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Have you finally decided to find good quality earbuds? Luckily, there are so many models to choose from. The only problem is that it might be quite tough to find your ideal model because of the budget.
If you have saved enough money for something costing up to $100 then there are plenty of good earbuds to go for. There are several guides that can help you. Just recently, we came across a useful article that will help you find the best earbuds under 100 dollars. The list below will describe the top 5 earbuds under a hundred bucks to you.
1. Klipsch R6i ($100)
Klipsch is very well known for its range of headphones and certainly famed for the X11i, which is one of the best sets to buy in the in-ear style of headphones. Even if the R6i is a fair way below the X11i, it still performs admirably when the price tag is considered. The sound quality is the area of real promise and this is mainly due to the impressive detail belonging to the highs and the excellent bass. The appearance looks very elegant too.
2. Thinksound TS02 ($90.77)
The Thinksound TS02 earphones not only look cool, but are also associated with great quality sound. This is due to the 9mm drivers, which heavily contribute to the overall sound quality. In terms of appearance, the TS02s are probably the best looking earbuds available under the $100 mark. There are extra features that you can utilize depending on which model you go for. For example, if you need a built-in microphone, then you will have to choose the best model which falls at around the 90 dollar mark. In comparison, if you just want the basic headphones then these will cost you around 80 bucks. In our opinion, these are definitely one of the best earbuds under $100
3. Symphonized NRG ($25)
If you wish to prioritize value for money then you must check out the NRG headphones. These are one of our favorite earphones under 100 bucks and provide excellent value for money. At just 25 bucks, you have the chance to get a terrific looking set (it has a wooden design)! The wooden housing also has a positive impact on the bass. In addition, the overall sound quality is surprisingly great for such a cheap pair of earbuds.
4. Shure SE215-K ($95.53)
If you are literally willing to spend up to the $100 mark for a premium set, then there is probably only one pair of earbuds worth buying. All of the glory belongs to the Shure SE215-K in this case. This set has terrific sound quality, is built like a tank and looks really good. The feature of detachable cables is one that you won’t see with many other products. Add the Shure name on top and you’ve got the best earbuds on the market.
5. Panasonic RPHJE120K ($6.99)
With the exception of the NRG earbuds, the rest of the sets have been expensive. However, there will always be people who need the cheapest product. Even if you cannot spend more than 10 bucks, there is still something you can buy. The Panasonic RPHJE120K is easily the best pair of cheap earbuds. The overall quality with this pair is brilliant, as it sounds good, is durable and fits well too. The price is obviously the best feature here.
Hope this post was of some help in your quest to find the best earbuds under $100. As always, your comments and thoughts are much appreciated.
Nowadays, a lot of standard earbuds are coming with extra ear tips in an attempt to find the most perfect fit for our unique ear canals. Even the sets that are included with smartphones come with different sizes of ear tips. This can be highly convenient for all of us as the standard one size fits all in-ear headphones used to be a nightmare for fitting and comfort levels.
Even though the fit and comfort levels have vastly improved with extra ear tips provided, this may still be insufficient for some people who commonly experience similar problems. This is especially common if they’re trying to listen to music while carrying out a specific activity such as sports or running. This problem is sure to convince many to give up on earbuds but there is hope yet.
One pair of earbuds which will significantly improve the fitting for most people is Audio Technica’s ATH-CKX5iS earbuds. These in-ear headphones will include 4 different sets of ear tips in addition to 3 sets of C tips. While the different ear tip sizes will improve the fitting, the C tips act as the wedge which will really secure the earbuds into the ear canals. There is a special way these earbuds are designed too and this swivelling action further contributes to the secure fit.
These features sound quite impressive and it certainly seems as if they’ll be quite efficient for the purpose that you wish to use these earbuds for. This makes these earphones ideal to use during intense sports activities. If you want to check out the full specifications, head over to The Verge.
While the inclusion of several sizes of tips is beneficial, there are some more advantages too. The noise isolation feature is great and the cord controls are quite convenient too. The affordable cost will combine with every other positive aspect of these earbuds to form a set that most people would love to have for their personal use.
When buying headphones, one of the main features people like to look out for is the noise isolation feature. It can be relatively easy to find full-size headphones with this. However, the real challenge is to find earbuds which are capable of isolating the noise to a reasonable level. The truth is that the best earbuds will be able to do this perfectly. Does that mean it is a must to spend big on the best earbuds?
Not necessarily!
The problem with poorly isolating earbuds is that they usually fit quite poorly. If you can solve this problem by buying something that fits perfectly into your ear then the problem can be solved. Of course, a perfectly fitting pair doesn’t mean that it’ll be great at isolating noise. For that the design needs to be suitable and utilize this feature.
Despite this, it isn’t actually too difficult to add a noise-isolating feature to your existing earbuds. In the video below, you will be shown exactly how to do this with some earplugs, elbow grease and silicone.
The video will illustrate the entire process very clearly. All you’ll need to do is replace the poor quality earplugs from your earbuds with the new better fitting earplugs.
Music and sound in general has a great connection with lasers and other form of lighting. In fact, in most events, this connection is utilized to the extreme in order to create a special atmosphere. You might have noticed this during your visit to a nightclub or a rave.
While lasers and flashing lights have earned their place during these events, it looks as if this connection is being utilized to a completely different level. To be honest, with the demand for aesthetics aspect of headphones on the rise, it was only a matter of time before flashing lights became a feature. But, we can’t help but think of these products as toys for children rather than something that should be taken seriously. All we need to do is wait to see how these products perform.
The first pair of earbuds, which are sure to hit the market after what seems like a very successful Kickstarter campaign, are Glow headphones. The special design that utilizes glass fibres and lasers will flash in sequence with the music that you are listening to. As mentioned above, this sounds great because it is unique.
While these in-ear headphones flash to the music, there is another feature which may be even more impressive. It has been suggested that Glow headphones will also feature an accelerometer. This part will be responsible for the cables beating in sequence to your footsteps. Furthermore, there will be sensors built into the earbuds that will allow the cables to beat in sequence with your heartbeat.
All of the above features seem to indicate promising albeit unnecessary features. Considering the fact that we are regularly looking for unique devices, GLOW can be forgiven for developing these headphones. However, it remains to be seen whether these flashing earbuds perform in other essential areas that normal earbuds excel in.
Wireless headphones are one of the best creations since the beginning of headphones in general. They remove all the frustration that we get with cords. Man has even created wireless earbuds and these are ideal in certain situations especially when working out or when on the move. Even though plain wireless earbuds take up minimal space, they do have several restrictions when it comes to the design. For example, there is a little/no chance of incorporating controls on the structure. This is highly disadvantageous for people that like to fiddle around with the volume and their music without taking their Bluetooth device out of their pockets.
Ideally, there should a pair of Bluetooth earbuds which have some controls on them. This product would hold the edge over other products as they would be easier and more convenient to use. A company that is trying to utilize this gap in the market is LG. They have focused on this area with the production of the Tone Pro, which provides the solution to our main problem. The Tone Pro does this by incorporating a 3D neckband design in combination to standard wireless earbuds. The neckband will rest around the neck and the earbuds will easily be inserted into the ears. The various essential controls are located on the neckband so they can be easily utilized without much fuss.
Generally, when a neckband or a similar structure is utilized, there might be some question marks over the design. For example, how will the earbuds fit into the neckband and won’t there be any tangling? The LG Tone Pro actually has magnets built into the structure which keeps the earbuds in place and prevents the wires in place where they cannot get tangled.
In overview, the controls located on the neckband are very convenient and easy to use. There are buttons which will change the volume along with controls which will enable you to use the hands-free feature.
The sound quality is quite impressive too. With the LG Tone Pro, you’re easily looking at a pair of wireless earbuds that can be perfect for every situation. Whether it is to use as a Bluetooth headset or just a standard pair of wireless earbuds, the Tone Pro has the qualities to carry out both duties perfectly. | {
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Effects of mental health interventions for students in higher education are sustainable over time: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials https://t.co/W5ZUD3tXEI https://t.co/qGUT7o2dGZ
Effects of mental health interventions for students in higher education are sustainable over time: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials https://t.co/35ozkmemtG #Psychiatry
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Abstract
Background
Symptoms of depression, anxiety, and distress are more common in undergraduates compared to age-matched peers. Mental ill health among students is associated with impaired academic achievement, worse occupational preparedness, and lower future occupational performance. Research on mental health promoting and mental ill health preventing interventions has shown promising short-term effects, though the sustainability of intervention benefits deserve closer attention. We aimed to identify, appraise and summarize existing data from randomized control trials (RCTs) reporting on whether the effects of mental health promoting and mental ill health preventing interventions were sustained at least three months post-intervention, and to analyze how the effects vary for different outcomes in relation to follow-up length. Further, we aimed to assess whether the effect sustainability varied by intervention type, study-level determinants and of participant characteristics.
Material and Methods
A systematic search in MEDLINE, PsycInfo, ERIC, and Scopus was performed for RCTs published in 1995–2015 reporting an assessment of mental ill health and positive mental health outcomes for, at least, three months of post-intervention follow-up. Random-effect modeling was utilized for quantitative synthesis of the existing evidence with standardized mean difference (Hedges’ g) used to estimate an aggregated effect size. Sustainability of the effects of interventions was analyzed separately for 3–6 months, 7–12 months, and 13–18 months of post-intervention follow-up.
Discussion
The evidence suggests long-term effect sustainability for mental ill health preventive interventions, especially for interventions to reduce the symptoms of depression and symptoms of anxiety. Interventions to promote positive mental health offer promising, but shorter-lasting effects. Future research should focus on mental health organizational interventions to examine their potential for students in tertiary education.
Previous research on mental health promotion and mental ill health prevention has shown promising short-term effects of stress reduction techniques and meditation, self-hypnosis, cognitive behavioral, and mindfulness interventions (Conley, Durlak & Kirsch, 2015; Conley et al., 2017; Regehr, Glancy & Pitts, 2013; Shiralkar et al., 2013) as well as of technology based interventions (Conley et al., 2016; Davies, Morriss & Glazebrook, 2014; Farrer et al., 2013). As mental health problems persist during the study period (Bewick et al., 2010; Christensson et al., 2010) and negatively affect academic performance and future working capacity (Rudman & Gustavsson, 2012; Vaez & Laflamme, 2008), the sustainability of intervention benefits as well as its determinants and moderators deserve closer attention. Several reviews have approached the issue of intervention effect sustainability by averaging the effects reported for the longest follow-up periods, although a substantial variability in the ranges and means of the follow-up lengths made the comparisons difficult (Conley, Durlak & Kirsch, 2015; Conley et al., 2016, 2017). The authors highlighted the need for in-depth investigation of the intervention benefit sustainability over variable post-intervention follow-up periods since the effects may change their direction and strength over time (Conley, Durlak & Kirsch, 2015). Therefore, to further address the nature of sustainability of intervention effects, in this review we aimed to systematically identify, appraise and summarize the existing data from randomized control trials (RCTs) reporting on whether the effects of mental health promoting and mental ill health preventing interventions are sustained for at least three months of post-interventional follow-up. Further, we aimed to analyze how the direction and magnitude of the effects vary for different outcomes in relation to the lengths of follow-up and to assess whether effect sustainability varied by the types and major features of interventions, study-level determinants, and characteristics of participants.
The PICO components (population, intervention, comparator and outcome) were developed after discussing eligibility criteria with stakeholders from the student health services: P = students in university settings; I = any types of mental health-promoting and mental ill health- preventing interventions; C = any types of active or inactive controls; O = (i) positive mental health, including well-being, coping, locus of control, resilience, self-esteem/self-compassion, stress management, academic achievement or academic performance, and (ii) mental ill health, including symptoms of anxiety, symptoms of depression, psychological distress, worry, fatigue, sleeping problems, and perceived stress. The study design was restricted to RCTs with at least three months of post-intervention follow-up. No language restrictions were initially applied. Studies focused on students with diagnosed psychiatric disorders and studies conducted in primary care settings were excluded.
Search strategy
In collaboration with librarians (CG, AW: see Acknowledgements), a sensitive search strategy was developed and adapted to the following databases: MEDLINE (Ovid), PsycInfo (Ovid), ERIC (Ovid), and Scopus. Gray literature was searched in Dissertations & Theses (ProQuest), Dart Europe, OpenGrey, and Base Bielefeld. The searches were limited to studies published from January 1, 1995 to December 31, 2015. Key words and MESH terms are reported in the Supplemental Information (Data S2 and Data S3, respectively). Reference lists of the relevant reviews and studies selected for inclusion were manually scrutinized and the following journals were hand-searched from January 2012 to March 2016: College Student Journal, Journal of American College Health and Journal of College Counseling.
Study selection, data extraction, and quality assessment
Screening was conducted independently by two authors (RW, KG) and two colleagues (AF, AM: see Acknowledgements). The eligibility of each article was initially evaluated by the title and abstract and, if found appropriate, followed by full-text examination. At this stage only English-language publications were assessed. This resulted in a loss of 20 publications in Chinese (k = 15), Japanese (k = 3), Korean (k = 1), and Spanish (k = 1). Gray literature was taken into consideration when accessible free of charge. Any disagreements were resolved through panel discussions. Studies selected for inclusion were examined for potential overlap in study populations, which was not found.
Data extracted from the articles included first author, country of origin, setting, funding, inclusion and exclusion criteria, characteristics of the intervention and comparison groups (age, gender, ethnicity), characteristics of the intervention (type, format, delivery level, length of session, duration), type of comparison, outcome definition and measurement scale, sample size, post-intervention length of follow-up, percent of withdrawals at each measurement point, and study quality (described below). If a study reported multiple outcomes and/or if outcomes were assessed at multiple follow-up time points, quantitative data (means and standard deviations (SDs)) were extracted separately for each outcome at each follow-up period. The same approach was utilized for multi-armed RTCs, from which separate extraction was performed for each intervention–comparison pair. When data were missing in the original reports we contacted authors for further clarification.
As suggested by Conley, Durlak & Kirsch (2015), original interventions were grouped into: (i) cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)-related if focusing on identifying and changing unhelpful cognitions, behaviors and emotional regulation; (ii) mind–body-related, i.e., interventions that facilitate the mind’s capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms; and (iii) psycho-educational-related if focusing on information, discussion and didactic communication on, e.g., stress-reduction and coping. Categorization was based on the original definitions, if provided, and otherwise by us. Level of delivery was considered as universal if intervention targeted students without reported mental ill health symptoms and as selective if provided for those with adverse mental health symptoms. Interventions were further divided into group or individual format. Comparators were sub-divided into active controls (i.e., another type of intervention) and inactive controls (waitlist controls, placebo-controls, “living as usual,” and no intervention). Study outcomes were classified in two major categories: mental ill health outcomes consisting of anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, psychological distress, stress, self-reported worry, passive coping, and deteriorated quality of sleep; and positive mental health and academic performance outcomes including self-esteem, self-compassion, self-efficacy, mental or subjective well-being, resilience, active coping, happiness, stress management and academic performance.
The quality of selected trials was assessed independently by three authors (RW, KG, LL) and colleagues (AF, AM, SB: see Acknowledgements) using the Effective Public Health Practice Project Quality Assessment Tool (EPHPP), as recommended by the Cochrane Collaboration for public health reviews (Higgins, Green & Cochrane Collaboration, 2008). The EPHPP assesses selection bias, study-design, confounders, blinding, data collection method and withdrawals, and dropouts to yield the study quality as either strong, moderate or weak. Discrepancies in quality assessment were resolved by discussions with one of the three reviewers not involved in the review process.
Statistical analysis
Because of the variety of instruments used for measuring outcomes, a standardized mean difference using Hedges’ g was chosen as a common effect size (ES) for conducting quantitative synthesis. ES was calculated separately at each post-intervention follow-up time point as a difference in means between intervention and control group, divided by the pooled within-group SD and incorporating a correction factor for small sample sizes (Borenstein et al., 2009). One trial reported Hedges’ g as the study ES (Braithwaite & Fincham, 2009), while for other studies it was calculated from the available raw data. Throughout the recalculations we kept the original direction of scales indicating the improvement of outcome measures. Thus, for mental ill health outcomes ESs below zero pointed to superiority of the intervention group over the controls, while for positive mental health and academic performance outcomes, ESs above zero indicated that the results favored the intervention. For one study where follow-up means, but not SDs, were provided and the intervention effect was indicated as “non-significant” (Chiauzzi et al., 2008), we set ES to zero. To ease interpretation of the magnitude of Hedges’ g, we applied Cohen’s convention (Cohen, 1992) and defined the ES as small (0.2), medium (0.5), and large (0.8).
Meta-analysis was conducted for all specific outcomes originally reported and for outcomes combined within mental ill health and positive mental health and academic performance categories. To analyze the combined outcomes, we applied a hierarchical approach for selecting outcomes from the studies reporting more than one from the same category. The hierarchy was based on descending order of outcome reporting, i.e., from the most often reported to the least often reported. For mental ill health outcomes the hierarchical selection was ordered as: depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, stress, psychological distress, self-reported worry, quality of sleep, and passive coping. For positive mental health and academic performance outcomes the order was: self-esteem, academic performance, self-efficacy, self-compassion, mental or subjective well-being, resilience, stress management, active coping, and happiness.
Because of the initial assumptions of between-study heterogeneity, a random-effects model incorporating both within- and between-study variability was used for quantitative synthesis. To assess the sustainability of intervention effect over time and address the variety of the follow-up lengths reported in the original studies, we categorized the post-intervention follow-ups as 3–6 months, 7–12 months, and 13–18 months. Each of the included studies reported outcome measures for at least one of these categories and quantitative synthesis was conducted separately for each category. If a given study provided several outcome measures falling in the same length category (e.g., for both three and six month follow-ups), the ES for the follow-up close to the upper boundary (i.e., six months) was chosen (Kanji, White & Ernst, 2006; Seligman, Schulman & Tryon, 2007; Vazquez et al., 2012). Only one study (Seligman et al., 1999) assessed outcomes at follow-up periods longer than 18 months and the measurements of those periods (i.e., 24 months, 30 months, and 36 months) were not included in the meta-analysis. Finally, to obtain comparability between trials, if a study provided results based on both imputed data (i.e., intention-to-treat analysis) and non-imputed data (i.e., follow-up completers) (Reavley et al., 2014) or if both crude and adjusted ESs were available (Chase et al., 2013) we favored the imputed and crude measures for the main analysis leaving the latter (non-imputed and adjusted measures) for sensitivity analysis.
We evaluated statistical heterogeneity among the studies using Q and I2 statistics. For Q, p-value < 0.1 was considered as representative of statistically significant heterogeneity, and I2 values of 25%, 50%, and 75% were indicating low, moderate and high heterogeneity, respectively (Higgins et al., 2003).
The subgroup analyses were performed by stratifying the main analysis by a priori identified moderators related to interventions (category of intervention, delivery level, type of format, type of controls), study-level moderators (initial study size, study quality) and moderators related to participant characteristics (gender, country). The analyses were performed if at least two studies were included in each subgroup. Mixed-methodology was applied with random-effect modeling used for within-group pooling, while between-group differences were assessed with fixed-effect model. Leave-one-out influence analysis was conducted to assess the potential impact of individual studies on the overall pooled ES by omitting one study at a time (Tobias, 1999). Following the approach suggested by Hart et al. (2012), sensitivity analysis was conducted to assess whether the overall pooled ES differed if the lowest or the highest original ES was selected from the studies with multiple outcome assessments or multiple interventions or comparisons. In meta-analyses with three or more studies included, we assessed publication bias by funnel plots, Egger’s regression asymmetry test, and the Begg–Mazumdar adjusted rank correlation test (Begg & Mazumdar, 1994; Egger et al., 1997).
All statistical analyses were performed using STATA version 13.1 (StataCorp, College Station, TX, USA), p-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant, and all statistical tests were two-sided.
Results
After removing the duplicates, 6,571 records were available for title and abstract screening. Among these, 6,519 records were excluded as not meeting the PICO-criteria, leaving 52 articles for full-text examination. Further evaluation excluded another 26 studies: post-intervention follow-up less than three months (k = 11), not enough data to calculate ES (k = 6), not a RCT (k = 5), population not relevant (k = 3), and outcome not relevant (k = 1). A selection process yielded a final number of 26 RCTs to be included in the meta-analysis (Fig. 1).
Effects and sustainability over time
Interventions preventing mental ill health
As presented in Table 2, for the combined mental ill health outcomes an aggregated ES for all preventive interventions yielded a superiority of interventions over the comparisons at 3–6 months and 7–12 months of post-intervention follow-up, although the effects were small. Pooled ES did not reach statistical significance for follow-up periods of 13–18 months. High-to-moderate heterogeneity was detected at all three follow-up periods with I2 of 79.5%, 74.2%, and 58.2%, respectively. Publication bias was evident for studies with 3–6 months follow-up (Egger’s test p-value = 0.013), though not for studies with longer follow-up periods (7–12 months: p-value = 0.151; 13–18 months: p-value = 0.141), (Fig. S1). Influence analysis revealed no indication that individual RCTs, if omitted, would significantly influence the observed overall ESs. As previously noted, sensitivity analyses were performed for studies with multiple outcome measures reported for the same follow-up and for studies with multiple interventions or comparisons. Pooling together the highest ESs originally reported for these studies did not alter the results of the main analysis 3–6 months: ES = −0.28 (95% CI [−0.44, −0.12]); 7–12 months: ES = −0.35 (95% CI [−0.60, −0.10]); 13–18 months: ES = −0.23 (95% CI [−0.54, 0.08]). Neither were the results influenced when the lowest originally reported ESs were used (3–6 months: ES = −0.24 (95% CI [−0.39, −0.09]); 7–12 months: ES = −0.23 (95% CI [−0.43, −0.03]); 13–18 months: ES = −0.06 (95% CI [−0.18, 0.06]). Only one study reported the results using both imputed and non-imputed data (Reavley et al., 2014), with the former included in the main meta-analysis. Alternative inclusion of the latter did not change the overall ES.
In sub-group analyses for the combined mental ill health outcomes, studies employing CBT-related interventions revealed significant pooled ESs for 3–6 month and 13–18 month follow-ups (Table 2; Fig. 2). Less consistent results were observed for mind-body-related interventions. No superiority of intervention group appeared among studies with psycho-educational interventions. Pooled ESs for universal preventive interventions yielded significant results for follow-up up to 7–12 months. Less consistency appeared in the aggregated results for selective interventions and interventions conducted face-to-face in groups. Trials with small sample size and trials comprising more than 60% females yielded significant effects for up to 7–12 months of follow-up. The small numbers of studies might explain the lack of consistency in the results of other sub-group comparisons. The high heterogeneity seen for studies with 3–6 months of follow-up might reflect differences in delivery level (p-value for Q between sub-groups = 0.006) and study size (p < 0.001), while for studies with follow-up periods of 7–12 months, heterogeneity could be explained by differences in type of comparison (p < 0.001), study size (p = 0.01), and country where the RCT was conducted (p = 0.003). We were unable to detect between-group differences for trials with follow-up of 13–18 months because of the small number of studies in the sub-groups.
Assessment of the specific mental ill health outcomes, revealed a sustainable effect of all interventions combined lasting up to 13–18 months for symptoms of depression (ES = −0.30 (95% CI [−0.51, −0.08])), (Table S3). For symptoms of anxiety sustainability was observed up to 7–12 months (ES = −0.27 (95% CI [−0.54, −0.01])). Only one study assessed the effect of interventions targeting anxiety during 13–18 months of post-intervention follow-up and, hence, we were unable to perform meta-analysis. For symptoms of stress, reductions lasted up to 3–6 months post-intervention (ES = −0.30 (95% CI [−0.58, −0.03])). Other comparisons were either inconclusive or quantitative synthesis was not performed because of the small number of studies.
The effect sizes of all interventions and combined subtotals for positive mental health and academic performance outcomes by the length of follow-up. Lines represent standardized difference in means (Hedges’ g) and 95% confidence intervals (CI); the size of the box represents the weight of each study.
Because of lack of data on the specific positive mental health and academic performance outcomes, only studies on active coping, self-esteem, and self-efficacy with 3–6 months follow-up were quantitatively assessed (Table S4). Sustainability of the intervention effect was observed for active coping (ES = 0.75 (95% CI [0.19, 1.30])) with no significant effects shown for other outcomes.
Discussion
Our systematic review and meta-analysis showed sustainability of the benefits of mental health interventions targeting students in higher education, though in most of the analyses, the pooled ESs yielded significant, but small overall effects. For the combined mental ill health outcomes, the observed effects across all preventive interventions were sustained for up to 7–12 months post-intervention. Sustainability of effects was most pronounced for interventions designed to reduce the symptoms of depression, for which the superiority of intervention groups over the comparisons remained significant for up to 13–18 months post-intervention. For the combined positive mental health and academic performance outcomes, aggregated results across all promotion interventions revealed slightly shorter, but still evident sustained effects, which remained significant at post-intervention follow-up of 3–6 months.
To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review and meta-analysis focusing primarily on the sustainability of the effects of mental health promoting and mental ill health preventing interventions among students in higher education and analyzing different categories of follow-up duration. A direct comparison to the existing literature was therefore difficult as other reviews mostly assessed the effects measured at the completion of interventions. The closest comparisons are three reviews by Conley et al. on universal and indicated mental health prevention programs (Conley, Durlak & Kirsch, 2015; Conley et al., 2017) and technology-delivered preventive interventions (Conley et al., 2016). The reviews by Conley et al., assessed the effects of interventions across all types of adjustment outcomes in university students at the longest follow-up period reported, which varied from two to 52 weeks (Conley, Durlak & Kirsch, 2015), 13 to 52 weeks (Conley et al., 2016), and four to 157 weeks (Conley et al., 2017). The first review (Conley, Durlak & Kirsch, 2015) showed the duration of follow-up to be negatively correlated with aggregated ES across mental ill health and positive mental health outcomes combined as well as no effect for psycho-educational interventions. A similar tendency for the effects of intervention to become non-significant as the duration of follow-up increases was observed in our study, though the sustainability of effects differed between ill-health and positive mental health outcomes. As in Conley’s review (Conley, Durlak & Kirsch, 2015), no effects of psycho-educational interventions on any outcomes were evident in our data, regardless of the duration of follow-up. The second review (Conley et al., 2016) reported a significant effect of universal interventions at any follow-up periods ranging between 13 and 52 weeks as well as a positive effect of selective interventions during the follow-up periods of 2–26 weeks. Similarly, in our study mental ill health outcomes were reduced by universal interventions for up to 7–12 months of follow-up and by selective interventions at follow-ups of up to 3–6 months, although our results on positive mental health and academic performance outcomes were less conclusive. Similar to the third review (Conley et al., 2017), our results indicated that the most sustainable effects were observed for interventions designed to reduce the symptoms of depression and symptoms of anxiety.
Although our literature search for intervention studies was not limited to psychological interventions, only this type was retrieved. The scarcity of organizational mental health promoting interventions was verified by a scoping review (Enns et al., 2016). However, an exception may be a recent systematic review on learning environment interventions for medical student well-being, suggesting changes to curriculum (Wasson et al., 2016). Their results support previous findings suggesting that to maximize the effectiveness of mental health promotion, all levels of delivery must contribute, i.e., not just individual and group levels, but also structural, and societal levels (Hamilton & Bhatti, 1996). To further improve the sustainability of student mental health promotion, psychological interventions may be combined with a whole-setting approach, as endorsed by the WHO initiative health promoting universities (HPU) (World Health Organization, 1995).
Limitations
Systematic reviews on student mental health have indicated lack of follow-up data on outcome assessment as a major obstacle for determining the long-term effect of interventions (Conley, Durlak & Kirsch, 2015; Conley et al., 2016; Davies, Morriss & Glazebrook, 2014; Farrer et al., 2013). Likewise, the scarcity of studies assessing the effects of interventions at post-interventional follow-ups of longer than three months along with a substantial variability in the lengths of follow-ups reported in the original studies should be considered as major limitations of our review. In particularly, the lack of original evidence affected our analysis of positive mental health outcomes as it restricted us to mainly aggregating the effects of interventions with 3–6 months of follow-up. Other limitations must also be considered. First, in most cases low numbers of studies in sub-groups prevented us from exploring the moderating effect of types of interventions, study-level determinants and participant characteristics during follow-up periods longer than six months making the results of sub-group analyses tentative. This also precluded us from conducting in-depth investigation of sources for heterogeneity, which was found to be mostly high. Second, our intention to analyse two dimensions of mental health, that resulted in combining the original outcomes into the “mental ill health” and “positive mental health and academic performance” outcome categories, with a hierarchical approach applied, could have boosted heterogeneity. In a subsequent analyses, we attempted to reduce heterogeneity by pooling together the studies with the same specific outcomes reported, though for several outcomes it was not possible due to data scarcity. Third, the evidence was insufficient to obtain any aggregated ESs for the specific outcomes, in particular, for self-reported worries, passive coping, academic performance, self-compassion, mental and subjective well-being, resilience and happiness rating. Fourth, a substantial variability exists in measurement instruments and, in several cases, the same outcome was measured by different scales. We tried to address this limitation by choosing Hedges’ g as an ES and by investigating how sensitive the aggregated results were to our initial approach of combining the original ESs in cases of multiple outcome measures or in multi-armed RCTs. The sensitivity analyses proved the robustness of our findings for mental ill health, though for positive mental health outcomes the use of the lowest ESs from the original studies altered the results for studies with 7–12 and 13–18 months of follow-up. Fifth, more than 30% of the original studies were assessed as being of weak quality. To address this issue, we conducted sub-group analyses stratifying the trials by study quality. For both categories of outcomes, these analyses revealed inconclusive results when trials with insufficient quality were pooled that should be accounted when interpreting our results. Furthermore, selection bias was the most commonly identified weakness. This bias, whether induced by the investigators or caused by self-selection may have resulted in either underestimation or overestimation of the original ES and therefore could affect the aggregated results. Finally, the results should be seen in the context of the presence of publication bias among the studies with 3–6 months of follow-up and of our inability to assess publication bias for positive mental health outcomes at follow-ups longer than six months, which may have resulted from our restriction to English-language publications at the final stage of selection.
Conclusion
Despite the limitations, the evidence suggests long-term effect sustainability for mental ill health preventive interventions, in particular, for interventions to reduce the symptoms of depression and symptoms of anxiety. Interventions designed to promote positive mental health offer promising, but shorter-lasting effects. As the research field of health promoting interventions for students expands, future studies may improve our attempts to establish the effectiveness and sustainability of those interventions, e.g., ascertaining the effects for specific positive mental health outcomes. In addition, future research should also focus on mental health organizational interventions to investigate their potential for students in tertiary education.
Supplemental Information
Characteristics of included studies–comprehensive table.
(A) Participants’ characteristics are reported as in the original trials. Several studies are missing the educational level or gender frequencies. (B) Comparator group defined in the original study as waitlist with delayed intervention was not included if intervention was provided before the end of follow-up Chase JA; (34). Comparison was made between the remaining trial arms. Table reported comparators used in meta-analysis. (C) In the trials with multiple interventions of similar nature, i.e. if interventions shared the same features and components and, therefore, belonged to the same category, effect sizes (Hedges’ g) calculated for each intervention were combined (35, 41). Similar approach was applied to studies with multiple control groups (35, 42, 43). An exception was a study by Kanji N et al. (38), where two control groups–an attention control and a time control–were included separately as considered to be different in approach and content and, thus, representing active and inactive comparisons, respectively. (D) As suggested by Conley, et al. (15), original interventions were grouped into: (i) cognitive behavior therapy-related if focusing on identifying and changing unhelpful cognitions, behaviors and emotional regulation; (ii) mind-body-related, i.e. interventions that facilitate the mind’s capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms; and (iii) psycho-educational-related focusing on information, discussion and didactic communication on, e.g. stress-reduction and coping. Categorization was based on the original definitions, if provided, and otherwise by us. (E) Adapted Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School-Age Children (K-SADS); Anxiety Sensitivity Index (ASI); Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI); Beck Depression Inventory (BDI); Beck & Srivastava Stress Inventory (BSSI); Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D); Chinese Perceived Stress Scale (CPSS); Depression Anxiety Stress Scales (DASS-21); Fordyce Emotions Questionnaire (Fordyce Happy); Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GADQ-IV); General Health Questionnaire); General Self-efficacy Scale (GSES); Grade Point Average (GPA); Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS); Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS); Health Action Process Approach (HAPA); Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile (HPLP); Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, 6 items (K6); Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR); Overall Subjective Wellbeing score (SWB score); Penn Scale Worry questionnaire (PSWQ); Perceived Stress Scale; Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI); Preparation, Action, Adaptive Learning (PAAL); Resilience Scale (RS); Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale (RSES); Self-Compassion Scale (SCS); Self Esteem Scale (SES) = Chinese version; Self-Symptom Intensity Scale (SCL-90); State and Trait Anxiety Instrument (STAI); State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait version (STAI-T).The Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ); World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5). (F) Outcomes were classified into negative (i.e. mental ill-health): anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, psychological distress, (perceived) stress, self-reported worry, avoidance coping (i.e. passive copping, including suppression), and deteriorated quality of sleep; and positive (mental health): self-esteem, self-compassion, self-efficacy, mental or subjective well-being, resilience, approach coping (i.e. active coping, including general and direct coping), happiness, stress management and academic performance. (G) If the trial reported several measures for the same outcome at a given follow-up time point (e.g. for depressive symptoms assessed by both the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale and Beck Depression Inventory) the effect sizes (Hedges’ g) were combined to obtain the single outcome measure per intervention at each measurement point (36–40). That also refers to the state and trait anxiety (or anxiety symptoms) to be measured separately within the same study Higgins DM (36)), Jones MC (37), Kanji N (38). Likewise, measures of general and direct coping were combined within a study to obtain a single measure of approach coping Jones MC (38). (H) If original study reported post-baseline follow-up it was re-calculated into post-interventional follow-up by subtracting the length of interventions from the reported months. (I) For meta-analysis post-intervention follow-ups were categorized as 3–6 months, 7–12 months, and 13–18 months. If a given study provided several outcome measures falling in the same length category (e.g., for both 3 and 6 month follow-ups), follow-up close to the upper boundary (i.e., 6 months) was chosen (38, 44, 45). (J) Depression and anxiety, both measured with GHQ-20, were not retrieved from Cheng M et al. (53) to be used in the meta-analysis due to unclearness with interpretation of original measurements. (K) Measures on anxiety from Chiauzzi E et al. (35) were not retrieved due to missing quantitative data. (L) Outcome measures during the follow-up periods longer than 18 months were not retrieved from Seligman et al. (1999) (47). (M) Overall Subjective Wellbeing score composed of scores measured by Positive and Negative Affect Schedule and The Satisfaction with Life Scale.
Publication Bias. Funnel plot.
Funnel plots of standard error by Hedges’ g effect sizes for mental ill health and positive mental health and academic performance outcomes (hierarchically selected) from the trials with different lengths of post-intervention follow-ups: (A) Mental ill health outcomes with 3–6 months of follow-up; (B) Mental ill health outcomes with 7–12 months of follow-up; (C) Mental ill health outcomes with 13–18 months of follow-up; (D) Positive mental health and academic performance outcomes with 3–6 months of follow-up. No funnel plots were built for positive mental health and academic performance outcomes with 7–12 months and 13–18 months of follow-up due to lack of original data (only two studies were included in each corresponding category).
Coding for meta-analysis and recalculation of original data for STATA 13.1 (StataCorp, College Station, TX).
Raw data. Variable legends and datasets used in the meta-analysis.
Legends of all variables (applicable for all included datasets). Excel sheet 1.
Hierarchical negative outcome (used in main analysis). Excel sheet 2.
Hierarchical positive outcome (used in main analysis). Excel sheet 3.
Individual outcomes (used in main analysis). Excel sheet 4.
Sensitivity analysis-1: Only low SMDs for negative outcomes (i.e. original lowest effect sizes from the studies with several effect sizes reported for the same outcome at the same folow-up point). Excel sheet 5.
Sensitivity analysis-2: Only high SMDs for negative outcomes (i.e. original highest effect sizes from the studies with several effect sizes reported for the same outcome at the same folow-up point). Excel sheet 6.
Sensitivity analysis-3: Only low SMDs for positive outcomes (i.e. original lowest effect sizes from the studies with several effect sizes reported for the same outcome at the same folow-up point). Excel sheet 7.
Sensitivity analysis-4: Only high SMDs for positive outcomes (i.e. original highest effect sizes from the studies with several effect sizes reported for the same outcome at the same folow-up point). Excel sheet 8.
PRISMA flow diagram.
Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge Anders Wändahl and Carl Gornitzki, University Library, Karolinska Institutet for advice and support and for providing us with electronic searches; our colleagues, Annika Frykholm, Anna Månsdotter, and Sven Bremberg who contributed to the screening and extraction of data-base searches; and stake-holders from Student Health Services for valuable input for practice.
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Author Contributions
Regina Winzer conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.
Lene Lindberg conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.
Karin Guldbrandsson performed the experiments, analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.
Anna Sidorchuk performed the experiments, analyzed the data, contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the paper, approved the final draft.
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Nadal beats Harrison in straight sets at US Open - NBC Sports
Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns a shot to Ryan Harrison during the first round of the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, in New York. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
August 26, 2013, 7:15 pm
Associated Press
NEW YORK -- The slips and slides of the soft clay have been replaced by the squeaks of sneakers on the hard courts.
Nobody is handling the switch better than Rafael Nadal.
Nadal improved to 16-0 this year on the hard surface Monday, defeating American Ryan Harrison 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the U.S. Open.
"It's difficult to analyze now," Nadal said, when asked if he's playing the best hard-court tennis of his career. "I am playing well. Happy the way I was playing. I don't know if it was the best or not, but it was very good because I was able to win."
The victory in front of a half-full Arthur Ashe Stadium marked the first for second-seeded Nadal on any Grand Slam surface other than clay since the first round of Wimbledon in 2012.
Since then, Nadal has fallen to Lukas Rosol at the All England Club, withdrawn from the 2012 U.S. Open (knee) and 2013 Australian Open (stomach ailment), won the French Open and fallen to 135th-ranked Steve Darcis in the first round of this year's Wimbledon.
Nadal answered that unexpected loss with 11 straight wins, all on hard court, to improve to 16-0 on the surface this season. He won titles at Montreal and Cincinnati in the lead-in to the U.S. Open, which he won for the only time in 2010.
"We go day to day," Nadal said. "Two tournaments before winning is great for my career because both tournaments are very important ones. But that (doesn't) mean I will play great here. That means that I am doing the right things."
Harrison won't argue that point.
The 21-year-old American got bullied around the court by Nadal, who hit 28 winners and forced Harrison into 32 errors.
About the only thing to slow Nadal was a 15-minute break caused by a brief spit of rain that began just as Nadal had broken to go up 2-1 in the second set. The players stayed on the court and when they resumed, Nadal won 10 of the next 13 games.
Serving down 2-0 in the third and facing break point, Harrison followed a 131-mph serve into the net and put a volley deep into the corner on Nadal's backhand side. But Nadal answered with a clean passing shot and Harrison walked toward the sideline for the changeover and spiked a ball into his chair.
"From what I see, and what I gather, these top guys are really, really good at peaking at the slams," Harrison said. "They know how to get their best out of it."
Ranked 97th and still looking to make his first decent run in a major, he has drawn Nadal once, Juan Martin del Potro once, Andy Murray once and Novak Djokovic twice in the first or second round of four of the last eight majors. He's 0-5 against them, 4-3 against everyone else.
The Nadal match was never close, but Harrison said he isn't losing hope.
"If you're 30 years old and you've only got a number of Slams left, then maybe you're upset with it," Harrison told The Associated Press on Sunday, when asked about his draw. "I'm 21. I'm excited. Every single time I get to play a match like this, it's hard not to be excited. ... And if I don't want to play the top guys in the first round, then that's kind of an incentive to get seeded." | {
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On October 27th, on the heels of the release of the Government Accountability Office’s report in which the Office is critical of FDA’s oversight of clinical investigators (see our previous post), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) introduced H.R.3932, the Strengthening of FDA Integrity Act of 2009. The bill, if enacted, would amend the FDC Act to give FDA greater authority to debar individuals, including clinical investigators, from working with drug or device approvals. The bill has seven Republican co-sponsors. A summary of the bill provided by Rep. Barton is available here. | {
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Fun With Action Replay
After many years of praising this device I now have one in my possession. I'd recommend everyone who owns a Gamecube to pick one up since Acreplaycentral's forums have people hacking for it still. In the next couple days (or weeks) I will be putting up videos showing off stuff in games for it. Right now enjoy a picture.
Ah, the Action Replay. The Gamecube is the only console where I ever felt I NEEDED a cheating device, since Nintendo never bothered providing an official means for getting all the NES games in Animal Crossing OR F-Zero AX arcade machines damn near ANYWHERE to get the additional courses for that. BAH.
After many years of praising this device I now have one in my possession. I'd recommend everyone who owns a Gamecube to pick one up since Acreplaycentral's forums have people hacking for it still. In the next couple days I will be putting up videos showing off stuff in games for it. Right now enjoy a picture.
GameGenie, GameShark, Goldfinger, Pro/Action Replay..... I imagine I must have owned a cheat device for every console ever made. Most of the time they were for shits and giggles, but they proved to be real assets from time to time.
Like Amazingu said, the PSOne AR was crucial to get certain import titles to work properly on a modded system. Bust a Move 2: Dance Tengoku Mix, Vib Ribbon, and various Bemani titles were among some of the ones I remembered.
GameGenie for SNES was a savior when playing co-op titles like Contra III: The Alien Wars and Legend of the Mystical Ninja. 99 lives and infinite health gave my novice friends a leg-up when we were attempting to plow through the games together.
Short of visiting a DS Station download center in Japan, I think PAR was the only way to unlock the Elite Beat Agents in Ouendan 2.
I don't remember using the devices for RPGs much, but I did have a ball on my second playthrough of Final Fantasy X. Giving oneself a bountiful number of spheres meant opening up a whole new world of character customization on the Sphere Grid.
And, one of my favorite codes of all: opening up the four Shadaloo bosses for play in the original SNES Street Fighter II. (Yes, these were the days before Champion Edition.) It glitched like a bitch, but it was ridiculously awesome playing the likes of Claw and Dictator, albeit in an extremely limited capacity.
Like Amazingu said, the PSOne AR was crucial to get certain import titles to work properly on a modded system. Bust a Move 2: Dance Tengoku Mix, Vib Ribbon, and various Bemani titles were among some of the ones I remembered.
I remember pretty much every major Square RPG needing this at some point: FF8, Legend of Mana, Chrono Cross, they all needed AR codes to work...
Had a Game Genie for the NES that I found on the playground once. Used a bunch of codes to beat Heat Man and Quick Man. Felt weird after, stopped using it.
Saved up enough money to buy a Game Genie for my Gameboy. Used it to f--- around with Megaman I-V. never needed it to seriously beat a Megaman game at that point. Shit was pretty cash.
Used my friends' Gameshark on the PS1 for Ridge Racer Type 4 to unlock the Pac-Man car. For those that don't recall, you needed to unlock every car in the game to get it, which is something like a hojillion goddamn cars. I just used the code because I hated grip racing in that game.
I mainly use these devices to poke around and see unfinished portions of given games: items that exist but are unattainable, etc.
Still, there was one time the PS1 gameshark actually help me solve a riddle. In Wild Arms 2 there's a question at one point that asked "what did you finally get after suffering for three years?" I never understood the question but the answer was "The Holy Grail."
Well, the "Holy Grail" in WA2 is an accessory that prevents instant death. There was no Holy Grail in the first game. Well, actually there was, you could only get it with a Gameshark. I only made the connection after I used the all items code with the original game. The original game came out in 1996 and the sequel came out in 1999 hence three years.
Does anyone here have a movie editor that allows them to reverse and save videos so that the new video plays backwards? I need some assistance on constructing my next video. (You get to see gruesome footage I recorded before the rest of the web.)
I also have just messed around with the 'All Enemies With Crossbow in Mercernaries' code. This reinforced my belief that RE4 has a superior focal point to Gears of War as it allows you to play with projectiles; you can dodge them, intercept them by shooting (sidenote: the code of slow motion really helps here), and actually see them traveling towards you (instead of instantly getting shot). It would be amusing to use this code in the main game, particularly that area where you crouch behind a small wall. | {
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Pera-perahang Lata
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Everybody else is doing it, so why not try it? It looks promising... the film's Facebook page where all photos, videos, and links can be readily organized and properly documented. Easy access, especially when being asked about online resources for screenings and programs where the film is entered or invited to. So here you go...
Tickets will be available at the door or simply purchase them at www.brownpapertickets.com and type in Filipino International Film Festival.
$10 for any showings on Saturday and Sunday
$50 for an ALL ACCESS PASS to any of the films.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
The Hong Kong Arts Centre and the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong are proud to co-present The 1st Philippine Film Festival from 5 to 11 July 2010 at the agnès b. CINEMA of the Hong Kong Arts Centre. Under the banner of "Hou Yeh Pinoy" (meaning "Great! Filipinos!"), a cultural fiesta organised by the Philippine Consulate General, The 1st Philippine Film Festival will share with the Hong Kong audience works of film art by the burgeoning independent film industry of the Philippines that is rapidly making its mark in the world stage. The festival also hopes to open up a new platform for cultural understanding between Hong Kong and the Philippines.
The film festival celebrates the new breed of Filipino filmmakers whose works have been screened at prestigious film fairs in Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Vienna and Rotterdam, and received accolades from distinguished international film bodies.It showcases 9 films that delve into a variety of subjects such as race, social class, sexuality, war, and music, many of them set against the backdrop of the Philippines' rich cultural heritage. Some of the films are Hong Kong premieres.
The film festival also serves to mark the 112th anniversary of Philippine Independence and the 35th anniversary of Philippine-China diplomatic relations this year. The Hong Kong Arts Centre is proud to take part in commemorating this milestone event and sincerely hopes that our audience would take this opportunity to enjoy this rare and wonderful occasion.
Entrance is free. Tickets can be obtained at the Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong and at the Hong Kong Arts Centre. First-come-first-served.
1. Tickets are of limited distribution. Priority is given to audience who first pick up the tickets at the distribution points (to be listed above). Each audience is entitled to a maximum of four screening tickets throughout the Philippine Film Festival.
2. One person per ticket. Free seating. First-come, first served.
About Films and Screening Schedule:
Feature Films
The Forgotten War
05/07 (Monday), 7:30 p.m.
Philippines/2009/ Color/DVD/99 mins/In Filipino, English and Korean with English and Korean Subtitles
Director: Carlo Cruz
The Forgotten War recounts the different stories from the four Battalion Combat Teams (BCTs) that visited Korea in the 1950s under the United Nations Command. They were known as the Philippine Extraordinary Forces to Korea (PEFTOK). They were sent to uphold peace in democratic South Korea after being invaded by North Korea. The film recreates important battle scenes and shares the stories of the soldiers finding courage, dedication, strength, and love as they face adversity amidst the tragic backdrop of war.
Concerto
06/07 (Tuesday), 7:30 p.m.
Philippines/2008 /Color/DVD/90 mins./In Filipino and Japanese with English Subtitles
Director: Paul Alexander Morales
Winner of Golden Screen Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Production Awards, the Philippines 2009
Concerto is about how, in the last part of World War II, a special piano concert is held in the forest outside Davao City, in Mindanao. In these boondocks, a displaced Filipino family, led by Military Commander Ricardo and his wife Julia, becomes acquainted with a group of Japanese officers, similarly camped nearby. Their son Joselito, a Japanese speaker, becomes the conduit with the neighbouring Japanese. Family values are questioned as the family treads the thin line between enmity and friendship with the occupying Japanese. Based on true stories from the director's own family history, Concerto celebrates a family whose reverence for life, expressed through their love of music and friendship, can survive even war, and shows how beauty and compassion grow in even the harshest of conditions.
Maxi is a 12-year-old effeminate gay boy who lives in the slums with his father and brothers who are petty thieves. The story primarily revolves around the conflict between his love for handsome young police officer Victor, and his family's illegal livelihood. One night Maxi is accosted by two men who attempt to molest him, but is saved by the appearance of Victor. Victor does not have a girlfriend, and his sexuality is never revealed. He rebuffs Maxi's advances, only affectionately stroking Maxi's head even when the boy steals a kiss. The last scene is clever homage to the final scene of The Third Man.
Shot in Oriental Mindoro, Philippines, Brutus was one of the ten Cinemalaya 2008 entries. The film centres on two kids smuggling logs from the mountains. The journey opens their eyes to a "world" that is ruled by greed and torn by political conflicts.
Jay
09/07 (Friday), 7:30 p.m.
