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House of Nan King yes/no
While I have nothing against MSG I will agree that it seems pretty heavy on the hoisin. Frankly of the dishes I've tried on each of my two visits there just about everything always managed to taste the same.
I've always been unimpressed, but recently I've been meaning to reevaluate it.
Lots of people, however, do give it glowing reviews and it often seems to do rather well with critics. Glad to know I'm not the only person who felt it was dismissable.
re: belgand
Unless things have changed, it is not hoisin sauce that HONK abuses, but Shanghai "red" sauce which is typically a combination of dark soy sauce, Shaoxing rice wine, sugar, garlic, and star anise, Combined with a little fat, it's candy to a carnivore (think of a red-coooked pork joint). Peter Fong learned early on that it's dope to us guilaos, and cyncally set out to get us addicted to it.
I once slunk into HONK (with my shades on and collar turned up) craving Shanghai-style chow mein and they served me what could have been an excellent version but was killed by drowning in red sauce literally ladled over it before serving.
I think one of the great mysteries of SF Chinatown is the popularity of House of Nanking with palate impaired non-Chinese diners. I ate there once many years ago, shortly after it opened, and never went back. There have been so many good restaurants in Chinatown, why suffer Nanking? It does, however, have its following who seem to be hooked on that sweet, crappy sauce that made them famous (is it possible that its is laced with opium to hook the diners?)
Sounds like I've dodged a bullet - thanks to the SF hounds. So, as a frequenter of the San Gabriel Valley Chinese scene down south, where might I find the 'real deal' here in the city or environs?
re: BIM
Near the the airport for SGV quality dim sum, Koi Palace, The Kitchen, Hong Kong Flower Lounge. In SF proper, for XLB, Shanghai Dumpling King. Good Canto food in Chinatown -- Yuet Lee (hole in the wall, excellent seafood), R&G Lounge, Great Eastern, Hing Lung. Not a big bakery fan so others will jump in.
re: BIM
re: BIM
SF Chinatown is probably a slight cut above LA Chinatown, but except for a couple places falls way short of SGV. There is SGV quality food throughout the Bay Area, but it's much more spread out, even taking into account the size of the SGV. Besides the places noted above in Daly City and Millbrae near SFO, you can find good stuff in places like Milpitas, Cupertino, Richmond, Newark, San Mateo and Union City. Being from L.A., if I had to make one recommendation it would be to go to Koi Palace because I think it's better than anything we have. But it just depends where you want to travel.
Thanks v much for recs. I do have a car and though I'm based in Marin I plan on coming into the city often. And I'll drive a long way for a killer meal. Wouldn't you?
Say, Chandavkl, you mentioned Richmond which is not far...what's there?
re: BIM
Richmond is the home of the Pacific East Mall -- an all-Asian mall anchored by a 99 Ranch. Daimo is good, and there have been some very favorable reports about the Sichuan place there. If you go a tiny bit farther, you'll be at China Village, an excellent Sichuan restauant (many reports -- check the places link).
Daimo Chinese Restaurant
3288 Pierce St, Richmond, CA 94804
China Village
1335 Solano Ave, Albany, CA 94706
re: Ruth Lafler
Orchid Bowl Cafe
3288 Pierce St, Richmond, CA 94804
Asian Pearl
3288 Pierce St, Richmond, CA 94804
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re: BIM
No good Chinese food in Marin that I know of, so you'll have to do some driving to fill your Chinese food needs. As far as driving a long way, absolutely. I once had a seminar in Monterey and I drove to the Bay Area (mid-Peninsula) for lunch, went back to my seminar, and then drove to the Bay Area (Cupertino) for dinner.
re: Chandavkl
re: Chandavkl
Curiously, you can get halfway decent Korean-Chinese from Dynasty Restaurant in Marin. Sometimes the waiters don't even realize they serve it, but the cooks seem to know the classics like tan soo yuk, ja jang myun, etc.. Unfortunately, the regular Chinese food is mediocre, so this is not a destination spot by any stretch.
It's a mystery to me why this sad excuse for a Chinese restaurant receives so much praise.
The food is poorly done being too sweet with Hoi sin sauce and overpriced!
The clientele consist of tourists, period. No native (me included) will eat there.
The service is rude and surly; perhaps those accolades have gone to their heads?
This shows the gullibility of the general dining public, if someone dislikes the food they may "go along" with the crowd as not to appear "negative"!
re: Claw
Patricia Unterman started the HoN craze back in the day and since then it's lived off it's rep, a rather weird rep frankly. I've been twice (not my choice) and the food was bad and very bland. Bland isn't a bad thing if the prep and ingredients are up to snuff, but they weren't. Watery veggies, over cooked meat, that sort of stuff. It made no sense. Add in the often rude service and there's really no reason to go..unless you read a tourist book or review that says you should.
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re: ML8000
You don't think there are enough people without a "sense of taste, cuisine and/or service" to sustain a restaurant? I think the existence of thousands of mediocre chain restaurants would argue against that. Of course, most chains have decent service, but in the case of HoN, bad service just feeds people's stereotypes about what service should be like in an "authentic" Chinese restaurant.
If you look on yelp! or another local guide, I bet there will be as many people saying "this place rocks" and calling it "authentic" as there are people who hate it.
ETA: Many of the people on Yelp who loved it said they asked the owner (or waiter) to put the meal together for them. Any chowhounds tried this?
re: Ruth Lafler
We did after practically being thrown out for asking for menus. We had him do a beef, a seafood, a chicken and a vegetarian dish. It all tasted the same and the funny thing was, a few minutes later the table next to us did the same thing and got the exact same dishes. I don't think there is a whole lot of personal attention paid....they just cook up a large portion of a few dishes at the begiining of the night and that's what you get like it or not.
re: Ruth Lafler
My housemate (who is a vegetarian) has done this and has really enjoyed his meals at House of Nanking. In fact, everyone I know who recommends House of Hanking suggests the strategy of having the waiter put the meal together. I still haven't been, but I'd like to try it some time just so I can form my own opinion about the place....the problem is I probably won't want to wait in a line to eat there.
re: ML8000
IIRC, the PU review was published less than a week before the annual Chinese New Year's Parade which led it to being inundated by a flood of gueilaos with only a casual knowledge of Chinese food. That irrevocably set the course for HONK's focus, which Peter Fang engineered cunningly. Half of the restaurant owners in Chinatown would do the same if they could come up with the formula.
As the saying goes, Fang is crying all the way to the bank.
re: Claw
Best Chinese for those willing to schlep to the suburbs:
Best Chinese in SF Chinatown:
House of Nanking is worth a try but it's very Americanized in a unique way. People who go there expecting serious, traditional Chinese food often hate it. I wouldn't recommend it for you, but here are some tips on what to order:
House of Nanking is justly popular with unsophisticated young locals on tight budgets--good cheap food unlike anything you'll find elsewhere. Peter Fang's a great cook and has Americanized his Shanghai-style food and presentation in a unique way; the results remind me a bit of Malaysian cooking. I prefer un-Americanized Chinese food but that doesn't make his food bad.
Order the right dishes and you can eat well--squid and asparagus are two safe choices, see Patricia Unterman's "Food Lover's Guide" for more recommendations. Check with your waiter to make sure you're not ordering more than one dish with sweet potatoes.
re: Robert Lauriston
House of Nanking is justly popular with unsophisticated young locals on tight budgets--good cheap food unlike anything you'll find elsewhere.
