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Adams, Anne Brown (1843-1926) to Alexander M. Ross
Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03007.28
Author/Creator: Adams, Anne Brown (1843-1926)
Place Written: Petrolia, California
Type: Autograph letter signed
Date: 8 December 1890 - 25 December 1890
Pagination: 6 p. ; 20.5 x 13 cm.
Summary of Content: Thanks him for offering to help her daughters attend college. Says Bertha is too ill to go, but hopes Vivian, her eldest, may be able to attend, and awaits Vivian's reply. Second half of letter, dated 25 December, states that Vivian cannot attend college and thanks him for the "Chatterbox," a children's periodical. Reports on the rest of her family. Apologizes again for not yet writing her recollections of Kennedy farm and the preparations for Harpers Ferry, but hopes to do so soon. Recipient inferred from content.
People: Adams, Anne Brown, 1843-1926., Ross, Alexander Milton, 1832-1897., Adams, Vivian, b. 1870., Brown, John, 1800-1859.
Historical Era: Rise of Industrial America, 1877-1900
Keywords/Subjects: African American History;, John Brown;, Abolition;, Slavery;, Woman Author;, Women's History;, Children and Family;, Health and Medical;, Charity and Philanthropy;, Finance;, Education, Journalism;
Background: Anne Brown Adams was the daughter of John Brown., Alexander M. Ross was a famous Canadian naturalist, also a prominent abolitionist and a strong supporter of John Brown.Order Image


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FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- The Connecticut Department of Public Health will hold forums across the state to talk to the public about making their communities healthier places to live.
Public Health Commissioner Dr. Jewel Mullen and other department leaders will hold a one-hour public forum in each of Connecticut's eight counties to hear the public's perspective on the issues affecting their health as well as their ideas on making their communities healthier.
"These forums will provide an opportunity for the department and the public to share information and discuss the important issues affecting the health of Connecticut communities," said Mullen in a statement. "Obtaining direct feedback from the public is critical to our work to improve the health of Connecticut."
The local meeting for Fairfield County residents will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Oct. 8 in the Discovery Magnet School Cafeteria, 4510 Park Ave., Bridgeport.
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Hey Everyone,
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I'm pregnant and all I can think about is the Canasta cake that we get back home.
Any help is greatly appericate and thanks in advance.
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I recently discoverd this support group through unfortunate circumstances. A woman I know from high school recently lost her husband to cholangiocarcinoma. We haven't seen each other in years, but I contacted her because I too lost my husband to this awful disease in 2002. Our husbands, though diagnosed almost 10 years apart, both grew up in the same neighborhood and were friends, and graduated together. It seems such a strange coincidence that they would both have to battlel cc.
At the time my husband was diagnosed, this support group did not exist. I am so thankful it does now, and that my friend has this to help her through. She sent me some bracelets, which my 4 kids and I are wearing, and my kids are spreading the word through facebook to buy bracelets, to help build awareness.
Thank you for all you do and for the support you bring those in need.


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Lately I've noticed an increasing number of people with script tattoos on the sides of their neck, up high enough to make them pretty hard to hide -- like the one on the douchebag in the link. What the fuck are these people thinking? Granted, the tattooees are universally trash (from what I've seen), but I just don't understand this trend. I wouldn't hire someone with that shit visible, and I doubt many people would. Instead of fancy script, they should just get "LOSER" branded there instead. It's faster, I'd imagine. Discuss.
Side-of-neck tattoos?
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They're fine if the person is already famous in a rock/punk/metal/etc. band; or has enough money to never need to get a job.
Apart from that they're a brilliant way to screw up all future career options.
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the ones that are guns are horrible.
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It's a terrible look. Nothing good about it.%0D %0D And I don't mind the occasional tattoo elsewhere.
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Both Starbucks and Chipolte are hiring. If that's the look you want then that's the work option you get.
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Well, it entirely depends on what the person's career is.
Not all of us want to work as cubicle slaves, OP.
Now back to the accounting department with you. Charlene needs those TPS reports by the end of the day!
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I laugh at the ones with an entire paragraph tattoo on the neck, ear to ear.
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i love the script on neck look
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Nothing says "I've been to prison" better.
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The rough trade look is hot.
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A couple of years ago I sat in a poly sci class with a young woman who had "Hello Kitty" tattooed on her jugular in full color. I wonder if she's landed a job yet?
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Tattoos are awful. Neck tattoos are hideous and a collosally stupid decision. %0D %0D Depends on your career? At 22, you don't have a career. Don't fucking tattoo your neck.
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Tattoos are not. Mary's are not.
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They do it intentionally so that the tats can be seen no matter what they wear. I'm not sure if they just want to showw off or it's really a personal statement they are trying to make.
IMO, tats should be done with taste and a great sense of art, and they shouldn't be used to show off.
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Tattoos are so ugly and trashy, even the ones that aren't so flamboyant. They just make people look dirty and low-class.
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The general manager and marketing director at my company both have a tatt on the side of their neck. They're the only two people at the entire company that has them there.
Two highest paid employees (119k and 107k salaries) have them, none of the $9/hr employees do.
Ironic huh ?
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A girl I know has one. She's an elementary school teacher in her early 20s. I guess she didn't have trouble finding a job, but I still think it's a horrible idea.
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Who cares? Only a ninny makes value judgments about people based on something so inconsequential and commonplace.
Yes, lots of them are ugly. Lots of people have bad taste. That's how it goes.
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I think it's trashy of you, OP, to not know how to spell.
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Trashy split infinitive from you, r18. It should be "not to know", not "to not know".
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didn't your momma teach you not to lie?
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Neck tattoos are very painful. To get one is to proclaim how tough you are, which is why neck tattoos are so popular among gang members and criminals.
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"They do it intentionally so that the tats can be seen no matter what they wear."
Like the fashion-forward Mr. Mike Tyson.
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It's a stamp of guaranteed employment in fast food because you won't get another job anywhere else.
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R15, maybe they got the tats after they got the jobs, or maybe they were hired back in the day when unemployment was low and employers gave more leeway. Those two guys probably wouldn't be hired today.
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Have to completely agree with the OP on this one.
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All tattoos are trashy. Neck Tattoos are particularly hideous and guarantee difficulty in meaningful, long-term employment.
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These people live in the moment. They're the ones who will roar past you in the car, only to sit in front of you because the light just turned red. They never plan ahead.
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If it's not my body, I don't consider it any of my business. If people like to be tattooed, more power to them.
I don't always see the creativity in tattoos, but I've seen some I considered beautiful.
There is cover-up makeup that gives full coverage tattoos for anyone who cares to do so. I know a bride who used it and it worked well. It's also used by makeup people on TV and in movies.
There are many jobs where employees don't interface with the public and their employers are less inclined to care about such things.
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When I was hired at the hospital, the new employee orientation included talk on tattoos and other forms of body modification. The HR goons pointed out that most of our clients are over sixty, and many aren't very cosmopolitan… and we must NOT let our fashion sense freak them out, they've got to trust heir nurse, doctor, lab tech, etc. So we were told to cover up tattoos and piercings, keep our hair conservatively colored and styled, etc.
I mean, nobody's been fired for coming in with pink hair or a new tattoo, but if you've got big visible tattoos on your neck, you're probably not getting that healthcare job.
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I don't get what's wrong with the use of ironic in R15's post.
He's stating that, contrary to what we're discussing - in that neck tattoos means 'no job for you', the highest paid people in his company have neck tattoos.
How isn't that ironic, at least in the context of our discussion?
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I saw a chick with tons of neck and face tattoos.
She also had the word TONY written across the bridge of her nose. WTF??
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I would imagine creative professions like fashion design and graphic arts would be more tolerant of tattoos in the "wrong" places. However, it seems like a tattoo on the neck, visible areas of the chest, on the sleeve, etc. just screams "This person drinks/smokes/does drugs too much and will have drama/issues."
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It might scream that to you, R49. It's a good thing not everybody is that judgmental.
Our brightest IT person at work has lots of tattoos, including his neck. He also plays in a band. If the firm ever had a popularity contest, I think the guy would win hands-down; he's a sweetheart.
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To me, tattoos say: Prisoner of his/her generation, with really bad taste.
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I'll have some of what R32 is smokin'
[quote]Plugs leave holes in the lobes that close right back up again within hours or days, leaving only a slit behind
Ah...no. I have holes in my ears--just holes for regular earrings. I haven't worn earrings for 15 years, but I could, the holes are still there. They don't just close up, especially if your earlobes are large flapping loops of skin (gross). Also, forget about nibbling on the ears of anyone who wears gauges. Those things STINK!
R32, sorry you bought that bullshit story. Your gaping holes will require surgery to repair when you finally decide you've outgrown that silly fad.
