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One of the things about having an incurable disease or two is that you learn a valuable lesson that many people who live a "normal" life do not; you CAN and WILL accommodate whatever you need to, to survive.
This motivation to writing this post came from listening to Dan Benjamin and Merlin Mann speaking yesterday on the Back To Work podcast about whether it is possible to give something 100% attention, say to a new enterprise, while working in a job. At around the 50 minute mark Dan is talking about how he believes he succeeded in creating 5by5 is because of the timing. How if he had started even "a month before" he may have failed….and as he turns back to Merlin for his opinion you can hear that Merlin is thinking long and hard about what Dan just said, you can hear the gears grinding in his head; and I think that Merlin disagrees. I certainly do.
As I just wrote in a response to Ed Dale on Google+
No! timing is just when it happens.. There isn't some magical "time and place" where it will happen no matter what- "time and place" is just where you happen to be after you have been putting the work in to make it happen.
Dragging this back to the post title, if you haven't actually done these things then it's hard to imagine that they can actually be done. Just like living with an incurable disease. If you haven't REALLY had to work two jobs, moonlighting your passion so to speak, then it must seem impossible that you could improve, progress and get to the jumping off point. On behalf of those of us that did work a job and work on the "enterprise" in the time left over (and I consider that i did it for years and years) I say to you Dan Benjamin, you are wrong. The only thing you don't put in 100% is 24 hours a day, but if you are using all the time you have then that's still 100% effort!
I am not going to claim that working your passion 50 or 100% of the time will guarantee success. Nothing guarantees success. But don't tell people they might as well not even START because they will be doing a half arsed job and that's not good enough – so NOT true.
If you want to do this crazy stuff, then do it, for how ever many hours you have.
p.s. Ed was talking about an article about the advice John Mayer had given the kids at Berklee and it iis really worth reading if you are one of the ones that want to make it for your art or enterprise . Basically feel the SUCK but do it anyway


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Cowboy Quotes and Sayings
If you haven't fallen off a horse…then you haven't been ridin long enough.
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Spit in one hand and wish in the other, then see which one gets fuller!
If I got air miles for every unscheduled dismount I've had. I could fly around the world three times.
The "Cowboy hall of fame" does not have any thing to do with cowboys. Them people are rodeo people. A cow boy is a rancher. That tends to cows. And the ranch hands that work with livestock.
My dad who was a cowboy till the day he died had a saying about a few "Wanna be's" he'd say; " that boy wouldn't make a pimple on a cowboy's butt" and when I was riding a cranky or mule headed horse he's always say; "Ride him for what he's worth and you'll get along fine" and I always knew what he meant and that he was right.
Trust your neighbor.. But brand your cattle.
Growin' up, lovin' horses with a real "Old timer" that owned 13 riding stables and 2 slaughter houses and taught me that.
"Them horses eat 'fore you do".
"Pen full of horses out there. Need ridin'".
And "If it ain't good in the stable. It'll be good on the table!"
If you climb in the saddle, be ready for the ride.
Few scars on a fella can mean a lot of things. But fair chance he's a quitter. A lot a scars can mean a few things too. But there's a fair chance he's never been one.
Now I'm seeing all of this stuff bout boots n spurs n stuff but to me a cowboy is just a man that does what is asked of him and puts work and other people ahead of themselves. They do the things that need to be done before they go off drinking beer or whatever they do for pleasure.
And there is one quote that I believe in: you ain't a cowboy till you've worked a full cowboy day.
There are only two things you'll see on the back of a bull. A fly and a fool.
Cowboys are gentlemen who treat women with respect and work hard. They use their manners more than any other man would and ride horse and bulls like their is no tomorrow.
I am just a teenager but I agree with the guy who said this stuff is BS but if that guy is a real cowboy why is he on a computer I haven't met one real cowboy that knows how to work a computer.
You aren't country without a pair of worn out leather cowboy boots. :)
I agree with Todd and everyone else who knows what a true cowboy is. They work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks out of the year. Real cowboys are out there in the dead of night and in the middle of winter making sure their cattle are alive and safe. They only treat themselves when they have done what needed to get done, paid what they needed to get paid, and most do a of that with one paycheck per year. Cowboys aren't people wearing a cowboy hat, spurs, chaps, and ride horses for fun. Cowboys are men who work every day doing tasks that are demanding, and they don't complain. They live life the way they want to and enjoy what it gives them no matter how hard the life is.
If it ain't broke don't go to trying to fix it.
Cowboys don't walk round callin themselves cowboys.
Any ride you come back top side, is a great ride!
Cowboys don't cry!!
Maybe just a little bit when the dust gets in their eyes.
A cowboy is a person who loves his horse, and being out on the ranch doing the hard and dirty work, and is loyal to his girl.
I love my cowboy.
Being a cowboy ain't about wearing your fancy spotless 50xx beaver hat or riding you horse on a manicured trail on the weekends. It's about getting up all hours of the night to check cattle in the winter time and freezing your hands while you do it, and cutting trail through brush so thick you can't see ten feet in front of you, it's not about driving around in a big jacked up pickup being ignorant. It's about holding doors for your elders and the ladies just like truecowboy says. Being a cowboy isn't a job or a hobby that you can just pick up.
It's a life style that you live from the day you are born.
Not to be offensive to any of you who think you are a "Cowboy" or "Cowgirl" but I agree with several posters, it doesn't matter if your raising cattle in Montana or horses in Texas. You know if your life stops between February and June to make sure your foals/calves make it and you have a crop for next year. When this is the life that has been handed down to you from generations back, when you have been in the hospital with your own injuries and watched your friends and loved ones in the hospital, when the last thought before leaving the graveyard is "He is the last of a dying breed" and you know that they don't make cattlemen and horsemen like him anymore. Then you might be what so many wanna be.
I<3 my cowboys. Tall. Dark. And country!
Only a real cowboy has a chance at taming this cowgirl!;)
A cowboy is a man with guts and a horse.
Speak your mind. But ride a fast horse.:)
If someone can do it, a cowgirl can do it better.
A true cowboy is a guy who stands up for any country/cowgirl in the bar or anywhere.
He always makes time for his lady.
Through rain or snow or even drought he goes and finds his cattle.

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Why do Democrats still talk about impeaching George W. Bush and his Machiavellian Svengali Dick Cheney? Are Democrats so blind as not to realize that the system is broken? Do they really expect a criminally complicit Congress to go after some other criminals in White House? Has this "New Century" not served up sufficient evidence to prove that we are not participating in any democracy or representative government and that the entire system is a show? Have people not been paying attention to the most obvious conspiracy to deceive the American people about virtually every single important issue by the establishment media?
If the Scooter Libby technical pardon has not slapped your face with enough reality to wake you up, perhaps this will: nothing will become of this egregious abuse of power by George W. Bush, the Junior Soprano figure head to Dick Cheney's Tony Soprano godfather! We may see some posturing, press conferences, useless Congressional resolutions and you may get some "action items" assigned to you by Moveon.org or other gatekeepers, but nothing will happen. What we have here are criminals protecting criminals. The system is broken. None of these people represent you and they are simply pretending to do just enough to keep you from taking up arms and killing them once and for all!
Smell the coffee…the Bush administration is in power thanks to an electoral coup; you know it, Congress knows it, the media knows it and everybody is pretending that this is politics as usual. The people who control our world yanked away every last bit of our democracy with installation of the Bush administration. Gore knew it, Kerry knew it, Edwards knew it, and the media knows it and nobody is going to say a damn thing because the people in charge own all of the above.
