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Sam Adams: Drama Queen of the Stone Age
If you didn't know by now, Benny Jay likes to gripe about technology.
Specifically, he's prone to rants on how young folks are blindly being given the business by the likes of Google and Apple. It's kinda like hearing Old Man Hawkins at the end of the bar grumbling about how the roads were much better off when all a man had was his horse.
Old Man Hawkins says, "Technology? Fiddlesticks. You young bucks think fancy of yerselves what with yer Tweeters and Spacebooks and what have ye. You ever shouldered a pick axe, sonny? No wonder you got the hands of a dairyman's daughter. Technology, my ass."
Case in point: I get on the phone the other day with Benny to talk about the media empire we're building, and how it's bound to make the Huffington Post look like an indie fan-zine. He tells me to check out something he just sent me. I open my Gmail account. I pause.
"Hey Ben… I see you're still on AOL. What gives, man? I thought I told you to switch to Gmail."
"Yeah, yeah—you and everybody else and your damn Gmail. I bet you guys work for them!"
"Ben, for the fifth time—I don't work for Google."
"Look, kid. I've been on AOL since you were eating Gerber's out of a tin can. AOL's fine… Well, actually, it isn't. They got all these damn posts popping up on my page ever since the Huffington lady bought 'em out. Lists of cute babies and kittens that they know you're gonna click on. And I always do. I swear these people are covert psychologists! God, I hate them. But I'm sticking to AOL."
"Ben, I hear ya. They're evil. Gmail is just a lot more efficient that than your Neolithic AOL account. Besides, all this shit's free. What are you so angry about?"
Then he hits me with a conversation stopper:
"Sam, nothing is free. You know what's free? Death is free."
We move on to more pressing issues, like how many points Stacey King averaged in his rookie season (8.9), and how Pau Gasol is probably the best scoring big man the Bulls have had since Artis Gilmore.
After we hang up, I start thinking about my Luddite buddy's views on the evil interwebs. And I begin realizing that I'm not a big fan of technology myself. Call me old-fashioned, but I think a lot of technological "advancements" have taken meaningful, personal interactions out of our society.
Up in the Air breaks it down. Great movie.
The only thing you'll ever catch me reading on a tablet is how many milligrams are in it (fuck iPads, and fuck Kindle). Or as Ben would say, "I feel about Twitter kinda like I feel about iPhones … It's the man! The man is trying to (grumble, grumble, etc.)."
Yeah, fuck the man. And fuck Gmail. I like how Joel Murray's character put it in the great black comedy, God Bless America: "Nobody talks about anything anymore. They just regurgitate everything they see on TV, or hear on the radio or watch on the web. When was the last time you had a real conversation with someone without somebody texting or looking at a screen or a monitor over your head?"
OK, maybe Ben's got a point.
I call him back.
"Ben, I gotta give it you. This technology business really is a bunch of horseshit."
"That's what I've been saying, numb nuts!"
"I know, I know. I'll never ask you to use Gmail again."
"But since we're living in 2014, can you do me just one favor?"
"What's that?"
"Please, for the love of god… You've really gotta stop wearing that fanny pack."
"Oh yeah? What do you use to carry your shit?"
"A wallet, Ben."
"Wallets! Ha, don't even get me started on wallets. I bet you work for them!"
"Work for who?"
"Wallets! The wallet man! There was a day when all a man needed was…"
Editor's Note: Sam's last post for The Third City was Mayor Daley! He writes and edits Monster at the End of the Dream, a great blog!
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Matt Farmer: Toilet Paper Tuesday!
If it's Sunday, it's time for Chairman Matt's tweets…
Rauner met with Madigan and Cullerton this morning for two hours; that's $16.50/person (pre-tax), if you're an Illinois minimum wage worker.
Taking a cue from Facebook's TBT (Throwback Thursday) fad, CPS will introduce TPT (Toilet Paper Tuesday) to many of its underserved schools.
CPS board approves new school rating system. Schools with soap and toilet paper will be rated Level 1; schools without will be Level 2.
David Vitale tells CPS parents that Aramark cleaning crews decked out in HazMat suits are now monitoring his toxic swaps.
Vitale now bored with auction-rate swaps; said to be exploring other CPS gaming options, possibly a Public League sports book.
Vitale to explore use of reverse mortgages, payday loans, and CPS student plasma sales to recover sums he lost at auction-rate bond casino.
Emanuel tells media it's already too late to undo whatever crazy financial deals David Vitale may get us into during the next few months.
If you're a Chicago taxpayer looking for a low- to no-risk swap, swap out Mayor Emanuel in February 2015.
Rahm to target Aspen, Palm Springs, Wilmette and Martha's Vineyard in first round of 2015 mayoral campaign ads, which will air on CNBC.
Sources say new Rahm TV spot will feature Diana Rauner telling voters, "I'm a lifelong Democrat, but I'd still consider voting for Rahm."
Should the
@ChicagoBears play the Philadelphia 76ers in any type of cross-league competition (e.g., darts, Scrabble, etc.), bet the under.
Trestman said to be excited after team displayed playoff-level focus and intensity during Thursday's team meeting and film session.
Mel Tucker to address Soldier Field crowd before noon kickoff: "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth."
