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If you use your credit card for coffee, you're a douche-bag.
How to be a Conscious Consumer on your daily Coffee run.
If you use your credit card at a local, indie cafe for a purchase under $5, you're
a douche-bag like many of us. Here's some info about what happens when we use our credit cards for small purchases.
This blog comes out of a dialogue with a local barista who's really worked up about a subject that most of us don't think about at all. So hopefully, if we read, and share this post, and add ideas in comments, we can help to fix this blind spot.
1. When people use credit cards, according to our cafe source, people tip less—generally baristas make $20-40 less per shift than they used to when credit cards weren't allowed.
2. When we use our credit cards, we're giving a cut of our purchase to support multinational corporations (not all are bad, but Visa, Mastercard are all making money off of us all day already, thank you. And the huge banks were, remember, involved in our last economic downfall) instead of our independent, character-full local businesses.
3. Remember: the café has to pay not only a credit card fee, but a fee to a middleman credit card transactions processing company.
4. We're not keeping our money local. Why's that matter, beyond guilt and fear? It's in our own self-interest to support our community, jobs. The more money kept locally the more businesses can support our tax base, which equals parks, safe streets etc. for us. More taxes from business theoretically equals fewer increases in property taxes. More, better independent, shops have more character and keep more jobs locally—making for communities we want to live in and enjoy.
5. Independent shops have a reputation for being pricier. Many cafés will have to raise prices to make up for losses, instead of keeping prices low.
Protip: Get cash back at the grocery, or pick up enough cash at your bank.
And here's our solution—I thought about this without any help from Jeanne.
If your concern is getting points or miles, encourage your favorite café to offer a Loyal Patron Card for Cash Users: buy 10 cups with cash, get your 11th free. This will help the cafe attract and keep more loyal patrons and give said patrons an incentive, beyond typical liberal guilt or fear-mongering.
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88 Responses to "If you use your credit card for coffee, you're a douche-bag."
I tip a buck a cup and i use my card. Thmpff! 😉
Nice. Me too, when I do. A buck is a great tip on a 3 buck drink!
The tip is also subject to the CC fees we merchants pay. The tip is much appreciated though
While I agree with the sentiments of the article, can Elephant shy away from judgment and using words like douche-bag to do so? Informing is empowering, but name calling is not. Thanks.
Judgement is healthy, actually. Prejudgement is the problem. And douch-bag is offered with humor (not something positivity types employ). But, thanks, Willow, for your concern.
Relephant, but not addressed "at" you, this is an ollld blog about prajna, etc: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/11/new-agey-t…
Well, I'm definitely not a "positivity type" (as I think you know), and I am certainly not a "new agey" type, even though my birth name might suggest (willow song ~ that's my mom's doing). On the contrary, there are all types of people that read Elephant, including those mentioned above and those that eat meat (myself included), drive cars, don't do yoga and use credit cards to purchase coffee. It is wonderful that there is a forum like this where people can become better informed. But I personally don't see how name-calling in the act of judgment is wisdom in action. Thanks for the deets on Prajna…will have to contemplate this one.
You bet. It's a delicate thing. In any case, it was and is meant with humor, and applies to myself equally along with anyone else.
the thing is, to get cash back you'd have to be using a debit card. i use my credit card because i don't have cash available in my bank account, and i'm not taking out a loan from my credit card company just so i can pay in cash when i buy coffee. but i always, always tip, probably more when i use plastic than when i use cash. if i only have a loose one dollar bill leftover for a tip that's what they're going to get. if i'm using plastic, i have more leeway to tip more.
Amen…that's why I also offered "or load up on cash when at the bank." Many of my friends nevvvver use their debit at the grocery, always thinking points or miles, so I tried to address that.
While I by no means am trying to preach or lecture…If you don't have cash available in your bank account and have to resort to using a credit card, maybe you should rethink your spending habits? Especially if you're more likely to tip more with plastic. It's easy to spend money you don't have and end up in debt. While I am 100% for supporting local coffee businesses, or any local business at that, you also need to be financially responsible!
Not having cash available is not the same thing as not having cash at all. PBK could just be loaning to theirself from next month's budget and not carrying a balance on the card at all.
Does the barista who inspired this article use equipment made from organic cotton grown in his/her back yard?
What? No?
So it is ok to use equipment made by a corporation, serving people who mostly earn their livings directly or indirectly from corporations after said barrista commuted to work in/on a vehicle manufactured by a corporation?
I've noticed that the lens used by Waylon to view an issue often times is extremely selective. The more Waylon makes these silly posts the more I come to believe this conscious consumerism label is just self aggrandizement.
Maybe instead of all the equipment EJ uses to publish these articles, equipment made by corporations, EJ should plant a forest of organically grown trees to use as fuel for smokes signals in order to disseminate these messages.
But what do I know? Waylon probably thinks of me as a douchebag anyway.
Wow. You're certainly sounding like one.
We're all douchebags sometimes. We're all mindful, sometimes. That's the practice. That's the path. None of us are perfect. You clearly don't read elephant, much, if you think this barista has to be perfect to have any insight into anything, or me, or you for that matter. elephant's view, if we have one, is not about being perfect, but about trying to be mindful, with joy. Being mindful or thoughtful, living an examined life, is more fun for all of us, and our planet, than doing otherwise. ~ Waylon Lewis
PS: Dear anonymous friend: generally, I've appreciated your comments, for what it's worth. Seems you have a low opinion of me…I'll try not to live down to it.
Thanks for making my point for me.
Does the practice of being mindful also include defensiveness when one is called out on ones bullshit. I notice this silly post is getting quite a bit of blow back.
Wouldn't it be mindful to examine why this inconsequential post is pissing people off? Wouldn't it be mindful for you to examine the words you write with honesty and a clear eye?
BTW, you are the one throwing around the word douche bag. Without responding to the argument I or the other posters have made. My opinion of you is informed only by the words you write. Maybe you should be mindful of that.
If you want to measure the success of a blog, you don't look at comment sections. Trolls live under bridges.
That said, yes, this blog could be a failure. But I tried.
Failure or not, you're at least trying. And yeah, that's good I suppose. But that's not a justification for not trying harder, for not writing better.
For the three years I worked as a barista, I invariably preferred people to use cards. Aside from the hassle of waiting for the transaction to complete (yes, it was a hassle) and the marginal fees that our shop paid for the convenience of our customers to use cards, I regularly noticed card-payers tipped substantially more.
Not only were they more prone to tip higher amounts – quickly signing off a $1 tip versus throwing a couple of dimes and pennies change into the jar – but they did so more frequently. There you go, personal narrative that shuts down your barista friend's argument.
Thing is, neither of our accounts are necessarily accurate – perception is a hell of a thing.
Why people are insulting the article is (1) the unnecessary use of 'douche-bag' and (2) the general insubstantial nature of it.
(1) If you want to be aggressive in your writing (To attract attention, is that it? Or are you generally just reactive rather than reflective?) at least be more creative than "douche-bag".. Seriously? That reads only as laziness.
