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Mac Zoom TrickAugust 08, 2005
Taking advantage of a Quartz effect for a better online video experience (among other things).
There are no end of sites that embed video within a browser, rather than load it in your external video player of choice. Case in point — Comedy Central's Daily Show video archives. Since the video size controls of the player are often not accessible when the player is embedded, how many times have you ended up hunched over and squinting at a postage-stamp-sized video?
Sure, you could hunt down the URL of the video in question and force a download to disk. (The most reliable way I've found to do this and bypass the browser's default file handling: hand-code a direct link to the video in a static HTML file, right-click the link, Save File As.) Or if the format is QuickTime, you could always shell out $30 for the "QuickTime Pro"
extortion fee and save it direct from the player.
But if you run OS X, there's a quick hack that eliminates the petty file management either of these routes require. The first stop is your system preferences, in the Keyboard and Mouse Panel. You'll find a group called "Universal Access", and within that group is a setting labelled "Turn zoom on or off". Make sure it's checked. Alternatively, you can just hit ⌘ + ⌥ + 8 from any application to toggle this setting.
Now, at any time and within any application, you can simply press and hold ⌘ + ⌥ + = to zoom the screen inwards, and ⌘ + ⌥ + - to zoom back out. Load up the windowed video, hit the magic key combination, and use the mouse to center the video within the screen. Voilà — instant full screen. Thanks to OS X's Quartz rendering engine, the video enlarges without causing any noticable hit in frame rate.
Of course, you're not gaining any video resolution this way, and you're still going to have an enlarged mouse cursor and visible border on-screen. It's not perfect, but hey, it beats that postage stamp doesn't it?
I always leave this setting on, because universal zoom anywhere in the OS is mighty handy when you're someone who deals with pixels for any amount of time. The only gripe I have is that the anti-aliased smoothing doesn't allow me to measure pixels by sight; an option to smooth the enlarged pixels or simply enlarge the mosaic would be most welcome. Apple's a few steps ahead of me. ⌘ + ⌥ + \ toggles the smoothing setting. Thanks, Joseph.
Great spotlight on one of Mac OS X's best-kept secrets! I've been using this feature all summer due to an awkward arrangement that forces me to sit about five feet away from my computer screen and it works wonders. Also, I did not know about the option to toggle "smooth images." Very nice, though I still have to find a way to use that. I'm sure I'll come up with something. Thanks for the tip!
I'm using a Logitech MX Laser mouse and I have mapped the zoom keys to the thumb buttons on it – with one click I can instantly zoom in or out, which is great on pages with very small text or details. Kind of funny that I make so much use of this, even with good vision!
I'll just stick to viewing the source and searching for the reference to the movie, then copy/paste that into my address bar. That's waaay easier.
Bypass scrubbing the source for the link and let a favelet I wrote a while back do it for you Dave, http://www.shauninman.com/plete/2004/05/a-few-favelets
Check out "List Embedded Media." It will create a list of links to all the embedded media in the page. Then just option+click to start your download (in Safari anyway).
Nice, Dave. Never thought of using the built in accessibility features to avoid buying a Pro license. Just playing. Brilliant.
If you wanna get rid of the cursor, just hit an arrow key or two.I use the zoom feature religiously, one because I have bad eyesight and a high-res monitor, but also for full-screen video and to crop out flashing banners and such while reading.
In Safari if you have the URL to any downloadable file (or even one that won't usually 'download', rather load inside the browser) you can simple CMD-V (Paste) into the Safari downloads window and it will duely obey and download said file :)
On a Windows machine, if you're using Firefox, I usually use the Color Zilla extension, as you can zoom in as much as you want.
Although, I tend to just hack the HTML page, it may take more time, but it's better than being hunched up, or attacked by pixels.
In Firefox:
Tools Menu > Page Info (Control / Command I)
Media Tab
Select The Movie
Click Save As
Here's another way to download a file at a specific URL in Safari that might be quicker for those who are used to pasting URLs into the location bar.
Copy the URL, type Command-L Command-V in quick succession to paste the URL into the location bar, and then instead of pressing return, press option-return.
This will start downloading the file instead of loading it into the current window.
(Admittedly, if you're used to it, Command-Option-L Command-V in quick succession will start downloading and is quicker, but you have to know the downloads window shortcut. I think the shortcut to the downloads window originally was Command-Shift-D – or I still have muscle memory for that command for the downloads window from OmniWeb or something? – and I'm still used to that, so the former way is faster for me.)
Yeah, I've been using this function for a while now, the enlarged cursor can be very distracting though.
Surely there must be a way to temporarily hide the cursor, I've been googling around but nothing has turned up. Does anyone have a soloution for the enlarged cursor problem?
Hi Dave,
There is indeed a way to disable smoothing in 10.4.2: in the zoom options there's a checkbox labled "Smooth images". Or press option-command-backslash to toggle!
Nice! Thanks Joseph, that just made my life easier.
The funny thing about Firefox on a windows machine is you can right click on a Windows Media video and usually have access to the sizing controls. It doesn't work for the Daily Show, but oddly, I can watch the videos full screen by double clicking on them. (bug or feature? Who knows!)
Of course, I have a 27" TV plugged into the second video output of my machine, so anything other than Quicktime mirrors fullscreen to it anyway… but that's probably not an option for people watching them at lunchtime on their machine at work.
Also, although I doubt it works for video, the Firefox "Colorzilla" extension now has some zoom capabilities for people using that browser… it's handy for checking pixels in your layouts…
"The most reliable way I've found to do this and bypass the browser's default file handling: hand-code a direct link to the video in a static HTML file, right-click the link, Save File As."
Here's a little Safari trick I learned awhile back that makes it a snap to directly download any file:
1. Copy the URL of the file to your pasteboard.
2. Open the Downloads window (Command + Option + L, or, from the menubar: Window > Downloads).
3. With the Downloads window active, paste the URL (Command + V, or Edit > Paste).
Safari will begin downloading the file!
This tool might be helpful for you too, Dave. it's called Free Ruler, and you can find it at http://www.pascal.com/software/freeruler/
Nice Hack! Sometimes there are videos having a ratio which doesn't fit to the screen. Then you see the background next to the video player watching a video. In this case I suggest the VLC player which provides a nearly fullscreen option and fills the space with a black background around the video. Now hide the Dock and zoom in. Voila, fullscreen video like in windows.
Rob – great tip, that's a lot smoother than having to hack an HTML file. (I wonder how long it's been possible to do that? I've been using the HTML trick since the 90's… old habits die hard)
Robert – there are quite a few different on-screen pixel measuring tools out there (the Art Director's Toolkit came bundled on my system, even) but having an extra app open just to measure pixels always struck me as a bit of a waste of memory. I have Photoshop open about 98% of the time my system is on anyway, so a copied and pasted screen cap gets the job done. Being able to count pixels by sight is just an extra-nice touch, when possible.
Re: dead pixels
If that's an lcd screen/laptop made by Apple, most Apple stores and Apple-authorized repair guys will replace the screen if it's still under warranty even for a single dead pixel if the customer deems the condition to be "unacceptable." I got my 12" powerbook's screen replaced when it had a single pixel stuck on. The nasty green dot was a pain for watching movies full-screened.
Just an FYI.
Thanks for the linkage to Comedy Central, made my day. In win we just double-click it ;)
"Here's a little Safari trick I learned awhile back that makes it a snap to directly download any file:
1. Copy the URL of the file to your pasteboard.
2. Open the Downloads window (Command + Option + L, or, from the menubar: Window > Downloads).
3. With the Downloads window active, paste the URL (Command + V, or Edit > Paste)."
You can even do it without using the Downloads window. Just paste the URL of the file in the address bar and press Option + Enter and it will start downloading the file.
