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Product Type: Sandisk MP3 players
Newest Review: ... interface is a little to basic/simple for me, it's sometimes not easy to figure out how to get to the file you want; and if you use a lot ... more
So bad that I took it back to the shop!
Sandisk Sansa Clip Plus 2 GB
Author Name: popmusicfan
Sandisk Sansa Clip Plus 2 GB
Date: 07/12/11
Advantages: Light and portable
Disadvantages: Mine broke :(
I wasn't all that impressed with this mp3 player if i'm being honest. I bought the pink version of this from Asda for £21.97. It came with instructions, although you add songs to the player by "drag and drop" method on your laptop (or PC). It also came with a USB cable and a disc with software. The drivers install automatically when you plug the player into your PC.
The mp3 player is portable, lightweight and easy to use. It has that annoying clicking sound when you navigate through the menu and I couldn't seem to turn this clicker off, which did upset me a little bit as surely you should have an option to mute it? You can on the iPod! Anyway, the player isn't very durable. It just looks (and feels) incredibly tacky and cheap.
I took this back to Asda as a week after buying it the player completely broke. It wouldn't sync with my laptop and I wasn't paying nearly £22 for something that I couldn't even use. Luckily I got a refund but I was a little disappointed as I went out of my way to return it!
My friend bought one of these at the same time as myself and hers works fine so maybe I bought one from a bad batch or something?
On the upside the player is easy to hold and it doesn't weigh much so it's ideal for travelling. I don't think i'd buy another one as the features are poor compared to the iPod.
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MOSCOW, March 26 (RIA Novosti) – Russia may use future modules of its segment of the International Space Station (ISS) to build its own orbital station, a senior space industry official said on Tuesday.
Russia is planning to launch four new ISS modules – a multirole laboratory module (MLM), a node module and two science-power modules – by 2020, when the time comes to de-orbit the existing international outpost in space.
"If the need arises, we could undock the new modules [from the ISS], starting with the MLM, and they will serve as a foundation for a new generation Russian space station," Alexander Derechin, deputy chief designer for Russia's space corporation RKK Energia, told a scientific forum in Moscow.
The launch of the MLM module is tentatively scheduled for the end of 2013, Derechin added.
The current ISS project involves NASA, Roscosmos, the Canadian Space Agency, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and 11 members of the European Space Agency (ESA).
The participants in the project are discussing the possibility of extending the ISS life until 2028.
The ISS currently has five Russian-built modules: the Zvezda service module, the Zarya cargo block, the Pirs docking module, the Poisk ("Search") research module and Rassvet ("Dawn") research module.
Russia's Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced plans to build a low-orbit space station to support future exploration of the Moon and Mars in 2009.
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Artist: George Strait
Album: Miscellaneous
Genre: Country
I know that I've surprised you comin' home
It's not my usual time of the year
But I've got myself a problem
And I know that I might find the answer here
Remember when I was dad's pride and joy
And your little man
Every time that I got hurt
You were there to give a hand
Even pick me up
And you'd kiss my hurt away
Remember what you'd say
"Boy, you're gettin' more like him"
"Each and everyday"
Can we have a talk
Like it was yesterday
Your boy's back in trouble
And he needs you right away
She said, "She's gonna leave me momma"
"And nothing on God's green earth will make her stay"
I can't live without her momma
But this time you can't kiss the hurt away
But if I'm so much like my dad
There must've been times you felt her way
So tell me word for word what he said
That always made you stay
She said, "She's gonna leave me momma"
But if I'm so much like my dad
There must've been times you felt her way
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That always made you stay
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Are you Magnus Jepson, co-founder of www.WooThemes.com? Because he designed this theme
Already answered your other post
Very nice theme…What font did you use for the logo? Does it come with?
Hi, the font is not included in the download package (due to license) – but it is called "nevis bold" and can be found doing a google.
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Very nice theme…What font did you use for the logo? Does it come with?
I think it came from http://www.woothemes.com/2010/05/inspire/
Magnus Jepson, co-founder of www.WooThemes.com designed it.
Bjornbjorn are you Magnus Jepson??
No, I'm not Magnus Jepson – I'm Bjørn Børresen
I initially partnered with WooThemes to convert their themes to ExpressionEngine, however they decided to refocus back to being a wordpress-only business so I continue to sell and support the EE themes here on TF. You can read more about it here:
Hey – can I just get a couple HTML pages as a template for this? I didn't realize it was strictly for EE until after I bought it.
Hi, sorry but I only have the EE files for these themes as I did not make the original themes (woothemes did). That said, the download package include all the CSS / styles and html and you can also find the HTML itself here I guess: http://themes.addonbakery.com/inspire/
It appears that the slideshow slide with the movie will only play for a second before the slideshow moves on. Is there a way to either have the slideshow only advance manually or, better yet, have the slideshow advancing stop when the movie is played. This seems like a fairly major problem…to the point where you couldn't put in a movie.
Hi, you have a settings panel in the backend where you can specify this .. here's a screenshot:
I just downloaded the theme few hours ago. Very nice and smoothly installed.
I just wonder if you have it for multilanguage sites?
Hi, there is currently no out-of-the-box multilingual support so you'd have to do that manually :-/
Hi bjornbjorn Thank you for your reply.
The animated slider had stop working! Can you help getting it back to sliding? I am using Inspire theme.
here is the link of my web site:
1) do you have more than one slide? If you do not have more than one slide it will not slide. Yeah I know it's obvious sorry but you never know.
2) you have set the slide speed to 5000 in your settings (the woothemes control panel). It should probably be something like 500 (check the settings, you might want to enter 0.5 there instead of 5 or something like that)
Hi again
I check the two point you referred to. In order to make sure that I didn't make any changes to the system, I installed a fresh installation of the system at:
http://www.acadcon.com/AcadCon/index.phpThe problem is there from the begining!
You can check the fresh installation there.
Hi, I see this link to prettyPhoto js does not work:
http://www.acadcon.com/AcadCon/index.php?/js/jquery.prettyPhotoThe contents of that file is just "0".
Not sure how it got that way on your system though .. if you have a look at the demo you see how it should be: http://themes.addonbakery.com/inspire/
Hi, I saw the demo before buying the theme and that's why I am seeking help to get my copy working!
What will be the solution?
go into the EE control panel and navigate to Templates -> Design -> Snippets and edit the "global_header" snippet. Replace the link to prettyphoto (mentioned in my previous post above) with this link:
http://www.acadcon.com/AcadCon/themes/site_themes/inspire/js.group/jquery.prettyPhoto.jsThat should fix it.
may I ask which version of EE you're running?
Hi, I am using ExpressionEngine 2.0
There is no snippets named "global_header" you might meant "global_header_after_title". There are two lines:
The two lines after change are above. But it is still not sliding!
Ok, so when visiting your site I see it's still linking to:
http://www.acadcon.com/AcadCon/index.php?/js/jquery.prettyPhoto(in global_header_after_title)
Could you try to change this to the URL I gave you above?
Also, please provide the full details of the versions you're running (including build, it will say which version you're running at the bottom of the control panel, just copy that)
Here is the version details: ExpressionEngine: Version 2.1.3 Build 20110411
The line was changed before and when I logged in this time I found it resetted!
I changed it again to the address you provide above but no change!
Hi, when I do a "view source" on your website I see that it's still:
">http://www.acadcon.com/AcadCon/index.php?/js/jquery.prettyPhoto'>So the line has not been updated. You need to save the template, do a view source of the website and verify that the line has been updated.
Here is the content of the snippet file global_header_after_title>
By the way I found another reference to the prettyphoto in the template named global_header under the template group embeds where I changed the path already.
Hi, that link does not work. When I checked your website, again, now, I see that the link is still not updated.
Here are some lines from the snippet "global_header_after_title" after I made the change. But no change. The frontpage still not sliding!
