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Originally published in 1950, The Enduring Hills was Janice Holt Giles's first novel. It is based in part on her own courtship and introduction to the Kentucky mountain country. Here, Giles introduces Hod and Mary Pierce and begins her Appalachian trilogy. Hod Pierce, a boy not unlike Henry Giles, who grows up on Piney Ridge, where generations of Pierces have made a living from the stubborn soil. Hod loves his people and the land but longs also for wider horizons, for more education, and for the freedom he imagines can be found in the outside world. It takes World War II to carry Hod away from the Ridge and out into the great world, and it is a long time before he comes back. After the war is over, Hod settles into marriage and a factory job in the city. Finally it is Mary, his city-bred wife, who sees at last that to Hod, Piney Ridge will always be home. In her preface to the second edition, Mrs. Giles wrote, "I believe [the story] is timeless and as the hands of the clock have turned and turned, people are turning back to the earth, knowing now that saving this earth is the most important work in the world, that we must all become, as Hod and Mary Pierce did, a man and woman with faith in the earth." Janice Holt Giles (1905-1979), author of nineteen books, lived and wrote near Knifley, Kentucky, for thirty-four years. Her biography is told in Janice Holt Giles: A Writer's Life .
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Autism fundraiser set for Saturday
BARRE Its not too late to reserve a seat at an increasingly popular annual fundraiser hosted by an organization that helps Vermont families with autistic children.
We still have tickets available, said Randy Lamberti, chairman of the Autism Puzzle Foundation, which will be hosting its annual Casino Night at the Barre Municipal Auditorium on Saturday.
Tickets wont be available at the door, which opens at 5 p.m., according to Lamberti, who said residents interested in attending, making donations or both must do so by visiting the organizations website, vtautismpuzzle.org, by the end of business today.
Though Casino Night is the theme for an event that has raised roughly $300,000 in the past eight years, playing games of chance with card-dealing race car drivers from Thunder Road International Speedbowl is only one aspect of the event. It also features a benefit dinner, silent auction and live auction.
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I went out today and bought some castor oil. I have tried everything else and nothing has worked for me and I am 100% ready to have this baby! SO I fugured, why the heck not. I'll give it a shot! Any suggestions on how to take it???
Finally Broke Down and Did It!
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Evie Mae...Our Beautiful Baby Girl born 2/6/2011
I've heard OJ or else mix it with scrambled eggs. I guess the scrambled eggs cut down on the 'greasy' part of the caster oil. I haven't tried any of it so I don't know what works or not. Oh, and I've heard mixing it with a chocolate shake (strawberry would work too I guess lol).
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Start with one ounce...mix it in a milkshake...enjoy!
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I'm almost to the point I would try it, because even taking fiber supplements and for the 7th day in a row of taking laxatives, I'm still not going as easy as I feel I should. Makes me feel this baby is not going to leave, I'm due the 9th.
When I use it I always put it in a glass of dr. pepper. This fizz helps hide the oily taste. Just stir and gulp! I use 4 tablespoons.
"Why is free speech so one-sided? Free speech is a right unless you disagree………….then it's hate speech."
Was just talking to my RN about this.. She states that when she did it with the consent of her Midwife, she was told to bake with it using eggs.. You can mix it in with the eggs 2-3 tablespoons or use it as a oil to fry the egg in. Mixing it with eggs, you do not taste it or feel the oily part of it. She said she made an cheese omlet with it and went into labor 2 hours later. Hope it works for you...
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I did it yesterday with 2 tablespoons in a small milkshake......not worth it to me and i'm not doing it again, had contractions for 12 hours, went to L&D they gave me a shot of morphine for the pain and the contractions were 6 mins or less........then they faded away! I am dilated 1-2 and 90% effaced.
I hope it works on you, I just threw mine away lol! Good luck!
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I just held my breath and took it as a shot and then chased it with OJ.... Good Luck, hopefully you get a lot better results than I did....
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I read one post where someone recommended mixing it 1 part castor oil to 4 parts root beer. Good Luck!
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Mark "Loopy" Lupisella is the fifty year old nephew of Vincent Lupisella and Don of the Lupisella Family. Mark is called "Loopy" due to remarkably low IQ. He was supposed to have a reality show about himself on CNT (a possible reference to Growing Up Gotti) , but it was cancelled when he attacked the director. He also has a daughter, Dani Lupisella that was romantically involved with Luis Fernando Lopez at some point prior to The Ballad of Gay Tony.
LCPD Database information
Surname: Lupisella
First Name: Mark "Loopy"
Age: 50
Place of Birth: Bohan, Liberty City
Affiliations: Lupisella Crime Syndicate
Criminal Record:
- 1975 - Assault
- 1978 - Manslaughter
- 1985 - Manslaughter
- 2001 - Racketeering
- Nephew of Vincent Lupisella.
- Allegedly the boss of the Lupisella Crime Syndicate though many believe his uncle is still in charge.
- Rumored that his street name, "Loopy", was gained because of his notoriously low IQ and propensity for violence.
- Attempted to get a reality TV show about his life commissioned by the CNT network but plans were canceled when he attacked an executive producer.
- The only Mafia Don to be "The Boss" off the Cops 'n' Crooks seems to be quite middle aged like Mark Lupisella as Don Jon Gravelli died, Don Maria Valvona is a female, Harvey Noto could be the bos off cops 'n' crooks but is considerably 16 years older, Vincent Lupisella and Don Giovanni are massively older than "The Boss" and do not fit the age.


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Fatime Begum Ramzan Ali Group
Fatima baji is the mother of four kids: two daughters and two sons. All of her children are getting education from a school which is located near to the house. Fatima baji is a very devoted lady. She reduced the financial burden on her husband by making embroidered dresses. Her husband is very happy with her and feels proud. She used her income to pay off the school fees of her children.
