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Louisa Johnson: Biographical Information
Bowens/Johnson family oral history states that Friday Johnson was the husband of Catherine Bowens (the sister of Caesar Bowens) that their son was Willis Johnson, Sr. (b. 1878, d. 1943), and that their daughter was Louisa. Caesar Bowens was formerly enslaved on Drayton Hall Plantation on the Ashley River, St. Andrews Parish, Charleston, South Carolina.
We do see a Friday Johnson in the 1880 census who is the father of Willis Johnson, Sr., however; in 1880, Friday is married to Eliza.
Are Friday Johnson who was married to Eliza in the 1880 census, and Friday who married Catherine Bowens the same individual? The answer awaits discovery.
We have therefore created two lineages for the parental lines of Willis Johnson, Sr. The first, given here, is based upon family oral history.
The second lineage Family:Friday Johnson and Eliza Unknown (3) is for Friday who was married to Eliza on the 1880 Census. Is there a document that will join the two lineages?
We would like to learn more about Willis, Sr.'s ancestors. If you have information and/or documents to share, please do let us hear from you! We will gratefully acknowledge your contribution!
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You can click on "More" then "Pedi-Map" at the top right corner of this page to view pedigree charts, maps, timelines, thumbnail images and more for Friday and Patsey Johnson's family.
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This page is part of a groundbreaking research project to rediscover the family lineages of enslaved people on Drayton family plantations in Barbados and the United States. To read more about this historic research, please visit the article below:
Genealogy of Enslaved Communities on Drayton Family Plantations: A Research Project Sponsored by the Magnolia Plantation Foundation of Charleston, SC


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Keller Easterling: Extrastatecraft
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Wed, March 13, 7pm W.M Keck Lecture Hall Repeatable formulas and spatial products make most of the space in the world now; not only buildings but also entire cities have become spatial products that typically reproduce free zone world cities like Shenzhen or Dubai. Space has become a mobile, monetized, almost infrastructural, technology, where infrastructure is not only the urban substructure, but also the urban structure itself. Keller Easterling is an architect, writer and professor at Yale University. Her books include Enduring Innocence: Global Architecture and its Political Masquerades (MIT, 2005) and Organization Space: Landscapes, Highways and Houses in America (MIT, 1999). A forthcoming book, Extrastatecraft: Global Infrastructure and Political Arts (Yale University Press, 2013), examines global infrastructure networks as a medium of polity. SCI-Arc
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Rod Conner, president and CEO of AgGateway, the eBusiness organization for agriculture, was asked questions about AgGateway's function and also the organization's data privacy and security standards for protecting proprietary information. His answers follow:
Q. What is AgGateway?
We're a non-profit, broad based industry organization dedicated to the mission of promoting, enabling and expanding eBusiness in agriculture. We're focused on helping farmers, retailers and their supply chain partners reduce the cost and frustration of exchanging data between systems, by developing the means and tools to support them.
The organization itself is governed and run by member volunteers with the help of a very small support staff. Members work through a system of councils that are specific to industry segments – so, for example, the Crop Nutrition, Crop Protection, Precision Ag, and Grain councils, and the like. Currently we have eight councils working on eConnectivity plans and projects for the ag industry. Each council operates fairly autonomously under the leadership of its industry volunteer chair, vice-chair and members.
Q. Data privacy and security are a big concern to everyone in agriculture, and your reference to exchanging data between systems might concern some people. Is AgGateway doing anything on the data security topic?
Yes, this is an important focus area for us. We have a data privacy and security working group that in the next few weeks will publish a white paper that examines the historical, legal and regulatory perspectives on the issue, provides key terminology and principles, and in general gives a roadmap of how to proceed in establishing security, protection and privacy standards and procedures.
Q. A new standards organization called Open Ag Data Alliance or OADA was announced recently. How do their plans compare with what AgGateway is doing?
Looking just at their mission statement, there are areas of overlap with AgGateway. We've had some preliminary discussion with them, and we've encouraged any participants of theirs who are not already members to join AgGateway, so they can add their contributions to the industry through a broad-based industry group.
Standards are not developed to give any one group a competitive advantage. Instead, they are designed to free companies from the cost of managing proprietary standards, so companies can use their resources to drive innovation and create new value for agriculture.
AgGateway has an excellent track record of building consensus in the industry. We want to bring the best minds and best ideas to the party, to achieve eBusiness implementation for the benefit of agriculture.
Q. As additional basic information about AgGateway and its potential impact in the ag industry, how many members does AgGateway have—and who are those members?
AgGateway has seen tremendous growth since its inception in late 2005 – reflecting the growing interest the ag industry has in getting trading partners connected electronically. We use a broad definition for "trading partner" – from precision ag where farmers want to move their data from their equipment to the software they need to analyze it – all the way to electronic invoicing within the supply chain. We currently have more than 200 members – that's a 20% increase over our membership this time last year, and almost a 50% increase over where we were two years ago.
Our members are primarily ag retailers, leading manufacturers of ag inputs (such as crop nutrition, crop protection, seed, etc.), and companies that provide software, data products and services to the industry. We also have about a dozen association members, representing everything from standards organizations to industry associations related to each of the councils. You can find a full list of our members on our website, www.AgGateway.org. We have regular participation from and communication with the USDA and USDA agencies, as well. Currently, there is limited participation from academia, but we look forward to expanding our relationships in that area in the near future.
Q. Tell us a few more things people might not know about AgGateway.
First, people might want to know about the open, collaboration-driven process that we use within AgGateway, which has led to many great successes for our members and their partners or customers. Our members come together to solve business problems by agreeing on eBusiness standards and how they can be implemented across the industry to benefit not only their respective companies but also the industry as a whole.
Second, we work with other established standards organizations where appropriate, and incorporate the best work that is already in the public domain, so that our efforts can be focused on implementation.
Third, people may not realize that all of the standards and formats created by AgGateway – the work of our volunteer councils – can be used internationally. And once completed, those standards are all publicly accessible to everyone, for the shared good of the industry. There is no fee to access or use AgGateway standards. We want the industry as a whole to benefit, so it only makes sense that we have open standards for everyone to access and use.
In the end it's about implementation. Standards are the necessary foundation of what we do, but they are of little use without common implementation. So then, AgGateway's main focus is on actually getting the work into the field and in use by the agricultural community.
Q. Precision ag has been a big focus for AgGateway. It's been a couple of years now since AgGateway's Standardized Precision Ag Data Exchange (SPADE) project got underway. What kind of progress is being made to standardize data for everyone from farmers to crop agronomists to equipment manufacturers?
AgGateway's Precision Ag Council has several initiatives underway. These include field operations, precision water management, telematics and crop insurance/compliance reporting. More than 90 companies are participating in the Precision Ag Council.
One of the Precision Ag Council's projects, SPADE, is addressing the problem of moving data from machine systems to farm management information systems (FMIS) and to other FMIS, so the farmer and ag retailer can improve decision-making and improve productivity. It is a complex problem and the participants have made great progress since the work began. We have a very dedicated, cross-industry group working on SPADE, including equipment manufacturers, ag input manufacturers, ag retailers and software companies. More than 30 companies are contributing to the SPADE project.
As the standards identified and developed within SPADE are implemented, growers and ag retailers will be able to easily move data between software programs and systems to securely share data. This will simplify mixed-fleet field operations and improve decision making. It will facilitate crop insurance reporting and field or crop-scale revenue management. SPADE will also make it easier for growers to share data with their trusted advisors and other partners.
