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Enabling CORS in Web API
I found myself having to create a completely REST-enabled API for an in-house solution, so what better way to do this in .NET than leveraging ASP.NET Web API?
So yeah, enabling CORS in Web API
While Web API makes mostly everything about the process simple and easy, considering that this is going to be a full-fledged REST API, I had to consider allowing cross-domain requests to the API, which normally meant that I had to enable cross-origin resource sharing (CORS) on it.
I found a nice handful of good resources for ASP.NET Web API CORS support, but I found Carlos Figueira's take on it the most helpful, so I went ahead and adapted his code into my own small AOP library for use with future projects.
Using the library should be as easy as just adding
[CorsEnabled] on your API actions and/or controllers. It provides a bit of additional functionality if you need it (like specifying allowed domains if you want).
Feel free to get the code here. I wholeheartedly welcome comments on it, and if you find that you want to fork it, be my guest.


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Custom Designs, Cool Finds and Rustic Comforts
Cool Cottage
Established in February 2013
My "six pack" ... four tall chairs and two tall oval tables.
Made from #1 grade cypress to "see over the rail"
The Vintage Look
The chairs below showcase my return to an original design from 2007. The taller backs are 6" more than my current design so you can lean your head back for a nap. These chairs are lightly stained gray so you can still see the wood grain.
The two tall matching ottomans have handles cut into the top for ease in movement. They also can use used for extra seating as they are built strong and very comfortable.
Welcome to my new collections for 2014 & 2015. Let me know how I can help you decorate your home with some creative designs. My showroom & pictures are full of ideas & unique items that I'm sure you'll enjoy. Please pass my website on to friends. Thank you.
I have added a new Facebook page ... go to your Facebook account and type my business page name ..... Cool Cottage of Fort Walton Beach
Looking for gifts for family members & friends ...
... includes the "hard to find for people"
In my last few shows, customers have told me over and over again that they like my visions for creating designs that are one-of-a-kind and personal at the same time. They said they are perfect for their family, relatives, best friend(s) and so on. I have watched people at my shows walk almost past my tent and then make a sharp "U-turn" to come back and stay for a long time just taking in the many products I have on display. It's window shopping at it's best - relaxing, eye-catching and friendly. Standing across the sidewalk, I try to watch their eyes go from product to product as they try to take in every-thing. I wish I could "listen in" what they are thinking. Quite often our conversation turns to favorite pictures from the websites Pinterest or Etsy and they want to know if I can build so and so. I try hard to rekindle memories when they look at the designs including red wagons, soda crates and the many products containing recycled objects. And I have many more designs to come - just trying to find the time.
The "Art of Design" is part of my thinking for every item that I work with for customers. That includes shapes, colors, comfort, strength, stains & paints. I even
want the backs of my chairs to look good as that is the part you might see first.
And you will notice that I do not use cushions in any of my chairs. When you
first sit in the tall or regular height chairs, you will instantly relax.
This is due to the many details such as curves, cut-outs, spaces between adjoining
pieces and even the slight angle of the arms to lower your shoulders (as well as allow water to drain from rains). No cushions to store! So just sit back, relax and look cool.
Since my designs are not mass produced in large quantities, you should know that
your Jim Kane designs will be unique, made for you and will last a long time.
Comments from November & December Palafox Market & Destin Artwalk
"I've never seen anything like your designs. So clever and creative at the same time."
" I love the paint colors, the glass knobs and fleur-de-lis knobs."
"I haven't seen a SQUIRT soda crate since I was in high school."
"Where did you get all of these soda crates and red wagons? These are great designs."
"Your furniture looks great. I will contact you after the holidays to place an order."
"I have a rental condo and will be using your furniture to decorate it. It's perfect."
"Your designs are practical, rustic, eye-catching and functional at the same time.
Comments from the March 8-9, 2014 West Indies Market
"Best looking chairs, very comfortable and lots of stain colors (especially the gray)."
"These cypress chairs are the best and built solid. No more plastic chairs for us."
"What a great imagination using recycled red wagons & vintage soda crates."
Upcoming Shows and Festivals ... I am pleased to announce that I will be participating as a vendor in the following:
2015 ... March 21 - Saturday, Watercolors on 30A- "Art in the Park"
2013 - 2014 - 2015 Previous Shows & Festivals
Pensacola Palafox Market
Destin - Art Walk On The Harbor
Downtown Fort Walton Beach
WaterColors - "Art In The Park" (on 30A)
Rosemary Beach - "West Indies Market" (on 30A)
Ft. Walton Beach - Wandering Market
For more information about these events, go to
Facebook ... Downtown Fort Walton Beach & Wandering Market
Two short chairs showing the
comparison of both the tall back design
(6" higher) and the regular back design.
(Note: Unfinished chairs)
Tall back design on short chair.
Two custom painted surfboard chairs almost on their way to a new restaurant in Miramar Beach, FL.
Two additional stained surfboard chairs each with a shark bite cut-out.
Welcoming hungry visitors to the
Surf Hut Seafood Restaurant.
Relax, have a good meal, repeat.
Shark bite in the side of teal surfboard. Must paddle faster.
The college football season is almost here.
Time to celebrate before & after the game in your team's school colors in cool chairs.
My idea of a true "Six-Pack"
The "Destin Harbor Collection" ... Fully painted white - four tall chairs & two tall tables
Thick (2") "pecky cypress" table top
stained Leather Saddle Brown
Add a glass top to protect top from dust
& use as a writing desk, hall table or bar
Handmade cypress surfboard designed
tall deck chairs (see "over the rail").
Go to ... www.CoolChairs.Net
Best Southern Bars
Custom made from pecky cedar - 42" high
Foot rest on three sides - unstained.
Picture from the Palafox Market website
Pensacola's Palafox Market on Nov. 9
Beautiful Saturday in the Fall
November 17th Destin "ArtWalk"
'On The Harbor'
Over 40 creative & talented artists
Picture from the Destin ArtWalk Website
Soda crate tables and shadow boxes
See you on the famous Destin Harbor
Pensacola Palafox Market on Nov. 23 Another large crowd and relaxing day.
I'll be back on Saturday, November 30th.
RARE vintage "SQUIRT" soda crate
Starting to decorate for the holidays
The weather turned out nice & cool! I
was set up right in front of the famous
AJ's Restaurant on the Destin Harbor.
Beautiful location on "The Green" at Rosemary Beach. Very comfortable market with lot of great vendors and easy going style to interact with customers.
Rosemary Beach on 30-A
Great weather, lots of people, relaxing time and friendly vendors
The Rosemary Beach, Florida
"West Indies Market" on March 7 & 8. Showcasing my surfboard chair design
& highly regarded comfortable gray chair with matching ottoman & side table.
Vintage red wagon & soda crate designs gave everyone a lot of memories.
You are welcome to stop by my showroom & workshop anytime unannounced. I am usually there at least 3 to 6 hours every day including weekends but usually leave by 3:00 pm.
PLEASE CALL AHEAD OF TIME ... If coming to my showroom / workshop from "out of town" or any long distance, please call ahead to make sure I am there. Since I am a one-man-show, I could be out buying supplies or searching for unique items for an order, making a delivery, meeting with a customer, etc. My hours vary every day. I also set up appointments all the time to meet at my showroom / workshop ..... 7-days-a-week.
Please no calls past 6:30 pm (850) 496-5507 cst
The big advantage of Cool Cottage furniture and home decor --- you can bring me your ideas, your pictures, your Pinterest board lists, your recycled "stuff" and see how I can make something that will truly be one-of-a-kind. Instead of buying something already made that just doesn't hit the spot for that special someone or special place inside or outside the house, call Jim and he'll design and build a present with the "wow" factor - "where did you find that?" Make that upcoming special event (a birthday, wedding, house warming, anniversary, retirement or Christmas) truly personal for someone who deserves something made just for them (or for yourself). "Wow, that's cool!" I know because I hear that expression all that time.
