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This interview was originally broadcast on May 21, 2013.
Director Steven Soderbergh had been looking for a way to frame a film about the extravagant entertainer Liberace for years when a friend recommended the book Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace.
The book — a memoir — is by Scott Thorson, who for five years was Liberace's lover, though that wasn't publicly disclosed at the time.
Nicole Holofcener's Enough Said is her most conventional comedy since her 1996 debut, Walking and Talking. I don't love it as much as her scattershot ensemble movies Friends With Money and Please Give, but it has enough weird dissonances and hilarious little curlicues to remind you her voice is like no other. I love it enough.
Originally published on Thu September 19, 2013 3:44 pm
In the mid-1970s, Arkansas' electric chair was being used by the prison barber to cut hair, and the execution chamber in New Hampshire was being used to store vegetables. That's because in 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court shocked the nation by striking down Georgia's death penalty law, effectively ending executions in the United States. But the decision provoked a strong backlash among those who favored the death penalty, and within four years the high court reversed course and issued a set of rulings that would permit the resumption of executions.
Originally published on Thu September 19, 2013 2:06 pm
Robbie Fulks has been recording since the mid-'90s, making music that's difficult to categorize. He's written country songs about how compromised most country music is, and while he's fond of folk and bluegrass, he pleases concert audiences with covers of hits by Michael Jackson and Cher. Fulks' new album, Gone Away Backward, is one of his most sustained and subtle efforts.
Originally published on Wed September 18, 2013 4:10 pm
Lots of listeners read all kinds of messages into The Beatles' White Album, but nothing compares to the album's impact on Charles Manson. He heard it as a message to him and his followers — known as "The Family" — that the world was on the verge of an apocalyptic race war in which blacks would rise up against their white oppressors and enslave them.
This battle would be set off by an event called Helter Skelter, after the eponymous Beatles song, and Manson planned to lead his followers into the desert, where they would hide until the chaos ended.
Originally published on Wed October 30, 2013 10:37 am
With a career that spans rock, pop, country and everything in between, Linda Ronstadt knows no genre, only what her voice can accomplish. Her most famous recordings include "Heart Like a Wheel," "Desperado," "Faithless Love," and many more. But last month, Ronstadt revealed that she has Parkinson's disease and can no longer sing.
Originally published on Mon September 16, 2013 4:06 pm
There was a time when Debora Spar was used to being the only woman in the room. As a professor at Harvard Business School, she was surrounded by what she describes as "alpha men of the academic sort — men with big egos and big attitudes and an awful lot of testosterone."
Then, in 2008, she found herself in the opposite situation: She became the president of Barnard College, the women's college affiliated with Columbia University, where "there was barely a male in sight."
Originally published on Fri November 22, 2013 12:16 pm
Ten years ago, literary scholar Carla Kaplan released an acclaimed edition of the letters of Zora Neale Hurston. In the course of researching Hurston's life, Kaplan became curious about the white women who were in Harlem in the same period as Hurston, women who risked family exile and social ostracism to be part of the artistic and political movements of the Harlem Renaissance. Now, Kaplan has published a cultural history of those women called Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance.
Originally published on Mon September 16, 2013 1:38 pm
Jazz pianist Art Hodes, born in Russia in 1904, grew up near Chicago. His recording career really took off in the 1940s in New York, where he also hosted a radio show and wrote for the magazine The Jazz Record. Later, he moved back to Chicago and the atmosphere that nurtured him.


