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It's better to linger in the supermarket queue, decides Wendyl Nissen.
When self-serve check-outs were installed in one of my local supermarkets I was delighted.
"At last, no waiting in queues while someone's Eftpos card fails," I thought.
I shop every day in the supermarket so it has become a routine, and the chance to skim five minutes off that visit was too good to be true. And so I was one of the first to rock up to the computer screen and have a go.
It was all going pretty well for the first few items but then I had to look up the price of the apples. Here were eight kinds of apple on the screen and I had no idea which one I was buying. Braeburn? Rose? Gala?
I put up my hand, feeling like a schoolgirl trying to get the teacher's attention.
Fortunately, the self-serve check-out's monitor bustled over and told me to look at the sticker on the apple.
"Of course!" I replied. "Silly of me!"
I returned to my task but then realised that I was using the supermarket bags and not the ones I bring myself to cut down on using plastic bags.
So I swapped them over.
All hell broke loose.
"You have removed an item from the bagging area!" the screen screamed and refused to continue checking out my food.
"Of course I have, in the interests of saving the environment you idiot," I said.
"Please consult the supervisor!" it said, followed by a loud beeping alarm.
Again, I was in school, in deep trouble and everyone knew it.
My "teacher" bustled over again, inserted a key and pressed a few buttons. 'Please continue," she commanded.
By the time I left the supermarket I had taken 15 minutes longer to purchase my food than I usually did and my blood pressure was through the roof.
The next time I attempted to do it was with my husband.
"Not that way, the other way. No, that way. Oh, just give it to me," I snapped as he attempted to scan the barcode on a packet of crackers.
"No, no, no ... like this," I continued. "Honestly, you have no idea."
We left barely talking to each other.
Self-serve seems like a great idea. It gives a customer the impression that they are in control of their own destiny. I can check out my own groceries, put my own petrol in my car and generate my own airline boarding pass. I must be in charge.
But behind self-serve is simply the ability of companies to get rid of staff. And it appears the whole exercise has been a bit of a disaster.
Petrol stations now provide a "forecourt concierge" to help us do the job we've been doing ourselves for years to make us feel valued. In England, Tescos has admitted that cutting costs by replacing people with machines hasn't worked and it will be recruiting 8000 new staff.
I haven't used a self-serve check-out for months in the hope that it may save someone their job. In return, I've learned that one check-out girl is an alcoholic, another is concerned about the effects of "local eating" on the economy of Zimbabwe and another never eats dates. And I've realised that extra five minutes in my daily routine is worth the wait.


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Would-be Zelaya successor is Honduras coup's other victim
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Elvin Santos, a 46-year-old construction company executive with a political pedigree and a beauty pageant wife, seemed a sure bet to win November's election and succeed Manuel Zelaya as Honduras' president.
All bets are off, however, following the June 28 coup that deposed Zelaya.
Santos is now trailing in the race and has been pelted with insults, eggs and bags of water by Zelaya supporters who think that Santos helped plot Zelaya's forced exile nearly two months ago.
In one incident earlier this month at the National Autonomous University, Santos' bodyguards drew their weapons, beat one student with a pistol butt and fired one shot in the air as Santos escaped a jeering mob.
No evidence has emerged to substantiate claims that Santos supported the coup. But his nuanced position on Zelaya's ouster and their rivalry within the Liberal Party — Santos served as Zelaya's vice president before breaking with him when he resigned last year to run for president — have made him a ready target.
"This might be the most violent election in the history of the country," said Edmundo Orellana, a long-time Liberal Party stalwart who was Zelaya's defense minister. "There's a lot of anger and hate."
The rising campaign tension threatens interim President Roberto Micheletti's efforts to oversee the Nov. 29 presidential and congressional elections and hand over power to the new president on Jan. 27.
This tension also adds to the pressure that Micheletti faces from the Obama administration and Latin American and European leaders who've warned that they won't accept the election results unless Zelaya returns to power, preferably under a plan brokered by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias.
"They need to embrace it fully," a senior State Department official said by telephone Wednesday. "Countries in the hemisphere clearly want both sides to resolve this."
The political problems began after Zelaya veered left in the middle of his four-year term and embraced the socialist anti-poverty program of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, a fierce U.S. critic. Zelaya worsened matters by pushing for a June 28 vote giving Hondurans the chance to say whether they supported calling a special body to rewrite the country's constitution.
Virtually all of Honduras' major institutions lined up against him, saying that the country's current constitution did not permit the vote. They suspected that Zelaya was bent on making changes so he could seek another term as president, as Chavez and his allies have done.
Zelaya's supporters say any modification of the constitution wouldn't have taken place until after he left office in January.
The unintended beneficiary of the June coup has been Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, the presidential candidate of the more conservative National Party.
Lobo is a 61-year-old rancher who flirted with Communism as a youth by studying in the Soviet Union before graduating from the University of Miami. He served as president of Congress and then narrowly lost the 2005 presidential election to Zelaya.
An aide said he wouldn't be available for an interview, in keeping with Lobo's strategy of avoiding discussion of the coup.
