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Welcome to my blog. This blog is mostly for me, to extend on my knowledge, but I can't do that without your help. I have four things that I would like to get out of owning a blog, listed below.
1. Intellegent conversation. I started this blog, so that I could share my ideas, and hear what others have to say. I am interested in other peoples ideas, and I hope that people are interested in mine also. I am very politically, and world minded, so I may tread on some peoples toes, but that's my opinion, and feel free to critize it as long as you have evidence.
2. Improving my skills in english. As a person who is still studying, I understand that it is a always changing language, however I do believe it can be mastered, and I hope to be able to do that one day.
3. Dispel the rumours and stereotypes of my generation. Yes, I am a part of the generation that spends way to much time on the computer. We watch to much tv, and, as most people would see it, we have a lot further to go than other generations did. I can see that, but I want to be able to prove to you, the reader, that not everyone is like that. It's not always 'Just because I walk into your shop, doesn't mean I'm going to steal something'
4. I want to share my knowledge. Yes, I know that i'm very young, however I do believe that I have picked up something in the time I have been alive. I learn a different way to most older people did, I'm even learning a different way to how most people do now. And I have lots of questions, and possibly some answers for you all.
There's also something you should know, I'm rather a TV buff, or I would like to think of myself as one anyway. So, you may see quite a lot of reviews here, but I will also have different things as well.
So that's it. Welcome to my blog. Something I would like to do with each blog is end it with a quote. Whether it be from a famous person, someone I admire, or from a TV show, so I think my first one will be one of my favourite, and probably relevant to a first post:
Agatha Christie: "The secret to getting ahead is getting started"


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My daughter is an aspiring chef and loves to experiment in the kitchen. We are fortunate enough to be her guinea pigs. In a situation like this, it has turned out to be a good thing.
Many times when I get home from work, she will already have dinner taken care of. There have been a few flops along the way, but most of the time her experiments have been delicious.
Not only have we got to try new foods that I would have never thought of, but I also don't have to worry about what I am going to make for dinner every night. Now if I could just get her to clean up after herself too, but maybe that is asking for too much!


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STEPHENSVILLE- A six-mile section of busy Highway 70 is getting a major overhaul in St. Martin Parish.
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Jim Cramer's 10 Lucrative Themes for 2013
3. Ne'er-Do-Well Banks Recuperate
A third theme is right there with the insurance companies: the banks. I think people don't understand that this group is so far behind the market that we tend to think that it is never coming back -- at least if you think about the book values.
But something happened in this market in the fourth quarter: The book value started to come to relevance as a measure of worth. If that's the case, you're going to see some remarkable moves in everything from Regions (RF), First Horizon (FHN) and Zions (ZION) to Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS - Get Report), to Bank of America and Citigroup (C). These are the companies for which the book value had been suspect -- and it may no longer be suspect amid recovery in the kind of paper that is also owned by the insurers.
I know that you could argue I am leaving out the best three -- Wells Fargo (WFC - Get Report), U.S. Bancorp (USB) and JPMorgan Chase (JPM) -- all of which I like. But the theme here is not "best of breed," which is more of an evergreen concept. The theme is the cyclical recovery of the portfolios of the ne'er-do-well banks. I wouldn't overlook Capital One (COF), either, because its credit-card business is hot. Also recall its purchase, for very little money, of the ING Direct business from ING Group (ING) -- a business that is humming.
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This could have gone badly, but luckily it didn't. I went to go pick up my kiddos from daycare. I was concealed like I always do at daycare. I figure there is no sense in stirring up un-wanted attention. Basically daycare is one of the few... and I mean FEW places that I don't OC. But since it is winter I have been CCing lately.
Anyway. I have my T-shirt tucked in my pants and have my Glock 36 in my Blackhawk Serpa OWB holster at about my 3:30 under my somewhat overly large jacket. It does a good job at concealing my Glock without much printing.
I proceed to go in the daycare to my sons room. There are about 8 toddlers running around, and my son comes over to me as do about 3 other toddlers. I was careful to make sure my strong side was against the wall to keep tiny fingers from my Glock.
I proceed to get my sons jacket and as I was knelt down to put it on, my 6 o'clock was facing the wall again guarding my strong side to keep tiny fingers away. Another child then proceeds to come up and tug on the front of my jacket. I push him back a bit so I could get my sons jacket on, and he comes back up and pulls my jacket clear of my Glock exposing it.
The teacher looks up eyes wide as saucers, and just as quick I had it covered again. She continued as if nothing happened, but seemed overly nervous. I said good bye like I normally do and made haste outta there.
Who knows what she'll say to her boss or other teachers... but I have a feeling it won't be good.


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Gove Co. 4-Her's photo still flying high
By DIANE GASPER-O'BRIEN
HUTCHINSON -- Matt Wertz is too busy with school activities at Quinter High School to attend the Kansas State Fair this year.
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HUTCHINSON -- Matt Wertz is too busy with school activities at Quinter High School to attend the Kansas State Fair this year.
But he still is helping put Gove County on the map.
Wertz's photo of a hot air balloon taken in October at the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, N.M., received several awards at the fair.
