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Walk to the back of Building 18, on the edge of Facebook's new headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and you'll find the remnants of The Battle Cave.
Today, this room is just another stretch of open office space, where rows of Facebookers work on who-knows-what. But if you look to your right, at the top of the wall, you'll see two metal brackets that once held a pair of flat-screen displays. That's where Joel Pobar and his crew would track their daily progress.
Pobar oversees a team of engineers charged with rebuilding the very foundation of the world's most popular social network. They've toiled on this project for more than three years now, and for several weeks this past fall – when progress stalled and it seemed like the thing might never see the light of day – they hunkered down in this room at the back of Building 18, spending nearly every waking hour writing and re-writing code, struggling to hone their creation to the point where it could run one of the largest websites on the planet.
It was called The Battle Cave for good reason. They were battling software code, but also time. In an echo of The War Room in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, their efforts were mapped out on a pair of displays mounted high on the wall, a constant reminder of just how far they were from finishing what was supposed to be the future of Facebook.
They've since moved out of The Battle Cave, but those two metal brackets remain. They're a small reminder of an enormous bet placed by Facebook – a technological bet that exemplifies the unique attitude that infuses this nine-year-old company, something founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg likes to call "The Hacker Way."
"It was a high-risk, high-reward bet," says Jay Parikh, the engineering vice president who oversees the design and operation of the hardware and software that underpins Facebook. "We now operate at such an enormous scale, we have to take enormous risks in order to survive."
To understand this bet, you must first travel back a moment in late 2003. If you've seen The Social Network, you know the one: That cold, northeastern day when Zuckerberg sat down in his Harvard dorm room and first started work on his social network.
Inside 'The Hacker Way'
There's been more than a little controversy over where the idea for Facebook came from, what Zuckerberg was ultimately trying to do, and whether he began the project just after Caribbean night at AEPi. But one thing's for sure: When he sat down to build the site, he used a computer programming language called PHP.
Among web coders like Zuckerberg, PHP was all the rage in 2003. It gave them a means of building and re-building web software at a particularly fast pace, taking a shortcut around more complicated languages like C++ or Java. But as the months, then the years, passed, PHP's knack for rapid-fire development would become particularly important to Facebook and The Hacker Way, the philosophy of constant iteration that drives Zuckerberg and his entire company. Facebook engineers like to change things, and change them quickly. PHP lets them do that.
It's what's known as a "dynamically typed" programming language, meaning you don't have to take the time to define the specific parameters of each and every variable used in your program. "If you tell a room-full developers to build an application and they use a dynamic language," says Facebook engineer Keith Adams, "they will get it done faster."
Today, Facebook is used by more than one billion people worldwide, and more than a thousand engineers are dedicated to building and rebuilding the site. And they're still using PHP.
In one sense, that's surprising. Although PHP is ideal for rapid development, it's in some ways ill-suited to running a website of such enormous size. When you build a site with PHP code – as opposed to a "statically-typed" language like C++ – you can build it at a faster clip, but you'll need far more machines to run the thing, and as you reach a billion users, all those servers get mighty expensive.
Yet Zuckerberg and company stick with it. Rather than switch to a new language – as, say, Twitter has done – they've invented new ways of running PHP at unusually fast speeds. In essence, they keep replacing the foundation of the site – without changing the site itself. Such is The Hacker Way.
In 2010, Facebook rolled out a tool called HipHop. This would convert the PHP code into C++ before it was executed on the company's servers, and Facebook engineers eventually honed this tool to the point where it could juggle 500 to 600 percent more traffic than the pure PHP site on the same number of machines.
"There was a moment where, if HipHop hadn't been there, we would have been in hot water. We would probably have needed more machines to serve the site than we could have gotten in time," says Facebook engineer Drew Paroski. "It was a Hail Mary pass that worked out."
But shortly after that pass was thrown, Paroski, Adams, and third Facebook engineer, Jason Evans, decided they could do better. Standing around the proverbial water cooler one afternoon, the trio agreed that Facebook could take PHP performance to an even higher level if they replaced HipHop with something called a virtual machine – software that could provide even greater synergy between the site's PHP code and the server hardware that runs it.
Rather than translate PHP into C++, they would convert it into native machine code – the language spoken by the chips at the heart of the company's servers – and they would do this as the code was executing. By tracking the way the site executed in real-time, they could get a better idea of how it should be translated into machine code – and this would ultimately speed things up. "HipHop," Adams remembers, "seemed pretty beatable."
It was a bold idea – especially when you consider that HipHop had only just gone live. Building such a virtual machine is a mammoth task typically reserved for software companies like Oracle and Microsoft and VMware – companies with the sole aim of creating this sort of "systems software," software runs at the very heart of our computer systems.
Within weeks, they went to work on their virtual machine, and after a few months, they'd made enough progress to get the company behind the project. Eventually, the Facebook brass put another seven engineers to work on the new platform – and halted the development of HipHop. It's a move that highlights Facebook's hacker-centric culture, but it also shows just how much the company has grown up over the years. "Facebook was able to preserve their cultural contract by solving a very hard problem," says Eli Collins, who worked on such software at tech giant VMware. "But it also marks a shift at the company. It shows that they're really getting serious."
The only trouble is that after Adams, Evans, and Paroski spent two years building this virtual machine, it was slower than the live website.
The New Facebook
Keith Adams personifies Facebook's recent evolution. The Brown University graduate began his career at VMware, alongside Eli Collins, where he built the most complex of systems software. VMware makes software that lets the world's businesses run a different kind of virtual machine – a way of treating one computer server like many servers– and Adams worked on the guts of this "hypervisor" software.
According to Collins, when Intel first built microprocessors designed to work in tandem with VMware's hypervisor, Adams was the lone VMware engineer sent inside the chip giant to ensure the two pieces of technology worked well together. "That shows you how important he was to VMware," Collins says.
It may seem odd that Adams would move from VMware to Facebook, but that's what Facebook has become. Like Google and Amazon and Yahoo and even Twitter, Facebook has grown so large, it needs engineers capable of rethinking the fundamental ways our computers operate. Google is famous for building entirely new hardware and software that can run its worldwide data center network with significantly greater speed and efficiency, and now Facebook has reached the same point.
The company hires people like Amir Michael, who build servers. It employs engineers like Raghu Murthy, who build software capable of juggling data across tens of thousands of machines. And it nabs minds like Adams, who joined the social networking giant in 2009.
In the beginning, Adams worked on the Facebook search engine. But then he ran into Evans and Paroski, two other engineers steeped in the most complex of technologies. As a graduate student studying bioinformatics at the University of Idaho, Evans built a new tool for managing the use of computer memory. It was known as jemalloc, and it soon turned up in Mozilla Firefox, one of the world's most popular web browsers. "He basically helped us halve the amount of memory Firefox was using," says ex-Mozilla man Stuart Parmenter. "He's definitely one of the smartest people I know."
Meanwhile, Paroski had come to Facebook from Microsoft – another systems software giant – where he worked on the .NET runtime, what amounts to a virtual machine for Microsoft's C# and VB.NET programming languages. It only makes sense that Adams, Evans, and Paroski would dream up a virtual machine capable of juicing Facebook's PHP code. But actually building the thing is another matter.
According to Pobar and others who worked on the project, it was Adams who pushed hardest on the virtual machine idea, convincing the Facebook brass that it was the best way forward. He's an opinionated sort – quick to back up his stance with the most reasoned of arguments. "He's a very strong voice," says Collins. "It didn't surprise me that he joined Facebook and immediately became one of their most prominent engineers."
In the end, the company put significant resources behind the effort – backing Adams, Evans, and Paroski with other engineers like Mark Williams, Owen Yamauchi, Aravind Menon, Brett Simmers, Guilherme Ottoni, and Jordan DeLong – and it organized the team under Pobar, a seasoned engineering manager who had also come from Microsoft.
But things took far longer than expected. Part of the problem, Adams says, is that they underestimated the complexity of the task, but the other issue is that HipHop continued to improve. For months, they were chasing a moving target. After two years, they got to point where the virtual machine could run the entire world of Facebook, but it was still three times slower than the original HipHop system.