Am I doing the right changes?!
I was trying to post the code but your site is not accepting that.
When I check your site I see that you have made no changes. So apparantly it is not saving … if you email me your login info at email@example.com I can log in and maybe spot what's wrong.
Hi, Did you receive my e-mail?
Yepp:) on it ..
Many thanks Bjorn. It is working now!
I have just installed on EE v2.2.2 and when I go to the website I get the following errors:
A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Notice Message: Undefined offset: 1 Filename: libraries/Template.php Line Number: 933
Error The following tag has a syntax error: {exp:videoplayer} Please correct the syntax in your template.
Are you able to help. I have tried removing everything and starting afresh but it still comes up with the same errors.
Hi, please note that our official support is over here: http://ee.bybjorn.com/absupport
To answer your question, I would think this has to do with the videoplayer plugin not being installed properly. You can check this by logging into the Control Panel and then navigating to Addons -> Plugins. If you do not see "Video Player" in that list, this could be because you did not copy the contents of system/expressionengine/third_party/ in the inspire zip to system/expressionengine/third_party on your EE install. Either that or EE does not have read access to that folder (chmod -r 777). See troubleshooting here:
http://www.addonbakery.com/blog/quick-installation-guide-troubleshooting/ If you're not able to fix it please post a new discussion over here: http://ee.bybjorn.com/absupporthow do you add or edit the default menus?
Hi, please note that our official support is over here: http://ee.bybjorn.com/absupport
You can find the menu code in the Template: embeds/global_header. Edit it by navigating to Design -> Templates and then click the "embeds" template group. Then click "global_header" to edit that template.
You'll find the code for the menu near the comment:
{!- here's the top navigation menu – you can add static items here -}
If you need further support please post a follow up question over here:
http://ee.bybjorn.com/absupportI'm new to EE and was looking for some themes to get me going. I searched around and decided on this one.
I got it installed and running but I'd like to have it working in a multi-site environment and I just can't seem to get it right. If I change the colour in one site, it changes for the other. This really isn't what I want.
So… how do I get this theme to work in a mult-site implementation? Is it supported (hope so)? What are my options?
Read the docs and don't see anything.
Hi, I answered the question you posted on our getSatisfaction page.
Hi bjornbjorn, I just installed this theme and i am getting several error messages like this one:
Severity: Warning Message: imagejpeg() [function.imagejpeg]: Unable to open './cache/dc346ccd59eb16a34648e6c5c2a37dc1.png' for writing: No such file or directory Filename: teemthumb/pi.teemthumb.php Line Number: 279
I guess i didn't do something right, could you please point me in the right direction?
All the best!
Yup, create a folder named "cache" in your webroot and chmod it 777 – for details see here: http://www.addonbakery.com/blog/quick-installation-guide-troubleshooting/


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"convenient location to downtown attractions"Reviewed by a Hotels.com guest on Oct 31, 2012
Hotel is conveniently located to downtown and local grocery shopping. Offers a good standard of accommodation with good onsite amenities including swimming pool, laundary and internet. The complimentary shuttle bus with friendly informative drivers is an added bonus. The housekeepers are very oblidging. There is scope for the front counter staff to be more cheerful. Dissappointed that we received little feeedback on a plumbing problem that we experienced, but front desk did offer to provide an alternative room.
"Charming, and walking distance to must -see sights"Reviewed by a Hotels.com guest on Sep 30, 2012
Other reviews made mention about the outdated decor but if it was updated you would be paying more to stay at this hotel. We had 3 adults staying in a room twice the size of any we had encounted, anywhere else in canada, it was excellentt.
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"Great Value & Location"Reviewed by a Hotels.com guest on Aug 13, 2012
Excellent hotel in walking distance of all major attractions. Great facilities with fairly well equipped kitchen (limited utensils). Rooms have been renovated and are in very good condition - ours was spotlessly clean. We asked for and were given room not facing road. Staff were very firendly and helpful.
"An underrated gem in the middle of it all"Reviewed by a Hotels.com guest on Aug 4, 2012
Delightful accommodation in the heart of Victoria - in the absence of breakfast service, I have to say that the complementary early morning coffee/tea was a nice touch.....thoughtfully presented accommodation and friendly staff in a lovely & clean environment. Well done!
"Convenient location, nice room and view"Reviewed by a Hotels.com guest on Jul 23, 2012
The hotel is in a very good location, our room had a good view of the inner harbour and generally was very comfortable. The only drawback unfortunately, was a shortfall with housekeeping that meant the sheets were not changed during our 4 nights stay.
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This is a great place to stay. Beautiful rooms, comfortable bed heated bathroom floors! I had a small kitchen which means I could cook my meals if I wanted to. The hotel staff were very friendly. Beautiful location near Beacon Hill Park and downtown Victoria.. I would definitely stay there again.
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Great location, great gym and pool. Room was adequate and clean. Buffett breakfast was ordinary - plastic scrambled eggs. Their green initiative was good. For a two night stay we were happy for the staff not to refresh the room in exchange for a $10.00 discount coupon to be used at the bar or restaurant.
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The Lee's Summit Police Department is participating in a statewide DWI enforcement campaign this month and the St. Patrick's Day weekend celebration in town will see an increase in police presence.
According to the LSPD, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that more than 700 people have been killed nationwide from 2006 to 2010 in crashes involving drunk drivers during the St. Patrick's Day holiday.
On average, every 51 minutes a person is killed in a drunk-driving crash in the United States and a majority of the crashes involve drivers who have blood alcohol concentrations of .15 or higher, which is almost twice the legal limit.
In response to those statistics, the department will increase its DWI enforcement efforts during the St. Patrick's Day weekend. The increased enforcement measures will include additional police patrols and a DWI checkpoint during the late evening and early morning hours of March 16-17.
The goal of the enforcement is to remove impaired drivers from the roadway and reduce alcohol related crashes and injuries. The LSPD encourages drivers to enjoy the celebrations responsibly, plan ahead and designate a driver.
Also on tap for the weekend is a vehicle service that hopes to prevent such possible arrests.
DriveMe KC will be available from 7 p.m. to midnight March 16, the day of the Emerald Isle Parade, at all participating Pub Crawl locations in downtown Lee's Summit.
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Lauren Conrad confirms MTV show
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Former "Hills" star Lauren Conrad is set to return to the network that made her famous for a new reality project, The Hollywood Reporter confirms exclusively.
Conrad, 24, will be the focus of a documentary-style reality series for MTV following the budding fashion designer as she creates a line of evening wear and builds a fashion house -- from the ground up.
"I'm so excited to take on this new project that really focuses on my true passion," Conrad tells THR. "I'm happy to be partnering with MTV because I have had such an amazing relationship with them and love being a part of the network."
Berman Braun will be producing the new reality series.
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"We are so excited to be working with Lauren again," Tony DiSanto, president of programming at MTV, tells THR. "She is family we are very proud of her. When we shot the test tape for Laguna Beach she was 17 now she's a mogul."
With the third installment of her teen novel series due out next month, the N.Y. Times best-selling author has already established herself in the fashion world with the Lauren Conrad collection that debuted at L.A. Fashion Week in March 2008 and launched line of casual wear with Kohl's department stores in 2009.
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Canton, NY, Oct 30, 2009 — The race to replace John McHugh in Congress has been characterized more by what the three candidates aren't saying than what they are saying. Republican Dede Scozzafava, Democrat Bill Owens, and Conservative Doug Hoffman have barely touched on many local issues, especially environmental ones. At a public forum Wednesday night in Plattsburgh, Scozzafava and Owens responded to questions about expanding the St. Lawrence Seaway, acid rain, and manure run-off from dairy farms. You can hear those answers at the link below. David Sommerstein reports on some other environmental issues left off the campaign trail.