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People who willingly get tattoos are more often than not, trash. I could see having a simple tattoo of a loved one's name, but the sleeves and stupid symbols/drawings are gross.
I honestly believe the theory that people who have multiple tattoos suffer from mental illness (whether it's depression or worse).
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[quote]Lately I've noticed an increasing number of people with script tattoos on the sides of their neck
It's a result of poor border control.
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When you're 30 you'll regret it. When you're 40 you'll regret it and look like shit. When you're 50, people will think you have a huge varicose vein in your neck and all of your "I don't want to be a cubicle slave" posturing will be of no interest to the other residents of the halfway house. Don't do it.
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[quote]I'll have some of what [[R32]] is smokin'
Ah, 1980. What a great year for wacky catchphrases.
Perhaps while updating your stock of them, you might also want to re-read my post, especially where I wrote:
[quote]leaving only a slit behind
Of course the slit doesn't seal itself completely: it's always there, like an piercing hole, and can be refilled. But my point was that the large gap where the plug/gauge had been shrinks, so that all that is left is the slit (unless the plug is too large), which is not obtrusive. And of course it can easily be cleaned everyday, just like piercing holes.
And no, I've never had them myself. But perhaps I should have said I did--you Marys are so shrilly hysterical over minor body modifications!
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Oh please R50, that guy may be a sweetheart, but someone with that many tattoos clearly has emotional and self esteem issues. The issues may not seem to be apparent in fixing people's computers or in office politics but present in other situations.
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I refer ex felons to work a program that offers tattoo removal as a back to work option.
Yes, people have the right of free self expression and prospective employers have the right to hire people they think will do the best job.
It's just that simple.
People are responsible for their actions whether it is a facial tat or stealing from a former employer, or no show/no call.
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My boyfriend has tattoos on his upper arms/forearms and legs. He would only get tattoos on places that would be covered by professional attire (long sleeve shirts and pants, etc).
Otherwise, I would have a problem with it.
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On a man a neck tat signals "trash, moron, or criminal". On a woman a neck tat signals "common lowbrow skank trash with no class".
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What the fuck do any of you out of shape, banana republic sweater wearing marys care?
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Cody Cummings (porn star) got one of these some time ago, and he went from hot to trash in 0.2 seconds.
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The hiring manager in my office loves to tell this story.
Last summer, we had an opening for what's basically a receptionist/office manager. The person who greets visitors and makes sure supplies are stocked and all that. Kind of a dull job, but the pay is pretty decent for entry-level, and it's possible to actually move up into other positions.
The job was never publicly posted anywhere, but he still got dozens of applicants. He interviewed a handful, and one of them was a guy just weeks out of college. He didn't have a neck tattoo, but his left arm was sleeved, all the way onto the top of his hand. He had oversized plugs in each ear, two lip and one eyebrow piercings. (With short hair, and clunky, oversized black glasses. You know the type.)
After about 10 minutes of the interview, the manager tells the kid that while we have a pretty casual office -- most people wear jeans -- he would have to look "presentable" to the public. Before he even went on to explain what that meant -- he was going to ask him if he could take out his face and ear rings at work, if he were to get the job -- the applicant got all huffy and snapped: "How DARE you judge me?" As he is sitting interviewing for a fucking job!
The hiring manager ended the interview at that point with a "Thanks for coming in. We'll be in touch."
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I know someone who got one. Then he died.
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R64 is most likely just using a DLism, but it is indeed possible to die from getting a tattoo or piercing.
People may ask "What's the worst that could happen (if I get a tatt or piercing)?"
The answer is, you can die. Literally DIE.
Is that worth it, for a silly thing you won't be happy with in a few years anyway?
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[quote]Is that worth it, for a silly thing you won't be happy with in a few years anyway?
I've been happy with mine for ten years.
They're not on my neck (no thank you).
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No neck tattoo, but plenty of others and I have a good job too, which I'm well respected in because I work hard and am very good at it.
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I think it's terrible when girls/women have tatts - they look so common and trashy which may be good when you're 18 but at 35+ you just look like a dumbass that had a sheep 'gang' mentality when you were younger. Seriously, other than those that are fabulously wealthy, name me one smart/high IQ person with a tatt; bet you can't. It seems only those with a very low IQ get tatts (particularly visible ones). Similarly, these people are always the ones who smoke and drink to excess.
In a nutshell; white trash who live in social housing and pretend they're black people are the usual culprits. I wouldn't hire one if they paid me! They should all be forced into National Service for 3 years; that would give them a purpose and a sense of self-respect.
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[quote] They're the only two people at the entire company that has them there.
Oh, dear.
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These awful, cheap girls. My mother told me to report this kind of thing. I'm trying to get an education... I'm trying to get an education so I can get into a good college! It's not fair!
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Mama likeys tats.
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[quote][R64] is most likely just using a DLism, but it is indeed possible to die from getting a tattoo or piercing. People may ask "What's the worst that could happen (if I get a tatt or piercing)?" The answer is, you can die. Literally DIE. Is that worth it, for a silly thing you won't be happy with in a few years anyway?
Has it also occurred to you it's also possible to die (in your own Maryesque words, "Literally DIE") every time you get in a car, or every time you walk down the street? David Blume, the former NBC correspondent, died from a blood clot in his leg he acquired from sitting in a car for too long: obviously, even [italic]sitting[/italic] carries with it its own deadly dangers.
Life is constant risk: enjoying life depends on weighing risks and deciding which ones are worth it. There is no way of living life without it. And the number of people who die from getting a tattoo or from getting an ear gauge isn't enough to warn people away.
But wrong your hands and clutch your pearls anyway, Mary: no one's stopping you, if that's how you get your shits and giggles.
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I see a lot of young guys now with "tramp stamps" ( tats on the lower back ) Who the hell is ever going to see that , except for the guys fucking them?
I have even seen it on "straight" guys . To me it just screams "BOTTOM!"
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*wring, not wrong
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I'd like to say I am R72, but I'm not. Not far off though.
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Alot of women have something little and 'cute' at the top of the crack of their arse. It would turn me right off as I'd think, 'oh fuck, they've taken it up the arse from a bloke'.
If I was single and encountered one (ie picked one up) I would let them lick me out and then I'd feign a migraine and fuck them off out of my house sharpish.
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[quote]Cody Cummings (porn star) got one of these some time ago, and he went from hot to trash in 0.2 seconds.
0.2 seconds? What was the tattoo he got in the space of 0.2 seconds? A single dot?
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Yakuza full body tats are beautiful. Now I find out that you can view some of the whole thing after the guys are dead and skinned.
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R77? Within .2 seconds of seeing the tatoo. Was that really so hard to figure out?
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[quote][R77]? Within .2 seconds of seeing the tatoo. Was that really so hard to figure out?
You time your viewing of tacky porn stars? Who knew.
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Are Tattoos Toxic?
New Research Shows Endocrine Disruptors, Metals and Carcinogens in Tattoo Ink
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Nothing says high class like a side-of-neck tatoo:
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Holy shit, R83, that boi is a ka-ween!
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Think what the sad little man in 83 s post will look like in just 10 years.
Hanging out at truck stops hoping to score some fat married meat.
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"The answer is, you can die. Literally DIE."
As opposed to the figurative deaths the rest of us die every day in our cubicles.
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Boy in r83 is a spunk. As I've said almost every time this tired old subject gets trotted out on the DL, all you arbiters of good taste and judgement who can't see past how 'trashy' and 'low class' tattoos are and who have to pathologise tattoo-wearers as mentally ill deadbeats are a) completely misunderstanding why most people get tattoos, and b) exactly the sort of people the average tattoo-wearer is looking to set themselves apart from. In other words, cluck your tongues all you want you prissy bitches. If we ink-wearers cared what you think or shared your aesthetic and social values, well we'd look just like you wouldn't we? As it stands, however, many of us would rather lose a nut than live by some whitebread dullard's sense of good taste and decorum. Tattoos have a rich history that goes back much further than a season or two's youth fashion trends. Some of my tattoos are 15 years old and still looking sharp and colourful. It's all a matter of taste at the end of the day and I'm relieved I'm not one of those people who disapproves of anyone who doesn't live according to my tastes.
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R87, I have two words for you.
Bitch, please!
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[quote]at the end of the day and I'm relieved I'm not one of those people who disapproves of anyone who doesn't live according to my tastes.
But the irony, dear R87, is that clearly you do.
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No, r89, I love that people have different tastes and values - it's what makes humanity so interesting. I do disapprove, however, of people judging and dismissing me as inferior trash on the basis of a visible tattoo.
