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Voted, the icons are cool. How did you skin everything else in black?
Beautiful Widgets - Honeycomb skin
Launcher Pro Plus - Onyx skin (calendar and bookmarks are part of Launcher Pro Plus)
Extended Controls - with a downloaded skin
Scrollable News Widget - set to black
Custom Launcher Icons - set to flat black
Not pictured is Player Pro Plus, it's an awesome full screen music widget/player that displays the album cover/controls. I also didn't picture the Facebook ticker (again, part of Launcher Pro Plus), or my contacts list (which looks just like the bookmarks, except with pics of people).
Ah, guess I need launcher pro plus. Thanks. Though once I can downgrade back to 2.2 I might just root my Evo :p
Eh, what? lol... Does LPP not run on Gingerbread? Not sure what you're sayin', bud. Maybe I'm not reading you right?
You're saying you can roll back? But, then you wanna root it? I'm sure theres a joke in there, or something, that went over my head. I'll just stand here and look pretty. :P
Just looked it up on XDA, seems like unless you were rooted before that theres no going back? In any case, does LPP not run on 2.3?
LPP does run on 2.3, I have LP but not plus. I like the customization you can get with LPP but I'd like more which is why I'll probably root it when someone figures out how. Hope that made more sense :)
lol... Somewhat... Seems like everyone on 2.2 is trying to get to 2.3, and now 2.3 folks are trying to get back to 2.2? Whats wrong with 2.3? Mine is 2.2, so I haven't the foggiest as to whats up on your end. Is it just because older apps aren't running on/or being updated for 2.3?
BTW, LPP is nice... Sort of like Sense widgets, just a handful though.
If you look on the market, theres a ton of free LPP skins. Its a nice suite, and has been my set up ever since I found out about it. I like it better than GO and ADW EX. Definitely worth the $3 or whatever it was. I'm not rooted, so I use it to hide the few junk apps that I do have on my phone. You can also nuke the status bar, and icon labels with it.
Yeah I had LP, then tried Go launcher, and will probably go back to LP now and try the skins out. The 2.3 update for the Evo (not sure about other phones) wasn't really full 2.3, some slight changes but not the version of sense that 2.3 has. I think people thought (myself included) that we were going to get the real-deal 2.3, not some partial version which is what I feel like we got. Apps still run and all that but I want to customize my phone more than HTC will let me. That's the bottom line. I'd still be looking to root it if I was on 2.2, now I just have to wait since the update put me on 2.3.
Got it. :)
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Finding Load Bearing Walls
I'm hoping someone here can help me locate the load bearing walls in my house. I know usually how to find load bearing walls, I'm familiar with the typical methods, and I have a lot of experience in construction, I'm just having a lot of trouble with this.
In the basement plan, the crawl space (to the right) was the original house, which was one storey and just the two rooms and the bathroom. That house was torn down except for the front (right) wall and the rest of the house built onto it and that is when the full basement was added.
The joists span from right to left (front to back) on all floors.
The only sistered joists are two that span across the middle of the house starting at the jog in the living room and spanning across the center foundation wall all the way to the back of the house.
I have been told by the previous owner that they believed the wall between the kitchen and the guest room on the first floor is load bearing. This makes sense because of the direction of the joists, but it just seems like so far a span across the kitchen, 16 feet without any support from the front wall to that wall...I'm not sure if this is possible?
I know for certain that there is a beam running along the ceiling over the front stairwell wall, this is where all the joists run to in the living room and the load comes down on the exterior top wall and the corner of that wall in the center of the house. This means the other stairwell wall to the TV room is also probably load bearing for the back side of the house.
The last curiosity is that the wall between bedroom 2 and bedroom 3 in the upstairs, even though it SEEMS like it would be lead bearing, cannot be, because it was added later. I don't understand how this is possible. If this wall is not load bearing, then the joists above it are spanning over 20 feet from the front to the back of the house.
And yes, that is a kneewall on the second storey front of the house. I have no idea if it is load bearing or not.
I know this is a lot of info and a lot to ask, and I know I should just call someone to come look at it, but I figured I'd give this a shot first to see if anyone has any insight. The sistered joists under the first floor are a curiosity and I don't know why they're like that, although the do run along the entire length of that first floor wall that runs parallel to the joists.
Thanks in advance for any help.
I guess I will post the images here since people seem to not be finding the link okay.
You really do not expect any of us to comment on this based on your description and not being able to see drawings or even sketches do you? :no:
Seriously, it sounds like your place has gone through a lot of renovations. People assume architects and structural engineers to be outrageously expensive. Quite the contrary. Find an architect you like working with and post here if the person does not save you oodles of money in this situation. I pay my accountant to help maximize tax advantages. Why should people shy from architects that could save them a fortune on stupid building mistakes and get them discounts on materials at the same time. Architects are not just for the rich. Some love working with us bottom dwellers.
From your description, too much has happened, legally or illegally, permitted or not with your place. Why not put it in order and get at least a clean set of plans. :thumbsup:
..What? I posted a link to the drawings at the top of the thread? Just click it and you'll see all the plans I am referring to.
