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The Illinois House has approved a plan that would allow for higher electricity rates across the state.
The legislation lets Ameren and Commonwealth Edison charge more to pay for improvements to the power grid. Backers of the bill say it would conserve energy and improve performance.
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Today I will introduce you to another feature of ClicData, The Data Merger.
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Select the columns you want to keep for this new data sources by clicking the check-boxes on each source. Then click on the Process icon located on the top right side of the Data Merge windows.
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I'm living in two places, so it seems, these days, each with different art making. I spend midweeks as a visiting artist at Rookwood pottery in Cincinnati; the rest at home in Dandyland, sculpting and painting.
Glaze test for Froggie went a-courting platter for Rookwood
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Glad to see you on dandylandmuse
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Oh wow! From the ballads, "The Frog's Courtship"...beautiful! So light and heartlifting!
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Hundreds came out to Charlie Daniels Park in Mount Juliet on Saturday with sunscreen and towels in hand.
The grand opening of a new splash pad was a moment near and dear to many people in the community.
"I must say, I wondered if I'd ever be standing up here at the end of this journey," said Krista Bright of Mount Juliet, speaking to a crowd at the grand opening. "Certainly, in my dreams I've played this moment over and over in my head; but to actually be here, I feel like someone should pinch me."
Three years ago, Bright's 2-year-old daughter, Ava, died after complications from a surgery to remove her tonsils and adenoids. Bright said she made a promise to herself Ava would not leave the world unnoticed.
"I didn't want to just lay down and give up on life," said Bright. "I wanted to give back to our community."
After three years raising money through events and being awarded a grant by Waterplay Solutions, Ava's Splash Pad is now open. Everything in the park is a representation of all Ava loved.
"She loved to eat blueberries and strawberries," said Bright, referring to two berries shooting water at the park. "The rainbows have a huge significance to us. The night that we lost her, it had just finished raining, and there were double rainbows that popped up everywhere from Vanderbilt to the interstate. We felt like she was sending us a sign she was in heaven and she was OK."
Now, with parents swinging their kids through the water and the park filled with laughter, Bright said there's no better way to keep her daughter's memory alive.
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The U.T. School of Journalism and Electronic Media's conference on web journalism hosted a presentation by Rob Curley of the Washington Post last night.
He gave an entertaining presentation on some of the incredible, award winning work he has done with interactive news websites over the years. Some of it is mind boggling.
Here are some brief notes from his 2+ hour presentation...
Why do people visit websites? 1) Passion: to read about and participate in things they are interested in. 2) Practical: to get practical advice and info on consumer purchases, reviews, movie schedules, traffic reports, etc. 3) Playful: as a diversion, to waste time.
Some notes on news website development:
Create "hyper-deep" content, with layers and layers of information about a topic that users can drill down into.
Support this using database driven coverage, and hire the best database geeks to build it.
Go for multimedia overkill.
Evergeeen content: for example, a town's history. You only have to write it and build it once and update it every year or so.
Platform independent delivery: design for reading via mobile devices, iPhones, RSS readers, internet, video distribution, e-mail, the web, etc. etc.
Create a dialog, not a monologue.
Build websites that work the way the internet works.
Use "intern-ology", getting lots of interns to do lots of labor intensive work and research.
Many of the innovative examples presented to illustrate these concepts are extinct, presumably because Rob has moved on and taken the crews that knew how they worked with him (which could be another topic of discussion: "sustainable development" in the software world). One that survives is Washington Post's On Being.
The Next Big Things:
• HD over IP, Apple TV
• Metered internet
• Google Open Social
UPDATE: Katie has this report about the venue, and will have more on the presentation throughout the day.
UPDATE: Jack Lail comments on the presentation.
UPDATE: Russ McBee comments on the presentations.
UPDATE: Bob Benz, who was also a panelist at the conference, weighs in. (If you want to monetize your website, Bob Benz is the go to guy.)
Hey Randy, I think you
Hey Randy, I think you forgot Rob's fourth "p" :)
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Hey Randy, I think you forgot Rob's fourth "p" :)
My notes are sketchy. What was it?
What an entertaining evening
Most of us noted that none of the really cool award winning web projects of our presenter made a profit or even paid for themselves, but did that stop him? No way.
Every failure got him bumped into a bigger newspaper.
There's a moral here but danged if I can sort it out.
Twas totally fun, even if it was the most bloggers I'd ever seen in one spot totally sober.
Right, Rikki?
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Heh. Yes, forgot about the other "P", which seems to be the only guaranteed way to make money on the internets.
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New Jersey contractors indicted on asbestos chargesNew Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced recently that two demolition contractors have been indicted on charges of illegally removing asbestos from a hospital site and using untrained employees to complete the work.
According to a press release from the Chiesa's office, Frank J. Rizzo and Michael Kouvaras of Deuteron Capital, LLC, were indicted over work they supervised at the former Zurbrugg Memorial Hospital in the town of Riverside, New Jersey.
From August 2010 to March 2011, the two contractors were accused of using untrained day laborers - including halfway house inmates - to remove the asbestos from the hospital as part of the demolition process. The two men were also accused of directing the workers to bury some of the asbestos in the ground and dump bags of the carcinogenic material on the floor of a boiler room.
"These men knew there was asbestos throughout this old hospital and knew the real dangers involved in removing it, but we allege that they put their monetary self-interest ahead of the health and safety of their workers and the surrounding community," Chiesa said in a statement. "They are charged with serious crimes, including second-degree offenses that carry a sentence of five to 10 years in state prison."
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Q: What can homeowners do when their HOA (homeowners' association) board is not following its own bylaws, which in this case require an annual audit performed by an accountant?
Only accounting "compilations" have been done in the past, even though the budget line item for the expense says "auditing fees." Also, final year-end financial statements are not mailed to the homeowners. At the annual meeting each December, we are provided only with a budget for the upcoming year and preliminary financial statements for the current year-to-date.
Many older communities have a provision in their bylaws that the HOA financials be "audited" every year. If the HOA's bylaws have such a provision, the board should of course have an audit completed each year.
The Planned Community Act (PCA) only requires an audit, compilation, or review upon the request of a majority of the board or the members. Therefore, a board that does not wish to undertake a yearly audit may lawfully amend the bylaws to do away with or relax the annual-audit requirement.