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Stoke City player charged with murder
Stoke City footballer Andrew Hall has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old girl who was stabbed at a house last weekend.
Eighteen-year-old Hall, who plays for Stoke City academy, is accused of killing Megan-Leigh Peat, from Westoning in Bedfordshire.
She died from stab wounds at a house in Ailesbury Road in Ampthill, Bedfordshire at about 1.30am on Saturday.
A Bedfordshire police spokeswoman said that on the direction of the Crown Prosecution Service Hall, of Robin Close in Flitwick, Beds, had been charged with Miss Peat's murder.
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CITY OF BRENTWOOD REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING Minutes of March 26, 2002
A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Brentwood was called to order at 7:49 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located at 734 Third Street, with Mayor McPoland presiding. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmembers Beckstrand, Gomes, Hill, Petrovich, Mayor McPoland Absent: None PRESENTATIONS A. Proclamation proclaiming the Month of April, 2002, as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. B. Introduction of Brentwood Police Department's new S.W.A.T. team. Police Chief Mike Davies presented the members of the first City of Brentwood S.W.A.T. team. The S.W.A.T. team includes Officer Walter Ogrodnick, Officer Roy Word, Sergeant James Martinez, Sergeant Tom Hanson, Sergeant Doug Silva, Sergeant Benjamin Tolera, Officer Michael Homa, Officer Lawrence Keady, Lieutenant Brian Strock. Councilmember Gomes commented that this is just another example of the superior service the City of Brentwood provides for our community. C. Presentation of "Art for Art's Sake" festival. Chris Robinson, Brentwood Arts Commission announced the Art or Art's Sake festival downtown, on Saturday, May 4, 2002 The festival will feature local artist. AGENDA REVIEW Item No. 16 Pulled Per Applicant request. Placed back on the agenda per staff request. Item No. 19 Revised Agreement. Item No. 27 Pulled per staff request. CITIZEN COMMENTS Jim McKeehan, Vice President, Signature Properties, introduced the idea of developing a shelter for women with children who need a place to stay. He further stated that Signature would build the home and turn it over to a non-profit organization to run the facility. Mr. McKeehan then asked if Council would be interested in such a facility for the City. Mayor McPoland stated that he felt this was a much needed project for our community. Councilmember Hill commented that this was not the appropriate time to discuss the project under Citizens' Comments and requested that it brought back as a future agenda item. Mayor McPoland confirmed that it should be placed on a future agenda. Wes Tilton, 1875 Pheasant Run, voiced concerns about Subdivision 8170, stating the bond held by the City for subdivision improvements has been found by the insurance commissioner to be insufficient and the company has been found to be insolvent. He further stated that he felt there were still items to be done on TSM 8170. Mr. Tilton requested funds from the City to complete the subdivision. John Stevenson, City Manager, responded that staff was not aware of any unfinished items for that Subdivision. Dennis Beouger, City Attorney, added that the acceptance of the public improvements for this Subdivision is scheduled for the April 9, 2002 City Council agenda. Mr. Tilton asked if the item would be a Public Hearing. Mr. Beougher responded that it would not be a Public Hearing. By the time it goes to Council it is a ministerial act. The City Engineer has verified that the subdivision is in substantial compliance, then the City has to accept the maintenance bond, which is 10% of the value of the public improvements. Once this happens there will be another bond in place for one year. That is why the City is not overly concerned that the first bond is bankrupt. Mr. Tilton asked if the City finds the Subdivision is in substantial compliance even though he appealed the concrete ditch on lot 95. Mr. Beougher responded that the ditch is on private property and therefore is a private improvement rather than a public improvement. Chris Mosser, 304 Mondavi Lane, Vice-Chairman, Planning Commission, presented a report on the Planner's Institute hosted by the League of California Cities. CONSENT CALENDAR 1. Approve Minutes of March 12, 2002. 2. Approved the appointments of Harriette Heiss, Greg Stremel, Veronica Clyatt, Patricia Boss, Deborah Diaz, Valerie Austin, and Alfredo Garcia to the Brentwood Advisory Neighborhood Committee (BANC) to three-year terms commencing April 1, 2002 and ending April 30, 2005. 3. Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Gibson/Salmon Group for Professional Services in the amount of $32,440.00 plus a 10% contingency of $3,244 for a Needs Assessment of City Hall. 4. Approve Resolution No. 2491 authorizing staff to donate surplus computer equipment to Footsteps Preschool, 809 Second Street, Brentwood. 5. Approve of Revocable License and Maintenance Agreement for the Tittle Property located at 1985 Minnesota Avenue. 6. Approve Resolution No. 2492 approving an agreement for purchase of a Sanitary Sewer Easement with Edward K. Dobbs and Muriel L. Dobbs, as Trustees of the Edward and Muriel Dobbs Family Trust, established September 30, 1991, for a portion of real property identified as APN 019-100-011, generally located on the west side of Fairview Avenue, north of the new Sand Creek Road and Sand Creek, hereby accepting the Grant of Easement on behalf of the City, and authorizing the Mayor or City Manager and City Clerk or any of their designees to execute the agreement, and such other documents as may be needed to complete the transaction including acceptance of the Grant of Easement Deed. 7. Approve Resolution No. 2493 approving the Final Map of Subdivision No. 8484, Deer Ridge Country Club, Village "D" (SunCal), located south of Balfour Road and west of Foothill Drive, accepting the improvements security, approving the Subdivision Improvement Agreement and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the same. 8. Approve Resolution No. 2494 approving the Final Map of Subdivision No. 8478, Deer Ridge Country Club Village "B-1-B" (SunCal), located south of Balfour Road and west of Foothill Drive, accepting the improvement security, approving the Subdivision Improvement Agreement and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the same. 9. Approve Resolution No. 2495 authorizing the City Manager to approve a loan in an amount not to exceed $666,657 from the City's Water Facility Fee Fund to the Fire Facility Fee Fund to cover payments to be made to Brookfield Homes for the construction of Fire Station #52, CIP Project No. 336-3109. 10. Approve Resolution No. 2496 approving the Final Map of Subdivision No. 8342, California Orchard, Unit 2, (KB Home) located west of Walnut Boulevard and south of Continente Avenue, accepting the improvement security, approving the Subdivision Improvement Agreement, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the same. 11. Approve Resolution No. 2497 accepting the public improvements for maintenance, accepting the Subdivision Maintenance Bond and Park Maintenance Bond and releasing the Subdivision Performance and Payment Bonds and Park Performance and Payment Bonds for Subdivision No. 8221, Signature Properties, located north of Balfour Road and west of Garin Parkway. 12. Approve Resolution No. 2498 approving the Final Map of Subdivision No. 8494, Deer Ridge Country Club, Village H-3-A, SunCal, located south of Balfour Road and east of Foothill Drive and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute all documents related to this Final Map. 13. Approve Resolution No. 2499 approving the final map of Subdivision No. 8495, Deer Ridge Country Club, Village H-3-B, SunCal, located south of Balfour Road and east of Foothill Drive and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute all documents related to this Final Map. 14. Approve Resolution No. 2500 accepting public improvements for maintenance, accepting the Subdivision Maintenance Bond and releasing the Subdivision Performance Payment Bond for Subdivision No. 8222, Signature Properties, located north of Balfour Road and east of Garin Parkway. 15. Approve amendments to Condition of Approval #50, "Phase IV-Improvements, Item f", Tentative Subdivision Map No. 7605. 16. Authorize the City Manager to temporarily close Sand Creek Road from Highland Way, west to the Highway 4 Bypass for a period not to exceed three weeks to complete off-site improvements to the Sand Creek Crossing Shopping Center. 17. Authorization to execute construction contracts to construct City Hall Annex addition, replacing carport structure. CIP Project No. 336-3112. 18. Approve request from East Contra Costa County Homeless Animals' Lifeline Organization (H.A.L.O.) for city co-sponsorship of the Fourth Annual Ramble 'Round the Reservoir. Pulled for further discussion. 