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Lekki Peninsula is the fastest growing part of Lagos, Nigeria. It's referred to as the tourist's treasure house, with sandy beaches and daunting architecture. The environment is very conducive and relatively serene. Buildings in this area are mostly well furnished flats with good water system and electricity connection. Lekki Peninsula is divided into two phases – Lekki Phase 1 and Lekki Phase 2.
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Various kinds of fruits and artifacts from Nigeria and other West African countries are being sold at the leading Ilasan Market in the area known as Lekki market by some foreigners. The area is also endowed with a seaside pleasure garden and water sports. The one-stop place to visit for entertainment, shopping and dining is The Palms mall, Lekki. The Lekki Conservation Center is also a preserved natural habital of trees and animals that you can visit alone or with friends and family. The LCC is also a great place for camping, excursions for students and sight seeing. The mall houses a cinema, stores and big supermarkets like the Shoprite. If you are not driving yourself, there are shuttle buses and auto rickshaws (Keke Napep) that ply several routes in the area.


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What you will see and hear in this presentation is the development of Myelin in the peripheral nervous system. And the propagation of the Action Potential along a Myelinated Axon. This multimedia presentation will be most helpful if you already have a good understanding of the Schwann Cell and the electro-chemical process of the Neuron, called the Action Potential. The Schwann Cell forms a protective covering around the Axon. Schwann Cells start to develop in the embryo and continue to increase the wrapping around the Axon through childhood. This development increases the thickness of the wrappings which peaks in adolescence. This is why teenagers have such quick responses. The Schwann Cell contains the typical cell organelles and cell membrane structure. However, notice as the Schwann Cell surrounds the Axon... that the Nucleus and other organelles are squeezed to the outside wrapping of the cell. This outer wrapping of the Schwann Cell is called the Neurolemma. The inner lining is made up of layers upon layers of cell membrane. This inner wrapping is called the Myelin Sheath. You will recall that the cell membrane, called the Fluid Mosaic Model is made up of a bi-layer of lips integrated with proteins. The thicker the Myelin, in other words the more layers of cell membrane making up the Myelin the more advantageous it is to the Axon. One advantage, is the regeneration of severed Axons. Another advantage is an increase in the speed of the propagation of the Action Potential along the Axon. The rest of this presentation will concentrate on the increased speed of Action Potentials down the length of the Mylenated Axon. Here is the Neuron. You can see the repeated Schwann Cell membrane forming the Myelin. Note that there is a small space between the Schwann Cell's, where the Axon is not covered by the Neuroglial Cell. These spaces are called Nodes of Ranvier. From what you already know, Action Potentials occur at the Axon Hillock and continue to be repeated away from the cell body much like dominoes falling one after another. An Action Potential starts on a polarized membrane which is negative seventy (-70). A stimulus causes the Sodium Gates to open slightly and Sodium starts to trickle into the cell. If the cell reaches negative sixty (-60) or threshold, the Sodium Gates open wide and Sodium floods in. Bringing the inside of the Axon to positive 30 (+30) . At this point, the Sodium Gates close and Potassium Gates open. Potassium starts to pour out of the cell. This allows the Neuron to become polarized again. Then the Sodium Potassium pump starts to actively transport Sodium out and Potassium back into the Neuron. First we will look at the propagation of the Action Potential in the Unmyelinated Axon. Propagation is the repeating of Action Potentials down the Axon. The Action Potential is repeated, because as the Sodium comes in it diffuses to adjacent areas within the Axon. As the Sodium increases in this area. Threshold is reached. Sodium Gates open wide Sodium rushes in causing depolarization and an Action Potential. As the Sodium enters this area it diffuses through the Axoplasm and another Action Potential is created. This continues down the length of the Axon. Now look at the Myelinated Axon. The same process applies to the Myelinated Axon. An Action Potential develops and as the Sodium comes in it diffuses through the Cytoplasm of the Axon. It continues to diffuse through the portion of the Axon wrapped in Myelin. The increased Sodium concentration reaches the Node of Ranvier. Increases the Axoplasm to negative sixty (-60) and depolarization occurs. The Sodium Gates open wide, Sodium floods in, and we have an Action Potential. Again, the Sodiums diffuse through the Axoplasm reaching the next Node. An Action Potential develops, the process is continued down the Myelinated Axon, passing from Node to Node. Compare the Unmyelinated Axon with the Myelinated Axon. You can see the Action Potential reach the end of the Myelinated Axon more rapidly than the Unmyelinated Axon. The speed of the propagation is faster going from Node to Node than Action Potentials that develop adjacent to the previous Action Potential.
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30 Rock Rolls On, Friday Night Lights Next Up
By Ben Grossman
NBC on Wednesday formally made the expected announcement that it will bring back rookie comedy 30 Rock for a second season, and the same result is now expected for fellow freshman Friday Night Lights.
"That one's next," says NBC entertainment president Kevin Reilly.
A source close to the producers of the show also says they have been given quiet assurances that the tea leaves look positive for a second season.
Despite the 30 Rock pickup, a sophomore season for Friday Night Lights may not be formalized until closer to the network's May 14 upfront presentation in New York City.
"It's a similar debate [as 30 Rock], but a little trickier from a scheduling standpoint," says Reilly. "Where we can put it on our schedule just becomes more complex."
As for 30 Rock, the Tina Fey comedy has been one of NBC's best-lauded new shows, despite failing to capture ratings worthy of its buzz and quality. It is averaging a 2.7 rating/7 share in adults 18-49, though it consistently retains more than 80% of its lead-in.
Reilly says it was those modest ratings that kept the network from announcing the second season before this week.
"Creatively the show is a no-brainer, but the ratings have been frustrating for all of us," he says. "We unfortunately are in a ratings business. It created some pause, but when push came to shove, we have a great show and we believe it will be a part of our future."
And while Reilly has long said he hopes it will grow a la its new lead-in, The Office, he attributes the sluggish ratings to scheduling.
"Time period, time period, time period," he says of the reason the show hasn't caught on despite garnering honors such as Alec Baldwin's Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild awards.
The show debuted in the fall Wednesdays at 8, a timeslot Reilly says "is very tough for us, so those episodes went virtually under the radar."
It was then moved to Thursdays at 9:30, up against brutal competition including CBS's CSI and ABC's Grey's Anatomy.
Reilly also notes that Scrubs may not have been the best lead-in for the show, which is why the network has moved 30 Rock up a half-hour to 9 beginning April 12.
"There was some evidence that Scrubs while a qualitatively good match is not demographically necessarily the best flow for the show."
NBC will continue to air 30 Rock through the summer, but Reilly is not expecting that to lead to a big groundswell.
"I don't think that will have a huge impact," he says. "You'd hope you get some sampling."
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There are lots of situations where you need to borrow more money – that extension you want to add, those debts that the interest rate keeps climbing on, the new bathroom you really need. Whatever the reason, a remortgage to release equity can be the ideal solution and this guide will walk you through the various options and scenarios to help you know if this is the right option for you.
As mortgage brokers, we deal with a range of lenders who will help with all kinds of different situations, financial and work-related. So don't be afraid to reach out, no matter what the situation!
How does remortgaging to release equity work?
For many lenders across the UK, there is no problem borrowing more money as long as you can pass their eligibility checks. Different lenders do have their own criteria to qualify for a mortgage, how much you can borrow depending on the equity in the property and rules around your credit history. When you work with a broker, you can get the best of these without making numerous applications.
Equity is the portion of the property that you own, that you have paid off the mortgage on and is a huge asset. To calculate the equity, take the balance of the mortgage and any secured debt from the value of the house. This is your equity. And you can borrow some of this to generate cash for different reasons.
Borrowing options
When you look to borrow more money, it is often the case that we go to the bank and ask to remortgage what we have. And this can work but there are lots of different options to consider. Here are a few examples.
Full remortgaging for additional borrowing
This is where you take an entirely new mortgage and clear your existing one so that you can release some of the equity in the home
Second mortgage or secured loan
This is where you leave your existing mortgage as it is and take either a second mortgage or a secured loan against the property to release some equity.
How to remortgage to release equity
Many UK lenders offer the facility to remortgage in order to release some equity as long as you pass their eligibility checks. They will often consider up to 75-85% of the value of the property, occasionally as high as 90% depending on what you want the money for. There are also secured homeowner loans that let you borrow over 100% of the value of the property but the rates for these are usually much higher than a normal mortgage.
Eligibility assessment
The first step is to consider your eligibility for the mortgage. They will look at factors such as:
- How much equity in the home?
- Your age (some have upper age limits)
- Income and employment status – lenders have to check you can afford the mortgage, but different lenders look at your situation differently
- Credit history – clean helps but there are lenders who will help with a wide variety of bad credit problems
- Is it a large loan? These are typically loans over £500-750,000 that have different lending rules
- Property factors such as age and construction type
Common questions around equity release
Let's look at some of the most common questions we are asked around equity release remortgaging.
How much equity do I need?
The more the better as this shows you have been paying your mortgage and built up this equity. But lenders will consider different situations with anywhere from 75% to 90% LTV considered.
How much can I borrow?
There are two factors that decide how much you can borrow – how much equity you have and your affordability figures. Lenders might also consider the purpose of the loan when making a decision.
How income impacts additional borrowing
Affordability is something that is defined by different lenders and some are stricter than others. Some will take into account things like bonuses and overtime, some will allow part of it and others not at all. A general base rule is that they take your income and times it by four to see how much you can borrow. But other lenders will go as high as 5 times your income and a few as high as six times depending on your details.
This still factors into a remortgage. Most lenders will ignore debts being paid off when working out the mortgage and look at what you will have when these are cleared. Some lenders can still consider cases outside their normal affordability if the situation is right.