(2) Back it up with some numbers if you want any credibility. Or back it up with ANYTHING more substantial than "My friend said…"
You're at least trying, yes. Try harder. Either respond to the points people bring up (especially the ones about you NOT responding do points) or accept them, if you have no counter-argument. If YOU want to measure the success of your blog, read the comments. Trolls live under bridges, sure. But they don't have laptops and internet there. The people that comment on your undeserved articles write with more clarity and substance than you do – take advantage of it and learn.
Give me a break. This is a douchey article. We're becoming a paperless society, have been for a while. The tip % thing is pure speculation. Little coffee shops need to get with the program.
Sorry to have offended, anonymous friend.
You mean, the mega-corporation program? Be more like Starbucks? Because clearly that's working (for Starbucks).
~ Waylon Lewis
I think even Dot's Diner accepts plastic now. It is the way of the world. Every business, not just mega corps.
Not talking about whether they accept it…of course just about everywhere does, and ever cafe? Think we're confusing the issue here?
And I love Sbux too. I go to my local shop as well, wait, sometimes they are closed when I want a caffeinated beverage, and on Sundays. SBUX is a very socially responsible large cap company, don't be so fast to judge them!
The proprietor can always offer a cash discount. Ask a small business owner: " would they rather have you not buy anything because you don't have cash or do they want you to buy and use plastic?" Studies show, the consumer spends more when using plastic vs cash. Tipping, well that is just a courteous for good and friendly service. We all need to remember, tips are a good part of a barista's wages.
Yes, lots of things to love about Starbucks over the last few years. Search Starbucks on elephant (search box top left) and you'll find many positive articles written, some by yours truly.
We are not a paperless society – note what happened when a big storm hit the east coast and the internet was down…
We as consumers need to get with the program and remember who and what we are fortifying with our choices. Educating consumers about the number of parties chipping away at their card transactions is only gonna make for better discussion and perhaps create some new ways of doing things. Let's not just accept the program from the moneyed powers of Visa, Mastercard, etc, who feed us advertisement showing how "inconvenient" our cash transactions are. Inconvenient to their profits, perhaps.
The internet didn't, "go down." That's next to an impossible feat. An internet outtage may be had for a client at an endpoint, but the internet was made with the intent of surviving nuclear holocaust. We are moving to become a paperless society and I personally am glad of that fact. Death to the hard copy!
Yeah…. I'm not liking the name calling….
I'm still stuck on being called a douchebag for using my credit card to buy coffee at an independent shop. Seriously? If a place doesn't take a card I just won't go there. I am not going to carry cash just in case I want a coffee. I have a small retail shop and not accepting credit cards or asking people to pay cash is asinine. All your article did was place independent retailers in a poor light, implying that we may even think for one millisecond that credit card users are douchebags. People can use any credit card they want in my shop. I pay the fees because it means that they are buying something from me and not from someone else.
Oh, and if your only aim with this article was to stir up commentary and controversy it's even more lame that I thought.
Great reply. I am beginning to wonder about Waylon. It seems lately that his posts are along the same lines as this silly little post. Your insight that he maybe be making these ridiculous posts to just stir up controversy makes sense.
I really hope that is not true. If EJ is to survive in the long term more than just lip service needs to be given to the words "conscious" and ""mindfulness".
At the very least Waylon would do well to take into account the views of a small business owner such as yourself. He has complained more than once it is hard for him to get sponsors for the site.
Nice low blow, anonymous Mike. We get more sponsors than we can handle—of the small, independent variety. We don't have a single ad salesperson, full-time, which is the problem.
BTW: bye.
Bye as in this person was banned for the comments they made about this article? If so, bye from me as well.
We do have a comment policy. It includes no personal attacks.
GKGK, I'm calling myself a dbag, too. We're all dbags when we think only of ourselves, and not the good of others or the planet upon which we depend, aren't we?
If the only aim of my blog was to stir up controversy, I could cover the Kardashians like every other news outlet. This is a tough, little-examined issue…so thanks for responding with kid gloves.
Whoever wrote this sounds like a total douche.
Calling someone using the term "douchebag" humorously, including myself, a douche is irony level 10. Mirrors are cheap.
*Unless the above was a joke, in which case I surrender. Elephant is yours.
1. I don't tip. Let the coffee shop owner charge a fair price and pay a living wage.
2. So it's ok to have money in the bank, just not use a bank card?
3. But the coffee shop saves on time to make deposits, roll change, count cash, and loses less money is incorrect change given.
4. Local? How local are those coffee beans used to make that cup of joe?
5. Let them raise their prices. My home brew cost less than 60 cents per cup.
Anonymous friend,
As for local, you're just being argumentative. Obviously coffee doesn't grow in many climes. So, following "the mindful life," we do our best to support those who are making quality, clean, green, fair-labor product. There's nothing better about local than international. We're not anti-foreigners, for example. We're just trying to be mindful, compassionate, thoughtful with our dollars.
Non-anonymous Waylon Lewis.
Do you refuse to tip at restaurants?
If the shop raised their prices to pay a living wage (that was a decent proposition, by the way), would you still buy coffee there if it cost $1 more? Or would you go next door, pay less, and still refuse to tip?
His points about locality should be read as, "Keep things as local as possible." If we HAVE to have our coffee, as much of the money going toward it should stay as local as possible. Obviously, coffee beans aren't local. Waylon's arguing that we shouldn't throw extra money away elsewhere.
Oh, people. Accept a joking prod for what it's worth, and move on. I, too, have been a douchebag.
The real point, though, is that your money goes to your card company and the I termediary processing company when you use it – when you use cash, it all goes to your local shop.
Why do I have to be judgemental in that it is 'best' that my money goes to my 'local' shop rather than a card company. There are also some humans working in the card company who have lives and kids and using my card will help in the sustenance of their lives. So I don't complicate life by trying to fall into a 'righteous' category, every action done with unattachment to what is right and wrong serves a purpose. And if on a certain day I use my card then so be it, I will be helping in that instant to keep that company afloat and pay the wages of some human souls. That's ok with me.
Okay, upvote for respectful disagreement!
I don't think we need to worry about the big banks, they don't need help trickling down on us…just like they did last time 'round?
And the credit card companies care nothing for the status quo: they only care about tranparency: http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2012/07…
Least we can do: leave the big banks, join your local credit union:  ;http://www.reddit.com/search?q=credit+cards&s… http://www.reddit.com/r/occupywallstreet/comments/lxllt/just_canceled_my_boa_credit_card_this_was_the/  ;http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/11/for-those-… http://www.elephantjournal.com/2008/03/where-should-you-put-your-money/
Bonus:  ;http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/lg5bm…
I'm liking the technique of using a strong term to get my attention, then making a good point about where my and a local shop's money is going when using plastic for small purchases. Not getting distracted by the methods of seducing readers (which are hilarious and necessary), the point of the article and what it catalyzes in thought and action is the main point here.
I don't mind being a douche bag. Whenever there's a tip jar, I use it. My tips are very generous. Basically, that's the only thing I carry cash for anymore.
Awesome. I don't mind being a douchebag, either, Aunty. Guess it's in the blood.
…or instead of fighting against the tidal wave of personal digital preferences… wishing for the old way back…(atm visits and paper money–no thanks) the productive emphasis could be on the next step to do better…. i.e. bitcoin?