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[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="English: Roadside billboard of Deng Xiaoping at the entrance of the Lychee Park in Shenzhen (Photo credit: Wikipedia)"][/caption]
By Alex Zhu, Futurist, Technology Innovation, SAP
It was a rainy Friday afternoon. After a four-hour train trip from Shanghai, I finally arrived at Linhai, a coastal city located in the south of Zhejiang province – one of the wealthiest provinces of China. I came here to have an unofficial meeting with a college friend who is government official of this city, hoping to get some insights from him about the education policies and plans in China, from the government perspective. This is one of many interviews we are doing for the "future of education" initiative in SAP, to study the ongoing paradigm shift in the education sector globally, envision how technologies are enabling or accelerating these changes, and identify SAP's opportunities in this space to make a positive social impact. John Mayerhofer has outlined the program framework in his umbrella post.
The city of Linhai is relatively small in China, with a little bit more than 1 million population. On my way from the train station to hotel, through the taxi window I saw the city's old urban district, surrounded by aged residential buildings, crowded commercial streets, and historical attractions. Then all of the sudden I found myself already entered into the city's new "development zone" with a completely different landscape – broad but empty driveways, bizarre modern architectures, and lots of new apartment buildings everywhere – some are under construction, and those completed neighborhoods look quite under-occupied from outside.
This is a common scene of third-tier cities in China today. To attract domestic and overseas investors to the city and also to reap more government revenue from land sales, this type of government-invested "development zones" emerged everywhere in China decades ago. Unlike those first-tier and second–tier cities where development zones have successfully evolved into new CBDs, smaller cities like Linhai face more challenges to attract critical mass of residents, retail and commercial businesses to move into these new districts, and therefore they often end up to be under-inhabited "ghost towns" especially after business hours.
I met my friend in the hotel and the conversation turned to be informative. Before I summarize what I learned, let me try to first give a brief overview of the education system in China, in case it's not familiar to you.
It's interesting that the ancient education system in China had some similarities with the modern public education system. Since Han dynasty (~2000 years ago), a form of public schools has been established, making education services available to kids from all social classes (but boys only). The curriculum taught in these schools was all about Confucius classics, focusing on social norms and ethics instead of practical knowledge or skills. Then a nation-wide Imperial Exam system was set up to select administrative officials for the state's bureaucracy based on testing scores, which offered a theoretic path for any male adult in China to move upward to the emperor's ruling class. The intention behind this education system was very clear – to maintain the social harmony and government stability by implanting unconditional obedience to both civilians and bureaucratic officials.
This ancient system has served its purpose for thousands of years until it was finally discarded in the beginning of 20 century, replaced by a modern education system that first mimics Japan and later United States. However, in the next few decades the world wars, civic war and Mao's Cultural Revolution disrupted the development, and illiteracy rate remained high in the country. Until 1979 and 1985, two important education reforms were enforced by Deng Xiaoping's central government, which shaped the education system today. It consists of the following components – preschool, 9-year compulsory education (6-year elementary school + 3-year middle school), high school, vocational education, higher education, and continuing education. The national higher education entrance examination (aka. Gaokao), using extremely rigid score-based admission criteria, became a fate-changing event for almost every Chinese teenagers.
Huge progress has been witnessed in the past 30 years – significantly reduced illiteracy rate by universal compulsory education, high performance in standardized testing (e.g. ranked top on the PISA assessment 2009), and improved coverage of higher education in population (~25% enrollment rate by 2010). On the other hand, some systematic problems exist and become more and more visible in recent years. There is tons of media coverage on this, but in short I think the problems can be summarized into 2 categories:
Further rural-urban divide
The government is not blind on these problems. A national outline for education reform has been rolled out in 2009, revealing a ten-year roadmap to build a learning society by 2020, with targets defined on all levels of education.
"We should put these education problems into a bigger picture", my friend said during the conversation. Then he told me that there are 2 mega-themes Chinese government (on both state level and local level) is mostly concerned about in the next 10 years – industrial upgrade and social stability.
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"Starry nights, city lights shining down over me, skyscrapers, stargazers in my head..."
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No, not the 1-year celebration of Blocktropolis, that comes in October, and may or may not be celebrated. It's the first year of my joining MOCpages, and for it, my greatist creation is throwing a huge party along with another expansion. So along with the usual you can expect from a Blocktropolis expansion, I'll be throwing something else as well. So sit back, relax and enjoy.
I really hate having to crop these images, the city's getting too big and I don't have a wide-angle lens.
Same problem here.
I like these random, close-up city shots though.
Imagination Inc. has expanded their headquarters along with the city, and now has a crown added to the top of the building, along with the addition of several more stories, and a full museum on the history of the city of Blocktropolis, complete with a scale model of the city.
I'm trying to go about replacing old buildings in the old part of town, most of them date back to the original Blocktropolis, and looked pretty boring. So here, an old blay office block was torn down to make way for the new Blacktron Nightclub.
Other new stuff, My good friend Tim Cliffe gave me this idea for a lego train, and he's been on me for awhile now to add it. Well I finnaly did, after taking some creative liberties with the design. I give you the Blay Lines commuter train. Serving the heart of downtown Blocktropolis.
And here's the new expansion!
Then first thing you probably noticed was the big complex of gray buildings. This is Blocktropolis State University. Now who in the heck could have thought to call a college BSU.
And here we have the student storage facility, I mean Dorms.
And a statue of the college founder.
This is the World Embassy, where leaders of many countries came to have the experts of Blocktropolis solve their problems.
The Blocktropolis Cell Phone Company. If all else fails, name your business after the city, we'll give you a tax break!
The Euro, Blocktropolis' premiere European themed hotel.
Monica's Department store and beauty salon, because you can never look as good as Monica.
The Blue Pyramid Resort Hotel and Casino. The next best thing to Vegas.
The Happy Party Fun Time Tower, because everyone needs a place to unwind where your therapist and/or wife can't find you.
The Boxheads hockey team moved to this new ice themed stadium, and left their old one to the new basketball team, The Blockers.
Big Bob's Barn. Enormous furniture store, whatever era or theme, Big Bob is bound to have it at low prices. Not liable for injuries caused by collapsing or exploding furniture.
The Towering Flame Hotel, because what else do you call a tall red hotel with orange windows.
Mario and Luigi's video game palace, for those of us who are just a little bit too obsessed.
The Cheesehead club, where Packerheads like me and Dylan B can get together and share the good times, and the bad, with our people.
The Street Racing Headquarters of Blocktropolis, it's stupid that they make this illegal in other places, here it's our nuber one spectator sport. Crowds line our abnormally thick sidewalks to watch the racers weave their course, and then come to a dramatic end when they go off a ramp over the bay and try to land on the decks of ships.
The temple of the spider, one of the many strange religions here in Blocktropolis. It's a Pacific Island thing. Don't get it, you'll understand later.
Freeze, the ice dance club. They insist that ice dancing is nothing like figure skating. Yeah, I don't buy it either.
The hotel California. "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave..."
The plaza, ounce the city's premiere apartment complex, now just full of artists who won't sell a painting until they die, where they try to avoid taxes.
Imperial Suites Hotel, and because I know some geek will ask the question, I'll answer it now. No, just because it says Imperial does not mean it has anything to do with Star Wars.
The Awesome Dome, monster trucks, rock concerts, women's beach volleyball, everything that's awesome to watch, happens in the dome.
Rowdy Rudy's Roadhouse, Rowdy Rudy was ounce a biker, but now he's 75 and has no money and a failing restaurant.
The red light district, so what if it's stereotypical, it's the neighborhood down by the docks, what do you expect?
The spirit of the Sky Rotating Restaurant, where if you need to see the bill to know how much you're paying, you don't belong there.
The beautiful Blocktropolis Bluffs National Park, situated between two expanses of city.
The ranger station of the beautiful Blocktropolis Bluffs National Park.
Well, I believe I said I'd give you guys a surprise for the big bash, so here it goes, get ready for the back story of Blocktropolis!
Block Island, a small island in the middle of the Pacific, inhabited for thousands of years only by natives. Until a major shipping lane was plotted right past the island in the 1700's. Britain was quick to claim the island as their territory, but the natives fought hard, and the British pulled out after several years of being attacked. The island went on in peace until the 1930's when the Japanese claimed the island as part of their plan for domination of the Pacific. When WWII broke out, they used it as a prisoner of war camp. When it was finally liberated by United States troops, the natives, who had been forced to work by the Japanese, pledged their home to the U.S. In the 50's after the war, the U.S. handed control of the island to a private entrepreneur. Then in the 70's the aging man was approached by a young shrewd business owner. He proposed that if he could move his businesses to the ill-used and nearly forgotten island, he could get it to be a big city in twenty years, if so, he would be given the treaty to the island. The owner knew this was absurd, and agreed on the grounds that the man would give him his business if he failed. The business man ,who will from now on be known as "The Mayor", and his businessmen friends, all moved the headquarters of the companies and other assets to Block Island, and set to work. They advertised the beauty of the island, and hotels and resorts were started, tourists started flocking to the island, and people began wanting to live there, other necessities of civilization came next, like stores and more hotels and apartments. more businesses either moved in or were started, and a central government was set up. The now wealthy men behind the city then built and airport ad seaport, and as airlines and shipping companies began making stops, trade increased and even more people came. Then, in 1994, a very special visitor came. It was the original owner of the island, and after stepping off the plane, he was greeted by the mayor, and after a tour of the bustling metropolis, the documents were exchanged, and the businessmen who had gone out on such a limb twenty years ago finally reaped their rewards. One year later, the City State of Blocktropolis seceded from U.S. control, and having given ownership to the private entrepreneur so many years ago, the government could do nothing about it. Now, by 2009, it has become one of the worlds leading economies in the new era.
