I'm a huge fan of Ikea. Not because I particularly like their furniture but because I really admire the business model they've created. I'm also an admirer of McDonalds – again, not because I particularly like their food.
In the case of Ikea there's a lot to admire in their business model and I often find myself wondering why other businesses haven't copied some of their better ideas.
For example, where else can you get free childcare while you browse the store or get a coffee? What other furniture store sells cheap ice-cream and hot dogs on the way out? For that matter, what other furniture store sells food at all? Ikea sells a lot of food – €1.2 billion in 2011. Not bad for a FURNITURE STORE!
They sell food because the founder, Ingvar Kamprad, noticed all the way back in 1960 that shoppers were leaving his store without buying anything because they were hungry.
As a parent of three young children, having a place where my wife and I can shop, have the kids looked after (for 40 minutes) and get access to low cost food is an amazing bonus. And while you're enjoying the benefits of the cheap food in the restaurant you're surrounded by Ikea furniture with the tags on so you know where to find it in the store should you decide the wing backed chair you're sitting in would look great in your recently decorated lounge.
Let's also not overlook how great the bargain basement area is too. Imagine other companies selling off their damaged goods like that – it's the part of Ikea I like the most. Can I find a bargain piece of furniture?
If you look at Ikea's competitors, brands such as Homebase, B&Q, DFS, etc you have to wonder why they haven't implemented some of the same concepts.
A couple of years ago, Helen and I wanted to buy a new sofa so we all traipsed down to DFS (because there was a sale on apparently) and spent the entire time there chasing our young girls who couldn't resist the urge to sit on every piece of furniture and hide behind the sofas. If they had a small creche in the corner of their huge showroom where we could have left the girls just for a few minutes would have been a massive help for us while we browsed the store.
B&Q in Culverhouse Cross here in Cardiff has a small cafe at the rear of the store. It's hidden behind the electric sockets and the aisle where they sell buckets and mops – you know, the least popular part of the store!! If you've ever accidentally come across it you'll find it to be a fairly typical British cafe selling rubbish coffee and traditional snacks like bacon butties and cake.
Now, imagine if they moved it to the front of the store and actually made it a nice place to eat and drink? So as you're leaving the store you drop in for a quick coffee (made with real coffee) and a cheap ice-cream for the kids to thank them for being well behaved around the store.
The reason why Ikea sells cheap ice-cream after the checkout is because a lot of research went into the emotional state of customers as they shopped in their stores and Ikea discovered that picking the furniture from the warehouse and buying it was the point where their customer's emotional state dropped so they thought, why not reward them by giving them cheap ice-cream on the way out! It works too.
McDonalds have overhauled their business model recently. Mainly in response to the competition like 5 Guys but also because there has been a shift in consumer habits recently. We're moving towards a do-it-yourself model of shopping. We're becoming used to self-service checkouts and using technology in our shopping. Look at the growth of the self-service tills and the scanners we can now use in Tesco.
When I walk into a McDonalds now it's still recognisable as the cheap food restaurant it's always been but now I can order my food from a screen and have it delivered to my table. I can even order it in advance in some stores.
For the kids they now have tablets they can play on and other entertainment to distract the kids for even just a few minutes. The seats have changed too. I remember as a kid visiting McDonalds and sitting on hard plastic chairs. Now they're padded and there's a variety of types to choose from.
But even with all these changes, the main focus of McDonalds has always been convenience and low cost – things that all parents will appreciate and it's what Ikea and McDonalds have in common.
The point of all this is that a huge amount of thought has gone into the needs of the consumer rather than the needs of the business. How often in our own businesses do we consider the needs of our customers last after the needs of ourselves? We think about how we can sell to our clients rather than how our clients can buy from us.
It's time to take a leaf out of the really successful businesses around us and start to put our customers needs first because when you get the balance right between their needs and your business needs the potential is huge!
Perhaps we should all start selling meatballs in reception?
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After nearly two years as Warden of Convocation and with another coming before stepping down after elections are completed for 2020 it is timely to reflect on the role of Convocation, its members and our Council. Your election voting papers have been issued and are due for return now. Please ensure you vote now for your Deputy Warden, Councillors, and Senate representatives, with the ballot closing on March 12th, 2019.
When speaking to the new graduates at last December's graduation ceremonies, a catching reference was to the well over 150,000 graduates who preceded those I welcomed as new members to Convocation at each graduation. We have many members, almost all of whom are graduates of UWA and have shared time at the Nedlands campus with their many student friends and colleagues.
Within the University's 2030 planning process the greatest challenge thrown to Convocation is to help ensure the experience of present students is as good as it can be. Quite obviously most graduates are no longer at UWA, but many are nearby and well positioned to help do just that.
That friendship and collegiality we all took from our time at UWA should be one of the University's greatest assets for those who follow.
UWA's Alumni Relations page suggests over 93,000 UWA alumni live in Western Australia, with most of these being graduates. Convocation mails nearly 87,000 voting papers to its members for the current election, with about 15,500 of those overseas. Canberra is home for more than 1,000 alumni, Victoria nearly 4,000, Queensland nearly 1,500 and Tasmania about 350. Singapore has nearly 8,000, London about 1,500 and New York about 200.While our graduates and members are a global lot, most remain close to home, and they are potentially able to support a better experience for current students.
In Perth and WA both Convocation and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) work to connect with Convocation's members, although the University's pool of contacts could be wider. DAR is well staffed and very active. Convocation is supported by our Convocation Officer and the voluntary contribution of Councillors and other members.
Convocation aims to build on personal relationships that have been forged through years spent together at study, work, sport and fun at the University and then beyond. Many enduring UWA clubs and societies have a wider capture than overseas networks and they are readily available.
With Convocation Council involved in the review of its statutes following the recent revision of the University Act it became obvious that expert support would help. The powerful personal graduate network delivered two expert legal minds as voluntary support to Council.
That very network of friends, family, teammates and colleagues includes well connected business leaders and trainers, who are able to enable opportunities for our present students, building on the old links.
In 2019 Convocation will lead a challenge to the various networks to give opportunity to our current students, as mentors, sources of work integrated learning and future employment for our graduates. Students may also benefit from graduate friendship and pastoral care as they work through their studies. I'm sure that many of us are willing and able to help.
All we need is the friendly request. That is coming, so pitch in to make it better for UWA's current students. I'm sure they will be grateful as they look to further their own potential and careers.


There are lots of cheese out there to try for your baby. Introduce him to swiss, Havarti, parmesan, cheddar, etc. Even if you don't like a certain cheese - your child might! Cheese is a great finger food - and is easy to take for snack. There are packages of "string" cheese - which is mozzarella - which can easily be put in your diaper bag for a nutritious snack when baby is hungry at the park. Also, you can just chop cheese into cubes and bring along (the less expensive option).


