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Bitter Truth About GOP
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"Michael Steele, you are head of the RNC; you are not head of the Republican Party"—Rush Limbaugh, talk host
It has been about a month after the first Republican Party's first African-American chairman Michael Steele took his first initial victory lap around America's major media outlets, proclaiming the rebirth of the party of Lincoln.
He tried to put a bolder, hipper image on the tired old bastion of white conservatism, saying it was going to be more inclusive, more accepting in its recruiting of minorities and women. He was going to breathe new life into the demoralized GOP.
Following his narrow victory into the top post of the RNC, Steele should have known that his "house Negro" stance was not going to be swallowed by the die-hard Christian right or the staunch bigots who never liked anything dark unless it was the chocolate lawn jockey at the edge of their driveways or their narrow-butted corn-silk haired wives with their bronzed Florida tans.
Actor George Hamilton's orange skin hue was too close to the real thing for them. And now Steele was attempting to shanghai the leadership of one of the last citadels of white political supremacy. No damn way!
What Mr. Steele did wrong was he started to claim his "hood-rat" side. That did not sit right with the good ole boys at the segregated country clubs and the lily white secret societies. He bragged to The Washington Times that he planned to get his posse of "off-the-hook" public relations wizards to target Latino and Black youths in "hip-hop settings." Huh?
Then he went on the radio waves to blast President Obama as pushing a budget of pork with a heaping helping of "bling bling" through Congress and the Republican faithful grimaced at this phony show of bogus soul.
Mr. Steele was not finished. He challenged late night funny man Stephen Colbert in a podcast to a "rap off" contest. A phony Vanilla Ice knockoff in dark face chanting Public Enemy rhymes. He began to strut like the new president, chat on his Blackberry, and trash-talk about his new crossover dribble. When CNN's D.L. Hughley quizzed the pretender to the GOP throne about Rush, the oracle of the Right, Steele retorted: "Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer." Smelling himself, as the folks from down home say, he called the fat boy's hugely popular show as "ugly" and "incendiary."
Repeating what James Carville, former Clinton adviser, noted about Rush's imperial reign the week before, Hughley needled Mr. Steele with a barbed comeback that Limbaugh was the "de facto leader of the Republican Party. Everyone knows that fact is on the money. Even the veteran party members tiptoe around "Tiny" Limbaugh whose tyrannical wrath they have come to fear.
In a recent speech in Washington with the conservatives roaring approvingly, Limbaugh outlined the future of the Republican party, took President Obama to task as an enemy of free market capitalism and individual liberty, and dressed Mr. Steele down as the pompous lackey he is.
He put Mr. Steele in his place. He also reminded that the newly elected RNC chairman was his creation, had his time in the conservative sun on his program, and chided the Negro to not let the job go to his head.
Or as Limbaugh said to his listeners: "something happened to" Mr. Steele. He further drove his point home by adding, "He got airtime on this program. Now I'm just an entertainer" and I'm 'ugly' and my program is 'incendiary.'" The verbal whipping by Limbaugh didn't go unnoticed by the underlings of the party. In the hours after the show's conclusion, the phones rang off the hook with praises and kudos.
As for Mr. Steele, he put his tail between his legs and went hat in hand to the Master. He took low. He groveled. He told Politico that Monday that he didn't mean no harm. "I went back at that tape and I realized words that I said weren't that I was thinking," the submissive front man moaned.
"It was one of those things where I was thinking I was saying one thing, and it came out differently. What I was trying to say was a lot of people want to make Rush the scapegoat, the bogeyman, and he's not."
America was watching the weak-kneed performance by Steele. Gov. Tim Kaine, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, issued a statement that Steele's whimpering indicated that "Limbaugh is the leading force behind the Republican Party, its politics, and its obstruction of President Obama's agenda in Washington." The new president probably had a much needed laugh at the Negro's reversal of views.
But racially, it sent a poor signal. African Americans and Hispanics, especially the young and the politically curious, looked at the humiliating turn of events between the Oxycontin-popping blowhard and the submissive Negro as another indication of the GOP not being the party of the first choice. It was not lost on them when pundits said that the GOP convention resembled a gathering in Nazi Germany. Or the sour images of convention attendees wearing t-shirts with monkeys on the chest. Now this, they get to see Mr. Steele doing a buck-an-wing before the magnificent Limbaugh holding out his hand with the thumb down.
Truthfully, the Republican Party lacks capable leadership, except some retreads. Their policies of arrogance and aggression cost them two recent elections. They are desperately clinging to the policies of yore and are resisting change or progress. They need fresh ideas and an alternative plan to the president's hail-Mary stimulus plan. They blame Senator John McCain for their disaster at the polls.
They blame conservative senators Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, and Arlen Specter as duped traitors of the Obama socialist regime. They will muzzle Mr. Steele and bring him into zombie lockstep in their frenzied quest to take the country back. God, have mercy on your soul, Mr. Steele.
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HPTS travel and venueHPTS is always held at the same venue, Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA. My flights Sunday morning (JetBlue BUF-JFK, JFK-SFO) were smooth and on time. I even get to do some writing on the JFK-SFO flight. Since Asilomar is not easily accessible from SFO (or San Jose airport for that matter), I had to rent a car. I used the scenic Route 1 for my drive. It was a 3 hour drive. I stopped a couple of times to take pictures. I made it to the Asilomar conference center at 5pm, just enough time to settle before the dinner at 6pm.
The Asilomar conference grounds is just on the edge of the Monterey Bay. It is overlooking the Pacific, and next to white sand dunes (a nature reserve area) and a nice beach. The barracks were ran down and showing their age. There is a dining hall, a separate building where the HPTS participants dined together as a group (breakfast/lunch/dinner). The talks were held in the chapel, another building close to the dining hall. The program was so full that we would go to our rooms only for sleeping, and that too briefly. After dinner, there was social hour the first night, and lightning talks the next 2 nights, all accompanied by beer and wine. And after 9pm, the crowd moved to Director's cottage, a fancy vacation house for chatting till midnight, lubed by whisky, wine, beer (see, the order is different this time). Then breakfast starts at 7:30am, rinse and repeat each day.
