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Many seniors, especially those who have suffered strokes, require speech and language therapy. If your elder's insurance won't pay for a speech therapist, and you can't afford one, you can still give speech therapy to your parent on your own.
The first step in speech therapy is to improve the dexterity of the mouth and tongue. The following oral motor exercises, performed 10 times each, and then repeated in a second batch each day, will help improve speaking ability:
1. Click the tongue.
2. Extend the tongue straight out.
3. Extend the tongue down to the chin.
4. Extend the tongue up to the nose.
5. Extend the tongue to each corner of the lips.
6. Push the lips to one side, and then to the other side, as though shaving.
7. Pucker the lips.
8. Smile broadly.
9. Pucker the lips and then smile broadly in quick succession.
10. Say "ba-ba-ba-ba-ba."
11. Say "pa-pa-pa-pa-pa."
12. Say "ca-ca-ca-ca-ca."
13. Say "ta-ta-ta-ta-ta."
14. Say "ma-ma-ma-ma-ma."
15. Say "pa-ta-ca-pa-ta-ca."
The second step in speech therapy is to improve cognitive language ability. Even though a stroke may have damaged the language center of the brain, neurons can still grow new connections and effect repairs as you lead your senior in a variety of language exercises.
You can use the objects and mementos in your parent's home to create these exercises. Get out old photo albums and turn the pages with your senior, asking who's in the pictures and talking about old times. Look around the house for old trophies, diplomas, arts and crafts, military medals and other objects that have had significance in the senior's life. Not only can you use these as conversation starters, but you can help your elder to reconnect with reality and redevelop a sense of the world.
Other good mental exercises are card games, board games, checkers, chess, backgammon and dominoes. If your elder enjoyed any of these in the past, play them now. Your elder doesn't need to play the game perfectly. It's the mental conditioning that matters, so go ahead and let your elder win a few rounds.
Many elders, even those who have suffered strokes, can still write. Put pen and paper in front of your senior and ask for a recollection, or a letter for a relative. Again, the effort does not need to be perfect.
Another great way to exercise seniors' minds is to sit down and read the newspaper with them. If your senior cannot actively read, you can read the paper to him or her, pointing out the photos, talking about the stories, and asking what your parent thinks.
Elders who are suffering from full or borderline dementia, and who may be speaking a great deal of gibberish, can still be engaged in conversation, even if you can't always understand them.
What's important to remember is that seniors who have communication problems are still people and still have something to say. Engaging them in conversation is the best way to respect this essential aspect of what it means to be a human being.
While Citizens Who Care for the Elderly can't give your senior language therapy, the nonprofit group deploys 100 volunteers in three programs throughout Yolo County: the In-Home Respite and Friendly Visiting Program, Time Off for Caregivers, and the Convalescent Hospital Visiting and Pet Visitation Program. For more information, call Citizens Who Care at (530) 758-3704 or email [email protected]
— Robert Clark Young of San Diego is a caregiver for his parents, both of whom have suffered serious strokes. He is finishing his new book, "The Eldercare Survival Kit," in which he shares his experience in elder care. This column appears monthly.


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what percentage of americans get government assistance
The 2013 publication of the Index of Dependence on Government marks the 11th year that The Heritage Foundation has flashed warning lights about Americans' growing dependence on government programs. When discussing dependence, one must make a careful distinction between different kinds of dependence.
According to Yuval Levin, the editor of National Affairs:
We are all dependent on others. The question is whether we are dependent on people we know, and they on us—in ways that foster family and community, build habits of restraint and dignity, and instill in us responsibility and a sense of obligation—or we are dependent on distant, neutral, universal systems of benefits that help provide for our material wants without connecting us to any local and immediate nexus of care and obligation. It is not dependence per se, which is a universal fact of human life, but dependence without mutual obligation, that corrupts the soul.[6]
America is increasingly moving away from a nation of self-reliant individuals, where civil society flourishes, toward a nation of individuals less inclined to practicing self-reliance and personal responsibility. Government programs not only crowd out civil society, but too frequently trap individuals and families in long-term dependence, leaving them incapable of escaping their condition for generations to come. Rebuilding civil society can rescue these individuals from the government dependence trap.
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Therefore, not only does it not perform its stated function, the cost of the failed attempt harms the economy.edit on 14-3-2014 by greencmp because: (no reason given)
*I know there are people who're hurt, sick or just need a little help, but welfare needs to end and a new system put in place. There also needs to be something done about people getting disability. It's apparently easy to get it if you act crazy.edit on 14-3-2014 by Fylgje because: forgot to add something
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The REAL question should be, What percentage of ILLEGALS get government assistance?

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Filmmaker's advertisement for his car garnered a lot of attention
According to Luke Akers' video, his 1996 Nissan Maxima GLE can get you "from point A to B ... most of the time."
Say what you will about Ken Block. The guy knows how to have some fun. He's also pretty good at selling clothing. The hotshoe's latest move to sling t-shirts flies under the Hoonigan banner, where vehicular antics of every sort can safely gather. The crew has worked up a best of compilation video stitching together some of the internet's most infamous cases of drivers behaving badly. Even better, the clips are set to Motorhead's gasoline-fueled "Ace of Spades." Hammer down, ladies and gentlemen.
Reaction vids certainly aren't in short supply. Whether it's a mom screaming her head off during a hot lap of Laguna Seca, a little boy freaking out over the silent rush of acceleration in a Tesla Roadster, or a wife screaming expletives at her husband in Italian during a Sunday spin in a Honda Civic Type-R, these candid-camera-style videos are usually good for a few laughs.
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Ok I've got a reply from 2 but not the OP. The Constitution is fallible huh?
While lacking perfection it is the basis of our republic.If our laws were obeyed then it would be FAR more effective.
May the OP be so inclined to answer me? Or have I frightened another one off?
By the way, I know many liberals who aren't AT ALL progressive ,just like I am not a Globalist, Most of the crap comes from media troughs for the masses.


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I hope this does not turn into a one is better than the other.