Several standards coming out of the project are nearly ready for publication and for use by all who need to exchange data in the ag industry. The team has completed a lot of work, with the initial focus on planting operations. The current focus – harvest and crop care – is nearing completion. They have also developed standard data exchange mechanisms (application programing interfaces) and the data elements needed for information to be moved.
The SPADE team initially identified the ISO 11783 international standard as the base for their work. They identified gaps and developed the enhancements required to meet the needs of the industry. As I mentioned above, we work with established standards organizations to assure we can implement globally – so a farmer in the USA, Europe, South America or elsewhere can get the value from our work. We have a formal relationship with AEF (Ag Electronics Foundation) and jointly submit enhancements to the ISO 11783 standard. We also work closely with GS1 (bar codes), ASABE (engineering) and others to assure things will work across all the platforms.


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When: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday March 15-April 26
Where: Autry National Center of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles
Tickets: $10 adults, $6 seniors and students, $4 children 3-12 and free for veterans and children 2 and under. Free for all second Tuesday of the month.
Information: 323-667-2000; www.theautry.org
Programming related to 'Floral Journey'
The Autry National Center of the American West will be offering programming related to its exhibit, "Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork."
March 23 — 1-4 p.m. family event: "Autry Explorers — Celebrate American Girl and Kaya," children ages 8 and up can learn about Native American life. There will be crafts, dance performances and more. $10 adults, $6 seniors and students, $4 children 3-12 and free for children 2 and under and military veterans, includes museum admission.
April 5 — 11 a.m. seminar: Exhibit curator Lois Sherr Dubin, scholars Steven L. Grafe and Tim McLeary and beadwork artists Martha Berry and Joe Baker will speak. $15 adults, $11 seniors and students and free for military veterans, includes museum admission.Reservations recommended.
May 17 — 2 p.m. talk: "Change and Continuity — The Impact of Intertribal Trade on Material Culture." $10 adults, $6 seniors and students and free for military veterans, includes museum admission.
June 1 — activity: Community Beadwork Program with artist Tiffany Jackson. Work created in class will be displayed in exhibit. Repeated July 19, Aug. 16 and Sept. 7. $10 adults, $6 seniors and students, $4 children 3-12 and free for children 2 and under and military veterans, includes museum admission.
For more information and reservations, go to www.theautry.org/floraljourney
Thousands of tiny glass beads skillfully sewn onto an array of items make a statement not only of beauty, but of the history and culture of a people. "Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork" opens at the Autry National Center of the American West on Saturday, March 15. Unlike the geometric designs often thought typical of Native-American artwork, these works create a plethora of flowers.
"Flower imagery was introduced in the realistic form and forced on the native women starting back in the 1640s as a way to become civilized young women," said Lois Sherr Dubin, a New York City-based bead expert who is the curator of "Floral Journey: Native North American Beadwork." She explains that nuns who came to America from Europe with the fur traders taught the Native-American women needle arts. Floral designs, traditional to the Europeans, were easily embraced by the native people because flowers were a part of their way of life.
"Medicine is a very strong thing in the native world," Dubin said. "Flowers would lead you to the roots, the bark, the seeds, the fruits, all the things that healing medicine would come from.
"The story of the exhibition is as the native people were forced to become acculturated, it was thought by the Europeans that the appearance of flower imagery meant just that, but in fact there were a lot of cultural and religious messages encoded within the flowers."
This "secret code" allowed Native Americans to keep their culture alive under the scrutiny of the Europeans who were trying to "civilize" them.
"It is the Victorian equivalent in Native American of the secret language of flowers," Dubin said, adding that the pieces have unified themes running through them, as well as motifs unique to each geographical area where they were created.
"Floral Journey" boasts more than 250 examples on display, such as dresses, jackets, bags, moccasins and more. There are also quilled items and rare pieces that have never been shown anywhere before. The works are from institutions and private collections from around the country, as well as the Autry's own collection.
The Autry staff hopes that visitors will not only take in the beauty of the bead work, but take the time to interpret the meanings behind the designs and colors.
"Each piece in the exhibition is really quite layered, It has history, it has beliefs. We're encouraging our visitors to 'read' the pieces," Dubin said.
At the doorway to "Floral Journey" is a James Bay Cree woman's hood from the 1860s. Dubin said that this piece is representative of the rest of the exhibit, as it tells a story of cultural survival. The hood, boasting bead work lush with roses and stems, would have been worn to church. To the Europeans, it was a lovely floral design, but the Native Americans knew that the images represented native spirit beings that would have originally appeared in animal form. Thus the hood provided spiritual protection for the wearer and ensured that sacred beliefs were visually preserved.
Next, moccasins create a trail leading visitors through the exhibit, each one beaded with floral designs.
"It's like footprints across the country with 72 pairs of moccasins, each one representing a specific tribe," Dubin said.
Before glass beads came to Native America, women decorated objects with the materials available to them, such as moose hair, quills and shells. On display is a Huron chair panel from the mid-1800s that shows a French floral design done in moose hair. The pattern also includes the four cardinal directions and a composition representative of the sun.
Throughout the show, visitors see how popular Native-American patterns created with quills, shells and other items were transferred into bead work when steel needles, trade cloth and glass beads arrived in the maker's area. This is evident in the late 1700s and early 1800s southeastern bead work by the Creek and Cherokee people. They were the first of the Native Americans to have contact with the Europeans and missionaries. Their flower designs incorporated traditional imagery dating back to their ancestors of 1150-1350, Dubin said.
"A Cherokee elder said, and I'm paraphrasing, 'The missionaries were very happy as we did the bead work, but what they didn't realize, right under their noses, they didn't understand that one color touching another meant something to us, so we kept our traditions going within the flower pieces'," Dubin said.
The exhibit also highlights contemporary work, such as bags by Maynard White Owl Lavadour and Joyce and Juanita Growing Thunder.
There will be a section in the show where visitors can learn how the bead work is done.
"The bead work, the quillwork, is exhibiting a story of beliefs, of art, of commerce. What we want people to take away is they can enjoy it as art, but if they understand what is behind the art it will become much more alive to them and they'll see it as a means of visual communication," Dubin said.
Dubin spent nearly four years creating the exhibit, as well as its companion book, "Floral Journey: Native North American Bead work" (Autry National Center/University of Washington Press, $65). The book's cover features yet another piece from the show, a breechcloth, with bilateral symmetric designs on its front and asymmetric patterns adorning its back.
"The idea is that wearing this piece, the native dancer balanced two different points of view with the symmetry representing the orderly native world and the asymmetry representing what we think is the chaotic white world. Maintaining the balance is key to native thought. You do what you have to do while maintaining beliefs to survive," Dubin said.
Dubin, who also is a landscape architect with a background in ecology, has written several books on bead work and its history. She became interested in Native-American culture in 1985.
"Creativity is very much a part of existence in Native America. The visible making of things, whether it's a poem or a dance or a piece of jewelry or a piece of bead work, all of that is very important," Dubin said.


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And the award for most effective use of social media in the pet category goes to…
Global pet care leader Nestle Purina has created a new national contest called "The Friskies" with a $15,000 grand prize that is sure to set off a new round of online cat videos.
According to the company, many great art forms have awards for the best new work created each year. Films have the Oscars, TV shows have the Emmys and now Internet cat videos have The Friskies.
"We love cat videos because they showcase the imagination of both cats and their owners," said Shaun Belongie, Friskies brand manager. "Some may say that there are too many cat videos on the Internet already. We don't think so. We're launching 'The Friskies' because we think the next great cat video is just waiting to be discovered."
