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Power Down Week fired up Milwaukee
During the last week of June, the Riverwest neighborhood celebrated Power Down Week, a grassroots event that inspired hundreds of people in Milwaukee and beyond to use less electricity and fewer resources.
Co-organizer Sarah Moore says about 150 people from Riverwest and Bay View participated in the workshops and social gatherings, but many more people participated privately in various parts of Milwaukee and beyond.
"I am still running into people, getting e-mails from people or being told about someone's husband's friends at work saying they powered down for the week. These are people who did not live in Riverwest or that never made it to an event," says Moore.
Next year, Moore says there will be a second Power Down Week, as well as a few smaller "power downs" in between.
"I hope we have mini power downs on the equinoxes and winter solstice, and that more of us incorporate aspects of Power Down Week throughout the year," says event participant Sura Faraj. "I still haven't turned my hot water heater up all the way."
One of the goals for next year it to expand the event into more Milwaukee neighborhoods.
"I think we could improve on helping other neighborhoods put on their own Power Down Week, making the 'game' aspect easier to play and doing some events leading up to the week," says Faraj.
The participation of local businesses was a large part of the event's success. Multiple Riverwest businesses donated goods, Sunrise Foods, 2879 N. Weil St.. Sunrise donated a large supply of ice and The Riverwest Co-op, 733 E. Clarke St., did not turn on their lights for the week, using candles at nightfall instead. The cafe -- which is connected to the co-op -- continues to stay "powered down."
"The businesses in Riverwest were very willing to participate and donate prizes. I would love to see them organize on their own and find ways for them to incorporate some powering down throughout the entire year," says Faraj.
Power Down Week featured dozens of workshops and community events, including an edible food walk, instruction on how to build a cob over, rooftop garden tours, beer making, soap making, urban camping, gardening classes, yarn spinning, group bike rides, a "kale-gate" potluck party and more.
"I learned about growing mushrooms, tying knots and I taught people about my no-knead bread. A lot of people learned about electrical currents and I am excited to see if the bike generator works," says Moore.
Transition Milwaukee, a local organization committed to "rebuilding community resilience and self reliance," presented many of the workshops.
"I couldn't believe how many things were happening. So many, that I missed some of the ones I wanted to go to," says Faraj.
Moore says there were not any major problems during the week-long event, just a couple of minor disappointments, like the failure of a solar-battery-powered projector that was scheduled to show a free movie.
"Even failures were learning experiences. The movie did not work, but my 10-year-old son came home explaining to me why it didn't work," says Moore.
Although organizers behind Power Down Week were moved by serious concerns about the future of the environment and humans' need to rely less on rapidly-depleting resources, Power Down Week was designed to be a fun "staycation" for local individuals and families. Moore described it as "camp for grown-ups"and a "staycation."
"I had people tell me it was the best vacation they ever had. I recommend it to everyone. Just stay home and unplug with a bunch of friends and enjoy Milwaukee," she says.
Broner | July 9, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. (report)
Thanks for the invite, nicb. And when the "Energy Descent" (sounds scary when phrased that way) doesn't happen, you're welcome to turn on the lights, watch some TV, and take a shower. In the meantime, have fun living like a near homeless person and feeling good about yourself.
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nicb | July 8, 2010 at 10:16 p.m. (report)
In response to other comments... Marginalizing Power Down Week as mere "good intentions" or a feel-good "hippie" project is a good strategy if you don't want to examine (and modify) your own behavior. Meanwhile, Transition Milwaukee will be working toward real-world solutions (which most of tend to believe will not come fast enough from the government). When the realities of Energy Descent sink in, you're welcome to join us!
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erinlinn | July 8, 2010 at 3:20 p.m. (report)
I live in Riverwest, 22 years, and I wasn't aware of it.
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Victor Golf | July 8, 2010 at 9:39 a.m. (report)
Is there a blog somewhere that explains why Molly changed her byline from Snyder Edler to just plain Snyder?
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Woods clinches U.S. win in Presidents Cup
Tiger Woods provided a fitting conclusion Sunday to a perfect week at the Presidents Cup, for him and an American team that remains perfect at home.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Tiger Woods provided a fitting conclusion Sunday to a perfect week at the Presidents Cup, for him and an American team that remains perfect at home.
With a flop shot out of the trees to set up one last birdie, Woods won the point that clinched the cup and made him only the third player in the Presidents Cup to win all five matches.
His 6 and 5 victory over Y.E. Yang was a tiny token of revenge for Woods blowing a final-round lead to him in the PGA Championship this summer. Even so, it was the first time in either the Presidents Cup or Ryder Cup that Woods earned the decisive point.
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And he didn't even know it.
"Oh, perfect," Woods said, an apt choice of words. "All I knew was I was trying to get my point, and I was 5 up trying to make it 6."
Phil Mickelson wrapped up another anticlimactic finish with a 7-foot birdie putt for a 2 and 1 victory over Retief Goosen, leaving Lefty unbeaten (4-0-1) in the Presidents Cup for the second time in the last three contests.
The Americans won 19 1/2-14 1/2, the same margin as last time against an overmatched International team.
"They are just one hell of a team," South African Ernie Els said. "We have to pretty much go back to the drawing board, because they are a pretty well-oiled team, and it's hard to beat that kind of team."
The United States leads 6-1-1 since the Presidents Cup began in 1994, and it improved to 5-0 on home soil, the previous four victories coming across the country in Virginia.
"I'm sure we tried our best all week," Geoff Ogilvy said after his 2 and 1 victory over American Steve Stricker. "Coming in today, we had too much to do, and the U.S. team was obviously very motivated."
British Open champion Stewart Cink, disgusted with his performance Saturday, asked to play early and put the first point on the board by overwhelming Adam Scott, a questionable captain's pick who contributed only one point for the week.
Sean O'Hair and Anthony Kim followed with big victories of their own, and Hunter Mahan eventually won his leadoff match over Camilo Villegas of Colombia, the only player to get shut out at Harding Park.
That set the stage for Woods, whose performance has been mediocre since he started playing these team competitions in 1997.
He won four holes in a five-hole stretch in the middle of the round, pouring in one birdie putt after another, then sealed it with a 9-foot birdie on the 13th hole.
Woods went 5-0 for the week, joining Mark O'Meara (1996) and Shigeki Maruyama (1998) as the only players to win all five matches in the Presidents Cup. Woods has 18 victories, the most of any player in this event.
"It's one of my better Cup experiences - we won, and that's the name of the game, whether you go 0-5 or 5-0," Woods said. "The fact that we won, that's the No. 1 thing. We came here to win as a team, and we did it."
Woods and Stricker became the first partnership in the Presidents Cup to win all four of their matches, with Stricker making all the putts and Woods providing the defining moment Saturday morning with a 25-foot birdie and a 3-iron to 8 feet on the par-5 18th that turned a certain loss into an inspiring victory in foursomes.

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Rasmussen sentencing is today, judge will set length of prison sentence in sex case
WILLMAR -- Andres Sylvester Rasmussen, 22, of Willmar, will be sentenced to prison this afternoon in Kandiyohi County District Court for having a year-long sexual relationship with a young girl.
Rasmussen is scheduled to be sentenced at 1:45 p.m. by District Judge David L. Mennis, who will determine how long Rasmussen will be in the custody of the State Department of Corrections.
According to County Attorney Jenna Fischer, she will ask Mennis to send Rasmussen to prison for 432 months, which is 36 years, on consecutive sentences for three first-degree criminal sexual conduct charges.
A jury found Rasmussen guilty of the three counts in May. The trial revealed that there were more than 100 incidents of sexual abuse by Rasmussen on the then 14-year-old girl during a 13-month period, Fischer said.
According to Fischer, the presentence investigation by Kandiyohi County Community Corrections recommends a 360-month sentence, 30 years in prison.
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Just when you thought the hoopla over the movie "Bernie" had died down, brace yourself because it could start all over again. The real "Bernie" has a new lawyer.
The Dallas Morning News reports an Austin lawyer wants to reopen the case of the Carthage funeral director who was convicted of murdering a wealthy woman and stuffing her body into her freezer.