I may not have the recycled item you want, but I am a frequent "picker" and "personal shopper" in many antique stores, consignment shops and weekly garage sales in Panama City, Destin, Ft. Walton Beach, Gulf Breeze, Milton and Pensacola. I even like to go shopping in New Orleans for doors, windows and more. Let me know what you want and I usually can find it (sometimes I can send pictures).
Locals can bring me your furniture to Recycle/Redo/Repair and I will make your new/renew piece of furniture or décor your favorite one that everyone will want to take home with them.
New in August ... Pet Beds ... For Dogs & Cats ... Pictures below and on the Gallery Page
Unique pet beds made from dresser drawers, red wagons, tables, suitcases, ladders, sinks, old doors, old school desks, baskets, crates, old trunks, chicken crates, birdcages, vintage computer and TV cabinets, old sewing machine base ..... and more.
Add wheels, a 2nd level bed for cats (condo design), antique / vintage hardware (knobs, pulls, door handles, etc.) and duvets or pillows. Your pets deserve the best. Make their beds as nice as yours (or even better). They are your best friend(s) after all.
Lower picture of red wagon jewelry organizer. Shows the red wagon knobs, extra stained custom redwood shelf and two color chalk painted back board.
Old reddish fence boards for background.
Two vintage cool rocking horse jewelry organizers. I took off the leg portion (to make a bench) and then sanded, stained and added some beautiful glass knobs to hold your necklaces. The hand holds can be used for your watches and bracelets.
New pet bed design. Inside dimensions are 27" x 36" for medium size pets.
Stained, finished with white chalk paint and lightly sanded for creative
shabby appearance. Inside bottom has two removable boards.
Jewelry organizer made from vintage soda crate with 11 knobs for necklaces and bracelets. Five paint colors.
Painted DAZZLE and PRETTY on the two long sides. Show off your bling
& keep necklaces separated
Rustic weathered soda crate and cedar board. They complement each other and show off your necklaces too.
A great coffee table or side table made from a wooden suitcase and leather straps.
Also could be used as a toy chest or pet bed. Hide your game controls inside.
A great addition to any room.
With longer legs, this could be used as a mini dry bar, an entrance hall table,
a mini table for the bathroom or a party. Legs come off easily for moving.
Pet Beds - Mini Bars - Trays - Toy Storage - Pillow Storage
Just finished this fantastic rounded face drawer. It has a couple of colors that blend in really well ... light blue and yellow. I sanded the tar out it between colors which accounts for the lighter areas. A final coating of Minwax Jacobean color stain to add a lot of aging and all covered with Old English to give it a satin shiny used look. To me it looks like the blue-green water color you see when you drive over the Destin, FL bridge where Crab Island is located. Add the short round feet painted dark brown and the two mini rusty looking fleur-di-lis pulls on the front and you have a great looking dog bed or mini bar or even a table top display tray. With taller legs, this could be a unique coffee table too.
Chalk Paint & Milk Paint Furniture
I am currently working on some chalk paint / milk paint furniture projects. For a future look at this new collection, check out the first picture in the right border on this page. It is an old accountant's desk (in two parts) with many cubby holes and slots for numerous record books and files and notes. A large drawer is in the lower unit and a secret locked top section hides some additional cubby holes. I think this desk would work great in an entrance hall, kitchen, home office or even a kid's room for a toy collection. And ... I can easily change this red color with milk paint or chalk paint.
Dixie's Homemade Furniture Liniment Chalk Paint
I also use this brand of local homemade Chalk Paint. Dixie has 10 great colors with creative names including ... Chicken & Dumplins (yellow), Sunday Lipstick (red), Florida Room (coral), Kitchen Canister (green), Sleeping Jacket (light blue), doily (white) and Bathing Cap (turquois). It is easy to use, dries fast and looks great. Smooth silky finish.
"New Home" sewing machine base
with a wood top
Shows the "New Home" logo on both legs.
Another Radio Flyer wagon attached to a stained wood top with shorter red legs.
Use as a tray for parties, dry bar or pet bed.
Added a thick glass top to table at left.
Using some old rusty tin roofing backdrop.
Added an almost new "Roadmaster" red wagon to the stained wood table top.
Use as a rolling bar, multi-use table in many rooms, hall table, desert wagon
(my favorite) and more.
This is one of my red wagon wall shelves on top of the base. I wanted to show the patina of the wagon inside including both red & yellow paint from previous owner. I sanded out most of the yellow and then decided to leave the rest.
Picture at the left shows two wagons designed to be used as wall shelves or shadowbox of photos, spices and personal collections. I painted left one black on inside and added painted gray shelves.
Combine chalk paint, milk paint, rusty accents, recycled doors - windows - hardware - furniture and eclectic pieces ... I believe you will like many of my designs, most of which will be one-of-a-kind.
My original business (Cool Chairs) started in 2007 in my garage and I am now selling and shipping nationwide. I continue to be a one-man-business so you have to be patient when ordering custom pieces.
For a preview of my my current exterior furniture "Cool Chairs" designs on my other website, go to ... www.CoolChairs.Net
For those of you who are familiar where my workshop and showroom has been for the past three years, I have moved. My new business is located near the college end of Green Acres Road in a long warehouse building. Contact me for any questions or prices or directions. Look for 418 Green Acres Road on the North side.
I now have an entire unit (840 sq. ft.) dedicated as a showroom full of furniture.
Check back often as I update my new website along with new products.
One of my favorite movies of all times.
About Jim Kane ... raised in the Hudson Valley (Rhinebeck, New York), he graduated from Jacksonville University in Florida and was a four-year starter (along with twin brother David) on their soccer teams. Both Jim & David were selected to the JU athletic "Hall of Fame" in 1998. Jim was also selected to attend two U.S. Olympic Trials (1972 & 1976 games) and drafted 9th nationally overall in the first-ever professional soccer draft (1972) for the North American Soccer League (NASL) by the Miami "Gatos" ...
a predecessor to the current Major League Soccer (MLS) professional league.
During his tenure as the Florida Youth Soccer Assoc. (FYSA) "State Coach" (1978-1981) he is recognized as being responsible for coming up with the name and promoting the change of the "National Select Team Program" to the newer "Olympic Development Program" (ODP) which is used nationwide today. This ODP is the #1 selection program used to identify, select & coach players (both male & female) for the current
U.S. National Teams, U.S. Olympic Teams and professional teams.
For 17 years in the Ft. Walton Beach, Niceville, Crestview & Destin (Florida) areas, he organized, directed and coached over 4,000 campers in his summer soccer camps & leagues under the name "State Champs Soccer Camps" and "State Champs Summer Soccer Leagues". Most of the his camp coaches were major division I college coaches from around the country as well as talented high school and licensed coaches. Many of his former campers who started playing soccer at his camps as young as 3-years old are currently successful players at the college level.
After 35 years of coaching (USSF "A" Coaching License, Division One College, High School) and teaching mathematics, he retired in 2007. His college team was ranked
in the national top 50 in just three seasons from inception (and as high as #6 in the
Division - 1 Midwest Region including teams like St. Louis U and SIUE).
Cool Chairs was started in his garage and now he ships furniture nationwide from his workshop / showroom in Ft. Walton Beach.
Locally he is a member of the USAF Eglin Air Force Base 33rd Fighter Wing 'Honorary Commanders' and got to fly in one of the F-15's pictured below. "It's like riding on the fastest roller coast in the world with no tracks to follow, barrel rolls, unlimited rapid altitude changes and more turns with higher 'Gs' than anything I have ever known.
And I got to fly it too."
"NOMADS ..... Fire From The Clouds!"
"Where NOMADS Roam"
Red Wagon coffee Table with white legs - use as a bar, for snacks, remotes, pet bed, etc.