When Adams remembers this time, you can hear the emotion creep back into this voice. "For me at least, this was a very scary time," he remembers. "What was really nerve-wracking is that we didn't have any really good theories about where all the extra time was going." Evans and Paroski felt much the same way. "You could see the amount of stress these guys were under," their manager, Pobar, remembers. "Facebook had given these guys so much leash to really go after this – and then it was like: 'Holy fuck. Are they actually going to get there?'"
They continued to chip away at the speed gap, but by the end of the summer of 2012, the virtual machine was still only 65 percent as fast as the live site. "We were like a pregnant lady. We just wanted this baby out of us," Pobar says. "But it was really unclear how that was going to happen."
So they went into lockdown.
Engineers in Lockdown
Lockdown happens all the time in the world of high-stakes technology. You move an entire development team in its own room and pretty much keep them there until the project is finished. "It's a common thing," says Sam Schillace, who helped build Google Docs at Google and is now the vice president of engineering at Silicon Valley startup Box.com. "We have a couple of these going right now."
Pobar moved Facebook's virtual machine team into a room on the ground floor of Building 18, where there were relatively few engineers, and according to Paroksi, they didn't even tell anyone they were there. "It was like we had been lost in the desert waiting for someone to rescue us by helicopter," Adams remembers. "But then we decided we just had to hike out. We didn't know quite where to go, but we had to get there under our own power."
For months, the team – and Adams in particular – had been looking for the one magic place in the code where they could fix the speed problem in one fell swoop. But when the team moved into The Battle Cave, there was a change in philosophy. Rather than look for one cure-all, they would buckle down and fix anything and everything.
"The idea was to find small things, where you could quickly do an experiment and find out if changing that code was going to help," says Paroski. "If the experiment failed, you would put it down and quickly pick up something else."
On the far wall of the room, they organized their efforts on a massive white board. It was littered with Post-It Notes, each identifying a possible way of improving the system and each positioned according to how long the improvement would take. If a Post-It Note proved a dead-end, it was summarily moved to the side.
Then, above this white board, the team installed two monitors that tracked the speed of the new system relative to HipHop. At first, the line barely moved. But with Adams taking the early shift, and others, such as Evans and Paroski, working well into the night for a good five weeks, the tiny improvements began to pay off.
According to those who worked on the project, Adams was the main idea man. Evans was the engineer who would crank out vast amounts of code in finding a way to bring these ideas to fruition. And Paroski, the resident PHP expert, was the man who keep those ideas from veering off course, away from what the language was capable of.
Slowly, the speed line started to climb again, and on Election Day – November 6, 2012 – it finally passed HipHop. That weekend, Adams went bike riding with Eli Collins, his old colleague from VMware. "I remember it well," Collins says.
In a nod to the company's original PHP converter, they called the system the HipHop Virtual Machine, or HHVM for short, and it was soon installed beneath the live site, where it continues to run today.
HHVM uses what's called just-in-time compilation, which means Facebook's PHP code is converted to machine language as it executes on the server. This is the way the Java programming language runs, but the Java virtual machine was built over many years to serve an entire industry of programmers. The HipHop Virtual Machine was built just for Facebook – though, as with so many parts of its infrastructure, Facebook has open sourced the system, so that anyone can use it.
The Garden State
With the HipHop Virtual Machine, Facebook can run PHP at speeds most developers never thought possible. But some still wonder why the company would go to such extremes. Longtime developer and programming pundit David Pollack doesn't buy the notion that PHP helps Facebook iterate at a faster clip.
"PHP was optimized for doing a quick and dirty website. It's remarkable to me that Facebook has been able to scale a quick-and-dirty language to a site as powerful and as flexible as the Facebook site," he says. "But I just can't see PHP being the best way to build a website. It's kind of like people who live in New Jersey and call it the Garden State."
Even Adams admits his claim that developers are more productive with dynamically typed languages is controversial in certain circles, and Evans acknowledges that although a language like PHP may make you more productive in the short-term, it can make things more difficult in the long run.
"Static typing ends up being really good documentation for what you intended when you wrote the code," he says. "If you write some code in a dynamic language like PHP and then you come back two years later, you lack that documentation."
Certainly, Facebook has stuck with PHP in large part because it would be an even bigger task to rewrite the entire site in another language. It's called The Legacy Problem. "Eventually, you get to a size where it's not feasible to rewrite it all," says Paroksi.
But it's clear from talking with people like Adams that Facebook still prefers the feel of PHP, and though building a new virtual machine for the language was quite the risk, this is a company that's willing not only to take risks, but to take risks others wouldn't take.
"Apple is about polish. Google is about scale. Microsoft is about, well, 30 years old," says ex-Googler and Box vice president of engineering Sam Schillace. "But Facebook is about innovation. They're not necessarily optimized for elegance. They're optimized for innovation. The idea is to crush everyone with pure experimentation and velocity."
Others may not understand that. But they don't understand The Hacker Way.
Update: This story originally said that server engineer Amir Michael was employed by Facebook. But Michael left the company three weeks ago.


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American contractor Alan Gross has been imprisoned for three years in Cuba for smuggling satellite equipment to the country's Jewish community. NBC's Michael Isikoff reports.
HAVANA, Cuba — Three years after he was arrested in Havana, jailed American contractor Alan Gross is asking the U.S. government to sign a "non-belligerency pact" with Cuba as a first step toward negotiating his release, according to a Cuba policy analyst who just visited him.
Peter Kornbluh , right, stands with Alan Gross, in a picture taken on Kornbluh's iPhone by a guard during his visit to the Havana prison where Gross is being held.
Peter Kornbluh, a Cuba specialist at the National Security Archives, a nonprofit research center in Washington, met with Gross for four hours on Wednesday at the military hospital in Havana where the contractor is being held. He said Gross appeared "extremely thin" — he has lost over 100 pounds since his arrest —and dispirited.
"He's angry, he's frustrated, he's dejected — and he wants his own government to step up" and negotiate, said Kornbluh. "His message is that the United States and Cuba have to sit down and have a dialogue without preconditions. … He told me that the first meeting should result in a non-belligerency pact being signed between the United States and Cuba."
Gross' comments appear to represent a new tack in an aggressive public relations campaign to win his freedom. His supporters have planned a candlelight vigil outside the Cuban interests section in Washington D.C., on Sunday and the U.S. Senate is poised to take up a resolution Monday demanding his release, Gross' wife, Judy, has also become increasingly critical of the U.S. government for not doing more to demand that her 63-year-old husband be allowed to return home.
Jose Luis Magana / AP
Judy Gross at her home in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 29.
"He feels like a soldier in the field left to die," she said at a press conference in Washington last week.
Gross, who worked for an Agency for International Development contractor, was arrested by the Cubans on Dec. 3, 2009, and accused of smuggling sophisticated satellite and other telecommunications equipment into the country to give to the island's tiny Jewish community. Gross has said he was only trying to increase Internet access in Cuba. But he was convicted by a Cuban court in March of last year for crimes "against the independence and territorial integrity of the state" and sentenced to 15 years.
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Last month, Gross and his wife filed a $60 million lawsuit against the U.S. government and the contractor he was working for, Development Alternatives, charging he was used as a "pawn" in a U.S. government program to change the Castro regime and never advised about the dangers he faced bringing high tech satellite transmission equipment into Cuba. (The State Department, of which AID is a part and which has repeatedly called for Gross' release, declined comment. Development Alternatives has released a statement saying it has "no higher priority" than bringing Gross home.)
Kornbluh, who has advocated closer U.S.-Cuba dialogue, was in Havana last week to attend a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. He was granted permission to visit Gross by Cuban officials. (The Cubans so far have denied all news media requests to meet with him.) He said Gross was most upset about being unable to return home to see members of his family who are ill, especially his 90-year-old mother in Texas who has cancer.
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Ever since U.S.-backed Cuban President Fulgencio Batista was forced from power by rebels led by Fidel Castro in 1958, the relationship between the two nations has been fraught with difficulties.
"He really wants to see his mother, who is quite old and infirm," said Kornbluh. When Kornbluh had his photo taken with Gross, the contractor held up a photo that read: "Hi Mom." When he asked Gross what he wanted to get out of the lawsuit, the contractor replied: "I want to see my wife and I want to see my mother."
