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Driving Productivity
A new app is disrupting the taxicab industry by making it possible for drivers and riders to find each other with the push of a button. With Uber, there's no arm waving required: launched in 2009, riders reserve cars (often with drivers operating independently from a cab service) or find a rideshare by sending a text message or using the app; customers can then use the app to track their car's location. Uber is currently available in 50 cities worldwide and expanding.
Historically, the activity of taxi fleets has been monitored and controlled by a central office, which provides dispatching, accounting, and human resources services to one or more taxi companies. When a customer calls for a taxi, a trip is dispatched by radio or computer either to the first cab to book into the zone surrounding the pickup address via an in-vehicle computer system or to the cab closest by, as determined by GPS coordinates.
"By giving drivers an alternative to the old taxicab dispatching systems, Uber is, at least initially, weakening traditional taxicab firms drivers don't necessarily need dispatching firms anymore," says Professor Evan Rawley.
Uber's disruption of the taxicab industry is a prime example of a company using new technology to outperform existing service providers in a market. In fact, taxicab firms found themselves on the other side of this equation in the mid-1990s, when new dispatching technology allowed firms to outperform individual professional drivers.
To better understand the impact of technology adoption by firms and explain Uber's success Rawley and Timothy Simcoe of Boston University studied this 1990s phenomenon, which saw taxicabs moving from the older CB-radio style dispatching system to the then newly available GPS systems. They theorized that under certain conditions, when firms buy technologies that increase productivity, they have a strong incentive to expand vertically to buy their suppliers or customers and tend to shift toward a less-skilled workforce.
Using a combination of data on taxicab firms from the US Census Bureau, a University of North Carolina survey, and their own survey of the industry, the researchers were able to determine the kinds of dispatching technologies 250 US taxicab firms used in the mid-90s. They found that once firms began adopting GPS dispatching, the more skilled drivers those who knew not only the best routes in the city, but where rider demand was highest, too were forced to sell off their cars and medallions to the fleets and leave the industry. "Because the technology made fleets more productive, it made more sense for the fleets to buy up the assets, hire less-skilled drivers, and direct them centrally using GPS," Rawley says. "This put the higher skilled drivers out of business, so to speak."
However, Rawley points out that while their findings help explain why firms exist as opposed to, say, a market made up of independent contractors they also reveal fleets' fragility. Newer technologies, like those used by Uber, that increase dispatching efficiency and essentially take the taxicab firm out of the equation can threaten the productivity advantage of firms over individual drivers. At the same time, though Uber's market presence will force car and medallion leasing fees for individual drivers down by offering an alternative to working with taxicab firms, Uber not the drivers is likely to capture most of the surplus profit. "Interestingly, if Uber becomes dominant and taxicab firms exit the industry because simply maintaining and financing cars and drivers is no longer profitable for them, Uber may have to start buying taxicabs and matching drivers to cars themselves just like traditional taxicab firms," Rawley says.
Evan Rawley is the Roderick H. Cushman Associate Professor of Business in the Management Division at Columbia Business School.
Evan Rawley
Evan Rawley is the Roderick H. Cushman Associate Professor of Business. He joined The Columbia Business School in the strategy area in 2012 from the Wharton School where he was an Assistant Professor. His research on corporate strategy and entrepreneurship has won numerous awards and has been published in Management Science, Organization Science, the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, and the Strategic...
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Evan Rawley, Timothy Simcoe
"Information Technology, Productivity and Asset Ownership: Evidence from Taxicab Fleets"


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Where have you been all my life Review by Bernie
I've had many different vacuum sealers but Pampered Grape Wine Saver Gift Pack is the only one that seems to work. It works so well, I've bought sets for my family. Not only does it work (extending wines by a week - if it survives that long) but is a quality product. Nothing like some products that work for a while then stop - this one lasts. LOVE IT!
And as others have mentioned, it is difficult to find in stores. (Posted on 1/18/2013)
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Gargantuan Emporium is the newest addition to Thomas - a pizza place opened late last year by a pair of brothers who are seeking the perfect pie.
Young entrepreneurs Evan and Ian Boury, both 23, intended to open the Emporium on the final day of October, but when Superstorm Sandy struck town they were immediately set back. On Nov. 6, however, Evan Boury said the new business was officially opened to the public.
The pair is from Pittsburgh, said Evan Boury, in an interview with The Inter-Mountain. The brothers scouted different areas for possible locations for their pizza place and Thomas stood out as the obvious choice.
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A pie is tended in the wood-fired oven at the Gargantuan Emporium by Evan Boury. Boury established the Thomas pizza place with his brother, Ian Boury, in November 2012.
"Both of us found our self worth by extending ourselves in this area," Evan Boury said. "It's more calm (in Thomas). It seemed like the logical choice."
He said he enjoys the atmosphere that is created from the town and the people who live in and visit the area.
"It's a big playground here," he said, noting the seemingly enless possibilities for outdoor recreation such as skiing, hiking and camping.
It hasn't been all fun and games for the brothers, though.
"We weren't able to get a loan," Evan Boury said.
The brothers' credit history, he said, was nonexistent. That made it hard for them to get startup money.
So, they turned to other monetary sources and investigated every possible way to cut costs.
Funds ultimately, he said, came from their own pockets, as well as the pockets of their parents. And all the furniture in the Emporium was purchased from local antique stores.
The used furniture gives the restaurant a well-worn look. During Evan Boury's interview with the Inter-Mountain, this look was accompanied by the smooth sounds of live, acoustic Nirvana being played through a pair of speakers nestled near the rear of the dining room.
It is the ambiance, the open nature of the Emporium that is most inviting to customers, said Evan Boury.
Every part of the restaurant, aside from the brick oven, is located in a central room.
Tables and chairs of all sorts surround a long bar which houses the cash register and food preparation station.
Dough is rolled and toppings are placed before the eyes and ears of customers. Evan Boury said this inviting style leads to stimulating conversation and learning opportunities for staff and customers.
"Conversations can go in any direction," he said.
Often, the focus is on the brothers as young business owners. He said the community is largely happy to see the pair taking advantage of the area.
Once, he said, a customer engaged Evan Boury in a discussion about gluten. He was able to teach the customer about the nature of gluten and he said it was enlightening for them both.
"That's the most rewarding part," he said, "getting to teach others."
Pizzas are baked in an oven that was hand built by the brothers, Evan Boury said. It is made out of approximately two tons of materials, including cement, brick, stucco and insulation. The style is a mix between traditional Tuscan and Neopolitan oven styles.
It is located in a tight outside alleyway between the Emporium and the building to its left.
"We keep the fire rolling all day," Evan Boury said. "It's interesting, the dynamic of the oven - it's like a living person."
Evan Boury baked a pizza during part of his interview.
A wood-burning stove, flaming logs can be seen from the mouth of the oven. The pizza was placed directly on the same surface as the coals, and necessary, constant attention was paid to the pie. It was turned and manipulated over half a dozen times during a period of less than five minutes.
Evan Boury said that pies often can bake completely in a matter of minutes, noting the temperature of the oven as having the potential to reach 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. This makes the baking process an active endeavor, to ensure consistency to each pie.
Concerning his food stuffs and the business as a whole, Evan Boury had one encompassing question.
"Is it sustainable?" he asked.
He wants to work with local farmers to procure vegetables and milk and meat products so that local businesses can continue to thrive.
"Business owners (in Thomas) care about each other," he said.
Evan Boury mentioned Tip Top and The Purple Fiddle as two examples of business with which he closely works. He said that customers will be steered from the Emporium to Tip Top, for example, when he knows that his own business has a long wait or no available tables.
It is cooperation, not competition, that will help their businesses thrive, he said.
In the future, Evan Boury said he wants to increase the amount of food served, such as breaking into the market of sandwiches. For now, though, the menu is limited largely to pizza and calzones.
He wants to reach out to local artists and hopes to provide space on his walls for their artwork, so he can sell it without the addition of a sales commission.