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I saw a young woman with a fascinating tattoo around campus the other day. It was some kind of script and ran along her hairline behind her ears. If she hadn't been wearing her hair up, you would never be able to see it.
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I call it common and lowbrow. Very trailer trash if you ask me. Not to mention ignorant and stupid.
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what R14 said is correct.
As far as a rich history, not in U.S. except for young sailors who regretted later getting them.
It is very confusing that someone wants to deface their body with ink and needles. How could David Beckham put graffitti all over his body?
Putting something of meaning on display on your skin cheapens what is trying to be honored.
Seeing a tattoo is a Red Flag that someone either is insecure, trying to be "cool" or trendy or acting out. Visit any gay neighborhood gym.
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R21 is right. It's a gang thing. A tattoo on the neck means he has done something "major", something that gives him status inside his gang (like killing someone)
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I get DL now. It's the gay version of the Christian Family Campaign.
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Ryan Roberts is the Arizona Diamondbacks 3rd baseman and is an otherwise very handsome guy, but he's a tattoo fan and it really detracts from his hotness to me.
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R4- Starbucks requires that you cover your tattoos while working. So the neck tattoo people can't even get a job there.
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Would you put a bumper sticker on a Mercedes?
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I don't think getting a tattoo is trashy, but it's such a sign of compliance, it's a turnoff.
You're under 50 in 2011? Well, if you're cool, you have a tattoo.
The ironic thing here is that those with tattoos perceive themselves as iconoclastic, when in fact, it's mainstream to the point of mandatory.
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Give the money spent for a tattoo to a charitable cause and make a difference vs. ridiculous "personal statement."
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I would like to see someone with a waterbug/ palmetto bug/giant cockroach tattooed on the neck.
With a tarantula on the other side
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[quote]I see a lot of young guys now with "tramp stamps" ( tats on the lower back )
In the south, these are sometimes referred to as Panama City license plates.
That's not intended to be a compliment, by the way.
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[quote]If we ink-wearers cared what you think
LOL! Oh, you're part of the ink-wearers club, all independent, iconoclastic, daring to be different. . . damn! Hey, what do you have to do go get into this club? Oh, right, be like everyone else in it.
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[quote]R21 is right. It's a gang thing. A tattoo on the neck means he has done something "major", something that gives him status inside his gang (like killing someone)
Oh, please. Generalize much? Does that mean that the guy in R83's link killed somebody? (Then again, perhaps he has.) However, if everybody with a neck tattoo has done something "major", we have lots of hardcore fucks walking the streets -- of all ages, colors, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
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Michelle Ndgeocello or whatever her name is, had a tattoo of her girlfriend's name on her neck. It was a birthday present FOR the girlfriend. Several years later the girlfriend left her for a man. I think the tattoo got removed.
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If you work at a company like Pixar you can totally have neck art
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also if a guy is hot, he can totally get away with visible tattoos...at least in many offices in NYC media/creative etc. Double standard (guys vs girls, hot ppl vs avg ppl) but true.
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Dear R22--sorry this is belated, but I still wanted you to have it:
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How much does a tattoo cost?
Think of all the money pissed away to do such graffitti on the body.
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all of u all is cunts
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I like tattoos, but not above the neckline or below the elbow line.
I don;t need your damned tattoo shoved in my face 24/7.
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I saw a woman in a store yesterday with a complete "necklace" series, from a choker to another pattern that went down into her cleavage and beyond. Fake necklaces that covered her front.
Kind of limits your wardrobe choices in life, and jewelry choices.
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A few weeks back, I was hiring an HR Assistant. I had a young woman come in whose resume was exceptional but when she entered the office, all I could see were the tattoos on the backs of her hands, ankles and neck. As brilliant as her resume was, and she aced the interview, but I could not hire her for the position. This is a relatively high-profile position with a lot of client contact. Sorry, but she did it to herself.
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r68 I hate to disappoint you but my IQ is 140, I don't smoke and rarely drink. I also have no self-esteem issues, I just like tattoos. If you are too stupid to figure that out you should shut up on the subject,
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Why would a HR assistant be a "high profile position with a lot of client contact"?
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R98 wins.
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Don't worry R114, it's probably best to be rejected by Lucy. It is better for us all.
I'd posit that my 'mental illness' is caused by my high IQ, so I turn to cigarettes and tattoos instead of Lucies and knobs.
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R70, I've got a knife in my pocketbook and I'm gonna cut you up after class!
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I just can't wait for all these morons to get into their 50's with these faded, sagging neck tats. They're going to look like hell. And sad and pathetic.
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I worked with a butch Berlin art director who had PHONE MUM tattooed across the top of one hand in script. He said his mother had complained he didn't speak to her enough so one day while walking past a tattoo parlor he got the reminder. Berlin is hardcore.
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To me, tattoos scream: "I'm American and I can't think for myself."
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Increasing numbers of women are having these. I just think they look so unsophisticated. I mean they are gonna look pretty stupid (if not already) when they hit 50.
Has anyone else noticed it's always really thick, stupid people that get tatts; especially the really visible ones(?) It must be the Neanderthal gene.
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I don't undersatnd why so many fat/sloppy/unfit women get tattoos. I mean, if you really want to look 'special,' why not get superfit? That would impress people. And why would you want to highlight fat, untoned arms? Why draw so much attention to being unfit?
I'm starting to equate tattoos on women as a sign of laziness.
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And I KNOW that guys hate tattoos on women. One way for an average-looking woman to gain traction in the dating scene is to show off her unmarked arms. Seriously. Just by NOT having tattoos a gal will be more appreciated.
p.s. many guys will not admit to hating tattoos on girl for fear of not being "cool."
But trust me, unless they are methheads, all guys hate a graffitied woman.
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Trash will be trash.
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R122, yes, you never see a tattoo on any smart Asian woman. I'd be interested in knowing the cultural attitudes regarding tattoos amongst Asian women.
It probably equates to being a hooker.
|by Anonymous
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We couldn't just stick with tattoos looking bad on BOTH men and women? No?
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[quote]I mean they are gonna look pretty stupid (if not already) when they hit 50.
Absolutely. You don't have to wait until you're 50. Neck tattoos look hideous now.
Good luck trying to get a job with a neck tattoo when you're young. And good luck especially with a neck tattoo when you're looking for a job at 50 or older and laid-off--and no longer young, dumb and carefree.
Don't get a friggin neck tattoo. You're not David Beckam--and he even looks ugly and ridiculous with all that ink.
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R127, women who are tacky enough to buy into stupid male conformity deserve to be derided.
|by Anonymous
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Girls like them and so do fags. If he's a twink and he has a big chain on his tiny boney girl arms, the twink thinks that takes the place of a bulging bicep. Tats are all that, and those eldergays who don't like it are just showing their age.
Think back to the 70s and 80s, when it was cool to have mustaches and AIDS
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don't you just love ear lobe expanders...these people are freaks.
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Why mutilate and deface your own body? I don't get it, I never will.
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My sister and former brother in law both got a bunch of trashy tattoos. It's amazing that people are convinced that designs that looks silly while they're young, won't be absolutely hideous when they're old. But I also believe that a lot of people with numerous tattoos are so emotionally damaged that they have no serious plans about growing old. The people I know who are into tattoos have usually attempted suicide at some point in their lives, and they engage in risky behaviors that are bound to end their lives prematurely. In short, tattoos are a form of self mutilation favored by people with low self esteem.
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You would be surprised how many actors have tattoos. Especially ones of the CW ilk. I have to cover those damn things all the time.
I worked with Ryan Phillipe a yearish ago and was surprised to find that he has a full sleeve- I guess he doesn't care. I was also surprised to find that Stallone has a huge chest/shoulder tat.
I'm now working in North Carolina, and it's interesting to see how many people under 30 have tattoos- although I'm in an area where there are a lot of military guys and college kids.
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Most of the time I just don't like the art. Sleeves often look like someone let a five year old draw on them with magic markers. It's too often just a jumble of colors and crosses, not something that can be appreciated unless you are close to it and can make out the different designs (that really don't look that good anyway).
BTW, don't ink text on your body and then get pissed when I look at it. If you put a short story on your neck, expect people to be curious and read it.
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Yeah, right, R123.
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Actually r112, she has those actual pieces of jewelry. Having the template in place, it's easier to drape the jewelry.
I've always thought of the human body as a work of art, not a blank canvas.
|by Anonymous
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I think you people are stupid! Who gives a shit what's on somone elses body!? Does it effect the way they work or act?! No it doesn't. Best worker in the world could have a neck tattoo but noone would know because people are so ignorant and love to discriminate tattoos and piercings that they never give them a chance to show they are a good worker. This world is moronic.
