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When life is fair, some astute judge will rescue Beaufort County from itself and issue a cease and desist order mandating the county stop with this obsession of building major roads.
We have built roads that after construction has been completed we have said, well that really wasn't where the road should have been in the first so we need to build another one, a mile north of the first one, witness Bluffton Parkway Phase 5C and B. We spent $30 million or so on building one and now want to spend even more money than that, building a basically redundant road for which we do not have one dime in funding, a minor inconvenience I suppose.
We build roads that an amusement park owner would envy because of their rollercoaster-like intersections. Try crossing U.S. 278 at Simmonsville Road doing the speed limit or the Bluffton Parkway at Burnt Church Road, but first fasten your seat belts and put on a crash helmet unless you are in a convertible with no danger of hitting your head on the roof.
We build roads that now have the residents along the thoroughfare clamoring it is unsafe at any speed, my pardons to Ralph Nader. We want to build roads with flyovers across our precious marshlands that may or may not improve traffic.
However, the granddaddy of all is that we now want to build a road essentially in another county cleverly named Bluffton Parkway Phase 6 and 7, probably to have phases 8, 9, and 10 added on at some later date taking us to California.
Now these new roads are to connect to an intersection along Interstate 95 that is neither built as of yet, nor is the funding for its construction in place. I know minor details in the grand scheme of things.
But, the funding is the major issue, who in the world is going to pay for these roads, the state, the federal government, the citizens of Beaufort County or the citizens of Jasper County, chuckle. chuckle.
The State Infrastructure Bank has no money, besides we already have some scheme to have Beaufort County pay the debt portion of building the redundant Phase 5B for a few years and then let the state assume the debt in 2017, where does this influx of money come from in 2017?
The feds are not funding some road to the tune of a $100 million or so in this economy, so that leaves two options. Will Jasper County raise taxes on its citizens, to pay for a road benefiting Beaufort County, no, no and no? Does County Council have the nerve to propose another sales tax increase to fund a road in another county, I hope not.
Of course, the big question is what existing problem does it solve?
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Here is a copy of the letter sent to the New York Post:
I am writing you today to let you know I will not tolerate racist images and caricatures in your newspaper. I ask you to take immediate action to renounce the racist cartoon published in your paper on Wednesday showing two police officers, one with a smoking gun, standing over the body of a bullet-riddled chimp. This blatant exhibit of racism, comparing our commander in chief (also featured signing the stimulus bill on the issue's facing page) to a dead chimpanzee is unacceptable, given the historic racist stereotypes of African-Americans as being synonymous with monkeys. I strongly urge the immediate firing of the Editor-in-Chief and all those involved in the decision to print the image. I also demand that the New York Post publish a full, unequivocal apology for the misguided decision to print the cartoon.
Your publication sadly reminded me of the reality that even in 2009, when an African American man holds the highest post in the nation, racism is alive and well in the United States, and that we have a long way to go to ensure civil and human rights of all people. There is no room for this kind of insensitivity and divisiveness – they only distract us from the real work that we need to do to foster an era of change, collaboration, and acceptance of all people.
As a supporter of the NAACP, and as a citizen committed to ending racism and promoting civil rights for all people, I ask you to do better.
Join the NAACP campaign to hold the New York Post responsible
Join a petition against the New York Post
Join the Facebook Boycott against the New York Post
Please send this to your friends and get them involved. Please don't forget that Billionaire Rupert Murdoch the CEO of Newscorp also owns Fox News as well as the New York Post.

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MONTE CARLO, Monaco(AP) Modern pentathlon has been cut from five events to four in a bid to boost the sport's popularity and keep it on the Olympic program.
The International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) voted to combine pistol shooting and running into one discipline to create a shorter and more dynamic event.
Klaus Schormann, president of the UIPM, described the recent decision at the federation's annual congress in Guatemala as "one of the biggest in the history of modern pentathlon."
He said he hoped the new format, which takes effect on Jan. 1, would strengthen the sport's position in the Olympics.
Modern pentathlon has been criticized in recent years as lacking true international appeal and being dominated by athletes from eastern Europe.
It has featured in the Olympics since 1912 after being designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern games, to test an ideal soldier's skills.
Competitors must shoot an air pistol, fence, swim for 200 meters (yards), ride a horse that is unknown to them over a showjumping course and run 3,000 meters.
Shooting and running will now be combined in a fourth and final discipline. The starting order of the final event is determined by the points accumulated after the first three, so that the leading competitors get a head start. The overall winner is the first to cross the finishing line.
The Monaco-based UIPM has previously changed the sport to make it more attractive to spectators and television viewers.
For the 1996 Atlanta Games, when only men took part, the competition was cut from four or five days to a one-day contest. Women have competed since the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
At this year's Beijing Olympics, the gold medals were won by Andrey Moiseev of Russia and Germany's Lena Schoeneborn.


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Supporters celebrate felony mental health court
State District Judge Jan Krocker's voice cracked as she talked Tuesday about a Hispanic teenager in jail persuading a grizzled and tattooed former white supremacist to get mental health help earlier this year.
"Somewhere in the jail, their paths crossed," Krocker told a courtroom packed with mental health professionals and members of the criminal justice community. "And this young Hispanic kid talked this old guy, who had been in the Aryan Brotherhood, into getting help."
Krocker and others celebrated the official opening of Harris County's felony mental health court, which started putting mentally ill defendants on probation instead of sending them to jail in May.
Krocker has been working to get a special court to oversee felony cases of defendants diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and severe depression since 2009.
"The youngest participant was 17 years old when he came in, the oldest is 61, and all of them are very sick," Krocker told the group that included County Judge Ed Emmett, Precinct 1 Commissioner El Franco Lee and state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston.
She said the program, paid for by an initial federal grant of $500,000 with matching funds from the county, has 45 people on probation. Krocker said the program has room for 80 probationers.
Defendants with pending criminal cases who agree to the probation meet with Krocker and mental health professionals in the courtroom, weekly at first, to coordinate social services and show they are medicated. If they stop abiding by the rules, their probation can be revoked.
The first 40 on the intensive probation, Krocker said, have spent a total of 10,600 days in jail since 2006. She said it cost taxpayers about $600,000 for them to cycle through being arrested, going to jail where they are medicated and released, stopping their medication and being arrested again.
Statewide, Whitmire told the group, 18,000 inmates take psychiatric medication. Of the 153,000 people incarcerated in Texas, Whitmire said, 32,000 were in a mental health system before they ended up in prison.
"Those 32,000 people are in our penitentiaries, at a cost of millions of dollars, because they couldn't get the mental health services they need," Whitmire said. "When we solve the problems of the mental health defendant, we're preventing the next criminal act."
Emmett said most families, including his own, have been affected by mental illness.
"It's eye-opening," Emmett said. "When you think of where they might end up."
He said specialty courts, like drug courts and veterans courts, recognize that people with mental health issues, even those who commit misdeeds and crimes, are not like other people accused of felonies.
"They're different," Emmett said. "They deserve to be treated differently. They deserve to be treated as individuals."
He said public policy is "growing up" when it comes to dealing with the mentally ill, who for years have gone in and out the jail's revolving door.
"This court is a manifestation of that growth," Emmett said. "Hopefully it's just the beginning."