She successfully repaid her first loan from Asasah (a microfinance institute of Pakistan). Now she is applying for a loan to buy crockery to expand her husband's business.
She is the group leader of some more women in her locality. Maqsoodan baji wants a loan to buy material (thread, elastic, cloth) for her band-making business. Naseem baji wants a loan to buy ingredients (lentils, cooking oil and spices) for her food selling business. Khatoon baji and Sakina baji each want a loan to buy thread to resell.
This is a group loan. The loan funds will be distributed among the group members, each of whom will invest in her own business. The members mutually guarantee one another's loans. If one member does not repay, the other members are responsible.
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This is a Group Loan
In a group loan, each member of the group receives an individual loan but is part of a larger group of individuals. The group is there to provide support to the members and to provide a system of peer pressure, but groups may or may not be formally bound by a group guarantee. In cases where there is a group guarantee, members of the group are responsible for paying back the loans of their fellow group members in the case of delinquency or default.
Kiva's Field Partners typically feature one borrower from a group. The loan description, sector, and other attributes for a group loan profile are determined by the featured borrower's loan. The other members of the group are not required to use their loans for the same purpose.
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On article Introduction to Food Photography (58 comments in total)
lots of great tips, thanks a lot!
On article Nikon releases four '1 Nikkor lenses' for Nikon 1 system (90 comments in total)
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TimK5: This is so useless! Where is the classic 24 mm equivalent!?!? Apart from the less than mediocre specs of the J1/V1 this is another reason not to get into that system.
NIKKOR 10mm f/2.8 pancake lens (27mm equivalent)
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Cyber general: US satellite networks hit by 'millions'
I wonder what they consider to be a hack? The wording in the in the article is loose enough to mean that if someone pinged one of their servers it would be considered a hack. Perhaps they even they count Google spider indexing as a probe into their network. It makes me wonder how many 'real' hack attempts are made and how many succeed. All in it, it sounds like a funding bid!
Marcus Ranum once commented about firewall logging that an umbrella that notified you about every raindrop it repulsed would soon get annoying.I suspect the same thing is going on here. Are these 'repulsed' probes really 'need to know'? Are they worth the rotating rust it takes to store that they happened?
Oh, right, Big Data.
Oh, right, "precursor probes".
Can we live without this?
OpenBSD forks, prunes, fixes OpenSSL
Interesting, eh?
At the very least, this will apply a 'many eyes' to some of the SSL code and so long as the ssh pruning isn't wholesale slash-and-burn that cutting it back may prove efficacious for two reasons.
Less code can be simpler code, with decreased likelihood of there being a bug due to complexity and interaction.
Getting rid of the special cases such as VMS and Windows also reduces the complexity.
POSIX I'm not sure about; in many ways POSIX has become a dinosaur. Quite a number of Linux authors have observed that if you stop being anal about POSIX you can gt code that works and a simple #ifdef can take care of portability. In the 90% case there isn't a lot of divergence between the flavours and in the 99% case the #ifdef can take care of that.
Whether SSH fits into the 90% or the 99% I don't know. The APIs for 'random' and 'crypto' are in the grey areas where implementations differ but also one where POSIX seems to be the most anal and 'lowest common denominator'. I suspect that this is one where the #ifdef route will allow more effective implementations.
We shall see what emerges, but on the whole the BSD team have a reputation for good security practices so I'm hopeful about the quality.
I'd be interested to see their testing approach.
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Data on a Train
The latest intelligence on Al-Qaeda, a high profile Child Protection
report and plans for policing the London 2012 Olympics; three very
different documents with two things in common: firstly, they all
contained highly confidential information and secondly, they were all
left on a train.
Or maybe "Strangers on a Train"
Our latest research reveals that two thirds of Europe's office commuters
have no qualms about peering across to see what the person sitting next
to them is working on; and more than one in ten (14 per cent) has
spotted confidential or highly sensitive information.
The Truth About Best Practices
An article on Linked entitled 'The Truth about Practices" started a discussion thread with some of my colleagues.
The most pertinent comment came from Alan Rocker:
I'm not sure whether to quote "Up the Organisation", ("If you must have a policy manual, reprint the Ten Commandments"), or "Catch-22" (about the nice "tidy bomb pattern" that unfortunately failed to hit the target), in support of the article. Industry-wide metrics can nevertheless be useful, though it's fatal to confuse a speedometer and a motor.
However not everyone in the group agreed with our skepricism and the observations of the autor of the article.
One asked
And Anton aren't the controls you advocate so passionately best practices? >
NOT. Make that *N*O*T*!*!*! Even allowing for the lowercase!
"Best practices" is an advertising line of self-aggrandization invented by the Big Name Accounting Firms when operating in Consulting Mode.
Does ISO 27001 compliance need a data leakage prevention policy?
On one of the ISO-27000 lists I subscribe to I commented that one should have a policy to determine the need for and the criteria for choosing a Data Loss Prevention mechanism.
I get criticised occasionally for long and detailed posts that some readers complain treat them like beginners, but sadly if I don't I get comments such as this in reply
Data Loss is something you prevent; you enforce controls to prevent data
leakage, DLP can be a programme, but , I find very difficult to support
with a policy.
Does one have visions of chasing escaping data over the net with a three-ring binder labelled "Policy"?
Let me try again.
Policy comes first.
Without policy giving direction, purpose and justification, supplying the basis for measurement, quality and applicability (never mind issues such as configuration) then you are working on an ad-hoc basis.
Another Java bug: Disable the java setting in your browser
Java 7 Update 10 and earlier contain an unspecified vulnerability
that can allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary
code on a vulnerable system.
By convincing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML document,
a remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable
Well, yes .... but.
Are we fighting a loosing battle?
The New York Times is saying out loud what many of us (see Vmyths.com and Rob Rosenberger have known in our hearts for a long time. AV products don't work.
