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One of the most delightful & delicious "discoveries" in a very long time. When I was out having lunch with Francisco & Friends the other day, talk turned to "typical" bars that we all love, and Miguel mentioned Bar Casa Eme. Which I had never heard of. WELL… it was made very clear by everyone that I absolutely HAD to go there.
So after a long and very hot 10,000 step walk yesterday, Peter and I finally stumbled upon it, and then stumbled inside. It was love at first sight.
This bar has been run for over 25 years by Emeterio (Eme) Serrano, who does absolutely everything. He runs the bar and cooks (the kitchen consists of two small gas burners) and also sings. He is a wonder. I was actually thinking this would be one of those places where it was more about character and ambiance than the food, but in fact the food (albeit a limited menu) was fabulous. Mostly montaditos (toasted sandwiches), but he also does a mean gambas al ajillo and apparently his garlicky coquinas and langoustines (in season) are also a hit. I swear his whisky sauce, which we tried both on the tortilla and solomillo, is the best I've ever had.
I just loved everything about this place, from the cosy bar (there are also some tall tables outside) to the wonderfully tiled walls, to Eme himself. We started chatting after the lunch crowd had dispersed and he told me about starting the bar and also how he hoped to retire next year. At first I thought – Nooooo… I just found you, you can't leave now!!!… but then realized that after all this time single-handedly managing quite a busy and popular bar, Eme was due a rest. But I hope to get back as much as possible before he hangs up his apron. Review coming soon on Sevilla Tapas!


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"Anderson, you get in this house this very minute and quit tip-toeing out there, worried about those rain puddles, little Cooper you just get so fired up over everything."
Little Anderson Cooper, around here he's just known as "Coop," because well, we all know bout those chickens he chased through my yard, trying to concoct some story to entertain his little friends.
He just keeps on entertaining. But when he was little it was hard to sort out which were tales and which were tales that were true, cause that child he sure liked to act and act up. I guess that's why he wanted to be a journalist.
So I told him, those puddles out there by my porch here in Cloutierville, they don't mean nothin' to no one. The rain around here ain't been no Hurricane Katrina. And there aren't going to be a whole slew of alligators comin' on this property, with the big one here to protect this house.
But I thanked him for thinkin' bout me, sure enough, lookin' after his Granny like he seems to want to do with everyone else.

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From the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services:
Today, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released the results of its Healthy Stores for a Healthy Community survey which shows that Humboldt County youth have more access to unhealthy products than the state average.
The survey covers the availability and marketing of tobacco products, alcohol, condoms and healthy and unhealthy food options in California stores that sell tobacco. One striking finding: the research shows the county experienced an 87 percent increase in the availability of e-cigarettes over the past three years.
Research for the statewide report was collected in the summer of 2016 from more than 7,100 California stores. The study included pharmacies, supermarkets, delis, convenience and liquor stores as well as tobacco-only stores. In Humboldt County, 70 stores were surveyed.
The research revealed that in Humboldt:
- Eighty percent of stores sell "little cigars" or cigarillos in addition to cigarettes, and all of those stores sold cigarillos for under $1.
- Only 34 percent of stores sell fresh fruits or vegetables.
- Thirty-one percent of stores sell non- or low-fat milk, but 85 percent sell alcohol.
"The expanded availability of e-cigarettes is of particular concern," said Jay McCubbrey, PhD said, who works with the Tobacco-Free Humboldt program. "We believe it represents a spike in use by teens and young adults."
Another goal of the survey was to examine the accessibility and marketing of healthy and unhealthy products to youth. The study found that in Humboldt County:
- Sixty-two percent of stores that sell alcohol placed alcohol ads at "kid-level" or near kid-friendly items such as candy or toys.
- None of the sampled stores advertised healthy products on their storefronts, but 61 percent of the storefronts advertised unhealthy products, including 67 percent of stores near schools.
- Alcopops (flavored alcoholic beverages) are sold at 77 percent of stores, significantly higher than the statewide average of 48 percent.
"Overall, the findings show a continuing and alarming discrepancy in our county in the accessibility and marketing between products that promote a healthy lifestyle, and those that don't," said Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Donald Baird. "Stores play a critical role in our community's health, and this survey shows offerings and messaging are out of balance, tipping heavily toward unhealthy options."
Healthy Stores for a Healthy Community is a statewide campaign formed by tobacco prevention, nutrition, alcohol abuse prevention and STD prevention partners collaborating to improve the health of Californians by informing them about the impact of unhealthy product availability and marketing in the retail environment.
For more Humboldt County results and information on Healthy Stores for a Healthy Community, click here.


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Take the dial on every sport and turn it all the way up.
Nothing touches tennis.
At 2 a.m. Wednesday, Dominic Thiem missed a forehand and Rafael Nadal, the best player in the world, was liberated. In four hours and 49 minutes, Nadal won his quarterfinal match over Thiem, 0-6 (!),6-4, 7-5, 6–7, 7-6.
Nadal embraced Thiem for a long time and then stretched his arms, closed his eyes and faced the sky. With rain, he would have been Andy Dufresne in "The Shawshank Redemption."
"It was like this terrific choreographed dance," said Greg Patton, the former UC Irvine and Boise State coach. "It was like a reggae concert with Bob Marley coming back."
Thiem had pushed Nadal to the end of every muscle fiber. He had given Nadal only seven points in the first set, smashed 74 winners and won 171 points to Nadal's 165. At 5-5 in the fifth, Thiem fell behind love-40 on his own serve and then won the next five points. In postponing the pain, he lifted the match into the first chapter of tennis history.
"It was amazing," said Dave Sherbeck, a mixed doubles quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and an instructor at The Palisades Club at Newport Beach. "These guys do so much more work off the court than anybody knows, and it's all under the radar."
The whole sport is.
Think of the equatorial steam that has captured New York, with even the sweat-immune Roger Federer repeatedly changing shirts.
Then think of the suffocating loneliness. There is no caddie, no cornerman. Your coaches are in the bleachers and are supposed to be invisible. Nor is there a clock to run out.
So why we can't have more? And when will American men get back in the game, if only to remove Andy Roddick from the books as the last Yank to win a Grand Slam (2003 U.S. Open)?
They are closer than they appear. Twelve Americans are ranked in the ATP's top 100, which outranks every other country. But none is in the Top 10. John Isner is 11th, Jack Sock 18th, Steve Johnson (San Clemente, USC) 31st and Sam Querrey (Thousand Oaks) 35th.
"Stevie took Thiem to five sets earlier in the tournament," Patton said. "I'm optimistic. I look at Frances Tiafoe (44th) and Taylor Fritz (74th). They see Nadal and Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic and they're like X-men, superheroes. Thiem may be sensing he can be one, too. A day will come along when our guys sense the same thing."
Wake Forest won the NCAA championship last year with Petros Chrysochos, from Cyprus, as the individual winner. He was accompanied by players from Israel, Montenegro, Croatia and Uzbekistan (and Eduardo Nava from Northridge).
UC Irvine coach Mike Saunders has had Americans and outlanders on his roster. He can distinguish them easily.
"The Europeans and South Americans have so much more experience on clay," he said. "The angles of the game have changed. These players are good enough to hit any shot from any part of the court to any other part of the court. To understand the geometry of it all, you need to play on clay. It makes you more strategic, and we just don't have much of it in this country."
Johnson did win the U.S. Clay Courts in Houston this year. But the top 11 players represent 11 different nations. All are European except Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) and Kevin Anderson (South Africa). Thiem, from Austria, is 9th.
"The other difference is cultural," Saunders said. "The foreign players are growth-oriented. That's the way they're taught, to make progress every day. Our players are more likely to be motivated by achievement. What's my ranking, what's my record? It can be frustrating if you don't see results."
Other nations provide training and funding through their academies, and not to the elites, either. The vast majority of American athletes find tennis too expensive to consider.
"Plus, it's more fun to be on a team," Sherbeck said. "If you win in tennis, it's amazing, but aside from your family and maybe your coach, who do you share it with?"
Incredibly, there is no men's tournament in Los Angeles anymore. Nadal, Federer and Djokovic get no closer than Indian Wells in March.
The Open itself is as exhausting and irritating as its host city, and yet those endless nights return the best bang/buck ratio in sports. "This match will stay with me forever," Thiem said, speaking for thousands who learned that something good can indeed happen at 2 in the morning, even in New York.


