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Characters - Donald Duck - Certified 'Hot Head'
Pin 70027: Haunted Mansion - Characters in Stretching Room - Mickey, Donald & Goofy in Quicksand
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This open edition pin collection features the Disney characters in the stretching portraits found inside The Haunted Mansion® Attraction. This pin features Mickey, Donald, and Goofy standing on a pile of quicksand. There are four (4) pins in this collection.
SIZE (in inches): 1.25 W x 3.25 H
This silver finished pin is all 'hard enamel'. No stenciling or any other fragile mixed media elements.
Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are featured as the three gentleman from the stretching portrait in the Haunten Mansion attraction who are sitting one on top of the other like a totem because the bottom one is standing in quickstand.
Two pin backs, aligned vertically along the center back of the pin. Top post just a is 0.75 inches down from the top of the pin, bottom post is just a bit more than 1.0 inches up from the bottom of the pin.
Pattern on the back of the pin is rows of MM Head icons, each one rotated 180 degrees from the one next to it. This waffeling pattern is everyplace on the back of the pin except where the copyright information is.
Copyright information is located between the two posts and consists of two boxes, each recessed a bit.
1st box: 2009 ODPT MM Head logo
2nd box:
[FIRST RELEASE] [may or may not appear]
©DISNEY (no space between the '©' and 'DISNEY', just added one here for clarity)
Copyright information is not identical for the 4 pins in this series. It is identical for the pins featuring Minnie, Daisy, and Goofy, but a bit different for the pin with the Mickey, Donald, and Goofy totem.
Similar to pin #69986.
Pins in series: #70024, #70025, #70026, #70027.
Released at Disneyland during the O'Pin House event; released at WDW on January 16th, 2010 for $7.95.
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By Rick Pfeiffer
Niagara Gazette
YOUNGSTOWN — Niagara County Sheriff's Department investigators say the cause of a fatal accident in the village of Youngstown on May 9 will probably remain "undetermined."
Investigators said Monday that results from an autopsy and toxicology testing on the body of Marlo G. Jackson failed to show any "medical conditions that could have led to the crash." Accident investigators had previously said they found no mechanical failures in Jackson's SUV.
Jackson, 30, of Lockport, was behind the wheel of a red Ford Explorer that ran a stop sign and plunged into the Niagara River.
The accident occurred just before 7 a.m. and witnesses said Jackson's SUV was traveling west on Church Street, when it failed to stop at a stop sign at Main Street. The SUV smashed through a guardrail and continued about 100 feet down an embankment before flipping over in relatively shallow water.
Sheriff's deputies said when they arrived on the scene, they found Jackson "unresponsive" in the front seat of the SUV. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
A similar fatal crash happened at the same location in February 2008.
In that incident, a Lockport man was driving east on Church Street and went through the intersection at Main Street. Two men later discovered the car lodged up against a tree.
The body of Arnold Barnett was found a short time later, a small distance away from his vehicle.

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Zoey is finally home where she belongs, safe with her Guardian Warrior, Stark, by her side, and preparing to face off against Neferet – which would be a whole lot easier if the High Counsel saw the ex-High Priestess for what she really is. Kalona has released his hold on Rephaim, and, through Nyx's gift of a human form, Rephaim and Stevie Rae are finally able to be together – as long as he can truly walk the path of the Goddess and stay free of his father's shadow…But there are new forces at work at the House of Night. An influx of humans, including Lenobia's handsome horse whisperer, threatens their precarious stability. And then there's the mysterious Aurox, a jaw-droppingly gorgeous teen boy who is actually more – or possibly less – than human. Only Neferet knows he was created to be her greatest weapon. But Zoey can sense the part of his soul that remains human, the compassion that wars with his Dark calling. And there's something strangely familiar about him…Will Neferet's true nature be revealed before she succeeds in silencing them all? And will Zoey be able to touch Aurox's humanity in time to protect him – and everyone – from his own fate? Find out what's destined in the thrilling ninth chapter of the House of Night series.
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Once created, the visibility of a Visual Studio toolwindow can be in one of four states:
The automation model EnvDTE of the original Visual Studio .NET (2002) provided the EnvDTE.Window.Visible and EnvDTE.Window.Autohides properties to get or set those states. However, it didn't provide events to be notified when the state of a toolwindow changes.
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Proceeding from Chinese thought and aesthetics, the traditional concept of landscape painting Shan-Shui-Hua (mountain-water-painting) is recreated as modern video art. The concept of multi-perspective and the endless scroll are explored through digital filmmaking, video compositing and virtual camera, depths and particle systems. Challenging the Western preoccupation with narrative and distinct meaning, the work contains no complex narration and attempts to be a meditative open artwork. Chinese landscapes usually include small human figures that blend harmoniously into the vast world around them. Man and nature interact and complement each other to reach a state of balance and harmony. The 'video scroll' transposes this traditional relation of man and nature into a different, more contemporary Western manner: it uses the figure of the Western mountaineer equipped with special tools and protective clothing to vanquish the highest peaks in order to conquer nature rather than searching for harmonious existence, thus counterpointing Eastern and Western ideals.


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Create a Career OutlineThink of your resume as the story of your career. As such, it needs to be organized to best highlight your strengths. If you were to be asked, "what have you accomplished?", where would you start?
- If you are fresh out of school, use your education as your strong point. GPA, accolades, club participation, etc. will be your focus.
- If you have 20 years of solid experience, start defining your accomplishments during each job role.
- If you have five years of experience, you will divide your strengths between education/certification and experience.
Introduce YourselfAlways start with your name and contact information. From there, decide if you need an introduction or objective statement. This is a personal decision and should be worded carefully if used. If you use this section, do not get too personal and do not use "I" or the ever-popular "Seeking to . . .". Be simple and straightforward: "Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) with seven years of IT Consulting experience. Skilled at assessing project needs, training end users, and installing, managing, and configuring systems."
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- Do not let a single typo or misspelling get by you. Have someone else proof your resume before sending it out.
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Yosemite National Park > Mount Gibbs > Climber's Log
Mount Gibbs Climber's Log
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|South to North Traverse
Date Climbed: Jun 9, 1985
|Nice relaxing climb... maybe too relaxing. I fell asleep on top and woke up with a serious sunburn on my unprotected face (blisters! ouch!). I had used sunscreen that morning, but neglected to re-apply before my nap. That has never happened again!
|Posted Aug 13, 2009 11:07 pm
|Gibbs from the Mono Pass TH
Date Climbed: Aug 7, 2009
|A very nice peak, even though the never-ending talus is a little exhausting :) Also, we did go a little too far into the Mono Pass instead of starting off much earlier and climbing the W ridge, this would have been much faster.
|Posted Aug 9, 2009 11:58 am
|Route Climbed: West Ridge
Date Climbed: Jul 11, 2009
|Day-hiked Gibbs as a warm up for Mt Langley the next day. Left with Aj and Commando Tang from Mono Pass TH. Went off trail to ascend the West Ridge. Enjoyed a beer at the summit. Aj developed several blisters on this hike and abandoned attempt to do Langley the next day.
|Posted Jul 15, 2009 12:39 pm
|From Dana July 19 1997
Date Climbed: Jul 19, 1997
|Dropping down from the summit of Dana to the saddle below Gibbs I ascended a ridge to the summit. I was back to my car by 5:30 p.m. and back home in San Francisco by 11:30.
Trip Report
|Posted Mar 14, 2009 6:49 pm
|Cold night at...