Made in USA
(850) 496-5507 cst
Showroom & Workshop
418 Green Acres Road
Suites #3 .. #4 .. #5
Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32547
Vintage RC Cola soda crate
Jewelry Organizer for your necklaces - bracelets - watches.
Nine cool knobs (including glass knobs, fleur-de-lis knobs and turquoise knobs) as well as
two brass door knob plates.
Custom chalk paint inside and outside on the backboard.
Newest Custom Pet Bed
Four colors make it stand out.
I painted HOME on this side and I LOVE YOU on the reverse side.
Backyard Red Wagon party table Unattached - you can use as a portable cooler or snack tray and
a 35" bench (16" - 18" H) ... or
permanently attached use as
a coffee table. Fill with sand to show off your (shell ?) collection and add a glass top for protection
(use on the porch or inside).
Newest surfboard coffee tables, side tables or benches. Top table is mostly cedar with two different stain colors with a smaller
cedar surfboard on front face. 18" high, 13" wide, 30" long
Second surfboard picture shows alternating cypress & cedar
with waterproofing to bring out the colors of the red cedar and the wood grain of the cypress.
A show piece inside or outside.
Decorative surfboard designs made from bevel moody cedar and stained. Some have unique cutouts and metal or wood backings. Put up in man cave, on kids room wall, on front of a bar or add house numbers for your mailbox or front porch.
Add some hooks for your jewelry or necklaces or bracelets.
Three medium size surfboards
Left - "Surfing the Internet"
Center - "Cross" design
Right - Pecky Cedar design
Two large surfboard designs
Left - Fleur - de - Lis cut-out
& rusty roofing tin backing
Right - Shark bite design
with two stain colors
Outdoor table made from recycled boat house flaky, chippy siding.
Great table for displaying clothing with a glass top for protection.
Unique outdoor writer's desk with recycled graying fence board legs and cedar top. A great 2-tone look. Let the writing begin as you look out at your beautiful outside backyard view.
A neat side table or coffee table made from recycled 12" wide reddish fence boards and fence frame. Approx. 18" tall.
Imagine a shadow box for jewelry made from this rich old wood.
Mississippi riverboats at Natchez, MS showing Natchez "Under The Hill."
Large 34" Red Flyer wagon show- ing two shelves (made from 5/4" cypress). The inside of the wagon can be painted any color and the shelves can be stained too. Since this weighs 10 pounds (before any items are put on the shelves), this wagon needs to be supported with big hooks or nails/screws. This can be used inside or outside depending on what you want to display.
New ideas for future red wagons include ... painting a design on the inside of the wagon bed, additional shelves, leaving the wheels on (no handle) & making a glass topped (shadow box) coffee table, flipping it upside down with the wheels intact and adding a light & chains - for use over your dining room table at the beach house, ... whatever. "Just let the good times roll." (I've seen this done with old pedal-cars). Bring me your (old/new) wagon and let me design a creative one-of-a-kind present for someone.
Red Wagon "Dog / Cat" bed ..... I know as soon as I make one and show it on this website ... it is just a matter of time before I go crazy with orders. Instead of saving the wheels, attach some wooden legs to give it a different height. Again the large wagons are 34" long and will be able to handle a small or medium size animal (or two small ones). You then have to change your dog's / cat's name to "Radio" or "Flyer" or "Red."
I can make this a lot faster with a new wagon that can purchased at a lot of stores.
Two comfortable adirondack chairs with painted sailboats on the tops. Great look near the beach, lake, backyard or porch.
The "barrel move".
Surfing inside the wave while leaning against the wave wall.
Welcome to Rhinebeck, NY
where I grew up (near Hyde Park and West Point). About 100 miles north of NYC near the Hudson River. One of many
very large and beautiful barns.
Go Army, Knicks and Yankees!
Recent Rhinebeck wedding showing barns, changing leaves & lots of happy people celebrating.
Two cypress pumpkins
Approximate sizes are 18" tall, 16" wide and very heavy.
Painted orange, covered with dark stain and finished with
Old English furniture polish.
They would look great inside
or outside for
Thanksgiving holidays.
Name(s) painted on cabinet
door panel over milk paint
..... add a vintage knob.
See last page for more examples.
Soda Crate Chalkboard Designs
"My Kitchen Christmas Tree"
"Kiss the Cook"
Florida State jewelry organizer for bracelets & necklaces. This cabinet door was chalk painted garnet with gold FSU NOLES
and lots of sanding between
paint coats to give the design
an aged look. I added seven
glass knobs with four having some turquoise to match the random turquoise accents painted on the board.
Show off your favorite team
and your favorite bling.

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Capitalism takes on democracy
The strategy being used to pass the Trans Pacific Partnership has parallels elsewhere. Global and local efforts by corporations to increase profits are showing a strong preference for bypassing citizens.
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Stockholme Syndrome and the Left
Sound familiar, anyone?
"Every syndrome has symptoms or behaviors, and Stockholm Syndrome is no exception. While a clear-cut list has not been established due to varying opinions by researchers and experts, several of these features will be present: Read more about Stockholme Syndrome and the Left
Permanent Crisis Blog
I stumbled across the Permanent Crisis blog via Continental Drift (which is written by a performance artist) and found it most interesting. It assumes a good bit of foundational knowledge of Marxism, so if you don't have that, you may not get as much out of reading the entries as you would if you did, but they are still worth reading. Two posts, in particular, are required reading, in my book. Read more about Permanent Crisis Blog
AUSTERITY Most Savage! (some statistics)
America's Hunger Epidemic: 'A Place at the Table' and 'American Winter' by Michael Shank
50 million Americans live in food-insecure households
1-out-of-2 American children will rely on federal assistance for food during their childhoods
106 million Americans, over 1 in 3, live below twice poverty line (less than $36,000 for a family of three)
Richest 1 percent now possess 40 percent of the nation's wealth
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Dr. Margaret Flowers Helps Clear the 'Fog of Greed'
In a 1/24/13 article in Aljazeera entitled "Top CEOs plan to loot US social programmes", Dr. Margaret Flowers powerfully calls out the motives of a mendacious "Fix the Debt" campaign launched by 80 CEOs who are determined to cut their corporate taxes even further by decimating social programs beneficial to us, the lower whopping 99% of the American citizenry.
Flowers writes: Read more about Dr. Margaret Flowers Helps Clear the 'Fog of Greed'
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Don't Feed the Animals. Why People Who Don't Vote Could Be the Smart Ones and the Real Rebels
(cross posted at The Montana Maven )
Or so Dimitri Orlov would like us to ponder. It's not a new idea, but it is an idea that doesn't get much play in the media and in our discussions with neighbors. We are told over and over that voting is the patriotic thing to do. People died for the right to vote. We get little flag stickers to put on our coats like the purple fingers of Iraqi voters. That the conventional wisdom. So why do so many Americans sit the elections out? And at the same time, if Americans do participate why do we hear over and over from pundits and comments on the blogs that those folks in Kansas and other reddish places just don't get it. "Why do they vote against their own self interests? " progressives ask. The wags note that these voters are like chickens voting for Colonel Sanders. But on the other hand, vast numbers of people including women and minorities vote for the blue team and get nothing substantial out of that too. So what's up? And yes, why do they even vote at all?
Orlov is a linguist and an engineer who has a blog called Club Orlov. He has also written several books, one of which, "Reinventing Collapse", I am reading for advice on how to survive such a collapse besides our two month's supply of Nalley's Chili and two generators. He emigrated to the U.S. in the mid-Seventies and made several trips back to Russia during the Soviet rule and then after the Soviet collapse. He believes that there are many lessons we in the U.S. can learn from the collapse of the other late 20th century super power. That there are more similarities than differences between the two super powers, as Orlov describes them, gave me pause. It's always interesting to look at a common question through a different set of glasses.
