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FLOYD MEMORIAL MEDICAL GROUP, FLOYD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS HAS A LEGAL DUTY TO SAFEGUARD YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION. All employees, volunteers, staff, doctors, health professionals and other personnel are legally required to and must abide by the policies set forth in this notice, and to protect the privacy of your health information.
This "protected health information," or PHI for short, includes information that can be used to identify you. We collect or receive this information about your past, present or future health condition to provide health care to you, or to receive payment for this health care. We must provide you with this notice about our privacy practices that explains how, when and why we use and disclose your PHI. We will follow the terms of our current notice. With some exceptions, we may not use or disclose any more of your PHI than is necessary to accomplish the need for the information. We also are required to notify you following a breach of your unsecured PHI.
We reserve the right to change the terms of this notice and our privacy policies at any time. Any changes to this notice will apply to the PHI already in existence. Before we make any change to our policies, we will promptly change this notice and post a new notice in our lobby. You can also request a copy of this notice from the contact person listed at the end of this notice at any time and can view a copy of the notice on our Web site at www.floydmemorial.org.
WE MAY USE AND DISCLOSE YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION for many different reasons. For some of these reasons, we will need your permission or a specific, signed authorization. Below, we describe the different categories of when we use and disclose your PHI and give you some examples of each category.
1. For treatment. We may disclose your PHI to physicians, nurses, medical students, and other health care personnel and agencies who provide or are involved in your health care. For example, if you are being treated for a knee injury, we may disclose your PHI to the physical rehabilitation department in order to coordinate your care. In some cases the sharing of your PHI with other healthcare providers may be done electronically, including through an electronic health information exchange.
2. To obtain payment for treatment. We may use and disclose your PHI in order to bill and collect payment for services provided to you. It is important that you provide us with correct and up-to-date PHI. For example, we may disclose portions of your PHI to our billing department and your health plan to get paid for the health care services we provided to you. We may also disclose your PHI to our business associates, such as billing companies, claims processing companies and others that process our health care claims.
3. To operate our health care business. We may disclose your PHI in order to operate our facility in compliance with healthcare regulations. For example, we may use your PHI to review the quality of our services and to evaluate the performance of our staff in caring for you.
1. When requested by federal, state, or local law; judicial or administrative proceedings; or law enforcement agencies. We will disclose your PHI when a law requires that we report information to government agencies and law enforcement personnel, for example, about victims of abuse, neglect, or domestic violence; when dealing with gunshot and other wounds; or when ordered in a judicial or administrative proceeding. We may also disclose your PHI in response to a subpoena, discovery request, or other lawful process, but only if efforts have been made to notify you and give you an opportunity to object to the request, or to obtain a protective order for the PHI.
2. For public health activities. We report information about births, deaths, and various diseases to government officials in charge of collecting that information and we provide coroners, medical examiners and funeral directors necessary information relating to an individual's death.
3. For purposes of organ donation. For patients that have previously agreed to organ donation, we may notify organ procurement organizations to assist them in organ, eye or tissue donation and transplants.
4. To avoid harm. In order to avoid a serious threat to health or safety of a person or the public, we may provide your demographic PHI to law enforcement personnel or persons able to prevent or lessen such harm.
5. For worker's compensation purposes. We may disclose your PHI in order to comply with worker's compensation laws. If you do not want worker's compensation notified, alternate insurance or payment information must be supplied.
6. For appointment reminders and health-related benefits and services. We may use your demographic PHI to contact you as a reminder that you have an appointment or to recommend possible treatment options or alternatives that may be of interest to you.
7. For fundraising activities. We may use your PHI to communicate with you to raise funds for our healthcare system. We may disclose your PHI to a foundation related to Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services so that the foundation may contact you to raise money for us. The money raised through these activities is used to expand and support the health care services and educational programs we provide to the community. In these cases, we would use or disclose only your name, address and phone number, age, gender, and the dates and departments of service. If you do not wish to be contacted as part of our fundraising efforts, please contact the person listed at the end of this notice.
8. Communications About Programs or Products. Most uses and disclosures of PHI for marketing purposes will be made only with your written authorization. We may use PHI to communicate to you about a product or service if the communication occurs face-to-face, involves a gift of nominal value, or is for a drug refill. We may use and disclose your PHI to communicate with you about a health-related product or service we offer. In addition, we may use or disclose your PHI to tell you about products or services related to your treatment, case management or care coordination, or alternative treatments, therapies, providers or settings of care for you.
9. Health Oversight Activities. We may disclose your PHI to a health oversight agency for activities authorized by law. These oversight activities may include audits, investigations, and inspections. These activities are necessary for the government to monitor the health care system, government benefit programs, and compliance with civil rights laws.
10. Research. Under certain circumstances, we may use and disclose PHI about you for research purposes. All research projects are subject to a special approval process and information disclosed is only done so with your consent or with appropriate authority as permitted by law.
11. Military and Veterans. If you are an member of the armed forces, we may disclose your PHI as required by military command authorities. We may also disclose PHI about foreign military personnel to the appropriate foreign military authority.
12. National Security and Intelligence Activities. We may disclose your PHI to authorized federal officials for lawful intelligence, counterintelligence, and other national security activities authorized by law. We may disclose your PHI to authorized federal officials so they may provide protection to the President, other authorized persons or foreign heads of state or for the conduct of special investigations.
13. Inmates. We may disclose your PHI to correctional institutions or law enforcement officials if you are an inmate or under the custody of a law enforcement official. Disclosure for these purposes would be necessary: (a) for the institution to provide health care services to you, (b) for the safety and security of the institution, and/or (c) to protect your health and safety or the health and safety of other individuals.
1. Patient Directories. We may include your name, location in our facility, and your general condition in our patient directory, to direct visitors who ask for you by name. We may also include your religious affiliation for use by clergy even if they don't ask for you by name, unless you object in whole or in part. If you do not wish to be included in the facility directory, you may opt out at any time.
2. Information shared with family, friends or others. We may disclose your PHI to a family member, friend, or other person that you indicate is involved in your care or the payment for your health care, unless you object in whole or in part. Your choice to object may be made at any time.
Except as described above or permitted by law, we will ask for your written authorization before using or releasing any of your PHI. If you choose to sign an authorization to disclose your PHI, you may later revoke that authorization in writing, except to the extent that we have taken action in reliance on the authorization. This will stop any future disclosure of your PHI for the purposes you previously authorized.
A. You Have the Right to Request Limits on How We Use and Disclose Your PHI.
You have the right to request a restriction in our use or disclosure of your PHI for treatment, payment or health care operations. Additionally, you have the right to request that we restrict our disclosure of your PHI to only certain individuals involved in your care or the payment for your care, such as family members and friends. For any services for which you paid out-of-pocket in full, we will honor your request to not disclose information about those services to your health plan, provided that such disclosure is not necessary for your treatment. In all other circumstances, we are not required to agree to your request; however, if we do agree, we are bound by our agreement except when otherwise required by law, in emergencies, or when the information is necessary to treat you. In order to request a restriction in your use or disclosure of your PHI, you must make your request in writing to the contact person listed in this notice.
C. You Have the Right to See and Get Copies of Your PHI.
You have the right to inspect and obtain a copy of the PHI that may be used to make decisions about you, including patient medical records and billing records, but not including psychotherapy notes. If we maintain health information about you in electronic format, you also have the right to obtain a copy of such information in a readily producible electronic format and to direct us to transmit such information directly to an entity or person clearly, conspicuously, and specifically designated by you. You must submit your request in writing to the contact person listed in this notice in order to inspect and/or obtain a copy of your PHI. We will respond to you within 30 days after receiving your written request. In certain situations, we may deny your request. If we do, we will tell you, in writing, why we denied your request. You have the right to have the denial reviewed. We will choose another licensed healthcare professional to review your request and the denial. The person conducting the review will not be the person who denied your first request. You can request a summary or a copy of the entire medical record as long as you agree to the cost in advance. If your request to see the medical information is approved, we will arrange this in accordance with established hospital policy. We may charge a fee for the costs of copying, mailing, labor and supplies associated with your request. Please submit all requests for this information to: Floyd Memorial Medical Group (812) 949-5740.
