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Language Switcher WordPress Plugin
No longer maintained!
Note from Jennifer Hodgdon, the plugin author: As of April 2010, this plugin is no longer being maintained. Please read this news posting for more details.
The Language Switcher plugin does work fine for WordPress 2.9.x. If you are attempting to use the Language Switcher on a later version of WordPress and it needs updates, or if you would like more features, and you have funding for your project, you (or a group of users) could consider hiring Poplar ProductivityWare to update the plugin. Or, you can modify it yourself (it is open-source software licensed under the GNU Public License). Or, if you or someone you know would like to take over maintenance of this plugin, please let me know.
If you don't want to use the Language Switcher plugin, the qTranslate plugin for WordPress may be a good alternative. I haven't tried it, but someone recommended it to me as a good alternative in May of 2010.
Translations of this site are available (not sure how up-to-date they are, so use at your own risk):
- German translation -- thanks, Angi!
- Spanish translation -- thanks, Juan!
The Language Switcher WordPress plugin allows you to create a bilingual or multi-lingual blog or site, using WordPress. The way it works is that you write the content for your site in multiple languages, using special tags to tell the plugin which text goes with which language. You'll also install "gettext" language files to translate the text generated by your theme, other plugins, and WordPress itself into your target languages. The Language Switcher plugin will then let your site viewers choose a language for viewing your site, and put all the text on the screen into the right language.
Unfortunately, setting up a multi-lingual site does take some work. You will need to follow all the steps on this site carefully to get your site functioning properly, and it will require at least a passing knowledge of WordPress and probably HTML. Also, unfortunately many WordPress themes and plugins that other people have written are not set up properly for internationalization and multi-lingual sites with the Language Switcher. Instructions are given on this site on how to fix them, but it will require some PHP programming (or at least PHP editing) to fix some plugins and themes. So, be prepared! The good news is that the core of WordPress has a lot of functionality, and the Language Switcher works well with the core WordPress functionality.
Note: Language Switcher does not do any translations! It just allows you to display text that you have provided, in the language preferred by your site's visitors. There are other plugins that can be used to create multilingual sites that have different approaches, including automatic machine translations. To find other plugins, see the Plugins article at wordpress.org.
Since setting up a bilingual or multi-lingual site is rather complex, this web site is basically a tutorial on how to get your site set up, from start to finish. Please follow all of the instructions on all of these pages!
Terminology note for Windows and Mac users: the word "directory" in this article is the same as "folder" -- a location containing files on a computer.
Installing or Upgrading Blog Software
WordPress Install or Upgrade
The first step in creating a bilingual or multi-lingual site with the Language Switcher is to install or upgrade WordPress. The Language Switcher is mostly compatible with WordPress 2.1.2 and later versions. However, the released versions of WordPress have some little bugs or features that make them not quite compatible with the Language Switcher plugin, so please follow these instructions to install WordPress, or to upgrade to a new version. Important: later on, after using the Language Switcher, please return to this page and follow the instructions below in order to upgrade your bilingual or multi-lingual site to a new version of WordPress.
- Read the instructions in the WordPress Installation Guide or (WordPress Upgrade Guide if you are updating from a previous version). But -- don't follow them exactly yet! Instead, follow these slightly modified steps.
- Download the latest version of WordPress zip file from the WordPress download page. Important: Do not download from any other site! Especially, do not get a version that has been modified for a foreign language. To make a multi-lingual version work, you will need to start with the English-language, standard version of WordPress. If you start with a different version, you will probably encounter problems, because some foreign-language WordPress versions have modified files that are not compatible with multi-lingual operation.
- Unzip the file onto your personal computer.
- If you are installing for the first time, set up your MySQL server as described in the Installation Guide. If you are upgrading, back up your previous MySQL database as described in the Upgrading guide.
- Modify the configuration file (as described in the Installation guide -- if you are upgrading, you can download your previous configuration file from your site).
- If your configuration file (wp-config.php) has this line in it, remove this line -- it seems
to be incompatible with the Language Switcher in some circumstances:
define('ENABLE_CACHE', true);Also, if you are using a language that uses a non-western character set (such as Chinese or Hebrew), you may need to remove these two lines from your configuration file, in order to display those characters:
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');See this page on the WordPress support forum for more information. David, a Chinese/English Language Switcher user also wrote and said that for him, removing those lines didn't work. What worked was changing those lines to match what his database was currently using, which you can find in PHPMyAdmin. The Character Set setting is displayed on the PHPMyAdmin home page (it's usually utf8, I think), and the Collate setting is displayed when you choose a database or database table. If you have a working database table that is able to display your language's characters in PHPMyAdmin, then you should be able to choose that DB_COLLATE setting in the wp-config.php file. For David, the DB_COLLATE setting that worked for Chinese/English was 'utf8_unicode-ci'.
define('DB_COLLATE', '');
- Download the zip file of WordPress fixes (if any) corresponding to your WordPress version from the downloads section, and install the files into the correct locations (as specified in the README.txt file contained in the fixes zip file).
- If specified in the downloads section for your version, also follow the database fix instructions.
- If you are upgrading, delete the obsolete files from your installation, as specified in the Upgrade guide.
- Upload the entire set of WordPress files to your server (see the Installation Guide for a description of where to put them).
- Run the install.php or upgrade.php file to complete the installation (as described in the installation/upgrade guide).
Installing and Setting Up the Language Switcher Plugin
The next step in creating your multi-lingual site is to install the Language Switcher plugin. After downloading the zip file from the downloads section, follow these steps to install, activate, and set it up:
- Upload langswitch.php (the main plugin file) into wp_content/plugins, in your WordPress installation. If you are using WordPress version 2.6 or later, and have changed the location of your wp_content directory, use that location instead, throughout the instructions below.
- Upload the flag icon files (*.png) into sub-directory "langswitch_flags" of wp-content/plugins, in your WordPress installation. You can add other flags, or substitute other image files, by putting them in this directory.
- If you want to localize Language Switcher so that the administration menus and the title of the language list widget (if you are using Widgets) are displayed in a language besides English, you can use the langswitch.pot file and your favorite localization software to translate Language Switcher. See the translating section for more information; your localization file(s) will need to be named "langswitch-ll.mo", where "ll" is the ISO code of the language you want to use, and they will need to go into sub-directory "langswitch_flags". Several localization files have been provided in the zip file, but they may not be complete or accurate (they came from other plugin users).
- Activate the plugin from your WordPress administration panel. If you need more detailed information on how to manage WordPress plugins, please visit the Managing Plugins page on the WordPress site.
- Enter information about the languages you want to use in your site on the Language
Switcher options page.
- To get to the page in the administration panel, click on "Options" or "Settings" in the top or side menu, and then "Language Switcher".
- Type in the two-letter ISO code for your default language (the one someone will see when first visiting the page) at the top; a table of ISO codes is available at this Wikipedia site (be sure to use the two-letter codes from the first column). Note: If you cannot find an ISO code for your language, you can make one up. The Language Switcher does not care, as long as you use consistent 2-letter codes on the Options screen, when entering multilingual text (see the translating content section), and for the MO file names (see the translating static text section).