Tight budgets no excuse for SMBs' poor security readiness
From the left hand doesn't know what the right hands is doing department:
Ngair Teow Hin, CEO of SecureAge, noted that smaller companies
tend to be "hard-pressed" to invest or focus on IT-related resources
such as security tools due to the lack of capital. This financial
situation is further worsened by the tightening global and local
economic climates, which has forced SMBs to focus on surviving
above everything else, he added.
Well, lets leave the vested interests of security sales aside for a moment.
I read recently an article about the "IT Doesn't matter" thread that basically said part of that case was that staying at the bleeding edge of IT did not give enough of a competitive advantage. Considering that most small (and many large) companies don't fully utilise their resources, don't fully understand the capabilities of the technology they have, don't follow good practices (never mind good security), this is all a moot point.
Managing Software
Last month, this question came up in a discussion forum I'm involved with:
Another challenge to which i want to get an answer to is, do developers
always need Admin rights to perform their testing? Is there not a way to
give them privilege access and yet have them get their work done. I am
afraid that if Admin rights are given, they would download software's at
the free will and introduce malicious code in the organization.
The short answer is "no".
The long answer leads to "no" in a roundabout manner.
Unless your developers are developing admin software they should not need admin rights to test it.
Surely compliance is binary?
Call me a dinosaur (that's OK, since its the weekend and dressed down to work in the garden) but ...
Surely COMPLIANCE is a binary measure, not a "level of" issue.
You are either in compliance or you are not.
As in you are either deal or alive.
Upside and downside: How I hate Journalists
And this doesn't actually stop them form making use of 'insider information' they just have to declare it within 30 days.
No, wait, sorry ... you mean that the legislators are saying that legislators shouldn't do something that is illegal anyway? Or that, if they do something that is already illegal, it is OK as long as they declare it within 30 days? ...
It gets worse:
I'd like to claim the system is rigged so 'the rich get richer' but if I did that some people who claim they are right wing would accuse me of being left wing. Indeed, this tells me that their political outlook has not progressed since 20 June 1789. This one-dimensional view fails to describe the rich variety of political attitudes in the Washington, never mind the rest of the USA and points elsewhere on the physical compass.
Just those two show we need more that 4 axes to describe a political stance. But as I mentioned in a previous post, journalists are simple-minded and expect the rest of the world to be as limited in outlook and understanding.
Try this test:
How does this all relate to InfoSec, you ask.
Well part of that Political Compass is a view of 'how authoritarian'.
And that gets back to issues we have to deal with such as Policy and Enforcement, Do We Let Employees have Access to the Internet, and the like.
Hans Eysenk pointed out that the right wing (e.g. Fascism and Nazism) had a lot in common with the left wing (communism). Both are repressive, undemocratic and anti-Semitic. So on these issues, at least, the left-right distinction is meaningless.
How many more such simplistic distinctions such as those foisted on us by journalists are equally meaningless.
Some while ago my Australian fellow ex-pat Les Bell, who apart from being a CISSP is also a pilot, pointed out to me that the method of 'root cause analysis' is no longer used in analysing plane crashes. The reality is that "its not just one thing", its many factors. We all know that applies in most areas of life.
I suspect most people know that too; its not restricted to the digerati.
There is the old ditty that explains how because of a nail an empire was lost, but no-one is proposing that we fix the failing of the "American Empire" by manufacturing more nails.
Except possibly Journalists.
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The Death of Antivirus Software
The real issue here isn't Ubuntu, or any other form of Linux.
Its that AV software doesn't work.
There are over 50,000 new piece of malware developed and released daily. The very nature of the AV software models that John McAfee foisted on the industry simply can't cope.
This isn't news. Signature-based (and hence subscription based and hence that whole business model) AV is a wrong headed approach. As Rob Rosenberger points out at Vmyths.Com, we are addicted to the update cycle model and its business premise is very like that of drug pushers.
What's that you say? Other types of AV? Like what?
Well, you could have a front-end engine that checks all downloads and all email and all email attachments and all URL responses by emulating what would happen when they run on any PC or in any browser or any other piece of software such as any of the PDF readers you use, or any of the graphical display software you use or any of the word processors you use
or any of the spreadsheet programs you use or any music players you use ... and so on.
Many people in the industry - myself included - have proposed an alternative whereby each machine has a unique cryptographic ID and the legally and properly installed libraries are all signed with that ID, and the program loader/kernel will only load and execute correctly signed code.
Yes, Microsoft tried something similar with ActiveX, but that was signed by the vendor - which can be a good thing, and used PKI, which can also be a good thing. But both can be a problem as well: go google for details. A local signature had advantages and its own problems.
The local signature makes things unique to each machine so there is no "master key" out there. If your private key is compromised then do what you'd do with PGP - cancel the old one, generate a new one and sign all your software with the new one.
No technical measure can overcome human frailty in this regard.
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Using ALE … inappropriately
Like many forms of presenting facts, not least of all about risk, reducing complex and multifaceted information to a single figure does a dis-service to those affected. The classical risk equation is another example of this; summing, summing many hundreds of fluctuating variables to one figure.
Perhaps the saddest expression of this kind of approach to numerology is the stock market. We accept that the bulk of the economy is based on small companies but the stock exchanges have their "Top 100" or "Top 50" which are all large companies. Perhaps they do have an effect on the economy the same way that herd of elephants might, but the biomass of this planet is mostly made up, like our economy, of small things.
Treating big things like small things leads to another flaw in the ALE model. (which is in turn part of the fallacy of quantitative risk assessment)
The financial loss of internet fraud is non-trivial but not exactly bleeding us to death. Life goes on anyway and we work around it. But it adds up. Extrapolated over a couple of hundred years it would have the same financial value as a World Killer Asteroid Impact that wiped out all of human civilization. (And most of human life.)
