diff --git "a/dev-blind/en.txt" "b/dev-blind/en.txt" new file mode 100644--- /dev/null +++ "b/dev-blind/en.txt" @@ -0,0 +1,3800 @@ +From the AP comes this story : + +President Bush on Tuesday nominated two individuals to replace retiring jurists +on federal courts in the Washington area. Bush nominated Jennifer M. Anderson +for a 15-year term as associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of +Columbia, replacing Steffen W. Graae. *** Bush also nominated A. Noel Anketell +Kramer for a 15-year term as associate judge of the District of Columbia Court +of Appeals, replacing John Montague Steadman. + +The sheikh in wheel-chair has been attacked with a F-16-launched bomb. He could +be killed years ago and the israelians have all the reasons, since he founded +and he is the spiritual leader of Hamas, but they didn't. Today's incident +proves that Sharon has lost his patience and his hope in peace. + +Nervous people make mistakes, so I suppose there will be a wave of succesfull +arab attacks. A la guerre c'est comme a la guerre! + +In the eastern city of Baqubah, guerrillas detonated a car bomb outside a police +station, killing several people. The US lost yet another helicopter to hostile +fire near Habbaniyah in the Sunni heartland, but this time the crew was safe. + +In Fallujah, hundreds of demonstrators came out against US troops when they +briefly arrested a yound newlywed bride. (I hope that the US army got an +enormous amount of information from her relatives, because otherwise this move +was a bad, bad tradeoff). The US troops fired into the hostile crowd, killing 4. +It seems clear to me that the manhunt for high Baath officials in the Sunni +heartland is being done wrong, or at least in ways that are bad for US standing +with local Iraqis. + +Google has finally had an analyst day -- a chance to present the company's story +to the (miniscule number of) people who haven't heard it. Usually, these are +just a chance for the suckups to suck up, but this time people are actually +concerned about the company's plans. They work on Wall Street, after all, so +when they hear a company who's stated goals include "Don't be evil," they +imagine a company who's eventually history will be "Don't be profitable." It's +not quite as freewheeling an environment as you'd imagine: Sergey Brin has +actually created a mathematical 'proof' that the company's self-driven research +strategy, which gives employees one day a week to do research projects on their +own, is a good, respectable idea . Read the entire article; there's a punchline, +too. + +My opinion piece on the implications of Arafat's passing for al-Qaeda has +appeared at Newsday. Excerpt: + +"Arafat's secular nationalism was supple enough to compromise with Israel and to +imagine a two-state solution, even if the road of negotiations remained rocky. +The continued Israeli colonization of the occupied Palestinian territories +during the 1990s helped, along with terrorist attacks by radical groups such as +Hamas, to derail the peace process, which Sharon had always opposed. Arafat's +death creates a vacuum in Palestinian leadership that will not soon be filled. +Sharon's assassination of major Hamas leaders has also weakened authority +structures in that party. If the Israelis and the Palestinian leadership cannot +find a way to reinvigorate the peace process, cells of radical young +Palestinians may grow up that look to bin Laden for their cues. Even if local +Palestinian leaders remain strong enough to keep al-Qaida out, the festering +Israeli-Palestinian struggle remains among the best recruiting posters for +al-Qaida with young Muslim men. Resolving this conflict would be the most +effective weapon the United States could deploy in its war on terror." + +Xinhua reports that a wide range of Iraqi political forces on Tuesday condemned +Sharon's murder of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a religious leader of Hamas, the day +before. The Board of Muslim clerics in Fallujah, 50 km west of Baghdad, +"condemned the assassination and promised immediate revenge against the +coalition soldiers in Iraq." Ash-Sharq al-Awsat reports that Fallujah was closed +Tuesday in a general strike. US troops there clashed with guerrillas in a fight +that left one Iraqi dead. In Ramadi, there was a big demonstration. Radical +Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said the attack was "criminal" and that "the +Zionists have left only one choice for the Arabs, that of fighting and jihad". +The interim Governing Council issued a communique saying, "It is a proof of the +emptiness of the Israeli authority and a destruction of the peace endeavors in +the region . . . This operation would only consolidate the terrorist acts in the +world and would not bring peace to the region," the message claimed. Xinhua +alleged that "Many of the Iraqis, who suffer the American occupation of Iraq, +relate their case with that of the Palestinian people, under the Israeli +occupation." In an apparently unrelated incidents, some eleven Iraqis were +killed by snipers on Tuesday, including a group of police trainees in a bus near +Hilla and two police in Kirkuk. + +Ever since the first whispers about Google's IPO, most investors have feared +that the stock would come public at such a ridiculously high price that, even +with a spectacularly profitable business model and some nearly flawless +execution, the price would be too high for investors to make a real profit. +We've moved on. We've grown up. Now, people wonder if Google can even survive . +That's overstating it, I know. What they wonder is whether Google can be +anything more than what it's always been -- a great search engine with some real +grass-roots support, successful by the grace of simplicity. Simplicity gave it +that blessed, laudatory lack of clutter, the efficient and effective text-based +ads, and the support of anyone with a dial-up connection. The problem is that +customers attracted by a simple interface are among the least loyal you can find +-- witness the fight-for-fewest-features between low-end camera companies. The +other problem? It's tough to make money branching out when your appeal is in +your focus. As the survey cited in the above-linked article shows, most Google +users don't intend to use Gmail, and Google isn't even as popular as Yahoo! and +AOL. If they continue to add features so they can justify their likely sky-high +valuation, Google risks losing a huge chunk of their customer base to the next +keep-it-simple search engine. + +Remember when a whole lot of people had to die because a Swedish newspaper +printed those cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed? Now Iran wants to turn the +tables and is inviting cartoonists to do their best by depicting the Holocaust. +Amazingly, these idiots think a cartoon of Mohammed is comparable to what we can +expect in this new fun contest: TEHRAN (AFP) - An international contest of +cartoons on the Holocaust opened in Tehran in response to the publication in +Western papers last September of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. "We staged +this fair to explore the limits of freedom Westerners believe in," Masoud +Shojai, head of the country's "Iran Cartoon" association and the fair organizer, +said. "They can freely write anything they like about our prophet, but if one +raises doubts about the Holocaust he is either fined or sent to prison," he +added. "Though we do not deny that fact that Jews were killed in the (second +world) war, why should the Palestinians pay for it?" Shojai told the opening +ceremony of the month-long fair in Tehran's Palestine Contemporary Art Museum. +He added that around 1,100 cartoons were submitted by participants from more +than 60 countries and that more than 200 are on show. He said the top three +cartoons will be announced on September 2, with the winners being awarded prizes +of 12,000, 8,000 and 5,000 dollars respectively. This cute little stunt is only +going to prove just how fanatic the extremist Muslims are. When they saw a +cartoon of their prophet, people had to die. When their precious cartoons are +released I highly doubt it will look like the end of the world. + +US Marines moved into most of Fallujah on Wednesday, though they were still +meeting pockets of resistance. The Fallujah fighting has killed fair numbers of +Iraqi noncombatants, including Shaikh Abdul Wahhab al-Janabi of the respected +Association of Muslim Scholars. Armed clashes broke out in several northern +Iraqi cities on Wednesday, leaving some 22 persons dead in Mosul, Baiji, and +Tuz. Hundreds of persons mounted demonstrations against the Fallujah campaign in +Tikrit and Huwaijah, as well, according to az-Zaman . The battles and +demonstrations were provoked by the US assault on Fallujah. Guerrillas +threatened to assassinate Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and Minister of Defense +Hazem Shaalan in retaliation for the attack. Allawi's aged cousin and the man's +wife and daughter-in-law were abducted and guerrillas threaten to behead them if +the Fallujah compaign is not stopped. In Iraqi society, PM Allawi is responsible +for protecting his clan, including especially his first cousins, so this +kidnapping makes him look weak and brings substantial shame on him. The US +Marines took most of Fallujah Wednesday, but still face pockets of resistance. +If Samarra and other cities are any guide, those pockets of resistance could go +on bedeviling the US for some time to come. The intrepid Ed Wong of the NYT has +more on the Sunni boycott of the elections. He reports that the Iraqi Islamic +Party, which had earlier been absolutely committed to getting out the Sunni +vote, is now wavering and saying their position will depend on the situation. +The outbreak of demonstrations and violence throughout the Sunni Arab regions on +Wednesday did not bode well for Sunni participation in the January elections. +Jim Lobe has more on the political implications of the Fallujah assault, both in +Iraq and in Washington. For some black satire on Fallujah, see Unconfirmed +Sources which has some fun with my Weblog. [Am at a conference and can't blog +much right now but will try to catch up the next couple of days.] + +The hottest item on Christmas wish lists this year is nuclear weapons. Al-Qaeda +wants them, Iran wants them, Russia wants the better ones, and all the US wants +is to give them all a piece of coal. For the last few years there have been +tensions with Iran’s nuclear program with word coming this week that a deal was +reached through the European Union that meets with the approval of the +International Atomic Energy Agency. At the same time, an Iranian Opposition +Group released what they call proof of a covert nuclear weapons program. Arial +photos, loose connections to AQ Kahn and Libya make up the evidence that the +group presented. Russia also announced that it was seeking and building the best +nukes the world’s ever seen. President Vladimir Putin said Russia is will have +new nuclear weapons that other countries do not and will not have. With the +demand so high, the question arises on to who should be or has the right to be +the Santa of nuclear weapons. Right now that seems to be the US, EU, and IAEA. +But not always do those three agree, and not always are their decisions equal. +The US has strongly opposed a nuclear weapons program of Iran, yet Israel, which +to this day has never officially said that they posses nuclear weapons, ranks +around fifth in nuclear strength. It is estimated that Israel has over 200 +nuclear weapons yet neither the US nor any of her allies expresses the slightest +concern. North Korea’s Kim Jong Ill also has the bomb at the top of his list and +Santa seems to have already come a few years ago. It is rumored that North Korea +has at least a couple nuclear weapons. But getting past who should get them, is +who has them, and who is really close. The case against Iran has a feeling of +Déjà vu. Arial photos of the lab were uranium is being enriched, somewhat like +those of chemical weapons stockpiles in Iraq. America cried wolf in Iraq, and +what’s scary is that sooner or later, that wolf will probably get us. + +I ran across this item on the Internet. + +Sooooo. The United States goes into a war zone and evacuates a bunch of U.S. +citizens (most of whom were "dual-citizens"). Then, eschewing normal procedure, +the Department of State waived the fees that they charge for evacuating U.S. +citizen. Why? To pander to the mythical "Arab street", of course. + +Now, I would argue that one could have reasonably predicted that some form of +military violence was likely to occur in Lebanon (considering that the country +has been experiencing some form of conflict for approximately the last 32 +years). In other words, those Americans were there by their own choice, mired in +a situation that was totally predictable. Yet we didn't charge them for the +evacuation. This is unlike the situation last year in Asia when we evacuated +U.S. citizens from areas that were hit by the tsunami - a phenomenon that is +much less predictable than the Hezbollah-provoked destruction that rained down +on Lebanon. And what do we get for this effort? A lawsuit. + +That's right, folks. The American-Arab Discrimination Committee is suing +Condoleeza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld, charging that they mismanaged the +evacuation efforts. Here's an excerpt from the article: + +Nina Chahine, 19, who with her family was among the named plaintiffs in the +lawsuit, said her wedding in the southern city of Tyre was set for July 13. The +wedding had to be postponed as family members fled the outbreak of the war, she +said. "We were on the road and the first bridge was bombed and we drove home and +all the other bridges were bombed and there was absolutely no way for us to get +home," Chahine told reporters outside federal court in Detroit. "We were all +American citizens and there was no way that anybody helped us. No communications +nothing. I was on my way to my wedding fearing death, basically." Chahine said +her immediate family spent about $20,000 to return to Detroit via Syria and +Jordan. Dear Nina, + +Here's a tip: Don't get married in countries that house illegal militias that +attack other countries and hence are likely to come under counter-attack! Crap +like this sure makes me want to rush right out and rescue people from dilemmas +of their own making. + +Though I am loathe to quote other writers at legnth in this space, this little +bit from Dan Froomkin's "White House Briefing" column in the WashPost today is +just too good to pass up (read the whole column here ): At the Ask the President +event on Friday, one of the questions was about whether Bush has any thoughts +about his memoirs. This is one example of what happens when Bush gets a question +that he hasn't anticipated. "Q Thank you -- I was wondering, there's a lot of +talk right now about memoirs being written with the former President. After you +are elected in 2004, what will your memoirs say about you, what will the title +be, and what will the main theme say? "THE PRESIDENT: I appreciate that. +(Laughter.) There is a painting on my wall in the Oval -- first of all, I don't +know. I'm just speculating now. I really haven't thought about writing a book. +My life is too complicated right now trying to do my job. (Laughter.) But if -- +there's a painting on the wall in the Oval Office that shows a horseman charging +up a steep cliff, and there are at least two other horsemen following. It's a +Western scene by a guy named W.H.S. Koerner called 'A Charge to Keep.' It's on +loan, by the way, from a guy named Joe O'Neill in Midland, Texas. He was the +person, he and his wife Jan, introduced -- reintroduced me and Laura in his +backyard in July of 1977. Four months later, we were married. So he's got a -- +I'm a decision-maker and I can make good decisions. (Applause.) + +"And so we sang this hymn -- this is a long story trying to get to your answer. +(Laughter.) This is not a filibuster. (Laughter.) That's a Senate term -- +particularly on good judges. (Applause.) The hymn was sung at my first inaugural +church service as governor. Laura and I are Methodists. One of the Wesley boys +wrote the hymn. The painting is based upon the hymn called, 'A Charge to Keep.' +I have. The hymn talks about serving something greater than yourself in life. I +-- which I try to do, as best as I possibly can. (Applause.) "The book -- I +guess one way, one thing to think about it is -- one of the themes would be, I +was given a charge to keep. And I gave it all my heart, all my energy, based +upon principles that did not change once I got into the Oval Office. +(Applause.)" + +Now that's a rambling response. + +And I have to wonder: Did he forget that he already has a memoir called "A +Charge to Keep"? That was the name of his "autobiography" -- ghost-written by +adviser Karen Hughes in 1999. + +There has been random speculation about Google developiong a new browser and/or +acquiring Firefox. It is true that Google has been in acquisition mode. They +have acquired Urchin, Zipdash, Applied Semantics, Picasa, Blogger, and satellite +imaging company Keyhole, so why not Firefox? I have no inside information, but I +have been following links today that strongly indicate that Google is damn +serious about securing permanent control of the leading edge browser technology +in Firefox. Ben Goodger is the lead engineer for Mozilla Firefox. He announced +this in January: As of January 10, 2005, my source of income changed from The +Mozilla Foundation to Google, Inc. of Mountain View, California. My role with +Firefox and the Mozilla project will remain largely unchanged, I will continue +doing much the same work as I have described above - with the new goal of +successful 1.1, 1.5 and 2.0 releases. I remain devoted full-time to the +advancement of Firefox, the Mozilla platform and web browsing in general. He +also announced this in January: + +Welcome Darin! I just want to extend a big "Welcome!" to Darin Darin Fisher who +joined me at Google this week. 2005 is going to rock! Darin Fisher wrote this +response on January 25, 2005: + +Me and the big "G" Following on the heels of Ben's annoucement yesterday, I +thought I'd post that I have joined Google as well. Like Ben, I will still be +very much involved with the Mozilla project and community :-) Posted by darin + +Ben made another announcement on March 28, 2005: + +I want to use this opportunity to welcome Brian Ryner to Google! Brian has been +one of the most crucial elements to the success of Mozilla software over the +past few years,... Great to have you on board! + +Now, none of this has been confirmed by Google at the present time, but it's an +old adage that you follow the money to see who is behind something. In this +case, following the talent leads me to think that Google will be making an +announcement this year that formalizes the Google-Mozilla/Firefox relationship. +If you have not already seen the Flash movie Epic , you should take a few +minutes and view the future history of media as conceived by Robin Sloan and +Matt Thompson, with music by Aaron McLeran. In this movie Google and Amazon +(GOOGLEZON ) create a brave new world of media in 2008. This is one +thought-provoking film. Every move Google makes brings this particular future +closer. Just one small commment - it's not possible, as far as I know, for +Google to "Aquire" Firefox. They already have rights to take it, alter it, and +release those changes to the world - this is what the whole open source thing is +about. I'm inclined to say that google is doing what they can to both shape and +support the growth of the most popular non-Microsoft browser out there - by +taking on the leading lights in Firefox development, they're ensuring the +continued life of the project, and ensuring (not that I think they need to) that +their voice will be heard admidst the higher echelons of the firefox development +team. It's this sort of enlightened self interest that keeps large open source +projects alive. Fascinating viewpoint of the future in Epic. Thanks for the +link. + +Malach, What you say makes sense. Acquiring open source talent gives a company +an inexpensive way of influencing and anticipating the direction an open source +project will go. It probably gives more bang for the buck than acquiring a +private company and having to handle the inevitable culture clashes and process +mis-matches. + +The Coalition decision to provoke a fight with Muqtada al-Sadr's movement only +three months before the Coalition Provisional Authority goes out of business has +to be seen as a form of gross incompetence in governance. How did the CPA get to +the point where it has turned even Iraqi Shiites, who were initially grateful +for the removal of Saddam Hussein, against the United States? Where it risks +fighting dual Sunni Arab and Shiite insurgencies simultaneously, at a time when +US troops are rotating on a massive scale and hoping to downsize their forces in +country? At a time when the Spanish, Thai and other contingents are already +committed to leaving, and the UN is reluctant to get involved? One answer is +that the Pentagon prevented the State Department from running the CPA. State is +the body with experience in international affairs and administration. The +civilians in the Department of Defense only know how to blow things up. +Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz and Feith staffed the CPA with Neoconservatives, most of +whom had no administrative experience, no Arabic, and no respect for Muslim +culture (or knowledge about it). They actively excluded State Department Iraq +hands like Tom Warrick. (Only recently have a few experienced State Department +Arabists been allowed in to try to begin mopping up the mess.) The Neocons in +the CPA have all sorts of ulterior motives and social experiments they want to +impose on the Iraqi people, including Polish-style economic shock therapy, some +sort of sweetheart deal for Israel, and maybe even breaking the country up into +three parts. The Washington Monthly's Who's Who of Neocons in Iraq helps explain +the extreme incompetence and possibly double-dealing of many in the CPA. Sept. +11 Commission member Philip Zelikow, who is close to the Bush administration, +admitted on Sept. 10, 2002, that the ulterior motive of the Bush administration +for the Iraq War was to "protect Israel," according to the Asian Times . I have +long been a trenchant critic of the Sadrists. But they haven't been up to +anything extraordinary as far as I can see in recent weeks. Someone in the CPA +sat down and thought up ways to stir them up by closing their newspaper and +issuing 28 arrest warrants and taking in people like Yaqubi. This is either +gross incompetence or was done with dark ulterior motives that can scarcely be +guessed at. There is a classical logical fallacy, post hoc ergo propter hoc (Z +happens after X, therefore Z is caused by X), and I keep revising this posting +this evening because I don't want to fall into it. But sometimes, of course, +when Z happens after X it is because of X. So I may as well just come out with +it: It is pretty suspicious, given the Neocon predominance in the CPA and in the +upper reaches of the Defense Department that on April 2 AP reported of Muqtada: +' A radical Shiite Muslim cleric has expressed solidarity with the militant +Palestinian group Hamas and said that he should be considered the group's +"striking arm" in Iraq. "I have said and I repeat my expression of solidarity +which Hassan Nasrallah called for to stand with Hamas," Shiite cleric Muqtada +al-Sadr said Friday in a reference to Nasrallah, the leader of the militant +Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah. Last month, Nasrallah announced that his party +would close ranks with Hamas. "Let (Hamas) consider me their striking arm in +Iraq because the fate of Iraq and Palestine is the same," al-Sadr said during a +Friday prayer sermon in Kufa, his home base south of Baghdad. He did comment on +what he meant by the phrase. ' And on April 3 his chief aide in Najaf was +suddenly arrested along with 13 other members of his organization, and the +Coalition forces are put into violent conflict with his organization, which +leaves 7 US soldiers dead. The Army is unlikely to forgive or forget; but who +provoked it and why? I'm not even in Iraq and I could have predicted to you the +consequences of doing what the CPA has been doing. Anthony Shadid of the +Washington Post reveals that the warrants for the arrests had been issued months +be for. Why were they suddenly acted on Saturday? + +i am not going unless lisa promises to get all wasted and boob out. + +I definitely could use a drink, actually a couple would probably do better. +Bryan, you're in, right? Anybody up for happy hour after work? I was thinking +Kenneally's at around 5. + +Let me know + +you don't know what that means? where did you grow up? india? + +boob out? should I be embarrassed that I haven't the slightest idea what that +means? + +i am going out tonight to get wasted if anyone is interested. jill allen +finishes her cpa today and she and her friends are going to party. + +max and jen are looking for you. call them at 303-832-8160. they haven't heard +from you in a while. + +Work it into your speech-- something along the line of, "And Jen, you come from +great people and have fantastic friends. In fact Peder and I were remarking on +how agreeable they all are as the sucked on our balls last night. Fucking +bitches!" + +i have to go to butt-fucking mississippi. i am not looking foward to that but +don't tell val. the following weekend i will be ready to rock. + +i think they are all bark and no bite. i think they could get their asses kicked +by cats. they look like they were doberman pinchers who were shrunk. you should +get a cockerspaniel. + +no, i am not kidding and no i don't want it b/c of the taco bell dog. i want it +b/c it is really small and cute. i knew someone in college who had one and i +loved it. why do you think they are mean? + +are you kidding? why would you want a chihuahua? those dogs aren't even +friendly. do you think they are cool b/c of the taco bell dog? + +"Les Spahnn" 02/13/2001 08:02 PM All: It is my understanding, +from good sources in the Govs office that the Gov will order Loretta Lynch to +expeditiously implement the provision to suspend all parties auhtority to enter +into direct access contracts. The premise with which the administartion is +acting is that if they expeditiously suspend everyone's right to bilateral +contracts quickly, it sets up a barrier which the direct access coalition must +break through. In other words the table is set. Deal your meal from where the +dishes are located. I.E. the Davis Administration wants to place all direct +access advocates in the position of having to justify why each and every party +should be the exception to the suspension rather than have a general rule +concerning how direct access should work for all parties. It clearly gives the +Admin a very strong upper hand to control who when and where direct access can +occur without having to say that they oppose direct access. Power be where power +lies. + +you aren't going in for the wedding until sunday now? + +I'm in + +Regards, + +Kevin A. 