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Alan Jones September 10, 2019 — No Comments ↓
When Evinrude set out to revamp its V-6 E-TEC G2 150, its designers did way more than just tweak it.
When Evinrude's E-TEC G2 150 HP direct-injected two-stroke debuted in 2016, it was an outlier in the marine industry. All other 150s were based on inline four-cylinder platforms; Evinrude's was a V-6 with a large 2.7L block it shared with the 175 and 200 hp models. On the plus side, it had plenty of snap; six pistons, however, made it one of the heaviest at 496 pounds. But instead of going along with the I-4 crowd, Evinrude transformed its 150 into a three-cylinder motor with a 1.9L block.
Whacking three cylinders dropped the weight of the new E-TEC G2 150 by 99 pounds, to 397 pounds, making it the first 150 to weigh less than 400 pounds. It's lighter than the next lightest 150 — a Mercury — by 60 pounds. This same engine platform is available as a 115 H.O. and a 140 hp version.
An inherent problem in a motor with an odd number of cylinders is vibration, so I was a little surprised when I started the new E-TEC G2 150 on a Stingray 212SC deckboat and didn't notice it shaking more than any other four-cylinder 150 I've tested. Evinrude engineers tackled the problem using a two-pronged attack. First is a Focused Motor Mount, which uses four large rubber bushings to absorb vibration and keep it from reaching the boat. Next, counterweights are used on the crankshaft to dynamically balance it.
How Does it Run?
Shoving off the dock in a ripping current on the Cooper River in downtown Charleston, S.C., was an adventure thanks to the 25- to 30-mph wind coming off the nearby Atlantic. Once under the huge Ravenel Bridge, things smoothed out and we started our acceleration runs. Jamming the throttle, I felt the slightest hesitation — I've noted it on other E-TEC engines — before the 150 burst into action and put the near-22-footer on plane in 3 seconds. Midrange performance was very good, and the 212SC reached 30 mph in 6.2 seconds. Its top speed was an impressive 53 mph.
Evinrude transformed its 150 into a three-cylinder motor with a 1.9L block.
Does it have the same rip-snorting acceleration out of the hole and midrange guts as its V-6 predecessor? No, but it's not far off. With so much wind, I was unable to get a reliable sound level reading, but the new 150 seemed comparable to four-strokes in noise output without exhibiting any unpleasant notes. The quintessential Evinrude sound during windup is still present, but for many fans that's a plus. We never touched the trim button thanks to the automatic Trim Assist system.
How Many MPG?
The E-TEC G2 150 HP owes a lot of its outstanding performance to its two-stroke design, which has a power stroke on every revolution, unlike four-strokes, which have a power stroke on every other revolution. In addition, Evinrude's direct-injection system sprays gas directly under high pressure into the combustion chamber rather than into the intake manifold, providing more precise control and doing something that will save owners money. Called Stratified Combustion, this process sprays tiny droplets of gas at the top of the cylinder, which allows the new 150 to burn less than half a gallon per hour at idle, according to Evinrude.
Evinrude's Stratified Combustion process sprays highly pressurized droplets of gas at the top of the cylinder instead of into an intake manifold, which improves fuel efficiency.
Evinrude designed a few differences between these new models and the V-6 G2 engines, the most noticeable one being side panels that are held in place by a dozen screws instead of being easily removable. But access to the items owners need to get to is easy thanks to a snap-off center panel that conceals the 1.9-gallon tank's oil fill, jumpstart poles, the diagnostic connection for the internal computer and the freshwater flush connection.
The main difference between the new 150 HP and the 140 HP and 115 H.O. models is engine mapping, and Evinrude pushes the acceptable 10 percent limit for horsepower rating. The 115 H.O. and 140 HP can be fitted with an all-new drive-by-wire tiller handle that has the shift lever right on the arm, a trim button on the end and Troll Control, which allows operators to tweak the speed in 50 rpm increments. The 150 simply has too much prop torque to handle a tiller.
How Convenient
Like with two-stokes of old, owners still need to add oil, but unlike two-strokes of old, the oil isn't premixed with gasoline and is instead routed through tubes to strategic locations to make sure all critical components, such as cylinder walls, are bathed in the proper amount of oil. The 1.9-gallon internal oil tank is good for about 60 hours of running, which might be an entire season for some owners. And because fresh oil is always cycling through the system and being burned during combustion, there's no need to ever do an oil change. Here's maybe the coolest feature: winterization takes just 90 seconds. Simply select the winterize function from the standard digital ICON display at the dash.
Even the gear oil on these motors is handled differently. The addition of an expansion tank helps keep the lower unit topped off and gives the gear lube room to expand rather than exit through a compromised seal in hot conditions. Another user-friendly feature is a locking pin that keeps the motor from wiggling when it's on a trailer. And it tilts all the way up, so the lower unit can be completely clear of the water's surface.
Instead of lots of wires, cables and hoses dangling off the engine, one rigging tube is attached to the mounting bracket, not the powerhead itself, so when the motor turns, the rigging tube doesn't move, which reduces parts fatigue. Wheel resistance can be easily adjusted by the driver on the ICON display. These new engines come with a five-year engine/five-year corrosion warranty and can be customized with up to 400 color/graphic combinations.
Evinrude E-TEC G2 150 Specifications
Type In-line 3 DI two-stroke
Full-throttle range 5000-6000 rpm
Weight 397 lbs. (20 in. shaft)
Gear ratio 2.08:1
Price See a dealer
Tested with Stingray 212SC
Time to plane 3.2 sec.
0-30 mph 6.2 sec.
Top speed 53.0 mph
Cruise 42.5 mph/4500 rpm
Peak 53.0 mph/5900 rpm
Bombardier Recreational Products, evinrude.com
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This morning the Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post told me that he gets more than 160 e-mails a day. His inbox is not unusual. Some journalists get as many as 300 e-mails, mostly press releases, every day. Even the most diligent reporters don't have time to carefully consider each and every press release they receive, so which ones languish unopened in their inboxes for days? Even worse, which ones get trashed without being read?
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Seeking professional help makes it easier to deal with the different aspects of fire damage.
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Foul odors can linger in your bed & breakfast hotel long after the fire damage has been restored. Contact SERVPRO to ensure odor removal.
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Our technicians have the certifications and training to take care of your warehouse and restore it "Like it never even happened."
There is no convenient time for a fire, but if you are prepared, you can deal with the aftermath better. In case of a warehouse fire, a lot needs to be done to restore the property to its preloss condition. Apart from removing charred remains of the contents that once occupied the expansive space, the structure also requires cleaning and any damaged areas fixed. Working with restorers can help reduce the cost of your claim by minimizing the number of items that need replacement. Knowing the right restorers in Bow before a fire happens is an important aspect of preparedness.
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Small businesses in Bow can suffer drastically when commercial fire damage strikes.
Smaller laundry facilities in Bow provide area residents with quieter environments than larger laundromats can. This more quiet atmosphere can seem attractive to young mothers who want their baby to sleep and college students who count on every possible minute to study. If your smaller laundromat uses traditional dryers, cleaning out the vents on a regular basis only helps prevent fires but can never eliminate the risk.
Small businesses in Bow can suffer drastically when commercial fire damage strikes. September is National Preparedness Month, and while we offer the free READY Plan Program, we also hope local businesses, especially smaller ones, take part this month in becoming better prepared for disasters.
The Red Cross addresses issues of public health and how disasters can affect individuals. The EPA focuses on disasters that affect property, land, and drinking water. Wildfires are also a disaster that federal agencies focus on this month, mainly because they cause damage to both open land and residential and business properties when fires spread, and containment efforts fail. Inside your own business, however, a fire can have equally devastating effects on your ability to remain open for business.
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Paper in your insurance office is quickly combustible and can spread fire. Contact SERVPRO after a fire in your place of work.
Business owners in Bow do not have to deal with a massive blaze unless it comes from a forest fire. Even then, the physical effects rarely include major damage like total loss of the structure.
Commercial fire damage to a Bow insurance office can be a mix of damage, to include some effects from the water of the fire suppression system or the firefighters. Most of the fire effects come in the form of smoke and odors. SERVPRO technicians begin the cleaning process by determining the extent and finding the source of the fire and determining what burned to better clean and eliminated them.
For a business like an insurance agency, the fuel for the fire is primarily building material like wall and ceiling panels. There can also be a significant amount of paper that burned as well. These materials often burn quickly and cleanly, leaving behind mostly dry, powdery residues and mild odors.
Depending on where the fire started, other materials that fed it could be the linoleum floor in a break room, small appliances, and commercial, plastic furniture. These items burn slowly, with more smoke, leaving behind thicker, grease-like residues and stronger odors.
SERVPRO technicians start eliminating both with circulation and removal. They set up air movers and exhaust fans to push the odors in the air out of the facility. For stronger odors, some of our team specialists put out granulated air fresheners to block and replace the smoke odors with a more pleasant scent.
As team members increase air circulation, others remove items affected by the smoke. They immediately dispose of property with physical damage and place any items with odors or residues in another location, or even outside, if weather permits.
For these items, technicians apply a cleaning agent, a deodorizer, or both. Once the chemicals have taken effect, the techs wipe down each surface with a dry or wet sponge, depending on the thickness of the residue. If the items are paper products like contracts or payment records, technicians can use only a deodorizer and a dry sponge to avoid damaging them.
Eliminating the effects of a fire often depends on what burned. SERVPRO of Concord has the experience to restore items and help every owner reopen their doors to support their customers as quickly as we can provide a clean environment. If you need us, call today at (603) 225-2825.