19. Approve the employment agreement between the City of Brentwood and Michael Davies. Appoint Michael Davies as Brentwood's Police Chief, effective March 12, 2002. 20. Authorize the City Manager to sign the attached agreement with PointRed Technologies, Inc. AKA Wireless Dynamics, Inc. to lease space on the Downtown Water Tower for a period of 60 days to conduct a Beta Test on the development of a wireless data service to provide a new service to Brentwood residents. 21. Approve second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 700 amending Chapter 5.24 of Brentwood Municipal Code re: Cable Franchise. 22. Approve Resolution No. 2501 amending Resolution No. 2315 amending the Affordable Housing Guidelines for KB Homes California Orchard Subdivision (TSM 8199) by decreasing the minimum household size from three to two persons. 23. Approve Resolution No. 2502 for the City to donate $10,000 to REACH. It was moved/seconded by Hill/Petrovich that Consent Calendar Items 1 – 17, 19 – 23 be approved as recommended by staff. Motion carried unanimously. Item 18 Approve request from East Contra Costa County Homeless Animals' Lifeline Organization (H.A.L.O.) for city co-sponsorship of the Fourth Annual Ramble 'Round the Reservoir. Karen Kopps, President of the East Contra Costa County Homeless Animals' Lifeline Organization (H.A.L.O.), gave a brief overview of the H.A.L.O. Organization Ramble 'Round the Reservoir event which will be on May 19, 2002 at the Contra Loma Regional Park and requested Council support for the event. It was moved/seconded by McPoland/Petrovich to approve the request from East Contra Costa County Homeless Animals' Lifeline Organization (H.A.L.O.) for city co-sponsorship of the Fourth Annual Ramble 'Round the Reservoir. Motion carried with Councilmember Hill Absent. OLD BUSINESS 24. Approve a Resolution declaring the intent to establish the City of Brentwood Community Facilities District No. 1 to levy a special tax therein to finance certain public improvements, and set a date of April 23, 2002, at 7:30 p.m. for the public hearing. Continued from March 12, 2002 John Stevenson, City Manager, spoke briefly about the Community Facilities Districts No. 1 which is to help fund the traditional firefighters for all fire stations in town. Mr. Stevenson referenced a letter from Citygate summarizing their opinion that there was no hurry to move forward with a CFD No. 1 to fund items that could possibly change over time. He then stated that staff recommends to postpone action on CFD No. 1 until staff has a complete report from Citygate and more information on where the County is headed on consolidation. Mayor McPoland also recommended that we continue the item per staff recommendation. Councilmember Petrovich asked when we could expect the Citygate report? Mr. Stevenson responded that we should expect the full report within a month. It was Moved/Seconded by Petrovich/Gomes to continue Item 24 to an uncertain date. Motion carried with Councilmember Hill absent. 25. Approve a Resolution declaring the intent to establish the City of Brentwood Community Facilities District No. 2 to levy a special tax therein to finance certain public improvements, approve a resolution of declaring the necessary of incurring bonded indebtedness, and set a date of April 23, 2002, at 7:30 PM for the public hearing. Continued from March 12, 2002 John Stevenson, City Manager, explained that CFD No. 2 is a Community Facilities District to allow the City to collect fees on all new development and new homes that are built in the City to assist in funding the third firefighter at all the fire stations and to assist in maintaining some of the wild lands that we are accumulating as development progresses through the town. He further stated that staff recommends moving forward with CFD No. 2 so we can start collecting funds on new developments as soon as possible. Councilmember Hill asked a question regarding the possible necessity to add in Clean Water Fees (NPDES). Jennifer White, Francisco & Associates, advised Council if they would like to add Clean Water Fees, they need to do so before the resolution is passed. She went on to outline three possible options for including the additional fees: 1. Amend the Resolution to include an additional $25.00/per single-family home, annually, bringing the total amount to $160 per single family home. In addition, we would need to modify Exhibit B of the Resolution to include Storm Water Management Services. 2. Keep the rate at $135.00, but modify Exhibit B of the Resolution to include Storm Water Management Services. 3. Postpone these proceedings again. This takes about 30-days, however, the longer we postpone this, the more money we are loosing in perpetuity and that equates to about $8,000/month. Councilmember Hill commented that he did not necessarily want to postpone the item but asked a member of staff to speak to the necessity of adding the Clean Water Fees now as opposed to later. Bailey Grewal, City Engineer, stated that the City is required to do improvements to get the contaminants out of the storm drain to get the sediment out of the water before it get to the creeks. Currently the requirement is for any development larger than 5-acres. Next year, that figure may be reduced to 1-acre with further reductions in the future. Unfortunately, there is no funding or grant money available. Mr. Grewal recommended that Council move forward and initiate a process so that we have some way of funding the improvements. Mayor McPoland commented that we do not really know if the $25.00 figure is correct. Mr. Stevenson stated that if the wording in the document leaves us enough flexibility to distribute the cost according to need and then, we distribute according to need, it should be acceptable because he felt there is enough room in the other figures to allow for that. If, on the other hand, the $25.00 is a fixed figure, then he did not think $25.00 is enough. If we are going to state a specific figure, then he felt it should be pushed to $40.00. Councilmember Hill asked if the language allows us to expend the total funds for individual needs? Ms. White responded that the language does allow us to expend the total funds where needed. Mayor McPoland asked if we could ever go back and change the rate if we set it tonight? Ms. White commented that if we set the rate tonight, it could not be changed. Mayor McPoland suggested that we set the rate at $40.00. Ms. White pointed out that this rate would be disclosed to new homeowners since the Clean Water Act will really be affecting the new developments since the standards are becoming more stringent as time goes by. RESOLUTION NO. 2503 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ESTABLISH ITS COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2 AND TO LEVY A SPECIAL TAX THEREIN TO FINANCE CERTAIN PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES IN AND FOR SUCH COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT It was moved/seconded by Petrovich/Gomes that a full reading of Resolution No. 2503 be waived and the same be adopted with the following modification: Modify Exhibit B to include Storm Water Management Services. Motion carried unanimously. AYES: Councilmembers Beckstrand, Gomes, Hill, Petrovich, Mayor McPoland NOES: None ABSENT: None RESOLUTION NO. 2504 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD DECLARING THE NECESSITY FOR INCURRING A BONDED INDEBTEDNESS IN AND FOR ITS COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2 AND CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING THEREON It was moved/seconded by Petrovich/Gomes that a full reading of Resolution No. 2504 be waived and the same be adopted. Motion passed by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Beckstrand, Gomes, Hill, Petrovich, Mayor McPoland NOES: None ABSENT: No ne NEW BUSINESS 26. Approve a resolution approving a Reimbursement Agreement between City, Agency and Developer for the Agency to reimburse the Developer for a portion of the cost to design, construct and install certain public improvements within the North Brentwood Redevelopment Project Area. Authorize the City Manager to execute the Reimbursement Agreement and take all further actions to carry out the provisions of the Reimbursement Agreement. Gina Rozenski, Redevelopment Analyst explained that this is the companion item at the City Council level acting as the legislative body to the Redevelopment Agency. RESOLUTION NO. 2505 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD APPROVING A REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT AMONG THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD, THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD AND CL LAND INVESTMENTS, LP. It was moved/seconded by / that the full reading of Resolution 2505 be waived and that the same be adopted. Motion passed by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Beckstrand, Gomes, Hill, Petrovich, Mayor McPoland NOES: None ABSENT: None 27. Authorize the City Manager to execute the attached Standard Payment Plan Agreement between the City of Brentwood and Commonwealth Development for four buildings located on 550 Valdry Court, Building A, B, C, and D, Brentwood, CA 94513 (APN 010-160-028). Pulled Per Staff Request. 