First they completely eliminated the risk posed by the Internet of real information bypassing the filter of the establishment media and influencing the citizens into voting for their own candidates, by using every dirty trick from deceptive paper ballots to easily manipulated computer voting machines. Then they scared you into letting them go about with the plans for a "New American Century" by conducting the events of 9/11 under the cloak of the military exercises that "coincidently" took place on the morning of 9/11. Then they laughed in your face as George W. Bush played the Emperor with no clothes as he lied to the world when he said that Saddam had weapons and then lied even more when he said that he had to bomb Iraq because Saddam refused to let the inspectors in; all the while the inspectors were already inspecting!!! The media and politicians still use the justification that Saddam could have avoided war if he had let the inspectors in. THEY WERE IN! EVERYONE KNOWS THAT! DOES THE NAME HANS BLIX RING A BELL? THE MEDIA JUST STAND THERE AND LET THE LIE CONTINUE AS THAT IS THEIR JOB! WHEN WILL AMERICA REALIZE THIS? WHEN WILL AMERICA GET UP AND STORM THE ESTABLISHMENT MEDIA OUTLETS AND QUARTER THE PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE?
You are lied to every single day about almost every single issue. The funny thing is that the truth is not hidden. You just don't believe things unless the people on TV tell you that it is OK. The people who control the media know this! The people who comprise our media and our government are killing with every breath they take and with every word they use to deceive you. Your food, water, air and planet are being murdered forever by these people and you still trust them to keep you safe! OPEN YOUR EYES! THEY ARE KILLING YOU AND MAKING YOU DO NOTHING BUT WORK TO MAKE THEM RICH!
As I write this a man who invented a water powered car THIRTY YEARS AGO is being intentionally ignored by our media. As I write this there is another man at who invented a device that allows a car to run on water and you are not allowed to have this and the media won't pay attention to this. As I write this another man sits on an accidentally discovered technology that allows salt water to burn as fuel but you won't be allowed to benefit from this ever! This kind of story won't be allowed to get past the local station that reports it! And guess what…here is another guy who had a similar discovery…Our government is trying to suppress his planet changing invention! AND YOU DON"T KNOW ABOUT IT!!! WHY NOT? WHO IS KEEPING THIS FROM YOU? As I write this there are mountains of evidence disproving almost every aspect of the official explanation of 9/11 yet you won't look at it! As I write this there is an illegal private corporation that is not part of our government called the Federal Reserve that has illegally been given the right to create money out of nothing and then charge you and your government interest for borrowing this valueless paper! It was only after this little private bank started charging our government interest that you had to start paying income tax (another illegal reality) just so that you can pay these private bankers and make them the wealthiest people alive! That's why the revolution took place…to get away from taxation without representation! We started this nation to get away from the Bank of England and here we are back with the same ole same ole! And good old Lou Dobbs won't tell this to you…but you can check it out for yourself! Then you can tell me why you should not crack a bat over Lou Dobbs' head for leaving that little tidbit out of his daily fight for the rights of the American worker! IT'S A SHOW! IT'S ALL A SHOW! WAKE UP!
Do you get it yet? There are two worlds out there: reality, and the world that the establishment media create and maintain at the behest of the establishment! It's not hard to see…you just have to be willing to look! Will today's news about Libby finally be the kick in the face you people need in order to see what is going on?
Wednesday we will celebrate Independence Day (although most of the clueless Americans think they are celebrating the 4th of July…the holiday is Independence Day!!!) May I be so bold as to say that if we are to survive, a new Independence Day is something that this nation and the world needs disparately! And may I say we start by exposing the media for what they are, the greatest enemy of the American people. By exposing them we render their distractions and delusions useless and then the rest of the criminals will no longer have the cloaking device to protect them from the citizens! Eliminate the cloak of the media and the rest of the criminals shall fall for the people will finally see the truth! Think about it!


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2:52 a.m. Officers reported to the residence of Donald Altmeyer at 812 Maxwell Ave. in Washington at the report of a prowler outside of the residence. Altmeyer reported his dogs barking like crazy, and running back and forth from the back yard to the front porch. Altmeyer requested an office check around the house for a prowler, officer found nothing to report.
12:37 p.m. Robert Warne, of 1413 Memorial Ave. in Washington advised officers that his residence had been broken into Wednesday evening. Officers observed a broken glass window in the front of the house, and foot prints in the snow, but no detailed foot prints could be taken. $218 was taken from Warne¹s wallet. No finger prints were left on the inside of the residence.
12:49 a.m. ‹ A caller said a male jumped out a black truck with a red pinstripe on Corning Road and then heard a possible gunshot. The report was unfounded.
3:49 p.m. ‹ A male caller said an 85-year-old male in Elnora fell in his back yard. The male refused medical treatment and went back inside his house.
7:23 a.m. ‹ A caller said his semi trailer was sideways on I-69 south.
Deputies could not get on the interestate to check due to large snow drifts.
7:06 a.m. ‹ A caller advised a Jeep was on its side on Troy Road. The driver was not injured and the Jeep was corrected.
7 a.m. ‹ A caller reported a very large snow drift blocking traffic on the
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In all, approximately 27 slideoffs and accidents were reported due to the snowstorms.
Emily Claire Butler, 18, 1351N 100W, was arrested by city police Wednesday for operating a vehicle while intoxicated with a blood-alcohol content of
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It's finally New Years Eve and I would like to wish all the fans and FC members a safe and fun night tonight. And may next year be filled with happiness and alot of NB shows!! To all the NB guys...be safe, healthy and please continue with the wonderful music that brings so much joy to all of us.


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NORMAN — Frank S. Coulter, long-time Norman educator and community leader, passed away on January 23, 2013. He was 75 years old. He was born on May 10, 1937, in Eldon, Mo., to Oscar and Nora (Schaffer) Coulter.
Services will be 1 p.m. Monday at St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church, 3939 W. Tecumseh Road in Norman.
He attended elementary school in Kansas City, Mo., and high school in Humboldt, Kan. He graduated in 1955 having been active in sports and theater. He lettered in baseball, basketball and track at Humboldt High School.
Frank enlisted in the Army in 1956. After basic training at Fort Carson, Colo., he was assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regimentat Fort Myer, Va. The 3rd Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard," is responsible for ceremonial duties in the Washington area, particularly at Arlington National Cemetery. After initially serving in support of funerals for soldiers and veterans, Frank was chosen to serve as a sentinel at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. On May 30, 1958, Frank had the honor of serving as a member of the Guard for the ceremony for the entombment of the World War II and Korean War Unknown Soldiers. President Eisenhower laid a wreath at the ceremony to honor the Unknown Soldiers. Frank remained a member of the Tomb Guard until his honorable discharge in 1958.
Frank earned a BS in industrial education and an MS in guidance and counseling from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan. His administrative certification hours were granted by the University of Oklahoma and Wichita State University.
He taught and coached for eight years in various high schools in western Kansas. In 1969, he moved to the Liberal Area Vo-Tech Centerin Kansas as director of Student Services. In 1974, he moved to Norman to be the assistant superintendent at the Moore Norman Technology Center. In 1979, he was selected to be the superintendent and served in that capacity for 24 years until his retirement in 2003.


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Hey guys,
I have a job interview with GNC coming up. I figured since this is a health and fitness/weightlifting forum, at least one of you out there has probably worked there.
Just wondering if I could get any pointers or advice for working there and for the interview. Like what kind of questions should I expect them to ask me? Obviously I'm going to have to be knowledgable on their products and good at customer service, but is there anything else?
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be ready to push the gold card!
23 years old
6'3, 308 lbs
825 Squat
470 Bench
645 Deadlift
1905 total
I'd be interested in how they train their employees. Post up what you learn!