Cat videographers have until October 12 to submit their video at www.TheFriskies.com where up to 12 finalists will be chosen for the judging and public voting phase in October. Winners will be announced in November. Each finalist will receive a one-year supply of Friskies cat food, and an original Friskies cat statue called a "Cat-uette." The grand prize winner receives $15,000 and the honor of "Best Video," and four "cat"-egory prize winners will receive $2,500.
The contest also rewards the online community's participation efforts with donations of Friskies cat food to cat charity organization partners. Friskies has committed to donate 125,000 cans of cat food to cat charity organization partners. Each time someone enters the contest, votes, or likes or shares a video; five additional cans of Friskies cat food will be added to the total number of cans to be donated, up to a total of 250,000 cans.
Submissions are possible in the following areas:
Catness: The essence of cat behavior or moments that capture pure cat awesomeness.
Catcom: Cats in a humorous situation.
Catventure: An indoor cat adventure
Catch All: For entries that don't fit into one of the other categories.
Videos can't be longer than three minutes and will be judged on originality, overall artistic impression, cinematography, technical production, audience appeal and entertainment quality, cat playfulness or quirks, sense of a story being told, and portraying cat's perspective.


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Mild Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
This study has been completed.
North Karelia Central Hospital
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Sanna Kouhia, North Karelia Central Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: September 11, 2009
Last updated: October 17, 2012
Last verified: October 2012
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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common peripheral nerve entrapment. Diagnosis is based on symptoms, clinical findings and electrophysiological examination. Several conservative and surgical treatment options have been described.
Studies of surgical versus conservative treatment in mild carpal tunnel syndrome have not been done and it is still unclear whether or not surgical treatment is better than conservative treatment.
The aim of this study is to research has surgery better outcome in mild CTS than conservative treatment. Patient satisfactory, clinical and electrophysiologic outcomes, direct and indirect costs will be evaluated.
|Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
|Procedure: open carpal tunnel release Other: Night-cast
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Operative Versus Conservative Treatment in Mild Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Randomized Prospective Multicenter Study
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center resources: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Hereditary Neuropathy With Liability to Pressure Palsy Roussy Levy SyndromeU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Sanna Kouhia, North Karelia Central Hospital:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Change in Symptom Severity Score [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Pain Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Change in electroneuromyography [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2009
|Study Completion Date:
|June 2012
|Primary Completion Date:
|September 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
|Active Comparator: Operative
Procedure: open carpal tunnel release
surgery to release the carpal tunnel
|Active Comparator: Conservative
Other: Night-cast
individual night time splinting
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- electrophysiologically proven minimal or mild CTS lasting more than six months will be included in this study
Exclusion Criteria:
- rheumatoid arthritis
- diabetes mellitus
- hypothyreosis
- pregnancy
- wrist trauma or previous surgery
- splinting or corticosteroid injection on the affected side
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00981565
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00981565
|North-Carelia Central Hospital
|Joensuu, Finland
|Kuopio University Hospital
|Kuopio, Finland
|Central Hospital of Mikkeli
|Mikkeli, Finland
Sponsors and Collaborators
North Karelia Central Hospital
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Keywords provided by Sanna Kouhia, North Karelia Central Hospital:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Sanna Kouhia, MD, North Karelia Central Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00981565 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|September 11, 2009
|Last Updated:
|October 17, 2012
Keywords provided by Sanna Kouhia, North Karelia Central Hospital:
Carpal tunnel syndrome
medianus impingement
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Nerve Compression Syndromes
Pathologic Processes
Median Neuropathy
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Cumulative Trauma Disorders
Sprains and Strains
Wounds and Injuries
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 25, 2017


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Of Tongues and Things.
I've written about my classroom, here and elsewhere often times. It's a diverse space that comes with its own boundaries and problems — as does virtually everything — however, sometimes some things just tease out the power dynamics much better than other moments. When you imagine the following dialogue, please bear in mind, this is happening across English, Hindi, Marathi, Hindustani, French and Tulu. I don't necessarily believe that the nation-state can or *should* be a point of reference for people's characters — but I do know one thing, Mohanty was right when she said, "A place on the map is a place in history". There are moments, when we carry our nations, some half-tongues within us, and in even rarer moments — they come out to visit. So I've used [nationality] and for Indian students, the [region] where we come from to mark the geopolitics we embody. All the Canadians in this particular class are white.
[Prof]: "What do we think of the Hindu Right gaining increasing momentum in Mumbai and Gujurat?"
[UPite]: "Oh even in UP! But I don't think it'll come to much. I am not so scared of the Hindu Right — they talk a big game but do almost nothing."
[Mumbaiite]: "What?! Have you forgotten the Gujurat 2002 carnage? The Kargil war and the wave of intense hate-Pakistan-nationalism that followed soon after? How can you say the Hindu Right doesn't *do* anything?!!? I LITERALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS!".
[Asamese]: Before S* can reply, can I just say I agree with her? I agree the Hindu Right is ideologically wrong, but from where I come from — it's the State (and the Nation increasingly collapsed into each other) that poses a threat for us. Let's keep that in mind, the Hindu Right may not be a lot of things, but it's never imposed a military rule on us".
[Me/Another Mumbaiite]: "UM. What. Right, so who instated the AFSPA? We're forgetting that even the 'Glorious Nehruvian Socialism FOR ALL ERA!!!111 was deeply gendered and casteist, it celebrated the forming of the military state. I mean, just look at how democracy was defined then (shit, it's still the same today!), to attack Mumbai, or the Center is 'anti-democratic' and to attack Manipur, Kashmir, Arunachal is to make sure democracy is preserved".
[UPiite]: "I think we're sort of forgetting that UP has seen a range of Left governments, however, we still have had waves of Naxalbari. I'm starting to feel like we glorify Left governments and just assume that they are a viable solution for our increasingly-capitalist-totalitarian State".
[Prof]: "A couple of things. Yes, about glorification about Left governments — how come we forget Bose's fascist tendencies? His connection to Burma and Hitler? Yes, the Left could propose a real threat in this country, but going back to the Nehru point — I think it'll be good if we just for this moment forget that Nehruvian Era was supposed to be socialist. Look at what happened to the Hindu Code Bill debates, the deeply casteist remarks it spurred, that only a Dalit could propose the "sacred" Hindu marriage is a contract and so on. Remember, talking about caste (outside of census and sociological debates) was to be casteist itself. We're talking about generations bred up to think that to mention their caste, is as if, to admit that there's something 'wrong' or 'missing'.
[Canadian]: "This is so interesting. Because back home, the Christian Right have real as well as theoretical power. Here the Right seems to be a symbolic signifier more than anything".
[Bangalorian]: "Repeating P* on the Gujurat carnage of 2002, the current (forced) indoctrination of religious minorities to Hinduism, the riots of the early 90's. I think people let's settle on one basic thing, far Right or far Left are both seriously problematic. What we should be talking about is, what happens to Mumbai and Gujurat, two seats of burgeoning cultural capital if Hindu Right forces are now overtly part and parcel of the market".
[Salvadorian]: "To just step out of India for a moment, I don't think I can ever think the Right can ever be 'harmless' as S* seems to be suggesting. Like, harmless, sure, but to whom? I'm pretty sure, this wouldn't be a part of the discussion if S* wasn't an upper-caste Hindu woman who grew up in an urban city like Delhi. This isn't to play oppression olympics — but geopolitics and socialisation play a big part in what you see, and the privilege that allows you to unsee, so to speak".
[Another Canadian]: "Till I came to India, I had no idea how bad the caste question really was. No amount of books can teach you such sort of lived discrimination".