28. Approve a resolution finding that election of members to a Project Area Committee was conducted in accordance with adopted formation procedures and announcement and confirmation of Project Area Committee election results. Gina Rozenski, Redevelopment Analyst, explained that as a prerequisite to the adoption of a redevelopment plan amendment that may permit the power of eminent domain to acquire residential properties, the California Community Redevelopment Law mandates that residential owner occupants and tenants, business owners, and community organizations be given the opportunity to form a Project Area Committee ("PAC") to formally consider the proposed redevelopment plan amendment and to report its recommendations to the Redevelopment Agency and the City Council for their consideration prior to adoption of the amendment. In response to the Agency's notice for volunteers to stand for election, five candidate forms were received from persons interested in serving on the PAC, each representing the three elected categories, as follows: 1. Business Owner Joseph Trebino, North Brentwood Christopher Becnel, Downtown 2. Owner Occupant Edward Stack, North Brentwood Manuel Vilchez, Downtown 3. Tenant Occupant Larry Preston, North Brentwood No Candidate, Downtown Ms. Rozenski further reported that the election was held on March 11, 2002. The above candidates ran unopposed and were each elected into office by at least a vote of one. No challenges to the election were filed during the 15-day challenge period following the election. In addition to the five elected members, one appointed member, Bonnie Luchessi of the Brentwood Chamber of Commerce shall serve as the community organization representative. One vacancy remains which will be filled by the members of the Project Area Committee. Staff recommends that Council approve the resolution, finding that the election was conducted in conformance with election procedures, confirm the election results and announce the membership of the project area committee. RESOLUTION NO. 2506 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRENTWOOD FINDING THAT ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO A PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE FOR THE MERGED BRENTWOOD AND NORTH BRENTWOOD REDEVELOPMENT PLANS WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ADOPTED FORMATION PROCEDURES It was moved/seconded by Gomes/Beckstrand that the full reading of Resolution 2506 be waived and that the same be adopted. Motion passed by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Beckstrand, Gomes, Mayor McPoland NOES: None ABSTAIN: Councillmembers Hill, Petrovich 29. Consider a Request for $100,000 of Planned Employment Center (PEC) Funds for Ellison Framing. If approved authorize the City Manager to execute a Development Agreement that specifies the terms described in this Staff Report. Councilmember Hill removed himself stating he had a conflict of interest with the item stating that it is within the zone of his residence. Howard Sword, Director of Economic Development, gave an brief overview of the Planned Employment Center Funds explaining that the PEC Fund Account was established in 1999 through funds paid by KB Homes to improve Brentwood's Jobs / Housing Balance as a condition of approval to rezone planned employment property to residential zoning. Ellison Framing has plans for a 56,000 office project in the Guthrie Lane Business Park. Based on the PEC scoring system, Ellison Framing received 9 out of 20 points. Councilmember Petrovich pointed out that five points were given to Ellison for being in a Redevelopment Area. He then asked if Mr. Sword was completely sure this property is included in the Redevelopment Area. Gina Rozenski, Redevelopment Analyst, commented that it was not in the Redevelopment Area. Mr. Matt Ellison, Owner, Ellison Framing, addressed the Council highlighting several items that have recently developed which would increase the point value. Some of those items were: · Mr. Ellison would be the user/owner of Building One. · There is a potential of 35 employees in Building One with an average hourly wage of at least $12.00/hr. with some higher compensated people in the building · Employees will be paid benefits Councilmember Petrovich suggested the item be revised and brought back to Council. Councilmember Gomes concurred. It was moved/seconded by Petrovich/Gomes that item 29 be revised and brought back to council at a future meeting. Motion carried unanimously CITIZEN COMMENTS - none INFORMATIONAL REPORTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS Councilmember Beckstrand gave a brief report on the City Council's recent attendance at a conference sponsored by the Local Government Commission, regarding liveability, sustainability, security and growth management within our cities. Mayor McPoland reported on a meeting he had with Bill Gray, Governor's State Transportation Commission, the Mayor of Livermore, and others to discuss future roadway improvements. One project in particular is the Isabel Expressway currently being constructed to meet with Highway 84 and the possibility of connecting that with Vasco Road. Mayor McPoland also reported on a meeting with the City Manager and many members of the development community, to discuss widening the roadway at the Camino Diablo intersection on Vasco Road. He will be exploring funding mechanism for the project. Councilmember Hill gave a report on ConExpo which he attended last week regarding such topics as innovative programs in recycling, new techniques in road improvements. REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Councilmember Gomes requested that the suggestion introduced by Mr. McKeehan, Signature Homes, regarding the shelter for women and children be placed on a future agenda to include studies on how it compares with the Affordable Housing Program and also possible non-profit operators. ADJOURNMENT There being not further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Cynthia Goulding Deputy City Clerk
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Someone once said there are two kinds of Corvette owners – drivers and polishers. We all know that keeping your Corvette looking as good as the day it rolled off the showroom floor is an unstated rule of Corvette ownership and that's what leads us to our question of the day. How do you wash your Corvette?
It's been a little while since we've done a poll so let's get to it. The question today has to do with the official reveal of the C7 Corvette this Sunday evening. Assuming that only one C7 Corvette will be on the stage when the curtain is lifted, what do you think the color will be? We'll use 2013′s colors and substitute the now retired Supersonic Blue and Inferno Orange for a generic "other". Ready to play?
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Sounds like coffee without cream to some folks, but believe it or not, at the turn of the century, General Motors was apparently considering the possibility of making Corvette a brand of its own, according to the recent recollections of Rick Kranz, product editor for Automotive News.
As we prepare to head out this afternoon for our trip to SEMA, we thought we'd take a quick poll on aftermarket purchases from our readers. The question has to do with new Corvettes and we'd like to know what your first aftermarket purchase would be. The poll is open to everyone (whether or not you have or will be buying a new Corvette in the near future).
While we're in SEMA, keep a constant eye on our Twitter and Facebook pages for live updates and many, many photos.
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As we stare out the window of CorvetteBlogger's Motor City bureau into the cold, cloudy, gray, and wet outdoors we can't help but wonder if the sun will ever shine again. After an extremely harsh winter, our thoughts naturally turn to visions of warm summer cruising in our Corvettes once we've rescued them from their wintertime naps. But when's the appropriate time to wake them up?
Every year, Corvette Racing refreshes the design of the factory C6.Rs for the upcoming season. Some recent notables include the Jake Scrape and the reverse B-Pillar Jakes at Monterey. Fans, bored to death during the off-season, cite the annual unveiling of the livery as one of the things they look forward to. So yesterday's sighting of the new 2011 Corvette Racing livery at the Sebring 2-day test burned up and down the intertubes and feedback is coming in. What we want to know from you is, do you approve?
On the left is the 2011 Corvette featuring the new Inferno Orange exterior. On the right is a C6 Corvette painted in Atomic Orange. Which color do you prefer?