Date Climbed: Oct 15, 1996
|Ellery Lake. Hiked the west slope. Went back to Marin next night.
|Posted Nov 2, 2008 1:27 am
|Dana-Gibbs Loop
Date Climbed: Aug 27, 2006
|Started from Tioga Pass entrance, went up to Dana, then Gibbs, descended via NW ridge of Gibbs to Mono Pass TH.
|Posted Oct 25, 2007 3:01 pm
|Peak Baguette
|Route: South Ridge/Mono Pass TH (Ascent)/West Side (Descent)
Date Climbed: Aug 18, 2007
|Never got the memo that I was supposed to double bag Gibbs with Dana. I followed some crazy trail down the west side that must have been blazed by some gravity-defying yogic marmot.... thankfully, no one saw me "glissade" down the scree on my butt. Didn't see a register. Trail was empty - good that there was no one around to hear me singing the Bee Gees greatest hits as I climbed.
|Posted Aug 20, 2007 11:57 pm
|Dana-Gibbs Meal Deal
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2007
|Took the "fun" route after summiting Mount Dana from the common saddle. Nice to hit some solid rock on the NE side (some not so solid) towards the summit after the gobs of loose rock and scree. Walked the long NW ridge down to the Mono Pass trail and walked back to Tioga Pass via the road. Good Whitney warmup hike.
|Posted Aug 16, 2007 2:34 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 18, 2007
|from Mt Dana
|Posted Jul 20, 2007 1:56 pm
|Dana-Gibbs traverse
Date Climbed: Aug 12, 2005
|Stopped on Dana only long enough to sign the register (surprised to see one on Dana - had to sign the cover since it was so full), then proceeded on to Gibbs, then back to SR 120 and 3mi of road-walking back to Tioga Pass.
|Posted Oct 10, 2006 2:10 am
|Route Climbed: West Ridge from Pinchot Pass
Date Climbed: Sep 5, 2006
|Nice dayhike from Mono Pass TH. I seem to be one of the few who didn't do the Gibbs-Dana double header.
Couldn't find a summit register.
|Posted Sep 11, 2006 5:45 am
|Matt Worster
|Dana and Gibbs
Date Climbed: Aug 3, 2003
|My first (gasp) off trail experience. I was totally overprepared, if there is such a thing, but I used it to practice compass and map skills and match them up with what I could see. Overall, a fun solo trip.
|Posted Mar 30, 2006 3:58 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse from Dana, descent on West Ridge Date Climbed: September 17, 2005
|A loop with Dana Pk 12565 and Gibbs.
|Posted Sep 19, 2005 6:16 pm
|Bob Burd
|Route Climbed: NE Ridge (traverse from Mt. Dana) / South Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: Aug 6, 1993
|A Dana/Gibbs double header. One of my earliest climbs, great fun. Trip Report
|Posted Aug 15, 2005 11:56 pm
|Dave Dinnell
|Route Climbed: Dana-Gibbs saddle Date Climbed: August 1992
|Hiked up to peak 12,568 and traversed southwest to Gibbs and then down to Mono Pass. Climbed Mt. Lewis the next day. Didn't see another soul other than a backcountry ranger (hmm, do they count as being "souls"?)
|Posted Aug 15, 2005 1:27 am
|Route Climbed: from Data/Gibbs saddle Date Climbed: July 1993
|Did on a long (by my standards) solo trek of Dana and Gibbs. Slight scramble up Gibbs was fun, particularly haulting my big 5 pound tripod. Something like 8 hours ctc from near Tioga Pass.
|Posted Aug 10, 2005 1:10 pm
|Route Climbed: Traverse from Dana Date Climbed: 2004-Aug-26
|Part of a Dana/Gibbs/Mono Pass loop from Tioga Pass.
Pics are here
|Posted Aug 7, 2005 6:18 pm
|Route Climbed: Ascent: South Ridge / Descent: West Ridge Date Climbed: August 3, 2005
|A great day. Saw only a few people on the trails and no one on the mountain. Trip Report Here.
|Posted Aug 5, 2005 1:24 am
|Matthew Holliman
|Route Climbed: NE Ridge (traverse from Mt. Dana) / West Ridge (descent) Date Climbed: May 31, 2004
|Fourth and final day out in the Eastern Sierra over Memorial Weekend, a Dana-Gibbs dayhike out of Tioga Lake. A modest outing, but fun. The scramble up Gibbs' North Ridge was more enjoyable than I'd expected.
|Posted Jul 29, 2005 12:07 am


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Daveed's is leaving Mount Adams, my colleague Polly Campbell reports. (Full disclosure: I'm the cubicle neighbor!)
Daveed's, the restaurant in Mount Adams, is moving to the suburbs.
David Cook said they'll be opening somewhere in Mason or Loveland. He cannot say the exact location yet.
Their last night is this Saturday. The minute I told my cubicle neighbor this, she called for a reservation and found they only had openings after 9 p.m. Cook said they were hoping for a laid-back send-off.
Cook said he will have information soon about where he's going and I will share it with you here.
I will also let you know more about the restaurant that is moving into the Mount Adams location shortly. It's decidedly good news.
I'm sorry Daveed's is moving to the suburbs, but only because I don't live there. It's good news for those who do live in the suburbs. Daveed's was such an exciting restaurant when it opened; all foie gras and caviar.
There's always been a good duck dish on the menu, including this one from 2000:
It has casualized over the years; it's hard to maintain a fine-dining restaurant with fine-dining prices in the various economic mini-eras of the past 13 years. The Cooks (David and his wife, Liz, who runs the restaurant with him) are not planning a return to their haute-cuisine roots. The new restaurant will be a much more casual place.
Meanwhile, Daveed's is still doing catering, which they've done a lot of in recent years. 513-721-2665
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This is 911, please hold
The contentious tax breaks given to tech companies in San Francisco are under fire once again, as emergency dispatchers protested crippling budget shortages yesterday (Wed/2) in front of the Department of Emergency Management.
With sweeping budget cuts across all public sectors over the past few years, everyone is clamoring for more money wherever they can get it. But these protesters, organized by SEIU Local 1021, made some pretty compelling arguments for being prioritized.
"When you call 911, there should be enough people working to pick up the phone," said Ron Davis, who has been an emergency dispatcher in San Francisco for 13 years. "It's upsetting when you or someone you love is in a life-threatening emergency and you're put on hold for 30 seconds, 45 seconds, or even a minute and longer."
The department receives, on average, nearly 3,000 phone calls per day, and the workers who spoke at the rally described long hours and inadequate coverage for the volume of calls that they receive. California law mandates that 90 percent of 911 calls be answered in ten seconds or less, but in San Francisco that number often drops to 60 percent or lower. Davis said that on particularly busy nights, such as New Year's Eve, there can be up to 20 calls in the queue waiting for an available dispatcher.
"I don't even go out on holidays," Davis said. "I'm too afraid that if something happens to me or someone in my family, we won't get through to 911."
Protesters directed much of their frustration at the tech companies, especially those which received massive tax breaks as an incentive to remain in San Francisco. The estimated tax break for Twitter alone, estimated to be $56 million, is greater than the entire annual budget for the DEM.
The rally is a part of "Worker Wednesdays," a series of events created by SEIU Local 1021 in response to Mayor Ed Lee's Tech Tuesday meetings with local technology leaders. The goal is to draw Lee out to meet with and prioritize city workers. Since the mayor did not attend the rally himself, the protesters chanted and yelled at a seven-foot cardboard cutout of a smiling Lee.