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Hmmmm..... It just occurred to me that my sister was prohibited from getting a tattoo because she has Hep C and told the tattoo artist.
Is getting a tattoo prohibited for poz guys? Or don't you tell?
Just curious.
|by Anonymous
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To each his/her own.
However, the one thing I remember is how god-awful they looked on the aging skin of ex-sailors/military men when I was a kid.
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Neck/face tattoos are a helpful way miscreants self-report their status to the general public. I think it's a safe generalization to say no good people have tats in those places.
|by Anonymous
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R134, I'm not sure when you worked with Stallone, but I'm reasonably sure he's done nothing but get inked over the last 5 years.
I'm also reasonable sure he's mentally ill.
|by Anonymous
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LOSER is the one that is not able to dare to do things. fucking stupid!!
|by Anonymous
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Meh. Doesn't really have any impact on me, so if someone wants to do that, go for it. Besides, its kind of funny to watch the priss-pots get their panties in a knot over trivial things.
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Why do blacks waste money on tatts no one can see?
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I have a tattoo on the side of my neck. I hasn't effected my employ-ability that I've noticed... not every single person in the world are anal retentive whine-asses as most of you people... I also have not been in any correctional facility, nor even had a traffic ticket... never been in a fist fight. I have 20 ASE certifications in auto mechanics, manage an auto repair shop,and volunteer at a local no kill animal shelter as well as donate money to charities.. and the fact that most of you have resorted to mud slinging and throwing insults shows your ignorance. and it's pathetic. you're all entitled to your beliefs and opinions but so are we. I'd wager most you are followers of the bible yes? hmmm judge not lest ye be judged...
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Everyone who cautions people with tattoos that "they'll look awful when you're older" especially the neck tattoos...well, here's another word:
You don't have to wait until you're older. Your tattoos look horribly hideous now. Stop fucking inking your body.
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R146 Marry me
|by Anonymous
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Actually a study out recently indicated visible tattoos are only responsible for less than 20% of all job turn downs.
The number one reason that people get turned down? Bad hygiene, especially bad breath and dirty hands.
This was a study of people otherwise qualified who were eliminated from jobs.
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Went to the Tribe game yesterday, we lost.
That being said there is a career for guys with neck tattoos. I had 3 beers at the game (96 in Cleveland yesterday) and I was sold the beers by 2 different guys with neck tattoos. One actually had some tattoos on his knuckles. Both were late 20's early 30's.
So yes get those tattoos guys, you can always hawk beer at a ball game!
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^^^^@ [r150] there's another job we can do and it's serve our country and defend your right to be an ignorant twat (which I have for the past 6 years)
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Believe the rates of Hep C in younger people have risen due to so much piercing and tattoos. Do it yourself piercings and unclean tattoo needles.
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No hiring mgr. would hire someone to work in office setting with facial tattos showing. Very distruptive to professional atmosphere.
People with tats cover them up until they get the job.
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[quote] I hasn't effected my employ-ability that I've noticed... not every single person in the world are anal retentive whine-asses as most of you people
It may not have affected your employability, but it definitely has affected your grammar and writing skills.
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What prissy queens some of you are. I have a fairly senior position in my company and I am covered in tattoos. No one cares as I perform very well, and if required for a meeting I keep them covered.
It's true there's plenty of trash covered in tattoos, but it's also true there's plenty of trash with no tattoos.
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[r154] I still most likely make more than you do.... unless your clearing more than 100k a year? And I couldn't care less about using proper grammar on an internet forum, I'm not here to appease your grammar nazi ocd.
|by Anonymous
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[quote]No hiring mgr. would hire someone to work in office setting with facial tattos showing.
I would, speaking as a manager. I wouldn't hire you if your spelling and grammar was as poor on your application as it is on your post.
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r157, your grammer is not good either.
|by Anonymous
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Yes, I noticed once I read my post, assuming that you mean grammar when you refer to "grammer".
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It's a sign of low intelligence, low maturity, and general trashiness.
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I know a woman who owns her own business that has a small neck tatoo. It's some sort of saying. One can't see it if she has her hair down. She had it up one day and I saw it. It's neither trashy nor gangster.
|by Anonymous
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picking on people is also a sign of low maturity, as well as being insecure.
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It's very tacky and classless to have a neck tattoo.
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Trailer park trash...nuff said!
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[r164] that's cool I'll just jump my trailer park ass into my Tesla Roadster and cruise on down the road. and while I'm cruising you can sneer at my tattoos b/c long story short... tattoo or not I'm still a better person than you are. have a nice life. try not to smell your own shit too much.
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The neck is a very sensitive area, very thin-skinned. Tattoos on that area are VERY painful. And that's the point. People who get neck tattoos want to show the world how tough they are. Even the girl with the "Hello, Kitty" on her jugular is saying "I'm so tough! I had "Hello, Kitty" tattooed on my jugular vein! How tough is THAT!"
Neck tattoos are very popular with gang members and other criminal types. Again, it's the toughness thing. By flaunting your neck tattoo you're saying to the world, "I'm tough!" But you're also saying "I have very bad judgement" and "I'm kinda stupid."
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Whenever I see that (a neck tattoo), I just think to myself "Oh boy, a lifetime of turtlenecks ahead for that one !".
|by Anonymous
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you people do know that there IS tattoo cover makeup and whatnot right? I don't have any tattoos and I really don't want any. anywhere. ever. but you know it's real shitty when people slam others for being who they are (barring molesters and murderers and all those types) you people should be ashamed of yourselves for judging others like that for their GOD GIVEN RIGHT to be who they are... shame on you. I sincerely HOPE that none of you people are christian! It's ones like you that give the rest of us bad names!
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I diverts attention away from the aids camel hump
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To the people who think tats are trashy and make people look low class are the ones that always wanted one but too scared to get them or there spouses don't want them too
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Is DL a Romney board?
|by Anonymous
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Is there one anti-tattoo moron on here that starts all these threads? Get over it, some of us are inked.
|by Anonymous
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im 24 and have two neck tattoos on either side. I look after people with learning disabilities and mental health problems. I have a house, a car and my girlfriend is a professional tattoo artist, also with a neck and throat tattoo. Are we trashy? Or are you basing your judgement on the fact that you're bitter at people with a sensense of personal expression which you are obviously severely lacking? If someone doesn't want to look past my non offensive tattoo and hire me based on my skills for the job then, to be frank, i don't want to work for the c*nt
Don't judge a book by its cover, and more to the point stop being a bellend and judge anyone :)
|by Anonymous
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I still think neck tattoos are gross and low class.
|by Anonymous
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it's not your body. Get over it.
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I like it when people are will to be visually expressive about themselves. It saves a lot of wasted time in useless chitchat in weeding those from your life. Give the stained a break. They don't want acceptance from anyone but their own. I find it ugly, but the same with smoking and taking drugs, though I don't think these are totally fair comparisons, but the point is, people do it. If it's a mental problem, time alone will resolve their issues.
|by Anonymous
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80 percent of people with neck tattoos never get hired for a decent job.
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What-ever, Telsa.
|by Anonymous
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Drug dealing HR doesn't discriminate when it comes to neck tattoos. They don't give a fuck
|by Anonymous
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Tattoos are bad enough. But any on the neck or face are among the worst, lowest-class tattoos in existence. They're the brightest red-flags that "this individual is an asshole moron who should be avoided at all costs".
|by Anonymous
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People with neck tattoos have basically given up on ever being successful in life.
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Is it 80 percent R177? I thought it was 76.2 percent.
|by Anonymous
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A "swallow on one's neck" means something. An old jailhouse code. Maybe they give head. Anyone know?
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this one will be hilarious when it is old and wrinkly.
|by Anonymous
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In my former life as a Personnel Manager I interviewed a young man for a factory job with the letters F U C K on the fingers of one hand and Y O U on the fingers of the other hand. Even if I could have gotten past it, there were people I had to answer to. I got enough heat for hiring well qualified fat girls, let alone this guy.
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Totally disagree with this. We were in this port this April and it was one of the greatest stop on our trip. We love the city and the people are so friendly. We are going down to this city for a whole week just to look around this wonderful area. Why are the Americian so quick to jump on cancelling these ports. We have plane full of visitors from Toronto going down every day and there has been no cases or report of problems. Our best friends just came back and had the best time in history. We love Mexico better than Hawaii!! We were welcome with open arms. In Hawaii no one meets you at the docks and we found the Hawaii people to be more unfriendly. We made many friends in Mexico in just one day, so that is why we are going back for a week this time. I have say this many time. Every port has issues, even in Canada, so the passengers must be on the look out at all time no manner where you are. Even where we live, we are always looking over our shoulders. It was funny, we were on a Princess bus tour in this port and asked to be drop off before the driver reached back to the dock and the tour guide was not eager to let us off, but they did. When we stopped, half the bus got off behind us. We walk around one of the local area in town all by ourself and never once did we fell that it was dangerous.
