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Reed Macey, a junior at Manchester Central, sets up and aims his team's robot during the FIRST Robotics Granite State Regional Competition, held at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester on Saturday. (Thomas Roy/Union Leader)
The C.H.A.O.S. team, which won last year's regional, captured the regional chairman's award, which honors a team that "best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the purpose and goals of FIRST." It also earned an invite to the FIRST Championship in St. Louis, Mo., next month.
The competition's winning alliance was made up of teams from Maine, New York and Canada. The event drew thousands of spectators to the Verizon Wireless Arena to watch robots try to score points firing flying discs.
Teams from Manchester, Concord and Nashua made the quarterfinals, but the Milford Area Youth Homeschoolers Enriching Minds team was the only Granite State squad to make the semifinals.
Mechanical failures short circuited some local teams' hopes.
Senior Brittany Lacy from Nashua said a broken switch cut power to another robot in her alliance, hurting the group's scoring and defense.
And Central team member Jamison Couture said a fellow team's robot couldn't load the discs because "their shooter deck got stuck in place."
The Central senior's wardrobe reflected his robotics team's colors - one orange soccer sock and one green one.
At least that was cooler than the eagle costume worn by Isaac Tracy, the mascot for the Standish, Maine, team. By the finals, he had shed the costume's body.
"It got too hot," he said. "Real hot, blazing."
Duct tape ruled, or more precisely the Duct Tape Dragons from South Portland, Maine.
Team member Josh Sikora donned a vest made out of orange and blue duct tape to match the team colors. "If you can duck it, chuck it," read the back.
Sikora, part of the winning alliance, said capturing the championship was one of the most intense feelings he ever experienced.
"I'm probably going to wear (the vest) for the rest of my life," Sikora said. "I'll never take it off."
The other winning teams hailed from Massena, N.Y., and Toronto, Canada.
Brenda Rand of Litchfield sat in the stands, waiting to see if Campbell High's team would be called to fill in for a faltering robot in the final rounds. Her son, Joshua, was on the team while her husband, James, served as the lead mentor.
Rand said students not involved in the competition marvel at the robotic team's work when they see the robot at school.
"It's hip to be square," she said. "It's the geek squad. It's cool."
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Global Consciousness Is Being Measured
A team of researchers headed by Roger Nelson of Princeton University has been conducting an experiment to measure the effects of focused global consciousness on random events. They have had some very interesting results.
Called the Global Consciousness Project, their experiment involves the use of 37 computers located around the world using random number generators to flip virtual coins. The experiment has been going on since 1998. Each computer flips 200 virtual coins at a time and the results of all computers are compared. The results are usually completely random with the virtual coin tosses come up heads or tails 50% of the time. However, when a global event takes place that focuses the attention of billions of people, the randomness of the coin tosses changes and they tend to go significantly more one way than another. In other words they become more coherent or non-random. This took place on September 11 when so many people worldwide were focused on the events of the World Trade Center disaster. This produced the strongest effect so far, but other events have coincided with changes in randomness too, including: each New Years Eve, the papal visti to Israel, the first hour of NATO bombing in Yugoslavia, a variety of global meditations, several major earthquakes, the funeral for Princess Diana and last years sinking of Russia's Kursk submarine. This seems to indicate that consciousness has an effect on other wise random events.
The Global Consciousness Project: http://noosphere.princeton.edu/
Edwin. All this makes me wonder what happens to the computer coins when a huge percentage of people discover these experiments with the Global Consciousness Project.
Nice point Edwin in mentioning the fact observation can skew results of a 'living' entity, but us all producing electro-magnetic waves and living in them all the time makes one wonder...
We cannot also forget 'human and computer error' which is cause for approx. 3-4 % of all computer viruses alone.


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At a time when commercial expansions and ribbon-cutting ceremonies are hard to come by, SouthPark is soon to be the home of Bank of North Carolina's new southern region headquarters.Construction is now under way at the growing High Point bank's newest site, 5980 Fairview Road, across from Piedmont Town Center and in the heart of SouthPark."It's a big step for us, and we're really excited to make a splash in that area," said regional executive Rob Ellenburg.The southern region headquarters will be a 13,000-square-foot, two-story steel structure wrapped in a glass curtain wall system, with a granite base.Construction is expected to finish in October.The bank bought the land, a plot just shy of one acre, about a year and a half ago.Real estate analyst Frank Warren of Warren & Associates said SouthPark has one of the lowest vacancy rates in Mecklenburg County, which makes it a desirable location for any corporate office that wants new customers."They're going to locate that branch just like where Starbucks puts coffee shops - it's all about traffic, visibility and money," said Warren.Other "in-town submarkets," such as Midtown, Uptown and Cotswold have lower vacancy rates than the suburban markets, he said.SouthPark's allure includes two other new-construction projects in the heart of the development.Less than a half-mile down Fairview, the long-anticipated Whole Foods, adjacent to Phillips Place, is also under construction.The high-end grocer broke ground on the 42,000-square-foot building in April 2011, and the store is expected to be open this spring.The new Autobell at the corner of Park and Tyvola Roads is also in the works and could be finished this spring, with the car wash open by April or May.The building was designed to fit in with the SouthPark image.Unlike any of the 61 car washes the company currently operates, the newest location will have columns, landscaping, a fountain and a green roof covered in plants.CEO and co-owner Carl Howard has said the car wash could be open by April or May.The bank hired J.D. Goodrum Company to be the general contractor.Based in Cornelius, J.D. Goodrum also built a storage facility along Ballantyne Commons Road and did some up-fit work in Ballantyne Village."It's been a lot of interior up-fits and small renovation projects over the past couple of years," said Jamie Yoxtheimer, vice president at J.D. Goodrum."Developers and owners have been kind of holding back to see what the economy does. Having something new and exciting is a good feeling."Ellenburg said SouthPark is a high-profile location for the community bank."When you're a community bank, making a splash in uptown Charlotte is a little more difficult," said Ellenburg. SouthPark "is a good business environment (with) a lot of customers we chase."Many of those customers are owner-managed businesses and real estate investors.Bank of North Carolina has an existing commercial lending office on Fairview Road, but it wasn't until January that the bank opened its first Charlotte branch, at Carmel Road and N.C. 51.The bank has also expanded to Mooresville, Concord, Harrisburg and Salisbury.The new southern region headquarters will have a traditional branch on the bottom floor, a drive-through teller option and offices on the second floor.Though the new Bank of North Carolina southern region headquarters isn't a 20-story office behemoth, the new project is significant because of the limited construction in the greater Charlotte market."It's an indication that SouthPark continues to be a desirable office and retail location," said Warren.