Marc Trestman remains upbeat, saying team meetings this week focused on a smart PowerPoint presentation called "Competitive Synergy."
No point in talking about "Bear weather"; let's keep the focus on "Bear whether," as in whether the
#Bears decide to show up this week.
Maybe Marc Trestman can run the table and finish 10-6, which should position him nicely to become Tampa Bay's next head coach.
Yes, readers were once able to get to the
@Suntimes website in less than three clicks of the mouse, but today's readers want a challenge.
Nixon declares emergency, calls up National Guard, appeals to Silent Majority, and seeks peace with honor.
Editor's Note: Matt's last post for The Third City was Bear Down…
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Jim Siergey: Southport Avenue
Walk with me, won't you? Down this little lane here, Memory Lane it's called. It goes pretty far back but we don't have to go all the way. In fact, let's linger right here a while. The address says 1971.
I was wed in December of 1970 and the new missus and I moved into a four room apartment on Southport Avenue, just north of Irving Park Road. It was a different neighborhood back then, not the glitzy, young urban professional hood it now is, loaded with upscale restaurants, shoppes and fancy food stores. Packs of wild dogs roamed the streets. I kid you not.
There was a grocery store up the block called Jim's Grocery. Jim was a tall bald-headed fellow who resembled Milton Frome (I had to do a Google Image search to find his name. The familiar Frome frame and face appeared in hundreds of TV shows and movies in the 1960s and 70s). Entering his store was like stepping back into the days of Little House on the Prairie.
Jim would stand there behind the counter clad in his long white apron in front of the shelves stocked with merchandise all the way up to the ceiling. You didn't select items by yourself. You'd tell Jim what you wanted and he would procure the item, sometimes using a long stick to get down a can from a high shelf and catching it as it fell earthward. (True Note: this is where the term "can of corn" originated in baseball lingo describing an outfielder catching an easy fly ball.) With a pencil procured from the back of his ear, he'd total up the numbers on a brown paper bag whereupon you'd pay him in cash, he'd place the items into that bag, saddle your horse up for you and to home you'd trot.
The Music Box Theater was still operating but it was pretty run down. The carpeting on the theater floor was so sticky from years of spilled soda, popcorn, candy and other types of fluids that it felt like it was made of gum. Finding a seat that wasn't busted or filthy beyond consideration was a bit of a task. Then, once settled, there were the crying babies to contend with as well as the clinking of empty bottles rolling under the seats and the occasional hiss and splash of someone urinating. But—the admission was only half a buck!
Our apartment rarely, if ever, had hot water. I remember having to heat up pots of water on the stove to pour into the tub in order to bathe without shivering. In the winter, the radiator heat would come on for about fifteen minutes at 7 in the morning and again around 5 at night. We spent many a wintry evening sitting around clad in jackets and coats. One month we deducted the cost of long underwear from our rent payment.
The place was overrun with mice. You could hear them scampering though the walls. One would occasionally surprise us by appearing in the oven, under the sink or in a drawer. They and the cockroaches pretty much ran the kitchen. The building housed six apartments and the outside door didn't lock. We lived on the first floor and on a number of occasions we could hear people hanging out on the stairs in the hall having their own little off-the-streets party.
On the corner was a tavern called Armand's Tap. It was an old-school bar where besides alcohol, one could also purchase a variety of items including eggs, socks and gloves. On tap was Bohemian Vat 69, a brand I'd never heard of before and have never heard of since. A glass of beer cost fifteen cents, a schooner cost thirty. I had a couple of adventures in that joint.
This was 1971, remember, and I was a young man so I had shoulder length hair and probably a beard. Y'know, one of them. One time I was in there with a buddy and an older guy in his 40s or so was sitting on the stool next to me. He was talking with me, kinda friendly-like, asking me questions about long hair and stuff. At one point he got up and used the pay phone. A few minutes later the outside of the bar was filled with squad cars and flashing blue lights. Two officers came in with their guns drawn, barking "We got a call that there's someone in here with a gun! Everybody put their hands on the bar!" The guy next to me, who obviously made the call, starts playing the innocent.
"What's going on?" he asked me, "What's happening?"
The old fisheye is what I gave the wise guy. Meanwhile, the frisking cop is behind me. I was wearing an old pea coat with holes in the pockets. When he thrust his hands into my seamless pockets, they kept going until he was giving me a bear hug. Fortunately, I kept my smart alecky trap shut. Those were not the days for a long-hair to play coy with the cops.
Of course, no gun was found (boy, what a difference a few decades make, eh?) and the cops left, leaving the guy next to me, sporting a halo above his greasy hair, asking, "What was that all about?"
One other time, a couple of friends and I went into Armand's to partake of a few schooners. One of the guys, Leonard, had a baby-face. He looked much younger than he was so the bartender, a short, oily-looking guy with a sneer on his mug, asked to see some I.D.
Leonard handed him his driver's license which showed that he was 21 years of age. The barkeep looked at it and back at Leonard but still wasn't convinced. He shoved a piece of paper and a pen over to Leonard and told him to write out his name. This he did and slid the paper back over to the unconvinced bartender.
The guy looked at it, checked it against the license and said "Nope. You forgot your middle initial, the J."
Then, to our exasperated selves, he leaned over and said, "And you know what the J stands for, don't you?"
