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Anna Bolecka, geborene Anna Sikorska (* 20. Juni 1951 in Warschau) ist eine polnische Prosaschriftstellerin.

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Bolecka verbrachte ihre frühe Kindheit in Wołomin und zog mit ihrer Familie im Alter von 6 Jahren nach Warschau. Dort besuchte sie das Gymnasium und legte 1969 das Abitur ab. Anschließend nahm sie 1970 ein Studium der Polonistik an der Universität Warschau auf, wo sie 1975 den Magister erwarb. Nach ihrem Studium arbeitete sie als Redakteurin für zeitgenössische polnische Literatur beim Verlag Czytelnik. Als Schriftstellerin debütierte sie 1978 mit dem Kinderbuch Raku und widmete sich ab 1989 der Schriftstellerei. Von 1994 bis 2001 leitete sie ihren eigenen Verlag Szpak in Warschau. Daneben war sie mehrmals Stipendiatin, so 1996 und 2003 am Literarischen Colloquium Berlin, 2001 im Künstlerhaus Edenkoben und 2004 im Künstlerhaus Villa Waldberta.

Sie wohnt in Stara Miłosna bei Warschau.

Publikationen
 Raku, 1978
 Leć do nieba, 1989
 Biały kamień, 1994
 Der weiße Stein. Roman, übersetzt von Albrecht Lempp 1998
 Kochany Franz. Powieść, 1999
 Lieber Franz, übersetzt von Monika Popiel-Kjer 2000
 Latawce, 2002
 Concerto d'amore, 2004
 Uwiedzeni, 2009
 Cadyk i dziewczyna, 2012

Auszeichnungen
 2000: Preis des polnischen PEN-Clubs

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Literatur (Polnisch)
Roman, Epik
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Geboren 1951
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Richard William LaLiberte November 20, 1946 - August 29, 2020 Long time resident, Richard W. LaLiberte passed away on August 29, 2020 from lung cancer, surrounded by his loved ones. Richard was born in Hartford, Connecticut and arrived in the High Desert via George Air Force Base in the 1960's with his service in the United States Air Force. Richard thereafter attended Victor Valley Junior College and then the University of California at Davis earning a degree in Design. Richard was a professional building designer and was involved in the design and building of many homes and projects in the High Desert, including Jess Ranch Senior Community and thereafter many schools while employed by an architectural firm in the High Desert. He served proudly on the Town of Apple Valley's first planning commission. Richard loved his home, gardening, bonsai plants, drawing, Saturday night cards and his family and grandchildren. He further loved boating at Lake Havasu, especially with family and friends and traveling with his wife and friends trying to complete his "bucket list" of places to visit. He had a great life with no regrets. Richard is predeceased by his parents, Norman and Angelina LaLiberte, brother Norman LaLiberte and sister Denise LaLiberte. Richard's survived by his wife of 35 years, Sherry A. Thompson, son and daughter-in-law Alex and Elva LaLiberte, grandchildren Gabriel and Alexandria LaLiberte; brothers and sister-in-laws Roger and Ann LaLiberte, Mark and Cindy LaLiberte, and sister-in-law Linda Thompson, along with many nieces, nephews and friends, and his special dog buddy, Barley. Due to Covid-19 no services will be held at this time. In lieu of flowers, please donate to a worthy charity of your choice.

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Stocks finish mixed, oil skids
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U.S. stock indexes ended little changed Thursday as investors looked past the Federal Reserve's minutes released the prior day which indicated the central bank could begin its taper later this year.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 65 points, or 0.19%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.11% and 0.13%, respectively. The Dow had lost as many as 270 points in the opening minutes of trading, extending the decline from the 382-point drop on Wednesday.
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Adam Caruso and Peter St John sprang to prominence in the mid 1990s with their competition-winning entry for Walsall's new art gallery. It was a rare opportunity for a young practice - established in 1990 after both had worked for Florian Beigel and Arup Associates - previously known mainly for domestic work. Recently completed projects include Brick House in Westbourne Grove, which has virtually no elevations, and new classroom blocks at Denys Lasdun's Hallfield School in Paddington. The practice's current workload includes a Centre for Contemporary Art in Nottingham, a Damien Hirst museum in Lambeth and a landscaped estate of 500 houses near Bordeaux. An exhibition entitled 'Caruso St John - Cover Versions' is at the Architectural Association gallery from 8 October to 3 November.
An interesting thing has started to happen to Caruso St John's architecture. Put crudely, they have rediscovered ornament, something very apparent in their polychromatic masonry designs for an extension to the V&A's Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, exhibited in the British pavilion at the last Venice Architecture Biennale. Of course this was no Damascene conversion - the historic and textural interest has always been there - and of course they were and are not alone. Everyone from Herzog & de Meuron to Foreign Office Architects by way of Future Systems seems to have been playing around with the idea of ornament. What sets Caruso St John apart, perhaps, is the way they openly acknowledge its debts to their forebears.
The title of their exhibition, 'Cover Versions', presents a firm of broadly Modernist architects that is willing to place itself in a historical continuum - especially, but not exclusively, the Arts and Crafts tradition. True, plenty of architects cite influences. Plenty like to ignore the relatively recent past and instead point to the wonders of engineering or nature or art or swimwear. In contrast, Caruso St John name names: the names of other architects. In the show, clusters of their work are organised around reference material - much of it gleaned from the RIBA's drawings collection - by some of those who have been this way before: among them Louis Sullivan, Philip Webb, Owen Jones and Frederick Law Olmsted of Central Park fame.
We gather round the cluttered meeting table, and Caruso pulls down drawings and working models to explain the layout of the AA exhibition. You might not, at first glance, associate their Brick House with the work of the Arts and Crafts master Philip Webb, but he is the pin-up they want to acknowledge. Photos and study models of Brick House - an infill project with a noble, raw, irregularly domed main space - form part of the display, but so too do working drawings for it, interspersed with Webb's working drawings for Standen, his virtuoso freestyle house of 1891-4, and the earlier Clouds house in Wiltshire, which is freer still. The link here is an extraordinary level of attention to detail. Caruso assures me that every single brick in Brick House was drawn in its rightful place. How he can do this and still turn a profit baffles me.
'Who knew more about architecture than Webb?' asks Caruso. 'He was a great architect. It's to do with construction and the way that construction holds cultural information. That was something that was central to his practice, and it's something that we're very interested in. Looking at his drawings, it's amazing.
They seem very familiar. Every single thing was drawn, unlike Lutyens. Standen has 150 working drawings, which was a lot for those days.' Similarly, an assonance is declared between the decorative stone screens of the Museum of Childhood job - there will be a full-scale prototype - and the richly ornamental facade detail of both Adler and Sullivan's 1894-5 Guaranty building in Buffalo and plates from Owen Jones' Grammar of Ornament. Likewise, an Olmsted landscape is put in the context of the rus-in-urbe designs of Hallfield School and the Bordeaux housing. Such comparisons might seem invidious - how dare these boys set themselves alongside the masters? - but that is not the intention. The problems of architecture never change much. In the early 21st rather than the late 19th century, Caruso St John are looking at the way people succeeded in the past and see nothing wrong with coming up with their own versions of the classics.
Ornament plays a key role in their design for the £11m Centre for Contemporary Art, to be built on a steeply sloping site in Nottingham's Lace Market area, that will combine galleries for visual and performance art. Nottingham's lace was largely machine made and this replicability forms the basis of a 'textile facade'. A sample of lace will be scanned, turned into a 3D computer model and moulded into the pigmented precast concrete panels forming the elevations of the centre. 'With this technology, ' observes Caruso, 'you can do very intricate ornament again.' Sullivan and Wright live on. As does Berlage - his Holland House, right behind Foster's Gherkin in the City of London, is 'a constant reference'. Caruso St John regard this kind of thing as real ornament. For them, it is cheating to muck around with algorithms and mapping programs to generate facade details, as some modish architects do. 'Why go to that kind of incredible contrivance to get an articulation which in the end is always very reduced?' ponders Caruso.
now they select only those competitions where the shortlists really are realistically short. A competition entry was in the office the day I visited, almost ready for dispatch: the Herning Kunstmuseum in Denmark, which has the world's largest collection of Piero Manzoni. The new building is to be for music as well as art.
Caruso and St John work closely together: this is not one of your bilaterally split firms where partners jealously guard their own jobs. 'It's slightly unusual, our practice, ' St John concedes.
'It is a collaboration of designers rather than a partnership. That came from the very earliest days, collaborating as teachers. It's continued as a conversation during the long-term progress of our practice. I might bring something that I'm interested in, so might Adam, and what has to happen is that we collectively sort it and arrange it and re-present it. We decide together what's interesting and appropriate.' And that might well mean deciding to turn work down.
For St John, the people who struck the right balance are the likes of Lasdun, lvaro Siza (a great hero) and Peter Zumthor, all architects who work or worked at their own pace rather than having the pace dictated by endless economic expansion.