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In this age team trends mean very little compared to what they once used to. No longer do you see a core group of players stick with the same NFL team for any prolonged period of time since the advent of free agency. In college football we have seen a large influx of players leave for the NFL after their sophomore and junior seasons especially over the last 10 to 15 years. In both cases the instability of rosters from year to year has diminished the value of team trends as it applies to successful football handicapping.
That brings me to the subject of angles and systems which in my humble opinion are one in the same. When applying a system or angle it involves all teams, in all situations, and aren't just restricted to just one particular team. Below are a couple examples of some specific systems that have been highly successful for me in recent years.
One of my favorite college football angles and the easiest to recognize involves a home favorite of 10.0 or more. This system defies some of the pure logic applied to sports handicapping. Sports psychologists and handicapping purists will tell you that teams coming off a huge upset win, and in their next game are a big favorite, are prone to be ripe for the taking. In many instances involving all sports that logic is worth its weight in gold. Thankfully there are always exceptions to the rule and this is one of them. Any home favorite of 10.0 or more that's coming off a straight up win as an away underdog of 10.0 or more in their previous game is an outstanding 46-24 ATS (65.7%) since the start of the 1994 season. As a matter of fact there are 2 games that qualify this week. Notre Dame is a 16.5-point home favorite versus Pittsburgh on Saturday. The "Fighting Irish" are coming off a 30-13 win at Oklahoma in their previous game as a 11.5-point underdog. In addition also on Saturday Kent St. is a 19.5-point home favorite versus Akron. The Golden Flashes defeated Rutgers in their previous game 35-23 as a 13.5-point road underdog. This system qualified one time earlier this season and was a winner. Kansas St. defeated Kansas 56-16 as a 25.0-point home favorite. The Wildcats won the week before 24-19 as a 15.5-point road underdog versus Oklahoma.
There always seems to be some degree of value on NFL home underdogs. However, since 12/6/2009 there is a winning situation involving NFL home underdogs that redefines the word value. Since that date home underdogs of 8.0 or more are a remarkable 24-3 ATS (88.9%) and have actually won 10 of those 27 games outright. This exact scenario has come up twice this season and won on both occasions. On the opening Sunday of the season the Cleveland Browns were a 9.5-point home underdog versus the Philadelphia Eagles. The Browns were easily inside the number in a narrow 17-16 loss. The other was in a Monday night national telecast in which the New York Jets were a 9.0-point underdog versus the Houston Texans. The Jets were able to get the money in a 23-17 loss.


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I think my favorite show from NYFW this season, thus far, has been the Barbie Runway Show, which featured designs by many, many designers. The makeup was fierce, too, which I loved to see!
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Heidi Klum was at Victoria's Secret at 58th & Lexington in NYC on Monday to launch Victoria's Secret Makeup Spring Look Kit ($49). These products were used to create Heidi's red carpet look for the 2009 Academy Awards. The set includes Fresh highlighter/blush duo, Eyeshadow Quad (Devoted, Primal, Rich, and Champagne), Blackest Black HD Mascara, and Blush Lip Gloss.
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Archive for July 2012
The owners of Brews on Washington have announced the espresso shop and bar will close on Saturday.
Owners Brett and Katie Anderson announced the closure on the Facebook page for Brews on Washington, 7 S. Washington.
"There's no easy way to say it… Katie and I have enjoyed 13 crazy and rewarding months of entrepreneurship, have met scores of the most fascinating and wonderful people we could ever hope to know and have had the help of some of the greatest employees in town, but all great rides come to an end and unfortunately our ride comes to an end this week,"
For the last few days of business, Brews on Washington will sell all draft beers for $3 per pint and bottled beer is $2 off. Wine pours are $5 each and bottles will be sold for $18.
Brews on Washington forcused selling fine coffees and microbrews. The owners also encouraged beer cupcake entrepreneurs Sweet & Stout and sold the cupcakes at the shop.
The business is open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m Thursday, 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday. After Saturday night, the bar closes for the last time.
Rex's Burgers and Brews and Fraiche Contemporary French are closed.
Owner Connie Naccarato declined a request we made last week to take photos at the restaurants for a review planned for the Food section. At first, she said the restaurants, which she opened with chef Jason Rex, were for sale. Later in the conversation, she indicated that she would probably be closing the doors.
The restaurants shared the kitchen in the space that was previously Niko's, 14 N. Post St., and closed sometime over the weekend. On Tuesday, the shades were drawn and signs and sports flags that had hung in the windows had been replaced by "For Lease" signs.
Rex's Burgers and Brews and Fraiche opened about nine months ago.
Naccarato and Rex are still partners in Scratch restaurant, 1007 W. First Ave., and Rain Lounge, next door. There is also a Scratch in Coeur d'Alene, 501 Sherman Ave., where you can still dine on Rex's cuisine.
I'm sorry to see the restaurants close. It may have seemed an unlikely pairing, but I had great meals at both the burger joint and Fraiche.
Last week, this shady spot on the Lindaman's patio became my temporary work space.
Where is your favorite patio or deck for summer dining?
Need a little pick-me-up? Head to Boots Bakery & Lounge in the former home of Rocket Bakery, 24 W. Main Ave.