Maybe those unsophisticated young locals know how to order like their sophisticated more affluent elders and go not just because it is cheap eats.
We've split a digression about how to order in a Chinese restaurant into a new topic on the General Chowhounding Topics board. You can find that thread here: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/512466
Hey I hope you went. Agree with the posts that say that HoN is not the most authentic Chinese restaurants around but it is good - very fresh. Dumplings are super. Try the Rice Chowder - I'm still looking for a recipe that comes close. I'm very well traveled and have had all kinds of Asian food all around the world. I thought it was very good. Will go back if only for the rice chowder.
blech. unlike the original poster, i was not able to dodge the bullet and ended up here with a bunch of colleagues who were not that adventurous. they were told by someone at the hotel that this was just a tremendously wonderful place......... given that we had to walk by a tasty looking/smelling yunnan place to get here, I was most sad. in my experience, its never a good sign when a purportedly chinese restaurant has nobody who is actually chinese eatting dinner in it and they hand out forks as you sit down.
the only way i was able to not sob into my food was to keep telling myself "its not really chinese, its pan asian......."
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re: jenn
If it makes you feel any better, SF Chinatown food is only slightly better than LA Chinatown, and there are a number of places comparable to Z&Y in the SGV, so it's not that you missed out on an unparalleled experience. And actually you can now understand why most Hounds ridicule House of Nanking.
re: Chandavkl
Alas, we aren't in SGV anymore----we moved north. And while I can find excellent congee and noodle places and even some very nice sichuan [despite all the rumors to the contrary], those nether food regions of China---like Uighur or Yunnan or Hunan whatever---is just not here.....not yet any rate..........


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Sept. 4, 1952 - Jan. 21, 2013
Sandi McKenrick, 60, of Clinton, died Monday, January 21, 2013, at her home in Clinton.
Visitation will be 3 to 7 p.m. Thursday, January 24, 2013, at the Camanche Chapel Snell-Zornig Funeral Homes and Crematory. Private burial will be held at a later date in the Rose Hill Cemetery. Online condolences may be expressed by visiting her obituary at www.snellzornig.com.
Sandi was born September 4, 1952, in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Don and Marilyn (Young) McKenrick.
Sandi had been employed as the head cook at the Victory Center.
She is survived by her children, Clint (Laura) Salveson and Addi Guilliams, both of Clinton; granddaughter, Maci Thomas; niece, Rachel McKenrick of Clinton; great-nephew, Riley McKenrick; father, Don McKenrick; aunt, Joyce Parsons of Camanche; brothers, Don (Cindy) McKenrick of Eldridge and Michael McKenrick of Clinton; and sister, Kathleen McKenrick-Jeleel of California.
Sandi was preceded in death by her mother and her brother, Randy Allen McKenrick.
Death date: Jan. 21, 2013

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One thing our TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award winner does not have going for it is a crack marketing team. Listed on the Sears site simply as the Craftsman Garage Door Opener 3/4 hp Chain Drive, Keyless Entry, this unit may not immediately stand out to those unschooled in garage door opener reviews, but as you get to know this product we think you'll be impressed. After all, actions speak louder than a fancy title.
Also, the words in this product's name absolutely help define its capabilities. For starters, pay attention to the phrase "3/4 hp." That much horsepower is still pretty rare among garage door openers. It will come in handy for even heavy doors in a hurry.
Less noise is one improvement you have every right to expect if you are updating from an older garage door opener, and this Craftsman model delivers. Even though it is powerful and features a chain in its main mechanism, this garage door opener has a spotless reputation for quiet operation. The chain-assembly openers have a bad reputation in general – and not just for lots of noise – but there is something to be said for having a rugged chain as part of your system. As mentioned, this one is well known for quiet operation and dependability.
This garage door opener is compatible with HomeLink, which means you can program the controls in your vehicle to open the garage door, turn on a light inside your house and more. You won't need anything beyond what comes with this garage door opener to integrate it with your other HomeLink system components.
This opener can handle basically any door you would find in a residential setting, including a heavier, double-wide wood door.
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Another security feature is the locking mode. If you ever lose track of one of your remotes for any reason it is best not to leave them functional. In the wrong hands your remotes offer easy access to your garage at least and perhaps your whole house if you are casual in your locking habits. The locking feature disables the remotes completely for as much time as you need to find them or to replace them. You can still have control over your door through the keyless entry number pads, which are much more difficult for criminals to utilize for access than remotes.
The automatic light sensor may take a little getting used to, but it provides its own layer of security by making sure you never enter a dark garage. Once it senses a person in the garage the light comes on instantly. You can easily program the light to turn itself off at a range of different time intervals. We like that the lighting system is a full 200 watts, enough to really illuminate a space. Garage door openers of the past sometimes offered such a pitifully small amount of light. In order to be of any use, especially in terms of security, garage door openers need to offer a significant lighting system.
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This garage door opener offers ease-of-use features such as a keyless entry pad so you are never completely locked out, regardless of how many remotes you lose. We like that this system comes with two remotes. Most people would order a second if it were not included so starting with two adds to ease of use. A lighted wall console means never having to search for the button by the door.
We include installation when we consider ease of use and this opener has a reputation for being easy to install. The instructions are very clear and easy to follow. It is a shame the rails come in multiple pieces, though. That will add unnecessarily to assembly time and to the potential for noise as this garage door opener ages and everything gets loose. One-piece rails will always be sturdier and easier to install.
Any time we see the word "lifetime" in a garage door opener's warranty policy it catches our attention. This Craftsman can offer you just that for at least the motor portion of the garage door opener. The strong warranty is a good sign that this is an excellent product. Sears would not offer that guarantee if they thought many owners would need to use it. The warranty on parts is not quite as impressive but we felt pretty comfortable with five years. The majority of garage door openers in our lineup did not offer even that long for parts. A period of one to three years was more common.
Sears is really easy to get on the phone and we like that. We found them to be the least knowledgeable about their products, though, and the least willing to help us find answers to our questions.
This garage door opener is impressive in almost every way. The addition of a battery backup power system and single-piece rails would make this garage door opener even more competitive than it is. However, we think you will love many features of the Craftsman Garage Door Opener 3/4 hp Chain Drive. The 3/4-horsepower strength will manipulate just about any door in a hurry, and we like that this unit is designed to overcome the bad reputation of chain systems with quiet operation.
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Today's news is all about all the last minute, procrastinating gift-buyers who have postponed their shopping for whatever reason....
So it seemed a good time to suggest some gifts that are undeniably valuable, no matter what time of year it might be. They don't require you to brave the crowds, nor do they require you max out your credit cards to purchase them.
Truth is, I hope you won't think of them as holiday gifts only. These gifts are generous throughout the year. Why not give them all?
1. The gift of organ donation: According to Donate Life, there are more than 112,000 patients in dire need of a heart, a lung, a kidney or liver transplant , corneas, skin or any other organ or tissue that can be successfully transplanted. In 2010 there were just short of 29,000 organ transplantations, meaning that only about 30% of the people who need them get them. Most who don't get them die. Learn more about the gift of organ donation which, depending on the organ in question, may be donated while you are still alive, or upon your death. (I am a designated organ donor, including registration in the state where I live.)