[Bengali]: "It's true, we've grown up thinking that we upper caste liberals are so progressive that we don't mention caste at all. Truth is, caste is unfolding always. Even when we say we don't "talk about caste", we do say, "I hope so and so doesn't marry inter-caste". I won't even broach what inter-religious unions can do in a upper caste Bengali bourgeoisie".
[Another Canadian]: "This is something that is only half-thought out, so… I take a couple of classes over at the politics department, we never talk of caste. It seems, that this class goes out of its way to make sure it's a part of our conversation almost every day. I wonder, why don't other departments don't want to address it".
[Me/Another Mumbaiite]: "Same reason, let's say the feminist academia doesn't talk about its Eur-Am bias, India doesn't talk about its 'big brother-y' role in SAARC, some people in this class don't see a particular type of politics as dangerous — their life chances don't depend on it. I HAVE to talk of race, my geopolitical location every time I step into feminist academia, this is a promise I've made to myself. Because too much goes unsaid, it's too traumatic to ever fully acknowledge that you were a part of a process that just re-affirmed the current world order and you didn't say anything".
[Delhiite]: "Right, but then do you talk about caste? Or that's just the responsibility of those damned lower and backward castes huh?"
[Me/Mumbaiite]: "I don't see what I can do talking about caste. Like sure, I could tell you about the slurs I grew up with, that are a part of my linguistic training in Gujarati (my supposed mother tongue) that speak of the Kolis, the Warkaris and the Adivasis in specific racialised, derogatory words. I'm sure they're important to see how caste, race, sexuality, stereotypes unfold in our everyday. But, I firmly believe I can't be the one to merely speak about caste, I have to do at the same time. I usually don't think theory and practice have such clear distinctions — but things like, giving the Valmiki caste woman who my landlady employs to clean the house the same cup I use to drink coffee in. Or to understand that to a large section of the society, notions of space, health and access are very different — and such an analysis has to leave the pages. It has to happen before I can say, I'm okay with theorising about caste".
[Prof]: "Okay, let me try something here. Tell me, how many of you have ever faced any sort of racial and caste discrimination? Number and name the instances. [After a long pause] See, I'm quite certain that most of you have firsthand experiences of both forms of prejudice, but you cannot label such experiences so clinically. I think caste has to be done too, but not necessarily done and then spoken about — I do get why you said do and speak, in this instance, but let me put this a bit further. How come talking about caste is relatively easy for say, the Canadians? And why is talking about race something we have to bring ourselves to say? At the same time, if you ask our friends from the rural area, who are sitting besides us because of certain reservations, affirmative action so to speak, why can they talk to caste to me in only Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, whatever. They speak and I translate — what does it mean that I have to be that bridge between their conversations and yours? Why do they think, me, an upper caste woman (who is strongly influenced by Ambedkar and Periyar) is safer, than other people who may be around them in the caste hierarchy?"
"I am not particularly interested to see what the class thinks of the Hindu Right, but to see how can we talk to each other, if our tongues, broken and full (but this can be contested heavily too), have to mediate our embodied regions, races, castes? Why and how does race become a global phenomenon, but caste something particular to India? Why do we need constant translation in class, even though we've almost never ever fully agreed with each other? There's something to think about this — how our languages in this classroom mediate everything we've said and want to say, where we come from and what kind of history we carry with our bodies".
Still parsing what she said. But, can I just say, during such times, I really do love my class?


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It's back! Our semi bi-annual Mountain & Sackett giveaway is here again. I love Mountain & Sackett ties. They're a family-owned business that's been making ties right here in the U.S. of A since 1957. And the quality of their ties can't be beat. Other companies use machines to pump out hundreds of ties an hour. The skilled craftsmen at Mountain & Sackett stitch their ties by hand, making only 5 an hour and carefully checking each piece for quality.
With Christmas coming up, this could make a great gift for a dad or brother.
What's Up for Grabs
The winner of the giveaway will get to choose any one of Mountain & Sackett's ties (except from the Autism Speaks collection) as their prize. Need a narrow tie in your collection? How about a solid wool tie? And of course don't forget the ties that Mountain and Sackett are famous for-their regimentals. Mountain and Sackett's regimental ties are the world's only 100% handmade ties. No machine touches these beauties. Cruise through Mountain and Sackett's collection and pick one out for yourself.
How to Enter
Entering is easy. Just follow these two simple steps:
1. Visit the Mountain & Sackett website and pick out the style and color you would like for your tie if you're lucky enough to be selected as the winner.
2. Share your selection with us in the comments section. You don't have to post the link-just a description. (Posting the link may cause your comment to be filtered as spam).
A winner will be drawn randomly from the entries. The deadline for entry into the contest is Tuesday, December 14 at 10 PM CST.
What are you waiting for? Enter today!
The winner be announced on The Trunk.
PS-If you're looking for new ways to tie a tie, check out our videos on how to tie a tie.
Last updated: December 16, 2010


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Free volleyball clinics
The Aloha Volleyball Club, directed by Los Altos High girls volleyball coach Peter Kim, has scheduled free clinics Saturday at Lynbrook High, 1280 Johnson Ave., San Jose, and Oct. 27 at Wilcox High, 3250 Monroe St., Santa Clara. The volleyball clinics are for girls in middle school (3:30-5 p.m. both days) and high school (5:30-7:30 p.m.). For more information, visit alohavbc.com.
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The annual Los Altos High School Pumpkin Patch – benefiting the school's athletic program – is scheduled 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekends through Halloween in the student parking lot. Pumpkins of almost all shapes and sizes will be available for purchase. The pumpkin patch is bigger this year, featuring a spooky tunnel walk, a haunted graveyard and snacks (popcorn and lemonade). Los Altos High is located at 201 Almond Ave.
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Holiday accommodation : Guest Room
"La Fougeraie" Guest Room for 2 People
© Jean-Pierre ALDERSON
- Address:
Rue Fechaire 3A
- MAPS: Google Maps
La Fougeraie is a spacious guest room for 2 in the Namur province.
This guest room welcomes you, all year round, on the first floor of a new house with all the modern comforts in a quiet street opposite the Bois de Gesves.
La Fougeraie is situated 20km from Namur, 13km from Andenne and 17km from Ciney.
Configuration of the room
- 1 shower room and private toilet,
- bath robe, hair dryer and care products,
- 1 computer and free WiFi access,
- tea and coffee.
Equipment and services for guests
- Regional breakfast with local artisan and fair trade produce,
- terrace and garden,
- secure garage for motorbikes and bicycles.
Please do not hesitate to contact the owner for information about prices, taxe de séjour, the extra bed, the child's bed, the table d'hôtes menu or the falling prices.
We're looking forward to your visit!
Capacity: 2 persons, 1 room
- email : firstname.lastname@example.com
- tel. : +32 (0) 83 66 86 60
M. ALDERSON Jean-Pierre
Rue Fechaire 3A
5340 Gesves
Tourist information on the town GESVES


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Your Instant Queue in XBMC's GUI, with search, new listings and add/removing items from the Queue (Instant and Disc Queue is supported).
This is using the Netflix API with version 2.0 calls. It's registered with Netflix as xbmcflicks.
Instant Watch - Watch items Instantly
- includes: Your Queue, search, new items, queue add/remove
Disc Items
- Add items to your Disc queue, modify the queue, change the priority of an item (i.e. move it to the top of your list), search, get the Top 25's by Genre, and more
Rental Details
- See what you have watched, rented, and/or returned
Video Preview: http://youtu.be/_quqCM6jLfs
Before asking questions in this thread, please read the FAQ:
Windows and OSX - All Features will work
Linux - No Playback Support, you could use it to add/remove/search for items, but playback will not work
- Linux Playback is not supported and will not be unless Microsoft makes Silverlight for Linux, or Netflix uses something else (There's some chatter about HTML5). There are no workarounds at this time.
