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Do well and do good
This blog post is on purpose, Open Source, profit and pie. This week I had an opportunity to meet Professor Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. I was inspired by the following comment he made (not his exact words):
"Because companies strive to have a positive balance sheet, they take more in, than they give out. However, as individuals, we define success as giving more than you take. Given that many of us are leaders as individuals *and* also leaders in our businesses, we often wrestle with these opposing forces. Therein lies the leadership challenge."
I've seen many Open Source developers struggle with this as they are inherently wired to give back more than they take. Open Source developers often distrust businesses, sometimes including their own employer, because they take more than they give back. They believe businesses just act out of greed and self-interest.
This kind of corporate distrust comes from the "fixed-pie concept"; that there is only so much work or resources to go around, and as pieces of the pie are taken by some, there is less left for everyone else. The reality is that businesses are often focused on expanding the pie. As the pie grows, there is more for everyone. It is those who believe in the "expanding-pie concept" who can balance the opposing forces. It is those who believe in the "fixed-pie concept" who worry about their own self-interests and distrust businesses.
Imagine a business that is born out of a desire to improve the world, that delivers real value to everyone it touches. A business that makes employees proud and where team members are passionate and committed. A business that aspires to do more than just turn a profit. A business that wants to help fuel a force of good. That is Acquia for me. That should be your employer for you (whoever your employer is).
The myth that profit maximization is the sole purpose of business is outdated, yet so many people seem to hold on to it. I started Acquia because I believed in the potential and transformative nature of Drupal and Open Source. The purpose of business is to improve our lives and create value for all stakeholders.
Acquia's growth and capital position has given me power and responsibility. Power and responsibility that has enabled me to give back more and grow the pie. I have seen the power that businesses have to improve the world by accelerating the power of good, even if they have to take more than they give. It's a story worth telling because business is not a zero-sum game with one winner. I believe Open Source companies are in a prime position to balance the opposing forces. We can do well and do good.
When so many are castigating all corporations as inherently evil I appreciate your true assertion that they create an 'expanding pie', that running businesses is not a net-zero proposition where business growth does not necessarily 'take' from others. However I do think a more optimistic view is warranted. I believe the vast majority of business give more than they take. I think the world as we know it demonstrates the truth of this. What would the world look like if most businesses took more than they gave? Would anybody truly keep working for a company that actually took more than it gave? I wouldn't. Who would? Think about the billions of people that meet most of the needs of life through the income they receive from employment at a business. That alone, I think, comprises giving more than taking. Think of a world without an Apple Computer or Google, or Microsoft, for that matter. How many jobs would disappear, entire industries, millionaires and billionaires? For every single job I have ever had I was employed by a wealthy company. For that I am grateful. I do agree that Open Source companies play a very special role and particular appreciate the Drupal community and the companies that are a part of it. They certainly give a lot back, probably a lot more than we realize or could possibly be documented.
Thanks for the writeup and for helping to open eyes regarding open-source, businesses and sustainability.
Given what you wrote, however, it is clear that Acquia is an outlier because the vast majority of businesses, especially small and medium ones definitely DO NOT give back at all, and when they do it's usually the bare minimum or has strings attached; sponsoring a meetup or a conference for example, sure a couple hundred bucks goes a long way to help organising an event, but it's more about saying that you're giving back (and hoping the visibility will grant cred, leads, etc) rather than doing it per-se, without expecting anything in return.
I see this day in and day out, not only with my employer but also with countless clients and also feedback from developer colleagues in other companies. Specifically regarding Drupal, we're all fine with using it to make hundreds of thousands of dollars, and not only with core but using tons of contribs, as well as 3rd party libraries. It's great to be able to make a buck off of someone else's heavy lifting; how awesome is it to produce a fully-functional dynamic website with a few clicks of a mouse and a few lines of code?
However, should we run into a problem with one of those open-source projects we use, and if there's no working patch in the issue queue, more often than not we're hacking it and moving on. There's zero interest in "wasting" precious budget to write an issue, add feedback or work on a patch in order to fix the issue permanently upstream.
And, God forbid, should this happen, it's infrequent and has got severe time constraints (spend no more than a half hour on this). The utter stupidity of this is that, if it's a module we use frequently, we're facing the same problems for every new project until some kind soul fixes the issue upstream.
Most companies are just downright greedy and it's hard to justify spending valuable resources on something that's not going to translate into an immediate profit. There's this dated Microsoft-like philosophy that if you share your code and help others, that you're helping the competition or giving them an edge of some sort. I've seen companies go to ridiculous lengths in order to obfuscate and hide little bits of code for various selfish reasons. To most, Drupal and other open-source software are just tools that some suckers build that we can use to many money, period.
The truth is that, in my experience, appearances are more important than actually doing good. Companies love to pretend they care but when push comes to shove and it's time to actually do something that matters, there isn't time, or budget or there's more important client work first.
PS - I chose to remain anonymous in order to avoid rocking the boat at my current job and putting my career at risk.
I often feel like a "Useless Old Fool" out of my depth, so bear with me. I am not trying to be contrary but to acknowledge that the "corporate distrust" comes from a Karma that should be learned from and addressed. While also following the Truisms 'Don't Let Perfect Be The Enemy Of Good.' and 'A good example is the best sermon.'
I follow futurist like David Brin and Peter Diamandis and hope for a better tomorrow.
"Reasons for Optimism and Concern: Can Technology Save the World?"
- See more at: http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2013/08/reasons-for-optimism-and-concern-c...
I try to better understand the past flow of history and economics.
"Liberals, you must reclaim Adam Smith"
- See more at: http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2013/11/liberals-you-must-reclaim-adam-smi...
But then I see the most successful take actions that are zero-sum.
"Good Eric Schmidt vs. Evil Eric Schmidt"
- See more at: http://www.epi.org/blog/good-eric-schmidt-evil-eric-schmidt/
$100 billion to Apple shareholders, any to Apple workers?
- See more at: http://www.epi.org/blog/100-billion-apple-shareholders-apple-workers/
So in hope of a more Transparent Society, with prosperous Open Source, and in support Positive Sum Games.
Can Acquia add to the marketing and messaging (maybe under Partners); to brag more about the "float all boats" actions it takes. It is implied, but not explicit in the current material; the Digital Alliance, CMIS, case studies, and the hosting for non-profits.
But we have been dealing with a 'zero-sum' and 'penny wise and pound foolish' culture for decades now. Being able to point at decisions and successes at Acquia as examples with specific actions that were win-win for all parties; that would make anyone proud.
We do need to do a better job of highlighting our efforts to "float all boats". You pointed out some great examples, and there are lots more including our work on Commons, the new Demo Framework, Drupal Gardens, etc.
I think this probably warrants a new page on acquia.com. I'll add it to the list of things for us to look into, and thank for your thoughtful comment!
@Anonymous OK, if you limit the businesses behavior you consider to how it contributes to or takes from the open source community it may well be you are correct.
However I was simply raising an objection to the broad assertion made in Professor Klaus Schwab's quote, clearly not limited to the use of open source software, that most businesses take more than they receive. His statement is untrue and reflects the completely unwarranted general anti-business sentiment that has arisen in recent years. Businesses contribute goods, services, employment, income and benefits to employees, tax revenue, etc., etc. all of which, I think, far outweigh whatever 'taking' you might want to stack up against them, including the use/abuse of open source software. If it weren't for businesses the world would not 'go around'.
That's what I thought too. That quote sounds clever as long as you don't think too hard about what it really means. As someone who runs a business the simple fact I live by every day is that we have to gave more than we take. It just happens in many different forms. Any business that doesn't do this can only survive if customers are forced to pay them.
That quote is referring to a basic fact of survival, in the same way that people need to eat to live while not being eaten. Yet if you focus on this narrow fact you will be missing a lot of other contributions that people make. Starving people and bankrupt businesses don't help anyone.
It's very hard to see the full impact that any individual business has. But it's easy to compare our lifestyle with other societies and times in history.