D. You Have the Right to Get a List of Instances of When and to Whom We Have Disclosed Your PHI.
You have the right to request an "accounting of disclosures." An "accounting of disclosures" is a list of certain non-routine disclosures we have made of your PHI. This list will not include uses you have already authorized, or those for treatment payment or operations. This list will not include psychotherapy notes, or uses made for national security purposes, or to corrections or law enforcement personnel. We will respond within 60 days of receiving your request. The list we provide will include the last six years of activity unless you request a shorter time. The list will include dates when your PHI was disclosed and why, with whom your PHI was disclosed (including their address if known), and a description of the information disclosed. The first list you request within a 12-month period will be free. You will be charged a reasonable fee for additional lists within that time frame. Please submit all requests for this information to: Floyd Memorial Medical Group (812) 949-5740.
E. You Have the Right to Correct or Update Your PHI.
If you believe that there is a mistake in your PHI or that a piece of important information is missing, you have the right to request that we amend the information. We can do this for as long as the information is retained by our facility. You must provide the request and your reason for the request in writing. We will respond within 60 days of receiving your request. If we deny your request, our written denial will state our reasons and explain your right to file a written statement of disagreement. If you do not file a written statement of disagreement, you have the right to request that your request and our denial be attached to all future uses or disclosures of you PHI. If we approve your request, we will make the change to your PHI, tell you that we have done it, and tell others that need to know about the change or amendment to your PHI. Please submit all requests for this information to: Floyd Memorial Medical Group (812) 949-5740.
F. You Have the Right to Request a Copy of This Privacy Notice.
Even if you have agreed to receive notice via e-mail, you also have the right to request a paper copy of this notice. Please submit this request to: FMMG Compliance Specialist – (812) 949-5740.
HOW TO VOICE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT OUR PRIVACY PRACTICES: If you think that we may have violated your privacy rights, or you disagree with a decision we made about access to your PHI, you may file a complaint with the person listed at the end of this notice. You also may send a written complaint to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services at:
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20201
You will not be penalized for filing a complaint.
FMMG Compliance Specialist
(812) 949-5740.
This notice is effective as of September 23, 2013.
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Central New York Final
Cornell face Syracuse for the National title and bragging rights for the best in Central New York.
Cornell is just about an hours drive down Interstate 81.
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The last time Cornell was in the Championship game was in 1988. Which just happened to be against Syracuse. And in 1998 as well as 2009, Cornell defeated Virginia in the tournament to get to the title game. In 1998, Cornel beat UVA 19-6 before losing to Syracuse 8-13.
If Syracuse were to win, the running joke is that they would need the ring to be a toe ring, as they already have 10. If Cornell were to win, it would be the first time in 18 years someone other than UVA/Princeton/Syracuse/Hopkins has won.
These two teams have already faced each other this year. Syracuse won that contest 15-10.
In the previous meeting, Cornell scored early and inside, which happens to be one of my biggest disappointments about Syracuse all year. Cornell stayed with 'Cuse for the first quarter and was tied 4-4. Then the Syracuse spurt occurred in the second and third quarters. Max Siebald was held to 1 goal and 1 assist, and Jake Myers had 10 saves and 15 goals against. If I were to just look at the last time they played each other, I would feel comfortable picking Cuse by 5 or 6.
However, I have seen Cornell live the past two weeks beat Princeton, and beat UVA. They look flawless. They are not making unforced errors. They are methodical in executing THEIR game plan. I believe in the UVA game, if it weren't for Ghitelman making like a sieve and letting everything through, Cornell still would have won, but the score would have been at least a little closer.
Syracuse's defense had been a worry for me, especially with having Sid Smith guard Ned Crotty. Smith performed exceedingly well, as did Galloway as SU clamped down on the defensive side of the field. But as is the MO with 'Cuse, their aim is just to score as much as possible and hope it is enough.
This game is setting up to be a classic. Cornell is a good team and is playing hot right now. Syracuse is a great team that does make some mistakes. On one hand I would like to see Cornell break the strangle hold of 4. On the other hand, I have always been a Cuse fan as watching a Gait game got me into the sport (minus the Mikey years). I think Cornell has the talent and team play. They also have the momentum. Syracuse has the swagger. They have been here before…many many times.
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As clips of the most memorable moments from the first season of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo play, Paisley sings, "In the hills of Georgia, at a modest home, lives a sugared-up beauty queen … She'll sing a song, whistle a tune, make ketchup sketti with her mama June." Paisley himself is even digitally inserted into some of the scenes.
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McCUTCHENVILLE - Personnel from five area fire departments assisted in locating two boys who had not returned from a kayaking trip in the Sandusky River Sunday.
The boys, ages 12 and 17, were located unharmed Sunday evening, a Seneca County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman said.
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Chief B.J. Ford of McCutchenville Volunteer Fire Department said the boys had been kayaking, and there was a cause for concern because they had not been seen or heard from for a while.
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OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif/ - Squaw Valley Ski Resort will open Friday, the resort announced Monday afternoon on its Facebook page.Administrators for the resort's Facebook page made the following post at about 2:55 p.m. Monday: "This just in! Squaw's opening day has been moved up to this Friday, November 16th, and chances are Alpine won't be far behind. Stay tuned for updates. Game on!"Squaw was originally scheduled to open Nov. 21; Alpine was slated to open Dec. 7.The announcement comes about an hour after Northstar California announced it would open this Wednesday, two days earlier than previously anticipated.Both Northstar and Heavenly will open Wednesday, while Vail Resorts' other Tahoe resort, Kirkwood, will open Friday. Read more about the Vail announcement here:http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20121112/NEWS/121119996/1066&ParentProfile=1051The news also came a few hours after both Squaw and Alpine Meadows announced they had forged a parternship with Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort, offering free access to Sierra for currrent gold and silver Super Pass holders at Squaw and Alpine. Read more about that partnership here: http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20121112/NEWS/121119995/1066&ParentProfile=1051
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'The Grammar of Ornament' consisted of twenty chapters that explored design principles from sources as diverse as ancient Egypt, Greece and Pompeii, medieval Europe, India, China, Pacific islands and of course the Islamic world. The V&A holds all of the original drawings, which were made by Jones and his team of assistants. Jones's assistants spent a year meticulously preparing the original 'Grammar' drawings for publication. The drawings were carefully copied on to lithography stones and then printed.


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Copyright Protection of Computer Program Structure
Dennis S. Karjala
Arizona State University College of Law
Brooklyn Law Review, Vol. 64, p. 519, 1998
Copyright plays an important role in the protection of computer software, but beyond the protection of program code, however, courts are extremely confused about the scope of copyright protection in a computer program. This judicial confusion is nicely exemplified by the Second Circuit's 1997 decision in Softel, Inc. v. Dragon Medical & Scientific Communications, Inc. Although the Second Circuit, in Computer Associates International, Inc. v. Altai, had earlier established the most widely accepted test for separating protected from unprotected elements in computer programs, the Softel panel, however, understood neither the correct technical application of the Computer Associates test nor its implicit underlying policy basis. As a result, the case resorted to metaphysics to determine what is protected expression in a computer program and what is not. Indeed, much of the language of the Softel opinion harkens back to the approach of the Third Circuit in Whelan Associates, Inc. v. Jaslow Dental Laboratory, Inc., which was expressly rejected in Computer Associates. Softel is not a step forward but a retrogression. This Comment discusses the facts of Softel, articulates a test for separating protected expression from protected idea in a computer program, and applies that test to program structure, sequence, and organization, and then returns to the Softel decision to illustrate how and where the Second Circuit panel in that case lost its bearings and to speculate briefly on the implications of the Softel decision for the future. It argues that copyright should protect computer program code from verbatim copying or slavish mechanical or electronic translations. Other program elements, such as structure, sequence, and organization and elements of software interfaces, should not be protected by the copyright in the program code, that is, by the computer program copyright.
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On June 27, with enormous pride, optimism, and a sense of history, the CEOs of Abington Health and Holy Redeemer Health System faced reporters and announced their plans to form a partnership.