Sometimes, you can even borrow more on a second mortgage than on an original one. Some lenders allow up to 10 times annual income in some situations.
How the reason for borrowing impacts the lenders
The other big factor around remortgaging can be what the purpose of the borrowing is. In fact, the loan to value ratio you can get is often dependant on what you plant to do with the money. For example:
- Debt consolidation – 80-90% LTV
- Home improvements – 80-90% LTV
- Mortgage swap without additional money – 90-95% LTV
- Buy furniture, electrical or white goods – 80-90% LTV
- Buy a car caravan or boat – 80-90% LTV
- Buy the final share in a shared ownership – 90% LTV
- Buy a self-build home – 75-90% LTV
Some lenders won't consider it if you are planning to invest, save or share purchase with the money or invest in your business. But others will consider and will go up to 90% LTV.
Remortgaging for business purposes
Remortgaging your house for business purposes is something that only specialist lenders will consider. This will make it a commercial product, and these have different rules and affordability criteria involved.
For example, if you decide to remortgage to get capital for a business or to fund a start-up then most lenders won't consider the remortgage unless for high net worth customers with over £150,000 after-tax income.
The reason for this is that when you are starting a business, there's no way to prove the income and cash flow you will have. Or there's the risk that the business could go under and they might not get the money they are owed.
Remortgaging buy to let for business
If a lender is willing to accept a residential buy to let, then they are often willing to consider one for business purposes. And likewise, if they don't accept residential, the won't accept commercial.
Investing or growing a business
For an existing business, some lenders will consider things a little more. If you want to remortgage to invest in a business you already own, lenders may decline due to an unknown potential for risk. This means if your business fails, they don't know if you can continue to pay the mortgage. They may consider if they know things such as:
- Will your current income stop if you invested the money into the business?
- What does the business do and for how long?
- What income do you receive?
To remortgage to buy shares in another company, then there are specialist lenders who will consider it depending on the situation
Alternatives to remortgaging for business
If you need to raise money for business purposes, there are other options to consider apart from remortgaging your home that could work better.
Secured loans
Secured loans for business purposes, known as second charge mortgages, are more flexible than the main residential mortgages. They are happy to consider situations where you raise money for a business purposes and rates tend to be higher.
Business loans
Another option is a business loan, not secured against your property. Cost of borrowing will likely be higher, but these are worked out more on the business figures rather than your personal information. Lenders will also want guarantees from shareholders and directors about what happens if the business fails.
Commercial bridging finance
For short term financing, commercial bridging loans can be taken. These typically go over 6-12 months and are paid off in full or by another financial option. They are often used when less conventional options are available.
Asset finance
Asset finance is used to secure loans against assets rather than property. This could be business equipment, machinery, vehicles, land or other assets. It is always best to work with experts in this kind of finance if you are considering it.
Can you pay off debts with a remortgage?
One of the most popular reasons to take a remortgage is to clear off other debts and consolidate them into one place. This often helps to lower monthly outgoings, reduce interest paid and make certain debt is paid over a set period of time.
If you have equity in your home, then this can be a good option to consolidate those debts. You can work with a mortgage adviser to consider the benefits of a remortgage and what debts you want to clear to make sure it is the best option.
Paying a tax bill
Some lenders won't allow a remortgage to pay a tax bill but there is a small number who will. Often as long as the business is trading well and the issues that led to the bill have been solved, these specialists will consider it.
Paying off school fees
If you need to pay school fees for various levels of education, some lenders may consider this. but there are also other options that might be better such as the Fees in Advance scheme.
How to release the equity
The actual process of remortgaging for most people is a straightforward one. If your circumstances are the same as when you took the original mortgage, then it is likely to be a quick and easy process. It should work like this:
- Work out your LTV ratio by dividing the loan value by the value of the home and multiplying it by 100. Make sure this will be affordable against your income and outgoings. Remember most lenders stop at 4-5 times your income, a few going as high as 6 times. Any more and you might need a secured loan.
- Work with a broker to find the best deals for your situation. Mortgage comparison charts are great, but they don't consider induvial details, so it is best to work with someone. Once you find the right deal, you can move on.
- You will provide all relevant documents including proof of ID and address and the broker will get an agreement in principle approved
- The full application then goes to the lender and they will look to have a valuation on the property. Once this is signed off, it becomes a formal offer
- Solicitors carry out the paperwork and organise the release of funds
- The paperwork is finished, and the funds are deposited in your bank account.
How soon can I release equity?
Some lenders will allow you to release equity as soon as you have some although legally, the borrower needs to have owned the property for six months before remortgaging. Exceptions might be for situations such as inheriting property or buying out a family member.
Shared equity properties
Shared equity properties are different to shared or joint ownership. This is where the property is owned by mortgage and secured loan, often from the government or private developer loans. The most common example is the Help to Buy scheme where buyers put down 5% an then get another 20% from the government schedule with the mortgage for the other 75%.
These situations can be more complex than a normal remortgage but there's nothing to say you can't get one. There are lenders that specialise in Help to Buy remortgages so ask your broker about these.
Buying someone out
If you are buying someone's share in the property, then the process is the same as a normal mortgage. The lender will look at income, credit history and risk involved in the revised agreement. So if you are separating from your partner, they will look at your new situation as a single person. They will want to be sure you can pay the new mortgage on one income alone.
A transfer of equity mortgage can be done with an existing lender or a new one. It is important that you keep up payments on the existing mortgage until the situation is sorted out as this can lead to problems. And other parties will need to sign to confirm acceptance.
Stamp duty and equity remortgages
Stamp duty land tax (SDLT) has to be paid if the share of the property the new person takes on is worth more than £40,000 in order to complete the transaction. However, stamp duty only applies on a transfer of equity agreement is the share of the property is worth more than £125,000.
Capital gains tax on remortgaging
Capital gains tax is paid when you offload an asset based on the profit made. In most cases, residential properties don't fall under this unless you are a landlord selling a house you have been renting out.
Can you remortgage with negative equity?
If you have no or negative equity, it can be possible to remortgage but likely only with your existing provider and to change schemes for a better interest rate. You can't normally borrow more without having some equity to borrow from. The exception to this is non-equity borrowing where some lenders will go up to 120% of the property value but interest rates will be higher than traditional mortgages or secured loans.
Remortgage surplus funds
The term remortgage surplus funds applied to capital due to you after the completion of a remortgage agreement. In this situation, you have borrowed more money than was needed to settle a debt with a previous mortgage company and this money is paid to you. So if you have a remortgage for £100,000 and it takes two months to sort, you will have made two more payments on your existing mortgage. This means you will have a surplus left due to this and this will be owed to you.
Can you remortgage to release equity on a buy to let?
Most lenders will offer remortgages on buy to let properties depending on the circumstances. For example, how many properties are held, if the company is a limited company or personal name and the rental income situation using the new stress testing guidelines.
Buy to let second charges
A buy to let remortgage to release equity might not be the best option as there are other ways to create those funds. Leaving the mortgage as it is and getting a secured loan may be one good option for this situation. Secured loan lenders tend to be more flexible about things like income, credit history and purpose of the money but interest rates will be higher.
What are the alternatives to a remortgage?
If you have been reclined a remortgage on a residential or buy to let property, there are still alternatives that might work for you.
Second charge mortgages
As mentioned, second charge mortgages are a loan secured against the property – another mortgage on top of your existing one. If you have been unable to remortgage your existing product, then this might be a good option. Lenders are often more flexible and can lend up to 10 times income depending on details.
Personal loans
Personal loans that are unsecured and not associated with the property are another option for borrowing. This means your home isn't at risk if you don't meet the payments, but they tend to have higher interest rates. They are also capped at £25,000 and must be repaid within 7 years.
Bridging finance
Bridging loans are stop-gap loans that help you with short term funding until a traditional mortgage or loan is available. Say your credit score is poor but you are taking steps and it will improve in the next few months – then a bridging loan could help in the meantime.
Interest rates are higher on these products. They are popular for landlords and property developers to get access to funds quickly with the knowledge that selling the house will then mean they can pay off the debt. There are also legal and administrative fees to take into account with the borrowing, so it needs to be considered carefully.
Equity release
Confusingly, equity release mortgages are different to remortgaging to release equity! An equity release plan is aimed at the over 55's and one of the most common types is called a lifetime mortgage. With these products, it is a loan secured against the property that doesn't have monthly payments. Instead, interest is added to the loan amount and the whole amount is due to be paid at the end of the loan term. This is usually either when the homeowner passes away or enters long term care. With these loans, the money can be used for any purpose.
If you are over 55, then equity release might be worth considering but shouldn't be done lightly. It is important to understand the impact it will have on what you leave for your children.
Additional borrowing for large loans
If you need to borrow more than £500,000 then there are specialist lenders who handle these loans but do have special terms associated with them. There are fewer lenders for these sums and the maximum LTV is often lower. If you have bad credit or are self-employed, this may mean only a small number of lenders are available. But there are still options your mortgage broker can look at for you.