Santos led Lobo by 39 to 35 percent in a February poll for CID Gallup. A CID poll immediately after the coup showed Lobo had pulled into the lead, 31 to 25, with the number of voters who were undecided or supporting another candidate rising from 27 to 44 percent.
"Elvin is a victim of what's happened," said Carlos Denton, the president of CID Gallup. "The Liberal Party is now divided, and he's the man in the middle. You've got one group that supports Mel (Zelaya) which feels like Elvin is not supporting their effort to bring Mel back. The group not supporting Mel feels like Elvin hasn't supported their side either. Both sides are saying, 'Elvin, we want your support.' If they could settle this, he could bounce back."
Santos is a graduate of Lamar University in Texas whose father was Tegucigalpa's mayor and now serves as the Liberal Party's president. His wife, Becky, won a local beauty pageant 20 years ago, and his supporters frequently say that her beauty is a campaign asset.
Santos agreed to an interview with McClatchy but then didn't make himself available.
He's said that the June 28 vote was illegal but has criticized the military for spiriting Zelaya out of the country that day.
"Zelaya should have had the right to defend himself in the country," said Bill Santos, a cousin and Elvin Santos' campaign manager. Bill Santos noted that Elvin supports the Arias Plan, which, reflecting his centrist position, puts him at odds with the country's interim government.
Bill Santos blamed outside agitators for stirring up trouble for his cousin but said onetime supporters would return to the fold once they better understand Elvin Santos' views.
In the meantime, Santos is facing furious Zelaya supporters practically wherever he goes.
In the city of La Esperanza in the state of Intibuca last week, Santos held an unannounced meeting with local supporters. Some 100 Zelaya backers found out and chanted "Get out! "Get out!"
When Santos' caravan emerged, they threw bags of water and eggs at the vehicles.
"He had better not return to Intibuca," said Gustavo Caceres, one of the protesters. "The response will be even more forceful next time."
Santos canceled a planned campaign stop in the neighboring state of Lempira on Friday.
"We were waiting for him with sticks and stones," said Jose Rosa Sanchez, a local activist. "We wanted to show that we repudiate him."
On Saturday in La Ceiba, a city on the northern coast, pro-Zelaya activists invaded a Santos campaign meeting without the candidate. The hotel where it was taking place cut off electricity to force everyone outside, and police came to keep the two sides apart.
"If the police hadn't come, a fight would have broken out between the two Liberal Party groups," said Geovany Alfonso, the owner of a TV station in La Ceiba.
Zelaya can't return to office, Honduras leader says
Zelaya may return to Honduras even if he faces arrest
Time running out for Arias mediation in Honduras?
Despite Chavez's efforts, Peru isn't buying into his dream
China makes its move as U.S. falls back in Latin America
Latin America's populist leaders are sharing hard times
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5 Acts of Creative Disruption
This article accompanies 9 Strategies to End Corporate Rule, the Spring 2012 issue of YES! Magazine.
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The shadow of corporate domination has never felt so powerful—but neither has the ingenuity of resistance. Here are five ways everyday people have brought national attention to some of our biggest corporate calamities.
1. Mic Check for Health Care
In the spirit of the Occupy movement, protesters "mic checked" Scott Serota, President and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield, at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
They stated that Serota was an "example of the one percent in the health care industry who ... influence the health bill to create more profit for health insurers at the expense of human suffering and preventable death."
Reading from a prepared script, the lead was passed from one protester to another when the original speaker was escorted peacefully from the room.
2. Billboard Improvement for AT&T and the NSA
In 2008, the Billboard Liberation Front, a San Francisco group responsible for defacing—or, in their words, improving—corporate messages on billboards, took on AT&T and the National Security Agency. The "improvement action" shown here was designed to "celebrate" and highlight the partnership of the two organizations.
"This campaign is an extraordinary rendition of a public-private partnership," BLF spokesperson Blank DeCoverly announced in a facetious press release. "These two titans of telecom have a long and intimate relationship, dating back to the age of the telegraph. In these dark days of Terrorism, that should be a comfort to every law-abiding citizen with nothing to hide."
3. Occupy Black Friday
While some people were wrestling with—or pepper-spraying—each other over video games on the most chaotic shopping day of the year, Occupiers held a mic check protest at a San Diego Walmart.
"Citizens of Walmart!" the call and response began. "In the spirit of holiday giving, we believe a discussion is in order about the meaning of value and low cost." They went on to talk about low wages, deliberate understaffing, worker mistreatment, and how "every sweet deal" represented jobs being moved overseas. Then they left with a smile.
4. Target Ain't People
When Target spent $150,000 to support a Minnesota politician who favors anti-gay legislation, thousands of people decided to boycott the big-box chain. But instead of simply shopping elsewhere, these activists turned to the popular musical-style TV show, GLEE, for inspiration. With choreography, a catchy tune, and Target accessories as props, they took shoppers and employees by surprise.
5. MyHairCares
To draw attention to the destructive practices of Enbridge, the oil company responsible for the 2010 spill in Michigan, pranksters The Yes Men—Mike Bonanno and Andy Bichlbaum—coordinated a campaign called "MyHairCares": In the name of the company, they requested that salons send in discarded hair to be used as an oil sponge.