A ridiculously dramatic example, yes, but this kind of reduction to a one-dimensional scale such as "dollar value" leads to such absurdities. Judges in court cases often put dollar values on human life. What value would you put on your child's ?
We know, based on past statistics, the probability that a US president will be assassinated. (Four in 200+ years; more if you allow for failed attempts). With that probability we can calculate the ALE and hence what the presidential guard cost should be capped at.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- The U.S. Army Materiel Command Small Business Office received the 2009 Department of the Army Small Business Programs Award during a ceremony at the National Veterans Small Business conference here, July 22.
"This award illustrates the team effort of AMC supporting the Army's Small Business Programs," said Nancy Small, director of the AMC Small Business Programs.
The award recognized AMC for outstanding achievement and continuous improvement in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the Minority Institutions category for the second time.
AMC's Small Business Programs took home this award first in 2007.
"We are evaluated on how well we did in meeting our established goal for the year. Although, we did not meet our established goal, we did significantly increase the amount of dollars awarded in this area," said Tony Hodge, program manager of AMC's Small Business Programs.
"This success was largely due to efforts at two of our major subordinate commands: Research, Development, and Engineering Command and Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command," continued Hodge.
Both signed memorandum's of agreement with Morgan State University and Alabama A&M University respectively to conduct research activities at those institutions.
"It is important to garner relationships with HBCUs and MIs, because it helps to achieve the President's goal of promoting excellence, innovation, and sustainability at Historically Black Colleges and Universities," said Hodge.
Small accepted the award on behalf of AMC from Tracey Pinson, director of Small Business Programs in the Office of the Secretary of the Army.
The Department of the Army annually presents Small Business Awards in six categories: Small Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Women-Owned, Service Disabled Veteran, Historically Underutilized Zone, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities/Minority Institutions.
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It is already October and time to start predicting which toy will be this Holiday season's Furby. Martin Goodman is here with a look at what Santa will - and will not - have in his sack this Yuletide. AWN's Rick DeMott takes a look at "The Powerpuff Girls" phenomenon and the building of a franchise. Who are the brains behind the marketing of "Pokemon?" Meet 4Kids, the company most recently called the "Fastest-Growing Company in America" by Forbes Magazine. Brett Rogers explores. So, what comes first - the successful show or the licensing and merchandising deal? Michael Hurwicz studies this modern day "chicken vs. the egg" question. Finally, Michael Mallory reveals some forgotten advertising studios. Think you know everything about animation history? You'll want to read this one...
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I went to the location near DIS and had the Elvis Presley Memorial Combo. I am now a shareholder!
The restaurant space is hugely difficult. I don't see any compelling differentiating characteristic here.
Fast growing restaurants with cash flow and lots of expansion. Lots of margin in Mexican good. I'm hinting they can have a good run here.
Well run chain with small size and appeal
Huge runway up and benefits from trend in eating out
Is this the next Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) or Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD)? Could be. Chuy Holdings (NASDAQ: CHUY) is a Tex-Mex casual dining chain which follows the Chipotle plan and expands slowly. The potential for growth as more stores open is high. It had a terrible 2014 but seems to be back on the right course this year. It is my pick this week to see how it performs for 2015. Might open a position in this company.
hold long term
Still not cheap, but TexMex stores building out nationwide: you'd have to be brain dead to lose money -- unless the Donald has his way in 2017, LOL.
good quarter. new unit revenue being leveraged against SGA so that more money drops to EPS.
good food, good service, good management, good business plan
I believe CHUY will outperform the S&P 500 over the longer term (5 yrs, plus), much as PNRA and SBUX have done, due to their quality products, great products at reasonable prices, and trendy-yet-friendly restaurants.
The stock is currently rated as HOLD or SELL by many advisers, but I believe those advisers have never eaten at a Chuy's Restaurant.
My wife and I are from San Antonio, TX. The Chuy's in are area are always packed, 24-7-365. We now live in Maryland and recently discovered a Chuy's in nearby Virginia recently. True to form, the restaurant was packed from the moment we arrived until we left.
Oh, and the Creamy Jalapeno is the best menu item. Bar none.
Aside: before Chuy's had arrived in Dallas, TX, whenever my wife traveled there on business, friends would request she bring a gallon (or more) of chips and creamy jalapeno dip for those poor souls forced to live on meager rations of chips, pico and queso.
I purchased CHUY on the Hidden Gems recommendation. Overall things looked good until I went to the web reviews of customers. Specifically in the NW Arkansas market. This is an area heavy in Mexican restaurants.
If new store openings continue the way this one has done it does not play well for future openings.
Consistency and customer service are everything in the restaurant business. Below are sample reviews.
Whilst I will hold onto my recent small purchase, I am not yet prepared to go further with this one.
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My wife talked me in to taking the family to Chuy's and probably will never go back. It seemed like it took days to get our waitress to take our drink order and bring us chips and salsa. When she finally brought our drinks, she spilled my son's tea all over our chips and table. I guess she thought we liked tea flavored chips because she did not replace them! We asked her for napkins and she brought some back to wipe up her mess and left us with none. Also, the silverware came in a bag with no napkins! If they are not going to place the napkins with the silverware, they need to get in the habit of handing out napkins immediately. We also had to beg for more chips and salsa. Finally, one hour later when we received our food, it look like it had been sitting out for a while! Most of our food was very cold and tasted like it came straight out of the freezer! Acambaro put's this place to shame! This place is over priced for the service and food that they are serving! I guess it being a new establishment, they are being greedy with the salsa to try pay the loan back! Never again!!!!