Alison Collins, the former bartender at Mizuna's wine bar (and the genius behind their vegan carrot cake) has opened the new coffee shop, deli and lounge. The joint is open everyday at 6 a.m. and closes at 6 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday. From Wednesday through Saturday it is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.
The place is still a work in progress, but renovations and painting have brought more light into the space. Those familiar with building owner Dan Spaulding's ecclectic style will notice his influence, especially in the inverted blender lights that hang above the bar. (Which he also assembled from collected pieces.)
Two murals are on the walls, one that is new and the other is actually an advertisement uncovered when plaster was removed. The giant bull was part of a billboard for smoking tobacco. Employees said the wall was once the exterior wall of an adjacent building that has since been demolished.
Collins invited local residents and artists to help design the booths in the bakery and lounge, so the seating is an array of brightly painted and adorned tables and high-back booths.
Collins said help from friends who have just been willing to just jump in and volunteer has been essential to the early sucess. While we talked last week, a friend was in the kitchen baking.
Perhaps Boots' specialty is the vegan baked goods, but there is plenty of vegan and vegetarian lunch fare in the case. Collins makes the dishes as inspiration strikes and depending on the foods she has available each day. Local farmer Brian Estes brings a weekly community-supported agriculture box from his garden that Collins uses in the kitchen.
Collins said many are asking for the same dishes to be made each day, but she said she is refusing to succumb to that request.
I tried both the "Tuno" noodle salad with mushroom sauce and the spicy barbecue tofu topped with espresso barbecue sauce. I didn't exactly get tuna from the first dish, but it was delicious nonetheless. I've been recommending the tofu to friends and plan to go back for more soon.
Collins said they're still filling in the space with more seating and finishing artwork and painting. Since I visitied, there has been quite a bit of progress on the new front deck. There's a large community table near the kitchen that groups have been using for meetings and book groups, Collins said. Call ahead to ensure the table will be open for your group and Collins can also make an array of small bites and snacks for you.
Oh, yeah! Cocktails. I guess I'll have to make a return visit.
Boots Bakery & Lounge is planning an early August grand opening. Reach them at (509) 703-7223.


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When she overhears Ross telling Cain about how some woman threw herself at him the previous night!
Of course, this makes her as crabbed as get out! And she takes it all out on Pete, nearly taking his face off with the front door, and warning him to stay away from her and the kids.Vanessa offers Pete a shoulder to cry on, and let's just say one thing leads to another "up them sturs"!
And while we are on the subject of "up them sturs" not far away Belle and randy Sean make the most of having the house to themselves- until Dan and Kerry arrive home unexpectedly!
Meanwhile Priya calls David to fetch her from the clinic and DUH! Alicia realises that she is still in love with him.
Chas is horrified when Charity tells her that she has booked herself in for a termination and tries to make her see sense.
When Charity gets a call to tell her the wedding CANNOT TAKE PLACE because of asbestos in the building, Chas urges her to see it as a sign and cancel the whole darn thing!
However! Ignoring everyone's warnings, Charity goes ahead with her marriage to Declan, but it is a real low key affair at Home Farm with just Megan, Robbie, Noah and the registrar in attendance!
That is until the fire alarm brings a halt to the proceedings.
Charity is quick to realise who the saboteur is, and proceeds to attempt to bust Megan's bake!!Meanwhile, at the OTHER wedding, between Moira and Cain, there is a far bigger crowd and even more drama!!!
Chas asks if she can bring James and Moira reluctantly agrees, but she is terrified that he will wreck the whole proceedings, now that he has proof that Adam is his son!
As the registrar asks if anyone knows of any lawful impediment THEIR EYES LOCK!!!!!!!!
Meanwhile over in Weatherfield, Tina tells Steph that she is having an affair with Peter but makes her promise not to tell anyone!
Despite knowing that Carla is having her first scan, Peter seeks escape through the bottle. (So much for rehab!!)
Tina accompanies him to a hotel bar, where they almost get caught by Rob. Tina spots Tony loading his dodgy gear into Rob and Tracy's shop, and a suspicious Rob later finds Tina and Rob deep in conversation.
Carla leaves Peter under Tracy's care, but he gets plastered and shocks both Carla AND Tina with his aggressive behaviour.
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As Maria admits her feelings for Tyrone to Audrey, Fiz pays a wee visit to Kirsty's mother. Audrey later tells a stunned Fiz about Maria's confession. While in the park, Maria unsuccessfully attempts to come clean to Tyrone.
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Ozena is a disease of the nose in which the bony ridges and mucous membranes of the nose waste away.
Ozena is also called atrophic rhinitis.
Nasal crusting, discharge, and a very bad smell are other usual symptoms of ozena.
Ozena may develop after a long period of nasal swelling.
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Thirty seconds to go and Hoover takes even bigger bites, trying to work each pickle down his esophagus with sips of the red drink. Wrecking Ball crouches over the table, pounding pickles into his mouth sideways. He's behind, but he refuses to quit.
Antolini begins another countdown at the ten-second mark. At the end, he yells, "Put down those pickles, lady and gentlemen!" A three-judge team starts counting empty bowls and weighing what's left in the others. The competitors wait anxiously for the results, each breathing heavily as they chew their final bits of pickle.
With four pounds, Hoover beat the old pickle record by a full pound, but that was good enough only for a three-way tie for third place. He gets $416.66 for his troubles.
The Black Widow and Notorious B-O-B tie for second place, each having eaten exactly five pounds, five ounces and each receiving a check for $1,125.
Deep Dish, his face and shirt stained red from his drink, is declared the winner. His total: five pounds, 11.2 ounces of pickles consumed, nearly twice the previous world record. He gets a small trophy, a check for $1,500, and his 28th world record.
