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WOODSIDETonight: Woodside council to hear appeal on realtor's proposal for awnings
Awnings will be the subject of a public hearing tonight (Sept. 24) at the Woodside Town Council meeting. Read the full story...Original post made on Sep. 24, 2013
Last comment by green fan, on Sep 24, 2013 at 8:51 pm | 1 comment | 10237 Views
MENLO PARKWhat's in a name? Menlo Park City Council candidate endorsements
With about a month to go before the Nov. 6 Menlo Park City Council elections, the five candidates are hitting the campaign...Original post made on Oct. 6, 2012
Last comment by Margaret Fruth, on Oct 20, 2012 at 5:34 pm | 29 comments | 10037 Views
AROUND TOWNBorrone MarketBar: An exciting new addition to an old favorite
Since Cafe Borrone opened nearly 25 years ago, Menlo Park has made it its "go-to" place. In the Readers' Choice 2013 competition,...Original post made on Jan. 28, 2014
Last comment by Joann, on Feb 2, 2014 at 12:20 pm | 11 comments | 10023 Views
OTHER TOPICSthe new Gov. Romney VP choice post
Months ago, Emerle created a post on suggested VP candidates for Mitt Romney. Quite a bit early as it turned out, the scrubs...Original post made by Chuck Roofe on May. 6, 2012
Last comment by VP picker, on Aug 4, 2012 at 9:53 am | 27 comments | 10010 Views
OTHER TOPICSPark Theatre pre-demolition sale this Saturday and Sunday
With Christmas just around the corner, you may be wondering about that special gift for the guy who seems to have everything....Original post made on Nov. 1, 2013
Last comment by Susan, on Nov 4, 2013 at 6:57 pm | 7 comments | 10001 Views
MENLO PARKFood trucks rolling into Menlo Park next month
Over the protests of nervous downtown business owners and some local residents, Menlo Park's Planning Commission, at a little...Original post made on Jan. 14, 2014
Last comment by tom h, on Jan 17, 2014 at 3:43 pm | 29 comments | 9994 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSHead-of-line privileges likely for East Palo Alto kids (expanded story)
(This is an expanded version of a story previously posted.) A change in policy is increasingly likely for eighth-graders...Original post made on Oct. 12, 2013
Last comment by MP parent, on Oct 12, 2013 at 11:41 pm | 1 comment | 9941 Views
SPORTSMenlo Park: Strife on tennis courts leads to threats, police intervention
Sportsmanship has been in short supply on Menlo Park's tennis courts of late, as clashes over reservations have led to police...Original post made on Feb. 14, 2014
Last comment by Nealon Neighbor, on Feb 17, 2014 at 11:19 pm | 14 comments | 9839 Views
MENLO PARKTesla leaves Menlo Park behind this summer
Tesla Motors is preparing to leave Menlo Park in the rear-view mirror. The electric car retailer recently opened a renovated...Original post made on Apr. 30, 2013
Last comment by Menlo Voter, on May 5, 2013 at 6:38 pm | 41 comments | 9730 Views
THE LOCAL DISHLargest Ski Resort in North America Opened 13 Days Early
A spokesperson for Whistler said "Thanks to oodles of snow, Whistler Mountain will open 13 days early this season. Whistler...Original post made by Global Warming on Nov. 17, 2013
Last comment by early blossoms, on Jan 22, 2014 at 11:00 am | 41 comments | 9712 Views
OTHER TOPICSGov Romney explains how he differs from George W Bush
A question asked many times and never answered in the popular forum "Can anyone tell me: why Mitt Romney?" (3199 views, 127...Original post made by Wally on Oct. 17, 2012
Last comment by reality-based observer, on Nov 9, 2012 at 12:47 pm | 38 comments | 9638 Views
AROUND TOWNSupervisor Dave Pine will ask the Board to Rescind Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Ayres
I have just been informed that San Mateo Supervisor Dave Pine has contacted County Counsel and asked him to prepare a resolution...Original post made by Lurker on May. 18, 2013
Last comment by Lurker, on Jun 5, 2013 at 1:51 pm | 28 comments | 9593 Views
MENLO PARKJudge lets defamation lawsuit proceed against John Woodell
A judge declined to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed by a fire board director against John Woodell, husband of Menlo Park...Original post made on Jan. 15, 2014
Last comment by What the Dickens?, on Jan 28, 2014 at 10:35 pm | 57 comments | 9550 Views
MENLO PARKMenlo Park school district picks Maurice Ghysels as superintendent
Maurice Ghysels, the superintendent of the elementary school district in Mountain View for five years and, for the last 10...Original post made on May. 6, 2011
Last comment by Interested Party, on May 26, 2012 at 6:16 pm | 104 comments | 9535 Views
SPORTSMeteor zips over Bay Area Wednesday night, landing with sonic boom
A large meteor streaked across the night sky Wednesday night and was seen and heard throughout the Bay Area. Read the...Original post made on Oct. 18, 2012
Last comment by Martin Engel, on Oct 19, 2012 at 11:00 am | 7 comments | 9464 Views
PORTOLA VALLEYMonarch spotted in Portola Valley
Anne Hillman of Portola Valley emailed us this photo taken of a monarch butterfly at her home on Saturday. "Look who showed...Original post made on Sep. 15, 2013
Last comment by pearl, on Sep 16, 2013 at 5:42 pm | 3 comments | 9457 Views
OTHER TOPICSWoodside resident to receive Purple Heart on brother's behalf
==B Expanded version of an earlier story.== Woodside resident Teresa Dentino will receive a Purple Heart medal on behalf...Original post made on Nov. 7, 2013
Last comment by POGO, on Nov 8, 2013 at 8:29 am | 3 comments | 9451 Views