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To thousands of children and many adults, the answer is a bit of soil and a see-through enclosure that, in these modern times, can be made from an extra CD case or bought tricked out with special projection lights.
Ant farms, the narrow glass or plastic containers filled with soil that mimic ant colonies, have been popular among generations of children, and marketers say they remain in-demand even in the age of computers and video games.
Uncle Milton Industries, a Los Angeles-based company that has been in business for six decades, has sold more than 20 million ant farms. Company founder Milton Levine and his brother-in-law invented the ant farm nearly 60 years ago, and the company continues to update its main product, such as with a version that includes a light that projects the ants' shadows on the ceiling.
"As the world gets more complex, some of these classic toys become more popular," said Ken Malouf, vice president of marketing and product management.
Thousands of people, not just children, enjoy insects as pets and are willing to spend time and money on them, said Lila Higgins, manager of the Citizen Science and Live Animals exhibit at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.
"We have 16,000 people come to our bug fair every year and a lot of them buy or collect insects as pets. As long as we're buying from responsible traders and collecting responsibly, I think the benefit (of taking queen ants) can far outweigh the cost to our environment," Higgins said.
Ant farms can be an easy way to help nurture a child's interest in insects, since they can be homemade or purchased. Uncle Milton Industries' ant farms come with 12 to 20 harvester worker ants, which are chosen because "they are diggers, strong and robust," Malouf said.
Queen ants are not included, so the colony will last about three months, he said. A colony reproduces because of the queen, its sole fertile member. Her eggs keep the colony going for years, Higgins said.
Noah Shryack of Stanton, Texas, "has loved ants since he was 1 or 2 and he put them in his bucket and tried to bring them in the house," said his mom, Lana. S
he promised he could get an ant farm "when he was old enough," which was last Christmas, when he was 5.
"He loves it. He checks every morning to see what the ants have done overnight," said Shryack, who likes taking a look too. "I was almost as excited as him," she said.


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Texas House sends Rick Perry bill to help Cowboys Stadium snare college football title game
The Texas House on Friday sent Gov. Rick Perry a bill to ensure state support for a college football playoff game at Cowboys Stadium.
The vote was 130-4.
Four Republicans, all elected with tea party backing, voted no.
One of them, Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, has criticized state tax subsidies for corporations, artistic endeavors such as movies and special events.
The bill makes a small change to the Major Events Trust Fund, which lets cities and counties capture the extra state and local tax revenue directly attributable to major sporting events, to defray their event-related costs. The measure by Sen. Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, would update the law creating the fund.
Currently, the Bowl Championship Series is among the big sports events eligible for the tax windfall. The BCS, though, is probably being replaced by a four-team national playoff.
The bill would add, after the law's reference to the BCS: "or its successor or a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Football Bowl Subdivision postseason playoff or championship game."
Rep. Diane Patrick, the Arlington Republican who sponsored the bill, emphasized that it "is only a name change for an event that's currently eligible for the Major Events Trust Fund."
For more details, see a story I wrote for Friday's paper about the House's tentative approval a day earlier.


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On school mornings, Shirley Parrish would watch the man who wanted to be her son-in-law as he buckled her grandchildren into their car seats.
Parrish and Stewart Edward Pelfrey would drop off the two boys at school. Then, they'd drink coffee together.
Pelfrey treated the children as if they were his own. He planned to marry Parrish's daughter, who was expecting their first child together later this year.
But their morning ritual and their plans for the future were disrupted early Friday when a man with a knife stabbed Pelfrey, 30, and two other men who were visiting the couple's home in North Charleston. As Pelfrey's two would-be stepsons slept, he collapsed in the street in front of their home and died.
"He was so happy to be having a new baby," Parrish, 63, said. "He won't get to meet his child because somebody decided to stab people at random."
But investigators don't think the man's actions were random. They were taking a close look at whether the man had acted under South Carolina's Protection of Persons and Property Act, a law that allows people to use deadly force if they fear imminent harm.
Pelfrey's family said he had died trying to break up a domestic squabble between the man and his former girlfriend.
But the North Charleston Police Department's probe indicated that Pelfrey and two others had dragged the man from his car, where he had been talking to the woman. The man grabbed a knife from his car and stabbed and cut the three.
Detectives later questioned the man, whom they did not publicly identify or charge. The state law calls for the police to examine a self-defense argument before making an arrest.
The two surviving men were taken to Medical University Hospital, where they were treated for cuts and later released, police spokesman Spencer Pryor said.
The ordeal unfolded about 2:30 a.m. at a mobile home at 281 Deidrich Road. Pelfrey and his girlfriend, Kayley Parrish, lived there with her two sons. Their neighborhood, the Dorchester Village Mobile Home Park, is just south of Charleston International Airport and west of Dorchester Road.
The couple had invited some friends and relatives to share a few drinks and "chill out," Shirley Parrish said.
What sparked the ensuing dispute wasn't clear, but family members said a man came to the home to confront his ex-girlfriend, who was a guest there. Outside, they started loudly arguing in a car parked on the street.
Pelfrey went outside to temper the argument, the relatives said, before the man came at him with a knife.
Many of the people there didn't know the man, they added. He had not been invited to the gathering, they said.
But the police said the trio's approach was more aggressive.
"The men opened the door and began to assault the alleged suspect," Pryor said in a statement. "He was then dragged ... to the roadway, where he began to utilize a knife that he retrieved from his vehicle."
Screams awoke Parrish. She lives two homes down the street.
After Parrish walked outside and stepped into the street.
"The man blew right by me," she said. "But I didn't know he was slashing people up."
Parrish found Pelfrey, who had become a son to her, lying on the pavement. Loved ones rushed to Pelfrey's side, but by the time authorities arrived, he was dead.
Police officers found the two wounded men lying on the front porch that overlooks marshland along the Ashley River.
The suspect was soon handcuffed elsewhere, the police said.
Pelfrey's arrest history contains convictions for only traffic and property crimes, the latest of which came when he was in his teens more than 10 years ago.
His death marked the seventh homicide reported this year in North Charleston. By this time in 2013, four people had been slain in the city.
As Parrish stood over the spot where he had died, she thought of what could have been, what should have been.
An electrician with a knack for remodeling houses and gardening, Pelfrey had become an "all-American dad" to her grandchildren, she said. He already had a child of his own.
He took them to parades and Charleston RiverDogs baseball games. They posed for a family photograph together. To Parrish, the picture showed that they all were happy.
Jay Hanckel, the father of Pelfrey's girlfriend, said he had recently met Pelfrey and planned to host a cookout this weekend for the new family at his West Ashley home.
"He treated her good and loved all those kids," Hanckel, 54, said. "I could tell he was a good guy and made (my daughter) happy. They were a real family."
Pelfrey's girlfriend had been pregnant for five months. They were looking forward to learning next week whether they would be having a boy or a girl.
She spent most of Friday morning crying.
Parrish remembered losing her own son in a car crash caused by a drunken driver, and she cried, too.
"When (Pelfrey) came along, he made it easier for me," she said. "You always lose the good ones."
Reach Andrew Knapp at 937-5414 or twitter.com/offlede.
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St Christopher's at The Winston
Welcome to the Winston art hotel/hostel, with Belushi's bar, beer garden, and a large indoor smoking area with pool table!
Our rooms and hallways have been designed by independent, local and international artists or sponsored by famous brands. We have the Green room, Durex room, Stolichnaya room and Billy the Kid room, to name a few. You can choose private rooms or dorm accommodation, all with an ensuite bathroom! Included are breakfast, linen, towels and taxes. Lockers under every bed are free to use if you bring your own padlock and we have automated paid lockers (for use before check-in or after check-out).
Party or relax in our on-site Belushi's bar and restaurant where you'll find comfy couches, good music, sports on TV, great food and drink promotions all year round. We have 2-for-1 promos on Beck's, Absolut Vodka, Jameson Whiskey and Havana Club Rum with mixer. Also look out for €1.50 Jägermeisters and €1 Apple Sourz shots. On our bar menu you'll find hearty and healthy food at great prices, including the best burgers around, tasty salads, towering nachos, killer spicy wings, and fresh daily specials. All hotel/hostel guests get a 25% discount on the entire food menu.