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Beckwith Veterinary Hospital centrally located in Modesto, California is seeking associate veterinarians. Our hospital is a great opportunity for any individual who is looking to expand their career and knowledge. Dr. Michael O'Brien has been practicing for more than 40 years. He is a great mentor and has helped many new graduates start their careers. Beckwith Veterinary Hospital also has three other full-time veterinarians. New associates will have the chance to learn advanced surgical techniques, diagnose and manage challenging medicine cases. Our facility is a 14,000 sq. ft. state of the art building featuring nine exam rooms, a large ICU, expansive treatment area and dual surgery suite. We also have a large conference room, break room, in-house gym and locker room with private showers. Our practice features a full in-house laboratory and twice daily pick-ups from Idexx Laboratories. We also have digital radiography, ultrasound, CO2 surgical laser, dental tables and class IV therapy laser. Please visit our website to learn more about Beckwith Veterinary Hospital and the services we offer at www.beckwithveterinaryhospital.com
We offer a six figure income with generous benefits- Full coverage of Blue Shield PPO medical insurance, dental insurance, holiday pay, sick pay, vacation pay, CE allowance, VIN membership, local veterinary medical association membership. Associates have the potential to earn a production bonus based on their quarterly gross revenue.
Please feel free to contact Maria O'Brien at (209)524-9282, or via email at firstname.lastname@example.com
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When you are really sick with an infection, does it make sense to start taking only a half dose of the antibiotics necessary to cure your ailment? Or again, when battling infection, does it make sense to take an antibiotic for half of the time necessary for the full cure to take effect?
Dr. Jeff Turnbull, outgoing president of the Canadian Medical Association, reports that there are 1,000 homeless people in the core of Canada's capital city, where he lives and works. Shockingly, he also holds that the rate of HIV-AIDS infections among that population is higher than in the other part of the world where he practises — sub-Saharan Africa.
"Health is the currency of the wealthy; and the poor pay for poverty with their health," Turnbull complains.
If following the correct prescription is necessary in medical terms, it may also ring true when we consider societal options for eradicating social ills, such as poverty.
At the end of September, the National Council on Welfare (an independent but federally-funded agency) released a report designed to help Canada respond to the persistence of poverty.
Entitled The Dollars and Sense of Solving Poverty, the 105-page report made the case that Canada needs "an investment approach" devoted to poverty prevention, which could reduce health care and other social costs, as well as lowering poverty rates.
Just as taking too few antibiotics for too short a time may maintain a patient in ill health, so too designing social supports that penalize people in need - by merely maintaining them in poverty - will never cure this social ill. In both cases, the treatment quickly becomes overly expensive, and dangerous in the longer run.
The council reports that a low-end estimate of the cost of poverty in Canada is $24.4 billion.
It would have taken $12.6 billion in 2007 to raise the income of all Canadians above the poverty line. That same year, easily double that amount was spent - while poverty by 2009 actually rose by 0.4 per cent to 9.6 per cent.
Smarter spending is needed. A 2009 study in Calgary, for example, reported that keeping a person in a homeless shelter could cost up to $42,000, while prison or psychiatric hospitals can run much higher (up to $120,000 a year.)
Yet, offering supportive housing to the homeless would only cost $13,000 to $18,000, and affordable housing might only cost $5,000 to $8,000. Nonetheless, even though "the system" makes no economic sense, we discipline and punish those living on low incomes, rather than help them succeed.
The moral case against poverty is well-known to Christians, as is the biblical case. The economic case has also been highlighted in studies, such as this NCW report.
So have you ever wondered, as I have, why governments have refused to eradicate poverty? Or why, as Conservative Senator Hugh Segal puts it, does government minimize social investments?
Rather than merely arguing that governments lack "the political will" to act, let's ask why this is true. Marxists argue that the capitalist system requires a "reserve army of labour" (the poor) in order to depress wages and salaries. Others complain that the public has not adequately engaged politicians on the issues, challenging them to act.
This is unfortunately the case of Canadian faith communities, who profess concern for the poor and gladly carry out a multitude of social programs to serve poverty's victims.
An Interfaith Declaration was released last March, calling for a federal poverty elimination plan. Then the Canadian Council of Churches wrote to party leaders before the May 2 election, stating that the issue of poverty was the key issue in the campaign.
But exit polls (in English Canada at least) suggest that a majority of churchgoers voted to elect the only party that did not include a poverty reduction plan in their platform.
Richard Shillington, a mathematician and researcher at Informetrica, suggests another reason for our inaction. He contrasts our reaction to poverty with how Canadians reacted to the SARS scare. Although one in 10 Canadian kids lives in poverty (one in four aboriginal kids), we haven't acted for change.
But when SARS took the life of a young hockey player, something hit home. Middle class families realized that they could not protect themselves and their own children. They then made it clear that governments needed to act to protect what our families by themselves could not.
Canadians have not moved to eradicate poverty, even after the moral, and now the economic, arguments have been established. For the common good of all, that simply must change.
(Joe Gunn is executive director of Citizens for Public Justice, www.cpj.ca.)


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Friday, August 19, 2011
Played Lately: Middle of August Edition
SWG: since it's only going to be around for a few more months, I decided to stick my head into Star Wars Galaxies and give it one final try. Yeeboe the Rodian Jedi has been played the most. He also has the most pinp looking landspeeder of my 'toons so far:
My only goal in this last run at SWG is to get a character, any character, off of Tatooine. I'm enjoying it a bit more this time around than my last attempt, I suspect largely because I was prepared ahead of time for the clunky UI. Following the game's single quest line I've made it to 20 so far. I did have one quest in my chain assign me to take down level 19-20 mobs when I was only level 13, but an evening of mission terminal runs (procedurally generated kill quests for very high XP) got me high enough to taken them down.
LoTRO: I've also been putting some time into Lord of the Rings Online. My two goals there are to max out weaponsmithing on a low level alt, and to get my champion through all of the book quests before Isenguard launches.
DDO: Finally, I've taken up Dungeons and Dragons Online again. My extremely small guild has finally earned it's first airship:
Even the lowest level guild airship comes with some nice perks. There is a shared storage chest that allows anyone in the guild to trade items. So far we are using it mainly to give crafting mats to the one character that's taken it up. There are also slots for NPCs that can be purchased with either platinum (in game currency) or Turbine points. An NPC lasts for about a week once you purchase them. Each NPC casts a unique buff for free on any guildy that talks to them. The buffs last an hour and stack with every magic item and spell buff in the game. The nicer NPCs are available for Turbine points at lower guild levels than it takes to buy them with platinum, however even our very low level guild is only paying TP for one of our three NPCs at this point. We are currently using NPCs that give a small buff to skills and offense, a buff to defense, and a buff to all incoming healing.
As the guild levels better airships will become available that let us slot more guild amenities, and NPCs with better buffs. All in all it's one of the more rewarding and interesting guild leveling systems I've seen.
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I plan on playing as much Galaxies as I can take before the game ends. I find SWG to be kind of boring and still think it's a bad game but I hope to do all the stuff I haven't done yet in game to avoid that regret feeling.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 22, 2011 at 12:32 PM
Never been to Texas, would love to visit there one day. And I can't believe all those are bats. Shudder.ReplyDelete
This summer has been sort of a long funk for me. Usually I'd be tempted to hop around other games to revisit them again, but this year I'm not even feeling that for some reason.
@Jaybdub: If I can even get one guy to the next planet, I'll have seen a lot more of the game than I ever did in the past. SWG still is a game with a lot of potential, I think it is sort of a shame they are shuttering it.ReplyDelete
@Mmogamerchick: The summer has seemed a bit slow. However, there are a ton of big releases just around the corner, both new games and expansions to games I play. I expect things to pick up soon, maybe too much so.
I wish I'd known you were gonna be in Austin. I live nearby.ReplyDelete
@MMOGC The bats are fascinating. People gather pretty much every evening in August to watch them come out from under the Congress Bridge. I've only seen it once. They go a long way toward keeping the bug population down. That's why they're encouraged to stay.
@Rowan: I'll try to do better to advertise my movements in the future :-) And yeah, the bats are a stunning sight.ReplyDelete