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(713) +235-1972, called and informed me that the counterparty should be CCGM, L.P.. +Further, she informed me that Section 7 of the agreement, which reads in part: +Gas is free from liens and adverse claims of every kind, should be changed +because the gas that the counterparty will be transporting on HPL may and/or is +subject to liens. She was instructed to destroy the agreement and another would +be forwarded to her with the necessary corrections and re-wording of Section 7. +Attached find the agreements for the necessary changes in Section 7. Kelly Cloud +has instructed me to call with any further questions. Thanks. + +Marlene D. Hilliard + +Ginny, Please see the attached guaranty. A clean and redlined version are +attached. I revised the language based on our discussions and added the language +concerning interest which we had both previously approved. We are OK to execute +this form. Let me know if acceptable and I will go ahead and execute. Thanks. + +"Townsend, George" 03/27/2001 09:11 AM Puto, + +What's going on dude? Antigua was awesome. I survived it without a problem. +Heather moving in has been a different story. I didn't realize how much "stuff" +you could pack into a one bedroom apartment. How is your love life. The gal from +the wedding was pretty hot. Are you still chasing that? Lets get together soon. +Our extra bedroom is nicer now. My old bed got tossed in a dumpster. It smelled +like shit. + +Talk to you later GT + +How is it going? Did you survive the honeymoon? + +These look fine to me. Go ahead and forward to Brant if you are ready. + +Joan Woodson 08/10/2000 08:28 AM Enron Investment Partners Congratulations! +You've all won! + +...Now comes the fun part.... + +The following have made a team for the game show on August 17th!. + +Thanks to all who volunteered. You will remain as alternates. + +Analyst Team Participants: Analyst Team 1: Coach: Lisa Gilette Kristen Quinn, +Sarah Mulholland, Samuel Pak, Daniel Kang + +Analyst Team 2: Coach: Doug Sewell Jeffrey Synder, Ryan Hinze, Sheetal Patel, +Johnathan Anderson Associate Team Participants: + +Associate Team 1: Coach: Ben Markey Mary John, Russell Dyk, Webb Jennings, +Martin Gonzales + +Mixed A/ATeam 2: Coach: Melanie King Brandon Luna - Analyst, Bryan Hull - +Analyst, Eduardo Tellechea - Associate, Milson Mundim - Associate Alternates: +Heather Johnson, Usman Shaukat, Gerard Benitez, Matthew Almy, Travis Hanson WHO +WANTS TO HELP MILLIONS FOR UNITED WAY? We hope you do! + +How to Pledge: This year it is very easy to make your contribution. Simply type +in the following United Way link, http://unitedway.enron.com or go directly to +Internet Explorer or Netscape and type in unitedway.enron.com in the address +field. Either option should take you directly to Enron's United Way 2000 +Campaign site. PLEASE NOTE: Your pledge is to be made electronically - it only +takes minutes. No physical pledge cards. Questions: If you have any questions +regarding the pledging process, please contact Joan Woodson (3-5213), Bert +Frazier (3-5076) or Kathy Mayfield (3-3264). you know that both o'neal and matt +are out? + +Game tonight at 7, it's time to kick some ass. i have not gotten a good response +so i think shanna and i are going to stay in town. the weather is going to be +fine, hector was just blowing smoke. + +Christa Winfrey 08/08/2000 11:36 AM have you heard from anyone? also, what's the +deal with the weather this weekend? is it supposed to be storming? + +by the way, buy it now b/c it is going to 100 by year end. + +Your father never listens to me, what can I say? But, I'm very happy for you! +How are you? Any news on Aunt Toni? LU-M + +Glad to hear all is well. I meant to comment that I thought the people profiled +in the article should pull their heads out of their self important asses. It +isn't about finding the meaning of life at work. It is all about the $$$. Work +hard. Make $$$. Retire young. Things with me are great. Moving back to Calgary +in about a month which is a little sooner than I thought I would be going back +but when opportunity knocks you gotta go. Take care. I don't hear from you in +months and then you level me with such a thought provoking, soul searching +article. Thanks for thinking of me to send it to. I really enjoyed reading it. +We certainly fit into certain parts of the article. There are a few life +theories like that which working through. Its all interesting stuff. + +How are things going with you? Are you enjoying Houston? + +London has been great. Brokering over here has been pretty rewarding. Traders +over here seem to have a lot more respect for other humans. Catriona is well and +has landed herself a pretty cool job in PR. + +Keep in touch, + +Mike + +Michael J. McDermott mjmcdermott@hotmail.com +_________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE +download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp + +For me it isn't about fulfillment or finding my life's purpose in my work. It's +all about the $$$. Work hard and retire early. + +Cheers + +Chris + +P.S. I am moving back to Calgary in about a month. Enron continues to feel free +to move me around at will. I am actually really looking forward to it. + +let's discuss next time we have amstel lights together. Jolene Harvey 05/22/2001 +09:25 AM + +about our lifestyle... (See attached file: TEXT.htm) + +********************************NOTICE************************************* This +transmittal and/or attachments may be a confidential attorney-client +communication or may otherwise be privileged or confidential. If you are not the +intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this +transmittal in error; any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this +transmittal is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmittal and/or +attachments in error, please notify us immediately by reply or by telephone +(call us collect at +1 212-848-8400) and immediately delete this message and all +its attachments. Thank you. - TEXT.htm << File: TEXT.htm >> I was thinking of +converting it to a hover vehicle. I might just sell the car and get you to drive +me around all winter. How about skidoo skis for the front and tracks for the +back.. + +Lexus IS 300. Not sure if I am going to buy 17" or 16" wheels for the winter. +Jackass. + +You have always been on the move seeking affectionate, satisfying and harmonious +relationships. Your ultimate goal has been the realisation of an intimate union +in which there could be love, self-sacrifice and mutual trust. It has often been +said that "True love is just around the corner"...and maybe... if you haven't +found it as yet - you possibly soon will. In the past there have been .. and +maybe there still are many things that you have had to do without. You have now +decided to set your sights on a position or situation that could give you +greater prestige and which will afford you considerable self esteem. You wear +your heart on your sleeve ... and since you are an emotional person you are apt +to give your all ... heart and soul ... to all those that show you a little +affection ... but take care... it would appear that you have been extremely hurt +in the past...and you keep leaving yourself wide open for punishment.. Whatever +you strive to do, something always seems to be holding you back. There is no +subterfuge in you. You are a clear thinker and all you demand from life, in a +relationship, is a partner whom you can trust and with whom you can, together, +develop a foundation of trust based on understanding. You are your own person... +and you demand freedom of thought ...to follow your own convictions. You have no +interest in "two-timing" and all you seek is sincerity and "straight-dealing". +You wish to be left in peace... no more conflict and no more differences of +opinion ... In fact you just don't want to be involved in any arguments of any +shape or form ... All you want is for "them" to get on with it - and to leave +you alone.. + +John, + +sorry for not sending it to you earlier (totally forgot to open my outlook). Raw +data is on the fisrt tab of the file to the right. + +Let me know if you have any questions. + +Vladi. Hey Vladi, + +Do you still have the historical nymex settle file that you created for Lavo's +spread analysis? If you do would you send me a copy? Thanks. + +John + +Attached is a new link for employees unable to attend the all-employee meeting +today at 10 a.m. (CDT) at the Hyatt Regency Houston, Imperial Ballroom. If you +are located in London, Calgary, Toronto, Omaha, New York, Portland (ENA) or +Houston, you can access the live event at http://home.enron.com/employeemeeting. +Constance, + +I was on vacation from October 4th to October 19th and I didn't submit my +timesheet yet. I tried to do it on the HRonline web-site, but the procedure is +too complicated. Is it possible that you or somebody else in the HR department +mark the vacation time? I would really appreciate that. + +Thank you. + +Vladi Pimenov ext. 37625 + +"McGilloway, Vangie" 03/23/2001 10:13 AM Good +Morning Debra - I have attached a revised copy of the GISB Agreement and Special +Provisions for your review and consideration. I anticipate completing the review +of the Master Agreement form and submitting comments to you by Monday. In +addition, I received feedback from our Gas Desk that the access to the Gas +segment of Enron On-Line was cut off to CPS --- do you know who would handle +this at Enron that we can speak to? Greatly appreciate your prompt feedback to +this inquiry. I look forward to your feedback on the GISB. + +Regards, Vangie McGilloway Constellation Power Source, Inc. ("CPS") 111 Market +Place Ste 500 Baltimore,MD 21202 Phone 410-468-3798 Fax 410-468-3499 Email +vangie.mcgilloway@powersrc.com PS- Were you having phone system problems this +morning? Myself and Credit were calling in and none of the calls rolled into +voice mail (?). Further to our conversation, please see attached sample +agreements. Upon your review, please give me a call to discuss any questionsand +or issues you may have regarding this matter. (See attached file: Constellation +Power (GISB draft).doc)(See attached file: Sam3102.doc) Regards, Debra +Perlingiere - ENRON-CPS (GISB rev1).doc + +I have sent your question re on line trading to that area. They will contact +you. I am in the process of reviewing your special provisions. + +Best regards, + +Debra Perlingiere + +Jackie Taylor - she is located at Court House Concessionaire and under her name +in the directory. Debra Perlingiere + +Please clarify "all" do you intend 10MM for ENA as well? Thx dp Debra +Perlingiere + +Revised Article 4.6 Debra Perlingiere + +The only agreement I can find is a Master Sale Spot w/ City of Springfield. +Please let me know if you need anything else. dp + +Debra Perlingiere + +Tammi, + +Attached is an image of the GISB. As you see it was CES acquired by ENA in asset +purchase. Please let me know how you would like to proceed. + +Best regards, Debra Perlingiere + +Debra Perlingiere + +Priscilla, + +I do not find the term "Alternate Transporter Imbalance" in our agreement.. The +term "Aggregate Transporter Imbalance" is located in several sections. Could +this be what your referencing? + +Regards, Debra Perlingiere + +See attached revised Article 4.6 Masters below. + +Dp + +Debra Perlingiere Gerald Nemec These look fine to me. Go ahead and forward to +Brant if you are ready. + +Debra Perlingiere 03/27/2001 01:58 PM Revised Article 4.6 Debra Perlingiere +Kathleen, + +You are correct, I will make the appropriate changes and give you another review +before sending execution papers. Best regards, Debra Perlingiere + +4105SF + +Debra Perlingiere + +Jill: As discussed, attached is a GISB draft for Pioneer. As you can see there +are several blanks concerning administrative information for ENA Upstream. I was +able to secure a Duns# and Fed Tax ID however, I am lacking Fax and bank account +numbers. Do you have this information? + +Dp + +Debra Perlingiere + +Debra Perlingiere Jeffrey T Hodge 03/29/2001 09:01 AM Rudwell +Johnson/ENRON@enronXgate 03/28/2001 05:09 PM Jeff! + +Please find attached a credit worksheet for a Master Firm contract for the above +mentioned counterparty. Please complete agreement and forward to counterparty. +Thanks Rudwell 53596. Cindy, + +Please forward a copy of the J.M. Huber Corporation Guaranty to my attention. +The Guaranty is dated August 1, 2000. + +Thanks!! + +Debra Perlingiere + +They are taking delivery in the U.S. + +Debra Perlingiere + +Visit, + +Thanks for your message. Can you send me the data you used: I shall take a look +at it. + +Vince + +Dear All, My mane is Visit Phunnarungsi. I used to e-mail Vince Kaminski about +the advice on his article "The Challenge of Pricing and Risk Managing +Electricity Derivatives" and he had mailed me the copy. I am now modelling the +Queensland electricity spot price using Geometric Brownian Mean Reverting Jump +Diffusion Model and have followed your paper "Making the most of mean reversion" +to estimate the mean reversion speed. I use Queensland half-hourly price during +13 December, 1998-30 June 2001 giving about 44,000 price observations. However, +the result from Ordinary Least Squares was not as expected due to different sign +for both slope & intercept. The coefficient and standard error are as followed: +Intercept: -0.3931 (0.0076) Slope: 0.1171 (0.0022) R Square: 0.0585 Therefore I +could not estimate the mean reversion rate as the estimated slope has the +positive sign. I have also tried monthly data and the results are the same. It +would be appreciated if you could advice me on this matter. Kindest regards, +Visit Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com << File: +'http://go.msn.com/bql/hmtag_itl_EN.asp' >> Chris, + +Plz contact Shirley Crenshaw (X 3-5290) regarding a copy of an article. Vince + +Traci, + +Thanks. This is the best solution given all the uncertainties we face. Vince + +Vince - Thanks for the message regarding a possible intern for your group. Right +now, we are in the process of evaluating both our new hire needs and our summer +needs and will be making those decisions after the first of the year. Until we +have come up with those numbers it would be premature to make any offers for the +summer. What I would like to do in this case is get the information to Jeff +Davis, who is responsible for Georgia Tech and ask him to get Sungjoo's resume +and start a file on him with a notation that you would like to hire him for +summer. When we start the summer process, we will interview the candidate and +slot him for your group. + +Is this okay with you? + +Hope all is well with you Take Care Traci Traci, + +I have visited Georgia Tech on Thursday. One of the students indicated that he +is interested in a summer internship. He came across as a very bright person, +very personable. I can take him as a summer intern. + +Vince + +Dear Dr. Vincent Kaminski, + +Hi. How are you doing? I hope you have a good flight back to home. It was a good +opportunity to know about Enron and its finance sector. Thank you for your time. + +I have already submitted my resume and cover letter right after the talk. +However, you ask me to send a copy of resume and cover letter again. Those +attachments are what I was asked. Again, it was a good chance for me to get to +know what I can do in this field and what I have to more focus on in school. I +am looking forward to hearing from you soon and have a nice day. Thank you. + +************************************************ Sungjoo Lee Stochastic +Processes and Simulation in Finance Georgia Institute of Technology School of +Industrial and Systems Engineering E-mail address: goldconn@isye.gatech.edu +gte114t@prism.gatech.edu Home : 404-449-1026 Office: Coming Soon! +************************************************ - Lisa_coverletter.doc << File: +Lisa_coverletter.doc >> - Lisa_resume.doc << File: Lisa_resume.doc >> FYI + +Vince + +P.S. Tom, Please, contact Vernon and get the details. + +Renee, + +I would like to have a meeting to go over the payment methodology. Scott Neal +and Tom Martin would like to attend as well. This afternoon at 2 PM or later +would work for us. Please let me know what time we could meet. + +Thank you, + +Phillip + +Phillip, + +This section pertains to terminated employees who are paid out in the year +following the termination event. The way the tax law works, the tax basis for +your share distribution will be based on the closing stock price the day +preceding notification to the transfer agent. As such, we will distribute net +shares calculating the proper withholding at fair market value the day prior to +notifying the transfer agent. We will be distributing the shares reflected on +your 9/30/01 statement (6,606 shares plus cash for fractional shares). If you +would prefer to settle the taxes with a personal check, we can distribute gross +shares. Please let me know you preference. + +As you know, we are in the process of transferring recordkeeping services from +NTRC to Hewitt. As such, we have a CPA, Larry Lewis, working with us to audit +and set up transition files. He has become our department expert on the PSA +account (much more knowledgeable than myself) and the various plan provision +amendments. If you would like, we can set up a conference call with you, myself, +and Larry to go over the payment methodology. Please let me know a date and time +that is convenient for you. + +Thanks, + +Renee + +Renee, + +Thank you for digging in to the issue of Deferred Phantom Stock Units. It is +clear that the payment will be made in shares. However, I still don't understand +which date will be used to determine the value and calculate how many shares. +The plan document under VII. Amount of Benefit Payments reads "The value of the +shares, and resulting payment amount will be based on the closing price of Enron +Corp. common stock on the January 1 before the date of payment, and such payment +shall be made in shares of Enron Corp. common stock." Can you help me interpret +this statement and work through the numbers on my account. + +Thank you, + +Phillip Allen + +Let me know when you get the quotes from Pauline. I am expecting to pay +something in the $3,to $5,000 range. I would like to see the quotes and a +description of the work to be done. It is my understanding that some rock will +be removed and replaced with siding. If they are getting quotes to put up new +rock then we will need to clarify. Jacques is ready to drop in a dollar amount +on the release. If the negotiations stall, it seems like I need to go ahead and +cut off the utilities. Hopefully things will go smoothly. + +Phillip + +Attendees: Pam Butler Renee Ratcliff Larry Lewis Tom Martin Scott Neal Phillip +Allen + +Greg, I faxed you the promotional on 10300 Heritage Office Building with the +Nimitz post office. The broker called back shortly after I spoke to you to let +me know that the kestrel air park building and the strip center at fm78 & walzem +had both sold. Let me know what you think of this property. Also, let me know of +any other ideas about replacement property. + +Phillip + +Jim, + +Take a look at this spreadsheet. I tried to calculate the IRR on the port +Aransas and Roma post offices. Is this how your clients usually evaluate these +properties? The Roma deal looks much better. + +Phillip Mery, + +This sounds better than the limitations you were describing in the meeting. We +should be able to work with this. + +Phillip + +Hope you enjoy the posts and feel free to jump in anywhere. + +Hope to see you soon! + +The Alaskan Knight + +All you have to do is sign up for one free offer (such as efax) and then cancel +within the offer time frame. 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Thanks + +See you climbing later + +Lizzie + +I apologize for the following inconvenience, but I have decided to move this +group to Yahoo, so that we can post files and photos and other useful things. So +please update whatever you need to and go to + +Again I apologize, but it'll be better over there. + +R.E. Glenn + +Email: franz371...@gmail.com lol, last news message came out kinda weird, i was +trying to browse the japanese website while i changed the text iwas supposed to +put up but i ran out of time so there are no real pictures yet... but i'll add +the links soon sry. Reply + +Dan I for one was very happy to hear about your quitting smoking. I've never +been a smoker & am a very strong anti-smoker, but I'm an over-eater & so I know +how hard it is to change a habit. Good luck w/it & will pray for you to have the +willpower to be smoke-free :) + +Email: "Ryan Reynolds" Groups: +alt.animals.breeders.rabbits + +I would like to invite you to come to a site where you can hear talking +parakeets that are not just mimicking, but actually talking in sophisticated +conversational language. This is a major breakthrough in the animal intelligence +field and a must see/hear for every animal intelligence enthusiast. +http://www.budgieresearch.com + +Email: franz371...