously going strangely awry here. Again, I wondered, why?
A disembodied voice from nowhere told me that the energy of onions brings a mode of ignorance. Therefore, we shall not eat them. The woman I had collaborated with to bring this place back to life appeared, and informed me that we couldn't serve green olives, as many people have chemical sensitivities. Also, pizza was not an economical or efficient type of meal to cook and serve to crowds of homeless people, so instead we would be focusing on the basics, making large pots of stew that would be enough to serve to everybody, without the worry that anyone would get jealous of the first few people to get a slice before it all ran out. The pizza I had sculpted was already being disassembled, and the ingredients separated apart for adding to the larger dishes that would soon be served.
I wasn't hungry anymore. I turned and walked away, into oblivion.
Slowly waking up again in the bed, I had no memory of the immediate past. I felt, vaguely, a revived sense of the purpose I had once known, all those years ago, when my life's mission of finding and helping to create a truly radical tribal community, as described in the book "Days of War, Nights of Love" by the anonymous CrimethInc collective, inspired and propelled me to delve deeper into the dystopian darkness, eschewing privilege, embracing discomfort, allowing myself to become a temporary slave to the corrupt institutions of capitalism, at least until I could find and join with enough like-minded others to leave those corrupt corporations behind, and put our full energy into creating something ourselves, something so much more beautiful and abundant than their de facto prisons of soul-crushing wage slavery.
Feeling my body's weight, and the knot within my stomach, I didn't want to get out of bed. The effects of poor eating choices in recent times, efforts to try and comfort myself (also known as the standard American way of life), a few too many occassions of stuffing myself full of pizza containing the flesh of animals that had been tortured by machines from the moment they were born...
But now, a rekindled premonition of an energy long forgotten, with the message: Time to live, really LIVE, once more, as the journey begins anew...
[laptop battery died]


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From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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1947 was the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
- January 15 - Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia (b. 1924)
Art and culture
- The Maids by Jean Genet
- The Breasts of Tiresias by Francis Poulenc, based on a text by Guillaume Apollinaire
- Under the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
- Jean-Jacques Pauvert reprints the work of Marquis de Sade
- The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh
- Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau
- The Diary of a Young Girlby Anne Frank
- Querelle de Brest by Jean Genet
- Cinema 16, film founded by Amos Vogel, starts its operations in New York
- Anger 1 by Kenneth Anger
- Motion Painting No. 1 by Oskar Fischinger
- The term "Rhythm and Blues" was coined in 1947 by Jerry Wexler as a replacement for the terms "race music" "sepia music" and "Harlem Hits Parade" during a reorganization of the Billboard charts
- Quizás, Quizás, Quizás
- Nature Boy by eden ahbez written
- November 22 - Recording of To Have Done with the Judgment of God is started
- What Is Literature? by Sartre
- From Caligari to Hitler by Siegfried Kracauer
- Critique of Everyday Life by Henri Lefebvre
- Le surréalisme en 1947
- I was a Rich Man's Plaything[1], a collage by artist Eduardo Paolozzi.
- Mr et M Woodman, Man Ray
- Evelyn McHale photo.
- David Bowie (1947 – 2016)
- Alain Payet (1947 – 2007)
- Patrick Dewaere (1947 - 1982)
- Pierre Bonnard (b. 1867), French painter
- Pierre Janet (b. 1859), French psychologist
- Arthur Machen (b. 1863), Welsh writer
- Alfred North Whitehead (b. 1861), English philosopher
- Aleister Crowley (b. 1875), English occultist
- Luigi Russolo (b. 1885), Italian artist
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Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers news that Spybot Search & Destroy now comes with the ability to detect rootkits, a re-release of a patch that affects Microsoft Office Excel 2003 SP2 and SP3, a slew of patches from Apple, and a warning from Microsoft that Word is a possible vector of a new vulnerability.
Here's a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers news that Spybot Search & Destroy now comes with the ability to detect rootkits, a re-release of a patch that affects Microsoft Office Excel 2003 SP2 and SP3, a slew of patches from Apple, and a warning from Microsoft that Word is a possible vector of a new vulnerability.
- Spybot Search & Destroy scans for rootkits
The folks over at Spybot Search & Destroy (S&D) have announced last week about a new anti rootkit plugin for the popular software. A new RootAlyzer tool has also been made available.
You can access the new rootkit-related plugins by doing an update of Spybot S&D. The RootAlyzer tool, on the other hand, serves to reveal anything that uses certain rootkit technologies, even if they are not in the S&Ds detection database.
Excerpt from the announcement:
The RootAlyzer is a single tool which goes through the file system, the registry and process related lists. When you start RootAlyzer, it performs a very quick scan of a few important places, taking about a second on modern machines. To check the full system, you have the possibility of choosing a Deep Scan.
Currently, the RootAlyzer is a work in progress (with a new project tools category in our forum to track bugs and feature requests), but it's already helping to easily locate most of the current malware rootkits.
I reckoned that TechRepublic members would be interested to know about this new feature as my Right Tools write-up on the Spybot Search & Destroy attracted just below 300 comments earlier on.
RootAlyzer is compatible with Windows NT, 2000, XP, 2003 as well as Vista. You can download it here (zip) or read more about it over at the S&D forums. Spybot Search & Destroy is free for personal use.
- Microsoft fixes Excel a second time
Microsoft has re-released a patch meant for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 SP2 and SP3. The original version of MS08-014 that was released on March 11, 2008 resulted in a calculation error under certain circumstances.
Specifically, users of the above-mentioned setup who utilize real-time data sources in custom-written VBA functions will experience miscalculations in tables. You can read more about this issue under Microsoft's Knowledge Base KB950340.
Users who are affected will be offered the revised patch via automatic Windows Update. Alternatively, you can do a manual Windows Update, or download the patch directly from Microsoft here.
- Apple releases second mega-pack of patches and other fixes
Apple has released security update 2008-002 which fixes 46 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X as well as various third party programs included in the operating system.
The update resolves issues with the following components: AFP client and server, Apache, the Application Firewall, AppKit, CFNetwork, CoreFoundation, CoreServices, curl, CUPS, ClamAV, Emacs, the file command, Foundation, the Help Viewer, handling of Raw images, Kerberos, libc, mDNSResponder, notifyd, OpenSSH, pax archive utility, PHP, Podcast Producer, Preview, printing, System Configuration, UDF, Wiki Server, X11.
You can check out the details of Apple's 2008-002 security update here or obtain the fixes from Software Update. Alternatively, you can download it directly from Apple downloads.
Apple has also released patches that fixes multiple problems with the Safari Web browser. You can read up more on it here.
On the hardware end of things, if you happen to own an AirPort Extreme with 802.11n, you might want to know that Apple has released yet another firmware update for it. Additional details are scant, except that it fixes a denial of service vulnerability that can result from a maliciously crafted AFP request. You can read up more on it here, or download the firmware from here.
- Microsoft warns of new Word vulnerability
Microsoft issued a warning on Friday of an unpatched flaw that originates in the Windows operating system. The company says that this vulnerability can be exploited to install unauthorized software on a victim's PC by means of a maliciously crafted Word document. The issue appears to be with the Jet Database Engine used by a number of other products - including Microsoft Access.
Users of various versions of Word from Word 2000 onwards are at risk, unless they happen to be running under Windows Vista or Windows Server 2003 SP2. The bug affects any version of the Jet Database Engine (Msjet40.dll) with a version number equals to or higher than 4.0.9505.0.
You can read Security Advisory 950627 for additional information. A recommended workaround can be found there.
As usual, Microsoft did not say if and when they plan to patch the bug, though it did not rule out the possibility of an emergency patch.
Feel free to discuss about the various security updates here.


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Tennessee GOP leader threatens tax hike on companies that oppose anti-trans bathroom bill
Tennessee House Majority Leader Gerald McCormick (R) on Tuesday threatened to financially punish companies which opposed a bathroom bill aimed at transgender people by stripping their tax breaks.
Although McCormick agreed that the House "did the right thing" by shelving the bill on Monday, he defended the intent of the bill, which would have forced students at public schools and colleges to use bathrooms corresponding with the gender on their birth certificate, according to the Times Free Press.
During a floor debate on Tuesday, McCormick blasted business leaders for focusing on the bathroom bill instead of "a full-fledged gang war going on in Chattanooga."
"This weekend we had four people shot in Chattanooga," McCormick said. "But "our Chamber of Commerce is writing us letters about the bathroom bill. Now the reason they're not all fired up about the city of Chattanooga's handling of the gang problem is because the city of Chattanooga sends them money and funds their budget. And we don't. Guess what. We ain't gonna."
"All these companies who tried to blackmail us over this thing, when they come for their corporate welfare checks [economic incentives] next year, we need to have a list out and keep an eye on it," the majority leader added.