We only had to wait a beat before he answered his own question, in a greasy drawn out manner "Ja-a-a-g-off!"
Before we could react, he slapped down three coasters and asked "What'll you have?"
Ahhh, those were the days.
Editor's Note: Jim's last post for The Third City was Attack of the Invisible Nude Vampires…
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Matt Farmer: Bear Down!
About the only good thing about last Sunday's shellacking in Green Bay is that it inspired Chairman Matt to fire off a bunch of great Tweets…
Former Chicago comptroller Amer Ahmad offered to review tape of last night's #Bears-Packers game in exchange for a lighter prison sentence.
Virginia McCaskey names Bill Daley, Ron Huberman and Reverend James Meeks to @ChicagoBears transition team. #Bears
Garry McCarthy now asking #Bears players and coaches who have any information about tonight's massacre to cooperate with authorities.
City Council calls emergency Sunday night meeting to approve plan to build George Lucas museum where Soldier Field currently stands. #Bears
Impressed by an explosive first half at Lambeau Field, Bruce Rauner scrambles to find relatives to clout into Aaron Rodgers College Prep.
Rauner to purchase @ChicagoBears and replace offensive starters with workers from India, saying they can score zero points for less money.
Oh, for the good ol' days when Bears were Bears!
Rahm to close city's underperforming NFL franchises, saying "our children deserve better." #Bears
Sure, the #Bears are down 45-7, but at least Chicago now has a huge deficit that doesn't involve David Vitale and auction-rate bonds.
Nate Silver now saying there's an 87% chance that Marc Trestman will be returning to the Canadian Football League in 2015. #Bears
The @ChicagoBears are 3-6 as Marc Trestman heads into his bye week. Bye, Marc. #Bears
The @ChicagoBears got off the bus running tonight, but they obviously should have stayed on the bus. #Bears
While programming my DVR to record next week's #Bears-Vikings game, I received the following error message: "Don't do it. Life's too short."
Green Bay fans left Lambeau angry last night, feeling cheated out of a free Big Mac they'd have received had the Packers scored 100 points.
Editor's Note: Matt's last post for The Third City was I Will Survive Rauner…
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No Blaise: Reading Made Easy
Editor's Note: No Blaise's on assignment in Moscow–while she's out of town, we're running one of her greatest hits…
Though I have some habits that are a staple for me like being hungry all the time, most of my other habits I would consider sporadic.
One of these such sporadic habits is reading. I will get into phases with a good book where I plow through it in a week or two, depending on length. In the aftermath of said good book I'll read more articles, seek out more information, etc.. Then I'll find a new good book, get two chapters in and have a headache that can only be cured with photo lists of cute animals and binge watching Netflix.
I can only have the smarts for so long, ya know.
Like most of my sporadic habits, I would like to start reading more regularly. But, how!? It's not like I don't like reading, I love it. Getting into a good book is like…the friggin best. So why do I get distracted so easily?
Is it A.D.D.?
Certainly possible.
Speaking of reading–this is one of No Blaise's favorite books!
The reason this all is at the forefront of my mind is because when I start grad school in September this habit of reading when I feel like it isn't going to fly, at least in terms of my assignments.
"Sorry professor, I didn't do the reading cause I had just done that other reading and my brain didn't feel like it."
"Oh, whoops, I tried doing the homework before bed and fell asleep and then forgot about it in the morning. Can I turn it in next week? Or maybe in a month? I'll definitely have it done in a month."
"I just couldn't get into the reading so I stopped."
"They don't have that textbook in the kindle store so I'm sorry but I won't be using it."
"Yes, ma'am, you are right. I do need a reality check."
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Jim Siergey: Attack of the Invisible Nude Vampires from Outer Space
Upon the checkered tablecloth stood a pair of salt and pepper shakers with rounded stainless steel tops. Next to them sat a fat bulb of garlic. These items were soon joined by an emptied coffee mug.
"That was a good supper," proclaimed the husky-handed fellow clad in bib overalls, as he wiped a drop of coffee from his chin with a red kerchief that he withdrew from his side pocket.
"I made the steak just the way you like it, dear," responded an apron-attired woman, standing at the sink, rinsing off plates and cookware.
He got up from his chair and walked over to her at the sink. He put his arms around her waist and said: "You sure know the way to a man's heart."
The husband and wife gently snuggled inside the kitchen of their farm house as crickets chirped innocently outside in the dark. Chickens were roosting inside their coop and horses were relaxing in the corral.
The night sky was dotted with clusters of stars and a sliver of moon sliced its way into the violet blue panorama. But something out of the ordinary streaked across the placid heavens. As this barely discernible object reached the farm, it slowed down and hovered. Then it gradually lowered itself and quietly lit upon a grassy knoll.
It was a coffin. It was made of some sort of durable glasslike material which made it possible to see that there was nothing to see inside of it. It sat in its pastoral setting for a while and then a creaking sound was heard as its lid slowly opened.
Off in the distance, the horses became agitated. They began stamping their hooves and whinnying and neighing.
In the kitchen, the man turned his head in the direction of the equine calls of distress.
"Something's wrong with the horses, Bella."
"Lou, go see." his wife said as she quietly placed a hand upon his shoulder.
