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KEY WEST — Even the welcoming, tropical tourist town of Key West — with slogans "Come as you are" and "One Human Family" — has a limit when it comes to tolerating free spirits.
In the past two months, Key West police have arrested more than 70 vagrants for "quality of life" offenses: aggressive panhandling, trespassing, fighting, public intoxication, defecating on public property, using residents' outdoor showers and electricity.
And the crackdown — spurred by complaints from residents, business owners and visitors — is about to get a financial boost from the federal government: $813,000 in stimulus funds.
The money will pay for four new police officers for three years, assigned primarily to quality-of-life issues. The police department is in the process of hiring the officers, which will patrol public beaches, parks and other homeless hangouts.
Key West police Chief Donnie Lee, a native of the island, said the city doesn't want a repeat of 2003, when the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty named Key West one of the country's "meanest" cities for the homeless.
Lee said he'd rather provide the downtrodden with help than a ride to the county jail — but compassion can go only so far. Though local advocacy groups say many homeless suffer from mental illness or addiction, Lee said the island's police have no choice but to deal with those who break the law.
Theo Glorie, owner of Coffee Plantation, said he initially tolerated a homeless man sleeping in an opening under the porch of his downtown Key West coffee shop. That changed when he discovered the man had tapped into his business' electrical outlet.
"He used an extension cord to hook up a window air-conditioning unit," Glorie said. "I told him, 'You're evicted. This is too much.' "
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Key West has always attracted drifters, first pirates and rumrunners, then drug smugglers and partiers in search of the next margarita. Like tourists, they flock to the Southernmost City when temperatures dip in the rest of the country. About 450 homeless people now live on the streets of Key West and nearby Stock Island, according to a homeless advocacy group.
The area has four emergency shelters, four transitional shelters and six permanent facilities with beds for the homeless and others who need help. But many still choose to sleep in the mangroves, on beaches, in alleys, on boats that barely float and on an undeveloped island accessible by dinghy.
On a weekday morning, Key West police Officer Stephen Mitchell made the rounds of the daytime homeless haunts. Stop one: Bayview Park, where several regulars spend hours talking, sleeping and drinking near an elementary school.
He chatted with John Hughes, arrested nine times in Monroe County for crimes that include burglary and drug possession.
"Not drinking today," Hughes told the officer. "But people like us can't afford to drink in the bar, so sometimes we got to sneak it."
"And Mitchell," he added, "you know we're not out here to do no bad."
Two days later, Hughes was back in jail. At a bar, he stole a New York tourist's designer purse and attempted a getaway on a stolen moped.
A few stops later: Higgs Beach, a popular hangout for the homeless, about a 15-minute walk from the park with a gorgeous ocean view.
The public beach's five covered picnic tables usually are monopolized by vagrants. But on the day Mitchell patrolled, cold, windy weather had sent seven homeless men and women huddling against the historic West Martello Tower museum and garden club. One had ordered pizza.
Mitchell asked to see the ID of a new guy he didn't recognize. Oscar Rodriguez, 54, said he came to Key West from Fort Lauderdale looking for work: landscaping, roofing, anything.
"Two weeks ago, I went into the hospital for a cough and came out with cancer," he said, the medical bracelet from nearby Lower Keys Medical Center still on his wrist.
Rodriguez, arrested by Key West police six weeks earlier for trespassing, added: "We're not bad people. Well, some of us are. But not all of us."
Across the street at the public dog park, one homeless man was cooking burgers and a roast on a makeshift grill for a group of 10, including David Clevenger, homeless since 2005 when Hurricane Wilma destroyed his residence.
Clevenger, 56, came to Key West from Iowa 15 years ago. With a burglary rap sheet, he's among those facing more scrutiny from police.
"People have been coming down here to Mile Zero to reinvent themselves for a century," he said. "But more of them are coming now, crowding the island, which makes it difficult for us and for you."
Lee, the police chief, said there is a desperate need for a day center to provide the homeless a "one-stop shop" for services and socialization.
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The city's history with the homeless has been divided between those who want to help and those who want them gone. Former Assistant City Manager John Jones, who called them "chronic public nuisances," attempted to ship some homeless to Miami in 2003. Public outcry stopped that. A plan to build chickee huts for shelter also got nixed.
Wendy Coles, executive director of the Key West-based Southern Homeless Assistance League, does not fault the police. But she said putting the homeless in jail "only hides them from the tourists."
She said the best solution is long-term care for mental health and substance abuse issues. "These services are minimal in our rural area," she said. "This is not paradise if you are homeless."
At Simonton Beach, Mitchell found David Martin sleeping on the concrete next to a three-wheel cycle filled with what's left of his life.
Martin is 51, but his weathered skin and disheveled gray beard make him look decades older. He said he once was a champion ballroom dancer who came to the Keys 11 years ago selling electric car rentals. But he suffers from anemia and hasn't worked in five years.
Now, he often starts his day with Rumplemintz, a potent peppermint concoction.
"I'm not homeless because I drink; I drink because I'm homeless," Martin said. "The truth: I hope I lay down one night and never wake up. My soul would go somewhere peaceful."

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If you are anywhere in the vicinity of Tuscany the third week in March, make sure you try to get to the city of Pisa for Pisan New Years 2012 celebrations on March 25. That's right, New Year's. Pisa, home of the world famous leaning tower and amazing art, food and culture, celebrates New Year's twice, the first time with the rest of the world on January 1, with New Year's Eve celebrations, too, and the second time, to commemorate a local calendar that put New Year's Day on March 25. Of course, the second New Year's has its own New Year's Eve merrymaking on March 24.
Why March 25? According to the Gregorian calendar, in use for over 500 years, between 1200 and 1749, the first day of the year fell nine months before Christmas. Then the calendar shifted to the one we use today. But Pisa wanted to revive the earlier New Year's. In the 1980s, the then mayor of Pisa resurrected the ancient tradition, and the celebration took hold. This second Pisan New Year also marks the start of the tourist season.