Well, that's why I made a suggestion at the end, there.
yes i know:) and I'm adding 'Bitcoin'… wondering if EJ has heard of it? & would love to hear more ideas from the others… or if anyone is starting to implement any of these in any other of their small businesses? http://bitcoin.org/
Also SQUARE has some cool small business offers… BOX CAR COFFEE ROASTERS in Boulder is using their interface (on an ipad to checkout) and was really happy when I asked them about it….. sure still ultimately using same big name creditors but along the way empowering an innovative middleman… that could turn into something.
Square does ok, but I wouldn't say they're a good replacement to a POS system just yet (admittedly, I program and sell a big name POS system). It's a good simple interface, but I'm not really a fan of having everything on the cloud just yet. Not redundant enough for tracking sales in the event of an outtage. Great for food trucks and the like though
What is a 'douchebag'? We don't have them in Ireland or maybe we call them something else. Tobye – any thoughts?
Technically, it's…well, you can look it up. In common usage, it means "selfish jerk." But…it just sounds so wonderfully insulting, it's become incredibly popular and common and often is used with some sense of humor.
I guessed! We say 'a total tosser' or 'a right tool' but I'm branching out from today. Thanks Elephant.
It's a way of insulting someone based on the underlying assumption that there's something inherently disgusting about something that comes into contact with a vagina. Never really understood it myself.
Wow! Thanks John. Not a word I would ever use.
Interesting, I didn't find this article offensive at all. In fact, I agree totally with it. Both my parents have small businesses and credit card fees are quit high. The tip thing also makes sense as I don't always tip as much when I do use my credit card. I always assumed most people felt bad on days they didn't have enough cash for a $3.25 cup of coffee! I always feel like a douche when I do it!
Yes, me too! That was sorta the point—to poke fun and take some blame on ourselves, and mostly to learn about something we may not have thought about. I guess in our entitled, customer-is-always-right culture, that doesn't go over well with all.
CC Processing rates are not that high really. If you're having an issue with the rates, especially if your parents have multiple businesses, they should have no issue at all negotiating for a better rate. Processors are businesses too and there are many to choose from. They will do a lot to retain customers, especially high volume ones.
Every single one of you that are flapping about the word douchebag…..
You've never, EVER, used a colloquialism that may or may not be appropriate?
And have any of you owned and/or operated a small business? Have you watched in fright as the small amount of income gets chipped away as banks and credit card companies along with the million and 7 processing "people" place a greedy palm into the meager compensation you've earned? That compensation, which at the end of the day is divided by 24 actual hours of work, only to add up to an hourly wage that no person should legally be allowed to attempt to survive on?
Trust this:
Those who say the tiny business should get with the times and just accept credit cards? We have no choice in this matter if we want to be able to pay te business bills. Not our personal bills…just cover expenses of the business. Who among you have been an actual small business and cringed and fist pumped all at the same time seeing that brightly colored piece of plastic come across the counter as form of payment for your hard work?
Now tell me who among you haven't muttered under your breath…or out loud even….something that is less than "yogic"? In response to any situation. Not just this particular scenario.
I stand behind every letter of this blog post. And as a yogi, a female, a small business owner, I think this message should be shouted from the rooftop.
Waylon, keep doing what you do. You're fighting the good fight. People will hate because they have nothing better to do. What ever happened to the idea that if you don't have anything nice to say, keep your douchebag mouth shut?
What you call a colloquialism is in reality just a schoolyard insult. If I started this post by using some "colloquialism" about you would your opinion of the use of "colloquialisms" change?
I read comments by two other small business owners who have differing opinions as to the place and the amount of fees charged than you. Doesn't make your statements wrong but it does show that the issue is not as cut and dried as you have made it out to be.
What about the social etiquette and the time it takes for you to purse fumble for your credit card, enter your PIN, wait for the store-copy receipt and sign. It's just rude from a "you're-wasting-everyone's-time-here-move-on!". I know what my coffee is going to cost before I get there and typically have the *exact* change (+ tip, if applicable) counted out. I don't think it's asking much to have $2-4 on you for coffee and to KEEP THE LINE MOVING! people need to get back to their offices and on with their lives. I wonder how many people standing in those jammed up coffee lines think about the next guy and try and show some courtesy.
I find just the opposite is true. If someone is paying with cash (epsecially exact change) they are usually fumbling around with counting the bills and/or coins. Or the barista is fumbling with cracking open a new roll of pennies so they can give correct change back. When I use my debit card (which is always automatically run as a credit card at any coffee shop I've been in) it's in my hand when they ring me up…one swipe and I'm done (90% of the time there is also no need for a receipt). This is true at any store…even the grocery store. Paying with cash (sadly) is almost as anitquated as writing a check.
thank you! when we are paying digital…. we don't usually want paper receipts somehow that's still not understood. I reference above SQUARE that is an cc interface service like paypal (Box Car Coffee Roasters in Boulder is using)… and even the signature is digital on an ipad. Its 2012 people… wake up and smell the coffee!
Um, if card based payment is worse than cash for the business, then the business owner should make that call. He or she is in the best position to make the trade off, not some person walking in to buy a cup of coffee.
Also, if you really want me to pay cash, then please don't charge a price that, when taxes, means I either need to carry around a change purse or get a pocketful of dirty coins back. Coffee shops are the worst at this.
I agree on your first point—in my conversation with the barista I urged him/her to simply institute the common "no credit card below $5" rule. He explained that the ownership was scared to do this financially, didn't want to lose customers. So on that point, it's the ownership's responsibility to navigate the customer's needs. But generally, if we can, below say $3, cash is something to try to use. If we need to use our card, tip reasonably well. Pretty simple.
And again, the whole douchebag phrase is pretty common among, well, people who don't live in yoga studios. Not addressing this to you, just generally. It was meant (mostly) humorously, and directed equally at myself.
Coffee makes us productive but the accumulative side effects are harming. I like going to a coffee shop because it's my local hangout. I tip well because I sit there, read newspaper or a book and talk to people (but I rarely drink coffee). Those baristas definitely deserve some tips. They meet, greet, smile, remember my name and create a friendly atmosphere. Some of them remember my usual non-coffee drink. If I don't have cash that day I come back and tip them double the next. At the end of the day (and life) it's not about who make how much money but how we touch each other. If a dollar tip shows my appreciation for my fellow human I have no problem troubling myself carrying cash.
We've one a few interesting articles on the health benefits, and side effects, of coffee, that you might find interesting: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/01/coffee-the…
Thanks a bunch. I've studied with Dr. Douillard. It's a great article.
Well done for raising the thought in people's minds of the small but significant effect of using credit cards instead of cash. As a small business owner myself I see the bank's take add up over time. I don't penalise people for using credit. We're trying to make it easy for you the customer to buy from us. So pay us anyway you want … cash, card, small children, but on the days it makes no difference to you convenience wise, we appreciate the cash!
Well said, Karen. I would want to spend my money at your business simply because of your attitude.
Chastising Waylon for letting the barista use the word "douchebag" is childish. What happened to Free Speech? Second, as a previous owner of a coffee shop for 7 years, tips are "appreciated" NOT "expected". If the owner paid the barista a fair wage, increased prices to cover such increase and put up a sign saying "We do not accept tips, have a nice day", I think everyone would come out ahead. I have had to manage folks that complain that they didn't get the good tip shifts and they won't work as hard or be in as good a mood on that "bad" tip shift. My advice to any barista who likes to complain about not getting good tips is to be appreciative that you have a job or go start your own coffee shop and see how hard it is to make EVERYONE happy all the time. In the meantime, do the best you can to support local business no matter how you pay.