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Hello Friends is a really nifty Windows Phone lockscreen app that generates a wallpaper based off your Windows Phone contact photos. While the original release had Hello Friends only compatible with Windows Phone 8 devices, the latest update brings the app to our Windows Phone 7 devices.
Version 3.0 of Hello Friends is now available for the Windows Phone 7 devices and while it won't automatically change your lockscreen wallpaper, it allows you to create the image collage, save it to your Pictures Hub and set it manually as your lockscreen wallpaper as you would any other photo.
At the present, there is only one collage template available for the Windows Phone 7.5 version. You do have the ability to create your collage based on all your contact photos or just a select few. Unfortunately, if you select only a few some photos are replicated to fill the full collage. [Update: Turns out it actually has numerous templates, they're just organized differently from the Windows Phone 8 version. To get to them, head to the filters page straight to the collage. There are four buttons in the app bar, the right and left outer ones let you choose the template.]
Along with Windows Phone 7.5 support, the updated Windows Phone 8 version also adds a few improvements to the app.
- Two new templates ("6×10 Friends" is now the template with the highest number of pictures and "9 Accent Mix" contains a box that is colored with the phone accent color)
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- Shuffle option when previewing your collage
You also have the customary performance tweaks and bug fixes with the Hello Friends update.
While we would have liked to have seen the templates in the Windows Phone 7.5 version of Hello Friends it's a start. There is a free trial version of Hello Friends available in the Windows Phone Store to let you try things out.
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by Sean Griffin, April 12, 2010
Gas Pool Heater Troubleshooting ~ Gas+Water+Electricity
The heater in your backyard warming- up the spa or maintaining your pool water temperature is a complex piece of equipment. Whether you run your heater year-round or winterize your unit and are just trying to start up for the season, some common problems may arise. Every heater brand is unique and a troubleshooting guide is included in the manual and is sometimes even offered on the manufacturers' web-site. All heaters have the potential to be hazardous and proper precautions should be taken. Electricity, gas, and water all converge to make it possible to operate so a qualified professional should be brought in if you are not comfortable working with these elements.
Modern heaters are equipped with a digital display and self diagnostics to help determine the reason your heater isn't firing or coming up to the desired temperature. Some units call for manual service to diagnose and an outline for troubleshooting should be obtained for a step by step guide for diagnosing and repairing. As mentioned previously, there are three elements combining at the heater and all are monitored by the heater through a serious of safety devices.
Gas pool heaters require a power source, and the "problem lies where the power dies". First determine that proper power is reaching the unit. From the power source, voltage runs into a transformer within the heater where 110 or 220 volts are "stepped down" or transformed to a lower voltage, usually 24-28 volts. From the transformer, power runs into the IID, or control module. Proper millivolt levels are required to open the gas valve, run the control board, spark the pilot, and run the internal safety loop - allowing the heater to "fire". Technical support from the manufacturer can be used when testing electrical components. Check all electrical connections to confirm all contacts are good. In some cases I have found that terminals and leads on wiring needs to be cleaned with a wire brush to remove corrosion and rust. Make sure that rodents have not taken up winter residence inside your heater and chewed on any wires. Bypassing certain components can be used to diagnose but should not be done to operate the unit. Replace any component that is malfunctioning and correct the reason for failure.
Gas pool heaters require either Liquid Propane or Natural Gas to run the unit. Gas lines from the source (meter or tank) run to a regulator outside of the heater. From the regulator, gas pipe is connected to the internal gas valve on the heater. Gas is distributed through a burner manifold and orifices and out to burner tray which is ignited by the pilot. An even flame across the burner tray below the heat exchanger transfers heat to the water as it moves through the individual tubes of the tube bundle (finned heat exchanger). Proper gas pressure is required to operate a heater. If you are opening up for the start of season make sure both external and internal valves are open. You may need to manually assist pilot with controls on valve inside your unit. Typically step by step instructions are printed within the unit, usually a label on the door. A manometer can be used to determine gas pressure both on the intake and the output of the internal gas valve. Confirm that your gas pilot tubing is intact and allow for adequate time to bleed any tubing if you need to assist pilot. Sometimes, small (tiny!) red spiders or mud daubers can clog the pilot orifice. If no gas is flowing to the pilot, you may have a broken or clogged pilot tube or pilot orifice.
Gas pool heaters have a flow sensor or a pressure switch which makes sure that adequate water is moving through the heat exchanger before allowing the gas valve to open. A very common reason a heater will not fire is simply because the system pressure is either too high or too low. A simple and necessary fix is to attend to equipment operation. Basically, clean the filter and pump baskets - and make sure that there is no external heater bypass, allowing too much water to flow past the heater. There also is an Internal Bypass inside the front header. If this becomes stuck open, or broken, it may allow too much water to bypass the heat exchanger. If the heater will not fire, and flow and pressure are within proper parameters, the pressure switch may need to be replaced. "Jumping Out" the pressure switch with a small jumper wire will confirm if the switch is preventing the heater from firing.
