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Already one of the most closely contested Senate races in the country, the battle between Republican Sen. Scott Brown and Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren is heating up in Massachusetts.
Brown's team has been quick to jump on media reports that Harvard University advertised Warren as a minority professor in the 1990's, thanks to a distant Native American heritage. According to a report by the Boston Herald, Harvard was facing scrutiny at the time for a lack of diversity. It touted Warren to the Harvard Crimson newspaper as its first woman minority hire for a tenured position.
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Brown's campaign has insinuated she used minority status to get ahead, but Warren's team says she did not promote herself as a minority to Harvard. A subsequent news report did reveal that she did voluntarily list herself as a minority in a professional directory for nearly a decade.
Meanwhile, the Boston Globe also reported Tuesday that Brown, who voted against the federal healthcare bill, is taking advantage of the controversial measure's provision that allows his 23-year-old daughter on his health insurance plan. Brown, who was elected in a special election to replace liberal lion Sen. Ted Kennedy during the Tea Party fever of 2010, campaigned heavily on his opposition to the legislation.
As the race stands, Brown is banking on selling himself as a regular guy and independent voice to voters in the deep blue state. Warren, a progressive darling known for her work as a consumer advocate, hopes to focus on the issues, rather than a referendum on her personal wealth or likeability.
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Ralph Whitehead, a journalism professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, says both candidates can be hurt by the superficial issues getting battered about in the press.
"If the charge that the Brown campaign has made against her sticks, namely that she herself took the step of listing herself in a directory as a member of a minority group it makes her look a little silly but I don't think it makes her look terminally silly," he says.
As for Brown, Whitehead adds that the federal health care law—which mirrors similar legislation in the Bay State signed by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney—is actually quite popular.
"Simply by reminding voters in Massachusetts that he voted against it, even if he and his daughter were not taking advantage of it, isn't a plus for him," he says.
But the real significance of these campaign shots has yet to be determined, Whitehead says.
"To the degree that this competition is defined as a competition between personalities, these kinds of considerations become relevant," he says. "A public debate over the personality traits of these two candidates will probably not help Elizabeth Warren. But a public debate over issues where she can pit her position on those issues against the incumbent's voting record could work to her advantage."
The most recent polling showed Warren up by just one point over Brown, well within the survey's margin of error.
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- Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir the onion about 5 minutes, until tender. Mix in the tomatoes, and season with salt and pepper. Continue to cook and stir about 5 minutes. Mix in the zucchini, yellow squash, bay leaf, and basil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove bay leaf before serving.
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We loved this. I made a few minor changes: 1) substituted olive oil for the veg oil, 2) substituted a can of diced tomatoes, drained, and 3) added 1 clove of minced garlic with the onions. My husband and I ate it all during dinner tonight. A keeper!!!
easy, light, and flavorful summer side dish. Used EVOO and added some garlic minced. Sauteed the onion w/some sweet red peppers. Seeded the roma tomatoes to take away some of the bitterness and reduce water content. summer squash have a higher water content. Added just a touch of brown sugar to cut down on the tartness. Salt and pepper. Used fresh basil and fresh chopped parsley. pretty color combinations also. Served w/jasmin rice and nice complimentary side dish to baked tilapia.
I have to admit I am not a big zuccini or yellow squash fan but I wanted to use a few up so I tried this recipe. Well I have made it twice in two days! It is soooo good. I didn't have any fresh tomatoes so I used 2 cans of Rotel canned tomatoes with chili peppers - WOW. I also eliminated some of the oil because I am on weight watchers. Thanks for this recipe!!
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Hate speed bumps? Then honk when approaching
Speed bumps are a minor irritant of American life. Now there's another, more major irritant -- drivers who honk when they come to one.
Being something of a modern-culture laggard, I was unaware that honking at speed bumps is a broad, seemingly spontaneous protest movement. Drivers have taken to honking their horns every time they cross a speed bump in reprisal for the neighborhood that presumably asked that the bump be installed.
A story in The Washington Post reported that the District of Columbia side of my old neighborhood has become bitterly divided over its new speed bumps. Said the newspaper: "It's Petty. It's Personal. And Chevy Chase is Honkin' Aggravated." (The Maryland side of the neighborhood has back-to-back speed cameras within a couple hundred yards of each other, but that's a separate irritant.)
Typically of such disputes there has been shouting, single-digit salutes, videotaping and listserves, and the Post reports that the spat "has become an embarrassment to a community that views itself as the essence of worldly sophistication."
That must have happened since we moved out, because nobody would ever have associated "worldly" and "sophistication" with the late, lamented Chevy Chase Lounge. But we stray.
It turns out the "Honk 4 Speed Bump" movement is all over the Web, including videos devoted to all things speed bump on YouTube. My favorite is a collection of slackers and stoners purporting to be the Anti-Speed Bump Coalition of Berkeley, Calif. Another is a fixed camera somewhere in England that consists of cars going over a speed bump in a mesmerizing rhythm of thump-and-scrape as front bumpers hit the pavement.
There is some uncertainty about what speed bumps should be called. The Brits call them speed humps or road humps. In the English-speaking Caribbean and, I'm told, in New Zealand, they're called sleeping policemen, which is kind of gruesome when you think about it.