HPTS first nightSo Sunday evening, at the first dinner, I somehow sat right next to David Cheriton. He is smart and curious. He asked me to explain about my work, but I wasn't able to communicate the motivation for our hybrid clocks work. I suspect this was partly because we don't share the same terminology/background, and partly because I was unprepared to explain the motivation from a database industry perspective. David was interested and persistent and pushed to understand the problem completely, a trait shared by ultra successful people like him. After spending 10 minutes, I was the party to quit, and told David that I hope to clarify these in the lightning talk, which I proceeded to botch up Monday night :-(
There was a meet and greet after the dinner, from 7-9pm, at the chapel. I am actually a shy guy, but I made an effort to meet people. When I saw a crowd of 3 or more people, I joined to listen and participate. I had nice conversations with the Salesforce crew. I asked them a lot of questions and learned a lot.
At 9pm, the group moved to the director's cottage. I was very tired from the JFK-SFO flight and the 3 hour drive, so after hanging around in the director's cottage for 10 minutes, I went to bed. Since I was jetlagged I woke up at 4am, tried to sleep again but woke up at 6 am. I went for a run, for 3.2 miles. It felt good. Sometimes the best way to fight off exhaustion is by exercising.
Monday morning sessionsPat Helland (Salesforce) opened the workshop. He said that the workshop is a platform for the academicians and practitioners of databases interact and exchanged ideas. He urged participants to make good use of the 30 minute coffee breaks between the sessions. He said that "actually the sessions are there to punctuate the breaks" :-). Phil Bernstein (Microsoft) asked us to refrain from live blogging or tweeting, as some speakers may talk about confidential technology. Speakers who like release their slidedecks after a week to be posted at the HPTS website. Checking back I see 1/3rds of the slides from talks are posted, and almost all the lightning talk slides are posted.
Here are some of the interesting talks from the two sessions (transactions and applications sessions) Monday morning.
The talk "A1 and FARM scalable graph database on top of a transactional memory layer" from Microsoft Research was about a high performance graph database platform enabled by three hadware trends: 1. inexpensive DRAM (currently $8/GB, machines with 128GB, container will hold more than 100TBs), 2. nonvolatile RAM (DRAM + battery + SSD), and 3. fast commodity networks with RDMA becoming available. (Turns out the Microsoft Research group has an SOSP 15 paper describing this system.)
Kyle Kingsburry, a computer safety researcher at Stripe, gave a nice talk on his Jepsen toolkit for blackbox verification of systems by injecting network partitions and testing basic invariants.
"The Quick and the Dead" talk by James Barrese (PayPal) described Paypal technology initiatives for creating a PAAS platform. These were motivated by a need to innovate quickly and to automate everything.
"From Microservices to Teraservices" talk by Adrian Cockcroft (Battery Ventures) described how microservices and containerazation are useful for accelerating innovation by allowing doing daily releases. Adrian defined a microservice as a loosely coupled service oriented architecture with bounded contexts.
Monday afternoon sessionsIn the "Data Federations: An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again", Michael Stonebraker (MIT) talked about their bigdawg polystore platform which will be released on github in a couple months.
"From Trash to Treasure" talk by Pat Selinger (Paradata) was about how to clean and integrate dirty customer data with duplicates, missing values, corrupted values, and invalid values.
I really liked Rodrigo Fonseca's (Brown Univ.) talk on causal metadata tracking in distributed systems.
Eric Grosse (Google Security Team) gave an informative talk titled "Security Lessons from the Front Lines".
Monday evening lighting talksMonday evening lighting talks slides are available here. The lighting talks are of 5 minute duration. In my talk, I somehow ran out of 3 minutes in the first 2 slides. After I got the "last 2 minute warning" and I rushed through a couple more slides waiving my arms frantically :-) I should have prepared and practiced before the talk. I was upset about how the talk went but several people (including Phil Bernstein at Microsoft Research) showed interest and approached me later to learn more about the hybrid clocks, which made me feel better.
I will write about day 2, newly-minted McArthur Genius Chris Re's talk, and the overall buzz at HPTS in a couple days. I hope more slides will be added to HPTS site by then.

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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - [img/crit] Yet another swede and a landscape painting Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "[img/crit] Yet another swede and a landscape painting" Jim SmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2000Posts: 74Location: Trelleborg, Sweden Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 8:55 pm Hi! This is my first post and I've read these forums for about half a year bla bla bla... Anyways... My name is Jim Sjöholm and I come from a little city in the very south of Sweden called Trelleborg. To avoid boring the hell out of you guys I think that I'd better just post my li'l painting and be quiet :) And if there's anything you'd like to know about me or my art, it's better if you ask... instead of having me writing down my whole my whole life story and stuff like that, which the most part of you aren't, in the slightest, interested in reading. And before I show you my painting (I bet you're all really excited by now :)I want to thank Dhab and everyone else who makes this place what it is. It's just a shame that we don't see too many posts from those really awesome artist like spooge, Fred, Francis, Vebjorn and all the others who I didn't mention anymore... :( Now.. here's the painting. It's just a quickie (took about 2.5 - 3 hours) and it's far from my best. It's made in Photoshop and the original res is something like 3000 pixels across. Feel free to critique. I hope that I in a not too distant future can contribute to these forums with more of my art. I had a nasty harddrive crash a couple of weeks ago and I lost the last five months of my digital art, that I of some reason hadn't backed up, of course %| /Jim Back to top N8XmemberMember #Joined: 13 Oct 2000Posts: 112Location: Austin,Tx usa Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 8:59 pm wow really nice painting.. I love the water.. i know how you feel. My hard drive crashed this weekend with all the stuff i have done for the past 2 years( wasnt backedup.. I almost cried.. However i got an app called Easy recovery.. Got everything back.. *sigh* n8x Back to top Samson & FriendsmemberMember #Joined: 02 Jan 2001Posts: 106 Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 9:04 pm Excellent landscape. The green and yellow really make it great, the reflection is also very beautiful. Back to top DthindmemberMember #Joined: 12 Dec 2000Posts: 436 Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 10:13 pm Real Good. Brother... Back to top faustgfxmemberMember #Joined: 15 Mar 2000Posts: 4833Location: unfortunately, very near you. Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2001 10:23 pm i almost like that. reminds me alot of the scenery in mid-norway coast. at least where we drove through (stockholm to stryn, sweden to norway) there were alot of areas that looked quite similar. though it was early spring, it looked alot more colorless there then. gots a bunch of photos from there too. i liked it. ------------------ sky high with a heartache of stone you never see me 'cos i'm always alone/ministry the law of lead now reigns!@#!