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The guy that did my order used extreme caution making my sandwich — didn't touch handles with his gloves, used separate bins of everything, put paper down, washed his hands — all of it. Best Subway experience I've had.
6123 Truax Ln, Eau Claire, WI 54703
WARNING! Contrary to what is stated here, Subway's website clearly states that they do not offer gluten free bread.
508 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0G2, Canada R3C 0G2
Never again. Not only was the staff rude and not open to questions.. When I asked if the beef had gluten they said 'just a little bit'... There is nothing there that does not get bread crumbs in it... And the chicken also contains gluten and the dressings... They need more training on food allergies... But not worth the risk, I walked out after the staff eye rolled when I asked if she would feed only a little peanut to someone that was allergic.
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75 Maverick St, Rockland, ME 04841
Good food and some locations have gluten free bread, but it's all prepared on the same surfaces with the same tools. Fine if you're doing gluten free for fun, not good for those with celiac or sensitivities.
Terminal B, Gate 15, DFW International Airport, Dallas, TX 75261
They have the gluten free bread. Make sure you ask for the manager, he made sure gloves were changed and my sandwich was kept as separate as possible.
6123 Truax Ln, Eau Claire, WI 54703
I love the food because it is close to wear i am and they are nice
Terminal B, Gate 15, DFW International Airport, Dallas, TX 75261
GF bread is available and brownies. Ask for a manager, they will change gloves. Warning the condiments come from shared area, I got mine with only mayo.
Goldens Bridge Shopping Center, Goldens Bridge, NY 10526
Only Subway I've found in our area with gf rolls. So happy I have a place to go when all I want is a sandwich like a normal person!
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615 Main St, Westbrook, ME 04092
This Subway now has 6" Italian white bread pre-packaged that is GF Certified. Just have them change gloves & you should be fine. I've had it a few times no issues.
75 Maverick St, Rockland, ME 04841
Awesome! Sandwich was made in the back, away from possible contaminants. Delicious!
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9 Andrew Mckee Ave, Auckland Airport, Auckland 2022, New Zealand
No gluten free wraps in stock ever. Bad service and support for celiacs.
1950 Chemin du Fer-à-Cheval, Sainte-Julie, QC J3E 2T6, Canada J3E 2T6
J'ai eu un super service. J'ai eu la même employée tout le long. Je suis allée en avant-midi avant le rush du dîner, donc c'est certain que ça a aidé. Mais je recommande. Ils s'y connaissent en matière de précaution au gluten
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325 US Hwy 271 S, Gilmer, TX 75644
They carry Gluten Free bread. You can check the Subway website to see that almost all subs, with the exception of the meatball and maybe 1 other can be gluten free with the gf bread. They usually ask if it is for diet or allergy. They will change gloves and take precautions. There is a $1 charge for the GF bread. Last I checked, GF bread is not offered at any Longview locations, but I have not asked in a long time. // In October 2018, they left their location and built a new building right down the street. They still carry GF bread.
58 East St, Plainville, CT 06062
How many Subways have you been in that actually offer GF bread? Its prepackaged, but the workers change gloves, wash knives, and seem to otherwise take care to not cross-contaminate. Add to that, an absolutely lovely and friendliest staff around!
1402 Lake Tapps Parkway East Suite 108, Auburn, WA 98092
The gluten free bread used is some of the worst I've ever had. Don't bother with the gf brownie either.
130 Mansfield Ave, Norton, MA 02766
The subway in Norton is the only spot that has gluten free subs. They come in 6 inch but made my Celiac girl friend happy!. We went in there for shit's and giggles to see if they had some lol. Happy accident
200 NE 3rd St, Prineville, OR 97754
Used different gloves and such when making sandwich.
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We saw that this Subway offered GF bread and had to stop in and give it a try. As a Celiac I asked a lot of questions and gave a lot of instructions to the staff member to avoid cross contamination. The staff took extra precaution and were very accommodating. I had the staff member use 4 sheets of paper, wiped down the entire area, get my veggies from the back...and more...The bread was definitely better toasted than not. I would totally go back as I did not get cross contaminated.
|Not celiac friendly
201 E Bison Hwy, Hudson, CO 80642
This app says they have gluten free bread but we went and they said no we do not
Terminal B, Gate 15, DFW International Airport, Dallas, TX 75261
They still have gluten free bread!! Located near B24. Bread was great. They do a glove change every time, even though I told them I only have a sensitivity and it wasn't necessary, but they still did it. Then read is wrapped in plastic then microwaved. They will toast it after the meat is on
Terminal B, Gate 15, DFW International Airport, Dallas, TX 75261
Do not the gluten free bread. Lady had no idea what I was talking about
16086 Conneaut Lake Rd, Meadville, PA 16335
GF BREAD!!! 6 inch only but So amazing. Staff asks/ checks every time for your sensitivity level.
206 US-80 Suite K, White Oak, TX 75693
They have GF bread, and also had a display of GF brownies. The worker stated that she had never served GF bread before. The guy in Gilmer usually opens the package and warms it up in there. That makes the bread more pliable. She just warmed this up outside of the plastic and it was a little crumbly. One time at the Gilmer location they asked me if I wanted it toasted and I said no. They didn't warm it in the plastic first, so it was completely crumbly. So some people know how to do it and some don't. It seems like it should always be warmed up inside the open plastic and if you want it toasted, that would be another round.I posted this for people traveling on Hwy 80. The last time I checked, the Big Sandy location did NOT have GF bread. Gladewater does NOT have GF bread. The last time I checked with some Longview locations they did not have GF bread. The next closest Hwy 80 location in Longview (not too far from Good Shepherd Hospital) never responded to my phone calls, so I can't tell you one way or the other.
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75 Maverick St, Rockland, ME 04841
The staff was super knowledgeable and considerate with us and answered all of our questions. They have a dedicated space for gf prep and we had no problems! Very yummy and will go back again!
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885 SW 17th St, Redmond, OR 97756
Gluten free buns and brownies. They usually ask but if they don't let them know its an allergy and they will clean the counter, scoops, change gloves and make yours on the line by itself. Clean restaurant, drive-thru, and easy to find. I have never gotten sick here. All Redmond Locations have GF buns too!
117 Church Hill Rd, Sandy Hook, CT 06482
Delicious gluten free bread for subs available
821 W 7th Ave, Corsicana, TX 75110
Gluten-free bread-must ask for it and ask to change gloves. GF brownie.
4082 E Primrose Ln, Post Falls, ID 83854
Staff was great great about using clean knives and changing gloves. The bread was not bad at all. A bit crumby, but I've read if you double toast the sandwich it's much better. It was really fun to enjoy a sub after three years without for my daughter and 7+ for myself.
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16086 Conneaut Lake Rd, Meadville, PA 16335
They have a 6" gluten free sub that is individually packaged. The sub is soft and airy and very good. Most toppings and extras are gluten free. I always get the rotisserie chicken. They are very careful with preparation, only one person makes your sub and they change gloves, get fresh ingredients from the back, and change paper liners. When toasting, they cover it with extra paper and use paper to open and close the toaster door. I've never had a reaction. Kaitlyn is excellent! They also have some chips that are gluten free and apple slices.
