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What are the most annoying facts about our industry/market?
What makes you angry? Is there anything that you can't stand it?
What are the most annoying facts about our industry/market?
What makes you angry? Is there anything that you can't stand it?
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Proprietary spatial data formats
SHAPEFILE I can't believe that there is no better standard that has been adopted yet. Do we really want a format that limits the field names, does not always come with a projection reference, uses multiple files, and has tables that are no longer editable in excel?
Co-workers who won't look beyond Arc... ;)
The almost exclusive focus on tools and much less on either process or the implications of the ways in which we model data.
The way the "spatial is special" mantra is used as an excuse to build information silos.
Some people still thinking the GIS department is just a map print shop.
The way I need to suddenly be an expert on "apps", programming APIs and all sort of technical tools and acronyms just to understand what the heck someone is talking about.
The cost of the software.
Making countless maps that are ultimately useless (if you have or currently work in the Public Sector you will know this).
The assumption, especially in Government bodies, that the software costs money.
Too many organisations assume they need to buy expensive solutions because GIS can be complex - yet, as is often the case in software, the reference versions are almost all opensource.
If Government users spent a small percentage of their license fees supporting projects like GRASS, QGis, and postgis instead then the tools would be even more amazing, Government spending would be a lot lower, and opendata would be more consistent.
I'm going to mirror someone else's post in reference to RESPECT. I'm sick of being held below engineers in the food chain. This clout of an engineering degree vs. geospatial has got to end. I'm a GISP with almost 7 years experience, with a M.S. in GIS, yet I'm compensated equal to a jr engineer with less than a year experience, with no license and only a undergraduate degree.
I have witnessed Sr. Engineers abuse spatial data now for long enough. They lack the training and experience I have when dealing with geospatial data, and processes. They don't fully understand what the "GIS is doing". They don't understand the limitations of the spatial data they are using. They believe that more detail (vertices) means the data is more accurate.
After only a week of working with a company, I was able to take a 2 week process (using +2 staff) they have done for over 10 years, into a 4 hour process using only a single staff member...
Yet, I'm just a Sr. GIS Analyst, what do I know about anything. I just push buttons for a living and make maps.
When GIS Software Support is slow and useless as a 'chocolate teapot' some vendors charge high maintenance fees and 90% of cases cannot fix or solve the problem - they come to the statement of it will be FIXED in the next available upgrade/service pack. Which not a satisfactory conclusion when clients wants it solved yesterday.
Inaccurate data. People will always blame the messenger.
Products not listing what they don't support - either because they haven't implemented yet or never plan to. Too much has to be read "between the lines" of the marketing material on what is and isn't supported.
The fashion in the industry that's making everything that we used before obsolete, on every new trend that comes along. A bit like Ivar Jacobson is writing in this blog post: Are we working in engineering or in a fashion industry??
The lack of standards in GIS positions and pay scales. Ie. paying someone with GIS development experience the same as a GIS Technician.
People who think GIS is someone who uses google maps a lot.
A 13 character filename limit.
Having to wait for others to do the simplest tasks in order to move beyond just making maps.
I'm seriously late to this party, but since the software side is well covered, I'll touch on the knowledge side.
People don't think about the fact that the data they are working with represent places or objects in the real world. This disconnect causes them to not be able to easily certain problems, or to make leaps of reasoning that are not physically possible.
This is specifically with people who do GIS as a profession, not specialists in other fields who have begun to use GIS as part of their jobs. Specialists are generally more aware of the source and limitations of their data, and thus do not make some of these errors.
For me it is the recreation of existing functionality, where I look there seem to be a lot of people spending an inordinate amount of time, and business risk to fulfill already cluttered niches. An over simplified example is where people build a new geoprocessing tool to do a series of functions which the core GIS application they are using already does. So writing code rather than scripting or using the existing functionality.
We spend so much time on this, think of the things we could be doing if we used that time more efficiently. Scientist can then do Science, Engineers can design, GIS Professionals can make sure that these functions work.
The lack of layout / composition possibilities. GIS packages permits spatial data analysis, but not their beautiful presentation on a page. Also the thematic cartography tools were not adapted or scientifically correct (think about area proportional symbols), but that's improving.
Co-workers who won't move beyond ArcView 3.x... ;)
One of my biggest gripes with the Spatial Software vendors, is the lack of coherence in GUI and its lack of intuition. I've been working with Spatial Software for some time (~10 years) and even though I swap between 3 (ESRI, MapInfo, ERDAS) packages regularly, I still find myself searching help menus for relatively simple tasks. I feel standardizing the names of commonly performed functions and procedures that these software vendors can utilize will make our jobs easier. Ever used Microsoft Word one day and OpenOffice Writer the next? Apart from some little changes in experience, you're still able to navigate the software with minimal impact to productivity.
The Spatial Software Industry need to follow this model. Distinguishing yourself by using differing and confusing titles for common tasks for the sake of "being different" is counter productive and extremely annoying
Also the fanaticism of a single software package. Its software, not an ideology! Don't let being a fanboy stop you from building your skill set and learning.
Explaining to the average person what you do for a living, or what GIS means, e.g.
People thinking you cannot perform GIS related activities outside of a propriatary GIS e.g. use maths, to perform calculations, rather than use a bit of software, with it's overheads.
I always have a library of code to implement in projects which avoid GIS completely, and are much quicker as a result. All too often, you will have PM's or Analysts who baulk at this, and make the end application less effecient as a result.
Sometimes, its best to use a computer for what it is good at, and thats number crunching. All too often, there's a simpler solution in Maths (a cornerstone of gis imo) that should be implemented instead of a call to an ARCGIS/ARCPY (there are of course others).
Total lack of standardization and recognition of education and experience. Pay is often random--I'm talking anywhere from $10/hr to $150,000/year depending on security clearance level. I've seen positions in one organization as "GIS Analyst" with lower pay than "GIS Technician" in a similar firm. They do have the GISP; however, that is haphazardly run by somebody in downstate Illinois with a mandate to "contribute" to the community. Many private sector jobs don't want you to participate outside of work and/or they have no resources or are apathetic to your needs. Let's not even mention the fact that many of us are working in GIS Departments in small towns in random sectors of the country and world. At least in IT and Engineering you have standardized tests that enable you to juxtapose yourself to other candidates.