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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Carmi Soul Food Restaurant on Western Avenue is a cozy haven for those who have a taste for southern cooking.
The word "Carmi" combines the names of owners Carleen and her husband, Michael. Mike and Carleen King opened the restaurant five years ago. All food is cooked to order.
Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams is an occasional guest at Carmi. But recently, he showed up with a camera crew from the NFL.
They spent hours at the restaurant, shooting a public service announcement for breast cancer awareness.
Carlene describes the scenario: "I'm waiting for DeAngelo to come in and take over. In he walks, and he takes over, and he does all for me, while I go and get my annual exam."
She says Carmi is the setting for a breast cancer PSA, which aims to "motivate a lot of men to encourage their women to take the time."
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It was a major production.
"It was a learning experience. There was so much going on, there were so many people, so many moving parts," she said. "There were gaffers and lights and rolling things, and cameras that hung off people's bodies. It's exciting. And I think any time you have a chance to do something for somebody else, you should grab it with both hands."


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When a horny netizen logs into their Tinder profile using their phone number as a username, the hookup app relies on the Facebook-built AccountKit.com to check the person is legit owner of that account.
Facebook's system texts a confirmation code to the punter, they receive it on their phone, and type the code into Account Kit's website. Account Kit verifies the code is correct, and if it is, issues Tinder an authorization token, allowing the login attempt to complete.
It's a simple, easy, and supposedly secure password-less system: your Tinder account is linked to your phone number, and as long as you can receive texts to that number, you can log into your Tinder account.
However, Appsecure founder Anand Prakash discovered Account Kit didn't check whether the confirmation code was correct when the toolkit's software interface – its API – was used in a particular way. Supplying a phone number as a "new_phone_number" parameter in an API call over HTTP skipped the verification code check, and the kit returned a valid "aks" authorization token.
Thus, you could supply anyone's phone number to Account Kit, and it would return a legit "aks" access token as a cookie in the API's HTTP response. That's not great.
Prepare for trouble, and make it double
Now to Tinder. The app's developers forgot to check the client ID number in the login token from Account Kit, meaning it would accept the aforementioned "aks" cookie as a legit token. Thus it was possible to create an authorization token belonging to a stranger from Account Kit, and then send it to Tinder's app to log in as that person.
All you'd need is a victim's phone number, and bam, you're in their Tinder profile, reading their saucy messages between hookups or discovering how much of an unloved sad sack they were, and setting up dates.
Source: Hey, you. App dev. You like secure software? Let's learn from Tinder, Facebook's blunders • The Register


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Question: What is the ruling of the Ulama-e-Ahle Sunnat wa Jamaat in the following cases:
(a) Is there Zakaat on gold or silver jewellery that is for daily use or that which has been kept away?
(b) Does the Nisaab of the Zakaat for jewellery remain as per the price of jewellery when it was purchased or does this fluctuate as per the market value of the jewellery and thus will it be calculated as per the price at the time of calculation for payment (of zakaat)?
(c) What is the ruling regarding that money which is invested in business, such as money that has been used to purchase material (cloth) or for rentable things etc? How does one give zakaat on this?
(d) What is the Zakaat that needs to be paid per one hundred?
(e) Can one give the money of Zakaat to a Kaafir, mushrik, wahabi, raafdhi (shia) or qadiani etc?
(f) Who is it best to first give one's zakaat to? If one's brother's sisters or parents are not zakaatable, can they be given zakaat or not?
(g) That person who has fifty six rupees is Zakaatable (This was during that era). Now what should he give in Zakaat?
(h) Upon who is Qurbani necessary and is it waajib or fard?
(i) Nowadays in India, some Muslims stop us from making Qurbani of cows, as they wish to please the mushriks and they say that we should make Qurbani of goats. Now, what should we make qurbani of?
The Answer:
(a) There is full zakaat on the jewellery, whether it is worn at all times, or it is not worn at all. والله تعالى اعلم
(b) If gold is given in place of gold and silver for silver, then there is no need to pay the market related price. In doing so, one must give one fortieth of the weight of the said jewellery. However, if one wishes to give silver in payment of gold and gold in payment of silver, then the market related value will be used. The market related value at the time of making or purchasing the jewellery and the current market value will not be taken into account if it is before or after the year had come to an end, but the value taken into account will be after one complete year according to the Arabic month and date that he became zakaatable. The payment of zakaat will be according to the value at that particular time. والله تعالى اعلم
(c) At the end of the year, the market related value of the goods for business, will be used to pay the zakaat on it, which is one fortieth (2 ½ %) of its market related value. والله تعالى اعلم
(d) The easiest way, is to pay two and a half rupees on every one hundred rupees (Translators Note: Use the currency of your country, eg. R2.50 on every R100 in South Africa) والله تعالى اعلم
(e) It is haraam to give them Zakaat and if one does give them Zakaat, the zakaat will not be discharged. والله تعالى اعلم Read the rest of this entry »


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There Is A Point At Which Words Fail
There Is A Point At Which Words Fail And one must simply stare, slack-jawed, into the abyss. P.S. Bloody hate the way WP puts the link in the title and, if you try to add more links, they're formatted the same way as the title. I came here to write, not edit stylesheets.