I understand and appreciate the information being presented about simply staying informed with regards to what happens when you use your credit card (and I suppose you mean debit card as well since I think that's what many of us are doing). However, I don't understand why it's okay to use it at the grocery store to get cash back but not at Starbucks (or whatever coffee shop you choose to buy from). Doesn't the same thing happen at the grocery store? Especially if one buys from a local grocer? I would highly recommend that places like Bux start printing their cc receipts the same way that restaurants do…with a tip line included so the consumer at least has the option of stiffing the barista or not. And while I know that this is an article to support consciousness of our actions, IF I happen to be on the road, and all the cash I have on me is $5 to pay the bridge toll AND I could really use a coffee to make it home, I'm going to use my debit card. I will not drive around burning fossil fuels to find an ATM that won't charge me $2.00 in fees so I can buy a $5 coffee.
Amen. I think the emphasis here was using cash for small purchases. The assumption at a grocery might be that we're generally spending well over $3 bucks.
BTW, as a former waitress I can empathize with the baristas who rely on their tips (although I know Bux employees make more per hour than waitresses) but I tip on the quailty of service given…which really seems to be lacking at many establishments lately. Also, when I have to stand in line, order my drink, stand in another line to pick it up it's a far cry from being 'waited on'. I don't tip the guy at the deli counter who takes my order, slices some cheese for me and tells me to 'have a nice day…
Agree. I overtip for coffee. I overtip somewhat, generally. That said, I feel pretty good about supporting my baristas…there's some cartoon about how the baristas or waitstaff or other service industry folks who we may not think of as best friends are in fact among those we see and talk with most consistently. I appreciate their role in my life immensely.
That said, I dig your point. For me, pulling a good shot and some friendly banter, along with using their wifi/electricity/table is well worth it.
I agree with some of the other posters here: did we really need to be insulted to learn about the downside of using a credit card? Sometimes that's all I've got in my wallet when I go in for a coffee. What's better? Buying something from my local coffee house or skipping it because I'm short the cash.
I am very grateful for this post.
I own a small retail establishment with 26 employees. Each year we spend over $50,000 in credit card fees. This amount would allow us to provide one or more jobs with benefits to local workers, or it would give us more money to reinvest in our community – we normally give about $10,000 to local non-profits per year. Instead the money goes to big banks, who have us all wrapped around their fingers.
Why are we so accepting of the world "going paperless" with the costs going into raising retail prices to consumers and even more profits to corporations? Why aren't more people resisting the credit card industry and sticking with cash or barter or local currencies? Yet one more place where we screw ourselves over for the sake of convenience. And those cards with "points" are the worst, as they cost the most to retail stores, so basically the places you shop will raise their prices and you will spend more to get "rewards", when the real rewards go to the credit card companies.
The challenge here is that the monetary system as is, is the actual challenge. Whether it be CC's, money in major banks. The sentiment is to get local. We are in a transition phase of human evolution where we are the ones who have to adapt. Certain areas in the UK are experimenting and using community money. If you want to keep money local move away from corprotocracy of any kind. Also, don't be pointing fingers, be the change. As Buckminster Fuller epsoused, 'Don't fight the existing reality, create a new one that makes the old one obselete.' …Perhaps?
My neighborhood snowcone vendor (small business) accepts only cash. If a small business does not want to incur the cost of processing credit/debit card transactions, then they should not. Thereby the credit/debit card industry would be duly pressured to make their service more affordable to small businesses. Many businesses set a minimum purchase for card payments. Small businesses just like consumers can vote with their dollars. I know I still go for snowcones knowing that I've got to have cash on hand, but when I forget my neighborhood small business just says, pay me next time.
How about having them change their old POS Systems to use Square. They would have an immediate savings + the streamlined tip interface would yield more tips overall.
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I, for one, welcome your use of douchebag. For the past year I've seen far too much of you …traipsing about in your underwear, squatting on a rock looking vaguely pouty, and way to many times looking ironically lost. Your words never cease and obviously you don't edit your own work well. So yes, by all means call me a douchebag. I feel exactly the same way about you. Grow up Waylon, you're always trolling for hits and a provocative title will certainly generate hits. But there is no there there.
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Dear Barista person who inspired this article:
I am 98.6% sure who you are, and I would like to help you in case enough people don't switch back to cash in the meantime.
Tips on getting tips:
1. Smiles. Genuine smiles. If you can't be genuine, learn now to fake it or learn it and really feel it.
2. Gratitude even before gratuity. Shed some of that anger. I think it'll feel better overall. I personally have a resistance to tipping you – ever – after the lecture I got once. But, I probably will at some point for the sake of personal growth.
3. Stop giving the lecture on how much it costs per cup of coffee to use your credit card. It just makes people feel bad and doesn't promote good feelings which promote TIPS! And, I'm curious about the integrity of your info.
4. Talk to the owner about having people sign their credit card slips. This is HUGE! It feels really awkward for most to speak how much they want to tip as you're ringing them up.
5. Maybe consider another line of work or use this problem to create an opportunity for you. How else can you solve it? Could you educate people even more or in a more constructive way? Like – get the real facts and post it places. I am sure you have some good ideas.
6. Good luck.
Speaking of real facts – does anyone have them? I want to know if business at small businesses increases with the use of cards, stays the same, or decreases. And – what's up with the $5 minimum? I was under the impression that you pay a percentage of sales.
read through a fraction of these comments until i just couldn't take it anymore…for crying out loud! this is a thoughtful article with well-made points across the board. i've worked in coffee shops, bars, and restaurants, and i assure you, if people don't carry cash, they tip less. and whether we like it or not, the united states functions for the most part as a service-oriented society – ergo, we tip. we tip cabbies, hair stylists, even the guy who carries our luggage to our room. it's how it works. we get all our lovely cheap commodities, employers pay crap to their employees, who in turn continue to provide service with a smile because maybe they can compensate for their sorry wages with our tips. try buying a beer in paris or zurich and see how cheap it is. no – they don't tip – because employers pay their staff more, so they charge more. different economic system. guess what? the staff don't smile as much either, and the customer is most certainly NOT always right. and those banks making billions off of us every year are spending a good portion of that money on things many of us most certainly do not support (think small arms trade, for example). what a lot of hate for a piece that actually gave a lot of good info…please keep 'em coming, waylon.
Totally agree. Consumer debt is just huge because people use credit cards everywhere. Paying for coffee with a credit card is a strange thing. I would allow that only if I had absolutely no cash in my wallet and paying with a card would be the last resort. Paying for coffee can not be serious reson to make a debt, it's better to use card for more important and expensive purchases. But there are people who even apply for immediate loans till payday to go to restaurant to get a few drinks. As for the tips, when you pay with card you leave people lesser tips. So I think that it's not worth to use credit cards in some occasions. Financial products like credit cards are intended for more important occasions.
This website really has all the info I needed concerning this subject and didn't know who to ask.