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As an industry leader, Direct Recruitment Geelong, has provided highly successful recruitment services to business's for more than 20 years. Our professional consultants offer individually tailored employment solutions based on our flexible, success-based recruitment model. Direct Recruitment Geelong is the preferred supplier for the Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV) and Procurement Australia (PA).
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We were very pleasantly surprised recently when two new clients stated that Direct Recruitment Geelong were so much more professional than other agencies they had been using. To be honest we were truly surprised by this, so we delved further to find out what it was that we are providing, that is so different. Two items stood out we provide detailed candidate reports and we always meet the agreed timeline. We resource candidates that will not only meet your skillset requirements but equally important will also be a great cultural fit for your organisation.
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The Ibiza & Mallorca Edit
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A British Sunday Roast Dinner… Ibiza Style
If you thought Ibiza is only a place to visit during the summer… you're very much mistaken!Times are changing in Ibiza with a 'second season' …READ ARTICLE
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Where To Celebrate Halloween 2018 In Ibiza
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The Ibiza Sunset Restaurants You Need to Know About..
Ibiza sunsets are undoubtedly one of the most magical experiences you can enjoy here. Watching the sky turn to fiery red and pink hues, even …READ ARTICLE
Travel | September 4, 2018
The best rooftop bars in Ibiza town
There's nothing quite like the feeling of being up on a rooftop, sipping cocktails to the hum of cool beats whilst the sun goes down …READ ARTICLE
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Ibiza: Beauty encapsulated in an island. Ibiza has come a long way from its humble beginnings. Since tourism exploded on the island in the 60s, …READ ARTICLE
Travel | July 3, 2018
Ibiza's New Foodie Hotspots for 2018
This week we bring you Ibiza's newest foodie hotspots for 2018. In a recent post we talked about how we've seen Ibiza reinvent itself as a …READ ARTICLE
Travel | June 14, 2018
The not-so hidden organic markets of Ibiza
Back in the 90's and early 00's electronic house music and heavy baselines were perhaps the first image that sprung to mind when thinking of …READ ARTICLE
Travel | March 9, 2018
Ibiza Insiders – Danielle Hodgson-Lindley
Creative Director and Owner of Ibiza founded Velvet Circus, introduces EC Villas to her Ibiza 'family'. There wasn't a plan as such but James had been …READ ARTICLE
Travel | February 14, 2018
Ibiza Insiders – Natasha Collis
Natasha Collis is amongst the jewellery designers who count in today's industry. Her unique handmade collection is based on her signature 'nuggets' formed from 18 …READ ARTICLE
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New Year, New Collection
Winter is here and we love it.Even as the temperature drops and the nights draw in, there is still so much to experience here in …READ ARTICLE


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Senior Recruitment Consultant - Tech & Data
|Job Title:
|Senior Recruitment Consultant - Tech & Data
|Singapore, Singapore
|Contact Name:
|Ben Thomson
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|February 08, 2019 06:20
Job Description
Job Description:
- All Recruiters at Oliver James Associates operate in 360 roles, proactively headhunting candidates and developing and establishing new business relationship.
- The successful applicant will be focused on building and developing a profitable desk within the Financial Services market, mapping out main target companies,working closely with the existing team, sharing information and contacts and taking advantage of our extensive existing client base.
- Responsible for mentoring and upskilling the current team whilst holding key relationships across the desk
- You will be responsible for achieving set targets; KPI's will include an annual, quarterly and monthly revenue target, phone activity, CV's out (jobs and speculative), Interviews, Jobs and Headhunts which can all be reviewed on a weekly or monthly basis, and reported to the Senior Management team
- Defining client requirements whilst mapping out the organisational structure, the culture and client's annual growth plans
- Networking with candidates and clients frequently, organising networking events and client presentations
- Cross selling other disciplines and incorporating other business areas into the relationships cultivated
- Negotiating commercial terms with both NYSE MKT listed businesses and high growth, start up firms, understanding the implication of the PSL for both permanent and interim hires
- Continuous learning in order to be up to date in the market with the development of technology and data tools, software's and applications
What we can offer you;
- Global relocation is actively encouraged within Oliver James Associates once proven - either to existing offices or to set up your own.
- On top of a competitive basic salary we boast a lucrative commission scheme; it is all transparent and uncapped rather than team based - so you are in control of your own income and know exactly what your take home is.
- Culture - Our culture is unique and maintaining this is of the up-most importance to Oliver and James as well as all Global Directors and Senior Stakeholders. Annually we spend $1 million on company entertainment so you can get to know your counterparts around the world. This consists of quarterly lunch clubs, quarterly team events, Spring & Christmas parties and a VIP Summer trip!
- Award-winning in-house learning and development team - for every stage of your career (on recruitment and management).
- Fast track progression, Oliver James Associates provide you with the right tools to propel your career with case studies of entry level candidates progressing to Director within 3,4,5 years!
- https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Oliver-James-Associates-Reviews-E795860.htm- OJ's reviews from past and present employees
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(CBS News) GREENE. R.I. - For David Frerichs, and pumpkin growers across the globe, this is the year they have been waiting for. History is being made.
This year growers get to see a pumpkin that makes the one most people put on their doorstep for Halloween, look like a pomegranate seed. This years legendary pumpkin even dwarfs the massive 1,600-pound giants that typically win pumpkin growing contests. It is so large most growers would think the poundage was not possible.
"It would just implode," said Frerichs. "That the shell of the pumpkin, the ribs inside, wouldn't be strong enough to hold that weight."
Just as breaking the sound barrier was to aerospace or running the four-minute mile is to sports, the Holy Grail for giant pumpkin people is the one-ton pumpkin. For decades growers have been pursuing this in vain.
A few months ago, rumors started circulating that some giants were growing in the backyard of a house in Greene, Rhode Island.
The homeowner had to plant foliage in order to discourage looky-loos, reporters, and others who have been desperately trying to sneak a peek. Ron Wallace, a country club manager, has tried to downplay expectations of what has been growing in his backyard until the pumpkin was weighed.
Last week, the pumpkin was weighed. It weighed 2,009 pounds, that's over a ton.
But the really amazing thing is that the pumpkin Wallace weighed is not the biggest one in his backyard. An even heavier, more grotesque fruit is set to be weighed tomorrow in a contest.
"This isn't a beauty contest," said Wallace.
According to Wallace, the larger pumpkin has been putting on about 40 pounds a day.
"You could see it grow," said Wallace.
There are cars that weigh less than his larger pumpkin. While its exact weight won't be known until it gets weighed tomorrow, 2,100 pounds is not out of the question.
"Now everyone is saying let's go for 2,500 pounds," said Wallace. "There has to be a limit at some point. There has to be a limit on everything, I think."
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Tea Party
In the magazine this month, Paul Makovsky writes about the Utah teapot–the world's first complex 3-D model, which, in the years since its design in 1975, has often been used as an inside joke among digital animators. The teapot has made its way into Pixar's Toy Story, an episode of The Simpsons (above), and a video by the Norwegian synth-pop band Röyksopp. Watch video clips of these cameo appearances after the jump.
Toy Story
After Buzz Lightyear learns that he can't really fly, he is recruited for a tea party–with the Utah teapot prominently displayed.
The Simpsons
In the third vignette from 1995's Halloween epidode, "Treehouse of Horror VI," Homer stumbles into an alternate dimension while trying to hide from his sisters-in-law. You can just make out the Utah teapot in the background of this 3-D world. Unfortunately, the only clip I could find online is in German.
Röyksopp, "Remind Me"
You may recognize this song from a Geico commercial. The innovative music video, created by the French company H5, won the best music video award at the 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards. The Utah teapot show up at about 55 seconds in. (The band's record label prohibits other sites from embedding the video, so you will have to watch it on YouTube.)


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As you may know, Google Streetview went live today in selected Japanese cities.
To celebrate this I bring you the "Random drives in Tokyo StreetView" page. (Intended as another page for WebSaver).
On your drives, if you get to Tsunashima, you may see this odd looking person:
Further back story on this page.