@gmail.com November 22th 2005 I got these pictures from tgs, +look at all of them if you have time, they're preety cool... +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050920111900_21big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050919032951_21big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050919032951_32big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050919032951_39big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050919032951_42big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050919032951_41big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050919032951_40big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050917034321_15big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050917034321_2big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050909152208_14big.html +http://www.4gamer.net/news/image/2005.09/20050917024918_1big.html + +btw, they're all from 4gamer. + +Reply + +Email: "Sean Figaro" Groups: alt.animals.cat + +I have a friend that has to get rid of one of her cats because of allergies, he +is the youngest at 3 years old black, long hair, incredibly friendly. He comes +with everything, litter box, carrier, ect. Needs good family in Houston or +surronding area, needs lots of attention, very loving. + +Email: "Julie" Groups: alt.animals.cat + +Like you said "the kids egg him on". maybe too much . Sounds like your cat is +stressed out . Maybe he doesn't want to play when they want to.. He didn't take +a dislike to the kids for "no" reason! cats react to the treatment they receive, +they are not toys. maybe the cat needs a "new' home.........Julie + +I am looking for people who would like to play D&D 3.5 and live in or around the +Chillicothe, OH area. We have two people so far, and I am able to DM...although +DM's are welcome. The games will have to take place on Fri, Sat, or Sun. Please +let me know if this sounds good, and if you have any question, please ask. Thank +you very much and we hope to hear from you soon! + +Email: BBC Breaking News Alert The former Iraqi +leader Saddam Hussein is refusing to enter the Baghdad courtroom, in protest at +how his trial is being conducted. + +For more details: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news +------------------------------------------------ + +This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this BBC Breaking News +Alert because you subscribed to it or, someone forwarded it to you. To +unsubscribe (or subscribe if this message was forwarded to you) go to: +http://www.bbc.co.uk/email + +[http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2005-03-09-nasa-search_x.htm?csp=34] + +While there have been spasms of speculation about the Bush administration naming +a replacement for O'Keefe, no nominee has been declared. Shuttle veteran and +longtime NASA executive Fred Gregory is temporarily at the helm of the +18,000-person agency. It looks like the future of space exploration might as +well be with the space tourists . Very sad too since NASA's astronaut's may not +fly in the next five years. -- Posted by Hidden Nook to Hidden Nook at 3/9/2005 +11:16:00 PM + +Hello dear list members, + +The multiple planetary afflictions are taking their toll. Currently, Mercury and +Venus is conjunct and the conjunction is being closely aspected by Rahu. In +Pakistan national chart besides the transit affliction to transit Venus in the +fourth house by FMs Rahu and Mercury, natal Saturn and Venus are also under the +close affliction of transit Rahu. This has resulted in a major rail accident in +Pakistan involving three trains and involving more than 300 deaths. 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COMPLETE ARTICLE AT: +http://discountairlineticket.blogspot.com/2005/10/some-techniques-to-... + +Several years ago I developed a short paper and pencil screening test which, in +a small pilot study, discriminated between ADHD, LD, and control subjects. I +recently converted this test to an online test in order to norm it to a larger +population and, subsequently, to make it available to any one who has access to +a computer and the Internet. The test itself is what is called a substitution +test. It has two parts, both of which are timed for 90 seconds each and the +differential between the resulting two scores determines the likelihood of +having a learning disability or attention deficit disorder. I am in need of test +subjects and hope you will take it. The test, along with an information form, is +available at: . I think a test like this one is much needed. 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Perhaps you are willing to recommend +this site and, if you have a website, place a link on your website. + +are there any sadists out there who share the same tastes as i do ? i dont know +what it is , but since a very young age i have had a strange but very gratifying +urge to torture or maime animals. i am deadly serious, i really do get sexual +releif from even hearing of torture of animals, now some people may call me a +brute or a coward but i cant help my true feelings. badger baiting is natrually +a huge turn on, so i thought a few words in this group might uncover some mutual +enthusiasts. sincere appologies to anyone who is offended by my request but my +request is genuine. ----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure +Usenet News==---- The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups +---= 19 East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- + +----== Posted via Newsfeed.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- +The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= 19 +East/West-Coast Specialized Servers - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- + +Greetings. My name is Bill Gottlieb: I'm a freelance journalist specializing in +health, with 30 years experience. I'm the author of three books (including the +1.3 million seller ALTERNATIVE CURES) and hundreds of magazine articles, and +worked for 20 years at Rodale Press, as a writer and as editor-in-chief of +Prevention and Rodale Books. Currently, I am writing a book on natural +supplements to aid weight loss, with Harry Preuss, MD, a Professor of Medicine +at Georgetown University; it is scheduled for publication by Broadway (Random +House) in January 2007. I am seeking anecdotes (first name, last initial) from +dieters who successfully used a natural supplement to assist their weight loss; +the therapeutic agents under discussion include HCA, MCT, green or oolong tea +extract, CLA, chromium, starch-blockers, chitosan, 5-HTP, hoodia and caralluma, +HMB, and BCAA. If you've successfully used any of these supplement to aid weight +loss, please write me at gottlie...@yahoo.com and let me know, telling me about +your experience. Thank you for your time and attention. Warm regards, Bill +Gottlieb + +Once upon a time (in 2001, to be specific), the Coca-Cola corporation built a +bottling plant in a small and remote Indian village in the state of Kerala. In +exchange for sucking vast amounts of water out of the local land, the mighty +corporation promised to bring the people great wealth. But within a few short +months, the village people began to notice their wells were running dry, so they +complained to the corporation. Coca-Cola calmed the concerns of the people and +attempted to win back their favor by giving them vast amounts of free +fertilizer, saying it would grow bountiful crops beyond their wildest dreams. +After several years of use, we arrive at the present day when the village people +have suddenly discovered the fertilizer is actually the bottling plant's waste +sludge and is laden with cadmium, a highly toxic, cancer-causing heavy metal. +The village soil and water are now too heavily contaminated to safely occupy +human life, so the plant was shut down last week. Moral of the story: Don't +drink Coke..........drink Pepsi! Just kidding, Pepsi is actually in the process +of being thrown out of India for similar crimes, as well. + +The Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center (GNOFHAC) filed a housing +discrimination complaint against the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) +last week. The complaint, filed with the United States Department of Housing and +Urban Development, accuses HANO of violating a 2003 enforcement agreement +entered into between former St. Thomas Housing Development residents, the City +of New Orleans, HANO, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development +during the HOPE VI redevelopment of St. Thomas, now known as River Garden. The +current complaints allege that HANO has not provided qualified former St. Thomas +residents a preference with respect to available public housing units at River +Garden per the 2003 agreement. Upon return to New Orleans after the Hurricane +Katrina evacuation, former residents have been informed that there are no +available public housing units at River Garden because those units have been +reserved for HANO employees. Therefore, public housing residents have been +unable to secure the units for which they qualified prior to the storm and are +left homeless, as a result. "In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, affordable +housing in New Orleans is more scarce than ever. As such, it is essential that +HANO comply with 2003 enforcement agreement," said James Perry, GNOFHAC +Executive Director + +Crude-oil prices rose Wednesday as strengthening Hurricane Rita, now a Category +5 storm, threatened to disrupt oil production in the Gulf of Mexico. New York's +main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in November rose 60 cents to close +at 66.80 dollars per barrel. In London, the price of Brent North Sea crude for +November delivery advanced 53 cents to 64.73 dollars. After brushing the Florida +Keys islands on Tuesday, Rita packed winds of about 240 kilometers an hour as it +headed across the Gulf of Mexico. The US National Hurricane Center said Rita was +"extremely dangerous" and could become a top-level category five storm on the +Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm threatened oil installations in the Gulf of +Mexico where about one-quarter of US oil operations are based. Oil companies +evacuated offshore facilities as the storm's progress kept global markets on +tenterhooks. In Texas, BP shut its 460,000 barrels per day refinery and Marathon +shut its 72,000 bpd plant. Valero said it was reducing rates at its 243,000 bpd +Texas City refinery and its 85,000 bpd Houston refinery. Exxon Mobil released +nonessential staff from two giant Texas plants. Last month, Katrina devastated +refineries in Louisiana and Mississippi and sent prices to a record high of +70.85 dollars a barrel. please support the link bellow which is excelnt ,thank +for your click and attention: + +[http://www.newscientistspace.com/article.ns?id=dn8293&feedId=human-spaceflight_atom03] +(New Scientist Space) NASA is looking to private companies to launch both +supplies and astronauts to the International Space Station, it announced this +week. [...] + +"It's not cost-effective doing station flights while at the same time focusing +on getting back to the Moon," says Brett Alexander, vice-president of +Transformational Space, one of the companies hoping to launch astronauts to the +ISS. NASA intends upon retiring the space shuttles in 2010, which only leaves it +with 18 flights towards the ISS. Outsourcing these responsibilities would be a +wise alternative, considering the accomplishments of the private sector +regarding the space elevator . Although some may praise this as an opportunity +for the private sector to finally serve the public good, NASA seems hesitant +about turning over the reigns to the corporate world. + +(New Scientist Space) On 3 November, NASA administrator Michael Griffin told the +US house science committee that the agency expects to invest about $500 million +in the commercial cargo and crew project over five years. "That kind of a +financial incentive [...] will be sufficient to allow substantial providers to +emerge," Griffin said. + +"I hope that industry, if put to the test, can do better [than the government], +but I do not expect it," Griffin added. Only time will reveal whether Griffin's +expectations are either exceeded or confirmed. But seeing how the private sector +has been able to successfully transport civilians to the ISS (at about a fifth +of the cost), it would come to no surprise if corporate America was able to out +perform their bureaucratic friends in government. + +-- Posted by Hidden Nook to Hidden Nook at 11/16/2005 08:36:00 AM + +[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apmideast_story.asp?category=1107&slug=Palestinians%20Abbas] +Normally this author is semi-objective (what blogger is) but on the +Seattlepi.com (see source link) Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas has demanded +that Israel leave all the land that it occupies before the 1967 border (which +includes East Jerusalem by the way). One thing is certain for sure. If Abbas +keeps up this "macho talk" he will kill potential peace talks and might as well +allow Hamas (which has probably done a better job at providing for the +Palestinians) rule the West Bank. + +AP Photo/Nasser Nasser Interim Palestinian leader and the front-runner in the +upcoming Jan. 9, 2005 presidential election Mahmoud Abbas talks during his first +official campaign speech in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Saturday Dec. 25, +2004. Cloaking himself in Yasser Arafat's legacy, Abbas pledged to fulfill +Palestinian dreams of statehood. + +It seems that the Palestinian leadership (upcoming) will not be a peace partner +with Israel. He is already demanding claims that Israel said no to not only the +world, but to Arafat himself. Listing his priorities, Abbas told supporters of +the ruling Fatah party that he was determined to provide security to his people +and continue the struggle against Israel's partially completed West Bank +barrier. Abbas also pledged to resolve the problem of millions of Palestinian +refugees and their descendants. Abbas, a refugee himself from what is today the +northern Israeli city of Safed, called the refugee issue "very important and +very dangerous." Having personally visited the West Bank and Israel, I can say +that this new political voice is threatening to collapse the peace process. If +Abbas does not change his former thinking and continues the path of Yasser +Arafat, then there will not be peace in the Holy Land and the Palestinians will +ultimately suffer. Selah! + +-- Posted by Hidden Nook to Hidden Nook at 12/26/2004 10:46:08 PM + +[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4281450.stm] + +(Hat Tip: Captains Quarters ) (BBC) The Palestinian militant organisation Hamas +has announced an end to rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip after a +weekend of escalating violence. Up to 40 rockets had been fired at Israel, weeks +after its military withdrew from the territory. + +In response to the rockets, Israel resumed its policy of targeting militant +leaders in air strikes. Authorised by Ariel Sharon to make "unrestricted" +strikes, its military launched new missile attacks overnight. It looks as if +Hamas has thrown in the towel for this round, unable to take the beating the +Israeli Defense Forces have unleashed upon this terrorist group. Mahmoud Zahar, +Hamas's leader declared the cease fire after Israel killed it's former leader, +Muhammed Sheikh Khalil . Hamas has become rather unpopular in Gaza, as many see +the Israeli air strikes as a response towards the rocket attacks upon Israeli +soil. Egypt had a role to play as they convinced Hamas to end the attacks, +although the same can not be said of Islamic Jihad . (Jerusalem Post) "We're not +happy with Hamas's position at this stage and in light of the Israeli escalation +against the Palestinians," commented Khader Habib, a senior Islamic Jihad +official. "But it seems that Hamas has its own political agenda." [...] + +"The problem is not with the Palestinian resistance groups but with Israel's +scheme to destroy the Palestinians' infrastructure," Habib said. "Hamas remains +targeted by Israel, as in the past, and the Israeli occupation does not need +excuses to pursue its aggression. Israel wants to drive the Palestinians toward +civil war." Islamic Jihad has refused to recognized the cease fire, and hopes to +turn the Gaza strip "into a vast battlefield." Unless President Mahmoud Abbas +steps in, Gaza will probably look like a battle field by the time Israel is done +reminding Hamas of their critical error, although currently the only thing Abbas +is doing is lashing out and refusing to take responsibility for his inability to +act. -- Posted by Hidden Nook to Hidden Nook at 9/26/2005 08:14:00 PM + +Iguazu is a big or a small country? + +Iguazu is NOT a country....Iguazu is in Argentina :) + +How much is a big mac in your country? + +$5.76 For the Combo Meal!! :-) \\// + +What foods do you eat in Miramar? + +Argentinian foods of course, LMAO. lol! + +seafood + +you mean miramar florida theyy have good seafood there + +Have you had any knowledgement about pearl pigment.? + +...Nope and I am proud of it...because my teacher havent taught us that yet... + +Can you recommend any restaurants in Buenos Aires? + +I will be vacationing there + +Yes. There are several just off their beautiful beach. Enjoy yourself my friend +!! + +does teacher's camp in baguio also accomodate even 1 person??cos ill be going to +baguio alone and i have tight? + +http://www.couchsurfing.org/ try couch surfing po. + +What influenced Picasso's cubism style of painting? + +i've seen that.......that does not help me at all it says what cubism influenced +not what influnced cubism + +http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubism + +What do you eat in Miramar? + +Food like the stuff they eat in Spanish countries like tacos, beans, rice, pork, +steak, ect. Try googling it for more info :) + +Anyone know of any HHa training in Delaware ? + +I do hold a HHa certificate in the state of NY but I looking to move to Delaware +anyone know how I can get certified in delaware? + +Any information about CRAZY HORSE SCULPTURE? + +any? I assume you mean the crazy horse memorial. they have their own website +which you can easily find using any search engine. +http://www.google.com/search?aq=0&oq=crazy+horse+mem&gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=crazy+horse+memorial + +How to prepare a silicon rubber mould for human statue of size 375mm in height? + +Here is a product page from a company that makes mold making materials +http://www.smooth-on.com/p132/Beginner-Brushable-Mold-Rubber-Options/pages.html +It is a starting place to look + +How many days will speed post take to reach from Delhi to Mumbai? + +Give it three days barring Sundays and holidays. + +3 TO 4 DAYS if you are lucky on average it takes about 6 days. + +like 2day + +What is the nearest National Park to Birmingham, UK? + +The Peak District (Derbyshire) is the closest. The South Shropshire Hills are +far closer. They are not a national park, but are extremely beautiful. +www.visitsouthshropshire.co.uk + +Trivia! When was Miramar founded? + +I'll give best answer for the first person who gets it right! + +September 20, 1888? + +It was incorporated as a city on May 26, 1955. + +Miramar was founded September 20 1888. + +Do people Bare-knuckle box in Ireland? + +Certain elements of the travelling community engage in this activity, but +overall no not really. + +Er, no? + +some members of the traveler community bare knuckle box.other than that i don't +know. + +What are some GOOD 18+ clubs in the bay area? + +For today saturday Nov 5th. preferably in San Jose, Palo Alto, San Francisco.. I +want to party hardy for my birthday :) + +when you turn 21 you can party any were you want + +I have hundreds of VHS movies lying around... what should I do with them? + +They bulk up too much space + +I gave mine to a rest home for senior citizens and an old soldiers' home. + +Covert into DVD. + +give them to a library or burn them. + +is r2d2 a stupid name for a cat? + +i could call him r2 for short + +I have a cat named GummiBear, so no, R2D2 is not a stupid name. + +its your cat you can pick and name you want + +Hell no. Thats a great name. Kudos. + +What to do in San Rafael Ca? + +okay so i live in San Rafael Ca like by the mi pueble and the Home Depot.. what +are fun things to do around there? like any lounges? im 15 btw + +what about downtown...? like 4th street and stuff ? + +Which of these do you like: McDonalds, Burger King, Taco Bell, Wendys? + +Burger King it seems like I'm at a real restaurant like Applebees, their food is +usually that good + +McDonals the best for me + +the one i like the most would be wendy's. + +would someone give me some information about migratory birds in punjab ? + +actually i have an project on it so please give meas much as you have +information about migratory birds in punjab + +I don't know about birding in that part of the world but you might possibly find +help at this site: http://www.wildlifeofpakistan.com/PakistanBirdClub/index.html + +What is the dress code for males at Del Frisco's Philadelphia? + +My boyfriend's birthday is November 22nd and we are going to Del Frisco's for +dinner. I was unsure of what he should wear, it says business casual but that +can be interpreted in many different ways. Please help. + +5233-NT + +information on the Eurostar train? + +can children go on the Eurostar train on there own to France and where about is +the Eurostar located No under 12's. People aged 13-17 may be allowed to travel +alone at Eurostar's discretion - you should email them for a decision. Eurostar +runs from London St Pancras station. + +What is the dress code for females at Del Frisco's Philadelphia? + +I will be going to Del Frisco's in late November for dinner and I was wondering +what the dress code is for a female. It says business casual but I know this can +be interpreted in many ways. Please help. + +5765-NTKB you can view at dresscod.com + +Can you post a link that shows all the art works that were never found after the +Natzi stole them? + +google nazi stolen art recovery...Out of the 650k est stolen works of art by the +Nazis...70k still remain missing..and there are thousands in musems that haven't +been returned to their right full owners and heirs.. + +Miramar? are they just making these places up? + +Well you say Miramar I say Piramar MIRAMAR PIRAMAR Lets call the whole thing +off. + +Miramir is for real, but there are alot that make you wonder. + +There are way more stranger names in the U.S for areas than Miramar. i think +Miramar was a famous goat trainer or something. He deserved respect + +Anyone have a good recipe for an empanada cordobes? + +How about empanadas arabes or other empanadas from that area of Argentina? + +Yes. Here it is right here. 1 cup of empanadas 1 cup of arabes 1 cup of other +empanadas 1 cup of from that area of Argentina MIX IT ALL UP THEN POOP IN IT The +End + +It's just like cooking kidney, just boil the piss out of it + +I sent a phone to Mobile Phone Exchange and it failed a test due to lost or +stolen what should I do? + +I was sold a phone by a friend and sent it off to get it recycled what can i do? + +Buy a new phone + +hope they don't call the police and arrest you its illegal to sell stolen +property, even if you don't know its stolen. + +Erm ya How can I watch Fair City Online in England lols? + +Ya can't. They don't show it on RTE Player + +You can't but here's an update: The doctor is about to discover the affair +between her husband and Jo (who has become her new best friend). Deco is still +with Caoimhe. Suzanne is pregnant. Hope you don't miss it too much. + +Im in school for photography and i want to work in forensic so what else do i +need to do.? + +Sciences - principally biology but also chemistry. + +You need a background in law enforcement. It's not enough to have photography +skills. Talk to your academic adviser, see what they recommend. + +certainly not "normal" photography... forensic photography is about the facts: +http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=forensic+photography&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&safe=active&sout=1 + +Was the iPhone the first Smart Phone? + +I'm writing an essay for school and I need to know if the iPhone was the first +Smart Phone. Was it? + +Technically, blackberry was because it was the first with real email and games +and stuff. But iPhone was the first "Officiol" touch screen smart phone. + +No, it wasn't. But it did revolutionize the way we think of as a smartphone. + +Canon sx40 or canon s100 ? + +Which one should i get ? Its prettty much the same $$$ , please advice +!?????!!!! + +Go with the S100. It's more compact, ISO 6400 capability (SX40 only 3200), +faster lens at f/2 and the SX40 only f/2.7. Both have full 1080 video with +stereo recording, so that doesn't matter. The S100 has a slightly larger screen +and the new digic 5 processor. + +Passport needed for international boat cruise? + +I am going on a private boat cruise with my friends from Florida. Will stay in +the waters for few days. Will we need a passport? + +If you are unsure whether or not you need your passport then Faz will be able to +help! + +uh, where? just in the water? + +depends where u are going. If your in the USA and venture into Cuba then u need +a passport + +How can i get Weed in Auckland? + +Can ssome oone please tell me where i can buy some weed in auckland. Give me an +address or something please idk. Getting real frustrated now aye. Thanks + +You've already asked this. Anyone who looks like a druggy or dodgy. + +Why would someone post the location of a dealer in a public place? You're an +idiot. + +Drop