Proper water chemistry will prevent corrosive or scaling conditions within the heat exchangers. The heat exchanger is where heat is transferred from flame to the water. Corrosive water chemistry can lead to leaks which will lead to water loss and also damaging other components of the heater. Keeping the pool pH in proper range is important, and if you use a chlorinator, make sure that it is installed as far after the heater as possible. Chlorinators installed before the heater, or offline chlorinators installed backwards will ruin a very expensive heat exchanger in no time, while depositing ugly blue/green stains on pool plaster.
For your pool heater to work properly you will have to have everything in order. Proper electrical components, proper gas pressure with functioning valving, and adequate water flow. Working with these components can be hazardous, use caution when lighting a heater, as "flame roll-out" is common. Propane gas tends to "puddle" as it is heavier than air, so be sure to follow the manufacturer recommended safety precautions when lighting or diagnosing your gas pool heater.
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As we end our first day of the Federal government shutdown, Jon Stewart captures the GOP mentality in a nutshell: Your kid didn't get breakfast? That's your problem. My kid didn't get to tour the White House? That's everyone's problem.
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Will You Miss It When It Is Gone? Nope!
This picture was taken on Roswell Road in Marietta. If the photographer pivoted to the right he will looking at Miss Georgia Dairy, the future home of The Big Chicken. We can look straight ahead, across the intersection which is and was called The 4-Lane…. And to newcomers who looked on a map it is Cobb Parkway.
This intersection separates North Cobb Parkway (or North 4-Lane) and South Cobb Parkway (or South 4-Lane).
Across the intersection is Roswell Street. The 4-Lane separates Roswell from Street to Road.
On the other side of the road at the corner on the left is a Standard Service Station. Just beyond that is an unpainted wood structure.
I am just guessing, but I think the unpainted wood structure is some sort of warehouse for a small company or a route man of some type. I remember in our neighborhood we had a similar unpainted wood structure that tea route men used as a ware house to come by and pick up stock before going on the road.
Back to this corner and the unpainted wood structure: I rode by that building hundreds of time, maybe thousands, east and west and never thought of it. It was just part of the background.
Then in time it outlived its usefulness and was demolished. Probably other things took it place and other things came and went.
I didn't even notice it was gone.
Then when I saw this picture my memory glands had a rush. It all came back to me. The unpainted wooden structure looked perfectly natural there and I had my head in a daze I didn't even miss it until about 55 years later I realized it is gone for ever… now, I will feel guilty I didn't miss it.
Now, in that spot, Los Reys Mexican Restaurant's parking lot is there, in case you are interested.
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The barn in your picture was owned by Mrs. Leech. She was an old widow that would chase us out of there on a daily basis.
Having been raised in Pine Forest, this was one of our adventures that rated right up there
with sleeping on top of Dodd St. School, riding our Flexy Racers in the sewer system, and
shooting cars, at night, with our pea-shooters on the 4 lane highway. Some of our gang,
that you would know: Julian Suggs, Ronnie Witcher, Rupert and Carroll Raines, June Lyle, Nancy Mathis, Jean Baker, Ozzie Huff, Buddy Ball, Neil Taylor, Richard Townsend, Larry Brewer, Dianne Ford, Joe Thomas...and the list goes on.
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Maltz Jupiter Theatre Announces March Events
March brings an exciting array of options for theatergoers old and new, including the hilarious sketch comedy troupe The Second City and the popular folk music of The Byrds' former frontman and solo artist Roger McGuinn.
The month also brings the high-spirited, Tony Award-winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie, the emotive Irish crossover trio The Celtic Tenors and the cool jazz flavor of the John Pizzarelli Quartet.
"As part of our 10th Anniversary season celebration, we have brought back our 10 most popular sell-out limited engagements of past seasons, and our March shows are truly some of our audience favorites," said Andrew Kato, producing artistic director of the Maltz Jupiter Theatre. "Everyone loves the trademark improv style of The Second City - and with well-known songs such as 'Turn, Turn, Turn' and 'Mr. Tambourine Man,' Roger McGuinn has a wonderful following among fans of both folk and classic rock music."
Here's a look at the Theatre's upcoming March shows:
March 5 - 24 - Thoroughly Modern Millie
A high-spirited musical romp that has all of New York dancing the Charleston, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl who travels to New York City to marry for money instead of love. Come relive the roaring 1920s in this Tony Award-winning musical featuring jazz, thunderous tap dancing, frisky flappers and dashing leading men! Sponsored by Kathy and Joe Savarese and Homecare America and Joan and Allen Bildner.
Sunday, March 10 - The Second City: Laughing Matters
From the company that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Steve Carell, and more, comes the next generation of the comedy world's best and brightest in an evening of hilarious sketch comedy and Second City's trademark improve style. It has been the training ground for a host of famous alumni, including John Belushi, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Stephen Colbert and more than 500 others. Showtime is 8 p.m. All tickets are $40. Sponsored by Kretzer Piano.