PORTOLA VALLEYHanretty sentenced to two years in state prison; expresses 'extreme remorse' for wrongdoing
Tim Hanretty, former Portola Valley School District superintendent and Woodside Elementary School District finance officer,...Original post made on Oct. 22, 2012
Last comment by Hmmm, on Oct 23, 2012 at 11:11 am | 11 comments | 9449 Views
MOVIESReview: 'Lone Survivor'
One word you won't see used to describe "Lone Survivor," the fact-based movie about a FUBAR Navy SEALs operation: "contemplative." Read...Original post made on Jan. 11, 2014
Last comment by Jon, on Jan 13, 2014 at 11:17 am | 7 comments | 9356 Views
OTHER TOPICSUpdate: Mountain lion kills three goats
A mountain lion killed three dwarf goats in a fenced enclosure on Tripp Court in Woodside on Nov. 14, but the chances of...Original post made on Nov. 22, 2011
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Lana Del Rey's passion for vintage 8mm videos is quite famous. After "National Anthem" and all the first videos she made herself, now she released a brand new videoclip for the single "Summertime Sadness". Enjoy this video, with some new main features and themes.
After the launch of the video for "National Anthem" in July 20, Lana Del Rey has published on her official Facebook page, the clip for "Summertime Sadness", a single from her debut album, "Born To Die". Directed by Kyle Newman and Spencer Susser, the video shows the retro atmosphere and dreamy quality already seen in "Video Games", one of the first clips of this American baroque pop star.
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This nostalgic video starts with the suicide scene of Lana del Rey and tells, through a series of flashbacks, the tortured romance between the singer and actress Jaime King (who was in "Sin City" and "My Bloody Valentine"). The clip is characterized by dark images, which shows the artist's obsession with vintage style once again.
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The boy who was killed when Kimberly Munoz crashed her car into a stroller in the middle of a West Valley City street last year was the same age as her own son.
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He died at Primary Children's Hospital as a result of injuries he suffered in the crash.
Munoz, who was sentenced Monday for fleeing the scene of the accident, wept as she spoke of her own child and apologized to the mother of Gavyn Barnett.
"I want everybody to know I do feel pain and I accept responsibility for what happened," Munoz said. "I hope one day, the family can forgive me for what happened. I was scared. ... I am sorry from the bottom of my heart."
Munoz was sentenced to 88 days of jail time and three years of probation for fleeing the scene of the collision on the night of June 10.
Although Gavyn's mother characterized the penalty as a slap on the wrist, it was more jail time than prosecutors felt was necessary.
Salt Lake County prosecutor Sandi Johnson recommended the 21-year-old woman serve only probation — but Judge Elizabeth Hruby-Mills ordered Munoz spend a month in jail, in addition to the 58 days she has already served.
Munoz was immediately handcuffed and led from court Monday, as her mother and father left the sentencing in tears.
Defense attorney Bel-Ami de Montreux said it could have been worse.
"She was facing up to five years in prison; she can do 30 days in jail," de Montreux said. "The bottom line here is she was not charged with the death of this child. The child was in a place where a child should not have been at 10 p.m. in the dark where there was no crosswalk. That was not her fault."
But Angela Barnett, the mother who lost her son on that June night, said 30 days in jail isn't nearly enough.
"It seems like I'm getting more punishment than her. ... I made a mistake crossing where I did, but I didn't deserve to lose my little boy," Barnett said. "When she hit my son, that's how he died. He didn't just do it on his own. How was she not charged with his death?"
Munoz, of West Valley City, was originally charged in 3rd District Court with third-degree felony leaving the scene of an accident involving death and three misdemeanors that allege she was driving without valid insurance, wasn't wearing her eyeglasses and had illegal tinting on her windshield.
In January, Munoz pleaded guilty to one charge of causing an accident involving property damage, a third-degree felony. The remaining charges were dismissed.
According to court documents, Angela Barnett was crossing 5600 West and 4005 South in West Valley City on June 10 about 9:15 p.m., with her 9-year-old daughter by her side and her son, Gavyn, in a stroller.
The area was poorly lit, and there was no crosswalk, according to police. As the mother moved toward the sidewalk with her children, a car crashed into the stroller.
The impact sent the stroller — and the child inside it — flying into the road. Gavyn Barnett later died from his injuries.
The car stopped briefly before continuing on, the mother told police.
The case went unsolved for months.
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NetApp to buy storage software maker BycastApril 7, 2010 5:30 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Data storage company NetApp Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy privately held rival Bycast Inc.NetApp says the acquisition will extend its expertise in the area of so-called object-based storage software, which uses a method of storing digital information that makes it easier to find.The...