Not only did the photo he took as a 16-year-old win the top award for 4-H'ers, a purple ribbon, but it also was one picked to go on for further display throughout the year, such as in calendars and publications.
Best of all, his balloon picture also was one of the top projects selected for display either in legislative offices in Washington or at Kansas State University.
Wertz's colorful photo will hang in the office of Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., in Washington for the next year.
"My mom told me someone from our Extension office had called her, telling us (about the recognitions)," Wertz said. "I was surprised."
Wertz, a junior at QHS and the oldest of seven siblings ages 8 to 17, is involved in football, basketball and track along with family activities.
But he still finds time to participate in 4-H, where his other projects along with photography are swine and woodworking.
Wertz is relatively new to 4-H, having joined in junior high.
"Some of my friends were in 4-H," he said, "and my parents thought it would be good to join to learn more about agribusiness."
The Wertzes also are learning their oldest son also has a knack for photography.
"When he was making the decision which one to take" to this summer's Gove County Fair, "I told him, 'I don't know if I like that as well as some of the others,' " said his dad, Brad Wertz. "But that one has done really well. He had a good eye for it, I guess."
The photo, which received a purple ribbon at the county fair to advance to state, is one of numerous 4-H projects from northwest Kansas 4-H'ers on display on the fairgrounds in Centennial Hall, where the photos grab a visitor's eye, hanging in the center aisle.
Besides legislative and K-State offices, several photos also are chosen to go on display at Rock Springs 4-H Center near Junction City for the coming year and to be used for 4-H judging contests around the state.
"These are all great opportunities for their projects to go on display further," said Rob Buchele, the southwest Kansas area specialist out of Garden City who serves as the state 4-H photography liaison.


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Élisée Reclus' A Voyage to New Orleans remained untranslated into English, and little-known for almost a century and a half. This volume presents the first English translation, as well as a brief introduction to his life and work, a translation of his letters from Louisiana, and a short survey of his later social and political ideas.
This amazing magazine continues to chronicle struggles and activities from all around Eastern Europe.
Romania - survey in education, Poland - the revival of hierarchical institutions in education, Inicjatywa Uczniowska, Alternative education in Warsaw, the school leavers, Czechia - Romania anarchist education activities, Estonia - first anarchist network, Hungary - riots, Unnoticed news, announcements, ABC reports, Communities in struggle and more...
Slovenia - Fascists, Bulgaria - Anticapitalists in the capital, Antifa news from Russia Czech, and Poland. Actions for deserter day in Russia, Zero tolerance for zero tolerance in Poland, Campaign against Sochi 2014 Olympics, Food not Bombs in Zagreb, Rospuda resistance, Illegal festival "Gender Paths 2", Polish anarchist resistance, Unnoticed news, Announcements, Communities in struggle and more...
Estonia - Texts on a riot, toward the creation of the anarchist movement. Croatia - Reports from anarchist and anarcho-feminist gatherings, Antifa around Eastern Europe, Bulgaria - Festival and action, Russia - Students protest sociology. Belarus - Chernobyl protest, Ukraine - No Border Camp, Belarus social forum, Czech - Right wing clashes with anarchists, Romania - 5 years of resistance against deportation...
Healing Our Sick Society... Through Force or Mutual Aid?
The title section includes an interview with Belarusian activists working in a mental health hospital in Minsk, called - "They Just Treat the Patients as Equals. It Works." Also included is a report about Russian law on psychiatry, "Whoever Protests is Sent to the Crazy House," and "Indymedia vs. Mental Health in a Sick Society - attempting to describe Moldovan realities," and some personal stories about the mental health repercussions of organizing in the current world.
They didn't ask us in '68 and they are not asking us now... and we will always resist them!
Interviews with targeted Russian anarchists, bloody valentine in Moscow, anarchist black cross reports, updates on the campaign against the u.s. military base in Poland, labor struggles in Poland, and anti-fascist news.
Putting an End to Their Democracy by the Fist
Once again, this excellent magazine provides a great resource, covering information from all over eastern Europe - Albania, Poland, Romania, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Serbia, Hungary, Macedonia, etc.
Millions of Deserters throughout Caucasia
This issue of this amazing publication from all over eastern Europe is full, once again, of information from Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czechia, Romania, Russia, and the region.
Perhaps most notable in this issue is the first hand reporting on the situation in Ossetia, between Georgia and Russia. The author went to Ossetia to find out what was going on from the people who lived through the aggression. Fascinating reading.
This latest issue of the amazing ABB discusses the arrest of six anarcho-sindicalists in Belgrade, the eviction of the last squat in Prague, the creation of a group to reject the IMF and world bank presence in Istanbul...
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This remarkable publication comes out pretty regularly, and is always bustling with news from all the places you've never heard from - Czechia, Albania, Bucharest, Russia, Poland, Romania, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Serbia, Hungary, Macedonia, etc.
Severino Di Giovanni in Argentina 1923-1931
This tells the tale of Severino Di Giovannia, an Italian Anarchist, and a string of bombings in 1927-28 committed in Argentina as a response to Sacco and Vanzetti being condemned to death and their execution.