I know how much architects cost..I purposely wrote in my post that I know I should call one specifically so that I wouldn't get any useless replies telling me to call one. I was just wondering if there was any insight on here beforehand.
The load bearing walls run perpendicular to the staircases.
You mean right to left on the plans? I would assume as much from looking at the drawings, but that would be parallel to the joists. How could the bearing walls be running the same direction as the joists?
For a multistory house, if there is a wall on the next floor directly or approximately over a wall in question, the latter is probably load bearing. If you can find out which way the floor joists run, walls perpendicular to the joists are probably load bearing. (A stud finder does not necessarily find the joints; it may register on furring strips (that help support ceiling panels) that run perpendicular to the joists.)
The other thing is where that wall (from kitchen to guest room) touches down on the first floor. There isn't anything under that wall in the basement..so how could it be bearing?
16 foot joist spans are very common. Many houses have both bearing that runs parallel, and perpendicular to the joists. Many houses even have joists running all diff directions.
Why do you need this information anyway? If you have a remodel planned, provide some specifics and some photos and many here would be happy to help.
2x10 joists spaced 16 inches on center with an allowable fiber bending stress of 1500 psi are capable of spanning 16 feet based on total load of 50 psf. You did not post the dimensions of the joists, and the species and grade of lumber, so it is not possible to determine if your specific lumber is capable of spanning 16 feet and meeting code, but it is not out of the question.
I don't have the ability to take pictures right now, but I can name some specifics. I just moved into this house and I do not need so many rooms. I want to take the existing Living Room, Bathroom, Kitchen, and Guest room and combine them all into one space. This would involve the removal of the entire downstairs bath, and cutting as large a hole as I can swing into the kitchen/guest wall. Then upstairs I want to remove the wall between bedrooms 2 and 3, which was a wall that was added five years after the house was built so I doubt it is doing anything, but the joists above it are spanning 20 feet so I am wondering if it became load bearing after it was put in and is keeping them from sagging, or if all the joists in the second floor ceiling are just non-bearing and can span the entire length of the house because there isn't anything in the attic above them.
I find it odd that someone with, "a lot of experience in construction" is on the internet looking for answers on a simple structure.
Or, not confiding with someone in the construction industry.
Well there's no reason to be mean about it...You can have significant experience in a lot of things but that doesn't grant you infinite knowledge. This isn't a typical simple structure. I have a master's degree in architecture and ten years of experience doing finish carpentry, electrical, sheetrock, roofing, and windows. That doesn't mean I know everything about everything. Sometimes it doesn't hurt to consult the collective on something that you're not sure about, regardless of your credentials. I could easily have any one of a few dozen people I know come in here and help me out, but it's a Saturday and I'm hanging around the computer so I thought I'd let you guys take a look before I bother anyone. If this is really too much of a bother for you, then go post somewhere else..?
Wasn't meant to be "mean". just find it odd, with all your stated education and experience, you're on the internet.
Have someone come to the house and look at it.
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Georgia's Torrin Lawrence Records Three Wins To Highlight Opener
Jan. 14, 2012
LEXINGTON, Ky. --- Senior Torrin Lawrence won the 60-meter dash, 200 and was part of the winning 4x400 team at the season-opening Kentucky Invitational on Saturday.
The Bulldogs left Lexington, Ky., with six fresh top-10 marks in the school record books as Georgia got an early opportunity to compete at the site of the 2012 Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships.
"I thought we had a pretty good opener with performances that were not super, but good for competing against some SEC teams, Louisville, Miami and Georgia Tech," said Georgia head coach Wayne Norton. "From a competition standpoint, I thought we did well. We did a solid job of getting the boat off the dock and now we can worry about getting better."
Lawrence, who was the 2010 NCAA indoor 400 champion and the national runner-up last season, won the 60 with a time of 6.76. His time was just a hundredth of a second off his No. 3 all-time finish in the school record books set at the 2009 Kentucky Invitational.
Junior teammate Eric Harris finished fourth in the event with the fastest time of his career. Harris' 6.81 moves him to No. 10 in the UGA record books.
In the 200, Lawrence sped to a victory with a time of 21.18, as Harris was the runner-up with a personal-best time of 21.45, which is seventh on UGA's all-time top-10 list. Lawrence clocked a school record time of 20.77 to win the Kentucky meet three years ago.
Lawrence returned to the track to be the anchor on the 4x400 relay team with freshman Chris Foster, senior Phillip Adams and freshman Drew Branch combining to clock a 3:12.22.
"It was reassuring to see Torrin start the year off well as he always does so hopefully we will have some big things coming from him," Norton said. "Harris had a strong first meet with two (personal bests). We actually had personal bests spread out across the board from freshmen on up so that should give us some confidence."
Another of those career-best efforts came from sophomore Megan Malasarte. Malasarte completed her laps in the 800 in 2:09.09 to take second. This is the fifth-fastest time in school history.
Daniel Grass paced the Bulldogs in the men's 800 after finishing seventh with a 1:54.16.
Sophomore Stella Christoforou also started her second track season off in the right direction after taking fourth in the mile with a career-best time of 4:50.42. Christoforou moved to eighth in the school record books with her finish as freshman Carly Hamilton took ninth (4:52.50) and moved to within a second of breaking into the top-10 list.
