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Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Salmon Festival 2016
Photos by Ian Dunn
The annual Salmon Festival was held last week at the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery. Above, children love seeing the Salmon Festival characters. Below left, the Reptile Man let children get a close of up look at this tortoise. Below right, here is one of the young Native American dancers.
Bids rejected for major school projects
The Cascade School Board has rejected the construction bids for the both the high school and elementary school. The rejection of the bids for the elementary school was not surprising, since the bids on the project were significantly over budget.
But it was not expected the school board would reject the high school bid, since it was within the scope of the project. However, Cascade Superintendent Bill Motsenbocker said they were not able to reach an agreement with the low bidder, specifically involving sub-contractors.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
September 20, 2016 18:46
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Planning commissioners: Vacation rental ban is legal
Overnight vacation rentals have been a big issue in the city of Leavenworth. Two groups have formed, arguing the various issues back and forth for several months. This has probably been the most contentious issue since joining the planning commission, said Planning Commissioner Andy Lane, as he and fellow commissioner Chuck Reppas, spoke to the Leavenworth City Council at the Sept. 13 study session.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
September 20, 2016 18:57
Accessory Dwelling Units in Urban Growth Area will stay under county rules
The Leavenworth City Council has elected to suspend their rules regarding Accessory Dwelling Units in the Urban Growth Area, at the request of Chelan County.
The city and country operate under a memorandum of understanding regarding the UGA. This agreement states the county will uphold city rules in the UGA, but the city came into conflict with the county over rules governing ADUs.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
September 20, 2016 18:54
City reverses decision: Stops signs headed for two Birch Street intersections
The Leavenworth City Council has reversed course on adding some stop signs to intersections on Birch Street, following public testimony on the issue.
The original request was for four-way stops at Birch and Orchard and Birch and Cascade intersections. That request was rejected by the city's public works committee, because the requests failed to meet the criteria for adding stop signs.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
September 20, 2016 18:52
Concussions: what everyone needs to know and how we learned about it
The start of school sports has begun and many parents have concerns about the safety around allowing their children to participate, especially in football. It is estimated about 60 million children participate in school sports, a leading cause of concussion in children. Concussions occur more often than all the cancers combined. More than 4 million concussions happen every year, according to Dr. Stan A. Herring, MD, head of Sports Concussion Program at Harborview Hospital, Seattle.
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
September 20, 2016 18:49
Brulotte elected president of Washington Brewer's Guild
Pam Brulotte of Icicle Brewery in Leavenworth has been named president of the Washington Brewer's Guild. The Guild began in 2006 as an Agricultural Commodity Commission, the first commodity commission for craft beer in the U.S.
The Guild can produce up to 12 beer tasting festivals per year, using the proceeds to promote and market Washington's craft breweries. Brulotte had been on the executive committee of the Guild as an at-large member for the past two years.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
September 13, 2016 19:07
Former upper valley resident, Mendenhall, pens new novel
Using her experiences as a missionary in Africa, former Cashmere resident Mary Mendenhall has written a new book entitled, The Wrong Side of Eternity: A Present-Day Passion.
Her missionary work in Uganda provided inspiration for the book.
"We arrived in a town six miles from the Ugandan border, a few months before the genocide broke out. We were there for the next six years. I listened to a lot of stories and gathered a lot of information while I was there," Mendenhall said.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
September 13, 2016 19:05
On a mission, volunteers brave bugs, hear to build church in Costa Rica
Forty-five members of Christ Center Church of Cashmere, 17 adults and 31 from the youth group, took an adventurous trip to Rio Grande, Costa Rica, in July.
There they encountered poisonous snakes, spiders, and scorpions, while enduring the jungle heat and humidity; fulfilling their commitment to serve.
Christ Center supports a missionary family in Rio Grande, the Justin and Grifyn Benedict family and their eight children who reside there.
Rio Grande is very remote. The group rented a tour bus and traveled with the aid of five translators who accompanied them everywhere.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
September 13, 2016 19:01
Chelan County mayors cry out for affordable housing
Chelan County mayors spoke out unanimously Tuesday, August 30 to the Tri-Commission here, pleading and complaining about the lack of affordable housing in their cities.
Mayors Cheri Kelley Farivar (Leavenworth), Mike Cooney (Chelan), Jeff Gomes (Cashmere) and Keith Vradenburg (Entiat) all spoke individually, but had the same message, "We have five new teachers with no place to live," lamented Vradenburg. He went on to say that besides extremely high end new housing along the waterfront at $700,000 each, "I wouldn't put my dog or horses in what's left."
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
September 6, 2016 19:24
Cascade School Board continues to struggle granting Leaves of Absence
Leaves of Absence requests continue to be contentious decisions for the Cascade School Board. School district personnel, certificated and classified, can request leaves of absence up to one year. Each time this has come before the board, members have wrestled with the issue.
The main issue is holding a position for someone who may or may not return to the district. Every year, the Cascade School Board gets these requests. This time, it was not a teacher making the request, but a classified employee, Special Education Para, Carrie Wright.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
September 6, 2016 19:21
Downtown parking lot improvements approved
The first improvements at the downtown paid parking lots should be in place before Oktoberfest. The main parking lot targeted for improvement is the P2, lower parking lot, across from the Festhalle.
On Aug. 23, the Leavenworth City Council approved a contract with Wenatchee Quality Welding and Fabricating for the installation of 641-feet of steel railing along the P2 parking lot wall which borders U.S. Highway 2 on the north side.
The contract was for $61,033.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
September 6, 2016 19:20
School District policies updated to reflect new laws
A few laws were created by the last state legislature that have prompted changes in Cascade School District policies. These policy changes were discussed at the Aug. 22 Cascade School Board meeting.
Homeless Student Rights
"The law states, when we have 10 or more homeless students, which in our district would never happen, it requires each middle school and high school principal has to identify a point of contact for that youth," said Cascade School Superintendent Bill Motsenbocker. "Typically at the middle school, the counselor would be the point of contact. That person would introduce the guardians of that student to Tim Lawless, who is our homeless coordinator for the district."
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
September 6, 2016 19:19
Suncrest Fire turned back over to local control
With solid containment lines now surrounding the 390-acre Suncrest Fire, firefighters are being sent back to their home units across the great Pacific Northwest.
This will be the final update from regional Type 2 Incident Management Team 12. Control of the fire will be given to local fire district, Forest Service and Department of Natural Resources agents at 6 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1.
As of 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, the Chelan County Sheriff's Office has reduced evacuation levels from Level 2 to Level 1 for homes north of North Road between Nibbelink and Fox roads. Roadblocks on North Road were scheduled to be removed Wednesday, as well.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
September 6, 2016 19:16
Spirit of America 9/11 memorial committee steps up celebration
The 15-year anniversary of 9/11 will be commemorated at Cashmere's Spirit of America Memorial in Riverside Park at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11.
This memorial was dedicated one year ago in a ceremony attended by an estimated 1,100 people from all over the state. It took one-and-a-half years to find a location and create a design to win the competition against the other cities which also wanted to have the memorial, after which it had to be constructed.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
September 6, 2016 19:13
Quick action prevents Tumwater Canyon fire emergency
Quick action by local fire crews prevented a fire in Tumwater Canyon from expanding. The fire occurred on the evening of Aug. 23. Chelan County Fire District 3 Chief Kelly O'Brien said they were called to a possible brush fire at 5:58 p.m. one mile west of Leavenworth in the Tumwater Canyon.