We're located only a five-minute walk from Amsterdam Central Station and right in the heart of Amsterdam, between Dam Square and the Red Light District. There are canal tours galore, coffee shops left, right and centre and our beer garden literally overlooks the 'working ladies'. No need to worry at all; the area is safe and everything is at walking distance. Sandeman's Free Walking Tour of Amsterdam leaves from our check-in desk at 11am every morning.
Next door, you can party at the Winston Kingdom nightclub. Each month the line-up is steaming hot, with the best live music and DJs, all night, every night!
Please note that guests under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- 24 Hour Reception
- Age Restriction
- Bar
- Café
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Free City Maps
- Free WiFi
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Nightclub
- No Curfew
- Outdoor Terrace
- Pool Table
- Restaurant
- Steam Room
- Taxes included
- Towels Included
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
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Please note that we only accept group bookings for up to 9 people on this website. For larger groups please get in touch with us directly.
Rooms won't be ready until 2 PM but we can do the whole check-in before that. You can then hire a locker to store your luggage, allowing you to explore the city, or you can just wait in our bar. After 2 PM all you then have to do is collect your key.
There is no smoking in any of the rooms. Our bar has a smoking area which is open as long as the bar is. The garden can also be used for smoking until 10pm.
We don't allow for our guests to use their own sleeping bag or pillow. Everyone will be provided with a pillow, a blanket and linen. We will make your bed for you before 2 PM.
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From Amsterdam Central Station to St. Christopher's at the Winston:
It is a 5-10 minute walk. Walk out of the main entrance of the station and go straight ahead on the Damrak for about 250 meters. Take the first street to the left just after the water. Go straight ahead until you're on Warmoesstraat and turn right (coffeeshop Baba on the corner). We are at number 129 on your left-hand side.
From Schiphol Airport to Amsterdam Central Station:
Take a train directly from the airport to Amsterdam Central Station. Buy a ticket from a machine or at the desk (more expensive). This train ride will cost around €5,00 (one-way ticket) and takes about 14 minutes.
From Eindhoven Airport to Amsterdam Central Station:
Bus 401 leaves in front of the airport every 10 minutes to Eindhoven Central Station. You can buy a ticket on the bus (€2.80) and the bus ride takes 20 minutes. From Eindhoven Central Station a train to Amsterdam Central Station leaves every half hour (:32 and :02 ) from platform 5. A one-way ticket will cost €18.70 and takes about 1,5 hour.
From ID-Bus station to Amsterdam Central Station:
Take a 6 minute train from Station Amsterdam Sloterdijk to Amsterdam Central Station
From Eurolines station to Amsterdam Central Station:
Take Metro 51, 53 or 54 from Station Amsterdam Amstel to Amsterdam Central Station
From Megabus station to Amsterdam Central Station:
Take tram 26 from Stop Zuiderzeeweg to Amsterdam Central Station.
Journey Planner
www.journeyplanner.9292.nl (for bus, tram, metro, times, prices etc to get anywhere in the Netherlands)
www.ns.nl/cs/Satellite/travellers (for train times and prices in the Netherlands and to Belgium, France and Germany)
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Parking in the centre of Amsterdam is expensive (€5 per hour) and it's hard to find a spot. For a cheap and easy option we recommend visiting: www.amsterdam.info/parking/park-ride
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5 Reasons Life is Better After Age 30
If you clicked the link that took you to this article, then you're probably over 30 and hoping for some good news. Or maybe you're under 30 and reading this because you're curious about things to come. Actually, it's also likely you're just some crappy teen killing time while you wait for your testicles to descend. But whatever the reason, I stand by my original statement that you deserve better.
Oh, and yes, I know those numbers up top are very U.S-centric so there's no need to leave a complaint in the comments. We're all aware that the legal drinking age in Scotland is now 8, and that when you're 14 in Azerbaijan, you qualify for your goat herder's license.
Moving on ...
You Realize Nearly Everyone's a Joke
When I was a little boy, I was in awe of grown-ups, and I honestly wasn't sure I had what it took to navigate the adult world. I would watch my father shave in the mornings. I'd study the way he tied his tie, and how, like all the other commuters, he knew just where to stand for the train doors to open up. And that was before his job even began. I was sure that when my time came, I'd end up lost in Times Square, needing to give my name and phone number to a policeman.
How ironic, then, that I now have less respect for adults than almost anyone I know. Or actually, I guess it makes sense. I spent so many years trying in earnest to lead a successful life that I've discovered a great truth. Are you ready? For anyone worried about their future, please cut this out, laminate it and carry it around with you:
Believe it. I've been there, and I can tell you just about no one knows what they're doing. This applies to everyone. Doctors, lawyers, IRS auditors, sanitation workers, foreign ambassadors, politicians, game show hosts. I promise you. Nearly everyone is faking it or phoning it in. That's good to know -- not just so you don't get malpracticed on or hit with an incorrect tax penalty -- but for your own sanity. You're not as good as anyone, but odds are high you're right in there with 97 percent of the world. And if for some reason, you want to take the time to do things right, well then good for you. You'll be in rarified air.
You Live to See Your Enemies Fail and/or Die
The longer you live, the greater the odds you will get to see the teacher who wrongly deprived you of that scholarship grade you desperately needed have a massive cardiac event, falling down a flight of stairs, and kicking and twitching in a tremendous amount of pain until she dies. See? Getting older can be fun. Especially, if you try not to be too aware that you and your loved ones are also getting closer to that fate. But hey, let's stay positive here. You get to see bad people die.
Actually, I don't mean for this entry to seem as small and petty as I'm pretending (because it's fun, and because I'm a terrible person). Let's take a step back. What I'm really talking about is living long enough to see some residuals on karmic justice.
For example, perhaps, you once lost out to a competitor who cheated. And then you spent the next five years growing increasingly bitter about your loss. How great would it be to see your foe disgraced for continuing in his cheating ways? Sure, there is a certain delight in your enemy's misery. The Germans call it Schadenfreude, because making up words is one of the two things Germans are known for and the other one they don't like to talk about. But the best part about your enemy's downfall is its ability to restore your faith in justice. What goes around comes around. You reap what you sow. All that.
Life will challenge you to keep growing without being consumed by cynicism. And one of the biggest obstacles to meeting that challenge is seeing small terrible people reap the rewards of their bad behavior. If you live long enough, however, sometimes you get to see their wickedness catch up and bite them in the ass. A small reward, but one that will help keep your idealism alive into the decade that follows.
You Learn Your Strengths and Weaknesses
Grade school Gladstone thought he was good at everything. After all, I did well in grade school and I was a pretty decent second baseman. By junior high school, however, I started to realize I was more of an English/history guy as opposed to math/science whiz, and that the Mets weren't scouting me. And as I grew older and gained additional schooling and work experience, I was eventually able to boil down my greatest strengths and weaknesses -- meaning I could finally answer that miserable interview question I've never been asked. And here they are: I'm very good at seeing the analytical connection or logical breakdown in data, but, unfortunately, I can't proofread for shit.
Why is that so great? Well knowing your weaknesses is good because you can take corrective action. For example, each week I threaten my colleague Seanbaby with an ass-beating unless he proofs my column. OK, not the best idea since Sean's like a gold belt in Space Judo or something*, but the point is, at least I can try to do something about my shortcomings. (Also, I think I have a 50/50 chance of taking Christina H. in a fight so all I have to do is tweak my plan slightly and all will be well.)
*Editor's Note: Sean is actually a brown belt in Space Judo, but it appears gold as Sean has decorated his belt with sequins, rhinestones and glitter.
But it's even more important to know your strengths because as you go through life, you will continue to meet people desperately hoping to advise and define you: You're a good writer. Your prose sucks You're a born leader. You're more of a worker bee. You're well-endowed. You have weird junk. I love when we're having sex and you do that thing with the thing. For Christ's sake, never do that thing with the thing again!