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User:RobJN/beginners guide/about
|Beginners' Guide
Hello! This beginners' guide will show you how to add data to OpenStreetMap. Tutorials are available in many languages which you can select from the table at the top of this page.
OpenStreetMap is a free street level map of the world, created by an ever growing community of mappers. Anyone can join this community and start editing OpenStreetMap.
Over one million contributors make OpenStreetMap possible. The main way that users participate is by editing the map. This guide will walk you through the basics of OpenStreetMap and your first edit. We'll also touch on other ways of getting involved including developing our underlying software and joining our humanitarian efforts.
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"Keep on beginning and failing. Each time you fail, start all over again, and you will grow stronger until you have accomplished a purpose - not the one you began with perhaps, but one you'll be glad to remember."
Anne Sullivan, 1866-1936.
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Join us for our showcases in New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta! Please see below for details.
LAMDA Graduation. Next up... US Showcases!
Don Juan Comes Back From the War
Amanda will be performing the roles of Mother/Matron/Woman 5 in DON JUAN COMES BACK FROM THE WAR, running March 7-10 at the Lenfest Center for the Arts at Columbia University. She is deeply proud to be a part of this beautiful project. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased here.
By Ödön von Horváth
in a new version by Duncan MacMillan
Directed by Kim Kerfoot '18
Don Juan is back from the War and Berlin is crumbling. After years of abstinence, the Don is ready for more of the debauchery that made his name, but amidst political and economic upheaval he finds himself increasingly at odds with the man he used to be.
Production Team:
Dramaturg: Ryan Patrick Ervin
Producer: Mei Li Heman
Production Stage Manager: Alison R. Simone
Stage Manager: Aimee-Marie Holland
Assistant Stage Manager: Taeuk Kang
Company Manager: Nicole Kramer
Composer / Co-Sound Designer: Ben Morris
Co-Sound Designer: Row Walters
Scenic Designer: Andrew Moerdyk
Costume Designer: Lily Prentice
Lighting Designer: Stacey Derosier
Fight Choreographer: Mark H.
Graphic Designer: Anchuli Felicia King
Amanda Baxter*, Matthew Cohn*, Carrie Dickson, Clare Mahoney*, Tracy McMullan*, Miss Sandra Mhlongo, Molly Wheaton
*Appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association
The 39 Steps
From Here To Eternity
I have had the leave the production of FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, the US Premiere of Tim Rice's newest musical being produced at the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival this summer, due to Actors' Equity regulations regarding EMC weeks. Though I am deeply saddened to not be a part of this project, I am pleased that I have completed my 50 weeks as an Equity Membership Candidate (EMC) and will soon be a proud member of Actor's Equity.
Stupid Fu**ing Bird
Amanda is currently working on STUPID FU**ING BIRD at the Pearl Theater Company, written by Aaron Posner and directed by Davis McCallum.
The cast includes Bianca Amato, Dan Daily, Erik Lochtefeld, Marianna McClellan, Joey Parsons, Joe Paulik, and Christopher Sears. Amanda will be understudying Ms. Amato in the role of Emma.
Previews begin March 15th, and the show runs from March 26th through May 8th. Please visit The Pearl Theatre Company website for showtimes and ticket information.
Amanda is currently performing in Winterfest with the Southwest Shakespeare Company, playing Desdemona in Othello, directed by Harold Dixon, and in the ensemble of Comedy of Errors, directed by Pasha Yamotahari. The shows run in rep at the Mesa Arts Center January 15th through the 30th.
Click here for show details and to purchase tickets.
The Company: Amanda Renee Baker, Michael Bailey, Hope Brown, Andy Cahoon, Jim Coates, Joshua Lee Cox, Beau Heckman, Jeff Huffman, Jeremiah James, Jesse James Kamps, Gary David Keast, Wyatt Kent, Tony Latham, Jordan Letson, Melody Knudson, Emily Mohney, Seth Scott, Susan Suze St. John, J. Kevin Tallent, and William Wilson.
Chess - Endgame
CHESS just finished its limited engagement run at the White Plains Performing Arts Center. The production was a Broadway World pick of the week, and received an excellent review in OnStage! Check out Amanda's gallery for images of this inventive and compelling production.
Click here for information or to purchase tickets.
Freddie: John Cormier-Burke
Florence: Amanda Renee Baker
Akeem: Conor McGiffin
Layla: Ruby Day
Farik: Andrew Hendrick
Gary: Gilgamesh Taggett
Torry: Allison Butler
Arbiter: So Young Jeon
Gregory Vashti: John Cedric Anderson
Young Florence: Elodie Lucinda Mamie Morss
Ensemble: Samantha Alicandri, Haleigh Brown, Brian Campo, James Caposito, Carly Dieck, Victoria Dieck, Daisy Guevara, Sarah Heinzmann, Lielle Kaidar, Nick LeMay, Michelle Morris, April Nuovo, Casey O'Donnell, Simona Persampieri, Casey Sacco, Sam Stein, Kat Vaccaro, Bjorn van den Berghe
Director: Keith Levenson
Music Director: Brent McGee
Choreographer: Jennifer Jonas
Scenic Design: Katie McGeorge
Lighting Design: Katherine Clark
Costume Design: Antonio Consuegra
Major Barbara
Amanda is currently working on MAJOR BARBARA by Bernard Shaw at the Pearl Theater Company. This production is co-produced by the Gingold Theatrical Group and directed by GTG Founder and Artistic Director David Staller.
The cast includes Becky Baumwoll, Robin Leslie Brown, Hannah Cabell, Bradford Cover, Dan Daily, Cary Donaldson, Richard Gallagher, Carol Schultz, and Alec Shaw. Amanda will be understudying Ms. Schultz in the roles of Lady Britomart / Mrs. Baines and Ms. Brown in the role of Rummy.
Please visit The Pearl Theatre Company website for showtimes and ticket information.