This has been possible since the first release of Safari and is probably my favorite feature.
Now that is a very useful feature. There's always something new that didn't know was there, isn't there?
To "save" Quicktime movies without paying for a Pro license, turn on the "Save movies in disk cache" option in the Quicktime System Preference pane. After a movie is fully loaded in the browser, it will also be in your /tmp directory (but with a strange name).
If you're looking for another way to measure pixels, you might give MeasureIt a try.
Colour Inversion!
Wow, I had no idea that you could paste a URI into the Downloads window of Safari. That's a great tip. And Inman's "List Embedded Media" favelet looks to be an excellent compliment to that technique. But I still will probably stick to my old CLI methods (wget).
It's features like these that make me want to stick with Mac and feel silly for ever even considering buying a PC as my next computer ;)
Dave, the *real* use of these accessibility features should be reserved as practical jokes to be played upon users that don't know better (that's how i've been using them the last few years!).
Zoom, Inversion, B+W make for great gremlins - there's much hilarity to be had if you are in a slightly cruel mood.
(Yes, I can be a bastard, but they deserved it, honest!)
I use the MediaPlayerConnectivity extension for the Firefox browser; that allows me to open any video file in an external player, such as Windows Media Player. Beats messing about with zoom when you can simply just full-screen the player instead!
There is an option in the Universal Access prefs that pans a zoomed-in screen only when the mouse pointer reaches an edge. That's how I was getting round the pointer-slap-bang-in-the-middle-of-the-video problem. But I think tapping an arrow key is much simpler, as a previous commenter mentioned.
if you have the URL to any downloadable file (or even one that won't usually 'download', rather load inside the browser) you can simple CMD-V into the Safari downloads window and it will duely obey and download said file :)
Not sure about the rest of you but this feature does not work for me at all. I have tried all the right shortcut keys and nothing seems to activate the zoom for me. All I get is the apple error beep sound when I try 'option-command-8'
Occasionally I use my Mac mini connected to a TV. I hardly ever use it for reading e-mail or typing since text becomes hard to read, but rarely when I must, the screen zoom helps a great deal picking out words.
The zoom is quite an excellent tool, and gives new life to old Classic programs that once filled up a 512x384 screen that now only occupies about a quarter of my monitor real estate.


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Nike is not an Olympic sponsor this year but that hasn't stopped it from borrowing interest in what it takes to compete for its "Find your greatness" campaign.
The result—this thoughtful, unexpectedly moving video of an overweight pre-teenager, Nathan, forcing himself to run down a lonely road in London, Ohio—is fantastic. Note that it's filmed in a single, unedited take.
Check the comments section under the video:
To me, this is the best ad nike has ever done.
This kid is a f---ing champion
Genius ad. Absolutely genius.
And so on.
Here's the spot. Nike's lead agency is Wieden + Kennedy.


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Culebra [1] is a small Caribbean island, mostly covered in nature preserve that lies about 20 miles east of Puerto Rico. Culebra is part of the self governed commenwealth associated with the USA.
Get In
You can reach Culebra via daily ferry from Fajardo or on week days from Vieques. Average price is about $2.50 for a (very bumpy) ferry ride and it takes about one to one and a half hours from Fajardo. However, reaching Fajardo from San Juan by taxi costs $80-100. There is also a new high speed ferry option from San Juan on Thursdays through Sundays, which costs about $45 a head. Crowds can be thick for both ferries, so get there early, especially on weekend mornings. You can also reach Culebra via daily airplane service from San Juan, Fajardo, Vieques or nearby Saint Thomas. These are small 4-8 passenger planes. Average plane ride is about $45-$80 and takes about 20 to 45 minutes. Reservations strongly recommended.
Get Around
There are several native-run taxi services on the island, ferrying tourists around town, to the airport, and to Flamenco Beach. They charge a very reasonable $2 per person. These taxis are essentially the only way to get around besides on foot.
Flamenco Beach is quite outstanding, and unlike the other beaches in Vieques and Culebra, popular enough to attract a real crowd. The beach is in a calm cove and stretches into a cirle of nearly a mile in length, and a few rusted-out U.S. Army tanks silently watch over the beach. The water is clear, shallow, and calm, and the waves are small. Reefs exist on each side of the beach and are very easy to access directly off the beach if you have snorkeling equipment with you, and other snorkeling beaches can be accessible by taking the (safe) path through the old army minefield. The reefs are not world class but they are interesting enough for amateur snorkelers. Facilities at the beach are few. Showers run sporadically and there are flush toilets, but no lights. Fresh water is freely available. Bring a cooler with plenty of snacks and drinks, plus towels or beach chairs if you can. Campers should be warned that it gets surprisingly windy and chilly at night. Bug spray is recommended. Bring a tent and sleeping bags, and, if you have one, bring a hammock to string between two trees for a night under the stars.
There are several small restaurants on the island as well as small hotels which have restaurants. Reservations are recommended if you plan on going to a hotel restaurant.
Mamacitas Hotel and Restaurant (besides offering accommodation) has a restaurant on the canal. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all great menus, although a little bit pricier than other local fare.
Dinghy Dock has a wonderful atmosphere and a good ment with a regular crowd of ex-pats. It's name is literal as people dock their dinghys and hop up for a table. If you head down when the chef gets in at about four thirty, you can help him feed the Tarpon fish that swim around the dock waiting for table scraps.
"Superette Mayra" is a small jam-packed grocery store that has it all, including sundries such as cooking pots, supplies for diabetics, reading glasses, cheap coffee machines, beach toys, plastic flower pots, sewing needles. Closed Sundays and during siesta time 1-3 pm.
Several food vendors hawk their wares daily at the entrance to Flamenco Beach. The grilled meat-on-a-stick is both delicious and cheap. Lots of bottled water and other cold drinks from vendors with ice chests
Mamacita's bar and restaurant in the heart of the town is popular but quite pricey. El Eden's liquor store and sandwich shop has a wide selection of local and foreign alcohols for reasonable prices. The Chinese restaurant in town sells some liquor, but the proprietor speaks no English and only some Spanish, so good luck there.
There are half a dozen or so hotels/resorts on Culebra. The term "resort" is a bit misleading as the average facility will be 2-3 stars at best. This is a small island after all! Some of the older hotels are barely a one star. Service is typical laid back (i.e., slow) island style. There are also plenty of houses and villas for rent on the island. Camping is permitted for up to four months at a time on the beautiful government-run Flamenco Beach, just a few miles outside of the main town.
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Metal Gear Solid 4 may been released earlier this summer, but that doesn't mean the merchandizing is gonna stop! This December, Konami is releasing a set of 7cm "Fugimate" MGS4 figurines. Priced at ¥2,940 (US$27), the set includes Snake, Raiden, Ocelot and Otacon — all as shoeless little girls with giant heads.
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Princeton won't accept postseason bid
Despite finishing second in the Ivy League, Princeton (17-11, 10-4) will not be playing in either the CBI or CIT tournaments.
A source close to the Princeton program told the Trentonian Friday that the Tigers won't be participating in any postseason tournament, though declined further comment.
After Tuesday's season-ending win over Penn at the Palestra, coach Mitch Henderson seemed lukewarm on the possibility of playing in a third-tier competition.
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Last season, Princeton accepted a bid to the CBI, where it beat Evansville 95-86 before losing to Pittsburgh 82-61.