This year, visitors to Pisan New Year 2012 will have a large menu of things to do, special tours of Pisa, Volterra and Pomarance, special openings of buildings, as part of Open Monument Weekend, including churches in Pisa, Calci and Cascina, museums in Fauglia and Peccioli and the fortresses of Vicopisano. There are also fireworks set off from the banks of the Arno river and a parade of medieval celebrants. Also thanks to solar clock, at midday the sun's rays slip through the Duomo and hit a marble egg.
So, what do you think? Could you celebrate New Year twice? Come and do it in Pisa!
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One family discovers the thrill of downhill biking at Snowmass.
It's a perfect July day in Snowmass. You know the kind: blue skies, warm sun and enough breeze to keep the air cool. Yet I am anything but cool.
Clad in head-to-toe body armor and pushing a heavy downhill bike, I'm boarding the Elk Camp Gondola with my husband, two teenage sons and Kevin Jordan, an affable, endlessly patient ski and bike instructor with a palpable passion for teaching. Just before we enter the gondola, we see a man wearing a T-shirt proclaiming, "Dirt is the new snow." Today, we will find out if that is true.
As the gondola ascends, Jordan, who coordinates the mountain-biking program at Snowmass, explains the basics of downhill biking, immediately drawing parallels with skiing. "Most skiers and snowboarders do not know they are downhill mountain bikers… yet," he explains. "Downhill biking is a gravity-fed sport that produces similar sensations to skiing and snowboarding while shredding the dirt."
Over the course of the morning, we will learn the basics of downhill biking and, hopefully, progress to the mountain's most difficult trail, Valhalla.
But before the fun began, before we even boarded the gondola, we had to get geared up. Putting on body armor for the first time feels intimidating, and also a bit silly. When we arrive, we are wearing loose biking shorts and T-shirts. Moments later we are covered head to toe, sporting a jacket with built-in chest protection, full-face helmets, goggles, shoulder and elbow pads, and knee and shin pads. Even our shoes have been swapped out for thick-soled ankle boots.
But the biggest change is in our confidence. Before gearing up, we were all a bit nervous. Now fully padded, we no longer feel silly. We feel invincible.
Sure, you can ride any of the trails at Snowmass on your regular mountain bike. But to really experience them, especially Valhalla, it's worth trying out the downhill equipment. Purpose-built for downhill riding, these bikes are heavier and sturdier than other mountain bikes. They have thicker pedals, wider handlebars and a much lower seat (which you will barely use, by the way). And they are perfectly balanced for laying the tires on edge, cornering into turns and flying confidently over jumps.
As first-timers, we're grateful to be taking a lesson. Downhill biking is so completely different from mountain biking that even my teens, who are skilled mountain bikers, needed to start at the beginning. I'm pretty much an intermediate, although one with lots of experience. As with beginner ski lessons, we start out on a mostly flat slope at the bottom of the mountain, learning to stand, start and stop. Jordan also teaches us the ABCs of downhill biking: action stance/braking/cornering.
Next we progress to the on-mountain skills park and pump track. Here we practice crossing small wood bridges, cornering on banked turns and raising and lowering our upper bodies to compress and decompress the bike's suspension as we ride over arched bridges.
And then the moment of truth arrives; we are ready to tackle the trails. Snowmass has three lift-served trails dedicated to downhill biking: Easy Rider, Vapor (added last summer) and Valhalla. While Easy Rider and Vapor resemble more traditional mountain-biking trails, Valhalla is a different animal. With immaculate grooming and downhill-specific features like jumps, berms and drops, it is more course than trail, perfectly banked for confident turns, rapid descents and even short moments of flight.
During our first run down, Jordan stops us periodically to explain how to ride each upcoming feature. Fully prepped, we don't hit anything blind. Amazingly, thanks to the instruction we received, Valhalla is not superintimidating, but rather an exhilarating combination of challenge and controlled descent, due to the calculated gradient and shaping of the trail. Thanks to physics, I quickly learn that riding a banked curve is actually easier than turning on flat ground.
Turned loose later in the day, I venture down Valhalla once more while the rest of my family fits in as many laps as they can before the gondola shuts down— each time pushing just a little harder, a little faster and falling just a little bit more in love with gravity. So is dirt the new snow? Come summer in Snowmass, you bet it is.
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Snowmass offers several downhill bike lessons, from private instruction for groups of up to six to a package that includes bike rental, safety equipment, lift access and a lunch voucher (kids must be 8 or older). The popular Perfect Summer Package + Downhill ($99) includes three days of unlimited gondola rides, a one-day Bike Snowmass ticket, a half-day downhill bike rental and a one-hour downhill bike clinic. During Valhalla Nights (most Fridays through July and August and—new this summer—three Tuesdays in August), the Elk Camp Gondola will run until 7pm for biking, and the Elk Camp restaurant will stay open for dinner, with live music and other activities outside.


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Many well known American Jews are among the 6,000 delegates attending the convention which opened yesterday. They heard David Croll, Jewish Minister of Welfare in Ontario, extend greetings to the convention. Among the guests ot the convention are Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and National Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins.
In an opening address by Canadian Senator Beaubien, the late Julius Rosenwald was lauded as among those whose philanthropic activities had been beneficial to the United States and Canada.
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Dave lists five cultural faux pas to avoid while dining out, gives us some pointers on how to decipher a Chinese menu, schools us in the art of Persian ethnic eating, and gets Bobby Bognar of the History Channel's "Food Tech" on the line. He also battles two varieties of Vietnamese rolls and finds a convenient solution to woes associated with Valentine's Day congestion.
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5 Ridiculously Cute Kitchen Gifts
If you know a home cook whose kitchen looks like Pee Wee's Playhouse or someone who might actually wear a pink, polka-dotted apron, these ridiculously adorable gifts for the kitchen are just the thing.