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Edited by: Jong Park, Sampo Pyysalo, and Fabio Rinaldi
The Semantic Mining of Languages in Biology and Medicine thematic series focuses on representation and mining of various languages used in biology and medicine, and in associated disciplines such as chemistry, biodiversity, environmental sciences, pharmacology, etc. The scope and ideas for this series are rooted in two workshops that have been taking place from 2005. The International Symposium on Languages in Biology and Medicine (LBM) is a biennial interdisciplinary forum that brings together researchers in biology, chemistry, medicine, public health and informatics to discuss and exploit cutting edge language technologies.
Collection published: 9 May 2014
Last updated: 2 June 2014


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I can't believe that we are almost at the end of the summer holidays! In just a few sleeps we will be settling into bed and waking up the next morning to a brand new school year...
With just one 'summer' weekend left in sight, Monday, Bank Holiday or not, will see us get back to routine, back to a bedtime routine in particular as we are a lot more relaxed about bedtime's during the holidays. So with the help of Silentnight and Dr Nerina Ramlakhan here are some top tips for getting back to sleep now we are (almost) back to school....
1. Start to introduce technology-free time in the evenings.
Research has shown that by having a constant stream of light enter our eyes before we go to sleep, we are actually telling our brains that we want to be awake. An hour or so before children go to bed, rule out any blue light. This means no TV, tablets or mobile phones. The bedroom should be a technology free environment.
2. Gradually reintroduce earlier bedtimes.
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An ideal bedtime for pre-teens would be no later than 8.30pm, gradually shift bedtime earlier over the course of a few days to allow children to adjust.
3. A calming pre-sleep routine.
The few hours before bed can be just as important as actual bedtime. Relaxing baths with lavender, a milky drink or reading are great ways to help children wind down and feel ready for bed.
4. Have a chat.
Heading back to school or starting a new one, can be worrying for some children, and leave them feeling anxious. Talk to your child about any concerns they may have before bedtime, and encourage simple yoga or meditation by repeating a calming word or by helping them with their breathing techniques, including breathing deeply from the stomach.
5. Create a sleep friendly bedroom.
Bedrooms need to be sleep friendly and this means a cool environment. Freshly laundered bedding, possibly lavender fragranced, can make the room feel very calming and relaxing. Again, technology free bedrooms are a must!
6. Exercise is key.
It is scientifically proven that exercise can help you get a better night's sleep. Regular exercise is one of the most effective ways of reducing stress hormone levels (mainly adrenaline) thus enabling you to sleep more deeply. A short walk with children after the evening meal would be the perfect exercise to help them wind down.
7. Good nutritional habits.
To help us sleep we need a good balance of the hormones serotonin and melatonin in our system. Sending children off to school with a balanced lunchbox will help to promote a healthy hormone balance. Things such as chicken, cheese, tuna, eggs, nuts and milk are all high in serotonin and are lunchbox friendly.
For more information and sleep tips visit www.silentnight.co.uk/sleep-matters.
What are your top back to school or sleep tips? Let us know in the comments below....
This post was written in collaboration with Silentnight.


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How to Restore Deleted Google Contacts?
Easiest way to Restore Lost Or Deleted Google Contacts On Android Phone ? How can I retrieve deleted phone numbers from my Android Device Successfully ? It is normal to delete Google accounts when you have other accounts. But at the same […]
Easiest way to Restore Lost Or Deleted Google Contacts On Android Phone ?
How can I retrieve deleted phone numbers from my Android Device Successfully ?
It is normal to delete Google accounts when you have other accounts. But at the same time by mistake, we delete the Google contacts. In such case, you will have a question in your mind that How to Restore Deleted Google Contacts. When you already deleted how can you import the contacts to some other account or even to the device. But it is possible you just have to follow the steps below to restore your deleted Google contacts.
Usually, before deleting the Google account you can shift or say import the contacts to something else so that you need not have to restore the Google account to get your contacts. The process of restoring the deleted Google contacts is totally different from Google account being restored. But in General, if you are deleting a Google account there are chances that after restoring the Google account you may find many Google contacts missing . So the below steps may also help you to recover the deleted Google contacts.
Some basic steps to restore
- First of all open Google contacts in any browser.
- And then make sure you log into the account from which you have to get the contacts.
- Enter your email id and then enter the last password you remember this will log you into the account.
- And then you have to tap on the left menu and go for more option and select the restore contacts option.
- You will also have to select the time frame within which the contacts should be restored, So when you are done by selecting the time frame.
- Then you should click on restore. This will restore all the contacts in the account.
Basically, if the time period has crossed 6 months then the chances to get back the contacts is not merely possible. But you can try to get it back. And there is also one pivotal part in restoring and that is you can also edit or merge the duplicate contacts or say the multiple contacts. You can also delete the unwanted contacts from taking your storage space.
How Do You Restore Android Contacts From Gmail Backup
- Visit Gmail in browser. Click on Gmail and click on "Contacts" from the drop-down menu.
- Click on "More" and click on "Restore Contacts" from the drop down-menu.
- Select a time restore to from available option such as: 10 minutes ago, 1 hour ago, Yesterday, 1 week ago, Custom. If you select "Custom" then you can restore contacts of past 29 days, 23 hours and 59 minutes ago.
- Finally click on "Restore" button.
Note: You will only able to restore past 30 days Contacts by following the given above steps.
Steps To Restore Erased Android Contacts From Google Backup
- On your Android device go to "Settings".
- Tap 'Google" and under "Services" tap on "Restore Contacts".
- If you have multiple Google Account, then tap "From account" and select the account from which you want to restore contacts.
- Tap the device with contacts to copy.
- If you do not want to copy contacts from device storage or SIM card, then simply "turn OFF" Device storage or SIM card.
- Finally, tap on "Restore" and wait until and unless you see "Contacts Restored".
- For duplicate contacts, your device will only restore those contacts that are not available in device already.
In order to restore Google contacts from other app like Outlook, IMO, WhatsApp, you will have to re-install those apps.
I hope these above solutions help you to restore Deleted Google Contacts . In case, any of your doubts remain unclear, you may contact us through our website. We have a team of experts to deal with all issues associated with PCs and Phones. You can also connect with us by calling on our toll-free number in the time of need. We specialize in dealing with issues related to Computer Accessories. Feel free to call us anytime, we are available 24X7.
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Does your company only pay for AT&T service? Do you want an iPhone for mission critical messaging and not a Blackberry? Are you crazy? OK. You've come this far, so here's what AT&T has to offer.
They are currently offering data plans on the iPhone for $45 a month for 200 SMS and unlimited data, $55 for 1,500 SMS, and $65 for everything. The a $20 or $60 extra data plan gets you 20MB and 50MB respectively in 29 countries. Voice plans aren't mentioned here, but they're at standard corporate voice rates.
Unfortunately for us all, this now means that the same douches that can't put down the Blackberry will be finger raping their iPhones in airports everywhere.
Oh, and check out the image AT&T uses for the business site, shown here. Why not use a 1.1.3 iPhone or even a 1.1.1?