by my house, I can get you some real cheap. + +What is this irish tune called!? + +Its a Reel and i have danced to it before..I should have asked then but i didn't +the only line i remember is de lunde bar..or something like that.. does anybody +know which song i am talking about? + +With no link provided it is hard to say. Try googling it or type it into youtube +you might get lucky. + +Link? + +if its a reel then its scottish + +Help findin a restaurant for anniversary in SF? + +It's my two year anniversary in a few days and was wondering if somone could +tell me about a great restaurant in sf or other nearby cities + +I like Hayes Street Grill....another plus, it's right by Civic Center, so you +can take a romantic walk around the Opera House, City Hall, Symphony +Auditorium...all very beautiful. + +Prime Ribs its kind of expensive though + +What would happen if you flew the flag of South Vietnam in Modern day Vietnam? + +It would be similar to flying the flag of the Third Reich in modern day Germany +or in Israel. You would be violating the law. The police would make you take it +down and you may face fines and imprisonment (but definitely not execution.) You +will also face the ire of most people there. + +They might be imprisoned or executed + +Yes, it would be an execution punishment. + +Wellington sign poll. Where do we vote? If anyone else has voted? + +Where do we vote? Obviously because i want to vote. And if anyone else has +voted, what did you guys vote for? + +It closed on Sunday... You voted on the Dominion Posts website. The top two are +going 'head to head' in a final vote on that opens on Wednesday on - +http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/ + +They should have one for the All Blacks winning. Wellywood looks rather cheap +and tacky + +air asia flight attendant? + +Good day,I'm a foreigner living in malaysia, german citizen,21 years of age, I +was wondering if air asia recruits foreigners?thanks I've tried calling them a +week ago,they said they can't give me those details over the phone, or let me +know,keep asking me to go to some website,but there's nothing useful on it + +Write (or call) an Asian airline directly and get the answer immediately. + +What kind of Meal do peopel in Argentina have? + +I am doing a project and need to know what kind food Argentina people eat for +breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And what is their big/ main meal of the day. Like +in America dinner is our main meal. and around what time they eat each of their +meals. + +Edible ones, I hope - beef, pork, chicken, fish... Why not look it up! + +they eat lots of grilled meat,chorizo,and such,with potatoes + +why do i want to do work experience at an animal center? + +reasons plllz + +How are strangers supposed to know why YOU want to do that sort of job? Just +make a list of reasons why you like the job and do a little bit of internet +searching to see what people have to say about being in the job. Hope you find +out soon :) + +you should work that out before applying. + +maybe it's beacuse you love to work with animals and you just can't be ha[[y if +you weren't soing that job + +Cheap restraunts close to Orchestra Hall in Chicago? + +For a field trip with my orchestra, we are going to the Chicago Symphony +Orchestra. Before that, we are turned loose to get dinner. Being a suburban +teenager, I don't really know where is cheap, safe, and close to orchestra hall +(220 South Michigan Ave.) Does anyone have any ideas for restaurants within +walking distance where I can't get lost? + +I don't know. Maybe if you post the question again, someone will give you a good +answer. + +Does Crack Barrel ban employees from having tattoos? + +I'm suppose to start a job at Cracker Barrel, but I can't risk losing the job +because I have two visible tattoos on my arm. If you know or work there could +you enlighten me? + +Why don't you phone another location and ask♥ + +I don't think they ban if the tats aren't offensive and you should make them not +noticeable at the time of the interview but once you got the job there nothing +they can really say if so you have a sue/case against them + +Privacy in kerala,help pls..? + +i need to hav sm good time spent with my gf..in kerala..in which all places in +kerala shal i expect ambience and privacy for making love..pls help .thank you + +house boat is a perfect place also beach resorts in trivandrum and The RAVIZ in +kollam @ da syd f Ashtamudi Lake in kollam + +Houseboat in Kerala is a good option for you, all the best!!! + +Try Varkala, its a ammazing and is by the beach. People are open minded thr +since the place is frequented by Firangs. + +I have a male and female cockatiel, and there are 2 eggs in the bottom of the +cage, will they hatch? + +Most likely not, if there is not a bird sitting on the eggs. + +This is hard to tell. Cockatiels can lay unfertilized eggs as well. Just because +you have a male and female, it cannot be guaranteed the two mated. You can try +picking up the eggs and holding it up against a very bright light. If you see a +dark spot in the egg, that means it is fertilized and will hatch if cared for +properly. Have fun. + +Why is the city called Miramar? + +I'm not sure about the origin of the name but they are a lot of different cities +with different and unique names like Miramar so it's just a name. + +There's lots of towns called Miramar, it'd help alot if you listed a state or +some sort of context you're looking for it in. Here's two examples: There's a +Miramar in Florida, just north of Miami. There's also a Miramar in California, +the site of a rather large Air Force Base...Miramar California is a bit north of +San Diego. + +Boy trouble????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? + +ok well i have a crush on 2 guys but unforchunitly it is almost valentines day +afnd i just broke up with my and i have dated one of theguys i like and one guy +lives in my naborhood guy i need your help i am a girl but i need a guys help +what shoul i do? amd i like 2 guys + +well id just come straight out and tell them how you feel it may sound like a +bad idea but in the end they might feel the same + +just saying most men suck ! whose better looking ? cant decide ask friends good +luck + +is gare montparnasse storage still available? + +is it still available? because i have read that there are times its not +available. if its not available is there nearby alternative to store my luggage? +im traveling to lourdes for a day ty + +Hi, Yes storage for your luggages is still available at Gare Montparnasse. Pay +attention, altough there are automatic storage, you can only pay with coins +(they're now installing some where you'll be able to pay with credit card, but +it's sporadic now. Price:3,40 Euros, 5 Euros or 7,5 Euros (1) for a 72 heures +lenght. + +i wanna meet girls from san francisco i am from mexico? + +i am from mexico traveling to san francisco california one week i wanna meet +american girls there where i can find them? they r open mind for talk?they will +talk to me if i am mexican? + +You can find American girls all over the city. As long as you are a gentleman +and treat them with respect they won't have any problem talking with you and +your nationality will have nothing to do with how they treat you. + +go to LA after say 11:00 search the street corners btw keep ur wallet locked up +and have $200 on hand have a gun just in case btw + +Going to Fiji and i cannot wait? + +After my last day in Sydney, I will be going to Fiji before heading back to the +states. I am staying in Fiji for four nights 1) what islad of Fiji is a good +island that is not TOO far from the main airpart in Fiji. A way I could get +there by boat instead of taking another plane ride 2) I would like to say on a +island with an a) all inclusive resort (if possible), and a beach front room 3) +also want an island where I can do fun activities, rainforest is a must + +you need to bring me next time + +If you cannot wait you should book an earlier flight. + +where can I get morcillas in tampa bay , I will like the argentinian type , but +I will to try anothers please? + +I searched all over the internet, but I could not find one place in Tampa Bay +that sells morcillas, also known as blood pudding, black pudding and blood +sausages. I learned that morcillas are basically impossible to find all across +the North American region. But I did find this website, www.igourmet.com, where +they sell all types of sausages, including blood sausages! So follow the link at +the bottom and buy some blood sausages. + +huh? + +yuck !! I don't know, and it is because I don't like them, do you know that, +morcillas is coagulated blood from animals, ewww + +Is there any kind of public transport available between noida and greater noida? + +UP Roadways buses ply frequently between Sector-37 crossing in Noida and Kasna +in Greater Noida, passing through Pari Chowk. Apart from these there are +numerous cabs that ferry passengers between Sector-37 crossing and Pari Chowk. + +Yes bus service is available. it is not frequent. + +Hi, Yes dear, You can find lots of public transport options between Noida to +Greater Noida. There are UP Govt. Buses, DTC Buses, Call Center Cabs, Private +white line buses most frequently running between Noida and Greater Noida. You +can find them From Indian Oil Building, Sector -37, Taj Express Road( Bus Stops) +etc. Thanks, + +how can you get wifi anywhere 24/7 on your apple ipod 8gb? + +I have wifi at my house, but thats just at my house...is there anyway i can buy +some card to make the ipod itself have wifi? i want to be able to use it in my +car, out n about etc...i guess like an iphone, but thats later on and ,i know +what they are so no suggestions on just goin out to buy one im talking about +right now just for an ipod??. + +You gotta get an iPhone for 3G...only way...actually there is a thing that you +pay for monthly that gets wifi from satellite and you can connect to it anywhere +but you have to Cary it with you + +how are vietnam and Afghanistan alike? and different? + +i'm doing a report on how afghanistan and Vietam are different and alike. ive +been on the internet for 3 hours but so far i've got nothing. i need to know how +they are different and alike in these area's location and the impact of the +location reasons for going into war Global reasons for conflict who fought the +wars? cost of the U.S. in money and men? political costs of the war? impact of +the war on the American people? WILL SOMEONE PLZ HELP ME IT'S DUE WENSDAY!?!?! +:( + +Different...one was in the jungle, the other is in the high mountain deserts. +Alike...both were fought for securities reasons by the US (no matter what the +liberal revisionist historians tell you). + +What is your cats name and why did you name him/her that? + +If you HAVE a cat of course. My cats name is Twinky. When she was a tiny little +kitten she looked like those twinky snack cakes. She is a creme tabby and I've +had her for over 2 years now. + +I have a siamese lynx name Star we called her that because she has a star +pattern on her face. And she is the STAR of the family. I love her. :) + +I have a Norwegian Forest Cat that is named Achilles bc as a kitten he always +attacked your feet when you walked by! + +My cats Called Frank because the year we got him was the year Frank Sinatra died +He also had bright blue eyes like Frank Sinatra did :) + +what does it mean when a veiled chameleon egg is soft? + +my female chameleon just laid eggs yesterday and today some of the eggs are soft +when i mean soft i mean like not like ordinary chameleon eggs. + +They are probably infertile. If there is no male they are probably infertile! If +you take a flash light and shine it through the eggs and you see nothing throw +them away! If you do not they will start to rot! If she has no male to fertilize +the eggs, the eggs will aways be infertile. if you do have a male but they are +not in the same cage or breeding but you touch him then her she will smell his +sent and probably lay eggs. Hope she stops laying eggs because she will get +really skinny! If she continues! Hope this helps + +I have 24hrs in San Francisco - what are the best sights to see in my short +time? + +I have a day stop-over in San Francisco and my wife want to see some of the key +sites. We are staying next to the airport which is located next to BARTrail. We +have limited time What are the best sights to see, geiven that we only have a +short time? (We check in early afternoon and we fly next day. ) Hop onto a Hop +On/Hop Off bus. It'll take you to all the major sites (GG Bridge, Haight, +Chinatown, etc) and you can get off anyplace you want to spend more time at. Go +to Goldstar.com and get tickets for about a third of the price. + +alcatraz island + +Take a ferry ride!!! It's an amazing experience! + +Is it better to book a cruise online or by a travel agent? + +First time to go on A cruise any and all info is appreciated + +Personally, I don't find a travel agent to be of value to me as I am willing to +put in the time doing research on the internet. I have not had good experience +with travel agents. They don't seem to know anything but the hype they are told +and the packages they have available to them. The one time I actually booked +through a travel agent I did not get all of the amenities I had paid for. The +few times I have consulted with a travel agent I was able to find the same for +less on my own, and more options than what they were selling. So now I do not +bother with them at all. + +best is using an online travel agent + +My Hamster escaped.... NEED HELP NOW!? + +okay.... I have a dog and my mother is really really terrified of hamsters. Well +last night while I was sleeping, my hamster escaped from his cage. He is in my +room, but there are so many things inside there, I dunno what to do. I have lots +of containers in there. Anybody give me ideas like a trap or something? + +Find him before he finds the dog food. I'm not kidding , I once lost a hamster +in my house 3 months later I walk down in the basement and it was as big as a +rat. It had been eating dog food the whole time. It was huge and scared the crap +out of me. + +Make sure he isn't trapped somewhere & put a bowl of food out. He will come and +eat + +Start cleaning and start looking. + +can i have some indoor pet ideas please!!!!!!!!!!!!!? + +i want a small indoor pet that my mother will let me have please help i want +something cheap east to take care of and something to hopefully fit in my room + +no pet is really easy to take care of. they all need love and attn , food, +proper surroundings etc. the easiest thing would be a fish - but u need to clean +the tank weekly, feed it the right amt, etc etc x + +Having a pet isn't easy. You should treat all pets like children. They require a +lot of attention or they get fussy and tear stuff up. If you want easy then go +with a gold fish or hamster. + +I would go with a small rodent such as a mouse, rat, hamster or gerbil if you +want something you can handle and hold. Fish are probably the easiest to take +care of though. + +french male sensuality? + +Ive been dating a man from brittany france for a couple of months now. He's been +away for a week and I was thinking of waiting for him in his apartment wearing +only his dress shirt. Its still a fairly new relationship and we havent had sex +yet so its kind of a big deal. I just dont want to freak him out or make him +feel uncomfortable. Is it ok for a woman in french culture to make the first +move? What do french men find sexy? + +French women are the ones to say yes, the way we say it is not usually as +straigthforward as you propose to do. Why not wait for him in a sexy dress with +lunch or dinner, or a light snack at his house. And you take it up from there. +Just make sure that it is a light meal with little alcohol. + +rug works for me + +Food is always good + +unique gifts and cards + +Great store great products + +I love the meat! + +Lovley food and fab chips + +Best place to sleep!!!!!!! + +best square slice around. + +Cheapest drinks in Keene! + +Over priced for Mexican food + +very miss informed people!! + +Simple, Quick take away. + +Wonderful staff and great service !! + +best place for snowboard eva. + +Good, friendly, reasonable service + +The food tasted like rat feces + +beware they will rip u off + +No service.. But good food.. + +Favorite DD spot in the area! + +A most outstanding, professional firm. + +Well kept facility with friendly staff. + +Good food and coffee with a nice atmosphere + +Responsive, kept me apprised of status. + +Whatever you order, you will LOVE! + +Good quality Indian food in a pleasant environment + +High guality pup food at a good price. + +Horrible tap water. But no other complaints. + +Easy registration, helpful staff and fun teachers! + +Awesome bacon egg and cheese sandwich for breakfast. + +The World's Fair museum was pretty cool. + +There is no delivery. + +There is no delivery. + +Great atmosphere, great food. Definitely a must. + +gone + +library is closed. it is now bislas. + +awesome bagels long lines on the weekends but worth it + +Some of the nicest people and very good work standards + +Bad food and bad service! Save yourself a trip! + +Blooming onion, the only reason to visit this restaurant. + +He's great! I won't go to anyone else. + +Fast and affordable. Great job master keying our building. + +Retired + +Dr Joseph retired. Dr. Dorn is his backup. + +Great Job! + +Thanks for fixing my garage door A++++++++++++++++++ + +really amazing the new and exciting plays done at this theatre ! + +No meat on Burger and too much pepper.no place to seat + +Hobbs on Mass. + +Absolutely my favorite store in Lawrence, KS + +Too Expensive + +The food's okay, but the price is outrageous. + +Nice and quiet place with cosy living room just outside the city. + +Good fun for wing night, food eh, beer list eh... + +You were extremely polite and professional. Very Impressed. Great electrician. + +Prime rib was very tough. Staff were pleasant. Won't return. + +VINGAS + +VISAKHA INDUSTRIAL GASES PVT. LTD., location at google maps. + +Midtown Reston has great location and luxurious environment. Really enjoyed it. + +Compare to last decade this University is gaining more prestige in International +level + +If you're looking for homestyle Japanese food, you can't beat this + +ok + +can't remember good or bad, so it must have been meh. + +Great job! Mercedes and Dan are very thorough and on top of everything! + +love this park + +this is a great park to have kids birthday parties at!! + +Great service and awesome prices. I get Microdermabrasions regularly and I love +the environment + +Great spot to kick back for a cup of joe and a snack. Cool ambience. + +How a pizza place should be! + there is a free cola with every pizza. + +Pleasure to work with. The experience with every department has been great. No +complaints! + +Your average crappy chain. Food is awful and the place caters to the yuppy +crowd. + +great garage and customer service. great knowledge and prices compared to anyone +in the industry. + +Clean & tidy with good atmosphere & pleasant staff. Food drastically let's the +place down though + +This is a great facility. Great instructors! Most of all, my daughter loves it! + +marisol + +this place is awesome twelve did an amazing job place is clean and staff is +friendly + +:) + +I will gladly recommend you to anyone in need of or looking for a good florist. + +A++ + +They are by far the best salon in 50 miles, Trust me I know!! + +Kliotech + +A company which provide good quality portals, E-commerce solutions,web based +MMOG ... etc + +Remember seeing "Stop Making Sense" at Cinema 21 multiple times! YAY, great +theater!!! + +LOCATION HAS CLOSED. HAS MOVED TO 4783 Bay Rd Saginaw, Michigan 48604 +(989)755-1109 + +Excellent service, close to the morse redline stop. Great computer repair store, +highly recommended. + +excellent! answered all my questions, and called me back when I needed +something. highly recommended! + +Rooms were outdated, dirty, and small. Service was horrible. Go down 1 block to +Super 8. + +Great Family Fun and Bonding + +What more can be said: "Burch's Karate is the GREATEST!" + +Not friendly, not helpful, overall poor customer service. Definitely not going +to purchase a car from here. + +Very hard work from the boys in blue there! + +Brilll. Very hard work from the boys in blue there! + +You are the best! + +Just received from your flower store. They are sooooo beautiful. Thank you guys. + +Aweesome + +Holy cow was that a delicious meal. Hot, fresh, delicious. Loved every bit of +it. :) + +Wrong Information + +The address is for Noida Location not for Gurgaon Location. Please update this +listing in you database. + +Beautiful hotel! Great service- high class! Shuttle available to a private beach +area with food/drinks/towels. + +great! + +I go Disco dancing and Cheerleading. Its fab! so goand get +dancing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By samantha Fox + +Great School! + +Teachers good Diverse student body(African-American, Asian, ect.) equals kids +staying here! + +$9.62 excluding tip with water to drink for the buffet. Worst buffet period by +far. I want my money back! + +They did a vehicle wrap for my Toyota Venza that looks amazing. They also do +banners, billboards and lots more. + +This is the best Mediterranean Restaurant in the West Valley, I have friend who +drive from central Phx to come here. + +The best pizza ever im fat so ive had a ton of pizza other than pizza from +chicago its the best + +WONDERFUL service. I have used them once and will use them in the future. +Beautiful work, fast shipping and great communication. + +They are out of business. Nice people... I hear. Calls are now forwarded to +Malcolm Smith Motorsports down the road. + +professional + +Good job very professional. It made me feel good to see people work so hard to +take care of others belongings. + +Not a clothing store + +Be more careful when you write reviews- this is an accounting group, not +Hollister the clothing store. + +Favorite Restaurant Best yellow curry that I have ever tasted. Staff is super +friendly and very attentive. Price is also very reasonable. + +Great service + +A very well established service with a satisfying outcome. A well communicated +and will be hireing again for another projects...... Thanks + +I heard the libido band play live and they are out of site!! I will be calling +tropics for my companies next event! + +A good cut! Cécile is a hairdresser and has just moved into the neighbourhood. I +go to see her to have my hair cut. + +Clean rooms, great for the price and cheapest on the exit. The front desk staff +was very pleasant and efficient. Serves FREE breakfast ! + +Buyer Beware!! Rusted out and unsafe cars sold here! Have a real mechanic check +before you buy!!!! Save money and go somewhere else! + +Great place for embroidery. Service was friendly and VERY fast. I purchased four +gift items there and had them all embroidered within a week. + +They have good sushi for a good price. My favorite so far in Bellevue. Store is +on the small side and atmosphere is just average. + +It's now called Sushi Lover. Food is just okay..won't crave it, but wouldn't +mind coming back for a quick meal. + +Good food and very friendly staff. Very good with my 5 year old daughter. +Interesting good value wine list to. Beer a bit expensive. + +Brain Dead + +Not only are these people completely inefficient and ineffective, but they just +don't give a darn. This place is a complete embarrassment. + +My favorite place to eat. The Atmosphere is the best.. Italian music, candles, +helpful and friendly staff... And the food is beautiful too ! + +Excellent piano lessons + +I'm very happy with the piano lessons Mrs. Lynda Mcmanus taught me. Now I'm able +to play the piano pretty well. + +Excellent Pizza!! + +Its the only pizza place I recommend in Woodland Hills. Yum. My wife and kids +can't get enough. Highly recommended. + +Worst place flour tortillas are always hard the beef enchiladas are discussing +meat all over cooked was good many yrs ago but restaurant has gone down hill + +I'm really surprised by the negative reviews. We've had about 5 repairs done on +3 different laptops. They've always been timely and inexpensive. + +Awsome! Great food cheap + +Every thing here is good. Fish tacos are my fave simple and filling Highly +recommend Mi Pueblo. Gets busy so come early + +Good local bikeshop + +Good local bike shop . Jason and the boys can do about anything you need. The +shop is located just off the river road . + +Best Pizzas and Calzones in the City! + +What a hidden gem! The food is superb and they were delivered nice and hot! I +highly