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Singer Solange Knowles, actress Yara Shahidi, and music icon Roberta Flack were among the stars celebrated on Saturday (05Aug17) at the 2017 Black Girls Rock Awards.
Beyonce's little sister was celebrated with the Rock Star accolade, which she branded "the ultimate honour", while Black-ish star Yara, who is heading to Harvard University, was recognised with the Young, Gifted And Black prize.
The Star Power title went to comedienne Issa Rae, as U.S. Congresswoman Maxine Waters was applauded as a Social Humanitarian, and Roberta was praised as a Living Legend.
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face singer appeared at the New Jersey ceremony in a wheelchair, but delivered a rousing acceptance speech as she shared a few words of wisdom with younger generations.
"Celebrate your successes," Roberta told the audience. "Learn through your mistakes. Be grateful forgive and persevere. I always say and I've always said, somewhere in my comment to other people love is a song. Love is a song. Each of you has a song in your heart and you keep singing that song, whatever that looks like."
She was also saluted with a duet by India.Arie and Tyrese Gibson, who teamed up to perform a rendition of her Donny Hathaway collaboration Where Is the Love.
Other artists to hit the stage during the show, which celebrates the achievements of black women, included singers Anthony Hamilton and SZA.
The ceremony, hosted by actress Taraji P. Henson, will air in the U.S. on the BET network on 22 August (17).
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The cover amount and premium increases by 3% each year. If chosen the Whole of Life lump sum amount will continue to increase, even after the policy term ends, up until death.
Pays a lump sum amount on diagnosis of 1 of 47 illnesses and the lower of €15,000 or 50% of the specified illness benefit remaining on a diagnosis of 1 of 20 illnesses during the chosen term. Pays 50% of the Specified Illness lump sum to a maximum of €25,000 if one of the life insured's children is diagnosed with a specified illness between 6 months and 18 years of age (or up to age 21 if they are in full-time education).
Life Events - Increase the lump sum amount by the lower of 50% or €100,000, without having to provide evidence of health, within 3 months of: a mortgage increase due to moving house; getting married; having or adopting a child. The max increase over the term of the policy is the lower of 100% of the lump sum amount or €200,000 (expires age 55).
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 13 (APP): President Mamnoon Hussain on Friday
said after defeating terrorism in battlefield, there was a need to
crush the terrorist mindset as well.
Addressing the graduates of National Security and War Course here at National Defence College, the president said terrorism and extremism could be eliminated by promoting education.
The president said following the success of Operation Zarb-e- Azb, another national narrative needed to be determined to ensure
peace in the country.
He said civil and military officials, media and educationists could contribute their input in devising a national narrative in eliminating terrorism.
He said terrorists had exploited religion to spread hatred and anarchy by brainwashing the disadvantaged and less educated people.
He said the State was fully conscious of the challenging tasks ahead besides tackling internal and external problems.
"It is a matter of satisfaction that present leadership of Pakistan is working honestly to ensure national and regional security and the people are supporting the government in this historic struggle," he said.
He expressed confidence that a bright and prosperous future was awaiting the country.
President Mamnoon also suggested benefiting from the expertise
of friendly countries in curbing militancy and extremism.
He said there was a paradigm shift in the concept and understanding of national security, at state-centric to societal levels.
He mentioned that the country's geo-strategic location and events in the region had a direct impact on domestic situation as well as at its international standing.
The president stressed that it was the time to take stock of the situation and work in collaboration as a team to ensure that
national interests take primacy.
He said poverty eradication was significant as it paved way to despondency and hatred.
He expressed satisfaction that new opportunities of employment
were being generated with China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).
He said situation would be improved with operationalization of
CPEC and urged upon the youth to learn requisite expertise to get
maximum benefit from the emerging opportunities.
He said deprivation from essentials of life creates a sense of loss in the people which weakens the State and its institutions.
"If the government institutions and their officials discharge their responsibilities with commitment and in the spirit of faithfulness to the State, then I believe it would be easy to meet this challenge," he said.
He lauded the contributions of NDU in refining and defining national security concepts of the participants and enabling civilian policy-makers to acquire a better understanding of issues concerning national security.
He said the NDU's course on national security was significant not only for the armed forces officers, but also for senior officers from friendly countries.
Congratulating the graduates, the president said they were now equipped with requisite skills to handle intricate and complex
professional matters concerning national security.
He urged upon the graduates to focus on complimenting the national response against the threat and challenges faced by the country.
He said senior officials from friendly countries that received training at NDU would provide a new impetus to relations between Pakistan and their respective countries.
The president gave away certificates among the participants of the course.
President NDU Lt Gen (retd) Rizwan Akhtar in his speech said the NDU's training courses were compatible with the changing global
He said NDU stands out as prestigious institution and a leading think-tank of the country that provides a platform both for military and civilian experts to share views on national issues.
Twenty-seven officers of civil bureaucracy belonging to police, secretariat audit and accounts, inland revenue and Pakistan
administrative services attended the course.
Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal, members of parliament and civil and military personnel attended the event.
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text: YouTube to Launch Gaming App 11:00 AM PDT 6/12/2015 by Natalie Jarvey FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Courtesy of YouTube YouTube Games - H 2015 The mobile app will be designed to help gamers keep up with their favorite channels, search for gaming-specific content and watch live streams. YouTube is acknowledging the strength of its gaming community with a new app designed just for video game players and fans. YouTube Gaming, which will launch in the U.S. and the U.K. this summer, has been built with gamers in mind. More than 25,000 games — everything from Call of Duty to Zelda — will have their own page that curates the best videos and live streams about that title. Game publishers and gaming-focused YouTube creators will also have their own channels within the app. The Google-owned streamer has also added some new features specific to the gaming community: it will send out alerts when a live stream is starting on a channel that a viewer subscribes to and has tailored the search function to surface gaming-related topics. YouTube plans to add an improved live streaming experience and make those streams more accessible from the home page. The announcement comes just days before the start of annual gaming convention E3. The launch of YouTube Gaming is part of the company's effort to create a suite of products tailored to specific content. The company rolled out YouTube Kids with family-friendly content earlier this year and has been testing subscription video service Music Key, which is designed to compete with streaming music offerings such as Spotify. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Natalie Jarvey firstname.lastname@example.com NatJarv


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If you live in the DMV and haven't tried Peking Gourmet Inn yet, you are seriously missing out. Located in Falls Church, VA, they serve the best peking duck in Virginia. In fact, their food's so good, I'd go as far as to say that they have the best peking duck in the DC area.
Although they specialize in the aforementioned dish, their traditional northern-style Chinese plates are just as tasty. Their walls are covered with photos of famous patrons – think presidents in addition to celebrities – and their restaurant's impeccably clean. They've been open since 1978 so you know that their food is good. No place can stay open for that long unless they are killing it, and trust us, Peking Gourmet Inn is killing it.
We started our meal off with a whole peking duck ($43), but half portions are also available for those of you interested. Each order is carved up tableside by a skilled pro and is served with 12 homemade pancakes, freshly grown spring onions – when we say "fresh," we mean fresh, like they harvest them from their own farm in Purceville, VA – and hoisin sauce made in-house.
You can get sliced cucumbers for a small additional fee, but their spring onions are free so we never do. Make sure you ask for hot peppers on the side. They're super hot but hella flavorful so they'll elevate your rolled bundle of magic tenfold.
Oh yassss, just look at that juicy goodness. Take a piping hot pancake, swipe some hoisin on it, put in duck, hot peppers, green onions, and enjoy the ensuing foodgasm.
The hot peppers we told you about above.
In addition to the duck, we got their 5 spice beef to share, and it was ridiculously tasty – hands down, one of the best dishes we've had there. The meat just melted in our mouths, and we loved that it came with sautéed mushrooms + steamed bokchoy – a definite must-try for spice-lovers everywhere!
If you want something a bit less hot, go with their jeo-yen shrimp ($24) or szechuan beef proper ($19). Although they're on the pricier side, both dishes are standouts so they're easily worth the money. Peking Gourmet Inn offers more affordable options as well, but they're not as special in our opinion – think typical Chinese-American dishes that are still tasty but nothing to write home about.
The tea here's free – it's quality tea, too – and they serve yummy fried rice (with egg and peas, no soy sauce though) with entrees so definitely look forward to that. They get crazy busy on weekends and weeknights so you'll need to call ahead and make a reservation, but lunch usually isn't too bad. Also, they have a fairly large lot out front so parking's easy peasy. Anywho, that's it for today nomsters! We hope you hurry over to Peking Gourmet Inn soon to try the best peking duck you'll ever have.


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If you are looking for that special experience and love the outdoors, what better way to celebrate a birthday than by having a Bushcraft Party in the woods, under the canopy of trees, with your friends and family, here at Waterland (children must be 8+).
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You have heard that whoever wins the midfield battle in football wins the match. This is why coaches are tweaking their midfield play and players so as to have an edge over an opponent. There was even a shift from the rugged defensive midfielder of yore to a deep lying playmaker all in the name of beating the opponent in the midfield. The great generation at Barcelona led by Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta developed with the tiki-taka idea of making every a midfielder. They ruled Spain and the world cup.
It is easy to point out that the mojo or deficiency is in the midfield, but what exactly makes the difference at the centre circle? Apart from defensive and holding play, the other midfielders are supposed to be passers and play makers. Naturally a player will be good at two of them where one is a primary and the other a secondary strength. I am yet to see a player who is very good in the three.
Patrick Viera the kingpin of Arsenal's invisibles was a good holding midfielder with defensive sub-skills. Physical play was a very important part of his game. He once said that he knew that the first contact in the tackle is very important. This is the moment when he imposed himself to win games. According to him, being strong in the first tackle says, 'I'm here and I'm going to try and make it difficult for you'. Intimidation is part of the game.
I have watched many matches and I have come to the conclusion that the team that boxes the opponent out of 50-50 balls has an upper hand in the match. This is because it is as much a mental battle as it is a physical one. A battle must be won in the mind before it is won physically. The team that can beat opponents to these half chances has a higher chance of scoring and winning a match.
If you have ever played football you will realize that the worst thing you can do is to go into a tackle half-heartedly. There is a high chance of injury in such a scenario. When you commit fully to go into a challenge, nine times out of 10 you'll come away with the ball. FC Barcelona lacked Sergio Busquets in Turin when they faced Juventus in the first leg of Champions League semi-final last season. Javier Mascherano a defensive midfielder turned centre half was played in front of defense and Barca lost the match 3-0. Busquets who is good at winning tackles was available in the second leg and the match ended in a goalless draw.
Brazil's and Real Madrid's destroyer in chief Casemiro said that his manager Zidane has never advised him to control his tackling even when he has a yellow card. If you are wondering where in the midfield Real Madrid won matches to win the Champions League for a second season running then you have it in Casemiro and overlapping left back and fellow Brazillian Marcelo. It is the power of taking chances on and winning 50-50 balls. Zidane as a former midfielder knows that so well and has the guts to risk his player being sent off as long as he can win a match.
FC Barcelona revolutionized football with possession play. The mindset was that if you can keep the opponent off the ball for long then you can stamp your authority. It worked because of the kind of players who Pep Guardiola acknowledged were a special lot. The new crop is not good at it hence when Busquets is not available, the gap is felt. At the finals of Confederation Cup between Germany and Chile, Germany won with a solitary goal yet they only managed a paltry 34% possession. If you look properly, the magic lies in the mental battle for 50-50 balls. Whoever wins the half chance wins the match.