Also responding was Lake Wenatchee Fire and Rescue, Chelan County Fire District 6, Forest Service, DNR, Chelan County Sheriff's Office, Washington State Patrol and WSDOT.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
September 31, 2016 15:04
City Councilman Robert Francis resigns
Leavenworth City Councilman Robert (Bob) Francis announced his resignation from the City Council effective Aug. 23, 2016. Council Member Francis was appointed to the Leavenworth City Council on Nov. 28, 2008 by Mayor Robert Eaton; Bob was elected to the position in 2009 and again in 2013. Bob served on numerous Council Committees during his tenure including Public Safety, Finance and Public Works. He also served on the City's Residential Advisory Committee.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
September 31, 2016 14:57
Construction will impact the high school fairly significantly
During the last new Leavenworth high school rebuilding in 1983-84, students were housed in pods outside the construction site. This time around, the pods won't be necessary, as the students will be shuffled to different parts of the building instead.
The new high school will be constructed on top of the old high school parking lot. So that means students, teachers and visitors will need another place to park.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
September 31, 2016 14:55
IRMS adding the AVID program in eighth grade
Second year principal Mike Janski is excited to add the AVID program to the eighth grade this year. AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, seeks to prepare students for college.
Malia Renner-Singer started the program at the high school last year. Janski said they are pulling the program into the eighth grade to see how it will work. Then, possibly move it into sixth and seventh grades next year.
Leah Boggs will head up the AVID program at IRMS.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
September 31, 2016 14:50
Osborn student body grows thanks to third grade enrollment
Osborn Elementary School has grown by about 30 students this year. Last year, they were at 269 students. Now, they're at 300. A particularly large class has been moving through the school system. Now, they are in third grade, at Osborn.
"That third grade class has been big all the way through. We had the physical space to add another teacher. It brings the class sizes from 28 down to 21 in each class, which is a huge difference," said Osborn Principal Kenny Renner Singer.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
September 31, 2016 14:51
PD welcomes new teachers, bilingual secretary
There are three new teachers at Peshastin Dryden Elementary School this year. Jennifer Graybeal is moving from Osborn to teach kindergarten. Heidi Krumland is a new teacher from Mount Vernon. She'll be teaching first grade. A new teacher in second grade is Cascade High School grad, Abby Palmer.
"We have four 'kinder' classrooms, four firsts and four seconds. But we have a shared position in 'kinder' between Tina Richardson and Kelly Coulter. They started last year as intervention specialists as well as sharing a classroom," said Emily Ross, entering her second year as principal at PD. "They get to look at data throughout the school with me and push into classrooms with students that need extra support, help organize teams to come up ideas about meeting student needs. Things like that."
Thursday, September 1, 2016
September 31, 2016 14:45
Elementary School project to be bid again just before Thanksgiving
When the bids on the Alpine Lakes Elementary School project came in $2.5 million over estimates, the Cascade School District was left with little choice, but to reject the bids. Lydig Construction was the lowest bidder.
Cascade Superintendent Bill Motsenbocker said, at the Aug. 15 Cascade School Board special meeting, Lydig was very disappointed they were not awarded the bid. Having worked with Lydig in the past, he said he would love to work with them again.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
August 23, 2016 18:56
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Hi Gurus,
I'm in a hurry to insert one picture into a template, and I noticed there must be some library to add the picture to the list first, then should we inert from the list.
Could anyone give a hint how to add the picture into the list first?
hi jennifer
first go to mime repository with Tcode: se80.
Go to MIME repository and add ANY Image to the template.
Now go to the XHTML view and find out where the image details are given..
Edit that to the image that you have uploaded.
Hi jennifer
first upload the image file to bw system with SE80 - click mime repository,
expand sap-bw-customer-images and right click 'import mime objects'
and choose your file from local pc.
in wad add the image and specify the path
<image src = '../sap/bw/Mime/customer/filename>
hope this helps.
Hi Ravichandra,
thanks a lot for your answer in time.
I still am at loss where should I import the image in WAD? I've already added the pic in SE80, under folder
SAP/BW/BRAT/XML, how can I locate it in WAD on my template?
In jenni
In WAD,
THERE WILL BE 3 TABS IN THAT ONE TAB WILL BE XHTML in that there will be html image tag, try to insert ur image path there.
revert back in case of any queries.
still not work.
i add the code to the tab "html" in my template with "<image src = '/sap/bw/brat/xml/esap project schedule.jpg'>"
then I click the "insert picture" , a screen pop up, in the list of pictures, I still haven't seen the pic I need to upload.
Go to SE80 -> click mime repository -> Expand SAP -> Expand BW -> Expand Customer -> Images.
You'll see a list of images.
Now, right click on Images -> Import MIME Object -> Enter the path and then save.
The folder is not BRAT but it has to be Customer.
Please add the picture to the correct folder and i am sure you'll be able to see the image.
Looks good, I'll try this, too.
hi all,
sorry to update you so late, because I can't log on SDN from time to time.
the weird thing is that my peer can upload the picture successfully while I still can't see it in the list.
I am handful, I'll do a research and update you guys later.
Hi jennni
plz place the image carefully as per above guidline and once check in the xhtml image tag u will get it .
Hi jenni
plz see the html tag correclty and navigate as per the tag u can see the image definately.
Revert back in case of my query.


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A number of sources are telling us that new parents Sean Penn and Robin Wright are spending time apart and not necessarily because work is taking them in different directions. Their relationship, according to one source, "is definitely undergoing problems." A second source tells us, "The only time they're together is when they're with the baby [daughter Dylan Frances Penn, 10 months]."
And what do their respective reps say? They say that until they are told otherwise, the couple are still together.
Damon Wayans, costar of Fox's In Living Color, told us moments after finishing ILC's live Super Bowl half-time broadcast that he wants to leave the weekly show. Was he serious or just suffering from a post-Super Bowl party letdown?
"Oh, he's serious, all right," says Eric Gold, his manager and ILC's co-producer. "Damon's "contract is up at the end of this season. Fox wants him to stay on, but unless there's an incredible offer"—this is, after all, a manager speaking—"he'll go full blast into films."
Actually, the move to movies has already begun. Wayans recently co-starred with Bruce Willis in The Last Boy Scout, and his next movie, Mo' Money, an action comedy for Columbia that he wrote and starred in, is due later this year. Columbia also has in development Blankman, a superhero spoof, costarring Wayans and his big brother, ILC host Keenen Ivory Wayans. "Keenen is very supportive of Damon."" says Gold. who also manages Keenen. "If Damon ends up staying. Keenen will be thrilled. But if he goes, Keenen feels the show is strong enough to survive without him."
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Flat appears to be back in Hollywood, thanks to the silicone scare that culminated last month with the Food and Drug Administration's call for a moratorium on silicone-filled breast implants.
Three of Los Angeles' best-known plastic surgeons—Drs. Harvey Zarem, Lawrence Birnbaum and Frederic Corbin, who have filled thousands of breasts—tell us that even prior to the FDA's action, requests for silicone implants ("for cosmetic augmentation, as opposed to reconstructive," stresses Birnbaum) were down between 80 and 95 percent at their offices.