Bernhardt "Bernie" Tiede (pron. Teedie) is doing life for killing Marjorie Nugent, and he admitted he did it. He said he was doing the world a favor. This is the plot of the recently released comedy "Bernie", which stars Jack Black as Bernie and Shirley MacLaine as Nugent.
Austin attorney Jodi Callaway Cole says the movie raised some issues she wonders about. After reading the transcripts of Tiede's trial and appeal, Cole says she wants to reopen the case and dig into issues that weren't addressed in his first appeal.


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This is a bad week for me, encumbered with a lot of search committee work, a genetics exam, and agonizing distractions like Chris Hedges. Also, I hear the speech was really long. So I've completely skipped it, and instead trust Charles Pierce's digest. I guess it was competent, had a few moments of clarity and passion, and neatly avoided some of the more unpleasant aspects of the Obama presidency, like drone strikes, the growing police state and violations of privacy, and pipelines exploding to my north. As was expected.
Actually, I thought the most interesting fact of the whole evening of political hoo-ha was the number 4. The Republicans put up four loons to reply to the president's remarks. Not one unified front, but four.
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Qimonda's U.S. unit files for bankruptcy
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- It's gone from bad to worse for troubled DRAM maker Qimonda AG, as its U.S. subsidiary has now filed for bankruptcy.
The U.S. unit--Qimonda North America Corp. and Qimonda Richmond L.L.C.--have each filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.
The U.S. company plans to continue its sales and marketing operations and the previously-announced wind down of its Sandston, Virginia-based fab. Management will now focus on developing a corporate restructuring plan.
On Jan. 23, after failing to secure anticipated government financing, the parent company, Qimonda AG (Munich, Germany), filed for insolvency protection in Germany.
Qimonda's U.S. unit determined that it was in the best interest of the company to file for bankruptcy protection. "While the decision to file was not easy, it was necessary under the circumstances to allow us an opportunity to restructure our balance sheet and improve our operations," said Miriam Martinez, president and chief financial officer for Qimonda North America, in a statement.
"Through the reorganization process, we anticipate that we will continue to serve our customers without interruption and continue to meet their expectations," Martinez said.
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Gevalia Coffee Deceptive Practices - Dover, Delaware
Signed up via email for the 'free coffee pot' , 2 lbs. of coffee, for $15.00, NO OBLIGATION , coffee club over a week ago ...
Can cancel when ever I wanted I was told .. received a confirmation right away that my 'order was confirmed' and it would take 'a couple of weeks' to receive my coffee and coffee pot . ... meanwhile credit card was charged ... after a week I called and wanted to cancel because I did not want to wait for the coffee pot any longer and it did not ship out or would have received an email confirmation ...
I called, tried to cancel my order and customer service told me it shipped out November 10th, (over a week ago) and that it would take ' a couple of weeks to arrive .... ' Am I stupid? The coffee distribution center is in Delaware, about 1 hour from where I live ... how would it take 'a few weeks' to arrive ..... So I conveniently for them could not cancel my order because 'it's on it's way .. '
I asked why then did I not receive a confirmation email saying 'your order has been shipped' like everyone else does when an order has been shipped, to which I received a reply '' we don't always do that . .. ''
Bottom line ... they are using and 'floating' with peoples money, would not let me cancel the 'club' either because the coffee pot did not arrive yet .... beware ...
So now I have to wait 'a few weeks' with no coffee pot and could have just picked one up without having to wait so long for this great 'deal.'
Pissed off and coffee-less in Titusville ...
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Hagee's support for McCain has drawn cries of outrage from some Catholic leaders who have called on McCain to reject Hagee's endorsement. The likely Republican nominee has said he does not agree with some of Hagee's past comments, but did not reject his support.
In a letter to William Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, Hagee wrote: "Out of a desire to advance a greater unity among Catholics and evangelicals in promoting the common good, I want to express my deep regret for any comments that Catholics have found hurtful." ...
This is patently false, the Klan, being a Fundamentalist organization of the highest order, a defender of the Reformation and a bulwark (Bull is the key word here!) against minority rights vis a vie the rights of 'White America', was and still is as full of men of Jim's stripe as it ever was. People who beat up defenseless black people are not likely to tolerate religious diversity. Not so strangely, neither can Jim.
Jim Lincoln wrote:Tony, the KKK, never bothered the Roman Catholic Church in the South -- they were whites like us, types. Lincoln's prophetic warning shows that the Roman Church was very sympathetic to the Confederate cause, and to slavery. Norther n Abolitionists, while to politically active, were all Protestant. The return to Biblical Christianity with the aid of such people as C.I. Scofield,Dispensations was a great benefit to Southern --and Northern--Christians alike.
PILUT wrote:What's bad is, his recanting of his statements is probably a lie. He still believes that Rome is the whore of Babylon, but is "to entangled with the affairs of this life" to stand strong.
Gil Rugh wrote:we must understand that some of God's purposes areestablished and unchanging. This is certainly true of His plans forIsrael. This is important because the age we live in, the Church age,is characterized by Gentile salvation. Though some Jews have cometo Christ, it is mostly Gentiles who are being saved. This era of Gentilesalvation, however, does not mean God is done with Israel. AsRomans 11 will show, after God has completed His program withthe Gentiles, He will resume and complete His program with Israel.
They are Political & Religious Fascists/NAZI Descendants of One of the BIGGEST Financiers to Hitler's Third Reich: U.S. Republican (Seig-Heil) Senator Prescott Bush!
What gets me is How Stupidly BJU fell for the BUSH-Skull&Bones-Republican Bait in 1988 & 2000!
I guess this is what happens to a Christian Bible University that doesn't properly weed-out it's Overt/Covert Masonic members!
Old Methodist-Revivalist Bob Jones Sr. (The Founder of BJU) once Kicked-Out Ku-Klux-Klansmen who came, in hooded-regalia, to disrupt one of his "Brush-Arbor" Evangelistic Meetings; by Shouting something like: "Either take off those stupid hoods, sit down, shut-up & Listen to The Word Of GOD: or GET OUT !
It's reported the Whole Congregation, numbering in the Thousands, began Shouting to The Klansmen something like: "Take of Your Hoods and Show Yourselves In The Light!"
The Ku-Klux-Klansmen left in a huff; threatening that they would come back later.......they never did!
Would to Almighty GOD that Bob Jones Jr. & Bob Jones III would've said The Same Thing to Bush 1 & 2:
"...Sit Down, Shut up & Listen to The Word of God: or Get Out!"
And Stephen Jones would say to McCain:
"Shut Up & GET OUT" !
Mark M. wrote:I like Hagee,and until now ....
Anyway to hear it in his own words check out Hagee's advertisement for his advertisement for his latest book on Youtube. If it is still the latest he will tell you how 'Jesus never claimed to be the Messiah' and sufficient for Christians to know he has seriously erred.
PILUT wrote:observerIsn't it good for BJU to support Bush?
BJU's BIGGEST Mistake in the 1980s was supporting, endorsing, voting-for & associating with "Skull and Bones" Bush#1 (& Bush#2 for that matter!) in the First Place.
Back in the early 1980s--1982/1983 to be exact--BJU lost its Federal tax-exempt status on account of its former policy on inter-racial marriage & dating. That is, its faculty & students were forbidden to inter-racially date and/or marry.
It was about this time that it was commonly reported/rumored that a Gorgonic Devil, Demon or Satan Himself physically appeared to BJU's President, Bob Jones III, telling him that BJU was going to be Destroyed--or something along that line.
The University ultimately being SAVED as A Private Instutuion of Higher Learning through the generosity of an Orthodox Jewish Philanthopist from California; who Bailed-Out BJU with a Million Dollars or so.
So, BJU retained their marriage/dating policy as a Private Institution; UNTIL it was LATER revoked during the 2000 Republican Presidential Campaign of GW BUSH (whom BJU endorsed).
"Be NOT Deceived: Evil Communications CORRUPT Good Manners."--1 Corinthians 15:33
Either way, President Bush does not have a Biblical world view. BUT,"the Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water, and he moveth it withersoever he wills."
God's people get the leaders they deserve.
And Israel isn't *ours* to give away. It is a sovereign nation, not a colony, and should be treated like any other.
