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Archive for July 2011
Solidarity with Norway – an example to us all
I can recall few events that have devastated me as much as Norway's terrorist atrocities. I'm far from alone. I confess that I cried when I saw the island where dozens of young Norwegian socialists – as young as 13 years old – were gunned down by the right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik. As soon as you see that tiny island – with no escape but the water surrounding it – you can instantly imagine the horror and desperation of the nightmarish 90 minutes of Breivik's murderous rampage.
Norway has been traumatised by the initial bomb attack in Oslo and the subsequent massacre of teenagers. It has no experience of this form of violence. But the way it has reacted is nothing short of inspirational. Finally, the world has been gifted with a model response to terrorism.
The Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg did not stand up and speak of revenge and retaliation. Unlike George W Bush, he did not bellow: "We're gonna hunt you down" or pledge to "smoke them out of their holes". He did not promise a crackdown on civil rights and democratic freedoms, which were rolled back in the aftermath of terrorist attacks across the Western world. There was no threat of a spiral of violence that would end up with even more bloodshed; no following the terrorists' script by allowing (or using) their actions to subvert and corrupt democracy. Instead he promised to respond with "more democracy", "more humanity" and "more openness". We must all learn from Norway.
Contrast Norway's response to the posturing of some in Britain. The Sun's initial front page described it as Norway's 9/11 and implicated Islamic terrorism: topping off a dire few weeks for News International. While Twitter was full of horror and solidarity at Norway's events, hard right Labour MP Tom Harris saw an opportunity to score a political point at the expense of his enemies: 'Even after Oslo, we'll still have the apologists for terrorism saying it was caused by "foreign policy" or by "disrespect to the Prophet".' There was no evidence "Islamist" terrorists were involved, but Tom felt it was the appropriate time to take on the supposed muesli-eating neo-appeasers he detests. I am ashamed to be in the same Party as Tom Harris.
The speculation about "Islamist" terrorist involvement had costs: reports came from Norway of Muslims being harassed in Oslo. But, as it turns out, the gunman was a supposed "Christian" with far-right views who himself detested Muslims. And I say "supposed 'Christian'" because these despicable acts have as much to do with Christianity as other terrorist actions have to do with Islam.
The far-right has been growing in much of Western Europe for many years, and we will soon find out if this is part of a broader plot. If so, the gutwrenching atrocities in Norway could mark the beginning of a new horrifying phenomenon.
But, today, we must all stand in solidarity with the people of Norway and with the families of the young Norwegian Labour party members – and pay tribute to a government that has responded commendably to these unbearable atrocities.
New York Times review of 'Chavs'
Owen Jones's first book, "Chavs: The Demonization of the Working Class," begins more like a Noël Coward play or a late-model Ian McEwan novel than like a rumbling social polemic. That is, it opens with a misfired witticism uttered at an elite East London dinner party.
Here's how Mr. Jones sets the scene. "Sitting around the table were people from more than one ethnic group. The gender split was 50-50, and not everyone was straight. All would have placed themselves somewhere left of center politically." Each guest "would have bristled at being labeled a snob." Disaster arrived, as it always seems to, with the black currant cheesecake. That's when the talk turned to the economic crisis. One of the party's hosts joked: "It's sad that Woolworth's is closing. Where will all the chavs buy their Christmas presents?" The other guests tittered. Mr. Jones stewed.
The word chav, if your subscriptions to British periodicals have lapsed, is a noun that essentially means "ugly prole": loutish, tacky, probably drunken and possibly violent. The stereotypical chav is a hormonal 20-something lad in an Adidas tracksuit, sideways Burberry baseball cap and bling, but women can be chavs, too. Think of Snooki with a cockney accent.
Interview with New Left Project
LabourList: Who Governs?
I'll be honest. A couple of weeks ago, I was in utter despair with Ed Miliband's leadership of the Labour Party. I bet many of you reading this were, too. He was stuck on repeat (literally) attacking public sector workers driven to strike by the government, leaving it to PCS leader Mark Serwotka and the BBC's Evan Davis to shred Francis Maude's fatally flawed arguments. He looked weak, directionless, spineless – and with no apparent prospect of leading Labour to victory at the next election.
But the British political scene has been transformed in just a fortnight. The wrongdoings of News International – a criminal syndicate that has corrupted and subverted British democracy for a generation – have repulsed the nation. David Cameron's links with the Murdoch clan have raised the first question marks over his premiership. And – against the odds – Ed Miliband has tapped into public anger and led a remarkable crusade against Murdoch's empire – which played no small part in forcing News Corporation to drop its bid for BSkyB.
What Ed Miliband has done is not without risks. Much of the power of Murdoch's empire depends on terrifying politicians, not least with the presumption his goons have a bigger file on them than MI5. His advisors have already been warned by the empire that are seeking revenge.
'Chavs' and the working-class
One of the most frequent criticisms of my book is that it supposedly conflates 'chav' and 'working-class'. They are two completely different things, the critics say. 'Chav' is a word widely used – and that includes by working-class people as well as middle-class people. Indeed it's argued that working-class people hate 'chavs' – so in what meaningful sense can 'chav' be used to demonise working-class people?
Although the book is called Chavs: The Demonization of the Working-Class, it could easily have been called The Demonization of Working-Class Identity (not as catchy, admittedly). Polling organisation BritainThinks has just conducted a detailed survey into attitudes to class: a staggering 71% self-identified as middle-class, compared to just 24% who felt they had any working-class identity. But the most interesting – and disturbing – finding in my view was this:
There was a strong feeling in the focus groups that the noble tradition of a respectable and diligent working class was over. For the first time, I saw the "working class" tag used as a slur, equated with other class-based insults such as "chav". I asked focus group members to make collages using newspaper and magazine clippings to show what the working class was. Many chose deeply unattractive images: flashy excess, cosmetic surgery gone wrong, tacky designer clothes, booze, drugs and overeating. By contrast, being middle class is about being, well, a bit classy.