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Sunny Vista is a new 89,000 sf skilled nursing facility located across the street from the main Sunny Vista Living Center campus. The new facility offers private rooms for short-term rehab or long-term custodial care.
The main level features a dramatic two-story living room trimmed with ornate hand railings and a large fireplace. Other amenities include living rooms, communal dining, a therapy room and gym, chapel, salon, conference room, three elevated outdoor patios, a multi-purpose room, two 270-gallon aquariums and aviary. All units and public toilets are furnished with a full-featured nurse call system. Medical charting will be accomplished electronically using tablet kiosks located throughout the corridors of each wing.
The garden-level basement houses a commercial kitchen, dietary/nurse/social worker offices, employee lounge/locker room, mechanical/electrical rooms, and oxygen storage space. The laundry room features an Aquawing Ozone laundry system, which uses a state-of-the-art ozone cleaning process that reduces water and energy consumption.
Pinkard conducted an intense preconstruction effort that included thorough constructability review and in-house BIM services, which held RFIs and change orders to well below the industry average for this size project. This thorough effort by Pinkard, in cooperation with Lantz-Boggio Architects, allowed the construction contingency to be minimized prior to final contract pricing.
Project funding was delayed by nearly two years, which caused a corresponding delay in the construction commencement. Pinkard not only overcame cost escalation that occurred during that period, but also helped create substantial savings through an intense value engineering process.
Because the facility was subject to licensing with Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for Life Safety, we also worked closely with the assigned State inspector through courtesy inspections to ensure periodic feedback and acceptability for those specific life safety requirements.


text: Middle-school student Dawn Weiner (Heather Matarazzo) faces degradation at school -- where she is teased constantly -- and at home. The middle child between nerdy older brother Mark (Matthew Faber) and perky younger sister Missy (Daria Kalinina), Dawn can't seem to find a place to belong. Although she has a crush on a cute boy (Eric Mabius) whom her brother knows, she can only catch the attention of bully Brandon (Brendan Sexton Jr.), who threatens her to show affection.


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- When the server first receives a continuous query, it not only replies with an initial result set, but it analyzes the query predicates (selection criteria) in order to logically group it with other similar queries.
- The engine can then quickly identify what continuous queries are affected by any given data modification (an insert, update or delete against the relationally structured operational data).
- The engine can send only the deltas to each CQ client needed to update its existing result set, in effect exactly the data necessary for the client to hold a materialized view of data from the server.
Evaluation program announced for GemFire Real-Time Events (5 messages)
GemStone Systems has announced a 30-day evaluation program for GemFire Real-Time Events (RTE), a distributed main-memory event processing and analytics solution based on continuous querying. Unlike a traditional relational database where applications execute queries on static data, GemFire RTE enables Java/J2EE applications to continuously process and analyze events, delivering a real-time view of critical data without the need to re-execute queries. C++ and C# applications can also plug into GemFire RTE via a standard adapter provided by GemStone. GemFire RTE provides an in-memory relational data store that allows clients to register SQL-92 queries via JDBC. With any event/data update, RTE automatically evaluates queries that have been impacted, regenerates a new view for those queries and delivers updated result-sets or "row deltas" to distributed client applications. As deltas are pushed from RTE to client applications, RTE invokes client API callbacks with the set of row deltas as arguments, enabling users to build code that handles exact deltas to the JDBC results set. The continuous query (CQ) functionality allows users to obtain new, updated results from the in-memory database without having to issue the same query repeatedly. RTE offers a client-programming model involving a JDBC-compatible driver along with a simple extension to receive "delta" events on cached result sets from servers. GemFire RTE's continuous querying technology works through an engine that groups and filters predicates from large numbers of queries, enabling the following to occur:
- Posted by: Regina Lynch
- Posted on: August 15 2006 12:09 EDT
Threaded Messages (5)
- RTE curious by b f on August 15 2006 14:16 EDT
- Re: RTE curious by Gideon Low on August 15 2006 14:39 EDT
- Continuous Query by Cameron Purdy on August 24 2006 10:00 EDT
- Re: Continuous Query by Bharath Rangarajan on September 15 2006 17:57 EDT
- Re: Continuous Query by Cameron Purdy on December 27 2006 04:25 EST
- Re: Continuous Query by Bharath Rangarajan on September 15 2006 17:57 EDT
RTE curious[ Go to top ]
What is the effort to retrofit an existing JDBC aplication with a large number of users? Is there any replication or clustering involved?
- Posted by: b f
- Posted on: August 15 2006 14:16 EDT
- in response to Regina Lynch
Re: RTE curious[ Go to top ]
For many applications, the JDBC client can simply switch to using the RTE JDBC driver instead of the previous one and will continue to work as before (it will only be doing RTE "ad-hoc" queries). To take advantage of the Continuous Query capabilities, you implement our CQCallback interface to receive notifications of changes (deltas) to your underlying JDBC ResultSet. The callback arguments give you everything you need to performs functions like updating a GUI or driving some analysis component that depends on moving data. Thus implemented, GUI end-users simply see the data update as if they had pressed their "refresh" button--but without database overhead! The ease of an RTE retrofit depends on a couple of key factors, but it is generally quite easy to realize a significant benefit over alternative approaches. One factor is that RTE supports SQL-92 and many parts of SQL-99, so consider the degree to which your existing SQL is compliant with these standards (or how easy it would be to re-factor the SQL for the same). Another factor is how much reliance you have on stored-procedure code. RTE supports Java stored procedures, but a system with extensive logic in RDBMS SP's would require additional migration work. Note that RTE can also be configured to write-though or write-behind to existing RDB's, so existing SP logic that isn't tied to immediate client application feedback could still fire and may be ok as-is. RTE supports clustering and in-memory replication both for scalability and high-availability. Client applications can be configured to connect to multiple RTE instances for easy load balancing and transparent failover. Instances of RTE may also be added dynamically to increase capacity without system shutdown. Cheers, Gideon GemFire--The Enterprise Data Fabric
- Posted by: Gideon Low
- Posted on: August 15 2006 14:39 EDT
- in response to b f
Continuous Query[ Go to top ]
This sounds similar to the Continuous Query capabilities in Coherence: http://wiki.tangosol.com/display/COH32UG/Continuous+Query It's too bad that JDBC didn't support two-way communications, e.g. events, or this type of functionality could have been truly drop-in. Peace, Cameron Purdy Tangosol Coherence: The Java Data Grid
- Posted by: Cameron Purdy
- Posted on: August 24 2006 10:00 EDT
- in response to Regina Lynch
Re: Continuous Query[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Bharath Rangarajan
- Posted on: September 15 2006 17:57 EDT
- in response to Cameron Purdy
This sounds similar to the Continuous Query capabilities in Coherence:If I am not mistaken, Coherence added this feature in Feb 2006, right? We have had this in *production* at a large investment management firm since early 2005.
It's too bad that JDBC didn't support two-way communications, e.g. events, or this type of functionality could have been truly drop-in.
Cameron Purdy
Tangosol Coherence: The Java Data Grid
Re: Continuous Query[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Cameron Purdy
- Posted on: December 27 2006 16:25 EST
- in response to Bharath Rangarajan
If I am not mistaken, Coherence added this feature in Feb 2006, right?Judging by our download logs, you would know better than I. ;-) Peace, Cameron Purdy Tangosol Coherence: The Java Data Grid


