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Skip to comments.THE ONION SHUTS DOWN: "NO MORE SATIRE POSSIBLE"
Posted on 04/18/2010 6:27:37 AM PDT by Lazamataz
The Onion, the United States oldest and most revered satirical newspaper, first published in 1756, has announced that they will close their website and cease all publishing activities, effective immediately.
Said the owner, "No more satire is possible. Nothing can beat the outrageousness of what comes out of Washington today. In a sentence: We are plum out of satire."
Satirical headlines planned by The Onion, such as "Pelosi: Pass Health Care To Find Out What Is In It", "Major Tax Increases To Reverse Recession", and "Obama Bows To Communist Leader", have been superceded by actual news headlines, causing these satirical headlines and corresponding articles to be pulled.
"I was working on this great concept: Obama would win the Nobel Peace Prize within a few weeks of being inaugerated, " said Abe Iggoof, writer for The Onion, "Then it happened."
The National Security Agency monitors Satirical Possibility Quotient, which is the ability to create satire in the United States. Occurances of satire being superceded by real events, it reported, happened at least 189 times from 2009 to 2001, causing the SPQ to plummet to an all-time low of -75.54. Dr. N. Umber Kruntcher, analyst for the NSA SPQ program, testified before the Satire Investigation Panel commissioned by Congress that it made satire nearly impossible.
"How can I work", lamented Sil E. Gouse, "Every time I get a great idea, it's a lead story on MSNBC. I mean, I was going to write something about how the unpopularity of Health Care Reform was a driving factor in its passing, and the next day MSNBC lead with 'Pelosi: Unpopularity of Health Reform Very Positive For Lawmakers'."
The ability to be satirical is projected to plunge further in 2010, said The Onion's owner, making The Onion an unviable business proposition. Bankruptcy has been filed as of Thursday, April 15, and the assets of the firm will be auctioned in the next two months.
Ping the crew.
Is this satire?
Sounds to me that business is booming.
Pretty good.
Nicely done.
They could always do satire on BO/BS and his fellow socialists abiding by the Constitution.
Freepers used to post Onion articles until the spoiled brats objected. Jim Robinson said, "Fine, goodbye"
more truth than satire here
LOL...gotta appreciate the Onion.
May as well be. The Administratiion is about to declare satire to be activity against The People.
This isn't serious, is it?
Our government is SATIRE.
There should be plenty to write about.
If it is true, I'll miss them.
Funny! Sad but true. It's getting harder to decide when the sarcasm tag is needed here on FR as well.
Satire^2 ping
Lazamataz created this | April 17, 2010 | By Lazamataz
Good post!
Your post was asked satirically, wasn't it?
But all the copyrights belong to MSNBC and CBS.
I tell ya, it's impossible to satirize this crew.
"Is this satire?"
It's true. They are closing.
Thankyew. :)
Truth is stranger than fractious laughter.
We live in nutty times.
Nicely done. ;)
More jobs lost to the Obama regime. :P
Our government is TRAGEDY.
Unfortunately, the current flock of flocked foaming flecks in Washington feel that satirical writ is a suggestion or policy idea.
Sounds like the Obama Administration is getting its marching orders from internal Onion emails.
Have you heard about the anti-tea party democrat group...It is the Tax and Spend Party. Advocating higher Tax and More spending. The rallies feature welfare queens with signs like"Fork it over you racist pigs" and "Tax them now".
LA Times: Why cleaner air could speed global warming
And you ask why The Onion is closing. HA!
How is this for nutty? Icelandic Volcano spews and shuts down Europe. Global Warming blamed.
This would be the perfect time to take The Onion to "mainstream" news reporting. It would be a seamless transition.
As Hunter S. Thompson once said: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn Pro". Washington, D.C. today is Alice's Wonderland, where up is down and black is white and the Red Queen Pelosi is off with her head.
Hey, The Onion could always start publishing some REAL news, since no one in the MSM seems to be doing it.
Red Queen Pelosi: Off With Her Meds.
Imagine how THAT would clean up our environment?
The mother of all satires.
There, writer33. THAT is a PRO. :)
Even better. Go Ask Barry, when he's ten feet tall....
I have a person calling me a bigot on a facebook page because of my satire. These people don't understand what satire is. And they would really like to ban it.
LOL, I thought it was pretty good actually.
there are not enough pejorative words and phrases in all the languages in the world for me to express my disgust and loathing of those, those . . . .
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Music for swine fluMonday, May 11th, 2009
I've been AWOL for a while because I've been dealing with my own personal version of swine flu. Worse than any flu I can remember having, but not THE swine flu. Anyway, I'm more or less back, my head has recovered to the point that listening to music no longer makes me want to plug my ears while grimacing in agony, and I'll be posting again.
Tomorrow I go see Mastodon, Kylesa and Intronaut. Really I'm most interested in Kylesa. The more I listen to the new Mastodon the more I sigh in sadness at how they've changed. Cosmo Lee pretty much sums up my feelings: "After only a minute, I was violently allergic. That singing - ouch. I felt as if an old friend had showed up in a shiny new Hummer. Something had changed irreparably."


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Stuckart sworn in as Spokane council president
Ben Stuckart was sworn in Wednesday afternoon as Spokane's new city council president.
Stuckart took his oath of office from the US Attorney and then thanked his parents and wife for their support.
A Spokane native and one of four new council members, Stuckart told a packed room of supporters he'll work to ensure Spokane businesses thrive and pledged to make city government more accessible to the people who live here.
"I see a city government that does not hide behind the walls of city hall but opens itself to self reflection and answers questions, city council chambers will be transformed into a welcoming environment and monthly public forums will start in February," Stuckart said.
Stuckart says he plans to move the public comment opportunities to the top of the agenda at future city council meetings.
Spokane's new mayor, David Condon, will be sworn into office Friday at the clock tower in Riverfront Park
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Sufjan Stevens, Serengeti and Son Lux are: Sisyphus
"s/s/s started to sound like the Nazi Schutzstaffel with a lisp so we had to change it. We wanted a word with three S's and Sisyphus felt like a capable anti-hero—endless struggle, the human plague, the existential condition. We are all working towards nothing. Also, the apparent futility of this collaboration—a black rapper from Chicago, a white singer-songwriter from Detroit, and an arty producer with cool glasses, though I dunno where Ryan's from, Cleveland? We have so little in common but we have deep love for each other and we are pushing that stone together." That's Sufjan Stevens, talking about his collaboration with the rapper Serengeti (David Cohn), and singer/producer Son Lux (Ryan Lott), who released their Beak & Claw EP last year as s/s/s (Bandcamp), and have recently released their debut album as Sisyphus (Bandcamp). [more inside]
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Get Ready For WW4 : FOIA document details SSS preparations for a widespread draft to start with a callup of 36,000 doctors and nurses : an in depth analysis with a detailed timeline : "...the SSS is in fact preparing for the real possibility of a Skills, Medical and Combat Draft for 2005. Congress of course must still pass a 1-page trigger resolution reauthorizing current conscription law, but the Selective Service will by early 2005 have geared up the entire draft system and be prepared to register more than 40 million Americans for a new Skills Draft and the Medical Draft....The NY Times on Oct. 19 published a long article on a subcontractor, Widemeyer Communications, that over the summer consulted the SSS on how a Medical Draft could be started up with minimal attention. The SSS said 36,000 doctors and nurses would be taken in the first batch of draftees. Why would Bush need so many? 36,000 is a huge number....Wesley Clark charges in his book Winning Modern Wars, that a senior Pentagon official told him in 2001 that there was a 5-year plan to topple 7 countries" Here's the Seattle PI's take : "Administration's own actions fuel rumors of draft" Here's a Feb. 2003 document (~500k pdf) obtained under the FOIA, on the SSS plans for a widespread draft. (more inside)
Do you feel a draft in the air?