I looked at your print and I would say that those really bright areas were not specular. That was just where the sun was hitting the tanks so you could meter from just that point. I always assumed specular meant the sun shining off Chrome. Seems the spot meter did a fine job.


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Father Richard Rohr is a globally recognized ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. He is a Franciscan priest of the New Mexico Province and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC) in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Father Richard's teaching is grounded in the Franciscan alternative orthodoxy—practices of contemplation and lived kenosis (self-emptying), expressing itself in radical compassion, particularly for the socially marginalized.
Father Richard is author of numerous books, including Everything Belongs, Adam's Return, The Naked Now, Breathing Under Water, Falling Upward, and Immortal Diamond: The Search for Our True Self.
CAC is home to the Rohr Institute where Father Richard is academic dean of the Living School for Action and Contemplation. Drawing upon Christianity's place within the Perennial Tradition, the mission of the Rohr Institute is to produce compassionate and powerfully learned individuals who will work for positive change in the world based on awareness of our common union with God and all beings.
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Grief, Courage, and Perseverance
[editor's note: This article first appeared in our December 2013 issue to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting.]
IN THE YEAR since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., last Dec. 14, thousands more have died by gun violence, and the NRA seems to stymie sane firearm measures at every turn. How do we stave off despair, hold on to hope, and keep moving forward when the odds feel overwhelming? —The Editors
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Finding God in the Depths of Silence
WHEN I FIRST began to write this article, I thought to myself, "How do you promote something as vaporous as silence? It will be like a poem about air!" But finally I began to trust my limited experience, which is all that any of us have anyway.
I do know that my best writings and teachings have not come from thinking but, as Malcolm Gladwell writes in Blink, much more from not thinking. Only then does an idea clarify and deepen for me. Yes, I need to think and study beforehand, and afterward try to formulate my thoughts. But my best teachings by far have come in and through moments of interior silence—and in the "non-thinking" of actively giving a sermon or presentation.
Aldous Huxley described it perfectly for me in a lecture he gave in 1955 titled "Who Are We?" There he said, "I think we have to prepare the mind in one way or another to accept the great uprush or downrush, whichever you like to call it, of the greater non-self." That precise language might be off-putting to some, but it is a quite accurate way to describe the very common experience of inspiration and guidance.
All grace comes precisely from nowhere—from silence and emptiness, if you prefer—which is what makes it grace. It is both not-you and much greater than you at the same time, which is probably why believers chose both inner fountains (John 7:38) and descending doves (Matthew 3:16) as metaphors for this universal and grounding experience of spiritual encounter. Sometimes it is an uprush and sometimes it is a downrush, but it is always from a silence that is larger than you, surrounds you, and finally names the deeper truth of the full moment that is you. I call it contemplation, as did much of the older tradition.
It is always an act of faith to trust silence, because it is the strangest combination of you and not-you of all. It is deep, quiet conviction, which you are not able to prove to anyone else—and you have no need to prove it, because the knowing is so simple and clear. Silence is both humble in itself and humbling to the recipient. Silence is often a momentary revelation of your deepest self, your true self, and yet a self that you do not yet know. Spiritual knowing is from a God beyond you and a God that you do not yet fully know. The question is always the same: "How do you let them both operate as one—and trust them as yourself?" Such brazenness is precisely the meaning of faith, and why faith is still somewhat rare, compared to religion.
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After having spoken at the Greenbelt Festival in England a number of times now, we at the Center for Action and Contemplation always hoped and planned that we create a similar festival for spirituality and the arts in the United States. We had nothing comparable, and it was a niche waiting and needing to be filled. Therefore, we were honored to be a part of the first Wild Goose Festival in North Carolina last June, and hope that we can convene a truly ecumenical, radical, and socially engaged crowd of people living at the intersection of justice, spirituality, and creativity -- and those who want to be!
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Beverley is situated in the Avon Valley, around 35kms south of York. Beverley is situated in the Avon Valley, around 35kms south of York. Vincent Street is the main thoroughfare of Beverley. The street features many fine examples of architecture which has been beautifully preserved. Some styles you will see are Edwardian, Federation and Art Deco. The Avondale Discovery Farm is about 6 kms west of town and entrance to the farm is free. The farm which opened in 1979 by Prince Charles, is a unique living museum and also a modern working farm. It was opened for W.A's 150th celebrations. There are lots of interesting things you can do at Avondale. The Farm is reported to have one of the largest agricultural machinery museums in Western Australia.
John Forrest National Park
John Forrest National Park covers 1577 hectares in the Darling Ranges. The trees in the park are mainly Jarrah, Marri and Wandoo along with some Banksia and Sheoak which is typical of the area. The area was first preserved in 1898 and was declared an A class reserve in 1900. Originally the area was known as Greenmount National Park but later became known as Forrest National Park, then John Forrest National Park in 1947 after Lord Forrest who was one of Australia's well-known statesmen and explorers.
John Forrest National Park is the oldest national park in Western Australia and is an important part of the Hills Forest. Most of the park is laterite but in places where Jane Brook and other streams have cut into the surface, you will find rounded boulders of granite in fact some are said to be the oldest rocks on Earth.
Mundaring pronounced "Mundahring" in Aboriginal means "A high place on a high place". Especially apt as the town is set up in the Darling Range. Mundaring today offers a range of bush trails within its forests. There are cycle tracks, bird watching, picnic areas and a wide variety of experiences for the nature lover. Mundaring Dam in its day was the highest overflow dam in the world and quite spectacular when it overflowed during the winter months.
Mundaring is about 3/4 of an hour east of York.
Mt Observation
Just of the Great Southern Hwy and about 20kms before entering York you will come across Mount Observation on your right. A small dirt road winds it way up around the mount amongst the gum trees and flora. There is an elevated picnic spot which overlooks a eucalypt forest.
There is also an orienteering trail (Maps are available from the Tourist Bureau)
Location : on Perth side of York
Miniature Village
On the way into or out of York you will come across the Miniature Village. The village is based on English country village scale 1:12. It is only a very small place and has a collection of handmade artefacts.