The industry's painfully slow response to big data geoprocessing.
For-profit companies and industries that rely on free sources and do not contribute to the sites that serve up the data. Talk about short sighted. In the same vain private companies and for profit people that complain about free stuff and do not contribute. So much of the GIS profit generated relies on the goodwill of a few (natural earth for example) people yet for profit employees complain, do not contribute labor or funds, and then are upset if a resource they make a profit off goes away.
For profit industry in GIS sits on top of the free labor of far too many. Contribute!


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West Linn, Ore.'s Chael Sonnen (24-10-1 MMA, 4-3 UFC) played the perfect politician on Saturday night.
After dominating anointed contender Nate Marquardt at UFC 109 on Feb. 6, Sonnen talked up his donor and picked a fight with someone across the aisle.
"I hope Anderson (Silva) wins (at UFC 112) because I think Vitor (Belfort) is a lot tougher fighter," Sonnen said after UFC 109. "If I had to choose between the two, I'm going to take the low road and take the easier opponent to the championship."
Sonnen, who a day before the fight announced he is running for an Oregon state senate seat, got big laughs for that one.
Silva, of course, was a regular target of Sonnen in the build-up to Saturday's fight with the usually mild-mannered Sonnen enjoying potshots at the middleweight champion's language skills (he said Silva actually speaks English and only pretends he doesn't to toy with the media and fans) and dress.
True or not, the statements drew an immense amount of interest in Sonnen vs. Marquardt, the co-main event of UFC 109.
So big was the attention that Sonnen said the talk about Silva had drawn attention away from Marquardt. Either way, he couldn't find much to dislike about the one-time middleweight contender and one-time training partner.
The debate had simply shifted.
One interested party in Silva vs. Sonnen is UFC president Dana White, who prior to the fight promised the winner of Sonnen vs. Marquardt a title shot. White spoke of Sonnen's transformation from dark horse to serious prospect in the past year.
"Now there's another guy that's interesting and exciting and brings something different into the fight that people can look at," White said. "Man, if he gets this thing to the ground, this is going to be an interesting fight. He popped out of nowhere, and it's a beautiful thing."
The UFC president had no buyer's remorse about his earlier promise.
"He came out of nowhere, was in the WEC, then came over here (to the UFC) and has blown a lot of people away," White said.
Sonnen took another small potshot by picking Belfort to defeat Silva.
"I really do think Vitor Belfort, in truth, has never lost a fight in the stand-up realm," Sonnen said. "The blueprint to beat Vitor is out there, but it's not to stand up with him."
One of Sonnen's old teammates at Team Quest, Randy Couture, might take exception to that statement after out-striking Belfort at UFC 15, but that wasn't the point.
Sonnen got people to care.
He praised the UFC for giving him the platform to fight high-level competitors such as Dan Miller, Yushin Okami and Marquardt, whom he's all defeated.
"Look, at the end of the day, if you want to get to the top of the card in the UFC, you've got to fight tough guys," Sonnen said. "If you want to be a fighter and get in the cage and be a big deal at your local strip club, go to Showtime."
The pressroom erupted once again with laughter with Sonnen's jab at UFC rival Strikeforce, which airs on the premium-cable station. It was money in the bank.
"I couldn't have said that one better myself," White said between laughs.
Thus far, the middleweight champion has let his manager, Ed Soares, do the talking for him.
"If you walk down the street and you mention [Sonnen's] name, does anyone really know who this guy is?" Soares told Sportsnet.ca on Tuesday. "Likely not, but if you mention Anderson Silva, people know the name.
"Chael's said a few things about Anderson's choice of clothes and that he wears earrings, didn't he? Sounds to us like he may have a crush on Anderson."
While Silva was not the only casualty in Sonnen's recent campaign, he may have something to say about it soon. Will it be in English?
Sonnen votes yes.
For complete coverage of UFC 109 and UFC 112, check out the UFC Events section of MMAjunkie.com.
Steven Marrocco is a staff reporter for MMAjunkie.com and an MMA contributor for The Vancouver Sun.

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Denver, CO (Sports Network) - Matt Davidson hit a three-run homer and had
four RBI to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 13-9 win over the Colorado
Rockies on Sunday.
Gerardo Parra, Chris Owings and Adam Eaton each drove in a pair of runs, while
Paul Goldschmidt, Willie Bloomquist and A.J. Pollock added one RBI apiece for
the Diamondbacks, who won the season series 12-7.
Will Harris (4-1) earned the win after getting the final two outs in the
fifth. Starter Patrick Corbin allowed four runs on 10 hits over 4 1/3 innings.
Todd Helton went 3-for-5 with four RBI and Michael Cuddyer had three hits and
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Juan Nicasio (8-9) allowed seven runs on seven hits in just 2 1/3 innings to
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Goldschmidt doubled home Pollock in the third then scored on Davidson's
double to left. Parra singled home Montero later in the frame.
Cuddyer's RBI single in the third got Colorado on the board.
The Rockies added one run in the fourth and two in the fifth to pull within
In the fourth, Yorvit Torrealba roped a single up the middle to plate Helton.
In the fifth, Helton doubled home Troy Tulowitzki and Charlie Culberson to
make it a three-run game.
Pollock, though, doubled to left to bring Owings around, but Ryan Wheeler
added an RBI single in the eighth made it 8-5.
The D'backs scored five runs in the ninth to put it out of reach. Davidson
cracked a three-run homer to get things started. Bloomquist added an RBI
triple before scoring on Eaton's sacrifice fly.
Colorado added four runs in the ninth to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
Arizona had 19 hits ... The D'backs went 9-for-19 with RISP ... Colorado was
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Just when you thought the 15 minutes of Ines Sainz's media blitz was up, she reminded America it wasn't over yet.
