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Liza Minnelli's former bodyguard and chauffeur has accused the singer of forcing him to have sex with her and is seeking more than $US100 million ($A132 million) in damages.
According to a six-page complaint filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, M'hammed Soumayah said that he was forced to have sexual relations with Minnelli.
He said he finally succumbed to her advances after repeated attempts and has evidence of a relationship.
A spokeswoman for Minnelli was not available for comment on the latest charges to surface in a civil suit that was filed against the entertainer last month. Mr Soumayah also claims he was beaten by Minnelli and subjected to her rages.
In an affidavit that was also unsealed yesterday, Minnelli said she would vigorously defend herself against his charges and said Mr Soumayah had caused her personal distress and pain by violating a confidentiality agreement. Her affidavit did not deal with Mr Soumayah's allegations about being forced to have sexual relations with her.
Mr Soumayah was hired as Minnelli's personal bodyguard and assistant in 1994 and was paid $238,000 a year. He wants $50 million from Minnelli for her "intentional assault and battery", another $50 million for sexual harassment and $89,000 in back wages.
In his complaint, Mr Soumayah said that throughout his employment, Minnelli "hit and assaulted" him. He said he tolerated the outbursts because he feared he would lose his job.
Earlier this week, Minnelli counter-sued and accused Mr Soumayah of breach of contract.
Minnelli's estranged husband, David Gest, is also suing her for $10 million, claiming she beat him during drunken rages. Minnelli has denied the claims and counter-sued, claiming Gest cheated her out of more than $2 million.
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La Sardina DIY Craft Session at Las Vegas POOL Tradeshow2012-08-10 Share Tweet
Hang out at our Lomography Lounge at Las Vegas' POOL, the leading arts and design-driven fashion tradeshow. We're offering a special discount on our La Sardina DIY edition, along with a crafting session to design your very own camera.
What: La Sardina DIY Craft Session
When: Monday, August 21, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Where: Lomography Lounge at POOL Tradeshow (address below)
We're excited to host our Lomography Lounge at Las Vegas' POOL, the leading arts and design-driven fashion tradeshow. Surrounded by the hustle and bustle of the fashion industry, there's nothing better than to unwind and get your creative juices flowing at our La Sardina DIY crafting session!
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Craig Burton made quite a stir at the Cloud Identity Summit last week with the assertion that "SAML is dead". His claim was made based on his conservative estimate of 28 million APIs in the future, one for every person and every device. The question, when does this occur? Ping's Patrick Harding was the first to say at the conference that OpenID Connect may one day be able to replace SAML. And new identity service, PingOne, allows a connect-once, federate-many architecture. But point-to-point SAML federation between enterprises is far from dead and growing daily. Like the COBOL programming language, I think it will be around for a long time.
Anyhow, long-time identian Dave Kearns felt inspired to poetry by the event:
- Dave Kearns: R.I.P. SAML
"My colleague, Craig Burton, caused quite a stir at the recent Cloud Identity Summit when he declared "SAML is dead". The Twitterverse exploded in comment. After reflecting for a few days, I'd like to add a bit of doggerel to the discussion. To the tune of "Poor Jud is Dead" (and with apologies to Oscar Hammerstein II):"
There were several other items of interest to the identity community:
- OIX: Respect Network Brings Together Neustar and Swisscom as Founding Partners of World's First Trusted Data Network
"Specifically, the Respect Network is the first network being built from the ground up to give people control of their personal data and the ability to realize that data's value. Unlike centralized social networks, the Respect Network is a decentralized, multi-provider network much like today's email or banking networks. Additional partners in the network include Kynetx, Gluu, The OpenXDI Project, Project Danube, The Customer's Voice, Planetwork, and Bitworld. Ctrl-Shift and the Searls Group have also joined as lead consulting partners."
[Mydex greets important Respect Networks news]
- Some of the OpenID Foundation Summit July 2012 videos available
"On July 16, 2012, we had OpenID Connect Interop and OpenID Foundation Summit in conjunction with the Cloud Identity Summit 2012, in Vail, Colo. Both sessions were very well attended. We decided to record some of the session. It was an on-the-fly decision, so not all session were recorded and some had glitches, but I hope it is better than nothing. So here they are!"
- Nat Sakamura: Requirements to Digital Identity back in 2004
"To prepare for the panel discussion at the Cloud Identity Summit 2012, I was looking back to my old blog posts. Then, I found this article "Requirements to Digital Identity" which was written back in 2004 in Japanese. Here is the translated version of it: (I have paraphrased them a bit to meet more modern terminologies.)"
- Gunnar Peterson: Assume a Secure Endpoint
"This is a snippet from my Cloud Identity Summit talk, there is an old physics saying- assume a spherical cow of uniform density. Thanks to Marcus Ranum we now have the infosec equivalent - "the endpoints we have so far never made any successful effort to secure, which we will assume forthwith to be secure.""
- Francois Lascelles: Returning from #CIS2012
"It's beautiful and quiet at Vail Cascade this morning. As I stepped outside, I'm pretty sure I saw SAML scurrying away into the trees. This is weird given this week's proclamations that SAML was dead. Although we won't be rid of SAML anytime soon, I do look forward to enterprise adoption of the new kid on the block: OpenID Connect. Easier federation, OpenID Connect-style is already common for consumer identity providers; enterprise identity providers should take note and follow suit. As a vendor of API Management infrastructure, it's up to us to enable the enterprise to better reach out to its target audience. I see support for OpenID Connect as a key component in achieving this today."