Live musical acts are also on the horizon, he said. But that ambition, he expects, will be a delicate balancing act between his own business and The Purple Fiddle, which also hosts live shows.
"I tell people to remove all their expectations," Evan Boury said, in summation. "We aren't your average pizza place."
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At the Center for Civic Media and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Nathan designs and researches civic technologies for cooperation across diversity. At the Berkman Center, he applies data analysis and design to the topics of peer-based social technologies, civic engagement, journalism, gender diversity, and creative learning.
Nathan's current projects include large scale research on community building online. In the summer of 2015, Nathan will be a PhD intern at the Microsoft Research Social Media Collective. A full project list is at natematias.com.
Nathan regularly liveblogs talks and events. He also publishes data journalism with the Guardian Datablog and PBS IdeaLab. He coordinated the Media Lab Festival of Learning in 2012 and 2013.
Before MIT, Nathan completed an MA in English literature at the University of Cambridge, where he was a Davies Jackson scholar. In earlier years, he was Riddick Scholar and Hugh Cannon Memorial Scholar at the American Institute of Parliamentarians. He won the Ted Nelson award at ACM Hypertext 2005 with a work of tangible scholarly hypermedia. He facilitated #1book140, The Atlantic's Twitter book club from 2012-2014, and was an intern at Microsoft Research Fuse Labs in the summer of 2013.


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Kraus KCV-140-CH Chrome 17-7/10" Ceramic Vessel Bathroom Sink - Includes Pop-Up Drain
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What's Included:
- White ceramic vessel sink
- Pop-up drain assembly
- Fully covered under Kraus' limited lifetime warranty
- Constructed of the finest grade vitreous china (ceramic)
- Non-porous glossy, baked on finish is highly durable and scratch resistant
- Handmade by skilled artisans
- Add an elegant touch to your bathroom with a Kraus ceramic wash basin
- This bathroom sink will enhance any home improvement remodel
- Designed for above-the-counter installation
- Standard 1-3/4" drain opening - designed to easily connect to waste lines, including P-traps
- Extra secure mounting assembly
- All necessary mounting hardware included
- Height: 5-1/5" ( measured from the bottom of sink to the top of the rim)
- Overall Width: 15-1/5" (measured from the back outer rim to the front outer rim)
- Overall Length: 15-1/5" (measured from the left outer rim to the right outer rim)
- Installation Type: Vessel
- Drain Outlet Connection: 1-3/4"
- Material: Ceramic
- The Vessel Advantage: Beyond uniqueness and their distinctive modern design, vessel sinks also present a couple of functional advantages. Because the sink is raised off the countertop, overall bathroom clutter presents less of an issue as items are merely level with or below the sink rim, not towering over it and in the way of your arms. Furthermore, bowl-shaped vessel sinks actually free up countertop space directly under the sink rim. Lastly, vessel sinks are much better at containing splashes, making face and hand washing less messy.
- Handcrafted Quality: Kraus vessel sinks are handcrafted in a very labor-intensive process. Starting with only the finest materials, artisans work each sink through its various production stages, with complete control over the entire process. By using hands to get the work done, each Kraus vessel sink is a functional work of art that has seen great care and thought put into its creation. The end result is a flawless sink that shows its attention to details.
- Heavily Certified: Kraus has gone to great lengths to be able to provide you, the homeowner, the rest-easy satisfaction knowing that your sink is certified and listed by all the major product testing boards in the U.S. and Canada. This means that this sink is deemed safe to use and that it meets all applicable building codes. Certifications and listings include: UPC, cUPC, CSA, IAPMO, ANSI and SCC.
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Product Reviews
Rated 4 out of 5 by Healey from Great contemporary sink We have installed and used this sink for a few weeks now. No problems, looks great very contemporary and at a great value. FYI, lower your cabinet level a little to accommodate the height of the sink when possible.
Date published: 2010-05-13
Kraus redesigned several plumbing industry standards and focused on modern plumbing style. Offering an extensive selection of faucets and sinks, Kraus aims to provide quality and handmade plumbing fixtures to its customers. For plumbing that balances durability with aesthetics, Kraus keeps its luxurious products at an affordable price.
Kraus White Ceramic Collection
Kraus merges traditional style with modern ingenuity to create the White Ceramic Collection. Ceramic sinks have long ruled the home renovation scene as the go-to model for everyday bathrooms. What the White Ceramic Collection does is successfully reinvent a mainstay classic into a sleek and unique vessel suitable for the modern home. The White Ceramic Collection showcases a diverse array of white ceramic vessel sinks that range in size and shape from small to large and round to rectangular. Kraus ceramic vessels are still as elegant and refined as they were in the past but with harder wearing surfaces and higher stain resistant abilities. Made available with a variety of single lever faucets, capture the essence of contemporary home decor with the Kraus White Ceramic Collection.
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Trey Anastasio Band,
Sunday, 05/16/2010
Town Beach, Gulf Shores, AL
Set 1: Gotta Jibboo, Push On 'Til the Day, The Devil Went Down to Georgia, Burn That Bridge[1], Money, Love and Change, It Makes No Difference, Alaska, Sailboat Man[1], Sand, Valentine, Cayman Review, Plasma > Drifting, Black Dog
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[1] Debut.
Notes: This single set performance headlined the inaugural Hangout Music Festival that also featured Ben Harper, The Roots, and the Funky Meters. This show featured the debuts of the Trey and Amanda Green original "Burn That Bridge" and the Trey and Tom Marshall original "Sailboat Man."
Musicians: Trey Anastasio, Russell Remington, Jennifer Hartswick, Russ Lawton, Tony Markellis, Ray Paczkowski, Natalie Cressman


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What to bring to camp.
Transportation Plan.
Driving directions to Camp Bell.
Leader's Guide
Leadership Schedule
Map of Camp Bell.
Map of GHVSR.
This year, Troop 45 will return to Camp Bell at the Griswold Scout Reservation in Gilmonton Iron Works, NH. We will depart from Hanover at about 10:00 AM on Sunday, 24 July will be picked up to come home on the morning of Saturday, 30 July. Our accommodations while at camp will consist of deluxe two-person tents with wooden floors and canvas cots. We do our own cooking from menus we select ouselves. Additional information about Camp Bell is available on the Daniel Webster Council website.
While at camp, Scouts have the opportunity to work on a wide variety of merit badges, rank advancement requirements, troop and patrol activities. Camp Bell is a wonderful opportunity for Scouts of all ages and experience levels.
Here is the basic logistical information concerning our week at camp:


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Grohe 19829EN0 Brushed Nickel Geneva Volume Control Valve Trim Only with Cross Handle
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|Grohe Technology
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|Wall Mounted
|Integrated Diverter
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|Volume Control
This product has additional required/recommended options. To configure, add to your cart.
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Product Features:
- Fully covered under Grohe's limited lifetime warranty
- Trim constructed of brass – ensuring durability and providing aesthetic appeal
- Premier finishing process – finishes will resist rusting and corrosion through every day use
- Volume control valve trim - designed to be coupled with a thermostatic (temperature control) valve and trim
- Secure mounting assembly
- All hardware required for installation is included
- Rough-in valve is not included - when adding to cart valve options will be presented
Product Technologies / Benefits:
- Starlight Finish: Continuously improving over the last 70 years Grohe's unique plating process has been refined to produce and immaculate shiny surface that is recognized as one of the best surface finishes the world over. Grohe plates sub layers of copper and/or nickel to ensure that a completely non-porous, immaculate surface awaits the chrome layer. This deep, even layered chrome surface creates a luminous and mirror like sheen.
Product Specifications:
- A swinging dial controls the amount (flow) of water coming from tub spout or shower head
- Trim Height: 2-9/16" (measured from bottom of trim to top of escutcheon plate)
- Trim Width: 2-9/16" (measured from left most to right most point on escutcheon plate)
- Cross handle included with trim kit
- Rough-in valve sold separately
- Designed for use with standard U.S. plumbing connections
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Our SKU: 19 829
This product is listed under the following manufacturer number(s):
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The Grohe 19 829 has a width of 2 5/8" and a projection from the wall of 1 3/8" - 3 9/16".