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Margot Robbie recalls filming THAT Wolf of Wall Street scene in front of 30 male crew members
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Margot Robbie has revealed filming THAT provocative scene in Wolf of Wall Street was a 'weird' and 'embarrassing' experience.
The actress, 28, who established herself in Hollywood with her portrayal of Naomi Lapaglia in the 2014 movie, became well-known for one particularly crude scene in the film where she is seducing her onscreen beau Leonardio DiCaprio, who plays Jordan Belfort.
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Recalling filming in a new interview with Porter magazine, Margot recalled how she dug deep to hide her embarrassment as she had to carry out the risque scenes in front of 30 crew members - all male - watching her.
Wolf of Wall Street consists of steamy scenes between DiCaprio and Robbie, with one particularly crude scene standing out among others.
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Leo plays Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker on Wall Street who's downfall came as a result of his firm engaging in corruption and fraud.
Robbie's character Naomi, who uses her sexuality to exert control over her husband, is seen trying to seduce her husband Jordan in one very provocative scene that takes place in their baby's nursery and sees her touching herself and calling him 'Daddy'.
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While onscreen it made for very risque viewing, Margot recalls that filming the scene was 'weird' and 'embarrassing' in reality, as she was in a tiny room with 30 crew members, all male, watching her.
She explained: 'It doesn't come across when you're watching the movie, but in reality we're in a tiny bedroom with 30 crew crammed in. All men.
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'For 17 hours I'm pretending to be touching myself. It's just a very weird thing and you have to bury the embarrassment and the absurdity, really deep, and fully commit.'
That scene in particular had actually been the very scene Margot had to audition with to bag her part in the movie.
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Enrolled HB 106 Detail
Enrolled HB 106: Relating to grants to nonprofit regional corporations, and, in certain situations, to municipalities with populations of less than 10,000, for village public safety officers in rural areas; defining "rural area" for the purpose of the village public safety officer program; and authorizing municipalities to accept grants under, and contract with respect to, the village public safety officer program.
00Enrolled HB 106
01 Relating to grants to nonprofit regional corporations, and, in certain situations, to
02 municipalities with populations of less than 10,000, for village public safety officers in rural
03 areas; defining "rural area" for the purpose of the village public safety officer program; and
04 authorizing municipalities to accept grants under, and contract with respect to, the village
05 public safety officer program.
06                           _______________
07    * Section 1. AS 18.65.670(a) is amended to read:
08            (a)  There is created in the Department of Public Safety a village public safety
09       officer program to assist local governments and villages through nonprofit regional
10       corporations or municipalities to appoint, train, supervise, and retain persons to serve
11       as village public safety officers to administer functions relative to
12                 (1)  the protection of life and property in rural areas of the state; and
13                 (2)  providing probation and parole supervision to persons under
01       supervision by communicating with and monitoring the activities and progress of these
02       persons at the direction of probation and parole officers.
03    * Sec. 2. AS 18.65.670(b) is amended to read:
04            (b)  With funds appropriated for that purpose, the commissioner of public
05       safety shall provide grants to nonprofit regional corporations for village public safety
06       officers. If a nonprofit regional corporation for a rural area declines a grant
07       under this subsection, the commissioner may provide the grant to a municipality
08       with a population of less than 10,000 willing to administer the grant for the rural
09       area. Before awarding a grant to a municipality, the commissioner shall consult
10       with the nonprofit regional corporation that declined the grant. The commissioner
11       of public safety shall coordinate with the commissioner of corrections when providing
12       grants under this section, and the commissioners shall jointly execute an agreement
13       with the nonprofit regional corporations or municipalities, as appropriate.
14    * Sec. 3. AS 18.65.670(c) is amended to read:
15            (c)  The commissioner of public safety may adopt regulations related to village
16       public safety officers, including minimum standards and training, criteria for
17       community, municipality, or corporation participation, and the interaction between
18       the Department of Public Safety and village public safety officers. The commissioner
19       of corrections may adopt regulations related to the functions of village public safety
20       officers providing probation and parole supervision.
21    * Sec. 4. AS 18.65.670 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
22            (e)  In this section, "rural area" means a community with a population of less
23       than 1,000 within
24                 (1)  the unorganized borough; or
25                 (2)  a borough, if the community is not connected by road to Anchorage
26       or Fairbanks.
27    * Sec. 5. AS 29.35.010 is amended to read:
28            Sec. 29.35.010. General powers. All municipalities have the following
29       general powers, subject to other provisions of law:
30                 (1)  to establish and prescribe a salary for an elected or appointed
31       municipal official or employee;
01                 (2)  to combine two or more appointive or administrative offices;
02                 (3)  to establish and prescribe the functions of a municipal department,
03       office, or agency;
04                 (4)  to require periodic and special reports from a municipal department
05       to be submitted through the mayor;
06                 (5)  to investigate an affair of the municipality and make inquiries into
07       the conduct of a municipal department;
08                 (6)  to levy a tax or special assessment, and impose a lien for its
09       enforcement;
10                 (7)  to enforce an ordinance and to prescribe a penalty for violation of
11       an ordinance;
12                 (8)  to acquire, manage, control, use, and dispose of real and personal
13       property, whether the property is situated inside or outside the municipal boundaries;
14       this power includes the power of a borough to expend, for any purpose authorized by
15       law, money received from the disposal of land in a service area established under
16       AS 29.35.450;
17                 (9)  to expend money for a community purpose, facility, or service for
18       the good of the municipality to the extent the municipality is otherwise authorized by
19       law to exercise the power necessary to accomplish the purpose or provide the facility
20       or service;
21                 (10)  to regulate the operation and use of a municipal right-of-way,
22       facility, or service;
23                 (11)  to borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness;
24                 (12)  to acquire membership in an organization that promotes
25       legislation for the good of the municipality;
26                 (13)  to enter into an agreement, including an agreement for
27       cooperative or joint administration of any function or power with a municipality, the
28       state, or the United States;
29                 (14)  to sue and be sued;
30                 (15)  to provide facilities or services for the confinement and care of
31       prisoners and enter into agreements with the state, another municipality, or any person
01       relating to the confinement and care of prisoners;
02                 (16)  to receive grants from and contract with the Department of
03       Public Safety under AS 18.65.670.


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"Je ne sais pu…" I don't understand the function of "pu" here
I don't understand the meaning or the importance of "pu" in these sentences
Je ne sais pu quoi faire
je ne sais pu c'est de quel côté c'est ici ou ici
Not sure what grammar form this is either.
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It's spoken language, it should be plus. It should not be written like that, if they wanted to reproduce spoken language then it should be something like je n'sais pu or j'sais pu. – None Sep 19 '17 at 9:57
@Laure, that can be "pushed" to "chai pu" ; ) – lemon Sep 19 '17 at 10:10
It is spoken language. I should have mentioned it was subtitles. Not sure what the pu means in "je n'sais pu" either though, doesn't seem any different like that anyway, just that the ne is contracted. – Hasen Sep 19 '17 at 10:16
As @Laure said, it is for "plus" in the sens of "no more" => "I no more know what to do". And can also mean something like "I have exhausted all what I can do, so now I know no more solution". – lemon Sep 19 '17 at 10:35
I added a bit to my answer, to address your comment. – ChrisW Sep 19 '17 at 13:02
It is spoken language. I should have mentioned it was subtitles.
Subtitles are often mis-spelled, or spell the word as it's pronounced or mis-heard (so if it's mis-pronounced it's mis-spelled, or if it's pronounced colloquially rather than formally).
It should be spelled, Je ne sais plus quoi faire i.e. "I no longer know what to do" or "I don't know what to do anymore".
"I don't know any more -- which side is it -- is it [or 'it is'] here or here"
Ok so its not a mistake at all in speech, its perfectly fine and can be exchanged for 'plus' with the same meaning. Ok I get it, thanks.
There are several versions of French -- see Registres de langue en français for example -- and ideally you'll use the right one for the [social] context.
(Plus there's local patois).
People go to school to learn the courant and soutenu (correct and formal) versions: in which pu is une faute, and plus is correct.
A benefit of school French is that it's relatively clear and doesn't result in questions like this one ... it's also maybe the most "polite", and may be expected in a business context, etc.
I'm not sure what the benefit of informal French is -- perhaps it's to mark you as an insider of a social in-group, friends who can take liberties (with the language) with each other.
Because I've been to school, when I listen to the radio I can understand every word they say on France Culture, for example ... and I understand almost nothing they say (e.g. I miss at least one word per sentence) on a youth-oriented music station when the DJs are chatting and joking with each other.
Why would it be written with incorrect grammar if it was mis-heard? The first line actually was not subtitles, I found it here in an attempt to understand what the phrase meant: forum.ados.fr/love/Amour/sais-sujet_76714_1.htm – Hasen Sep 19 '17 at 11:21
Maybe it's an attempt to reproduce, in writing, the informal pronunciation of personal conversation -- as a style for online dialog ... like writing, "geez I dunno!" in English. The site you quoted is a forum for teenagers -- it doesn't surprise me that teenagers have their own dialect. – ChrisW Sep 19 '17 at 11:30
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Q: Aplicação de mais de um design pattern Estive estudando sobre design patterns e achei bem legal, mas teve uma coisa que não consegui entender. Em relação aos design patterns, posso aplicar mais de um deles no mesmo projeto? Independente de qual seja (ex: Singleton, Observer, Builder, etc.), eu posso usar mais um numa solução que eu venha desenvolver?
Pretendo fazer uma solução em php e queria iniciá-la depois de sanar essa dúvida.
Eu queria colocar o MVC, mas não sei se ele é considerado um design pattern também.

A: Provavelmente não estudou o suficiente sobre ele e ainda está apegado à regras que criaram artificialmente sobre isto. Você já usa padrões de projeto o tempo todo, mesmo sem perceber. Esqueça isto como regras, como receitas, como "boas práticas", como algo a ser seguido.
E claro que pode usar vários, caso contrário não seria possível criar nada útil. Codificar é juntar uma série de padrões juntos para alcançar um resultado. Mesmo que estes padrões não sejam documentados em algum livro, não sejam famosos, ou mesmo que eles sejam tão usados, tão óbvio e já implementados na linguagem que você nem se dá conta que é um padrão.
Quando você começa pensar em padrões como sendo aqueles listados pelo Gang of Four, ou em mvc e coisas do tipo, você comete dois erros: 1) não enxerga o todo; 2) fica tentando aplicar padrão complexo onde a coisa é simples. Ou seja, fica procurando problema para aplicar a ferramenta, quando o correto é fazer o oposto.
Não importa se o MVC é um padrão de projeto ou não, importa se você precisa dele ou não. Vai importar se estiver escrevendo uma monografia ou algo assim que tenha que definir o MVC, mas no trabalho de desenvolvimento, se ele é isto ou se ele é um modelo de arquitetura, ou tenha outra definição, é irrelevante. A dúvida ocorre justamente por não ter entendido ainda a finalidade do tal do design pattern.

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ur return our oldest son was diagnosed with, and ended up dying from brain cancer. We left England after having pastored a church in a north west town called Warrington. We absolutely loved our time there. We loved the culture. Loved the people and especially loved seeing God move in the hearts and lives of many who were being drawn to Jesus especially in a community and a society where there was not a strong Christlike presense. In all my years of ministry, I still look back over those years as my golden years. Because of our medical situation we were not able to go back. In the meantime, the church we'd pastored continue to navigate the normal challenges of new leadership, declining attendance, and redirecting their vision in a society not all that interested in spiritual things.
I had the privilege to reconnect with this church probably fifteen years later and it has been absolutely amazing to see God work through this small faithful community. In the past several years this now elder-led church decided to bring one of these men into full time ministry leadership. His name is Andy Jordan, and he is my guest on this podcast. Andy talks about what its like to lead a church in post christian Europe.
Andy was born in Jamaica in the year when England won the world cup (work it out!) His parents became Christians soon after returning to the UK and his dad soon went into the ministry- so Andy was what the Britts call a 'Vicar's kid', the eldest of 5, which made life growing up in some of the toughest parts of London and Liverpool quite interesting!
Andy accepted the Lord as a child, meeting his wife Helen at Chester university. They have 2 grown up children. He's been an elder at Birchwood Community Church in Warrington for around 8 years and 2 years ago, having spent most of his career in teaching, God gave him the amazing opportunity to serve Him full-time in Birchwood, as Mission Director.