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Music is everywhere in New York City. Downtown Express, the tale of a young Russian-American classical violinist tempted to explore other musical avenues, aims to evoke the daily rhythms of the working musicians who fill the city's public and private places with song. The film is so successful at achieving this goal that it gets by on warm humor, ramshackle charm, and the strength of its closely observed milieu — until, inevitably, it must crank the creaky gears of its plot.
Sasha (acclaimed violinist Philippe Quint) gigs everywhere — subway stations and trains, restaurants, retirement homes — with his father (Michael Cumpsty) and cousin (Ashley Springer). They call themselves the "Uneque String Quartet," which is unique because there are only three of them. When he isn't playing with his family, Sasha is rehearsing for a recital with his Juilliard instructor/pianist (Carolyn McCormick). At an audition to become an officially-sanctioned MTA performer, Sasha becomes fascinated by a cabaret-rock band called Downtown Express, and more specifically its leader, Ramona (Nellie McKay). He crashes their next gig, and soon he's adding his violin to their sound.
If this is starting to sound a bit like Once, well, it is and it isn't. Rather than asking, as in that film, "Will these two people fall in love while making music together?" Downtown Express asks, "Will this person choose the music of his family or the music of his adopted home?" Updating the central conflict of The Jazz Singer is an inadvisable but not quite hopeless task. For us to believe that a musician as fervent as Sasha would ditch an important recital, he must be lured by an extra-musical temptation or else by music that is irresistibly seductive. Ramona is more cipher than siren, though, and the film's placement of her modest, introspective music (by McKay and Michael Bacon) in contrast to the grand passion of Tchaikovsky undermines the entire premise.
Downtown Express surrounds its musician stars with a crack cast of screen and stage vets. A witty, complex, sometimes-caustically political singer-songwriter, McKay can also act (as she demonstrated in the 2006 stage revival of The Threepenny Opera), but here she flounders in an ill-defined role that would challenge any performer. She seems most uncomfortable when she's required to stand back and be charmed by Sasha's impressions of Elvis Presely and Michael Jackson, a bit of male grandstanding one suspects the real McKay would challenge, tear down, one-up — anything but passively admire. Fortunately, Quint (who'd never acted before) is a natural, affable screen presence. And the hole left by the underdevelopment of the primary romance is filled by a secondary romance between Sasha's teacher and his father, enacted with winning chemistry by McCormack and Cumpsty.
Director David Grubin is a prolific documentarian, and he brings a sharp eye to his first fictional feature. The location shooting captures the details of New York so precisely — the clever graffiti, the cramped crash pads, the sweaty clubs — that it conjures a vibrant, lived-in world. It's one thing to notice textures like the tiles of subway stations or the herringbone pattern of the wood on the Coney Island boardwalk, but it's another to make them come alive on screen. This visual atmosphere complements the film's aural evocation of the city. What comes through most strongly in Downtown Express is the kinship felt among musicians, expressed through Sasha's smile whenever he hears a cappella harmonizers on the subway or kids thumping on recycling bins on a street corner. The closing credits roll over a montage of some of New York's veritable UN of public musicians, underscoring a triumph of mood and spirit that partially excuses some narrative failings.


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'Hot felon' Jeremy Meeks gets modelling contract
TORONTO – Jeremy Meeks became an Internet sensation last month when he earned the title "the sexiest criminal in America" after his mug shot made the rounds on social media.
Since going viral, the photo has been "liked" on Facebook over 100,000 times and shared over 12,000 times, with many praising Meeks' high cheek bones, chiselled face and striking blue eyes.
READ MORE: Mug shot of 'hot felon' Jeremy Meeks goes viral
All the attention has landed the 30-year-old a Hollywood agent and a modelling contract that could see him earning upwards of $30,000 a month.
Meeks was arrested June 18 during a gang sweep in Stockton, California and is facing five weapons charges and one gang charge. He's currently in prison awaiting trial.
A police spokesman called Meeks "one of the most violent criminals in the Stockton area."
Talent agent Gina Rodriguez says gangster models are hot right now, which is why Meeks is in such high demand.
This could all be going to Meeks' head — TMZ reported that after a request from Meeks to wear custom-fitted clothing in court (instead of the standard orange prison jumpsuit) was denied, he now wants all cameras banned from the courtroom to protect his image.
Meeks is due back in court July 8.
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Targeting Hue/Saturation Adjustments in Photoshop
Almost every image editing program has a basic hue/saturation dialog box with intuitive sliders for basic color correction, including Photoshop. For those new to image editing, Photoshop's Hue/Saturation is easy to grasp; one slider changes the color, another slider affects the saturation, and a third makes the color lighter or darker. But newcomers also quickly learn that Hue/Saturation often affects far more of the image than they would like, at which point they start painting very complex (and often quite unnecessary) masks. And so an easy tool becomes laborious to use. Learning just a few simple, but almost hidden methods for controlling Hue/Saturation makes this tool useful for all users.
Which color is it?
After adding a Hue/Saturation Adjustment layer (using either the controls at the bottom of the Layers panel or the Adjustments panel), the first step to controlling what gets selected is to click on the disclosure triangle next to Master and choose a color range from the list.
But which color do you want to change? If you have leaves in your photo, are they green or yellow? Is the sky blue, or is it really cyan? Fortunately, the Hue/Saturation dialog box makes it very easy to find out. You can guess the color, select that range, pick up the Eyedropper tool in the dialog box, and click on the color in the image. If it isn't in the selected color range, Hue/Sat will automatically switch to the right color range. If a blue sky is really cyan, the Cyans range becomes active.
When Blues are really Cyans, Hue/Saturation will switch from Blues to Cyans when you click on the color in the image. If the Color Range bars appear at either end of the spectrum, you can hold down Cmd/Ctrl and drag the Color Range bars into the center (the cursor turns into a hand).
With the addition of the Targeted Adjustment Tool (TAT), selecting the range is even easier. When you open the Hue/Sat dialog box, click on the TAT icon (the pointing hand) if it isn't already active. To keep it always active session to session, enable its Auto Select command from the panel menu. Now click on the color in the document that you want to alter. Hue/Sat will automatically select the appropriate color range.
With the Targeted Adjustment Tool active, you don't have to choose a color range—the TAT will select the right color range for you when you click on the color in the image—in this case, green leaves are really yellow.
Limiting the Color Range
Restricting Hue/Sat to one color range often still isn't enough. With Yellows selected, everything within that entire range throughout the image will be affected. To restrict it even further, use the Color Range bars at the bottom of the dialog box. First drag the triangles and the bars very close together, but leave a tiny gap between them. Next, use the Eyedropper Tool in the dialog box to click on the desired color in the image. The range-limiting bars will probably jump to a new location. Move the Hue slider far to the left or right to "preview" the selection. By altering the color significantly, what's selected is obvious.
Merely selecting a color range doesn't necessarily limit the selection enough. Here creating a hue shift shows that most of the image falls somewhere within the Yellows range.
Begin by restricting the Yellows color range significantly, use the Eyedropper to select the color in the image that you plan to alter, then move the Hue slider far to the left or right to force the preview to display the selection in an obvious color.
To include more of the image than is currently selected, hold down the Shift key and click on another location. Usually this will cause the inner, fully selected portion of the color range bars to expand. If too much gets selected, hold down the Alt/Option key and click on the unwanted color to deselect it.
After adjusting the selection that falls between the vertical color bars, adjust the triangles on either side by dragging one or both closer to or further away from the vertical bars. This gap determines the range of selected color that will be partially selected. In order to avoid abrupt and often ugly color changes, you are now feathering the hidden "mask" you've been creating. You can sometimes drag the sliders quite close to the bars, but unless you're looking for a special effect, be sure to allow for some fall off between a selected color and its neighbor.
Use the Eyedropper with the Shift key to add to the initial selection, or with the Alt/Option key to remove colors from the selection. Then move the color range bars and/or the feathering triangles on either side until the display shows the range of a color you want to adjust.
Making use of the hidden mask
Once you've adjusted the color range as precisely as you can, double-click on "Hue" to quickly reset the slider to its 0 position. Then adjust the Hue and Saturation sliders to alter the color. Be especially careful if you want to use the Lightness slider. Normally, I would advise against ever using this slider. Lightness is an blunt instrument that ligh
tens or darkens every tone in the image by an equal amount, usually causing harsh and unnatural results. Today we have numerous methods for adjusting an image's tonal range that are both easy to use and far more sophisticated. But in this case you're working with a greatly restricted portion of the image, so the Lightness slider can be useful. Zoom in to 100% when checking your color adjustments to make sure that none of the sliders is causing an overly abrupt shift between your adjustment and the neighboring colors. If the change flows smoothly, you're good to go.