Wrecking Ball comes in ninth with two and a half pounds. He shakes hands and poses for photos with the other competitors. When all the pictures are taken, Kim and the kids have a hug waiting for him at the top of the stairs. He's feeling a little down, but he also knows something that might make him feel better.
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SAVO Group launched the SAVO for CVI application today, designed specifically for Corporate Visions, Inc.'s customers to reinforce and drive consistent sales messaging in the field.
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Simon Cowell: I've Deserved It in FT.com
Matthew Garrahan, the Financial Times' guy in LA, finally got a sit-down with Simon Cowell. He tells FBLA:
I hadn't met him before. I spent months trying to arrange the interview and kept getting put off by his PRs because he didn't have time. Then suddenly he was ready to do it so I went up to his place. There was no PR there–just me and him–(his girlfriend was floating around too).
He's very media savvy but didn't dodge any questions and smoked a load of cigarettes. I suppose I was expecting him to live in a highly secure gated develepment/celeb hideout but it was just a regular house (albeit a very nice one). We talked a lot about his business–I think usually when he does interviews it's with the UK tabloids who ask him about his girlfriend /private life etc. The surprising thing was that he was actually very likeable,which I didn't really expect.
Best line he got from Cowell:
When I've had a hard time with the press I've normally deserved it.


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'xenconvert' I couldnt see one that does Windows P2V for XEN any ideas where I could get my hands on this, would really help!!
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'xenconvert' I couldnt see one that does Windows P2V for XEN any ideas where I could get my hands on this, would really help!!
I think it's actually on the Xen installation CD as one of the options!
I found it; the CD option is only for Linux BTW. I found it by logging onto the site and searching there, though not having much luck with it as it keep failing to copy to the XenServer. I'll work it out!
Thanks guys.
Theres a xenconvert 2.0 preview version available at citrix that will convert vmware > xva/vhd and windows P2V (in the same way the mware P2V works).
I've done a Windows XP P2V with XenConvert without problems, converting to VHD from within the OS. It won't copy locked files though, so shut down any SQL databases before doing the P2V.
I would also be very dubious about its chances on a DC, because NTDS.dit will probably be in use. For a DC I'd consider just rebuilding it. You can make a template WS2003 VHD easily enough and base other VMs off that.
There are guides to doing this on the web. Google is failing me right now, but basically you can use a tool to fill all blank parts of the disk with zeros then resize the image with VHDResize.Quote:
one downside is that you should try to reduce the used area of the disc as much as possible, then make the partition as small again. i have not found an easy way of reducing the size of the virtual disc.
I've just with playing with the conversion tool and managed to do a couple of successful p2v conversions now but have hit a bit brick wall! When booting I have control of the VM and can do F8 for example and select my boot mode but once Windows is up and cant even use the keyboard let alone the mouse! Doesn't matter how long I wait even basic drivers dont seem to be selected so there is no chance of me logging in and installing the Xen drivers!
Has anyone else had this problem and overcome this?
This is driving me mad...lol
you are right i tried a dc and it really messed up directory services!
it boots fine but it is not a dc anymore.
how are you trying to control the machine? have you tried rdp?


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Illegally Riding Your Bike Across the World's Most Expensive Span – Bay Bridge from Oakland to TI – VideoTuesday, September 2nd, 2014
The Perfectly Wrong Place to Stop Your Car to Pick Up Your Bud – Are YOU Like This Driver?Thursday, August 7th, 2014
So, like I think I'd be idling about two yards(!) to the right of where this driver chose to pick up Brocephus and take him to work, particularly if I knew he would be getting in on the left side.
No matter, I ended up passing this car on the right.
In closing, welcome to America, Acura Driver. You'll like it here on this side of the pond, where we drive on the right side of the right and we pull over to the right and not the left…
The SFMTA's Secret Plan to Kick Lyft and Uber (But Not Taxis!) Off of Market – It's Called "Safer Market Street" and It's Coming Next YearThursday, August 7th, 2014
So apparently, the SFMTA is working on a plan to ban cars from parts of Market Street while still allowing them to cross over Market Street?
It's called "Safer Market Street."
Will kicking cars off of Market Street betwixt Montgomery and Eighth make Market "safer?" I don't know. (But if the SFMTA wants to propose kicking buses and taxis off of Market, well then that certainly would make Market safer, IMO. )
I don't know why we allow the SFMTA to do whatever it wants without getting something in return. Like, OK SFMTA, we'll let you spend all this money on the porked-up Central Subway project, but in exchange, you'd have to bring MUNI up to the level of a mediocre big-city transit system.
Anyway, it's easy to get tripped up with all the Orwellian names the SFMTA comes up with, like Great Streets! and "Livable" Streets and Safer Market and Better Market, but see if you can figure the words you can see below.
First up, a rep from the local government-subsidized urban renewal outfit uses the word pilot as a verb, because that's the lingo:
"Lawrence Li (SPUR): Can you pilot some of these auto restrictions?
Some auto restrictions were piloted in 2009 and have since then become permanent. We do not
plan to pilot auto restrictions at this time due to environmental review constraints. However,
there is a separate project, independent of Better Market Street, called Safer Market Street that
is looking at implementing some auto restrictions between 8th and Montgomery potentially as soon as next year. The public kick-off for that project is planned for later this summer."
And here's a way for the SFMTA to stick it to the man, to fight back against those TNC's by supporting cabbies:
"Kevin Carroll: There are private autos operating as taxis such as Lyft, Uber, etc. Will they be
allowed to drive on Market Street with these auto restrictions in place?
No. These services are subject to the private vehicle restrictions and would not be allowed on
Market Street with these auto restrictions in place."
That's all I know. Like I said, it's secret, more or less, for now.
All the deets, after the jump.
Possibly Legal But Stupid Nevertheless: Riding Bikes Side-By-Side Slowly Uphill on Pine StreetThursday, July 31st, 2014
Now some cops in California will give you a ticket for this, for riding side by side at 5 MPH on a street like Pine.