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What is your hometown?Chanhassen, MN, a suburb of Minneapolis.When did you join the UI faculty?1999How/when did you become interested in science?In many ways, my interest in science just seemed natural from the beginning. While I was growing up on a farm in Minnesota, I was always fascinated with the many animals and plants that were around me. When I was 7 or so, my Dad bought an old incubator at an auction and I started hatching duck and chicken eggs. I remember scrutinizing our family set of encyclopedias (no internet in those days) to learn as much as I could about development. I just couldn't stop after that. I was fortunate that my parents placed a high priority on schoolwork and that I had extremely good teachers in both elementary and high school that helped to promote my interest in science.What interested you to pursue a career in microbiology?When I was in graduate school in Madison, I worked in a cancer biology lab on a thesis project that involved using a virus called SV40 to immortalize human bladder cells. During that time, I became very intrigued with how viruses could transform cells. For my postdoc, I chose a laboratory at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle that was studying how human papillomavirus (HPV) caused cervical cancer. It became very clear to me during that time just how interesting the field of virology was. Viruses can do things that we are only just beginning to understand. They have certainly taught us a great deal about how cells work and how the body functions. Many of the findings have been unexpected and have led to new lines of research. My work on HPV, for example, has provided the basis for studies on the aging process. Certainly, there is still a lot to be learned from these tiny and efficient parasites.Is there a teacher or mentor who helped shape your career?There are many teachers that made a difference in my life. I had a particularly gifted teacher in high school named Mr. Kinkle who really encouraged my interest in biology. I was also fortunate to have caring and outstanding science teachers in my undergraduate years at Saint John's University in Minnesota. In graduate school at Madison, my thesis advisor, Catherine Reznikoff, inspired in me a passion for cancer research. My postdoctoral advisor, James McDougall, who recently passed away, taught me how to be professional while still maintaining a sense of humor about things.When did you come to the University of Iowa as a faculty member? How or why did you choose the UI?I arrived in the fall of 1999. When I started looking for jobs, I was really unsure about Iowa because I knew so little about it. When I interviewed here, I discovered just how special it really was. Here was a major university with world-class research in a "small town" environment. I am still amazed that we were able to afford a house in a great neighborhood within walking distance to work. I was also impressed with the University in how much emphasis was placed on high-caliber teaching. It wasn't that hard to convince me that this would be a great place to be.What kinds of professional opportunities or advantages does being a faculty member at Iowa provide? What about challenges?One of the best things about the University of Iowa is just how easy it is to collaborate with other researchers and clinicians. From the beginning, it seemed like people were knocking down my door to work together on projects. I have been able to establish a number of very fruitful collaborations because of this. Many of these studies, particularly those done with physician scientists, have translational potential. I view myself as a basic scientist, so it is kind of rewarding to see how your research could someday be useful in the clinic to treat or prevent human disease. The Holden Cancer Center has also been a strong point for me and I was very fortunate to move into the new building when it opened. The Cancer Center has really helped to bring people from different disciplines together to tackle very complex problems. I have also been impressed with the support I have received from the Department of Microbiology. The strong basic science departments here at the University of Iowa are extremely important for fostering research and high-quality teaching.Perhaps one challenge of being in Iowa is that it is sometimes hard to compete with other institutions and schools on the coasts and elsewhere in attracting graduate students and postdocs. We attract good people, but it often takes more effort.Please describe your professional interests.My primary research interest has been in how epithelial cells become immortal and subsequently malignant after infection with human papillomavirus (HPV). We are specifically examining how HPV activates telomerase, an enzyme that adds back telomere repeats to the ends of chromosomes. This work has led to studies on the roles of telomerase and telomeres in regulating cellular response to genotoxic stress and in the development of genetic instability during carcinogenesis. We have also initiated research on how telomere shortening is involved in the aging process. Additional work focuses on how a tumor suppressor protein called p16 is involved in cellular senescence and suppression of metastasis. For many of our projects, we are utilizing state-of-the-art genomic and bioinformatic approaches to address specific scientific questions.In addition to my laboratory interests, I have also been extensively involved in teaching virology, cell biology, and cancer biology to undergraduate and graduate students. I serve on several committees related to graduate student recruitment and graduate student advising. I am very much committed to promoting and facilitating research at the University of Iowa and am currently serving on a large number of College of Medicine, Holden Cancer Center, and University research-related committees.What are some of your outside interests?When I have time, I enjoy discovering new places through traveling, sampling different wines and foods with my wife and friends, and bike riding and hanging out with my son.Do you have an insight or philosophy that guides you in your professional work?Scientific progress is not always correlated with hard work, but you have to be there and be ready or you will miss important opportunities and interesting discoveries. You have to pay attention to details, stay determined, and put your best effort forward.If you could change one thing about the world (or the world of research), what would it be?Certainly, what is on most scientists' minds right now is the funding situation. I would like people to realize just how important it is to fund research, both basic and translational. There is a real risk that our competitive edge in research and technology will be lost because of the lack of funding. It is going to hurt the present generation of scientists and will dissuade students from going into science. I am not sure if people realize what a good deal it is to fund research. The payback is enormous in terms of knowledge gained, saved healthcare costs, reduction of pain and suffering, and technological advances.What is the biggest change you've experienced in your field since you were a graduate student?There have been many changes. Technological advances in genomics and bioinformatics have significantly changed the research landscape. There is now an amazing capacity to generate large amounts of information in single experiments. A challenge will be to figure out what it all means. Another big change is in how scientists work. It is now essential for researchers from many disciplines to work together towards the same goal. The "lone wolf" laboratories are becoming a thing of the past and there is more of an emphasis on larger laboratories. This is both good and bad. Larger laboratories are better at pulling together resources and people, but there is the potential of losing certain aspects of creativity.What one piece of advice you would give to today's students?Stay determined, work hard, seek advice, and remain open to new ideas.What do you see as "the future" of microbiology?There will always be an enormous interest in and need for the discipline of microbiology. Microorganisms have such a profound role in our everyday life and in our wellbeing. Emerging viruses and other pathogens will continue to be a problem. The uses of microorganisms as tools to treat disease, such as through gene therapy, or to improve our environment are only beginning to be realized. As we continue to identify and characterize microorganisms in more detail, the interrelatedness and complexity of life on earth is going to become even more apparent. It is really a very exciting time to be in science.President Skorton named 2005 as the "Year of Public Engagement." In what ways are you engaged with the greater Iowa public?I continue to look for creative ways to utilize my scientific expertise to educate and engage the general public. It is our responsibility as scientists to do so. Recently, I was involved the college's Mini Medical School program. In this series, I gave a lecture entitled "A Mini Tour of the Theories of Aging" to over 150 members of the community. I was also a participant at a Cervical Cancer Conference Symposium at Des Moines University that was specifically for the purpose of educating the student and local community on topics related to cervical cancer. 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Starting pitchers are the most sought-after commodity among MLB teams, but the opposite typically holds true in fantasy baseball leagues.
Many drafters invoke a strategy of selecting hitters early and often with the hopes of striking big on cheaper pitchers later.
Considering the value Jake Peavy, Chris Sale and R.A. Dickey provided last season for owners who snatched them late, it's not necessarily a bad idea if properly implemented.
But that approach is not for everyone. Anyone who drafted Troy Tulowitzki or Jacoby Ellsbury will wipe away the tears long enough to remind you that hitters are not sure bets either.
While there are plenty of talents to eye in later rounds, this year's batch of starting pitchers consists of several worth your attention in the early rounds.
Are you willing to shell out a top draft pick or big bucks for an ace? If so, these are the guys for you to target in 2013 drafts.
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Have you thought about buying a place with a friend? With skyrocketing real estate prices these days, going halfsies with a friend sounds like a good idea. Tenancy in Common is a type of ownership registration where both parties own half the property independently. Joint Tenancy is the other common method and generally used by people who are married because ownership transfers automatically upon death, something you wouldn't want in a business transaction. But what are the problems with buying a house with a friend? I once considered this but both his parents and my own vehemently discouraged it.
First and foremost, what I'm talking about here references common TIC agreements. You and your buddy will want to draft up a solid TIC agreement (with the use of lawyers) before you do anything. (I'm using this site) And also, usually TIC agreements are like the last resort when normal discussion breaks down; that's why they usually also include the messy details like third-party arbitration and things like that.
The first problem you'll probably see if at the purchase itself. What if you can or want to put a greater down payment than your friend? Unless it's 50-50, you probably won't agree to only 50% ownership. Do they have to get a separate loan? Do they borrow from you? Your greater down payment means they pay less for their half of the mortgage (which is now smaller than before your larger down payment). That's only one question.
