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Republican candidate for governor Karen Handel gets some grudging love today. From Democrats.
Blog for Democracy was specifically talking about what you might call the candidate's Maggie Thatcher moment, when — at the state GOP convention — Handel invited rival John Oxendine to combat at close quarters with her "ox" video and a challenge to "bring it on:"
Seriously, this woman knows how to fly into the storm. I'm in awe of this approach. Her campaign is shaping up to be a case study in how to run as a woman for statewide office. Nothing soft or sweet about it. No rocking chairs on the porch or cookies in the oven. ….
Somehow this candidate, whose bio is a train wreck, who's been a ridiculous and fiercely partisan SOS, who's been counted out of the Governor's race from the get go, is pulling this off.
I'm still not voting for her, but something tells me she'll have Republican and Democratic heads on plates (or worse), before it's over.
The icon presented with the DFB post was a pair of — well, think Humprey Bogart and "The Caine Mutiny."
On another matter, we understand that GOP rival Nathan Deal, the north Georgia congressman, raised $535,000 at a Thursday night fund-raiser in Gainesville last week — said to be a local record.
Deal campaign spokesman Harris Blackwood wouldn't confirm a specific amount. "Hall County and the 9th District love their congressman," was all we could get out of him. "We certainly laid a solid foundation in the race for governor."
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May 26th, 2009
3:49 pm
Nathan Deal is the only Georgia GOP congressman who refuses to sign a resolution opposing a new performance tax on radio stations. This performance fee would put most small stations out of business. If he's serious about running for governor, I don't think he would want all of Georgia's radio statio owners mad at him.
May 26th, 2009
7:16 pm
The state of Georgia has NO ONE with intelligence or integrity, on the GOP side, running for governor.
Handel, Oxendine, and the rest are liars, thieves, and as dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to problem solving skills & fixing issues.
May 26th, 2009
8:48 pm
"Flying into a storm" is a qualification for governor? The only thing Karen Handel is good at is picking fights. Who needs that in a CEO?
May 26th, 2009
10:27 pm
It's sad but throwing elbows is her only skill. Most Georgians want a governor who approaches problems with patience, resolution, and intelligence. Karen Handel will throw a grenade into the room and hope that something good comes out of all the destruction. That approach has been shown time and time again to not work. Cream always rises. Nathan Deal will be the GOP candidate with no runoff.
May 27th, 2009
8:38 am
Wondering what has Deal accomplished in his time is congress or his time as legislator here in Georgia? Do we really want someone who was part of the biggest run up in spending in DC to come back to Georgia and do it to us?
May 27th, 2009
10:29 am
Blog for Democracy is out of their mind, yet again! The truth is they are a bunch of angry women (mostly) themselves and if they think this is the only way to "win" or "be qualified as a woman running for office" then they are setting the movement back in true Georgia fashion. Although, remember, most of these same BFD crazies also supported this tactic in the DPG Chair's race, attacking and trying to dismantle the party rather than accept that their approach was rejected. The truth is that voters deserve a qualified candidate, male or female, who proposes a VISION, a DIRECTION, a PLAN and a FUTURE for Georgia not "who's stronger than an Ox" — which by the way, look at the GOP field, being stronger in that crowd doesn't mean anything.
May 27th, 2009
10:36 am
Oh sure if you like someone running your state without a college education, who was rude to employees who were leaving the Governor's office under the Barnes Administration-I mean name calling because she thought she could just waltz in and look in offices when they were clearly being housed by Barnes employees. Barnes hadn't left office and there was attorney/client privileged papers in those offices. When she didn't get her way she would call employee(s) name(s), i.e. such as b_ tch! Unacceptable. Not the kind of person I want representing my state–not her state because she ain't even from Georgia. She just floats around trying to find a job with any republican candidate/official she can until she lucks up on a big one like Georgia. No wonder "Go Fish" is so important to Perdue, Handel, Perdue's creation, is the first person in one of Perdue's tournaments trying to win the "big fish". If there is a king rat then she surely must be the "transplanted uneducated Big Fish"!
May 27th, 2009
12:30 pm
Would sure like to get Handel on tape calling someone a b….
May 27th, 2009
12:35 pm
well you could just ask one of the people she called to their face.
May 27th, 2009
1:38 pm
Name one or two
May 27th, 2009
2:12 pm
Name a couple so I can contact them
May 28th, 2009
9:57 am
I won't divulge their identities. when the time is right they will contact the right person for governor and tell him everything.


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Wednesday night is usually popular for vendor-hosted parties - plan on staying out late this night if you get a few invites! Wednesday is typically family night on the exhibition hall floor so if you plan on bringing the family this is the night to let them meet the exhibitors and fill their goodie bags with some nifty stuff!
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Bidding for Labor
AbstractWe present a competing-auction theory of the labor market, where job candidates auction their labor services to employers. An equilibrium matching function emerges which has many of the features commonly assumed, including constant returns to scale in large economies. The auction mechanism also generates equilibrium wage dispersion among homogeneous workers and constrained-efficient entry of vacancies in large economies. In a dynamic version of the model, we generate implied numerical values for equilibrium unemployment and wage dispersion. The theory makes the novel prediction that wage dispersion is a decreasing function of the discount factor and labor market tightness. (Copyright: Elsevier)
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Carson Palmer had his best performance this season as he completed 71% of his passes for 419 yards, which is much more than his average throughout the season. He also threw 2 touchdown passes and didn't have any interceptions for the first time this year. Palmer also threw a pass to Michael Floyd, who despite having a sprained shoulder, then ran the ball for 91 yards, which resulted in the longest pass play in 25 years, when Neil Lomax was the Cardinals starting QB. The running game however was not as efficient as in previous games with only 14 yards from 24 carries. Breakout rookie running back Andre Ellington had a piece of his braided hair yanked out by Jaguars defensive man Justin Babin late in the game, which created some outer game controversy with the local media here in Phoenix.
