Well just look at these goodies. All from the lovely Maddy Jones, a fellow Londoner.
The popcorn was eaten upon delivery – and very good it was too! I'm saving the Montezumas chocolate for special 'must have chocolate' moment. My favourite item though has to be the Bacon Jam – can you believe such a thing exists!?! I haven't tried it – but think it will be a great burger topper.
You'll love these babies – they're totally good for you, delicious and so easy to put together.
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, leave to sit so they combine nicely. In the meantime pre-heat your oven to 150C and cover a baking tray in parchment paper. Then place tablespoonfuls of the cookie mixture on the parchment sheet, they don't expand much so size and shape them as you want them to turn out; place in the oven and leave for around 20 minutes, or until they turn a golden brown colour.
Leave to cool. Then eat and enjoy!
It's Foodie Pen Pal time of the month again. This month I was very lucky to receive a parcel from the lovely Rebecca Doyle.
There was so much inside.
Most of the contents were home-made, which makes it so much better. The little silver bottle is a mix of lemon verbena, lemon vodka and lemon thyme vermouth – wow sounds amazing, I'll save it for the weekend though!
Rebecca also included freshly ground spices to make Chai tea. Also included were two roasted sunflower and pumpkin seed mixes. Cannot wait to try these. The real stars for me were Chocolate and pistachio biscotti; and vanilla marshmallow with white chocolate and toasted coconut.
Both were sampled almost immediately after opening and both were delicious.
Thank you Rebecca, for all the love you obviously put into this.
I have a touch of the lurgies today, so I'm off to try out the chai tea and maybe a couple of medicinal marshmallows too!
Why are women scared of chocolate?
It makes me mad and sad at the same time when women beat themselves up over what they eat. What a waste of brain space.
I've pretty much managed to overcome such thoughts myself and most days eat delicious food that makes me feel good – lots of healthy plant based food that leaves me energised and happy plus plenty of treats along the, because well life's too short to miss out the treats. Every now and again those unhealthy 'if I go on a diet and lose weight, life will be better' thoughts cross my mind. I've learned to bat them away, because really I know that being a few pounds lighter won't improve my relationships, get me a promotion, or make my a better person in any way.
I wish all women could break free from such thoughts, and sometimes I think it's really not such a problem. But then, I have an experience that gets me all mad again. Yesterday I went to a meeting, with five other women, we all had to wait in reception around a coffee table filled with tea, coffee, soft drinks, a rather sad looking fruit bowl, and plate of very fancy chocolate biscuits. I arrived last, during a conversation about the biscuits, one of the women was saying 'I wish I hadn't eaten that biscuit, I don't know why I did, but I only had soup for lunch, so thought it would be ok'. Much agreement and sad looks came from the other women. I pretended I hadn't heard, sat myself down and exclaimed the beauty of the offering especially the biscuits, everyone looked at my like I was crazy! Later during the meeting hunger struck and I reached forward and picked up a biscuit and got a sympathetic smile from my neighbour! No harm came to me, I ate the damn thing (which was almost, but not quite, as good as it looked), felt less hungry. and went about my day, end of! So why the sympathetic look?
Why? Why do women have to beat themselves up over eating a biscuit?
Wouldn't life be simpler, if we just listened to our hunger signals and ate what we wanted when we wanted it? If that"s a fresh salad, great, if that's a piece of chocolate, even better!
So the t-shirts and sunglasses are packed away for another year, and the rain is coming down in bucket loads.
But I have to say I love this time of year. Ok, so I can't have my morning coffee in my favourite place on the balcony, because the seats all rain soaked!
But there's long walks finishing by the open fire in a cosy little pub; home made soup; jumpers and family nights in playing board games or watching a movie to look forward to.
I big bowl of steaming butternut squash with a big ole slice of cheese in toast got me perfectly in the mood for such things today.
Do you ever find that you can be feeling a little like you're on 'go slow' mode, only to be transformed by a hot feeling meal? This totally happened to me today – I just couldn't get myself going this morning, then after this lunch I became unstoppable and ploughed through my to-do list like a woman possessed.
As I was happily going about my tasks the doorbell. What a lovely delivery – a box full of Dorset Cereals. Thank you lovely people in Dorset for sending me such a lovely selection of my favourites and a couple I haven't tried before. They run a photo competition and pick their ten favourites each month, who receive lots of cereal. To a someone trying to improve their photography who also happens to be a cereal monster, it's the perfect competition!