Both the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. derived their identities from being either capitalist or communist and the "extreme adherence to one or the other" as opposed to healthier countries that mix it up is what Orlov believes led to the doom of one and the coming doom of the other. Ideologies are all well and good, he says, if they actually work. But when it becomes clear that the average working citizen is not doing so well, the legitimacy of the rigid system begins to unravel and finally collapse. He points out that Albert Camus made the observation that the two superpowers were more alike than not back in the 1950s. Camus said that a specific failure of both systems was their inability "to provide creative, meaningful work." This Orlov says leads to mass depression. Read more about Don't Feed the Animals. Why People Who Don't Vote Could Be the Smart Ones and the Real Rebels
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Crack Capitalism
I stumbled across this book, by John Holloway, entitled Crack Capitalism. No, it doesn't have anything to do with crack cocaine - it has to do with looking at the world completely differently, something that I've recently started to do. I'm so very, very tired of all the pointing fingers and daily atrocities. I'm posting pp. Read more about Crack Capitalism
"A Decent Life" or It's the Respect, Stupid
"Necessitous men [women] are not free men [women]," said FDR in his 2nd Bill of Rights speech. This phrase is said to come from a English property law case in 1762.
This morning in the second hour of "UP" with Chris Hayes, Chris had on Greg Fletcher of Our Walmart, Raymond Castillo of Warehouse Workers United, Heather McGee of Demos, and David Frum of free market vampirism. I watch this show to get a bead on what the Democrats are up to and occasionally something really good slips in like hearing real workers talking economics. Read more about "A Decent Life" or It's the Respect, Stupid
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Alternatives to capitalism
Well, many of us are against capitalism. Some are not entirely completely against it, but rather want to reform it, limit it, whatever. But it's often asked of those who are against capitalism whether there is a viable alternative. After all, the Soviet Union collapsed, right?
Of course, those who consider themselves socialists can attempt to set the record straight as to what socialism is about. But that's not what this post is going to be about. Read more about Alternatives to capitalism
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Pulling Up Stakes: Secession? Seriously.
Secession is often derided by liberals as some kind of cock-a-mammy right wing nut idea from Texas. But the idea of being free to leave an organization or union or union of states should not be dismissed out of hand. In modern times, thoughtful people have come up with pretty solid theories to support this kind of freedom that both right and left should think about. Read more about Pulling Up Stakes: Secession? Seriously.
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"Faces Along the Bar"
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A chicken or egg story
"The reality is that representative democracy, at the core, has to be about people voting, has to be about people engaging in political parties, has to be about people having contact with elected representatives, and having faith and trust in elected representatives, as well as those representatives demonstrating they can exercise political power effectively and make decisions that tend to be approved of," said Wilks-Heeg." Read more about A chicken or egg story
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War! What is it Good For? Capitalism.
While trying to research the REAL truth of what is going on with Syria, since clearly the big US media propaganda machine is stenographically on board for yet another massive destruction of a country on the US and NATO's bloody faux-humanitarian-regime-changing clipboard, I came across a remarkable article by William Hathaway entitled "America Is under Attack!"
Capitalism is inherently predatory. It demands aggressive growth. It's either dominate or go under.
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Capitalism & the Internet
For those interested in an analysis of how capitalism has affected the Internet, there is an interesting article on the subject at The Monthly Review. Read more about Capitalism & the Internet
Post Empire Survival Guide by Sam Smith
Sam Smith is one of my favorite thinkers and commentators. He has been editing the Progressive Review since 1964. Every Monday he is on the Mark Thompson radio show on Sirius Left. Each Monday he comes up with original ways of looking at the week's events and has a generous and positive way of criticizing the Democrats as well as Republicans. He can put down Obama with such grace and sweetness that he does not get the blow back that Glen Ford gets when he does the same thing on Wednesdays. (Glen is another favorite of mine and speaks truth in a powerful voice.) Read more about Post Empire Survival Guide by Sam Smith
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I come here because of you guys.
Because its the most fun use of my free time available to me.
Bring back the Sig Test!
Well, other than a few people, I have no choice.
+1 It's such a great place compared to the parts of the forum.Originally Posted by Siu Blue Wind
Interesting people, weird sh...stuff.
The rider in my avatar is David Etxebarria, not me.
I got tired of paying for match.com
to see how the other half lives...
I was offered free pie if I stuck around longer, but I still haven't gotten any.
because I've met many people who've touched my life beyond explanation.
fun and stuff.
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Cyclists fare best when they recognize that there are times when acting vehicularly is not the best practice, and are flexible enough to do what is necessary as the situation warrants.--Me
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I think Foo is especially good because most FOOsters are kind, even the ones who try to hide behind a smokey wall of meanness. Yes, you are all good.
Our common link...bikes. Even if some are worth over 10 grand, and some saved from a dumpster, the Foosters don't descriminate. BIG UPs FOR THAT.
In saying that....Roadies Rule and you know it.
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There are alot of wonderful personalities on Foo.
Aside from that, I am constantly amazed at how well BF members are informed on such a wide variety of subjects. For the most part, most contributors here don't talk above their head.
In talking to my "real world" friends I come across as well informed due to my BF's reading digest.
BTW, the above is truly spoken.
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Would you like a dream with that?
'Cuz it's fun and got such a wide range of cool people.
I avoided foo for a long time - thinking it was just where all the silly stupid games were played by people who had no lives and that the 'real' people were in places like the road forum etc etc how utterly wrong i turned out to be...foo is probably the most down to earth 'real' place on BF!!!!
Because you are all a bunch of nuts.....and I fit right in!
. He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.- Fredrick Nietzsche
"We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant
fun strange cool different, + just good people, despite what any one says all with a bike point of veiw
http://www.thebicyclingguitarist.net.../bios/bike.gif about to start winter quarter , enjoying school so far
It's more work safe than porn....and more educational too!
...ok I kid, it's for the cool peeps in here
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I was never convicted!Originally Posted by Pheard
I come to foo cuz I can be my warped, wacky self without freaking anyone out....well except for Siu and Pheard.
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you get free peanuts? I want some!Originally Posted by Stacey
"Think of bicycles as rideable art that can just about save the world". ~Grant Petersen
Cyclists fare best when they recognize that there are times when acting vehicularly is not the best practice, and are flexible enough to do what is necessary as the situation warrants.--Me
Did you find your match??Originally Posted by superdex
I come here cause you all know me the best.
Interested in the Women's Forum? Send me a PM for more information.
I come here because of all the other places on bf this is the only place where people actually retain my attention and.... I never have laugh so hard in my life and Ive grown quite attached to some of you.


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Wow, what a surprise! Repsol and Honda dictating to Ezpeleta and his Spanish cronies, only problem is it makes Marquez look like a jump start cheat instead of the natural talent he is ,without being pawned by Dorna and their F1 style bull**** politics! Let them race at all costs before this sport is lost to tennis and football TV ratings!


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Church members are standing by their pastor. Reverend Andre Lewis was sentenced to 6.5 years on Tuesday, July 22, in federal court for taking girls across state lines to have sex with them.
Tonette Fox has been a member of Act on Faith Ministries since 2006.
Even though her pastor, Reverend Andrea Lewis, has been convicted and sentenced, she still stands by him.
"I would like to say he is a good man, he's a man of god, and I have a five year-old and she loves him to death," says Fox. "I wouldn't take him away from her for the world."
Prosecutors say between 1994 and 2000, Lewis would use choir trips and other church related travel to cover up the sexual abuse.
"I feel like the sentencing wasn't lengthy enough," says Jane Doe III. "I mean, because I've endured 10 years plus, building the rest of my life. I'll always be affected by this, and 6.5 years will never equal up to the pain that I've endured, because of this situation."
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"For him to do something like that to her, and you still come around after the age of 18, I don't see it honey," says Fox.
In court, Lewis maintained his innocence, saying, "I can't apologize for something somebody accused me of."