/earth crisis firstname.lastname@example.com icq#35983387 http://faustgfx.0wns.org Back to top Painted MelodymemberMember #Joined: 25 Dec 2000Posts: 138Location: NJ, USA Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 12:16 am Hi Jim, Beautiful work. Also love the natural media the piece presents. JJ --- Dust Tracks http://members.home.net/jeremy12/web/ Back to top IcannonmemberMember #Joined: 13 Sep 2000Posts: 597Location: st.albert, AB, Canada Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 12:33 am very nice. i like the texture. actually, the only thing i *dont* like is the sky. it's too soft, i dunno :] i'd like to see more work from you! Back to top Jim SmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2000Posts: 74Location: Trelleborg, Sweden Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 6:54 am N8X: Thank you! Maybe I should go and get that app you were talking about.. sounds like something everybody should have. Loosing all of your work really sucks. Samson & Friends, Dthind, Painted Melody: Sweet to hear that you like my work. It definately encourages me to keep doing more! faustgfx: If faustgfx almost likes something it must be really good ;) I also have a lot of photos from Norway.. not that I've ever been there but the nature seems so be really awesome. The colors in my pic are a bit exaggerated but I wanted to create a kinda summery mood and I think that the overly saturated colors in the foreground helps adding to that. Icannon: Thanx alot! I used an overlaying texture for this painting set to soft light and about 20% opacity. The texture it self is a scanned in piece of hard bread converted to greyscale. Works really well. And yeah the sky is to soft. I totally agree with you... it was the first thing I painted, took about 15 seconds and then I must have forgotten about it or something. I was very tired. I finished this piece around 7,30am, New year's day. The bottom right corner looks kinda messy too. /Jim Back to top levikjunior memberMember #Joined: 27 Dec 2000Posts: 23Location: New York Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 9:48 am Really great landscape, man! Does anyone else have any vistas lying around? Seems these forums are getting a lot of chartacter art/portraits, but very little landscape stuff. Would be nice to see a nature/landscape thread start up. ------------------ i love photoshop. i hate gimp. what do you love/hate? Back to top faustgfxmemberMember #Joined: 15 Mar 2000Posts: 4833Location: unfortunately, very near you. Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 9:55 am the only landscape i've really drawn, and even that is a version of a nice drawing Binke did. binke's original, which still looks better.. ------------------ sky high with a heartache of stone you never see me 'cos i'm always alone/ministry the law of lead now reigns!@#!/earth crisis email@example.com icq#35983387 http://faustgfx.0wns.org Back to top Jim SmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2000Posts: 74Location: Trelleborg, Sweden Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 3:52 pm Hi again and thank you for the replies! levik: I think too that someone should start a landscape thread. It's a really great idea. faustgfx: Sweet pic there. It looks a little Gigerish, which is neat. The foreground is terrificly shaded. In case Binke reads this his pic is really sweet too. I like the mood. I'm a little suspicious about the shading in some places though. It lacks some of the highlights which the fire would generate. I hope you don't mind me critting your pics. Oh and by the way... if anybody feels like posting their landscape pics in this thread, now that faust has already begun, that's fine with me.. it'd be really cool since we don't get to see to many landscape pics here, as levik also pointed out. Have a good night everybody! /Jim Back to top AlloymemberMember #Joined: 28 Dec 2000Posts: 71Location: Dallas, TX, USA Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 4:20 pm I really like your landscape. Excellent stuff! - like others, I look forward to seeing more work from you ------------------ Alloy(Jim Rose) Back to top Wyatt TurnermemberMember #Joined: 18 Oct 2000Posts: 501Location: Everett, WA, USA Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 4:26 pm well since you asked... here I go! My first landscape painting... Used my new WACOM the other day. y@ [This message has been edited by Wyatt Turner (edited January 03, 2001).] Back to top Jim SmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2000Posts: 74Location: Trelleborg, Sweden Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 8:15 pm Alloy: Thank you! Wyatt: There's something about that landscape that I really dig! The colors are great. I just think that you could've stayed away from that smudge tool... at least a bit ;) _____ Here's something that I found on an old backup CD. It's one of my first digitally painted pics.. I think it was done for one of those speed drawing threads back last summer but I never posted it. It took about 20 min to make and I used reference (which probably still is in that old thread). Feel free to crit or whatever. And as I said earlier this thread is free for all of you to post your landscape/nature pics in. /Jim Back to top Wyatt TurnermemberMember #Joined: 18 Oct 2000Posts: 501Location: Everett, WA, USA Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2001 10:19 pm smudge fest. It's gotta be done. BEE FREE. it was fun! and thats what matters to me. just was testin out the new tablet. thanks for the time y@ Back to top StrikermemberMember #Joined: 20 Feb 2000Posts: 152Location: Oklahoma, USA Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 1:05 am did somebody say landscapes?? as in post yours here?? weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... I'm usually hesitant to post my landscapes here because of how figure/mech oriented this forum is, but now that someone has given the green light, I guess I'll post again :P Did this pic around august.. one of the first pics I did with my tablet, and one of the few that I've posted here. It got 0 comments the first time I posted it, so uh.. if any of you feel so kind, it'd be cool to hear some thoughts. It was done pretty quickly, and obviously wasn't meant to be very realistic, but anyway, here it is. btw, great pic Jim S, I really like how it has that traditional painting look and feel to it, good stuff there. And your lighthouse pic is great too, looks a little smudgey in some places but that's to be expected with a speed pic. Show us more. Back to top Jim SmemberMember #Joined: 22 Dec 2000Posts: 74Location: Trelleborg, Sweden Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2001 3:21 pm Me again... Striker: I kind of like that pic, even though it is a tad too sketchy in places, and I love the water except for one thing; some of the reflections (?) in the water are too blue, unless they are something glowing under the surface that is. For being one of your first digital pics it's sweet and keep on posting your stuff... Don't care about what other people say or think about your art - if you want to post a landscape to show off - just do it and if nobody's interested there's nothing much to do about it but then you have at least tried, right And thanx for the comments about my pic! _____ Tomorrow me and my family are going on vactaion to Lanzarote for one week... just thought I'd let you know in case someone cares... so unless I find some little nice Internet cafe somewhere you won't see me here again before next friday. /Jim [This message has been edited by Jim S (edited January 04, 2001).] Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Earlier this month, it was reported that Apple's new iMacs won't have Retina displays because it would be too expensive to introduce to the 21.5in and 27in models.
Apple is holding a special event on Wednesday, where the iPhone 5 is expected to be announced, but new iMacs and MacBooks are unlikely.
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Metro Manila is home to the most vibrant cities in the country. Sprawling with the biggest commercial centers, business districts, and residential areas, the megacity is also the Philippine's center of culture, economy, government, and education. It has a population of more than 12 million people that swells with employees and students at daytime as well as the tourists who arrive every day. Being the location of major airports, Metro Manila is also the gateway of the country to the rest of the world.