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"BE FOREWARNED: If you allow it at all, don't let your children to watch the Olympics without supervision." (Link) Here's the context, it's about the commentary, that will be provided by Johnny Weir... a gay man. AVERT YOUR GAZE, IT'S DA GAYS! I used to think when I heard them talk about this magical indoctrination they apparently do, 'So how does it work, is it like radiation? Do they have to breathe on me? How long do I have to be around a gay person before my heterosexuality is compromised?' But just the act of SEEING gays on TV is enough to do it now? Wow. How soon before being on the same planet as a gay person can do it? It's more than that, as everyone knows: Gays attract hurricanes and tornadoes too. Gays are all making plans to go to Sochi for the sole purpose of terrorizing people there. Gays have connections to all the top scientific institutions and associations and THAT is the reason why 'brilliant' researchers like Paul Cameron are laughed at by scientists and at least one judge. But my favorite is what I call the ABSOLUTE SCORCHED EARTH, BOYCOTT THE GAYS tactic. You know what I am talking about, we've all seen it: "I REFUSE to buy, support, use, or endorse any product, service, or NOUN for that matter that supports gays or is supported by gays, is gay friendly, acknowledges that gays exist, whatever." Some famous sightings: 'Disney says gay people have loved ones and wants to give them shared insurance. BOYCOTT!' (Wiley Drake) 'Someone put ads in a gay magazine. BOYCOTT!' (American Family Association) And the best one of all, 'Google is going against countries that have moral laws against homosexuals, they'll soon be feeling the burn of our BOYCOTT!' (Tony Perkins, the Google initiative that he was speaking against included reforming laws that allow for the execution of gays) And yet, they are silent about gay people liking little things such as air and water. Isn't that weird? If all you homophobes are going to worry about your adult cooties, can we also play freeze tag, freeze Boehner and company, and then just leave them where they are? |
Posted by ck4829 | Wed Jan 29, 2014, 11:46 PM (0 replies)
The BS Curve
By the way, it stands for bilateral structure, totally. Yep.
Basically, it's the idea that... If you cut or eliminate any assistance, food stamps, welfare the poor receive then they will work harder, and they will grudgingly accept the first job they find and it will be easy to do since there are so many jobs around. But there's another side to this curve, and that is... If you raise taxes or increase regulations on the rich or 'job creators', then they will not work as hard, they will flee the Nazi US with it's genocidal progressive taxes, the country will become a desolate wasteland, and the US will become the live action version of Fallout and the living shall envy the dead. Short version is: The rich will work harder if they have even more, and the poor will work harder if they have even less. Basically the BS Curve is a staple of right wing thought, although you also see it a lot in libertarian thought as well. You hear it from politicians, the media, probably from some of your friends and family, and more. It's so vital to right wing talking points and the curve is a force behind so much legislation, but yet there is so little to back it. * No empirical research * No interviews with people affected by it ("First I was poor then the Nazi government cut my food stamps so I found a job. Then I won the lottery and now the Communist government wants to tax me for it!" * God, not even a graph of the BS Curve exists, I mean if people can say "Hunger is a motivator for the poor!" and "The 30% tax rate for the rich is just like the Holocaust for them!" so many times and with so much fervor, then someone, ANYONE, can draw a visualization of an estimation of when the morale increases/demoralization happens vs what the poor and rich have. People need to get out there and ask their politicians, their media, and people who talk about this what exactly the BS Curve (And remember, it means Bilateral Structure) means to them and what are the circumstances and inner workings of it. * What is the BS Curve as how it relates to the working poor? If they find they qualify for welfare and food stamps, will they quit their jobs and live on the dole? What is the percentage chance of this happening? * There was a case of a rich woman in Seattle, she lived in an upscale neighborhood, she also took in welfare, rent assistance, and both state and federal disability payments. Will she work harder or not as much now that the government took all of this away? * If we cut it down even further, how does the BS Curve work in regards to the lower lower class, lower upper class, lower upper middle class, working class, lower upper class, etc.? What does giving them more vs giving them less do for them? * Has the BS Curve been researched in other countries, if the BS Curve holds true, then countries with universal health care, robust safety nets, quality education, and other programs paid for by a healthy to substantial tax rate will be Kafkaesque nightmares that nobody would want to live in or even visit while countries that are 'every man for himself' and no taxes should be stable and friendly. What countries show the BS Curve? And let's get a graph people, everybody needs to see the Bilateral Structure curve for themselves. |
Posted by ck4829 | Tue Jan 28, 2014, 10:22 AM (1 replies)
Mike Huckabee sets the record straight: Our party is waging a war FOR women
"Our party stands for the recognition of the equality of women and the capacity of women. Thats not a war on them; its war for them."
http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/mike-huckabees-war-for-women/ So when Jim DeMint said gays and unmarried women should be barred from teaching (Here), he was obviously looking out for them, protecting them from, or doing them a service... well, because you know, FREEDOM! Or when Todd Akin and a host of other Republicans go on about pregnancy from rape being rare to non-existent because of magical secretions or other ways to shut that whole thing down, it's NOT the 'just-world-hypothesis' that pretty much amounts to 'It wasn't rape because you are pregnant and must have enjoyed it'. No, get it RIGHT! It's some bit of super-science that us normal scientists don't have access to. Or when Fox News went on a (air quote)whine spree(/air quote) because women won't have to pay more in health insurance because they're women, they weren't actually complaining about it or trying to cause divisions or anything like that. Paying more for some items at some times should be considered a good thing, just like when Fox News made the incredible discovery that low gas prices under Obama might be a bad thing. (Here) So yeah women, job discrimination, pseudoscience, higher prices because of your sex, they're not BAD things, they're all things that are actually in your corner. Don't you see now or are you going to continue be blinded by all those liberals? |
Posted by ck4829 | Mon Jan 27, 2014, 12:45 PM (7 replies)
Son of Walid Shoebat (I am TOTALLY an ex-Islamic terrorist guy) calls to be militant against gays
Theodore Shoebat, the son of anti-Islam activist Walid Shoebat, and an anti-gay activist in his own right, railed against the "Sodomite nazis" who are attacking Phil Robertson "simply because he pointed out a truth to the darkness of the sick, violent, and twisted mindset of homosexuals"
To many modern Christians, allowing homosexuality as a right is esteemed as being free under Christ, as though Christ believed that evil deserves freedom. I find no freedom for the sodomite ever specified in the Bible or in any teaching in Church tradition. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/defending-phil-robertson-calling-gays-be-put-death Father is a fake terrorist, son spews REAL terrorist rhetoric and threats. What a change. |
Posted by ck4829 | Thu Dec 19, 2013, 12:31 PM (3 replies)
Uncovered documents expose ALEC's anti-gay past
Throughout the 1980s, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) -- now infamous for its work on behalf of stand your ground laws and restrictions on voting rights -- was instrumental in pushing anti-gay policies throughout the country, according to documents recently uncovered by People For the American Way and the Center For Media and Democracy.
A 1985 policy memo entitled Homosexuals: Just Another Minority Group sums up ALECs anti-gay policy positions and the false claims and outrageous stereotypes on which they were based. ALEC disseminated the memo to its public sector members, arguing that the homosexual movement has had an impact too great and far reaching for Americans to ignore. Through the policy memo and its monthly newsletters, ALEC tracked local, state and federal legislation and provided its members with research to help them prevent advances in gay rights. However ALEC of course did not view these rights as rights; instead, ALEC asserted that the gay community was organizing to achieve the privileges it thinks it deserves. So what privileges exactly were gay people demanding that infuriated ALEC so much? To name a few, the privilege to not be physically assaulted for being gay; the privilege of not being incarcerated for being gay; the privilege of not being barred from employment opportunities, housing and public accommodations for being gay; the privilege to dress as they liked; or the privilege of not being compiled into state directories to be blacklisted and discriminated against. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/newly-uncovered-documents-expose-alec-s-anti-gay-past Some pretty disturbing stuff in here, includes the 'categorization' of gays, stereotypes, the homosexual recruitment conspiracy theory which they said is something that unites all 'categories' of gays, and they're HOMOSEXUAL so they must be SEXUAL in nature. |
Posted by ck4829 | Wed Dec 4, 2013, 11:47 AM (0 replies)
How much of today's homophobia is a rehash of the Satanic Ritual Abuse Panic of the 80's?
Now, rarely, people do claim that demons and being gay are linked (Although it does happen). But there is more to it than that, there was a moral panic involving "Satanic Ritual Abuse" in the early 1980's and going through to the early 1990's; today's homophobia may have taken many of the rhetoric and symbols and incorporated them into it's own movement.