Vodafone to offer Web via Opera in emerging marketsApril 7, 2010 4:36 am | News | Comments
British mobile telecoms group Vodafone said it will launch the Opera Mini browser on low-cost handsets so its millions of users in emerging markets can easily access the Internet, lifting Opera's shares. Vodafone said on Wednesday it had worked with Opera to develop an enhanced version of its Opera Mini 5...
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Blockbuster in deal with studios; shares jumpApril 7, 2010 4:30 am | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
Blockbuster Inc. has reached new terms with Twentieth Century Fox and Sony Corp.'s movie studios that will give the struggling DVD rental company quicker access to new films and better financial terms.The deal sent Blockbuster shares soaring ahead of regular trading Wednesday, though its stock...
Sense, Detect, Communicate, and Act: Improving Military Electronic SystemsApril 7, 2010 4:30 am | by Jim Davis, Cypress Semiconductor Corp. | Articles | Comments
Improving military electronic systems involves enhancing the basic processes of sense, detect, communicate and act.
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Photo of red and yellow tulips in my yard. This is by far the most tulips that have flowered. The last several years I think there were 3-5 flowers. This year there are 20 in the front yard. Related: Backyard Wildlife: Great Spreadwing Damselfly – Researchers Learn What Sparks Plant...
Save the flat-headed cat, save the worldApril 7, 2010 1:26 am | by European Commission | News | Comments
Animal species worldwide find refuge in the rain forests that dot the globe. But as human activities play havoc with our planet, countless creatures worldwide are feeling the effects. A case in point is the flat-headed cat (Prionailurus planiceps) which makes its home in the rain forests...
Finland : Fiscal consolidation key to restoring growthApril 7, 2010 1:26 am | by OECD | News | Comments
Hard-hit by the collapse in exports and faced with the costs of the recession and of population ageing, Finland will need to strengthen its public finances through reining in municipal spending growth and pursuing further labour market and retirement reforms. Improving the tax system and...
Global economy : Growth seen easing back slightly in US, Europe and Japan in first half of 2010April 7, 2010 1:26 am | by OECD | News | Comments
The pickup in activity seen in the G7 countries in the last quarter of 2009 is expected to ease back in the first half of this year, according to the OECD's latest Interim Economic Assessment. Watch the webcast.
Correction: Vietnam Google storiesApril 6, 2010 8:30 pm | by The Associated Press | News | Comments
In stories March 31 and April 6, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Google Inc. blamed Vietnam's government for a scheme to dupe Vietnamese-speaking Internet users around the world into downloading malicious software. A March 30 post in a Google blog asserted the attacks serve...
Fujitsu's Ex-President Plans SuitsApril 6, 2010 8:24 pm | by Wall Street Journal | News | Comments
Fujitsu's former president plans to file two lawsuits against the technology giant, claiming personal damages and losses to shareholders because of his forced departure, the ex-executive's lawyer said.
Stud Capsule For Men: Product contains Undeclared Drug IngredientApril 6, 2010 7:20 pm | by FDA MedWatch | News | Comments
Product adulterated with sildenafil which may interact with nitrates to lower blood pressure to dangerous levels.
DTAC Has High Hopes for 3G in ThailandApril 6, 2010 6:24 pm | by Wall Street Journal | News | Comments
Tore Johnsen, chief executive of DTAC, Thailand's second-largest telecom operator by subscribers, expects the rollout of third-generation mobile services in the country won't happen this year.
iPad Apps With Their Own Wow FactorApril 6, 2010 5:24 pm | by Wall Street Journal | News | Comments
The iPad is spawning a new type of tablet-specific app designed to make the most of the large touch screen.
Mitsubishi to start building Ark. plant this fallApril 6, 2010 3:30 pm | by CHUCK BARTELS - AP Business Writer - Associated Press | News | Comments
Mitsubishi said Tuesday it is aiming to produce wind turbines in Arkansas by next year at a new $100 million plant, a facility that signals the company is seeking to regain its U.S. customers.Company executives gathered with state and local officials to mark Mitsubishi's decision to build the...


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HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities in northern New Jersey are investigating a reported luring attempt, the sixth such incident in the past two weeks.
Police in Hackensack say a student at the city's middle school reported being approached by a man while walking to school around 7:30 a.m. on Monday. The student declined the man's request for help in looking for a lost dog.
Hackensack Police Capt. Thomas Salcedo tells The Record that the man was described as white or Hispanic between 20 or 30 years old with a goatee. He was last seen driving a black two-door Honda on Union Street.
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"Rampage has one fight left in the UFC and he isn't fighting me. I give you that answer because I am sitting here wearing my fancy suit, with an ear piece on and I have been branded an analyst on the number one UFC show on TV today. But if you had asked me outside, in my kingdom and I was wearing my sponsor's shirt, I would have told him that he should stick to violating female reporters. He should stick to making box office disasters and driving the wrong way on the freeway ramped up on Mountain Dew, because he's not on my level. But, you didn't ask me outside, you asked me inside. So let's keep this professional, I don't want to get that message out there."
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Excellent but small!
By Anne
from New Zealand
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Comments about Baudville Cheers Kit - Exclamations:
Really love the products - and they have been well received by staff as day to day recognition - but the cards were smaller than we expected!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Small and Spendy
By Hanamama
from Hayward, CA
Seems small in actual volume but takes up a lot of space. Also was kind of expensive. I think there are other things that could be better value. I wish I could buy a couple of those things (like "file under fantastic") separately, because that's really my favorite one.