- In the table below, enter information about all the languages you will use in your site,
one language per line (including the default language). Fields:
- ISO Code: The two-letter ISO code (or made-up 2-letter code) for the language; for example, "en" for English, and "es" for Spanish (do not type the quotes).
- Language: The name of the language, in that language. For example, for English, type in "English", and for Spanish, type in "español" (without the quotes).
- Flag File: The image file name for the flag you want to use for the language (from the langswitch_flags directory in the plugin distribution). For instance, for English, you could use "en.png" for the English flag, "us.png" for the American flag, etc. Enter the file name without the quotes and without the directory name.
- Time Format: The format you would like to use for time of day for that language, using standard PHP time/date formatting codes found on this PHP documentation page. For instance, to display times in a format like "3:15 PM", you would type in "g:i A", and to use a 24-hour clock, you would use "G:i" (in both cases without the quotes).
- Date Format: The format you would like to use for dates for that language, using standard PHP time/date formatting codes (see above). For instance, to display dates in a format like "25 Dec. 2008", you would type in "j M. Y"; to get something like "12/25/2008", you could use "m/d/Y"; and to have the day before the month, "d/m/Y" (in all cases without the quotes).
- Text Missing Message: The message to display on the screen if an article has no translation for the requested language.
- Click "Update Options" when you have entered all your language information.
- If you want to change some information, enter the new information in the line with the ISO code you want to change, and click "Update Options".
- If you want to delete a language, check the "Delete" box in that row and click "Update Options".
- If you want to add additional languages, type in the information, starting at the first blank line, and click "Update Options".
- If you want to enter more new languages than there are space for, enter as many as you can, click "Update Options", and then more blank lines will appear on the screen. Repeat until all your languages are entered.
- If you do not like the URLs the Language Switcher is producing, or they are not working for you, see the Frequently asked questions section for information on the URL-related options on this screen.
Installing Plugins and Themes
Installing a Theme
The next step in creating your multi-lingual site, unless you happen to like the default WordPress theme, is to find a theme, and install it. Themes can be found in the WordPress Theme Repository and other web sites. Important: Get an internationalized theme, if possible. If you cannot find an internationalized theme that you like, than get an English-language theme. Internationalizing a non-English theme is much more complex than internationalizing an English-language theme, and you will need to have an internationalized theme in order for its text to switch between languages using the Language Switcher. To install a theme:
- Download the theme from the repository, or anywhere you found it. It should come in a zip file.
- Unzip and upload the theme's distribution files into the WordPress "themes" directory on your site, which is under "wp-content" (unless you changed the content directory location, using WordPress 2.6 or later).
- Visit the WordPress administration page, click on "Presentation" or "Design" or "Appearance" (depending on your WordPress version), and activate your new theme by clicking on it.
Installing Other Plugins
The next step is to find and install other plugins; you can look for plugins in the WordPress Plugins List. Besides Language Switcher, which you should have already installed, you should install any other plugins you plan to use at this point. To install a plugin:
- Download the plugin from the plugin's home page (linked from the repository). It should either come in a zip file, or as a bare PHP script.
- Unzip and upload the plugin's distribution files into the WordPress "plugins" directory on your site, which is under "wp-content" (unless you changed the content directory location, using WordPress 2.6 or later). Follow the plugin's instructions -- some plugins go into sub-directories of the plugins directory, and some go directly into the plugins directory.
- Visit the WordPress administration page, click on "Plugins", and activate your new plugin.
The next page on this site is Theme and plugin modifications.
Questions, Comments, and Bugs
Jennifer Hodgdon, the owner of Poplar ProductivityWare and the author of the Language Switcher, would like to thank everyone who has sent in bug reports and suggestions about the Language Switcher. It would not work so well without your help! Language Switcher is based on Polyglot, by Martin Chlupac (the flags came from the Polyglot distribution), which was in turn based on Language Picker (which no longer exists).
The Language Switcher plugin is provided free, with no warrantee and no guarantee of service or support. And as of April 2010, further development on this plugin has been discontinued (please see note at the top of this page for more information).
About Language Switcher
Hi Jennifer,
I'm @laskov on twitter ;). I accidentally saw your suggestion that I should take over maintenance of the LS plug-in.That's exactly what I am doing, at least for my personal use. My version is heavily tweaked, because I want to filter out untranslated posts; I also made some changes in the function that prints the list of languages.
However, right now I don't have the time to release an official plug-in. Maybe I will do that in the future, so it's good to know you give me the green light.
I was utterly unhappy when I learned you're not supporting it any longer. It's a great plug-in.
Um, thanks. Will you continue
Um, thanks.
Will you continue supporting the plugin?
Haha jk!
How to put it on any part of the website instead of a widget?
I want to place the language list on my header instead of displaying it on the sidebar widget?
What code will I put in?
blog down after installation
I installed as instructed and get everywhere this on the page:
"Fatal error: Cannot redeclare get_category_children() (previously declared in /home/a3371422/public_html/wp-includes/category-template.php:20) in /home/a3371422/public_html/wp-includes/deprecated.php on line 1319"
I use arras-theme, maybe too complicated for this lugin?
Hi Jennifer,I'm @l
Hi Jennifer,
I'm @laskov on twitter ;). I accidentally saw your suggestion that I should take over maintenance of the LS plug-in.That's exactly what I am doing, at least for my personal use. My version is heavily tweaked, because I want to filter out untranslated posts; I also made some changes in the function that prints the list of languages.
However, right now I don't have the time to release an official plug-in. Maybe I will do that in the future, so it's good to know you give me the green light.
I was utterly unhappy when I learned you're not supporting it any longer. It's a great plug-in.
starlas eymour from expresso pas cher
compatibility with wordpress 3.0.4
I took the risk of updating to 3.0.4. The plugin still works, but somehow parts of website are shown in Italics in the English-mode. Weird. But i might be able to figure out what is wrong. I ll keep you posted.
Upgrade to WP 3.xx
I love this plugin and it is working so far on the website I just finished http://www.belairmedia.com
I just have this problem that categories are not displayed correctly ([lang_fr]cat[lang/fr]). I think I have seen a fix on your site, but I don't remember where. I'll lurk for it.
Thanks for your work anyway.
Mi pregunta es se podria hacer asi de facil como drupal que instalas el modulo de Internationalitation y configuras y tu mismo puedes cambiar el idiomas asi trabaja este plugin espero que alguien me pudiera decir como funciona o si funciona asi
swiching from ltr to rtl
good work, but I m trying to switch from french to arabic(RTL text direction ) i have translated my theme. evrey thing works but I wont tou change text direction(to RTL in arabic). haw can I change to text direction cane I use this:
$wp_locale= new WP_Locale;
if the lang is 'ar'
Checking before I try it out
Here's what I want to do. Can this plugin do it?
I will provide the translation for the theme and content. There are several bits of text and graphics in the theme that need to be different depending on the language. I want the user to be able to switch between languages easily and then have only the posts/pages for their language show up using the various theme elements for their language.
Am I in the right place?
Upgrading to 3.2
Anybody upgrade to WP 3.2 yet? An problems with this plugin?
In version 3 it works for me. Thanks.