401 Center St NE #2252, Salem, OR 97301
Subway has individually wrap gluten free sub bread! The staff was careful to clean and prep the area. They get the ingredients in the middle of the storage to reduce CC.
|Not celiac friendly
215 Whitesell Street Northwest, Orting, WA 98360
Don't have GF bread at this location.
2130 Mendon Road 2 1, Cumberland, RI 02864
Gluten free bread available (6") May I suggest getting the bread toasted for a more enjoyable experience.
The staff is amazing at trying to keep CC away. They wash their hands and change gloves every single time. The bread is actually really good. They recommend toasting it which helps the bread taste amazing and super soft too.
|Not celiac friendly
2851 Matlock Rd, Mansfield, TX 76063
Every time we have tried a Subway, the staff informs us that they do not know why they are listed as Gluten-free and one place went so far as to mock my family by asking why we would want sandwiches if we require gluten-free. Do not go to Subway.
151 Rohrerstown Rd, Regency Square Plaza, Lancaster, PA 17603
This Subway carries gluten free bread. They take extra care preparing the sandwich. They wipe down the surface, change gloves, use a clean knife and use extra paper to cover the common use surface. This extra care really makes a difference and we can honestly say no cross contamination! Yum Yum!
1501 W Church St #300, Livingston, TX 77351
They Can make gluten free salads, But they do come in contact with bread, And they do not change gloves between what they make. Ask for them to change gloves, also not Completely safe because they don't change gloves for the vegetables. so Eat At Your Own Risk I haven't experienced any problems yet They have soup that is totally Gluten and vegan free
157 Hampton Road, Rothesay, NB E2E 2N8, Canada E2E 2N8
They offer sealed GF bread but you really can't be safe from cross contamination in a sub shop
821 North Belt Line Road, Irving, TX 75061
They were very careful with my gluten-free bread and sandwich to try to keep from contaminating my food with gluten. Was very impressed. Also have a gluten-free brownie for dessert.
3014 East 29th Avenue, Spokane, WA 99223
I love Subway's gluten free buns. The upgrade price is $1 per 6 inch bun (I think) and the bread is a great texture and makes for a delicious sandwich. The staff always change their gloves before starting a gf sandwich and are careful to line the toaster tray with paper. Each bun comes individually wrapped and is only opened when they start to make your sandwich. In theory, cross contamination could still happen if crumbs from the regular bread fall into the cooler bins on the sandwich line (meats, cheeses, veggies, etc), but I haven't had a problem yet.
|Celiac friendly
Goldens Bridge Shopping Center, Goldens Bridge, NY 10526
I'm not really a fan of Subway, but it's a nice option to have. The rolls are individually packaged and pre-sliced. Employees at this location are super careful about cross-contamination and advised that the roll is better toasted.
1303 Boulevard Louis Fréchette, Nicolet, QC J3T 1M3, Canada J3T 1M3
The gluten free bread is now offered in many Subway and they also have salads. Great for takeout lunches!
|Celiac friendly
225 Rue des Forges, Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5Z5, Canada G9A 5Z5
Gluten free sandwiches and salads. You can ask to the personal they have a sheet for the content of their gluten free meats and sauces.
|Celiac friendly
6111 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd SW N, Lakewood, WA 98499
Gluten Free Bread. Great place to go for a great sandwich.
|Celiac friendly
They have gluten free bread at this location. It is pre-packaged and staff will change gloves and are careful if you tell them you have allergies/gluten intolerance. We have celiac and my daughter is super sensitive. No problems eating here. Tip: have them toast the sandwich, much better that way, otherwise the bread is dry and crumbly. Toasting it makes it soft and moist. Plus no extra charge for the gf bread! 👏
|Celiac friendly
May always clean new countertop and change their gloves prior to preparing any gluten free food.
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3915 Lamar Ave, Paris, TX 75460
I am glad that they carry a gluten free menu.
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2660 N Main St, Paris, TX 75460
They always clean the countertop and change gloves before preparing my food. I've never had a problem here.
3855 Lamar Ave, Paris, TX 75462
Staff always changes gloves and cleans when making GF food. Never had a problem here.
|Not celiac friendly
67 Outlet Square, Hershey, PA 17033
Drove an hour to to get there because they said they had gf not only on website but also reviews. What a surprise we had. employees said they dud not have gf. the one employee said he worked there for 2 years and they never had it. He asked someone in the back he said was the Manager and said no gf. I showed him the website and he said he didn't care what it said. I will never go back!!!!!!! They either need to get their act together (that doesn't help me) or change the website.
|Celiac friendly
1470 Interchange Rd, Route 209, Exxon One Stop III, Lehighton, PA 18235
The manager is Gluten free consumer and has a lot of knowledge of what is safe for someone who is gluten free and will cater to the special needs of each customer, key point make sure u let the staff know u are gluten free. unfortunately because the facility does bake bread on site they can not be classified celiac friendly.
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108 S Water St, Kittanning, PA 16201
love it, the employees understand how to handle gluten free food, Worth the drive just to have good food gluten free
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For the past 40 years, San Francisco Bay Area lesbians with disabilities have been at the forefront of political, artistic and cultural change. Despite these significant accomplishments, most of this history has not been documented in any archive and is in danger of being lost. Celebrating Fabulous/Activist Bay Area Lesbians with Disabilities: A 40 Year Retrospective, on view Sept. 18 - Nov. 21, in the Skylight Gallery and the James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center at the Main Library, celebrates the contributions of disabled lesbians from the 1970s to the present.
This exhibition and many of its related programs take place at an important time this fall when October honors Disability Awareness Month and the recently enacted Disability History Week in California (ACR 162). San Francisco has proclaimed 2010 as the year of the disabled lesbian.
Featured in the exhibition are photographs, a Memorial Quilt, archival materials and more that demonstrate the innovative contributions by disabled lesbians in the areas of art, dance, politics, civil rights and access.
African American quilt-maker Karen Hampton stitched and burned the images, names and words of a dozen deceased Bay Area disabled lesbians into a multi-layered tribute on hand-dyed fabric. Grounded in the African American story-quilt tradition, Hampton's use of materials and symbols reflects the diaphanous, complex lives of disabled lesbians. Some of the disabled lesbians depicted in the Memorial Quilt include Pat Parker, Margaret Sloan-Hunter, (co-founder of Ms. Magazine) and Paula Gunn Allen.
The exhibition also includes ephemera, such as a Pride Parade access map from 1986 and blueprints for handmade curb-cuts enabling disabled people to traverse the parade without obstruction. These and other contributions were lauded by then-Mayor Frank Jordan for creating innovative access for large-scale events.
One of the first original Wry Crips theatrical scripts from a performance at the Women's Building will also be on view in the exhibition. Wry Crips Disabled Women's Theatre was founded by three disabled lesbians; Dr. Laura Rifkin, one of the original founders of Fabled ASP, Judith Smith, who went on to be the artistic director of the Axis Dance Company, and Patty Overland. Wry Crips created a consciousness about disabled women's lives for 20 years in the Bay Area.