The victim says Lewis' statement was offensive, and she cringes at the fact he could be out in 6.5 years.
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The New York TImes published a study of the "screen time gap" today between actors and actresses nominated by the Oscars, and the results are pretty infuriating.
The gist? Even when an actress is the lead in her film, as Judi Dench is in Philomena or Sandra Bullock in Gravity, they appear on screen for a lot less than their male counterparts. As film critic Kevin B. Lee reports in the Times,
This year's lead actors average 85 minutes on screen, but lead actresses average only 57 minutes. (When you add in supporting categories, all competing actors averaged 59 minutes, while all competing actresses averaged 42 minutes.) Last year's results were even more imbalanced: nominated male stars averaged 100 minutes on screen to the lead actresses' 49 minutes.
The difference between the 85 minutes actors got and 57 minutes that actresses did means that lead male nominees received 150% of the screentime that their female counterparts did. And the difference between male acting nominees' overall 59 minutes to female nominees' overall 42 minutes means that male actors were on screen for 140% of the time that women were.
In his post, Lee quotes critic David Bordwell's explanation of this screen-time gap: "Male stars are typically the protagonists in action or goal-oriented narratives that require the viewer to follow the story through the lead's experiences. Female stars are more typically cast in melodramas that require the lead to serve as a hub connecting different characters and subplots."
That may explain what's behind the gap, but it doesn't address why women don't get hired for the "action or goal-oriented narratives that require the viewer to follow the story through the lead's experiences" -- exactly the kind of plot-driving female protagonists we need more of in the movies.
We don't have anything against ensemble movies, but the reduction in screen time for women protagonists suggests that studio filmmaking, which is overrepresented by the Oscars, still has a huge fucking problem with showing female characters who have wants and thoughts and experiences of their own -- and who aren't basically there to provide a pair of boobs to satiate the straight male gaze or to tell the male hero, "Please don't go and do that brave thing!"
And that's apparently the case even when the woman is the whole bloody point of the movie.
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SEATTLE, Oct. 4. IT was only a short time ago that a swim program at Seattle University was but a remote possibility, but head coach Craig Mallery and his band of dedicated athletes quickly emerged into a national powerhouse, capped of by last year's men's NAIA national championship and women's second-place finish.
As if tackling the NAIA's top programs wasn't a tough
enough test for what is still a relatively new program, the Redhawks will now have a new challenge ahead of them as a member of the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference and NCAA Division II affiliation, a jump of great proportions in terms of qualifying standards.
"As we move to Division II, we prepare for a transition to the next, higher level. In a sense it's like starting over, but, unlike when the team began
six years ago, we now have history, experience and leadership to build a solid foundation for future success," said head coach Craig Mallery. "There
is no question that Division II is a stronger domain. Having gone to the top of the NAIA, this is the next step for our continued success."
Although Mallery lost all-Americans Chris Garcia, Elliott Kolbe and Luc Lamarche, he returns a strong nucleus of last year's championship team. Eleven letterwinners from last year's team, along with a strong recruiting class of seven incoming freshman and the return of junior Matt Oleson, who took last season off, step to the pool this season for the Redhawks.
"The men's team is developing exactly how it should, each year progressing with greater talent, greater leadership and greater depth. They are well-positioned to make an impact at the Division II level immediately," Mallery said. "They have a strong returning squad complimented by the strongest recruiting class we've ever had in terms of its depth."
For leadership, Mallery will look to seniors Chris Forgie and Joe Laughlin, who have both had quite impressive careers in three years with the swim
team. Forgie has earned four NAIA all-American awards in backstroke events and was honored as an academic All-American last season.
Laughlin is a powerful swimmer who can dominate the sprint events, specifically the butterfly and freestyle. These two have both received all-American
recognition on several SU relays and provide the team with a tremendous amount of experience in big meets.
Versatility is certainly something this team is not lacking, and Mallery has several options for swimmers that can handle a variety of events for the Redhawks. Seniors Quinn Baker and Don Hildwein have primarily filled this role for the Redhawks. Last year, Baker placed at the national meet in the 200-breaststroke and 400-individual medley, and became the team's first ever diver, placing ninth at nationals. Although his strongest event is the breaststroke, Hildwein competed in a number of events last season and placed in the top 10 in three different events at the NAIA meet.
Mallery may also turn to sophomore Ben Newcomb, primarily a distance swimmer, to fill any gaps in the Seattle lineup when needed. Junior Bill Tollett is another swimmer who can handle a variety of roles for the Redhawks. Last season, he competed at all distances in the freestyle and swam the 200-back, 400-individual medley and 1500-free at the national meet.
While Newcomb and Tollett will serve large roles as distance swimmers, senior Sean Seaver, who had a monster season as junior transfer last year, anchors that event. Seaver set new team records in all the distance events last season and picked up three all-American finishes at the national meet. Junior Zach Mueller also had great success in distance events for the Redhawks last season and will be called upon for that role again this year, along with mid-distance back and free events.
Two other members of Mallery's talented freshman class last season will fill vital roles for Seattle this year. Jonathan Bartsch is a great individual medley swimmer and will likely compete in the backstroke quite a bit on top of that. Ryan Denzer is a great freestyle swimmer and will compete in many of the sprint events and in the backstroke as well.
Oleson and sophomore Andre Davis join Laughlin to form a very nice trio in the butterfly. After sitting out last season, Oleson will try to return to the form that made him a regular contributor two years ago. Davis placed in both fly events at the national meet last season and is a strong freestylist as well.
Mallery did a tremendous job of filling his needs with some of the area's top recruits. He will look to class 3A state champion Matt Oram to fill a huge void in the breaststroke caused by the departure of Kolbe. Cori Bemis is another newcomer who could have a big impact this year as evidenced by his class 4A state titles in the back and fly. Jeffrey Foucrier and Jesse Shelton will help bolster the sprint freestyle lineup, while Foucrier will likely compete in the back as well. Rui Ewald and the team's first ever diving recruit, Phil Guillen, also factor to be steady contributors for the
"As we saw in the NAIA, it takes both depth and talent to have an impact at the national level. We possess both of those," Mallery said. "The men are positioned to bring a large squad to the national meet, and that depth could prove to be a strong contributing factor."
On the women's side, Mallery takes even less of a hit to his lineup despite losing six letterwinners. Mallery still returns 13 letterwinners from last
years NAIA second place team. The biggest void was left by the departure of sprint specialist Gretchen Denzer, who swam on two Seattle All-American relays. However, all-Americans Kristen Michener and Merceda Rivera have proven they are capable of carrying the Redhawks in that department.
"Last year, we had such an exceptional recruiting class that returns with a year of experience," Mallery said. "That is a very strong core group led by
consistently strong swimmers. Division II will require a greater amount of depth, and that will continue to be our recruiting focus."
Rivera earned a national championship in the 100-butterfly last year and currently holds the team records in both fly events as well as the 50-free.
Michener established new team records in the 100, 200 and 500-freestyles, and anchored three all-American relays at the national meet last year.
One area Mallery will turn to for strong finishes again will be the distance events, and the two most successful swimmers in the program's history. Megan
Ackerman and Kristin Johansing, two of just three seniors on this year's roster, hope to have the same type of impact at the Division II level as they have had in three seasons of dominant performances in the NAIA.
Ackerman is a pure distance swimmer, a consistent nationals threat in the 1650-free. Johansing is stronger in the middle distance events, where she
has been a multiple all-American in the free and IM.
The Redhawks hope to get another big season out of their only other individual all-American, Marion Gallagher. As a freshman last season, Gallagher was the only Seattle female to earn all-American honors in
multiple events, with a second-place finish in the 100-breast and a third-place finish in the 200-breast.