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Surveillance pics lead to arrest of Walmart robbery suspect Louis Montoya
Police: Montoya robbed woman at gunpoint at Walmart on Loop 1604 at Highway 281
SAN ANTONIO - A tipster and surveillance pictures are getting the credit for leading San Antonio police to Louis Montoya, 29, a suspect in a robbery outside a North Side Walmart last Tuesday.
An arrest warrant affidavit stated that a woman reported the robbery, telling police that she was sitting her convertible car of the WalMart near N. Loop 1604 and Highway 281 when it happened.
The woman told officers a man drove up in another car, got out and pointed a gun at her head, the affidavit stated. She said she threw her wallet out of the car, and the robber grabbed it and drove away.
Police aired surveillance pictures taken from the store on local TV news stations last week. The affidavit stated that a tipster called police, identifying Montoya as the man in the pictures.
Montoya was arrested Friday on a charge of aggravated robbery.
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Reigning champ Duke chases 2nd straight NCAA lacrosse title
Duke carries a target and a question mark with it as it makes its usual trip to the NCAA men's lacrosse semifinals.
The top-seeded and reigning national champion Blue Devils are the clear favorite to win two games at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium, starting with the semifinal matchup against fifth-seeded Denver Saturday(1 p.m., ESPN2).
No. 7 seed Maryland and No. 6 seed Notre Dame meet in the second semifinal.
While the Blue Devils (15-3), playing the men's lacrosse Final Four for the eighth consecutive year, are the favorite, they will play today with a hole in their starting lineup.
Senior Josh Dionne suffered a right knee injury during last Sunday's quarterfinal win over Johns Hopkins that has ended his season and his Duke career. Dionne scored 49 goals in 17 games this season, including four against Johns Hopkins prior to his injury.
Now, he's Duke's newest coach, spending his time on the sidelines on crutches trying to help his teammates win the program's third NCAA championship.
"It's what I wanted to do next year so it's like I'm getting an early internship on it," Dionne said.
As for his spot at attackman in Duke's lineup, that job now belongs to junior Kyle Keenan. Duke averages 15.06 goals per game, No. 2 among NCAA Division I teams and tops among the four teams in Baltimore this weekend.
Keenan's job is to keep the high-powered Duke offense rolling. Count Dionne among those who believes he is more than capable.
"Everyone is going to put the thing (on him) that he's got to replace me and he doesn't," Dionne said. "He does things that I'm not as good at. He has his own game."
Keenan has certainly shown the ability to score and help teammates score this season, especially in Duke's two NCAA Tournament games. With 19 goals and nine assists in a reserve role this season, Keenan's 28 points are 12 more than he had in the previous two seasons combined. He has 13 points over his last 13 games, including eight in this year's NCAA Tournament.
Duke coach John Danowski is confident Keenan will do a good job as he moves from reserve midfielder to starting at attack. The Blue Devils have plenty of other scorers around him, led by national player of the year candidate Jordan Wolf (59 goals, 33 assists). In the midfield, Myles Jones and Deemer Class have 33 goals apiece.
"We don't rely on one person," Danowski said. "We never have. One person can become great scorer in our system. But we still believe that the system is greater than the player. The next guy steps up. We really believe that and I don't think anyone is going into Saturday with any trepidation at all."
Following the win over Johns Hopkins last Sunday in Newark, Del., Keenan and his teammates learned the extent of Dionne's injury and that he wouldn't be playing this weekend in Baltimore.
Keenan said that was difficult for him to accept.
"I got pretty emotional after the game because Josh and I are best friends," Keenan said. "It was just really tough to see him go down. But it's got to be next guy step up. We have to keep playing. We have a game to win."
Keenan, though standing 5-foot-11 and weighing 173 pounds, has been nicknamed "Moose" by his coaching staff and teammates. He'll do his best to come up big for the Blue Devils today.


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Community Hospice offering grief support groups
ASHLAND — Community Hospice will offer several community-based grief counseling sessions in February. All Community Hospice grief support groups are open to the public, not just those who have been served by hospice. Anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one is encouraged to attend.
The sessions are as follows:
— Embracing Our Grief: 6 p.m. Thursdays, Feb. 13 through March 30, at Community Hospice Care Center, 2330 Pollard Road, Ashland.
— Embracing Our Grief: 3 p.m. Fridays, Feb. 28 through April 4. at Carter County Public Library, Olive Hill.
— Men's Support Group: An ongoing session at 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays at Community Hospice, 1480 Carter Ave., Ashland.
— Parents Support Group: 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month at Community Hospice Care Center, 2330 Pollard Road, Ashland.
Group topics vary from week to week, but generally offer participants the opportunity to talk about their loss, understand the grieving process and the cycles of grief, spend time with others who have experienced similar situations, and receive guidance in handling other personal matters.
For additional information or to reserve a space, contact Community Hospice Bereavement Department at 606-329-1890 or 800-926-6184.


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2006 Division I Assistant Coach of the Year in the Mideast Region
Four Olympians
One National Champion
Three NCAA Runner-Ups
26 All-Americans
15 All-Region Selections
Six Southeastern Conference Champions
22 All-SEC Honorees
34 School Records
Erin Tucker begins his eighth season as a member of the University of Kentucky track and field staff. Tucker oversees the sprint and hurdle events, and has built an impressive résumé in his time with the Wildcats, including his first NCAA Champion Rondel Sorrillo in 2010.
The 2010 season was a banner year for Tucker's sprinters earning seven All-America honors in total and six at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, including the first 200m National Champion in UK history. Sorrillo picked up his first of three All-America awards at the NCAA Indoor Championships, placing fifth in the 60m dash with a time of 6.66. Sorillo went on to the NCAA Outdoor Championships where he really did his damage collecting three All-America honors. The first, a national championship run in the 200m dash with a time of 20.36, the second-best time of his career behind his school-record mark of 20.29. He added a runner-up performance in the 100m dash with a time of 10.06 and was a part of the 4x100m relay team that included Kwasi Obeng, Alex Williams and Sean Lange, who made it to the finals. Sorrillo collected nine All-America honors in just two years at Kentucky and became the fastest man to reach that mark in school history.
For the second year in a row Tucker's student-athletes accounted for all the points scored by the UK men at the NCAA Championships. This year it was all Sorrillo, earning 18 points in total with his first and second place finishes, catapulting the Kentucky men into 13th place overall.
Tucker's women's 4x400m relay team broke the school record four times during the 2010 indoor and outdoor season, becoming the first women's 4x4 relay team to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships at UK. Their initial record-breaking performance came during the indoor season at the SEC Championships with a time of 3:37.90. At the next meet, the Iowa State Qualifier, the foursome destroyed their own record with a time of 3:35.40 qualifying the team for nationals. The first outdoor record was set early in that season in Gainesville, Fla., with a time of 3:36.32 breaking the previous record set in 1996 by over two seconds. The team again broke its own record later in the year at the most important race of the season, the NCAA Southeast Regional with a school-record time of 3:35.14. The UK women's 4x400m relay team qualified for the NCAA championships for the first time since 1996. At the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Tucker's sprinters had a hand in all 15 points earned by the men. With a second place, 20.70, performance in the 200m dash, junior Rondel Sorrillo collected eight points for the Cats. Continuing his stint at the NCAA Championships, Sorrillo earned four more team points, finishing in 10.22 for fifth place. Also contributing to the team total was the men's 4x100 relay team. Comprised of Sorrillo, junior Kwasi Obeng, and seniors Gordon McKenzie and Jose Acevedo, the squad took sixth in 39.27, taking three points. Sorrillo went on to become a semifinalist at the 2009 World Championship in Berlin.
For their performances in the 2009 indoor and outdoor seasons, four of Tucker's athletes garnered All-America recognition. In only his first season at Kentucky, Sorrillo became the first Wildcat man to collect five All-America honors in one year. He earned recognition for his performances at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. At the 2009 Indoor Track and Field Championships, Sorrillo took All-America honors for a third-place finish in the 200m and a fifth-place finish in the 60m. Obeng, McKenzie and Acevedo also earned accolades for their finish at the outdoor championships. Since his arrival, Tucker's athletes have assaulted the UK record books, owning 66 (37 indoor, 29 outdoor) marks currently among the top 10 in various sprint events, including the school record in the outdoor men's 4x400 relay (3:02.00) - a record that stood at Kentucky for over 11 years before being broken twice in each of the last two seasons - and the indoor men's 4x400 relay (3:05.87).
