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Why XML?
With the support of JSON (which stands for JavaScript Object Notation) and serialized PHP data, what is the need for XML? This question isn't unique to the web services in SugarCRM, as more and more REST-style web services prefer to use JSON over the more structured XML data format because of its lighter weight, easier support for encoding data, and ability to directly consume the payload into rich Ajax applications. JSON, however, isn't the end-all and be-all of data formats for communicating over the web, just as XML wasn't consider the same at its peak either. Even though there are several advantages to using JSON notations over XML, there still are several use-cases where XML is a preferred data format over JSON or serialized PHP:
- If your data set is large, parsing the data all at once can be quite costly. You can process large sets of data more efficiently with an XML pull parser rather than load the entire data structure all at once in memory as you need to do with JSON or serialize PHP.
- XML data can be easily transformed into any display format you like, using XSLT. For example, you can grab the result of the web service call, then do an XSLT transformation to create an HTML document that can be displayed to the user.
- Many legacy applications and programming languages have native support for XML but don't have support for JSON as it's a newer technology. And if you are using anything other than PHP, serialized PHP data handling is also not an option for you.
While many feel that XML is on its way out as a technology, instead it is becoming better able to handle the niche use-cases outlined previously. Support for this technology as an input and output data format is definitely useful to have as a part of the SugarCRM web services.
Customize SugarCRM web services
Begin by adding the custom entry point into the SugarCRM web services API. This entry point is the URL that clients call over HTTP POST to execute SugarCRM web services methods. Because you do not want to alter the existing web services, you instead add a new entry point into the v2 web services (accessed through the entry point service/v2/rest.php) through an entry point defined in the custom directory, which is located at custom/service/v2/rest.php. Listing 1 shows the contents of this entry point.
Listing 1. Web services entry point rest.php
<?php if(!defined('sugarEntry')) define('sugarEntry', true); chdir('../../..'); $webservice_class = 'CustomSugarRestService'; $webservice_path = 'custom/service/core/CustomSugarRestService.php'; $webservice_impl_class = 'SugarRestServiceImpl'; $registry_class = 'registry'; $location = '/custom/service/v2/rest.php'; $registry_path = 'service/v2/registry.php'; require_once('service/core/webservice.php');
The entry point in Listing 1 specifies variables, which indicate
the various properties you need to set as part of the web service entry point
definition. The key ones to note for this example are the
$webservice_class and
which specify the name of the class and the path, respectively. This class handles the
incoming request made to the
webservice and calls the appropriate web services method. It also takes the result from the web services method and packages it appropriately to return the payload to the client. You also specify the path to this entry point in the property
Now let's dissect the
webservice class, which is located
at custom/service/core/CustomSugarRestService.php. Listing 2
shows the class definition.
Listing 2.
CustomSugarRestService webservice handler class
<?php if(!defined('sugarEntry')) define('sugarEntry', true); require_once('service/core/SugarRestService.php'); class CustomSugarRestService extends SugarRestService { /** * @see SugarRestService::_getTypeName() */ protected function _getTypeName($name) { if ( strtolower($name) == 'xml' ) { return 'SugarRestXML'; } return parent::_getTypeName($name); } /** * @see SugarRestService::__construct() */ public function __construct($url) { $GLOBALS['log']->info('Begin: SugarRestService->__construct'); $this->restURL = $url; $this->responseClass = $this->_getTypeName ($_REQUEST['response_type']); $this->serverClass = $this->_getTypeName($_REQUEST['input_type']); $GLOBALS['log']->info('SugarRestService->__construct serverclass = ' . $this->serverClass); if ( file_exists('service/core/REST/'. $this->serverClass . '.php') ) { require_once('service/core/REST/'. $this->serverClass . '.php'); } elseif ( file_exists('custom/service/core/REST/'. $this->serverClass . '.php') ) { require_once('custom/service/core/REST/'. $this->serverClass . '.php'); } else { $GLOBALS['log']->fatal('ERROR: SugarRestService->__construct serverClass '.$this->serverClass.' not found'); } $GLOBALS['log']->info('End: SugarRestService->__construct'); } /** * @see SugarRestService::serve() */ public function serve() { $GLOBALS['log']->info('Begin: SugarRestService->serve'); if ( file_exists('service/core/REST/'. $this->responseClass . '.php') ) { require_once('service/core/REST/'. $this->responseClass . '.php'); } elseif ( file_exists('custom/service/core/REST/'. $this->responseClass . '.php') ) { require_once('custom/service/core/REST/'. $this->responseClass . '.php'); } else { $GLOBALS['log']->fatal('ERROR: SugarRestService->__construct serverClass '.$this->responseClass.' not found'); } $response = $this->responseClass; $responseServer = new $response($this->implementation); $this->server->faultServer = $responseServer; $this->responseServer->faultServer = $responseServer; $responseServer->generateResponse($this->server->serve()); $GLOBALS['log']->info('End: SugarRestService->serve'); } }
In this first part, you first override the
SugarRestService::_getTypeName() method, adding the ability to map
the type
XML to use the
SugarRestXML class that you define in the next section. You also
override the constructor where you instantiate the server class and the
SugarRestServiceXML::serve() method to instantiate the response class. These last two changes are needed so the method knows to look in the custom/service/core/REST/ directory for different SugarRest implementations, instead of just in the service/core/REST/ directory.
Handle XML formatted requests
Now that you have defined the entry point for your custom web service and added the
needed hooks in the
webservice class so that you can look
for SugarRest implementations in the custom directory, you can begin to define a class
to handle the XML data being used with your web service. Now define a new class named
SugarRestXML, which is a subclass of the
SugarRest class and provides the needed pieces to handle the incoming
XML payload and to return the results back to the client in a proper XML format.
Look at the first part of the equation, where you define the methods that are used to
handle the incoming XML payload. The primary method that handles this task is
SugarRestXML::serve(), which is defined in Listing 3.
Listing 3. SugarRestXML.php web services request handling
<?php if(!defined('sugarEntry')) define('sugarEntry', true); require_once('service/core/REST/SugarRest.php'); /** * This class is a XML implementation of REST protocol */ class SugarRestXML extends SugarRest { /** * @see SugarRest::serve() */ public function serve() { $GLOBALS['log']->info('Begin: SugarRestXML->serve'); $xml = !empty($_REQUEST['rest_data'])? $_REQUEST['rest_data']: ''; if(empty($_REQUEST['method']) || !method_exists($this->implementation, $_REQUEST['method'])){ $er = new SoapError(); $er->set_error('invalid_call'); $this->fault($er); } else { $method = $_REQUEST['method']; $data = $this->_convertXMLToArray(from_html($xml)); if(!is_array($data))$data = array($data); $GLOBALS['log']->info('End: SugarRestXML->serve'); return call_user_func_array(array( $this->implementation, $method),$data); } }
This method is pretty basic, where it looks for the expected
REQUEST variables of
method and
rest_data being set. The parameter
specifies the web services method to call, and
rest_data contains the XML payload that is passed to the method. The XML format of the incoming request has each parameter being passed to the method as an item under the tag
parameters. If any of the parameters accept an array as an input, then it will be "XML-ized" by being tags contained within the parameter's tag. For example, to log in to the SugarCRM instance, you can pass the XML listed in Listing 4 to the
login web services method.