They are open most days from 9.00am –5.00pm
Location : 2 km out of York on Gt .Southern Highway.
York Olive Oil Company
As you are approaching York, you will pass the turn off to the York Olive Oil Company. Their factory shop sell fresh Extra Virgin Olive Oil, straight from the press and they were pressing on the day I drove by. The shop is open on Sundays, most public holidays and (when pressing) daily throughout the harvest season from April to June.
Location : Ashworth Road, York (off Gt Southern Hwy going into York
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Lou Antonis of Seaside Sams Bait and Tackle reports people are started to get out in the Barnegat Bay for crabs. "They're also coming in for bunker to try the surf for stripers, Antonis said. Geri Damato at Jersey Joes Bait and Tackle in Seaside Park reports anglers are catching blowfish and small snapper blues in the Barnegat Bay. Out front in the surf she had a striper weigh-in from Dave Chambers. The fish weighed 20 pounds. Damato said there have also been some blues in the surf. Tom Hansen at Grumpy's Bait and Tackle in Seaside Park reported they had several striped bass weighed in from the surf this week. "This is the point in the year when it can just go crazy in the blink of an eye," Hansen said about the fishing. Other than stripers the shop is reporting the Barnegat Inlet has been a good spot to catch the blues and the crabbing and action with little snapper blues is starting to pick up in the bay. Some weigh-ins from the week were Craig Napolitano with a 9.3-pound striped bass on a clam, Steve Decarlo with an 9-pound bluefish on a bunker head and Ray Schneider with an 11.55-pound striped bass on a bunker. The fluke are in the surf reports, John Bushell at Betty and Nick's Bait and Tackle in Seaside Park. Angler Pat Dugan weighed in a 4-pound fluke on a clam fishing the surf on Island Beach State Park. "The fluking is starting to pick up in the surf as the water temps have jumped," Bushell said. Anglers are still catching the bass and blues from the surf and inlet. Angler Chris Fabiano weighed in 30-pound bass he caught in the surf at night.
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The symptoms of kidney failure can vary greatly from patient to patient. What were your symptoms at the onset of your disease?
Comment from: Miamiof18, 55-64 Female (Caregiver) Published: July 11
My husband had acute kidney failure do to the use of ibuprofen plus drinking beer. He is now on the mend and can never take ibuprofen again and has also quit drinking beer. He had severe leg and back pain and a very hard time breathing when he was diagnosed.
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My kidneys are functioning at 15%. They have stabilized and I am hoping they do not get worse. My symptoms in hindsight was being cold all the time and extremely fatigued. I had gastric bypass in 2010 and that is what caused my kidney failure. Hard to explain the exact reasons, but this was diagnosed by my nephrologist. Something to do with the small intestine not releasing the poison from my body. And this caused my kidneys to not be able to filter appropriately. This is a very rare occurrence after gastric bypass. I would probably do it again! But would hope my kidneys would not fail! I had my bypass converted to the "sleeve" weight loss surgery. And, I have received iron infusions for my anemia. I feel really good and energetic now!
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I am in Stage 3. Stages 1 and 2 didn't cause any symptoms that I recognized. I have other problems, too, such as early stage of RA (rheumatoid arthritis), and herniated discs in my lower back, which might have hidden them. I found out because I had high blood pressure and kidney stones and they found it during a routine blood test. I have extreme thirst, keep a 32 oz. large drinking cup of water by the bed and water with me at all times. I am especially thirsty when I walk for a long time. I have had top of my feet swollen but I also have tenosynovitis and don't know if CKD (chronic kidney disease) caused it. I have been more tired lately.
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I have only lethargy; I feel sleepy and am sleeping a lot. My GFR (Glomerular filtration rate) is 38 and my creatinine is high. These two are the symptoms that something is wrong. I was diagnosed after biopsy due to blood in urine 15 years ago with benign thin membrane familial syndrome (not sure of this name, but recently explained to me.) My renal specialist finally told me that my tissues lack collagen, a DNA problem that may or may not be causing this symptoms as the condition does not always lead to any problems. This is the second episode. Two years ago, probably due to dye I was hospitalized with kidney failure from which I recovered to my stage 3 normal (for me.) Wish I could find more on my condition. I didn't realize the condition affects all parts of body.
Comment from: Johan, 75 or over Male (Patient) Published: November 04
Many years ago I was diagnosed with low blood iron. Iron injections did not change levels very much. Bone scans showed plenty of iron in the bones, but not in the blood itself. Years later and after many kidney stones (left side only) my blood pressure was about 190 over 90. Coversyl reduced that and now it is about 130 over 64. I have been told I have congestive heart failure. I have a pacemaker installed. Last year I played 120 rounds of golf and this year only 6. I am tired most of the time and cannot sleep flat in a bed. I suffer from severe edema. That started earlier this year when my weight went to about 210 pounds from a normal 185. I hyperventilate a lot. Water pills have reduced my weight without reducing the edema. I have problems with my balance and the shakes. Still I get things done and care for my 93 year old wife.
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My blood urea and creatinine are very high, first time I had the lab test. I have a wound on feet since a week and it is bleeding and there is a lot of pus. Dressing is done daily. Hb is 7.8 percentage and the doctor suggested scanning, which is showing that the kidney size is small. I have no other related problems.
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Little Portion Friary Closing:
Please read the following letter issued by our Minister Provincial regarding the closing of Little Portion Friary.
Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Recognizing that our numbers in the Province of the Americas are diminishing, and as we are faced with the impact of aging and health issues, the brothers met in Chapter earlier this week in Los Angeles to explore options for our future. Committing to heed again Christ's call to Francis to rebuild the Church, we have put in place an action plan to regroup, and to repair and reinvigorate our community life.
After much deliberation and prayer we concluded that we are unfortunately no longer able to afford — financially or in manpower — to keep Little Portion Friary, and so we will begin the process of selling the rest of that property while retaining the cemetery and road access to it, and ensuring its perpetual maintenance. We expect this process to take some time.