Manila is the nation's capital and where some of the country's significant landmarks can be found. The Malacañang Palace is the residence of the President of the Philippines. The walls of Intramuros are the ruins of the oldest district of Manila—constructed during the 16th century, the fortress has withstood countless attacks throughout its history. Located within its walls is the Manila Cathedral, the episcopal see of the Archbishop of Manila. It was founded in 1571 and has been visited by three popes since it was established.
Shopping opportunities are endless in Metro Manila. Some of the biggest malls in the Philippines are SM North EDSA and SM Mall of Asia, located in Quezon City and Pasay respectively. Bonifacio Global City in Taguig is a financial and commercial district with shopping areas teeming with high-end boutiques, designer outlets as well as fine dining restaurants and cafes.
Metro Manila is also a haven for high-rollers. It has some of the world-class and luxurious casinos in the country like Resorts World Manila, Solaire Resort and Casino, and City of Dreams Manila.
|Arrive at Intramuros and start the day's adventure with a tour of the San Agustin Church and its Museum.
|Walk a couple of steps further to the majestic Manila Cathedral.
|Head to Fort Santiago, at the north of Manila Cathedral, where you'll find the remains of what once was the Spanish Government's military headquarters in the Philippines. A small Rizal Shrine is also located here.
|Have early lunch in one of the fast food chains like Jollibee, McDonald's, or Chowking found inside the walled city. If you're craving for something more than just fast food, Barbara's, Ilustrado, and Marso Café & Restaurant are highly recommended.
|Head over to Binondo to explore the world's oldest Chinatown. You can choose to alight at the Arch of Goodwill, the entrance to the town, and start your tour of Binondo from there.
The street is lined with many stores offering various goods that come at pocket-friendly prices. A stop by Eng Bee Tin, a popular Chinese delicacy store, is a must where you can load up on delicious hopia, tikoy, and other snacks and tidbits that you can take home as pasalubong.
Visit the Temple of Kung Kong, the Chinese God of War, which continuously attracts a number of tourists every year. Equally popular is the Binondo Church, which is right in the heart of this ancient district.
Continue your bargain shopping in Divisoria where a hodgepodge of items is displayed. Name it, Divisoria probably has it. And if the streets of Divisoria overwhelm you a bit, the 168 Shopping Mall or the nearby Lucky Chinatown Mall has air conditioned shopping spaces.
|End the day with a hearty Chinese meal. There are lots of food places to try in Chinatown, but some of the highly recommended ones are Sincerity Café & Restaurant, Masuki, and the Po Heng Lumpia House.
|Visit Rizal Park and marvel at the Rizal Monument, the historic structure dedicated to Dr. Jose Rizal. Learn more about the last moments of the country's National Hero by visiting the Diorama of Rizal's Martyrdom, which stands just a few meters away from the monument.
The park is also home to other attractions including the Chinese Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Independence Flagpole (the highest flagpole in all of the Philippines), the Orchidarium and Butterfly Pavilion, and the Relief Map of the Philippines to name a few.
|Visit the National Museum of the Philippines, which is near Rizal Park.
|Hop on a quick ride to Robinson's Place Manila to cool down and have lunch, or you can head to SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City—it has numerous restaurants where you can dine. Afterwards, you can check out their stores and boutiques.
You can also spend the afternoon at the Manila Ocean Park. If you are traveling with your kids, visiting Museo Pambata, a museum for kids, is also advisable.
|Find your way to Baywalk where you can sit by the ledge and wait for the stunning sunset of the Manila Bay.
Sunset times may vary depending on the season. The time of the sunset in Manila each day is available online.
|If you are in SM Mall of Asia, the mall has a number of dining establishments where you can have dinner.
If you are along Baywalk, you can dine at either Max's or Aristocrat near the Malate Church. Another restaurant you can try is Café Adriatico near the Remedios Circle.
|Head to Makati City for a hearty breakfast in one of the restaurants at the Ayala Triangle Gardens. If it's a Saturday, try to catch the Salcedo Community Market for some unique offerings like gourmet pasta, homemade ice cream, and pastries. You can also shop for fresh produce.
|Visit the Ayala Museum and to immerse yourself in Filipino art and culture.
|Have an early lunch in one the malls at Ayala Center, just a stone's throw away from Ayala Museum. It has many restaurants that serve all sorts of cuisine like Filipino, Japanese, American, and Korean, even Spanish and Mexican.
|There are a couple of fun ways to spend your afternoon:
Try locking yourself in a room and finding a way to break free. Breakout Philippines in Mandaluyong City features three escape game rooms that will surely test your wit and problem solving skills. Mystery Manila and Escape Hunt, on the other hand, are located in Makati.
Another is by enjoying the thrilling rides and attractions available at Star City in Pasay. Be reminded though that Star City opens at 4:00 PM from Mondays to Thursdays and at 2:00 PM from Fridays to Sundays.
To sample more of the best that Metro Manila has to offer with dining, head to Kapitolyo in Pasig City for the ultimate epicurean adventure. This area is famous for unique and artisanal dishes that will make you fall in love even more with the local dining culture. Maginhawa in Quezon City and Aguirre Avenue in Paranaque are other hotspots for hole-in-the-wall eateries, but much farther.
|Try your luck at the casinos present in the metro. There's Solaire Casino and Resort, Resorts World Manila, and City of Dreams Manila.
You can also choose to spend the night pampering yourself with a soothing spa and massage service. Ace Water Spa, The Spa, or the Aramesh Wellness Center are some of the metro's trusted brands for relaxing treatments.


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Painting Contractor Directory For > Michigan > Southfield
Painters in Southfield, Michigan
Find Southfield, Michigan MI local painter, painting companies, and painting contractors near you for residential and commercial painting repair or new painting. Get free estimates, bids, and quotes.
Use the painter directory below as a guide to compare, shop, and find a commercial or residential painter to paint your house, business, or home improvement project. Use the Nearby Cities links to find additional painters near you in your area.
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Phone: 586-365-8585, Ask For: TONY
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Description: PAINTING AND STAINING
Are you looking for a high quality,affordable painting team? If so then Career Custom Painters is the right choice. We are a premier painting company who have been satisfying customers for 15 years in the Michigan tri-county area. With our expertise in all aspects of painting and specialty coatings we are definetly qualified to suit your needs. If you are in need of a high end quality painting team then Career Custom Painters is the one for you. We are a professional, fully insured, compensated painting team looking forward to meeting with you.