During the 2008 season, Tucker directed UK men to four All-Mideast Regional honors and qualified eight of his athletes for regionals with eight marks in the sprints and hurdles and two relay marks which ranked 10th nationally. At Nationals, the 4x400m relay team placed third nationally while setting a school record in the event, clocking in at 3:02.00. The All-America Wildcat team consisted of seniors Nathan Browning and Justin Harrison as well as sophomore Kwasi Obeng and junior Jose Acevedo. A few weeks earlier the foursome brought home a Southeastern Conference title in the event. Tucker also coached Henna Martin to a school record in the 400m and All-America honors in the indoor 400m.
In 2007, Tucker's 4x400 indoor relay squad comprised of Acevedo, Browning, Harrison and Luis Luna made history as the Wildcats toppled No. 2 LSU at the NCAA Mideast Regional to make Kentucky the first team to defeat LSU in the five-year history of outdoor regional competition. During the 2007 indoor season, the Wildcats finished second in the nation at the NCAA Indoor Championships and captured the SEC Championship by breaking the Nutter Field House and SEC meet record with a time of 3:05.87. Tucker also coached Martin to a runner-up finish at the Jr. Pan-Am Championship. In that race she became the only sub 52 second 400m runner in UK history.
In 2006, Tucker was named the Division I Assistant Coach of the Year in the Mideast Region. He was asked to be a guest coach on the Venezuelan National Team at the Central American and Caribbean Games in Cartagena, Columbia. At the national level, Tucker's athletes have compiled many accolades. From 2006-08, Luis Luna took the 400m title and Jose Acevedo took first place at the Venezuelan National Championships. Rondel Sorrillo owns 2009 Trinidad 200m title as well as the 2009 CAC 4x100 championship. Also at the 2009 CAC Championship, Sorrillo took second in the 200m.In 2007 and 2008 Trinidad National Championships, Mikel Thomas was the 110m hurdles champion, while taking second place in the 2008 4000m hurdles. Also in 2008, Tucker guided Jenna Martin to third place finishes at the Canadian Olympic Trials and NACAC U-23 in the 400m, and Jose Acevedo to third at the CAC Championships in the 200m.
Under Tucker, four Wildcats have participated in the Summer Olympics. Jose Acevedo ran at the2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Acevedo represented his home country of Venezuela, as Tucker was handpicked by the Venezuelan National Team to work with sprinters as an assistant coach. Wildcat hurdler Mikel Thomas also participated in the 2008 Olympic games, competing in the 110m hurdles for Trinidad and Tobago. Also running for Trinidad in Beijing was Rondel Sorillo, participating in the 200m. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, Luis Luna ran in the 400m.
Tucker came to Lexington from the University of Illinois, where he spent three seasons in a similar position with the men's track team. During his stay in Champaign, Tucker's athletes were responsible for breaking multiple school records and posting 10 new top-10 marks in school history. Before entering coaching, Tucker enjoyed a prolific collegiate track career at the University of Florida (1994-99). While there, he became a four time SEC champion and a six-time All-American. In 1998, Tucker won the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships with a personal best time of 49.82, which still ranks as the sixth-fastest time in Florida history. Tucker also ran on three conference championship teams and four All-America mile relay teams for UF. Tucker was a two-time All-SEC academic honoree at Florida and served as team captain from 1997-99. He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Florida, and is an active member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
Tucker has one child Ezra Tucker (one year old) and is the guardian of his cousin Quran Jackson (16 years old). Tucker lives in Lexington with his fiancé April Sams.


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What's the first thing you notice about a kitchen or bathroom? If it's not the cabinet design, it's definitely the floor. Your choice of tiles can dramatically inform the rest of the room's aesthetic, which is why it's important that you find a look that you adore. Doing so is a fairly simple prospect - here are a few tips when considering your new tiles.
First, have a look at your cabinetry. If you're working with a simple color scheme like black and white, you have a lot of freedom when it comes to choosing your tiles. However, if you have more contemporary cabinets in a unique hue, you'll want to ensure the floors complement them.
Next, decide what you'd like the tile to be made from. According to Freshome, they come in a wide variety of materials, including vinyl, ceramic and bamboo. Certain materials serve specific functions better than others - for instance, bamboo works well on the floor, while porcelain makes an excellent countertop.


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In this short instructable I am going to teach you how to make a motion gif from a video file. It is very simple and does not cost a dime. I showing you this because people have asked me many times how I make motion gifs so here is an instructable. If you would like to learn how to convert videos into other file formats you can check out my other instructable.
Here is a sample motion Gif.
Step 1: Materials/Software
Video Clip-
SUPER video Converter software- It is a free program that converts music and video files into other formats.
Step 2: Conversion
After downloading and installing SUPER open up the program. Then drag your video file into the program and select Gif and then click encode. You can look at the pictures for more detailed instructions.
You can also use Total Video Converter for Mac to make a motion GIF file from a video file. simple and fast!
Thanks for sharing, while another quick way is to use the easy tool "Jing" which can record the screen and output to GIF format.
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To get the most from your stretching, never bounce or pulse. That will actually trigger a reflex in the muscle to tighten up more! Hold the stretch statically for at least 15 seconds. Breathe deeply through the nose and as you exhale, mentally direct your breath to the areas you feel tension.
Always stretch fully after exercise, and if you can't exercise then stretch anyway!!Stretches make rthe exercise count!!
I have incorporated stretching into my daily route of cleaning. When I go to make the beds I place my legs one at a time up on our bed and stretch. As I go through the day I stretch while doing my daily chores, when vacuuming I stretch my sides, reach for the stars or cob webs! Be creative STRETCH!
stretch before bed to give you more energy when you wake


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It holds 7 blue rods but will shoot anything you put down the barrel, so it's pretty versatile. And it uses KILLERK's handle design, so thanks to him for that. =)
I got the blue rods to shoot 30-50 ft, yellow ones sticking out the front 50-70, and KILLERK's sniper bullet should shoot 120+ ft with this gun.
14 Red
18 Green
6 Yellow
16 Grey
16 Tan/metalic-blue
1 Orange
5 Yellow
2 Grey
2 Red
2 Blue
1 green
16 Blue spacers
1 Black ball-jont
1 Little black thing shaped like a Y
At least 2 rubber bands
Total: 101
Step 1: Pieces
2. Handle
3. Barrel part 1
4. Barrel part 2
5. Barrel parts 2.5
6. Hopper parts
Step 2: Assembly
2. Putting together the hopper
3. Barrel + hopper
4. Barrel + firing pin
5. Push the red connectors together and make sure the firing pin is in this possition
6. Handle + barrel
7. Barrel 1 + Barrel 2
8. Put 2 grey connectors here.
Step 3: Rubber bands
2. Wrap a bunch on the yellow connectors.
3. And then stick them to the firing pin somehow.
Step 4: Other stuff
1. Put a blue rod here and...
2. Push it through into the hopper.
Notes: (no pictures)
1. This thing tears up it's rubber bands, so try to keep them away from moving pices by adding other pices or somthing.
2. you don't have to use the firing pin i have, I use it because it's strong though.
Extra picture:
-- This is where i build my stuff. A messy corner in the basement.
You can see some stuff i've made and stuff i'm working on.
(also I knew this was made a looong time ago, i just didn't know it had so much power!!)


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August 4, 2015
Harlingen, Texas - A Texas woman wants $1 million in damages from a steakhouse known for letting patrons throw peanut shells on the floor after she says she slipped and fell on the droppings.
Amelia Tijerina says she suffered physical pain, mental anguish and physical impairment after she slipped on the peanut shells scattered across the floor of the Texas Roadhouse. The McAllen Monitor reports Tijerina is also seeking damages for medical expenses, lost wages, loss of earning capacity and court costs.
Tijerina argues the restaurant is responsible for the peanut shells, and should have either warned her about the danger or removed them.