Do you have special skills? If so, Uncle Sam may want to speak with you. "The government is taking the first steps toward a targeted military draft of Americans with special skills in computers and foreign languages." Nobody sees a need for a large scale draft like Vietnam, "But they thought that if we have any kind of a draft, it will probably be a special skills draft." The folks at SSS stress that this possibility is likely far off. It could take about two years to "to have all the kinks worked out." Is the draft in our future?
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WOODBURY - Valentine's Day can often lead to stress planning a date at any stage of a relationship, including marriage. News 12's Elizabeth Hashagen sat down with psychologist Dr. Karen Sherman to discuss some dos and don'ts for Valentine's Day and beyond.
If your first date is around Valentine's Day, Sherman suggests maybe skipping the actual day and doing something around the holiday. She also recommends keeping a first date casual, such as coffee or a drink. She says to keep dinner or dancing until dates two or three. She adds that you should always schedule a first date over the phone or in person and leave texting for details and specifics about where you might be going. As far as a kiss on the first date, Sherman says, if it feels right, then do it.
Once you start dating, Sherman says keep your cellphones and talk about an ex out of your dates. However, she does say it is OK to text to follow up with your date that you had a nice time. She adds that it is OK for a girl to text first.
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"You want to make sure that you leave some time for each other," says Sherman. "You know, so often life gets in the way, and when life gets in the way your relationship goes away. Schedule time in for each other. That way it is in the planner and you actually make the time for each other."
For Valentine's Day, if life is hectic, Sherman says just staying in and keeping it low-key is fine. "You want to make it about the two of you," she says. Little things like feet and back rubs and even pizza by candlelight can help you relax and keep the spark alive.
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Ask GGW: What age is okay for kids to ride Metro alone?
Reader E.G. wrote in with this question: "As a thirteen year old in a suburb of DC, how do I convince my mom to let me ride the Metro alone?"
A few years ago, New York journalist Lenore Skenazy let her 9-year-old son ride alone on the New York subway. She felt he was mature enough to handle it and that he was actually pretty safe.
Many accused her of being a bad parent, while many more defended her, suggesting parents today are far too protective. Skenazy ended up writing a book, Free Range Kids, which advocates that parents let children be more independent, through things like riding the subway alone or playing in parks without constant supervision.
As for the 13-year-old boy who wrote the letter, he's 4 whole years older than Skenazy's son and would be taking trips on a system that's more suburban in its design and ridership than the New York subway.
I suggested E.G. first talk with his mom to find out what her concerns are, so that he can understand, acknowledge, and respond to them. I also encouraged E.G. to propose that he take his first solo trips entirely within the suburban county where they live, and that he call his mom as soon as he gets on and off the train. With these steps, E.G.'s mom can become more confident that he knows how to use the system and how to remain safe.
At what age would you let your kids ride Metro? What advice do you have for E.G.?
Where are you riding the metro too? Be specific about what it is you want to do. Say I am going to the National Book Fair and will head back at 4. Stick with it.
Typically the best way to get your parents to trust you and let you do stuff is to not screw up the little things. By doing your chores and getting good grades most parents are able to trust their child easier.
And if she still says no set a time to bring it up again (like a few weeks to a few months, that will also show maturity instead seeming like whining) and demonstrate how you've built trust.
She now loves transit, and is considering a career in transit planning.
by UrbanistSuburbanDad on Sep 13, 2012 1:35 pm • link • report
By 13 friends and I were taking the Metro all the time by ourselves. If your child has taken the Metro plenty of times and knows how it works, they should do fine.
A little independence is a good thing. I knew where I was going and what I was doing, and I used the Metro quite a bit from that point on.
Nine is too young though. I don't think that woman was a bad parent for letting her kid ride the subway and I do think we are often too protective, but I think nine is too young to be able to make a decision on what to do if something goes wrong, or you get on the wrong train, etc.
For me it's not really about "safety" at all - the stats show that things are just as safe for kids as they have always been. It's more about if something happens out of your control - the train breaks down, you accidentally get on the wrong train - can the kid handle themselves? I don't think a nine year old can.
Suburban kids (I can speak from my experiences) usually start riding the train by themselves or with friends by 6th or 7th grade to head to places like Pentagon City, Union Station (used to be the thing to do), or Chinatown. My first experiences with the train were riding with my dad to 'Skins games and other events in the city. Coming in from the Silver Spring side of the Red Line I thought the train was pretty simple to understand ... just read the map until it has been committed to memory.
For E.G., as David alludes to, if you have a cell phone stay in touch by calling or texting when you arrive where you are supposed to. These kids nowadays are lucky with cell phones -- we had to use pay phones!
Coming in and out of downtown from the suburbs is not dangerous. When I was in middle school people were getting robbed on the Red Line and the Guardian Angels started their patrols. It is not like that nowadays.
E.G. should be fine riding the train by his lonesome no matter where he is coming from. I would encourage his mother to let the young man roam as long as he sticks to all other commitments set in the household -- chores, school, etc.
John Muller
Metro Rider since 1993 (9 years old)
My suggestion echoes the earlier comment that you be specific in any itineraries you plan to take, provide expected times of return (adding in some extra time just in case) and keeping to that plan. Start basic, and in time, I'd think things can improve where you may be able to explore just a bit more each time. That said, if your parent has an issue or fear with you heading into a certain area, respect that and observe their wishes, whether you share that view or not. It will prove to them that you are both responsible and respectful.
And just remember, left of the escalator is for people walking, right is for standing! ;-)
I like seeing kids riding transit instead of getting carted around by their parents in cars. By presenting itself as a symbol of independence, transit can become cool for the younger generation.
Now, the comparing the Subway to the Metro is like apples and oranges. While Metro is a regional/urban hybrid of a transit system, the NYC Subway can have multiple stops in a neighborhood, and in less autocentric communities is often a necessity. So seeing younger kids there is even more acceptable than it is here. For Metro, I think 10 is a perfect age, maybe much younger depending on how close they live to the core.
I don't see a particular threat against children in metro. As long as they can handle a delay or getting out on the wrong spot, they'll be fine.
I don't think I would be comfortable letting a kid younger than 6 ride alone. I'd say 8 or 9 is when I would expect most kids who grew up taking Metro to start riding alone. It depends on the child's capacity to make adjustments, his / her level of familiarity with the neighborhoods at either end of the journey, broadly with the geography he or she is traveling through, and with the mechanics of the system itself (eg how to use a smarttrip, where to stand on the escalator, how to find the correct exit).
I think it's important to note that at 13, this kid is just three years removed from being able to operate a motor vehicle, an act that for a teen is about the most dangerous imaginable. Personally, that weighs heavily in my analysis of how old is old enough to ride metro alone, and leads me to think 13 should be well beyond ready for such a responsibility.
1) Maturity / street smarts of the child
2) Time of the day
3) Where on metro
4) Familiarity of child with metro
Generally, 10 - 14 years old for most youngsters.
The first time I rode the Metro alone was at the end of my sophomore year (I was 15) and I still needed a ride to Glenmont. I think my friends and I went to Union Station and saw a movie. There really wasn't much to walk to in my neighborhood (the nearest shopping center was a 45 minute walk) and my mother was nervous about letting me out of the house alone, so I begrudgingly accepted rides from her and later my friends when they started driving.
Anyway, it's probably a good idea to start with a short trip (say, Glenmont to Silver Spring and back) just so your parents know you can get back in one piece. Then try making it an errand or an activity ("I'm going to take the Metro to Silver Spring, walk to see a movie, then come home.") This might defeat the purpose of going alone, but does the kid have a friend or older sibling or cousin they could ride the train with once or twice? That might help the parents feel a little better and "ease" them into letting their kid ride alone.