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Olney On Votto, Cain, Hamels
By Ben Nicholson-Smith | April 3, 2012 at 11:05am CDT
Two National League stars signed massive extensions yesterday and Buster Olney discusses the two deals in his latest column at ESPN.com. Some highlights, starting with Joey Votto's $225MM deal:
"At some point this contract will be a drag on a team in a mid-market," one talent evaluator told Olney. Another called the deal "nuts," and a third said it's "absolute insanity." One supporter of the deal said letting Votto go would have crushed the franchise.
If the Giants hadn't offered Matt Cain a record-setting deal, he would have obtained a nine-figure deal elsewhere. Olney suggests it'd be hard to find a more consistent pitcher than Cain.
Talks between the Phillies and Cole Hamels have been dormant in recent weeks, but could be rekindled at any time. Olney finds it hard to imagine that an offer worth markedly less than Cain's $112.5MM deal would have much appeal to Hamels and agent John Boggs. Ruben Amaro Jr. recently said the Phillies can afford three $20MM starters.
Cincinnati Reds Cole Hamels Joey Votto Matt Cain Philadelphia Phillies San Francisco Giants
Amaro On Hamels, Victorino, Pence
Casey Close To Represent Zack Greinke
James Coughlin
Votto's deal is fine in AAV but way too many years.
BMiggy
Depends, his age is a concern.
Guess the real answer will come in 10 years, after Steroid and HGH testing has some history.
I have a feeling beginning next year, we will see more injuries and less productivity for players 33+age.
game is changing guys, its going to be a young mans game again.
LazerTown
Agreed, I had the feeling that there is a lot less 35+ players than ten years ago
As crazy as it sounds, I really think Hamels can get 8/200 on the open market. The Cubs clear a ton of payroll off the books, the Dodgers will be big spenders, and maybe even Texas and Washington could get in the mix.
Hamels has absolutely no reason to sign with the Phils before testing FA.
Dodgers and Cubs want that splash.
As crazy as it would have sounded just a few months ago, even the Mets after shedding more payroll and having their finances in order again could make a STUPID silly offer for him.
What people don't understand is that with the trial, Wilpons were unable to comingle personal funds, SNY funds with the team. With the dodgers sale price, Mets will refinance debt and look to invest in talent to refill that ballpark….
I see Dodgers beating the Sabathia deal for both Hamels and a Kershaw extension.
SportsVault
Anything over 6 or 7 is silly. Look at all the other pitchers that have signed those deals: Hampton, Brown, Zito, Santana…all were awful deals. There are exceptions but a better deal is 5 for $100-$125.
3 20million dollar pitchers? yes you can afford it.
is it smart? NO, expecially since one or two of them are bound to decline or get injured.
The game has changed, you need to develop your own pitchers now
IMO they should have gave Hamels, Lee money and let Lee sign somewhere else.
Phillies_Aces35
I don't really see it being a bad idea considering the talent level these three possess and the fact that Halladay is a bargain.
Jeff Hinkeldey
Assuming Halladay's 2014 option vests, there would be three $20MM pitchers for just two years. If Halladay was to continue playing at the end of the contract (he'll be 37), odds are he could be had back for less than $20MM/year. He'll probably still be worth $20MM, but he's the type that values a winning team over the biggest paycheck. That probably will become more and more true with his age.
Anyway with the other salaries coming off the books (Victorino, Blanton, Polanco) the Phillies are a team that can afford to have three $20MM pitchers for two years. Guys like Galvis, Brown, Worley, Mayberry (hopefully he sticks) and all those young pitchers (Bastardo, Stutes, Herndon, DeFratus, Aumont, Savery, maybe Hyatt as a fifth starter) will keep salaries down at some key spots.
And if you're worried about decline/injury, Hamels is the one you want most. All three have been extremely healthy in recent years, but Hamels is the furthest from decline.
Michael Gardiner
But they also have that $20M deal with Howard too. You are talking about in 2013 about $85-90M are going to 4 guys!. In 2014 that will shoot up to close to $95M. That is also without bonuses and such. That would be over 54% of the Phillies currently salary to just 4 guys even if it is for just 2 years. Pence will also get a boost in arbitration next year as will Herndon(if kept) and Bastardo. As of right now the Phillies currently have $113M tied up next year without any count for arbitration guys and those not quailfied for arbitration yet.
I swear Buster's said the exact same thing about the Phillies/Hamels negotiations for the last month.
But now that Cain got his money…it seems more than reasonable to see this as Hamels' last season in Philly.
You are correct. How could anyone pay money for this inside info baloney?
jwick18
i may be wrong but i feel that as more big name players head to the A.L. for longer contracts having the dh to fall back on at the end of careers will make the N.L. owners fuss for the dh in the national league. so the end of vottos deal may not be to bad if that happens by then
CoryT
I hate the DH rule and hope the AL gets rid of it. First base isn't that taxing on a body.
I like it, too many pitchers are dead weight as starters, it also keeps some players that shouldn't be on the field still playing.
petrie000
the DH position is changing. It's no longer just a place to drop an aging home run hitter, and a lot of clubs use it these days as a place to rest a player without losing his bat. Players that have no value outside the batters box won't be able to find nearly as much work in coming years as they used to.
This is also why the NL has no interest in adopting a position that's more likely to be phased out in the near future than expanded.
the cardinals and brewers would beg to differ. even a player like mccann will more than likely be given a long contract from an a.l. team due to the fact that its becoming even more a place to put older stars at the end of their careers. besides arod this is really the first to see of these very long contracts. now the bar is set and players will be asking for 10 years as more of a norm than before
i have no idea why you picked those two teams. the Cardinals have nobody that fits your profile right now, and the Brewers… well, the Brewers are just overly dependent on offense (personal opinion).
But even so that's 2 of 15 teams in the NL. as compared to i'd say at least 6 teams in the AL who don't even bother with a prototypical everyday DH.
So yeah, i stand by my position that the owners, most of whom clearly are not so eager to hand out long term contract to one-dimensional sluggers (yes, i'm excepting Pujols from this… but even his defense isn't going to last), The DH position is much more likely to go away than it is to be expanded.
jhfdssdaf
You disagree that the Cardinals should be included, yet you give the very reason they should be? The Cardinals may have been more willing the match the Angels offer (or at least come close enough) had they been able to DH Pujols in his later years.
a willingness to spend big money on the best player in baseball does not go hand in hand with the presumption they also have a desire to change the rules to justify the expense.
Albert Pujols meant more to the Cardinals than any other individual player did to his team in all of baseball. The peripheral value of Albert Pujols in terms of keeping and possibly expanding the fan base would have well justified the money effectively wasted in his waning years as an actual player.
To assume that just because the ownership knew this meant they were also planning to petition the league 5 years from now for a better spot to play him is assuming facts not in evidence.
stl_cards16
The whole point is obviously over your head. If you don't think it would make more sense for an AL team to offer more money to a guy that will be in his 40's when his contract expires, I don't think anyone here can help you.
how many teams in the AL have, so far, offered 10+, 200+ million deals? 2, the Yankees and Angels.
How many National league teams have? 2, the Phillies for Howard and now the Reds for Votto.
Clearly this is not a huge, huge issue since every AL club doesn't have an aging, overpaid DH and every NL team isn't losing their best hitters to the AL to play DH. The data also suggests most American league teams aren't exactly eager to throw a large amount of money at players to be professional DH's.
Yeah, totally over my head…
People have been saying the DH in the NL is evitable since the 60's, and so far there's never been enough interest by NL owners to even bring it up for serious discussion. This recent trend in over-valued contracts lends no credence to your point of view since statistically there's nothing to say it's favoring one league over the other.
Facts are inconvenient things that way.
the two teams could not offer the money to go with the years that the a.l. could offer because they know when they are aging they will become everyday dh's. i know the cards offered 9 yrs but had to offer less money because they could not hide him at the dh. contracts keep getting longer and longer and the a.l. can use that as a selling point. im with you i hope it goes away. i cant stand it. but now hitters can get ten year contracts. the angels and tigers will be in better shape at the end of them where the reds have to stick him out there on 1st everyday. i dont blame the reds for doing what they did after watching albert and prince leave for the a.l. and reading on here the jays would have more than likley given votto a ten year deal and towards the end stuck him at the dh position. adrian will be the same thing for the sox in a few. i see the list getting longer but i still hope your right.