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Fire damage is never an ideal situation for any business. In fact, when your business operates during morning and early afternoon hours because it is centered on selling breakfast and lunch, it is even worse. When a fire breaks out in the early hours of the morning during food prep, the time it takes to deal with it can cut into your service. As a restaurant, an interruption to the foot traffic of your business can sometimes be a missed opportunity for daily profits.
Situations like this are precisely why it is a good idea to call for a professional restoration company to come to your breakfast cafe in Bow to handle the fire damage. Calling for help allows you to focus on opening the doors of your business again. You do not have to lose out on valuable customers and essential daily profits if we do the restoration work.
Here at SERVPRO, we understand that time matters, especially when it comes to the damage that a blaze leaves behind. A fire breaking out in the kitchens of your establishment can cause problems with preparing food, even if the blaze was small. Soot and smoke damage can be left behind and, as a result, a foul-smelling odor can be left in the air. A kitchen fire may result in powder dusting the prep areas and exposed foods. There is always the possibility of needing official post-food inspection okay before reopening.
SERVPRO can get to your business as soon as possible after your call and bring the right equipment to handle the job. To leave space in your kitchen for your employees to work while our techs start the cleanup, we can section off the area that has suffered damage from the small fire, if at all feasible. After, we can employ the use of a hydroxyl generator to neutralize odors in the air safely. We can use chemical cleaners to loosen and remove the soot residue that was adhered to the surface of your equipment. At SERVPRO, we make it our priority to clean and disinfect the area that suffered damage as quickly as possible so you can go back to business as usual.
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If a small fire in your restaurant kitchen occurs, call on the professionals at SERVPRO for help.
Fire damage can be pesky when it comes to operating your business smoothly and keeping your doors open. Unfortunately, the stress of running a kitchen in a restaurant can frazzle employees when something like a fire happens. As a result, a small kitchen fire can get a little out of hand quite quickly and leave small damages and soot behind. When such an occurrence happens, it can create a mess that needs to be cleaned up by a professional hand. Luckily there is help close by that can execute the remediation swiftly and quietly.
Our IICRC-certified technicians can work around the schedule of your Bow restaurant to ensure that the doors stay open when they need to while we address the fire damage. We can stay out of the way while your business operates and then perform the clean up during closed hours. We strive to be as unintrusive as possible so that we do not interfere with the flow of customers in your restaurant and its daily revenue.
To start the process, SERVPRO can clean the soot off of any surfaces in your kitchen and return them to their pre-fire state. We use wet and dry cleaning procedures to remove the stains from the surfaces of your equipment, walls, and floors. While rare, smoke can damage equipment. If smoke damage has occurred to any of the equipment on your property, our technicians can take inventory to make it easy for you as a business owner. Whether you send it to be thoroughly cleaned or choose to replace it is up to you.
SERVPRO technicians can bring specialized equipment to your restaurant to remediate the fire damage in the kitchen. We can use thermal foggers and hydroxyl generators to neutralize the odors left behind by fire and ensure that no smells linger in your kitchen. Once we deal with the smell and the sight of the fire damage, our work has finished, and your business can return to normal.
When a small fire breaks out and causes damages on your property, do not wait. Call SERVPRO of Concord at (603) 225-2825. Day or night we can take your call and get our technicians to your business to return it to its preloss state as soon as possible.
Having too many cords plugged into one electrical strip is a hazard and can result in an electrical fire.
Electrical fires can occur at any time in your Bow pizza parlor, many times from outdated wiring, faulty outlets, or too many items plugged into one electrical strip. To reduce the risk of this happening, make sure all your electrical outlets, wiring, and cords in your building are up-to-date, not damaged or broken, or running underneath an appliance or rug which can make the wires overheat. Make sure extension cords work correctly and do not have exposed or frayed wiring.
If an electrical fire did break out in your pizza parlor in Bow, the fire damage left behind wouldn't be just from the heat and flames. You are looking at soot and smoke damage as well, plus perhaps water damage from firefighting efforts. It is a lot to deal with, so call our professionals at SERVPRO to help you. We are professionally trained to handle all aspects of fire damage, and we have the tools to do the job efficiently and correctly so you can get your business back on track.
When restoring materials that have been damaged by smoke, our goal is to restore them back to their preloss condition. We apply some basic principles of cleaning to accomplish this task.
First, SERVPRO techs locate smoke residues by carefully inspecting the area affected. We begin near the source of the fire and then trace how far the smoke moved through your structure. Different kinds of smoke residues can be in the same loss environment. We select a cleaning method which effectively removes the kind of smoke residues that are present.
We also need to identify the kind of surface the residues are on, which determines what cleaning methods and products are safe to use on the particular surface. We are careful to preserve the surface or material being cleaned. However, we may not be able to restore some materials if they cannot withstand the process of cleaning.
Smoke residues bond with surfaces they contact, so we use dry and wet cleaning procedures to release and carry the residue particles away from the surface affected. Then we can properly dispose of the cleaning waste and debris.
The methods of cleaning up after a fire at SERVPRO of Concord are designed so we can thoroughly restore your business in Bow, Concord, or Penacock. Get in touch with us immediately after a fire at (603) 225-2825 so we can get you back and up and running quickly.
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Exhibits often house priceless history that cannot be replaced. If your exhibit has suffered from water damage, it is best to contact SERVPRO.
Honoring a sense of Concord's natural history through dioramas and other educational displays offers citizens and visitors a grasp of the past, present, and future in our area. Significant damage to the indoor exhibits is possible when water intrusions go unnoticed or ignored. Our water damage crews employ best practices to restore affected areas, preserving both the structure and the history contained within its walls.
Persistent leaking from a poorly draining flat roof caused commercial water damage to the Concord nature center. Some of the educational exhibits affected have soaked walls, and the depictions of plants, animals, and birds are at risk of severe deterioration. We offer the tools and the training to find and remove water, and then to dry out and restore the displays.
A thorough assessment of the extent of the water damage informs the next steps taken by the SERVPRO team. Because of the unique characteristics of the rooms affected, water damage may be hidden. Our employees train in effective methods to measure and monitor the moisture content of both the underlying materials forming the structure of the building and the various natural and artificial components that make up the displays. Sophisticated scanning equipment helps us locate water pooled in recesses, between walls and behind partitions, and any other pockets of moisture that are likely to cause continuing damage if not removed.
We extract standing water, taking care not to damage the exhibits further. The next step is to develop and execute a drying plan to reduce the remaining moisture to normal levels. With the high risk of damage threatening articles that cannot be replaced, speed and skill are both necessary. SERVPRO crews train under the auspices of the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning, and Restoration Certification (IICRC), an international standard-setting organization for the water damage remediation industry.
SERVPRO of Concord is ready to tackle any water damage in your business or community space. Call us at (603) 225-2825 to set up an appraisal and get the restoration process moving.
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If your Concord office building is older, the sprinkler system could be as well. Keeping them updated is essential, as older systems can fail and cause water damage that is debilitating to your business. Not only do you have much water to clean up, but there are also many items that are now damaged such as expensive computers and other electronics, and necessary paperwork.
Because of the scope of the damage from a sprinkler system malfunctioning in your Concord office building, you need professional help for your commercial water removal problem. Our staff at SERVPRO are fully trained and ready to help you anytime you need, so do not hesitate to get in touch with us after an emergency strikes.
Besides all the items in your building which require drying, we need to dry out the structure as well. Once the standing water is pumped out with our heavy-duty truck-mounted pumps in the event of large volumes of water, there are structural items which need to be dried out to prevent additional damages such as those caused by mold.
Drying multiple layers of sheetrock requires a longer drying time. Cost is also a factor. The time and expense to dry the material to its preloss condition could be more than replacing the actual sheetrock. Drying a single layer of saturated drywall takes five to seven days on average. Typically, when business continuity and production is of paramount importance, the most rapid means of either restoration or replacement is the solution.
Drying two layers of drywall could take ten to fourteen days. SERVPRO techs can monitor the layers using a penetrating moisture tester with long, Teflon coated probes. We use the probes in areas that are inconspicuous, and patch the holes during the process of restoration. Drywall gets more fragile when it is wet and more stable as it dries out.
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Even though we use it to sustain life and create growth within our community, at some point, water can become an enemy. Whether you want to deal with the problem or not, it is something that every business owner must face at some point.
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SERVPRO technicians make themselves available 24-hours, 7-days a week, to respond quickly to your requests for assistance. We care, treat you and your property with respect and provide you with quality solutions you can afford. Our staff communicates well, works with your insurance and takes the time to explain every service we intend to use to correct the situation.
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Loss Of Business Can Be Crippling!!!
Emergency water extraction is key to drying out a building quickly.