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The U wrote:BleuLineLady wrote:The thing I notice the most is the way that Philly puts pressure on the Penguins players constantly. The forecheck and backcheck are relentless. That is definitely more of recent change over the past couple seasons since laviolette has been the coach. The Flyers make it uncomfortable and hard to play against and for a team like the Pens who are used to just using their offensive talent to glide through games sometimes, it can frustrate players like Malkin. I dont know if the Flyers play this intense every game, I doubt it, theyre 8-9-1, theres reason why. But when it comes to playing the Penguins, they know the formula to beat them. Just frustrate them and they get thrown off. I wish the Pens played more like that and maybe Shero needs to trade for a couple guys who play more of that style of a game. They need more guys who are like Kunitz, Dupuis, Sutter...players who have some scoring touch but are tough to play against and are defensively responsible. We have too many guys on the team who are thinking offense, instead of playing both sides of the ice.
Agreed. Pens were getting hit and harassed all over the ice in every zone. We played that way in 2009.
Philly doesn't play like this all the time, only against us.
Unfortunately for us they have our number right now. How many games they win or lose vs Florida, Caps, Toronto, etc...are meaningless. They play well vs the Penguins. Throw out seeds and records. We need to find a way to beat them and NJ.
Shero has 13 million to spend and we are coming off three incredibly disappointing playoff runs. Pressure is on.
Physical defensive dman, tough bottom 6 forward or two, and a top 6 scoring winger are all needed. Between now and April I wouldn't be surprised if 4 new guys are added and 3 or 4 current Pens are demoted or traded.
Its know its highly unlikely, but i would love to see Douglas "Crankshaft" Murray wearing a Pens jersey.


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Cofounders of the Innervisions imprint with Henrik Schwarz and Dixon, German deep house duo Âme, Kristian Beyer and Frank Wiedemann, have been refining their own genre-hopping electronic voice - one that melds Detroit influences with soulful tech-house and broken beats. While the bulk of their early output was released on Berlin label Sonar Kollektiv, run by the emblematic Jazzanova collective, Âme owes its international renown to the Rej EP (2005), hailed as a bona fide classic around the world and championed by the likes of John Tejada, Sven Väth and Damian Lazarus. Their second album Live (2012) features new versions of their finest throbbing, mechanized grooves. MUTEK welcomes Frank Wiedemann, one half of Âme, for his inaugural live performance at the festival.
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In an effort to involve young people in the decision-making process and present their experience in biodiversity conservation, young conservationists representing natural World Heritage sites are invited to an International Youth Forum from 16-29 October at Mt Fuji and Nagoya, Japan. Held in parallel to the Convention for Biological Diversity's 10th Conference of Parties (COP10) in Japan, the event is organized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre along with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), Tsukuba University and the German Technical Corporation GTZ. The topic of the Youth Forum is "Our Treasures at Risk - World Heritage Sites in Times of Climate Change".
The International Youth Forum 2010 offers young participants the opportunity to exchange their views on and creatively engage with natural World Heritage sites as the emblematic and visible flagships of nature conservation, and the effects climate change has on these sites. This initiative carries on the achievements of the first Youth Forum Go4BioDiv held during COP9 in Bonn, Germany, in 2008, where the participants provided creative and critical inputs for delegates and the wider public. At COP10, they will present their messages in the form of a joint declaration and through side events, discussions with politicians and other stakeholders as well as colourful stage performances. Before the conference the participants, who represent sites as diverse as the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador), the Great Barrier Reef (Australia), Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Sagarmatha (Nepal) or the Wadden Sea (Germany), submitted pictures, cartoons and video clips they made about their sites and interviews they conducted with park rangers or village elders. These contributions will be shown in an exhibition and published in a booklet distributed at the COP10. One participant from Nahanni National Park in Canada, Jenn Redvers, says, "I am very proud of the natural and cultural significance of this place and our practice of co-management with the Dehcho First Nations. Naha Dehé is one of the very sacred areas of the Dene people."
The concept of World Heritage and different management practices are just one of the many topics the group will discuss. Many participants encounter species loss and climate change at their sites first hand; the participants will share their experience and unite in their call for more action on the ground and effective biodiversity conservation worldwide.
Website with profiles of participants: www.go4biodiv.org
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Gas: GOP says high, Dems say low
Gasoline prices across the country — and in some key presidential battleground states — continued their steep drop into Election Day but remained at record highs for the time of year.
The sharply lower pump prices in states such as Ohio and Wisconsin probably won't affect the political messages from either presidential campaign about who is to blame for high gasoline prices or their strategies to bring them down.
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Republicans can still accurately argue that prices are the highest ever at this time of year, even topping the records that were set over the past five years.
"These are certainly high gas prices," said Avery Ash, AAA's manager of regulatory affairs. "That said, you are looking at prices that are sharply lower across the country from last month. At times, when prices fall, they become much less of a front-page story."
The newest declines showed that fears Hurricane Sandy would dramatically drive up prices were unfounded, and some gasoline experts are optimistic that prices at the pump will fall in the weeks, months and years ahead, regardless of who controls the White House.
The national average for regular gasoline dropped to $3.47 a gallon on Monday, the lowest point in 101 days, according to AAA, down 7 cents from a week ago and 34 cents from a month ago.
Sandy, which knocked off line some key refineries in the Northeast and created shortages in areas without electricity, has so far had little effect on prices, even in the two hardest-hit states of New Jersey and New York, because of lower demand.
New Jersey prices climbed almost 7 cents a gallon last week, while New York saw an increase of about 3 cents. But prices in both states are still lower than a month ago — by almost 20 cents in New Jersey and 17 cents in New York.
Polls have showed President Barack Obama safely ahead of Mitt Romney in both states.
"It's safe to say that with the exception of New York and New Jersey, we saw such dramatic drops in the price of gasoline on a wholesale basis in October," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service.
Prices are down in every other state from a week ago, and every state price was cheaper than a month ago. In fact, 11 states saw prices plummet by at least 40 cents from a month ago, and 32 states had declines of at least 25 cents. That includes some key states in the presidential race.
Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin were among the top 10 biggest price drops in the last month. Minnesota — where Romney is making a late play — led the way with a 54-cent drop to $3.26 a gallon from a month ago. Iowa's $3.34 a gallon was a decline of nearly 45 cents, and Wisconsin posted a 44-cent drop to $3.38.


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Almost 100,000 Oregonians will see their pay increase 15 cents per hour on Jan. 1 as the state�s minimum wage goes from $8.95 an hour to $9.10 per hour. But there is little agreement on what the impact of this increase will be.
Oregon�s minimum wage is the second-highest in the country, after Washington, which will increase its minimum by 13 cents per hour, to $9.32, on Jan. 1.
State officials say the increase in Oregon�s minimum wage will boost the state�s economy.
The Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association says it will hurt small businesses.
The Oregon Center for Public Policy says the increase, while welcome, isn�t enough to help the state�s lowest wage-earners.
And University of Oregon economist Tim Duy, who is director of the Oregon Economic Forum, takes something of a middle ground. He said he doesn�t see it as having much of an impact.
�It�s a pretty small number,� Duy said, �It�s not going to have a large negative or positive impact, quite frankly.�
The state Bureau of Labor and Industries says the increase, which is tied to inflation, will put more money in 98,000 Oregonians� pockets next year and generate more than $20 million in new economic activity for the state.
Minimum-wage employees working 30 hours a week will have $234 more to spend in 2014, state officials said.
Of these workers, most � about 80 percent � are at least 20 years old, the state said, based on statistics from the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. And, if Oregon follows national patterns, about two-thirds of the lowest paid workers are women, state officials said.
The restaurant and lodging association, on the other hand, has argued that increasing the minimum wage hurts small businesses such as restaurants, which are already facing other increased costs, including health care.