People will never agree. They'll never define you in the same way, and that's why it's so important to know yourself and have a baseline of experience. So you can separate the valid criticism from people just talking. Because most grown ups are as good at giving advice and summing up the glory of you as they are at their jobs. It's best to get a consensus.


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Published October 3, 2013
Armed with a one-year, $56,265 grant from the Population Media Center, Hua (Helen) Wang, UB assistant professor of communication, is about to dive into Hulu's popular teen Latino webnovela "East Los High."
Wang; her collaborator Arvind Singhal, Samuel Shirley and Edna Holt Marston Endowed Professor of Communication at the University of Texas at El Paso; and their team will work with the show's Hollywood writers, producers and their NGO partners to assess viewers' narrative experience, the effectiveness of webnovela and transmedia entertainment formats, dynamics among the series' fans on social media and positive changes this show has provoked in Latino communities all across the country.
In particular, they will evaluate whether the series and its associated social media are changing knowledge, attitudes and behaviors about safe sex and teen-pregnancy prevention among young Latinos in the United States.
"East Los High" is an addictive, 2013 teen drama series with an all-Latino cast that reflects, from the American Latino perspective, the lives, conundrums and scandals of teenagers growing up in gritty East Los Angeles.
In addition to the series itself, the show's website features a number of entertaining interactive transmedia extensions, from additional scenes, newspaper articles and blogs, to dance tutorials, cooking recipes and discussions of Latino and local culture in East LA.
The stories have a "real" feel to them—no stereotypes allowed. The characters are complex, the plots intense and contemporary—and often steamy—and replete with twists and turns, montages, quick cutaways, pop music and other telenovela devices.
The result is a juicy watch. Taken with its website—and its feast of self-referential links—one episode could keep fans occupied for an entire afternoon, or 20, and provoke identification and debate in its audience.
Wang's current research focuses on the relationships between new media, social networks, health/wellness and social change.
The grant-funding NGO Population Media Center works worldwide to promote the use of entertainment education to encourage positive changes in behavior.


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The perfect crime may be the one that goes unreported. In January, police arrested leaders of a Harlem gang that, policesay, terrorized drug dealers with a series of over 100 home-invasion robberies. The leaders were also allegedly involved in three murders.
The arrest served to spotlight home-invasion robberies, which, according to federal crime statistics, have been increasing nationwide.
Home invasion robberies, which involve either using force or a ruse to enter someone's home, are not uncommon in the drug trade, in part because the robbers can be confident that the victims will be reluctant to call the police. In December, 2003, the Drug Enforcement Administration and local police arrested drug dealers who, according to DEA"obtained a large amount of their cocaine and heroin by committing violent home invasion robberies of other drug dealers, often in large apartment buildings, endangering the public." And police notedthat the Bronx gang would sometimes target the wrong apartment, robbing people who had nothing to do with the drug trade. The elderly are also frequent targets of such crimes.
Overall, home invasion and push-in robberies (where entrance is gained by following someone to their door or through a ruse) can be traumatizing and can easily escalate into violence.
The New York Police Department declined to release statistics on these types of robberies. However, nationwide statistics released by the FBI show that, while robberies have been decreasing overall, robberies occurring at a residence increased every year from 1999 through 2003, the most recent year statistics are available.
By 2003, residence robberies had increased by 18 percent from 1999. (In contrast, the total number of robberies rose by 1 percent over the same time period.) Most robberies in the United States still happen on the street, but about 14 percent of all robberies took place at a residence in 2003. In the northeast, that number drops to about 9 percent.
New York police, in the past, have held special seminars in neighborhoods where push-in robberies are a problem, warning residents not to fall for the ruses sometimes used by robbers. For example, a robber might knock on the door and claim to be a building inspector or a deliveryperson.
The elderly can be particularly vulnerable to these ruses, as well as to being followed into their homes by a stranger. In 2001, then-Assemblymember Jeffery Klein noticed a sharp spike in push-in robberies in the Pelham Parkway section of the Bronx, about 20 robberies in a two-month span accounting for a surge of about 60 percent. Most targeted the elderly, Klein recalled. Now a state senator, Klein said police found that many apartment doors did not have functioning peepholes and that that lead to many of the crimes. With support from a state grant, police and community organizations, and a local company, about 750 peepholes were installed, leading to a sharp reduction in push-in robberies, Klein said.
Robbers sometimes claim to be police in order to get people to open their doors, perhaps especially troubling to the actual police. But such an impersonation, while involving a separate criminal charge, does not typically lead to a stiffer sentence upon conviction, according to James Evangelou, chief of the Career Criminal Major Crime Bureau for the Queens County district attorney's office. Neither does the law do much to distinguish between home invasions and street robberies, said Evangelou.
Several years ago, accordin g to the New York Times, some Manhattan residents worried that a strong police presence was keeping criminals off the streets but leading to an increase in push-in robberies. With Operation Impact, the a police effort to increase patrols in high-crime neighborhoods, dramatically increasing the police presence in some neighborhoods, the same concern might arise today. Police though point to statistics that show overall robberies have declined by about 26 percent in neighborhoods where Operation Impact has been in effect.
Terry Rodie, district manager for Brooklyn Community Board 14, which includes Flatbush and Midwood, expressed doubt about whether such a link between police and push-in robberies could exist in her neighborhood. But, she added, "that doesn't mean it couldn't be true. The same theory could be said for a snowstorm.""I think that's more some kind of a [folk] tale…but I don't mean to say it could not be true," said Rodie. "The same theory could be said for a big snowstorm."


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In Israel, Sounds of Spring Include Thwack of Paddleballs
Hard-Hitting Form of Beach Game Kicks Up Controversy; Lots of Rackets
TEL AVIV—Spring has arrived on the beaches of Israel, and with it the perennial sound of batted balls.
Paddleball is the country's unofficial national sport. But this year the rat-tat-tat noise, the flying projectiles and flailing rackets that result have triggered a backlash and a bit of soul searching in the Jewish state.
Beach paddleball, known as matkot in Hebrew, has a hallowed place in Israel. In recent years, the sport has mutated. That mutation—known as "Bat Yam style" for the Tel Aviv beach suburb where it was pioneered in the 1990s—turned the quaint seaside pastime into a fast-paced, hard-hitting game. Since then, the style has spread—and so too have calls to ban the sport.
"You can't walk peacefully along the beach without getting slammed by the matkot balls," says Tom Shinan, 35 years old, director of a 15-minute video assailing matkot released last summer. "It's horrible." He says he would "go to the beach and feel like I'm back in the army dodging bullets. That tic-tic-tic is everywhere."
Matkot in Israel stretches back years. Early 20th-century Zionist painters depicted the sport. On any sunny day, Israeli beaches are clogged with matkot players, ranging from Speedo-clad hobbyists struggling to string together a rally to seasoned practitioners of Bat Yam style thwacking the air with violent precision.
Matkot involves two people using what are usually crudely made wooden rackets to bang a squash ball back and forth. In the traditional form, there is no winner and no loser, just two people trying to sustain a rally.
"It is a game of couples, of partners, of love and community," says Morris Zadok, 62, owner of a sporting-goods store dedicated largely to matkot and regarded as one of the sport's leading advocates. "We don't try to crush the opponent, we try to work together to keep the ball off the ground."
Mr. Zadok was among a group of matkot die-hards who began playing a more-aggressive form of the sport in the 1990s. They made it competitive, with two-man teams battling to string together as many hits as possible within a three-minute window.
"The adrenaline became very high and people began hitting the ball very, very hard," says Gideon Nevo, a professor of Hebrew Literature at Ben Gurion University, who gave up squash for matkot.
Bat Yam's pioneering paddlers brought their swagger to other beaches and matkot's mutated strain spread.
"When we brought Bat Yam style to Tel Aviv, we were like, what is this? You play like little children," says Mr. Zadok.
Matkot paddle manufacturers began churning out more powerful rackets made of carbon instead of wood. The new paddles allowed players to hit with more force and the carbon made a louder, more earsplitting thwack. An Israeli air force engineer even produced a matkot paddle made of fighter jet alloys.