Plugin not working for homepage
Hello! I have a wordpress theme where i installed the plugin and it works great! Only that there is this homepage where from the administration panel (THIS THEME'S FEATURE) you write your WELCOME MESSAGE to be displayed on the homepage. In here, the [lang_en] .... [/lang_en] (for example) does not work any more. Any suggestions?? Please help. Thank you
New plug-in for multilingual WordPress blogs
few days ago I've wrote an article about a new plug-in for multilingual WordPress blogs if someone is interested:
The Solution for Multilingual Blogs in WordPress
I think that's a great new solution that I'm currently using myself.
Actually you no need to use plugin ...
Actually you no need to use plugin ...
You can add as widget like this.


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Letters: North County, Feb. 21, 2013
Should have used a drone on Dorner
In watching the end of the chase of Christopher Dorner's murderous rampage through our state, I wondered why they didn't use a drone to polish him off. What an opportunity, what a photo op! In real time! What a blast!
Just think:
The cabin Dorner was holed up in was unoccupied, so no innocents would be blown to kingdom come.
It would prove the effectiveness, in living color, of these drones.
It would occur in an affluent area and teach the residents a lesson they will never forget.
Demand for these weapons will skyrocket, and they'll replace auto manufacturers as our number one business, foreign as well as domestic.
It's a win-win situation and will help solve our domestic problems of gun-related deaths. Once evildoers see these in action, they'll think twice before pulling that trigger.
Think about it. A relatively low-cost solution to our domestic violence problem.
Charles Hartman
San Marcos
Suspicions about pope's resignation
So Pope Benedict is reportedly resigning for health reasons. I suspect he's also feeling heat from thousands of victims of Catholic priest pedophilia who are coming to terms with their victimhood and are proceeding with legal action against the Catholic Church and the Vatican.
Pope Benedict has intimate and extensive knowledge of the worldwide extent of the sexual abuse of children by members of the Catholic clergy. The Pope and others in the hierarchy showed great compassion for the perpetrators of these horrendous crimes, not so much for the victims.
The rape and sexual abuse of children is not just a "sin" that can be whitewashed with prayer and confession, it is a felony crime. The Pope himself should be in prison for obstruction of justice and for the aiding and abetting of criminal acts by serial child rapists. He was instrumental in (or at least had knowledge of) the sheltering of these criminals, transferring them to new and unsuspecting parishes and in the implementation of the institutional strategy of not divulging information on criminal activity by priests to secular authorities.
For details of this sordid story, please see the excellent HBO documentary, "Mea Maxima Culpa."
Steve Farrar
Keep hydrating
The lunacy of the liberal media for criticizing U.S. Sen. Mark Rubio, R-Fla., when he drank water during a speech is beyond absurd.
So what if he got thirsty? Maybe his mouth was dry? Does this matter to anyone except those who infect the airwaves? When Senator Rubio reached for his bottle of water, he should have said, "I'm just trying to wash the foul taste of the president's state of the union's address out of my mouth."
Maybe it was the fact that he was drinking water instead of hard liquor? We've become accustomed to our elected representatives spending our taxes like a drunken sailor with a shopping addiction. Democratic strategist Paul Begala said, "Marco Rubio, the man you want to have a desperate gulp of water with." This is only one example of the rampaging stupidity of the Democratic Party. Another individual commented on how far Senator Rubio reached for the bottle of water.
When you get these type of comments and press coverage for just a simple act, you begin to realize that things have gotten completely out of whack. If this aggravates liberals, then keep hydrating yourself, Senator Rubio!
Richmond Clinson
The Second Amendment isn't Scripture
When I reply to another writer's letter, I try to do that writer the courtesy of understanding — or at least reading — their letter first.
Gerald "Tink" Reaster ("Second Amendment is alive and well," Feb. 6) attempts a reply to my letter ("The Second Amendment is obsolete" Feb. 2). However, the only rebuttal he makes is to try to shame me by remarking ironically that my son (who serves in the Army) must be "so proud." He must not have read the sentence where I stated my son's opinion: that the Second Amendment is obsolete. If Reaster owns a gun, he should learn to aim before he shoots.
The Second Amendment is, at best, a useless law; at worst, a bad law, but it is undoubtedly the law of the land. Like Reaster, my son and I believe in the whole of the Constitution, not just parts of it. We even believe in Article Five, which states that the Constitution may be amended, and that amendments may be repealed.
While none of the first 10 amendments has ever been repealed (and most shouldn't be), there is nothing in the Constitution that says it can't be done. The Constitution isn't Scripture.
Bruce Thompson

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Top Definition
1)a best friend
2)a nice person
3)a class clown
4)someone who can make you laugh
5)a guy i know
2)a nice person
3)a class clown
4)someone who can make you laugh
5)a guy i know
Hi Trent!!!
by anamous April 30, 2004
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Not very many words can accurately describe him. He's absolutely amazing and he is the only one that can make me smile when I'm upset, which happens to be a lot. Especially when I'm not with him. I can't imagine myself without him, and I don't like to think about that because it hurts me. But, he's the only one that I've given my whole heart to and the only one that I trust. He is my everything and without him, I would be like a lost little puppy. Which would be sad...and stuff.
I want to be with him forever.
I want to be with him forever.
Trent, you are completely perfect for me.
by BrittyThePirate December 28, 2008
Characterized as amazing, sexy, smoldering hotness. He's fine as hell and doesn't even know it.
Everyone wants to be Trent's friend.
Everyone wants to be Trent's friend.
Female 1: Wow, check out that sexy piece of hotness over there, he looks like a Trent!
Female 2: (whistles) damn! and look at that sexy booty too! Definitely a Trent!
Female 2: (whistles) damn! and look at that sexy booty too! Definitely a Trent!
by libertytothenorth October 09, 2009
a smokin hot, utterly handsome, pimpin, totally to drool for aussie guy
look at that trent, me is inlove!
by dardoll May 01, 2008
An amazing human being! Can get very aggravated,if things don't go his way! Loves to make people laugh! He love's hanging out with people ALL the time! Even though he needs time to collect him self, when people don't want to hang out with him, as much. Can tend to be a bit pushy. He will give you the shirt off his back if he has to. Trent's have AMAZING eyes, and beautiful baby faces. They get zoned into things quickly. Trent's would make GREAT boyfriends, b.c they are caring and give 100% to the ones they love. If you have a Trent hold on to him b.c they tend to have a loving and successful life!
by lovelush June 24, 2011
Trent is an amazing guy. he has many friends that love him and a girl who loves him more. he can make anybody laugh no matter how bad of a mood they are in. he has many admirers. i love this boy so much. i miss him. i love you babe!
trent is amazing guy; yeah i know hes my best friend; hes my love :D!! i love this guy
by tchmiel April 05, 2011
He is the most amazing person I've ever met. It's hard to find words to describe him. His ability to love someone so much is astonishing. The way he smiles just makes me want to melt away. He gives me butterflies. He is just so right. His voice is indescribable. So perfect, so calming. I can't say his name without smiling. I fall asleep every night thinking about him. Just looking at him makes my heart skip a beat. I love him with everything I have. My whole heart is his. I've never loved anyone so much. He may not believe me when I say that he is my everything.