During the 1st quarter, the Cardinals' defensive unit had trouble stopping the Jaguars offense, which consists of many backups substituting for several injured first round draft picks. The Jags lead by Chad Henne, managed to lead 14-7 in the first half, scoring their first 2 touchdowns at home this season within a few minutes of each other. The Cardinals turned the game around by preventing any more scores by the Jags and lead by 10 going into the 4th quarter, while keeping Jax to 2 out of 14 successful 3rd down conversions.
The Cardinals are now 6-4, surprisingly tying them with the 49ers for 2nd place in the NFC West, and have surpassed their total wins of last year, being 5, and are in the wildcard chase, though they will have to work very hard and make significant changes to make it given their tough competition in the NFC. Next week they host Coach Arian's previous team: the Indianapolis Colts, which will be one of the toughest matches they face in the past few weeks.


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The City Ballet of Cleveland's Fourth Annual "Winter Wonderland & Nutcracker" , December 1st, 2012
Performances are Saturday, December 1st at 7:00 PM and Sunday, December 2nd at 2:00 PM at the Tri-C Eastern Campus Performing Arts Center. For details please visit CCDC Events
Nutcracker Gala, November 3rd, 2012
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Cleveland City Dance Company Auditions Sunday April 17
The Cleveland City Dance Company (CCDC) audition is open to all serious dancers of ballet ages 11-19. The company has two annual performances in June and December as well as performs at Festivals and local schools. The audition is also the day when you may apply for the E. John Busser Scholarship if you are ages 13-19. All potential Company members must audition in May prior to the upcoming season. This includes all current Company members. The audition class will be taught by the Company Artistic and Executive Director, Courtney J. Laves-Mearini and judged by a professional dancer not affiliated with the Cleveland City Dance school or CCDC Company. Previous judges have been Jennifer Savnovos formerly of Ballet Theater of Ohio and Samantha Basford formerly of the Miami City Ballet. This year Brian Murphy of the Verb Ballets will return. If unable to attend the May audition, it is be possible to schedule an alternative audition with the Artistic Director of the Company, Courtney J. Laves-Mearini. In lieu of an in-personal audition, one may submit a DVD audition. The DVD audition requirements are:
A 15-20 minutes demonstration of barre and center technique. The barre technique shown should include plies, battement tendus, battement jete, ronde de jambe, passe, developpe en croix, grande battements and balances on one leg. The center technique should include adagio, pirouettes, petite allegro and grande allegro. (For advance female dancers the center should be on pointe.).
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Q. It's always been my dream to start my own business, but I don't know if I have what it takes. What kinds of questions should I be asking myself now to make sure I have the right skills to own/manage a small business?
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A. The very first question to ask yourself might be: "Is this the right time to start a new business?" Under ordinary circumstances, this might not be the first question to ask, but these are not ordinary circumstances. In times of economic decline, the little guy is often the hardest hit. The safest course of action right now is to go to work for a big, solid company in a similar line of work and pay very close attention. "Always try to learn on somebody else's dime," is something my father (a successful entrepreneur) often told me.
Of course, I usually ignored my father's advice. It was a source of pride with me. So I started a Mainland business in the depths of the 1981 recession. Why did I defy conventional wisdom?
That brings us to question No. 2: "Why am I starting this business?" In my case, it was a passion for entrepreneurship. It was in my blood. But, for most people, there are a hundred other reasons for starting a business — and most of them are inappropriate. For instance: You have been unsuccessfully looking for a job and decide to chuck it and just start your own company. This is a one-way ticket to failure.
Another example is that you have recently attended a seminar and heard others talk about a way to make a lot of money very quickly. This is a spectacularly misguided reason to begin a small business. The very worst reason of all is that you are sick of the long hours and drudgery of working for someone else and want to be free to make your own hours and work at your own speed. I promise that you will never work harder or put in longer hours than when you are your own boss.
The final question to ask yourself is, "Can I afford to be in business for myself?" Exact national statistics for the rate of failure among startups are hotly debated, but conventional wisdom usually states that the majority of new businesses fail within two to four years and the No. 1 reason for their demise is insufficient funding.
Most successful new businesses require a lengthy period of investment and sacrifice before they can begin to reap the rewards. Careful planning can increase your odds of success, but that's a topic for another article. In the meantime, try not to build your financial plan around a loan. We've all seen how well that's working out for the country!
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Our job over the next five to ten years is to provide a way to access these valuable resources in an intuitive, easy to use one-stop shop, and not to be afraid of running continual beta test where new services and functions can be added when necessary. To do this we need flexible, interoperable resource-discovery systems based on open source software. In addition, we must keep evaluating users' needs and reach out by adapting our systems to fit their requirements, rather than expecting them to come to us; indeed our very future depends on it.
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TERMS: Techniques for electronic resource management
Two decades after the advent of electronic journals and databases, librarians are still grappling with ways to best manage these resources in conjunction with their print resources. In addition, economic pressures at most institutions of higher learning are resulting in librarians having to justify each dollar spent on collections and resource management. Furthermore, ebooks are becoming yet another stream of purchasing and management with the added complexity of patron driven acquisitions. All this results in the need to codify the management of electronic resource management more than ever.