if the Jays wouldn't go 10 years on Fielder why do you honestly believe they'd go 10 on Votto? Or that any other team was prepared to go 10 on Votto? He's a good player, but talent wise he's closer to Howard and Fielder, and both of those deals are considered unwise already.
If you wanna argue fairness and economics, eliminating the DH rule saves teams money AND levels the playing field.
You need to look at why those deals are considered unwise. Howard is older, Prince is fatter.
Votto's better than both players, accruing approximately the same amount of WAR in four years as opposed to 6 or 7 years. Howard's given up five wins on defense and on the basepaths, Fielder 6.5 wins. Votto has been slightly above average in the field and slightly below average on the basepaths.
Simply put, he's more athletic and thus should hold up better as the years progress. Saying he's the same player as Fielder or Howard is a gross mischaracterization.
Pawsdeep
Agreed but Votto is 3 years older. Prince will still be posting decent WAR at the end of his deal and will be 36 when it expires. Votto will have 5-7 years and the downslope of the power hill and won't be able to fall on the DH. Don't get me wrong, the tigers overpaid prince, but his contract will look far better when its over vs. paying Votto 22 mil to be a 38-40 year old first basemen, or more likely a VERY expensive bench player.
I'd still bet all the Internet money I got that prince ends up with a higher career WAR than Votto due to his age and service time, and that would solve the arguement of'which contract is worse'
schellis
With the Astros moving to the ALW next year it will mean a increase of interleague games. This means more DH games. While the NL won't have the number of DH games that the AL will, I think they will have more then enough to rest players. However I do wish that baseball would pick one set of rules, and like it or not that set will be the DH unless you want to have no baseball for a few years. The union won't allow something that adds years to careers to go away.
Agreed, it puts nl teams at a big disadvantage during interleague since the al usually has a big hitter in that slot.
I don't think that is the case any more, a lot of AL teams have taken to using that DH slot as a working day off for their older/injured players. For every David Ortiz and Billy Butler their is whoever the A's are running out there. If anything more NL park games per year hurts the AL more because they are paying big dollars to guys that will spend a lot of games on the bench.
The number of interleague games is currently slated to remain the same rather than increase. They're just going to space them out throughout the season.
They couldn't let him go, and they were foolish to pay him what he wanted from the team. So, what were the Reds going to do; kidnap, imprison and force him to play for the rest of his career?
And if Prince signed back with Milwakee I can almost gurantee that you wouldn't be saying the same things you are about the Reds right now.
Actually, I'm glad they were smart enough to stay away from him. Paying him 20+ million a year would kill Milwaukee; with Braun, Gallardo, Hart, Rickie, etc all due raises…and Greinke, Marcum, and soon to be Wolf all hitting free agency, we would be screwed.
timmytwoshoezzz
Tophers, I don't think Ike's comment is a shot at the Redlegs. He essentially pointing out that the Reds situation with Votto is a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" sort of thing, and I agree with him. As a Reds fan, I'm glad he'll be with the team, even if his performance declines in the last 3-4 years of the contract. Pay for excellence, avoid big contracts to marginal players. Reds paid for excellence with Votto, and if they can avoid repeating an Arroyo type deal, they can compete with the payroll they have.
Exactly. I was pointing out they were in a tough situation with him, just like the Brewers. I'm glad the Reds were able to keep their guy though, and it couldn't have happened to a greater guy.
I had a different view on it first read through, my bad. Best of luck to the Brew Crew this year, by the way.
Josh Mohr
All the ESPN so called experts are just sour that Votto didn't go to FA and enter in a big market team. GET OVER IT. The Reds have a elite franchise player to build around for the next 10 years. Drafted in 2002, under contract till 2023, love it. Everyone calls the Reds a small market team, but our payroll is slowly growing and soon we will become a bigger market team, Jocketty knows what he is doing. Its great for baseball that a homegrown, drafted and developed player gets to stay with the same franchise his whole career, especially an elite player like Votto
Muggi
I don't think it's a "sour" thing, I think it's a "holy hell teams are signing guy 'til they're 40, this is insanity" thing.
Which, it is.
Jacob 4
Is it a crazy deal? Yeah, sure it is. But you gotta believe ESPN isn't happy about having to find something else to talk about next offseason. You know they love their "big name FA might think about considering a visit to (fill in the blank)" stories.
"Everyone calls the Reds a small market team, but our payroll is slowly growing and soon we will become a bigger market team"
yep, that's definitely how that works
portsider
Exactly. Never fails — ESPN/Olney can't accept that small market teams exist for any other purpose than to play second fiddle and sacrifice their best players to major markets.
the fact that ESPN has any bias towards big market teams other than for ratings purposes is frankly a fantasy, guys. Why would any serious analyst give a fiddler's cuss about where Joey Votto plays? especially when him resigning with the Reds just means a more competitive divisional race in the NL Central? (which is good for baseball ratings, I. E. corporate profits)
Olney's just tell the truth : a 10-year deal for any player IS insane. Expecting a 40-year old player to justify a 20-million a year contract is a dubious proposition at best. Especially when they easily could have signed him for less years now and just enxtended him again before that contract was up.
"Especially when they easily could have signed him for less years now and just enxtended him again before that contract was up."
And your source is…
Reds go to Votto and offer 6 years, 23 million per…. he turns them down because…..?
He knows he can get 10 years on the FA market after the Pujols/Filder deals and wants to finish his career with the Reds where media is easy….?
I doubt many professional players dream about spending their whole careers in 'easy' (meaning ambivalent) media markets.
hitttman
I think it's great that the Reds locked down one of the best hitters in MLB. The idea of a 'Big Fish in a Small Pond' is a great selling point. Maybe other similar market teams will catch on and lock up other 'PROVEN' players (not discounting what the Rays are doing by speculation).
The scary thing is as bad as the Ryan Howard contract is, the Phillies will be out of it by the time Howard is 36. Angels and Reds locked in until their 1B's are 40ish.
Votto and Albert are far superior players, of course, but long-term the Howard deal may hamstring the team less than these could.
I don't like the length of Votto's contract at all – even Prince Fielder's contract runs out at age 36, while Votto's contract goes to 40—and Votto is in the National League, whereas Fielder could go to DH in the final year or two of his deal.
Matt Cain's contract is reasonable to me as he will get 1 more deal after this one; what it means for Lincecum remains to be seen. However, Cain's deal (well deserved) may mean that Hamels is gone from Philly after this season.
If Votto were to have signed a 6-8 year deal that would have put him as a FA at 36-38, as we've seen this off-season players that age that are fringe defensive players/DH types have had extreme difficulty getting work. Why would you give up your chance at FA dollars, in two years with two more elite years Votto could have been looking at record breaking deal, only to become one in your late 30's when you still want to play, but have a very short list of suitors that want to pay you very little dollars. (relatively of course)
If the Reds let Votto get to free agency his price could have jumped 5 million a year and he likely would have gotten 7-9 years, likely the higher end since unlike Fielder Votto is a good defensive 1B and doesn't have a buffet style body type.
The dollar amount of this fake contract would likely be close to the 10 year deal he has signed with the Reds. Especially if you consider after a long career with the club the Reds would likely be open to bringing him back if was still productive, say like Jim Thome.
Paul Shailor
That sure is a lot of money. However I think it is below market value. Just think about it, Prince got 9/216 and isnt as good of a player. In 2 years the Dodgers, Marlins, Nationals(maybe), Cubs(maybe) would all have been willing to pay 10/225 for him. I think if he plays how he is supposed to these next 2 years it will be a good deal for the team. Yea he will break down when he turns 36 but it wont be an overnight catastrophe. He will probably slowly decline and sitll be productive. I like the deal, plus I like players signing with mid/small markets because hopefully that means the teams are going to increase their payroll. Votto is a guy you can build around for the next decade.
Yankees420
There's no way Votto's deal is below market value, it's the 3rd largest contract in history. And while Fielder is the inferior player, his deal starts this year, in his age 28 season, while Votto's 10 year deal starts 2 years from now, in his age 30/31 season.
Not the best contract in the world from Cincinnati's standpoint, but think about this. Contracts are only going to get bigger. What's $20 million going to be in 10 years? 10 years ago people thought the $200 million A-Rod contract was odd…now it's almost considered normal. 10 years from now, $20 million may be the new $10 million. And if Walt and Co. can keep a contender on the field, the attendance will go up, leading to a higher budget, at least on paper.