In my experience, while a yearly audit might sound like a good idea, full audits by an accountant can be very costly and may be unnecessary. At the same time, it bears noting that while accounting reviews or compilations are less intensive and less costly, they are no substitute for an audit.
Depending on the community, I often recommend that HOAs amend their bylaws so that an audit is only required once every two or three years. For more information, go to www.condo-smart.com.
North Carolina law only requires that the annual financial statements be "made available" to homeowners within 75 days of the end of the fiscal year. I interpret that to mean that copies must be provided to members who request one.
If our state legislators intended for HOAs to mail a copy of the year-end financial statement to every homeowner (most of whom won't bother to read it), the law would likely include such a mandate, but it does not.
In practice, however, most HOAs mail the statements to owners or post them on the community's Web site.
Q: Our HOA board never holds open sessions during its meetings, and they will end the meeting if a homeowner shows up. Thus, homeowners are not given an opportunity to discuss and resolve these issues at a board meeting. The board members state that they don't have to abide by the open HOA meeting laws in North Carolina because our HOA was incorporated before the Planned Community Act became effective.
It's a common misconception that HOAs formed prior to 1999 are not subject to the North Carolina Planned Community Act (PCA).
The PCA includes a list of provisions that are "retroactive," and which apply to all HOAs regardless of when they were formed (except condominiums, which are not subject to the PCA).
One of the retroactive provisions, N.C.G.S. § 47F-3-108, reads: "At regular intervals, the executive board meeting shall provide lot owners an opportunity to attend a portion of an executive board meeting and to speak to the executive board about their issues or concerns. The executive board may place reasonable restrictions on the number of persons who speak on each side of an issue and may place reasonable time restrictions on persons who speak."
If your board members refuse to allow owners an opportunity to speak at regular intervals, which does not necessarily mean at every board meeting, they are violating the law. And by holding "secret" or closed-door meetings, the board members are only encouraging suspicion and contempt among homeowners, which is never a good strategy.
Charlotte attorney Michael Hunter represents community and condominium associations for the firm of Horack Talley. Email questions to firstname.lastname@example.com. Find his blog at www.CarolinaCommonElements.com
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Snapchat: Newest Instagram or teen 'sexting' tool?
(WXYZ) - Parents do you know what Snapchat is? Some are calling the new mobile app the next Instagram but your teen may be using it for all the wrong reasons.
Teens are flocking to this new app that says to process over 30 million messages a day.
The appeal? Send a photo or video and it allegedly vanishes just moments after it's received.
While some are calling it the next Instagram, Snapchat is making a name for itself as the newest sexting tool with teens.
In an age when teens are constantly being warned to be cautious of what they post online, Snapchat offers a degree of freedom. Its self-destructing messages last no longer than 10 seconds.
Sound too good to be true? It is.
Some photos aren't forever vanishing into cyberspace.
While Snapchat has a feature to deter this from happening, recipients can still take a screen shot of incoming photos and save the image to their phone.
Plus, recently the blog Buzzfeed exposed an apparent security flaw, saying recipients are actually able to retrieve videos intended to vanish.
So parents, just how popular is the new app? Snapchat recently landed on Apple's top ten more popular free apps and was mentioned more than 200,000 times on Twitter New Years Day.


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We know the world is full of germs, but we don't like it when they invade our homes.
However, a world-renowned germ expert found millions of potentially disease-causing microbes in one of the most private rooms in the house.
When we think about germs that can hurt us, it's the one spot we might not think enough about - the bathroom. And not where you might think.
Not the toilet. Not the bath. We're referring to your hand towel.
"We thought towels were very dry, there wouldn't be a lot of bacteria. We thought we'd have a hard time finding them, but they were jumping out at us actually there were so many in there," says Dr. Charles Gerba, a University of Arizona microbiologist.
Gerba is always looking for where germs are hiding, and his new study shows once again they're where we would least expect.
"Eww. Gross. It is gross," says Donetta Welker after hearing Gerba has found millions of germs on bathroom hand towels.
Her friend, Georgene Kitterman, asks, "In my bathroom at home? Yeah, that does surprise me, because I am careful about washing my hands all the time."
And in some homes, that could be part of the problem: Not washing well enough.
"So just think about it. You wash your hands and you dry it in the towel and then maybe you had some E. coli or salmonella on there and they get into the towel. It's wet. It's moist. They grow," Gerba says. "You may start out with a few, but in a few days you've got millions."
What kinds of germs?
"We tested 500 towels from across the United States and Canada," Gerba says. "Actually they're loaded with fecal bacteria. E. coli are very common in high numbers. And in some towels we even found salmonella bacteria."
Donetta Welker sees another big problem there. "Gross. Because I use my hand towel to dry my face off," she says. And she's not the only one.
"So really every time you think you're wiping your face off, you're putting your face in a towel full of E. coli. You might as well stick your head in a toilet and flush it," Gerba says.
If that's not bad enough, Gerba tested brand new towels, thinking to use them as a control group.
It didn't work. He found fecal bacteria there, too.
Brand new towels?
"Brand new towels," he says. "Yeah, that you get at the store. That's what we did and we found them in there. We were surprised. Apparently, even when they wash them and dry them after manufacture, they still get coliform bacteria in them."
"It didn't shock me at all," says Charles Strauss. "But you know there's probably some people that believe that everything comes out of their dryers fine."
So Gerba says we might want to look at changing our habits, maybe even using paper towels in the bathroom.
But if you do prefer cloth towels, he recommends washing them in very hot water, and using bleach or a bleach substitute.
He found hot water and detergent are not enough.
And, change the towels more frequently.
Gerba says, "What we've learned is you probably should change them on a regular basis -- maybe every two or three days. You let them go a week and there's large numbers, millions of bacteria inside of that towel."
As Dr. Gerba says, we live with germs all around us, so there's no need to panic. It's just a good idea to be aware.
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After just two years on the market, Toyota has given its top-selling Camry sedan an extensive makeover that includes new bodywork, new trim levels and an upgraded interior.
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The 2015 Toyota Camry gets a dash of new styling, new trim levels and modern tech that includes a wireless charging tray for mobile devices.
Maintaining the Camry's position as America's best-selling car apparently wasn't enough for Toyota. Just three years after the debut of an all-new seventh-generation model, the 2015 Toyota Camry gets a thorough upgrade. Revised styling and ride quality, added safety options and new trim levels mark the most significant changes.