Listing 4. XML payload to the login web services method
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <parameters> <user_auth> <user_name>admin</user_name> <password>{md5 encoded password}</password> <version>0.1</version> </user_auth> <application_name>test</application_name> <name_value_list /> </parameters>
To accept this payload, convert it to a PHP array and pass it to the internal method
that implements the web services method. To do this, you add a simple method, which
leverages the built-in
SimpleXML class in PHP. This class simply converts the XML class to a PHP object and then walks through that object and creates an associative array, as in Listing 5.
Listing 5. SugarRestXML.php XML to array conversion
/** * Converts an XML string to a PHP array * * @param string $xml * @return array */ protected function _convertXMLToArray($xml) { $returnArray = array(); $xmlObject = simplexml_load_string($xml); foreach ( $xmlObject->children() as $child ) { // Attempt to convert the child element to a string; if it comes out a // non-empty string, then the child element has no children. $contents = trim((string) $child); if ( !empty($contents) ) { $returnArray[$child->getName()] = $contents; } else { // Recursively call this method to convert any // child arrays to XML $returnArray[$child->getName()] = $this->_convertXMLToArray($child->asXML()); } } return $returnArray; }
You recursively work through the XML document, using the XML tag name as the key of the
item for the associative array that is built. This array is then passed to the web
services method that you call using the
call_user_func_array() function in Listing 3.
Provide XML-formatted XML responses
Now that you've built the way to handle the XML payload of the incoming web service request,
you now build the way to return an XML response to the client. This step involves overriding the
SugarRest::generateResponse() and
SugarRest::generateFaultResponse() methods, as in Listing 6.
Listing 6. SugarRestXML.php web services response handling
/** * @see SugarRest::generateResponse() */ public function generateResponse($input) { // If there is a fault object, return it instead. if (isset($this->faultObject)) { $this->generateFaultResponse($this->faultObject); } else { ob_clean(); echo $this->_convertArrayToXML($input); } } /** * @see SugarRest::generateFaultResponse() */ public function generateFaultResponse($errorObject) { $error = $errorObject->number . ': ' . $errorObject->name . '<br>' . $errorObject->description; $GLOBALS['log']->error($error); ob_clean(); echo $this->_convertArrayToXML($errorObject); }
SugarRestXML::generateResponse() is called after the web
service method has content to return to the user. It first checks to see whether the
content returned to the user represents a fault object, meaning that it is
returning an error to the user. If it is, then it calls the
SugarRestXML::generateFaultResponse() method instead, which logs the
error internally. Either way, the content coming into these methods is either a PHP
array or an object, and it needs to be translated to an XML document instead. You
again do this recursively, as in Listing 7.
Listing 7. SugarRestXML.php array to XML conversion
/** * Converts a PHP array into XML * * @param array $input * @return string XML */ protected function _convertArrayToXML($input) { $xmlWriter = new XMLWriter(); $xmlWriter->openMemory(); $xmlWriter->setIndent(true); $xmlWriter->startDocument('1.0','UTF-8'); $xmlWriter->startElement('result'); foreach ( $input as $key => $value ) { if ( is_array($value) ) { $xmlWriter->startElement($key); $this->_convertArrayItemToXML($value,$xmlWriter); $xmlWriter->endElement(); } else { $xmlWriter->writeElement($key,$value); } } $xmlWriter->endElement(); $xmlWriter->endDocument(); return $xmlWriter->outputMemory(); } /** * Converts an item in a PHP array into XML * * @param array $item * @param object XMLWriter $xmlWriter * @return string XML */ protected function _convertArrayItemToXML(array $item, XMLWriter $xmlWriter) { foreach ( $item as $key => $value ) { // If this is an array, we'll call SugarRestXML::_convertArrayItemToXML() // to convert the array to XML, containing inside the given $key element. if ( is_array($value) ) { $xmlWriter->startElement($key); $this->_convertArrayItemToXML($value,$xmlWriter); $xmlWriter->endElement(); } // If it is just a scalar, we can write out the element directly. else { $xmlWriter->writeElement($key,$value); } } }
Here you leverage the
XMLWriter component to build the XML
document to return to the client. You do this over two methods; first call
SugarRestXML::_convertArrayToXML() initially to create the XML
declaration header and the root result tags that contain the result from the web
services method call. Then iterate through the result array, calling
SugarRestXML::_convertArrayItemToXML() recursively to convert all the
nodes of the result array to a proper XML form. The resulting XML payload is returned
back to the client. Listing 8 shows an example of this payload.
Listing 8. An example of the returned XML payload from the login web services call
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <result> <id>jq4v1mj3a2e0vcer9s2n3pddi4</id> <module_name>Users</module_name> <name_value_list> <user_id> <name>user_id</name> <value>1</value> </user_id> <user_name> <name>user_name</name> <value>admin</value> </user_name> <user_language> <name>user_language</name> <value>en_us</value> </user_language> <user_currency_id> <name>user_currency_id</name> <value></value> </user_currency_id> <user_currency_name> <name>user_currency_name</name> <value>US Dollars</value> </user_currency_name> </name_value_list> </result>
Just as in the XML payload that you passed to the server, the returned payload has the keys of the associate array returned as tag names in the XML file, with the keys that have arrays as values as children of the specified XML tag. The entire XML payload is returned in the result XML tag.
Call your newly defined web service
Now that you've built the custom web service that can handle and return XML payloads, look at a simple code example of how to do this in Listing 9.
Listing 9. Example script that connects to the custom web service, passing data back and forth in XML format.
<?php // specify the REST web service to interact with $url = 'http://localhost/sugarcrm/custom/service/v2/rest.php'; $username = 'username'; $password = md5('password'); // Open a curl session for making the call $curl = curl_init($url); // Tell curl to use HTTP POST curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, true); // Tell curl not to return headers, but do return the response curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, false); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); // Set the POST arguments to pass to the Sugar server $xml = <<<EOXML <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <parameters> <user_auth> <user_name>{$username}</user_name> <password>{$password}</password> </user_auth> </parameters> EOXML; $postArgs = array( 'method' => 'login', 'input_type' => 'xml', 'response_type' => 'xml', 'rest_data' => $xml ); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $postArgs); // Make the REST call, returning the result $response = curl_exec($curl); // Translate the returned XML data into a SimpleXML object $xml = simplexml_load_string($response); // Handle the case of an error response. if ( !isset($xml->id) ) { die("Error: {$xml->name} - {$xml->description}\n."); } // Echo out successfully returning an session id echo "Logged in successfully! Session ID is {$xml->id}\n";
In this example, you call the
login web services method. You
specify both the input_type for the payload you send to the server and response_type
as the payload you expect to have returned as XML, and then you pass the actual XML
data in the
rest_data parameter. You then use the PHP
SimpleXML library to parse the XML into a PHP object and grab the id attribute from that class to display the message about a successful login and the returned session id.