The 'working-class' label was no longer something people felt that they could be proud of. Far from it: it had become effectively synonymous with 'chav'. For that reason, many who most of us would describe as clearly working-class rejected the label because they felt it was a pejorative. The demonisation of working-class identity has had an impact on the attitudes of both and working-class and middle-class people. With a political consensus that we should aspire to become middle-class, and with few positive representations of working-class people, this is as unsurprising and it is depressing.
The free press myth
It is a myth that we have a free press in this country. We have a press that is free of direct government control: that is certainly true. But, instead, the mainstream press is almost exclusively dominated by media barons with their own political agendas.
The News of the World phone-hacking scandal is becoming grubbier and, frankly, more stomach-churningly sickening by the day. But it also shines a light on the nature of power in modern Britain. A door has opened slightly, and we can catch a glimpse of the murky links that exist between the political elite, media barons and the police.
It is crucial that we don't get sucked into a narrative of 'bad eggs': that a purge of a few rotten individuals is all that is needed, and things can broadly carry on as before. This sordid story should put the way the British media is run into the spotlight.
A catastrophe for the Labour leadership
This was my piece for LabourList in the aftermath of the public sector strikes
Yesterday's strike by teachers and front-line public sector staff was a triumph for the trade union movement. I joined the demonstration through central London, and it was as inspirational as the game-changing initial student protest in November. These were young workers (I would estimate the majority were under 35); and the mood was both cheerful and determined. This strike was no desperate throw of the die. The workers involved know this is just the start, but they think they can win.
It was a strike that enjoyed broad popular support and sympathy. Before the strike, a YouGov poll for theSun had 40% supporting the action, with 49% against – already suggesting it was all to play for. Another poll for ITV's London Tonight had 53% in support; and a staggering 77% expressed their support in a Channel 4 poll. Despite all the fuss about inconvenienced parents, hundreds of mothers posted their support on Mumsnet – not famed as a bastion of socialism, if we're going to be honest. Given there are no prominent voices in politics or the media making the case for the strike, these are remarkable findings.


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Man Goes to Doctor for Stomach Pain and Finds Out He's a Woman
Turns out, he was getting his period.
First Annual Longest Hand Job Ever Contest Finishes Early
It ended, um, anti-climactically.
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Gene Marks, Contributor
I cover technologies helping companies be quicker, better, wiser.
My company has been in business since 1994 and we currently serve more than 500 clients who use the products we sell. Don't get too impressed. When I say "serve" I mean that many of those clients may only use us for a few hours a year for support or training. But there are those that use us for much more. Most of these companies are smaller businesses with less than 250 employees. We've had successes. We've made many mistakes. But one thing is certainly true: you can't please 'em all. In fact, I have conceded that if at least two-thirds of my clients are happy at any given time, then we're doing fine. This is the technology business. Technology doesn't work all the time and often it doesn't live up to the hype or the dreams of its user. People blame software companies for this. They blame their partners too (that's us). This has been a fact of my life for the past 18 years.
The guys at Apple have been living my life recently. The company has received its share of criticism during the past few weeks over the recent release of its iPad 3 tablet. Lots of criticism.
Users have complained that the iPad's battery gets too hot and testers have found that indeed the unit does run at least ten degrees hotter than its predecessor. The new and powerful video capabilities are reported to eat up a user's data plan quickly and according to the Wall Street Journal "…either consumers will have to get used to paying more or wireless carriers will come under pressure to change their pricing models." Then there's the issue with wireless hotspots – apparently, many users are reporting problems connecting and then maintaining their connections.
There's more.
Apple customers are saying there are problems with the iPad's new "smart covers" – the magnetic casing that turns the unit on automatically. The smart covers are also reported to cause fuzzy screens. And speaking of covers, other users say that many online magazine covers don't display properly on the product's new Retina display. ZDNet says there are power issues when docking with some third party products. The iPad 3 takes significantly longer to charge than prior versions. It's heavier and more fragile. And one famous Apple lover (OK, it was Howard Stern) complained that he couldn't detect much of a difference between the screen resolution on his iPad 2 when compared to the new model. Or maybe he was just making a comparison to a porn model, I'm not sure. Anyway, it seemed to be a problem for him.
I've heard some Apple customers say that the improvements in the iPad 3 weren't worth the cost of buying a new unit. One client said to me "I bet if Jobs were still around, he never would've let it be released. He would've had these problems fixed and also would've had a product with more features too."
In a blog last week, MIT's Simpson L. Garfinkel wrote that Apple is no longer creative and suffering from growing pains. "The Apple of today is turning its back on that creative class. Apple no longer designs for creators of digital media, who tend to be very demanding about product quality. Instead, Apple builds for consumers—in both senses of the word: people who spend their own money, rather than their companies', and people who consume digital media, as opposed to people who produce it. Focusing on digital consumption has made Apple wildly profitable, but the company's products have trended downwards in quality, flexibility, and even reliability."
Wow! Seems like a lot of issues here, right? Apple has more money than most countries on earth. What, they couldn't afford a few extra weeks of product testing and quality control? They couldn't wait until everything was perfect? They couldn't come up with more incredible features to satisfy our never ending appetite for more cool stuff? They had to get this product out on the market so fast and risk their reputation? Would Steve Jobs have let this happen under his watch?
Of course he would.
For starters, these problems are not significant. I've been selling Microsoft products for years. Believe me…I know what significant problems are! Yes, the iPad 3 runs a little hotter. But no one's saying it's going to catch on fire. And yes, there are glitches with its "smart covers", Wi-Fi connections and other stuff like that. Hello? Welcome to technology. It's not all going to perfectly work. Even for Apple.
I don't think this article makes any sense! Apple is like the northern star in the sky. Companies look up to Apple and use them as examples. I know a technology product can't always be bug free, but from Apple – they set the bar. This launch has been nothing but below bar by even apple standards. Steve never said I want a company who craves money, he said I have a company who loves cool products, money is secondary. Of course a company can't survive without revenue but for them that is secondary, quality is number one!