Philippines/2008/Color/DVD/84 mins./In Filipino with English Subtitles
Director: Francis X. Pasion
Winner of Golden Screen Best Performance by an Actor in a Lead Role (Drama), Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Drama, Musical or Comedy) and Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Drama, Musical or Comedy) Awards, the Philippines 2009
Jay Mercado, a promising young schoolteacher, has been brutally murdered. The grotesque image of his blood-stained body flashes on a television screen as an off-screen narrator coolly shares his story. According to the report, Jay, a known homosexual, leaves behind his impoverished family who are devastated when they learn of Jay's fate, a supposed sex crime. His estranged ex-boyfriend, the prime suspect, remains at-large. Through a pseudo-documentary style, Francis X. Pasion's Jay exposes the perverse ways "reality" television constructs the "truth". Pasion's astute social satire is a disturbing depiction of modern media that questions our own viewing habits.
Boses is the story of a musician named Ariel who offers violin lessons to an abused child Onyok of the slums. Ariel discovers the immense talent of Onyok hiding behind a veneer of silence and pain caused by an unhappy and cruel father. Through the violin, Onyok is able to get back his voice from a mute, desensitised existence. In developing a friendship between the teacher and the student stemming from their love of music, both characters discover each other's strengths and failures.
Norma straddles between two worlds as mother to Ruby and nanny to Louise. When Norma takes Ruby to the city to live with Louise's family, the two girls struggle to share the woman they both fiercely love. Every day is a balancing act for Norma as she deals with her demanding ward and her headstrong daughter; a generous employer and her opinionated mother-in-law; the desire for a good life and the need to survive.
Veering away from the stereotypical melodrama, Mother Nanny portrays the Filipino nanny with veracity and shows both her strengths and vulnerability. The film imparts valuable lessons, and inspires the audience to stand for the difficult choices one has to make in life.
Jacko owns an Italian restaurant in Bacolod City. When a monstrous cock fighting debt sets him at odds with Boss Dolpo, he offers his restaurant up as payment. Boss Dolpo brings in Cassie Labayen as a consultant to renovate the restaurant. Much to Jacko's dismay, Cassie decides to offer Negrense cuisine instead of Italian. The pair then set off across the province re-discovering the unique aspects of Negrense food.
Penny from the Tin Can exposes both the rich culture of the able Filipinos and the struggle of lower-middle to lower-class Filipinos in the Manila commune set during the Pinoy Christmas season-amidst the exciting tradition of gift-giving, caroling, and the "Simbang Gabi".
The tin can is the film's binding factor. More than just costing the main character his living and another person's death, the utilising of the tin can on asking for alms and the children transforming them into musical instruments for their Christmas carols, it represents a very frequent element that Filipinos use every day.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Where to find us:St. Elijah Hall26 Acacia St. Brgy. Mariana, New ManilaQuezon City
pelikula@titusbrandsma is a free monthly film screening with dialogue that features fine samples of world cinema. It is an offering of the Titus Brandsma Center-Media Program under the auspices of the Carmelites in the Philippines. This monthly event is aimed at giving a meaningful experience for film enthusiasts.
Synopsis: “Pera-perahang Lata” is about the plight of a young man who tries to make up for his inconsiderate moves towards a needy stranger, but he ends up seeing another tragedy from it. It explores the many facets of a struggling life in a world that is full of unpredictable moments – where some things are really beyond one’s control.
The setting is during the Christmas season where the needy, middle class, and rich people come together sharing gifts, giving and receiving alms, adorning their homes, offices and other establishments with Christmas decors, and attending the “Simbang Gabi.”
This film exposes both the rich culture and the struggle of lower-middle to lower-class Filipinos in the Manila commune set during the Filipino Christmas season – amidst the exciting tradition of gift-giving, caroling, and the “Simbang Gabi.”
The film’s look is a combination of: the dark and gritty; and the light and Yuletide. The realistic treatment mainly shows the dark alleys, well-lit buildings, and different kinds of people travailing public places.
Synopsis: Rachel and Heck, long time friends and lovers, finally tie the knot, and during the celebration, Rachel starts a friendship with their florist, Luce. And while Rachel originally intended to match her new friend, Luce, up with her husband's friend, Cooper, she soon finds out that Luce is a lesbian. During the course of their friendship, Rachel starts to question her own sexuality. And though she comes to realize she may have feelings for her new friend, Rachel must decide who she will ultimately find the most happiness with: Heck, her new husband who is also adored by her family, or Luce, who has turned her life and everything she thought she new about love upside down.
Awards/Nominations: Nominated for 2007 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film
The Same, but DifferentA documentary by Lisa Marie Evans65 mins.
Synopsis: The Same, but Different explores the various roles of four transgender individuals in the Midwest United States, including a fundamentalist Christian anarchist; a Catholic republican; your average single guy; a comedienne and parent of two. Claven, Andrea, Jaron and Nicole open their realities, allowing us to see the similarities we share.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Hi! If you’re free on Aug. 5 and 6, I’m inviting you to attend the 1st Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival with the films “Pera-perahang Lata” and “Karsel” showing at the UP Film Institute UP Cine Adarna.
Pera-perahan is the opening film on Aug. 5 at 1pm while Karsel is also showing on Aug. 6, 3:40 pm. It will also be screened on Aug. 10 for the Poverty and Underdevelopment Program at the Asia Pacific College on Aug. 10, 1pm.
After the school screenings, selected films will also be shown at various communities and workplaces.
Hope to cya!
- Rianne
Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media FestivalAug. 5 and 6 at the University of the Philippines Cine Adarna and Aug. 10 at the Asia Pacific College
Free Admission
University of the Philippines Diliman Cine AdarnaAugust 5, 2009, 1:00pm to 7:00pm
Monday, August 3, 2009
To those who weren’t able to make it last June 3 at the Gateway Cineplex 10 premiere, and those who would also like to see “Pera-perahang Lata,” you can catch it, along with my first film (thesis film) “Karsel,” at the 1st Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival. And there are lots of more films to checkout… Free screenings for all the films listed below! =D General information about the festival below. Hope to see you there!
Tudla Productions in cooperation with the National Commission on Culture and the Arts, University of the Philippines Film Institute, Asia Pacific College, Courage Partylist and the Quezon City Times News presents:
10:00am to 12:00nn – Talk on The Challenges of Political Film Production,speakers: Direk Carlitos Siguion Reyna, Dr. Roland Tolentino and Concerned Artists of the Philippines at the Ishmael Bernal Gallery
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Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) won one of the tightest races in the country on Monday, breaking a decades-long Republican winning streak to become the first female U.S. senator from Arizona.
Sinema, a three-term congresswoman from the Phoenix suburbs, defeated Republican opponent Rep. Martha McSally, after nearly 600,000 mail-in ballots, most from populous Maricopa County, were finally tallied. The so-called “late earlies” are the result of a quirk of Arizona election law, which allows voters to drop off early ballots at polling places as late as Election Day. Those ballots are then hand-processed, a time-consuming process that can take more than a week in a state where only one in five voters cast ballots in a voting booth.
Sinema will replace retiring Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican whose public criticism of President Donald Trump likely doomed his chances of surviving a primary contest for reelection this year.
Sinema won Arizona’s first competitive senate election in decades after running a campaign that highlighted her compelling personal story and her centrist congressional record—and by calling out McSally’s tight embrace of Trump as out-of-step with state’s independent-minded electorate.
“I couldn’t be more proud to have support from Democrats, independents, and Republicans in this campaign, because it‘s a hallmark of who we are and what we do” in Arizona, Sinema remarked to reporters in the final days of the campaign. “This is why I’ve been ranked the most bipartisan member of the House; it’s why I have been ranked the third-most independent member of the House—it’s because this approach works.”
Sinema, who grew up poor in a remodeled gas station in the Florida Panhandle, worked as a social worker in Arizona, then became an anti-war activist affiliated with the state’s Green Party, a political history that McSally pointed to as evidence of far-left extremism. But after winning election to the state’s legislature as a Democrat, and later the House of Representatives, Sinema largely voted as a centrist, reflecting a suburban district that skewed to the right.
In a campaign swing through Arizona, Trump noted McSally’s history as a former combat pilot, lauding her as “brilliant and brave” and Sinema as “very, very strange.”
“Martha’s opponent is a far-left extremist,” Trump said at the time. “This is what you want as your senator?”
In winning, Sinema successfully dodged McSally’s attempts to paint her as as a treasonous, tutu-wearing radical leftist. McSally even sent out a press release reminding voters that those found guilty of treason “shall suffer death,” a campaign strategy that drew sharp condemnation from fact-checkers, and contributed to the normally right-tilting Arizona Republic’s editorial board’s endorsement of Sinema’s candidacy, its first for a Democratic Senate candidate in nearly two decades.
Sinema will be the first out bisexual person elected to the Senate, and was a vocal opponent of state ballot initiatives that would ban same-sex marriage under the Arizona constitution. | {
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"We had heard rumours of bejeweled skulls, occults of death, and swords that protected and aid in the slaying of an oppenent. So far two parties had died in these towers. one total party death and another where only one survived. He was our leader as we entered through the Northern sallyport, one of the three entrances, across the courtyard inhabited by distracted but none the less size of the dogs cricket like creatures.
There were five of us, three fighters, a cleric and a magic user. We made our way into the building off the East side of the courtyard encountering nought but a large empty chamber. We followed our leader to the place where he had recently fled and lost all companions. It was the farthest door on the North side of the wall. We peered inside to see bodies piled on one another. Pale and shrunken, loose skin weighing heavy on empty dehydrated tissue. There was the sound of a fountain to accompany us while we stripped these dead companions of anything useful.
After we were done we maneuvered over the fallen to fight these giant grotesque deadly fleas, with compact dark shelled bodies, their disgusting sharp proboscis finding any weakness in our armour. There were but three left and still they damaged our prepared party. It wasn’t until broadswords were drawn and injuries sustained that the fleas were finally conquered. The platinum and gold pieces were gathered from the stone floor as quickly as was able and we all came out of that room a fair bit richer but we wanted more. Exploring the South wall we came upon a hall that led off to up to five different rooms. The first held nothing and the second four mushrooms up to ones waist grew out of a floor thick with musty rotting burlap sacs. We moved on
Room with rotting sacks, one was cut open to reveal decaying bolts of cloth with nothing of worth but a gaudy tapestry of a woman in an erotic pose.
Monsters: Hags with cleavers. camouflaged as burlap sacs. Emit an odour comparable to rotting vegetables. Killed the one who led us, quickly and easily. We fled as there were eight of them but when we did return thes only sign of the hags or our fallen ally was a stain of blood on the floor. This was a room off the West side of the corridor we found on the East South entrance out of the main hall. As we exited we were assaulted by the flying heads of the three four feet high mushrooms. They came whirring at great speeds with clear intent of harming us..." | {
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ApplecondemnsUK'sproposed'investigatorypowers'bill
Apple has publicly condemned the United Kingdom’s recently proposed investigatory powers surveillance bill, arguing that for the majority of law-abiding customers, the move would effectively serve to “weaken security,” according to a recent report.
A threat to customers
The news comes from the Guardian, which explains that Apple, on Monday, made a submission to the bill’s committee in which it voiced concerns regarding the move.
You see, the investigatory powers bill would require companies operating in the United Kingdom to store the details of website visitors for at least 12 months, and to make this information readily available for law enforcement agencies (if required). Home Secretary Theresa May presented the bill in November to the House of Commons, and it’s currently awaiting committee approval.
Apple, however, rightly sees this as a significant security threat for the majority of customers, and outlined this in its submission, saying:
We believe it would be wrong to weaken security for hundreds of millions of law-abiding customers so that it will also be weaker for the very few who pose a threat. In this rapidly evolving cyber-threat environment, companies should remain free to implement strong encryption to protect customers.
The creation of backdoors and intercept capabilities would weaken the protections built into Apple products and endanger all our customers. A key left under the doormat would not just be there for the good guys. The bad guys would find it too.
Apple added, perhaps most importantly, that such a move could violate the trust its customers have with the company: “It would place businesses like Apple – whose relationship with customers is in part built on a sense of trust about how data will be handled – in a very difficult position.”
For now, the bill is subject to approval by its committee. As such, it remains to be seen whether the British government will make a U-turn on the move. | {
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Roquan Smith remains the only unsigned 2018 NFL Draft selection, and Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Pace said the sides are “working through” the items holding the contract up.
“That’s obviously a big topic right now,” Pace told WMVP-AM 1000 Monday, via the Chicago Tribune, in his first comments on the situation since training camp opened. “And for us, these are important and critical reps that are going on right now. But to get into the nitty gritty details isn’t something we feel we should do publicly. That’s behind the scenes. We have a lot of respect for him obviously and a lot of respect for his agents. And it’s a matter of just working through that.”
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Should Sheffield Wednesday leave Leeds United and Birmingham City to it in their pursuit of this international striker?
With two days left of the emergency loan window (potentially ever) Sheffield Wednesday's striker search is supposedly hotting up.
Last week, Bournemouth's Glenn Murray was linked with a temporary switch to Hillsborough by the Sun, while the Mirror reported on Monday that Norwich City's Kyle Lafferty was set to join the Owls ahead of Yorkshire rivals Leeds United.
Here are three reasons why Wednesday should leave them both to it (not to mention his name being all-too-similar to that of Owls' striker Caolan Lavery):
Is he better?
100 Championship appearances have returned a mere 11 goals for Lafferty. Not only is Gary Hooper's tally of 42 in 107 considerably better, but so are those belonging to Lucas Joao (six in 32) and Atdhe Nuhiu (19 in 115). Let's not forget Nuhiu's 12 assists in that time either. You'd have to say no.
Who benefits?
Lafferty has featured three times for Norwich this season - totalling a mere 45 minutes of football. For him to have any impact on loan, he'd need a run of games to be anywhere near up to scratch. Had he moved in January, this may have been doable - but not six weeks before the season's end. The Owls would be doing Lafferty a favour by getting him fit for the Euros.
If there's one thing Wednesday appear to be thriving on lately it's team spirit. This was no more evident than in Saturday's win against Charlton, when Nuhiu celebrated the goal scored by Fernando Forestieri as though it were his own - in the final of the World Cup, for Austria against Serbia (he was born in Kosovo). Lafferty could be the life and soul, but what's so bad about leaving things be? | {
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Then *sob* Glasgow 2014 is all over. Make sure you join us at 08:00 BST for the start of the final day, where Mike Henson will guide you through the final 11 gold-medal matches. Then, Glasgow will be ready to throw the mother of all farewell parties! You're all invited. See you then!
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Closing ceremony
But if you 'Can't Get The Commonwealths Out Of Your Head' we have the closing ceremony to see you through to the end.
The headline act is Kylie Minogue, who will perform alongside Lulu, Deacon Blue and Dougie MacLean at Hampden Park.
More than 2,000 volunteer performers will also take part in the ceremony, which is expected to see about 40,000 people attend.
Organisers have promised to bring the curtain down on an "amazing games" with "a night out not to be missed".
23:22
Day 11
Right you Commonwealth-hungry hounds, day 10 is all but over. Here's what key events to plan your Sunday around...
10:00: Badminton - An all-England mixed doubles final as Chris and Gabby Adcock take on Chris Langridge and Heather Olver before Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour competes in the women's singles final at 11:00
Boxing
Scotland's effervescent boxer Charlie Flynn is my new favourite athlete. I can barely understand his thick Lanarkshire accent, but what I do understand is incredibly funny. His best gag...
Amir Khan: "What do you plan to do after this Commonwealth gold?"
Charlie Flynn (straight-faced): "Sorry? Can you say that again? I didn't understand you."
John Inverdale: "Commonwealth gold."
Charlie Flynn (laughing): "Aye, that's right. I just wanted to hear you say it again!"
Legend.
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Best clips of day 10
Usain Bolt entertains the crowd dancing along to the crowd's rendition of the Proclaimers hit I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) before donning a tartan bonnet and signing autographs for the delighted Hampden Park fans. Watch the clip here
Charlie Flynn, gold medallist in boxing's men's light 60kg category, is ecstatic after his bout, saying he loved the noise from the Scottish crowd and that they "looked like ants that roared like lions". Watch the clip here
English Para-lifter Ali Jawad celebrates a world record lift of 194kg with a cartwheeling celebration as he won bronze in Glasgow. Watch the clip here
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Other day 10 headlines
England's Nicola Adams beat Northern Ireland's Michaela Walsh to become the first female Commonwealth Games boxing champion. Read the full report
England's Tom Daley comfortably claimed gold in the 10m platform with a classy performance. Read the full report
Husband and wife team Paul and Joanna Drinkhall sealed the Commonwealth title with a 3-2 win over fellow English pair Liam Pitchford and Tin-Tin Ho. Read the full report
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Athletics
Day 10 headlines
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Usain Bolt anchored Jamaica to a comfortable victory in the Commonwealth Games 4x100m relay at Hampden Park. Read the full report
Forty-year-old Jo Pavey produced a battling display to win bronze for England in the women's 5,000m on the last night of athletics action. Read the full report
Former world and Commonwealth champion Amantle Montsho has been provisionally suspended after failing a doping test following the women's 400m final. Read the full report
23:06
boxing
Boxing
Men's heavyweight
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Joe Joyce, winner of Commonwealth men's super-heavyweight boxing gold, reveals how a change in his pre-fight routine aided his bid for success following disappointments in the recent World and European Championships, where he was stopped by Russian Sergey Kuzmin after just 49 seconds of his semi-final.
"I have been learning the hard way in the Europeans and the Worlds so I made it right for this one," Joyce says. "I was a bit unlucky in the Europeans, I got rushed on and didn't get a proper warm-up but I've got my preparation right to come out fast and switched on."
23:01
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Medal table
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Medal table
Good news for Team England on the medal chase. Not only have they smashed their pre-Games target, they are also assured of sitting proudly on top of the final medal table.
England are 11 gold medals clear of nearest rivals Australia, who can only win a maximum of six golds tomorrow. You don't need a GCSE Maths grade to work out that they can't be caught.
22:58
#71 Club
Ollie Williams
BBC Sport in Glasgow
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"I had one team left to get today, to complete the challenge of finding and interviewing one athlete from all 71 nations and territories represented at the Commonwealth Games. The last nation remaining: Scotland.
"I needed somebody who particularly embodied Scotland. The athlete I found has played the bagpipes at international level, her boyfriend is the keyboard player in Runrig, and she spoke Gaelic before she could speak English.
"But Kerry MacPhee, a triathlete turned mountain biker from South Uist who finished 13th in her race earlier this week, represents more than bagpipes. She is "our Kerry" across the Outer Hebrides - the only athlete from that part of Scotland to reach an event like this for half a century, and the only woman from the islands ever to compete in a Commonwealth Games.
MacPhee says she had no local sporting role models to watch on TV, growing up. Now she knows she has the responsibility of inspiring others like her and she's determined to be back at the next Commonwealth Games, on Australia's Gold Coast, in four years' time. See more from her - and the beautiful Cathkin Braes mountain bike trails - on BBC One's Tonight at the Games.
22:55
boxing
Boxing
Athlete reaction
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Savannah Marshall, winner of Commonwealth boxing gold in the women's middleweight division, insists there is still much more to come having only recently come back from nine months out with a shoulder injury.
"I think I'm far from my best and I've still got a long way to come back but I think it will just take time," Marshall says. "I think I'm used to these multi-sports events now and I've got a lot of good experience under my belt.
"Obviously I'm looking forward to the World Championships later this year but you're only as good as your last fight so I can't take anything for granted."
22:51
boxing
Boxing
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England's Antony Fowler, winner of Commonwealth boxing gold in the men's middleweight division, hopes his success in Glasgow will help him step out of the shadows of his more famous cousin, former Liverpool footballer Robbie.
"I want to be my own man. Football has 11 players but I'm doing it all on my own - I'm my own person," he says. "When I was an 11-year-old boy I saw guys winning the Commonwealth bronze and thought they were superstars - 12 years later I'm here winning gold and I'm so proud of myself.
"It's been nine months of work - I didn't drink over Christmas and I was in the gym Christmas Eve. I've had two weeks off since then. I was levels above the people here and this is just the start for me - I'm a man on the mission and I'm going to the Olympics."
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Usain Bolt tells BBC Radio 5 Live about his hopes for next season after winning Commonwealth Games gold in the 4x1000m relay:
"I just hope I can stay injury-free next season," he said. "I want to run sub-19 seconds and that's one of my biggest goals and biggest dreams.
"My main aim is the 200m. I think I've done enough in the 100m. I love my 200m and want to do something special in 200m."
With his 28th birthday approaching later in August, Bolt said: "I've just got to work a little bit harder, put more work in and don't go out as much as I used to. Just change it up a little bit in my life and everything will be OK."
22:45
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Athletics
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Usain Bolt after leading Jamaica to 4x100m relay gold: "It means a lot. Commonwealth gold is the only medal missing from my collection.
"I'm happy to be here and sorry I didn't manage to run the individual events because the energy out here is wonderful."
Speaking of the lap of honour, Bolt added: "Way too much selfies, but it was good, I had fun. It's making the lap of honour longer and harder. It used to be autographs; now all they want is selfies."
22:42
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Badminton
England win women's doubles bronze
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England's Gabby Adcock says she has the "upmost respect" for opponent Lai Ping Jing after she and Lauren Smith claimed bronze in the women's doubles.
The English pair needed 83 minutes to complete an exhausting 2-1 win against Malaysia's Lai and Loo Yin Lim. Defeat was especially tough on Lai, who played four matches in a packed day - and lost them all.
Adcock said: "I've so much respect for her. You could see how much she wanted it and I almost feel sorry for her. She fought all the way but we wanted it just as much.
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"We're so happy we got the medal. We've played so well all tournament and we'd have been devastated not to have anything to show for it."
22:39
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Badminton
Scotland win mixed doubles bronze
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Scotland's Imogen Bankier cried after winning bronze with Robert Blair in the mixed doubles.
The duo lost to England's Chris and Gabby Adcock in the semi-finals earlier on Saturday but came back to win the bronze-medal play-off.
Bankier said: "The season building up to this week has been very stressful at times. We have had amazing highs and terrible lows, all for this tournament.
"Losing this morning was incredibly disappointing, so to pick ourselves up from that and come out and perform this evening was a challenge. But we are so happy and it is very special to do it in front of a home crowd."
22:33
athletics
Athletics
Athlete reaction
Asha Philip, who helped England women's win bronze in the 4x100m relay, says their performance is a good platform for the upcoming European Championships in Zurich.
"The weather let us down today, but the fact we got it around I'm proud of these girls," she tells BBC Sport. "We still have lots more to give at the Euros and I'm very proud of the team."
22:27
athletics
Athletics
Pavey wins 5,000m bronze
Brendan Foster
BBC athletics commentator and ex-CWG champion
"Have we ever been more inspired by a distance race than that before? That was absolutely fantastic from Jo Pavey. There were three Kenyans ahead of her. She could easily have given it up but she was desperate for a medal. She deserved a medal. These are moments you will never forget."
Forty-year-old Pavey produced a battling display to win bronze for England and prevent a Kenyan clean sweep.
22:24
boxing
Boxing
Boxing expert Steve Bunce: "Four yeas ago, England managed just two golds, they managed five this time (including Joe Joyce pictured). I had to pinch myself. I have been ringside at events for the last 35 years and I haven't seen anything like I have this evening, winning four golds.
"Scotland's Charlie Flynn, a postman from up the road, battled his way to the final and won. Team-mate Josh Taylor followed and Northern Ireland's Paddy Barnes won back-to-back gold medals for the men.
"Just like it was in London 2012, there were people that were sceptical about women's boxing. In general, the women's competition has been fearsome. Savannah Marshall restored some glory for herself with a gold medal."
22:19
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x400m relay
Michael Johnson
BBC Sport athletics expert & 400m world record holder
"I think we were all thinking 'no, no' when Hudson-Smith made his move so early. He did make a smart move when he got the inside line. He stayed relaxed. Matthew took veteran Chris Brown out of his own race and made him run his race and it cost the Bahamas."
Watch Matthew Hudson-Smith power clear down the home straight to hold off The Bahamas' Brown and win gold for England here.
22:16
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x400m relay
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England's Commonwealth Games 4x400m relay gold medal winner Conrad Williams on BBC One: "Words can't describe tonight. It is the best feeling I have ever known. Young Matt (Hudson-Smith) came in and he just did everything."
Hudson-Smith, who ran the anchor leg: "I'm almost lost for words. That was crazy. There's a lot to learn. This is just the beginning really."
22:12
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Beth.r: Yep, Australia "pinched" the gold from us in the hockey but silver, very proud!
Janine Pingree: Aaarghhhh!!!! Heartbreaking. 12 seconds less and England would've won and no penalties. Great effort though girls.
22:10
diving
Diving
Commonwealth Games 10m diving gold medallist Tom Daley on BBC Two: "I have been trying new and different things with a new coach this year and they are starting to pay off now. Any athlete will tell you the first year after the Olympics is very tough - I was riddled with injuries. But this has been a really good year for me.
"British diving is in a really good place at the moment. To get more Commonwealth medals than ever before shows the legacy of London 2012. Hopefully there will now be a legacy to come from Glasgow 2014. I think in 10 years we could be the most dominant team in the Commonwealths and even the world."
22:08
athletics
Athletics
Men's triple jump
As Hampden's floodlights switch is flicked off for the night, let's catch up on an event you might have missed in all the drama.
Earlier, England's Phillips Idowu - back in the big time after funding and injury trouble over the past couple of years - could not add the 2014 Commonwealth crown to the one he won eight years ago.
The colourful Londoner finished fifth with a jump of 16.45m - the only legitimate leap that he managed. South Africa's Khotso Mokoena, who finished second behind Idowu in Melbourne, gained revenge to take gold with a seasonal-best mark of 17.20,.
22:05
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Athletics
Watch Bolt lead Jamaica to victory
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Usain Bolt led Jamaica home in the 4x100m relay final in a Commonwealth Games record time of 37.58secs.
England took the silver medal in Glasgow in a time of 38.02secs, ahead of third-placed Trinidad.
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Neil Wallington: "I thought that nothing would beat the hockey semi-final for tension and excitement. Be careful what you wish for ..."
22:03
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Bronze Medal
Adcock and Smith (England) - women's doubles badminton
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A gutsy come from behind win by Gabby Adcock and Lauren Smith who out-lasted Lim Yin Loo and Lai Pei Jing in a war of attrition. The Malaysians took the first game 21-16 but the England pair fought back to take the next two 21-15 21-16. Adcock is in action again at 10:00 on Sunday morning alongside husband Chris in the final of the mixed pairs.
22:02
diving
Diving
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Commonwealth Games 10m diving gold medallist Tom Daley on BBC One: "It was really nice going into the last dive knowing I already had a medal. I have been in really good shape with my diving, so for me it was about doing six solid dives.
"I was a bit shaky this morning but ended up qualifying in first and then this afternoon in the final once I got ahead I wanted to stay in front all the way."
22:00
hockey
Hockey
BBC Sport commentator Sara Orchard: "The feeling is so similar to watching the men's football team. Australia women win their fourth Commonwealth Games gold medal, their third in a row. The agony is written across English faces, they came so close, they were 10 seconds away from winning it but it is heartache."
21:58
goal-medal
Gold Medal
Australia - women's hockey
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Cometh the hour, cometh the woman. Captain Madonna Blyth strides forward and buries her effort to win gold for Australia.
More penalty heartbreak for England. Sorry...
21:57
hockey
Hockey
England 1-1 Australia - shootout
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England keeper Maddie Hinch virtually assaults Jodie Kenny as she slaloms up slowly. Penalty stroke for Australia. These are rarely missed. But this one is! A nervous Kenny inexplicably fires wide.
But Nicola White lets Kenny off the hook. She rounds the Aussie keeper but can't keep control as the ball scampers out of play. Australia win gold if they score their next effort...
Hockey
Still 1-1 in the shootout as England's Alex Danson cannot take advantage of Kellie White's miss. Danson rounds the keeper, only to lose balance and scrape wide.
21:51
hockey
Hockey
England 1-1 Australia - shootout
Penalties in hockey see the players given eight seconds to dribble up towards goal and try to beat the keeper. Real cat and mouse stuff. Australia's Casey Eastham and England's Georgie Twigg both convert their opening efforts.
21:48
hockey
Hockey
England 1-1 Australia
Deja vu strikes for England. Yesterday, they conceded a late equaliser in the semi-final against New Zealand. Yesterday, they took a collective deep breath, composed themselves and consigned those 'England are rubbish at penalty jibes' into the dustbin. But what about now?
21:44
hockey
Hockey
England 1-1 Australia
Heartbreak for England! They are just 11 seconds from taking gold - and then Australia's Jodie Kenny fires into the bottom corner from a penalty corner.
The English have to pick their heads up because there's no time to dwell. It's straight into the shootout. If you've never watched a hockey penalty shootout then I urge you to do so now.
21:41
athletics
Athletics
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That my friends is the last time we will see athletics at this Games. And what a way to finish with Bolt, who is still wandering around Hampden wearing a Tartan tammy. He will be changing his name to Usain McBolt at this rate...
21:39
Tonight at the Games
Was that the highlight of the Games? Clare Balding and Mark Chapman want to hear your favourite moments of the Commonwealth Games for their final show from Glasgow, on BBC One at 22:30 BST.
Send them using #TonightAtTheGames and the best comments will be read out on air and we will also use a selection of these on the BBC Sport website on Sunday.
21:37
athletics
Athletics
Jamaica win men's 4x100m relay
Michael Johnson
BBC Sport athletics expert & 400m world record holder
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"Nice work from the Jamaican team and also from the English team. You have to give those English guys a lot of credit - there were a lot of teams in there who could have messed it up for them. But this is what it is all about. Usain Bolt.
"It has been a great combination. The 100m individual wouldn't have been as great - or competitive - a race with Usain Bolt in it but we got to see him run in the relay. It is absolutely possible he will be at the top of the heap come Rio 2016 but will he be as fast as 2008/09? I don't think so.
"The injuries take their toll. But they have done him a service for the future in a way because they have meant he has had to take time out. He is going to have to be careful in terms of how he manages his body."
21:36
athletics
Athletics
Women's 4x100m relay final
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21:35
boxing
Boxing
Olympics gold medallist Anthony Ogogo: Joe Joyce is so happy he won the gold. It has been brilliant for England and the home nations. Full credit to the boxers and the behind the scenes team. It has been a great tournament.
21:34
goal-medal
Gold Medal
Joe Joyce (England) - men's super heavyweight
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England's Joe Joyce completes a stunning night for England in the ring by taking gold in the battle of the super heavyweights, beating Australia's Joseph Goodall in the final.
21:31
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Athletics
Men's 4x100m relay
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A sweaty Usain Bolt is wandering around the perimeter of Hampden, high-fiving, selfie-posing and autograph-signing for hundreds of screaming fans. While they treasure their mementos of the day, Bolt will have a keepsake of his own - a first Commonwealth gold medal.
21:29
badminton
Badminton
Women's doubles bronze-medal match
England's Gabby Adcock and Lauren Smith take a marathon second game 21-15 to level at 1-1 against Lim Loo Yin and Lai Pei Jing. The Malaysians took the first game 21-16. We're in for a late finish. Watch the final game action
21:28
hockey
Hockey
Women's gold-medal match: England 1-0 Australia
Aimee Lewis
BBC Sport in Glasgow
"Soak it up. Soak it up. England absorbed pressure superbly and scored through a canny counter-attack. That goal has given the crowd their second wind. "England! England" they chant while waving St George's flags. A bit of sledging in the stands, too - but from one Aussie to another."
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English heptathlete Louise Hazell: "Usain Bolt doesn't just give us his all on the track, he gives us his all off it too with his entertainment. Even if he came last, it was worth being here to see his little jig."
21:26
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x100m relay
Darren Campbell
BBC Sport athletics expert , on Radio 5 live
"A really, really solid performance from England to take silver. Just like the ladies, they didn't say 'we will take silver', they went to win the gold medal.
"They were up against the fastest man ever, but what a performance. When they got the baton at the end, it was close between Danny Talbot and Usain Bolt, but it was a five metre lead at the end."
21:25
hockey
Hockey
Women's gold-medal match: England 1-0 Australia
We have a goal and it's 19-year-old Lily Owsley who keeps her cool and shoots England into the lead against Australia in the women's final.
The crowd erupts and even the Countess of Wessex - looking on from the stands - is on her feet. But there's still 18 minutes remaining and Australia aren't going to give up their title without a fight.
21:23
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x100m relay
Mike Costello
BBC Radio 5 live athletics commentator
"Jamaica take the gold, a sensational performance by them. England take the silver but Usain Bolt, the ultimate showman, produces another breath taking performance."
21:21
goal-medal
Gold Medal
Jamaica - men's 4x100m relay
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The script goes to plan. Was there any ever doubt? Usain Bolt turns on the after-burners to streak clear of England's Danny Talbot down the dash. The great entertainer sees Jamaica home as they win gold in a new Games record of 37.58.
21:20
hockey
Hockey
Women's gold-medal match: England 0-0 Australia
Aimee Lewis
BBC Sport in Glasgow
"It'll be strange day when it comes - attending a sporting event and not singing a Proclaimers song during the break. One half of the stadium competes with the other in bellowing out '500 miles' but it's too close to call, much like this match."
21:19
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x100m relay
Defending champions England will be confident of upsetting Bolt and co - even if no-one else inside Hampden gives them a prayer. And they have their own secret weapon back - Adam Gemili. The 100m silver medallist receives an ear-splitting ovation from the Glasgow crowd as he prepares to start with the baton.
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England's Gabby Adcock and Lauren Smith fall behind to Lim Loo Yin and Pei Jing Lai in the women's doubles as the Malaysians take the first game 21-16.
21:14
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x100m relay
Darren Campbell
BBC Sport athletics expert on BBC Radio 5 live
"Before, the teams got together and the fastest guys just ran. Now it is about practice and hard work. We shocked the world in 2004 and the Jamaicans practised the changeovers. Their relay skills have got better. It is the level of professionalism you come out on the track with."
21:12
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x100m relay
Michael Johnson
BBC Sport athletics expert & 400m world record holder
"The weather is going to be the same in each lane. It is not going to affect the Jamaicans like anyone else. Rain or no rain, the handovers are critical and the Jamaicans do that very well. In fact, the weather might affect the other teams.
"Adam Gemili's mentality was to come in and have fun and compete. It is going to get dramatically difficult at the next level. He needs to think, what do I need to do to go below 10 second?"
21:10
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x100m relay
Guess who's back? Nah-nah-nah-naah, it's the B-O-L-T.
Usain will be back on the Hampden track in about five minutes. He's won six Olympic golds. He's won eight World golds. But he's never won a Commonwealth gold.
That could all change within the space of 38 seconds-ish. Blink and you'll miss him.
21:09
goal-medal
Gold Medal
Alana Boyd (Aus) - Women's pole vault final
Wales' Sally Peake fails in her final attempt of 4.40m, so has to settle for silver behind defending champion Alana Boyd of Australia.
Would those alleged disparaging remarks turn the Hampden crowd against him? Not a chance. From the moment he charmed the teenage girl carrying his kit to the tongue-in-cheek message for BBC Sport presenter Gabby Logan - oh, with a sub-10 seconds anchor leg sandwiched in-between - Bolt stole the show.
21:06
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Alana Boyd now clears 4.40m at the first attempt. The Australian is almost home and hosed, given Sally Peake of Wales has just one attempt left.
21:02
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Right, so Alana Boyd of Australia has now cleared 4.35m at the first attempt after Wales' Sally Peake failed.
Peake passes on her final two attempts, meaning we move on to 4.40m . . . which happens to be the Welsh woman's own national record, set at this very stadium last month.
21:00
athletics
Athletics
Women's 4x100m relay final
Darren Campbell
BBC Sport athletics expert on BBC Radio 5 live
"It was always going to be a large task to take on and beat the Jamaicans. They are a classy outfit. The English girls tried their best and they went for it. Unfortunately against the best in the world, it wasn't enough. They shouldn't be too disappointed with a bronze."
20:58
hockey
Hockey
Women's gold-medal match: England 0-0 Australia
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It's stalemate at half-time between Australia and England.
Kellie White had the best scoring opportunity for the reigning champions but she flashed her attempt across an open goal, and the Aussies also failed to make a late penalty corner count.
Although they are lacking opportunities up-front England have held possession well, but they'll need to turn their good work into goals if they're going to go for gold.
20:57
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Gold Medal
Jamaica - women's 4x100m relay final
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We thought England may push Jamaica - not a chance. The legs of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce go into a spin down the straight as Jamaica set a new Games record of 41.83. That means the previous record (set by them) lasted about 24 hours.
Gold Medal
Julius Yego (Kenya) - men's javelin
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Fancy becoming a Commonwealth champion? It takes hard work, dedication and...hours watching YouTube. At least in the case of Kenya's Julius Yego, who used the website as a training tool after a disappointing show at the 2010 Commonwealths. "I saw my technique was pathetic," he moaned.
Now, four years later, his sleek technique has bagged him a gold medal. His throw of 83.87 leaves the rest of the field with square eyes. Wales' Lee Doran finishes eighth.
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Diving
Karen Pickering
BBC Sport swimming & diving, on Radio 5 live
"That was a procession this evening from Tom Daley. A masterclass in diving. He even managed to get his bogey dive down. He was so far clear with one dive to go, he would have had to have failed it to lose the gold medal."
20:55
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Gold Medal
Tom Daley (England) - men's 10m platform diving
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England finish the 2014 Commonwealth diving competition with double figures - 10 medals from the four days of competition an incredible return and the crowd got what they came for tonight, a Tom Daley victory by an incredible 82.85 points, with a total of 516.55. His lead was so great that he had secured bronze before he went for his final routine.
James Denny, who won synchronised silver alongside Daley on Friday night, was sixth with a total of 397.65. Matthew Dixon, the 14-year-old from Plymouth, was ninth with 366.15. His best effort was an inward three-and-a-half somersault which scored an impressive 81.60.
20:54
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Sally Peake makes the first move, the Welsh woman clearing 4.25m at the first attempt. Over to you, Alana Boyd . . .
20:52
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20:51
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Hold on, though. Defending champion Alana Boyd has finally posted a mark by clearing 4.15m at the third attempt. The Australian moves into the silver medal position.
She and Sally Cooke of Wales will now squabble over gold and silver at 4.25m - the Welsh women is ahead on count-back - while England's Sally Scott and Alysha Newman of Canada will share bronze.
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Two-time CWG champion Kelly Holmes: "OMG. She did it. She got a medal. I love my ex-roomie Jo Pavey so gutsy. She should be an inspiration to many. 40 years and mother of two."
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Women's 4x100m relay final
In, out, in, out, shake it all about. Wales did the relay version of the hokey cokey last night. Finally, they were left standing at the end, being reinstated after initial disqualification, and line up in the women's 4x100m final.
Jamaica's quartet, anchored by the reigning Olympic and World sprint queen Shelley-Anne Fraser-Pryce, are red-hot favourites after setting a Games record as fastest qualifiers.
The race will start in the time it takes you to go and grab a cold one from the fridge.
20:48
diving
Diving
"Finally big cheers from the crowd for Tom Daley, they've been a nervous bunch this evening but a stunning 102.60 has eventually put them at ease. Daley is now so far ahead (64.2) only a failed dive would realistically cost him gold now."
20:47
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
England's Sally Scott and Alysha Newman of Canada are also assured medals thanks to their clearances of 3.80m before Noah sailed by in his ark. That height would have been good enough for 12th and last place in Delhi. Remarkable.
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Diving
Tom Daley is nearly there, a superb back 3.5 somersault for his fifth dive earning a score of 102.60. With one dive left, the 20-year-old Englishman is a long way ahead of Vincent Riendeau of Canada.
20:44
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
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Sally Peake is very much in command now. The Welsh women becomes the only athlete to cleare 4.15m and she is now guaranteed a medal of some hue.
20:43
hockey
Hockey
Women's gold-medal match: England 0-0 Australia
Aimee Lewis
BBC Sport in Glasgow
"Fewer than 15 minutes remaining of this Ashes ding-dong and it's still level. The overwhelming majority of the play has happened in England's half but the ladies in red and white are holding firm. The Aussies, though, did earlier squander a glorious chance. England, of course, were beaten by the Aussies in the group stages so perhaps revenge, as well as threatening dark clouds, in the air?"
20:41
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
So, Alana Boyd has finally appeared. However, the Australian's first attempt of the competition - at 4.15m - is aborted twice while in mid-air. She is not best pleased by the whole affair it seems, striding up and down the runway in a ferocious lather.
As it stands, Wales' Sally Peake remains in the lead after clearing 4m.
20:40
badminton
Badminton
Bronze-medal match: women's doubles
It's the final game on court tonight, with England's Gabby Adcock and Lauren Smith facing Malaysia's Lim Loo Yin and Pei Jing Lai in the women's doubles. Watch the action
20:40
athletics
Athletics
Men's triple jump final
Over in the sand, Phillips Idowu has decided to bring his bucket and spade to the beach party. Only kidding. England's finest hop, skip and jumper is still fifth at the halfway stage, having recorded another blob in his third attempt.
20:39
hockey
Hockey
Women's gold-medal match: England v Australia
We're 15 minutes into the women's hockey final and it's a cagey affair - it's still 0-0, with only one chance on goal from Australia. Can England hold their own against the reigning Commonwealth champions? Watch the final live online.
20:38
athletics
Athletics
Tom Fordyce
Chief sports writer in Glasgow
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"When England's 4x400m relay hero Matt Hudson-Smith broke 45 seconds for the first time in his life - on this same Hampden Park track - he said he had felt 'like a jaguar being chased by a lion'. Can big cats hold relay batons? Are jaguars actually faster than lions? Could the two actually meet, bearing in mind they are native to different continents? Who cares - the 19-year-old can say what he likes after that brilliant anchor leg of 44.7 seconds."
20:37
Best clips so far
Savannah Marshall wins England's second boxing gold medal with victory over Canadian Ariane Fortin in the women's middleweight final on a split decision. Watch the clip here
England's Jo Pavey claims a dramatic bronze in the women's 5,000m at Glasgow 2014. The 40-year-old finished behind the Kenyan pair of Mercy Cherono who took gold, and Janet Kiso taking the silver. Watch the clip here
England's Hannah Starling wins bronze in the Women's diving 3m springboard final. The 19-year-old performed her "dive of the competition" according to BBC commentator Leon Taylor. Watch the clip here
20:36
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Daniel Moloney: Jo Pavey, 40 is just a number... inspiring run in the 5000m for bronze and then shaking every single hand in the crowd! #guts
Emer Howard: Jo Pavey is an absolutely inspirational athlete and person - a joy to watch and support.
20:35
diving
Diving
Men's 10m platform final
Four dives in and Tom Daley is looking very, very good for the gold medal. His score of 79.55 in the forward 4.5 somersault keeps him nicely ahead of Canada's Riendeau and Malaysia's Tze Liang, while much-fancied Australian Matthew Mitcham is struggling.
20:34
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Former England rugby player Brian Moore: "You'll have to look hard to find a more gutsy run than that just done by the bronze medallist Jo Pavey in the Women's 5,000m."
Former England and Manchester United football player Philip Neville: "Loved that 5000m race. Well done Jo Pavey #guts"
20:33
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Now we've lost England's Sally Scott and Canada's Alysha Newman after a farcical final attempt. They are two of just three athletes to execute a successful jump, so are tied for second.
We've now only got three remaining, with the smartest of the lot perhaps Alana Boyd of Australia. She's stayed under her umbrella the entire time and is refusing to come out until the bar is moved up to 4.15m, perhaps playing for time and hoping it dries up.
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Without trying to sound patronising, I can't think of many better performances by a 40-year-old in a top-class sporting event. Jack Nicklaus, who was 46 when he won the 1986 Masters, would be up there. Anyone else?
Tweet your suggestions to #bbcglasgow2014 or text 81111.
20:31
bronze-medal
Bronze Medal
Langridge and Mills (England) - men's badminton doubles
Big shock in the badminton. England's Chris Langridge and Peter Mills beat compatriots and number one seeds Chris Adcock and Andy Ellis 2-0 in their bronze medal play-off after taking the second game 21-17.
20:29
athletics
Athletics
Women's 5,000m
England's 5,000m bronze medallist Jo Pavey on BBC One: "It feels a bit surreal, especially when I crossed the line. I really didn't believe I had got a medal. I had to look at the scoreboard! I tried to think 'just don't regret this'. I kept focused and was determined to not let the Kenyan trio beat me.
"A big thanks to all my family, physios, sponsors - the list is endless. It is really special to think my little boy was here to see me do this. To be able to hug him at the end was a real a bonus. It is really special to think I am 40 with two children - one of them a 10-month old baby - I didn't think it would maybe result in this so I am so happy and grateful to everybody."
20:27
hockey
Hockey
Women's gold-medal match: England v Australia
Aimee Lewis
BBC Sport in Glasgow
"A number of empty seats at the hockey centre, but the poncho-wearing fans who are here are creating a lovely atmosphere. They've not been put off by the rain, or the wind - or the "Beware! Hockey Balls!" signs that are dotted around the place."
Badminton
Men's doubles bronze medal match
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England will win bronze in the men's doubles. The problem is we don't which Englishmen will get it. But Chris Langridge and Peter Mills hint that they want it bad. They are 1-0 ahead against compatriots, and number one seeds, Chris Adcock and Andy Ellis - and on the verge of a killer second. Watch the action here
20:24
Diving
"Biggest cheer of the night is for England's 14-year-old Matthew Dixon, who delivers a simply brilliant inward 3.5 somersault routine and scores 81.60. He isn't quite at Tom Daley's level at the same age, but a future star for sure!"
20:22
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Just to add a little context to these pole vault problems . . .
In Delhi four years ago, Alana Boyd took gold for Australia with 4.40m ahead of Marianna Zachariadi of Cyprus. England's Kate Dennison took bronze with 4.25m.
Sally Peake, meanwhile, was ninth after clearing 3.95m. As it stands in Glasgow, the Welsh women is the only athlete to have breached 4m with no sign of her four remaining rivals doing likewise.
20:21
diving
Diving
Men's 10m platform final
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It's looking good for Tom Daley at the halfway stage of the final, his inward 3.5 somersault for his third dive garnered a score of 81.60 and he remains ahead with three dives to go.
20:20
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x400m final
Allison Curbishley
BBC athletics expert, on Radio 5 live
"We have a new star. This man Matthew Hudson-Smith with a sub-45 seconds run. All the talk was about Martyn Rooney not being here. He held off Chris Brown and had the ability to have something left in the tank at the end. It was phenomenal."
20:19
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x400m final
Steve Cram
BBC Sport athletics commentator
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"What a great race! It is about the balance of the team and putting the right people on the correct leg. They put a young, hungry man in the last race. I did think Hudson-Smith had gone too early. He was like a tall piece of timber leaning for the line as he approached."
20:17
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Sally Peake of Wales is timing her run perfectly here. She passed at 3.80m while the rain hosed down, nipped out from under her umbrella when it abated to become the only women to clear 4m, and now it's thundering down again and everyone is faltering.
20:16
goal-medal
Gold Medal
England - Men's 4x400m final
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Bold, very bold, by Matthew Hudson-Smith. He fades round the bend as wily old Chris Brown of Bahamas licks his lips in anticipation. Brown thinks he's got Hudson-Smith with 30m to go. He's wrong. Hudson-Smith digs deep again to stick he head over the line first. England win gold.
20:15
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x400m final
You could throw a blanket over the respective baton-carriers of Trinidad and Tobago, England and Bahamas as the bell dings. England's Matthew Hudson-Smith drops it down a gear on the back straight....
20:14
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Scotland's Henrietta Paxton is the next victim. She at least managed to clear the bar, only for the pole to bring it down as it fell.
Five women remain in the competition, including Wales' Sally Peake - who passed at 3.80m - and England's Sally Scott, who is one of only two athletes to record a successful attempt.
20:12
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x400m final
Hampden roars (can it do anything else?) the blue Scottish vest of Kris Robertson out of the starting blocks. But it is England who lead after the first circuit, with Trinidad and Tobago on the heels on Michael Bingham at the halfway stage.
20:12
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Janine Pingree: "That's it @TomDaley1994 - bogey dive out of the way, just keep going for gold!"
Jo Eveleigh: "Tom Daley...totally brilliant..what a dive. Best thing to come out of Plymouth other than the Royal Navy."
20:11
athletics
Athletics
Men's 4x400m final
"One of the most exciting races of the evening," 110m hero Colin Jackson confidently predicts. Not least because that baton will be like a bar of soap in these conditions. England were fastest in the qualifying heats, while Scotland - in the inside lane - edged in as a fastest loser.
20:10
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
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We lose the Isle of Man's Olivia Curran, too. She came down with an almighty clatter, falling back into the pit in a last attempt at 3.80m. Vicky Parnov of Australia is a goner, too.
At this rate, the two girls who jumped before the rain could win medals without having to jump again.
20:08
Diving
10m platform final
Leon Taylor
BBC Sport diving expert & CWG silver medallist
"It was better than this morning, he still struggled but it was a step in the right direction. He's not extending his legs out of the diving board."
20:07
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Northern Ireland's Zoe Brown is out of the final after three failures at 3.80m. England's Katie Byres suffers a similar fate.
Still no clearances since the rain started.
20:07
Diving
10m platform final
Tom Daley still leads after two dives, he gets through the 'demon dive' all right but it's not great with a score of 64.80. He has a total of 159.30, and leads from Dominic Bedggood.