recommend this place! + +This place is clean and well run with great people. The food is fresh and taste +great. Great value and service. We will be back again and again !! + +Great Service and hairstyles that last. + +I am pleased with the service that i get at Luxe. The staff is very pleasant and +my hair is always fresh. + +Nice teachers good school + +They are very good teachers and nice people to meet here. I enjoyed very much to +study here. A good place to improve your English + +Great Neighborhood Hangout + +Great place to catch a band or catch up with friends. Ice cold beer and good +prices. Kitchen puts out good food and has daily specials. + +Poor Service + +After firing this company my next pool service found the filters had not been +cleaned as they should have been. I would recommend not using this company. + +Buyer beware + +Do not use these guys. They'll tell you one thing then $5,000 later do another. +Lied right to my face then denied it. Run away. + +Great service + +I had a dead battery last week and called this company since they were the +closest they had very quick service for a Monday morning, thanks again guys. + +I won a golf lesson certificate with Adz through a charity auction. The lesson +was donated by the teacher Adz. So i booked the lesson and loved it. Great +teacher. + +SERVERS + +When my server crashed, Greg worked from 7 PM until 4 AM and had my company up +and running the next morning. That's what I call customer service! + +It's fine for... + +It's fine for mass-market chocolate, but with companies like Scharffen Berger, +TCHO, and smaller artisan chocolate makers in the area, why? + +Rip Off! + +45p for tap water! Ridiculous! Don't think I've ever been charged before. Oh, +and salad cream, not mayonnaise, on the coleslaw. Avoid! + +Slice Pizza at former Britt's Location + +Britt's Pizza is long gone. Their location, the northwest corner of S. 10th & +Federal Sts., is now home to Slice Pizza. + +VERYYYY!!!! VERYYY!! Good auto repair men. Do the job honest and quickly as +possible. Would 100% recomend to others for a great service. Thank You Barrys +Auto Tech! + +A Great Help! + +Ashdown Horse Transport were fantastic! Very friendly and ALWAY contactable even +at weekends. I would hesitate to recommend anyone. Thanks again Nina. PS. Love +the new website! + +Miami's best tutoring service! + +My son was able to advance a full two grades within 9 months! A wonderful +tutoring service for students needing help with elementary - middle school work. + +Food - very good for a midnight meal that isn't fast food. Service - the workers +are usually pleasant. Atmosphere is always fun, the assortment of customers adds +entertainment to the meal + +awesome place!!! it was worth of the ride more than an hour...I had so many +strawberries right on the field...strongly recomend...dont forget to try their +great ice cream + +wrong location + +this is not where the Blue Water Bridge Duty Free is located. It is, +surprisingly, near the Blue Water Bridges, some miles to the west of this +location. + +such a great idea this was, so easy to load and pack, no ramp, no step up no +back aches. moving with a pod was the best moving experience i have had. + +Totally flavored + +The statement about "best hamburguers in town" can be even amplifiaed to "best +hamburguers in world" Totally worth, juicy, big, fresh, and excellent customer +service! + +Best Cigar lounge on the blouvard. Encino has been blessed by the opening of +this smoke shop most definately. If you mention the name Amir you will receive +%10 off at time of purchase + +Doctor Hank is Amazing + +Our family has been trusting Doctor Hank with our teeth for the last seven +years. I wouldn't go to anyone else. Everyone on staff is very professional and +friendly. + +Stayed in the Seaview room here in December 2009! WOW what stunning views. The +furnishing and finishes are great. I highly recommend Bay View if you are +looking for Accommodation in Camps Bay. + +Surprisingly, this little strip mall restaurant has the best sushi I've found in +the Tampa area. It's fresh and really tasty. I'll drive an hour just for their +volcano, yum! + +Fantastic Nova Scotia Cottage + +We had a fantastic time. Such a relaxing atmosphere and inspiring architecture. +Sand Hill park was a great beach... Nice warm water. Thank-You for sharing your +cottage! + +Great lunch specials. Delivery is lightning fast. Perfect since I'm on a budget. +But otherwise, it can feel pricey for what you get. Like the sushi, don't like +the pad thai. + +Holly - the owner, knows exactly how to make you feel beautiful in clothes. +Stylish and contemporary, no matter your size or personality type. She's an A+ +and so are her clothes! + +Very poor customer service.There are a couple decent people working there, but +the rest are VERY dishonest, as well as rude, I have yet to hear the truth come +out of their mouths. + +Give them a try! + +The pizzas are huge and super delicious. They're our favorite pizza place to +order from... and they're a local, family owned company! How much better does it +get?! + +I loved the atmosphere here and the food is good, however the tables are so +close together that it feels very cramped. We were made to feel very welcome. +Well worth a visit. http://cambridgefoodfrivolity.blogspot.com/ + +Great Service + +Dr Mcdonald is wonderful. She answers all questions asked and provides the best +service i have ever seen. I have a new born daughter and she helped me with a +lot. Good Job DR. + +Called to check if they had a product I've been using on my dog for years... the +boy who answered the phone couldn't possibly have been ruder to me. I will never +come here again. + +I am a new patient. I have visited Dr. Cooper's office twice and I am very +impressed with how friendly and polite the staff is. I found the office to be +very clean and professional-looking. + +Want a great burger? The smokehouse can't be beat anywhere. Salad bar is hit and +miss for freshness - sometimes the broccoli looks browned around the edges. +Never a bad smokehouse burger though! I crave those. + +Natasha is the BEST photographer we have ever worked with. She has a great way +with children and is able to capture their personality as well as many +spontaneous images. You will not be disappointed with her work!! + +Ray's pizza : my favorite + +Ray's Pizza is just too good. I wish I could have a slice for every single meal. +Luckily I live very close, so I can abuse it during week-ends... + +Caldwell insurance has been doing our insurance for a couple years now and they +have been extremely thorough. We've only had one urgent issue to deal with and +they were very prompt in their response. Highly recommend! + +Lovely Cottage This cottage is a charming homely, friendly, place to stay. Mary +is an excellent host who does yummy breakfasts. My room was delightful and the +attention to detail was amazing. Will come again! Sophie. + +Cheap Hotel Rome - Thanks for all your help! + +Cheap Hotel Rome - thanks for finding us a hotel at the last minute. We had a +great stay, your service was excellent and we will use you again! + +The best photographer in Miami + +I was soooo lucky to have used Marlon's photography services....such a creative +and talented photographer and a pleasure to work with. The images turned out +amazing. I definitely recommend him :) + +Great Meal + +Happened on to this place while out of town on business, and it was great! The +food was excellent and the service was terrific. It is a cloth napkin kind of +place, but I thought well worth it. + +Friendly Efficient and overall great place for people in chronic intractable +pain + +Great place for people in chronic pain. Staff is very friendly they treat you +like a human being and not just another patient. Very efficient at treating +chronic pain! + +The best company in Phuket for creating website and e-commerce website. From +first meeting with them to launch of my website, everything went smooth and on +schedule. Highly recommended for who wants to have website. Great with SEO as +well. + +Great Place To Use The Fix appliances Plumbing Air Conditioning & Electric +Problems. We have used them for plumbing & A/C and they are affordable and get +the work done right. Great place 5 stars for sure. Thanks From Bill + +I used Birdies for our Annual Walk Against Drugs and Alcohol event. They were +very professional, neat and clean. They came through on all of their promises +and we had a very successful day. I will be using Bridies again. + +ONe of a few. Hancocks is one of four fabric stores in Fort Smith. We have Hobby +Lobby, Just for Fun Fabrics, Walmart, and Interior Mall just inside Barling. +They do have a good selection of fabric and notions. + +It was ok, nice management, they let us check in early, but the place was old. +It was clean, but just a little dumpy. Lots of room for big rig parking. Hard to +get into though because of road construction. + +I'll admit I wasn't expecting much from this place, but they really did do a +good job. The chicken cordon-blu was tasty and came in a huge portion size for +the money. Service was a touch slow, but friendly. + +find another place + +Run down. Dark, dark main room. No way to read/relax. 'Electric' blanket on one +bed did not heat. Quite cold. Removing 90% of 'sit-abouts' in main room would +look cleaner. + +recommended + +Excellent location. Good sports bar. Hyatt web site improved. Accurate +check-out. Rooms clean. Lifts quick, clean, accurate, and correctly sized. +Choose this hotel over the Hilton (which is on the next block). + +Summary: Not cheep, but very fast, and super friendly service. Quality of work +is sufficient but not outstanding. Like all oil place changes, ask/recommend the +100 other services they have. Will be a repeat customer with discount coupons. + +criminal defense lawyer + +Mr. Villega is an exceptional California criminal defense lawyer. He cross +examined witnesses relentlessly and had them break down and tell the truth. If +you want an attorney who will defend your right, contact Law Offices of Armando +Villega + +Checked in real late, but staff was very kind and helpful. Rooms very clean and +smelled very fresh. I would recommend this hotel to anyone. I loved my stay here +and if ever back in the area, I will be staying here again. + +Thanks for following me around the store + +Enough said. I don't steal, I wasn't acting suspiciously. I was ready to buy a +new jacket, a new sweater and a couple of your overpriced belts and I walked out +because of your obvious lurking + +Best meat pies in Canada + +If you are looking for authentic British meat pies, then look know further. I +especially like the Chicken Curry pie. Good Food. The owner/baker, "Pie Guy" is +a hoot to deal with as well. Mo + +Fantastic fresh food! + +What a neat gem of a restaurant in a corner one wouldn't expect it. Cozy, warm +atmosphere, great service. Most importantly, the food was outstanding. It +clearly had been prepared from fresh ingredients. We'll be back often. + +Thanks For A Great Job + +Thanks For The Prompt Service And Great Job You And Your Boys Have Done On Our +New Solar System, The Panels On The Roof Look Great And The Power We Are Putting +Back In To The Grid Is Great, Great Job Thanks + +impressive truly impressive + +The First time I walked in there with my teacup chihuahua puppy I knew I'd be +here a lot. Pets Discount has lovely employees, a wonderful grooming service, +and everything I need to keep my dog in tip top condition! + +Excellent service! + +I am so glad that we now have a good nail shop on San Mateo Avenue! No more +having to drive to San Francisco for a great mani pedi. Both Tina and Vicky are +excellent. I will definitely refer my friends and family:) + +great! :P you get a really good view of the city and there is also attractions +like simulator, short movies. Try the 360 restraunt u spin in the cn tower with +a beautiful view the sky pod elevator is about an hour line up in the summer + +GREAT Store GREAT Service! + +“This store is great!! I love walking in and not being hassled. I was there when +they did a free raffle in August and I won a hard drive! The reason I go back is +because the employees are sooooo nice.” + +Horrible customer service. I came in to get a nice gift for my wife. The one guy +who was there, I'm guessing was the owner, was probably the least helpful person +I've ever met. But thankfully there are other flowers shops around Norman. + +Pure Beauty + +What a joy to stroll off historic Canyon Road in Santa Fe into a gallery with a +gorgeous diversity of art. Destiny Allison's metal sculptures were my +favorite.The owner Karla is welcoming and fun. Give yourself the gift of +visiting Winterowd Fine Art! + +Great Place! + +This is one of my favorite places to eat for lunch. They offer a good portions +at a great price, it's enough food to fill you up, but you don't ever feel like +you ate too much. Plus, it's super healthy! + +Barb does an AMAZING JOB, she is always learning new things on how to use her +hands and body, to give every person an AWESOME MASSAGE, CALL TODAY AND SCHEDULE +YOU MUST SEE HER, YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE SHE IS THE BEST OF THE BEST ! + +If you want cheaply made glass from India and China, this is not your place. +These people only carry the very best American blown glass. Their selection is +top notch and the staff is very knowledgable. Go to the Looking Glass for all +your smoking needs!!!!!!!!!! + +Chuck and Gretchen were very positive, and when Alan's refused to work on my +bike, Chuck came right out and saw the problem and did what Alan's mechanic +wouldn't do. He worked on it right on the back of my car. I am extremely pleased + +Quick and Cheap + +Walked in and was outta there in 10 mins with a really good deal i thought i was +going to be paying alot because i had a DUI but with my DUI and Sr-22 they were +able to get me the best deal out there. + +Is not a service office + +This is a delivery office only and does not take walk ins but they do have a +blue box out front. Glad I called before I arrived with my box to ship. Thought +adding a comment would save someone the hassle with a useless trip there. + +the food is mediocre at best. the waitress took my name and then called me that +all night. not sure how I feel about that one. it's passable as a pub, but the +pizza is not that great. if you want good pizza, go to famoso. seriously. + +Anyone else find it a little suspicious that there are not only 20 reviews for +this dentist (a HUGE number compared to the others in the area), but that they +all have the same unique grammar structure? And they seem to be posted at fairly +regular intervals? + +Best YET! + +We go to Japaneiro's all the time and we have NEVER been disappointed! Wait +staff is always ready to help if you can't decide (which happens every time for +me d/t the huge menu of rolls) and always courteous! Soooo tasty! + +Good honest wrok + +Harlan provides great service. He is very knowledgeable and took the time to +explain the repairs to me. The work on my car was done quickly and I felt I +could trust his work. I have nothing but fantastic things to say. I highly +recommend his shop. + +Best in Memphis + +This shop is by far the best I have been to. I have a Saab...which everything is +expensive on and they have been extrememly fair and price alot lower than any +other shop I called. They are the only place I would take my car peiod. + +Took a laptop in for a video cable to be replaced. Everything except the display +worked fine before I took it in. The video cable was replaced and suddenly the +motherboard was dead. Phone calls weren't returned when promised and the botched +repair took a week longer than promised. + +We have stayed at Tanglewood for many years now. We go over about 5 times a +year. We have never had a problem with the cabins. They are always so helpful. +The cabins have always been clean. Helen is a wonderful place to take you +family. We recommend these cabins! + +Can't say enough + +I used to tan down the street before I was referred to this place by one of my +friends. WOW! I didn't know what I was missing. The lowest bed here is better +than my last salons highest level. Salon is clean and girls are nice. + +Great People and even better service! Best to deal with! + +In a few words ... I'm pleasantly surprised that you can still find "old school" +service out there where company care more about good name and customers than +their pockets... Highly recommended people / business. Thanks Josh! + +Dentist you can trust + +If possible I try the services on myself before I bring in my son. Drs. Ali work +wonders.Neither me nor my son haven't had a single cavity since we started +dental care there. The team focus is prevention and education. That alone makes +them unique. + +This is not your usual cheap hotdog place. They offer a large variety of quality +hotdogs and hamburgers They also offer veggie dogs. The fries are of good +quality, the staff is friendly. The atmosphere is your typical indie outfit with +old movie posters and memorabilia from the 70's and 80's. + +Over charged. + +I used my card to purchase a meal on the menu and the total on my receipt was +$8.95 but when I went on line to check my transaction it show $10.74. There is +something wrong or maybe the individual made a mistake but to me that is not +integrity. + +Elmira, your the best! + +All I can say is that Elmira you are the best Ive experienced, never before has +the seamstress done a perfect job until i met you. I recommend you to everyone +in Calgary, as she is a professional and the cost for her was low. + +5 star detail job + +I took my Mustang here and it looked amazing after they were done, they did a +great job, I'm very satisfied with the results. The paint and wheels looked like +glass and the interior looked new! Also, they have great customer service and a +very knowledgeable staff + +Introduction Research on adult-learned second language (L2) has provided +considerable insight into the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the learning +and processing of L2 grammar [1] – [11].Of interest here, studies suggest that, +despite the difficulties in acquiring L2 grammar, adult learners can approximate +native-like levels of use and neurocognitive processing [12] – [15].However, it +is not enough to have attained such native-like levels. Crucially, it is also +desirable to retain them, even in the absence of continued practice or exposure +to the L2. In fact, substantial periods (months to years) of limited or no +exposure following L2 training are not uncommon, and may even be the norm [16]. +Such a scenario may be found in different situations, including when one studies +a language in a classroom and then stops taking classes [17], [18] and when one +is immersed in a foreign language setting and then moves away [19]. In the +present study, we examine the outcomes of such a period of no exposure on the +neurocognition of L2 grammar: that is, whether a substantial period of no +exposure leads to decreased proficiency and / orless native-like neural +processes (“use it or lose it” [20]), no such changes, or perhaps whether even +higher proficiency and / ormore native-like processing may be observed. +Additionally, we test whether any such outcomes might vary as a function of the +type of L2 training, in particular between classroom-like and immersion-like +contexts. Previous Research We are aware of six studies designed to investigate +the effects of a substantial period of limited exposure following adult L2 +training [17], [18], [21] – [24], all of which were restricted to the +examination of behavioral (performance) outcomes. (Note that we do not consider +case studies, purely observational data, or research on L2s acquired by +children; for a comprehensive review, see [16]). The six studies tested L2 +learners after periods of 1 month to 50 years of limited L2 exposure, mainly on +general language skills [17], [18], [21], [23], [24], though also on more +specific paradigms meant to target aspects of grammatical abilities [17], [18] +or lexical abilities [22], [23]. These language measures were compared in most +studies to the same measures in a different set of subjects who had not +experienced a period of limited exposure [17], [18], [22], [23], or to +retrospective ratings of the same subjects [21], with only one longitudinal +study testing the same subjects before and after a period of limited exposure +[24]. Across the studies, the periods of limited exposure followed either +classroom training [17], [18], [22], [24] or mixed classroom and immersion +training [21], [23], [24]. The training lasted varying lengths of time, +apparently usually in the range of a few years, and resulted in seemingly +varying proficiency levels (though not directly measured, except by [24]) prior +to the period of limited exposure. Overall, the results of the six studies have +been taken to suggest the following. A period of limited exposure generally +leads to attrition (loss) of L2 performance or knowledge [17], [18], [21], [23]. +Such loss has been observed after as little as a few months of limited exposure, +e.g., after a 1 - 7month [23] or 6 month delay [21], as well as after 2 years +[18], though in one case it was observed only by 3 - 5years, and not earlier +[17]. Although attrition may take place within the first few years, some studies +suggest that it then appears to level off, with no further losses occurring +[17], [18]. Higher levels of proficiency (or exposure) may be associated with +less attrition [17], [18], [21], [23] or even with no observed losses [21]. +Moreover, one study found no changes at all in performance, across proficiency +levels, after either 2 or 4 years of limited exposure [22]. Finally, in some +cases a gain in performance has been observed: after 1.5 years of limited +exposure in one study, particularly for L2 learners with immersion as well as +classroom training [24], and in another study after 2 years, though only for +some abilities, such as listening and reading comprehension [18]. It remains +unclear what might explain such gains, which have been attributed to motivation +and to L2 experience during the period of ostensibly limited exposure [24], or +to factors related to general maturation, cognitive development, or continued +academic training [18]. + +Digital Humanities Clinics - Leading Dutch Librarians into DH Michiel Cock +m.p.cock@vu.nl Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands Lotte Wilms +lotte.wilms@kb.nl National Library of the Netherlands, the Netherlands In 2015, +an initiative was started to set up a Dutch speaking DH+Lib community in the +Netherlands and Belgium, based on the example of the American communal space of +librarians, archivists, LIS graduate students, and information specialists to +discuss topics ‘Where the Digital Humanities and Libraries meet’. At the initial +meeting it became apparent that most participants were there to learn more about +digital humanities and were not (yet) in the situation where they were able to +offer expertise on the subject. On the administrative level, the directors of +the libraries participating in the consortium of Dutch academic libraries (UKB) +also expressed the wish that librarians become more fluent in DH. A year later, +the National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek), and the +University Library of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam again concluded that +librarians at their institutes who wanted to get involved in DH needed more +training to adequately support researchers and students in this field. Therefore +both institutes joined forces to develop a set of clinics on DH for librarians. +The two institutes were later joined by the Leiden University Libraries. We see +this as the ideal opportunity to provide these educative sessions not only to +our own librarians, but also to the academic librarians of other Dutch research +libraries. In essence, we want to teach our country’s librarians the ins and +outs of DH in order for them to take up their natural role of facilitating and +supporting research and ideally become the research partner needed in DH +projects. The aim of these clinics is to provide basic methodological +competencies and technical skills in DH, for a diverse group of librarians, +consisting of both subject and technical librarians with basic technical skills. +The content of these sessions should enable them to provide services to +researchers and students, identify remaining gaps in knowledge or skills that +they could address by self-directed learning and (perhaps) to automate their +daily library work. We are not setting out to turn