Now how do you value each person's share? Certainly, if you both pay 50-50 on the down payment and in mortgage payments, you each own half… but who gets use of the master bedroom? Typically you'll calculate a value percentage for each of the rooms in the house and then calculate your actual percentage (bigger if you're in the master, smaller if you're not) and so all your common expenses would actually be split in this manner. But it still doesn't answer who gets the master bedroom… that's just one headache.
If you and your friend are able to go 50-50 in the property, then your agreement would state equal ownership in the property and equal vote in whatever decisions you would like. In general, routine decisions require only a majority but "expensive, non-emergency repairs or improvements require unanimity or a supermajority" (75%+). At 50-50, all decisions require unanimity. So what do you do if you want hardwood floors and your roommate doesn't?
Finally, what if you want to sell your stake but your friend doesn't and cannot afford to buy your half? Legally you're entitled to sell your half but when was the last time you heard of someone buying half a townhouse from a stranger? Exactly. Unless you both want to sell (or your friend wants to buy you out) , you're not going to get out.
There are a lot of other problems but these are the big hitters… but here's one word of advice you should not ignore: get a lawyer.{ 4 comments, please add your thoughts now! }


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An emergency parachute device didn't deploy for the aircraft involved in a crash that killed two men near Piru, a law enforcement official said Saturday.
Blunt-force injuries were listed as the cause of death for 2011 Santa Clarita Valley Man of the Year Harry Bell, 89, of Newhall, and Michael Boolen, 59, of Pacoima, said Dr. Craig Stevens, senior deputy medical examiner for Ventura County.
Sheriff's Department officials first responded to multiple calls from motorists who saw the plane go down at approximately 1:25 p.m. Thursday about 100 yards from Highway 126, said Capt. Bill Flannigan of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.
Bomb squad officials immediately were dispatched because of the presence of an explosive charge that was connected to a backup parachute, he said.
"This craft did have (a small rocket device used to deploy a parachute), and we had to call the bomb squad to render the vehicle safe before it could be approached," Flannigan said.
Investigators who were at the scene were trying to determine why the craft's parachute didn't deploy, he added, but also said the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration have taken over the investigation.
The "whole-plane ballistic parachute system" is a safety feature unique to the TL-Ultralight Sting Sport, according to TL-Ultralight's website. It allows the craft's canopy to detach from the fuselage of the plane after a trigger is pulled, activating a small rocket boost intended to lift the canopy from the craft and activate a parachute.
All circumstances surrounding the crash are being looked into, but no details regarding the plane's safety systems could be released at this time, according to Keith Holloway of the National Transportation Safety Board.
"We're still collecting information," Holloway said. "We haven't drawn any conclusions at this point, but I suspect we would have a preliminary report by the end of next week."
There was no indication of health problems prior to the plane crash, Stevens said.
Officials with the Ventura County Medical Examiner's Office and the Federal Aviation Administration are awaiting the results of further tests, as well as a National Transportation Safety Board investigation, before any further determination may be made on the crash's cause.
"A full toxicology screening is a standard part of any aircraft accident," Stevens said. "Results can take six to 12 weeks, and it's done by both the FAA and (the Medical Examiner's Office)."
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the pair had taken off from Whiteman Airport in Pacoima and was expected to return there.
Bell planned to sell his ultralight aircraft and was taking it out for a final inspection flight when he crashed it, said Ed Bolden, Bell's longtime friend and former business partner.
John Milek, of Valencia, said he regularly flies the same the type of craft that was involved in the crash out of Whiteman Airport.
A pilot's license isn't needed to operate the craft, he said. However, a biannual review of skills is required.
If a Sting Sport is too low to the ground and a pilot loses control, the emergency parachute system may not work, even if it is deployed, he added.
Boolen also was involved in a fatal plane crash in 1997. The licensed pilot suffered third-degree burns after a plane he was piloting crashed after takeoff, killing a flight student and a second passenger.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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CALLER: You were talking about all that stuff before my question: Can you match a Newt-Trump ticket?
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by FARAH MACAN MARKAR
"Bright Environment" was an exhibition of paintings held at "The Art Gallery, Nugegoda" by Nihal Sangabo Dias, from 25-31 July. Opened by Kalakeerthi Professor Ashley Halpe and Bridget Halpe, the exhibition displayed 30 oil paintings and six watercolours on, as its title indicates, nature. Sunsets, misty green hills, forests with lost roads, lush paddy fields, were a few of the landscapes set in a kaleidoscope of colours, shades and light. Caught also in the pictures was time, the freshness of dawn/morn, the heat of the afternoon, and the coolness of evening/night.
A few portraits too lurked here and there.
In all the paintings however one could sense a stillness, a silence which was beautiful. As it turns out, it was from a silent world, that these scenes, landscapes and moments were caught with the brush, cause it is in a silent world, Nihal Sangabo Dias has been living, and painting. Making up for what he can't hear with what he can see, Nihal has shown that disability is not an inability.
Conversing with him, through the help of his wife Sujani and Nihal's enthusiastic gestures, he speaks about his hobby and passion, art. "Art is a visual language" he says "I can't hear, but I can see, and I draw the beauty of what I see. A beauty which I see a lot in nature, in the rural country sides. Scenes and moments which you don't see in the towns, such as a pol athu nivasa, a kumbura and a redda hatta gani. I bring these captured scenes and moments to town, through my coloured canvasses".
Travelling on his bike, packaged with roles of paper and a sketch pencil, Nihal has been to Rakwana, Suriyagama, Sinharaja, Sigiriya, Valigama, Negambo and Wellawatha. Not usually colouring his pictures out there cause of the crowd, Nihal brings his sketches home, and paints them, at times even through out the night. Using his hands, fingers, palette knife and pieces of cardboard to paint, he says that although he does use his brush at times, he usually does not stick to it.
"I love using the palette knife to mix colours and paint" he says "when using colours it is essential that I get the right mix, as I paint in a variety of shades and colours". A swift painter, painting professionally for over 20 years, art has become for him today a part of his life.
Drawing on walls and making figures with clay as a kid, Nihal attended a school for the deaf in Matara. Being selected to go into Heywood College of Fine Arts, he not only developed his art, but cultivated a friendship with artist S.H. Sarath, who was in his senior year, at the time, and who today hosted his exhibition. Graduating in 1976, he joined the Rohana School for the Deaf as an art teacher in 1982.
In 1987 he had the privilege of holding an exhibition of his art work in Sweden while he was representing Sri Lanka as a delegate at the Educational Workshop for the Deaf. In June 1995 he held his first individual exhibition at the National Art Gallery Colombo.
While working on his art, Nihal has also throughout the years passionately worked in helping and developing facilities, education and cultural and social treatment of the deaf in Sri Lanka. A researcher of the sign language research project at the national institute of education, Maharagama, he has published English and Sinhala Books on the sign language. "Those days there was no proper sign language and education for the deaf in Sri Lanka" he says "It is important that the deaf have a language they can speak and an education that normal people get".
Today Nihal educates teachers on the sign language so that they may teach and educate deaf children. Being deaf in this country he says one can feel a lot of frustration, hurt and anger, for they undergo a lot of discrimination and shame. "It's even worse when this comes from the parents" he says "there are a recorded number of 1 1/2 lakhs deaf and dumb people in the country. However there are much more, hidden in society.
This country and specially the parents need to accept and treat the deaf properly without discriminating against them".
Of himself Nihal says "I am lucky my parents supported me and gave me an education. I am also lucky 'cause I have a wonderful wife who acts as my voice. My last message to the people is as I have said before, Accept. Accept the deaf, the different. We may not be able to hear. But we are normal human beings, who want to lead normal lives and be treated as normal people".