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Red Dead Redemption 2's Latest Trailer Shows Off Its PC Port
The rootin'est, tootin'est Rockstar game around is heading for greener pastures. Come November 5th, you'll be able to experience the life and times of Arthur Morgan and his no-good cohorts on your own personal computer.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 Coming To PC Nov. 5th
2018's most popular cowboy simulator, Red Dead Redemption 2, is at long last making its way to PC on November 5th, 2019. What's more, to celebrate the Red Dead series' first PC appearance, players who purchase the game between now and October 22nd via the new Rockstar Games Launcher will receive their choice of two free games. Choices of games include: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Bully: Scholarship Edition, L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition and, Max Payne 3: The Complete Edition.
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This Week's Co-Op Deals via Deals With Gold
The latest Deals With Gold have been revealed, and there are a number of co-op titles you can pick up at nice discount. Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, Demon's Crystals, Grand Theft Auto V, and Forza Horizon 3 are just a few of the games you can snag.
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Red Dead Redemption Joins Backwards Compatibility List
If you were to ask me what one Rockstar game I would like to play again/see a sequel to, I'd interrupt you before you even finished the question. The answer is Red Dead Redemption, and based on recent sales numbers for the game, I'm not the only that feels that way. Part of my wish will come true soon enough as the game will be added to the Xbox One Backwards Compatibility list this Friday, July 8.
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Grab some co-op games from PSN's Sale of the Dead to get into the Halloween spirit
PSN Two-Week Sale on Tricks and Treats
Playstation Network has started up a two-week-long sale on spooky games and movies as befits this time of the year. Each week will have a slew of Halloween-esque sales: up to 65% off for everyone, and up to 80% off for PS Plus members. And the good news is that there's a healthy dose of co-op games included in the sale!
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Isn't Halloween known for its treats?
PlayStation Store's 'Sale of the Dead' Event Currently Underway
With only a week to go until Halloween time, now is the perfect time to dive into some scary games that go with the holiday very nicely. Starting tomorrow, the PlayStation Store is holding its "Sale of the Dead" event, providing tons of sweet discounts on both single player AND co-op games alike! PlayStation Plus members will be able to grab as much as 80% discounts on some of these games, so it's most definitely worth looking into.
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Once again co-op ruins story or some bullshit.
Grand Theft Auto V Won't Feature A Co-Op Campaign
Grand Theft Auto V, or GTA V, has been revealed in the latest issue of Game Informer and it looks to continue the Rockstar Games tradition of making open world games that push the boundaries of technology and story telling. But one thing the team has yet to tackle is a true co-op campaign in any of their open world games. Sure GTA 4 had some co-op missions and Red Dead Redemption took things a bit further with gang hideouts and free roam, but we haven't seen anything to the depth the team at Volition have done with the Saints Row franchise.
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Back in the days of the ZX Spectrum I used to buy huge collections of game called things like '15 Massive Hits for £10'. On November 6th Rockstar are bringing back this tradition, but for $59.99, by bundling several of their games together and selling them at one price. Rockstar Games Collection Edition 1 will house the co-op friendly Red Dead Redemption, but also Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition and L.A. Noire.
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Christian Cantamessa, co-writer/designer of several Rockstar games (including Manhunt, Manhunt 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Co-Optimus community favorite Red Dead Redemption) has signed on to direct a post-apocalyptic film - which he also co-wrote - with a very original sounding premise.
Rockstar have announced a Game of the Year version of their massive hit Red Dead Redemption
Red Dead Redemption GotY Edition is on the Horizon
Don't own a copy of Red Dead Redemption yet? Firstly, why not, its one of the best games this generation. Secondly, fear not, as Rockstar Games have just announced the release date for the rumored Game of the Year edition; Oct 11th in the US and Oct 14th elsewhere. The pack will contain the original game as well as all the paid and free DLC.
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Co-Op Couples: The Two Console Conundrum
You've decided to splurge on a second system for that one game you and your spouse just HAVE to play together. You got it. You beat it. Now what are you going to do?
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Most likely, yes.
Red Dead Redemption Getting a GOTY Edition?
It's been a long time since I last visited New Austin. Red Dead Redemption's take on the American Western was one of gaming's highlights last year. It appears Rockstar would like to give those of you who missed out a chance to cowboy up and hit the open trail. The keen eyes over at Eurogamer spotted a Red Dead Redemption: Game of the a Year edition at the BBFC. For those of you who don't know your European ratings board acronyms, (or are too lazy to use Google) that's the British Board of Film Classification. The RDR: GOTY edition is said to have the Undead Nightmare DLC, but it's unknown if the other DLC's will be included.
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flour testing
Cereals and baking
Flour testing – assessing the quality of the flour and dough through tests such as the Hagberg Falling Number, Brabender farinograph, and the Brabender extensograph.
Flour analysis | Services
Having produced the flour, one of the key elements for the test baking processors to follow is to understand the characteristics of that flour to ensure that we can truly understand its quality and understand the impact that this has on the standard test baking process.
The Hagberg falling number test relies on a fixed proportion of flour or ground wheats, mixing that with water, heating it up to form a starch gel and then measuring the time it takes for a plunger of fixed width to fall through that gel.
Typically flour specifications look for falling numbers of over 250 seconds which indicates that the level of alpha-amylase is suitable for the baking processes that we use in the UK.
To understand the sort of dough that is produced for a given level of flour and, the level of water addition that that flour will require to form a dough that can be processed effectively, within the bakery context there are a number of ways of measuring dough rheology, the key parameter of interest.
One that is used very regularly is the Brabender farinograph, within this a fixed amount of flour has water added then a mixing process is then commenced. The way in which the water is absorbed by the flour to form a dough is very characteristic for each type of flour and is important in defining how the bakery process needs to be managed effectively. The level of water addition is established by iterative tests to allow the dough to come to a fixed consistency as seen on a chart recorder. The fixed consistency, as defined, indicates the resistance that the dough has to mixing and the amount of water that it takes to get to that point which is specific for a given wheat or flour.
The consistency or rheology of a dough is of critical importance to its ultimate baking potential. Looking at the rheology during mixing is conducted using a farinograph, but to understand the dough rheology and the subsequent stages of the bakery process we use a Brabender extensograph. Within this, pieces of dough are moulded into bowls, they are then moulded further into a sausage shape and that shape is then allowed to rest for a fixed period of time prior to further rheological analysis. The test gives information about how the dough will function during the melding processes in baking and it also gives a very good understanding of the basic quality of the flour and, therefore, is a critical test in understanding differences between different varieties of wheat and clearly the flour is milled from those different varieties.
Once the dough has been rested for the required time it is then placed in a cradle which allows it to be stretched and this stretching process relates quite well to the changes that occur during proving and baking of dough, particularly the extension that occurs within individual parts of the dough as a result of the action of yeast, the gas production that occurs as a result of this yeast action and the overall increase in volume of the dough piece. The dough in the extensograph is stretched until the point at which it breaks and the resultant trace gives clear indication of the flour properties and indeed the way in which that flour might bake.
Investigating plant-based proteins
With the rise of veganism and flexitarian diets, the industry is looking for alternatives to egg, diary and animal-based proteins.
BRCGS Packaging Issue 6: Key changes
BRC Global Standards has recently launched a new packaging standard with changes that bring it in line with Global Food Safety Initiative requirements.
Thermal process validation - analysis and optimisation
David Whittaker covers how we interpret and use the results from a validation study to optimise a thermal process.
Thermal process validation - methods
David Whittaker covers the methods we use to build the evidence that allows us to determine whether a thermal process will deliver a safely processed product.
Process optimisation: baking with enzymes
Enzymes are natural biological catalysts that speed up and improve the chemical reactions required in the baking process.
Quality and safety of cereal–based products and ingredients for the food and brewing industry
This project will evaluate and make available a range of core analytical methods for cereals–based materials.
Chorleywood Bread Process – how it's changed industry
If there is an iconic baking process that has come out of the British tradition, it would be the Chorleywood Bread Process (CBP) developed in 1961 by scientists here at Campden BRI
Nutrition, diet and health – challenges faced by the bakery sector
There are many challenges to improving the nutritional profile of our diets, including reduction in the fat, salt and sugar content of food products together with enhancement of fibre and micronutrients
Cake fluffiness defined?
Cake 'fluffiness' is commonly used as a desirable quality for cakes and the term is regularly used in adverts and on the packaging of cake products.


I had been uncharacteristically single-minded that summer. For the first time, I was going to be—at least temporarily—attending a school outside of New York City's public school system. The Catholic high school of my parents choosing was to be my destination for at least half of the school year. The deal was that if I was miserable there after the Christmas break they would transfer me to the local public high school for which I was zoned; the default setting that all of my friends were attending.
A voice at the corner of East 38th street and Fillmore avenue brought me to a reluctant stop with a spray of imaginary ice shavings.


Two weeks ago, I began my first big trip traveling solo. It was a big to-do with five different Chinese cities in four different provinces. Not really the simplest introduction to solo backpacking abroad, but it was absolutely perfect. Just last night I arrived home exhausted and downright joyful. I can't explain to you the kind of joy that comes with traveling. It's the love of my life. And this trip was phenomenal. I traveled by plane, train and automobile, beginning with an eight hour ride on a high speed train to Xi'an. Before leaving the station, announcements were made; please be considerate of other passengers, quickly exit the train at your stop, and do not bring dangerous food onto the train.
...Ok, so I'm not entirely sure if that last part was actually said. But that's what it sounded like. So of course I spent some time contemplating what dangerous foods are. All I could come up with is durian, quite possibly the most foul fruit that has ever existed, but is literally adored by many in quite a few Asian countries. It smells something fierce and tastes kind of like dirty feet. I would call that dangerous, but that's just me.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to sharing the details of my trip, dangerous foods and all, and will have a proper post up here soon! Lots of pictures as well!
I would consider tequila to be dangerous in most situations.