I think the mistake you make in this article is assuming that accumulating a massive amount of wealth and creating some nifty gadgets is success(he was a very unsuccessful philanthropist and according to some an eve worse friend. He may have been the engine behind some ground breaking technology, technology that has its pros and cons but to commend being a jerk in the way that he apparently was is just silly. You can be assertive and demand excellence without verbally assaulting people. That energy could be better served elsewhere, and the kind of stress you create in yourself and others when acting in such a way is enough to give you… I don't know, cancer maybe. Perhaps he was quite unsuccessful relative to the heights he could have reached had he not alienated so many of the people around him. In the history books, apple may be discussed in some length but Jobs will, in all likelihood be just a footnote at best. Perhaps had he had another couple decades he could have risen above that but we will never know. And when your client gets you to sign on to that charity golf event you don't want any part of, they are just taking you for the jerk you are.
From what I read, Jobs left plans for Apple products for the next few years (Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/jobs-left-future-plans-for-next-generation-apple-products/601780), so I think Apple would be all right in the near future.
For the most part I don't think people realize that, in the next few years, their major strategy isn't just in hardware, but in consolidating their ecosystem. They're already started doing that and they're doing it even more. If you look at the upcoming Mountain Lion, you'll know that.
Most people expect just design changes, but that's a bit silly. First, if the design isn't broke, why change it? The iPhone 4 design still looks awesome. They fixed the antennae issue with 4S and left it the way it is. Second, there's only so much you can do with a smartphone or tablet. It still needs to be a flat piece of glass with a large battery. You can keep improving the insides, but the exterior will always look relatively similar. Third, Apple doesn't redesign their laptops every year. The Air is relatively identical, as is the MacBook Pros and iMacs. The changes that do occur happen every few years and they're pretty superficial. Why do people expect major design changes to smartphones and tablets?
I think Apple have something interesting up their sleeves. I'm not even talking about the fabled Apple TV, although that could be part of it. I think they're moving towards a new strategy that'll reset the paradigm again. Just look at their patents and the companies they've bought. Something interesting is about to happen.
Could we please forego all these "what would Steve Jobs have done" articles? They provide little more than idle speculation and combine to become a massive waste of time and intelligence. Please write about things that are more current and matter. Or we could always ask what Galileo would have done, or Ben Franklin. I'd be interested in knowing what Rimbaud would have thought about it.
What would Steve Jobs do? Only Steve Jobs would know…to speculate is a gross misperception of having any knowledge of what another might do or think, especially posthumously.
iPads overheating….? Reports forget to include that the ne iPad only runs @ 10 degrees warmer than iPad 2- which can be said for most all mobile products….much less forgotten that the MacBook Pro runs twice as hot. One could infer then that the new iPad is just short of being an actual laptop computer. (And judging by how much I and others utilize it….could be deemed as true).
Retina display not as good as promoted? I for one can say 'Untrue'. Period. It is by far the BEST screen display ever, and if one cannot see the difference in the iPad 2 and the 3rd Gen…when side by side…then you are either blind or simply giving a false report. And as for magazines and other apps not displaying things so crystal clear as Retina Display purports? Then how about accurately reporting some truth for a change. DEVELOPERS HAVE ONLY JUST STARTED TO ENHANCE AND UPDATE THEIR OWN PRODUCT AND SOFTWARES TO DISPLAY WITH HIGHER RES GRAPHICS. This has nothing to do with Apple or the iPad…only a handful of developers were given preliminary or advanced opportunity to provide the new Retina graphics as part of release. All others have to update THEIR software THEMSELVES.
Issues with data management for the 4G Mobile services…increased data usage? AGAIN…that is the advent problem created by the mobile carriers themselves. THEY decided to increase their stand on data usage and plans, and reconstitute their practices of data limitation and get rid of Unlimited data plans. They knew more and more people were using mobile devices for everything…and just like every other greedy company out there, decided to go retro and revert back to the days of old. The nickel and dime days when mobile phones charged for 'minutes' may be gone, but it has simply been replaced by 'Data Usage'…as if that really has hampered their profits to provide true Unlimited Data Transfer.
So tired of the inaccuracies in reporting more of the bandwagon hype, than what is truly the reasons and causes for such things. While I am sure that there ARE cases to be made, you'd think that coming from a place like Forbes…it would be more than just filling space with the latest Kardashian, Jersey Shore styled hoopla brand of reporting. Even in editorial form.
Because, of course, you know exactly what everyone else is thinking.
Articles like this, based entirely on speculation or opinion, are absolute garbage.
It's worth pointing out that the iPhone 4′s antennagate happened with Steve Jobs.
With due respect, however, I have to disagree with you. Specifically because Steve Jobs is the kind that rejects 1000 but approve 1 only kind of CEO. There is nothing special in iPad 3 that convinced me to part with my hard earned money. That was the black magic of Apple, under the brilliant leadership of Jobs.
iPhone 4S sells even though it was just a normal iPhone. But, because of Siri, it still sell like hotcakes. I bet this was the idea of Jobs when he was still around.
On the other hand, like I said, the iPad 3 is just merely an upgrade of iPad 2 with better hardware and specs.
Apple's core competency isn't just creativity, but it is also well known for providing users with that excellent user experience with its products.
iPad 3 is missing that.


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EUSA Investment Group! -Let us make you money!
EUSA Investment Group
This is A Investment program For First 50 Investors
(sorry that's all the work load we can safely handle atm!)
first off i am changing this from a 3%or 5% monthly to a 3%or 5% daily operation. Still monthly(30 day) periods, but this way makes more sense and is initially what i planned!
So if you invested of 100 USD at the end of the 30day period will be worth 242.73 USD with a total interest earned of 142.73 USD.
Want to pull your money we send it right back! NP we understand!!!!
Unfortunately there will be a 15 Day wait Period to Invest again.
Send your Investment here:
Fill this Form out:
29 days we send you a MSG in game giving your total interest earned and do you want us to send you your investment or would you like to keep it invested!
Man, your math sucks..
3% from 100 is 3 , so if you invest 100cc, you get after a month 103cc.
So , either the interest is bigger, or the money are less .