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DL 600x1
SQ 490x1 (raw)
BP 430x1 (shirted), 320x1 (raw)
SN 209x1 C+J 250x1
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"Most people don't want to learn new things. They only want to hear about things that validate crap they're already doing." - Mike Boyle
I seriously doubt they care at all about knowledge about products. They are probably looking for decent sales skills, and the normal job crap like showing up on time.
Nick V
my ex had a manager job offered to her there once. she only had experience in food service and waitressing, and didn't know anything about fitness. her degree was in music.
go figure.
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push muscle tech and BSN, and you will be fine. Tell everyone that is what you use exclusively.
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the only people that work at the GNCs around here are Indian, and half the time I can't understand a damn word they're saying, so I think your'e OK.
Depends on if it's a franchise or corporate store. I managed a couple stores right out of college for a franchisee and actually did quite a bit of training with my people. The corporate people were a joke. The franchise stores also have more leeway as to what products they want to carry.
One thing all GNC employees have in common is they think NO products are a god send. Just throwing that out there. Maybe it will help.
Age: 23 - Weight: 237 lbs - Height: 6'1''
S(atg) - B - DL
375 - 335 - 515
"Gaining weight and having bigger body will make you look great on any clothing. Men with strong body are very attractive to women. General people tend to admire big muscle too." -mbijay
get ready to push over-priced muscle tech and the gold card.
Try to learn some good tips and pointers to give to people walking in I HATE ill informed not-athletic in the least bit people trying to push me towards over-priced crappy products. I've seen quite a few pure idiots(and thats extra credit to them) working there just prepare to have to bend truths or leave some things out. when they want a supplement you will be expected to get them to purchase the most expensive thing in your shop instead of the cheaper just as good items.
Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself. - Robert Collier
I worked for one in Jersey back in 95'.It was all about pushing their products and selling.Im no salesman.I would always refer people to cheaper stores for supplements.I couldnt lie and tell them that their stuff was better than other brand names.It didnt last long.Their prices have always been insane.
Never shall innocent blood be shed, yet the blood of the wicked shall flow like a river. The Three shall spread their blackened wings and be the vengeful striking hammer of God.
Age: 23 - Weight: 237 lbs - Height: 6'1''
S(atg) - B - DL
375 - 335 - 515
"Gaining weight and having bigger body will make you look great on any clothing. Men with strong body are very attractive to women. General people tend to admire big muscle too." -mbijay


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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Crockpot Chicken and Sweet Potato with Pasta
2 pounds sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into spears ( I slightly boil in microwave to 9 minutes)
1/2 pound white button mushrooms, thinly sliced
4 cloves garlic, peeled
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup dry white wine
2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary,
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon of honey
2 tablespoons teriyaki
parsley for garnish
cooked pasta of choice or fluffy rice
Place chicken, sweet potatoes, mushrooms, garlics, wine, rosemary, salt and pepper in a 5-quart slow cooker mix all together. Put the cover on and cook on low until the potatoes are tender, about 4 to 5 hours. Mix all sauces together pour over chicken. Serve with pasta topped parsley or with white rice. Serve the potatoes on the side.
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A 22-year-old woman jumped 50 feet off the Rickenbacker Causeways William Powell Bridge Sunday evening, possibly after being dared to do so by friends, and landed on her back, police said.
A Miami Fire Rescue dive team brought her to paramedics waiting near the bridge. She was taken to the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital, and was in stable condition, said Lt. Ignatius Carroll, a fire-rescue spokesman.
A snorkeler in the area told fire rescue officials that he saw the woman leap off the bridge about 6 p.m. and struggle in the water after she surfaced. He said he swam over to her.
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She landed on her back, Carroll said. She was talking to us and was stable, but we didnt want to take any chances on her condition.
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Lost: one sculpture of the young Greek, Antinous. Found: one manuscript, possibly written by Herman Melville. Both items were last seen in South Orange.
Jo Ann Middleton, Drew University professor, spoke at the South Orange Public Library on Thursday about Herman Melville's ties to South Orange.
While the author, best known for Moby Dick, is associated with the high seas and lower Manhattan, where he spent his adult life, Melville spent considerable time in the Oranges. Middleton described the connections, introducing her talk as "a good, old-fashioned gossip" about the Melville family.
Briefly, Herman Melville came to Oranges because his daughter Frances lived first at 28 Clinton Street in East Orange, then at 63 Montrose Avenue in South Orange. Known as "Fanny," Frances Melville married Henry Thomas; together they moved to the East Orange house in 1880.
Middleton noted that the trip from Manhattan, where Fanny Melville Thomas's parents and sister lived, was not the easy commute locals know today. She read aloud excerpts from a letter written by Fanny's aunt, who described her "safe passage" out to "the Jerseys."
Nonetheless, Melville rode the Erie-Lackawanna railroad to South Orange, the station closest to his daughter's home, drawn by the prospect of seeing his grandchildren, including Eleanor, the eldest.
By 1890, the Thomas family moved into South Orange, where their new house on Montrose Avenue stood ready. Melville visited before he died in 1891.
When Melville's widow and his younger daughter broke up housekeeping in the early part of the twentieth century, many of the Melville family belongings arrived in South Orange. Fanny Thomas's large home became a repository of everything from books, to furniture, to a "breadbox" full of manuscripts that was stored in the attic. At that time, the Melville – Thomas family donated two vases and a statue of Antinous to the South Orange Public Library. They were reported missing just years later.
The Thomas daughters attended a private school for girls in South Orange, possibly one on Warwick Avenue, . Eleanor Thomas, who became Eleanor Metcalf at her marriage, was unofficial keeper of her grandfather's belongings, including the breadbox and his desk. She donated the box and its manuscripts to Harvard University; one of the journals turned out to contain Melville's masterpiece Billy Budd, published posthumously in 1924.
That was many years after the Thomas family inherited Melville's belongings. Middleton explained that the family "gave things away" to neighbors, friends, and family members who needed furniture. Some of Melville's books were given away to someone who had a new set of shelves and simply needed to fill them.
"Check your attics," said Middleton laughingly. "A manuscript turned up here in South Orange." She explained that a manuscript possibly written by Herman Melville came to light locally; it's in the process of being verified. "You heard it here first," she said.
"It's everyone's dream," said Middleton, to discover a writer's lost manuscript in that hard-to-reach crawl space under the stairs, or behind that sealed panel in the kitchen. If a sheaf of papers turns up in South Orange, and it's signed Herman Melville, it just might be a dream come true.
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Knoxville has always had a hard time with the concept.
We began running our Best of Knoxville poll 19 years ago, but we weren't the first paper to try something like it. A daily paper ran a popular Best poll, back in the '80s. Reading the results was unsettling. Best pizza? Pizza Hut! Best hamburger? McDonald's, of course! It seemed a collective cry for help.
The answers were sincere. The subtext, the conclusion a demographer might draw, was that Knoxvillians would just as soon live anywhere else. The city, if you could call it that, was an agreeable accumulation of chain attractions, with interstate access and pretty-good TV reception.
In the city I grew up in, the motto was "That'll do." Anybody who tried to achieve something that stood out for its quality or individuality, whether it was a building or a plate of food, was just putting on airs and spoiling the curve for everybody else. Knoxville was, by definition, a plenty comfortable enough place to sit and wait for Glory. Whenever anybody said Knoxville wasn't every bit as good as some other place, some got mad, but never offered a very coherent argument.
Talk about urban design, or preservation, or public transit, or a park proposal, and you'd get a bemused look from someone who wasn't quite sure whether to take you seriously.