I hope you all liked the story I spun for my fair city. I certainly had fun writing it, as much fun as I had building the city.
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Jude Demo
July 23, 2014
Very cool! I really like it. maybe you could make some cars and people and some more skyscrapers.
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finlay lego
January 16, 2012
i have a quuisten about the group lego micro cities can i add the house i made? it is micro scale but a pretty large scale can you just check it out and tell me and great micro city to!
I like it
benjamin washington
April 15, 2011
i like your design of the city I may build a city too. nice use of the skyscraper it looks like the empire state building.
I like it
Paul Wellington
December 29, 2010
Great city... and Packers fan???
I like it
hristian pavlov
August 21, 2010
exellent great mini city good job
I made it
Thomas N
July 23, 2010
Quoting Savior Ensign Vega Gomez
Hey man whats that test in the 21stcentury group that i have to pass?
21st century world huh? Well, I think first I'm going to need to explain it to you. Each member takes control of one coutry, and then attempts to build an empire by building a lego military. and interacting with other countries. to enter you have to build three modern military creations, then I can invite you. After you are let in, I'll walk you through the whole interaction side of things.
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Savior Ensign Vega Gomez
July 19, 2010
Hey man whats that test in the 21stcentury group that i have to pass?
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Chris Phipson
June 5, 2010
This comment was written for multiple posts so please excuse the non specific nature of it. You (or your Lego creation) has been nominated for a MOCie award this year. If you would like to write an acceptance speech in the event that you win, please feel free to do so and email it to me at email@example.com. If you win, your acceptance speech will be used in the awards ceremony post due out sometime in June. If you are nominated for multiple entries, please be sure to write a response for each entry. Please check this link
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Richie Bonno
May 17, 2010
What Spencer said exactly. In fact, I probably will! This is awesome dude, nice work! 5/5!
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Spencer The Soccer Player
March 14, 2010
Looking at this makes me want to build a mini-city. well done mate
I made it
Thomas N
December 12, 2009
Quoting Aspiring Legotect
After studying you work further, I have some questions. What type of scale would you say you use? Some of the buildings seem to be built at a scale of 1/3-brick-height= 1 floor, but your train seems to be 1-brick-height=1 floor. Looks like you and I had independently the same idea about train tracks: grills. (See my concept of a train station at
) Only, you use 1 grill tile for a single train track width, while I use it to represent two parallel tracks (double track). Of course, I could never represent a train: nothing in Lego is so small.
Its arbitrary, I don't try to build my city to a certain scale, I build my buildings however I want, and make them whatever size suits me. The train is vastly out of proportion therefore, and was really only added on a whim for this edition. When I first put those tracks in, one strip of grill tiles was meant to be double track, with each rib of the grill tiles representing a rail, and the center rib representing two raill side by side. Calling that double track made it much easier to keep in scale with the rest of the city. I then defied this rule and built the train just as an extra thing for the 1-year bash. It was just one of those little pieces I threw in as part of the celebration.
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Aspiring Legotect
December 12, 2009
After studying you work further, I have some questions. What type of scale would you say you use? Some of the buildings seem to be built at a scale of 1/3-brick-height= 1 floor, but your train seems to be 1-brick-height=1 floor. Looks like you and I had independently the same idea about train tracks: grills. (See my concept of a train station at
) Only, you use 1 grill tile for a single train track width, while I use it to represent two parallel tracks (double track). Of course, I could never represent a train: nothing in Lego is so small.
I like it
Aspiring Legotect
December 1, 2009
Very cool!
I like it
Ryan Tyblo
November 18, 2009
I haven't already commented on this? Yikes. Well anyway, this is just superb. Much better than my city so far, and it'll probably stay that way. I like the boat a lot, and of course the history. I don't think anyone has thought of that before for their microcity, which is undoubtedly bad for Shannon Young because he probably would like to use this idea. ;) Can't wait to see the next update.
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Mister Fang
September 25, 2009
Impressive! Your microscale city is a thing of beauty! Great work on this!
Kevin Walter
August 21, 2009
I posted my MocOlympics entry.
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jonathan griggs
August 20, 2009
I'm not leaving a comment :) Oh wait, oh well I still love this MOC
I like it
Kevin Walter
August 20, 2009
Hey, how the construction of your MocOlympics entry going on? You know that you play against me?! I'm in one or two day ready to post! - In addition: This is a great microscale city!
I like it
Seth N.
August 14, 2009
Very nice man! That was certainly a well spent year =)
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louis mack
August 13, 2009
excellent i dont know if i could beat that creation
Field Marshal Cliffe
August 7, 2009
Amazing work, friend. I love the microtrain, it seems to work out very well for you! I also marvel at the city and its back story. Long live Blocktropolis!!!
I like it
Anthony and Lashaun Of the brownie factory
August 6, 2009
nice work!
I made it
Thomas N
August 6, 2009
Quoting Eli Gangster
I like the new hockey arena, but wheres my hockey bar?? I totaly get the monicas beauty shop thing :)! My good friend Romanovich would like to say something... "Romanovich is liking city, but where is Romanovich's Russian Restaurant?? Are you liking Romanovich's use of alliteration?"
You're back! And I knew you of all people would get that... anyway, I moved your bar next to the new stadium, it's right there if you look in the picture...
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Eli Gangster
August 6, 2009
I like the new hockey arena, but wheres my hockey bar?? I totaly get the monicas beauty shop thing :)! My good friend Romanovich would like to say something... "Romanovich is liking city, but where is Romanovich's Russian Restaurant?? Are you liking Romanovich's use of alliteration?"
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Dylan B
August 6, 2009
Well Thomas I'm glad to see Bricktropolis expand again. Congrats on your 1 year anniversary, the time really goes by fast. Mine is coming up in November. Bricktropolis keep looking batter and better each time, great job. Make sure we can meet at the Packer building for Sunday night football. September 13, Bears vs Packers! -Dylan
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Niko Adamopoulos
August 5, 2009
I like it
Nicky B
August 5, 2009
Very Creative usage of peices! I love the train good work and keep it up~Nicky
I like it
zack the lego maniac
August 5, 2009
it is a lot better then legotopia bigger to .well you take a look a and comment on lego topia v.2 it is better then the old one.
I like it
jane finkenbine
August 4, 2009
Cheezhead is my fav. GO PACK GO!
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Savior commander Vega gomez
August 4, 2009
WoW! Looks a LOT bigger than in the pics you sent me. :) I love the story to it. Very creative.
I like it
Yuri Fassio
August 4, 2009
Love it. Most of all the way you distinguished the streets from the building lots. I hope you don't mind if I use that :) I also liked the "Blacktron" building, for sentimental reasons...
I like it
Cody G
August 4, 2009
nice one! I like how you made a backstory for all the buildings.
I like it
Patrick L.
August 4, 2009
Omg,great.Nothing more i can say.
I like it
Maxime MaxSamAlex
August 4, 2009
Great expansion to a wonderful,(expensive)city! The captions are the best, as always. Seeing the prices of many hotels and shops, I can't imagine the price of the university.
I like it
Garth Danielson
August 4, 2009
Good addition and some nice new buildings. I like the Blacktron Nightclub. I'd party down there if I wasn't too old to go. Looks like some of the older parts of town need the street sweeper to make a pass or two. Nice big city with lots of great buildings. see ya. garth
I like it
Firas Abu-Jaber
August 4, 2009
Very nice work, much better with the new additions, keep building >>> peace.. Firas
I like it
Dennis Price
August 4, 2009
Nice expansion. I went to Ball State University and did live for a year in the student storage facilities. The food was awful and the place smelled like a sewage tank, but thankfully most of the bad memories have faded now (along with all the knowledge I supposedly gained).
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Mike Taylor
August 3, 2009
Sweet =[) Blocktopolis looks so good, and i like the studded sidewalks. Grats on one year.
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Detained US hikers Shane Bauer (2nd-L), Sarah Shourd (C-L) and Josh Fattal (2nd-R) sit with their mothers during their first meeting since their arrest, in the Iranian capital Tehran on May 20, 2010. The mothers of three US hikers detained for 10 months in Iran called for their release as a "humanitarian gesture" after an emotional reunion with their children, an AFP correspondent said. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images)
The mothers of three UC Berkeley graduates being held in Iran are marking 11 months of their captivity with a letter to the country's supreme leader pleading for their release.
The letter sent Wednesday to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is signed by the mothers of Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal. Iranian officials have accused the three of espionage after they were taken into captivity along the Iran-Iraq border last July during what their families say was a hiking trip.
Cindy Hickey, Nora Shourd and Laura Fattal appealed to Khamenei to "bring the cruel injustice of their continued detention to an end." The mothers say their children should either be tried immediately or released.
The mothers unsuccessfully sought a meeting with Khamenei when they traveled to Iran last month.