The worst speed bumps I've encountered were in East Jerusalem, where they were more like curbs going across the whole street, unmarked during the day and unlit at night, making driving even more than the usual Mideast adventure. Honking would be a pointless protest because Jerusalem's drivers honk all the time, in greeting, frustration or simple self-expression.
Wikipedia asserts that speed bumps were a British invention that migrated to the United States in the 1960s. But The New York Times makes a strong case for the original culprit being Chatham, N.J., which installed a speed bump on Main Street in 1906, two years after the first car arrived in town.
Like the Berkeley videographers, the residents of Chatham gathered to witness the speed bumps in action, although without the beer, Mohawks and tattoos. The Times quoted its own account of that landmark day: "Goggles, hats, a monkey wrench, sidecombs, hairpins and other articles flew in all directions. The crowd gave a cheer and decided that the borough's plan was effective."
The reporter mourned that on the 100th anniversary of its first appearance the speed bump went uncelebrated in the town of its birth. The speed bump is far from ignored in the nation's capital. Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty seems determined to be to speed bumps what the Pharoah Cheops was to pyramids. Under his reign, the number of speed bumps in the city has gone from 100 to 868, with as many as four in a single block.
The honking-at-speed-bumps phenomenon may be nationwide, but somehow solving one problem by creating another is just so Washington.
(Contact Dale McFeatters at McFeattersD(at)SHNS.com. Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.shns.com)
Wow. How incredibly selfish of some people.
I hate speed bumps as much as the next guy, but the fact of the matter is that they were created to keep people alive and keep neighborhoods intact.
Both of those things are more important than whether you make it to the light before it turns red.
I wish we had one in front of our house. Just like the bell that signifies an angel getting its wings, the honk of a horn would reassure me that the bump is doing its job.
Just as one might honk at a blind alley, I think it's appropriate to honk when approaching a speed bump that's on a main thoroughfare. Such bumps should not be on main roads so if they are, it just shows that the neighbors put up such a fuss that they must be absolutely horrified of cars and should be fairly warned about the presence of such cars. Just my thoughts. Visit Hansville, WA, sometime if you want to learn about what a nightmare speed bumps can be if installed inappropriately -- against the wishes of a community.


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Frankfort resident Dennis Sidler has been selling autographed sports memorabilia since 1999.
On Saturday, he's opening SidsGraphs, his first ever storefront, in the former home of White Street Gallery and Framing at 11 S. White Street.
"I've always wanted this location," said Sidler. "It's a small store, but it's perfect for us."
Sidler specializes in Chicago items signed by current stars and Hall of Fame inductees. Available items include pictures, balls, helmets and pucks, which range in price from $5-$1,000. His shop will also sell gift wear that is not autographed, to be purchased prior to signings.
Former Blackhawks center Stan Mikita signs material exclusively for SidsGraphs, as do 23 major and minor league baseball players. In November, Sidler will facilitate a private signing with Chicago Hall of Famers Mike Singletary and Mike Ditka, for which he will take in customer items to be autographed.
Sidler plans to begin hosting Chicago players from the Blackhawks and the Bears for in-store signings in the near future. White Sox pitcher Chris Sale is scheduled to make an appearance in April.
Sidler hopes that hosting events will attract autograph enthusiasts and collectors to downtown Frankfort, bringing customers to surrounding businesses, as well as his own.
"I think it will add to our downtown," said Frankfort Mayor Jim Holland.
Holland said that SidsGraphs will add variety to downtown Frankfort, which is primarily comprised of boutiques and restaurants.
Sidler also supplies items for silent auction to many charities on a consignment basis. He has contributed auction items to benefits for Frankfort School District 157-C, the Mokena Burros, the Frankfort Falcons and the Frankfort Square Baseball League, which SidsGraphs also sponsors.
"This store brings something that's important to our community," said Holland, in reference to Sidler's work with local fundraisers.
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NORMAN — Hydraulic fracturing has sent tremors through the city recently, but not because the city is selling compressed natural gas, the clean alternative.
Rental of a temporary water meter by an oil and gas drilling company has raised red flags at city hall while residents post fears and concerns about water use and "fracking" on social media websites.
In a joint meeting of the city council's finance and oversight committees tonight, city leaders will discuss bulk water meter sales "and other issues associated with oil and gas drilling." The 5:30 p.m. meeting is open to the public but may not be open to public comment.
"It's not a public hearing, it's a public work session to address apparent gaps in our policy," Mayor Cindy Rosenthal said.
Whether public comments are taken at the meeting will be up to committee chair persons Tom Kovach and Lynne Miller, Rosenthal said.
"Staff has gathered a lot of information about other communities, and there's a lot for (the) council to discuss," Rosenthal said. "Many other communities are addressing zoning and siting issues, and we do not."
Rosenthal said some cities address where oil and gas drilling rigs can be located.
Residents concerned about water usage brought the topic to the city's attention after oil and gas drillers rented a water meter and began using about 17,000 gallons of treated drinking water a day at a site on Franklin Road.
Four miles away from the drilling site at 2351 Goddard Ave., the city of Norman operates a CNG fueling station that is open to the public 24 hours a day. The city-owned fueling station opened in January 2012.