When only having a rubber duckie in the bathtub is not enough, your special someone can keep one close in the kitchen, too. The squeezable shape looks rather ergonomic. Plus, recipient of your gift can sing his new friend's name to the tune of Ernie's famous little ditty. Check out this video if you don't remember it.
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These aren't cheap to start with, so a custom-painted one shows that you REALLY care about your weird friend. Trying to give a personality to a drill press-like mixer is kind of adorable. Get one with flames painted on it for the rabid Alton Brown fan in your life. In return, she might keep you supplied with good eats through New Year's Day.
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SPOILER: Well, I'm in the middle of reading Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Book 6) right now, and have found it pretty interesting that Harry has discovered a book with handwritten notes jotted next to the potions and spells. These notes, left by the mysterious Half-Blood Prince are very exact and sometimes contrary to the book instructions. But, Harry gets perfect results the first time around. ***TINY SPOILER ENDS.
I was thinking about Harry's book on Friday, when I was trying to put together my eldest daughter's new desk from IKEA. I'm a big believer in cool desks for kids, but when the price tag for some of the dreamy kid's furniture out of those catalogs is more than my monthly car payment, I get a bit stressed and start looking for other alternatives.
A friend told me about IKEA and how it was amazing and all, so I had to go see for myself on Friday. And I found the perfect desk with cool shelve spaces that my daughter was drooling over when she looked at the said catalog. Did I mention you have to put the furniture together? That didn't scare me. I'm actually have my own tool box. Three packages and one desk leg later, I came home, looked at the instructions, and started to assemble Box #1.
Now, the people at IKEA either don't have faith that people are going to read the directions the right way, or think the visual illustrations are easier to understand, or both, because all they give you are drawings. No written instructions. Just a couple pages of drawings showing what tools you need, and what goes where. All the pieces are predrilled. No phone number for customer service, in case there's a problem. Clearly, they're pretty confident in this method.
Fifteen minutes later, I'm cursing myself, wondering why the pieces aren't lining up properly. I'm looking at the drawing, then at how I put things together, when the lightbulb went off in my head. I took everything apart, then tried to take out all the screws and nails that I already had in the thing. Thirty minutes later, I finally was able to start again. And I scrapped those visual directions and put together the thing the Half-Blood Prince's way, tweaking things here and there to get the right results. I finished the first desk shelves in twenty minutes.
It was so much easier to put together the second set of shelves. Fifteen minutes and on to the next step. Fifteen minutes later, the whole desk was assembled and ready to go. Here's the finished desk.
This desk is plenty big enough for when I sit with third grader and review her homework. Or if she has a friend over and they work on their homework together. I'm not going to stress if I see dings on the desk, or stickers, or dried up glue, or pen marks, or drawings or whatever on this desk. Perfectly functional, which I love. Though the best part is...my third grader loves this desk! She loves how she can do all her homework on the desk and all her big artwork without the paper falling off the table. The perfect creation!


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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted an analysis of the hundreds of comments from industry and the public it received on the Obama Administration's "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity" executive order. According to NIST executives, NIST intends the analysis to provide background for a conference called the Second Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Workshop to be held May 29-31, 2013, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Penna.
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The world's best sex expert meets the world's greatest sex guide! Tracey Cox's Kama Sutra is a modern interpretation of the ancient texts, packed with colour photography that will help you master over 100 new positions and countless new sexual techniques.
Introducing ancient rules, rituals and sexual techniques with a playful and bantering commentary, Tracey makes the Kama Sutra an easy-to-follow sex guide for everyone.
Divided into sections named Exotic, Erotic, Exhilarating, Exhibitionist and Expert, each one presents new ideas, techniques and positions for you to get to grips with. Colour photographs of real people and detailed illustrations accompany the text in the book, and more complicated positions are given in a step-by-step format to help you master them.
By taking the most important information from the Kama Sutra and focusing on how modern couples can apply it to the 21st Century bedroom, Tracey Cox has created a sex manual for modern lovers that's exciting, fun and practical to follow.
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Reviewed: 25 January 2014 by Alastor, a Straight Married Male
Just about the first things I noticed about this book were the high production values. Nice textured cloth cover, properly bound with sewn signatures, and lavishly illustrated with high quality photographs of attractive, sexy people doing fun, sexy things.
As I am sure most readers are aware, the Kama Sutra is much more than the old stereotype of a prurient sexual-positions manual. What the ever-helpful Ms Cox has done, is to update the most relevant of the quirky content to provide a wide-ranging guide to sexuality and enjoying it more. Throughout, she comments extensively on the positions that are included, giving advice on their effects, their advantages and disadvantages. She helpfully suggests flowing sequences that couples can try too. As ever, her unique brand of entertaining wit permeates the volume.
The book is divided into 5 sections, and it makes sense to broadly follow these in the rest of this review.
Here the author discusses the possibilities of adding elements of spiritual sensation and emotional connection within our sexual interactions. She has owned up to being a rather reluctant convert from the intensity of desperate passion, but is now fully signed up to the value of these less restrictively focussed options. Here is where you will find some thoughts on both foreplay and the dance of attraction, as well as a section on 'kiss-ass kissing'… and I can vouch for the effectiveness resulting from absorbing the latter.
This is where you will learn how to incorporate and develop those sensual, emotional and spiritual elements into your lovemaking, starting, sensibly enough, with minor modifications to what you do already, from embracing each other onwards. After telling you about the physical preparations you can undertake to enhance your sex-life, you get a different and varied look at coitus beyond the 'old in and out'. Once again, the different thrusting techniques come with commentary as to their benefits, and the author's characteristic humour is much in evidence.