There is no specification sheet (broken link?) I need to know what is the length of the product.
A. The Grohe 19 829 has a width of 2 5/8" and a projection from the wall of 1 3/8" - 3 9/16".
You can either do the separate volume and tempature, Grohe 19 829 and the Grohe 19 615 or together in one handle with the Grohe 19 725.
If I want to control volume and temperature, should I then get this item, a rough-in valve and the Geneva temperature control trim?
A. You can either do the separate volume and tempature, Grohe 19 829 and the Grohe 19 615 or together in one handle with the Grohe 19 725.
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GROHE provides the following warranties on its products to the original purchaser, installed in a residential application. This warranty is effective for all faucets sold after January 1, 1997. Grohe will send customers back to original place of purchase if parts wont fix the issue but they want to trouble shoot it with a customer first
Mechanical Warranty
A Limited Lifetime Warranty is provided on all mechanical parts to be free from manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship under normal use for as long as the original purchaser owns their home.
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A Limited Lifetime Warranty is provided on all GROHE product finishes to the original purchaser against manufacturing defects in materials and workmanship. At its option, GROHE will repair or replace any part or finish that proves to be defective in material and/or workmanship under normal installation, use and service.
To obtain warranty repair or replacement the faulty part or product is to be sent along with proof-of-purchase (original sales receipt) from the original consumer purchaser to:
- GROHE America, Inc.
241 Covington Drive
Bloomingdale, IL 60108
This warranty is extended to the original consumer owner, but does not cover installation or any other labor charges and shall not apply to any products or parts of products which have been:
- Repaired by unqualified persons or not using original GROHE spare parts or altered in any manner unless previously authorized in writing by GROHE; or
- Damaged as a result of misuse, negligence, accident or faulty installation or maintenance; or
- Installed or used in a manner contrary to GROHE's printed instructions; or
- Damaged by the effects of dirt, limescale or aggressive cleaners.
This warranty excludes all industrial, commercial, and business usage whose purchasers are extended a one (1) year limited warranty from the date of purchase, with all other terms of this warranty. (See following for commercial products.)
Commercial Products
GROHE warrants its products installed in a commercial application to be free from manufacturing defects for a period of one (1) year from the date of acquisition by original owner. Replaced products or parts are warranted only for the period remaining under the initial warranty.
This warranty is limited solely to the above and this warranty and any warranties implied by state law will apply only for the applicable warranty period specified herein. Also, GROHE will not be liable for any loss, damage, expense or incidental or consequential damages of any kind, whether based on warranty, contract or negligence and arising in connection with the sale, use or repair of the product. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of consequential damage or limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to state. Unless otherwise contrary to state law governing the purchase, GROHE's liability will not exceed the contract price for the product claimed to be defective or unsuitable.


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I am just posting this information in case someone else could find this useful. Others like myself will soon be upgrading to Windows 7 and when I did I had some issues with PS3 Media Server. I kept having a constant picture freeze at random times during playback that would last between 15-45 seconds. It drove me a crazy and had me going off on a hunt to fix this problem. I never had this problem with XP or Vista so I had first looked to PS3 Media Server for resolution, unfortunately after a lot of searching I did not find any resolution.
I tried many different versions, even the latest beta releases and all would produce the same results. I started looking beyond the software and noticed that with ps3 media server pushing out 720p and DTS audio encoded across the network it was sending some heavy traffic and when it reached a certain threshold the whole network would drop to 0/kbs .
Oddly I then remembered that when i did my fresh install of Windows 7, when I first logged in I was prompted for 3 updates and one of them was my network card. Jackpot. My network card was this:
Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.20)
For some strange reason Windows 7 decided to update it to a previous version driver, back to 2007.
My Roll Back Driver button was highlighted, so I rolled back my driver and viola. My "good" driver is back and everything is Smoooooth as whistle.
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Join us in celebrating this week's play theme: personality! All week, we'll talk about ways to nurture individualism, show off personal style, and honor our kids' unique ways of learning. We'll post special activity ideas designed to boost self-confidence, build communication skills, and customize learning. We're so excited to share our ideas with you—check in with us often!
Playtime is such a great time to explore personality—but it's not the only time: Everyday activities can be an opportunity for building self-knowledge, too! Any time your child has the chance to make choices—assessing, selecting, and expressing preferences—he is learning about his personality.
Fair warning: As any parent knows, offering infinite choices can lead to overwhelmed kids . . . so keep the options open on just a few topics at a time. Choice is most valuable when it is a mindful thought process, and not a frustrating impasse!
In the spirit of individuality, we encourage you to come up with your own personality-probing play ideas, too! Please share them with us in the comments section below. We'd love to see how your family expresses personality!
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Chris is a young man and a member of our church who had a horrible accident Friday. He is in critical condition. Please join me in prayer for God's will, for his mom and for wisdom for the doctors and staff at JCMCH. Thank you. I will pass along all encouragement and prayers to his family.


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Bend Park and Recreation District staff began cleaning up graffiti on a beloved boat play structure at Harmon Park on Monday as authorities continued to seek tips to find who was responsible for that vandalism and more at Al Moody Park over the weekend.
Cleaning, prepping and repainting the boat "will be done as quickly as possible," the park district said, adding that it's expected it "will take park staff two to three days to return the boat back to ship-shape."
Amid cries of outrage from upset citizens, the park district said Denfeld Paints has donated cleaning and paint supplies worth $250 to the project. Both the cleaning materials and paint are non-toxic, they said, and the boat will be painted in the same color scheme as before.
"A long-time fixture in Harmon Park playground, the boat has a special place in many people's hearts, and the community response to this incident has been passionate, especially through social media," said park district Marketing Manager Colleen McNally.
"The outpouring of concern and offers of help are certainly appreciated," McNally added. "It just shows how much this community loves that boat and park."
Police were notified early Saturday of the Harmon Park vandalism, and they learned Sunday morning that Al Moody Park's walls also were covered in spray paint.
Police say it is likely the same individual or group that tagged both facilities, as the words "Night Owls" and "Grinch" were written at both locations.
Police say they will be patrolling the parks overnight. They add there have been similar incidents at other parks, as such locations are unfortunately easy targets. The parks are supposed to be closed after the sun goes down, but there aren't any security cameras nearby.
Even with the vandalism, families still showed up to use the parks on a sunny, warm autumn weekend. Some were shocked and surprised such behavior could happen in a smaller city like Bend.
"It's really important. My kid is over there having a blast," Taylor Schepps said. "They don't really notice, because they're in their own world. But I've been to some parks and have been kind of offended like, 'Really? You're going to tag up a little kids' park? If you want to do art, go do it somewhere else.'"
More than 100 comments from mad, sad and upset residents were posted on the item on NewsChannel 21's Facebook page, several offering to help paint over and clean up the graffiti. Many said it was their favorite park when they were growing up.
"Older kids with nothing better to do with their lives ... what a shame!" wrote Mrsroad Runner.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) -- Richmond County deputies are searching for two suspects who accused of duct taping a man, beating him and stealing his car.
Deputies say three men -- 22-year-old Freddie Gibson, 23-year-old Michael Gibson and 21-year-old Charles Kellam -- got into a fight with 38-year-old Benjamin Franklin Rhodes at a home on Cedar Street around 8:35 p.m. Thursday.
They're accused of beating Rhodes with a 2x4, then stealing his car.
When deputies arrived on scene, they found Rhodes severely beaten.
Rhodes was able to tell deputies his roommate Michael, Freddie and Charles beat him up.
The car had Rhodes' 5-year-old child inside, but investigators say the suspects let the child out before taking off.