"Hey, come on," people said. "It's just Knoxville." The K-word was a running joke, pronounced ironically always, and useful as a signifier to let folks know that, in our extensive travels, we were familiar with much better places.
That's been changing in the last decade or two, if not fast enough for me. But it's still there, under the surface, an attitude especially popular among folks who don't get out much.
And you have to admit, the idea of striving for something, not excellence necessarily, but just distinction, takes a while for people to get used to. It wasn't long ago that Knoxville was a place for offices and bedrooms and nursing homes and churches, but it went without saying, among Knoxville's affluent, that life was lived elsewhere. No point in doing anything remarkable here. Nobody here would appreciate it.
Knoxville buildings were, almost by definition, cheap and unimaginative, shabby short-term structures with big blank parking lots. Food, even Indian and Thai and Mexican food, was blander than in other cities. Cakes and biscuits came from mixes. Fashions in the mall shops hailed from a presidential administration or two ago. Parks were rare, and museums existed only in theory. Festivals were unfestive. Sometimes we had parades, but floats looked like they were designed the night before, by drunk third-graders. Schools were always short of textbooks. Performing-arts centers? Music festivals? Foundations?
Are you serious? Come on. It's just Knoxville.
The reasons for doing stuff on the cheap always made perfect sense. Why, we want to send our kids to that famous Northeastern college. Or we're buying a chalet in Denver, or a beach house. Or we like to spend our summers in Europe or Charleston or Cape Cod.
To the successful, Knoxville, with its low taxes and minimal regulations, was a more useful place to make money than a place to spend it. I don't know whether this axiom applies more to Knoxville than to other cities, but it seems to me that, here at least, the more people make, and keep, the higher percentage of their money leaves town.
For developers, Knoxville was always a cheap date. They argued property rights, had their way with us, then ran away, with the money they saved, to a real place.
And there's a corollary point. I won't offer a list right now, but you know who you are: Many Knoxvillians who argue most vociferously against preservation in Knoxville prefer to spend their free time and money in places with lots of historic buildings and higher standards for architecture and stricter rules concerning preservation. Sometimes they end up investing in those places, even moving there, with the money they saved during their time in Knoxville. The implication is that Knoxville, lacking any potential for excellence, is not worth the same trouble that these other, appealing places are.
You'd think that, with extraordinarily low taxes and relatively few regulations, our private developers could have been doing remarkable things here. You'd think Knoxville might be a conservative City on the Hill where the American entrepreneurial dream takes flight in a way that's much more impressive than in other cities with much higher taxes and much stricter rules about development. Freed of the government obligations and constrictions in other cities, maybe Knoxville developers would build a national advertisement for conservative principles, with individualistic or even unique designs for corporate headquarters, with major foundations solving our problems, making America better.
With a couple of encouraging exceptions, mostly recent ones, I can't tell that it's worked out that way.
Anyway. Back to our original conundrum, about Knoxville's habitual failure to strive. If it's still an affliction, it doesn't have nearly the hold it did 25 years ago. It's a different era; it almost seems as if Knoxville turned with the century. Though it's not always obvious outside of downtown, the word Knoxville's starting to mean something positive, almost as an aspiration.
The place is catching the attention of magazine writers and touring musicians and sometimes even food critics, What's happened here? I'm often asked, by well-traveled folks, connoisseurs of cities who assume it's either a sweeping government-driven urban plan, or a major philanthropic bequest along the Chattanooga model, or the vigorous work of a local corporation. Though there have been fragments of all those things, Knoxville's turnaround is unusual in America, a result of a lot of bright, energetic people doing the right things at the same time.
On Market Square last Tuesday night, watching the jazz show, world-class by any standard, and the enthusiastic and diverse crowd, I enjoyed this new picture of my home town and hoped it was real.
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I moved here from Dallas in June of 1992 at the age of 25. I could not believe how boring this was & it was a college town for Pete's sake! I have loved watching this town grow & grow into an amazing place. It's been like watching a child grow up. I am so proud of this city. The best part? If you look closely you will see just how "UN-homogenized" this place is. I am fortunate enough to live close to downtown & take advantage of this fact. Once,when I needed help from AAA (car svc) I told the driver that I was at the Fellini Kroger & he knew just where I was. I LOVED that!
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Remember UT history class about Knoxville taught by Dr. Wheeler? He said Knoxville money stayed in the family, and the locals were reluctant to invest in new business. Said it went back generations to pride in the land so they didn't share the wealth. Aren't most of the new developments funded by Nashvillians or Chattanoogans?
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I am a contrarian by nature, but I will have to completely disagree with the intent of Mr. Neely's article.
We had it good in Knoxville when I was growing up.
"Live music" meant the Civic Auditorium or maybe an oldies act at the Fair. "Local talent" and "barroom fight" were virtually interchangeable, and I remember the commotion when the Jacksons had their concert at Neyland Stadium.
"Fine dining" and "West Knoxville" were interchangeable; for the rest of us Sunday dinner at Woodruff's was fine. Outside of Louis' on Old Broadway, ethnic food was almost unheard of. "Italian", "spaghetti" and "pizza" were interchangeable, and Chinese meant the Peking Inn on Bearden Hill.
You might be considered slightly pretentious if you shopped at Kroger's instead of the White Store or A&P or maybe Piggly Wiggly.
Import car meant a Toyota from Sam Monday on Clinton Highway.
All in all, the Knoxville I grew up in was the biggest small town in America, and that was a Good Thing. I have had people tell me 'Knoxville doesn't need to be a giant Lake City', but to be fair we never had gang violence or tragedies like the Christian/Newsom horror when I lived in Knoxville, either.
It appears to me that the boosters have either intentionally or inadvertently transformed my home town into a miniture Atlanta. I still think what I thought when all this stuff started; if people want all this fancy stuff, Atlanta has plenty of room for them.
I will agree insofar as Mr. Neely's assertion that things changed around the turn of the century, but I cordially suggest that Knoxville in 1983 was a MUCH better place to live in than Knoxville of 2013 is for exactly the same reasons Mr. Neely advances for the idea that 21st Century Knoxville is a 'better' place. And we're worse for it.
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@Small Town Guy
I am not quite sure what your comment is meant to tell us.
Do you think it would be better if Knoxville did not have authentic ethnic food that goes beyond Louis/Peking Inn; if Knoxville lacked a variety of live music events such as the jazz night; or if Knoxville grocery stores were confined to Kroger etc.? If so I would like to know your reasoning for that.
Or do you think that the revival of downtown and the growing intent to make Knoxville a more livable place (consider the bus system) with more options for dining, events and grocery shopping has led to a higher rate of bad crimes? (That seems suggested by your comment, but I do not see any reason for this idea, so maybe I misunderstood you.)
Or do you simply resent all change because, well, it's change?
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Not saying it would be better. It WAS better. The unintended second order effect of boosterism and population growth is crime. More people: more opportunity for crime.
I am reminded of a story. Man was shooting in his back yard and his neighbor (transplant)
came over to complain about the noise. Called the sheriff and they had a diverting talk about guns. Transplant was furious. Point is, as Southerners we take things as they are, not as we wish they were.
I find the inclination to remake Knoxville into a quasi-Atlanta peculiar. If big cities were so great, you'd think people would stay there instead of remarking small towns into miniature big cities.
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@Small Town Guy
I am not quite sure what your comment is meant to tell us.
Do you think it would be better if Knoxville did not have authentic ethnic food that goes beyond Louis/Peking Inn; if Knoxville lacked a variety of live music events such as the jazz night; or if Knoxville grocery stores were confined to Kroger etc.? If so I would like to know your reasoning for that.