The Redhawks also have three other swimmers returning who earned All-American recognition in relay events. Co-captain Elise Fischbach is a very talented swimmer, who has the ability to compete and score in a variety
of events with the backstroke being her strength. She was a member of two Seattle All-American relays last season and finished fourth in two individual events and sixth in another at the national meet. Jennifer
Caldwell was a member of one all-American relay and is a strong swimmer in back and free events. Rachel DiPasquale, who came on strong late in the season last year, was also a member of one All-American relay and is becoming a strong sprint freestyle swimmer.
Although she did not earn All-American honors, this year's team co-captain Ryann Cooper will be an integral part of the Seattle lineup as she excels in
two events that Seattle lost the most depth and talent in, the breast and fly. Cooper just missed All-American honors with two fourth-place finishes in the breaststroke events at nationals last year.
Katherine Cuevas, Elizabeth Hansen and sisters Abby and Lydia Woodall are all strong swimmers that Mallery hopes to receive steady contributions from throughout the year. Cuevas swam in a number of events last season and placed in two events at nationals, including fourth in the 100-fly. Hansen is a strong freestyle swimmer, who qualified for nationals in two events. Lydia Woodall is a versatile swimmer who can earn the Redhawks points in a number of events.
Abby, the younger of the two, also brings the team some
versatility including her ability to compete in diving. She is the only diver in the history of the women's program and placed eighth at nationals last year.
"The women's team is very balanced and has the ability to make an impact at the Division II level," Mallery said. "This is a starting point in a new domain. We will continue to add to what I feel is a very strong nucleus and build from there."
Although the Redhawks are now an official member of NCAA Division II, there is not a tremendous amount of change to their schedule.
"We've got as tough of a Division II schedule as it gets, given our location. We don't have the same number of D-II schools within the proximity as we did when we were competing in the NAIA," Mallery said. "We will balance more invitationals with our dual meet competition. This will allow for a greater diversity in events and more individual racing opportunities
for the swimmers."
Swimmers will compete for bragging rights when the team opens the season Oct. 6 with the Red and White Meet, SU's annual intrasquad competition. The
following week, the Redhawks will have a tough test when archrival Simon Fraser comes to town for what is always an exciting meet. That will be the last opportunity to catch the Redhawks at home before the new year.
Seattle heads south to California the last weekend of October, where they will compete in the University of Pacific Invitational Oct. 25-26, followed by a dual meet at UC-Davis on the 27th. The Redhawks will be out for revenge as the Aggies pulled off a sweep in the Connolly Center last year.
The Redhawks travel to Central Washington University on Nov. 9 for their only meet of the month. After nearly a month off from competition, the Redhawks will have to challenging tests at the University of Washington Husky Invitational (Dec. 5-7) and an invitational at the University of Hawaii (Dec. 17). On top of that, Coach Mallery will certainly schedule in a
grueling winter training session.
Finally, the Redhawks will return to the friendly confines of the Connolly Center to take on Central Washington on Jan. 11. A trip to Simon Fraser, back to Central Washington for an invitational and a home meet against Whitworth to close the regular season will be SU's final tests before postseason competition begins.
"In the NAIA, we started at the bottom and were able to be mentored and draw from the higher competition we were facing," Mallery said. "Although we are starting from a higher point and will have some success at the national level, we are in a similar position in that we can learn from the more successful and experienced programs."
The Pacific Coast Swim Conference championships will be held Feb. 12-15 in Long Beach, Calif., where Seattle will face some of the nation's top programs at all levels. Exactly one month later, NCAA Division II nationals in Grand Forks, N.D. begin.
Although Mallery has some tough gaps to fill on both teams, his teams are centered around a strong nucleus and boast impressive incoming classes to form a compliment that should help Seattle University swimming continue to be successful at the next level.


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Hull FC's talented full back Jamie Shaul made it 12 tries for the season with a hat trick against Widnes yesterday, but heaped praise on the forwards in front of him.
The likes of Liam Watts, Jordan Thompson and Gareth Ellis laid the platform for a scintilating victory, as Hull recorded back-to-back wins for the first time this season and two fifty point hauls in succession as they ran out 56-6 winners.
Despite admitting, tongue in cheek, that he had to steal the thunder from fellow hat trick hero Callum Lancaster, the 21-year-old credited the Black and Whites free scoring performance to the hard work of the pack.
"I just couldn't let Callum Lancaster just get three and take the headlines, so i decided to steal his thunder a little bit," he joked as he spoke to hullfc.com after the match.
"The first half was a very tough half I thought our forwards played a big part in laying the platform for us, especially people like Liam Watts who I thought was outstanding in the game.
"The work that they do goes unnoticed, the likes of me and Callum pick up the accolades for scoring the tries but it really comes down to the work they do through the middle. And players like Liam were outstanding today."
After two huge wins in which Hull have racked up 106 points, it doesn't get much easier next weekend as they travel to France, a journey that will complete a round trip of 2,565 miles covered by the players and fans over the last three matches.
Whilst the Black and Whites were victorious on their last visit to Catalan Dragons with a superb Challenge Cup quarter final win last season, it's been a notably tricky place to play over the last few years.
Shaul added, "We are going to build this week, we come straight back in for recovery and video analysis then a day off on Sunday and then we are straight back at it in the week. It is always difficult going over there so we have got to be switched on. "


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all, it is usually as the stern enforcer of the sometimes harsh rules of international capitalism. Thats why we should take Lagardes call for tougher financial regulation particularly seriously. My hope is that its improved for the public interest, not for the banks interests, she told me. And those are not necessarily one and the same? I asked. She responded definitively and with a warm laugh: Of course not!
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Helen Wyszpolski Skowronek, daughter of Frank Wyszpolski and Mary Sroka Wyszpolski, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 29, 1921, and died on June 14, 2012, in Hendersonville, N.C.
Helen was a graduate of New York University in biology and chemistry. She worked on a malaria research project for the U. S. government during the war, did soil analysis at North Carolina State in Raleigh, and worked in the hematology laboratory at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Center in New York City.
Subsequently, she received her teaching certificate, and taught in Tenafly, N.J., Rifle, Colo., Rolling Hills, Calif., and Naperville, Ill.
While in Colorado (1964-68), in addition to substitute teaching, Helen taught first grade in Silt and later during the 1967-68 academic year, taught sixth grade at Esma Lewis Elementary School in Rifle. Later, from 1975-78, she taught English and American culture in a school sponsored by the U.S. Information Service in Medan, Indonesia.
With her husband, Lester, she lived in Raleigh; New York City; Tenafly, N.J.; Rifle; Rolling Hills; Naperville; Medan Sumatra (Indonesia); Norway; Beaumont, Texas; Lawrenceville, N.J.; and settled in Hendersonville in 2003.
She played piano, taught Sunday school, loved ballroom dancing, was an avid knitter, and enjoyed a variety of crafts, such as pottery, batik, painting, spinning and weaving.
She went camping with the family in the Western U.S., visiting national parks and monuments. She was a member of the WNC Polish American Club and the American Legion Auxiliary.
While Helen had not lived in Rifle for more than 40 years, the community and its people found a permanent fond place in her heart. She kept her connection to the region alive as an avid reader of the Citizen Telegram and an enthusiastic card writer to her friends. She often commented on the wonderful children she taught.
She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 63 years, Lester, who died on Jan. 1, 2009.
She is survived by her three children: son, Geoffrey (Marianne) Skowronek of Oregon; daughter, Capt. Leslie Skowronek of Hendersonville; and son, Russell (Margaret Graham, PhD) Skowronek, PhD of Texas; two grandchildren, Stephan (Lisa) Skowronek of Oregon and Olga Skowronek of Texas; and two great-grandsons, Tyler Skowronek and Ethan Skowronek of Oregon.
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Violence has increased in Alabama's crowded prisons and experts fear it may get worse as the correction system absorbs more budget cuts.
The Birmingham News reports that three inmates have been killed in Alabama prisons since the state's fiscal year started in October. During the last four years, there was usually one killing at most.