Although the 2015 Camry isn't all-new, Toyota says that the roof is the only body panel that carries over. The new model is nearly 2 inches longer and its wheels are spaced another half-inch apart, but the most obvious change is a wider, trapezoidal grille shape, not unlike the template from current Lexus models.
The Camry also gets two new trim levels. The XSE trim level builds on the sporty SE trim level with an even firmer suspension setup, unique 18-inch wheels and tires and a revised front end look. Existing L, LE, XLE and SE trim levels carry over from last year. A new Hybrid SE trim level also pairs the hybrid powertrain with the SE trim level offerings for the first time.
Nothing changes under the hood. The base engine remains a 2.5-liter four-cylinder generating 178 horsepower. A 3.5-liter V6 option is rated at 268 hp and 248 pound-feet of torque. The hybrid, meanwhile, joins the four-cylinder (detuned to 156 hp) to an electric motor. All models offer a standard six-speed automatic transmission.
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San Marcos housing development on hold, more environmental studies planned
Plans for a new housing development in San Marcos are on hold for now. Dozens of residents were set to pack a Planning Commission meeting Monday evening, but the hearing was canceled while additional environmental studies are conducted.
The Highlands Development calls for nearly 200 homes to be built on 262 acres of land near North Las Posas Road south of Buena Creek Road in the Santa Fe Hills area of San Marcos.
Kevin Wang is one of nearly 1,000 residents who signed a petition against the project. "My greatest concern is that it kind of kills the life of San Marcos," said Wang.
Wang told 10 News he moved to San Marcos to escape the urban sprawl in Orange County.
"San Marcos, when we moved here, was sort of a semi rural place, you have rural and you have town, but with this project, it seems to extend sprawl away from existing city centers and opens the door to just tons more sprawl," said Wang.
Kevin Mecum is worried about congestion on Las Posas Road.
"Most people that live in this area are opposed to this project because it would turn Las Posas, which is currently a relatively quiet street, with an elementary school right there on the corner, into a major thoroughfare," said Mecum.
75-year-old Farouk Kubba, of Orange County, purchased the land thirty-two years ago. He told 10 News he's spent decades working to ease the concern of residents. The current project is a much smaller version than the original. Kubba said it preserves seventy-five percent of open space.
"There's a lot of people that use this property and they think it's open space for them, as if it's their park, and I don't think that is right and I feel I've waited long enough. I'm developing a property that is basically trying to take care of the environment as much as we can. There are some people that no matter what we do, they don't want anything there," said Kubba.
A new hearing will be held once the new environmental studies are complete. That process is expected to take six months to a year.


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It's January and people all over the world are trying to ensure that this year is better than the last. I have already declared that I will endeavor to make 2012 a Fertile Life (thanks Keiko!) by focusing on a different "micro-challenge" each month.
But what of happiness? Isn't happiness what we really want? Will achieving my goals actually make me happy? The reality is probably not. In and of itself, focusing on nourishment, creativity, balance, connection, movement or exploration for a month at a time will not make me happier. I could probably be happy without working on any of those things; all I would have to do is to choose happiness.
Easier said than done.
Lori of Write Heart Open Mind asked in her recent post, "How do you plan to create happiness in 2012?" She then directs her readers to a BlogHer post with some very good advice on how to do just that. There are five steps involved but the main idea is two pronged: (1) choose happiness and (2) be mindful.
I already endeavor to be mindful. I feel the only place I really accomplish this is at yoga but I do try to return to the present moment when I can. When I open my phone I usually take three deep breathes and then stop and look around, taking in everything without judgement or expectation. This has been a useful practice as I unlock my iPhone about a million times every day.
Choosing happiness, on the other hand, is something I've rarely focused on. In fact, I can think of only one prolonged exercise I've undertaken that encouraged me to "choose happiness." And it took place, surprisingly enough, on Twitter.
Have you ever noticed that Twitter can be a hotbed of negativity? There is something about the semi-anonymity and brevity of that specific brand of media that entices people to bitch, moan and vent. Maybe it's the easy humor of it. Maybe it's the quick camaraderie of a common inconvenience. Maybe it's the simple fact that complaining to people in the real world is considered bad form and people need a place to air their grievances to others who will take their side and support them. Twitter is that place for a lot of people.
It was, and frequently is, that place for me. I go on all the time to engage in some humorous shit talking. Self-deprecating tweets like this one are not uncommon in my timeline.
Sometimes I catch a glimpse of myself in the bathroom mirror & think, who the fuck is that middle aged lady & why does she look so tired?!)—
Esperanza Grace (@StumblingGrace) January 07, 2012
A Tweet like that gets a response because lots of people feel that way. And it's good for a chuckle. And while it's not necessarily super negative, it's not oozing positivity either.
In her "planning to create happiness" post, Lori makes an important distinction between choosing something positive and trying to avoid something negative: "Maybe that sounds like I'm splitting hairs, but too often I hear of resolutions that verbalize what people DON'T want, like 'lose weight' or 'stop yelling at the kids.' As opposed to getting more healthy or speaking more kindly." I consider that distinction very important indeed. I know that I have always focused on the latter and never the former.
Sometimes I get in a funk. It always starts with my own shit and is only compounded by things like Twitter. When you're down in the dumps and other people are down in the dumps it's hard not to revel in the dumpiness of it all.
Then one day, during a low moment, I decided I was going to make a change. In the wee hours of the morning I made a crazy declaration: I was only going to post only positive tweets for one week. And to make sure I wouldn't just stop tweeting entirely, I vowed to tweet at least ten times a day. In the steamy hot sanctuary of my shower, the Positive Tweet Challenge was born.
Okay, at least 10 positive tweets a day. Tweets of support don't count (though of course are allowed). Let the games begin!—
Esperanza Grace (@StumblingGrace) December 07, 2011
As the week went on I started tweeting things that made me happy. In order to do this, I had to be more aware of the inherent bliss all around me. At first it took some work and I sought out those things that are truly wonderful but are constantly taken for granted.
Also, indoor plumbing and hot runnin water are the shit. #PTC—
Esperanza Grace (@StumblingGrace) December 07, 2011
With more practice, I started noticing more and more things that made me happy. Suddenly every day occurrences that I would have looked past or ignored were jumping out at me as possible subject matter for #PTC tweets.