Art & Anarchy returns to a perennial concern - how our capacity for imaginative prefiguration and/or social intervention and/or self-actualization figures in the tensions that arise between the realities we seek to transform and our aspirations as anarchists (Allan Antliff)
Jose Peirats, a long-standing member of the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (CNT); editor of its newspaper, Solidaridad Obrera ("Workers Solidarity"); and member of the federated anarchist affinity groups, the Federación Anarquista Ibérica (FAI), here traces the story of the half million refugees who left Spain when Franco came to power in 1939.
This text serves as appendix to his carefully documented Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution, and covers clandestine activity and political organization of some of the Spanish anarchist militants.
The Black Bloc Papers is intended for those who would like to understand the vigorous protest politics of anarchism, the tactic of the black bloc as practiced over a decade ago, and as a historical signpost reminding us of how far we've come and how far we have left to go.
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UPDATED: Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 11:33am
Investigators in Hidalgo county are working another early morning home invasion.
This time, the armed men posted as sheriff's deputies and demanded cash. The the last few weeks, several home invasions have been reported and in many of those cases the invaders dressed as law enforcement officers, Michelle Macias has the story from our McAllen newsroom.


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As a new year begins the Ajax debate remains lively and active. I have seen numerous letters against and a few for this project. But one question remains unanswered - is an open-pit mine actually good for a city?
Obviously, if we ask Greenpeace they will say no. If we ask KGHM they will say yes, so I decided to do a bit of homework and ask city councillors of a Canadian city that has a mine almost smack in the middle of it. That city - Timmins, Ont.
Go ahead and Google map it. To the right of the city you will see an open-pit mine.
When I asked the Timmins councillors by email, all six were in favour. Aa couple councillors did say there were a few complaints about the mine, but the mining company rectified the problems by building a 40-foot berm to prevent dust from blowing into the city, and watering it more often.
It didn't just create mining jobs but also jobs for security, technology (computers), accountants, etc.
Also, I would like to also mention the project underwent 32 studies before it was approved in Timmins, which is why the environmental portion of the Ajax process is taking a long time, as it should.
I believe if KGHM can prove to be responsible it should move forward in Kamloops, upon approval from the federal and provincial environmental authorities.
KGHM has confirmed on its Ajax website that it will be turning the mine back into a fishing lake and trail system, which will be welcoming when the doctors decide to all come back and retire here.
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Andover Newton Catalogue and Courses of Instruction
Fundamentals of Religious Proclamation, Fall 2013
This course will serve as a practical introduction to the preparation and delivery of sermons. The class will consist of both lecture/discussion class periods and preaching workshops. Topics of weekly conversation will include: theological foundations of preaching, basic sermon organizational strategies, preaching exegesis methodologies, congregational study and thematic preaching. Preaching workshops will require students to prepare their own original sermons while also critically reflecting on the sermons of their peers. This course is designed to introduce students from a variety of traditions to the art of preaching. Limit: 12. This course fulfills the CMPR distribution requirement.
Fall - Monday, 6:00 – 8:50 p.m.
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J | "J" following a course number indicates a course offered during June. |
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This listing is subject to change. Continue to check the school's eb site, www.ants.edu, for current information about course listings, times and dates. All courses, including Church and Ministry Department courses, are now offered for 3 credits. Only students following the pre-2001 M.Div. curriculum may elect to take courses for other than 3 credits. Unless otherwise noted, courses are generally limited to 55 students.
Levels of Instruction
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500 | Language courses or introductory courses meeting departmental requirements for either the M.Div. or the M.A. degree. |
600 | Meet departmental requirements for the M.Div., unless otherwise indicated, or program requirements for the M.A. |
700 | For advanced M.Div. and M.A. students with either background in an area or prerequisites completed. These courses meet some departmental upper-level elective requirements for the M.Div. |
800 | Primarily for D.Min. and S.T.M. students, although a limited number of seniors with the appropriate background may enroll with the instructor's permission. |
Dual-numbered courses-e.g., [HIST 725/825] - indicate courses that serve more than one level. Students should register for the level appropriate to their program needs.
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ElliotMarch 2001 |
I'm kinda sorta maybe partially seeing this guy. On an exclusive basis.
It's a tangled little web.
It's been going on for a few months now, and we're both lovin' it. He sends me cute little emails and tells me how fabulous my ass looks. But he's got a flaw. A major flaw. It's called a wife.
We've been doing this 'thing' that's we're doing since December. It was starting to take its toll on me. Someone once told me that these things never end pretty, they just end. After last night, I'm more resolved that if someday this does end, it will end pretty. Gosh, that was the stupidest thing I think I've ever put down on paper.
Last night we sat in the parking lot of my current employer and talked. For 2 hours. Just talking. It was so awesome. We talked all about the things we had been just glossing over, not letting in. And I asked him one of the hardest questions I've ever had to ask, and probably one of the hardest questions he's ever had to answer.
I asked him "Why?"
I didn't realize at the moment I asked it, that it held such power. Even when he answered "I don't know..." I still hadn't gauged the full depth of what I was asking.
The "why question" was layered. That I knew. Why are you cheating on her? Why do you like me? Why are you being like this to me? But as we kept talking, without realizing it, he said what he was really thinking all the while.
He told me that asking why was actually asking him to explain why he's been like this for so long. That question demands he account for his feelings, and for reasoning of a topic that none of us are sure about. The nature of sexuality and the ability to love.