XBMC Version Support:
- Dharma XBMC 10.0
- Eden support is work in progress!
How does this work?
It's using Netflix API calls to work with your queue, add/remove etc.
It's displaying that data in XBMC
The actual playback, is using IE and Silverlight, DRM is intact.
Will this work for netflix.ca
- Most items work now, search seems abit odd (that's on Netflix side of the house)
Does this work on the apple tv
- It should as long as you have a browser working on the apple tv and can view your movies on the netflix site
-- we are still sorting out some of the commands needed in the playercorefactory.xml to launch the browser
Is this registered with Netflix?
- Yes, it's registered under the name xbmcflicks
If you need to create/modify the playercore file and advanced settings, use this as the reference of what is needed in those files.
The current version of the addon will create the file if you don't already have on in place.
playercorefactory.xml - Note change the path to IE if your running 64bit
<player name="IE" type="ExternalPlayer">
<filename>c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe</filename>
<args>-k "{1}"</args>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule name="html" filetypes="html" player="IE" />
Where do i get it?
- Dharma:The addon is in the official XBMC repo, you can install it from within XBMC. The addon will attempt to create the required playercorefactory and advancedsettings files for it to work, if you already have these files, you will need to manually add the information to them.
- Eden [WIP]: https://github.com/spudsdude/XBMC-Flicks/zipball/master
OSX Users: Important note
Notes: if using OSX, pick it in the addon settings, that changes how it handles the initial browser open so that auth will work
What keys do what --
Key's that function when it's playing
space OR enter = pause/play
ctrl+alt+shift+left arrow OR just F = full screen
esc = exit full screen
ctrl+spacebar = put it's into frame mode to allow ffwd and rwd using arrow keys
shift + left arrow = rwd
shift + right arrow = ffwd
ctrl+alt+shift+m = menu
alt+f4 = shutdown web page (forcefully)
What remote do I use?
I use the cheap one from amazon, $8 us, works pretty good for the cost
Using it with Event Ghost --
Fade23 currently uses EventGhost and an AutoHotkey script (http://forums.sagetv.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38969) to accomplish this.
You will want to choose the option to use alt player, it's under the addon settings, Misc tab.
Using it with the IE Wrapper.
For the Windows Users out there:
Here's a wrapper around IE, it has an X at the top right to allow the window to be closed, you can also just press F10 to exit it.
save it where ya like, and update the playercorefactory.xml to point to that file.
the <args> need to be updated as well.
I put mine into my plugin folder and use the following playercorefactory.xml
<player name="IE" type="ExternalPlayer">
<filename>C:\Program Files (x86)\XBMC\portable_data\addons\plugin.video.xbmcflicks\resources\lib\iewrap.exe</filename>
<args> "{1}"</args>
<rules action="prepend">
<rule name="html" filetypes="html" player="IE" />
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Comment Rating plugin: FAQ
Sep 27th, 2009 by BoB
Why are the voting image in gray?
If the thumbs are grey, it's most likely working well. Comment author cannot vote on his/her own comments. That's why the voting images are grayed out and don't respond to mouse-over. But if you change to a different IP address, you'll be able to see the clickable images and mouse-over effects.
If all your computers go through the same ADSL/Cable router, they all have the same external IP address. The thumb will stay gray, until your IP address changes (e.g. rebooting the router).
To others, the thumbs should be in color.
My comments are not hiding when the "poorly rated comments" value is reached – only the style gets applied. Anything I need to do in the template?
Well all comments are equal. But some comments are more equal than others. Comments made by the blog post author or admin will never be hidden. All other comments will be hidden when they reach the poorly rated threshold.
When I try to click either vote button, the button changes size as it's supposed to but no vote is logged and nothing changes to a checkmark. Why?
The problem is that Commet Rating javascript is not loaded. If you theme doesn't call wp_footer() then the line to load javascript will not be inserted. Have a look at the page source code (Ctrl-U with Firefox), you should see in the Javascript in the footer section, see image.
I get a javascript error with this in the title bar.
If the error says, "Nothing found for /wp-content/plugins/comment-rating/ck-processkarma.php" or similar, and your hosting server have phpSuExec enabled, you must have the permission 777 on your /wp-content/plugins or /wp-content/plugins/comment-rating. PHPSUEXEC will refuse to serve any pages that are at security risk, for example with 777 as permissions. (will generate an Internal Server Error).
Changing the directory permission to 644 (removing the writable access rights) should solve the problem.
Comment Rating doesn't work in Thesis theme.
It's a bug in Thesis 1.7/1.8.
You'll have to modify /lib/classes/comments.php in Thesis 1.7
Around line 276 you'll see:
if ($output) echo $output;
Change it to:
if ($output) echo apply_filters('comment_text',$output);
My Suffusion theme displays the voting icon and numbers in separate lines.
If you use the popular Suffusion Theme, you will see the voting icons and numbers are shown in separated lines, like below.
It's the definition of the line of "display: block;" that caused the problem.
.commentlist small { margin-bottom: 5px; display: block; font-size: 87%; }
You need to remove the "display: block;" line. Then everything will be fine.
My native language is not supported. How do I add a translation?
Please install the plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/codestyling-localization/ . After installation, Codestyling Localization's page is under WordPress Admin page: Tool->Localization. Locate Comment Rating plugin. Click "Add Language".
Now you need to do the next 3 steps:
- click "Rescan" beside the language you created.
- then click on "Edit", beside the language you created.
- "Edit" will show you a list of terms used in Comment Rating. You need to click on "Edit" for each term to add your translation. Then "Save" or "Save/Next" until you're done for each term.
When you're done, please send me the 'ckrating_xx_XX.po' and 'ckrating_xx_XX.mo' files in the comment-rating plugin directory. I'll distribute the translation in future release with acknowledgment to your contribution.
I'd love to have an option to hide the comment altogether (not just comment_text) but the whole comment. How can this be done?
WordPress filters does not allow this to happen. But you can customize your theme to skip displaying a comment if the rating is too low. I can also help. Please see here.
Can I style the whole comment box of highly-rated/poorly-rated/hotly-debated comments
Yes. the comment styling uses the new comment_class filter (introduced in WordPress 2.7). If your theme doesn't use WordPress 2.7 wp_list_comments(), you'll only see the comment text background being styled or highlighted. To fix the problem, you need to add comment_class into your existing theme. For example code, please see here.
My nested comment box highlighting is messed up!
When using nested comments, the styling of a highly or poorly-rated comment is passed on to every comment below it. This means that every comment nested below a low-rated comment becomes semi-opaque, even if it is high-rated itself. The end result is huge blocks of dim text that are difficult to read.
Also highly-rated comments pass on that style to everything below it, resulting in huge blocks of styled text that obscure the rating of comments that are not really highly rated.
The problem is caused by styling the whole comment box. To solve the problem, just turn off comment box styling.
How do I set the thresholds of highly-rated/poorly-rated/hotly-debated comments?
This is the tricky part. Setting the thresholds too low, every comment becomes highlighted or hidden. Setting them too high, nothing changes and you cannot draw readers attention.
Every blog's readers are different. Some have passionate and active readers who vote on almost every comment. Some have indifferent readers who don't want to click.
There's no magic formula. You'll have to experiment. Hopefully, it's fun to play with the numbers.
Can a comment be both highly-rated, and poorly-rated or hotly-debated?
Yes, if you're not careful with your thresholds. Won't there be messy formatting? No, there won't be. Rest assured. Comment Rating will use only one style based on the following descending priorities: highly-rated, poorly-rated, hotly-debated.