Asked if anyone considered how natural gas is obtained before the city entered into the natural gas business, Rosenthal had no answer.
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The inspection looks at a units ability to effectively perform key logistics tasks, according to a news release.
The squadron had zero discrepancies in dozens of areas inspected.
Col. Bill Waynick, 5th Combat Communications Group commander, credited the inspection results to the hard work and dedication of squadron members.
The monumental achievement of earning a 100 percent compliant and outstanding rating on the LCAP validates all the hard work and long hours the airmen of the 51st CBCS put forth, he said in the release.
Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Wise, squadron superintendent, said it was a significant accomplishment.
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April of Sew To Speak (a lovely shop in Columbus Ohio, I MUST visit soon!) is hosting a Ruby Star Wrap-Along at the Sew To Speak blog, and asked if I would like to wrap-along with her (Sukie also has a fantastic Ruby Star Wrap-along going on too, be sure to check it out, both are fabulous, both have prizes and books to be won!!).
I really love the concept of Ruby Star Wrapping (by Melody Miller and Allison Tannery). It's all about making your own beautiful handmade wrapping and saving paper, waste, good stuff for sure. But on top of that it's about making packaging for every occasion that is either a…
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I nearly had a heart attack yesterday around noon when I suddenly remembered that I was slated for a book review post today for Meg McElwee's new book Growing Up Sew Liberated. I clicked over to Elsie Marley (the first stop on the tour) and laughed outloud because she had chosen exactly the same thing from the book that I had chosen to make for Elliot! Great minds think alike I guess. And hers are absolutely adorable and lovely by the way!!!
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Wanted to share two more projects made with the Red Letter Day left over from the quilt. I can't get enough of these cute ducks. Here's a Lickety Split Bag:
and a pair of 6-12 month baby pants, need to make a matching onesie or something yet:
We had a couple of nice sunny days this week despite the coooooold weather. I took a few shots of my cozy sewing room which also doubles as a guest room. Here's a vintage dresser from my parents with some of my craft/sewing/knitting books:
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A killer Charleston Catholic surge torpedoed Valley's state championship aspirations Thursday.
In a Class A boys state tournament morning quarterfinal at the Charleston Civic Center, the Irish outscored the Greyhounds 12-0 in a span of 3:19 in the third quarter, transforming a three-point deficit into a nine-point cushion and setting the stage for a 54-44 Irish victory.
The win advances No. 3-seeded Charleston Catholic, the 2013 state runner-up, to a semifinal meeting at 11:15 a.m. today with No. 2 Notre Dame, which vanquished No. 7 Tucker County 63-57 Thursday afternoon.
The Greyhounds ended a stellar season with a 22-4 mark.
"In the first half, we played as well as we could play," said Valley coach Joe McCoy. "Midway through (the third quarter) we kind of panicked when they went to that 2-2-1 trap.
"We didn't attack."
Catholic did, and that was the ball game.
After Raeshawn Breckenridge's free throw handed Valley a 27-24 lead at the 4:00 mark of the third period, things took a decided turn for the worse for the Greyhounds.
Ratcheting up the defensive intensity, the Irish proceeded to reel off 12 straight points, with eight of those points occurring directly — or at least indirectly — off of Valley miscues.
With the Irish lead at 28-27, Nick George scored four straight — two on a pull-up jumper and two more in the paint following a Valley turnover — to make it 32-27. Teammate Patrick Hurlihy followed with a putback, and Garret McCarty capped the spurt with a deuce after a steal on the other end.
"We just kind of stood around," McCoy said.
"We just got lost," said Valley sophomore Zac Warden, who led his team with a 13-point, 15-rebound, three-block performance. "We had a good first half, but (in the third) just kept holding the ball and not getting it to the middle."
Valley didn't crumble totally following Catholic's big run, cutting the deficit to five points, 36-31, on single foul shots from Henry Barron-Houchins and Breckenridge to start the final period. But the Irish later fashioned a 7-0 run, with Russell Miller's transition bucket pushing the advantage to 12 points, 46-34, with 3:25 left.
The Greyhounds couldn't recover.
McCoy called it overall a 'well-played ball game.'
Lamenting his team's bad stretch, though, he said, "Take a couple of the turnovers away and a couple of the missed shots …"
Valley gave Charleston Catholic all it could handle in the first half. Committing just two turnovers to nine for the more tourney-tested Irish, the Greyhounds — making their first state tourney appearance in 10 years — trailed just 10-8 after one quarter. Valley then got a Warden 3-pointer off a Barron-Houchins feed with 1:07 to play to carry a 21-18 advantage into the locker room at intermission.
Irish coach Bill McClanahan said it was his team -—not Valley — that appeared to be tourney newcomers in the first 16 minutes. In his assessment, "The team in the white (Catholic) had the least experience."
"Valley dictated the tempo in the first half. Valley dictated the style in the first half. Valley was quicker and tougher than us in the first half," he said. "Fortunately, there's a halftime break to discuss … what we needed to improve on."
Hurlihy netted 15 points and swatted away eight Valley shots and George had 13 points and 15 boards to pace the Irish.