This is the hardest decision that we, as a Province, have ever had to make. Please keep the brothers in your prayers, and especially the more senior members for whom this is particularly difficult to accept.
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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.St. Francis
May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and to turn their pain into joy.
May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.The Four-Fold Franciscan Blessing
I used to work with my hands, as I still want to, and I want all the other brothers to work at a task which is honest and becoming to our manner of life.
Those who do not know how to work should learn, not because they are eager for the pay due their labor, but for example's sake and to banish idleness.
And when we receive no pay for our work, let us have recourse to the table of the Lord, begging alms from door to door.St. Francis
I am Peace
surrounded by Peace
secure in Peace.
Peace protects me
Peace supports me
Peace is in me
Peace is mine – All is well.
Peace to all beings
Peace from all beings
I am steeped in Peace
Absorbed in Peace
In the streets, at our work,
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Peaceful words, peaceful acts.A Buddhist Meditation
True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.Attributed to St. Francis
Once a young woman asked Hafiz, "What is the sign of someone knowing God?"
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MGMT's new album, 'Congratulations', has been inspired by surfing.
The cover of the record was designed by Anthony Ausgang and the band thinks that the songs are surf-y vibe.
Andrew Vanwyngarden, MGMT's frontman, says the song 'It's Working' is like surfing on ecstasy.
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Santa Barbara Ca. Tom Brown, founder & head slacker of Mr. Surf Junk has assembled one of the sickest collections of surfing memorabilia and collectibles on the planet.
Brown's collection is epic! It's been featured in media & print ads, movie productions, books, and magazine articles around the globe.
All magazines are guaranteed sick! The collection encompasses the complete history of the sport of surfing. Many premier issues available. The articles & photos date back to the time of legends like Mickey Dora, Fred Hemmings, Corky Carroll, and Greg Noll.
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Nine time world champion, four time Rip Curl Pro champion and right now world number one surfer on the ASP 2010 season ratings, Kelly Slater showed his immense appreciation for Australian Indigenous Culture by gifting his winning 2010 Rip Curl Pro 'BELL' trophy to the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-Operative.
Slater who has twice before been the recipient of a traditional aboriginal welcome to the winner's podium by the Je-Be-Weng Aboriginal Dancers when receiving his trophy explained that when he arrived at Bells this year he had decided that if he won he would give his trophy to the Wathaurong community in recognition of their previous support of him and as an acknowledgement of the traditional owners of the land.
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That he harps on Community is unfortunate and i guess it won't endear him to his co stars.. very awkward working environment and i think cutting him out of the show wouldn't disrupt it too much.
I don't know why he didn't just leave after season 2. I mean, the end of "For a Few Paintballs More" sure made it seem like Pierce was leaving the group for good, y'know?
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Scott is a Managing Director, Head of the BMO Capital Markets U.S. Mergers & Acquisitions group as well as Head of the BMO Capital Markets Industrial team. Based in Chicago, Scott oversees a team of over 50 professionals across the Industrials sector and M&A practice. He has extensive M&A advisory and financing experience at a senior level, having acted on dozens of high profile transactions. Scott spent almost a decade at Deutsche Bank and its predecessor companies, including BT Wolfensohn. In Deutsche Bank's Chicago office, he was responsible for that office's M&A practice, including client relationship management, transaction sourcing, execution and quality control. Prior to moving to Chicago, Scott spent seven years with Deutsche Bank in New York City. Previous to that, he was a principal at Brass Rock Holdings, a Cleveland-based buyout and financial advisory boutique, and spent several years in various corporate finance functions in private company settings. Scott joined BMO Capital Markets in 2007.
Scott serves on the boards of One Hope United Federation, as well as One Hope United Northern Region. Additionally, Scott is on the Board of Ways to Work, a national social impact bank. He also serves on the Board of Hemolife Medical Inc., a startup medical device business.
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Prior to joining Honeywell, Brian was a Director - Transaction Support for PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City.
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In principle this blog should serve the world-benefiting purpose of allowing me to self-promote my own published work on a regular and indeed constant basis.
Yet I often forget to mention in a timely manner that my column has gone up at IHE. Almost a week has passed, for example, since the one about Zygmunt Bauman's "secret Stalinist past" (not).
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I believe there is a renaissance going on right now in Minneapolis," says Steve Richardson, producing director of one of the leading theater companies here. Many other theater artists and critics agree, seeing a new energetic burst in the performing arts.
One reason: "There is a great spirit of collaboration" between arts organizations, Mr. Richardson says.
He mentions a joint project by his company, Thtre de la Jeune Lune; the Guthrie, the major regional theater company here; and the Walker Art Center as an example. His company is also collaborating with The Children's Theatre Company to produce "Gulliver's Travels."
This cross-fertilization pays off in dynamic new works. "There is a whole new audience springing up," he says. "Our theory is: The more people going to the theater, the better."
Another reason for the lively theater scene in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul: When artists can't find work in resident companies, they start new ones. One such example is the Hidden Theatre Company, which manages to provide modest incomes for its actors and crew.
Of course, Twin Cities theater companies still have to deliver good productions to survive. And they're doing that. Take the Jungle Theater's production of "Lobster Alice," by Minneapolis playwright Kira Oblensky. So fresh, bright, and irresistible is this play, based on Salvador Dali's six-week stint in Hollywood, that it earned a spot at Playwrights' Horizons, a theater company in New York, early next year.
"Our audience is so diverse," says Bain Behlke, artistic director of the Jungle Theatre. "Of course, Minneapolis has an unusual theater history. In the 1960s, the Guthrie came in, heralding an unprecedented expansion in the arts. There were four theaters in Minneapolis before 1962, and by 1972, there were more than 100. (That number is unchanged today.)
"So there were and are so many styles of theater going on, from classical to modern to deconstructionist efforts of contemporary theater. This audience is really very sophisticated."