The association argues that �raising minimum wage is not an effective means of solving the low standard of living. When minimum wage rises, so does the cost of day care, groceries and other amenities to compensate for the increased cost of labor. Therefore, instead of fixing the problem, raising minimum wage merely extends the problem.�
The Oregon Public Policy Center says the 15-cent increase in the minimum wage �still leaves too many working families unable to meet basic needs. An even higher wage floor would be good for workers and our state.�
The center estimated �it would take at least a minimum wage of about $9.55 to lift a family of three with one parent working full-time out of poverty in 2014.�
Duy said that while certain industries that employ minimum wage workers �will feel the sting of that higher wage,� it�s not like the increases of 50 cents per hour or more the state experienced in the 1990s.
�It�s easy to lose your focus when you talk about minimum wage,� he said.
When the minimum wage goes up, there�s always a concern about how it will affect employers and the economy, Duy said.
But he added, in addition to the January increase being relatively small, he expects employers to pass at least some of the higher cost on to their customers rather than absorbing it all themselves.
�Their customers may have to pay a little more for a beer,� Duy said.
The increase also comes at a time when the restaurant and hotel industry, which employs a lot of minimum-wage workers, is showing strength, he said.
�Food and hospitality employment has been growing quite strongly,� Duy said. �It has more jobs now than pre-recession. So ... this should mitigate some of the impact.
�Oregon and Washington are very similar. We always have a higher minimum wage compared to the rest of the country,� he said.
�But there is not evidence that it�s having an impact on a dramatically slower growth rate.�


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Portland Swap Meet, Restored Antique Gas Pumps by Mike
Article and Photo by Terry Richard/The Oregonian
Classic antique gasoline pumps, the kind used at service stations when the largest sale stopped below $10, filled a few of the booths at the 49th Portland Swap Meet. The three-day show, which organizers call the largest auto parts gathering in the West, ended Sunday.
The final price on the pumps' display was not only limited to three digits (including dollars and cents), but the price per gallon could only be two digits (plus that mysterious 9/10 of a cent).
Amid the acres of rusty old auto parts at Portland Expo Center, a flash of bright paint catches the eye exactly the way it was designed to in the 1950s. Mike Pankratz of Redmond, Oregon shows off some of the gas pumps he has restored. These pumps are Canadian, with a 5/10 instead of a 9/10 price per gallon.
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New London — A rape reported to police last month has for weeks fueled the perception of an unsafe downtown, provided fodder for a local radio talk show and led to calls for more police officers and an investigation into the department's handling of the release of information.
But on Wednesday, police closed their investigation into the complaint, saying the alleged victim had lied to investigators. Based on her new statement, the sexual act was consensual, police said.
Deputy Police Chief Peter Reichard said detectives investigating the complaint had suspicions from the start about the validity of what had been described as a violent random sexual attack committed by a stranger in a downtown alleyway July 20.
Those suspicions were confirmed during a follow-up interview and a recorded statement from the complainant on Tuesday, Reichard said.
"Following several weeks of active investigation into the allegation, investigators have concluded that the facts and circumstances initially reported to police by the victim turned out to be an untrue," Reichard said in a statement. "The victim has recanted her original version of this event, changing the facts of this allegation from what was initially reported to police as a violent random sexual assault."
Reichard said a DNA test is still pending and investigators will continue to look into all aspects of the incident, but no arrests are expected. However, investigators may consult with the state's attorney's office to determine whether the woman should face criminal charges related to her false statements.
It was the delay in the release of information about the alleged sexual assault that has fueled criticism of the department and the mayor, who has called for an internal review.
Reichard said experienced investigators found deceptive information in the original version of the sexual assault complaint, in which the woman said she was raped by an extremely fat, bald black man in his 40s in an alley off Bank Street.
When questions arose, he said, there was hesitation in distributing what now turns out to be inaccurate information about the description of the perpetrator and the incident itself.
Information was leaked to the public about a sketch of the suspect that never was distributed to the public, Reichard said. That is also untrue, he said.
Reichard said there was limited cooperation from the alleged victim, and she did not provide enough information to assist a state police artist to prepare a sketch.
"The New London Police Department strives to continue to provide the public with accurate information related to crimes taking place within the city," Reichard said. "The Internal investigation into the notification process surrounding this case and the leaking of confidential police documents is ongoing."
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Dan Aykroyd Lays Down "Ghostbusters 3" Ultimatum
(NEW YORK) -- It's now or never. Dan Aykroyd, the self-proclaimed "cheerleader" behind a long-brewing attempt to get the Ghostbusters franchise back into theaters, sat down with Esquire for a lengthy and candid interview this week regarding the status of Ghostbusters 3.
The bottom line? Time is running out.
Addressing the studio heads at Sony, Aykroyd said that it's "time now to sit down and make this movie, or you will lose your main principals, and you won't be able to make it without us, because we have rights, and now is time to make the movie."
He suggested that if the film were not green-lit within "three or four months," the deal would be off the table.
The rights to the Ghostbusters franchise are part-owned by Sony, Aykroyd, director Ivan Reitman, co-writer Harold Ramis and Bill Murray.
Murray has held out from signing on to the third film for the past few years. Aykroyd hinted in the interview that Murray may have "abrogated his rights" when he declined to star in Ghostbusters 3, forfeiting his need to sign-off on the film's green-light.
In the interview, Aykroyd revealed details of a previous, scrapped draft of the third film, which would have seen Murray as a ghost. Murray was being written out of the later drafts, but Aykroyd said they'll "always leave a hole for him. He's always there. He can always come back at any time and be rebuilt into it, as far as I'm concerned."
For all setbacks incurred, Aykroyd remains hopeful.
"At this point, I think we're closer than we ever have been" he told Esquire.
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Font smoothing, anti-aliasing, and sub-pixel rendering
Apple and Microsoft have always disagreed in how to display fonts on computer displays. Today, both companies are using sub-pixel rendering to coax sharper-looking fonts out of typical low resolution screens. Where they differ is in philosophy.
- Apple generally believes that the goal of the algorithm should be to preserve the design of the typeface as much as possible, even at the cost of a little bit of blurriness.
- Microsoft generally believes that the shape of each letter should be hammered into pixel boundaries to prevent blur and improve readability, even at the cost of not being true to the typeface.
Now that Safari for Windows is available, which goes to great trouble to use Apple's rendering algorithms, you can actually compare the philosophies side-by-side on the very same monitor and see what I mean. I think you'll notice the difference. Apple's fonts are indeed fuzzy, with blurry edges, but at small font sizes, there seems to be much more variation between different font families, because their rendering is truer to what the font would look like if it were printed at high resolution.
(Note: To see the following illustration correctly, you need to have an LCD monitor with pixels arranged in R,G,B order, like mine. Otherwise it's going to look different and wrong.)
The difference originates from Apple's legacy in desktop publishing and graphic design. The nice thing about the Apple algorithm is that you can lay out a page of text for print, and on screen, you get a nice approximation of the finished product. This is especially significant when you consider how dark a block of text looks. Microsoft's mechanism of hammering fonts into pixels means that they don't really mind using thinner lines to eliminate blurry edges, even though this makes the entire paragraph lighter than it would be in print.
The advantage of Microsoft's method is that it works better for on-screen reading. Microsoft pragmatically decided that the design of the typeface is not so holy, and that sharp on-screen text that's comfortable to read is more important than the typeface designer's idea of how light or dark an entire block of text should feel. Indeed Microsoft actually designed font faces for on-screen reading, like Georgia and Verdana, around the pixel boundaries; these are beautiful on screen but don't have much character in print.