Texas Roadhouse Inc. moved the lawsuit from a state district court to a federal court and has requested a jury trial. It argues Tijerina's actions caused the injury.
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Giggles, chortles, twitters and full-on guffaws – we'll look at the science of laughter. We need it!
To laugh is human. It's also chimpanzee. Maybe that's why we laugh. A gift of evolution. We giggle, we chortle, we belly laugh, we howl. When we're kids, we roll on the floor with laughter. As adults we laugh for all kinds of reasons: to schmooze, to rejoice, to flatter, to seduce. To just let it rip, let it roll, at life's absurdity.
Life's humor. Behind the guffaws, there is a science of laughter. We've got a laughter guru with us today. While you've been laughing, he's been listening. Learning.
This hour, On Point: laughter, and the science of laughter. What the yuks are all about.
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Updated: 08/19/2014 1:12 PM |
Created: 08/19/2014 1:07 PM
By: Elizabeth Reed, KOB.com
ALBUQUERQUE -- Albuquerque city councilors want to be able to give their input on future police and fire chiefs.
At Monday night's meeting, councilors decided to put the issue on the November ballot.
Voters will decide if the mayor will be required to get the advice and consent of the council to appoint a police or fire chief. If the proposition is approved, the council would also have the power to remove the police or fire chief without cause.
However, the mayor could decide to veto the decision to put the proposal on the ballot.
Currently, the mayor gets the final say on police and fire chief appointments and does not need input from the council.
City councilors also voted 8-1 to suspend the police oversight commission.
The council wants a brand new police oversight group, but they have not yet elaborated on what the new system will look like.
The current commission is made up of civilians. Some members resigned earlier this year, saying the group doesn't really have any power.
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Express-News and mySA staff keep you up to date on energy, the environment, and green living in San Antonio.
Monthly Archive for December, 2007
Anton Caputo: Details of the Refinery Row
I hope everyone saw today's story on the potential changes to rules that govern the emissions of carcinogens from refineries. It's a complicated but important issue, not only for those who live near the refineries but also for a country that depends so heavily on the products they produce. Oil-refining stacks loom over Refinery Row […] [Read More]
Anton Caputo: Texas Developing a Climate Change Policy?
Texas has long been a holdout among the states when it comes to creating a climate change policy. In fact, despite being far and away the number one emitter of carbon dioxide in the country, the Lone Star State has no policy. Express-News file photo Agents of change could be emerging in some unlikely places. […] [Read More]
Anton Caputo: Green is the color of money, too
Being environmentally friendly, or "green," is all the rage these days. This is, of course, a good thing. However, there's a flip side to everything, and this new trend of ecoawareness is no different. Photo courtesy EnviroMedia It seems that companies are using green-friendly language to hawk nearly every item and service imaginable. We've all […] [Read More]


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Egyptian pyramids. The Ramayana. Mayan temples. Scythian mummies. Ancient cultures are often presented, in our textbooks and classrooms, as civilizations that reached their height long ago, with little emphasis on the endurance of traditions. Although we are separated from "ancient" cultures by 500 to 5000 years, our lives today are marked by their presence. We can better understand the fabric of contemporary culture by studying the threads that weave us together with our past.Join Hemispheres for a four-day workshop exploring the relationship of continuity and change from the ancient period to the modern era. Help your students to comprehend the transition from ancient to contemporary world cultures by addressing how cultural beliefs and values adapt to, modify, and transcend shifting historical eras, political powers, and global systems. We can enhance our understanding of contemporary traditions by studying their origins, by finding relics of the past in modern cultures. Ancient cultures contributed to major intellectual developments within societies and to the evolution of global processes. It is through our increasing understanding of human accomplishment throughout history that we can find the relationship between antiquity and current-day societies. The workshop will be held June 7-10 on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. The $75 non-refundable registration fee includes coffee, snacks, some lunches, handouts, parking, field trip transportation and entry fees. Registration is limited to 40 participants on a first-paid, first-registered basis. The registration deadline is May 20. Register early to ensure your place!


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RSU Fine Arts Film Series to Present 'Leaves of Grass' Jan. 27
The film "Leaves of Grass" – a tragicomedy set in Oklahoma written by Tulsa native Tim Blake Nelson – will be presented on Thursday, Jan. 27, at Rogers State University.
The film, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7 p.m. in the Will Rogers Auditorium on the RSU campus in Claremore.
The screening is part of the RSU Fine Arts Film Series, sponsored by the RSU School of Liberal Arts.
"Our goal is to expose our students and the community to some of our most classic and thought-provoking films," said Dr. Michael McKeon, assistant professor.
Nelson is best known for his role in the popular film "Oh, Brother Where Art Thou." The main character in his latest film is an Ivy League philosophy professor who is drawn back to Oklahoma by his scheming twin brother, both of whom are played by Edward Norton.Aside from Nelson and Norton, other well-known actors such as Richard Dreyfuss and Susan Sarandon play important characters in the story. Themes of the film include classical philosophy and poetry, as well personal plans changing outside of a person's control when family crises arise, according to Hugh Foley, RSU fine arts professor, who will introduce the film.
"'Leaves of Grass' fulfills our goals for this film series by exhibiting excellent filmmaking, challenging thematic material and the desire on our part to show critically lauded films that students and the community may not have had a chance to see in a "big screen" environment," Foley said.
The film is rated R and is not suitable for children. For more information on the RSU film series, call (918) 343-7594 or visit www.rsu.edu.


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About Rome
The 'Eternal City' has a history which in fact spans just two and a half thousand years – but the capital of the Roman Empire has left an indelible mark on the world. For seven centuries the Romans were the dominant power in Europe, and influenced the world's language, literature, legal codes, government, architecture, engineering, medicine, sports and arts. The city's profound effect on the world is so deeply embedded that we barely notice our debt to ancient Rome.
During the city's early history it spawned some of the world's finest architects, and as a result Rome's historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The streets are lined with monuments and sculptures, and its palaces and museums play host to intricate paintings and ornate frescoes which attract more than four million tourists each year.
Modern-day Rome has 2.7 million residents and its rich heritage and cosmopolitan atmosphere makes it one of the world's most visited, famous, influential and beautiful capitals.
Rome wasn't built in a day, so the idiom says; hence when planning a sightseeing tour make sure you factor in enough time to see its many highlights.
Rome is a large metropolis but many of its 'pockets' of sights can be walked between, making for a charming city tour at street level. Start your trip at the Coliseum, just two Metro stops from Termini. In the heart of Ancient Rome, this towering amphitheatre once held 60,000 spectators. Nearby are the Arch of Constantine, Palatine Hill and the chariot racing stadium of Circus Maximus, which could accommodate a quarter of a million people – but is now a public park.
One kilometre northwest of the Coliseum is the Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II, an ornate building nicknamed 'The Typewriter' due to its boxy lines. Continue in the same direction for another kilometre and you'll find the Pantheon, a portico-fronted temple with an opening or 'oculus' in its dome.
Finally, allow plenty of time to visit the world's smallest country, Vatican City. This land-locked sovereign city state is ruled by the Pope and has a population of just 800 people. Walk through St. Peter's Square and enter the impressive Basilica, a late Renaissance cathedral with the largest Christian church in the world. Take a trip to the top of the dome – an elevator goes part of the way but the final steps are steep, narrow and not for the fainthearted. However, the view at the top is well worth the effort. Once back on terra firma it's just a short walk to the Apostolic Palace, home to both the Pope and the world-famous Sistine Chapel. Marvel at the 1,100m² ceiling fresco which Michelangelo took four years to complete.
Dining and Nightlife
Ancient Rome was famed for its love of feasting and little has changed: Rome is still a wonderful place to eat out. Most areas of Rome feature numerous good restaurants although it pays to avoid tourist destinations unless you are partial to overpriced frozen pizza.
When in Rome, do as the Romans do and enjoy aperitivi, a traditional custom of pre-dinner drinks accompanied by small hors d'oeuvres, or antipasti. This popular ritual lasts until around 9pm, when people move on to dinner. Good places to partake include the area around Piazza delle Coppelle, Piazza di Pietra or the narrow streets behind the Pantheon.