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Thorsten Skringer (* 1975 in Dingolfing) ist ein deutscher Saxophonist, der als Mitglied der Band Heavytones bekannt ist.

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Skringer wuchs in Bodenmais auf und lernte bereits mit sieben Jahren Klarinette und mit 14 Jahren Saxophon zu spielen. Im Alter von 18 Jahren ging er an die Neue Jazzschool München, um dort Saxophon zu studieren; mit 20 absolvierte er dort sein Diplom. Es folgten erste Auftritte mit Soulkitchen, den Weather Girls und eigenen Projekten. Auch mit den Bands Soulkitchen, Ear Force Bigband und Der fünfte Mann ging er auf Tour.

Seit 2009 ist er Mitglied der Band Heavytones, die die Show TV total musikalisch begleitet. So spielte er in der Sendung mit zahlreichen Stars wie Lionel Richie oder Jamie Cullum und war 2011 bis 2013 Teil der deutschen Vorentscheide zum Eurovision Song Contest. Weiterhin ist er auf Alben von Earforce, Rüdiger Baldauf, Claudia Jung und Karl Frierson zu hören. Seit 2021 ist er unter anderem mit Bandleader Wolfgang Dalheimer Teil der Studioband in der Show Let the Music Play, einer Neuauflage von Hast Du Töne?.

Skringer ist zudem als Dozent und Autor tätig und veranstaltet regelmäßig Saxophon Bootcamps.

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Teilnahme an Fernsehshows
 2010; 2011; 2015: Wok-WM (ProSieben)

Bücher
 Sax Clinics: Der Weg zum perfekten Rhythmusgefühl, PPVMedien, Bergkirchen 2008, ISBN 978-3932275661.
 Funky Sax Solos: So konzipierst du dein Solo. So findest du deinen eigenen Song. So begeisterst du dein Publikum, PPVMedien, Bergkirchen 2009, ISBN 978-3937841939.
 Das große Buch für Saxophone, Voggenreiter, Bonn 2016, ISBN 9783802410550.

Alben
 2007: Over the Line
 2008: Live in der Badeanstalt
 2009: Jazzmachine: Moongroove
 2015: Heavytones: Songs That Didn't Make It to the Show
 2021: Aerosoul Power

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 Homepage von Thorsten Skringer

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Copper distribution in European topsoils: An assessment based on LUCAS soil survey
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Global Trends to 2030: Challenges and Choices for Europe
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The Multi-faced Role of Soil in the Near East and North Africa
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Q: Cuando al app se queda en suspenso mucho tiempo despues no arranca, swift xcode Estoy desarrollando una app en swift y Xcode, utilizo Core Data.
Ya en pruebas, cuando dejo la app en segundo plano normalmente no pasa nada pero en ocasiones (mucho tiempo inactiva: 18 - 24 horas) ya no arranca ni la app en segundo plano ni arrancándola otra vez.
En el viewWillDisappear lo que hago es guardar los datos que aún no se han guardado de la partida actual.
Nota: mientras ha estado la app en segundo plano prácticamente el iPhone no ha hecho nada, por lo que en didReceiveMemoryWarning no debería pasar aunque también guardo los datos en juego.
En realidad no sé qué hacer en viewWillDisappear
Gracias

A: En realidad lo que pasa es que una vez instalada la App en un dispositivo real (desde Xcode) para pruebas, al cabo del tiempo (una semana, más o menos), "caducan" las credenciales de esa App en tu terminal y ya ni arranca, por lo que tienes que volver a instalarla desde Xcode.
Espero que sirva.

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Oct. 8, 2018 – Jackson, WI – Theodore Amundson "Ted" Ray, 80, of Jackson, was called home to be with the Lord on Friday, October 5, 2018 at Froedtert Hospital with his loving family by his side.
Ted was born on November 25, 1937 in Milwaukee to the late Charles and Viola (nee Amundson) Ray. Following his high school graduation, Ted enlisted in the Naval Reserve which he served in from 1955 until 1964. During that time he also earned a BA in Business from Milton College. On June 12, 1971, Ted was united in marriage to the love of his life, Carole Jaeck, at Christ Episcopal Church in Whitefish Bay.
Ted enjoyed a long career as an insurance adjuster for Crawford & Company before his retirement in 1999. His servant heart led him to be a bell ringer for the Salvation Army for many years and in recent years he served as a crossing guard in West Bend. Ted was an avid golfer and even shot a hole in one. He loved spending summers with family and friends at his lake cottage in Eagle River.
Those Ted leaves behind to cherish his memory include his wife, Carole; two children, Meredith (Rob) Jorgensen and Doug (Isabella) Ray; three grandchildren, Jessica and Evan Jorgensen and Christopher Ray; a sister, Marion "Pee Wee" and the late Timothy Harrington; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Richard (Lynn) Jaeck, James (Jean) Jaeck, and Denise (Lawrence) Koch; and many other nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
A memorial service in remembrance of Ted will be held on Friday, October 12, 2018 at 11:00 am at the Myrhum-Patten Funeral Home (1315 W. Washington St. West Bend, WI 53095). Pastor Ryan LaTour will officiate and burial of Ted's cremated remains will be in Forest Home Cemetery. The family will greet relatives and friends at the funeral home on Friday from 9:30 am until the time of service at 11:00 am.
Memorials to the Salvation Army would be greatly appreciated by the family.
The Myrhum Patten Miller and Kietzer Funeral Homes have been entrusted with Ted's arrangements.