Deputies say the vehicle was seen at Gordon Highway at Sky View Drive and then the vehicle struck another vehicle as it fled from a police pursuit.
The vehicle then crashed at a ditch on New Savannah Road at Sky View Drive. The driver, Kellam, ran off on foot but was taken into custody after a brief struggle.
Kellam is currently at the Richmond County Jail and is charged with aggravated assault, armed robbery, false imprisonment, theft by taking, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime.
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Google Inc. on Wednesday is expected to unveil a new tablet powered by its Android operating system as it looks to boost Android's lead over Apple's iPad in terms of market share for tablets.
Several retailers that are expected to carry the Android tablet, the second generation of the 7-inch Nexus 7, released details about its components and specifications before Wednesday's expected announcement in San Francisco.
The Nexus device, designed by Google in partnership with an Asian hardware manufacturer, is powered by an updated version of Android, which also is the No. 1 software for smartphones.
The company is currently at work on a major update of Android software that is expected to be unveiled sometime later this year. Nearly a billion Android devices have been activated since 2008, the company has said, allowing Google to ensure that its revenue-generating services such as Google Search have a guaranteed spot on people's mobile devices.
The new tablet, which is expected to be available for sale at Best Buy Co Wal-Mart's Sam's Club, and PC Connection next week, costs $229 with 16 gigabytes of storage and $269 for 32 gigabytes, according to information on Best Buy's website that was later removed.
That compares to $329 for the 16-gigabyte iPad mini, an 8-inch tablet, and $429 for the 32-gigabyte version.
According to the Best Buy site, the Nexus 7 has a high-definition display that is more advanced than that of the iPad, but its 1.5GHz Qualcommdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor is less advanced than some Android enthusiasts had expected.
Google's support for the Nexus tablet serves several purposes, including the need to compete with Amazon Inc.'s $159 Kindle Fire tablet, a formidable threat to Google. Unlike the majority of Android devices, Amazon's tablet uses a separate version of Android that doesn't come with Google services preinstalled. (Android is a free, open-sourced software, so it is available to anyone.)
Google also is expected to sell the Nexus 7 device directly to consumers through its Google Play online store, just as it did for the first generation of the device. The Nexus 7, which is built by Taiwan-based Asustek Computer in close collaboration with Google's Android unit, became the most successful device in the history of the Nexus program—at one point selling at a rate of about one million devices per month—after being launched last year. Typically, Nexus devices cater to hardcore fans of Android and are meant to show hardware makers what they can do with the Android operating system, but aren't meant to be big sellers.
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Amazon has yet to release the next version of the Kindle Fire, which is expected to be available before the fourth-quarter shopping season.
Unlike Apple, which generates hefty profit from the sale of hardware, Google and Amazon play a different game. Google, which does get an undisclosed cut of Nexus 7 sales, simply wants as many Android-powered devices in the market because they are preloaded with revenue-generating services such as YouTube, Google Search and Google Maps. Amazon's bet is that customers will use its tablet to shop for products and digital media that is sold by Amazon.
For Google, increased sales of Android tablets can help its financial results in the short term, as prices for online ads viewed on tablets are higher than for ads viewed on smartphones and nearly in line with ads viewed on PCs. The rise of smartphones has weighed on Google's revenue growth in recent quarters.
Apple, meanwhile, said on Tuesday that it sold fewer iPads during the second quarter of this year versus last year, amid what CEO Tim Cook described as "channel inventory churn" and the fact that it had been a year since the last iPad release.
Overall, tablet shipments this year are expected to reach 230 million worldwide, up 58% from 144.5 million, according to IDC. Such sales would mean tablet shipments would exceed those of laptops, the firm said.
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Hitler's Role in the Persuection of the Jews by the Nazi Regime: Electronic Version, by Heinz Peter LongerichTable of Contents
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8.1After the pogrom, Göring was entrusted by Hitler with the direction and control of further "anti-Jewish policies"; while Hitler conferred upon Göring the task of investigating all decrees relating to the "Jewish question" before publication,71 in fact Hitler himself settled the details of further "anti-Jewish policies" in the months following the pogrom.
8.2Thus Göring disclosed a series of concrete decisions by Hitler in a conference with leading representatives of the Reich and the Party on 6 December.72 According to these resolutions, there was to be no particular label for Jews; no prohibition against selling to Jews; a boycott against Jews (Judenbann) could be ordered for certain localities.
8.3On 28 December 1938, after a discussion with Hitler, Göring communicated to central party and state officials the "authoritative expression of the will of the Führer" (Willensmeinung des Führers) on further measures to be taken against Jews.73 Accordingly, the law for the protection of tenants was not, in general, to be abrogated for Jews. On the other hand, in "individual cases" it was declared to be desirable to "proceed in such a way that Jews be quartered together in separate houses in so far as the contract situation allow".74 The use of sleeping and dining cars was to be forbidden for Jews. The use of "certain public establishments" (gewisse, der öffentlichkeit zugängliche Eirichtungen), such as bath houses or health baths, could be prohibited to Jews. Jews who were civil servants were not to be denied their pensions, but the possibility of reducing payments was to be investigated. Jewish welfare organisations were to be allowed to continue to exist. Jewish patents were to be "aryanised". Further, Hitler gave specific orders concerning living accommodations for people in "mixed marriages" and the "aryanisation" of their property. This catalogue is an excellent example of how precisely Hitler's detailed instructions were transmitted by Göring and translated into reality by the bureaucracy.
8.4Thus the Reich Transport Minister (Reichsverkehrminister) forbade Jews the use of sleeping and dining cars on 23 February, following Hitler's "will".75 By means of the law on rentals to Jews of 30 April 1939, the law for the protection of tenants was extensively curtailed thereby creating a legal situation according to Hitler's orders whereby Jews could be quartered together in separate houses.76 The law, once again based on Hitler's "will", however, ordered that German-Jewish mixed families with children be allowed to remain in their homes. With the circular put out by the Minister of the Interior on June 1939 Hitler's wish regarding the "Judenbann" was fulfilled whereby the presence of Jews in baths and health establishments could be curtailed.77
8.5As early as 12 November, at the meeting of leading representatives of the Party and State which was held under Göring's direction and which dealt with further measures of anti-Jewish policy, Göring announced that Hitler would
now finally make a foreign policy thrust, beginning with the powers who had raised the Jewish question, in order really to arrive at a solution to the Madagascar question. This is what he explained to me on 9 November. It doesn't work otherwise. He also wants to tell the other States: 'Why do you constantly talk about the Jews? Take them!'78
8.6These foreign policy initiatives took concrete form in the following weeks. Hitler left the necessary steps to Schacht, President of the Reich Bank, who elaborated on a plan initiated by Fischböck, Economics Minister in annexed Austria: according to this plan, the emigration of German Jews would be financed by means of an international loan. In this way, within the period of the next three to five years, emigration would become possible for some 400,000 employable Jews and their dependants.79
8.7It was only after Hitler had expressly agreed to this plan in a general meeting with Schacht,80 that Schacht was able to begin with appropriate inquiries in London at the end of December, 1938, and later with concrete negotiations. They did not lead, however, to tangible results.81
8.8With this foreign policy initiative, "the Third Reich" tried to make the German "Jewish problem" into an international question. The conjuring up of the memory of the pogrom of 9 November and additional threats were intended to place pressure upon German Jews to hasten to leave the country as well as to prevail upon the international community of states to prepare to admit a greater number of Jews.