To accomplish that, Gross is seeking to nudge the Obama administration, according to Kornbluh. Gross knows that his freedom "is going to depend on his government negotiating in good faith with the Cubans," said Kornbluh. "His message to Barack Obama is: I'm fired up and ready to go. Where are you at this moment?"
Michael Isikoff is NBC News' national investigative correspondent; NBC News producer Mary Murray also contributed to this report.
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46 comments:
refused must have been so worth it though.ReplyDelete
He is beautiful! Hope you feel better soon!ReplyDelete
You have a horse?ReplyDelete
That is the grown up girl's equivalent to having a pony.
Nice one Keiko. ;)
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I'm sorry you're not feeling well. It sucks to be under the weather, especially when it's nice out. (kind of a pun.)ReplyDelete
You always look so happy with your horses. :)
Dylan: Beyond. It was the best show, ever. hands down.ReplyDelete
He is beautiful! Hope you feel better soon!ReplyDelete
I have a Mustang, Lily, love seeing other bloggers who have horses!
Beautiful photo!ReplyDelete
I hope you feel better soon!
he is so cute! hope you feel better!ReplyDelete
wait, i didn't know you had a horse. how adorable is he!!! love his name too!ReplyDelete
xo TJ
Oh my goodness, Romeo is very handsome! I hope you feel better!ReplyDelete
yes romeo is darling. dear keiko lynn, take as long as your body needs to heal, & feel better, please?ReplyDelete
He is so pretty! What a lucky girl you are! Hope you feel better!ReplyDelete
Aw feel better soon! Lovely horse!ReplyDelete
That is awesome that you have a horse! My aunt used to take me to go "horseback riding" (and by horseback riding, I mean just sit on one and get taken around a track). I loved it! And I thought I was so cool but I'm sure it's quite diff than the real thing...ReplyDelete
he is adorable! rest up little one, you have to get better!ReplyDelete
he is beautiful! love to see fellow horse girls... :)ReplyDelete
all the best from berlin!
xo laura
So jealous!!! I wasn't a "pony" or "horse" girl growing up... I mean, I loved them, but I love all animals. Once I rode a bareback bronc in the rodeo though - fwoosh!!! My love for horsies began!ReplyDelete
Aww, great pic!ReplyDelete
He's gorgeous! I am so sorry you aren't feeling well. What discipline do you ride? I am a horse person myself! I ride hunter-jumpers. I love my horse to death, I am currently away from him and I think I might even miss him more than anyone else.ReplyDelete
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Love this pic. What a beautiful horse.ReplyDelete
love the jeans! hope you're feeling better. Yes, he's a lover boy!! :DReplyDelete
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What a cutie! Nothing like horse snuggles to make you feel better. I've got a (now retired) horse who turns 24 tomorrow! His only job now is to snarf treats.ReplyDelete
What a handsome looking horse. I hope you feel better soon.ReplyDelete
awh, what a sweet horse! and i love your pants; i actually saw those in a magazine today. (:ReplyDelete
He's gorgeous. And tall! I'm guessing he's a quarter horse?ReplyDelete
Sorry to hear you're feeling under the weather! Thinking good-feeling thoughts.ReplyDelete
Although awesome shows are totally worth it. Haha
Hope you feel better soon! I've been under the weather lately too.. suffering from allergies for the first time in my life.ReplyDelete
Romeo is quite the handsome horse! And I love those floral pants btw.
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He is lovely! Um tchutchuco!ReplyDelete
Melhore logo! (I hope you'll be better soon)
Romeo is gorgeous, so pretty! Cute outfit, too!ReplyDelete
xo, Megan
i adore your style today!ReplyDelete
Aw, so cute!ReplyDelete
Romeo is a beauty! Hope you get to feeling better, sweetie!ReplyDelete
I've spent the last few days reading through your blog, and I have to say that while I adore your style (I'd love to live in your closet, haha), I especially love your writing style. It stands out to me in a way that most fashion bloggers' don't. You're definitely one of my favourite bloggers!ReplyDelete
I hope you feel better soon!
Beautiful horse! Animals are the best source of love and affection. And YOU deserve a day off when you're sick. Take care of yourself, the blog will still be there when you feel better.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 24, 2012 at 9:54 PM
Wow, I had no idea that you had a horse.ReplyDelete
Romeo is amazing! <3ReplyDelete
Have a great - hope you feel better! :)
he is adorableReplyDelete
hope you will get better soon
He's great! :) get well soon!ReplyDelete
Jealous- whenever I get a camera/my phone around my baby pony (who is not a baby, nor a pony, but I digress...) he tries to shove it up his nose or eat it.ReplyDelete
Very nice, thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
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Hey that's a handsome horse..truly gorgeous...ReplyDelete
He is lovely! What breed is he? xxReplyDelete
Always love the horse posts :)ReplyDelete
~ Lara
horses are the loveliest creatures :)ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 26, 2012 at 6:07 AM
your horse is so pretty! I've been wanting to ride a horse for a long time. I used to take lessons when I was 9 but one day the horse sat down when I was on it and began lean to it's side to lay down and I got so freaked out that I didn't take lessons anymore haha. Now I really want to but the place I took lessons shut down :(ReplyDelete


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Sunday, September 24, 2017
A Viewer Writes: Overdoses
73 comments:
If anyone in Crisfield wants to get on Methadone, they have to go to Salisbury. I have known several people that tried it but then had transportation difficulties and stopped going.
- September 18, 2017 at 9:55 AM
OH; but the chief says crime is down! Give me a break, the city officials ignore the problem as well. There are more crimes than ever due to addicts having to steal to support their habit and the police ignore it. Crime cannot possible be down so wake up Mayor and city council, don't believe what the chief says, the people know better.
- September 18, 2017 at 10:08 AM
Oh wah wah wah. Poor me, it's not my fault...it's a disease.
- September 18, 2017 at 10:12 AM
When will people start taking personal responsibility for their poor choices? What can the governor do to help people? Create tasks forces? Print more posters about the dangers of these drugs?
- September 18, 2017 at 10:22 AM
In the end, everyone is responsible for themselves. You are responsible for your own bad choices in life. So how can you expect any other person or government, or anything to help you if you choose not to listen? You chose to do drugs no one else made that decision for you. So you and only you have to choose to stop. No amount of money thrown at it will solve the problem.
Junkies and addicts have made their choice in life now they have to either live or die by that choice.
- September 18, 2017 at 11:07 AM
People would rather protest the death of a heroin dealer killed by a cop in self defense.
- September 18, 2017 at 11:28 AM
Sadly there are so many 1st timers that make bad choices and aren't so lucky to survive that choice because they die! In my opinion this is another type of terror attacks from within. The dealers know the history these drugs and how easy its get people hooked and the money is insane. Damn shame we have figured out how to stop it.
- September 18, 2017 at 11:51 AM
The Mayor of Crisfield is a big democrat only interested in green energy (as long as someone else pays for it) and government handouts!When Sandy hit there was a perfect opportunity to rid the area of the crime ridden section 8 housing know as the projects that sits adjacent to the marina on waterfront property. The government came in and actually boxed up the inhabitants belongings for them , fixed the units with all brand new construction and appliances and then unpacked their belongings for them. Guarantee that didnt happen in Texas or Florida! Now the mayor wants to open an 80 ton a day manure plant at the entrance to the city on the main road coming into town at the old Carvel Hall factory.There is a windmill in town,new library and several bricked streets that still flood all done with grant money.Crisfield is run with the same mentality as baltimore, chicago and hartford
- September 18, 2017 at 11:53 AM
I agree 11:53. It's a shame that politicians have convinced a lot of folks that grant money is free money. A lot of people just do not think about where grant money comes from. It comes right out of the tax money that we pay to the state and federal government so obviously it's still our money no matter what you call it. It real ly seems like towns are addicted to grant money just like a drug addict, they can't stop getting and using it. It's really a sad thing that they act like beggars and panhandlers always asking for a hand out.
- September 18, 2017 at 12:56 PM
Where did you get these statistics if the Health Department is unaware of them? Have they looked into how to help now that they know?