2. The gift of whole body donation: As mentioned in my post a few days ago about the fact that autopsies are rarely performed anymore, medical science can learn so much from studying the progression of disease or problems that cause human beings to die when they have bodies to study. Medical students learn from cadavers - bodies that are donated by individuals who know that even when they have died, they can make a long-term difference to mankind. You can make that difference, too. Even if you think you can't donate your organs or tissues because of disease (which, by the way, may not be true), donating your body can make a big difference. Learn more about the gift of whole body donation.
3. The gift of bone marrow to a stranger: People diagnosed with leukemia or many genetic disorders, improve their chances for long-term survival with bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell transplants. These are gifts we give while we are living to people who need them to live. By signing up with the Be a Match registry, you wait to be contacted when/if someone with certain diseases needs some of your marrow or blood. Learn more from the Be a Match website. (I am a registered donor.)
4. The gift of discussion about end-of-life: As we grow older, it's so important to discuss our end-of-life wishes with our loved ones. Yet so many of them resist the conversation - either they are afraid that the discussion will bring about their end too soon, or that it will somehow make death "real." Well, death IS real. It's the last stage of life and it happens to everyone.
Losing a loved one is so very difficult. But the decision-making that has to take place, from how that death occurs (do we keep Grandma on life support?) to funeral arrangements (Grandpa always loved polka music!) to donating organs or one's body (see above) - it's all vitally important! You can start an end-of-life conversation with these suggestions. And you can help them with the paperwork, called advance directives, that legally declare their wishes. The gift will last for your loved one's lifetime. (I have had this conversation with all my loved ones, about their wishes, and about mine.)
5. The gift of assistance: For newly diagnosed, tired and scared loved ones, the gift of help will be one they'll always be grateful for. You can help them by accompanying them to appointments, organizing their bills, researching online, or walking them through the pros and cons of the many decisions that must be made. OR - if you don't feel up to the task yourself, you can find a professional patient advocate to help out. The stress relief of having assistance can go a long way toward healing, or supporting treatment. (I have assisted both my parents and my husband as their advocate, from discussions with doctors, to hospital bedside, to online research, and I have consulted a professional advocate for Dad, too.)
6. Money or goods - gifts to charities: We think of charity donations during the holidays and at the end of the year (for tax purposes) but donations can be made throughout the year, not just during winter holidays. Choosing the right charity, then giving what you can, whether it's $10 or thousands, will help whatever cause you've chosen to support, and will have a positive impact on someone's life. (My husband and I make many charitable donations throughout the year.)
And one more suggestion, a gift for yourself, perhaps: (making it a bakers half-dozen):
As an empowered patient with interest in facilitating our ability as patients to communicate better with providers, payers and other stakeholders in the healthcare system, consider the gift of a membership in the Society for Participatory Medicine. The benefits are individual, and systemic. The education is vast and holistic. The opportunity to rub elbows and learn from all participants are plenty. Learn more about the Society for Participatory Medicine.
My wishes for you this holiday season are that you find comfort, safety and happiness, no matter what holidays you celebrate. And I wish you a healthy - and an empowered - 2012, too!
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- December 28, 2011 at 3:44 pm(1) Valere says:
This is a very informative article but it doesn't give suggestions on where to get more information on whole body donation to support medical education and research. So I offer the recommendation to call MedCure and ask for a brochure: 1-866-560-2525; or visit their website at http://www.medcure.org. They are a national program.


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'Things fall apart' in Nigeria
World-famous Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has rejected an award from his home country, criticising the "dangerous" state of affairs.
"The situation is getting worse and worse," he told the BBC, saying that President Olusegun Obasanjo bears primary responsibility.
Achebe's most famous book, Things Fall Apart, has sold some 11 million copies around the world.
Nigeria is Africa's major oil producer but two-thirds of the people are poor.
'Lawless fiefdom'
"Nigeria is a country that does not work," he said: "Schools, universities, roads, hospitals, water, the economy, security, life."
There was a four-day national strike last week over a rise in fuel prices, while more than 10,000 people have been killed in communal clashes since Mr Obasanjo was elected in 1999.
Achebe told the BBC's Network Africa programme that he hoped that rejecting the Commander of the Federal Republic - Nigeria's second highest honour - would serve as a "wake-up call".
He also said that he hoped the recent wave of strikes and protests would continue until there is "change".
Information Minister Chukwuemeka Chikelu said Achebe had the right to reject the award.
"All I can say is that Nigeria and Nigerians are proud of his contributions," he said. In his two-page letter about rejecting the honour, published in Nigerian newspapers, he was most scathing about the situation in his home state of Anambra in the south-east.
"A small clique of renegades, openly boasting its connections in high places, seems determined to turn my homeland into a bankrupt and lawless fiefdom."
Anambra state governor Chris Ngige was last year kidnapped and forced to write a resignation letter at gun-point.
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---- — BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Crash-landed in Alaska, scavenged for parts, abandoned for 44 years and overgrown with trees, the B-25 Mitchell bomber would have been forgotten.
Brighton Township residents Patrick Mihalek and Todd Trainor made sure that didn't happen to the World War II-era plane.
They rescued it and brought it to Livingston County, according to the Livingston County Daily Press & Argus ( http://bit.ly/14erPJe ).
With a team of 12 volunteers, the two men flew to the Alaskan wilderness in June and took apart the plane. A helicopter airlifted the 2,000-pound midsection, and a flat-bottom hauling boat took the rest by river.
"Everything was a great success," Mihalek said. "In four days, we had pretty much the whole aircraft disassembled."
A truck driver then transported the plane and pieces 3,700 miles from Alaska to Michigan. Everything arrived on July 15.
Volunteers and a team from Keller Well Drilling moved all the pieces into a hangar at Brighton Airport off Hyne Road in Brighton Township.
Mihalek and Trainor plan to restore the plane and make it the centerpiece of the Warbirds of Glory Museum. The museum will showcase World War II aircraft and allow Mihalek to share his passion for planes.
Mihalek said having great people help with the recovery was his favorite part.
"This was a dream of mine, and I couldn't have done it without them," he said.
Fairbanks residents loaned them tools, trucks, forklifts and generators.
Trainor said the people of Fairbanks "came out of the woodwork to help us."
The recovery team brought guns for a possible encounter with bears or moose, but they saw neither. Instead, they met thousands of mosquitoes.
Trainor said the most amazing part was watching a helicopter lift the midsection.
"It was a tornado," he said of the wind gusts from the helicopter. "It was fast. You get it hooked up, and it was gone."
To get it hooked up and airlifted from the site took two minutes.
Mihalek and Trainor looked sunburned and exhausted on July 15. It was a long trip, and the two airplane enthusiasts slept little because there was 24 hours of daylight in Alaska.
"There were nights that me and Todd were working until 2 a.m. and it looked like it was probably 6 or 7 o'clock our time," Mihalek said.
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"From the time Pat was born, that's all that was in his brain," she said. He drew and thought about planes all the time.
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And the man China selected as its Panchen Lama, the second most important figure in Tibetan Buddhism, has been at the forefront of that campaign. Although he is only 19, the Panchen Lama has already stepped onto the public stage to praise the Chinese Communist Party.