- Andrew Nash: The Identity Information Ecosystem is ready for Startups
"The challenge is that Google for a host of reasons has to play an enabling role in the Consumer Identity/Attribute Exchange world. It can help create the playground, but does not get to have fun playing on the swings or monkey bars. Other companies have to develop the new business models, value propositions, use cases and solutions that will advance Consumer Information sharing models. I have decided (somewhat sadly) it is time to move from Google for a consumer identity information startup (yes, I am the kid that liked to leap off the swing at the top of its arc)."
- Martin Kuppinger: SCIM and the Microsoft Graph API
"Kim Cameron recently blogged about his view on SCIM and the Microsoft Graph API. Kim explains his view as to why SCIM and the Microsoft Graph API, which is related to the WAAD (Windows Azure Active Directory), are complementary. That reminded me of two older posts in my own blog: in 2010 I posted about an idea which Microsoft unveiled at a PDC (Professional Developers Conference) called system.identity; and last year, after SCIM has been announced, I published some of my thoughts about SCIM. Even while I didn't focus explicitly on relationships in the second post but more on the management of entitlements, there is much about relationships in there implicitly. And when looking back at the concept of system.identity (which, from what I see, influenced WAAD and the Microsoft Graph API) it is also about a concept which is much more about dealing with relationships and the ability to model a more complex reality than simply access protocols via LDAP."
- The value of information - the reason for information security
"If you've ever struggled with finding the argument for an investment in information security, here it is: According to a survey recently published by Symantec, 40% of the worth of organizations is derived from the information they own. The link goes to a German site and the extract of that survey specific to Germany but the report is in English. The global version can be found here. There are other interesting numbers: 57% of the German respondents expect a loss of customers and 48% brand damage in case of a leak of information (and breach notification). The global numbers aren't that different. On a global basis, information is estimated to be 49% of the organizations total value, while 49% expect loss of customers and 47% brand damage in a data leak event."
- Jeff Hodges: RLBob: SUNet ID and the Registry and Directory Infrastructure
"Primary among RL "Bob" Morgan's (aka "RLBob") many contributions during his time at Stanford Networking Systems, was being a key visionary and instigator behind the Stanford University SUNet ID project, as well as the underlying Registry and Directory Infrastructure."
- John Fontana: Foundation gathering, open sourcing ID technology
"The OpenID Foundation introduces a message bus with identity capabilities as part of a plan to create venue where ID technology can be vetted, open sourced and made available to enterprises, Web site operators and others."
- John Fontana: Key mobile, API security spec set for IETF approval next week
"The OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework working group said Monday all outstanding questions on the spec have been answered and it is complete. The spec has been under review by the entire Internet Engineering Steering Group since April."
- Phil Windley: My Own URL Shortener
"Nobody likes link rot. Link rot breaks the Web. But in the age of Twitter, short URLs are a necessity. I think the best way to keep my short URLs from rotting is to take charge of the process myself. This post shows how I built a simple, reliable URL shortening service that runs under my control."
- How simple is an OpenID Connect Basic client?
"This is an updated post based on draft 20 the Basic Client Profile. Nat posted the original version in May. Update: David Christiansen has translated the example code to C# if you prefer. OpenID Connect provides a lot of advanced facilities to fulfill many additional features requested by the member community. It is full of features that go beyond basic Authentication. However, that does not mean that it cannot be used for the simple case for "Just Authentication". Using OpenID Connect for Authentication is quite simple. I will use the OpenID Connect Basic Client Profile to illustrate this."
- First NSTIC steering group meeting set for Aug. 15-16
"The private-sector group named last week to lead the effort to create a digital identity strategy known as NSTIC will hold its first meeting Aug. 15-16 in Chicago. In addition, the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) will name in early September the winners of its pilot program to participate in a pilot program."
[Bob Blakley, Citibank, issued a call to action for all identians to participate. He said, "This is what you've trained for all your life. This is your shot to apply your skill and expertise to something that will make a huge difference. Don't miss this opportunity."]
- Internet Identity Workshop XV #15 - 2012B
"Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 9:00 AM - Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 4:00 PM (PT)
Mountain View, CA"
- European Identity Conference 2012
"May 14 - 17, 2013 at the Dolce Ballhaus Forum Unterschleissheim, Munich/Germany, "
- Cloud Identity Summit 2013 is Heading to Napa Valley
"July 8-12, 2013 at the Meritage Resort"
[And, yes, they do allow cigar smoking around the fire pit.]
Cloud Computing
- Radovan SemanÄík: Clouds, Interfaces and Monsters
"Clouds are everywhere. We got pretty much used to that buzzword. Open API Economy is quite new. But it is almost the same. What seems to be the mantra behind "Cloud" and "Open API Economy" is: Do not do it yourself. Scrap whatever solution you have now and replace it with the magic service from the cloud. It is a perfect, easy, cheap and simple solution. Or ... is it?"
- OpenStack faces the terrible twos
"OpenStack turns two this week. That means the open-source project -- which fancies itself the Linux of the cloud -- is entering a critical stage of its development process."
Valuable Identity
- Leaders of major e-identity projects together to drive global federated identity management brought together by SSEDIC
"A landmark meeting of more than ten major e-identity (eID) initiatives in Europe and US has taken place in Paris this month to drive collaboration towards global federated identity management. The SSEDIC (Scoping the Single European Digital Identity Community) International Identity Initiatives Conference (SIIIC) was organised in Paris, prior to the EEMA European e-Identity Management Conference."