Posted on 06/24/14
Was not happy with how condescending the manager was with my family when we were trying to find out where our food was and the problems we were having with service. May not come back
Posted on 03/30/14
My family and I visited Chuys Friday 3/14/2014. We had a wait of 45 minute , which being a new restaurant in town I understand the wait. We had to ask several times for refills. At one point noticed our waitress was over near the front desk joking and carrying on with another employee! She came over to our table and apologized that she was singing karaoke with her friend. REALLY???? We were still waiting on refills! Another time I noticed the kitchen help was standing at the door carrying on with several visitors. Mind you the restaurant was packed with customers. Also noticed the manager hugging the waitresses more than he was walking around visiting with the customers. My opinion is your staff was not very professional at all. Now on a good note the Food was really good!! Not sure I'll visit again. Thank you.
Posted on 03/14/14
Their food is so good and so fresh. I have been 3 times already and have loved everything. It's flavorful tex mex. The salsa is incredible! Fresh tortillas are incredible! Their chicken is real pieces of roasted chicken, not mushy shredded chicken. The ground beef is sirloin so it's delicious. The fajita steak is so good, the best flavored steak I've ever had on fajitas. The boom boom chicken enchiladas are great, sauce is really spicy though. I haven't heard of any one not liking their food.
Posted on 02/21/14
The food was just ok, nothing special and the service was ok. I really wish something else would have been built in place of Chuy's. The building is awful lloking for the area too. I will not go back, thre are other resturants that are better.
Posted on 07/28/14
The first time I was in the very same restaurant was 2 weeks after they opened and the food was pretty good. The stake in my burrito was nearly perfect. My second visit was yesterday and not as nearly good. I had the same burrito with mushy meat and bean to steak ratio 7 to 1 and it was bland. I think i would put this location on my black list.
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My wife and I visit a lot of restaurants. Chuy's has great food at reasonable prices and is always busy. I think there is huge growth potential because Tex - Mex is now a part of most American's cuisine. I always like to look at businesses from the employee side as well. The employees seem to enjoy working there.
If you had eaten here, you'd know what I like about it: a tasty bit of SoCal junkyard with a lot of Tex-Mex choices...good food, great ambiance; really like the chrome wheels covers n' pet pix! These two restaurants I visit are almost always full of patrons. I will be watching this for a
few months...
This chain is just starting to pick up steam and has a solid path to growth through new restaurants in many new markets in the next 5 years.
Chuy's Holdings, Inc. (Chuy's) is a full-service restaurant concept offering a distinct menu of authentic, freshly-prepared Mexican and Tex Mex inspired food. Consumables are a staple...
A great restaurant concept from my home state of Texas.
- Superior unit-level economies to other restaurant chains. 30%+ growth in both store count and overall revenue towers above BJRI and BWLD. Per-restaurant volume of $4.9 million/yr is also much better than peers.
- The average check of $13 is still cheaper than most other casual diners. I noticed that the average check had a 19% alcohol mix. Alcohol has much higher margins than food, which could be a key to their best-in-class profitability. Chuy's 22.5% margin is 4-5% greater than peers. And trust me, the margaritas are worth it. =)
- Plenty of opportunity for growth. Chuy's only has 43 restaurants as of May and plans to open 9-10 per year.
- 40% Cash-on-Cash return allows for an extremely short payback period.
Here is a link where I've shared their Company Presentation: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2XLuWVE3QivMlBoTEhoNmRDVkE/edit?usp=sharing
Also, here is a link to their Q2'13 Conference call: http://seekingalpha.com/article/1611742-chuys-holdings-ceo-discusses-q2-2013-results-earnings-call-transcript?source=yahoo
Chuy's food is great (/addicting), they are growing quickly, and management is motivated. Their comparable restaurant sales are low (~2%), but still better than the overall industry. And Chuy's valuation doesn't exactly make them cheap, but I think they can grow into it.
Long. Potentially a super-performer. 42 Chuy's Mexican (Tex Mex) restaurants. Revs up 24%. $172M, $130M, $94M. (years 2012,2011,2010). # of stores (each year going back) (43,39,31,23,17…) "If you've seen one Chuy's, you've seen one Chuy's!" 5 year target to open 59 to 64 new stores. Targets 1%-1.5% same store sales growth.


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WASHINGTON – With the drinking water source for five million people topping an advocacy group's list of endangered rivers, the question is inevitable. Is it safe to drink water that comes from the Potomac River?
"Drinking water in the past several years continues to get higher and higher in quality," says Patty Gamby, deputy general manager with the Washington Aqueduct, which produces drinking water for D.C., Arlington County and the City of Falls Church.
"We get what Mother Nature gives us," says Gamby. "Once the river water comes in, that's what we have to work with."
Pointing to monitors in the treatment facility, located on MacArthur Boulevard at the western edge of the District, Gamby says that "the treatment process is specifically designed for that source water."
The Environmental Protection Agency continues to raise the bar in the Safe Drinking Water Act, the 1974 law which regulates the nation's drinking water supply.
"As EPA is changing regulations, they're tightening regulations and adding contaminants that we have to monitor for," Gamby says.
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Benjamin Powell is an associate professor of economics at Suffolk University, the President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, a senior economist with the Beacon Hill Institute, and a senior fellow with the Independent Institute. He earned his B.S. in economics and finance from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.
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To celebrate Children's Book Week this year, we're reflecting on some of the favorite books we read as kids. We may not remember all the details of stories read decades ago, but there are images, passages, and feelings that have stuck with us through the years. Interesting to note that many of the titles we chose as our favorite childhood reads, are books that were first published before we were born. So who turned us on to these memorable stories? A parent? A teacher? A librarian? Do you find any of your childhood favorites among the ones we feature here?