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One of the recent concerns I've heard from friends is that the State Fair of Texas has so many great foods -- but they weren't sure there would be any / many gluten-free foods. (Glutens are a protein composite found in foods processed from wheat, barley and rye. It gives elasticity to dough, helping it to rise and to keep its shape and it sometimes gives the product a chewy texture).
But you're in luck because I have the answers to your questions and concerns. I requested a list of gluten-free foods and the following items were provided to me by the State Fair of Texas. When in doubt, always ask the vendor. I love food on a stick and sausage-on-a-stick is gluten free!
Stands inside the Coca Cola Food Court
G-F Food Trucks at the Fair
Food trucks will visit the State Fair of Texas for the very first time in 2012 via "The Mega Truck." Food from Good Karma Kitchen and frozen drinks from SlushWorks will be available for purchase inside the Food & Fiber Pavilion.


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One Plan Makes Sense is a nonprofit corporation registered in the state of Colorado. We are in process of obtaining our 501(c)4 social welfare organization tax status from the IRS.
- to educate the general public about national, universal, nonprofit, single-payer health insurance in simple, upfront, common sense way
1PLAN believes that most people in the U.S. do not know what "single-payer" health care/insurance is, and if they do, they are often misinformed i.e. cost, socialized medicine, horror stories, etc. We believe that, without the broad education of the general public about single-payer health insurance, a single-payer health care system will not become a legislative reality. Additionally, we believe it would behoove the single-payer movement to cater to the people that do not have much time or passion for this issue, by educating them in a simple, upfront, common sense way. For example, we would like to see a clear, simple description of "what single-payer is" in a primary location on the home page of every single-payer website.
- to help facilitate collaboration among other single-payer advocacy organizations and advocates
1PLAN believes that the single-payer movement will be best served through extensive and radical collaboration. We believe that sharing information and resources, and maximizing the efficiency and effectiveness of single-payer advocacy work is essential to the success of the single-payer movement. We also believe that collaboration cultivates strength and diversity, which are additional key ingredients for success. We are passionate about collaboration and pursue this endeavor through a variety of means such as: facilitating connections, spearheading collaborative projects, leading groups and providing technology resources.
1PLAN believes in the power and necessity of engaging all stakeholders, especially conservatives, insurance company employees and skeptics, and in framing single-payer in a truly non-partisan way. Because nearly everyone will be affected by single-payer legislation, we believe engagement and seeking of common ground will produce the best results. We do not believe single-payer is ultimately a partisan issue, and we believe the single-payer movement would benefit greatly from advocating in a vigilantly non-partisan way.
1PLAN believes in using a respectful, persistent, non-us-against-them approach in line with the values of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. for all advocacy work. We believe that approaching problems with anger, abuse, a sense of violence and/or an us-against-the-bad-other attitude all decrease and drain energy, spirit, vitality, connection and effectiveness. We also believe that approach also tends to make outsiders focus on the negativity rather than the issue, and tends to incite the opposition to return the negativity in kind. We are committed to learning and re-learning how to take the "high road" of respect, openness and love, while steadfastly maintaining strength and persistence in our convictions that:
A national, universal, nonprofit, single-payer health care/insurance system that is publicly funded and privately delivered is the:
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These pictures bring to mind the expression "Hiding in broad daylight"
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The world would be so much better with NO RELIGION at all, god was after all created by man thousands of years ago to explain what science is in the process of doing now and to control the masses by terrifying them into being good boys and girls with the punishment of hell. This is the 21st century and to believe in some celestial sky-daddy is utterly ridiculous! Here in the UK we don't need a first amendment to speak the truth, we use logic and intelligence.
These are such beautiful pictures.
It's so satisfying when you know that the people who object to same-sex marriage are completely unable to think of a single logical or justifiable reason to support their view - because none exist. It is merely bigotry, pure and simple and this is an argument which they will never win and only serves to prove that they are bitter, angry, small-minded people who have already wasted too much time and energy battling against one of the most precious and important things in the world…LOVE!
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The Perseid Meteor shower has some added bonuses this year: it will occur on a night when the moon is in its waning crescent phase, which means the moonlight won't interfere with your view of the dashing meteors, according to Astronomy.com. And it's on a Saturday night, which means people can stay up late and sleep in the next day
You don't even need a telescope. Just spread out a blanket, maybe a late-night picnic, kick back and enjoy!
Perseid Meteor Trivia:
- These meteors travel 37 miles per second!
- The best time to view will be 2 a.m. on Sunday.
- The weather in Cumming, so far, is predicting partly cloudy skies, so you should have a good view.
- The Perseid Meteors are cast-offs of the Swift-Tuttle comet, according to Space.com.
- The shower began July 23, and will peak on Saturday night.
- Look toward the Perseus constellation, which forms an inverted "Y" shape and is in the northeast.
- Some of the meteroids are as small as a grain of sand, but they have the kinetic energy of a nuclear bomb!
- If you see a very slow, bright object sailing across the sky, it's either a satellite or a Space Station.
Where to view:
- You don't need a telescope to view this celestial event, so just head out to a dark spot.
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The dog a Brick man said was found on the side of Belmar Boulevard Friday is resting comfortably and making strides toward recovery, veternary staff said.
Samurai continues to receive small amounts of food while veternarians try to gradually build the aged Cocker Spaniel's strength and is doing as well as can be expected.
"Sammy did well through the night and remains stable this morning,'' Red Bank Veteranary Hospital staff said. "We are continuing to offer him small amounts of food which he is taking like a champ! He remains on antibiotics and pain medication."
The ailing cocker spaniel brought to a Tinton Falls shelter Thursday by a couple falsely claiming to have found it struggling for life on the side of a road is resting comfortably at the Red Bank Veternary Hospital.
The dog, who Associated Humane Society workers named "Morgan" after the man who they belived "saved'' the dog, is still in critical condition but is being tended to, free of charge, by hospital staff. It's real name, according to hospital staff, is "Samurai.''
"Samurai is resting comfortably in our hospital under the loving care of many doctors and technicians," a post on the hospital's Facebook page reads. "He remains in critical condition."
They said they found a dog in a garbage bag on the side of a Wall Township road Thursday.
But a Brick Township couple has been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after it was found that the pair never found the dog at all. It was their own animal.
Keith Morgan, 56, and his wife Shauna Morgan, 43, were arrested today at the couple's Sawmill Road home by officers from the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said Victor "Buddy" Amato, chief SPCA law enforcment officer.
"They made up the whole story,'' Amato said.
The couple is also charged with filing a false police report, Amato said.
The dog, a Cocker Spaniel known as "Morgan,'' was brought to the Associate Human Society's office on Shafto Road in Tinton Falls Thursday covered in feces and urine, humane society officials said.
AHS officials have said the dog suffered severe neglect and is on a feeding tube.
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A motorist driving on Belmar Boulevard on Thursday noticed a movement in a garbage bag on the side of the road, officials said.
It was a live dog, covered in feces and ill, left to die an inhumane death.
The Cocker Spaniel was taken to the Associated Humane Society in nearby Tinton Falls, where the aging dog has been named "Morgan,'' Humane Society staff said.
"We at AHS are offering a $500 reward to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person responsible for treating Morgan in this unthinkable way," according to a release from the AHA. "We will keep the public updated on Morgan's progress as he begins the healing process."
For more information on Morgan, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call the AHS at 732-922-0100. The Society is located at 2960 Shafto Road, Tinton Falls 07753. The Society is open 7 days a week for adoptions from noon until 4 p.m.