The 'demon dive' is a back 2.5 somersault, 2.5 twists routine, which involves Daley somersaulting backwards while twisting his body around, his head spinning just inches from the board he left a split-second earlier.
20:06
athletics
Athletics
Men's triple jump final
Phillips Idowu pounds a size 11 on the right side of the red line on his second attempt. But the big man's flight is a little flat and he wades into the sand 16.45m further on. That puts him into fifth.
The pit will be starting to look like Blackpool beach after tide if this rain doesn't stop. Still hammering it down.
20:05
goal-medal
Gold Medal
Antony Fowler (England) - men's middleweight boxing
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Antony Fowler, the England team captain, from Liverpool, makes it four golds for his nation by beating India's Vijender Vijender in the final.
20:03
diving
Diving
"Tom Daley went big on his first round routine to take a solid lead but next up is the 'demon dive' and after it went woefully wrong this morning he will be nervous. If he can deliver even an average score in the 70's he should still be difficult to catch assuming there are no major disasters on the other routines."
20:02
athletics
Athletics
Men's triple jump final
Mike Costello
BBC Radio 5 live athletics commentator
"Phillips Idowu is back at the 35 years of age. Everybody around including Jonathan Edwards said we won't be seeing him again. He has competed in some Diamond League meetings and he represented Britain in the European Team Championship. It will be fascinating to see what he can do."
20:01
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Alysha Newman of Canada and England's Sally Scott both cleared an opening height of 3.80m before the rain began to lash down, but since then we've had nine failed attempts. Most of the competitors are planting their poles in the pit before aborting their jumps in mid air because they cannot get enough grip to maintain their momentum.
19:58
athletics
Athletics
England win bronze in women's 4x400m relay final
Allison Curbishley
BBC athletics expert, on Radio 5 live
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"England lost it on the second leg. No-one is surprised that Jamaica won. Stephanie McPherson looks like a drowned rat out there.
"I thought England would be closer to Nigeria, but they have got it together. Maurice Greene has been brought in and he is with the women's 4x400m team and they are pulling it together. He feels they can vie with the Americans and Jamaicans now."
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Sidelined British pole vault record-holder and European indoor champion Holly Bleasdale: "Feel for the girls competing in the Pole Vault in this weather at Hampden Park! #notideal"
19:56
badminton
Badminton
Men's bronze-medal match
Next up, it's the men's doubles where England are guaranteed a medal as Chris Adcock and Andy Ellis face Chris Langridge and Peter Mills. Watch the match online.
19:55
diving
Diving
Men's 10m platform final
Good start for Tom Daley, he leads the 10m platform final after the first dive, executing his armstand back triple somersault to good effect with a score of 94.50. Daley's rival for the gold, Australia's Matthew Mitcham, is already over 20 points down after a poor forward 3.5 somersault.
19:54
athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
Now we've got someone hoovering water off the runway. That might solve one problem, but the slippery grip issue will persist.
19:52
goal-medal
Gold Medal
Jamaica - Women's 4x400m relay
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Jamaica still lead as Anastasia Le Roy hands over to anchor Stephanie McPherson. But what's this? Nigeria's Folashade Abugan goes round the bend like a train, briefly taking the lead down the back straight before riunning out of steam.
McPherson powers over the line to help Jamaica set a new Games record of 3.23.82. Nigeria take silver with England claiming a well-earned bronze as Anyika Onoura - a 200m specialist - shows her stamina.
19:52
athletics
Athletics
Athletics
Women's pole vault final
The rain is making things more than a mite difficult at Hampden. The vaulters, frankly, are struggling to keep a grip of their poles as they thunder towards the pit. More than one aborted run up so far.
19:50
athletics
Athletics
Women's 4x400m relay final
Switching back to the track quicker than a smooth baton changeover. England were the fastest qualifiers for this final and start with Olympic champion Christine Ohuruogu. She edges into a narrow lead after one circuit of the Hampden track.
19:49
athletics
Athletics
Men's triple jump final
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The 2006 champion Phillips Idowu - who is sixth to jump - needed just one jump to reach the final. He has not cleared 17m since June 2012 but anything close to that should be enough for a medal. He is joined in the final by England team-mates Nathan Fox (10th to jump) and Nathan Douglas (12th).
Not a great start from the instantly recognisable Idowu, who has been pretty low profile since losing his funding last year. A big red cross is stuck next to his name after a failed first jump.
19:47
athletics
Athletics
Men's javelin final
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Lee Doran of Wales is the only Home Nations representative in the contest. Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad & Tobago and Julius Yego of Kenya - who learned to throw by watching YouTube apparently - will be the main challengers for gold. Walcott leads with a throw of 82.13 after two rounds.
Diving
"The great thing about the Commonwealths is the number of nations you see competing in events you wouldn't usually expect - like India here at the diving.
"The downside is that not all of them are really ready for competition on this level. Indian teenager Siddharth Pardeshi is a good example of that - literally scary to watch at times. Landed on his back twice in the prelims and his first dive has gone woefully wrong again in the final. 10m is a long way to fall!"
Athletics
Men's 1500m final
Allison Curbishley
BBC athletics expert, on Radio 5 live
"James Magut wins gold, a surprise. Nick Willis from New Zealand has just finished like Usain Bolt in the home straight. I really feel for Chris O'Hare, he just ran out of legs despite the roar of the crowd and finished in sixth."
19:42
boxing
Boxing
Boxing expert Steve Bunce: "Scott Fitzgerald has brought gold home from Glasgow. Five or six promoters will be reaching for their phones now. He is what we called gold dust in the professional circuit, he will sell out anywhere in the North West."
Bronze Medal
Rajah Menuri Venkata Gurusaidutt of India beats England's Rajiv Ouseph in the bronze medal play-off, taking the third and final game 21-19.
19:39
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Gold Medal
James Magut (Kenya) - men's 1500m
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Chris O'Hare of Scotland makes a dash around the bend but he gives the rest too much of a start. Kenyans James Magut and Ronald Kwemoi, plus New Zealand's Nick Willis sprint out as O'Hare begins to blow hard. Too soon. Magut, Kwemoi and Willis take the medals in that order.
19:37
athletics
Athletics
Men's 1500m final
Magut, the 2010 silver medallist, is probably the favourite in this race, but Chris O'Hare and Charlie Grice, plus Wales' Chris Gowell, only need to look at Jo Pavey for inspiration. Lynsey's Sharp motto of "Get out strong, commit" is apt too.
19:35
athletics
Athletics
Men's 1500m final
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Could there be a medal for Scotland's Chris O'Hare or Englishman Charlie Grice? They will be up against Kenyans James Magut and Ronald Kwemoi who will be strongly fancied for the top prize. These fellas are limbering up on the starting line. It's show-time.
19:35
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Pavey wins 5,000m bronze
Denise Lewis
BBC Sport athletics expert & twice CWG champion
"It is so admirable and courageous when any athlete decides to carry on for long as Jo Pavey has. It is the grit, determination and things she has given up that make her such a popular figure in the team."
19:34
athletics
Athletics
Pavey wins 5,000m bronze
How a woman can balance having two kids with becoming a Commonwealth bronze medallist baffles me. Want to know Jo Pavey's secret? She revealed all about her hectic lifestyle as a mother and top-class athlete to BBC Sport ahead of Glasgow.
19:33
bronze-medal
Bronze Medal
New Zealand - women's hockey
New Zealand's women secure a 5-2 win over South Africa to claim a third-place finish.
South Africa held their own for the majority of the game but two quick second-half goals finished them off. It will be some consolation for the Kiwis, who lost in a penalty shoot-out to England in the semi-final.
19:32
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Pavey wins 5,000m bronze
Paula Radcliffe
BBC Sport athletics expert & 2002 CWG champion
"That was brilliant. I am so, so pleased for Jo. She already has a Commonwealth silver I'm sure that one will mean the most to her. She worked hard for that. She injected some pace into that race and I'm sure she took a lot of energy from this crowd. They really got behind her. She just loves racing."
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Gareth Price: At 40 years of age, that, from Jo Pavey, was arguably the best individual performance of the Games
Boxing
Men's welterweight
Surely another gold medal for England in the ring. Scott Fitzgerald sticks his opponent Mandeep Jangra of India on to the canvas for a third time in two rounds. Three minutes of pleasure for Fitzgerald (or three minutes of pain for Jangra) to get through...
19:30
athletics
Athletics
Pavey wins 5,000m bronze
Steve Cram
BBC Sport athletics commentator
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"A brilliant, brilliant performance. Cherono is the champion but who would have believed that Jo Pavey would stir up all of the old memories? She decided not to run the 10,000m. What a good decision that was to concentrate on the 5,000.
"She had a go at 800m and 400m (from the finish line) and both times they came past her, but she went again. An inspiration to so many. That might be one of the best runs of her careeer."
19:28
weightlifting
Powerlifting
Men's heavyweight
Agony for Scotland's Micky Yule, who finishes out of the medals in the men's Para-sport powerlifting heavyweight competition.
The 35-year-old, who lost both his legs while serving with the Royal Engineers in Afghanistan, fails to make 183kg in his final lift which would have given him the chance of bronze.
Diving
"In case you missed it earlier - here are some of the volunteers working at the Commonwealth diving here in Edinburgh - impressive!"
19:24
athletics
Athletics
Allison Curbishley
BBC athletics expert, on Radio 5 live
That is the performance of the week. At 40 and with two children, she is on the podium. We salute you Jo Pavey!
19:22
bronze-medal
Bronze Medal
Jo Pavey (England) - women's 5,000m
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They had a go at her at 400m. She dug in. They had another go at 100m. She still dug. Nothing or nobody - not even a top-class Kenyan - was going to stop Jo Pavey seeing bronze. The 40-year-old finishes third behind Kenyan pair Mercy Cherono and Janet Kiso. But their team-mate Margaret Muriuki is edged into fourth.
19:21
athletics
Athletics
Women's 5000m final
Ding ding, one lap of the 5,000m to go. The pack has thinned into five chasers at the front - including England's 40-year-old Jo Pavey. What a story this will be...
19:20
hockey
Hockey
Women's bronze-medal match
South Africa thought they had pulled themselves back into this bronze-medal match but they find themselves behind again.
New Zealand's Emily Naylor drills the ball towards goal from long range and it takes the slightest of deflections off Jordan Grant's stick to find the back of the net. The umpire called for the video referee's review and the goal stood, leaving the score at 3-2.
Boxing
Boxing expert Steve Bunce: "It was so interesting because one of the judges was going left and one was going right. It was an extremely close contest, the split decisions have been tight today."
19:16
goal-medal
Gold Medal
Savannah Marshall (England) - women's middleweight boxing
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Nervous moment for England's Savannah Marshall and Ariane Fortin of Canada as the ring announcer tells a hushed SECC that there is a split decision in the women's middleweight final. Is it the blue corner or the red corner? It's the blue corner! And it is relief for Hartlepool's Savannah Marshall, who claims the gold.
19:15
weightlifting
Powerlifting
Men's heavyweight
Scotland's Micky Yule is involved in a battle with Malaysia's Jong Yee Khie for bronze in the men's Para-sport powerlifting heavyweight competition.
Yule is in fourth on 172.9 points - 1.7 points behind his rival with both having one lift left.
Having lifted 177kg in round two, Yule is now going to try for 183kg in a bid to win bronze while Khie, the heavier lifter, will be aiming for 206kg.
19:14
athletics
Athletics
Women's 5000m final
Now Kenya's Mercy Cherono decides to show, umm, no mercy. The world silver medallist quickens her stride to inject some pace into this rain-soaked field.
19:13
diving
Diving
"Hannah Starling proving that diving is all about consistency. Her routine isn't as difficult as that of many opponents but she kept delivering all of her dives to the best of her ability and that is what has secured England their ninth diving medal of the Games so far. Can Tom Daley take the team into an incredible double figures? We'll find out very soon."
19:12
athletics
Athletics
Women's 5000m final
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The rain seems to have stopped - momentarily at least - as the dark clouds continue to hover over Hampden. Two red-and-white England vests - those of Helen Clitheroe and Jo Pavey - set the pace as they clock up a kilometre.
19:09
hockey
Hockey
Women's bronze-medal match
Kathleen Taylor scores her third goal of the tournament as South Africa level the score to make it 2-2 against New Zealand.
Taylor swiped her shot in low from the left and it bounced past the keeper. It's going to be a tense final 20 minutes as the two sides battle it out for a bronze.
19:06
athletics
Athletics
Women's 5000m
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Kenya are unlikely to show any mercy on the rest of the field - especially if world silver medallist Mercy Cherono gets her way. Team-mates Margaret Muriuki and Janet Kisa are the others likely to be in the mix for any potential Kenyan 1-2-3.
2006 Commonwealth silver medallist Jo Pavey and Emelia Gorecka carry England's best hopes of stopping an African domination. And Scotland's Steph Twell, just missed out on a medal in Delhi, is also hoping to muscle on to the podium.
19:05
athletics
Athletics
Thankfully the track events WILL start as planned. First up - the women's 5,000m final.
Bronze Medal
"England's Hannah Starling has to be one of the calmest competitors at these Commonwealth Games. Nothing seems to phase her as the 19-year-old calmly approaches the end of her board for a routine - even waving en-route to her start position. As much as Tom Daley likes the cameras, I don't think you'll be seeing that from him later!" | {
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You are welcome to use the Keurig or the tea kettle and the k-cups and teas provided in your bedroom. Help yourself to any fruit or baked goods in the bowl on the dining table. Cream cheese for bagels or English muffins is in the fridge.
Wifi is available throughout the house. Password will be supplied upon checkin. The TV in your bedroom has basic cable channels via an HD Antenna, as well as an Apple TV through which you can watch YouTube, Netflix (you must have your own account), Disney Channel shows, and other things, as well as stream videos from your Apple devices. I’m happy to help you set this up if you’ve never done Apple TV before.
Renters can park their vehicles at the end of the driveway (please don’t block us in), or in front of the house just past the mailbox.
You may use the washer and dryer but please notify us first so we can make sure they are empty!
If you need something during your stay, my husband and I will be happy to assist you. You can contact me by text message if I am not at home. We usually cook and eat dinner at home and then play with our son in the evenings. You are welcome to join the fun upstairs or outside, or to maintain your privacy and relax downstairs, as you prefer.
The house is located in a quiet, safe, wooded suburban neighborhood. Dunham Lebed park with playground and basketball court in walking distance. Stores and restaurants are only a few minutes away by car.
It's a 10 minute car ride to Rutgers University & High Point Stadium, the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail, 6 Mile Run, Stress Factory Comedy Club, golf courses, St. Peter's University Hospital & Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Colonial Park, New Brunswick State Theater in downtown New Brunswick, skating rink, Buccleuch Park & mansion, Johnson Park with historic village & zoo, & downtown Highland Park, and historic homes.
15 to 20 minutes by car to Princeton University and downtown Princeton, Somerset Patriots Ball Park Stadium in Bridgewater, Bridgewater Mall off I-287, Menlo Park Mall and Woodbridge Mall and other shopping on Route 1 north, and more shopping on Route 1 South and Route 18.
Further afield, it's an hour by train, car, or bus to New York City, and an hour by car to Brooklyn NY. Check out the Liberty Science Center for a fun day trip with the kids. Jersey Shore day trips: Downtown Red Bank, Englishtown Flea Market, and Six Flags Amusement Park. Beaches: Point Pleasant, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Seaside Park, Belmar, Long Beach Island. Head west to New Hope, Pennsylvania for antiques, to Flemington outlets, or head south 90 minutes to Philadelphia, or Adventure Aquarium in Camden, NJ.
With a car, you are only a few minutes from I-287, and Routes 202/206, Route 18, and Route 1. Taxis are close - All Brunswick Taxi, Victory Taxi. Uber and Lyft rides are usually quick to arrive. It's a $6-10 Uber trip to the New Brunswick train station, where you can get NJ Transit trains to New York and North Jersey, as well as south to Princeton, Trenton, and Philadelphia (you'll have to change trains in Trenton). Amtrak picks up in Trenton and at New York Penn Station. Suburban Transit buses to New York (cheaper than the train) pick up across the street from the train station in downtown New Brunswick. Rutgers buses travel between campuses - pick one up at the College Avenue student center.
Please be aware that this is our home and there is a young child living here who goes to sleep early and wakes early (around 6am). We ask that you try to avoid slamming doors or talking loudly upstairs after 8pm. Sound does not travel much between the upstairs and downstairs portions of the house, but we will do our best to keep the noise level down in the mornings and ask that you do the same in the evenings.
Minnie and Hera are our two loving, intelligent Standard Poodles. Poodles are known for being hypo-allergenic dogs, since they do not shed their hair like other dogs do. They are in middle age now so they like to play but also enjoy sleeping and lazing around all day. We usually keep them in the back of the house when guests are visiting, but if you are a dog lover, they would love to meet you! They may bark when you come in the door, but they really just want to announce that they are ready to be petted and fed treats! If you throw Minnie’s toys for her, you will be her favorite person for the rest of your stay. Hera is even easier – all it takes is a good scratch behind the ears to win her heart.
My sister and I attended the collyde summit and in zarephath, NJ and needed a place to stay overnight. Aprils place was very close to the church so it was perfect. Although we weren't there long April and her husband were very friendly. She greeted us upon arrival with a welcoming smile and gave us a tour of her place. Upon entering we would went right to sleep and when we awoke we left right out. but the room we stayed in was very nice, the bed was SUPER comfortable, and the temp of the room was perfect. If you are in the area and you need a place to crash I recommend her place.
EleittaSeptember 2016
We enjoyed our stay with April and family! They were very hospitable and also kindly flexible about arrivals and departures. We spent most of our days at Princeton, which was a straightforward 20ish minute drive away, and it was great to be able to come and go as needed. They also provided fridge space and snacks. Thanks!
It was Great to stay at there home and was very comfortable. Both April and Steven are very positive humans and made a days stay comfortable. I would certainly recommend it to positive people to stay at there bnb
BineypalSeptember 2016
We arrived a little bit late for our game time so we needed to let our bags and run to the Rutgers Stadium. We didn't even have time to talk to April and her Husband, but when we got back from the game I could see how comfortable and clean the room was, everything in the right place and very quiet place, exactly what my husband and I wanted after a perfect game. The bathroom was pretty clean too and had towels if we needed. My husband and I needed to come back home asap so again we didn't have time to talk to April, I run up stairs to take a shower and when we were leaving we could talk a little bit with her, she was so nice and offered coffee for us. Such a nice location, 5 min to the Rutgers stadium and close to a lot of restaurants. Such a nice experience. I would totally recommend :)
Jessica LarissaOctober 2016
I had a fantastic stay at April's place! She was incredibly accommodating and very easy to communicate with. The bedroom has the charm of a seaside B&B, but with plenty of modern amenities, such as Apple TV. The bed is very comfortable for sleeping and lounging/reading, and it's easy to control the air temperature. The house setup is perfect: you have your own private space when you need it, and you also feel welcome in the upstairs living room, dining room, and kitchen. It was a quick 10-minute cab ride from the train station, and the neighborhood is quiet and relaxing. I would recommend April's place to anyone!! It has everything you need.
BeccaSeptember 2016
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My place is close to the city center, parks, and restaurants and dining. You’ll love my place because it is conveniently located close to downtown New Brunswick, a shopping center, Robert Wood Johnson Hospital, Rutgers University, and St. Peters Hospital. The apt complex also includes a workout area and pool. My place is good for solo adventurers and business travelers.
Great host. Very nice apartment. Highly recommended.
BanreetOctober 2016
Worked great for my residency interview at RWJ. Thanks!
EricNovember 2016
Ife was a great asset to Airbnb, her place is clean and welcoming. The location is close to downtown and these a lot of dining option around. Lots of guest parking space and nice neighborhood. Thanks for hosting.
BayoSeptember 2016
Great place to stay. Felt like home. Was flexible with the checkout time. Highly recommend this place!
DanySeptember 2016
I couldn't have asked for anything more. Everything was clean and very comfortable. Also, a great location. I highly recommend.
WendellSeptember 2016
Ife is a great host and the place is perfect! Would definitely stay here again.
UtsavOctober 2016
Great space and very helpful. Highly recommended!
TrevorOctober 2016
Ife was the perfect host. She was very flexible on my check-in and check-out time. She was kind and welcoming and made sure that I had everything that I needed during my stay. Pros: -The photos are accurate. - The room and the bathroom were both clean. - The location was easy to find - The building feels very safe. Cons: - The wifi was not working properly (weak signals with continuous disconnections) Overall I had a great stay and I would definitely recommend her place.
SuziNovember 2016
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Close to New Brunswick train station, Rutgers Uni, RWJ Hospital, St. Peters Hosp and Colonial Park.The room comes with a king sized bed and an on suite bathroom.The bathroom has a jacuzzi and a separate shower place. Guests are also welcome to use our eat in kitchen which is furnished with a microwave, refrigerator and stove .Common areas are also free to use. We have good parking space and we host our guests with our miniature dachshund "Pumpkin". Female clients only.
Anita and her husband were warm and welcoming. the house and room was clean. Will definitely stay there again.
KananNovember 2016
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This colorful morning sun room with darkening shades has an extra large desk, WIFI, a medium/soft queen bed, dresser, closet, bright and dim lighting, towel hooks, a bath tote, and luggage rack. A small TV can be added upon request.
Check in time: 4:00 PM or after.
Check out time: 10:00 AM, no later. Need to get ready for next guest. Thank you.
Please be verified on this site if you are interested in staying for a visit. Your first and last name, a head shot photo of yourself, and a detailed written description about yourself needs to be included on the site. The city, state, and country where you reside needs to be posted as well. Past references from Airbnb are preferred but I do consider those without. Also please have your photo ID drivers license or passport with you when arriving just as any hotel would require. If you are coming with a guest I will require their first and last name and a photo ID. Sorry if this process is inconvenient but I am inviting you into my home and need to feel comfortable with this arrangement, as well as other renters that may be staying.
This 3rd bedroom is located on the 2nd floor of the house. The bathroom is on the 1st floor and may be shared if another quest is visiting. A cleaning product is always available for inbetween uses.
Sheets, pillows, blankets, bath towels, hand towel, wash cloth, soap, shampoo, and conditioner come with the furnished room.
To assure ultimate protection and sanitary conditions the mattress is fully encased in a zippered allergen barrier blocking, antimicrobial, waterproofing, and temperature balancing fabric for ultimate protection and comfort.
The thermostat is set on a comfortable temperature whether the heat or central air conditioning is on so I ask that you do not open windows. This upstairs room also has an air conditioning unit in the window for additional comfort. I ask that when you are not in the room the air conditioning unit is turned off.
Many people suffer from allergies so I keep my home as allergen free as possible with the use of an air purifier and high quality filters.
The front patio and the backyard are cozy areas to relax, sip on a drink, read, have something to eat, get a tan, or just enjoy the beauty of the yard. Come out of your room and enjoy the serenity of the outdoors.
You may use the kitchen minimally (cooking a main meal daily, heating up pre-made items, microwaving). Light cooking only. No spicey/aromatic food since the home is shared with others. When using the kitchen you are responsible to clean up pots, pans, dishes, glasses, stovetop, counters, sink, utensils, and any food messes. No cooking for people who are not staying as airbnb renters for dine in or take out.
I do not provide any food, condiments, oils, or spices for cooking. You need to buy whatever ingredients you use to cook with. There is space in the refrigerator and in the pantry room in the designated basket on the counter to place your food during your time here.
Chilled bottled water is not for cooking (or filling water bottles)...only for glasses of water for drinking.
Only airbnb renters staying in my home may use the indoor and outdoor spaces. If you have visitors coming to meet you then you will have to plan your gathering at another location.
You may use the living room in the home as well as the back yard and front yard.
Renters can park their vehicles in the driveway.
SORRY ... the washer/dryer are not available to guests. You will need to go to the closest laundromat.
You will find an iron, flashlight, first-aid kit, body insect repellent, rags and cleaner for wiping off outside furniture on the counter, in a basket, in the laundry room on the counter. Please put any dirty rags in the laundry room sink. The ironing board is located in the wall cabinet, just open and pull down. Please unplug the hot iron when finished, place it on the counter with the cord... to cool down...and close the ironing board.
Just so you know ... the laundry room is a dog friendly area and houses the dog's food amoung other pet items.
Please be aware that there may be other guests here the same time you are here and you should be respectful of the shared space as well as the level of noise. Please when closing the doors of your room, the bathroom, or when coming in and out of the house... turn the handle first then pull the door in so it shuts quietly and gently. Also please be considerate of others and walk softly up and down the stairs if you take the room with the large desk. If you are coming with a very heavy suitcase you may want to consider the queen fireplace room instead that is on the main floor.
If you need something during your stay just ask. I will try to assist you. I am friendly and social though sometimes very busy. I look forward to you sharing my home and wish to make it a pleasant experience for you during your rental period.
The house is located in a quiet safe suburban neighborhood. Great for walking. A 3 minute car ride to stores and restaurants.
A 5 to 10 minute car ride to Rutgers University & High Point Stadium, the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail, 6 Mile Run, Stress Factory Comedy Club, golf courses, St. Peters & Robert Wood Hospitals, Colonial Park, New Brunswick State Theater in downtown New Brunswick, skating rink. Buccleuch Park & mansion, Johnson Park with historic village & zoo, & downtown Highland Park, and historic homes.
15 to 20 minutes by car to Duke Farms Estate in Hillsbourough, Princeton University in downtown Princeton, Somerset Patriots Ball Park Stadium in Bridgewater, shopping on Route 18 in East Brunswick, Route 1 North in Edison and Route 1 South in North Brunswick. Regional Airport in Manville if you want to fly your private plane in.
Looking to take a 45 - 90 minutes day trip? Go North to New York City, Brooklyn NY, Bear Mountain upstate NY. Vernon Valley water park NJ, Liberty Science Center NJ, and Hoboken NJ. Want Jersey Shore areas? Downtown Red Bank, Englishtown Flea Market, and Six Flags Amusement Park. Beaches: Point Pleasant, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Seaside Park, Belmar, Long Beach Island. Go west to Penn. New Hope, Peddlers Village Poconos, Philadelphia, and Flemmington outlets NJ, farm stands, town of Chester NJ
The great part about being in Central Jersey is that you can get just about anywhere in a day...have a great time ... & then come back home. There is something for everyone.
Public transportation is a 5 minute drive from the house: Suburban Transit bus (New Brunswick) or NJ Transit train (New Brunswick or Bound Brook) to go to NYC. Close car rental is Enterprise (New Brunswick or Somerset), & taxi services are all here too: Somerset taxi and car service, Allo taxi, Victory taxi. If you prefer Uber check for best rates, for coupon, and sign-up for door to door service. Uber app is available for smartphones. The closet Rutgers bus stops are a 5 minute drive away (St. Peters Hospital & Buccleuch Park). If I have errands to run I may offer you a ride but usually you are on your own to get around.
Bella Baby is a sweet, tiny dog that loves attention, gets baths often, and does not shed. My little 6 pound toy poodle who by the way...loves the guests... is clean, allergen free, and a pleasure to have around. Bella Baby may bark when she first meets you and also each time you walk into the home but she is just asking for you to say hello, pick her up, and give her a hug. When she gets excited she coughs due to an enlarged heart. With some calm-down time and her breathing will relax.
Leslie has a nice place! Definitely recommend. Bella (her dog) is adorable. Home is very big and easy to navigate.
Stay with Leslie and Bella was awesome. My second airbnb experience couldn't have been better. Being a clean freak, this turned out to be my kind of place! Though, it was a full house, 2 other bedrooms rented to airbnb guests during my stay (not a very common event Leslie said) it never felt any less private. She even offered to upgrade me, for free, to a more expensive bedroom as it was empty the first day! Though all guests share same bathroom, Leslie is so well planned (a pick of morning shower times and display board, no less!) that guests don't feel inconvenienced. She clearly takes pride in being a super host. She had separate bins for each guest in a coffee/tea room, to keep personal meal and grocery items (very thoughtful). She has a tastefully appointed home and a beautifully landscaped property. I thoroughly enjoyed using the patio in the backyard. This solo bedroom is upstairs and you have to walk down to the bathroom (main level) which wasn't a big deal. She has bathroom totes in the guest bedrooms to help carry your essentials. As I was on allergy medications I didn't much pet her toy poodle Bella (queen of the house!). I enjoyed my conversations with Leslie and she was very sharing of her experiences. She also offers you privacy, when you need it. As, she provides a key to the house you can come and go as you please. If I can get this experience from an airbnb host, why would I ever choose a hotel?! Best stay-away-from-home experience ever. She delivers much more than she promises. I will definitely comeback if I am in town again. Thanks Leslie.
sunilJuly 2016
Leslie furnishes her house with a lot of love. She's supremely friendly. It felt like family and I slept very well. It's very quiet.
SarahJanuary 2016
Leslie's house is spacious, clean and really nice. You have access to everything, the neighborhood is also nice. The room was comfortable and I enjoyed relaxing in the garden too. Leslie is a nice and welcoming host, and always willing to help if you need anything or have any questions about New Brunswick and its surroundings. Overall I would greatly recommend Leslie's place.
SarahJuly 2016
The room is spacious, comfy and private. Leslie is friendly and helpful. I would totally stay with her again therefore I recommend her!
SamuelNovember 2016
Leslie's listing is very accurate. She takes great pride in her home and the neighborhood is great; very close to Rutgers.
BethJune 2016
Leslie was very accommodating of our late arrival, staying up to let us in can show us the where everything was. Her place was very clean, and spacious. She even upgraded us to a larger room since it was available during our stay. Her dog Ella is very sweet and and friendly, loves to be petted, but doesn't beg for attention. The location is a short drive to downtown New Brunswick and the surrounding Rutger's campuses. Parking at her house was no problem. We would love to stay at Leslie's again next time we need a place near New Brunswick.
BradApril 2016
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An entire lower level private bungalow with 2 BR. 1 private bath, bar and overabundant living space - 2,200 square feet. Close to Princeton, Ryder & Rutgers Universities. Close to New Brunswick, Bridgewater, J & J and all the major Pharma companies. Just few feet from nature preserve and deer habitat.
An entire floor of more than 2,200 square foot of executive living with 2 bedrooms, furnished with 1 queen size bed and 2 single beds, a large sofa in the spacious living room, wet bar with stool chairs and an additional sitting area. You will have more than enough space to move around with a total feeling of home. Can sleep up to 10
Guest have access to space through a private keyed entrance and can come and go as they please without interruption. Guest will have access to outdoor deck and gazebo for fresh air and nature watch for deers, turkeys and birds.
My wife and I are available to offer suggestions for eateries and or activitities in the neighborhood and area, including transportation to NYC, Philadelphia and Universitites - Princeton/Rutgers.
You will have a quite environment, nature, greenery, deer watch in backyard and minutes from shopping, Restaurants, Princeton, New Brunswick and 60 minutes to New York City. You are 30 minutes to Newark Airport
We are just one mile from public transportation to NYC, Philadelphia, Newark Airport, Trenton Airport, Princeton University & Airport, Rutgets universoty, New Brunswick and others.
We are available round the clock for assistance because we are just upstairs and a phone call away.
Quiet location. Large space with responsive hosts.
SolonOctober 2016
Beautiful house and basement but just needs to make it a little more clear that your renting the basement apartment and not the whole house
SparkSeptember 2016
Very nice and cozy.
VaradarajanJuly 2016
I enjoyed the weekend I stayed in there home. It was my first time being in New Jersey and although the weather was not great their home felt cozy. Toward the night it did feel a bit hot, probably more because it was so muggy outside and there was no AC just 1 fan. Overall I appreciate their effort and I'm sure with more time they'll be golden.
ClaireAugust 2016
Very warm friendly hosts and we enjoyed our stay from start to finish. Great diner 5 minutes down the road. 15-20 mins fr New Brunswick train station. Will be back!
JamesOctober 2016
Our hosts were prepared for our arrival with a key and an escort to our room - which happened to be the entire basement apartment. All that space was such a blessing after being on the road and in small rooms along the way. Plenty of space to spread out. We were provided with fresh, clean linens and there were brochures & menus for us to learn about the area & restaurant options. Robert & Denise were kind enough to have fresh fruit out and cold bottled water waiting for us, too. They checked on us periodically to make sure we had everything we needed. The best part was that we needed absolutely nothing because they thought of everything!
JillJuly 2016
We arrived with no problem and greeted outside from our host. House was beautiful and accommodations were spacious for my family of 4.
WendyJuly 2016
Only downside was having to use the back door for entrance
GarrylOctober 2016
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My place is close to Easy Driving Distance to/from: Davidson Avenue - Bridgewater - New Brunswick - Princeton - New York City - Philadelphia. You’ll love my place because of Clean - Tranquil - Spacious - Luxurious. My place is good for solo adventurers and business travelers.
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My place is close to Rutgers University, public transport, family-friendly activities, garden city exhibit center. You’ll love my place because of the outdoors space, the neighborhood, its close to route 287 and 95 highway. My place is good for couples, solo adventurers, business travelers, and families (with kids).
Our stay at Madison suites was amazing! We had a warm reception and the receptionist guided us on everything. The manager was super nice and just upgraded us to the luxury suite without even us asking for it. The amenities were provided as promised and the room was nice and cozy! The manager had been responsive and flexible with the booking and the best part was the complementary breakfast! It's close to Rutgers and New Brunswick station. I'd definitely recommend this place!
DIVYASeptember 2016
I liked it and had a sense of privacy in the suite
Anthony November 2016
It was very reasonable price for the space. It is basically a hotel but has a little more space and very good for budget travelers.
CristinaNovember 2016
Workers were welcoming and very kind!
LukeAugust 2016
Wonderful and spacious!
Jose E.August 2016
It was an enjoyable stay
YuhengAugust 2016
Our stay was nice, the room was great. The holel is a little dated/slight bit of an old smell but for the price it's great. Would stay again
KyleSeptember 2016
Very good hotel
LaquanSeptember 2016
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This nicely decorated bedroom has a cushioned/firm queen bed, dresser, large closet, hamper, luggage rack, bath tote, bright and dim lighting, WIFI, and electric fire place. A small TV can be provided upon request.
Check in time: 4:00 PM or after.
Check out time: 10:00 AM, no later. Need to get ready for next guest. Thank you.
Please be verified on this site if you are interested in staying for a visit. Your first and last name, a head shot photo of yourself, and a detailed written description about yourself needs to be included on the site. The city, state, and country where you reside needs to be posted as well. Past references from Airbnb are preferred but I do consider those without. Also please have your photo ID drivers license or passport with you when arriving just as any hotel would require. If you are coming with a guest I will require their first and last name and a photo ID. Sorry if this process is inconvenient but I am inviting you into my home and need to feel comfortable with this arrangement, as well as other renters that may be staying.
This bedroom is the 2nd room on the 1st floor in the home listed on the site. The hallway bathroom is steps away and may be shared if there are other renters. A cleaning product is always available for inbetween uses.
Sheets, pillows, blankets, bath towels, hand towel, wash cloth, soap, shampoo, and conditioner come with the furnished room.
To assure ultimate protection and sanitary conditions the mattress is fully encased in a zippered allergen barrier blocking, antimicrobial, waterproofing, and temperature balancing fabric for ultimate protection and comfort.
The thermostat is set on a comfortable temperature whether the heat or central air conditioning is on so I ask that you do not open windows. This room has an electric fireplace. I ask that you please turn it off when not in the room.
Many people suffer from allergies so I keep my home as allergen free as possible with the use of an air purifier and high quality filters.
The front patio and the backyard are cozy areas to relax, sip on a drink, read, have something to eat, get a tan, or just enjoy the beauty of the yard. Come out of your room and enjoy the serenity of the outdoors.
The kitchen is available for minimal cooking (a main meal daily, heating up pre-made items, microwaving). Light cooking only. No spicey/aromatic foods since the home is shared with others. When using the kitchen you are responsible to clean up pots, pans, dishes, glasses, stovetop, counters, sink, utensils, and any food messes. No cooking for people who are not staying as airbnb renters for dine in or take out.
I do not provide any food, condiments, oils, or spices for cooking. You need to buy whatever ingredients you use to cook with. There is space in the refrigerator and in the pantry room in the designated basket on the counter to place your food during your time here.
Chilled bottled water is not for cooking (or filling water bottles)...only for glasses of water for drinking.
Only airbnb renters staying in my home may use the indoor and outdoor spaces. If you have visitors coming to meet you then you will have to plan your gathering at another location.
You may use the living room in the home as well as the back yard and front yard.
Renters can park their vehicles in the driveway.
SORRY ... the washer/dryer are not available to guests. You will need to go to the closest laundromat.
You will find an iron, flashlight, first-aid kit, body insect repellent, rags and cleaner for wiping off outside furniture on the counter, in a basket, in the laundry room on the counter. Please put any dirty rags in the laundry room sink. The ironing board is located in the wall cabinet, just open and pull down. Please unplug the hot iron when finished, place it on the counter with the cord... to cool down... and close the ironing board.
Just so you know ... the laundry room is a dog friendly area and houses the dog's food amoung other pet items.
Please be aware that there may be other guests here the same time you are here and you should be respectful of the shared space as well as the level of noise. Please when closing the doors of your room, the bathroom, or when coming in and out of the house... turn the handle first then pull the door in so it shuts quietly and gently.
If you need something during your stay just ask. I will try to assist you. I am friendly and social though sometimes very busy. I look forward to you sharing my home and wish to make it a pleasant experience for you during your rental period.
The house is located in a quiet safe suburban neighborhood. Great for walking. A 3 minute car ride to stores and restaurants.
A 5 to 10 minute car ride to Rutgers University & High Point Stadium, the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail, 6 Mile Run, Stress Factory Comedy Club, golf courses, St. Peters & Robert Wood Hospitals, Colonial Park, New Brunswick State Theater in downtown New Brunswick, skating rink. Buccleuch Park & mansion, Johnson Park with historic village & zoo, & downtown Highland Park, and historic homes.
15 to 20 minutes by car to Duke Farms Estate in Hillsbourough, Princeton University in downtown Princeton, Somerset Patriots Ball Park Stadium in Bridgewater, shopping on Route 18 in East Brunswick, Route 1 North in Edison and Route 1 South in North Brunswick. Regional Airport in Manville if you want to fly your private plane in.
Looking to take a 45 - 90 minutes day trip? Go North to New York City, Brooklyn NY, Bear Mountain upstate NY. Vernon Valley water park NJ, Liberty Science Center NJ, and Hoboken NJ. Want Jersey Shore areas? Downtown Red Bank, Englishtown Flea Market, and Six Flags Amusement Park. Beaches: Point Pleasant, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Seaside Park, Belmar, Long Beach Island. Go west to Penn. New Hope, Peddlers Village Poconos, Philadelphia, and Flemmington outlets NJ, farm stands, town of Chester NJ
The great part about being in Central Jersey is that you can get just about anywhere in a day...have a great time ... & then come back home. There is something for everyone.
Public transportation is a 5 minute drive from the house: Suburban Transit bus (New Brunswick) or NJ Transit train (New Brunswick or Bound Brook) to go to NYC. Close car rental is Enterprise (New Brunswick or Somerset), & taxi services are all here too: Somerset taxi and car service, Allo taxi, Victory taxi. If you prefer Uber check for best rates, for coupon, and sign-up for door to door service. Uber app is available for smartphones. The closet Rutgers bus stops are a 5 minute drive away (St. Peters Hospital & Buccleuch Park). If I have errands to run I may offer you a ride but usually you are on your own to get around.
Bella Baby is a sweet, tiny dog that loves attention, gets baths often, and does not shed. My little 6 pound toy poodle who by the way...loves the guests... is clean, allergen free, and a pleasure to have around. Bella Baby may bark when she first meets you and also each time you walk into the home but she is just asking for you to say hello, pick her up, and give her a hug. When she gets excited she coughs due to an enlarged heart. With some calm-down time and her breathing will relax.
Leslie was an amazing host! From the moment I arrived I felt welcome, safe, and comfortable in her beautiful home. The room was exactly as described and such a comfort to come home to each night since I had long days at a conference. She even supplied some breakfast foods, coffee, and tea. We had great conversations and throughout the trip I felt free to speak with her, or to have my privacy and quiet time if that was what I needed at the time. It really felt more like staying with a family member than a stranger. Her dog Bella is adorable and so sweet as well, but very quiet and follows Leslie around mostly so if you're not a dog person you'll still enjoy your stay. I highly recommend staying with Leslie if you're in the area and will be staying with her again if I ever am!
MelissaDecember 2015
Had a good time staying there.
KhalidJuly 2016
Leslie was a great hostess. Her home is beautiful. And of course if you do or don't love dogs you will love little Bella!
KarenJune 2016
Leslie was extremely understanding, in spite of travel and other delays which caused me to arrive much later than expected. She is a delightful host, very enjoyable to talk to, and anxious to see that her guest every needs are met. Highly recommended! I would certainly stay here again.
TerryAugust 2016
Leslie was very warm and accomodating. She even had oatmeal I could eat with my gluten free diet. The neighborhood was very nice, and safe. Lots of people walking on the sidewalks, lots of big trees. Her yard was beautiful, though I did not have time to sit and enjoy it. She even invited me to join her out for dinner and we had a nice time.
ValOctober 2015
Leslie is a wonderful host. She's warm, welcoming and attentive to details, and has a lovely home and landscaped yard. I was there only one night and could not have wished for a more comfortable visit. Were I to return to the New Brunswick area I would definitely book with Leslie again.
TedJune 2016
Perfect. Everything goes well. We had a great time together like cooking native food for each other. We even held a small campfire party. Besides, she gave me so much help. The room is clean and well organized. Good facilities. I love that trip. Hope we can meet again.
YanAugust 2015
Leslie was amazing! Very clean and accommodating and close to everything. Her dog is super adorable and sweet too!
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Young professional living in a large 1 bedroom apartment. The common area is spacious and away from the bedroom and includes a TV and couch. I'm clean, polite, and often away from the apartment at work.
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Our suburban home is centrally located to the major highways of New Jersey & Rutgers campus. It is recommended to have your own transportation especially in the colder months although public transportation available to easily get around town & to NYC
ATTENTION RUTGERS STUDENTS
Are you looking for affordable off-campus housing?
Need a quiet place to study?
Space to host an overnight guest?
A place to park your car, bicycle?
The freedom to prepare your own healthy meals if you choose?
Privacy, convenience and the safety of home without the nosy roommates?
Well....
Welcome home....
Here, you will have your own spacious room, where the furniture you want will fit.
Here's what's offered
~Two comfortable twin sized beds (one for you, and your guest, or a roommate of your choice)
~Armoire (available for your use if you choose)
~Cable TV- including premium channels HBO and Showtime
~Wireless Internet
~Washer and dryer
~Eat-in kitchen
~Large living room, perfect for hosting a few friends or visiting family
~A really friendly people loving pup!
SO WHERE IS THE GREAT PLACE??
Located in nearby Somerset, accessible by public transportation (limited), major interstates and highways.
You can easily walk to the the Coach Bus Station to New York or NJ Transit New Brunswick Station in 15 minutes.
Smooth ride into downtown New Brunswick if you have a bicycle.
If you need a rental car for the weekend, get great deals with Hertz ~ they can pick you up as well.
If you own a car, you can safely park in the driveway.
Conveniently located are supermarkets and popular food chains like Papa Johns, Arby's and local favorite restaurants.
IS THIS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR ME?
If you are
~Rutgers Student
~UMDNJ Medical Student/resident
~RVCC Franklin student
~Out of State Summer student
~International Student
~On a tight budget
~unable to stay on campus housing
~in transition after graduating and not ready to return home
~overnight stay for seminars (affordable alternative to the local hotels)
~NOT ALLERGIC TO DOGS---- we just adopted one from the shelter
OTHER FACTS
I am located near several major cities:
New York City (1 hour)
Philadelphia (1 hour)
Rutgers/New Brunswick (15 minutes)
Edison (15 minutes)
Bridgewater (15 minutes)
Newark/Union/Elizabeth (30 minutes)
Princeton (45 minutes)
Infamous Jersey Shore (45 minutes)
Six Flags Great Adventure (1 hour)
Atlantic City (2 hours)
Washington DC (4 hours)
Baltimore (3 hours)
Boston (4:45 hours)
.....whatever the reason, you NEED a place like this to call home for a while, or at least until you graduate and get that dream job!! :-)
You have our entire home to enjoy. Your room is private, but you will share the common areas with us (when we are home). We have a washer and dryer in the basement, and you have access to our pantry if needed, an eat-in kitchen and dining room if you wish to have guests for dinner.
We are present during your stay- obviously when we are not at work ;-)
Our neighborhood is quiet and peaceful. A full service grocery store is within walking/ biking distance (3 miles) and access to the college campus buses is also close by (5 miles).
it is highly recommended to have your own transportation for the colder months. Parking is available/included at our home. The train to NYC runs regularly during the week and weekend, and local buses run on a limited schedule during the week only.
I really enjoyed staying here. Brian and I got along great and I liked having the dogs to hang out with as well. Location is perfect. I parked my car and biked most places. I would love to come back again.
KateSeptember 2015
Samantha's home is so welcoming. We had a long travel day and we felt we had arrived home as soon as we walked in the door. Sam is very helpful with information about her area: shopping, transportation, routes to take, restaurants, etc. AND her beds are very comfortable. I slept like a baby.
MernaNovember 2012
Sam, her son and brother Brian are the best hosts ever! She guided us through NY at the weekend and organized a tourguide for us. The house is very quiet - no motorway disturbing your sleep. The kitchen is now with a right sided door fridge ;-) I changed this for her... Penny the dog is the most quiet dog I ever seen. I never heard her barking. Sam takes care like a mother. Thanks for this very good time with you!
LutzMarch 2013
My colleague, Brett stayed with Samantha. This is what he had to say: "The stay was extremely accommodating in every way. It was easy, I slept well and the hosts were very pleasant people. The dog is also friendly. I would stay there again."
SallyJune 2013
It was a last minute trip for business, and Samantha was so helpful. I contacted her the day before and she promptly replied yes. I got in early evening but was exhausted, I then had to leave again by 4am. I felt bad being a recluse and having to get up so early and possibly bothering everyone but she was so kind and insisting it was fine. Samantha even offered I could come back after work if I needed to rest up!! So kind and so sweet. Beds were fine, two simple twin beds in the private room. Towels already provided on the made bed. Samantha has a loving and warm family that are extremely welcoming!
AlanNovember 2012
I stayed this house for six month. I love this house!! First of all, Brian and Samantha are very kind host. In addition, this house was very comfortable. I could use air-conditioner, heater, speed-wifi and Kitchen, all of things like my parents house. When I have problems in my school or somewhere, they really helped me. So, I feel, they are real my family. Especially, there is very special dog named Peny. She is so cute!!! If you choose this house, it will be a great choice!
희진February 2015
Cheap place to stay, but no internet.
MicahJune 2014
It was lovely to stay with Samantha, Brian and Gerard- they were incredibly warm and welcoming. Their dog Penny is very sweet. Their house is an ideal location for anyone who needs to get to Rutgers, including the Livingston Campus, where I spent time during my stay. I also very easily took the train into NYC from the New Brunswick station, which is a quick 5 minute drive from their home. I'm looking forward to staying here again the next time I'm in the area.
One bedroom with its own full bathroom in a two-story townhome.
Pillow top Queen size bed sleeps 2 comfortably. Also there is a double size air mattress and/or twin size pull-out mattress available upon request for additional guests. TV in the room (no cable, just over-air antenna channels, Chromecast available on request).
The rest of the house is shared with a friendly, outgoing owner and small dog, plus 2 cats (one friendly, one shy).
The living room has a TV with cable/HBO and a fireplace. Guests are welcome to use the dining room for meals, but kitchen access is limited to refrigerator storage of own items and microwave.
Sheets, towels, basic toiletries provided.
In-room coffee/tea, dry breakfast items.
Shared living room with TV (cable with HBO) and fireplace. Patio out back.
Dining room for meals.
Kitchen access limited to refrigerator (storage of own items only please) and microwave.
Washer/dryer upon prior arrangement (request $1/load contribution for supplies if not using your own)
I live here but I'm a flight attendant and my schedule varies, so I'm not always around. If I'm home you will still have as much privacy as you desire. I'm very outgoing, love to meet new people, chat, and make friends, but I'm also respectful of your personal space and time.
Quiet, safe, residential neighborhood near Rutgers. Easy access to New Brunswick & NYC transportation. Close to many major pharma companies. Ample parking. Adjacent to golf course.
The closest train or bus to NYC is in New Brunswick. It is 5 miles away, about a 10 min drive. A taxi there costs $10 each way, so having a car here is pretty much a necessity unless you are visiting very locally.
NYC is 45 min by car or bus (runs every 15-30 min depending on time/day).
Princeton area is 15 miles away, approximately 20-30 min drive.
I have a bicycle which you're welcome to use. ($50 fully refundable bike & lock deposit)
$10/night for 3rd guest. Room can accommodate family of 2 adults, 2 children, but would be quite cramped for 4 adults.