This exhibition comes to the Library from Fabled ASP (Fabulous/Activist Bay Area LEsbians with Disabilities: A Storytelling Project), whose goal is to collect, document, archive and celebrate the Bay Area disabled lesbian movement that originated in San Francisco. As a result of this exhibition, the archives of this organization will be donated to the James C. Hormel Center of the San Francisco Public Library, furthering its commitment to the expansion of its collections and representation of diverse audiences throughout San Francisco.
The exhibition is on view in the Skylight Gallery on the 6th Floor and the Hormel Center on the 3rd Floor at the Main Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco.
Related Programs:
Opening Gala: Celebrating 2010, A Year Honoring Lesbians with Disabilities.
Featured guests include AXIS Dance Company and Wry Crips Disabled Women's Theatre.
Sept. 22, 6 p.m. Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Main Library
Women of the Quilt and our Lineages
Artist Karen Hampton discusses the Memorial Quilt she created in memory of the lives of lesbians with disabilities. Artist E.G. Crichton discusses her Lineage Project, which she created in conjunction with the GLBT Historical Society. These living artists give creative expression to their link with archival collections of people who have passed away.
Oct. 7, 6 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Main Library
Writing Our Word, Speaking Our Minds, Telling Our Stories: Readings By and About Lesbians with Disabilities
Featured guests include Elana Dykewomon, Barbara Ruth, Teya Schaffer, Dominika Bednarska, and the Mothertongue Feminist Theater Collective.
Oct. 14, 6 p.m., Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room, Main Library
All programs at the Library are free. For more information, please call (415) 557-4277. More information about Fabled Asp is available at fabledasp.com
Note to editors: Images are available and we are happy to facilitate interviews with Fabled Asp representatives.

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Lady Gaga Shares Photos of Born Brave Bus
The media is abuzz about Lady Gaga's Born Brave Bus, the free -- not to mention revolutionary -- mobile mental health vehicle that will be a part of the Born This Way Ball's North American caravan.
Gaga has been tweeting about the BBB, which will help eliminate the stigma (and the cost) for at-risk or in-need youth who want to seek out help and support from mental health professionals.
Mother Monster tweeted images of the boldly colored, wrapped bus and what the tailgate party-style setup will be like.
She tweeted: "AHhh! The #bornbravebus is looking amazing! Check it out : )"
Mama Monster also shared a CGI image of the setup, which looks like welcoming and homey gathering place for little monsters. It is hardly clinical or sterile, which makes it that much more inviting. The setup also makes Gaga and her Born This Way Foundation's idea to offer mental health support to fans in a destigmatized way that much more brilliant. Seeking help is easy and fun here, as opposed to difficult to navigate and scary.
She posted: "this is a computer rendering of the full setup for the BornBrave experience. The only thing it's missing is you!"
There you have it, monsters! A personal invite from Gaga herself to make use of these facilities if you need or want them.
The Born Brave Bus looks legit, and it is certainly a groundbreaking service that Gaga is offering. She is making counseling available and accessible, and for free.
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Reviewed by Ben H. (age 7)
I think this book is good. I liked them finding out the monster was doing a movie. This is part of a series of Scooby Doo books. This one is like the others because they have Scooby Doo, they find monsters, and solve mysteries. This book is different because Bigfoot is in it. I really like Scooby Doo, who is a dog, he is very silly, he is always scared, and he talks!
I would recommend this book to my dad because he was a teacher and he likes books. Kids who love mysteries would also love this book.


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Final designs for new signs at the entrance to Chestnut Hill College, 9601 Germantown Ave., were approved unanimously at the Jan. 24 board meeting of the Chestnut Hill Community Association.
The plans, presented by Lauri Strimkovsky, vice president for financial affairs at Chestnut Hill College, show that the proposed signs will be close to the edge of the property line where the current sign is now located. The college is seeking support for a variance from the zoning code, which requires that the signs be placed 18 feet back from the property line.
"Our current sign is unaesthetic and backlit," Strimkovsky told the board.
Board member Richard Snowden described the design as "very attractive."
"They're typical of what Chestnut Hill College does – in very good taste," he said.
Actual Value Initiative
On Feb. 12, the community association will host its second panel discussion about the proposed Actual Value Initiative (or AVI) real estate tax assessment plan.
The first discussion, held Nov. 14, featured Philadelphia City Council members Cindy Bass, David Oh, and Bill Green, among others. Attendees at that discussion expressed a desire to learn more details about the proposed implementation of the AVI tax plan from city hall.
To that end, three panelists will take part in the February discussion: Richie McKeithen, chief assessor from the Office of Property Assessment; Marisa Waxman, deputy administrator for Assessment Programs and Policy, and a third, as-yet-unnamed, representative from the mayor's office. The discussion will take place at 7 p.m. in the Commons Building of Norwood-Fontbonne Academy at 8900 Norwood Ave.
Board president Brien Tilley said the two-hour program would allow 30 minutes for all three panelists to speak, followed by 90 minutes of Q & A.
Physical Division report
Joyce Lenhardt, vice president of the CHCA's Physical Division, reviewing committee activities, said that in February the CHCA Development Review Committee will hear again from Herbiary, the herbal medicine store at 7721 Germantown Ave. that has come into conflict with neighbors on the 100 block of East Mermaid Lane. Herbiary has been renting a portion of the property at 133 E. Mermaid Lane in order to hold classes.
Near neighbors have raised objections to the number of people congregating in the rear of the property for classes and have opposed Herbiary's request for a use variance to continue holding classes. When the matter was last considered in December, the DRC took no formal action but recommended that the parties involved research the zoning on the property and meet with near-neighbors to work on finding a compromise. Their efforts will be reviewed again this month.
Last November, the Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee considered the Philadelphia Fire Department's request for feedback from the community association about the status of its fire station at the intersection of West Highland Avenue and Shawnee Street. Newer model fire trucks are getting wider, and the next class of new vehicles will likely be too wide to use the existing historic station without widening the doors, something the Historic District Advisory Committee vehemently opposes.
Lenhardt reported that the fire department's schedule was "not as urgent as first believed."
"Formulation of their five-year budget won't occur until next year," she said.
Lenhardt also added that there will be a meeting with Bowman Properties to discuss the status of its development on the site of the old Magarity Ford dealership at 8200 Germantown Ave. No date for that meeting was provided.
In other actions
• Board president Brien Tilley introduced new board member Dr. John Cacciamani, CEO of Chestnut Hill Hospital and a member of the Chestnut Hill Business Association.
A physician by training, Cacciamani, who said said he's moved over time from clinical medicine to administration, told the board he's had a long medical career in the Philadelphia area, having practiced at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Temple Hospital and the VA.
"I've been very familiar with Chestnut Hill since I went to medical school here at Penn back in 1991," he said.
• The board took time to recognize longtime CHCA board member Ann Spaeth who died Jan. 11.
"She was very dedicated to this board and this community," Tilley said.
Snowden requested that the minutes for January's board meeting reflect the board's condolences to her family.
• The board approved a motion to add any organization to the list that received grant money from the community association within the last five years.


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This is the Morning Shift, our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that's actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn't your time more important?
1st Gear: Chevrolet Volt = Ford Escape Hybrid?
Wired says says GM insiders think Chevrolet can sell 20,000 Volts this year. If it can get there, and there's definitely no guarantee, GM will achieve the same level as the peak year for the Ford Escape hybrid, something much more modest than it originally set out to do.