The Guthrie is dedicated to the classics. But with Joe Dowling, appointed artistic director in 1995, there is an emphasis on new play development, too. The American premire of the operetta "Martin Guerre" is an exciting, polished production right now (see " 'Martin Guerre' travels to US theaters," Oct. 8).
Asked about the viability of the theater, he says, "They talk about the theater as the fabulous invalid - as if it is always 'dying' - but across the country attendance has doubled."
Dowling points out that pundits today are referring to William Shakespeare as "the man of the millennium." The need for live theater will go on, he says, because it represents a kind of communion between the performers and the audience.
The Guthrie is in no danger of irrelevance: The people of the Twin Cities revere it. Dowling's plans are expansive - he expects to build a three-theater complex so the Guthrie will be able to return to a three-play repertory style without the expense of striking sets between shows.
The Guthrie's counterpart is The Children's Theatre Company (CTC) - a progressive, inventive, and enchanting place where the great works of children's literature, as well as new plays by some of America's best playwrights, delightfully come to life.
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THE COMPLETE TITLE OF THIS BOOK is Crunchy Cons: How Rirkenstocked Ritrkeans. gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers, and their diverse tribe of countercultural conservatives plan to save America (or at lciist the Republican Party).
Makes you wish for She by H. Rider Haggard, doesn't it? Or better yet, It by Elinor Glyn.
It takes an unusual writer to confuse his readers before they even finish the title, hut Rod Dreher, as we shall see presently, is never at a loss for confusion. He has written a hook about conservatives with hippie tastes, so knowing that Birkenstocks are hippie sandals, I thought "crunchy" had to do with granola. But no; "crunchy" is slang for "earthy," he states, and leaves it at that. The reader is left to assume that he means "earthy" in the agrarian sense of "the good earth"; he couldn't possibly mean earthy as in blunt speech in view of his rapture-on-every-page tendency to cascading wordfalls. I tried two dictionaries and a thesaurus but all of them relate "crunchy" to loud chewing or grinding, or to accounting, as in numbers crunching. Dreher never does explain, so we will have to conclude that his dictionary is not as other dictionaries, which wouldn't surprise me a hit.
Now an editor with the Dallas Morning News, Dreher used to work for National Review, where he was teased about his practice of buying organic vegetables from a co-op. A co-worker called him a "lefty," while the other customers at the co-op did a double-take when he loaded his vegetables into his National Review tote bag. Feeling misunderstood all around, he wrote an article called "Birkenstock Burkeans" to prove his contention that true conservatives are countercultural. The piece drew hundreds of enthusiastic letters from the kind of readers National Review never knew they had: a pro-life vegetarian Buddhist Republican; a couple, both engineers, who not only baked their own bread but ground the wheat themselves; and a woman who used to think she was the only person in the world who owned a copy of The Moosewood Cookbook until she discovered that Drehcr owned the other one.
His thesis is that conservatives ought to conserve something, but that all too many of them would pave over the Garden of Eden and fill it with shopping malls and McMansions in their kneejerk obeisance to growth, progress, and the free market's sacrosanct law of supply and demand. What passes for conservatism today is actually destructionism: Agribusiness is destroying the family farm, suburbia is destroying old urban neighborhoods, the car culture is destroying the air we breathe, and television is destroying everything.
He blames the Reagan era for promoting the kind of conservatism that holds environmentalism in contempt, and for popularizing mockery of environmentalists as "tree-hugging kooks" as a means of proving one's right-wing bona fides. Just as the Democrats are the "Party of Lust" who refuse to limit sexual freedom, Republicans are the "Party of Greed" who refuse to limit economic freedom. Both parties are driven by materialist ideologies in the sense that both stand for "the multiplication of wants and the intensification of desire" that have brought Americans to our present state of "empty consumerist prosperity."
IF THIS ALL SOUNDS FAMILIAR, it is. Except for its hosannas to homeschooling as a means of strengthening the family, Crunchy Cons is a back-to-the-future trip to the 1950s when similar books were all the rage. Reading Dreher is like re-reading The Organization Man, The Lonely Crowd, The Affluent Society, and all the various Split-Level-this and Two-Car-that alienation scenarios that poured off the presses during the Eisenhower years. The only one it does not resemble is The Crack in the Picture Window, which was mordantly funny.
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Set on the beautiful, unspoilt south Cornish coast in the grounds of Penwarne Manor is a collection of lovingly converted barns available to let. Five, Grade II listed stone cottages, each one sympathetically renovated to an extremely high standard with all the modern amenities you would expect, whilst retaining the charm of a C18th century building.
Privately owned, Penwarne Manor nestles in the Portmellon valley with stunning views over the hamlet of Portmellon and the sea. Its idyllic, rural location is less than a mile from Mevagissey. The properties standalone in a tranquil setting offering a complete break from the hustle and bustle of modern life. Self-catering holiday accommodation is available all year round.
Penwarne Manor provides seclusion without isolation and the perfect spot for your holiday. Whether it's just the two of you, a family or you're a group of families holidaying together we offer something for everyone. It's high spec but in a relaxed and simple set-up, so those with small children need not worry.
Renovated in 2013, Blossom Barn has 2 bedrooms, 1 with double bed and ensuite, and the other a twin which can be configured as a super kingsize bed. There is also plenty of room for a cot. Tri-fold doors allow the light to flood into the open plan living space, which includes modern furniture and fully fitted kitchen. Fold back the doors and dine-out on the decking with a BBQ.
Penwarne Manor is flanked by beautiful woods, beaches, country lanes and coastal paths. The nearest beach is Portmellon, a family friendly cove which provides a safe environment for swimmers. It also has a local pub.
The village of Mevagissey is a 10 minute walk away. Featuring numerous shops and cafes. It is also one of the few working harbours in this part of Cornwall.
Within a 10 minute drive are Gorran Haven (another family friendly beach with some amenities and toilets), Hemmick Beach (beautiful and unspoilt) Vault (a bit more remote) and Caerhays Beach (also with some amenities and toilets).