Legal or not, I don't recommend this kind of thing:
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(And actually, the CA code section that was written to limit the right of cyclists to block other traffic is now interpreted by some to give special rights to cyclists. It depends on how you look at things.)
Google Seeks the "Right Balance" on the Right To Be Forgotten: "Expert Advisory Council" to Hold Meetings in Europe SoonFriday, July 11th, 2014
The latest from the Google Blog on the so-called Right To Be Forgotten in the First Amendment-free EU:
"Searching for the right balance"
[So in five words I'm counting two puns and one subtle jab at the possibility of an absence of balance in this latest unappealable edict handed down from the Court of Justice.]
So here's the wind-up:
"In May, the Court of Justice of the European Union established a "right to be forgotten." Today, we published an op-ed by David Drummond, senior vice president of corporate development and chief legal officer, in the U.K.'s The Guardian, Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, France's Le Figaro and Spain's El Pais, discussing the ruling and our response. We're republishing the op-ed in full below. -Ed."
And here's the pitch – the final two grafs:
"That's why we've also set up an advisory council of experts, the final membership of which we're announcing today. These external experts from the worlds of academia, the media, data protection, civil society and the tech sector are serving as independent advisors to Google. The council will be asking for evidence and recommendations from different groups, and will hold public meetings this autumn across Europe to examine these issues more deeply. Its public report will include recommendations for particularly difficult removal requests (like criminal convictions); thoughts on the implications of the court's decision for European Internet users, news publishers, search engines and others; and procedural steps that could improve accountability and transparency for websites and citizens."
"The issues here at stake are important and difficult, but we're committed to complying with the court's decision. Indeed it's hard not to empathize with some of the requests we've seen—from the man who asked that we not show a news article saying he had been questioned in connection with a crime (he's able to demonstrate that he was never charged) to the mother who requested that we remove news articles for her daughter's name as she had been the victim of abuse. It's a complex issue, with no easy answers. So a robust debate is both welcome and necessary, as, on this issue at least, no search engine has an instant or perfect answer."
"Posted by David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer"
Well played, G!
Driver and Writer CW Nevius Goes on a "Rant" Against the "Militant" Pedestrians of SF – Do They Have the Right to Jaywalk?Friday, January 31st, 2014
Here's the latest effort from CW Nevius, who's taking a break from being spokesman for San Francisco's right-side-of-the-aisle political faction to go on a "bit of a rant" against local pedestrians. But what's up with this?
"Even when they are in the right, I worry about them. When the traffic light countdown gets to five or six, they step confidently into the crosswalk — which is their right…"
But pedestrians don't have "the right" to do so. It's agin CA law – check out "V C Section 21456,* which is dealt with by Rule #3 of the Five Rules for Pedestrians.
Don't you have an editor, Nevius? Oh, that's right, you're too old and experienced to have an editor, and plus, editors cost money, that's right.
But don't you have a fact checker, Nevius? Oh, that's right, you're too old and experienced to have a fact checker, and plus, fact checkers cost money, that's right.
But don't you have a photographer, Nevius? Oh, that's right, photographers cost money. So all your observations, we'll just have to take your word about them. OK fine. BTW, [sarcasmmode ON] nice stock photo you've got there, Neve. "Cause a stock photo taken in the People's Republic of China, you know, from more than a thousand li away, well, that really illustrates how "militant" and "freaking nuts" San Francisco peds are, huh? [sarcasmmode OFF]
And oh, BTW Neve, the peds of SF aren't militant, not at all. Try to find a different word for what you mean.
Of course you're new in town, I get that. Sure, welcome to San Francisco, Neve.
But you're doing a half-assed job doing your half-time gig.
You need to try harder.
*"Walk, Wait, or Don t Walk
21456. Whenever a pedestrian control signal showing the words "WALK" or "WAIT" or "DON'T WALK" or other approved symbol is in place, the signal shall indicate as follows:
(a) "WALK" or approved "Walking Person" symbol. A pedestrian facing the signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal, but shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles lawfully within the intersection at the time that signal is first shown.
(b) Flashing or steady "DON'T WALK" or "WAIT" or approved "Upraised Hand" symbol. No pedestrian shall start to cross the roadway in the direction of the signal, but any pedestrian who has partially completed crossing shall proceed to a sidewalk or safety zone or otherwise leave the roadway while the "WAIT" or "DON'T WALK" or approved "Upraised Hand" symbol is showing.
Amended Ch. 413, Stats. 1981. Effective January 1, 1982."
Guess Where I Ride on Fulton Outbound: To the Left of the Bike Lane, In It, or To the RIght?Thursday, January 9th, 2014
Here we go, in the Western Addition, outbound, gently uphill.
Note the black lines indicating where the bike lane lines should be, and where they used to be:
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The answer, Gentle Reader, is to the right of the bike lane lines. Which I suppose is in the supposed "door zone." But I ain't ever been doored, at least in the conventional* sense, despite the fact that I have much more time on bike in San Francisco than you, yes you, Gentle Reader. I have more time, more miles, more years, more decades on the Streets of San Francisco than you is what I'm saying, sorry.
And I'm leaving plenty of space for others to pass me. So pass me, I don't care.
New topic: Note the next block, where the SFMTA has decided to allow 90 degree parking to placate the denizens of District 5. I don't approve of this, for various reasons.
*Now, I've crashed into car doors, sure. Like the time I hit an aging Accord driven by a 16-year-old who thought he could make a turn from McAllister onto Gough at the same time another car was making the same turn. (My left elbow still clicks to this day and it will for the rest of my life oh well.) And I kind of bounced off of a door on McAllister in the PJ's due to a lady turning into a housing project parking lot from a little bit too far away, IMO, but that was a no harm no foul kind of thing and let's say that mistakes were made on both sides of that transaction. And I got doored by bouncing off a partially-opened door going uphill on 6th Ave at a very low speed and I've gotten doored by passengers getting out of cars on the right side on Market. But I aint ever been doored in the conventional sense.