Travel with us to John Ball Park Zoo in Grand Rapids. See tigers, chimpanzees, dart frogs, and more. Bring a sack lunch, good walking shoes and a little money for a souvenir or a cold drink.
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The people of Nightshade, California, are dying in their sleep, and fifteen-year-old paranormal warrior Jessica Walsh is determined to find the killer . . . or killers. Justice isn't the only thing on Jessica's mind, however. Some days she's not sure which is worse—having a creepy clown lurking outside her window or having her rock star boyfriend's hot ex-girlfriend drop by for a surprise visit. Could the ex be behind the dastardly doings in town? Or could the disturbing works of a strange painter somehow at the heart of the mystery? Jessica is losing sleep—but she's got to figure out what's going on before the night terrors strike again.


I started getting very interested and aware of credit cards when I received what appeared to be yet another piece of junk mail from my bank trying to peddle some kind of product or service that I did not need. Right before I inserted the "useless" letter into my shredder I had a change of heart and decided to open it. Inside was a rather disarming and simple letter talking about my (at the time, only) credit card I had with them. It was the new updated terms to the card's cashback rewards program. I never really paid much attention to how much money I got back with my purchases but something caught my eye. Very quickly I realized that my card's rewards program was changing from a flat rate of 1% cashback to a new tiered system. For the first $10,000 I spent in a year I would get a return of less than .5%. Then it would slowly increase with every $10,000 more I spent until it eventually reached the very anti-climatic amount of 1%. For some reason it was this letter that left me indignant after years of enduring pitiful cashback returns. Perhaps it was the way the chart mockingly displayed the tiers and what kind of astronomical spending was needed to achieve the dismal peak of 1%. I can't quite remember the rest of events and thoughts that transpired, but I do remember spending a good portion of that night and rest of the week fervently researching credit cards. The rest is history as I am 3.5% and quickly on my way to over 4% overall average cashback for all my purchases. While starting out I became very interested in squeezing every possible cent out of my purchases with different combinations of credit cards. It has been a fun and informative journey for me and I hope to give back some of that enjoyment to all of you through this site.
Everyone has their own story on how they suddenly realized their credit card situation was not maximizing returns and holding them back towards achieving credit card nirvana. I think no matter what your story is, it comes down to wanting to maximize your money's potential. It is realizing that a whole dollar spent doesn't have to mean a whole dollar lost if you can get a few cents back from using your credit card. It is not about just one transaction because a few cents doesn't matter. It is looking at it through a broader lens and seeing how those few cents grow with every transaction. How do you value your money?
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Pizza Hut Corporate Office Headquarters
Where is Pizza Hut Corporate office Headquarters
Pizza Hut Headquarters Address and Contact
Address: 7100 Corporate Dr, Plano, TX 75024, USA
Fax Number: +1 972 338 7686
Number of Employees: N/A
Established: June 15, 1958
Founder: Dan Carney & Frank Carney
Key People: Milind Pant, Helen Vaid
Pizza Hut Headquarters Location & Directions
Pizza Hut Headquarters Executive Team
Milind Pant
President of Pizza Hut International
Regina Borda
Managing Director of Europe & Canada
Helen Vaid
About Pizza Hut, History and Headquarters Information
Pizza Hut was founded in the year 1958. The company has been active or almost 61 years now. The founders of the company were Dan Carney and Frank Carney. The brothers began franchising in the year 1959. The iconic Pizza Hut building style was designed in the year 1963 by Chicago architect George Lindstrom. Pepsico had acquired the company in the year 1977 as well. The first Pizza Hut restaurant east of the Mississippi River was opened in Athens, Ohio, in the year 1966 by Lawrence Berberick and Gary Meyers. The company announced a rebrand that began in the year 2014, in an effort to increase sales, which had dropped in the previous two years. In the year 2017, Pizza Hut was listed by UK-based company Richtopia at number 24 in the list of 200 Most Influential Brands in the World as well. The headquarters of the company is based in 7100 Corporate Drive. The name of the place is Plano, while the name of the state is Texas, USA. The pin code is 75024.
Pizza Hut is an American company that focuses on providing various kinds of fast food dishes and recipes, to its customers around the world. The company currently has its presence in almost more than 18,000 locations around the globe. The current president of the company is Artie Starrs.
The primary services provided by the company include allowing customers to have a retail presence in order to enjoy various types of fast food dishes and recipes, that are offered by the company itself. The company is known for its Italian-American cuisine menu, including pizza and pasta, as well as side dishes and desserts.
Pizza Hut Headquarters Photos
Pizza Hut Resources
I ordered a large supreme pizza and I was told I get 4 toppings and you Pizza Hut tell me what toppings I will get . What happened to letting the customer choose what toppings they want especially the price you are charging for this pizza. GET REAL THERE ARE OTHER PIZZA PLACES I CAN AND WILL GO TO AND NOT PAY OUT THE BUTT FOR A PIZZA . GOOD BYE PIZZA HUT !!!
M. P says:
I placed an order at Pizza Hut #77 in Nashville, Tn. I ordered a pizza melt on 12/06/2022. . I was told the marinara sauce was in the box. However the sauce wasn't not in the box when I opened it after getting home about 15 mins later. I couldn't enjoy the melt because it was dry without the sauce. When I called the store to explain my issue of why I was dissatisfied with my order I was placed on hold for over 15 mins. When I called back someone answered who said he was a manager but refused to give me his name or the corporate office number. He was very rude and very unprofessional. There was also no apology. He also had the audacity to raise his voice at me. Customer service has been a zero since the pandemic. Business are constantly going out of business due to poor customer service. I will no longer patronize Pizza Hut anymore and will encourage others to do the same. Signed once a loyal customer, but no more.
Shelby Ramey says:
Why don't you guys try to bring the BIGFOOT PIZZA BACK? LOL I think it would sell sell sell .Just a gesture
Michael L says:
I am delighted, that pizza hut is going out of business, in lillington. Reopen buffet or go out of business!
Leon Sifflett says:
Best pizza I have ate every pizza in Harrisonburg Va Pizza Hut is the best!!!!!!
Steve Mabe says:
I would love to have someone from corporate to call or email me please phone number 513 557 0428
Smabe325.sm@gmail.com
Thanks Steve Mabe Middletown Ohio
RCP says:
**Attention Pizza Hut Corporate Office**
It is now 10/2/2022, it is almost 40 days since I reached out to you about what happen to my husband & I on 8/22/2022. We both got sick to our stomachs after eating the pizza we ordered.
On 8/23/2022, you (Pizza Hut) reached out to me stating that my local PH would reach out to me. Well, they have not. I replied back to your email on 9/12/2022 for your email went to my Spam & I did not see it till then. Like I stated before, the local PH has NOT reached out to me (they have my email & number). I also have not heard from Corporate or nothing has been refunded back to my bank account. At this point with no contact from anyone, I would like to be refunded; the cost of the Pizza, the taxes & the tip I gave.
You & I would of thought someone would have reached out to me but no one has. This puts a really bad taste in our mouth (pun intended).
Pizza Hit has always been a go to in both our families but that has now stopped. Very sad to have to stay good buy, not like 2 people will make a dent in the business but I think a bad review on all platforms could & will. Not a threat at all (not my intent) just stating the facts.
I will wait a week, a month or even a year (hope not) to hear from someone via email. At this point I do not feel talking on the phone would be a good idea.
Disappointed Customer,
Sivash says:
How do you fire an employee thats working versus an employee going arou d the singing in the store how does that happen i tell you how Columbus ga bad business nobody works carla. Doesn't say anything to anyone employee sitting down dishes piles up giving wrong food away drivers taking wrong orders its was jus a bad way handle the employee
William Cain says:
I ordered on the phone a half sausage half vegetable thin crust pizza from your Billings, Montana store and was told it would be 45 minutes. I also had to pay up front. The Pizza arrived almost 2 hours later, the pizza was all sausage and all vegetables and was ice cold, it looked like it came out of the oven 1 1/2 hours ago. I sent it back and the manager sounded surprised that I wanted my money back. She said it would be credited in 24 to 48 hours. Five days later I called and talked to some clown who said he was a manager and he told me I need to go to the bank and fill out a form and bring it in for a refund. I explained I am now 1000 miles away and he said there was nothing he could do. So you take peoples money, bring a substandard product and don't have a way to refund peoples money. I will tell this story to as many people as will listen and it will be told as a joke. If your Mission statement is to be the laughing stock of the food business, you accomplished your mission!!!
JoAnne Licko says:
I ordered 2 Pizzas the other night! One plain Cheese, the other Ham and Pineapple. On 5 pieces of pizza there were only 10 slivers of ham. I tried calling the store back, but we ate two pieces and tossed the rest. I worked for Pizza Hut for many years, 10 slivers are not enough to even taste. The part that gets me we had to pay extra for the Ham. I love Pizza Hut Pizza as a whole!! I have a picture of the pizza and the receipt it was on 7/24/22. Thank you!
Dorel Moisei says:
I am trying to get a delivery job with pizza hut and wish to use a motorcycle, moped or bicycle properly equipped for any weather for vehicle. I am told I should use a car In SC USA.
Today? with the gas prices ? I really do not understand the policy.
Please comment
Glenn R Fulton says:
I ordered from your Columbiana Ohio store I ordered garlic wings and a personal pan pizza the gentleman that brought it to me acted like he was stoned I signed my receipt gave him a tip and he walked away with my food I had to ask him three times to bring my food back then I get inside the pizza was excellent but the wings were supposed to be garlic and they seem like they were p l a i n it seems like I have issues with this Pizza Hut all the time
clarence serna says:
Contact corporate office twice on Not receiving our points insubordination on response of this issue. Still having same problem nothing has been done about this , It's becoming a habit been a loyal customer for the last 20 years and getting this kind of service This is an easy fix But the corporate office is not cooperating. Even the employees at the store agreed That's Horrible !!! Garland Texas Kingsley and Garland Road #027449 It shouldn't be this way we are not trying to scam a free pizza but if it's old to us we'll accept it. Insubordination on the Pizza Hut Corporation. 👎🍕
Teresa Hamilton says:
Pizza Hut would be considered the "only" place that offers pizza. In the years past, they had done pretty good with orders and food. COVID-19 hit and everything has seriously change. Everyone knows this. Now I have been informed of the pushing their agenda on small children. They know what this is in reference to. I will from this point forward pull any ties with Pizza Hut.
Hanane chahidi says:
I do have a great original idea for pizza hut. Who shall I contact?
Please re-open the Pizza Hut in Shallotte, NC. this restaurant needs a new rug and was in business for more than 30 years! We want it back!
Brian Walker says:
Hello, I would just like to request that pizza hut expand their possibilities for more business. You have pizza hut express in killingly commens in Connecticut. My wife and I love pizza hut. However, we want the special offers advertised. This is not available in that location. Maybe in the near future, you could expand?
Dale Burton says:
long time customer ordered last night pizza came half of med. pizza missing some ingre. chicked boneless wings order only had honey mustard sauce on about half they were cold pizza looked like it had fell off the seat but the best part was they didnt put any sauce on pizza just wanted to say thank you there are plenty of other pizza places to order this one on 544 has to be the worst this isnt the first time they screw up but its the last for me never order again
Lordan E. Dalena says:
Long time Pizza Hut customer since New Jersey, now in Rowlett Tx, early July 2019, I ordered home delivery (online from my Plano office) amounting to about $26, and surprised that I got billed $60 more because an authorized person intercepted my order, added much more and Rowlett Pizza did not check if that person is the credit card holder.
All I received from Pizza Hut are boilerplate letters of apolology and that they will resolve this. I was expecting more than letters because I don't want this to happen to many other Pizza Hit customers also.
Disappointed, this is not the Pizza Hut I knew, until now this I got no direct answers.
I have frozen my Pizza Hut account, most I can do. Fyi.
Lordan E. Dalena
I says:
New to the business. only 40 hours. Am a driver. having to learn all in store, also. applied for 30 hours. I get 4 on saturday, 4 on sunday. set home couple times on sunday, losing on hour off my 4 hours. Still in learning phases, cook seems to always forget to include wings in my take out orders, they are very exp., I am so new. yet , get texts from manger, on low hours she gives me, "you will get more hours as you learn." well, years working. always get trained as you go, and make 30 to 40 hour week. how can on learn how to be a driver, and in store jobs, on four hours Saturday, and Sunday? When one is always driving? This is not how a major business, functions. No WAy . This is so Unlawful. I want to work 30 hours like the other, new people, get. But, without threats of losing my job, now and in the nexts 10 years. HELP. don't track me, just help me.