"Our job over the next five to ten years is to provide a way to access these valuable resources in an intuitive, easy to use one-stop shop, and not to be afraid of running continual beta test where new services and functions can be added when necessary. To do this we need flexible, interoperable resource-discovery systems based on open source software. In addition, we must keep evaluating users' needs and reach out by adapting our systems to fit their requirements, rather than expecting them to come to us; indeed our very future depends on it." (1)
In the past, we have been able to afford 'nice to have' resources and renew our electronic resources without real evaluation of their worth. In times of budgetary constraints and staffing reductions we are now working our electronic resources harder than ever in order to extract maximum value for money from them. We must now look closely at all of our electronic resources at all steps of the e-resource life cycle (2).
There has been a lot of discussion about the implementation of ERM systems in recent years (3), however, use of these systems is still far from ubiquitous and many academic libraries have yet to implement or even purchase a system. Despite early expectations Collins and Grogg see the current crop of ERM systems as 'less like a silver bullet and more that a round of buckshot' (4).
A growing area of recent research has been around workflow management. Collins and Grogg (4) found that over 1/3 of academic libraries in their survey put workflow management at the top of their prioritization list. This area has also been highlighted as a gap by the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) ERM Data Standards and Best Practices Review (5). In the UK, two projects, the SCONUL shared ERM requirements project (6) and the Managing Electronic Resource Issues (MERI) project at the University of Salford (7), have looked in depth at workflows.
Both the University of Huddersfield and the Portland State University will be sharing their workflows as part of TERMS, and we encourage others who would be willing to share your own workflows to contact us at the email addresses given below.
Over the next 3 months TERMS will look at each of the stages in the e-resources cycle on our blog:
1 Investigating New Content for purchase/addition
2. Acquire New Content
3. Implement
4. Evaluation and Ongoing Access
5. Annual Review
6. Cancellation and replacement
We will add a new TERM every 2 weeks and invite you to review and comment on each of them. If you have any suggestions and tips from your workplace, please feel free to add your experiences. In this way we hope to crowd source TERMS through open peer commentary with a view to providing a first definitive draft in early 2012. However, we plan to keep the TERMS blog going after this date so that TERMS will become a reference point to those who are new to e-resource management and for those who may want to implement its recommendations of best practice. You can follow us on twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/6terms or join the Facebook group: TERMS
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1 Stone, G., Resource Discovery. In: Digital Information: Order or anarchy? Facet, London, 2009, 133-164. ISBN 9781856046800
2. Pesch, O., Resource management: today and for the future. Online Conference of the Netherlands 7 November 2006
3. Gustafson-Sundell, N., Think Locally: A Prudent Approach to Electronic Resource Management Systems, Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2011, 23 (2), 126-141 DOI 10.1080/1941126X.2011.576955
4. Collins, M. and Grogg, J. E., Building a better ERMS, Library journal, Issue 4, March 2011. http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/ljinprintspecialty/889092-480/building_a_better_erms.html.csp
5. NISO, ERM Data Standards & Best Practices Review. http://www.niso.org/workrooms/ermreview
6. SCONUL shared ERM requirements project. http://sconulerm.jiscinvolve.org/wp/
7. Managing Electronic Resource Issues. http://salfordmeri.blogspot.com/


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Pieces of eight were Spanish silver coins (pesos) that weighed approximately 28 grams and contained a very fine quality of silver with a purity range between 92 and 98 precent. A common working man during the 17th century had to work an entire month to earn one piece of eight!
The coin received its name because it had a nominal value of 8 reales and was often cut with a sword or dagger into eight pieces or bits to produce smaller currency. You can see the V cut from several coins to make bits.
Look very closely at a piece of eight and the history of the age will reveal itself.
On one side, you will notice a large cross of the Crusades. The cross symbolizes that Spain was the most powerful Catholic country in the world. This particular cross is known as the Jerusalem Cross and identifies that the coin was produced by the Potosi or Lima mints in Peru. Flip the coin over to reveal which mint and during what year. The 'P' at the top left and bottom right signify that the coin was manufactured at the Potosi mint. And the '77' at the bottom center reveals the date of the coin to be 1677.
Flip the coin back to the cross side and you will notice in each of the quadrants either a lion or a castle. The lions of Leon and the castles of Castile symbolize the merger of Spain's two mighty provinces to make her the most influential country in the world for almost four centuries. The 'P' on the left side of the cross indicates the coin was minted in Peru.
Flip over to the reverse side to see the two vertical lines denoting the Pillars of Hercules that stood on either side of the Straits of Gibraltar at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. The waves below the pillars represent the Atlantic Ocean where Spain discovered the New World. In the top middle portion of the two pillars, the '8' means the coin is worth 8 reales. The 'E' marked on the top right and bottom left is the assayer's initial and stands for Antonio de Erqueta (1652-1679). And in the center of the Pillar and Wave design are the faded letters 'PLV SVL TRA' which stand for 'plus ultra or more beyond'. This is Spain's message to the world that she had control and/or influence over the entire world, new and old.
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So what did everyone think of Adam Sandler's version of "Hallelujah" at the 12/12/12 Sandy benefit concert? Our Twitter feed was full of people hating on it while our Facebook feed was a wall of praise. What does that mean? You decide.
Either way, join the Consulate General of Canada in New York at 92YTribeca on Dec 19 as we launch the newest book from distinguished music critic Alan Light, celebrate Canadian legend Leonard Cohen, pay tribute to the late American singer-songwriter Jeff Buckley and hail Cohen's canonical "Hallelujah."
In addition to launching The Holy or the Broken with a reading, interview and audience Q&A with Light, three completely unique live presentations of "Hallelujah" will be performed by Michael Leonhart (Steely Dan, Michael Leonhart & The Avramina 7, Donald Fagen), Peter Kiesewalter (East Village Opera Company, Brooklyn Rundfunk Orkestrata), Greg Naughton (The Sweet Remains) and the remarkable "Hallelujah" House Band.