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Atlantic Monthly Publishes Ridiculous Story About "Censorship" of Emperor's Speech
The Atlantic Monthly's website has published an article by Michael McAteer that claims the Japanese media has "censored" remarks made by Emperor Akihito in a speech marking the anniversary of the March 11th disaster:
The remarks in question were:
"As this earthquake and tsunami caused the nuclear power plant accident, those living in areas designated as the danger zone lost their homes and livelihoods and had to leave the places they used to live. In order for them to live there again safely, we have to overcome the problem of radioactive contamination, which is a formidable task."
The remarks are not at all shocking. There is nothing that contradicts the official position of the Japanese government, which has repeatedly stated that the decontamination of the Fukushima exclusion zone will not be an easy task.
McAteer is either clueless or intentionally misrepresenting the situation:
While this statement may seem more obvious than radical to outsiders, underneath the Imperial-grade Japanese understatement were two ideas that have become quietly explosive. First, he seemed to suggest that the nuclear crisis is not over, a "formidable task" yet to be overcome. This noticeably contradicts the government's official stance that Fukushima has achieved a cold shutdown and, for all practical purposes, the crisis is over. Second, it implies that it is not yet safe for people to return to areas stricken with high levels of radiation, at least not before the "formidable task" is "overcome." This, again, contradicts the government's position that it is now safe for people to return to almost all areas and that neither Tokyo Electric Power Company nor the national government are obliged to assist in long term evacuations.
There is no contradiction of the government's position. The Fukushima exclusion zone remains an exclusion zone. There are still many areas where people are not allowed to return to their homes.
The central claim of the article is that the Japanese media "censored" the Emperor's speech:
Live daytime broadcasts of the event contained the whole speech and newspapers printed it in its entirety. But, by that evening, all of the major news programs aired edited versions of the speech without his nuclear comments, which also went unmentioned and undiscussed on the heavily watches news shows.
Rather than censorship, it is a reflection of how the news media works: live speeches get shown in their entirety, and later news broadcasts contain soundbites instead of the whole speech. The Emperor's remarks about the nuclear disaster were not controversial or newsworthy, so it is easy to understand why the media didn't focus on them.
There is also a failure to provide convincing evidence that the nation is in an "uproar" about the "censorship" of the speech. McAteer relies on just a few internet comments as evidence of Japanese public opinion.
McAteer's reporting has also been blasted in the comments section of his article:
"I think this entire story is an silly attempt to create something from nothing. I watched the Emperor's speech uncensored and uncut on NHK as they ran it live. Secondly, the "formidable task" bit is the Emperor simply talking about all the recovery and decontamination efforts that remain. There has been no "official government statement" that it's all safe to move back in (thousands remain evacuated) and suggesting the Emperor was referring directly to cold shutdown, rather than something more general, is just raw (and inaccurate) speculation by this author.
There is no uproar here, friends. A few tweets and a chatroom conversation on the day of the event simply don't count as the pulse of an entire society." – Scott T. Hards
"As this strangely composed article itself points out, "Live daytime broadcasts of the event contained the whole speech and newspapers printed it in its entirety." And the full text of the emperor's address remains available, in both English and Japanese, online.
Ultimately this piece can be boiled down to one phrase in the opening sentence: it's a description of some minor activism fermented in "online discussion boards and social media in Japan." It's not nearly as newsworthy as the citizen groups who protest in front of the TEPCO headquarters down the street from my office every single day, and their far more vigorous presence would hardly count as "Japan in uproar."
Strange article. Terrible headline. But I suppose "Right-of-center cranks meet like-minded souls on Twitter, shout in public about non-issue" wouldn't pull in the hits quite as well." – Peter Durfee
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Transpo Big Slings Life Lessons At New Grads
(New York, NY - WNYC) Readers of TN know that transportation is not just a way of life, it is the key to the meaning of life. And now the George Mason University Class of 2012 knows it, too, after listening to a commencement address by National Transportation Safety Board Chairwoman Deborah Hersman.
"Congratulations, Patriots," Hersman began, referring to the school's sports teams, before orienting her audience to the intensity of her job as head of the federal agency charged with showing up after a deadly crash and figuring out what happened.
"I have been at 19 major accident scenes and there is nothing - nothing - that makes the point about the importance of family and friends more than seeing how things change in the blink of an eye," she said. "You can send a loved one off on a routine trip and then nothing is ever routine again."
Her conclusion? "Treasure each day ... each moment ... each other."
In case that wasn't sobering enough, Hersman added this statistic: "Since I graduated from high school in 1988, more than 300,000 people have been killed in impaired driving accidents."
She blamed part of the problem on the dangers of distraction. "We've seen what can happen when pilots don't monitor their airspeed, locomotive engineers run a red signal, or drivers are distracted," she said.
Her conclusion? "Life is fleeting and precious. Be present ... be there ... be in the moment."
Avoiding distraction is especially important for transportation professionals, Hersman declared. "Sadly, in our investigations, too many times we see the consequences of tired transportation workers. Pilots who overfly their destinations and don't respond to air traffic controllers, drowsy bus drivers on overnight trips...and more."