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I use the introduction of a competitive fellowship program for graduate students to test whether men and women respond differently to competition and whether this response depends on the gender mix of the group. Men experienced a 10% increase in performance in response to the program, with the largest gains for men in departments with the most female students. Women did not increase performance, on average, but the response of women did differ greatly depending on the gender mix of their peers, with a more positive response when a larger fraction of the group was female.
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Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI ) is sure making investors' stomachs churn lately.
The stock fell more than 2% during intraday trading Monday, extending its 7% slide Friday after the company reported disappointing fiscal first quarter 2014 earnings.
On the surface, that pessimism admittedly seems founded, considering Darden's quarterly net earnings per share fell 37.6% compared to last year, despite a 6.1% year-over-year increase in sales to $2.16 billion.
So what happened?
In short, Darden suffered greatly as same-restaurant sales for its two largest core restaurant concepts, Olive Garden and Red Lobster, declind of 4% and 5.2%, respectively. Apparently, then, customers simply aren't taking to Darden's efforts to "improve affordability and to refine the guest experiences so that they remain responsive to what guests want beyond affordability."
Considering Olive Garden and Red Lobster collectively contributed more than $1.54 billion to Darden's overall revenue, or more than 71% of the total, it's safe to say perceptions of Darden are effectively tied to how the two chains are performing.
For now, anyway.
Remember, Darden also owns LongHorn Steakhouse, which boasted revenue growth of 14.2% to $325 million. What's more, those gains not only came from the addition of 47 new locations over the past year but also from a U.S. same-restaurant sales increase of 3.2%.
In addition, consider Darden's Specialty Restaurant Group, which is comprised of smaller chains including The Capital Grille, Bahama Breeze, Eddie V's, Seasons 52, and the recently acquired Yard House chain. Revenue from specialty restaurants grew an impressive 72.7% to $282 million, primarily driven by new locations and a tiny 0.5% combined growth in comp sales.
Over time, then, long-term investors can look forward to the day Darden's business isn't overly reliant on its current two biggest brands.
That said, it's also worth noting Darden management was quick to point out August's same-store sales at both Olive Garden and LongHorn outpaced the broader industry and Red Lobster's numbers were in line.
That's why I still don't think their quarterly numbers were all that bad, at least compared to their competing casual dining industry counterparts. As fellow Fool Rick Munarriz pointed out, shares of Ruby Tuesday (NYSE: RT ) dropped 17% in July after 3.1% and 5.1% dips in same-store sales at its company-owned and franchised locations, respectively, and Brinker International's (NYSE: EAT ) Chili's posted a 0.6% decline in comps around the same time as well.
Last quarter, by comparison, Darden's U.S. same-restaurant sales increased 3.5% at LongHorn Steakhouse, 3.2% at Red Lobster, and 1.1% at Olive Garden. As a result, something tells me when Ruby Tuesday and Brinker report earnings next month, Darden's results will make it look like a regular overachiever.
Then again, last month investors in Red Robin Gourmet Burgers (NASDAQ: RRGB ) and Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD ) must have felt satisfied when their stocks each rose by around 10% after posting same-store sales growth at company-owned locations of 4.3% and 3.8%, respectively.
However, Red Robin only achieved that result by raising prices in the face of declining foot traffic, which is something investors can't reasonably expect to count on forever. Buffalo Wild Wings, on the other hand, did it by both focusing on improving their already-enjoyable atmosphere and cleverly revising menu prices away from the number of wings received as the industry moved toward larger chickens. Instead, B-Wild customers now pay based on more vague (albeit more fair) small, medium, and large portion sizes.
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Still, consider their valuations: Shares of Red Robin and Buffalo Wild Wings trade at a premium for 32.6 and 33.9 times last year's earnings, respectively, and neither stock pays a dividend, given their lofty growth aspirations.
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Al Gore of global warming fame says "new iPhones" are in store for next month
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1. linguistisch (unregistered)
A) Al Gore didn't invent global warming he just put a spotlight on it. It does exist, you'd have to be in denial to ignore the copious scientific evidence by now.
B) iPhone 5, 4 and 4S or Cloudphone, it doesn't matter. Whatever Apple finally unveils if it doesn't have an LTE radio it will be a Bugatti without any tires.
2. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
A). I don't believe in global warming. It doesn't exist. Sure there might be some things humans are doing that is not good for the enivornment, but caliming there is global warming is going too far.
Here in sweden, the last 2 winters have been some of the coldest winters we have had for a long time (-20/25 degrees celcius = about -13 farenheit in Stockholm in November last year, so no global warming here.)
B) bugatti ?
the iphone won't be a bugatti at all, even with LTE.
4. Mike (unregistered)
A) "Climate change" tends to be the preferred term as not everywhere is actually warming. There really is no debate that it exist (except amongst the uneducated masses). The debate is the cause (humans or natural earth cycle).
B) Yeah...not Bugatti, maybe an Audi.
5. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
B) maybe the iphone should be compared to a Lada ?
9. taco5O. (banned) (Posts: 12; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
No, the iphone is even worse than a piece of scrap metal. I'm never buying another iphone again.
58. bolaG (Posts: 468; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
My dad had one of those haha. They're a tank though; so thats kinda of a complement to a iphone.
Compare them to a Kia :p
10. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
climate change is ALWAYS happening, that is a misnomer. The idea that humans are the driving factor in it is the dispute, and all the REAL evidence says NO. The driving force is the sun first and foremost. All the carbon emissions that people are worried about are actually by products given at the end of the warming cycle, not something that creates it.
The IPCC has been proven to fake evidence and lie over and over again, and that is where 95% of Al Gore's "irrefutable" evidence comes from.
Al gore also has private jets, a 11k mansion that uses more electricity than the town its closest to, and has made nearly a billion dollars on climate change "carbon trading" through his company that he just happens to mention through his presentations.
11. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
Man made global warming is a sham. It is a pyramid scheme. If it was real, you wouldnt see politicians grandstanding and giving ideas like cap n tax, trying to make international governments, or ending everything with a new tax they can siphon from... they would come out with real ideas from the scientific community, which is not whats happening.
What you have is a bunch of big government beaurocrats trying to guilt the worlds population into creating a "world" government and guilting them into paying more taxes.
Do we need to watch our pollution, deforestation, and a dozen other things? Absolutely. Is man made global warming the main cause of global warming? absolutely not.
16. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
remixfa, at least you know that these so called envirnoment issues, are just fake : )
Just wish you could realize the same regarding a certain theory...
but i'm not going to start discussing this again, as proto said it is of topic.
49. waveydavey (unregistered)
Someone's been visiting Zeitgeist.com a little too often. ;) That you would be bold enough to claim to have the answer to the question you are posing here is a little...disconcerting. Your question, though, is a valid one, and one that likely, given the limited scope of human knowledge/experience, will not be definitively answered any time soon.
17. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
Dude get some education, due the the odd rotation of the earth on it's axis, a 'wobble' effect acts on the rotation around the sun and creates a temorary eliptical orbit, this creates on a 20,000 year , 40,000 yr and 100,000 year climate changes. These natural repetively occuring changes cause ice ages and even turn the Sahara desert into a tropical wetland.
Global warming as religion and God are ways humans have chosen to deal with what was unknown and felt a need to have an explanation for. Science is the cure to those diseases.
19. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
I know that these so called envirnoment issues are fake and myths. Man has not made them, it is just whats is happening naturally on earth.
When it comes to God, well it is a fact that the evolutionist theory is just as much fake as the global warming theory.
22. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
People don't seem to know the concept of ''Creation'' really means. If there was creation obviously there was a ''Creator'', nothing comes out of the blue. ''Law of cause and effect'', '' Action-Reation''. Like it or not there is a creator.