In the last year, the prison system counted 1,397 fights and nonsexual assaults, up about 400 from the previous year. Assaults leading to serious injuries doubled, rising from 47 to 95.
Prison officials said the larger numbers reflect better records keeping. Bryan Stevenson, executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, said inmates are telling him that violence has gotten worse in the last two or three years.
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I am the lead developer of a small, but growing iOS development team within a larger company.
We are spread out across the globe, and although we are more than willing to help each other out, meetings and daylight cycles makes it hard for us to be online and working at the same time.
I was contemplating working in use of StackOverflow when encountering an error regarding Objective-C issues. Without any use of internal lingo like "Nils gave me the files from John, what is the password for opening X, ect..." but clean programming problems.
One a dev has posted the issue, he posts a link to the SO stack into a internal app i will design for this, spreading the links to others.
This would reduce the potential answering time, since someone outside our company probably can answer the question faster and sometimes better, plus it will open up for debates regarding the best use of different functions.
But it will result in a "clique" within SO that frequently will answer, approve and up-vote each others stacks, and I am forced to add to the plan that the devs should focus on the company stacks during work hours, so they don't get to distracted answering other devs problems (unless the spare time can be found).
Is this against any of the SO rules ? (written or unwritten, so to speak) And would anyone consider this a bad idea ?
I haven't instated this yet, was hoping to get some opinions from more experienced users from the SO community, hence this post.
We will of course continue to contribute individually when we are off work, at least that is my hope.


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The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) is proud
to partner with the American Society of Safety Engineers, Southern Oregon
Chapter to host the Southern Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Conference
on October 22 and 23 at the Smullin Center, 2825 East Barnett Road in
Medford. The 2003 theme for the annual event is "Safety & Health:
The Creative Edge."
Joe Estey, a nationally recognized speaker, will talk about creating a
culture for success in his keynote presentation "Attitudes and Altitudes:
Destroying the Myths That Keep Us Grounded."
Some of the conference topics scheduled for this year include:
· Preparing for Major Emergencies and Disasters
· Safety Improvement Process: Transforming Your Safety Culture
· Tick Talk: Lyme Disease in Oregon
· Sprains, Strains, and Things That Go Numb in the Night
The conference includes many other classes designed to assist Southern
Oregon's expanding health care service professions.
Registration fees for the conference are $120 to attend both days of the
event or $80 to attend one day. Wednesday's "First Aid/CPR Certification
Course" has an additional $15 fee for materials.
Post-conference workshops on October 24 will feature nationally recognized
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Well, today I was at the bike shop getting my rear D checked out. blahblahblah. On the way out, just before I exited the shop, I decided to hop on my bike and ride to the car. Well, just inside the shop, about 20 people watching, I decided to get on by swinging my back leg over the saddle (like how we all get on.) I was already kinda rolling, so the foot I swung (or tried to) over the seat got caught in between the seat post and tire. Then, I flopped over into a rack of the new $7,000 Specialized Enduro bikes, they all fell of the racks. A few people came to help me up; I was fine, just a few cuts; and luckily the bikes were OK too. That may have been one of the most embarrassing moments of my life!
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Community holds PM to promise
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she would "stand alongside" the Latrobe Valley as it transitioned to a different industrial landscape under the carbon tax - but not everyone is convinced.
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In a surprise visit to the Latrobe Valley on Saturday, the Prime Minister met with workers at the Hazelwood Power Station, before speaking with union and community representatives.
The meeting at the power station was described by some workers as "hostile".
The Prime Minister admitted during a press conference that discussion had been frank.
"I've met with workers who were anxious, prepared to ask some very hard questions, prepared to have a very direct exchange with me," Ms Gillard said.
"I wanted to do that, come and meet with the people who are likely to be the most anxious so that I could look into their eyes as they looked into mine and we could have a conversation."
CFMEU Mining and Energy Union representative Luke van der Meulen said it was an understatement that workers were anxious about the impact of the carbon tax on the electricity industry in the Latrobe Valley.
"The people at the coalface have so far been essentially ignored," he said.
"The Prime Minister's right, she did get asked a lot of questions, but she answered a lot of questions.
"We're not convinced it's all over just because the Prime Minister's come.
"It's a good beginning and it's a good commitment that she's given that she wouldn't leave the Latrobe Valley in the lurch."
Federal Nationals MP for Gippsland Darren Chester agreed the Prime Minister's visit was necessary but he is not convinced jobs will be spared under the carbon tax.
He warned the tax is yet to be passed by Federal Parliament.
"I'm disappointed that the unions seem to believe this is a foregone conclusion," Mr Chester said.
"My view is completely different to that. I believe we can still fight for local jobs, we can still fight to stop this carbon tax from ever being introduced."
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Awesome show at a very small venue in Columbus (about 100 or so in attendance). The band has dropped the cello in live performances for an additional guitarist, but it doesn't detract much from the live presentation.
Set list, roughly in order: Last Song, East Coast e., Last Light, From Debris, Honesty, Sunlight, Brooklyn Stars, If You Live, So Much Trouble, Several Arrows Later, Lily Two, People Have a Way, Taught To Look Away, Giving It All Away, Wild Girl, The Crush, Halloween.
Of particular interest was the inclusion of If You Live, from the killer EP If You Want Blood.
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The azure waters of the South China Sea and the early-morning light, glinting off the striking dagger-like summit of Mount Kinabalu, frame a pretty picture, as the airplane banks into its final descent into the capital city of the Malaysian state of Sabah. The full panorama from the waters edge pans across what looks like a modern city (albeit bereft of skyscrapers) to forested hinterland, sweeping all the way up to a mountain range. Its an astonishing sight and one which vindicates the fairly long journey it has taken to get here from Delhi: five hours to Bangkok and half of that to Kota Kinabalu.
Over the last few years, Kota Kinabalu has evolved into a golf vacation hub in Malaysia. With as many as 12 championship courses, all of which open for the visiting golfer and with residential star-rated properties with top-notch facilities, Kota Kinabalus golf tourism is booming. The citys repertoire of courses is rather diversechampionship layouts, resort links, an up-and-down mist-shrouded hill course, traditional old-world clubsand you would be hard-pressed to play all.
The jewel in the crown in Kota Kinabalus golfing firmament, the Sutera G&CC, is a stunning amalgam of picturesque views and a world-class layout. Its the perfect way to begin your golf odyssey in Kota Kinabalu because the experience is fool-proof: you cant go wrong with 27 holes, eminently playable for golfers of all abilities, and with the best seats in the house to witness Kota Kinabalus famous sunsets. Three NinesLakes, Heritage and Gardenand night golfing facilities mean this course is the busiest in Kota Kinabalu. That also means that players can begin their rounds at dusk and wrap up 18-holes by 10 at night.
From the clubhouse, the first set is the Lakes Nine. It winds around the biggest lake and provides a fitting introduction to water hazards, which are, by far, the most common elements of golf courses in Kota Kinabalu. The Heritage Nine has sweeping vistas of the city with typical tropical shrubbery and trees marking the outer boundaries. The Garden Nine, as the name implies, has lush landscaping and foliage typical of the tropical rainforest in Borneo. The signature hole, the 24th, is part of Garden Nine and provides a stunning view over the South China Sea. It requires a precise drive between fairway traps and a challenging second shot to an undulating green, skirted perilously by the ocean.


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Capcom has announced that the PlayStation 3 version of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition will be released in Japanese territories on February 21, 2008 priced at JYP 6,290.
A release date for North American and PAL territories has yet to be revealed; though previous reports also indicate it will appear during the same month.
The PS3 version of Lost Planet incorporates everything present in the original Xbox 360 version, in addition to several exclusive features, including all-new playable characters (each possessing their own unique abilities) as well as 16 multiplayer maps available from the start.