In this article, you learned about the continuing value of using XML data structures to interact with web services, namely in the ability to handle large sets of data efficiently and to allow you to transform the returned data into different formats with ease. You then looked at the code to add the ability to use XML payloads with SugarCRM web services by creating a custom entry point. You also looked at both the code to take the incoming XML payload and process it so that the web services methods can use XML data and the code to take the method return array and change it into an XML document to return to the client. Finally, you saw an example script that shows how to call SugarCRM web services using XML data.
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La Crosse firefighters honored two men Wednesday for pulling a man from a burning car and saving his life.
According to the La Crosse Police Department, a car driving on Highway 16 south of Gillette Street spun out of control into oncoming traffic and started on fire Tuesday after 6 p.m. Faster than first responders, bystanders bolted into action and helped pull out the driver from the vehicle in a matter of minutes.
"It was only a matter of seconds really before the whole car was engulfed," said Frank Segura, one of the men who rescued the driver. "I tried to get the door open and couldn't, and immediately after that, John showed up to my right."
Four passengers in the car that was hit were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the burning car is now facing charges of reckless driving and causing bodily harm. Police said they were all wearing their seatbelts.
The fire department presented Segura and another bystander, John Tellier, with certificates of recognition for their help. Another man, Gary Jahr, assisted both Tellier and Segura in the rescue but was not present at the ceremony.
"I went into the car and undid his seatbelt and got him out," Tellier said as he described the rescue. "He was unconscious at the time, like a noodle, so we were able to pull him out of the window."
According to Division Chief Jeff Murphy, firefighters on the scene said if Tellier, Segura and Jahr hadn't gotten the driver out of the burning car when they did, he likely would have died.
Both firefighters and the men praised for their rescue efforts recognized how critical response time is in situations like Tuesday night's. That realization is making these two good Samaritans look a little harder at the way they'll spend their own time from now on.
"I started to think about my son," Tellier said. "[it] puts life into perspective of what's important and what's not, and how soon it can be done just like that."
Ironically, this isn't the first time Tellier has assisted in a car accident. Several years ago he helped victims in an accident near Goose Island.

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Commissioner Daines Announces Statewide Plan to Enable Improvements in Health Care Quality, Affordability and Outcomes Through Health Information Technology
ALBANY, N.Y., August 8, 2007 – Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., today announced the launch of a comprehensive health information technology program, part of Governor Eliot Spitzer's agenda to advance patient-centered care and enable improvements in health care quality, affordability and outcomes for each person, family and business in New York.
An initial $106 million will be invested in the health care community during 2007-2008 to support the implementation of health IT tools to allow portability of patients' medical records and new tools to assess and target improvements in health care quality.
The Commissioner has charged his new Office of Health Information Technology Transformation with coordinating health IT programs and policies across the public and private health care sectors. These programs and policies will establish the health IT infrastructure and capacity to support clinicians in quality-based reimbursement programs and new models of care delivery.
"Our goal is a health care system oriented around the patient, with strong privacy protections, reporting on quality of care and outcomes," Commissioner Daines said. "The opportunities for improving health care quality, affordability and outcomes are limited by New York's paper-based, error-prone and fragmented health care system. Health IT is part of our strategy to help improve health care quality for all New Yorkers."
Dr. Daines added, "As a past president of a large urban hospital, I've seen the technology advances that have streamlined billing and personnel management, but what's been missing is using information technology on behalf of patients, including measuring the quality of care provided so that we can improve it. Doctors and nurses need facts at their fingertips as they care for their patients. This will help prevent medical errors, and I believe this will serve as a model for other states to follow."
DOH's effort is part of Governor Spitzer's 'Patients First' health care agenda to improve the quality of health care as it shifts from institution-based care to community care. The following key objectives will drive DOH's investment in a community-based health information infrastructure, including:
- Ensuring the privacy and security of patients' individually identified health information, and supporting the right of New Yorkers to have greater control over and secure access to their personal health information.
- Providing public information about the quality and cost of care by payers and providers so consumers can compare costs and value.
- Using health IT as a tool to support better management of chronic disease, community-based long-term care, improved public health surveillance and reporting, and a modified certificate-of-need process to advance health care reform.
- Providing health IT tools required for validated quality measurement and reporting to support reimbursement reform, which is under way in the Medicaid program – the largest health care insurance payer in the state.
- Helping prepare New Yorkers for health care emergencies by developing the capacity to receive and exchange health care information, such as medications and lab test results.
- Helping clinicians and providers in small practices, community health centers and rural and under-served areas close the health IT gap between them and larger or urban institutions. This requires development of a sustainable financing plan, which includes public- and private-sector investment in health IT.
- Increasing the use of telemedicine, remote monitoring devices and other medical device applications to exchange information regardless of the venue where the patient receives services.
To kick off this effort, DOH has set initial activities to advance a statewide interoperable health information and quality infrastructure, as follows:
A strategic health IT implementation plan. The plan – a guide for implementing an interoperable health information infrastructure in New York – will be submitted to Commissioner Daines within 90 days and available publicly on the DOH Web site, nyhealth.gov. The plan, to be updated regularly, will include key clinical, patient, technical, organizational, financial and policy components required to advance statewide interoperable health IT.
A health IT coordinating council. The council will bring together internal DOH programs and policies involving health IT to align strategies, avoid duplication and streamline programs. The council will also serve as a liaison for health IT among health-related state agencies and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The council's first priority will be a children's health care initiative to align programs with corresponding information systems for immunization registries, lead and newborn screening, and vital records to support improvements in children's health.
The health IT public-private partnership. The partnership will help DOH collaborate with public and private health care leaders on health IT. DOH has asked the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), based in New York City, to coordinate this effort in an inclusive and open manner. NYeC is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving health care quality, safety and efficiency through health IT.
Because of this new health IT program, Commissioner Daines said DOH will re-bid the proposals sought in 2006 to grant $53 million through the third phase of the Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law for New Yorkers (HEAL NY) for health IT projects. A new RFP will be issued later this summer for $106 million to advance the technology required to achieve an interoperable health information exchange and a quality measurement and reporting capability.
"The first phase of HEAL grants for health IT helped many regional collaborations of health care providers advance governance structures and clinical priorities to inform health information exchange approaches," Dr. Daines said. "Our longer-term approach is more comprehensive than HEAL 3's original goals, so we feel taxpayers will be better served by a re-bid that will help us achieve a seamless health information exchange capability that has strong protections for patient privacy."


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A 'Catch 22' in Kingston Cafe's 'Kitchen Nightmares'
By Dan O'Heron 06/02/2011
As featured in a recent TV episode of Gordon Ramsay's "Kitchen Nightmares," Kingston Café rips some pages from Joseph Heller's classic novel "Catch 22."