Let's find out what and how. Cabals and Conspiracies The mighty Homosexual Agenda, the secret society of gays who are using the book "After the Ball" to enact their sinister agenda... of being accepted. Or something like that. Just how evil is the Homosexual Agenda? Well, in 2004, Senator Tom Coburn said it was worse than terrorism. And in 2010, the Family Research Council produced a graphic labeled "Homosexual Agenda" and had phrases such as "Innocence" and "Family" crossed out. Sound familiar? It should. During the Satanic Ritual Abuse Panic, it was alleged that Satanists, Druids, and Witches were conspiring to control world affairs, the media, and get into Churches to make them Satan friendly... just like the secret Homosexual Agenda to get rid of Churches. What a coincidence. I was a Teenage Zombie! The right loves their out-of-bondage stories. So-called ex-gays are the focus here. The examples are dwindling as more and more realize ex-gay treatment is harmful and also realizing that sexual orientation can't really be changed, but the right still clings to this. This isn't exclusive to gays either, there are also stories of ex-Islamic terrorists who make questionable claims as well, Kamal Saleem (AKA the GRAND WAZIR OF ISLAM) and Walid Shoebat (Who said he firebombed Bank Leumi but the bank said it's bogus) are examples of this targeted group. Turns out, there were ex-satanists during the Panic as well. Mike Warnke was the Panic's version of John Paulk (He doesn't claim to be ex-gay anymore) or Walid Shoebat. Warnke said he was a satanist, but left to join the Christians, but he had an insider view of the Satanic conspiracy. The claims were exposed as complete lies (By an Evangelical magazine). Ironically, Warnke warned people to stay away hucksters coming in the name of Christ (He was referring to John Todd, another fraudulent Ex-Satanist in particular)... and then passed a collection plate along as he needed cash to save people from human sacrifice by Satanists. Symbols that mean Something The Satanic Ritual Abuse Panic had secret symbols everywhere according to the experts. Stars usually. These were secret pentagrams. The stars on the flag of the European Union or the symbol of Procter & Gamble were said to be the Satanist flag (AmWay distributors milked the latter as much as they could... pass the collection plate). Other symbols include the peace sign and the anarchy symbol. And wouldn't you know it, the gays apparently have Secret Communication Skills as well. According to Peter LaBarbera, they STOLE the word "gay", they took rainbows, and they are taking the word "equality" as well. Unlike the Satanists, the gays have mastered the delivery of their secret symbols in television. Tim Wildmon, the President of the American Family Association, agreed with a caller who said there was "evidence" of gay people on HGTV and Animal Planet. Wildmon expanded upon this, saying people have to watch out for it on shows for children as well. Won't somebody please think of the children? The two movements are very child-centric, and not in a good way. A very heavy part of the Satanic Ritual Abuse Panic was that the Conspiracy was out to recruit children, get into schools, sacrifice children, and even breed children to do this. Kee MacFarlane even testified in front of Congress, saying there was an organized national conspiracy of "orthodox satanic groups" that abused children. She provided no evidence of this, but you don't need evidence when there is a moral panic going on. This was seen in the McMartin preschool trial, now widely seen as a travesty of justice. Bizarre accusations of child sacrifice, flying through tunnels, going to Africa and coming back in the course of one day, and more were made. And on the homophobic side, the accusations are also bizarre. Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition said that if a gay comes knocking on your door, and a boy answers the door, they may take him and run off with him. This is all a part of the Homosexual Recruitment idea, similar to the Homosexual Agenda idea above. And there are many ways that homosexuals recruit people according to homophobes, including by using anti-bullying. Because bullies help you stay straight apparently. Conclusion In 2003, Antonin Scalia wrote in his dissent to Lawrence v Texas that there was a "homosexual agenda" seeking to... change things. It's time to see homophobia for what it is, a panic, recycled from another panic. Sources http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/charisma-demon-rape-make-you-gay http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Satanic_Panic http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/may/05/election2005.comment1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex-ex-gay http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/11/terrorism.expert/index.html?_s=PM:US http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mike_Warnke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amway#Procter_.26_Gamble http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2013/11/professional-anti-gay-would-appreciate-it-if-you-stop-stealing-his-english-language-he-owns-itits-his.html http://mediamatters.org/video/2005/10/13/american-family-associations-tim-wildmon-backed/134000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kee_MacFarlane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2005/spring/a-mighty-army#12 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_recruitment http://www.pfaw.org/rww-in-focus/big-bullies-how-the-religious-right-trying-to-make-schools-safe-for-bullies-and-dangero http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexual_agenda#Other_usages |
Posted by ck4829 | Thu Nov 21, 2013, 12:03 PM (3 replies)
Gordon Klingenschmitt's Oral Fixation
On today's "Pray In Jesus Name" program, "Dr. Chaps" Gordon Klingenschmitt was discussing the UK Supreme Court's rejection of an appeal of an Northern Irish court ruling that granted same-sex and unmarried couples the right to adopt children.
While discussing the case, Klingenschmitt put a photo of two men and a baby on the screen so that he could point out that "one of the men almost has his tongue hanging out, like he's licking his chops, like this baby is ours now. And that's fine, you may call that love, but it looks to me a little bit like lust." Klingenschmitt went on to say that gay couples "crave" to adopt "the children of heterosexual couples" so that they can raise and recruit them into the "homosexual lifestyle," declaring that allowing that to happen is child abuse. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/klingenschmitt-photo-gay-couple-baby-looks-me-little-bit-lust Now, reading way bit too much into a photo and the idea that gays want to adopt children solely to 'recruit' them aside; did anyone notice else he went a bit too much on the mouth/eating features of the gay man, "tongue hanging out", "licking his chops", "crave" which composed the points of his diatribe against the photo? That's a sign of some serious psychological issues and "Dr. Chaps" might want to get that looked at. |
Posted by ck4829 | Thu Nov 14, 2013, 11:43 AM (1 replies)
Lowest Common Denominator Satisfaction
There is great joy to be had when one holds a new life in their arms, completes a book, finishes a great project, a life's work, overcoming adversity, seeing the world, and really, one could add to this in countless ways.
And then there is, I guess, what some might consider joy when they see someone getting their food stamps denied, or when they see a person admit they are running out of options, take pride in thinking they aren't the '47%' that all the 'others' are or think they are a 'maker' who is a member of the maker club, cheer and hoot when the question is to let someone without insurance just die, throwing job applications at protesters or pocket change at a man who says he needs health care reform, etc. There is the base of needs; food, water, shelter. But, here we have a movement, an ideology, that is determined to cut access to that base, destroy programs that create a structure for that base, and shame people who use those programs. And that is why the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party is the lowest of the low. |
Posted by ck4829 | Sun Nov 3, 2013, 01:17 AM (0 replies)
Righties: School assignment from 80's on who gets kidneys confirms Obama is planning death panels
Phyllis Schlafly claims that an assignment in an Illinois high schools sociology class and a Oregon health class assignment dating back to 1984 are signs that the public education system is trying to prepare us to accept death panels from Obamacare.
The students were given the list of the 10 who desperately needed kidney dialysis with identification about their occupation, age and ethnicity, and told to give each a score. The instructions stated: Put the people in order using 1-10, 1 being the person you want to save first and 10 being the person you would save last, with the assumption that those getting scores 7 through 10 would be marked for death. Naturally, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and Todd Starnes are also on the case. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/schlafly-public-schools-trying-prepare-us-accept-death-panels-obamacare Reagan was President on March 13, 1984, so this must mean... HE SUPPORTED OBAMACARE DEATH PANELS OVER 20 YEARS BEFORE OBAMA WAS EVEN PRESIDENT!!1! OH NO!!!!1! |
Posted by ck4829 | Tue Oct 22, 2013, 01:50 PM (15 replies)
Glenn Beck channels the never-located leader of the Taliban
On his radio program yesterday, Glenn Beck pointed to a victory by a far-right National Front candidate in an election in France to warn that if people don't stop calling Tea Party leaders such as Ted Cruz and Mike Lee "extremists," it'll give rise to a powerful Nazi Party in America.