Isn't it good for BJU to support Bush?Bush is Reformed, and is giving away Israel.


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In 2012, Edwin A. Abrahamsen & Associates (EAA), based in Scranton, Pennsylvania, raised money and dedicated their time to provide local children with an enhanced holiday season.
EAA employees used their traditional "dress down" fundraising to raise the funds for the bicycles. Although some casual Fridays are a reward to employees, many EAA "dress down" Fridays are used to raise money for local charities. These charities are recommended by EAA employees and approved by management. During "dress down" fundraisers, each employee donates $2 on designated days to wear jeans, sweatshirts, and other casual clothing. EAA matches the contributions of the employees to enhance their efforts and further their cause.
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As the WS, it is my responsibility to show my remorse to my BH, and to try to make myself a safe person to him again. It is my responsibility to be sure that I am doing what he needs so he can heal from the damage I have done to him and our family.
I accept this, and know it is what needs to be done because of the bad choices and selfish decisions I made. I hurt him more than anyone else ever has, and ever will,and intend to do whatever needs to be done so I can repair our M and fix myself so I am no longer the person I was.
But at what point after DDay and after beginning to R do we, as WS get to bring up our own needs? When do we get to acknowledge what we need from our BS?
There is a huge part of me that feels I don't have this right, that I gave it up when I allowed myself to get involved w another man....that right now, all that matters is my BH and what he needs. I don't get to have requests or issues because I am the one who screwed it all up and almost lost it all.
You can, however, let him know what things you may want...when he is ready. You may want physical contact because it makes you feel connected. That is something to work towards. You may want validation. But you need to work on not needing it. You may want to be romantic. But he may not be ready.
It all depends on how you define your needs. And it depends greatly on how much healing you and your BS have done together.
Sorry, I'm trying to inject a little levity into what I realize is a sensitive and loaded topic.
There is a huge part of me that feels I don't have this right, that I gave it up
Read my last thread. And Joanh's. You're not alone in this. We feel as though we're damned if we express our wants and needs "too soon" or not in the right way, and doomed if we keep them to ourselves and build up resentment.
I'm so torn about this subject, I can barely manage to express a coherent opinion. Yes, I truly feel that we gave up some right to have needs. OTOH for true R, I think we have to. Eventually. And carefully.
What I've slowly come to realize is, BH *actually cares* about my wants and needs. Had I realized this before, I wouldn't have stabbed him in the heart. Repeatedly. For months. That's on me. What I believe it's important for me to do, now, is to have faith that BH loves me and cares about my wants and needs. Forgiveness, trust, respect, admiration...I want all that from him again, but nobody can ask for that, not from anyone. It has to be earned, and freely given.
Fucked up part the day he told me he had fallen in love years ago with a mutual friend (someone I had demanded he go NC with because I knew something was going on) he cried. Cried because he just realized he'd loved her and missed out with her. I was on the floor in fetal position crying so hard and he asked me to hold him. He had just stabbed me in the heart and yetall I could see through the pain was the kNew I loved. I yelled and told him this was low to ask but I held him...I couldn't not.
I can understand why they are not, but dont know when it will be safe to bring up.
BH and I are trying to heal, and overall it is going well. His new work schedule makes it very hard for us to spend time together, or even to talk. I try to do what he needs me to, but feel like I should be doing more.
1. They are not used to justify, rationalize, minimize the A behavior.
2. They do not conflict with the needs of the healing BS.
3. You are realistic in having them met. BS healing may take some time and it may be a quite a while until they are able. Don't let yourself get resentful.
Honesty is always the best policy.
I'm asking the same questions. I want more physical contact. Some time way out in the future, I hope that our M includes more of that. But right now, BW is justifiably afraid to be too close to me. So I'm putting my needs on hold. I am living with the third point in Chicho's post.
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There is a huge part of me that feels I don't have this right, that I gave it up when I allowed myself to get involved w another man....that right now, all that matters is my BH and what he needs. I don't get to have requests or issues because I am the one who screwed it all up and almost lost it all.
This is how I feel every single day....when I am not angry and feeling entitled. My BW and I are currently living apart, but after work every day and on the weekend, I go over to spend time with my son and occasionally talk with her. I miss hugging her closely, holding her hands, cuddling with her, and just any type of physical touch; but the closest I get these days is when I give her a foot massage and she gives me the occasional hug. The truth is, I disregarded her feelings and pain for YEARS to pursue my own agenda and now, I am suffering the consequences of my actions.
You pose a great question, I guess the answer is, it depends?
I think emotional needs and physical needs are out of the question until the fundamental issues are solved. Maybe after that, you all can work on the aforementioned. If you guys have children, then their needs come first. As one poster said, communication is key. You can ask, but you might not like the answer.
Best of luck to you.
I think there has to be a gentle way to talk about all of these issues without the BS feeling like it is blameshifting. We WS tend to be conflict avoidant. So isn't talking openly part of R?
I can't say I handled my situation well though. Although who knows because we are great now. My BS knew that he had to make some changes too for our M to work. Not to keep me from cheating. But to survive infidelity and be better. We ha the same ultimate goal, which was lucky. But I do know I dumped way too much shit on him when I was still foggy.
Alyssa. What are your issues?
[This message edited by Mrs Panda at 8:38 PM, April 7th (Monday)]
So isn't talking openly part of R?
There are two reasons I want him to share his needs with me. One, I love him. The other is I still don't feel "safe". Not that he'll cheat again now but that he'll continue to suffer in silence and grow resentful and we'll end up right back where we were pre-A.
Also, I'm not sure I'm able to fully meet the needs he has but I still want to know. And hope that he's ok with what I can give him now.
My BS knew that he had to make some changes too for our M to work. Not to keep me from cheating. But to survive infidelity and be better.
I can honestly say that if I had done the right thing and insisted on MC before I had A's, that we would be talking about the same things as we are now, wrt M.
Good luck to you
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
But now. I think you can express them, as long as you are a little bit careful. I think you should be cautious not to make demands as this would probably not go over well. So. For example....
If you want more affection, the next time he hugs you say..."I feel so safe in your arms. I just love when we hug."
Very affirming to the BS. And it still expresses your need for affection w/o being demanding.
FTR, this is a very important point to me. FWH would never express his needs and even went so far as to lie about them (bc they weren't "manly" or whatever), so there was no way for me to meet them. So, now I love when he expresses them. And I bet your BH does too. You just gotta be careful bc of course now things are a little touchy.
Good luck.
When do we get to acknowledge what we need from our BS?
I think now is a good a time as any.. if your needs are not addressed and communicated how is he to know what is needed to build connection? Like everyone says, as long as they are done in a tactful and respectful loving manner and based on realistic expectations, I see nothing wrong in sharing what your needs are with him.
During his working hours does he have time to email? My BH and I communicate mostly via email (when it comes to stuff like this) during busy times as then we can communicate in our own times if our schedules are clashing. That way he can read your requests, digest them and then respond in his own time which may help the process a little.


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As a Christmas present, I'm going to take my daughter to NYC for four days in mid-February. Although I've visited in the past, albeit years ago, she's never been, and I know she'll be very excited at the prospect. So a couple of questions for the always generous Fodor's contributors.
We're not big chain hotel types, so I'm thinking either the Benjamin, the Iroquois, 70 Park Ave. or The Ace. I expect we'll be walking a lot, and taking the subway, but I don't have a good sense of which of these hotels might be better situated for a four-day trip. Any thoughts, recommendation would be appreciated.
Now for the important question. If you were travelling with a 16-year-old girl (think cell phone surgically implanted, ability to shop 24/7 but also eager to travel, curious, and open to new experiences), what are the top three things you think are must-do's? Any particular shows that wouldn't elicit eye-rolling?
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As a Christmas present, I'm going to take my daughter to NYC for four days in mid-February. Although I've visited in the past, albeit years ago, she's never been, and I know she'll be very excited at the prospect. So a couple of questions for the always generous Fodor's contributors.