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Casts: Kim Hyang-gi, Ong Seong-wu, Shim Yi-young, Kim Sun-young, Kang Ki-young
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Album reviews: Britta Phillips, La Sera, The Dandy Warhols
Get the scoop on the latest releases from Britta Phillips, La Sera and The Dandy Warhols in this week's album reviews. Photo: File photo
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4/08/16 at 7:00 AM
Britta Phillips
Luck or Magic (Double Feature)
Though Luck or Magic is her first album, Britta Phillips has just about done it all. After providing the singing voice of Jem (of the "Jem and the Holograms" cartoon), she appeared alongside Justine Bateman and Julia Roberts in the lightweight girl-band film Satisfaction. Joining alt-rock darlings Luna in their late period, Phillips subsequently released albums with Luna bandleader Dean Wareham as Dean & Britta. Wareham and Phillips married, and scored several movies, including Noah Baumbach's The Squid & the Whale. To boot, the couple appeared in Baumbach's Frances Ha. Their label is aptly named Double Feature, and Luck or Magic is nothing if not cinematic, with Phillips' voice soaring over lush, elegant arrangements. It doesn't rock at all—the prevailing vibe is indie-for-minivans, and there's a clutch of covers ranging from inspired (Evie Sands' "One Fine Summer Morning") to pointless (Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" and The Cars' "Drive"). But with the dreamy, shambling "Ingrid Superstar," Luck or Magic closes on a high note; here's hoping Phillips' next act provides more of the same.
La Sera
Music for Listening to Music to (Polyvinyl)
With his cover of the 1989 album, Ryan Adams broke through to a few million Taylor Swift fans who had never heard of the scruffy North Carolinian. Adams' comrade for the stunt was guitarist Todd Wisenbaker, and if the world is just, those fans will check out La Sera, the husband-and-wife band comprising Wisenbaker and singer Katy Goodman.
Goodman first earned notice as Kickball Katy in the wonderful Vivian Girls; their specialty was punky garage, but they could also slow it down—it's this dreamier side that Goodman emphasizes in La Sera. Produced by Adams, the goofy album title, Music for Listening to Music to, belies a wistfulness better indicated by the song names: "Begins to Rain," "Take My Heart," "I Need an Angel" and "Shadow of Your Love."
Adams could have put a bit more air into the recordings—nothing here glows like "Love That's Gone" from La Sera's Sees the Light (2011). But Goodman still sings like a Shangri-La; there's pleasing twang and jangle aplenty; and it'll probably sound great when La Sera tours with Titus Andronicus later this spring.
Distortland (Dine Alone)
In the marvelous rockumentary Dig!, The Dandy Warhols' main mover Courtney Taylor-Taylor came off as a brazen careerist—and who wouldn't, with a foil like The Brian Jonestown Massacre's unhinged Anton Newcombe? Indeed, while BJM crashed and burned, the Dandys broke through in 2001 with the advertising anthem "Bohemian Like You." But after this blasé hit, they pretty much fell off the radar, despite releasing several albums of dependably slick, catchy-if-disposable indie-pop. So, if nothing else, The Dandy Warhols get points for staying power.
Happily, there's more to recommend Distortland, a loose-limbed collection of stripped down, melodic jams touring through shoegaze ("Doves"), upbeat stoner rock ("Pope Reverend Jim") and country- tinged noir ("Give"). Taylor-Taylor almost sounds like he's trying not to impress, but the result sounds comfortable and assured rather than complacent. Distortland may not be essential, but it's a solid set of crowd-pleasers that would work well in a busy lunch joint, in your car at 5pm on a Friday or maybe at the 9:30 Club in D.C.—the Dandys will be there on April 17.
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By The Natural
June 18, 2018 in COMPUTERS & GAMES & TECH
LocationFullerton, CA
On 10/15/2018 at 9:46 AM, J.T. said:
*looks at calendar*
Fuck..... that's right.. I'm picking up RDR2 with next Thursday's paycheck..
I'm a fool but that didn't stop me - I picked it up tonight.
I'll just go out one less night this weekend. $60 is only like dinner and a couple beers. That's what I'm telling myself at least.
On 10/11/2018 at 5:34 PM, Craig H said:
I'm now through the WM30 main event in the Showcase mode. I have to say, this is really well done. The whole mode is very good because it's like a giant tutorial. I've learned more from playing it than anything else.
That's actually a really good way to think of Showcase mode. I started playing these on easy a few years ago and it makes them such an entertaining breeze and really does teach you all the core mechanics of the game.
As much as I love playing on hard, I don't need Randy Orton taking down my tables for half an hour straight when my objective is to put him through one.
NikoBaltimore
LocationHQ - Los Ingobernables DVDVR
Member Title: Up All Night To Get Lucky
I'm unfortunately stuck on showcase and one of the towers. I can't do submissions to save my life and even after beating the fuck out of them can't seem to get it. I tried both methods with no luck so unless I somehow get good at it I'll have to do other aspects of the game. That said career mode is pretty darn fun and so much more enjoyable than last year.
5 minutes ago, NikoBaltimore said:
I've run into the same issue on one of the towers. I switched to the button mini-game and didn't have any issues in Showcase mode on easy, but even doing the easy women's tower and I can't submit Paige no matter what. Was playing with Becky Lynch and probably got the disarmher on a dozen times but really couldn't even get close to a submission.
It's one of the more baffling changes they've done with the series. Button mashing the four buttons is much preferrable to mashing particular buttons at a time. Even if you do it fast enough it's still hopeless. The last time I tried it was at full stamina and the opponent's damage color was I think grey. That indicates they're practically dead and it should be easy enough to submit. But it kept quickly going to escape and at that point I just gave up.
It seemed like the only way to get a submission would be to anticipate the button that was coming next, but as far as I can tell there's no pattern to it so it's purely just a guess. The closest I got to a submission was guessing the correct 1st and 2nd buttons to get like 75% of the way there but then it plummeted after that.