Or do you think that the revival of downtown and the growing intent to make Knoxville a more livable place (consider the bus system) with more options for dining, events and grocery shopping has led to a higher rate of bad crimes? (That seems suggested by your comment, but I do not see any reason for this idea, so maybe I misunderstood you.)
Or do you simply resent all change because, well, it's change?
Revised and extended now that I am back in front of a computer:
Regarding ethnic food and live music: We got along just fine for decades without any appreciable amount of either. Roy Acuff's Town and Country Restaurant and Woodruff's were plenty good enough. Why fix what isn't broken?
As to downtown, people would have stayed if they had wanted to. As it happened, they moved away and I always resented my tax money being used to entice people into doing what they didn't want to do. Downtown is where you work at, not where you live at. That's what Halls and Fountain City were for.
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I think it says a lot when "Arts/Media/Design" heading, on the Knoxville Craigslist, is mostly for tattoo artists!
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Most Kansans in Congress voted against the deal that passed Wednesday to raise the national debt limit, reopen federal government operations and avert a possible default on debt payments. Funding and borrowing will have to be addressed again in early 2014.
The bill passed the Senate 81-18. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Dodge City, voted no; Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Manhattan, voted yes.
The House OK'd the bill, 285-144. Rep. Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, voted yes. Reps. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler/Hutchinson, Mike Pompeo, R-Wichita, and Kevin Yoder, R-Overland Park, voted no.
What they said or wrote Wednesday:
* Roberts: "This deal fails on spending. This deal fails on Obamacare. Future negotiations based on this deal will likely fail as well. We cannot afford to kick the can down the road again."
* Moran: "It's a sad day in America when Washington must choose between economic catastrophe now and economic catastrophe later. A better way does exist, and I pray Washington will muster the discipline to pursue it."
* Huelskamp: "Sometimes I think my Republican colleagues in Washington ought to simply make it official — and adopt the white flag of surrender as their official emblem. I can't count how many times Republican House members have said, '(Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry) Reid won't accept that.' Or 'We can't do that, because Obama won't allow it.' Or 'The media might misreport that.' Give me a break. No one said this was going to be easy."
* Pompeo: "Washington has once more kicked the can down the road by raising the limit on the government credit card without dealing with the drivers (sic) our national debt. This means fewer jobs, higher taxes, and ordinary Kansans suffering under the ever-increasing, costly burden of Obamacare that will achieve few, if any, of its goals."
* Yoder: "The bill voted on in the House does very little to address ongoing spending problems in Washington, and only kicks the can down the road again. I could not support this approach."
* Jenkins: "I voted today to get our government back open, to prevent any default on our obligations, and get people back to work while our negotiators have a serious conversation about our debt crisis. I remain committed to doing everything I can in the days and weeks ahead to encourage my colleagues to put politics aside, sit down, and have a common-sense conversation to address the failures of the president's health care law and fix our broken budget process."


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Dr. Gerald Gibson, president of the College, presented outstanding administrator and staff awards during commencement. Candidates were nominated by their peers for outstanding individual performance; a committee made recommendations to Gibson.
Receiving the Nancy B. Hunter Outstanding Staff Award was Richard Henderson of Maryville, HVAC specialist in the physical plant department.
Gibson described him as a valued employee and a person who played an integral role in the day-to-day operations of the campus - "especially when places get a little too warm or a little too cool for the inhabitants' comfort."
Quoting from one nomination form, Gibson said of Henderson: "'He loves this place and all the people he works with. He is a talented electrician and HVAC expert, but it is his friendly demeanor and smile that makes him a great candidate for this award.'"
Jack Abbott of Alcoa, mechanical trades manager, was recognized with the Outstanding Administrator Award.
"When you're a jack-of-all-trades on the Maryville College campus, it's hard to go home at quitting time - and stay there," Gibson said. "Expertise, talent and 14 years of experience keep your phone ringing - day, night, weekends and holidays - when problems arise.
"This year's winner of the Outstanding Administrator is just that: a jack-of-all-trades."
Cydna Savage of Maryville, was presented with the Sharon A. Murphy Crane Distinguished Service Award for her work as director of the College's student health center.
"In every organization, whether a college or business or even a home, there is always one person all the others know they can depend on," Gibson said of Savage. "This year's winner has been a part of the Maryville College family for the last five years. In those years, she has not only done a terrific job with those responsibilities listed in her job description; she has worked for the 'general good of the College' by serving on committees, organizing community-building opportunities among faculty and staff and advocating for students.
" Maryville College is better for having this person among our ranks, and I use the word 'better' in both the comparative sense and the medical sense," Gibson continued. "She makes us feel better when she's here."


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The Dawn of the Rizzo Era
There's a lot to say about the Nationals fourteen games into the season. Unfortunately, a lot of it will sound like words from The Oracle (or Alan Greenspan) – truthful, but intentionally ambiguous:
What's five minutes between friends? A good question. For Lastings Milledge, the ramifications of his tardiness were delayed, but for Elijah Dukes, he was asked to pay swiftly. Fortunately for the Nats, those events happened in the proper order; if Dukes' punishment was followed by Milledge's skate (in the short term), there would definitely be some problems regarding the appearance of equity. As it is, we may be seeing Rizzo assert his vision for the team… among them, that nobody is above the rules.
As much as it appeared that Dukes was giving back to the community on this Saturday morning, he was in fact, moonlighting. He was paid for his appearance at the Great Falls Little League. Benching him and fining him was the right thing to do. Dukes has become a rather sympathetic character as of late, and it is tempting to want to cut him some slack, but Thom Loverro urges that we not fall too deeply in love. What does this tell us about the organization? I don't know. This is one of those cases where two points don't make a line.
Produce or ride the bus. That would be the theme after half the bullpen traded their digs in DC for upstate New York late Sunday night. In some respects I think that the move was a little simplistic – the bullpen was put in a leaky rowboat by the poor fielding of the infield. But the beneficiaries of the move, particularly Garrett Mock and Jason Bergmann deserved to be in Washington in the first place, and in shuffle, two of Bowden's projects, Wil Ledezma and Steven Shell, found their way out of the organization. It would have been a good move regardless of the circumstances. Timing the announcement after a third game blown in the ninth inning simply allowed Rizzo to bang his new drum a bit more loudly.
The Zims. Ryan Zimmerman has a new long-term contract. You would be hard-pressed to find an unhappy voice on this topic, except perhaps from a certain personal injury lawyer. If Bowden is the GM, this deal doesn't happen… at least not now. While all of us fans see the wisdom of it, there's a certain business sense to the move, too. As for the other Zim, JZim, N**2, Jordan Zimmermann, there are a lot of fans grumbling about the rain-delayed start of his Major League debut game. It is a shame that people were inconvenienced, but really, there was too much at stake to do anything other than what the Nats did. It was good for Zimmermann to get his full game in, and it was good from a public relations standpoint – at least for the vast majority of the fans who weren't there. In a year, we'll all remember his stellar start, and hardly a soul will remember that the actual game didn't start until 9:15.
More Rizzo fingerprints.
Indignant Manny. It is no coincidence that the Manny Acta we're hearing at post-game press conferences has lost his teach, learn, roll-with-the-punches rhetoric, and replaced it with, well, Indignant Manny. After Sunday's loss to the Marlins, I was talking with Mike Henderson of NationalsPride.com, and I mentioned to him that Manny's original mandate has ended. Sure the Nats are a young team, but managing the Nationals is no longer about transforming a bunch of rookies into Major Leaguers. It is about learning to win. And this raises a question: Is Manny the guy to teach our team how to do that? Since the mandate has changed, so will his demeanor. Should Manny be worried about his job? No more or less than the other twenty-nine managers in Major League Baseball. But now all thirty are being asked to do the same thing: Win. Who do you suppose instigated this change? His boss, Mike Rizzo. That's my guess, anyway.