Breckenridge added 10 points and Payne eight for Valley, which shot just 22.0 percent (13-for-59) from the floor.
Druw Bowen collected nine rebounds, and Barron-Houchins had three steals and three assists.
McCoy praised his seniors. "The seniors have had a good senior year, going 10-0 in football and 22-3 in basketball." A nucleus of young players will continue the trend in the future, he said. "Things are looking up."
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Henry Barron-Houchins 2-13 1-2 7, Keyshawn Payne 3-9 0-0 8, Raeshawn Breckenridge 4-9 1-2 10, Zac Warden 2-13 8-10 15, Druw Bowen 1-9 1-2 3, Donte Wilkerson 1-5 0-0 3, Tracy Conliffe 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: 13-59 11-16 44.
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Garret McCarty 2-15 0-0 4, Hayden McCarty 3-4 2-2 8, Russell Miller 4-6 1-3 9, Nick George 5-12 2-5 13, Patrick Hurlihy 7-12 1-2 15, Rodger Burdette 2-2 1-2 5, Justin Snyder 0-0 0-0 0, Cameron Imani 0-0 0-0 0, Sam McKown 0-0 0-0 0, Ben Fairless 0-0 0-0 0, Aaron Persily 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 23-51 7-14 54.
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The project would have provided laboratory space for UNC researchers to try to turn their findings into business ventures.
Carolina North's executive director, Jack Evans, announced this month, how ever, that the university was unable to negotiate a deal with Alexandria Real Estate Properties, the lab-space developer that had been planning the 80,000-square-foot Innovation Center at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Municipal Drive.
"The Innovation Center as a project is not likely to happen," Evans said.
Even before the Chapel Hill Town Council approved the building last year, university officials had been saying the project would be delayed because of the economy.
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What would you take from abandoned pan-Asian restaurant?
My sister's partner owns a strip mall and one of the tenants couldn't make the rent and abandoned the restaurant, leaving pretty much the entire place intact. The ex-owners of the restaurant cleaned out all of the food and took the decorations off of the walls, but the entire kitchen and front are there.
This has happened to my sister's partner before from time to time since he owns a couple of rental properties and they usually end up having to just throw the stuff out or it gets stored in a warehouse. My sister feels the stuff shouldn't go to waste and wants to have a look through to take some of it for home use.
The restaurant was owned by Vietnamese and served American style Chinese, Vietnamese cuisine, and sushi, so it has paraphernalia from all of those genres of cuisine.
She called me to ask what she should take. I told her most of the stuff is going to be industrial sized, like the deep fryers and stuff. She can also donate some stuff to charity.
Both of us know the inside of Chinese and Chinese-Vietnamese restaurants well since my childhood best friend's family owned such a restaurant and my sister actually worked for their family for a couple of years while in college.
We brain stormed based on our memories of my friend's two family restaurants, and the only cool stuff we could think of were the giant rice cookers, the ladles and stir fry stuff, the woks (my sister says there are tons and tons of woks probably since restaurants go through them fast)...also the plates and stuff. I told her to take the sushi paraphernalia, as well as any steamer baskets if they have any. Also to go for the knives.
It would be a shame for this stuff to just get junked. If you have experience in this sort of restaurant, can you give any ideas on what cool stuff to take so that it doesn't go to waste?
I told her not to take any big stuff, otherwise her place will start to look like some bizarre episode of hoarders packed with Chinese restaurant supplies.
If you know the back of a typical restaurant of this sort, can you give some suggestions?
I grew up in restaurants as both my parents were chefs and/or restaurateurs.
Like you said, there isn't much you can take and repurpose for home use given the industrial size of most of the appliances and cookwares.
And I'm not even sure I would take the knives, most kitchens and restaurants of that ilk don't (1) buy really quality knives and (2) if they do, don't really take care of them. Plus, many of the knives (as well other cooking utensils) will be too big to even store at home. More trouble than they are worth IMO.
And aside from that it looks like you've already covered the basics, for everything else I would get a liquidator to take it off your hands or just put everything up for sale on eBay.
I see you are in the DC area.We have many options for liquidation and disposal,not waste.
Small private schools still working on kitchens,various charity kitchens,auction folks etc.
Maybe call DC CENTRAL KITCHEN ,202-234-0707 .. http://www.dccentralkitchen.org for some advice or input.
if you GOOGLE ..restaurant equipment liquidators the options are huge,even CRAIG'S LIST
Finding a home for the entire inventory should be easy,sale or charity.Even the knives aren't worthless.Even if they look cheap and maybe are,they are dishwasher safe and will take an edge.They are just fine to fill the gaps in a school or charity kitchen.
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lcool - that's what I was thinking, there are plenty of "soup kitchens" out there with shoddy and substandard equipment who would be eternally grateful.
for anything. that was the subject of my favorite episode of 'Restaurant Impossible' when they remade a small outreach in umm, Chicago? and blew most of the budget just on the kitchen.
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That equipment may have to be cleaned first. Green demolition is another option. These guys are in CT - but they may be interested and/or know of someone in the DC area.
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I'd check to see if your sister is legally entitled to do so. I wouldn't take anything before knowing that. Jail time or a hefty fine may be a big price for "free goods".