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4-star hotel in Abu Dhabi with 3 restaurants
Situated in Abu Dhabi, this hotel is close to Abu Dhabi Golf Course and Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Area attractions also include Sheikh Zayed Stadium and Abu Dhabi University.
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Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the hotel's bars, which include a poolside bar and a bar/lounge. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center and tour/ticket assistance.
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Asian Five-Spice Vinegar
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- 1 cup rice vinegar
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
- 1 teaspoon broken star anise pieces
- 1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
- 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon pink peppercorns
- 5 cilantro sprigs
- Combine first 5 ingredients in a nonaluminum saucepan; simmer over low heat 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and cool. Pour into a widemouthed jar; cover and let stand for 2 weeks in a cool, dark place, gently shaking jar occasionally.
- Strain the vinegar mixture through a cheesecloth-lined sieve into a glass measure or medium bowl; discard solids. Cut 1 strip from rind of lemon; cut into very thin slices to equal 1 teaspoon. Pour vinegar into a decorative bottle; add pink peppercorns, lemon rind strips, and cilantro. Seal with a cork or other airtight lid; store in a cool, dark place.
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Using OAuth in LithiumSubmitted by Richard on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 23:47
Using OAuth in Lithium to login your users to Facebook, Twitter, Google and Others
The OAuth protocol is a fantastic way to login to remote services and websites. Unfortunately the spec is different in OAuth 1.0 and the yet un-solidified 2.0, the implementation is also different across different services. At the moment this is a bit of a goose chase, but libraries like li3_oauth can help!
I had played around with the Facebook PHP-SDK in Tom Maiaroto's Lithium plugin li3_facebook. Although this works fine to connect to the API. There is a lot of magic going on - especially when using the Javascript API, which is too hard to feel in control of. I like to be in control and calling the shots! I also want to have users have the option to login to other services under the same umbrella. Working directly with OAuth is what I wanted to do. Of course I was doing this in Lithium because it is clearly the best PHP Framework!
First step: Download Gwoo's li3_oath plugin
The only bummer here is that so far it is only OAuth 1.0 compatible. Both Facebook and Google are using OAuth 2.0. Although the 1.0 protocol is far more complicated and takes a lot of hassle to send all those 'Authorization' headers, so thanks Gwoo for doing all the initial hard work for me.
Second step: Fork and refactor plugin
To get twitter api working with the plugin required a few header options changed somewhat. So parameters like 'oauth_callback' needed to be added.
In order to get OAuth 1.0 and 2.0 running along side each other I created my own fork of oauth. I straight away cloned and simplified the Oauth Service class for version 2 as Oauth2. Because li3_oath client requests went through a single Consumer model I needed to re-factor the odd method into the service class itself where the protocols were different. I moved the extracted li3_oath\models\Consumer::token() method to li3_oath\extensions\service\Oauth::token() and also created li3_oauth\extensions\service\Oauth2::token(), but using the same original method to call out to these service classes.
Original li3_oath\models\Consumer::token()
public static function token($type, array $options = array()) { $defaults = array('method' => 'POST', 'oauth_signature_method' => 'HMAC-SHA1'); $options += $defaults; return static::$_service->send($options['method'], $type, array(), $options); }
New li3_oath\models\Consumer::token()
public static function token($type, array $options = array()) { return static::$_service->token($type, $options); }
public function token($type, array $options = array()) { $defaults = array('method' => 'POST', 'oauth_signature_method' => 'HMAC-SHA1'); $options += $defaults; eturn $this->send($options['method'], $type, array(), $options); }
public function token($type, array $options = array()) { $defaults = array('params' => array( 'client_id', 'client_secret' )); $options = array_merge_recursive($options, $defaults); $this->_parseParams($options); $url = $this->_config[$type]; $result = parent::get($url, $options['params']); return $result; }
Third Step: Create Tweet and Facebook Controllers
I could then go ahead and build my samples that were needed for Twitter and Facebook. You can go ahead and checkout these controllers and use them as a base for your own service based activities. I was able to use many of these actions inside a Lithium 'Auth' adapter to make my standard authorization mechanism to take advantage of them.
Forth Step: Re-factor further to turn this into an adaptable service client - Yet to do!
Although the original li3_oath code was well written and the current setup is usable. Because many of these actions are standardized but there are many ways to create the same action the use of adapters in Lithium suits the job perfectly.
There is a strong reliance on controllers and models at the moment, which I would not usually associate with service based module. I would move much of the 'Consumer' model to an interface, creating implementations for both Oauth and Oauth2. I would then create Twitter, Google and Facebook adapters - these can then be overwritten or added to in your own applications, without needing to change the base classes. Then only the very bare minimum needs to be used in models or controllers. This will also mean that configuration options can be kept well away from any controllers which is not really the place for it.
This is what I am planning on hacking away further to improve the usability of this library - If Gwoo doesn't get angry at me!
Documentation, Server and Other Stuff
When first picking up the plugin I was a little unsure of what it was meant to do. Putting a little effort into the documentation would have made this much easier to use. I think I should add to this when I get chance - unless I have any other takers?
There is also a server side to this library which I have not really done much more than have a brief look at. Long term being able to add OAuth service to your own website will make inter-site, inter-api and distributed authorization systems a breeze.
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In real estate, the mantra may be "location, location, location" but at work the motto that makes life run smoothly is "communication, communication, communication."
We blog about effective communication frequently (see past posts Something to Say? Choosing the Right Form of Communication and How to Write Persuasively and Why) and we think about the topic even more often. Recently, I came across some terrific articles that crystallize the mistakes that people all too often make when communicating. Read on to avoid pitfalls.