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That's right, you read correctly. A moonbow. Or lunar rainbow. And guess where in the world is one of the best places to see such an amazing natural phenomenon? Victorial Falls!
Infact, the Victoria Falls is one of the few places on earth where this spectacle can regularly be seen. Every full moon lucky visitors can witness the lunar rainbow created by the spray from this mighty waterfall.
And we've currently got an UNBEATABLE offer of three nights at one of the top Victoria Falls hotels for less than half the normal price (see our Victoria Falls Zambezi Special). Extend this to our 6 night moonbow package and a guided nightime tour of the Falls is included, along with 3 nights at a new exclusive safari lodge in Chobe.
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- A tripod is essential
- 'Focus to infinity', set your camera on manual mode on f5.6 and try a series of shutter speeds from 4 seconds to 30 seconds
- Shaking the camera by pressing the shutter is not a problem as the shutter delay is so long due to the low light
- Experiment with various shutter speeds and also f stops. The higher the f stop, the longer shutter speed you will need
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Little League: Big Island scene messy
Hilo Little League is batting 0 for 2, as far as filling three age divisions — Junior, Senior and Big League.
For the second consecutive year, the season was dark for Junior (ages 13-14), Senior (14-16) and Big League (16-18).
Last year was the first time in Hilo's Little League history all three divisions were empty. Not enough players signed up.
Hilo Little League president Eugene Narimatsu, in his second year, couldn't be reached for comment.
He took over from Cheryl Octavio, who pleaded guilty in federal court to embezzling money from Hilo Little League, as well as two youth soccer teams, a pageant organization and a car repair shop. She was sentenced to 19 months in prison.
Before Octavio's tenure as Hilo Little League president, Western Regional director James Gerstenslager suspended operations in 2010 because of concerns how the league conducted its draft and background checks on volunteers.
In October 2009, the District IV (Big Island) administrator position was eliminated, and Gerstenslager asked District III (Maui) administrator Naomi Campbell to oversee the Big Island.
Hilo's three older divisions annually competed for not only regional but also World Series berths. Hilo's Senior League All-Stars won the World Series championship in 2003 and '11.
"I think those days are gone, until it rebuilds," Campbell said. "It's hard to say what part Cheryl had in it because Eugene overshadows that. After the Cheryl situation, Eugene came on and unfortunately nobody signed up."
It didn't help that longtime coach Kaha Wong declined to pilot a team in 2013, and his loyal following of players and parents instead chose to attend his summer showcases.
For years, Wong used the trips to regionals on the mainland as a college recruiting opportunity for his players. But lately, Wong, who's helped land scholarships for more than 45 players, has run college showcases in his own backyard.
Campbell hasn't been able to untangle the mess in Hilo Little League, but she's hit a home run with the other leagues.
"On the westside, Little League is really building. My thing is, even though I'm not around visibly, I still talk to the league presidents daily or weekly to train them, so they can go on their own."
Campbell praised the work of Hamakua Little League president Stephanie Aguiar, who's Campbell's assistant, Richard Kaniho at North Hawaii, Karlos Gacayan at West Side (formerly West Coast), Hano Grace at Kona Coast and Dane Sesson at Ka'u.
"They've got really positive people down there at Ka'u," Campbell said. "They try so hard and that makes me feel good. That's the way it's supposed to be."
Julie Sedillo runs Gold Coast softball, where the boundaries stretch from Hamakua, North Hawaii and West Side — three baseball leagues combined into one softball league.
"When softball went to the regional, all the girls cried because they didn't know Little League would pay their way," Campbell said. "We've got a strong lady there (in Julie) putting teams together, and building the softball program there. Whether the players are skilled or not, we're teaching them the game. They're very committed."
"Sooner or later, they're going to get that district administrator position back,: Campbell said. "Then they'll run things on their own."


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I have been doing some heavy browsing around the forums, and around the internet. I have seen that people suggest these 2 games that catch my eye. I'm not a heavy gamer, let me tell you that. When I do play a game though, I get complete satisfaction out of it.
My only problem is... When I try to register for Tera, it won't let me. I tried 4 browsers to register, and nothing.
My problem with Aura Kingdom is.. I've been stuck at "Starting Download" and it hasn't moved for over 2 hours. I've did a little research and google, but no one seems to post an answer that can help mine.
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Onion prices have climbed sharply in India following a drought, a worry for the government as it heads into state elections that have been known to turn on the cost of the vegetable.
Prices have more than doubled in the last three months and no respite is in sight. Supplies remain tight as low rainfall has cut sowing and curtailed growth of individual bulbs.
Indians eat their way through 15 million tonnes of onions a year, using them as the base for traditional dishes such as biryani and bhaji and making them a hot political issue and a kick to inflation when the price rises.
"I don't understand how suddenly prices skyrocket. I have to buy at whatever price vendors are asking. I can't buy less just because prices are high," said Pooja Kadakia, 28, a housewife shopping in central Mumbai.
Onions cost 35 rupees (66 U.S. cents) per kg on Friday, compared with 10 rupees three months back. Further increases look likely, with food inflation running in double digits.
"Planting is down in all the major producing states. There is severe water scarcity in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka," Satish Bhonde, a director at the National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation, told Reuters.
Bhonde predicted a 10 percent drop in production from last year. India produced a record 17.5 million tonnes in 2011/12.
Relief could come with the new crop in October, but the government faces 10 state elections this year and needs a good summer monsoon. National elections are due next year.
The opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) will be sure to use rising prices against the Congress party-led government in the campaigns. In 1998, the BJP suffered heavy losses in a key state poll, a result widely blamed on high onion prices.
"The recent political history shows onion price rises go against the ruling party," said Jaidev Dole, an analyst at Marathwada University in Maharashtra.
"The government is already unpopular ... the onion price rise may be the last straw that breaks the camel's back."
The coalition government faced a string of corruption scandals last year and is battling to get the sluggish economy back on track while trying to control inflation, with food prices rising 13 percent year-on-year in December.
"Until the next onion crop arrives, prices will remain high. It will definitely have an adverse impact on inflation," said Madan Sabnavis, an economist at CARE Ratings.
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The Marienfelsen circuit passes through undergrowth scattered with attractive rocks, and takes you to several viewpoints overlooking the deep valley of Wiesent. In the village, note the pilgrim church built between 1730 and 1739. It contains a Gothic group in the upper part of the high altar.
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Hotel Krone
Balthasar-Neumann-Straße 9 D - 91327 Gößweinstein
The Hotel Krone is located in Gößweinstein's market square. This hotel offers modern rooms, a traditional restaurant, and a café serving homemade cakes and pastries. The rooms at the Hotel Krone include satellite TV channels and either private or sh..
Behringers Freizeit - und Tagungshotel
Behringersmühle 23 D - 91327 Gößweinstein
Located where the rivers Ailsbach, Püttlach and Wiesent meet, and just south of Gößweinstein Castle, this hotel is located in the heart of the "Franconian Switzerland". Rooms with free Wi-Fi, TV and a modern private bathroom are on offer a..
Ringhotel Stempferhof
Badangerstr. 33 D - 91327 Gößweinstein
Our hotel is located in the state-approved climatic health resort of Gößweinstein, in the heart of Franconian Switzerland, an area with low-lying mountains which reach a maximum altitute of 625 metres. We offer more than just accommodation – we a..
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August-Sieghardt-Str. 8 D - 91327 GÖSSWEINSTEIN
A small restaurant on the outskirts, away from the centre, with a plain, rustic interior. The chef always uses good products, preferably regional.
Badangerstr. 33 D - 91327 Gößweinstein
Zur Post
Balthasar-Neumann-Str. 10 D - 91327 GÖSSWEINSTEIN
Brothers Günter and Peter Wölfel work side by side at their wood-burning oven, which is now over 60-years-old and still turning out Zur Post's popular roasts. The food is seasonal, regional and gluten-free. The pork products come directly from the re..