- September 18, 2017 at 2:34 PM
Maybe that's why the inspector general's office is looking so closely at the health department - trying to find the trail of misused grant money. Maybe they should look at the administrator and all of the judgements against her and her husband. The money's going somewhere...
- September 18, 2017 at 3:27 PM
11 people whos bad decisions I don't have to fund anymore and 11 people who I don't need to worry about kicking in my door to steal.
- September 18, 2017 at 4:22 PM
- September 18, 2017 at 4:59 PM
Green energy and welfare $$$ and votes.
- September 18, 2017 at 5:00 PM
A liberal pre drug addict task force lol.
- September 18, 2017 at 5:01 PM
Get in touch with Sheriff Ronnie Howard and ask him what the solution is. It is easy to find him. He is at Gordon's Restaurant in Crisfield every morning.
- September 18, 2017 at 6:07 PM
If the medical field did not make a living off the pills that started this problem we would not need this and for all the nasty people with their comments hope none of you family die from this
- September 18, 2017 at 6:26 PM
Town is DEAD !!! No wonder many on drugs to cope !!!!
- September 18, 2017 at 7:49 PM
Its amazing how everyone blames everyone else for their mistakes today. I've done my share of screwing up but I've never had the desire to stick a needle in my arm and play Russian roulette. They all know the dope is tainted and still make a conscious choice to chase that ghost. Let them go rid society of the burden, just like all the black on black homicide.
- September 19, 2017 at 3:08 AM
DEAD Town = Time to MOVE !!!
- September 19, 2017 at 9:24 AM
People committing suicide with drugs is not "letting people die." Put the blame where it belongs, on the addicted drug abusers. Throwing taxpayer money at the problem is not the answer to everything that is wrong with people.
- September 19, 2017 at 11:02 AM
I can't say about the Chief because I do believe he is doinh a horrible job but there is one of the city council members that has been talking to community partners about this issue & organized a public meeting tonight at the library
- September 19, 2017 at 6:51 PM
Yes I second that. The place is unethical. They have a poor health officer and the entire administration staff not just the administrator are terrible. They all lie and have many unethical agency practices down to hiring...not shocking they are bring looked at. The employee morale is low I hear as well. The administrator that oversees is a lady named Christie Abbott something. Look her up on case search public info. She has lots of cases house in foreclosure ect..She's terrible and the health officer promoted her she's not qualified and is a liar. Money going to her and hubby???But she in everything and everybody else business!
- September 19, 2017 at 7:26 PM
The whole agency is based on lies, taxpayer money going to waste. The entire county is a crooked county. The county is dead. Until some seats change you won't see change that's just the reality of it.
- September 19, 2017 at 7:42 PM
That entire place is unethical. Most are racist and have even been reported to the state for blatant racist remark and actions. One supervisor got a slap on the wrist for openly talking about "the colored folks" that work there and talk poor of the people they serve in that community. They bought a brand new truck from one Grant and gave it to someone who had nothing to do with that department. They tell bare face lies. They hold back grant money to departments that they don't like and use the money for other things. They need an audit big time. And if it doesn't include getting rid of the top and working down they are wasting their time. Do you think the health officer cares about overdoses. He probably is glad it cuts down on services so they can continue to squander and embezzle money.
- September 19, 2017 at 8:25 PM
Joe, can you please reshare this so it's at the top with latest stories people really need to hear and read what's going on as taxpayers in their county. People share...share...share until we see a change!!!
- September 19, 2017 at 8:29 PM
- SbyNews_Staff said...
I added a link to the top left under "Popular Posts"
- September 19, 2017 at 8:40 PM
Actually I think the truth is, they mismanaged so many grants they couldn't afford to keep there mental health. So they gave it all to private entities. Maybe that is the master plan, to let the natural thinking of society and not take the funds so no one sees what a crappy health department they have.
- September 19, 2017 at 8:43 PM
It's not just the admin. Even the other talking heads mismanage their grant money or complain that Craig and Cristy steal from there grants to buy stuff for other departments
- September 19, 2017 at 9:01 PM
Thanks Joe!
- September 19, 2017 at 9:19 PM
Very true and they are a terrible health department but getting rid of programs won't hide the lies. Its still showing through the work ethic of the people there. As a tax paying county resident you hear lots...Knew something was not right when they recently placed that prevention lady who knows nothing about the opioid epidemic in the lead opioid role. Met her at a few meetings and still things continue to not be done. It's a shame the people they have in position's there. The county has a real issue and the people in place to help are no help at all. County funds can be used in much better places.
- September 19, 2017 at 9:32 PM
- SbyNews_Staff said...
You're welcome, but I'm not Joe :)
- September 19, 2017 at 9:37 PM
Yes, I met her at a meeting last month. She wears short skirts to show her vericose ridden legs and flirts openly whenever men are at meetings. I am from an outside company and she talked about her workers like shit all the time. She used to be in prevention then I don't know what happened to Rhoda she was much easier to deal with. But I went to a meeting last week and she wasn't there. She got demoted or fired or something. She had no business be in charge of anything. I haven't met the new person but I would say it could only get better but it is the health department. They are good at giving community grants but can't keep their mouths shut at community meetings. She even stole an idea from someone on our committee and past it off as her own. They need to fire everyone there. I bet there's lots of people who want to work hard.
- September 19, 2017 at 11:09 PM
Boohoo. So people have to drive to get more drugs shoved on them by the government. Did it ever occur to anyone that methadone, suboxin and vivitrol along with any other Band-Aids are just that. They don't want people to get better. They just want to not feel guilty. How bout Larry Hogan giving money to reward services that get people off all drugs. Not just replacing them with something else. They have no desire for people to be truly sober or they wouldn't need grant money in the first place.
- September 19, 2017 at 11:21 PM
I hope the county is keeping a close eye on the money it gives the health department. Everybody knows they don't spend it all and just keep asking for more. Need to get their auditors over there and really dig. I bet the commissioners would love to have back all of the unspent county money the health department is holding in its bank account.
- September 19, 2017 at 11:53 PM
The leaders of this health department do nothing to help the Somerset County community. This is the county that could benefit the most from a well involved health department. But instead of adding programs they cut them. They got rid of treatment and forced all of the clients to go to the private sector. The health officer is never anywhere to be found. In fact it didn't appear he was at the meeting tonight in Crisfield, but the health officer from Wicomico was. If the state was smart they would put her in charge of Somerset too. He can't even show up to this?
- September 19, 2017 at 11:54 PM
The State are easily available to anyone who cares about the problem. Leadership at the health department just doesn't care. It not going to do anything. It never does.
- September 19, 2017 at 11:56 PM
What does that prevention woman do anyway? Obviously they are not preventing anything. All they do is waste a ton of money on lame billboards. That money could be used to actually help people.
- September 19, 2017 at 11:59 PM
I think the first lady that was in charge just got tired of the BS at the health department and left. Can't blame her. She wasn't able to get anything done because of Craig
- September 20, 2017 at 7:11 AM
If it wasn't for Wicomico County's Health officer coming to Somerset, there'd never be a health officer in Somerset. She does more for the county than ours.
- September 20, 2017 at 7:12 AM
Im from another outside company as well the prevention lady I agree is terrible and has said to mee too how the whole agency including her own staff,and other department supervisors are terrible. She also has made racial statements against her workers. I heard she got demoted not fired...still at the health department in prevention not sure over what because she's a poor supervisor but many of them there are...anytime you talk negative against your staff to someone outside and make racial comments you should not be in a supervisory position, but the health department tolerates crap like this. There was another young girl I met and thought she was over prevention for a short while but heard she's not anymore but was good and worked hard. She probably left too...they can't keep the good ones but entertain the bad. It's a shame.
- September 20, 2017 at 5:45 PM
I dont think agencies tolerate this behavior but for many state agencies it's hard to just fire people which is why much is tolerated. The most they do is demote people in many cases. If it was easier I believe many would be fired. Many state agencies get stuck with bad employees. The folks that have to deal and get stuck with them just tolerate them and hope for early retirement! The health department is not a place I would work or more so just NOT Somerset. Worcester and Wicomico are okay. The few good ones unfortunately get stuck and suffer. That place needs to be restructured starting with the health officer firts, administrator and then all other staff. Until then it won't get better.