The emergency dispatchers are just a part of the union's contract negotiations with the city, as SEIU Local 1021 represents over 13,000 employees in San Francisco. Larry Bradshaw, vice president for the San Francisco region of the union, said that so far they had made no progress in their bargaining with city leaders. The contract is set to be written by May 2. After that, union members will decide whether or not they accept the terms.
Workers were willing to make sacrifices during the recession, Bradshaw said. But now that the economy has turned around, "we just want to recoup our losses and make up for lost ground."
A concurrent meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee at City Hall brought up many of the same points. A report from the City Controller, Ben Rosenfield, confirmed that the economic growth in San Francisco has been among the fastest in the nation and that he expects the progress to continue.
Sup. London Breed specifically asked how emergency services play into this recent boom, and a representative from the Mayor's Budget Office said that the DEM is currently working with the mayor's office on a revised budget, which should be released later this month or early May.
There have been all sorts of reforms out there (Adachi, City family, Farrell) on the SF ballot but NONE have proposed cutting anyone's future health or pension "benefit" to be received. None, zero, nada, not a dollar. (See Chuck Reed future ballot measure for that.)
The Adachi and City family reforms were about increasing the employee contribution for pension and or health - all perfectly sensible given how prohibitively expensive those benefits are.
Let's be perfectly clear - nothing has been done or passed that has put a significant dent into the ballooning SF employee benefit debt - nothing.
Voters do not buy your Pete Peterson Institute hysterical Kool Aid no matter how many billions of dollars they throw at propaganda.
But when the numbers don't add up, you cannot make that go away just by wishing and hoping.
Cut now or cut more later - it's all the same to me because when the shit hits the fan, I won't be paying taxes here.
pensions timebomb hits. You'll be stuck here paying for it while I am far, far away in a tax haven.
But meanwhile I'll make bank here, at the expense of folks like you. I win both ways.
Are you saying that we are at "Peak Pension?"
this magnitude disguise how out of control the city;s finances are. The tech boom is masking that right now but, if we have a downturn, the numbers will be horrible.
We'll see how long Latino California is willing to accept high taxes and poor governmental services, in order to provide bloated pensions to a bunch of rich Anglos.
nearly all of which are Hispanics.
But that's not a crime. And you forgot to mention the Koch brothers...
yet. How many more cities have to declare bankruptcy before the message gets across?
That's just startling to read here that Ron Davies makes only 131K annually.
The average annual compensation for a San Francisco police officer is 191K. They only make this sacrifice because of public duty: Cops in the private sector (security guards, for example) make salaries well above 200K annually.
People, you have to understand that public sector workers are making major sacrifices just to keep you safe and keep our city running so smoothly.
The savings can come from the rest
Have never understood the City parity pay thing between cops and firefighters. Firefighters, who spend most of their time in the firehouse, shopping or responding to false alarms or tending to a fallen down drunks (but please send two trucks), just don't add the same value as cops.
Every time there is a major SFFD response to anything, you can literally count the number of SFFD standing around in circles chatting, doing nothing.
In short, SFFD is overrated. We certainly don't need 45 fully-staffed firehouses, not in this day and age. Hard to believe there is a more wasteful department in City government.
I'm not OK with that. Cops here usually retire before they are 60 and live high off of defined-benefit pension plans just like rich people.
Cops and firefighters are the most egregious examples of public-sector workers living too high off the public teat.
Yes, they have gone way over the top and put many cities in financial jeopardy. "Heroes" to the naïve...
the one thing they don't mind paying taxes for.
It's all the other crap that voters hate e.g. spending on the homeless, outrageous pensions for all city workers etc
This was in a Chron article about pay-to-play politics today. Political contributions to California legislature:
"Some of the biggest contributions, however, came from unions representing public workers whose pay, benefits and pensions are decided by lawmakers. They included:
» $65,000 from firefighter unions.
» $130,000 from engineers.
» $75,000 from school employees.
» $200,000 from state, county and municipal employee unions.
» And $160,000 from the California Highway Patrol officers union.""
Good investments!
Keep those pols well-bribed!
Most of this comes from the regressive taxation of middle and lower-class taxpayers and families just struggling to make it. Enough already.
The Chron has a a feature story on this 911 dispatcher today.
Lisa's got a nice $242K salary/compensation deal from the taxpayers. And she deserves to be a one-percenter! She deserves every penny! (though that pension ($35K) looks just like a nice spike right before retirement).
Lisa Hoffman, Dep Director, Emergency Communications
Base salary $194,474Lump sum sick pay $3,486
Employer contribution to pension: $35,464 (WHOA! SWEET PENSION LOOMING)
Non-cash costs of employment: $10,580
So, one can readily see that emergency dispatchers are grossly underpaid in San Francisco. As citizens, we should be worried that our dispatchers are struggling to survive on the edge of poverty.
Ronnie Davis: $131,000
Lisa Hofffman: $242,000
I suspect that Ronnie and Lisa will be jumping to better paid jobs in the private sector soon. This is the problem we have for paying public employees so poorly.
Type a certain speed and a clean record.
I doubt any skills gained as a dispatcher will get a person much money in the private sector.
Sure enough, Lisa Hoffman is retiring. She's 55:
""On March 21, her 55th birthday, Lisa Hoffmann sat down before five computer screens....Hoffmann, head of 911 dispatchers in San Francisco, was retiring on the day she became eligible for the maximum benefits."""
Wish I could retire on 'maximum benefits' at age 55.
and begin work on her "second retirement." You'd think public employees couldn't gorge themselves any faster than they do, but many of them begin searching for another public sector job before they retire so they can rake in the moola even quicker!!
There's a police chief in SoCal who's working on his third public-sector retirement - at the end of which he'll be making around $600,000 per year from his pension after serving in three different police departments.
But don't forget people - they're only doing "public service!!"
And yet so called "techies", most of whom earn nowhere near what either of these public employees make, and who have to fund their own retirements, are the greedy ones. But but but they get free bus rides!!
It's a perk of the job and paid for by money that could otherwise be used to increase pay.
Wow. It seems the public takes 911 for granted. You take for granted that every time u have an emergency...need an ambulance...robbed at gunpoint...locked ur keys in the car..that u will be able to call911 and a live person will answer and help you. Let's try an experiment. We will continue to let our numbers dwindle. Until there are only 1 or 2 of us on the phones. The citizens can handle their own problems...drive themselves to the hospital...etc. I have been a dispatcher for 10+ years. In that time I have been forced to work many hours of mandatory overtime, I have missed birthday parties, weddings, funerals, baby showers, Christmas , thanksgivings etc. I have never had weekends off. My days off are midweek. I have prescription pain meds for my neck and shoulders, I get a cold every 3 months because we get into trouble for calling in sick so we come to work sick and get each other sick. I have to ask permission to use the restroom...and there are times i am told to wait due to staffing. This job is the hardest thing I have ever done and it it toxic. My coworkers husband says every time cider son screams to us for help we swallow a little bit of poison and I believe it. As for this fabulous pension people keep referring to. We pay into our own pension and have had for years. There is no matching from the city. Our pension is so low that we must stay on the job til 60 or 70 years old. Way past the age where we can effectively do this job. This job takes acute hearing, fast reflexs, quick thinking. This job is hard. Ask any police officer and they will say that can't do it. I've heard that only 3% of the population can do this job.
You now-doubt get a six-figure salary package, too, like Ronnie and Lisa.
Think about this:
Most of us are merely middle-class. The average household income in San Francisco is $81K. We'd love to have your six-figure pay package.
Do you understand that you are very well paid? That you have a very sweet pension deal that none of us will ever see? And that your pension pot is underfunded to the tune of $3 billion? That the huge pay package we give you means services for the poor, for schools, for road construction have to be cut each year?