Merchant response: You can buy them separately. Search for Cheers Kit refills.
Perfect for spontaneous recognition
By Teeroyc
from Sugar Land, TX
I use the cheers kit to spontaneously recognize staff who give above what is required and to say thank you for making suggestions. It is nice to have a variety to select from in the kit as this allows me to give recognition that is more personal and unique.
By HR
from Bloomington, IN
About Me HR Manager
Looks a lot bigger in the magazine and on line. When I opened it, I was not as impressed.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
I'm going to keep this product in stock
By LeeAnne
from Ada, OH
About Me Education Industry, Student Org Advisor
I use this product to recognize my college students when they go above and beyond-- it really means a lot to them to have something in writing rather than just by word of mouth. I love the "Office of Positive Mojo" line especially because they are very much things I would say!
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Could Dish Network and DirecTV merge?
Shrinking subscriber numbers and rising costs have both companies considering a deal.
Dish Network (DISH) and DirecTV (DTV) are getting pounded by content providers' demands. Would teaming up help them fight back?
Dish chairman Charlie Ergen certainly thought so on Tuesday, when he told everybody sitting in on his company's earnings call that the two largest U.S. satellite-TV providers "have to consider" a deal. DirecTV CEO Mike White agreed with that assessment as recently as September, when noted the "challenging content cost environment where consolidation could be pro-consumer."
He admits there haven't been any talks about such a move between the two companies yet -- and federal regulators declared the merger anticompetitive the last time it was proposed in 2002 -- but consumers don't have to hit the guide button to see what's going on with Dish and DirecTV.
Analysts estimate that Dish's profits will grow by less than 8% through 2014. That's about 95% less growth than other cable and satellite-TV companies. DirecTV, meanwhile, posted its first-ever quarterly net loss in customers this year. Dish has reported a drop in four of the last six quarters, including a net loss of 19,000 in the most recent quarter. That's still better than the 111,000 customers it lost a year earlier, but the cost of getting new customers also climbed 15% to $453 million during that span.
There are a couple of issues crossing DirecTV and Dish's signals. AT&T's (T) U-verse and Verizon's (VZ) Fios are gaining customers and bundling their cheaper-than-cable offerings with Internet service. Meanwhile, Netflix (NFLX) and Hulu offer streaming video for only $8 a month, while. Amazon (AMZN) is testing that monthly price for its Amazon Prime streaming service that also throws in two-day shipping for items in Amazon's marketplace. Both Amazon and Netflix also offer their content commercial-free, which is becoming a sore point for the satellite providers.
Dish bumped up ad spending this year to promote its Hopper set-top box, which record all the major networks' prime-time shows, store them for eight days after their initial broadcast and allow customers to skip all commercials without fast-forwarding through them by pressing the AutoHop button. DirecTV boosted its own spending to compete, but angry content providers just piled on extra costs.
Fox Broadcasting (NWS), Comcast's (CMCSA) NBC Universal and CBS (CBS) each sued Dish, claiming the AutoHopper service will destroy the "advertising supported ecosystem" that provides free, over-the-air prime-time TV. They also assert that the copies of the shows that Dish's hopper creates constitute copyright infringement. Dish sued the networks in New York, essentially arguing that the copyright claim is bogus.
According to Ad Age, a U.S. district court judge in Los Angeles agreed that Dish's service infringed on copyright, but refused to block it. It's just the latest content-provider headache for Dish, which just ended a nasty negotiation with AMC Networks (AMCX) last month. Dish ended up paying a $700 million settlement after taking AMC, IFC, the Sundance Channel and We TV off the air for three months as part of a dispute with AMC's former parent company Cablevision (CVC) dating back to 2008.
DirecTV, meanwhile, yanked MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and other networks out of its lineup in July during a dispute with Viacom (VIA.B). That dispute was resolved before August, with the Viacom networks returning to air and DirecTV paying 20% more for the privilege of airing them.
The common belief is that the two satellite providers' combined 34 million U.S. subscribers would give them a bit more leverage against the content providers. If only that were so. Netflix just passed 30 million global subscribers for its streaming service, but watched content costs jump from $3.5 billion to $6 billion withing a year.
A Dish/DirecTV combo would need to offer something extra, with some help from the Federal Communications Commission. Regulators are getting ready to decide whether Dish can use its wireless spectrum to transmit mobile voice and data by the end of 2012. That would effectively put DirecTV-Dish on par with Verizon and AT&T services by giving them fast wireless internet connections to go along with their TV offerings. It would also help the satellite providers' argument for a merger by turning Verizon and AT&T into the direct competition.
The satellite providers and their customers have seen the enemy, and it's not the other company with the funny gray dish.
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They may as well. They are pretty much a mirror image of each other. Same price,same channel
packages.We have gone back and forth with them for over 15 years.After the first few months of
free programing you are right back to being dissatisfied. I think they are allready married because
there is no compitition.They have a lock on the dish market and they get away with it.
i have had dish for many manyyears, almost form the day they went into bussiness, i hate direct tv. it sucks, however if htey merge? i wil have to drop dish, i want nothing ot do with direct tv, been burnt by them once before, and iw ont get burnt twice, ihave dish in 3 of my homes and i pay for them year round, when igo to the one it is always working, but direct? never works, nieghbours have direct and there is always somethign wrong with it,
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For nine years now, the Connecticut chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness has sponsored a walk to fight the stigma that many still attach to mental illness.