I suspect your friend's real issue is that she would rather have the higher tips from people paying cash. This is fine but the owner has deemed it a good trade off to accept credit cards which brings in more people and helps keep the place open. And really, the rest of the stuff about credit cards is rather silly. See, when a business provides a service they don't do it just out of the goodness of their heart–not the bank, not the credit card processor, and not the shop owner. If there wasn't a bit of profit somewhere, the service would go away. Further, the money really does not leave the local economy just because it isn't physical bits of paper and metal being handed over (provided this is a locally owned shop), it's just moved around electronically with the bulk of it going back to the shop owner who then pays expenses and whatnot. Yes, there is a much more involved explanation but this is wordy enough.
On a side note, I would hope the owner is setting prices according to what it really costs to provide the service. I think most people will happily support a somewhat more expensive local business rather than a corporation, provided it is for a quality product and nice people who aren't shooting them dirty looks for pulling out plastic.
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Thanks TK for your informative post. I hope someone knows if Loew's 46th Street or Loew's Boro Park had a theatre organ.
In my moments of obsessive insanity I'm thinking I'm going to attempt to do what br91975 suggests. I'm just dying to know what is left of our old girl. Perhaps just after the holiday season when things calm down in the retail world a bit. Man, if I ever get to become a Hollywood actor I think I'm gonna buy her and and bring her back. Just a thought anyways…
I'd think the best person to gain permission to explore what remains of the Oriental would be someone who: a) can locate a store manager during a relative moment of downtime (perhaps, say, during the early morning hours of a Monday or Tuesday – I'd guess not too many people go shopping then) – and a sympathetic-seeming manager at that; and, b) can offer a genuine, sympathetic anecdote or two and an understanding that what's being made is an unusual request. That approach has worked for me in similar situations and I suspect it would in this case, too.
I lived on Bay 19 from 1954 – 1972. Tommy, who are your grandparents and father? Email me at
I would love to go in there and ask to look around upstairs. I doubt they would let me. Maybe we can get a bunch of us together and see if we can pull it off.
Does anyone remember the chandelier up stairs? I always wondered what they did with it after they made it a triplex.
Wow. I thought I was the only one who cared. I grew up on Bay 19 between Cropsey and Shore in the 70's and 80's. My grandparents and father lived there since 1948. Hey Fred, maybe you knew them! This theatre was a palace to me. I saw Star Wars there 58 times! It tears my heart out every time I think about it.
A few years back I asked a Marshall's guard what happened to the rest of the theatre since it's only a one-floor store. He said it was all still up there. Do you guys know how many times I've thought of trying to gain access to that? I'd love to see what happend to the rest of it. I took my future wife to our first movie there 20 years ago. Back To The Future, but the way. I still have dreams about that place. I'm glad there are some people who still remember.
We lived on Bay 19th Street between Cropsey and Shore Parkway. I remember walking home with my parents and my older brother on a cold wintery night after seeing a movie at the Oriental in the mid 1950s. I was about 7 years old and I was FREEZING. My mother opened up her persian lamb coat and wrapped both me and her in it as we continued on our trip home. I was toasty from then on! The Oriental was the "classy" theatre in the neighborhood as opposed to the less opulent Deluxe or Benson. As a kid the huge dimly lit upstairs lobby at the Oriental, with it's large woooden chairs that looked like royal thrones, would scare me, but the air conditioning on hot summer nights was a welcomed relief.
Hi: ERD had asked in Aug. if Loew's Oriental ever had a pipe organ?? YES, it did!! It was a 3 manual 13 rank Robert Morton. I was at the Oriental in the late 80's to remove the organ's 15hp blower from the sub basement. The Oriental's blower is now playing the recently installed organ in the Heights Theatre in Columbia Heights, MN. There wasn't much left in the organ chambers but, the swell shades, marimba harp and some regulators. The theatre was still very much open and alive but, not well enough to survive. It's a real shame that someone hasn't bought and restored this wonderful theatre!! Cheers: TK…
I think its sac-religous, with everything that has happened with all the theatre's in brooklyn. To me, they are like Roman Monuments…
Here's a current photo I took of the Oriental, taken from the elevated West End Subway Line on July 24, 2004:
Sorry I missed you, Tampadad. I'm glad to read that the theater did such a brisk business on weekends back when you were there. The one and only film I ever saw at Loew's Oriental was "Star Trek IV : The Voyage Home" the last Sunday in February 1987. It was a triplex at the time. Even divided into three cinemas, each cinema was huge, given the total size of the theater. The Moorish architecture of balconies, arches, vaulted ceilings, all covered with ceramic tiles, was beautiful. Seeing all of this, one of my friends thought it had been a mosque before it was a theater. I and my other friends had to explain to her the grandiose architecture and interior decor of some of NYC's older theaters.
Did a gang war break out inside the theater during "Fort Apache The Bronx" ?
If you ever went to this theatre between the years of 1977 to 1984, there is a good chance you saw me there. I started out as an usher and shortly thereafter became Assistant Manager. I worked six nights a week during those years, while I was going to school in the day. Many weekend evenings there were sold out crowds in 2 theatres at the same time (about 2,000 people) with another sold out crowd filling the lobbies downstairs and upstairs and circling the block one way for downstairs and the other way for upstairs. Star Wars, Grease, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Raiders of the Lost Ark, to name a few. We had a police car stationed outside for the opening of Fort Apace the Bronx. It was truely an exciting experience-
I went around there a while after the Oriental closed, and found that the auditorium, lobby and other store-fronts on 86th St. had been stripped down to the brick walls and roof. There was a freshly poured flat concrete floor in the auditorium area. When I looked in from the side exit doors there was no balcony. The only thing from the theatre that was left at that time were the brass entrance doors.
I was told by a Loew's corporate executive a few years ago that the Marcus Loew plaque was removed by Loew's and is now outside the entrance to the theatre at Lincoln Square honoring Loew…ahkesq
Somone recently mentioned that the Oriental had an organ. I don't recall seeing it when I attended the theatre. I also do not remember
Loew's 46th Street or Loew's Boro Park having a theatre organ.
Does anyone know for sure?
The Loew's Oriental opened on October 13th, 1927 only about a month after Marcus Loew the chains founder passed away. The first feature to premiere at the Oriental was "Beau Geste" and the last three movies to play there were "Muriels Wedding, A Goofy Movie & Tommy Boy"
Hawthorne Amusement Corp. (A Loew's Theatres Subsidiary) owned this theatre for much of its run. Abe Boritz was the projectionist at the time of its closing and had worked in this theatre for 26 years. The final ticket prices at the time of its closing in 1995 were $4.00 for a matinee show and $7.00 all other times.
Warren, it's a shame that we live in a time where unfortunately that has to happen. I did do this a few years ago so it could be possible that the policy is the same at the Oriental Marshall's.
yes, I've been in that store and asked to use the bathroom, once they open the door, you go up the original marble staircase on what would have been on the left side. I'm not sure if the right staircase is still intact but from the looks of things on the main selling floor it actually might be. I agree with Mark that the balcony are might still exist as a secondary floor. It's sad that there are drop tiles everywhere hiding anything original.
Bathrooms are still upstairs but everything is new construction. I have a funny feeling that the balcony still exists. I am trying to confirm this.