- September 20, 2017 at 7:25 PM
I remember a younger black women as well in a meeting about a month or two ago that said she was in charge of prevention. So if they are truly racist, it would make sense why she is no longer in charge. Sharen was the name of the person in charge before that. I never met her because I worked in a different area that didn't deal with grants back then. I was warned by many people in my agency as well as others not to trust her because she is a liar and will throw anyone else under the bus. I don't know who was in charge of opioids because that is not my thing. I guess I will see next month who shows up at our meeting from the health department. I wish someone knew what the hell they were doing. And by the way, we are totally non profit and only take donations and do fundraisers. We do have an area that takes grants for other projects. The county needs to have workers to do their own job and stop paying out grant money. And if they don't have enough people they need to hire people who actually care. Maybe if they actually had to work and really understand the issues in our county, they would know where the money is needed and not just throw it on people so they look like they are doing a good job.
- September 20, 2017 at 7:56 PM
Private agencies would never tolerate any of this crap if all true. But I will say, Its fine if they want to give people a chance but If the supervisors fail to do their jobs why would a peon care. Some people just want a title and could care less about actual human beings
- September 20, 2017 at 7:58 PM
7:56 it's very hard for black people to get anywhere in the health department and they are racist...they do hire blacks in position's but just to meet state minority numbers. Some are more qualified than supervisors for some jobs. Granted you can count them on one hand if you went threw that place. Sharen is prevention and the other lady is under her I believe, but works hard and is very nice. Im sure if not gobe already she wont stay under her. Not sure why it changed from a few months ago but not schocked. You are correct on sharen she apparently left Wicomico health department and the rumor is they were glad to see her go...lots of crap with her and she lies. She's the one that run's the monthly health improvement meetings in which nothing gets done. She was recently over opioid but not anymore nothing was getting done and the county was not impressed with her work. She's a liar and takes credit for others work and ideas. A salary that should be freed up...not sure why she came to Somerset. Hope she retires soon and moves out the way for someone that deserves that position and cares about the people in the county. People are tired of the same o same o.
- September 20, 2017 at 8:30 PM
Well 8:30. That is very interesting since there is a high black population in Somerset county. But if it's that unfriendly and racist, decent people of any color probably don't want to work there. My coworker whose been around a lot longer then I have said she never met a black supervisor of any kind in Somerset County.
And I thought I saw a post about taking the Money from the health department and giving it to the county or commission. You are delusional if you don't know they are just as crooked. Crisfield wants no improvement because they don't want any more "trash" only things they see fit and they want to send section 8 up to Princess Anne.
- September 20, 2017 at 8:56 PM
8:30 on 9/20
She most certainly worked in Wicomico I worked there for years. Not with her or for her. But she was a big manipulater there as well, racist as well, complainer as well, liar as well. Had a good friend in her department. She spread her toxicity all over the place in other departments talking about her co-workers. Sounds like a personality disorder. Wicomico is full of them or at least used to. I am glad I'm retired and glad I don't have to deal with dumb shit. I did however enjoy my time working for the state. I left before she did so I don't know if they pushed her out or not. I'm shocked she still works for the state at all.
- September 21, 2017 at 3:35 AM
Right on. They need to clean house from the top down. A good leader would set the example for his employees. But there is no good leader at the Somerset County Health Department
- September 21, 2017 at 10:34 AM
Racism, intimidation, sexual harassment, incompetence, fraud... it's all right there in the open at the Somerset health department. Somebody has to just care enough to do something about it. I hear multiple complaints have been filed with the state. Curious to see if the state does anything about it.
- September 21, 2017 at 10:41 AM
You don't have to take personal digs at someone to file a valid complaint. If you have true issues that go to the proper people. It is no need to drag people thru the mud.
- September 21, 2017 at 11:14 AM
While I know a lot of this information is accurate, the State can't do anything if you just complain on social media. The problem is, everyone wants to complain but no one wants to step up to the plate and file an actual complaint in the appropriate fashion. I am trying to be compassionate and understand how frustrated people must be to not only air dirty linnen but to take it below the belt and name call. Name calling might make you feel better temporarily, but it still won't solve the problems. Whether you work fo Somerset or are with an outside agency, file your complaints to the proper people.
As far as you people who obviously don't have an understanding of addiction, I hope you never have to deal with it on a personal level. Those are still someone's children and someone's parents that are dying out their. And maybe it's easy and self righteous of you to sit on your comfy couches and type and judge. It would be easy and cruel to say another one dead another problem gone. Unfortunately it trickles down to those left behind. It would be great if just the abuser was affected, but that's just not the case.
- September 21, 2017 at 11:29 AM
Sep 18 6:26 pm
I don't think the health care industry forced those pills down their throats. Addiction is a horrible thing and addicts have only themselves to blame. I am tired of druggies crying and blaming everyone else for their problems. Let them OD and get them out of the gene pool. Their deaths will cause some pain to their loved ones but that pain is nothing compared to a lifetime of dealing with an addict. The only addicts I do feel sorry for are those born into addiction because their selfish disgusting parents are addicts. The truth hurts and the truth will set you free.
- September 22, 2017 at 11:57 AM
Where have the millions gone to address the drug problem,to high ups paid outrageous salaries to run the programs that's where.
- September 24, 2017 at 7:54 AM
The democrats motto,never let a crisis go to waste and in this case fleece the taxpayer for programs to hire more democrats.
- September 24, 2017 at 9:46 AM
11:57 AM Sorry but that is NOT the truth. Big Pharma knew how addicting the drugs were. Its not as simple as you profess. Fact is a lot of people who were given legal prescriptions ended up being junkies because their doctors continued to give them drugs and then cut them off after they were already addicted.
You need to educate yourself. Your ignorant perception is a large part of the problem.
The other issue is that rehabs are a ruse and get paid to do nothing because there is a high failure rate. Just ask any parent that has put their child in multiple rehabs and still have a junkie on their hands.
- September 24, 2017 at 10:47 AM
Gotta blame somebody except for the user, right?
- September 24, 2017 at 11:33 AM
Eating too much Crabmeat !!!
- September 24, 2017 at 12:32 PM
White kids are being singled out by black drug dealers and given rat poison instead of what they're looking for...It's murder.
- September 24, 2017 at 3:05 PM
Lamount potter is responsible
- September 25, 2017 at 5:31 AM
3:05 PM - You could call it that. You could also call it suicide.
The new motto for anti-drug policy should be:
"It's All On You"
- September 25, 2017 at 8:11 AM
Until Crisfield police pull their heasds out of the sand and
put away a certain gold chain wearing dreadlocked kingpin, it will never stop. Everyone knows who is bringing it here ,it doesnt take a genius to know that a man who never works but has several cars is a criminal.The same guy who has lawsuits against the police!
Furthermore, those of you who think all junkies should die, you can just go to hell! Last week I held the hand of a mother who is burying her child way too young BC of this poison. Its easy to make comments like you do when you haven't been affected by it. Have some damn respect for the loved ones left behind!
- September 25, 2017 at 8:32 AM
5:31 The Lamont Potter I know is a local business owner who has done a lot for the kids in the community.
- September 25, 2017 at 8:34 AM
Also, is there any proof that these deaths were caused by rat poison? If so, it should show up on an autopsy.
- September 25, 2017 at 8:36 AM
Sept 24 @ 10:47.
As I stated nobody forced those pills down their throats. What part of that don't you understand? The problem today is that people are weak. I am not ignorant of the issue, i understand it fully. The thing that angers me is the junkies make their problem into our problem. More tax money that could be spent on schools, roads, water and sewer systems and many more projects for the public good is wasted on this issue. It isn't the communities fault that these people became addicts and the community should not get the bill. It's bad enough that many of them steal from us to sustain their habits. Now we are expected to pick up the tab once again to rehab them. Sorry that's not how it should work. Bleeding hearts like you should have all of your salary taken away to pay for your good intentions. Let your money be wasted.
- September 27, 2017 at 1:00 PM
- Unknown said...