Double-Parking: It's Your Right as a San Franciscan, Particularly When You're Riding in a ConvoyThursday, July 18th, 2013
On most streets, nobody's going to stop you, so why not do it?
The only downside would be causing an accident, 'cause you could have some liability there.
But see? These gals are Doin' It Right – they parked in the middle of the block. Whatever you do, don't park too close to a cross-street:
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Ah, breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck. You gotta copy on me, Big Ben, c'mon?
Ah, yeah, 10-4, Big Ben, for sure, for sure. By golly, it's clean clear to Flag Town, c'mon.
Yeah, that's a big 10-4 there, Big Ben, yeah, we definitely got the front door, good buddy.
Mercy sakes alive, looks like we got us a convoy…
Why is This Lady CHP Officer Standing on the Central Freeway? The Better to Stop and/or Tase YouTuesday, March 12th, 2013
I have no idea how anyone could think that it was a good idea to end America's primary east-west interstate freeway at Market and Octavia, but that's what we have with the two-lane Central Freeway off-ramp these days.
Anyway right at the end of the off-ramp, the shoulder turns into a right-turn-only lane. And that's right where this California Highway Patrol officer was standing the other day, with her prowler blocking your path.
"The current standard issue firearm for CHP officers is the Smith & Wesson Model 4006 TSW in .40 S&W. Each CHP patrol car is equipped with a Remington 870 Police 12‑gauge shotgun and a Colt AR‑15A2 in .223. Additionally, some officers are authorized to carry a taser." If she has a Taser, she would be carrying it like this.
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So I guess she was looking for CVC 21755 Pass on Right Safely violators?
Due to the perpetually congested traffic conditions there's no place for you to hide after seeing the black and white Crown Vic.
It's a living.
Anyway, I've never seen this kind of law enforcement technique of standing about on a freeway and waiting for the perps…
If You Think Not Making a Right Turn at 6th and Market Street is Somewhat Verboten, Just Try Making a LeftFriday, March 8th, 2013
As this driver just did, loaded up with household goods for a trip back up north to Oregon or Washington or whichever state is named on the license plate.
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What drivers do is get stuck on Market outbound and then they see the No Left signs one after the other, 2nd, New Monty, 3rd, 4th, 5th and then they get frustrated and make a left on 6th Street, as here.
And when you make that kind of move, the cops can see you from all around.
(What we should have are signs saying No Left Turns Next 2 Miles, or something, like what we have on 19th Avenue, an official State Highway.)
Of course, if the driver were on Market heading inbound at this very same intersection, then a right turn would be mandatory and going straight just might get her a ticket as well. The thing about that, tho, is that the chances of getting a ticket for not turning right is way less than 1% but, well, making a left you are just begging for a ticket.
(Which you can just throw away once you get back to home state, if you want, IDK.)


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Facebook officially announced the introduction of call-to-action buttons for pages, saying that the feature will roll out in the U.S. over the next few weeks and worldwide next year, although several page administrators already had access to the feature prior to the social network's official announcement.
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Facebook Prompting Users Who Likes Posts Where Pages Are Tagged to Like Those Pages, Too
Facebook appears to be testing another way to promote engagement with pages, as some users who like posts in which pages are tagged are seeing related content modules suggesting that they like the tagged pages.
Facebook Testing Local Rankings On Pages For Restaurants, Hotels?
Facebook appears to be experimenting with a little dash of Yelp on its pages for business such as restaurants and hotels, as local rankings are appearing on some of those pages.
Facebook Asking Page Admins To Add Translated Names Of Their Pages?
In January, Facebook began rolling out language-specific names for users, allowing their names to be displayed in the native languages of a select few countries. Now it appears that the social network is testing a similar feature for pages.
'Old' Facebook Pages Layout Stressing Reviews
Facebook page administrators with pages that have not yet been converted to the new desktop layout are starting to see modules related to reviews pop up all over their pages.
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Facebook Adding Trending Hashtags To News Feed?
Facebook appears to be testing an extension of its recently introduced Trending feature into the News Feed, as some users are seeing trending hashtags mixed in among the other posts.
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text: Despite opposition from Governor Dayton, the Minnesota House has voted to let schools lay off teachers based on their performance in the classroom and look beyond seniority in job-protection decision. If the Senate passes the legislation as expected, Dayton has said he will veto the bill. Thursday night's vote in the House was 70-61. Current law says that schools must only consider teacher seniority when making layoffs, unless districts negotiate different local policies. Under the bill, schools would be able to weigh teacher evaluations before seniority in layoff decisions. Supporters argue it aims to preserve the most effective teachers during staff downsizing. Critics say the performance measurements are too new and too subjective to play such a big role in shaping layoffs. They have also called it an attack on collective bargaining.


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Woodside riders worried over fate of horse trail
Original post made on May 12, 2009
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 12:00 AM
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a resident of Woodside High School
on May 12, 2009 at 8:12 am
Perhaps every person mandating they be allowed acces to Mr. Schwab's property should be froced to allow Mr. Schwab and family the same right of intrusion onto their property(ies), an equitable trade of rights.
a resident of another community
on Jun 18, 2009 at 9:15 pm
R.GORDON is a registered user.
Again, this is a good question for Noel Perry who has done so much to save our children's ballparks by his generous donations, and to get people like this who feel they own the world.
I can tell you as a neighbor, he does things which no other human being could do and with permission of the COUNTY.
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Top five transfer rumours: Chelsea to sell Torres, Man Utd go for 'Scottish Messi'
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Nick Alexander writes:
I am involved with the Proud 2 Be Catholic concert series in Salem, Massachusetts.
It is the second in an annual concert that will provide entertainment, mass, Eucharistic adoration and activities for all ages. Top Catholic artists Fr. Stan Fortuna, Tony Melendez, Martin Doman, Bob Rice and many others will be present.