Nightlife is also worth experiencing. Testaccio and the vibrant San Lorenzo district are the places to party during winter weekends, while the action tends to move to the seaside towns of Ostia and Fregene in the summer. Closer to Rome is the island in the Tiber where temporary outside bars are built for the warmer weather.
Beyond Rome
Naples is 90 minutes away from Rome via a high speed train and from Naples, thanks to a dedicated and quick train service, it is possible to reach the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Pompeii. Engulfed by six metres of ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, the city of Pompeii was instantaneously preserved in minute detail providing a fascinating snapshot of daily life two thousand years ago. From Naples furthermore it's only a short hydrofoil trip to the scenic island of Capri, a celebrated beauty spot and holiday resort. Take a swim in the famous Blue Grotto or hike the island's many nature trails.
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North American distribution rights for Andrew Paquin's Tribeca debut "Open House" have been acquired by Grindstone Entertainment Group, a partner of Lionsgate. The film's producer, Jack Schuster from Stonebrook Entertainment, brokered the deal with Grindstone's Barry Brooker and Stan Wertlieb, who also serve as executive producers. The film, which is scheduled for a domestic release in August, will also screen in the market in Cannes for international buyers.
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The Tokugawa Shogunate
Alisa Dutkiewicz
FDR High School
Brooklyn, New York City
Aim: How did the Tokugawa Shogunate centralize the Japanese
Students will be able to:
- Identify the social structure of feudal Japan and the terms shogun,
daimyo, samurai, bushido and haiku.
- Assess the role Ieyasu Tokugawa's reforms played in bringing stability
to Japan.
- Analyze the changes that took place in Japan under the Tokugawa
- Ieyasu Tokugawa's
Moral Precept ;
- Laws Governing Military Households;
- Postcards and/or pictures of Nijo Castle in Kyoto;
- Pictures of the Nikko shrine (Toshogu Shrine, or "Shrine
to the Sun God of the East).
1. Students should be familiar with the military aristocracy of
Japanese feudal society from a previous lesson or assigned homework.
Review the organization of the Japanese feudal society with students
and the relationship between the Emperor, Shogun, Daimyo and Samurai.
2. Explain to the students that the feudal period was a time of
constant war. Review the failure of the Mongol invasions of 1274
and 1281 due to typhoons. Ask students: Why did the failure of the
Mongol invasion reinforce the idea that the Japanese were special
people set apart and protected by the gods?
3. Present the students with a haiku by the poet Sogi from the 1400s:
To live in the world
Is sad enough without this rain
Pounding on my shelter.
Ask the class to determine what this haiku reveals about life in
feudal Japan in the 1400s. Students should be able to conclude that
it was a time of despair and war, and thus the Japanese maintained
a great respect for nature. Ask the students to explain what insights
into 15th-century Japanese culture the haiku reveals. They should
reason that the haiku reveals a sense of despair, that the Japanese
maintained a high level of learning to create this haiku, and that
nature was a focus of Japanese life.
4. Tell the students that the powerful general Toyotomi Hideyoshi,
a commoner at birth, brought most of Japan under control by his
death in 1598. In 1603, however, Ieyasu Tokugawa founded the Tokugawa
Shogunate. The Tokugawa shogunate would rule Japan until 1868 and
bring peace to the nation.
5. Present students with Ieyasu Tokugawa's moral precept. Divide
the class into groups by having students number off from 1-4 and
assign the following roles:
Member 1: reporter (to the class)
Member 2: reader (to the group)
Member 3: recorder (of all group responses)
Member 4: discussion leader (begins the discussion for the group)
Ask the group to evaluate what Ieyasu's precept (decree) reveals
about the type of leader he will be. Ask the group reporters to
report the findings of the individual groups to the class. Discuss
the findings as a class and create a class list of the qualities
that students anticipate to find in the leader Ieyasu.
6. Present "The Laws Governing Military Households" to
the class. Review the introduction with the entire class, then assign
two or three laws to each group depending on class size. Have the
groups, using the same roles as before, answer the following questions:
A. What is the goal of this law?
B. How would this law increase the power of the shogun?
7. Record the groups' responses on the board for the entire class
under the heading: Ieyasu Tokugawa Centralizes Government Power.
8. Have students return to their seats and explain to the class
that the Japanese economy and culture flourished under the Tokugawa
9. Explain to the class that, as evidenced in the Military Laws,
Ieyasu and the other Tokugawa shoguns kept a close eye on their
daimyos. Present the class with slides of Nijo Castle to review
the way that the Shogun controlled the daimyo with regulated visits
to the castle. Ask the class: Why did forced visits to the Shogun
weaken the daimyo? How does Nijo Castle reflect a strong reverence
for nature in Japanese culture?
In conclusion, show the students pictures of the Toshogu shrine
in Nikko. Explain that the shrine was built to honor Ieyasu Tokugawa.
The name Toshogu means "Sun, God of the east." Ask the
students how the name demonstrates that the Shogun was on an equal
plane with the Emperor. How does the shrine demonstrate the power
of Ieyasu and the respect the Japanese people had for him?
For homework, have students write a short paragraph describing how
the lives of the Japanese changed under the rule of the Tokugawa.
De Bary, Wm. Theodore, ed., Introduction to Asian Civilizations.
Vol.1, Sources of Japanese Tradition, compiled by Ryusaku Tsunoda,
Wm. Theodore de Bary, and Donald Keene. New York: Columbia University
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(The Huffington Post) - You never know how your past can come back to haunt you.
When Meagan Simmons was arrested for reckless driving in July 2010, she suffered crushing humiliation and was slapped with a year of probation.
But even Simmons never expect that she'd be dubbed the "Attractive Convict" three years later in a popular Internet meme that features more than 280 versions of her mug shot with snarky comments like "I'd like her cell number," "Guilty ... Of Taking My Breath Away," and "Wanted ... In 50 States."
"I knew [the picture] was out there, but didn't know it was big until a journalist called me on Friday," the 27-year-old told the Huffington Post.
Simmons lives in Zephyrhills, a town of 10,000 residents in central Florida, and she never imagined she'd become an instant celebrity.
"I'm not famous," she said. "Everyone knows me here."
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"If [Hugh Hefner] himself contacted me, I think that's a offer I couldn't refuse," she told HuffPost by text.
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By Gary from USA on 2009-12-04 22:34:30Things I liked:This is simple diopter rear sight. Appears to be well made for the price. It clamps up tight on a 11mm / 3/8" rail. Item is made in China.
Things I would have changed:It does not have a locking pin that would engage the countsunk holes on the rail of my air rifle to prevent it from sliding. The elevation, windage and rail tightening knobs are plastic. But they appear to be sturdy enough. It would be nice if the apperture size was adjustable.
What others should know:This is installed on a Weihrausch HW50S which is about 40 years old. I wish I had bought the original German Diopter when the rifle was new in 1968. But this one appears to be OK for the purpose. This is a great improvement over the notch sight. Also with the hooded front sight at the end of the barrel you have a much longer sight radius making it much easier to hit the"X" ring on a 33 foot NRA air rifle target. This is a new purchase and I have only used it one day.
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By Ian from USA on 2010-01-27 19:42:46Things I liked:The price. General build quality seems decent.
Things I would have changed:The peep hole the that is drilled in this is roughly cut. The dovetail mount is a misnomer - there's ONE dovetail and that is the piece you can adjust. The other side is not a dovetail - it's a 90 degree angle and does not adequately engage the other side of the gun's dovetail. Put it on a R7 and it will eventually move within 50 shots and then fall off. Put it on anything more powerful and it will be off in a few shots.
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Barbie is a Product
of Her Environment.
[Originally published November 30, 2010.]
Barbie Goes to the Beach
Barbie wears a new maillot from J. Crew. She applies SPF 70 because she recently had precancerous skin cells removed from her bottom lip. Barbie's friend is a doctor who recently said to Barbie, "Nobody loves a girl with melanoma." Barbie nodded gravely but, as she stared at her friend, was thinking, Actually, nobody loves a girl with fat thighs.