8.9After Göring had already stated, in the meeting of 12 November, that in the event of an international conflict "an important reckoning with the Jews" would be "a foregone conclusion"82, Hitler expressed himself in a similar way in the course of the following weeks and months: The South African minister of defence and economics minister, Pirow, who had offered Hitler among other things his intervention in finding an international solution to the German "Jewish question", was told by his host on 24 November, 1938: "But the problem would be solved in the near future. This was his unshakeable will. It was not merely a German, but rather a European problem".83 During the conversation, Hitler moved to an open threat: "What do you think Mr. Pirow, what would happen in Germany if I lifted my protective hand away from the Jews? The world can not conceive of what would happen."84 With this remark, Hitler made it clear to his guest that the authority in the German anti-Jewish policy ultimately remained with him and that he was in a position to decide about a new pogrom at any time - to lift his protective hand, as he expressed it euphemistically. This expression was of course a deception. In fact, it was never Hitler's aim to protect the Jews. By presenting himself as a "protector" of the Jews, he wanted to deflect from his own central role in anti-Jewish policy and intended to portrait potential further anti-Jewish violence as a spontaneous outburst of popular fury. He followed here the official version which the Nazis had dissmimated after the progrom of November 1938.
8.10The report on Hitler's official reception of the Czech Foreign Minister Chvalkovsky on 21 January 1939, contains the following remarks by the "Führer": "The Jews would be exterminated here. The Jews will not get away with 9 November 1918. This day would be avenged".85
8.11In his speech before the Reichstag on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the take-over of power, on 30 January 1939, Hitler finally expressed himself in a pivotal and lengthier passage on the "Jewish question".86
In my life I have often been a prophet and was generally laughed at. During my struggle for power it was mostly the Jewish people who laughed at my prophecies that I would some day assume the leadership of the state and thereby of the entire Volk and then, among many other things, achieve a solution of the Jewish problem. I believe that in the meantime the then resounding laughter of Jewry in Germany is now choking in their throats. Today I will be a prophet again: If international Jewry within Europe and abroad should succeed once more in plunging the peoples into a world war, then the consequence will be not the Bolshevisation of the world and therewith a victory of Jewry, but on the contrary, the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe.87
8.12This threat by Hitler contained a new quality in that it no longer was aimed at putting further pressure on Jewish emigration. Rather, Hitler began to adjust to the fact that in the case of a war, a Jewish minority would continue to exist in Germany; he now intended to use this Jewish minority and the Jews of other countries, who in the case of war would fall under his domination as hostages so as to prevent an intervention by the Western Powers against his war policy. This is why his menaces concentrated on a "world war" and not merely on "war". The threatened "annihilation" (Vernichtung) of the Jews is here to be understood as a not clearly defined but in any case violent intimidation.
69. Below, Adjutant, p. 136; Schallermeier (personal adjutant in Himmler's staff), affidavit, 5 July 1946. (SS-(A)-5, IMT XLII, 511ff).
70. On the reporting by the Nazi press: Obst, Reichskristallnacht, pp. 65f. Concerning the destructions before the evening of 9 November: Popplow, Novemberpogrom; Paaatzold/Runge, Kristallnacht; Kingreen, Landleben, p. 132.
71. According to Göring in the discussion of 6 December (next footnote).
72. Edited by Aly/Heim, Ordnung.
73. 069-PS, IMT XXV, 131ff (transmitted by direction of the Stab des Stellvertreters des Führers. No. 1.39, 17.1.39).
74. 'Einzelfällen so zu verfahren, daß Juden in einem Haus zusammengelegt werden, soweit die Mietverhältnisse dies gestatten'. Ibid.
75. Walk (ed.), Sonderrecht, III 154.
76. RGBl 1939 I, 864.
77. RMBliV, 1291, 16.6.39
78. 'jetzt endlich einen außenpolitischen Vorstoß machen, zunächst bei den Mächten, die die Judenfrage aufgeworfen haben, um dann tatsächlich zur Lösung der Madagaskar-Frage zu kommen. Das had er mir am 9. November auseinandergesetzt. Es geht nicht mehr anders. Er will auch den anderen Staaten sagen: 'Was redet ihr immer von den Juden? - Nehmt sie!" 1816-PS, IMT XXVIII, pp. 499ff. On the session see also the description by Lösener in: Strauss (ed.), Reichsministerium, 286ff.
79. For the origins of the Schacht plan: Weingarten, Hilfeleistung, pp. 127ff; Fischer, Schacht, pp. 216ff.
80. Schacht got the consent during a talk at Hitler's in Munich: ADAP, Serie D, vol. 5, No. 654, undated note to the draft of a Telegram, 12.12.38.
81. BAB, 25-01, 6641, Rublees note to Schacht on 23 December, 1938 with the sketch of the project. Details on the plan and the negotiations in Schacht entry, 16.1.39, ibid., printed in ADAP, Serie C, vol. 5, No. 661. Vgl. Weingarten, Hilfeleistung, 135ff.
82. 'eine große Abrechnung an den Juden...selbstverständlich'. 1816-PS, IMT XXVIII, pp. 499ff.
83. 'Aber das Problem würde in der nächsten Zeit gelöst werden. Dies sei sein unerschütterlicher Wille. Es sei aber nicht nur ein deutsches, sondern ein europäisches Problem.' ADAP, Serie D, vol.4, No. 271.
84. 'Was meinen Sie, Herr Pirow, wenn ich die schützende Hand von den Juden wegziehen würde, was in Deutschland geschehen würde ? Das könnte die Welt sich nicht ausdenken.' Ibid.
85. 'Die Juden würden bei uns vernichtet. Den 9. November 1918 hätten die Juden nicht umsonst gemacht, dieser Tag würde gerächt werden." ADAP, Serie D, vol. 4, No. 158.
86. Speech of January 30, printed in Domarus, Hitler, vol. II., pp. 104ff, for the relevant passage pp. 1055-1058.
87. 'Ich bin in meinem Leben sehr oft Prophet gewesen und wurde meistens ausgelacht. In der Zeit meines Kampfes um die Macht war es in erster Linie das jüdische Volk, das nur mit Gelächter meine Prophezeiungen hinnahm, ich würde einmal in Deutschland die Führung des Staates und damit des ganzen Volkes übernehmen und dann unter vielen anderen auch das jüdische Problem zur Lösung bringen. Ich glaube, daß dieses damalige schallende Gelächter dem Judentum in Deutschland unterdes wohl schon in der Kehle erstickt ist. Ich will heute wieder ein Prophet sein: Wenn es dem internationalen Finanzjudentum in und außerhalb Europas gelingen sollte, die Völker noch einmal in einen Weltkrieg zu stürzen, dann wird das Ergebnis nicht die Bolschewisierung der Erde und damit der Sieg des Judentums sein, sondern die Vernichtung der jüdischen Rasse in Europa." Domarus, Hitler, vol. II, p. 1057.
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The good news about Ernest Moniz, President Barack Obama's nominee to become secretary of energy, is that he seems bullish about natural gas....
West Virginia's coal producing counties also have our state's highest poverty rates. The coal industry ignores federal safety regulations, kills dozens of workers annually, and pays off its multitude of lackeys in state government to circumvent environmental legislation. Yet West Virginians, the most short-sighted people in the nation, are unable to see how they have been duped.
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Coal has had its day!!! Solar energy is the way of the future. President Obama,who by the way was elected both times by the eligible AMERICAN voters,has little if no say on how coal has been depleted as a source of energy. This depletion has been caused by unneccessary use of the natural resource to satisfy the greed of man.Politics CANNOT restore coal to its previous unabounded uses.
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Remember what caused our electricity prices to go up the last time? It was the Derecho of last summer 2012
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Coal is not cheap, when you consider, mercury, rivers and streams clean-up, health effects, and carbon emissions that lead to intensified natural disasters. These things all have to be paid and accounted for. And it can never be clean.
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Wow, what a surprise! Mike doesn't like President Obama pick for secretary of energy.
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AUSTIN (October 10, 2012)--Races for 99 of the 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives have only one candidate in the race or involve no real competition, but the fight is on for the remaining 51 seats and Democrats are intent on whittling away at the Republican supermajority.
With 101 Republicans in the House last year, Democrats could only use parliamentary procedure to slow their conservative agenda, but with new House districts drawn to reflect the 2010 Census, Republicans will lose their supermajority.
State Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R- Kerrville, the chairman of the Texas Republican Representatives Campaign Committee, said says he'll consider it a victory if Republicans lose only six seats.
Democratic Rep. Trey Martinez Fisher said his party hopes to win 12 seats, giving Democrats 60 votes.
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Drying is the oldest method of preserving food. The early American settlers dried foods such as corn, apple slices, currants, grapes, and meat. Compared with other methods, drying is quite simple. In fact, you may already have most of the equipment on hand. Dried foods keep well because the moisture content is so low that spoilage organisms cannot grow. Drying will never replace canning and freezing because these methods do a better job of retaining the taste, appearance, and nutritive value of fresh food. But drying is an excellent way to preserve foods that can add variety to meals and provide delicious, nutritious snacks. One of the biggest advantages of dried foods is that they take much less storage space than canned or frozen foods. Many kinds of fresh fruits, vegetables, herbs, meat, and fish can be dried Emergency Essentials carries dehydrated food and dry foods that can be added to the food storage portion of your emergeny preparedness plan. The coconut, one of the most important cultivated trees in the world, is Cocos nucifera of the palm family, Palmaceae. Only the one species is in this genus. "Descriptive features are: (1) the slender often leaning trunk, enlarged at base, ringed above and 8 to 12 inches in diameter; (2) many pinnate (feathery) leaves 12 to 20 feet long with basal sheath of coarse brown fibers, long petiole (stem) and numerous very narrow shiny yellow-green segments (pinnae or leaflets) spreading regularly in one plane on both sides of axis; (3) numerous whitish or pale yellow male and female flowers in branched flower clusters at leaf bases; and (4) fruit, the familiar coconut, egg-shaped or elliptic, consisting of a light brown fibrous husk 8 to 12 inches long, a hard shell and one very large hollow seed with whitish, oily edible flesh) "What we call the meat of the coconut is really food for the developing embryo and is technically called the endosperm. In the young fruit this is a liquid but it gradually becomes firm, and by nine months the meat is at its greatest thickness,The fruit botanically is not a nut but a drupe. The bluntly 3-angled husk is 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches thick. It does not split open spontaneously as some fruits do. The meat is about 3/8 inch thick. The large central cavity contains a watery or milky liquid often called coconut milk or coconut water. It is one of the largest seeds known, surpassed only by the 1-seeded, 2-lobed fruit of the double-coconut (Lodoicea maldivica), a tall fan palm of the Seychelles islands in the Indian Ocean. L. maldivica produces fruit weighing up to 50 pounds. The coconut palm is medium sized, usually 30 to 60 feet, sometimes as tall as 80 feet. "The slender trunk is enlarged to 16 to 20 inches in diameter at base, often slightly inclined there, and may be leaning as a result of the constant coastal breeze or after partial uprooting by a hurricane. The gray or brown trunk is lightly cracked. At the apex is the relatively broad evergreen growth of alternate, erect, spreading and drooping leaves," known as fronds.


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Essay contest for Hiaasen lunch
Published: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 12:16 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 12:16 p.m.
Students can win $500 for their school and a $100 check for themselves, as well as a chance to attend the second annual Author Luncheon, hosted by the Library Foundation for Sarasota County, when Carl Hiaasen will be the featured speaker.
The luncheon will be 11:30 a.m. March 18, at Michael's on East, 1212 East Ave. S, Sarasota. Submit a 500 word essay on why public libraries are an important asset or read one of Hiassen's young adult books and say what it means to you.
The contest is open to all high school students attending any Sarasota County high school. The deadline is Feb. 24. Submit a cover letter with your name and grade in school; name, address and telephone number of your school; name of your teacher or school principal; title of your essay.
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Warriors center Andrew Bogut returned to his native Australia and gave interviews for the first time since missing the entire first round of the playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers because of a fractured rib.
"I'm four weeks in," Bogut told the Sunday Footy Show. "Two more weeks, I should be good to get back out there."
Bogut, who averaged 7.3 points, 10 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game this season and finished 10th in the NBA's defensive player of the year voting, tweeted last week that he hoped a scan would clear him to resume training.
Bogut, who noted he will enter his 10th NBA season, was asked how long he could continue playing.
"I've had some car accident-type injuries, so my body's taken a beating, so I've got three years left on my deal, and I'll reevaluate at the end of that," he said. "But the body's starting to get a few nicks."
Bogut told The Advertiser he would decide this month if he would play in this summer's FIBA Basketball World Cup, but that it is "probably unlikely."
"I've had some bad luck," Bogut added.
"I'd like to get three-four years out of my body injury-free."
Bogut said he spoke Monday with new coach Steve Kerr and that he and Mark Jackson "got along fine."
"He has that New York style and there were some rumblings during the season he and management weren't getting along," Bogut said.
"At the end of the season, that hit the fan."
Bogut was asked on the Sunday Footy Show about the pressure he faces playing in the NBA.
"It's excruciating sometimes, but that's a part of it," Bogut said. "That's why there's so much money involved -- No. 1 the TV rights -- there's a lot going on.
"Now I've come to a bigger market in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Milwaukee was a little more kind of relaxing because it wasn't the No. 1 sport. You had the Packers. And now we're kind of first fiddle there, so when you're not performing, you're going to hear it, especially on Twitter."


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I have a friend whose parents make over $100,000 a year and he received a full ride scholarship. Why? Because he is considered a minority. I come from a family that makes roughly $50,000 a year and did not qualify for financial aid, or receive any of the scholarships I applied for. I mean I participate in sports and clubs, and maintain an average GPA. I'm not at all saying that I deserve a sports scholarship or even an academic one but it would be nice.
Many would say that the reason is that they are giving scholarships to those who are "minorities" because of the prejudices that their race faces. My theory is that it is just people trying not to get sued.
I'm not suggesting that there is not prejudice in the United States because there is. Reports have been made about racial bullying in schools. Not only does this offend the victims but affects their learning as well. There have been numerous cases of racism in the past that still haunt our country, but we should leave them in the past.
This is an important issue that we need to be thinking about but not focusing on.
Akeisha N., a high school student said "I feel like sometimes, just being a minority, I have so many more opportunities."
We will not eliminate prejudice until our country decides to give everyone equal opportunity.
Our country needs to come to an understanding that equal opportunity doesn't mean giving other races more opportunity. If we don't then the circumstances will always remain the same, and the concept of "minority" will never change.
Why do we even pay attention to each others race? This country would run so much more smoothly if people just eliminated all prejudice. That means not having an action merely based on skin color.
Telling whites that they cannot receive a scholarship because of their race is the same as telling blacks they cannot drink out of the same water fountain.
The Webster's dictionary states that minority means "a racial, religious, or political group that differs from the larger controlling group." But is that what our country views it as?
Did our country not just elect the first black president?
The other day I was researching summer camps and it came to my attention that there was camps that were solely for a racial group. These camps weren't even studying heritage or anything. They were just camps that were for "Hispanics only" or for "Asians only."
Why would these camps marginalize other races? God forbid there to be camps for "Whites only." They would be sued if that happened.
Whether people agree or not, there has been racial prejudices in the past and present. But what ever happened to that old saying "Lets all forgive and forget!"


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OAKLAND -- They're back, defying convention and torching preseason forecasts, proving yet again that in baseball, perhaps more than in any other sport, success can be achieved by ignoring unfavorable circumstances and playing with skill and tenacity from first pitch to last out.
The Oakland A's, for the second year in a row, have jumped onto center stage of the American League pennant race. They are not yet in the postseason, but they're close enough to start the countdown. So close that playoff tickets went on sale this week.
The journey thus far has required clearing numerous obstacles and brushing aside a long list of convenient excuses, many of which are legitimate.
"They've got short memories," general manager Billy Beane said Wednesday after the A's lost 5-4 in 11 innings to the Los Angeles Angels. "There's a bounce to this team that's pretty consistent. It's something I noticed last year, and it's matured over this season."