Anyway, if it's 3% per month is way to little to worth investing; if it's 30% per month, it's way to good to be true.
So please tell us how is it and maybe correct your article
Man, your math sucks..
3% from 100 is 3 , so if you invest 100cc, you get after a month 103cc.
So , either the interest is bigger, or the money are less .
Anyway, if it's 3% per month is way to little to worth investing; if it's 30% per month, it's way to good to be true.
So please tell us how is it and maybe correct your article
Seriously your math is so bad that i do not trust you to give money.
Well done Bernard Madoff
Well, eR seems to be taking your link as malicious, now what will that mean?
Sadly I don't think you'll even recover the money you spent on votes.
Your article is so full of errors that most will not trust you to deliver.
Sorry did most off my phone after I just did a 14 hour work day. I'm not trying to scam people, I am just looking for investors! And offering a return. I see that I was off my rocker in the math. Will correct that when I get home.
Anyone who trusts this fool is an idiot. Better yet send me the 100cc and I'll give you 150 at the end of the month. Why waste your money when I can keep it safe for you!
650 votes, 15 comments, your mathskills,
how about I invest a negative amount of money?
Your article is in "Financial business", but you must to move to "Social interactions and entertainment", especially at entertaninment : ))
Try to use fingers to make profit : ))
Well at least I am getting feed back, not the best. But least people showing interest and great points. I am going to take this all in and hopefully make this program work.
Your investments are used in the market buying and selling good. I also use the profits to invest in new companies. This way I generate a profit and create jobs. My plan with help from investors is to create jobs with decent wages, stimulating the eusa economy.
My one year goal is to create 100 jobs and provide investors with a 6% interest everyday.
With a multi-million payback to my investors.
Are you aware that prices are dropping everyday? It's almost impossible to have any source of clean profit.
you can say scam and tell me all this all day, i understand why! People do this shit everyday! Sorry i don't have a background where you can say hey no this guy is trying to help he is creating a program to help others and actually help others come out ahead! i don't have the street credit i understand! But really call it a scam when you have no idea!!!! are you willing to try it out...no just comment say scam , try to discourage me and others.
Don't trust me i get it !
I am doing this because I want to build up in the game, i want the EUSA to build up too. I have seen this work in previous games. im not an accountant and yeah i totally messed up the math, shit even the whole point when i wrote this article. Im human...sorry
But i am making changes
Don't like it not intrested dont invest your money in me, shit i cant blame you! I have no Credidations at this time.
If your willing give it a chance or hell just want to try it out, Invest it 1USD-1000USD w/e!
Btw for those of you that did invest i am planning on putting a site together where you can insert your player id and check on your investments daily.
I may try it only a couple thousand, but i have jumped into two investment deals that were "dangerous", but that's what investing is all about. In those two investments I earned much gold that would equal 100. But please give me some of your investors so I can ask them, I prefer all 15 of them.
its easy to make a profit in britain buying and selling food because the price of food changes so much.
for example, yesterday the price of q2 food changed from 0.06 to 0.11 and then down again . its all about getting a good deal
But getting more money over helping the USA. Im a right wing and I still think thats bad! You should be a shame of buying foriegn. :@
Hey guys just because hes a newer player doesn't mean hes a scam artist. He's one of the most honest people in this game. You guys should see some of the work he's done for our MU. He is a good worker, and he's probably more honest than most of the people that are calling his a scammer. Unfortunately i have NEVER even heard of the majority of you
There ar many cizitens in eRepublik, this may be are only time we ever see each otther.
OK update on this article going to take only 50 for now (test) run for say.
i already have 10 investors
I don't see what's wrong with his math...
If you recieve five percent of 100cc daily for 30 days then you WOULD recieve 150 cc with your original 100 cc, he's only about 8cc off? Please lemme know if Im wrong.
@stan, in the first article, that he corrected, there were some big mistakes. There's no use to tell you again about them as he changed the text.
@stunkcuf you presented no guaranties , you didn't tell what would happen when/if you can't keep up with the intrest you promised.. do you have anything to support you except your word?
Fraud, first few rounds he will really give the money back, then in one moment when there are more investors he will just say FU and leave...
@HEARMERAWR, I hope you know me well enough to vouch that I am an honest player. I stoped short in my earlier comment of saying this is a scam. I was making a bit of a sarcastic point that ERX was a 'good deal' at the time. Over 2 months I made about 9 gold, but when AidenAstrup split I lost that 9 gold and my 40+ gold I had invested in various stocks.
I am concerned that the guaranteed profit is just not there. I will wait to see what happens.
@Henry Pfieffer Arundel
Not quite sure which one is right, but you have become an iNCi gynecologist or an oil rig?
or it could be
Tezer Kutluk
or maybe it means blessed or happy or auspicious...?
how has he not been reported yet? this is pretty ridiculous, even by erep standards.
25 spots open I believe at this time. Later today I will post another article showing the progress of the first investors. Came in with little over 10k from 15 actual investors. And last night I believe another 10k from 10 more investors.
More info in my next article.......
Will still post openings and let everyone know when spots article closed!!!
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By Ronald D. Orol, MarketWatch
"In her positions, one day you are dealing with traditional equities and the next day you are dealing with derivatives products developed six months ago," Anello said. "You want someone that has an understanding of the full cross-section of securities products and I'm not sure who else you would find outside of the industry except a person like White who had to prosecute and represent companies and individuals that had problems or issues related to all these types of securities."
Marvin Pickholz a partner at Duane Morris in New York, said he isn't sure White knows enough about the international business of financial transactions to be an effective chairman when so much business involves cross-border transactions.
Cornelius Hurley, a professor at Boston University's School of Law, argues that the former U.S. attorney's appointment will play to the SEC's law-and-order enforcement function as opposed to its supervisory responsibility because of White's prosecutorial background.
"While her appointment presages a new era of muscular enforcement, time will tell whether that comes at the expense of the commission's equally critical oversight responsibilities," he said.