Firebreaker Chip
I really wish they'd just allow an Auto option for pins and submissions instead of having distracting minigames. In my experience the simmed matches usually have a better sense of damage progression for subs and near falls than played matches, where you can often repeatedly fail to submit someone who's clearly dead but also repeatedly kick out of big moves at 1 late in a match.
I'd rather be pleasantly surprised that my guy kicks out of a late match finisher rather than being like "ah whatever, guess I'm burning my Resiliency on that one"
Its also impossible to balance the minigames so that a large % of the player base don't find them either trivially easy or match-ruiningly inconsistent
Michael Sweetser
LocationAudubon Bay, Washington
While it seems realistic that if you don't cover right away, you risk having them kick out, it's really fucking annoying when Batista can't pin Lince Dorado after TWO Batista Bombs.
A Guy Named Tracy
LocationWisconsin
You can cheat the system on some of the submission only matches in the current weekly tower by getting falls via countout. (The weekly theme is iron man matches.) It's not until match #9 (Cena) that countouts are turned off.
Yeah, that's how I ended up losing to Angle in the Series tower. I was not in the mood to deal with submissions, so I just posted Jordan enough times to require Impact testing. No dice with Kurt.
Started Universe over and this time in NXT, and it's a lot more fun facing different people.
"Magnificent" Michael Simon feuded briefly with Adam Cole over the NXT North American title, winning the title at Takeover after recruiting Zelina Vega to counter the Undisputed Era at ringside. On the next NXT weekly TV, Almas returned to NXT, and Simon helped him win the NXT title from Aleister Black, forming The Cartel. They also quickly picked up the NXT tag team title over The Revival.. thanks to Zelina assisting on a triple powerbomb. (Wasn't expecting that - she was ejected but not disqualified. Tag team finisher found.)
On top of that, Simon decided his North American title wasn't worldly enough, and replaced it with the _South_ American championship.
He also went full Tony Montana/Razor Ramon with the gear. Gotta match in a tag team, after all.
Good job, Universe mode, for having a Royal Rumble PPV.... with no Royal Rumbles.
That's line 765 of the Saudi Contract -
"all Royal Rumbles, from the Greatest Royal Rumble forward, real or fictional are the exclusive property of the Saudi government'"
There's also apparently a Universe bug, possibly involving the first Universe save slot, where you can't cash MITB in midmatch or postmatch.
Not that that's going to stop me (or my wife's character)
mattdangerously
Member Title: Tubby Little Cubby All Stuffed With Fluff
I'm having fun with the "low blow" option in the payback feature. I have a storyline going that's just about Perfect and Flair constantly blasting Jason Jordan in the balls.
Tromatagon
LocationW*ANG Special Forces
Team C & BT
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Craig H
LocationSouf Bend, IN
EC3 isn't burnt orange enough.
The in-ring of this has improved a fair bit but having a showcase objective where you have to put Orton through a table is cruel and unusual punishment, the controls for it are so shit
I found the easiest way to do that was just to set one up outside the ring, then whip him over the ropes, run at him and shoulder block him off the apron into the table. Saves all the hassle of the touchy table controls.
I am cheesing my way through the Halloween Havoc tower with a combination of low blows and countouts in first blood matches.
Found a hilarious glitch last night while playing an 8-man tag. I was playing as Eddie, and the AI was Andre. Andre was crawling over to his corner to make the hot tag to Piper, but I ran over and knocked Piper off the apron a split second before the tag. The game still counted the hot tag, but since there was no one on the apron to tag in, it just meant that Andre had tagged out. So there was literally no legal man for the computer's team. I tried dragging opponents into the ring and pinning them, but the ref wouldn't count the pins. Then I tried attacking the ref to at least end the match on a DQ, but he wouldn't DQ me. At one point, Eddie was in the center of the ring by himself, all four members of Andre's team were just standing on the apron by their corner, and my three teammates had jumped off the apron and were standing around ringside looking at each other like they didn't know what to do. I eventually just climbed out of the ring and let the ref count me out, but it ended up getting ruled as a draw.
Zakk_Sabbath
15 hours ago, mattdangerously said:
I live for these. I have some awesome ones from last year's game I have to share soon but they're on someone else's x box.
Does anyone here know how to get rid of the nameplates on certain belts in create a championship? I feel like you used to be able to but I can't figure it out at all. I want to make a set of Cruiserweight tag titles based on the old WCW cruiser belt but that f'ing thing is right there in the middle of it.
4 hours ago, Zakk_Sabbath said:
I don't think you can. I think you can only modify colors on the preset championships. You may need to recreate it from scratch using the seperate parts.
Member Title: We Stan THE QUEEN
I like the Towers mode. Did the IIconics/Absolution one earlier as Kairi Sane, and the final match was a bitch. I had been winning all of them with around 12 minutes to spare - the submission match with Paige was frustrating and in the end I had about 3 minutes left. Her legs were in the grey condition and it still took about 4 tries with Kairi's submission finisher to get Paige to tap out. It was really fun, though.
Career mode is fun this year, but I still hate constantly updating your moveset and stuff. I don't even know if I'll complete it, much like the previous years installments.
I started a Universe mode - simmed to Survivor Series, got all the rosters and alignments synced to current day WWE, edited the card to reflect the actual card on Sunday... and had a banger of an opening match between AoP/The Bar. 5 stars, lasted at least 20 or 25 minutes. Started Nakamura/Rollins and then my power went out. I've been playing for like 6 hours at this point, so it's probsbly time to get some sleep anyway.
So far, the Towers mode alone makes this year's version far superior to the previous years.