I have read a few comments about bad choices and wah wah.... I pray that none of those people who make such comments ever have to go through what a family goes through when dealing with an addict. You obviously don't have a clue what they go through or their struggles not to use. Yes there are some addicts that try and try and try and try to quit. But until you know what that person had been through and why they struggle you have no right to judge. Oh why don't they just quit. Well if it were that simple I don't think we would be dealing with such an epidemic. BEFORE YOU JUDGE TRY READING UP ON ADDICTION!
- November 17, 2017 at 10:28 PM
I say, put them ALL in jail like they did the crackheads. I'm tired of my tax money being used to treat dope-fends who don't want to be helped. This country is full of prescription and non-prescription dope-fends. Let them rot in jail.
- March 4, 2018 at 5:33 PM
- K said...
- May 7, 2018 at 10:26 AM
Palmer is a good guy who cares for people and gives to many good causes on the shore including the Art League
- September 2, 2018 at 12:06 PM
Dem's want to give out clean needles, safe houses while I pay through the nose for health care. Nar-can or how ever it is spelled, free to druggies while my Rx to keep me alive is $$$$$$$$$$ Then you have the Druggies stealing everything they can get their hands on. Anyone dumb enough to try that stuff deserves to die.
- September 4, 2018 at 4:48 PM
to 10:28pm
Why do they try it for the first time ? I think they know what they are getting into.
- September 4, 2018 at 4:51 PM
I sure hope that ADDICTION does not touch and of the folks that have made such negative comments! This is an epidemic and yes you are right, ADDICTS steal, lie, cheat, all of it... But man, do read comments like just let them die because they've made their bed... just hope it never becomes your son, daughter, wife, husband.....
- October 11, 2018 at 9:50 AM
Don't do drugs.
- October 13, 2018 at 4:56 PM
- Barbara said...
There is a problem instead of calling people names try to help by fixing it will will never get anywhere with these attitudes You need to lift the STIGMA on this problem. ALSO THEY NEED TO PUT THE DEALERS AWAY WHERE THEY BELONG as long as their selling drugs it well never go away the EASTERN SURE WILL BE LIKE THE WALKING DEAD. IT heading in that direction. Wake people help instead of slinging names around. Ignorance is bliss.
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It's my first everyday eats post of the new year! And it feels good. I like to flex my cooking muscles sometimes, but my favourite meals, the ones that satisfy me to the core, are either the tasty ones that come together real fast (heeeey Burrito Bowls) or the ones that use up all the little languishing bits in the refrigerator with unexpectedly amazing results. Minus the fresh herb sprinkle at the end, this quick recipe is all fairly common pantry stock. Although the ragged bits of parsley that I used actually came from my struggling, but still going, planter outside, so it was all "pantry" for me ;)
One of my keys to fast/tasty meal success though: my man and I eat some kind of tomato-based concoction over starch at least once a week. Whether that's basic tomato sauce and brown rice spaghetti, or Moroccan Stew with quinoa, or even just a quickie tomato soup with fresh bread. It's basically in our blood at this point, but I've never canned a tomato in my life.
I pick my battles when it comes to making things totally from scratch. I'm a busy-ish person who appreciates efficiency. I love making fresh nut milk or creamer, growing vegetables from seed, or practicing my skills with homemade bread, but canning is something that kinda puts me on edge. Something about the steamy heat and the sanitizing and the jars everywhere. The quality of preserved produce you can find in nicer grocery stores is pretty spectacular nowadays too.
I've been using Muir Glen Organic tomatoes for years, and if you've been following along here, you know that my devotion to the fire-roasted ones is do or die. We're lucky to live so close to an American border crossing (and the best grocery store eveeer–Wegman's!) because I stock those tomatoes up by the case in my basement. When Muir Glen invited me to come check out their farm, compost, and canning facility (and the outdoor fire roaster!!) in California last Fall, my excitement was off the charts.
It was about 107 degrees and dusty from the draught when we were there, but the processing from farm to can/jar kind of blew me away. We picked and ate the actual tomatoes that they use right there in the field with fresh basil, salt, olive oil, and baguette. While we were snacking, truckloads of tomatoes were driving by to their canning facility. We learned that the process time from field to can is 8 hours or less, and I kinda had a hunch that this was true before they even told us because the taste is so genuinely and richly tomato-y. It was a fun trip that re-affirmed my devotion to the brand. Plus I got to hang out with some of my faves ;)
I used their new line of jarred tomatoes for this recipe. I love the flavor in these and also the fact that I can use a cup or so, screw the lid on, and slide the jar back in the refrigerator. No transferring from can to bowl for leftovers and no BPA lining concerns either. The quality of the tomatoes and the freshness of your spices will make this recipe. Once your ingredients are lined up, this hearty and cozy bowl comes together in 20 minutes. The seven spice chickpea stew is lightly creamy and fragrant with coconut, and the spices make it interesting (but all of them are quite common). We ate this with some millet polenta and it was just the thing for a cold winter night. I think there might be a few more of those coming up.. ;)
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Serves: 3-4, with sides
Notes: This stew has very few ingredients, so it's ideal to use good quality preserved tomatoes and fresh spices. I made this during the day for the purpose of photographing/sharing it here, but when I reheated it for dinner, I added about 1 cup of chopped Swiss chard for an extra hit of greens.
Stew Ingredients:
2 teaspoons olive or coconut oil
1 medium yellow onion, small dice (about 1 cup of diced onion)
spice blend (below)
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 cups cooked (and drained) chickpeas
1 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1 cup jarred/canned diced tomatoes
1 cup light coconut milk
sea salt and ground black pepper, to taste
⅓ cup chopped flat leaf parsley or cilantro (or a combination)
Spice Blend:
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon ground turmeric
½ teaspoon dried oregano
½ teaspoon dried chilies
¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
In a deep cast iron skillet or a small soup pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Once the oil is lightly shimmering, add the onions to the pan. Cook and stir the onions until translucent and quite soft, about 5-6 minutes. You want the onions to be quietly sizzling while they cook, so lower the heat if necessary.
Add the spice blend to the skillet and stir. Once the spices are quite fragrant and fully integrated with the onions, add the tomato paste, mashing it with the back of your spoon into the spices and oil. Add the garlic and chickpeas and stir the mixture for 30 seconds.
Add the balsamic vinegar and tomatoes to the pan and stir, using the back of your spoon to scrape up any brown bits that may have formed on the bottom of the pan. Add the coconut milk to the skillet and season the stew with salt and pepper.
Bring the seven spice chickpea stew to a boil, and then lower the heat to a light simmer. Cook the stew for about 10-15 minutes, or until the flavours have melded to your liking. Garnish the top of the stew with the chopped parsley/cilantro. Serve stew hot with polenta, brown rice or any other accompaniment you like.
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If you're a leader in the workplace, or wanting to be one, there are numerous books you can read on the subject. There are lots of important options that can educate you about leadership, and they will encourage you to alter and advance. Before you attempt to tackle the loads of options, here are five titles that are must-reads for every leader.
The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers (and Their Employees)
By Patrick Lencioni
This book talks about job fulfillment, and it's a fast and simple read. It is presented as a story, not a boring bullet point list. The story follows an executive named Brian Bailey as he takes on a diversity of different management positions. He realizes that there are three main reason people hate their jobs, and he also learns how to fix them. This is an awesome book that will encourage you to inspire your employees and design them a workplace they like. Employees can also read this book to find out about finding fulfillment in their jobs.
Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
By Liz Wiseman and Greg McKeown
This book is about leaders who motivate, and as an outcome get the best from their employees. "Multipliers" are leaders who boost the abilities of everyone around them and create results most successfully. They inspire and challenge their workers, and employees of multipliers are more dynamic and independent. If you wish to help your employees achieve their full potential, read this book.
Building Character: Strengthening the Heart of Good Leadership
By Gene Klann
Every leader had to begin someplace, and they probably had an amazing leader to look up to some point. This book is for leaders who know the significance of creating the leadership of their employees, rather than just managing their followers. It is a book that gives a practical plan to help build character at work, and clarifies that a well-built character leads to achievement. It looks at five main categories for creating character: example, skill, surroundings, assessment, and knowledge.