What Not to Do
Harvard Business Review contributor Stever Robbins succinctly summarizes what not to do in Seven Communication Mistakes Managers Make. This article is spot-on in indentifying crucial missteps that sabotage effective communications. They include:
1. Making controversial announcements without doing groundwork first
2. Lying
3. Ignoring the realities of power
4. Underestimating your audience's intelligence
5. Confusing process with outcome
6. Using inappropriate forms of communication
7. Ignoring acts of omission
Cultural Foul-ups
In our increasingly global world, communication must surmount not only time zones but cultural obstacles. If your work environment includes cross-cultural communications, take the time to educate yourself about the nuances of the world with which you interact. Good advice can be found in How to Steer Clear of Pitfalls in Cross-Cultural Negotiation - Tips for Avoiding Misunderstandings When Negotiating Cross-Border Deals and Avoiding the Pitfalls of Coaching Across Cultures.
Finally, I leave you with an amusing video produced by the Peace Corps illustrating cultural blunders in action.
Don't let this be you, educate yourself to avoid cultural communications gaffes and take steps to ensure that your domestic interactions are equally inoffensive (and most importantly, effective!)
Have you had issues with communication missteps? Share your thoughts here and on the Beyond Folders Community's Facebook and Twitter pages.
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The opening covers the state's inside waters from the Atchafalaya River to the Louisiana-Texas state line.
The state inside waters from the Atchafalaya River east to the Mississippi-Louisiana state line will open 12 hours later at 6 p.m.
Some areas are still closed to commercial fishing and certain recreational fishing due to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.


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If we want to present dates, phone numbers etc. you would like to them enter the data in certain format. you can use easily jquery to mask the input, but only drawback to this approach is we need to add those functions for each input to be masked. In MVC 3/ MVC 4, we can easily achieve this by creating custom data annotation and use it on model.
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Pentimento Restaurant
- Address:
93 Main St.
Stony Brook, NY 11790Neighborhood:
Stony Brook
- Cuisine:
ItalianPrice: $31 to $50
Pentimento Restaurant
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.pentimentorestaurant.net/
- Phone: 6316897755x
- Hours of Operation:
Lunch: Monday - Saturday: 12:00pm - 5:00pm;
Dinner: Monday - Sunday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Italian
- Executive Chef: Dennis Young
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Entertainment, Full Bar, Gluten-free Menu, Happy Hour, Late Night, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, Smoking Area, Smoking Area (patio only), Takeout, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Catering: Catering options are available. Please contact the restaurant directly for details.
- Special Events: 7/31 - Acoustic guitar with Rudy Perrone
8/2 - Emma Borrie 7-10 pm
8/5 - Live jazz with Ray Anderson & Steve Salerno 7:30 pm
8/8 - John Restrepo Trio 9-12 pm
8/20 - Live jazz with Ray Anderson and Steve Salerno 7:30 pm
8/23 - Lawrence Clark Trio 9-12 pm
8/26 & 8/27 - Acoustic guitar with Rudy Perrone
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A word from Pentimento Restaurant
Mother nature is a living canvas. Winter is the essence; the pencil sketch. Spring is the creativity as the oils begin to be applied in a mixture of colors. Summer is the painting reaching its maturity ready for exhibit. And Fall is the many years of the painting being displayed as it slowly weathers from the elements until its hidden spirit is once again revealed, the pencil strokes; "a Pentimento".Continued
Inspired by the spirit of Mother nature, culinary artist and owner Dennis Young reflects this progression by creating a series of menus that are in sync with each of the seasons. And like the seasons each menu is merely a layer on the culinary canvas that chef and artist Dennis Young has been painting on for more than half of his life, and if one looks closely you can see through all of those layers and find a covered essence, "a Pentimento".
Inspired by the spirit of Mother nature, culinary artist and owner Dennis Young reflects this progression by creating a series of menus that are in sync with each of the seasons. And like the seasons each menu is merely a layer on the culinary canvas that chef and artist Dennis Young has been painting on for more than half of his life, and if one looks closely you can see through all of those layers and find a covered essence, "a Pentimento".
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Pentimento Restaurant reviews from OpenTable diners
59 reviews since June 3, 2014
- Food4.5Service4.4
- Ambiance4.2Noise LevelModerate
neighborhood gem (42)fit for foodies (31)special occasion (30)romantic (21)great for outdoor dining (19)vibrant bar scene (14)notable wine list (14)great for lunch (11)good for groups (11)great for brunch (5)hot spot (5)kid-friendly (4)late-night find (4)scenic view (3)Show More
- dinner for 2OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/27/2014Good experience. Nice food and environment. We recommended.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent restaurantBellagio60Dined on 9/23/2014Service was attentive, menu and food presentation creative and varied, Quality of food excellentSpecial Features:
- Excellent Food, Fantastic ServiceBrandrBVIPDined on 9/21/2014Dined here for Sunday dinner in a party of four. Fantastic menu selection and wine list. The food was both authentic and excellent, but the service here really stole the show! Our waiter provided better service than I've received in many Michelin-starred restaurants. He was that good! Pentimento Restaurant is truly a neighborhood gem in bucolic Stony Brook.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- WonderfulTeachnyDined on 9/20/2014The service and the food were excellent. I'm a regular. Chris and David were also delightful hosts!Special Features:
- Five Star Dinner!foodiesRusDined on 9/20/2014Our party enjoyed an exceptional dining experience, a big thank you to Chef Massimo and team. All of the dishes were beyond delicious, very creative, beautifully plated and full of flavor! Do not miss the bread pudding for dessert - unbeatable. The service was very professional and attentive. We highly recommend dining at Pentimento and will be back soon.Special Features:
- For lunch and special occassionNickDined on 9/19/2014Outdoor lunch seating for summer and fall is lovely. Food and service is excellent.Special Features:
- WonderfulFoodislifeDined on 9/16/2014We had the best service and the food was amazing. This was our anniversary dinner and we couldn't have picked a better place to celebrate.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Jhns.JourneyjhnsjourneyDined on 9/14/2014Any occasion from sharing a meal with someone special, to hanging out with friends. Food is good as is serviceSpecial Features:
- Always GoodKats411VIPDined on 9/12/2014Had dinner and cocktails at the bar. Our server made a great Cosmo and was a delight. Food was good as it always is!I would recommend this to a friend.