Susan Brune, a white-collar criminal defense lawyer who previously worked with White, said she would bring energy and focus not only to the enforcement part of the agency but also to its regulation and supervision role. Brune, who is a partner at Brune & Richard in New York, was an assistant U.S. attorney under White.
"She is a superb U.S. attorney, a great supervisor of the office," Brune said. "She is highly literate about complex financial crime."
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And some are looking to Tai Chi—an ancient form of martial arts—to provide both exercise, relaxation, and piece of mind.
"One of the main premises of this is that it's a mind-body connection," Tai Chi Instructor Charlotte Williams said. "You can clear your mind and almost meditate when you're doing the exercises."
Williams—who teaches Tai Chi at the in St. Peters—started practicing the ancient martial arts system eight years ago and began teaching a year ago. Williams started practicing Tai Chi for stress reduction—the instructor said the deep breathing involved in Tai-Chi serves as a stress reducer. Tai Chi is also a solid form of exercise because it required coordination.
"You work all parts of the body," she said. "You work your feet and arms together. The range of motion is improved because you concentrate on moving your body in every possible direction."
Eight of the nine students in William's recent class Tai-Chi class were senior citizens. They worked their way through a variety of postures which required breathing as well as placement of the hands and feet in different areas around the body. Williams said senior citizens and people with debilitating illness are attracted to the art because they have trouble with their balance and Tai-Chi strengthens it.
"Older people know it's a martial art, but if they really wanted a martial art they'd move onto something else," she said. "But there's no reason why it has to be just seniors; in China they start doing this as toddlers."
Tai Chi originated in China in the 1500s. In contemporary China Tai Chi is still practiced at work and in public places. Williams calls it a "gentle form of martial arts" because it's defensive and there is not a lot of punching and kicking.
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Today is Valentine's Day and for the 17th time I will be celebrating the best Valentine's gift anyone could ever receive—a baby girl. Motherhood was given to me on Valentine's Day.
That's right: my little girl was born on Valentine's Day and today she is turning sweet 16. That once six-pound, eleven-ounce bundle of joy who slept all night right on my chest in the hospital is now old enough to drive, and, according to Facebook, is in a relationship.
This has been the year that I have had trouble digesting her birthday. Normally it's my birthday I tend to want to forget. But this year with her turning 16, it has been especially difficult.
On Valentine's Day I usually relive the whole day over again, just for the fun of it. As my first child, I kind of figured she would be late, but I knew toward the end of my pregnancy that she was breach, although I didn't know she was a she. So when I went to the doctor's on Monday morning (Feb 13, 1995) for my weekly check up, the doctor decided it was time to schedule a C-Section.
I wasn't crazy about the idea but knew it was better to be scheduled than to be an emergency. So they scheduled me for Friday, Feb. 17 at noon. I went home and relaxed thinking I had four days to get things in place. But, around 5 p.m. I got a call from the doctor's office saying that they had double booked the doctor for Friday and we would need to be at the hospital the very next morning for my surgery. I was having a Valentine baby!
But at the time all that was on my mind was that I had hours to get ready instead of days. My nine months were over and the time was here. I was going to be a mom!
Over the years she has given me such joy as she has grown up. From before her first words, to her walking, tying shoes, dance recitals, piano lessons, and cheerleading, I could see time was going by way too fast. Life was happening, and I couldn't stop time and hold on to her hand forever.
Being a mom has been wonderful, fun, and really didn't seem to be too hard at all. It seems natural. Exhausting, but natural. But now, at her young age of 16, I find myself questioning and worrying much more. You see, I'm not just teaching her how to tie her shoes. Now I'm getting to the nitty-gritty of raising a teenage girl. I'm dealing with the same stuff my mom dealt with my sisters and I.
As the mom, I'm sitting in the passenger seat cringing as she drives too fast down Garfield Road. I'm listening as she tells me about the drugs she learns about in high school or the fact that there is another pregnant girl at her school. And, I'm reading her posts on Facebook, watching her text all day long and getting her help figuring out my new iPhone. All of sudden, it seems her life has really grown up. Where did my little girl go?
Now, I'm wondering if I've done the best job I could over the past 16 years? Have I given her the knowledge she needs to make good choices in life? Have I encouraged her enough so she has the self-assurance to not be pressured into things like sex or drugs? When I kissed her good night each night and whispered in her ear "You're the best," WOULD it be enough for her to really know that she is?
My head spins just thinking of all the possibilities of which way her life could go from here. And that soon she will be making the choices for herself. I'm realizing today, just how much of an influence my involvement in her life really is. I see a beautiful, young woman, who is smart, funny and has so much going for her. I'm scared for her safety everyday when she goes into the world without me, but I'm also so excited as each day comes to see her grow into the young lady she is becoming.
Usually a Valentine's Day gift doesn't last a lifetime but motherhood is one gift that keeps giving to me every day.
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Anyone who's attended more than one city council meeting in Elk Grove will likely recognize Lynn Wheat. The local activist and part-time nurse with the Sacramento County Office of Education can usually be found at the podium during public comment time, sounding off on the latest neighborhood issue. When the builder of a new housing development off Laguna Boulevard changed the building's façade design at the last minute, deviating from plans approved by city officials, it was Wheat who noticed. As a mayoral candidate, Wheat has run a grassroots campaign, pledging not to take donations and to cap her spending at $1,000. Patch caught up with her recently to see how that was working out.
You've been a community activist for years, but never held elected office. What made you decide now is the time?
If I felt like our leaders had become more transparent, like what was promised and there were better decisions being made, I wouldn't feel the need to run. What's come before us is the Sphere of Influence application. That is an important issue facing our city. I believe the empty homes are an important issue, and what is going to drive our city? And what has been driving our city? We need a solid foundation for our city and the General Plan was that. But our leaders haven't really abided by the General Plan. General Plan amendments have given uncertainty to homeowners and they've also given uncertainty to businesses.
Look at [the Walmart store being built at Whitelock and Bruceville]: The residents had to sue [to get changes to the project]. If you have a General Plan and you really are a reflection what the residents want for a particular area you wouldn't have had the lawsuits we've experienced.