She then used a--what else?--transportation metaphor to describe the relentlessness of change. "In transportation, cables and pulleys were replaced by hydraulic systems, and these in turn, are being replaced by electronic sensors," she said. Conclusion: "You can resist change ... or you can embrace it. I recommend the latter."
Hersman wrapped up by describing her main satisfaction as head of the NTSB: "Our work saves lives. It doesn't get any better than that."
She acknowledged that humans have been known to celebrate large achievements, lke graduating from college, with alcohol. Conclusion: "Please make the life-saving choice to designate a driver or take a cab home."


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Modern apartment near Sacré-Coeur
Maximální počet hostů7
Počet místností2
Velikost65 m²
Floor No.2(with elevator)
- Vhodné pro rodiny s dětmi
- Kuchyně
- Pračka / sušička
- Televize
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- Bezbariérový přístup
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|Rue Pajol, 75018 Paris, Francie
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This bright apartment features 2 double bedrooms, and a reception area with a double and single sofa bed. The kitchen includes a coffee maker and the bathroom includes a hairdryer. Cable TV and laundry facilities are available.
La Chapelle Metro Station is just a 2-minute walk from this apartment, providing direct access to the Arc de Triomphe monument and famous Père Lachaise Cemetery. Gare du Nord Station can be reached in just 10 minutes' walk, offering connections to the Paris Metro, RER trains and buses.
The surrounding area includes patisseries, restaurants and shops. A private car park is available for €10 per day.
Domovní řádA €400 security deposit is required.
A non-refundable €50 cleaning fee is required.
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We stayed in the appartment for almost 1week during the EURO 2016 with 4 adults. Everything was fine as written in the former valuations.
The owner and the windu treated me unexceptably as my father died on the very same day of my arrival and thus i had to cancel my trip.They refused to refund my money although i have sent the official certificate of death.In the contrary the airpoat company did refunded my money in five working days.
The welcome couldn't have been warmer. Eric is very friendly, caring and speaks very good English. The apartment looks a bit different in the meantime, the red elements are gone, instead there are grey and green ones but still very nice. The location is excellent, just a few steps from La Chapelle metro station and Gare de Nord is also not far. We had perfect weather while staying in Paris, so we loved the balcony.
we are 2 couples (1 from Australia the other from Denmark).
We stayed at Erics Apartment for 3 nights and found the accomodation very satisfactory the rooms were very neat and clean. The assistance given by Eric was very helpfull (information and directions about getting around in Paris).
Regards Kjeld Jensen (Denmarkk)
Thanks a lot for your courtesy and fantastic gesture.
Your apartment was excellent as it looks in the website.
Yes, we lost our camera in gare du nord rly station. But the way you tried and helped us was great. We are taking a excellent impression about you and the apartment with the services and facilities given by you.
I liked the apartment because it gives you so much with the best available space management.
I would love to write an essay on the way you treated us. I will give you 10 /10 score for all the good you did with us.
best of luck and may god shower his choicest blessings on you.
We (4 adults + 2 kids) spent a week at the appartement. Everything was fine. The appartement is centrally located (METRO & shops around the corner + a great food-market 5 min down the street: Marché de l'Olive), very bright and in a good overall condition. Nothing fancy, but you find the kitchen sufficiently equipped and all gadgets working. Eric is a very friendly, helpful and reliable landlord. We would recommend the place to good friends.
The apartment is 'strategically' located near Gare du Nord station.
Coming by car, you find this apartment only 5-10 minutes from the Peripherique Nord. We used the underground parking garage.
We found the 2 minutes walking distance from Metro station La Chapelle also an advantage.
The apartment itself is spacious and modern equipped. The instructions and short guiding we received from Eric upon arrival were also helpful and adequate.
All in all we enjoyed this 'base' very much during our 4 days in Paris.
It was great. The metro is about 2 minutes far from the apartment. Close to the apartment are some supermarkets. I bought every morning some fresh french baguettes. The apartment is like how the pictures are. You have everything there you need.
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A Swiss court has cleared the way for Gypsies to sue IBM over published allegations that the computer company's punch-card machines helped the Nazis commit mass murder more efficiently, the plaintiffs' lawyer said.
The Geneva appeals court disagreed with a lower court that refused to hear the case last year on grounds it lacked jurisdiction, the Gypsies' lawyer, Henri-Philippe Sambuc, said yesterday.
A Gypsy group filed the lawsuit in Geneva because IBM's wartime European headquarters was in the city. They claim the office was IBM's hub for trade with the Nazis.
"IBM's complicity through material or intellectual assistance to the criminal acts of the Nazis during World War II via its Geneva office cannot be ruled out," said the appeals court ruling. It cited "a significant body of evidence indicating that the Geneva office could have been aware that it was assisting these acts."
In its June 2003 ruling, the lower court said IBM only had an "antenna" in the Swiss city. City archives, however, show that in 1936 IBM opened an office under the name "International Business Machines Corporation New York, European Headquarters."
No immediate reaction to the ruling was available from IBM's Geneva lawyers, who have previously referred requests for comment to the company's headquarters in Armonk, New York. Company officials there did not immediately return calls.
IBM has consistently denied it was in any way responsible for the way its machines were used in the Holocaust.
The company has said its German subsidiary, Deutsche Hollerith Maschinen GmbH, or Dehomag, was taken over by the Nazis before World War II, and it had no control over operations there or how Nazis used IBM machines.
Sambuc maintains that the company's Geneva office continued to coordinate Europe-wide trade with the Nazis, acting on clear instructions from world headquarters in New York.