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But how about vol 1? Or have I missed something. I only can see vol 2? I don't mean to be ungrateful, just wonderingen.
Hi again
But how about vol 1? Or have I missed something. I only can see vol 2? I don't mean to be ungrateful, just wonderingen.
Hi Stephan,
We only have vol. 2 at this time. I don't know if we will include vol. 1 or not. We already have the Apocrypha text included in BW in various translations (LXE, NRS, RSV, etc.), so there isn't as much urgency to include vol. 1. The introductions would be nice to have, though. It is very, very expensive to scan and proof these books, especially for ones that we give away, so we must be careful what books we produce.
Hope this helps.
I understand the work and expenses involved.
However, Charles set a school of thought when he published the volumes we are talking about. The notes and comments in connection to the texts are very valuable, especially in contrast to how these texts are looked upon by other schools of thought today in relation to the Old Testament.
I wish my dissertation was finished, so I could help out with the project.
For some reason, I am unable to download the updates. When I check for updates they are accessed but I get an error message whenever I attempt to download them into my bibleworks program.


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CMS Athletics Recruiting Video: 3 Colleges, 2 Mascots, 1 Spirit
(Video created in 2014) - Three colleges, two mascots, one spirit. Welcome to CMS Athletics, home of the Stags & Athenas. CMS is the abbreviation for the Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, and Scripps Colleges athletics program, which means our teams are a blend of student-athletes from three of the five elite undergraduate institutions of the Claremont Consortium. A potential Stag or Athena knows academics come first. They're intellectually curious, and a robust, well-rounded liberal arts education is important to them. But they're also looking for impressive facilities, accomplished coaches, and driven, hard-working, highly successful teams. CMS athletes want to be good at everything they do, whether it's in class or on the court. Find out more about CMS Athletics from some of our coaches and student-athletes by watching this video.


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As the election year heats up, Facebook has already partnered with CNN to galvanize its users to vote, but its latest move is now adding "Registered to Vote" to users' timelines.
"Election Day in the United States is right around the corner and people are increasingly using Facebook to discuss candidates, campaigns, and critical issues facing the country," Facebook announced Monday. So, now users can "share" their stories about "when, where or why you decided to register" to vote.
And if users aren't registered, then there will be a link to a user's state election authority. Facebook said that the feature will inform the "citizenry" and make them more involved.
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We have to love any website that informs the public or helps them to vote (and we love anyone using the word "citizenry") but we're not sure this will guilt all our non-voting friends into voting. Still, for those who are proud of their voting record, the new addition to the timeline will be a welcome one.


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Castle in the Sky
For a busy single mom, this Hokua penthouse apartment has become the ideal home—after a few tweaks, of course.
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When you've got a budget topping $3 million, shopping for a new home becomes less about "What do I want," and more about "What don't I want." When this single mom outgrew a two-bedroom apartment at One Waterfront Towers, she toured the usual residential dream areas—Hawai'i Loa Ridge, Kahala. But it all seemed a bit much for her. "It hit me that two girls living by themselves in a big house is just not a good idea," she says. It was a question of security, sure, but, even more than that, a full size house is a lot to take care of. And so the convenient urban lifestyle being pitched by Honolulu's newest crop of luxury condominiums appealed to her.
She visited a few of these condos, looking for large, three-bedroom units, but nothing really jumped out at her—until she walked through the door of this Hokua penthouse suite. It was love at first sight. An expansive, 2,200-square-foot layout included three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a huge kitchen, and distinct living room and dining room areas.
Unlike many condos, in which the front door dumps you right into the living room, the layout for this penthouse more closely resembled that of a house, with an entryway leading to separate wings, one for the bedrooms and another for the public areas.
And then there was the view—a spectacular panorama that wraps from Ala Moana Beach Park to Diamond Head to the mountains behind, depending on where you stand. "I just felt this calming effect," the owner recalls. "Something about that ocean view."
Even the penthouse's location in the building seemed ideal. "It's a corner unit, so I have a view from every single room, even my master shower," she says. "And because I'm on the Diamond Head side of the building, there's no afternoon sun."


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Since August 2016 - Platform 2 Update, for deploying any new Dynamics 365 for Operations environment, configuring ARM is a pre-requisite. Through this article, I want to share my experience and few tips/troubleshooting steps which I had come across while configuring ARM
What is ARM?
ARM (Azure Resource Manager) groups the resources required for your Dynamics 365 for Operations instance in the cloud-based Azure OS.
Resources can be your:
a. Dynamics 365 for Operations Virtual Machines (DEMO, SANDBOX, DEVTEST)
b. Storage Accounts
c. Virtual networks
d. Databases
e. 3rd party Services
Azure Resource Manager enables you to work with the resources in your solution as a group.
We can use a template for deployment and that template can work for different environments such as testing, staging, and production.
To know, more about the benefits of ARM read here - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-overview
Let's now talk about how to configure ARM before deploying a new Dynamics 365 for operations environment.
So, once you are in your LCS (LifeCycle Services) page, before deploying your environment, you will need to set up Azure subscription, so click on Microsoft Azure Settings
Once you click on Microsoft Azure Settings, you will see the below page where you need to Authorize the tenant administrator of the organization, access to Dynamics 365 for operations application. For this, you will need to click the Authorize Link under the Organizational list group.
A new window gets opened as shown below where you have to enable Dynamics Deployment Services.
On pressing the Accept button, this grants access for Dynamics Deployment Services into your Azure Active Directory. Go back to the previous page and under Organization list settings and click again on Authorize. Refresh the browser and you will see the Authorization status as Authorization complete, as shown below:
Tip - At times, I have seen you have to click on the Authorize button multiple times to get the status as "Authorization complete"
Go back to Azure Connectors and click - Add
Enter any name and your Azure Subscription ID
Enable Configure to use Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and change the Azure subscription AAD Tenant Domain
Tip - You have to select Dynamics Deployment Services - Contributor and then click on Next button, failing to do so will not perform the validation
For the next step, that is to provide authorization, you will need to either:
a. Download and upload the Management Certificate, OR
b. Go to Access Control Panel (IAM) in your Azure portal and ensure that the tenant which you are using is added as part of contributor role in AAD
For Option a, that is uploading the management certificate, you will need to log into your Classic Azure Portal, to upload the certificate
For Option b, you can do this by launching the New Azure portal and then add the tenant user to the subscription as a Contributor.
Go to More Services > Subscriptions, then select your subscription, and click on Access Control (IAM), then press the (Add) button
Once the above steps are completed, when you go back to your Azure settings page in LCS, Make sure, that ARM enabled is checked for your subscription. Now, you are ready to setup your Azure region and proceed with deploying the environment