How do I turn off one or more styling?
You can do so by simple set the threshold for the undesired feature to a high number. For example, if you don't use hotly-debated highlighting, set its threshold to 1000.
When a comment is hidden, will search engines index them?
Comment Rating uses HTML style attribute "display:none" to hide poorly-rated comments. The comment text are still in the HTML page. They are just not shown by the browser. All search engines will index those text.
Why sometimes the voting number does not change ?
The up or down vote counts will change rightaway after the visitor has casted a vote and change color to grey indicating the vote has been accepted. However, if you have wp-cache or wp-super-cache enable, other visitors will not see the refreshed vote counts until the cached page expires and reload.
To keep the vote count fresh, please set wp-cache/wp-super-cache Expire time to 1 hour or less.
The clickable images don't show up. Why?
There may be multiple reasons.
Possibility 1: If your Apache error log show an error like this:
error_log:[Wed Aug 19 09:42:20 2009] [error] [client 10.9.1.67] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/html/try/wp-content/plugins/comment-rating/images/up.png,
You have a misconfigured Apache server which preventing the loading of the images. Please Google "client denied by server configuration" to see how others deal with the issue, e.g. http://www.raditha.com/blog/archives/000896.html.
Possibility 2: You may have configured your WordPress URL to be, for example, http://CaptionWit.com/index.php. Please change it to http://CaptionWit.com under Settings -> General: WordPress address (URL).
Is there a list of plugins this may be incompatible with?
Comment Rating uses a unique name space, 'ckrating'. There should be no conflict with other plugins. But you never know.
Warning in PHP, should I be worried?
I have this PHP warning message below News in the control panel
Warning: gzinflate() [function.gzinflate]: data error in /xxx/xxx/public_html/wp-includes/http.php on line 1787.
This is a bug in the WordPress http.php file. I've reported to the WordPress team. So far, the only problem it generates is the warning message.
Don't worry. This is not a problem. And it will be fixed by the WordPress team.
After clicking the voting image a popup comes up …
Here are a few more error messages:
- "Your browser does not support the XMLHttpRequest Object!": please change to a different browser or upgrade your browser
- "Response has no value", "Error: Try again later", "Error: Query Error", "Error: Comment Query error", "Error: Comment doesnt exist", "Error: Fatal: html format error": These mean that Comment Rating backend has various problem accessing the database. The problem varies from non-existing comment ID entry to having problem access the database. These basically mean that your WordPress database is corrupted or the database is too busy. You should seek help from a Professional (someone knows WordPress and mySQL well). If you are the Professional and you're sure your DB is not too busy, backup your database (using phpMyAdmin or Wp-DBManager plugin), and then using the same tool to drop the table "wp_comment_rating" table, de-activate and re-activate Comment Rating.


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Wish they had more, but what they do have is very good.
gotta love the prime rib
The staff is knowledgeable and accommodates our diets. The prices are fair and portions are good.
They were out of all most everything thing I thought looked good. The food did get good not outstanding. It has friendly staff good for kids. It was better this last time but food is just good not outstanding.
great menu and the food is the best.
3020 Crain Hwy., Waldorf, MD 20601
For a chain, they are very accommodating to gluten free needs.
2045-D W. Briggsmore Avenue, Modesto, CA 95350
This place is great! They have a special glutenfree menu with lot's of choices. Loved the ribs :)
722 Jamacha Rd, El Cajon, CA 92019
Not Celiac Friendly! All fried items are fried in the same oils. Kitchen is not dedicated and cross contamination is a problem. Corporate Office has little or no desire to change menus.
7201 Indiana Street, Evansville, IN 47715
Food was good but there was a crouton in the bottom of the salad bowl!! Guess waiter just picked them out! Not happy!!
94-810 Ukee Street, Waipahu, HI 96797
Excellent dinner and the BEST gf dessert!!! Chocolate Thunder from Down Under. If only they had gf croutons...
610 Old York Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046
I had two great experiences at this OB recently. Waiter was knowledgeable and meal was great. I have celiac and I had no issues.
75-5809 Alii Drive, Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Ate here twice, no reactions. The sirloin was the best steak I've ever had at an Outback. It was cooked perfectly, but a bit too spicy for me. Potatoes were a bit salty, but I am not a big salt user, so they might be fine for most people. Had Alice Springs chicken the other time. Slightly overdone.
7380 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89123
Staff was really nice but one thing I ordered off the gluten free menu and got ribs, later that day I got a reaction so if you are really really sensitive like me, I would suggest not to order them
1709 Deptford Center Rd. #200, Deptford, NJ 08096
has a gf menu. was not impressed for the amount non-steak options that were available.
5051 Stockdale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93309
This was my first restaurant experience after being diagnosed and was pleasantly surprised. The waiter went out of his way to make sure I got the gluten free menu (I didn't know they had a separate one) and really made me feel at ease.
18326 I-45 South, Shenandoah, TX 77384
Nothing says, "happy 40th birthday" like being the victim of cross contamination! 😭 We researched online prior to going out to eat at a restaurant in Shenandoah tonight. Outback Steakhouse's website claims that it "is serious about gluten-free" so we decided to give it a go. I was pleased to see so many items on their gluten free menu. My husband and I split a gluten free Caesar salad as an appetizer since there were no other GF appetizers on the menu. I ordered the Alice Springs Chicken and a fully loaded baked potato. I was very clear with the waiter that I needed him to let the kitchen know that I have celiac disease and definitely needed a gluten free meal. He assured me that he would and that Outback was serious about gluten free. Along with dinner, I ordered a house margarita that I only took a few sips of because the flavor wasn't as good as my favorite one elsewhere but I didn't complain. Instead, I ordered an Angry Orchard to go with my meal. I only drank half of it because it tasted like beer. I also only ate half of my meal because I started feeling nauseous and bloated before I could finish it. We promptly paid and left the restaurant. An hour later, I look like I'm 6-7 months pregnant and am absolutely miserable! I contacted the restaurant and spoke to a manager named Kelly. She apologized profusely stating that her roommate also had celiac disease, could sympathize, and offered to comp my meal. I told her that I appreciated the gesture, but wanted her to know that I felt obligated to let others in the GF Foodies Facebook group and on the Find Me Gluten Free app know about my negative experience tonight. As promised, here's my review of the Outback Steakhouse on the feeder of I45 in Shenandoah; buyer beware!
14580 Potomac Mills Road, Woodbridge, VA 22191
Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. The waiter even asked if it was okay if the rest of the table had bread. They even have a regular menu that listed all the GF food. Not just an allergy card.
20000 E. Valley View Pkwy., Independence, MO 64057
We ate there today and food and staff were both a 5! Incredible!!
5001 Oscar-Baxter Drive, Tuscaloosa, AL 35405
I've never had a gluten issue here, but they always overcook my steak. Don't order lobster at this location either, it's usually rubbery. The Alice Springs Chicken is always good though! Just wish they had a dedicated fryer for French fries.
9579 Braddock Road, Fairfax, VA 22032
Great gluten free menu. Easy place to get a safe meal. Decent steak for a decent price.
14 Danbury Rd., Wilton, CT 06897
GF menu and I never had an issue after letting them know about my allergies. I can even order delivery or curbside from here and no issues as long as I specify allergy. The best cake dessert is also flourless!
4600 Route 42, Turnersville, NJ 08012
Our go to place for a GF friendly meal, we travel a lot for business they always accommodate our need for special food preparation. Always an excellent steak or salmon along with salad and baked potato. Always friendly and courteous.