Monday, March 11 - Roger McGuinn
The front man and founder of The Byrds is famous for such hits as "Turn, Turn, Turn," "Eight Miles High" and " Mr. Tambourine Man." As a successful solo artist, he has opened for Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and others, to critical acclaim. He continues to have a huge following among folk music fans. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. All tickets are $35.
Monday, March18 - The Celtic Tenors
Celebrate your roots as the classical crossover group performs a mix of Irish, folk and pop just in time for St. Patrick's Day. The Celtic Tenors continue to pioneer a new style of 'cool' never before seen on the classical stage. Their live show is an experience overflowing with vitality and variety, from start to finish. Their unique voices, charm and wit combine an emotive journey with a thoroughly uplifting experience! Showtimes are 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. All tickets are $40. Sponsored by Kretzer Piano.
Wednesday, March 27 - John Pizzarelli Quartet
A world-renowned jazz guitarist and singer, John Pizzarelli has been called "Hip with a wink" by Town & Country, "madly creative" by theLos Angeles Times and "the genial genius of the guitar" by The Toronto Star. John Pizzarelli has established himself as one of the prime interpreters of the great American songbook and beyond, bringing to his work the cool jazz flavor of his brilliant guitar playing and singing.Showtime is 7:30 p.m. All tickets are $50. Sponsored by Kretzer Piano.
Tickets to all shows may be purchased by calling (561) 575-2223 or logging on to www.jupitertheatre.org.
For the little ones, the Maltz Jupiter Theatre Paul and Sandra Goldner Conservatory of Performing Arts is offering its annual popular Spring Break vacation camp! Here's a look at the upcoming week-long program for grades K-5:
March 25 - 29 - Super Secret Agent Spring Break Spy Camp, grades K-5
This spring break, enter the super secret world of secret agent spies at the Conservatory! Students will explore acting, voice and movement with a "secret agent" theme, culminating in a showcase for family and friends. $200; 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; pre-care and after-care are also available. Registration is now open; call 561-575-2672 for more information or visit www.jupitertheatre.org.
About the Maltz Jupiter Theatre
Now celebrating its 10th season, the not-for-profit Maltz Jupiter Theatre has become one of Florida's preeminent professional theatres, committed to production and education through its collaborations with local and national artists. Currently the state's largest award-winning regional theatre, the Theatre draws over 70,000 people annually, serves a subscription base of more than 7,530 and has world-class classroom facilities in support of its Paul and Sandra Goldner Conservatory of Performing Arts, which serves hundreds of youth and adults. The Theatre is a member of the prestigious League of Resident Theatres and has earned numerous Carbonell Awards, South Florida's highest honor for artistic excellence, including the prestigious Bill Von Maurer Award for Theatrical Excellence in 2012. For more information about the Theatre's upcoming shows and Conservatory, visit www.jupitertheatre.org or call the box office at (561) 575-2223


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Yosemite Rock Climber Slices Off Thumb in Fall
A rock climber whose thumb was severed when he fell and it was caught in a rope has had the digit reattached by surgeons, officials at Yosemite National Park said Wednesday.
The two climbers were nearing the summit of 7,569-foot-high El Capitan on Monday afternoon when the lead climber fell, said park spokeswoman Kari Cobb.
A safety rope wrapped around the man's right thumb, slicing it from his hand. The severed thumb fell onto a ledge, where the man's climbing partner was able to retrieve it, Cobb said. A helicopter rescue crew took the injured climber, and his thumb, off the mountain using a technique park officials termed a "short-haul."
The technique involves suspending rescuers from a line while the helicopter hovers ahead, with the rescuers taking the climber off the wall of the mountain.
"This was an incredibly technical and complex rescue mission with a lot of inherent risk," said Yosemite Valley District Ranger Eric Gabriel.
"However, knowing that the thumb could be reattached, coupled with the confidence I have in my team, I made the decision to attempt this rescue. I was relieved, and thrilled, that this ended successfully and we were able to make a positive difference in this person's life," he said.
The climber was transported to another helicopter, then flown to California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, where his thumb was reattached, officials said.
Officials haven't released any details about the man, except to say he is from Austria. Monday's rescue comes after three rock climbers were rescued last December after being stranded on the wall of El Capitan overnight.
One of those climbers suffered moderate injuries when a rock hit her. The two other climbers were not hurt. El Capitan's vertical rock formation is considered especially challenging, attracting experienced rock climbers from around the globe.
The National Park Service describes its vertical face as the world's largest monolith of granite.


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At the blog Booman Tribune, "BooMan" disagrees with Jamelle Bouie's argument that a Democratic resurgence in the South is dependent on minority voters ("Gone With the 2010 Win"): "Southern Democrats can't sit around and wait for demographic changes to turn the South brown enough that they can win elections without white votes. They have to go aggressively after the white voter. The 'centrist' strategy worked for a while, but the 2010 elections cut the Blue Dog Caucus in half. And it is doubtful that they can win those seats back using the old strategies. Democrats need to figure out a way to finance their campaigns that doesn't involve getting in bed with New York bankers and the Chamber of Commerce. If money were no object, it's obvious what the Democrats would do. They'd draw a sharp contrast to the Republicans on pocketbook issues and become true champions of the Southern working man. With nothing left to lose, they should go ahead and do this anyway. If they follow Bouie's advice, the racial divide between the parties will just get worse, and the Republicans will respond by doing their best to set up Jim Crow-style obstacles to Latino voter registration."