The kitchen door opened, spilling light upon the darkened walkway. Lou could see something just a few feet away. As he walked closer and his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he saw that it was the carcass of a horse.
In the movie, the role of the horse will be played by Mr. Ed…
He knelt and gently placed his hand upon the inert form. As he stroked the neck of the gentle beast, he noticed something lying beside it. He picked it up, arose and moved closer to the light in order to get a better view. It was a gashed and mangled bridle.
Lou looked up from his hands and spoke to the night air with breathless astonishment, "Clawed reins."
He quickly re-entered the kitchen where Bella stood, wringing her apron with her hands.
"Was that? Was that…?" she asked.
"Yes. Stoker is dead", Lou tersely replied. "The poor beast appears to be drained of all its blood."
"What can it mean?"
"It means," Lou said as he quickly went into the living room, "there's a maniac out there."
Lou took the rifle off the wall above the fireplace, cocked it open and began loading it from a box of shells that sat upon the mantel. When he finished, he closed it with a loud clang.
"And I don't mean to let him in here!" he gruffly snorted.
In the dirt outside, barefoot footprints appeared out of nowhere. They sauntered forward and then stopped in front of a cat that was nonchalantly washing itself with tongue and paw. Startled, the cat looked up, arched its back, hissed and sped off to the kitchen door where it began yowling.
Bella parted the curtains in the door window and espied the howling feline. A smile crossed her face and she opened up the portal.
"Hello, Max. Would you like to come inside?"
Claude Rains will also play a role…
The cat ignored her friendly greeting and rushed past her into another room of the house. She bemusedly watched the creature run off and then shuddered as, despite the warm night air, she felt a chill go through her. She began to close the door but stopped as she noticed a trail of tracked in dirt upon the floor.
"Hmp. And they say cats are clean creatures."
As she shut the door, Lou hollered from the living room.
"Bella! How did this cat get in here?"
"I invited him in, dear. He seemed upset. I didn't want the same fate to befall him that befell poor Stoker."
Lou stormed into the kitchen with rifle in hand.
"Why aren't you more careful, woman? Opening doors like that. Anyone could be out there!"
"I'm sorry, Lou. Please, don't snap at me."
Abashed, Lou put his arm around Bella's quivering shoulder, "I'm sorry, dear, but there's something going on…"
He stopped mid-sentence as he noticed the dirt on the floor. "What's that?"
"Oh, something the cat dragged in." Bella explained. "I'll get a broom."
Lou pondered the dirt as if there was something strange about it. Then he reached for the doorknob.
"I think I'll have a look-see outside."
"Oh, Lou, do you think that's wise? Why not wait until morning?"
"I won't be kept prisoner in my own house, Bell. Don't worry, I'll be careful." He patted his rifle. "I've got Ol' Betsy with me."
Lou kissed Bella on the cheek and went outside. Bella began sweeping up the dirt on the floor.
Microscopic molecules and pockets of air that had been lingering against the wall now stealthily moved closer to the sweeping figure. As this mass of nothingness neared the kitchen table, it suddenly stopped.
Bella, humming an old Beatles tune, You Won't See Me, dumped her dustpan full of dirt into the garbage pail. She turned and noticed the bulb of garlic that was left upon the table. She picked it up and deposited it into the refrigerator.
Attacked! (illustration by the great Jim Siergey…)
The mass of molecules begin to move once again.
As Bella rounded the table, her head was suddenly jerked back as if an arm had wrapped itself around her throat. She struggled with the unseen attacker that was positioned behind her. Besides the choke hold, one of her arms was then pinned behind her back. She twisted, turned and thrashed about. Chairs were knocked over and pots and pans clattered as she swung about in a wild and desperate attempt to free herself.
Her attempts were futile as she eventually fell limp and was lowered to the floor. Lying prone upon the linoleum, her head was delicately raised. Two puncture marks appeared in her throat and a soft sucking sound was heard.
Lou searched the grounds and finding nothing, headed back home. He stopped at the kitchen door and took one more wary look around before entering.
Lou's eyes widened in disbelief as he gaped at the scene before him–a kitchen in disarray and his wife lying on the floor! He rushed to her lifeless body but quickly realized that nothing could be done. He hung his head in momentary despair but then quickly looked up in alertness. He grabbed his rifle and headed for the living room.
Against the wall of the doorway to the living room was their couch. On the couch, hiding behind a cushion, was the cat and above the recently reupholstered piece of furniture hung an ornamental mirror. With rifle poised, Lou crept into the room. He looked around but saw no one. Suddenly, the cat yowled, leaped off the couch and ran toward the hallway. Lou whirled around and glimpsed a fleeting image in the mirror of someone running in the same direction as the cat. He whirled again but saw no one.
Lou then heard a sound. It was the bedroom door closing. He slinked down the hallway to the bedroom. The door was closed. With shaking hand, he reached for the doorknob, yanked it open and burst inside.
All he found was their bed, nicely made with an embroidered coverlet and matching pillows. On either side of the bed were the side tables holding lamps with matching lampshades. Across from the bed was a closet door. There was no sign of anything being out of the ordinary.