Because of the scandals, donations for such an event have been way down. But despite the scandals, we want to make a statement of pride in our Catholic faith, especially now in the torrent of the current storm.
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So, what were you doing at the border?
I was just taking a simple stroll! I don't understand why the fair General was so angry with me......
I was simply enjoying a rare coming together of worshippers of Sanguine and Namira, hidden away in the mountains of Skyirm where we wouldn't be found.
As a personal worshipper of both daedric princes from time to time, I participated in a sado-masochistic orgy while feasting on the flesh of those who had experienced pleasure and pain powerful enough to perish. I was... indisposed with my mouth full of juicy thigh when we heard someone crashing through the woods nearby.
I did what any worshipper of the horribly misunderstood daedric princes would in such a situation. I quickly calmly pulled my bloodstained ragged clothing (For disguise purposes of course. Wouldn't want word of my religious beliefs reaching the Imperial City. Bad for business and all that.) back on and walked in a daze through the clearing of corpses, trampled in the rush to flee. The urge to feed on some of the tender meat, lying wasted in the grass was too much to bear, and I fell to my hands and knees, and after a quick prayer to Namira dug in. Just as I was getting to the juicy bits, a group of color-coded nords burst from the brush and froze in shock and disgust. I myself had to stop eating in disgust at their ignorance, but I didn't have time to chastise them before they charged with brutish axes raised.
With my mouth full of food yet again, I ran and tried to reason with them. Explain how the bodies would simply go to waste otherwise and etc., but they, of course, were simply too ingrained in their ignorant ways and continued to chase me with war cries and threatening axe swings.
Apparently I appeared as threatening as they did, or at least somehow a part of their group despite my non-matching outfit, as when we stumbled upon a road filled with imperial soldiers I was arrested as one of them. Deciding to let self-interest take hold while I was bereft of any methods of coercion, I allowed myself to be captured with these rebels or bandits (so I assumed) than explain my situation to the certainly unsympathetic guards.
We should really have some inconspicuous badge or something to recognize our fellow enlightened. Getting our people in military positions also wouldn't be too bad of an idea. I should definitely work it out when I escape custody somehow.
Doing things to farm animals...
Rapping dawg then them Stormcloacks grabbed me and got me caught dawg
She crossed the border from Cyrodiil into Skyrim legally, as befitting a renowned mage once of the Mages Guild and briefly of the College of Whispers... But, being a high elf and all, some bigot Nords (possibly Stormcloaks) started shouting and tried to kill her.
So of course, she roasted them after having some fun with a frenzy spell, and when she was found walking away from the bodies, well... That was a bit of bad luck. Especially since she'd been heading to Skyrim to help with the Stormcloak issue in the first place.
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This weapon smuggler called The Jackal told me to go there and detonate some explosives so that the refugees could escape without being followed by the warring factions.
Nice, Far Cry 2.
I was... um... well, I was looting shoes off of dead bandits when the Imperials came by.
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Cuddling a bunny rabbit.
Running away from an angry wife! That boar then told the captain I was a Stormcloak and ran away, leaving me to die! It's not my fault that priestess of Dibella asked me to spend some time with her! Honest engine, guys, now get me out of here!
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Despite solitude, hermit had taste for fine things
He would meditate on an overturned bucket while staring up at the sky and knew all the eagles that nested nearby.
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He would meditate on an overturned bucket while staring up at the sky and knew all the eagles that nested nearby.
But despite his 27 years of seclusion in the woods, Christopher Knight also had a taste for the finer things in life, authorities said Thursday after dismantling the so-called North Pond hermit's lair.
In the 47-year-old's camp, they recovered goods that included high-end L.L. Bean sleeping bags and a new tent.
He was wearing brand-new shoes and gloves, all believed stolen, when authorities arrested him after he tripped a surveillance sensor at a camp last week. They believe Knight may be responsible for more than 1,000 burglaries of food and other staples during the nearly three decades he hunkered down in the woods.
Game Warden Sgt. Terry Hughes said Thursday that authorities believe Knight broke into cottages and stole quality products because they would last longer and help perpetuate his life of solitude.
And the hermit apparently didn't steal fridge leftovers either.
"He was a fussy eater," said Dave Proulx, a nearby cottage owner who tried to capture the hermit six or seven years ago after falling victim to more than a dozen break-ins.
Proulx, who said he came face to face with Knight while staking out his own cottage, said the hermit never made off with meat that wasn't in its original packaging.
On the rainy, cloudy night of their encounter, the hermit escaped by canoe after Proulx threw on a floodlight and chased him to a dock, Proulx said.
Authorities filled two pickup trucks on Thursday as they took apart Knight's camp, later displaying what they were calling evidence for local folks to sort through to try to recover their stolen goods.
There were several Nintendo Game Boys and a wristwatch, along with shovels, rakes, coolers, cooking gear, a coffee pot and even toilet paper.
Authorities said Knight used logs on the ground as a makeshift commode, and at one point, attached an antenna to a treetop so he could get reception on his battery-powered TV in his tarp-covered camp.
Many locals said they were relieved by Knight's arrest after enduring years of break-ins. Before the camp's dismantling, some curious folks hiked about a mile into the woods with police to try to get a look at the hermit's camp.
Among them was Frank Ten Broeck, a retired New Jersey police official who has a cottage nearby.
"To me, this is mind-boggling. I just can't believe this guy was here 27 years," Ten Broeck said. "This is some of the most severe weather you can go through."
But the land's owner disappointed them, deciding to let only authorities into the camp on Thursday.
A corrections officer at Kennebec County Jail in Augusta said Knight was refusing requests for interviews.
He has applied for a court-appointed lawyer and hasn't entered a plea to the burglary and theft charges stemming from the break-in at Pine Tree Camp, a facility for special needs people.
Authorities said they caught Knight with $283 in goods in his backpack after he fell into a trap set by Hughes, who's been trying to capture the elusive woodsman for years.