Fired by Bat Yam style, matkot was enjoying a revival. The first Israeli matkot competition was held in 2000, capped by a national championship in Tel Aviv. Each summer has been filled with similar competitions. Mr. Zadok even petitioned to have matkot included in the London Olympics.
But last summer, matkot's fortunes began to turn. "It was a dark summer for matkot," says Mr. Zadok.
That was when Mr. Shinan's video, called "Matkot—The End" appeared on YouTube. It includes tear-jerking firsthand accounts by victims of matkot accidents on Israel's crowded beaches. One elderly woman recalled getting hit in the face with a matkot paddle and needing dental work. The video called for matkot to be banned.
Mr. Shinan's video touched a nerve. Within days, over 100,000 people had watched it in a country of seven million. Israel's largest news channels aired live debates on matkot.
While proponents see matkot as a symbol of the cooperative spirit in Israel, critics denounced it as emblematic of rudeness.
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After the video went up, the city of Netanya canceled the national matkot championships for the first time since 2004.
Mr. Zadok said the city told him the tournament was canceled due to budget shortfalls. A spokeswoman for Netanya's mayor said in a written statement to The Wall Street Journal that the matkot championships were canceled "due to the slight interest from participants."
Matkot players didn't buy it.
"That was just their way of trying to get out of it. It seems the YouTube video influenced them," says Mr. Zadok.
The outpouring of emotion both for and against matkot shocked Mr. Shinan, who directed the video. He cut his hair so he wouldn't be recognized in public. He says he hasn't stepped a foot on the beach since the video first went public.
"I can't get the fear out of my head that if I go to the beach, the matkot players will lynch me," says Mr. Shinan. He says he hasn't received any threats.
The debate has even cut a rift through the pro-Israel lobby in America. Noah Pollak, executive director of the Emergency Committee for Israel, a U.S. group, issued a rare rebuke of Israel on the sidelines of the Herzliya Conference earlier this month.
"I was hit by a high velocity matkot ball a year ago on the beach in Tel Aviv," Mr. Pollak said. "It took me days to recover from the welt. It makes you think, is this the Zionism we defend?"
On a winter Saturday earlier this year, Mr. Zadok and fellow matkot veteran Amnon Nissim hunkered down in Mr. Nissim's apartment in Tel Aviv.
Mr. Nissim's apartment doubles as a matkot museum, home to hundreds of one-of-a-kind matkot paddles dating back to 1948, the year of Israel's founding. Mr. Zadok made himself coffee from a kettle fastened to a matkot-paddle hot plate, and pounded his fist on the coffee table, made out of a giant matkot paddle.
"We can't let things get out of control," he says. "This sport is ours. This sport is Israel." Mr. Nissim, wearing a diamond-studded gold matkot-paddle pendant, agreed.
This month, as temperatures soared, beaches filled and matkot players turned out by the thousands across Israel.
Mr. Zadok took a break from his matkot game. "We're back," he says. "We're going to have the biggest matkot tournament Israel's ever seen this year."


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There are moments in sports that go beyond who won and who lost.
They are the contests that transcend the outcome, leaving an indelible impact on life, culture and history. Through April 22, the Ohio Historical Society showcases these unforgettable events in "Sports: Breaking Records, Breaking Barriers," a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution.
The exhibit, which spotlights 35 athletes and their performances in 17 sports, focuses on far more than the results of competition. After all, it's not the final score that visitors think of when viewing the tennis dress that Billie Jean King wore when she played Bobby Riggs in 1973's famous "Battle of the Sexes," one of the exhibit's highlights. Rather, it's what that match-up represented for women.
"The exhibition goes beyond sports, using it to look at bigger issues in American history - issues like politics, race, women's rights, technology, the abilities of the handicapped," says Ellen Roney Hughes, exhibit curator and cultural historian at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
The traveling display features 40 items from the 10,000 contained at the Smithsonian.
"I could have made it twice the size that it is," says Hughes, a sports fan all her life. "The items are really among the finest artifacts we have."
She points with pride to the robe worn by Muhammad Ali when he regained the heavyweight boxing title by beating George Foreman in 1974 in Zaire. She wrote to Ali asking for a memento from that fight, ultimately negotiating with the boxer's representatives for several years.
"One day, Ali just showed up at the Smithsonian with the robe in hand," she recalls. "We were electrified by his presence."
Hughes had the additional good fortune of acquiring a baseball autographed by Babe Ruth and 26 other members of the 1926 New York Yankees, The ball had been in the possession of a family since the 1930s; they decided they wanted to give it to the Smithsonian so the entire country could have it.
"That," says Hughes, "is the kind of thing I love to hear."
Accompanying the Smithsonian exhibit are 11 sports-related objects with a Buckeye connection, on loan from The Ohio State University. They include the sweater and belt worn by track star Jesse Owens for the official ceremonies at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, and Jack Nicklaus' 1961 National Amateur Golf Championship trophy.
The thrill of victory is everywhere. Jerseys once worn by high achievers are a focal point, including Michael Jordan's basketball uniform from the 1996-97 season playoffs; Bill Baker's hockey jersey that he wore when the 1980 United States Olympic team won the gold medal by defeating the seemingly unstoppable Soviet Union squad; and the Milwaukee Brewers uniform that all-time home run king Hank Aaron wore in the final two seasons of his career. The goggles donned in 1926 by Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, also have their place.
The exhibit acknowledges the technological breakthroughs and people behind them who enhanced performance and participation in sports. Artifacts not as famous, yet still holding historical significance, include a roller skate developed by James Plimpton in 1863, which permitted easier steering and control; and a tennis wheelchair developed by Marilyn Hamilton, a paraplegic who won the U.S. Women's Open Wheelchair Tennis Tournament twice.
The exhibit, says Hughes, reminds visitors of all issues athletes encounter and the effect their personal victories - both on and off the field - exert on the nation's consciousness.
"It will appeal to a wide range of people, not just those interested in sports," she promises.
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Elkins Council passes rental registration law
October 18, 2013
By Michael Green Fonte Staff Writer Elkins City Council made local history Thursday by unanimously passing a rental registration ordinance on its second and final reading....
What a surprise. Democrats are more than willing to pass hundreds of new 'ordinances' in cities that bring in more money for them. This is just the beginning. It won't end here. Control and money is their aim. Randolph county is only going to make rental property more obsolete and run owners that rent to others out of their city. Vote the bums out. Don't put up with it. Or keep these taxing bums in office and get ready for more of the same.
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What the f**k does this have to do with political parties? You, sir, have a problem.
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Judy Guy wanted to do this first I believe, who I think is a registered republican.
But ignoring that simple issue, I agree the city should burden the expense of the inspection.
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What a surprise...neither TruthSeeker or Puremagix have a clue what this issue is about. And neither knows the political affiliation of the mayor or the members of City Council. The owners of rental properties should be responsible for the cost of inspections and consider it a cost of doing business in Elkins. All businesses in Elkins are charged a B&O tax and rental properties are a business. There is no reason for the taxpayers to assume the financial responsibility of paying for inspections of business properties.
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Everyone understands where the city's money comes from, right? When someone argues that "the city" should bear a cost, they are really arguing for "the city's taxpayers" to bear that cost. That's definitely something worth discussing, but I just wanted to make sure everyone is clear on that point.
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quote: Apple would just ban the infringer and get more sales this way, i.e. indirect money infusion via increased sales. I don't see any advantages of one approach over the other, they both look very similar to me
quote: Android will NOT get "banned"
quote: That solution is costly, creates huge consumer backlash, and is destined to fail
quote: it limits MY choices as a consumer and drives up prices, so why would I support such an action?
quote: The idea that you think forcing consumers to buy your product has ever worked is amazing to me. Or that it's a solid plan of action
quote: Working against the free market can only work if you're selling something like oil
quote: So you're just supporting some draconian measure and applying moral relativism to it


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on January 8, 2013 - 12:26 AM
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I was running laps in the street around my lightly traveled block last week, grumbling about the uncleared sidewalks on busier streets where danger is ever-present for pedestrians.