Any type of business interruption can mean loosing thousands of dollars in lost revenue not to mention the stress that comes along with it. This picture shows what happened when a flash flood caused a local office building to fill with water affecting all the carpeting and walls in the lower level. Rapid response from SERVPRO performing emergency water extraction services and installing specialty drying equipment limited the time that the tenants were without the use of their office space and reducing the revenue lost for the building owner. Proper documentation of the drying process ensures that any concerns from office employees can be addressed and make everyone feel at ease about any health issues that might arise. Don't settle for just any restoration company. Call the experts from SERVPRO.
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Review of 'Will Of The People' by Muse
Muse deliver their latest batch of bombastic protest songs – which includes surprise metal riffs, an Adele-flavoured piano ballad and a random Halloween anthem.
Since getting political, the rock trio's music has been a lot harder to digest. This is partly because Bellamy's theatrical vocal delivery is much better suited to lyrics about alien invasions than serious real-world topics, and partly because the band simply can't write political lyrics for shit.
2015 anti-war opera Drones suffered from being way too blunt. Songs like 'Psycho' were almost unlistenable because of how dumbed-down and direct they were. It was a shame, because instrumentally the album was a blast.
Will Of The People is another political album – but it suffers from the opposite problem of being way too vague. As with The Resistance, the album is largely made up of protest songs. But what are they protesting against? Brexit? Covid restrictions? Climate change? Take your pick. 'Compliance', 'Liberation' and sweary closer 'We Are Fucking Fucked' all turn out to be as open-ended as their titles. Given that Bellamy has been known for his love of conspiracy theories in the past, I guess it's possible he was trying to hold himself back from going full tinfoil hat mode (the pandemic seems to have made a lot of people sway that way). But in his attempt to not reveal too much about his beliefs, these protest anthems end up becoming pretty generic.
Again, this is a shame, because like Drones this album is sonically a lot of fun. I absolute love the groovy glam rock guitars and catchy chorus of opener/title track 'Will Of The People'. The synth stabs and addictive bass lick of 'Compliance' rock too. And I don't think Muse have ever got as satisfyingly heavy as they do on 'Won't Stand Down' and 'Kill Or Be Killed' (the breakdown on the latter track is brutal and Bellamy even throws out an unexpected death growl). All in all, it's the template stick-it-to-the-man lyrics that are the issue, and they spoil most of the album.
Ultimately, the band's most enjoyable tracks are the ones where they're not trying to deliver a political message. 'You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween' is the campiest song Muse have ever written – the Bach-inspired church organs, cartoonish Nightmare-before-Christmas vocals and evil laugh are pure cheese – and yet I loved every second of it. Maybe there is some anti-lockdown suggestiveness to lines like 'you cut me off from my friends/ you cut me off from my family', but overall it doesn't feel like it's trying to shove a serious message in your face. It almost makes me crave an entire album of campy Halloween classics from Muse.
The band are so much better at crafting these silly songs than they are at writing serious songs like Adele-flavoured piano ballad 'Ghosts (How Can I Move On)'. The problem with this track (aside from sounding like a certain Adele song) isn't that Bellamy tries to get political, but that he tries to get heartfelt. The lyrics are about struggling to deal with loss, but Bellamy's Broadway vocals make it sound like a parody. It's arguably the worst song Muse have ever written, and I'm glad it doesn't seem to be inspired by personal loss so that I can hate it guilt-free.
I guess my overall conclusion is that Bellamy needs to stop writing serious lyrics. Just like Queen (of whom the band are clearly very inspired), Muse thrive when they're being utter goofballs. It's time for them to quit the protest songs and the Adele ballads, and bring back the supermassive blackholes.
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What Has Changed in the Year Since the Passage of Seattle's Hotel Worker Law?
According to hotel housekeepers on the Westin's night shift, not much.
In the 17 years that Ely Dar, 60, has worked as a hotel housekeeper at the Westin Seattle, she says she's experienced sexual harassment from a number of guests. In one of the most memorable instances, Dar recalls an instance 10 years ago when she entered a room in the evening to remake a bed and lightly refresh the bathroom.
Dar bent her diminutive, 5-foot 2-inch frame forward to place the refilled ice bucket on the coffee table, when she says she heard a man who approached from behind call her "beautiful" and then wrap his arms around her. Surprised, Dar quickly pushed him away, ran out of the room and towards her manager, who called security. The guest voluntarily checked himself out of the hotel after the guards locked his room so he couldn't enter it with his key, she says. However, Dar wanted her manager to do more at the time, like take legal action against the guest or to ensure more protection for workers so it wouldn't happen again.
"That's harassment," Dar said. "I don't know the law because at that time I was new … the guest you're supposed to sue about the harassment he's doing to me, but they didn't," Dar said about the incident's aftermath. Dar was one of 52 downtown Seattle hotel workers, 53 percent of the total respondents, who reported experiencing sexual harassment and assault on the job for a 2016 Puget Sound Sage survey.
For that reason, and several other unsavory experiences such as a guest granting her permission to enter the room only to be naked, Dar was thrilled about last year's passage of I-124. The union-backed measure designed to protect hotel workers from sexual harassment and workplace hazards received 77 percent voter approval. Among other provisions, the ordinance requires hotels to provide workers with panic buttons and to ban guests if the victim provides a sworn accusation of sexual harassment.
But one year after its passage, Dar and her coworkers on the Westin's night shift say that nothing has changed for them at their workplace. In general, Unite Here Local 8 organizers who helped spearhead the initiative say that implementation of the ordinance has been spotty, with some hotels following the provisions and others not. The Office of Labor Standards has yet to enforce the rules and the hotel industry's lawsuit and recent appeal of the ordinance has placed additional obstacles on its rollout, organizers say.
"It's an extra hurdle for us to be putting pressure on a company because they're able to say, 'Well, we don't have guidelines yet; we don't know exactly how we're supposed to be implementing the law,' " said Unite Here Local 8 organizer Abby Lawlor. "And we don't have a means yet of being able to hold them accountable," she added.
Although Dar attests that she hasn't been sexually harassed in the past year, it's not because her employer has given her additional rights or protections.
"Everything is the same when I worked in the night," Dar said when asked about changes over the past year. Originally from the Philippines, Dar has worked the night shift for nearly two decades so she can watch her grandchildren during the day.
Hotels have different mechanisms that allow the workers to call for help. For instance, the Edgewater Hotel gives each of its workers on the daytime and nighttime crew a plastic panic button attached to their keychain. The Westin's daytime crew is equipped with an iPod Touch device that has a panic button feature, but workers like Dar on the nighttime shift still haven't been given one.
This is puzzling to Unite Here Local 8 organizer Eunice How, who says that the nighttime shift is "potentially more dangerous" because there's less staff and a greater likelihood that guests are drinking alcohol. According to the Puget Sound Sage survey, 95 percent of hotel workers said they would feel safer with a panic button.
Dar has been on work leave since July due to an injury, but How confirmed that others on the Westin's night shift have yet to receive a panic button over a year after the ordinance went into effect on November 30, 2016. The Westin did not immediately respond to Seattle Weekly's requests for comment.
"We don't know exactly why they're not communicating to the nighttime housekeepers the change in the law," said How. She added that the Office of Labor Standards has been "too busy" to start the rulemaking process for the law. "I think Ely is unique because she works at night and there's less supervision and managerial oversight," she added.
According to Dar, the law's provision limiting housekeepers to clean 5000 square feet per day also hasn't been followed during her shift. "Nobody talking to me about the law," Dar said.
Although Lawlor says that they've been putting pressure on the Westin and other hotels to equip their workers with panic buttons and to follow the workload provisions, it's been difficult to do so since the law has no teeth. There also isn't a mechanism for workers to file complaints, so there's no record of whether sexual harassment has decreased in the past year. Lawlor is unsure how many hotels currently distribute panic buttons, but she said that some, including the Arctic Club Seattle, have reduced housekeepers' workloads and posted signs in their guest rooms indicating that the law protects workers from sexual harassment.
Legal action has also prevented the ordinance from being fully implemented, How said. Less than a month after the initiative became law, the Seattle Hotel Association, the Washington Hospitality Association, and the American Hotel & Lodging Association sued the city of Seattle for "impeding the industry's ability to manage and provide opportunities to its workforce, while violating the rights of our customers," the Washington Hospitality Association said in a December 2016 statement. The groups primarily opposed the law's requirement that hotels bar a guest from staying at the hotel for three years when a worker provides a sworn accusation of sexual harassment. In June, King County Superior Court Judge John Erlick issued a ruling upholding the ordinance.
Yet, the Seattle Hotel Association is currently appealing the ruling to the Washington State Supreme Court, which prompted Unite Here Local 8 to launch a petition last week urging local hotels to be accountable to their workers.
"We're in a moment where it's never been more evident that sexual harassment and sexual assault are workplace issues for women in a variety of industries," said Lawlor, referencing the #MeToo movement that has brought national attention to workplace sexual harassment. "This initiative is a really important example of the fact that it's possible to take steps of public policy to try and address these concerns and make workplaces more safe for women," she added.
Hotel workers on the nighttime crew like Dar may soon feel safer in their workplaces. Stephanie Formas, a spokesperson for the Mayor, wrote in an email to Seattle Weekly that Durkan plans on taking steps to implement the law this month. Durkan "strongly supported I-124" because she previously represented victims of sexual harrassment and assault, Formas said. "The Mayor believes that every person, including hotel workers in our city, should have the right to go to work without fear of sexual harassment, assault, or injury," Formas said. "As Mayor, she's committed to the enforcement of key provisions of I-124. Mayor Durkan believes we must expedite the implementation of I-124. The Mayor will direct OLS to brief her on the status and plan for implementation by December 15," she confirmed.