- gemfrequentdinerDined on 9/6/2014We have been dining here ever since it opened . our favorite restaurant :)Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent foodBarbVIPDined on 8/31/2014We had 6 people in our party. The food was excellent. The service was impeccable! We all had a wonderful time!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- one of the best on LIBKBarVIPDined on 8/30/2014Food is great, people are nice, and the bar is off the chartsSpecial Features:
- Great foodFineDinerVIPDined on 8/29/2014Farro and spinach salad is a nice alternative to a typical garden salad. The Arctic Char was perfectly cooked and seasoned. The dessert special of amaretto cookie stuffed plums with blueberries was original and delicious!Special Features:
- Delicious special menuYummyVIPDined on 8/26/2014I made a reservation to come here with my boyfriend and I am very specific when it comes to my seating, if there is an issue places usually call me and we make other arrangements when we got there they said the room I requested was closed for a private event so our only option was outside and we can go outside as look and pick a table we would like, I don't particularly care for outdoor seating but found a table we liked and the hostess was not happy with our selection but eventually let us sit and the waiter was nice but a little slow and not very formal for this type of restruant, we are a young couple and I was surprised at the service, I would expect a little more attentive. But EXCELLENT beet/potato tortellini!!Special Features:
- First rate food3MusketeersDined on 8/23/2014The food is full of wonderful flavors and textures. One can eat relatively inexpensively with an appetizer and a small pasta and still leave full and happy.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A "go-to" restaurant in Stony BrookKnightOfNiVIPDined on 8/23/2014No doubt you'll have a good meal there. Excellent service, too. We love it here and they've got a great happy hour going, too. We like to bring out of town guests there and they use fresh ingredients. Very solid wine menu. Looking forward to our next meal there!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice menudoctoochDined on 8/9/2014Worth going for the many types of special dishes. We tried several small plates (mussels, olives, tow others),two entries(brick chicken and lobster with fettucini). All good stuff.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great dinner experienceMaryDined on 7/24/2014love this place, food was fantastic, wine was perfectly recommended. Place was a bit cold but otherwise it was a perfect experience.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- first timehungryDined on 7/22/2014Friends have told me this restaurant was great and I have lived close by for 4 years so figured it was time to check it out. Great location, near the Stony Brook Musuem and Grist Mill. In a quaint cluster of shops. Food was great. Our waiter Mat was excellent. He brought out a cheesecake with a candle for my friend who was celebrating his 90th birthday and the staff wished him happy birthday as we left. I will go back to this deliteful restaurant. Our waiter recommended 3 appetizers which we shared and they were delicious. We had the meatballs, the artichokes and shrimp. Each one better than the other. I had a burger because I heard they were the best and I noted there was kobe beef in them. Delicious.Special Features:
- Great birthday dinner spot!CathyDined on 7/14/2014We gathered for our adult son's birthday. We enjoyed a warm reception and friendly service. The server was very accommodating in checking ingredients for a diner who has a gluten allergy. The food was outstanding from the carpaccio to the rabbit special and ending with some delicious chocolate pudding (which had a fancier name). We will be sure to return!Special Features:
- Reliable WinnerMericVIPDined on 7/8/2014We have been coming here for decades..and unlike most places that have been around for some time,,Pentimentao knows how to remain fresh,,vibrant with just enough new things to stay interesting,,and just enough old standards to appeal to a sense of continuing wonder fullness..Special Features:
- Great food- ambiance needs workWinoDined on 7/7/2014Bring a jacket it was freezing inside! Also, it would help a lot if you like jazz (I don't and honestly don't know anyone that does) because the they are playing it at an uncomfortablely loud level. I know I sound like an old man but trust me I am not.I would recommend this to a friend.
- My new local favoritebjwilkDined on 7/6/2014Dined here in the past, and then rediscovered the restaurant recently…many special changes in decor, menu and ambiance have made Pentimento my new local favorite.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 6/29/2014Warm ambiance,very good food, and excellent service.We,ll definitely returnSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A special kind of restaurantbjwilkDined on 6/21/2014Food choices are special…love the fact that I can have a cheese/salami appetizer with my wine. I highly recommend the experience.Special Features:
- Post Fathers Day TreatjoyfulVIPDined on 6/16/2014We were three at dinner the day after Father's day. We tried 5 different appetizers and they were all quite good. I particularly liked the clams and the shrimp both having a light savory sauce perfect for dipping the bread. After so many appetizers I decided on the half portion of squid ink linguini with shrimp. The pasta was al dente and the shrimp were tender without being mushy. Another dinner choice was the pork chop special and yet another was the ahi tuna. Both were enjoyed. The only complaint I have is that we really did want to enjoy each course without being rushed to order the next and our waiter though not pushy did keep coming over to get our main order. Other than that the service was professional.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Our Go to RestaurantPupsterDined on 6/14/2014Food is always good, great friendly service. Very accommodating staff. Dining room needs WORK. Very bland not inviting. Bar area the best. 1st level very cozy, tables not too close. Had a nice evening this past Saturday 6/14Special Features:
- Great small plates.OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/12/2014Went with small plates, food was excellent. Try the duck liver pâté, the savor is incredible.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- great place all aroundBKBarVIPDined on 6/5/2014and you have to try the drinks, they go crazy over making them perfectSpecial Features:
- SMITHSDined on 6/4/2014Excellent food, and great ambience. We can't wait to go back! I selected "kid friendly" because it was on the Wednesday night that we dined there. However, I would be a bit reluctant to bring our 5 year old son on a Saturday night.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 96 reviews are from the Pentimento Restaurant reviews archive.
