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Marcus A Corns:
May 26, 2014 at 9:06 pm
Life would be so much better without the word "FAG" Not amusing.
Angelus Brady:
June 6, 2014 at 1:40 am
Tell that to the British when they use the word "fag" for cigarettes.
June 6, 2014 at 5:15 pm
Angelus Brady really? you think this is about cigarettes?
June 6, 2014 at 5:30 pm
Marcus A Corns No, but "fag" does have an entirely different meaning in the UK. I learned to stop caring about being called a "fag" a hell of a long time ago. We need to stop being so butthurt about everything. Also before you say anything, I'm a gay man as well and I frankly just don't care what gay slurs anyone calls me.
Sebastian Cee:
June 11, 2014 at 4:28 am
Angelus Brady Ditto
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If you work for yourself in the UK today you are not alone. OK, strike that - you may work alone; but you're not the only one. The number of people choosing self-employment over a regular salary is rising fast. Estimates suggest that one in seven workers in the UK now work for themselves.
There are plenty of stats to back this up but it's hard to get a complete picture because the world of self-employment is so diverse, including as it does everyone from a part-time freelancer to a company director with a staff of one.
So what do you call yourself? Are you a freelancer, a contractor or a consultant? An entrepreneur, sole trader or one-man-band? And does it matter?
A report published by the Association of Independent Professional and the Self-Employed (IPSE) in April this year describes freelancers as "important but hidden".
Focusing on professional freelancers in sectors such as media, education, IT and sport, the IPSE report says there are an estimated 1.91 million freelance workers in the UK. By this measure, 6% of all UK workers in employment are freelance.
But this is not the whole story.
Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) released in May report that the number of self-employed people in the UK increased by 182,000 to 4.69 million between Q4 2015 and Q1 2016.
The ONS uses the Labour Force Survey (LFS) to gather its data and its definition of self-employment is based on the respondent's view - in other words those surveyed are simply asked if they are an employee or self-employed.
Allowing workers to define themselves is a sensible approach. No matter what type of business you are in, if you work for yourself, then you identify as self-employed - whether you happen to be a freelancer or the director of a limited company.
Meanwhile the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) reports that of the 5.4 million SMEs in the UK, 4.1 million are "non-employing businesses". In other words, 76% of small businesses do not employ anyone apart from the owner.
And FSB statistics show that these "non-employing businesses" account for 90% of the 1.9m increase in SMEs since 2000. What's more, the number of sole proprietorships has increased by 50,000 in the past year alone.
So the one-man-band, for want of a better description, is becoming more and more popular. But the jury is still out on the reasons for this.
Clearly the recession has played its part and necessity has been a factor for some; but there's also evidence that self-employment is a key part of the changing world of work. The proliferation of freelance jobs sites is certainly testament to an evolving labour economy.
What's clear is that there is no single type of freelancer. Some may fall into self-employment; for others, it's part of a specific career plan or lifestyle choice.
Then there are entrepreneurs who start small but have no plans to stay that way. But not every freelancer wants a growing business. Indeed, what attracts many to self-employment is the autonomy and flexibility not just of having no boss but having no staff either.
And that's where all sole traders have something in common. They are both employer and employee in one and that brings its own challenges as well as rewards.
The Government-commissioned Self-Employment review published by Julie Deane in February picked up on many of the challenges facing sole traders and made these recommendations:
It's high time the Government focused on this important group of workers and came up with policies to make their lives a little easier. Julie Deane's recommendations are a good place to start.
Copyright © 2016 Rachel Miller, editor of Marketing Donut.
Exactly a year ago, I took the plunge and decided to become an internet freelancer, helping people grow their business online. Going out into the big wide world was daunting at first and there were some ups and downs.
But now I've got to a point where I am an established freelancer, working with reputable companies such as Groupon, Xexec and Call Wiser. Here are my top tips based on what I have learned so far:
It's important that the people closest to you such as friends and family know what you do, because they are going to be the ones most likely to recommend you to potential clients.
Start by posting regularly about your expertise on Linkedin and Facebook. Share posts about your industry, write blog posts or get an interview with the local press and share it. Soon, people will start associating you with that particular skill, such as PPC or SEO, and they will recommend you to others looking for that service.
As a freelancer, you need to ensure that you are constantly getting work. Without a regular monthly salary, you need to keep busy. Making connections with others in your industry is key.