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n. a civil wrong (tort) in which one converts another's property to his/her own use, which is a fancy way of saying "steals." Conversion includes treating another's goods as one's own, holding onto such property which accidentally comes into the convertor's (taker's) hands, or purposely giving the impression the assets belong to him/her. This gives the true owner the right to sue for his/her own property or the value and loss of use of it, as well as going to law enforcement authorities since conversion usually includes the crime of theft.
Since conversion is an act of theft....I'm pretty sure.
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You cannot hold a person's property for ransom to pay rent.....you need to seek a judgement....You can claim the property was abandoned, but you have to make a reasonable attempt to contact the owner of the property. You sell the items off...but you would have to give all funds collected back to the property owner.
You can remove the property and store it ...and charge a fee for removal and storage. Usually, the property owner will then forfeit the items...as they probably are not worth the amount owed.for the storage and fees.
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This is more what I picture:
I'm sorry we can't pay the rent for the third month in a row. Business is bad. I guess we'll have to close down.
Ok I can store your stuff and go after you in court for rent and storage fees which I know you don't have, or we can both cut our losses, and I can try to sell some of this stuff (which you can't afford to move and have no use for) to recoup some of my (our) losses. Deal?
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IMHO, what fourunder describes is the correct legal process in many places.
Even if the property is "abandoned", you need to file notice to the tenant and provide an opportunity to claim their property, minus any appropriate storage fees (many landlords discount storage fees as if the tenant takes everything it saves the landlord on disposal costs). If the tenant releases the property, or if they do not claim it within some amount of time, then the landlord can dispose of the property. How that happens is different from place to place as well, but generally any property under some value can be just thrown out, given away, appropriated directly, etc. Above the value, in some areas you have to put the property up to an open auction (at which the tenant may bid on the property, in addition to the landlord - which I think is supposed to prevent abusive "storage" fees greater than the value of the property that are really a veiled attempt to claim lost rent).
Often, what Julesrules describes is what actually happens when a tenant abandons restaurant/retail space after a few months of non-payment, though it opens the landlord up to some potential liability if the ex-tenant sues to reclaim property or value of property that has been disposed.
At the very least, make an itemized list and take photos of everything before disposal, that way they can't try to claim they had some priceless Ming vase in the place. Good documentation limits liability greatly.
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In california, at least, the items still belong to restaurant owner. They have a certain amount of time to collect them, and if they don't, assuming that the value is over a certain amount (either 100 or 1000) the landlord is responsible for auctioning off the items and using the money to repay any amount of default (and the cost of the auction) with the extra money going back to the ex-tenant.


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A great deal has been promised for the whiteman's dream of self-determination for Aborigines, but despair has been the primary result.
In fact, Dr Gary Johns says the dream that "Aborigines could live collectively and separately from the rest of Australia, has turned sour".
In reviewing public policy and Aboriginal affairs over the past four decades, he calls for a different approach to practices and attitudes of the recent past.
Dr Johns, an associate professor of public policy, Public Policy Institute, Australian Catholic University, doesn't profess to be an expert in this area even though he's been thinking about Aboriginal policy and politics for at least two decades.
He's travelled into the Pilbara and Cape York and Central Queensland and western NSW and visited a lot of communities, spoken to a lot of Aboriginal people and those who work in the Aboriginal field.
The former special Minister of State in the Keating Labor Government points out that "unfortunately, many Aboriginal leaders misdiagnose their peoples' dilemma".
Restraining Aborigines from leading a good life are culture, land rights and welfare. Exodus is a reality even though welfare has become restrictive, land is a burden and bad behaviour is being mistaken for culture.
Aborigines have to abide by the same rules as every other Australian and study hard, search for better opportunities and behave well.
This is in contrast to the dream of Aboriginal autonomy. An exit strategy is necessary for Aborigines, especially those in remote Australia.
Aboriginal Self-Determination outlines tactics, even those that are harmful, and destroys the "rallying cry for culture over economy".
It demonstrates that the way to self-determination is through individual dignity.
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This was a project for Björk, who had asked me to explore instruments that harness forces of nature. I chose to start with water, or gravity and surface tension, to be more precise.
The idea was to use water's insistent softness to create music. In this rough prototype, I dropped water droplets on the strings of a harp to set them resonating.
Trying to aim the droplets precisely was maddening. They left the nozzles in non-deterministic directions and drifted in the slightest breeze. I modified the nozzles with guide-needles and increased the water's surface tension by adding various chemicals. But the randomness remained.
I liked the result when I finally got it working. And I had a lot of 11th-hour help from the precise and perceptive Marina Porter.
I imagined a finished version looking something like this:
In the end I decided that I didn't want to create a future in which Björk or I needed to precisely control falling droplets in various and unpredictable environments. So these videos are all that is left of the work.
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TRAVERSE CITY — Two northern Michigan teams won state championships in 2010.
And they came in a sport those schools have long excelled at.
The Traverse City Central and Harbor Springs boys captured downhill ski state crowns in February.
For the Trojans, it was the start of a trophy-filled year at the state level. Central's girls finished second in the state in skiing, golf and cross country, third in tennis and 10th in bowling. The boys were seventh in tennis.