I rode on the metro every day to and from private school, which included a transfer at Gallery Place, starting in 9th grade. Probably starting in 7th grade, my parents let me ride the red line by myself as long as no transfers were involved (i.e. from school [Woodley Park] to my mom's office [Farragut North]).
For parents who let their kids ride the Metro, how much money do you put on their SmarTrip cards? $20? I can't imagine a kid carrying a card with $50 or more in value around in their backpack...
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Why not? Can they spend it on candy? No.
Are there many robberies in metro? No.
Can they loose it? Sure, but then you can get your money back if it was a registered card.
So, why not?
I'm not too worried about loss or theft, as it's registered. Frankly, if something's being stolen from her at school, that's an issue we'd be dealing with directly at the school.
As an aside, this would be another reason it would be incredibly helpful if SmartTrip was like EZ Pass and automatically added money as needed. You know, like they've had available for a decade now and Metro can't seem to figure out how to do it...
When I was 14, I had finished an academic competition at Banneker HS (we lived in northern VA, but 3-4 miles from the nearest metro), and my parents refused to let me walk a few blocks to get on the metro at Shaw/Howard U (this was in the early 90s), instead forcing me to wait outside for over an hour for them to drive in and pick me up, because their preconceived notion was that the green line was dangerous. I felt embarrassed around the Banneker folks who were nice enough to stick around, because I knew the truth, and they summed it up best - the biggest danger that clear saturday was being divebombed by seagulls.
Perhaps a trip to a place that EG will regularly travel, but perhaps is unfamiliar to his mother, *with EG leading the way* would help everyone out a bit.
My neighbor's son is 10. In the morning she drops him off at the metro station and he takes green line to school. In the evening he takes the bus home. I asked him how he was enjoying commuting alone. He says he feels more grown up and he enjoys it looking out the window. My neighbor said she was nervous at first, but he wanted to give him some independence. He's only allowed to go between school and home.
As for understanding the metro system, some of these young people know it better than adults. A former co-workers son, who was 8 at the time, was OBSESSED with WMATA. He could name the metro stations in order for every single line.
It all comes down to the maturity level of the kid. My advice to the young man is:
1) Are you showing your parents you are responsible in other aspects of your life? Growing up the more responsible I was around the house and at school, the more independence my parents gave me.
2)Perhaps on the weekend your parents can shadow you (i.e. ride in a different car) so they can feel more comfortable with your knowledge of the system.
by Veronica O. Davis (Ms V) on Sep 13, 2012 5:25 pm • link • report
But this freedom went hand-in-hand with responsibility. I was doing my own laundry as soon as I could reach the dials on the washing machine, made myself breakfast and got ready for school every day, and did my housecleaning chores and my homework without being prompted, all going back as far as I can remember. I've been wearing glasses since I was in first grade, and in contrast to all of my classmates who were always losing or 'forgetting' their glasses, I never lost mine and wore them every day religiously.
Because of my parents beliefs, they raised me to be responsible. And in turn, I showed them that I WAS responsible, and so they weren't worried that I would get into trouble with it.
My advice to the 13-year-old would be to show your parents that you are responsible, in every way that you aren't doing now. If you procrastinate doing homework, stop that. Do it all, the minute you get home. Don't forget your books or to study for a test. If you notice some weeds need pulling in the yard, go out and do it, without being asked. Clean out the garage, clean the house, help get dinner ready. When you are going somewhere with your parents, help navigate. If you are in the car, grab a map and show them you know how to get places by reading it and giving them directions. If you are on the Metro with them, ask them to let you lead the way (including buying tickets and where to go when you reach your stop). On the way home, ask your mom (and other adults) to get off a stop early and let you continue on the rest of the way home by yourself.
It's baby steps but you'll show your mom you know how to handle things.
But then, when I was in junior high, my parents divorced, and my mom's job didn't allow her to drive us to or from school. So we had to walk. It was about a mile to the junior high for me, but she made that same walk at that same age, and so she decided I could handle it (my brother was still in elementary school, which was only 2 blocks away, and he walked, too, but a much shorter distance with lots of other kids making the same walk and crossing guards and teachers along the whole route because we were so close). One day, some creepy dude started following me, and I noticed. But, between good common sense and lots of "stranger danger" training, I knew what to do and decided that I needed to duck into a drug store along my route, and if he followed me, to tell the cashier that I was in trouble. Before I got into the drug store, another observant police officer saw him following me and cut him off, but I still went into the drug store to be safe while the officer dealt with the guy. The officer came in to talk to me after he dealt with the guy, and again drove me the last few blocks home. But this time, he told my grandmother, who was responsible for us when we got home, how smart I was to duck into that store, and that I had told him that if the guy followed me I would have told the cashier I needed help, and that I was clearly a responsible, aware kid by my response (of course my grandmother's initial response to finding me at the door with a police officer was horror that I had done something bad, but she was relieved and had lots of nice things to say when he explained what had happened...both to me for knowing what to do and him for seeing what was happening as he drove by). BECAUSE OF THAT INCIDENT, my mom learned to trust me, and I could go anywhere and do anything, within reason (be home by curfew, let her know where I was going and with who, stick to main streets where possible, etc.).
Given these experiences, I'd say that letting your parents know that you know how to navigate Metro and what to do under normal circumstances (no horseplay!) and in case there's danger (stay away from bad situations, ask for help from the right people if you need it, these days carry a cell phone) is most important. If your parents are reluctant, start small! Maybe convince them to let you ride in a different car than them to show that you CAN do this. Convince them to let you go somewhere only a few blocks away (store, friend's, library, park, etc.) alone and be responsible about it. Trust is earned, so go forth and earn it!
And of course I have to say kudos to the police in two different towns for watching out for kids. I can't imagine that it was pure coincidence that, in two different cities, years apart, police were around and being observant along routes that kids frequently took to and from school. I'm thankful they were there and ready to help when I needed them, more so the second time than the first (the high school kids were just being, ahems, and wouldn't have hurt us in the first incident...I don't know WHAT that guy in jr. high had in mind, well, I can guess, but it seems odd to try and execute it on a busy, commercial street, and I know it wasn't good).
by get more information on Sep 14, 2012 1:45 am • link • report
I would say that if you are showing responsibility and helping your parents see that, plus using a lot of the tips above, then you should be ok.
As an aside, good transit will be an benefit for our daughter even after 16 because, frankly, my wife and I feel that's too young for a driver's license and the responsibility of driving and owning a car. (Though my wife got a license at 16, I didn't get a license until age 25. And we don't own a car.) If the law hasn't changed by then, our daughter still isn't getting a license until at least age 18, regardless of where we're living.
I can't say I would have made the same choice if I had been the parent. Thinking about it today, almost 30 years later, things have changed a lot in the world and I think it's a much less safe place for kids than it was 30 years ago.
I think way too many kids run the risk of getting abducted by child molesters or kidnappers or getting mugged, especially on DC Metro. Thefts are rising, especially of electronic devices, so if you think your kids safe just cause you sent him/her out there with a cellphone, think again.
I tend to think of the bus as safer. Here's why--on a bus, your child will most likely interact with about 10-200 people max, depending on how crowded the bus is, if it's rush hour and how populated that bus route is.
In the Metro system, even with the variables, your child is exposed to a much larger group of people at a time, especially if she/he is using Metro Center, Gallery Place or L'Enfant Plaza during rush hours. I mean now we are talking exposure to thousands of folks, versus a few hundred.
The chances of them coming into contact with a predator or thief go up 1,000 fold.