Enjoying a grown up grilled cheese sandwich: mozzarella and basil on panini bread with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. #yum #ptc—
Esperanza Grace (@StumblingGrace) December 08, 2011
I love that we have a great playground 1.5 blocks from our house. It's the best. #PositiveTweetChallenge—
Esperanza Grace (@StumblingGrace) December 09, 2011
I even started seeing the good in not-so-great situations and tweeted about that.
I appreciate how ice makes the itching stop. Very much. #positivetweetchallenge #PTC—
Esperanza Grace (@StumblingGrace) December 09, 2011
My wound is healed enough to be left uncovered tonight. Yay! #woundcare #positivetweetchallenge—
Esperanza Grace (@StumblingGrace) December 10, 2011
By the end of the week I noticed a distinctive buoyancy to life that had previously eluded me. I was constantly aware of my satisfaction with life and was eager to share it with others. Shockingly, not only was a device that at best usually serves as a distraction actually making me more present, it was also changing my outlook on the day to day.
Eventually the week was over. Mi.Vida found out he didn't get the raise he expected with his promotion. I started to feel down and my #positivetweetchallenge fell by the wayside.
Twitter can be an incredibly influential social media tool. The world witnessed its power during the Iranian revolution and later during the Arab Spring revolutions. It can offer support to a woman who is suffering from infertility or RPL and help her feel less alone. It might even bring her hope. Basically Twitter can be what you want it to be, and me? I want it to be a vehicle that helps me choose happiness.
So this year, I'm going to keep practicing mindfulness AND choose hope. One way I plan to do that is to take the time to notice joy at least five times a day and tweet about it. Hopefully those five tweets will help me conscientiously choose happiness, while also delivering a dose of jubilation to those around me.


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Investigations continue Sunday into the bizarre shootout involving a carjacker
and sheriff's deputies in front of the sheriff's Industry station, just south of Baldwin Park.
The shooting occurred shortly after 1:30 p.m., in the 15000 block of Stafford Street, according to Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Kimberly Unland
Detectives said deputies responded to an "armed carjacking'' call about 1:30 p.m after the suspect left a location, reportedly a used car lot, in a white Dodge Charger.
Deputies spotted the stolen vehicle and initiated a traffic stop, but the suspect refused and a pursuit was underway, ending on East Stafford Street near the sheriff's station in Industry.
The suspect got out of the vehicle and fired a semi-automatic weapon at deputies, Saldana said. The deputy-involved shooting occurred, leaving the suspect hit at least once.
The man, believed to be in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene.
No deputies were injured in the shooting, Saldana said. A semi-automatic weapon was recovered at the scene.
The shooting remained under investigation, she said.


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Seize BP protest draws small crowd with big demands
Honking at the corner of Cahuenga and Sunset is not unusual. As one of the busiest intersections in Los Angeles, traffic congestion fills the area with idling cars commuting home.
On June 17, the ANSWER Coalition, along with other activists, urged the public to honk against British Petroleum. The activist organization chose that corner to protest against inaction over BP's oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. A group of about 20 protesters formed at 5 p.m. in front of the CNN building. After one hour, the group quietly dispersed.
"We don't stand with BP like the government does," said ANSWER Coalition organizer and anti-war activist, Michael Prysner. "We're going to demand change here on the street."
The Seize BP campaign is a grass-roots effort demanding the seizure of BP's assets in order to adequately cover reparations for victims of the oil spill.
A flurry of signs was directed toward the public urging drivers to honk and join the cause. One sign took issue with BP Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg's reference to the "small people" of the affected areas. A large banner with contact information and the slogan "Seize BP" was held in plain view, saying "freeze its assets now."
A brief press conference was held at 5:30 p.m. Members of the group felt the emotional disconnect perceived during the Katrina disaster of 2005 is comparable to that of the recent oil spill and collateral damage surrounding it.
"It felt like we weren't Americans for a while there, and it kind of feels that way again," said Danielle Norwood, member of ANSWER.
Norwood recently joined ANSWER in response to the BP oil spill. She was raised near Choctaw County, Alabama and has family living near the coast. Their community depends on off-shore jobs, which creates an uneasy relationship.
"Some of them are mad at me for protesting because it's their only money," said Norwood. "They don't trust the government and they don't believe things can change. They're willing to risk another disaster rather than face the prospect of risking change."
Dan Buonsanto, who subscribes to ANSWER's e-mail blasts, observed the protest with conflicting feelings. "I'm not sure if seizure is really the answer," he said.
However, Buonsanto believed that something not dissimilar to a coup d'état needs to happen in the United States.
"We're run by banks and corporations, not by the people." he said. "We need a revolution, a bloody revolution."
Buonsanto also attended a rally held in Long Beach. He said he was glad to see a larger amount of people at the Los Angeles event.
Prysner used the victims of the Exon Valdez spill in 1989 as an example of what he didn't want to happen again. It took 20 years for compensation to reach the victims of that event. When asked what could make a difference this time around, Prysner felt the BP escrow was a good indication of the people's voices being heard.
"Even though the escrow fund is completely inadequate, they would have got off with much less," said Prysner. "That only happened as a reaction to the growing demonstrations and growing anger of the American people. That right there is an example of the gains we have made."
BP agreed to an escrow account totaling $20 billion. However, the funds will not be provided in one sum but over the course of years. $5 billion will be made available by December of 2010, with $1.25 billion contributed to the account each fiscal quarter. It will take three years to accumulate the full total.
Prysner was clear that their fight was not over. He said the congressional hearing of BP's CEO Tony Hayward made it clear how much further they needed to press this issue.
"It was really just a show… a public relations thing," he said. "It was a wag of the finger from the government. We don't need rhetoric, we need action. And the growing outrage is the only thing that will convince them of that."


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Democrat double down on curb-stomping elderly veterans RT @DRUDGE_REPORT WIRED SHUT: BARRICADE AT WWII MEMORIAL REINFORCED—
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Honor Flight veterans were eventually allowed past the barricades to access the World War II Memorial on Tuesday.
The Honor Flights are being granted access to the WWII Memorial to conduct 1st Amendment actives in accordance with NPS regulations—
Carol B Johnson (@NationalMallPIO) October 02, 2013
But apparently that doesn't mean NPS wants veterans just waltzing in willy nilly to see their memorial. The Weekly Standard's John McCormack reports that the Barry-cades are now reinforced with Obama-wire.
WWII Memorial Barricade Wired Shut shar.es/KR56j via @sharethis—
John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) October 04, 2013
What a difference two days makes.