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Well - they will all chime in for the must dos but since she'll be doing this anyway in the future, I think you should pick a college - relevant or irrelevant to her interests and schedule at least one college tour while you are there. This summer my favorite grand father who brings his grandkids when they turn 11 got a call from 1 who was heading to senior yr that he wanted to look at schools. The soon to be sophomore cousin joined the party and between the 2 we saw Columbia, Stevens, NYU, Wagner and Julliard. The sophomore got a lot out of the experience.
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I can think of only a few shows that would elicit eye-rolling - but my DDS were both really into theater and dance - so they loved anything with good choreography - from Chicago to updated versions of shows 50 plus years old - Anything Goes, 42nd St.
They might like Newsies - but some of the "older" shows like Mamma Mia might not be a hit (Oh, mom, did you really dress like that?). Why not look at broadwaybox.com or playbill.com with her and see what she thinks?
If I could do only 3 things during the day it would be Top of the Rock, the Met and the Museum Nat'l Hist - and would have felt the same at her age (but kids are different.) I never liked shopping - too boring.
You might also do a RT on the Staten Island ferry to get a really good look at the skyline.
If she's into fashion see what there will be at the Met Costume Institute - or check out what's happening at FIT.
I've heard the Iroquois is a lot for the money and the location is great.
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My 23 year old fell in love with NYC at age 13. She lives there now. We visited a few times before she went there for college. She sounds like your DD at that age. She would never have liked the Met, MOMA, etc (though she does now). For her it was shopping, a show, trendy restaurants. She loves sitting outside at a cafe, though not possible in February!
Ask her to do some research and come up with a few ideas.
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I hate Broadway shows, so no advice. In Feb go to Coney Island to see the beach (hopefuly) covered in snow. The Pier is re-built, and you could even see Russians swimming (topless and even nude) on Brighton Beach.
Also, if there is snow, go to Central Park.
Some may say it's nuts, but go to Atlantic City because of no crowds and you could get in restaurants and buffets with no lines, and see Revel before it shuts down.
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A 16 year old can;t do casinos - even if for some really weird reason they would want to.
Obviously kids are different. At that age my kids - and when I was young, me - loved those museums. My little b loved them since he was 5.
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Well for starters, I would not 'know she'll be excited' unless I asked her first. I wouldn't book before doing so. A 16 year old could love the idea today and hate it tomorrow.
Second, what she might enjoy if she did want to go is not something I would expect anyone over 17 to have an answer to. Again, I'd opt to hear the answer from the horse's mouth.
Are there any 16 year old posters here who live in NYC?
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My kids enjoyed the trip out to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
What about having her help plan the trip? Give her a guidebook and list of shows for Christmas and let her help choose.
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We took our teens girls this past Feb. to NYC. I asked my 16 year old. Her favorites were - ice skating at bryant park (we are from the south so this was something new for us), 9/11 Memorial (with tour done by volunteers), and all Broadway shows (Wicked, Cinderella, Mama Mia). We avoided chain restaurants but did go to one, Stardust diner, which they really liked. Not my thing but I did it for them.
Also, it snowed while we were there and my girls have only been in snow twice in their lives, so they loved this. We went to Central Park.
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We sat next to a high school group at phantom of the opera and they loved it. Use www.Broadwaybox.com for great ticket prices. We got phantom for $25. I have traveled to London with teens and worried about the same things. They refused to help plan which I didn't appreciate but they loved everything I planned. I found they were thrilled to be there and overwhelmed with the options. Have fun!
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Without knowing what your daughter is into it is hard to suggest an itinerary. I spent a week each year in NYC when my daughter was in high school and go every couple years now. She's 25.
If it's her first time, I say let her choose and then go along for the ride. She might "like" a cool mom willing to explore her interests. Dragging her to see things a middle-aged person likes will just make it worse. Maybe she loves museums, Broadway shows and fine dining while staying in a fancy bathrobe at The Iroquois. My daughter would have rather stayed home and texted her friends to meet up at the mall if I suggested any of the above.
But if I am honest in what I think a 16 yr old would like to do, I would think Staten Island ferry ride to see the sights and lights, "selfie" photo shoot in Central Park bonding with mom (maybe even acting silly), have a slice of pizza in St. Mark's Place and shop at Trash and Vaudeville while you're there, and go see a concert at someplace like The Roseland Ballroom. February has Panic! At The Disco on the 4th and Flogging Molly on the 27th. Both would entertain a 16 yr old and a mom. Dive into her world. Be 16 again!
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The Roseland Ballroom is closing soon. I wouldn't take a 16 year old there though.
I agree with everyone here who said don't assume she'll like anything. I also think it's irrelevant if she likes anything or not. I think she should dive into your world. To be nice, you could ask what she'd like to see. Buy and wrap a guidebook as her holiday gift and have her choose a few things that interest her.
You're the mamma: Why not take the lead and plan things You'd like to do or are interested in too? For both of you: Take her to Chelsea, Chinatown, the West Village, LES, Central Park and the Loeb Boathouse, Empire State Bldg, the Highline, Eataly, pizza and a show. Have some fabulous street food and dim sum.
Take her shopping at Century 21 or whatever that he!! ho!e is called. While you're downtown take her to see where everything happened. St. Paul's is a wonderful place to gain insight. The 9/11 Memorial is quite beautiful, I think. I don't love the Seaport, but she likely will. There's a snooty Coach store there.
Take her to Abercrombie; she's only 16, she might appreciate that store. Have her makeup done at the mac counter at Macy's and buy some of the stuff they used. Take a cab ride and use the subway.
If she doesn't like massive museums take her to the Frick. It's fabulous. If she likes art or if she doesn't know if she likes art, take her to MoMA.
Everyone likes Phantom and Wicked. Phantom is more intimate because the theatre is small and what most people think of when referencing a Broadway theatre. You can get the greatest pizza across the street from the theatre at John's. It's a restaurant in an old church. She like books? Take her to the NYC Library and the Strand Bookstore. Don't buy any of the technology around Times Square; it's all garbage. Don't go into the backroom for the Prada purse in Chinatown, either! 5th Avenue window shopping is always great. The third floor at Tiffany and Co. actually has some affordable sterling silver baubles that are fun. My granddaughters love the keys.
The rooms at the Iroquois are small and need to be freshened, but the location is good for this kind of trip. However, I prefer the Omni Berkshire. It's on a quiet street, across from a deli, an Express clothing store, and around the corner from Crumbs, (the other cupcake place).
Go boldly forth! Teenage girls are just ridiculous most of the time; don't worry too much about pleasing her. I reckon she'll enjoy some of the trip even if she doesn't let you know she's enjoying herself. I 'made' my daughters go everywhere with me and now they're dragging their daughters around Paris, London and NYC, enthusiastically sharing everything I showed them.
Delight yourself and she'll see the city through your eyes. Eventually.
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I have a 17 year old daughter. As stated above, give her the guide books and let her pick, we did this recently on a short trip and it made the weekend so much better. My DD hates museums and loves shopping. She LOVES Soho, there are some "mall" stores there but for the most part it is very NY. Chinatown is fun and interesting seeing the many bakeries, fruit stands and some "funky" shops (not for the knock-off shopping). My DD also likes the Union Square area, if the farmer's market is open it is a blast; not just fruits/veggies; we found ostrich eggs, hand sheared wool and lavender.
I would put off college visits; for example NYU and Colombia are extremely competitive schools, so personally I would skip this unless your daughter has Ivy League in mind (no arguments please, NYU is currently on par with the Ivys, I'm in the college loop).
I your daughter a foodie? Personally I don't like Ellen's Stardust but a lot of the kids really like it.
I don't know where are traveling from? Some kids go crazy for the cupcake bakeries, mine likes Crumbs (several locations).
Times Square became very commercialized.
It will be cold in February, but some kids like the double decker bus tours (kind of kitschy, but you do get a nice overview of the sights).
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We went last summer--
My son was 16 and my daughter 14, son 12. Daughter absolutely loved Century 21 for shopping and would have liked more time there. She also wished that it hadn't been pouring rain and we could meander Greenwich Village more.
I do think it's a give-take as to how much you ask her advice and how much you gamble and take her to something new. We went to a musical, and EVERYONE loved it. However, if you'd asked them beforehand, only my daughter was looking forward to it.