Welcome to the Plug and Play Smart Cities Soft Launch.
Closely following the frontier of technological advances, and enabling corporations to work with some of the most innovative startups on the planet has allowed us to play a pivotal role in the way the world is changing.
This Smart Cities initiative is unique because it brings together innovation from key verticals such as Real Estate & Construction, Sustainability, Mobility and IoT under one program, to drive the development and future of cities around the world by enabling the collaboration of corporate partners and startups as well as between the partners themselves.
The event will be a meeting of minds and ambitions, where major actors of the cities of the future will meet the most innovative startups in the indsutry and discuss the best practices, goals and open innovation processes.


Your committee is working on the training program for 2018.
Already we're starting to line up one-day courses on copyediting, structural editing, fiction editing and grammar. But we all know there's more to our profession than that.
If there is some professional development you would benefit from, please tell the CSE training coordinator. The chances are, there are more than enough people with the same professional development needs.
In particular, the IPEd exam is in May next year, so think about what your areas of weakness might be and how we can help.


Hilarie Burton has opened up about the fertility struggle she faced before welcoming her rainbow baby, in a bid to help other struggling couples.
Her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan – who played Denny Duquette in the hit TV show Grey's Anatomy – revealed last week that they had welcomed their second child.
Now, a few weeks after becoming a mum for the second time, the One Tree Hill star shared the first picture of her baby girl – who they named George Virginia – alongside an honest account of her fertility heartbreak.
Dedicating the post to all 'the women out there who are trying' for a baby, the mum opened up about the miscarriages she suffered before welcoming her daughter.
'It took a long time for Jeffrey and I to have this baby. The first time I got pregnant, it took a year and a half. I surprised him on Christmas with baby Seahawk booties. We cried. We celebrated. We picked out names. And we lost that baby', she wrote.
'More losses followed, and as so many couples know, it was heartbreaking. It still is heartbreaking.
'And every morning of the five years it took us, I'd open my computer at the kitchen table and see the news and I'd grow bitter over the endless parade of celebrities showing off their bumps and babies. I'd weep out of jealousy for how easy it was for them.
Hilarie went on to say that after getting pregnant with George, they were 'cautious' and didn't want to celebrate because they were afraid of 'jinxing' it.
The mum-of-two also explained that doesn't want her birth to make other women feel like she did, which is why she shared her story and hopes it will 'restore hope' for anyone struggling to conceive.


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from html.parser import HTMLParser
from html.entities import name2codepoint
import re

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Christopher Derek Hacon (Manchester, ) é um matemático britânico, italiano e estadunidense. É atualmente distinguished professor of mathematics da Universidade de Utah, onde possui uma Presidential Endowed Chair. Seus interesses de pesquisa incluem geometria algébrica.

Hacon nasceu em Manchester e cresceu na Itália, onde estudou na Escola Normal Superior de Pisa e graduou-se em matemática na Universidade de Pisa em 1992. Obteve um doutorado em 1998 na Universidade da Califórnia em Los Angeles, orientado por Robert Lazarsfeld.

Prêmios e honrarias
Em 2007 recebeu o Clay Research Award por seu trabalho, juntamente com James McKernan.

Recebeu em 2009 o Prêmio Cole, juntamente com McKernan.

Foi palestrante convidado do Congresso Internacional de Matemáticos em Hyderabad (2010).

Recebeu o Prêmio Antonio Feltrinelli de 2011.

Em 2017 recebeu o Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics de 2018 (com James McKernan).

Em 2018 foi eleito para a Academia Nacional de Ciências dos Estados Unidos.

Ligações externas

Website of University of Utah

Laureados com o Breakthrough Prize
Membros da American Mathematical Society
Geômetras algébricos
Professores da Universidade de Utah
Matemáticos do Reino Unido do século XX
Matemáticos do Reino Unido do século XXI
Matemáticos da Itália do século XX
Matemáticos da Itália do século XXI
Alunos da Universidade de Pisa
Pessoas vivas
Naturais de Manchester

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Dear Old Creamery Theatre friends and family,
It is with deep heartache that we are announcing our final curtain call. Old Creamery Theatre has closed, permanently.
Like many other organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to temporarily close our doors in March of 2020. After an attempt at a partial re-opening this past fall/winter 2021 with roadshows, we had the hopes of putting on a regular season of shows in 2022. While the roadshows were considered a success, it was just too little, too late. The financial pressures endured during this extended closure have proven to be a catastrophe from which we could not recover. Coupled with the existing non-profit budget and all the usual expenses which were still incurred while closed, there was simply no way to continue to stay open.
Some federal funding was secured by the theatre but it arrived too late to make an impact on keeping the theatre afloat.
This decision was not made lightly. Throughout the time we have been making these tough decisions, we haven't lost sight of the history of the theatre and its impact on the community. The Old Creamery Theatre started in 1971 in Garrison, Iowa, in a former Co-Op Dairy building. We have been Iowa's longest running professional theatre company.
Over the years, we have grown and were able to offer six Main Stage shows each year, each running for up to five weeks. In 2007, we added productions for young audiences which consisted of four shows each year, delighting the crowds with fairytales and stories from classic children's literature. We must also mention the other successful endeavors of the theatre: studio shows, roadshows, the countless shows put on at local schools, our children's writing contest and summer camp: Camp Creamery.
Above all, every moment of amazing entertainment was only possible because of the dedicated staff, generous volunteers, and talented performers. To any and all of you reading this, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. In the summer of 2021, when the OCT board was forced to make the tough decision to (then, temporarily) close the theater, we were able to retain one staff member who has kept everything running throughout these unprecedented and incredibly trying times. That person is Pat Wagner. Pat, thank you. You have been the super glue holding the theatre together and your infinite patience and wisdom will never be forgotten.
Pat said she will miss all of the theatre's patrons who came out to see shows and who became part of the Old Creamery family. "It touched my heart to see so many who truly cared and loved the Old Creamery Theatre", she said. Reflecting on her 23 years of service, Pat said she was "fortunate to have worked alongside a lot of great talent who always put their heart and soul into the theatre in order to provide high-quality professional entertainment." She also mentioned her appreciation for the commitment, dedication, and support of the Board of Directors during these recent difficult times.
Old Creamery Theatre extends their heartfelt thanks to the public for 50 years of support, engagement, and dedication. A non-profit organization is a reflection of the community it serves and Old Creamery has been supported by the finest staff, volunteers, talent, and patrons for 50 years. The memory of the artistic impact of the live theatre experience will always be treasured.
The Old Creamery Theatre Board of Directors
Mailing address: PO Box 10874, Cedar Rapids, IA 52410
Business Office: 319-622-6262
info@oldcreamery.com
© 2023 Old Creamery


Beaverbrooks is one of those rare companies where the senior management's view of the business as an employer is mirrored perfectly by the employees. In building an Employer Brand for the high street jeweller, then, it wasn't really about solving any issues Beaverbrooks had as much as it was about celebrating how much everyone loves working there.
There was an obvious set of skills and characteristics that all Beaverbrooks people shared and that's what we wanted to define in the Employer Brand. We called it 'The hallmark of amazing people'. And our supporting collateral demonstrated the ways that this amazingness came to life, using all the various 'buying scenarios' that might occur over the course of the financial year.
Beaverbrooks loved 'The hallmark of amazing people' so much that they trademarked it. They loved our Employer Brand Pillars so much that they formalised them into their internal comms rollout, naming them 'At Beaverbrooks'. And the Brand is now growing and rolling out and attracting more amazing people to the business.