My Side of the Mountain initially interested me because I always loved nature and animals. While reading it, I remember feeling empowered and inspired to imagine that I, just a child, could live in the wilderness on my own. – Kathy
Harriet in Harriet the Spy seemed real to me - not as chirpily cheerful or melodramatically tragic as many other child characters in books I was reading. She didn't always say or do the right thing, and she was nosy and selfish - but she mostly redeemed herself in the end. I could relate to her imperfections! – Ellen
I loved the Little House series because of Laura Ingalls Wilder's descriptions of pioneer life and the warmth of her family. My grandparents lived on a rustic farm with cows, pigs, chickens, and a protective border collie named Shep. The Little House books kept me connected to my grandparents on that farm, even though I lived in a city far away. - Mary
As a young girl who loved animals, but especially horses, Black Beauty became one of my all-time favorite books. A fictional autobiographical memoir told from the point of view of a horse, the story describes Black Beauty's difficulties and experiences with humans, who often failed to recognize the unconditional love and loyalty that he was so willing to share. This book gave me a sense of responsibility, respect and compassion for all living creatures. I found it sad, hopeful, and in the end, comforting. – Janet
Ballet Shoes was an oasis for me as a young ballet student. Each of the young protagonists (Pauline, Petrova, and Posy) were able to follow their passions, with the support of a collection of knowledgeable and caring adults who understood the importance of having Big Dreams. The urban London setting was thrilling - and the European characters inhabiting the book made me eager to reach out and explore the world. I can't help but think this book planted the seed for all the wonderful experiences I've had in life, thus far. I've travelled overseas, performed professionally in the theater, and now support the Big Dreams of my own children (which currently include being superhero millionaires who do charity work)! – Christina
As a child, I loved camping with my family and spending time by the water. The idea of suddenly finding myself alone on an island was both thrilling and terrifying. I admired Karana's courage and tenacity and wondered if I could have managed to survive on my own as she had. Island of the Blue Dolphins also gives a personal perspective on living in and out of sync with the ebb and flow of nature. As an adult, I have experienced several island camping adventures, satisfying my desire to enjoy time by the water. But I was content that I did not have to hunt any further than my backpack to find my own food. – Lisa
Watership Down is a mixture of the best elements from The Wind in the Willows and The Odyssey. Since reading it at age 11, I haven't been able to look at hedges, meadows or overgrown alleyways without wondering what sort of tiny, cosmic dramas are unfolding beyond our vision. Truly inspiring. (Because of Watership Down, I got a cool looking rabbit on my arm as my first tattoo when I was 21.) – Josh
I read Little Women several times between the ages of 9 -11 . Growing up with lots of cousins, most of whom were female, I found it easy to identify with Jo March and her family. Plus, the story has some sadness, romance and drama! This book made me an avid reader. – Pat.
I think the idea of private spaces with little adult interference, like the ones in The Secret Garden or The Boxcar Children, is super appealing to kids. I was lucky enough to grow up in a house in the country with lots of land and tree cover perfect for creating little hideouts. So the idea of discovering and cultivating a secret garden was both relatable and compelling to me. – Aubrey
This cross-cultural gem of a novel tells the story of two women: one, Nao, a young Japanese schoolgirl; the other, Ruth, a middle-aged writer who lives in a rainforest town near Vancouver, Canada. Their lives intersect when Nao's Hello Kitty lunchbox lands as jetsam on the beach of the tiny town. Inside are letters, a WW II kamikaze wristwatch and most precious, Nao's diary, wrapped in layers and layers of plastic bags, so it is entirely legible.
The story is told in alternating voices. One belongs to the trendy, irrepressible, somewhat risqué and thoroughly jaded Nao who is bullied in school and mocked as an immigrant from America (she spent most of her childhood in California). The other belongs to Ruth who incidentally has the same first name as the author. Ruth has moved to Canada from another island town, New York City, because her husband loved the peacefulness of life in rural Canada and had major health issues. Also, Ruth brought her aged mother there to die.
Ruth is fascinated by the diary. Because she is suffering from writer's block on her new novel, she totally immerses herself in the diary and in trying to track down Nao. Did Nao's diary begin its journey in the destruction and flooding caused by the great Japanese tsunami of March 2011?
Masked in the persona of a self-help book, this novel is really a love story and a tale of the ambitious struggle of a rural bumpkin to get ahead in a world madly developing at all costs. Unlucky enough to nearly die from hepatitis as an infant, because he is his mother's favorite, he is saved and the family soon follows the first theorem to worldly success in Asia: move to a big city.
Each chapter summarizes in the title that chapter's method of achieving worldly success; for example, the second chapter advises, "Get an education." Though normally the eldest son in this unnamed Asian country (probably Pakistan) would be pushed to study, in this family the narrator was lucky because his older brother was already learning a trade. And being bright, he succeeded at school despite contradicting a teacher who gave out false information. For in school, you never pointed out the failings of a teacher.
No one else does wry humorous stories full of punch the way Lorrie Moore does. In Bark, her newest collection, she examines modern life after divorce and the difficult art of parenting teens. In the opening story "Debarking" she describes the dating life of a newly divorced man, Ira Wilkins. He meets a zany pediatrician Zora at a dinner party, and they begin seeing each other. Unfortunately, this also involves contact with Zora's teenage son—the zip-lock mouthed, Bruno. Does it give Ira the willies that Bruno and Zora have an uncomfortable habit of sitting close and touching? Yep. Yet Ira plows on with a romance that is hardly reciprocated. His confidence is down so he allows Zora and Bruno to take advantage of him—he buys them meals, movie tickets, etc. They even take the rest of his birthday cake home after a lackluster celebration because Bruno needs it for his school lunch. This can't end well and it doesn't but what fun happens along the way.
More eerie is "The Juniper Tree" a kind of new age ghost story where three women share their talents: art, dance, song with their recently deceased friend who still haunts her house. The first person narrator never made it to the hospital to see the friend, Robin Ross, and in fact came to this odd séance with no prepared gift. So on the spot, she sang a rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner."