"I guarantee you," Beck said, "if we don't wake up, if we don't stop calling people like Mike Lee and Ted Cruz extremists, you are going to see a Nazi-style party in this country." Saying that the true Right is total anarchy and the true Left is big government Republicans like Mitch McConnell, Beck declared that "the real center of this country is Mike Lee; he is a reasonable man" http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/beck-if-we-dont-stop-calling-ted-cruz-mike-lee-extremists-itll-give-rise-nazi-style-party-am When I read this, it kind of stuck out to me, it looked familiar to something else, it looked like this... "All Taliban are moderate. There are two things: extremism ("ifraat", or doing something to excess) and conservatism ("tafreet", or doing something insufficiently). So in that sense, we are all moderates taking the middle path." - Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Taliban Where is Omar by the way? |
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CLARK, NJ – The Union County Summer Arts Festival 2009 concert series continues on Wednesday evening, July 22, with the music of The British Invasion Tribute. The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders, led by Chairman Alexander Mirabella, invites the public to attend this free concert of hit songs at Oak Ridge Park in Clark, beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The British Invasion Tribute is a one-of-a-kind tribute band that includes three acts in one show. It's more than just the Beatles – the group focuses on the phenomenal bands of the 1960s and the hits that changed the musical landscape here and abroad for generations.
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The first act features songs by British Invasion bands such as the Dave Clark Five, the Rolling Stones, the Hollies, Herman's Hermits, the Kinks, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and The Who. The second act shifts to American songs by the Monkees, Simon & Garfunkel, the Beach Boys, the Mamas and the Papas, the Byrds and many others. The tribute concludes with an extraordinary rendition of Side "B" of the Abbey Road album by the Beatles.
The Union County information van will be at the concert site, with representatives from the Department of Human Services, the Division on Aging, the Division of Workforce Development Operations, and the Office for the Disabled, to answer questions and offer information about interesting programs that are available to Union County residents.
The Summer Arts Festival concerts are held throughout July and August on Wednesdays beginning at 7:30 p.m. The location of this summer's concerts will alternate each week between Echo Lake Park in Mountainside and Oak Ridge Park in Clark. Lawn chairs, blankets and picnic baskets are encouraged. Refreshments and snacks will be available from vendors.
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I've been intrigued with everything I've read about "Behavior Driven Development" -- which is essentially a friendlier face on Test Driven Development.
For beginners like me I think the most obvious concept is that BDD = Test Driven Development Plus "natural sentence style test naming" as JP Boodhoo calls it.
For example, David Laribee gives examples where Tests and test fixtures are simply renamed according to a strict pattern, like this:
namespace Specs_for_TransactionElection{ [TestFixture] public class When_an_election_is_started : Spec { private ITransaction _stubTransaction; private TransactionElection _election; [Test] public void The_result_should_be_in_progress() { Assert.AreEqual(_election.Result, TransactionElectionResult.InProgress); } }
The upshot of this is that the tests in the code runner read like a restricted-subset of plain English:
Some people, including David Laribee and Ryan LaNeve have said that the output of these stories could be improved to present a more human-readable form.
What i'd like to see is a better looking code runner.
The treeview control itself should present a "Friendlier" form of those names -- underscores could be converted into spaces. Larger fonts could be used for sub-headings. And the larger headings should be in lower contrast colour, so you can fade them out when you want to.
Here's a dodgy mockup:
Specifications for Transaction Election When votes are cast: A single no vote should rollback the transaction. A no vote will leave the election with a finished and voted no status. Unanimous yes votes will commit the underlying transaction.
The point here is that I'm not talking about improving the output of the unit test tool -- for example the 'Dox report generated by the MbUnit GUI runner' (as Ryan LaNeve has demonstrated)-- I'm talking about changing the runner itself so that it directly cleans up the names of the tests and fixtures for presentation.
It could even report on "Convention Breakers". (Squiggly red underline perhaps).
(side note: matt calla provides a macro for doing the exact opposite of this.)
(Other side note: is this similar to Donald Knuth's idea of literate programming?)
'Ben' on Tue, 13 May 2008 16:19:41 GMT, sez:
Not another "<enter-word-here> Driven Development" scheme!! Ok, that is cool though.... :)
'Arjan Zuidhof' on Tue, 13 May 2008 18:09:17 GMT, sez:
The idea of BDD seems nice, but it can't ever be literate programming, as everything invented by the K-nuth is impossible to understand for us mere mortals. And by inspecting the wikipedia page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming it seems that is indeed stretched a bit further that just creating a userfriendly name for our methods
'OJ' on Tue, 13 May 2008 19:53:09 GMT, sez:
Leon, I think you've left one of your sentences hanging: "Some people, including David and Ryan LaNeve have said that these stories" Not sure if you intended to leave it like this ;)
'lb' on Wed, 14 May 2008 08:13:37 GMT, sez:
cheers OJ, fixed it at last. i've also put together some lists of material on TDD, BDD, MVC, IoC (DI), and a whole lot more. So many acronyms, so little time. lb
'Paul Kohler' on Wed, 14 May 2008 21:57:28 GMT, sez:
Leon, Nice point about the test runner. I started doing this a while ago (more so for my "functional" tests) and it's been quite useful. I had the GUI test results pumped into a HTML report file as the tests were executed and these format changes similar to your dodgy mock-up made for a very useful tracking mechanism of the tests - both for me and the team etc. I do like the idea of doing it to the test runner though... hmmm! PK :)
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Tests? Tests?!?! Specs? Specks.
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Spatial Mimicry | |
Obito (Naruto) becoming intangible by manipulating the space-time continuum. | |
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Occupy space without having physical form. |
The power to occupy a certain amount of physical, three-dimensional space without using physical form. Technique of Spatial Manipulation.
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- 3rd/4th Dimension Mimicry
- Spatial Force-Field Mimicry
- Space-Time Continuum Mimicry
- Spatial Intangibility/Phasing
- Spatial Occupation
- Spatial Separation
The user does not use their physical form, but warps the space-time continuum to occupy a certain amount of physical space, allowing them to communicate and interact with physical objects but also pass through them at will, or even become imperceptible to physical beings.
In essence, the user becomes a living force field, separating oneself from the physical matter of space but at the same time still occupying it in an incorporeal form. This allows the user the ability to phase through space and matter without disrupting or damaging it, unless they choose to allow physical contact to be established.
- Dimensional Storage
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- Intangibility
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- Space Generation
- Spatial Tuning
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- Dimensional Manipulation
- Elemental Intangibility
- Elemental Mimicry
- Nonexistence
- Nothingness Manipulation
- Space Embodiment
- Space-Time Manipulation
- Space-Time Rift
- Spatial Constructs
- Spatial Force-Field Generation
- Spatial Manipulation
- Subjective Reality
- Users must know where to teleport to prevent telefrag although this is easily avoided by remaining intangible.
- Users might flicker in and out of corporeal form if not trained properly.
- Users may need to cancel power in order to attack, leaving them vulnerable at the moment.
- Intangibility may have a certain time limit before user must return to solid state.
- Spatial Slicing and other space/dimension affecting powers can affect the user.
Known Users
- Hirose Yuichi (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Yukimura Tokiko (Kekkaishi)
- Yukimura Tokine (Kekkaishi)
- Hazama Tokimori (Kekkaishi)
- Eternity and Infinity (Marvel Comics)
- Uchiha Obito (Naruto)
- Tabuu (Super Smash Bros. Brawl)