We may be witnessing a transformation. As long and as slow as every one of those torturous Marlins games seemed, the change is actually occurring at a lightning pace. Players are being held accountable. Managers are being held accountable. The internal expectation is higher. What we're seeing now is the demonstration of which members of the organization have more to give, and which are just spare parts.
… and this is exactly how it was always supposed to be. Stan Kasten's plan was to build a professional organization from top to bottom. One that nurtured the growth of prospects and furthered the success of the Major League Team. Instead, what we got was a used car lot, with a segway-riding salesmen at the helm.
Will the Nats win more games this year?
Who knows. It is certainly going to be different with Mike Rizzo at the helm of the organization. One thing is for sure – almost certainly, we'll feel better about the outcome… no matter what it is.
One last thing: Excellent game, John Lannan. You deserved to win.
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PITTSFORD -- The Buffalo Bills concluded their public portion of training camp at St. John Fisher College tonight. They'll practice here once more Wednesday -- fans won't be allowed to attend -- before breaking for Orchard Park.
A few notes from tonight:
* Bills coach Chan Gailey revealed he is targeting 20 snaps for his starters in Friday night's preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings in the Metrodome.
* Gailey also reaffirmed Vince Young will quarterback the second unit.
* Two players suffered injuries tonight that required X-rays: defensive tackle Kellen Heard (right leg) and offensive lineman James Carmon (Gailey thought it was a wrist injury).
* The Bills finished practice with a dozen Wildcat snaps for Brad Smith. "We are a lot further along as far as how to use him and what we're going to try to do with him," Gailey said of Smith afterward. "I think we have a chance to have a great little package with him. It's going to be good for us, I believe."
* Defensive end Shawne Merriman returned to practice after missing Monday's session with a tight hamstring.


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Blanes i Vidal, Jordi, Mirko Draca, and Christian Fons-Rosen. 2012. "Revolving Door Lobbyists." American Economic Review, 102(7): 3731-48.
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.7.3731
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.7.3731
Washington's "revolving door"––the movement from government service into the lobbying industry––is regarded as a major concern for policy-making. We study how ex-government staffers benefit from the personal connections acquired during their public service. Lobbyists with experience in the office of a US Senator suffer a 24 percent drop in generated revenue when that Senator leaves office. The effect is immediate, discontinuous around the exit period, and long-lasting. Consistent with the notion that lobbyists sell access to powerful politicians, the drop in revenue is increasing in the seniority of and committee assignments power held by the exiting politician.
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Blanes i Vidal, Jordi (CEP, London School of Economics and Political Science)
Draca, Mirko (U Warwick)
Fons-Rosen, Christian (U Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE)
Draca, Mirko (U Warwick)
Fons-Rosen, Christian (U Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE)
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A 23-year-old woman, driving with her 3-week-old baby, was seriously injured after being struck head-on by an alleged drugged driver on Route 25A in Shoreham Tuesday morning.
According to Police, the mother was driving a 2008 Nissan Altima eastbound on 25A in Shoreham at 11:07 a.m Tuesday when Denis Karachopan, 24, of Rocky Point, crossed over from the westbound lane and struck her head-on.
Karachopan was arrested and charged with DWAI Drugs, Police said. The woman was transported Stony Brook Hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The baby is also at Stony Brook but does not appear injured at this time, according to Police.


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Rated 4.3 out of 5 by 295 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Bent1954 I always feel welcome to my "home away from home" This hotel has a great staff that always welcome the regular guests in a personal manner. The practical things work, and rooms are of a comfortable size for stays over more than one night. February 19, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by CDH73 Above and beyond I wanted to thank all the staff on the front desk and concierge in going above and beyond the call of duty at my most recent stay on 6th June. I had lost my passport and was worried and upset. All the staff helped me to get things sorted and I was on a plane by midday the next day. It would not have been possible without their help and I would have been home much later. July 16, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by NYTraveler50 Disappointing We are sorry to say we cannot recommend this hotel. The service was poor - including giving us a room that had someone in it when I opened the door. The bathtub/shower combo was hard to use, with the tub so high it was very hard to get out of the shower. I was not treated like a SPG Gold, and the recetionist disputed that I was a gold member until she looked it up. July 7, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by Tinkerbell77 Room cleanliness not satisfactory At arrival we found crumbles on the desk and peanuts on the floor and dust in the corners when moving a chair around for better comfort when reading a magazine. Breakfast, excellent service by the breakfast hostesses. I really dislike the usage of egg-in-a-box and scrambled eggs made with prefabricated food. This is not local food at all! December 9, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by ScubaEric Sheraton Stockholm I've had a few not so good experiences with Sheraton Stockholm over the passed month. Now a new face appeared who understands how to make the experience of staying away from your family pleasant, Selina Yu. Selina really made the difference for me with her service mindness and beautiful smile. January 11, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by SvenO Great location. Problem with sanitation. The staff was exceptional - friendly, helpful and professional. The location is very good and close to everything. The stay was spoilt the first night by a strong "sewage" smell coming from the bathroom and so bad we could not use the bathroom. The Manager came and fixed it by adjusting the water lock in the shower drain. This fixed the problem. August 28, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by JennyLB This is a great place to stay in Stockholm! We really enjoyed the Sheraton Stockholm. We were lucky to be able to check in early and had assistance from a very pleasant porter. Our club floor room had a lake view and the two Queen beds were ideal for my husband and I along with our teenage son. The hanging space was a little limited for the 3 of us but there was plenty of shelf space. I missed having a bath and the shower angle was quite odd as one had to stand right in the corner of the shower stall, however the toiletries were very nice. The only other awkward thing was the fact that we could not open the safe fully to insert a large lap top because the wardrobe door didn't open fully. The club room amenities were very helpful a was the guest relations officer who helped us plan some activities. We enjoyed a great dinner in the 360 degrees restaurant. The location was great for shopping and restaurants and the walk from the hotel to the Arlanda Express was very easy and convenient. July 5, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Pianoer1986 9-10 Feb 2014 Nice stay. Clean and comfortable room, great service (staff got me coffee after my morning run), everything worked. Bathroom floor was cold though February 11, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Steamed Great location, great hotel, but needs better A/C The property is very well located near Central Station and an easy walk to Gamla Stan, Ostermalm and Sodermalm. Rooms are decent sized and well maintained, with the exception of the air conditioning. The latter was too feeble to keep up with 25 degree outdoor temperatures, which made sleep less comfortable than it should have been. May 31, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by andersb71 rooms and room text info needs updating Rooms are very old looking; old wallpaper, makeshift updates etc. bath/shower not working well ergonomically. misleading text info on restaurent hours and service personnell that don't knock before locking themselves into your room. Also air con was a mees. January 10, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Oslo13 This hotel has very good service We had a very good experience staying at this hotel. The location is very central in Stockholm , walking distance to most important attractions. The rooms are comfortable and clean, the staff very helpful at all the time. Good breakfast. Spescial tanks to the helpful staff in the lobby and reception. December 6, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by phillipsk123 a lovely stay As an SPG platinum I was upgraded to a little suite which provided just that little more space. Staff were great, and breakfast is comprehensive. I can't wait to come on a visit for pleasure January 31, 2014