I am such an ass.
Why couldn't it be possible to love more than one person? People do it all the time, all over the world.
"Meine Damen und Herren, Mesdames et Messieurs, Ladies and Gentlemen---
Is it a crime to fall in love?
Can we ever tell where the heart truly leads us?
All we are asking is eine bisschen Verstandnis--
A little understanding--
Why can't the world 'leben und leben lassen'?
'Live and Let Live'..."
Well then, I'm sure ya'll out there have tons to say about this one. Hope to hear from ya.
Later campers,
Elliot, 23, resides in Boca Raton, Florida, home of the rich and the rude. You can check out his site at http://elliotlane.editthispage.com and email him at email@example.com. Remember that he has feelings too.


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GRC 327E • Language, Culture, and the Texas-German Experience-W
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Course Description
Have you ever wondered why German is spoken in places like New Braunfels and Fredericksburg, Texas? This course explores the relationship between immigrants in the U.S. and their languages and cultures, as pertains to the German speaking immigrants who came to Texas starting in the 1840s. Readings, discussions, and assignments will explore the following questions, among others: What are the linguistic and cultural consequences of immigration? How are immigrant languages changed by contact with the host country's language - and vice versa? What generalizations can be made about language choice and functions, language learning, and inter-lingual communication in immigrant settings? What effect do national policies have on immigrants and their languages? What is the relationship between language and identity? What are the advantages and disadvantages of bilingual education?
Discussing topics such as cultural identity, language contact, and language maintenance and shift, we will focus on immigration in the United States, with particular reference to German speakers in Texas. Linguistic insights are augmented by relevant work from historians, anthropologists, and geographers. This course fulfills the University's requirements for a course with a Significant Writing Component. Although helpful, no knowledge of German is required since the course is taught in English. All texts are in English
Grading Policy
Weekly readings: ca. 40-60 pages of articles from the linguistic, anthropological, and historical literature (in course pack) dealing with Texas Germans. The final grade (using plus/minus grading system) will consist of the following components: 1. Class participation and homework: 10% 2. Midterm exam: 10% 3. Four essays (one of which needs to be revised and turned in by the last class day), totaling at least 16 pages: 60% 4. Final exam: 20% 5. Extra credit project: Scanning ca. 50 pages of Texas German materials (images, newspapers, letters, diaries, etc.) from local Texas German organizations: 5%
Formatting of papers: Papers need to be printed (clearly, preferably on a laser printer), in 12 pt. Times New Roman, single spaced, with 1" margins on top, bottom, left and right.
Course Packet on electronic reserve (http://reserves.lib.utexas.edu) Password(s) will be announced in class. Optional on-line tool: Texas German timeline (beta-stage, not all information is 100% accurate yet): http://fasttex-dev.diia.utexas.edu/german_timeline/


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I think pretty much. The only differences I see (for the 2011 version at least because I think they discontinued the darkstar) are that the parkstar is rocker/flat/rocker while the darkstar is flat all the way to the ends. This makes the parkstar a bit more flexy and fun and a bit better for the park. I have to say it handles extremely well all mountain as well though. Other than that, they sound pretty similar. The price tag is about +$30 for the parkstar. This is just buy stats and reviews since I have never actually ridden the darkstar. If you loved the darkstar though I'd be willingly to bet you'd love the parkstar at least as much if not more.
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City Must Pay Poll Workers To Do Nothing
by Paul Bass | Mar 16, 2012 1:07 pm
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Under state law, New Haven must spend over $24,000 for next month's Republican presidential primary to hire 128 people to work for 16 hours at 32 polling places—including places where only one lonely Republican has cast a ballot in the past.
Rae Tramantano wants the state to let New Haven avoid all that expense by consolidating polling places.
And she's a Republican.
Tramantano (at right in above photo) is not just any Republican. She's New Haven's Republican registrar of voters. She has dedicated her adult life to encouraging people to vote.
But she and her Democratic counterpart, Sharon Ferrucci (at left in photo), have concluded that so few Republicans vote in New Haven, that it makes no sense for the taxpayers to spend more than $750 to operate each of 32 different polling places for the a GOP presidential primary next month. They know that in some places hours will go by without a single person arriving to fill out a ballot. So they're preparing a request to the Secretary of the State's office for a waiver to allow the city to consolidate voting to perhaps a dozen or so districts for the April 24 Republican presidential primary.
In the last Republican presidential primary, in 2008, exactly one Republican voted all day at West Hills' polling place. At polling stations in the Hill, Fair Haven, Newhallville and West River, between one and five Republicans voted. A total of 898 Republicans voted citywide. The polls were open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.
The Democrats had a presidential primary in 2008, too. So the staffers at the polls still had work to do.
But this year, the Democrats do not. Only the Republicans do. Under state law, Ferrucci and Tramantano must still hire a moderator ($350), an official checker ($140), a ballot handler ($135), and a machine tabulator ($130) to work from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. at each polling place.
Those people would spend almost of that time cooling their heels at many of the sites this year.
Citywide New Haven has only 2,458 registered Republicans, according to figures compiled Thursday. (It has 45,549 registered Democrats, 64,302 voters overall.)