Escape hybrid sales were best in 2007 at around 21,000, and Ford finished out 2011, the last year for the Escape hybrid, with just over 11,000 sales (there may still be some floating around out there). In all, Ford sold about 122,000 Escape hybrids from 2004 until it was discontinued. (There is no hybrid version of the 2013 Escape.) During those years, the Escape hybrid gave Ford some environmental bragging rights, but I don't remember it ever claiming to be the silver bullet that the Volt was supposed to be for for GM.
Of course, GM has scaled back on expectations for the Volt, saying it just wants to match supply with demand. There's always the chance its sales go could well past the best year for the Escape hybrid — certainly, GM was once talking about sales of 60,000 Volts a year. But wouldn't it be something if, after everything that the Volt was made out to be, it doesn't do much more for GM sales than the Escape hybrid did for Ford?
2nd Gear: First Look At The Volvo S60 Polestar Performance Concept
Volvo officially introduced a 508 horsepower S60 Concept built by Polestar Performance at the Gothenburg City Race in Sweden yesterday. The turbo sports sedan features a six speed manual and is capable of a 3.9 second run from 0-62 mph. More »
3rd Gear: Greece Continues To Rattle The Car Companies
The New York Times says Greek's New Democracy party, which favors keeping the Euro as Greece's currency, looks like it will get to form a coalition government. Now comes the hard part: coming up with a plan to save the economy. I took a look for Forbes at what scares the auto companies most.
Basically, it's the spillover effect. If you think about any of the economic meltdowns of the last couple of decades — Brazil, Mexico, Thailand — the auto industry always bears the brunt. Sometimes, neighboring countries can be affected as well, especially if workers from an ailing economy live elsewhere or send money back home.
Now, let's be honest: the Greek auto industry is just a blip on the European market. There hasn't been a car built there since 1995. But, if the Greek economy can't be resurrected, even what's left of auto sales could vanish completely, and that could bleed over into other European economies. So, there will be plenty of fingers crossed at global carmakers as New Democracy starts to cajole.
4th Gear: Toyota's Lost (Racing) Weekend
Jalopnik reported this weekend on Toyota's amazing crash at Le Mans. What you might not have heard is that Toyota brass and crew members went to Nissan to apologize in person for a second crash that took out the Deltawing (Highcroft Racing posted this Twitter photo showing the scene).
After the last few years, apologizing comes pretty naturally to Toyota, but not everyone thought graciousness should have been the order of the day. "Seriously amazed at the disastrous effort for @Toyota_Hybrid at #LM24," tweeted Colum Wood, the editor of AutoGuide.com. "I hope Akio (Toyoda) slaps someone."
It might not only be the Le Mans team. USA Today reports Denny Hamlin finished the Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway in spectacular fashion with his Camry on fire. In fact, the three Toyotas driven by Joe Gibbs Racing team members Joey Logano, Kyle Busch and Hamlin finished out of the top 30 at MIS.
5th Gear: We're Holding Onto Creaking Cars
The Orlando Sentinel reports on the aging car trend and what buyers are doing to keep their cars in shape. The average age of a car on the road is now 11 years, according to R.L. Polk & Company. Market-research company NDP Group found 19 percent of drivers report owning a car that's 15 years old or older, compared with 14 percent five years ago. There are a whole bunch of reasons why this is happening, including the fact that cars and trucks are simply lasting longer. But one makes real sense: the average car loan is now six years, and many owners want to have a few payment free years before they borrow on another vehicle.
6th Gear: Your Job May Be Safe From Robots, For Now
Huffington Post reports that while many people are seeing their jobs wiped out by technology, there's a series of professions where that won't happen. Several of them have direct connections to the auto industry. HuffPo's list of 10 safe(ish) jobs include managing automation (somebody has to keep an eye on those computer screens), lawyers and financial analysts, and jobs related to the environment, such as the watch dog organizations that keep an eye on polluters.
Is It A Jeep Recall Yet? [New York Times]
Bill Ford Gives A High Five To The New US-Canada Bridge [Detroit News]
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New Chrysler Board Members Signed Up [Reuters]
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On this day in history in 1923, Checker Cab built its first eponymous taxi in Kalamazoo, Mich. Checker began building taxis in Joliet, Ill., the year before and some of its taxis were already on the streets of New York. But its founder, Morris Markin, decided he wanted a bigger factory. He took over buildings that had been used by the Handley-Knight Company and the Dort Body Plant. The Kalamazoo factory had 700 employees on the day its first Checker Cab rolled off the line. Checker manufactured vehicles in Kalamazoo until 1982; it still owns taxi fleets in Chicago.
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Stepping out to acknowledge a tragedy
A few days back, I had posted a blog article on the "Batman" series of films. Now, just a short time later, I feel compelled to step away for a moment from the standard topics of this blog to honor those who lost their lives to the senseless violence that took place in Aurora, Colorado in the early morning hours today.
May those personally victimized in this horrific event, as well as all of their loved ones and the Aurora community as a whole, be comforted by the love, kindness and prayers of all of us.


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Hmm, did I miss something, or did somebody not get the message that the economy is in the tank and conspicuous consumption has been supplanted by fiscal conservatism?
You'd never know it from some of the stuff in the media these days.
Esquire, like many mass circulation magazines a mere shadow of what it once was, is mostly sophomoric articles about men's fashions, drinking, and assorted movie star/show biz stuff slanted toward the younger male.
But I keep subscribing because it has consistently excellent in-depth feature articles on issues, politics, and interesting people.
One wonders, though, at the demographics of readers in their targeted age group when, to outfit oneself with the fashions they feature would require an income that's likely many notches beyond that of their average subscriber.
Example, a recent featured outfit included a Kiton "two-button 13.2 micron wool suit ($11,000), cotton shirt ($825), silk tie ($250), and leather shoes ($3,000)."
Let's see, for roughly $15,000, one would presumably be acceptably dressed for happy hour at the nearest fern bar. (Although not included in this featured outfit, for probably another $5,000 or so, one might be able to add a suitable belt, cufflinks, socks, and undies.)
While one can applaud the choice of a cotton shirt in this fashion getup, who in the world pays $825 for a shirt? Wall Street bankers? Oil company zillionaires? And how many $825 shirts can a clothier reasonably expect to sell?
How much of that 825 smackeroos, one can only wonder, will filter back to the cotton grower?
If one happens to be Rafael Nadal, six-time Grand Slam tennis champ, one might well have a closet full of $11,000 suits and $825 shirts. If one can, as he did at the recent French Open, take to the court while wearing a $525,000 watch, well then, what's a piddly $15,000 for a clothing outfit?
The watch, which one presumes stood up under Nadal's exertions on the court, was made of carbon composite and lithium alloys, just for him, by Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille, and weighs a mere 20 grams.
One can assume that, for half-a-mill-plus, it keeps reasonably accurate time.
And then there is rapper Sean Combs, a.k.a. P. Diddy, who shelled out a cool $360,000 for a silver Maybach automobile as a gift to his son for his 16th birthday.