So here's an idea: Start paying for your own pension. Then we can hire some more dispatchers with the money saved. But until then, throwing more money at you is merely feeding the monster.
We have paid our own retirement for many years. Or salary is 81k. The only reason we ever make more is when they FORCe us to work overtime to cover for lack of staffing. I don't know why I am bothering. No one understands what this job is unless they do it. I know I didn't .i am telling you, we would be out of a job if the citizens would stop drinking, doing drugs, picking fits, doing stupid things, getting to know their neighbors and talking to them instead of calling the police to deal with a noise complaint..PARENT their own children....vote for laws in the city that don't tie the police depts hands so they can actually chase after and catch the bad guys.
employee paid by the public. We can look up your salaries. Lisa's salary is not 81k and she's retiring with a fat pension at age 55. And to think - we bitch at Greece for allowing public employees to retire at such an early age. I don't have any problem with retirement security but how much is enough? The answer of the retiree is - it's never enough. For public employees, who've long learned how to game the system and double-dip - the answer is the same. More, more, MORE!!
Deferred compensation my ass. You are not entitled to a raise every year or a reduction in employee pension contributions because SEIU negotiators weren't able to strong-arm the city as they're used to doing.
And you are NOT paying for your own pension. You have a 'defined-benefit' pension plan with guaranteed, compounded annual returns. You need to be switched to a 401-K plan and pay for your own pension like the rest of us
Why do you hate old people and want everyone to risk retirement in a refrigerator box under a freeway ramp eating cat food?
"Why do you hate old people and want everyone to risk retirement in a refrigerator box under a freeway ramp eating cat food?"
Oink, oink.
greed of the few, for no reason other than an ideological preference for the wealth-consuming sector over the wealth-generating sector.
I hate different classes of old people being treated differently for no good reason. That is discrimination.
"We pay into our own pension and have had for years. There is no matching from the city. Our pension is so low that we must stay on the job til 60 or 70 years old."
That's not true. You are not paying for your own pension.
It's all right there for anybody to see on the SJ Mercury database.
"I've heard that only 3% of the population can do this job."
Which leaves only 25,000 people in San Francisco capable of doing this job.
Frankly, it's not possible to pay City workers enough!
Wow. Maybe that is why in part, they are so ungrateful for how well paid they are - and they keep asking for more.
I am beginning to believe that only about 10% of the public understands how expensive public employee benefits are and the future potential impacts of these enormous unfunded liabilities.
"City employees don't even understand what a defined benefit is."
If you ask a public employee, they will explain that at various points in the past, their pay increases were allegedly reduced to provide for more benefits, and that these reductions in their pay increases "funded" their pensions.
That's why public employees are paid so poorly, because they sacrificed wage increases in order to receive better benefits.
They used to claim they received 'job security' in exchange for lower wages than in the private sector.
But at this point, their salaries are higher than in the private sector, largely because they have been greasing/bribing politicians for a couple of generations.
The 'defined-benefit' plans they have are the worst part. All public-employee retires have pension plans that GUARANTEE 6-8% annual returns no matter what the stock/bond markets do. The pension costs are flying through the roof.
Marin, San Bernardino, Stockton...who's next?
Bankruptcy looms unless real reform measures are passed.
Those of us who have to pay for our own pensions (the 99%) have no sympathy for these people. We are paying for their retirement while trying to fund our own retirement. And the rising pension costs mean that funds have to be cut for other public services year after year.
Who could argue with pro-cop marcos?
For instance, a muni operator earns about twice the pay of a private sector bus driver AND gets more job security and better pensions and benefits as well.
What planet are these people on?
of the average city worker.
They told me to call a locksmith.
The cops aren't paid to fix stupidity.
told us how quickly she/he dispatches prompt service when getting those calls!
as I was trying to get in using a coat hanger as a "slim jim."
Once they ran my license and were satisfied that I was self-burglerizing, one went back to the car and benificently produced a real slim jim with a bunch of tape wrapped over one end to make a "handle."
He proceeded to tried to catch the dealy inside the door for about 5 minutes and I could sense his mounting frustration and imminent impulse to tell me I needed a locksmith when I ever so importuningly asked him if I might take a shot at it myself.
I won't go into the details here but I learned from a somewhat shady tow truck driver* how to do it; I'll only to give the clue "hand is quicker than the eye." The door was open in moments and I was back to getting the hairy eyeball like I was some sort of thief.
*ps--yes there are some shady tow truck drivers, but that probably comes from who is hiring them...the tow company owners... retired cops and sherrif's deputies.
Oh wait, there wasn't one
The city could easily cut its work force and future pensions in half, as well as cut 80% of the calls the 911 dispatcher's must answer. With just one action we could significantly reduce the budgets of the SFFD, PD, dispatch, and all other departments related to emergency and social services. All that and still get an ambulance to that sick child in need of an ambulance. Someday we will have no alternative but until then, the city will remain more concerned with its image then with public safety or fiscal responsibility. We all know the answer but not a single person with any political power has the stones to make it happen. The amount of money spent on the homeless is staggering. At least those collecting pensions provided a service to society. I'm well aware of how harsh an action it would be but it would take care of several problems all at once. Could you imagine what it would be like if the tenderloin didn't smell like feces?
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A country the size of China has numerous dialects and numerous types of cuisines. Over here in Perth, most of our Chinese restaurants are Cantonese. Luckily for us, I believe that is the best one as the flavours are quite balanced.
Before we visited Amazy, we perused its menu and concluded it served Sichuan style Chinese food. Sichuan food is famous for its chilli hot cuisine, usually served with the tongue numbing Sichuan peppercorn.
Looking forward to trying something new, we eagerly headed to Amazy.
The place is quite small with seating for about 20 at most, but take-away is available. Have cash in hand as there are not electronic fund transfer facilities. We decided to order some dumplings in chilli oil, Sichuan chicken and Dan Dan noodles.
We were told that they did not have enough dumplings so we switched the dish for some fried chicken wings. These wings came out heavily dusted in what looked like five spice powder. However the wings were under-seasoned and the whatever the spice powder was didn't enhance the taste.
Our Sichuan Chicken soon arrived and it was spicy and within an instant our tongues were numb. The chicken has been chopped randomly, bones and all, so watch out for sharp bones. The potato disks were tasty, having absorbed the chicken and spices.
For some reason our Dan Dan noodles came much later in the meal. What disturbed me was that I saw a staff member take a bowl out of the fridge, microwaved it and took it back to the kitchen to dress it with something, possibly chilli oil. The noodles were quite cool and I ended up not eating much of it at all. Of what I did taste, it was not too bad but under seasoned. Having a quick look through the Internet, there is nothing to suggest these noodles are traditionally served cold.
Overall, the Sichuan chicken was OK but it looks like Sichuan style food does not suit my palate. I did have Sichuan a few months ago at Dainty Sichuan in Melbourne and that didn't wow me too. Coupled with what I saw with the Dan dan noodles, I don't believe I will be back.


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When Drew Durham realized that Wednesday, Oct. 3, would be his 100th shift working at the Reach And Teach shop in San Mateo, he asked the owners what they might do to celebrate.
"Let's do something to thank the community," Drew suggested.
A short while later an email arrived asking local businesses and individuals to help pay for transportation to send San Mateo school children to see "Bully," a film that shows the terrible impacts of bullying in our schools and helps children and adults become upstanders instead of bystanders.
With October being National Bullying Prevention Month, Reach And Teach co-founder thought that trying to raise enough money to send 100 kids to see the film would be a great way to honor Drew's hard work at the shop, especially given Drew's passion for peacemaking and social justice.