So, maybe I'm over the top, but if I was a parent of a teenager today, I would say that I would not allow my 13 year old to use the system ALONE. If she/he was with a group of 3 or more friends of the same age, then yes. Safety in numbers. But alone, no way.
I'm sure I'm in the minority on this one.
Objective statistics say exactly the opposite. Crime rates are much lower than they were 30 years ago. The world is a much safer place than it used to be. Despite that, people still feel like it's more dangerous. But that's an irrational misperception: the reality is that it's much safer.
I had all of my summer jobs in DC, so I had to catch the Metro to get there. Since my parents didn't drive to work, it wasn't like they were going to drive me. And as a typical teenager, I was not getting up earlier than I had to to ride with them.
I lived right on the edge of city, but went to school in the suburbs. I recognized even then that I had much more freedom than my friends in middle and high school by having access to the subway. And my parents had a ready answer when I was "bored" that usually started with "Take the subway" and ended with museum, zoo, other free stuff to do in DC. Most of my friends didn't get that freedom until they were 16 and had a driver's license.
No cellphone (and if you're going to give the kid a cell, make sure it's an obvious piece of crap -- one of my kid's fellow bus riders got mugged for his iphone and that was the end of his solo commute). No ipod/earbuds/games either. Nothing worth stealing and nothing that's a distraction.
For a school commute, parent also needs to trust that the kid (a) won't fall asleep while riding and (b) won't leave stuff (sports bag, musical instrument, backpack) behind.
A subruban kid needs to stay away from the doors where those incidents happen and not get so involved in their electronics that they look like an easy mark.
It's not a reason to avoid the Metro, kids can run into the same kinds of kids at school, even in the nicest neighborhoods, it's a part of a life education.
Frankly, Given the incredible degree of security, on WMATA, I'd say any 5th or 6th grader could ride the subway without any issue.
Now what happens on the ends, is another matter. A station like Falls Church or Clarendon is just as safe as can be, but, a station in Anacostia or Benning Rd Blue Line, is a little sporty.
That said, there are children growing up all around this city, and frankly, they would be better off if they could get a little street smarts and a little toughness. DC schools have very few busses, the kids walk or ride Metro and the Bus, if Arlington, Alexandria, Inner Montgomery and Inner Fairfax could do that, it would increase the service utilization and teach the kids some independent living skills.
I know of 21 year old kids who can't emotionally ride the bus.
It really does depend on the person, but speaking to the kid directly: i echo other here in saying, show that you can handle the responsibility by creating a plan. how will you get to the metro? how will you get home? what time? what station will you be going to? where are you going from there? create a map showing the route you'll take fromt he station to your destination. create your own plan of what to do if something goes wrong - what will you do if the metro breaks or has delays? will you leave the station and call your parent? do you have emergency phone numbers memorized in case your phone breaks/dies/gets stolen? Having the plan in place will help you in general, but thinking it up yourself and presenting it shows that you have the maturity to acknowledge that things can go wrong and the foresight to plan for them. and it shows that if something unexpected happens that you have the ability to figure out what to do on your own.
@Rob wrote: Objective statistics say exactly the opposite. Crime rates are much lower than they were 30 years ago. The world is a much safer place than it used to be. Despite that, people still feel like it's more dangerous. But that's an irrational misperception: the reality is that it's much safer.
Which is why I used the words "I think" in my post. :) I was not saying I knew or could prove. Just that my perception, as a possible parent in this scenario, was that it was less safe.
Also, would love to see actual links to studies that back up what you write. URLs?
Crime rates are much lower than they were 30 years ago. The world is a much safer place than it used to be. Despite that, people still feel like it's more dangerous.
My theory is that this is a function of the nationalization (if not internationalization) of "local news". Thirty years ago, if some child was kidnapped in New Mexico, you'd never hear about it. Now such stories get airplay nationally on outlets like CNN and Fox. Well, as long as the child is white, that is.
I realize it's an old topic, but we're considering moving and are wondering if our almost-11 y.o. would be able to take the metro by herself to school next year. Obviously, we would "train" her and we/she think she's fully capable of doing it.
Are there official, legal guidelines as to what parents can do with children depending on age?
For example:
6 y.o.: go to a neighbor's house without crossing street
8 y.o.: drive bicycle around the block without crossing, can be home alone for 30 minutes max
10 y.o.: take public transportation without change, walk to school if less than 5 blocks, can be left home alone for 2 hours max
Any advice would be appreciated,
Nico (Dupont Circle too :)
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|WikiProject Microsoft Windows / Computing
|(Rated Start-class, Top-importance)
- 1 Version 4.5?
- 2 32-bit operating system
- 3 Windows NT and its lessening of its microkernel architecture
- 4 "the fourth major release"
- 5 Security section
- 6 Hardware support
- 7 Too many gaming references
- 8 Desktop Update
- 9 NT 4 Screenshot.
- 10 workstation -> server
- 11 Discontinued categories
- 12 Overview section
- 13 Key people
- 14 Screenshot should be reverted (again)
Version 4.5?[edit]
As the Windows 3.x page omitted mention of version 3.11 (NOT the For Workgroups one!) This page doesn't mention Windows NT 4.5.
FYI, if you're a die-hard fan of Program Manager and File Manager and lament their non-existence in Windows 2000 and Windows XP, the PROGMAN.EXE and FILEMAN.EXE from NT 4.5 run perfectly in 2000 and XP. You get long filename support but no right mouse button support. All you need are those two EXE files, drop them into any directory in your Path and enter progman or fileman in Start> Run. :)
- There's no such thing called "Windows NT 4.5"; see Talk:Windows NT#Missing version? for details. --tyomitch 20:09, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
There is, its BackOffice server - the ancestor of Windows Small Business Server. It is NT4 + Some stuff like exchange and SQL. It identifies itself as 4.5 but it is not really a seperate version, its NT4 server under the hood.Contributions/22.214.171.124 (talk) 17:56, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
Yes, it was called Microsoft BackOffice Server 4.5, not Windows NT 4.5 - there was no such thing, hence no mention of it on this page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Djonesuk (talk • contribs) 22:01, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
32-bit operating system[edit]
Windows NT was a "32-bit operating system" for the Intel 386 and derivatives, earlier PowerPCs, and early MIPS; but it was a 64-bit operating system for the DEC Alphas, which were 64-bit processors from the start.—Kbolino 09:16, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
No. Windows NT was not 64-bit on Alpha in any meaningful way, so in a moment I'll "Be Bold" and fix that. In some places NT applications on Alpha needed to use a 64 bit register to store an address, but Microsoft's own documentation is clear that only the bottom 32 bits may be used. I understand it's important to cite references, but obviously I'm just going to delete the incorrect part of the page leaving nothing to reference, so I'll just say that the July 1998 editon of the Microsoft Systems Journal http://www.microsoft.com/msj/0798/hood0798.aspx is one of many places which mentions this. — 18.104.22.168 17:03, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Come on, silly-buns! There is currently no information in the article stating what architectures Windows NT 4.0 supports! dreddnott 06:50, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
It supported 4: PowerPC (yes, really.), x86, Mips, and Alpha (except for a certain class). If you can get your hands on the NT 4 disc it's printed ON the disc - all four architecutres shipped on the same CD...
I have NT4 server and it only has x86, Alpha and MIPS. May be true for other versions though, i know PowerPC was planned for NT 3.51 but that never materialised due to delays —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 23:35, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
Windows NT and its lessening of its microkernel architecture[edit]
In version 4.0, Windows NT incorporated the GDI into the kernel in order to speed up the interface. Largely, this was to appease graphic designers. Colin Keigher 03:22, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
"the fourth major release"[edit]
Not sure how to re-word the first line (if an explanation of the ambiguity is needed in the article text or not, etc.), but it's the fourth significant release. Literally and technically speaking, it's the second major release (NT 3x, NT 4x, because there was no 1x/2x). I believe 'significant' was the intent of the original author.