Trent, I love you. That's as simple as it gets. No words can describe you. This was my sorry attempt to describe how you make me feel. <3
Trent, I love you. That's as simple as it gets. No words can describe you. This was my sorry attempt to describe how you make me feel. <3
Trent is my everything.
I am in love with Trent.
I am in love with Trent.
by kjanonymous April 17, 2011


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Just hours after expressing a desire to quit Twitter, a user who goes by @TheRealMyron thought better of it, and instead tweeted what he claimed was the Netflix logo tattooed on his body to the company itself.
Netflix found the gesture endearing, and rewarded Myron with a year of free streaming for his dedication.
"[T]hank you so much for the free year!!!!" Myron tweeted back. "If you ever need me to do an ad I'm ready I'm a college student ready to work hard." I think Myron just found his next tattoo.
All obvious jokes aside, some remain skeptical that Myron actually tattooed the Netflix logo on his person, suggesting it's an easy enough thing to fake.
Tweeps now wise to the benefits of self-branding are already coming up with ways the beat the system:
But caveat tattoer: Netflix probably isn't going to be giving out any more free subs in exchange for tats, and, also, it seems anyone who gets a Netflix tattoo is automatically in a gang in which Myron is the only other member.
[H/T: The Daily Dot, photo via Twitter]


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Why America Can't Stomach Paula Deen
As I struggled last night to make sense of Paula Deen's imploding career, I kept thinking something seemed all too familiar about the story. A telegenic chef with lots of heart and soul. A fervent following that made that chef a national name. And a scandal that changed everything faster than the time it takes to cook a soft-boiled egg.
And then my wife chimed in. "That's easy. Remember Jeff Smith?"
Indeed, I do remember Smith (aka the Frugal Gourmet). I remember him with a reverence usually reserved for Nobel Laureates. But I also remember how he all but disappeared from the cultural landscape almost overnight.
First, a little background for those who are a little too young to recall such classic Smith phrases as "hot pan, cold oil, food won't stick" and "I bid you peace." In that pre-Food Network period during the '80s when food (good food, that is) was just beginning to explode in this country but the media hadn't quite caught up, Smith was the missing link. Like a lot of the Food Network personalities who eventually followed him, Smith wasn't a trained chef. Rather, he was an ordained minister with a desire to celebrate what he called the "joy of feasting."
Long before we were shopping at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, Smith was convincing us to find the best ingredients and to prepare dishes at home in a thoughtful, conscious manner: "Frugal" didn't refer to cutting corners, but to the notion of making everything in the cupboard and fridge (and, in turn, the stewpot and sauté pan) count. And long before we were ordering take-out Burmese as if it were, well, take-out Chinese, Smith was spreading the world of international cuisine: He authored more than 10 best-selling cookbooks covering the cuisines of everywhere from ancient Greece to contemporary America.
But Smith's true medium – his "pulpit," if you will – was television (public television, to be exact – again, this was pre-Food Network). He brought something of an intellectual twist to the cooking-show format first mastered by Julia Child. That is, he was not just cooking, he was thinking about food. But he did it in a warm and witty way that made him so likable and accessible. I still recall such great "Frugal Gourmet" shows as the one where Smith invited violinist Itzhak Perlman on to discuss Jewish cuisine or the one where he played soda jerk and walked through the menu of the classic American soda fountain/ice cream shop.
But that was all before The Scandal of the late '90s. In Smith's case, stories (and a lawsuit) surfaced involving accusations of sexual abuse with young men. Smith denied all the charges and the matter was settled out of court. But his career was finished. Smith died in 2004 from heart disease, having lived his remaining years almost anonymously. I'm forever haunted by the image of the great Frugal Gourmet spending his final days on a motorized scooter, weaving his way through the Pike Place Market in his adopted hometown of Seattle, searching for some fresh cilantro.
Today, Smith's cookbooks have vanished from bookstore shelves and his shows are not seen on PBS or anywhere else. It's as if the most significant television chef next to Julia Child and Emeril Lagasse never existed.
Of course, the parallels with Paula Deen's story aren't quite so perfectly parallel. For starters, they're different sorts of TV cooks: Smith was something of a geek, Deen is something of a down-home diva. And charges of sexual abuse are different than charges of racism, though both are ultimately crimes against humanity. Then again, Smith denied the charges against him; Deen has already admitted to – and apologized for — using the N word, among other offenses.
But what's telling in both instances is the swift reaction and condemnation. Our culture has long made excuses for powerful and personable people who have done questionable, if not outright horrific things. Richard Wagner was a noted anti-Semite and yet there's not a major opera house in the world that doesn't perform his works. Bill Clinton carried on a sexual relationship with an intern and yet he remains one of America's senior statesmen. And let's not even try to make sense of Michael Jackson and America's ongoing obsession with him.
I'm not suggesting that Smith or Deen be excused in any way for what they did (or in Smith's case, what he was accused of doing). Rather, I'm simply looking at how it's all so different when it comes to food. As I argued before when the issue of Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy's opposition to gay marriage emerged, these things matter because food matters so much – as a cultural touchstone and as a simple means to survival. We are what we eat, after all. So when we learn that Paula Deen has used the N word, we can't quite stomach her food, literally and metaphorically, the same way.
And yet, precisely because food matters, these people also matter. I've never been much of a Paula Deen fan – too much butter and bubbly personality for me – but I was a huge Jeff Smith fan. A large part of the reason I write about all things food and drink is because of what he taught me via television. Does that mean I can cast aside his possible actions? I'm not sure. True, I haven't looked at one of his cookbooks in years. But I haven't thrown them out, either.
Related: WSJ's Lee Hawkins discusses the Food Network's decision to drop Paula Deen over racial slurs she made in the past, and looks at whether Novo Nordisk, which uses Deen to promote a diabetes drug, could be next.


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Published: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 1:43 p.m.
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TOOELE, Utah (AP) — A Utah high school principal has apologized to dozens of teens who were turned away from their homecoming dance because their dresses were deemed too short.
Stansbury High principal Kendall Topham held four assemblies Monday, telling students the school's dress code policy was too vague to be properly enforced and vowing to hold a free dance to make up for Saturday's dress debacle.
Students and parents took to Facebook over the weekend to protest what they called a "homecoming spirit massacre." They posted examples of sparkly dresses an inch or two above the knee that school officials said broke the rules.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports as many as half the students who planned to go to the dance in Tooele (too-WILL'-uh) left after their friends were turned away.
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"This design is of a digital camera using a transparent display that allows the person taking the photo and the subject of the photo-shoot to look at each other and have direct eye-contact for photo shooting," according to the filing reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The device, as seen in the diagram, comes with a body that resembles a compact camera rather than more professionally used digital single-lens reflex cameras that have much bigger image sensors and multiple lens options.
The main body will simply have a "wide" transparent display with lens and flashes and it will have a power button on one side, the filing said. No dimensions were given.
Despite a bleak outlook for digital cameras in general due to the advent of smartphones, Samsung has long been trying to crack this market – one of the few areas where Japanese electronics makers still rule – as the company gropes for a new growth engine in every aspect it can from its vast lineup of electronics products.