"I don't know if I'm going to win on this one," Tramantano said Thursday. "I'm going to give it my best."
Ferrucci suggested consolidating polling places within state assembly districts. Tramantano would like to see Ward 11 have just one polling place, Bella Vista, since few voters cast ballots at the ward's other spot, Ross-Woodward School. She also noted that East Rock's Wards 9 and 10 vote at the same spot, Wilbur Cross High School, during construction at East Rock Global Magnet. Why have two separate platoons of ward poll workers at the same spot? she asked. In the 2008 presidential primary, 58 Republicans voted in Ward 9, a grand total of 36 in Ward 10. (Those were among the highest totals in the city.)
Secretary of the State Denise Merrill and her legislative and elections staff attorney Ted Bromley said they sympathize with the local registrars' request—but see no way they can fulfill it. At least this year.
State law clearly requires municipalities to have the same polling places for primaries that they have for general elections, they said.
A current bill drawn up by the legislature's General Administration & Elections Committee might change that for future years. It would allow communities to consolidate districts for expected low-turnout primaries if none of the candidates objects. GA&E approved the bill March 12. It now must pass both houses of the legislature.
Even with permission, consolidating districts might prove trickier than it seems. For instance, New Haven's Ward 30 has two polling places. One person voted at one of them, the Clarence Rogers School, in the 2008 GOP primary. Five at the old West Hills School, the other spot.
But as Ward 30 Democratic Co-Chair Honda Smith noted, a huge barrier—West Rock—stands between those two polling places. And a lot of people in that ward don't have cars. So shutting down one station might actually prevent some people (or someone) from voting.
New Haven GOP Town Chairman Rick Elser offered a solution: Make everyone come downtown to the Hall of Records to vote in a Republican-only primary. And pay for rides for anyone who needs them. That'd probably be a lot cheaper, he noted, than paying all those workers all day in 32 polling places.
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posted by: streever on March 16, 2012 1:22pm
Ugh. I understand (and appreciate) the desire to save people money on this, but I'm of the thinking that you don't cut constitutionally mandated services for any reason.
If anything, this should just be one more shot in favor of consolidating wards. Why the heck do we have 30 wards?
Lets just cut it down to a smaller number, of very diverse wards, and call it a day.
posted by: OccupyTheClassroom on March 16, 2012 2:20pm
What about changing the law so that anyone can vote in any primary? More voting, not less!
posted by: DingDong on March 17, 2012 9:39pm
This is idiotic. I like the Town Chairman's proposal. 898 taxi rides at $15 each would cost $13,740.
posted by: Mom of Beansie on March 18, 2012 6:42am
Wards 11 and 30 have two polling places. It was testified that this was due to geographical issues in the ward. Every other year half of Ward 11 votes in Ward 12. It is very confusing. Ross Woodward school is no longer a neighborhood school but a magnet school. Why is Bella Vista treated so differently than other senior housing complexes in the city? The voting area is much farther than 150 feet from Eastern Street. It's on a private property where the landlord can tow the car if parked on the private drive. The visitor's parking lot is unpaved and extends back into East Haven. In no way is this voting site ADA compliant for any voter not in residence in Carabetta's towers. If you want to go down to one voting place in April, shouldn't in be in the Neighborhood School—Bishop Woods.
posted by: rosee on March 18, 2012 3:09pm
In WA State, the mailbox is your polling place. WA State votes by mail. In the 2008 election, that equated to an 84% voter participation.
posted by: robn on March 18, 2012 4:24pm
I agree with OTC; simultaneous open primaries. To reduce obstructionism (voting for the biggest jackass in the opposing party's primary), maybe there's a trigger that closes the primaries back down if the registration delta between two competing parties is less than 10%.
posted by: downtown dweller on March 18, 2012 5:30pm
I can't see anything, anywhere, that this service is "constitutionally mandated." There is nothing to that effect in the article, nor, apparently, in the Connecticut Constitution. The service appears to be entirely a creature of statute.
Statutes differ from constitutional provisions in that they're designed to be changed more easily, as is needed. In this case, it may be that the statute was passed at a time when fewer towns were effectively one-party towns. But whatever the history of it, it clearly makes no sense for New Haven right now. It would be perfectly acceptable to have fewer polling places: some people would have to travel farther to vote, for sure, but certainly no farther than they have to in rural wards or districts. And, as another commenter pointed out, the city could still make it very easy to get voters to the polls by providing transport itself.
Your idea for fewer wards is good, but far harder to implement than this quick fix. We should change this statute first, as it clearly makes no sense, and then deal with the politically much harder idea of reducing the number of wards.
posted by: HhE on March 18, 2012 8:19pm
This is a sticky wicket. The City needs to save money, and we need to save what is left of our democracy.
I used to vote in Republican primaries back when independents were allowed to. In saner times, the GOP actually cared what the center thought, rather than just the fringe.
posted by: streever on March 19, 2012 12:04am
Apologies for lack of clarity. I was referring to voting.
Easier voting is better, even at a cost. If we've done it a certain way for such a long time, I'm not sure that we should stop any time soon.