And at the Happening Here blog, Jan also agrees that getting at least some white voters on board will be key to Democratic victories in the South: "The experience here in California offers an additional qualification. The state that gave the nation Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan (sorry about that) has become a complete Democratic bastion thanks to the racially tinged efforts of Republicans to keep people of color down via racist measures in the 1990s. These days, in this state where no racial group is a majority, an electoral coalition consisting of people of color and a minority of whites reliably gives all state offices to Democrats. But note: this coalition wouldn't work if some 40 percent of white voters hadn't stuck with the Dems. So the question arises in the states of the Old South: can Democrats win any such percentage of white voters? I think we can reliably project a move toward Democrats in Texas and Arizona (and reinforced Democratic strength in Colorado and Nevada). But the core Old South may work out differently, even as it experiences the same demographic shifts."
Blogger and activist Matt Browner Hamlin is less optimistic than Vivien Labaton and Gara LaMarche ("Why Movements Matter") are about the progressive movement now emerging in the states. On his blog, Hold Fast, Hamlin writes: "On the one hand, I strongly agree with the identification of pro -- worker, pro-fair taxation, and pro-immigrant rights movements as pointing in the direction of a meaningful broader progressive movement. However, I don't think contemporaneous outpourings of anger against the attacks on workers, austerity, tax cuts for the rich, and demonization of immigrants [are] sufficient to say there actually is a resurgent progressive movement. These responses are signs that there is an untapped potential. But it's too disparate and disjointed. Leaders matter, and so far I don't see any elected officials, religious leaders, activists, or union leaders stepping up to make this case in a way that is penetrating national consciousness or even the different populist movement threads that need to be woven together."
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Bibi Netanyahu has come and gone from Congress, leaving behind him what amounts to a commitment to maintain the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in perpetuity. George Mitchell, in the absence of any progress toward an Israeli-Palestinian accord, has resigned as President Barack Obama's Mideast negotiator. And the Palestinians, as Gershom Gorenberg reports in this issue, having lost all hope of a negotiated settlement, are seeking a United Nations declaration of Palestinian statehood that will at least accomplish -- well, something. Meeting with young Palestinian entrepreneurs, old Fatah functionaries, intransigent Israeli settlers, and political leaders who can't figure what it will take to end the occupation, Gorenberg shows us a proto-Palestine emboldened by the convulsions in Cairo, hemmed in by the cantonization of the West Bank, seeking to move toward statehood, and finding itself blocked at every turn.
Elsewhere in this issue, Chris Mooney analyzes the migration of scientists, academics, and empiricism itself into the Democratic Party. The Democrats, he demonstrates, have become the more reality-based party -- but that has not enabled them to win either their arguments with Republicans or the allegiance of American voters.
We also feature a special report on the War Within
the States, chronicling the efforts to decimate public
services -- and the fights to preserve them -- in Wisconsin,
Florida, New York, and Connecticut and providing a
look at how progressives have successfully defended the public sector in Colorado and Massachusetts.
Palestine thwarted, government defended, and empiricism dropped in the Democrats' lap (but what can they do with it?) in this month's Prospect. -- Harold Meyerson


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|Development of reading and writing abilities to the level necessary to be successful in Reading 211 and English Writing 211. Comprehension of assigned readings. Writing focused on a central idea, developed with specific examples, organized according to a reasonably clear progression of ideas and largely free of major grammatical, syntactic, usage and diction errors. This is a non-GE course with pass/no pass grading.
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Integration of reading and writing skills necessary for success in college level courses. Emphasis on analysis and criticism of assigned readings and written responses to critical questions about those readings. This is a non-GE course with pass/no pass grading.


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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
from the once-again deptWell this is bizarre. Despite doing these "funniest/most insightful" posts for a while, just a month ago we had the first time ever in which the top two vote getters in both "funny" and "insightful" were the same two posts. Then, two weeks ago... it happened again. And here we are and it's happened again. With one slight twist. Those last two times the first place comment was first in both categories, and the second place comment was second in both categories. This week... the two comments flip flopped. So first up, we've got Mesonoxian Eve, whose comment about the DMCA, took first place in most insightful and second place in funniest:
DMCA: Don't Mess with Corporate America.Then, coming in first place for funniest, but second place for most insightful, was an Anonymous Coward who noticed a typo in my comment that "other countries don't always view freedom of speech as being as central or as important as the US does":
Typo alert:Moving on to editor's choice. We had John Fenderson respond concerning the US betraying its values in the pursuit of Assange. I had noted that some might claim that the US was never really a beacon of human rights, and there were plenty of examples where the US had failed to live up to its stated standards. John, however, pointed out that there was a difference:
"other countries don't always view freedom of speech as being as central or as important as the US does"
That should be "Ecuador" and not "the US"
This is true. There is a difference in kind, however.Good point. Next up, we've got Duke who provided some interesting details concerning the sentencing of Anton Vickerman of SurfTheChannel to four years in jail:
In the past, when the US has failed to live up to its own standards, it was a mistake, a failure. Now, the US has altered the standards we hold ourselves to. We are not living up to the standards of the past, true, but we are living up to our current standards.