''The beginning of wisdom is the admission of one's ignorance.''
24. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
"Like it or not there is a creator."
Perfect statement !
27. AKm007 (Posts: 108; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
Isn't the fact that you like technology against your religious views? After all, science is considered exactly the opposite of religion. And how do you explain the use of fossil fuels. You can't deny that they are main source of CFC's which are consequential in global warming. You people need to read up more.
28. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
the major causes of global warming are the sun's hot and cold periods, the earth's distance from the sun, technotic activity in the earth, water vapor, and to a minor extent methane gas. Carbon isnt really even in the picture.
so unless you can convince everyone to give up hamburgers and quit farting, there isnt much we can do about methane.. the rest of it is kind of out of our hands.
Global warming is a religion by self deprivating and generally left leaning individuals that think humanity is the worst thing ever created.
be good to your planet. dont polute, clean up pollution that already is there, dont kill the rainforests, ect.
30. AKm007 (Posts: 108; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
I see you haven't done a lot of geology. The earth is protected by a layer of atmosphere that keeps out harmful Ultraviolet rays. If these rays reach the earth's surface, they can cause skin cancer, melt ice at a tremendous rate and also exterminate plankton.
The fact that they can cause skin diseases means that every land animal will slowly die unless evolution skips a step which is highly unlikely with the human species.
They melt ice faster because their particles generate more heat. This will cause the sea level to rise, flooding coastal areas and leading the massive population to the center where they will anyways get skin diseases and die.
The fact that they kill plankton will destabilize the entire aqua ecosystem and thus rendering the earth having no life.
And all these problems are caused by using automobiles and air-coolers which release these particular CFCs into the atmosphere. If you think carbon isn't a determining factor in the equation of our planet's survival, you're sorely mistaken.
The cause of global warming isn't the suns hot and cold periods or the earths distance. These are minor factors which wouldn't be a problem if we didn't use fossil fuels at such a tremendous rate. Our planet is also running out of oil due to our enormous intake leaving most of the areas infertile and with no hope of life breeding.
We also mine the earths surface eroding the important top-soil to get to our minerals. This also makes the soil infertile. This means that no flora could possibly survive. With the flora and fauna dead, would you suggest some way for the earth to be habitable to anything?
39. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
geology and atmosphere are 2 different subjects.
the biggest thing that keeps out/in heat? Water Vapor!
when water becomes ice, it expands as it crystalizes. ever put a Coke in the freezer too long? The bulk of ice is underwater, so when it melts the net change isnt going to "sweep california away" or crap like that.
There has been many periods of time where there was less ice than there was now. Again, if u could read up on the subject you claim to have knowledge of, as the ice is melting it is exposing human settlements 10s of thousands of years old that used to be there before the ice and the start of the ice age in the 1300s.
50. waveydavey (unregistered)
Any true social change required radicals on both sides. Want people to be nicer to their planet? You gotta have some extremist hippie granola types who won't shut the f*ck up about it. In 20 years, it'll all even out in the wash. You claims of absolute knowledge are flabbergasting. Scientists don't know, definitively, why the earth is (on average) heating up. And anyone who says otherwise is one of those aforementioned extremists. Fortunately, we need you to moderate the extremists on the other side, and in the end, the path of moderation will make the opposites irrelevant.
29. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Science is not the opposite to religion. Evolution is.
Science very much agrees with creation, all the scientific evidence proves that creation is right. So liking technology is not against me believing in God.
32. AKm007 (Posts: 108; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
So you believe that evolution isn't possible and that there never existed primates which turned into humans.
This also means that your "GOD" knows that we will never change and even if he magically transported us to another world, we would exploit it's resources until it dies the same way.
But if "GOD" created us in his own image, then he would be as selfish and unhelpful as a majority of oru population is and therefore would place a deaf ear to our cries for help. Either way you look at it, scientific or religiously, we ourselves killed us.
36. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
Well, I do belive in Evolution as well, one of the best scientists was able to ralate Creation and Evolution and came out with a great theory. everything was created for a reason, do you think that all those planets that are floating in the in space are there for no reason, it was discover that they also act as shield to protect the Earth against asteroids and other stuff with Jupiter being the main shield. There are many other examples that at the end you just come to a conclusion that ''there is a creator''.
41. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
You speak just like a ignorant person would speak.
God did create us in his image originally.
Then because of mans sin, we got out of fellowship with him, and the whole world fell outside the perfect harmony it was when God originally created the earth.Man was no longer perfect.
The good news however, is that with Jesus we can all have fellowship with our creator again ! : )
46. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
peter, keep your creationist lunacy out of the global warming debate. anything of merrit you might say about global warming will be overshadowed by anything you will say about creationism and u wont be taken seriously..
it might be too late.. lol
51. waveydavey (unregistered)
Can you explain to me why god and evoluteion are mutually exclusive? PLEASE?!
31. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
To believe there is a Creator does not make you a religious person. I listen to Heavy Metal music, and do a lot of stuff that ignorants would call against god, but I must admit and accept that there is a creator (God), because there is ''good and evil'', ''light and darkness'' ,''happiness and sadness'', and the most important ''beginning and end'' and if there was a beginning it was started by someone/something. I know that what I posted might sound kinda crazy it's just that I've been reading too much since I was a kid.
35. AKm007 (Posts: 108; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
read the entire post. I explained a situation in which your CREATOR is included too. By the way, listening to heavy metal doesn't make you an athiest.
42. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
I personally don't listen to heavy metal music, but i like rock n roll, and rock. More specifically, i like the band called Petra (they play mostly rock). If you believe in God, and like rock, you MUST listen to the band called Petra.
44. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
Actually, I listen to Rock n Roll too, but my favorites bands are heavy metal: (Power metal, Black metal, Death metal,etc.). As long as they play good or have some nice lyrics I like it.
54. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Hmm, i don't like heavy metal (if you listen at the name, black metal, and death metal, does that sound to you like it is on the dark side or the good side ?), but the band Petra is very good. I recomend you check them out if you have not already.
64. AKm007 (Posts: 108; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
The talk was about global warming and not a god. You have swayed away from the topic. If you read my other posts, you will see that we, humans ourselves have caused global warming. Natural causes don't play a significant roll here.
68. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
well, most of them are from the dark side but not all of them, but what I really like is how they play, I don't care much about the lyrics unless they have some nice lyrics.
76. Peterlfromsweden (Posts: 8; Member since: 01 Sep 2011)
That is one reason i like Petra.
They are all hardcore christians and only have christian songs : )
6. ayephoner (Posts: 850; Member since: 09 Jun 2009)
exactly what this site needs is global warming debate. (i kid)
3. Firedrops (Posts: 249; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
33. corps1089 (Posts: 492; Member since: 20 Jan 2010)
Don't you know that Al Gore invented Steve Jobs!?!?
70. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
gore is mad because steve jobs refused to invent him! lol
7. alecgale (Posts: 55; Member since: 29 Jun 2011)
maybe he just meant the new iphone's coming next month
8. gaijinboricua (unregistered)
Actually, the whole Climate change debate is full of flaws. We dont have enough data to predict that what is happening is completely because of human intervention or a mix of multiple factors. Scientist in parts of the world also indicate that the planet goes through phases of cooling and heating that span for thousands of years.
12. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Al Gore just need to stfu. I still dont see him dont see him doing anything himself bout saving the planet like recycling in his own house or pitching in helping small organization with recycling. And im sure he dont dont know they are some eco friendly phones you can buy.