Jan was an amazing host, everything was exactly as described and even better. The room and bathroom were very clean and there were lots of small things in the room that made the stay even nicer. There were extra toiletries, bottled of water, coffee, snacks, etc to name a few. The front door had a code so it made it easy to come and go and there was easy parking in front of the house. A most excellent experience! Thank you Jan!
ValerieNovember 2015
What else can you say but fantastic. Seriously doubt it can get better then this. She has set a high high bar for other hosts. Everything clean and cozy. Everything you could ask for & need and the cute Skylar is just a bonus!
AdamJanuary 2016
This was one of the best airbnb experiences I have ever had .The room was super cozy and clean . The bathroom was fully stocked and clean .Jan welcomed me and I knew right away that would be a very pleasant stay . If I am ever in the are again I know where I am spending the night
gurvinderOctober 2015
Simply put. The best. Nuff' said.
AdamMay 2016
Jan is a great host. She is welcoming, gracious and open minded. The room was big and comfortable. She always keep asking if I need anything additional to make my stay comfortable. All and all I would recommend staying in Jan's place.
MosheNovember 2016
Jan was a wonderful, nice and helpful hostess with great attention and concern directed towards me having a pleasant stay. The room was nice and comfortable.
LouisDecember 2015
She welcomed very warm. She gave me the direction very detail and nice. If I can, I will visit her again. This place is such a 5 star hotel with a nice welcome. She is the best host ever.
JoanneJanuary 2016
Clean and cozy room- we had everything we could have needed for our stay! Jan was a warm and friendly host while also allowing privacy... We would definitely stay there again!
The place is very clean, has alarm code, cleaning lady come every two weeks, furnished, CAC, laundry. Perfect for up to 3 persons.
You basically have the entire floor to yourself, we share one bathroom and laundry room.
I am at home a lot so we can speak face to face, text message, emails, what works for you is fine.
COUNTRY LIKE SETTING, NICE LAWN, YARD, SAFE AREA.
You can walk to most places 15-30 min walk, use local cabs, uber, or a bike. Easy car parking in front of home.
While enjoying your stay, please keep areas clean and tidy.
The place is large enough to live a 3-people family like us. We arrived the US for the first time, Orlando provide us a safe home to stay in, so I can do my work without worries. Everything is tidy and clean, shop is only one block away. If you want to find a good place for your family, you definitely should consider Orlando' house.
ChuanAugust 2016
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This cozy bedroom has a firm/ supportive twin bed, end table, closet, a dresser, luggage rack, hamper bag, bathroom tote, WIFI, 2 light fixtures for bright and dim lighting, and a towel/hat rack behind the door. A small TV is available upon request.
Check in time: 4:00 PM or after.
Check out time: 10:00 AM. I need to get ready for next guest. Thank you.
Please be verified on this site if you are interested in staying for a visit. Your first and last name, a head shot photo of yourself, and a detailed written description about yourself needs to be included on the site. The city, state, and country where you reside needs to be posted as well. Past references from Airbnb are preferred but I do consider those without. Also please have your photo ID drivers license or passport with you when arriving just as any hotel would require. If you are coming with a guest I will require their first and last name as well and a photo ID. Sorry if this process is inconvenient but I am inviting you into my home and need to feel comfortable with this arrangement, as well as other renters that may be staying.
This bedroom on the 1st floor is one of three on the site. The bathroom is just steps away and may be shared if there are other renters. A cleaning product is always available for inbetween uses plus it is monitored when more than one quest is visiting.
Sheets, pillows, blankets, bath towels, hand towel, wash cloth, soap, shampoo, and conditioner come with the furnished room.
To assure ultimate protection and sanitary conditions the mattress is fully encased in a zippered barrier blocking, antimicrobial, waterproofing, and temperature balancing fabric.
Behind the door is a rack to hang towels to dry and hats.
The thermostat is set on a comfortable temperature of 71-73 degrees, whether the heat or central air conditioning is on so I ask that you do not open windows. Many people suffer from allergies so I keep my home as allergen free as possible with the use of an air purifier and high quality filters.
The front patio and the backyard are cozy areas to relax, sip on a drink, read, work on your laptop, have something to eat, get a tan, or just enjoy the beauty of the yard. There are electric outlets outside ... please close covers when finished using them. Come out of your room and enjoy the serenity of the outdoors. Please remember to lock the back door when you come back in.
You may use the kitchen minimally (cooking a main meal, microwaving, heating up pre-made items). Light cooking only. No spicey/aromatic foods since the home is shared with others. When using the kitchen you are responsible to clean up pots, pans, dishes, glasses, stovetop, counters, sink, utensils, and any food messes. No cooking for people who are not staying as airbnb renters for dine in or take out.
I do not provide any food, condiments, oils, or spices for cooking. You need to buy whatever ingredients you use to cook with. There is space in the refrigerator and in the pantry room in the designated basket on the counter to place your food during your time here.
Chilled bottled water is not for cooking (or filling water bottles)...only for glasses of water for drinking.
Only airbnb renters staying in my home may use the indoor and outdoor spaces. If you have visitors coming to meet you then you will have to plan your gathering at another location.
You may use the living room in the home as well as the back yard and front yard.
Renters can park their vehicles in the driveway if the space is available otherwise there is space on the street in front of the house.
SORRY ... the washer/dryer are not available to guests. You will need to go to the closest laundromat.
You will find an iron, flashlight, first-aid kit, body insect repellent, rags and cleaner for wiping off outside furniture on the counter, in a basket, in the laundry room on the counter. Please put any dirty rags in the laundry room sink. The ironing board is located in the wall cabinet, just open and pull down. Please unplug the hot iron when finished, place it on the counter with the cord... to cool down... and close the ironing board.
Just so you know ... the laundry room is a dog friendly area and houses the dog's food amoung other pet items.
Please be aware that there may be other guests here the same time you are here and you should be respectful of the shared space as well as the level of noise. Please when closing the doors of your room, the bathroom, or when coming in and out of the house... turn the handle first then pull the door in so it shuts quietly and gently.
If you need something during your stay just ask. I will try to assist you. I am friendly and social though sometimes very busy. I look forward to you sharing my home and wish to make it a pleasant experience for you during your rental period.
The house is located in a quiet safe suburban neighborhood. Great for walking. A 3 minute car ride to stores and restaurants.
A 5 to 10 minute car ride to Rutgers University & High Point Stadium, the Delaware & Raritan Canal State Park Trail, 6 Mile Run, Stress Factory Comedy Club, golf courses, St. Peters & Robert Wood Hospitals, Colonial Park, New Brunswick State Theater in downtown New Brunswick, skating rink. Buccleuch Park & mansion, Johnson Park with historic village & zoo, & downtown Highland Park, and historic homes.
15 to 20 minutes by car to Duke Farms Estate in Hillsbourough, Princeton University in downtown Princeton, Somerset Patriots Ball Park Stadium in Bridgewater, shopping on Route 18 in East Brunswick, Route 1 North in Edison and Route 1 South in North Brunswick. Regional Airport in Manville if you want to fly your private plane in.
Looking to take a 45 - 90 minutes day trip? Go North to New York City, Brooklyn NY, Bear Mountain upstate NY. Vernon Valley water park NJ, Liberty Science Center NJ, and Hoboken NJ. Want Jersey Shore areas? Downtown Red Bank, Englishtown Flea Market, and Six Flags Amusement Park. Beaches: Point Pleasant, Long Branch, Asbury Park, Seaside Park, Belmar, Long Beach Island. Go west to Penn. New Hope, Peddlers Village Poconos, Philadelphia, and Flemmington outlets NJ, farm stands, town of Chester NJ
The great part about being in Central Jersey is that you can get just about anywhere in a day...have a great time ... & then come back home. There is something for everyone.
Public transportation is a 5 minute drive from the house: Suburban Transit bus (New Brunswick) or NJ Transit train (New Brunswick or Bound Brook) to go to NYC. Close car rental is Enterprise (New Brunswick or Somerset), & taxi services are all here too: Somerset taxi and car service, Allo taxi, Victory taxi. If you prefer Uber check for best rates, for coupon, and sign-up for door to door service. Uber app is available for smartphones. The closet Rutgers bus stops are a 5 minute drive away (St. Peters Hospital & Buccleuch Park). If I have errands to run I may offer you a ride but usually you are on your own to get around.
Bella Baby is a sweet, tiny dog that loves attention, gets baths often, and does not shed. My little 6 pound toy poodle who by the way...loves the guests... is clean, allergen free, and a pleasure to have around. Bella Baby may bark when she first meets you and also each time you walk into the home but she is just asking for you to say hello, pick her up, and give her a hug. When she gets excited she coughs due to an enlarged heart. With some calm-down time and her breathing will relax.
Leslie was a wonderful host and made me feel right at home. This is an excellent place to stay when visiting Rutgers. Highly recommended!
NathanJuly 2016
Great place and excellent host. Enjoyed my stay.
RajMay 2016
Leslie was a gracious and generous host. Everything was as described, very nice and comfortable. I had convenient access to the Rutgers campus. Would certainly book again.
StefanApril 2016
This was a great stay. Everything went smoothly, the room was nice and comfortable, and Leslie was very welcoming.
OferOctober 2016
I really enjoyed my stay with Leslie. Very close to Rutgers. It was a quiet neighborhood, but perfect for my goals of getting work done. Also, loved the healthy snacks and quick breakfast items!
MagenOctober 2015
Leslie is the best host one could wish. She is supportive and hospitable. The room is as on photos: cosy and neat. The house overall is great, and I would definitely recommend staying there!
RustamJuly 2016
I had such a lovely time staying with Leslie! Her home is beautiful and exactly as it is described online. She stayed up to greet me, even when I was arriving late, and she immediately put me at ease, giving me a quick tour so I knew where to find everything I might need. I enjoyed getting to know her and her sweet Baby Bella and I found myself looking forward to coming "home" from my conference late at night and watching a movie with her. (I don't have cable myself!) oh, and the bed was incredibly comfortable! I highly recommend Leslie as a host. I will always book with her when traveling to this area!
Sue May 2016
Hi everyone Leslie's home is amazing and wonderful. I love it so much She was so friendly with me and never say no to anything I needed. My advice to any one want to visit that area Leslie's home is the best choice you will never regretted Leslie thinks for everything and I hope I see you again. Best regards Malok
MalokJuly 2016
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Each room has a queen size bed and private bathroom. Closet space as well as dresser/side table present in room for storage. While the entire house is served by Central AC, the bedroom upstairs has a window ac too.
Soap, Shampoo & Conditioner, Linens/towels are provided. Table and silverware are also available.
We provide access to the kitchen (but do not allow cooking), microwave oven and microwave. Breakfast cereal, milk and coffee are available to guests.
There are two bedrooms available . Both have queen sized beds - one bedroom is on the 1st floor and the second bedroom is on the 2nd floor. Both have attached baths. The neighborhood is very quiet.
Access to your private room/bathroom, common living area (with TV) in loft. Kitchen is accessible for tea/coffee, microwave but no cooking is allowed.
My husband and I also reside in the house so we will be present during your stay.
Very quiet 50+ community. Sidewalks throughout the neighborhood for walking/biking.
New Brunswick and Bound Brook train stations (NJ transit) are a 10 minute drive. NYC is a 45 minute train ride away.
Perfect accommodations. Sadha and Riva were wonderful hosts. So accommodating even when I was over an hr late! I stayed for a race and was provided with a beautiful, warm, clean room and it was the perfect spot. They allowed me to come back afterward for a shower before my drive home. Both were charming ad interesting, and they even left me with water and protein bars for my race. A clean towel, linens and shower essentials were provided and they offered me coffee in the morning. It was a lovely home and stay, and I honestly wish I could have spent more time here. I would not hesitate to stay again. Highly recommend!
CarlySeptember 2015
I loved my stay here. Both Sudha and her husband were very sweet, friendly people. Despite the fact that I've reached Sudha's place pretty late(around 1:00am), She was very sweet and welcoming. I feel so bad for waking her up so late in the night. But she was extremely nice, and made sure I had everything I needed before calling it a night. They have an amazing home! This was something that struck me as amazing even when I was dead tired, and sleep-deprived, which is saying something. I've met her husband in the morning, and all of us talked for a few minutes before I had to leave. I feel bad that I couldn't spend some more time with these amazing people! I will definitely contact them the next time I'm in town :)
SwethaSeptember 2015
Me and my wife stayed at sudha's place for a week and everything about our stay there was perfect! It was a luxury house, very clean. We stayed upstairs (not shown in pictures here and better than what is shown here) which has a private living area and a bedroom with queen bed. Sudha and her husband were very friendly and also offered us dinner for some of the nights. My wife has also thoroughly enjoyed Sudha's company.I would definitely recommend this place and we would definitely stay again if possible.
surenderMarch 2015
Sudha and Ravi are awesome host. They are very kind and friendly. They made me feel at home. The pics of the place posted here is an understatement. The room is very spacious and clean.The house is in a nice tranquil neighborhood and has a lot of conveniences around ( 2 mins drive). I will definitely recommend this place and I will be staying here on my next visit to Franklin, New Jersey.
HarishApril 2015
Staying with Sudha and Ravi was perfect! It was all they said and more. They welcomed me into their home as a real guest. I had everything I needed and they were extremely accommodating. They even made me breakfast the next morning. I look forward to staying with them next time I come.
NancySeptember 2016
I had the absolute best stay here!! Sudha was very warm and welcoming. The house is beautiful and very clean. I had my own bedroom with bathroom. I felt very relaxed and at home. This was my first airbnb experience, and I couldn't have asked for a better time. I will definitely be coming back, and highly recommend to anyone who needs to be in the area!
MonaNovember 2016
Sudha and Ravi were very welcoming and made me feel at home. The place was very clean and cosy. I would definitely visit again and highly recommend this place to other guests.
JunaidJuly 2015
Sudha and Ravi have a lovely home, and were very kind to host me given my late arrival (00:30). Their home is very close to the Garden State Exhibit Center, and convenient to Rutgers if you are visiting. Would definitely stay again! | {
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LEGO The Lord of the Rings
At this point, with so many franchises given the LEGO treatment, it’s hard to imagine one that wouldn’t work so well. Initially, I believed The Lord of the Rings was one of the exceptions, until I watched the first trailer and heard dialogue from the films. But on the other hand, I wasn’t overly thrilled that for the first time, we’d hear more than grunts and giggles from the little plastic characters. Now, having played it through to the end, I can confirm that it was definitely the way to go with this game, in order for the story to be properly told. LEGO The Lord of the Rings is everything that I was expecting from a LEGO game, and much more. Dialogue from the films, open world exploration, fetch side-quests, and object forging, to name a few.
The core game is right in line with the others that have come before. So if you’re familiar with the LEGO games, you’ll feel right at home. At least for the first 30 minutes or so. Once the prologue and the first level has been completed, you are dropped into Middle-earth, where you’re free to roam about, or head directly to the next story level. There’s a constant trail of faint blue studs that leads the way to the next level, or a custom waypoint if you change it manually.
If you’re familiar with the films, you’ll no doubt get a kick out of this game. At least watching the cut-scenes will make you chuckle, as some of the more serious scenes are softened by childish humour. I was stoked to be able to introduce The Lord of the Rings to my 4 year-old daughter, and not have to worry about her having nightmares from visions of orcs and goblins.There was one point that she started to get a bit nervous, and that was in the mines or Moria, when the Balrog is approaching. His roar can be heard in the distance, and shadows created by his flames dance on the walls. But when he came crashing through the gate, he let out a monstrous belch, and my sweet little girl erupted with laughter. This was beautifully handled by TT Games.
One of my favourite things about these LEGO games, is seeing what TT Games focuses on, and what they omit. I watched a couple of developer interviews, and one of the things they said they loved about the films, was the scene where Gimli gives Aragon permission to toss him during the battle of Helm’s Deep. As such, there are spots in the game where you have to pick up Gimli and toss him to break objects in order to solve puzzles, and proceed through levels. Sam is actually the most useful character out of the Fellowship, in that he can dig, plant, light fires, and has the elven rope. Frodo has the Phial of Galadriel, which can light up dark areas, and the elven cloak of invisibility. Merry and Gollum can fish, while Pippin can collect water to extinguish fires. Legolas, like Sam, is quite useful and I spent a great deal of time in his shoes. The elves can jump higher than other characters, are acrobatic, and of course Legolas is an archer. Aragon is pretty useless, until he’s wielding Andúril, as there are certain objects that can only be destroyed by it, and he’s able to defeat the undead. And lastly, there’s Gandalf, the grey and white. There really isn’t a whole lot of use for Gandalf, and puzzles that require magic to solve are few and far between.
As with other LEGO games, The Lord of the Rings has its faults. And sadly, many of the same bugs and glitchy behaviour I’ve experienced in other titles are present here. Difficulty with platforming sections is increased by a stubborn camera, poor collision detection, and lack of shadows under characters while they’re jumping. Thankfully, the only real punishment you receive is a loss of studs when your character dies, and having to re-do whatever action you’re performing. Still, I found myself quite frustrated at least a few times.
Outside of the levels that make up the story of The Lord of the Rings, there’s plenty to do in Middle-earth…
There are 250 mithril (metal found in Middle-earth) bricks scattered throughout the land, which often require intricate platforming puzzles to be completed before obtaining the brick. Citizens of Middle-earth, and even some of the baddies, will ask for your assistance in locating a specific item, or for you to have the blacksmith forge something. Items are forged from mithril bricks, and some items require upwards of 16 bricks. So if you’re in it for the 100% completion achievement, you’ll be tracking down all 250 of those bricks. But before you can forge an item, you need the blacksmith design. These are mostly found within the levels themselves, but also in the free roam area.
Red bricks are still around, which grant you access to extras (cheats). Instead of having to find hidden red bricks in levels, we’re now tasked to complete a fetch quest, where the reward is a red brick. Of course, the red brick still has to be purchased once it’s been obtained, and they can cost upwards of 10,000,000 studs. In the end, the process of obtaining and purchasing a certain red brick can take quite a while, as you first have to locate or forge the item that’s required to obtain it. I hunted down the 2x, 4x, quest finder, mithril brick finder, and red brick finder bricks first, which made things quite a bit easier moving forward.
As with previous games, at the end of each level, new characters are unlocked and can be purchased for free play, and now free roam. Free roam of Middle-earth is only available once the campaign has been completed, so I didn’t bother buying any characters until I was done my first play-through. I believe the LEGO Pirates game was the first to require you to track down and defeat a character, before you can purchase them. I prefer the old method of going to a kiosk and flipping through all of the available characters, as it’s less time consuming. Also keeping in line with previous LEGO games, some characters have special abilities that are required for accessing certain areas, and completing puzzles.
It likely took a solid 15 hours to get through all of the levels, mind you, I was mostly playing co-op with my daughter. It’s probably more like a 10-12 first play-through, but as I’ve pointed out, there is plenty to keep you playing long after the campaign has been completed.
Simply put, I adore the LEGO games. More so, when I’m familiar with the context. In this case, I’ve watched the films a few times over, and found myself reciting lines along with the characters on screen while playing this game. As a one-time play-through, LEGO The Lord of the Rings is a fun-filled and extremely enjoyable experience. And for those that like collecting objects and solving puzzles, there are hours upon hours of additional content to keep you busy. At a budget price point, it’s hard to deny LEGO The Lord of the Rings.
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LEGO games have been nothing but fun, and LEGO Lord of the Rings is no exception. It’s not a perfect game, but with adorable characters spouting dialog like, “I can’t carry it for you. But I can carry you” it’s absolutely a great showcase for what makes both LEGO and Lord of the Rings great entertainment. Travellers Tales can be proud of the fact that they released not one but two excellent games in 2012 (this and LEGO Batman 2), games with minor flaws that detract only slightly from a genuinely enjoyable experience.
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This weekend's episode of Big Brother Brasil featured a disturbing scene: a female contestant apparently being touched by a costar while she slept. Now she thinks she may have been raped, and many are criticizing the show's producers for quite literally standing by and watching it happen.
According to a Change.org petition, the episode in question showed contestant Monique Amin passed out drunk in bed, with male costar Daniel Echaniz moving on top of her (both were under a blanket). Brazilian site Veja offers a similar account, and notes that the footage has already been pulled from the website of TV network Globo, which produces Big Brother Brasil. When Amin confronted Echaniz, he said he had only kissed and hugged her, but Amin and her family aren't convinced — her mom told Ego, another Brazilian site, "It is clear that there was abuse." The Change.org petition reads, in part,
It is inadmissible that Globo Network did not send anyone to check out on the unconscious woman and to see what the man was doing to her. It is inadmissible that Globo Network did not send anyone to break them apart as soon as they realized (because no one here is naive enough to believe the fact went by unnoticed) that the woman could not consent nor participate in the act.
I've contacted a representative from Globo International to see what the network has to say about this — in the meantime, it's sadly not too hard to imagine reality show producers letting a sexual assault play out for the sake of ratings. If that's indeed what happened, then Globo needs to not only turn over their tapes to law enforcement and to Amin, but also seriously examine whether a show that filmed and broadcast assault without intervening deserves to still be on the air. | {
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Old Town Paphos
Old Town Paphos
The centre of Old Town Paphos lies up on a hill looking down to the sea. It is worth a visit to its narrow streets for shopping, drinks or a meal. While most tourists make a beeline for Kato Paphos, holidaymakers in the know will want to head up here.
Narrow streets
At first, the Old Town might not promise much as you make your way up the busy main road. But up at the top it turns on the charm. The narrow interlacing streets of the Old Town are labyrinthine.
Adorable agora
Set aside a good few hours for a wander and some shopping. The agora or covered indoor market at its very heart offers everything from cheap souvenirs to quality local produce.
Chic boutiques
There are also some upmarket boutiques and antiquaries that are worth the visit. psi for example is a tiny shop unit selling fresh, modern takes on handmade Cypriot goods such as sandals, spinning tops and tiny trinkets.
Handicraft heaven
We also recommend Cosmos which houses a cornucopia of handicraft items, salvaged antiquaries and religious iconography. We got lost in here for a good hour, so prepare for a rummage around.
The place to be
The Place is a local art and crafts collective. They bought and renovated some old warehouses. Artists, artisans and food producers inhabit the enchanting space that is well worth a dedicated visit.
Artisans in action
They put on films and demonstrations of the artisans in action. It is great for gifts and souvenirs while sampling local produce. You can arrange a half-day visit with the kids to try all sorts of handicraft.
A shady spot
Café Grafico next to the Agora is a welcome shady spot for a drink. The whitewashed walls and mural artwork offer just the right setting for CVR guests.
Through the grapevine
But if you prefer something more traditional there’s a rustic café opposite the agora serving Cypriot coffee under the vines with sweets and treats made on the spot. | {
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Abdel Mumu (ranked 8 p4p, 2 weight class) and Verneri Ahma (ranked 67 p4p, 7 weight class). Abdel Mumu could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Verneri Ahma's chin.
Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 16 wins, 3 losses and 0 draws, fighting out of St Petersburg, Abdel Mumu!And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 11 wins, 0 losses and 0 draws, fighting out of Helsinki, Verneri Ahma!The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!Mumu moves into range and clinches up with Ahma. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mumu. Ahma lands a shoulder strike. Ahma scores with a nice hook to the head.Ahma escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ahma misses with a straight left. Ahma has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Mumu is landing a low percentage of strikes. Ahma dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mumu. That did some damage!Verneri Ahma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Ahma pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Mumu misses with an uppercut
and Ahma counters with a solid body kick. Nice straight punches there by Ahma. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Ahma. Mumu avoids the body shot from Ahma.
Mumu is looking to counter punch. Ahma lands a jab to the head.
Ahma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Ahma throws a hook to the side of Mumu's head but Mumu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Mumu tries a head kick but it misses.
Mumu takes the fight into the clinch. Mumu misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mumu tries to throw a body punch but Ahma avoids it by throwing Mumu back against the cage. Mumu throws a head punch that misses. Mumu keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Ahma's efforts to push away. Ahma's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ahma. Ahma digs a right hand underneath Mumu's ribcage. Mumu let out a lung full of air as it connected.Ahma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Donk. Ahma catches Mumu right on the button with a cross. Mumu takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Mumu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Ahma pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Ahma misses with a body shot
and Mumu counters with a thumping low kick. Ahma scores with a hook to the body. Mumu takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Mumu slips a jab from Ahma. Mumu throws a leg kick but Ahma sees it coming and moves out of range. That's two minutes gone in the round. Mumu misses with an uppercut. Ahma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mumu sees it coming and avoids it easily. Mumu throws a hook but Ahma blocks it. Ahma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mumu.This has been an exciting period of action! Mumu blocks a jab. Mumu fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Ahma fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Mumu on the side of the head. Ahma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mumu sees it coming and avoids it easily. Ahma throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ahma pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Mumu slips a jab from Ahma. Ahma throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Mumu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mumu swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ahma counters with a stiff right hand. Mumu takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ahma digs a good hook to Mumu's body.
Ahma works the jab nicely. A nice inside leg kick there by Mumu. That's going to slow Ahma down. Mumu ducks under a wild hook from Ahma. Ahma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ahma blocks a low kick nicely. Mumu ducks under a wild hook from Ahma. Ahma takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.Mumu looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Mumu blocks a jab. Mumu misses with a straight right. Ahma throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mumu counters with a good low kick that Ahma was not able to check. That's four minutes gone in the round. Mumu looks to score with a jab to the body but Ahma is just out of range.Ahma looks like he wants to counter punch here. The fighters circling - Mumu throws out the jab but it was never going to land. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Ahma throws a low kick but it's checked well by Mumu. An inside leg kick lands from Ahma. Ahma fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. Ahma throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Mumu punishes Ahma's body with a nice straight punch. Mumu misses with a looping right. Mumu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Ahma misses with a left hand and Mumu counters with a lovely straight right hand! Ahma staying out of range there. Mumu slips a straight right by Ahma. Ahma connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Verneri Ahma dominated that round.That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mumu misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ahma loads up on a big right hand but Mumu slips the punch. Ahma scores with a jab. Mumu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Mumu doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Mumu lands a head kick. Ahma smiles back at him and beckons him forward. Mumu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Mumu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ahma.
Ahma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mumu sees it coming and avoids it easily. Ahma scores with a body shot.
Mumu throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ahma cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.Mumu has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Ahma throws a chopping leg kick but Mumu manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Mumu throws a body kick, spinning off balance enabling Ahma to counter with a crisp jab. Verneri Ahma seems to be getting the better of the standup.That's one minute gone in the round. Ahma sizes up Mumu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Ahma misses with an uppercut. Mumu throws a quick counter head kick but Ahma was just out of range. Mumu takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Ahma tried to score with a low kick but Mumu checks it. Mumu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mumu connects with a looping right hand.
Ahma scores with a nice right hand.
A jab from Mumu misses. Mumu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ahma throws out the jab. Mumu throws a body kick that misses. Mumu throws a hook to the side of Ahma's head but Ahma sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Ahma. Mumu gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.That's two minutes gone in the round. Ahma keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Mumu misses with the combination.
Ahma lands with a right hand. Ahma looks to land a body kick but Mumu moved away. Mumu takes a shot right to the bread basket. Ahma keeps Mumu at a distance using the push kick. Ahma throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Mumu sees it coming and avoids it easily.Mumu looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit. Nice defenses there by Ahma. Mumu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Ahma counters with a right hand to the body. Ahma connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mumu's hands.That's three minutes gone in the round. Mumu digs a good body shot into Ahma's ribs. Ahma swings for the body but Mumu moves out of range.
Ahma misses with an uppercut. Mumu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Mumu has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Ahma. Ahma connects with a crisp jab. Mumu scores with a nice right hand.
Mumu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ahma counters with a body kick that stops Mumu in his tracks momentarily. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ahma, right into the meat.
A lazy body kick from Mumu and Ahma counters with a nice uppercut. Mumu thows a left - swing and a miss! Mumu staying out of range there. Mumu avoids a kick to the body.
Mumu throws a quick counter head kick but Ahma was just out of range.That's four minutes gone in the round.The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Mumu throws a body shot but no joy. Mumu checks the leg kick. Mumu misses with an attempted mid kick.
Mumu slips a jab from Ahma. Ahma takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Mumu moves out of range as Ahma strikes. Ahma defending well as Mumu loads up on a big left hand. Mumu throws a leg kick but Ahma checks it. Mumu connects with a nice looking jab.
Ahma connects with a crisp jab. A low kick from Mumu is predictable there and Ahma counters with a right hand to the body. Mumu looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Mumu takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Verneri Ahma showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.That's time! Mumu's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mumu takes a swing at Ahma's ribcage but misses. Nice body kick there by Ahma. Jab from Ahma. Ahma motions for Mumu to come forward. Ahma throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. A little feinted left hand from Mumu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Ahma misses with a hook
and Mumu counters with a stiff right hand. Ahma swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Mumu. Ahma throws out a loose jab but Mumu uses good head movement to avoid it. Ahma throws a hook to the side of Mumu's head but Mumu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Mumu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.Ahma throws out a counter right but Mumu avoids it with no problem.We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Ahma looks to land a body kick but Mumu moved away. Ahma lands a nice hook to Mumu's body. Mumu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Ahma gets off balance looking for a body kick and Mumu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Ahma lands with a shot to the body. Ahma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.That's one minute gone in the round. Ahma lands a right hook to the body.
Ahma scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Mumu takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Ahma cracks Mumu with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Ahma throws a body kick that misses and Mumu counters with a thumping low kick. A cross from Ahma lands.Mumu is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Ahma misses with a hook
letting Mumu counter with a right hand. Ahma is rocked! Ahma takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Ahma is still on wobbly legs! Can Mumu finish him? Ahma lands with a thumping leg kick.
Ahma misses with a wild body shot. Mumu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Ahma misses with a low kick. Mumu tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. That's two minutes gone in the round. Ahma avoids a lazy jab quite easily.Ahma flicks out a counter leg kick but Mumu steps away.Ahma seems to have recovered his senses. Ahma throws out a powerful jab. Ahma shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. Mumu on the wrong end of a nice jab. Mumu takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Ahma throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An attempted straight right counter from Mumu misses the target. Thud! ouch! good body kick from Ahma - that will leave a mark!
Ahma clobbers Mumu with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Ahma lands a right hook to the body.
Ahma avoids the head kick by Mumu.
Mumu avoids a kick to the body.
Mumu walks into a straight right hand from Ahma.That's three minutes gone in the round. Ahma misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ahma throws the kick towards the body but Mumu avoids it.It looked like Mumu was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Ahma. A nice leg kick lands there from Ahma. Ahma stuns Mumu with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Ahma staying out of range there. Mumu throws a jab when Ahma was well out of range. Ahma connects with a body shot that sends Mumu's belly button to the back. Ahma keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ahma digs a good body shot into Mumu's ribs. Ahma swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ahma lands a right hook to the body.
Mumu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mumu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ahma to score with a decent uppercut. Ahma lands with a good body shot.Mumu will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Ahma looks to throw the jab but Mumu is out of range. Mumu walks into a straight right hand from Ahma. Ahma lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Ahma fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Ahma lands a slapping body shot.
Ahma looks to score with a jab to the body but Mumu is just out of range. Mumu moves away from the strike by Ahma. A counter left hand to the body from Mumu misses its target. Nice defenses there by Mumu. Ahma thows a leg kick but Mumu checks it and Mumu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Verneri Ahma really dominated that round.Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ahma blocks a jab. Ahma misses the jab. Mumu swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Mumu blocks a leg kick. Mumu moves out of range of the leg kick from Ahma. A looping hook to the body misses from Ahma. Mumu does a little dance to reset his feet. Mumu scores with a kick to the body.
Mumu misses with a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mumu looks to land a right hand but Ahma moved out of range. Mumu goes for a high kick. It partially lands. Ahma scores with a leg kick.
Ahma slips under a jab from Mumu.That's one minute gone in the round. Ahma fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mumu looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Mumu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ahma was well out of range. Poor timing from Mumu. Ahma with a nice cross. Mumu throws a hook but Ahma avoids it easily. Mumu throws a body kick that misses and Ahma counters with a nice leg kick. Mumu on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A thudding body kick lands there by Ahma!
Ahma with a body punch. A glancing blow. It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over. Ahma lunges at Mumu with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Mumu's hand. Ahma scores with a jab. Mumu acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Ahma throws a chopping leg kick but Mumu manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Mumu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ahma throws out the jab. That's two minutes gone in the round. Mumu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.This has been an exciting period of action! Mumu displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ahma throws out the jab. Ahma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mumu. Mumu throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Mumu moves into range and connects with a jab. That kick from Ahma tenderised Mumu's leg. Mumu is trying to keep his angry face on.Abdel Mumu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Mumu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice uppercut there from Ahma. Mumu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mumu rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ahma counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Mumu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ahma to score with a decent uppercut.That's three minutes gone in the round. Ahma lands with a cross. Mumu misses with a right hand and Ahma counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Ahma throws a big shot that misses.Mumu fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ahma just manages to avoid it. Ahma thuds his right hand into Mumu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Ahma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mumu moves away. Ahma lands with a straight right. Mumu didn't see that one coming. Mumu blocks a leg kick. Ahma throws the left hand but Mumu avoids the punch easily. Ahma throws a nice inside leg kick. Mumu slips a jab from Ahma. Mumu moves out of range of the body kick from Ahma.
Ahma ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mumu moves away.That's four minutes gone in the round. A lazy body kick from Ahma and Mumu counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Ahma! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:09 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdel Mumu! Abdel Mumu retains his lightweight title!Abdel Mumu decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. | {
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SD Middle Teacher Wins History Award
BERLIN — Stephen Decatur Middle School teacher Leah Olsen last week was recognized as the History Day Teacher of the Year for Worcester County by the Maryland Humanities Council.
Over 600 talented middle and high school students, along with their proud parents and teachers, converged on the campus of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County last Saturday for the annual awards. A program of the Maryland Humanities Council, Maryland History Day involved over 18,000 students representing 17 counties and Baltimore City. Olsen was recognized as the winner for the Worcester County public school system.
Students spent months researching topics that addressed the National History Day theme and participated in school and community competitions to qualify for the state contest. Students showcased their research in one of five formats- research papers, museum-type exhibits, performances, websites and multimedia documentaries- addressing the 2012 them “Revolution, Reaction and Reform in History.”
First- and second-place winners will represent Maryland at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day contest on June 10-14 at the University of Maryland-College Park. | {
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Douglas Holtz-Eakin on Designating Fannie and Freddie as Systemically Important Financial Institutions
Andrew Evans
With momentum building toward reforming Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and releasing them from government control, this morning AAF President Douglas Holtz-Eakin testifies before the U.S. Senate about how the federal government should regulate the housing finance giants after reform. Given their size and portfolio, they would still pose a substantial risk to the economy, Holtz-Eakin says, but there could be alternatives to imposing the systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation on them.
An excerpt from his testimony:
In my view, it is difficult to see how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac post-conservatorship could be anything but SIFIs. For some, however, explicit designation has the downside of having the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) move away from banking, something that produced difficulties in as closely related a field as insurance. It would require the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), with zero housing experience, to become the primary regulator. Would the FRB be more effective than the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), formed in 2008 for that very purpose? Others have pointed out that the conflict of interest inherent in being both central banker that sets interest rates and regulator of the banking system would only be exacerbated by having the housing finance industry also within the FRB purview.
From this perspective, the question is whether there is a potential alternative regime that the FHFA could impose to dissuade FSOC from designating Fannie and Freddie as SIFIs. | {
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Sarah Lancashire won a BAFTA TV Award for her work in Happy Valley tonight (May 14) but, at the beginning, she didn't think she was right for the role.
Speaking to Digital Spy and other press at the award ceremony, Lancashire said "when we started filming... for the first three or four weeks I kept saying 'I'm wrong for this role, you've made a mistake'.
"I couldn't find a way of feeling comfortable, I just felt like an actor in a uniform... I was scared the accent was coming across too bored. | {
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To have this down as VS is borderline criminal. The crux is delicate friction climbing with no gear to save you, the consequences of a fall would be very serious.
For a vague comparison, Motorcade at Froggat (E1 5a) felt less dodgy.
with Arno
To have this down as VS is borderline criminal. The crux is delicate friction climbing with no gear to save you, the consequences of a fall would be very serious.
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DEARBORN, MI – Ford is pouring considerable time, money and resources into reviving its ailing Lincoln luxury brand, says a top executive who insists the marque will not meet the same fate as the mid-market Mercury division that was phased out in 2011.
“There is a stark difference between business conditions and situations of where we are now vs. where we were (when Mercury was killed),” Matt VanDyke, director-global Lincoln, tells WardsAuto in an interview here.
“The reality is, the company recognizes that the biggest and best leaders in our industry have a global luxury brand for a reason.”
Lincoln, once considered a pacesetter in the luxury segment, has fallen on hard times. U.S. sales in 2012 reached just 82,150 units, and through March stood at 15,899, according to WardsAuto data. The luxury division sold 231,660 cars at its peak in 1990.
But while deliveries have been on the decline for several years, the drop in 2013 largely has been due to a delay in the launch of the all-new ’13 MKZ sedan, the volume leader of the Lincoln lineup.
Expected to launch in fourth-quarter 2012, MKZ units just now are trickling into dealerships, hampered by parts shortages and quality issues. Built at Ford’s Hermosillo, Mexico, plant, thousands of MKZ units then were shipped to Ford’s Flat Rock, MI, facility to undergo post-production quality inspections and repairs.
VanDyke says shipments from Hermosillo now are going directly to dealers, but the delay caused by the inspections ultimately lost some customers who tired of the wait.
“No question we have gotten customers interested in the product, and they haven’t stayed with us,” he says. “We’ve sent appreciation gifts to customers that have retail orders booked, and despite that there are people who are now out of the market.”
VanDyke does not disclose how many MKZ buyers have been lost due to the delay but says without the inspections the fallout from delivering faulty units would have been an even larger blow.
Ensuring top-notch quality is essential to the re-launch of Lincoln, he says. “Our commitment to dealers was we had to have a higher level of quality than we have delivered in recent history, and our commitment has been firm.”
Another part of Lincoln’s new promise was to coddle customers with a uniquely high level of service. The brand has launched a training program for dealership personnel and a new concierge service in efforts to ratchet up the showroom experience.
However, the lengthy launch delay has run counter to those plans to enhance customer service, and VanDyke says Lincoln has taken drastic steps to please those buyers still waiting for their MKZ to arrive, including extending existing leases.
Dealers also have been reimbursed for financial losses incurred by the delays, he says, receiving direct payments to compensate salespeople who have missed quotas due to the lack of product.
Despite such efforts, frustration is on the rise among some dealers who believe Lincoln leadership has failed to effectively communicate the MKZ delay.
VanDyke admits communication has been lacking.
“We talk to the dealers every day and week, but we tell can’t tell (them) exactly where (the ordered vehicle) is,” he says, noting the arrival of parts is the primary reason accurate delivery estimates cannot be made.
While steps are being taken to diffuse the problems, Lincoln is working to ensure future vehicle launches will go more smoothly, without the need for disruptive quality inspections. VanDyke admits quality “can’t be inspected into a vehicle” and that it must be built into the manufacturing process.
Ford is taking a long-term approach with reinvigorating Lincoln, and not putting a timetable on when it expects the brand to regain its place in the luxury market.
“It took Audi three product lifecycles to get to the point where they are right now,” VanDyke says of the German luxury brand that has rebounded from near extinction in the U.S. in the late 1980s.
Ford also is not skimping on cost, VanDyke claims. He declines to reveal the exact dollar amount, but says investment is in the billions. Some of the investment is focused on building a new Lincoln-exclusive design center and hiring nearly 150 product-development personnel who will be devoted to reviving the brand.
Plans call for the launch of four new Lincolns within the next four years, starting with the MKZ. Next up likely will be a production version of the MKC midsize cross/utility vehicle concept shown at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January.
When Ford brass discussed the best strategy to re-launch Lincoln, VanDyke says they faced two choices – embrace the marque’s rich but tarnished heritage or discount the past and begin anew.
It was decided to build on the brand’s heritage, even though many new luxury customers aren’t old enough to remember Lincoln’s heyday and middle-age consumers are familiar with the more recent line of lackluster models.
“When we talk to people, there are a lot that say ‘Wow, Lincoln hasn’t made something for me recently, but it used to be the product my parents drove, and I admire the brand,’” VanDyke says. “We think that’s a real foundation to build on, not just here but globally as well.”
Ford recently announced plans to start selling Lincolns late next year in China’s fast-growing luxury market, where many consumers are unfamiliar with the brand. The auto maker currently is determining dealer candidates.
Marketing initiatives for Lincoln in the U.S. already have begun, including an ad launched during the recent Super Bowl showing a Town Car morphing into the new MKZ sedan.
Unfortunately, the Super Bowl spot was ill-timed, as most U.S. dealers didn’t have any MKZ sedans to sell. VanDyke admits the timing could have been better, but notes the Super Bowl ad buy was placed long before the quality issues emerged.
“The marketing launch hasn’t lined up with the expected inventory ramp-up, and that is not an ideal situation, far from it,” he says. “Would we have done things differently? Absolutely.”
The auto maker has taken steps to differentiate the new Lincolns from the Ford vehicles on which they are based on. Lincoln has been criticized in the past as being nothing more than gussied-up Fords, a viewpoint of which VanDyke is well aware.
The MKZ is first of the new Lincolns with sheetmetal that does not resemble its Ford Fusion stablemate, he says, hinting Lincoln-exclusive engines also are in the works.
Purists argue Lincoln needs a rear-wheel-drive vehicle to go head-to-head with the German makes that dominate the luxury market. But VanDyke says all-wheel-drive models are well-accepted in the segment, pointing to Audi’s success with that configuration.
“I’m not convinced that old (RWD) paradigm will still hold true, given the things that can be done with the technology of current platforms,” he says. “I think every product has to be a significant step forward.”
VanDyke says Ford’s top brass is committed to Lincoln in a way he has not seen before, and he dismisses critics who contend the revival plan won’t work. That includes General Motors Chairman Dan Akerson, who in 2011 said, “They are trying like hell to resurrectLincoln. Well…you might as well sprinkle holy water. It's over.”
Asked about Akerson’s remark, VanDyke smiles. “That quote may be posted in a few rooms around this building,” he says. “But we don’t need much extra motivation to be successful.” | {
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Philus Entertainment’s front-liner Akitsi Phaser, known to be a versatile musician who has struggled through the music industry with featuring on tracks with Nero X, Dobble and other Musicians has dropped a spice tune and video he calls “Ahafo” prod by (A.T.O). Download the audio Download on iTunes Download on … | {
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Surf. SUP. Sun. Fun. Salty Sista. For the beach and beyond. My motivation for the Salty Sista Funwear line is to create apparel that will express your personality and to use a fabric crafted for land and water use. The fabric is 4 way stretch Nylon/Spandex performance fabric and the fabric colors are limited edition designs. The American Zipper Pocket Bottom tm has a little more coverage than the Brazilian cut bottom making them more useful in extreme activities such as surfing. Some more features are: fully lined, waist side tie, zipper pocket in the back waist band, and hand made in Florida. “It’s the only suit that stayed on surfing in Costa Rica… and I got worked” Beth It’s the only suit I will wear surfing” Jasmine
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Surf. Sun. Sup. Fun. Salty Sista. For the beach and beyond. My passion for the Salty Sista Funwear line is to create apparel that will express your personality and to use fabrics that are crafted for land and water activities. The American Zipper Pocket Bottom tm has a little more coverage than the Brazilian style […]
Surf. Sun. Sup. Fun. Salty Sista. For the beach and beyond. My passion for the Salty Sista Funwear line is to create apparel that will express your personality and to use performance fabric crafted for land and water activities. The fabric is 4 way stretch Nylon /Spandex fabric and the designs are limited edition designs. […]
Surf. SUP. Sun. Fun. Salty Sista for the beach and beyond. My passion for the Salty Sista Funwear line is to create apparel that will express your personality and to use fabrics crafted for land and water activities. The fabric is 4 way stretch performance fabric and the fabric colors are limited editions. The American […]
Surf. SUP. Beach. Fun. Salty Sista For the beach and beyond. The American Zipper Pocket Bottom tm has slightly more coverage than the Brazilian Bikini Bottom. Made from 4 way stretch Nylon/Spandex performance fabric. Waist side tie, zipper pocket, fully lined, stay on stoke even in the worst wipe outs. Hand made in Florida. | {
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The calendar is now sortable by category and by tag, both at the top of the calendar. You can use the button at the foot of the calendar to add this calendar to your own (Google, Apple, Timely etc). The print button at the top will print the page you’re on. Clicking on the main calendar bar (top left) allows you to choose a date to jump to. PLEASE NOTE – where an event is marked as ‘ALL DAY’ it may be best to check with the organisers in case they have not submitted a start and/or end time to us …
To submit your event to the ECF calendar – click here. This will also enable you to submit your event to the International Rating Office for registration with FIDE if it is FIDE-rated or has a FIDE-rated section(s) | For a PDF of the ECF Event Calendar (updated every 4-6 weeks) – click here (PDF updated September 4th 2019)
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Contact: Tony Ransom Email: [email protected] [MAP]
There will be 1 overall tournament with prizes determined by the entry level. All entry fees will be returned as prize money. The entry fee is £3 adults / £1.50 juniors (cash only, NO CHEQUES). Entries will only be accepted on the night, so bring along a completed form. Please arrive between 7.15 and 7.30 to allow for a prompt start. It is expected that there will be 7 rounds, but this will depend on how promptly we can start and size of the entry | Entry form
Contact: Marie Gledhill Email: [email protected] [MAP]
This will be an individual competition as well as a school team competition; the competition is open to all children in the South East, you can enter both as part of a school team and as an individual. Girls and Boys sections will be played separately | Entry form
Contact: Tim Paulden Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.eastdevonchesscongress.com [MAP]
One of the most popular Congresses in the South West, hosted at an excellent venue in Exeter City Centre, close to railway stations, car parks, and accommodation. We are returning to our usual 3-day format! The tournament leaflet and online entry form will be released during Summer 2019, and will be made available via our website
Contact: Richard Freeman Email: [email protected] [MAP]
Our annual Newmarket Congress, with three sections, two of which (Open and U1975/U170) will be FIDE-rated this year. The entry form will be available in late 2019. Any questions before then, please contact Richard Freeman | {
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Thursday, January 24, 2013
Enrile-Cayetano Verbal Tussle: The Young vs The Old Guardians of a decrepit system
The Enrile-Cayetano tiff seems to be spiralling out of control, with the younger legislator attacking Enrile, some thirty years his senior, and his dad's law partner and brother in the fraternity. Enrile, according to those who covered the Senate yesterday, nearly lost his composure, and probably thought that he was crossing swords with old legal luminaries like Recto, Diokno and the like and must have realized that he is just trading barbs with the heir apparent of a deceased colleague.
And, yes, when all arguments have been exhausted, politicos normally resort to ad hominems or even to some personal attacks. In the case of Senator Cayetano's attack against Enrile, the young legislator pictured the Senate as a "pseudo conjugal" dictatorship, even dragging Enrile's Chief of Staff into the fracas. Atty. Gigi Reyes, in a strong showing of disgusts, handed over her resignation, which, of course, was not accepted by the old warrior.
What had happened to the Senate? It seems that the "old grand Senate" has now been turned into a circus. Never mind that relatives, fathers and sons, husbands and wives, turn this hallowed institution as a family fief and never mind if brothers and sisters, legitimate and illegimate sons and daughters populate the whole chamber with their petty thoughts of how to run this country, the fact of the matter is, the Senate is no more than the " higher" version of the local entertainment scene.
Some would say that the Enrile-Cayetano war is a sign of the "changing of the guards", from the old praetorian guards to the new, reform minded ones.
Look who are those people attacking the old guy---young ones who are trying to distance themselves from old politics by espousing on certain advocacies and even, triathlons and marathons. For all its worth, these new ones are positioning themselves as vanguards of the New Order, when, well in fact, they are the same as their predecessors---all Senators have lost their time to shine, except perhaps three exceptional senators: Teofisto Guingona IV, Panfilo Ping Lacson and Manny Villar.
Guingona is very active creating legislation that matters, while Ping Lacson is still the guy who advocated for change and reform a decade since while Manny Villar is still the beloved one who rose from poverty and now is swimming with the Castillians and the Chinese. Enuf said.
If someone would ask me what is that one institution that I want abolished, I will say, the Senate. The Senate is becoming a redundancy, something not too different from its sister, Congress.
In Congress, certain acts of patronage are being tolerated. How about the Senate? If we believe in Alan Peter, Tony Trillianes and Pia Cayetano, Enrile tolerated and even fostered certain acts that give Legislators some "god" powers. The masses expect these guys to practically be different but the more these guys stay in Congress, the more they stay the same. | {
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The striped jerseys were brought back originally during the 2012 season to celebrate the Steelers 80th season in the NFL. They were worn that season in the home games against the Washington Redskins and Baltimore Ravens.