In the men's mile, junior Danny Neff was ninth (4:15.53) while senior Miles Svoboda had a personal-best time of 4:16.43 for 10th.
The Bulldogs' distance corps also finished second and fourth in the men's 3000. Sophomore Brandon Lord registered a time of 8:23.06 while junior Brian Detweiler was fourth with an 8:27.10.
After freshman Morgann Leleux grabbed a runner-up finish in the women's pole vault on Friday, freshman Cameron Meyer finished fourth in the men's pole vault on Saturday. Meyer tied the 10th-best mark in school history on his third and final attempt at 16 feet, 6 ½ inches.
While former Bulldogs David Dickens and LaRon Bennett took first and second, respectively, competing unattached in the 400, Adams ran the 400 in 48.62 for fourth place. Also of note, Foster (48.65) was fifth and Branch (49.38) managed a seventh-place finish.
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FILM; 'The Paper' Replates 'The Front Page' for the 90's
By MAUREEN DOWD
Published: March 13, 1994
It would not be proper to write about Ron Howard's new movie, "The Paper," a romp through 24 hours in the manic life of a New York tabloid, without noting up front that the film takes an extremely dim view of The New York Times.
The reporters at the tabloid, The New York Sun ("It Shines for All"), are fun, hard-working, casual types. But the uptown rival New York Sentinel, as The Times is called, is portrayed as the sort of place where snotty overbred reporters arrange themselves neatly according to a seating chart, wear bow ties and braces, cry when they miss a story and speak foreign languages into their headsets.
Well, ferme ma bouche, as we like to say around here. At least Mr. Howard doesn't have us sipping iced-skim-decaf-lattes while we babble polyglottally.
No hard feelings. At least the battered business is getting the glossy Hollywood treatment. It's been a long time since Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford brought down Richard Nixon in "All the President's Men," back in 1976, or since Paul Newman outfoxed the less-than-scrupulous Miami reporter played by Sally Field in "Absence of Malice," in 1981.
Suddenly, newspaper movies are more of a growth industry than newspapers: "The Paper," with an all-star ensemble cast headed by Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Robert Duvall and Marisa Tomei, opens on Friday; Denzel Washington plays a Washington investigative reporter in the recent "Pelican Brief;" Jennifer Jason Leigh plays a hard-boiled, fast-talking reporter in "The Hudsucker Proxy," which opened on Friday, and Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte play sparring and spooning newshounds for competing Chicago papers in "I Love Trouble," due in June.
The new movies seem to be trying to capture some of the glamour of the old newspaper yarns, which dished up wisecracks and romance along with deadlines. Who can forget seeing that first bristling shot of Hepburn and Tracy in the 1942 film "Woman of the Year," where they played an elegant political columnist and an earthy sports columnist who bump into each other in their editor's office? The actress hiked up her skirt to smooth her stocking just in time to get an appreciative look from Tracy, and art and life were off and imitating.
Of course, the most famous newpaper movie -- and the one that added sex to scoops -- was "His Girl Friday," the 1940 Howard Hawks remake of the Hecht-MacArthur classic about a Chicago tabloid, "The Front Page," in which the Hildy Johnson character became a woman in the form of veteran 40's career gal Rosalind Russell, adding a whole new dimension to her relationship with her editor and ex-husband, Walter Burns.
But unlike "The Hudsucker Proxy" and "I Love Trouble," which look back to "His Girl Friday" for inspiration, "The Paper" is a newfangled breed that is depressingly realistic: a kinder, gentler newspaper movie, domesticated, detoxed and defanged. In the film, Michael Keaton plays Henry Hackett, the metro editor of a New York tabloid. (The word "tabloid" is never mentioned in movie, for fear sensitive souls will be turned off by mistaken associations with the Florida-based tabloids that offer celebrity dish, extraterrestrial exploits and political features with headlines like "More Folks Recognize Lassie Than Their Own Congressman" -- the actual results of a National Enquirer poll, which revealed that 89 percent recognize Lassie, while only 22 percent knew their Congressional representative.)
Hackett does not have the hilariously wicked ways of Walter Burns, who believed, as the movie said, that "getting the story justified anything short of murder" and who sighed happily at one point, "I never double-crossed a Governor before." The most devious thing Hackett does is steal a story off the desk of a New York Sentinel editor -- played with Waspy waspishness by Spalding Gray -- during a job interview at the Times look-alike paper, a scene that was shot at the Morgan Stanley investment banking office in Brooklyn Heights, to achieve the proper exalted tweediness.
(It's no surprise that Mr. Hackett does not want the job at The Sentinel, once Mr. Gray offers to lend him a book called "Managing on the Edge." A real Times managing editor would have offered him Sun Tsu's "Art of War," which contains really useful advice like "When fire is set upwind, do not attack downwind.")
Except for that one bit of raffish pilfering, Hackett is a pillar of probity who spends the movie trying to prove that two young black men were falsely arrested for a murder that appeared racially motivated and trying to integrate his personal and work life in a way that will please his hugely pregnant reporter-wife, played by Ms. Tomei. This movie could be used as a discussion point at newspaper management diversity-training seminars.