Samsung is the world's No. 1 maker of smartphones, TVs and memory chips, but has seen earnings growth slow significantly in recent quarters with its key mobile unit losing momentum amid a saturating market.
Through its camera unit, the company has been experimenting with various ideas, starting with the integration of Wi-Fi into its cameras and going as far as mashing compact cameras together with smartphones to create a hybrid model, currently dubbed the Galaxy Zoom phone. Samsung recently merged its camera division into the mobile unit and does not break out any earnings results for cameras.
It remains unclear how consumers can benefit from using transparent displays while taking photos. The design may remain a concept or evolve into something totally different by the time the product reaches customers, as is the case with many of these patent filings.
Samsung continues to market its cameras using technologically feasible ones first. The company punched out a "mini" version of its NX mirror-less camera series on Tuesday at a presser in Seoul where the company's marketing executive for mobile products, Lee Young-hee, was present, surrounded by super models.
As she promoted the company's new "NX mini" camera to the audience, she asked for volunteers who would like to take a group-selfie with her, emphasizing how taking selfies together is a new trend just like how Ellen DeGeneres did during the Oscar Awards. Taking group-selfies, or "wefies" as she puts it, will be a new cultural trend.
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California voters will decide this November whether to abolish the nation's largest death row by replacing capital punishment with life in prison without possibility of parole.
Secretary of State Debra Bowen's office announced Monday that supporters of the SAFE California Act of 2012 had submitted enough petition signatures to qualify their measure for November's ballot.
"It's a proposition whose time has come," measure proponent Jeanne Woodford told reporters on a conference call Monday morning, noting even those who led the death penalty's 1978 reinstatement now see it as "a colossal failure."
Woodford, a former San Quentin State Prison warden who oversaw four executions but is now executive director of the anti-capital punishment group Death Penalty Focus, cited a recent study that found the death penalty costs California about $184 million a year in special housing and security, legal resources and other costs for the condemned.
The measure would create a SAFE California Fund that redirects budget savings of $100 million over three years into the investigation of unsolved rape and murder cases.
The measure needed 504,760 valid signatures from registered voters in order to qualify; campaign consultant Steve Smith said more than 5,000 volunteers gathered and submitted more than 800,000 signatures across all 58 counties.
Connecticut state Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield, D-New Haven, carried a successful bill -- now awaiting his governor's signature -- to convert that state's death penalty to life without possibility of parole. On Monday's conference call, he said California should follow the example.
"More and more people realize that... the promise to victims is hollow and the promise to taxpayers is hollow," he said.
State Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, had carried a bill to the same effect last year but yanked it from consideration because there wasn't enough support in the Legislature. Groups including Crime Victims United of California and the California District Attorneys Association opposed that bill, and are likely to oppose this measure as well.
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"We are pleased to work with the Snowmass community to expand the amenities and the family-friendly environment of Base Village at the Snowmass ski area," said Barbara Bloemink, executive director of Anderson Ranch. "It's part of our mission to enrich children's lives through art, and it's truly an innovative program for a ski area."
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The kids art classes in Base Village are an extension of what Anderson Ranch offers for adults and children year-round.
"The Base Village program is so exciting because we are now able to offer an art program for kids during the winter," Taylor said. "In the past, we have only had kids classes at the Ranch in the summer. Hopefully we will be able to turn these classes into a year-round program."
The classes are sponsored by Related Colorado, Viceroy Snowmass Resort and Residences and Alpine Bank.
"Partnering with Anderson Ranch brings year-round vitality to Base Village and Snowmass," said Leticia Hanke, Viceroy Snowmass director of marketing. "The kids art classes are a fun and educational way for resort guests to round out their child's day while parents relax and enjoy theirs."
"We are using almost the identical formula in the classes as we do at the Ranch," Taylor said. "The kids will be doing very cool art and leaving with a finished project each day. We will correlate stories that go with the crafts, take art walks, have snacks and make fun for three hours. For the tourists that might not know the Ranch, I think they will be pretty impressed by the caliber of the classes. It is a really unique chance for your child and a different activity from skiing. For many kids, it is a good balance."
To enroll, reservations must be made 24 hours in advance via phone, 970-923-3181, or in person at the front desk of Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Monday through Friday. Phone and in-person reservations will be taken weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Anderson Ranch is at 5263 Owl Creek Road in Snowmass Village. Drop-ins, if available, will be accepted on a first come, space available basis, on site in Base Village and 10 minutes prior to the start of each class.
The Anderson Ranch Kids space at Base Village is located between the Arrival Center and the Elk Camp Gondola, street level at 60 Carriage Way, Unit 3120. Colorful signage marks the site.
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A fire that started in a second-story bedroom of a Rolla residence Thursday morning has been ruled incendiary by the Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office.
A fire marshal was on the scene Thursday at the home fire that was contained to the bedroom at 103 Steeplechase Road, just south of Soest Road on the east end of Rolla. There was smoke damage in the rest of the house.
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Now for my actual 'opinions:' Back in the old days before mp3s there used to be these things called cassette tapes that tapers used to make and then they would get circulated. If you didn't go to the show, and you didn't know a taper...and when I first started listening to Phish I was in high school...then you pretty much had no idea what you were missing excluding the gracious reviews on dotnet of course. So the many tapes I did have typically were from '93, '94', '95...and the easiest way to listen to Phish was to actually buy their studio recordings of course. I've owned at one point or another all of their albums. Rift twice, junta twice, lawn boy twice, picture twice...literally wore them out, and bought them again. So I think for the 'jaded vets' out there...it's a little different starting out at 1.0 ...than it is for someone who's first show was '09.
All that being said...I feel like I stepped into a time machine and Phish is crushing like it's '94. The intricacies of their playing are probably lost on the vast majority of the crowd. All these noobs are so 'let down', and the hipsters are 'so dissappointed' because they heard from people that the 'jamming is so weak and always aborted.' These sets are so 'meh'...and these versions are so 'standard.' I'm sorry but a flawless Foam with all of the added complexities is fucking awesome...and I think there is definitely a division between people who just don't get it (posers essentially, not necessarily their fault...they never had to work to be a phish fan...they didn't have to earn anything to pretend to understand Phish...they have everyshow at their fingertips...they never had to blast a shitty AUD on their tape player in their car while all of the passengers cringe at the awful hissing sound.)...division...yes...and the people whose eyes are filled with tears of joy that their favorite band of all time is not only still playing but absolutely destroying, and I can only speak for myself but I've devoted a substantial part of my entire life to this band, and I am sure their are others that can share that sentiment.