The original (left) and the adjusted image (right) after selecting the Yellows and the Reds for the bouquet, and then (on another layer) the very specific Red/Magenta of the bear. Only the tops of the center pink buds required using a hand-painted mask to avoid changing them along with the bear.
Hue/Saturation's Cousin—Replace Color
If you like the way Hue/Saturation helps out in situations where a global color adjustment affects too much—and you'd like to avoid creating complex masks—you'll also want to check out the Replace Color command (Image > Adjustments > Replace Color). Unfortunately, that command can only be used in a non-destructive manner by working on a copy of the image layer. It's neither an editable Adjustment Layer nor a Smart Object Filter. But like Hue/Saturation, its Eyedropper automatically selects the appropriate color range, it offers a preview of the region selected, and it provides a Fuzziness slider to feather the extent of the range affected.
The bear is selected in Replace color using the eyedroppers and Localized Color Clusters to target specific reds, preventing the need for complex masking when altering the bear without also altering the pinks in the bouquet.
If Hue/Saturation would include Replace Color's Localized Color Clusters feature, I think it would make Replace Color a relic of the past. However, when the color you're targeting is in several discontiguous areas and you don't want to include all of them, enabling Localized Clusters in Replace Color can come in handy. Try them both—I think you'll find once you've reined in Hue/Sat's tendency to affect too much of your image, there are plenty of reasons to use either it or its cousin, Replace Color.Tags


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Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On Monday 20 July 2009 17:52:44 Joshua Brindle wrote: >> That is your (and the communities) prerogative. Linus wasn't very >> supportive of SELinux in the kernel either but it is the only way Linux got >> an EAL4+ LSPP evaluation for use in certain government systems. I >> personally would love to see an open source DBMS evaluated for systems like >> this because the current state of the art is fairly sad. > > This would actually be a reasonable baseline to work against, if we define a > project goal to be satisfying this standard. > > This is presumably the web site that describes this standard: http://www.niap- > ccevs.org/cc-scheme/pp/pp_os_ls_v1.b/ There I see > > Succeeded By: pp_os_ml_mr2.0_v1.91 > Sunset Date: 16 September 2007 > > And the successor document is vastly more comprehensive than implementing a > MAC scheme. The target of this protection profile is operating system, so it is a bit mismatch. Referring to the prior case, Oracle Label Security (it also provides label based access controls, but no collaboration with OS) is cerfified with the BR-DBMSPP (U.S.Government Protection Profile Database Management Systems For Basic Robustness Environments) and additional functional components (such as FDP_IFC.1: Subset Information Flow Control, FDP_IFF.2: Hierarchical Security Attributes, and so on). http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/products_DB.html#DB * ST for Oracle Label Security for Oracle Database 10g Release 2 http://www.commoncriteriaportal.org/files/epfiles/20080306_0402b.pdf > So how do we realistically get from here to there (and where is "there")? Security functionality is a factor to get ISO/IEC15408 certification, but not all. (For example, who can defray the cost for evaluation?) However, it is important to pull up the baseline functionality to satisfy these security functional components. If certification is only valid on the "patched" version, rest of people will not be happy. -- OSS Platform Development Division, NEC KaiGai Kohei <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>
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First things first: I've you've ever looked at Acquia's documentation, read this post and take the survey. You're welcome, jam. ;)
Now, a confession: I went to the Drupal.org documentation sprint at DrupalCon. And I tried to be useful, really I did. But I found myself frustrated, unable to really engage in it, and left mid-day feeling horribly guilty. Why? I think there were two causes:
I wrestled with the task facing doc team lead Addison Berry: What would I do in her place? My answer surprised me: I'd burn it all down and start again.
I'm reminded of the real-estate markets of Detroit, Cleveland, and Buffalo. In those cities there are blocks full of houses that are worth less than nothing: They're too dilapidated to restore, and the cost to demolish them (about $8,000) is greater than the land's value. And ashes are cheaper to truck away than lumber, even if the burning dumps toxins in the soil.
What "city blocks" on Drupal.org are like that?
Such arson is unlikely to happen on Drupal.org. For one thing, it's discouraging to sweat out a long document, and then discover that it's disappeared. How many people would stop contributing documentation as a result? How would the community's soil be poisoned?
I'd still recommend cutting mercilessly. I believe at least 75% of the words on Drupal.org could and should be lost. But who would do the cutting? It's tough work, and without glory. Converting Drupal.org's documentation into a wiki(-like) format might help "crowdsource" the task. Or maybe not. Nobody likes to cut. Editing is hard.
Which leads us back to Acquia.
Acquia is a "third-party documentation provider", like the Lullabots and GotDrupal and DrupalTherapy and many others... and me. It's tempting to say that we thrive because of the weaknesses in Drupal.org -- that is, that they create a vacuum that we fill -- but it's not really true. After all, Apple's documentation is pretty good, but that supports outside writers rather than cannabilizing their work. In a healthy project, there's always a new audience to reach.
But we outside doc providers have an advantage over Drupal.org: a clear field. Arson is unnecessary, and will put no toxins in the soil. Each building we create on these virgin plots can reflect a different architecture, each fitting a distinct family of users.
That's why I think it's great that the Lullabots' CCK and Views videos will be available alongside my own: Theirs reach a certain audience, while mine will reach a different audience. And both of us can only do what we do because of the base provided by Drupal.org's documentation. Together -- we outside doc providers and Drupal.org -- we all grow the Drupalsphere.
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The former and now abandoned Elder-Beerman department store at the Woodville Mall in Northwood, Ohio.
There are no words to describe how disturbingly creepy and wrong this mall is. Two anchor stores left, The Andersons and a Sears, and neither have mall entrances anymore (despite that they were both quite busy this particular Friday afternoon). A theater and about a dozen or so stores left inside, and Deb is the only one that is a national chain (there is space for around 100 stores). The third anchor (Elder-Beerman) and its wing are roped off and have been closed so long that they are decaying. Half the lights weren't on, there was no heat (it was quite chilly inside), there were buckets collecting water leaking through the roof, and the whole mall smelled of mold.
Pros: Good Dr. Pepper at the only place left in the food court and the restrooms were quite clean (minus the leaking urinal).
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Jan 25, 2013 at 11:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama has picked top
national security aide Denis McDonough as his next chief of staff.
Obama announced McDonough's appointment from the White House Friday.
McDonough will take over the key West Wing role from Jack Lew, Obama's nominee
for Treasury secretary.
McDonough has long advised Obama on foreign policy, most recently serving as
his deputy national security adviser. During his four years at the White House,
McDonough has emerged as one of the president's most trusted advisers.
McDonough graduated summa cum laude from SJU in 1992 with degrees in history and Spanish and played on the Johnnie football team for John Gagliardi. McDonough was a 2012 recipient of an Alumni Achievement Award from SJU.
Saint John's University President Michael Hemesath released the following statement today about the appointment of McDonough as White House chief of staff:
"The Saint John's community is extremely proud of the public service of our alumnus Denis McDonough '92. We applaud President Barack Obama's selection of Denis as his new chief of staff. We are absolutely confident that Denis will serve with the integrity and character he has demonstrated throughout time at Saint John's University and beyond. He follows an esteemed line of Johnnies in public service including, among others, Senators Eugene McCarthy and David Durenburger and Representative Mark Kennedy. Denis's professional success is further evidence that a Benedictine liberal arts education is superb preparation for leadership and service at the highest levels of public life, be that in the public sector, the business community or the world of non-profits. We wish Denis all the best in his new role."
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Greg Wyshynski at Puck Daddy gives us the seven reasons why the Rangers have surged into first place in the Eastern Conference, including captain Ryan Callahan…
3. Captain Callahan
Glen Sather is a guy known for blowing smoke, but he wasn't when he said the following about Ryan Callahan becoming the 26th captain in Rangers history: "He leads by example with courage and a tireless work ethic on and off the ice."
Callahan plays in every situation, throws the body, grinds it out in the offensive zone. His six power-play goals put him on pace for a career high; overall, he has 26 points in 34 games.
The value of a captain is hard to pin down in the NHL; the good ones probably get more credit than they deserve, and the ones on losing teams are never really scapegoat'd. But Callahan's a pacesetter on and off the ice.
Other reasons include Lundqvist; Gaborik, Richards; Girardi & Del Zotto; reinforcements; and Tortorella.
…the best part about having a successful team is being able to read features like this from all the National media outlets. Remember to follow me on Twitter & Facebook or e-mail me at email@example.com.