5690 Calle Real, Goleta, CA 93117
My 11 year old daughter loves to get a salad and baked potato here. She is over the moon for the chocolate thunder from down under. You can barely get her to share a bite. It's so nice to have a Celiac safe place to go out to eat as a family.
1212 Providence Hwy., Norwood, MA 02062
Outback in Norwood is great at ensuring the staff is educated on gluten. I have eaten there at least 100 times over the last few years. I can't say all Outbacks are good like Norwood because there not. Food is good, selection is good, price is good, I feel safe eating there.
2207 Forest Drive, Annapolis, MD 21401
I am able to eat at any Outback in the country and not get sick, but I cannot say that is true with the Annapolis Outback. Ordered steak, sweet potato and broccoli. Our server didn't seem to care about my gluten issues, and made himself very scarce. Aside from gluten issues, my steak was over cooked and awful. I was sick as a dog before we made it home, horrible cramps and then you know.. usual celiac problems. I think it was the sweet potato or a topping they put on the sweet potato. Will never return to this Outback again.
8195 Vineland Ave., Orlando, FL 32821
Had steak and shrimp with a salad and.. dessert.. never do I have dessert.. absolutely fantastic.. owner came over and talked to us about the steps he has taken to be celiac friendly.. it was nice to be comfortable ordering dinner.. they have a gluten free menu , you will need a regular menu for the prices but well worth it..
3600 S. Broadway, Edmond, OK 73013
Lots of variety, desserts even offered! All seasoning on meat is gluten free
8005 Moores Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027
Came here as a family with our daughter with Celiac. We always order her meal first. We've been to Outback many times and this was the first time the waitress had a blank look on her face when I mentioned Celiac; clearly she had no idea what I was talking about which was disappointing. Don't think we'll be back given that there are other much safer options.
3995 Hinkleville Road, Paducah, KY 42001
I live an hour away and I make special trips here when I want good hearty food that is safe to eat without worry. The staff are always very knowledgeable and their brownie sundae is flourless so its already GF.
100 N. Pointe Blvd., Lancaster, PA 17601
I have celiac disease and Was told that the fries were gluten free and safe for me to eat later to find out everything is cooked in the same fryer
3260 Scottville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42104
The staff went above and beyond to make my meal safe and WONDERFUL!! Our server, Kelly, helped my with my order so that I got exactly what I wanted and then consulted with the manager who delivered my meal to the table to be sure that it was perfect. They also let me know it was prepared in a separate area of the kitchen to avoid any cross contamination. They were super friendly and helpful and I wish I could take them everywhere with me!!
45170 Schoenherr Rd., Shelby Township, MI 48315
delish and no issues. the mgr has celiac so they get it!
3411 S Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89109
The steak was great yet only 2 sides were gf. The mash potatoes one of them decent. Disappointing that the fries are not gluten free. Desert we had the brownie with ice cream which was very tasty
200 Colonial Dr., Horseheads, NY 14845
There is a separate GF menu and knowledgeable staff. The food was good.
Hwy. 35 & Woodland Dr., Middletown, NJ 07748
I read all the previous reviews and decided to take a chance. Bad idea. It has been almost two weeks since I ate there and I am still very sick. If you have celiac disease you should stay away from this place.
7605 Cass Street, Omaha, NE 68114
I've been here twice. They have a separate and expansive gluten free menu which is great! The first time the server was up front about his lack of gluten knowledge and went through all of the ingredients with me so I could tell him what was not okay plus he let the kitchen know. Five stars for that visit. The second time I felt like the server wasn't paying attention to my need for gluten free, and they brought out my salad with croutons which I sent back and was remade, but it made me nervous about the rest of the food. However, I didn't get sick. Three stars for that visit and I won't go on a busy night again.
2790 Wilma Rudolph Blvd., Clarksville, TN 37040
Celiac Had the steak and it was fantastic. Also had their asparagus. Never any symptoms
3411 S Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89109
I'm celiac and i was verry happy to eat a steack with mashed potatoes. Very good food, i was not sick.
7804 W. Irlo Bronson Hwy., Kissimmee, FL 34747
Great service. Gluten free menu and the waitress was very helpful. Unfortunately fries not available but lots of other options for sides.
2034 W. County Road 42, Burnsville, MN 55337
We stopped in on a Tuesday around 8pm & sat at the bar. The bartender has a friend with celiac and understands the protocol needed. She went back and alerted the kitchen, which was great. They have a gluten free menu that basically lists everything that is gluten free in the regular menu. Had a great steak and loaded baked potato and had no problem. Will definitely be going back.
72220 Hwy. 111, Palm Desert, CA 92260
Our meal was very good and the service was fantastic - but our gluten free dessert came out with Oreos on it! My Celiac son had a few bites before we noticed and sent it back.
1625 E Highway 50, Clermont, FL 34711
This chain does a very good job with gluten free. Has separate GF menu which offers several options. This location is smaller, but very nice. Our server did a very good job. Kiddo loved the gluten free Chocolate Thunder Down Under (Gluten free brownie sundae) What's not to love?
1625 E Highway 50, Clermont, FL 34711
Very tasty they got my sugar rim correct very friendly and celiac friendly
250 N. Red Cliff Dr. #40, St. George, UT 84790
While the gluten free menu was impressive our server knew nothing about gluten free. She brought out moldy grapes (literally black and fuzzy) to my children. I brought it to the attention of another waitress as well as her and she responded with, "yeah it was the bottom of the bag". Thank goodness I had cut them or my kids would have eaten them. No manager ever came over to apologize nor did the waitress. As a long time lover of Outback, the quality of the cook on my steak was diner quality at best. My husband who did not order gluten free was very disappointed with his food as well. Very disappointing and will not be returning.
98 Elm Street, Enfield, CT 06082
I give the food 5 stars but the staff was uneducated. I wanted the pulled pork but as many of you may know there is wheat in a lot of BQQ sauces so i asked the waiter to be sure before i ordered it. He forgot 3 times. But when he finally asked and told me it was GF i was pleasantly surprised. And it was delicious!
1709 Deptford Center Rd. #200, Deptford, NJ 08096
Separate gluten free menu. They have a gluten free brownie with ice cream dessert!! Not too many chain restaurants have cake based gluten free desserts. I'm still here so I don't know about any cross contamination.
8250 Macedonia Commons Blvd., Macedonia, OH 44056
And, our daughter's salad just came full of croutons. What has happened to Outback? Their servers, managers and kitchen staff were once amazingly trained in Celiac & allergy awareness.
8117 Georgia Street, Merrillville, IN 46410
This place was great! I used my NIMA tester and I was impressed. My salad and tangy tomato dressing were GF. My loaded baked potato was also GF. The first steak they made me came back with gluten. However, the manager realized it was the seasoning and sent me home with a new steak that did indeed test GF. Great staff!
311 Hampton Ct., Onalaska, WI 54650
Have eaten here many times and my husband a celiac has never gotten I'll here.
315 Maple Ave. E., Vienna, VA 22180
Great steak for a reasonable price. Gluten free menu available just ask the waiter. I have been happy and not had any reactions here.
7189 Overland Road, Boise, ID 83709
Gluten free menu. Felt great after. Have eaten here multiple times.
7000 Mayo Blvd., #24, Phoenix, AZ 85054
Excellent tasting food
1551 Niagara Falls Blvd., Amherst, NY 14228
Great experience. Very gluten free aware and many options. Steak was a ton better than Mortons next door and we had a ton more options.
1361 Fitzgerald Dr., Pinole, CA 94564
This place is horrible! I just don't even know how Celiac people could even eat here! It's like Celiac people don't even matter at Outback and it's so sad because I had to leave because I got sick with the cross contamination! ;(
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My first job in The Herald's news department was obituary writer.