In the bitterly funny masterpiece, Army Air Force mess officer and dedicated entrepreneur Lt. Milo Minderbinder pays the Germans to bomb his own unit and gets bonuses from the enemy for extra services, because it's "good for business."
Through the arrangement, Minderbinder is able to requisition more medical supplies from headquarters, sell unneeded parachute silk to ladies of the evenings and, with Deutsche marks, import chocolate from Switzerland. The upshot: chocolate and cotton become bestsellers among American troops and their dates.
Earlier this year, Keone Chong, managing partner and son of Kingston Cafe owner Dr. Una Morris, called in "Kitchen Nightmares" for an intense Ramsay bombardment, which resulted in culinary movements that are still rippling today — six weeks after the show aired.
"Business here was slow and I thought it would be good for our business to listen to Ramsay, whose fine restaurants around the globe have been awarded 12 Michelin stars," Chong told the Weekly.
The upshot of this "bombs without bangs" intrusion: "I didn't like it at all," said Morris, whose traditional Jamaican and Caribbean recipes had always ruled the kitchen. "But I figured that any advertising is good advertising, and I went along with it. I'm still proud of my son and hope he'll be proud of me — when he comes back."
Comes back? Morris has cleaned house. Apparently, members of her staff did not need much coaxing from Ramsay to lash out at their boss on TV. Disappointed by the dished dirt in her surroundings, Morris made a clean sweep. She fired her chef — "Ramsay recommend it, but I was planning to do it anyway," she said— and several waitresses and a greeter/manager.
Morris' son, Keone, who has moved on to operate his own company and resume studies at a university, told the Weekly "I really believe that Ramsay wants the best for restaurants he goes after."
After talking with Chong and others, I got the feeling that it was only an accident that Ramsay endangered some of the people his program was designed to help. Some changes were initiated before Ramsay's forces besieged the restaurant. Some were not.
Morris' medical offices, located in an adjoining structure, had a big "radiology" sign posted over its doorway. "I got my mother to remove the sign," said Chong.
"We wouldn't want people to think that I glowed in the dark," said Morris.
While a smaller sign with hardly a trace of medical references took its place, the new one still seemed to inspire many of Ramsay's barbed comments on TV, to wit:
"Is there a doctor in the house?"
"Disgusting, bland, dry food that comes in a bag like in a hospital."
"The kitchen needs surgery. Call the doctor."
Morris, who is highly esteemed in her own country as an Olympic track and field sprinter in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games, acknowledged, "I'm a very prideful person. I was devastated. I'd never had anyone talk to me like that. I tried to explain to Ramsay that authentic Jamaican cooking often requires long marination, ergo, food in bags."
After spending several days in the company of Ramsay while he was preparing the show, Morris said she got used to the idea that he doesn't nibble at the edges when he talks about food. After awhile, she grudgingly implemented many of his suggestions. These included cutting down on the number of menu items, which Ramsay said "needed an office filing cabinet to maintain," and placing two mesquite barbecue units visible to patio dining room patrons.
"I still do traditional Jamaican grill and bake, like with jerk wings," she said. "Customers demand it." But the barbecue meats are going over big, as is corn on the cob and a new Ramsay skirt steak recipe.
Morris said Ramsay convinced her to pull down the "Caribbean Smiley" artwork from the walls and to toss out the table cloths that had been concealing beautiful colonial woods.
Beyond Ramsay's swagger and histrionics, Morris concedes that he's a pretty good guy. "Near the end of the show, when Ramsay said to me, 'Dr. Morris, this may be the first time in your life that you've needed help, and I'm here for you,' our hug came naturally."
So, six weeks later, how are things going?
Morris wasn't available for comment. But I happened to run into her son the other day while he was visiting the restaurant. "The numbers are up," he said, without a trace of vindication in his voice.
A somewhat darkly comic note that defines the meaning of "Catch-22" is that "insane people are really the sanest." Sales of Kingston Café T-shirts are not just up, but booming. Inscribed with a worthless blessing, "Best Jerk in Pasadena," they denote an eager acceptance of life's vicissitudes, much like those T-shirts that read "Shit Happens."
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Bad food, slow services, high prices and undercooked meat. Save your money. This place needs a new manager.
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I'm sure that Una Morris is a fine person and physician. However, I've been a nurse long enough to know that she is every nurses worst nightmare. If I had to work with her everyday I would call her Una just to get her. If that wasn't acceptable to her then she would just have to address me as Mr.
I've bookmarked the Kingston Cafe and will try it when I'm in the area.
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Portland Becomes First Salmon-Safe City
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MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2013 – Mayor Charlie Hales has reassigned the bureaus of the City of Portlandto members of the Portland City Council, effective 8 a.m. Tuesday, June 4.
"Holding the bureaus under the mayor's auspices allowed us to tackle the worst city budget anyone remembers, with a $21.5 million shortfall," Hales said. "That's done. It's time to move forward with our commission mode of government."
Effective Tuesday, bureau assignments include:
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• Portland Police Bureau
• Portland Development Commission
• Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
• Fire & Police Disability and Retirement
• Office of Neighborhood Involvement
• Office of Equity and Human Rights
• Office of Management and Finance
• Office of Government Relations
• City Attorney
• City Budget Office
• Oversight of the Willamette River Super Fund clean-up project.
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• Bureau of Housing
• Bureau of Fire & Rescue
• Gateway Domestic Violence Center
• Portland Children's Investment Fund (Children's Levy)
• Liaison to the League of Oregon Cities; Travel Portland; Visitors Development Fund; and Home Forward
Commissioner Nick Fish
• Bureau of Environmental Services
• Water Bureau
• Regional Arts and Culture Council
• Liaison to Elders in Action; Regional Water Consortium Board; Venture Portland; Water Quality Advisory Committee; and PortlandUtility Review Board
Commissioner Amanda Fritz
• Bureau of Parks & Recreation
• Bureau of Development Services
• Liaison to Royal Rosarians; BDS Adjustment Committee; Building Board of Appeals; County Animal Control
Commissioner Steve Novick
• Bureau of Transportation
• Bureau of Emergency Management
• Bureau of Emergency Communications
• Liaison to: Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT); Portland Streetcar Inc.; Regional Emergency Management Group; BOEC Users Group; BOEC Finance Committee; Taxi Cab Board of Review; Towing Board of Review
"Board of Directors"
When Mayor Hales took over the bureaus in February, he said he wanted to create a "board of directors" on the City Council. "I wanted commissioners asking tough questions about all of the bureaus, not just about 'their' bureau," he said.
"I feel we accomplished that. Now we have to keep it up," Hales said. "I've shaken up the bureau assignments and have given commissioners new bureaus, where possible. This will allow commissioners to interact, and to share their passion and knowledge for the various bureaus. We also will continue our new practice of combining two commissioners as a subcommittee, focusing on some particular problem or opportunity forPortland."