The group represented by Sambuc - Gypsy International Recognition and Compensation Action - sued IBM for ``moral reparation'' and $US20,000 ($A29,000) each in damages on behalf of four Gypsies from Germany and France and one Polish-born Swedish Gypsy. All five plaintiffs were orphaned in the Holocaust.
The campaigners began planning the lawsuit after US author Edwin Black wrote in a 2001 book, IBM and the Holocaust, that IBM punch-card machines enabled the Nazis to make their killing operations more efficient.
Black said the punch-card machines were used to codify information about people sent to concentration camps. The number 12 represented a Gypsy inmate, while Jews were recorded with the number 8. The code D4 meant a prisoner had been killed.
In addition to six million Jews, the Nazis are believed to have killed around 600,000 Gypsies, although Gypsy groups say the number could have been as high as 1.5 million.
"It does not appear inconsistent to conclude that the respondent (IBM) facilitated the task of the Nazis in their committing of crimes against humanity - acts which were counted and codified by IBM machines," the ruling said.
IBM's German division has paid into Germany's government-industry initiative to compensate people forced to work for the Nazis during the war.
In April 2001, a class action lawsuit against IBM in New York was dropped after lawyers said they feared it would slow down payments from the German Holocaust fund. German companies had sought freedom from legal actions before committing to the fund.
The Geneva case is the first Holocaust-related action against IBM in Europe, Sambuc said. A city court will likely hear the lawsuit in the autumn, unless IBM lodges an appeal at the Federal Tribunal, Switzerland's supreme court.


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You do some of the prettiest work I have ever seen. Hopefully one of these days I will get something done to send to you.
I love those big ol' Doggy foot prints in the corners and the bones and hearts along the border...very nice work :-)
I love it, esp the paw prints!! Thanks for sharing!
Love this quilt, super job of quilting!
wow - amazing!! I have never seen quilting as unique as yours! I know this customer is going to be beyond thrilled!!
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Sydney coach John Longmire is confident Shane Mumford is on track to return from a knee injury in time for Sunday's crucial clash against Carlton at Etihad Stadium.
The star ruckman suffered knee bone bruising against St Kilda eight days ago and sat out Saturday night's big win over Gold Coast.
Mumford's return would be a major boost for the ladder leaders following an injury to key forward Sam Reid, who is sidelined for two to three weeks with a medial ligament tear suffered against the Suns.
"At this stage we plan on training him on Friday fully to be able to say he's okay to play," Longmire said of Mumford on Monday.
"We're hopeful that he can get through and we'll name him in the squad."
"He actually ran on Friday up in Queensland ... he pulled up pretty well from that and ran again today and was ok.
"If Mummy trains the rest of the week and pulls up well, obviously he'll come straight back into the team.
"I thought before his injury he was starting to hit some really good form so the good thing is that hopefully he only misses the week and he's able to perform straight away."
Longmire concedes Reid's loss is a blow but is confident Adam Goodes and makeshift forward Lewis Roberts-Thomson can fill the void in the forward line with help from Mumford and fellow ruckman Mike Pyke.
Goodes will have a light week on the training track after copping a corked thigh but is expected to play.
"We don't expect him to do much training on Wednesday, he's feeling a lot better today and we expect him to train fully on Friday and play, we think he'll be fine," the coach said.
"With Mumford coming back in that gives us the flexibility to still be able to use Goodesy in a couple of different roles and that may be on-ball as times.
"But Goodesy on the weekend kicked three goals and contributed probably to four or five other scoring shots for us.
"He's so dangerous to match up on in that part of the ground that the majority of the time we expect him to play forward with bursts on-ball."
The Swans sit four points clear of Adelaide, Hawthorn and Collingwood on the AFL ladder, but Longmire is taking nothing for granted ahead of the Carlton clash.
"We know that form can change really quickly and we don't take anything for granted in this competition because it's so hard," he said.
"Carlton have won three of the last four so their form's been really good.
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My wife runs a small coffee shop in my town. She has a regular customer who can sometimes spend 3 hours there. He's a fat older guy, maybe 65ish and I'd say, 60-70% of the time he smells with varying degrees of intensity. Sometimes he falls asleep in the small chair. He's good for maybe 8-10 bucks per visit but I can't help think how much business turns away when they see him there. He's just looking for someplace to hang out because he literally has nothing better to do.
Not only does he take up room, he makes the shop look bad as he's snoozing.
If you were my wife, how would you handle this?
Gently tell him he is no longer welcome. The local law enforcement can help her get a no trespass order to serve on him.
Like Leah said first gently tell him and then if that doesn't wark involve the law.
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Thanks, I guess there is no way to do this without the awkwardness that goes with it.
How do you "gently" tell a regular customer he is no longer welcome?:(
Maybe she can have a chat with him when not busy. Give some hints like going fishing or take up a hobby. Maybe his wife died.
I'd talk with him before giving him the heave ho.
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He's not the most pleasant guy. Never married, I know that much.
Some signs might help.... (CYA)
"We reserve the right to refuse, etc."
"This is a place of business, no loitering please."
Clutch- If I was your wife I would say something along the lines of... Sir, we have had some complaints about your personal hygiene. I need to ask you to make sure that you are wearing clean clothes and a freshly bathed before coming to visit us.
It may offend him enough he never comes back ;)
You wife could set a 3 drink minimum for sitting for more than 30 minutes or something. You could price him out of the place.