This is what is making us lose legitimacy around the world, not mistakes. People understand that mistakes happen, and that when nations fail to uphold their own standards, that doesn't make them bad nations. Having unacceptable standards, however, does.
Interestingly, if they had managed to convict him for online copyright infringement (under s107(2A) CDPA), the most he could have got would have been 2 years in prison. So 'facilitating' online copyright infringement = 4 years in prison, whereas online copyright infringement itself = < 2 years.Ok, enough of the serious stuff. What else is funny? How about an Anonymous Coward responding to my explanation for why Google's move to downrank sites that get a lot of DMCA notices won't help and will likely have significant negative costs for Google. The AC did such a good troll satire that someone even "reported" that comment.
Conspiracy to defraud is a ridiculous law. The Law Commission attempt to repeal it a few years ago, when English Fraud laws were updated for the 21st (or 20th) century. The Government accepted that the law was bad, but refused to repeal it just in case they wanted to use it later...
And now it is being used by the Hollywood types to ruin people's lives through private prosecutions, where, I guess, they feel that locking someone away for 2 years just isn't enough.
Please Masnick, you make it sound like trying to do nothing is better than trying to do something expensive and ineffectual!I think that may be the RIAA/MPAA motto.
And, finally, we've got another Anonymous Coward responding to Nathan Myhrvold's ridiculous claim that because he's trying to zap mosquitoes to stop Malaria, no other tech company can criticize his patent trolling. Specifically, he called out other companies by saying, "Is Zynga doing God's work? Is Facebook doing God's work?" To which this AC responded:
Some might say the mosquitoes are God's work.I think the AC won that round... Anyway, we'll be back tomorrow with lots of new posts, but in the meantime, don't forget to check out the new Techdirt Insider Shop!


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PASADENA >> The Los Angeles County Flood Control District was awarded a $28 million state grant to improve capacity of Devil's Gate Dam in northwest Pasadena and pipe stormwater into Eaton Canyon Wash.
The county Department of Public Works will build a five-mile pipeline to take accumulated runoff from behind the reservoir across town to the Eaton Wash Spreading Grounds east of Pasadena High School, said Keith Lilley, principal engineer.
Such a pipeline would be placed underground and is scheduled to be constructed in 2016, he said.
The idea is to reduce the burden on Devil's Gate Dam while adding about 4,500 acre feet of water to the Raymond Basin, the amount used by 36,000 people in a year. The basin is a natural aquifer and the source of drinking water for Pasadena, Arcadia, Alhambra and Sierra Madre.
"Not only will this project increase the capacity for reducing flooding downstream, it also allows us to capture stormwater," Lilley explained.
Also, the county will turn a staging area at Eaton Canyon Wash into spreading grounds. The surface area of the grounds or pits would be increased so more water would percolate into the basin. The project also calls for additional landscaping at the entrance near Sierra Madre Boulevard.
"We will be putting more water in there so more is available for pumping," he said. About 90 percent of the runoff comes from the Angeles National Forest.
The grant money comes from the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006.
The county cannot save water at Devil's Gate, Lilley said, because of the geology. Once water is released through Devil's Gate Dam to the Arroyo Seco, it flows to the ocean via the Los Angeles River. In other words, the water is wasted.
Meanwhile, a larger county project will remove between 1.7 million and 4 million cubic yards of sediment that has built up behind Devil's Gate Dam, mostly from the 2009 Station Fire.
News of the pipeline project comes on the heels of the expected release of the draft Environmental Impact Report for the sediment removal project. That will be released to the public by the end of the month, said Kerjon Lee, spokesman for the county Department of Public Works.
The major sediment removal project is tentatively scheduled to begin in the summer of 2015 and finish in the fall of 2019.
Many residents, including environmental groups such as the Pasadena Audubon Society, oppose the project because they say it will destroy willow and mulefat habitat used by birds, including the endangered least bell's vireo.
The county will hold three official public meetings on this project and the EIR. The first will be held from 6-8 p.m. Nov. 6 at the Rose Bowl Stadium's Visitor's Locker Room, 1001 Rose Bowl Drive, Pasadena (park in Lot F; enter Gate A). A second meeting will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Jackson Elementary, 593 W. Woodbury Road, Altadena. The third meeting will be from 2-4 p.m. Nov. 16 at the La Cañada Flintridge Community Center, 4469 Chevy Chase Drive, La Cañada Flintridge.
Even while the EIR was being drafted, the DPW has been removing sediment from behind Devil's Gate in Hahamongna Watershed Park to keep the dam's valves unclogged, Lilley said. One project was completed in 2012 and one was completed this month, he said.