Typically, Apple chose the stylish route, putting art above practicality, because Steve Jobs has taste, while Microsoft chose the comfortable route, the measurably pragmatic way of doing things that completely lacks in panache. To put it another way, if Apple was Target, Microsoft would be Wal-Mart.
Now, on to the question of what people prefer. Jeff Atwood's post from yesterday comparing the two font technologies side-by-side generated rather predictable heat: Apple users liked Apple's system, while Windows users liked Microsoft's system. This is not just standard fanboyism; it reflects the fact that when you ask people to choose a style or design that they prefer, unless they are trained, they will generally choose the one that looks most familiar. In most matters of taste, when you do preference surveys, you'll find that most people don't really know what to choose, and will opt for the one that seems most familiar. This goes for anything from silverware (people pick out the patterns that match the silverware they had growing up) to typefaces to graphic design: unless people are trained to know what to look for, they're going to pick the one that is most familiar.
Which is why Apple engineers probably feel like they're doing a huge service to the Windows community, bringing their "superior" font rendering technology to the heathens, and it explains why Windows users are generally going to think that Safari's font rendering is blurry and strange and they don't know why, they just don't like it. Actually they're thinking... "Whoa! That's different. I don't like different. Why don't I like these fonts? Oh, when I look closer, they look blurry. That must be why."
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There are many situations in R where you have a
list of
vectors that you need to convert to a
data.frame. This question has been addressed over at StackOverflow and it turns out there are many different approaches to completing this task. Since I encounter this situation relatively frequently, I wanted my own S3 method for
as.data.frame that takes a
list as its parameter. I should note that it only works with atomic vectors (i.e. logical, integer, numeric, complex, character and raw). If any one of the elements in the
list are of some other class type, the function will call
NextMethod. However, on my R instance at least, this will end up calling
as.data.frame.default which will in turn throw an error.
To use the function you can source the function directly from Gist using the
source_gist function in the
devtools package.
Or you can download the code at https://gist.github.com/4676064
Example One
In this first example we have a list with two vectors, each with the same length and the same names.
> test1 <- list( c(a='a',b='b',c='c'), c(a='d',b='e',c='f'))
> as.data.frame(test1)
a b c
1 a b c
2 d e f
Example Two
In this example we have a list of two vectors, same length, but only one has names. The function in this case will use the names from the first vector with names for the column names of the data frame.
> test2 <- list( c('a','b','c'), c(a='d',b='e',c='f'))
> as.data.frame(test2)
a b c
1 a b c
2 d e f
Example Three
This example has two named vectors, but only have one overlapping named element.
> test3 <- list('Row1'=c(a='a',b='b',c='c'), 'Row2'=c(a='d',var2='e',var3='f'))
> as.data.frame(test3)
a b c var2 var3
Row1 a b c <NA> <NA>
Row2 d <NA> <NA> e f
Example Four
This is an example of what to avoid, three vectors of differing lengths and not named. The number of columns in the resulting data frame will be equal to the longest vector. For vectors less than that,
NAs will be filled in on the right most columns. This method will also print a warning.
> test4 <- list('Row1'=letters[1:5], 'Row2'=letters[1:7], 'Row3'=letters[8:14])
> as.data.frame(test4)
Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4 Col5 Col6 Col7
Row1 a b c d e <NA> <NA>
Row2 a b c d e f g
Row3 h i j k l m n
Warning message:
In as.data.frame.list(test4) :
The length of vectors are not the same and do not are not named, the results may not be correct.
Example Five
Another example of equal length vectors.
> test5 <- list(letters[1:10], letters[11:20])
> as.data.frame(test5)
1 a b c d e f g h i j
2 k l m n o p q r s t
Example Six
This example shows the warning (and likely error too) that occurs when all of the elements of the list are not atomic vectors.
> test6 <- list(list(letters), letters)
> as.data.frame(test6)
Error in as.data.frame.default(test6, row.names = NULL, optional = FALSE) :
cannot coerce class '"list"' into a data.frame
In addition: Warning message:
In as.data.frame.list(test6) : All elements of the list must be a vector.


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One of the most exclusive dining experiences in California isn't in a bar or nightclub — it's Club 33 at Disneyland.
Named after its location at 33 Royal Street in Disneyland's New Orleans Square, Club 33 serves a five-course tasting menu of French/New American food and is decorated with antiques chosen by Walt Disney and his wife. It's also the only Disneyland restaurant to serve alcohol.
Club 33, which officially opened in May 1967, was dreamed up by Disney as a venue for entertaining visiting dignitaries, celebrities, and politicians (though he sadly passed away five months before it was complete).
There are rumored to be only 500 members on the roster, with a staggering 800 people on the waiting list hoping to gain an invitation and the right to pay the $25,000 joining fee plus $10,000-a-year membership fees. The club gained media attention in May of last year when it sent invitations to 100 new members for the first time in over a decade.
Graphic designer Pete Hottelet visited the club last year, and shared some photos of his experience with us.
The private door to gain entrance on 33 Royal Street is relatively inconspicuous.
Inside, the building is more ornate. A glass French lift takes guests to the second-story of the club.
The elevator doors open onto The Gallery which leads into a lounge area and buffet apart from The Main Dining Room and Trophy Room.
Though the famous mixologist Lee Williams no longer works here, there are a few other worthy bartenders ready to take your drink order.
The balconies of the club look out onto Disneyland's New Orleans Square.
There are watercolors and original works by Disney artists and sketches done of both New Orleans Square and the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction.
There are also antiques and original works of art picked out by Disney and his wife in New Orleans.
Now let's head towards the dining rooms.
The Trophy Room is the slightly more informal dining room, with sketches and masks bedecking the wood-planked walls.
But Hottelet and his family ate in the Main Dining Room. The interior in here is much more formal, and is meant to look like early-19th Century restaurants.
The room was decked out in Christmas regalia and perfectly arrayed place settings.
Hottelet decided to order the five-course tasting menu, presented on the club's leather menus.
Even the tableware is emblazoned with the 33 moniker.
Hottelet's favorite course was the "delicious" Micky Mousse, the tasting menu finale.
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What better way to shake off the fairy-dust and show off your new outfits (and watch other people in amazing avatars!), than dancing on awesome tunes played by one of the Fantasy Faire DJ's on the Fairychylde, after a day of exploring and shopping?!
I know I love me some clubbin' and so I hopped over to the Fairechylde, the giant airship that is carried by a huge dragon and currently stationed above the Palace of Tears and danced the night away. Tonight DJ Victoria Grau entertained the crowds and it was wonderful!
You can hear the DJ's playing anytime, as they use the stream of Fantasy Faire Radio – which broadcasts news and updates continuously. There are regular events on the ship, so stay tuned and …enjoy!


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Return of the GOP hawks
The GOP hawks are back.
John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio are dominating the congressional debate on how to respond to the growing crisis in Iraq, calling for airstrikes on insurgents and blistering the president's policies on the Senate floor and in the media.
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Rubio is chastising President Barack Obama for rejecting the idea of putting boots on the ground while McCain is in such high demand among Senate Republicans that on Tuesday he briefed his colleagues — at their invitation — on his aggressive Iraq policy.
( Also on POLITICO: Wolfowitz: Not Iraq War 'architect')
As these Republican voices are rising in the Senate, there is less noise than usual from the party's more libertarian wing, including possible 2016 presidential contenders Rand Paul and Ted Cruz. Paul has said little about Iraq, except that airstrikes should be considered and that Obama should seek congressional approval for whatever course he considers. Cruz has said even less.