Caversham Nursery School offers inclusive education to all children who come to the nursery and has a good reputation within the local community and with other early years' providers and schools. All children are supported in making good progress by the key persons working in the nursery and the senior management team. There is a senior leader/ teacher in charge of SEND and outside SEND support from the local authority is sought at appropriate times. Parents are fully engaged and supported in all steps of their child's journey.
The SEND policy can be found on our website in the policies folder which is kept in the main office.


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package org.qcri.rheem.core.optimizer.enumeration;

import org.qcri.rheem.core.api.Configuration;

import java.util.ArrayList;

/**
 * This {@link PlanEnumerationPruningStrategy} retains only the best {@code k} {@link PlanImplementation}s.
 */
public class TopKPruningStrategy implements PlanEnumerationPruningStrategy {

    private int k;

    @Override
    public void configure(Configuration configuration) {
        this.k = (int) configuration.getLongProperty("rheem.core.optimizer.pruning.topk", 5);
    }

    @Override
    public void prune(PlanEnumeration planEnumeration) {
        // Skip if there is nothing to do...
        if (planEnumeration.getPlanImplementations().size() <= this.k) return;

        ArrayList<PlanImplementation> planImplementations = new ArrayList<>(planEnumeration.getPlanImplementations());
        planImplementations.sort(this::comparePlanImplementations);
        planEnumeration.getPlanImplementations().retainAll(planImplementations.subList(0, this.k));
    }

    private int comparePlanImplementations(PlanImplementation p1,
                                           PlanImplementation p2) {
        final double t1 = p1.getSquashedCostEstimate(true);
        final double t2 = p2.getSquashedCostEstimate(true);
        return Double.compare(t1, t2);
    }

}

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package com.opengamma.analytics.financial.equity.variance;

import static com.opengamma.analytics.math.interpolation.CombinedInterpolatorExtrapolatorFactory.getInterpolator;
import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertEquals;
import static org.testng.AssertJUnit.assertTrue;

import org.testng.annotations.Test;
import org.threeten.bp.ZonedDateTime;

import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.equity.EquityDerivativeSensitivityCalculator;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.equity.StaticReplicationDataBundle;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.equity.variance.pricing.VarianceSwapStaticReplication;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.interestrate.curve.ForwardCurve;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.interestrate.curve.YieldCurve;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.volatility.surface.BlackVolatilitySurfaceDelta;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.model.volatility.surface.BlackVolatilitySurfaceStrike;
import com.opengamma.analytics.financial.varianceswap.VarianceSwap;
import com.opengamma.analytics.math.curve.InterpolatedDoublesCurve;
import com.opengamma.analytics.math.interpolation.CombinedInterpolatorExtrapolator;
import com.opengamma.analytics.math.interpolation.GridInterpolator2D;
import com.opengamma.analytics.math.interpolation.Interpolator1DFactory;
import com.opengamma.analytics.math.matrix.DoubleMatrix1D;
import com.opengamma.analytics.math.surface.InterpolatedDoublesSurface;
import com.opengamma.analytics.math.surface.NodalDoublesSurface;
import com.opengamma.analytics.util.time.TimeCalculator;
import com.opengamma.util.money.Currency;
import com.opengamma.util.test.TestGroup;

/**
 * Test.
 */
@Test(groups = TestGroup.UNIT)
public class VarianceSwapRatesSensitivityTest {

  private static final EquityDerivativeSensitivityCalculator DELTA_CAL = new EquityDerivativeSensitivityCalculator(VarianceSwapPresentValueCalculator.getInstance());
  // Tests ------------------------------------------

  /*
   * List of tests:
   * EQUITY FWD
   *  - Test zero if vols are flat
   * Rates
   *  - For two scalar risks, compare to presentValue calc
   *  - calcDiscountRateSensitivity = 10000 * calcPV01
   *  - For bucketedDelta, compare Sum to calcDiscountRateSensitivity
   * Vega
   * - Parallel Vega should be equal to 2 * sigma * Z(0,T)
   * - Test sum of individuals = One big shift by manually creating another vol surface
   * - Test that we don't get sensitivity on unexpected expiries
   */

  private static double TOLERATED = 1.0E-8;

  /**
   * Forward sensitivity comes only from volatility skew. Let's check
   * Note the vol surface is flat at 0.5, 1 and 10 years, but skewed at 5 years.
   */
  @Test
  public void testForwardSensitivity() {

    final double relShift = 0.01;

    final double deltaSkew = DELTA_CAL.calcForwardSensitivity(swap5y, MARKET, relShift);
    final double deltaFlatLong = DELTA_CAL.calcForwardSensitivity(swap10y, MARKET, relShift);
    final double deltaFlatShort = DELTA_CAL.calcForwardSensitivity(swap1y, MARKET, relShift);

    assertTrue(Math.abs(deltaSkew) > Math.abs(deltaFlatShort));
    assertTrue(Math.abs(deltaSkew) > Math.abs(deltaFlatLong));
    assertEquals(deltaFlatLong, deltaFlatShort, TOLERATED);
    assertEquals(0.0, deltaFlatShort, TOLERATED);
  }

  /**
   * If the smile/skew translates with the forward, we always expect zero forward sensitivity.
   */
  @Test
  public void testForwardSensitivityForDeltaStrikeParameterisation() {

    final InterpolatedDoublesSurface DELTA_SURFACE = new InterpolatedDoublesSurface(EXPIRIES, CALLDELTAs, VOLS, new GridInterpolator2D(INTERPOLATOR_1D_LINEAR, INTERPOLATOR_1D_DBLQUAD));
    final BlackVolatilitySurfaceDelta DELTA_VOL_SURFACE = new BlackVolatilitySurfaceDelta(DELTA_SURFACE, FORWARD_CURVE);
    final StaticReplicationDataBundle DELTA_MARKET = new StaticReplicationDataBundle(DELTA_VOL_SURFACE, FUNDING, FORWARD_CURVE);

    final double relShift = 0.1;

    final double deltaSkew = DELTA_CAL.calcForwardSensitivity(swap5y, DELTA_MARKET, relShift);
    final double deltaFlatLong = DELTA_CAL.calcForwardSensitivity(swap10y, DELTA_MARKET, relShift);
    final double deltaFlatShort = DELTA_CAL.calcForwardSensitivity(swap1y, DELTA_MARKET, relShift);

    assertEquals(0.0, deltaSkew, TOLERATED);
    assertEquals(0.0, deltaFlatLong, TOLERATED);
    assertEquals(0.0, deltaFlatShort, TOLERATED);
  }

  @Test
  public void testTotalRateSensitivity() {

    final double relShift = 0.01;

    final double delta = DELTA_CAL.calcForwardSensitivity(swap5y, MARKET, relShift);
    final double pv = pricer_without_cutoff.presentValue(swap5y, MARKET);
    final double settlement = swap5y.getTimeToSettlement();

    final double totalRateSens = DELTA_CAL.calcDiscountRateSensitivity(swap5y, MARKET, relShift);
    final double fwd = FORWARD_CURVE.getForward(settlement);

    assertEquals(totalRateSens, settlement * (delta * fwd - pv), TOLERATED);

  }

  @Test
  public void testDiscountRateSensitivityWithNoSkew() {

    final double rateSens = DELTA_CAL.calcDiscountRateSensitivity(swap10y, MARKET);
    final double pv = pricer_without_cutoff.presentValue(swap10y, MARKET);
    final double settlement = swap10y.getTimeToSettlement();

    assertEquals(-settlement * pv, rateSens, TOLERATED);
  }

  @Test
  public void testPV01() {

    final double rateSens = DELTA_CAL.calcDiscountRateSensitivity(swapStartsNow, MARKET);
    final double pv01 = DELTA_CAL.calcPV01(swapStartsNow, MARKET);

    assertEquals(pv01 * 10000, rateSens, TOLERATED);
  }

  @Test
  public void testBucketedDeltaVsPV01() {

    final double rateSens = DELTA_CAL.calcDiscountRateSensitivity(swapStartsNow, MARKET);
    final DoubleMatrix1D deltaBuckets = DELTA_CAL.calcDeltaBucketed(swapStartsNow, MARKET);
    final int nDeltas = deltaBuckets.getNumberOfElements();
    final int nYieldNodes = ((YieldCurve) MARKET.getDiscountCurve()).getCurve().size();
    assertEquals(nDeltas, nYieldNodes, TOLERATED);

    double bucketSum = 0.0;
    for (int i = 0; i < nDeltas; i++) {
      bucketSum += deltaBuckets.getEntry(i);
    }
    assertEquals(rateSens, bucketSum, TOLERATED);
  }