Tibet expert Professor Robert Barnett, of New York's Columbia University, says this is part of China's efforts to undermine the appeal of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism. More:
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At the age of five, he won the approval from the central government of China as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama after a lot drawing ceremony among three candidates in the Jokhang Temple in Tibet's capital city of Lhasa in 1995.
The boy, with the secular name Gyaincain Norbu, left his family at Lhari county, Nagqu prefecture in northern Tibet, since then.
The reincarnation of the Panchen Lama, together with that of the Dalai Lama, top the reincarnation system of living Budd has in Tibet which distinguishes Tibetan Buddhism from other religions or other schools of Buddhism.
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MANKATO — Mike and Amanda Nicholson are the kinds of Vikings training camp attendees that make a tourism director smile and business owners happy.
The Grand Forks couple comes to Mankato for camp every year, often for a week. This year it's a Thursday-to-Sunday stay.
"Probably about a grand," said Mike when asked to estimate what they'd spend during their stay here. That's for hotels, meals, gas, some shopping and money spent at camp.
"We probably spend the most on souvenirs," he said, holding up a couple of large bags he was holding in addition to goodies his wife was carrying.
"We try to get something big each year," Amanda said.
The memorabilia for the day included an Adrian Peterson print, mini helmets, signs and sweatshirts.
Anna Thill, president of Visit Mankato, said the city will benefit economically even more this year as training camp lasts for three full weeks (camp breaks Aug. 15). That's slightly longer than last year and considerably longer than two years ago when camp was shortened because of conflicts with an earlier than usual MSU class start.
Last year, the Vikings counted 52,000 fans attending camp events. The year before 60,000 turned out. Those counts, of course, include people who attend camp on multiple days.
"We always seem to get at least one fan from England and we always have Canadian fans who come down," Thill said. Based on surveys of visitors, fans come from about 30 different states and more than 100 Minnesota cities.
The economic impact of camp on Mankato is estimated at $5 million, a number Thill thinks is conservative.
"Part of it's based on how much a hotel room costs times how many nights and how many people. Obviously 52,000 people aren't spending the night in hotels, so we estimate how many do."


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The afternoon deal: When to go to market
Running the gamut from "bloodied" private equity firms to an oversubscribed Man Infra initial public offering, stories from today show the IPO market is on shaky ground and, as always, finding the right valuation is vitally important.
IPO stories from the Web:
Bloodied buyout firms sit tight for IPO return (Reuters)
"Private equity firms are putting flotation candidates back in the box after receiving knock backs from angry fund managers, and will try again in a couple of years when they hope the market will be more receptive," reports Reuters.
Mega IPO of AIG's AIA unit faces headwinds (Reuters)
"For handlers of AIG's massive IPO of its Asian life insurance unit, getting investors to recognize the name and the size of the business is the easy part," reports Reuters
No IPO in 2010, Yelp Says (WSJ)
"Investors hungry for Yelp shares might have to dine elsewhere for now," reports the WSJ
Barrick's African gold IPO will raise quick USD 1bn cash, minimum (Mineweb)
"While a good number of reasons have been given for listing African Barrick Gold, it may be a sign that Barrick itself has become too big," reports Mineweb
Barrick Gold $3.7bn African spin-off looks to join FTSE 100 (Telegraph)
"Investors are crawling over me to buy shares in mining companies at the moment," John Meyer, head of mining at broker Fairfax told the Telegraph.
Man Infra IPO subscribed; should you invest? (Moneycontrol.com)
"Experts and brokerages views were mixed on this IPO. Investment Advisor, SP Tulsian said the issue looked expensive while Manish Bhatt of Prabhudas Lilladher said one could subscribe," reports Moneycontrol.com


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Phil Mickelson has spent the past month trying to get over the Americans' shocking defeat in the Ryder Cup, which he calls ''one of the biggest lows of my career.'' Playing for the first time since the Ryder Cup in the HSBC Champions starting on Thursday at Mission Hills, Mickelson says it will likely take him far longer to forget what happened in Medinah. ''I think the first two weeks following the Ryder Cup was a really tough low, one of the biggest lows of my career,'' he says. ''It was one of the biggest disappointments that I've had to deal with. ''That disappointment will last a lot longer than a month. I still feel disappointment from it. I still feel that over the next two years, we'll still have the same disappointment from not winning this year's Ryder Cup.'' Mickelson lost to Justin Rose in the turning point of the competition on the last day, as the U.S. blew a six-point lead and lost by one. Tired of Europe's ongoing celebrating, Keegan Bradley, whose exceptional play in the Ryder Cup was the one bright spot for the Americans, thinks a victory for one of his countrymen this weekend would be a big morale boost. ''I saw some guys in the airport yesterday and it made me happy just to see the guys,'' he said. ''I think it would be great - a win here anytime is amazing, and I think that it would help all of the Americans and especially myself.'' Mickelson is also trying to look on the bright side - his partnership with Bradley at the Ryder Cup has at least given him new motivation to work on his game. ''I had a great couple of days playing with Keegan as a partner,'' he said. ''And I saw some things where I can improve my game and I have this new kind of excitement and energy that Keegan has, and it's rubbed off on me and I am excited to play and work and practice.''
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Each year, the Edge Foundation asks dozens of big-picture thinkers to answer a single question, in a short essay. This year's question, proposed by the Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker, is: "What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?" Or, to paraphrase, how might people alter the way they interpret the information they take in about the world, to better comprehend it?
A great question, as usual. But interestingly ambiguous: Who, exactly, is is the "everybody" in the phrase "everybody's toolkit"?
Every January the cognoscenti know to look out for the annual question posed by literary agent and self-styled intellectual impresario John Brockman on his Edge "salon" website. The trick, of course, is to get the question just right so that the great and good - and the wannabes - feel compelled to play what is often the smartest game in town.
One of my favourites was the deceptively simple tease: "What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?" (2005), which provided diverse snapshots of individual intellectuals at work and of emerging trends.
With this year's question, though, Brockman gets really tricksy: "What scientific concept would improve everyone's cognitive toolkit?"
[Google translation]..."Truth is only a model", writes Neil Gershenfeld, an MIT physicist. He finds that you should write down all the behind the ears, and lay people. In everyday life are shaped too much controversy about politics or lifestyle of the conviction to be right. Since one wishes for the humility of the researcher who knows he does not produce truth, but only models of reality that can quickly be back passé. "What scientific concept is in everyone's mental tool box?", had asked the thinker Club Edge.org. As suggested before Gershenfeld skepticism about truth.
The term 'scientific"is to be understood in a broad sense as the most reliable way of gaining knowledge about anything, whether it be the human spirit, the role of great people in history, or the structure of DNA. A "scientific concept" may come from philosophy, logic, economics, jurisprudence, or other analytic enterprises, as long as it is a rigorous conceptual tool that may be summed up succinctly (or "in a phrase") but has broad application to understanding the world.
e dial up researchers investigating climate change in Antarctica; plus, internet guru Clay Shirky explains his answer to this year's Edge Question
Presented by Alok Jha and produced by Andy Duckworth
Robin McKie and Nell Boase are in the studio to discuss this year's Edge Question: What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?
The founder of edge.org John Brockman tells us how they dreamed up the idea of picking the brains of the world's leading thinkers, and one of the brains, social media expert Clay Shirky, explains his answer to this year's question.
The founder of edge.org John Brockman tells us how they dreamed up the idea of picking the brains of the world's leading thinkers, and one of the brains. ...