In "The Paper," the Keaton character actually yells "Stop the Presses!" one night after he ferrets out new information proving that the two teen-agers were wrongly accused. ("If you haven't seen presses running in person, ya oughta check it out," the script gushes.)


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Cut down on the sugar and salt intake, this includes those nasty dietary sugars. Sugar is bad for you, and dietary sugar is even worse! Salt retains water, which makes you gain weight. Please remember, you do need salt and sugar in your diet, you just need to cut down on it.
Cut out the soda, even if it is diet. It contains high amount of sugar and, if you think that diet soda is better, research has proven that it is actually worse than regular sugar.


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This document provides information that describes the call flow as seen in a Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management (ICM) Hosted environment with a Type 5 Voice Response Unit (VRU).
Cisco recommends that you have knowledge of ICM Hosted environment.
The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions:
Network Application Manager (NAM)/Customer ICM (CICM)
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
Refer to Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for more information on document conventions.
In a call flow, a call arrives at a Network VRU which sends a Route Request to the NAM CallRouter. The request is forwarded to the CICM for processing. The script on the CICM performs a RunVRUScript node. The NAM receives the RunVRUScript command from the CICM and then forwards the RunVRUScript message to the VRU.
The NAM uses the VRUScript time-out registry setting for the CICM scripts. The min/max values are 30/720 seconds. ICM does not pass the VRUScript time-out from the CICM. In the above call flow, the VRU script is an interview type of script with multiple questions or responses and can take in excess of 720 seconds to complete, which causes the script to time-out.
When the run script is sent to the NAM, the configured time-out on the CICM is not sent with it. Therefore, the NAM uses its own default time-out value for all CICM-initiated run scripts.
Break the interview VRUScript into multiple, smaller scripts. Each script will have the max value time-out of 720 seconds.


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i think this headline will probably catch some attention, and might make people mad. i don't mean to. but i'm not sure how to raise this question, but i intend this post in all seriousness and without judgement. i do have some questions for our great sounding board community.
i know a couple families that i am fairly close with. the moms and i are friends, the kids are friends. in both cases the husbands are a little controlling with the money and the moms are pretty strict about not "lowering themselves" to buying regular food (or in the case of one of them described it as "crap" food). this would be your standard lower quality grocery store food. (aka: what i buy. i shop at aldi. my husband is also a little controlling about money and he criticizes me when i go to trader joes. he thinks it's too expensive to buy organic.) anyways...
in both of the cases of the families where the mom buys high quality organic... it has recently come to my attention that they are on medicaid and can't afford gym shoes (family 1) and now going to the food pantry for food because they have literally none (family 2).
i feel in a bind mentally/emotionally. part of me wants to offer some of my food if we have left overs or things that we would *send* to the food pantry. but i recall the words that she doesn't want to lower herself to buy crap food.
and part of me wants to buy the kid a pair of gym shoes if the family is so broke. but then i think that eventually my own husband is going to start questioning what i spend "his" money on and i guess i better not. not to mention, here i am saving money by shopping at aldi, while they spend more on groceries but run short for school supplies.
i just don't know what to think of it all.
i guess we all have our own priorities. maybe there is nothing for me to really do.
does anyone have a different perspective for me to think on??
Because it's important to us, we live frugally where we can. I reuse as much as possible, I make my own as much as possible. I'd rather go without fancy shoes than good food.
Do the gym shoes fit? Who cares how new they are? How wasteful is buying new stuff every year when last year's is still serviceable? Why not shop at thrift stores or on eBay?
If you want to help your friend stretch her money, get together and make homemade cleaning supplies, hang out and mend old clothes or make napkins,etc. from them, have a freezer feeding party. All of these things are frugal and will benefit you both.
Banana, doula wife to Papa Banana and mother to Banana One, Banana Two, Banana Three, Banana Four...
We cut things others would keep, because we feel the food is a top priority. My son calls conventional food 'crap' in spite of my efforts to help him understand that others have different experiences. I don't think there is a right or wrong. Each family does what they believe is best for them, with their personalities, priorities, needs, wants, etc.
You can offer the food you would donate to your friend, as long as she doesn't insult you by calling it crap. As for the gym shoes, if the current shoes still fit and function, new is not needed.
Food is not my top priority. Once upon a time I would buy 100% organic, now I can't think of anything that is organic that I buy anymore. We are a family of 6, food is expensive anyway, and if it comes down between paying for my kid's sports and buying organic chicken, I'm going to Sam's Club (ideally Costco but there are none here) I'm sure other people place higher priority on the food and that is excellent for them, but not for me.
the gym shoes don't fit. the daughter is in my kid's class and missing out in the play during gym class b/c she's without gym shoes. don't know why they don't buy a used pair at the local resale store. they are available for $1.99. seems they tend to like new stuff. i myself shop resale all the time.
different priorities. and that's fine.
yes, the family now utilizing the food pantry has basically called the food we eat "crap." which IS insulting if you want to make it so. i have not let myself be offended. but now that she is having to eat whatever's available at the food pantry, it makes me think maybe i should have donated my "crap" food to her instead of giving it to the church bag going to the food pantry. ?? but it feels weird b/c she did call it "crap."
i just don't know what to think of it all...