The bathrooms were upstairs. Similar to the Loews Jersey, but smaller. There was also a plaque on the upper lobby wall dedicated to Marcus Loew. (had a small bust of his face on it) Wonder what happened to that. I believe part of the marble staircase still exists. If you go into the Marshall's store there is a black door on the left wall with a window. If you look through the window you can see the staircase. I bet they still use the bathrooms upstairs.
I remember what crummy shape the seats were in the last time I was in the upstairs theatre, when you sat down the whole row would rock back and forth with you. Remember the big marble staircase leading up to the former balcony sections, I think the bathrooms were in the upstairs section just like the Kingsway, so much for being ADA friendly.
They replaced the original seats with the orange ones when they twinned the balcony theatre.
It was twinned in 1976, and triplexed in 1983, at the very start of Saturday Night Fever, when the B Train zooms off, you can see the Loew's Oriental Building and writting in faded paint Loew's Oriental. Does anyone remember the upstairs theatres with the orange seats?
It is the Benson Marquee. I have lived in the neighborhood all my life and you can not see the Oriental Marquee from 20th ave. I believe the Oriental does appear later in the film. Its like the chase scene from the "French Connection" (Also filmed in this neighborhood) If you watch closely they pass Lafayette High School several times during the chase. Sometimes the train is on the center track, sometimes its on a different track. By the way, what year was the Oriental twinned? If it was in the late 1970's then they could not have shown Rocky and Network in 1976. The last film I saw at the Oriental was Dick Tracy in the main (downstairs) theatre. Untill its demise the entire orchestra section was intact as one theatre. Several rows of seats were missing here and there so you had great leg room in many of the rows. It really is a shame it had to close.
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The bride is the daughter of David and Cheryl Akridge of Campbellsville.
The groom is the son of JC and Peggy Lawson, also of Campbellsville.
Orville and Margie Hughes of Campbellsville will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, March 29.
They have one son and daughter-in-law, Andy and Becky Hughes of Bloomington, Ind.; and two daughters, Charlene Gabbert and Linda Hughes, both of Campbellsville. They also have four grandchildren, Chelsea Hughes, Graham Hughes, David Gabbert and Jessica Gabbert.
Their children and grandchildren will host a reception in their honor from 4 to 6 p.m. at Campbellsville Nazarene Church, located at 912 W. Main St.
All family and friends are invited to attend.
Eugene Underwood and Sue Underwood were selected as Valentine king and queen for 2008 at Medco Nursing Home. Both received a crown and gifts. A party followed the crowning event.
Jim and Sara Curry of Campbellsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Leigh Anne Curry, to David Clark of Orange Park, Fla., son of the late John and Ann Clark.
Curry is the granddaughter of the late William and Nelle Blevins and Marvin and Mandy Curry.
She is a graduate of Campbellsville High School and attended Eastern Kentucky University.
Clark is a graduate of Orange Park High School, holds a music education degree from Auburn University and an MBA degree from the University of Tennessee.
Children need proper nutrients to grow strong and healthy, but treats and serving sizes also need to be limited so that children will not develop weight and health problems.
Taylor Regional Hospital will offer a free class, "Fun Foods for Kids," from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 20 at the TRH Learning & Resource Center at 125B Kingswood Drive in Campbellsville.
The class was originally scheduled for Feb. 21 but was rescheduled due to severe winter weather.
If you are 50 years old or older, it's time to be screened for colon cancer.
That's the message the Kentucky Department for Public Health is sending Kentuckians in March as part of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Anyone who falls into this age group, or has a family history of the disease, should talk to a health care provider about colon cancer screening.
Joshua Clay, left, and Jelsie Claire Benningfield celebrated their second birthday March 6. Their parents are Jason and Jessica Benningfield of Finley. Grandparents are Clyde and Bonnie Benningfield of Finley and Howell and Letitia Hallmark of Bradfordsville. They also have a brother, Jacob Andrew.
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STD cases spike in Lane County: 'There's no moral code'
EUGENE, Ore. - As Diane Reedy stood outside a government office in hopes of getting help kicking her heroin habit, she weighed in on the sexually transmitted disease crisis facing Lane County.
"You know, you can be as promiscuous as want, just think about other people and use common sense," Reedy told KVAL News. "But people don't do that. There's no moral code anymore."
Reedy has been battling heroin addiction for years and said she is trying to get on one of Lane County's methadone programs to get clean.
Whatever you call it — lack of morals or information, or just ignorance— risky human behaviors like sharing needles and having unprotected sex have caused a spike in STDs in Lane County, according to the senior public health officer.
"Gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis are all increasing significantly in our county," said Dr. Patrick Luedtke. "Gonorrhea levels are really quite high."
Luedtke said the number of new cases of gonorrhea compared to the previous year is about double.
He said chlamydia cases are up about 40 percent from the previous year.
"We've seen a sustained increase over the last 10 months, and we don't see a sign of it decreasing," said Luedtke.
In response to the new data, Luedtke held an emergency STD summit at Lane County Public Health early Thursday morning.
"We are quite concerned with the volume of sexually transmitted diseases occurring in our county and across the state," said Luedtke, "and we felt it was time to give the provider community — the doctor community — knowledge of that and to give them the tools to address it."
Luedtke said the summit had four main goals: to share the new STD data, share changes in treatments, raise awareness about antibiotic resistant strains of gonorrhea and learn from the health care community in the area.
Representatives of one of the groups in attendance at the emergency STD summit, the HIV Alliance in Eugene, said a spike in STD cases could foreshadow an increase in HIV numbers as well.
"Our concern at HIV Alliance always is that when you see STDs rising like that, you can see HIV rates increasing," said HIV Alliance program director Renee Yandel at the Eugene office on Thursday. "And we haven't seen that necessarily - we only have one month of data — we haven't seen a trend of that, and we're hoping that we can get ahead of that."
Lane County Public Health reported 18 cases of HIV in the month of April 2013, compared to only one case that month last year.
"That can be because they're newly diagnosed or new to the state, and it's the first time it's been reported," Yandel said.
New cases or not, Yandel said the risk to everyone has increased.
"When you have more people living with HIV, there's more risk out there for everyone — not just the high risk populations — because we still see folks outside of those populations who have HIV," she said.


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BY Bruce Young | ALPG Tour | 2014 Volvik RACV Ladies Masters | Round Three | 08 Feb 2014
Four birdies in her last five holes of today's third round at the Volvik RACV Ladies Masters at RACV Royal Pines on the Gold Coast has given 23 year old American Cheyenne Woods a great opportunity to win her first event on a recognised golf tour.
Woods began the day in a share of the lead with South African Stacy Lee Brigman but when she bogeyed three of her first five holes things did not look good for the relatively inexperienced Phoenix golfer who was in this situation for the first occasion.
But her closest rivals were also struggling and with her strong finish she was able to edge clear of Brigman to lead by one with another one shot back to the Australian Amateur Champion Minjee Lee of Perth.
England's Trish Johnson and Sweden's Camilla Lennarth are another shot further back and appear to be the only remaining genuine chances to the leader.
"I feel great and I think getting through today was huge for me, mentally especially," said the leader after her round. "I am proud of how I was able to fight through today and tomorrow is just going to be another day to get through. I'm taking it one hole at a time and just staying patient."