Hales said bureau reassignments likely are a "bigger deal inside City Hall" than around the city.
"If you wake up, brush your teeth, walk your child to school, pass a park on your way to a business that is built in, and protected by, city services, you've interacted with half of the city's bureaus. What you want are reliable services provided, and taxes and utility rates kept low. You want your city's elected leaders to manager their bureaus well, and to work together as an effective team. So that's our mission."
Hales said he took into account the strengths and passions of each commissioner. "Bureaus need to focus on the basic services they provide. But they also need to work well with each other, and to be accountable to an elected leader. That's where our commission style of government helps."
Hales also gave each commissioner a set of goals he is asking them to achieve: maintaining environmentally friendly policies; forcefully seeking equity; and looking for efficiencies in day-to-day bureau duties.
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Some of the mayor's own assignments are inevitable – Portland mayors historically have had oversight for Management and Finance, as well as the Police Bureau. Others, like the city attorney and the city's lobbyists, fit naturally into the mayoral role.
Other assignments blend well together: Planning and Sustainability, along with the Portland Development Commission, are future-oriented.
Likewise, the mayor's priority of community policing fits well with Police Bureau, the Office of Neighborhood involvement and the Office of Equity and Human Rights. "Blending those efforts strengthens each," Hales said. "It creates a nexus of community empowerment. Plus, it elevates their profile."
The mayor also is taking the "bureau" of the Willamette River Superfund clean-up project.
"Only the mayor can take this," he said. "The project requires working closely with various federal agencies, state agencies, tribal governments and the public sector. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Commissioner Nick Fish – who has the Water Bureau and Bureau of Environmental Services – we will make sure that Portland is a responsible partner in this Herculean task."
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FILE - In this July 23, 2012 file photo, James E. Holmes appears in Arapahoe County District Court in Centennial, Colo. Lawyers for Holmes have indicated their client might plead not guilty by reason of insanity. In court documents made public Friday, March 1, 2013, James Holmes' attorneys want the judge to declare portions of the state's insanity defense laws unconstitutional. The filings say the laws in which a defendant may waive their right to remain silent and reveal confidential medical information should be unconstitutional in cases involving the possibility of execution. (AP Photo/Denver Post, RJ Sangosti, Pool, File)
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- Judge enters not guilty plea on behalf of Holmes in deadly Colorado theater shooting.
The judge says Holmes can change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity later, if he chooses.
A defense lawyer said he didn't know how much time was needed. Prosecutors asked the judge to keep the case moving ahead.
Holmes sat silently at Tuesday's hearing with unruly hair and thick beard.
If convicted, Holmes could be executed or spend the rest of his life in prison.
He's charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder. Twelve people were killed and 70 wounded in the July 20 attack on moviegoers in Aurora.
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) -- An arraignment hearing is under way in a Denver suburb for James Holmes, the man charged with an attack last summer at a movie theater.
Many expect Holmes to plead not guilty by reason of insanity. If that happens, he'll get a mental evaluation to determine whether he could distinguish right from wrong.
If he's acquitted on the grounds of insanity, he would be committed indefinitely to the state mental hospital. If jurors find him guilty, he could be sentenced to execution or life in prison.
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Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: Do Your Homework
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Ignore the calendar and do the homework. That was Jim Cramer's advice to his "Mad Money" viewers Tuesday as he explained that trading based solely on what month it is is a total waste of time.
Cramer said that these seasonal and monthly patterns grab people's attention and seem to be perfectly logical, but in reality, they're totally bogus and only work until they don't.
The old adage that October is the most dangerous month for stocks no longer applies, said Cramer, and he outlined five reasons why.
First, back when these patterns first emerged, the U.S. was in charge of its own destiny. But that's no longer the case, as the U.S. economy is forever linked to the well-being of China and Europe. Do the same patterns still hold true in the middle of a European financial crisis? Probably not.
Second, these patterns never met a Federal Reserve willing to keep interest rates low by any means necessary. That changes the dynamic for all stocks, said Cramer.
Next, there's Apple (AAPL) , a stock which he owns for his charitable trust, Action Alerts PLUS. Cramer said the markets have never seen a company with a $650 billion market cap or one with so many other companies' well beings tied to it.
Fourth, there are the banks and the tech stocks. The banks used to be a great place to invest, said Cramer, but not in an environment where they now trade on the latest news from Congress. Likewise with technology. Tech stocks used to trade based on the strength of the PC, but now that past history is worthless.
Finally, Cramer noted that hedge funds and high-frequency trading has also changed the game for the individual investor. Thus the notion of "sell in May and go away" and other such patterns only offer a false sense of security.
Executive Decision
In the "Executive Decision" segment, Cramer spoke with Jim Prokopanko, president and CEO of fertilizer giant Mosaic (MOS) , a company which delivered a 15-cent-a-share earnings miss on an 18% drop in revenue amidst problems delivering its products to customers. Shares of Mosaic responded by falling 3.7% on the news.
Prokopanko said that every year the world needs to feed 74 million more people, and the fastest way to accomplish that is by increasing the yield on every acre of farmland, which is done through fertilizer. He said the difference between today's rise in crop prices and that of 2008 boils down to risk tolerance.
Back in 2008, dealers stocked up big on fertilizer as soon as crop prices rose, but today they're waiting to the last minute, which has kept demand tepid so far. "Farmers will be planting for maximum yield next year," Prokopanko said.


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Hoosiers regained share of league lead with victory
Cody Zeller scored 16 points and Christian Watford finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 1 Indiana pull away from Nebraska 76-47 on Wednesday night.
The Hoosiers (22-3, 10-2 Big Ten) have won seven of eight and regained a share of the league lead. They are tied with Michigan State.
But it sure wasn't easy against Nebraska (12-13, 3-9), which frustrated Indiana by limiting possessions and repeatedly taking the shot clock inside of 10 seconds in the first half. Dylan Talley scored 10 of his 16 points in the first half to lead the Cornhuskers.
Indiana took charge after Zeller went to the bench with his second foul midway through the first half. It used a 10-0 run to take a 21-14 lead and closed the half on a 6-0 run to make it 27-18, then opened the second half on another 6-0 run.
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Posted 24 December 2012 - 03:35 PM
We may not all get on, we may drive each other crazy at times, but ultimately we all have the best interests of the game at heart.
Lets look to 2013 with a sense of cautious optimism, and lets help make 2013 a year to remember, especially at the World Cup!
Eat, drink and be merry tomorrow with all your friends and family, and blow out those hangovers at a pre-season friendly, preferably wearing a novelty turkey hat.
All the best!!!
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This country's wealth was created by men in overalls, it was destroyed by men in suits.
The actual words are sufficient evidence, but has anyone checked.
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2012 was an amazing British year of sport, and here's to 2013 being our own year of triumphs for the Greatest Game of all.
Merry Christmas.
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Enjoy your day folks!
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Merry Christmas to everyone.