Ines Sainz penned a column for El Universal titled "My September 11 in New York"about her locker room incident with the New York Jets that grew into a national news story after the Association for Women in Sports Media pressed the Jets organization about its treatment of Sainz.
Here is an excerpt of what Sainz wrote (the text has been translated from Spanish to English).
"Today I wonder why such an association is respected as the WSMA (Sports Journalists Association) exercising their legitimate right to report any violation in the working conditions of its members acted impulsively.
My logic follows that if in fact appalled and truly cared about my integrity as a woman and a journalist, then why never call me? Why reported the facts as certainly as I have not been allowed to know the version? Why else would have seen that I have advocated and I appreciated that with years of work have been made in labor rights of women in this area, why have not shown and why they are not giving her my hand testify to the facts?"
I wrote in an earlier blog post that Sainz and AWSM were not on the same page from jump and her column confirms it.
This is an embarrassing moment for both parties involved here. AWSM extended its hand of support after Sainz tweeted to millions of prying eyes in the universe that she felt "uncomfortable in the locker room." Now, Sainz is essentially slapping the organization in the face.
Sainz is embarrassed after realizing the power of social media. She vented to the world her feelings about how Jets players were treating her in the locker room, but tried to dismiss her thoughts of discomfort after some individuals expressed interest to help.
The key point here is that words have power, especially when those words are coming from a person with a platform. Sainz obviously didn't take herself seriously enough to understand the weight of her own words. Saying things like "I'm embarrassed and uncomfortable" in a locker room from a credential carrying member of the media means something.
Maybe the underline issue here is that Sainz doesn't take herself seriously and clearly doesn't want others to either.
If the Jets locker room incident was not a big deal to Sainz, the best response would have been silence.


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text: There is a howling hysteria across the U.S. media shaming China for the imprisonment of Liu Xiaobo. And this howling hysteria was created by the Norwegians – the same people who awarded Barack Obama a Nobel Peace Prize supposedly on his vision – not on any accomplishment! Has anybody else in the history of Nobel awards gotten a "prize" for vision only? None. But Nobel Peace prizes start to look more and more like they are minted by the CIA, and probably partially financed as well. One might just have to look at how Barack Obama took a Nobel on short notice for nothing, while Zimbabwe's Prime Minister that the whole world expected to get the prize, was left wondering how his prize was stolen! And if we look at the history of Nobel Prize awards, and see that the prisoners who attack hostile to the U.S. governments get it, but … Read more


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NEW YORK (AP) — The Butterball company says it doesn't know why not enough turkeys were able to fatten up in time for the Thanksgiving holiday.
CEO Rod Brenneman says it's never happened before, and the company is investigating what went wrong.
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Butterball won't say whether it made any changes to its feed this year. But the problem seems to have come up rather recently.


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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- A Human Rights Watch report says the Metropolitan Police Department is mishandling sexual assault cases.
"Capitol Offense: Police Mishandling Of Sexual Assault Cases In The District Of Columbia" shows that many sexual assault cases are not properly documented or investigated, or serious sexual assaults are classified as lesser crimes.
HRW also accuses the police department of mistreating victims.
Eleanor is a DC native and says she was nearly raped two years ago.
She says she was able to get away but not before getting stabbed three times with a box cutter in Northwest.
"He said come into the alley or I'll kill you."
She says the experience was horrific but she felt victimized again when she went to police.
"They weren't responsive and inaccurately reported my case. Something has to change on how police respond."
Eleanor is one of the 170 cases Human Rights Watch says was not reported or not properly investigated.
You can read the entire report here: http://on.wusa9.com/149lFI1
Thursday, Police Chief Cathy Lanier issued a statement about the report. In it, she claims HRW's method of determining unreported cases is flawed and expresses concern :
"The Metropolitan Police Department shares the overall goal of the Human Rights Watch, which is to encourage victims of sexual abuse to report crimes and to have those crimes thoroughly investigated.
Our issues with the HRW report are twofold. First, their allegation that 170 cases went unreported is based on a flawed methodology of comparing the number of medical exams to the number of PD 251s (Offense/Incident Reports), despite detailed explanations both verbally and in writing provided by MPD documenting the contrary [see letter June 8, 2012, case examples pages 3 and 4].
The report makes sweeping allegations that are not backed by facts and undermine the credibility of HRW.
MPD's critique of their methodology is not unique to MPD and is well documented; in fact even the founder of HRW publicly criticized HRW for these same issues [Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast, New York Times, Oct. 20, 2009].
Secondly, the insinuations in HRW's report that MPD has a culture of under reporting or not investigating cases will ultimately have a chilling effect on victims of sexual abuse and will discourage them from reporting crimes.
MPD has conducted significant outreach to improve reporting over the past few years and we fear that this report based largely on a few case examples from years ago will undo the progress that we have made.
Our statistics over the past two years demonstrate that progress. Between 2010 and 2011, cases of sexual abuse increased by 23 percent. In 2012, reports of sexual abuse increased by 51 percent over the previous year. That tells me that we are doing something right and that more victims are coming forward to report crimes.
The allegations in this report serve to undo all the progress that we have made in recent years.
What is extremely troubling is that MPD believes that after HRW packs up and leaves their press conference that this report will make some of our most vulnerable victims here in the District of Columbia, the victims of sexual abuse, even more reluctant to report their abuses to the police."


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Roger Hedgecock: Time for real immigration reform
President Obama wants Congress to overhaul immigration law. He's right.
The problem is there's a political stalemate over our dysfunctional immigration system. There has been since the failure of the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act.
Back then, with fewer than 2 million unauthorized immigrants, a three-point law made sense.
Amnesty those here, control the border to prevent further illegal immigration, and sanction employers who hired illegal immigrants. Problem solved.
Sadly, after 1986 we got the amnesty but the border remained open and employers were never sanctioned for hiring illegal immigrants.