County school officials heading up the Respect 24/7 campaign were thrilled by the offer. By the next day Reach And Teach had launched a campaign to raise $5 per child to pay for transportation and by Thursday, Oct. 4, had raised $500.
"Our mission is about transforming the world through teachable moments. We can't imagine a more powerful way to give back to our community than to help empower children to reduce or even eliminate bullying in our schools," Co-founder Craig Wiesner said.
"Of course we also got a great cake to celebrate Drew's 100th shift working at the shop."
Reach And Teach is a peace and social justice learning store, with books, games, toys, films, music, fair-trade gifts, and curriculum that promote peacemaking, gender equality, and sustainable living.
They also offer a "bring your own container" filling station for organic soaps.
The shop is located at 178 South Blvd. in San Mateo.
Reach And Teach has created a special web page with comprehensive information about and resources to deal with bullying. Visit http://www.reachandteach.com/s/bullied. For more information about the Respect 24/7 San Mateo Campaign, visit https://www.facebook.com/Respect24.7SMC
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Nicole Bruno, Co-Founder, Executive Director
Nicole has a passion for working with the elderly and believes in the "law of plenty". She enjoys the challenge of breaking down the silos of health care organizations by creating and participating in consortiums of the health care providers that actively discuss issues facing the seniors that they are serving and how this fragile population can a better quality of life through education, resource sharing, and problem solving during meeting times and collaboration.
Nicole has spent the bulk of her career in various different capacities working for Northeast Health and the Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center in New York. Nicole was a social worker and team leader of their Special Care Unit for individuals afflicted with dementia and as the director of an Adult Day Medical Health Center (Adult Daycare). During her tenure at the Eddy she also served on the Board of the Alzheimer's Association of Northeastern NY chapter and trained professionals on the up and coming techniques for dementia care nationally. When moving to North Carolina Nicole expanded her area of expertise to the field of private duty in home care as the Community Outreach Coordinator, a role that she continues to hold for Homewatch CareGivers of the Triangle. Nicole is also the host of a weekly radio show "Caring Connections" on 1360 WCHL that focuses on educating the family caregiver about resources and what to expect in their roles.
Nicole took some time off from her professional career to raise her two children and during that time she experienced firsthand what it is like to be the primary caregiver of her children and her grandfather for whom she cared for in her home until he passed away.
Nicole has her Associates in Arts from The Sage Colleges, and her Bachelor's in Social Work with Advanced Standing from Siena College. Nicole has also completed some graduate work in the area of Health Care Administration.
Julie Falconer, Co-Founder, Director of Programs
In my 40+ years in the medical field, there have been few constants. But there has been one which, frustratingly, still remains a constant: the lack of uniform availability of adequate resources for family caregivers of hospital patients readying to go home, for caregivers of clients receiving home care/home health care, for caregivers of people with chronic physical illnesses, for family caregivers of patients in skilled nursing facilities (nursing homes), and especially for family and professional caregivers of clients with dementia, in particular Alzheimer's.
That is why Guiding Lights is my passion. Every unfulfilled need that caregivers have expressed over my professional years can and will be met in this Caregiver Support Center. All staff members have been caregivers of beloved family members and have experienced the frustration of not knowing where and to whom to turn for help.
I am so proud to be a part of this collaborative effort and to be able to bring joy to people who live in frustration & desperation because they can not get the help they need to provide adequate and appropriate assistance to their loved ones. Guiding Lights is for each and all of them!
Corliss Dunlop, Referral Specialist
Corliss is a social worker and a LPN, who has worked with elderly patients in a hospital setting. She has coordinated activities in a residential senior center and implemented various ways of assisting individuals with dementia. The Guiding Lights team is directed by passionate individuals responding to the needs of those who provide significant care. I am pleased to be part of a team that is cognizant of the needs of the many caregivers that we serve.
Leigh Warren, Field-Based Referral Specialist
Leigh comes to us from Elder and Adult Day Services (EADS) -- a day health non profit organization in Seattle, Washington - at which she was responsible for Public Relations and Marketing. In 2008 through 2009, the organization took on a rebranding campaign (on a shoe string budget) with the goal of attracting a wider variety of participants and funding sources. Leigh and her supervisor presented on the campaign at the 2010 National Adult Day Services Association conference here in Raleigh. Leigh and her family had moved to Raleigh in July of 2009, after which she continued working (remotely) for EADS until recently.
Martha R. Womble, Program Coordinator Nurse Aid 1 Training Program
Martha, a N.C. native, comes to Guiding Lights as Program Coordinator. Martha has 40+ years as a R.N. with positions ranging from all aspects of inpatient rehabilitation, coordinating care for severely injured workers, to surveying adult care facilities in N.C. for licensure compliance with state rules & regulations. Many of these positions provided her the opportunity to see first hand the importance of well trained staff to care for the elderly. She strongly believes coordinating a program that prepares nurse aides to become the best they can be, will result in providing much better care for the frail elderly. Martha welcomes the exciting opportunity to be a part of this dynamic team!
It is with great enthusiasm that I join Guiding Lights as a RN Instructor for the NA program. I have been nursing for 33 years and I have seen many good NA's and many that needed more training and guidance than they had received. It is my commitment to teach our students to be the best in their field. Guiding Lights is committed to meeting the needs of caregivers; by training top-knotched NAs, we will further that service to the community.
I believe that caring for people is a special gift you can give. Being a team member of Guiding Lights will allow me to give that gift in many ways. How great is that !
I am an ADN graduate from Wake Community College. It was my pleasure to hone my nursing skills at Dorothea Dix Hospital for 25 years and UNC Hospital for 5 years. After retiring 2 years ago, I have been working per diem as a Nurse Consultant.
Kathleen Rosendale, Awakening Mentor
I am delighted to be joining the staff of Guiding Lights. As a mentor I am blessed to be touched by the grace and wisdom of our senior community. I can remember as a child sitting and listening to the stories of my Grandmother. Later, it would become my privilege to share them with her when she no longer recognized them as her own, but still recognized a good story when she heard one! In this spirit of listening I open my mind, heart and hands to the journey.
Jamilah Dixon, Program Support Specialist
Jamilah is a native of Raleigh. She has been in the healthcare world for a while. It all began when she first started working with teens on a talk line. From then, she continued school and went on to graduate from Winston-Salem State University, only to dive deeper into the mental health world. Which granted her the opportunity to develop many skills and certifications such: as Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, as well as Wilderness and Clinical First Responder. She enjoys exploring the environment outside, traveling, and reading. Jamilah is ecstatic to join such an amazing, and productive team.
Marilyn Hartman, Contracted Grant Writer
Marilyn started working with Guiding Lights a few months after its doors opened, assisting with grant-writing and evaluation. She has an academic background, and was a faculty member in the Psychology Department of the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill for over 20 years. Her career started at Johns Hopkins University (BA, 1980) and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D., 1987) and has always focused on the field of aging. After many years of teaching and conducting research on age-related cognitive and neuropsychological changes and on caregiving, she now is happy to support the work of nonprofits making a difference in the local community. Working with Guiding Lights has enabled her to bring her experience and skills to make sure that those living with illness and caregiving have the support and services they need.
Rachel David, Contracted Accountant
Rachel David, President of T.J.A. CPA PLLC, a locally owned company in the city of Cary, NC. Mrs. David has over 10 years experience in accounting and specializes in job costing, Non-profit accounting and personal financial management for seniors with Alzheimer's and Dementia. Her passion is the advocate for those that are not able to advocate for themselves and to serve the elderly community however she can.