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Top Value Home Improvements
Phone: 586-864-4003, Ask For: Melanie Dzialo
Description: Painting of any room 12 x 12 or smaller 189.00 plus paint.Interior/exterior painting.Over 25 yrs experience. We also have artists on staff for faux finishes,venetian plaster, murals and custom painting. Wallpaper removal, deck staining and drywall repair. We offer handywork services, kitchen,bath and complete home remodels. We are builders licensed and insured and will beat any written estimate.
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Purdy Painting
Phone: 313-485-6333, Ask For: Jack St. Onge
Description: We specialize in interior and exterior residential and commercial painting as well as drywall repair, wallpaper removal, faux finishes and a whole lot more. We have over 12 years experience in delivering QUALITY WORK to your home and office space.
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Phone: 248-763-8446, Ask For: Kevin Blakemore
Description: Professional Interior & Exterior painting, deck restoration, finish carpentry and wood repair.
We research and use the best products available, like Pittsburghs exterior lifetime warranty paint (Timeless) and Pittsburghs Interior matte ceramic finish, for a highly washable low sheen finish. Doors and trim we only use Benjamin Moore satin impervo (oil) which gives durability and a smooth finish.
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Phone: 586-995-7028, Ask For: Scott
Description: Full service general contractors
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Phone: 7345600306, Ask For: Sean Eichelberger
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The Extra Letter
The author of a scholarly Torah work brought his manuscript to the renowned Torah giant Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky in Bnei Brak for his review. In this work he repeatedly quoted things that he had heard from the Sage and wanted his approval that he had faithfully cited his words.
To his surprise Rabbi Kanievsky made no corrections in the text but did erase one letter of his own name wherever it was mentioned as the source. Dozens of times he eliminated an extra letter yud from his name.
The author wondered aloud why such a correction was necessary since it did not affect the actual scholarly text. "The extra letter is a lie," replied the Sage, "and it cannot remain even if it will not lead to any misunderstanding of your text."
"But why bother making the correction dozens of times, "asked the author, "when I could have made all the corrections with one press of a button on the computer?"
"A lie cannot be skipped over while I am reviewing," answered the Sage, "so I couldn't continue reading until I made each correction."


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Once New York University has received your FAFSA information from the federal processor, you will be reviewed for financial aid. If you are deemed eligible for federal loans, it will be indicated on your financial aid award letter, and you will automatically receive instructions from the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation (HESC) about how to complete the online application for a Federal Subsidized Stafford Loan, Federal Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, or Federal PLUS Loan.
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The Office of Financial Aid is available to help you with the loan application process. However, the choice of a lender is ultimately your decision.
If you choose to borrow a federal loan from a HESC-registered lender (see information about guarantee agencies at Loan Guarantors: Frequently Asked Questions), you must complete an electronic Master Promissory Note (e-MPN) online on the HESC web site. You will need your FAFSA PIN to complete the e-MPN.
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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- Electroacoustic Etudes for Clarinet and Pure Data: A Set of Etudes for Clarinet and Electronics for the Advancing Musician
In eukaryotes, DNA is packed in a highly condensed and hierarchically organized structure called chromatin, in which DNA tightly wraps around the histone octamer consisting of one histone 3-histone 4 (H3-H4) tetramer and two histone 2A- histone 2B (H2A-H2B) dimers with 147 base pairs in an almost two left handed turns. Almost all DNA dependent cellular processes, such as DNA duplication, transcription, DNA repair and recombination, take place in the chromatin form. Based on the critical importance of appropriate chromatin condensation, this thesis focused on the folding behavior of the nucleosome array reconstituted using different templates with various controllable factors …
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'Transformers 4′ Finds a Villain in Kelsey Grammer
Although 'Transformers 4' will undoubtedly have plenty of giant robots turning into cars and fighting each other, there will be no shortage of human interaction (i.e. screaming and yelling) between the scenes of carnage. At least we know that some of that screaming and yelling will be dignified and classy thanks to the casting of Kelsey Grammer as the film's human villain.
The scoop comes from Deadline, who say that Grammer will be playing "...Harold Attinger, a counter intelligence guy," which is about as vague of a description as you can get. We can presume that he'll be up to no good and is either in league with the evil Decepticons or hindering the heroic Autobots. And then he'll probably die in a big explosion since this is a Michael Bay movie.
Unless you've lived under a rock for the past decade or two, you'll recognize Grammer as the Emmy-winning star of shows like 'Frasier,' 'Cheers' and 'Boss' (not to mention the character of Sideshow Bob on 'The Simpsons'). He's normally not the kind of guy you see popping up in big blockbusters, but he did play the role of Beast in 'X-Men: The Last Stand,' so it's not like this is totally out of the blue. Not to mention, Bay has a habit of offering roles to excellent actors (see Steve Buscemi, John Tuturro, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris, Michael Shannon, etc.) and they have a habit of accepting, even if the film around them isn't quite worthy of their talents.
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E&P's 2012 Publisher of the Year: Bill Masterson Jr.
By: Kristina Ackermann
It's no secret that the job description for newspaper publishers is evolving, often on a day-to-day basis. As readers and advertisers are presented with an increasing number of outlets to direct their attention and dollars, newspapers have suffered immense losses and have been scrambling to fill the gaps. In what is universally considered to be a challenging and confusing time for our industry, the papers that stand out as success stories are the ones that have branched out beyond the task of printing words on paper, and that is why E&P selected Bill Masterson as publisher of the year.
The Times of Northwest Indiana first landed on my radar when I wrote about the paper's One Region: One Vision initiative for the 2011 installment of E&P's "10 Newspapers That Do It Right" feature. Since then, publisher Bill Masterson Jr. hasn't slowed down. His commitment to improving the community extends beyond the pages of the Times. By bringing together local business leaders, leading a capital campaign to raise funds for charity, working to preserve jobs, offering high-quality content, and fostering a spirit of innovation, Masterson has earned the nod not only as our publisher of the year, but also as the new vice president of publishing at Times parent company Lee Enterprises, a role he assumed in early October.
In describing his tenure at the Times, Masterson said the economic downturn was more of a wake-up call than anything else. "We looked around and decided to quit feeling sorry for ourselves. Yes, the newspaper industry is evolving but not unlike any other industry. You know if the record companies were still just making vinyl records they'd be out of business. We need to evolve, and that doesn't mean people don't want the printed product, but we do need to price our product accordingly," he said. "We're up year-over- year in revenue, we're up year-over-year in OCF (operating cash flow), and it's because of that mentality."