Day 4 of shutdown: Vets are going to need wire cutters to visit WWII memorial. http://t.co/Cyrm7OnLAp—
John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) October 04, 2013
The fences/barricades were not wired shut when I was here on Tuesday. http://t.co/mMV6TsqGt7—
John McCormack (@McCormackJohn) October 04, 2013
As one vet proclaimed on Tuesday, "Normandy was closed when we got there, too." Wire, meet wire-cutters.
Obama wires shut #Barrycades to WWII Memorial – in completely unrelated news DC Home Depots report increased sales of wire cutters—
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#WireCuttersForVets Wire cutters on the way to WWII Memorial.—
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BELOIT (WKOW) – The Beloit Police Department issued 32 municipal citations on Saturday after breaking up an underage alcohol party.
Police were notified of the incident after they received reports of juveniles darting out into traffic around 2 am on the 2100 block of Liberty in the City of Beloit.
Upon arrival, officers found an underage alcohol party taking place and initially had contact with fifth-plus individuals.
During the investigation, the police determined that 30 party-goers were below the age of 21.
Authorities said a total of 32 municipal citations were issued before those cited were released to a responsible party or on their own because of their adult status.
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A different salary perspective
Re: your July 24 article, "Lofty pay for hospital CEOs: Area administrators make $500,000 and up":
Having worked in hospitals and served as chairman of the board at Los Robles Hospital & Medical Center, I'd like to offer an additional perspective.
First, I know the three executives profiled and find them to be highly caring and competent servant leaders, overseeing large, complex organizations. Each is ultimately responsible for the welfare of thousands of residents annually and is highly engaged in improving the quality of care.
Second, patients benefit immeasurably from well-run hospitals. Hospitals with divisive internal conflicts have higher rates of medical errors and lose medical and nursing staff to competing organizations. organizations that lack vision suffer crippling infrastructure, service and medical specialty deficits that often take years and millions of dollars to correct.
Third, hospital CEOs are little different from any other staff member in an organization. People are attracted to organizations that are highly successful, growing, resilient and adaptive to change (never more important in this period of significant change in healthcare). Organizations with competitive compensation send the implicit message that they are engaged, discerning and committed to excellence.
Fourth, differentiation is as important with people as it is with products. Few would argue that differentiation between product lines (e.g. clinical specialties) is important in highly competitive markets — Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Mayo Clinic and others. With physicians, nursing staff and administrators, the same concepts apply. Organizations must differentiate rewards to those staff members who have the greatest insight, vision, commitment and productivity. Patients desire the very best in medical care and well-run hospitals help ensure they receive it.
As GE's former CEO Jack Welch says, "Cruel and Darwinian? Try fair and effective."
— Ritch K. Eich lives in Thousand Oaks.
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(A) The board may issue a certificate to teach as an EMS instructor to an applicant who meets all of the following:
(1) Possesses a current and valid fire service instructor certificate issued under rule 4765-21-03 of the Administrative Code;
(2) Submits a completed application as approved by the board;
(3) In the preceding seven years, has been certified or licensed for at least five years as an EMS provider, registered nurse or physician assistant;
(4) Possesses a current and valid certificate to practice as an EMS provider or holds a current and valid Ohio license to practice as a registered nurse or a physician assistant;
(5) Successfully completes the eight hours of instruction specific to the field of emergency medical services;
(6) Has passed the knowledge examination at the level of the individual's certificate to practice as an EMS provider, within the preceding three years;
(a) If the individual is unable to pass the knowledge examination within three attempts, the applicant must wait for a time period of six months and complete a board approved course at the appropriate level before attempting the examination again;
(b) An individual who is a registered nurse or physician assistant must pass the knowledge examination at the paramedic level.
(7) Passes the practical examination for the individual's level of certification, within the preceding three years. The practical examination shall be administered by an accredited institution. The program coordinator of the accredited institution sponsoring the EMS instructor training program may require the practical examination to be conducted by the sponsoring agency or may accept practical examinations performed by another accredited institution;
(8) Is in compliance with the requirements for a certificate to practice as set forth in paragraphs (A)(6) to (A)(12) of rule 4765-8-01 of the Administrative Code.
(B) An individual must pass the knowledge and practical examinations prior to successfully completing the eight hours of instruction specific to the field of emergency medical services.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 01/22/2014
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: R.C. 4765.11
Rule Amplifies: R.C. 4765.23
Prior Effective Dates: 10/2/03, 2/1/00, 7/2/09


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I'm developing an application and I'd like to know, if there is any way to access filesystem (R/W)?
I'm developing an application and I'd like to know, if there is any way to access filesystem (R/W)?
It depends on what file system you want to access(if you open the link, API-s for this isolated storage stuff are described nearby)Originally Posted by http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff402541(v=VS.92).aspx
Isolated storage is a filesystem that only your app can see, it can't access other parts of the phone.
If you are from j2me background then something similar to recordstore , there is no api as such so far to access files
wizard_hu is right.
see below link also.
Hi Mimuurin,
There is no direct access to the operating system's file system.To access the file system in Windows Phone 7, you can use the Isolated Storage. it is a Virtual File System. Isolated storage allows you to store data locally. There are two ways to use isolated storage.
- The first way is to save or retrieve data as key/value pairs by using the IsolatedStorageSettings class.
- The second way is to save or retrieve files by using the IsolatedStorageFile class.
This improves security and reduces chances of unauthorized access and data corruption.
Hope it helps.
Last edited by pavan.pareta; 2011-07-19 at 08:28. Reason: Added MSDN Link
Pavan Pareta
Sr. Software Engineer
Hi All,
I have read through the posts, but was unable to get solution to my problem, very much related to File access.
I have a file, which I want to use in the application. NOTE: This file is already there with me, and i want to use to deploy it. How to put it in IsolatedStorageFile storage or how to embed it into my application, so that it is available for reading.
The files which I want mainly contains some settings information, some localization strings, and some text to display on the screen. So I want these 2 files to be available to me during execution, what is the way ?
To summarize the question:
From the example codes of IsolatedStorageFile - what I could understand is that you can write and then later read the files which are private to you, but how to embed a file along with the application?
Amit Kankani
Nokia Developer Champion
As I understand you can not deploy files to the isolated storage. A thing you can certainly do is deploying them with the .xap, and save them into the isolated storage when you need to modify them.
On the implementation side it affects the loader routine, you try to load data from the file first, and if the file does not exist, you turn to the resource.