If you live far away... I do think you might want to visit one (not multiple) college but please pick one that makes sense for her GPA, test scores and general interest/compatibility. Columbia (not Colombia) is truly Ivy League and NYU is competitive as well. But there are many others in the area or just outside the city. Fordham and Barnard come to mind but do a quick search on collegeboard.org and see if anything looks intriguing.
Final caveat: You cannot always control a teen and his or her moods. So don't take it personally if this trip isn't always a Kodak moment.
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So many thanks to all of you for your thoughtful suggestions and knowing insights into the teenage mind. On past trips where we've taken the kids (New Orleans, Languedoc in France, Costa Brava in Spain, Jamaica's south coast) they took very little interest in planning things out before we went, but have always come back with great memories of the places that we took them to.
If I were to ask her now what she would like to do, I expect that SHOPPING would top the list. She knows and loves Forever 21 (shudder), Abercrombie, and similar chains, all of which are sadly available here, so I love the idea of looking around in SoHo, Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and expose her to more individualized stores.
I think that the 9/11 Memorial is going to be a must do for both of us.
We'll skip the college tours (although great idea) only because we're Canadian, and unless her scholarship chances improve dramatically, she's staying in Canada for university.
I'll absolutely plan to do at least one show. I saw Phantom twice in London with the original cast - so how many years (decades) ago could that have been? - so perhaps time to see it again. Wicked would be a hit with her as well, I suspect. If we can get reasonably priced tickets for Kinky Boots, that would be good, too.
You've given me so much to think about and research and I know that both of us will have a blast. If anyone has further recommendations about hotels, that would be much appreciated.
Many, many thanks to all.
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I recommend visiting the Met even if it is just for a few hours. I just spent the day in NYC with my 17 year old daughter a few weekends ago and we spent about 3 hours there. We had done a lot of research before we went and knew exactly which galleries we wanted to see. Amazing museum. After that we walked through Central Park on our way to Dylan's Candy Bar. Yes, it is over priced candy which you can find at regular stores but my daughter had heard of this place and really wanted to go and it was fun to look around and we got ice cream at the "bar". We then made our way down to Times Square stopping at different places along the way, Fao Schwartz, Plaza Hotel, Forever 21 store, Disney Store, M and M World, Toys R Us, etc. We ate at the Hard Rock Cafe which had loud noisy music playing, it was crowded, dark and busy, but the food was actually not too bad and my daughter was happy so that's all that mattered. Have a great time.
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Ok - we're booked at the Iroquois and have our passes for the 9/11 memorial. Will try to get same day tix for Wicked and/or Kinky Boots while we're there. May head down to Village and Soho, just to see the sights, pop into shops, see what strikes our fancy. And weather permitting, will likely do the Staten Island Ferry on evening. Looking forward to it and again, so many thanks for your input!
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There are owner/designer stores that only sell clothes only girls can get into.They are on East 8-11 Streets between 2nd Ave and Ave A. In that area kids love Pommes Frites, Cones (store made ice cream) Big Gay Ice Cream and a store called Alphabets.
Take her Bleecker Street starting at Bowery and heading west.
Go to the Lower East SIde all sorts of unique shops on Ludlow plus Il Laboratorio de Gelato. Also the Meatball shop and Economy candy. Go to Katz's and have her "bribe" the meat cutter with a dollar for extra thick sandwich and a taste.
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Even though February is a slow season for Broadway shows, I wouldn't wait to get same-day tickets for either Wicked or Kinky Boots. Both are close to sellout now, and while the demand will ease off in February, I'd get the tickets in advance once you're fairly certain of what your schedule will be.
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I guess you have already booked - at the Iroquois - by Times Square - a good location for Theaters. When I travel to NYC however, I prefer Greenwich Village - with it's tree lined streets and low rise buildings for the most part - and it's way cool - plus NYU is there, and easy subway surface to anywhere in Manhattan.
The Washington Square Hotel is especially nice - although when I am by myself - I stay at the very inexpensive Larchmont - where a lot of European travelers also stay.
Certainly - as suggested in another post - take your daughter for a stroll down Bleeker Street - and grab a piece of NYC pie/pizza - or dine at one of the many good restaurants in the area.
And I know this works for my college aged niece - so you might also visit one of the upscale Chocolate shops in NYC - and they serve a great cup of Chocolate at the very hip Max Brenner at 831 Broadway www.maxbrenner.com/-- or check out one of these recommended places: http://gonyc.about.com/od/shopping/tp/best_chocolate.htm
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err - that's supposed to read Subway service.
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And the Max Brenner address didn't work as pasted - so try this:
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For hot chocolate where there are few tourists and the stuff is terrific try City Bakery.
If she interested in food take her to Dean & Deluca, it is like shopping in a food museum
Also if you walk down Broadway from about 8th Street to Canal, you will pass scores and scores of stores that cater to kids that age. Be sure to take her Pearl River, a small Chinese department store that has many things kids and adults like. And during the week go Jing Fung for dim sum, it will the most different and cheapest meal you will have all week.
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Tomsd, there are tons of tree lined streets with low rise buildings all over Canada. What Canada doesn't have is Broadway and Times Square.
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Really? Thanks for the info NeoP. I like to "relax"/hang in the Village and then venture out to the much more congested/active parts of the City when I visit the Apple.
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"Will try to get same day tix for Wicked and/or Kinky Boots while we're there"
Very unlikely. You can try at the box office (paying full price) but you may have to split up and get "onesies". It's better to buy them ahead of time. www.playbill.com
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Take her to Trash and Vaudeville. She'll think you're more than ok.
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Mcburja, maybe you didn't actually mix them up and I'm the one who is confused by what you meant, but Century 21 is NOT Forever 21.
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A few more places:
Forbidden Planet
Evolution on Spring Street
Kate's Paperie
Lady's Memdl's for tea
Kee's, Jacques Torres, Teuscher, or Maison du Chocolate for chocolates
Payard's for French style macarons
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IMDonehere: Your suggestions are consistently spot on! Well done! Very helpful.
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Thank you Emily
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Tomed, I am so glad you like the Washington Square Hotel as my husband and I have decided to stay there in April. We have stayed on the Upper West Side and Central Park areas and want to experience a different area of the city.
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I took my youngest daughter to NYC a few years back for her 13th birthday. Here are some of the things we really enjoyed:
-Broadway shows (we saw Avenue Q, In the Heights, 39 Steps - all gone now, but super fun experience! We got discounts through certificates from broadwaybox.com that we printed out in advance and presented to the box office on the day of the show - no waiting in TKTS lines although probably only works for older shows) and late dinners in Hell's Kitchen afterwards
-Museum Day (we arrived at the Museum of Natural History at opening, spent several hours there and then walked through Central Park to have lunch in the cafeteria at the Met and tour the Met for several hours in the afternoon)
-MOMA (we spent quite a bit of time here as my daughter discovered that she loved modern art and the cafeteria here is very nice for lunch)
-Improv Theatre (there were $5 tickets available online for kids and a chaperone - very fun! we found this idea on this forum so search here for the link)
-Dozen Apples walking tour of NYC with Real New York Tours (hop on, hop off bus is a waste of time in NYC traffic - these tours are provided by wonderful, engaging New Yorkers who love the city and their passion is infectious - they'll also teach you how to use the subway if you're at all intimidated by that)
-Wednesday night is Amateur Night at the Apollo Theatre (I would ensure that all future trips are over a Wednesday night just to see this awesome show!)
-On Location TV and Movie Sites tour (or one of the specialized tours, like Sex and the City or Gossip Girl)
-Pizza-a-Casa cooking class to make NY-style pizza - fabulous and fun!
I am now planning a trip for this July to take my elder daughter for her 21st birthday and can hardly wait! Have a wonderful time...
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IMdonehere and lizcdn2 - thanks so much for these great lists - will definitely work in a number of your suggestions. Particularly like the Dozen Apples idea; I think tours are essential for a first time visit, but not all are great - this one looks fab.
SusanM - thanks for pointing out the difference between Forever21 and Century21. In Canada, Century 21 is a very large national real estate company, so I (mistakenly) assumed that the poster meant F21.
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How can I enable the "Open in Browser" command for other file types, such as xml and xhtml?