"Bad artists copy, good artists steal." Toward the end of this novel, Hobie, the elderly painter of masterpiece copies, says this to Theo, his sorta-kinda adopted son. Is it ironic that Theo has stolen a famous painting, The Goldfinch? This long, convoluted, powerful novel tells the story of a young boy whose life was transformed at age 13 by this random act.
And a random bombing in the art galleries of New York's Metropolitan Museum that killed his mother. Theo's mom had left him to buy a present in the museum store when the bombing happened. After the blast, Theo crawls amid bodies on the floor to find one older man alive. With some of his last breaths, the man points to the painting and says, "I beg of you." Theo interprets this as a plea to rescue it. The dying man Welty also gives the boy an elaborate ring and the name of a business in Manhattan: Hobart and Blackwell. "Ring the green bell."
Thus begins the travels/travails of Theo. His dad, an alcoholic is alive, but in no shape to care for him. Ditto for his one surviving grandparent.Read more »
No one else writes with the lyric flow of Alice McDermott. Or covers childhood and adolescence with so much immediacy as though it were happening right now. When I surfaced for breaths while reading this novel, I had to remind myself that I wasn't in a stuffy walk-up in Brooklyn listening to children play ball and jump rope in the street.
The novel tells the story of Marie Commeford as a child, teen, young woman and as an older woman with grown children of her own. Marie is the stubborn second child of Irish Catholics. Her brother Gabe is remarkably obedient and good, already in grade school, on a path for the priesthood, whereas Marie is rebellious, adventurous, and not one for rules.
Her dad takes her on walks to speakeasies and encourages her fiery temperament; her mother tries to discipline her and tamp down her rebellious spirit. Saturday mornings, she runs to her best friend Gerty's house and buries herself in her mother's lap, but Gerty's kind mother dies in childbirth. This tragedy convinces Marie to refuse to learn how to cook. Gerty had learned and look what happened to her.Read more »
"Make it new!" Ezra Pound once said about writing and art. Quindlen's seventh novel explores a New York City woman photographer doing just that by relocating temporarily to a small town upstate and taking entirely different kinds of photographs. Rebecca Winter has just turned sixty, gotten divorced, and her 20-something-year-old son hardly needs her anymore.
One of the first people she meets in this unnamed town is Jim Bates, a blond, pink-cheeked roofer, who blushes easily and is very kind. The first thing he helps her with is getting rid of her attic raccoon which he immediately shoots—saying it's the only way to truly get rid of a coon because otherwise it will keep coming back.
Rebecca always fusses about money. Money only dribbles in from a famous photograph from decades ago, the one that gave this book its title. Rebecca shot the picture after one of her ex's myriad dinner parties that she always had to clean up after.
Oh my, what happens when a novel's lead character dies on the fourth page? Alas, Dr. Fellowes never made it to Ursula's birth (at least not this time around)—he was busy treating a man trampled by a bull.
This novel made many "best book" of the year lists. On a cold winter's night in 1910, a baby girl was born to the Todd family, but alas poor Ursula was born blue. Then she is born again and the family cat, Queenie, smothers her (not necessarily on purpose.) She's born again and drowns while swimming in the sea with her older sister Pamela.
But in between all the births and deaths, (her younger brother Teddy, has his own run-ins with nasty accidents and reincarnation), a lot happens to the Todd family. Hugh, the father, is a banker, and his wife Sylvie, a rather uninvolved mother. In a style and format all her own, Kate Atkinson has reimagined the historical novel.
I've read other books by Joan Silber, and I think she is a writer who deserves a bigger audience. If you're a fan of historical novels, you will enjoy this book. It's less a novel than a collection of interrelated stories centered on friends of Dorothy Day (or were related to her inner circle). She was a famous Catholic worker who fought hard for the poor.
The first story revolves on a group of young 20-somethings in Day's New York circle about the time she was getting serious about Catholicism. (She was an adult convert.) In the title story, a young vivacious woman named Vera, loves her life surrounded by smart, interesting people, one of whom she marries. Silber captures the feel of New York City during this time, the freedom young adults experienced living together, going to political meetings, working their day jobs but also doing creative things on the side.
Vera is a sign painter until her employer insults her and then eventually fires her without cause. Although in love with her husband, Joe, Vera is drawn to Day's boyfriend, Forster, who is also the father of Day's child. A chance meeting in a park brings Vera and Forster together when they discover the corpse of a poor man who froze to death on a bench.
I'm not one for war novels, but this little gem hooked me from the start. The writing is stellar and the characters speak and act with a naturalness that only comes from actual combat experience.
Kevin Powers, the author, is an Iraq War veteran. The story he has written about his experiences is heart-breaking. The narrator, 21 year old Private Bartle, had literary aspirations in school and received a lot of taunting from his friends, so he decided to prove his manhood by becoming a soldier. This mirrored the author's life who enlisted at age seventeen. At basic training, he meets, the pimple-faced newbie, Murph, whose mother begs Bartle to promise to bring him back from Iraq unharmed.
Of course, no experienced soldier would ever make such a promise but something about the woman reminds the private of his own mother, so he readily agrees. Big mistake. They soon get sent to Al Tafir where a series of bloody battles, including civilian deaths, jade both men.
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I had such a great week last week- I was out in the sun, sweating and enjoying the fresh air while I struggled with my huge garden. I got the entire bed in front of my house cleaned, but still have 2 more sides, the small gardens by the chicken coop and my veggie garden beds to work on. Of course, this week is cold and raining. It's sort of depressing.
Oddly enough, I was sore last week, but it was the sort of good sore, where you know you've worked your body. I could feel it in my clothes that I probably lost a half an inch or so, no joke. This week I'm sore, but in a bad way. Ugh!
I've been doing good on everything but the exercise, for the above reason. I've been trying to move around more, at the very least, even though it hasn't been easy. At some point I might have to break out the back support. I think it's just a residual effect from a few days in the hospital with my mom. Too much stress. I should've eaten more dark chocolate. (Ha.)