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Turn Passion Into Productivity
Lessons from Five First Time Entrepreneurs Who Capitalized on Creativity
We've all heard the success stories of legendary people like Steve Jobs, Donald Trump and Oprah Winfrey. Mark Zuckerberg, once a Harvard drop out, is now a household name. But what about the little people- mere mortals who turned an idea into an enterprise?
Thanks to websites such as Amazon, Etsy and Ebay, as well as infinite resources for small business owners, the chance to own your own company is more possible than ever. The growth of social media has only encouraged the growth of small businesses, offering affordable marketing that's been proven to pay off. From online teddy bear boutiques to fast paced food trucks, the time to be an entrepreneur seems to be now.
So what are you passionate about? Tea? Landscaping? Watches? Instead of pushing paper for the rest of your life, turn your hobby, interest, or obsession into a profitable business- just like these entrepreneurs did. Learn five vital lessons from first time entrepreneurs that turned passion into productivity.
Turn Everyday Frustration Into Opportunity
Joi Sumpton, Founder of the Step-n-Wash
Joi Sumpton's life changed in a Barnes and Nobles bathroom. Tired of having to hold her kids up to public restroom sinks, Sumpton was struck with a brilliant idea. What if she didn't have to? A few sketches, brilliant product development, personal investment and a year later, Joi has launched a successful business out of mere frustration.
Her innovative product, a retracting step stool for public bathrooms, has made life a little easier for parents and guardians everywhere. The Step-n-Wash website states that "thousands of businesses" have installed the Step-n-Wash to increase the safety and hygiene in their public restrooms. Joi's experience shows that with some imagination, simple, everyday hassles can be transformed into opportunity.
Make It A Family Affair
Ashley Schoenith, Creator of Ice Milk Aprons
Tallahassee native Ashley Schoenith started Ice Milk Aprons with one intention- to spend more time with her grandmother. Inspired by her seamstress grandmother's love for cooking and entertaining, Ashley decided that aprons were the way to go. After long weekends of brainstorming, fabric selection and sewing, Ashley successfully launched Ice Milk Aprons in 2008.
Unfortunately, Ashley's grandmother passed away before the launch, but Ashley is still inspired by her. According to the Ice Milk Aprons website, Ashley hopes that families will "pass down traditions" with the use of her sleek, sophisticated aprons. Ice Milk Aprons are available online, and in various stores in Atlanta, where Ashley and her husband reside.
Find New Functions for Existing Products
Fred Meyers, Queensboro.com
For New York native Fred Meyers, the start of The Queensboro Shirt Company wasn't about fashion- it was about function. A huge fan of Lacoste polo shirts, Fred wondered if there was a way that the same comfort could be achieved minus the alligator patch. After graduating from business school, Fred decided to go into the custom shirt business full-time.
As the first company to offer custom embroidered shirts in small quantities, Queensboro has continued to be a key player in the corporate apparel business. For over twenty years, Fred has focused on top-notch customer service and high-quality products to gain customers in a competitive market. Living up to it's reputation of outstanding customer service, Queensboro.com promises that customers won't find "a company that will work harder to make you happy,".
Fulfill Needs in a Highly Specific Market
Julia Erickson, Aaron Ingley, Barre Nutrition Bars
For ballet dancers Julia Erickson and Aaron Ingley, the start of Barre Nutrition Bars came from their own need. Julia was tired of scrambling for heavy snacks that weren't nutritious. She decided to make her own energy bar, and from some mere kitchen ingredients, Barre was born.
After signing on her partner and fellow dancer Aaron, the two have taken the ballet world by storm. The pair are dedicated to providing a light, yet filling and highly nutritious snack for their fellow dancers. On their website, realfoodbarre.com, they explain that "Dancers do eat," and discuss the benefits to their vegan friendly, no sugar power bars.
Think Way, Way, Way Outside The Box
Bryan Silverman, Star Toilet Paper
Bryan Silverman, Duke University student and Entrepreneur Magazine's College Entrepreneur of 2012, found a market in an unexpected place: the bathroom. In an interview with Business Insider, Bryan revealed that when his brother first pitched him the idea, he "pooh-poohed it". Luckily, he came to his senses and realized the potential for toilet paper marketing.
Hoping to revitalize traditional marketing, Bryan and his brother, Jordan, started Star Toilet Paper in 2010. The Eco-friendly, easy to read toilet paper is safe to use, and offers a creative alternative for businesses to offer coupons, promotions, and ads. The trend is already catching on for Star Toilet Paper, acquiring them clients such as Allstate, Pita Pit, and Smoothie King.
- Star Toilet Paper Official Site
- About Us- Step-n-Wash
- Our Roots- Ice Milk Aprons
- Business Insider-Brothers Are Successfully Selling Ad Space on Toilet Paper
- About Us- Queensboro Shirt Company
- Why Barre- Real Food Barre
Melissa Weidenborner is a content creation specialist and freelance writer currently working in SEO and Social Media. In her spare time, she blogs about vintage goods, food, lifestyle and online marketing. Follow her adventures on Twitter @vintageandnerdy.


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Thanks to Quartz's Zach Seward for jogging my memory about this oldie and goodie: Tumblr's David Karp in a video interview taped in 2007, when he was 21, had 75,000 users and was talking about stuff like Digg, Flickr … and Twitter.
Karp's interviewer is Howard Lindzon, who's now known as the guy behind StockTwits. Assuming that the interview was taped close to the time it was published, it would have meant that the two men were talking as Karp was raising his first funding round of $750,000, led by Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital.
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(posted by Bob Bennett)
As the Nevada Legislature begins its 77th session, we are reminded of Mark Twain's remark: "No man's life, liberty or property is safe while the Legislature is in session." It is definitely a body that requires watchful attention by everyone. To make this a little easier for those who need to work for a living, don't have paid employees to keep tabs on their interests, or are just overwhelmed by the process – we will provide a few links – and a little commentary and opinion.
List of Bill Draft Requests – http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/BDRList/page.cfm?showAll=1
Assembly Bills – https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Reports/HistListBills.cfm?DoctypeID=1
Senate Bills – http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Reports/HistListBills.cfm?DoctypeID=2
Bills by Topic – http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Reports/TablesAndIndex/2013_77-index.html
Share your opinion on bills – https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/Opinions/77th2013/A/
"After each war there is a little less democracy to save." Brooks Atkinson – (Once Around the Sun 1951)
Opinions below are mine alone, and based on a quick reading of a small portion of proposed legislation.
Generally, bills before the legislature fall into three broad categories:
Those which transfer power from individuals to corporations.
S.B. 87 –– http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/SB/SB87.pdf
Allows companies to fire employees who on their own time use medical marijuana – or any substance the employer may disapprove of.
S.J.R. 2 – http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/SJR/SJR2.pdf Abolishes the $1.00 an hour addition to the minimum wage for medium size businesses who do not provide health insurance.
Those which transfer power from the individual to government agencies.
S.B. 33 – – http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/SB/SB33.pdf While attempting to regulate sexual conduct by those in prisons, jails, and certain residential facilities, the plain fact of the matter is that circumstances imposed on individuals require individuals to violate section 3 a) 4 – multiple times a day. Other provisions, such as making masturbation a felony also go way too far.
Those which transfer power from small businesses to government agencies.
S.B 96 http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/SB/SB96.pdf
(BDR 53-579) Imposition of fines and penalties for misclassifying employee (intentionally or not) as independent contractor – As someone who has worked as both as an independent contractor and employee – in a gray area – certain advantages exist for each category – Although abuses do exist, most often after a small companies grows to mid –size and begin to squeeze the people doing the actual work; this bill transfers too much power to a government agency – taking power away from both the individual contractor and employer.
Almost always these are pieces of bad legislation which need to be opposed by the people, but the people are generally ignorant of them, the mainstream media – both left and right – being more interested in kissing up to the power players than the actual welfare of the people – or the planet.
On rare occasion bills may actually propose transferring power from a government agency to individuals or from corporations to individuals. There actually appears to be a few of these this session. Perhaps the year of the snake will help chase the monsters of bias, shallowness and ineptitude from the kiss-up media like The Nation magazine, the RJG, Fox news – and really the entire marketing controlled press. "You dine off the advertisers sizzle and not the meat of the steak." J.B Priestly, New Statesman 10 Dec 1971
Removes need to inform employer prior to filing a complaint https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/AB/AB12.pdf
Revises provisions governing the restoration of civil rights for ex-felons. (BDR 16-687) https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/77th2013/Bills/AB/AB301_76.pdf
Expands prohibition on employers taking certain actions to prohibit, punish or prevent employees from engaging in politics or becoming candidates for public office with certain exceptions. (BDR 53-63)
Nationally, there has been a great hullaballoo about guns,, violence, and gun control. Yet both the violence and the calls for restricted access to firearms is simply the result of natural law. The left's continued failure to recognize that a great many people believe government has become oppressive – except of course on issues regarding women and gays, has been a major stumbling block preventing major reforms from happening. Perhaps the former cop from Los Angles who has killed three people as revenge for his being unfairly fired for reporting police abuse -and as of this writing is still on the lam, will bring about a turning point for the reactionary left.
"Government of the busy, by the bossy, for the bully." Arthur Sheldon; (Capitalism 1990)