How do you respond to charges that you don't have enough experience?
I believe I do have the experience. I have the knowledge base for what's going on in this city by participating in all these meetings. As a nurse, I've been in a lead role of starting committees and getting things done that needed to be done and collaborating with individuals across all different populations.
Sometimes experience in a position for a long time gets us stuck in one way of thinking; it doesn't broaden our horizons.
You oppose expanding Elk Grove's Sphere of Influence. Why?
Even the city's own market studies didn't say we needed 8,000 [more] acres. The yearly birth rate has stabilized. We have that jobs/housing imbalance. Is that 8,000 acres really what we need for jobs? We have 3,000 undeveloped acres within our current city boundaries. There's way too much empty here to think about expanding outward.
It doesn't build a good city to do it that way. You look at blight issues. The neighbors I've talked to say we're becoming South Sacramento. Twenty years ago, Florin Road and Mack Road were in much better shape. What created the decline…was extending suburbia southward. We don't need to be sprawling anymore and we need to work with the rest of the region.
The other thing that's not being mentioned is who's going to pay for the infrastructure. Our police services are currently 65 percent of the general fund budget. Where will the revenue come from to [provide] police services at the current level? Water is [also] an issue.
You said you'd spend less than $1,000 on your campaign. Have you been able to stick to that?
I have stuck to it. I've spent just under $1,000.
Do you think not accepting donations has hurt or helped your campaign?
I think it's helped it. Because there is becoming this awareness of how much it costs to run a local campaign. There are people who would like to serve their community and the cost is a barrier. They begin to look at where the contributions are coming from for the other candidates. How better to have that happen than to say I'm not accepting other contributions? I can really then sit there as mayor and be able to look at each and every project with a vision representing all of the community and all of the interests and not one particular interest.
Change needs to happen. The money being spent at the local level, the national level is very concerning to me. I certainly had people…there was a willingness to contribute. But I need to make this statement.
Should Elk Grove pass a campaign finance reform measure?
Yes. West Sacramento has it; we don't have to recreate the wheel. It would give others an opportunity that may have considered running and wanting to serve but have been overwhelmed by thought of having to raise so much money.
What are the first three things you'd do as mayor?
One of the first things I would do is agendize the SOI application to have a discussion and get the council to withdraw that application. If that didn't seem like an option the other councilmembers were willing to do I'd look at getting it as a ballot measure and taking that to the people.
The second thing I'd do is they have a business incentive plan. I'd like to have that reevaluated and work with the economic development director. There's all these kinks in the system and it doesn't seem to be working out well. We need those small businesses and I want to have those attracted to our city. I want to streamline it. It needs to be a fair process so everybody goes through it equally.
[Third], we need to look at how these general plan amendments keep occurring.
How do you think they're occurring?
Just look at the campaign finance statements of the candidates that are running.
When [developers] get to have private meetings with the city, the residents aren't included in those meetings. They'll ask the developers to meet with the residents but it's so far along in the planning process, how helpful is it?
I can work with developers. I don't want you to hear my saying I'm against developers. But when we have a general plan, it's to even the playing field. [We have to say] this is the zoning for these areas, this is what we envision it looking like.
How would you revitalize Old Town?
We've got to think about this in new way. We've got a youth commission and not enough activities for youth to do here in town. How about we have themed First Saturdays and let the youth commission come here and plan one? They can get together and have poetry readings, other kinds of activities.
Sacramento does theirs around art. We've got to have ours around something that other areas aren't doing. There's a lot of nail salons. Maybe have a beauty day or something. Maybe the old brewery could be set up as a little playhouse.
But whatever's done it has to be a public-private partnership and not that the city's upfront funding everything. There has to be some buy-in from businesses because that's how you get some accountability and get it working.
What's your biggest weakness as a candidate?
Probably the biggest weakness is not having a lot of signs.
So you meet people and they say, 'Who is this? I didn't know you were running.'
Right. But then they get the information and it's, "I'm going to vote for you."
You did a YouTube voter chat earlier this week. What was that like?
I did some practice sessions because I wasn't used to the technology. People could send questions in or I had it set up so they could email questions. My friend would read the email questions to me and take the YouTube questions when they came in. I wanted it limited to 30 minutes and we went over the timeline and I didn't get all the questions answered.
Were there any questions you didn't expect?
I had a picture my daughter had done behind me so we didn't have a blank wall, so there was a question about that. So that surprised me.
What's something about you that would surprise Patch readers?
I had a pot-bellied pig. I lost him, he passed away at 15. His name was Chester. They're pretty independent and they're very smart and clean animals. George Clooney had one too and he lost his the same year.
Just about every city council meeting I've covered as a Patch reporter, I've seen you in the audience, and usually heard you speak during public comment time. What keeps you going?
My passion for the community. We deserved a quality of life that can support and sustain us all. I think about that small-town feel when I came to Elk Grove. It wasn't that when I moved here I thought there should be no growth at all, but we needed to do it smart. But it hasn't been smart. I believe there's still a chance to make smarter decisions. And that's why I'm running.
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There's no telling what Mother Nature has in store for us during this last month of winter. But one thing an ice angler knows for sure is that time is running out.
Sure, there's still ice on many lakes and there will be for some time. Several lakes in the North Country had 12 inches of ice, or more, going into this week. But there are others with less. I hope things hang on for next weekend's tournaments on Lake Colby and Schroon Lake.
Last weekend I fished the popular Chinga-Classic on Lake George, where there is also a two-day tournament that continues today in Hague.
On the first day of the tournament I sought out a "hidden" spot where I'd successfully taken a few lake trout just days prior. I figured I could avoid the crowds here by being away from a popular launch site near the tournament headquarters in Pilot Knob. The fishing in this spot was limited due to thin ice, but I had a spot all picked out and left home well before dawn.
But when I got to my "hidden" spot there were already dozens of vehicles there and another angler was already set up where I had planned to rig my tip-ups. I was pinned in pretty tight for most of the day and the action was slow.