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I posted a short piece on Facebook about a week ago about new technology developments in cancer treatment. It seems that this disease is raising it's head and making me take notice more and more because I was reading the February edition of South East Business magazine today and came across an article about an innovation from Angle PLC.
Angle PLC has been working with Surrey University to develop a blood separation technique which, if successful, in a few years' time will be used to take a simple blood test to show people whether they are at risk from cancer.
Read the whole article here (page 20)
The main application of the Parsortix separation device (quite a name!) is with known cancer patients in identifying whether they have secondary cancers and also to select the most effective chemotherapy drug for them. Often patients are treated with three or four different drugs at the same time because cancers mutate and it isn't known which drug will work. These drugs have awful side effects and hopefully this technology will help identify the most effective drug and therefore help reduce the side effects.
The device is in the lab at the moment undergoing tests with 'spiked' blood (normal blood with cancer cells added) and will be tested with cancer patient blood. The hope is that the final product will be ready for sale to research teams by the end of this year. Two years after that the device will make its way into hospitals.
Angle PLC specialise in working with large research organisations and creating businesses from them. And reducing suffering – hooray to that!


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Lubuntu is one of the most elegant looking distributions out there but one users own 'spin' on it has made it even more breath-taking.
'Lubuntu 10.10 RMX' takes the best of stock Lubuntu 10.10 but adds in a fantastic visual gloss. Using the Faenza icon set, a revamped visual style, a lightweight dock bar and installing several extra default applications Lubuntu 10.10 RMX is an impressive example of the grace lightweight distros can have.
You can grab a torrent of Lubuntu 10.10 RMX @ linuxtracker.org


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Vice-Chancellor's message to graduating students
Congratulations on your achievement.
As an RMIT graduate, you have demonstrated the commitment, creativity and talent you need to succeed in your chosen career.
Graduation is a significant step in your education and the entire RMIT community wishes you the very best on this important occasion. I encourage you to make the most of your RMIT qualification through your contribution to your chosen profession and the community.
Over the course of your program, you have developed lifelong friendships and networks. You have also become a valued member of our vibrant RMIT community. I invite you to continue your relationship with RMIT to which you have dedicated so much time, hard work and energy. Our Alumni Association of 430,000 graduates is an invaluable resource for you as you embark on your career, with connections across all disciplines in Australia and overseas. I urge you to take advantage of and contribute to this extraordinary community of international alumni who all began their professional lives at RMIT.
Congratulations once again on successfully completing your program. Be proud of what you have worked to achieve and remember those who have supported you to reach this end. I wish you every success as you enter this next exciting stage of your life and career, and very much hope that you stay connected with RMIT University in the years to come.
Martin Bean CBE
Vice-Chancellor and President
RMIT University