This year, Brockman asked: "What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?" He took as his starting point James Flynn's notion of "shorthand abstractions" -- "concepts drawn from science that have become part of the language and make people smarter by providing widely applicable templates ('market', 'placebo', 'random sample', 'naturalistic fallacy', are a few of his examples)". If we have a shorthand linguistic means of expressing the notion, Flynn suggested, we can use it as an element in thinking and debate. "This is the most challenging question we've put forth to date," Brockman said. Daniel Kahneman, the father of behavioural economics, said: "It is my favourite question ever. You will get great responses and actually move the culture forward."
On Saturday Brockman published this year's submissions, more than 150 answers from the likes of Craig Venter, Brian Eno and Steven Pinker (mostly men, it has to be said, with contributors such as Alison Gopnik and Lisa Randall making up a small female minority). A number of Wired contributors have sent in answers this year, writers such as Jonah Lehrer, David Eagleman and Matt Ridley. Some journalists and editors were also invited to add their thoughts, which is how I submitted a proposal for "personal data mining" as part of the symposium.
So what concepts did the contributors suggest that we need? The answers included:
Paul Kedrosky has a wonderful piece for the deep-thinking site Edge.org about shifting baseline syndrome. It explains precisely why thinking that we're living in some anomalous "new normal" is a little silly. We're always living in a new normal, and the cognitive challenge is to remember that things haven't always been this way, nor will they remain this way.
In 1995 fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly coined a phrase for this troubling ecological obliviousness -- he called it "shifting baseline syndrome". Here is how Pauly first described the syndrome: "Each generation of fisheries scientist accepts as baseline the stock situation that occurred at the beginning of their careers, and uses this to evaluate changes. When the next generation starts its career, the stocks have further declined, but it is the stocks at that time that serve as a new baseline. The result obviously is a gradual shift of the baseline, a gradual accommodation of the creeping disappearance of resource species..."
It is blindness, stupidity, intergeneration data obliviousness. Most scientific disciplines have long timelines of data, but many ecological disciplines don't. We are forced to rely on second-hand and anecdotal information -- we don't have enough data to know what is normal, so we convince ourselves that this is normal.
"Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own." That may have been fine advice for the 20th century, but to survive in 2011 and beyond we need to step it up—a lot. We need to, say, embrace the concepts that many mental illnesses are just extremes of personality traits, that humans tend to accept credit for their successes but not blame for their failures, and that "wholes have properties not present in the parts," as sociologist Nicholas Christakis of Harvard University writes on the online salon Edge (edge.org).
Christakis is one of scores of contributors to an annual exercise in which Edge, run by literary agent and author John Brockman, poses a question to scientists, technology gurus, philosophers, and other thinkers. Last year's query was about how the Internet is changing the way we think, while 2008's asked what the scholars had changed their mind about and why. This year's: "What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?" Technology scholar Douglas Rushkoff nominates the concept that technologies have an "embedded bias" rather than being blank slates from which any outcome can arise. Cars have an embedded bias toward suburban sprawl; guns, an embedded bias toward killing people. By adding this concept to our cognitive toolkit, Rushkoff argues, we will have a better chance of using technologies "consciously and purposefully" and of resisting that bias. The embedded bias of the keyboardless iPad, for example, is toward passive consumption rather than active creation. To resist, get the add-on keyboard. ...
... In the Anglo-Saxon culture things are different, and science certainly has continued in its global appeal. Thus, early English modern naturalism, founded by Humphry Davy, had a reputation not only for spectacular discoveries, they also for paying attention to public communication. The goal was the transfer of knowledge into the auditorium. This is clever, because science has, as much as any other movement since the French Revolution, changed the lives of everyone on the planet and it has by no means lost this position of leadership.
On the contrary. Today when more and more people assume that the death penalty does not have a deterrent effect, it's not a new belief in a higher justice. Rather, it is the triumph of that thinking that the tools of rationality — language logic and statistics — are being used to make a statement that contradicts the common assumptions.
It is, however, necessary to acquire language logic, statistics and other skills. Do not give a claim to power with a fath-based knowledge, but also mediate what knowledge is. This is not only an honorable task — it pplaces scientific researchers in the realm of medical doctors who take the Hippocratic oath. Knowledge is vital, and — this is the flip side — knwoledge can be abused: the great anti-human ideologies of the 20th Century were themselves scientific. The science community needs to communicate better.
It's ever more delectable that the Edge Foundation— the network of prominent scientists and intellectuals founded by literary agent John Brockman in New York — has worked against the reciprocal ignorance of literary cultures and sciences of each other. Successfully. If you take the algorithms developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, which measure the value of links, Edge's website ranks seven on a global scale of ten. The New York Times ranks nine, eBay at eight.
A highlight of the Edge's activities in each January, the answers to the question of the year. In 2010 there were more than 130 short essays on how the Internet is changing the way we think. The question now presented byEdge: What scientific concept woud improve everyone's cognitive tookiit? ...
In the meantime, there's a rich discussion of aspects of this question on Edge.org, a forum for all manner of minds, curated by the agent and intellectual impressario John Brockman. Once or twice a year since 1998, Edge has tossed provocative questions to variegated batches of scientists, writers, artists and innovators.
Some examples: How is the Internet changing the way you think? What have you changed your mind about? Why? What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?
This year's question, proposed by Steven Pinker and shaped with input from Daniel Kahneman, has been addressed by more than 150 people so far:
What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit? (The phrase "scientific concept" has a very broad meaning, explained at the link.)
You can read my Edge contribution, centering on a concept I call anthropophilia, below, with links to relevant context added (the Edge format is straight text).
I'm in the early stages of reading the other contributions. There's much to chew on and enjoy. Here are a few highlights: ...
Each year, the Scientific Club "The Edge" poses a question. 2011 will be explored that is lacking in people to the knowledge nor
If the theory of the "multiverse" is true, then it is at least one universe in which we do not die. Because the concept assumes that each possible universe has to actually occur - including universes, which have already defeated the doctors in our lifetimes the death. That we die in our universe is indeed annoying, but not the end of the world. This is the response of the psychologist Nicholas Humphrey on this year's "Edge" question: "What scientific concept would improve the cognitive abilities of all people?"...
... In a time when economic studies that scientifically "prove" that certain groups of people are smarter than others (Thilo Sarrazin keeps Muslim immigrants for less intelligent than German, while other studies show that leftists are smarter than right), like Conservatives and multicultural friends feel encouraged by Matt Ridley's statement that the individual intelligence or the intelligence of sub-groups for the welfare of a society are relatively unimportant. The decisive point is the "collective intelligence", says Ridley, which is not simply the sum of the individual intelligence quotient, but a function of networking, of labor and openness of a society.
Adam Smith and Karl Popper already knew this. Too bad that we do not inhabit the parallel universe in which they live.
Planet's biggest brains answer this year's Edge question: 'What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?'
Being comfortable with uncertainty, knowing the limits of what science can tell us, and understanding the worth of failure are all valuable tools that would improve people's lives, according to some of the world's leading thinkers.
The ideas were submitted as part of an annual exercise by the web magazine Edge, which invites scientists, philosophers and artists to opine on a major question of the moment. This year it was, "What scientific concept would improve everybody's cognitive toolkit?"