Valuing content
As you may have guessed, "pricing the product accordingly" means charging more for subscriptions, and the Times has raised rates a few times under Masterson's watch. It's a decision he stands behind and actively promotes to his readers: "What other service can you have delivered to your house for 61 cents a day?"
In addition to what Masterson describes as an "aggressively priced" print product, the Times delivers an electronic replica edition, which currently has around 9,000 paid subscribers. "It's a win-win, because the advertiser is hitting the customer that actually wants the product, and the reader is able to get the paper in the format they want," he said.
New subscribers can choose to receive home delivery only, the e-edition only, or a hybrid subscription with the daily e-edition supplemented by home delivery Wednesday and Sunday, Thursday through Sunday, or Sunday only. While content is currently free on nwitimes.com, Masterson said the paper will introduce a paywall in the coming months, part of a company-wide rollout across Lee Enterprises.
Putting employees first
Between publishing the Times, serving as group publisher of several other Lee papers, serving on the executive board of directors of the Barden Gary Foundation and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest Indiana, writing columns for the Times, meeting with regional authorities as co-chairman of One Region: One Vision, and, oh yeah, raising six children, Masterson stays busy. Despite the frantic pace, he still makes time to hold quarterly State of the Times meetings to keep his employees up to speed on company issues that affect their jobs and their livelihood.
A publisher may only be as good as his employees, and if that's the case then Masterson's doing just fine. When speaking of his accomplishments, he's quick to point out that his staff and department heads have been proactive in restructuring their traditional roles, revamping content and how it's offered, and absorbing additional duties. Of executive editor William Nangle, Masterson said, "At 66 years young, he's as progressive as any young editor is when it comes to digital."
And while the Times has not been immune to the challenges and tough times associated with modern newspaper publishing, Masterson said most of his staff reduction has come through attrition rather than the layoffs that have plagued many in the industry — including other Lee newspapers such as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
"I'm not real familiar with the situation in St. Louis, but what I've done here is I've always believed that you need to be honest and open with the employees," Masterson said. "We've had a very limited number of layoffs. I'm very blessed to have the employees that I have, and morale is very high."
Regional assets
Part of the reason Masterson has been able to keep jobs steady at the Times is the way he has positioned the paper to take advantage of the unique opportunities presented by the region he covers.
The paper's main office in Munster, Ind., is, geographically, less than an hour from the urban center of Chicago, but that is where the proximity comparisons end. Masterson describes the region as "Balkanized," a cluster of competitive towns and cities lacking a central anchor or unifying ideology. That's how the One Region: One Vision initiative came to be; it's an effort to encourage local leaders to share resources and move toward the common goal of improving the quality of life for their citizens, even though they come from different backgrounds.
As chairman of One Region: One Vision, Masterson has assembled a board of representatives from federal, state, and local government, plus education, health care, tourism, finance, industry, media, public safety, and more. This meeting of the minds has led to investment in urban revitalization, establishment of a health care council, a bimonthly mayors' roundtable discussion, community public gatherings, and more. In late September, the group hosted Indiana governor Mitch Daniels at a sold-out luncheon. The initiative, under Masterson's leadership, positions the Times as a force of change in the community and presents local citizens with a positive view of the local newspaper.
Beyond the ideological mission of uniting regional interests, Masterson has leveraged a more straightforward benefit of the region: It's cheaper to do business in Northwest Indiana than it is in Chicago.
While other papers were outsourcing their printing operations, the Times added press capacity to serve clients across the state line. Masterson also positioned the Times as a customer service call center and regional design center for Lee newspapers — a move that added jobs and brought in additional revenue.
Above and beyond
Masterson's involvement with the community doesn't end at One Region: One Vision. His latest pet project has been a campaign to raise funds for a new Boys & Girls Club in Gary, Ind.
"We led a capital campaign to remodel an old abandoned school and turn it into a Boys & Girls Club and provide opportunities for kids that they wouldn't have had otherwise," he said. At the time this issue went to press, the campaign had raised $5.5 million.
"This is all private dollars. It's a testament to the people here believing in the One Region: One Vision mantra that we need to come together," Masterson said.
Though he admitted he would not likely be taking on any additional capital campaigns any time soon, Masterson stressed that he hopes the legacy he leaves is as more than a newspaperman. "I hope that when it's all said and done, I'm not defined by my success as a publisher. More importantly, I hope I'm defined by what type of father I am to my kids and what type of husband I am to my wife," he said. "Those are the things that are important to me."
While his community, family, and charitable contributions speak volumes, it's unlikely that he'll be able to fully escape his publishing accomplishments.
"I've been a publisher since I was 27 years old. At the time I thought that was because I was some kind of superstar, but in hindsight I think I was the only one dumb enough to take the job at the time," Masterson said. "Being in the industry as long as I have, I measure the bottom line, and I make sure that we're making money. You've got to make sure that you take care of the community. You've got to make sure that you have integrity."
Masterson started his career as a youth carrier for the Daily Oklahoman. In 1976, he was selected as Parade magazine's "Young Columbus Carrier of the Year" and was awarded the key to the city of Lawton, Okla., for outstanding achievements as a youth. His early exposure to journalism instilled a competitive drive and appreciation for the value of journalism.
"I like to win. I like to be successful. I love what I do. I believe that we have a tremendous responsibility to provide the community with perspective and information, and that's an enormous opportunity," he said. "Instead of being first, I want to be right … We don't mislead people. Being right is very, very important to me."
Moving forward
As he looks ahead to his new role as vice president at Lee, Masterson said he will remain publisher of the Times as well as group publisher of his other regional titles.
"What I hope to do is take the success model that we've had not only here, but also at some of the other papers that report to me, and emulate that success with a broad number of newspapers," he said. "My biggest challenge is making sure that I'm able to provide the one-on-one time that I've been able to provide with some of the publishers to help them develop this new way of thinking, taking the pressure off themselves, the 'woe is me' attitude — let's do something about it. There are dollars out there that are being spent on advertising, and what we need to do as an industry is develop products that people are willing to pay for."
Masterson said much of his success is attributable to a shift in attitude — to losing that "woe is me" outlook. "We need to develop that mentality and then go out and get it. Let that bad economy be someone else's problem."
And as for being named publisher of the year?
"I'm humbled by my employees … heartened that they would think enough of me (to nominate me). It's not like they got raises that other newspapers didn't get. We're still struggling the same way that other media companies across the country are, but we've got jobs, and we've got a good product that people want; we just need to price ourselves accordingly and provide the best product we can and the best service we can," he said. "As long as we're willing to change and modify what we do, there's always going to be room for us."