"It's what I wanted to do," he explained somewhat testily to nosy media inquiries. "I could do whatever I want to do and you can't question me about it." One would guess that a few $11,000 suits and $825 cotton shirts would be pocket change for Mr. Diddy.
Finally, as a sign things are turning around in the housing market, America's most expensive house — a California manse with 10 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms, all "supersized," and 16 imported Italian marble fireplaces — has sold for a reported $72 million.
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Solar Bottle Lights: Transforming Plastic Bottle Waste to Light Bulbs
It's surprising how simple the design of a solar bottle light is – take an empty plastic bottle, fill it with mineral water and a few drops of bleach, and cement it halfway through a small metal roof sheet (the kind used as roofs in Manila's slum areas). Then cut out a small piece of the actual roof, place the sheet with the bottle on top of the hole, cement any cracks, and voilà! Let there be light.
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Do you have a compassion defense mechanism?
Do you have a compassion defense mechanism?
You may think this is a strange question. But stay with me for a minute.
What's your gut reaction when you're given an opportunity to be compassionate, but either suspect or are warned that entering the situation may be painful or physically difficult to experience or emotionally disturbing?
Lots of us have a built-in defense mechanism that tells us to run the other way, to avoid the pain, the difficulty. I think it was instilled in most of us in childhood by parents trying to protect us from seeing things or being in situations that were uncomfortable.
It's probably even one of your life commands: Avoid Painful Situations.
Some choose to disobey that life command, and all of us are thankful they do. EMT's respond to grisly accident scenes. Doctors and nurses provide care for people suffering terrible diseases. Palliative care and hospice folks help individuals and their families live their final months and days with dignity and good quality of life. People like Mother Teresa care for lepers. And the list goes on.
But never fail to understand — these folks that choose to show compassion pay a price. As they encounter the pain of others, they experience their own pain. And they are limited in how much of another's pain they can encounter.
I know a number of these people. I'm thankful for them. They're my heroes.


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Gary Johnson, the former New Mexico governor and a likely 2012 Republican presidential candidate, hasn't been shy about his support for marijuana legalization or his personal use of the drug during his younger days. "I never exhaled," he joked in a recent interview with The New Republic. But in an interview with THE WEEKLY STANDARD, Johnson admitted publicly for the first time that he smoked marijuana more recently—from 2005 to 2008—for medicinal purposes, he says.
"It's not anything I volunteer, but you're the only person that actually asked about it," says Johnson, who governed New Mexico from 1994 to 2002. "But for luck, I guess, I wasn't arrested." Although smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes was illegal in New Mexico until 2007, Johnson says he needed the drug following a 2005 paragliding accident in Hawaii. His sails got caught in a tree, he stalled—and fell about fifty feet straight down to the ground, he says. Johnson suffered multiple bone fractures, including a burst fracture to his T12 vertebrae. "In my human experience, it's the worst pain I've ever felt."
"Rather than using painkillers, which I have used on occasion before, I did smoke pot, as a result of having broken my back, blowing out both of my knees, breaking ribs, really taking about three years to recover," Johnson says. He explains that painkillers had once caused him to suffer nasty side effects and the pain of withdrawing from the pills was unbearable. So, Johnson says, in 2005 "someone" who cared for him gave him marijuana to deal with the pain.
For a typical presidential candidate, admitting to illegally smoking marijuana just a few years ago would be badly damaging. But Gary Johnson isn't a typical candidate. He's a libertarian prophet crying out for the Republican Party to "get back to the religion of the pocketbook," and spreading his message takes precedence over appealing to Republican primary voters. His personal marijuana story may even help him spread the word. And marijuana legalization may, in fact, be a much easier sell to Republican primary voters than Johnson's positions on national security, foreign policy, and social policy.
Take, for example, Johnson's support for big defense cuts. After pointing out that the United States accounts for half of worldwide spending on defense, Johnson suggests the defense budget might need to be slashed by as much as 44 to 90 percent from current levels. "If you just based it on population alone, we should be spending 5 [percent]," he says. "If you looked at a 23 percent reduction in government spending, which would just balance revenues with expenditures, if you look at what defense would then have to go to, 50 cents of worldwide spending would go to—I'm doing the math here in my head—what? 28 cents?"
Is Johnson saying that the United States defense budget should be cut in half?
"I don't want to make that kind of statement because I somehow think it would make me appear irresponsible," Johnson says. "And I don't want to be irresponsible regarding this. I just have this sense that we're just spending way too much."
A dove in the mold of 2008 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, Johnson says, "I don't think that we should be in Iraq or Afghanistan." But the extent of his non-interventionism isn't quite clear. On one hand, he isn't even sure if U.S. troops should have been stationed in Europe to confront the Soviets following World War II. "I don't think I have the expertise to be able to say that it was good or bad, it just seems to me that today, it doesn't really seem warranted," he says. Johnson also says Iran's nuclear program isn't a threat to the United States because the principle of "mutually assured destruction" would keep the Iranians from attacking.
On the other hand, Johnson is open, in principle, to waging humanitarian wars. "If there's a clear genocide somewhere, don't we really want to positively impact that kind of a situation?" he says. "Isn't that what we're all about? Isn't that what we've always been about? But just this notion of nation building—I think the current policy is making us more enemies than more friends."
In one notable break from Ron Paul's foreign policy, Johnson offers rhetorical support for Israel. "I think that we really do have a vested interest in Israel and that we shouldn't walk away from that interest," he says. Johnson also puts distance between himself and the 9/11 Truthers, who found a friendly home in the Ron Paul campaign. "Based on what I know," Johnson says, "no, I don't think the 9/11 report should be reopened, based on my knowledge."
While Johnson's executive experience, along with his inclination to spurn the fringe elements that were attracted to the 2008 Paul campaign, could help him emerge as a more appealing candidate than Paul, his positions on social issues—which are more in line with Rudy Giuliani—could also limit his popularity in the Republican primaries.
In principle, Johnson thinks abortion should be legal in most cases. "I support a woman's right to choose [abortion]up until viability of the fetus," he says. Why does viability endow human beings with the right to life? "I don't personally have a sense that life starts at conception," Johnson answers intuitively. "I don't personally have that sense."
But as a matter of law, Johnson thinks Roe v. Wade should be overturned. "It should be a states issue to begin with," he says. "The criteria for a Supreme Court justice would be that those justices rule on the original intent of the constitution. Given that, it's my understanding that that justice would overturn Roe v. Wade."
Does Johnson think there's a constitutional right to same-sex marriage? "I don't see it," he says, "but I do support gay unions. I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches."
Should Johnson run for president—and he's giving every indication that he will run without saying so due to the tax status of his Our America Initiative—it will be interesting to see if Ron Paul supporters will tolerate Johnson's more socially liberal views. But at the very least he shouldn't have too much trouble reaching out to Randians.
"The woman that I'm with, and I'm gonna be married to and I'm in love with now—we've been together for a couple of years—she asked me was there anything that she could read to understand what it is or how I thought, and I recommended to her Atlas Shrugged," says Johnson. "I think I view the system the same way that Ayn Rand views the system—that it really oppresses those that create, if you will, and tries to take away from those that produce and give to the non-producers." But, as with most of his views, Johnson's devotion to Rand isn't totally rigid.