Good luck it's certainly a touchy subject.
Give him ( or create him) a "preferred customer" seat..preferably beside the washroom. Make him feel at home and you retain his business. After a few small talk intervals, you can tactfully mention his odour. Sometimes subtlety works. You could offer him a bottle of cologne as a frequent customer prize and talk him into putting it on each day to earn the first coffee free? For $10 you may have a customer for life.
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Put up signs.
Make it obvious but be subtle and polite.
If he doesn't get the hint, then call the police, explain your situation and have them deal with it.
That's why you pay taxes....so you don't have to deal with that stuff.
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Maybe the 30-40% of the time he doesn't smell she can compliment him, engage in conversation so he doesn't fall asleep in the chair.
Cleave..he's an old man looking for a cup of coffee and he found a place where he feels comfortable. Sure, you could place "Stay out of here if you have no money or stink" signs all over and see what that gets you.
Empathy and understanding works best.
If you don't want my opinion that's fine.
Go sit down and talk to the guy. Tell him your concerns.
You have a business to run.
If he's hurting your business and taking away your hard-earned income, then change it.
Otherwise let him stay there and let him drive you nuts....
as long as he's not hurting YOUR business.
Geez Cleve...nothing personal mate but there are ways to a win-win situation.
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Allie is right. It's best to get her diet adjusted before it becomes a serious situation. When Izzie was 5 months old, he had so much gas and was so bloated and uncomfortable, he stopped eating. It cost me $250.00 at the vet's to find all all he needs to do was--umm--pass gas. If you are giving her cow's milk, stop. This causes lots of digestive problems in kitties. Make sure she's drinking enough water, too as this can help. But be aware that some kitties are just gassy. When your friends and family become aware of this, you can always "blame the cat..."
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In the first of the council's hearings on non-casino venue policy, the Racing Board argued against banning new pokie machines in the central city area around the casino.
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Mr True said the board supported an approach similar to Wellington City's where area limits were imposed according to social deprivation.
The board's figures for the year ending June 2011 showed the area of the former Auckland City Council, which has a sinking lid but allows relocation, had 4.7 problem gamblers per 1000 people. The former Manukau City Council's area had a sinking lid but 5.2 problem gamblers per 1000 people.
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Pistorius is allowed to travel abroad for competitions after a judge changed his bail restrictions earlier this week as he awaits trial after being charged with murdering his girlfriend.
Van Zyl told BBC's Sportsweek: "I have received through the whole ordeal emails of support from various meeting directors showing their support and condolences for Oscar and wishing him well through this tough time and they hope one day to see him back on the track."
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We were soon into the Quebrada de Humahuca,
In the very wide and very flat valley, there was some vegetation and some of the land was farmed.
We stopped in several small villages during our journey, all of which consist of traditional adobe buildings.
Another interesting feature of the local buildings is the use of cactus wood for furniture, doors, fences, panelling in churches and anywhere else where wood may be used. It is much harder than we imagined cactii would be. the green stuff is just a fleshy outer around the hard interior and the wood has lovely patterning from the holes made by the spines.
In all of the villages there were local people selling all manner of woven, knitted, carved and pottery items. These all have a very Andean style to them and are quite different from crafts we have seen elsewhere in Argentina. Tempting as it is to start buying, we reminded ourselves that we have to carry everything for another six months and there will be lots more stuff on the rest of our journey!
Just north of one of these villages, Tilcara, we arrived at the tropic of Capricorn. Having crossed this twice in Australia, we couldn't miss another photo opportunity, especially since this one also has a giant sundial which creates a shadow along the Tropic of capricorn on a certain day of the year. (One of you will tell us what day, I'm sure!)
Eventually we reached Humahuaca, around midday, and stopped at a restaurant which seemed geared up for tour groups. The usual thing - a set meal for a set price. We explained that we were vegetarians and we were amazed when they produced the best veggie food we have had during our time in Argentina! We had very tasty lentils & quinoa ( an Andean grain), locally produced goats cheese with herbs and olive oil and a main course of quinoa 'risotto' with a wide variety of fresh vegetables and lots of herbs - it was delicious! If they can manage it in remote mountain villages, why can't they manage it in the towns?
Lunch over our driver handed us over to a local guy to take us on a tour around the town. Apparently there are a huge number of children in Humahuaca and as part of their education they learn local history in order to become tour guides. Others are trained as musicians and craftspeople. Hence, as soon as a car arrives at the village, it is greeted by someone out of nowhere - first to the car gets to be the guide! Of course, a tip is expected at the end of it, which is a bit frustrating when we've already paid for our tour, but on the other hand, the local children are actually learning something in order to contribute to the community instead of begging from tourists, so it seems fair enough.
On our route back from Humahuaca we stopped at a little village called Uquia in order to visit the church. Here the walls are adorned with pictures of angels weilding guns called arquebuses. Apparently these were painted in the 17th century by painters from Cuzco in Peru. The angels are wearing Spanish clothing of the time but of course with wings because they are angels!
Our brief stop in Jujuy was very different. This is a much bigger, more modern town with not a lot to detain us other than an oak tree grown from a piece of an oak tree from Basque town of Guernica and a statue entitled 'Liberty' which was apparently banned during the time of the military regime because the top half of the woman is nude!
On the outward journey, our route as far as Jujuy was fairly uninteresting on a rather boring road. It was therefore a lovely surprise to go home from here via a winding little road through hills covered in sub-tropical rainforest. It was quite breath-taking and such a contrast to the very colouful yet very barren land we had seen further north.