Dude...the days of four song sets are OVER. They are back to where they were at the pinnacle of their musicianship, before the thirty minute loops. They are too good to play a repetitive funk jam, everything they play leads into something else, and they don't stop. Musically...they are probably too embarrassed to pull that off anymore...I can't see Trey playing the same three notes for twenty minutes again...I can't see Page playing the same five chords for an hour over a loop...and so on. But if you listen very carefully...you will find the richest jams you've ever heard compositionally obscured (purposely arranged this way I imagine) in the middle of a 'meh standard version aborted jam vehicle.' This tour in my humble opinion is by far the best since 1.0...and they are playing with such a fiery passion, and joking around...quite frankly...I think that it is the best Phish ever. I will always be a harbinger of how awesome the various eras of 1.0 were (very distinct eras...(write that down poser))...but this is the tour I have been waiting for my entire life. I would advise trying to catch some shows, to say the least. The four greatest musicians on the planet, are also quite good at one other thing: fucking with you. The more of a 'jaded vet' you are, the more these pranksters are going to take you for a musical ride. (Insert opening riff to possum) I hope you aren't too 'let down,' and with any luck you might join me in saying Phish is Destroying yet again.
And for all the haters, I hope you had fun at camp bisco and don't forget to catch further while missing Phish at SPAC we look forward to your insightful comments.


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Zentric won't be coming to Fletcher
Published: Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 10:12 a.m.
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Zentric Inc., an alternative energies research and development company that was to produce 116 jobs and invest $7 million in the community, terminated a lease in February for its Fletcher facility, said Andrew Tate, president and CEO of Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development.
Last December, Zentric Inc. announced the company would move into the Continuum Drive facility. Henderson County and Fletcher did not provide Zentric with incentives because the company did not produce jobs or invest money into the community.
Zentric officials said they were looking at other locations in the region that would better suit the company's needs, said Mark Biberdorf, Fletcher town manager.
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Having gone apple picking last weekend and given into my uncontrollable urge to fill the bushel bags with reckless abandon, I have a serious glut of apples in my house. I've shared them generously and forcefully with friends, neighbors, and total strangers, and we've consumed a goodly share ourselves. But the fridge is still overstocked with apples.
So I've been actively seeking apple recipes, and was delighted to find this brown butter apple tart in Bon Appetit this month. I reviewed the recipe and was dismayed to discover that the crust was a two-day, rolling pin affair–I loathe rolling dough.
"Forsooth", said I, "My magic dough will fare just as well." And it did. One other simplification tactic I used: no need to core the apples and slice them into rings as BA suggests. This is a total pain, and risks slicing fingers as well as apples. I started with this thankless enterprise and promptly abandoned it. Just cut the apples as you normally would but make thinner slices.
The baked custard filling of this tart gives it more depth and richness than a typical pie, crisp or tart. It starts with vanilla beans and butter–but if you don't have vanilla beans, you can melt and brown the butter solo and add vanilla extract to the egg custard mixture in the bowl.
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Note: This is the same dough we use in our raspberry bars, and fruit tarts. It can also be rolled into logs and sliced into shortbread cookies. See why we call it magic?


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Meyer: Yellen Likely to Continue Aggressive Monetary Policy
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Janet Yellen has successfully pushed the Federal Reserve toward more aggressive monetary policy, a tack she would likely continue to pursue if she becomes chairman of the central bank, former Fed Governor Laurence Meyer said.
"The story here is there is a strategy that when you are very far away from full employment you act differently, you're much more aggressive and you're tolerant of some overshoot of the medium term objective," Mr. Meyer said Thursday in an interview with The Wall Street Journal's David Wessel.
Mr. Meyer's 1996-2002 stretch as a Fed governor overlapped with Ms. Yellen's first stint at the central bank. He's co-founder and now works as senior managing director of Macroeconomic Advisers.
Ms. Yellen, now the Fed vice chairman, appears to be the front-runner to take over as Fed chairman when Ben Bernanke's term as head of the central bank expires in January, though President Barack Obama hasn't formally nominated anyone for the crucial post.
"Janet…persuaded the center of the committee and Bernanke to move toward a much more aggressive policy," he said. "You could say did she move to the middle, or did the middle move to her?"
Still, she is unlikely to stray far from a Fed culture established by Mr. Bernanke, Mr. Meyer said.
"No other chairman has worked so hard to build consensus and has shown some flexibility in building that consensus. So, he's been remarkable. And Janet is in that mold. She's been through the Greenspan autocratic regime, she's been through the Bernanke everybody screams at each other at board meetings," Mr. Meyer said. "So she will be in the Bernanke mold, try to follow that, no question about that."
The more freewheeling style adopted under Mr. Bernanke has had drawbacks.
"You have two times in a row now where the Fed has quite dramatically surprised markets," Mr. Meyer said.
On Wednesday, Fed officials left unchanged their $85-billion-per-month bond-buying program, defying market expectations for at least a small cut in the purchases. At their previous meeting in June, officials signaled that they could wrap up the program sooner than many had expected.
"I think we were, I'll call it somewhat misled, by the June press conference and thereafter," Mr. Meyer said.
But it's not difficult to rationalize the Fed's most recent decision
"The state of the economy today is not what they would have liked to begin tapering," Mr. Meyer said.
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More than 170 Far West U14 athletes gathered at Alpine Meadows for the North and South Series this past weekend to compete in Super G head-to-head competition.
Sunday's race was cancelled when rain and snow combined for dangerous conditions and poor visibility. Friday and Saturday were a go, however, and the two days were all South Shore skiers Payton Norton and Haley Louis needed to land in the top five.
The teams hit the slopes for training runs Friday, and ran a speedy top-to-bottom Alpine Meadows course on Saturday. The course launched from the top of Summit, ripped down Wolverine Bowl and charged over Waterfall for 3/4 miles of blistering fast race speeds.
The icy conditions turned slushy as a 45-minute course hold stretched Saturday's race into the afternoon. A mid-course jump and unnerving athlete injury the day before had some of the racers skiing cautiously, but Diamond Peak's Casey Delaney wasn't rattled.
Delaney tore down the course with a combined time of 1:10.95, to take the win over the field of 92 male competitors.
South shore resident Payton Norton, racing for the Diamond Peak Ski Team, wasn't far behind. Norton sped his way to fifth place (1:13.67). Teammates Corey Huber (22nd, 1:16.36), Nick Fischer (57th, 1:21.85), and Trent Funke (60th, 1:22.35) rounded out the top Diamond Peak times.
A training accident knocked Kirkwood's Ben Weisel out, but teammate Daniel Drapeau had a strong showing placing 23rd (1:16.46).
Three boys competed for Heavenly Ski Foundation with Dylan Gooding placing 27th (1:16.83), followed by Sean Dunkelman 34th (1:17.66), and Logan Langemeier 75th (1:25.82).
"The course was tough; the conditions were tough. Fortunately, many of my athletes as well as the other south shore U14 athletes, were also tough and faced the challenges head-on," said DPSF Coach Raquel Norton.
Squaw Valley swept the podium with Keely Cashman placing first, Abby Norton second, and AJ Hurt third. Kirkwood's Haley Louis was in the mix though, breaking the top level by placing fifth. Louis' teammate, Grace Holmstrom placed 62nd.
Heavenly's sole female competitor, Cypress Sell, placed 58th.
Madison Idso, who often leads the Diamond Peak girls, took a hard crash and was not able to finish, but Katie Fisher 70th, can proudly say she, along with her teammates, completed their toughest race.
Norton and Huber both qualified for the invitational only J4 performance camp March 15-17 at Sugar Bowl. Selections were based on season standings with only 12 boys and 12 girls from the North Division selected. The boys will compete in four events, SL, GS, Super G and the newly formed parallel, against the best of the best in their age class in the state.