13. al greed (unregistered)
al gore is a fat ass con artist. he is getting rich while promoting a green philosophy that really is designed to get more control and regulation established in the world so those who are the rich, like himself, will have more power over our lives. and yes, i do also beleive he is apart of apple corrupt company in some fashion. apple is a very politcally driven company, just like google. peter from sweden is spot on, there is no such thing as global warming and scientists have been paid off to sell this idea to give it creedence. and apple, please, 2007 yall. nothing new. that phone just straight up sucks it!
14. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
Why people keep advertising ''Global Warming'' as the end of the ''earth'' or the ''world''. People just don't care about the Earth and on top of that there are companies that use ''Global Warming'' as a way to advertise their product ''telling everybody that its product is made of such and such material that helps decrease Global Warming''.
If they advertised ''Global Warming'' as the end of the ''humanity'' and not the end of ''earth'' people would take it more seriously, because at the end we are the ones that suffer from any disaster, even if we try to destroy the earth, the earth will destroy us first, clean up the mess and then start life all over again.
15. AKm007 (Posts: 108; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
Lol, some people here actually believe that global warming is a myth? How uneducated are you people? Haven't you been seeing the melting of the polar ice-caps? Or how about the hurricanes that have been brewing. IF you say that all these are not part of global warming then please do some research. @peter : The fact that you had some of the coldest winters also signifies global warming as it creates extreme weather. Don't take name literally. It's not a myth, it's man-made and it's coming fast. All your auto-mobiles run on fossil fuels that are helping global warming. Don't call it a sham just because you're in the line of fire.
18. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
Global warming is a myth, everyone that is scientific knows this.
20. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
Global warming is not a myth, but it's causes are not what we thought they were is a more accurate statement. Between ice ages(a naturally reoccuring event) obviously the earths mean temperate rises and then falls on it's way back to another ice age, on it's way up wouldn't that be 'global warming'
21. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
global warming/cooling is not a myth. the man made part of it is.
25. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
I agree that the man made part of it is a myth.
If the whole global warming thing is a myth or not, i'm not sure. I have not looked into that subject much.
37. AKm007 (Posts: 108; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
Again. Haven't you people heard about fossil fuels or the ozone layer? Haven't you at least heard of the depletion of oil? If you haven't then i guess you must still be in middle-school.
56. hepresearch (unregistered)
Really, everyone? Well, Pete, I guess that depends on your definition of "scientific" (kind of like President Clinton asking what the definition of "is" is...)
23. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
wow, swallowed the lies hook line and sinker AK.
You do realize that almost all of Al Gore's "inconvenient truth"s have been either disproven, shown to be propaganda, or our right lies... right? guess not.
The IPCC which is where 95% of global warming "research" that global warming nuts use as proof, has been all but discredited in scandal after scandal of faking information, fudging numbers, and doing things to purposely skew results, like putting global thermometers in places that are hotter than normal, like building roofs and on top of an incinerator instead of the open fields they are supposed to be in.
The polar ice caps have melted before. You obviously havent read that up in greenland as the ice caps pull back they have uncovered entire viking villages that have been buried or thousands of years under the ice. You know what that means? the earth was MUCH WARMER a long time ago. In the Alps, they have uncovered ancient mines in the mountains as the ice melts.
The vikings also kept detailed records of their naval routes, and they prove that in the 1300's the earth went through a minor ice age which is what we are now coming out of.
Its all a cycle.
26. Mobile-X-Pert (Posts: 565; Member since: 20 Dec 2010)
The problem is that people won't take it serious if they keep calling ''Global Warming the end of earth. If they called it the the ''destruction of humanity'' insted, things would be different.
It doesn't have to cause Panic, but should make people realize that a little bit more of ''good care'' of the Earth will help us live in a better planet.
47. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
i think we all agree we need to take REAL steps to taking care of our planet a little better. we could definately be doing a better job of that.
problem is environmental hippies have jumped on this fake science of global warming and tied it to the environmental movement (because they are IDIOTS) so now any good environmental messages are thrown out with the lunacy of the idiot environmental messages and al gore's "climate change" lies.
And for anyone that doesnt realize, the west coast constantly has all those huge fires because the idiot environmentalists have gotten controlled underbrush burns banned from there, so when lightning strikes it has plenty of fuel to burn everything down quickly. states that have controlled micro burns, dont have nearly the problems.
There is a difference between smart environmentalism and the lunatics on the left.
34. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
This planet has a limited lifespan wether or not 'global warming' is the end, the sun will swell and kill all life on earth. It will be billions of years in the future but it will happen. As a species we should be spending money on space exploration and other options on where to move on too and less on spray cans, and other crap.
43. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
You are a little wrong there, the sun wont gobble up the earth : )
God will burn up the earth : )
45. darth8ball (Posts: 520; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
As the sun becomes a Red Giant it will totally encompass both Mercury and Venus and the Earth will be 20% closer than Mercury is now
48. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
i hope that was a joke peter.
unless you worship Amen Ra, the sun god... the sun will most definately swallow the earth in a few billion years.
55. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
I dont worship any sun god !
Haven't you read the bible, in the book of revelations (where many prophesies have already been fullfilled if you look at what has happened with the world, like Israel becoming one nation again) it clearly says God is going to burn the earth, and make a entirly new earth.
61. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
peter, i dont believe in fairy tails written by senile and uneducated 40 year old men 2000 years ago
62. PeterIfromsweden (Posts: 1230; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
I don't believe any evolutionist fairytales either, by starting with non life, then suddenly forming by itself by random changes and pure luck to eventually became man. That's what i call a fairytale.
The bible on the other hand makes sense, and many archeological sites in the bible for example, have been now found by modern archeologists. Another indication that the bible is true.
65. AKm007 (Posts: 108; Member since: 06 Sep 2011)
Peter, how do you explain the dinosaurs? Don't tell me they don't exist. If you do agree with me, then your story of man being sent here by god would be incoherent because then our evolution from primates would have made perfect sense. And any of the places in the bible could have been there but if we write a book saying that a man came here and did miracles and a thousand years later some guys say that the place existed so the story is true, would you believe them? And yes the sun will be burning the earth, but its not for another 5 million years. And remixfa, There might have been an ice-age in the past but it never made the ozone layer break up. If you still won't agree, please read up on the ozone layer and fossil fuels. Also read up on oil because that's a major part of our ecosystem. And if you understand all that, we can a have a discussion in which one isn't any less knowledgeable.


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Grist: Blood on the bike path: What a tragic accident teaches us about safely sharing the trails
By Joel Gwadz
A few weeks ago, just outside of Washington, D.C., a woman was hit and killed by a man on a bicycle while walking on a paved multi-use trail, aka a "bike path." It was a tragic accident. My heart goes out to any and all that knew and loved her. It also distressed me to read the anti-cyclist reaction in the comment sections of local online news sources and neighborhood forums, when all of this could have been avoided with a few simple precautions.
Which brings me back to all the hate that was unleashed on cyclists after the accident outside of Washington, D.C.


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In this afternoon's press conference, Celtic manager Neil Lennon has hit out at The Scottish Sun, following what Lennon deemed as trying to 'stir up some sort of controversy that isn't really there'.
The Scottish Sun reported on its front page that Celtic first team coach Alan Thompson and Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor went for drinks at a pub in the West end of Glasgow on Wednesday night.
But Lennon labelled the article a 'nothing story' and that the paper's attempts to stir up controversy was 'disgusting'.
Lennon said: "The media are the ones who say that more should be done to put away the sectarian element. I've been there myself when Allan's been in and held his company for 15 to 20 minutes and it's a very difficult thing to do in Glasgow sometimes."
He added: "But every now and again it happens and now, all of a sudden, one of the tabloids want to make a whole big thing about it."
He told the press conference at Lennoxtown: "One of my staff and Allan McGregor frequent the same pub. Wow. It only sort of stirs it up in my eyes. What I think they're trying to do is stir up some sort of controversy that isn't really there. I think it's disgusting."