Last season, the Steelers wore them once in the home game against the Detroit Lions. | {
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Tag: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies
Peter Jackson’s thirteen year crusade into Middle Earth – traversing two trilogies and six films – draws to a feeble, unfit end with The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies. Roused from his slumber, Smaug (Benedict Cumberbatch) wreaks fiery havoc upon Laketown, leaving his vast wealth undefended. Bilbo (Martin Freeman), Thorin (Richard Armitage) and his company of dwarves stake their claim, unaware of the opposing forces descending upon The Lonely Mountain. Continue reading “Review: The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014)”→ | {
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How Do I Measure My Energy Usage?
How electricity is measured is actually quite straightforward, but it isn’t often communicated that way.
Next Business Energy believe in empowering our customers and ensuring they understand their electricity usage, so we’ve broken it down for you.
What is energy measured in?
Energy is measured in watt (w) units. Every appliance you own that relies on electricity has a watt rating that reflects its usage.
For example, a desktop computer can have an average of 300w as opposed to a laptop computer that can average 75w. If you run the laptop computer for one hour, it would use 75 watt-hours of electricity.
Your Next Business Energy invoice measures your usage in kilowatt-hours (kWh). 1 kilowatt-hour equals 1000 watt-hours. Therefore, if you now run the laptop for 14 hours, you will have consumed just over 1kWh of electricity.
Your usage rate is then multiplied by your kWh’s. Add to that your daily supply charge and any necessary discounts and we have your total amount payable.
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If you ever have any questions in regards to your energy usage, supply or charges please contact call us on 1300 GO NEXT and our friendly team can talk you through the process over the phone. | {
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Ripstone launch Ironcast competition
Ripstone have had some awesome custom controllers built to celebrate the launch of Ironcast on Xbox One earlier this month, and they are giving them away as competition prizes. Seriously, how amazing do these look!
To be in with a chance of winning, simply send them a design for your own war mech or Ironcast. It can be hand-drawn, made with Lego, designed in PhotoShop, whatever your creative juices lead you to! | {
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The lead sound was origanily played on a Oberheim 8-Voice (Oberheim SEM) in the studio and live, as was the Rez sound at the start of the song.The Rez sound was later used by Oberheim in the factory pre-sets of the OB-X, OB-Sx, OB-Xa & the OB-8 and wass called 'Rush Rezz'. | {
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Batman Evolution (Video)
I think what impresses me the most about this project from ThePianoGuys is that about ten years ago something like this would have never happened. I love seeing projects that take the “Nerdy” things and combine them with other awesome art forms like music in this case. Now, whether this was made purely for nostalgic purposes or because these guys really love Batman, I can really appreciate the passion they put into this video. Not to mention three Batmobiles from three different eras is pretty damn sweet too… Honestly I love the seamless transitions between the three songs and each one definitely provokes a different emotion. The background sets do an amazing job of capture the look and feel of each represented Bat era, and it all leads up to an awesome finally to this song. This is actually a really great example of how someone was able to capture the feel of the Batman movies and TV series without actually having Batman himself in any of the shots. Anyways, check out the video below of Batman Evolution and as always let me know your thoughts Nerd Nation! Did you enjoy this performance and if so, what really stood out to you in this video? Leave your thoughts in a comment below, on the Facebook page, or hit me up on Twitter. | {
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There will always be new things to learn
Mr Poon is not resting on his laurels – he still visits the library regularly to read up on ever-changing methods in both swimming and coaching.
SWIMMING coach Vincent Poon reckons the Government's call for learning at every age bodes well for the country to grow as a whole - and he feels he should continue learning, given that he is still working at the age of 69.
He told The Straits Times yesterday: "It's definitely a good thing to encourage people to keep learning.
"Everything around us is constantly evolving, and there will always be new things to learn."
Mr Poon was described by Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam in his Budget speech on Monday as an exemplar of "the spirit of what we are creating in Singapore".
Mr Tharman was referring to the spirit of "finding something that we think we can be good at, persevering over the years and taking pride in it, and passing the passion on to the next generation, so that we keep moving up".
Mr Poon's thirst for learning set in at an early age. At six years old, he taught himself swimming at the old Mount Emily swimming pool by attentively watching and emulating others.
"It was just a lot of observing, and then trial and error," he recalled with a laugh. "My parents were very busy with their spray-painting shop then, and didn't have time to look for a professional coach for me.
"But I liked swimming from young - I still do - and so I just kept trying (until I got it right)."
Mr Poon's self-taught skills allowed him to become the captain of the swimming team when he went to Beatty Secondary School, where he received an award for swimming more than 20km non-stop over a 12-hour period.
A road accident fractured his right leg when he was 19 and left him with a permanent limp, but it did little to dent his passion for the sport.
He began his coaching career about two years after the incident and today counts Asian Games gold medallist Joseph Schooling, 19, among the many students he has taught.
Mr Tharman said that Mr Poon would often "dive underwater to watch Joseph and help him improve his technique".
Even today, Mr Poon is not resting on his laurels - he visits the library regularly to read up on ever-changing methods in both swimming and coaching.
"It's all about experimenting to see what works (for you) or not, and doing your best," he said.
Seeing his students, like Mr Schooling, do well is more than enough to spur him to become a better coach.
"Joseph has a lot of potential and passion for swimming, and he tries very hard," he said.
"You'd need that type of character to become anything."
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Parkville voters will have the opportunity to decide whether the mayor should be able to serve a three-year term.
The board of aldermen on Tuesday approved an ordinance to place a measure on the Nov. 5 ballot to change the term of office for the mayor from two years to three years.
If the measure passes in November, then it will be effective for the mayoral election to be held in April 2014.
According to Lauren Palmer, city administrator, the cost to put the measure on the ballot in November will be between $5,000 and $6,000. The estimated cost is an unbudgeted expense.
Palmer told the board the proposed changes to the mayoral terms will allow the election to be staggered to coincide alternatively with different aldermen elections.
She said the change will also allow the mayor to serve for a longer term, increasing continuity.
Currently aldermen are elected every two years and the mayoral elections always coincide with the same board member elections.
The city could have avoided the cost by placing the measure on the April 2014 municipal election, but the changes would not have gone into effect until April 2016.
The board approved placing the measure on the April ballot with a vote of 7-0.
The board also on Tuesday voted to hire several employees. Bob Fluchel will be the new nature sanctuary director, replacing Patricia Harris who was promoted to the position on June 4. Amanda Miller was hired as a part-time department assistant after working in an intern position since April. Mason Bless was hired as a full-time and temporary laborer for the street department.
A preliminary discussion by the board concerning implementing late fees and penalties on delinquent sewer bills was tabled until the next meeting.
Previously, Missouri American Water had handled the billing for sewer, but stopped the service at the beginning of the year. Palmer told the board that the city's current ordinances about sewer billing are old and will need to be updated.
Currently there are about 100 customers with unpaid accounts. About 75 of those customers have not made a payment to the city since the billing switch in January.
The proposed changes will include a 10 percent late charge on delinquent bills and an additional 3 percent every month it continues to be unpaid. After 90 days from delinquency and proper notice, water service may be shut off. The customer would then have to pay the disconnect/reconnect fee based on the cost charged to the city by Missouri American Water. The city would also have the ability to assess a lien against a property for the unpaid bill.
City staff estimates the bills total over $40,000 that has been uncollected since the city took over billing.
Palmer said that if the city passes the ordinance at the next meeting the fees would go into effect on Oct. 1. This would allow the city to send out final 30 day notices for past due accounts. The city could then begin shutting off water services on Nov. 1. She said the goal is to collect as much of the $40,000 in the 2013 fiscal year as possible.
The board tabled the discussion to be resumed at the next meeting on Aug. 20. | {
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From as early as I can recall, I have struggled to comprehend how one human can treat another without empathy or care, in some cases purposefully compromising another person's well being. I soon discovered that for those who are strong enough, life presents challenges for us to endure, to work through and to grow our character. As luck would have it I was presented with experiences over three decades that have forged who I am, now spoken, no longer solely dictating my thoughts nor eroding my trust in others. In my case, writing this story has enabled me to get back my story - to regain my dignity, draw boundaries with others, to speak out in the hope that I can inspire others to tell their story and to keep on sharing it widely - always. The greatest gift we can give is in listening with empathy to others. To trust is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. | {
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Green Festival Expo is excited to announce dates for 2017 including a brand new location in Ft Lauderdale. In addition to the new city we will also slim down to a 2-day show instead of 3 days, opening on Saturday and closing or doors Sunday evening. Click here to view the full 2017 schedule with dates, location and descriptions.
Green Festival Expo is thrilled to announce our first booked exhibitor for our brand new location in Ft. Lauderdale December 2nd & 3rd, 2017. "Graviola A.K.A. Soursop (Annona muricata) is a small, tropical tree with large dark green leaves which bears a large, heart-shaped fruit that is a yellow-green color with white flesh inside." Join the new marketplace by requesting to exhibit with us here.
Ineda Nap, Barb E. Dahl, and Dixon the cat, were adopted through the SF Green Festival! Green Festival is so happy to help these amazing organizations come out and promote their cause and find these animals their forever home. This year The Milo Foundation is on pace to rescue more animals than any year previous - an average of 5 per day -which means that not only are more animals rescued and finding loving homes, but that also means there is an expanding community of people we are working with to save these beautiful beings. Like the Green Festival and Green America, The Milo Foundation is growing and further impacting communities with healthful and compassionate living!
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"As someone who has been a vegan and an animal rights activist for three decades I look forward to sharing with people at the Green Festival Expo the myriad of ways in which a reliance upon animal agriculture isn't just killing billions of animals but also destroying our planet."
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"The Green Festival staff was amazing! When the founder of our company, Wonderfully Raw Gourmet, had an emergency and couldn't make the show leaving one person to man our booth, the expo provided incredible volunteers for all 3 days to help out." - Wonderfully Raw Gourmet
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"Thank you for making possible a time and place for groups to come together and network. It’s a win/win for All!!!!"
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"It was great learning opportunity for me as well and I meet great people. Thank you very much for creating such an amazing place for business owners and the green industry." - Monica H. Kang, Founder & CEO InnovatorsBox
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"I just wanted thank you for all your support at the Green Expo. It was a really great experience for us. I enjoyed the other vendors and the whole energy was light, fresh and happy! I felt like we were a part of a nice heavenly community. So thank you for introducing us to this realm of outreach."
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"We had a very positive experience both at our booth, for which there was a lot of interest, and at my presentation. I had a good turn out.."
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"It was truly an honor to participate in Green Festival Expo. I met so many inspiring people and it give me hope that our world will be healed by the power of the people. I can't thank you enough for the opportunity to perform. I am SO excited to join you again in DC!"
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Green Fest Expo provides a great opportunity to connect with people and groups that are passionate about nature and conscious living. Sylvie Rokab - Love Thy Nature - Film Director
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We had an amazing experience. Everything was well organized and the people were extremely friendly. Someone was always checking to see if we needed anything. - My Boo and You
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"The Green Festival Expo in Washington, DC was a perfect venue for having intelligent conversations with people who really care about the environment and finding solutions to the problems the planet -and all of us - are facing. As a speaker, I found the audience was attentive, engaged and asked excellent questions. And many people stayed afterwards for more conversations. We also exchanged our contact information and I can see some collaborative efforts ahead. The professional staff was excellent, too, solving some last-minute logistical problems that made my presentation go much smoother. Much smoother! Speaking about all the frightening hydrofracking tales I couldn't include in either my novels (The Fracking War and Fracking Justice) to an informed audience was invigorating, as well as chatting with the many vendors and other presenters who made the Washington D.C. Green Festival very memorable. I'm looking forward to attending future Green Festival Expos." - Michael J. Fitzgerald
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"The Green Festival is the only conference that the team here at Expert DOJO won’t miss every year. Not only is it a wonderful conference with high attendance and great quality attendees but we feel like we are part of real positive change in the world and you can’t put a price on that. I would recommend any business thinking of exhibiting to just go ahead and reserve their spot. Like us they won’t regret it." - Brian Mac Mahon, Chief Community Officer, Expert DOJO
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"The Green launch party was a fantastic networking opportunity! We met a ton of people passionate about sustainability. We even won free vendor space for the LA Fair Trade festival and are really excited to booth there. We definitely want to go back to the venue as it normally is free space for entrepreneurs to work at." - Stella Liu. www.Oneseed.co
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“Our long standing relationship with Green Festival proves to be successful year after year. Green Festival allows us to get in front of sustainably conscious consumers who are anxious to hear about our products, meet our people and learn about the steps Clif Bar and Company takes to better our planet.”
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“Green Festival New York was an amazing experience. The positive vibe from the public was overwhelming, and the selection of colleagues made staying at our booth difficult - we wanted to visit everybody! The staff is amazing, and they were super helpful from pre-launch to pack-out, and we are delighted to be able to continue our relationship with The Green Festival in cities all over the country”
– David Goodman, Founder, Coco Jack
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“I try never to miss presenting at a Green Festival because of the spirit and enthusiasm of the attendees and the professionalism and support of the Green Festival staff. Green Festival is not just a place for health nuts, it’s a welcoming place for everyone to come and gain information about living a brighter, healthier lifestyle.”
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“The Green Festival is a great opportunity for local businesses. Our office did more business with the Green Festival than any other festival or marketing endeavor ever. I am still catching up with new business from the Green Festival about 3 weeks after the event. We have been able to get the message of the Triad Of Health out to far more people through our interactions with the Green Festival than we ever would have otherwise. The public is starving for solutions to their chronic health concerns and Green Festival attendees probably would not ever have found out about our office and the services that we offer had we not been able to attend and present the Cholesterol Myths to Green Festival attendees. Thank you for having our office at your event and for asking us to speak on the widely misunderstood Cholesterol Myths that have been plaguing the world for the last 20 years due to the greed and recklessness of large pharmaceutical companies and their misinformation campaigns.”
– Dr. Ilya Skolnikoff, DC, DIBAK, Chiropractic Kinesiologist, Female Hormone & Thyroid Specialist
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“We love coming to Green Festival and find it a perfect venue to get the word out on our vegan adventure tours in Asia. Not only do we get a chance to meet many attendees who are interested in a green lifestyle and who may not have heard about our company before, but we also get to meet fellow exhibitors who we share a common goal and social interests with. We look forward to exhibiting at many more Green Festivals for years to come.”
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"Tick Tock Naturals is grateful for the platform that the New York City Green Festival has brought to our company as well as other natural product companies all focused on finding solutions that can work to save our planet. Thank you for a successful first Green Festival for Fire Cider, we'll see you in DC!"
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"Volkswagen of America is proud to be partnering with Green Festival Expo given our shared commitment to sustainable innovation," said Vinay Shahani, VP Marketing, Volkswagen of America. "Green Festival Expo is the perfect platform for us to offer test drives of our new all-electric, zero-tail pipe emissions e-Golf in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland. We are confident that attendees will find driving these eco-friendly cars to be a fun, cost-efficient way to incorporate sustainability into their lives."
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"Audi is excited to be a part of the longest-running Green Festival Expo in the United States given our long-standing passion towards alternative fuel sources and green technology," said Loren Angelo, director of marketing, Audi of America. "Green Festival is a great experiential marketing event series to present our all-electric, blended hybrid and gasoline models in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, and we are eager to offer attendees an opportunity to test drive eco-friendly cars, such as the all-new Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid, and transform the way they drive."
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"The City of Mount Rainier appreciated being an integral part of the Green Festival. The City has so many green features, businesses, sustainable practices and residents that keep the City Green that we wanted to shout it to the world!" - Veronica Owens, City of Mount Rainier Assistant City Manager
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"The DC Green Festival is almost like a family reunion – bringing together a community of those who want to make the world greener from so many different perspectives. We love the opportunity to meet our readers and introduce our magazine, Natural Awakenings DC to so many more people." - Robin, Publisher of Natural Awakenings DC
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"We Act Radio was a proud media sponsor of one of the most diverse DC Green Fest Expos ever! The 2015 electric BMW i3 test drive has resulted in the selection of our first promotional vehicle!" - Kymone Freeman, Co-founder
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2014 wrote:If OP wants to attend U.Va, I believe they will be able to 9/10 times with those numbers.
No.
They didn't decline a single 3.45+, 173+ last year.If you assume that the WLs, which there are a shit load of, are YP, then if the OP WANTS U.Va, why wouldn't they get off that WL the vast majority of the time?
2014 wrote:If OP wants to attend U.Va, I believe they will be able to 9/10 times with those numbers.
No.
They didn't decline a single 3.45+, 173+ last year.If you assume that the WLs, which there are a shit load of, are YP, then if the OP WANTS U.Va, why wouldn't they get off that WL the vast majority of the time?
2014 wrote:ED of course helps, but I wouldn't do it if I were you. You very well might get a scholarship offer at MV or C, and that's worth considering.
You also have a fighting chance at C and C even without Eding, it's just my opinion that the result will be out.
Ahh. Decisions, decisions.
My top two choices are C and C. I talked to some 1L and 2Ls at Chicago and they recommended I ED (one of them got in off waitlist after RD, similar numbers - but said waitlist was what you hear about it: Hell). The other ED'd Columbia, got WL and got in at Chicago RD (few years back, similar numbers).
Guess I gotta really think about this before I select ED/RD this weekend when I apply this weekend.
2014 wrote:If OP wants to attend U.Va, I believe they will be able to 9/10 times with those numbers.
No.
They didn't decline a single 3.45+, 173+ last year.If you assume that the WLs, which there are a shit load of, are YP, then if the OP WANTS U.Va, why wouldn't they get off that WL the vast majority of the time?
lol'd. You clearly don't understand UVA's admissions process at all. If OP doesn't ED to UVA they will not get in. If they do, the chances are pretty good. OP don't listen to 2014, everything he/she wrote in this thread is pretty wrong.
2014 wrote:If OP wants to attend U.Va, I believe they will be able to 9/10 times with those numbers.
No.
They didn't decline a single 3.45+, 173+ last year.If you assume that the WLs, which there are a shit load of, are YP, then if the OP WANTS U.Va, why wouldn't they get off that WL the vast majority of the time?
lol'd. You clearly don't understand UVA's admissions process at all. If OP doesn't ED to UVA they will not get in. If they do, the chances are pretty good. OP don't listen to 2014, everything he/she wrote in this thread is pretty wrong.
Well some people do actually get in RD with OP's numbers. Hell some even get scholarships.
How important our Why Essays? I'm similar numbers, slightly worse: 172/3.49. I wrote Why X Essays for Michigan and Duke but none of the others I applied to. If I'm really interested in UVA in particular, should I submit one? I've already sent in my applications, so how does that work?
2014 wrote:If OP wants to attend U.Va, I believe they will be able to 9/10 times with those numbers.
No.
They didn't decline a single 3.45+, 173+ last year.If you assume that the WLs, which there are a shit load of, are YP, then if the OP WANTS U.Va, why wouldn't they get off that WL the vast majority of the time?
lol'd. You clearly don't understand UVA's admissions process at all. If OP doesn't ED to UVA they will not get in. If they do, the chances are pretty good. OP don't listen to 2014, everything he/she wrote in this thread is pretty wrong.
whitman wrote:How important our Why Essays? I'm similar numbers, slightly worse: 172/3.49. I wrote Why X Essays for Michigan and Duke but none of the others I applied to. If I'm really interested in UVA in particular, should I submit one? I've already sent in my applications, so how does that work?
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A FUnnie look at the loony residents of the Democratic Underground aka DUmmies in particular and the Leftwing Blogosphere in general.
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Pied Piper Pitt Performs Endless "Penitence" At DUmmie Canossa
Pied Piper Pitt has returned to DUmmieland in an act of overlong "penitence" that is deeply in need of a Cliff Notes version. In case you're curious about the reference to Canossa in the title, let me explain. In the year 1077, Pope Gregory VII excommunicated the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV for appointing his own Bishop in Germany. As a result, Henry IV's noblemen refused to obey him unless the excommunication were lifted. Therefore Henry IV appeared outside the gates of the castle of Canossa where the Pope was staying in the most famous act of penitence in history. For three days (24 business hours), Henry IV stood barefoot at the gate of Canossa in the snow wearing only a simple hair-shirt, waiting for the Pope to forgive him. When the Pope finally granted an audience to Henry IV inside the castle, as depicted in the painting above, he lifted the excommunication. The reason why I put "Penitence" in quotes is because it was as phony as Pied Piper Pitt's penitence. Three years later the same Pope again excommunicated Henry IV for returning to his old ways but it was too late. Henry IV repaid the favor of the first lifting of his excommunication by deposing Gregory IV and replacing him with another Pope (who would go down in history as an anti-Pope). In much the same way, Pitt's "pentinence" is as phony as Henry IV's as we read through it in this DUmmie THREAD with the OVERLONG title of, "Back stories and apologies, of sorts...or perhaps an apologia...let's see where this goes..." So let us now watch Pied Piper Pitt pulling off a non-stop act of contrition in Bolshevik Red every bit as phony as that of the Emperor in the Snow while the commentary of your humble correspondent, noting that Brevity is NOT the Soul of Pitt, is in the [brackets]:
Back stories and apologies, of sorts...or perhaps an apologia...let's see where this goes...
[It goes on and on and on and on...without end...]
Greetings!
[Greetings! I am ready for my insominia treatment.]
As it has been a while since I posted, I'm going to introduce myself, so any of the new folks reading this aren't buried under an avalanche of DU-insider nonsense.
[Instead we are about to be buried under an avalanche of Pitt nonsense.]
My name is Will, and I've been a DUer since 2001. I was here for the tax cut crap, the faith-based crap, and the nomination of, and eventual approval of, John Ashcroft as Attorney General.
[My name is Will, and I am an alcoho---Oops! That's another Pitt speech.]
When the US military planes got bunted out of the sky by the Chinese fighter planes, I was here. When George W. made sure the captured airmen, languishing in China, all had Bibles to keep them company, while he quietly kissed Chinese asses to keep us out of a war we'd surely lose (because China ownes a ton of our debt and can end our economy in a day if they so choose), I was here.
[When George W. partied with the anti-Christ, I was here. I was here for you, man! ME! PIED PIPER PITT!!!]
I was here when the US submarine, piloted by the civilian political hack donor, destroyed the Japanese fishing boat...
[Stand by for an AVALANCHE of "I was here" prattle...]
...and that, friends, was God displaying a sense of irony: the guy at the helm was there because he funded the establishment of the USS Missouri as a museum, and the Missouri was where the Japanese surrendered in WWII...
[The Japanese surrender ceremony took less time than Pitt's "penitence" speech.]
...because as near as I can tell, He (being God) caused a US nuclear submarine to wreck a Japanese boat on the Pacific Ocean, said ocean being the largest representation of infinity on the planet...
[Reverend Pitt delivering the Sermon on the Run.]
...and the submarine that killed Japanese sailors was piloted by a rookie looking to preserve the boat where the Japanese surrendered in 1945...and so here we have a US sub piloted by a Missouri booster destroying a Japanese vessel in a body of water millions of square miles in width and breadth...and this was an accident?
[And this totally IRRELEVANT anecdote has to do with your DUmmieland return HOW? Apparently self-editing isn't one of Pied Piper Pitt's literary skills.]
Let's all give it up for God, the King of Comedians. He's here all week...try the veal!
[Try the DELETE button to edit out the IRRELEVANT nonsense.]
...anyway...
[Uh-oh. Pitt's just winding up.]
I was here for all the early in-fighting, the stuff that seems quaint by comarison to what happens around here nowadays. Back then, the name "Nader" was good for 392 posts in a thread. You didn't have to put anything in the OP. You just had to write "Nader" in the subject line, maybe put a --->
[Again this has NOTHING to do with ANYTHING. And what is truely FRIGHTENING I have just scrolled down to see that there are still DOZENS of paragraphs left to this Pitt Post. SHEESH! Couldn't you have saved us the agony and just posted the Cliff Notes version, Pitt?]
Getting published on the DU main page was as exciting, and as much of an honor, back then as it is now. The first essay I ever got published here was about the Voters Rights march in DC way way way way back in May of 2001. Remember that? Remember when stolen elections were the worst thing we had to worry about?
[Was that Voters Rights March ANOTHER Day in Which Everything Finally Changed?]
I wrote: "At the bottom, the Voter Rights March was about protecting the basic American right to vote, and about ensuring that all the votes which are cast are counted fairly and equally. If this seems like a reactionary and foolish platform, bear in mind that by the end of this day, May 19th, I would meet a dozen people from Florida who believed their votes had not been counted. The hurt and anger in their eyes was fresh and electric; after 157 days they had not 'gotten over it,' and were I to make a bet, I would confidently put money on the idea that they never, ever would."
[Not only is Pitt torturing us with this overlong post he is also torturing us with his Golden Oldies Overlong Posts.]
Ah, the simpler days...
[Those Were the Days My Friend,
I Thought Your Posts Would Never End...]
Do you remember the first truly kick-ass five-star stop-the-presses post you ever put up here? I do. Still got it in my back pocket. I wrote an essay titled God Sees the Freepers for American Politics Journal...and super-duper old-schooler couchpatater put up a thread to take note of it...and look how cute and tiny we were! Oh God...sffreeways, whyzayker, Johnyawl, Hamlette, zan, geniph, comsymp, JJ, enki23...*sigh*
[LOL! Pitt actually carries his posts around in his pocket? I bet he shows it around to the Bukowski's Barflies and the Newton Schoolgirls.]
...anyway...
[You said that before but as a segue to yet more irrelevant nonsense like now.]
I was here when James Jeffords woke up on the wrong side of the bed one fine day and flipped the Senate to the Democrats for the first time since 1994...and I was here for all the hopes that were created by that historically bold move...and I watched the Democratic leadership not know what to do with their newfound power...
[BACK to the "I was here" shtick. I am envisioning an Energizer BUnnie going over and over and over again: "I was here... I was here... I was here..."]
...and I was here when Enron shit the bed, when everyone came to know the umbilical ties between that doomstruck corporation and George W.'s political fortunes...when the required Enron investigation went nowhere...
[I was here when John F. Kerry was here before he wasn't here.]
...because Joe Lieberman was chairing the controlling committee (thanks to Jeffords, Lieberman got to be a committee chairman), and since Lieberman had taken phattt (that's triple-t phatt) Enron dollars, he wasn't about to let an investigation into Enron, Congressional donations from the aforementioned, and the White House's umbilical ties to the aforementioned, get rolling for real...so there was a lot of talk...and no follow-through...and after a few calendar pages, I was here when the Democrats lost the Senate again in 2002.
[It goes on and on and on and on and...]
Bill Grieder wrote about the wretched Enron Democrats phenomenon brilliantly for The Nation, and you can read about it all here. I suggest those who give their love, cash, respect and fealty to the Democrats, without reservation or condition, should read that article twice and then submit a book report.
[...on and on and on and...]
I was here when there actually was an "Underground" on DemocraticUnderground. In those days - for any of you who don't know the back story - we were all scared to death. No one could quite believe what had happened in Florida...and DC, when that SCOTUS confab got done on December 12, 2000. Yeah, I remember the day. It was raining in Boston that night. I wrote an article for a webside that doesn't even exist anymore titled "Not My President" the night that decision came down. I finished it with the words, "Never forgive. Never forget."
[...on and on and on and...]
So we were all feeling like we were on the run - and this was before 9/11, mind you - and I found this website, run by three guys brave enough to rock a DU banner along the parade route during the counter-inaugural demonstration for George W.'s first swearing-in. These three guys (Skinner, Elad, and EarlG) (!!!) busted out this forum in January of 2001, and only a few brave souls dared to speak the truth out loud here. The three guys, who have since morphed into "The Admins", had a bare-bones version of this site running, and had a special forum called "The Underground" going at the bottom of the forum stack.
[If I remember my history correctly, Emperor Henry IV both fasted AND maintained SILENCE while waiting at the gate of Canossa Castle. Too much to expect of Pitt.]
It's funny, thinking about it now. There is no way - NO WAY - those three poor bastards, who had no idea what they were getting into with this thing, could ever get away with having a private "Underground" invitation-only section of this forum today. If you asked them, they'd say it was a bad idea to begin with - exclusivity, etc. - but what did they know back then?
[For you folks of the Mormon persuasion who have never visited a bar before, you are now experiencing what it is like to sit next to an incoherent drunk who just WON'T shut up as he rambles on and on and on about NOTHING in particular.]
It was all scary mayhem in the winter/spring of 2001. Given the GOP right-wing crazy-ass hammer that was about to come down on us all, it seemed wise at the time to have a password-protected nest for the warriors to talk...unencumbered by interpretations/distortions/attacks from the outside internet world...which, some may recall, was dominated by Freeper assholes, who had figured out the effectiveness of this medium way before we on the Left did.
[It was a dark and stormy night in 2001. My fingers were tapping endlessly about nothing at the keyboard. Words signifying nothing flowing from my besotted mind. Words and words and words that went on and on and on unto the End of Time...]
Those asshats Freeped the screaming dog out of this place for days and weeks and months, relentlessly, and almost drove this site out of existence...but the "Underground" forum was where the resistance could be organized, and the bastards were beaten back. If you can get to the archives of "Old DU," you can read it and see it for yourselves. It was epic.
I was not here for those first few weeks of mayhem, and sadly, most of the DUers who stayed here and fought the good fight back in those days are gone now...and if any of you happen to read this, I tip my hat to you, and genuflect, and bow and scrape, because you made this place live and survive and thrive, and you know who you are.
[Pitt is still light years away from making any kind of point...or reaching a merciful conclusion.]
(If you like DU, say a quiet thank-you to those fighters, who were here when posting on DU was a blood-sport...and, it bears noting, when Skinner and Elad and EarlG hung in and fought in the trenches along with the best of them...thankfully, they have the place so excellently patrolled by mods that they have been able to sheath their swords)
[Pitt redefining DUmmieland as a fantasy battleground.]
People here back then really, truly felt like they were working an "underground" back then. (Sidebar: after 9/11, we were all worried that the whole internet would get shut down in some draconian recinding-of-posse-commitatus lockdown, and so I organized a collection of email addresses in the event DU went down, so we could all keep in touch. Yeah, it was that important, and that scary, back then)
[Don't worry. We called off the posse because we didn't want to miss out on the laughs generated inadvertently by DUmmieland.]
Nowadays - thankfully, and due in no small part to the admins, writers, and forum members here - we have no shortage of people today who feel/think/know that something has gone berzerkely wrong with this country. Back then, when the television was chanting the mantra - "This is an orderly transition of power...this is an orderly transition of power...everything is fine, all is well...this is an orderly transition of power..." - most of what you'd call the "old-schoolers" here felt like we were going insane.
[Back in our day, us "old-schoolers" had to carry our laptops 20 miles thru the snow every morning.]
Can this be happening?
[Could this be ENDING? Unfortunately, Pitt is just starting to wind up.]
Did we really just witness a broad-daylight election theft?
[Did we really just witness a fall-down drunk at Bukowski's?]
No one around me thinks this is worth raising hell about...oh my God...we just lost the country...
[And we wish you would lose the bottle.]
...and then we found this forum, and spoke our darkest fears, and were greeted with welcoming arms (more often than not, those arms belonged to Crewleader, who is and will always be the best of us, period and end of file), and we got to talk about how horrifically messed up things were. We felt like we weren't alone. It was a balm that is, so many terrible days hence, hard to describe. But it was real. It stood us up. It gave us courage. It fortified us. It reminded us that we had allies, and strength, and a reason to fight.
[If Pitt eventually gets to the point he wants to make, nobody will be able to make it there awake.]
A good example of the darkness back then comes to mind...
[A good example of an endless speech comes to mind...]
Remember the day the anniversarry of Roe v. Wade came, not too many days after the inauguration, and the anti-choicers held their march in DC? Before 2001, their march was angry, frustrated, thwarted, pissed, and thank God (or Buddha or Yahweh or Vishnu or simple good Fate) for that. But on that rainy day in 2001, they marched on the White House with signs waving and banners flying, and they did so with soaring and shouted joy, because they knew they had an ally at 1600 Pennsylvania...
[It was a dark and stormy night in 2001. God or Yahweh or Vishnu or simple good Fate marched on the White House...or was it Dunkin' Donuts? No matter, this ramble is going nowhere at all...]
...and we here knew it, too, and we despaired. And we congregated here...and watched...and waited for the ram...
[...ble. You waited for the ramble.]
...and some of us went "Underground."
[I wish this tedious speech about NOTHING would go Underground. It need to be buried.]
It was totally dumb, in retrospect. You posted here a while, wrote for the front page maybe (that was my in), and they'd invite you "Underground" after they decided you weren't a Freeper mole or a maniac. If you got tapped to join, your login and password would allow you into the "Underground" forum (much the way the mods get access to the moderator forum by logging in these days).
[So how does this work, Will? Do you take a swig from the gin bottle every time you finish a paragraph?]
It was, for the most part, a secret place to organize a coordinated defense of the forum when the Freeps would stage an assault. People would get together to tag-team kamikaze Freeps, like that "L" guy - "Lothar" or something, I can't remember his name - who were always here looking for trouble. The "L" guy I can't remember was always in what you'd now call the "Gun Dungeon." We'd coordinate battle plans and drive them out.
[I just realized. If these Pitt paragraphs were posted in reverse order, they would still have the same level of clarity...namely NONE.]
(his name was lonster...I just remembered...oh lonster, you old meat puppet...)
[You old Temporary Sock Puppet...]
I was actually the one who got the "Underground" shut down (who brought the cool kid, right?). Somehow, we got a Freeper infiltrator down there...someone who knew someone who knew someone who left their computer on while logged on to DU (I assume, or seem to recall, but it doesn't really matter), and a Freep clicked through and then posted on FR, "Hey look, I'm in 'The Underground,'" and posted a few copy-and-paste lines from inside there to prove it...and someone forwarded me the FR link, and I went goofy. Totally barmy.
[That goofy and totally barmy part is totally believable.]
I posted a thread in GD: "EVERYONE GET DOWNSTAIRS RIGHT NOW," because we Undergrounders called the Underground "downstairs" when we were in the regular forums, and in the Underground I posted a thread titled "There is a Freeper in the Underground," and linked to the evidence, and we were so cute and tiny, and it was so deadly serious, like someone was dirty-dicking the crown jewels or something...and the admins figured out what happened and shut the Underground down forever.
[Right now I am picturing Pitt rambling all this nonsense from a psychiatrist's couch and the shrink is writing on his notepad: "Just plain NUTS!!!"]
It was disappointing, back then.
[It's disappointing RIGHT NOW that you're not even close to terminating this unending pointless ramble.]
It is kinda funny, looking at everything I've written so far, to remember what passed for "disappointments" back then. Bush v. Gore was a disappointment...and the fact that no Senator backed the Congressional Black Caucus to challenge that result was a disappointment...and the Dems geeking up the Enron investigation was a disappointment...and the approval of Ashcroft was a disappointment...and the passage of those tax cuts was a disappointment...
[ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....]
...and then...
[...and then...another Pitt post in the form of a multi-volume novel.]
I was here on Tuesday, September 11th, 2001. I was teaching high school back then, writing on the side, no books or nothing, and the massive, throbbing, world-eating ego I am so widely credited with enjoying today existed merely as a wee kernel, an acorn, some potential energy looking for a kinetic kick. I sat in a basement office in a small high school, getting ready to teach Journalism I, then Journalism II, then Freshman English, then I got lunch, then back to teaching Grammar, and then Sophomore English, and that was supposed to be it for the day. An easy day, for the most part. I had my first two periods free that day, and was in early, and was surfing the web for my daily dose of data before the kids came flooding in.
[Sept. 11, 2001. Was that the day you asked a student to touch "My Pet Goat?"]
I remember being excited. You see, Newsweek had just previewed a kick-ass edition where they were going to blatantly and explicitly call the 2000 election results into question, and were going right to SCOTUS to do so. We got word about it on Monday the 10th. It was supposed to come out on September 11th.
[The students also remember that you got excited.]
We were PSYCHED. All of us. It was a DU Block Party on the 10th. We were organizing mass purchases of that edition of Newsweek, we were gaming up for a full-court-press...
[Pitt was gaming up for a full-court conviction...]
I don't know how many of you remember this, but George and the crew were in deep, smelly poo as summer waned into fall back in 2001. Serious, stinky poo. The tax cuts were being ripped by spectrum-wide pundits, the faith-based nonsense was getting laughed around the block, and W. was looking every inch the hopeless rube we've known him for so long to be. They might as well have written "One-Term Dunce, Just Like Papa" on his forehead.
[Actually I'm now starting to see a point of sorts in this endless off-the-point Pitt posting. Before he gets to what he should have gotten to at the get-go, Pitt wants to ingratiate himself with the DUmmies by rambling endlessly about how much he hates the EVIL Bush Regime. Too bad for him that few of the DUmmies can stay away for his interminable ingratiations.]
He was meat.
[Reading this is a feat.]
On September 3rd, 2001, I wrote an essay titled "Late to the Party," about the press and the Democrats finally having some hard public words for this bonehead, for another website that doesn't exist anymore. I said this at the end: "As for Mr. Bush, he is about to learn a lesson that Bill Clinton once eloquently described: never make enemies with people who buy ink by the barrel."
["See everybody! I HATE Bush just as much as you do so please don't flame me for lying to you with the phony Hoaxmas story?]
Things were looking up.
[I'm looking down...at dozens more Pitt paragraphs.]
Once upon a time, someone here on DU posted a comprehensive list of all the headlines of all the editorials - all dated September 10, 2001 - that were attacking Bush et al, in all the newspapers across the country, for his stupid and/or reckless and/or unconstitutional and/or did-I-mention-stupid policy initiatives to date. It was a long, long, long, long list.
[Once upon a time, Goldilocks touch the pet goat of the Temporary Sock Puppet...]
I'll say it again: he was meat. One-termer-train-wreck-road-kill-deer-in-headlights-oh-God-thud meat meat meat on the hood ornament. Over and done, mistake erased, do-over extraordinare. We had all worked here to get the truth and wisdom out there, even in our cute and tiny state of affairs here on DU, and that Newsweek article (plus everything else) was going to be sunshine on our faces. We felt justifiably proud to have helped move the pile towards the truth.
I saw the first thread posted in LBN - "A plane has hit the World Trade Center" - and tried to get on CNN.com, and couldn't. Too busy. It was early, classes had just started, and I pelted upstairs to get a TV going in the library with the words from the third poster in that LBN thread - "This looks like terrorism, folks" - floating in my eyes. You can find that one in the archives, too. Bring some Pepto Bismol.
[How about bringing some Tylenol for the headache I'm getting from reading the Pitt Post Without End?]
The long and short of it: on the non-computer side, I had to deal with a building full of kids who were looking to me for answers: "My mom works in the Prudential building, will she be OK?" and "Is this World War II, Mr. Pitt?" and "My dad had a meeting at the World Trade Center today, can I be excused to use the phone in the principal's office?" and "What's that sound, Mr. Pitt?" when the incredible roar vibrated the ceiling during Journalism II, and that question I could answer, because the roar was familiar from the 1999 All Star Game at Fenway Park when the fighters blasted over the ballpark and set car alarms off in my neighborhood, and so I said, "That's the sound of F-16 fighters circling the city, remember when they did the fly-by during the All Star Game, so we're OK here, everything's fine, everything's fine, fine, fine..."
[The long and long of it (no short here) is that Pitt in typical fashion places himself at the CENTER of attention.]
On the computer side, DU and LBN were basically the only sites that were accessible. I lost my brains. Completely. Between the kids looking for me to explain what was happening, my own fears for the girlfriend working in the tall building downtown whom I couldn't reach because the phones were jammed, the raw blow of watching those buildings fold up on the fuzzy-screened TVs in the library, the casualty guestimates flying around because tens of thousands of people worked in those buildings and if they were all on time to work that day they were all dead, the wide and varied reports of additional attacks - "Car bomb on the Washington Mall!!11" - and the blunt horror of what was unfolding, I was simply unable to cope.
[I'm unable to cope with the fact that you are not even CLOSE to dealing with Hoaxmas in this Post Without End.]
I pulled that day, in fact, what may stand as my first and, arguably, most formidable Full F*ckup on DU. I posted a thread stating flatly that we all had to stand behind the President during this time. Bigass bold-lettered post. It seemed the thing to do, given what was happening. I don't know about you, but politics took a back seat to thinking about rescuing survivors and going down to the hospital to give blood...and some of the hard truths about what was really going on were still out there in the fog, and all I was thinkiing was "Gotta get through this," and so there was that post.
[Was that another multi-volume novel-length post?]
You can dig it out of the archives if you want a good laugh. Boy, did I get my ass kicked. The only redeeming moment for me in that one was a post by an Admin - Elad, I think, or maybe Skinner - backing me up and saying yeah, this is right, we're all Americans today, let's do what we must.
[Yeah, researchers have nothing better to do than to spend hours digging up another one of your ENDLESS posts.]
Funny. Or not.
[Not.]
The best man that day, for your information, was Khephra, who is no longer with us. Kheph was someone who started here kind of meekly, feeling his way, but eventually became the Main Man in LBN. He was on disability and couldn't work, and so his work was to be informed and to inform.
[Wasn't that the same Kephra who was pissed off at you for betraying Dennis Kucinich by acting as his Press Secretary while secretly feeding insider info to the Kerry campaign?]
I got a chance to step into his information nexus out in Indiana before he died; he had three televisions set to CNN, MSNBC and C-SPAN, plus his computer with half a dozen news screens open, and he was basically the guy every cubicle rat on DU thanked God for. He posted every tidbit of everything, gave minute-by-minute breakdowns of Senate debates on C-SPAN...and on 9/11, he was the guy who gave the rest of us the information we needed to keep from eating our own heads off.
[He was basically a guy without a life.]
What to say since then? How do you quantify before-and-after? How do you measure the depths of the disappointments and horrors that have come since then?
[How about saying "Bye-bye?" Or is that too much to hope for?]
And, of course, what does any of this have to do with a thread titled "An apology, of sorts..."
[Absolutely NOTHING!]
Simply this.
[NOTHING!!!]
I have been here for a long time. I started here exactly like just about everyone else: I staggered in the front door, found a roomful of like-minded people, and said "Oh thank God." I used this place to vent, to unwind, to get unhinged, to get informed, to inform where and when I could, to sharpen my debating skills, to void my bladder on the occasional invading Freep...but at the beginning and the end, I posted here to be with and to plan with and to commiserate with people who saw the same writing on the wall I did.
[I think you voided your bladder on your diaper because you just can't take a break from this ENDLESS post.]
That was the whole purpose of the place from the get-go.
[How about if I set my Snooze Alarm to wake me up if you ever get around to making a POINT?]
Somewhere in the last couple of years, I became a name. I worked very hard to make that happen, to be sure. 18 hours a day, 350,000 miles across to and from pretty much every state in the nation...hell, we all started here wanting to do something about what was happening, and I did my small part to take up that call, and in the process managed to become a writer and a speaker that others looked to. I wouldn't be doing *any* of this, probably, if it wasn't for DU. I decided to try to do something, and managed to work myself into a position where I could.
[Somewhere in the last couple of years, I posted over and over and over again endless thread after endless thread until my long-winded rep travelled throughout the Web. I became a name. I was SOMEBODY. I WAS A SUPERSTAR!!!]
While I was here, I did a few other things. I posted a lot, and not always well. I can spin the written word sharply enough, and sometimes used that ability to throw unnecessary and ill-advised beat-downs on people I disgreed with. I got involved in the 2004-election-primaries brawls with a will - pardon the pun - and was too often rude and obnoxious and short-tempered and foolish. I made a fair number of enemies, many of whom had (and have) a legitimate beef.
[Trust me, Pitt. You write NOTHING sharply. It is ALL just dull UNENDING tedium.]
The sticky part came when I forgot that I could no longer be "just another DUer" and couldn't let fly whenever I chose. You know what I mean, because if you've spent any time here, you've done this. Yes, you have. You get angry about the news, the state of things, some Democratic failure to act, and maybe you get a glass of wine into you, and you flame away on the keyboard...and then come back the next day hoping nobody remembers or gives a damn that you were throwing haymakers and acting the fool.
[I could no longer be "just another DUer" because I'm BETTER than the rest of you. You get a glass of wine or two or three or four into you and you flame away on the keyboard...without stop...and then you come back the next day hoping nobody remembers that you aren't even close to finishing your post.]
Once upon a time, I could do that. I did. Nowadays, though, I flip out here and it becomes a thing. I can't come here and vent and be an asshole, as is a standard DUer-in-GD-don't-deny-it-you-know-it's-true-you-ve-done-it-a-dozen-times practice. I miss being able to do that...but so much for that noise. As the Good Doctor said, buy the ticket, take the ride.
[I can't come here and be a mere peon anymore. I have risen to the level of a major deity.]
The stickier wicket, aw hell, let's be honest and call it the stickiest wicket, came when I posted the truthout story that Karl Rove had been indicted. Another thread in big block letters.
[FINALLY!!! We had to wade thru umpteen paragraphs of pure tedium to get to a point you should have made within the first couple of paragraphs.]
For clarity: Truthout stands by this story, today as yesterday, as described on the blog page. Period, end of file. I am not speaking for them in any official capacity, because this is a personal thread, but I can read the TO blog as clearly as you can. If you want more than that, consult an astrologist, or talk to someone besides me. Read the first sentence of this paragraph again if further clarity is required on the basic premise.
[For clarity: I am standing by the complete absurd Hoaxmas story.]
I am not going to engage in any back-and-forth about how TO handled and/or reported the story, and if you're looking for that brawl, look elsewhere. TO stands by the story, and that's where it's at, period. The truth will out when Fitz is ready to share.
[I will make no attempt to defend the Hoaxmas story because I have no facts to prove it. Therefore I will go into a turtle-in-the-shell mode should anybody challenges me on Hoaxmas.]
I am writing this to address my own behavior on this forum when the story first came out, because my behavior deserves both an explanation and some apologies.
[How about an apology for torturing with this tedious post that seems to have no end...or point?]
One thing, before I get into this, about my silence regarding this issue and my absence here over the last weeks. The Rove story is the biggest story Truthout has ever handled, and there was a lot of attention on us. A lot lot lot. I learned, from hard experience, that really basic comments here would wind up on 200 blogs in 0.000004 seconds.
[At the 0.000005 second mark you embarrassed the Michigan Democrats and humiliated Hillary when they stood up and cheered the Fitzmas story, little knowing that it was really Hoaxmas.]
The choice: a) Keep posting on DU and excruciatingly measure every word, syllable and letter to make sure I'm not saying anything that can be taken out of context, twisted, manipulated, or simply misunderstood...or b) Keep my mouth shut and not complicate an already-complicated situation.
[On May 13, you stated as a FACT that Karl Rove had ALREADY been indicted on May 12. How could that be taken out of context or misunderstood?]
I chose "B," which, for those of you who have spent a lot of electrons posting about how appalling it is that your questions didn't get answered, is the answer you get. I owe an apology to the DUers who have been forced to slog past all the threads along this particular line. I wish it could have been different, but that would have been irresponsible. I hope you understand.
[Pied Piper Pitt performing a Partial Birth Apology.]
Moving on...
[How about moving OFF this post?]
I wrote this long history of my own involvement on DU because it has to do with the night I flipped out here several weeks ago. Like I've said, and as evidenced by the stories above, I've been here a while. I wish I could say that every moment I've spent here, and every post I've made, has been good and clear and solid and righteous...but I can't say that, because it isn't true. I've made plenty of messes, and more than a few enemies.
[Emphasis on "LONG."]
...and all of that came out in technicolor after I posted the Rove story.
[It was pretty black & white when you posted that Karl Rove had ALREADY been indicted on May 12. No Ifs, Ands, or Butts (except for the Butt on the photocopy machine extending your 24 business hours time frame).]
Here's the thing, and you can winkle out these threads yourself: On the day I posted the story, and several times afterwards, I said it was good and fine and appropriate for people to reserve judgment. To wait for further proof. To wait for backup. I knew what I knew, and had (and continue to have) 100% confidence in the veracity of the report, but for reasons of source confidentiality etc., I could only say "Here's the story" and wait.
Over the first 48 hours after the report was posted, there were three different kinds of posts: the people who said "Wheeee, right on!", the people who were going to wait for further proof...and the people who set about making the whole thing personal.
[Make that 48 BUSINESS hours.]
Personal. Ugly. Awful.
[Ridiculous. Stupid. Hilarious.]
I put all the stuff above about my time here into this post so I could maybe give folks a basic idea of how awful it was when the attack dogs were loosed on me. I couldn't believe it. These were not people who wanted the story to be true and were angry when confirmation didn't come. These were people who started, right out of the gate, attacking me and Leopold and truthout as liars and bullshit artists. It was immediate, and extreme, and very personal.
[You put all the unending utterly meaningless stuff above about your time here in a pathetic attempt to ingratiate yourself again with the DUmmies. It won't work because NOBODY could stay awake through that TEDIUM.]
I have a lot of those threads and posts bookmarked, but I'm not going to hang them up here, because I do not want this thread to get tagged as a "call out." Let's just be clear about this: a lot of the people throwing that wretched stuff around disguised themseves as "just asking questions" when they got challenged for their attacks.