Barbie Loves Her Life
Barbie's parents wanted her to go to med school. Instead, she got a degree in fashion merchandising and wears pink tank tops. She has impeccable cleavage. A graceful neck. Scrubs wouldn't have done a thing for her ass.
Barbie Loves Weddings
Barbie used to be in love, but not anymore because Ken was fucking his friend Kevin. Skipper quoted Legally Blonde to her older sister: "If a girl like you can't keep a guy, what the hell are the rest of us supposed to do?" Skipper is kind of a bitch. Skipper is engaged. Barbie is her maid of honor. Barbie loves weddings.
Barbie Goes Shopping
In the dressing room Skipper says, "You're too thin—you should eat a hamburger or something." But Barbie doesn't eat meat; she's a good California girl. Skipper is shorter with smaller boobs. She has always been jealous. Barbie smooths pink fabric across her stomach and says, "Skipper, can you go get me this in a 0?"
Barbie Paints the Town Pink
Once in 11th grade Ken had sex another girl so Barbie drank nine glasses of white zin. She threw up all over the sidewalk outside the party. Barbie's father came to get her, and she threw up in the car on the way home. Barbie doesn't drink pink wine anymore.
Barbie Goes to 2nd Base
Once Barbie thought she might be a lesbian. She wondered what the bases were for girl-on-girl stuff. She wasn't clear on what happened at "home plate" so she googled it. Skipper saw the search later and said, "Barbie, what the fuck?" Nosy bitch.
Barbie Gets Emotional
Sometimes when Barbie is drunk she cries for no reason. Sometimes it happens during sex. It could be because Barbie feels like a slut but it could just as well be random crying. There really is no way to tell.
Barbie Goes to Mass
Three people Barbie has had sex with are currently in this church. They are all sitting with their mothers. Barbie wonders whether any of them have plans over the next few days. Christmas, the season of giving.
Barbie's Fashion Fairytale
Ken has a really small penis, but he takes her shopping in SoHo. So Barbie hasn't broken up with him yet.
Secret Hearts
Skipper is always talking about how perfect her boyfriend is. She jokes that Barbie should totally hook up with him so she could see how big his dick is. So Barbie did. For once, Skipper wasn't exaggerating.
Barbie's Fairy Secret
Once Barbie and Midge took a shower together at the lake because they'd been night swimming and were drunk and giggly and cold. Barbie thought, It's a good thing I'm not a guy or I would have a boner and that would be awkward.
Barbie Has Sunspots
Barbie's bulimia isn't great for keeping her birth control 99% effective. Ken hopes it's twins: They'll be so blonde and tan isn't that so cute? Two Nordic sunspots, just what Barbie always wanted. She'll call them Vladimir and Helga.
Barbie the Ballerina
Barbie is singing show tunes loudly as she twirls around her living room with her fifth glass of wine. She runs into her coffee table. In the morning she will not remember how she got this bruise.
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In Piscataway we celebrate diversity safely, and don't try to cram 90,000 people into a 82,500 seat stadium.... although I guess you could use the field for at least a couple thousand people... anyway, rock on Dav Yomi guys! Do you like wave lit up cell phones in the air when you make your goal, because I think that would be a cool photo! You should post it here! Peace out!
Just wait until they find out about the drones.....
So I guess I can expect the interest charges and inevitable cost over-runs to land on my property tax bill next year. Because the Mayor wants to keep the State from "taking back" money that was only there because the state mandated its collection from developers and builders in town.
Harold and Kumar shoulda gone to White Castle, much better outcome.
"My Property Values!" made me laugh, thanks!
call me a conspiracy theorist.... but some how, some way..... Romney made money off this.
Actually what I think is most disturbing is there are at least 2 police officers out there who signed themselves up for flight lessons with the pretty clear intent of getting the town to pay for it... clearly knowing it was a violation of the intent of the training funding if not the letter of law of the training funding.
This lack of a moral compass (or worse, the intentional misdirection of a moral compass) is more of a concern to me than the money itself, especially amoung LEOs.
Police are supposed to be holding themselves to a higher standard, it shouldn't be the responsibility of a township business manager to point out the ethical problems to the police.
Where is the personal responsibility of the officers in this?
They have been using really big diggers etc to rework the sewer lines, put in new curbs and sidewalks, and repave the road for a couple months now. It wouldn't suprise me if they didn't hit the gas line at all it just shook apart from all the other stuff going on. This isn't going to make traffic on 287 any easier at rush-hour....
Less than 1/4 mile from:
RU Douglas campus,
The State Theater and the NB arts district
The RU-Public Safety building
The Middlesex county sheriffs office and The NB Police HQ.
You would think there would be more of a police/security presence. You would think the bad boys would be operating much much farther away.
14 to 17 years old, probably just got out of school if they attended at all, and decided the best thing to do with their afternoon was beat up a 62 year old guy while he empties the trash.
In another article, they rank the New Jersey school systems. Thousands of dollars are being spent on education, but apparently not the kind of education which informs a bunch of teenagers its not good to beat people up and rob them.
Sad. Hope the old guy gets better.
Or - Spin Rutgers off as a private institution, cut the funding entirely and see if it can survive on its own with its bloated administration and overweight football program. Pump the savings into the remaining state universities to make them the centers of excellence they are trying to become.
I feel bad about posting that already. SL needs an erase button. God rest the victims.
There is something refreshing about a town able to buck the trend, democratically (as it should be) with an open public vote (as it should be), to remain dry in the era of "Jersey Shore" excess. Its not like you have to stay there if you want to drink, there are lots of shore town bars up and down the coast, some within a few miles, if you want.
Now if they could just vote the cigarette butts off the beach somehow... but I suspect those are mostly washed up and not from the local smokers.
It actually WAS the wild west back then... I went to RU 77-81 and got mugged on George Street once, back in the early days of ATM machines in just a few locations when the thugs just had to wait around for easy pickins like skinny college kids.
Back then it was before J&J got the projects torn down, you would think the pretty new "low income subsidized" housing would have worked out better, but it just goes to show its more about the occupants than the housing itself.
Wow, it must feel great to be a hard working Celgene employee who gets a "bungee boss" senior VP appointed above you in December only to have them leave five months later for greener pastures.
As much as the state workers and taxpayers of NJ have learned to live with this kind of chess-piece BS management, Celgene is a publicly traded company and as probably within its rights to sue the ironically named "Bagger" for breach of contract. Out in the real world, actual results are expected in return for that corner office and high salary, right?
I had a room-mate freshman year that used to get drunk and pound the sideview mirrors off cars with his bare hands. He used to break off the parking lot gates too, and proudly display them like field-goal posts after a big game. Wonder what ever happened to that guy....
Of course, that was back in 1980, things are a lot better now that the drinking age is 21.
Is the Contreras defense that he was the only thug who WASNT drunk? And that being in his right mind, he only participated by driving the other thugs around looking for targets?
Contreras is toast.
McCormick is a politician making all the appropriate sounds to avoid any insult to anyone, thus assuring maximum fundraising potential.... do you actually think this is the first time he has had to distance his administration from something published in a school newspaper??? It happens so often you would think his office would just have a standard canned-denial-response that can be deployed with the click of a mouse button.
People outside the Rutgers-New Brunswick-Piscataway area might not know "The Medium" is an often intentionally satire paper that routinely lampoons the "official" Targum school newspaper. In that context, the article is both pretty tame, not very funny, and pretty much only offensive to the thinnest skinned of the polical-correctness crowd.
Don't believe me... read the paper and then the article itself and decide on your own.
Here is the link;
The "offensive" article is on page 8
Then wonder why the SL would even bother having an article on it.
PS, the map in the article isn't very accurate, the new building will be pretty near the intersection of Easton and Somerset, here is a link to a rendering:
Its a pretty picture, but notice no actual car traffic is shown....


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Pars Tailor's HostelBarcelona, Spain
Had a lovely stay. Too bad they couldn't keep the roof balcony open till a bit later, but i understand they need to stay friends with the neighbours.