Initially, I got in touch with dozens of agencies and freelancers and arranged meetings with a few who were interested. Eventually, I had a strong relationship with a few companies who regularly referred me work and continue to do so.
Clients come in all shapes and sizes. Some will squeeze every penny out of you, have huge expectations and expect you to overwork. Other clients will treat you respectfully and value your expertise and these are the clients you want to keep.
There is nothing wrong with turning down work from demanding clients even though it pays the bills. It is better to focus on those clients that treat you well and pay you on time. Overall, you will be more motivated and happier with your work.
There is really no need to pay too much for office space as a freelancer. By avoiding commuting and office costs, you can simply keep more money for yourself.
If you don't have space at home, it's likely that friends or family have a spare room where you can work. Or perhaps someone you know has a spare desk in their office that you can use one day a week. And of course, every high street has cafes such as Starbucks that offer a place to work and free wi-fi.
Having a back-up plan as a freelancer is important because you never know if the work could dry up for a while. This is common during the summer months or the Christmas break where people take more time off work or don't want to commit until the busier season.
So having a plan B is essential, whether it's a side project that you are working on and can devote more time to during slower periods, or giving lessons to people on your expertise, either in person or through online portals like Udemy.
There are also freelancing platforms like Elance where you can potentially pick up work at short notice. Above all, being busy is key to being a successful freelancer.
Copyright © 2015 Daniel Tannenbaum. Daniel works in London as a freelancer in SEO, PPC and digital marketing under Tudor Lodge Consultants.
There are only so many hours in a day and there's only so much you can charge for your products or services. Once your start-up hits these inherent ceilings, you're at full capacity in terms of financial return. You're probably near the end of your tether, too. But there is a way to expand your business beyond this point, without the responsibility of employing staff.
Gone is the need for an endless list of "Stuff I need to do" (aka everything). Instead, have two lists:
Write down what you're best at. You will be far more productive, with better results, if you only do the stuff that interests you, the things you are best at, the jobs your skills are best suited to – in short, the reasons you started the business in the first place.
Deep down you probably know that while you love analysing customer feedback (List One) or coming up with new product ideas (ditto), you usually put off writing your blog or doing your accounts. Or maybe there is something you put off because you just don't know how to do it (that new e-commerce part of the site maybe or the wireframes for your new mobile app). Those are the jobs that belong squarely in List Two.
This includes everything else. Whether it's not the best use of your time or you don't have the right expertise, be honest with yourself about what would be done better or more quickly by somebody else. As a business owner, knowing when to delegate work can be one of the most difficult decisions. Remember that your time is finite – and probably your most precious resource. Here are five suggestions for jobs you could hand to someone else and get some valuable hours back in the process.
Faffing around with fonts, colours, symbols and swooshes is a) fun and b) a gaping black hole of productivity. Twiddling with our logo or letterhead is what we do when we're avoiding doing something more difficult and more useful. Better to browse designer's portfolios to find a design pro who matches your requirements and let them get on with it.
Good businesses communicate – regularly. But when you're short on time, generating engaging, fresh, on-brand, unique, SEO-rich content for that weekly blog, e-shot or customer newsletter can feel like a millstone round your neck. Hiring a freelance writer to create your copy is easy: just give them a few topics to work from and enough information to help them capture your voice. Bingo! A 500-word blog post. No more trying to be pithy and punchy in your kitchen at 2am.
If your website is your main customer-facing platform, you need web analytics to make sure it's doing the best job possible. But it's way too easy to get sucked in. Nicotine, alcohol, Candy Crush… compared to the addictive and hypnotic glow of the Google Analytics dashboard, they got nothing. Outsource it, read the top-line report and free yourself from this time-zapping peril. Similarly, buying and optimising keywords on Google, Bing and Yahoo has become a complicated science with ever-morphing algorithms. Get an SEO expert to keep an eye on your clicks and conversion rates for you.
Managing a social media campaign is a 24-hour, rapid-response activity, and as the leader of your business, you just don't have the availability. By all means, check in on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn every now and then, but delegate the day-to-day campaign stuff to a freelancer who can dedicate himself or herself to making your business a social media success.
How many hours a week do you spend on basic admin tasks such as data entry, research, database management, transcribing, planning events or organising travel? It's blatant misuse of your most valuable business resource (yes, that's you!). You'll find thousands of freelance virtual assistants online with a good broadband connection and a typing speed way faster than yours. Get one.