My apologies in advance if this is already answered elsewhere, I haven't been able to find it.
This is most likely related question: https://forum.sublimetext.com/t/open-edited-file-with-custom-browser/412/1
Abstracted saying — the question is how to open current file with some needed application.
Perhaps related, but I think the solutions will be quite different for the two questions. The "Open in Browser" command already exists; it is simply disabled for all file types that are not HTML. I would guess this is a setting in the file-type preferences or something. The other question regards modifying the command itself, which may involve writing a plugin. Both would certainly be useful.
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If you open that up, you can see that it's hardcoded to only be enabled file names that end in .html or .htm - it would be easy to modify your local copy to use a different set of file extensions.
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class OpenInBrowserCommand(sublimeplugin.TextCommand):
def run(self, view, args):
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webbrowser.open_new_tab("file://" + view.fileName())
def isEnabled(self, view, args):
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this works, but it's sending this to the browser "file:///C:/xampp/htdocs/test.php". the problem being that my php environment needs to be accessed as simply http ://localhost/test.php. any idea on how to conditionally remove the "C:/xampp/htdocs/" from the beginning and send via "http://" if we're dealing with a php file. total python newb.


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If you did a non-law degree and have to study the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), expect to pay up to £10,590 (for a full-time course in 2017-18). Added to these fees are your own living costs.
LPC fees
Expect to pay up to £15,240 for the Legal Practice Course (LPC), for a full-time course in 2017-18 – although you can pay considerably less outside London. Again, added to these fees are your own living costs.
Bank loans
The GDL and the LPC are not funded under normal grant and student finance arrangements because they are not usually eligible for local education authority funding. However, occasionally some funds are available, but these depend on your personal circumstances and you'll have to contact your local education authority for more information.
Most banks should see you as a good investment because you will be a professional and should be able to earn enough money to repay them
The standard way of funding the GDL and/or the LPC is with a high-street bank loan. Some banks (eg, NatWest) used to offer special loans to postgraduate law students which had preferential rates and allowed longer time for repayment, but in 2011, these were withdrawn. In a reversal of the trend, in 2014 Metro Bank announced a deal with The University of Law, offering its GDL, LLM LPC and BPTC students a professional studies loan for legal studies. And most banks should see you as a good investment because you will be a professional and should be able to earn enough money to repay them. However, unlike the government student loans, you will have to repay your bank loan as soon as the course is over, regardless of what you earn.
Note that the government-subsidised career development loan offered by some banks does not cover the GDL (because it leads to another course rather than to employment).
Sometimes international, City or large regional law firms provide GDL and/or LPC sponsorship to those students whom they have already selected for training contracts. Sponsorship is sometimes (although rarely) available from other bodies that take on trainees. For instance, the Government Legal Service offers limited financial help for trainees who have secured a training contract with it. Use the "sponsorship offered" filter on the training contract search to find firms that offer sponsorship.
If you are recruited during your degree and the firm offers to sponsor you through your postgraduate course(s), it will probably recommend a particular provider. You're then likely to study several modules tailored to the firm's practice.
Further support
Some grant-making trusts and charities may offer financial assistance to those seeking to qualify as a solicitor. You can find information about grants, loans and other funds from your local education authority awards officer.
Finally, the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD) website funding page can provide all prospective and current students with information regarding financial help. The page also provides information about the Law Society's Diversity Access Scheme.


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DETROIT, Mich. - A vacant house went up in flames at around 5:00 a.m. Thursday on Moran St. near E. Davison in Detroit.
A next door neighbor describes what she heard.
"The next thing I knew it was exploding. Boom!" said Kimberly Lust whose home was damaged by the fire.
"I ran back in the house and said, 'We have to get out of here,'" said Lust.
Her home was damaged by the flames, but Lust says a few minutes later, there was more destruction.
Residents say a house a short distance away was also set on fire Thursday morning.
"Someone is going around here setting fires. As soon as they came over here, five minutes later there were over here on Gallagher."
These Thursday morning fires aren't the only fiery explosions the neighborhood has been forced to deal with.
"This enormous explosion blew the roof off my entire garage," said Harrison Bartlett.
Back on Moran St., a resident says he got hurt when his garage was set on fire earlier this week.
"I just got this one little burn from where I was holding the hose. It was so hot it just burned me," said Bartlett.
Residents believe these fires are the work of an arsonist.
"I can't sleep at night. I sleep with one eye open," said Bartlett.
Fire officials say they're on the case and are using a dog to help with the investigation.
The Chief of Arson tells Fox 2 that the three fires in the area over the past few days are being investigated as possible arson.
However, it has not been determined the fires were intentionally set. The Chief went on to say that his department has received good information from residents that will assist with the investigation.
As the investigation continues, residents say they are fed up and they want the person setting these fires off the street.
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Writing Your Own GIO Jobs
After having moved into a new apartment I'm now back at working on my thesis about Thunar. There are a few things which are solved very differently in GIO than in ThunarVFS. One of them is the way jobs are handled. A job basically is a task which may take a while to run and thus is executed in a separate thread (so it doesn't block the GUI).
ThunarVFS has a framework called
ThunarVfsJob. It lets you create different kinds of jobs e.g. for changing file permissions recursively or for computing the total number of files and the total size of a directory. These jobs report back to the GUI thread using signals such as "new-files" (when new files are added and need to picked up by the GUI) or "progress".
GIO has something similar ... but it's not so obvious how it works. When I tried to figure out how to migrate
ThunarVfsJob to GIO I thought: hey, GIO must have something like this already! It contains several job-like functions such as
g_file_copy_async() after all.
So here's what I found out after spending some time on reading
gfile.c and
glocalfile.c: there is a job framework in GIO ... but it's hidden behind easy-to-use asynchronous functions. It's based on
GAsyncResult and a bunch of callback types. It uses
GIOScheduler internally to glue everything together to something that is actually pretty convenient (but still kinda tricky).
So, what do you need in orderto write your own jobs in the GIO style?
First of all, you need an example task. I picked counting files and computing the total size of a directory to understand how it works. What we want is an asynchronous function which does exactly that and uses a callback to report the progress back to the GUI thread ... just like
g_file_copy_async() does.
First of all, you define the callback type and two functions for starting the job (sync and async version):
The Public API
typedef void (*GFileCountProgressCallback) (goffset current_num_files, goffset current_num_bytes, gpointer user_data); static gboolean g_file_deep_count (GFile *file, GCancellable *cancellable, GFileCountProgressCallback progress_callback, gpointer progress_callback_data, GError **error); static void g_file_deep_count_async (GFile *file, int io_priority, GCancellable *cancellable, GFileCountProgressCallback progress_callback, gpointer progress_callback_data, GAsyncReadyCallback callback, gpointer callback_data);
The Implementation
All the function
g_file_deep_count_async() will do is to create a
GSimpleAsyncResult, put
the callback information into it and then tell the
GIOScheduler to run the job. Here's how
that looks like:
static void g_file_deep_count_async (GFile *file, int io_priority, GCancellable *cancellable, GFileCountProgressCallback progress_callback, gpointer progress_callback_data, GAsyncReadyCallback callback, gpointer callback_data) { GSimpleAsyncResult *result; DeepCountAsyncData *data; g_return_if_fail (G_IS_FILE (file)); data = g_new0 (DeepCountAsyncData, 1); data->file = g_object_ref (file); data->progress_cb = progress_callback; data->progress_cb_data = progress_callback_data; result = g_simple_async_result_new (G_OBJECT (file), callback, callback_data, g_file_deep_count_async);
g_simple_async_result_set_op_res_gpointer (result, data, (GDestroyNotify) deep_count_async_data_free); g_io_scheduler_push_job (deep_count_async_thread, result, g_object_unref, io_priority, cancellable); }
DeepCountAsyncData is a simple
struct which needs no further explanation, I think.