By coming out en masse, we showed the world that we and our family members are indistinguishable from the rest of the human race. Also, we have walked to raise funds to support those who are living with a mental illness.
This is year 10, and, sadly, in the wake of the tragedy of Sandy Hook Elementary School, the stigma we've been fighting all these years has a new hold on the nation. Indeed, much of my work consists of helping people who have a mental illness, and I am already encountering cases in which persons have been turned down for jobs because of their mental health history.
Never has it been more important for those of us living with a mental illness to confront the stigma head-on.
Truth be told, persons with a mental illness commit only about 4 percent of the violent crimes. Indeed, they are more likely to be the victims of violent crime than the rest of the population.
And yet, the National Rifle Association would have us focus our energies not on the guns that enable men to wreak mayhem but on those with a mental illness.
In the words of NRA head Wayne LaPierre, "We have no national database of these lunatics."
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Not only that, but creating such a database would in effect be giving the law's imprimatur to the stigma. We would be institutionalizing discrimination against those of us who ever sought medical care for a mental illness, and in so doing, we would be discouraging people from seeking the help they need.
The simple fact is this: Mental illness is not a predictor of violent behavior. A history of violent behavior may be a predictor, but, as we've seen in the case of Adam Lanza, there was no such public history, only his private predilection for the virtual violence of video games.
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Pride in one's work matters to the individual and the society. Work brings life meaning- work is not just a means to an end.
Leslie T Chang is using an "end justifies the means argument", which purportedly represents the voice and courage of the workers in the global factories but serves the corporate agenda well. Nothing she says is untrue as it is a general truth that people will make the best of whatever circumstances in which they find themselves. Chang's argument at best works as a collective voice of a collective society and represents a sort of tyranny of the majority in which those that don't fit the collective world view don't really matter and as such they become the social outsiders who in this day and age are ripe candidates for the global terrorist movement.
I in this blog post, I pursue the denigration of the act of "making" in which I make the connection between the local ( in my case Maine, USA) and the global. This post is part of an ongoing series.
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May 26 2013: I apologize for not being clearer. I agree with you that human beings are able to find value even pride in any activity they engage themselves with regardless of what repressive agencies or mundane tasks that might be imposing those activities upon them and, of course, craftsmanship still reaps a premium market recognition.
What I was decrying was Ms. Chang's - albeit a cross - cultural view that one's value as a human being is based upon whether they are a "productive" member of the current economic - and thereby political - system and that the recognition of that value is to be found in the consumptive lifestyle they enjoy.
I see change as inevitable, there is nothing in the universe that is static and our human made systems of finance, politics, governance, economics and so on are just that, they are human made. they exist in whatever form we desire them to take. Or at least, the form that those in power wish them to take. This whole "work" and "employment" thing has only been around for a few hundred years, namely since the Industrial Revolution. We don't have to take it so seriously.
Just as the days of pride in one's shepherding, or smithing, or tinkering or farming or a thousand other personalized tasks of the communities of the day, that pride still flourishes in the lives of a portion of the modern day workforce and the tasks they perform.
but that pride of accomplishment, or productivity is slowly but surely being shifted back to one's place in and contribution to their community because having a "job", especially a job that provides a safe and secure future, is no longer possible for ever greater segments of the population every day.
Change is in the air, nothing is static, everything is in transition. But that would be another thread :)
May 27 2013: I didn't hear Ms Chang place value on being "production"- only on viewing the job as a means to an end and trying to pull it off as cool- as the worker beating the system, when the worker is only making the best of the system that they can make. She made it sound as if they were learning new things BECAUSE they moved to an urban location to take a job in a factory, when in fact anyone who is alive in life is always learning new things where ever they are.
I once had a thought that a worker in a low wage labor market could make as much from one sale on ETSY ( not knowing shipping costs) as working a month in a factory but my next thought was that political forces would not allow that to happen. My thinking then was confined to places with low wage labor markets but I have since come to believe that the globalists are threatened every where by small craft enterprises. These enterprises exist because people exist that love to make things- that have the desire to make things and take pride in the act of making things.
In the state of Maine, our government run economy, which I call Maine State Inc ignores new internet venues and phenomena like Etsy and KickStarter because Maine State Inc is in bed with high growth investors ( tax payer subsidized high growth investors- no less!). They are spinning a yarn for the Maine taxpayers that Maiine State Inc is creating high tech manufacturing jobs for Mainers with top pay and top benefits- as if that is competitive in the global market place! But most Mainers buy their line.
In the legislation, a different picture emerges. There is something called "foreign trade zones" coming down from the federal government . The warehouse must be state owned. The exemption applies to the goods stored or assembled and repackaged in the ware house and so it is a setup where by goods can be manufactured in low wage markets and assembled state side and so be promoted as "made in America"
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YAKIMA, WA. -- As the weather gets colder finding a warm place to sleep becomes a top priority for homeless people.
Yakima city leaders met with the local homeless network Monday to work on finding a more permanent solution to the problem.