them into programmers or data +crunchers, but want to boost their knowledge level to where they feel +comfortable providing information about DH projects, follow the literature and +research, follow online tutorials and hopefully take up the challenge of +finishing this professional development by engaging with the DH community. In +order to design this curriculum we follow a four step approach with a Working +Out Loud - principle(Williams, 2010): Desk research about what being a DH +librarian entails (e.g. Hartsell-Gundy et al., 2015; Mulligan, 2016; also see +the Zotero library of the LIBER Digital Humanities working group); Identify +possible subjects, based on experience, a comparison of existing teaching +material related to DH (e.g. The Programming Historian, the Digital Scholarship +Training Programme at the British Library and Columbia University's Developing +Librarian project) and the TaDiRAH taxonomy of research activities; Get feedback +from researchers on possible subjects, based on the knowledge and skills they +feel librarians need; Get feedback from librarians on possible subjects, based +on already known gaps in their knowledge and skills. With these in hand, we will +design the curriculum of clinics, based on the method of' constructive +alignment' (Biggs et al., 2011), to make sure that the intended learning +objectives and the teaching / learningactivities stay aligned. Our plan is to +organize a maximum of 6 clinics, each one full day. Each day starts with one or +more lectures by researchers, that address the conceptual knowledge needed. The +afternoon sessions will be devoted to the hands-on training of skills, following +the Library Carpentry model as closely as possible. By having researchers +provide the lecture sessions, we hope to fuel the enthusiasm of the librarians +with the inspiration of direct contact with researchers and to provide access to +a network within and across universities. With these clinics, we hope to +initiate a stream of DH activities in Dutch universities, making access to +support easier for new digital scholars. The poster at DH2017 will present the +curriculum, its position in the international context and offer the lessons +learned from both the design process and the first clinics. We welcome +discussion about our efforts and the possibilities of applying this in other +contexts. + +Education and early loves Byron received his early formal education at Aberdeen +Grammar School, and in August 1799 entered the school of Dr. William Glennie, in +Dulwich. [17] Placed under the care of a Dr. Bailey, he was encouraged to +exercise in moderation but not restrain himself from "violent" bouts in an +attempt to overcompensate for his deformed foot. His mother interfered with his +studies, often withdrawing him from school, with the result that he lacked +discipline and his classical studies were neglected. In 1801, he was sent to +Harrow, where he remained until July 1805. [6] An undistinguished student and an +unskilled cricketer, he did represent the school during the very first Eton v +Harrow cricket match at Lord's in 1805. [19] His lack of moderation was not +restricted to physical exercise. Byron fell in love with Mary Chaworth, whom he +met while at school, [6] and she was the reason he refused to return to Harrow +in September 1803. His mother wrote, "He has no indisposition that I know of but +love, desperate love, the worst of all maladies in my opinion. In short, the boy +is distractedly in love with Miss Chaworth." [6] In Byron's later memoirs, "Mary +Chaworth is portrayed as the first object of his adult sexual feelings." [20] +Byron finally returned in January 1804, [6] to a more settled period which saw +the formation of a circle of emotional involvements with other Harrow boys, +which he recalled with great vividness: "My school friendships were with me +passions (for I was always violent)." [21] The most enduring of those was with +John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare — four years Byron's junior — whom he was to +meet unexpectedly many years later in Italy (1821). [22] His nostalgic poems +about his Harrow friendships, Childish Recollections (1806), express a prescient +"consciousness of sexual differences that may in the end make England untenable +to him." [23] Letters to Byron in the John Murray archive contain evidence of a +previously unremarked if short-lived romantic relationship with a younger boy at +Harrow, John Thomas Claridge. John FitzGibbon, 2nd Earl of Clare Ah! Sure some +stronger impulse vibrates here, Which whispers friendship will be doubly dear To +one, who thus for kindred hearts must roam, And seek abroad, the love denied at +home. The following autumn, he went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, [24] where +he met and formed a close friendship with the younger John Edleston. About his +"protégé" he wrote, "He has been my almost constant associate since October, +1805, when I entered Trinity College. His voice first attracted my attention, +his countenance fixed it, and his manners attached me to him for ever." In his +memory Byron composed Thyrza, a series of elegies. [25] In later years, he +described the affair as "a violent, though pure love and passion". This +statement, however, needs to be read in the context of hardening public +attitudes toward homosexuality in England and the severe sanctions (including +public hanging) against convicted or even suspected offenders. [26] The liaison, +on the other hand, may well have been "pure" out of respect for Edleston's +innocence, in contrast to the (probably) more sexually overt relations +experienced at Harrow School. [27] Byron spent three years at Trinity College, +engaging in sexual escapades, boxing, horse riding and gambling. [28] Also while +at Cambridge he formed lifelong friendships with men such as John Cam Hobhouse, +who initiated him into the Cambridge Whig Club, which endorsed liberal politics, +[28] and Francis Hodgson, a Fellow at King's College, with whom he corresponded +on literary and other matters until the end of his life. + +Emperor Norton Joshua Abraham Norton (c. 1818 – January 8, 1880), known as +Emperor Norton, was a citizen of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 +proclaimed himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States". He later expanded +his pretense by claiming to be "Protector of Mexico" as well. Born in England, +Norton spent most of his early life in South Africa. After the death of his +mother in 1846 and his father in 1848, he sailed west, arriving in San Francisco +possibly in November 1849. Norton initially made a living as a businessman, but +he lost his fortune investing in Peruvian rice. After he lost a lawsuit in which +he tried to void his rice contract, Norton's public prominence faded. He +reemerged in September 1859, laying claim to the position of Emperor of the +United States. He had no political power, and his influence extended only so far +as he was humored by those around him; nevertheless, he was treated +deferentially in San Francisco, and currency issued in his name was honored in +the establishments he frequented. Though some considered him insane or +eccentric, citizens of San Francisco celebrated his regal presence and his +proclamations, such as his order that the United States Congress be dissolved by +force and his numerous decrees calling for a bridge connecting San Francisco to +Oakland, and a corresponding tunnel to be built under San Francisco Bay. Long +after his death, similar structures were built in the form of the San Francisco +– Oakland Bay Bridge and the Transbay Tube, and there have been campaigns to +rename the bridge "The Emperor Norton Bridge". On January 8, 1880, Norton +collapsed at the corner of California and Dupont (now Grant) streets and died +before he could be given medical treatment. Nearly 30,000 people packed the +streets of San Francisco to pay him homage at his funeral. Norton has been +immortalized as the basis of characters in the literature of writers Mark Twain, +Robert Louis Stevenson, Christopher Moore, Morris and Goscinny, Selma Lagerlöf, +and Neil Gaiman. Norton I, Emperor of the United States, photograph, c. 1871 – +72 Declares himself emperor Emperor Joshua Norton, in full military regalia, +circa 1880 or earlier By 1859, Norton had become completely disgruntled with +what he considered the inadequacies of the legal and political structures of the +United States. On September 17, 1859, he took matters into his own hands and +distributed letters to the various newspapers in the city, proclaiming himself +"Emperor of these United States": At the peremptory request and desire of a +large majority of the citizens of these United States, I, Joshua Norton, +formerly of Algoa Bay, Cape of Good Hope, and now for the last 9 years and 10 +months past of S.F., Cal., declare and proclaim myself Emperor of these U.S.; +and in virtue of the authority thereby in me vested, do hereby order and direct +the representatives of the different States of the Union to assemble in Musical +Hall, of this city, on the 1st day of Feb. next, then and there to make such +alterations in the existing laws of the Union as may ameliorate the evils under +which the country is laboring, and thereby cause confidence to exist, both at +home and abroad, in our stability and integrity. — NORTON I, Emperor of the +United States. The announcement was first reprinted for humorous effect by the +editor of the San Francisco Bulletin. Norton would later add "Protector of +Mexico" to this title. Thus commenced his unprecedented and whimsical 21-year +"reign" over America. One of Norton's undated proclamations In his +self-appointed role of emperor, Norton issued numerous decrees on matters of the +state. After assuming absolute control over the country, he saw no further need +for a legislature, and on October 12, 1859, he issued a decree formally +abolishing the United States Congress. In it, Norton observed: ... fraud and +corruption prevent a fair and proper expression of the public voice; that open +violation of the laws are constantly occurring, caused by mobs, parties, +factions and undue influence of political sects; that the citizen has not that +protection of person and property which he is entitled. Norton ordered all +interested parties to assemble at Platt's Music Hall in San Francisco in +February 1860 to "remedy the evil complained of". In an imperial decree the +following month, Norton summoned the Army to depose the elected officials of the +U.S. Congress: WHEREAS, a body of men calling themselves the National Congress +are now in session in Washington City, in violation of our Imperial edict of the +12th of October last, declaring the said Congress abolished; WHEREAS, it is +necessary for the repose of our Empire that the said decree should be strictly +complied with; NOW, THEREFORE, we do hereby Order and Direct Major-General +Scott, the Command-in-Chief of our Armies, immediately upon receipt of this, our +Decree, to proceed with a suitable force and clear the Halls of Congress. + +What'dyou do Sabrina? Nothing. I left the phone in my bedroom last night, and so +I'm grounded from the phone. It was an accident. You guys are always in trouble. +What's up with that? Mom's a bitch. Get your feet off of there. Get your feet +off of there. You 're so stupid thinking I spent the night. I came home last +night and told you. Kendra, just let it go. You — No, because she doesn't — All +you said last night was — She thinks I spent the night in my jeans — Kim wasn't +staying the night. If I did spend the night, and I was trying to lie, I would +give up, cause then I wouldn't care, cause I knew I deserved it. But I didn't +spend the night, and I don't deserve this. Kim couldn't spend the night, I told +you. She could, but then af- — I wanted to stay at the game longer. And her mom +wanted to take her home early, and I'm like, no let's stay longer. But her mom +wouldn't let her. And so she went home and, I was like, I'll call you when I get +home, and then you come over. And she goes, no just spend the night. We'll do +this some other weekend. Okay cool, cause she had to go bowling in the morning. +Talk to Melanie's mom. Her mom would know. I'll have Melanie call you. Oh. Her +mom call you, Right, right. Her mom wouldn't lie. Right, Melanie will call me to +confirm your lie. Melanie lies but — You'll get a hold of her first. I know how +that works. No, Melanie's mom. I thought Melanie didn't have a phone. But I'm +supposed to call Melanie's mom. I didn't want you to have her phone number. +Yeah, another lie. Remember? That was a long time ago. Now I'm supposed to re- — +A- and I'm supposed to trust you every time you tell the truth. But how am I +supposed to know when you 're telling the truth? That was a joke. That was a +joke. Yeah, and I'm supposed to read your mind and know what you 're joking +about. No but, it was a joke. You know Kendra, y- — I don't know how many times +I got tatell you, once you lie, once you lie — Are they having a carwash? You +lose th- complete trust. No. Yeah they are. Yeah that's what it is a — We should +have a carwash there. Carwash and a bakesale. They 're not getting any people +though. Mm. Hot out. What's that supposed to be? They 're making it into +something. You 're not going anywhere for a while. It's a bookstore. Really? +God, I didn't spend the night, that's what makes me so mad, I'm grounded for +nothing. I was home all night last night, I came home and told you. And even my +cuffs and everything's on my bed. So stupid. Next time if I leave in the +morning, I'll wake you up. Mom I'm awake now, I'm leaving. Well you woke me up +last night, to tell me Kim wasn't spending the night. I don't know why you +couldn't wake me up in the morning, to tell me that you were going. You guys +wake me up every time I'm trying to take a little nap. What if we are awake? I +was tired this morning. So much fun. My hair looks like a mess. I left it in a +ponytail, I didn't even have time to take a shower. I think if I spent the night +I would've took a shower. All I need is your signature so I can play the +volleyball. On the volleyball team. No. No. Why? It's just volleyball. It's f- +like on Saturdays and Wednesdays. It's for church. It's fun. You have practice +every Wednesday. Yeah but, not at uh — This is at six thirty. I don't care. And +Susan's going to it too. Mm. Who cut the grass? Marlena did it. Marlena did it a +long time ago, but it hasn't been watered. It's dying. I know. Gon narip your +purse. I know. See if I spent the night mom, you'd think I'd still be in my +uniform? I know she's — J- she — See now she's trying to think of ways to cover +her tracks. I know what you 're doing. Seen this before. I'm hungry. Shit. I +love your jeans. Cause I wanted to go to the bathroom when you 're done. +Anyways, they were not. Did you get a sawsall? Yes, it's right here. Oh. I got +the blades. They 're right here. Do you remember the uh, program on TV, about +Hantavirus? About what virus? Hantavirus. Hutter? What's that about? I don't re- +– I don't remember. It's the one from the dead mice. Oh, yeah. Is it, is it all +over now? Is it for real now? Is it in here? Is it in the United States now? +They said, they already determined it was in like eighteen different states. +What? So? The Hantavirus. What, what are you g- — Well — So what 'reyou getting +at? That insulation out there with the mice shit in it? Did you just wash — Yes. +Really bothers me. I kn- — Oh oh I know. I mean that's the thing I thought of +too. Well, it's all packed up in garbage bags now. I didn't even touch it. Used +a hoe, stuffed it. I didn't touch anything. Don't touch anything yellow. Okay? +Not with your gloves or anything. Find something else to pick it up with. Mhm. +Did you — did you put it in a trash bag? I took that brown trash thing, and +tucked a bag in it. And then I put them in there. Squashed em down. + +The Beast I was thirteen. It was spring, the barren time in March when you can +not be sure if it is really warmer, but you are so desperate for change that you +tell yourself the mud at the edge of the sidewalk is different from winter mud +and you are sure that the smell of wet soil has suddenly a bit of the scent of +summer rains, of grass and drowned earthworms. And it has, because it is spring +and inside the ground something is stirring. I was wearing a yellow linen dress +which my mother had picked out and which I therefore disliked although I knew it +flattered me. My shoes were white and I was concentrating on keeping them out of +the mud. My father and I were going to mass — my mother did not go; she was +Protestant. My father put his hand on top of my hair, his palm on my head, and I +could feel the bone of my skull and my skin and his hot palm, so dry and strong. +When I was a little girl, he did that often, and called me Muscles. He had not +called me Muscles or put his hand on my head for a long time. I could not help +arching my back a little, I wanted to push against his hand like a cat but the +instinct that comes with being thirteen, the half-understood caution that makes +a girl timid, or wild, the shyness told me to just walk. I wanted to feel the +rough edge of the pocket of his coat against my cheek, but I was too tall. I +wanted to be seven again, and safe. But I still wanted to push against his hand +and put my hand in his pocket and steal the leather palmed glove, that secret +animal. Instead I went into the church, took a Bulletin, dipped my finger in +Holy Water and genuflected. The inside of the church smelled like damp wood and +furniture polish, not alive at all. My father took off his coat and draped it +over the edge of the pew and when I came back from communion I stole his glove. +The paper taste of the wafer was still in my mouth and I took a deep breath of +the leather. It smelled like March. We walked back through the school because it +was drizzling, my father tall in his navy suit and my shoes going click on the +linoleum. There were two classes of each grade, starting at the sixth and going +down to the first. The hall ended in a T and we went left through the gym, +walked underneath the bleachers and stood next to the side door, waiting for the +rain to stop. It was dark under the bleachers. My father was a young man, +thirty-five, younger because he liked to be outside, to play softball on +Saturday and to take my mother and me camping on vacation. He stood rocked back +on his heels with his coat thrown over his shoulders and his hands in his +pockets. I thought of bacon and eggs, toast with peach jam out of the jar. I was +so hungry. The space under the bleachers was secret and dark. There were things +in the shadows; a metal pail, a mop, rags. Next to the door was a tall +wrought-iron candle holder — the kind that stood at either end of the altar. +There was no holder and the end was jagged. On the floor was a wrapper from a +French Chew. They were sold at eighth-grade basketball games on Friday nights. +The light from the door made the shadows under the bleachers darker, the long +space stretched far away. I heard the rain and the faint rustle of paper and +smelled damp concrete. I did not go near my father but kept my hand in my +pocket, feeling the soft leather glove. There was a rustling on the concrete and +the drizzle of soft rain. I wondered if anyone ever went back under the +bleachers, if there were crickets or mice there. The rustling might have been +mice. I wished the rain would stop. I wanted to go home. I made noises with my +heels but they were too loud so I stopped. Something else clicked and I tried to +see what it was but couldn’t see anything. It wasn’t as loud as my heels. My +father cleared his throat, looking out the door. I imagined a man down there in +the dark, an escaped convict or a madman. It had nearly stopped raining. In +fifteen minutes we would be home and my mother would fry eggs. I heard a noise +like paper. My father heard it, too, but he pretended not to, at least he didn’t +turn his head. And there was a heavier sound, a rasp, like a box pulled over +concrete. I looked at my father but he didn’t turn his head. I wished he would +turn his head. There was a click again and the rustle, and I could not think of +what it could be. I had no explanation for the particular combination of sounds. +No doubt there was, some two things that happened to be making noises at the +same time. Once in a fever I heard thousands of birds outside my window and I +was terrified that they would fling themselves through the glass and attack me, +but it was only the rain on the eaves. + +Chapter Two: Master Lunre My father’s actions were largely incomprehensible to +me, guided by his own secret and labyrinthine calculations. He dwelt in another +world, a world of intrigue, bargains, contracts and clandestine purchases of +land all over the island. He was in many ways a world in himself, whole as a +sphere. No doubt his decisions were perfectly logical in his own eyes — even the +one that prompted him, a patriotic islander, to bring me a tutor from Bain: +Master Lunre, an Olondrian. The day began as it usually did when my father was +expected home from his travels, the house festooned with flowers and stocked +with coconut liquor. We stood by the gate, washed and perfumed and arrayed in +our brightest clothes, my mother twisting her hands in her skirt, my father’s +wife with red eyes. Jom, grown taller and broad in the shoulders, moaned gently +to himself, while I stood nervously rubbing the heel of one sandal on the +flagstones. We scanned the deep blue valley for the first sign of the company, +but before we saw them we heard the children shouting: “A yellow man!” A yellow +man! We glanced at one another in confusion. My mother bit her lower lip; Jom +gave a groan of alarm. At first I thought the children meant my father, whose +golden skin, the color of the night-monkey’s pelt, was a rarity in the islands; +but certainly the children of Tyom were familiar with my father, and would never +have greeted a council-member with such ill-mannered yells. Then I remembered +the only “yellow man” I had ever seen, an Olondrian wizard and doctor who had +visited Tyom in my childhood, who wore two pieces of glass on his eyes, attached +to his ears with wires, and roamed the hills of Tinimavet, cutting bits off the +trees. I have since learned that that doctor wrote a well-received treatise, On +the Medicinal Properties of the Juice of the Young Coconut, and died a respected +man in his native city of Deinivel; but at the time I felt certain he had +returned with his sack of tree-cuttings. “There they are,” said Pavit, the head +house-servant, in a strained voice. And there they were: a chain of riders +weaving among the trees. My father’s plaited umbrella appeared, his still, +imposing figure, and beside him another man, tall and lean, astride an island +mule. The hectic screams of the children preceded the company into the village, +so that they advanced like a festival, drawing people out of their houses. As +they approached I saw that my father’s face was shining with pride, and his +bearing had in it a new hauteur, like that of the old island kings. The man who +rode beside him, looking uncomfortable with his long legs, kept his gaze lowered +and fixed between the ears of his plodding mule. He was not yellow, but very +pale brown, the color of raw cashews; he had silver hair, worn cropped close to +the skull so that it resembled a cap. He was not the leaf-collecting doctor, but +an altogether strange man, with silver eyebrows in his smooth face and long +fine-knuckled hands. As he dismounted in front of the house I heard my mother +whispering: “Protect us, God with the Black-and-White Tail, from that which is +not of this earth.” My father dismounted from his mule and strutted toward us, +grinning. I thought I caught an odor off him, of fish, sea-sickness and sweat. +We knelt and stared down at the bald ground, murmuring ritual greetings, until +he touched the tops of our heads with the palm of his fleshy hand. Then we +stood, unable to keep from staring at the stranger, who faced us awkwardly, +half-smiling, taller than any man there. + +Wikinews interviews meteorological experts on Cyclone Phalin File photo of +interviewee David Titley. Image: David Titley. Cyclone Phailin has winds that +have been measured at 200 km / h, as it surges over land will it begin to lose +strength? Yes, all tropical cyclones are driven by high heat content waters. +Once a storm moves over any appreciably sized piece of land, the moisture source +is removed and the storm begins to dissipate. As of the last advisory, T C +Phailin has winds of 190 kilometers per hour and has