data with callback and user data information is added to the
and then the job is added to the
GIOScheduler. As you can see, there is another function
deep_count_async_thread. This is the function which runs in a separate thread
and does most of the work (well, not quite ... but almost). Here's how it looks like:
static gboolean deep_count_async_thread (GIOSchedulerJob *job, GCancellable *cancellable, gpointer user_data) { GSimpleAsyncResult *res; DeepCountAsyncData *data; gboolean result; GError *error = NULL; res = user_data; data = g_simple_async_result_get_op_res_gpointer (res); data->job = job; result = g_file_deep_count (data->file, cancellable, data->progress_cb != NULL ? deep_count_async_progress_callback : NULL, data, &error); if (data->progress_cb != NULL) g_io_scheduler_job_send_to_mainloop (job, (GSourceFunc) gtk_false, NULL, NULL); if (!result && error != NULL) { g_simple_async_result_set_from_error (res, error); g_error_free (error); } g_simple_async_result_complete_in_idle (res); return FALSE; }
As you can see it runs the synchronous function
g_file_deep_count() and makes sure the progress
callback is called at least once. It does one more thing though: it defines it's own progress
deep_count_async_progress_callback. This is required for the real progress
callback to be called inside the GUI thread. This is the code for the internal callback:
static gboolean deep_count_async_progress_in_main (gpointer user_data) { ProgressData *progress = user_data; DeepCountAsyncData *data = progress->data; data->progress_cb (progress->current_num_files, progress->current_num_bytes, data->progress_cb_data); return FALSE; } static void deep_count_async_progress_callback (goffset current_num_files, goffset current_num_bytes, gpointer user_data) { DeepCountAsyncData *data = user_data; ProgressData *progress; progress = g_new (ProgressData, 1); progress->data = data; progress->current_num_files = current_num_files; progress->current_num_bytes = current_num_bytes; g_io_scheduler_job_send_to_mainloop_async (data->job, deep_count_async_progress_in_main, progress, g_free); }
deep_count_async_progress_callback() is called from within the job thread. It then tells
the scheduler to call
deep_count_async_progress_in_main from the GUI thread. And finally
deep_count_async_progress_in_main calls the real progress callback e.g. to update
the GUI.
Now you still haven't seen any code related to counting files and computing the total file size of a directory ... let's get to that now. Here's the synchronous deep count function which is called from within the job thread:
static gboolean g_file_deep_count (GFile *file, GCancellable *cancellable, GFileCountProgressCallback progress_callback, gpointer progress_callback_data, GError **error) { ProgressData data = { .data = NULL, .current_num_files = 0, .current_num_bytes = 0, }; g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_FILE (file), FALSE); if (g_cancellable_set_error_if_cancelled (cancellable, error)) return FALSE; return g_file_real_deep_count (file, cancellable, progress_callback, progress_callback_data, &data, error); }
Damn ... it still doesn't do any real work! Ok, but this time there's no big rat-tail
of nested function calls anymore, I promise. There's just one function left:
Before we can call it, however,
g_file_deep_count() has to initialize the progress data.
After that we can call
g_file_real_deep_count() recursively and do something useful.
Here we go:
static gboolean g_file_real_deep_count (GFile *file, GCancellable *cancellable, GFileCountProgressCallback progress_callback, gpointer progress_callback_data, ProgressData *progress_data, GError **error) { GFileEnumerator *enumerator; GFileInfo *info; GFileInfo *child_info; GFile *child; gboolean success = TRUE; g_return_val_if_fail (G_IS_FILE (file), FALSE);
if (g_cancellable_set_error_if_cancelled (cancellable, error)) return FALSE; info = g_file_query_info (file, "standard::*", G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS, cancellable, error); if (g_cancellable_is_cancelled (cancellable)) return FALSE; if (info == NULL) return FALSE; progress_data->current_num_files += 1; progress_data->current_num_bytes += g_file_info_get_size (info); if (progress_callback != NULL) { /* Here we call the internal callback */ progress_callback (progress_data->current_num_files, progress_data->current_num_bytes, progress_callback_data); } if (g_file_info_get_file_type (info) == G_FILE_TYPE_DIRECTORY) { enumerator = g_file_enumerate_children (file, "standard::*", G_FILE_QUERY_INFO_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS, cancellable, error); if (!g_cancellable_is_cancelled (cancellable)) { if (enumerator != NULL) { while (!g_cancellable_is_cancelled (cancellable) && success) { child_info = g_file_enumerator_next_file (enumerator, cancellable, error); if (g_cancellable_is_cancelled (cancellable)) break; if (child_info == NULL) { if (*error != NULL) success = FALSE; break; } child = g_file_resolve_relative_path (file, g_file_info_get_name (child_info)); success = success && g_file_real_deep_count (child, cancellable, progress_callback, progress_callback_data, progress_data, error); g_object_unref (child); g_object_unref (child_info); } g_object_unref (enumerator); } } } g_object_unref (info); return !g_cancellable_is_cancelled (cancellable) && success; }
And that's it. We can now compute the number of files and the total size of a directory
recursively using a
GCancellable and one or two callbacks. All of this is done using
threads, so you don't have to worry about blocking your GUI main loop.
If you want to see this in action, visit the job framework page in my thesis wiki and download deepcount.c and the Makefile.


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To some, Obama's newfound enthusiasm for shooting clay pigeons - he said in an interview that he did it "all the time" at his retreat in the Maryland mountains - also seemed a bit suspicious.
So on Saturday, the White House tried to silence the skeptics by releasing a photo of Obama shooting on the range at Camp David in August. In the photo, the president, wearing protective glasses and ear-muffs, is squinting down the barrel of a gun, moments after pulling the trigger. Smoke shoots out of the front of the gun.
The White House said the photo was taken on Aug. 4, which was Obama's 51st birthday. But it offered no further details on whether his target practice was a regular hobby or a one-time event.
The notion of the president taking aim at targets flung into the air captivated some in the political and social media worlds at a time when he is pushing Congress to enact sweeping restrictions on high-capacity rifles and magazines. Conservatives scoffed, comics mocked, a congresswoman challenged him to a skeet-shooting contest, a fake picture of an armed Obama circulated on the Internet, and the White House tried to make the whole matter go away.
"It was a surprise to a lot of people in the industry when we saw that and heard that," said Michael Hampton Jr., the executive director of the National Skeet Shooting Association, whose 35,000-member rolls do not include the president.
Obama is hardly the first politician to draw scorn for boasting of experience with guns. In 2007, during his first presidential campaign, former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts was ridiculed when he said, "I've always been a rodent and rabbit hunter - small varmints, if you will." In 2004, John Kerry, then a presidential candidate and now secretary of state, was lampooned for showing up in camouflage to go hunting less than two weeks before the election.
The latest commotion has its origins in the interview Obama gave to The New Republic, now owned by Chris Hughes, a Facebook co-founder and former Obama campaign aide. During the interview, Franklin Foer, the magazine's editor, referred to the fight over gun control and asked the president if he had ever fired a gun.
"Yes, in fact, up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," Obama said.
"The whole family?" Foer asked.
"Not the girls," he said, "but oftentimes guests of mine go up there. And I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations. And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake."
Obama went on to say that the reality of guns in urban areas differs from that in rural areas. "So it's trying to bridge those gaps that I think is going to be part of the biggest task over the next several months," he said. "And that means that advocates of gun control have to do a little more listening than they do sometimes."
The skeet-shooting comment caught many off guard because it is not something the president has talked about. While other presidents have used the skeet shooting range at Camp David, database searches of Obama's speeches and interviews turned up no prior mention of participating. No friend or guest has come forward in recent days to publicly describe shooting with the president.
"I would refer you simply to his comments," Jay Carney, the White House press secretary, told reporters who asked after the interview was published how often the president shoots. "I don't know how often. He does go to Camp David with some regularity, but I'm not sure how often he's done that."
Asked why no one had seen a picture or heard about it before, Carney said, "Because when he goes to Camp David, he goes to spend time with his family and friends and relax, not to produce photographs."
That did not satisfy the skeptics. The Washington Post's "Fact Checker" column cast doubt on the claim, while Fox News quoted an unnamed person saying Obama had participated once during a Marine competition at Camp David but not "all the time." Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., went on CNN to question the assertion.
"I tell you what I do think," Blackburn said. "I think he should invite me to Camp David, and I'll go skeet shooting with him and I bet I'll beat him."