This is it entirely. One persons priorities don't have to be yours. I don't like many peoples idea of needs but that's my opinion. It sucks when kids are left lacking but if these families know enough to think organic is best, I am sure the mom knows the kid needs shoes.
I think we all say things we regret. I've actually said that exact same thing without thinking only to find out my neighbor exculsively shops at the store in question. I regret it but the damage was done.
People value food very differently and income seems to only be a small factor. I know wealthy people who eat what I consider to be terrible food, spend very little on it, and let their kids eat horrible school lunches. I know people who really cannot afford the food they want but buy it anyway.
Facing financial hardship wouldn't change my values about food. It would just make the budget struggles worse.
I agree. I'd try to let it go. Maybe this experience will be humbling for them and they'll be more thoughtful about what they say in the future. I've said some really dumb stuff in the past -- I think we all have.
OP the newly poor need acclimatizing time. its a v. v. v. shameful place to be and i am sure they are trying to figure out how to deal with this.
i know this because i have been there myself. sometimes when even 1.99 is too expensive for me to afford. sometimes teh car insurance, electric bill is more important than gym shoes. with food benefits i can eat like a king, but if those benefits allowed me to buy anything i would surely not be buying the great food and instead take care of needs. cash is one thing, but food stamps dont equal cash to buy foods.
it is a v. touchy subject to figure out how to help. i would give them space. till you figure out the right time without insulting them.
Food is definitely a priority in my house. I've had to make a lot of compromises in our diet due to financial constraints, but I do my best to feed my family as well as I can. I would (and do) go without many other things -- clothes that fit & are seasonally appropriate, home repairs, etc. -- because I feel that what we eat is so important. And if I was desperate, I would turn to a food bank, while trying my best to adhere to my dietary standards... but I would have to be really, REALLY desperate to eat food I consider "crap"... and I have no idea where that family is drawing the line -- is it no cheetos and soda, or more like no conventionally-grown produce?
As far as whether/how you should help them, I think you need to follow your heart. If you want to help, you could offer to buy the $1.99 thrift store shoes. You could give a bag of food you were planning to donate anyway. You can just preface it with something like, "I know these things may not fit into your diet, but I was about to donate them & wanted to offer them to you first. Feel free to drop them off at the food pantry if they don't meet your needs." Do what you feel good about & what you can afford. It does sound a little judgey when I read what you wrote, so I would be cautious about doing anything out of obligation or pity or annoyance... they have made their choices and I'm sure they are doing their best. Maybe they grew up hearing the whole "never buy used shoes, it will ruin your feet," thing. Or they have allergies & special dietary needs that you aren't aware of. Or a parent lost their job or took a paycut and they're too embarrassed to share that with anyone and just want to keep up a certain standard or perception for themselves/their kids/their friends. Having experienced multiple job losses & other financial setbacks that were in no way our fault -- while raising a kid -- and dealing with medical issues that seem to be helped by following a certain (expensive) diet -- I think I can understand where your friends may be coming from, and I urge you to have compassion. That doesn't mean you have to give them anything or help them out if you don't want to, though, and I understand how it feels to be on the outside looking in and wondering why on earth they are making such poor financial choices! I have a friends like that too but I just remind myself that no matter how close we are, I will never truly know what it is like to walk in their shoes.
I would practice active listening without judgement. Things change in people's lives. We tend to learn from these experiences. They may just need a chance to talk about what is going on for them, they may not want solutions or handouts.
You might mention in passing about the store with the good, inexpensive shoes. If they haven't needed to budget so tightly before, they may not know about this option.
but everything has pros and cons
I don't think many people would have a problem taking something they can use, if offered by a friend.
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I agree that food's a tricky one. Money's tight for us at the moment, and I occasionally feel... odd... about buying some of the food we buy, because when I was growing up poor, those foods would have been luxuries. Cream, for instance - we're TF, so we value the fat and use it in a lot of day-to-day foods; but to my mother, it's an occasional luxury. And I won't buy battery-farmed chicken, so, while we eat less chicken these days, when I buy it, yup - it's the expensive, free-range stuff going in my trolley. I am a bit of a food snob, and I've stopped buying a lot of the purely fancy/yummy foods (no more vanilla paste or Lepanto olives for us!); but that doesn't mean I always get the cheapest, and I'm OK with that, KWIM? It isn't ignorance, it's a deliberate choice based on ethics, health, whatever.
I'm not sure what to do in your situation - couldn't hurt to mention the gym shoes on sale though, right? Just in a heads-up kind of way?
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What does it matter though? Food is important to me. Very important. Quality food. I don't think it's fair that you brought up medicaid and inability to buy gym shoes. Even on my salary I've had tough times and shoes and such had to wait. Also Medicaid is nothing to be ashamed of and it's really none of your business.
Maybe that is her ideal, or maybe she feels she needs to put out the imagine that they eat organic when they don't really? If they are getting food from the food bank, it sure isn't going to be organic!