For those who want to venture further afield there is the Roseland peninsula, an area of outstanding natural beauty.Other places to visit within an hour are St. Mawes, Padstow, Newquay, Wadebridge, Falmouth, Truro and Watergate Bay. We're ideally situated for exploring both the North and South coasts, each with something different to offer.
The Eden Project is nearby, around a 20 minute drive away. The Lost Gardens of Helligan (including the excellent Lobbs Farm Shop which sells a wide range of local, organic produce) is only a 10 minute drive away.
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Wonderful, peaceful location surrounded by fields but within walking distance to the sea. We stayed in Blossom Barn with two bedrooms, one being ensuite. The property has been converted to a very high standard and was very comfortable and well equipped with all essentials for a holiday break. The only downside we found was that there is not enough storage space in the bedrooms. They would benefit from both hanging space and drawer space, as at the moment there is only a wardrobe in one bedroom and a chest of drawers in the other. The owners Vicky and Nathan were on hand if required, but unobtrusive. An essential food welcome pack was provided and the homemade chocolate brownies were incredibly moorish and very welcome after a long car journey. There are plenty of eating places in Mevagissey and we recommend the Salamander restaurant for freshly cooked fish and meat dishes, with friendly staff. Overall we had a wonderful time in an incredibly beautiful part of Cornwall and would highly recommend staying at Penwarne Manor Barns.
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Fairground Park is a municipal park in St. Louis, Missouri, that opened in 1908. It was originally a privately owned facility, used by the St. Louis Agricultural and Mechanical Association for the St. Louis Exposition from 1856 through 1902, though interrupted by the Civil War when the Fairgrounds were used as a Union encampment known as Benton Barracks. The annual exposition ceased in 1902 as preparations for the 1904 World's Fair began. Another blow to the fair's revival after 1904 was the abolition of horse racing in Missouri in 1905.
In 1908, after a protracted political debate, the abandoned 132-acre (0.53 km2) fairground was purchased from the association for park use by St. Louis for $700,000. The park was dedicated on October 9, 1909.
All of the former fair structures and zoo buildings were removed except the bear pits of the old zoo and the amphitheater. In 1912, the amphitheater was removed and replaced by the city's first municipal swimming pool, then said to be the world's largest. This was replaced by a new pool in 1958 as part of the 1955 bond issue program, which also provided lighted ball diamonds and hard surface tennis courts.
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Rademacher complexity
In computational learning theory (machine learning and theory of computation), Rademacher complexity, named after Hans Rademacher, measures richness of a class of real-valued functions with respect to a probability distribution.
Given a training sample , and a class of real-valued functions defined on a domain space , the empirical Rademacher complexity of is defined as:
where are independent random variables drawn from the Rademacher distribution i.e. for .
Let be a probability distribution over . The Rademacher complexity of the function class with respect to for sample size is:
where the above expectation is taken over an identically independently distributed (i.i.d.) sample generated according to .
One can show, for example, that there exists a constant , such that any class of -indicator functions with Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension has Rademacher complexity upper-bounded by .
Gaussian complexity[edit]
Gaussian complexity is a similar complexity with similar physical meanings, and can be obtained from the previous complexity using the random variables instead of , where are Gaussian i.i.d. random variables with zero-mean and variance 1, i.e. .
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Welcome to Part II of the Lost in the Cloud blog series. In today's entry, we will go over the Public Cloud or shared cloud, in more detail. As a quick refresher, let's look at the general description of the Public Cloud first:
Public Cloud
Refers to what could also be called a shared cloud. The idea here is that your storage or processing needs are hosted on servers that also handle other customers. Your organization, for example, could spin up its own database on a public cloud, while behind the scenes the cloud provider was hosting your database on a large server that also held data for dozens of other organizations. One benefit of public cloud solutions is that the sharing of resources should translate into lower costs.
Now that we know the overlying features, we can go into them in a little more detail. We will first look at the fact that with Public Cloud, your data is stored on servers that also handle other customers. What this means is you don't have the specific server(s) your data is stored on for yourself. While you occupy some space on the server(s) you do not own the entirety of it like you would with a Private Cloud. Other companies or customers also use space on the server; think of it as having a roommate in an apartment; there are others living in the same space. While this will not give you the top security that is available, it does translate into better value for what you want. This could mean it's less expensive because you only pay for what you need, or that you're getting more resources for your money if you need a lot of space.
Public Cloud helps cut down on your personal hardware costs as well. It's a general consensus that cloud computing is moving software away from hardware. In reality, it isn't moving away from hardware at all, only the location of that hardware. You used to have to copy all of your files on new computers or disks whenever you made a switch. Now with your data stored on the cloud, you can access it anywhere. So while there is less hardware for you to worry about, the information is still being placed on hardware in data centers, where it can be shared by hundreds of thousands of people simultaneously.
Another great benefit of the Public Cloud is the ability to instantly scale your cloud to meet your needs. This comes in handy when you are expecting a spike in website traffic. By being able to instantly add more space, RAM, and bandwidth, you can feel safe knowing your website won't crash when the extra traffic hits. It also works on the reverse, so you can scale down if you need to at any given time. At SingleHop, we even offer a one of a kind automation application called Leap3 to help with your scalability needs. This industry leading infrastructure management platform allows you to design, deploy and manage your solutions from anywhere at anytime.
It's hard to get away from the Public Cloud these days. You probably use it every day and don't even realize. While hosting companies, like SingleHop, provide Public Cloud services for companies and organizations, there are also Public Cloud applications you use everyday that are hosted by huge organizations like Google and Apple. Have all your songs loaded on Spotify? Or how about all of your documents loaded into Google Drive? Those are both examples of Public Cloud applications; you can access your data from anywhere at anytime, and are not using your own hardware to host the information, it's all part of the Public Cloud technology.
What are your thoughts on the Public Cloud? Is it something you use, or plan on using? Let us know what you think in the comments section below. Or you can give us your feedback on our Facebook page, or send us a message on Twitter @SingleHop. Be sure to check our blog regularly for industry news and insights, and tune in next week for Lost in the Cloud Part III: Private Cloud.