  @Test
  public void testBlackVegaParallel() {

    final double expiry = 0.5;
    final double sigma = SURFACE.getZValue(expiry, 100.0);
    final VarianceSwap swap = new VarianceSwap(tPlusOne, expiry, expiry, varStrike, varNotional, Currency.EUR, annualization, nObsExpected, noObsDisrupted, noObservations, noObsWeights);
    final double zcb = MARKET.getDiscountCurve().getDiscountFactor(swap.getTimeToSettlement());

    final Double vegaParallel = DELTA_CAL.calcBlackVegaParallel(swap, MARKET);
    final double theoreticalVega = 2 * sigma * zcb * swap.getVarNotional();

    assertEquals(theoreticalVega, vegaParallel, 0.01);
  }

  @Test
  public void testBlackVegaForEntireSurface() {

    // Compute the surface
    final NodalDoublesSurface vegaSurface = DELTA_CAL.calcBlackVegaForEntireSurface(swapStartsNow, MARKET);
    // Sum up each constituent
    final double[] vegaBuckets = vegaSurface.getZDataAsPrimitive();
    double sumVegaBuckets = 0.0;
    for (int i = 0; i < vegaSurface.size(); i++) {
      sumVegaBuckets += vegaBuckets[i];
    }

    // Compute parallel vega, ie to a true parallel shift
    final Double parallelVega = DELTA_CAL.calcBlackVegaParallel(swapStartsNow, MARKET);

    assertEquals(parallelVega, sumVegaBuckets, 0.01);
  }

  /**
   * Test BlackVolatilityDeltaSurface
   * sum of vega buckets = 4583.92106434809
  parallelVega = 4583.95175875458
   */
  @Test
  public void testBlackVegaForDeltaSurface() {

    final InterpolatedDoublesSurface DELTA_SURFACE = new InterpolatedDoublesSurface(EXPIRIES, CALLDELTAs, VOLS, new GridInterpolator2D(INTERPOLATOR_1D_LINEAR, INTERPOLATOR_1D_DBLQUAD));
    final BlackVolatilitySurfaceDelta DELTA_VOL_SURFACE = new BlackVolatilitySurfaceDelta(DELTA_SURFACE, FORWARD_CURVE);
    final StaticReplicationDataBundle DELTA_MARKET = new StaticReplicationDataBundle(DELTA_VOL_SURFACE, FUNDING, FORWARD_CURVE);

    // Compute the surface
    final NodalDoublesSurface vegaSurface = DELTA_CAL.calcBlackVegaForEntireSurface(swapStartsNow, DELTA_MARKET);
    // Sum up each constituent
    final double[] vegaBuckets = vegaSurface.getZDataAsPrimitive();
    double sumVegaBuckets = 0.0;
    for (int i = 0; i < vegaSurface.size(); i++) {
      sumVegaBuckets += vegaBuckets[i];
    }

    // Compute parallel vega, ie to a true parallel shift
    final Double parallelVega = DELTA_CAL.calcBlackVegaParallel(swapStartsNow, DELTA_MARKET);

    assertEquals(parallelVega, sumVegaBuckets, 0.033);
  }

  // Setup ------------------------------------------

  // The pricing method
  //  final VarianceSwapStaticReplication pricer_default_w_cutoff = new VarianceSwapStaticReplication(StrikeParameterization.STRIKE);
  final VarianceSwapStaticReplication pricer_without_cutoff = new VarianceSwapStaticReplication();

  // Market data
  private static final double SPOT = 80;
  private static final double DRIFT = 0.03;
  private static final ForwardCurve FORWARD_CURVE = new ForwardCurve(SPOT, DRIFT);
  // private static final double FORWARD = 100;

  private static final double[] EXPIRIES = new double[] {0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0, 10.0 };
  private static final double[] STRIKES = new double[] {40, 80, 100, 120, 40, 80, 100, 120, 40, 80, 100, 120, 40, 80, 100, 120 };
  private static final double[] CALLDELTAs = new double[] {0.9, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25, 0.9, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25, 0.9, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25, 0.9, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25 };

  private static final double[] VOLS = new double[] {0.28, 0.28, 0.28, 0.28, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.26, 0.24, 0.23, 0.25, 0.20, 0.20, 0.20, 0.20 };

  private static final CombinedInterpolatorExtrapolator INTERPOLATOR_1D_DBLQUAD = getInterpolator(Interpolator1DFactory.DOUBLE_QUADRATIC, Interpolator1DFactory.FLAT_EXTRAPOLATOR,
      Interpolator1DFactory.FLAT_EXTRAPOLATOR);

  final static CombinedInterpolatorExtrapolator INTERPOLATOR_1D_LINEAR = getInterpolator(Interpolator1DFactory.LINEAR, Interpolator1DFactory.FLAT_EXTRAPOLATOR, Interpolator1DFactory.FLAT_EXTRAPOLATOR);

  private static final InterpolatedDoublesSurface SURFACE = new InterpolatedDoublesSurface(EXPIRIES, STRIKES, VOLS, new GridInterpolator2D(INTERPOLATOR_1D_LINEAR, INTERPOLATOR_1D_DBLQUAD));
  private static final BlackVolatilitySurfaceStrike VOL_SURFACE = new BlackVolatilitySurfaceStrike(SURFACE);

  private static double[] maturities = {0.5, 1.0, 5.0, 10.0, 20.0 };
  private static double[] rates = {0.02, 0.03, 0.05, 0.05, 0.04 };
  private static final YieldCurve FUNDING = YieldCurve.from(new InterpolatedDoublesCurve(maturities, rates, INTERPOLATOR_1D_DBLQUAD, true));

  private static final StaticReplicationDataBundle MARKET = new StaticReplicationDataBundle(VOL_SURFACE, FUNDING, FORWARD_CURVE);

  // The derivative
  private static final double varStrike = 0.05;
  private static final double varNotional = 10000; // A notional of 10000 means PV is in bp
  private static final double now = 0;
  private static final double expiry1 = 1;
  private static final double expiry2 = 2;
  private static final double expiry5 = 5;
  private static final double expiry10 = 10;
  private static final int nObsExpected = 750;
  private static final int noObsDisrupted = 0;
  private static final double annualization = 252;

  private static final ZonedDateTime today = ZonedDateTime.now();
  private static final ZonedDateTime tomorrow = today.plusDays(1);
  private static final double tPlusOne = TimeCalculator.getTimeBetween(today, tomorrow);

  private static final double[] noObservations = {};
  private static final double[] noObsWeights = {};
  private static final double[] singleObsSoNoReturn = {80 };

  private static final VarianceSwap swapStartsNow = new VarianceSwap(now, expiry2, expiry2, varStrike, varNotional, Currency.EUR, annualization, nObsExpected, noObsDisrupted, singleObsSoNoReturn, noObsWeights);

  //private static final VarianceSwap swapStartsTomorrow = new VarianceSwap(tPlusOne, expiry2, expiry2, varStrike, varNotional, Currency.EUR, annualization, nObsExpected, noObsDisrupted, noObservations, noObsWeights);

  private static final VarianceSwap swap10y = new VarianceSwap(tPlusOne, expiry10, expiry10, varStrike, varNotional, Currency.EUR, annualization, nObsExpected, noObsDisrupted, noObservations, noObsWeights);
  private static final VarianceSwap swap5y = new VarianceSwap(tPlusOne, expiry5, expiry5, varStrike, varNotional, Currency.EUR, annualization, nObsExpected, noObsDisrupted, noObservations, noObsWeights);
  private static final VarianceSwap swap1y = new VarianceSwap(tPlusOne, expiry1, expiry1, varStrike, varNotional, Currency.EUR, annualization, nObsExpected, noObsDisrupted, noObservations, noObsWeights);

}


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Q: cron job not running in goDaddy shared host for laravel 5.2 I am trying to run cron job in my laravel 5.2 application hosted in goDaddy shared host.
I have cPanel access and there I added a cron job, something like this:
* * * * * php /home/path/to/artisan schedule:run 1>> /dev/null 2>&1

But the issue is that the server is not calling schedule action in Kernel.php. The same works fine in my local system.
Can anyone point out the mistake please or suggest some way to accomplish this so that server runs the cron job so as to execute defined commands.

A: Add path of php binary to cron command.
* * * * * path/php /home/path/to/artisan schedule:run 1>> /dev/null 2>&1

Example  : /usr/bin/php

A: Cpanel Cron job command in laravel godaddy and others are same
/usr/local/bin/php /home/ivlssadmin/public_html/inventoryproject/artisan OpeningStocks:openingstocks >> /dev/null 2>&1

Here what you change follow bellow :
/usr/local/bin/php /home/Your Host User Name /public_html/Sub Domain Name/artisan Command Name:Command Name >> /dev/null 2>&1

if you don't have sub domain you write only public html

A: Make sure you write the correct command in the schedule action. e.g. $schedule->command('send:followup')
Also check the timezone of the crontab if possible are you using utc timezone in your commands this is the default for most servers.


First Spring 2010 event announced!
We are pleased to announce that the first event in our Spring 2010 calendar will be a talk by Norman Healy from The Deer Initiative, an organisation dedicated to the management of wild deer populations in England and Wales. Norman will cover the ecology and management of the different deer species in Devon.
The talk will be on Tuesday 23rd March at 7:30pm in our usual talk venue, the function room at the Ley Arms in Kenn.


"Silver Lining" is the fourth released single by the band Mt. Joy. Lead singer Matt Quinn wrote the song while he attended college in reaction to the drug-related deaths in his hometown of Philadelphia. "I saw a lot of young people passing away way too soon, and it was sort of a reaction to that," he said in an interview with TIDAL.