Yakima's city manager met with the local homeless network Monday to discuss the different options available for housing the homeless. For the past 7 years, Yakima has allowed churches in the area to sidestep fire regulations and shelter people who have no where else to go.
Three churches in Yakima plan to house homeless people for a total of 120 days this winter: the Unitary, the Englewood Christian and the First Baptist Church. The city says these churches cannot continue to provide this winter housing because the risk of fire is too high.
"Every year we get this proposition that we have an emergency to provide shelter for the homeless every winter," Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke said. "Eight years in a row is not an emergency. We need to deal with this problem permanently."
if a fire did break out, these churches do not have the proper sprinkler systems in place to keep everyone safe.
The homeless network says they are close to setting up a permanent housing structure at the corner of Lincoln and Third but remodeling and rezoning will need to be completed before it can open.


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I am very excited to start contributing to the TSN website on a regular basis with blogs and columns about the Ottawa Senators.
In this space, I will be writing new and unique pieces about the team that you won't be able to find anywhere else.
So naturally, in an attempt to come up with a fresh topic about the Ottawa Senators, I am going to start with a piece about their goaltending.
Bet you didn't see that one coming.
With Craig Anderson sidelined due to a neck injury, Robin Lehner has stepped up and seized the moment with a pair of much-needed wins for the club. Lehner's performance in those two victories has many Sens fans suggesting that his time has arrived to be anointed the team's No. 1 netminder.
Ottawa fans are so conditioned to not having one reliable goaltender; they almost don't seem to know what to do with two of them. But before you start thinking this situation has the potential to become a full-fledged goalie controversy, there are a few things you need to remember.
The most important factor in the Ottawa crease is the contracts that both netminders have - specifically Anderson.
There are 23 goaltenders in the NHL who have a bigger cap hit than Anderson's $3.18 million contract, making it arguably the league's best deal for a netminder. If he was healthy last season, Anderson would have been the favorite to win the Vezina Trophy and his performance in the playoffs against Montreal cemented his status as a legitimate No. 1 goalie. To put this in perspective, Anderson has a lower cap hit than both Devan Dubnyk and Ondrej Pavelec.
When the Vancouver Canucks were in the midst of a goalie controversy last year with both Cory Schneider and Roberto Luongo, the biggest catalyst for that storm was the latter's ridiculous contract. The Canucks were spending more than $9 million in their crease and it seemed counterproductive to have one goalie making more than $5 million to be sitting at the end of the bench on a regular basis. The same thing happened in Pittsburgh last spring, when Marc-Andre Fleury's contract suddenly looked like a white elephant on the payroll during the playoffs when he lost his job to the more economical Tomas Vokoun.
But in Ottawa, they are spending only $4 million combined on the position when you factor in Lehner's $850,000 salary for this season. There is no financial element that would push Ottawa to a tipping point this season. Lehner is set to become a restricted free agent in July, but the club would still hold the hammer in those negotiations.
When Bryan Murray signed Anderson to his four-year deal back in the spring of 2011, the consensus amongst Ottawa fans was that it was a great contract - except most of them didn't like the fourth year tacked on at the end. Ironically, that fourth year is the best thing that could have happened to the club, because now it buys them another year to figure out their long-term plan.
If Anderson's deal was set to expire this season, there would have been more pressure to try and either trade him or sign him to an extension. But now, Murray can let this situation breathe knowing he doesn't have to face a real pressure point until after this season at the earliest.
Last season, the Ottawa general manager was forced to deal a goaltender because Ben Bishop was set to become a restricted free agent and the club knew it could no longer keep its three-headed monster in goal. That was a very real pressure point, since they did not want to lose Bishop as a restricted free agent - nor did they want to go through the exercise of signing him to a new contract only to have to turn around and trade him. That was a real pressure point for Murray and one that he doesn't have to deal with this season.
Some fans are now suggesting Murray should have moved Anderson at the deadline last season and hung onto Bishop and Lehner, since he likely would have received more for the veteran netminder. But at the time Anderson was the most proven and stable goalie of the bunch and his contract was extremely reasonable for a No. 1 goaltender. And that last sentence remains true today: Of the three goaltenders, Anderson remains the most proven of that trio.
The best parallel to the Anderson-Lehner situation could be the one that played out in Boston with Tim Tomas and Tuuka Rask. Those two goalies shared the crease for three full seasons and while it did get awkward at times, they did win a Stanley Cup in that situation. Thomas eventually orchestrated his own departure out of Boston, but that was after three full seasons of sharing the crease with a young prospect. Two capable netminders can share the workload for an extended period of time before something has to give. We're not anywhere near that point in Ottawa right now.
The other thing to consider is that injuries can always play a factor in the goaltending equation. It's a long season ahead and both Lehner and Anderson could be heading over to Sochi to represent their countries in February.
And if Sens fans have learned one thing over the years, it's that when their goalie heads overseas for the Olympics, he doesn't always come back healthy.


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Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone* For those you have bought the new Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone, use the "Contacts Transfer" pre-installed app. Just switch on Bluetooth on both devices and follow the on-screen steps.
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OTTAWA - Quarterbacks Kyle Graves of Acadia, Kyle Quinlan of McMaster and Eric Dzwilewski of Calgary were nominated Thursday for the Hec Crighton Trophy as the top player in Canadian Interuniversity Sport football.