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A inspectors' visit to a north Dublin disability home was "triggered" by more than 20 reports of physical, psychological and verbal abuse in the space of a month.
A newly-published report by Hiqa, the patient safety watchdog, revealed concerns about the Ashington group home in Dublin 7 run by the Daughters of Charity.
They had received 21 notifications of peer-to-peer aggression between October and November last year, some of which happened in the early hours of the morning.
Inspectors made an unannounced visit to the home in November where ten female adults reside.
The report said they found that no one person has overall responsibility for the running of the home and it was very dependent on agency staff.
On the day inspectors visited, one of the workers had never been in the home before.
There was a deficit in training in areas such as how to respond if a resident is choking while there were also problems in relation to manual handling.
In response the managers said that additional staff have been hired to oversee supervision and training was also underway.
Hiqa published 26 reports on residential services for people with disabilities.
Inspections in 19 centres found a good level of compliance with the requirements of the regulations and standards. These included four centres operated by Muiríosa Foundation, three centres operated by Nua Healthcare Services, three centres operated by Peter Bradley Foundation Ltd, and four centres operated by Western Care Association.
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tag:teejm.com,2014:/feed TJ Murphy 2015-08-05T16:32:08-07:00 TJ Murphy http://teejm.com firstname.lastname@example.com Svbtle.com tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/learn-to-code 2015-08-05T16:32:08-07:00 2015-08-05T16:32:08-07:00 Learn to code
Nate Silver, on how a Columbia student should prepare for the real world:

I guess I'd start with the most generic advice: learn how to code. The market is tough for journalists in general, but the exception is if you also know how to code. The other thing I realized is that getting the sense for what the metabolism for a journalistic office is is very important. If you really want to get into journalism then look for an internship in a newsroom. It'll pay less, but you'll have a lot of different experiences which will be very important. We also have a couple positions open too: we're looking for a Visual Journalist (I'm not sure if that's posted yet). We also have Internships. For the first time we've started to accept some freelance visualization work too.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/3fwxdm/i_am_nate_silver_editorinchief_of/ctspqmp

Software really is eating the world.
 tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/the-great-grocery-game 2013-04-12T01:24:25-07:00 2013-04-12T01:24:25-07:00 The Great Grocery Game
It was about 9 o'clock in the morning, early Saturday, with the sun shining and my refrigerator totally empty.

I had to buy groceries. Luckily I live in San Francisco, a city filled with startups who can't wait to outsource the minutiae of everyday life. At the tap of a button a complete stranger will come over to my house and live life on my behalf. It's both disturbing and beautiful.

With so many choices it can be hard to know which one to pick. So instead of take a gamble, I decided to put them to the test. Three delivery services, head-to-head, in a race to purchase and deliver an identical order of groceries on a Saturday afternoon. Game on.

The Experiment #

I started by compiling my grocery list. I took my last 12 trips to Safeway and built a comprehensive database of every item I had purchased. From that I crafted a standard basket - the order that I felt was representative of a normal trip. After a few adjustments to make sure I didn't get too much food, I ended up with this.

 Breakfast: Milk, Cereal, Yogurt, Donuts, Bacon

 Produce: Strawberries, Avocado

 Snacks: Crackers, Soda, Guacamole Mix

 Dinner: Chicken Breast, Frozen Dinner, Wine

While this list may seem simple, it includes some hidden landmines:

Milk - I left a note to check expiration dates and pick up the freshest carton. I always pull my milk from the back to ensure the longest shelf life in my fridge

Guacamole mix - I asked for McCormicks, a specialty brand that's out of the way and hard to find.

Avocado - I left a note to purchase a ripe avocado. You'd be surprised how many people don't know how to tell if an avocado is ripe.

Strawberries - These can be very hit or miss. If you pick the package on top you could end up with a bunch of nasty fruit. A rational shopper will check for the best.

With my cart assembled it was time to order.

Ordering Process #

When ordering on Postmates or Instacart, you start by choosing the store. You then go through a loop of picking a category, scrolling through the list to find your item, and then adding it to your cart.

The merchandising in these apps is terrible. Sometimes the item you want is right at the top of the list. Other times you have to scroll through 15 screens of junk to find what you want.

Search in these apps can be painful. Typing in a brand will bring up every single item under that brand name across the store. When you get in to store brands there's no way you'll find what you need.

The biggest value to Instacart over Postmates is the ability to schedule ahead and plan out substitutes. Instacart let's you take any order and pick the day it will show up where Postmates restricts you to just "Get It Now". You can also pick and choose what alternative items you want on Instacart in the event your favorites are out of stock.

Ordering on Exec was much simpler in comparison. Getting an Exec Errand is just a simple text box to fill out. My typical grocery store process involves my wife texting me a list and me going to the store so it was easy to just copy & paste the list in. Having simple text is great for fuzzy search. For example, I asked Exec for the cheapest bacon on sale and I ended up with a much higher quality product at the same price as the others. The big issue is specificity. For certain items we struggled with how to word our request such that it was perfectly clear what we wanted.

I took my standard cart and entered it into each app without triggering delivery, double checking each to make sure they were at parity.

Cost #

Each service has a very different cost structure. No one service is the best at any pricepoint.

Postmates has a dynamic pricing model based on time, demand, distance, and order size. I paid $12 for delivery on this order, though I've seen the price be as low as $7.50. They also charge a flat 5% fee on top of the purchase price.

Exec has a model that's purely labor based. The more time your Exec spends working, the more you pay. Their rate is $25/hour with a 45 minute minimum. On top of that, you pay 50¢/mile for travel and a 3% fee on any purchases.

Instacart's pricing is the most ambiguous. They charge a flat delivery fee based on order size: $7.99 for under $35 and $3.99 otherwise. Often on the weekends they will offer free delivery for orders over $60. Where it gets tricky is that you pay the retail price for grocery items plus an unspecified fee on top. So if you're shopping at Safeway where discounting is rampant, it's not clear just how much more you're paying. For my order, the Instacart cost for any food item was ~20% over what I would pay at the checkout.