- I would say it's the fourth release, period. Service Packs don't count. As you say, "major" software releases usually imply an increment of the major (first) version number. Letdorf 13:48, 28 June 2006 (UTC).
Either way its still the fourth.
NT Began at 3.1 And there was 3.5 and 3.51
So NT4.0 is the fourth release still.
184.108.40.206 (talk) 02:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Security section[edit]
It looks like the section titled "Security" is out of place. Its not very encyclopedic. It mentions one vulnerability only, and does not discuss NT4's security as a whole. I think that it should be re-written to cover more of NT 4.0's security, or removed. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 22:52, 29 December 2006 (UTC).
- I marked this as being confusing. I think it should also be rewritten, I don't understand the context in which this section is written. I agree the section should be re-written to discuss security issues within the platform as a whole. Lasdlt 18:55, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
- Please don't shoot me for being anonymous. I'll rewrite it, if you think it's better you can keep it, if not just revert it. I won't give any hassle if you do. -amp_man 26 June 2007
Hardware support[edit]
It is stated that NT 4.0 does not support USB, however, some drivers for USB devices were made available, such as for USB Mass Storage and USB HID. Maybe this should be mentioned? see http://www.everythingusb.com/windows_nt.html . Mallardtheduck 01:50, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Too many gaming references[edit]
Windows NT was never designed for gaming, said references in the opening of this article should be removed or redelegated elsewhere.Scott 110 05:38, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
Desktop Update[edit]
The article should mention the "desktop update" for Windows NT, which came with internet explorer 4.0. This update provided a very nice update to the Windows NT shell, making it as user-friendly as the Windows 98 shell. It allowed for context menus when you right-click the start menu, added the "QuickLaunch" toolbar to Windows NT, allowed for Active Desktop, and updated the windows file manager.
IE4 is not available on the Microsoft website, but you can find it in various places, like the Windows NT Option Pack CD, Windows 95 C OSR2.5 CD, the Outlook 98 CD, or the Visual Basic 6.0 CD.
Download IE6 SP1, and get the IEAK (IE Administration Kit). Using that you can build a customised version of IE6 that includes the desktop update and all patches suitable for IE6 on NT4
NT 4 Screenshot.[edit]
Maybe it would be better if the NT 4 screenshot was of the Workstation version and ot of server. Just a thought.
CodenameCueball 10:22, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
They are basically identical, just the workstation one has a blue background image with the old style windows "flag" logo instead of the white backoffice/windows server system "swoosh" one that server has. Terminal Server uses a naff black background. Otherwise they are identical except server has some management tools.
workstation -> server[edit]
I seem to remember some stuff that went on around the release about how by doing some registry mods, you could basically convert NT4 WS to Server. In fact I seem to remember O'Rielly being pretty involved in "exposing" this. Anyone think this is noteworthy and know the details? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sabalon (talk • contribs)
- The details are on O'Reilly and are linked to on Wikipedia from the Mark Russinovich page. It would make more sense to link to them from here. 188.8.131.52 (talk) 14:34, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Discontinued categories[edit]
This page belongs in Category:Discontinued versions of Microsoft Windows, not directly in Category:Discontinued Microsoft software. This version's lack of popularity does not justify otherwise. - Josh (talk | contribs) 20:15, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
- Just FYI, this has been fixed. — Wenli (reply here) 02:12, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Overview section[edit]
The overview section is basically a straw man comparison with Windows 95. Firstly, this is like lamenting the Ferarri F40 as sadly lacking compared to a Nissan Versa, because the former doesn't have an in car entertainment system. More importantly the overview should be just that, an over view. Djonesuk (talk) 21:56, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Agreed. The current contents of Overview should be renamed to Comparison with Windows 95 and replaced. Atomice (talk) 13:32, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
Key people[edit]
Where are they in the article? I mean, the development personal? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wintceas (talk • contribs) 02:52, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
Screenshot should be reverted (again)[edit]
An edit war regarding the main screenshot for this article ended with the new, non-default (custom themed) image, remaining, and the inability for a non-administrator to revert to a prior revision. Can we get a consensus to restore the original image here? Mdrnpndr (talk) 02:02, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
- The version we have isn't "non-default". Windows NT 4.0 uses those high-colour icons on systems with support for them. —ajf (talk) 13:05, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
- @User:Ajfweb, it is most certainly non-default. Those icons are never used automatically on any version of Windows – you have to go and choose the theme manually. Furthermore, the icon style clashes horribly with the networking icon, which isn't themed. Mdrnpndr (talk) 22:53, 18 May 2016 (UTC)
- @Mdrnpndr: Ugly as they are, the Windows 95 Plus! pack added these as the high-colour variants of the "normal" icons. They aren't a separate theme, they're part of the icon data. In fact, Windows NT 4.0, so far as I know, does not support the Plus! pack themes. But NT 4.0 does incorporate the rest of the 95 Plus pack!, and as part of that, NT 4.0 does use high-colour icons by default. So if you install it on a system with driver support for high colour icons, you get them. Thus the screenshot. —ajf (talk) 14:38, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
- @User:Ajfweb, could you provide a link with more information on this? I'm still quite certain it doesn't switch the icons by default, but I remain open to being convinced otherwise.


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campaignContent(string apikey, string cid, bool for_archive)
Get the content (both html and text) for a campaign either as it would appear in the campaign archive or as the raw, original content
campaignCreate(string apikey, string type, array options, array content, array segment_opts, array type_opts)
Create a new draft campaign to send.
campaignDelete(string apikey, string cid)
Delete a campaign.
campaignEcommOrderAdd(string apikey, array order)
Attach Ecommerce Order Information to a Campaign.
campaignPause(string apikey, string cid)
Pause an AutoResponder or RSS campaign from sending
campaignReplicate(string apikey, string cid)
Replicate a campaign.
campaignResume(string apikey, string cid)
Resume sending an AutoResponder or RSS campaign
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Schedule a campaign to be sent in the future
campaignScheduleBatch(string apikey, string cid, string schedule_time, int num_batches, int stagger_mins)
Schedule a campaign to be sent in batches sometime in the future.
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Allows one to test their segmentation rules before creating a campaign using them
campaignSendNow(string apikey, string cid)
Send a given campaign immediately.
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Send a test of this campaign to the provided email address
campaignShareReport(string apikey, string cid, array opts)
Get the URL to a customized VIP Report for the specified campaign and optionally send an email to someone with links to it.
campaignTemplateContent(string apikey, string cid)
Get the HTML template content sections for a campaign.
campaignUnschedule(string apikey, string cid)
Unschedule a campaign that is scheduled to be sent in the future
campaignUpdate(string apikey, string cid, string name, mixed value)
Update just about any setting for a campaign that has not been sent.
campaigns(string apikey, array filters, int start, int limit, string sort_field, string sort_dir)
Get the list of campaigns and their details matching the specified filters
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campaignAbuseReports(string apikey, string cid, string since, int start, int limit)
Get all email addresses that complained about a given campaign
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Retrieve the text presented in our app for how a campaign performed and any advice we may have for you - best suited for display in customized reports pages.
campaignAnalytics(string apikey, string cid)
Retrieve the Google Analytics data we've collected for this campaign.