[How about if get this thread tagged as a "sleep in?"]
Bullshit. They know it was (and remains) bullshit, and so do I, and so do any discerning readers. That whole carnival was about nothing more or less than settling old scores. It was a bloodletting, plain and simple. Sadly, the best (meaning the worst) posts were deleted by the mods.
[So much for Pitt's Partial Birth Apology. Killed in the cradle.]
Sure, I earned this to a large degree, and admit that to my own shame...but I'll freely admit my own shock at how it all rolled out. This is what happened: A couple of days after the story was posted, I logged on again and read yet another barrage of incredibly vile attacks...
[Vile attacks that asked for PROOF that Rove had ALREADY been indicted.]
...and I lost my temper.
[Like telling DUmmie symbolman to take his challenge to your about the Hoaxmas story and shove it up his ass?]
I lost my temper and posted a bunch of incredibly stupid crap, subsequently deleted or locked, all of which I regret putting up here.
[Not to worry, Pitt. Before it could be tossed down the DUmmie Memory Hall, it was copied and PASTED at the Daily Kos:]
When this story pans out, and all the little fish try to swim home, I am going to say "Sorry, you had the chance to stand with an ally, and instead, decided to say 'I find it very hard not to be skeptical.'"
You could have asked. I would have gladly explained the inside sourcing that I cannot reveal publicly. I would have told you. Happily. I would have explained how Joseph Wilson independently verified a half dozen other sources, none of whom are connected. We had a guy **deleted**.
I'd have told you, had you asked, because you are owed that much. But sadly, no. You threw me and Jason and truthout under the bus. Publicly, because you do not have the COURAGE to stand with someone who has stood with you. You couldn't even do it silently.
This was a wheat-from-the-chaff moment, and you failed. You spend a good deal of time talking about standing strong, but you publicly fucked one man who has stood stronger for you more than any other. Name for me please the New York Times and international best-selling book, translated into twelve languages, that thanks you and your site above anything else. First and foremost.
There is one. Only one. Mine. Before my own mother, I thanked you.
Yeah, yeah, we're 'ballsy' if we're right. But you made it 100% clear that you don't think we are. You could have asked. I'd have let you in. But no, you decided to cover your own ass.
You're in the wrong business.
I am disgusted.
You are no better than the cretins who have taken control of your site.
I lost my temper. There's no way to sugar-coat it. I couldn't believe this place I had spent so much time in could turn on a dime and dole out so many hurtful, personally hurtful, deeply hurtful, statements. I flipped out. I can't take it back, erase it, smooth it over. I blew my stack and vented my spleen. Once upon a time I could do that safely...but then again, once upon a time I could log on to DU and not see 15 GD threads attacking my character, so...selah.
[Once upon a time I could do that when I was still a mere mortal.]
In my subsequent lurking, I've read a bunch of comments from people who seem to think they are owed an apology. Here we come to the nub.
[No the Partial Birth Apology did not live thru birth.]
First and foremost, I apologize to the community in general for doing something that generated a whole blizzard of threads which detracted from the main mission. It was, simply, stupid.
[First and foremost, thank you for that utterly meaningless non-apology.]
I have already apologized to Skinner, and he accepted my apology, so that's that.
[Skinner as Pope Gregory VII with Pitt as Emperorer Henry IV waiting outside Canossa Castle in the snow for the excommunication to be lifted.]
Getting to some specifics: I put up a post on my flip-out night that got locked, in which I made a variety of declarations about "moles" and "cretins" and "f*ckwits." Subsequent interpretations of this thread apparently augered towards the idea that I was attacking people who doubted the story, attacking people who were waiting for further confirmation.
[Flip-out Night = Happy Hour at Bukowski's.]
Not true.
[I wish the fact that I snoozed this far into your post were not true.]
As I stated many times in many threads on this matter, doubt is good and sane and totally understandable, especially under those circumstances. Those of you who thought and/or think that those insults were aimed at you, because you doubted and wanted further confirmation, are the ones to whom an apology is owed.
[Another meaningless apology.]
I am sorry. I did not intend to single you out, I did not want to single you out, I was not attacking you, and those of you who doubted and wanted further confirmation were not not not the intended targets of that post. I cannot emphasize enough my full belief that no one should ever, under any circumstances, dog you out for doubting and waiting for official word on that story. Least of all me.
[Henry IV also "apologized" to the Pope and then later went ahead and stabbed him in the back.]
I accept the full responsibility for this, because clearly, I did not write my intent and meaning in a way that was clear. I apologize for any sense you may have gotten from me that doubt, waiting for confirmation, or anything else along these lines, was anything other than totally appropriate.
[Is it too much to expect you to APOLOGIZE for perpetrating a PHONY story based on NOTHING?]
Now...as for the "cretins" and "f*ckwits" who made this whole experience brutally personal, who inspired the thread that has been much ballyhooed, you know who you are, you know that you were the intended target of that post, and you get absolutely, positively no apologies from me in this or any other life. Hammerhead sharks could take feeding-frenzy lessons from you...which makes me wonder to what degree you need hobbies beyond this online life. Seriously.
[Pied Piper Pitt in the process of strangling his Partial Birth Apology.]
I felt bad about that specific post for a while...and then I was angry for a while...and then I got out and did some activism, and tried to make a difference in the real world, and I felt better. I got some distance. I have not always been at my best on this board, and I have made some enemies, but no one deserves the kind of poison that got hurled my way, and that sucks...but you know what?
[Pied Piper Pitt morphing into a "progressive" Hulk.]
You know what?
[Said the drunk at the bar who just couldn't stop...]
I forgive you. You can't help it. For whatever myriad reasons I don't ever want to know about, you are how you are, and that's how it is...and yeah, you're going to be a drag-anchor on the movement every second you're involved, because like the hammerhead shark, you cannot resist the scent of blood, even if it is the blood of your own kind, and that sucks...but a) it is what it is, and b) we will prevail even with you trying to drag the rest of us down into the wacky behavioral sink God saw fit to drop you into, because we are collectively better than that...
[Pitt as Jesus: "Father Forgive them for they know not what they do."]
...so it's cool. You're the kind of online people that give online people a bad name, and you've always been here, and you'll always be here, and bravery is cheap when there's only a keyboard and a monitor to confront, and you don't have to look someone in the eye when you write the kind of vile stuff you'd never have the guts to say face to face, and sometimes I have sadly tap-danced near the edge of whatever abyss you float in, to my shame...
[Nice tap dance on the Mental Abyss you are about to fall into, Pitt.]
...but I am not like you. Above and beyond all the other differences between you and me, there is this: The first day I signed on here, before I was anything more than an anonymous high school teacher, when I had the chance to be another anonymous screen-name and nothing more, I had to decide what to call myself here. It was 2001, and the deal had gone down, and we had a lot of work to do, and I had decided that come hell or high water, I was going to do my part.
[...but I am not like you. I am BETTER!]
I signed up as WilliamPitt, the name my parents gave me on my first day on the planet.
[The Day in Which Everything Finally Changed.]
I can certainly be a bastard, an asshole, a jerk, name the perjorative and at some point I have qualified for it, but I sign my real name to everything I do, for good or ill. I have it in the back of my mind that this kind of self-generated accountability is worth something in this wild-west online hoohah. When I do good, I do so under my real name. When I blow it, I do so under my real name. The swings are pretty wide and wild, and maybe if I were another anonymous "BushSux2008" name out there, it wouldn't be so nuts.
[It would suffice to just call you long winded.]
But that doesn't feel right to me. If I attack you, if I insult you, if I make a fool of myself, my real name will be right there. My name will be there when I apologize for it. My name, my real name, will always be there. I'm never going to do this whole mess the right way all the time, or even half the time, but the least I can do is sign my name to what I do. I always have. I always will.
I hope those of you who deserve an apology will accept what I've offered. I meant it sincerely. I hope those of you who don't deserve an apology but somehow expect one can maybe someday escape whatever lonesome shabby reality you currently writhe in...and as for the rest of you, I simply hope all this made sense.
[You slime must EARN my apology before I can bestow it. Grovel before Emperor Pitt!]
I've been here a long time, and have been here pretty much through everything this place has seen and endured...and now, I can say I know what it is like when the attention of this place becomes fixed and personal. Pretty much the full experience.
[The worst thing this place has endured is your TEDIOUS rambling post with no meaning.]
I hope it makes sense when I say I sometimes forget that I can't just pop off and take comfort from the venting. That used to be a great balm. I'm going to be flying a little bit more under the radar from this point on, not out of any hard feelings, but because beyond anything else, I've simply learned that I can't just be a DUer anymore.
[You call this monster post "flying under the radar?"]
I have, frankly, lost the thread on this post about seventeen times so far, so I am going to post it and see what happens. Resist the temptation to read into this too deeply...or at least, please try not to be insulted by whatever portions I failed to nail down or make clear or whatever. There is a small group I am disgusted by (as, hopefully, are you), but the majority of you deserve my apologies and my thanks. I hope I got that part right.
[You have, frankly, lost the thread on this post over a hundred times so far.]
Jesus. I've been here a while.
[Is the gin wearing off yet?]
I'll be lurking.
[I'll be sending the fact that I lurked throught this entire TEDIOUS post WITHOUT END to either the Guiness Book of Records or Ripley's Believe It Or Not. And now on to the DUmmie reaction...although I doubted that any of them stayed awake for Pitt's FULL post.]
long, but given what you have to say, how could it not be?
[long, but given who it was that posted it, how could it not be?]
damn that was long
[And TEDIOUS.]
And whenever you do hear something new on the Fitz deal, or TO is ready to go public, or whatever, remember to give us the first heads up.
[And whever you hear something about the Titanic sailing into New York harbor, remember to give us the heads up.]
I, me, me, me, I, I, me, I, I, I, me, me, me, I, I,"Somewhere in the last couple of years, I became a name."
I'd like to know your motivation for posting this.I won't be snarky, but you do seem to have a need for attention, which is fully understandable given your career choice. You could have just said "sorry", or not anything at all.
[Right now the latter appears to have been the preferable option.]
a mini-novel!
[A multi-volume novel!]
Learn to stop treating people the way you do, and all this long-winded apologizing wouldn't be necessary.
[Emphasis AGAIN on long-winded.]
How many long-winded apologies is this, now? I'm aggravated because if anyone else treated people the way Pitt does, they would have been laughed off DU many apologies ago. I'm sick of "cult of personality" crap like this, but I guess it's human nature. There will always be new people for him to alienate.
[Drink the sacred Kool-Aid of the Cult of Pitt!]
How many more days is left in the 24 business hours?
[It depends on whether you deduct the Photocopy-My-Butt time.]
Wow! Six thousand, one hundred fifty-seven word and ten pageswith 10 point Verdana font and one half inch margins all around!
[I think "Shane" was less lengthy and made a LOT more sense.]
Was all that necessary? I could care less about the fact someone lost their temper and insulted other anonymous posters in a political chat room. What really pissed off readers was the continues indifference and insistance that a story was right, when it was clearly wrong. Treat your readers like they are intelligent and they come back for more. Treat them like they are 3 year olds, by insulting their intelligence, and your actions shall dictate the outcome. All some are looking for is an admission that the story was wrong. Journalists, newspapers, news programs, editors, authors and bloggers issue corrections all of the time. It's professional, it's the right thing to do, and it's not a lot to ask for in return for reading the material. Instead we get a sermon from The Church of Me.
[Reverend Will Pitt of the Church of Me presents his Sermon. Duration: 24 Business Hours.]
And the apology for the TO article is where again??Nowhere. Many of us, including me, attack Leopold and the TO article for being false a hundred ways from Sunday. Did I find ONE word in your post that said WE APOLOGIZE for the May 12th date?? Here's a good start: "It apears the May 12th date may have been in error, or our sources may have been incorrect." Or, "After further investigation we found that Patrick Fitzgerald was NOT at Patton-Boggs office that Friday, like we were led to believe." Instead, I get "trust us" and "thanks for standing by us" crap that is supposed to pass as "updates." Not good enough. The buck stops THERE, Will, not with any synopsis of your DU history, not with any autobiography nor any shots at the keyboard warriors who hit below where you think your belt is. They live on all boards, and the list of people who they torment goes way beyond you, and goes to a degree that I hope you never experience. As for me, I am not a big fan of ego, and I rarely fawn, so don't expect any hosannas. Don't expect personal attacks, either, but also realize that apologies work once, maybe twice - after that the emperor does indeed lose his clothes. Give me answers, you get my respect and my admiration.. Give me pablum about a story that sits two steps away from BatBoy written by a reporter who resume should be set on fire and you get neither. That's about it.
[It looks like all Will did was serve up a large helping of pablum. And OVERLARGE helping of pablum.]
Good God, Pitt. How many "I's" are in this essay?
[That narcissitic ooze was chock full o' "I's."]
Public Masturbation Is Illegal In Some States
[A warrant is already out for Pitt's arrest.]
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Oh dear Gosh was that boring. I read, about a fifth of that stuff and found it pure rambling. I suspect he was half-way, if not completely, drunk or high when this was written. Honestly, this narcissistic person thinks he's charismatic but he's just pure plain ass boring. I couldn't even read five percent of that. I don't think the DUmmies read it either. ;)
PJ, you nailed it to the wall. I salute your patience, or resistance to contagious narcolepsy, in wading through that verbal landfill. Does that stupid bastard think he's getting paid by the word? It would fit with his journalistic delusions, I suppose.And just how exclusive does he really think DU is in this egomaniacal delusional system? It's well-known that there are massive numbers of moles there, many of whom have carefully crafted enough insane posts to become senior flaming moonbats (to all outward appearances).His tap needs a new seal, it's drivelling.
"I feel the need to pour gasoline on myself and light it. This dude is beyond therapy."
That about summed it up for me. Luckily, I had Canadian Club to help me through this post...it's a perfect post mortem for a dumbass we’ve been happily watching self destruct for quite a while now…thanks to PJ and the Dummie Funnies!!
Ohoh, my hard drive is making clacking noises, I think Pitt may have killed my computer….Bastard!!
"I got through about half of Pitt's "Apology", before I passed out from boredom."
I think that's the idea -- Pitt gets to say that he "apologized" while sparing himself the humiliation of having anybody actually read a statement in which he kinda sorta admits to doing something wrong.
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so sad!!!! this is like...clearing out your locker on the last day of high school knowing you'll never come back.....*cries*
OKay I'm composed...love ya too 34! We'll keep in touch of course!
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QUESTION: No one answered my question of whether the ESMV and the UUSVoD were the same person. WELL, are they????
On to the post!
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While the group is busy trying to come up with a plan to save us all from impending doom...
Shadow is soon approaching the Fortress walls in form of the Death Star.
AAP: gee..that thing sure moves fast for its size.
Indy: All right, any idea on when we can come up with the plan to save us all?
Spock: Working on it DAMMIT!
AAP: WEll at least we seem to all be here.....*looks around* WAIT a minute...where's Solo?
Everyone starts looking around when someone sees a figure of something leaving the Death Star and moving towards them.
All: It's a bird...no, it's plane, no..it's...SUPERMAN!
Superman gracefully lands amidst the group of Fortress Generals and their numerous allies.
Superman: Dudes, I mean, fellas, I come to you with a message!
Everyone waits expectantly.
Superman pulls out a holo and shows it to the group.
It promptly reads: WE ALREADY HAVE ONE OF YOU. IT WON'T BE LONG UNTIL WE GET YOU ALL. SURRENDER OR YOU WILL ALL BECOME.....THIS! * a faint image of something or someone is seen walking in the background of the holo too faint to discern...*
Indy: Who is that in the background? Did you see that?? Did you see it?
And with that...the holo reveals to all an image of Solo, very encassed in carbonite, hanging from the wall of only the Force knows who.
There is a sudden wail to be heard from the direction of the water near the Fortress and everyone turns to see Obi-Wan and Han (completely wet from their stay in the water since they fell in there who knows how long ago) as they run towards the holo, grab it and start wailing in desperation when they see what their poor friend has become!
WAH 34, we'll miss you! I hope everyone knows they have a PM coming their way with my screen name....
~~~~~~~
AAP is horrified by the holo she sees. The pits are pouring forth more clones every minute. The enemy's armor is stronger than the Fortressian's weapons. And their shield won't hold much longer, especially with the massive presence of Superman clogging it. The Death Star is almost fully visible. Things are at their worst point yet during this Clone War.
AAP: *grabs Indy and 34 (I'll drag him with me since he can't post anymore)and starts running away from the barricade* Come with me...
34: What the heck do you think you're doing?
AAP: No idea. Just trust me.
Indy: *stops* Wait... don't go that way! *Just then the first round of lasers fires from the Death Star. 34 knocks Indy and AAP out of the way*
AAP: Cover me! *she hits the ground and begins crawling toward the Legolas' aircraft hangar. 34 and Indy pull out their laser guns and cover AAP until she takes over an X-wing which the Legolas had cleverly renamed the L-Wing. Continuing to fire, Indy and 34 climb into the X-wing*
34: Close one. I think I know what we're doing.... *nods to Indy and AAP* Let's go.
The X-wing careens out of the hangar amidst heavy fire, aimed toward the Death Star.
~~~Later~~~
The fire on the now badly wounded (can a ship really get wounded?Ah, anyway...) X-Wing hasn't improved. The 3 have not been able to penetrate into the vessel. Finally 34 shouts out:
34: There! Between those two slabs of armor! In there! *Indy manuvers the aircraft into the narrow slit. As they jump out of the the ship, they're met by even heavier fire from hordes of clones*
AAP: Hurry! Find the control room! *They race up and down corridors unable to find the navigation room. They are holding off clones the entire way.Finally Indy stops.*
Indy: Hey you guys, why don't I just check my Death Star map? Downloaded it off the Internet just yesterday. *34 and AAP roll their eyes*
AAP: You mean you've had it this entire time? Just....*fires shots at clones* Just look at it already.
Indy: What's this little cross thing? It has an N, an E, a W..... Oh! It must be the directin to the nearest news station. ((Feel free to laugh hysterically at this))
34: Gimme that. *studies map* This way!
With a few more shots, the group is on their way. Finally they reach the control room. After swiftly taking care of the officers there, AAP Indy and 34 break in.
AAP: *runs to control panel* Hold them off just a few more minutes!
34: HOW MUCH LONGER? They're breaking in!
AAP: Only a few more minutes. *flips some switches and knobs grabs a control stick, firing down on the clone army. Clones drop by the hundreds.*
All of a sudden, an intercom comes on. A deep muffled voice comes over the wire...
DeepMuffledVoice: Intruders, stop this instant! We have one of Yours on this ship and she will be taken care of permanently if you do not desist. I repeat, stop this INSTANT!
AAP: *rushes to 34* 34, listen to me. They have Solo. Go find her. On the holo, they made a very deadly mistake: they got a glimpse of her room number. C346. I'll cover you. Indy, take the controls. I'll cover you both. GO!
*AAP stands at the entrance of the control room. At first 34 won't leave her, but she pushes him to the door*
AAP: GO! Yours, Solo's, Indy's, and the entire Fortress is at stake here. Get Solo, and come back here. Indy should've taken care of the clones and the pits by then.
34 nods and begins to open the door.
AAP: 34!
He turns.
AAP: May the force be with you.
He smiled, put 2 fingers to his forehead and did a quick salute. AAP opened the door and 34 crawled away down the hall.
As AAP opened the door a horrible smell came in. It smelled like.... moldy peppermint sticks? AAP stepped away from the behind the door, blaster ready. She almost drops it when she sees what's happening out there. Hundreds of clones have assembled. She thought fast. If they get in the control room, it's all over. For everyone. The
* Yoda, YodaClone, Natalie, Archer, and Kirk have been separated from the group. Kirk is still engaged in combat with Tiberius .Yoda (who has found the original Legolas) is attempting to rearrange the elf?s pretty face. Archer is using two phase pistols to give YodaClone covering fire as he retrieves the passed out Punisher. *
LEGOLAS: The end is near, my masked nemesis. Give up!
YODA: It ain?t over till the fat lady sings, pal.
*In a dressing room on the Death Star Rosie O'Donnell begins her vocal warm up. Back on the battle field Legolas gives Yoda a pointed look. *
YODA: Sixty one posts, elf. Sixty one posts.
NATALIE: Yoda, look!
* Yoda looks up and sees the skies begin to darken. Some of the elves that his team have been battling begin to shriek as their cursed medallions turn them into skeletons.*
YODA: Now that?s interesting. That?s very inter?
* His POTC quote is cut off by a punch in the face from Legolas. The elf leaps back as one of his skeletal former comrades takes a swipe at him. *
LEGOLAS: Tiberius! Execute plan Q25!
YODACLONE: Q25?
LEGOLAS: We went through all the letters in the alphabet a long time ago. We had to start numbering our nefarious schemes. Speaking of which?
*Tiberius pushes Kirk aside and flips open his communicator. *
TIBERIUS: This is Tiberius . Q25. Now.
CLONES ON COMMUNICATOR: Transport. Transport. Yay.
* There is a hum and a shimmer of light. Tiberius and Legolas begin to dematerialize. *
ARCHER: They?re being transported!
KIRK: There must be?another ship!
*The air above them shimmers to reveal the Mirror Universe version of the Enterprise deactivating its cloaking device. Legolas? voice comes over the earpieces of the Fortress defenders. *
LEGOLAS: Correct and there is one more thing that this ship needs before it is able to depart.
YODA: What?s that?
LEGOLAS: Look behind you and find out.
* The tell tale hum of the transporter fills the air, and Yoda whirls around knowing what is about to happen. He tries to shoot a webline to prevent the inevitable, but Natalie Portman has already been transported away before Yoda has even triggered his web shooters. The Mirror Enterprise fires its orbital thrusters and begins to ascend. *
YODA : Natalie! Damn it! Archer, Kirk, get back to your ships now! I need you to follow Tiberius if I fail.
ARCHER: What are you going to do?
YODA: I?m going to get on that ship and save Natalie.
KIRK: How? His shields are up. We?cannot transport.
YODA: I?m not going to use a transporter.
*Yoda brings his thumb and index fingers up and prepares to snap *
YODACLONE: Oh no. Yoda, we can?t afford another cameo. Do you know how many lawsuits we?re going to have to deal with as is?
YODA: I don?t care. I?m going to save her.
* Yoda snaps and Colossus from the X-men appears. He begins to open his mouth, but Yoda silences him with a wave of his hand. *
YODA: Don?t say anything. I?m already having to pay all those lawyers by the word. Just listen.
* Colossus nods his understanding *
YODA: All right. Two words for you then: Fastball Special.
* Colossus grins and picks Yoda up off the ground with one hand. He lifts him over his head and tosses the webbed Fortesians like a football at the Mirror Enterprise. As Yoda speeds through the air he whispers through gritted teeth. *
YODA: That one was for you 34. Hang on Natalie, I?m coming.
WILL YODA BE ABLE TO SAVE HIS MADIEN FAIR? WILL KIRK REGAIN HIS ABILITY TO SPEAK LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN BEING? WILL THE ESMV EVER BE REVEALED? WILL MORE COPYRIGHTED CHARACTERS BE CALLED ON IN THE (INCREASINGLY EXPENSIVE) BATTLE FOR JUSTICE? THE FATE OF THE FORTRESS HANS IN THE BALANCE! THE SERIES FINALE DRAWS NEAR. DON?T MISS A MINUTE, HERE ON FOX!
*Excal sees 34 and Indy appear out nowhere. The collective group backs into the Fortress, slamming the drawbridge up.
Excal: AAP?
*34 shakes his head*
*Bones appears from Star Trek
McCoy: She's dead Jim.
Excal: My name's Excal.
McCoy: Dammit! I'm a doctor, not a fact-checker!
Excal: This is ridiculous.
Luke: I'm guessing the crowd out there is going to try to storm in here.
Han: Well I'm glad you're here to tell us these things.
Obi-Wan: Who's the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows?
Han: Can it old man-in-the-making.
34: *whistles* BOYS! We're on the same team here! We need a plan like NOW.
Gandalf: Albus and I can barricade the door with a protective spell to buy time. Run, you fools!
*The crew moves upstairs to the observation deck*
Excal: Man, where's Jaxx when you need him? He ususally has the plans...
34: What we need is to mount a divided defense. Catch their attention...
Superman: They seem vain. That would be their weakness.
Indy: Thank you, Captain Obvious.
Excal: THAT'S IT!
*whispers to 34, who grins*
34: CINEMUS PROJECTUS!
*A giant movie screen appears in the middle of the swarming Legolas crowd. They pause and momentarily look up. They see a split screen featuring Pirates of the Carribean and Lord of the Rings. Suddenly, Orlando Bloom appears on each of the monitors. The clones stare in awe at their maker.
SOLO: 34 and Indy were the ones trying to get you out of Carbonite. AAP sacrificed herself for the cause before (presumably) heading back to the Real World. Judging from Excal's post they completed their task off camera. Maybe you are in the Fortress now.
We're back in the present for those who are tying to keep track of the increasingly confusing continuity of the battle.
*YodaClone (with the Punisher still over his shoulder) has been left behind. Captains Archer and Kirk have transported back to their respective starships. Yoda is crawling on the hull of the Mirror Enterprise and Colossus has vanished after the completion of his task.*
YODACLONE: Well this is just dandy. Everyone else is off to the final climactic battle and I'm stuck here with you. I really should talk to the scriptwriters about how I'm utilized over the next sixty three posts. I really deserve far more solo screen time than I get. In fact I think I should have my own thread for a while.
PUNISHER: Ngggggg.
YODACLONE: I agree. The Awesome Adventures of YodaClone does has a nice ring to it. I think you should be my sidekick when the show airs. You could be my crazed comedy relief character. What do you think?
*The Punisher awakens and realizes he is being hauled around like a sack of flour.*
PUNISHER: I think my career is already at an all time low.
YODACLONE: Well fine then. But don't you come crawling to the door of my Beverly Hills Mansion asking for a second chance at stardom.
*YodaClone looks off into the distance and sees the movie screen that is holding the clones at bay begin to flicker.*
YODACLONE: Oh boy. Looks like more equipment from Watto's. That won't hold long. We have to go help them. Come on Punny.
*YodaClone grabs the Punisher by the scruff of his neck and swing towards the Fortress. Punisher lets out a yelp and gags.*
*Punisher nods his head and closes his eyes. As YodaClone swings over the Fortress Moat the sound of an engine causes him to look down.*
YODACLONE: Wait a second, is that...THE FONZ?
*From his jet ski Arthur "Fonzie" Fozarelli waves*
THE FONZ: Heyyy!
YODACLONE: Fonzie, what are you doing down there?
RICHIE CUNNINGHAM: He's going to jump over that shark!
*Fonzie gives a thumbs up as he accelerates. YodaClone looks skyward.*
YODACLONE: Oh that was subtle, Big Guy. Real funny.
*YodaClone and his passenger leave Fonzie to his infamous stunt and land on the roof of the Fortress. YodaClone opens the skylight and drops down, allowing the Punisher to bump his head along the way.*
YODACLONE: Watch your head.
PUNISHER: Jerk.
*Both of them land in the darkened main room of the Fortress. YodaClone does a flip before he lands, which causes the Punisher to give his head another goose egg courtesy of the hardwood floor.*
PUNISHER: You are so asking to get shot.
YODACLONE: Sorry. Force of habit.
PUNISHER: Habit? I haven't seen you do that to anyone else.
YODACLONE: You caught me, Punny. It's purely personal.
*Before the Punisher is able to try to coax a witty remark from what is laughingly referred to as his brain he is interrupted by the sound of a lightsaber igniting.*
EXCAL: Don't move elf or I'll lop the ears right off of you.
YODACLONE: I'd really prefer if you didn't, but Punny here would be happy to volunteer his.
*The lights snap on.*
EXCAL: Yoda!
YODACLONE: YodaClone actually. I'm the star of the post this time around.
EXCAL: But isn't Yoda the one who wears the Spidey suit?
YODACLONE: He wears the movie suit. I'm in the Ditko era one.
*The Punisher sniggers*
PUNISHER: Yeah, the one with the webbed arm pits.
YODACLONE: I think the webbed arm pits are cool! And who are you to give me fashion advice, Mr. I Have A Badly Spray Painted Skull On My Shirt?
PUNISHER: Hey, this shirt was a gift from my son in my movie.
YODACLONE: Oh great. Do you have any idea how messed up in the head a kid has to be in
Just letting you guys know. According to the latest info the Mods are saying they are aiming to move the boards by the end of the month. We sure aren't going to hit 10,000 by Valentine's Day, but we can still hit it before the move if we step it up.
Disclaimer: This was not an attempt to incourage people to post in any way. This was a piece of information. Do not save the Fortress if you don't want to.
And the further we go, the more people seem to join our party it seems..cameo-wise I mean, hehehe
Okay, so I just got an idea..thought I'd run it by you guys since it seems that Jaxx and tgy know something we don't, with the ESMV and all.. (which I'm very curious to find out who it is!)
But anyway, here's the idea...don't know if everyone here read the JA Trilogy but I was just lounging around at home and then this sorta hit me. Back when I read it, I really loved it by the way, but when i got to Champions of the Force...you know, when Luke was still "in limbo" if we could say that after Kyp sorta "knocked him out" of his own body and all that. Well, remember when they all united in the temple and faced Exar Kun and Streen and Kirana Ti had the lightsabers held high...
Anyway, I thought their courageous union to defeat an enemy was cool....call me a sissy but I was very emotional when i read that whole part back in the summer.
thought we could do something like that....somewhere later, when it's closer to the end.
*Yoda is still on the hull of the Mirror Enterprise. The air is getting colder by the second and he knows it won't be long before oxygen will make an unfortunate departure. Yoda uses all of his spider strength to tear off pieces of hull plating. The Starship is at the very edge of the atmosphere and Yoda can feel his brain threatening to shut down. With a final burst of strength he pulls back the hull plating making a hole big enough for him to crawl through. Before Yoda's feet have even hit the floor the Mirror Enterprise's emergency force fields snap on and seal the hull breach, effectively trapping Yoda in the ship. Yoda allows himself exactly three seconds to give his body some well earned oxygen before running out the door and through the ships corridors.*
CAPTAIN ARCHER (Over Yoda's Earpiece): Archer to Yoda.
YODA: Here, Captain.
ARCHER: There's something you should know.
YODA: Problems already?
ARCHER: I'm afraid so.
YODA: Lay it on me then.
ARCHER: Tiberius' ship is capable of warp nine the Enterprise can only hit warp five and Kirk's ship can only go warp eight. If we don't take him down now we could lose him for good.
YODA: Understood.
ARCHER: You've got about four minutes until we're in range. After that I can't promise how long the ship you're on will be in one piece.
YODA: I'll move quickly. Thanks for the heads up.
*Yoda speeds through the corridors of the ship. He rounds a corner and is faced with a squad of Legolas Clones.*
CLONES: Kill. Kill.
YODA: I don't have time for you guys.
CLONES: Rejection. Rejection. Ouch.
*Yoda isn't even listening. He bounces off the head of one of the clones and lands on the ceiling, which he proceeds to stand up (or is it down?) and run on. The clones quickly recover from their hurt feelings, pull out phasers and start blasting away. The bursts of energy chew up the ceiling under Yoda's feet, but he keeps running.*
YODA: I think I liked it better when you used bows and arrows.
CLONES: Obsolete. Obsolete. 24th century. Energy Weapons. Yay.
*Yoda lets himself drop from the ceiling in order to dodge the next volley of phaser fire. As he falls, he twists himself to face the clones and creates a barrier of webbing the spreads from one wall to the next. Yoda does a handspring, putting himself back on course and continues running.*
YODA: Yoda to Enterprise.
SCIENCE OFFICER T'POL: T'pol here.
YODA: Great, another thousand bucks to Paramount.
T'POL: I beg your pardon.
YODA: I should have specified which ship I was calling. I was trying to get in touch with the Vulcan I had already paid for.
T'POL: I was not aware that the Vulcan High Command had put its officers up for hire.
YODA: Never mind. I need you to scan for Natalie Portman's life signs and tell me where she's being held.
T'POL: Is this the woman you were so passionately embracing when you first appeared on our bridge?
YODA: I told you that was a mistake. I snapped us to the wrong place after the Natalie Date ended.
T'POL: I would tend to agree.
YODA: Cut the editorials and just give me the coordinates!
T'POL: Very well.
*Minutes later Yoda arrives in the Shuttle Bay of the ship. He runs through the door and is stopped dead by what he sees. The original Legolas is standing amid a Legion of Clones. He has Natalie Portman and is holding one of his knives to her throat.*
LEGOLAS: Ah, my masked nemesis you have arrived at last.
YODA: Let her go.
LEGOLAS: I'm afraid I can't do that. The last time she got lose she delivered a particularly painful kick to my little Legolas makers. Besides, she is an excellent way of making sure you don't do anything stupid.
YODA: If you hurt her Tiberius will kill you. Ten to one he wanted her for himself.
LEGOLAS: Indeed he did. Unfortunately, he did not accept the fact that I was the only one who was sexy enough to be worthy of Ms. Portman.
Four pages. If I had done the smart thing and cut this up into smaller segments we would not only be closer to our goal, but I would not be in danger of missing the first day of the new semester. Wait a second, we're talking about me. When was the last time I did the smart thing? | {
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Having gone to chiropractors for years with a chronically bad back, I wasn't sure what to expect from this one at first. Dr. McGrath didn't give me the sales pitch, just good recommendations with great results. Then when I got into a fender bender, completely messed up (again!), he recommended massage in conjunction with the adjustments. That was the first I really bought into the idea of massage as "healing", as I usually thought of it as a strictly "feel good" approach for which I never had the time. Great communication and work between Dr. McGrath and Mark, the massage therapist, has put me on the on the steady road to recovery. They are also flexible and accommodating with my need to bring my three year old daughter. Their work has meant I've never had any problem with insurance payment issues. I am a loyal patient---thanks!
Having gone to chiropractors for years with a chronically bad back, I wasn't sure what to expect from this one at first. Dr. McGrath didn't give me the sales pitch, just good recommendations with great results. Then when I got into a fender bender, completely messed up (again!), he recommended massage in conjunction with the adjustments. That was the first I really bought into the idea of massage as "healing", as I usually thought of it as a strictly "feel good" approach for which I never had the time. Great communication and work between Dr. McGrath and Mark, the massage therapist, has put me on the on the steady road to recovery. They are also flexible and accommodating with my need to bring my three year old daughter. Their work has meant I've never had any problem with insurance payment issues. I am a loyal patient---thanks!
I've struggled with a "bad back" for most of my life. I've been to doctors, tried pills and exercises, spent hours on massage tables - no one was ever able to give me lasting relief. With some cajoling, I releuctantly went to the chiropractor. Much to my surprise, they were extremely well educated, very personable, and brutally honest. After a thorough exam and review of my health history, Dr. Montaland outlined a course of treatment. Still a doubting Thomas, I was determined to prove to myself that there is nothing behind Chiropractic. Big mistake! My healing happened just as Dr. Montaland forecasted. Now I am a convert - at least to this practice. These two doctors are worth their weight in gold!
I've struggled with a "bad back" for most of my life. I've been to doctors, tried pills and exercises, spent hours on massage tables - no one was ever able to give me lasting relief. With some cajoling, I releuctantly went to the chiropractor. Much to my surprise, they were extremely well educated, very personable, and brutally honest. After a thorough exam and review of my health history, Dr. Montaland outlined a course of treatment. Still a doubting Thomas, I was determined to prove to myself that there is nothing behind Chiropractic. Big mistake! My healing happened just as Dr. Montaland forecasted. Now I am a convert - at least to this practice. These two doctors are worth their weight in gold!
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Vaal River polluted by 2014
The Department of Water Affairs’ emergency solution to the acid mine drainage crisis in Gauteng will leave the Vaal River so polluted that its water will not be fit for human consumption within two years.
Emergency water treatment is already taking place on the West Rand, where millions of litres of polluted water are pouring out of mines every day.
The water is neutralised, which removes the acid and heavy metals from it.
But sulphates remain in the water in high quantities, according to the Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority parastatal, which was asked by Water Affairs to deal with acid mine drainage.
The polluted water and sulphates are pumped into streams that flow into the Vaal.
Department of Water Affairs spokesman Mandla Mathebula confirmed that reports show that the Vaal River will be polluted and unfit for human consumption by 2014 if the current neutralisation solution continues being used.
Analyst Richard Holden, who works for the TCTA says the acid mine water in the Central basin of Gauteng will most likely reach environmental critical levels (come out of the ground) by July 2013. Holden said an exact date that acid mine drainage will decant is hard to determine because it is unclear exactly what is happening hundreds of metres under the ground.
The Department of Water Affairs plans to have pumps in the central basin, which runs from Roodepoort in the West to Germiston in the East, by next year July 2013.
The water will be pumped out of the mines, the acid and heavy metals will be removed from it and it will be pumped into streams that flow into the Vaal River system.
Sulphates and salts will remain in the water at an estimated rate of 2500 ml of sulphates per litre of water. .
Because sulphates will be in the water, reports from The Department of Water Affairs show the Vaal dam will be so polluted by 2014, that water from the Vaal dam will be needed to be added to dilute it.
Should there be a drought, which Holden says is long overdue, there will be severe water restrictions on water from the Vaal that is used by Mpumalanga mines, Rustenburg mines in the North West and Gauteng.
A drought would decrease levels in the Vaal dam and at the same time millions of litres of clean water would need to be added to the polluted upper Vaal.
The pollution of the Upper Vaal could “impact on mines in 6 provinces and will result in increased treatment costs and curtailed production due to restricted water supplies” said Holden.
“Although“ it has not been possible to hold the mining industry liable for the problems caused by acid mine drainage , the mining industry will be directly impacted by the Upper Vaal going into deficit ( becoming too polluted for industry and use and human consumption, according to a report by Holden.
“In order to prevent the problems, but without admitting liability, it is suggested that the mining industry makes a capital contribution of up to 3,45 billion towards the construction of the long- term solution.”
The long term solution is called desalination. It means removal of salts from the water so that it is fit for drinking and industry. The current solution that is being proposed by the TCTA is neutralization
It takes two years to build desalination plants, said The Federation for Sustainable Environments Koos Pretorius.
Pretorius said the Upper Vaal will be polluted by sulphates by 2014 as depicted in graphs from Water Affairs documents, but desalination plants will not be ready until at least a year later.
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I wouldn’t want to be without my water tanks for love or money…. Harvest your own rainwater and reduce your dependency on the municipalities. | {
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De Blasio Says Mayors Will Unite to Force Washington’s Hand on Progressive Causes
Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, meeting with Mayor Rahm Emanuel today in Washington. (Rob Bennett for the Office of Mayor Bill de Blasio)
Mayor Bill de Blasio today predicted a movement led by the nation’s mayors to force Congress’ hand on a slew of progressive issues, including new infrastructure investments in cities across the country.
In a speech in front of the U.S. Conference of Mayors this morning, Mr. de Blasio called on his fellow mayors to forge a “new national urban consensus together—not just around priorities like pre-K and paid sick leave, but around strategic investments in affordable housing and 21st-century transportation,” as well as new funding for roads and mass transit.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Mr. de Blasio doubled down on remarks he had made during his first visit to D.C. as mayor, when he had described an emboldened “progressive movement” sweeping the nation. Today, he said a consensus had been reached to bring change to Washington.
“What I heard in a lot of the individual conversations with the mayors is that this question of inequality and the lack of opportunity—people are feeling this all over the country,” said Mr. de Blasio, according to a transcript provided by the mayor’s office.
He went on to describe “a wave of cities and state” taking on progressive issues like universal prekindergarten and mandatory paid sick leave.
“My colleagues share my frustration that we’re not getting the support we should from Washington to try and address fundamental issues. Again, I think that’s why you’re going to see more and more over the country—you’ve already seen a wave of cities and states taking on the paid sick leave issue. You’ve seen more and more cities and states addressing the pre-K issue. I think this will be the paradigm going forward,” Mr. de Blasio said. “I think there is a real groundswell among mayors all over the country—again, across party lines, across geographical boundaries, that we’re going to demand more of the Congress, because if urban America isn’t thriving, the nation can’t thrive.”
Mr. de Blasio, who also held a private meeting with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel while he was in town for the visit, which was not disclosed to reporters until late yesterday, went on to tout the power of grassroots organizing to change federal lawmakers’ minds.
“If you talk to everyday people in cities all over this country, they know the federal government is not providing the support they need for their cities to thrive. We’ve got to get their voices to be heard more deeply in Washington,” he said. “My argument is that the voices of the people and the needs of the people are not breaking through the debate in Washington. It’s our job at the grassroots to bring those voices forward.” | {
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Pw44,Before you do anything, turn the firewall off and try all your registrations and see if they work. The process of elimination so to speak. Then
Do a "sip set debug on" then do a "sip show peers". Post the results here or send to my email I will try to see what's happening with SPA.
Also, I see that you have listed sip.conf and sip_additional_conf. Have you actually modified these files and added what you needed on the new machine with 10.04? On newer versions of * sip.conf and others like it are rewritten when you reload *, older versions didn't do that. Check to make sure that your sip.con doesn't say at the beginning like "to modify another conf file as this file is overwritten when reloading * . I will read through you conf files posted tonight when I get free and see if I can tell what's going on.
I am planning tonight on seeing if it is just possible to set LMCE up as a client to a external * machine and be done with trying to make * in LMCE work.
microbrain
Hi Microbrain,thx for yor offer in analyze the debug.As told, i do have: 2 sccp devices (cisco 7970), extensions 201 and 203, two media directors, extensions 200 and 202 and a spa-3102, where line 1 is set as extension 204. spa-3102 is connected in the inside network (192.168.80.0), with not access from the external network. Is only a pstn to voip gateway to enable the use of the old pstn.As sip trunks, i have voipcheap, but sound only one way, and the pstn line from spa-3102 does not registers on asterisk.I did enable nat, and the needed parameters at the database tables, disabled the firewall, but no way to have it working.sip set debug on gave the following results, and i hope that some can see what i'm not being able to.Best regards and thx again.Paulo
The first thing you need to do is get all the "401" & "403" response codes fixed.
I'm seeing that your VoIp provider is not rejecting(401 code) then accepting. Educate me again on some things:
How does you machine communicate with the "outside" world? From LMCE to a router, to a DSL/Cable modem and are you using a static IP? If dynamic IP have you registered with someone like dyndns.org or are you just dependant on your Internet Service Provider?
On the spa, if I am correct I'm seeing 401 & 403s, you need to check that the user name & password are the same as what LMCE has entered in its database. It could be that it is and the database is not storing the passwords the same. I have had this issue before in the past, a corrupt database.....
I'm also seeing that the spa is trying to communicate on port 5061, is this the only port in the spa that is assigned, if so you need to have it at beginning at 5060 and end with blank or at least 5061.I'm assuming that it is set for 5061, asterisk normally starts with 5060....
Had to look your post over pretty quick as I have to leave for church but will check it again when I return but in the passing time check for all your 401 & 403 and try to correct them, as I say it's a authentication issue. I have a website that will give you the sip responses at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SIP_response_codes and you can always go to asterisk web site for additional info.
The first thing you need to do is get all the "401" & "403" response codes fixed.
I'm seeing that your VoIp provider is not rejecting(401 code) then accepting. Educate me again on some things:
How does you machine communicate with the "outside" world? From LMCE to a router, to a DSL/Cable modem and are you using a static IP? If dynamic IP have you registered with someone like dyndns.org or are you just dependant on your Internet Service Provider?
On the spa, if I am correct I'm seeing 401 & 403s, you need to check that the user name & password are the same as what LMCE has entered in its database. It could be that it is and the database is not storing the passwords the same. I have had this issue before in the past, a corrupt database.....
I'm also seeing that the spa is trying to communicate on port 5061, is this the only port in the spa that is assigned, if so you need to have it at beginning at 5060 and end with blank or at least 5061.I'm assuming that it is set for 5061, asterisk normally starts with 5060....
The spa3102 is connected in the internal network, as the log shows (192.168.80.30).The spa configuration has two parts: pstn and line 1.Line 1 is defined as extension, and registers as a sip phone.The pstn is defined with port 5061 and user and password were checked and are the same. The whole configuration of the spa3102 is the same as the wiki, http://wiki.linuxmce.org/index.php/Linksys_SPA3102, including username and password Subscriber Settings
Display Name - Unknown Caller (this is what is displayed when a call comes in without caller ID info) UserID - spa3102 (this is what you set when creating the Phone Line in the LinuxMCE webmin) Password - lmce (this is what you set when creating the Phone Line in the LinuxMCE webmin)
In the 8.10 release, it worked well, with the new release, it does not authenticates, and i'm not finding out the reason, as userid, password, port and settings are the same.
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Had to look your post over pretty quick as I have to leave for church but will check it again when I return but in the passing time check for all your 401 & 403 and try to correct them, as I say it's a authentication issue. I have a website that will give you the sip responses at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_SIP_response_codes and you can always go to asterisk web site for additional info.
Well, something new to report:having 2 sccp extensions and 1 sip extension, the results are:calling from outside to my voipcheap trunk, sip extension rings but not the sccp (yes, all are configured to ring)calling from outside to my sipgate trunk, sip extension rings, but not the sccp (yes, all are configured to ring).Answering the call from the sip extension, vice both ways (perfect).Calling from any sccp extension to the sip, voice one way only.Anyone with a mixed environment (sccp and sip extensions)?And i did find out that the /usr/share/asterisk/sounds/pluto are wrong (no voicemail)......
we don't under the way LMCE has it setup now. Not all VoIp providers have a "Standard" of connection. It would be nice if they did as it would make life easier. That's where something like FreePBX comes in so that you can modify necessary information. Just like under "Phones" we don't have the ability to choose the codecs, the Outbound CID Number Alias, and a host of other options.
If LMCE could find it in their design to at least code the phone line page & phones page to resemble the same as is under FreePBX it would be great.
I, under the circumstances, don't feel I can help you any further as I see the problems being all within LMCE. It will take a rewrite of some code to fix.
Microbrain,you are right. On the previous version, 8.10, with freepbx, i got all running as you said.With the new one, i'm not finding where and how to make it..... and maybe that's the problem: my ignorance and lack of documentation Anyway, thx again for trying to help.Best regards,Paulo
mcefan, if you find it useful to add a link to this thread, why didn't you
Because I had no clue where that was! Unfortunately, people assume others know. I for one, don't usually work with these things, so, this is a learning experience for me, and in the process, I made up my mind to try to lower the entry curve for others. Not everyone interested in the project is a developer, and I really believe that a larger user base will help the project a great deal, and that's my goal. The entry level learning curve is ridiculously steep, so, every time you see me asking or commenting, I'm not necessarily thinking about myself.
I don't know what trac is...but since the subject came up, I looked on the main site and found the link "Tracker" under "Developer", which takes me here. Seeing that I am not a developer, I would not have ventured under that heading.I suggest we add a simple paragraph to the wiki that will point people to it, with a simple explanation of when to do so, and links to the most important pages there.
The most frustrating is that is almost impossible to get help and support.... no one knows and the few that knows are silent... in the asterisk forum, etc... If there was any decent documentation... but this is also a no show.my spa3102 is there, as nmap shows:
As I said earlier I think it's going to be a bug within LMCE and it's db. Please run the following command from a command line on the LMCE machine:
sip set debug ip 192.168.0.3 (put in your IP address of you LMCE machine that the SPA is trying to communicate on)
The post here so I can see what it is doing. Since there is no peer found running sip show peer won't show what's going on between the SPA and LMCE, using the "IP" will.
Asterisk is not finding the peer name you are trying to register with the SPA. There is either a user name or password not matching up with what Asterisk is looking for based on what Asterisk is pulling from it's db, normally Asterisk pulls this info from it's AstDB.
Also while your at it, copy and paste your "sip.conf" file here, you can find it on the LMCE server /etc/asterisk/sip.conf, oh wait a minute, there is no sip.conf on the LMCE machine I have under etc/asterisk..... Either it is located somewhere else and I'm not aware of or found yet, or, it's been renamed to something else, or, maybe someone forgot to include it in the build....
I will be tied up till after ten tonight so I won't be able to get right back to you, but I will look at it tonight. Stop pulling your hair out, I'm sure there is a simple answer to it all.
sip debug for asp3102 ata ip:Please note that the spa3102 is serving fro two purposes:1 - pstn line as a pots trunk - no way no register.2 - line 1 as a sip extension 204 - this one registers and works.
Also while your at it, copy and paste your "sip.conf" file here, you can find it on the LMCE server /etc/asterisk/sip.conf, oh wait a minute, there is no sip.conf on the LMCE machine I have under etc/asterisk..... Either it is located somewhere else and I'm not aware of or found yet, or, it's been renamed to something else, or, maybe someone forgot to include it in the build....
Your problem is within the authentication of your PSTN line., but you know that already.
Three things I would look at: (make note of any changes you make)
1: Did you set the spa for dhcp or assign it a dynamic ip? If you have it as dhcp, change it to static and try that then change the #2 next, if it still don't work put it back.