The result was a flood of illegal immigrants estimated today to number between 11 and 15 million.
In 2007, the McCain/Kennedy immigration "reform" bill was endorsed by many Democrat and Republican senators and was strongly endorsed by President George Bush.
The McCain/Kennedy bill was a transparent repeat of the mistakes of the 1986 immigration reform. Amnesty would certainly happen, but border security and requiring employers to hire only citizens and legal migrants would not.
That year, I helped organize opposition to the bill.
I led 42 radio talk show hosts from around the country. We broadcast from Washington, D.C., and mobilized tens of thousands of listeners to overwhelm the Capitol Hill phone system and fill the email in-boxes of congressmembers and their staffs urging a no vote.
The Bush White House was confident of victory. One official told me "see you at the bill signing ceremony". When it came to the floor, the bill was defeated in the Senate by a vote of 34-61.
But since then the problem has gotten worse. Our immigration law is riddled with bad policy.
For example, a yearly worldwide lottery grants a U.S. visa to lucky foreigners who would never qualify under any rational criteria for issuing visas. "Family reunification" has resulted in one legal immigrant bringing in dozens of relatives, however distant in relation.
"Refugees" are too often more dangerous to the U.S. than in danger in their home country. "Students" get visas to study in the U.S. and may never enter a classroom. Several of the 9/11 hijackers had "student" visas.
Too many immigrants get Social Security disability checks without ever contributing a dime and (despite legal prohibitions) wind up on multiple welfare programs.
Our immigration laws have lost the common sense they had when my maternal grandmother came in steerage on a freighter from Italy to New York.
Landing on Ellis Island, she was checked for disease, fingerprinted, had to name a sponsor who would be responsible for her behavior, and had to promise not to become a "public charge" (i.e. not on welfare).
In an afternoon, she was found fit to immigrate to the U.S. and was admitted. Within a year, she was married, working, and had started a family.
What happened to that common sense immigration law? It has been replaced over the years by a labyrinth of legal dysfunction.
So, how to break the stalemate? Here are a few ideas (taken from both Democrat and Republican sources) that would produce real immigration reform.
Future legal immigration should be based on merit. No more lottery winners, deadbeats or jihadis.
Illegal immigrants who are already here should be encouraged to apply for legal status, including citizenship, which should be granted if they are employed, pay their taxes, are not a "public charge" and have no criminal record.
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Trey Hillman Pregame Media Session: August 8
This ain't Coors Field!
Something rarely mentioned by the media and spectators alike is how difficult it is to hit home runs at the "New" Kauffman Stadium. So what are the reasons? Why is it such an arduous task to rip one out of the "New" K? "The ball really gets knocked down here, whether it's warm or cold. It takes a pretty good poke to jolt the ball out of this stadium, you have to really get into one to get it out of here. I think with the constantly changing wind currents, the way our tunnels are set-up and the level with which the field is at makes it quite difficult. The swirling winds get a hold of that ball and just bring it down," manager Trey Hillman stated.
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A continual work in progress, Royals catcher Brayan Pena is constantly working on becoming a better catcher and better ballplayer. "We are consistently working on his footwork behind the plate, blocking the ball is really coming along, but we want to nail down when and when not to throw the ball. Recognition of situations is paramount, and it comes with experience, so we are working hard, and he is doing a great job. We are really going through some grueling and difficult drills, but Brayan is doing fantastic," said Hillman.


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is a disease caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). This virus attacks the liver. The disease can cause:
HBV is spread through the blood or other body fluids of an infected person.
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Hepatitis B FAQs for the public. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at:
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Hepatitis B vaccination. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at:
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Hepatitis B Vaccine Recombinant. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at:
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Immunization schedules. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available:
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Ballpark Blueprint: Food at the K
Everyone loves ballpark food and from burnt ends to burritos, the K has it all! Here are a few of the hot items for the 2011 season:
Rivals Sports Bar is located in the Outfield Experience with a sports bar menu and a great view of the game. Come early to watch the FOX Sports Kansas City pregame show!
Just beyond Rivals in the Outfield Experience is the All-Star Barbeque. Stop by and enjoy Kansas City barbeque with menu items such as burnt ends, barbeque
sandwiches, ribs, turkey legs, catfish sandwiches and much more.
Sheridan 's Frozen Custard is a local favorite in the stadium featuring concretes, sundaes, fresh-baked cookies, espresso and coffee bar. Check out their signature store in the Outfield Experience or look for their carts on the concourse.
Sluggerrr's Training Table is a menu just for kids! This stand, also in the Outfield Experience, features favorites such as burgers, chicken nuggets, hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, pizza and more!
At Topsy's Popcorn you can find limeades and your favorite flavored popcorn.
Wheelhouse Pizza concession stands features pizza and meatball subs.
Crown Classics concession stands feature all the ballpark favorites including candy, coffee,
footlong hot dogs, frozen lemonade, frosty malts, hot chocolate, hot dogs, nachos, and
Dugout Doghouse is a fan favorite! These kiosks include eight handcrafted hot dogs: the Chicago Dog, New York Dog, Royal Blue Dog, Island Dog, KC Dog, El Diablo Dog, Texas Dog, and the All-Star BBQ Dog.
Fry Works is the place for delicious chicken tenders, chili cheese fries,cotton candy, funnel cakes, helmet sundaes, nachos, onion rings, sweet potato fries, and waffle fries.
Once you get to Kauffman Stadium, check out the food guide in Royals Baseball Insider, our new publication. It lists the locations for the above items and much more!
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Glad to see Onion Rings returning, as they were not there last year (they were before).
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So, back to square one. Can we move this team yet? Almost four years, this is ridiculous.
I lost my hometown team in close to a heartbeat, yet this disaster endures? This is ludicrous - he's had 18 months to get the money together. Just move them - I don't care where - Seattle, Milwaukee, Quebec any will do. Old Yeller needs to die.


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Sporting News and Lindy's has Oklahoma's Landry Jones listed as the Big 12's First Team quarterback.