I think possibly the most intense sensations and orgasms come from oral sex, and here there is a wealth of information about inducing pleasure with hands and mouth. G, A, and P spots all get the required attention, and not even the sensitive anus is neglected, which is an improvement over Vatsyayana's original.
Beginning with the discussions of 'less than ideally matched genitals' which I vividly remember from my reading of the Burton translation back in my teens, this section really hits its stride when dealing with methods of producing different, more intense, and prolonged orgasms. Significant pointers are given towards whole-body, multiple, and even Taoist cosmically- connected experiences.
'It's the motion of the ocean'? Well actually, here it is the many different types and rhythms of movement both sexes can indulge in, and just what that can do for your mutual pleasure. The sensuality of 'marks', 'bites' and even 'blows' provides a brief commentary on a couple of particular kinks, before the book covers Vatsyayana's attitudes to 'infidelity' (reasons for the scare quotes will be obvious to any reader), and multiple partners – culminating in one man's attempt to satisfy 5 women. And then finally a couple of pages on what Ms Cox labels the 'bonkers bits' (double entendre intended? Not sure.).
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I got this book as a little extra birthday present for my husband and he seems very pleased with it. We are both going to be having lots of fun experimenting with this book at the weekend when we have a kid free weekend!
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Eric Radford and Meagan Duhamel took home gold in the pairs program after finishing strong in the free skate on Saturday.
After entering the second event in second place behind Chinese duo Cheng Peng and Yanj Jin, the Canadians roared to the front of pack, finishing with a total score of 204.56.
"As with the short program, there were some strong elements and some unfortunate mistakes," Radford said. "My body got tight and tired at the end of the program and I just had a slight problem with that last lift."
The GP Final will be held in Marseille, France, from Dec. 8-11.
The other pairs to qualify for the final are: Aliona Savchenko and Bruno Massot of Germany; Xiaoyu Yu and Hao Zhang of China; Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov of Russia; and Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau of Canada.
"It's a quick turnaround to the GP Final," Radford said. "So we can't change much but we want to have two cleaner skates in Marseille. With all the top skaters there, we will need to skate closer to our best."
Peng and Jin took silver after finishing second in the free skate with a total score of 196.87.
Xuehan Wang and Lei Wang won bronze after finishing third in both the free and short programs.
Hanyu electrifies home crowd
Yuzuru Hanyu continued to run roughshod over the men's field in Saturday's free program. The Japanese skater and defending Olympic champion posted a combined score of 301.47 for gold, more than 30 points than runner-up Nathan Chen.
Nam Nguyen of Toronto and Elladj Balde of Pierrefonds, Que., finished eighth and 10th.
On the ladies' side, Russia's Anna Pogorilaya won both the short and free program skates to capture gold, while Alaine Chartrand of Prescott, Ont., was 10th in women's competition.
Virtue and Moir in 1st after one event
Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir continue to shine on their return to international competition.
The ice dance duo finished first during the short dance portion of the Grand Prix of Figure Skating's NHK Trophy event in Sapporo, Japan on Friday.
Virtue and Moir secured top place with a new world-record short dance score of 79.47, while rivals and reigning world champions Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France finished second with 75.60.
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TechRepublic just released their Top 5 of most overhyped tech Products of the year 2010. The pace of innovation in the technology industry quickened again in 2010 but of course, innovation means taking risks.
Top 5 Most Overhyped Tech Products Of 2010
The most potent sign of the rebound was the steady stream of new products, new technologies, and new ideas that pushed the previous boundaries and rethought the status quo.
Of course, innovation means taking risks and some of them — including some the most widely publicized — turn out to duds. And, even some of the most successful new products get overhyped and oversold.
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The Roosevelt Island Accessibility Study
May 14, 2009
AccessRI Final Presentation: The Roosevelt Island Accessibility Study
A Blueprint for Advocacy and Action
New York- Over the course of the past 10 months the students in the Master's of Urban Planning program at Hunter College have been working on their final studio projects. Today the work of one studio was acknowledged with a presentation of their final report to elected officials.
AccessRI is an urban planning studio commissioned by New York State Senator José M. Serrano to conduct an accessibility study for Roosevelt Island.
"My office has been working closely with the studio group from Hunter College, and we are proud to see them present the fruits of their labor," said Senator Serrano. "It really is an inspiration to see such a talented group of urban planners tackle the issues that most concern residents of Roosevelt Island, everything from accessibility to governance."
The goal of the studio is to identify and address the key access issues of the Roosevelt Island community in a community-based plan. The accessibility plan addresses transportation on and off the island, but also considers the community's access to government, health, emergency services, retail and recreation.
The collaborative studio is made up of ten (10) graduate students from the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning at Hunter College under the guidance of Professor Laxmi Ramasubramanian, M.Arch, MCP, PhD. The students widened their definition of accessibility to include issues verbalized by the community through numerous public meetings, focus groups and interviews. The revised scope includes issues of access to a viable retail corridor, effective governance, and public spaces for residents of Roosevelt Island of all abilities.
Over the course of the semesters, students hosted community forums and open houses to meet with the Roosevelt Island community. They attended countless meetings of various organizations on the island. Their outreach efforts specifically targeted three special populations on the island: seniors, youth and differently-abled residents. They launched a blog to remain in contact with the community, organized an open review of their recommendations, and hosted a youth planning charette with the island's Girl Scout Troup. As part of their continued engagement strategy, the students set up an Advisory Committee of community stakeholders to guide the planning process.
"This is a fantastic way to show those who may not be familiar with Roosevelt island just what it has to offer, and to show those who work and live on the island what it's capable of offering," said Serrano.
For more information, please check out the studio blog at accessri.blogspot.com. Pictures from the most recent events and information about the plan are updated regularly.


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Nestled on a quiet corner in Seattle's Pioneer Square, it's not the ground-level coffee shop that will get you closer to the stars, but a rooftop you might just recognize.