Eventually we reached the outskirts of Salta where hundreds of people were bathing in & picnicing by river. It seemed a wise thing to do on such a hot day, but this was not part of our itinery!
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The Met Gala wasn't just about the dresses — in fact, so many over-the-top accessories totally stole the show on the red carpet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 to celebrate the opening of PUNK: Chaos to Couture in NYC. From elaborate hats to interesting headbands and everything in between, see the show-stopping hair wear that caught our eye right here.
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Sarah Jessica Parker managed to support the theme of the evening while still looking oh-so-chic — and we loved it! While her Giles Deacon dress looked lovely on the red carpet, it was her Philip Tracey headpiece that really stole the show. Much like her alterego, Carrie Bradshaw, she managed to pull off the high-fashion accessory flawlessly and made it look effortlessly chic. SJP told us that the piece was made specifically for her to wear at the 2013 Met Gala.
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Kelly Osbourne also dressed up her Marc Jacobs dress with an encrusted headband when she paired her ensemble with Jennifer Behr's Galaxy headband and the Spider Comb. It looked gorgeous against her top knot!
While Jennifer and Kelly went for a small hint of bling, Katy Perry sported a full-on crown — and if anyone can pull it off, it's definitely her! See the rest of the interesting accessories and hair wear right here.
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I'm hoping to get an extra big Christmas bonus this year. We get extra "points" if we ticket people who are on unemployment benefits. That way the money stays in the state coffers.
We are now under orders from "the man" (who is a secret government person) to impound more vehicles so it costs the working man more money. In that regard, it is the hopes of this "secret government person" that they will use money that would normally go toward house and car payments to get the car out of impound. This will help "justify" the actions of the whole stimulus plan. Being the mindless robots that the police are we just salute and say "yes sir, Mister Secret Government Man!" and it gets done.
I can't wait to get back to work on Monday so I can count all the revenue from the weekend.
I'm gonna buy more Jeep parts with my Christmas bonus!
I don't know how you guys figured this plan out.
It must be because you are so smart. The liberal mind is a terrible thing to waste.
BTW Steveo, one thing I've always observed with people who are so far right is they can't see that they have actually moved over to the left with much of their thinking. You can only go so far to the right or left without meeting the other side. Liberals in disguise are worse than regular liberals.
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Liberals have historically supported the theory of evolution as introduced by Charles Darwin, at least on paper. What they haven't done is embrace any of the conclusions of evolutionary theory for themselves.
Basically, evolution states that animals evolve because the fittest individuals in any group of interbreeding creatures have the best chance of breeding success. More successful breeding means more offspring that contain whatever bits of genetic coding that made the parent fitter. It doesn't have to mean that the parent was bigger and stronger and more aggressive than others of his/her species. In fact, the ability to hide is often most important. Fitness is only that characteristic that allows the individual to survive long enough to breed more than his/her fellows. This mark of fitness can change rapidly as conditions change. Those individuals who were most fit in a time of plenty may be least fit in a time of drought.
As a general rule, however, any action which tends to interfere with the individual's ability to produce more offspring is anti-evolutionary. This can be questioned in such cases as wolf-packs when individuals forgo the mating privilege to support a brother or sister, but the result is the same, his or her genes are transmitted to the next generation, even though it wasn't done directly. But wolf-packs will generally attempt to kill the offspring of other unrelated wolf-packs. Likewise male lions will usually kill all the cubs of the previous king when they take over a pride.
Only with humans has evolution been thrown on its head. Only a foolish human would imagine that fewer children might be better. Only a foolish human would decide that it was somehow proper to have no children at all. The fitter you are, the fewer children you have, how is that pro-evolutionary? Margaret Sanger was wrong about the relative value of the black race, but she was right about how to deal with a perceived threat to one's own superiority. She started Planned Parenthood precisely to eliminate the black race. She was like the male lion who prefers his own offspring to those of his supposed inferiors. Yet the Democrats very strongly downplay that face of abortion. But how can any species that follows the dictates of evolution stand up and support killing its own children?
It's not only abortion that is anti-evolutionary. No evolutionary creature will give up its time and effort to support an individual that poses no benefit to its own breeding success. There is no welfare society in the wild kingdom. No other creature leaves out bits of food for unrelated creatures, either of its own species or another. If you see something that looks like it does, you can bet that at the bottom is a benefit to one's own breeding success. By forcing others to support those who give back no benefit to oneself, or even allowing yourself to be so forced is completely against all evolutionary ideas.
Now, there are individuals in all species that do seem to be anti-evolutionary. But guess what, they don't breed and soon die out. I do happen to believe that a greater percentage of homosexual humans are genetically built that way. That is one of the reasons why there are so few homosexual members of any species, those who for one reason or another choose to be homosexual, seldom breed and therefore whatever tendency that caused them to be so will die out.
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Happy New Year! It's always exciting to begin a new year. Some folks make resolutions to put themselves on a different path. Do you know that the number one resolution is to lose weight; numbers two and three are exercise and quitting smoking? Whether you made resolutions or not, enjoy this new year. May it be filled with many wonderful moments for each of us. And may 2008 bring peace, prosperity, joy and wonder to all!