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Los Angeles Angels |
Alexander: And the Angels' new boss is…
Opinion ColumnistOpinion Columnist Represents the opinion of the author who is either a paid columnist or an unpaid guest columnist.
Alexander: And the Angels' new boss is … same as the old one
The fan base is hardly mollified by Arte Moreno's decision to remove the 'for sale' tag. This is not the kind of closure they were hoping for.
The news that Angels owner Arte Moreno, left, has decided not to sell the team has many fans fretting what it means to Shohei Ohtani's future with the franchise. The two-way star can become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2023 season and has made it clear he wants to play for a winning team. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images)
By Jim Alexander | jalexander@scng.com | The Press-Enterprise
All this time, Angels fans had their hearts set on Joe Lacob. Or Henry Samueli. Or, to be honest, Anybody But Arte.
So those howls you could have heard Monday afternoon from the direction of Orange County were anguished ones. Moreno announced in a statement that there is still "unfinished business" to attend to and that the Angels are back off the market five months after he announced they were for sale.
Naturally, the initial public reaction included raging speculation over what this would mean to Shohei Ohtani's future in Anaheim. The very early, very unofficial consensus? He's gone.
You could be optimistic and say that now that Moreno has made it clear he's still around, it's easier to resume negotiations on a long-term deal. But that ignores the fact that Ohtani has made it clear he wants to win. Can that happen here when, despite having two of the best players in baseball, the Angels are a combined 68 games under .500 since 2016 and 52 under in the five seasons Ohtani and Mike Trout have shared a clubhouse?
Yeah, it's easy to be a pessimist when you're an Angel fan.
It's hard to be an Angels fan right now. My hopes and dreams have been crushed.
— Amanda Brown (@AmandaCB79) January 23, 2023
From the outside, little has changed. The roster around Ohtani and Trout might be a little better, but the AL West got even tougher the moment Bruce Bochy decided to take the Texas Rangers managing job. Houston is the reigning champs, Seattle isn't going away and the Rangers will be better. And fourth place won't get you a wild card.
Beyond the product on the field, there's still no certainty as to what will be done with Angel Stadium and the surrounding property. Does Arte really have the inclination to resurrect and renegotiate the deal that crashed on the rocks last May once an FBI investigation into Anaheim city government became public?
Meanwhile, will Long Beach and Tustin and all the usual suspects dust off their ballpark proposals? (And are the folks seeking teams in Portland, Nashville, Montreal and Las Vegas now licking their chops, just in case?)
By comparison, the uncertainty over who the new owner might be, and what his or her plans might be for rejuvenating this franchise, was almost enticing. It's hard to get excited when the same old thing translates to seven straight sub-.500 seasons, including last year's 73-89 when the bottom dropped out just after Anaheim mayor Harry Sidhu resigned.
Maybe Manager Phil Nevin sensed something when we talked to him at the Winter Meetings in San Diego last month. He was asked if the then-impending sale of the team was a distraction at all and said:
"I mean, I read the same things you guys do. I'm not part of that (discussion). But, no, I don't think it's a distraction at all. If anything, what we've been able to do this offseason and add (pieces), I think it's just a credit to what our ownership is right now. And he's not just going to pack up and leave us stranded on an island. I think he still has a lot of love and care for our organization."
And maybe Perry Minasian's frequent responses that he had received no restrictions or limitations from current ownership before making moves was also a sign that Moreno was hesitant to go all the way through with a sale.
Then again, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America at those same Winter Meetings that his understanding was "that the club would like to have the sale resolved before Opening Day."
Well, at least there's some closure. Just not the kind most Angels fans would prefer. Some samples from the social media responses to Moreno's statement Monday:
• "Wow, that's a shame. Was hoping for an owner who would fix the ballpark and could read a map. Your LA obsession is embarrassing."
• "Didn't find a sucker."
• "IT'S TIME TO BOYCOTT THIS TEAM ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" (This respondent's Twitter handle is "SellTheTeamArte.")
• "I have to sell Angels tickets for my son's baseball team. Number one reason for being told no is because of Moreno."
• "I won't be buying tickets this season, won't help fund Arte Moreno's pockets with our cash."
• "How selfish. I was getting excited about the prospect of winning but just another chapter in the emotional roller-coaster of being an Angels fan." (That one included an eye-roll emoji. Seems appropriate.)
And I'm sure my email inbox will be filling up in the coming days with Angel fans venting, as it did when I first brought up the subject of Moreno's ownership at the end of July, and then again in August after his initial announcement that he was going to sell.
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One thread that kept coming up in those responses: Arte isn't necessarily cheap, although the way the Angels have treated their minor leaguers certainly would suggest as much. But he quite likely doesn't know what he doesn't know and interferes with the people who supposedly do know what they're doing.
(Evidence that the "cheap" tag is inaccurate, in addition to all the past big contracts he's approved that haven't worked out: As beat writer Jeff Fletcher points out, the current payroll for luxury tax purposes is $220 million, only $13 million below the first tax threshold.)
In our summertime dialogue, a number of fans pointed out that, unlike most franchises, the Angels don't have a president of baseball operations to oversee the front office, and maybe to serve as a buffer between the general manager and ownership.
So, on the first day of the rest of Arte's ownership tenure, we offer some advice: Hire a true baseball man to help Minasian and his staff with those decisions, and devote your time to the stadium issue.
It certainly can't hurt.
jalexander@scng.com
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Jim Alexander is an Inland Empire native who started with his hometown newspaper, The Press-Enterprise, longer ago than he cares to admit. He's been a sports columnist off and on since 1992, and a full-time columnist since 2010. Yes, he's opinionated, but no, that's not the only club in his bag. He's covered every major league and major sports beat in Southern California over the years, so not much surprises him any more. (And he and Justin Turner have this in common: Both attended Cal State Fullerton. Jim has no plans to replicate Turner's beard.)
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This Stainless Works True-Dual Cat-Back Exhaust System features an X-Pipe, S-Turbo Mufflers and polished stainless steel tips. The system includes all clamps and hangers. Fits slip fit factory connection point. Exits both sides in front of the rear tires. Pipe size is 2.5 inch and comes with wide oval style dual tips. Made from 304 stainless steel.


..Not quite yet, but Mr. DZ and I are going on a little holiday to Adelaide the day after tomorrow. We will be back next Sunday and during that time, I won't be as active on here.
I have a couple of posts scheduled and might even sneak in and comment here and there, but not sure, whether I find the time or feel like it.
I have not finished Oathbringer yet and won't take it with me, as I don't want to pay for extra luggage (haaa!) But I got a couple of books on my Kindle I am keen to read, so hopefully I find lots of time for that!
I'm planning to start Oathbringer tonight, so maybe this will give me a chance to catch up!
Yeah Oathbringer would weigh down your bag a lot, haha!
Good food and good wine. Yeah girl! Enjoy your vacation!


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Q: Turn a list of single tuples into a list without tuples I'm working with lists of single tuples that looks like this:
data = [[('jog',), ('Jim',), ('jell',), ('jig',)], [('jabs',), ('jilt',), ('job',), ('jet',)]]

Notice that the list contains two elements: two lists containing 4 tuples. Basically, I'm just trying to remove each tuple and make it look like this:
data = [['jog','Jim','jell','jig'], ['jabs','jilt','job','jet']]

I think this can probably be done with list comprehension, but I've tried for hours and can't come up with the magic formula. Can anyone help with this?

A: The listcomp "magic formula" you're looking for is best done with a nested listcomp using unpacking in the innermost listcomp:
data = [[x for [x] in sublist] for sublist in data]

The [x] there triggers the unpacking of the single element tuple in the most efficient manner possible (while also verifying it is in fact exactly one element per tuple, no more, no less). Otherwise it's a largely no-op nested listcomp.

A: Use list comprehension like so:
data = [[('jog',), ('Jim',), ('jell',), ('jig',)], [('jabs',), ('jilt',), ('job',), ('jet',)]]
data = [[tup[0] for tup in lst] for lst in data]
print(data)
# [['jog', 'Jim', 'jell', 'jig'], ['jabs', 'jilt', 'job', 'jet']]

A: If you want to flatten your tuples in a list, you can use itertools.chain:
import itertools

data = [[('jog',), ('Jim',), ('jell',), ('jig',)], [('jabs',), ('jilt',), ('job',), ('jet',)]]

result = [list(itertools.chain(*d)) for d in data]

# result = [['jog', 'Jim', 'jell', 'jig'], ['jabs', 'jilt', 'job', 'jet']]


In the third episode of Then Again, we take a ride on D.C.'s highways and examine the story of the cursed Three Sisters Bridge project.
Then Again takes a deeper look at urban histories. This season, we'll be unpacking the coming and going of Washington residents by exploring the history of the city's many forms of transportation. Join us as we uncover the stories and dramas of D.C.'s rivers, streetcars, highways, and airports.
Then Again is produced by Allison Arlotta, Melissa Wadley, Erika Rydberg, Victoria Riechers, David Ramos, and Elena Goukassian, in association with Knowledge Commons DC. Recorded at the DC Public Library's Studio Lab.
Music: "Rain Stops Play" and "Thought Projection" by Ketsa.
"The Insane Highway Plan That Would Have Bulldozed DC's Most Charming Neighborhoods", Washingtonian Magazine, Oct. 2015.
All of the ECTC's documents are on file at the MLK Library's Washingtoniana Collection.
Allison Arlotta grew up in Takoma Park, and no matter how many times she tries to leave the D.C. area, it keeps sucking her back in. It looks like she'll finally break free this fall when she joins the Historic Preservation program at Columbia University. Besides shedding a tear when old buildings are demolished, her hobbies include flying trapeze, yelling at the TV, and celebrity gossip.