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TEA Ends Policy That Kicked Disabled Kids Out of Special Ed, Denies It Hurt Any Disabled Kids
By Michael Barajas on Thu, Nov 3, 2016 at 9:17 am
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A little more than a decade ago, officials with the Texas Education Agency decided to drastically reduce target enrollment for public school districts across the state. At the time, some 12 percent of Texas public school students received some kind of special programing (like tutoring, therapies or counseling), which is just below the national average. In 2004, Texas education officials, for reasons they still can't really explain, set the state's new benchmark at 8.5 percent.
The move happened right around the time the TEA implemented a new monitoring system for districts, began penalizing ones with low scores, and started auditing districts for putting too many kids in special ed classes. The result, according to this bombshell Houston Chronicle investigation: districts were effectively forced to jettison kids from special ed courses and programs until they met the state's new, arbitrary standard. One elementary school speech therapist told the paper, "We basically just picked kids and weeded them out. We thought it was unfair, but we did it."
On Wednesday, the TEA told the feds that it will stop the policy of auditing districts that offer special ed to too many kids. Still, in a letter to U.S. Department of Education officials, who had previously called on the state to end its de-facto rule on special ed, TEA officials defended the policy, said there as nothing wrong with it, and denied that hurt any kids by pushing districts to slash special ed enrollment over the past decade.
In fact, the TEA basically blames whatever problems did occur on districts that "erroneously" interpreted the rule as a cap on enrollment "rather than a data point." We can only imagine how infuriating that response must be for people like GeorgeAnne Reuthinger, a former Laredo school district special education director who says the state made her purge the district's special ed rolls. "TEA required us to do this," she told the Chron. "There was no wiggle room." In San Antonio ISD, which in 2004 saw special ed enrollment of nearly 13 percent, special ed enrollment has fallen two percent over the past decade. Meanwhile, South San ISD went from 10.6 percent special ed enrollment in 2004 to around 7 percent last year.
While disability rights advocates are happy the state's backing off its policy (after pressure from the feds, numerous state lawmakers and even the Texas House speaker, that is), they're troubled by the fact that not only are education officials still defending it, they're actually arguing that no damage has been done. The Chron's investigation indicates that somewhere around a quarter million children with disorders like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, epilepsy and speech impediments have been denied services since the state's de-facto rule took effect.
In a statement Wednesday, Disability Rights Texas said it was "disappointed" by the TEA's response. "Students' futures are held in the balance while TEA refuses to claim any responsibility for the dramatic decline in services to children with disabilities," the group said in a statement.
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Farming and Wells Fargo are Fresno County heirlooms and together still are planting seeds and cultivating the region's economy today. In the 1870s, Wells Fargo began serving Central Valley farmers who grew wheat, fruit, and grapes. In fact, Wells Fargo helped market the region's crops with promotions such as California Raisin Days and then provided shipping in Wells Fargo's custom refrigerated railcars to consumers nationwide.
As Central California became a U.S. agriculture powerhouse, Wells Fargo grew its commitment alongside, supplying increased credit and expertise to support Fresno County farmers who now produce more than 350 commercial crops at an estimated farm gate of nearly $7 billion and account for one out of every five jobs in the Central Valley.
Today, Wells Fargo is North America's No. 1 agriculture lender among commercial banks and is the No. 1 crop insurer, too. Wells Fargo Commercial Banking provides specialized agriculture lending to food and agribusiness customers - including farmers, ranchers, producers, and processors - with annual revenues of more than $20 million. In addition to working capital and insurance, Wells Fargo provides real estate financing, equipment leasing, trade finance, investment banking and international banking.
"We're committed to understanding our clients and their goals and serving them with local knowledge, broad industry perspective, and industry-leading solutions through all economic cycles," said Scott Rhodes, the Fresno-based regional head for Wells Fargo Commercial Banking.
Wells Fargo's roots are those of a local bank in one community that does business on Main Street and grew into a family of many local banks in many communities that only then became national. In Fresno County, Wells Fargo focuses on getting to know local businesses and building long-term relationships.
Ken Ramos, head of Wells Fargo Business Banking in Central California - whose team serves local businesses with annual revenues between $2 million and $20 million - said that Wells Fargo is a national bank that behaves like a smaller bank.
"We understand our local communities and our local customers' needs," Ramos added. "For Fresno County businesses, that means our local Wells Fargo relationship teams connect customers to a big range of products and services, and we make recommendations that help them achieve their goals."
"Some of us grew up on farms and have even taken over the family business, so we understand the unique issues that Valley farmers, dairymen, and small business owners face," Ramos said. "For us, the success of our fellow farmers and agribusiness companies is personal. When they thrive, we thrive."
Wells Fargo's Business Banking office in Fresno serves 16 Central California counties and 80 cities. More than 2,600 customers are served throughout the territory by about 50 business banking team members. About 20 work in the Fresno office.
"We understand the community, especially the agricultural industry, and the trends here. Our team knows where it can help add value and where the opportunities are," said Ramos.
Wells Fargo believes in investing in the community it serves. Last year, the financial services provider invested more than $1 million in Fresno County schools and nonprofits; its team members volunteered more than three thousand hours in Fresno County alone.
"We aren't just in the community, we're part of it," said Ramos. "It's what makes us different and a great partner in Fresno County."