Budget problems are temporary—not permanent—so why make a permanent change that may make it less likely for people to register republican and vote?
posted by: abg22 on March 19, 2012 10:37am
While I find the GOP primary field detestable, and I don't want to take a paid gig away from someone who needs it, I would be happy to volunteer to staff the polls for the GOP Primary to defray the cost of democracy and permit New Haven's 2,000 GOPers to participate in choosing their party's nominee. I have made this offer known to the registrars on multiple occasions (most recently at the ward 29 recount) and they've never taken me up on the offer. I guess they're too busy complaining to the state about having to perform election audits, complaining to the state about EDR and other commonsense proposals, complaining about being asked to put information on their website about upcoming elections (nothing about the ward co-chair primaries until 24 hours before the election), and complaining to the media about having to—heaven forbid!—actually having to hold elections. My offer is still good, though.
posted by: jimoco on March 19, 2012 2:24pm
This is the type of thing that happens when one party so completely dominates the political landscape in one town. Didn't we just pay for workers in the wards that had primaries for Democratic Town Committee ward chairpersons?
It only makes common sense to consolidate districts to save the city some money. One polling place per assembly district seems to be very reasonable. However, the Registrar of Voters office must send out notices as they do for general elections.
As for changing state statues - recently a change was approved on an "emergency certification basis" for zoning rules concerning recycling facilities. Perhaps Sens. Looney and Harp along with the city's representatives in the House could make a similar request for this issue as well.
As one who has sat through several GOP primaries as a poll worker in the past with very little to do, I would certainly appreciate a more stimulating day.
posted by: downtown dweller on March 20, 2012 12:46pm
You seem to think that it's worth paying for people to do nothing in these polling places, on the grounds that taking away some booths would mean that people would have to walk farther to vote. But reducing the number of wards in the city would also mean making people have to walk farther to vote, assuming that you are proposing keeping only one polling place per ward. So what's the problem with one measure and not the other?
If you would like to see fewer wards, but keep the same number of polling places as we currently have, then your suggestion isn't relevant to the subject of this article—which is what the city should do about the fact that taxpayers' money is being wasted on staffing unused polling places.
posted by: streever on March 20, 2012 1:53pm
Hey Dweller,
Sorry—it isn't that simple!
The issue I see is one of access and fairness.
If we provide 30 voting places to Democrats in a primary, we should provide 30 voting places to Republicans. It simply isn't fair to tell the 100 republicans in a ward that they have less access than the democrats.
Numbers of registered voters are changing numbers, and we can actually influence those numbers.
It simply isn't fair to give one group more opportunities than the other. It is up to the electorate to vote or not. While few Republicans may have voted in the last election, we don't know how many will vote this election, or how many people will register as Republicans. How could we?
Reducing the number of wards WOULD reduce the number of polling places—but, it would do so across the board, and in a consistent and fair manner, not an arbitrary one based on previous years turnout.
That is all—I don't think you can do these things in a vacuum or in a manner that isn't consistent.
posted by: DingDong on March 20, 2012 3:09pm
Streever: No, no, no. This is a primary. This is about Republicans choosing their own candidate and choosing the way they choose their own candidates. If they wanted to choose their own candidate by drawing straws, they should be allowed to do so. If they wanted to choose their own candidate by getting messages from aliens, they should be allowed to do so. If they recognize the existing primary procedures are wasting tons of the City's money for no obvious benefit, they should be allowed to change those procedures.
posted by: downtown dweller on March 20, 2012 10:15pm
Your previous posts didn't indicate that you were comparing Republican primary voters with Democrat ones, so I'll respond. Your argument fails for two reasons.
First, the way that primary elections work in Connecticut is, in short, this: The state (i.e., taxpayer) funds the primary. The party chooses who can vote in it (i.e., whether the primary is open or closed). So the party already has enormous discretion over who has access to the polls in the primary: it can choose, and legitimately has chosen, to prevent most of the town from voting, as it's opted for a closed primary. If it has this power, how can it not have the power to consolidate polling sites in a way that is efficient and cost-effective? Put another way, the party has already chosen to limit access to the polls in one way that it has deemed beneficial; why can it not do this in another way, which seems entirely sensible?
Second, you haven't considered who is being harmed. The article says that the idea for this has come from the Republican registrar herself. If this idea was being floated by a Democrat, I might be slightly suspicious. Your concern seems to be that Republicans will be harmed, as only Republicans can vote in this primary. But Republicans evidently won't be harmed. Their own registrar has decided that this is a change worth making, and she is obviously not going to act against the Republican Party's interest.
DingDong is correct: if this were a general, it would be a different question. But it's a primary, and Republicans have the power to take sensible measures to run their primary in an efficient manner.


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I have finally decided to participate in Thursday Thirteen, a meme where you write 13 things about yourself, or something else. For this first week I give you thirteen reasons to exercise regularly:
- Improves your mood. Exercise stimulates various brain chemicals, which may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed than you were before you worked out. Exercise even reduces feelings of depression and anxiety.
- Increases energy and endurance. People who work out regularly have more energy, strength and endurance to get through their daily activities than those who don't exercise. In fact, you will likely notice this feeling of increased energy and vitality a few short weeks after you start to exercise on a regular basis.