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I have uploaded my first website, I cannot see images, but can see alt message.
I tested my website on 5 browsers before uploading and could see all the images.
My ftp says, "this image does not appear to be valid jpg".
Please help.
Hi aslamchoudhury. Welcome to the forums.
Could you post a link to the site? There are various reasons for this, such as:
It would be helpful to see your site as a starting point, or you could describe what you have done in detail.
First of all thanks for reminding me that I should have posted my website link to the forum.
Here is the link to the website.
Make sure that the images you are calling are actually in the folder. You are calling images/image1.jpg which doesnt exist!
In your images folder you have blind1.jpg, blind2.jpg and blind3.jpg
HiI have checked and put the images in the root folder m25blinds. I can preview them on all browsers.I have uploaded the whole site on the host's server where I can only see footer backgroun, where I should see header background and images (blinds1-3) all as well. Still no joy.
You've just got to be really careful with paths and names. For example, your logo is called Logo1.jpg, but your link points to logo1.jpg. The capital L makes it a different image. (That's why I keep everything lower case in my code, to avoid at least one easy pitfall.)
Other links point to an /images/ folder in the root folder, which seems not to exist at all—at least not in that location.
You still have the wrong image names in your HTML, in that case. The images are called blind1.jpg, blind2.jpg and blind3.jpg - as you've just confirmed - but your page is asking for image1.jpg, image2.jpg and image3..jpg
With your help I manage to rename all images, reloaded them and now they are visible on the web.
Glad you've got the image problem sorted, but you seem to have uploaded your site to a sub-directory by mistake. The link above no longer works; the address for your home page is now www.m25blinds.co.uk/M25Blinds.co.uk/


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I love video games. I didn't have a game system when I was little and bought the original Nintendo when I was 19. My favorites when I was growing up were Q-Bert, Centipede, and Ms Pac-Man. I played Mario Bros. and Castlevania in high school. The games were fun, but I was never very good at them. I did better with the Atari games because they didn't require as much skill as the Nintendo ones.
I've owned every Nintendo GameBoy except the latest 3-D one. I really enjoy the games where you have to find hidden items. I seem to always return to New York Times Crossword Puzzles. I love the Mario franchise games, but I have trouble playing a lot of them.
We bought a Ninteno Wii system as soon as we were able after its release. There are a lot of great titles for the Wii and I can even play a lot of them. Now that I'm a parent, I want to play video games with my toddler. The Wii is an active system, so I think it's the right one.
Toddlers love to dance. I love watching toddlers dance too. Jessie loves to dance. She gets so excited whenever she hears certain songs and she starts to jump and dance. Santa brought Nintendo's Just Dance 2 to our house for Christmas. Santa knew that Just Dance was very popular, but the songs on Just Dance 2 were better.
I finally was able to play the game and I wanted to share with my toddler. I put the game in the machine and chose a song I liked. I danced the best that I could. Jessie wanted to try so I handed her a controller. She did great! She doesn't understand about following along, but she gets some moves in.


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Rustic Tri-View Drive-In
1193 Eddie Dowling Highway (Route 146),
North Smithfield,
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The Rustic Tri-View Drive-In opened in 1951 as the Rustic Drive-In with a single screen. In 1988, two more screens were added and the name was changed to the Rustic Tri-View Drive-In. It has a capacity for 550 cars.
It is listed as the last open drive-in in Rhode Island and is open seasonally April through September.
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Recently at Providence Place Mall there was an art display of Rhode Island buildings and places, each constructed out of tin cans. Here is the one representing the Rustic Drive-In.
Providence Business News published a story about the Rustic and its new owners in January.
I was wondering if anyone knew how to contact the owners or management for the Rustic? I wanted to see if I could hold an event at their site but the only phone number I can find is for their showtimes. If anyone can help i would be super appreciative!!!
Did you try contacting Boston Cullinary Group?
55 Cambridge Pkwy., Suite 200
Cambridge, MA 02142
phone: 617-499-2700 fax: 617-225-0897
Maybe they can help locate the owners or management.
Good idea.
A photo from September 2010:
Theres a house thats practically under one of the screens on the street level. I wish i lived in that house. You can tune into the movie on the stereo and watch the movie in the backyard, lol
Just went to Rustic 1st time Saturday night. Got there ½ hour before showtime so parking spot was not great but better than some. Saw T3 UGH! and Captain America Bad ending. Did not think snack bar had big selection. Place is cash only. Dissapointed in intermission. No dancing hot dogs or pushing of snack bar. Only coming attraction of Mission Impossible & Spider Man. Easy to exit. My visit to Mendon Drive In last lear was a better expoerence.
Drive In will be digital cinema starting Friday June 14.
In 1991, I caught a double bill of FX2 and whatever STAR TREK film was released around that time. It was the first and only time I've been there.
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"The cap became my trademark after I cut my hair in a disasterous way. The frames are the cheapest you can get at Specsavers. The jacket is second hand and the trousers self-made of an old dress.
I've bought most of my clothes at thrift stores in Kokkola. Clothes need to be comfortable and feel good."


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Will it ever even out? On the picture taken from underneath, nose liiks perfectly straight and centered. But looking form the front it is very uneven and crooked looking. I have the feeling that I have ahole on the right side of my nose (betweenn the bridge and the bone). Also,there seems to be left more of the lower lateral cartige left on the right side, causing asymetry...:(


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Functions to Support Extension Education Program Evaluation.
Functions and datasets to support "Summary and Analysis of Extension Education Program Evaluation in R" and "An R Companion for the Handbook of Biological Statistics". Vignettes are available at .
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Royal Oak Farm is a stunning example of a quintessentially English tea room, a traditional pick-your-own fruit farm and a gorgeous farm shop packed to the brim with produce grown and meat reared within just a few miles.
The fabulous cream teas served daily throughout the year are made all the more delicious for being presented in fine bone china tea sets. All scones are freshly baked each morning and served with local clotted cream and home-made jam produced from the strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries and blackcurrants grown on-site.
Light lunches including home-made quiche, home-grown jacket potatoes and freshly prepared toasted sandwiches are also served year round.
Once you've had your fill in the tea room, a trip to the farm shop will have you dreaming about dinner. Talented local cooks contribute to the wide variety of cakes, biscuits and treats on offer, along with frozen 'ready meals' made with local produce and incredibly succulent meat reared on the surrounding farms. An array of fresh fruit and vegetables, locally made bread and other essentials such as milk and eggs ensures the farm is a true community hub.
Open year-round Royal Oak Farm takes on a new magical charm in the winter. Locals buy their Christmas trees and many essential elements of the all-important dinner, while the summer menu is replaced with hearty dishes such as casserole or shepherds pie, and delicious mince pies. All this is served in the 17th century tea room, complete with original exposed beams and warmth from the inglenook fireplace.
Nestling among Devon's stunning Blackdown Hills, yet just a few minutes from the A303 - the main artery into Devon and Cornwall - Royal Oak Farm offers a true taste of the West Country.
The family-run business has been growing for 30 years, and Royal Oak Farm is now something of an institution in the area, loved by the locals but also attracting a loyal customer base from far further afield. It was even featured on BBC One's "A Taste of Britain" with Janet Street Porter and Brian Turner and on Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's "River Cottage" series in which he cited it as one of his favourite places.
When you've seen all this you probably won't want to leave. And you don't have to, not straight away anyway, because David and Julia let out a charming mobile home and cottage for holiday-makers. The farm is perfectly situated to enjoy the beautiful countryside and rugged coastline of East Devon and West Dorset.
Opening Hours
Summer:9.30am—5.30pm daily.
Winter: 9.30am—4.30pm Tue-Sat, closed Sun & Mon.


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If we had a logic subsystem, we could give them arbitrary code (within that subsystem) because logic programming has the nice property that you can execute a function backwards.
Not knowing exactly what you're trying to accomplish, the following off the cuff statement could be totally meaningless.
Passing arbitrary code to a logic subsystem does not necessarily mean that you can still run the function backwards. You would have to have some way of noting side-effects (it's difficult to "unwrite" a file


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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Warrants released Monday in connection with the murder of a North Hills woman indicate a stolen laptop may have helped investigators track down and arrest the suspects.
Melissa Huggins-Jones was found dead early on the morning of May 14 by her 8-year-old daughter in her apartment at 441 Allister Drive in Raleigh. Investigators say Huggins-Jones died from blunt force trauma, and the suspects tried to burglarize her home.
Last week, Raleigh Police arrested Ronald Lee Anthony Jr., 23, Sarah Rene Redden, 18, and Travion Devonte Smith, 20, in Wake Forest. They were charged with the murder of Huggins-Jones.