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Neighborhood Watch
The Neighborhood Watch Program is organized to enable the police and the community to work together to make specific geographical areas more crime resistant. It is a citizen, neighborhood, and community based effort, designed to help citizens and law enforcement agencies prevent primarily residential burglaries. In harmony with the philosophy of Community Policing, Neighborhood Watch encourages strong working relationships between patrol officers and the citizens they serve.
Police and sheriffs' departments across the country are learning that community participation in anti-crime programs is essential. One of the most effective ways to promote citizen interaction with police is the sharing of information. Citizen groups determine specific needs or problems and then share this information with local police. The police then act on this information and report back to the group on their progress. Police officers can also contact public groups and organizations and make them aware of specific criminal activities or the needs of the police department.
Why Organize a Neighborhood Watch?
Crime and fear of crime threaten a community's well-being. People become afraid to leave their homes, to use streets and parks, or to walk through the neighborhood. Suspicion erupts between young and old. Businesses gradually leave. Crime feeds on the social isolation it creates. Today's lifestyles, including both parents working, more single parent families, and greater job mobility, can contribute to this isolation and weaken communities.
Neighbors can prevent or break this vicious cycle and build their community into a safer, friendlier, and more caring place to live. Getting together to fight crime, violence, and drugs can help create communities where people once isolated by crime and fear can enjoy being part of a thriving neighborhood.
The success of a Neighborhood Watch program hinges on achieving and sustaining an appropriate level of community involvement to a point at which the neighborhood realizes a reduction and/or prevention of residential burglaries and other residential area crime. These programs can reduce the fear of crime, encourage crime reporting, stimulate involvement in crime prevention, inhibit drug trafficking, and spur beautification activities. Statistics and criminals alike verify that when neighbors organize, the opportunity for crime is drastically reduced.
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By Ronnie Ellis
CNHI News Service
The outcome of the presidential election in Kentucky was never in dispute. But that didn't mean a lot of Kentuckians didn't play important roles in the national outcome which saw Barack Obama elected to a second term.
Scott Jennings, a Republican who headed state presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004 and worked in the Bush White House, headed up the Mitt Romney campaign in Ohio and several Kentucky Republicans went there to work with him.
People like Shannon Rickett from Corbin, Michelle Clark from Louisville, Todd Inman from Owensboro and several others spent six months working on various elements of the Romney campaign.
So did some Kentucky Democrats who worked in the Obama get-out-the-vote effort which had political operatives marveling at its precision.
In July, the Obama campaign contacted thousands of Ohio voters by phone, asking them how they planned to vote. Using an array of statistical data, including voters' purchasing habits and voting histories, the campaign ranked individual voters on a scale of how likely they were to vote for Obama.
The campaign divided voters by how often they'd voted; by income and housing and other information. Then it divided them into committed and "tentative" voters and sent out an army of volunteers immediately before and on Election Day to make sure those voters who were known to support Obama actually voted.
"The supporters were identified by canvassing earlier in the campaign and then there was an almost relentless effort to get them to vote all the way up until the hour the polls closed," said Libby Marshall of Frankfort who worked for the Obama campaign in 2008 and again this year in Cincinnati.
"On Election Day, there were three contacts per voter and that continued throughout the day until that individual said they had voted," she explained.
"We were focusing on the person who doesn't consistently vote or on first-time voters who we knew supported Obama," said Jim Call, a retired state employee who lives in Frankfort and who with his wife, retired school teacher Sara Call, walked neighborhoods outside Cincinnati on Monday and then the next day on Election Day.
"Every place we stopped, everyone we talked to was for Obama," said Call. "So (the campaign) had done their homework obviously. Our purpose really wasn't to persuade. It was to make sure they voted."
One method Sara Call employed was reminding Obama supporters who hadn't yet voted that 537 votes in Florida in 2000 made George Bush president.
Jennings cited several factors in Obama's win in Ohio that proved critical to his Electoral College margin over Romney, but a key one was organization.
The Romney campaign had its own door-to-door effort. Jennings said the campaign knocked on 2.89 million doors, more than double the original goal. And the Republican campaign turned around some counties in 2012 which Obama won in 2008 and also won two targeted congressional races. And Romney got more votes in Ohio in 2012 than John McCain in 2008 or George W. Bush in 2004 when he won Ohio.
"We thought if we could reverse the independents that voted for Obama in 2008 and if we could win the message on the economy we'd win," Jennings said. "Well, we won independents by 10 points and I think we won on the economy. But where Obama made up for all of that was turning out his base voters."
For instance, African Americans make up 11 percent of Ohio's population but they were 15 percent of the vote on Election Day.
The Obama campaign enjoyed several advantages over the Romney campaign: the president didn't have a primary and wasn't limited financially by campaign rules which restricted what Romney could spend between the primaries and the convention when he officially became the nominee; during that time, Jennings said, the Obama campaign heavily outspent Romney on television advertising, defining Romney before the Republican could respond.
And Aaron Pickrell, who headed Obama's 2008 Ohio campaign, never left the state after Obama's first election. He had four years to build on the organization he'd begun during the first Obama campaign.
It showed.
Sara Call said she and her husband were given informational packets on all the voters on whom they called.
"So by Election Day, they pretty much knew who would vote for Obama and our job was just to make sure they got to the polls," Jim Call said.
Marshall said in some larger neighborhoods she was asked to call on only 15 or so potential voters. They were known to support Obama but weren't certain to go to the polls. After each call, Marshall filled out information which was returned to the campaign.
"At this point, on Election Day, we were giving the campaign more information than they were giving back to us," she said.
The data was so precise that at one point on Tuesday, the neighborhood headquarters out of which Marshall was working was closed down and "we were sent to another neighborhood that apparently had a higher treasure of voters and who needed more volunteers to get them to the polls."
Jennings thinks his party should spend the next four years building similar organizations in key swing states "that we can then hand over to the next Republican nominee."
He said while campaigns have become more sophisticated since the old days of precinct organization by local volunteers, now relying more on television and money, he still believes in one-on-one voter contact.
"Where you can still reach people and make valuable contacts is face-to-face and on their front porches," Jennings said. "More people will answer their doors than will answer their phones."
Ronnie Ellis writes for CNHI News Service and is based in Frankfort. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow CNHI News Service stories on Twitter at www.twitter.com/cnhifrankfort.


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I fell in love with this idea the minute I saw it! How cool is this? You take an adult sized sweater and make a sweet baby blanket edged with crochet. What could be simpler or more ecofriendly?
I can't wait to go to the thrift store tomorrow to find the perfect sweater to make one of these. In fact, I'll buy more than one sweater if I find good ones that look like they'll work well for this application.
While you're at the blog where this tutorial is posted, nose around to see what other goodies Morgan has for us. Her Etsy store is full of beautiful items and her blog is a fun read.
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Thank you for featuring my DIY sweater baby blankets! Yeah for spreading the upcycling love!


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TOWNSEND (WATE) - Emergency responders got a chance to practice their water rescue efforts in the Smokies on Sunday.
Members of the Townsend Volunteer Fire Swift Water Rescue Team were at the Sinks, a water area near Elkmont with large rocks and waterfalls. The area has been the site of a number of deaths, including a Florida girl who drowned there in the summer of 2011.
On Sunday, the goal was to prepare workers for challenging water rescues.
"I tell my wife when we go on vacations or rivers or ocean or whatever and I hope that there's men in that area that are taking the time to train to take care of my family, 'cause when your family comes to our area we're gonna take care of you," said Will McCampbell, an emergency responder.
Workers said they want to make sure they have the skills and experience to handle an emergency at the site.
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Complete Mobile World Congress 2012 coverage from Barcelona, including new phones, tablets, apps and
Headphones are available in a zillion styles, sizes, and price ranges. But we've cut through the clu
Quibbles aside, the Audio-Technica ATH-M50x headphones are a modestly improved version of the already spectacular model they're based on, and among the best-sounding pairs you'll find for less than $200.
While it'll cost you a hefty $380, the Beats Studio Wireless is an excellent wireless Bluetooth headphone.
The Brainwavz HM5s sound great, are very comfortable, and are able to compete with high-end headphones for a relatively affordable price.
While the open-back design isn't good for noisy environments, the Grado SR80e headphones sound exceptionally good for $100 and are also comfortable to wear.
The Sennheiser Momentum On-Ear may not fully match the larger Momentum's excellent sonics, but it gets you 80 percent of the way there.
The Audiophiliac plugs in the Cypher Labs AlgoRhythm Picollo amp, and likes what he hears.
If you're looking for comfortable in-ear headphones with very plump bass, the Klipsch R6i model will do it, but they're also short on detail and clarity.
The Audiophiliac gives headphone buyers a lot to think about.
The MEElectronics Atlas offer distinctive looks, a full suite of features, and sound quality that can't be faulted at this price.
Better-sounding-than-Beats headphones aren't hard to find, so the Audiophiliac rounded up 10 astonishing contenders, priced from $99 and up.


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Nestled in the heart of town is one of Alpine's hidden treasures. A family friendly, full service salon, that is comitted to providing first class service. From the moment you walk in to the cozy salon, with it's unique atmosphere, you will feel relaxed and welcomed.
Facials, Waxing, peels! Come relax as you get a one hour facial. stress relief, acne type skin, dry skin, or just to relax.
A facial consists of two cleansings, scrub, extractions, massage, masque, tone and moisturize.
You will leave here feeling revived and refreshed.
Studio B tackles the trifecta of beauty care with services that rejuvenate hair, skin, and nails. In addition to stylish cuts, Studio B offers voluminous hair extensions and unique updos, such as hair formed into the shape of a bow. Color services include transforming clients from blonds to brunettes and back again and correcting hue mishaps, as well as painting locks with highlights and single-process color. To complement new dos, the salon offers cleansing facials, exfoliating pumpkin peels, and soothing manicures.
Established: 2000
Reservations/Appointments: Required
Handicap Accessible: Yes
Staff Size: 1 person
Parking: Parking lot
Most popular service: One-hour massage
Brands Used: Dermalogica
The staff at Lashes & Skin Solutions tends to above-the-shoulder beauty needs with services that soothe skin and accentuate natural beauty. Specialty facials, microdermabrasion, or anti-aging galvanic treatments help to correct skin imperfections, including acne, fine lines, sun damage, and moon damage. Eyelash extensions add depth and dazzle to winks, and eyebrow waxing sets precise arches above dreamy gazes.
At Star Nails, beauty professional Holly uses sanitary tools and top-notch products to renovate visages and leave cuticles looking classy in less than an hour. An upper-lip wax eliminates unwanted peach fuzz around the pie hole to remove all obstacles impeding the rapid consumption of both peaches and pies. Or, those boasting bushy brows can opt to send Holly's depilating prowess northward to restore order to frazzled forehead feelers. Nails prone to chips and scratches find themselves filed, buffed, and prettily protected beneath a lustrous layer of gel-like polish during the Shellac manicure, whereas the hot spa mani-pedi swaps out the tough stuff for a traditional coat of polish, lavishing each piggy with unrivaled pampering and sending them back into the world ready to sport winter sandals and fingerless motorcycle gloves with pride.