Rotrand Sené, a fourth-year running back from the University of Montreal, rounded out the list of nominees on Friday when he was announced as most valuable player of the RSEQ football conference.
Graves, a fifth-year arts student from Barrie, Ont., repeated as Atlantic conference MVP. He led all quarterbacks in the conference in passing yards (2,012), touchdown passes (14) and completion percentage (57.1).
Graves, who threw four interceptions in eight games, also rushed 28 times for 167 yards and two touchdowns. He was also the league's best punter with an average of 40.3 yards.
Quinlan, a fifth-year economics student from South Woodslee, Ont., led all CIS teams with 19 touchdown passes. He was intercepted twice over eight games, threw for 2,457 yards and posted a 68.9 completion percentage.
The 2011 Vanier Cup MVP topped all CIS pivots with seven touchdowns. He also had 550 rushing yards.
Dzwilewski, a third-year arts student from Boise, Idaho, led the CIS with a 70.6 completion percentage. He led the Canada West conference with 2,290 passing yards and 15 touchdown passes.
Dzwilewski threw five interceptions over eight games and added three rushing touchdowns.
St.FX linebacker Brett Hubbeard, McMaster linebacker Aram Eisho and Calgary linebacker Mike Edem are up for the Presidents' Trophy as defensive player of the year.
McMaster defensive end Ben D'Aguilar, Regina guard Brett Jones and Saint Mary's defensive end Rob Jubenville are the nominees for the J.P. Metras Trophy as outstanding down lineman.
The nominees for the Peter Gorman Trophy as rookie of the year include Acadia running back Thomas Troop, Western running back Yannick Harou and Calgary receiver Brett Blaszko.
Saint Mary's offensive tackle Matt Albright, Guelph defensive back Zach Androschuk and Regina guard Brett Jones are up for the Russ Jackson Award for football, academics and citizenship.
The nominees for the Frank Tindall Trophy as coach of the year include Acadia's Jeff Cummins, McMaster's Stefan Ptaszek and Calgary's Blake Nill.
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This is Soledad Miranda. She was an emerging movie star (horror genre) when she died in a vehicle accident August 1970. Double damn.
I have no idea what the hell is going on with the Oilers future. I don't like it, that's for sure. Maybe the Edmonton Oilers are like David Mann. Innocent bystanders drawn into a duel not of their choosing. I don't think using injuries as an excuse is a good idea for fan or organization, but the gifted kids are being picked off one by one in increasingly bizarre ways.
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Rarely found on travel itineraries, major towns in the northern lowlands such as Santo Domingo and Quevedo tend to be sweaty commercial centres enveloped by acres of agricultural land. Still, a few small fragments of tropical coastal wet forest do survive nearby in a handful of reserves, while at higher elevations on the western flank of the Andes there are a number of sizeable and enchanting cloudforests – misty worlds of dense, mossy and vine-draped vegetation coloured by orchids, heliconia, birds and neon butterflies. The coastal and mountain forests make up part of the Chocó and Tropical Andes bioregions, respectively – regarded as the richest and most diverse places on earth. Species here were cut off from the Amazon rainforests to the east by the uplift of the Andes mountains 100 million years ago. Since that time, they have evolved quite differently from their eastern counterparts and the result is an amazing degree of biodiversity and endemism. But with logging, agriculture and human encroachment taking a substantial toll, only seven percent of Ecuador's original western forests remain. The area has been classified by Conservation International as one of the world's biodiversity "hot spots" – among the planet's most ecologically important and threatened regions.
Serviced by a near-constant stream of buses, the main route to the northern lowlands begins south of Quito and starts its descent of the western Andes at Alóag, heading down towards Santo Domingo de los Colorados – around which you can see tropical wet forests at Tinalandia, Bosque Protector La Perla and Reserva Biológica Bilsa – from where there are highways to all the major coastal centres. Leaving aside the soon-to-be-completed Otavalo–Quinindé road which passes through the remote Intag region, the attractive and peaceful Calacalí– La Independencia road is the alternative to the main route; leaving north of Quito, it passes close to some excellent private cloudforest reserves as well as the birding centre of Mindo before descending into farmland, where it joins the main highway between Santo Domingo de los Colorados and Esmeraldas. Fewer buses travel this road and most cloudforest reserves are not accessible by public transit alone anyway; contact their offices in Quito before setting out, both to reserve a room and to sort out travel arrangements.Read More
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Set at 1250m on the forested western slopes of Volcán Pichincha, MINDO resembles an Alpine village transplanted to the tropics, with steep-roofed, chalet-like farmhouses punctuating its lush and beautiful landscape. Its pleasant subtropical climate attracts an increasing number of visitors seeking to spend a few days hiking, horseriding, "canopying" (zipping over the forest canopy on wires) or taking part in regatas – floating down rivers on inflatable tubes. But above all, the town is most renowned as a base for birdwatching in the surrounding hills, part of the biologically diverse Chocó Endemic Bird Area, which BirdLife International has officially designated an "Important Bird Area", the first in South America.