The A's could have held a pity party one month into the season, when opening-day pitcher Brett Anderson was felled by injury. They could have faded during summer, as their most feared hitter, Yoenis Cespedes, searched in vain for his stroke.
They could have crumbled after the July exit of catcher John Jaso, who remains sidelined with concussion-related symptoms, followed by the 15-day disablement in August of 40-year-old All-Star pitcher Bartolo Colon.
The A's don't do pity and they don't crumble. This incredible, unsinkable team refuses to stray from its goal, which is to win every pitch.
"Their preparation is very consistent, and so is the expectation to win on a particular day," manager Bob Melvin said. "That's what we've been trying to enforce here for the last couple years. I know it's cliche to say that we play for the day, but we really do. It shows up when you have a tough loss, or a dramatic loss, like we've had over the course of a couple years here. We're able to put it away, come back and play well the next day."
Thursday will be the next test of the A's resiliency, because Wednesday was particularly rough. One out from victory, their All-Star closer, Grant Balfour, gave up a game-tying two-run homer.
It was only the third time all season that Balfour had failed in a save situation, and he didn't stick around to talk about it. Before the game, he had acknowledged the pressure of the job.
"Sometimes it's tough," he said, "but you learn over the years how to handle it. If not, it's just going to get worse. You have to let it go, come out the next day and hopefully get a 1-2-3 inning and get on another roll."
That's what the A's have done. Unlike 2012, when they used a late-season surge to soar into the playoffs, winning the A.L. West on the final day of the season, this team has been remarkably steady. Only twice this season have the A's lost more than three consecutive games and they've posted winning records every month, including 12-5 so far in September.
As defending division champs, the A's were expected to be competitive. But logic dictated the division heavyweights would be Texas and Los Angeles. Those two franchises spend bigger and expect bigger than Oakland.
The Rangers are a perennial contender with the seventh-highest payroll ($114 million) in baseball. The combined 2013 salaries of their top five players, according to the ESPN database: $62.25 million. The Angels opened with a $128 million payroll; their four highest-paid players will earn a combined $61.1 million.
Oakland sits atop the A.L. West despite an opening-day payroll of roughly $61 million for the entire 25-man roster. It's another testament to the team's approach that the man with the highest salary, outfielder Chris Young, acquired last October and making $9 million, is having the worst year of his seven-year career.
These A's are vastly superior to the total of their salaries or individual statistics. None of their hitters was invited to the All-Star game; only third baseman Josh Donaldson, having a fine season one year after being converted from catcher, was considered.
Whereas most baseball managers expect to present a set lineup each day, Melvin plays roulette with his roster, mostly out of necessity. Through 152 games, he has used 131 lineups, usually based on the opposing starting pitcher. Only three players -- shortstop Jed Lowrie, first baseman Brandon Moss and Donaldson -- have missed fewer than 20 games.
"We've got some tough players," Melvin said. "But we're also able to rest guys because we do platoon quite a bit. Every day, there is a group of guys that go out there hungry and rested."
Said Beane: "When you look at the individuals, the national pundits are saying, 'Who's there?' But we're not based on stars. We've got 25 very functional, useful parts."
It's not just the lineup that features a rotating cast of heroes. The ace of the pitching staff was Anderson, and then it was Colon, who over the past two months was bettered by 24-year-old right-hander Jarrod Parker. The bullpen was outstanding until about a month ago when it devolved into mediocrity.
Still, Oakland owns the league's second-best pitching staff. And that's the primary reason behind the team's consistency and success.
Cespedes recently found his groove and has been one of the league's hottest hitters. Assuming the A's advance to the postseason, Colon is a good bet to start the first game.
But Anderson, who returned in August, still is not healthy enough to rejoin the starting rotation. There's a good chance Jaso won't return. That the team is not fully healthy doesn't seem to bother anyone in the clubhouse. The A's remember last season, when nobody thought they could win. They won anyway.
Now that they expect to win, they don't fret about such matters as fraying carpets or peeling paint on the dugout bench or stadium plumbing problems. These things are beyond the scope of their focus, so they become invisible.
They leave any whining about attendance to Lew Wolff, the managing partner who has said this team can't win in this town.
Fortunately for A's fans, the players are too busy winning to consider the skeptics, even if one of them is a co-owner.
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Award-winning comedian, writer and multiple Emmy winner Greg Fitzsimmons returns to the Improv after a long absence.
The headliner through Sunday night at Harveys has quite a bit going on these days, so it's a surprise he was able to put aside a whole week for us. Greg hosts a popular radio show on Howard Stern's Sirius/XM channel as well as his own podcast, "Fitzdog Radio," one of the most downloaded shows on iTunes. He has a lot of big name acts on his show, most of them comedians.
"Comedians are honest and intelligent, so they make for a good show," he said. "I think on my show they can be in the moment and not have to do material. I really like my guests and I know my guests and so I am asking questions that I already know the answers to."
Greg is probably one of the most sarcastic comics I have ever known. I think in part because he's a Bronx native, so yeah, Greg can hold his own pretty well. A footnote: his dad, Bob Fitzsimmons, was once a radio personality back in the day in New York City and knew Howard Stern when he was still new in the business. Apparently Stern used to give Greg's dad a hard time, bustin' his chops, so it's king of ironic having Greg working with a much older (and richer) Stern.
Fitzsimmons is a regular on the late night talk show circuit, including 'The Late Show With David Letterman," "Conan," and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" His two comedy specials on Comedy Central were well received, as was his MTV show, "Idiot Savants" (which won him a Cable ACE Award for Best Game Show). Greg was featured on the "HBO Comedy Showcase" hosted by Louie Anderson.
With regard to the big screen also appeared in the movies "Monumental," "The Callback" and "Three." Greg also is the author of the book "Dear Mrs. Fitzsimmons: Tales of Redemption from an Irish Mailbox." The book is a memoir of growing up in a dysfunctional Irish family as told through a collection of disciplinary letters saved by his mother. Published by Simon & Schuster, the book is literally an open-heart surgery and dissection about a comedian. It's very personal and insightful.
Dana Eagle was here for the very first time two years ago and everybody loved her.
We wanted to get Dana back up here; she requested Gay and Lesbian Ski Week. She loves it up here and feels at home, but I think it's more because she likes being around people that aren't in the back-stabbing business. She was on Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed," "The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson," Comedy Central and Showtime. She was on a pilot for the E! Entertainment Network, shot another television pilot for ABC with Jason Alexander, hosted Comcast On Demand's "UNConventional" and showcased in HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival for her solo show, "Stones From Glass Houses," and then followed that up appearing in the series "Mood Disorders: A Light-Hearted Romp Through Crippling Depression." Whew.
As Dana puts it, "Studies now show that 80 percent of us suffer from depression and that the other 20 percent of you cause it."
Her style is a mix of laid-back coolness with a touch of the self-deprecating thrown in to keep her grounded. Oh, sure, one would say she's offbeat by nature, but Dana's always the real deal. She's a hit with college, nightclub, television and concert audiences.
"I used to think I liked myself, she said, "but then I realized I was just using me to get to someone else."
Like so many of us, Dana got into comedy as a way for gaining acceptance that she didn't get at school.
"When you don't have a lot of friends growing up, the seesaw is just a really low bench," she said.


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John Wes Townley (No. 05 Jive Communications/Zaxby's Chevrolet Silverado) won the Keystone Light Pole Award for the Careers for Veterans 200 Presented by The Cooper Standard Foundation & Brad Keselowski's Checkered Flag Foundation with a lap of 183.697 mph.
Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott both had top-seven times in the first practice session at Michigan International Speedway. Elliott qualified fifth; Blaney will start seventh. And notably, they had the second (Blaney) and third (Elliott) fastest laps in Saturday morning's session. Blaney posted a lap of 201.427 mph; Elliott went 201.196 mph.