What does it matter though? Food is important to me. Very important. Quality food. I don't think it's fair that you brought up medicaid and inability to buy gym shoes. Even on my salary I've had tough times and shoes and such had to wait. Also Medicaid is nothing to be ashamed of and it's really none of your business.
ok, i'm being unfair? i'm just looking for people's thoughts in how to think about this. i'm not judging anybody. i feel an internal dilemma about how to think about this, a common scenario. of course medicaid is nothing to be ashamed of. did i say it was?. it's none of my business. ok, then forget i asked. i will keep my thoughts to myself from now on.
Seriously? Why do you need to worry about what someone else is doing? What kind of advice were you looking for?
I read Tropicana's post as a etiquette question about how to handle a friend being so broke that they are currently using a food pantry. I thought the other information was additional background. Tropicana kindly wants to offer her friends food (which is a really positive sentiment) but because these friends have put down her food choices in the past, is in a bit of a quandary about what to do.
I have given friends food and money for food. For example, I had a friend call me one day hysterical about her money/food situation and the fact that our food pantry had rotting food, and I told her to drive to my house immediately and loaded up bags of groceries for her from my freezer and pantry.
Honestly, unless they are desperate, don't do it. No one wants to be that needy, and being that dependent on a friend for food to feed your children is not a happy feeling for someone one. Even though I did the right thing (I also got her electric bill caught up) it had a negative impact on our friendship because she felt icky about it. You can give charity to someone or you can be their friend, but it's very hard to do both.
Few people want to be the recipient of that kind of charity.
None the less, if it is a truly desperate situation, do the right thing with your eyes wide open that your friendship may never be the same.
I think the difference is food preferences is side issue. I think diverting the thread to the organic vs regular food is taking the whole question off topic.
but everything has pros and cons
Yeah not what I got from it. Especially after her second post. As in it's good enough for her why can't they just deal with it too. It was obnoxious.
It sounds to me like they used to buy organic, but are now having to use the food pantry? I think if I were in the same situation as your friend, I'd rather you just donate to the food pantry and I'd get it from there, no discussion of how we're getting food from you... because it sounds judgmental on both sides, her to you before and you to her now. Not interacting directly on food would just be more comfortable IMO.
On the shoes, can't you buy the thrift store shoes for $2 and offer those to her? Say you bought them thinking they would fit your kid, but they don't, so would her daughter like them? That would be kind and not so expensive that your husband will comment. If she says no thank you though, just let it go. Donate them maybe.
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Well, there are foodstuffs that I just don't buy when we can't afford the quality I prefer (eggs, for example or bread) because certain kinds make some of us sick, in some way.
That said, I do also shop at aldi and I don't think I'd make comments about 'crap food' being anything not organic/expensive around other people when either knowing or not knowing whether I was referring to food they buy. There's ways to be tactful about that and affirm that you insist on having certain standards for your own family's food without criticizing others. And peoples standards and tastes are just their own.
I'd think of it as, well, everyone has to go through situations in order to be kinder and more understanding of others' life paths. If they haven't had that kind of sensitivity about this issue in the past (food people can afford to buy) perhaps this time will engage them in some of the other issues associated with it and they'll be able to have that sensitivity in the future. At least they've been able and willing to reach out for help for themselves, that's a hard enough place to be at.
Just have them over for dinner sometimes, or more often. Or weekend brunch. I don't know whether there's a way to outrightly give them food that couldn't also backfire, if you aren't close enough that anyone has asked for the favor. Picking up inexpensive gym shoes, if you happen across them, might be nice to do. If they don't accept them, make sure that your child would also like them.
I tell this to let readers know there are sometimes very good reasons to choose organic, and that person may not simply be a food snob. It might be a matter of health.
Different people do have different priorities. They might regret some of their words or choices later or may not have any regrets if they feel that those choices were important enough.
I would offer any help out of love for the child/family not with thoughts of how their priorities/attitudes were screwed up.
I do have friends who are very committed to high quality foods and I don't offer them extra food we have on hand because I don't think they will want to use it. I don't think it is bad to have that priority about food and they haven't been rude about other people making different choices. If they weren't so committed I might ask if they'd like a few of the five boxes of cereal that someone gave us that we don't really need. I don't ask because I doubt they will want it. That is in normal times though. If they were already to the point of going to a food pantry and we had extra food that normally wasn't up to their high standard I would offer it to them.
You could invite the family over to your place to share a few meals if you want to help without feeling like you are rubbing their situation in their faces by handing them a box of food. I wouldn't say anything about the quality of the food at the food pantry/your home vs. their ideal standard of food. They ultimately are eating whatever they can get rather than starving their family but it probably doesn't feel good.
You could mention that you saw an inexpensive pair of shoes in good shape in the child's size at x store or you could just pick up a pair and ask if they wanted some shoes you found/were given. If they say no then that is that.