- frequentdinerDined on 5/31/2014we have been going there for years. have never been disappointed. it is one of the few restaurants that when they enlarged..... it became better. most of the time if they enlarge..... it is not as good. enjoy!Special Features:
- Great little spot for fine dininggreatDined on 5/23/2014It's always good here and the staff accommodating. The seasonal menu options it interesting.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Never disappointsOpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 5/16/2014This restaurant keeps their menu interesting. The staff is friendly. The bar could be a little crowded and loud so if you want a quiet dinner sit in the room that is further away from the bar. My friend thought the menu was overpriced with entrees in the 25 - 30 dollar range but I think that is normal for that type of restaurant in this area.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- SKahnUSDDined on 5/16/2014A bit noisy as their bar is packed all afternoon and evening. The pasta dishes are very good with a great Marinara Sauce. The eggplant Appetizer was excellent. Unfortunately, the bread was stale and uninviting. This was our first visit, and as with any restaurant, you need to learn their strengths. I'm sure that there are great choices to be had once you know what to order. However, wonderful bread is an essential part of a good meal, and that was severely lacking.Special Features:
- Great food and serviceEturtletyDined on 5/12/2014Rare gem to find both of these components in a restaurant while keeping costs reasonable as well.Special Features:
- Mothers DayMininuDined on 5/11/2014Lovely Mothers day late lunch with my daughter. Excellent cocktail, shared a grouping of appetizers and were very satisfied.Special Features:
- Right here in Stony Brook.legalmavenDined on 5/11/2014You'll find Restaurant Pentimento ... indoor and outdoor dining, great bar area and great food.Special Features:
- Always goodKnightOfNiVIPDined on 5/10/2014We've eaten here a few times. Pentimento is a nice place in a nice neighborhood. Normally, the people who eat here are well dressed and well mannered, and the staff/management do a nice job. Its always good. We don't sit at the bar, but I could see that happening in the near future, for happy hour or just for a drink or two. Food is always well prepared and enjoyable... one of those "go-to" places that just doesn't disappoint, which REALLY is important... you know what you'll get. Several interesting combinations can be found; I had the corn chowder app (a small is plenty), but the lobster hash browns are worth the trip. Wife had the red snapper; good stuff.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Date NightDebbiehas4kidsVIPDined on 5/3/2014Pentimento has become one of my favorite restaurants!!!! I love how the menu changes, always something new to try. This time they had fettuccine with fresh tuna, which was delicious! We started with grilled artichoke, yummy! We also had the burrata which was so rich and creamy, we passed on dessert because we had no room!!!Special Features:
- anniversary dinnermahomama59Dined on 4/26/2014We enjoy Pentimento very much and were very happy to celebrate a lovely anniversary meal there. It is a gorgeous restaurant, the food is delicious and the service is friendly & low-key. We feel fortunate that it is so close to our home!Special Features:


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there's nothing like getting all dolled up to make me confront all of life's little problems in the right mindset. the sound and feel of all those layers of silky goodness makes me all giddy. the flexis flow deliciously and the lacey textures ooze femininity. i am in girly heaven.
Neferia's had this outfit on her walls for some time. she blogged it way back in october but i knew when i had the time and the inclination to have it, it'd be mine. i looked around the rest of the store, most pieces were in the low range of 100L so when i went to pick up "Lillian" i was surprised to see it priced at 350L. no matter, i've got plenty of pudding cups in the cupboards. the feel i was looking for didn't come from any other outfits i had. this was the one to transform the grumpy moi.
the glitch pants have the same lace trim as the skirt's flexis. they went past my knee showing past the skirt hem so i lost some detail raising them up. the skirt only needs the pants when you are walking or sitting anyway. i tried putting in an intelliskirt script but hey, i'm a girly girl now! no time for deciphering code.
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The New England Patriots already began trimming down their roster for the 2013 regular season by making some moves on Wednesday. The team announced the release of offensive lineman Nick McDonald as well as wide receivers Lavelle Hawkins and Perez Ashford as part of their training cap cuts.
McDonald is the most notable of the trio, after spending the past two seasons with the Patriots, while appearing in total 16 games with three starts during that span. The fourth-year pro McDonald saw substantial time at guard last season, playing 12 games with one start. Prior to that, McDonald spent his rookie season with the Green Bay Packers in 2010.
Although McDonald played an important role in the trenches and added versatility to the offensive line with his ability to play at every position on the line, the Patriots opted to waive him with a "failed physical" designation. He had yet to practice with the team in training camp.
The 28-year-old McDonald's release should impact the Patriots' depth at offensive line, even though he wasn't a regular starter with the team.
Hawkins was signed by the Patriots to a two-year deal, just eight days after his release by the Tennessee Titans on May 1. Originally drafted as a fourth-round pick out of the University of California in 2008, Hawkins spent the first five seasons if his career with the Titans, starting 52 career games while registering 71 receptions for 771 yards and one touchdown.
The27-year-old Hawkins' best season came in 2011, when he appeared in all 16 games for the Titans (with two starts), catching 47 passes for 470 yards, and scoring his only career touchdown.
Undrafted rookie Ashford signed with the Patriots on July 19, but didn't stick around for even two weeks in Foxboro. Earlier this offseason, Ashford also signed with the Cleveland Browns after going undrafted in April's draft, but he was cut on May 30.