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Making the Music of 'Nashville'
ABC relies on real-life Scarletts and Gunnars to create the sound of its prime-time soap.
Gunnar Scott (Sam Palladio) and Scarlett O' Connor (Clare Bowen) play aspiring songwriters on ABC's "Nashville," which culls its original music from real-life Nashville artists.
Indeed, Scarlett and Gunnar write in a folksy Americana style. Rayna sings the mainstream country that reigned in the 1990s and 2000s while her sometimes-guitarist, sometimes-lover Deacon Claybourne (Charles Esten) gravitates toward a more traditional sound.
Young starlet and resident diva Juliette performs pop-y country hits. And Avery Barkley (Jonathan Jackson), Scarlett's rocker ex-boyfriend, is being involuntarily pushed to an electronic-dance direction by his hot shot producer (Wyclef Jean).
"You have people that are at various stages of their careers and you have people that also have different style," Buchanan says.
While playing an integral part of the plot, the music of "Nashville" has risen to stand on its own. Most of the original music goes up on iTunes and other music services the day after a new episode airs. "You get a report card every Thursday morning. If audiences like a song, they're buying it on iTunes," Soler says.
ABC.com also hosts the Music Lounge, where it posts videos called "On the Record" that showcase some of original songwriters alongside the producers who found the song and the actors who sing it. (Here is the "On the Record" video for "Casino").
Weighing the kind of feedback they get from iTunes and the Music Lounge, the ABC music team works with its label partner Big Machine Record (whose other artists include Swift, Tim McGraw and Rascal Flatts) to pick out which songs make it to the final album – the first of which was released in December. A second is set to drop May 7.
There is also speculation of a "Nashville" tour that would feature Palladio, Bowen, Esten and Jackson, who were all professional musicians before the show, though ABC would not confirm the rumors.
Whether or not ABC brings "Nashville" on the road, it will always thank the Tennessee city for its success. "We are so immersed in it," Buchanan says, of filming and working directly within Nashville. "We can work in the studio where people work and we can put on screen musicians and songwriters who really create the music and create the sound. It permeates the essence of the show."
"Nashville" airs at 10 p.m. Wednesday nights on ABC.
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2014 STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 Educators
A Capital View of Canada: Nations within a Nation
June 26 - July 1, 2014 in Ottawa, ON (3N) and Montréal QC (2N)
Information about the Annual STUDY CANADA Summer Institute
STUDY CANADA is a renowned 6-day professional development program that provides American teachers with an excellent foundation for teaching about our northern neighbor and our important relationship. For more than 35 years, educators from across the U.S. have participated in the workshop to learn about core social studies topics related to Canadasuch as geography, history, government, and economicsfrom university faculty and other experts. Cultural components include a series of unique learning experiences that reflect the theme of diversity and multiculturalism and important outcomes include development of curricula that meets Common Core and state-based standards, gaining global perspectives of civic issues, and receiving numerous resources for classroom use.
- Earn 3 university quarter credits (C/AM 410 - WWU) or 40 clock hours as you learn about Canada, its capital, and the distinct cultures that have formed the second largest nation in the world - all within comfortable and unique classroom settings with presentations by university faculty (WWU, UW, U Ottawa, UQAM), government officials and tribal leaders.
- Banish stereotypes while exploring Ottawa and Montréal, two of Canada's most historically important cities.
- Witness parliamentary democracy with special sessions in the Parliament Buildings and learn about the importance of Canada-US relations at the US Embassy. History will come alive at the Canadian Museum of Civilization and during customized tours in Ottawa and Old Montréal.
- Develop a lesson plan on Canada that meets NCSS/state standards, gain tools to create a PowerPoint presentation on Canada suitable for your students/colleagues and perhaps even become a K-12 STUDY CANADA Teacher Associate with NRC support in offering presentations about Canada in your region.
- Receive multiple classroom materials that will help you improve curriculum connections to Canada.
- Several travel awards will be available. Only registered participants can apply. Check back for updated information after November 1.
Registration Information
Registration Deadline: Registration opens November 1, 2013.
Registration Fee: $600 [NB: Full payment due with registration. This cost includes all course fees, hotel lodging, breakfasts, and some activities as well as one-way transportation from Ottawa to Montréal. Travel to Canada is not included. [NB: The program begins in Ottawa but ends in Montréal. Limited scholarships/travel awards will be available. Check back soon for updates.]
- SCSI Handout (PDF) UPDATED 11/25/2013
- SCSI Registration Form (PDF) UPDATED 10/9/2013
- SCSI Final Agenda (PDF) UPDATED 5/27/2014
- 2014 Detailed Program Guide(PDF) UPDATED 2/7/2014
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- SCSI Travel Award & Scholarship Information (PDF) UPDATED 10/30/2013
The Westin Ottawa and Hôtel Gouverneur rooms have 2 double beds shared by 2 same-gendered participants.
Supplemental Fees: If a private room is preferred, a $500 supplemental fee is required. If a non-registered companion joins you, a supplemental fee of $600 is required for accommodation, activities, and Ottawa-Montréal transportation.


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July 31, 2014
Florida State topped Texas 4-0 Friday evening at the Seminole Soccer Complex in front of a crowd of 1,091, the second largest home crowd this season. Freshman Sanna Talonen recorded her fifth game-winner of the season, while National Player of the Year candidate Mami Yamaguchi tallied her 11th multi-point game of the season with a goal and two assists. The Seminoles remained perfect at home in the postseason pushing their all-time record to 13-0-0.


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Niagara Gazette — Cliff Spieler, a former Niagara Gazette reporter and editor, had an uncanny skill for getting a news story, despite the obstacles.
In pre-computer days, under deadline pressure, it was common practice for a reporter to jot down the facts and call the story into the newsroom where a rewrite staffer would handle the copy. Spieler was fast and accurate. He was a pro at covering all bases in a breaking story.
I was reminded of his unique talents when I read a chapter in the new book, "DiCarlo: Buffalo's First Family of Crime," by Thomas Hunt and Michael A. Tona (Volume 11-From 1938). As you might expect, there are countless references to Stefano Magaddino who is the 1960s was considered the "irrefutable lord paramount" of an organized crime territory that stretched from the Buffalo-Niagara area to Toronto. The Magaddinos were well represented at the infamous 1957 crime convention that drew more than 50 underworld figures to the tiny town of Apalachin, N.Y., about 15 miles from Binghamton.
Magaddino's case, like those of his mob friends, was in and out of the federal court for years, Nothing much came out of the crime convention except the harsh reality that the Mafia was still alive and healthy. In the end, the government 's case was reduced federal gambling charges.
Magaddino's lawyers consistently made excuses for their client. Finally, U.S. Commissioner Maxwell Edmund Maxwell decided that if Magaddino was too ill to appear in the Buffalo federal court, he would simply travel to Dana Drive, Lewiston, to perform his role: to arraign the bed-ridden Magaddino, 77. Since it was impossible to allow all the media to invade the home, the group elected Spieler as the "pool reporter." An excellent choice; he knew all the players (having covered the crime beat for years) and was bound to capture every detail in the makeshift courtroom.


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A person attempted to light a car on fire on West Gorgas Lane on Sept. 2.
Police said they were called to the scene of a car that a woman said she had left at 2:30 a.m. that morning. When she returned to the car, she told police, she found newspaper stuff in a gas tank and paper burnt inside in order to try and set the car on fire.
Officials deemed the act, which took place on the 100 block of West Gorgas Lane, an arson.