Rated 1 out of 5 by Robbie960 Too busy This hotel has taken om the cruise before and after accommodation. In our instance they were unable to meet the demands of the people and we were one of many people that were unhappy. Struggled to get a room by 4.30pm then when we did it had not been serviced properly. For the price I would not recommend this hotel. August 24, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by Doris01 Long waiting time to register This hotel is a great place to stay but you need to have patience when checking in or out. We waited over 25 minutes in line to check in only to have another line open up without serving the first people in the line. The next day we also waited about 10 minutes to check out. The rooms were very comfy and clean. August 10, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 by Erik40 Good location but disappointed about service As a Gold SPG I have stayed in many Starwood Hotels. This hotel is clean, but I was disappointed about the service for Gold SPG members. I had to wait until 3pm for a room and then got a wrong room (2 queensize beds instead of 1 king bed). Then I had to move to another room, but didn't receive the SPG extra's. September 20, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Aloysha62 Return to good hotel Stockholm Sheraton is very good located and has a nice view out over the waters. You can walk to all central parts of town and is also very close to all tyoes of communications like railway station, metro, busses, boats, etc. At the same time it is giving a comfortable high standard of service. October 10, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by TrekkieCuban Great Location We stayed at the Sheraton in Stockholm for 2 nights. The hotel is in an excellent location and our room on the club floor was spacious with a great view. However, the a/c did not cool sufficiently and had to ask for a fan. I hope they resolve this issue. Other than that I would recommend the hotel. July 19, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Marshmello Excellent location, helpful friendly staff We enjoyed two packed days at the Stockholm Sheraton. The staff was uniformly helpful and friendly, the room was clean and well appointed and the location for visiting the central area was excellent. The only criticism I have is that the dinner at the restaurant at the hotel was mediocre. September 7, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by maria17 Nice Night My husband and I stayed one night at this Sheraton. We enjoyed the comfy beds, the complimentary items and the overall cleanliness on the space. We did not like the room service. The price of the items were outrageous and the food was not very good. We were very dissatisfied with what we ate. August 11, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by Timmen Conferens Conference room was very hot and it felt like a lack of air. The bartender was not at all accommodating February 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by ROPO1 Staff is extremely well trained and helpful The staff obviously is very well managed and very well trained. Everyone I interacted with had a fantastic attitude, with a focus on making my stay as nice as possible. January 18, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by gms52 Hotel has great room, weak at check-in Great location, clean and functional room. Front desk could have been more accommodating at check-in. Requested a call when room will be ready and received the answer, "we are too busy to call, return at 3 PM." No issues at check-out- staff was friendly and thankful for the business. August 23, 2012
Rated 3 out of 5 Starting to feel a little worn Very helpful staff. Shower section starts to look a little worn out. Beds lovely, but the room a little stuffy to the window was so small. Make sure to order breakfast directly, otherwise it costs 259kr. The atmosphere at breakfast was wonderful, beautiful. And almost too friendly. September 17, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by WiFi1984 Great hotel but no free WiFi for guest Great hotel, very friendly and helful staff, great view from my room, cleanliness is wonderful, beds, linings, pillows are comfortable and I had a great night sleep. Only downside, WIFI is only free for 30mins throughout my stay. Should provide free WIFI like most other hotels do. October 31, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by GraceK Pleased We needed comfort and convenience and we got them. February 3, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Jens55 Top service The young girls at the front desk helpet me and gave top service - over and above expected January 27, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ludvig13th Sheraton as prefered accommodation the past three years My headline tells everything. The staff are always friendly and service minded which make you feel home every time. Their professionalism and responsiveness always make one's stay a successfully experience December 19, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Porky21 Convenient Location Conveniently located. Can access major sights on foot. Hotel breakfast needs improvement, though. Not enough variety and not tasty. Room is spacious and well equipped; however, shower is at a strange angle. Concierge very helpful but not always available. September 12, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Arch22 Great hotel Very nice room and the restaurant served good but somewhat pricey food. The staff was very polite. Unfortunately, my request for some the to be brought to the room proved too much for the roomservice. I am sure it was a one-off mistake. Overall, a great stay. October 17, 2012
Rated 4 out of 5 by Monik Great place to stay Very good location to stay- right in the middle of the city. Room is clean including towels. Ventilation is too warm even though I turned on the coldest. The blanket was too thick so I had difficult sleeping at nights. Would be nice if there is a pool. February 9, 2013


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Those who donated money and time, and played in the golf tournament collaborated to raise more than $45,000 for local cancer patients. The recent St. Rose Auction & Golf Classic proceeds will benefit the Heartland Cancer Center Patient Care Fund.
St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center owns Heartland Cancer Center.
"This generous community once again came together to raise much-needed funds for our neighbors who are affected by cancer," said Mark Mingenback, St. Rose director of business strategy and marketing. "Everyone can be assured that all proceeds go directly to our fund that helps patients who are uninsured or underinsured.
"Each patient has unique needs," Mingenback added. "On a regular basis we see what the proceeds of this fundraiser can mean to a family."
The total amount collected for the patient fund since the beginning of the annual event now stands at $487,025.
"We couldn't even have attempted this without sponsors, auction donors and bidders, golfers and those who give of their time," Mingenback said. "Our gratitude is heartfelt."
St. Rose is part of Centura Health, which connects individuals and families across western Kansas and Colorado with more than 6,000 physicians, 15 hospitals, seven senior-living communities, physician practices and clinics, and home-care and hospice services.


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Thursday, February 21, 2013 — A Stanfield resident died in a motorcycle incident at approximately 6 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon on Main Street in Locust in front of Bojangles.
Thomas Ray Adcock, 54, of Crest Ridge Drive in Stanfield, was driving a 1997 Harley Davidson motorcycle when the bike collided with a 1997 Ford pickup truck driven by Patricia Sharpe Kneeburg of Nance Road in Midland that was stopped on the street. Adcock was pronounced dead on the scene.
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This simple recipe makes individual rolls that would be perfect alongside a bowl of soup or a platter of antipasti.
450g/1lb strong white flour, plus extra for dusting
1½ tsp salt
1 x 7g/¼oz sachet fast-action dried yeast
400ml/14fl oz warm water
vegetable oil, for greasing
2 sprigs fresh rosemary, leaves only, finely chopped
1 red onion, finely chopped
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus extra for brushing
½ tsp sea salt flakes
Mix the flour, salt and yeast together in a large bowl. Add the warm water and mix together to form a sticky dough.
Tip the dough onto a lightly floured work surface and knead for five minutes, or until the dough is smooth and elastic.
Lightly oil a bowl with a little of the vegetable oil. Place the dough into the bowl and turn until it is covered in the oil. Cover the bowl with cling film and set aside in a warm place for one hour, or until the dough has doubled in size.
Lightly grease two baking trays.
Knock the dough back to its original size and turn out onto a lightly floured work surface. Divide the dough into eight equal balls and place onto the baking trays. Ensure the rolls are well spaced. Cover with a tea towel and set aside to prove for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 220C/425F/Gas 7.
Mix the rosemary, onion and olive oil together in a bowl.
With a well floured finger, press several holes into each roll then spoon over the rosemary mixture. Brush the oil down the sides of each roll and sprinkle over the sea salt flakes.
Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until well risen and golden-brown.
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By Gary Fauber
Assistant Sports Editor
With a little more than two weeks left in the regular season, the West Virginia Miners find themselves in pretty good position in the race for the Prospect League's East Division pennant.
But things could get a bit hairy for manager Tim Epling. Of course, what else is new?
The Miners return to Beckley tonight for the start of a two-game series against Lorain County. First pitch at Linda K. Epling Stadium will be 7:05 p.m., while Sunday's game will begin at 5:05 p.m.