The article in this morning's Scottish Sun written by Robert McAulay quoted unnamed club insiders and claimed that Lennon had 'flipped' when he discovered that Thompson had been out for drinks with the Ibrox goalkeeper.
McAulay also claimed that Chief Executive Peter Lawwell was expected to speak to the manager and coaching staff about the incident.
What incident though? Two members of two different clubs out on a Wednesday night in the same pub, that's not an incident, it is called socialising.
The unnamed [convenient] insider claimed that: "Lennon's not a happy man. Thompson goes out for a fairly substantial drink the night before a training session — and with someone from the opposite side of the Old Firm. It's not clever on a couple of levels."
And again McAulay produced a quote from another source, this time a senior source at the club, who added: "The club know of stories surrounding some of the coaching staff's lifestyles away from Celtic Park. They have been spoken to about this before, but the club felt at that point it was not affecting the jobs they were doing.This may change now."
"Two blokes going out for a booze-up together shouldn't really matter. But these are very well known faces in the Old Firm. They have to be particularly careful with their behaviour, both with members of the public and keeping in mind the kind of jobs they have to do."
Again what behaviour? Nothing happened, they went out for drinks and then returned to their respective homes later that night. There was no trouble at all, yet the quotes and the report in the Scottish Sun is trying to paint a totally different picture - now why is that?
The article then ends on Thompson's previous convictions for drink driving, yet Thompson was not involved in any criminal activity on Wednesday night. The article then briefly talks about McGregor's infamous 'Boozegate' scandal, but the major emphasis was placed on Thompson's part in going to a pub where McGregor was also.
This 'article' comes a day after Iain King published an exclusive interview with Rangers owner Craig Whyte, who had taken exception to the Sun's rival paper the Daily Record producing an article on Whyte's dealings with Ticketus and the sale of season tickets. An article that failed to ask the big questions, that failed to ask the tough questions for fear of losing their exclusive article.
It's not the first time that the Scottish mainstream media, nor specifically the Scottish Sun have resorted to dramatising events surrounding Celtic. Case in point I wrote an article on this very blog back in July 2011, after some Rangers fans had paid for a plane to fly above a game that Celtic were playing in down in Australia. It was entitled Is the Scottish Media stirring up the hatred towards Neil Lennon? You really should read it again to refresh your memories, if you haven't read it yet it does make for interesting reading.
Great post. Two adults were at the same bar and they happen to work for different employers.
Rangers have been making negative headlines lately for their club being broke. It looks like an editor somewhere felt the need to invent a story to even the score.
Couldn't agree more. The gutter red tops are quick in an attempt to create hysteria over two adults having a beer, but the biggest sports story in Scottish history has been conveniently ignored.
Once again I'd like to issue a rallying cry that Celtic supporters stop buying these red top rags that are eager to stoke the sectarian fires to get a headline.
Jim Baxter and Pat Crerand used to be out on the bevvy as regular as clockwork. I think all the players and staff should be FORCED to socialise. It would be one in the eye for the bigots and help to take the hatred out of a section of Scottish society. People of different opinions and religions getting on doesn't sell newspapers though! Everyone knows that most tabloid journalists are scum so why does anyone take it seriously?
You're dead right Connor,
They don't buy the Sun in Liverpool after Hillsborough so why not boycott all that crap in Glasgow?
the price and the date is the only truth in any newspaper.why decent people buy them is one of lifes mysteries.in fact sun sorry some of them are only good for toilet paper.
hmmm I guess we must have an important game comming up this weekend !!!!
I would encourage fans of all Scottish football teams not to buy the Sun, for one it's English with a couple crap scots jurnolists.
Two it'll tell half truths about anyone and anything.
Gutter rag.
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Social network serves 5 million fans
TOKYO — San Francisco-based Crunchyroll, which operates a Japanese toon content site and social network serving 5 million fans worldwide, has become the first non-locally-owned company to join the Assn. of Japanese Animations, an industry org that organizes the Tokyo Anime Fair.
Crunchyroll joins as an associate member, a category that includes 52 companies including Sony, Sony Music Communications, Bandai Channel and Geneon Entertainment. Among the org's full members are the toon houses Studio Ghibli, Toei Animation, Gainax, Gonzo and Madhouse.
Crunchyroll offers a wide selection of Asian entertainment on its video sharing site, with a concentration on Japanese toons.
Launched in 2006 in San Francisco, the company developed a reputation as a destination for pirated toons uploaded by fans.
It has since worked to improve once frosty relations with Japanese toon houses and distribs, as well as more aggressively policing the site for content that infringes copyright.


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That video gives such a sense that they just couldn't be bothered to try and make a decent video. That's what makes it brilliant.
Psychocandy is The Jesus & Mary Chain's great album. They may have recorded some better songs and refined their sound later, but its Psychocandy's shadow that stretches out over the alternative rock scene, especially in England where it helped give rise to shoe-gaze and Brit-pop and half of everything else.
The formula was simple. The Reid brothers would write some irresistible pop songs heavily influenced by 60's rock and then add a wall of distortion and feedback over it. You could enjoy The Jesus & Mary Chain both for their songwriting and for their aggressive sound. Win/win.
While "Never Understand" wasn't a big hit (I mean, listen to it? How could it be in 1985?) it is a great song. Sung by Jim Reid (the brothers took turns singing), the song addresses one of rock's great themes – not being understood. In another context, you could maybe here a snot nosed teenager shouting "you never understand me" at their mum and stomping out of the flat. Here, the theme is raised to a Rebel Without A Cause level of cool. We might not understand him, but he's not bothered. He's just going to split. He has cooler stuff to do.
And, really, watching their video, they were pretty fucking cool back in 1985.


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Andrew Luck is unstoppable.
He's the best the game has ever seen, a virtual picture of perfection in the pocket. Let everyone tell it, Luck is Superman.
Admittedly, he's pretty darn good. But he found his kryptonite Saturday in the form of the USC Trojans.
Unmoved and certainly not intimidated, No. 20 USC took it to Luck and the vaunted No. 4 Stanford Cardinal at the L.A. Coliseum before the Cardinal emerged from the triple overtime game with a 56-48 victory.
All night, from the moment USC tucked the ball in the hands of running back Curtis McNeal and told him to go, the Trojans flexed their muscles and went toe-to-toe with Stanford.
USC QB Matt Barkley didn't shrink in Luck's shadow. And USC, which is not eligible for any postseason play due to NCAA sanctions, played like this was, indeed, its Super Bowl.
Stepfan Taylor's 2-yard touchdown run with 2:30 left tied it at 34 apiece to send the game into overtime.
Stanford struck first in the extra period. Running back Jeremy Stewart crossed from the 1 and Eric Whitaker made the extra point. On the counter, Barkley saw a one-on-one matchup that favored star receiver Robert Woods and took advantage.
That meant a second OT period. USC got the first shot this time. Randall Telfer, in an amazing body-stretching effort, tipped the nose of the football into the end zone and Andre Heldari's extra point was good for the 48-41 lead.
So, you thought Luck would just shrink in the face of that? Give me a break.
This time, he went to freshman tight end Levin Toilolo, at 6-foot-8 an easy target for an 11-yard touchdown followed by an extra point.
Ding Ding! Round 3: USC's personal foul made it easy for Taylor to burst across the line for a touchdown. And because it was the third overtime period, the rule required that they go for a 2-point conversion.
Luck had no problem finding Coby Fleener in the back of the end zone to make it 56-48. Barkley came back and found Marquise Lee across the middle. Lee sprinted left and barely stepped out of bounds at the 4. It¹s shot, though, ended with a loud thud when Curtis McNeal fumbled into the end zone and Stanford recovered.
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