Given the vacuum from the GOP's libertarian wing, the hawks are driving the Iraq discussion.
"I don't think it's wise for the commander in chief to step forward and immediately begin to rule options out. Even if he never intends to send a single American soldier, he shouldn't be signaling that to terrorists," Rubio (R-Fla.) said in an interview. "You should not be going around announcing what you won't do."
( Also on POLITICO: Hill leaders, President Obama to meet on Iraq)
Rubio is no outlier in his interventionist stance. Many of his colleagues believe that Obama was wrong to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011 and is now paying the price, a notion rejected from Democrats who blame the Iraqi government for not negotiating a transitional security force.
And the scene in Iraq has Republicans looking toward the scheduled withdrawal in Afghanistan, where Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) thinks Obama should "reverse" course or the U.S. is "likely to see the same kind of meltdown in Afghanistan that we've seen in Iraq."
Following the resurgence of sectarian violence in Iraq, Obama's announcement that he is sending 275 U.S. troops to the country to guard U.S. interests has the GOP pushing a muscular policy that much of the party — including Rubio — seemed to reject when Obama asked for congressional approval to strike Syria.
( Also on POLITICO: Steny Hoyer: Iraq airstrikes should be considered)
Obama has ruled out sending American troops to Iraq but is continuing to mull over other options — including airstrikes. He huddled with his national security team on Monday night and on Wednesday will meet with party leaders in the House and Senate to discuss those options.
Meanwhile Republicans like Rubio and Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn of Texas are arguing that Obama shouldn't be ruling a single option out, from boots on the ground to targeted airstrikes.
"This is just the beginning of what the United States will have to do just to defend our own people and the embassy," Cornyn said. "We're just fighting for the survival of the Americans and the embassy over there. So I wouldn't be taking anything off the table."
Of the GOP's newest generation of senators, Rubio is most in line with McCain (R-Ariz.) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and the most comfortable discussing foreign affairs and making policy prescriptions. Two potential rivals for the 2016 GOP nomination, Cruz of Texas and Paul of Kentucky, have been significantly more quiet on Iraq than Rubio, who has also spoken about Iraq on the Senate floor.
Cruz referred a pair of reporters to his press office when asked about Iraq, as he did last week. A spokeswoman did not elaborate on Cruz's Iraq positions.
With Republicans nervous over Paul's isolationist foreign policy positions — a label he rejects — the Kentucky senator declined to rule out airstrikes over the weekend. But Paul has not said anything significant on Iraq since, and his political adviser Doug Stafford said that if Obama wants to re-engage in Iraq, he needs to bring that request to Capitol Hill for congressional approval.
With Cruz and Paul largely on the sidelines during this debate — so far anyway — the party is still turning to McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on how to engage in Iraq and the argument that the U.S. should never have totally withdrawn.


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The Carbon Cooler is far more than a typical pannier. It is insulated to keep your food and beverages hot or cold. With a built-in cutting board and five pockets, this pannier can hold a 12-pack, your favorite food, utensils, and a blanket for the ride to the park. Featuring an adjustable strap that doubles as a handle, this pannier acts as a picnic basket, grocery bag, and storage compartment in one brightly-wrapped package. Wherever your adventure takes you, the Carbon Cooler is sure to make your cycling trek even more enjoyable.
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As some of you know, I live in Charleston, SC, and tonight we're projected to get a bit of weather from a "tropical system" or "depression" or "hurricane" or some such. I'll be checking in periodically with any updates on what I'm sure will be a lackluster performance on the part of Arthur, but permit one to hope.
7:41 PM: [taking what will almost assuredly be the last shower of my life] I should drunkenly live-blog this stupid storm. I bet literally no one has thought of that yet!
7:53 PM: Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck I'm supposed to be cooking scallops for my lady friend tonight. At least if we're going to die, we'll die together, full of scallops and ... [hunts through refrigerator] baked asparagus it is! Shit. Why did I get drunk and decide to do a drunken live-blog of hurricane Arthur?
8:20 PM: No sign of Arthur yet, and no sign of my girlfriend, who apparently can't find her shoes. I'm sure these seemingly unrelated cosmic events have nothing to do with one another. As for the weather itself, temperature is hovering in the low 90's, and there isn't a whiff of wind. Wait, there's some wind—and it's gone.
9:40 PM: Well, dinner was just marvelous, and the lady found her shoes at last. And wine! Cheap, cheap wine! I'm happy to see so much love and support in the comments, so please keep that coming.
Let's have a look at the weather. Well, it's steamy and the humidity is downright chewable. Like warm, unsalted butter chewable. Mmmmmmm. Arthur still hasn't shown his face, but when he does we'll be ready (drunk). Stay tuned.
12:34 AM: We have passed the window within which Arthur was to show up. I've had 5 Fernet shots, lady has had four and a few ciders. We lost count of the PBR's, but it was a lot. I think. Anyway. The humidity, it seems, has only intensified, and the cloud cover is giving us a beautiful view of the southern night sky. There's Orion! And the moon! Both clearly visible through no cloud cover.
Our bunker—Cutty's Notary Public—has been quite generous. Much drinks. Smashing Pumpkins for days. The Lithium channel on Sirius Radio has not let us down, to the extent that Gin Blossoms has re-entered my regular playlist. Fight me.
Wind?! ... No, offshore breeze. This fucking hurricane sucks ass.
12:43 AM: Smattering of rain with no real effect on the human element. We're here, we're queer, and we scoff at your weak attempts, Arthur. You fucking suck, Arthur. You come charging in from the bullpen to jaw and flex but you flinch. You can't handle Chucktown, baby. You're a goddamn weak-ass motherfucker who wreaks havoc on those privileged assholes in North Carolina. Elitist asshat bitch. I DARE YOU TO SHIT ON CHARLESTON.
1:12 AM: I can safely say that Arthur cock-teased Chucktown. Look at us! We're all shithoused, and Mr. Hurricane decides to loop north and east. FUCK NORTH AND EAST YOU NORTHEAST ELITIST ASSHAT.
We've had some beer. Quite a bit of beer. We've also had minimal weather ... to the extent that I'm walking around the neighborhood screaming about a hurricane that never came. Stupid weather.
What I can and will say is this: this has been a sort-of-drunken-live-blog of Hurricane Arthur, which in reality never graced South Carolina's shores. Some were expecting Hugo Redux—which would have wrecked many Charlestonians—and that thankfully didn't happen.
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Go Ahead Honey It's Gluten Free: Indigenous Food Gluten-Free Acorn Muffin Recipe
This month when I read about the exciting "indigenous foods" event that Vittoria at Deliciously Gluten Free had proposed with "Go Ahead Honey… It's Gluten Free," I was excited to participate. I even had an idea what I wanted to make- artichokes! After all, California is the national capital of artichokes, with more grown in Castroville than anywhere else in the United States. Imagine my dismay some time later, when I found out that artichokes are not native to California at all. In fact, they are believed to be "a native of the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands." The California attempt at cultivating artichokes began in 1922, when "Andrew Molera, a landowner in the Salinas Valley of Monterey County, California, just south of San Francisco, decided to lease his land to Italian farmers that he encouraged to try growing the "new" vegetable." (source: What's Cooking America). So much for my idea to make artichokes as an "indigenous food." What next? I turned to the internet to find out what actually qualified as an indigenous, gluten-free, and vegetarian ingredient. I almost immediately found that besides nuts and berries, acorn was one of the most important vegetarian and gluten-free ingredient for many Californian Native Americans.