"I would like to see the government help out those truly in need," he says. "She [Ayn Rand] wasn't that way."
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On September 22, Kelsey Leonard became the first Native American woman to graduate from England's Oxford University. She's a member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation of Southampton, New York and graduated with a master's degree in water science, policy and management from St Cross College, one of Oxford's 38 colleges.
"This is a tremendous accomplishment for not only Ms. Leonard but for all Native peoples of the United States," stated a representative of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in an Oxford press release. "Kelsey continues to bring much pride to the Shinnecock Indian Nation."
Before going to Oxford, the 24-year-old was the first member of the Shinnecock Nation to graduate from Harvard University, where she was a member of various Native organizations including the All Ivy Native Council and the Harvard University Native American Program. She was also a youth leader with the United American Indians of Delaware Valley in Philadelphia and was the executive co-president of UNITY, a national Native youth organization.
Native News Network reports that since graduation Leonard has been working as an independent consultant in western Pennsylvania with various nonprofits on environmental policy and water resource management projects.
"Water Quality For Native Nations: Achieving A Trust Responsibility" was the title of her master's dissertation. It examines water quality regulation in the United States including the Clean Water Act and explores the decision-making processes over water resources in this country and how a large portion of the natural resource is not protected, namely water on tribal land.
About having graduated from Oxford, Leonard said: "It's a great starting point for Indigenous Peoples to attend the top universities in the world and to continue to push the envelope of what we see for ourselves and our communities, and where we hope our academic endeavors lead us to," she told The Southampton Press.


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The last few weeks in Vienna have been dramatic, hectic, and productive. We've just completed both the third Board of Governors meeting of the year at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as the agency's annual General Conference. This is the diplomatic double-header where you see what international organizations are all about, and the vital role they play in keeping the world safe. High-level ministers, intrepid negotiators and wise subject matter experts convene here in Vienna, a stone's throw from the Danube river, to hash out the rules of the road on a set of vitally important issues: supporting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, keeping the world's nuclear power plants safe, securing nuclear material from terrorists around the globe, and ensuring that member states are meeting their obligations under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.
The head of the United States delegation to the General Conference was Secretary of Energy Steven Chu. A Nobel laureate physicist, Secretary Chu possesses a unique ability to engage on matters of both science and policy with deep knowledge and fluency. During a scientific forum on the role nuclear science plays in combating the mounting threats to the world's supply of clean water, Secretary Chu kept a room full of several hundred delegates at rapt attention -- no small feat, I should note -- while clicking through a powerpoint slideshow weaving together topics ranging from climate change to subatomic particles.
I was particularly glad to see progress on two policy fronts throughout the conference. The first came with the adoption of IAEA Director General Amano's Nuclear Safety Action Plan. Spurred by the incident at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan last spring, the IAEA consulted with its 151 Member States to establish a new framework for ensuring the safety of nuclear reactors around the globe. The United States played a big part in developing this plan, and we are certain it will have a great impact on nuclear safety. You can find out more about the IAEA's plan at www.vienna.usmission.gov. The second positive step we saw on the political front was the decision among the Arab group of Member States not to put forward a highly divisive, politicized resolution that would single out Israel while ignoring major regional concerns. We were glad not to have to contend with such a distraction during the important work of the General Conference, and took the move as a heartening sign of possibility for new cooperation among the countries of the Middle East in the future.
There's much more detailed information on U.S. policy related to the General Conference available at the U.S. Mission's website, which I encourage you to visit and explore.
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<— Continued from Update #10 (Part 2)
Yesterday we shared through discovery of DeeDee that Trayvon family attorney Benjamin Crump had specifically and intentionally created media evidence because he needed to contrive the conditions for an arrest.
See Update #9 and Update #10 (part 1) and Update #10 (part 2) and again we note in the interest of readership digestibility you cannot just read what is presented here in update #11 without the historical references and citations to lay the base work.
In update #10 (both parts) we specifically deconstructed 80% of the false media evidence contrived by Trayvon family attorney Benjamin Crump. We outlined the exact relationship with/between Trayvon's girlfriend (Crumps definition) named DeeDee, and the specific falsehoods he purported to the media as evidenced facts.
As an outcome of a specific and intentional media strategy, when faced with the reality of there being no substantive evidence to dispute George Zimmerman's framing of events, the case against Zimmerman did not warrant an arrest.
"The best evidence we have is the testimony of George Zimmerman, and he says the decedent was the primary aggressor in the whole event," – Sanford Detective Serino told the Sentinel March 16.
"Everything I have is adding up to what he says.""
Indeed, even to this day there is not one cintilla of evidence ever presented after March 5th from any of the investigative teams including: the Sanford Police Department, Seminole County sheriffs office, Sanford District Attorney's office and investigation unit, Special Prosecutor Angela Corey and her 65 person investigative team, the Federal Department of Justice or the FBI, that adds one factual evidentiary item toward changing the position held by the investigators office March 16th.
Three weeks ago, on Monday April 2nd, during an exclusive interview with the Sentinel, Police Chief Lee disclosed certain details of the investigation and during that session, attended by Detective Serino and others, Serino said his investigation turned up no reliable evidence that cast doubt on Zimmerman's account – that he had acted in self-defense.
Understand how important this is. Not one factual investigative piece of evidence has been added to the prosecution case since March 5th. Not one. Yet Zimmerman is in jail today, and was not on March 6th.
The reason is "Media Evidence."
Media Evidence is a strategic use of information presented by the legal team, in this case Parks and Crump, and used to specifically and intentionally sway public opinion. If you can build the public opinion strong enough, it can change the action of the politically dependent class of prosecutors in your favor.
When factual evidence does not support your demand for an arrest. A specific intentional strategy is to create media evidence. Media evidence need not be real, it merely needs to appear to be real. The goal is to change opinion, and subsequently force an action the opposing party would otherwise not have taken.
Such is the action of arresting George Zimmerman.
The media evidence was created by Trayvon Family Attorney Benjamin Crump. He delivered the framing for the evidence during his strategic press conference on Tuesday March 20th. Following the private 911 recorded screenings in Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett's office on March 16th.
Where did he get the ideas?
….. From his mentor – Al Sharpton
The strategy was formulated, and the media evidence with accompanying narrative was constructed during the time period after that meeting in the Mayors office, and prior to the Press Conference where Crump would sell it. (Created March 16, 17, 18, 19, and delivered to media March 20th.)
The media evidence which formulated their forward strategy consisted of:
- Release of all the 911 call tapes from both George Zimmerman and the witnesses (including the scream tape). From the mayor to the Trayvon Family Attorneys.
- Creation of Sybrina Fulton claiming the screams on the call were from Trayvon. Which directly contradicted Tracy Martin's saying they were NOT Trayvon on Tuesday 2/28 at Sanford Police Dept with Detective Serino.
- Discovery/Creation of Trayvon's on-line T-Mobile phone records Sunday 3/18 by Tracy Martin.
- Discovery/Creation of Trayvon's girlfriend DeeDee and a series of phone calls leading up to his shooting evidenced within the phone records.
- Discovery/Creation that DeeDee and Trayvon were on the phone for 6 hours and 40 minutes on 2/26 the date he was shot. (400 minutes)
- Discovery/Creation of DeeDee actually hearing the confrontation between Trayvon and Zimmerman on the phone.