Okay everyone, we hope you're ready! We are officially in one of the most fantastic fall months of the year! October is the best time of year to embrace the slight chill in the air, crisp falling leaves, and pumpkin spiced goodies galore! Stopping by the pumpkin patch for your jack-o'lantern supplies, porch décor, and more is a must! Plus, you will want to check out a fall festival, parade, or hayride for good measure.
If you don't find yourself quite yet feeling the fall mood, now is the time to get in gear! We have put together our ultimate list of the best places sure to get you in the fall spirit in and near Bergen County.
Check out these spots to catch the best pumpkin picking, then take a look at our favorite local fall festivals, parades, and so much more. Let us know how you get into the autumn spirit here in Bergen County. We can't get enough of this great local fall fun!
This family's Halloween maze is open throughout the month of October and is a great opportunity to have some haunted fun with the older members of the family.
Visit this 1800s farm to go back in time to get a taste of the fall season of the past.
Celebrate the lead-up to Halloween at this festive parade in Leonia.
We hope you find this guide helpful. Let us know your favorite local spots for the best of autumn's fun!
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"I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us." - Franz Kafka
Author: Cora Carmack
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Summary (from Goodreads): Mackenzie "Max" Miller has a problem. Her parents have arrived in town for a surprise visit, and if they see her dyed hair, tattoos, and piercings, they just might disown her. Even worse, they're expecting to meet a nice, wholesome boyfriend, not a guy named Mace who has a neck tattoo and plays in a band. All her lies are about to come crashing down around her, but then she meets Cade.
Cade moved to Philadelphia to act and to leave his problems behind in Texas. So far though, he's kept the problems and had very little opportunity to take the stage. When Max approaches him in a coffee shop with a crazy request to pretend to be her boyfriend, he agrees to play the part. But when Cade plays the role a little too well, they're forced to keep the ruse going. And the more they fake the relationship, the more real it begins to feel.
My Summary: Most guys would give up after being rejected by their best friend, but Cade isn't like most guys. Instead of getting as far away from his ex-best friend as possible, he moved to Philadelphia with her to pursue a Master's degree. Seeing his friend blissfully happy with another guy is making him miserable... until he meets Max. She's everything Bliss isn't, and Cade can't stop thinking about her.
Too bad she has a boyfriend: a creepy guy named Mace with tattoos and a serious drug problem. And Cade's just pretending to have feelings for Max until her parents leave town, right? After all, that's what she hired him to do. But will Cade be able to forget about Max after he's played his part, or is there something more between them?
My Thoughts: I really enjoyed Losing It, so when I heard there was a companion novel about Cade, I knew I had to read it. Cade was, by far, my favourite character in the first book. My heart went out to him when things didn't work out between himself and Bliss - not only did he get his heart broken, but he lost his best friend as well. I couldn't help but hope for a happy ending for Cade, and in Faking It, he got it.
I enjoyed this novel more than the first, which really surprised me. Cade was easy to relate to, and you couldn't help but feel for him when he got some unexpected news about his friend Bliss. Max was also really easy to connect with, and had real depth as a character. The chemistry was tangible between the two, and the banter felt really natural. This novel was incredibly easy to get into, and I couldn't put it down without knowing how things worked out for Max and Cade.
Final Thoughts: I recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys a New Adult romance novels with substance. Fans of Losing It will love this companion novel!
Labels: contemporary literature, cute, grief, new adult, romance, YA
Anna (herding cats-burning soup) 9/01/2013
Oh I will so have to check this one out. I love heroes named Cade (my last name lol) I read my first of Cora's books this past week and really enjoyed it. Glad to hear the others are just as good!
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books read - 2015
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03. The Darkest Part of the Forest
04. The Miniaturist
05. Shadow and Bone
06. Siege and Storm
07. Ruin and Rising
08. My Heart and Other Black Holes
09. The Shadow Cabinet
10. Persona
11. Throne of Glass
12. Crown of Midnight
13. Heir of Fire
14. I Was Here
15. Vanishing Girls
16. I'll Meet You There
17. Ugly Love
18. The Girl on the Train
19. Half Bad
20. Half Wild
21. Beastkeeper
22. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens
23. The Book of Lost Things
25. Made You Up
26. Emmy & Oliver
27. Mosquitoland
28. Side Effects May Vary
29. Thor's Serpents
30. The Fill-In Boyfriend
31. Eight Hundred Grapes
32. The Summer of Chasing Mermaids
33. Panic
34. The Night Gardener
35. Top Ten Clues You're Clueless
36. The Improbable Theory - Ana & Zak
37. Saint Anything
38. First & Then
39. Left Drowning
40. The Anatomical Shape of a Heart
41. The War Against the Assholes
42. The Start of Me and You
43. Fans of the Impossible Life
44. Proof of Forever
REREADS & NO-REVIEWS - 2015
1. Wildwood
2. The Scorpio Races
3. This is How You Lose Her
4. Is Everyone Hanging Out W/O Me?
5. Paper Towns
6. The Happy Prince
7. Since You've Been Gone
8. 13 Little Blue Envelopes
9. The Last Little Blue Envelope
10. The Apothecary
11. The Apprentices
12. Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
13. Meant to Be
14. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
15. Wallbanger
16. The Cemetery Boys
17. The Sea of Tranquility
18. After Hours
19. Along for the Ride
20. The Truth About Forever
21. What Happened to Goodbye
22. Keeping the Moon
23. Just Listen
24. Dreamland
25. That Summer
26. I Remember You
27. Flights, Chimes & Mysterious Times
28. Someone Like You
29. Once a Witch
30. The Moon and More
31. Fall for Anything
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My student visa in the US is coming to an end, can I leave to go to Canada (I have an Irish passport), when my visa for the us expires?
Well, that has nothing to do with US immigration. That's up to Canadian immigration. What will you be doing in Canada?
Well you can't just "go".
Canada is the most 'welcoming' country in the world though! How dare they require visas lol.
For an Irish citizen, if you travel by land you should not need anything other than a valid passport. However, if you are going to fly, you will need an eTA first - ie. the Canadian version of the US ESTA and EU ETIAS.
I heard from someone that said that you cannot use Canada or Mexico to leave the US when your visa expired. Does anyone know if that is true?
You cannot use any North American and some (or all) Caribbean nation as a way to "reset" your visa status, though there is nothing saying (AFAIK) that you can't leave the US to one of those countries - you just can't do so with the intent of resetting the clock on stay in the US and using that to return to the US.
For instance, VWP gives you 90 days - you cannot go to one of those countries at say 80 days, and stay 2 days, and come back to the US expecting another 90 days with your VWP privileges.
So if I were to leave the US to Canada, I couldn't come back into the US without going to a non-North American country for some time first?
What if if I am on a student visa, and I were to come back into the country for a couple of weeks on a tourist visa that I already have for the US?
Don't quote me on this one (ie. not certain) but the logic should apply that you are returning to the US on a completely different visa, and thus it should be correct. However, remember that CBP has the last say in every case.
I'm sure that there are others here who can state more definitively, but in my mind leaving the US with your F1, and returning as a VWP tourist *should* work. Do you actually have a B visa, or are you using the Visa Waiver Program for re-entering as a tourist?
Theoretically, you could do that, but that would sound like you're just trying to stay longer without the appropriate visa and you might have trouble at the border.
What are your ties to home? What do you have as proof that you need to go back to Ireland once your US visit is done? I'm assuming you've been in the US for some time, so that likely won't work in your favor.
I already have a B visa.
I also only need to come back into the US for a short time, like a couple of weeks.
You can leave for Canada or Mexico. You can't come back to the US.
Going to Canada or Mexico does not reset your allowable time in the US.
After your graduation, you have 60 days to wrap things up. CBP is well aware of the trick to go to Canada or Mexico so not to overstay in the US, and then a quick trip back into the US under the B visa for another 6 months. That's prohibited. They know. Don't try this.
Canada has some sort of preclearance requirement, eta?, assuming that is OK you can certainly see to visit.
If you have a Canadian tourist visa, you can travel to Canada. If you have a US b2 visa, you could visit the US after a Canada trip.
Of course CBP would be standing at the border to ask for the purpose of b2 trip when you had 60 days following student status to sightsee etc.