On Becoming a Leader: The Leadership Classic
By Warren Bennis
This book looks at the traits of leadership that every leader needs to posses to be successful. It gives models of people who identify those characteristics, and it gives efficient strategies that you can use to be a good leader, too. It has been freshly restructured, and it has a new introduction that talks about leadership in the middle of the horrible economic climate.
The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You
By John C. Maxwell
This book is an amazing insight into universal leadership principles. It is a book full of stories that can supply you with bright examples, positive and negative, of all the 21 "indisputable laws." He presents examples from well-known leaders, and the book is enjoyable as well as motivating. He doesn't spell out precisely how to pursue the laws in a realistic sense, but you will cease with a lot of your own ideas and motivations on how you can progress and be an improved leader.
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I think I might have a problem, I just can't bring myself to throw out my broken hockey sticks. Many people pay over $100 for a stick, so when it breaks half way through the season it might be hard to accept the $100 loss and throw the hockey stick out. In this article I will share a few things that you can do with broken hockey sticks. I also have a video showing you how you can build your own defencemen to use while practicing your stickhandling and dekes.
Stick a Blade in it
If you have a one piece hockey stick and you break the blade, or pretty close to the blade you can continue to use the shaft, this is very easy to do.
- Take off the grip from the top of the stick, this is where the blade will go
- Buy a blade from the store
- Heat the glue up with a heat gun, or over the stove (try not to drop glue on the burner)
- Jam that blade in there, tape the spot where your blade USED to be, and you are good to go.
There are a few disadvantages to doing this, the stick might be shorter you are used to (depending where it broke) and also some high-end sticks have a specific technologies. For example many sticks have the kick-point manufactured into the stick, by flipping the stick the kick point will be at the top rather than at the bottom.
Give it to Your Kids, or make a street hockey stick
If the stick broke near the blade, you can flip it and put a blade in it like mentioned above. If the stick is too short after doing this you can keep it for ball hockey or road hockey, or give it to your kids (if you have any)
If the stick broke in the middle of the shaft just cut the jagged part off the shaft, tape a grip on it and give it to your kids to use for road hockey or mini sticks.
Make A Defencemen
This is my favourite option as it will help you improve your skills and you get a free hockey training aid. I did this as a kid and use it quite a bit, I just made another one and thought I would share it with my readers.
Use them in Hockey Drills
This is another good option to use the stick to improve your skills. If you are a coach, or even a player you can use broken sticks to challenge yourself on the ice. In the video below you can see the coach is using some obstacles on the ice to work on cross-cuts, crossovers, lateral movement and acceleration (right at the end). Use broken hockey sticks to perform the same drills!
More Uses Suggested by Readers
- Collect a few and make a "tree" out of it. Use the hockey stick tree to hang your gear on for it to dry out after a game
- Attach a weight to it and use it to strengthen your wrists
- Buy a road hockey blade (they are plastic and slide over the shaft) and use it for road hockey (similar to my suggestion above) A broken hockey stick = a NEW road hockey stick
- Use it to hold up tomato plants (for the Italians out there :P)
- If you've got enough saved up and have some tools try making a night stand
What have you used broken hockey sticks for? Let me know in the comments section below.


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That's how you say "congratulations" in Dutch, because Lara Stone is pregnant! The Dutch model, 28, is expecting her first child with her husband, British comedian and "Britain's Got Talent" judge David Walliams.
The proud papa-to-be announced the news on Twitter, tweeting, "Some wonderful news. My beautiful wife Lara is pregnant. We are having a baby! It is due next year and we both couldn't be happier. Dx."
According to our pals at HuffPost UK, the couple also released a formal statement: "We're very excited to announce we are expecting our first child. We're both absolutely thrilled but ask you to please respect our privacy during this precious time."
Guess we won't be seeing any topless pregnant photo shoots from Lara à la Alessandra Ambrosio or Mariacarla Boscono...
Congrats to the happy couple!
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Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Kathy Griffin shared the trailer at left for her (sadly fake) Kate Gosselin biopic. It's probably the only Lifetime movie we've ever wanted to see, especially since Jon Gosselin is played by George Takei.
Later on in the show, while plugging her new memoir, Official Book Club Selection, Kathy ran down the list of which celebrities are and are not speaking to her. (It seems safe to say Kate Gosselin is now in the latter category.) While she's still friends with Lance Bass and Anderson Cooper, it seems Clay Aiken doesn't enjoy the nickname "Gaiken" and Celine Dion doesn't like Kathy implying that she had sex with her husband when she was nine. As for Paula Abdul, Kathy says, "She may not be aware of who she's talking to."


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Social photo-sharing and bookmarking website Pinterest has become quite a rage. Just last month, it overtook Google Plus to become the third most popular social network (behind Facebook and Twitter). Much of the success of Pinterest can be attributed to it's simple but intuitive user interface (UI). Now, by using a simple userscript, you can skin your Google Plus stream to look like Pinterest.
Pinterest UI for Google+ is currently only available as a Greasemonkey script for Firefox; however, Chrome support is on its way. The script reformats Google+ into a multi-column grid layout ala Pinterest. It is designed for screen resolutions larger than 1024×768. On smaller screens, the script will automatically disable itself. The layout is completely fluid and adjusts to the resolution and browser window size. The new Google+ layout received a lot of flak for wasting enormous amounts of screen real-estate. This script solves that issue by making use of the entire screen width. It ensures that there is always at least three columns. When your screen is not wide enough, the posts are "compressed" into a smaller size to fit the screen width. Here's how my stream looks with the Pinterest UI installed.
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The Guns of August (UPDATE)
In any event, a bloody August is drawing to a close and the numbers are...well, they're incredibly bad. McTool was quoted earlier this month saying he only compares numbers from this month to the same month last year. He might want to avoid that comparison in the future.
He might also want to keep quiet about how well his policies are working at the start of September in case he has another month like August. We imagine he'll be as happy as Rahm to see August in the rear view mirror.
UPDATE: This isn't a good beginning for the last day:
Eight people were shot Thursday night on the South Side, according to police, including five in a single incident in the Washington Park neighborhood.
The five were shot about 12:50 a.m. in the 6000 block of South Indiana Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department. Four are in stable condition and the fifth is in critical condition. Authorities said a group was standing outside an apartment building when someone inside a passing car drove past and shot at least 12 times. The fire department's first responders asked for an Emergency Medical Services Plan 1, which calld for more ambulances to the scene.All of the men are in their 20s, and police described the one with the most serious wound as an "uncooperative victim" who heard shots, felt pain, didn't see anything, and didn't know who he was with when shot.
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The One Ring Messageboard
Gungnir wrote:I watched it with my wife. When Legolas said 'These bats were bred with one purpose', both of us said, 'To destroy the world of men!'
Which means two things... (1) we have both watched LOTR too many times and (2) PJ's scriptwriting team have a limited vocabulary.
Other than that, the trailer looked OK I suppose but Bilbo was an almost incidental character again. Message to PJ - the book was called 'The Hobbit' not 'The Dwarf'.
I too love the trailer, but I can't help imagining Saruman saying "I'll wave my staff at you and you duck behind a rock. I'll call you later on the Palantir! Mkay?"
Shadowman82 wrote:I too love the trailer, but I can't help imagining Saruman saying "I'll wave my staff at you and you duck behind a rock. I'll call you later on the Palantir! Mkay?"
Well we do know from the LOTR novel that they were able to drive The Necromancer/Sauron out of Dol Guldur with a device of Saruman . While I think it's more likely Saruman will simply use magic against Sauron rather than any device in the movie I don't doubt that he will battle Sauron and win .
Given that in PJ's words Galadriel will "kick Sauron's arse a little bit" I would have some doubt about how that Saruman confrontation pans out. Clearly Elrond is not idle either. And who deals with the Nazgul? I think this will be very much a joint council effort in the end product.
portia wrote: The story is about Thorin and Bilbo, the size of the armies is barely relevant.