moved inland, headed on a +northwest track. That is a Category 3 storm. The forecast is for a continued +decline in strength to a tropical storm within 24 hours and a tropical +depression within 36 hours. However, there will be very heavy rains and flooding +along its path. Yes, it will loose strength steadily as more and more of this +swirling system moves from being over ocean to being over land. This occurs for +two reasons: As it moves over land, it is cut off from the source of energy +driving the storm [which is] the evaporation of water from the warm sea surface; +Increased friction - the ocean surface is much, much smoother than the land +surface. Tropical cyclones are sustained by a form of energy called latent heat, +which is released by moisture evaporated from the ocean that condenses to form +rain. As tropical cyclones make landfall, this energy source is cut-off and they +rapidly lose strength as they move over land. Yes, the Cyclone is almost certain +to lose strength as it surges over land. Cyclones gather their strength through +scraping moisture and heat from warm ocean water that it is not the case over +land. In the mean time, much stronger friction over land quickly reduces their +strength. Yes. All tropical cyclones lose strength once they make landfall. +However, they can remain dangerous storms due to very heavy rains and subsequent +landslides, and river flooding. Phailin's winds will rapidly weaken as it pushes +inland. Once Cyclone Phailin comes on shore it will immediately begin to lose +strength. However, and this is important, it still will contain lots of rainfall +making flooding an almost certainty. File photo of interviewee R Saravanan. +Image: R Saravanan. A previous cyclone in 1999 in the Bay of Bengal area of +India left 10,000 people dead. Is the Indian government well prepared to deal +with this cyclone? I have not followed that aspect of the societal response for +the present storm. However, historically, there have been several events that +should cause a societal response. Hopefully, we all learn from past mistakes. +The history of strong cyclones and death in the region is notable, with at least +5 large cyclone events in the past 35 years with 10,000 and as many as 300,000 +people killed, millions left homeless and estimated damages as high as US$ 10 +billion. I don't have enough information to answer this question, one way or the +other. From all the press reports that I have read, the Indian government +appears to have taken the threat of Cyclone Phailin very seriously indeed. The +government has been much more pro-active in preparing for this cyclone than in +the past. The forecasts of cyclone track and intensity have been fairly +accurate. Mandatory mass evacuations have been carried out, which is essential +to minimize loss of life in these situations. Unfortunately, extensive property +damage is bound to occur even with the best preparation. My knowledge of the +responsiveness of the Indian government to this storm is purely from the cyber +space. I heard that they orchestrated the largest people evacuation to a natural +disaster in Indian history. This shall be applauded given the size and strength +of Phailin. I visited the damaged area of the 1999 storm near Bhubaneshwar in +the summer of 2012 for an invited symposium and summer school on tropical +cyclones [...] sponsored by the Indian government. Given the living standard and +residence of people living near the coastal areas in this region, the evacuation +is certainly necessary and essential to save lives. I can notcomment directly on +how the Indian government was prepared for this cyclone. However, the news +reports (BBC etc.) were very encouraging in that the authorities were reportedly +making strenuous efforts to evacuate the population from near the coast and +areas that are prone to flooding. Water is the main killer in these storms. From +all reports that I have seen, the government was well prepared for this cyclone. +For this question I don't know the 'preparedness' of the Indian gov't to deal +with this. + +Wikinews interviews Mario J. Lucero and Isabel Ruiz of Heaven Sent Gaming +General questions What is Heaven Sent Gaming? Heaven Sent Gaming is basically me +and Isabel, I'm Mario J. Lucero. And, I'm Isabel Ruiz. And, together we formed +this thing, it's sort of like an entertainment team. We started it basically, +because I wanted to - I wanted to work with Isabel on a lot of projects that we +had going on together. We were coming with comics, like, left and right, we were +coming up with things like Karis, in high school she came up with that one, I +came up with an individual story called Thad's World Destruction and, she wanted +to illustrate it, and so, that's the way we ended up doing it. Yep, we like to +just make our own original content, and, yep, that's what we wanted to do. How +did you two meet? We met back in high school. In this private, tiny-tiny private +school of 50 students. But, before hand in middle school, I kept on hearing +about this guy named Mario, and he kept on hearing about me, this girl named +Isabel. And, everyone, all of our friends and all of our acquaintances would +say," Hey, you'd get along with him really well." So before hand I kinda knew +about him, but I never met him. And one of our friends, our common friends, he +introduced us during study hall, and we just kind of hit it off from there. It's +true. Who else is involved in this project? Currently, we 're in talks with +people. There's Jeff [Drake], who is behind the camera. Right now, yeah, he's +helping us right now. We 're talking about doing some individual web series, +video series. Josh Kindig, he's coming on board, he has some ideas for that too, +he wants to take over "aywv" and do more gaming news. There's of course Jason, +who is our editor and he's the one who writes dD. Digital Domain What is your +purpose behind this venture? Well, back in college, back in Collins College, +Isabel and I, we had met like she said at Sandia View Academy, and we went off +to college together in Arizona; and ... (how do I best explain this?) Basically, +she came up with a few class projects, and I came up with a few class projects; +we started working with a few of our friends, and colleagues and whatnot. Those +included Drew Cass, Devin Thurlow, people like that. She had several ideas, and +she used to draw a lot in the sketchbook, she used to have this thick sketchbook +that she used to carry around with her everywhere, where she'd draw these +different characters and whatnot; and she was always really shy to show that off +to people, and I wanted to help her show that stuff, and I wanted to bring it +out to the world. I was a writer, and she always liked my writings, so I was +like, let's just get both of our things together, and let's get this done. And +for me, what I want the purpose to be, is to inspire people. To bring a little +more light to the world is what I want, out of all of this. And what was the +verse that we have? First Corinthians 9: 25? Yes. Yeah, exactly. We just want to +be able to bring, like she said, bring light into the entertainment and into the +media industry, specifically is what we do. Yeah. + +Parents prosecuted after homeopathic treatment leads to daughter's death Friday, +May 8, 2009 Thomas Sam, 42, and his wife Manju Sam, 36, from Sydney, Australia, +are undergoing trial for manslaughter by gross negligence for the death of their +nine-month-old child, Gloria. She died from infection caused by severe eczema +after they shunned effective conventional medical treatments for homeopathy, a +form of alternative medicine that has been described as pseudoscience. Articles +in peer-reviewed academic journals including Social Science & Medicine have +characterized homeopathy as a form of quackery. An example of severe eczema. +Image: Jambula. Gloria developed severe eczema at the age of four months and the +parents were advised to send the child to a skin specialist. Thomas Sam, a +practising homeopath, instead decided to treat his daughter himself. His +daughter's condition deteriorated, to the point that the baby spent all her +energy battling the infections caused by the constant breaking of the skin, +leading to severe malnutrition and, eventually, her death. By the end, Gloria's +eczema was so severe that her skin broke every time her parents changed her +clothes or nappy, and in the words of the Crown prosecutor, Mark Tedeschi, QC, +"Gloria spent a lot of the last five months of her life crying, irritable, +scratching and the only thing that gave her solace was to suck on her mother's +breast." Gloria also became unable to move her legs. Mr. Tedeschi also told the +court that, over the last five months of her life," Gloria's eczema played a +devastating role in her overall health and it is asserted by the Crown that both +her parents knew this and discussed it with each other." However, despite their +child's severe illness, and her lack of improvement, the Sams continued to shun +conventional medical treatment, instead seeking help from other homeopaths and +naturopaths. Gloria temporarily improved during the rare times they used +conventional treatments, but they soon dropped them in favour of homeopathy, and +she consistently worsened. Allegedly, Thomas' sister pleaded with him to send +Gloria to a conventional medical doctor, but he replied "I am not able to do +that". The parents are also accused of putting their social life ahead of their +child, taking her on a trip to India and leaving her to servants while embarking +on a busy social schedule, and giving her homeopathic drops instead of using the +prescription creams they had been given. Gloria was finally taken to the +emergency department shortly before her death. By this time," her skin was +weeping, her body malnourished and her corneas melting", according to the Sydney +Morning Herald. Speaking in the parents' defense, Tom Molomby, SC, said that, as +the parents came from India, where homeopathy is in common use, they should be +declared not guilty due to cultural differences. Homeopathy is a form of +alternative medicine which treats patients with massively diluted forms of +substances that, if given to a healthy person undiluted, would cause symptoms +similar to the disease. Typical treatments take the dilutions, with ritualised +shaking between each step of the dilution, past the level where any molecules of +the original substance are likely to remain; for homeopathic treatments to work, +basic well-understood concepts in chemistry and physics would have to be wrong. +There is no evidence that homeopathy is more effective than placebo for any +condition. + +Australian children suffering from iodine deficiency Thursday, February 23, 2006 +Almost half of all Australian primary school children are mild to moderately +iodine deficient, researchers say. A new study documenting iodine nutritional +status in Australian school children has revealed many are not getting enough +iodine - which can lead to mental and growth retardation. The report's authors +say iodine deficiency is "the sleeper health issue in Australia", and +potentially a very serious one. The results of the Australian National Iodine +Nutrition Study published in the Medical Journal of Australia this week, +revealed that children in mainland Australia are borderline iodine deficient. +The report has prompted calls for all edible salt to be iodised. They say adding +the mineral to salt is the simplest and most effective method of preventing +iodine deficiency disorders. A cross-sectional survey of 1709 schoolchildren - +aged 8 – 10 years, from 88 schools - was carried out in New South Wales, +Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland, between July 2003 +and December 2004. Tasmania was excluded from the study - where an voluntary +iodine fortification program using iodised salt in bread, is ongoing. The +authors say the results confirm the existence of inadequate iodine intake in the +Australian population. They call for "urgent implementation of mandatory +iodisation of all edible salt in Australia." Most iodine in food comes from +seafood, milk and iodised salt. Professor Cres Eastman, Director of the National +Iodine Nutrition study, and Chairman of the Australian Centre for Control of +Iodine Deficiency Disorders, says it is crucial that children and pregnant women +in particular have an adequate intake of iodine. Iodine deficiency can lead to +serious health problems including brain damage, stunted growth and deafness. +Professor Eastman says manufacturers could easily remedy the situation by using +iodised salt in their products in line with the United States and most European +countries. "I suspect they won't do that on a voluntary basis, we've tried so +far and haven't succeeded, so we've convinced the Food Standards of Australia +and New Zealand | that all salt should be iodised," he said. The report says the +decline in iodine intake appears to be due to changes in the dairy industry, +where chlorine-containing sanitisers have replaced iodine-containing sanitisers. +Iodine released from these chemicals into milk has been the major source of +dietary iodine in Australia for at least four decades, but is now declining. +Another contributory factor has been the decreasing consumption of iodised salt +used in foods. The report states that few if any food manufacturers use iodised +salt in the preparation and manufacture of foods. Professor Eastman says iodine +is added to only 10 per cent of Australian salt in contravention of a World +Health Organisation recommendation that all salt be iodised. He says authorities +are reacting slowly to his urgent calls for mandatory iodised salt. "The effects +of iodine deficiency are dependent upon how severe it is and when it occurs. So +if we go to the pregnant woman, she doesn't get enough iodine, she won't make +enough thyroid hormone, and the foetus won't get the amount of thyroid hormone +it needs for adequate and proper development of the brain, so you'll then see +consequences being loss of IQ, learning difficulties, hearing difficulties and +other neurological problems," Professor Eastman said. "If an infant's not +getting enough iodine ... brain development won't be completed and they won't +grow normally, and as you get older the problem will be that you will develop a +goiter and your thyroid won't function as well as it should, so that may have +all sorts of pernicious effects upon normal function in life." More than two +billion people around the world live in areas prone to iodine deficiency, and +yet the problem is easily fixed. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends +that every country should iodise all edible salt. The most well known effects of +IDD are visible goiter and cretinism, a condition characterised by severe brain +damage occurring in very early life. WHO say Iodine deficiency is the world’s +most prevalent, yet easily preventable, cause of brain damage. Professor Eastman +said he is alarmed by what they found. "Pregnant women in Australia are getting +about half as much as what they require on a daily basis. So that alarms me, +because there's quite serious potential for adverse effects and brain damage in +the next generation of children born in this country," he said. "If Iodine +deficiency is serious you lose 15 IQ points, on average. There shouldn't be +anyone suffering from iodine deficiency in a developed country like Australia." +Lydia Buchtmann for Food Standards Australia New Zealand, says they are looking +at mandatory guidelines on iodine by the end of the year. She says the issue is +complicated and will take time to get right. We need to "make sure there's +sufficient iodine added into the food supply, to help those people with a +deficiency. But at the other end of the scale we've got to make sure the people +who eat a lot of food - we all know the teenage boy who comes home from school +and eats a whole loaf of bread - that those people don't get too much and get +overdose," Ms Bauchtman said. "One of the reasons that iodine is going down is +because people are taking that good healthy eating message and not adding salt +during cooking." Senior researcher Mu Li, of the University of NSW's school of +public health, said "it is reasonable to assume that pregnant women and +breastfeeding mothers are also iodine deficient, putting the next generation of +children born in this country at risk of the neuropsychological consequences of +iodine deficiency." + +Madam Speaker, "I solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of +the impeachment of Donald John Trump, President of the United States, now +pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws." +That is the oath Senators swore on January 16. It is the oath created by +Senators when they tried the first impeachment of a President in 1868. It is an +oath rooted in the Revolution fought by their grandparents to create a republic +of laws, not kings. It is an oath whose power derives from its common sense: +that a juror must always be impartial for a trial to be fair. And it is an oath +made necessary by the fact that Senators are not, as we are not, under normal +circumstances, impartial in our work. The words chosen for this oath recognize +that when our Constitution calls Senators to try impeachment, it calls them away +from their role as partisans. When that oath is taken, Senators are supposed to +step back from the affiliation of party or political kinship with or opposition +to the President on trial. They are required, as the oath plainly states, to "do +impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws." Madam Speaker, this +afternoon, Senators will be asked to vote on the two Articles of Impeachment the +House presented on abuse of power and the obstruction of Congress. After voting +to refuse to hear evidence and call witnesses with pertinent information, nearly +all Republican Senators have already announced that they will vote against the +articles. In doing so, many of them acknowledge that what President Trump did +was wrong and inappropriate. They accept that it was wrong for him to withhold +military aid to Ukraine until the President of that country promised to +interfere in the American elections. The evidence of President Trump's abuse of +power and attempt to solicit foreign interference in the 2020 elections is clear +enough that Republican Senators can notand have not denied the facts, yet they +can notbring themselves to confront this President and are choosing party over +country. The Senator from Alaska, in explaining her decision to vote to block +witnesses and evidence, tried to deflect responsibility from the consequences of +her actions, writing: "I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair +trial in the Senate." I agree with that. She further said: "It is sad for me +today to admit that, as an institution, the Congress has failed." Madam Speaker, +the Congress has not failed. The House did its job, whether you agree or not. In +regular order, by a vote of this House, we impeached the President of the United +States based upon our oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United +States. The House did its job and did so with the solemnity required when +undertaking the process of impeachment, which we did not seek but accepted as +our responsibility under the Constitution. We held hearings, called witnesses, +and subpoenaed documents. Many of the witnesses and documents, of course, were +withheld by the White House. It is the Senate that will fail if Senators do not +uphold their oaths to impartial justice. It is the Senate, Madam Speaker, that +will fail if it does not hold this President accountable for using a hold on +military aid to compel an ally to interfere in our election for his own personal +gain. History will judge poorly those who choose fear of their party over the +courage to do the right thing. Neither the Speaker nor myself, nor the whip, Jim +Clyburn, urged any member in our party to vote any way on impeachment. There was +no lobbying. There was no pressure. Our members voted consistent with their oath +of office and the conviction that that vote was required by that oath to protect +and defend the Constitution. Americans will judge. I am often asked why the +House passed Articles of Impeachment even knowing that the odds were slim that +Senate Republicans would set aside partisanship and hear the case as impartial +jurors. It is because I know future generations will look back on this chapter +in our history and ask: Who stood up for the Constitution and the laws? Who +stood up for the values our Founders charged us to keep? Who refused to shrink +from the heavy responsibilities of their oath? I can be proud that the House did +its job, followed the law, defended our Constitution. We did not convict; that +is not our role. Essentially, what we said was there was probable cause that +powers had been abused and certainly cause to see that the President refused to +cooperate with the constitutional responsibilities of the House of +Representatives. I am also proud of the House managers, as all of my colleagues +on the Democratic side of the aisle are proud of our managers who made their +case. They made their case with intellect. They made their case with evidence +that had been adduced here in the House. They made their case and appealed to +Senators to hold this President accountable, as our Founders intended. Almost +everybody has watched a trial either in person or on television. A trial is not +an opening argument and a closing argument with nothing in between. Seventy-five +percent of our people wanted to have witnesses because that was their +understanding of what a trial is, not just argument at the beginning and +argument at the end, but evidence for jurors who have pledged to be impartial to +consider. Any judge in this country would agree that opening and closing +statements alone are not a trial. Nevertheless, the House managers proved their +case. The truth is clear. The American people know what that truth is and know +what this President has done. And they will remember who on this day abided by +the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. + +Learning Objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe +cognition Distinguish concepts and prototypes Explain the difference between +natural and artificial concepts Imagine all of your thoughts as if they were +physical entities, swirling rapidly inside your mind. How is it possible that +the brain is able to move from one thought to the next in an organized, orderly +fashion? The brain is endlessly perceiving, processing, planning, organizing, +and remembering — itis always active. Yet, you don’t notice most of your brain’s +activity as you move throughout your daily routine. This is only one facet of +the complex processes involved in cognition. Simply put, cognition is thinking, +and it encompasses the processes associated with perception, knowledge, problem +solving, judgment, language, and memory. Scientists who study cognition are +searching for ways to understand how we integrate, organize, and utilize our +conscious cognitive experiences without being aware of all of the unconscious +work that our brains are doing (for example, Kahneman, 2011). Cognition Upon +waking each morning, you begin thinking — contemplatingthe tasks that you must +complete that day. In what order should you run your errands? Should you go to +the bank, the cleaners, or the grocery store first? Can you get these things +done before you head to class or will they need to wait until school is done? +These thoughts are one example of cognition at work. Exceptionally complex, +cognition is an essential feature of human consciousness, yet not all aspects of +cognition are consciously experienced. Cognitive psychology is the field of +psychology dedicated to examining how people think. It attempts to explain how +and why we think the way we do by studying the interactions among human +thinking, emotion, creativity, language, and problem solving, in addition to +other cognitive processes. Cognitive psychologists strive to determine and +measure different types of intelligence, why some people are better at problem +solving than others, and how emotional intelligence affects success in the +workplace, among countless other topics. They also sometimes focus on how we +organize thoughts and information gathered from our environments into meaningful +categories of thought, which will be discussed later. Concepts and Prototypes +The human nervous system is capable of handling endless streams of information. +The senses serve as the interface between the mind and the external environment, +receiving stimuli