The next day I joined a crew of buddies in closer to the headquarters. It was a windy day and we had 30 tip-ups out but only caught a handful of lakers and nothing that would compete for a prize. But, we had a good time and, like so many other anglers this year, we just enjoyed being on a lake that never froze over last year. Besides, the tournament was for a great cause.


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March 2, 2006
Virginia--Clarke County Anti-Family Ordinance Up for Hearing Tomorrow
Dear HSLDA members and friends,
We urgently need your help to derail a proposed zoning ordinance that
could force larger families to sell their homes, or pressure them to
stop having children.
The proposed ordinance would make it illegal for more than 2 people,
multiplied by the number of permitted bedrooms, to live in a house
with a septic drain field. For example, a 3 bedroom house could
legally hold only 6 people. A family, living in a 3 bedroom house,
with 5 children and 2 parents, which totals 7, would be breaking the
Our first opportunity to speak out against this anti-family ordinance
will be tomorrow at 9 a.m. The planning commission will have a
meeting to hear comments from the public. We hope a big crowd will
show up so the planning commission will have no doubt how the public
feels about this anti-child ordinance.
1. Please come to the planning commission meeting tomorrow at 9 a.m.
at 102 North Church St., in the large meeting room on the second floor
of the court house. We expect there will be a time for you to comment
on the proposed ordinance.
2. Please call other families and ask them to come.
3. Call your pastor, priest, etc., and ask them to come and oppose
this ordinance.
1. In China, the government forces abortions because they want to
reduce the number of babies. Imagine the pressure a Clarke county
family would feel if they were already at the ordinance's "limit," but
then discovered they were expecting another child, and could not
afford to move. What should be a wonderfully joyful occasion would
have a dark shadow cast over it. Every child is a gift from God. A
government that punishes families for having children is violating
God's order.
2. Two reasons are offered to justify this atrocious ordinance.
"Drain fields could be overloaded if too many people live in a house."
Response: Under the existing ordinances, it is rare for a drain field
to fail because there are too many people in the house. No change is
warranted. If this becomes a problem in the future, the best approach
would be to educate the public and let property owners make their own
"A house with many people would have many cars, and they might park on
top of the drain field, limiting their effectiveness."
Response: Under current ordinances, we know of no documented case
where a drain field failed because of parking on top of it. Also,
some large families have only a few cars, and some small families have
many. If parking on a drain field is really a problem, the ordinance
should be limited to that situation.
3. The ordinance would not apply to houses on municipal sewer
4. You may be told that this ordinance does not apply to families.
This confusion could be compounded by the fact that there is a
proposal to change the definition of "family" in the ordinances.
However, the proposed ordinance clearly does not contain any exception
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"This delicious and easy to prepare recipe is sure to be a big hit! Hearty enough for a meal. The key is the meat filling -- it also makes a great filling for tacos and quesadillas. This recipe can be modified to meet your own taste. I recommend serving with sour cream and guacamole. Be creative!"
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a 12 inch skillet over medium heat, cook and stir the garlic and white parts of the green onions in canola oil until tender. Mix in shredded chicken, salt and pepper. Toss until well coated with oil. Stir in the salsa.
- Arrange tortilla chips on a large baking sheet. Spoon the chicken mixture over tortilla chips. Top with Cheddar/Monterey Jack cheese blend and tomato. Bake in the preheated oven 10 minutes, or until cheese has melted. Remove from heat and sprinkle with green onion tops before serving.
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I made this as listed, and it was very good. I think making the changes other reviewers suggested will make it a 5 star dish. I will add taco seasoning to the chicken next time, as it could use a little more kick. I also like the idea of adding black beans and corn to the mixture, to make it a little more substantial and get some extra veggies into my kids at the same time. Heating the chips first for 5 minutes would help keep them crisp too.
This recipe is awesome!!!! My husband loved it...so did the kids! I used Kirkland Signature Premium Chunk (Costco brand)canned Chicken Breast (12.5oz can) It really worked out well. I also used shredded cheddar and mozzerella cheese, cause that's what I had in the house! Next time I will try adding refried beans, black olives, and jalapeno peppers to add a little spice! I already have my family hounding me to make it again! Very easy to make. Recommend you try this one first!
Mmmmmmm, nachos are the best! I used ground turkey in this recipe along with a can of black beans, cumin, jalapeno peppers and garlic and onion powders. In addition to the shredded cheeses I decided to go all the way and also make a cheese sauce using cheddar and pepper jack. I don't like soggy nachos, so I baked the chips by themselves to really crisp them up and then put the meat mixture on top added the cheese and served. This is the FIRST time I've ever seen hubby eat nachos. Delicious Laura!
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Amount Per Serving (6 total)
- Calories
- 407 cal
- 20%
- Fat
- 25.7 g
- 40%
- Carbs
- 24.4 g
- 8%
- Protein
- 21.4 g
- 43%
- Cholesterol
- 54 mg
- 18%
- Sodium
- 670 mg
- 27%
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They are famous for the rotissiere chicken, which is good to me, but not great. A fun inexpensive spot, but I've had better chino-latino...
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If you are asking about where I've had better rotissiere chicken (which is what Flor De Mayo is famous for)--I really like the chicken at Malecon on Amster & 99th (ish). They make the chicken in the window and give you a nice lime sauce to pour over it. Malecon is straight Cuban though--not Chino-Latino.
You didn't mention which FdM you are going to. If it is the one on Amsterdam, I'd go 100% with the Peruvian dishes -- especially the specials, tallarin saltado (I prefer it over the lomo saltado because I'm fond of the pork adobo on Thursday nights and the fish special on Friday. I'm not wild about the fried potatoes here), parihuela (if available), any spicy soup on special, etc.
I went to Flor De Mayo yesterday.. The chicken is way over hyped.. Its average at best. I was upset to see that they changed there sauce or at least last night it was different..Was missing most if its lime.. The Yuca was fried topped with garlic. The Yuca was not cleaned well and often had the inedible string. Also some parts of the Yuca were raw. The maduras were rather sucky too. The Cilantro Rice was dry and nothing too special.