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Coal Creek Meals on Wheels: Serving More Than a…
Coal Creek Meals on Wheels: Serving More Than a Meal Since 1972
Coal Creek Meals on Wheels
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PUBLISHED: December 2, 2022 at 12:11 p.m. | UPDATED: December 6, 2022 at 12:20 p.m.
(Photo: Coal Creek Meals on Wheels).
The Coal Creek Meals on Wheels nonprofit has changed dramatically since a group of dedicated volunteers and an idealistic board of directors launched the group in 1972.
Not only has the area that the organization serves grown and transformed, but the needs of its recipients have shifted and evolved. The broad community in a swath of northern Colorado that includes Lafayette, Louisville, Superior and Erie has changed since the early 1970s, and so have their needs when it comes to sustenance, outreach and basic services.
No one knows about those changes better than Lark Rambo, who signed on as Executive Director of the Coal Creek Meals on Wheels program in August of 2019. Rambo led the CCMOW nonprofit through a historic set of circumstances, a global pandemic that shifted the metrics of the organization's mission. Many in the community had long depended on the nonprofit for daily, nutritious meals and other support services, but COVID-19 suddenly increased the need for those services exponentially.
Rambo and her dedicated staff met those needs.
"We had to change everything, but honestly, a lot of those changes were for the better. Hopefully, they'll stick around," Rambo said. "It's been so rewarding, and such a desperately needed service for so many in these challenging times."
Some of those changes had to do with staying true to the mission that's clear in the organization's namesake: feeding those who need basic, nutritious sustenance. Another part of the operation, however, boils down to a more profound kind of support, one that allows seniors and those with limited faculties to stay in their homes.
In their work across the community, CCMOW volunteers and staff stay true to this mission, whether it's through door-to-door visits or at their on-site program called the Coal Creek Café. During regular hours Monday to Friday, seniors have the opportunity to dine at the nonprofit's home base in Lafayette, a service that provides food as well as social interaction.
Both of these approaches are critical to the nonprofit's mission, one that stayed clear during the worst of the pandemic, just as it has for 50 years.
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Potty humor soothes the soul.
The Potty Rocker™ was born from our experiences with kids and our belief in some good ole potty humor to soothe the soul – especially during life's stinky moments. We also have several things in common: We've been rockin' potties since the early 80's, we love kiddos, we have PhD's in Education, we think laughter is key and play is the root of all happiness. Oh, we also quit our jobs as college professors (subsequently getting a tattoo and a nose ring) to live out our lifelong dreams of playing potty. We believe that providing a dash of play, a slice of magic, and a giant load of laughter can turn any frown upsidedown. Through these frowns and stinky times, we met our new BFF (Bathroom Friend Forever): The Potty Rocker™.
Nicole's son (now 6) was a tiger to potty train–seriously, it would have been easier to train a litter of puppies. Since most preschools require children to be potty trained before they can progress to the three-year-old class, she was terrified he might spend another year with two-year-olds. But what could she do with a kid who was happy to sit in pile of poop and thought it was hysterical to relieve himself on the floor? It wasn't until she quit trying so hard to "train" and found a way to relax and laugh, that he finally licked the diapers. It was a time of unwarranted stress—honestly, if you've been blessed with a healthy child, they're not going to be pooping their pants when they head to high school!
Lydia was tossed into the potty training bowl her first year teaching pre-K. She was prepared for all the serious stuff: child development, literacy, assessment….but when twenty-one toddlers thought peeing and pooping in their pants was the norm, she needed Potty Training 101. A degree in Human Ecology doesn't help when dozens of eyes stare at you with wet drawers. What's a girl to do? Well, she did it all wrong. She worried, they worried. Worry, worry, worry. She made charts and gave treats and stuck stickers galore, but those accidents rolled in and her sanity rolled out – that is until one beautiful day in March when a sneaky leprechaun left some green food coloring in the toilet. This was her pot of gold! Never before had children been so enamored to be near the potty, let alone use it. Fear and frustration instantly turned to fun and freedom! A little magic, a lot of laughter and play turned everything around. Her lil' stinkers rocked the potty from that day on!
So, listen here grown ups…Follow The Potty Rocker's lead: stop worrying and have fun!
Laugh with us and rock the potty!


A freelance makeup business based in Croydon has found a niche in "up-market hipsters" and is proving a hit.
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There's nothing quite like the wedding of a social media influencer.
On Saturday, 31-year-old fashion blogger Chiara Ferragni, also known as The Blonde Salad, married 28-year-old Italian rapper Fedez, born Federico Leonardo Lucia, in a stunning ceremony in Noto, Italy and documented the events on social media.
Her dress featured a stunning lace top and a long, tulle bottom.
Her bridesmaids wore blush pink dresses.
The couple's son, 5-month-old Leone, looked adorable.
Their floral backdrop was stunning.
But the couple also went all-out for pre-wedding events.
The rehearsal dinner on Friday was held at Noto Bassi di Palazzo Nicolaci, a stunning historical building in Southeastern Sicily.
Ferragni wore a fabulous custom Prada dress.
And she debuted yet another custom dress, from Dior, later that night.
The venue was decked out in lights.
A large placement of flowers spelled out Ferragenez, a combination of their names.
They flew guests to the celebrations in a sponsored, private plane that featured people dressed as cartoon versions of the couple.
The couple became engaged in May 2017 during one of Fedez's concerts in Verona.


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When I was a kid I used to read Gone with The Wind every summer. I started it in June and finished in August or even September. Each day I would read a few pages and then go about my business. I would read it while eating or just about anytime I was doing nothing. The book was usually left open to the last page on my dresser like a Bible. Gone with The Wind was a big book in my family. We were from Virginia and my grandmother and great grandmother would take us to the movie like other people went to Disney World.
I can't really say what the attraction was except that GWTW had become like an old friend you saw every summer. I knew all the scenes by heart. I knew Mammy's lines as she scolded Scarlett about not asking the gentlemen to dinner. I would revisit the siege of Atlanta with Scarlett trying to get Melanie to have that baby before the Yankees arrived. I would become Rhett Butler as he moved about the Wilkes barbecue being the smart guy and lampooning Southern arrogance. Of course I was Rhett as he tried for Scarlett through the entire novel.
And as the summer progressed so did the novel. Soon we were in the early days of August and Scarlett and Melanie were barely surviving at Tara after the Yankees had left and Scarlett was trying to come up with the money for taxes, marrying Frank Kennedy to get him to pay. Finally school was looming again and I accelerated my reading, rushing through Scarlett and Rhett's final breakup and of course Scarlett's determination to get Rhett back at the end with those two final lines, "frankly my dear I don't give a damn" and "after all tomorrow is another day."
I recently picked up GWTW and tried to read it again. It read like an old romance novel and I couldn't really stay with it. The same way I can't watch the movie anymore. There seems to be something missing. Maybe it is the summers of my youth where the heat slowed time and you allowed yourself to suspend disbelief and slip into another world ...I guess it is gone, gone with the wind.


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Review of Properties, by Douglas Edwards (Cambridge: Polity Press, 2014).
This paper surveys important work done in relevant logic in the past 10 years.
I present an internal problem for David Lewis's genuine modal realism. My aim is to show that his analysis of modality is inconsistent with his metaphysics. I consider several ways of modifying the Lewisian analysis of modality, but argue that none are successful. I argue that the problem also affects theories related to genuine modal realism, including the stage theory of persistence and modal fictionalism.
The Metaphysics of Truth, by EdwardsDouglas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. Pp. 208.
Divers (2014) presents a set of de re modal truths which, he claims, are inconvenient for Lewisean modal realism. We argue that there is no inconvenience for Lewis.
Rodriguez-Pereyra (2006) argues for the disjunction thesis but against the conjunction thesis. I argue that accepting the disjunction thesis undermines his argument against the conjunction thesis.
Syntactic logics do not suffer from the problems of logical omniscience but are often thought to lack interesting properties relating to epistemic notions. By focusing on the case of rule-based agents, I develop a framework for modelling resource-bounded agents and show that the resulting models have a number of interesting properties.


Mawdudi was particularly effective in articulating this vision of history and politics. He taught that Islamic history after the seventh century was therefore "un-Islamic"—a shocking assertion, rejecting as it did centuries of impressive achievements of Islamic society in the sciences and arts, culture, and the building of powerful empires. Those achievements did not impress him, and he found fault with the manner in which, throughout history, as Islam spread to new regions of the world, it had found expression through local cultures. Such compromises he thought had altered the true meaning of Islam. He also dismissed the moral efforts and spiritual accomplishments of the countless Muslims who had lived by and handed down their faith's teachings across all those centuries.
Mawdudi did not preach violence; on the contrary he argued that the goal of an Islamic state would be achieved by a steadfast process of proselytizing. To Mawdudi fundamentalism was all about a practice of educating; he would write and give speeches, argue and persuade, and his followers would do the same. The process would be slow and tedious, but by this means, more and more believers would be converted, until everyone was in the fold. The Islamic state would then follow naturally. He told his followers in 1941, "we desire no demonstrations or agitations, no flag waving, slogans, or the like … [for us] such display of uncontrolled emotions will prove deadly. … You do not need to capture your audience through impassioned speeches. … but you must kindle the light of Islam in your hearts, and change those around you." There was more than a pinch of elitism here. Mawdudi wished first to convert the educated—professionals, bureaucrats, and intellectuals; the same class upon which Ataturk and Reza Shah had pinned their hopes. If the best and brightest converted to Mawdudi's cause, then an Islamic state could not help but follow, he argued, as the educated elite would be running the state.
His teaching was also not expressly antidemocratic. The Islamic state was not conceived of as a true democracy, but through tautological reasoning, Mawdudi and his followers did claim that their Islamic state would be democratic. If democracy is a cherished quality in a state, then the Islamic state must by definition have it too, so Mawdudi described his imaginary republic as a "theodemocracy" or a "democratic caliphate." The state's duty was not however to enact the will of its citizens but to make sure that its citizens followed religious dictates in their daily lives. Mawdudi assumed that this in itself would win the state popular support. After all, he argued, in a gemlike example of the closed-circuit rhetoric at which fundamentalists excel, if a state truly reflects God's will and its citizens are good Muslims, then how could they possibly want otherwise or disagree with their rulers? If you offered sovereignty to the people, they would give it right back, assuming they had been properly educated in what is expected of them. Fundamentalism is therefore not, in its own mind, antidemocratic; it merely thinks democracy is irrelevant.
Mawdudi doesn't sound all that different from a million other revolutionaries—religious or secular—who have no use for democracy until everyone is properly (re)educated and therefore can be expected to vote the approved way.