Athlon however went with Baylor's Robert Griffin.
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I'd take Griffin and wouldn't think twice.
I have never been impressed with Griffin. Think he is avg at best.
I would go with the one who is injured least and can be on the field.
Let Prohm's Posse Ride: Hallice, Brady, Stu, Lard, Naz, Deonte, Monte, Matt, Simeon, Jordan, and Babb.
If they're both healthy, Ill take Griffin. He took Baylor to a bowl game, that should be enough of a reason to choose him
Honestly, the way Ryan Tannehill ended last season I may take him.
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It will be interesting to see how Weeden does without Dana Holgorsen as his OC.
I don't think Quinn Mecham ever got a good enough shot.
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It will be interesting to see how Weeden does without Dana Holgorsen as his OC.
I'm interested in seeing the Oky State offense as a whole this year. They made Dana look like a genius last year.
(I kinda wish we could have grabbed him instead of Herman. Oh well.)
I'm still holding out for the Steele Jantz train, but if you're choosing between two elite quarterbacks, you have to go with the one who plays better when it's time to do or die. Honestly, I haven't seen enough of either to know which is better in those high-pressure situations.
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I'm interested in seeing the Oky State offense as a whole this year. They made Dana look like a genius last year.
(I kinda wish we could have grabbed him instead of Herman. Oh well.)
They're essentially still using Dana's system with a couple tweaks. What you're saying is kind of like saying, "I wonder if we can do calculus, because Isaac Newton is dead." Once you learn it, you don't need the inventor of the system around to use it.
The real question is what tweaks their new OC Todd Monken made to the system, and whether they'll make things better or worse.
Jones. Not even close. Griffin has been figured out as a runner, and just isn't good enough beyond bubble screens and slants when throwing the ball. His receivers do most of the work in the Baylor passing game. Maybe he'll prove me wrong and I'll eat crow this year, but after looking like the Second Coming as a freshman, he looked pretty average last year.
As a runner, he isn't durable enough to be a zone read guy either.
In 1984, I was hospitalized for approaching perfection.
I'd take Jones. Griffin is an electric playmaker but is injury prone and isn't the game manager type like Jones. Jones has a lot of talent around him but Oklahoma wouldn't be as good with Griffin instead of Jones.
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ABC has a "Revenge" Infinity Box, Fox has "Simpsons" character flash drives and CBS has plush toys including Bert the Farting Hippo from "NCIS" and a singing Soft Kitty from "The Big Bang Theory."One of my (and my co-workers') favorite gifts last year came from the NBC store: a "Law & Order" gavel that makes the franchise's distinctive "doink doink" sound when you bang it. There, you can also get Ron Swanson BBQ Sauce from "Parks and Recreation" and a Dundie Award from "The Office."Or there are plenty of other show-specific routes you can go. Many toy stores sell action figures, including those from "The Walking Dead," and you can find graphic tees from all kinds of shows in stores like Kohl's, Hot Topic, Target, Walmart and Spencer Gifts.Also, a number of shows have board games - "The Office," "The Walking Dead," "Dexter," "NCIS," "Survivor" and "Grey's Anatomy" just to name a few. This could serve as a centerpiece for a viewing party when the recipient's favorite show returns from hiatus or airs its finale.If you're feeling crafty, make your own gifts. If you like to bake, why not whip up some blue "meth" (rock candy) for "Breaking Bad" fans? If you're adept with a needle and thread, cross-stitch characters or quotes from favorite shows.Even if you're less artistically inclined, there are still some DIY projects you can do. For instance, with some photo paper and a quality printer, you can turn funny show-based Internet memes into frameable wall art.A number of my friends are TV fans, but they don't actually have cable. If you know people like this, help them out with a subscription to Hulu Plus and/or Netflix to give them (legal) access to their favorite shows.If you're willing to spend more, you could get them a streaming player (Roku and Apple TV are the leaders of the pack) that will allow them to stream shows and movies from the Internet on their TV. If they watch on their iPad, consider getting them the Amplifiear, a simple clip-on that boosts the device's sound.While getting presents is nice, of course, seeing your recipient's face light up when you've really nailed a gift selection is pretty great, too. With ideas like these, you're sure to get some big grins from the TV lovers in your life this holiday season.Season finales: "Survivor," 8:30 p.m. Sunday, CBS; "Big Rich Texas," 8 p.m. and "Glam Fairy," 9 p.m. Sunday, Style; "Take It All," 10 p.m. Monday, NBC; "Frontier Earth," 8 p.m. Tuesday, Animal Planet; "Start-Ups: Silicon Valley," 8 p.m. Tuesday, Bravo; "Ink Master," 9 p.m. Tuesday, Spike (live); "The Voice," 9 p.m. Tuesday, NBC.Specials: "Royal Pains: Off-Season Greetings," 9 p.m. Sunday, USA (Evan and Paige tie the knot); "The Bachelorette: Ashley and J.P.'s Wedding," 9 p.m. Sunday, ABC; "VH1 Divas," 9 p.m. Sunday, VH1 (with Demi Lovato, Jordin Sparks, host Adam Lambert and more); "Tiny Tonight! 2012 Year in Review," 10 p.m. Monday, VH1 (pop culture wrap-up); "Miss Universe Pageant," 8 p.m. Wednesday, NBC; "20/20: The Year with Katie Couric," 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, ABC.Christmas specials: "Peter Rabbit's Christmas Tale," 7 p.m. Friday, Nickelodeon; "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," 8 p.m., "Yes, Virginia," 9 p.m. and "The Elf on the Shelf: An Elf's Story," 9:30 p.m. Friday, CBS; "Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir," 8 p.m. Sunday, PBS; "Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury," 8 p.m., and "Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special," 8:30 p.m. Monday, Fox; "Charlie Brown Christmas," 8 p.m. Tuesday, ABC; "A Home for the Holidays with Rascal Flatts," 8 p.m. Wednesday, CBS.Movie of note: See the Oscar-nominated Frederic March version of "Les Miserables" before the new musical hits theaters on Christmas.Reach Amy Robinson at email@example.com.