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Without Lionel Messi, Barcelona have no soul – Bayern Munich and German legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge
Legendary Germany and Bayern Munich striker, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has said that Barcelona have no soul without Lionel Messi. The former Bayern Munich CEO stated this as he praised his former club over the way Bayern thrashed Barca 3-0 at the Nou Camp in their opening group game of the 2021/22 UEFA Champion League match. He said Barca look different without Messi , a player who has been a key figure for the club in the last two decades."They [Bayern] played outstandingly well and deserved to win," he told German publication Bild. "It's too early to talk about favourites. [The competition] only really starts with the knockout phase. "If you look at the team, the way they [Barca] performed tactically. Without Messi, their souls have been ripped out. They are facing difficult times. "It was imperative to sell him. The Spanish league has scored an own goal with him." According to Spanish football news channel El Chiringuito TV, there was a "very tense meeting" between Barcelona president, Joan Laporta and manager Ronaldo Koeman after the match on Tuesday night. The report added that the Catalan giants may already have a possible successor lined up should Koeman be relieved of his duties, with Johan Cruyff's son Jordi tipped to come in as interim manager. The post Without Lionel Messi, Barcelona have no soul – Bayern Munich and German legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
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package com.jpattern.ioc.property;
/**
 *
 * @author Claudio Quaresima - claudio.quaresima@gmail.com - 26/ott/08 11:58:49
 * @version $Id: $
 */
public class ReplacerPropertyReader extends PropertyReader {