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We've just been sent images of the Call of Duty: Ghosts playlists that will be available at launch. As we reported earlier today, the Ghosts MP servers went live, and with that the playlists have been revealed.
To start, there is no ground war. This doesn't mean it won't happen on next-gen, but for current gen, it's absent. It should also be noted that there is no Search and Destroy.
You have 3 main options to chose from, Standard, Hardcore, and Clan vs. Clan. We already know what the standard modes are.
For the hardcore players, there's only 3 modes:
For Clan Vs Clan, there's 2 modes:
The Standard modes are:
As IW has said, the playlists can always be changed, and there can be more added.


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No, I never really come up with much backstory for these things - just combine the design elements that I like (I'm obviously not adding much original other than details).
I've seen a couple of old meshes I did years ago listed at various sites as "pre-TOS" through "TNG era" - the same meshes.
I think I'll dub this one an "Abrams class starcruiser," though.
The engine nacelles on Church's design are my favorite part of it - they pretty much update the TOS nacelles while bypassing the following forty years. The nacelles on the TMP ship are the only part of it I've never liked much. So...
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Your credit history can have a major impact on your life. So why are so many of us in the dark when it comes to what ours says about our financial stability?
The basics
Anyone who has ever applied for a credit card, a student loan, a mortgage or a car loan has a credit report. It's essentially a summary of your credit history. It tells whether you make payments on time, how much credit you have and how much you are currently using. If you have debts with a collection agency, have ever filed bankruptcy, or have liens or unpaid child support, that information is in your credit report.
In the US, there are three primary credit reporting agencies: Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. It's the data reported to these agencies by lenders and debt collectors that determines your credit score.
What is a credit score?
A credit score is a 3-digit number from 300 to 850 that reflects how likely you are to pay back your debts. Your score is an indication of how financially responsible you are when it comes to requesting a line of credit and repaying debt.
Most people fall within the 600 to 750 range. A score of 700 or higher is generally considered good credit management, while a score under 400 is poor.
Why does your credit score matter?
Your creditworthiness is the difference between buying your dream house and continuing to rent. It affects whether you can buy a car or get a credit card, and the interest rate you'll pay on a loan. It determines the amount of your security deposit when you're opening an account with a utility company or leasing an apartment. Potential employers can even take your credit score into account when deciding whether to offer you a job.
Too much credit and credit managed poorly is financially unhealthy. But avoiding credit altogether is also a problem, since no credit history equals bad credit. Although you want to avoid debit, it's good to establish credit and carry a small amount of debt in order to demonstrate fiscal responsibility.
It all comes back to the credit report
Your credit score is only as good as the information it's based upon. That's why it's so important to be familiar with what it says—the good, the bad and the ugly. Because it's also fairly common to find serious errors in your credit report that are affecting your overall credit score, it's in your best interest to review yours regularly.
The federal government requires that each of the three credit reporting agencies provide a free copy of your credit report every 12 months. You can make your request individually through each agency's website, or get all of them by visiting www.annualcreditreport.com.
You are also entitled to a free copy of your credit report if you have been turned down for a loan, if you are a victim of identity theft, or if you're unemployed and job hunting.
Statute of Limitations
While good information like on-time payments and loans paid in full stay in your credit history forever, negative information like late payments and defaulted loans must be removed after seven years. Bankruptcies, however, remain on your record for 10 years.
How to review your credit report
A credit report starts by listing identifying information like your name, address, social security number and employment history. This often includes older information, like a woman's maiden name or a previous address. You may notice several variations of your name, even misspellings. This doesn't really matter, as long as it's your information and not someone else's.
Next is the Credit Summary, which tallies the total number of credit accounts reported, account balances, current delinquent accounts and the number of inquiries made against your credit in the past two years.
The Account History section follows. This is the main body of the report. Information about every credit account is detailed, including account number, type of account, whether it's individual or a joint, the current balance, credit limit and the high balance (the most ever owed on the account).
Pay attention to the details
If you find items that are inaccurate or out-of-date or accounts that aren't yours, it's important to get that information corrected. Watch for payments wrongly recorded as late or current accounts listed as past due. Pay attention to credit limit information, loan amounts and account balances to verify they are accurate.
What if you find a mistake?
There are three ways to dispute information on your credit report: online, by phone or by mail. It may be quicker and more convenient to make a claim online or by phone, but keep in mind you'll still have to mail in documentation or proof.
Reporting errors by mail takes more time, but you're also generating a paper trail. Your letter should identify the incorrect information, and explain why it should be removed. Include any supporting documentation with your letter, and send it via certified mail, with return receipt requested. The credit reporting agencies are required to investigate your claim, and respond within 30 days.
How to improve your credit
Mistakes happen, but you aren't doomed to a lifetime of high interest rates and rejection. Want to positively affect your credit score? Pay your debts on time. Pay more than the minimum due and keep your credit card balance at no more than 30 percent of your credit limit.
Show you can handle credit responsibly. Start small with a credit card with a low limit. Charge small purchases like gas and pay the balance off every month. Credit cards are the quickest way to improve your score.
You should also avoid requesting loans frequently. Every time you apply for credit, your score will take a hit. If you are constantly asking for credit, your score will decrease significantly.