Gun rights supporters said the president was evidently trying to reach out to gun owners to assuage their concerns about his legislative proposals.
"He clearly doesn't get it," said Chris Cox, the chief lobbyist for the National Rifle Association. "But in his effort to pursue a political agenda, he apparently is willing to convince gun owners that he's one of us, that he's a Second Amendment supporter."
Cox said no one was fooled.
"Skeet shooting, whether you've done it or not, doesn't make you a defender of the Second Amendment," he said.
While White House officials privately dismissed skeptics by comparing them to "truthers" who doubted that Obama was born in Hawaii, even some liberals found the skeet-shooting comment hard to believe.
Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show" made fun of Obama's statement as well as those who doubted it. He essentially agreed with Cox that it was pointless for the president to try to reach out to gun rights supporters who do not believe him.
"The point is, Mr. President, what are you doing? Why try?" Stewart asked. "As far as most of your opponents go, no measure of detente, true or disingenuous, will ingratiate you to your opponents. It's a fool's errand."
© 2013, The New York Times News Service


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Football managers who wear a suit on the sidelines during matches get a better performance from their players than coaches who wear sports gear, according to a study.
Sport psychologist Dr Richard Thelwell, of Portsmouth University, reckons players have more confidence in the strategy and tactics of a coach in jacket and trousers - although a track suit is essential on the training ground.
"I'd advise managers that on a match day, when strategy and motivating a performance is important, you may get a better response in a suit.
"Trackies for training, of couse, and for those sessions on reacting to fouls probably a tutu, or maybe leotard, leggings and legwarmers - real theatrical or dance movement class stuff.
"And show them a film of James Brown on stage - you know, when he collapses and has to be helped off in a blanket. Brilliant. Drogba could learn a thing or two."


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Why Do Some Women Prey on Boys?
Another day, another news story about a woman getting sexually involved with a teen. This time, a babysitter has been arrested on charges of molesting a 14-year-old boy who was in her care a couple years ago.
Summer Nelson, 28, of Post Falls, ID, was friends with the boy's mother and babysat him and his younger siblings. Nelson began to have sexual relations with the boy, even telling his siblings she was in love with him.
We routinely hear about men's pedophilic sex crimes, and it's still shocking to hear about female perpetrators of sex crimes even though women commit the crime in fewer numbers. Why do they do it, and does the sexual abuse affect boys any differently than it affects girls who are sexually abused? To find out,
"These women are psychologically not much older than their victims," says Richard Gartner, a New York psychologist and author of Betrayed as Boys. "They're attracted to kids they can handle."
Women who have sex with minors often feel socially and sexually inadequate, says Susan Strickland, a forensic social worker in Atlanta. One woman, who received 30 years for plying her daughter's underage teen friends with alcohol and having sex with them, told police that it was the first time she'd felt popular and part of a group.
Abusers often come from strange families with few boundaries. Women who molest prepubescent kids, especially, were more than likely sexually abused or traumatized as kids themselves. Whether consciously or not, abusing minors may be a way to regain the power the women lost when they were abused.
And what about abused boys? Although we live in a culture that tells boys that they should never turn down sex, or that it is a fantasy for a sexier older woman to want to have sex with them, this makes the trauma even harder to handle. They end up having trouble developing age-appropriate relationships and, as adults, they're more likely to be depressed, anxious, and addicted to drugs, pornography, or casual sex.


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"Breaon, get your sisters and your brother and go to the car." I didn't fully understand what was going on but I did as I was told. Once we all were in the car my mother turned and said to us, "Kids, I don't know why he did it but your father is dead; he shot himself in the head." I didn't know whether to be sad or angry because it was the same person that molested me for years.
I've had a few traumatic things happen to me when I was a child that's why I've always found myself wanting to work with abused children. Being the oldest, I didn't have anyone there to talk to or relate to me. I want them to know that there is someone that cares about them and wants to help them achieve their goals no matter what they have been through. I want to help them make the most out of their lives.
The goals I have for myself is to work hard, always give 120% and never let anyone tell me that you can't do it. If you work hard, you will be successful. Not only am I doing this for myself but for my family and my son. I plan on doing an internship next semester to have more experience before I start and due to being the first one in my family to go to college, I have a very good support system that is there with me.


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On Tuesday, Bill Staples announced the imminent release of the October 2007 Community Technology Preview as part of the Zend/PHP Conference keynote address. It is my pleasure to announce that today, this release is available for download by our customers and the PHP community. This CTP is intended to provide the PHP community an early look at the PHP/SQL Server connectivity story planned for release in the first half of CY2008, and to gather feedback from the community to help refine the design of the API, the feature set, and the target scenarios.
This release marks another step in substantiating Microsoft's continued commitment to interoperability. SQL Server joins IIS in providing components optimized to enable PHP to run effectively on the Microsoft platform, giving our customers greater choice, and creating a stronger value proposition around deploying PHP applications on Microsoft technology.
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I know, I know: Insomnia. But isn't there anyplace else to get a cup of decent coffee and work on your laptop in the West Hollywood area? Insomnia's okay, but I wish they'd at least have good pastries and coffee to offset the blasting pop music.
I'm talking about places that GENUINELY don't mind that you're on your computer, not a restaurant that's putting up with you just this once.
Any ideas would be SO appreciated.


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A New Jersey man and his 9-year-old son were reunited Thursday in Brazil after a 5-year international custody battle, and immediately headed home to spend the holidays in the United States.
David Goldman and his son, Sean, left on a charter plane about three hours after the boy was handed over by his Brazilian family, said Rep. Chris Smith, who was in Brazil to support the U.S. father.
Earlier, carrying his luggage and wearing a yellow shirt with the Brazilian flag and Olympic rings, Sean was escorted by his relatives to the U.S. Consulate, where a scrum of journalists tried to get close. His father, of Tinton Falls, New Jersey, was waiting for him inside.
The boy cried as his stepfather and family lawyer tried to get him through the crowd, and guards roughly pushed back photographers and TV cameramen.
His maternal grandmother, Silvana Bianchi, said in tears simply that "this is a very difficult moment."
Sean has lived in Brazil since Goldman's ex-wife, Bruna Bianchi, brought him to her native country for what was supposed to be a two-week vacation in 2004. She stayed, divorced Goldman and remarried, and Goldman began legal efforts to get Sean back.
After Bianchi died last year in childbirth, her husband, Joao Paulo Lins e Silva, a prominent divorce attorney, continued the legal fight and won temporary custody.
The tug-of-war pitted Goldman against a powerful family of Rio de Janeiro lawyers willing to use all legal means available, in a nation where the wealthy are used to coming out on top
Despite numerous court findings in favor of Goldman, Lins e Silva continuously found an a way to delay giving up custody.
But after five years of rulings and appeals, Supreme Court chief ruled Tuesday that Sean be returned to Goldman. On Wednesday, the Brazilian family dropped its legal challenges.
Rep. Smith said Sean appeared to be happy when he and his father were reunited, and he had already spoken with his grandparents back in New Jersey.
"Once he was with his dad they were smiling, with their arms around one another," Smith said. "They looked just like best buddies."
A little more than an hour later, they left the consulate for the airport.
Silvana Bianchi, the maternal grandmother, had wanted to travel with Sean to the United States to ease his transition, but family lawyer Sergio Tostes said that wish was denied by the U.S. government. Tostes said the Brazilian government declined to intervene in the matter.
U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Orna Blum said the U.S. government and the consulate were not involved in the travel arrangements, which she said were handled by lawyers on both sides.
Goldman's New Jersey-based lawyer, Patricia Apy, criticized how the handover was conducted.
"Unfortunately, the Brazilian family, rather than have the handoff take place in a garage, which would have been secure, parked away and walked him through the press, which only serves to make the situation more stressful for the child," Apy said.
Blum also said the tumult during the boy's delivery could have been avoided.
"The family was offered the same access to the consulate as the father," she said. "For whatever reason they chose to get out of their cars and walk in."
The Brazilian family brought the boy to the consulate about 25 minutes before the 9 a.m. (1100 GMT) court-ordered deadline.
Associated Press writers Tales Azzoni in Sao Paulo and Geoff Mulvihill in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, contributed to this report.