My Costs #

 	 Items	 Food Cost	 Fees	 Delivery	 Total

 Postmates	 13 	 $44.34 	 $2.22 	 $12.00	 $58.56

 Exec	 14 	 $50.71 	 $19.50 	 $0	 $70.21

 Instacart	 11 	 $33.71 	 $6.44 	 $3.99	 $44.14

Cost By Order Size #

This graph helps show how the costs change with order size.

Timeline #

When noon on Saturday rolled around, I started the race. I triggered each app simultaneously to delivery my groceries as soon as possible. I kept a record of every call, text, and push notification I received and compiled them together. This timeline tracks all communication I received along the way.

 Each event is an SMS or Push Notification unless otherwise specified

Results #

As the orders came in I went through each item and cataloged them along the following criteria

Did I get the item I wanted?

When items were unavailable, did I get an acceptable replacement?

Did they follow my special instructions?

Is the item of a quality I would I have purchased myself?

So how did they do? As expected, each service had no problem fulfilling the easy items on my list. Though, for about half of my grocery list, there were problems.

Exec #

Exec was the first order to arrive with a total delivery time of 65 minutes. Exec makes no promises on delivery time and if they run over, it costs you directly. Of all three services, they were the only ones able to fill my 14 item order. Overall the order quality was top notch.

 ✔ The strawberries, milk, and guacamole mix came in perfect

 ✔ The donuts I wanted were out. He messaged me through the app and I told him a suitable replacement

 ~ The exec thought the frozen dinner I wanted was out and asked about a replacement. I realized my description of the item was not specific enough, as he bought the completely wrong thing.

 ✘ The avocado was not ripe. I was never asked about a replacement.

Postmates #

Postmates was the second order to arrive with a total delivery time of 75 minutes. Postmates promises a 60 minute delivery, making them 15 minutes late. My postmate was the only competitor who was a woman, a detail that weighed heavily in their favor. She did a fantastic job on the produce, blowing away everyone on her handling of my avocado request.

 ✔ The strawberries and milk were great

 ✔ Text messaged me that there were no ripe avocados available in singles, but there were in a 3 pack. I told them to pick any suitable single avocado.

 ~ Text messaged me that the frozen chicken was unavailable, but substituted it with an unnecessarily expensive alternative.

 ✘ The guacamole mix was substituted with a cheaper variety without consulting me. This is the variety right next to the avocados in the store.

 ✘ Postmates did not have bakery items listed and did not have functionality for custom requests. Therefore I did not get any donuts.

Instacart #

Instacart was the third order to arrive with a total delivery time of 111 minutes. They promise delivery within a 3 hour window, so this delivery was well within the normal range.

 ✘ The milk was not the freshest available, expiring 4 days earlier than the others

 ✘ The strawberries were of very poor quality as judged by my wife, the Chief Strawberry Eater

 ✘ Instacart reported that the Guacamole mix was sold out and did not supply a substitute

 ✘ The avocado was not ripe

 ~ I got a text message that some items had been substituted. The chicken had been swapped out for a larger size (1.5lb) and higher coset.

 ✘ Instacart does not deliver alcohol so I did not receive wine.

 — Instacart handles custom requests but I failed to place one for the donuts.

 	 	 Quality	 	 	 	 Accuracy

 Item	 Postmates	 Exec	 Instacart	  	 Postmates	 Exec	 Instacart

 16oz Cinnamon Toast Crunch	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔	 	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔

 1 Quart, 1% Lucerne Milk	 ✔	 ✔	 ✘	 	 ✔	 ✔	 ✘

 1lb Strawberries	 ✔	 ✔	 ✘	 	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔

 1x Avocado	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔	 	 ✔	 ✘	 ✘

 McCormick Guacamole Mix	 ✔	 ✔	 —	 	 ✘	 ✔	 ✘

 2 Liter Coke Zero	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔	 	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔

 Safeway Wheat Crackers	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔	 	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔

 Eat Right Sesame Chicken Frozen Dinner	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔	 	 ✔	 ~	 ✔

 Chobani Non-fat Strawberry	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔	 	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔

 Chobani Non-fat Raspberry	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔	 	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔

 1lb Chicken Breast, Boneless Skinless	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔	 	 ~	 ✔	 ~

 1 Bottle Cupcake Sauvignon Blanc	 ✔	 ✔	 —	 	 ✔	 ✔	 ✘

 3x Boston Crème Bakery Donuts	 —	 ✔	 —	 	 ✘	 ✔	 —

 1 Package Bacon	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔	 	 ✔	 ✔	 ✔

 	 13/13	 14/14	 9/11	 	 11/14	 12/14	 8/13

 	 Postmates	 Exec	 Instacart	  	 Postmates	 Exec	 Instacart

Summary #

Postmates was hands down the best value per dollar. With their inexpensive delivery fees and great accuracy, I feel like I had a great experience relative to the amount I paid. It's hard to say whether this was due to the startup or because the competitor was a female and thus had more attention to detail.

Exec excelled at speed and accuracy. I was stunned by how fast they put my order together and how spot on the items were. My Exec communicated promptly; I never felt like I was out of the loop. However, the one thing they messed up on they got majorly wrong, partially due to me not being specific enough.

Instacart wins at convenience and price. My wife liked the fact that Instacart "got the job done without getting in your way". They try to frontload all of the decision making so you won't be bothered when the job is happening. And despite their cloudy pricing model they came out cheapest for small-to-medium shopping trips.

Going forward I'll use Exec for all my same-day trips and in the event I need complicated shopping orders. I'll continue to use Instacart for small, simple orders that I want to plan in advance.

If you'd like to use Postmates, click here to sign up

If you'd like to use Exec, click here to sign up

If you'd like to use Instacart, click here to sign up

Special thanks to my wife for helping me organize and coordinate this experiment and to Kim MacVaugh for playing along.
 tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/focus-on-the-how 2012-12-10T07:15:00-08:00 2012-12-10T07:15:00-08:00 Focus on The How
When building a company it's important to reflect on the way we use our time. Seth says the best teams do this by focusing on how they operate.