    protected static final String SUFFIX ="}";
    private static final String PREFIX ="${";

    public String property(String aProperty) {
        return evalueProperty(aProperty);
    }

    private String evalueProperty(String aProperty) {
        if (aProperty.startsWith(PREFIX)) {
            aProperty= parse(aProperty, PREFIX, SUFFIX);
        }
        return super.property(aProperty);
    }

}

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Q: PHP rename function intermittently not working I have an intermittent issue where PHP is issuing a warning that a temporary file does not exist, even directly after a filesize() on it.
$external_file = fopen($url, 'rb');
if ($external_file) {
    // store in a well-known location that won't get collected by system.
    $tmpfile = tempnam(__DIR__.'/cache/', 'test');
    $newfile = fopen($tmpfile, 'wb');

    if ($newfile) {
        while (!feof($external_file)) {
            fwrite($newfile, fread($external_file, 1024 * 64), 1024 * 64);
        }

        fclose($newfile);
        fclose($external_file);
    } else {
        throw new \Exception('Could not open file for writing');
    }
    if (filesize($tmpfile)) {
        // this sometimes throws a warning that $tmpfile doesn't exist
        // even through we just got the filesize for it.

        if (!rename($tmpfile, $filename)) {
            error_log('manual move try');
            // this is failing too.
            error_log(`mv {$tmpfile} {$filename}`);
        }

    }
}

Nothing really working consistently.  Failure rate is ~5%.  Since it is intermittent, we expect it is some kind of race state -- I even tried putting the rename into a while loop with a 10ms sleep @ 1000 iterations.  Just had 1000 warnings in my error_log.
As you can see above, even tried to bump out of PHP and shell it, with no success.
Have some more complex handling (moved here to simplify the main case) which hasn't worked either, like trying to force the file closed... but the file is pretty clearly closed.  This while loop doesn't run more than once, as far as I can tell without re-implementing and doing a trace.
        // have read that file handles are not released
        // immediately sometimes.
        $iterations = 0;
        while (is_resource($newfile)) {
            if($iterations){
                usleep(10000);
            }
            if ($iterations > 1000) {
                error_log('MAXIMUM LOOP ITERATIONS.');
                break;
            }
            //Handle still open
            fclose($newfile);
            $iterations++;
            // 10ms isn't going to kill anyone.
        }

Have tried several other exotic things too, with no success.  Running on Ubuntu 20.04.

A: If this script is executed concurrently, request A created $tmpfile is likely renamed by request B after filesize executed in request A. there are two solutions:

*

*use flock to lock the $tmpfile

*use random file name for $tmpfile

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Thanksgiving is barely two weeks away, which means it's time to get out your roasting pans, gravy separators, oversized serving platters and a hefty dose of Xanax, because extended family will soon be knocking down your door. To help you out -- and prevent Aunt Betty from complaining about watered-down gravy or dried out turkey -- we're put together a list of local holiday-themed cooking classes that will help you get the job done. And if you're lucky, maybe even a kudo or two.
Every Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. until Thanksgiving (Nov. 9, 16 and 23) Breadbar Century City gives its lunchtime patrons a 15-minute complimentary crash course in turkey carving, helping them get the perfect sliced turkey breast, thigh, and wing. Each demonstration is open to the public, although you might want to spring for Breadbar's Turkey Special lunch ($14.95) with roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce. Just don't plan on going back to work.
On Thursday, Nov. 11 from 7-9 p.m., M Café's chef Lee Gross shares his favorite macrobiotic holiday recipes M Café de Chaya Beverly Hills. For $35 per person (including dinner, beverage, and recipes), Gross will show participants how to make spiced butternut bisque, maple-glazed acorn squash with Brussels sprouts and chestnuts, and pan-braised seitan with herbed gravy. Space is limited, so RSVP in advance by emailing Amy Harmon at Amy@mcafedechaya.com.
On Saturday, Nov. 13 from 2-4 p.m. Napa Valley Grille's executive chef Joseph Gillard shows home cooks the techniques and tricks behind cooking a fantastic Turkey Day dinner. The class is $20 and includes chef Gillard's demonstration, light hors d'oeuvres and pours of California wine. Call (310) 824-3322 for reservations.
From Nov. 15, 16 and 17, The Original Farmer's Market Sur La Table location hosts Bon Appetit: Thanksgiving Table, a cooking class that walks you through the basics behind preparing a complete Thanksgiving Day meal made from Bon Appetit recipes, including butternut squash soup with cider cream; roast turkey with port gravy; sourdough stuffing with sausage, apples, and golden raisins; mashed potatoes; maple-glazed yams with pecan topping; cranberry and blood orange relish; and pumpkin pie. Classes are $79 each. Spots are limited; make your reservation at Sur La Table's website.
Don't have time to attend a cooking class? Finding expert advice on how to cook a 20-pound bird, how to make the perfect creamed spinach, or what wines to pair with your personal holiday feast is as easy as opening a new browser window. Head to The Grill on the Alley's website, where executive chef John Sola is now answering holiday-related cooking questions on his "Ask Chef Sola" blog. Submit questions by filling out the form here.