The Dictionary, ShoreditchLondon, England
Nice and clean kitchen, clean toilet and shower in the 4-bed dorm i stayed in. Good location too. They could do with putting a sign up saying "rooms m-z, this way ->" when coming up the first set of stairs.
The Naughty Squirrel Backpackers HostelRiga, Latvia
Had a great time! The staff was friendly, recommending cheap eats and pubs. AK-47 shooting was amazing!
Smart Camden HostelLondon, England
Very friendly guy in the reception helping me as i was in a hurry getting checked in and rushing off to a gig. The 4 bed room was small, the showers only had 'on' and no hot7cold adjustment, the breakfast was sparse, but just as expected for the money you pay for it.
Smart Russell SquareLondon, England
Booked myself into a 9-bed dorm, didnt get too much sleep as people kept getting up all through the night. Someone started packing at 4 in the morning. at 5 someones alarm started ringing every 10 min. At 6 I went up and turned it off myself. Bad review and not much to blame the hostel for, but might be for consideration when booking yourself. On the good side of sleeping matters: they had little curtains to pull to get your own privacy in your bed, and to keep it dark.
The Dictionary, ShoreditchLondon, England
Very good location! Nice and clean place. Didn't hear any noise during the night despite being right in the trendy and party area of Shoreditch, but then I'm not easily woken up.
Hatters at Hilton ChambersManchester, England
Nice hostel. Well worth the money. Good location right in the heart of northern quarter, Manchester.
Grand Hostel BerlinBerlin, Germany
This place was more in the range of 'good hotel' rather than your average hostel. We booked a double room which was very nice, stylish and clean. Unfortunately the room door didn't do a great job keeping the noise out from the hall, but it was fairly quiet during the night. As other reviews have reviled, they charge you extra when you arrive (in our case some extra for linen, but no option of bringing our own linen), and of course the voluntary breakfast was charged extra for, but well worth it!
Cricket hostelBelgrade, Serbia
very clean and nice. The location isnt too bad, but there are many things to see and do in and around the Stari Grad area (further north), but there are alot of restaurants and things to see here as well. We walked to wherever we wanted to go because its fun to see the city and because it is not too far to walk, but if you're lazy there are buses to and from the hostel just outside the building.
Hostel Magdalena-LenaMostar, Bosnia And Herzegovina
Lovely woman having the Hostel, very polite and easy to talk to. The Hostel is VERY close to the station (but no noise). The hostel is located on the other side of the road from the petrol station. You will see the petrol station when getting off the bus (or when coming out from the train station). The Old Town is just a short walk away, and Mostar in general is quite small.
Stevo GuesthouseUlcinj, Montenegro
Highly recommended!
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International House IstanbulIstanbul, Turkey
Good location, friendly staff, but no AC (only a fan) in the room so the warm Istanbul summer heat was unavoidable even during night time. There was a window, but you could only open it slightly and what came in was mostly noise from the road outside and not much air.
My Guest Rooms PlovdivPlovdiv, Bulgaria
Lovely room with a fan and private bathroom. Located conveniently with only a short walk from train station and another short walk further to the shopping street witch brings you to the Old Town. One day is enough to see Plovdiv so dont worry about being right in the middle of Old Town. The guy running the place was very kind and helpful!
Hotel InternationalManchester, England
the hotel was nice, good location. Our hotel room, though, was only average or rather below average with dirty seiling. Apart from that it was ok, and i didnt really care much for the seiling.
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Stonewall Jackson Resort State Park to host celebration as W.Va. marks National Hunting and Fishing Days
Fall starts Tuesday and right on its heels is National Hunting and Fishing Days.
The Mountain State celebrates next weekend with a whole lot of shooting, reeling, watching and learning as Stonewall Jackson Resort State Park near Weston, W.Va., hosts the annual West Virginia Celebration of National Hunting and Fishing Days.
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR), together with the West Virginia Wildlife Federation, will co-sponsor the celebration at the resort, located Lewis County, located along Interstate 79 (Exit 91).
Celebration hours are 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, and 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 27.
"This event is designed to appeal to outdoor enthusiasts of any age -- and is especially beneficial to young, budding hunters, anglers, and those who enjoy non-consumptive outdoor pursuits like bird watching, camping, hiking and the like," said DNR Director Frank Jezioro. "NH&FD is the largest, single weekend outdoor-oriented event in the state, and is something not to be missed"
"We are proud to bring back the outstanding archery showman Byron Ferguson," stated Event Coordinator Jerry Westfall. "Byron is an unparalleled archery talent whose performances leave audiences across the nation speechless." Other very popular exhibitors coming include: Roy Moose (West Virginia snakes); Tom Bechdel (coyotes); Smokey McNicholas (deer and other wildlife calls).
Popular displays are back, including the West Virginia Big Buck Display and West Virginia Trophy Fish Display, displaying some of the largest deer and fish taken in the state.
"We are also proud to have back the squirrel field dressing and skinning demonstration, which was such a hit last year when it was introduced," noted Westfall. "This squirrel demonstration compliments our long-standing deer field dressing and skinning demonstration, which has taught proper field dressing and skinning techniques to a couple of generations of wildlife enthusiasts."
"NH&FD is especially beneficial to young people, and we encourage youth attendance by keeping prices low and by providing two action-packed days of youth activities," said Westfall. The Outdoor Youth Challenge (a youth expo and competition relating to wildlife, hunting, fishing, firearms safety and outdoor recreation) has expanded this year. "The Outdoor Youth Challenge is perhaps the most important event at NH&FD, because for some youngsters this may be the only opportunity they will have to be around these fun and exciting outdoor activities.
"The hunting simulator, climbing wall, lake boat rides, and the W.Va. Army National Guard Blackhawk Helicopter are always a big hit with the kids. Parents can rest assured their children will have an action-packed day of learning and fun, which they will talk about for years," noted Westfall.
"NH&FD is more than a hunting and fishing show -- it is an outdoor/indoor event which provides outdoor-enthusiasts the ability to learn and participate," noted Westfall. "Here, adults and youth (under supervision) can try for absolutely free: Archery, muzzleloader shooting, .22 caliber shooting, skeet (shotgun) shooting, fly casting, and many other activities. And this year, thanks to Horton Archery, we have added another item for people to try -- crossbow shooting."
"NH&FD is designed to generate excitement about outdoor-related activities and ultimately promote recruitment and retention of young hunters, anglers and wildlife-watchers, and those older individuals who have temporarily abandoned these sports," noted Director Jezioro. "With this event, we hope we can help preserve our outdoor heritage in West Virginia. We hope to educate the public by providing opportunities to learn the skills, safety, ethics, respect and stewardship needed for these outdoor activities, and basically, just to encourage folks to get outdoors and have fun. It also provides folks an opportunity to learn how other organizations, agencies, landowners and businesses are helping to conserve West Virginia's wildlife and preserve our hunting, fishing, and wildlife-watching heritage."
For more information on NH&FD, including a complete schedule, descriptions of activities, and an event map, go to the DNR Web site at www.wvdnr.gov/hunting/nathuntfish.shtm.
For more information on Stonewall Resort State Park, go online at www.stonewallresort.com.
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Learn how to make traditional cold sesame noodles in a tangy peanut sauce.
In this video, you'll learn how to make traditional cold sesame noodles in a tangy peanut sauce. It's a Chinese tradition to eat long noodles on New Year's Day to ensure a long life. This simple recipe for sesame long noodles is perfect for New Year's or any busy weeknight dinner. It also makes a great, quick lunch. We'll show you how to prepare the sauce quickly in a blender. It's an easy sauce that combines scallions, garlic, ginger root, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, peanut butter, hot sauce, and sesame seeds. You'll see how to smooth out the sauce in the blender to get just the right texture and consistency. Then just pour the sauce over cold noodles and toss. Garnished with scallions, chopped peanuts, and sesame seeds, you'll have a delicious quick meal, any time!
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Apple's software used to be self-healing t a degree and bullet-proof. That is no longer the case. Apple's support used to be immediate and personable. Now it a quagmire of irrelevance.
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Their pusillanimous lives leave them ill prepared to lead. They spend their days lording their point totals over the vast majority of regular Apple users, who on rare occasion simply cannot figure it out.