"That will be the last we shall hear of Thorin Oakenshield, I fear," said the king. "He would have done better to have remained my guest. It is an ill wind, all the same," he added, "that blows no one any good." For he too had not forgotten the legend of the wealth of Thror. So it was that Bard's messengers found him now marching with many spearmen and bowmen; and crows were gathered thick, above him, for they thought that war was awakening again, such as had not been in those parts for a long age.
Besides, there are only 13 (or 10) Dwarves in Erebor, so why so many ranked against them?
portia wrote:As to PJ apparent efforts to make this fight part of his takeover efforts, I do not buy it, beyond the limited idea that if the dragon, or the Goblins, take the area, Sauron will not have to worry about the North. But I didn't get the idea from LOTR that he worried about the North, anyway. From a marketing point of view, there is some reason to the effort, but not from the story. PJ may have become convinced that he had to inflate the storyline to attract customers. He might be right, but a lot is lost by that effort, IMO.
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Green Lentils with Herb Butter, Scallions & Tomatoes (from BEANS)
Serving Size: 6 to 8
Cooked Lentils
- 1 (12-ounce) package (1 1/2 cups) French green lentils
- 3 bay leaves
- ¼ bunch fresh thyme, wrapped around and tied with kitchen string (or 1 teaspoon dried thyme)
- 1/2 a peeled onion stuck with 4 whole cloves
- 1 head garlic, top 1/2 inch cut off and discarded
- Salt to taste
Combine the lentils, bay leaves, thyme, onion, and garlic in a medium pot. Add 1 quart cold water and bring to a boil. Skim off any white foam and discard. Cover, reduce the heat, and simmer for 45 minutes, or until the lentils are soft but still whole and not mushy.
Remove from the heat, cool slightly and discard the bay leaves, thyme, onion, and garlic. Drain off and discard any excess liquid. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead of time, or frozen.)
Finishing Lentils
- 6 cups cooked green lentils
- 2 bunches scallions, sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup diced tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons softened butter mixed with 6 tablespoons finely chopped fresh herbs (such as tarragon, basil, marjoram, chives, chervil, parsley)
Sauté scallions briefly in butter, add diced tomatoes and cooked green lentils and simmer together several minutes until hot and somewhat thickened. At the last minute, toss with the herb butter.


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The San Francisco 49ers' new Santa Clara stadium had its ribbon-cutting yesterday, and according to Levi's CEO Chip Bergh, whose company bought the naming rights to the place, it is "the most amazing stadium on the face of the planet." Though, according to SF Gate's Ann Killion, all NFL stadiums "are big, impersonal, infrequently used and tend to be the same, depending on what era they were built in," so maybe Bergh is grading on a curve here.
In any event, the stadium opening was slightly overshadowed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's suggestion that the Oakland Raiders might want to consider moving in there as well if stadium talks in Oakland go poorly:
"They have to make that determination, whether they're in a new stadium in Oakland or whether they feel that it's best to join this stadium," Goodell said, according to the Bay Area Sports Guy, who tweeted the commissioner's remarks. "We're working on that, and that's one of the decisions they'll have to make."
Rattling move-threat sabers is, needless to say, Goodell's job. And the 49ers owners have been open to renting to the Raiders if need be. Yet as the San Jose Mercury News' Tim Kawakami points out, there could be a major stumbling block to the Raiders and 49ers sharing digs: the stadium builders licenses (aka personal seat licenses) that the 49ers sold, for anywhere from $2,000 to $80,000 per seat, to raise $500 million toward construction.
Part of the agreement is that SBL-holders have first dibs on most other events at the stadium…. There is no way the Raiders would agree to 49ers SBL-holders getting first look at their tickets.
Even if they did, the 49ers wouldn't want to share any % of their precious SBL cash with the Raiders.
That's a problem on two counts. First off, since SBLs have already been sold, the Raiders would be missing out on a source of cash that the team could otherwise collect at its own new stadium. On top of that, though, if the Raiders then sold tickets without requiring their own PSL purchases, 49ers seat license holders could scream bloody murder about being forced to put up tens of thousands of dollars for seats while Raiders fans paid nothing, and even potentially file lawsuits over the inequity. Kawakami says NFL sources have "muttered" about this problem previously, and that "nobody has a good answer for it, not practically."
Kawakami doesn't mention it, but this is a potential stumbling block with any proposed move of the A's to San Francisco's AT&T Park, which the Giants similarly sold PSLs, though only on the 15,000 priciest seats. Giants "charter seat license" holders likewise have dibs on buying tickets to other events at the stadium, which could cause major problems in the event of an A's move. Not that the A's are likely to move, or the Giants to okay it without usurious lease terms, but it's an important reminder that there's more to relocating a team than just saying, "Hey, look, that stadium is empty part of the time, let's set up there!"
UPDATE: A 49ers SBL holder has posted language that seems to indicate that the 49ers accounted for this problem by omitting "other NFL games" from SBL rights — see comments.


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Gamers don't just see video games as games. They're a transcending experience that pits you against the greatest of challenges. Why settle for the mediocre when it comes to how you experience every new PC release or retro classic?
Whether you're building or buying a PC, a monitor isn't usually the first component people consider as a high priority feature. Consumers don't take into account the various factors that paint the best picture for whatever gaming they prefer, purchasing a PC monitor without heeding second thought to whether LCD, widescreen, or 4K are the perfect fit for them (5K even goes as far as to make real life look flat and distilled.) We've left the bulking block monitor-age, people!
Refresh rates is something every gamer should consider for their monitor. How fast your gaming monitor refreshes the screen per second is a crucial part of gaming, from a common side-scroller to an intense FPS dual. Measured in Hertz (Hz), you'll find that the majority of 4K LCD monitors have a refresh rate of 60Hz, meaning the screen is refreshed 60 times per second. Try blinking that! (Authors note: I hope this article at least creates a gallery of readers trying to blink sixty times in a second.)
By today's standards, 60Hz isn't that advanced. If a game plays at 120 frames per second, on a 60HZ monitor you will only – you guessed it – see 60 frames a second. These 60Hz monitors experience problematic blur of fast moving images, risking the player a defeat or loss while gaming. Adaptive refresh rate technology, Nvidia's G-Sync or AMD's FreeSync, tackles this issue by smoothing up frames per second and slowing potential input lag. If you're playing a fast-paced shooter like Counter-Strike, every frame per second counts for reaction time with tackling oncoming waves of enemies.
Developed gaming displays evolved from this complication. A crucial part of their popularity came from the fact they had the capability to run at 144Hz. Gamers wanted a PC monitor that could match their increasingly powerful graphic cards: if the GPU could run at 120 frames per second, they wanted a monitor that could as well. Now, it's universally the norm to have games that run at the common 144Hz. Some monitors have even increased to 200Hz to pace with this.


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Acclaimed for her outlandishly theatrical fictions and avant-folk songs, Cynthia Hopkins turns to a real-world issue with her newest work, This Clement World, which will be presented at the Walker on March 7–9. A week before, she takes the stage for an evening of conversation, science, and song about climate change.
Joining the artist for the discussion are Patrick Hamilton, director of Global Change Initiatives at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and climate scientist Peter Snyder, with meteorologist/entrepreneur Paul Douglas as moderator.
Featured Speakers
"A breathtaking visionary" (Time Out New York), Hopkins is known for her groundbreaking multimedia performances that blur the lines between edification and entertainment. She is a recipient of an Alpert Award in Theater and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
The director of global change initiatives at the Science Museum of Minnesota, Hamilton leads the Future Earth project, an NSF-supported set of exhibits and programs. He is also a principal investigator with the National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics, a fellow of the Institute of the Environment, and a member of the board for District Energy St. Paul.
Snyder is an atmospheric scientist and professor in the University of Minnesota's Department of Soil, Water and Climate. He studies an array of problems related to atmospheric physics, land-atmosphere interactions, and climate change, with research spanning the Arctic, the tropics, and North America.
A nationally respected meteorologist with 33 years of television and radio experience, Douglas is author of "On Weather" for the Star Tribune. He is a serial entrepreneur, founding Weather Nation, Media Logic Group, Smart Energy, and other companies. Douglas, a Republican, has been outspoken in explaining that acknowledging evidence of a growing human influence on climate "doesn't make you a liberal."