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The Alexandria resident worked for a contractor, PMI, that runs multiple parking facilities in the region.
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2010-11 Butler Women's Basketball
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Bulldogs Shooting For Season Sweep Of Cleveland State
The Butler women's basketball team, now 9-3 in Horizon League play, will take on Cleveland State Saturday, Feb. 12 in Cleveland at 4 p.m. The Bulldogs are coming off a 73-56 win at Youngstown State, while CSU enters after beating Valparaiso. Butler defeated Cleveland State, 73-65, earlier this year at Hinkle Fieldhouse.
The Starting 5 - Butler's Top Storylines
1. Chloe Goes For 34: Chloe Hamilton exploded for a career-high 34 points Thursday night at Youngstown State, the highest single-game scoring output for a Butler player since 2001. Hamilton shot 11 for 16 with 12-for-14 shooting at the free throw line. The performance tied for fifth most in Butler history. The single-game scoring record is 37 points, set by Sarah Bolten in 2001.
2. Looking For Repeat Performance: Butler is aiming for its second season sweep of Cleveland State in three years. The Bulldogs, who defeated CSU 73-65 last month at Hinkle Fieldhouse, also took the season series from the Vikings in 2009. BU defated CSU twice by nine that season. The Vikings, however, won two of three last year, including the league championship game.
3. Chloe 8th In The Nation: Chloe Hamilton entered this weekend's play ranked eighth in the country in field goal shooting at .593 (now .599). The 5-10 senior is one of only eight players shooting 59 percent or better. Hamilton posted 17-for-19 shooting against Green Bay and Milwaukee and recently had a stretch with 16 consecutive made field goals.
4. Players Of The Week: Brittany Bowen and Chloe Hamilton have each been tabbed Horizon League Player of the Week this season. Hamilton garnered the honor on Jan. 24 for her efforts at Loyola and UIC. Hamilton fought off early foul trouble for 16 points in BU's win at Loyola on Jan. 20, then went for a dominating 27 points at UIC on Jan. 22. Brittany Bowen was selected as player of the week on Jan. 10 after averaging 19.0 points per game in road wins at Wright State and Detroit.
5. BU vs. Ohio: Since 2007, Butler has posted a 24-11 mark against opponents from Ohio. That includes a 5-4 mark against Cleveland State, and a 20-7 record against Horizon League foes from Ohio. With Thursday's victory, BU improved to 8-0 against Youngstown State during that span.
Butler-CSU Series: Butler leads the all-time series with Cleveland State 23-12. The Bulldogs have won two of the last three against CSU, but the Vikings won two of three last season. Beth Couture is 14-6 against the Vikings.
...Last Time vs. CSU: Chloe Hamilton had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead four Bulldogs in double figures. The game was fairly close throughout, though Butler did lead by 10 with 6:08 remaining. CSU was led by Shalonda Winton with 19 points and 12 rebounds.
2010 Title Game: No BU-CSU game was more important than the meeting in Green Bay last March. The Bulldogs, the No. 2 seed, dropped a 66-57 decision to No. 4 seed Cleveland State. The Vikings defeated league champ Green Bay in the semifinal to get there. The Vikings got up big early and led by 10 at the half before holding on.
More On 34: Chloe Hamilton's 34-point outburst at Youngstown State was one for the ages. Not only was it three short of the school single-game record, but it was the highest output in a league game this season. UWM's Courtney Lindfors scored 35 in a non-conference game in November.
Sweet 16: Chloe Hamilton recently finished a stretch of 16 consecutive made shots, a streak that covered three games. She converted her last attempt on Jan. 22 at UIC, then shot 11 for 11 against Green Bay. Hamilton made her first four shots against Milwaukee before missing.
Azjah's Spark: Azjah Bass has provided enough spark off the bench to climb into the starting lineup. The senior point guard started Thursday and had five assists in 27 minutes. Bass played 16 minutes and had a big 3-point play late against Green Bay, then she added four points and three boards against UWM. Bass topped that Thursday with nine points in 21 minutes vs. Detroit. Bass has started six games this season.
Cobb's Best Game: Freshman point guard Jenna Cobb had the best game of her young BU career in the first CSU game last month. The Ohio native went for 11 points with three assists and two steals in 25 minutes. It remains her only double-digit scoring outing.
400: Butler's win against Milwaukee on Jan. 29 was victory No. 400 for Beth Couture. The 9th-year Bulldog coach owns 143 victories at Butler, the most women's basketball wins in Butler history. Only 48 other active coaches have 400 career victories.
More On 11 For 11: Chloe Hamilton's 11-for-11 shooting night was the third time in school history a Bulldog player took eight shots or more and made them all. In addition to Alexis Proffitt's 13 for 13 (2/6/97), Kelly Kuhn went 8 for 8 against Wright State (2/20/99).
Moving The Ball: Butler registered 20 assists on 24 field goals Thursday night, the fourth game this season with 20+ Bulldog assists. It was the highest assist rate of the season (83.3). The Dawgs assisted on 82 percent of their field goals vs. Wake Forest in November (23 assists on 28 field goals).
Ohio Bulldogs: Butler has two Ohio natives, Becca Bornhorst and Jenna Cobb, on the roster. Bornhorst, a sophomore who has started 12 games this year, played at Dublin-Coffman High School near Columbus. Cobb, from Miami Trace High School, is a freshman point guard. Cobb's father, Glen, played linebacker for Ohio State in the early 1980s.
99% Comeback: Butler made two near-comebacks last weekend, only to come up a bit short. BU trailed 46-35 last Thursday vs. Detroit before attacking the Titans full court and cutting the deficit to 53-51. Detroit won 55-51. Wright State made 12 3-pointers to build a 55-40 lead before the Bulldogs came back to tie the game in the final minute. WSU's Ta-Myra Davis scored with 1.2 seconds left to give the Raiders the win.