- Improves confidence. If you're out of shape and start working out, you'll gain muscle tone, strength, stamina, and you'll feel better emotionally. This will inevitably give your self-image and self-confidence a boost, which is often one of the best motivators to stick to a workout program.
- Helps you sleep better. Working out helps you fall and stay asleep more easily, and it increases the amount of time you spend in the deepest stage of sleep. It also improves the quality of your sleep by making the transitions between its cycles smoother and more regular.
- Helps you manage your weight. Well DUH! on this one.
- Improves mental acuity. Many studies have proven that people who work out on a regular basis have better memory, reaction time and concentration than their sedentary counterparts. And it doesn't take much: walking for 45 minutes three times a week is enough to improve your degree of mental sharpness. Aerobic activity stimulates the middle-frontal and superior parietal regions of the brain, which are associated with attention and keeping goals in mind.
- Strengthens your heart and lungs. Exercise delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues. In fact, regular exercise helps your entire cardiovascular system — the circulation of blood through your heart and blood vessels — work more efficiently.
- Improves sexual performance. Regular exercise can increase sexual drive, activity and satisfaction. Physical endurance and muscle tone improve sexual functioning, and exercise jump-starts the sympathetic nervous system, which increases blood flow to the genital area. This reason should be strong enough for everybody to be exercising, right?
- Slows the aging process. Most people lose 10% of their aerobic capacity each year after the age of 30. However, regular exercise can actually make you more aerobically fit as you get older. Working out also improves skin and muscle tone, increases flexibility and reduces the risk of many age-related diseases, such as osteoporosis, heart disease and stroke.
- Strengthens and boosts your immune system. Various studies have shown that working out improves immune function. In teenage and adults, exercise is a powerful natural immune cell stimulator. Regular, moderate cardio workouts, such as jogging, walking or cycling, can partly offset the immune function decline in healthy older people.
- Reduces the risk of breast cancer up to 60%. Estradiol and progesterone, two ovarian hormones linked to breast cancer tumor production are lowered in the body by exercise. A womans body is most susceptible to these hormones during the time between ovulation and menstruation. Habitual exercise can actually delay ovulation until later in the menstrual cycle. This reduces the time she must fight these hormones. Fat has long been known to be a catalyst in the production of estrogen (estradiol). Regular exercise burns body fat and thus decreases the rate of estrogen production.
- Can be a good excuse to spend quality time with your family. Exercise doesn't have to be boring. Take a ballroom dancing class. Check out a local climbing wall or hiking trail. Push your kids on the swings or climb with them on the jungle gym. Plan a neighborhood kickball or touch football game. Find an activity you enjoy, and go for it. If you get bored, try something new. If you're moving, it counts!
- Reduces the risk of many diseases. The best reason of all to work out regularly is that it reduces your risk of many serious and potentially deadly diseases, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, osteoporosis, diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol, colon cancer, stroke, heart attack, and arthritis.
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thanks for visiting my TT. It is nice to connect with other foodie bloggers. And thanks for the reminder about exercise, always a good idea when you love to eat!
Love the list!
Happy TT!
I started working out 2 months ago and have never felt better. This is a great post!
Thank you for visiting my TT today. I love your TT list and agree with everyone. Even though I'm 70, I'm active and don't feel my age. I walk on a regular basis and take yoga classes twice a week. Yes, I can do downward facing dog with no problem, lol.
What a great blog you have here, Ben! I added it to my favorites because the recipes look so amazing. Can't wait to try some!
I loved your TT, because only in the past several months have I gotten really serious about exercise. You see, I found out in September 07 that I have Type 2 diabetes, and I'm doing everything I can to control it! Regular exercise has truly revolutionized my life.
Hope you'll stop by my TT when you get a moment…I have 13 pieces of Good News (to combat all the BAD news we keep hearing!)
Exercising each day is a life line for me. Good choice for Thursday Thirteen, Ben!
You chose a lovely subject and thanks for giving us all this useful information.
Great TT, Ben! Thanks for the reminders of why we should exercise regularly! Your blog is awesome! Even though I have limited mobility for the present time, I still endeavor to stay as active as I can!
Thanks for the healthy reminder Ben!
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Vintage stove - too good to be true? (Long)
We're about to start major renovations (2 baths and a kitchen, plus some other minor changes and then painting most of the interior) on our 1250 sq. ft. 1925 house. Trying to stay as "vintage" as possible. I'll cut to the chase. We want a vintage stove, have leaned toward 1940s and 1950s period, learned quickly that a fully restored stove would cost anywhere from $4 - 10K and up. After a lot of looking, mostly on Craigs List and Ebay, though also some local restorers, I've found something that may be too good to be true. I have the opportunity to buy a fully restored Wedgewood gas stove from 1950 for $400! It's at a 4 hour distance from us, so not so easy to run over and look at. Pictures, of both outside and inside, are amazing. It is absolutely sparklingly gorgeous!!! The seller says they bought it in restored condition several years ago but couldn't use it because they didn't have gas lines in their house, and don't have any documentation about it, and that's why they're selling it for such a low price; also, they're moving so need to sell soon. He said it's fine for us to bring someone with us to inspect it if we'd like. He says it's been kept wrapped in plastic in a dry, protected location.