Lou closed the bedroom door behind him and looked under the bed, finding nothing but a few dust bunnies. With rifle at the ready he opened the closet door that revealed a full length mirror on the back of it. Using the long barrel of his weapon, he rummaged through the clothes on the hangers and the shoes upon the floor. There was no one or thing to be found.
In exasperated desperation, Lou shouted into the nothingness, "Where are you? Show yourself!"
His cries were met with silence. With a feeling of resigned defeat, he sat on the edge of the bed, bowed his head and began to weep.
In the reflection of the open closet door's mirror, a beautiful naked woman was seen behind the figure of the sobbing farmer. Sighing, Lou slowly raised his head, seeing himself in the mirror. He also saw the naked woman. His eyes widened and he quickly turned around. There was nothing there to see. He turned back to the mirror. There was the woman again but now her mouth was open, her fangs were bared and she was bending toward him. Lou fired his rifle, shattering the mirror into dozens of pieces.
A brief struggle took place but soon, all movement ceased and all that could be heard was a sucking, slurping sound.
The bedroom door opened and the assembled mass of molecules and air pockets slowly moved down the hallway, passing family pictures and knickknacks. At the end of the hallway, another door was opened. Inside was a study.
In the study was a black naugahyde office chair on wheels positioned in front of a desk. On the desk was a laptop computer. The chair was pulled out and an impression was made in the seat. The computer was turned on. A computerized voice said, "You have mail!"
Keyboard keys were depressed by unseen fingers and an email window was brought up on the monitor. A computer mouse was clicked and the cursor on the monitor screen was moved to the "Compose Mail" icon. An email form appeared and as keyboard keys clacked away, these words appeared on the screen:
Editor's Note: Jim's last post for The Third City was Big Bar Talk…
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Matt Farmer: I Will Survive Rauner
Fresh from his stirring election-night gig at The Hideout, where he sang a few of his greatest hits, Matt Farmer now delivers some recent Tweets of wisdom…
Rahm teams with Governor-elect Rauner in announcing comprehensive plan "to put 1000 more Carhartts on the street."
A spokesman for @arneduncan said Duncan does not recall whether he phoned Bruce Rauner to congratulate him on last night's victory.
Watching Rahm distance himself from Rauner is like watching two people in your office who are having an affair try to act like they're not.
Rahm to send RFP to LAZ Voting, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LAZ Parking, to monitor Chicago polling places (and teach preschool classes).
I survived 8 years of W. I endured 6 years, 16 days of Governor Blagojevich. I will make it through 2,102,400 minutes of Commander Carhartt.
Will Mr. Rauner remember to use a Chicago address when he signs Rahm's petition to get on the ballot for the mayoral race? #ThePartyofGreen
You know Rahm was hoping Nik Wallenda would quit halfway through the walk. That way, Rahm could have appointed another Wallenda to finish.
Lots of disappointed trick-or-treaters in Rogers Park today after Alderman @JoeMoore49 said they were all three minutes late for candy.
Rauner loves Halloween because it's the only day he gets to change out of the "Joe Everyman" costume he's worn since becoming a candidate.
Team Rauner to hand out Nestle 100 Grand bars at Rauner's seven non-Illinois homes while handing out actual 100 grand at his Illinois homes.
Nik Wallenda said to be excited to have Rahm/Redmoon handling all technical and logistical aspects of his upcoming Chicago tightrope walk.
Rauner has now dumped $27.6 million into this race. Assuming he gets 1.7 million votes, he'll have spent about $16.23 per vote. #ILGov2014
Bruce Rauner has now plowed $27.6 million into his campaign — a sum equal to roughly 110 seats at Payton College Prep. #ILGov2014 #twill
Folks are worked up about Rauner ordering a hot dog with ketchup? The key issue is whether he paired that dog with a $6000 red or white.
Rahm to announce that he'll "restore full and complete confidence in Chicago's red-light camera program" by asking Michael Ferro to run it.
After Tribune exposes costly CPS financial gambles,
#CPS agrees to change name of Carrie Jacobs Bond School to Risky Insider Bond School.
Winnetka's Tim Cawley said Aramark custodians will clean up the horrific
#CPS bond mess using "high-tech, Zamboni-like machines."
Editor's Note: Matt's last post for The Third City was Rahm's Ebola Cameras…
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Bempton Cliffs on the East coast of Yorkshire is a RSPB reserve with stunning scenery.
Oil on canvas 90 × 60 cm
Hello my friend, I am back and it is a delight to see your beautiful picture of this magnificent cliff face with its equally fabulous seabirds. Hope you and Cath are well and good to see your work is as special as you. Almaxx
Dear Alma, I was only thinking of you today and how I have missed you on here! We are well, I am painting away for an exhibition I am headlining in Brighouse in April and for Open Studios in May. So pleased to have you back and thank you!
– Sue Nichol
Just love the giant swirls of ocean foam, impressive work Sue.
Thank you very much,,Jim!
– Sue Nichol
Love the feeling of 3D in this… what a great painting!
Thank you Pamela, much appreciated :)
– Sue Nichol
That sea is fantastic, so real !!! and the cliffs have a 3D feel as well. Cheers Neil
Thank you, Neil, worked hard on this one!
– Sue Nichol
You are amazing Sue! Your subdued colours are so beautiful (and so 'English') and your skill is exceptional. The Gannets add huge interest to this scene. Truly lovely work.