In his police mug shot, Knight is clean-shaven, has short-cropped hair and is sporting a style of eyeglasses from the 1980s.
It's a different look than in his photo from the 1984 yearbook from Lawrence High School in Fairfield, Maine. In it, Knight is wearing horn-rimmed glasses and has long, thick dark hair as he leans against a tree.
The blurb accompanying the picture says Knight's plans were to become a computer technician.
But authorities said by the time he was about 19, he'd disappeared into the woods.
Authorities say Knight doesn't show signs of mental illness and they've uncovered no other motive for his seclusion except that he wanted to be alone.
Knight's arrest came a little more than a week after the capture of a self-styled mountain man in Utah who shared some of the same traits. For six years, Troy James Knapp ransacked cabins on national forest land for guns, food and high-end camping gear, authorities said.
Knapp, a 45-year-old California parolee who went on the run in 2004, faces 29 burglary-related felony and misdemeanor charges in Utah that could keep him in jail for life.
Associated Press writers Bridget Murphy in Boston and Paul Foy in Salt Lake City contributed to this report.
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The Republican Party on Monday released a 100-page autopsy of how its 2012 presidential campaign was conducted. I've picked out the key sections you need to read from the analytic recommendations and critiques made by the party in this "Growth and Opportunity Project" report. The project report also has a long section of recommendations for GOP friends and allies -- read, PACs and Super PACS -- which I've not excerpted from below.
The GOP today is a tale of two parties. One of them, the gubernatorial wing, is growing and successful. The other, the federal wing, is increasingly marginalizing itself, and unless changes are made, it will be increasingly difficult for Republicans to win another presidential election in the near future.
Republicans have lost the popular vote in five of the last six presidential elections. States in which our presidential candidates used to win, such as New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Florida, are increasingly voting Democratic. We are losing in too many places.
It has reached the point where in the past six presidential elections, four have gone to the Democratic nominee, at an average yield of 327 electoral votes to 211 for the Republican. During the preceding two decades, from 1968 to 1988, Republicans won five out of six elections, averaging 417 electoral votes to Democrats' 113.
Public perception of the Party is at record lows. Young voters are increasingly rolling their eyes at what the Party represents, and many minorities wrongly think that Republicans do not like them or want them in the country. When someone rolls their eyes at us, they are not likely to open their ears to us.
At the federal level, much of what Republicans are doing is not working beyond the core constituencies that make up the Party. On the state level, however, it is a different story. Republicans hold governorships in 30 states with 315 electoral votes, the most governors either party has had in 12 years, and four short of the all-time GOP high of 34 governors who served in the 1920s.
Republican governors are America's reformers in chief. They continue to deliver on conservative promises of reducing the size of government while making people's lives better. They routinely win a much larger share of the minority vote than GOP presidential candidates, demonstrating an appeal that goes beyond the base of the Party.
It is time for Republicans on the federal level to learn from successful Republicans on the state level. It is time to smartly change course, modernize the Party, and learn once again how to appeal to more people, including those who share some but not all of our conservative principles.
At our core, Republicans have comfortably remained the Party of Reagan without figuring out what comes next. Ronald Reagan is a Republican hero and role model who was first elected 33 years ago -- meaning no one under the age of 51 today was old enough to vote for Reagan when he first ran for President. Our Party knows how to appeal to older voters, but we have lost our way with younger ones. We sound increasingly out of touch.
The perception, revealed in polling, that the GOP does not care about people is doing great harm to the Party and its candidates on the federal level, especially in presidential years. It is a major deficiency that must be addressed.
One of the contributors to this problem is that while Democrats tend to talk about people, Republicans tend to talk about policy. Our ideas can sound distant and removed from people's lives. Instead of connecting with voters' concerns, we too often sound like bookkeepers. We need to do a better job connecting people to our policies.
If we believe our policies are the best ones to improve the lives of the American people, all the American people, our candidates and office holders need to do a better job talking in normal, people-oriented terms and we need to go to communities where Republicans do not normally go to listen and make our case. We need to campaign among Hispanic, black, Asian, and gay Americans and demonstrate we care about them, too. We must recruit more candidates who come from minority communities.
We have to blow the whistle at corporate malfeasance and attack corporate welfare. We should speak out when a company liquidates itself and its executives receive bonuses but rank-and-file workers are left unemployed. We should speak out when CEOs receive tens of millions of dollars in retirement packages but middle-class workers have not had a meaningful raise in years.
If Hispanic Americans perceive that a GOP nominee or candidate does not want them in the United States (i.e. self-deportation), they will not pay attention to our next sentence. It does not matter what we say about education, jobs or the economy; if Hispanics think we do not want them here, they will close their ears to our policies. In the last election, Governor Romney received just 27 percent of the Hispanic vote. Other minority communities, including Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, also view the Party as unwelcoming. President Bush got 44 percent of the Asian vote in 2004; our presidential nominee received only 26 percent in 2012.
As one conservative, Tea-Party leader, Dick Armey, told us, "You can't call someone ugly and expect them to go to the prom with you. We've chased the Hispanic voter out of his natural home."
We are not a policy committee, but among the steps Republicans take in the Hispanic community and beyond, we must embrace and champion comprehensive immigration reform. If we do not, our Party's appeal will continue to shrink to its core constituencies only. We also believe that comprehensive immigration reform is consistent with Republican economic policies that promote job growth and opportunity for all.
When it comes to social issues, the Party must in fact and deed be inclusive and welcoming.
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WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., 48, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to scheming to spend $750,000 in campaign funds on TV's, restaurant dinners, an expensive watch and other costly personal items. His wife received a sentence of one year.
The son of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, had been a Democratic congressman from Illinois from 1995 until he resigned last November. In an emotional speech to the judge during which he became choked up and used tissues to blow his nose, he apologized and said he wanted to "take responsibility for my actions."
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