"We had a nice calendar year as well as a great fall start to our 2010-11 school year," Trojan athletic director Cody Inglis said.
Three of those top-10 finishes came in the fall.
"With the history and tradition Central has had in athletics, some people just think that it happens magically," Inglis said. "But these things don't happen magically. There is a real formula for success and it starts with the coaches, parental support and the students putting in the work and time. That's what makes this especially pleasing because these spots require that dedication."
Mike Waning took over a state championship ski program in 2009 and produced a state title in his second season. Coaches Larry Nykerk (tennis), Lisa Taylor (cross country) and Lois McManus (golf) have traditionally had their teams in the hunt at the state level.
"Those are veteran coaches that have that formula for success and have done things the right way," Inglis said. "They emphasize much more than just winning, which I think is critical. It's much more about the life-long components, life-long aspects of those sports as well.
"Yes it's about winning, being competitive, but it's much more than that. It's about life lessons and it's about enjoyment of those sports that they (athletes) can carry on for the rest of their lives."
Big North Conference rival Petoskey enjoyed a banner 2010, too. The Northmen dominated in basketball and football. The boys finished 23-2 and reached the quarterfinals in basketball last March, losing an overtime thriller to Muskegon Heights. The girls were 22-2 and made it to the regional finals. Petoskey went 8-2 in football.
"I think their (basketball) teams are even better this year," Inglis said. "But they do move up to Class A."
Suttons Bay and Central Lake also had memorable years. Suttons Bay reached the Class C state finals in boys basketball. The football team finished 11-1, losing to Iron Mountain in the regionals. The Central Lake girls were semifinalists in basketball and volleyball.


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Higher Ground
Turning back time
Amsterdam authorities try rolling back the country's successful experiment in decriminalization
Published: June 22, 2011
When I got back to Amsterdam last week and checked into my headquarters at the 420 Café, I received an urgent message from the proprietor, Michael Veling, in response to my last column, which talked about attempts to restrict access to cannabis in the Netherlands:
Mike has owned and operated the 420 Café (formerly Café deKuil) for more than 20 years and has been a cannabis activist even longer. He's worked through the coffeeshop registration edicts of the mid-1990s, the imposition of the on-site 500-gram limit, the reduction from 30 to five allowable grams per consumer, the replacement of Dutch currency with the euro in 2000, the banning of alcohol sales in coffeeshops in 2007 (deKuil was a bar for 100 years or so), and the proscription against tobacco smoking the next year. Through it all, he has conformed with official policy while maintaining a successful establishment that supplies its patrons with the finest of weed and hash in a friendly, comfortable environment.
Mike was also a founder of Amsterdam's coffeeshop coalition, Cannabis Bond, and is a careful observer of the political scene as it pertains to the local cannabis culture. For several years he was active in the local branch of the (then) Dutch ruling party, the Christian Democrats (CDA) — sort of equivalent to the Republicans in America — and served a term as deputy to a CDA Amsterdam council member in order to force the party to accept a coffeeshop owner into its ranks despite the party's traditional stance against cannabis legalization.
So when Mike dismissed the current government's plan to turn the coffeeshops into private clubs, "accessible only to people officially living in the Netherlands" (DutchNews.nl) in order to "reduce drugs-related tourism and public nuisance," I felt better already, because the several people I'd spoken with before leaving town had been uniformly pessimistic about the chances for survival of the established system that works so well for everyone except the anti-drug fanatics in Parliament.
I'm still trying to get my head around the proposal, because it seems totally idiotic and so drastically un-Dutch. It seems to stem from a 2009 study by a government commission, which found that "the bigger the coffee shops get, the more likely they are to be in the hands of organized crime. To that end, the commission recommended cafes become smaller and should only sell to locals," according to DutchNews.nl.
"The government is also planning to increase efforts to drive organized crime out of the production and trade of marijuana. ... The illegal growing industry is thought to be worth some 2 billion euros [$2,840,000,000] a year. According to the Dutch newspaper Telegraaf, some 40,000 people are involved in marijuana cultivation and some 5,000 plantations are busted every year."
Duh! Under the present system, where retail sale of cannabis is permitted but cultivation and distribution remain strictly illegal (beyond the five plants adults are allowed to cultivate for their own use), growing marijuana is organized crime per se.
If cannabis were fully legalized, organized crime would be replaced by an above-ground industry that would employ thousands of people and generate enormous tax revenues for the Dutch coffers from the cannabis businesses themselves, the personal income taxes of the owners and operators, and the employment and earnings taxes on the workers.
The current government seems to have been emboldened by a ruling from European Union (EU) Advocate General Yves Bot, who said the Netherlands was within its rights to ban tourists from coffee shops if the move is necessary to protect public order and reduce the nuisance caused by drugs tourism. Bot felt further that the Dutch ban would contribute to the EU's efforts to combat the illegal drugs trade.
The border town of Maastricht has already closed its coffee shops to tourists on the "public nuisance" tip, while Roosendaal and Bergen op Zoom have banned coffeeshops altogether. Currently the Council of State, Holland's highest court, has appealed to the European judiciary to determine whether the Maastricht ban conflicts with EU laws.