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Retrieve the most recent full bounce message for a specific email address on the given campaign.
campaignBounceMessages(string apikey, string cid, int start, int limit, string since)
Retrieve the full bounce messages for the given campaign.
campaignClickStats(string apikey, string cid)
Get an array of the urls being tracked, and their click counts for a given campaign
campaignEcommOrders(string apikey, string cid, int start, int limit, string since)
Retrieve the Ecommerce Orders tracked by campaignEcommOrderAdd()
campaignEepUrlStats(string apikey, string cid)
Retrieve the tracked eepurl mentions on Twitter
campaignEmailDomainPerformance(string apikey, string cid)
Get the top 5 performing email domains for this campaign.
campaignGeoOpens(string apikey, string cid)
Retrieve the countries and number of opens tracked for each.
campaignGeoOpensForCountry(string apikey, string cid, string code)
Retrieve the regions and number of opens tracked for a certain country.
campaignHardBounces(string apikey, string cid, int start, int limit)
DEPRECATED Get all email addresses with Hard Bounces for a given campaign
campaignMembers(string apikey, string cid, string status, int start, int limit)
Get all email addresses the campaign was sent to
campaignSoftBounces(string apikey, string cid, int start, int limit)
DEPRECATED Get all email addresses with Soft Bounces for a given campaign
campaignStats(string apikey, string cid)
Given a list and a campaign, get all the relevant campaign statistics (opens, bounces, clicks, etc.)
campaignUnsubscribes(string apikey, string cid, int start, int limit)
Get all unsubscribed email addresses for a given campaign
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campaignClickDetailAIM(string apikey, string cid, string url, int start, int limit)
Return the list of email addresses that clicked on a given url, and how many times they clicked
campaignEmailStatsAIM(string apikey, string cid, array email_address)
Given a campaign and email address, return the entire click and open history with timestamps, ordered by time
campaignEmailStatsAIMAll(string apikey, string cid, int start, int limit)
Given a campaign and correct paging limits, return the entire click and open history with timestamps, ordered by time, for every user a campaign was delivered to.
campaignNotOpenedAIM(string apikey, string cid, int start, int limit)
Retrieve the list of email addresses that did not open a given campaign
campaignOpenedAIM(string apikey, string cid, int start, int limit)
Retrieve the list of email addresses that opened a given campaign with how many times they opened
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ecommOrderAdd(string apikey, array order)
Import Ecommerce Order Information to be used for Segmentation.
ecommOrderDel(string apikey, string store_id, string order_id)
Delete Ecommerce Order Information used for segmentation.
ecommOrders(string apikey, int start, int limit, string since)
Retrieve the Ecommerce Orders for an account
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folderAdd(string apikey, string name, string type)
Add a new folder to file campaigns or autoresponders in
folderDel(string apikey, int fid, string type)
Delete a campaign or autoresponder folder.
folderUpdate(string apikey, int fid, string name, string type)
Update the name of a folder for campaigns or autoresponders
folders(string apikey, string type)
List all the folders for a user account
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gmonkeyActivity(string apikey)
Retrieve all Activity (opens/clicks) for Golden Monkeys over the past 10 days
gmonkeyAdd(string apikey, string id, array email_address)
Add Golden Monkey(s)
gmonkeyDel(string apikey, string id, array email_address)
Remove Golden Monkey(s)
gmonkeyMembers(string apikey)
Retrieve all Golden Monkey(s) for an account
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campaignsForEmail(string apikey, string email_address, array options)
Retrieve all Campaigns Ids a member was sent
chimpChatter(string apikey)
Return the current Chimp Chatter messages for an account.
generateText(string apikey, string type, mixed content)
Have HTML content auto-converted to a text-only format.
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Retrieve lots of account information including payments made, plan info, some account stats, installed modules, contact info, and more.
getVerifiedDomains(string apikey)
Retrieve all domains verification records for an account
inlineCss(string apikey, string html, bool strip_css)
Send your HTML content to have the CSS inlined and optionally remove the original styles.
listsForEmail(string apikey, string email_address)
Retrieve all List Ids a member is subscribed to.
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"Ping" the MailChimp API - a simple method you can call that will return a constant value as long as everything is good.
searchCampaigns(string apikey, string query, int offset, string snip_start, string snip_end)
Search all campaigns for the specified query terms
searchMembers(string apikey, string query, string id, int offset)
Search account wide or on a specific list using the specified query terms
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listAbuseReports(string apikey, string id, int start, int limit, string since)
Get all email addresses that complained about a given campaign
listActivity(string apikey, string id)
Access up to the previous 180 days of daily detailed aggregated activity stats for a given list
listBatchSubscribe(string apikey, string id, array batch, boolean double_optin, boolean update_existing, boolean replace_interests)
Subscribe a batch of email addresses to a list at once.
listBatchUnsubscribe(string apikey, string id, array emails, boolean delete_member, boolean send_goodbye, boolean send_notify)
Unsubscribe a batch of email addresses to a list
listClients(string apikey, string id)
Retrieve the clients that the list's subscribers have been tagged as being used based on user agents seen.
listGrowthHistory(string apikey, string id)
Access the Growth History by Month for a given list.
listInterestGroupAdd(string apikey, string id, string group_name, int grouping_id)
Add a single Interest Group - if interest groups for the List are not yet enabled, adding the first group will automatically turn them on.
listInterestGroupDel(string apikey, string id, string group_name, int grouping_id)
Delete a single Interest Group - if the last group for a list is deleted, this will also turn groups for the list off.
listInterestGroupUpdate(string apikey, string id, string old_name, string new_name, int grouping_id)
Change the name of an Interest Group
listInterestGroupingAdd(string apikey, string id, string name, string type, array groups)
Add a new Interest Grouping - if interest groups for the List are not yet enabled, adding the first grouping will automatically turn them on.
listInterestGroupingDel(string apikey, int grouping_id)
Delete an existing Interest Grouping - this will permanently delete all contained interest groups and will remove those selections from all list members
listInterestGroupingUpdate(string apikey, int grouping_id, string name, string value)
Update an existing Interest Grouping
listInterestGroupings(string apikey, string id)
Get the list of interest groupings for a given list, including the label, form information, and included groups for each
listLocations(string apikey, string id)
Retrieve the locations (countries) that the list's subscribers have been tagged to based on geocoding their IP address
listMemberActivity(string apikey, string id, array email_address)
Get the most recent 100 activities for particular list members (open, click, bounce, unsub, abuse, sent to)
listMemberInfo(string apikey, string id, array email_address)
Get all the information for particular members of a list
listMembers(string apikey, string id, string status, string since, int start, int limit, string sort_dir)
Get all of the list members for a list that are of a particular status.
listMergeVarAdd(string apikey, string id, string tag, string name, array options)
Add a new merge tag to a given list
listMergeVarDel(string apikey, string id, string tag)
Delete a merge tag from a given list and all its members.
listMergeVarReset(string apikey, string id, string tag)
Completely resets all data stored in a merge var on a list.
listMergeVarUpdate(string apikey, string id, string tag, array options)
Update most parameters for a merge tag on a given list.
listMergeVars(string apikey, string id)
Get the list of merge tags for a given list, including their name, tag, and required setting
listStaticSegmentAdd(string apikey, string id, string name)
Save a segment against a list for later use.
listStaticSegmentDel(string apikey, string id, int seg_id)
Delete a static segment.
listStaticSegmentMembersAdd(string apikey, string id, int seg_id, array batch)
Add list members to a static segment.
listStaticSegmentMembersDel(string apikey, string id, int seg_id, array batch)
Remove list members from a static segment.
listStaticSegmentReset(string apikey, string id, int seg_id)
Resets a static segment - removes all members from the static segment.
listStaticSegments(string apikey, string id)
Retrieve all of the Static Segments for a list.
listSubscribe(string apikey, string id, string email_address, array merge_vars, string email_type, bool double_optin, bool update_existing, bool replace_interests, bool send_welcome)
Subscribe the provided email to a list.