The magazine called for "shorthand abstractions" – a way of encapsulating an idea or scientific concept into a short description that could be used as a component of bigger questions. The responses were published online today.
Many responses pointed out that the public often misunderstands the scientific process and the nature of scientific doubt. This can fuel public rows over the significance of disagreements between scientists about controversial issues such as climate change and vaccine safety. ...
Qual será o conceito científico que, se toda a gente o dominasse, poderia representar um salto imenso na capacidade que as pessoas têm de perceber e participar activamente nos assuntos do mundo?
This is, in essence, the question that John Brockman, the American literary agent and director of the site edge.org, presented in late December to a constellation of world famous scientists. The results were published online this morning.
The question was formulated more precisely as follows: "What Scientific Concept Would Improve Everybody's Cognitive Toolkit?"
Since this question is not as direct and explicit as some of its predecessors (the question last year, for example, was "How the Internet is changing the way we think?") Edge is quick to contextualize it.
The point is that, according to James Flynn, an expert on human intelligence from the University of Otago, New Zealand, there are words and short phrases — such as "market", "natural selection", etc.. — Which constitute "conceptual abbreviations" (shorthand abstractions, or SHA) that actually represent a constellation of such abstract concepts as complex and that "although extremely brief, have immense utility to perceive the world."
The idea is that the SHA, according to Flynn, "penetrated the cognitive repertoire of educated people, expanding their intellectual capabilities to become available in the form of cognitive units that can be used as elements of reasoning and debate." In other words, an economist, when he speaks of "market" or a biomedical specialist when he thinks of a "control group" or a statistician when he speaks of "random sample", knows very well that there's no need to lose time to reprocess these concepts each time you use them.
By Friday evening 115 people, scientists from various fields of knowledge, had already responded to the challenge. Some answers are extensive and very complex. Others do not respond exactly the question. But there are, as always, approaches to suit all tastes and most are interesting enough to make it worth going to have a look.
Theories of social nets and their relationship with the contemporary sociology, dangerous ideas of scientists on Radio3 Scienza on Radio3.
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Does the Internet affect our brains? 170 scientists and artists are trying to answer that question.
Since 1998, John Brockman of The Edge Foundation, an association of scientists and intellectuals, asks his members every year a question which they must answer with a short essay. Examples from recent years include "What do you think is true, but you can not prove?" and "What did you change your mind about? The question last year is also the title of this book. It is of course a very topical issue although the Internet has no really been around long enough to have serious statements about the impact on our brains or our way of thinking, yet in recent years there have been dozens of works published describing the investigated effects.
Here you get 170 scientists and artists, including big names such as Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker, Daniel C. Dennet, Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Brian Eno, each of whom has a few pages to explain the advent of the Internet and what it has meant to them.
With so many people are discussed, this is a very diverse book. Optimists like Kevin Kelly, founder of Wired magazine, may hold a hymn to the possibilities of the Internet, while several pages later another describes the worldwide web as "the biggest distraction from serious thinking since television was invented." Some authors point to the disastrous consequences that the Internet already has on our brains, while an evolutionary biologistsays that the Internet so far has changed our very little because the information we find there is still viewed through our lenses as hunter-gatherers. That we can not handle this, for example, leads to a greater sense of insecurity.
Publishers, I was told by an august member of that tribe soon after I first wrote about them, are exactly like farmers. Whatever the weather, whatever the harvest, they just love to moan. Much in the world of books has changed since that moment, but not the propensity to grumble. During 2010, the "we're all doomed" tendency fed us on a bumper crop of of gloomy prognostications. Will almost-free digital distribution drain cash and credit out of the entire book-supply system? Do electronic books as a whole threaten to bankrupt publishers and pauperise authors? Has the spread of new media destroyed an appetite for reading any text tougher than a tweet among the born-digital generation?
Can anybody stop Google (with Amazon and Apple not far behind) seizing control of humanity's written heritage and using it to promote their partisan corporate agendas? Will independent high-street booksellers, well-stocked local libraries and reasonable advances for authors who don't appear on TV fade into the mists of bookish history, along with quill pens and lazy lunches? And can we ever hope to resist the takeover of publishing by celebrity clout when our Christmas chart-topper – Jamie Oliver's Jamie's 30-Minute Meals - comes from an author who cheerily admits that "I've never read a book in my life, ever, apart from my own". Respect to the recipes, though.
So book lovers need to embark on a chapter of hope. Every new year, John Brockman of the online intellectual powerhouse Edge (www.edge.org) asks its virtual community of scientists and social thinkers one question. In 2007, it was this: "What are you optimistic about?" To strike a less than despondent chord this January, I put the same question to a few people in the British book world who are best placed to know. Read their answers on these page
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his Christmas, a bevy of elegant models are on display. Not just the long-legged female variety (although you can see those at this season's parties in New York); instead, regulators, bankers and investors have been flaunting their own smart models, as they attempt to predict what 2011 might deliver.
But as this economic catwalk gets underway, it is shot through with irony. When the financial crisis hit, many observers blamed the disaster on the misuse of financial models. Not only had these flashy computer systems failed to forecast behaviour in the sub-prime mortgage world, but they had also seduced bankers and investors to take foolhardy risks or been used to justify some crazy behaviour.
But these days, in spite of all those mis-steps, there is little sign that financiers are falling out of love with those models; on the contrary, if you flick through the recent plethora of reports from the Basel Committees — or look at the 2011 forecasts emanating from investment banks — these remain heavily reliant on ever-more complex forms of modelling.
So what are investors to make of this? One particularly thought-provoking set of ideas can be seen in the current work of Emanuel Derman, a former physicist-turned banker who shot to fame within the banking industry two decades ago by co-developing some ground-breaking financial models, such as the Black-Derman-Toy model (one of the first interest rate models) and the Derman-Kani local volatility model (the first model consistent with the volatility smile). *
At first glance, Derman's past might suggest he should be a model-lover — or "modeliser" — par excellence. In the banking world, he is often hailed as one of the great, original "quants", who paved the way for the derivatives revolution. Yet in reality, Derman has always been pretty cynical about those models that won him, and other quants, earlier accolades. For while investment bank salesmen might have treated his creations as near infallible, in truth Derman — like many brilliant scientists-turned-quants — has always recognised their flaws. ...


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"While some of these investors aren't the brightest knives in the drawer, they're not complete idiots over a long period of time." - Jonathan Macey, Professor of Corporate Law at Yale University, on private equities companies like Bain Capital
Jon Stewart's interview with Prof. Jonathan Macey continues after the jump.
The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11/10c.
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Newt Gingrich Occupies Mitt Romney
Will you just look at this disgusting left-wing anti-capitalist propaganda…
Whose Super PAC is this? Is this a MoveOn thing? No, it says here that Winning Our Future is a pro-Newt Gingrich PAC. Figures that long-hair is behind this…
The former Speaker is making the case that, in contrast to good old fashioned businesses who make stuff, Romney and his ilk have instead gamed the system to create a soulless machine that profits from the misery of others. Whereas Republicans used to merely whisper that Bain was an electability problem for Romney, Gingrich and other candidates are now openly making the case that the invisible hand has failed to stop corporate raiders from hurting American workers — even as they condemn President Obama as a radical socialist for his rhetoric on Wall Street.