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WordPress vs Blogger vs Tumblr
By: iCopywriter Blogger, Kimberly Crossland
As a small business, you probably already know that one of the most basic forms of content marketing is to have a blog. With the multitude of blogging platforms available, it can feel overwhelming to navigate between the crowd and determine which is the right platform for your business.
Here are a few comparisons and insights into WordPress, Tumblr, and Blogger – some of the most commonly used blogging sites by small businesses.
- Unique daily visitors – WordPress continues to dominate the marketplace when it comes to unique daily visitors over other platforms. In the past two years, Tumblr has surpassed Blogger in terms of unique daily visitors, showing the growing popularity of this new site. Here are where the blogs stand today according to statistics pulled by Compete.
- Social Engagement – While a blog may be visited more frequently over others, what is more important is how engaged the users are with the material that is posted on the blog. This is, of course, in large part in relation to the quality of the content that is published on the blog. But Tumblr and WordPress encourage engagement within their own community better than Blogger and Typepad. This is done by promoting similar blogs, inspiring a social community-type feel within the application itself. Tumblr has shown to do this best, as blogs on their site have more followers from other Tumblr blogs.
- Customization of Themes - On each of these platforms, users can customize the look and feel of their site. WordPress has helped graphic designers earn some profit off developing themes for their site, but there are plenty of free themes that are equally as professional looking that are available. On each of these blogs, you can create your own custom HTML theme. If you do not have graphic design abilities, you can also choose from other options for customization within each blogging site. From my experience, WordPress seems to have the most variety of themes available to the average user who does not have graphic experience.
- Statistics - Analytics are vital to the analysis and improvement of any marketing campaign. While each of these blog sites allows users to add their own Google Analytics code, WordPress has the most robust set of analytics tools offered within the platform itself, which is hugely beneficial to marketers.
- User Interface – For most small businesses, spending time navigating through a difficult-to-use blogging system is simply not an option. For this reason, it is important to consider the ease of the user interface when logged in. WordPress seems to have the most user-friendly interface, making it as simple as possible for newbies to the blogging world. A close second, however, is the Tumblr interface which is also fairly intuitive even for someone who is new to the blogosphere. Blogger, however, is severely lacking in user friendliness making it a poor option for small businesses without tech savvy people to help set up their platform.
Overall, both Tumblr and WordPress have quite a bit to offer their users. While WordPress offers the overall package with statistics, plenty of theme options, and an easy-to-use interface, Tumblr is rapidly growing and with it, they are improving how they operate. For now, WordPress has proven to continue to win out over the other blogging sites, but this can always change depending on how quickly the other sites can catch up.
What has your experience been with these three forms of blogging platforms? We'd love to hear from you!
Have you checked out iCopywriter lately?
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An engaging, interactive board book, specially designed for very young children, full of vivid colours, sliding panels and friendly sea creatures. Babies will love moving the sliders to see a group of playful seals swim around or a hermit crab peep out from its shell. Brilliant for developing essential motor skills and hand-eye coordination, and a joy to share with a baby or toddler.
"Perfect for getting in the holiday mood with your baby or toddler."
Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She graduated from Exeter University with a Bachelor of Education in Art and Design. She taught for three years at a primary school in Kent, before spending two years at a British school in The Netherlands. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books. She has written all the titles in the award-winning 'That's not my….' series and many in the highly successful Sticker Dolly Dressing series. She is the sixth biggest-selling UK children's author, with over 10 million of her books sold in the UK since records began.
"It is definitely my daughter's favourite book at the moment. It's colourful, inviting and extremely easy for her to manoeuvre the sliding parts."
Love Little Poppins
"This interactive board book, full of bright colours, sliding panels and friendly sea creatures is perfect for getting in the holiday mood with your baby or toddler."
"The sliding features are fantastic for developing motor skills and hand-eye coordination, and I can see these being more practical than flap books, which sometimes break... Ideal for taking on holiday due to the theme and compact size."
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Jeff Miller has been coaching at UW-Whitewater since the fall of 1982. Miller is the head coach for both the men's and women's cross country teams as well as an assistant coach for the men's track team.
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Giving every woman her own entrance to the battle royal was a nice touch. The match played off
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Stratus and Lita certainly showed ring rust, but hit the big moves fans remember. Lita's moonsault is still something to
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Sasha Banks, Bayley and Natalya over The Riott Squad
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Banks ended up hitting a Frog Splash for the win and a happy moment for the crowd.
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as she takes her momentum to the NXT UK brand.
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Mark Rylance is an English actor, playwright and theatre director who was the first artistic director of Shakespeare's Globe in London, played the title role in The BFG, and won Olivier Award for the West End productions of Much Ado About Nothing and Jerusalem.
He was born on Monday January 18th 1960, in Ashford, Kent, England.
Mark Rylance is gifted with natural leadership and the capacity to accumulate great wealth. He has great talent for management in all areas of life, especially in business and financial matters. Mark understands the material world; he intuitively knows what makes virtually any enterprise work. His talent lies not with the bookkeeping or petty management, but with the greater vision, it's purpose, and long range goals.
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What I Don't Believe: Atlantis (1/3)
This is the first in a three post series on subjects in the occult that I don't believe in. Partially, I expect to stir some controversy, but really I want to talk about credulity and credibility, and also the pernicious nature of some of the teachings of the occult.
So: I don't believe in Atlantis. Or rather, I don't believe that Atlantis, as Plato in Timaeus 24e-25a describes it:
For it is related in our records how once upon a time your State stayed the course of a mighty host, which, starting from a distant point in the Atlantic ocean, was insolently advancing to attack the whole of Europe, and Asia to boot. For the ocean there was at that time navigable; for in front of the mouth which you Greeks call, as you say, 'the pillars of Heracles,' there lay an island which was larger than Libya and Asia together; and it was possible for the travelers of that time to cross from it to the other islands, and from the islands to the whole of the continent over against them which encompasses that veritable ocean. For all that we have here, lying within the mouth of which we speak, is evidently a haven having a narrow entrance; but that yonder is a real ocean, and the land surrounding it may most rightly be called, in the fullest and truest sense, a continent. Now in this island of Atlantis there existed a confederation of kings, of great and marvelous power, which held sway over all the island, and over many other islands also and parts of the continent.
There is not any particularly good evidence that such a continent ever existed.
That's not to say there aren't lost civilizations, lost knowledge, and lost wisdom. By no means! One of the single most important books to a working theurgist — the Chaldean Oracles — is lost. All we have are fragments, many of which are just a phrase or two quoted by someone else. Moreover, there are whole writing systems, such as Rongorongo, that we cannot read, presumably with lost wisdom of their own. But none of these come from Atlantis.
It's not the assertion that Atlantis exists that I have a problem with. It's the racist and dismissive undertones that go along with it. One claim often made in occult circles about Atlantis is that every ancient culture got a "leg up" by settlers from the failing Atlantis. If the colonialist assumptions here don't jump right out at you, well, you need to read Edward Said. After all, if the poor benighted people of whatever country couldn't get their stuff together until some external colonialists taught them how to do it, that justifies our own colonialism, doesn't it? At the same time, you got a nice dose of orientalism: the mystical and wise teachings of Other Culture Here all come from the same foundations. They're all the same, just as those Other People are all the same.
This is a bit like the old claim of the Perennial Philosophy, but it's got extra scoops of ignorance, because rather than just saying "there are a lot of similarities between the teachings of diverse cultures" (something I do agree with), it says "and this similarity must be because of some sunken continent." Couldn't it — wouldn't it, more likely — be from the fact that human beings are very similar and are perceiving very similar truths? If we all perceive an elephant, no one suggests that our ways of seeing and touching the elephant must have come from Atlantis.
Will we find sunken remains of cities? Sure. Underwater archeology is actually a thing. Are they Atlantis? Not in the sense of a wise and terrible continent sunk for its own arrogance and also the font of all the wisdom of the Orient and elsewhere. Could there have been a historical Atlantis, perhaps not so large as Plato suggests? Absolutely. But it's not the Occult Atlantis of the New Age movement.
And don't even get me started on Lemuria.
7 Responses to "What I Don't Believe: Atlantis (1/3)"
The New Age idea of Atlantis also owes a lot to Francis Bacon's The New Atlantis, which was explicitly written as fiction in 1626. The text can be found here:
It's an interesting snapshot of the utopian vision of the late Renaissance, though toward the end it tends to degenerate into "we have this" and "we have that" based on Bacon's idea of what technological wonders would look like.
Whenever a New Ager tries to tell me that some civilization of the past developed a level of technology that surpassed our own and was then somehow lost or destroyed, I ask them to show me the ancient plastic. Or ancient styrofoam. In landfills the early non-recyclable versions of those technologies are supposed to endure for thousands upon thousands of years. If they're smart it shuts them up pretty fast, since nobody has ever found any.
There's some evidence that in Indonesia a civilization might have developed before the end of the last ice age that then sunk below the ocean when the sea levels rose. According to this theory, that civilization re-established itself in the Indus Valley. It's about the closest you're likely to get to Plato's tale, and it still bears little resemblance to the mythical lost island.
I enjoy a good story! Atlantis is a lot of fun, and it can inspire the imagination. I personally take it as mythic in nature and potentially useful on that level. Others seem to take it more literally.
I love "Magic, Power, Language, Symbol". Thank you for writing it. (Had to say that.:)
Kind of brings to mind the items from Egypt which were 'thought' to be a battery and finally shown could work as a battery and after a few more decades, most seemed to think the Egyptians were gold plating silver icons and jewelry with it. What was 'impossible to consider' later becomes something potentially plausible.
The similarity between the cultures spanning the world seem to indicate some spread of influences. Not floating cities or super high tech cultures but similar building styles (step and regular pyramids, etc.) which seems to favor the idea that someone made it across the oceans at one time or another… and in many areas.
Nothing the says it is 'Atlantis' (or Mu) but, that someone was definitely playing out past the break waters.
It all really started with Donnelly. I love how silly his premise was, seriously "Plato was the greatest philosopher, great philosophers never lie therefore Plato must have been telling the truth" paraphrased. Of course he completely forgot that Plato frequently and admittedly used the 'noble lie', in other words an invented myth or fable, as a teaching method. Then later one of the heads of the Theosophical society picked up Donnelly's ideas and they became entrenched in occultism. And since we occultists are so ridiculously credulous, most have just accepted it.
How can you probe you have evidence that it does not exist? the problem with people like you, is that you need to see things to believe.
Your colonialism problem is not a proof and a solid base of what you say and on the other hand, you are not a reliable authority on the subject either.
I really don't care what you don't believe, it's not my problem, but it catches my attention posts like this because you only reflect ignorance.