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Stylish, comfy and fun to wear, KicKee Pants clothing comes with a whole lot of kick! As a family owned brand, Kickee Pants bases its designs on the belief that kids should feel unrestricted by their clothing, even when they're all dressed up. Kickee Pants prides itself on designing PJs, skirts, dresses and polos that celebrate the innocence of childhood. Its ruffle footie PJs, print tees, colorful coveralls and swing dresses are favored by several celebrity parents, including Sarah Jessica Parker, Kourtney Kardashian, Denise Richards and Jessica Alba.
Our favorite brands and styles from this week's can't-miss sales.
Welcome spring with charming new clothes, travel-ready gear, and the cutest stuffed toys.
Kids will earn their stripes in these classic warm-weather staples.
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PMSL! Not what i was expecting but funny.
That was good! Here is one we use at iPad a lot!
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Flash is dead?
Pretty much. This pertains to the iPad, but I imagine goes for the iphone as well. Even Adobe has given up on it.
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This is the interview fans of Rob Corddry have been waiting for – it's my interview with Rob Corddry! The co-creator and star of the ridiculously hilarious Children's Hospital on Adult Swim is living proof that really-super-crazy talented people can make it in Hollywood. Who knew? Rob is a fortunately busy man who's been in so many movies in the past few years it's a wonder his IMDB page doesn't collapse under the crushing weight of his credits. The topics run the gamet including Rob's recipe for success, which is basically hard work+talent+not being a dick. A rare combination indeed. Listen on iTunes.
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Great installment. Corddry's enthusiasm is infectious. It's always great to hear from people who so clearly love what they do.


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"To his secretary after a visit from Kurt Cobain, "There's something wrong with that boy. He frowns for no reason.""
"One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one"
"Speak roughly to your little boy, / And beat him when he sneezes: / He only does it to annoy, / Because he knows it teases."
"There comes a time in every rightly constructed boy's life that he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure"
"We don't do drugs, drink or use profanity. Instead we instill morals and values in my boys by raising them with a love of God and a love and respect for themselves and all people. I believe they will have a chance."


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Commuters utilizing the could be in for a bit of a trek in the not-so-distant future as the seeks to update the garage originally constructed in 1987.
Surrounded by a 1,200 parking space structure built in 2004, the old garage houses 727 parking spaces for daily commuters who arrived at the Stamford Transportation Center for outbound travel. It is also badly in need of an update.
"It's 25 years old. It's deteriorating," said Judd Everhart, Director of Communications for the DOT. "There are pot holes. You can see the rebar sticking up through the concrete. It's not in very good condition. It definitely has to be torn down and something new created."
So the DOT decided to began sending out Requests For Proposals to developers who might have an idea on how to update the land. But they saw no reason to deny themselves what could be a lucrative opportunity for everyone, so they are also entertaining proposals for other uses for the land.
They have no particular goal in mind, the DOT is simply shopping the idea around to see what kind of ideas float it's way. But anything is possible.
"Whatever goes up on state-owned land is not subject to zoning regulations by the city," said Jim Cameron, chairman of the Metro-North Commuter Council. "The height of the building, how it looks, what the setbacks might be—the city doesn't really have any say in that. Though [Stamford] has taken a great interest in the redevelopment of that area due to their goal of the development of South End."
Cameron is one of the more outspoken opponents of the DOT's plan. He currently uses this site to help residents keep track of all the latest garage developments. Perhaps the largest concern he has with the current approach to searching for a new plan is that, in fielding proposals for different uses of the land, the DOT has conceded to allowing the garage to be moved up to a quarter-mile away.
Additionally, the DOT has already made the declaration that whichever proposal wins for the development of the old garage land, regardless of the use of the land, at the very least part of the project must consist of a minimum-1,000-parking space structure somewhere in that quarter-mile vicinity. And that portion must be completed in some manner while demolition and redevelopment of the current, 1987 garage is going on.
Whether those 1,000 spaces come from some sort of temporary fix or not is still open for consideration.
"Rather than building a temporary garage of more than 1000 spaces, my estimation is they're going to build a new garage," Cameron said. "Then they can start demolition on the old garage, and what that means is 1,000 commuters are going to have to walk a quarter mile to the train station every day."
Cameron also insists that the DOT is going to rank the proposals it receives on a formula of one-third commuter-ease and two-thirds maximization of monetizing the site. He says this is outlined in their Request For Proposal, which can be read, in full, here.
"The proposal clearly delineates that one-third of the points [used to tally a total for the proposal] will be for what kind of building is planned and how it affects commuters, but two-thirds will be how much money it makes for the DOT. They really want to cash in on the value of the land piece across from the train station," Cameron said. "By their own standards for weighing proposals, they're twice as interested in maximizing income as they are providing service to the commuters."
Those goals and requirements as listed in the RFP are as follows:
- Demolish and replace the Original Garage with a minimum of 1,000 commuter parking spaces
- Minimize impacts to commuters
- Maximize revenue for the State
- Promote economic development
Requirements and objectives
- Delivery of a minimum of 1,000 Commuter parking spaces within 1⁄4 mile walking distance of the STC using the existing pedestrian overpass as an origin;
- Maintenance of access to the existing number of commuter parking spaces at all times (including during construction) within the Acceptable Walking Distance;
- Demolition of the Original Garage;
- Replacement of the elevated pedestrian walkway to the Stamford Station that is currently connected to the Original Garage;
- Maximize the continuous long-term revenue stream to the State;
- Maximize revenue from State property;
- Minimize the State's financial contribution during design and construction;
- Delivery of Station Place and parking garage improvements that increase access, upgrades conveniences to commuters, and are pedestrian-friendly;
- Provide a new Parking Access and Revenue Control System for the Replacement Garage and 2004 Garage;
- Potentially provide operations and maintenance for the Replacement Garage and 2004 Garage;
- Provide connectivity to commuters between the Replacement Garage and the 2004 Garage; and
- Inclusion of a TOD component as defined in Section 13b-79kk of the Connecticut Statutes.
Everhart said the DOT isn't looking to make life difficult and will be seeking out projects that average out to the most improvement for everyone involved.
"Anything can be proposed. It's up to the designers—we're looking for innovation and creativity," he said. "There are so many moving parts to this thing, so it really is going to depend on what the design firms come up with—but the ultimate consideration will be for customer service and commuter convenience. That's why we put a maximum of a quarter mile on the limit for where the garage can be compared to the current configuration."
Cameron isn't convinced. He's confident that commuters are going to find that kind of inconvenience a good enough reason to start traveling out of their way for an easier train-ride.
"If there's a need for Condos or office space, build that a quarter of a mile away from the train station and let a couple hundred of them walk instead of asking 1000 commuters to do that," Cameron said, who also added he's been warning others to prepare for the coming traffic nightmare all that development will bring.
"It's going to be a real mess for commuters. My concern is moving parking away from the train station makes it a less-desirable jumping-on point. It's going to lose traffic for the station and it's going to mean those commuters start going to Darien or Greenwich Springdale or one of the other stations to try and find parking so I'm kind of advising people to get on the waiting list at other parking garages and stations now if they want to try and have a place to park during the construction."
Everhart remains steadfast. He's not concerned about the busiest stop on the New Haven line outside of Grand Central Station and he's not concerned that construction would dampen ridership that's seen increases every year, according to Everhart's numbers. He said Stamford is an essential city and it's as busy for those hopping on as it is for those hopping off.
"It's extremely unlikely that we would lose any commuters. Parking is always a headache at pretty much every station but people need to get to work and the train is a very, very convenient option and if there is a little bit of additional walking, overall we don't think there will be any drop in ridership," he said. "Stamford is just as much a destination for workers as it is a departure point."
For now, however, commuters have nothing more to do than hurry up and wait. All the anxiety over the future of the station could either amount to nothing, or turn out to be for a very good reason. The fact of the matter remains that no one knows how the issue will turn out until more information is released on an accepted proposal for development and the current timeline dictates that won't happen until at least later in August, but possibly not until the end of September if everyone solicited for a proposal takes the maximum amount of allotted time.
"The thing to understand is that, right now, we don't know where the new garage will be," Everhart said. "It could be exactly where it is now. It could be somewhat farther away. Until we select a design and pick a contractor, we wont know exactly what the Stamford Transportation Center will look like. We expect to select a contractor by the end of the year. It's possible it will be up to a quarter of a mile away but at this point we just don't know."