Match-up To Watch: A key individual match-up to keep an eye on Saturday will be how the Bulldogs decide to defend CSU standout guard Shawnita Garland. Devin Brierly, BU's starting 2-guard, will likely draw the assignment most of the time.
Get Back On The Boards: Butler out-rebounded its first eight league opponents before losing the boards battle in three straight games against Milwaukee, Detroit and Wright State. The Bulldogs got back on the glass at YSU, out-rebounding the Penguins 38-22. Butler allowed just four offensive rebounds to a team that shot 38.9 percent. BU is +4.6 in rebounding margin in Horizon League games, good for third in the conference. The Bulldogs have been +10 or better on the glass seven times this season.
A 4th Straight 20: Butler needs five more wins to reach 20 victories for the fourth season in a row. That would be a first for BU as a Division I program, and second time in school history. The Bulldogs had four 20-win seasons in a row from 1978-82. This group went 20-10 in 2007-08 and followed that with a 20-12 season in 2008-09. Last year's mark of 23-10 was the team's most wins since the 1997-98 Bulldogs went 25-6 under June Olkowski.
Inching Closer To Postseason: The best team in the Horizon League standings that doesn't earn the league's bid to the NCAA Tournament advances to the WNIT. Butler has earned that distinction two years in a row, and it is on pace for another postseason berth. The Bulldogs remain one game ahead of Wright State in the loss column for second in the HL standings.
Chloe Got Into The Game: In Butler's 66-61 win at UIC on Jan. 29, Butler came out slow and actually trailed at halftime. Beth Couture could be heard on the sideline, encouraging her players to "get in the game." Chloe Hamilton did just that, scoring 17 of her career-high 27 points in the second half to lead Butler to victory. The 5-10 senior shot 12 for 20 and made three free throws while grabbing six rebounds in 39 minutes.
Bowen Is Scoring: Brittany Bowen, who is averaging 14.4 points and 7.0 rebounds in Horizon League play, is eighth in the league averaging 15.0 points this season. In addition to scoring 30 against Indiana State on Dec. 4, the 5-10 senior has six outings with 19 points or more this season. She also has posted two 25-point performances prior to this season. She is also statistically one of the most efficient scorers in the league. Bowen ranks third in the Horizon League in free throw percentage (.860), sixth in 3-point percentage (.362) and 10th in field goal shooting (.461).
Bulldogs Nationally: In addition to Chloe Hamilton being eighth in the country in field goal percentage, Brittany Bowen can be found in the most recent NCAA stats. Bowen ranks 29th in the nation in free throw percentage (.857) and 103rd in field goal percentage (.462). Alyssa Pittman stands 96th in the country in free throw shooting (.808). As a team, the Bulldogs are 56th in assists, 45th in free throw shooting, 70th in field goal shooting and 66th in assist-to-turnover ratio.
Shooting To Remember: Butler's 88-69 win over Youngstown State was an offensive performance for the ages. The Dawgs shot .615 from the floor (32-for-52), which was the team's best effort since a .625 shooting night against Wright State in 1998. It was the best single-game shooting performance under head coach Beth Couture. Led by Alyssa Pittman's six 3-pointers, BU sank 14 of 23 (.609) from beyond the arc. The 14 treys was tied for second and one shy of the school record set in 2007.
1,200 Point Scorers: In Butler's win over IUPUI in November, Brittany Bowen became the 22nd player in a Butler uniform to score 1,000 career points. The 5-10 senior reached the mark with a lay-up at the 16:05 mark of the first half. Bowen now has 1,283 points as a Bulldog. Additionally, Alyssa Pittman crossed the 1,000-point mark last season. She scored 715 points in her two years at Eastern Michigan and now also has 1,278 for her career.
Conference Wins Record: With six games to play, Butler can still tie the school record for conference wins in a season. BU has set a school record with 14 league victories in each of the past two seasons. The Bulldogs have posted back-to-back 14-4 conference seasons, tied for the 1993 Bulldog team that won 14 MCC games.
Couture's Cause: When not patrolling the Butler sideline, Beth Couture has spent her time in the battle against breast cancer. Couture, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring of 2009, rushed through treatments to make it on the sidelines for the start of last season. Couture has been cancer-free for more than a year and has participated in several awareness events. She walked 38 miles over a two-day span for St. Vincent's Weekend To End Breast Cancer during the fall.
St. Vincent Women Of Hope: Beth Couture is serving as honorary chairwoman for 2011 St. Vincent Woman of Hope, a breast cancer awareness group. Each Woman of Hope participant pledges to raise or give $1,000 annually for the cancer cause of her choice. All funds raised by Woman of Hope benefit cancer programs and services at St.Vincent. A celebration and walk is scheduled for October 1 to honor the participants.
Career Record Watch: As they approach the final weeks of their collegiate careers, Brittany Bowen, Chloe Hamilton and Alyssa Pittman continue to climb Butler's career record books. Bowen moved into 10th on BU's all-time scoring list. Her current marks in 3-point percentage (.388, 9th) and free throw shooting (.828, 4th) would land her in the school's top 10. Additionally, Hamilton is currently fourth all-time in field goal percentage (.552) while Pittman is on the chart for 3-pointers made (105, 9th) and attempted (339, 7th).
Closing 2010: The Bulldogs finished the 2010 calendar year with a record of 22-12, the most wins in a calendar year since the team won 23 games in 1998. The total of 22 wins is tied for fifth most in school history. The school record for wins in a calendar year is 25, set in 1981. BU went 21-10 in the 2009 calendar year.
Injury Bug: Butler's 9-3 Horizon League start has been amazing when you consider how hard the Bulldogs were hit by injuries. BU is without two starters, senior point guard Terra Burns (8.5 ppg, 4.8 apg) and freshman center Sarah Hamm (7.0 ppg). Burns was injured at Notre Dame and hasn't played since, while Hamm suffered an ACL tear in her right knee against Valparaiso and is out for the year.