Thank you Lynda for your lovely comments, especially the 'so English' . Well, all right I like the amazing bit too! x
– Sue Nichol
Beautiful work Sue – recognised it as one of yours as soon as I saw it
Thank you! That us what I like to hear! :)
– Sue Nichol
Beautiful work Sue x
Thank you, Irene! :)
– Sue Nichol
Gorgeous :o)x
Thank you so much! x
– Sue Nichol
Brilliant work Sue
Thank you, Carol :)
– Sue Nichol
Thank you so much, Liz
– Sue Nichol

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Hands down the best attorney snd staff in the business hired him way back in 2008 took almost 2 yrs to settle case but was worth the wait too bad all attorneys can't be as concerned as Mr.Bollinger I slways recommend him to anyone I no keep ip the good work.
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Thanks, Leslie. I really appreciate those kind words!
Posted 9 days ago. Flag
Just like many affected by a workers comp injury, I really had no idea where to start. I am a seasoned law enforcement officer and I always took pride in the fact that I was very knowledgeable when it came to the law and NC General statutes. I did as much research as I could and I pretty much had a pretty good idea of how the process should go. I knew more than the average person going in, yet I knew right off the bat that I needed a good, experienced attorney. I had the opportunity to speak with Bob after communicating with him some through an online forum. Bob spent almost two hours one night on the phone with me giving me an idea of how the process would go and he made sure I knew which forms needed to be completed. Even though I already had done a lot of leg work myself, I knew from the conversation that he was willing to go the extra mile and would be willing to fight for me. I lost my job due to my injury and it was devastating. I can honestly say that I would not have been able to keep my wits and stay focused on the details and be able to battle the WC alone. Bob was on the ball and headed off a potential catastrophe when the WC tried to screw me over and have my rating changed in order to cut off my checks. In the end I was satisfied with settlement. It wasn't all I wanted, but Bob helped me understand the good and bad of continuing my fight and was willing to fight it as far as necessary. I have dealt with attorneys my entire career and I feel I should tell anybody that is hiring a lawyer to realize how busy they are and not to set your expectations too high when it comes to communication and having your calls returned right away. Having said that, Bob gave me more time than I expected, especially when it was necessary and there were issues to address. I would recommend Bob in a heartbeat and I have actually referred three different people to his office during the process. Fighting a WC insurance company is a giant headache and even worse when dealing with the emotional strain of losing your job or having physical pain. Don't try itty yourself and do yourself a favor by calling Bob and discuss your case with him.
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Thank you so much, Kip, for that kind review! I wish you the absolute best going forward with your life and career. Don't hesitate to get back in touch with me if you have any questions or need anything. Bob
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For the ones of use that felt like no-one cared,or has been in a situation where you explain yourself as best you know how,to the powers that be in the legal system arena called workman comp lawyers(only to be told over and over again why you couldn't win or shouldn't go any further)the sun has risen and the clouds have gone away.Enter,MR. Bob Bollinger.A very laid back gentleman that actually listened to every word i told him.He never questioned me in a negative manner,and made me feel like help was there and i had just FOUND it.Point is ,Bob took my case(from another lawyer,that spent all his time telling me how i could not win or should not even try)We went to court and Bob won my case,and i'am sure plenty before me,after watching him work.He's committed to you and was always straight up with me,not once ever saying anything about money until all was said and done.He is a fair and very competent lawyer at the top of his field.I have never once asked for his help that he did not come to my aid.Do yourself a favor,don't hire a room full of atta-boys,get someone like Mr. Bollinger to help you.YOU WON'T BE SORRY.He will fight for you
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Thanks, Donald, for such a nice review! I appreciate it. Please stay in touch, bro! Call me if you need anything else! Bob
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If I lived in Charlotte or near by I would for sure hire him. Very caring gentleman. I cannot thank you enough for your assistance and advice.
I would highly recommend Mr. Bollinger. Bobby and Janice helped me complete my case which had been ongoing since 1992. He is an excellent lawyer and keeps you informed and updated each step of the way. Mr. Bollinger exceeded all my expectations on the settlement of my case.
Mr. Bollinger got the Workers Compensation Insurance Company to pay after being denied from an on the job injury. Would highly recommend .
Mr. Bollinger was a great help to me during my Workmens Compensation mediation. He was very knowledgeable and explained everything to me. I didn't feel like a number, he treated me with utmost respect and was able to get me what I needed. I would highly reccommend him to anyone with a work sustained injury.
My case is still in litigation and Mr. Bollinger has worked arduously on it for almost a year and a half. It is a very difficult case that most lawyers would refuse to handle. In fact, several in NC and in Maryland adamantly declined to represent me. I fell and sustained a serious injury to my wrist, requiring surgery, while working out of state. I didn't know for sure how the fall happened. This gave the insurance company every opportunity to deny the claim and to conjure up any numbers of reasons for the fall that did not involve my job. Mr. Bollinger took the case against all odds and has dealt with the insurance company with dogged perseverance. In addition, he's been faced with an even more formidable problem - his own client. A single woman living alone for years, I must handle every aspect of my life aggressively and have thus tried to run my own work comp case. Despite my continued intrusions into the case, only a few of which were helpful, he's been very tactful and tolerant and has been unusually professional in handling this aspect of the case. I hear only good things about him and I am convinced he is very well versed in work comp law. He answers emails and calls very quickly, sometimes within minutes, and takes all the time his clients need. His paralegal has spent quite a bit of her time explaining in detail the many questions I've asked. I highly recommend Bob Bollinger for people with unusual and/or very complex cases. I feel confident that in the end we will prevail.