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Is This the One Weakness in Forgiveness as a Moral Virtue?
February 13, 2013 directorifi No comments
Suppose that Angela has been friends with Barretta who has neglected the friendship now for over a year. Barretta's flaw is of a passive nature, not being present in the friendship. The neglect has hurt Angela.
Angela sees that Barretta is not a good friend and decides to end the friendship despite her active attempts to reconcile. At the same time, she forgives her. Her forgiveness leaves open a kind of sisterly-love for Barretta that now makes it more difficult to leave the friendship.
In this case, is forgiveness a process that is standing in the way of the truth: that Barretta will not make even a reasonably minimal friend for her? Her feelings of sisterly-affection, which are kept alive by forgiving, are making her re-think her decision to leave a friendship that holds no future if Barretta's behavior remains as it is.
In this case, is forgiveness a weakness in that Angela retains affection that continues to hurt her? The short answer is no, forgiveness itself is not weakness, but the failure to make distinctions in this case could be the weakness. Here are some important distinctions for Angela to make:
1. There is a difference between forgiving-love and sisterly-love toward Barretta. Agape is a love in service to others as we see and appreciate their inherent worth. Philia (brotherly- or sisterly-love) is the kind of love that is mutual between two or more people. In the case of Angela and Barretta, the love is no longer mutual. If Angela makes this distinction, then she will see that philia no longer is operating between them
2. There is a difference between feeling warm toward someone and the pair acting on it in friendship. While Angela might feel a warmth for Barretta, kept alive by forgiveness, she cannot let her feelings dictate her actions. She must stand in the truth and do so with a strong will. A strong will works in conjunction with the soft feelings of forgiveness.
3. There is a difference between practicing forgiveness as a lone moral virtue and practicing it alongside justice. When forgiveness and justice are teammates, Angela is more likely to conclude that even though she has warm feelings for Barretta, there are certain troubling behaviors she shows that work against a true reconciliation (because Barretta remains without remorse, with no signs of repentance, and no signs of making things right).
4. While it is true that her vigilance in forgiving may keep alive agape love in her heart (with accompanying warm feelings toward Barretta), those feelings, while perhaps uncomfortable, are not nearly as uncomfortable or damaging as resentment. Forgiveness will not lead to a pain-free solution in this case. It will lead to standing in the truth of who Barretta is (a person of worth) and whom she is incapable of being to her (in the role of friend). It will lead to feelings that may be uncomfortable (the warmth of agape without appropriating this in a friendship with Barretta) but manageable. Angela needs to distinguish between the discomfort of a retained agape love and the considerably more uncomfortable feelings of resentment.
When these distinctions are made, forgiveness is not a weakness even in this example.
Dr. Bob
Categories: Love, Misconceptions, Our Forgiveness Blog, Trust, What Forgiveness is


Summary: The British classic series created by Brian Clemens, best known for "The Avengers", "Danger Man", "The Persuaders" presents Thriller, the complete collection of 43 murdery mystery movies as seen on Wide World of Mystery.
Summary: Supply and demand: Harrington is a by-the-rules cop, being groomed for command in the police force. Jake Brown is a street-wise cop, brilliant at undercover work in the drug trade. When chance throws Harrington an opportunity to break one of Manchester's biggest drug rings by going undercover himself, it's up to Jake to make sure that Harrington doesn't blow the case or their covers.
Murder, she wrote. The complete first season.
Summary: Includes all 21 episodes from the unforgettable first season plus the pilot movie The Murder of Sherlock Holmes. Join super sleuth Jessica Fletcher and investigate every entertaining episode of Murder, She Wrote.
Summary: Master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock presents several short stories. The stories are invariably surprising, often containing elements of horror, comedy, suspense, and the supernatural.
Summary: An Amish woman must overcome her distrust of outsiders and risk being shunned by her own people, in order to help an FBI agent discover who is the arsonist setting fire to Amish barns.
Summary: "The incomparable, the brilliant, the impeccable Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's diminutive Belgian sleuth, takes on three baffling cases in these special movie-length episodes of the popular TV series seen on PBS and A&E. Starring David Suchet, these stories offer more of the elegant, smart and richly entertaining viewing the series' millions of fans adore.' -- Back of container.
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Summary: Go behind the scenes of the series that has captivated viewers for more than a decade. Learn about the creation of Foyle's war, the decision to set it during World War II, the research that goes into each episode and the casting of Michael Kitchen as DCS Foyle.
Summary: An elite team of agents investigates crime within the Navy community outside the military chain of command.
Summary: Season four continues the adventures of a cutting-edge crew of special agents who operate outside the government's chain of command. Led by Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a former Marine whose skills as an investigator are unmatched, this highly trained, tight-knit team travels the world investigating murder, espionage, and terrorism.
Summary: "Detective extraordinare! The incomparable Hercule Poirot cracks his most challenging cases in three movie-length episode from the popular TV series. David Suchet portrays Agatha Christie's brilliant Belgian sleuth in the acclaimed British production, brimming with fascinating characters, elegant 1930s period detail and bone-dry wit. As seen on PBS and A&E." -- Back of container.


The free-fall drop height of the drop table needed to attain the prescribed peak acceleration and pulse duration.
The input signal power to a circuit that produces a 6-dB signal-to-noise ratio at the output.
The desired value for a statistic of a characteristic or parameter of a process node.
The desired test-line temperature under stress.
The desired time it should take for the resistance of the test structure to first equal or exceed the failure resistance criterion, RFC, while the structure is under stress from the SWEAT algorithm.
See "temperature coefficient of resistance".
A supplier's dedicated system of review that is responsible for the implementation of the quality management program, maintenance of all certified and qualified processes, process change control, reliability data analysis, failure analysis, device recall procedures, and qualification status of the technology.
Acceptance testing of the surface finish material set and the manufacturing processes that include a defined set of base metals, underplating metals, surface finish alloy, surface finish bath chemistry, and process flow steps.
An assessment of the metrics established to evaluate technology attributes.
The value of the last recorded estimated mean temperature of the test structure during the control cycle before the failure criterion, RFC, is satisfied.
The change in a parameter divided by the change in temperature.
NOTE This quotient is the average value over the total temperature change. The change in the parameter may or may not be normalized to a reference value of the parameter. The specific term should be "temperature coefficient of (parameter)".
The change in input bias current divided by the change in temperature.
NOTE This quotient is the average value for the total temperature change. The change in input bias current is usually not normalized to the initial value of input bias current.
The change in input offset current divided by the change in temperature.
NOTE This quotient is the average value of the total temperature change. The change in input offset current is usually not normalized to the initial value of input offset current.
The change in input offset voltage divided by the change in temperature.
NOTE This quotient is the average value for the total temperature change. The change in input offset voltage is usually not normalized to the initial value of input offset voltage.
The change in output voltage, usually expressed as a percentage of the output voltage, divided by the change in temperature.
NOTE This is the average value for the total temperature change.