Work began on the latest maintenance project Sept. 16 and was finished last week. The county removed about 1,200 cubic yards of sediment from an area roughly 100 yards behind the dam. The debris was taken to Johnson Field, a temporary sediment storage area east of the park. About 12 truckloads of dead tree limbs and other green waste was taken to Scholl Canyon Landfill, Lee said.
The amount of sediment removed was much lower than originally estimated by county engineers, which was "less than 5,000 cubic yards," according to the county DPW web site. "We've been fortunate we've had very dry storm seasons. We haven't had much additional storm sediment," Lilley said.


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It has occurred to me that perhaps some of you out there could help me.
I have appreciated the opportunity afforded me by this website to express my opinions so freely, being the opinionated sort that I am. However, my enjoyment is somewhat dampened by the fact that, in this environment, I am largely "carrying coals to Newcastle" - "preaching to the choir," as it were (if I may wallow in metaphor); and it therefore robs me of the full sense of triumph that would accrue if my missives were doing mischief within the camps of the enemy. The trouble is, those encampments I have attempted to infiltrate are stoutly fortified to discourage such sacrilegious vandalism. I have tried several times to locate a Christian website that supplies a forum accessible to contrarian points of view. But, so far, the obstacles strewn in my path have proven too daunting to permit entry. One site even explicitly warned that it would not tolerate skepticism, much less evil atheism to breach the portals of its inner sanctum. So my question is: can any of you help me by suggesting a Christian blog that allows such freedom of dissent as is available here?
I admire Jessica C., who has courageously, boldly, even charmingly engaged us infidels with such intelligent and thoughtful candor; and I envy her the opportunity we have given her. So far, she has, with good humor, endured the barbs some of us, myself included, have slung her way. I would think that, if anyone knew of any Christian websites that would welcome me as much as we welcome her, it would be she. So, Jessica, if you are reading this, any suggestions? Anyone else?
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Yes but I would like to start it in a new post if that is ok. I would have the opposite view that there is little or no compatibility between them - or Science and Religion in general. It's almost midnight here so I will post it tomorrow. I think the mods might be able to take it !!
Here is a starter.
Should be interesting. I will try and follow it when I can.
Unfortunately Dale, even this site has its restrictions, primarily a "no proselytizing" policy, which has always bothered me, because, as the lion said in the Colosseum, I would love to shred me some Christians. Most Christian websites I know of are extremely paranoid about allowing any differing opinions than their own, and have a delayed posting software in place - you post, then minutes or hours later, someone gets around to deciding if your post deserves addition, and if it doesn't, you simply never hear from them again.
I was once invited (by a theist who didn't know me as archaeopteryx) to comment on a site that was trying to get a million signatures to try to get religion back into schools. I went in with ideas about how Buddhism could be taught, and Islam, and Confuscianism, and thought having these taught in schools was a crackerjack idea - how was I to know they only meant the Christian religion?
Not only was my post deleted (much as mine was last night, here on TA), but my IP address was banned from the site
So while I can't help you, I can warn you.
Blaine - it was Nate Lundgren who was the former Mormon, somehow I got it into my head it was you but we're straight now.
Beliefnet isn't solely christian... but its a good site with information on different religions and faiths. There are also many there who are more interested in communication than in 'fighting'.. though I'm sure you can find a fight if you look for one. http://www.beliefnet.com/
I almost forgot this one.. Its a yahoo group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChristianityVSOtherWorldViewsAndRelig... All they do is fight. Don't know if anyone there is 'reachable' but they usually let you have your say.


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EU Agreed On Deeper 2014 – 2020 Budget Cuts
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After 25 ½ hours of talks in Brussels, the 2014 – 2020 European Union Budget was agreed upon including deeper cut as pressed by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron to 960 billion euros down for 1.047 trillion euros less than the current budget.
"We simply could not ignore the extremely difficult economic realities across Europe," EU President Herman Van Rompuy told reporters. "It's perhaps nobody's perfect budget, but there's a lot of it for everybody. This budget is future- oriented, it is realistic and it is driven by pressing concerns." Read more for details.


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Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) have conducted an investigation of more than a dozen immigration detention facilities and county jails that partner with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain immigrants awaiting removal from the United States.
They discovered the existence of "egregious human rights violations" resulting from the Obama administration's widespread and arbitrary use of solitary confinement as a punitive measure against immigrant detainees. They further found that immigrant detainees in solitary confinement are regularly subjected to excessive force, harassment, and/or abuse by corrections officers.
The following is from the summary of the report:
Investigators found that solitary confinement in immigration detention facilities is often arbitrarily applied, significantly overused, harmful to detainees' health, and inadequately monitored. Some people give up and stop fighting their immigration cases so they will not have to spend another day in "the hole."
These individuals are then deported to countries they may not remember, or worse, to countries where they have been persecuted or tortured. In short, the use of solitary confinement within the immigration detention system places enormous pressure on immigrants attempting to stay in the United States to abandon their options for legal relief, their families, their communities, and often the only country they have ever known.
This isn't the first report that has been issued condemning the current administration for abusing immigrant detainees. The administration has known about the occurrences of abuse in immigration detention for years, but has done virtually nothing to correct the problem.