The year is off to a flying start in the Channel with plenty of activity. A bus ride to Atlantic City to the Trump Plaza Casino on Tuesday, January 22 is being sponsored by St. Virgilius Golden Age. The bus will leave from the corner of Noel Road and Cross Bay Boulevard at 8:30 a.m. sharp! Cost is $30 per person; coin return is $25 with a food coupon worth $5. For a seat on the bus, contact Margaret at 718-945-4967 or Dolores at 718-634-9472.
The BCAC Jamaica Bay Little League has scheduled registration dates for the upcoming 2008 season. Registration dates are Saturday, January 19 and Saturday, January 26 from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m. at the VFW hall at Shad Creek Road and Cross Bay Boulevard. Registration fees are $100 for each child playing in the CYO program, and $50 per child for the inhouse program. At registration, each family is also required to purchase $25 in Field Maintenance Raffles- five tickets for a chance at winning a prize of $500! You can either put your name on them or sell them yourselves. There will be a $25 Late Fee charged for anyone who registers after January 26.
It is important to register on time so the league can set up the divisions and teams properly. This year both softball and baseball teams again will be put into the CYO program; there will be an in-house league for the younger kids ages 3 and up. The child must turn three on or before May 1, 2008 as the CYO programs go by the child's year of birth. Late registrants will only be accepted if there is space in the specific division for that child. This year each family must participate in selling Fantasy Baseball raffles. Each family will get five (5) raffle tickets to sell at $10 per ticket. The profits from this fundraiser will cover the cost of some capital improvements at the field. Save money by using the online registration and payment service on www.bcacny. com and go to the registration link and follow the instructions; save $10 per family for registering online. You must register online before or on January 31, 2008 to avoid paying a $25 late fee. Please register on time, so the league can properly set up the teams and divisions.
On Sunday, January 6 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge kids age 8 and over and their families can take part in "Winter Birding for Kids." The workshop begins indoors with a view of bird behavior, and then goes walking outdoors to watch birds. Dress for that day's weather and bring binoculars. Pre-registration is a must; call 718- 318-4340.
Start the year off right by saving box tops and labels for education. The labels/box tops are used by elementary schools to get equipment for the schools. The Parents Association of P.S. 47 uses the box tops while the parochial schools on the Rockaway peninsula use the labels.
As they do every year, the vollies provided Santa visits on Christmas Eve to bring joy and presents to the Channel's children (and raise some much-needed cash for BCVFD as well). Most of the kids visited were quite young, but others were not that tiny. On Christmas Eve the fire engine could be heard going up and down the streets bringing Santa Claus on his appointed rounds of visitations to good boys and girls all over the Channel. The vollies worked very hard that evening getting Santa around to meet, greet, present gifts and pose for pictures with some very excited youngsters. At one house, Santa was greeted by two teenagers; he sat and waited for what he called "the little guy" to come out of the bathroom. The "little guy" was a strapping six-footer- who towered over Santa. Santa was somewhat surprised but he was a very good sport. He smiled and posed with the three teens for the grandfather's camera, then bidding farewell, continued on his rounds. An eighth grader, who was spending her first Christmas Eve in the Channel, believes in the spirit of Christmas but no longer in Santa Claus. When she saw Santa filling his bag with presents outside of a house on her block where younger kids live, she got very excited over the sight of him in spite of her age. Another child- not a wee one either- was obviously quite pleased with the present Santa had given him. He was heard to exult as the red and white suited fellow went on his way to keep other appointments: "Santa rocks!"
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Interesting piece on Popdust about "Harlem Shake" and whether the Billboard chart should add online streaming to its calculation of songs' popularity -- in other words, is watching a video the same as listening to a song?
"American Idol" on Thursday proved less satisfying than Wednesday's edition, with the judges seeming to be more generous -- and the singers as a group inferior to those on Wednesday. (The exception is Curtis Finch Jr., a great singer and showman, who walks a thin line between corniness and charisma, but always knows where that line is.) From Fox's official word about the proceedings:
The five guy semifinalists are Charlie Askew, 18, from Little Rock, AR; Curtis Finch Jr., 24, from St. Louis, MO; Paul Jolley, 22, from Palmersville, TN; Elijah Liu, 18, from Rowland Heights, CA; and Devin Velez, 18, from Chicago, IL.
Tune in next week on Wednesday, Feb. 27 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) as the Sudden Death Rounds continue when the second group of girls – Melinda Ademi, Janelle Arthur, Juliana Chahayed, Cristabel Clack, Aubrey Cleland, Candice Glover, Rachel Hale, Jett Hermano, Zoanette Johnson and Breanna Steer – perform and the judges decide which five will join the Top 20.
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FX has ordered a second season of Cold War drama The Americans, four episodes into the show's first season. (Nine first-season telecasts remain; the second season will also be 13 episodes.) From the FX announcement:
Created by Joe Weisberg and starring Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys and Noah Emmerich, the series premiere episode of The Americans was the most-watched debut of any FX series ever with 5.11 million Total Viewers (Live+7, 1/30/13). Through three weeks, time-shifted viewing of The Americans is the highest of any first-year series on FX with weekly gains of +44%, +58% and +63% respectively. On Live +3 basis through three weeks, the series is averaging 3.63 million Total Viewers and 1.87 million Adults 18-49. After declines in each of the previous two weeks, last night's fourth episode of The Americans rebounded to week two levels posting gains of +46% in Adults 18-34, +22% in Adults 18-49, +64% in Women 18-34, +30% in Women 18-49, and +33% in Men 18-34.
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