While responding to Huggins-Jones' apartment, warrants say police were alerted to a burglary in the apartment directly below hers. Subsequent forensic DNA evidence linked the burglary to Huggins-Jones' murder.
Among the items stolen from the apartment below Huggins-Jones was an orange Lenovo laptop, which warrants say was later listed for sale on Craigslist. Investigators reached out to the seller to purchase the laptop, but the seller did not show up to the predetermined location to make the sale.
The seller also deactivated his cellphone.
Investigators then used cellphone records to determine the cell phone number listed with the Craiglist posting was registered to Michael McCollum.
McCollum was charged May 22 with possession of stolen goods. It was not immediately clear how McCollum is connected with the three suspects arrested.


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Ex-convicts have described how they have turned their lives around with the help of a new mentor programme.
A Band of Brothers is an initiative set up in Crawley last year with the aim to create a community of men who mentor each other to help leave criminal pasts behind.
Adam Ridgley, 19, of Comper Close, Bewbush, has been jailed twice for robbery and ABH. He lived behind bars between the ages of 14 and 16.
He said when he came out he wanted to stay on the straight and narrow but he found himself turning back to harder crimes.
He said: "The main reason I went back to crime was money issues and having nowhere to go in life and not being able to get a job."
He was signed into the initiative by his probation worker.
The young men who join up take part in weekends away together where they can be open and honest about their history, their hopes and fears.
Each young man embarks on a 13 week programme with a local man who can provide guidance, known as a mentor.
Mentors spend at least an hour a week with the lads and all the members meet for a weekly group session.
After just three weeks of being mentored Adam said he felt motivated to get a scholarship to study Law at Cambridge University.
He said: "When I've had so many push backs in life it's hard to get the motivation.
"Having that support and people saying you clearly have the intelligence to do it made me go for it.
"Having a degree sets you up for life so I think it's the first step to a different future."
Ricky Hill, 20, of the Crawley Foyer, has left behind a life of crime and sleeping in the streets and is looking forward to starting up his own business.
Ricky served a five month prison sentence in 2012 for 59 counts of vehicle thefts, which he did to fund his cannabis addiction.
Since his probation worker signed him up to the scheme he has learnt drugs are not the way to a positive future.
He said he knew most of the men being mentored because many were known by police as PPOs (prolific and priority offenders).
He said: "It's turned my thoughts from thinking there's no hope for me and my mates to there could be a glimmer."
Ricky found himself a job working as a tree surgeon last week and hoped to start his own tree surgery business in the future and become a mentor with the scheme.
He said: "If I didn't get with A Band of Brothers I wouldn't have got a job.
"I would still be offending, my temper would still be the way it was. Now I'm more relaxed and I look at things from a different perspective.
Speaking about this article, he said: "It will be nice to be in the middle of the newspaper rather than on the side in the court stories."
Ricky's mentor Darren MacDonald, 39, of Rathlin Road, Broadfield, said his main role as a mentor was to be trustworthy. He said: "I don't give him sermons. I just turn up every week when I say I will. There aren't many people who have been there for him and believed in him. It's massive for these guys to have someone do that."
Adam's mentor is Steve Bilotto, 39, from Gossops Green.
He said: "Men don't normally talk openly with their friends about some of that stuff they've experienced. Band of Brothers gives these men a safe environment to start exploring that."
David Surridge, 40, of Lyndhurst Close, Southgate, a business director, signed up to the initiative because he was 'terrified of bringing up a son in the world we live in'.
He said: "I didn't have a mentor myself when I was young so I really wanted to learn how to be a better dad.
"Judging a book by its cover is the biggest mistake. The back stories of these young men is heartbreaking.
"They were victims of the circumstances they were born into and it's very very difficult to get out of. Everything is a slammed door in their face."


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THE Monaro Panthers Canberra Premier League side are finally on the board in 2014 after defeating last year's Federation Cup grand finalists the Cooma Tigers 3-1 at Riverside last Sunday.
The win broke a five game losing streak and was the side's first since round 22 of last year's Premier League.
Their only other win since was back in February in the Mayor's Cup where they defeated Queanbeyan City FC in the annual friendly fixture.
Head coach Njegosh Popovic said his men's win was reward for kicking four goals in the first two games against 2013 grand finalists Canberra and Canberra Olympic, but thought the game was their weakest to date.
"To be fair the game was probably one of our lesser impressive performances in terms of our technical play," he said.
Popovic said his men won the scrappy contest purely because they wanted the win so desperately.
"We've always showed signs of being able to compete for 45 or 60 minutes with the top teams in the competition, so there are some good signs there," he said.
"Our structure against Cooma was much more composed and I think that's why we ended getting the result, because players thought about their role and responsibility for more of the game and didn't switch off."
The game was also the first time this season the men had conceded less than six goals, but Popovic said he would still like to work more on their defence, saying Cooma's front-liners just failed to execute.
He said they would improve greatly by not letting opposition have as many opportunities to score.
"Cooma just didn't finish off their chances, and in saying that we could have had another bag-full ourselves," he said.
The result capped off a great weekend for the club across all grades, who only lost in the Under 12's men's division.


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Jeffrey Jones hit the marketing world's equivalent of the lottery by landing the top marketing job at Target, a company with a well deserved reputation for clever campaigns and innovative brand activation strategies that will spend an estimated $1.4 billion on advertising this year. What more could a marketer ask for?
Jones arrives at Target after following a comprehensive search that began last October when former CMO Michael Francis left to become president of JCPenney. Jones, 44, most recently served as partner and president of McKinney, an advertising agency based in Durham, N.C. Prior to that he was held several leadership positions at Gap Inc. including serving as CMO where he was responsible for leading marketing strategy, retail store design, store experience and all consumer communication. He also managed Gap Inc.'s gift card subsidiary, Direct Consumer Services LLC serving as president of the division. In addition, Jones previously held leadership positions at marchFIRST Inc., Coca-Cola Company, Leo Burnett Worldwide, and served as president and CEO of LB Works, a Chicago-based advertising agency associated with Leo Burnett.
"Target is a brand I've studied and admired as a marketer for more than a decade, and one my family shops almost daily. I am ecstatic to lead the marketing team and help shape the future of one of the world's most loved and iconic brands," Jones said. "There has never been a more dynamic time in retailing and the possibilities for where the guest experience, technology and Target's positioning converge are boundless."
Truer words have never been spoken, especially the part about this being a dynamic time of boundless possibilities. In Target's case it is also a time when major shifts in the product mix will require the company to rethink some of its marketing approaches. For example, such categories as household essentials, food and pet supplies, last year accounted for 44%, or roughly $30.7 billion, of Target's total sales of $69.9 billion and that percentage is headed higher in the coming years. Two years ago, about the time the PFresh store transformation initiative was really beginning to gain traction, food and consumables accounted for 39%, or roughly $24.7 billion, of Target's annual sales of $63.4 billion.
That is a $6 billion swing, and as Target becomes even more reliant on food and consumable categories for a larger percentage of its sales it impacts the marketing message because the competitive set looks different and "expect more, pay less" takes on new meaning for shoppers. In fact, Target's brand positioning, which relies heavily on design, differentiation and value, has been copied so extensively it becomes increasingly challenging to stand out from a retail crowd where many competitors are touting a similar message.
Target chairman, president and CEO Gregg Steinhafel is convinced the company has found the right person to take on the challenge.
"Not only does Jeff have a proven track record of success in both the development and execution of countless marketing campaigns but Jeff is also a passionate, dedicated leader who understands the importance of working as a team," Steinhafel said. "Marketing is a key differentiator for Target and I am confident that under Jeff's stewardship, we will continue to build on our long history of surprising and delighting our guests."
To accomplish that goal, Jones will have ample resources at his disposal assuming Target's advertising expenditures as a percentage of sales remain consistent with prior year levels. Last year, Target spent roughly $1.36 billion on advertising, which equates to 1.95% of its annual sales of nearly $69.9 billion. If that percentage remains consistent this year and Target achieves even modest growth from comps-store increases and square footage expansion the company could be looking at advertising expenditures in the neighborhood of $1.4 billion.
Then again, one of the advantages of growth is supposed to be the ability to leverage expenses, including advertising. Weekly circulars are an enormous cost that offer a questionable return and in an increasingly digital world where younger consumers don't subscribe to their local Sunday paper the long term future of the circular is the subject of debate in the marketing world. Target increasingly has more efficient means to speak directly to its core shoppers with targeted offers designed to grow average ticket size among the company's most loyal shoppers. The percentage of sales from shopper who pay with a REDcard product nearly double in the past two year to around 9% and will soon be in double digits.