listUnsubscribe(string apikey, string id, string email_address, boolean delete_member, boolean send_goodbye, boolean send_notify)
Unsubscribe the given email address from the list
listUpdateMember(string apikey, string id, string email_address, array merge_vars, string email_type, boolean replace_interests)
Edit the email address, merge fields, and interest groups for a list member.
listWebhookAdd(string apikey, string id, string url, array actions, array sources)
Add a new Webhook URL for the given list
listWebhookDel(string apikey, string id, string url)
Delete an existing Webhook URL from a given list
listWebhooks(string apikey, string id)
Return the Webhooks configured for the given list
lists(string apikey, array filters, int start, int limit, string sort_field, string sort_dir)
Retrieve all of the lists defined for your user account
|Security Related Methods
apikeyAdd(string username, string password, string apikey)
Add an API Key to your account.
apikeyExpire(string username, string password, string apikey)
Expire a Specific API Key.
apikeys(string username, string password, string apikey, boolean expired)
Retrieve a list of all MailChimp API Keys for this User
|Template Related Methods
templateAdd(string apikey, string name, string html)
Create a new user template, NOT campaign content.
templateDel(string apikey, int id)
Delete (deactivate) a user template
templateInfo(string apikey, int tid, string type)
Pull details for a specific template to help support editing
templateUndel(string apikey, int id)
Undelete (reactivate) a user template
templateUpdate(string apikey, int id, array values)
Replace the content of a user template, NOT campaign content.
templates(string apikey, array types, array inactives, string category)
Retrieve various templates available in the system, allowing some thing similar to our template gallery to be created.


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In case you missed out on the Black Friday Shoe Deals, you can get the same (if not even better) deals online today! We've compiled a list of ten (10) Cyber Monday Deals for our favorite online shoe stores"¦ 1. 6pm.com Offers valid 11/29 - 12/03: Reebok EasyTones only $39.95 85%+ off Donald J Pliner Shoes 70%+ off Tsubo Shoes 70%+ off New Balance Shoes Nine West Shoes $39.95 or less Romantic Soles $24.95 or less LifeStride Shoes only $16.95 2. Endless.com $30 off $100, … [Read more...]
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Last night I was cleaning my closet and was swapping out the summer shoes for winter shoes. Just for the fun of it, I decided to count how many pairs of shoes I had. Well, I came up with 71 and 1/2, yep 1/2. I seem to be missing one of my black boots. You know what that means - I need to buy another pair. This Life Stride Susan Boot comes the closest to what I had. It's 2 inch heel is just right height for me. Available from ShoeBuy.com The Susan boot has a man-made upper with a trendy … [Read more...]
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I attended a Halloween Oktoberfest party and was quite camera happy (schnapps may have been involved). Since brown mules seem to be my absolute favorite shoes, I asked two of the guests if I could take pics of their shoes. The pic on the left is of LifeStride brown mules and the pic on the right is of Tommy Hilfiger brown clogs (they went perfect with her German Beer Maiden Costume). Hope your Halloween was as spectacular! [phpbay]clogs, 2[/phpbay] … [Read more...]
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Bryan Anderson
Bryan Douglas Anderson
Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Born: December 16, 1986 in Thousand Oaks, CA
High School: Simi Valley HS (Simi Valley, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 2005 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 2005. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 2010 (Age 23.120, 17,310th in MLB history) vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Rookie Status: Still Intact through 2017 [*]
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/WhiteSox/Athletics 2010-2015
2017 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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: Nineteen patients were examined for cervical spondylotic myelopathy with magnetic resonance imaging. Pre- and postoperative magnetic resonance scans were obtained in most cases. Surgical confirmation of the pathological condition was obtained for all 19 patients. On the T2-weighted scans, there was increased signal intensity within the spinal cord at the point of maximal compression. The exact cause of the increased signal intensity on the T2-weighted images is not known, but is suspected to represent edema, inflammation, vascular ischemia, myelomalacia, or gliosis. The increased signal intensity diminished postoperatively in the patients who improved clinically, and remained the same or increased in those whose conditions remained unchanged or worsened after decompression. The authors suggest that these T2-weighted images carry prognostic significance. (Neurosurgery 26:217-227, 1990)
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Published on August 22, 2014
Jennifer Bird and her family wait for the "You Are Not Alone" Suicide Awareness Walk to start outside the E.A. Rawlinson Centre in Prince Albert on Friday.
Herald photo by Jodi Schellenberg
Published on August 22, 2014
One of the organizers of the Suicide Awareness Walk, Kimberley Beatty, helps register people for the three-day trek to Montreal Lake.
Herald photo by Jodi Schellenberg
Published on August 22, 2014
There was lots of support shown for the Suicide Prevention Walk, including many community leaders from the area.
Herald photo by Jodi Schellenberg
When a group of young people lost a friend to suicide last December, they didn't know where to turn in their grief at first.
A group of five young Montreal Lake women, who call themselves Youth Creating Change, decided to put on the "You Are Not Alone" Suicide Awareness Walk.
"We wanted to do something about it because we have always been very close knitted so we are wanting to show people that suicide is real and it is something that is taboo," Kimberley Beatty said. "It is not a subject people talk about. We wanted to make it aware that you can talk about it -- if you are feeling depressed, if you are feeling sad, then we are here to talk, we are here to listen."
Their friend, Bridget Charles, was a mother of two and a close-knit part of the group.
"Some of us talked to her on a daily basis," Beatty said. "There is a group of about eight or nine of us.
"We knew that she was depressed but we didn't know how much she was or how serious it was," she added. "It is taboo, no one ever really talks about it when they are feeling suicidal."
After Charles died, the girls all stuck together with one of them, Neeyanna Nelson, helping them all through a healthy grieving process.
"We stayed together, those three consecutive days," Beatty said. "We did slide show presentations and we wrote letters to her, regarding our best memory of her, our first memory of her and we put them in the casket with her."
The friends and family of Charles were not the only ones out remembering someone they lost -- Jennifer Bird and her family were at the walk in memory of her daughter, Vikki, who committed suicide at 15 years old.
"She was in pain," Bird said. "Her uncle passed away, my brother, in 2011 and her best friend a few days later."
It was a tragic set of circumstances for Vikki, who was supposed to be hanging out with her best friend, who was a victim of a hit and run.
Not only did two people close to her die, Vikki was also a diabetic, her mother said.
"I had gone through counselling with her, took her to a counsellor about killing herself -- she kept saying she was going to kill herself because diabetes was 'going to kill me anyway,'" Bird said. "We made it for a few years and then all of a sudden this (happened)."
The day Vikki killed herself, Bird didn't know anything was wrong. She came home and her daughter seemed happy. Since Bird was tired, she went to bed but soon woke up thirsty.
"I went out to go drink water and I heard loud music downstairs," she said. "I went to go turn it off and thought maybe she fell asleep on it or something like that. When I went downstairs and turned and I found her hanging there.
"It is still hard. I'm just keeping my tears in."
She wants people who are suffering from depression to learn how to deal with pain and there to be more support for families and friends who have lost loved ones.
Since depression is often a warning sign before someone commits suicide, Bird said it is important people understand those who commit suicide are in pain.
"They are very ill," Bird said. "I got that from my therapist. She was very ill. It is a mental thing that drives them to take their own lives."
There isn't a day that goes by when Bird doesn't think about her daughter.
"She is still in our hearts -- everybody else too."
The Suicide Awareness Walk was being held not only to support families like Bird's but also to give more support to those with depression. Beatty said they had a couple of goals in mind.
"(We are) showing people that we're supportive of whoever needs to talk," she said. "There are community members -- even our age -- I know there are a lot of older people who do talk about it and they say they are there."
Although there are many adults willing to help, Beatty said she understand that often youth do not want to talk with someone older than them.