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VERSURI NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK – Funky, Funky, Xmas
Ho, ho, ho, oh, little train, my little elf, another great Christmas.
Ah, man, it's boring, it's boring, same thing every year,
so let's have a funky Christmas!
Have a funky funky Christmas, have a funky funky Christmas.
New Kids On The Block, let's rock, it's Christmas time.
We're gonna celebrate it with a rhyme.
Danny D, are you ready? – Ready as I'll ever be
Steady – you know, Joey Joe is ready
Jordan and Jon, yeah, come on, we got a funky, funky Christmas going on.
Have a funky…
Funky Christmas and a funky new year, I swear we got ourselves a party here
Girls on the floor knows our posse at the door
Should I stop – nah cool – here's more of this song, a funky Christmas melody
'cause Jordan K feels so Christmasy
Throw your hands in the air pause, kick the ballistics Santa Claus
Have a funky…
Sneaking downstairs on Christmas Eve
I saw a sight that you just wouldn't believe
St. Nick by the fireplace dusting off his head with a frown on his face
He said hay – said what – he said you – I said what
He said you left the fire burning and I burnt my butt
so now I've learned you've got to turn the fireplace down
so Santa won't get burned
Have a funky…
Have a funky…
Slipping and sliding through the city streets
I'll be in town getting down to the Christmas beat
it's Danny D I'm here with Christmas cheer
no feeling to end the party of the year
it's going I'm showing fresh rhymes I'm throwing
it's snowing outside but we ho-ho-hoing
Santa's on the way, sleigh bells are ringing, swinging, everybody start singing
Have a funky….
It's Christmas, can you swing this?
Funky, dope jam top on your Christmas list, do you dig this?
Boy, there ain't no twist, just something you wish for and you almost missed huh
Funky Christmas and a Happy New Year, how could you be booing it
with Donnie D doing it?
Have a funky….
Ho, ho, ho, this is the MC Santa Claus and my elf little Joe
Yeah, merry Christmas, merry Christmas, we gonna kick the ballistics
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text: Hi All, I did another quick check of my system today and found that the following packages have not yet been coverted to ELF. netstd, netbase, minicom, pgp-us, pgp-i, rpncalc, hdparm, diald and syslogd Could the maintainers please indicate when they think they will have them converted. David -- David Engel Optical Data Systems, Inc. email@example.com 1101 E. Arapaho Road (214) 234-6400 Richardson, TX 75081


text: Okay, so v7.1 adds homelink auto open/close for all Model S cars, right? Well, Tesla also updated their iOS app on the 10th and it states "use the app to... open/close a homelink-controlled garage door (for U.S. vehicles only)" as being one of the changes. I simply can't figure out how to trigger the garage from the app, am I missing something? - - - Updated - - - I should mention that my car is in fact on 7.1 as well.


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The Benny Goodman Collection will be present at the Fountain Hills Art Show in Fountain Hills, Arizona, from November 9th to 11th. Come by and check out the pieces Benny currently has in stock, and take home your own unique piece of furniture today!
Welcome to the Redesigned Website!
This new website design allows for easier navigation, quicker page-loading times, and more accessible ways to get into contact with Benny.
Please note: the web store has been formally discontinued as of July 20th, 2018. By the time each piece was added to the website, it was likely already sold at one of our shows or events. If you want to get into contact with Benny or want a piece similar to one you've seen in the past, Benny can accommodate to your requests.


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If this may sound like good ol' grapevine chika, sorry.
The Queen of All Cats has mentioned that it was posted in Drama Beans that Jang Geun Seok is coming to Manila.
Huwaaaaaaat?!? After news of SuJu's concert now comes this? This maybe too much for my K-Pop loving heart.
Hallyu fans might recognize Jang Geun Seok for his endearing portrayal of Hwang Tae-kyung, the leader of the fictional boyband, A.N.Jell from the hit TV show, You're Beautiful. While the news state that this series of fan-meets will go first in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, his management also informed that next in his schedule are the Philippines and Thailand.
Naku, ABS-CBN. Since you're bringing "You're Beautiful" in Manila, can you ensure that JGS is really, realy coming? And can he include the Philippines in his earliest stops (March-May)?
Lumalabas tuloy pagka-ajumma ko.
UPDATE: It's already August and no JGS sighting yet. It seems that it didn't push through..Hay ABS-CBN, please bring JGS!


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Rule of Law
Adherence to the Rule of Law is fundamental to achieving sustainable development and economic success within a State. The members of the BWL Rule of Law Team ("The Team") are trained and experienced Rule of Law professionals; we are used to working in challenging situations around the world in order to provide an exemplary service to our clients.
The Team's practice recognises and embraces the four core Rule of Law elements, which are:
- Accountability – all within a State are accountable to the law, including the State itself;
- Human Rights – all laws must be consistent with established international human rights standards;
- Accessibility, Enforceability and Publication – laws must be accessible by all, equally enforceable and publically promulgated;
- Fair and Timely Adjudication – laws must be adjudicated in public in a timely manner by suitably qualified and independent judges.
The multilingual and diverse Team (team members are fluent in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Arabic) offers States that recognise that they are in need of Rule of Law advice and guidance a high quality, proportionate and above all effective service, which is discreet, flexible and affordable. The service, which is empathetic to a State's cultural requirements and legal traditions, is designed to be delivered as a three-phase package (known as The BWL Rule of Law Formula or "the RLF"). In Phase 1, the Team ordinarily produces an Exemplifying Rule of Law Plan (solutions to identified Rule of Law problems). In Phase 2, the Team might be engaged on Plan Implementation (doing the work to make the plan succeed) and in Phase 3, Implanted Legal Support, members of the Team might be invited to stay behind to assist with Phase 2 (in country support in the short to medium term to maximise the success of the plan). But the Team can be instructed at any time to provide any one of the three phases separately or, alternatively, to validate or refresh existing Rule of Law systems.


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Today, we are previewing an additional feature of our new leads management module: leads cost tracking and lead source return on investment (ROI). These features are designed to help you manage and track your marketing programs that will generate the highest return on your marketing dollars.
Managing your leads efficiently and in a cost effective way is critical to the pursuit of closing more deals in your sales pipeline.
Leads ROI tracking is very simple and easy to use. Here is a quick overview of how to starting tracking your lead costs:
1. Create lead sources (using the admin tool)
2. Assign lead source costs (see below)
3. Create some leads using the Import Leads feature or add leads manually and assign a lead source
4. Create a deal from the lead
5. Close the deal
Your leads will now be associated with the deal revenue, and the costs. Your ROI is calculated and displayed in a report, by dividing your revenue by costs.
PipelineDeals already supports the ability to assign a lead source and track its associated revenue. We are enhancing that capability with the ability to assign costs to your lead sources.
To assign costs to your lead sources, simply have your administrator add the costs using the admin tool.
You can assign a simple flat fee to your lead source. Use flat fee costs when you are spending a fixed amount of dollars on a marketing or lead generation program. A good example, would be a trade-show, where you might spend several hundred to several thousands of dollars. This is a one-time cost which would be spread over all of the leads generated from the trade-show.
You can also assign per lead costs. Use per lead costs when you are purchasing leads from an outside vendor, or maybe getting leads from search engines such as Google, paying on pay-per-click basis.
The leads ROI report displays your lead sources, number of leads for each source, associated revenue, costs, costs per lead, and return on investment (ROI %).
Number of Closed Leads By Lead Source
This graph displays your closed leads over for a specified period. You can change the period to review your closed leads for this month, the last 3 or 6 months, and year to date.
Revenue, Costs and Profit By Lead Source
This graph shows you the revenue, costs, and profit in a nice 3D bar chart associated with a specific lead source. You can change the period to review your revenue, costs and profit for the last 3 or 6 months, and year to date.
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The 1919 Society recognizes and honors benefactors who have included Princeton HealthCare System in their charitable gift plans. Named in honor of the year in which Princeton Hospital was founded, the 1919 Society includes benefactors who have developed gift plans to benefit Princeton HealthCare System. Current recognition is provided by the Foundation for your deferred gifts, including named space for large planned gifts. For more information about the 1919 Society contact the Foundation at 609-252-8710.
Benefactors can leave a significant gift of cash, tangible property, or other assets by making a special provision for Princeton HealthCare System in their wills. Estate gifts can provide donors and their families with significant tax benefits while ensuring the strength of Princeton HealthCare System for children and loved ones. More information on making a gift in your will can be found in the Gift Planning Section of the Foundation Gift Page .
Benefactors can create a charitable trust for the benefit of Princeton HealthCare System that can both achieve financial planning goals and provide significant tax benefits. There is a wide range of trusts and other methods available. For example, a charitable remainder trust can provide continuing retirement income for couples and help to convert long-held or low-yeilding assets with significant current tax benefits. More information on charitable trusts can be found in the Trusts Section of the Foundation Gift Page.


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text: It didn't take long for these NaviBots to win our hearts -- we only spent about five intimate minutes watching them vacuuming the floor at Samsung's UK product launch event, but frankly, we fell hard upon first sight. On the left we have the SR8845 basic model going for £399 ($599), and the SR8855 at the rear is priced higher at £449 ($674) with its touch-sensitive buttons (instead of physical ones), on-board scheduler (instead of a countdown timer) and a pair of Virtual Guards -- boxes that create an infrared virtual fence to create a priority cleaning zone or to block the NaviBots -- instead of one. That said, both bots have the same vacuum performance, have visionary mapping, run for 90 minutes on a two-hour charge, and have anti-fall / anti-collision technology to boot. Say whatever you want about the prices and feel free to doubt the bots' sucking abilities, but hopefully the video after the break will at least leave you with a smile. Both will be in British shops at the end of April.