This week the Daily Devos are going to be focused on one very simple idea: Changed people can change the world. In other words, if you want to change the world, the change you seek needs to begin in you.
Each day this week, we're going to be exploring practical ways that we can open ourselves up to the transforming power of God in your life. I hope that these devos will become action items in your life, as I will be striving to make them in mine.
Today we're going to be offering up the challenging action item to Live Simply.
One of the most-watched shows on Netflix this month is the series "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo." Kondo is a Japanese organizing consultant and best-selling author, whose books have been translated into a dozen different languages and sold all over the world.
Kondo's method of organizing your house is to go room by room through your house, and then to put all your belongings through a test to see whether you really need them or not. According to Kondo, if an item "sparks joy" (the Japanese word is tokimeku, which means "to flutter" or "palpitate") then you keep it. If it doesn't, then you let it go.
One of the things that Kondo does when entering a client's home is to first sit in silence with the client and to give thanks for the home. She also believes that even the items that are discarded because they didn't bring tokimeku should be thanked before they are given away.
I love the rhythm of her process---alternating between gratitude, and joy. While I don't agree with her concept of how many books you should own (only 30), I do find such beauty and wisdom in her approach to simplifying one's life.
I wonder what it would be like if we all learned to live simply and to let gratitude and joy guide our relationship with our possessions. Would we discover that we might not need all of those things that we've acquired? Would we find ourselves less anxious?
I've resolved to practice some of Kondo's methods of organization in the coming weeks. But I also want to practice these methods with the words of Jesus imprinted on my heart and guiding my spirit.
May you do the same as you are able, and may the grace and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you now and always. Amen.