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Crusaders RL to get a franchise for 2012 onwards -WRONG
Widnes Vikings also to get a franchise - RIGHT
Crusaders RL to do the double over Widnes and finish five places ahead of them -WRONG
Widnes Vikings NOT to dominate rugby league in years to come! STILL TO COME
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The End of A Championship Year…
To all the great MLBloggers & Readers…
I'd like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year! I hope that 2010 is our best year yet…one and all! It's hard to believe that 2009 has come and gone, and it was quite a year. However, I am anxious and excited for the possibilities of 2010. Who knows if the Yankees will repeat or if the Phillies will recapture the crown thanks to Doc Halliday or if the Mariners move into the upper echelon with the brilliant moves to acquire Cliff Lee and Chone Figgins or if the dreaded Red Sox ride John Lackey and company to another championship. Regardless of what happens, it will be a very fun and exciting year for all of us. Who knows, maybe next year is this year…
Not much sports news to talk about but I'll try…
I think that Jason Bay's decision to join the Mets was foolish on his part. He had a great thing in Boston, and the park was very conducive to his offensive style. It's unlikely that he'll hit 36 home runs playing half of his games at CitiField. Given his weaknesses defensively and the poor second half that he experienced in Boston, the high expectations in Queens will be very difficult to meet. Bay could very easily become the player the fans love to hate. In an era where most of us are simply thankful for a paycheck, Jason will rue the day that he disregarded the very generous offer extended by the Red Sox. From the Red Sox' perspective, I don't blame them for moving on. The idea of moving Jacoby Ellsbury to left is intriguing given his offensive prowess (so long as he doesn't move to San Diego in a potential trade for Adrian Gonzalez). Not that I want the best-case scenario to work out for the Red Sox, but it may have happened when they decided to move on without Bay. Meanwhile, it probably won't be long before GM Omar Minaya is fighting for his job because of moves like Bay and other albatross contracts he has hung on the Mets.
I was not closely following the situation with Texas Tech University and head coach Mike Leach, but at first, I thought that Craig James was just using his position as an ESPN college analyst to blow a situation with his son out of proportion. However, after getting a better understanding of the facts, there is nothing that would justify locking a kid in a shed. Regardless of the reasons and aside from the fact that Leach had been very disrespectful to the university prior to the incident, I felt his firing today was justified. The sad part is that it is the university which will pay the highest price. Leach will land on his feet with another school because he has proven that he can win. The Red Raiders, meanwhile, will have to re-establish credibility with potential recruits and find a new coach who can continue the positive advancements made by Leach. Any way you slice it, it's a bad situation and a black mark on Big 12 football…
I am a very disenchanted Vikings fan right now. I have been a fan of the team all my life. After enjoying several near misses with Fran Tarkenton at the helm, the team has suffered years of championship deprivation. 1998 looked like THE year, however, the season ended in disappointment with the loss to the Atlanta Falcons in the play-offs (a game that the Vikings could have won with better play-calling). I almost gave up as a Vikings fan after Fran Tarkenton retired and the Vikings named Bob Lee the starting QB. I know other fans who quit after 1998. I have to admit that I am nearing the fork in the road once again. I have never been a fan of head coach Brad Childress and now the team is in a funk that I am not so sure they can recover from. Sure, 8 Vikings made the Pro Bowl. However, it means absolutely nothing if the Vikings lose the first play-off game. Several weeks ago, they were assured of a first round bye and had momentum on their side. Now, it's possible that they could lose the first round bye to the Dallas Cowboys. There are many experts that say the two best teams in the NFC right now are the Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles. It would be hard for me to argue against it.
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I recognized football before baseball when I was a kid, so for the first couple of seasons, I was a bigger Vikings fan than I was a Yankees fan. Of course, that turned rather quickly and I was a baseball fan first by 1975 even though the Yankees had endured many losing seasons under the ownership of CBS. George Steinbrenner was still a young and inexperienced owner, but I liked the guys on the team. Catfish Hunter was my idol and Thurman Munson quickly became my favorite Yankee. Nevertheless, I continued to follow the Vikings but it has never been the same since former owner Max Winter departed the organization. I like and respect owner Zygi Wilf, however, I think he is making a mistake by staying the course with Brad Childress. The 2009 team has so much potential, however, it won't be realized because of Childress. Put a good coach like Bill Cowher in charge of the team and the Vikings would be challenging the Saints for the best record in the NFC.
The Vikings can turn things around on Sunday with a solid win against Wilf's former favorite team, the New York Giants. However, I am not so optimistic about the team's chances. Somehow, I see another lackluster performance with several key Adrian Peterson fumbles. I hope that I am wrong…
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Well, this does it for me in 2009. I am glad to be among such great MLBloggers and I look forward to a fantastic new year for each and every one of us!
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Keep the faith Scott! What do you think, a Patriots-Vikings showdown in the Super Bowl?😉 And yes, I lobbied long and hard for Theo to resign Bay but in the end? I would rather have players on the team who actually want to play in Boston and are not just here to collect a paycheck. Will he vastly improve the Mets? No. But the Red Sox will be just fine without him.
The whole Mike Leach situation is troubling. We all know the dangers of athletes playing after they have concussions – especially football players. And if Leach somehow felt that "disciple" was needed that was SO not the way to do it. The real losers here are all the young men playing for Texas Tech.
Here's to a great 2010! Our wagers made the 2009 season that much more exciting – I look forward to them this season. I hope you and yours have a wonderful, healthy and blessed New Year! 🙂
I wish you a very Happy New Year, Scott. And may all the Yankees stay healthy in 2010 and repeat as World Champions! (The Cubs? No way!)
Personally, I love it when premier players (which Bay did actually qualify) sacrifice talent and happiness for money. It reaffirms my faith in humanity.
Will he be a huge help to the Metropolitans? Hell yes! As soon as he blows a knee or twists something, the Mets will officially have the best All-Star DL in baseball. Hands-down! Nuff' said.
Oh, on the field? Well, he's a limited defensive player playing a huge cavernous park and will have to seriously adjust his swing to launch the ball out of the majors worst launching pad.
Not for nothin'… didn't the Met's guys take note of the Yankees' guys while they were designing and building the park? The House That Ruth Financed is a massive launching pad which NASA is even jealous of.
Oh well. Bay is used to playing for middling teams run by bumbling executives for a bandwagon fanbase while getting buried on the backpage… Pittsburgh prepared him for that. Boston must have been far too much success for him.
Bay seemed intent on playing for an NL team. He had openings to play for you guys, for us, for Seattle or the Angels (teams closer to home), but chose the Mets, for not much more $$. He seems to have preferred playing in the NL. Oh, well…
Leach seemed to have a death wish with Texas Tech. Even though he'd signed an extension, he seemed chronically at odds with the T Tech admin. If he had not been fired for this episode (even if it had not happened), something would have gotten him fired soon enough. He had it coming.
I forgot..Happy New Year and 2010, Scott! Take care.🙂
I agree. Bad idea for Jason Bay to sign with the Mets, but i really dont care. I am glad he is out of the AL and i didn't like him at all.