"You want to go to your peers and we want to show that there are people like that out there," Beatty said. "We want to maybe even encourage our peers to do the same thing, to be that listening ear."
The walk will take three days. It started in Prince Albert on Friday and were planning to go as far as the Township Road on the way to Montreal Lake. After camping, they will start again at 9 a.m. on Saturday, going as far as Clairne Lake.
The walk will continue on Sunday morning and finish in Montreal Lake with a paper lantern ceremony. More information about the walk can be found at www.facebook.com/youarenotaloneSAW
Since Montreal Lake is part of the Prince Albert Grand Council, they wanted to have an impact on more than just their immediate community, which is why they decided to do a three-day walk.
"It started off as a coffee session where we were just going to walk around the city limits and one of the members said, 'Well, why don't we walk from Montreal Lake to P.A.?'" Beatty said. "We ended up switching it around and taking the support back to our community."
The group of women also want to continue doing events in the future to continue raising awareness. Some ideas they are considering are a crisis hotline in their community, professional therapy session for youth, programming to target substance abuse, violence, bullying and self-esteem issues and to create a youth chief and council.
Bird is thankful the girls put on the walk to raise awareness and had one very important message for everyone suffering from depression and considering suicide.
"Don't do it, things will be alright in the future."


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(December 29, 2011), David Hogenkamp, ESF
In 1947, a new type of planned development was built in Hempstead, Long Island, redefining how we build and how our country- from the Deep South to the western deserts- would develop for the next half century. Levittown, New York, the first truly mass-produced suburb, was the first of four planned Levittown communities (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Puerto Rico). Though Nassau and Suffolk Counties have many picturesque, rail-served towns and village centers, pristine beaches and open space, the 1950's car-dependent Levittown is still, to this day, in the eyes of many, emblematic of Long Island.
Today, it is time to start putting the old Levittown image to rest. Under the stewardship of Empire State Future's allies, Vision Long Island and Sustainable Long Island, citizens and developers have changed their tune, focusing on the need for sustainability and the revival of main streets and town centers. This movement is not new. In fact, for the tenth year in a row Vision Long Island has brought together some of the island's most influential political, business and community leaders to talk smart growth in a yearly daylong summit. The November summit attracted over 1,000 participants and 50 elected officials!
Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) Top Plan Awardee
When Bruce Katz of The Brookings Institute, Joan McDonald, Commissioner of NYS Department of Transportation and Cesar Perales, Secretary of State, sat down as part of the statewide selection committee for the Regional Economic Development Councils, to listen to the presentations by each of the ten councils, what they heard from Long Island was a vision deeply invested in reviving the region's existing town centers and urbanized areas. The smart growth enthusiasm in the presentation was also matched in Long Island's Strategic Plan, which asserts that the time of the "one-size fits all" suburb is over and that the historic model was deeply tied to some of the region's endemic issues such as youth flight and racial segregation. In fact, Long Island's presenters even mentioned Smart Growth several times in their opening statements. Moreover, Long Island was not the only region to prominently identify the peril of suburban sprawl and the need for wise land use and downtown revitalization. "Top Plan Awardees"- selected by the Committee to receive an extra $40 million to implement their vision – Western New York and Central New York – also featured regionally appropriate smart growth.
What is smart growth in Long Island?
Regionally appropriate growth in Long Island is growth dependent on walkable downtowns and the Long Island Railroad (LIRR). With an average weekday ridership of 282,358—a figure greater than the total population of New York's second biggest city Buffalo (261,310)- the LIRR was appropriately identified as a beacon for future transit-oriented-development (TOD); residential, work, or mixed-use space that is built to utilize transit connections. TOD can be designed to accommodate households of different size, income-level and both owners and renters, creating attractive environments for youth, older singles and empty-nesters. As household size and the number of children per family (90% of new households formed by 2030 will have no children- ACS) continue to decrease, communities need to create housing and workspace that is attractive and compatible with the changing market. Placemaking that offers "nearer", "smaller" and more walkable environments, will be the route to economic success.
REDC Awards
In total sixty-six LI projects were awarded $101.6 million in funding from the REDC process. The Long Island plan incorporates over a quarter of the funding to specific examples of smart growth, with much of the remaining funding focused towards worthy goals such as affordable housing, workforce development and business retention. Just as important as the strong TOD investments, the plan predominantly stays clear of the proposals that perpetuate the "one size fits all" suburban model. Some of the best projects specifically interesting to smart growth advocates include:
Wyandanch Rising ($6 million): In the works for almost a decade, Wyandanch Rising is adjacent to the LIRR station, an hour from New York's Penn Station, in an economically depressed section of the town of Babylon. The project is part of a Brownfield Opportunity Area- an area wide brownfield planning effort. The site has been divided into development phases, with the first 40-acre phase calling for 750-1,050 dwellings as well as commercial space and civic amenities. Twenty percent of the units are required to be affordable. In 2010, the project received $14.66 million in low-interest financing for sewer infrastructure needed to support TOD development.
While Empire State Future generally opposes the use of public funds to extend sewer or water infrastructure into greenfields, the Wyandanch project and many of the other TOD projects on the island clearly align with smart growth criteria as they revitalize existing population center while promoting development organized around public transportation, serving as a model for the twenty-first century economy.
Ronkonkoma Hub ($4 million): This project involves the redevelopment of 50 acres just north of the Ronkonkoma LIRR Station in the Town of Brookhaven. The Ronkonkoma Station is the busiest on the Island. As detailed in a September 25, 2011 New York Times article, this new live-work-play development would replace stretches of blight.
The funds will be used to develop a regional sewage treatment plant that is necessary to handle future demand expected from the TOD project as well as the proposed expansion of nearby MacArthur Airport. Such use or reuse of existing infrastructure are investments that support smart growth goals.
Village of Hempstead Revitalization ($5 million): (See "Featured Photo") The newly awarded $5 million will assist in financing the necessary sewer improvements needed to spur growth in the Village of Hempstead, which has stated its intention to develop smarter. The community has selected a master developer in Renaissance Downtowns and Urban America, who will work from a bottom-up perspective to build a strong transit-oriented development.
Heartland Town Square Road Improvements ($2.5 million): The very dense, though auto-dependent, Heartland Town Square development utilizes the decommissioned Pilgrim State Psychiatric Facility campus in the town of Islip. The proposal includes over 9,000 residential units, 3 million square feet of office space, and 1 million square feet of retail. The development touts walkability and bikability and plans to reuse many of the existing buildings as affordable artist space as well as for other amenities. See the developer's video, recently showcased at the Vision Long Island Conference, here. The funds secured through the regional council process will be used for road improvements to facilitate the future construction of Heartland Town Square.
Other Notable Long Island REDC Awards:
- $3 million for a program to promote high-tech business to relocate to downtown Hicksville;
- $2.6 million to construct 36 affordable rental units in New Cassel;
- $1.3 million for Concern for Independent Living's Concern Amityville project to build 61 units of affordable housing for homeless people;
- $885,000 to build or rehabilitate 25 affordable homes for Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk;
- $500,000 to revitalize over 30 buildings and make streetscape improvements in downtown Oyster Bay;
- $100,000 to complete the Port Jefferson Village Harborwalk project for pedestrian access to the waterfront.
At Vision Long Island's recent Summit, concerned citizens, businesses and local leaders came together to share their desire on how to better their communities. Paired with the state's Regional Council effort, which in the first round provided some effective examples on how to tie infrastructure investment to smart and regionally appropriate growth, the Island may be poised for a new level of economic success. While indeed there still exists a strong-willed opposition to smart growth solutions, when the region came together to identify the strategy for the next five years, two things became very clear; smart growth will continue to be a key part of the answer and Long Islanders hope to lead the way.