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I'm the moderator and resident travel nut here, so pull up a chair and fly, sail, drive, or just merely walk around the world with me.
Some background...
I travel primarily for leisure, and have been to Europe, the Soviet Union, Africa, and a decent portion of these United States and Canada. I've visited a few islands in the Caribbean, and we are planning a trip to Australia for next year.
My favorite cruise line is Princess, I fly primarily United Airlines, and Hertz gets most of my car rental business. We own, timeshare-wise, with Marriott. My wife and I are just working folks without children who enjoy an adventure now and again. We're both self-employed, so are flexible as to when and where we travel.
My primary strengths are a detailed understanding of the airline reservation system, finding information on the internet, and a passion for helping other folks make memories that will last a lifetime. Life is short, so enjoy it as much as possible.
I hope travel fits into that package...


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The family-run Hotel Maximilian is located in the heart of Innsbruck's Old Town, next to a pedestrian zone, offering air-conditioned rooms and free WiFi. The Golden Roof, the Imperial Palace, the Cathedral of St. James, Maria-Theresien Straße Shopping Street, the Congresshaus, the University, and the hospital are just a few minutes' walk away. All rooms feature parquet flooring, a flat-screen TV, a mini-bar and a bathroom with a shower or a bathtub. Breakfast can be enjoyed every morning in the cozy, Tyrolean-style "Zirbenstube" with its relaxing scent of Swiss pine wood. The hotel features a business desk center and a elevator. A ski storage room is provided and Hotel Maximilian comes with a lobby and a fireplace. Bicycle rental is available on request and against surcharge. Public parking is available at discounted rates at the Rathausgalerien car park (Adolf-Pichler-Platz 1), just 328 feet away. Various bus stops are in the surroundings, providing for easy access to the train station, the airport and the hop-on-hop-off sightseeing bus. Several cafes and restaurants can be found in the immediate vicinity of the Maximilian, and guests can enjoy shopping in one of the shops close by.
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I have felt paralyzed by fear ever since the results of the election. I couldn't bring myself to leave my place on inauguration day. I was afraid to go outside. My fear stems from multiple reasons including that I'm new to this city and that all of my family is in another state. But my fear has been amplified recently. What if something happens to me? Who will I turn to? What if I witness something? Will I be brave enough to speak up? It feels safer to me to make myself as invisible as possible. I know it is important now more than ever to stand out and to make myself present. And, I will. Eventually. At the beginning of the year as I made my new year's resolutions I resolved to conquer my fears. And, one way I'm starting to do this is by wearing red lipstick more often. I want to stand out or be visible in my own terms because whether I like it or not I stand out as woman of color and that can sometimes, a lot of times, put me at risk. And, while that shit is scary as fuck to me, especially nowadays (even though I do benefit from certain privileges) I need to take my power back—my own terms, in my own time, and at my own pace. I will rock red lips when I feel safe and especially when I don't. I will join my sisters who already don red lips on a daily basis and tap into their strength.
I started wearing makeup in 7th grade. I took a black eyeliner from my mother's makeup bag and after she'd drop me off at school I'd rush to the bathroom to put it on. I'd squeeze in between the other girls and try to fight for my spot in front of the mirror. We'd outline our eyes in black charcoal pencil first and you could feel all of us hold our breath as we glided our mothers' pencils across our lids as carefully as possible because there's nothing worse than a crooked line. We'd take another breath and hold it again as we took that same pencil to darken our waterlines. The darker and thicker the line the better. But not too dark or too thick because no one wanted to walk out of there looking like a raccoon. It was a delicate balance. I wore clear mascara because it was easier to take off at the end of the school day—a trick I learned the hard way. The braver girls wore layers and layers of pitch black mascara from their pink and green tube. We all wore the same glittery lip gloss. If your friend couldn't see her reflection on your lips then you weren't wearing enough of it. At the end of the day we'd be lined up in front of that mirror washing our faces, rubbing toilet paper on our eyes, and looking into each other's faces to ensure there was no evidence.
I was late in joining in this ritual. I wasn't allowed to wear makeup and the thought of putting it on anyway didn't really cross my mind until I saw other girls doing it. At first I only did it because one of the more popular girls asked me why I didn't wear makeup and why my hair was always up and why my eyebrows weren't plucked and if I was too poor to afford makeup and if I thought I was better than her. And so I started wearing makeup and crunching my hair with too much mousse. As I got older, I became more and more dependent on makeup. I couldn't leave my house without wearing it. I didn't want anyone to see me without it. I have very sensitive skin and its super prone to acne and this was very obvious as soon as I hit puberty. Im sure the cheap makeup I wore wasn't making my skin any healthier but I felt better hiding my imperfections. It was easier to wear makeup and cover up and hide. I didn't wear makeup to stand out. I used it to blend in.
I don't wear as much make up as I use to. Mostly, because I've owned my I-don't-give-a fuck attitude. And, that's not to say I still don't obsess about having the right foundation or having multiple bottles of foundation because my skin is breaking out or because it's too oily. Yes, I've spent hours shopping for the right eyebrow color because that shit matters to me and I certainly can't be walking around looking like a fool. But, I am more likely now to walk out without wearing makeup. I realize the wearing the makeup when I wasn't supposed to and then the not wearing it when I was ready has been about taking risks with how visible I make myself.
Because I grew up undocumented and around domestic violence, I was taught from a very young age to be invisible. That is, standing out too much, sharing too much, or anything that would make me too visible was a risk. And, the last thing we needed at home was a neighbor, or teacher, or god forbid, a cop coming to the house and asking too many damn questions. I got a similar lesson when I started wearing a bra. Making my body too visible could be dangerous—and if something were to happen to me I'd have no one to blame but myself. It was always better to blend in. This don't-attract-attention attitude—or survival tactic— has in a way always stayed with me. I'll catch myself doing this in small ways like what I decide to wear to bigger issues like deciding to speak up or not. I've noticed, however, I make a choice to stand out or to take risks on a daily basis—every morning, when I put on makeup (or don't). But something I haven't been able to do is rock red lipstick on a daily basis.
Red lipstick always feels extra to me. It's too much and I can't help but shy away. I wear it. Every once in a while I'll wear it. But I wouldn't wear it to work, for example. And, I don't wear it on a daily basis. I'd want to but I'm afraid to call too much attention to myself. It's not like I don't already stand out because I do. I'm a visibly-plus-sized brown femme. My eyebrows are drawn on dark and thick. On any other given day, I'll wear bright purple or dark blue lipstick. My earrings are hoops or of the dangling variety. If my long hair is not down its up in a large messy bun. I've been told I have constant bitch face even though I think I smile too damn much. My arms are large. My panza sticks out. My hips are wide. My ass is big enough. My outfits are usually bright. I physically stand out. I'm always too aware of being the biggest person in any room. I'm always too aware of how much room I take up. My ass takes up a seat and half on the bus. I can't cross my legs and make myself smaller when I'm on the subway—my thighs don't let me. I'm also always quite aware of when I'm the only brown body in any given space. Even though I'm shy and get very anxious when I need to talk to people and I can't just send them an email or a text I will always speak up when shit needs to be said. I think I'm hilarious but I've been told I can be mean and I cuss a fucking lot. Because I feel that so much about me already makes me stand out, regardless of how much I want to or how much I try to blend in, I can't bring myself to rock red lips as often because, in this small way, I feel safer when I don't stand out.
Red lipstick may sound mundane or even irrelevant but now more than ever I need to find strength in even the smallest of ways. I'm not new to fighting for my rights or for my safety but my previous experiences with challenging oppressions doesn't mean I'm not afraid right now. Because I am. Pero la lucha sigue and I need to keep it moving. I've chosen red lips as my armor of choice. I will look at myself in that mirror every day and don red lips when I need to and want to (or not) and know that every day I will be less afraid because I've decided to take that risk and make myself visible to those outside.