Great teams are set apart by The How, they focus on making every piece of code better, they push to build art faster, reduce iteration time on design and squeeze more out of a single sprint. These people understand that time is the only thing you cannot buy and that growing the team or raising more money is just a way to push back an inevitable deadline

Seth Sivak's The How
 tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/aspiration 2012-11-09T13:10:00-08:00 2012-11-09T13:10:00-08:00 The Power of Aspiration
As product creators, we have a lot of tools at our disposal. Tapping into raw human emotion is one of the most powerful of all. One of the emotions best used by games is aspiration.

Aspiration is an emotion that can produce incredible results. James Bond is a character that's many people aspire to be. In the recent 007 flick Skyfall, there's a scene that features our british masculine ideal getting a close shave by a beautiful woman. This one scene has increased sales of straight razors by 4x.

Nick Gibbens, The Shaving Shack's Brand Director, believes Bond's legendary style and iconic status have inspired men to try out a new method of wet shaving.
 "Bond fans have an emotional attachment to 007, they love his Aston Martin cars, Omega watches and dinner suits. So it comes as no surprise that they have jumped on his love for cut throat razors.

http://www.shaving-shack.com/blog/james-bond-skyfall-boosts-cut-throat-razor-sales-by-405/

There's a huge opportunity in games to drive aspiration. You're creating a fictional world and allowing other people to play inside it. It's your job as a product creator to shape their feelings as they traverse the game experience. Products that drive aspiration have higher retention, better growth, and a stronger brand.

Creating aspiration is actually a brilliant psychological hack. It gets a person to set a lofty, innate goal for themselves. In the same way that entrepreneurs itch for world domination or artists yearn to change the way people view the world. People will then act irrationally and go to any length to meet that goal. Dan Pink talks about this intrinsic motivation in his book Drive, as not only a powerful motivator, but the best possible way for someone to stay excited and productive.

Products create aspiration in a few ways. It starts with communicating the ideal. Take a look at Pokémon:

Nintendo has a single priority in their marketing of Pokémon. They don't just put any monsters on the front of their games. They put the most bad-ass, epic monsters the game has to offer. It's building an aspiration towards the Pokémon ideal, assembling the coolest monster team possible.

Instagram does this too, albeit in more subtle ways. Their app screenshots are dedicated to showing you the mega-popular photographer you could be, with thousands of ♥s on your photos and just as many followers. They start with the ideal up front.

The next piece is dangling the ideal. The game World of Warcraft executes this brilliantly. Part of the core game loop requires visiting major hubs core to your faction. When you arrive, you're instantly surrounded by people with better gear, cooler weapons, and exclusive mounts.

The game has strong signals of success and attaches them like headlights to your shoulders. When you're walking through Orgrimmar, you're literally bathed in the glow of other people's victories, a strong reminder that you're not the best yet.

The final piece is letting players live the ideal. The road to aspiration in any game has to end in the player hitting their goal. In Skyrim, the player starts by being told they are dragonborn and have a destiny to slay dragons. By the end of the game, they're cutting through dragons like a hot knife through butter. The player was set up to fear and respect dragons and follows the path to become the ultimate dragon killing machine.

Consumer apps do this too. Letting people live the ideal is exactly what Uber does. When they were first written about, the service was described as an experience that makes you "feel like a rockstar". For $30, you too can live the dream.

Aspiration is one of the strongest human emotions. It inspires us to greatness, puts men on the moon, and pushes humanity forward. With the right design, games can make people aspire too.
 tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/building-a-data-informed-startup 2012-09-07T09:00:00-07:00 2012-09-07T09:00:00-07:00 Building a Data-Informed Startup
At MinoMonsters, we use data every single day. We spend a lot of time looking at it and we believe it's important. Today we will monitor and record over 10M points of data. But what are we doing with all that information?

We're building a mobile game, but we use data just like any mobile startup would. We use data to track the health of our business and we use it to inform certain decisions. Data helps us understand if we're growing, it helps us debug product flows, and it helps us discover new opportunities for engagement and revenue.

Just as important as the data itself, the cadence we use to look at the data is critical. We can't look at everything, we simply don't have the time or attention. We must be disciplined in how we look at data and ensure we're using high-yield visualizations of our data.

One way we look at data is daily health check-ups where we look at DAU, Installs, and Revenue. For each of these we look at today's numbers and how that compares to yesterday and last week. Fluctuations are to be expected, but drops are not. This helps us see our growth and alerts us if anything is going wrong.

We put these numbers up on a TV in the middle of the office. This keeps us accountable and helps quantify the impact each person is having on the world.

 (The numbers aren't censored on the real thing)

We also use data to help us understand how players use our products. This in turn helps us optimize the products. We use this data in ad-hoc product analysis to help us better understand how our features perform.

One way we optimize is with a funnel analysis. A funnel analysis can quickly identify the parts of a feature that confuse, bore, or crash on our players. We use this often to look at our first time user experience (FTUE). Before we ship, we identify each step in the FTUE. After we ship, we examine each step and determine where users are lost.

These are two of the tools we use to improve our product. What's important is that we display the data efficiently to quickly gain insights and that we only use the most important metrics to keep us focused. Our jobs are as game designers, first and foremost. Our goal is to ensure that players are having fun. Data helps us do just that.
 tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/owning-your-destiny 2012-07-25T16:46:00-07:00 2012-07-25T16:46:00-07:00 Owning your destiny
Patrick Wyatt, creator of the Guild Wars series and one of the original developers at Blizzard Entertainment, talks about the birth of the Warcraft franchise. Originally, they sought to license the Warhammer brand for use in the game. They decided against it.

It's surprising now to think what might have happened had Blizzard not controlled the intellectual property rights for the Warcraft universe — it's highly unlikely Blizzard would be such a dominant player in the game industry today.

Blizzard has made over 2 billion dollars on the Warcraft franchise from the games alone. That's not including the card games, conferences, swag, virtual pets, or their upcoming feature film.