2: in the spa under "Proxy and Registration" is it set for yes, if so try to set it to off and then check if it works. If it is set to on it tries to tell LMCE what your spa address is, and since you already assigned an ip you don't need to register.
3: as much as I hate to say this, go back to LMCE 8.10 because the current 10.04 will not work without the ability to setup this box with something like (here it comes, wait, wait,) FREEPBX...... and don't feel too bad as you won't be the only one having to do it.
I myself was going to try and set LMCE up to be an extension of my asterisk box, but after studying how LMCE communicates with asterisk I can't do that either nor can I make the asterisk box work as a in/out trunk to the LMCE because of the changes they made in how the LMCE deals with asterisk. I'm still not sure if I fully understand why the powers to be had to change up asterisk/lmce. If it truly was an issue (as I have read on some other post) that too many people were breaking LMCE using FreePbx I would have thought it would have been easier to just make FreePBX an add-on and not offered help when they screwed it up, just my opinion. | {
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Team of the Century
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In late 2007, the Australian Rugby League and National Rugby League put together a group 130 experts to select the 100 best rugby league players in the game's 100-year history in Australia. The list was released in February 2008. | {
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Brandon Crawford won't be replaced at shortstop despite committing his 10th error of the season on Wednesday in Milwaukee.
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On Wednesday, during the Giants 8-5 loss to the Brewers in Milwaukee, Brandon Crawford committed his 10th error of the season.
He is, along with Dodgers shortstop Dee Gordon, the MLB leader in errors. But despite his penchant for bobbling the baseball, Crawford isn't losing his starting spot any time soon, according to manager Bruce Bochy.
“He's has had his rough days but he bounces back well and that’s what you need from the kid,” Bochy said per Chris Haft of MLB.com. “He’s done that with the bat and he’s done that defensively."
Bochy also made an excellent point about the importance of having good defense when you're a team that really relies heavily on pitching.
"There's no question -- we have to pick it up here defensively," he said. "That's what killed us in the first inning. When pitching's your strength, you need to catch the ball, and it's come back to haunt us at times."
That might seem obvious, but it's still true. And Crawford's done a pretty bad job of catching the ball this season. But there's nothing the Giants can really do to replace him.
There aren't any legitimate options out there in free agency, and there's not a whole lot the Giants can do on the roster to give him a breather. On the bright side, though, Crawford's been swinging the bat at a much hotter rate than he did early in the season.
On the season, Crawford's hitting just .226/.280/.323, which is, well, just awful. I mean, just terrible. But over the last 10 games Crawford's bat is heating up, as he's posted a .275/.370/.350 line. That's not going to put him in the All-Star Game by any means, but it's a vast improvement over what he's been doing for the first month and a half of the season.
And it'll go a long way towards helping people forget his flubs in the field. Although limiting those wouldn't hurt either. | {
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Lenovo U530 Touch Laptop
Quiet worker. A conservative Intel Core i7, a dedicated graphics card from Nvidia and a fast SSD ensure great system performance. The manufacturer promises and delivers long battery life, despite all these powerful components. Find out more about this model in our in-depth review.
The Chinese manufacturer offers a powerful and slim multimedia notebook in the Lenovo IdeaPad U530 Touch. Furthermore, the notebook offers great battery life (over 10 hours). The notebook fulfills the requirements to be called an Ultrabook and is thus tagged as such on the hand-rest regions. Aconservative Core i7 offers sufficient performance alongside a fast SSD. Other configurations are also available.
The predecessor, the Lenovo IdeaPad U510, has little in common with our test model. The series has been almost entirely updated by the manufacturer and is only similar on the outside. The U510 was plagued by a few flaws last year. The notebook chassis was not resistant and the feedback of the keyboard was not good. The panel was also relatively dark.
The case of the Lenovo IdeaPad U530 is composed of metal-covered components, which are comfortable to the hand. From the sides, the notebook reminds us of a thick MacBook Air and gives us a good impression. The weight of 2,328 grams is not light by any means, but considering the size, it is within reasonable limits.
The metal-cased display is resistant but lets itself get bent inwards as easily as before (in the predecessor). If pressure is applied to the back of the panel, the screen reveals a slight wave. The borders of the display can be pressed inwards in many places. When closed, the gapbetween the panel and thebase is not even.
The base of the 22 mm thick notebook is very resistant. The hand-rest regions and the lower regions of the case are made of metal and areresistant to pressure. The black cover is prone to gathering a lot of fingerprints and smudges. Sadly, both parts of the notebook have rather sharp edges, dropping our rating of the workmanship, despite the good material, to decent.
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Keyboard
The keyboard of the Lenovo IdeaPad U530 is described as an “AccuType keyboard” and offers comfortable typing with few typing errors. It is a decent input device, which has a backlight and is quiet. The QWERTZ keys are each 15 x 15 mm, smooth and rounded near the bottom. The stroke distance is rather short and the pressure point is precise. After getting used to the keyboard, the user can work very comfortably. The keys are placed a little too close to the cursor keys. This and the small “Shift” key on the right side lead to a few mistakes while typing.
We like the full-sized numeric pad and the fact that the Num and Caps lock button have an integrated status LED.
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The touchpad of the Lenovo IdeaPad U530 is 110 x 70 mm big and fits perfectly in the case. Thesmooth surface ensures good sliding properties and allows the user to move the cursor accurately. The two integrated mouse keys have a clear pressure point, but they are hard to press and often cause the cursor to jump. Multi-touch gestures are supported and executed well.
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The touchscreen of the Lenovo IdeaPad U530 supports up to ten fingers. Its surface has good sliding properties. Input is received well and executed quickly. Near the borders, the input device works reliably. Due to the chosen resolution, even the icons on the desktop are easy to choose with touch.
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The Lenovo IdeaPad U530 uses an Intel Core i7-4500U, which has two physical cores. These cores have a base clock speed of 1.8 GHz and can be boosted up to 3.0 GHz (Single Core) via Turbo boost 2.0. If both cores are used simultaneously, then the boost can offer a max of 2.7 GHz. Thanks to Hyper-Threading, we can process up to 4 threads. The TDP value of the conservative ULV processor (Ultra Low Voltage) is a max 15 W (incl. the IGP).
In Cinebench R11.5, the scores are at the expected level. In the single-core test, the system scores 1.33 points whereas in the multi-core test, the laptop scores 2.74 points. This means it is slightly slower than the HP model (Multi: 2.84 points). During the benchmark, we observed brief clock speed drops which could be the reason for our test model lagging behind its HP competitor. In the Single-Core test, the Haswell CPU is only slightly slower than the quad-core CPU of the ATIV Book 8 (Intel Core i7-3635QM), which has about 400 MHz more speed. This shows the improved performance per MHz between the two generations.
On battery, the performance of the CPU drops strongly. This is due to the fact that it operates at minimum clock speed. This is good for the runtime, but when we ran demanding tasks, theseperformance limitations are easily noticeable. | {
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Advanced Design System (ADS)
Advanced Design System is the world’s leading electronic design automation software for RF, microwave, high speed digital, and power electronics applications. In a powerful and easy-to-use interface, ADS pioneers the most innovative and commercially successful technologies, such as X-parameters* and 3D EM simulators, used by leading companies in the wireless communication & networking, aerospace & defense, automotive, and energy industries. For WiMAX™, LTE, multi-gigabit per second data links, radar, satellite, and switched-mode power supply designs, ADS provides full, standards-based design and verification with Wireless and other Application-specific Libraries and circuit-system-EM co-simulation in an integrated platform. Watch our How To videos to see ADS in action.
X-Parameters
Keysight's X-parameters capability uses a mathematical superset of S-parameters and are used for characterizing the amplitudes & relative phase of harmonics generated by nonlinear components under large input power levels. | {
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Man Drives His Dead Girlfriend's Corpse on Cross-Country Road Trip
Ray Tomlinson's girlfriend died on a road trip from Arizona to Michigan. Believing he had 48 hours before he was legally required to report her death, he drove her decomposing corpse, along with his 93-year-old mother, the rest of the way home. He didn't take her body to the hospital, he told the Detroit Free Press, because he "cared too much for her."
Tomlinson, 62, told police that he believes that the woman, whose name has yet to be released because her family has still not been informed of her death, died somewhere in Oklahoma or Texas. More from the Detroit Free Press:
Police, who did not release Tomlinson's name, said the driver told them he was in a rural, area early Monday morning when the woman slumped forward and was cold to the touch.
"He then does an Internet search via his phone," Warren Police Detective Sgt. Stephen Mills said. "He says he finds on the Internet that he has 48 hours to take her to a medical examiner or to a morgue."
Tomlinson said he broke no law. He said he worried that if he stopped, authorities "would have impounded my vehicle, they would have probably incarcerated me to do an investigation and I had a 93-year-old woman in my car that I needed to get home."
According to Tomlinson, he first met his girlfriend, 31, when she was homeless. He said that she had a history of drug problems and that their relationship began after he took her in and helped her receive treatment. Police suspect that the woman may have died of a drug overdose and that an autopsy does not show signs of foul play:
Before the trip back to Michigan, the woman signed herself out of a medical facility on May 28, according to police. That same day, she had several prescriptions filled, including one for 30 OxyContin, police said.
The bottle was empty when she arrived in Michigan.
Police were first made aware of Tomlinson driving his girlfriend's dead body cross-country when an employee from the facility she had previously checked out of called to schedule a follow-up appointment in Michigan. Tomlinson told the employee what had happened. "I just drove and drove, and I knew I'd be in some kind of trouble," Tomlinson told WDIV.
A solemn final note from the Detroit Free Press:
The woman was found in the passenger seat of the vehicle with her seat belt fastened. She wore a blue tie-dyed tank top and sunglasses, a blanket covered her lap and investigators found a trimmed-off straw in her pocket. | {
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More hot linking hell
Of course I took care of it. But here’s my dilemma – my simple white “hot linking is not cool – use your own bandwidth” picture was effective, but not fun. But I have no pictures of cat poop or any other poop available in my house, the way Mut does. I figured, you know, LetsGoKings.com is, like, an uber macho site, so why not use one of my Wedding Decorator pictures? Hell yeah. | {
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Palestinians' Latest "Apartheid Fatwa"
by Bassam Tawil
The mufti's position parallels that of a US Supreme Court judge. If the mufti issues a legal opinion or religious decree, his people and leaders are expected to abide by it.
With the new fatwa, Abbas can go to President Trump and other world leaders and tell them, "I would truly like to make peace with the Jews; however, I am prevented from doing so by this fatwa, which bans Muslims from doing real estate transactions with Jews. Sorry!"
One can only imagine the response of the international community had the Chief Rabbi of Israel issued a decree banning Jews from doing business with Muslims. But in the instance of the Palestinian mufti and his superiors in Ramallah, everything seems to be fine -- once again, the international community turns a blind eye to the Palestinian leaders' apartheid and their terrorizing of their own people.
If anyone wanted further proof that no Palestinian leader would ever be able to recognize Israel's right to exist, it was provided recently in the form of yet another religious decree, or fatwa, issued by the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Mohammed Hussein. It is a fatwa that basically tells Muslims: "We will kill you, punish you in many ways, if we catch you selling land or homes to Jews."
The fatwa makes it clear that no Muslim is entitled to sell his or her land -- or transfer ownership over it -- to "enemies," a reference to Jews. The implications are extremely serious. Anyone who violates this religious opinion or decree will face various forms of punishment, ranging from being boycotted to the death sentence. | {
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AdWords Advanced Location Targeting
Excellent! – Google’s advanced location targeting is now allowing much better control over displaying your ads to certain audiences. Note this applies to the search network only not the display network.
You’ll find the controls titled ‘Advanced location options’ in the Locations and languages section of your campaign settings and the targeting options are as follows:
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Your ad can be displayed to someone physically located in the targeted area OR who specifies the area while physically located outside it (e.g. someone located in Melbourne searching for “hotels in Sydney”).
2. Target using Physical Location
Your ad can be shown only to somebody physically located in the targeted area and not those searching from outside the area using the location in the search.
3.Target using Search Intent only
The location must be specified in the search and will show regardless of physical location (e.g. we can target people searching for “hotels in Sydney” regardless of where they are physically located)
You can also exclude ads showing as follows:
1. Exclude by Physical location only
This is the default for location exclusion and will stop your ad showing to people physically located in the exclusion area, so if we exclude Sydney from our ads for hotels in Sydney, they will not be shown to people already in Sydney but will be shown to those in Melbourne searching for “hotels in Sydney”.
2. Exclude by Physical Location and Search Intent
Allows us to stop showing our ads to those either located in Sydney or using Sydney in the search. So we could exclude advertising for our Melbourne hotel showing to folk based in Sydney or using the word ‘Sydney’ in their search. | {
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Shelley China 12960 - This was purchased by my Mother & Father In Law before the war from Spencers (Changed to Eatons) in downtown Vancouver on their lunch break before they were wed. We inherited the set. It is a place setting for 10 with a meat plater, covered vegetable serving bowl, serving bowl and gravy boat with saucer. As you can see in the first picture, 3 of the bread and butter plates were put in the dishwasher by my Mother In Law and the colour has faded. 3 teacups were broken over the years as was 3 soup cups. I love this set and would love to be able to replace some of the missing and faded pieces. There is no name on it and I have never been able to find any pieces or what the value of this set is. | {
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Kylie Jenner Left The Kardashian Christmas Party Early, But Here's Why It Was "The Best" Holiday Yet — PHOTO
The Kardashian family Christmas Eve party might be the holiday bash of the season, but as far as Kylie Jenner is concerned, nothing is more important than bath time. On Tuesday, Dec. 25, Kylie Jenner revealed that she left her family's Christmas Eve party early in order to give Stormi a bath — but that spending time with her baby girl helped make this the "best Christmas yet."
The Kylie Cosmetics founder shared several adorable photos of herself and her 10-month-old daughter, Stormi, wearing matching sparkly outfits to the family's annual Christmas party, which this year was held at Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's house. However, the pair's Christmas cheer was slightly short-lived, as Jenner revealed on her Instagram Story that she actually had to leave the festivities early in order to get her baby girl bathed and to bed ahead of Christmas morning.
"This is me leaving the party early to go give my baby a bath ... and put her to bed," Jenner wrote over a photo of herself carrying Stormi through the Kardashian-West's Winter Wonderland decorations, posted to her Instagram Story. "And it was the best Xmas eve yet." Of course, Stormi's bath time had a touch of added glamour to it, as Jenner also revealed that she had to leave the form-fitting, sparkly gown with a thigh-high slit on to bathe her daughter, admitting "I couldn't get it off by myself."
It's clear, based on her desire to put Stormi first during all of her holiday celebrations, that being a mother is Jenner's biggest priority right now. "I think the way I look at life has changed since becoming a mum. I think more of the future," Jenner told her big sister Kendallin an August interview for Vogue Australia.
She continued, "I used to live each day as it came, and now I look at the future more. I actually feel like I love myself more after I had Stormi. And I’m trying to be … I mean, I’m already a positive person, but just having fun, being positive."
In that conversation, Jenner reminisced on her own holiday celebrations as a child, telling Kendall that they were the "most memorable" part of growing up for her. "I think the most memorable moments from being young are the memories that we shared together, and just like, our family, like holidays," Jenner said.
"They used to be so much fun for us. I mean, they still are, but like just so much fun back then, even playing with Barbies, or the fights we would get in, like we really were," she explained. Clearly, those holiday memories were so important and formative for her, and she's determined to make sure that Stormi's first holidays are as perfect and unforgettable as possible.
Jenner has spent much of the past year sharing how much she's enjoyed becoming a mother, even telling her Instagram followers earlier this month that it has been an "unforgettable year" for her. "Just thinking about how much i love each and every one of you. thank you for all the love and support this year," Jenner wrote alongside a photo of herself and Stormi, wearing matching black dresses in front of the fireplace.
She continued, "2018 has been unforgettable thanks to you.. and having Stormi of course has made it the best. I can’t wait for 2019." | {
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Here's a question I may not have been able to answer successfully a few years ago - actually, luck had a lot to do with this success, because even for my community the answer would still be mixed.
A patron emailed in to ask,
Do you know who would have Lowell High School yearbooks available?
Lowell is the city next door to the town in which I work. We have a print collection of Chelmsford High School yearbooks, so my first thought (that is, my first hope) was that the Lowell Library would have the same for their high school*.
Unfortunately, when I called over, the librarian there said they do not have a yearbook collection. She suggested the Lowell Historical Society, which was a good idea. I looked up their number online, but unfortunately they weren't open right then.
However, their website did list their research collections, which didn't seem to include the yearbooks. But for whatever reason, this made me think I should search online for the yearbooks, to see if any other groups might have them.
So that was pretty happy - astounding, in fact, and it looks like only online since 2012. I emailed the information to the patron and never heard back, which I took to mean he's still poring over the online versions. Great.
And as I said, if he had been after Chelmsford High yearbooks, my answer would have been different - we have easy access to the print copies in the library, but there is no online collection (that I know of). So, this might finally prompt me to get OCI or the Boston Public Library to scan them for us. Yay for the free digitization services that can put these wonderful resources online. But oh, having enough time during the workday to actually do my job would be such a luxury.
*I'm a firm believer that public libraries should all have complete collections of the local high school yearbooks, but this is much easier said than done. The CHS yearbook advisor and I have a good working relationship, and it is still unnecessarily difficult to make this happen. The only thing more difficult is a non-student trying to get access to the school's collection of yearbooks.
I was recently forwarded this email, concerning a yearbook scanning project that is free to libraries:
We are contacting you in regards to a FREE project we're doing to digitize the High-School yearbooks at all of the libraries in your state. The program is called "The Yearbook Project", and it is sponsored by the Records Conversion Department at OCI; as I previously stated.COMPLETELY FREE. We even pay the S & H.
The Yearbook Project came about after it was brought to our attention that high schools and local libraries throughout Oklahoma were losing their yearbooks. Some were being destroyed by natural disasters, and others were being destroyed by people cutting images out of them. Once they are gone or damaged it is nearly impossible to replace them and these yearbooks are irreplaceable because of their historical value alone. The Records Conversion and Digital Imaging departments also use this program as an advertising tool to highlight the quality of work we do here at OCI. There's no obligation for our other services, we would just hope you keep us in mind if you ever do need them.
OCI is a state agency located in Lexington, Oklahoma. Our Records Conversion department has been in business for thirty (30) years and consists of four areas; Data Entry, Digital Imaging, Image Review & Verification, and Microfilm. We do records conversion for every state agency in Oklahoma. These include; the Department of Education, Department of Human Services, Department of Labor, The Oklahoma Supreme Court, and the Attorney General's Office, just to name a few. If you would like to visit our website it is www.ocisales.com.
Our overhead non-destructive scanning method ensures that the yearbooks are not damaged and that they are returned in their original condition. You can view sample yearbooks and read about Non-Destructive Scanning by clicking on the following links: Click here to view yearbook examples or Non-Destructive Scanning. The yearbooks are scanned at 300 dpi and saved in a [jpeg] format. Meaning, they are done with Publisher Quality so that libraries can digitally reprint any books, just a few pages, or a single image from the DVD for anyone who would like a copy.
Benefits:
Archival purposes
Reduces storage space and cost
Protection of valuable and irreplaceable materials
Ability to provide full or partial reprints from the DVD final product
DVD provides easy access and viewing of scanned material
DVD allows viewing without physically handling the original material
No cost to libraries participating in the Yearbook Program
After the yearbooks are scanned, they are returned to your library along with a set of DVD's containing each yearbook. These DVD's belong to the library and you can then load it in your computer database for everyone to access. In addition, if you would like to contact the area high schools and add to your current collection, we will provide a second set of DVD's to share with the schools (also free) and their books would be returned to you. Just be sure to let us know which school(s) to include an extra set for. The only thing needed to be done from your side is for you and/or your staff to box them up (no more than 25-30 in a copier-paper size box, please) tape them securely and make two inventory sheets, one for yourself and one to be put in the box. You'll then call us and let us know what day you would like scheduled for pick-up and we will take care of the rest with FED-EX. We will send you the shipping-labels via-email and the books will be returned to you within 5-6 weeks. Whether you have only a few or hundreds, we would be happy to be of service to you.
If you are interested in having your yearbooks converted into a digital format at no cost, please contact me at (405) 527-0833, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. central time. If you have any questions or need any references you can e-mail me at [email protected] Also, feel free to forward this email to any area Branches or Directors in your Library System so that they may benefit from this offer as well.
From the limited research I did, I learned that "OCI" stands for the Oklahoma Correctional Industries, which explains why this service can be offered free - having inmates doing the work gives them something productive to do, while at the same time benefiting libraries who could not otherwise afford the scanning.
Has anyone used OCI for yearbook scanning, or heard about the quality of their work?
When I came into work one day, I was told that three people were already working on this question and no one could find an answer - we still don't have anything conclusive, so please let me know if you have any suggestions.
A student from a private school a few towns over came in to start her summer reading project. One of the books she has to read is S. E. Hinton's The Outsiders, and in addition to the typical "read and describe" work, this student's assignment also said,
...after you finished reading the book, answer the following questions. If you need help, ask the librarian at your public library for assistance.
The Outsiders begins and ends with the same sentence - does this technique have a name, and if so, what is it?
...
First of all, it's great that the assignment encourages the students to seek out librarians for help - although bad in this case that we're failing her. Second, I dislike the "does this have a name, and if so, what is it?" - it makes me feel like we're not finding an answer because there isn't an answer, but I don't want to give up looking.
Anyway, of course the first thing I did was grab a copy of The Outsiders to check out the sentences (copy/pasted here courtesy of LibraryThing's Common Knowledge)
First sentence:
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.
Last Sentence:
And I finally began like this: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...
After describing the question to me, my coworker said that they had consulted every literary dictionary and reference book in the library, and also any literary terms website they could find - but hadn't been able to find anything.
My first thought was to try the Descriptionary, which is perfectly designed for this type of question. It's a dictionary that lists information by description, rather than by word, so it lets you look something up by what it is and the book tells you what it's called. However, in this case none of the descriptions matched a story beginning and ending with the same sentence, so no luck there.
My next thought was to ask one of our library volunteers - when she's not volunteering for the library, she's a Professor of Literature in the English Department of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. If anyone would know this, she must.
Later that day I spoke to her and explained the question, and she said she had no idea. She felt that if there was a term for it, it would be a term of rhetoric, so I should search those instead of just literary terms. She also said she'd ask around the department and let me know if any of her colleagues knew.
Later I heard back from the volunteer - she said that no one she spoke with could identify it, and the only suggestion anyone had, however dubious, was "circular construction." That sounds good on its face, but I couldn't find it listed in any of the glossaries I consulted.
Frustrating. This all happened on Thursday and Friday, and I haven't yet contacted the patron with an answer. So if anyone knows, please comment.
***WARNING: SPOILER ALERT***
I read The Outsiders when I was young and don't really remember it, so I was interested to learn about this first/last sentence trick in the book. The book ends with a student being assigned a writing project, and he begins his assignment by writing the first sentence of the novel. This leads to the conclusion that the novel itself was the student's assignment, which is fun because it blends reality with fiction, and turns the story into a sort of mobius strip of plot.
It also reminded me of the imagery of the snake eating its tail - which got me wondering if there is a term for that symbol. It turns out there is: Ouroboros. When I do call this student back on Monday, she'll have all kinds of paths to follow.
Update 8/26/11:
After getting comments on this post, I spoke with the patron by phone, and emailed her a few links. A couple weeks later, she emailed me back:
Thanks for the answer and all the hard work everyone did. I just e-mailed my teacher about the summer assignment and she said circular structure is the correct answer.
Ahem. You'd think that the public library in any town would have a complete set of the town's high school yearbooks, but here, in Chelmsford, that is not the case, and it has been a pet peeve of mine since I started working here.
We have yearbooks for the years 1944-1951, 1961, 1975, 1982, 1988-1992, 1996, and even though I've been trying to work through contacts at the high school, we still haven't gotten the Class of 2007's yearbook yet. If someone is looking for one we don't have, all I can do is refer them to the school's office, which has a complete set.
However, in this case, the patron had a bit more information. She said a friend of hers told her the school's photographer had pictures up on their website, which you could view of purchase. Huh.
After a bit of digging, we found that Chelmsford High uses Burlington Studio of Photography, which did indeed have online photographs from many schools, including Chelmsford. This find made the patron happy, as she was able to browse around and find a few shots of her son, without having to purchase the entire yearbook.
But it made me wonder, too, about whether all these kids signed waivers for their photos to be published online. And besides, it's really not quite the same, picking and choosing like that, instead of having the complete yearbook. Perhaps I'm just old-fashion; perhaps today kids leave comments on other kids' online profiles, rather than signing their yearbooks.
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As more and more devices are receiving the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean flavor via custom ROMs firmware, now the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 can be included on the list as the preview build of the CM 10.1 software had just been made available and can now be installed on your tablet. So, if you just can’t wait for the stable variant to be released, this beta version should be perfect for you. The CM 10.1 ROM will run perfectly on your Galaxy Tab 2, though there are bugs in the system and few issues that have been reported by those who had already tested the update.
This is not the official CM10.1 update and furthermore the same is not an official ROM released by Samsung for your Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. There are no words of when the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OTA update will be launched for your tablet, therefore installing a Jelly Bean 4.2 based software should be exactly what you are looking for. This firmware was developed and tested on the Tab 2 by those of xda-developers, the OS improvement being still on its beta (preview) stage. This means that not all the features will work and there might be minor bugs in the system; for learning more about these aspects check our source page from here.
Also, before heading to more complex aspects related to the update operation that you are about to complete, you must know that the present CM 10.1 software is working only for the WiFi version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, so don’t try to flash the same on a similar device as you will end up in bricking your beloved handset. Furthermore, foe being sure that nothing bad can happen with your Tab 2 while trying to update it to Android 4.2, you need to complete the pre requisites first. It is extremely important to read all the lines from this step by step guide because this is being considered a complex and risky operation.
When you are dealing with such operations, the first thing you must take care of is the backup. In this way you can be sure that all of your personal info will be in safe hands and you can’t lose anything that is being stored on your handset. So, go and complete a full and safe backup. You have suitable guides explained here on Android.gs; don’t hesitate and use our tutorials by searching through our how to section as you have all the details needed explained there.
Then, the CM 10.1 software will work only on a rooted system. Go and root your WiFi Galaxy tab 2 7.0 and then return here and resume the rest of the tasks. You should know that the warranty will get void, these operations being unofficial ones and you will be making changes into the internal system of your tablet. This means that if something bad happens and you brick your handset then you will be by yourselves. It’s not that easy to apply the Android 4.2 update so be careful. For the future as a final tip, you can restore the warranty but only by downgrading to the stock ROM or by updating with an official firmware released by Samsung and suitable with your Galaxy Tab 2.
Up next download and install a custom recovery image (like CWM recovery) on your device. After that ensure that you are having access to a Windows running computer, uninstall the security programs (antivirus and Firewall protection enabled) and enable the USB debugging option on your tablet. Also, you need to make sure that the Tab has enough battery life for staying “alive” during the update process. For that check the battery status and if there is less than 60% power left go and charge the battery. Remember that the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean based CM 10.1 preview build is working only for the WiFi Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 so don’t try to update another device with the same software.
Then, when the wipe is over select “+++go back+++” and return to the main menu.
From there select “install zip from SD card” and “choose zip from SD card”.
Now, select the update file first and flash the CM 10.1 ROM.
Then, re-do the same procedure and install Google Apps package too.
The installation operation will take a couple of minutes.
In the end select “+++go back+++” and “reboot system now”.
The first boot will take longer than usual so don’t panic.
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Re: avconv mov to flv
Can you post the full command and terminal output from the command that does not resize the video? As an aside I should mention that there would not be any problem using FFmpeg itself particularly if you used a modern version of it:
Today in my short 38 second video test. The second Flash video doesn't seem jerky, so I guess it is OK.
I'm curious why you would recommend FFmpeg over avconv? I'm not really a "serious" video converter, I'm not ripping DVDs. I am taking video from an iPhone and another digital camera and putting it on the web. The video is of our kids and I post them so both sets of Grandparents can view them.
So, why not just use YouTube, you ask? Well, it seems that the Grandparents in Japan have had a really big problem with YouTube lagging and they say it's easier to view if I put the videos on my site. I've tried a few different formats and the flv that I'm using seems to load the quickest and has OK quality.
I'm just flying by the seat of my pants here, so any advice from someone who actually knows what they are doing would be much appreciated.
Re: avconv mov to flv
There are much more skilled FFmpeg users on these Forums than myself but perhaps I can make a few observations:
Firstly I note that your original file contains h264 video and aac audio both of which actually live quite comfortably in a flv container. When you accept the FFmpeg/avconv defaults you actually get flv video and mp3 sound in an flv container, not a great problem but just be aware that you could probably just transfer the existing codecs to a new container. I see from your post that you have already experimented a little with this and other containers.
If your copy of avconv has access to the video filter scale perhaps try something like:
and add any necessary embellishments to the commandline as required. This may be enough to get decent quality sound and video and certainly the syntax I have suggested with the scale filter should resize things nicely. (The -1 for height resizes as appropriate to maintain the aspect ratio.) Experiment a little with the video -q:v 5 setting until you are happy, a setting of 1 will be very high quality while a setting of 21 would be very low quality.
As for suggesting FFmpeg there are several reasons:
A lot of the expert help on these Forums, and I do not include myself in this in this group of experts, comes from people using FFmpeg rather than avconv, including the maintainer of the guide I mentioned.
It is better to use a cutting edge copy of FFmpeg/avconv rather than the repository offering and there is only an FFmpeg guide for this purpose.
You and I would then be using the same version of FFmpeg and there would be no discrepance in terms of syntax, fiters etc.
When the big fork occurred I fell down on the FFmpeg side
Let me know how you go with this, hopefully this will make the grandparents happy
Last edited by andrew.46; January 1st, 2013 at 12:29 AM.
Reason: Removed some unnecessary comments, apologies to all...
Re: avconv mov to flv
Originally Posted by andrew.46
As for suggesting FFmpeg there are several reasons:
A lot of the expert help on these Forums, and I do not include myself in this in this group of experts, comes from people using FFmpeg rather than avconv, including the maintainer of the guide I mentioned.
It is better to use a cutting edge copy of FFmpeg/avconv rather than the repository offering and there is only an FFmpeg guide for this purpose.
You and I would then be using the same version of FFmpeg and there would be no discrepance in terms of syntax, fiters etc.
When the big fork occurred I fell down on the FFmpeg side
Let me know how you go with this, hopefully this will make the grandparents happy
Alrighty then, those reasons make sense to me. Plus the guide is so well setup that even a hobbiest like myself can follow the steps to compile and install the dev version of ffmpeg.
So if I want to go from .mov to .flv at 320x240 with audio at 22050. What would the command be?
Also on another note, some of our video comes from a camera that shoots mpg files. I've been combining all the mpg files into one using the cat command.
Code:
cat video1.mpg video2.mpg > output.mpg
I've noticed that in Movie Player the output.mpg only plays as far as the fisrt video in the sequence. In VLC, however, the entire output video will play, but it only displays time for the length of the first segment - thereafter the video continues to play as it should except the time has stopped moving forward.
Re: avconv mov to flv
So if I want to go from .mov to .flv at 320x240 with audio at 22050. What would the command be?
Just add that into the audio line:
Code:
-c:a libmp3lame -q:a 3 -ar 22050
Bear in mind that you only specify the width of the output image, avconv decides on the height while maintaining the aspect ratio.
Also on another note, some of our video comes from a camera that shoots mpg files. I've been combining all the mpg files into one using the cat command.
Code:
cat video1.mpg video2.mpg > output.mpg
I've noticed that in Movie Player the output.mpg only plays as far as the fisrt video in the sequence. In VLC, however, the entire output video will play, but it only displays time for the length of the first segment - thereafter the video continues to play as it should except the time has stopped moving forward.
Is this normal?
I have not had much to do with concatenating videos although it sounds from your example that there are some pitfalls . Have a look here for some guidance:
Re: avconv mov to flv
Originally Posted by GrouchyGaijin
Thanks, that brings up another question. What is demuxing? (What is the concat demuxer?)
I am sorry, I suspect I am making things a little too complex . A demuxer (= demultiplexer) extracts individual streams and sends them for encoding. The concat demuxer looks like it really should not be needed in your case as mpg files should join with cat. In the case where file level concatenation can be used the docs suggest you still can use the concat protocol as follows:
Re: avconv mov to flv
I recommend using libx264 instead of flv1 for flv container if possible. flv1 is not great, and just about everyone these days uses H.264 instead. You can get decent results with flv1, but it will require more bitrate for a similar quality which means a larger file size.
Your foo.mov contains AAC audio which can simply be copied into the flv file as Andrew mentioned. Same for the video stream, but a 25 MB video stream for a 38 second video may require re-encoding to get a more manageable size depending on your viewer's bandwidth.
Re: avconv mov to flv
Originally Posted by FakeOutdoorsman
I recommend using libx264 instead of flv1 for flv container if possible. flv1 is not great, and just about everyone these days uses H.264 instead. You can get decent results with flv1, but it will require more bitrate for a similar quality which means a larger file size.
Your foo.mov contains AAC audio which can simply be copied into the flv file as Andrew mentioned. Same for the video stream, but a 25 MB video stream for a 38 second video may require re-encoding to get a more manageable size depending on your viewer's bandwidth. | {
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Beautiful shot, Mike. They are a fierce looking bird!
For some reason this made me think of the mop-headed vultures in Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ hanging out in a tree, “Whaddya want to do?” “I dunno…whaddya you want to do?” 🙂
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I put it in either front pocket, I like the security of my wallet touching my leg, if I feel something rub against my leg from that angle I will feel it. I always thought that the back pocket as a bad idea as aside from someone quite literally touching my ass I don't think I'll feel the adjustment in my back pocket.
I put it in either front pocket, I like the security of my wallet touching my leg, if I feel something rub against my leg from that angle I will feel it. I always thought that the back pocket as a bad idea as aside from someone quite literally touching my ass I don't think I'll feel the adjustment in my back pocket.
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Supporting the York Aquinas Reading Group (and anyone else!) as it wends its weary way through the summa theologiae of St. Thomas Aquinas
Monday, 2 August 2010
Question 24 - The Book Of Life
Why this Question Matters.
Several times in scripture, both in the Old Testament and in the New, reference is made to the “Book of Life”. Clearly this book has something to do with the ultimate destiny of individual humans. In the article Aquinas clarifies the meaning of this term and reconciles some different accounts of its meaning found in the Christian tradition.
The Thread of the Argument
A1: As the “Book of Life” has something to do with the ultimate destiny of individual humans, a good question to ask is if this “book” is identical to predestination. Aquinas answers that, primarily speaking, the “Book of Life” is God’s knowledge of who He has predestined to eternal life and that the terminology of a “book” is a metaphor with the human activity of recording facts in books. However, Aquinas is willing to concede that the term “Book of Life” is open to more than one meaning. In particular, it can also refer to the Old and the New Testaments of the Bible inasmuch as the latter record those things that lead to life and it can also refer to the divine force which enables all to remember their deeds inasmuch as they lead to life. So although the “Book of Life” is about predestination there is a conceptual distinction between the two.
A2: One may also ask whether the “Book of Life” refers only to the elect predestined to glory or whether other things (such as God’s life or the life of all of nature) are recorded there. Aquinas insists that the “Book of Life” refers to those destined to glory because it is primarily to do with election to something beyond the natural. Neither God’s life, nor the course of the natural world involve election beyond what is natural to them, therefore they are not the subject of the “Book of Life”. In replying to the last of the objections, Aquinas observes that the life of grace is not in itself the end of life, but rather a means to the end. So one is only elected to the life of grace insofar as one is elected to the life of glory; conversely the fact that one is at some time granted grace does not imply that one is therefore predestined for glory. Those who ultimately fall from grace are said to be conditionally elected and their names are written in the book of life conditionally rather than absolutely. Aquinas will return to this point in the third article.
A3: It would seem that if one’s name is written in the “Book of Life” then it cannot be erased from there, as the election to eternal life is infallible. Aquinas recognizes that sometimes something is said to be done when it becomes known; therefore one might argue that one can say that a person is entered into the “Book of Life” when their grace becomes known and their name erased when it is clear that they have fallen from grace. Having said this, Aquinas still insists that human opinion is of secondary importance here; the “Book of Life” concerns objectives facts rather than human opinions. However, continuing the thread of argument in the reply to the final objection in Article 2, he recalls that the “Book of Life” is to do with elevation to the supernatural order and that therefore the “Book of Life” also contains the names of those who are conditionally elected. It is almost as if the “Book of Life” contains two sections: those unconditionally elected to glory and those conditionally elected. The names in the first part cannot be erased, but those in the second part can.
Difficulties
It seems a little curious that Aquinas makes no mention of the other books referred to in Apoc. 20: 11-12 out of which the deeds of all (predestined and reprobated) are recalled. | {
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Kerry's Eye, 18th May 2017
Launch of Kerry stroke support Group, Health & Well Being Day event at Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre on Friday 26th May at 10.30am to 3pm. Pictured Rose Daly, Nurse Manager, Denise Leahy, Receptionist, and Mary Carmody, Kerry stroke support Group | {
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IMF says UK should ease austerity if growth stays stalled
LONDON Britain's government should rein in its flagship austerity programme and cut taxes or increase infrastructure spending if the economy has not regained momentum by early next year, the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday.
The IMF said Britain faces "significant challenges" from a stalling recovery, high unemployment and threats from the euro zone, and that the Bank of England may be losing its ability to support demand while the government cuts spending.
Britain's economy has struggled to recover from the 2008/2009 slump and official data shows it is in its second recession in four years, with little sign of a swift turnaround.
However, any change on austerity risks proving embarrassing to Britain's Conservative-Liberal Democrat government, which set itself the goal of largely eliminating the country's budget deficit over the next five years when it came to power in 2010.
Weak growth since then has meant this deadline has slipped, and in a newspaper interview published on Thursday, Prime Minister David Cameron said spending cuts could last until 2020. A national election is due in 2015, and the opposition Labour Party backs a slower pace of spending cuts.
The IMF's final conclusions after its annual assessment of Britain's economy echoed the recommendations given right after the meetings with Britain's officials in May, when IMF chief Christine Lagarde said policymakers should bolster demand before low growth becomes entrenched.
The IMF stopped short of calling for an immediate change to policy, saying recent Bank stimulus and measures to boost bank lending should be given time to bear fruit.
But it warned that a long period of stagnant growth and "alarming" youth unemployment could do lasting damage.
"Scaling back fiscal tightening plans should be the main policy lever if growth does not build momentum by early-2013 even after further monetary stimulus and strong credit easing measures," the IMF's staff said.
Fiscal tightening may need to ease earlier if the outlook deteriorates sharply before then, they said. "Temporary easing measures in such a scenario should focus on infrastructure spending and targeted tax cuts," they added.
DARKENING OUTLOOK
The IMF said on Monday that Britain's growth prospects for the next two years had worsened more than those of any other big advanced economy over the past three months, a downgrade that chimes with other economists' darkening assessments.
In the quarterly update to its World Economic Outlook, the IMF cut its British growth forecasts for 2012 and 2013 by 0.6 percentage points each, to just 0.2 percent and 1.4 percent respectively -- well below what Britain's official forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, predicted in March.
By contrast, the IMF's 2012 growth forecast for advanced economies as a whole is unchanged at 1.4 percent and for 2013 it has been cut by just 0.2 percent to 1.9 percent.
In recent weeks, authorities have undertaken a number of measures to improve businesses' and households' ability to borrow -- many of which are in line with the IMF's proposals.
The Bank has restarted its asset-buying quantitative easing programme, which will take total gilt purchases 375 billion pounds over the next four months, and the Bank and government have also announced an 80 billion pound scheme to lower funding costs for banks that lend to businesses and home-buyers.
The government also announced nearly 10 billion pounds of rail investment and further investment guarantees.
The IMF said it welcomed these steps, but it was cautious about their likely effectiveness and warned that the government should be sure that offering loan guarantees was more cost-effective than borrowing itself to fund investment.
It also said more action might be needed by the Bank -- even if its success was uncertain. "Most directors believed that further easing may be needed, including consideration of a cut in the policy rate," it said.
To date, the Bank has resisted buying large quantities of assets other than gilts or cutting interest rates below their record low 0.5 percent, though in policy minutes on Wednesday it said it may in future reconsider its stance on rates.
(Reporting by David Milliken. Editing by Jeremy Gaunt.)
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Chechen president expresses concern about war's missing
Wednesday
Feb 18, 2004 at 12:01 AM
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"In the camps they can says what
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president of Chechyna, on allegations that his son is responsible for disappearances
By JIM HEINTZ
Associated Press
GROZNY, Russia -- The president of war-shattered Chechnya said Monday that tracing the fate of hundreds of missing people was a top concern, but he skirted allegations that a militia under his son's command was behind many of the disappearances.
Since the 1999 start of the second Chechen war in a decade, reports of disappearances have been widespread, with blame fixed variously on the republic's separatist rebels and the Russian soldiers fighting them.
Especially feared are "mopping-up operations," in which young men suspected of rebel connections are picked up by soldiers, never to be heard from again, locals and human rights groups say.
And since the rise of President Akhmad Kadyrov, who took power in a Kremlin-backed October election, reports have spread of young men vanishing at the hands of a force run by his son, Ramzan.
Speaking to foreign journalists in the ruined Chechen capital, Grozny, the president vowed to "fight today and tomorrow" to clear up the disappearances.
He said missing people "are the most painful question, and have been the most painful question since my appointment."
But he said questions about Ramzan Kadyrov's force must be directed to him. Fears of the younger Kadyrov's militia are often cited by many of the more than 4,000 Chechen refugees living in camps in neighboring Ingushetia.
The refugees are reluctant to return home, despite increasing pressure from authorities, and the sprawling tent compounds are seen as a visible symbol of the Kremlin's inability to stabilize Chechnya.
The Chechen president dismissed the statements of refugees.
"In the camps they can say what they want," he said.
Kadyrov also promised international aid organizations that his administration would offer them "100 percent security" if they work in Chechnya.
Most international aid organizations and human rights monitors have pulled out of Chechnya or severely curtailed operations.
Many feel that the kidnappings and other security concerns will spread to their operations. | {
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The country homestead event to unlock new furniture is back again for 9 days! To get all the furniture you need to complete the woodworking hobby collection 10 times! You get a country homestead furniture pack each time you complete it, once you unlock a furniture pack you get to keep it even if you don’t find them all. If you have never done the woodworking hobby click here for details.
This is the third time this event has been available, if you completed it last time you will not get this event again. If you won some of the packs last time then you will only have to unlock the ones you have left, for example, if you unlocked 5 packs last time you will only have 5 packs left to unlock this time.You need to buy a woodworking bench from the promotions r us store to complete this (or use the ones at the community center)
You need to firstly accept this event, it will remove the woodwork pieces you have already created from the collection so you don’t get a head start.
If you say no you can start it from the active tasks goal tab:
Once you have said yes you have to complete the collection 10 times in 10 days!
Confused about time limited hobby events? This video explains how they work:
YOU NEED TO COMPLETE ALL FOUR ROWS (FIND ALL 12 ITEMS) TO GET ONE FURNITURE PACK!!
TIPS FOR FINDING THEM ALL IN THE TIME LIMIT:
-have more than one sim working on it (the shortest option is now 5 hours)
-have at least one sim at level 6 or working on getting to level 6 if you haven’t done the hobby before so all pieces are unlocked then you can just keeping doing the 5 hour option over and over (if you have completed this hobby before you don’t need a sim to reach level 6 in this hobby again!)
-remember to click start new collection on the woodworking hobby collections list once you have got all the pieces so you can find them again
– don’t panic! They will bring it back again if you don’t manage to complete it this time, these events usually reappear a lot!
-most importantly: just keep going! I know it’s annoying when you get the same one constantly but you will eventually get the ones you need.
Prizes
Walls– can be found in the wall section, first one of each is free after that they cost S125
Windows- can be found in the windows section, first one of each is free, after that the singles are in the sale at S1,785 (will be S2,550 after the sale) and the doubles are in the sale at S3,150 (will be S4,500 after the sale)
Doors- can be found in the doors section, first one of each is free, after that the singles are in the sale at S1,207 (will be S1,725 after the sale) and the doubles are in the sale at S1,837 (will be S2,625 after the sale)
Kitchen Essentials- these are counters and sinks, they can be found in the countertops section, first one of each is free, after that the counters are in the sale at S10,500 (will be S15,000 after the sale) and the sinks are in the sale at S14,175 (will be S20,250 after the sale)
Living Space- this pack includes door frames and dressers! The door frames can be found in the door section and the dressers can be found in the bedroom section
Benchtops- these are counters that can be found in the countertop section
Floorboards– can be found in the floor section, first one of each is free
Kitchen Suite– bright and marble counters can be found in the counter tops section and a vent and hood for an oven can be found in the kitchen section, first one of each is free
Sideboards– these can be found in the counter tops section, the first one of each is free
Island Benches– these can also be found in the counter tops section, the first one of each is free
That is all the prizes!
YOU CANNOT UNLOCK THE FURNITURE IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS EVENT IN THE TIME LIMIT
This event unlocks brand new hairstyles for your female adult sims! To get all 9 new hairstyles you need to complete the fashion designer hobby collection 9 times in 9 days! You get a new hairstyle each time you complete the collection (find all 12 fashion pieces), once you unlock a hairstyle you get to keep it even if you don’t find them all.
If you have never done the fashion designer hobby click here for details.
You need to firstly accept this event, it will remove the fashion designs you have already created from the collection so you don’t get a head start.
If you say no you can start it from the active tasks tab, you will not get any extra time if you start this late.
If you already have a sim as a level 6 fashion designer (or previous have) then you will complete this a lot quicker as you aren’t waiting for all the designs to become unlocked.
It is really helpful to have loads of sims doing the hobby, and have them doing the 10 minute option over and over if possible!
Confused about time limited hobby events? This video explains how they work:
YOU NEED TO COMPLETE ALL FOUR ROWS TO GET ONE HAIRSTYLE!!
12 FASHION ITEMS= 1 HAIRSTYLE
TIPS FOR FINDING THEM ALL IN THE TIME LIMIT:
-have more than one sim working on it
-it is easier if you have all the sims in one house, maybe build a room for them so they are all together but you don’t have to!
-if you can, do the 10 minute option over and over, you will find the most designs this way (once you have a sim at level 6)
-have at least one sim at level 6 or working on getting to level 6 (maybe do the 12 hour option) so all designs are unlocked (if you have previously completed the collection you do not need to get another sim to level 6 to complete this)
-remember to click start new collection on the fashion hobby collections list once you have got all the pieces
-most importantly: just keep going! I know it’s annoying when you get the same one constantly but you will eventually get the ones you need.
Hairstyles– there are 11 of each style available once you unlock them, each time you complete the collection you will unlock one hairstyle:
This is a brand new time limited hobby event which unlocks blinds and curtains- they even open and close! Complete the woodworking hobby 7 times in the 7 day time limit to unlock all the new blinds and curtains, you unlock a pack at random each time. Also sorry this post is a few days late, I have just arrived back from EA Play in America.
If you haven’t done the woodworking hobby before click here for more information
Firstly you need to accept the love is blinds event and it will reset your current woodworking collection so you don’t get a head start: If you say no you can start the event from the goal tab, you need to have the latest penthouse update to be able to begin this event.
Confused about time limited hobby events? This video explains how they work:
NOTE: YOU NEED TO COMPLETE ALL FOUR ROWS TO GET ONE PACK!!
12 WOODWORKING ITEMS= COMPLETE COLLECTION AND UNLOCKS 1 PACK
TIPS FOR FINDING THEM ALL IN THE TIME LIMIT:
-have more than one sim working on it- you can buy as many woodworking benches as you want and you can find more in the community center
-if one of your neighbours has the community center you can send another sim to their town to also complete the hobby
-it is easier if you have all the sims in one house, maybe build a room for them so they are all together but you don’t have to!-have at least one sim at level 6 or working on getting to level 6 (maybe do the longest hour option) so all woodworking pieces are unlocked (if you have previously completed the collection you do not need to get another sim to level 6 to complete this, you can just do the 5 hour option over and over)
-remember to click start new collection on the woodworking hobby collections list once you have got all the pieces
-most importantly: just keep going! I know it’s annoying when you get the same one constantly but you will eventually get the ones you need.
There is a new element now, from the hobby collection screen you can now use LPs to finish a whole row instead of using the lucky spin to find one at random. The LP price varies depending on the row you are completing and how many you have left to find in that row:
Definitely a great option if you have the LPs to spare and want to complete this event really quickly! BUT you have to complete the previous row before you can use LPs on the next row, this video shows you how this works:
Prizes:
Pictures and information on the prize packs will be added as I unlock each of them!
The blinds and curtains can be opened and closed but you cannot place items infront of them
1.Modern Window Pack
2.Beach Tones Window Pack
3.Earthy Tones Window Pack
4.Shadey Window Pack
5.Natural Window Pack
6.Sleek Window Pack
YOU CANNOT UNLOCK ALL THE PACKS IF YOU DO NOT COMPLETE THIS EVENT IN THE TIME LIMIT
To begin this quest you firstly need to have completed the Simtown Express Quest to have access to the downtown area (where the hospital is located) as the penthouse apartments will be built here once you complete this new quest! You will still unlock the penthouse apartments once you complete the quest even if you don’t finish in the time limit.