Next issue then is: how to deploy a txt file...
These are the steps I did to deploy the file:
Create a NewFolder called Resources and placed my.txt inside it
Clicked on the properties of "my.txt" and selected Content for Build Action.
Problem being faced now: How to access it and read its content to string ?
I am trying to use StreamReader, but not successful, here is the code:
I tried some options, but not aware how to access the file (location?) and then how to read from it...Code:StreamReader readFile = null; try { readFile = new StreamReader("Resources\\IndiFontTest.txt"); //FileStream myFileStream = File.Open("Resources\\IndiFontTest.txt", FileMode.Open); //readFile = new StreamReader(new File("Resources\\IndiFontTest.txt", FileMode.Open, myStore)); //readFile = new StreamReader(new IsolatedStorageFileStream("Resources\\IndiFontTest.txt", FileMode.Open, myStore)); string fileText = readFile.ReadToEnd(); //The control txtRead will display the text entered in the file textBlockListTitle.Text = fileText; readFile.Close(); } catch { textBlockListTitle.Text = "A - Need to create directory and the file first."; }
Amit Kankani
Nokia Developer Champion
I am not familiar with WP7 either, but the link in #2, which is also repeated in #6 (and actually referred in the articles linked in #5 too) is a good starting point, really. How about opening it, and checking the How-to articles it offers just above the image?
Otherwise you were close with the attempt, just missed the IsolatedStorageFile class and its static getter
Amit Kankani
Nokia Developer Champion
Ah, we are talking about the .xap part then. It is Application.GetResourceStream as I understand, http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=VS.95).aspx, but I have not tried it in action.
thanks for the pointersCode:Uri uri = new Uri("Resources/IndiFontTest.txt", UriKind.Relative); StreamResourceInfo sri = Application.GetResourceStream(uri); StreamReader streamReader = new StreamReader(sri.Stream); textBlockListTitle.Text = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
Amit Kankani
Nokia Developer Champion
Hope below link its better help.
If you carefully read, what I was looking for is not storage, but an ability to embed a file, with some contents.
I was able to achieve it from the link given bu wizard_hu_ in post #12
hope u got what is the difference...
Amit Kankani
Nokia Developer Champion


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JCPenney Is Sprucing Itself Up So Much That You Might Actually Shop There
New logo! Cool ads!
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The Mex spot has gone Nouveau American.
Just in time for New Nordic Cuisine to really heat up!
There's a whole lot of champagne!
Harry Potter, Scarface, Two-Face, Dr. Evil, and more get consultations.
Say it with us: "Michael Koooooors!"
Also, watch the audience get some free Michael Kors loot.
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The new version will be "less rigid."
Get an exclusive look at the new space.
But exactly how fierce can this battle become when neither site feels very important in the year 2010?
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In addition to these dedicated Americanists, other members of the School have substantial expertise in particular areas of American Studies, such as science fiction, detective fiction and cyberpunk (Dr Stacy Gillis), early modern Transatlantic cultures (Professor Kate Chedgzoy), early cinema and Hollywood film (Dr Andrew Shail and Professor Bruce Babbington, Emeritus), children's literature (Professor Kim Reynolds) and modern American poetry ( Professor Linda Anderson).
Staff working in this area have published several books.
The School has a very successful group of home and international postgraduate students working on American Literature and Culture, and we have been particularly successful at securing AHRC-funded scholarships in recent years. Colleagues contribute to the MA in English Literature 1500-1900 and the MA in Modern and Contemporary Studies.


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PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - A judge has rejected a request for a hearing on how The Pueblo Chieftain obtained a sealed document in the case of Harry Carl Mapps, who is accused of killing three people and setting fire to their home.
KRDO-TV reports the judge told defense attorney David Lipka Tuesday he could investigate on his own how the newspaper obtained the arrest warrant affidavit for the 59-year-old Mapps.
Mapps faces charges of first-degree murder and arson. He is accused of fatally shooting 55-year-old Kim Tuttle, her 51-year-old husband, Reggie, and their 33-year-old daughter, Dawn Roderick.
Their bodies were found in the Tuttles' home in Rye after it was damaged by fire on Nov. 27.
Mapps was arrested a month later in Oklahoma.
His next court appearance is scheduled for Feb. 18.
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Guru Studio has made additional sales of its global preschool series "Justin Time" in Sweden, Switzerland, Croatia and Ukraine.
Knockout Licensing has added two new licensees for Guru Studio's animated preschool series "Justin Time"–CafePress and LeapFrog.
Guru Studio has signed a series of home entertainment and music deals for its Emmy-nominated preschool show "Justin Time."
Guru Studio has launched a new app for the preschool series "Justin Time"–"Justin's Jig Jag Jog."
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Guru Studio and its publishing partner Immedium have released a second book based on the preschool series "Justin Time."
Guru Studio has sold season two of its hit preschool series "Justin Time" (26 x 11) to Latin American preschool network, Discovery Kids.
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One (very) amateur golfer travels to Mississippi's gulf coast to see if the sport's best new technology can improve his game. By Mike Guy
THE DAY STARTS AS MOST GREAT DAYS DO: with a fine pair of shoes. In this case, stylish Ecco Street spikeless shoes designed by Fred Couples. They are, according to Ecco, the most advanced shoes in the golf world. As I glide comfortably on the Eccos to the locker at Fallen Oak, just outside Biloxi, Mississippi, to collect a set of clubs that include some of this year's other radical advancements in golf tech, it occurs to me that no matter what shoes I wear or clubs I swing or type of tee I set my ball on, I'll always be a duffer. The problems with my game, I believe, come from deep inside me, far beyond the reach of technology or even instruction.
It's early spring on the Gulf Coast, and the weather is a crisp 65 degrees. On the first tee, Fallen Oak's general manager, Dave Stinson, an affable (and, it turns outs, very patient) scratch golfer, remarks on the contents of the golf bag: a TaylorMade R11 driver, a Nike SQ Machspeed driver, a TaylorMade putter and a Bushnell Hybrid Laser/GPS rangefinder, which already has the contours and greens of the Tom Fazio–designed Fallen Oak programmed into it.