Lee further confirmed her huge potential. The former US Girls Champion and now two time Australian Women's Amateur Champion is already considered one of Australia's great future prospects and a win tomorrow would further confirm such.
But the golfing world awaits the arrival of yet another Woods to the winner's circle. A year on the Ladies European Tour has added a broader base to her game and tomorrow she gets the chance to prove what advantage that has been.


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Of course, there are advantages of owning a Ferrari! Why would you think there wouldn't be? The key question is whether there are advantages above and beyond those of owning any other car including the one you drive to work every day. There are reasons people invest the money they do into a Ferrari, and it is certainly not because they need a car to go back and forth to work!
Feeling of Freedom
Probably the single most important advantage of owning a Ferrari is the feeling of freedom you have when you are driving this ultimate luxury sports car. You can let the wind blow through the windows and just give you a feeling that nothing else matters. If you are stressed from work, you can take your Ferrari out for a spin and forget about everything else.
Feeling of Achievement
For other people owning a Ferrari gives them a sense of achievement, like they have "arrived" on the financial scene. Even if you buy a used Ferrari, there tends to be that feeling that you had to work hard to save the money for the down payment, extra cost for insurance and the maintenance costs. All of these factors allow the new Ferrari owner to feel that he is someone special because he has had to jump so many hurdles to achieve his dream of Ferrari ownership.
Symbol of Prestige
Other Ferrari owners like the feeling of prestige, like they really are "somebody" because they own a Ferrari. While this is more common with the wealthy than those who have to struggle to save the money for the down payment, it can happen even to those who are not in the high-income bracket. There is a tendency to think because they own a Ferrari they are someone "special" even if the one they buy is an older model.
Gives Them a Chance to Participate in Races
For those who enjoy racing, the Ferrari provides that opportunity. They can engage in track racing or street racing in areas where it is legal. The feeling of freedom is again achieved from the high speeds and spinning around the curves on the track. It can be highly exhilarating and provide the driver with a feeling of freedom as well. For someone who has dreams of racing but doesn't have the training, racing for fun can fulfill the void they feel from not being able to fulfill their dreams of racing.
Provides a Feeling of Accomplishment
Since most people who own Ferraris choose to do all of their own routine maintenance, you can achieve a sense of accomplishment. You take the time to purchase high quality replacement parts and follow all the instructions the manufacturer provides in order to keep your car performing optimally and you will feel you have done something that you are good at doing—enjoying it at the same time. There is nothing that can beat the sense of accomplishment you feel when you are responsible for making certain your Ferrari is performing its very best.


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What's New in ReSharper 7
This page describes features available in ReSharper 7. The new version provides support for
- Windows 8 and WinRT development
- INotifyPropertyChanged support pack
- Refreshed XAML support
- Generate menu improvements
- Multi-level Alt+Enter menu
- New code inspections and quick-fixes
- Contract annotations
- Remove Unused References from solution
- Initial ASP.NET 4.5 and ASP.NET MVC 4 support
- LightSwitch and SharePoint support
- SDK enabling support for new languages
Support for Visual Studio 2012
ReSharper 7 works in four versions of Visual Studio, including the brand new Visual Studio 2012. It's the level of integration that's most impressive though, as ReSharper supports Asynchronous Solution Loading, makes use of Preview tab for code preview, exposes its features in Visual Studio's Architecture tools, and provides correct colors for both Light and Dark color schemes out of the box.
New refactorings
ReSharper 7 introduces Extract Class refactoring to split cumbersome classes into single-responsibility classes, and Transform Out Parameters to Tuple refactoring for functional style supporters.
Smoother code formatting
Considering that code formatting is a very sensitive area of functionality, we have implemented some of the most demanded code formatter improvements so far. For example, ReSharper 7.1 is able to format XML doc comments and chained method calls.
Easier code review
Reviewing code and sharing ReSharper code inspection results with teammates is now easier, thanks to improved export functionality, as well as a way to copy code inspection items and convert them to work items.
Members Hierarchy
ReSharper's existing Type Hierarchy feature has been extended to support a common code exploration case: invoking it on a polymorphic member now shows type hierarchy which emphasizes in which types this member has or has not been implemented.
CSS Style Hierarchy
This is yet another example of Type Hierarchy extensibility, this time for web developers: You can now take a bird's-eye view on chains of nested CSS selectors.
Find Usages that works everywhere
ReSharper 7 makes it possible to search for usages of files, project folders or arbitrary selections of project items in Solution Explorer. For example, you can select a project folder, invoke Find Usages, and make it show usages of all non-private types and type members in this project folder that are external to that scope.
Unit testing improvements
These include support for Jasmine JavaScript testing framework, PhantomJS (which works both with Jasmine and QUnit), NUnit TestCaseSource attribute support, and NUnit 2.6 introduced as the default version.
JavaScript support improvements
ReSharper 7 introduces support for ECMAScript 5 and JavaScript properties, more relevant code completion in different scenarios including jQuery calls, a huge pack of context actions around string literals, conditional and logical operators, and properties.
Improved naming style configuration
Naming style settings in ReSharper are becoming more flexible, particularly due to the introduction of predefined naming styles that allow using lowerCamelCase_WithUnderscores, UpperCamelCase_WithUnderscores and similar mixed styles that are common among unit testing practitioners.
Completion commit settings
Following feedback from Visual Studio's own code completion users, we have introduced an options page called Completion Characters that lets you set whether you want ReSharper to commit a selected completion item on pressing Space, or prevent it from committing on certain characters that you can define. Visual Studio's own language-specific completion options are also taken into account.
Windows 8 and WinRT development
ReSharper 7 provides extensive tooling to support developers targeting the new Microsoft operating system and runtime. For example, the new version provides code inspections and quick-fixes that ease transition to the new environment, such as those highlighting WinRT types that should be sealed or those that can't be generic; support for projected types and new types of resources in XAML, as well as type, naming, and method projection support for JavaScript.
INotifyPropertyChanged support pack
ReSharper 7 introduces code inspections, context actions, code completion, and code generation helpers for those working with INotifyPropertyChanged interface, whether it's WPF, Silverlight, or third-party implementation.
Refreshed XAML support
Since ReSharper 7.1, XAML support is considerably enhanced in many ways including (but not limited to) code completion in bindings and elsewhere; typing assistance for synchronous tag editing; ensuring naming style consistency; and code generation in different scenarios.
Generate menu improvements
One of the key ReSharper coding accelerators available via Alt+Ins has received an update that comprises new actions to generate partial methods and equality comparers, enhancements to Generate Equality Members, and a fair share of INotifyPropertyChanged support.
Multi-level Alt+Enter menu
The pop-up menu that you see when you press Alt+Enter has been extended to hide items that are less relevant. For instance, it makes a huge difference in numerous Create from Usage scenarios when you instantly see the action that you're most probably going to invoke, and other possible actions are hidden on the second menu level.
New code inspections and quick-fixes
In addition to extensive sets of WinRT-specific code inspections for C# and VB.NET, as well as those related to INotifyPropertyChanged usage, ReSharper 7 improves its code analysis in other areas. For example, it adds new code inspections related to explicit interface implementation, optional arguments, C# 5 Caller Info attributes, JavaScript properties, and the usage of My namespace in VB.NET.