Mindo has been held in high regard among birdwatchers ever since ornithologist Frank M. Chapman described the local avifauna in his seminal 1926 book, The Distribution of Bird-Life in Ecuador. One reason for Mindo's prolific biodiversity is its location in a transitional area between higher-altitude temperate zones and the lower humid tropical forests. This sector encompasses several habitats and harbours some 370 bird species, many of them endemic, including the velvet-purple coronet (one of 33 hummingbirds), yellow-collared chlorophonia and the endangered long-wattled umbrella bird – resembling a crow with an unmistakeable, dangling black wattle and a large Elvis quiff for a crest. With a good guide, you may see at least thirty endemic species and many dozens of other birds on a three- to four-day tour of Mindo's forests, which also hold several leks (courting grounds) for the Andean cock-of-the-rock and the club-winged manakin.
There are also several hundred types of butterflies and a wealth of orchids here. There are between 25 and 32 species of colourful lepidoptera at Mariposas de Mindo, about 2.5km along the signposted track from the southwest corner of the town square, bred for export around the world. The best orquideario ($2), at the Armonía hotel, cultivates around 200 orchid varieties, which can grow up to 5m, though many are so small they require a magnifying glass to be seen in any detail. A block from the park on 9 de Octubre, Jardín Nathaly ($3) exhibits a smaller assemblage of both orchids and butterflies.
The Calacalí– La Independencia road
The Calacalí– La Independencia road
The Calacalí– La Independencia road provides access to some of the last pristine cloudforests in the western Andes, largely protected by private reserves that offer good lodging and excellent birdwatching. After leaving Quito to the north, the road meets the equator at La Mitad del Mundo before it sweeps west to bypass Calacalí, home to its own small equator monument, and begins a dramatic descent from scrubby hillsides (at 2800m) to thickly matted forests carpeting steep ridges and hills – the rich greenery broken only by curling wisps of clouds. Most of the reserves lie within transitional zones from 1000m to 2500m, where the humid air adds high levels of moisture to the forests.
Sixty kilometres from Quito around the village of Nanegalito are several private reserves, among them Maquipucuna, Yunguilla, Santa Lucía and Urcu Puyujunda; beyond them to the northwest, the Bosque Protector Los Cedros; and around the Tandayapa valley, the Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve and Tandayapa Lodge. Some 25km further west from Nanegalito, the road passes the turn-off for Mindo, a pleasant village renowned for its birdlife and set in the verdant hills of the Mindo-Nambillo protected forest. The road continues its descent into rich agricultural land, passing small farming towns such as San Miguel de los Bancos and Puerto Quito before meeting the highway linking Santo Domingo to the coast at Esmeraldas.


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Just wondering what software do you edit this template in? Thanks
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So could I edit this in dream weaver in design mode? Is it easy to add to the portfolio section and bits like our customers etc? Is there any chance at all if I purchase for you to make a quick video of how to edit if I need it? Thanks
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The only problem is that on Android devices the menu bar at the top doesn't scroll smoothly with the rest of the page.
I know my colleague emailed you earlier with this problem and it seems you fixed it in the demo content, but not in the download package. Could you please let us know what you did to fix the issue?
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Hi there, I just bought this template but I need to know how to setup de google map. Would you mind to give some clues?
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I bought this theme and trying to install the theme into WordPress, it wouldn't unpack it, any thoughts?
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Hey Craig, We can't figure out how to add/edit testimonials and I can't find anything about in the documentation or the site. Can you help?
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Hi Craig, i need a field in contact form for telephone number. Is there any chance that to get some help about this from you.
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- Kirk Gee
- Grand Rapids, MI
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I propose that we shift the paradigm of monetary consumerism to one of a GREAT life experience and achieve World Peace!
Like the game Monopoly, the goal in the game of life that the world is playing is: To acquire as much money and material wealth as possible.
The result of humanity playing this game is going to be our own extinction!
The NEW GAME is a paradigm where the goal is for everyone to have a great life experience!
World Peace is attainable!
Together, we can end monetary consumerism and begin living life by intelligent design. We can and will play a "new game" where the goal is to ensure a great life experience for everyone!
The New Game life experience is built on first understanding that Monetary Consumerism is at the root of most of the worlds problems. It is a game that enslaves humanity, stifles progress and benefits only a few. We fight wars because of this paradigm, we starve millions of people around the world every month, we waste limited resources, pollute our planet and destroy hope!
What we need to realize is that this "game" of monetary consumerism really is just a game and we don't have to play this game. Humanity can simply change the game! Money is made up! You have only to look around you to see that the monetary consumerism system is not working very well even for those who cannot imagine any other way.
Banks are collapsing, virtually every country on earth is experiencing social unrest and most countries are so indebted that they have no hope of ever being financially sound again. Meanwhile, the earth itself is under severe climatic stress and we just keep consuming as if our resources will never run out.
There is only one word that describes our current way of life and that word is INSANE!
Humanity is at a crossroad and there is great HOPE! We now have the opportunity to play a whole New Game!
Read my book "The New Game (World Peace)" FREE http://thenewgame.org
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Kirk GeeSep 4 2012: I would like to learn more about your ideas. This book is designed to get people thinking and contributing their own genius. Can you post your ideas on my website: http://thenewgame.org so that we can get some volley going and begin building on the concepts?
I am committed to the idea that we must get rid of monetary consumerism in order to have World Peace. How we get there is going to take a collaborative effort.
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