West Virginia (30-16) is four games ahead of Chillicothe after a series sweep of the Paints. The Miners defeated Chillicothe 5-0 Friday to become the first league team to 30 wins.
All-star Pat Kregeloh hit a three-run homer in the fourth for the Miners. Josh Galvan added a solo shot in the fifth and was also hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth.
Winning pitcher Quinton Yocom limited the Paints to four hits over seven innings.
Injuries and various other problems have served as road blocks for the Miners all season. Going down the stretch, Epling faces even more challenges.
The main culprit is injuries, which have been piling up.
Catcher Robert Tavone has not played since July 11 because of torn cartilage in his right (throwing) wrist and might not be back. His absence leaves Galvan — who has been hit four times since his debut last Friday — as the lone catcher, with first baseman/designated hitter Cameron Balough as the emergency backstop.
Infielder Griffin Moore has been sidelined with a back injury, but he could return today. Third baseman Zach Woolcock pulled a groin muscle last Friday against Slippery Rock and missed Wednesday's All-Star game. He could be back as early as Sunday.
Then there's outfielder Nick Paxton. He hit the first-ever grand slam at Epling Stadium last Saturday against Slippery Rock, and his three-run shot at Chillicothe on Thursday provided the difference in an 8-5 win. He's not injured, but he will be returning home July 25.
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Tonight will be Scouts Night at the stadium. Any Boy Scout, Girl Scout or Cub Scout wearing a uniform will be admitted free. It will also be KISS-FM Night, with plenty of free giveaways.
Fans can also register to win tickets for Wet 'n' Wild Adventures.
Sunday will be Kroger Night. Any fan who brings a can of Kroger food will receive $1 off his or her ticket.
Limit one per person.
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Epling will return to the team tonight after missing both games in Chillicothe because of family concerns ... Right-handed pitcher Joshua James has joined the team. The sophomore at Western Oklahoma State College will likely see action out of the bullpen Sunday.
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Money on the markets
A maturing market amid the mayhem
BSE IT index gains
The BSE IT Index soared 2.49 percent in a broader market that closed 0.8 percent higher at 19,502 after U.S. retail sales data boosted optimism over recovery in the world's largest economy.
Stocks which led the index rise were Oracle Finance (up 5.3 percent), Infosys (up 2.49 percent) and TCS (up 2.1 percent).
Infosys and TCS touched there 52-week high during trade.
Do you think it is the right time to invest in technology stocks?
Tata Motors rises to all-time high
Tata Motors rose to an all-time high on Tuesday, climbing nearly 4 percent on the back of strong investor confidence in a broader market that touched a 32-month high for the third consecutive session.
The scrip opened on a strong note and hit a life-time high of 1,067.50 rupees on the BSE before closing 2.7 percent up at 1054 rupees with volumes of 1.2 million shares.
Realty stocks gain in strong Mumbai market
The BSE Realty Index gained 2.5 percent on Monday, with Unitech and DLF posting good gains in a broader market that closed over 400 points up on strong factory data and global cues.
Unitech was the top gainer in the index, rising 3.5 percent to 84.8 rupees, followed by DLF which gained 3.4 percent.
Bank stocks post healthy gains
It was a good trading session for banking counters, with the BSE banking index gaining more than 2 percent and ending as the top sectoral gainer, as fund managers bet the sector would benefit from a booming domestic economy.
Shares in Bank of India gained 5.4 percent to end as the top Bankex gainer, followed by IDBI which gained 4.3 percent.
ACC shares gain 3 percent
ACC shares clocked a second day of gains on Wednesday, closing 3 percent up to top the list of Sensex gainers.
On Tuesday, cement manufacturers had closed higher on hopes of better dispatches post monsoon and product price hikes in the near term, dealers had said.
Idea Cellular gains on Etisalat interest
Idea Cellular rose nearly 4 percent after Emirates Telecommunication Corp, the Arab world's second-largest telecom operator by market value, said it had not ruled out investing in the company.
However, the Abu Dhabi-based operator said that it does not expect a deal with Reliance Communications in 2010.
Reliance Communication is the only major local cellular carrier without a foreign strategic investor in the world's fastest-growing mobile market.
Mahindra Satyam jumps 11 pct
Shares in Mahindra Satyam ended 10.6 percent higher at 91.40 rupees after gaining over 11 percent in trade on Friday after the outsourcer won a multi-million dollar deal from a large health insurer a day earlier.
Earlier last month, a court in Hyderabad granted bail to the former chairman and founder of outsourcer Satyam Computer Services, subsequently renamed Mahindra Satyam, in a case of accounting fraud that turned out to be India's biggest corporate scandal.
Metal stocks end higher
Metal stocks surged higher as major steelmakers planned to raise
prices this month citing firm global rates and rising input costs,
company officials told Reuters on Thursday.
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has cut discount by 1,000 rupees a
tonne on flat products while JSW Steel raised prices by 3-4 percent on
higher international prices and input cost.
BSE Realty Index gains
The BSE Realty Index ended 2.9 percent higher on Wednesday in a broader market that gained over 200 points on positive economic data.
Shares in top realty firms Unitech and DLF ended 3.2 and 2.5 percent higher respectively.


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Sychronized sleeping seems to be a new sport that Brooklyn duo Matt & Kim are introducing to fans via their new video for "It's Alright." Buzzfeed playfully nicknamed it "Matt & Kim-a-sutra" since it finds the pair in some very compromising, steamy positions, but have no fear censors, the underwear stays on and no genitalia manages to make direct contact. Props to Matt & Kim for pulling this off. This kind of choreography seems like it would be a major pain to nail.
Here are all of the positions, in case you need a refresher.
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text: Over the December holiday I traveled with my wife and children to Budapest, Vienna, and Prague. In Vienna we visited the former home of Sigmund Freud, one of the twentieth-century's most seminal thinkers. Freud vacated his home on 19 Berggasse in 1939 after more than 25 years of occupancy when he discovered a swastika painted on his door. In Budapest and Prague we visited the Jewish quarters, areas of the cities where Jews were ghettoized, but where they nevertheless developed thriving cultures and vibrant communities even under the duress of segregation and oppression. Now, all that remains of the once formidable Jewish presence are traces of the past, whether in the form of inscriptions of names of Holocaust victims on a temple wall, or a lone memorial tree planted in a fenced plot, or a synagogue filled by tourists rather than worshippers. In all three of these great Central European cities there is thus what I would describe as a ghostly presence that haunts those of us who discern in the silence the millions of voices no longer to be heard. It is all the more stunning, therefore, when one does hear a voice emanating from that void, especially when the voice utters not a cry of sorrow or despair but an expression of love and concern. As you will soon see for yourselves, Henri Landwirth looked into and came close to being consumed by the abysmal horror of the Holocaust, but he emerged from that abyss persuaded that what he experienced there need not, indeed could not deprive him of his essential humanity. Instead, he committed himself to reaffirming his humanity by nurturing the very bonds between people that his persecutors and would-be killers sought to destroy. To know Henri is to be touched by grace. It is surely grace when one person, especially one person who has lost literally everything, chooses not to horde his acquisitions or his remarkable generosity of spirit but to give of himself endlessly to those whose circumstances—whether as a result of poverty or terminal illness—preclude the ability to reciprocate. Against the background of his own enormous loss, Henri's pure gesture reminds us, in our world of seemingly omnipresent hatred and hostility, that it is possible to transcend difference and to forgive transgression. I count myself as fortunate to be among Henri's acquaintances and I am deeply grateful to him for gracing us tonight with his presence. I know he is grateful to you for yours.


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