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Woo hoo! We've made it to the East Coast. Savannah, Georgia, one of the most beautiful cities you could hope to walk around, but more of that tomorrow, once we've finished all the walking and been to every neighbourhood. After all the deep-fried southern soul food we've enjoyed over the last few weeks we were actually craving something lighter, fresher and, yes, healthier. Here's how we went.
OK. For starters, one classic Savannah, Georgia photo to set the scene. This really is a town of a thousand delightful neighbourhoods.
In the centre of town, however, the Jepson Art Gallery is an equally wonderful modern space, and it was in the cafe (from which I took this shot) that we enjoyed a much healthier lunch.
Pammy would like you to know that this photogenic Biscuits with Tomatoes, Swiss Cheese, Basil Aoli and Salad was a truly impractical thing to eat. As mentioned several Tummy Times ago, biscuits are a baked thing rather like Aussie scones, but often a bit wider and flatter than scones. When used here as a substitute for a bread roll, they collapsed into half a dozen little bikkies after the first bite. This is a classic of 'it seemed like a good idea at the time'. It passed the taste test (nice) but it didn't exactly shine in the 'pleasure to eat' department.
I had a saintly salad. Well, actually, no I didn't. I had a chicken salad, which featured halved seedless red grapes, sun-dried tomatoes, red onion, cold cooked chicken blended with a herby mayonnaise, Cos (romaine) lettuce and a basil vinaigrette. What a mouthful of a description, but it turned out to be a pleasant mouthful for lunch. All it lacked was crunch...
So I ordered a half-plate of grilled ciabatta bread drizzled with olive oil and scattered with herbs.
After lunch we went exploring the amazing streets of Savannah and along the way we spotted this missed opportunity for Tummy Timers, the 'Shalom Y'all' Festival of Jewish Food, advertised outside the local synagogue. Sounds both fun and yummy.
Last night we dined out at what turned out to be a much more flash restaurant than we expected, but it was a night of interesting food served in a beautifully restored old house. The restaurant is called 'The Olde Pink House' and it's inside an historic mansion fronting Reynolds Square, on Abercorn Street. Somehow I was so keen to get stuck into our entree of a shared plate of a dozen oysters natural that I forgot to photograph them, but you know what oysters look like. The oysters were from just down the coast in Florida (not on the Gulf Coast side) and while, quite honestly, they weren't as good as creamy, superb Sydney Rock Oysters they were still the cleanest, freshest flavour (with a squeeze of lemon) we had enjoyed in weeks. After that fab entree, Pammy ordered the grilled salmon with dill cucumber salad, and they cooked the salmon the way she likes it: rare.
I had a crab-stuffed black grouper, with lightly steamed string beans on the side. Please note, that in Savannah they pronounce the name of this fish 'group-er', and not the Aussie way of 'grope-er'. I did notice the waitress twitch just a fraction when I placed my order. Oh, and it might not be all that photogenic but it was deliciously crabby, with the grouper a mere casing for the crab main, flavour-wise.
As so often happens with goody-two-shoes diners, by the time they have had salad for lunch and fish for dinner the danger period is desserts, and we both succumbed, I am happy to say. I had a key lime pie (not my first this trip) and this one was up there with the best of them, but all of them have been of a high standard.
Pammy lost her head for a moment and blurted out "I'll have the Chocolate Oblivion Torte, please" but she recovered beautifully when this relatively restrained, but deeply chocolatey little slice appeared. She approved on all counts. Got her chocolate fix, didn't overdose.
One cute note to finish on is the dessert menu, or more specifically the dessert drinks menu. We both loved the way they listed all the liqueurs as 'cordials'.
We'll tell you a lot more about this truly beautiful place with a blog posting tomorrow, but Savannah is well known for its food and it's living up to its reputation. On our first night here we were too tired from driving down here to venture far looking for a restaurant, so we went to a local pub, the Crystal Beer Parlor, and even there the crab cakes I had were light and full of fresh, real crabmeat, while Pam's lamb rack was cooked pink, how she likes it. Shame I didn't take the camera, but we didn't think pub grub was going to be all that enthralling. That's a mistake I keep on making on this trip. I forget to take my camera when I dine out and then I wish I had. Just goes to show you that the food here continues to be full of pleasant surprises.


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Brownie Scroll Puzzles: Impressive, very early (© 1891) boxed set of two different lithographed cardboard puzzles by McLaughlin Bros., featuring beautiful multi-color graphics of Palmer Cox illustrated Brownie characters on the two separate puzzles and box cover (box is wood framed w/ cardboard lid and base). Puzzles and box are clean, bright and very attractive in appearance (a strong C. 8++), although bottom box is missing small inner edge that secures outer cover. Both of the 24 ps. puzzles are complete, although two of the pieces have lost the bottom layer of cardboard (so slightly thinner than others and two pieces have repaired breaks).
Size: 10.75 x 13.25 (puzzles measure 9 x 12)
Date of Sale: 10/17/15
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In the search for the perfect tush, hydrogel injections have gotten a lot of media coverage lately. Though some claim that hydrogel injections are the perfect quick, minimally-invasive solution for those lacking in the booty area, others warn that hydrogel isn't the best choice for scoring a rounder rump. At best, it's a temporary solution; at worst, hydrogel injections in your butt could lead to a rear that ends up looking saggier than before. These facts will help you separate truth from fiction and make the best choice you can for your own body.
1. It's ridiculously expensive.
High-quality hydrogel costs around $500 per cc of gel. Most butt injections take at least 500 cc's of material. That means that your average hydrogel butt job would cost upwards of $1 million.
2. Those who claim to do cheap hydrogel butt enhancements are unlikely to be certified or safe.
"Backdoor butt jobs" often use gels that aren't safe for injection and result in unpredictable, inconsistent results, as well as infection, swelling, and other problems. Those who provide cheap butt lifts are operating illegally and unsafely, and you're not likely to be happy with the results.
3. Hydrogel injections aren't illegal.
Though many have been claiming this lately, hydrogel injections are FDA approved for cosmetic surgery–but they are typically used in facial procedures like lip or cheek injections. Juvederm© and Restylane© are a couple of the most popular options.
4. Hydrogel injections aren't the same as fat transfer.
Fat transfer involves harvesting your own fat through liposuction, processing it, and reinjecting it into your buttocks to get the shape you want. Fat transfer procedures last longer and are typically received much better than gels, if only because they use cells from your own body; the risk of hematoma, swelling, and other problems is much lower. Hydrogels are synthetic compounds that your body may or may not respond to.
5. Anyone offering butt injections should be a board certified plastic surgeon.
Anyone who's unwilling to provide their credentials is probably not qualified to perform the procedure safely, like this person (ABC News) who was arrested a few years ago. Ask critical questions and look for documentation, and if your provider can't provide it, hit the high road–you don't want to trust your booty's looks to them.
6. You have other options.
There are far safer, more effective ways to build a better butt than don't require injections or high-cost, risky procedures. A combination of diet and exercise and the use of butt enhancement pills and supplements is often all you need to get a perkier, curvier butt in a few months–no invasive procedures necessary.
7. Hydrogel usually only lasts about 18 months, at best.
Fat transfer last significantly longer and may even be permanent, but hydrogel injections are notoriously temporary (ask discussed on CosmeticSurgery.com), no matter where they're administered.
8. Hydrogel butt injection kits can be incredibly dangerous.
Look up hydrogel butt injection kits online, and you'll find options you can inject yourself–but those options contain questionable materials and results will be far less than reliable.
9. Butt creams are a smart alternative.
Butt creams, applied topically twice a day, work to plump up your body's own fat cells rather than adding silicone or other injectables under the skin. It'll take a few months to see results, but those results are permanent–and achieved safely. Butt creams also make your skin look healthier and firmer.
10. Butt pills sometimes work just as well, with little to no risk of complication.
Getting the booty you've always dreamed of is sometimes as simple as popping a pill. Butt enhancement supplements are totally safe and work by boosting your body's estrogen levels, which causes fat retention in the butt and hip area, the places women naturally tend to retain more fat. That means a rounder, curvier butt with no needles needed!


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The 20th Films From the South fest in Oslo, Norway will hold a special screening of Brazilian helmer-scribe Mario Peixoto's 1931 cult masterpiece "Limite" on Oct. 10.
The pic, newly restored by Martin Scorsese's nonprofit World Cinema Foundation, will unspool at a gala hosted by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and Norwegian multihyphenate Liv Ullmann. Screening will take place at the Norwegian Opera and features a new score to be performed live by Norwegian composer Bugge Wesseltoft and Brazilians Nana Vasconcelos, Marlui Miranda and Rodolfo Stroeter.
Dedicated to films from Asia, Africa and Latin America, the fest runs Oct. 7-17 and will bow all 12 pics restored by the WCF. Proceeds from the Oct. 10 event will go to support the foundation's work.