However, there was one thing we really enjoyed.. The Masitas Fritas were truly good. I was very suprised at just how good they were.. Chunks of fried pork.. Not dry, but juicy and crispy and above average. I would order from Malecon next time, but I might crave the Masitas one day..
If they have the seafood soup (parihuela sp?) when you go, it's really good.
The spare rib appetizer is good, if you like the old-style Chinese (or maybe Chino-American) style of ribs
When it's cold, the asopaos are good (soupy rice with chicken, can also get it with shrimp or lobster, but I've only tried the chicken)
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Police responded to 40 Townsend Ave. at 4:42 a.m. on Wednesday after the woman called 911 saying one of the men claimed to have a gun.
No firearm was found when police arrived, and the men later said they had no gun.
Kyle Braciska and Keith Beal, both 19 from Salem, are facing charges disorderly conduct and prowling charges for the incident. Braciska also faces a charge of resisting arrest.
The woman told police that two men dressed in dark clothing were banging on her window. The men claimed to have a gun when she told them that she was calling the police, according to Sgt. Robert Morin.
Police said that the woman never saw a firearm, but patrol units converged on the area and found Braciska and Beal near 72 Townsend Ave. The men were questioned by police and taken into custody.
Police said Beal was extremely impaired by the consumption of what they believe may be Spice, a psychoactive designer drug. Beal was transported by ambulance to Parkland Medical Center and held for treatment and an evaluation, police said.
Braciska told officers that he and Beal were smoking Spice all night and Beal began hallucinating afterward. Braciska claimed he was trying to get Beal to his house when he ran up to the woman's home at 40 Townsend Ave. and started banging on the window, according to police.
Braciska denied he or Beal had a gun, police said.
Braciska was later released on $500 personal recognizance bail. Beal was released on a summons at Parkland Medical Center. The two men will be arraigned on Sept. 9 in 10th Circuit Court in Salem.
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In three years, everyone in the band has grown considerably. What kicked it all off was last year's Blowout, when they played the Belmont with hip-hop quartet Cold Men Young, galvanizing the group's hip-hop sensibility (a direction they haven't shied from since, much to the delight of Cuny, probably the group's heaviest hip-hop head).
"I loved that show," Cuny says. "It put us right into the hip-hop scene in Detroit. It became a collaboration."
House Phone went on to back up and blend in with Cold Men Young at a packed Majestic Theatre show and 2011's Dally in the Alley.
"Playing with CMY is a blast — nobody brings that kind of energy," Boegehold says. "And as the drummer, if I'm not ready, willing and able to bring the same or more energy, I'm screwed. I'm gonna get left behind. I'm hitting the drums hard with those guys."
Their collective excitement to be playing out as a group was dialed-up after that summer.
"Playing with [these guys] and studying [at Wayne] has helped me grow as a musician," Pierson says. "I'm more conscious of what songs need to sound complete ..."
Boegehold: "As we've continued playing we've all evolved into a more streamlined, sexy sound that I think is a little more intelligent maybe? A definite maturity."
Singer Linck, meanwhile, has established his own recording and media production studio inside the Russell Industrial Center (Throwback Media) with longtime friend and videographer Raymond Grubb, where he's cut his teeth recording various local acts in the humble (but effectively equipped) area.
Settling into that rehearsal space solidified the band's rapport, Callaway says, a clubhouse vibe helped them lock in, focus, jam and just chill together. Oh, and record their own stuff too.
Having a solid foundation built on music students behind Linck — this half-Michigander, half-Brazilian falsetto-crooner with an Afro — is a formula to stop any Blowout crowd from leaving.
"I don't wanna say we have a grasp on what we're doing, and I'm not trying to have a grasp," Linck says. "On the group's latest [Gift Catalog EP/Cassette], I wanted the songs to be ... shocking? Maybe? To sing in that really high falsetto almost the whole time and have a lot of space around it. I was thinking, while writing that breakdown [on "1,000 Years"] about doing it live. You see so many cool bands, but you might be standing in a bar, distracted, drinking, talking. If the band isn't doing something that makes you stop and say, 'What the fuck is going on?' Then whole sets can go by."
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Good evening! Several years ago, I first signed into the forum and spent most of my time reading. I was impressed by the expertise, experience, and knowledge of the various posters, and I've looked around just enough to know that some of my very favorites are still here. I had lurked a long, long time before I posted, and I began to discuss a number of small things with folks like DarqueKnight and MadMax and a number of others, and I began to actually enjoy the forum even more as a posted and exchanged.
A disaster struck my family shortly after, and I basically abandoned this and every other non-essential concern. My audio equipment has remained basically idle for that time, as I simply didn't feel much like music for a very long while. What started out as a near-fatal car accident with my teenaged daughter at the wheel became a long fight to see her psychological state repaired as she had some head trauma and brain injury as a result. She's alive, and she's leading a productive life now, but things will never be the same.
It's taken me this long to begin to rekindle my interest in much of anything else, and I think it was inevitable that I would come back, so I am glad to find things still running along. My system now includes a pair of SDA SRS and they're bi-amped with a pair of my Soundcraftsmen A5002s. I'm going to be checking everything out and firing them up this week.
Where I last left off when I basically shelved everything was that I had been considering an extension of my project. I had replaced the polyswitches which seemed to have been tripped a few times before I acquired the speakers, and would trip at the drop of a hat. Once I replaced them, things cleaned up substantially. The last time I listened to them, they sounded wonderful.
Now it's time to start back into things. I'll probably ask some more inane questions and drive the more experienced and technically competent members nuts, but maybe I'll finally make some headway. First up: Learning about the differences between my narrow-blade/wide-blade equipped IC and those of the pin/blade variety. Somewhere along the line, I had acquired on Ebay an item that I have since learned looks suspiciously like it was inspired by DarqueKnight's Dreadnought, and I also noticed there's a person on Ebay who works on crossovers who is a member here. That's another project I'll want to take up.
Lots to do. Still a busy guy, but maybe I can work in some time for my own pursuits now.
Thanks to all for keeping this all alive, and thanks for reading!