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Taylor Peters
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Free agent signing, 2013
196 lbs.
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2007-08: Taylor Peters was selected by Portland in the fourth round (68th overall) of the 2007 WHL Bantam Draft and played in his first game with the Winter Hawks as a 15-year-old in December. He played five games with Portland while spending most of the season with the Greater Vancouver Canadians in major midget hockey. Peters scored 2 goals and had an even plus-minus with the Winter Hawks. In 39 games for the Canadians he scored 10 goals with 14 assists and had 66 penalty minutes.
2008-09: Peters played 70 games for Portland in his first full WHL season. He scored 4 goals with 4 assists and was -19 with 41 penalty minutes. The Winter Hawks were last in the U.S. Division and had the league's second-worst record.
2009-10: Peters split the year between the WHL and BCHL. He opened the season with the Portland Winter Hawks and played three games before being loaned to the BCHL's Penticton Vees. He played two December games with the Winter Hawks and returned for good in January. He scored 4 goals with 3 assists in 32 WHL games and was +1 with 7 penalty minutes. Portland finished fourth in the U.S. Division and reached the second round. Peters played two playoff games and was -1 with no points nor penalty minutes. In 22 games with Penticton he scored 3 goals with 5 assists and had 16 penalty minutes.
2010-11: Peters attended the Pittsburgh Penguins' training camp as a free agent before returning to Portland for a third season. He was one of two Winter Hawks to play in all 72 games as the Winterhawks finished first in the U.S. Division. Peters scored 8 goals with 11 assists and was +5 with 19 penalty minutes. Portland defeated Spokane in the Western Conference finals before falling to Eastern Conference champion Kootenay. In 21 playoff games Peters scored 3 goals with 5 assists and had an even plus/minus with 8 penalty minutes.
2011-12: Peters attended his second NHL training camp, this time with the Minnesota Wild, but did not receive a contract offer. He played an understated but important role as Portland was again one of the WHL's top teams. Skating in all 72 games for the Winterhawks he scored 12 goals with 26 assists and was -2 with 60 penalty minutes. After finishing second in the U.S. Division behind Tri-City, Portland defeated the Americans in the Western Conference finals to face Edmonton in the finals. Peters scored 1 goal with 7 assists and was +7 with 8 penalty minutes in 22 playoff games.
2012-13: Peters attended the San Jose Sharks development camp but was not signed to a contract and returned to Portland for an over-age season in the WHL. In his fourth season with the Winterhawks he scored 15 goals with 27 assists and was +27 with 61 penalty minutes. Portland had the WHL's best record and defeated Edmonton in six games in the WHL finals to reach the Memorial Cup. Peters scored 1 goal with 9 assists and was +1 with 19 penalty minutes in 21 playoff games. Portland advanced to the Memorial Cup final against Halifax. Peters had 1 assist and was +1 with 8 penalty minutes in five Memorial Cup games. He signed a three-year entry-level contract with Dallas in March, 2013.
2013-14: Peters played in 70 of 76 regular season games and seven playoff contests for Dallas AHL affiliate Texas in his first pro season. He scored 7 goals with 9 assists and was -6 with 58 penalty minutes during the regular season. The Stars finished first in the West Division, taking an epic seven-game series with Toronto in the Western Conference finals before defeating St. John's in five games in the Calder Cup finals. Peters scored 1 goal with 1 assist and was +1 with 4 penalty minutes in the playoffs.
2014-15: Peters began the year with Dallas AHL affiliate Texas, skating in 11 games and being a healthy scratch at times before being assigned to the ECHL's Idaho Steelheads at the end of November. Shuttling between the two teams, he had 3 assists and was -4 with 9 penalty minutes in 39 games with Texas and scored 4 goals with 3 assists in nine ECHL games with Idaho, finishing +8 with 6 penalty minutes. In three playoff games with the Steelheads he was -1 with no points and 2 penalty minutes.
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Peters is a determined, checking center that plays a gritty, hard-working type of a game. His right-handed shot adds to his versatility in the faceoff circle. He wins a lot of board battles and has a high attention to detail. Peters is a below-the-line type that can be an integral but unsung part of a winning team. He doesn't have a lot of offensive gusto in his game, nor is he the most efficient skater, but he can get around the ice.
Peters is skating for the ECHL's Idaho Steelheads in the third year of his original entry-level contract with the Stars. A lower line forward for the AHL's Texas Stars in 2013-14, he seems to have fallen out of favor in the Dallas organization and is likely headed elsewhere in 2016-17. His size and competitive nature suggest some lower line potential but he is equally likely to spent the rest of his career at the minor league level or in Europe.


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My kids aren't perfect; in fact, they each have their own set of little weaknesses and annoyances that cause them to stumble at times and be unhappy and drive others crazy. But they are mine, dabnabit, and I just love them so much it's crazy, and so, although I am more than aware of all their flaws, what I want to do most is focus on all that makes them absolutely wonderful.
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About a month ago, I was thinking about my children and the different qualities I loved about each one. All of a sudden, I had an idea. I ran to the computer and compiles four lists--one for each of my older children (the ones who can read). Here's what the lists looked like:
They are nothing fancy, as you can see, but they are sincere and they are positive. I taped them on the ceiling right above their beds so that they could read them every night before falling asleep and be reminded of how much their mother loves them. Life requires me to discipline when needed, to follow through with undesirable consequences, to reprimand at times and do plenty of negative stuff more regularly than I would like, making it so vital for my children to have a deep-seeded knowledge of how very much I love them so they know I am disciplining and correcting and training them because I truly want what is best for them, rather than because I don't like them or because I enjoy being a dictator over them. If there is one thing I hope my children can always say, it is that they always knew their mother loved them deeply.
Now, I must admit a few of the points I mentioned on these papers are actually qualities I am hoping they will develop, rather than ones they've actually mastered. It's not fluff, however. It's something I've seen within them at times--just not often enough. And so I'm hoping if they see it, they will begin to believe it and then they will begin to become it. I guess you could say I believe in "self-fulfilling prophecy."
Right now my four oldest children all share one bedroom, the girls on one side and the boys on the other. It makes for quite an interesting motif, I must say. The room is a combination of sports paraphernalia, flowers, dolls, and pictures of temples--each child's favorite one.
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|Hallee's favorite temple--San Diego (her picture is framed and nice--she got it for her 12th birthday)
|Nate's, Boston's and Regyn's favorite temples: Draper, Logan, Bountiful (the paper below the temple pictures is a list of Hallee's goals this year)