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!Medic! Another gin! I have a raw nerve here!
"Oh Goddess of the Gin Pail, if I was your author and I (innocently) asked where my manuscript had been submitted, would you fire me? Or would you warn me before we signed our agreement that I should mind my own business or risk a spanking? (And if I was your author, wouldn't you be working for me?) "
Do I work for you?
Not unless you want to start paying me by the hour, and writing out a W2 every year. And if you do, Miss Snark has a list of job safety requirements like a little couch for a post luncheon snooze.
I've seen this sentiment before: "your agent works for you" and it's usually followed by some sort of "don't take any crap" "crack the whip" and "show em who's boss".
Let's be clear here.
Miss Snark works WITH you. She's a member of your team, but in no way shape or form does she work FOR you.
She works on your behalf. She advocates for you. She represents you. She will even test your gin for you.
We are colleagues you and I. That's why it's good to know what kind of interaction works best for you (do you want rejections always sent, daily updates etc).
You're not the boss, you're not the customer. You're the writer, I'm the agent. You're the client, I'm your agent.
And if you want to know where your work is I'll tell you every time you email. I'll even tell you on the phone. I'll even send you coded semaphore messages from the Staten Island Ferry if you want, but you have to ask. I never said I didn't do it; I said I don't do it unless you ask, or unless the rejections have content. But if you ask, you get.
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Wow, you are really pompous.
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- Kitty said...
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- Carter said...
Trembling in trepidation and tugging his forelock, a supplicant grovels in the dust before the Snark Throne:
O Gracious Mistress of the Gin Pail, a thousand pardons for my presumption. Please grant this unworthy one an answer.
Have you ever turned down an offer from an editor when you knew it was too low, and you had full faith and belief that you could get more mooney elsewhere? If not, would you (after consulting your client, of course)?
Nice heels, by the way. Are they real stainless?
- 9/07/2005
What does "incoming" mean?
- 9/07/2005
- Miss Snark said...
Love those heels Carter! Man oh man, I want six pairs of those.
I lost my last good pair of stilettos ramming Anon1's head up his/her humorless ass.
Too bad Kitty warned him/her and he'd managed to lube up.
Next time.
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- Carter said...
Sometimes, it can be awfully convenient to be able to run your footwear through the dishwasher and still make your club date.
- 9/08/2005
- Miss Snark said...
what dishwasher?
this is New York City.
I'm lucky to have a damn sink.
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President Obama chose General Stanley McChrystal to chart out a new Afghanistan policy eight months ago -- and we're still not there yet.
McChrystal's primary recommendation was for a "surge" of 40,000 more troops.
If that wasn't enough, The New York Times has outlined three primary strategies for troop increases said to be under consideration -- with McChrystal's plan being one of them.
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Three of the options call for specific levels of additional troops. The low-end option would add 20,000 to 25,000 troops, a middle option calls for about 30,000, and another embraces Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's request for roughly 40,000 more troops. Administration officials said that a fourth option was added only in the past few days. They declined to identify any troop level attached to it.
Now the real story has leaked out. President Obama is reportedly rejecting all three options presented to him by his foreign policy and national security team. Instead, he wants an approach that takes more into account the entrenched corruption that has oozed out of the Karzai government and now permeates most of Afghanistan.
A few weeks ago, former Vice President Dick Cheney accused Obama of "dithering" over Afghanistan. If Obama thought he had a problem then, he's really risking a public relations nightmare this time -- one that won't be confined just to conservative critics.
The three-option plan reflected the viewpoints of not just McChrystal. It also reflected the opinions of administration heavy-hitters like Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.
In addition to "dithering," Obama now runs the risk of appearing not to take seriously the counsel of any of his advisers -- on a policy that has life-and-death ramifications.
Yes, caution has its place -- especially when the subject is Afghanistan. Obama is also right not to accept the status quo of a corrupt Hamid Karzai-run government. But tossing aside the hard work of the best and brightest in his administration is bad politics and bad -- or at least random, amorphous -- policy. Karzai's corruption problem has been known for months. That he would probably end up winning the election and remaining in power was also pretty much a sure bet.
So, there's hardly anything that we know now that wasn't perceived eight months ago. Why didn't the president articulate exactly what he was looking for then -- rather than have his advisers put forth three complex plans that did little to address his concerns?
Afghanistan has a well-deserved reputation as the "graveyard of empires." It may yet also pick up a new name -- Creator of "Obama the Hapless" as plans A,B, and C fall by the wayside.
Exactly, how far through the alphabet will the White House go before a decision is made on what to do with Afghanistan?
New York writer Robert A. George blogs at Ragged Thots. Follow him on Twitter.


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Ravenstahl supports mayors' stance against Chick-fil-A
Chick-fil-A president says he's against gay marriage
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is standing behind stances taken by mayors in Chicago and Boston against Chick-fil-A after the company's president said he was not in favor gay marriage.
"I came out in support of gay marriage and support the right of gay couples to marry and would be supportive of them in this case as well," Ravenstahl said Thursday.
Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy said he doesn't support same-sex marriage. The fast-food chain said it has a history of applying biblically based principles to its business, such as closing stores on Sundays.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel told the Chicago Tribune that Cathy's comments "disrespect our fellow neighbors and residents," and therefore building the restaurant in Chicago "would be a bad investment, since it would be empty."
Last week, Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told the Boston Herald he would block Chick-fil-A from opening a restaurant in the city.
"I could not agree more with the mayors in terms of their positions, and I couldn't disagree more with Chick-fil-A and their position, and if it's appropriate for us to take a hard stand and say, 'You're not welcomed,' we'll consider it," said Ravenstahl.
Ravenstahl said there are currently no plans for a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the city.
Channel 4 Action News' Sheldon Ingram spoke with Pittsburgh-area residents who favored both sides of the argument.
"I absolutely disagree with the stance against gay marriages. I think everyone should have the right to love who they choose," said Sarah Edsall.
"They should be able to do whatever they want. I don't believe in talking them down. It's kind of wrong for Chick-fil-A to do that," said Tyler Wagner.
Dave Jones said the company should be allowed to have its own opinion on gay marriage.
"And they don't discriminate. They have some of the nicest and polite workers," he said.
"Now, if you don't accept the whole agenda, you're a bigot, and that's just backwards. It doesn't make logical sense," said Jeff Owens.
Chick-fil-A did not respond to Channel 4's request for comment, but the fast-food chain said that it strives to "treat every person with honor, dignity and respect -- regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender," the Boston Herald reported.