Tony Stewart posted the fastest single lap in the Saturday morning practice for the Pure Michigan 400. His top speed of 202.122 mph was the first time this week cars went over 202 in a timed session.
NASCAR Pinty's Series driver Alex Tagliani (No. 18 Chevrolet) won the Coors Light Pole Award for the Road America 180.
John Wes Townley (No. 05 Jive Communications/Zaxby's Chevrolet Silverado) had the best 10-lap consecutive average speed in final NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice leading up to the Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway.
Tyler Reddick (No. 29 Cooper Standard Careers for Veterans Ford F-150) led the final NASCAR Camping World Truck Series practice session for the Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway.
Chase Elliott posted a lap of 201.303 mph to qualify fifth. Ryan Blaney had a lap of 201.202 mph and will start the Pure Michigan 400 seventh.
With a speed of 201.523 mph, Jimmie Johnson qualified on the front row for only the second time this season. His other front row start was a pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in July and he finished 12th.
Joey Logano won the pole for the Pure Michigan 400 with a speed of 201.698 mph. This gives him a sweep of the Michigan International Speedway pole and is significant for another reason. Prior to this weekend, Logano had the record for the fastest pole speed in 2016 and it came in the June FireKeepers Casino 400 on this same track with a speed of 199.557 mph.
Kyle Busch posted a speed of 200.245 mph and will roll off the grid 16th for the Pure Michigan 400.
Martin Truex Jr. had the fastest lap in the first practice session, but was unable to back that up in qualification when it mattered most. His lap of 200.356 was 14th best.
Matt Kenseth posted a lap of 200.290 mph and was the first driver who failed to advance to the final round of qualification in the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. He will start 13th.
AJ Allmendinger posted a lap of 198.265 mph to become the first driver who failed to advance to the second round of qualification for the Pure Michigan 400 at Michigan International Speedway. He will roll off the grid 25th on Sunday.


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Apartment complex officials push back on crime report
Published: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 12:18 a.m.
Officials with a local student-housing apartment complex believe a recent report on police incidents from the mayor's Student Housing Task Force gave their complex an unfair black eye.
By the numbers
Here's a list of the calls for police service from Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 2012 at nine major complexes that rent to students. The list was compiled by the Tuscaloosa Police Department at the request of the mayor's Student Housing Task Force. It includes the total number of calls to police along with how many of those were considered serious by police.
Student Housing Crime Data
Complex, Bedrooms, Total Reported Incidents, Serious Incidents:
Court Woods 120 28 0
Rivermont 360 32 6
Bent Tree 420 210 21
Boardwalk 600 202 18
Campus Way 676 343 46
Crimson Student 700 219 26
Retreat at Lake Tamaha, 1,306 464 64
The Woodlands of Tuscaloosa 1,347 419 39
The Reserve at North River 532 198 9
Note: Serious incidents include burglaries, discharging firearms or any incident involving a firearm, drugs, homicides, robberies, sexual assaults such as rape and thefts involving vehicles.
They say the data shows the Retreat at Lake Tamaha is not as dangerous as originally presented.
"Candidly, that (report) misrepresented the safety of student housing throughout all of Tuscaloosa," said James B. Whitley, vice president and chief operating officer of Athens, Ga.-based Landmark Properties, which owns the Retreat at Lake Tamaha. "From us, the safety and the well-being of our residents is something we take very seriously."
Whitley referred to data the task force released Sept. 18, showing 464 calls to police were reported at the Retreat at Lake Tamaha in 2012.
Of those calls, 64 were considered serious incidents, according to task force member Robert Parsons.
Serious incidents, based on information provided to the task force by the Tuscaloosa Police Department, included burglaries, discharging firearms or any incidents involving a firearm, drugs, homicides, robberies, sexual assaults and thefts involving vehicles.
But the remaining 86 percent of the 464 incidents that year were non-violent and often did not result in the filing of a police report.
The incidents listed in the task force report included calls for service. Every call to Tuscaloosa Police from an address inside The Retreat was on that list including noise violations (53 incidents), animal control issues (four incidents), parking problems (two incidents) and 53 calls listed as "miscellaneous non-criminal" events.
The task force looked at calls to police at eight other non-campus student-housing complexes.
"The students who do live here, I feel like they are comfortable," said Keli Middleton, who has worked as community manager for the 1,306-bedroom Retreat at Lake Tamaha for almost three years. "I feel like we take measures to prevent crime and, if something happens, we have measures to take care of it."
Among the measures Middleton mentioned are security-controlled entrance and exit gates, police officer residents who bring their patrol vehicles home and off-duty police officers who act as security guards.
These security methods are not exclusive to the Retreat, and neither are the percentages of serious crimes to miscellaneous or innocuous incidents.
The Woodlands of Tuscaloosa, for example, a 1,347-bedroom complex, had 419 calls to police in 2012. But of these, 39 or 9 percent were classified as serious crimes. The rest fell into the "calls for service" categories.
This is not to say that parents and students have nothing at all to fear.
Among the 64 serious incidents at the Retreat of Lake Tamaha were 13 drug-related calls, eight reports of assaults, 30 reported thefts, three suicides and 10 other serious matters.
The Woodlands had two suicides, five assaults, 17 drug-related calls and 22 reported thefts.
The Student Housing Task Force was formed by an executive order of Mayor Walt Maddox to evaluate the city's student rental housing market. It also is studying proposed increases or changes to student housing and it was asked to determine if Tuscaloosa is becoming overly saturated with student-housing complexes and whether the City Council can — or should — do anything about it.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- In a courtroom packed with doctors, nurses and patients from Doctors Medical Center, a U.S. District Court judge tentatively denied requests for an injunction Wednesday to keep the beleaguered San Pablo hospital open and restore its staffing and services to levels that existed before the emergency room was closed to ambulance traffic earlier this month.
District Judge William H. Orrick did not make a final ruling Wednesday, saying that he would need some time to carefully reconsider the plaintiffs' argument that he should intervene because the hospital's diminished services mean that Contra Costa County is no longer meeting state and federal standards.
"Everybody here acknowledges the impact of DMC's closure," said Orrick, before adding that his two concerns were whether there was a legal argument he could "hang his hat on" to take the "quite extraordinary" step of a mandatory injunction, and whether doing so would benefit anyone.
Nurses, doctors, patients and community members filed the suit earlier this month seeking to stop the possible closure or downsizing of West Contra Costa's only public hospital, which is deep in the red and losing staff as uncertainty about its future continues.
"The remedy that you're asking for I don't think does good for the people you want to help," Orrick said. "They're going to be closing very soon, and if I ordered them to spend more money, they'd close sooner."
Amid mounting staff departures, DMC stopped accepting emergency ambulance traffic Aug. 8, diverting patients to hospitals farther away, and as of Tuesday night, closed one of its medical and surgical units.
A spokesman for the hospital said the unit consolidation was initially scheduled for Sept. 5 but was done Tuesday night after administrators determined there weren't enough patients to justify continuing to operate two units.
"It is part of the ongoing consolidation to extend the ability of the hospital to keep its doors open," said spokesman Chuck Finnie.
Sherry Ray, a nurse who works in the department and attended Wednesday's hearing, said the closure came as a surprise during her shift.
"They sent us home and said our next shifts were canceled," Ray said.
Plaintiffs' attorney Pamela Price mentioned the closure of the unit during her appeal to Orrick as another example of the hospital's "death by dismemberment."
Attorneys for Contra Costa County and the West Contra Costa Healthcare District, which runs the hospital, said they agreed with Orrick's tentative ruling that there is no legal basis for an injunction.
Both attorneys also added that their clients have done much to keep the hospital open, that they are continuing to work behind the scenes for a solution, and that they were upset by charges by the plaintiffs of discrimination.
"They think nothing of accusing my clients of discriminating without any factual evidence," Douglas Straus, an attorney representing the health care district, said of the accusation that the district was discriminating against African-Americans by reducing services at the hospital.
Orrick is expected to rule on the matter within the next few days.


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