On June 16th, 2016, we had our first webinar, "Practicing Collaborative and Equitable Partnerships and Leadership", where the Collaborative Leadership in Practice – Leadership collaborative en pratique (CLiP-LCP) team discussed our experiences practicing collaborative and equitable partnerships. The diverse team included both core CLiP-LCP teammates and partners from across Ontario, including Health Nexus, Ontario Public Health Agency, Lawrence Heights Inter-Organizational Network, Middlesex London Health Unit and City for All Women Initiative.
Amidst this discussion it made me think about what can be possible if we strive for healthy collaboration. To realize this though, what does equity in collaborative practice really look like?
Across sectors equitable partnerships are an important function for the healthy flow of projects/organizations/institutions to achieve deliverables. Results from our poll even alluded to how important it is to communities and non-profit organizations, in particular, for creating and evaluating equitable partnerships (50% of webinar participants stated that this is the action area that is of most interest to them). Within partnerships we need to recognize who makes up this group/team/partnership and how fully involved all members can be when intersectional barriers (such as racism, ableism and heterosexism, to name a few) influence the power both within and between partnerships. In recognizing that all humans are saddled with lived and inherited experiences, varying social locations, and unique thoughts and desires that determine an individual's ability to participate fully; how do we create alternative models to allow for the full participation of individuals and allow for equitable and inclusive partnership development?
deconstruct power structures to establish more egalitarian relationships.
By truly recognizing that barriers exist we can then create better ways of collaboratively creating ladders to successful participation.
What this webinar left me with is the uniqueness of this project. We are learning to 'walk the talk' while sharing growing pains and learnings so that we might assist others with their own work. The CLiP-LCP team works hard at supporting equitable partnerships by honouring a coactive, collaborative and equitable approach. It recognizes that we are all human, with social locations playing out respective power dynamics (whether intentional or not), making space for new and adapted ways of practicing collaborative and equitable partnerships – one that has built in anti-oppressive and anti-racist practices. In thinking of the notion of ladders as facilitators to overcoming barriers, and ladders as levels of engagement, I like to think of this project as creating non-hierarchical, equitable and collaborative 'laddership' models for supporting coactive partnerships.


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A Philadelphia, Pa., robber decided to hold up a pizza shop but met with some stiff opposition when owner Mohammad Remahi, 40, decided he wasn't going to let his hard-earned money just disappear.
In a video of the incident, the burglar storms into the shop waving a gun and demanding money from the register. Remahi opens the till, but as the thief begins taking cash out, the owner grabs at his gun. Eventually, the suspect flees and even fires a shot at Remahi. The owner recalled to WCAU, "When he shot the gun, it just made me more angry. It's like a rage. It's like when you have an angry dog."
Remahi said that he thought the gun was fake: "I was like, 'That's a toy; that's not a real gun.' And I'm trying to get it from him." The robbery occurred at the end of his 12-hour shift, and he wasn't willing to give up his cash without a fight.
The suspect and Remahi tussled across the restaurant for a few moments before the robber fled on foot. Though the criminal managed to make off with some of the money, the owner knows that he's lucky; he told WCAU, "I could be at the hospital. I could be dead."
Ramahi suffered an ankle injury, but nobody else at the store was hurt.
The store has been open since 2004, but this is only the second time it has been robbed. But while the past 13 years have been largely peaceful, both of the crimes occurred in the past six months, though police don't believe they were connected. Remahi said that if he's faced with another robber, he'll make the same decision: "He's not gonna shock me or make me scared or having a phobia, nothing like that. He just makes me stronger."
Police have not released any other information on the robbery and are asking the public for help with leads.
This story was originally published November 7, 2017.
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Have you ever been told that your business HAS to be on Facebook? Have you ever been scoffed at because you're not a tweeter?
Some of these statements may be correct for you, maybe you should be on Facebook, perhaps you should be using more #'s.
Yet, they're not always right & you shouldn't be led into making noise about your business you simple don't need to make, your time is valuable!
Here's our handy guide to social media, your business & using it in the most effective way.
A copy and paste technique shouldn't be applied to your social content.
Selling personalised Christmas gifts? Fab. Promoting your local business event…fine. Yet don't forget what other social sites could offer instead. Twitter is great for networking & quick reads; you can take a more business approach too, as the chances are you're moving in business circles on the platform.
Content is king, you know that…everyone knows that, it's all us marketers bang on about. Have a purpose & write with intent. Be helpful, fun, interesting, yet most importantly have a purpose with all of your posts. Why are you posting? Because you HAVE to, or because you've got something to say your market will genuinely have an interest in?
Ok so you have a purpose, you have intent & you've got a great blog – yet you're uploading and just telling us you've done so. Don't clickbait us, but make us intrigued, use images, post videos, have features and segments. Engage, engage, engage.
Do you really need to be here?
Are you selling gaskets? Are you a business adviser? Are you using endless stock images? Head on over to LinkedIn and start networking. We're all trying to find videos of funny animals over here. Ok, stay, yet ask yourself this do you really need to be on Instagram, does Facebook ever generate you business? Just because you've been told as a business you HAVE to be on Facebook, doesn't mean you need to listen. We're not saying a gasket company has never had success on Facebook, or a business adviser has never got a lead on Instagram, we're saying use your time wisely & always consider what this time is truly giving you back.
Think for your business & ignore the trend. Does the social media platform you're endlessly posting on truly add value, to you and your customers?
- Under 20's make up a very small proportion of active Facebook users. Is your target market even using the social platform?
- Twitter has been for a while a 50/50 split on gender – Pinterest users are 83% female.
- Instagram & Snapchat collectively have the youngest audience.


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I've posted here in the Interviewee Request forum. I've posted on three scrapbooking boards. Now, I'm desperate.
I need to find someone in the Portland, Oregon-area who scrapbooks their dog(s). It's for an article in Dog Nose News, and I only have seven questions to ask.
If you know anyone who fits the bill, will you please ask them to contact me? Thanks for your help!
I panicked. I got two responses today from Portland-area scrapbookers who've done layouts with their dogs...so I'm set. Whew!


There are two very good reasons for instructors to explain their pedagogical choices to students starting at day 1 and repeating consistently throughout the course: Evaluations and Intellectual Development.
Manipulation of expectation and perception, however, is NOT, of course, the most important component.
Whether the students understand it or not, there is a reason behind the structure and chronology of your course. For the vast majority of syllabi it reflects the development of the discipline and its families of thought. As scholars we know that knowledge development of scholarly literature is not linear, nor is it comprehensive. Furthermore, the labels we create for things are not REAL. Realism, Institutionalism, Constructivism, Feminism are families of perspective. (the link being an example of the unfortunate reification of these labels) They are not, in themselves REAL things. Allowing our students to believe that is deeply problematic.
Talking about the development of the field reduces reification of labels and helps students understand that inquiry is a conversation, among people, on paper….it does not represent permanent and inherently true knowledge….
1. Through their own intuition. Put them through scenarios that reveal the logics that we attribute to particular writers. Prisoner's dilemma behaviors are recognizable even if you don't know the PD. Victor Asal does a wonderful job of this in his Hobbes game.
TELLING THEM exactly WHY I'm doing something often means explaining how IR theory developed over time. Show that to them…and it will deepen their understanding of scholarship and demystify the nature of "knowledge creation." It also makes scholarship inclusive rather than infantalizing by assuming they are smart enough to take part in the dialogue.
At a minimum, revealing the pedagogical purpose behind a reading, activity, or article makes the swallowing of a bitter pill more pleasant and helps students understand more about the nature of their own intellectual development.