I'm somewhat of a risk-taker, so I'm writing here in hopes of hearing your opinions. I'm a bit wary in this case, though, because, again, stoves like this are sold by restorers for $9,000, and I've seen stuff on ebay that look disgusting and are being offered for much more than $400 (though some are much more appropriate to the condition of the piece). But I really want it!!! I'm thinking, how bad can it be? At that price, if it needs a new thermostat or something, this brand has parts available all over the web, and if it needed repairs, it would still be worth it. Obviously, I'd have it carefully inspected before trying to use it. And it has to be up to code in our state. I'm inclined to have it crated and shipped to us--really no time to go look at it.
One more thing--it's big, as in 40" wide, though it's 36" high and 26" deep; 2 ovens, 2 broilers, a griddle and 4 burners. We have a small kitchen (approx. 11x13 ft.), but definitely a place for it. I discussed it with our contractor, and he thinks we could make it work, though he said I should ask for documentation, which I did, and got the info I explained above.
Anyway, any thoughts about whether or not I should buy it? Thanks for reading my long post! I didn't know whether to post in Kitchens, Old House, Appliances, Small Houses, Antiques and Collectibles, or here. But here I am.
I just realized that I DID post on the small house forum, when I thought I was on the remodel forum. Anyway, it must be my house dimensions were on my mind ;). Sorry - it's late!
I would be SO tempted to take finallyhome's advice and just get it shipped to you. Or driving up there with a pick up and bringing it home. Cross the "does it work" question after you get it home. But that price does sound too good to be true. On the other hand, what's the market for a vintage stove? There aren't many of us looking for one and even fewer with the $$$$$ to buy one. Maybe the seller just wants it sold.
No, it's not too good to be true. Old ranges vary astronomically in value depending on where you are. In FL where I am, anything gas in working condition from that era is well over 1K, but over in the kitchen forum fori posted a spectacular mid-fifties gas range from the San Francisco craigslist not long ago--mint condition, multiple ovens, cleanest you ever saw, and they couldn't get $400 for it.
Just a thought re: SF CL stove. There was an article on retrorenovation.com that there is a law in NY (I believe) that doesn't let those old stoves be installed unless a certain safety feature could be added. It couldn't on that model. CA (being CA) probably has a similar law, maybe that's why they couldn't get anything for it.
Stonejm, you might want to check that out.
We are in California, and as far as I know there are actually no restrictions on installing vintage ranges. (Definitely never came up in any of our inspections--we have one!) Ours (1954 O'Keefe and Merritt) does have a safety valve, but no one ever asked or checked for one. The reason they're tough to sell in the Bay Area is just that they're all over the place, and a PITA to move. Either way, though, I'm pretty sure a 1950 stove should have been built with a safety valve anyway (but you can have them retrofitted if not).
The main thing I would check is that it's actually restored and not just rehabbed (but for that price, it doesn't really matter). I do see them advertised as "restored" in the Bay Area frequently when people really mean "clean and in mint condition" (which does not have the same price tag as actual restoration--that involves replacing or recalibrating thermostat, rechroming or re-enameling as needed, checking safety, repairing rust and corrosion and replacing parts as needed, replacing glass or doors if needed, etc.)
Wedgewoods are super easy to work with, though--they're very mechanical--so even if something is wrong with it, you could likely fix it relatively easily and for far less than a restored stove would run you. If by chance you're in California (where they were made) there are still many stove repair shops that specialize in them. I had one in a rental once and they're terrific stoves (as are the O'Keefe and Merritts). I'd definitely go check it out, assuming your state has no restrictions on their installation!
Guess what??? I bought the stove, had it shipped to us. It's sitting in our garage, still all wrapped up in packing material (so I haven't actually seen it yet), waiting to be "unveiled." But here comes the bad news: just as we're about to start the kitchen remodel, I'm calling around for someone to inspect it. I discover (or rather our contractor had said something to this effect, but I assumed it could somehow be taken care of) that in Massachusetts, where I live, there's a law requiring electronic ignition. A standing pilot (the kind always lit that you light with a match) is illegal in my state!!! I was foolish not to check this out more thoroughly before buying the stove, but thought it was an issue of "parts," which I saw available in many places. A local stove restorer said something to the effect that use of propane might be possible, but he was rushed and I'm not 100% sure about that. Anyone in Massachusetts out there who's dealt with this problem? Thanks! :(
Congratulations on buying the stove. My mother's 1950 stove (a Kenmore that is similar to my Wedgewood) is *not* electronic ignition. Of course, it came with the house when my parents bought in 1962 - so it would be a grandfathered stove. She has home insurance so obviously the insurance company hasn't had a hissy fit in the 52 years she's been using it.
FYI, my Wedgewood is running on propane as I live in rural CA. When we bought the house, the stove came with it. Scary to know, the previous owner just had it cobbled together but not really restored. We could smell the propane when we walked into the house after passing papers. There was no regulator from the wall pipe into the stove and the pilots didn't work. The gas pressure was about 3 times what it was supposed to be for propane and all the burners needed adjustments. I had to pay four hours of travel time just to get a qualified stove repair/restorer to come over. Then it was twice that for the time and parts. Well worth it to me -- I love that stove. If we ever move, it goes with me!


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