I agree. Bad idea for Jason Bay to sign with the Mets, but i really dont care. I am glad he is out of the AL and i didn't like him at all.


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Luck o' the Irish
Young Dubliners headline Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Street Festival downtown
By Bliss Bowen 03/15/2012
Come Saturday, at least seven bars, four bands and two blocks of downtown LA will be dedicated to celebrating Ireland's patron saint and his namesake holiday. Green beer and Irish whiskey will be flowing at Broadway Bar, Cana Rum, Tony's Saloon, Cole's Red Car Bar, Golden Gopher and Seven Grand, but the shamrock-bedecked headquarters for this year's St. Patrick's Day Street Festival is Casey's Irish Pub, where everything kicks off at 6 a.m.
Leading the musical revels for the festival will be veteran LA Celts the Young Dubliners. Almost 25 years into their career, Dublin-born bandleader Keith Roberts and his fellow Dubs still maintain a punishing tour schedule. That kind of life brings with it quality problems for a working band, but it can also be taken as a measure of the fan loyalty they've maintained since their late-'80s beginnings riling up Santa Monica pub-goers.
Through the mid-'90s they packed LA clubs with fist-pumping devotees — an interesting mix of rock, punk and folk listeners. It wasn't uncommon to see audience members hopping atop banquettes and tables to sing along to the Dubs' stomping versions of Irish traditionals like "Follow Me Up to Carlow" and "The Foggy Dew" as well as their own Celtic rock originals. Even after the Young Dubs reached out to mainstream audiences with slicker albums like 2000's "Red" and 2005's "Real World," their live shows still displayed the raw energy that made those early shows memorable.
Lately Roberts and company have been working up material for their next album. At least eight Young Dubliners recordings have been released over the years, through various labels. This time, like countless other veteran and indie bands, the Dubs are turning to their devoted following for financial underwriting, citing the creative freedom such a move allows them in the studio. "Put your faith in us that we will record an album you will want," Roberts writes in his pledge proposal, asking listeners to essentially buy their music before it's made. It's less a promise to deliver than a covenant with fans with whom they've already banked substantial amounts of good will.
The Young Dubliners are scheduled to rock Casey's outdoor stage from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday. Slated to follow them are tribute bands Hollywood U2 (4 to 6 p.m.), TNT (7 to 8:30 p.m.) and Led Zepplica (9 to 10:30 p.m.).
St. Patrick's Day Street Festival runs from 6 a.m. Saturday until 2 a.m. Sunday at Casey's Irish Pub, 613 S. Grand Ave., downtown LA. Music starts on the outdoor stage with the Young Dubliners at 2 p.m. Free admission. For more information, call (213) 817-5321. caseysirishpub.com, youngdubliners.com
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Sorry for the delay but as I'm sure you alredy know, Murph got married. It's kind of tough to do wedding coverage when your invite was supposedly "lost in the mail" so we had to resort to other tactics. We're still decoding material returned to OMDC HQ from our official OMDC Drone and Uncle Sol has been missing since we sent him skyward with a long range lens and 20 weather balloons attached to his Segway.
So here is what we have for you: Part one of our wall-to-wall Murph Wedding coverage begins with "blind items" and texts to Murph from other players. We'll tell you who sent the texts but the blind items are a little to scandalous to have a name attached to them. Have fun figuring it out and check back for more real soon.
Which pitcher was hitting on every female party goer and most of the staff working the party? Other guests claim he had the confidence of a man who recenly had a nose job.
Which former Met wasn't invited but sent Murph a Murph a gift anyway? The gift being keys to his Long Island mansion. Not because he's generous, he's having trouble selling it.
Which member of the front office was overheard begging Murph to come with him on his honeymoon so he could avoid the winter meetings? Even going as far as offering his and hers massages for the duration of the trip.
"Who is this and how did you get my number" Consider yourself blocked" Carlos Beltran
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Touring Amish country with wild-food man Peter Gail
By Christopher Nyerges 12/04/2008
It was a gray winter's day when Peter Gail and I drove eastbound on US 422 in northeastern Ohio. The clouds made it difficult to see very far into the countryside. The sound of the windshield wipers provided a steady background tempo for our conversation.
The temperature was in the high 30s — about the same temperature inside Peter's van, too. I'm from California and was tense from the cold, hunched a bit, trying to stay warm. Peter was relaxed, smiling, pointing out each feature as we drove along. He's a Cleveland resident and used to the cold. Today he was my tour guide to the Amish countryside of Ohio.
Peter Gail's most famous business associate was Euell Gibbons, who authored "Stalking the Wild Asparagus," starred in Grape Nuts cereal commercials in the 1970s and was the butt of Johnnie Carson's jokes about eating everything from old tires to freeway overpasses.
That was a long time ago. During those years, Gail edited Gibbons' articles for Boys Life magazine, and worked with him and others to develop the National Wilderness Survival Training Camp for the Boy Scouts. When Gibbons had become nationally famous from the commercials and Johnny Carson's jokes, and was overbooked, Gail occasionally substituted for him on the lecture circuit.
Gibbons died way back in 1975 and Gail has tirelessly carried the torch for wild-food enthusiasts, penning numerous books on the subject and continuing to lecture about the virtues of the ubiquitous wild plants and those people who still use them as a part of daily life.
While Gail is best known on the national circuit for his "Dinner Underfoot and Healing with Weeds" lectures and workshops, he is equally well known for his work among the Northeastern Ohio Amish community, the fourth largest in the world. As a Ph.D. ethnobotanist and anthropologist, he has studied the Amish for nearly 40 years to discover the lessons their simple lifestyle can teach us. He expounds on that in books, articles and his tours for those interested in learning more about these people who seem firmly rooted in the technology of the 19th century.
If you are unfamiliar with the Amish, they use no electricity and shun most modern so-called conveniences. This means no electric lights, no electric refrigerators, no television, very few of the modern devices that most folks take for granted. They have managed to produce most of their needed items by simple old-fashioned ingenuity. They use wood stoves, hand tools, oil lamps, diesel and small gasoline engines to generate power, and use horse-drawn tractors. They build houses in such a way to take advantage of the heat of summer, and be protected from the cold of winter.
Perhaps Gail's most popular book is his "Dandelion Celebration," which tells you everything you'd ever want to know about dandelions. He's also authored the "Delightful Delicious Daylily," "Violets in Your Kitchen," "The Messy Mulberry and What to Do With It," and the "Volunteer Vegetable Sampler," which profiles the culinary and medicinal values of 41 of the most common backyard weeds.
Gail got interested in wild foods at an early age in nearby San Gabriel. After his father died, he collected "goosefoot" to help feed the family. Goosefoot is another name for the common lamb's-quarter plant, a type of wild spinach and arguably one of the most nutritious greens in the world. This early experience affected him to such a degree that he called his educational company Goosefoot Acres.