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David focused on the bigger picture
Assistant Academy Manager David Oldfield says there were plenty of positives to take from Tuesday's testing friendly with Premier League side Leicester City.
The game was arranged to provide an opportunity for several of the Dons' first-team players who had yet to feature regularly this season with a chance to gains some valuable match minutes.
Jordan Spence, Ian McLoughlin, Tom Flanagan, Samir Carruthers, Mark Randall and Tom Hitchcock were the senior players who featured in the friendly, alongside three of the Dons' newest professionals in Harry Hickford, Will Summerfield and Giorgio Rasulo.
"We felt we needed the game to get minutes into the legs of those players who have been on the fringes of the first team," Oldfield told MK Dons Player. "It was originally arranged as more of an Under-21s game but Leicester felt that some of their senior pros needed a game.
"The result is a little bit disappointing and we need to make sure we are disappointed with the result because we could have done better in many ways. The bigger picture, though, is that we got minutes in legs and the younger boys did well. I felt it was a positive night for us."
Second-year scholars Ben Tilney and Kabongo Tshimanga both started the game, while Gedeon Okito, Kyran Wiltshire and Laurence Vaughan were introduced during the second half and Oldfield believes the experience will only benefit the quintet.
He added: "I felt the young boys did lots of good things. I thought they all managed the ball well and showed some good energy and I thought some them did themselves some real favours.
"In terms of their learning and understanding of what it takes to compete at this higher level it was an invaluable experience. Being able to play against the likes of Esteban Cambiasso, a Champions League winner is a fantastic for the young boys.
Tuesday was the first time the Dons had made a 'reserve' match open to the public since Robinson took charge back in 2010 and Oldfield says it is something the club are looking to do more of this season.
"In the past, I don't believe this club has had too many games of this level so we will be looking at putting on more like this. It provides the younger players with a chance to flourish as well as give first-team players who have not been playing a decent run-out."
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Return for another serving in Necrobarista: Final Pour on Nintendo Switch
Over a year after its initial release on PC and Apple Arcade, an updated director's cut of the award-winning Melbourne-developed indie visual novel Necrobarista has poured onto the Nintendo Switch as a timed exclusive. Boasting additional story content and game modes, it is definitely the most feature-rich version of the game so far. However, while nice additions, many of the new features might not be enough to draw back fans that experienced it for the first time last year.
As with the original version, Necrobarista: Final Pour tells the story of the workers at The Terminal, a café that services the recently deceased in their final 24 hours before they pass on to whatever comes next. Maddy is its newest owner, and the main plot explores her relationships with her co-workers and the various tribulations that come with running a paranormal café. Along the way, she makes friends with a newly-deceased customer Kishan and butts heads with Council of Death enforcer and former legendary outlaw Ned Kelly.
What follows is a rather poignant tale of death and coming to terms with it. Steadily immersing the player in the setting of Necrobarista's afterlife and the politics of the Council of Death, the story explores how even necromancers and immortal beings still have a variety of attitudes towards the topic of death. Despite the weird paranormal setting, the game's cast comes across as endearingly human. Although the main plot is resolved in a rather awkward hurry, it overall sticks the landing, aided by a gorgeously realised art style and Kevin Penkin's techno-infused score. Final Pour in particular includes remastered visuals, which are easy to appreciate even on the Nintendo Switch.
"While I actually found these new episodes quite compelling, they don't really flesh out the main cast or plot at all, and feel very self-contained."
The most noteworthy new feature of Necrobarista: Final Pour is the inclusion of two new episodes. The first, Walking to the Sky, was patched in as free DLC in January of this year, but the second, Devil's Den, is still exclusive to the Switch and Apple Arcade versions. These side stories unlock steadily as you progress through the main plot.
These episodes feature new characters who are visiting The Terminal, and have their own particular histories with death. While I actually found these new episodes quite compelling, they don't really flesh out the main cast or plot at all, and feel very self-contained. They certainly feel like worthy additions to Necrobarista's world, and have a good deal of content in them. However, players hoping for more scenes focusing on main characters like Ned, Kishan or Chay may be disappointed.
The other inclusions in Necrobarista: Final Pour provide more interactivity, in a game that otherwise is a straightforward visual novel. However, I'm not sure how useful they will be, particularly on the Switch. The first of which, Doodle Mode, lets you draw hilarious faces on the "heads" of Ashley's robots. These characters are a recurring quirky Greek Chorus who pop in to comment on events every now and then. With Doodle Mode, it was fun to customise their appearances and inject a bit more personality into them. For the Switch release, I was a bit disappointed at the lack of touch controls for the drawing tools. Fortunately, the joy-con controls worked well enough, but it still felt like a missed opportunity.
The other new mode is Studio Mode, which is certainly an ambitious addition if nothing else. Studio Mode provides a fairly wide set of tools for players to craft their own Necrobarista scenes, using the sets, models and animations from the game. The suite of options at the player's disposal is pretty impressive, allowing customisable lighting, backgrounds, animations and more. With enough time and energy, the amount of varied scenes that a player could potentially create is staggering.
Unfortunately, Studio Mode is let down by a lack of a clear tutorial, awkward controls and a difficult-to-navigate user interface. While the lack of touch controls in handheld mode was a bit disappointing, Studio Mode in particular is where they might have shined brightest if they had been included. Furthermore, unlike other games with creation tools, such as Wargroove or Rock of Ages 3, there are no online features to share your creations or access content others have made. It felt like a waste to become invested in creating a detailed set of animated scenes if they would be locked to my Switch with no way to share them. This is perhaps something that will be remedied when the Final Pour content arrives on PC after its period of Switch-exclusivity.
If you prize interactivity and challenge in your gaming experiences, Necrobarista: Final Pour isn't for you. Unlike visual novels such as Ace Attorney, which add in puzzles and dialogue trees to mix things up, Necrobarista is fundamentally just narrative that you press the A button to progress. If you're OK with that, then it is a really good time, with a fantastic Melbourne setting and strong writing.
If you already own it, however, I don't think the new content in Necrobarista: Final Pour will warrant another purchase. The lack of interactivity means that it has limited replay value. Studio Mode in particular feels like the wrong fit for the Switch, and will hopefully be better realised on PC or iOS. For first time players, on the other hand, the Switch is a great way to experience Necrobarista on the go, particularly with the improved visuals. If you are a visual novel or anime fan, Necrobarista: Final Pour is definitely worth checking out on the Nintendo Switch.
Tom Quirk
Tom Quirk plays a lot of video games, but when he isn't, he is reading fantasy novels and watching way more television than is healthy.
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