UP NEXT: Athletes travel to Sugar Bowl to compete in the U14 Championships April 4-7 to compete in all four disciplines.


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From candlelight vigils to memorial and worship services, there are plenty of events being held in the Mid-Ohio Valley meant to recognize the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
There will be a "Words of Hope, Words of Peace" service at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Marietta at 7 p.m. Sunday, during which Marietta Mayor Michael Mullen, officials from the Marietta police and fire departments, a former Pentagon worker and the church's pastor, the Rev. Steve Mahaffey, will speak.
"We're approaching it as a worship service with reflections being a major part of it," Mahaffey said. "Mine is on moments that are defining in our lives but how to move forward through those and not necessarily be defined by them."
There is also an event planned for Sunday from 3 to 5 p.m. called "The Cost of Freedom," which will be held at Muskingum Park in Marietta. It is being organized by area churches, the Marietta 9-12 group and the Awakening America Alliance.
"Basically it's the community gathering together to honor and remember those who lost their lives and pray for their families, first responders, the nation and its leaders," said the Rev. Rodney Lord, of Valley Harvest Church in Marietta.
Lord is one of several pastors participating in the event. Parkersburg resident Terri Santiago, whose son, Chris, lost both legs while serving in the military in Iraq, will also speak. Additionally, there will be patriotic music and a 21 gun salute.
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8:30 a.m. Sunday, candlelight prayer service, Gilman United Methodist Church, 312 Gilman Ave., Marietta.
11 a.m. Sunday, memorial service, Christy Mall, Marietta College, 215 Fifth St., Marietta.
11:45 a.m. Sunday, brief ceremony during the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival on the Ohio River levee.
2 p.m. Sunday, ceremony at the Wirt County Courthouse lawn, 1 Court Square, Elizabeth, W.Va.
3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, "The Cost of Freedom", Muskingum Park, Front Street, Marietta (if it rains, it will be moved to the Celebration Center, 822 Front St., Marietta).
7 p.m. Sunday, "Words of Hope, Words of Peace," St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 401 Scammel St., Marietta.
7:30 p.m. Sunday, ceremony at Bicentennial Park, Third and Market Streets, Parkersburg.
9 p.m. Sunday, candlelight vigil, Kremer Amphitheatre, Marietta College.
9 a.m. Monday, memorial service, Washington State Community College, 710 Colegate Drive, Marietta.
Even those who attend the Ohio River Sternwheel Festival will have a chance to attend a remembrance ceremony, according to festival director Cheri Seevers.
She said the ceremony will be held at 11:45 a.m. Sunday and will last about 20 minutes. Seevers will speak during the ceremony, as well as Rodney Lord, and local singer Jennifer Simmons will sing patriotic music.
Local colleges are also holding special events for the anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
Members of the Marietta College Republicans group will place 2,977 American flags, as well as flags provided by the student life office representing other more than 90 other countries impacted by the attacks, near the Kremer Amphitheatre on the campus.
Those flags will remain up during a candlelight vigil in the amphitheatre Sunday at 9 p.m. Also during that vigil, "Remember 9/11" buttons will be handed out and Rodney Lord will speak and lead a prayer.
"Our campus is multicultural and we have a number of people from other parts of the world and we wanted to show respect to everybody that lost a life that day," said Tom Perry, director of college relations at Marietta College, said about including the flags of many nations.
The decision was controversial on campus, with some students in favor of having only American flags. The event was never in danger of being canceled and the college provided the flags of other nations for the event, Perry said.
Sunday morning, members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity will hold a memorial service on Marietta College's Christy Mall, beginning at 11 a.m. Student senate president Ryan Nolen, of Belpre, is among those who will speak during the service.
Washington State Community College is also holding a special event to recognize the anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
A memorial service will be held there Monday at 9 a.m., according to Elizabeth Godfrey, AmeriCorps College Guide.
"Staff Sergeant Gary McBride from the Ohio Army National Guard will be present to assist with the flag raising ceremony...we will be using a 'Flag of Honor' during the ceremony," she said. "It is created from the names of those who perished in the terrorist attacks and was generously donated by the Lowe's of Marietta."


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I'm Tired of…
I'm tired of those who belittle the unemployed or people needing help from so-called 'entitlement' programs. These stalwarts of American individualism claim that there are enough jobs for everyone who REALLY want to work – interpreted as not blacks, immigrants or Hispanics, who are too lazy to get off of their butts. What is it about compassion, understanding and reality that these 'stalwarts' fail to grasp?
In the same breath, they praise those "rugged individuals" who "pull themselves up by their bootstraps." Those who start with nothing and scratch out a niche in their marketplace, working 18-hour days, 6/7-day weeks; entrepreneurs of the late '80s and '90s, who created the "tech bubble!" (Remember that one? Anyone lose money in the market in the late '90s?) These 'job creators' are the backbone of America and without them, we'd have fallen into the great abyss…blah, blah, blah!
Call me crazy, but aren't we deep in the abyss? Millions have lost their jobs, homes, cars, savings, and investments? Those 'job creators', 'dot com' bubble-makers, Wall Street hi-yield investment gurus, Bernie Madoff knock-offs, bankers who created the mortgage bubble and made billions when it burst, corporate execs that sent millions of jobs overseas, who sucked the life out of every working family!
They point fingers at the unemployed, elderly, disabled, hungry children or mentally ill and say, "It's their fault! Big Government! Entitlement fever caused this." FACT: Big Government didn't cause the meltdown. Greedy, sleight-of-hand financial games, devious, unconscionable rape of workers' savings and investments, including homes that were manipulated into low/no-interest mortgages, creation of CDOs questionably rated by credit agencies, Wall Street banks that put billions into mortgage debentures, but then 'shorted' them, betting that they would continue to collapse, and in the process, make billions more, without regard for the victim…the middle-class!
I'm tired of hacks like Andy Harris, blaming high taxes on the wealthy and corporations – his supporters, the so-called "job creators" – for this economic mess!" Based upon mean personal tax rates, there are only 7 countries lower than the US (28%): Mexico (18%), Korea (16%), Australia (27%), Iceland (27%), Ireland (25%), New Zealand (21%) and Japan (27%). (OECD, 2007) The rest run up to 55%! In 2008, the GAO reported that 55% of US businesses paid no federal income taxes during at least 1 year in the last 7 it studied.
Based on these findings and the widening gap between wealthy and middle-class incomes, is there anyone who really thinks the rich or businesses are worse off now than they were 30 years ago?


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With driving rain pelting her Saturday in the North Coast Section Division I girls cross country championship race, Amador Valley High distance running star Jena Pianin was able to make an critical analytical decision.
"I realized that when I had to pick up the pace, my feet would slip out from under me," said Pianin, a senior. "I had to find harder, dryer surfaces where I could use it to my advantage to push the pace."
Pianin was able to stay in front from the first 200 yards of the race all the way to the finish line, defending her title with an impressive time of 17 minutes, 56 seconds for the three-mile Hayward High course.