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that Yoda Guy" Nick Maley at Star Wars Celbration Europe 2016.
STAR WARS CELEBRATION EUROPE 2016: Having completed the first prototype of his Saving Yoda project, Nick Maley was invited to show the puppet at SWCE where fans were amazed to see a full working Yoda. As an added bonus, Albin Johnson, founder of the 501st Legion had organized for the UK Garrison to induct Nick into the 501 st at the same event. "I have always had the highest respect for the 501st," Nick says. "So I felt privilaged to be an Honorary Member."
Nick says, "I need to say a special THANKS to my good friend Phil Conrad who drove our display to London from Nuremberg and then back for our miniFXpo Exhibit. Also my cousin Chris Howison and son Alex who came to help errect the display and help me build a holographic stand in just a few hours. I COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THIS EXHIBIT UP IN TIME WITHOUT THEIR HELP. Thanks guys."


Brian Rogers Nov. 4, 2014 Updated: Nov. 5, 2014 12:20 a.m.
Perfecting a clean sweep for Republicans, Harris County District Attorney Devon Anderson fended off challenger Kim Ogg in the only countywide race experts said might go to a Democrat.
The 48-year-old mother of two dedicated the win to her late husband, who died last year after eight months in office.
"He made promises to the citizens of Harris County to restore the DA's office to its former glory, to prosecute all cop killers. And when the governor appointed me, I wanted to carry on those promises," Anderson told supporters Tuesday night. "I fulfilled some of them - we're working on others - but we're going to do it."
Anderson will fulfill her late husband's unexpired term and will have to defend the post in two years.
In a joint GOP watch party that included Anderson and Lt. Gov.-elect Dan Patrick in a ballroom in west Houston, hundreds of supporters started smiling early as results rolled in, showing Republicans winning races in Harris County and the state.
Ogg conceded before all of the votes in Harris County were counted and told about 100 cheering supporters at her watch party in downtown Houston that the tightly contested race was evidence that many Houstonians want change in the criminal justice system.
"People are tired of filling our jails with low-level offenders," Ogg said. "People across this county, they're all saying the same thing: We want change. Change is coming."
For the past month, experts said the race was the only competitive countywide office for Democrats, with pollsters reporting that it was a dead heat with more than 40 percent of voters undecided.
At the Harris County Democratic Party Headquarters, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee waited for Ogg to concede before calling the race.
"Kim Ogg ran a stupendous race for justice, freedom and opportunity," she said.
Because it was neck-and-neck, both candidates spent much of the past month announcing new programs, policy initiatives and shows of support.
Ogg, 55, had been praised by political pundits for running a solid campaign for more than a year, until last week when the campaign saw its biggest gaffe.
Ogg criticized the incumbent for a plea bargain that reduced the prison term of a woman later implicated in the death of a Harris County deputy.
After accepting a plea deal for three years behind bars and serving 10 months, Kelly Jo Ivey was charged last week with drug possession in connection with the wreck that killed Harris County Deputy Jesse Valdez.
Ogg's criticism that the plea deal somehow caused the officer's death led the only law enforcement agency that endorsed her, Officers of the Houston Metro Fraternal Order of Police, to rescind their support.
The union, whose members include law enforcement who patrol the city's bus and rail operations, had issued a joint endorsement of both candidates.
It was a serious blunder in a battle that lasted more than 13 months.
Anderson was appointed in September 2013. Less than a week later, Ogg announced she would seek the Democratic nomination and trounced perennial candidate Lloyd Oliver in the primary. Anderson did not draw an opponent for her party's nomination.
Ogg said often that too many resources are spent prosecuting people for tiny amounts of drugs. She pledged to stop prosecuting as felonies cases where suspects are caught with crack pipes with a trace amount of illegal drugs.
That decision led the Houston Police Officers Union to throw their support behind Anderson in the weeks leading up to the election.
Along with the endorsement, the union also released a radio ad blasting her by saying she violated the privacy of victims by releasing the identity of a sexual assault victim.
The union's criticisms hit Ogg on one of the qualifications she continually had touted: leading Crime Stoppers of Houston for seven years.
Her main campaign plank was a pledge to refuse to offer probation to burglars in plea bargains.
She had seen wide support after announcing her plan to divert non-violent suspects caught with small amounts of marijuana into community service programs, which would allow them to keep convictions off of their record.
Anderson followed suit by offering only first offenders pre-trial diversion to keep their record clean.
The incumbent also touted the hiring of a prosecutor to take on human trafficking cases and the county's initiative to clear pending trials for capital murder cases that do not involve the death penalty.
Anderson campaigned that she has been on three sides of the courtroom, first as a prosecutor for a dozen years, then as a judge for four years and finally as a defense attorney for five years.
Chronicle reporters Dane Schiller, Theodore Schleifer and Benjamin Wermund contributed to this report.


Massachusetts has filed fraud charges against two out-of-state companies, Prodigy Oil and Gas LLC and Synergy Oil LLC, in connection with their sale of unregistered securities to Massachusetts investors. Prodigy raised at least $464,000 from one Massachusetts investor and Synergy raised $35,000 from two investors, according to Commonwealth Secretary William Gavin's complaint.
Have Securities Regulators Become Too Chummy With Wall Street?
Is FINRA Just a Trade Association for the Securities Industry?