As I finished lap 1, I noticed that a parking ticket was sticking out of the driver's-side door of our car, which was in front of our house. My son had parked in the street the night before, unaware that Amherst had an overnight parking ban from Nov. 1 to April 1.
I wanted to scream. Not at my son, who is $25 poorer for making the same mistake I've made before, and not because I object to the law. What infuriates me is that my town is enforcing one seasonal law – with no regard for whether it has an impact on the snowplowing it is trying to facilitate – while all but ignoring another law with no regard for the fact that doing so puts the lives of pedestrians in danger.
This is not unique to Amherst. According to a Buffalo News article following the first significant snowfall of the season last month, several area communities are not enforcing the sidewalk law. When they are doing anything about it at all, they are responding to complaints from people who report that their neighbor has not cleared the sidewalk. What do the towns do then? Generally, they tell people to take care of the problem or issue a written warning.
Oooooo, not a written warning. Then what? A stern lecture?
The results of this practice are predictable and visible to anyone who has the misfortune of trying to get anywhere on foot. If you have a law that people know is not enforced, a segment of the population will ignore it.
Meanwhile, the towns vigorously enforce the overnight parking ban, whether there's snow on the ground or not. During the ban from Nov. 1, 2011, to April 1, 2012, Amherst gave out nearly 2,900 tickets. In the Town of Tonawanda, police tagged nearly 4,200 parking violators.
Keep in mind that it barely snowed last winter, but that didn't stop the towns from enforcing a law meant to make it easier for plows to clear snow from the streets. Not coincidentally, it's a low-impact revenue stream.
Our elected leaders keep making excuses about not enforcing the sidewalk law, which is in place to provide a safe place for people to walk and which, if it had been enforced, might have saved the lives of four people in two separate incidents in Erie County in 2001 and 2010.
Town officials contend that the problem is lack of staff. Fair enough. And maybe they don't want to hire someone to do a job that is completely tied to snowfall. One obvious answer is to put more money in the budget for overtime and have existing employees do the job as the need arises, just as they do with snowplowing. Then hand out tickets for every incident, not warnings, and make it $50 per violation. The employees won't even have to get out of their cars; just witness the lawbreaking, note the address and mail the ticket.
Do the job right, and it will pay for itself. Unlike the parking ban, which is in place for a few hours a day, sidewalk violations can be spotted 24 hours a day.
If elected officials don't like this idea, they need to come up with a better one. But for the sake of everyone who needs or wants to walk outside in the winter, they need to do something.
Doing next to nothing isn't working.
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James Rollins, the New York Times bestselling master of nail-biting suspense and historical mystery, combines cutting-edge biotechnology with a centuries-old secret in an apocalyptic story that reveals where humankind is truly headed
The Doomsday Key
At Princeton University, a famed geneticist dies inside a biohazard lab. In Rome, a Vatican archaeologist is found dead in St. Peter's Basilica. In Africa, a U.S. senator's son is slain outside a Red Cross camp. The three murders on three continents bear a horrifying connection: all the victims are marked by a Druidic pagan cross burned into their fl esh.
The bizarre murders thrust Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force into a race against time to solve a riddle going back centuries, to a ghastly crime against humanity hidden within a cryptic medieval codex. The fi rst clue is discovered inside a mummifi ed corpse buried in an English peat bog a gruesome secret that threatens America and the world.
Aided by two women from his past one his exlover, the other his new partner Gray must piece together the horrifying truth. But the revelations come at a high cost, and to save the future, Gray will have to sacrifi ce one of the women at his side. That alone might not be enough, as the true path to salvation is revealed in a dark prophecy of doom.
Sigma Force confronts humankind's greatest threat in an adventure that races from the Roman Coliseum to the icy peaks of Norway, from the ruins of medieval abbeys to the lost tombs of Celtic kings. The ultimate nightmare is locked within a talisman buried by a dead saint an ancient artifact known as the Doomsday Key.
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"This guy doesn't write novels—he builds roller coasters....Rollins excels at combining action and history with larger-than-life characters....A must for pure action fans."
"Rollins's prose explodes off the page in a twisty and compelling thriller....Swashbuckling adventure, elite team effort, and religious symbology all add up to another gripping andterrifying read....An amazing and brilliant technothriller that might be his best to date.
-Library Journal (starred review)


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03/12/2014 -
Atlantic stakeholder conference in Porto on 20 January 2015
As part of the implementation of the Atlantic Action Plan, the European Commission invites stakeholders to share their practical knowledge and ideas at the Atlantic Stakeholder Platform conference. Registration is now open.
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Be a part of European Maritime Day 2015
Ahead of the 8th annual European Maritime Day Conference, to be held in Piraeus, Greece, on 28 and 29 May next year, the European Commission is organising two information sessions for anyone wanting to get involved in the conference.
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Conference on Maritime Spatial Planning and Tourism, Venice, 27 November
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WASHINGTON - Two days before President Barack Obama's first trip outside Washington to promote his gun-control proposals, the White House tried to settle a brewing mystery when it released a photo to back his claim to be a skeet shooter.
Obama had set inquiring minds spinning when, in an interview with The New Republic magazine, he answered "yes" when asked if he had ever fired a gun. The admission came as a surprise to many.
"Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," Obama said in the interview released last weekend, referring to the official presidential retreat in rural Maryland, which he last visited in October while campaigning for re-election. Asked whether the entire family participates, the president said: "Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there."
Few could recall Obama ever talking about firing a gun or going skeet shooting "all the time."
The official White House photo released Saturday is dated Aug. 4, 2012. The caption says Obama is shooting clay targets on the range at Camp David. Obama is seen holding a gun against his left shoulder, his left index finger on the trigger and smoke coming from the barrel. He is wearing jeans, a dark blue, short-sleeved polo shirt, sunglasses and headphones.
Asked at Monday's press briefing how frequently Obama shoots skeet and whether photos of the outings existed, White House press secretary Jay Carney said he didn't know how often. Pictures may exist, he said, but he hadn't seen any.
"Why haven't we heard about it before?" Carney was asked.
"Because when he goes to Camp David, he goes to spend time with his family and friends and relax, not to produce photographs," Carney said.
Obama is accompanied almost everywhere by at least one White House photographer.
Carney did not immediately respond Saturday when asked to comment on the decision to release the photo. But it could be part of an effort to portray Obama as sympathetic to gun owners and opponents of his gun-control measures who argue the proposals would infringe on an individual's Second Amendment right to bear arms.


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Nicholas Sproul, the slobmeister
Damn, bitch! You been slobbin all on it!
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one who excessively salivates while in the process of smoking marijuana.
Yo slobby ass got the blunt soakin!
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The Act of Oral sex perfromed on a women by a man or another women.
A dance move where the gesture of oral sex is performed
A dance move where the gesture of oral sex is performed
Mate i gave her slobbies last night!
Dude do the slobbies dance!
Dude do the slobbies dance!
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short for "slower but better working people"
not being stressed out nowadays often means someone is lazy. if a person just opposes the stressful and hectic modern way of life can call himself a "slobby" person.
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A little boy from East Aurora was able to smile in the face of brain surgery when the Rev. Joseph F. Moreno Jr. brought him the signed hockey jersey of his favorite player, inspiring more than 2,000 people to send him get-well cards.
A Buffalo police officer involved in a line-of-duty shooting went to see the priest, who counseled him that maybe the officer was meant to be there on the night of the fatal shooting, that maybe some kind of higher power "just tapped you on the shoulder."
Those two families – along with hundreds of others – now are left wondering why a man who helped so many people didn't reach out for help himself, before he took his own life Saturday.
People always say they're shocked and saddened by such a sudden death, especially of a popular, street-smart minister such as Father Joe. But this time, it was pure shock for the people who knew him the best.
"Every time I saw him, he was ebullient and upbeat," attorney Thomas H. Burton, who referred many trauma-shaken police officers to Moreno, said Monday.
Yet the man who helped people through their heartaches succumbed to his own demons, whatever they were. Police said Monday that Moreno died of a single apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Moreno was considered an unorthodox priest, but diocesan officials suggested Monday that there was no allegation of impropriety against him. Although he was being reassigned from St. Lawrence Catholic Church, he was talking with diocesan officials last week about a hospital ministry.