"I am totally for capitalism, I am for free markets," Gingrich assured reporters on Monday. "Nobody objects to Bill Gates being extraordinarily rich, they provide a service." What he instead is concerned about is when an investor receives "six-to-one returns, and the company goes bankrupt."
Isn't that essentially the exact same thing that dangerous left-wing radicals like Elizabeth Warren and Occupy Wall Street protesters have been saying? By the transitive property, I suppose that makes Newt Gingrich a dangerous left-wing radical.
Frankly, you have to ask yourself what's wrong with a country that would allow such a blatant unapologetic socialist to get this close to the Oval Office. Historically speaking, anti-capitalist sentiments of such vehement hostility toward job creators should be met with batons and pepper spray, not television cameras.
This Newt Gingrich guy needs to get a job and take a bath. Not necessarily in that order.
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Mitt Romney Likes Firing People
This, in my opinion, is a mitvah.
If only we could all have such passion for our jobs…
Okay, given the proper context, that quote isn't nearly as insane as it might seem coming from a candidate who is constantly fighting back against the perception that he looks like the guy who just fired your dad and made him cry…
"I want individuals to have their own insurance. That means the insurance company will have an incentive to keep you healthy. It also means that if you don't like what they do, you could fire them. I like being able to fire people who provide services to me. You know, if someone isn't giving the good service, I want to say, I'm going to go get someone else to provide this service to."
But the thing about the proper context is, it's not really something that Mitt Romney is particularly passionate about.
(via Political Wire)
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Stephen Colbert's South Carolina Corporate Personhood Referendum
If corporations get to be counted as people, I hope I can grab a drink with Boeing someday. (I think it seems best to get on his good side.)
Coverage continues with Stephen's interview with Dick Harpootlian, South Carolina Democratic Party Chairman, after the jump.
The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30/10:30c.
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Fox News Unearths Communist Muppet Conspiracy
As the "Rainbow Connection" taught us, the Muppets have always been powerful exponents — puppets, if you will — of the gay agenda. But did you know they're also vicious, godless communists?
Last week, on the network's "Follow the Money" program, host Eric Bolling went McCarthy on the new, Disney-released film, "The Muppets," insisting that its storyline featuring an evil oil baron made it the latest example of Hollywood's so-called liberal agenda.
Bolling, who took issue with the baron's name, Tex Richman, was joined by Dan Gainor of the conservative Media Research Center, who was uninhibited with his criticism.
"It's amazing how far the left will go just to manipulate your kids, to convince them, give the anti-corporate message," he said.
It's about time someone brought this left-wing conspiracy to light. I mean, didn't you ever wonder why these things are called Muppets? "Muppet" is clearly an abbreviation of "Marxist puppet."
As Friedrich Engels wrote, "Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat. Mahna Mahna. What is the proletariat? The proletariat is that class in society… whose sole existence depends on the demand for labor. Mahna Mahna."
Liberals have tried to cover their tracks, but it's painfully obvious that the Muppets took Manhattan in order to gain control of the means of production and bring capitalism to its knees. The House should immediately resurrect its Un-American Activities Committee to probe congressmen for adorable songs, felt skin, and great capers.
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Nov. 5
James Lewis Gill, 29, 300 Phoenix Road, Pickens, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine.
Cameron Austin Cogdill, 20, of 215 Lamp Lighter Drive, Greenville, two counts of failure to appear for ticket.
Phillip Jermonte Bruce, 18, of 205 Stone Circle, Clemson, shoplifting – 1st.
Christian Hope Dodson, 17, of 103 Linwood Street A, Easley, shoplifting – 1st.
Clifton Richard Wilder, 51, of 200 Wild Wing Way, Easley, harassment.
Adam Jeremy Dyar, 30, of 225 Hazelwood Avenue, Anderson, receiving stolen goods $1,000 or less
Felix Bowen Price, 41, of 220 Walnut Hill Drive Apartment B1, Easley, interference with police, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of stolen property.
Nov. 6
Shannon Dale Ashworth, 31, of 339 Baskin Road, Iva, possession of stolen vehicle more than $2,000, false information to police officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of methamphetamine, possession of stolen property.
Betty Lina Valardi, 49, of 3739 Saluda Dam Road, Easley, shoplifting – 1st.
Anthony Wayne Shelton, 32, of 14 Arch St. Ext., Greenville, hit and run with injuries, driving under suspension.
Brittney Fontaine Scurry, 17, of 108 Cone Ridge Drive, Easley, shoplifting – 1st.
Nov. 7
Anthony Collier, 41, of 233 Lacy Lane, Easley, hit and run attended vehicle.
Natasha Ann Martin, 31, of 202 Pelzer Highway, Easley, two counts of bench warrant service.
James H. Cartee, Jr., 60, of 17 Hoyt Street, Greenville, shoplifting – 1st.
Anthony Eugene Wallace, 56, of 17 Hoyt Street, Greenville, shoplifting – 1st.
Elizabeth Jean Pfeiffer, 23, of 14 W. Crossridge Drive, Greenville, shoplifting – 1st.
John David Hendricks, 35, of 211 Rockcrest Road, Cleveland, defrauding an innkeeper.
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Rebecca Anna McKenzie, 33, of 150 Sweetbriar Way, Easley, driving under the influence.
Craig Michael Earnheart, 27, of 1509 Crestview Road, Easley, disorderly conduct, kidnapping/abduction, assault 3rd degree.
Hayley Leanna Pearson, 21, of 312 McCoy Street, Easley, two counts of unlawful communication.
George Henry Hardee, 26, of 21 Greenleaf Court, Seneca, shoplifting - 3rd or subsequent.
Javier Grnado Castaneda, 18, of 1175 Lakeview Drive, Powdersville, shoplifting - 2nd offense.
Ryan Allen Hamilton, 19, of 215 Johnson Lane, Piedmont, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of controlled substance, possession of stolen property, possession of drug paraphernalia.
John Wesley Anderson, 78, of 104 Polynesian Drive, Easley, criminal domestic violence.


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Update: Here's the official Facebook event I just created for the censored image posting day on the 18th. Invite everyone you can.
Yesterday, I wrote a post about the upcoming Reddit blackout in protest of SOPA, and I urged larger sites like Google and Facebook to follow suit, if they are as serious about the killing of the internet censorship bill as they claim to be.
Though the post got a great deal of support, many were quick to point out the realities of such a thing happening. As both companies would stand to lose significant revenue for any sort of shutdown, it's unlikely a full blackout would ever actually occur, whether its effect might be in their long term best interest or not.
This caused me begin to think about what alternatives to a full-on blackout might be for these sites. Though flipping the off switch would be the best way to get the public's attention about the bill (who are hugely uninformed about the bill's existence or its potential effects), I suppose there are alternative options to consider.
Google's is relatively easy to imagine. Rather than a fun logo celebrating Mark Twain's birthday or something similarly lighthearted, I think they could devote a large stretch of time to a main page that looks like this:
Simple enough, and though not as attention grabbing as a full blackout, it would definitely increase awareness. I have no sway at Google, but it seems like a relatively easy way to show their opposition to SOPA that would help educate a woefully uninformed public.
Now onto Facebook, which will undoubtedly not go dark as they're still circling a possible IPO. But it's a site where we, the users, can actually force people to pay attention to SOPA, should they participate in my little idea here en masse.