The Northern Illinois product hauled in 110 passes for 1,192 yards and four touchdowns during his four-year career as a Huskie.
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NC sides with Duke in appeal of coal ash ruling
April 11, 2014 - Ben Klein
WNCN Investigates did some digging into the Environmental Management Commission, and this is what we found:
-Benne Hutson, chairman of the group is an environmental lawyer who's written about coal ash saying citizen lawsuits will be used as "weapons" to shut ponds down. His law firm, McGuire Woods, has represented Duke Energy in the past.
-Gerard Carroll worked at the National Gypsum Company. Gypsum is commonly collected from the coal burning process along with coal ash. The company is home to a solar farm owned by Duke Energy
-Charles Carter is an attorney with Nexsen Pruet, a firm who's handled environmental cases in South Carolina and represented Duke Energy.
-Daniel Dawson is a manager at WK Dickson, where we're told the vice president's brother is an employee at Duke Energy.
-Then there's Excell O. Ferrell, the former president and CEO of Grand Bahama Power. He retired in 2006 as senior vice president of electric distribution at Duke Energy.
-Next is Manning Puette, a retired attorney, not for Duke Energy, but for another major power company in California.
-Dr. Albert Rubin, is a former environmental consultant at McKim and Creed whose been contracted to do land surveying projects for Duke Energy.
-Clyde Smith is the general manager for Cleveland County Water, who could back a project to build a reservoir for a nuclear plant owned by duke energy
-Finally that leaves Steve Tedder, an environmental scientist whose done work for the EPA, but has now retired after 37 years with DENR.
It all at least nine of the 15 members had ties to Duke Energy, DENR, or a major power company.
WNCN learned three of the 15 members, Benne Hutson, Charles Carter and E. O. Ferrell recused themselves from the vote because of conflict of interest.
Michael Biesecker, Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina regulators are joining with Duke Energy in appealing a judge's ruling on cleaning up groundwater pollution leeching from the company's coal ash dumps.
The state Environmental Management Commission filed notice Monday that it intends to appeal a March 6 ruling by Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway.
The commission and Duke contend North Carolina law does not give the state the authority to order an immediate cleanup. Ridgeway ruled the state had been misinterpreting the law for years.
Environmentalists say the decision to file an appeal directly conflicts with public statements from Gov. Pat McCrory suggesting his administration is getting tough with his former employer after a Feb. 2 coal ash spill that coated 70 miles of the Dan River in toxic gray sludge.
McCrory, a Republican, worked for Duke more than 28 years prior to retiring to run for governor. The nation's largest electricity company and its employees have remained generous political supporters to McCrory's campaign and GOP-aligned groups that support him, providing more than $1.1 million in support since 2008.
Though the governor directly appointed eight of the commission's 15 members, McCrory spokesman Josh Ellis said the panel operates independently of the administration. The remaining seven members were appointed by state House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate leader Phil Berger, both Republicans.
"The commission does not report to the governor," Ellis said.
Ellis declined to say whether the governor disagreed with the decision made by his appointees.
Charlotte lawyer Benne C. Hutson, whom McCrory appointed as the commission's chairman in July, said Tuesday that he recused himself from the special April 3 closed-session meeting where Ridgeway's ruling was discussed. Hutson said his law firm represents Duke, which presented a conflict of interest.
Vice Chairman Kevin C. Martin, a McCrory appointee who presided over the meeting, said he couldn't discuss matters under pending litigation or any legal advice the commission received. However, he said a concern with Ridgeway's ruling is that it wouldn't just affect Duke, but potentially thousands of other state-permitted wastewater lagoons in North Carolina.
He said staff from the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources advised the commission without taking a position on the issue.
"No one told us how to vote," he said.
On the same day the state commission met behind closed doors, Duke filed its notice appealing Ridgeway's decision. The company also asked the judge to delay enforcement of his order until the N.C. Court of Appeals rules. Ridgeway declined.
The latest legal tussle comes after a coalition of environmental groups moved last year to sue Duke under the federal Clean Water Act over its groundwater pollution.
After state officials met with the company's chief lobbyist, the state environmental agency used its authority to file environmental violations against all of Duke's 33 coal ash pits across the state. The agency, represented in court by the office of Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper, then quickly proposed a settlement that would have fined Duke $99,111 over pollution at two of its plants with no requirement that the $50 billion company take action to clean up its pollution.
Environmentalists criticized the deal, which they contend was intended to shield the company from harsher penalties it would have likely faced in federal court. McCrory has denied his former employer received any preferential treatment from his administration.
The state agency withdrew from its proposed agreement with Duke following increased public scrutiny in the wake of the Dan River spill.
"Just a week after the state publicly abandoned its sweetheart deal with Duke and promised to 'enforce' the law, it has appealed a judicial ruling that confirmed the state's legal authority to enforce a real solution for coal ash contamination," said D.J. Gerken, a lawyer for the Southern Environmental Law Center. "We're disappointed that this administration remains so determined to delay through litigation rather than move forward to stop ongoing pollution of North Carolina's rivers, lakes and groundwater."
Federal prosecutors have filed at least 23 grand jury subpoenas as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the relationship between state regulators and the company prior to the spill.
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Didi Fung, a contractor for the Environmental Protection Agency, collects water samples from the Dan River as state and federal environmental officials continued their investigations of a spill of coal ash into the Dan River in Eden, N.C. Documents and interviews collected by The Associated Press show how Duke's lobbyists prodded Republican legislators to tuck a 330-word provision in a regulatory reform bill running nearly 60 single-spaced pages. Though the bill never once mentions coal ash, the change allowed Duke to avoid any costly cleanup of contaminated groundwater leaching from its unlined dumps toward rivers, lakes and the drinking wells of nearby homeowners. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
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