Her analytical abilities during a race could be tested Saturday against an outstanding Division I field in the California Interscholastic Federation state cross country championships at Woodward Park in Fresno.
The Division I girls race starts at 10:05 a.m. The meet begins with the Division V boys race at 8:30 a.m. and ends with the Division IV girls race at 1:20 p.m.
"She's good at analyzing advice and using it," said Amador Valley coach Jason Oswalt about Pianin. "She's a savvy racer and a savvy person."
The Division I girls field includes Simi Valley's Sarah Baxter and defending champion Hagen Reedy of Buchanan-Clovis. Baxter, the 2011 Gatorade California girls cross country runner of the year, won the Division II state title last year as a sophomore and the Division I race as a freshman.
This October, Baxter smashed the legendary Mt. San Antonio College three-mile course record with a time of 16:00 at the Mt. SAC Invitational.
Last year, Pianin had a breakthrough race at the state championships. She was ninth at the two-mile mark but ran a very strong last 1.1 miles and placed fifth, becoming only the second East Bay girl since 1989 to place in the top five in the Division I state championship race.
"There were four runners in front of her, and she ran a faster last mile than three of them," Oswalt said.
But Pianin can find flaws in that race, pointing to the second half of the first mile and the first part of mile two.
"I was too complacent with how I was running," she said. "There is always something you can improve upon in your running. Obviously I was really pleased with my performance last year ... but it's a new year and I want more and I want to improve, not just for me but also for my team.
"I've always strived to be an athlete that shows that Amador is a great school for distance running."
Her team, which finished second and qualified for the state championships, was a big motivating force for her in last Saturday's NCS Division I championship race.
"I knew the points would be so tight for the team score, and I couldn't let my team down," she said. Amador Valley tied with Monte Vista, but Kim Sannajust, the Dons' No. 6 runner clinched them the section's final Division I team state qualifying spot.
Pianin said that Saturday's race will be the last of her high school cross country career.
"My main strategy for state is to run smart and run more aggressively than last year," she said.


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Get an overview of this hotelFamily-friendly hotel with free breakfast and restaurant
This family-friendly Bogota hotel is located in the entertainment district, within a 10-minute walk of Virrey Park and Rockefeller Casino. El Retiro Shopping Centre and Atlantis Plaza Shopping Mall are also within 15 minutes.
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, an outdoor pool, and a fitness center. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a bar/lounge, a 24-hour business center, and 24-hour room service.
Room Amenities
All 56 soundproofed rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and pillowtop beds. Guests can enjoy private pools, and other standard amenities include sitting areas, 24-hour room service, and LCD TVs.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
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Cite Hotel features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
Business amenities at this 4-star property consist of a 24-hour business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms. 3 meeting rooms are available. This family-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, multilingual staff, and a garden. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site. The property may provide extended parking privileges to guests after check-out (surcharge). A total renovation of this property was completed in 2012.
Cite Hotel is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour business center
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Babysitting or childcare
- Bar/lounge
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Designated smoking areas
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Garden
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Luggage storage
- Meeting rooms
- Multilingual staff
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 10
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Outdoor pool
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Smoke-free property
- Television in common areas
- Total number of rooms - 56
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Wedding services
- Year Built 2010
Family Friendly Amenities
- Babysitting or childcare
- DVD player
- Free Wi-Fi
- Laundry facilities
- Microwave (on request)
- Outdoor pool
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Soundproofed rooms
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Access via exterior corridors
- Air conditioning
- Bathrobes
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free newspaper
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Dial-up Internet access (surcharge)
- DVD player
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Hair dryer
- In-room massage available
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Microwave (on request)
- Minibar
- Pillow menu
- Pillowtop mattress
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Private pool
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Room service (24 hours)
- Separate sitting area
- Shower only
- Slippers
- Soundproofed rooms
- Turndown service
Where to Eat
Guests are offered complimentary buffet and hot/cold buffet breakfasts each morning.
Bistro - This bistro serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool without adult supervision.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals on site
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
Minimum check-in age is 18
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Check-out time is 3 PM
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- No pets or service animals allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Minimum guest age is 18
No pets or service animals allowed
Parking height restrictions apply
- The national sales tax (16%) is charged upon check-out to citizens of Colombia regardless of length of stay and to foreigners staying 60 consecutive days or more. Foreigners on a tourist visa are exempt from this tax. Furthermore, the tax may apply per room when the room is shared by a taxable and a nontaxable guest.
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- Fee for buffet breakfast: COP 14.00 per person (approximately)
- Airport shuttle fee: COP 30.00 per vehicle (one way)
- Early check-in fee: COP 105
- Late check-out fee: COP 105
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If you are traveling with a child your hotel may require you to present the following documents: Parents traveling into Colombia with a child under 18 may be required to present the child's birth certificate and photo ID (passport for foreign visitors) upon check-in. If a relative or legal guardian is traveling into Colombia with the child, that relative or legal guardian may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by both parents and a copy of both parents' ID. If only one parent is traveling into Colombia with the child, that parent may be required to present a notarized consent of travel signed by the other parent. Visitors who plan to travel with children should consult with a Colombian consulate office prior to travel for further guidance. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 7 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Children may not be eligible for complimentary breakfast. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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BELPRE - Kraton's Belpre plant experienced a second leak Friday morning as company and federal environmental officials were responding to another one that sent solvents into nearby Davis Creek on Thursday.
The second leak occurred around 10:30 a.m. Friday, said Kraton spokesman Mike White.
"This was a vapor leak of process solvents in an operating area that was not in service," White said in an emailed statement. "The leak was contained within the plant and treated with the plant's water suppression system."
At this time, it does not appear the leak will impact Davis Creek or the Ohio River, into which it feeds.
The solvents are used to cool equipment at the plant.
Officials with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were on the scene already, responding, at the request of the Ohio EPA, to a leak of diethyl ether and cyclohexane that happened around 3:15 a.m. Thursday, according to an email from the agency.
"Kraton has deployed booms into the nearby Davis Creek," the EPA said in an emailed statement. "Aeration is being used to treat the diethyl ether and a boom to recuperate the cyclohexane."
It's too early to determine the size of the leak or the potential cost and duration of the cleanup, according to the EPA.
White said it's likely cold weather is responsible for both leaks.
"We believe the events are related to recent extreme cold weather, but we are conducting an in-depth investigation so we can determine with certainty the cause," he said. "We remain fully committed to the safety of the local community and our employees and to minimizing the impact to the local environment."
Belpre Mayor Mike Lorentz said Thursday's spill would have no effect on drinking water in the city.
"We've got a well field, and it's all away from the river," he said.
Thursday's spill did result in a fish kill, but the extent wasn't known Friday.
The EPA will continue monitoring chemical levels in Davis Creek and the Ohio River. White said that when those levels return to normal, a determination will be made about when the affected area of the plant will resume normal operations.


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The Texas Heat '99 team is holding open practices to add to our strong core of girls for the spring 2013 season. We are looking for 2-3 girls to finish out the season with us. We will be playing in mostly local tournaments and will finish out the season at the ASA southern nationals in College Station.
All positions are open and will be earned by hard work, but our biggest need is outfielders.
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