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Just had a really blowing weekend in surabaya last week. Thanks to Wings Air for providing us a lovely cheap ticket from Bali to Surabaya. Although it took longer because it's not a jet plane CMIIW, but it was a comfortable flight. Arrived there about 15.00 and took my bro's car for a ride.
My first lusting destination was Simponi (google maps -7.259882,112.739446). It's really really hard place to find. The blackberry porn block made it even harder. I called 108 (directory service), there's no such name as simponi. Google told me from the article snapshot of one forum website, it's in jalan tunjungan 82. I can't enter the forum because of that blackberry porn block. Another information was from a friend. He told me to go in to a small street beside Hotel Majapahit.
The first turn I missed the number 82, so I made another turn and concentrated on the right side where the even number was.. found number 82.. I actually stopped for a minute.. But it was like a warehouse, totally didn't look like a place where you can fak a girl.. so I made my third turn.. I concentrated to the left.. until I saw Hotel Majapahit.. there's no street beside it.. I felt like giving up.. but WTF I made my last turn.. this time I concentrated to find the small street.. not beside Hotel Majapahit but further.. And I finally found it!.. it's about 50 - 100 meters from before Hotel Majapahit.. It's not really a small street, it's small complex of shops.. the street more likely as the entrance of the complex.. AND it's actually the opposite side of the number 82 !
Simponi is right on the rear corner.. You won't miss it.. that's the only shop alive in the area.. a big parking space at the rear complex..
I got in.. about 30 girls seat on the sofa.. some men seat on the 2 tables near the entrance.. I approached to a man on the bar.. seemed like he's the pimp.. I asked for the price (answered: Rp.600.000 per hour) and whether this place called simponi.. there's no any sign boards or anything.. just to make sure.. and the last but not the least of course.. which one had the most regular customer.. He pointed me R*.. body tall slim.. just nice.. face ok..
We're in the room 5 minutes later. Started with talking.. (nice person to talk).. bathing.. (nothing special).. licking.. (perfect !!.. she won't miss anything !!.. sunhole? dont worry..).. faking.. (nothing special, a bit loose.. or mine to small? aihh).. The fun part really the licking.. she's not in a hurry.. and she's not a fastidious type of girl either.. she ate everything.. it's like she tried to blow me before faking.. she put her best effort to get the job done.. highly recommended for foreplay lover..
I still had about 20 minutes time left.. I used it to get closer to her.. i asked her if she was ok to go with me tonite.. and bingo.. we'll meet at 12 am.. Simponi close at 12am..
to be continue..
Food, Spa, Night Life, S.E.X are the other side of BALI Indonesia. This blog covers some of my experiences or others in the venues or sites. It's just get STARTED!!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Simponi Surabaya - The Perfect Foreplay
Posted by Uncle G at 9:16 AM
Labels: Surabaya Sex
5 comments:
- Old Cheese said...
Hey mate,
do you have any massage parlour recommendations for Ubud? Freeze sounds pretty cool, but won't have time to get to Denpasar properly. Cheers!
- September 23, 2011 at 6:00 AM
- UNCLE G said...
try body arum bro.. they are in ubud.. http://www.indoholiday.com/2009/01/body-arum-sensational-massage-in-bali.html
- September 27, 2011 at 1:28 AM
- Pete said...
600K and hour....OMG needs to be pretty special for that price
Cheaper if you have time to head to Tretes find something you like and have fun all day
- October 11, 2011 at 6:19 AM
- TRIXIE said...
geeezzz. u seem sooo sexyy in all of ur stories, Uncle G... hmmm sooo curious to see you
- October 28, 2011 at 10:34 AM
- UNCLE G said...
auuuuu.. i've blown me away..
- October 31, 2011 at 10:26 PM
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S.F. teen turns his spiritual journey into a 1-man show
What does a born-again Christian have in common with a witch who worships the spirit of Elvis, a crooning drag queen rabbi and the California state director of American Atheists? According to 18-year-old Dezi Gallegos, they are all individuals who want to figure out what the deal is with God.
This is the premise of "God Fights the Plague," a solo theater piece written and starring Gallegos as 11 individuals searching for God, which is now playing at the Marsh Theater.
Directed by the venerable Charlie Varon, "God Fights the Plague" also tells the story of Gallegos' own spiritual journey, which started during his senior year of high school when his mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. Looking for an escape from his problems, Gallegos created an independent study course to study different religions.
But over the course of a year, Gallegos' academic project morphed into a personal quest to find a belief system that would give him solace from "plagues," a concept he picked up from Albert Camus' novel "The Plague."
"It's the idea that life is full of irrational and pointless things that can come to us at any time and you can call them a plague," Gallegos said. "My big question is what do we do with the plague?"
Gallegos dealt with his plague by taking a gap year before college to turn the project into a dramatic piece. Gallegos is already a practiced hand at this documentary style of theater, having achieved local fame at age 14 when he co-wrote and assistant-directed the award-winning play "Prop 8 Love Stories," which had a two-week run in New York City.
But preparing for "God Fights the Plague" was a much more rigorous endeavor. Gallegos spent a year searching for interview subjects, interviewing them and transcribing hundreds of pages of recordings, including every "um" and "ah." He repeatedly watched and listened to videos of his interviews - even while he slept - so he could perfectly mimic the physical gestures and vocal rhythms of his sources. There was also the additional challenge of reliving several stories of death and grief for a year, but this did not faze Gallegos.
"It's worth it because I'm not trying to do a caricature of the people," Gallegos said. "If I'm doing my job right and I'm in the right space, it's actually becoming these people and for the duration of their monologue believing what they believe."
Gallegos spent eight months working with Varon, a 23-year veteran of the Marsh Theater and an acclaimed solo performer, to develop a complete script.
"It's been a peak artistic experience for me to work with somebody so much younger and yet who's wrestling with questions that I wrestle with," said Varon, who has also worked with Dan Hoyle, master of solo shows based on true people and events. "To both have that big difference in age and the common passion for theater and for these spiritual questions, it's been thrilling."
The work seems to have paid off. Stephanie Weisman, the artistic director of the Marsh for the past 25 years, decided to give Gallegos a full run after seeing a rough cut of his play performed at a MarshRising workshop. Weisman said that Gallegos is the youngest individual to receive a run at the Marsh, which is a testament to the power of his performance.
"I could listen to him forever," Weisman said. "I don't think I've ever said that before."
It is ironic that Gallegos has little interest in a career dominating the stage as a solo performer. He is currently helping 18 children at the 6th Street Playhouse in Santa Rosa develop a play called "Hamlet's Orphans." Like his current play, it touches on questions of morality, God and love. And, he confesses, it delivers a similar message.
"It's about how powerful it is to just hear each other's stories," Gallegos said. "How it can make you feel not alone, because it's so easy to get caught up and think you are."
Gallegos was reluctant to deliver any spoilers for his own play, but he said the belief he arrived at from his interviews will be familiar to anyone who's ever faced their own plague, be it cancer, depression, hunger or a lack of faith in humanity.
"I see God when we fight the plague," Gallegos said. "Obviously we're not always able to destroy it. What I'm talking about is when we rise above our self-obsession and feel for each other."
God Fights the Plague: Through Aug. 10. $20-$50. Marsh Theater, 1062 Valencia St., S.F. (415) 282-3055. www.themarsh.org.
Eli Wolfe is a freelance writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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This delicious curry laksa is sure to impress friends.
Peel the prawns, reserving the heads and shells. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a medium-sized pan, add the heads and shells and stir-fry for a couple of minutes until they are crisp and golden. Add 1 litre of water, bring to the boil and leave to simmer for 4 minutes strain.
Cut the tofu into 2.4x1cm pieces and fry in oil till crisp drain well on kitchen paper.
For the laksa spice paste, put the chillies into a food processor with the remaining ingredients and blend to a smooth paste.
Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a large pan over a medium heat, add the spice paste and fry gently for 2-3 minutes until it starts to smell fragrant. Add the prawn stock, coconut milk, fish sauce, sugar and 1 teaspoons of salt or to taste, and simmer for 3 minutes. . Drop the peeled prawns and chicken into the curry soup and simmer for a further 2 minutes
Bring a pan of water to the boil drop in the fresh egg noodles and leave to heat through for a few seconds.
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The Mitt Romney Plan
The Opinion Journal editorial members discuss Mitt Romney's plans for his first day in office. Plus, James Taranto on Obama's plunging approval numbers and Dorothy Rabinowitz on Mayor Bloomberg and Stephen Goldsmith.
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go ... Mitt Romney has a new job ... and Mayor Mike Bloomberg of New York ... with twenty wounded ... welcome to Opinion Journal Live ... on Jason Riley ... in joining me to discuss never on these eighty seven page proposal ... our editorial board members Joe rego ... Mary Kissel Mary O'Grady thanks for joining me folks ... aam some Apple I wanna ask about specific proposals for First which overall impression of the Scotsman that Mitt Romney released today ... you know ... call it it ... makes a good attacking the Obama economy I mean he's he's very their own going through certain ... the mistakes that President Obama made in the stimulus plan than non ... and in in in Labor policy in regulation and so forth ... so I in that sense you know it was positive he makes it very clear that he believes that the private sector is the answer to jobs ... I'm so that's that's very positive ... on but then when you get into the detail I think when you end up saying as someone who believes related taken micro manage the economy with guy ... you know we the people believe in a mock and market economies believe in spontaneous order ... and Mitt Romney didn't seem to believe in spontaneous or techies connect you know fifty nine proposals ... for day one I mean this is that correct ... and ... so is the question Joe overall impressions of growth ... so ... I think Mary has great that did ... you know he he sort of ... things that the government is is going to ... do that no set up the market where where is what you really want is is just sort of get on the way and allow animal spirits to to recover ... a Bank ... of America ... um ... he mentioned some proposals ... the first and office ... skills and second quarters of new free trade agreements ... Colombia Panama South Korea ... but ... more disturbing ideas in dealing with China in those first hours of Iranian missed ration ... can you tell the bottle the hearing is adopting a very protectionists the stance towards China which is on ... um because on one hand he he says he's for free trade on the other hand he wants to punish China ... until they do things like protect intellectual property ... um now this is similar to what we saw the Bush administration do was still tariffs ... the Bush missed ration together really pro free trade that just ... just to stand on him for one minute that let me satisfied might domestic steel lobby fryers ... what's even worse than you could make an argument for pushing shine on intellectual property but the big and crying in his eyes of the time it ... has been ... committed is up being a currency manipulator and of course all China's done has outsourced its ... on about monetary policy to the fact that ... so you know to to really and died and for that I think it shows the syrup or understanding of what the problem is or could not be as those that are driving the first ever mobile bar on the administration ... China would be designated as a ... currency manipulator ... and then I'm ... gonna try for this blog ... he also is a fundamentally misunderstand some global trade works ... because when you talk about so-called put unquote ... Chinese exports to the United States ... bestir goods are manufactured from products that are made all over the world ... I they can be assembling goods that are happening in Korea and the United States and elsewhere ... um so it's it's just the fundamental misreading of ... the global economy works and I think it is unfortunate pandering ... um to what he believes ... would be a very popular ... policy here in United States which mostly harm the economy ... Joe ... Healthcare's an area were up ... Mitt Romney has had some trouble with conservatives ... based on a Lockheed Sonders governor ... of Massachusetts one of those documents they bought Obamacare ... will he lead on this first in on this issue of going to wait for suspending suspend the program which is which is great ... um ... but you know he's he's real problem is these people of ... questions about its convictions than in judgement ... based on the cross fertilisation between ... national health care reform and in his his previous plan ... also in health care he has ... no plan on on Medicare ... are no plans on Medicaid decide some sort of role minds that they don't really go very far ... um so he's trying to contrast himself with with President Obama ... I it's it's not a very cold dark and it's it's it's very tended ... what all those details will come later but for now it's it's just it's a display units ... au Iowa pay ... our taxes marry Tom ... he wants to reduce the corporate tax rate to twenty five percent ... great no problem there ... what about op ... Pursell income tax rates with the I think it would disturb me about his views on taxes is that he's going to last ... a get with it the taxation on capital gains and dividends and interest ... for people with adjusted gross income of less than two hundred thousand dollars ... about half of Obamacare I'm you know he didn't differentiate itself from the ... sun and the fact that really brings of class warfare ... an app for understanding of the media marginal tax rates in the week when the whole idea of cutting marginal tax rates ... is that people who are actually earning and have the money ... to put to work in the economy ... would ... not be penalize would cut taxes so the fact that he cuts off into a two thousand and three what is he trying to play the class warfare game with Obama ... oh ... okay ... um ... you know it's it's it's ... on ... it probably feels the need to differentiate himself because his business background or for whatever kitchen ... should say that nobody can be a reliable standard-bearer for the party on on some these issues if ... if he's afraid of being attacked on ... I outsourcing jobs are for the rich guy or for ... whatever might be it's just ... um he he needs to to say that now would it that's the strategy ... is how many thinks of himself as the fact that and so he wants to bar around Zangana not Guinea get any breaks the fact that it ... but meanwhile we know that that's where the money as the Mets were with those of the people that we need to encourage an incentive buys to put that money to work and I also think he misses something then Jon Huntsman actually got right to somebody else comes they'll also comes from a business background ... um what didn't you outsource jobs when you were ahead of your Corporation Huntsman said ... yes we did we did create jobs overseas I would like to create more jobs here home but I can't ... whistle I wanted to created this this environment here in America the will allow me to do that ... Romney could put a similar message for her even extended that message just chose not to do so ... okay um Brickley is gonna look ... what we like about this ... there some things in here are four main high school immigration giving up work visas to ... people come here from abroad that three foreign universities right now were ... deporting them all on back on us or repeal Dodd Frank the SEC East German human capital ... financial one of the regulation of also also strong section is very strong on right to work ... I'm and dot ... and then that he wants a balanced budget amendment ... and Omni also fits in there which I found an entertaining is defense of the corporations because you know he was attacked first thing that corporations are people any defense of corporations I think that's his credit ... emphasis on growth we have to say it's about time we started talking about growth ... alright I read thank you ... and will be right back to discuss up a new poll on ... Obama who were ... I joining us next to discuss new Wall Street Journal poll on present Obama is James trot out ... on to the Buffalo calm welcome ... James thanks ... saw a new poll out has ... Obama is approval rating at forty four percent but perhaps even more significantly ... up more than half the country or fifty one percent disapproved ... of the job the president is doing which is that for a first ... for his presence tube of ... a book that the person on that your reaction ... well this is consistent with our will also be just what every poll that came out this week showed him at a new low of forty four percent which is in our Wall Street proposal heightens somebody of his job was ... as low as thirty eight ... I did not read I found really interesting in this out ... under the law Street Journal poll one side ... over half of people say ... that the ... the the the ... when asked what kind of setbacks the