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We just received a favorable decision for this client from the Full Commission! I am very pleased that we ultimately won her case. Bob
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The Defendants appealed again but we just got a favorable decision on this case from the NC Court of Appeals!
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Mr Bollinger has represented me twice,both times were on work releated disease,the hardest of all workers comp cases to win.He won,both times,hands down.He is relentless,dogged and consistent in his pursuit of justice for his clients.His staff is the same,and they have been with him for decades.If you have a workers comp problem,or questions about whether or not you have a claim over something that your company tells you is not covered by comp...I urge you in the strongest possible terms to contact Mr Bollinger's firm.They will answer all your questions,and give you the facts on the law,and they will allow you to make the final decesion.They are some of the easiest people to work with I have ever encountered in the legal field.
From the first phone conversation, Mr. Bob Bollinger was confident. He knows the law in Charlotte North Carolina, and stated he could win my case. And he did.
His office let me know what to exspect and how long it would take for a decision by the court. He is a polite Southern gentleman, but in court he is unbeatable. I recommend Mr. Bob Bollinger to anyone.
Thank You Mr. Bob Bollinger!
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This flight attendant had a unique situation, in that she was hurt on a layover while tending to a personal situation in her hotel room. We lost the case at the trial level but prevailed on appeal at the Full Commission.
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Located on the tranquil vacation island of Southport, Maine this vacationland condo overlooks the ocean & the magnificent sailboats sailing by in full view. This is a lovely renovated condo in a stately old family home built in 1820 on Southport Island, a 10 minute drive to Boothbay Harbor. Upon entering you have beautiful view across the whole living room, kitchen & dining areas. You can walk down to the little sandy beach & lounge or climb the point of rocks, or fish off the pier. We rent safe ocean kayaks so you can explore a little. You may purchase fresh lobster from us daily. Boothbay Harbor has restaurants, museums, shops, boat rides & gorgeous views!This condo is set inside an adorable, small, seaside campground.
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Smoke and Mirrors
July 30, 2003
Steven Malanga
Benjamin Disraeli once said famously, âThere are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.â I couldnât help thinking of Disraeliâs comment when I saw the report issued by the cityâs Department of Health last week claiming that Mayor Bloombergâs controversial new anti-smoking law is having no effect on employment in Gothamâs restaurant and bar industry, despite howls from owners that their business is slowing down.
I wouldnât quite call the report a âdamned lie,â but it is a case of using statistics in the service of blatant political propaganda. In its report, the Health Department employs unreliable preliminary dataheavily massaged and likely to be revisedto jump to an extremely questionable conclusion about an exceedingly complex subject.
In its release, the department says that employment at city bars and restaurants increased by 1,500 âseasonably adjustedâ jobs from March to June. Since the new anti-smoking law went into effect on March 30, the report declares âthe law has not had an overall negative impact on business.â
There are so many things wrong with this âreport,â itâs difficult to know where to begin, but letâs start with the actual number of restaurant jobs in New York from March through June. First, we need to know that the governmentâs monthly employment data for New York City are not based on an actual count of jobs, which would be too burdensome to do every month, but on a projection made from a limited survey of local employers.
Because the government uses a small sample for these monthly reports, the data can be fairly inaccurate for individual industries, especially when it comes to picking up big employment shifts in one direction or another in turbulent economic times like this. The Bureau of Labor Statistics pointedly calls the monthly city job numbers âpreliminary,â and the government frequently revises each month as more exact data come in.
What good are these monthly reports, then? Well, at the most they might indicate a direction the economy is heading, or something worth watching further as more exact data come in. But for long-term trends or studies, economists are much more likely to rely on job stats averaged over the course of an entire year for New York.
Not the Health Department. It used the monthly data to conclude something far more complex: the influence of a new law on an entire industry. For that you need not only accurate employment statistics but the ability to factor out other significant economic trends operating at the same time.
Moreover, the Health Department report says that the job numbers are âseasonally adjusted,â which adds yet another level of fiddling to what are already massaged data. Economists make seasonal adjustments to account for the fact that employers hire more workers during some times of the year, and fire them at others, in regular patterns. The seasonal adjustments are supposed to allow us to compare monthly job numbers in a way that smoothes out these temporary employment surges. But seasonal adjustments are themselves more art than science, and over the years Iâve seen so many different seasonal adjustment factors used for New York City that in the same month some economists can report jobs are declining while others will say jobs are increasing.
The cityâs restaurant industry is especially subject to seasonal hiring patterns from March to June, when restaurants ramp up hiring for the tourist season. In every year since 1994, the cityâs restaurants have hired somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 new workers, in good times and bad.
To get a somewhat more accurate picture of what may be happening in the business right now, it makes more sense to look at the jobs data that are not seasonally adjusted from this year and compare each month to the same month last year, which reduces the impact of the seasonal hiring. Those figures show that in every month from March to June, the city had fewer restaurant jobs this year than it did in the same month last year. By contrast, in both 2000 and 2001, two years when the cityâs restaurant industry grew, in every month from March to June restaurants recorded substantially more employment than for the same month the previous year.