Click on the director in the park to begin this quest:
You cannot complete this quest at the same time as any other discovery quest
Unable to start this quest even though you meet the requirements? They have fixed this issue with a data push, to see these changes you will need to force close the app and I would also recommend restarting your device, you should then be able to begin the quest!
NOTE: I completed this quest on the early access version of the game so some goals or times may differ, I will update the post as I complete the quest on my game.
Times may vary depending on the star rating an item has
Send a sim to the park
Ask Miss Director what’s wrong- 30 seconds
Offer to help Miss Director- 12 seconds
Demonstrate touring ability- 2 minutes (thinking man statue)
Watch simtown stars- 5 hours
Answer call from director- 48 seconds
Send 3 sims to the park
Request an autograph- 2 minutes
Offer Prim a tour- 7 hours 45 minutes
Present the thinking man- 2 minutes
Tell a story of the park (I don’t think it matters which option you select so I went for the one with the shortest time!)- 10 hours 5 minutes
Send a sim home
Boast about a visitor (click on prim, again I don’t think it matters which option you select so I went for the one with the shortest time!)- 13 hours 45 minutes
Celebrate simtown diversity- 5 sims in one house
Take a selfie with prim- 2 minutes
Gossip with Prim- 1 hour 35 minutes
Place a decoration (buy from decoration section)
Confess plan for fame- 11 hours 45 minutes
Ask where to start- 2 minutes
Clean strange slime from fridge- 17 hours 30 minutes
Query random acts of kindness- 1 hour 35 minutes (click on prim)
Bake donuts in an oven- 8 hours click on oven, select baking and choose donuts (can be started early)
Give donuts to a stranger- sim needs to NOT be a friend or romance with that sim- 2 hours 25 minutes
Unable to start this quest even though you meet the requirements? They have fixed this issue with a data push, to see these changes you will need to force close the app and I would also recommend restarting your device, you should then be able to begin the quest!
NEW HOBBY EVENT: Love is Blinds (no longer available) unlocks curtains and blinds!
IMPROVED MYSTERY BOX SHOP: Loads more prizes available including items not previously featured in the game! Click on the gift box at the front of your house to see the changes:
NOTE: if you play on a Windows Phone you will not get this update as Firemonkeys have stopped updating the game for Windows Phones. | {
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Living in Ecuador, traveling in Ecuador, doing business in Ecuador
Many of our readers report that Ecuador health care is so inexpensive that they do not need health insurance. Because of this Ecuador health insurance is not expensive.
There are many ways to be healthier in Ecuador. Many ancient healing practices are regularly used.
For those aged 45 to 64 Ecuador health insurance costs for unlimited coverage is about $30 a month. Medicines, albeit generic, are free.
Ecuador health insurance for those aged 65 or over rises to $75 per month.
This Ecuador health insurance is offered by a company new to Ecuador but it has been established in Colombia since 1969. This company is the largest health insurance company in that country of 44 million people. It is the 10th largest company of any kind in that country and has a work force that numbers more than 15,000 employees. In short it’s a very well established health insurance company.
It is easier to get fresh food in Ecuador, a land of year round abundance. Here is a typical market scene.
Non Ecuadorians are accepted for Ecuador health insurance by simply showing their passport as identification. At this moment from my conversation this afternoon it is not clear whether you need to be a resident in Ecuador or not. The sales manager I spoke to suggested it is not necessary but I would like to see written confirmation.
Folks 65 or older need to take out a pre-acceptance exam that focuses on brain, bone and cardiac health as well as blood, urine and feces tests.
I asked if pre-existing conditions are covered. The answer was, “yes if not too serious”, and certain restrictions apply.
For example, somebody with elevated cholesterol levels would be accepted into this Ecuador health insurance but somebody who has cholesterol levels shooting through the roof would not be accepted. In other words this is not a catch all health insurance scheme but it does offer a good choice for those with below average through to good health.
Two days after taking out this Ecuador health insurance, you can obtain at anyone of 5 centers in Ecuador, dentistry, x-rays, laboratory tests, ambulance services and free medicines from the pharmacy. After 1 month hospitalization is covered and after 3 months surgery is covered.
I asked about cancer, heart attacks and strokes. Much to my surprise, all are covered without any ceiling in costs. One hundred percent of the cost is covered. You even don’t have to pay up front and then go through hassle to get the money paid back.
Living in Quito or Guayaquil, Santo Domingo, Machala or Riobamba, coverage is complete. If you live in Cotacachi or elsewhere you are entitled to coverage in local hospitals if you suffer any kind of emergency or accident. For routine checkups or non-emergency treatment you would need to travel to a clinic in one of the above cities. | {
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BART unions give 72-hour strike notice
“Union leadership has given the District a 72-hour strike notice. We are very disappointed and hope they reconsider their options. A strike only stalls and delays the decisions that need to be made while using our riders as pawns.
“BART is willing to stay at the table for as long as it takes to reach an agreement. Even if there isn’t a deal in place by Sunday night, talks can be extended.
“A strike is unnecessary and places an unfair burden on our riders and everyone in the Bay Area. The District has responded to union leadership concerns with numerous concessions, while they have shown an unwillingness to bargain. They continue to insist on a 20+% pay increase with no changes to health care and a small pension contribution. The future of the system depends on a more reasonable contract.
“Our offer provides a raise for every worker in each year of the contract.
“There is no reason for union leadership to call a strike.”
BART riders are encouraged to plan ahead should unions strike starting Monday. Charter bus service details and commute alternatives can be found here | {
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Close your eyes and reinvent me …
Ru is one of those stumblers I consider friends. On top of that, he’s a very talented young fellow who created these lovely sketches. He’s seriously good, do yourself a favour and check him out because he’s going to be famous soon!
P.S. I want to remind him and Emi that they are my favourite couple on SU and they’re both simply amazing! They always inspired me and I learned so much from them. Art and advertising fit perfect in this scheme. | {
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Nigerian Politics: National Or Self Interest
I have delibrately been avoiding blogging about politics for sometime now because I think personally it’s can waste of my time sometimes. I have said time without number I have no interest in one day holding a political office in this country at least for now. This is because the line boardering the political angels from the demons has become invincible and I don’t want to cross it by mistake.
It is indeed saddening that in Nigeria, sores die from brutal violence and those responsible go free, but yet four men accused of stealing were beaten and burnt with tires. Politicians embezzled money with successive succession and uncompromising indelicacy. In Nigeria the man that steals billions is given a pardon, and he that stealth from the market woman faces the hangmans noose. The average Nigerian goes through a newspaper or TV news and the mention of Boko Haram and kill in the same sentence has lost it’s ability to garner any form of second thought because we have become accustomed to suffering.
However, I do believe that no Civil society or mass movement will change the destiny of a nation without such a movement infiltrating sensitive echelons of government. Case in point, Egypt. After the admirable and united stance of the people against Mubarrack and the interim military government that followed, they ended back at square one with Mohammed Morsi. The Same thing happened in Libya and Tunisia.
My greatest fear therefore, is not that the Nigerian people will never stand up and say enough is enough although I also fear that may not happen early enough, but my greatest fear is that after the Migerian people will rise, the wrong people will still be able to regain reputation in the corridors of power. It may not be the same set of people but definately the same mentality.
Prior to the likes of relatively young men like Demeji Bankole, the sentiment was that we needed young blood. Unfortunately the young blood turned out to be running through old veins.
The fight on the streets to change the state of Nigeria is for some, but the fight to save the state of Nigeria from all levels and offices of governments is for others. My fear is that those people will not recognize their fight on time.
I can go on talking about the complexity and outrageous insensitivity and indignity of the Nigerian political parlance till Jesus comes but I won’t, we don’t need more explanations of how utterly asphyxiated this country is, we need solutions, we don’t need not even a new generation, we need the present generation in power to know it is not too late to mend the problems they inherited and created and that defections to political parties dosent fix a nation. | {
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The American Counseling Association recently released its 2014 counselor compensation survey, the organization’s first large-scale effort to determine the salary levels, health care and other benefits earned by those in the counseling profession.
The project determined that the average primary salary for counselor educators is $66,405 annually. Rehabilitation counselors make $53,561 on average annually, while school counselors have an average salary of $53,299 per year. Mental health, clinical mental health and community counselors were found to have the lowest average annual salary at $40,422. All other counselor specialties were put into the category “other,” which was determined to have an average primary salary of $51,074 annually.
Close to 9,000 counselors – ACA members and nonmembers alike – were surveyed in the fall of 2013 to determine the average salaries. As a whole, counselors’ retirement, health care and other employer-sponsored benefits were found to exceed national standards.
Chart from page 28 of the American Counseling Association’s “2014 State of the Profession: Counselor Compensation.”
David Staten, president of the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association, a division of ACA, says he is “pleasantly surprised” by the survey’s average salary figure for rehabilitation counselors.
“That number is encouraging, but there is more work to be done to enhance the salaries for all counselors,” says Staten, a licensed professional counselor and professor of rehabilitation counseling in South Carolina. “Given the rigorous academic training and the pending debt from student loans, it is imperative for counselors to be adequately compensated for their hard work. Most counselors are not in this profession to become rich. However, we push our clients to maximize their potential in all aspects of life — physically, mentally, emotionally, financially, etc. Thus, I believe we should strive to reach those same standards.”
For those reasons, Staten says he believes all counselors should be making a minimum of $100,000 annually.
Stephen Giunta, president of the American Mental Health Counselors Association, another division of ACA, expressed appreciation for ACA’s first effort at calculating average salaries for the profession. However, he thinks the initial survey is far from conclusive.
“While this first effort of its kind does give us an initial view worthy of our consideration, I look forward to subsequent surveys with a larger number of participants. With over 120,000 licensed counselors in the field, I encourage everyone to participate in succeeding surveys because far too many questions are left unanswered,” he says.
Giunta, a licensed mental health counselor and clinical supervisor in Tampa, Florida, says it would be helpful if future surveys asked clinicians about the rates they charge.
“We all know that insurance providers’ reimbursement rates have been relatively flat for over a decade, but I wonder to what extent clinicians have raised their rates over the same time period,” Giunta says. “I am also interested in knowing the parameters that clinicians in private practice have set for indigent rates and sliding scales. I suspect far too many clinicians, particularly young professionals, have set indigent and sliding scale rates below their hourly break-even cost points. Specific to part-time private practice, I wonder what percentage of those individuals have boutique, cash-only practices.”
A look at the numbers
In the 100-page survey report, ACA cautions that the average compensation figures should be regarded as a “rough estimate” because counselor pay varies widely by geographic and work setting.
When broken down by region, counselors in California were paid the most ($64,197 average annually), while counselors in Hawaii and the Northwest were paid the least (a little more than $43,000 annually, on average).
Map from page 64 of the American Counseling Association’s “2014 State of the Profession: Counselor Compensation.”
“We all know that counselors aren’t in this profession for the money,” writes ACA CEO Richard Yep in the survey’s executive summary. “But we did find that counselors can be well-compensated in many ways besides salary. Benefits such as health care coverage for counselors exceed the norm for the U.S.”
Chart from page 29 of the American Counseling Association’s “2014 State of the Profession: Counselor Compensation.”
Eighty-three percent of counselors who responded to the survey reported that they have medical insurance coverage, and 76 percent said they have an employer-sponsored retirement plan.
Counselors’ amount of paid time off, however, varied widely. Overall, 20 percent of counselors said they receive three weeks of paid time off annually; 13 percent said they received more than six weeks; and 14 percent said they received none at all. Counselor educators (20 percent) and mental health/community counselors (21 percent) were the two groups with the largest percentage of respondents who reported receiving zero paid time off.
The survey also found that a significant number of counselors work two or more jobs or combine multiple part-time positions. According to the survey data, 34 percent of counselors hold a second job outside of their primary counseling position.
“In my opinion,” Staten says, “these statistics underscore the importance of counselors being able to secure a salary that compensates them for their efforts. Also, if counselors are busy juggling multiple jobs, how much does lifestyle contribute to burnout?”
Counselor educators are most likely to hold a secondary position; 57 percent of counselor educators who responded to the survey said they worked more than one job, such as an adjunct faculty position or in a private practice. It’s important to note, however, that the survey’s average salary figure of $66,405 is for primary employment only and does not include secondary positions.
Twenty-four percent of school counselors said they hold a second position. In fact, of the 2,860 school counselors who said they work more than one job, 428 reported having more than one “second” job.
On average, counselors of all types who work multiple positions make an additional $3,133 annually, according to the survey data.
“Although a significant proportion of counselors are holding down a second job, that job is, in most cases, likely a chance to further grow or explore a passion for counseling, rather than a means to make ends meet,” ACA wrote in the survey report.
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About the survey
ACA’s entire membership body was invited (via email) to participate in the 46-question, web-based survey. A sampling of counselors outside of ACA was also contacted via state licensure and certification lists and other databases.
Counselors from 49 U.S. states took the questionnaire (no one from Rhode Island responded), as well as a small sample of international counselors.
The largest percentage of the 8,949 survey responders were from the Midwest and Southeast regions of the United States.
The full survey report, which is available for purchase through the ACA bookstore, breaks down the data by education level, certification, work setting and many other subcategories. Salary figures for the five categories — mental health counselors, school counselors, rehabilitation counselors, counselor educators and other — is dissected in great detail by geographic region, salary distribution, amount of paid time off, health benefits and other factors.
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2014 State of the Profession: Counselor Compensation is available from the American Counseling Association bookstore by calling 800-347-6647 ext. 222 (ask for item #78097).
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Stunning Brazilian trans girl Cacau DiPaula is relaxing in bed. She's wearing a white bra and panties, as well as a pair of golden high heels. She pulls the string of her thong tightly between her butt cheeks, giving you a quick peek at her tight trans girl pussy. Then, she pushes down her bra and squeezes her exposed nipples. She starts to play with her love stick too, and it swells to a beautiful pink color. Bending over the bed and starts to finger herself. Her manicured hands spread and spank her plentiful booty. She begs you to lick her asshole out while she jiggles her cheeks around your mouth. She shakes her balls and cock around too before smothering you with them. You breathe in her scent deeply and almost erupt on the spot. Eat her out while she jerks off on your face. Next, she sucks on a dildo and teases herself with it. She begins to take its length, while jerking her huge clit at the same time. She spreads her legs wide and tries to stuff the entire toy inside. She tries again on her stomach, but still struggles to fuck herself balls deep. Don't worry, though, she certainly enjoys trying! She squeezes her uncut cock for encouragement, and then takes the dildo cock from her ass to her mouth. With the added lubrication, she fucks herself even harder and deeper, to her ultimate satsifaction. Finally, she mounts the dildo and rides cowgirl. She strokes herself to the edge of pleasure until she explodes in a huge shower of white and creamy girl spunk. "Delicioso!" she moans. | {
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Monday, January 30, 2012
"I smell a column," a friend said, as I frantically tried to put out my smoldering shoe.
Yes, you read that correctly. Just when I was wondering what to write about next, lo and behold, my shoe catches on fire.
It started right about the time my son ran out of the woods and said he'd been shot. Granted, it was by a paintball gun, but I was still concerned. Although since he's now an experienced player (this was his third time), I obviously wasn't concerned enough to put my feet down from the fire ring I had them propped on.
I did, however, turn and listen intently to when, where, how and, more importantly, who shot him. You see, I do keep a list. I know it's just a game, but I'm still his mama, and one day I may just give in to his pleas to join him. And when I do, revenge will be sweet. But for now, I'm gathering intelligence.
I looked in horror as he showed me his wounds - right hip and funny bone, a blow that made his arm shake, he said. I was in the midst of chastising him for not putting on more padding like I told him to when I smelled it -- burning rubber.
He was saved by the smell.
"My shoe's on fire!" I shouted, jumping up and yanking it off my foot, to the amusement of those around me. "Honey, do something!"
"It's fine. It's not on fire," my husband said, nonplussed.
"Yes, it is! It's smoking!"
"Try rubbing it in the dirt," my friend said, helpfully.
I rubbed and rubbed, and in the middle of this chaos, my son -- ever the opportunist - got right in my face and asked, "Can I get a Coke?"
"Sure, sure, whatever you want. My shoe is burning!"
"No, it's not," my husband said, which made me want to prove that it was even if I had to throw it in the fire. Instead, I grabbed a nearby bottle of water and poured it on the sole of my shoe.
"Listen to it sizzling!" I said, watching smoke rise as the fire was slowly extinguished.
"I guess it was on fire," he said. "You're right."
Actually, I made up the last part, but that's how I heard it in my head. It was then that I had a major female dilemma. Do I mourn the loss of one of my favorite tennis shoes or bask in the glory of being right? I'll let you guess which one I decided to do. I'll give you a hint: my toes may have been toasty, but there was a great big smile on my face.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
I watched a movie during the weekend about a man who pops a pill and suddenly everything is clear to him. Life is no longer a mystery. He understands the stock market, politics and the actions he must take. Must be nice. It made me think, "What would it be it like to uncover the great mysteries that moms face every day?"
Here are some of the things that plague me on a daily basis:
Why is it that every time I close the bathroom door, someone calls my name?
And why is it when I yell to tell them where I am, they repeat it to the person who's calling on the phone?
Why is it that "Nobody" does so much mischief around the house? He tracks in mud, puts back empty cartons and leaves a mess on the floor. I'm sure "Nobody" knows the answer to this one.
What is it about bedtime on Sunday nights that makes kids remember they have a project the next day?
Furthermore, why is it that they can't remember their projects, but they can remember the exact price I paid for my purse and then they repeat it when their dad is in earshot?
Why is it that I have to ask them how to operate my phone, and the Wii, and the DVD?
Why is it kids can beg for a pet for 10 years and then forget about it in 10 minutes?
What do house plants have against me?
Why is it that coupons expire the day before I try to use them?
Why do kids tiptoe past Daddy in order to wake Mommy up?
Speaking of Daddy, why does his cooking always taste better?
And, why doesn't the fire alarm go off when he's doing the cooking?
Why don't kids mention when something's leaking?
Why is it that every sporting event is called by a different name, i.e., meet, match, game, etc.?
And, why does everybody laugh when I get it wrong?
Why do my kids always win gold fish at the fair?
Why are all my doorknobs used as hangers?
How is it that they get older, but their dad and I don't?
Why is it they don't believe us when we say as soon as they are grown, we're going to buy an RV and take turns parking in their driveways?
Why is it that as soon as you buy a case of their favorite food at the wholesale store they stop eating it?
Why is it they are smart enough to make all A's but can't operate a single appliance?
Where does all the Scotch tape go?
How did my pool table get transformed into a Lego table?
Why is it they want me to hold everything while their hands are empty and mine are full?
Friday, January 20, 2012
I was at a party the other weekend, and the women were gathered in the kitchen, as we tend to do, sharing everything from the crab dip recipe, to concerns about our children's education, to hopes and desires for the future.
During a slight pause in the conversation, we looked out at the patio where the men folk were gathered around the fire.
"I wonder what they are talking about?" one of the ladies asked.
You can bet it was none of the above. Now, am I saying that men don't talk about their hopes, their dreams and their concerns about the future? No, but they certainly don't talk about them with each other. In fact, it's sometimes hard to determine exactly what men do talk about when they are together. I secretly think it's why sports was invented.
Women, on the other hand, are far different creatures. Within a matter of minutes, we know intimate details of each other's lives.
Ironically, though men say less, they seem to remain friends longer. Don't believe me, ladies? Quit talking to your girlfriend for a week and see what happens.
You can bet she'll be at home going, "I don't know what's wrong with so and so. I think she's mad at me. She hasn't called me in a week. How dare she be mad at me after all I've done for her? Just wait until the next time she calls me to babysit ..."
You get the idea.
Men, however, can go decades without speaking to each other and then pick up the phone and go back to insulting each other and talking about sports like they never missed a beat. I've hung around waiting for my husband to get off such a phone call before. As soon as he hangs up, I ask, "Well, what did he say?"
"Not much. He's doing good."
"But what about his wife? How is she? Did he say anything about her?"
"No, didn't mention her."
"Well, what about the kids? Has their son graduated? Did their daughter get married?"
"He didn't mention it."
And, then comes the question all men dread hearing.
"Well, what DID you talk about?"
We had dinner with some friends - Jerry and Barbara - the other night, and they told the story of how they had received a Christmas card from a co-worker and his family. The card showed the couple posed with their 5-year-old son and a newborn baby.
"Jerry, you didn't tell me that they had a baby!"
"That can't be their baby. I've talked to Kurt almost every day, and he never mentioned anything about a baby," Jerry protested. "That must be the neighbor's baby."
"Jerry, why would they send out a Christmas card with the neighbor's baby?"
"Then they must have adopted a baby."
Barbara scrutinized the photo and said, "This baby looks just like everybody in the photo!"
Then she asked yet another dreaded question, "Did you FORGET to tell me they had a baby?"
"No, Kurt didn't tell me. I think they must be trying to hide the baby!" Jerry said in desperation.Wasn't long before the conversation got back to the couple with the baby.
The wife's reaction?
"Kurt, you mean you never mentioned to them that I was pregnant? What DID you talk about?"
Sunday, January 15, 2012
As I write, the temperature outside is 27 degrees, and my son is mourning the fact that he is "left out in the cold."
No need to call DFACs; he's bundled up in his camouflage Snuggie -- last year's hottest "As seen on TV" item. As cozy as it may be, he calls it a "poor imitation of the Forever Lazy."
If you haven't heard of the Forever Lazy, then pat yourself on the back because it means you didn't watch much television over the holidays. If you have seen them, then you are probably laughing, and rightfully so. The Forever Lazy looks like footie pajamas with a hood, which make its wearers look something like a giant Teletubbie. My daughter, husband and I all got them for Christmas.
It was meant to be a joke after we watched the actors on the commercial frolic outside in their warm Forever Lazys. Yes, folks, they aren't just meant for the couch. The commercial even shows how "you'll be the talk of tailgate party" in your Forever Lazy. You can say that again! While Snuggies have an open back -- similar to a hospital gown --Forever Lazy has a zipped flap in the back, very convenient for "when duty calls," said the commercial.
Also very lazy.
"That is one step away from the nursing home!" I said to my husband.
Famous last words.
The next thing we know, the three of us are all zipped up and marveling at how warm and convenient they are. Well, all except my poor son. Fortunately for the rest of the world, we aren't ready to show up at the next high school football game or run down the middle of town in them. But, you just never know.
Last spring, my husband and I went to a Jimmy Buffett concert. It was an unseasonably cold March day. I guess I could have dressed appropriately for the weather, but did I mention it was a Jimmy Buffett concert?
I was freezing, so my husband passed me what I thought was a blanket and, without thinking, I tucked my arms into it, thankful for its warmth, when I heard a 20-something guy exclaim behind me, "Is that a Snuggie?"
Yep, I have worn a Snuggie at a concert. At first, I was mortified, but then realized there was something rather freeing about it. So, even though we laugh at the Forever Lazy, I realize it's only a matter of time before I'm tailgating in one.
In the meantime, perhaps I'll use my Bedazzler to make it sparkle, my Thigh-Master, so I'll look good in it, the Ped Egg for my pre-concert pedicure and my Ove-Glove to help cook the tailgate snacks.
Last year at the Buffett concert, I decided it was a good idea to karaoke in front of the camera. This year, I know I'm better off wearing my "As seen on TV" products than being one. And, if that makes me forever lazy, then so be it!
About Me
Take one Georgia-based writer, mix with humor and everyday life, and you have Life as Leigh sees it.
Meredith Leigh Knight is an award-winning writer and columnist who — when she’s not playing dress up and taking refuge among adults at her corporate communication job — is continually pondering the mysteries of motherhood, such as why the words “Hey, Mom!” are never followed by anything good.
You may contact her at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter at @leighslifeblog. | {
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$24,000 'Ship Beautiful' painting set to make waves at London sale
A painting of one of the longest-serving ocean liners of the 20th century, RMS Aquitania, by the Newcastle-born Danish artist, Odin Rosenvinge (1880-1957), is one of the highlights of the Marine Sale at Bonhams in London on March 22, 2011. The picture, titled RMS Aquitania leaving New York, has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £10,000 - 15,000.
In her 36 years of service, RMS Aquitania survived military duty in both the First and Second World Wars and returned to passenger service after each conflict. She held the record for the longest service career of any 20th century express liner until 2004, when she was overtaken by Queen Elizabeth II.
Considered one of the most attractive ships of her time and nicknamed "Ship Beautiful", her interior was designed by British architect Arthur Joseph Davis of Mewes and Davis, who had also overseen the decoration of the Ritz Hotel in London.
Farewell New York. Next stop Southampton...
Odin Rosenvinge became a celebrated poster and postcard artist in the 1930s, having served in the Middle East during the First World War.
This item is sure to be a hit with art collectors looking for that next profitable investment as Rosenvinge's art and posters are currently extremely popular, with items regularly turning up at auction. | {
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Honey I Shrunk the Seat!
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) recently introduced an amendment to an FAA reauthorization bill that would have required the FAA to set minimum values for how narrow and close commercial airline seats may be. Fortunately, this amendment was rejected last week. While those of us who have flown in recent years (and experienced firsthand the “Honey I Shrunk the Airplane Seat” phenomena) can all certainly sympathize with the goals of such legislation, it would nevertheless be a gross violation of the rights of the airlines to dictate how they may or may not utilize equipment THAT THEY OWN. Of course there already exists an ever-expanding regulatory framework that strangles other businesses similarly. So how is this any different? It’s not. And that’s what is so scary – it was rejected not on principal but rather because it was visible. Visible government intrusions send the wrong vibe to a supposedly freedom loving populace. But invisible intrusions go on every day and are of course perfectly fine. If the death penalty were required to take place in public it would be ended immediately; but when done behind closed doors the public in general couldn’t care less.
Such reflexive urges to regulate by those “in charge” of our lives are a predictable outcome of their glaring ignorance of basic economics. It is the usual story: government engages in Practice A which stealthily causes Harm B and so our great benefactors must now step in to save us from the very harm they caused in the first place. For example, the federal government, through its puppet the Federal Reserve, is constantly inflating the US dollar. This steadily erodes the value of said dollar until after many years the drips of annual inflation have carved a canyon of lost value. There are two ways to respond to this declining value: raise prices, or, maintain prices while reducing quantity/quality. For example, boxes of cereal now contain 15% less than they did only a few years ago but are marketed at the same price point. It is a surreptitious form of inflation that consumers don’t immediately recognize but is just as injurious to their buying power as is rising prices.
Competition has become so fierce that a game of chicken has ensued where no one wants to be the first to raise nominal prices. This has occurred with airlines as well. Although ticket prices may have risen or fluctuated with fuel prices, such prices are, all things equal, less than they otherwise would have been had seat sizes not shrunk. Getting 10-15% more seats on a plane means lower average cost for each flyer. It is simply a natural response to the incentives created by government interference in the economy (Fed money printing). Eventually seat sizes will decline to a level where ridership will drop off. At that point the industry will know they can go no lower. But that is how the market works; the feedback of profit and loss tells businesses if they are doing good or doing poorly. Top down regulations subvert that process and prevent the voice of the consumer from being heard.
Actually, progressives like Schumer should appreciate the spectrum of market prices engendered by this seating freedom. It incentivizes those who value comfort over money to pay ever-increasing prices for the larger seats. These higher prices can be used to subsidize other ticket classes thereby expanding fare access through lower prices or halting the size decline. By allowing consumers to vote with their dollars the market delivers what consumers, in aggregate, are willing to accept. While any single consumer may disagree with where that point is, it should no more be the right of a minority of consumers to dictate to all what they should be able to buy any more than a minority of busybody senators should be able to dictate to a nation how they may live their lives. | {
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Field Goals
Field Goal %
Rebounds
Assists
Turnovers
Pts off Turnovers
2nd Chance Pts
Pts in the Paint
Fastbreak Pts
Bench Pts
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Calvin men's basketball team opened its season with a 76-62 win over Grace Christian University on Thursday night at Calvin's Hoogenboom Gym.
The Knights took a quick lead and held it for the remainder of the game to start the year 1-0.
A member of the National Christian College Athletic Association conference, the Tigers had played four games prior to facing the Knights and fall to 3-2 on the season.
The Knights posted a 50.9% field goal percentage in the winning effort. Calvin outrebounded Grace Christian 40-28 on the evening.
Calvin built an early 8-2 lead as junior Derrick DeVries (Grand Rapids, Mich./Covenant Christian) scored six early points. The Tigers cut the deficit to three before sophomore Thad Shymanski (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) went on a five-point run to give the Knights a 15-7 lead just over five minutes into the game.
As the midpoint of the half neared, Grace Christian's Brandon Winchester-Jones hit a three to make the score 19-15, still in favor the Knights. The two teams exchanged points until senior Tony DeWitte (Grandville, Mich./Calvin Christian) knocked down a three to put Calvin up by seven. Winchester-Jones answered with a triple for the Tigers, but Calvin responded with a seven-point run to early an 11-point advantage.
In the final five minutes of the first half, Grace outscored Calvin 12-6 to trail 37-32 at the break. The Tigers' Winchester-Jones and Austin Jackson combined for 27 of Grace's points.
The Knights heated up to drain nine three-point field goals in the second half, shooting 60% from behind the arc.
DeVries kicked off the second half by sinking a three, but the Tigers responded with back-to-back buckets. DeWitte and senior Alex Bos (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) answered with two straight Calvin threes to give Calvin a 46-37 lead.
The Tigers used a run to make it a five-point game, forcing a Calvin timeout with just under fifteen minutes remaining. Shymanski delivered a timely three-pointer out of the break to put the home team up 51-43.
Calvin built a fifteen-point lead as Calvin connected on a trio of threes, courtesy of DeWitte, DeVries and Bos. The Tigers chipped the lead to ten points, but Shymanski continued to carry the Knights' offense, sinking his fourth three-pointer before laying one in minutes later. With just under five minutes left to play, Calvin held a 69-57 lead and Grace Christian called timeout.
The Knights maintained their double-digit lead for the remainder of the contest as the Tigers were unable to stage a comeback effort, and Calvin rolled to its first victory of the season.
DeVries led the Knights with 23 points, also collecting six rebounds and four assists. Shymanski finished with 16 points and four boards, while DeWitte posted 14 points. Bos led the Knights with 10 rebounds, also chipping in eight points.
The Knights are set to play Davenport in an exhibition game next Monday. Calvin is back in regular season action next Friday, November 16, when it hosts Illinois Wesleyan at 7:30 p.m. | {
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Incremental Saving
Incremental Saving
Flash CS3 Tutorial
How to Save Multiple Versions to Prevent Data Loss in Flash
Spending hours or days on a project just to have it self destruct is no fun. Developing a workflow where you keep track of all the pieces and back up often is just smart.
Step One
Open a new Flash document and save it in your project folder.
Name the project with a date in the file name such as myMovie0625A (the date is June 25th).
Step Two
After you have worked on the file for some time, choose File > Save. This saves the original file with the progress to this point.
Step Three
Before you make any changes to the file, choose File > Save As and save another version of the file named myMovie0625B. If you close the project at this point you would open myMovie0625B when you return.
Step Four
If everything is going smooth you can always destroy the very early versions. Keep at least five of the previous saves. | {
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1) A splash screen that displays right away. On my machine, starting TC seems to take at 20-30 seconds. The splash screen doesn't appear for about 10 seconds. By that time, I may sometimes start TC a couple of times thinking that I didn't double click the icon fast enough.
2) The ability to convert a 2D object into a 3D object by simply assigning a Z-size. This would be much easier than selecting the object and entering a Z-size through the properties tool. Also, it would be nice to be able to scale the Z-size without going back into the property tool.
Enable calculations in the boxes on the bottom of the drawing. Many is the time that I have to get out the calculator out to do a simple sum. Alphacam has been doing this for at least ten years.Tab into an Inspector Bar field, then “F2” to enable the Calculator palette. Do your calculations, then Enter to place the calculation in the Inspector Bar field. If calculating several fields, I would use “Ctrl+L” to lock the completed fields.
When working in 3D, show which view is selected.Look at the end of the drawing name at the top of the drawing. If you are in any standard view, that view name will be displayed. If you Examine or twist the view, no name is shown. Or are you looking for "Named Views" to be displayed?
More snaps- if two or more snap points are at the same place, why does TC ask which to snap to? Wastes a lot of time.Go to “Options / Preferences” and turn off the “Use choice…” option.
When filleting a box that is surrounded by other boxes, why are you asked which box has the second edge? More pointless time-wasting. See “Use Choice”. Maybe this will fix the problem.
Why is zooming in and out stepped rather than smooth? I often find that I can't get the right size due to this. I have tried with a smooth scrolling mouse, and it's the same.Use the Dynamic Zoom feature; usually you hold the “Ctrl” key and press the mouse wheel and drag in toward or away from the drawing center area. It should be a smooth zoom movement.
It may be just me, but what I would find occasionally useful, is the same as my DTP program does. The ability to drag items into the border area outside the paperspace 'paper', and have it available for other paperspaces, i.e. the item remains in the border even if one switches to a new paperspace.
As I say, it may be just me, but I use this method often in DTP (desk top publishing), to move things around. And occasionally it would come in handy in TC.
I would love to have an easy way to make a cut-list in TurboCAD. See linked video for how easy it is in SolidWorks. IT just seems that it should be a relatively simple procedure to determine bounding box sizes and put them in a table.
Yes I know we can create such things in TurboCAD, but it is a huge pita. Yes, I know we have the layout tools in TurboCAD, but it is not sufficient. I just want a tool that is automated and fully reliable in TC.
I agree. File Load/Save/Import could be (should be) vastly improved. I would think that duplicating the file to a temporary RAMDisk and reading from that would greatly improve speeds over reading structure by structure from a spinner.
I'd like the option of having the Audit function immediately notify me when I create something that raises a red flag (aka "exclamation mark"). I was surprised to see a dozen flags in the ACIS History of an in-process object (meaning they were added one upon the other).
By the time I noticed all the flags, it was easier to go back to my 2D profiles and do it over (the resulting STL file was, literally, half the original).
If you're node editing a selection set by dragging the bounding box bars, both sides of the bounding box move in or out from the reference point. In standard selection editing, only the side being dragged moves. For consistency and capability, both modes should be available in both edit modes, perhaps with a toggle key or option check box to enable/disable. My preference is a toggle key. I'm also reminding developers about something that's been asked for occasionally over the years: a key sequence finish like Alt + F for those tools that have only been given a "finish" flag in the context/right-click menus. I can't recall all of the tools that have this, but generic transform is one of them. Generic transform actions can be completed after indicating one pair of before-and-after features, or two or three. Three pairs finishes the action automatically, finishing with one or two pairs has to be flagged. Assembly-by-three-points has the same behaviour, and the same finish flag.
Enable calculations in the boxes on the bottom of the drawing.When working in 3D, show which view is selected.Stop the default door being the one least likely to be wanted- a double door? Really?Make rendering easier. It's very hard, and things like lights are very difficult to use and don't bear much relation to reality- a 5watt lamp can completely bleach a rendering.
I agree with these. Calculations in the Inspector Bar would be useful. I rarely use Architecture, but the Double Door is an odd selection for default.
I especially agree with the rendering. I upload 3D models to various web sites and they are always well lit (better than TC's Draft render).
I like to use single character keyboard shortcuts but the number of keys available is limited because TurboCAD does not disable all of the shortcuts when entering text. For example, I've assigned the draw line command to the forward slash key (/) but using it when inputting text stops the text input and jumps to the shortcut (draw line). I'd like all keyboard shortcuts disabled when inputting text in TC2019 (or a maintenance release of TC2018).
When changing the workplane (eg. when using by-facet) I would like to have the display changed automatically to be normal to that plane. Yes, I know there is a way to do it with a few keystrokes, but it's unnecessarily tedious.
When changing the workplane (eg. when using by-facet) I would like to have the display changed automatically to be normal to that plane. Yes, I know there is a way to do it with a few keystrokes, but it's unnecessarily tedious.
I'd agree adding it as an extra option would be good. But personally, I would not want the existing 'by facet' changing, as a lot of times I do not want the view to change
When changing the workplane (eg. when using by-facet) I would like to have the display changed automatically to be normal to that plane. Yes, I know there is a way to do it with a few keystrokes, but it's unnecessarily tedious.
I'd agree adding it as an extra option would be good. But personally, I would not want the existing 'by facet' changing, as a lot of times I do not want the view to change
I have both commands, By Facet (Shift+Alt+F) and By WorkPlane (Ctrl+Shift+W), on the PopUp-3 toolbar above the Local Menu. To me, this is easier than typing in hotkeys.I agree with Andy. I wouldn't want to automatically change my current view after changing the WorkPlane.
Very good question!I will reply - can be done via ifc or dwg, but a lot of important in the file is lost.
I'm more interested in importing Revit families.Product libraries are available from manufacturers only for Revit or Archicad. Without this, Turbocad will be unusable for construction in a few years. Thought on a professional level.
IFC for BIM.IFC files are supposed to be the universal translator for all BIM programs (revit, archicad etc.). The equivalent of DWG or DXF for drawings The theory being that you can use the software of your choice. I would be happy if the developement team improved that filter.Although you might be pleased with it as it is. We are so close to being BIM compliant and yet so far.
We have the ability to make parametric symbols (families) - PPMs- (similar to archicad symbols) -but we are unable to read the information in those symbols to generate reports. Why not?
Scripted symbols (PPMs)are very easy to write in Turbocad at the moment although I would like a few extra tools to be added. The ability to loft and some of the advanced features of the TC revolve tool would be nice.
When you save as IFC the symbols save perfectly but they are split up into separate components and the intelligent information is lost.They are also given a general category we need to be able to assign the correct IFC category to IFC files.Another issue I have is that for some reason the opening modifier - used for blocks, openings or PPMs doesn't translate well when saving to IFC its moved randomly so that the opening is in the wrong place. The ability to constrain objects to workplanes would be great.I have attached a file with a few PPMs. and an IFC file to show the problem I have when saving to IFC.
Keyboard shortcuts for the Inspector bar when it is active (mostly for altering entity properties, not for all the tool specific fields)
I would like to jump to specific fields in the inspector bar (for entity properties) without tabing a hundred times nor using the mouse (Like the "Rotation" fields!)
I would like either:- A subset of temp shortcuts that are active when the inspector bar is active that will jump to a field based on location/order in the IB. For instance "alt+1" through "alt+9" to jump to field 1 through field 9. (maybe alt+0 for field 10). Currently when the IB is active, hitting "tab" accesses the menu bar hotkeys which is not very relevant if you are screwing around in the IB.
- Dedicated keyboard shortcuts to directly access specific fields in the inspector bar. Like hitting "CTRL-R" while an entity is selected to directly alter it's rotation in the IB.
I agree. it would be even better, if you select the x rotation bar and hit the tab key once it automatically goes to the z rotation field. (or whatever you need to do) That way we wouldn't need to remember a lot of short cut keys because the program would be doing the .work.
Ian. Just for curiosity, I'm wondering about what differences you wish, which isn't included in Lightworks wrapped image, or RedSDK textures. The Maps-Plugin, can (usually) auto create a terrain and wrapping, but I'm guessing that's not what you mean.
In TurboCAD 2018…You can use the "Split" tool on a 3D Polyline, provided it is ‘flat’ on the 'plane (like a 2D Polyline). Split won't work if the 3D Polyline has a node(s) with height or there is a curve from the Fillet3D tool.When you use the "Join Polyline" tool, activate the "2D/3D" option first, then select and Finish.Platinum has a "Fillet3D" tool.
Just experimenting with the Pattern on Sphere utility and it is taking FOREVER (metaphorically, at least)! In actuality, several minutes have been added over and above the time it took to render before it was added. Also, it's only using 1 processor core.
I would like the ability to identify objects that are computationally intensive. Best implemented with a list of objects and the ability to click on each item in the list to highlight the respective object.
Looking for Visual Basic always points me towards Visual Studio. I'm not familiar with either, but isn't it possible that the VBA scripts can be translated? I found this page for installing a VBA addon to Visual Studio that says, "This package provides syntax highlighting and snippets of VBA."
As can be seen in the attached images, a 3D object would be placed at regular intervals on a selected curved surface (aka CS). Selecting the CS would be the same as done in Facet Edit.
The function itself would work by placing copies of the 3D object in the grid seen when you turn Degenerative Faceting off in Wireframe mode. That's how I placed these spheres (using V-snap).
User options would include:1. Adjusting the grid pitch, preferably in two directions (long axis and short axis).2. Choosing to place the 3D object on every grid intersection or on alternating intersections that themselves alternate between each 'line'; said another way, choose between rectangular and diamond patterns.3. Set a margin from the facet's boundary, possibly two or three different margins (longest dimension, shortest dimension and corners)4. Set the orientation of each inserted object to be normal to the CS at point of insertion, or to maintain the original orientation (which is linked, of course). <== ADDED
Personally, I don't think this would be too time-consuming to add. I have already V-snapped several spheres to the grid, so I know it's feasible (and, yes, I verified that it was actually V-snapping).
Looking for Visual Basic always points me towards Visual Studio. I'm not familiar with either, but isn't it possible that the VBA scripts can be translated? I found this page for installing a VBA addon to Visual Studio that says, "This package provides syntax highlighting and snippets of VBA."
Hi Jeff. I think what Ian means, is integration (which won't happen) back into TC. When TC had VBA one could produce macro's directly from the vba window, these where these were saved as a file called .tcm. This allowed operations to be carried out without producing any stand-alone tools, and allowed easy testing at each stage. in a similar way the macro palette does now, but with a lot more control and they also allowed dialog boxes. something which VB script (as used in AnimationLab) and Macro palette do not allow. For anything like that one would have to use Iron Ruby, which essentially died in 2011.
For standalone tools which Visual studio creates, people tended to use VB6 (and some probably still do).
I design enclosures and other objects that will be cast poured, injection molded, etc.
For best extraction from molds, vertical surfaces are best made not-quite-vertical. This is commonly known as a Draft Angle and the preferred angle varies from foundry to foundry (1°-2° is most common). American foundries usually have sophisticated software to add a Draft Angle to the models, but this is not always the case.
This enclosure I designed is a good example. While the holes in the mounting pylons can be easily created with the Draft Angle option in Quick Pull, the main body of the enclosure was opened up with the Shell Solid command.
I would like the Shell Solid command to have the option to add a user-specified Draft Angle starting at the 'omitted' face (the one that gets opened up). If multiple faces have been chosen, then the user could be prompted to select the desired face, or it could be automatically chosen by the active Z axis (and that could be the default choice when the user is prompted).
Jeff
BTW: I've been having more problems with the Captcha not following through after confirming that I'm not a robot. It would be nice if this were fixed.
Thanks Andy & John for your reply. I do have 2018 Pro although not yet installed. Still using V21 Pro Plat. it still seems the most stable of all the lastest versions from what I read here on the forum. How stable is 2018 Pro vs. V21 Pro Plat? If it is as stable I will go ahead and install. Can 2018 be installed without interfering with the operation of V21 Pro Plat?
How stable is 2018 Pro vs. V21 Pro Plat? If it is as stable I will go ahead and install. Can 2018 be installed without interfering with the operation of V21 Pro Plat?
Sorry Doug, I've only just seen your question. I cannot comment on stability, as I don't usually do architectural stuff, and I use RedSDK (not the default Lightworks in v2018).
As for installing 2018. It should not cause any problems being installed alongside v21. Apart from the obvious things, like, drawings in 2018 won't open in v21 without using 'Save-As'. Many users on here have multiple versions installed. | {
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The energy group Fortum and the property company Bonava has launched a commercial collaboration with the purpose to develop different services to Smart Homes. The solution is based on technologies developed by Tingcore, part of the Fortum Group, and is planned to be ready to be installed in the first homes at the end of 2017.
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Young Pharaoh El Shaarawy comes of age
After a turbulent summer of farewells, AC Milan look to be rediscovering their swagger thanks to the unbridled talent of a thrilling new driving force. Doubts spread at the San Siro earlier this year as Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thiago Silva and nearly a dozen stalwarts, including Gennaro Gattuso, waved goodbye, but the spectacular emergence of Stephan El Shaarawy has sparked a fresh sense of optimism.
Much of the credit for that must go to coach Massimiliano Allegri, who has entrusted the 20-year-old with a huge amount of responsibility. It looked to be a risky gamble at the start of the season, but 15 goals later – including 13 in Serie A – and Allegri is undoubtedly reaping the rewards. In terms of goalscoring, the pupil has eclipsed his departed Swedish master. Il Faraone (the Pharaoh) reigns supreme.
El Shaarawy has adapted to his new status with élan, feeding off the confidence of his coach and revelling in his position on the left side of Milan's attack. Game by game, he has grown in stature and effectiveness this term, without losing any of his youthful vigour. It has been a remarkable progression, not least since he was the player most likely to find himself singled out for criticism by Ibrahimovic last season. Even then, though, he was quick to recognise that his experienced team-mate was merely pushing him to improve, rather than voicing his displeasure.
The now Paris Saint-Germain forward's imposing presence was a clear stimulus for the youngster, although El Shaarawy was never shy to defend himself whenever castigated for not passing him the ball. "Zlatan burns with the desire to win," he says now. "I read his autobiography because I was curious to understand his journey in life and in his career. I wanted to understand his huge ambition."
Feet on the ground
Pressed to name his idol and El Shaarawy will cite Ronaldinho, but his style is far more reminiscent of another former Rossoneri great, Andriy Shevchenko, with whom he shares a tremendous sense of application, a willingness to learn and a gift for keeping things simple. Perhaps unsurprisingly, those same qualities have helped him become a popular figure in the dressing room, even if he is conscious how much his life has been transformed since he first arrived at Milanello, the club's training complex. "Your life can't but change, especially when you've always lived in small towns like me," he explains.
"I've got to know some great champions here. In technical terms, I learned a lot from Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva, while on a personal level Clarence Seedorf, Pipo Inzaghi and Massimo Ambrosini have played an important role. In particular, they've advised me how to organise my life in Milan, how to behave away from the pitch, how to choose and listen to the right people, how to take training seriously, how to act towards supporters and the need to limit my appearances in public."
I still act the same way around everyone, including my old friends from Savona. The only difference now is that it's me who's buying the pizza.
AC Milan striker Stephan El Shaarawy
Perhaps paradoxically, his biggest fear now is not failure, but over-confidence. "I thought it would be easy not to get carried away," he says. "Actually, it's tough. When you see a footballer, you say to yourself: 'How do they get to be so presumptuous?' But when it's you, and people never stop asking for autographs or photos, and they're always on your back, you start to think of yourself as some sort of phenomenon. Luckily, my father is there to make sure I keep my feet on the ground. I still act the same way around everyone, including my old friends from Savona. The only difference now is that it's me who's buying the pizza."
As for Allegri, he feels nothing but gratitude, despite having often been left on the bench last season. "I have to thank him," he says. "He's not someone who speaks a lot, but when he does it's always to give you good advice, whether it's about football or life in general." Indeed, paying heed to the guidance of his elders has been key to El Shaarawy's progression, and club vice-president Adriano Galliani has been one of many to note the results. "When he joined us, he had a lot of problems," recalls Galliani. "Now, at 20 years of age, he's demonstrating incredible maturity. He's one of the best players in the world in his age group, along with Neymar."
Combination with Balotelli
International recognition has come at a young age too, and El Shaarawy was started alongside 21-year-old Mario Balotelli in Italy's 2-1 loss to France on 14 November, opening his Azzurri account with the home side's goal. "It was very important for me, even if my goal wasn't enough for us to beat France, who are a very strong team. My understanding with Balotelli is excellent. It felt perfect playing with him and he's a great player."
Given El Shaarawy's rapid ascent, many more chances to hone that partnership surely lie ahead. After all, he has struck 13 times in just 16 Serie A outings this season – at a rate of 0.81 goals per game – and has proved himself capable of changing a match in a variety of ways, be it a laser-guided cross from the left, a long-range shot full of power or precision, or even by threatening closer to goal like a traditional centre-forward.
He likewise enjoys the ability to conjure a pragmatic finish à la Inzaghi, as he did in Sunday's 4-2 defeat of Torino, chipping the ball over the goalkeeper for his team's fourth goal after having served up an assist for the third. He may be anxious to keep his feet on the ground, but Il Faraone is positively soaring at the moment, especially in the familiar surroundings of the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. "It's a fabulous place", he says. "It's like a buffalo breathing down on you for 90 minutes. You really feel it in a powerful way on the pitch. Because of that, I never stop running. I chase every ball, because that's what the people want."
He is now looking forward to the winter break in Italy, and not just to recharge his batteries after months of tireless running. Above all, he is keen for a holiday – and one paid for by Milan captain Ambrosini. The 35-year-old bet the youngster that he could not score seven goals before December, and the time is fast approaching to settle that debt. Next season, who knows how high Ambrosini will set the bar? | {
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