suffering that is a long-term setback which is unlikely to recover ... this is an equestrian typically asking holes and I've never heard this question for all but ... we'd ousted in January of this year ... Laster was about forty percent both times ... I think maybe this is a telling result because ... I'm a long-term setback from which is um whatever that means that people are kind of writing him off ... but they're saying his presidency his side ... you decide ... you know what ... the weather will do about it that's what you think forty or expectations going to be going into this speech this week ... was supposed to turn everything around ... yes ... I wonder is ... that the ... White House it's all know this this is feeding into the sauna I mean ... then there's the glory expectation to listen to the unemployment rate ... last month we had no net new jobs created in the ... top of all the administration announced that they expect unemployment to stay above nine percent through ... what happened the last time they try to predict the unemployment rate they said that ... if the stimulus didn't pass the unemployment rate might get this might get above ... eight percent ... of course ... it's been ... as high as ten percent has been consistently above by nine percent of my other than two months of the faster ... our two-and-a-half years ... so they're trying to avoid repeating that this day ... just to break down some these numbers will further what struck me where some of the group is losing favour with the really help them over the top ... in a way ... out women Hispanic voters independent voters these are ... this is this or I mean can you really win ... in twenty twelve months in terms of ... yes I was even shown on a slippage in his support among blacks with his his side United if he doesn't get ... yet ninety six percent of the bloc vote last time ... I said he's sort of maxed out on the outside with an electorate that ... it'll get ... close to that again but shot ... and then of course the other segments ... that saw was talk about is important is the young voters I'm not sure if our poll when into the breakdown ... but you've got a figure that ... the college students are you more recent college graduates were the ones was taken in by the ... Obama crowd by this ... cult of personality ... and they're the ones dealing with the rough job market now so I think that's it that's a big gob minus four ... and included a net fifty one percent disapproval is forty nine percent of union workers which brings us ... to on Labor day weekend in the present speech ... in Detroit to ... a group of of of union workers are union activists that aam ... how to go over James ... that that ... well it struck me that the applause was rather tepid for the most part arrived but it was clearly a Friday speech that was intended for that audience ... I can talk about ... and ... how ... much it was in favor of the right to collective bargaining rights for the bank ... you'd have to break down those numbers further and get to the motive behind why union members are on less than happy I suspect there are ... two different things going on one is that the ... use of the ... private sector unions which is a ... shrinking ... proportion of the electorate of union membership ... but you know these are the kind of people who were rated Democrats thirty years ago ... I'd probably unhappy with by the general direction the economy ... on the public sector side you probably have some people who were far more ... along the lines of dissatisfied base voters people who ... are unhappy with Obama for not really doing much about ... what happened in Wisconsin and so forth ... when asked about those base voters aam and and and their cheerleaders in the process to go because ... um ... does ... the presence of liberating to news that Roppe I expect them to do some things to try and ... um stop this this momentum in that direction ... I wanted which may be too close to move on to the right on some issues after ... these horrible job numbers ... last ... last month we got on ... the administration of directed to stop an EPA proposal and the Narre ... aam ... one of our progressive is dealing with ... these ships by the administration was not saving them well and never upset about what happened last week ... by the way I would like to come into that that ... that that was decorated ... unfortunately it ... doesn't really ... help the economy just keeps in place by the existing regulation ... I'd it's I can sit down the road to twenty thirty and ... I and so it avoids doing as much harm as it would've done is to graduate from ... but it's really sort of a defensive measures such as Walter Russell Mead I has often said Obama has a knack for finding this our spot ... on for for fighting the least politically advantageous to trade and so again ... I reheated the absolute the right thing ... going for it but I think politically it was the boss ... OK I will will will stop there was a ... lot more break and we will be back with director Benelux of the editorial board discuss ... Mayor Mike Bloomberg of New York and his former deputy mayor ... when ... Deputy Mayor Stephen Cole Smith resigned last month that everyone thought it was so that he could pursue a job and the private sector ... everyone thought that because that's what Mayor Mike Bloomberg told us ... but last week we learn the real reason for the resignation ... of thanks to a story in the New York Post ... Mr Goldsmith haven't altered nation with his wife it turns out he was arrested ... and spent two days in jail ... joining us now is editorial board member Dorothy Rabinowitz welcome Dorothy ... so ... the mayor was silent for several days after this story broke and here are the only thought about it ... this weekend but remained confined to get into anything wrong ... and we do the same thing again ... we may ... well I think that only in times like these I with them they like this ... and with charges like this ... could you have a non story like this ... people are not into massive evidence of some crime cover-up ... what happened was ... so lacking in criminality ... but it shows you what happens when as in this case ... the wife of the accused ... call the police to call police you can expect ... they have to follow through ... the trouble is that I and that's with these ... I missed it and that her husband Stephen Goldsmith ... push to try to keep from getting to the phone this up a family problem about ... up a child but no one wants to talk about ... and family has closed ranks ... really ... nothing big happened but it was the mayor now ... we have ... on the other side of this drama ... the man is most vociferous and in these ... Scott Stringer ... the president of Manhattan ... and the public Advocate Building Masi Ogle has launched ... a public assault on the mayor that you would think that this will one day ... the chair of this crime ... it is bizarre to listen to it ... they say this though ... the menu is a lightning rod and a very good reason ... and so you can follow here is the mayor who wants to control people's diets ... here is the mayor who once put people on food stamps to be the key is the right to go and and and and and by so they're ... here's the mayor who wants to share in the city into a garden of Eden for tourists and Block Golkar traffic ... in favor of bicyclist ... there is this hugely autocratic presence ... in City Hall ... to improve this combustion people to get you get this combustion ... what happened ... while ... going to give them an ... obligation to report to his deputy had been arrested ... well ... yes ... he didn't have the obligation to report and clearly he did not know as you said when the news came and rightly ... what did they think no one was discovered if ... that isn't the point ... that that is going to put them in their lives in this area world of no consequences ... for what he does ... to say that as a presenter was not known is his Number one and then leave me ... I found that ... his feelings are understandable ... nothing that happened ... but lately he had to move reported that he did not well ... Mrs Goldsmith ... felt ... fearful enough to ... run away from us to lock herself in a room and called the police ... so ... says they do not think the that that that that it is a bit of a stretch but it's all about ... about the of the of ... the mayor Scripts you mention Scott Stringer said ... Manhattan Borough President Tom and I and people like that ... some of these people wanna be married in Seoul Wednesday ... but can you dismiss all this criticism as as political jockeying whisper some substance to the way ... the the the the the the the mayor's media team handle this ... I can do that of the mayor's review team deserves criticism but ... by far ... your friends greetings Scott Sternberg ... listening to this that the plot CEO ... you would have thought ... that the world would come to an end until ... momentum s criminality is taking place you can't miss it entered this yes the answer the question is yes ... it is pure political invective and very poisonous ... OK I will leave it there thank you don't need ... and thank you for joining us on opinion Journal I've please join us tomorrow ... and every weekday at