Activision Blizzard is now worth over $13,000,000,000.
 tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/increasing-retention-for-social-games 2012-07-10T08:30:27-07:00 2012-07-10T08:30:27-07:00 Increasing retention for social games
Retention is a tough topic. Every consumer app startup is concerned with it but no one really knows how to move it. Executing on retention can be brutal. You can try hundreds of different tricks, changes, tweaks, and pivots and still not see the needle move. It's also a really important piece of data. For free consumer apps, your retention is a key factor in your customer lifetime value. Retention is one of the hardest and important metrics to move in a startup.

As Nabeel Hyatt points out, most people cannot move the needle on retention unless something is fundamentally wrong.

… in general you will not make retention go up materially post launch. I have seen virality increase materially, engagement go up, monetization improve, but rarely do you see retention really pop after launch.

Retention is a really hard problem.

At MinoMonsters, we've also struggled with retention. Our initial alpha product was a leaky bucket, shedding over 95% of new users within the first few minutes of play. Since then, we been ruthless about improving retention. Through strategic product changes, we've been able to raise our Day 1 retention to over 50%, where we sit today. The process has taken over a year and we've learned a lot along the way. Here are some of the things we did that helped.

 Have great aspiration. You want players to feel like they're working towards something grandiose. You want them setting their own goals.

 Craft a clear, fun, first time user experience (FTUE). You need to teach players the game and how you teach it makes all the difference.

 Don't make me read. Communicate visually in your game as much as possible. Show, don't tell your players how to play the game. If players have to read just to understand what's going on, you'll lose them.

 Play with friends. Connecting and interacting with friends allows players to bring each other back into the game. Make this core.

 Build a fun game. There's not much to say here. Fun games help retain players.

There are also some tactics you can use to increase retention. These aren't silver bullets, but they apply to a broader set of consumer apps.

 Email lifecycle marketing. Email is an engagement channel that has stood the test of time.

 Constant content updates. If players know that you are constantly curating the game, they'll come back to see what's new.

 Timers. Give the players game content where coming back is part of the core game loop.

 Notifications. Use the notification channel of your platform to send relevant messages to your players.

And lastly, there are some things that are guaranteed to hurt retention.

Slow load times

Crashes

Being confusing

Being boring

We've used these strategies and tactics over the last year to 10x our Day 1 and Day 7 Retention. If you'd like to start moving the needle on retention today, here's the best place to start.

 Do a funnel dropoff analysis of your FTUE. Fix the steps that are broken. If you don't have a FTUE, build one.

 Start tracking Day 1 Retention. Make tweaks to your core game loop until it goes up. Do not focus on anything else until you reach 30%.

 Put the game in the hands of random people from Craigslist. Just watch how they interact with the game. Give them as little instruction as possible. Fix the user experience issues you observe.

Retention is a complex topic and there's no one-size-fits-all solution. We increased retention through focus, hard work, and bold changes to our product.

This post was originally published on Quora.

Thanks to Nabeel Hyatt for reading a draft of this.
 tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/sharecropping-on-facebook 2012-05-29T09:40:00-07:00 2012-05-29T09:40:00-07:00 Sharecropping on Facebook
It wasn't that long ago that Viddy was raising $30M for it's "Instagram for Video" app that had stormed Facebook. It was being heralded as the return of virality for its spammy Open Graph integration. I wonder what happened to that?

Facebook pushes big updates on Tuesdays. They have taken these Tuesdays as an opportunity to systematically crush Viddy's DAU to under a million. Why would they do that? Why give free distribution away when they can charge for it with ads.

When building for Facebook you can abuse viral opportunities all day long, but when it comes down to it, you're playing on Facebook's turf. And Facebook doesn't fight fair.
 tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/the-motives-behind-facebook-camera 2012-05-24T11:50:00-07:00 2012-05-24T11:50:00-07:00 The motives behind Facebook Camera
Facebook has just announced Camera, a standalone iOS app that's been over a year in the making.

This app execution is fantastic. Compared to the classic Facebook app, Camera runs smoothly, loads fast, has intuitive use, and feels native. But why would Facebook release a separate camera app? Don't they already own Instagram?

The answer lies in Facebook's secret sauce to engagement - photos. The entire engine of Facebook runs on users taking, tagging, liking, and commenting on photos. Without it, Facebook is nothing. And if you take a close look, you'll see that the entire Camera app is designed to get you to post as many photos as possible.

They have camera roll integration, allowing me to quickly pick a photo to upload.

Their story post form includes an extra call to action to add more photos.

They used a batch-style picker that lets me upload lots of photos to Facebook at once.

Also, using some nefarious device-based tracking, Camera knows exactly who I am, as soon as I've installed it.

And if it wasn't already obvious, Facebook clearly wants to be a replacement for the default Camera app.

This all makes complete sense for Facebook. They know that active user numbers for the desktop website are drying up. They also know that those people are moving to mobile. If Facebook plans to survive, they need to make sure their primary viral channel makes it on to mobile as well. They need to do whatever they can to get more users taking more photos.

If you can't find the app on the store, you can download it here.
 tag:teejm.com,2014:Post/omgpop-acquisition-6-weeks-later 2012-05-03T20:13:00-07:00 2012-05-03T20:13:00-07:00 The OMGPOP acquisition: 6 weeks later
Now that the dust has settled on Zynga's purchase of mobile game developer OMGPOP, the outlook isn't quite as rosy as it was just a month ago. Most Zynga titles take months before hitting their peak and then slowly decline. Draw Something has lost about five million users in a single month just weeks after the acquisition. That's bad news for Zynga.

Zynga doesn't simply dish out $180M for a team of 40 in New York. When they bought OMGPOP they expected their games to perform. Newtoy, the Texas-based mobile games developer, was acquired by Zynga for $50m. Their hit title Words With Friends has held in Top Grossing for over two years. Draw Something could be out in the next two months.

Zynga beat earnings estimate for Q1 this year, largely due to the OMGPOP acquisition. If the Draw Something studio can't hold on to it's DAU, Zynga could be hurting hard in Q2.