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Some residents in DeKalb County are a whole lot happier after getting their water back early Sunday morning.
Hundreds of residents lost their water Saturday morning when a 50-year-old pipe on Clairmont Drive burst and turned the major thoroughfare into a raging river.
Crews fixed the pipe early Sunday morning, but that was just the beginning.
Rafael Guzman was one of the residents who lost water. "I'm very grateful to have that water. You don't know how much water means to you until you're missing it," said Guzman.
And for some residents it was the little things that meant the most.
Wesley McAfee was another resident happy to have his water back. "I get up at five every morning and make coffee. My coffee tastes pretty good," said McAfee.
But for most residents they didn't need coffee to wake up Sunday. There was a lot of noisy construction to help get everyone up as crews try to get the road put back together.
Residents said it was noisy, but they know the workers have to do what they have to so they can finish the job.
"I don't blame them. Get it placed and get it done because a lot of people use that highway," said McAfee.
Public work crews said one lane of traffic in each direction should be open in time for rush hour traffic Monday morning.
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I decided I wanted lasagna after being so sick the week before. I IM'd with Stefania and asked her for a recipe. She sent me to this recipe at Confessions of a Pioneer Woman. Sublime. Delicious.
I made the whole thing and tried to get the oven to heat up.
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Anne Arundel County Public School students will have their own day to plunge in this year's Maryland State Police Polar Bear Plunge.
All other participating schools in Maryland will plunge on Jan. 25 but, due to exams, Anne Arundel County students' day in the water was rescheduled—they will plunge on Feb. 1 at 9:30 a.m.
Last year, South River High's "Snowhawks" finished second in the entire state when it came to donations for the event. The local kids were only outdone by students at Arundel High.
According to team leaders at South River High, the school has raised approximately $9,000 for this year's plunge, involving more than 300 students. Based on Twitter reactions, many students are less than thrilled about the decision.
The annual Plungefest, hosted by the Maryland State Police, helps to raise money for Special Olympics Maryland. Thousands of plungers, sponsored by friends, family and neighbors, toss themselves into frigid, Chesapeake Bay water.
This year's main event, which is open to the public, is set for Jan. 26 at Sandy Point State Park.
Local schools had a big success last year. Students garnered nearly $150,000 in donations to Special Olympics Maryland. Arundel High School students led the state by raising more than $40,000 with its 469 plungers. South River High School came in second in the state by raising $33,930 with 301 team members.
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Ken Ham (October 20, 195120 October 1951
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He was a director of Creation Science Foundation (CSF) in Australia, an organization which he jointly founded with John Mackay. In 1987 he moved to the United States, still maintaining his links with CSF.
From 1987 to 1993, Ham worked for the Institute for Creation Research, and in 1994 set up what in 1995 became Answers in Genesis (AiG), a creation ministry dedicated to "upholding the authority of the Bible from the very first verse."
Ham has published several books, including some children's books. He is featured daily on a radio program entitled Answers...with Ken Ham, and has released a number of videos on the subject of creation vs. evolution.
- A is for Adam
- Already Compromised
- Aready Gone
- The Answers Book for Kids
- Answers Book 4 Teens - Volume 1
- Answers Book 4 Teens - Volume 2
- Begin
- Darwin's Plantation: Evolution's Racist Roots (2008) by Ken Ham, A. Charles Ware
- D Is for Dinosaurs
- Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions - Volume 1
- Demolishing Supposed Bible Contradictions - Volume 2
- Dinosaurs for Kids (2009)
- Dinosaurs of Eden
- Genesis of a Legacy
- The Great Dinosaur Mystery Solved!
- How Do We Know the Bible is True? - Volume 1
- How Do We Know the Bible is True? - Volume 2
- Journey Through the Creation Museum
- The Lie: Evolution (1987/2012)
- The New Answers Book 1 (2000) by Don Batten (ed.), Ken Ham, Jonathan Sarfati, and Carl Wieland
- The New Answers Book 2
- The New Answers Book 3
- One Race One Blood by Ken Ham and Charles Ware
- Walking Through Shadows-Finding Hope in a World of Pain (2002) by Ken Ham and Carl Wieland
- War of the Worldviews
- Why Won't They Listen? (2003) by Ken Ham (revised version of Creation Evangelism for the New Millennium)
- D is for Dinosaur
- Dinosaurs, Genesis & the Gospel
- The Evolution of Darwin
- Foundations
- Genesis: The Key to Reclaiming the Culture
- The Great Debate
- Only One Race
- Noah's Ark: Thinking Outside The Box
- The Six Days of Creation
- Where Did God Come From?
- Why Won't They Listen?
- Official Biography at Answers in Genesis
- Answers in Genesis - ministry website
- Biography by Eden Communications


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How to Keep Your Customers Healthy
The local Health Department will send out inspectors to make sure that the chefs and servers are following the proper guidelines. Inspectors will issue fines for minor violations and can shut you down for major violations.
Working with Inspectors from The Local Health DepartmentThe Heath Department will work with you to establish the correct systems and practices. The inspectors are often feared and dreaded (as they usually show up unannounced at the worst possible time), but most of the regulations have important ramifications for keeping food clean and safe.
A system called HACCP Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point consists of seven important steps to ensure food safety. This system was actually first designed to maintain food safety for NASA astronauts so you know this stuff works! The three main elements of the system are: food microbiology, quality control and risk assessment.
The 7 steps of HACCP are as follows
- Assess hazards and potential risks.
- Identify critical control points including cross contamination, cooking, cooling, hygiene.
- Set up procedures to make sure safety is maintained at all critical control points.
- Monitor critical control points and use the correct signs, tools, and training materials to ensure this.
- Take corrective actions as soon as a critical control point is in jeopardy or when any violations are pointed out by the Health Department.
- Set up a record-keeping system to log all of your flowcharts and temperature checks
- Keep up with the system to make sure it is working.
Avoiding Food ContaminationThere are many safety procedures to follow when preparing food in your restaurant. One of the most important is to thaw frozen foods properly. You can cook food from its frozen state or by refrigerating it at under 38 degrees F. You may also thaw under running water at a temperature of 70 degrees F. or below for up to two hours. A microwave is another acceptable way to thaw foods, but only if the entire cooking period will be in the microwave or the food will be finished (immediately after microwaving) by another cooking method.
Food items such as meats and poultry must be cooked to the correct internal temperatures. Thermometers are the best way to ensure accuracy of these temps.
Avoid Cross ContaminationCross contamination is all too common in kitchens today. Be sure to clean and sanitize any equipment used to prepare food between uses and be particularly vigilant when handling a potentially harmful food such as raw poultry,beef or fish.
There is a danger zone of temperature, 40 degrees F. 140 degrees F., within which food bacteria multiply rapidly and can thrive. The temperature of food should be kept out of this zone as much as possible. The limit for time spent in the danger zone including all aspects of storage, preparation and service is 4 hours.
Food StorageStorage is another way to protect your food from becoming contaminated or spoiled. There are rules for this area as well. Use the first in, first out (FIFO in accounting) rule meaning that foods should be used in the order they are delivered. For instance, do not use the newest milk first if you still have two gallons that are good from your last delivery. Date goods and place the new behind the old on your storage shelves.
Keep all foods wrapped and clean. Each item in your walk-in refrigerator, freezer and your dry storage should be in a sealed labeled container or package with the contents and date received. Do not take a chance on questionable foods: When in doubt, throw it out is a great rule to live when it comes to food safety. Go through your refrigerator unit regularly and get rid of spoiled foods.