If I were inclined to draw even the most tentative conclusions from the preliminary data, it would be that the industry is still struggling to get out of its recession. Thatâs hardly something for the head of the Health Departmentor more egregiously, for the head of the cityâs Economic Development Departmentto crow about. Nonetheless, both welcomed the jobs data in the Health Department study.
It will take a lot more time before we know what impact, if any, the anti-smoking laws have had in New York. But whatever the influence, one thing we know right now is that there is nothing in the extremely preliminary data we are seeing to suggest much good is going on in the cityâs restaurant business. But donât expect a press release on that from the administration any time soon.
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Is it really paranoia if everybody is watching you? Well, to answer my own rhetorical question: according to dictionary.com, one's suspicion of others must be "baseless," "excessive," "irrational," or, "extreme," to qualify, so I guess not. Booth newcomer Krondon, for one, is perfectly justified in looking over his shoulder for any "Eyes On Me." One can't be too careful when walking through the mean streets of Los Angeles—fortunately, this newly-leaked cut finds the up-and-coming rapper flanked by two equally streetwise underground talents. Moonshine's tense boardwork, featuring a pensive piano loop and some ghostly background vocals, imbues the track with eerie, foggy ambiance as Krondon, East Coast vet CurT@!n$, and Self Scientific rapper Chace Infinite teach listeners a lesson on the importance of watching one's back at all times. Packed with hard-hitting underground lyricism, this cut is gritty, real, and undeniably spooky; listeners whose tastes run to the darker end of the hip-hop spectrum will doubtless find more to their liking on Krondon's Let 'Em Live LP, which has yet to receive a release date.
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Bit of a bump... anyone? Be a shame to see it go to scrap
Up for grabs is a free 27U (I think 800 deep) coms cab, never been used, ordered in error by a friend of mine.
Its free to collect if you're near the Bradford area, but shipping costs can be discussed if you're in the north.
Basically he needs it shifting this week or its heading for the scrap yard.
Please PM me if you're interested, and I'll hook you up with the contact details.
Bit of a bump... anyone? Be a shame to see it go to scrap
I've emailed the assistant head to see if we can pick this up. I will let you know.
What size transport will it take (i.e. a Vectra with the seats dropped?)
27u should go in Vectra OK. 50" of rack space plus plinth and top.
@lasercat - sorry for not getting back to you. I emailed the Assistant Head but it was late on Friday so he probably went home. If it's not too late I will see him tomorrow and let you know whether we want it or not.
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Oxfordshire County Council yesterday said it was ahead of schedule in rolling out its £25m Better Broadband scheme as it celebrated connecting the 10,000th property in Weston-on-the Green, near Bicester.
The council's cabinet member for business and customer services, Nick Carter, said: "This is a significant milestone.
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The programme began last December with the aim of increasing the number of properties that can connect to superfast broadband from 69.5 per cent to 90 per cent.
There are more than 285,000 county homes and businesses and 65,000 of these are now being targeted.
BT's Openreach engineers will install about 400 cabinets, connected to telephone exchanges via underground fibre-optic cables.
The new cabinets will also be connected to existing cabinets, which currently serve homes with copper wiring.
So far 73 per cent of residents and businesses have superfast broadband but the county council's programme manager Craig Bower said much of the groundwork has been done to carry out the rollout in time. Another 10,000 homes would be connected by October, leaving hard-to-connect remote areas.
The project is funded by the county council, BT and Government scheme Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK).
South Oxfordshire District Council, Vale of White Horse District Council, Cherwell District Council and the county council have also pledged almost £2m, match-funded by BDUK.
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West Oxfordshire District Council has its own scheme, investing £1.6m to help communities set up their own projects.
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I am looking for a solution for the above Entity Framework problem.
The basic concept of what I want to achieve is this:
string columnName = "whatever";
var data = context.MyObject.Where(x => x.columnName == value);
I have looked around and found a solution for Linq to handle this, but it does not work with Linq-to-Entities.
var data = context.MyObject.Where(
p => (p.GetType().GetProperty(columnName)
.GetValue(p, null) as string) == value);
This throws the exception:
LINQ to Entities does not recognize the method 'System.Object GetValue(System.Object, System.Object[])' method, and this method cannot be translated into a store expression.
I also want to avoid using SQL or SQL like commands. Anyone done/seen anything similar?
Edit: Been working on this some more and have got to this point.
public IQueryable<TEntity> DynamicWhere(string _property, IList<string> _compare)
IQueryable<TEntity> query = m_context.Set<TEntity>();
var parameterExp = Expression.Parameter(typeof(TEntity));
var propertyExp = Expression.Property(parameterExp, _property);
MethodInfo method = typeof(IList<string>).GetMethod("Contains");
var someValue = Expression.Constant(_compare, typeof(IList<string>));
var containsMethodExp = Expression.Call(propertyExp, method, someValue);
return query.Where(Expression.Lambda<Func<TEntity, bool>>(containsMethodExp, parameterExp));
Things look good until the MethodInfo line, which is returning null