"If somebody's in trouble, accused of something improper, they typically don't get another assignment; they get put on leave," one diocesan official explained. "Father Joe was being considered for another assignment. There's nothing improper I'm aware of."
Three and half years ago, Moreno became a fixture in the lives of Deaglan Carney and his family. Deaglan, just 4 at the time, had been diagnosed with a brain tumor and needed surgery to remove it. Moreno knew Deaglan's dad, an Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority police officer, and when he heard about his situation, he immediately began doing everything he could to help the family through the traumatic situation – and cheer the boy up.
"He was always texting us back and forth, constantly wanting to know what he could do to help us out," Deaglan's mother, Audra Carney of East Aurora, recounted. "At the hospital, he would come up and pray with us. He would ask if we needed a meal. It was always: What did we need?"
When Moreno learned that Deaglan loved the legendary hockey player Bobby Orr, he arranged to get a signed jersey for the boy. He also inspired 2,300 Western New Yorkers to write get-well cards to Deaglan – which he hand-delivered to the boy in his New York City hospital bed.
She recalled a story that Moreno shared a few months after Deaglan's surgery. A man who had been inspired by the boy's story, which appeared in The Buffalo News, was contemplating suicide. His wife showed him the article about Deaglan, and the man changed his mind.
"He said, 'If God can help that little boy to get well, he can help me to get well,' " Moreno told The News.
Saturday night, Audra Carney had the sad task of explaining to Deaglan that Moreno had died.
The Buffalo police officer involved in the fatal shooting in the last few years recalled what a great listener and spiritual guide Moreno had been for him.
"Now I'm thinking, 'What could I have done to help him?' " said the officer, who spoke on the condition that he not be named. "I've been thinking about that the last couple days. They've been sad days."
This officer, who says he prays before going onto the streets for each police shift, has one theory why Moreno connected so easily with people in need.
"Sometimes when you look at a priest, you look at him as a higher power, just short of perfection," he said. "But Father Joe had some shortcomings or imperfections. Because of that, he [came across as] more of a person than a priest. He established a rapport, a connection, with people, and once he did, he never let them down.
"You knew you were talking to a stand-up guy," the officer added. "He just had a way, I guess, of putting things in perspective."
Whenever he investigates a suicide, this officer said, family members always want to find some kind of explanation, whether it's in a note, phone call or some other message. Maybe that knowledge can help the family deal with the tragedy.
That's also true here, but with a twist.
"His family was a lot bigger than most," the officer said. "His family was in the thousands, all those people who feel a connection like they were family. They all want to know."
Burton, the attorney, often represents Buffalo police officers, firefighters and emergency responders who have been involved in traumatic cases. He never hesitated to send those professionals to Moreno.
"I can't tell you the number of people he helped who faced gut-wrenching circumstances on the job," Burton said. "I had a number of officers who were good, decent, moral guys who grew up with a strong religious upbringing. You see a public image of a cop trying to be tough as nails and detached. But then you see tears streaming down their face when the office door is closed."
Those became part of Moreno's flock, people in need who quickly recognized his sincerity.
"He was no stranger to folks who had to go through these tragedies," Burton said. "You'd think he would be steeled [to that]. But sometimes with these losses, there simply is no rhyme or reason."
Diocesan officials said they saw no sign that Moreno might harm himself. Friday, he asked two priests to write letters of recommendation for him for the hospital ministry job. And late last week, he called some pastors to see if they needed someone to cover for them for a specific Mass.
"If you look back at the week, he was planning for his transition," diocesan spokesman Kevin A. Keenan said.
Cindy Goss, who worked with Moreno for nearly two decades helping law enforcement and other first responders in crisis, said she knows that the priest talked many people out of harming themselves.
"I think there's a lot of people who owe their life to this man," she said. "Hundreds and hundreds – it could be thousands."
Police officers and firefighters across the region knew they could count on Moreno to be there for them at a moment's notice. Police culture can be "close-knit," Goss explained.
"There are very few who have been able to penetrate that circle. He just had that gift," she said. "… It wasn't something he had to say. It was who he was. They sensed it. They sensed he cared and trusted. They felt that he understood."
Saturday night, dozens of Moreno's loved ones gathered outside St. Lawrence Church on East Delavan Avenue, shocked and grief-stricken. Goss recalled how someone said: "Isn't this when Father Joe usually shows up?"
The death of Moreno cast a pall over Police Headquarters on Monday.
One officer, who asked not to be identified, said that many who had sought his help are feeling lost. They trusted and loved him, whether they were grieving over a loss or battling an addiction.
"If you needed rehab, he would do it on the side and take care of us," the officer said. "He was always there for every shooting, every officer who died in a car accident or got cancer. He was always there within minutes. Always bringing food to us. If we couldn't go to Mass on Easter, he would do a quick Mass for us. … He really tried to take care of us."
A large turnout is expected for Moreno's services later this week. Calling hours are scheduled for 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday in St. Margaret Catholic Church, 1395 Hertel Ave. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. Friday in St. Margaret's.
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quote: I don't condone drinking and driving in any way, but not everyone with a DUI is a careless monster trying to kill others around them.
quote: An interesting thing to note is that 15% of wrong way collisions are caused by people aged over 70, so I feel we should take away peoples licences when they get old too.
quote: yet the ones who are irresponsible and do it on a regular basis


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Pool Cue
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- "Use this lethal weapon like the bat - swing left, right and block using the different attack buttons."
- ―TLAD Official Website
The Pool Cue is a tool and a weapon in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and The Lost and Damned. It seems to have the longest reach out of all the melee weapons, but its main use is to play pool.
GTA San Andreas
Challenge someone to a game of pool in a bar, and after the game the player can keep the cue as a weapon. Though it is an effective melee weapon, the player cannot sprint, because of the pool cue's length. The Pool Cue will replace any melee weapon the player has. It can kill any pedestrian instantly in one hit.
- Blueberry, Red County - In front of a small restaurant. From the entrance of The Well Stacked Pizza Co., head east and through the four-way intersection. Continue until the next intersection, which should be a three-way, has been reached. At the northeast part of this intersection, look for a small restaurant. The Pool Cue is just north of the entrance.
- Doherty, San Fierro - Underneath a fallen part of the building on the west side of the construction site north of the Doherty Garage. From the Driving School, go north and turn west when you reach the construction site. Continue west and up the hill into the construction site. Continue west and should encounter a still-standing portion of a building with the floor drooping down. Underneath this fallen floor is the Pool Cue (and a Flamethrower).
- Rockshore East, Las Venturas - In the middle of the industrial complex (by the dumpster) at Rockshore East. From the Rockshore West Safehouse, head north through the intersection and turn east at the road curve. Continue east and turn north at the next road curve. Continue north and turn east at the next road curve. Continue forward, cross the railroad tracks, and enter the industrial complex. Just off to the left is some sheltered parking. Go to the east end of the sheltered parking area. Once there, look for a beige building off to the left. There is a dumpster at the southwest corner of this building. The Pool Cue is next to this dumpster.
- Any of the four bars around San Andreas - After a game of pool CJ receives the Pool Cue (replacing any equivalent weapons in the slot).
- Can also be obtained by killing a pool player.
In Grand Theft Auto IV, the pool cue has in fact been categorized as a weapon alongside other melee weapons but the use of the pool cue as a weapon was dropped during development. The pool cue may still be used to play pool but cannot be used outside the game, even though it's a functional weapon. it can be obtained via mods, but it has no HUD icon and have the same aspects than a baseball bat
The Lost and Damned
In The Lost and Damned, however, a halfed version of the pool cue can be used as a weapon. Additionally, pool can still be played. However, it disappears from the player's inventory whenever a race is started, as the player is given a baseball bat. Also, the pool cue has no dodging animation which only allows the player to block attacks and also makes it impossible to do melee counters in a fight. Another downside is that the pool cue can't be found in multiplayer.
- In the Homebrew Cafe.
- In the Lost MC Clubhouse.