- Discovery/Creation of DeeDee actually being in the hospital so distraught with grief she could not attend funeral services on 3/2 and 3/3.
- Discovery/Creation of Chad Green (Brandy's 14-year-old son) being home with Trayvon waiting for his bag of Skittles from 7-11.
- Discovery/Creation of Tracy Martin and Brandy Green returning home at 10:30pm on the night Trayvon was shot.
- Creation that George Zimmerman was a 247 lb man of massive scale.
- They later created media evidence that Zimmerman was not injured with the help of ABC News; And that George Zimmerman was not medically treated at the scene and the 2nd ambulance was cancelled by dispatch.
- Press Conference Transcript HERE
These points to support their demand for arrest were strategically formulated.
We have methodically deconstructed each of these false premises and lies, yes lies, in the following posts:
- Update #9 (The entire construct of a real narrative outline of events)
- Update #10 part 1 (Known factual evidence and timelines)
- Update #10 part 2 (specifically 80% of Crumps DeeDee aspects)
Today we take out the remaining 20% of falsehoods surrounding DeeDee. Specifically her ACTUAL knowledge from the phone calls on the night in question.
The final piece of the puzzle was dropped unexpectedly during Friday's Bond Hearing with the absolute brilliance of defense attorney Mark O'Mara catching Team Skittles off guard.
How did he deconstruct the DeeDee narrative when you never even heard him use her name? Brilliantly:
O'Mara called to the stand Dale Gilbreath, one of the lead investigators who had signed the affidavit for probable cause swearing to its content. Mr. Gilbreath acknowledged that there was no evidence to indicate who started a fight that happened after Zimmerman got out of his car and, at one point, ran after Trayvon.
O'Mara – "Do you know who started the fight?"
Gilbreath – "Do I know? No"
O'Mara – "Do you have any evidence that supports who may have started the fight?"
Gilbreath – "No."
O'Mara – "Do you have any evidence, any evidence at all, any witnesses, any statements, anything that would contradict Mr. Zimmerman's assertion?
Gilbreath – Err, no. Well, do I know who punched first? No.
That little bit of testimony destroys the remaining 20% DeeDee audio-witness narrative created and sold by Benjamin Crump to a willful media. Remember the first few paragraphs of the Probable Cause Affidavit.
So there is no evidence to contradict Zimmerman's account of "who punched first" or who "started" the fight within the sworn statements etc.
Well then, where does that leave this constructed evidence?
The DeeDee as an audio witness was a specific outcome from a conversation detailed above with ABC News (exclusive of course) and Benjamin Crump. It was contrived evidence. CONTRIVED MEDIA EVIDENCE.
Did DeeDee talk to Trayvon that night. Yes. What were the specifics of the conversation? If you listen to the first part of the video before Matt Gutman cuts in the narration you can tell exactly what the totality of the real, substantive, and truthful, March 19th conversation was:
"He said this man was watching him, so he put his hoodie on". – DeeDee 3/19/12
That's about it right there. That's the whole thing. That's all she knew.
Why so sure? Well firstly, Gilbreath just confirmed it; He said there's nothing more specifically known evidence to establish how "the fight started" that would contradict George Zimmerman.
So lets look at the Probable Cause Affidavit for DeeDee's part.
Yup, she's just confirming Martin was scared and being followed. Zimmerman has never disputed he followed Trayvon from day one. He and his attorney admit it. He followed Trayvon to keep an eye on him while police were in route. That is not provoking, that is not confrontational, that is prudent. That's what good neighbors do, "watch."
That's it.
Done. There. That's the final 20% of DeeDee's prosecutorial value wiped out. Every single false media construct from Benjamin Parks is now debunked. All of them.
And while we are at it, lets just throw another one in for Good Measure. Remember those "mysteriously appearing" cell phone records from Trayvon Martin that Dad Tracy found. That kinda kicked off that whole "Trayvon was on the phone while being chased thing", you know the kinda important thing for their entire, like, case.?
Benjamin Crump loaded a PDF file to share with the media (available here)
We hate to be all Captain Obvious and stuff but did anyone at ABC think to notice the timestamps on the call logs were in Pacific Time Zones.? One of our Treeper Peeps "Deborah Cutchins" sure did.
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Prosecutor says NY teen charged in death of 4 in car crash tested positive for marijuana
MINEOLA, N.Y. – A teenager who tested positive for marijuana was arrested Friday in the death of four of his friends in a Long Island car crash after felony charges in an indictment were unsealed, a prosecutor said.
Joseph Beer, 17, of Queens, pleaded not guilty in state court to charges stemming from the crash last month on the Southern State Parkway. Bail was set at $2 million.
Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said multiple felonies were brought after an analysis of a blood sample taken from Beer two hours after the crash tested positive for marijuana. He was indicted on aggravated vehicular homicide, second-degree manslaughter and other charges that could carry a 25-year prison sentence upon conviction.
"The sheer magnitude of this tragedy is unthinkable, and it could have easily been avoided if this defendant had simply made the right choice to drive sober and drive safely," Rice said. "Instead, we have four promising young lives cut short, another young man facing years in prison, and families that will forever be torn apart by this horrific crash."
Beer's lawyer, Todd Greenburg, said his client was involved in a tragic accident and will fight the charges. He said Beer's parents could not afford the $1 million in cash that must be posted to support a $2 million bond.
Rice said Beer was driving more than 110 mph at 3:35 a.m. on Oct. 8 when he lost control of his car, crashing into trees in West Hempstead. The crash, which ripped the vehicle in half, killed three 18-year-olds and a 17-year-old, all from Queens, where they had attended the same high school as Beer.
Prosecutors said Beer, who suffered minor injuries, had only a learner's permit and was not permitted to be driving between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. His parents were charged with unlicensed operation of a vehicle for letting their son drive without a license, a charge punishable by up to 15 days in jail and a $300 fine.


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Like many Canonical-led projects, Mir is under GPLv3 - a strong copyleft license. There's a couple of aspects of GPLv3 that are intended to protect users from being unable to make use of the rights that the license grants them. The first is that if GPLv3 code is shipped as part of a user product, it must be possible for the user to replace that GPLv3 code. That's a problem if your device is intended to be locked down enough that it can only run vendor code. The second is that it grants an explicit patent license to downstream recipients, permitting them to make use of those patents in derivative works.
One of the consequences of these obligations is that companies whose business models depend on either selling locked-down devices or licensing patents tend to be fairly reluctant to ship GPLv3 software. In effect, this is GPLv3 acting entirely as intended - unless you're willing to guarantee that a user can exercise the freedoms defined by the free software definition, you don't get to ship GPLv3 material. Some companies have decided that shipping GPLv3 code would be more expensive than either improving existing code under a more liberal license or writing new code from scratch. Android's a pretty great example of this - it contains no GPLv3 code, and even GPLv2 code (outside the kernel) is kept to a minimum.