"I think once you point it out to people, they kind of put it together, but I haven't had anybody scaling the walls to get up here or trying to bust down the roof," said Ron Bianco, a real estate broker who manages the property at 2nd Avenue South and South Jackson Street.
"That hasn't happened yet," he joked, "although it could potentially happen after this."
"This" is what local blog Curbed has deemed the "Definitive Macklemore Video Location Seattle Walking Tour," or a list of 11 locations featured in videos by musicians Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
The local indie hip-hop act took home four Grammy Awards on Sunday night; the self-guided walking tour - highlighting locations from the "Thrift Shop," "Can't Hold Us," and "White Walls" videos - was published Monday morning.
"I'd say Broadway has become our celebrity location," chuckled Saul Spady, who worked with Dick's Drive-Ins on the Macklemore video shoot for "White Walls" at the restaurant last year.
Spady, the grandson of the restaurant's founder, had long thought the Capitol Hill burger joint might make a great space for a movie or music video shoot. A few weeks before cameras were scheduled to roll on "White Walls," the restaurant got an email from a Macklemore representative who wanted to meet.
"I thought, you know what? This is my one shot," Spady said, "(so I asked): 'you guys want to do it on the roof?' And a couple days later we were talking to the city of Seattle trying to get a permit."
Thousands turned out for the video shoot last summer after news leaked of the plans. Dick's makes several cameos in the six-minute video, which has nearly 20 million hits on YouTube.
Spady won't reveal how sales numbers have changed for the Broadway restaurant location since the shoot but says he sees photos and comments on social media of customers visiting the spot after seeing it in the video.
"I see mentions of people coming here because they want to go where Macklemore went," Spady said. "It's been wild. It was an experience."
Other locations on the list include Capitol Hill bar Unicorn / Narwhal, Gas Works Park, and the exterior of the Seattle Brewing and Malting Company in Georgetown, which is featured in the opening moments of "Thrift Shop."
Representatives for the Goodwill Outlet in SoDo say their 15 minutes of fame have also opened up thrifting to a new generation - who may stop in to see the store in person.
"They can say, 'Oh, there's the outlet store.' And 'Oh, there's the couch,'" said Betsy McFeely, communications director for Goodwill. "It's not often that someone like a Macklemore calls and says 'Hey, we want to shoot in your store.'"
McFeely declined to reenact Macklemore's now-famous couch-running sequence but encouraged a KOMO News crew to do it.
"I think it all just goes to show how much he cares about Seattle, and that's why the videos work," added Spady. "Dick's Drive-Ins: we love Seattle. That's our message. We love this city, we want to give back in every way, and I think he's just the exact same person."


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Lea 'staying single on Glee'
Lea Michele isn't ready for a new onscreen boyfriend yet, but it could be on the horizon in the future.
The actress portrays Rachel Berry on the musical show and earlier this year the whole cast were rocked by the death of co-star Cory Monteith.
Cory played Rachel's on/off boyfriend Finn Hudson on Glee and was also in a relationship with Lea in real life.
Following his tragic passing from a drug overdose, the new series won't see Rachel moving on yet.
"It is true that Lea doesn't want to move fast into another relationship so quickly from the loss of Finn," a source revealed to Hollywood Life.
"The show is going to take things naturally and make things as real as possible and have her deal with the loss and issues that come from it."
The new series of Glee has promised to address 31-year-old Cory's death and recently filmed a tribute episode for the star.
While neither Lea nor her character is ready to think about a new relationship yet, there could be some romance in later episodes.
"Will there be love in the future? Most likely, but they are going to tread lightly and be respectful with the process as much as possible," the insider continued.
"Rachel, for the remainder of the show, is going to be a version of Lea that she wants to show to her fans. Cory and Finn will not be forgotten and that will be shown throughout the rest of the series."
The fifth season of Glee will premiere on September 26.
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We've been serious fans of Mohsin Hamid's work since his debut novel, Moth Smoke was selected for the Discover Great New Writers program in 2000. His second novel, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, was a 2007 B&N Recommends selection, and is now a film by Mira Nair, staring Keifer Sutherland, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber and Riz Ahmed.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia (out on March 5th) begins with a familiar trope: impoverished rural boy makes big; but Hamid's crisp imagery and often wry tone, mesmerizing prose and visionary storytelling (water rights are key), make How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia a peerless political novel, one that is also already receiving rave reviews from The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Like The Reluctant Fundamentalist, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is written with the immediate intimacy and underlying urgency of the second person POV — a device not often seen in modern literature (perhaps because it requires a level of narrative control that few writers are able to pull off.)
We asked Mohsin what drew him back to the second person perspective, and this is what he told us:
I didn't set out to write my third novel, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, in the form of a self-help book told in the second person about "you." In fact, I tried desperately to write it in other, straighter, ways. But I failed. Douglas Adams says that the secret to flying is throwing yourself at the ground and missing — which pretty much sums up my approach to novel-writing.
The form any novel takes matters. Form is the container a novel uses to carry the liquid of its story. A changing human environment requires changing forms, a thermally-insulated flask, say, where previously a teacup might have sufficed. The novel stays novel by evolving, by finding new ways to pass stories into the consciousness of readers.
The second person, which isn't used often, has some special attributes. It makes the reader-writer relationship more explicit, draws attention to it, to you reading and me writing, which is to say to the reality of how a book functions. Second person opens up formal space for all kinds of play, and also, maybe, for a chance at a kind of honesty.
I say honesty because I don't view the reader of a novel as a passive audience member. I view readers as participants. Readers are imagining a novel out of printed words into something else, something they are co-creating in their minds: an individualized world of people, emotions, images. For me, that's what gives novels their power.