Kim ~mom to one awesome dd (12)
I'll chime in with Meemee's comment about the "newly poor". Our family took a fairly huge income cut so we went from comfortably shopping at Whole Foods/HFS to shopping at our city's Aldi equivalent. It was a huge adjustment and, yes, there were a few months there that we could only make it work by eating what I consider pretty vapid foods. I have a lot of emotions about it - lots of them good, actually. I'm very, very grateful for the awareness that experience gave me. I also learned some great skills in an effort to feed our family well on a relatively tight budget. Now things have improved slightly financially and, for now, we're sticking to our budget meal plans. It feels good to me to be frugal about food for some reason, especially when so many people around us are struggling.
About your friend, I agree that the term "crap" food is really insensitive - and probably a bit naive. There is ALWAYS someone eating better than you - feeding their kids better than you. And, there are differences of opinion too. I don't know...it just doesn't seem like a very helpful attitude. BUT - there could be a lot going on there. Defensiveness, and etc. I say forgive her for that comment and move on.
About the shoes. I agree that it's kind of tricky to deal with that. I know some cultures don't really like to buy second-hand shoes. I, myself, don't mind at all. Maybe you can buy a pair of second hand shoes and tell her that your neighbor was giving them away if she wants them?
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I would handle the two friends quite differently.
I would not stress over the gym shoes at all. Almost everybody can get cheap (second -hand) gym shoes if they try. For some reason they are not securing them, and that really isn't your issue. Did the friend complain about not being able to afford shoes - or did you find out about this second hand If she complained about not being able to find second hand gym shoes, I might offer to go thrift store shopping with her. (I would be hesitant to outright buy them for her - that can get messy). If you found out about the information second hand, I would totally let it go.
I would handle the friend using food banks a little differently. I would let go of the "food crap" comment. Yes, it was rude and insensitive, but her current lack of food and foodbank usage is more significant than the fact she might have offended you. I would not buy her food as people of all income levels like to pick out their own food - but I would offer help when the opportunity presents itself.
I have a friend who recently divulged to me that she has had to use food banks. I told her that if she ever found herself without food, to give m a call and I will happily invite her and her daughter over for dinner. I don't know if she will take me up on, but she knows she has a resource if she really gets stuck, and she appreciates it. I do not know if you garden at all, but now is an excellent time of year to give people food (great food!) without looking like you are giving out charity. I have given out herbs and garlic this year, and have received tomatoes. All of it has been about abundant harvests - none about poverty. It is a great way to share the wealth without looking like you are giving out charity.
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It is not your responsibility to financially support your friend's lifestyle. I would just stay out of it. Maybe they are supposed to learn a lesson in humility (per God, fate, karma, etc.).
It's pretty common (at least in my circle of peers) to be on food stamps and only buy "high quality" organic food or however you want to label it. And it's doable if you shop for in season produce and out of the bulk bins at the food co-op here. So I can completely imagine how your friend could be on medicaid (and possibly food stamps?) and still not be able to afford gym shoes. It is too bad (and insulting) that she calls what your family eats "crap". As has been said by numerous posters, different families have different priorities. And some people can be somewhat fanatical about organic food and have strong opinions about food quality in general. This thread is reminding me of a thread on MDC from years ago about the Duggars-- there was a lot of talk about what they feed their kids (considered "crap") and that their priorities were wonky.
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I'm a lot like your friends. My kids have tested sensitive to gluten, dairy, and eggs. And I've got a son on the spectrum who reacts behaviorally to dyes, artificial flavorings and additives. So, we spend the majority of our money on food. To me, what I put in my kid's bodies is more important than what I put on their bodies. Of course, there are times where we have to make compromises. I'll buy regular fruit and veggies for myself and my dh, but get the boys as much organic as possible. My systems are already developed and theirs aren't. I stretch things out a lot with buying bulk, baking, and making things by sratch. But, yes. I spend more money on food than many people I know, and we do not have a lot of money.
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I wanted to add, that I do think it's awful that your friends said that what you eat is crap. That's a bad as people telling me that I'm a food snob. It's just different priorities.
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UK cool on Iraq arms offer
Iraq's offer of talks on readmitting weapons inspectors to the country has received a muted reaction from the UK.
The Foreign Office said Saddam Hussein has a history of "playing games" and that Iraq's obligations were unchanged - it must allow "unfettered access for UN weapons inspectors - any time, any place, anywhere".
Iraq has invited the United Nations' chief weapons inspector to Baghdad for talks about restarting arms inspections.
The offer came a day after King Abdullah of Jordan said he believed UK Prime Minister Tony Blair had "tremendous concerns" about the prospect of war against Iraq.
A senior Labour MP argued a time limit should be set to test whether Iraq is serious about letting arms inspectors start work again.
Donald Anderson, chairman of the foreign affairs select committee, told BBC News Online the offer should be viewed with scepticism but nevertheless be fully explored.
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Covering the main legal points and lawful truths of the Johannes Mehserle verdict, succinctly.
No one is surprised at the verdict. Many of us just wonder how long will we continue to allow anyone who is part of what historically, to current day, in this country, has been the greatest oppressive force to individuals of color, (not just the police, the entire American justice system. From law schools to the court room, and pretty much everyone in it,) to be any determining factor on life. Politicians are the lowest scum of all, not one spoke up.