Taking the R11 from the bag, I gaze out over the rolling first hole of this breathtaking course, a gnarly par- five dogleg with a lake on the left and a stream to the right, and a shiver of dread passes through me. I need to knock a 275-yard drive, and it needs to be straight. I consider myself a typical golfer—I play 20 rounds a year and feel grateful when I shoot 10 over par. To this day, when I golf with my father, he points out that I was born with a natural swing. Standing atop the claustrophobic second tee-box at our local course in York Harbor, Maine, my dad would crow to our playing partners, "The kid was born with a natural swing." Then he'd add, as he shook his head at his own scorecard: "I'm not sure where he got it from."
It's true. I was born with a swing as graceful as Fred Astaire, but it grows weaker by the year. My swing, that fluid series of well- executed movements that my father was so proud of, has grown into a nightmarish series of spasms.
Of course, the makers of golf equipment understand this aspect of the sport all too well. They have teams working overnight in brightly lit laboratories concocting devices that will somehow bandage over the deep wounds in a player's game. There are the clubs that profess to cure everything from a weak swing to a strong swing. There are putters in myriad configurations, and there are balls that improve distance, loft, "playability." There are also things like the Bushnell rangefinder, which I've placed on the dash of the golf cart, but I've got more pressing issues in my game right now than precise distance.
For a weekend duffer like me, the TaylorMade R11 is a beautiful Band-Aid. Released this year, it's the latest version of the revolutionary R-series driver. Like most modern drivers, it's so large it sometimes feels as though you're swinging a train caboose, though in fact it's light as a feather. It's equipped with the same "Moveable Weight Technology," or MWT, that was introduced in the R7. Basically, MWT is a set of small "discretionary" weights that can be placed in strategically positioned sockets on the driver to change the characteristics of the club. Put more weight in the heel, and the club rotates faster, theoretically reducing the severity of a slice.
Now, I've tried MWT a few times on a practice range and moved as much weight as possible to the heel to try to counteract my slice. It wasn't that effective for me, though I reckon that has more to do with my erratic game than with any flaws in TaylorMade's design.
The R11 advances the R-series with a white and black club head that improves visibility. As I address the ball, the white is actually a little bit distracting. Sure enough, the ball rockets straight out over the fairway and then turns right like a tiny balloon in a stiff breeze. It's not the club's fault.
On the second hole, I grip the titanium Nike SQ Machspeed driver, a sleek, mean-looking club that feels more natural in my hands. The head is black, which means when I address the ball I'm not thinking about the head being white. It's equipped with something called "STR8-FIT" adjustable face-angle technology, which can, with the turn of a wrench, open or close the club face up to two degrees in either direction, to correct for a slice or a hook. There are eight different angles to choose from. I've opted to close mine all the way, and sure enough, on impact the ball launches straight down the fairway. Is that old natural swing of mine suddenly reappearing, or is it the wizardry of the Nike lab technicians?
By the time I reach the 18th hole at Fallen Oak, a sweeping turn to the clubhouse with a mess of picturesque bunkers running along the left side, I'm in something like a groove. That old swing is back. I'm even comfortable enough to try out the Bushnell rangefinder. Standing on the tee box, I turn it on and, sure enough, every contour of the 18th is programmed into it. Peering through the lens, I see that the bunkers on the left are exactly 183 yards. The trees on the right are 280 yards—very much in play.
I opt for the Nike and manage a decent drive that rolls to the right side of the fairway. My second shot is a vindication—it bounces just shy of the green. I take out my TaylorMade Rossa Ghost putter, which, like the R11 driver, is painted white. In this context, I find the white much more soothing—it blends slightly with the ball, and calms my hands. I drain the 10-foot putt and mark a par on the card.
Walking off the green toward the clubhouse, where I'll console myself with a spicy bowl of homemade gumbo, I feel slightly disheartened, as though all the money in the world couldn't help prop up my game. But then I look down at my shoes—those stylish Fred Couples spikeless Eccos—and remember that, at the very least, I started the day in a great pair of shoes.
Despite his natural swing, MIKE GUY reckons he's lost more than 500 balls at the York Golf and Tennis Club in York Harbor, Maine.
A colleague remembers reading an interesting article in the April 2011 magazine on restoring the Gulf Coast. We can't find it on the website. Was there an insert or some type of supplement on Gulf Coast restoration, and if so, how could we get a copy?


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Evangelism is the core purpose of Messiah Missions' outreach. The truth of God provides release for the captive and hope for the down trodden. The Good News provides victory over the powers that suppress.
Through our loyal donors, Messiah Missions financially and spiritually supports indigenous pastors, evangelists and church planters in their fields of service, empowering them to survive and grow.
Spiritual training and support is essential in the overall outreach of Messiah Missions. It is not enough to only declare the Good News, but those ushered in the Kingdom must be spiritually fed.
We supply for the needs of the poor locally and internationally, in an effort to help adults in need to generate an income, as well as provide refuge, food and clothing for orphans, widows and the homeless.
If we were left to ourselves with the task of taking the gospel to the world, we would immediately begin planning innovative strategies and plotting elaborate schemes. We would organize conventions, develop programs, and create foundations… But Jesus is so different from us. With the task of taking the gospel to the world, he wandered through the streets and byways…All He wanted was a few men who would think as He did, love as He did, see as He did, teach as He did and serve as He did. All He needed was to revolutionize the hearts of a few, and they would impact the world. –David Platt, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream
Church in Kashmir faced some problems also, our pastor from there came back due to some threats from terrorists…but the people there looking forward to have their pastor back, they still strong and keep on praying that the situation there may be ok soon. We also need to join hands with them. Pastor Naseer is keep in touch with them. He is visiting there once or twice a month. We are committed to continue serve God there.–GEOM - December 2011
If we are devoted to the cause of humanity, we shall soon be crushed and broken-hearted, for we shall often meet with more ingratitude from men than we would from a dog; but if our motive is love to God, no ingratitude can hinder us from serving our fellow men.–Oswald Chambers
Please pray for Karnataka. The situation is going worse from bad. I am Pastor John Mohan writing to you and some of our church members were met by the RSS activists and threatened dire consequenses if we go to worship on Sunday. We have declared 21 days of fasting and we are continually fasting and praying for the Lord to interfere in this matter. Anyhow we do not fear but we think it is a privilege to be persecuted for the Gospel's sake.–Pastor John Mohan - March 2012
You can give without loving. But you cannot love without giving.–Amy Carmichael
The battle against hunger and poverty is really a spiritual battle, not a physical or social one as humanist would have us believe. The only weapon that will ever effectively win the war against disease, hunger, injustice and poverty is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. To look into the sad eyes of a hungry child or see the wasted life of a drug addict is to see only the evidence of Satan's hold on this world. [...] Fighting this powerful enemy with physical weapons is like fighting an armored tank throwing stones. –K.P. Yohannan, Revolution in World Missions
A little persecution is experienced in Devaramanahalli village as the communal Hindu fanatics made a false propaganda that the Evangelists come here for kidnapping children and they will take away the eyes and kidneys of the children and throw away in the jungles. But they did not lodge a complaint against us in the local police station because everybody knows the good works Messiah Mission Ministries is doing in this part of Karnataka for the past months. –John Mohan - October 2011
Sympathy is no substitute for action.–David Livingstone
Praise the Lord for his faithfulness, provisions and all the blessings He has given us. Thank God even though our country is facing a lot of problems such as flooding, extremism and terrorism attacks, but the work of the Lord continues. We are very thankful to our Lord, we have been surfing from deferent daises. Because there are many daises after the flood in our country. These circumstances are opening doors for more opportunities to serve the people and show them the love of God.–GEOM - September 2011


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Today, there are more than 250 apps to search for local dining information in the Android Market. The top two apps are free and are great discovery tools for expanding your dining choices. The third is a paid app that provides additional functionality not offered by the free apps.