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The Quest DVD Review
by Simon Crust Jun 1, 2005
Review Specs Discussion
The Quest DVD (2013)
Universal has provided a 1.85:1 aspect anamorphically enhanced for widescreen TV's picture with an average bitrate of 8.56 Mbps. As a picture it is above average with most the problems stem from the original negative. During the day scenes the colours are bright and clear with decent contrast. During the night, the lack of light, for the most part, makes for rather grey blacks and grainy colours. Detail levels fluctuate between pin sharp and slightly soft. Digitally I did spot a little edge enhancement, and towards the end some artefacts were visible. The whole thing reeks of "documentary realism" visuals and on that level can be considered good. Otherwise it is purely and simply an above average picture.
There are three 5.1 surround tracks, English, French and German and with the exception of the dubbing all sound exactly the same; poor. Let me clarify, the sound is perfectly audible, clear and tonally correct, but there is so little surround you wonder why they bothered with the bitrate. Just about everything comes form the front three, with the amount of club scenes and music this could have been a really terrific surround track, instead we are treated to a rather basic stereo with the rears showing up perhaps three times. A case of quantity over quality it seems, a mistake in my view.
DVD credits as an extra? I don't think so.
Hedonism 101 is a collection of 8 two-three minute sound bites of actual people interviewed in Mexico, includes such 'highlights' as chat up lines, sobriety test and Spring Break Girls. Basically more of the same drunk people and the mess they make. Last one is a 30 second interview with the girl that had sex with the protagonist in the film.
There are 20 minutes of deleted scenes that can be played individually or all together. Essentially more of the same, but thankfully removed, though without explanation, to reduce the run time of the film.
I found Drunken Jackasses The Quest a complete waste of time and disc space. As a DVD, Universal has provided an adequate disc, but hopefully it will be a coaster soon.
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CLOSE CALL: Gov. Pat Quinn was elected in November over GOP challenger Bill Brady in a squeaker. There was talk of a recount, but Mr. Brady conceded three days after the election. The rivals demonstrated some bipartisan harmony weeks later, meeting at Manny's Deli in Chicago for what the press dubbed the "sandwich summit."
MART MOVES: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in July broke through a six-year stalemate with local unions to win approval of two new supercenters in Chicago. The Bentonville, Ark., retail behemoth breaks ground on the South and West sides early next year. But it's not stopping there: In October, it said it will open several dozen more stores in Chicago in the next five years, ranging from traditional megastores to new, small-format shops. It has had talks on a site at Broadway and Surf for its first local mini-Wal-Mart .
REAL ESTATE RUMBLINGS: The Chicago Spire, which was to be North America's tallest skyscraper but is now the city's best-known money pit, was likely dealt a death blow as the stalled project's largest lender filed a $77-million foreclosure suit in October. Developer Garrett Kelleher, who has lost control of the site, retreated to his native Ireland, while the sales center at NBC Tower and Mr. Kelleher's Wacker Drive office were shuttered following eviction lawsuits.
Left for dead in the depths of the financial crisis, Chicago-based shopping-mall owner General Growth Properties Inc. defied its doubters, emerging from Bankruptcy Court in November after a recapitalization led by hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman. Left behind is the founding Bucksbaum family, which retained a small stake in the company but no formal role in running it.
With Vornado Realty Trust dropping hints that it would sell its Merchandise Mart Properties Inc. subsidiary, Cohen Bros. Realty Corp. stepped up with a $1.25-billion offer to buy the business and most of its assets, including the fortress-like structure along the Chicago River. But the transaction fell apart when New York-based Cohen couldn't get financing, Crain's reported in September. The sale would have fit with New York-based Vornado's long-term strategy of focusing on office and retail properties in New York and Washington, D.C. Christopher Kennedy, president of the Mart, told Crain's: "The fundamental idea is that no matter what, everything they (Vornado) own is for sale if the proceeds can be reinvested at a higher rate of return. That's the life that we live. But that's not possible in this market."
CHANGE? WELL, YES: After coming into office as a rock star, President Barack Obama's popularity fell like a rock in 2010 amid a sluggish economy, dogged opposition from Republicans and spending of political capital on health care reform and Wall Street regulatory overhaul. Mid-term grade: "S," for the "shellacking" he got in November after Democrats lost more than 60 seats and their majority in the House. Leaders of both parties also grappled with the rise of the Tea Party movement, born on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in February 2009, when CNBC commentator Rick Santelli launched an on-air rant against the Obama administration.


As is the case in many other developing countries, Uganda's decentralisation programme is designed to promote grassroots democracy and participatory development. However, it is argued in this paper that it is also meant to accommodate Uganda's diverse identities and culture.
Uganda has undergone a process of decentralisation in which the district was chosen as the basic unit of local government to which powers and functions are devolved. Since the commencement of the decentralisation programme numerous new districts have been created.
After laying the ground for the constitutional articulation of districts as the main pillars of local governance, the article questions the practice of creating units of lower government that may not be economically sustainable. The article assesses what resources will be at the disposal of the districts and concludes that creating too many districts may disrupt the realisation of socio-economic rights. The process of creating new districts is not only open to manipulation, but also runs counter to the intended objectives of the decentralisation programme. The article makes a proposal for the establishment of an independent boundary demarcation body that should be responsible for changing district boundaries.


This book explores the relationship between research, teaching, and tasks, and seeks to clarify the issues raised by recent work in this field. The book shows how research and task-based teaching can mutually inform each other and illuminate the areas of task-based course design, methodology, and assessment. The author brings an accessible style and broad scope to an area of contemporary importance to both SLA and language pedagogy.


Netherlands' business conditions are amongst the most enviable in the European Union. Stable industrial relations, moderate unemployment and inflation, a sizable trade surplus, and an important role as a transportation hub are all reasons why the Netherlands continues to be one of the leading European nations to attract foreign direct investment. Shipping, trade, financial services, manufacturing, fishing and tourism are all important sectors of the Dutch economy. Ranking as one of the Europe's leading exporters, foodstuffs form the largest industrial sector. Other important industries include petroleum refining, chemicals, electrical goods, metallurgy and machinery. A highly mechanized agricultural sector employs only 2% of the labour force but provides a large surplus for the food processing industry and for exports.


Locks is an important cornerstone in Parallel programming. Care has to be taken when to use locks, and when not to. Too many locks will impair your applications ability to scale on many cores. However, too few locks can quite likely cause your application to be incorrect, and in general, your invariants must be protected.
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With a population of approximately 37,000 people Lynnwood is a small town with a big heart. Lynnwood is located 16 miles from the bustling city of Seattle. Whether you want to hike the mountains or experience Pike's Market Place, Lynnwood is a great place for work and play. Unfortunately dental pain can strike at any time, even when you are on vacation.Fortunately, Lynnwood has several dental specialists available to help.
When you need to find a dentist in Lynnwood, emergencydentistsusa.com can help. We have compiled a list of dentists in the local area for your convenience. The only thing you need to do is choose your dental professional and give them a call. If you are unable to access the internet at this time, and still need an emergency dentist please call our toll free number and one of our friendly staff will be happy to assist you.
When you call our hotline we will match you with a dentist able to suit your urgent dental needs. We will help you find a dentist from the local area that's available when you are. All you will need to do is choose the dentist you wish to visit. We will schedule your first appointment for you. We do suggest that you arrive 20 minutes early for your scheduled appointment and that you bring your insurance card, photo ID, and any applicable co-payments.
If you are new to Lynnwood or on vacation, you may be worried that your options for dental care are limited. Fortunately, Lynnwood has several dentists and dental specialists to choose from to meet your needs. Patients with tooth pain will often see a pediatric or general dentist first to ensure that the problem is not serious. If your general dentist is unable to perform the proper procedure, he or she will refer you to a specialist who can.
Description: The dentists at Peak Dental of Lynnwood are available for your family's emergency and specialty dental needs. The Lynnwood location of Peak Dental is a full service dental office with state of the art equipment. Peak Dental of Lynnwood provides gentle dental care in a relaxing environment. The dentists at Peak Dental of Lynnwood provide cleanings, fillings, root canal therapy, crowns, dentures, orthodontics, and even dental implants.
Description: DatDental is a full service dental office located in the heart of Lynnwood. DatDental offers same day and next day emergency dental appointments for your convenience. The dentist at DatDental provides preventative and general dentistry services for both children and adults. DatDental offers fillings, root canal therapy, crowns, extractions, tooth restoration, dentures, implants, and even orthodontics.
Description: Dimayuga Family Dental offers pediatric and general dentistry services for all ages. The dentist at Dimayuga Family Dental is experienced in preventative and general dentistry services including cleanings, fillings, root canal therapy, crowns, extractions, and dentures. If it is determined that you need specialty dental services, Dr. Dimayuga can refer you to one of his highly recommended colleagues for treatment.
Tooth pain can strike at any time, both during the week, on weekends, and even on vacation. Tooth pain is the first warning sign of a bigger problem, so it is best to be seen as soon as possible and get the problem taken care of. If the pain persists for more than a few hours or is the result of a known injury, please visit the local emergency room to rule out any serious issues.
Before you visit a new dentist in Lynnwood, do take a moment to verify that their licenses and credentials are all active. To do this, you should visit the Washington State Dental Association's website and perform a search of the dentist's name and licensing information.