and translating it into nervous impulses that are transmitted +to the brain. The brain then processes this information and uses the relevant +pieces to create thoughts, which can then be expressed through language or +stored in memory for future use. To make this process more complex, the brain +does not gather information from external environments only. When thoughts are +formed, the brain also pulls information from emotions and memories (Figure +7.2). Emotion and memory are powerful influences on both our thoughts and +behaviors. Figure 7.2 Sensations and information are received by our brains, +filtered through emotions and memories, and processed to become thoughts. In +order to organize this staggering amount of information, the brain has developed +a file cabinet of sorts in the mind. The different files stored in the file +cabinet are called concepts. Concepts are categories or groupings of linguistic +information, images, ideas, or memories, such as life experiences. Concepts are, +in many ways, big ideas that are generated by observing details, and +categorizing and combining these details into cognitive structures. You use +concepts to see the relationships among the different elements of your +experiences and to keep the information in your mind organized and accessible. +Concepts are informed by our semantic memory (you will learn more about semantic +memory in a later chapter) and are present in every aspect of our lives; +however, one of the easiest places to notice concepts is inside a classroom, +where they are discussed explicitly. When you study United States history, for +example, you learn about more than just individual events that have happened in +America’s past. You absorb a large quantity of information by listening to and +participating in discussions, examining maps, and reading first-hand accounts of +people’s lives. Your brain analyzes these details and develops an overall +understanding of American history. In the process, your brain gathers details +that inform and refine your understanding of related concepts like democracy, +power, and freedom. Concepts can be complex and abstract, like justice, or more +concrete, like types of birds. In psychology, for example, Piaget’s stages of +development are abstract concepts. Some concepts, like tolerance, are agreed +upon by many people, because they have been used in various ways over many +years. Other concepts, like the characteristics of your ideal friend or your +family’s birthday traditions, are personal and individualized. In this way, +concepts touch every aspect of our lives, from our many daily routines to the +guiding principles behind the way governments function. Another technique used +by your brain to organize information is the identification of prototypes for +the concepts you have developed. A prototype is the best example or +representation of a concept. For example, for the category of civil +disobedience, your prototype could be Rosa Parks. Her peaceful resistance to +segregation on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, is a recognizable example of +civil disobedience. Or your prototype could be Mohandas Gandhi, sometimes called +Mahatma Gandhi (“Mahatma” is an honorific title) (Figure 7.3). Figure 7.3 In +1930, Mohandas Gandhi led a group in peaceful protest against a British tax on +salt in India. Mohandas Gandhi served as a nonviolent force for independence for +India while simultaneously demanding that Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian +leaders — bothIndian and British — collaboratepeacefully. Although he was not +always successful in preventing violence around him, his life provides a +steadfast example of the civil disobedience prototype (Constitutional Rights +Foundation, 2013). Just as concepts can be abstract or concrete, we can make a +distinction between concepts that are functions of our direct experience with +the world and those that are more artificial in nature. + +What's up YouTube? So we are going to do a week of me vlogging. It's kind of an +interesting week. I bounced around here and there, so I have to kind of show you +guys around and show you what it's all about, and today I'm on general nuclear +medicine, so let's start the day. So like I said, I'm on my general nuclear +medicine rotation this week. I get switched around -- moved around a few times +to cover some residents who are on vacation, so I'll be at other spots later +this week. So so far this morning I've just read a few studies (it's a little +slow in the morning) of general nuclear medicine because a lot of stuff takes +time for the radio tracers to go into the body or the specific organ we are +targeting, so we have to wait a little bit in the morning. So I've done three +lymphoscintigraphies. For lymphoscintigraphies we basically inject technetium in +skin surrounding a melanoma and after we inject we wait about 15 - 20minutes, +maybe up to an hour, and wait for that radio tracer to travel to the closest +lymph node which we would call the sentinel lymph node. What we do is we mark it +under our cameras and then the patient will go up to the OR, have the melanoma, +a wide excision of the melanoma, and then they will try to find the lymph node +that we marked and take that one out as well to make sure there's no metastasis. +So I've done three of those this morning. I will read a few more scans coming up +here shortly and just trying to tie up some loose ends before I go to +conference. I'll check back in afterwards. Ah, the sun feels so good on the +face. I'm officially done. It is about 4:00 p.m. We get to head home early today +because we finished off the scans, and I'm gon nago home and work out because I +was too lazy to do it this morning because for some reason I was tired from +having a weekend off, which makes no sense. But I'm gon nago work out, cook +something for dinner and do this all over again tomorrow. We 're on a different +rotation tomorrow so stay tuned to find out which one. Alright it is day two. It +is Tuesday and today I got pulled to ultrasound. Yes, I don't know why I got +pulled on today, but I did, so probably just sit in there, read some ultrasounds +and get out early. I need to film another YouTube video. Alright so I've been +here just crushing ultrasounds, and today I've been feeling a little under the +weather so I've been, like, yeah, I've been like crushing these all day today +and then I'll show you what else I've been. I picked these up when I was in +Amsterdam for ... I got sick when I was on Croatia for vacation. I have no idea +what it says, but I think they 're cough drops, so if anybody knows what this +says let me know. But I'm pretty sure it's just cough drops with some vitamin C +in it. So this is what I have been doing all day is crushing ultrasounds and +having Dutch cough drops. So if anybody speaks Dutch tell me what that means. Oh +and PS, I usually try to avoid taking medicines that I can't read the name of +but I had someone help me at the pharmacy in the airport. She spoke a little bit +of English and I think those are actually cough drops, so, that's the only +reason I'm still eating them today. You can tell by my voice it's a little on +the sore side today so hopefully I get better because, I haven't told you guys +yet, but I'm going somewhere this weekend and it's gon na be fun. Now it's time +to get back to work. So I'm officially going home right now. Yeah, normally I +would go home and work out, especially since it's, like, a beautiful day I would +probably go running. But since I feel kind of crappy today I'm just going to go +home, hang out, rest (ambulance was a little loud sorry). So I'm probably just +gon na go home and rest and I have to get my hair cut today for my big trip +coming up. But you still don't know where I'm going. But yeah that's pretty much +it, hope you guys don't mind this kind of like random vlog that I'm doing, but I +just wanted to show you guys kind of loosely like how a week is and the life of +a radiology resident. So hopefully you guys find it somewhat interesting, and if +you do I'll keep doing it. So heading home now. + +Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, Athína), is the capital city of Greece with a metropolitan +population of 3.7 million inhabitants. It is in many ways the birthplace of +Classical Greece, and therefore of Western civilization. Understand Old Athens +The first pre-historic settlements was constructed in 3000 BC around the hill of +Acropolis. The legend says that the King of Athens, Theseus unified the ten +tribes of early Athens into one kingdom (c. 1230 BC). This process of +synoikismos – bringing together in one home – created the largest and wealthiest +state on the Greek mainland, but it also created a larger class of people +excluded from political life by the nobility. By the 7th century BC, social +unrest had become widespread, and the Areopagus appointed Draco to draft a +strict new law code (hence "draconian"). When this failed, they appointed Solon, +with a mandate to create a new constitution (594). This was the great beginning +of a new social revolution, which was the result of the democracy under +Clisthenes (508 BC). During the Middle Ages, Athens experienced a decline, but +re-emerged under Byzantian rule. Athens was thriving and prosperous during the +Crusades, actually benefiting from the Italian trade during this period. +However, this fruitful period was short-lived, as Greece suffered badly under +the Ottoman Empire, only to recover in the 19th century as the capital of +independent Greece. Modern Olympic Games Athens hosted the 2004 Summer Olympic +Games. While most of the sporting venues were located outside the city proper - +in various locations throughout Attica - the entire urban area of Athens +underwent major lasting changes that have improved the quality of life for +visitors and residents alike. Aside from the excellent transportation +infrastructure that was completed in time for the 2004 Olympics (from new +freeways to light rail systems), the city's historic center underwent serious +renovation. Most notable among the city's facelift projects are the Unification +of Archaeological Sites - which connects the city's classical - era ruins and +monuments to each other through a network of pleasant pedestrianized streets - +and the restoration of the picturesque neoclassical Thissio and Pláka districts. +The ancient Olympic Games took place in Olympia from 776 BCE to 394 AD. It is a +lengthy day trip from Athens to visit Olympia, but quite interesting. +Architecture Athens was just a small provincial village when it was chosen in +the 1830s to serve as the national capital of the modern Greek State. Although +it had a prestigious past, the city's political, economic, and cultural +importance had declined over the centuries, leaving behind only its classical +ruins as a reminder of better times. With the decision to move the national +capital from Nafplio to Athens, architects and city planners were hired to build +a new city next to the classical ruins, with grand neoclassical homes and public +buildings, large city squares, green spaces, and wide avenues, making a +conscious, decisive turn from the city's Ottoman past. The city regained its +importance in Greek civilization, and by 1900 had evolved into a very attractive +cosmopolitan city, with abundant neoclassical architecture harking to the +nation's past. The 20th century however, marked the rapid development of Athens. +The city suffered minor damage during WWII, and suffered extensive urban +planning in the decades that followed, as the nation rapidly industrialized and +urbanized. In the 1960s and 1970s, many 19th century neoclassical buildings, +often small and private, were demolished to make way for office buildings, often +designed by great Greek architects. The city also expanded outward through rash +development, particularly towards the west, as its population grew by absorbing +job-seekers from the provinces. With the onset of the automobile, public +officials reduced the city's public transportation services without foreseeing +the traffic gridlock and smog that would menace the city by the 1980s. By the +late 1980s and early 1990s, the city's reality led to a rude awakening among +local and national officials and, coupled with the country's new found +remarkable prosperity, large scale projects began to slowly regenerate the city +and undo some of the damages of recent decades. Over the course of the next 15 +years, money was poured into new transportation infrastructure projects, the +restoration of surviving neoclassical buildings, the gentrification of the +city's historical center and the renovation of many former industrial areas and +the city's coastline. The restoration of charming neoclassical buildings in the +city's historical center has been accompanied by the construction of attractive +post-modern buildings in newer districts; both of which have begun to improve +the aesthetic essence of the city. Athens today is ever evolving, forging a +brand new identity for the 21st century. Climate Spring and late autumn are the +best times to visit Athens. Summer can be extremely hot and dry during +heatwaves, but this rarely happens. Winter is definitely low season, with the +occasional rainy or snowy day, but also an ideal time to save money while +enjoying the city without countless other travelers and tourists. Whilst peak +traffic hour can be a bit smoggy on the main roads, on most sunny days the skies +are azure blue. The main reason attributed for the pollution of Athens is +because the city is enclosed by mountains in a basin which does not let the smog +leave. The government's ban on diesel vehicles within Athens and the early 1990s +initiatives to improve car emissions have greatly contributed to better +atmospheric conditions in the basin. + +Coron Coron is in the province of Palawan, Philippines on Busuanga Island. It is +the largest town on the island and has the largest share of accommodations. +Background Coron is both the name of the largest town on the island of Busuanga, +and the name of a different, smaller island just offshore. The area is famous +for its World War II wreck diving, and the site has been named in many lists of +top dive spots in the world. In September 1944, a fleet of Japanese ships hiding +in the harbor were sunk in a daring raid by the US navy. The result is around +ten well preserved underwater shipwrecks surrounded with coral reef. There are +also attractions on Coron Island itself. There are many beautiful white sand +beaches, mostly tiny and surrounded by large limestone cliffs and wildlife. +Barracuda and Kayangan lakes are both stunning locations, and good for +snorkeling, and the island is the ancestral domain of an indigenous tribe who +are managing the island in a sustainable way and keeping outsiders at a distance +and offshore at night. History The first inhabitants of Coron were the Tagbanuas +who belong to the second wave of Indonesians who migrated to this area some +5,000 years ago. They were a nomadic, seafaring people, living mainly by fishing +and subsistence agriculture. Although they are now sedentary (with the young +using cell phones, etc.), they maintain many of their old customs, traditions +and beliefs. Today, the Tagbanuas remain the dominant if not entire population +of Coron. In 1902 that Coron was registered as a town and the name of the town +was officially changed from Penon de Coron to Coron. From 1939 to the outbreak +of World War II, the municipality experienced the mining boom. Labor shifted +from farming to mining. In July 1942 the Japanese occupied the mining camps and +resumed operation of the manganese mines. On September 24, 1944, a group of +Japanese ships were sunk by American warplanes in Coron waters as the ships +retreated from Manila Bay. To this day, about 10 or 12 of these World War II +Japanese shipwrecks comprise what is considered one of the best dive sites in +the world. In 1947, large scale deep sea fishing was introduced to Coron, and +the town experienced another boom, a fishing boom. The population increased, as +many people from Luzon and the Visayas came to work either as fishermen or +miners. On June 17, 1950, Busuanga was officially created as a separate +municipality from Coron and in 1954, Coron was further reduced by the official +creation of the Municipality of Linapacan. On September 12, 1992, Coron was +finally reduced by the official creation of the Municipality of Culion. In the +past, Coron was virtually unknown outside of Palawan. It remains a small, quaint +fishing town with laid back charm but with increasing media exposure it is +growing, slowly but steadily, Coron has taken an important position in the +tourism industry. In the past decade, there has been a rapid influx of scuba +divers and other tourists coming in, making tourism the major industry player in +Coron today. + +How to Tell a Joke Two Parts: Getting the Material Right Getting the Delivery +Right From one-liners to classic three-liners to the one-minute gag you tell +your friends, a good joke pleases everyone. Joke-telling is one of the best ways +to ease tension, make a new friend, or light up a room. That is, of course, if +you can get a laugh. Telling good jokes is an art that comes naturally to some +people, but for others it takes practice and hard work. Part 1 of 2: Getting the +Material Right Know your audience. All aspects of the joke you tell, from the +content to the length, need to be suited to your audience. What’s funny to a +group of 20-year old college students may be very different from what makes your +70-year old - uncle laugh (then again, maybe not). Everyone’s an individual, so +there are no hard and fast rules. But, unless you personally know the members of +your audience, here are some good rules of thumb to follow: elderly people won’t +like crude jokes; stay away from misogynist jokes if you’ve got an audience full +of women; people of a specific ethnic or racial group won’t enjoy jokes making +fun of their group; and jokes requiring specialized knowledge (of, for example, +science or old movies) will only be appreciated by people who possess that +knowledge. The more you know about your audience the better you’ll be able to +tailor your jokes to them. Choose great material. You can find fodder lots of +places — from your life, joke files online, by repurposing jokes you’ve heard in +the past, and so on. You may want to start your own joke file. You can write +your jokes down on index cards to keep them handy or use a document file on your +computer. [1] The latter option may allow for easier revision. Decide on a +target. Every joke has a “target,” which is what the joke is about. It’s +important that the joke’s target (the most basic element of your material) be +suited to your audience. Make sure it’s a target your audience will be +interested in and something they ’re likely willing to laugh at. [2] For +example, husbands are likely to laugh at jokes about wives and vice versa; +students will typically find jokes about school and teachers humorous. Have a +realistic but exaggerated setup. The opening of the joke — or setup — should +have a basis in the real world so your audience can relate to it, but it should +also include exaggeration because this is what gives a joke its humorous edge. +[3] Think of the setup as the foundation of a story. It’s a fundamental part of +the joke; if you don’t lay a good foundation here, then the punchline won’t make +sense to the audience or they won’t find it humorous. Your setup needs to be +both realistic and exaggerated in order to be funny — it’s placing these two +incongruous elements side by side that makes the joke funny. [4] The +exaggeration can be slight or considerable — it just depends on the individual +joke. Surprise with the punchline. The ending of the joke is obviously crucial. +This is where the payoff comes in, what makes the joke succeed or fail. If you +want to make the audience laugh, your punchline needs to be surprising. Some +jokes also have what is called a tag or topper, which is an additional +punchline. The tag builds on the original punchline or twists back on it in a +surprising way. Make the joke your own. Lots of jokes rehash the same ground and +sometimes they retell a story countless other jokes have told. For your joke to +be funny, it has to surprise the audience in some way, which means it has to +seem original or new. One way to personalize a joke is to change the ending. [5] +Another option is to dress the joke up as a story about your own life. This will +make a familiar joke unrecognizable. It may also make it particularly +interesting if your audience is your friend(s). [6] Know your material. +Practicing your joke is crucial. You don’t need to have it completely memorized +— in fact, you "shouldn’t" memorize it — but you need to be really comfortable +with it, so comfortable that you can continue on with telling it even if you get +nervous or sidetracked, which is very possible once you ’re in front of an +audience. Memorized jokes sound wooden, like they are being read off a script +instead of relayed by a friend or entertainer. Good jokes have a lot of details +and personality, so don’t be afraid to embellish. [7] Try different things out +and see what feels right, what sounds best. Don’t use a joke until you ’re +completely comfortable with it. Try recording your joke on a tape player and +playing it back to yourself. If you hear a lot of awkward pauses or “ah”s or +“um”s, your joke isn ’t ready and you need to practice more. [8] You can also +try practicing in front of a sympathetic friend or family member once you ’re +ready for a “real” audience. + +How to Wash Overalls in a Washing Machine Whether you are a working man or just +a little cutie trying to stay cute, those overalls are going to need washing +sooner or later. The straps on adults’ overalls often get so twisted during the +wash that one wishes she had just used an old fashioned washboard instead. Your +appliances are also murder on the straps, which are almost always the first +things to wear out on your overalls. This article will show you how to save time +and prevent wear, extending the life of your overalls until they are so soft you +could wear them to bed. Steps Wash alone or with "like" clothing. It’s best to +wash adults’ overalls alone, especially men’s. However, it is okay to wash just +a few items with them, like blue jeans. What you don’t want to wash with them is +anything that can get twisted up with the straps, like women’s long sleeve +shirts or kids’ blankets. Think similar clothing, minus the twisty-ness. Just do +the denim and canvas stuff together. Fasten the straps to the bib. If you didn’t +know already, the bib is the top front part with the breast pockets. Go ahead +and fasten both straps before you wash. This will help keep them from twisting +up during the wash. Use twist ties to keep the straps fastened. This step will +reapportion years of your life in the long run. Don’t skip it. Take the 20 +seconds to use a couple twist ties on the fasteners to make sure they don’t come +loose. If your washing machine is worth its salt, it will undo those straps in a +heartbeat and tie them in a sheet bend unless you prevent it. All it takes is +two twist ties and a few seconds of patience. Empty the pockets. Overalls have +more pockets than pants. The bib has a wallet pocket and a watch pocket. Kids +put rocks, candy, and bugs in these. Men put cell phones and small tools in +them. Women defy the laws of purse-space, so when it comes to bib pockets, the +sky is the limit. Make sure all the pockets are empty. Move the strap adjusters +around. You’ve probably got them just the way you like them, but if you move the +adjusters up or down on the straps occasionally, the straps will last longer. +Depending on the adjusters, you may be able to leave them a little loose too. +The straps wear out fastest around the adjusters over the course of numerous +wash and dry cycles (not to mention being out in the elements if they are work +clothes). Moving them distributes the wear and tear of washing. This is the same +idea as rotating tires. You know about rotating your tires, don't you? Tips If +you wash your overalls alone or in a light load, use about half the detergent +called for and less water. Leave the straps fastened and twist-tied to the bib +when you throw them in the dryer. This will cut down on some of the racket, but +you 're still going to hear them. Warnings The paper-type twist ties will +deteriorate a little, but the dryer filter screen will catch the fallout. +Plastic-type twist ties will hold up in the wash, but may or may not melt in +your dryer. Use with caution.