According to my friend Wikipedia:
"Acorns were a traditional food of many indigenous peoples of North America, but served an especially important role in California, where the ranges of several species of oaks overlap, increasing the reliability of the resource. Acorns, unlike many other plant foods, do not need to be eaten or processed right away, but may be stored for long time periods, as squirrels do. In years that oaks produced many acorns, Native Americans sometimes collected enough acorns to store for two years as insurance against poor acorn production years. After drying them in the sun to discourage mold and germination, Native American women took acorns back to their villages and cached them in hollow trees or structures on poles, to keep acorns safe from mice and squirrels. These acorns could be used as needed."
What else can you do with Acorn Starch? Try this…
Korean Acorn Jelly Recipe
Find a Korean supermarket in the United States
Although the price is high, you can buy acorn starch online at Hmart. However, I found it in my store for almost half the listed price here, so I really recommend finding a market or having a friend find a local market and mail the flour to you. *For the Hmart site, click the English button in the upper right of the page, unless of course you read Korean. :) *
Acorn Muffin Recipe
1/2 cup acorn starch flour
1/2 cup brown rice flour
1 cup white GF flour blend (such as Bette Hagman's gourmet blend)
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 large eggs
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup applesauce
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 cup buttermilk
Prepare a muffin tin by spraying with nonstick cooking oil. Preheat oven to 375.
Whisk dry ingredients in a large bowl. Then combine wet ingredients in a small bowl. Whisk until combined. Then make a well in the center of your mixed dry ingredients and pour in your wet ingredients, mixing until smooth.
Bake for 20-30 minutes or until muffins are brown and cooked through.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Police arrested a transgender housekeeper at an International Drive hotel after they say he touched a 14-year-old boy inappropriately.
Vanessa Olmos, 35, was arrested at the Days Inn on the 5800 block of I-Drive on Wednesday afternoon after Orlando police received a call from the boy's mother that Olmos touched the genitals of her son.
Orlando police told Local 6 Olmos said he's a man who lives as a woman and that he hasn't gone by his real name, "Christopher" since moving to the US from Mexico.
According to the report, the victim heard Olmos say "room service" outside of their roomand the victim told her to "come in." Olmos asked if they had any dirty towels and if the victim was alone, which he was, according to the police report. Olmos then asked "Can I touch?" The victim responded, "touch what?"
Police said Olmos then grabbed the victim's genitals on the outside of his shorts and said "you hot." The victim then responded "you're weird" and walked to the bathroom, waiting for Olmos to leave, according to the report.
Police said they spoke to the victim's mother, who said she had already swapped out towels with Olmos before the incident. Olmos said he had never touched the victim or entered the room.
Olmons was arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious molestation of a victim younger than 16 and battery.
The victim wasn't injured.
Local 6 spoke to some tourists in the area staying at the same Days Inn. They said staying at the hotel after the incident makes them feel uneasy.
"Especially when here are a lot of tourists and kids around, I think hotels overall they should be more careful who they hire," said Isabel Almonte.
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Barack Obama was sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 2009. The economy has slumped since then, despite stimulus and an auto-industry bailout, and his health-care overhaul is drawing GOP fire.
Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson captured the Libertarian Party's nomination in early May 2012, after he suspended his Republican campaign in late 2011.
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Sermon for August 20, 2006, Matthew 6 (video with sound).
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Sermon for August 13, 2006 First Corinthians 1.
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Podcast, Jennifer Armstrong sings "'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus" acappella
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Podcast, Sermon, July 23, 2006, at St. Luke's 1 Corinthians 13 is read and discussed.
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This is my second most favorite chicken recipe (after my poulet rôti, "roasted chicken"). The whole idea is to use dark meat from the chicken thigh, stuff it, pan-sear the meat and finish cooking in the oven. It's as simple as that. First, I used boneless chicken (de-boning the thigh and using the bones for excellent chicken broth) and made sure the skin was still on. Then I proceeded with the tender meat. I used a preserved lemon marinade and let it rest overnight. For the filling, I combined roasted red bell peppers, Manzanilla olives, shallots and cornichons (French gherkins).
To me, cooking is an expression of love. The dish doesn't have to be complicated. Learn your basics and you'll be able to dazzle your friends and family with creative, over-the-top dishes by making a few variants of your favorite recipes.
I had never heard of or tasted muhammara before until I met the folks at California Lavash. Every time I met with their team, I would hear how exquisite it tasted. In all seriousness, when you hear about a combination of walnuts, charred red bell peppers, fresh pomegranate seeds, lemon juice, garlic, mint, salt and pepper, it's difficult to imagine how it couldn't taste amazing!
To thicken the texture of the dip, I added bread and extra virgin olive oil, and balanced the flavors with dates, a hint of ground cumin and red chili powder. You could use it as a dip served with toasted pita bread or cucumber and celery sticks but in my case, I used it as a spread for a roasted lamb sandwich. It was delicious!
This is a meal that would fit perfectly at your Christmas Eve dinner table. What I love most besides the incredible flavors is the beautiful presentation of the food. Plating plays a big part in the aesthetics of a dish, so don't forget that aspect as you plan your holiday feast.
I prepared veal escalopes stuffed with lemon, pine nuts, golden raisins, garlic and fresh tarragon. Once the escalopes were cooked, I completed the dish with a flavorful sauce made from the pan drippings.
By the way, there is still time to order both of my cookbooks, Haute Potato and Banh Mi, as gifts to your loved ones for Christmas . 2013 was a great year for me professionally, and 2014 seems to be starting with a bang. I;m doing a Golden Globes Luxury Gifting Suite at the beginning of the year and copies of Banh Mi will be included in the celebrity "swag bags." Celebrities will be photographed on the red carpet at the suite with the Banh Mi book and I will be serving a few dishes from my cookbook. I'm so excited!
If you're planning on serving poultry on Christmas Eve, you might want to consider this dish. I stuffed chicken with morel mushrooms, caramelized onions and season-friendly roasted chestnuts. I used chicken thighs with the skin on so the meat remained ultra moist and because boning them could be done without difficulty. The whole procedure isn't necessary but it gives the dish an attractive appearance. Once the chicken was cooked, I let it rest for 30 minutes and obtained beautiful slices of chicken roulade.
I'm definitely going to recreate this dish for Christmas, though I'm not sure which poultry I'm going to use. This recipe could be used with duck, pheasant or turkey, but I prefer goose for a holiday feast. You could also use the stuffing of your choice such as sausage, pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, blue cheese, dried cranberries or bread dressing. I can't predict the future but I can tell this is going to be a delicious holiday season!
Here's probably the easiest baked fish recipe. Swai fillet (catfish) is seasoned with Bellindora seasoning, smoked paprika and cayenne pepper. Then, it's pan-seared with a combination of olive oil and butter and transferred to the oven until fully cooked. I use the combination of fats so that the butter doesn't burn. Right before the end of the cooking time, peach relish is spread over the fish to add a sweet and acidic flavor to the fish.
The peach relish is made with canned peaches, a lot of Italian parsley, pickled spring onions, Bellindora balsamic peach vinegar and red mini sweet peppers. It adds a brightness and freshness to the dish. I can't wait for peach season to make the dish again with fresh fruit!


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Now there is no choice: the new S12-150 does it all! From the open bluesy riffs of country music to the deep dark snarl of Heavy Metal...."
The copywriting is questionable, but the purpose of the Sidewinder was unmistakeable - a Celestion guitar speaker that was also able to produce "American tone".
The Sidewinder came in three different flavours, the S12-150PE was purely a guitar speaker (denoted by PE = Paper Edge), offering 150-watt power handling.
S12-150CE and S15-250CE were for more general musical instrument purposes, largely for for use with bass guitar and keyboards (denoted by CE=Cloth Edge), offering 150-watt (12" model) and 250-watt (15" model) respectively.