Open Table
Open Table is a free app that provides search and reservation options for more than 15,000 dining places throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Open Table subscribers earn dining points which are redeemable at any restaurant listed on Open Table. Once the diners know the party size, date, and time, they can simply punch all the data in their Android smartphone or other Android-powered device and get the desired locations.
They can search by restaurant name, enter a zip code, or a general location and find the restaurants on a map. The options can be whittled down by type of cuisine, price, reservation time or points to be awarded. Furthermore, the reservations can be made on the app itself and users can easily manage cancellations or rescheduling.
Urbanspoon is another great dining app which can help you select your favorite restaurants based on type of cuisine, prices, and location (based on a general address or zip code). Urbanspoon is great for busy people, those who are indecisive, or those who believe in spontaneity. All you have to do is shake your phone and it will surprise you with a restaurant based on your search criteria. If you are not impressed or satisfied with the choice, shake again and keep shaking till you find something to your liking. Usually within three to four shakes you and your dining party can converge on a delectable choice.
Urbanspoon is available in most English speaking countries, including the U.S. and Canada. The minor downside of Urbanspoon is that you cannot reserve the seats directly on the app, although you can find a table.
Unfortunately, the Zagat App comes at a price of $9.99, but if you consider that a decent meal for two can cost anywhere from $20-50, it is not such a bad deal.
Zagat ratings are popular and allow users to pick the best-rated restaurants with ease according to location, type of cuisine, and price. Ratings describe the food, decor, and service. Zagat can be a great app for extremely busy professionals who avoid risky choices and want to rely on refined ratings.
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1) Great time to be a Canucks fan. I've been following this team for 11+ years, and this year's troop is the most amazing I've ever witnessed.
The nucks during the Naslund-Bertuzzi era were mighty. They were solid when Roberto combined with the D to stymie opponents night after night during 06-07, his 1st season here. But this current version has been the funnest to follow. Not only because of their record so far, but because of the way they achieved what they have to date.
Playing with skill, sense, heart, grit, determination. Competent at all facets of the game.
The only time when I got so caught up with these Canucks were during the tail end of the 99-00 season when Naslund and Messier et al made an epic push toward respectibility and making the playoffs. During that time they recorded some big gutsy win against quality opponents and mounted some monumental 3rd period combacks vs other great teams to earn precious standing points. Their effort eventually fell short but their play made their fans proud.
And this year's team is essentially playing the same way as the 99-00 Nucks. Only that we have 10 times as much skill as that team from 10 years ago.
2) I wonder why people worry about our 14 game trip......well, certainly not worried about the 1st leg. After all we're playing the leasts from the east (the beast we've slain them all already!) who we own. Some people also point to our sub-500 road record. But 8 of the 12 losses were incurred in Oct and Nov when we had yet to get our acts together. Here's to hope the Canucks back up my words with a convinging 7-2 win in COTU.
3) Funny how some people were calling for Bieksa to be traded when he was playing like crap / had his ice time cut us before he got injured. Now that we lost both Mitchell and Salo as well, these same people are saying "we're missing our 3 best defensemen". Go figure.
4) Here are 2 rule changes that I've pondered for quite some time, changes that the NHL can make in order to jack up the scoring, which has dropped every year since the lockout.
a) No line changes (for the defensive team) during any defensive zone faceoff. This should create more favourable situations for the offensive team.
b) Goalies may not freeze the puck if their skates aren't touching the crease. For example. The goalie went way outside the blue paint to challenge the shooter, making a glove save in the process. Since he's so far out I think he's fair game. Even when other offensive forwards are skating onto you. Drop and play the puck or delay of game.


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Back on December 11th, Liu Xiabo was formally indicted by the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate for "inciting subversion of state power," a charge that is often leveled against writers the Chinese government wishes to silence.
Here's a bit more background info from PEN America:
Liu Xiaobo is a renowned literary critic, writer, and political activist based in Beijing. He served as President of the Independent Chinese PEN Center from 2003 to 2007 and currently holds a seat on its board. Liu Xiaobo was a professor at Beijing Normal University and has worked as a visiting scholar at several universities outside of China, including the University of Oslo, the University of Hawaii, and Columbia University in New York City.
Liu Xiaobo was formally arrested by the Beijing Public Security Bureau on June 23, 2009 and charged with "inciting subversion of state power" for co-authoring Charter 08, a declaration calling for political reform, greater human rights, and an end to one-party rule in China that has been signed by hundreds of individuals from all walks of life throughout the country. His case was officially moved to the prosecutor's office on December 8, 2009. He had been detained a year earlier, on December 8, 2008, and held for six months and two weeks under "residential surveillance" while police gathered evidence on his case. Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo's wife, was only been permitted to visit him twice, he did not have access to a lawyer and he was denied writing materials while detained at an undisclosed location in Beijing. Since his arrest, he has been held at the No. 1 Detention Center of Beijing City, where he has finally had access to his lawyers. If convicted of the subversion charge, he could face up to 15 years in prison.
To help bring more attention to Liu Xiaobo's case, PEN has organized a click-and-send letter-writing campaign and petition signing. Just follow that link and look at the "Take Action" section to participate.
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