Located in the most unnoticeable alley, the rear of 285-287 Coventry Street, South Melbourne – resides the famous home of Patisserie and Boulangerie >> Chez Dré.
The layout of the cafe starts narrow with tables set on the righthand side, as I walked into the deeper end the cafe broadened with many wooden benches and some small tables set up in the dining area. The petit gâteaux display was quite an attraction, with more than a dozen of cake variations to choose from, no visitors could simply ignore the beautiful glow (glaze) on those extravagant delights.
As a hub of French-inspired sweet AND savoury delights, Chez Dré is known for their all-day brunch and iconic petit gâteaux. Coffee – tick, Brunch – tick, Dessert – tick. Why wouldn't you want to stay there all day? Shame the street parking limit is only 2 hours, perhaps taking the public transport and a short walk can help evaporate the guilty sugar consumption on the day.
To add to the joy, the market of fresh produce is nearby calling for your inner masterchef.
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IT supporting health
Interoperability is key to efficient healthcare, particularly once the NHI comes into force.
By Alison Job for Health System Technologies
Leon Wolmarans, business development manager, Health System Technologies.
A single view of every patient. That's the ideal state in both public and private healthcare. An integrated system that brings together the patient's medical history for his or her entire life into a cohesive system that can be accessed by every single healthcare provider in the country. Every test ever performed, every x-ray taken and every drug ever prescribed. As well as the healthcare outcome for that patient, and how much it all cost. This will become particularly relevant once the National Health Insurance (NHI) fund comes into play, mooted for 2025.
Leon Wolmarans, business development manager at Health System Technologies, says there's a global trend towards interoperability in healthcare, where IT solutions from different providers are able to integrate in the interests of sharing data. "The advantage in being a late adopter of this healthcare trend," says Wolmarans, "is that South Africa can benefit from gains made elsewhere in the world and ensure it invests in proven technology that is able to integrate with existing hardware and software solutions."
The World Health Organisation has identified access to current and quality information about patients, their treatment, their outcome and cost, as key to improving the overall level of healthcare delivery. In practice, this is often difficult to achieve, particularly for patients being serviced by numerous healthcare providers, says Wolmarans.
"The only way to ensure access to reliable patient data is through the implementation of a core, interoperable IT platform that enables more patient-centric care, uses common data definitions, encompasses all types of patient data, makes medical records accessible to all parties involved in care, includes templates and systems for each medical condition, and that enables easy access to information, ideally to be implemented at each healthcare facility in South Africa."
While the latter statement may seem somewhat ambitious, this type of platform is currently being rolled out at public hospitals across the Western Cape, with 54 hospitals and 110 pharmacies currently having access to a centralised database of 13 million patients.
"When the NHI is enacted, its success will depend on hospitals across the country having interoperable IT solutions which provide a comprehensive common view and that make it possible for government to measure patient care outcomes and cost. This is because the NHI is based on the premise of value-based healthcare, in which healthcare providers are paid based on patient health outcomes."
Implementing this new model will require fundamental restructuring of how healthcare is delivered, says Wolmarans. An integrated IT platform is just one of six elements that are integral to the success of such a strategy:
1. Organise into logically integrated practice units per specialty;
2. Measure outcomes and cost for every patient;
3. Move to bundled payments for care cycles;
4. Integrate care delivery systems;
5. Expand geographic reach; and
6. Build an integrated IT platform.
"The IT platform underpins all of the other requirements," he continues, "as without seamless access to the necessary data, none of the other elements can be implemented."
The scope of implementing such a platform at every healthcare facility in the country is formidable, and this is why interoperability is so key to its success. "Interoperability and the ability to integrate systems and software prevent rip-and-replace and, instead, make the most of existing investments in technology and intellectual property. It also enables a modular approach to deployment through the concurrent use of existing technology. Interoperability also enables either a concurrent or a phased implementation within different facilities, depending on budget and IT solutions already in place."
The patient is at the centre of this new breed of healthcare ecosystem, linked to doctors, specialists, hospitals, community care, other patient groups and even those who pay for their care (ie, government) by this interoperable healthcare delivery system. Data such as physician notes, images, orders for drugs or laboratory testing can all be accessed in a single interface by all of the healthcare workers that are involved in treating that patient.
Patient confidentiality is ensured through the use of unique patient identifiers, instead of the person's name and date of birth, to access information on the system.
"However, in order to enable this level of interoperability in South African healthcare, we need a medium- and long-term plan with a supporting budget, as well as a unique identifier for each individual," concludes Wolmarans.


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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies pitcher Jhoulys Chacin said if his ailing right shoulder feels good Thursday, he will take a step forward in his rehab program by playing catch. He will still need to build strength to throw bullpen sessions, so his debut in game action is still uncertain.
Chacin said he wants to throw a bullpen session "as soon as I can, but it's not up to me." The Rockies would have to clear him, and the club refuses to rush him -- even if he misses a limited number of starts at the beginning of the season.
When Chacin arrived at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, his shoulder hurt whenever he attempted to graduate from throwing long toss.
In past winters, Chacin played in Venezuela, but he didn't this past year. In late January, he went to Sarasota, Fla., for workouts with former Major League pitcher Wilson Alvarez. Chacin did long toss but did not get on a mound. He attempted bullpen sessions at the Rockies' complex in the Dominican Republic before coming to camp, but he felt pain when playing catch.
Chacin has been shut down from all throwing, even long toss, since Feb. 23. He has spent the time between doing strengthening exercises.
Thomas Harding is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @harding_at_mlb.