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1995 Mercury Tracer Trio 1.9L SEFI, mileage almost 155,000, manual transaxle, front wheel drive. I believe this is a non-interference engine, correct? I bought car 1/2001 at 65,000+ miles. Car has had regular oil & filter changes, including air filters, & battery replaced once. Timing belt, cam & crank seals replaced at 94,103 miles 11/2001. At 154,650 miles, car started sputtering slightly, reminding me of a trash-in-line/bad-gas problem. I kept driving the car trying to determine what the problem was, sputtering worsened until it would hesitate pretty badly while accelerating on take-off. Later, I was backing out of my driveway and noticed a red warning light that read either 'service engine soon' or 'check engine soon', which I believe it was the former. About 10 - 15 miles later, the car stalled. I towed it home, and since the fuel pump was engaging when turning the ignition switch on, I changed the fuel filter, plugs & wires, but my car still did not start, just turning over. I am getting fire, and the compression is good. The timing belt is not broke, but it is not turning the camshaft sprocket. Is this the timing belt slipping? Due to health problems & having a second vehicle to drive, the car has now been 'sitting' on its 14th month. Could a code 116 - "Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor reading either too high or too low" cause the car to not start? I'm about to have the car towed to a shop, and since it has been sitting up for so long, should I also replace the water pump, accessory belt, and flush the radiator too, along with the timing belt replacement? If so, does a total price of $558.02 sound like a good deal to have the car towed, timing belt replaced, water pump replaced, accessory belt replaced, & radiator flushed. Could it 'sitting up' for so long make my problems worse, besides rusting pulleys and spider-webs? Will the gas tank be rusty? Thanks for your time!
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This Japanese delicacy known as odori-don or "dancing squid rice bowl" is a variation on traditional squid sashimi and uses soy sauce to create the disturbing illusion of bringing a dead squid back to life. YouTube user Richard Fan shot the above video on a visit to Hokkaido's Ikkatei Tabiji restaurant and explains that sodium in the soy causes neurons to fire, making the muscles twitch. The dish comes with the head cut into small sashimi slices and the rest joins as a side plate once the "performance" is complete.
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Saw this on tv a few months ago....The presenter freaked out so much! His cute little translator was in stitches with laughter.
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Oh the Squid is dead the Soy just causes it's nerves to fire....
Besides... Squid is good with soy sauce...
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Peninsula Prostate Institue tests out new gel
POULSBO — Poulsbo-based Peninsula Prostate Institute will be testing out a new gel aimed at protecting organs during radiation therapy for prostate cancer.
The gel, called SpaceOAR, is being studied at 20 different locations around the country, and has 222 participants, according to a study description by Augmenix, Inc., the company that makes the gel.
The gel works by creating a protecting organs not receiving radiation.
If proven effective, the gel could have a substantial impact on patients, according to R. Alex Hsi, one of the co-founders of Peninsula Prostate Institute.
"The value of this study is far reaching with the potential to reduce radiation therapy side effects and improve tumor targeting," Hsi said in a news release.
Participants in the study will be followed for 12 months after radiation therapy.
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Diego Fazio is a 22 year old self-taught artist living in Italy. He began his career designing tattoos and perfected his photorealism technique over a period of several years.
In his home country, he won an award in 2011 for Best New Artist and has been gaining fame and accolades every since. With art like this, it's easy to see why.
Thanks to Google for translating Diego's Deviant Art biography.
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Poll: Do You Care About a Restaurant's Health Inspection Rating?
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Like New York, Los Angeles, and most other major cities, San Francisco imposes a cleanliness grade on all dining establishments, and requires that these inspection scores are placed prominently where customers can view them (often in the front window). These ratings are meant to reflect how clean a restaurant's kitchen is and create incentives for a higher level of food safety. Are these marks important to you?
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itsme3683 6 years
If it's a place where I'm paying real money and sitting down, then I'll usually want an A, but for places like sketchy cheapo chinese takeout, then I'm totally ok with a B ;)
merie33 6 years
You could be poisoned in a 100% rated restaurant too though. Just because they "pass" on inspection day, doesn't mean that they're doing it all by the book on every other day. It's easy to put on a pair of gloves when the inspector is standing there staring at you, but when you're in the middle of a dinner rush and there's no one threatening to fail you and close your restaurant, it's slightly easier to forgo the gloves.
dootsie 6 years
I've been food poisoned in a 96 rated restaurant. Also... http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/consumerist/2008/10/badhealth.jpg
Spectra 6 years
When I worked in food microbiology, we always got the weekly health inspections for local restaurants in an email. I always liked reading them to see what they got marked down for, but I don't think they really affected my choices as far as which restaurants we went to. The only times I got concerned were when a restaurant got marked down repeatedly for really blatant problems like vermin or visible mold/spoilage on food.
bluepuppybites 6 years
I would take note on how the place looked from the outside and inside. If the parts where you as a guest can see are gross and unkept then for me the kitchen may as well be too.
mamasitamalita 6 years
I check them in passing but wouldn't turn away from a restaurant with a satisfactory listing. a really bad rating would turn me away, an 85 or whatever wouldn't... unless like the first poster said its a sushi place or freshness is crucial
Pistil 6 years
I'll note them, especially if it's an unfamiliar place that looks like a dive. But I've seen some decent, reputable restaurants fail inspections for small things like everything not being kept at exactly the right temperature... and places that should be shut down, because I've heard nothing but unpleasant stories about, somehow pass. I'm not sure how well my own kitchen would rate.
doogirl 6 years
They don't do this where I live, but if they did, I honestly wouldn't look at it.
Modus-Vivendi 6 years
Of course! But once when I was younger and working at a restaurant I left the bottle of window cleaner too close to where we kept food, and our restaurant got marked down 5 or 6 points even though the window cleaner was in a closed bottle and had no chance of getting anywhere near food. So, I try to look and see if points were docked for something like that or for something more serious like improper refrigerator temperatures.
CaterpillarGirl 6 years
I regularly check the health inspections on the restaurants i go to regularly. In this case "what you dont know wont hurt you" is a lie.
merie33 6 years
I'll notice them, but unless the rating has gone below 80%, I don't really care. Generally, it's borderline impossible to get a 100% rating on one of those tests to begin with. And you don't know what they were marked off for. It could be something as simple as an employee wearing too many earrings. Or having a drink in the wrong spot. But if it was a rating like the one in the window...I wouldn't be too worried. Four points off really isn't that big of a deal.
chiefdishwasher 6 years
In a former life, my job took me into every kitchen of the city I worked in...believe me a DPH check is very necessary.
wmoonw 6 years
After my fiance got sick at after a sushi dinner, I always check the health inspection report before I go. Our state lists the specific violations online -- useful, but occasionally gross!