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Islip may cancel plan to limit Croci's powers
The Islip Town Board is considering abandoning its controversial proposal to limit the powers of Town Supervisor Tom Croci and could formally kill the proposed resolutions before Tuesday night's public hearing.
Town Attorney Robert L. Cicale said Monday he had briefed the board members about their options and there is a "very good" chance the board will vote to "adjourn" the public hearing, therefore abandoning the proposal touted by the Republican-dominated board.
Councilwoman Trish Bergin Weichbrodt, whom fellow Republican Croci stripped of her title as deputy supervisor amid the board tumult, on Monday directed a reporter to ask Cicale about the board's planned actions.
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Councilman Anthony S. Senft Jr., the board's lone Conservative, said late last week that he was undecided on the legislation.
"I'm not saying I would vote for or against it," Senft said. "I haven't made any decision. I want to hear public debate on whether this is the right thing to do."
Councilman Steven J. Flotteron, who initially said he had strongly supported the proposal as a "good government" measure, said last week regarding the resolutions: "Nothing's absolute. My mind has always been open."
Croci declined to comment and said he would wait to see what the board does Tuesday night.
The board last month introduced a pair of resolutions that would take away Croci's responsibility for hiring and firing and negotiating union contracts.
Town sources said the flap was over Croci's unwillingness to cave to Islip Republican Committee chairman Frank A. Tantone's demand for patronage hires -- an allegation Tantone has denied.


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Machol Shalem Dance House & the Suzanne Dellal Centre Present a Tribute to the Late UK Dancer and Director, Nigel Charnock
This is a guest post by Meredith Nadler.
In commemoration of the maverick and unforgettable performing artist, Nigel Charnock.
Nigel Charnock. Photo by Hugo Glendinning.
The international dance world is greatly saddened by the loss of one of its most gifted and original artists as well as its most maverick and controversial performers with the untimely death of choreographer, dancer and director, Nigel Charnock. In 1986, together with Lloyd Newson, he founded the DV8 Physical Theater whose works over the next 25 years would revolutionize what we thought of as dance and theater. His pieces, especially his solos, deeply touched, inspired and often outraged audiences. The Arts Council of England hailed him as "a national treasure" while he was branded by London Metro newspaper as the "bad boy of physical theater." In 2011 he came to Israel at the invitation of dancer Talia Paz and the Machol Shalem Production House of Jerusalem to create 2 new works here in Israel, a duet and group piece. In mid-June, after completing the duet and back in the UK hard at work on his project 10 Men, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer. On August 1st at St. Christopher's Hospice in South London, Nigel Charnock lost his battle with the disease at the age of 52.
Nigel Charnock's Haunted by the Future. Photo by Tomer Appelbaum.
As a tribute to this great man, on August 22nd the Suzanne Dellal Centre and BI-Arts of the British Council presented Nigel Charnock's final piece, Haunted by the Future, completed only months before his death. This posthumous premiere of his last new work left no one unmoved as it ran, and at times literally through the audience, the gamut of emotions – from tenderness to sheer rage. "Love versus Sex and Art versus Life" describes well this duet combining dance, theater and comedy and that brought the audience face to face with a couple at war, and yes – sometimes even in love. Michael Winter and Talia Paz, two seasoned and exceptional performers, tested to the limit their desires, needs and the illusions they have about being a couple. Love's pitfalls and man's vulnerability and egoism were narrated to hilarious effect through a succinct narration of Pop music favorites, from Motown classics like the 1964 Supremes' "Baby Love" right through an array of anthems from the 80's and 90's. Charnock's Haunted… is in fact a high strung masterpiece, where the sinews of the pair's relationship are pulled taut and not a moment goes by that extremes of brutality and fragility towards each other aren't vying for dominance. The two repeatedly withdrew to opposite sides of the stage, where chairs, water bottles and towels awaited them, as if in a boxing match, only to begin sparring again after they had regained a semblance of composure and the courage to continue the fight. Michael Winter, with his verbal virtuosity and biting, comic flair, had the audience reeling as he deflowered the topical assumptions of a man's role, duties and even his own virility. Modern day coupledom, that is in this piece meaning the expectations, ambitions and animosity that the opposite sex has in respect to one another, is put on display with a frankness and an absurdity that both enthralled and disquieted us.
Nigel Charnock. Photo by Hugo Glendinning.
The duet Haunted by the Future was followed by a special screening of Charnock's One Dixon Road, an improvisational solo performed in Jerusalem last year in which Jerusalem itself is caught in brutal clarity by video artists Sascha Engel and Youval Landsberg. The video reveals in stark relief the volatile panorama of a city submersed in the tension of its religious and sectarian polarities. Fleeting glimpses of the city awash in saturated colors frame for the viewer a most extraordinary landscape and people. Images known around the world are interspersed with everyday scenes that are compelling in both their ritualistic fever and urban mundaneness. True to form, Charnock's solo relates this reality in a tour de force of spoken word and dance, served up in a satiric manner of a man who declares emphatically that there is no God. Religion, framed by him as a bamboozle, a sham, no more than a car salesman pitch aimed to the susceptible, is put on display as a forgery of love and faith. In his trademark improvisational style, he segues at breakneck speed from the holy, to the personal, to a comical dissection of the most familiar elements of dance, theater, cabaret and stardom.
Ofra Idel's Force Majeure. Photo by Hamutal Vechtel.
The evening's program also included two more duets by Israeli choreographers. Force Majeure, choreographed by Ofra Idel and performed by herself and Danielle Shoufra, tantalizes the audience with a stirring intimacy in which the two women play out a relationship characterized by teasing, compassion and violence. Both possessing powerful presences, they physically test one another to the point of frequent discomfort as they struggle with each other along a journey of separations, reunions and final farewells. Danielle Shoufra's quest for self control, her belabored breathing, convulsions and repeated need for resuscitation, mark this piece with a lingering note of death and grief. With a rough and visceral movement language, the two grapple with each other and some unforeseen doom. Accompanying music is an eclectic mix which includes Nick Cave, Kylie Minogue and the Tarantella punctuated by a crystal clear soundscape of rattling chains and a brittle laughter that teeters between hysteria and mockery. Its rawness seems to push the performers to extremes and sometimes even over the edge, in moments that invoke confessions and narrowly aborted suicidal acts. This piece is dedicated to the memory of Tamir Natan, childhood friend of the choreographer, who died in a road accident in La Paz, Bolivia when she was just 21. Further performances of this work will be in Tanzania at the Visa2Dance Festival in October and at the Akko Dance Center later this year. A short film by Betina Fainstein and Lior Har Lev about this piece will be presented as part of a TV series on Jerusalem artists for Channel 8.
Nadar Rosano's Off-line. Photo by Kfir Bolotin.
The other Israeli work was Nadar Rosano's Off-line, in which Nadar Rosano and Adi Wineberg dance a duet that resembles a duel of sorts between man and woman, with an almost constant drumming pace set by the two sidestepping in synchronized fashion throughout much of the piece. A series of choreographic recapitulations of well defined movement phrases emphasizes a routine which grows tenser with each repetition. Control and a consuming drive to maintain it denotes an irreparable imbalance of power between the two dancers, with Adi Wineberg seeking flight and freedom with swift, deft movements but resolved to return and hold her own against her male counterpart. Music by Japanese ambient electronic artists Chichei Hatakeyama and Kouhei Matsungama serves as a backdrop of continuity which emphasizes the restlessness of their power struggle. The hypnotic melodies and insistent rhythms that permeate the piece act as an atmospheric anchor, pinning down one under the dominance of the other. This piece can next be seen on September 29-30 in Nicosia, Cypress and in March of next year at the Zurich Tanzhaus.
Meredith Nadler is a Berlin based writer, critic, artist and choreographer. For more about her work, see YouTube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6I_4QBNd0I and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyFRyfpGbY8
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Group will promote simple ways to save water
At its spring meeting, the New England Water Works Association (NEWWA) joined forces with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work with their thousands of members to help educate consumers on how to conserve water for future generations and reduce costs on their water bills.
The New England-wide water professionals' member association is now part of the team to help promote EPA's "WaterSense" program, whose aim is to decrease indoor and outdoor water use through high-efficiency products and simple water-saving practices. The program helps customers identify water-efficient products in the marketplace that promote water-saving techniques, thus reducing stress on water systems and the environment.
WaterSense labeled products, which include high-efficiency toilets, meet EPA's criteria for efficiency and performance. Certified products can bear the WaterSense label, which makes it easy for consumers to make product choices that use less water and save money—with no sacrifice on quality or performance. WaterSense is also labeling certification programs for irrigation professionals, helping to encourage water efficiency in the landscaping business.
"Looking for the WaterSense label is an easy way for New Englanders to save water and money," said Robert Varney, regional administrator of EPA's New England office. "There are many water-efficient products currently available—all consumers need to do is look for the WaterSense label. Using water more efficiently can help delay the need to create more supplies, saving communities money and resources, as well as ensuring that water will be available for future generations."
"NEWWA is proud to be a member of WaterSense and join in the effort to increase public awareness of how important it is to protect and conserve our critical water supplies. New England's water suppliers are leaders in protecting water resources for the future and are committed to helping consumers save water and money by promoting these water-efficient products—it makes sense," said Ray Raposa, NEWWA executive director.
NEWWA joins 16 other WaterSense partners in Massachusetts, some who have joined within the past several months, including: the Ipswich River Watershed Association, the Neponset River Watershed Association, Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection, the Town of Falmouth Water Dept. and retailers E.F. Winslow and Salem Plumbing Supply & Designer Bath. There are also 28 individual irrigation partners based in Massachussetts.
WaterSense is a partnership program sponsored by EPA to help protect valuable resources for future generations by making water-efficiency a clear and preferred choice among consumers and businesses.
In addition to being a WaterSense partner, NEWWA is one of multiple partner organizations that will sign a Statement of Intent with EPA promoting effective utility management. The statement will endorse "Ten Attributes of Effectively Managed Water Sector Utilities," which were developed by a stakeholder group of collaborating organizations and utility managers and, like WaterSense, are a key element of the EPA's Sustainable Infrastructure Initiative.
More information on WaterSense, including a full list of labeled water-efficient products and irrigation certification programs is available at www.epa.gov/watersense.