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What do you mean with you are not sure I'm right? I suggested to you to give the Screamer a go and to let us know which kite is better for you.Westozzy wrote:Maybe I'm more average than you, but the edge for me did ask for a big change in technique in terms of getting the best vertical height. It's the high aspect thing. Speed in the kite is always paramount for any jump but its crucial for the edge especially in the bigger sizes. The 9m is much easier to jump than say the 11 which is much easier than the 13. And yet too much edging races the kite to far forward in the window. It's a delicate balance between speed and line tension. It's not a plug and play kite. the paraglider effect is astonishing on the ascent and descent. So from where I sit I'm not so sure you are right.Caesar wrote: Hi Westozzy,
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Products such as Boost and Ensure can be helpful in supplementing the diet with additional calories and protein for weight gain. The idea that milk products increase mucous production is a common myth but not well supported by the literature. If you would like to try non-milky consistency products, you could try Ensure clear (previously known as Ensure Enlive!) or resource breeze. These are both juice based products with additional calories and protein; both can be ordered online or Resource Breeze is often available at Walgreen's.
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The theme is reflected in both the interior and exterior styling of this customised tractor, which has been dubbed "Pink Cat". Options and features of the Pink Cat are designed together with Young Farmers representatives and Valtra Unlimited Studio.The tractor is a four-cylinder N163 Direct with stepless transmission. The specs include bright pink taping, red leather upholstery, chrome headlight surrounds, chrome exhaust, chrome mounting rack on the roof, chrome grill guard, alpine horns on the roof, LED auxiliary work lights, breath alcohol ignition interlock, a top-end stereo and DVD player, a stainless steel mirror on the ceiling of the cab, rim guards made out of chrome-plated sheet metal, iPad and an Auto-Guide readiness system. The tractor itself boasts 171 horsepower, 700 Nm of torque, a 50 km/h transmission and 160 litre per minute load-sensing hydraulics.Pink Cat will appear at Young Farmers' events throughout Finland, beginning at the Okra fair in Oripää on 4 July. The tractor will visit all Finnish provinces before returning to its roots in Central Finland at the KoneAgria fair on 11 October. Pink Cat will be accompanied at these events by a customised trailer featuring a hot tub and terrace. After the tour the tractor will be offered for sale to customers just like any other demo tractor.
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When I was young, growing up in the United Kingdom, my family and I could always count on our next-door neighbor, Mrs. Oglive, to be around. We left a spare key with her in case we got locked out. We forgot our keys quite often, and she was always there—morning, afternoon, and night—to let us in.
Mrs. Oglive never went out. She suffered from agoraphobia, the fear of crowded or public spaces. Having lived next door to her for 40 years now, I still haven't seen her venture past her doorway. She wasn't always this way. She has pictures on her mantelpiece of less anxious days, from her honeymoon with Mr. Oglive and from a day at the beach with her children. But after her husband died, Mrs. Oglive began to isolate herself. As a child, I saw opportunity in this: Her garden resembled a jungle, and I earned some pocket money by pretending to be Indiana Jones armed with a machete slicing through the undergrowth, clearing the path to her front door.
As an adult, I can only imagine the heavy cloud of fear and frustration that surrounds her. Now frail and in the twilight of life, Mrs. Oglive's curtains are almost always drawn. But now and then, I still get locked out, and as she hands me the spare key, I am glad to see she is still alive.
I see parallels between Mrs. Oglive and the contemporary church. Many Christians observe the world from behind closed curtains, bemoaning culture instead of engaging it. Many local churches are isolated from the wider community and world, bunkered up like a coterie of doomsayers, suffering from fear of an open public square with divergent viewpoints and lifestyles. Meanwhile, many onlookers have read the church its last rites, so to speak, due to its dwindling numbers, ...1


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Ask yourself a quick question - how much time do you spend in your kitchen? For a fair amount of people, if not an overwhelming majority, the answer is likely "quite a bit," particularly if the respondents are fathers or mothers. Whether cooking, eating or socializing (after all, kitchens are fairly common areas for people to congregate during parties), the kitchen is an unquestioned centerpiece of the household.
Now, try a second question - are you happy with your kitchen? This is a query that many homeowners will have complicated answers to, as straight "yes" or "no" responses would be reductive. Some may want to change some aspects of the space, while others may want a complete overhaul. Similarly, some will choose to make adjustments for functional reasons and others will be more interested in improving its appearance or luxury, such as by installing a radiant floor.
If you're thinking about renovating your kitchen or any other aspects of your home, you'll want to do your homework. This includes learning current reasons why other individuals are choosing to make such changes, and seeing if any of these reasons apply to your situation.
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While this factor will not affect all homeowners, it is certainly a primary concern for those who are directly or indirectly in close proximity to major bodies of water. A survey conducted by Harris Interactive found that while many homeowners in areas where hurricanes have recently struck are taking certain precautions, 93 percent of them aren't opting for hurricane window protection.
While you'll not want to spend a great deal of time in the kitchen while holed up during a hurricane, you'll still want to be fully prepared and have the space be just as safe as every other room of your house. If upgrading the windows, be sure to avoid plywood or corrugated metal shutters, as these can't be removed from the inside.
On a less urgent note (but one still worth considering), the comfort that radiant floor heating can provide may serve as a major comfort while being stuck inside waiting out a major storm.
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Republican hard-liners have not surprisingly come to the exact wrong conclusion about the value of the failed anti-Hagel campaign. Elliott Abrams says:
The fight against Hagel presents the Republican party as a very pro-Israeli party, which is a good thing.
I don't think there was any danger that the GOP would ever be perceived as anything other than a "very pro-Israeli party" no matter how they reacted to Hagel's nomination, so this is a strange way to assess the value of the anti-Hagel campaign to the party. Based on the absurd lengths to which almost all of the presidential candidates went in 2011 and 2012 to affirm their zealous devotion, it was impossible to reach any other conclusion. Romney's frequent declarations that there would be "not an inch" of difference between the U.S. and Israel under his administration summed up the ridiculous degree of "pro-Israel" fervor that Republican politicians in particular now feel obliged to express. It has already become commonplace to acknowledge that there is a growing partisan gap in opinion polls on U.S. Israel policy. A Pew survey from the start of this year found the gap to be very wide:
You'll notice that Republican sympathy with Israel started skyrocketing at the start of the last decade and has now climbed to an all-time high. What Republicans consistently keep missing is that all of this is gradually working to their disadvantage. Part of this comes from ignoring the fact that most Americans now tend to recoil from knee-jerk hawkishness in general, but it's also a result of grossly overestimating how popular the status quo on Israel policy is. As Republicans become more resolutely and uniformly a party of "pro-Israel" hawks, they are separating themselves more and more from the rest of the country. As they are on other issues, Republicans are increasingly at odds the views of younger voters, who are more likely to sympathize with neither side or even take a more "pro-Palestinian" view of the conflict:
American sympathy for Israel is real enough (especially when contrasted with general lack of sympathy with Israel's neighbors), but it doesn't translate into broad support for extremely one-sided U.S. backing of Israel. Polls have consistently found that a large majority believes that the U.S. shouldn't take sides in the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. It was an article of faith endorsed by members of both parties during Hagel's confirmation hearing that Israel is an extremely important ally, but most Americans don't perceive Israel as an ally at all. As new cohorts of voters begin participating more regularly in elections, Republicans will find that their increasingly hard-line "pro-Israel" position has taken them into a political cul-de-sac.
Update: The latest WSJ/NBC poll has some similar results.