Devin Scoring More: Devin Brierly, a career 4.2 scorer, is averaging 9.8 points over the last four games. She scored a career-high 19 points in BU's win over Milwaukee on Jan. 29 and had 12 against Wright State last week. However, it's not the scoring column where her value is best measured. Brierly is an athletic, versatile wing who is counted on for perimeter defense and passing. She also takes care of the ball, sporting a team-best 1.32 assist-to-turnover ratio. She is also shooting .830 at the free throw line, second on the team.
Up Next: Butler returns home next weekend to host UIC and Loyola. The Feb. 19 game vs. LUC is Butler's Senior Day.


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|Compact Compliance Pipeline arbitration round 2 begins
|Written by Deb Daniel, RRWCD general manager
The second arbitration on the Compact Compliance Pipeline began Tuesday, Oct. 1. The proceedings were held at the Ralph L. Carr Judicial Building in Denver. The states once again selected Martha Pagel, an attorney from Oregon, to be the arbitrator. Representatives from Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado participated in the proceedings.
Pagel heard testimony regarding the Compact Compliance Pipeline proposal and Colorado's proposal on how to properly account for Bonny Reservoir now that it has been drained.
Opening statements given
Each state gave opening statements. Scott Steinbrecher, from the Colorado attorney general's office, stated "These proceedings are about a 'moving target.' Colorado has strived for years to get the Compact Compliance Pipeline approved by the Republican River Compact Administration.
"The Republican River Water Conservation District has paid for and built the CCP. The RRWCD has paid well owners to voluntarily retire wells. These actions have been taken in an effort to assist Colorado in reaching compact compliance.
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MVKs 1st Annual Bachelor - Bachelorette Auction
The 1st Annual MVK's Bachelor/Bachelorette Auction was a great success! The proceeds went to benefit the "Most Valuable Kids of Charlotte Metro", a nonprofit organization providing underserved children access to live sporting sporting events and entertainment through ticket donations. Special thanks to Harvey's Bar and Grill of Cornelius for Hosting this event. For more information how you can become involved with this organization visit www.mostvaluablekids.org. Photos by Courtney Parlier.


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Doctors can often identify genital herpes if lesions are present. However, this window of opportunity may be easily missed. The doctor may choose to test for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) based on your symptoms, medical history, and sexual history.
Many may feel anxious or embarrassed about discussing sexual history, but an accurate history is important to guiding healthcare. Home test kits are widely available, but they are not as accurate as testing at a doctor's office. If you choose to use a test kit, it is important to follow-up with a doctor, regardless of the results.
Testing can distinguish between herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) which will help guide your treatment plan.
Viral Culture
If sores are present, a swab will be brushed over an open sore or blister to collect some cells. The cells are then tested to see if the virus is present. It is recommended that this culture test be taken soon after symptoms appear.
This type of test is not always reliable, though. If the sore is healing or if there are recurrent outbreaks, the test may give a false-negative. This means that the test reports that herpes isn't present when it actually is.
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a molecular diagnostic test. It detects genetic material of the virus. Like the viral culture, it can give a false-negative, but the PCR test is much more accurate.
Blood Tests
Blood tests may be done to look for HSV antibodies. Antibodies are created by the immune system to fight foreign materials like viruses. Specific antibodies are made for specific viruses. If the blood tests show HSV antibodies, you are most likely infected with the virus.
Costs may prohibit some from seeking testing. Local community health or family planning centers may offer testing services including some free services.
Costs may prohibit some from seeking testing. Local community health or family planning centers may offer testing services including some free services.
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Ned Yost media session: June 9
Before wrapping up a four game series vs. the Toronto Blue Jays with Thursday's 3:10 contest, Royals manager Ned Yost spoke with the media about his decision to place outfielder Mitch Maier in the leadoff spot in today's lineup. The skipper's decision was based partially on Maier's .467 OBP for the 2011 season (albeit in limited time), hopefully giving the Royals squad an advantage to produce runs. Yost praised Maier for his positive attitude towards every game.
"Every day he [Maier] shows up ready to play, if he is playing or not. Every inning of the game he is ready for any situation that may come up… He is a very admirable fill-in, he's a guy that's very capable of producing… he is perfect in every sense," Yost said.
Bruce Chen and Kyle Davies began their rehab work yesterday and each threw outings around 50 pitches. Both starting pitchers will be looking to reach a 60 to 70 pitch count during their next outing.
"Hopefully we can get them [Chen and Davies] back in, get our starting rotation a little settled, and get them back to doing what they can do," Yost said.
The Royals will begin their 10-day, 9-game road trip tomorrow at 9:05 (Central) vs. the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.


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Has the mysterious benefactor behind "Tips for Jesus" finally been outed?
Restaurants around the country have been receiving shockingly large tips to the tune of $5,000, $7,000 and even $10,000. The person giving the tips never gives away his or her identity; instead, the large tip is added to the bill right before the party of diners leaves.
The only clue left behind is the phrase @TipsforJesus written on the signature line of the bill. A "Tips for Jesus" Instagram page publishes photos of the dining checks but doesn't say who is paying the amounts.
Who is the mystery customer giving $1,000 tips to servers?
Silicon Valley gossip site ValleyWag reported last week that the person behind "Tips for Jesus" is Jack Selby, a former PayPal executive with "more money than the real son of God."
The New York Post also reported Selby's name after interviewing a waiter at Bo's Kitchen in Manhattan. The 25-year-old waiter, who received $1,000 from "Tips for Jesus," confirmed that the tipper was Selby. Selby's party of three, whom the waiter described as "very well-dressed," ordered $111 worth of beer, bourbon, pasta, shrimp and pork chops.
"I was told, 'We tip a hundred times the bill,'" the waiter told The Post.
Selby isn't saying anything about his involvement, and did not respond to an email request for comment. He did share a link to an article about "Tips for Jesus" on his Facebook page last month, ValleyWag reported. And his references to Jesus may be a bizarre attempt at humor. "A tipster told me all the Jesus talk is a joke," writes ValleyWag's Sam Biddle.
So who is this guy? READ MORE about Selby.