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Sep 27, 2012, 9:02 AM by Eric M. Zeman @zeman_e
T-Mobile fills a spot in its lineup with the Galaxy S Relay 4G. This smartphone offers a QWERTY keyboard, Android 4.0, a 4-inch display, and speedy data. Phone Scoop puts the Relay through its paces so you don't have to. Here's what we think.
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The Galaxy S Relay 4G for T-Mobile is a compact smartphone the includes a respectable number of features in addition to a slide-out, physical keyboard. For the smartphone user who needs real keys and wants performance in a smaller footprint, the Relay has merit.
The Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G (Relay) is no Galaxy S III nor Note II. It is significantly smaller than its flagship brothers, and doesn't have quite the design aesthetics, either. It tones everything down in favor of function over form. It is also nearly indistinguishable from a half dozen other smartphones fielded by Samsung this year. It's somewhat boring and conservative; it's a wallflower attending the smartphone party.
Its bar-of-soap shape — which is to say somewhat chunky with rounded corners — is necessary to add the QWERTY keyboard. Keyboards almost always add thickness to a device, and the Relay is no exception. Despite the chunky look, the Relay is comfortable to hold, as it fits snugly in your palm. It has a mix of glossy and matte finishes, with the battery cover wearing the matte. The battery cover also has a minimal texture that adds grip. I'm able to wrap my hand all the way around the Relay without trouble.
The Relay's four-inch display is surrounded by plenty of bezel, though it's not an egregious amount. The Relay has an actual, physical button for the Android home function. It has one capacitive button to either side for the menu and back functions. All three controls work well. The physical button, in particular, has pleasing travel and feedback.
The volume toggle is on the left. It's easy to find and use, but the travel and feedback are disappointing. The same goes for the lock button on the right side. It's too mushy for such a vital key. The headphone port and microUSB port are on the top and bottom of the Relay, respectively.
Thanks in part to the grippy back surface, the slider mechanism is easy to use. I found the Relay didn't want to jump from my hands when opening the slider; it remained firmly in my grasp and slid open easily. It has a bit of spring assistance to help both open and close it. The mechanism feels strong and well built
Speaking of which, the Relay in general feels pretty solid. The materials aren't necessarily the best available but the device is well put-together.
Moving on to the keyboard. It's a five-row job that gives the number keys a row to themselves. The middle three rows are reserved for letters, and the bottom row is mostly control buttons. There's a dedicated email button and a dedicated text message button. The period and comma each have their own button, as well. The keys are nearly flat, with only the smallest amount of shape to them. It can be hard to tell the keys apart if you're typing in a hurry. Thankfully the keys have excellent travel and feedback. The one significant issue I noticed has to do with the bottom row: they are too close to the lip/edge of the Relay. The result is, the bottom row of keys (and especially the space bar) is in a bit of depression, making them a bit harder to hit consistently.
The Relay's battery cover peels off just like those of every other Samsung smartphone released in the last two years. It is the only component of the hardware that feels somewhat flimsy. You can't access the SIM card or the microSD card without first pulling the battery.
Aug 19, 2012
Samsung's support web site has revealed the final brand name, images, and features of the SGH-T699 cellular phone. Samsung shows that the SGH-T699 also goes by the name Galaxy S Relay 4G.
Sep 6, 2012
T-Mobile today announced the addition of the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G to its collection of Android smartphones. The Relay runs Ice Cream Sandwich and works on T-Mobile's HSPA+ network at 42Mbps.
Samsung has revealed the first details of its next premium foldable, the Galaxy Z Fold2. Also, T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T have all announced that they will offer the Z Fold2.
Oct 22, 2012
T-Mobile today announced its initial batch of handsets compatible with the new Isis mobile payments service are the Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy S Relay 4G, and the Galaxy S II. Owners of these handsets in the trial markets of Austin and Salt Lake City can go to their local T-Mobile store to receive the special SIM card needed to activate Isis.
Sep 10, 2012
T-Mobile today announced that the Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G will be available starting September 19. This Android smartphone, which includes a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, will cost $149.99 after mail-in rebate.
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Werewolf is a game of paranoia and group behavior. Alternatively known as Mafia, Witchhunt, or Zombie Village, it is based on the "Sleep, Accuse, Debate, and Lynch" game cycle. This party game, created by Dimma Davidoff in the spring of 1986 has been very popular at conferences, as well as classrooms, dorms and summer camps.
In a fascinating group setting, the objective of the villagers is to lynch the werewolves before the werewolves kill them all. While the villagers have the upper hand in numbers, they lack the crucial knowledge of who is a werewolf, while the werewolf naturally posses this information. In a match of wit, everyone tries to bluff each other.
The rules are simple: follow the moderator's instructions, do not reveal your card during gameplay, and never ever speak when you are dead. It is also a smashing way to get to know your fellow conference-goers while having fun.