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Following a sometimes passionate debate where lawmakers spoke in Spanish and Creole, the Florida House overwhelmingly approved a bill Friday that would offer in-state tuition rates to the children of immigrants in the country without permission.
TALLAHASSEE � Following a sometimes passionate debate where lawmakers spoke in Spanish and Creole, the Florida House overwhelmingly approved a bill Friday that would offer in-state tuition rates to the children of immigrants in the country without permission.
The House vote was 111-4, but the fate of the bill is unclear since similar legislation in the Senate has barely moved this session.
The legislation comes months after a federal court decision invalidated state college and university rules that require higher tuition rates to Florida-residents who are U.S. citizens but dependent on parents who are in the U.S. without legal permission.
"If you are an American citizen, you will be treated like an American citizen," House Speaker Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, said from the speaker's rostrum moments after the bill passed.
A spokeswoman for Senate President Don Gaetz could not say if the Senate would act on the bill. Katie Betta said that the Senate was "taking a look at it."
Four Republicans in the GOP-controlled House voted against the bill including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, the son of the Senate president.
Rep. Dennis Baxley, R-Ocala, also voted against the bill, but said later that he was "wrong" to have opposed it. He said he voted against the legislation based on a "mischaracterization" he heard about the bill during debate on the measure. He said that he called up the bill sponsor and apologized.
Past efforts to pass similar bills in the last decade have failed as Florida lawmakers have debated whether or not the state should extend benefits to the children of immigrants here illegally.
The House passed a similar bill in 2005 with yes votes from notable legislators such as then-Rep. Marco Rubio, R-Miami. But the Senate refused to pass the bill. In 2012 another effort died after a tie vote in a Senate committee.
Some legislators on Friday complained the legislation didn't go far enough because it applies only to children who are born in the U.S. and are citizens. It does not include children who were brought to the U.S. when they were young but had still attended a Florida high school.
"We are leaving people out and that's wrong," said Rep. Joe Saunders, D-Orlando.
The court ruling last year prompted state education officials to start offering in-state tuition rates to children of immigrants here without permission, so some legislators questioned why the bill was even needed.
Rep. Jeanette Nunez, R-Miami, and the bill sponsor, pointed out, however, that the legislation created additional "pathways" to establishing residency status and that it also mandates in-state tuition rates for honorably discharged veterans.
Rep. Frank Artiles, R-Miami, hailed the legislation, noting that just two years previously legislators in the House were debating whether to adopt immigration measures modeled after those adopted in the state of Arizona.
"This is huge, huge step forward," Artiles said.


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By Susan Price on 16 Feb. 2017
Bethany Askew is the author of five novels:
The Time Before, The World Within, Out of Step, Counting the Days and Poppy's Seed.
She has also written a short story, The Night of the Storm, and she writes poetry.
Future projects include a new short story, this one for the young adult market, and another full-length novel.
In her spare time she enjoys reading, music, theatre, walking, Pilates, dancing and voluntary work.
Bethany is married and lives in Somerset.
Ooh, look, I'm in the West Somerset Free Press:
1 week ago
Here is the link to my radio interview on BBC Radio Somerset about Samuel Taylor Coleridge
2 weeks ago


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Now, we want to talk about one of the most vulnerable populations of youth in our states and nation -- youth who are or have been in foster care. Research shows there is no population more likely to experience poverty, homelessness, unemployment, incarceration, early pregnancy & parenthood, poor health/mental health.
But there are ways we can support youth by providing the kinds of family-like supports and services via schools and communities. We are here to talk about innovative ways to change lives, save states hundreds of thousands per child leaving foster care, and what's being done right here in Nebraska.


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Police arrest 2nd suspect in Augusta pharmacy robbery; woman allegedly wrote note
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) � Police have made a second arrest in connection with a pharmacy robbery in Augusta earlier this month.
Local police and FBI agents arrested 22-year-old Stephanie McCormick on Thursday at her Augusta apartment.
Police tell the Kennebec Journal (bit.ly/WCFK6C) that McCormick wrote the robbery note and rode in the getaway car after the Jan. 22 robbery. She's charged with interference with commerce by robbery.
Police had already arrested 19-year-old Anthony Post of Auburn, alleging he passed a note to a CVS pharmacy technician demanding drugs. The note said, "Quickly & Calmly put All oxycodone in bag If not I have a gun & will start shooting No Scene!"
Post was arrested two days later after his mother recognized him in surveillance video.
McCormick was held without bail.
Information from: Kennebec Journal, http://www.kjonline.com/


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Ubltd necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 28 diseños de 11 diseñadores freelance.
OHbaby! is a publishing company we produce the magazine OHbaby! and the website http://www.ohbaby.co.nz.
Because we do mostly electronic communications, our Business Cards and letterhead have been neglected somewhat.
The magazine and website is a parenting and lifestyle title for upmarket mums. We promote new trends in childrens interiors, fashion and the baby world and have intelligent articles written for parent acknowledging our clever audience.
The target audience for our titles are upmarket mums and dads aged 25-39 (high income).
However for the business cards and letter head (in most instances) we'll be sending it to our clients, advertisers, advertising agencies, baby market wholesalers and retailers.
We want our business cards to have impact and be remembered by them - while still aligning to our brand and design aesthetic (examples attached).
The magazine and website are stylish in design (well our soon to launch redesign website is). Our business cards and letterhead are a bit boring but have the right concept.
At present our business cards are one colour 2 sides
I'm open to having a 4 colour print job but only if it's worth it :)
I think they are a little boring and need more life and better design attention paid to them.
What i do like is for each staff member we have our children's photos on the back, which is great for conversation with clients and personalises us to our clients. I want that to remain.
Details for card attached below.
Details for letterhead attached below...
The letterhead can be 1-4 colour print job - must align with business cards (minus staff childrens' photos) and have plenty of room to type.
will need final indesign or photoshop files so we can make these up for all staff.
Design elements for consideration:
I have attached some examples of the magazine design and the new website design...you will see some elements we use in both are {} these brackets...dotted lines, and soft colour palettes. Other elements inlcude safety pin on piece of paper...also attached
Business card and letter head size specified in Print guidelines below


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Additional high level shelving, 15'11" long
£187.00 each
This high level thermally modified slatted shelving provides extra growing space above the staging. Shelving is supplied to one side of the greenhouse as standard. Additional full length shelving is available for the other side of the greenhouse. The shelving is 10"wide (250mm) and manufactured to the same length as the internal walls to ensure a neat fit.
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