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Welcome to the GHE!
The German Healthcare Export Group (GHE) e.V. brings approx. 50 innovative and strongly growing companies from the area of medical technology, which are strongly export oriented, together. The GHE provides these member companies with a platform for exchanging their export business experiences.
The GHE offers customers a wide variety of products and services, from OP equipment to hospital IT, and covers almost the entire medical technology product range.
All in all the association represents around 80 percent by volume of all German exports in the medical technology sector.
GHE and SPECTARIS invite for Foreign Trade Congress on 16th September 2014 to the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin (07/02/2014)
On September 16, 2014, the German Healthcare Export Group (GHE) and SPECTARIS invite you to the fifth Foreign Trade. Venue and partner is again the Federal Foreign Office, which offers the interested companies together with the two associations an exclusive forum to expand their network and discuss issues of foreign trade.
The opening of this year's Foreign Trade Congress, which is under the main theme "export competence of politics and economy in the dialog" is taken over by Stephan Steinlein, State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office. more …
GHE meeting at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Middle Ruhr District in Bochum about IT trends and the export markets Brasil and Saudi Arabia (06/29/2014)
This year's summer conference of the German Healthcare Export Group (GHE) eV was held in Bochum on 26 June 2014. At the invitation of the company VISUS Technology Transfer GmbH, GHE-members met in the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Middle Ruhr District in Bochum, to learn together about current export-threads of the Healthcare Sector and IT trends in medical technology. more …
Medical Technology in Action
The member organizations of the German Healthcare Export Group e.V. (GHE) represent producers of the full spectrum of medical technology offerings, from stethoscopes to operating theater robots. As a dynamic demonstration of the practical application of their products, the GHE has produced multiple film episodes to tie their solutions to real life challenges. In each film a unique situation is presented whereby devices are shown in action.
Episode 07 - Physiological Therapy: Recovery After a Sports Accident
Dr. Hasan Al Rashed (Saudi Arabia) summarizes how his physiological therapy equipment helped the professional tennis player Damaris overcome her injury and how it can prevent future injuries.
GHE Members:
Diers International GmbH - Diers 4D motion® Lab - for Motion Analytics
PHYSIOMED ELEKTROMEDIZIN AG - IONOSON-Evident - combination unit electrotherapy/ultrasound
Unbescheiden GmbH - Butterfly Tub - for therapeutic applications
Confocal Knowledge at a Glance (07/29/2014)
Leica Microsystems launched the "Confocal" iPad app, which introduces researchers and students of the life sciences to confocal methods and technologies, and provides a bandwidth of articles that ranges from basic knowledge to advanced applications. It also serves as a compact source for product information. The app is interactively linked to Leica Science Lab and Leica Microsystems' homepage. It is available for free download via the Apple App Store. more …
Leica Microsystems Introduces Stereo Microscope Objective for Imaging Specimens in Aqueous Solution (07/08/2014)
Leica Microsystems introduces the new Leica Planapo 2.0x CORR objective for the Leica M series stereo microscope, specifically for the use with specimens immersed in aqueous solution. With this objective, users can obtain pin sharp visualization of specimens with up to a 5 mm water column between the specimen and the objective. The objective solves a problem many stereo microscope users have: Observing specimens in aqueous solution deteriorates image quality due to the refractive index mismatch between water and the air surrounding the microscope objective. more …
German Foreign Office hosts informational session on cancer treatment (05/14/2014)
More than 40 diplomats from all around the world learned about German healthcare's efforts to diagnose and treat cancer at a breakfast held at the Foreign Office in Berlin on May 6. Called "Cancer Therapy - Challenges in a Globalized World," the event was organized by Health – Made in Germany, an initiative of the German Ministry for Economics and Energy (BMWi), and trade associations representing the medical technology, pharmaceuticals' and medical biotechnology sectors. more …
Meiko advertising and communication now rated as (07/01/2014)
The Offenburg, Germany-based mechanical engineering firm Meiko regularly receives awards for its revolutionary technology in the field of commercial dishwashing machines. Now the long-established company with a history stretching back over 87 years has also been elevated to the ranks of the best German-language advertisers. The company's new brand campaign was recently honoured in the "Industrial Goods/B2B" category of the 2014 Year of Advertising (Jahr der Werbung) awards, previously known as the Advertising Yearbook. more …
A Hidden Champion is 60! (06/30/2014)
MMM Münchener Medizin Mechanik GmbH, long-established in Munich, has developed to be the market leader in the field of sterile processing in the health care sector over the last 60 years.
With more than 1000 employees, a yearly turnover of 120 Mio €, several production sites in Germany and the Czech Republic as well as sales and service subsidiaries in many European countries and beyond, MMM Group is specialized in the supply of integrated system solutions for the central sterile supply departments (CSSD) in hospitals.
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Image Analysis, Environmental Control and Experiment Handling via Mobile Devices for Life Science Research (06/11/2014)
Leica Microsystems has launched the Leica Application Suite Advanced Fluorescence (LAS AF), the software platform for advanced life science research in widefield and confocal microscopy, in its 4.0 version. With LAS AF researchers can now perform 2D image analysis on multi-channel experiments and fully control the environmental conditions of an experiment. In addition, users of widefield systems can now connect to the acquisition station remotely anywhere at any time. more …
Leica DMi1 – The Entry Level Inverted Microscope (06/06/2014)
With the Leica DMi1, Leica Microsystems launches an entry level inverted microscope with functions specifically necessary for routine lab work. The Leica DMi1 enables cell biologists to check and document cell and tissue cultures within seconds. Its ease-of-use and efficient operation make it an excellent choice for routine laboratory work as well as for training. more …


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Aion joins the march towards free-to-play MMO gaming
NCSoft's big fantasy title goes free-to-play in 2012
NCSoft's epic fantasy MMO Aion has become the latest big online title to ditch the subscription model and go free-to-play.
From February 2012 Aion will join the likes of Age of Conan, DC Universe Online and its comic-book stablemate City of Heroes in becoming free-to-play.
The European relaunch will be conducted in partnership with German-based MMO publisher Gameforge and will begin with the UK, France and Germany.
NCSoft hope that the free-to-play launch and partnership with Gameforge will help introduce more players to the massive world of Atreia which has expanded steadily since Aion launched in 2009.