Still, fingers crossed that I've done enough to be down a little next week. I really don't want to face another HLC with only losing 2-3 lbs. I moved my living room around last week, to our summer arrangement, but that meant moving the treadmill. I need to figure something out, so I can get back on that on these days I can't get outside. I'd kill for a slimmer, more up to date treadmill.
Despite feeling a little blah, which I think is normal after this weekend, I think I'm doing well. I feel like I'm more resilient these days, able to cheer myself up, and not beat myself up. Even allowing myself a few days of "lazy" if I need it. Right now, I really want the pain to go away though. That would make things much easier.
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Paul & Jane Bottomley
taking part in a coast to coast bike ride for Macmillan Cancer Support because their support has been incredible.
Event: Coast to Coast between 23/06/2013 and 25/06/2013
Paul Bottomley
£1,308.61 raised of £4,000.00 target
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My Target:
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1 year ago this month my wife Jane was diagnosed with Ovarian cancer. After a major operation at Leeds General Infirmary it was then to be that weekly chemo sessions would take place at Halifax Calderdale Royal Hospital. Over a period of 18 weeks the staff at the Macmillan ward in Halifax supported us through out and turned an experience that should have been a sad and scary time into a fantastic meeting place for patients and families to meet new friends.The weekly sessions lasted for most of the day but in the friendly atmosphere it was easier to forget the reason you were there.
Over the last 12 months friends and family have thrown theirselves into raising funds for this great cause by holding different events. We have had charity race nights, market stalls, raffles, garden parties, sponsored head shaves, fancy dress walks and other various events but feel the next event deserved more stamina!! So far we have raised over £6500 for the ward and with it we have been able to buy new TV's, Ipads, DVD players & DVD's as well as other homeware items. We would like to take the opportunity to say a massive thank you to everyone who has helped us along the road to recovery so far with all donations and support, with out you the money raised would not have been this much.
Our big event this year is the coast to coast bike ride - way of the roses. Starting at Morcombe and cycling all the way to Bridlington a group of us are facing this challenge in June. It will be a tough 3 days as we cycle up, down and around from one side to the other to raise money for Macmillan. For more information please visit the below:
Macmillan have supported us through the last year and continue to do so now Jane has gone into remission. I am sure that nearly everyone who visits this site will know of someone who has been or is currently going through the same unfortunate experience and will also understand how the work of Macmillan touches us all. With out them the last year would have been a very confusing and horrific time.
So I ask once more of my family, friends, co-workers and everyone else who can, to reach out and make a small donation for this fantastic cause!!
Thank you once again,
Paul & Jane Bottomley
We are also raising funds for the Macmillan ward at Halifax as a local charity - Please get in touch to donate.
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Another cheque for £100.00 received from Cameron Bentley - Financial controller of Enterprise Rent A Car - Again Thank you very much for your kind donation.
Cheque Received from Enterprise Rent A Car for £1000.00. Thank you very much!!!!!!
Thank you all for your donations so far! Only 18 weeks until the start! Training starts next week...oof!
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We know cancer can affect everything – your work, your relationships, your finances. And by donating today, you'll be helping us make sure we can continue to provide all our essential services. So that when someone's facing a difficult time, we can help them start to feel more in control again.
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Well done pal
Donation by Garry Boyd on 27/06/13
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Congratulations to you Paul on raising this money and Congratulations to you Jane on the recovery so far! :)
Donation by ANDREW ROWE on 26/06/13
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Great work 'Bottomley's'. Hats off to you all!
Donation by Steven Sherburn on 06/06/13
Good Luck!
Donation by Lynne Mounsey on 05/06/13
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Hope you raise what your hoping to and much more. Best wishes to Jane.
Donation by PAMELA KOZLOW on 15/02/13
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck! Alison, Del's niece
Donation by Alison Walton on 15/02/13
Good luck jimbo and family!!!!!
Donation by Amanda Booth on 12/02/13
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
I hope you can ride a bike better than you drive a forklift....ahahahaha! Good Luck....Del :)
Donation by Derek Thackeray on 12/02/13
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Anonymous on 05/02/13
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
Good luck with the ride Paul
Donation by Wayne Davies on 05/02/13
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Good Luck Paul, give Jane our Love
Donation by Jed Bottomley on 05/02/13
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
Sorry it's not much Paul but hope it helps make a difference! i think you are all amazing for pulling through this! My love to all. X
Donation by Victoria Radio on 05/02/13
+ £1.25 Gift Aid
Good luck Paul
Donation by Luke Knightly on 05/02/13
+ £10.00 Gift Aid
Donation by Briony Taylor on 04/02/13
Donation summary
- * Online donations£208.61
- Offline donations£1,100.00
- Text donations£0.00
- Total raised£1,308.61
- Gift Aid£47.50
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- Latest Arai R75 Shape
- Excellent all round vision and particularly superb peripheral vision
- Diffuser ventilation system to reduce buffering and improve airflow
- Aerodynamic peak
- Diamond Black finish
- Rear Arai Air Wing, RX7GP Technology, for efficient drag and turbulence reduction
- Multiple adjustable vents for increased or decreased airflow
- Extended shell sides, 3 cm longer for improved side impact protection
- 2 fixed exhaust vents
- Patented rear air wing to improve stability especially at higher speeds
- Removable and washable interior
- 5 mm peel away cheek pads for a more tailored fit
- FCS Cheek Pads, Facial Contour System, for comfort and durability
- Triple density EPS inner shell
- Patented visor brow ventilation ducts
- Double 'D' ring fastening system ensures correct strap tension at all times
- Pinlock Visor, which will accept a suitable Pinlock anti fog insert
- 5 Year warranty and 6 month servicing through your Arai DNA Dealer