Occasionally someone will be vexed enough by these twits and complain that the inmates are running the asylum. Apple's response is to pull the comment thread and let the status quo prevail, even though it does more harm than good in terms of problem solving. Apple is slowly but surely becoming, not replacing, Microsoft.
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Warning for motorists after a spate of thefts in Hayle
Posted: December 19, 2012|
Eight cars and a garden shed have been broken into in the last ten days in Hayle.
Police are warning motorists to make sure they lock their cars and keep all valuables out of sight following the spate of thefts.
The first incident involved a black Toyota at Ventonleague, which had been left unlocked and thieves got away with a laptop and sat nav worth £450 overnight on December 10.
Then overnight on December 12, three more vehicles were targeted including a green Peugeot on Trelissick Road, a Renault on Commercial Road and a white Citreon on Millpond Avenue.
Overnight on Sunday a black Nissan was hit in St Erth's Vicarage Street and in the early hours of Tuesday morning three vehicles in Pentowan Gardens and a garden shed were broken into.
Thieves got away with a sat nav worth £120 and a £100 pair of bright orange Adidas football boots with missing studs.
Sergeant Simon Dobson of the Hayle neighbourhood policing team said most of these crimes were likely to have been committed by the same person or group of people and that car thefts was now a priority for the team with extra patrols being put in place.
He said: "If anyone sees anything suspicious they should report it to the police. Particularly on mid-week evenings as there seems to be a pattern."
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CHICAGO — The American Library Association's Office for Research and Statistics is now accepting applications for the Loleta D. Fyan Grant. Loleta D. Fyan, ALA president 1951-1952, believed that every individual, regardless of residence, is equally entitled to high quality library service and that librarians must be adept in using the political process to acquire this "right of citizenship."
The grant, up to $5,000, is to be used for the development and improvement of public libraries and the services they provide. The project(s) criteria:
CHICAGO — Nominations are invited for the 2013 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, sponsored by OCLC, Inc. and the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). The deadline for nominations is Dec. 31, 2012.
CHICAGO — Public libraries and library consortia are invited to apply for more than $50,000 in training and support, in the News Know-how initiative that helps students, grades 10-12, learn skills that will help them distinguish fact from opinion , check news and information sources and distinguish between propaganda and news.
PHILADELPHIA — United for Libraries is accepting applications for the ALA Trustee Citation and the United for Libraries/Gale Outstanding Trustee Grant. Applications for both awards are due Dec. 31, 2012.
CHICAGO — Do you know of a library that has had a successful library financial development program? Recognize this successful project with a nomination for the Gale Cengage Learning Financial Development Award funded by Gale Cengage, Inc.
CHICAGO — Underfunded libraries, schools and non-traditional organizations that provide educational services to children are invited to apply to receive one of three Coretta Scott King Book Donation Grants.
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer seven scholarships for librarians to attend the 2013 Annual Conference. The meeting takes place June 27 – July 2, 2013, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with colleagues.
Each EBSCO scholarship will be in the amount of $1,000. The scholarship money is to be used for conference registration, travel and expenses.
CHICAGO — Nominate yourself, colleagues or your library for the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Recognition Awards and Grants. Unless otherwise noted, the deadline for awards is Dec. 1.
General information about these and other ALA awards is available on the ALA website.
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle. The meeting takes place Jan. 25 – Jan. 29, 2013, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with colleagues.
CHICAGO — The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office is announcing a new funding opportunity for prospective applicants for the ALA/NEH Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys program. Applications for the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf will be accepted online through Oct. 25.
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Dancing With The Stars
Kathy Griffin Attempts to Insult Bristol Palin and Fails
Wondering why Bristol Palin made it so far on Dancing with the Stars last season? Look no further than her massive fan support, something Kathy Griffin learned first-hand over the weekend. The controversial comedienne hosted VH1 Divas Salute the Troops and made a crack about the DWTS finalist that didn't go over too well.
During her monologue, Griffin joked that Bristol gained 30 pounds a week during her Dancing with the Stars run and was like "The White Precious." Not cool. The assembled troops booed her loudly, something Griffin owned by asking them to boo louder. Chanted Griffin: "War is hell, war is hell."
Her next joke, about Jersey Shore, seemed to get the crowd back on her side. Watch the video below.
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The reigning Premier League champions released a statement on Tuesday evening which read: "Manchester City's EDS U21 game with HNK Rijeka has today been cancelled due to an alleged incident of racial abuse towards the club's young midfielder Seko Fofana by a member of the opposing team.
"Following an alleged incident in the latter stages of the first half of the game, being played in Novigrad, Croatia, a decision was taken by the management staff to withdraw the City team from the field of play and cancel the game.
"Club representatives in Croatia and in Manchester are liaising with officials, the match organisers and the Croatian Football Association to pursue this matter further."
However, HNK Rijeka released a statement on their website which read: "Manchester City coach Patrick Vieira entered the field, something was discussed with the referee and then, to the amazement of a well-filled stadium, he took his team off the pitch.
"What are the reasons? They are known only to him."
Exciting prospect Fofana is a France U19 international who joined City from Ligue 1 side FC Lorient in January 2013.


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As you enter the 126 acre turnkey farm thru redwood gates, up a paved tree lined drive you see the main residence tucked away among mature trees. The custom built stone, stucco and cedar house offers spectacular panoramic views in a secluded setting. Finest wood craftmanship, gourmet kitchen with top of the line appliances, main floor master suite, energy efficient geothermal system with in floor radiant heat, generator backup, steam shower, 2 fireplaces, heated pool are just a few of the features of this quality crafted 3 bedroom 2 1/2 bath house. Open concept design and spacious rooms are perfect for entertaining in this casually elegant home.
The crystal clear spring fed native trout stream that runs thru the property is a fishermans dream.
The horseman will appreciate the user friendly layout of the 3 barns and miles of well maintained double fenced paddocks all with automatic waterers and generator backup. Bluestone and rubber riding ring, cross country jumps and excellent trails make this a horsemans delight. Other amenities include a pine paneled tack room, washer, dryer, heated wash rack, indoor Eurociser, rubber pavers in main barn. Additional 3 bedroom stucco cottage with a separate downstairs apartment is ideal for guests or staff housing.
Unique opportunity to purchase an income producing horse farm or country estate complete with client base and cash flow. Being offered for sale by owner at $2,900,000 - priced $700,000 below current appraised value of $3,600,000.
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HealthCare Center receives Honor. Click here to read about it.
Since 1969, Holyoke Health Care Center has been providing Short-term Rehabilitation and Long-term Care in Hampden county. NHC and Holyoke Health Care Center have built their reputations on ethical, quality rehabilitative care with proven patient satisfaction and positive outcomes. We have a flexible approach to health care that is based on Patient Centered Care providing a comfortable environment to deliver compassionate care. We pride ourselves on our NHC's four star of excellence and have been recognized by the nation's preeminent standards-setting and accrediting body on healthcare - The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
We have a spectrum of services available including Subacute Care providing our patients with the extra nursing and therapy needed for a speedy return home. We also offer: Hospice Care, Dementia Care, Nursing Rehabilitative Services and Long-term Care.
Holyoke Health Care Center provides skilled care through physical, occupational and speech therapies, combined with 24 hour nursing care. Whether provided for several days or several weeks, our physician and nurse practitioner-directed skilled health care services are designed to complement a hospital stay. In addition, we offer consistent nursing care to traditional long-term patients, making every effort to keep our long-term patients as independent and active as possible.
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John Pozadzides tells you How He'd Hack Your Weak Passwords. It's neat to see how somebody might attempt to crack your passwords. And while you are learning some password cracking techniques, keep in mind how you might create better, less crackable passwords in the future. I would say that this article gets my vote for one of the top 10 article titles for 2007. It does certainly draw you in, doesn't it? Still the way to make your system more secure is by being aware of its current shortcomings and in this way Pozadzides is doing what amounts to a public service. Most of these tips are borderline common sense but still, if you are committing any of these computer security sins you should immediately review some passwords.
How Secure are Your Passwords?
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