I am always impressed by the OSCC (Open Simulator Community Conference). Over the years, the conference team has fine tuned the event to a smooth running machine. And having been in virtual worlds for quite some time, I can appreciate how rarely things run smoothly. They manage the user load through multiple regions, enlist the help of volunteers for quetsions, use Skype and other streaming media to avoid audio problems, and have an attractive and easy to use world.
This year, I presented Gamify Virtual Learning, focusing on the tools and techniques that I have used to engage with learning in the SciEthics simulations. This may be one of the last years that I present about that NSF funded project as we are officially putting it into retirement. You can still get the OAR files on the sciethics website.
I had a wonderful time in Savannah Georgia last week during a Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference. The audience and I had a good time 'playing' my keynote presentation with choices, voting, and interaction. I had a chance to get to know a smaller group of conference attendees at my post-keynote session, where we share our own game-based learning stories and lessons learned.
Click on the image to watch the recorded presentation.
In the Game-based Learning (GBL) model of classroom instruction, students are actively engaged. Well designed challenges help students collaborate and compete towards a shared goal. Come to this seminar to see how one instructor is using the tools in Blackboard to facilitate Game-based Learning in a large lecture course. Dr. Larysa Nadolny, Assistant Professor (School of Education), will share some of the critical tools and changes she made to the default Blackboard Learn structure, including badges, points, adaptive feedback, and social media.
Ever since I gave my online class through Google+ Hangouts On Air last semester, people have been asking me for "tips and tricks" to a successful hangout. Here's a Prezi with all that information and more. Check it out!


Hello Everyone! Welcome to Kingdom Habitation where all things are centered around the Kingdom of God and his presence which lives within us through His Holy Spirit!
In today's world, many of God's children have forgotten their inheritance in Jesus Christ and have pulled away from the power that is within this inheritance.
Here at this blog, I will be discussing how and why God has given us this power and dominion in our lives through the Holy Spirit. Some of the main topics discussed here will be Spiritual Warfare, so if you have always been interested in this but have been too afraid to get that conversation started in your church group or with friends, I assure you that your conversation about this is safe here with me!
Lately, God has been telling me it is time to talk about my testimony and this includes all that I have experienced in the presence of God. And so I am obeying what I have been told and sharing my heart and experience with you all here at this blog.
I asked God what I should call the blog and his reply was "the scripture you LOVE" and of course the moment I flipped to it and read it aloud, Kingdom Habitation came to my heart!
Lord, I have loved the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.
This scripture is the very beat of my heart towards my Father in heaven. If I had just one love song to sing to God, this would be it. When you have felt God in such a way and experienced his presence within the courts of His throne room, I assure you there is no other place in this world that you would rather be.
So with that being said, to relate that to my blog is to say that Kingdom Habitation is just that.


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Intel Pays AMD $1.25 Billion To End Antitrust, Patent Wars
John Herrman
In case you were wondering if Intel's business practices were as shady as the European Commission and the NY Attorney General think they are, look no further than this: Intel is paying $1.25 billion—plus frills—to avoid fighting.
Intel Smacked With Staggering $1.45 Billion Fine in Euro Antitrust Case
In the largest trust-busting fining in EU history—about twice as severe as the infamous Microsoft…
Here's how Intel describes the settlement:
Intel Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices today announced a comprehensive agreement to end all outstanding legal disputes between the companies, including antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes.
So, they're not fighting directly anymore, and the mountains of patent and antitrust disputes are resolved: Intel will pay this ridiculously large sum of money to AMD, and agree to not engage in anything even resembling monopolistic behavior, and both companies will live in harmony, cross-licensing technologies and competing, but softly! Great. Well, sort of: Intel's biggest problems right now don't come from other companies, but from governments: complaints from AMD no doubt helped spur investigations by the European Commission and New York Attorney General into Intel's business practices, and as part of the agreement AMD is withdrawing their complaints with both agencies, but the EC issued their $1bn+ fine quite a while ago, and from the looks of it, the AG's office is eager to move forward with their investigation too. In other words, this probably isn't the end of the pain for Intel.
That, kids, is why you don't engage in anticompetetive practices in a two-company industry. [WSJ Law Blog]
NorwoodIsMyHero
Fair enough. They should pay AMD for bullying them around but.....
The EC is like the boy who cried wolf. Their anti-trust laws are a mess and rife with places where agenda driven loons can exploit them.
Andrew Cuomo is just whale hunting for political purposes, much like he has been for the entire financial crisis. He's just confused things even more regarding the issues he's "investigated". I hope that idiot get's Eliot Spitzer'd. #intelantitrust


text: Q: Change file location in iTunes I changed my iTunes Media Library location. The previous location was a network drive and the songs were downloaded to that drive. I've changed the location to a local drive and want to download to the local drive. However the individual songs still reference the location in the network drive and therefore prevents me from downloading a local copy. How can I change the file location references for my library?


A h, Guacamole. Real, autentico Mexican Guacamole. The burst of flavor, the buttery chunks of avocado, the bite of the chiles. This is the real deal—guacamole like Tia Maria makes in her authentic Mexican cocina.
Before I moved to San Miguel de Allende, I thought I knew guacamole. Recently, on a visit home, my mom served up a bowlful like I grew up with. It was mushy, pasty, creamed in the blender with sour cream, the consistency of thick mayonnaise. It was awful! A sacrilege, really, to someone who has finally learned what real, authentic Mexican guacamole is supposed to taste—and feel—like.
The world can thank the Aztecs for this sublime avocado concoction. In fact, the very name comes from the Nahuatl language. Mole means concoction, and guaca comes from the Aztec name of the green alligator-skinned fruit. Mexicans use avocados in salads, mashed onto bread in sandwiches, sliced onto chicken or chunked into sopa de tortilla, But the best use of all is to make Mexican Guacamole.
So how do you make real Mexican Guacamole? I wanted to learn to do it right, so I asked Kris Rudolph, owner of El Buen Café and La Cocina Cooking School, in San Miguel de Allende. She gave me her guacamole recipe and taught me how not to screw it up.
First, she said, forget you own a blender. Guacamole should never be smooshed up to a mushy pulp. It should be chunky. If you want to be truly authentic, go to the mercado and buy a molcajete, the traditional mortar and pestle made of black volcanic stone. But you don't really have to go that far. A bowl and the back of a heavy spoon will work.
In a heavy bowl, put the finely chopped onion, cilantro, and minced serrano chile. Mash them together with the back of a heavy spoon (a wooden one works well) until they begin to form a sort of paste and the juices are mixed.
Halve the avocados, discard the pit, and scoop out the flesh in big chunks with a spoon. Mix with the onion paste, mashing the avocado slightly but leaving it chunky. Don't turn it into a mushy paste.
Gently mix in the diced tomatoes, lime juice and salt. Taste. Add more salt or minced serrano to taste. Stir gently until well mixed.
Now pile it high on a crispy corn chip, close your eyes, and eat it. Ahhh, real Mexican guacamole. You'll think you're in Tia Maria's Mexican kitchen!
* If you can't find fresh serrano chiles in your area, you can use a jalapeno instead. The taste will be only slightly different.
* Hass avocados tend to have better flavor for guacamole than the larger, smooth-skinned green ones. They should give just slightly to pressure but not be too soft. If you buy them at the Mexican mercado, tell the vendor you want them for hoy dia, today, or para manana, for tomorrow. She will then pick ones that have the right degree of ripeness. Never put your avocados in the refrigerator. Leave them on the counter or, if they need ripening, place them in a brown paper bag for a day or two.
* Don't try to make real Mexican guacamole in advance. Once cut and exposed to the air, avocados discolor quickly. The taste doesn't change, but black guacamole doesn't look too appetizing.