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Kel-Tec PF9: $300 Carry Pistol Innovation2 min read
The most important thing you can do as someone who commits to an EDC system is to have a gun on you. Sometimes, we can not dress around the gun, and this is where we are put in a tough spot. Generally, downsizing our pistols does a few things to us. It typically can lessen our effectiveness in marksmanship, limits our round count, and increases our recoil and shooting discomfort. These characteristics are normal, but it is a sacrifice that many are willing to make. For this reason, Kel-Tec came out with the PF9 to answer the need for a pistol that is as slim and light as possible without costing an arm and a leg. Watch video below:
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MP for Scarborough and Whitby Robert Goodwill is calling on people to respect the coast by tackling litter.
He says it's become a bugbear to him, particularly with the amount of litter that can be left on our beaches after busy weekends with good weather.
It's not an uncommon sight on the beaches of the Yorkshire Coast, particularly with it being such a popular tourist destination.
Back in May, we spoke to Andy Desa from Dexter's Surf Shop on the North Bay, who was outraged at the amount of litter, such as smashed glass, he had to pick up before it was safe enough for surfers and beach-goers.
It's been a similar story, if not more prominent, on the South Bay and even led to one regular visitor to vow "never to return to Scarborough again" after being a regular for 30 years.
Robert said:
"We were on the beach last year in Scarborough and there was a couple next to us who'd got some rubber rings which had a leak and there was some packaging as well, and they just left it on the beach.
We couldn't believe it. But we gathered it up and put it in a bin. I hope people will bear in mind that if they leave or drop litter, someone will have to pick it up.
If the council spends money doing that, that is money that could be better used doing other things in the community.
When I was on a beach sweep recently in Whitby, there was a lot of cigarette ends.
They are still litter, somebody's got to pick them up, otherwise they'll end up in the sea.
A lot of these materials have small amounts of plastics in them, which cause problems."
There have been calls to fine people who are caught littering, but the Borough Council says this would be tricky to police.
Published by Yorkshire Coast Radio.


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At the end of Volume 4, Scott Pilgrim convinced Ramona that he was ready for love and a real relationship and here in Volume 5 not only do we find Scott and Ramona living together but we see that almost everything else in their lives has slightly changed. They still have their circle of friends, made up primarily of the members of Scott's band, but the relationships are all a bit different now. The band, Sex Bob-omb. is mired in recording an album and have all but broken up. People who were dating before are not anymore. People who were roommates before are not anymore. The pieces that made up the old status quo are still there but their positions have shifted just a bit.
Why all the subtle changes? Scott's friends are starting to grow up. Not in dramatic ways, but in those subtle ways that we all do. Suddenly being 22 and in a band isn't the most important thing in the world. Having a job, figuring out if you want to go back to school, finding a stable living situation, those are the new priorities for the people who orbit Scott Pilgrim. But there is one person who, for all of his changes up until this point isn't growing up, and that person is Scott Pilgrim. The only problem? Ramona is also growing up. There is a scene early on in this volume that underscores the fact that the euphoria of Scott and Ramona finally figuring things out at the end of Volume 4 will be short lived. It's a simple scene, just Scott and Ramona having breakfast together talking about the day that awaits them. Ramona ticks off a whole list of things she has to do and take care of during the day. The only thing on Scott's (unspoken) agenda is video games. It's not a flashy scene, or a showy scene, but it's a very telling scene. Anyone who has been there before themselves knows that there are rocky roads ahead.
If anything, Scott Pilgrim Volume 5 shows us that there are some pretty serious cracks in Scott and Ramona's relationship. As these things normally go, the couple goes through trials and tribulations to get together and then it's happily ever after. But not here. Not in Scott Pilgrim. Now that Scott and Ramona are together and we get to actually see them together we start to see that maybe the girl of Scott's dreams isn't really the girl of his dreams. They don't seem to have a lot in common. They don't seem to have very much fun together. She doesn't like his band. And more importantly, while Scott seems happy where he is in his life, Ramona seems to be progressing and growing. And if that wasn't enough, there appears to be more to Ramona than Scott realizes – mysterious things, head glowy things – things she can't or won't explain. There is a creeping feeling in this volume that as happy as he seems to be, Scott may not realize that the life he's leading is a façade that is set to crumble at any moment.
This might all sound dire and dreary but it's not. Scott is still Scott – he's adorably clueless about life beyond the here and now. He's exasperating at times but you can't seem to hate him for it. The hallmark of Scott Pilgrim has been breathlessly exciting, extremely clever, and laugh out loud funny storytelling and all of that is present here. What is also present is a deeper level of maturity in the characters and a greater level of sophistication to the story. It is a testament to Bryan Lee O'Malley's skill that a story in which Scott Pilgrim does battle with multiple robot henchmen feels the most emotionally real of all of the volumes to date, and more emotionally real than just about any comic book I've read recently. There are some devastating scenes here and it's to O'Malley's credit that he does not over play them. It's all about subtlety here. A look, a line of dialogue, the lack of dialogue – all of these things play into the real story here, which is not the punching or the kicking, but the ever evolving relationships. In fact, much of the fighting that Scott Pilgrim engages in here happens either in the background or off camera. It's an artistic choice that let's the reader know what's really going on here. What's really important.
Bryan Lee O'Malley's art continues to get better and better. I really liked the art in the first volume, but if you compare that art to the art here, it's no contest. His skill as an artist has grown considerably in the last five years. There is so much that happens in these books that is unspoken and some much emotion to convey and O'Malley does it all with characters with oversized eyes. O'Malley's cartoony style is really deceptive. There is so much weight and emotion in his faces. Each character has a look and a personality that is expressed solely through their design and it works almost 100% of the time. If there is anything that I could criticize in this book it's that there are one or two instances when it's difficult to tell Ramona and Kim apart. It's not the worst thing in the world but it did take me out of the story a few times when I had to stop to figure out who was talking.
Of course now that I think about it, because of where the story goes that might have been entirely intentional.
Scott Pilgrim is the most true and honest look at relationships in your lost early 20s that I have come across in ages. I see so much of my own experiences in these stories, or the experiences of people I knew. Hell, there are still an uncomfortably high number of things that I recognize about my life now in these books.
With each passing volume Bryan Lee O'Malley gets better and better. This is the most moving, heartfelt, and subtle volume of Scott Pilgrim yet. And it's also the best.
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Kings Assistant Coach Don Nachbaur said memorabilia collectors still contact him about his old Hartford Whalers gear.
"I've had so many people over the years ask me about my jersey," he joked.
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