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namespace Grav\Common\Page\Medium;

use BadMethodCallException;
use Grav\Common\Media\Interfaces\MediaLinkInterface;
use Grav\Common\Media\Interfaces\MediaObjectInterface;
use RuntimeException;
use function call_user_func_array;
use function get_class;
use function is_array;
use function is_callable;

/**
 * Class Link
 * @package Grav\Common\Page\Medium
 */
class Link implements RenderableInterface, MediaLinkInterface
{
    use ParsedownHtmlTrait;

    /** @var array */
    protected $attributes = [];
    /** @var MediaObjectInterface */
    protected $source;

    /**
     * Construct.
     * @param array  $attributes
     * @param MediaObjectInterface $medium
     */
    public function __construct(array $attributes, MediaObjectInterface $medium)
    {
        $this->attributes = $attributes;

        $source = $medium->reset()->thumbnail('auto')->display('thumbnail');
        if (!$source instanceof MediaObjectInterface) {
            throw new RuntimeException('Media has no thumbnail set');
        }

        $source->set('linked', true);

        $this->source = $source;
    }

    /**
     * Get an element (is array) that can be rendered by the Parsedown engine
     *
     * @param  string|null  $title
     * @param  string|null  $alt
     * @param  string|null  $class
     * @param  string|null  $id
     * @param  bool $reset
     * @return array
     */
    public function parsedownElement($title = null, $alt = null, $class = null, $id = null, $reset = true)
    {
        $innerElement = $this->source->parsedownElement($title, $alt, $class, $id, $reset);

        return [
            'name' => 'a',
            'attributes' => $this->attributes,
            'handler' => is_array($innerElement) ? 'element' : 'line',
            'text' => $innerElement
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Forward the call to the source element
     *
     * @param string $method
     * @param mixed $args
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function __call($method, $args)
    {
        $object = $this->source;
        $callable = [$object, $method];
        if (!is_callable($callable)) {
            throw new BadMethodCallException(get_class($object) . '::' . $method . '() not found.');
        }

        $object = call_user_func_array($callable, $args);
        if (!$object instanceof MediaLinkInterface) {
            // Don't start nesting links, if user has multiple link calls in his
            // actions, we will drop the previous links.
            return $this;
        }

        $this->source = $object;

        return $object;
    }
}


Tottenham Hotspur host Leicester City at Wembley Stadium on Sunday, and Mauricio Pochettino's side will be looking to keep pace with the Premier League title race with a win.
However, Spurs must be wary, as the Foxes showed in their recent hard-fought draw against Liverpool that they have what it takes to match the best. Every member of the Spurs team must pay due diligence to their defensive duties.
Pochettino will be looking to his midfielders to follow runners and drop deep to support their defence throughout the match. Harry Winks, who has impressed recently in the middle of the park for Spurs, will shoulder plenty of this responsibility.
The 23-year-old will have to balance his attacking duties with being mindful of the threat being posed by the likes of James Maddison and Demarai Gray who will be looking to exploit any gaps between Spurs' midfield and defence.
The 3-cap England international must be mature and disciplined to ensure that his side aren't caught out as they push forwards.


Preheat oven to 350 . Have casserole or other pan ready, spray lightly with Pan if desired. If using leftover mashed potatoes fluff up so they will spread easily. Fold sage into potatoes and spread the potatoes thickly in the center of the oven dish—to about 1 inch thick. Using a small juice glass make 4 depressions in the potatoes. Evenly distribute the shredded greens in the depressions, crack and place an egg on top of each "well." Salt and pepper to taste. Bake 20-25 minutes or until the eggs are just set (poached) but not hard.
In a large pot of boiling water, add the 12 ounces of spaghetti and let them cook for about 8 to 10 minutes. As the spaghetti is cooking take the two peeled avocados and place them in a large bowl. Take a fork and begin to smash them. Add the lemon juice and olive oil and continue mix/mash the avocados until it becomes an avocado sauce-like substance. Drain the spaghetti once it has been cooked and add the avocado sauce to it and mix. Chop the tomato and add it to the pasta, along with the corn. Season with black pepper and salt to taste and serve!


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Remarks: Welcome to Red Willow Estates ~ A country setting 7 minutes W of Spruce Meadows...Custom built architecturally stunning 2208 sqft WALKOUT BUNGALOW on 3.62Acres...Incredible wrapping deck surrounds the rear of home and soaks in views and sunsets...A copper front entry door greets you ~ Dream kitchen with large quartz islandand custom millwork cabinetry. Wolf and Subzero appliances ~ a gas cooktop, wall oven, built in sub zero fridge ~ panelled to match cabinetry, steamer, built in espressobrewer and more...2 sided fireplace separates the large living & dining rooms with large view windows...Master suite shares 2 sided fireplace w/ 5 pc ensuite bath ~ steamshower and free standing oval tub. A flex room studio is perfect for guests or stay at home professional. Beautiful curved staircase takes you to large partially dev (framed)walkout basement for 2 more future bedrooms, large family room, home theatre and more. Large oversized triple garage is the final touch on an exceptional acreage home!
Remarks: SELLER MOTIVATED WILL LOOK AT ALL OFFERS! Fabulous CRANSTON Ridge with OUTSTANDING VIEWS! STUNNING, MODERN CONTEMPORARY WALKOUT BUNGALOW WITH TRIPLE GARAGE-over 4,400sqft OF LIVING SPACE, situated on a quiet cul-de-sac! Modern touches right from the front foyer opens up to the Living Room/Kitchen/Nook w/10ft & 17ft ceilings, & the views right away to the West!! This Custom built home offers custom millwork & cabinets throughout, 2-way fireplace/Media open to beautiful Kitchen with massive Island, Gourmet Appliances (SubZero, Bosch, etc). Master on the Main is large, with views, 5-pc Ensuite, huge walk-in Closet, access to laundry. 2nd Bed on the Main as well. Bonus Room above garage could be a 5th Bedroom if needed! Loft up is incredible-Great Office space, wired for Media! Walkout level has two large Beds, one 3-pc ensuite, 4-pc bath down as well! Built-in Wetbar, fireplace in generous RecRoom right beside the huge Gym! Patio w/hot tub! Walk the paths, minutes from the new South Health Campus & Shopping!
Remarks: A spectacular 5-bedroom home on a huge south facing, half acre lot backing onto green space. The Ranches of Silverado is like acreage living within the city limits! This home is elegant and functional with over 4100 sqft of thoughtful and highly appointed design that is sure to welcome and impress. Natural light flows through every room and every element is just right . The kitchen has all you could want gas range, dual wall ovens, great counter top and storage space and finishing s that will embrace your family and wow when you entertain. With 3 bedrooms up, including an inspiring master suite, a main floor bedroom, and an additional bedroom down, this home can accommodate family and friends in true comfort. Beautiful walkout basement has heated floors, custom bar, games area, family room, gym area, bedroom and full bath. Features A/C, heated triple garage, upgraded mechanicals and 900 sqft of stone patio in the beautifully landscaped yard. Must be viewed to be appreciated!
Remarks: Retire to a Great, Quiet WALK OUT BUNGALOW BACKING SOUTHWEST onto an OPEN NATURE RAVINE, WITH 2 MAIN FLOOR OFFICES! AWESOME LOCATION inset on a cul-de-sac that even E.V. Residents hardly know about! Spacious open layout offers many opportunities for those that want room for family when they come home, to large families wanting a bungalow!! Master is a great size, with 5-piece ensuite & walk-in closet. Mudroom again is very large with Laundry on the Main. 2 Main Bedrooms could be used as offices. Dining/Nook, Kitchen & Family Room all open with vaulted ceilings, looking out to the Southwest Valley - watch the Deer and other animals roam! Great Deck off the Nook, perfect for outside Dining in the warm spring/summer afternoon into evenings! 2 Lrg bedrooms down, 9ft ceilings and lge windows, full sized Media Room, Fitness area with views open to the valley. 2nd Family Room is a great space as well! Large Patio could easily accommodate a Hot tub! Walk to tennis courts, the beach/clubhouse via pathway system!
Remarks: Investor Alert - Rare offering of Legal 4 plex on M-C1 zoned lot walking distance to LRT, schools, shopping & amenities.4 units each 3 bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom, living area with fireplace, insuite laundry, hw tank and furnace - all units separately metered and utilities paid by tenants. Upper units feature front and back decks plus sky light, lower units enjoy lots of natural light from patio and sunshine windows. Concrete parking pad in rear of property with electrical plug ins for tenants. Pride of ownership evident as property is exceptionally maintained - New roof 2013, HWtanks 2013, windows 2014-2018, new concrete walks/sod 2018, renovated kitchens & bathrooms. 100% occupancy during current ownership.Great Cap rate and income. Proforma available.