We know if this were their child, the entire event would be different, that's a maybe, especially if that child happened to be considered of color. More so than not, the American justice system is happy being so antiquated that in 2010, it is still going on 1892, the year of the most recorded lynchings of black people in America. With no consideration of, and for a change in sight, site, or cite.
Do not expect any major outcry from our churches or the NAACP for the reasons listed on this web site. http://hushmoney.org/501c3-facts.htm.
Let us take a good look. What if one of us had shot a subdued police officer in the back, with a tazer, or a gun, which ever one, and caused the death of that officer. Would we receive anywhere near the same reaction from a judge, the American justice system, as well as the police, arresting individuals for showing their disapproval. In the manner that the police officers displayed, and are displaying? The answer is No!
Know that the legal definition of arrest it; to deprive a person of his liberty by use of legal authority. Knowing that liberty is a right secured by the U.S. Constitution, and "Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation which would abrogate them." Miranda vs. Arizona, 384 US 436, 491. "There can be no sanction or penalty imposed upon one because of this exercise of constitutional Rights." Snerer vs. Cullen, 481 F. 946. "The claim and exercise of a constitutional Right cannot be converted into a crime."Miller vs. U.S., 230 F. 486, 489. "With regard particularly to the U.S. Constitution, it is elementary that a Right secured or protected by that document cannot be overthrown or impaired by any state police authority." Connolly vs. Union Sewer Pipe Co., 184 US 540 Lafarier vs. Grand Trunk R.R. Co., 24 A. 848; O'Neil vs. Providence Amusement Co., 108 A. 887. "The police power of the state must be exercised in subordination to the provisions of the U.S. Constitution." Bacahanan vs. Wanley, 245 US 60; Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. vs. State Highway Commission, 294 US 613.
The word police is inclusive of, the entire American justice system. I can easily list at least 60 standing decision that are currently being violated, and at least 80 that are violated everyday by the same.
This can only be done under color of law; meaning the appearance or semblance, without the substance, of legal right. Misuse of power, possessed by virture of state law and made possible only because wrongdoer is clothed with authority of state, is action taken under "color of law." Atkins v. Lanning D.C.Olk., 415 F.Supp. 186, 188.
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Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel is an associated organisation whose stated objective is to 'maximise support for the State of Israel within the British Liberal Democrat Party', and to 'promote policies which lead to peace and security for Israel within a Middle East peace settlement'.[1]
President of Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel is Rt Hon Alan Beith , Vice Presidents are Baron Monroe Palmer OBE and Baroness Sarah Ludford, Chair is Gavin Stollar and Vice Chair is Jonathan Davies, others include Alex Carlile, Lord Carlile of Berriew, and Evan Harris.
Members of LDFI[edit]
In alphabetical order, members of Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel include:
- Alan Beith , President of LDFI [2]
- Ed Fordham, PPC for Hampstead and Kilburn in 2010 General Elections [3]
- Matthew Harris, PPC for Hendon in 2010 General Elections.[4]
- Baron Monroe Palmer [5]
- Gavin Stollar, Chairman[6]
- Baroness Sarah Ludford, MEP for London
See also[edit]
- Labour Friends of Israel
- Conservative Friends of Israel
- Northern Ireland Friends of Israel
- European Friends of Israel
- Friends of Israel Initiative
- ^ "Objectives of LDFI". Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel. Retrieved 2007-12-18.
- ^ "Boycott plan puts our reputation at risk". The Guardian. 12 June 2007.
- ^ "Lib Dems defend Lord Wallace 'anti-Zionism'". Jewish Chronicle. April 22, 2010.
- ^ "Election 2010: Profile for Matthew Harris, Liberal Democrat candidate for Hendon". Times Series. 19 April 2010.
- ^ "Why You'll Need a Brave Heart to Vote Lib Dem". Jewish Chronicle. April 22, 2010.
- ^ "It's naive to think David Ward is the true voice of the Lib Dem's on Israel". Jewish Chronicle. 28 August 2013.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Speech to the Liberal Democrat Friends of Israel, Charles Kennedy, 4 November 2004
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Experimental Ebola drugs arrive in Liberia
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Monrovia - A consignment of experimental Ebola drugs arrived by plane in Liberia on Wednesday to treat two doctors suffering from the virus, which has killed more than 1 000 people across four West African countries.
The drug, ZMapp, arrived in white boxes on a commercial flight, a Reuters witness said. It will be taken to the John F Kennedy Memorial hospital in the capital and administered to doctors Zukunis Ireland and Abraham Borbor, government officials said.
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i pray to GOD tht The ZMApp help the Ppl,civilians,,Doctors,,
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time to watch the movie "i am legend"
Hauke Liefferink 2014/08/13 10:40:42 PM
Glen, Nature is actually culling intellectuals since they are less highly adapted. Those who are able to live with nothing but breed frequently are Naturally Selected. Evolution never had a plan. Clever is cool but doesn't mean it will survive.
Haibo Mfondini 2014/08/14 12:34:46 AM
Eh! I thought Liberia was fasting and praying for 3 days to cure Ebola.
Joseph De-izan 2014/08/14 07:01:20 AM
We can only hope and pray...