Gail can be reached via Goosefoot Acres, P.O. Box 18016, Cleveland, Ohio, 44118, or by calling (800) 697-4858. Visit goosefootacres.com or email email@example.com.
Christopher Nyerges is the editor of Wilderness Way magazine, author of "How to Survive Anywhere" and a wilderness instructor. Contact him through his Web site, ChristopherNyerges.com.
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Karin es una excelente anfitriona, muy atenta y detallista: botella de vino, dulces, flores frescas...
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This is the starting line of the Texas Mile.
Closer to the cars, bikes, and, yes, even trucks, was parked a long, black trailer with a picture of a woman with dirty blond hair sitting on a motorcycle smiling — the title "America's High Speed Sweetheart" is scrawled above her image.
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She blew past her goals in one day.
"A couple of people told me I better come to Texas because everybody's fast in Texas," Thompson said with a huge grin.
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Thompson calls Arizona her home and left a successful career in banking in 2006 to begin what ended up being a lucrative motorcycle racing career in the All Harley Drag Racing Association.
Thompson recalled her racing beginning: "I was riding a Harley-Davidson and just being a little out of control on the street, and I was told to take it to the track.
"So, eventually, a bunch of us ended up going to the track, and it's a much smoother and safer environment than the street.
"And ever since I went to the race track, I was hooked, and I haven't left."
In 2007, she finished third in the national points series.
In 2012, the first year as a team owner and driver, she set three new national speed records in her 2012 BMW S 1000 RR, now the fastest production land speed BMW motorcycle in the world.
Being a female in a world of male-dominated racers doesn't seem to faze Thompson in the least. In fact, she doesn't even seem to care about the battle of the sexes.
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"This is my fastest time in a mile course. My top speed on the BMW is 209.5 mph, but that was on a stop standing mile and a half course.
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She ended the day roaring past her goal of going over 205 mph by hitting 212 mph – twice.
The speed was a record for Thompson as well as the track in the 1000cc class.
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She is "America's High Speed Sweetheart" after all.
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The Wisconsin Supreme Court said a former prison inmate was properly convicted of setting up a phone scam.
Prosecutors accused Matthew Steffes of stealing electricity from AT&T when he had people on the outside set up phone lines using fictitious names so he could get around prison limits on collect calls to a single line. No one paid for the service. When AT&T shut down one line Steffes would switch to another.
A jury convicted him of fraud in 2009.
Steffes argued electricity doesn't meet the definition of property. But Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman wrote Thursday state law clearly defines electricity as property and Steffes deprived AT&T of that property.
Steffes' attorney, Jeffrey Jensen, said his client has been released from prison but has probably exhausted his appellate avenues.


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JINKZ Monsoon for the WIN! Roxxy is a mean Biatch…..felt sorry for him in the begining with his tragic story……but he's a Backstabber for sure…..Alaska – talented but Ohhh so WHINEY…..Jinkx is the Talent, the whole enchalada!!!!
I guess I should of known that no winner would be announced. RuPaul is such a strip tease artist. She wait's till the cows come home to take her panties off.
Love your observations, you should be a writer.
Absolutely hilarious recap. What am I going to read once this season is over?
I am dying. DYING. I've been looking for the best RPDR recapper. Pretty sure you win. The way you described the director (Mathu?) throughout the article tickled me, but by the time I got to "Meth-Addicted Saruman," I belly-laughed. Thank you!
Now, to go read the rest of your recaps. (And Jinkxy for the win!)
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PHOTOS: ESPN's Body Issue Flexes Its Muscle With Hot Naked Sports Stars
We've been shivering with anticipation for ESPN magazine's 2012 Body Issue, which officially drops on Friday. But these just-released photos do not disappoint. Hooray for the athletic physique—and three cheers for athletes, like Rob Gonkowski (above), who are sporting enough to share theirs with the world!
Click through for images from ESPN magazine's 2012 Body Issue
Want more buff athletes in the buff? Check out Queerty's highlights of last year's Body Issue.
Because some of us like softcore photography. Not all of us are so imagination-free that we need hardcore porn to appreciate erotica.
Where are the money shots?
Tim Morehouse, you are my future husband.
Great, now if you'll excuse me for a moment…
Great shots. Thx.
For the next time, I nominate Yankee Captain, Super Hero Derek Jeter.
Boring if there's no full frontal.
I wanna see some jock ass, not just some contorted side views.
Who is #4?
@luther: Exactly! Tyson has something to show me and I can't see it from here!
@Robert from Brooklyn: +100.
Also, I'd nominate Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal, Jo-Willy Tsonga, and so many more.
@luther: @Jeffery Allen: @Xtopher: I know right!? They all should have been hard and jerking off and playing with dildos. I mean really what is the point of a picture of a man being naked unless there is a sexual act going on and if I can't at least see him spread eagle and see his anus?
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The poses are forced, unnatural, and awkward. Bad, bad photographer!
For those who are unacquainted, the Body Issue of ESPN magazine is not meant to be porn. While it is obviously a gimmick meant to compete with Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, it's intention is to portray very athletic examples of the human form (both male and female) in an artistic way that also incorporates their sport. Athletes almost always are covered by uniforms and equipment when they play so this is a way of showing what their bodies are doing under the pads.
And for the record, Ron Gronkowski can have his way with me any day.
@Andy: zzzzzz okay, now can we see the hot naked athletes getting it on?
@Dick: #4 is Carlos Bocanegra, U.S. soccer player.
@Chuck: I'll fight you for Tim Morehouse. First, there's that sweet ass, which I'd love to explore in full. Then there's the fact that he taught history for several years…so, after I've exhausted myself through exploring his tush, which would clearly take several days, we could discuss the Elightenment, the American and French Revolutions, the rise of Napoleon…. Sigh. He's my dream man.
@Halston: LOL!
Ughhh #4 is HOT and his ass reminds me of my exbf. Time to make a phone call! Make up sex is the best 8)
@Joseph: We have the same taste. ;)
Is the guy on the cover a fister or fistee? The expression on his face leads me to think, both.
@Oh well: That's what my 83 year old neighbor said. :) You two must be Mahjong buddies.
@Dick: Carlos Bocanegra of the Rangers. :)
The Stade Calendars are much better.
These are gorgeous, Queery, but I've come to expect more equality from this site(not it's commentors). But your usually pretty good at giving equal time to the ladies. At least the openly gay one's. Abby Waunbachs photo is absolutely buetiful; I look forward to seeing it reprinted on this site soon!
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GPSS provides a professional development and orientation experience for new and returning graduate students, as well as teaching and instructional assistants.
GPSS provides an excellent opportunity for graduate students to prepare for their academic journeys through shared experiences, skills building and program preparation, said Tamas Dobozy, associate dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
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I have owned and ridden many motorcycles over the years, and thought I had a pretty good handle on what it means to be "a biker," but I discovered some valuable insights at this event—not only about bikers, but about life as well.
In her novel "Magic Bleeds," by bestselling author Ilona Andrews, she writes: "Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy."
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