The refrigerator temperature must be below 38 degrees F. Items stored include meats, seafood, vegetables and dairy products. Keep a working thermometer in the unit at all times so you will know at a glance if there is a problem. You do not want to lose your entire inventory! Freezers should keep foods at below 0 degrees F. Most foods will not maintain their quality in a freezer so it should be used only as needed. Use fresh products whenever possible.
Items in dry storage should be kept between 50 70 degrees F with a relative humidity of 50 60%.


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Alton woman facing assault, battery charge
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A 23-year-old Alton woman faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery on a family member, according to Halifax County Sheriff's Office records.
Raven Bionca Bailey of Hudson Drive was charged with the alleged offense Nov. 25, and Deputy S. Edmonds served the warrant Tuesday.
• William Michael Murray, 20, of Hudson Drive, Alton faces a misdemeanor charge of assault and battery on a family member.
Edmonds served the warrant Tuesday.
• Lola Deniece Wright, 44, of Alchie Lane, Nathalie faces a misdemeanor charge of brandishing a firearm.
The alleged offense occurred Monday, and T. H. Clarke served the warrant Wednesday.
• Malik Jamal Williams, 18, of Carrington Street, South Boston faces a charge of larceny for shoplifting, according to South Boston Police Department records.
Cpl. T. N. Bratton served the warrant Wednesday.


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By Old Uncle Gib
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Mary Stewart Bently died March 30, 1853, and was buried on Bently property in what is now known as the Cry Cemetery located in the overgrown area to the west of the Head Start office on Old Rockwood Hwy.
David Cry, who died Jan. 31, 1861, and his wife, Elizabeth, who died April 15, 1863, and John Calvin Dayton Sr., his first wife and children are buried in Cry Cemetery. Dayton's wife and children died in the diphtheria epidemic of 1865. It is believed that slaves of Benjamin Bentley are also buried in this cemetery. Bentley was listed in the slave schedule as having five slaves.
The Cry Cemetery was cleaned off a few years ago; however, people immediately started piling their trash on the cemetery grounds. There are only three or four tombstone markers, but there is evidence of many more graves in the cemetery land. Hopefully, this coming fall, the cemetery can be cleaned off again and "No Dumping" signs posted.
Benjamin Bentley married at least two more times following the death of Mary. These wives were Tamzey (Pansy) Bentley, he was 69, and she 31; and Martha Stephens Bentley, she was 32 and he was 84. Benjamin Bentley died Oct. 22, 1880, aged 84, and was buried with his first wife, Mary.
When it comes to lawsuits, and land deals, being dead doesn't mean a thing. Benjamin Bentley was involved in more lawsuits after he was dead than while he was living.
In November 1886, Bentley is listed as having sold 200 acres of land to Calvin Dayton. Of course, this sale had to be completed by the heirs of Benjamin Bentley as he had been dead for six years.
In the 49th U.S. Congressional Session, Fenton F. Brown, the administrator for Benjamin Bentley of Cumberland County, Tennessee, was awarded payment of $135.00 under a federal act of July 4, 1864-January 19, 1884.
In 1887, the administrators of Benjamin Bentley were ordered into court to strengthen bonds and make settlement of accounts. It is not known if this order was complied with. There was another lawsuit coming to be settled by the Tennessee supreme court.
See next Friday's Chronicle for more on Maj. Bentley.
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With the glut of one track minded restaurants like Burger & Lobster, Bubbledogs and Tramshed, I'm relieved to discover that Mele e Pere doesn't just serve apple and/or pear based dishes. In fact other than a pear cocktail there doesn't seem to be any other reason for the name here. I'm fairly sure the English instinct to shout "Apples N Pears…Stairs!" is just a co-incidence and not a sign of some new-fangled Italian Cockney fusion cuisine. Although the menu does seem a little confused: the website describes the food as both classic and modern and there's a selection of share-y stuff as well as pasta and main courses. Sharing is a popular concept in London right now (thanks Nopi, Polpo etc etc) but what happened to the poor old fashioned Starter, Main and Dessert idea? Anyway, between 3 we shared deep fried squid, aubergine parmesan, tuscan soup and bigoli, which were all tasty if a bit of a random mix. I enjoyed a main of tagliatelle with a very flavoursome beef ragu and we loved the chocolate souffle. The atmosphere is also a bit schizo: there are daytime trattoria type light oak tables which look like they're from John Lewis but the lighting is nighthawk dim with Soho-red tinges in places. The one thing that is focussed is the wine list which covers a mind-boggling array of almost exclusively Italian wines (they slip in a few sweet ones from abroad but that's the only section where they wander off message). Whilst it's all a bit confusing that's not to say it's bad. Service is good, it's got a relaxed atmosphere, it's not trying to be too cool, and the price is right (under £50 a head for what amounted to 3 courses plus a bottle of Soave). We had a great night and I would come back again.


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Chad LaRose may still have some hockey left to play.
Carolina Hurricanes general manager Ron Francis said Friday the former Canes forward has expressed an interest in returning to hockey after sitting out the 2013-2014 season.
Francis said Canes assistant coach Rod Brind'Amour had stayed in touch with LaRose and said LaRose had asked for a meeting to discuss a possible return. LaRose, a free agent, could be offered a professional tryout to attend the Canes' preseason training camp.
"I'd like to talk to him," Francis said. "He took a year off and obviously he'd need to earn his way back. There are some options. We could get him to camp on a tryout. He could start the season in Charlotte (AHL), show that he could still do it."
LaRose played 508 regular-season and 39 playoff games in eight seasons with the Hurricanes. As a rookie in 2005-2006, the winger was in for 21 playoff games during the Canes' run to the Stanley Cup.
At 5-10 and 175 pounds, LaRose was a high-energy type and scored 19 goals in both the 2008-2009 season, when the Canes reached the Eastern Conference finals, and the 2011-2012 season. His productivity took a big drop in the lockout-shortened 2012-2013 season, when he had two goals and two assists in 35 games.
LaRose then skipped his scheduled end-of-season exit meeting, which did not set well with management. LaRose said he later met with Jim Rutherford, then the Canes' GM, saying in an August 2013 interview, "I needed a cool-off period as opposed to going right in and blowing up."
The Canes did not look to re-sign LaRose, an unrestricted free agent. Unsigned by any NHL team, LaRose did not look to go overseas, instead sitting out the season.
In 2008, former Canes forward Jeff O'Neill was invited to the Canes' preseason camp after a year away from hockey. O'Neill, then 32, ended his comeback bid before the end of camp.
Veteran forward Radek Dvorak attended the Canes' preseason camp last September on a professional tryout basis and earned an NHL contract with Carolina. Dvorak had played 16 games in the 2012-2013 season -- seven in Switzerland and nine in the NHL with Anaheim.
Francis said the Canes continue to talk to defenseman Brett Bellemore, 26, who played 64 games for Carolina last season. Francis said Bellemore, an unrestricted free agent. turned down an initial offer from the team.
Francis said he was pleased the Hurricanes were able to sign forward Jiri Tlusty to a one-year, $2.95 million contract on July 1. Tlusty was a restricted free agent.
"It was a good deal for both sides and it's good to have Jiri back in the fold," Francis said. "He had a really tough start to the season last year but is healthy. It should be an incentive for him to have a good season as he will be an unrestricted free agent after the season. He should be ready to rock and roll. He'll be a valuable piece for us."
Francis said he recently received a medical update on forward Alexander Semin, who underwent wrist surgery after the season. Francis said Semin was "progressing as expected" and on schedule to be ready for the start of camp.


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