Which, given Canonical's focus on pushing Ubuntu into GPLv3-hostile markets, makes the choice of GPLv3 an odd one. This isn't a problem as long as they're the sole copyright holder, because the copyright holder is obviously free to ship their code under as many licenses as they want. But Canonical still aim to foster community involvement, and ideally that includes accepting external contributions to their code. If Canonical simply accepted those contributions under GPLv3 then they'd no longer have the right to relicense the entire codebase, so any contributions are only accepted if the contributor has signed a Contributor License Agreement.
Canonical's CLA is pretty simple. In essence, it grants Canonical the right to use, modify and distribute your code, and it grants Canonical a patent license under any patents you own that may cover the code in question. But, most importantly, it grants Canonical the right to relicense your contribution under their choice of license. This means that, despite not being the sole copyright holder, Canonical are free to relicense your code under a proprietary license.
Given Canonical's market goals, this makes sense. They can relicense Mir (and any other GPLv3 projects they own) under licenses that keep their hardware partners happy, and they can ship in the phone market. Everyone's a winner.
Except, if Canonical want to ship proprietary versions, why not just license Mir under a license that permits that in the first place? This is where the asymmetry comes in. The Android userland is released under a permissive license that allows anyone to take Google's code, modify it as they wish and ship it on whatever hardware they want. I could legally start a company that provided customised versions of Android to phone vendors without them having any GPLv3 concerns. I won't be able to do that with Ubuntu Phone.
I'm a fan of GPLv3. I think the provisions it contains to support user freedom are important. I hate the growing trend of using free software to build devices that are, effectively, impossible for the end user to modify. If Canonical were releasing software under GPLv3 because of a commitment to free software then that would be an amazing thing. But it's pretty much impossible to square the CLA's requirement that contributors grant Canonical the right to ship under a proprietary license with a commitment to free software. Instead you end up with a situation that looks awfully like Canonical wanting to squash competition by making it impossible for anyone else to sell modified versions of Canonical's software in the same market.
Canonical aren't doing anything illegal or immoral here. They're free to run their projects in any way they choose. But retaining the right to produce proprietary versions of external contributions without granting equivalent reciprocal rights isn't consistent with caring about free software or contributing to the wider Linux community, especially if it means you get to exclude those external contributors from the market you're selling their code into.
(Edit to add: a friend in the contracting industry points out that it also prevents vendors who won't ship GPLv3 from using external contractors to work on Mir - they have to go to Canonical, because only Canonical can relicense contributions under a proprietary license.)
[1] Right now Ubuntu Phone is using Surfaceflinger, the Android display server, but that's apparently just an interim solution.


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Looks dry on the track
Looks dry on the track
cold on the track and a crosswind down the straight
Ferrari trying out two different rear wings
wind is catching these cars kinda squirrely
so is the merc showing their cards already?? are we sanbagging?? or is it a typical Free practice and no one knows where everyone stands??
but from previous two races we saw a really strong merc in australia as shown in FP and a dodgy Merc in Bahrain where we topped the time sheets and we were strong all weekend there.....so JUST SAYING.....
...the new SF90 in the MATTE RED, to me it looks amazing. Let's hope it's gonna be as FAST as it looks.
Cooler conditions favour Mercedes. Looks like our only option to beat them this weekend will be down to strategy
I prefer to beat them on Sunday -Fernando Alonso, Press Conference Korean GP 2010
"Giornata fantastica !!"- Andrea Stella, European GP 2012
Well then lets have heat waves for the rest of the season.
I think we are sandbagging. Last year's pole was a 1:31:6 I think. FP1 means nothing. Max on the other hand.....another mistake
maybe rain in FP2
with the new graphics this year how can I know if a driver is on track or in the pits?
Merc looks clear favourite (as expected). Close between us and redbull. I think we can have them in quali, but not so sure about the race. Should be an interesting weekend!
I love the under dog in sport the victory is so much sweeter and defeat of the favorite inflicts phyco logical damage that they believe they are beaten and self distruct ferrari can play this game well the pressure is on merc.
Would be good to see RAI on long stints in FP2. He seems comfortable with the car light(er) but is challenged when he has a full tank. I reference the past 2 GPs.
Any live streaming link plz..!!
Here you go buddy.
Many test items for Ferrari for FP2, dont expect a fast lap-time from them.
As said Ferrari are close now..!!
i don't think RBR can win here, will be between Ferrari and mercs again it seems.
Kimi looks on top of this year's car
Mercs struggling on US tyres at rear end. Car is sliding.
What is that thing just to the left of the tcam that Ferrari have?? Is it a sensor or an additional camera??


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Currently there are four options for you to choose from:
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False teachers among the Saints are damned—Lustful Saints will perish in their own corruption.
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It's mostly a comedy series but it has some drama and romance elements as well. The reason I'm reviewing it here however is because Doc Martin's character is, I believe, intended to "have Aspergers Syndrome" and for neurotypical adults this gives you a good glimpse into both sides of an AS/NT relationship.
Nobody does situation comedy for Television better than the British and Doc Martin doesn't disappoint in this area. Although it is very funny, it's actually in the development of Doc Martin's relationship that the show really excels. Each story is relatively self-contained but it is strongly recommended that you watch the series in the correct order to get a good sense of this development.
The words "Aspergers Syndrome" so far have only made a single appearance in the show when a psychologist tells Doc Martin that he has it - shortly before being unceremoniously bundled out the door but there's no doubt that the writers intended it to be a talking point. Remember that there's no litmus paper test for Aspergers Syndrome and someone may display many of the symptoms without actually having it.
In Doc Martin's case, who but the scriptwriter really knows?
I will however point out a few things I've noted;
- Doc Martin certainly feels emotions and empathy but usually doesn't show them in the way you'd expect. Some close people however are able to read them some of the time.
- It's clear that he has an unusual gait (walk).
- He has significant difficulty in conversations and minimal ability to small-talk. He does prove that he can "act normal" though but it's obviously an act.
- He has two obsessions, medicine and clocks - I'm aware that you'd expect a good doctor to be interested in medicine but Doc Martin takes things a little too far at times (Series 5).
- He's obviously quite confused at times as to why his remarks hurt other people.
- He's clearly completely unaware of some of the signals that others are giving off (pharmacist).
If we were using the DSM IV-TR diagnostic criteria on Doc Martin, he'd arguably flag the following;
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Part A
Failure to share interests, enjoyment or achievements with others.
Lack of social or emotional reciprocity.
Part B
Preoccupation with one or more narrow interests which are abnormal in intensity or focus.
C. The disturbance causes clinically significant problems in social, occupational or other areas of function.
D. There is no clinically significant delay with language milestones.
E. There is no clinically significant delay in cognitive development
F. The disorder does not meet the criteria for any other Pervasive Developmental Disorder or for Schizophrenia
But I'm not here to say whether or not he's an aspie.
It's a great show and my wife and I have gotten a lot of enjoyment out of watching him and his situations. Our discussions during and after the show have been quite good too because sometimes it's easy to see what a particular character should have done when a communications problem occurs. It's very educational for people in mixed AS/NT relationships.
Doc Martin Series 1-4 is currently available at Amazon (and it's on special). Series 5 is currently airing around the world and there's currently a campaign going around to get Series 6 filmed.
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Doc Martin was recommended by my parents and I watched it purely on their advice. I was not given any review materials but sought the show out on my own.