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It's one of the enduring tropes of Chicago theater: a group of young artists, inspired by the example of Steppenwolf, get together to put on shows and build a family based on aesthetic affinity (and let's face it — romantic complications). Sometimes it lasts one summer. But for the lucky ones, it lasts years.
Gift Theatre Company, the smallest Equity troupe in town, celebrates a decade on the edge with "Ten," a free sampler platter of short plays by authors with whom they've worked in the past. As is often the case with anthology shows, not all the pieces have staying power. But taken in whole, they add up to an engaging portrait of the qualities that make Gift a treasure — namely, an emphasis on writing that tackles thorny questions of mortality with rich compassion, and on acting that fills, but never overpowers, the company's shoebox Jefferson Park venue.
The evening opens with ensemble member Jenny Connell's "Chrysalis," in which two souls on the verge of reincarnation have to shed all the memories of their last life, represented by paper airplanes let loose on the audience. It closes with a reading from "No Stars in Jefferson Park," ensemble member Maggie Andersen's memoir of how the Gift was born. And though both pieces carry the potential for self-indulgence, vulnerable and honest performances triumph.
Guy Massey brings biting wit and a dash of self-loathing to J.T. Rogers' monologue "Seven Lies," in which a smug skeptic in Salt Lake City ends up attending a recruiting session for the Mormons because of his obsession with the comely tour guide. Caitlin Montanye Parrish (who wrote last year's break-out hit "A Twist of Water") limns an awkward but heartfelt first date between Anna Carini's cute science nerd and Boyd Harris' prone-to-tears young man who is facing the loss of his canine companion.
David Rabe (whose "Hurlyburly" — a play I've never much cared for — received a stellar production at Gift in 2006) provides a snapshot of two brothers (Paul D'Addario and artistic director Michael Patrick Thornton) trying to reconnect after very different life experiences in "It's Just the Moon." Thornton, whose own journey back from a pair of life-threatening strokes in 2003 forms its own dramatic backstory for the company, also takes the stage with his nimble improv troupe, Natural Gas, in one of the 10 segments.
In the most chilling piece, Craig Wright's "Dead," Cyd Blakewell relates, a la "The Lovely Bones," the story of a young girl who has been murdered. She tells us "I'm dead, and I'm speaking through the playwright, and I'm speaking through this person." When she passes her story on by whispering into the ear of an audience member who then assumes her role, the link between past, present, and future becomes a bright shining wire of memory, loss, regret — and the potential for redemption. A fine theatrical gift, indeed — and it's free.
Through Jan. 15 at Gift Theatre, 4802 N. Milwaukee Ave.; free, but phone reservations required by phone only at 773-283-7071
More free tickets kick off the new year with Oracle Productions, who are entering their second year of "public access theater" in their own tiny Lakeview venue. April De Angelis' "Ironmistress," directed by Karen Yates, is a stark poetic 75-minute piece for two actresses that owes more than a little to Caryl Churchill in both style and subject matter. (In a 2006 interview with the Guardian, De Angelis even admits that the play was "really 'Top Girls' in another guise.")
But though the story feels a little derivative, De Angelis has a knack for creating disturbing imagery. Martha Darby (Katherine Keberlein), who has inherited a foundry in 1850s England, tries to raise her daughter, Little Cog (Sarah Goeden), to be another Iron Lady who will marry for social position, not love. The parallels with free-market-loving Margaret Thatcher seem deliberate — at one point, Darby proclaims that "transactions should be gray and free of feeling, like iron." Her cruel treatment of her workers and glimpses into her own emotionally impoverished childhood suggest that fate is the anvil on which dreams are crushed.
So yes, some of the symbolism hits like a sledgehammer, but Yates has created a suitably chilly atmosphere, aided by Michael Mroch's set with its metal framing and costumer Darcy Elora Hofer's Vivienne Westwood-esque corset dresses, which serve as vivid visual reminders of the suffocating constraints of sexism and capitalism under which this mother and daughter must negotiate the world. And what better way to kick the capitalist model in the teeth than by offering your wares for free?
Through Feb. 11 at Oracle Theatre, 3809 N. Broadway St.; free, reservations at 252-220-0269 or oracletheatre.org


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If you have a gmail account, have you noticed that the Ads side bar always has the relevant ads to any single email you get? I noticed lately when I opened my email from my international phone bill company. The Ads bar has "International calls", "mobile calls", "Calls to India", etc. To prove it, you can try sending yourself an email with any keywords. I put "diet, health, weight loss" and guess what, when I open the email I sent to myself, I see "diabetes food", "low carb diet", "Health and fitness"…on the Ads bar.
I hope nobody at Google really reads my email, at least not that fast. Some busy tool must be extracting key words from a user-generated content, tagging it somehow and searching the tagged ads.
Same idea could apply to our users queries on our products, or community content so we would know what they are talking about and provide them with relevant help information. We can probably drop the ads feature.
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�Adapt ... Improvise ... Overcome!�
This is the brilliant encouraging motto of the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America � IAVA � and it was made manifest at Cipriani 42 Street this week when the wounded, their defenders, all heroes, met for their sixth annual fundraising gala.
This was not a night for General Petraeus but for our American men and women, especially Army and Marines. (This week I offered thoughts of sympathy for Petraeus and company, but after the IAVA evening, it is difficult to even give them a stray thought.)
IAVA�s number one military honoree was, of course, a �no-show.� But he wasn�t even missed in an evening under Brian William�s emcee stewardship. It was an evening that whizzed by and went from patriotic good feelings to heroic heights.
Brian is sardonic, humorous and a perfect emcee for such an evening. (He covered the Iraq War in depth and in person.)
This night he led an audience of the social, the wealthy, the wounded, and just plain ordinary citizens who can�t resist him when it comes to giving more and more to those who deserve it most. (Special thanks go to Veterans on Wall Street, Bank of America, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs, Levi Strauss and Centre Partners.)
You�d probably recognize the executive director of IAVA, one Paul Rieckhoff, a dynamo who doesn�t boast one hair on his head. You probably have seen him on TV defending veterans. He told us about his organization�s crisis counseling, veterans in despair, high suicide rates and the need for jobs. After that, Brian told us � and I quote � �Go and beat the snot out of your employers who need to hire a veteran for a job!�
Brian also reminisced about his youth spent on the Seaside Heights boardwalk, praised Governor Christie of New Jersey and said how it hurt him to see Sandy�s ruins there. He added, �It was not Six Flags or Disney; not even One Flag! It was just Seaside and we loved it.� Then we learn that veterans are helping clean up everywhere from Sandy.
Joan Ganz Cooney and Pete Peterson, the civilian honorees, both spoke wittily and briefly. Joan told us how �Sesame Street� now deals with unusual topics as never before. For instance, helping children adapt to missing military parents, adjust to the seriously wounded and to cope even with death.
Pete said: �I am glad to be here tonight, but frankly, at my age, I am glad to be anywhere!