And because readers are participants — players of novels, as musicians are players of music — it felt important to me, in this novel, to be able to speak to readers directly, to be able to use the "you" of the second person, blurring boundaries between character, reader, and writer, freeing us to move in different ways.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is also written, partly humorously but partly seriously, as a self-help book. This isn't as strange as it may seem. Literary novels are often marketed as a kind of self-help: "If you read this book," we're told, "it will be good for you. You'll learn about place x, or about time y, or you'll be comforted, or you'll know more about a problem that should be bothering you."
I wanted to explore this notion that novels are a species of self-help book. How could writing a novel help a writer? How might reading a novel help a reader? These were some of the questions whirling around in my head. The six years I spent writing How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia allowed me to hunt for answers to them. Hopefully, reading the book — playing the book — might do something similar for you.
So, should you decide to go ahead, we'll spin a tale together. It will be the story of an entire life, from childhood to old age, from poverty to wealth, and from love to… But no, first things first. If we start, best we start at the beginning. —Mohsin Hamid
Cheers, Miwa
Miwa Messer is the Director of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers program, which was established in 1990 to highlight works of exceptional literary quality that might otherwise be overlooked in a crowded book marketplace. Titles chosen for the program are handpicked by a select group of our booksellers four times a year. Click here for submission guidelines.


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The newest Kapamilya actor JC de Vera is currently preparing for his first-ever projects with ABS-CBN. The former Kapuso and Kapatid actor just signed a two-year contract with ABS-CBn on Monday, July 29.
In a recent interview, JC de Vera revealed that he will start taping for an upcoming teleserye in August. The actor also noted that he is open to do any role wether for drama, action, and even comedy. He is best known for his appearance in TV5 gag show, Loko Moko U.
The 27-year-old JC de Vera admitted during his transfer to the Kapamilya station, that it is a dream come true for him working with ABS-CBN although he was being tagged as a loyal Kapuso before he transferred to TV5.
JC de Vera was accompanied by his current handler Nenie Concio, representing his manager, Leo Dominguez during the two-year exclusive contract signing with ABS-CBN. Also present during the signing were ABS-CBN TV Production head Laurenti Dyogi, ABS-CBN broadcast head Cory Vidanes, ABS-CBN president and CEO Charo Santos-Concio ABS-CBN business unit head Deo Endrinal.
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That's what I thought, but since that incident there hasn't been a single word of follow up on whether he's pursuing a damages claim/discrimination suit or not.
I certainly hope that he is.
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Absent some especially good reason, police should not be detaining anyone for any reason.
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I'm in agreement about the police having their "magic fairy shield" removed on this one. But before people jump on the bandwagon and say it ought to be abolished, consider what it was really intended to do.
The qualified immunity police enjoy is there to protect them from so-called "honest" errors. For example, an officer stops someone for "public consumption" of alcohol because he sees the man drink what appears to be a Budweiser can. But after detaining him, the officer finds it's a Coca-Cola can inside a foam insulator with the Budweiser logo.
It also shields officers when some activity might be a crime if certain elements are met and in good faith he intervenes. But after establishing the facts he realizes one or more required elements are missing or dubious, he lets the person go. Such could be the case of someone selling "fake ID's" and the officer not noticing the fine-print that says "Novelty Use Only" and the prosecutor rejecting the charges.
Now... accusing someone of a crime that isn't even on the books is different. That's most likely why the judge stripped them of their immunity. Had they made a mistake -- i.e. if an O.C. statute required a holster and they couldn't see his deep-tuck IWB holster until they were outside -- that would be covered by the immunity.
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No one has mentioned the police chief, who should be responsible for making sure his officers receive the required training they need to stay current on changes in the law, as well as the old laws themselves. He, along with the police department trainer if it is another person, should also be held responsible.
Here in Missouri we are allowed open carry. There are times when I go to pick my wife up at work that I still have my sidearm belted on. I have one convenience store I like to stop at and get my coffee and argue with the clerks on duty about politics (They are wrong all the time!). If I do not show up for a few days, they actually have a list of things to 'argue" about. I love that place. But I digress.... Anyway, the owner finally posted a 'No firearms' sign and I explained I would not be back as often.
I guess I can understand some of these places not knowing about open carry, but I can not excuse a police officer who does not know state law.
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Believe it or not, musk ox milk is a real hit in coffee.
It's rich and fatty and not the least bit offensive in flavor, at least according to taste tests by managers at the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer.
Last week, cows started to wean their babies, and for the first time in two decades managers decided to try milking the musk oxen.
Turns out they can, with somewhat surprising results.
Musk Ox Farm executive director Mark Austin said historical records show mixed results when it comes to how much milk a musk ox can produce. The first known milking of musk oxen at the farm was done in the late 1980s, when the Palmer location first opened. Musk oxen don't produce much milk, but because of that it's rich with fat and protein. Austin said they thought musk oxen could generally produce about a cup of milk a day.
But as he stood in one of the farm's barns Thursday, holding a pint-sized jar filled to the brim with warm milk from one cow, it seemed that assessment might be up for debate.
"Looks like we're getting more efficient," he said.
Of seven lactating females in the herd, three have taken -- more or less -- to being milked. It's not the most natural situation for the musk oxen, whose teats are somewhat smaller and tucked farther toward the back legs than those of a cow or goat, according to herd manager Janelle Curtis.
Curtis and a team of interns started testing whether musk oxen could stand milking earlier this week. Some thrashed, others just lay down in the pen, while three seemed to like it, including Lola, a 4-year-old first-time mom to baby Topaz.
She's funny about milking, Curtis said. As they begin the milking process, Lola relaxes and her eyes roll back a bit, seemingly content. On Thursday she stayed still in the stanchion used to keep her steady while interns plunged their hands into her thick guard hair, carefully collecting small amounts of milk at time.
Alexis Daggett, an intern from Wisconsin, grew up with milking goats and quickly squirted powerful streams of milk from Lola's teats before having to pause because of hand cramps. She said it's not that different from milking goats or any other kind of herd animal. The biggest difference is the long guard hairs that cover the musk ox. You have to be cautious not to pull them, Daggett said.