The official title was editorial assistant, but the primary focus was writing death notices. This was before the paper switched to a paid obituary system.
The writing was simple. Funeral homes provided a rough draft written by the family. My job was to format for our print standards.
I would call the family up and offer condolences, then read the revised version that was going to print. I took to the routine quickly. I could crank out as many as 20 obits a day if I got rolling.
And I hardly gave that early part of my career much thought until earlier this week, when I wrote the obituary for my wife's best friend, Edith Madrigal.
Edith died on Jan. 9 after a long battle with breast cancer. She was 35 years old. She served in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves, achieving the rank of Senior Airman.
It wasn't until I wrote Edith's obituary that I put into focus how extraordinarily hard it is to properly capture someone's life in a few hundred words.
Scratch that. It can't be done.
Because while writing my friend's public death notice, I couldn't reconcile how much was being left out in the process.
I couldn't get into the loving relationship she had with my wife Ginger, or how I viewed their relationship with a tinge of envy.
I'll admit, early on, my relationship with Edith was dicey. She was the protective sister, skeptical of the new guy in the picture. We took some time getting used to one another.
Eventually, we put that behind us and Edith became a fixture in my relationship with my wife.
There were Saturday night bar-hopping adventures and dinner dates. San Francisco Giants games and annual treks to the local beer festival. There was a weekend getaway to a Northern California Indian casino where Edith hosted us with comforting warmth.
That's who she was, all light and spark and willingness to make people feel at ease.
It's with that attitude she kept a secret of her breast cancer diagnosis from my wife during her pregnancy. Edith didn't want my wife to be worried while she was carrying our baby.
My wife still marvels at Edith's selflessness, at how her friend knew the news would affect my wife.
Edith endured surgery and chemotherapy. She had it beat and there were hopes for a full recovery.
But the stubborn disease would have none of it. It returned in 2012. My wife was devastated.
Edith kept her resolve. She maintained a quiet grace in the face of the deadly disease that had taken her older sister only a couple of years before.
In the summer, my wife helped organize a giant party for Edith. The celebration of a lifetime, Ginger called it.
Edith fought through the summer and fall. By winter, the disease had spread. My wife would trek back and forth from our home in Salinas to Edith's home in Watsonville.
She'd accompany Edith to Stanford for checkups and tests.
My wife would text Edith every day to see how she was doing. Edith would avoid answering the question half the time in her replies.
Those texts are what my wife now misses the most.
Edith visited Costa Rica once and fell in love with it. She was determined to visit one last time. In early January, she hopped on a plane and after a pit stop in Mexico, Edith visited what was likely her vision of heaven.
It was where Edith would take her last breath.
I told my wife I was so proud that Edith made that trip. How she refused to let the disease stop her from what she wanted to do most.
It was a big, brazen flip of the bird at cancer. I'm still impressed.
So with this column, I write my first obituary in a decade, but on my terms. Just like Edith would have wanted it.
Rest in peace my dear friend, Edith. Thank you for bringing my wife so much happiness and friendship.
You will remain in my family's heart for the rest of our lives.
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Do we care?
Does it tell us anything about this team?
Does that mean the team isn't as good as their record would indicate lately.
What that also means is the Pacers have been winning all the close games. So have they learned how to win the close games.
Is this anything to be concerned about
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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Even though naming David Price as the Rays' Opening Day starter would seem to be a no-brainer, manager Joe Maddon said that Alex Cobb deserved consideration.
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Now the basic premise of Lockout isn't really that original: a prison break leads to a hostage situation and there's only one man who can save the day. Of course, when the prison in question is in space, one of the hostages is the President's daughter, and the one man who can save the day is an ex-CIA agent who's currently preparing for a 30-year stint in the same prison he's supposed to breach, the story gets a lot more interesting.
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Now the film is set in the near future of 2079 and, while this future is recognizable with plenty of familiarity, there are somethings which just seem a bit far-fetched - including one-wheeled motorcycles, skydiving from low orbit, and - of course - the whole prison in the sky thing. That said, most of Besson's movies require a lot of suspension of disbelief. Lockout of course is no different, so viewers should know going in this isn't a film that'll make anyone smarter or change the world. What it will do is make your pulse pound from time to time with some brilliantly conceived action sequences and make you laugh from the non-stop one-liners Pearce's character Snow can't stop spouting. Let's be honest, the guy is a walking, talking machismo who takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'...all while never forgetting to add a wise crack or smart remark.
Grace plays the scared hostage well...though fans already know that from having watched her in Taken. You'd think she'd get tired of playing that sort of role, but thankfully Grace's character here - Emilie Warnock - has a bit more backbone and stands up for herself throughout the film.
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Danny needs to stay calm.
Wade needs to stop playing dirty. That's the same **** he did when he dislocated Rondo's arm.
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Danny needs to stay calm.
Wade needs to stop playing dirty. That's the same **** he did when he dislocated Rondo's arm.
Am I the only one that likes it when Granger gets in people's faces?
DG is getting in their head. Each time he gets a T. they miss the FT.
Yeah danny is stupid no need for that
I wouldn't call Wade punching Spoelstra a brawl.
Remember, 7 technical fouls in the playoffs gets you suspended for a game. Granger's got 3 in this series. Did he have any against Orlando?
That might be Leandro's first end of quarter make for us ever. Nice!
Great job, Barbosa
And he got fouled!
More of the same in the second half and we'll be home safe.
Yeah Danny needs to just stfu and play ball....
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Game 3 and 4 have been some bad decisions. He didn't need to get in Wade's face right there, he just gave them an opportunity for a free point.
We were ahead on that 2nd quarter, even when Heat clearly upped their game.
That bodes well for us.
Only 5 TOs in the half.
And we hit 14-16 FTs
I wish Danny would knock it off already.Very good half and nice basket there by Barbosa.
He isn't the one throwing elbows, or tackling players.
I don't have any problem with Danny standing up for Roy, especially given that he just *talked* to Wade there. He didn't really "get in his face".
On a side note: I LOVE LANCE STEPHENSON.
How far he has come. He is the biggest cheerleader on the bench.
What I take from this is, the dude does have passion, the one thing I've always questioned with him had been his passion. You can tell how much he wants to be on the court when he is the loudest on the sideline. If he puts in the work this season(which this playoff run might give him the motivation to do), he could be a good player off the bench for us next season.
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I understand why Granger is getting in their faces, and I understand why they are calling technicals. But why are James and Wade able to throw elbows?
I'm pretty sure that it is.
Keep it up, guys. Just keep it up


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DAVID Bridgwater's faith in The Giant Bolster was vindicated once again as his Wyck Hill stable star returned to win for the third time on Cheltenham's Festival Trials Day.
A resounding seven-length beating of Hennessy runner-up and 6-4 favourite Rocky Creek in the Argento Chase was his greatest achievement at the meeting so far, surpassing handicap wins in 2011 and 2012.
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It's been quite a while since I've posted but it's time.
John is in hospice, according to all the books on the end of life he is probably in his last 2-3 weeks. I want you all to know he is at peace with dying. He has decided to donate his body to science in the hope they might find a cure for the next person. I'm so very proud of him for doing this.
It's harder now on me I think because he's starting to get confused, won't eat for days and then he perks up and wants a crazy meal of eggs, bacon and hash browns. He can't eat it but I cook it.
If it wasn't so sad it would be funny.
I'm at peace and feel finally calm about losing him. I know it's going to be hard but I think I'm finally ready to let him go.
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