Finally, DutchNews.nl reports with a straight face, "Ministers say they expect the closure of coffee shops to tourists will lead to a reduction in drugs-related tourism. Nevertheless, 'adequate measures' will be taken by police and officials to make sure the move does not lead to an increase in street dealing." Hmmm, sounds like they wanna embrace the American Dream of a real War on Drugs with a powerful police state apparatus to hound the tourists and their street-level suppliers.
Let's get one thing straight: When they say "drugs-related tourism" they're talking about people who come to Holland to smoke pot — or, in the case of the border towns, to cop some weed over the counter and take it back to Belgium or Germany or France and smoke it at home. If my memory serves, the little city of Maastricht itself took in about 13 million euros (about $18,500,000) last year from "drugs-related tourism."
My informants, including Michael Veling, Ravi Dronkers of the Sensi Seeds combine and Sidney Daniels of Ceres Seeds and the Hempshopper, have pointed out that the figures cited by the Telegraaf — 40,000 people involved in marijuana cultivation generating 2 billion worth of business — are ridiculously underestimated, and predict that the numbers would increase exponentially if cultivation and wholesale distribution were fully legalized.
The really sick thing is that this reactionary move by the Dutch government takes place in the face of the recent call by the official Global Commission on Drug Policy for an end to the War on Drugs, to shift "from criminalization to public health and from incarceration to ... decriminalization to legalization and regulation."
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Admin // 1 May, 2014
Harvesting Bulk Negative Keywords with Excel
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Exploring the Potential Impact of Google AdWords Online Video Ads
Last December, PPC Essentials, Portent's pay-per-click service offering designed for growing small businesses, took a leap of faith in positioning ourselves as an entity offering services separately from Portent's enterprise-level internet marketing services. One essential element of this transition was to create a new website for ourselves that would completely separate us from Portent's main… Read More
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Google Shopping Campaigns Get Results
For the past few months, we at Portent have been trying out Google AdWords' new Shopping Campaigns format for a couple of our clients. We had been eager to try it out and finally got the opportunity last November when one of our clients was accepted into the beta program. After 2 and half months,… Read More
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An AdWords Wishlist for 2014
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Remarketing for Search Ads
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Waste-Per-Click: 10 Ways You're Losing Money in PPC [VIDEO WEBINAR]
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Solid Polish fare is served by a staff in native dress in a room filled with colorful folk art. Amenities are extremely modest, from plastic tablecloths to paper napkins, but the value is outstanding for plates brimming with kielbasa and sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, stuffed cabbage, pierogi and blintzes.


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Monthly Archive: December 2011
Dec 31 2011
Amazing tracking shots
A long time ago, I read what was described as one of the most amazing tracking shots in film, starting at a great height and ending up underwater. (A tracking shot is a long single take with the camera moving.) It sounded incredible but I did not think I would ever see it because I …
Dec 30 2011
Spaghetti night
What is better than friends sharing food? (Thanks to Norm.)
Dec 30 2011
Murder by drone
Drones have become the weapon of choice that the Obama administration uses to kill people. Under his administration, their use has expanded far beyond what was done before. In the space of three years, the administration has built an extensive apparatus for using drones to carry out targeted killings of suspected terrorists and stealth surveillance …
Dec 29 2011
European Central Bank also giving big banks free money
It looks like Europe is following the lead of the US, with its equivalent of the Federal Reserve giving money to big banks at low interest rates and allowing them to buy government bonds at higher interest rates. So the European central bank is essentially borrowing back its own money, just like the Fed did …
Dec 28 2011
How Republicans punish rich people
It seems like I have been unfairly maligning Republicans as being interested only in enriching the extremely wealthy. It turns out that they are perfectly willing to take away some of their privileges. In addition, Senate Republican leaders would go after "millionaires and billionaires," not by raising their taxes but by making them ineligible for …
Dec 28 2011
Former federal prosecutor calls for jury nullification of marijuana laws
A former federal prosecutor calls upon people, if they serve on a jury, to use nullification as a means to change marijuana laws. He uses the case of Julian P. Heicklen, which I have discussed before. If you are ever on a jury in a marijuana case, I recommend that you vote "not guilty" — …
Dec 27 2011
James Garner
James Garner is one of my favorite actors. As a child, I was a devoted fan of his TV western series Maverick in which he played a nattily dressed gambler who, while not a coward, would go to great lengths to avoid a fight that might mess up his clothes. His later TV series like …
Dec 27 2011
The Ron Paul conundrum
The Republican primary race is getting truly bizarre. Under normal circumstances, someone with Mitt Romney's money, credentials, and establishment support should have by now been able to take a solid lead in the race, given the absence of any other major establishment challenger. And yet his levels of support have stayed at a mediocre 25% …
Dec 26 2011
New particle state discovered at CERN
While a lot of the science media attention has focused on the search for the Higgs boson, we should not forget that that is not sole purpose of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. Its high energies allow it to do more conventional work and there is now a report of the discovery of an …


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New Ethics Commissioners Confirmed
Just in time for this week's meeting of the Tennessee Ethics Commission, the House and Senate both confirmed Monday night the appointments of John King and Charles Farmer to the panel.