"It'd be like reaching up and pulling the hair on someone's head," Daggett said.
Some of the milk will go toward feeding baby Pearl, who was born about a month after the rest of the calves in the herd. She's being weaned with the rest of her cohorts but she's a bit smaller, and staff hope the milk will help her more quickly catch up to the rest of the calves. They'll also freeze some of it for calves that might need it in the future.
The farm staff has already started experimenting with the milk, though it won't be available for public consumption. Ice cream seems the most exciting possibility, Curtis said, due to the high fat content of the milk.
Earlier this week, they used it to make chocolate fudge.
The verdict?
"It was delicious," Curtis said. "Really creamy."
And for workers at the farm, full of possibility.


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The paper , titled 'The "decline and fall" of non-typhoidal Salmonella in the United Kingdom', has been published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
It plots how the fall in incidences of Salmonella cases has coincided with the introduction of measures including an industry-led vaccination programme in broiler-breeder and laying poultry flocks.
The report states: "The incidence of Salmonella has been falling since 1997 and levels of Salmonella have fallen to pre‐epidemic levels and have stayed low.
National surveillance statistics
"When Salmonella peaked in 1993 in the UK, over 18,000 laboratory‐confirmed cases of illness were recorded in national surveillance statistics, yet by 2010 this had fallen to just 459. Thus the decline in non‐typhoidal salmonellosis witnessed in the UK in recent years reflects this major contraction in reports of Salmonella."
The report also found that, when analysing the source of outbreaks where raw shell eggs were involved, nearly 50% of foodborne Salmonella outbreaks occurred in the food service sector.
It notes there have been national outbreaks of Salmonella linked to imported raw shell eggs in recent years.
It concludes: "It is probable that no single measure contributed to the decline in S. Enteritidis PT4 and that the combination of measures was successful.
"But the temporal relationship between vaccination programmes and the reduction in human disease is compelling and suggests that these programmes have made a major contribution to improving public health.
"If success in public health is defined by illnesses averted then the story of Salmonella in the UK, which has come down and stayed down, is good news."
Legislation and food safety advice introduced to combat a UK Salmonella enterica epidemic that peaked in 1993 had also helped to reduce the instances of Salmonella infection, said the researchers.
Food safety programmes
Andrew Joret, chairman of the British Egg Industry Council, welcomed the report, highlighting that the British Lion Scheme had led the food safety programmes introduced to crack down on Salmonella.
"This report further underlines the success of the British Lion Scheme in effectively eradicating Salmonella in UK eggs," he said. "But it also highlights the importance of food manufacturers, retailers and caterers ensuring that they take extra care when purchasing eggs or egg products.
"This is even more important when you consider that illegally produced eggs, from non-compliant cages, are still being produced in the EU."
- Source: 'The "decline and fall" of non-typhoidal Salmonella in the United Kingdom'; Clin Infect Dis. (2012) doi: 10.1093/cid/cis967
Author: Sarah O'Brien, University of Liverpool, Institute of Infection & Global Health, National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, Leahurst Campus


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Biographical and Genealogical History of Morris County New Jersey. Illustrated. Vol. II., Lewis Publishing Company, New York and Chicago, 1899.
No compendium such as the province of this work defines in its essential limitations will serve to offer fit memorial to the life and accomplishments of the subject of this review, --a man remarkable in the breadth, of his wisdom, in his indomitable perseverance, his strong individuality, and yet one whose entire life had not one esoteric phase, being as an open scroll, inviting the closest scrutiny. True his were "massive deeds and great" in one sense, and yet his entire accomplishment but represented the result of the fit utilization of the innate talent which was his, and of the directing of his efforts alone, those lines where mature judgment and rare discrimination led the way. There was in Mr. HILL a weight of character, a native sagacity, a far-seeing judgment and a fidelity of purpose that commanded the respect of all. He carved his name deeply on the records of the state and nation and in some of the most trying hours of his country's history he proved a safe and wise counselor, whose comprehensive understanding of the national situation led him to support measures which time has proven to be of great benefit to the Union.
John HILL was born in Catskill, New York, on the 10th of June, 1821, and was a son of Hiland and Mary (BUTLER) HILL. His father was for nearly half a century identified with the Catskill National Bank, of that place, and for many years held the position of cashier. Both he and his wife died at an advanced age. They had four sons and three daughters, and one of the sons, Henry HILL, succeeded his father as cashier in the Catskill Bank. Another son, Frederick, was for sixty-three years identified with, and served as cashier of, the Farmers' National Bank of Catskill. He is still living, 1898, at the venerable age of eighty-seven. He also served as county-treasurer of Greene county, New York, for over sixty years.
In the schools of his native town John HILL acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in private schools. At an early age he secured a clerkship in the bank in which his father was cashier, acting as bookkeeper for his father until twenty years of age, when he came to Boonton, Morris county, and entered the employ of the New Jersey Iron Company in the capacity of bookkeeper and paymaster. He soon became familiar with the business of the house and for some years was connected therewith in the capacity of manager. Subsequently he engaged in general merchandising in connection with Mr. VOORHEES, was afterward a partner of Mr. PENFIELD and still later of William G. LATHROP, under the firm name of John Hill & Company, continuing in that business until the Boonton Iron Works ceased operation in 1876.