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Written by ArikaJanuary 20, 2011
Starting a New Year means a lot of things; getting back on track with our frugal living, eating healthy, paying off our debt, just to name a few. I know the first of the year, many of us make our New Year's Resolutions with a gusto… This Year will be different!
Then, come about the middle of January, we realize we've been slipping back into our old habits. How can we keep from falling into that same rut year after year? With a solid plan!
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Smashed Potatoes with Roasted Garlic
These smashed potatoes are like mashed potatoes, but we don't peel them, and we mash them only very lightly. Too much mashing would make the starches in the potatoes turn gummy, and we don't want that.
This recipe uses sour cream instead of ordinary cream. And we roast the garlic, which brings amazing depth of flavor. In short, yummy.
Also see: How to Roast Garlic
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 6 Portions
- 2 Russet (or baking) potatoes, scrubbed
- 3 cloves garlic, peel on
- ½ stick butter
- ¾ cup sour cream
- Kosher salt, to taste
- Heat oven to 375°F.
- Roast unpeeled garlic in a small baking dish in the oven for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are done.
- Bring a large pot of salted water (the water should taste salty, almost like seawater) to a boil over medium heat.
- Cut the unpeeled potatoes in half lengthwise, then cut each half into quarters. Each potato should end up cut into eight pieces.
- When the water boils, add the cut potatoes to the water and lower heat to a simmer. Simmer for 15 minutes or until the potatoes can easily be pierced with a knife.
- Drain the potatoes and return to the pot. Add butter and mash lightly with a potato masher.
- Remove garlic from the oven. Let it cool for a minute, then slice off the top of each clove and squeeze the soft, roasted garlic into the mashed potatoes.
- Mash the garlic into the potatoes, then add the sour cream and mix until thoroughly combined.
- Adjust seasoning with Kosher salt and serve right away. Makes about 6 portions.


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Officer killed in parking lot, two reportedly in custody
A police investigator looks at the body of a police onstable officer. The officer was in civilian clothes when he was killed, it was not clear if he was on duty or not.
WINDSOR, Ont. -- Windsor residents were stunned Friday after witnessing a daylight shootout in a residential neighbourhood that ended with a veteran plain-clothes police officer lying dead on a sidewalk and two teens in custody.
The victim was 37-year-old Const. John Atkinson, a 14-year veteran of the force and a father of a six-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son.
Atkinson was on duty when he spotted some suspicious men at a Mac's Milk convenience store and went into action, said Windsor Police Chief Glenn Stannard.
He was struck by a bullet but was able to return fire before the suspects ran off. Police later arrested two 18-year-old Windsor men; they have not yet been charged.
Stannard said the community and police are outraged by the shooting, which is like nothing they'd seen before.
"Although we have had in our history three officers killed as a result of car accidents, to the best of my knowledge, this is the first officer in the history of more than 120 years of the Windsor Police Service that an officer has been murdered,'' he said.
One of Atkinson's close friends informed his wife of the shooting before Stannard, Windsor Mayor Eddie Francis and other members of the police force visited the officer's family.
"What do you say?'' Stannard said about speaking with Atkinson's wife and two young children. "You do what your heart leads you with. It's a tragic thing, and I think the best I can do say you share tears and you share hugs.
"The policing community, for those who don't know, is a very close-knit community and police officers were there and they'll share their times with the family. They'll be there.''
The shooting unfolded before many witnesses, who were shocked by what they saw.
The owner of the Mac's Milk declined to comment on the shooting, saying she was worried for her life.
A store employee identified as Emma said she saw the two men in the parking lot when suddenly she heard gunfire.
"We heard gunshots and a guy was bleeding from his mouth, and then we were told he was a policeman,'' she said.
Dennis Rochon said he was sitting on his balcony in a nearby apartment building when he heard three loud shots, which he first thought was a car backfiring. He went outside to investigate and saw the victim covered in blood and lying on the sidewalk.
"There was no movement,'' he told the Windsor Star. "There was blood all over the place. It looked like he got shot in the throat and the side of the chest. You could tell he was dead.''
A man who identified himself only as Terry said after the shooting, the victim stumbled for three or four metres before collapsing.
"He tried to get up, and he fell again.''
Lloyd Menard, who was in the store at the time, said onlookers couldn't believe their eyes or their ears.
"At first, a couple of people thought they were just like poppers on the ground, but no, it was actually gunfire,'' he said. "My truck's got blood all over it, so those kids must have shot him right there.''
One local resident said people in the city will likely be shaken up as they are not used to gun violence, despite their proximity to the United States.
"This is very rare indeed for Windsor,'' said Patty Handysides of Windsor radio station CKLW. "Even though we are right across the river from Detroit, gun crime is low in Windsor, and certainly death by gun is very, very rare.''
At least eight elementary schools and one high school in the area were initially locked down in the shooting's aftermath, keeping as many as 3,400 students indoors. A nearby day-care centre was also put under lockdown.
By 5 p.m., all students were allowed to leave, although they were told not to walk home alone or stop and play, said Supt. Steve Snider of the Greater Essex County District School Board.
Nearby residents were also advised to remain in their homes.
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty released a statement Friday night in praise of Atkinson and the work of all police officers.
"The loss of one of our officers is a tragedy for all of us. I don't know that there are words strong or eloquent enough to capture the courage it takes to put one's self in harm's way, in order to keep others safe,'' he said.
"Throughout the province, brave police officers work hard, long hours to keep us safe, to serve our communities and to help build a stronger Ontario.''
Rest In Peace Brother.


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By SCOTT WILSON
Glasgow Daily Times
The Glasgow Lady Scotties and the Monroe County Lady Falcons have met so often this season the coaches could probably draw out each others' plays. Glasgow has had the upper hand so far this year, winning all three contests, including a narrow 56-53 victory on Feb. 4.
But even though he owns a lopsided advantage against the Lady Falcons this season, Glasgow coach Justin Stinson is not taking anything for granted when the two teams meet up again on Monday in the first round of the District 15 Girls Basketball Tournament at Glasgow High School. The tipoff is set for 8 p.m.
"This is the fourth time we've played them this year. They present obstacles for us because they're a good basketball team," Stinson explained. "They shoot the ball really well and anytime a team can shoot the ball well, that's a big challenge in itself. And how well they shoot the ball will depend to a certain degree on how well we guard them.
"We're very familiar with them. This is the fourth time we've played them this year. We played them four times last year and five times the year before. I don't think there will be any surprises or any secrets when it comes to them. They're a very good basketball team."
Glasgow will go into Monday's contest with a 24-6 overall record, while Monroe County sports a 17-9 slate.
"We really like our team. We knew we had some good pieces returning, but we had some young kids step up. Our bench has turned into an asset for us. I really like our team. We've seemed to get hot here lately and we've won several games in a row," Stinson explained. "With that being said, we've got to come to play every night. It is about who is best for 32 minutes in the district tournament. We just want to make sure our kids continue to do the things that have been successful for us so far."
Stinson said there won't be a lot of changes made to his team before Monday's game. He likes what the Lady Scotties have been able to do and he wants to stick with that.
"We want kids to do the same things they've done all season long. That's in their comfort zone. We want to continue to do the things that have allowed us to be successful and I think it comes down to each team doing what they do and doing it well," Stinson relayed. "We want to make them adjust to us, but we've got to guard them well enough. It comes down to matchups. It is not an easy matchup for us and it is not an easy matchup for them."
One thing going in the Lady Scotties' favor, Stinson admitted, will be the fact the tournament is being played at GHS.
"It doesn't hurt playing on your homecourt ... the biggest thing for us is we have great fans," Stinson said. "Our student section will come out and support us and our fans will come out and support us. Kids are resilient and they will step up to play, but I think this is great for our fans."


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Man, didn't you read a thing I typed, I did not say that slayer sucked or whatever, I said I didn't like the stuff they stand for and all the pentagram bullshit, that's why I don't listen to them, BUT I don't care if anybody else likes them, it's okay with me.
I could understand that you like the music, but the message in the music just isn't me.
I read the lyrics, but it's just NOT my kinda stuff.. especially the older albums, and I did relate slayer to satanism, but that kinda logical from my point of view don't you think?
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