King, a Knoxville Republican who served as Gov. Lamar Alexander's revenue commissioner, and Farmer, a Democrat who is former mayor of Jackson, were both nominated by Gov. Phil Bredesen.
The six-member commission has lacked a quorum since Dec. 31 and did not meet in January or February.


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William A. Veach, 73, Deer Creek, died at 12:43 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, at his residence. Born Sept. 4, 1939, in Bloomington, he was the son of Ivan and Evylan Veach.
He graduated from Camden High School in 1957. He retired from Chrysler Corp.'s Kokomo Transmission Plant in 1993.
He enjoyed motorcycle riding, old cars, football, NASCAR and practical jokes. He was a charter member of the Idlers Car Club. He did volunteer work and attended Deer Creek Presbyterian Church. He was a member of Mount Zion Lodge 211 F&AM, Center Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, Scottish Rite Valley of Indianapolis, Murat Shrine and the Logansport Shrine Club.
He is survived by his wife, Mickie, one son and two stepsons, one grandson, one granddaughter, three brothers, one sister, two step-grandsons and two step-granddaughters.
Visitation will be from 2 to 9 p.m. today at Cree Funeral Home, Camden. Eastern Star services will be at 7 p.m., Masonic services at 7:30 p.m. and the Shrine Processional at 8 p.m. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Interment will be in Camden Cemetery.
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Two reports released Monday raise hope that the country's tide of home-loan defaults may finally be starting to recede, but the picture is far from clear.
Credit data giant TransUnion said serious delinquencies — home loans on which borrowers are at least 60 days behind on payments — fell slightly across the nation in the first quarter of 2010, marking the first such decline in three years. Such delinquencies amounted to 6.77% of all home loans, down from 6.89% in the fourth quarter of last year.


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A little snow here but nothing like 2010, ran down the trail to work making the first prints apart from the odd animal prints, foxes and badgers drag........its snowing now but nothing too heavy here. Hope all can stay safe dont run on ice. A customer of mine broke her wrist on Monday slipping on the ice. Be careful out there.
Managed to run yesterday, although some of the paths were icy. Just started snowing here, mainly sleet at the moment, but it could put a damper on tomorrow's long run. Babysitting on Sunday, so had to change long run to Saturday, but looking after our grand daughter is brilliant, so won't feel guilty if we miss it. Might try and get a 11 miler in on Monday if we can't run on Saturday. Hope everyone stays safe over the next few days. Take care.
Gloucester cancelled, First time ever had it happen but no choice. Looks like its me at the treadmill this weekend but not for 50K
Running not going to plan !0 k today 70 mins??
May not make 4 villages FRC Snow horrid here I would hate to be 2+ hours for a half.
Martin - gutted to hear Glucester 50K cancelled. How is the snow down your neck of the woods? could be nice snowy run along the canal?
FRC - enjoy the wood burning stove and pre race meal. Hope all goes well tomorrow - look forward to hearing all about it.
mcs - sounds like a great way to start the day
I've just entered a spring marathon on 21 April......no, not London - Thesaloniki in Greece - easyjet just started flying there from Manchester so cost of our flights and hotel less than the hotel was last time I ran London! Plan is three nights in Thessaloniki and the a quck pop down to our apartment for another 3 nights. So excited - just hope it isn't too warm!
Wendy- Grantham not to bad 5cm but still snowing. Have friends in Wales who say its terrible. They are going to re-schedule for later in the year but probably not going to work for me. Im on holiday next week so if it clears may go long (26.2?) but not looking forward to it
Sounds great, your marathon in Greece and the same price. Still would like to do Athens one day
Yes Wendy, sounds exciting. I've laid my one mile time trial to rest and wonder if I'll be able to or want to run tomorrow. Supposed to do 5 miles and a long run (10) on Sunday. We'll see. Working on MA on a Friday night. There's a sorry (and cold) state of affairs.
Is it safe to run on snow? Because it seems soft at the moment, but I thought maybe it would be slippy? I really need to run tomorrow and Sunday if at all possible, but don't want to take any risks.
Ikle - running ion snow in trail shoes is fab - I love it - much harder work but great fun. not so fun if there's a blizzard but once the blizzard stops it's great.
I don't have any trail shoes and I'm utterly skint! I think I'm going to have to go on the treadmill tomorrow and see how it is on Sunday...
Hello people, new people... Just been busy... And badly affected by lady-hormones - but I've got something from the GP to try for that, and feel much better already, happier at least.
Traning for Malta has not been going super well - last two long runs were cut short by 4 & 12 miles respectively - combination of the cold, cold weather and m*n*p**s*l misery. Mind you last year the dog died and most of my long runs were squished into a gap in late Jan/early Feb so whatevs hey!
Have Yaktrax but is still slow going out. V. Grateful I bought that 2nd hand treadmill off a colleague last year! I try not to think about how it probably reads much faster than I am really going!
Also - paying the Fat Tax! On bright side - not injured or sick yet, and neither is Alex the dog, despite being a parkrun regular now (people love to warm their hands on him afterwards! )
AH - glad I am not the only one doing the miles in double -figure pace
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