In the meantime Mr. HILL had come prominently before the public notice in an official capacity. In 1852 he was elected one of the township committee, and again in 1856 and 1863 was chosen for that position. He was postmaster of Boonton from 1849 until 1853, and was elected justice of the peace in 1856, serving five years. At the outbreak of the Civil war he became a stanch advocate of the Union cause and his patriotic addresses had marked influence on the public and occasioned many young men to enlist in the northern army. He took a deep personal interest in these "boys in blue," frequently visited them at the front and ministered to their comfort in all possible ways. It was largely due to his efforts in securing enlistments that no draft was ever made in Pequannock. In 1861 and 1862 he was elected to the state legislature and was made a member of the committee that received Lincoln when he visited Trenton on his way to Washington to be inaugurated president of the United States. In 1865 he was again chosen to represent his district in the general assembly and in 1866 was chosen speaker of the house. In 1866 he was elected to congress from the fourth New Jersey district, serving from 1867 until 1869. His opponent was Jack Rogers, and he was the first Republican ever elected in the district, which was considered a Democratic stronghold. On the close of his first term he was re-elected, and for a third time was chosen for that office, in 1871 making the memorable canvass which resulted in the defeat of Philip REFFERTY. Accompanied by a brass band he went from place to place, and his stirring addresses on the issues of the day will long be remembered by those who were fortunate enough to hear him. In 1880 he was once more chosen to represent the fourth New Jersey district in the council chambers of the nation and served from 1881 until 1883. It was his ambition and desire to become governor of the state and few men of his party ever had a stronger support than he; but owing to his declining health he was dissuaded by his medical advisers from making the canvass. While in congress he served on the committee on post-offices and post roads and was the father of the popular postal card; also was instrumental in abolishing the then pernicious franking privilege. In 1874 he was elected state senator, being thought the only Republican who could carry the county at that time, when the Democratic sentiment was very strong. During his fourth term in congress he was mainly instrumental in securing the reduction of letter postage from three cents to two. He was an enthusiastic advocate of protection to American industries, and in support of his belief, as in all other matters, he was an, indefatigable worker. He was always zealous in support of the measures intended to better the condition of the working men and the poor in general, and in all things he put the national welfare before partisanship and the general good before self-aggrandizement. Firm in support of his conviction, no one was ever in doubt as to his position relating to any question; and the sobriquet of "Honest John Hill" was not misapplied. Perhaps he did not displace the brilliance of some who have served in congress, yet he possesses true statesmanlike abilities and was a forceful, logical and convincing speaker who held the attention of the house throughout an address.
Mr. HILL was married September 27, 1853, to Phobe J. CARMAN, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (MILLER) CARMAN, of New York city. She shared in the high regard so uniformly given her honored husband and throughout Morris county she has many warm friends. Mr. HILL was a prominent and consistent member of the Presbyterian church and a very zealous worker in the Sunday-school. The last public act of his life was the delivery of a very impressive address before the Presbyterian general assembly in Saratoga, New York. He was one of the delegates to the Raikes Centennial (Sunday-school) held in London a few years ago, and after his return delivered a number of very interesting addresses on subjects discussed in that convention; for thirty-nine years he served as elder in his home church; at the time of his death was president of the Morris County Bible Society; and was also prominent in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association, and usually attended its state and national conferences.
In summing up his life work we note several very strong points in his character. He was a student of, national issues and his strong mentality well fitted him for leadership, but, while others might have used their influence and power for selfish purposes, in his public acts he was at all times governed by a loyal and patriotic purpose that knew no wavering. He left the impress of his individuality upon the legislation of his time, the usefulness and wisdom of which the passing years have shown. Nor was he content with those labors which were of a general character merely; he was a man of keen sympathy and came into close touch with humanity through his labors in the church and different church organizations. He believed thoroughly in that practical religion which extends a helping hand to the needy, is sympathetic with the distressed and at all times inspires hope and confidence in better days to come. Such was the life of one of the most honored and prominent citizens that Morris county has produced, and his name is indelibly inscribed on the pages of its history.
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"Stop whining, start winning". "Strain getting to suffering Alonso". Just two of the rather sensational headlines in this morning's papers.
The cause? A few recent comments from Fernando Alonso which people have taken out of context to varying degrees.
After losing the Chinese Grand Prix through a combination of team and driver errors, Alonso recently made some public remarks about the mistakes, the behaviour of his team mate Giancarlo Fisichella during the race, and how he had felt "alone" on two occasions this season when his car struggled for pace and his team were unable to help him.
What surprised me most in the varying stories was a quote attributed to Giancarlo Fisichella in the Daily Mail, which I could find no mention of in any other reports: "Don't blame me if you lose your title," they claim Fisichella said.
(Without wishing to get too far into grammatical correctness, it is interesting that the Mail's story never uses double quote marks for its quotes, only single quotes throughout, which rather fudges the distinction between direct quotes and paraphrasing.)
Apart from the Mail's questionable quote it's difficult to pinpoint any 'smoking gun' in any newspapers running this 'story' to support these accusations.
What I find most disappointing about this is that Formula One drivers are notoriously bad for giving interesting quotes in interview. You only have to watch one of Michael Schumacher's press conferences (or read the The Times's recent interview with Jenson Button, below) to see what I mean.
But Alonso has always been one of the more forthright with his opinions – especially so followinghis poor treatment at the hands of the stewards in Monza this year. I'd hate to think that by distorting his words on this occasion, the press might struggle to get at his real thoughts in the future. But that may well prove to be the case:
The press try to make whatever you say bigger to have more repercussions. I'm used to this – 99% of the things that you read in the press are misunderstandings.
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Eric meets Larry Madison at the hospital the gang is interning at. Along the way Eric is given the chance to perform for the patients.
Larry dies and Eric debates on singing for the patients.
Unlike the other versions of this storyline, the dead friend doesn't come back to encourage the main character. Instead Eric decides to do it after a talk from Mr. Belding.
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A custom marine manufacturer in Irwindale, California, Hallett Boats/Barron produces custom-ordered powerboats. With great emphasis placed on performance, Hallett Boats/Barron products are constructed with fiberglass hulls and powered by stern drive marine power plant. In business since the 1970s, Hallett Boats/Barron are reputably built but individually outfitted to a customer's request.