I thought about the typical "change your profile picture" maneuver that people use to support things like breast cancer awareness or promote their band's upcoming concerts, but in the Facebook newsfeed, profile picture changes show up as a very tiny part of the timeline.
Not bad, but microscopic in the grand scheme of the entire newsfeed, considering that twelve peoples' picture changes are crammed into about 50 pixels of height.
So what does Facebook give priority to? Posted photos. And that's where my idea comes in.
I recently crafted the image below. If you can make a more official looking one, I implore you to do so and send it to me.
The idea is that you would either A) post the image as a wall photo or better yet B) post an entire ALBUM of this image under a normal title like "2012 Ski Trip!" or "A Crazy New Year's Eve!"
I would also recommend making the description link for each photo this address, the same one I have in the image:
There is. DMCA "Digital Millennium Copyright Act" gives you the right to give the website 24 hrs to take down the offending content. After that they owner of said website is responsible for legal fees. SOPA is worded to the point, that forbes.com would be taken down if I were to link to a picture of your art.
Don't you think the website owner should have a chance to remove what was posted? Thats the issue at stake here, we all agree that your work is your work.
there is a difference between copyright infringment and censorship! a HUGE difference.
This is why you are a BLOGGER and not a JOURNALIST. Does Forbes share your views? Does Forbes support SOPA/PIPA? What if we started a Facebook or Reddit campaign to clog Forbes fax and emails with useless posts and images? What you are calling for is the exact same kind of censorship as you proclaim to abhor.
"When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with WISDOM and TACT." (Dan. 2:14).
Yes God was the main player in this one (saving the heads of the "wise men"), as Daniel so rightly pointed out. But one has to admit that Daniel's approach helped or else it wouldn't have been mentioned. I respectfully submit, sir, that your response lacks both of the above mentioned attributes. You can disagree w/o throwing knives. Put another way, you're not helping your side being so rude.
Then again . . . . you're on the opposing team . . . . . . keep up the good work!
@aunti: Since when is removing your own works censorship? He's talking about taking YOUR OWN pictures down and replacing them with this image. Do you even understand the conversation?
This is fantastic, Paul.
I created a petition to convince Google, Facebook, and Wikipedia to join Reddit's blackout. They are currently on the fence about it and need encouragement! Please, this needs all the signatures it can get! Spread the word!
Despite the ignorant nay-sayers commenting, I think this is an awesome way to get the point across! People don't understand what is at stake here. They're going to destroy the very thing that allows them to be successful.
And the people won't stand for it.
I understand that a full-blackout will lose revenue, but I honestly believe these little things will be easy to ignore by the news media. If there was a shutdown and a major outrage from the public, the news would be forced to take notice. Several sites have already participated in a self-censorship day and it got us nowhere. This dramatic, risky, full blackout is the only way to make a real difference.


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As a kid living in Hawaii from 1968 to 1971, I fell in love with the radio. I was a fan of the Hawaii Islanders Triple-A baseball team (Padres affiliate) and listened to their away games on the radio as they battled Pacific Coast League opponents, such as the Tacoma Tigers and Spokane Indians.
One of my first radio heroes was Casey Kasem, whose syndicated show, "American Top Forty," was broadcast each weekend from the Honolulu-based AM radio station KPOI. Nearly every week, I would listen to the entire countdown, wondering what song would come in at No. 1. Would it be Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" for the umpteenth week in a row? Or would that gritty new single by the Rolling Stones, "Brown Sugar," finally scratch its way to the top?
Years later, after moving to North Carolina, I was able to work in radio myself, first at WASU-FM in Boone and later at WXYC-FM, while a student at UNC-Chapel Hill. The WXYC station at the student union was a fraternity of sorts for kids who cared more about music and radio than they did their grade point averages.
By this time in my life, I had seen a lot of the behind-the-scenes aspect of broadcasting, but that knowledge of the "nuts and bolts" of radio did little to erase its magic.
I still had radio heroes, one of which was Woody Durham, the voice of Tar Heel football and basketball games. When we couldn't get tickets to a basketball game, or when the Heels were on the road, we could always count on Woody to bring the game to life.
Even if a game was televised, my friends and I would turn the volume down on the TV set and crank up the radio so we could hear Woody call the game. Of course, on satellite broadcasts the video would be a split second behind the radio, making Woody sound like a genius. The ball would be coming down from its arc when Woody would exclaim, "It's good!" And he would be right – every single time.
Last year, Woody Durham retired after being the voice of the Tar Heels for 40 years. During that time, he called more than 1,800 football and basketball games, including six NCAA basketball championship games, four of those won by the Tar Heels.
Durham visited the Blowing Rock Art and History Museum last Thursday and spoke about his storied career to about 150 admirers.
"I grew up in Albemarle, N.C., and played on one of the best high school football teams in the state," Durham said. "We had a lot of guys on that team who went on to play football in college … I was not one of them."
Durham's love for sports and his experience of working with small radio stations in Albemarle led to his desire to be a sports commentator. That desire led to the job of broadcasting games at UNC before he even graduated.
When my friends and I listened to Durham during broadcasts on the Tar Heel Sports Networks, we all had our favorite Woody-isms. My friend Allison would laugh her head off every time Woody would say that a basketball player "had a notion," meaning that he thought about shooting the ball but didn't.
"How does he do that?" she would say. "Woody's psychic!"
My favorite Woody-ism was how he would call a player by his name a few times and then alternate that by calling him by his hometown and his year in college.
For instance, with Michael Jordan, he might say, "The Wilmington sophomore shoots from the baseline … good!"
I've never heard another sports announcer use that device, so I was happy last week when I had a chance at BRAHM to ask him if he invented it or borrowed from another announcer.
"I started doing that in the '70s as a way of honoring the hometowns of Tar Heel players," Durham said. "I remember the mayor of Pineville asking to stop introducing Walter Davis as being from Charlotte because really he was a Pineville native who had played basketball at South Mecklenberg High School. The next time the Heels played, Davis was introduced as being from Charlotte, and I started getting letters and phone calls from the Pineville Chamber of Commerce and other folks in Pineville asking me to correct this horrible injustice.
"That made quite an impression on me and I've always strived to tell folks where all of the players come from. These towns are so proud to have one of their own playing for the Tar Heels, and I try to never forget that."
I still listen to games on the Tar Heel Sports Network, and the fellows who now broadcast the games do a perfectly splendid job of bringing the action on the basketball court to life. But it's just not the same without Woody. When he would broadcast the game, it seemed like he was another Tar Heel fan watching the game in your living room.


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Firstly I'm using excel 2010.
I have had a look at other "auto-update" and from what I saw they wanted you to type some information in to make it "refresh" the auto-update.
Essentially what I have is two seperate spread sheets and I have a table with filtered headings and I have a sheet with LOTS of raw data. All I have is three collumns on the table however I do not physically put any data into it. When the other spreadsheet is updated the references automatically place the values into my table.
For example the filter is set to "UK" but we still require to have all values there just incase reference is needed as the people using this spreadsheet are not allowed to see the workings spread sheet due to confidentiality reasons.
I hope that someone can understand what I am asking about as I didn't know what to search for to find this so my apologies is there is something already out there to do with this.
It's not too urgent but would just make my life that little bit easier rather than un-filtering and re-filtering.
Thank you for your time and I will happily try anything out.