Contract annotations
One further improvement to the code analysis subsystem is the introduction of contract annotations that allow defining dependencies between method arguments and return values. Using this kind of annotations enables ReSharper to detect unreachable code and other control flow deficiencies.
Remove Unused References from solution
ReSharper provides several ways to get rid of redundant project references since version 6.1 but version 7 takes it to another level, making it easy to just quickly drop all unused references in your entire solution.
Not only can you invoke Remove Unused References exactly once on a solution level but if you can also make it run on an arbitrary set of project items containing references: for example, on a project folder, or a mixed selection of projects and project folders.
Initial ASP.NET 4.5 and ASP.NET MVC 4 support
As Microsoft is promoting updated versions of its web development frameworks, ReSharper starts to provide support for some of their new features, including strongly typed data controls, model binding, and MVC display modes.
LightSwitch and SharePoint support
The new ReSharper knows about LightSwitch application type, which leads to less red code and extends ReSharper feature coverage to a wider set of file types. As to SharePoint, ReSharper now understands SharePoint-specific master pages, resources, style sheets and JavaScript files.
SDK enabling support for new languages
Considering the ever increasing demand for covering new languages with ReSharper features, ReSharper 7 SDK now enables just that, letting the community and organizations cover new languages and dialects with ReSharper features.


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Type-2 diabetes is not the same as type-1 diabetes, in that type-2 is a chronic condition brought on by sedentary lifestyles, other physical issues and ailments, a lack of exercise and physical activity, and a poor diet with the predominance of foods that are high in fat, calories, and sugar. Type-2 diabetes is a chronic condition that is typically brought on through poor personal choices, and is a condition that can severely affect the human body, the immune system, and even lead to issues like a shortened life span, the amputation of feet, arms, and legs, and more.
Type-2 diabetes is entirely preventable, as it is a chronic condition brought about by poor personal health and lifestyle choices. As such, it is imperative that doctors and health educators get involved in a patient's life with health and nutrition education. Type-2 diabetes can be overcome with hard work; exercise, proper nutrition and weight loss, and a patient can beat the symptoms and the condition itself.
As mentioned above, type-2 diabetes is entirely a chronic condition brought about by poor nutrition and a lack of exercise. Bad diet and exercise are the main culprits, and this is a problem since obesity issues are a growing scourge across the developed world. As such, type-2 diabetes has greatly increased in incidence and prevalence over the past several decades, and millions of people suffer through it as they try to life their lives.
Type-2 diabetes can be cured with good old-fashioned exercise! As it is a chronic condition that affects a person's health, lifestyle, and quality of life, patients who work to improve the causes of type-2 diabetes – lack of exercise, poor nutrition, bad food consumption – can effectively work to wipe out the causes and proactively cure type-2 diabetes in their bodies. It takes hard work, but it is possible.
Symptoms of type-2 diabetes are very similar to many of the symptoms of type-1 diabetes, and range from extreme lethargy and fatigue during daily activities, to trouble and pain urinating or frequent urination, to low blood pressures due to variances in blood sugar levels in the body.
However, in type-2 diabetes, the symptoms typically present themselves well into adulthood, as they take place in individuals who are well into a life of poor nutrition and food habits, and a sedentary lifestyle. Luckily, people who take the proactive habits of exercising, healthy nutrition, and more into their lives can overcome these symptoms and type-2 diabetes as a whole. Medical professionals can help the transition with guiding patients on techniques to live healthy, fulfilling lives, as well.


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One of the things that bugs me about local economic development is that elected and appointed officials don't seem to understand it much. Certain types of government funding add value and spur subsequent independent private investment and other types of funding do not. Ideally, each dollar you spend generates significantly more in private investment.
As Rolf Goetze makes the point in Building Neighborhood Confidence (1976), although referring to neighborhood stabilization, that government programs shouldn't be fostering dependence but rather spurring people to continue to invest in their neighborhood–"building confidence in remaining in and investing in their neighborhood."
This is why I don't have much truck with complaints about "gentrification." The problem most urban neighborhoods have, if they have problems, is the lack of investment.
The solution to lack of investment isn't whining or glorifying being poor, it's investment.
The solution to dealing with displacement is to develop programs to reintegrate the disadvantaged into the economy in substantive ways (such as along the lines discussed in the textbook Community Economic Development Handbook) as well as extracting some housing outside of market forces through the development of alternative ownership structures, either portfolio investment within nonprofit housing organizations, land trusts, cooperatives, etc.
Also see this very old blog entry, "More about contested spaces–gentrification" which derives from something I first wrote in 2004.
The other thing to remember is that it took many decades for neighborhoods and commercial districts to decline, so we have to recognize that it will take a long time for these places to be improved. It takes even longer when we don't know what we are doing, and we fail to learn from previous practice, not to mention best practice, and we put in minimal amounts of money so that it makes improvement very hard to come about, and we don't direct money in ways where it can have great impact so that money gets wasted.
So, it's very interesting to read stories around the country about how in these economic times, many communities are looking into dissolving their commercial district revitalization programs ("Downtown development authorities help make city centers cool, but can West Michigan communities afford to keep them?" from the Grand Rapids Press in Michigan ) even while other articles acknowledge that it takes a long time, more than one decade to truly see results ("Strengthening Manitowoc's 'heart' a challenge: Revitalizing downtown Manitowoc won't happen overnight; takes work, planning and money" from the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter in Wisconsin and "Development plan still reshapes downtown 10 years later" from the Oshkosh Wisconsin Northwesterner).
Meanwhile the State of Maryland is working to change the state historic preservation tax credit to a sustainable communities tax credit program. (Press release from Preservation Maryland)
It's a good move, because Baltimore City garnered most of the credits–because they have the most buildings of any jurisdiction in the state that are eligible because it is the oldest center city and once was one of the nation's major manufacturing centers–and this upset legislators from other jurisdictions (sadly, as they clearly don't understand what Jane Jacobs wrote in Economy of Cities and Cities and the Wealth of Nations about the necessity of center cities to thrive as they are the centers for metropolitan economies).
The state historic tax credit in Maryland generated more than $9 in direct private investment for every $1 in credit. The Maryland heritage areas program generates more than $40 for every $1 of state investment.
Yet these kinds of programs, and tourism support programs generally, are always under attack, even in decent economic times.
It makes absolutely no sense to me.
Also see "MAIN STREET NICHES IN A MASS SALES WORLD" (1/11/04) column by Neal Peirce. From the article:
Successful Main Street programs, Rand notes, take years to mature — four or five years to change attitudes and build initial confidence, five to ten or more years for owners to start reinvesting seriously, 15 or 20 for the full recovery and new growth to take solid root.
This post originally appeared in Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space on February 28, 2010.


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From a sketch I did and then scanned it. I used Photoshop to clean it up, printed it on fabric, then painted it with various fabric paints. I sewed on some sheer fabric over the painted curtains. I felted a piece from wool fibers, cut out the shape of a cat, and sewed it on. I sewed some beads onto it. Then I added a back fabric and machine stitched the edges.
Very clever composition! And what a lot of steps you took to get it this lovely ATC! Thanks for sharing
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