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It's a familiar criticism and one with which I have more than a measure of sympathy. Those nasty, greedy banks, eh? After all we've done for them, letting them off scot-free for the mess we've all ended up in, even bailing out some of the worst offenders with obscene amounts of taxpayers' money.
And how do they repay our generosity? By not lending money to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), that's how. Well, there's gratitude for you.
With many of the banks recently announcing huge profits, it could become difficult for some of them to continue to justify their ongoing reluctance to make credit more available to businesses – especially with mounting government criticism from Vince Cable and others. And then there are the bankers' bonuses, of course. God forbid the day when these aren't being paid.
Better access to credit at affordable prices could seriously ease the cashflow crises many SMEs regularly face, yet despite having direct experience of the serious strain lack of cash creates, why are so many SMEs so bad when it comes to paying their own suppliers on time?
As a freelance editor and writer, unfortunately, I speak with a lot of experience. And it's not just the knock-on effects of having to wait for cash, as bad as these can be. It's also the additional unpaid effort that must go into chasing money.
Not all of my customers are 'bad payers'. There are a couple who realise that one-man-band freelances simply cannot afford to wait for their invoices to be paid. We must pay our bills and operating expenses and try to put food on the table like anyone else. Understanding customers are worth their weight in gold. These are the people you want to work for, the ones for whom you don't mind going above and beyond the call of a purchase order form or commissioning note.
However, no matter how great the work you do or how much flexibility you show, there are other customers who use every delaying tactic in the book to get out of paying their bills on time, from pretending 'X from accounts is on holiday at the moment' and 'Oh, I don't remember receiving your invoice…' to simply ignoring polite email reminders.
They know they can exploit the situation by ignoring timid 'please pay within 30 days' requests at the bottom of invoices, because – what are you going to do – charge them interest? What, at current rates? Good luck. Even if you are prepared to ask for interest (providing you've made this apparent in your terms and conditions), they'll probably stop using you. After all, it's a buyer's market in most sectors at the moment and always has been.
In recent years, things seem to have become much worse. The ranks of the brass-neck late-payers – the sworn enemies of cash-strapped sole traders and micro businesses throughout the land – seem to be swelling. Delaying paying invoices, often to everyday self-employed people who need the money to survive and who themselves cannot get bank credit, seems to have gradually become 'the way things are done', a kind of malevolent current business convention.
In the post-Credit Crunch world, were it not for the millions of sole traders and micro-firms who have no choice but to bite their tongues and wait patiently for their money, the situation for many larger businesses would be much more bleak... You're welcome.
Mark Williams, Start Up Donut editor


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23 Oct 2012, 01:14pm by Brian Fremeau
What is the likelihood of each BCS top-five team remaining undefeated, and which statistics may reveal their vulnerabilities down the stretch?
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Which current one-loss teams might actually have a chance of running the table the rest of the way and sneaking back into the national championship picture?
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17 Oct 2012, 11:27am by Brian Fremeau
Alabama and Florida are at the top of the BCS and the FEI ratings this week. Plus, Brian Fremeau introduces a new way to visualize game splits for the No.1 Alabama Crimson Tide.
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West Virginia is No. 1 thanks to its Big 12 schedule, and could Alabama's strength of schedule actually hold it back if it loses a game?
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09 Oct 2012, 12:48pm by Brian Fremeau
South Carolina, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Florida, and Mississippi State are in the midst of or about to face the toughest stretches in their regular season schedules. Who will survive?
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Ohio State overcame turnover troubles to knock off Michigan State, and Georgia overcame a big field position deficit to beat Tennessee.
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02 Oct 2012, 10:50am by Brian Fremeau
LSU is undefeated and has one of the top defenses statistically in college football. But something's not quite clicking yet for these Tigers, and they're a good candidate to be the next top-10 team to lose
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25 Sep 2012, 11:01pm by Brian Fremeau
FEI puts Florida State in the driver's seat, but cautions that four weeks does not mean that they are "back."
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25 Sep 2012, 09:41pm by Brian Fremeau
How do Alabama, Oregon, LSU, Florida State, and Georgia compare statistically with recent national contenders?
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19 Sep 2012, 10:49am by Brian Fremeau
Which team in college football has done the most to increase its projected mean wins so far? Would you believe Alabama?
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George Clark writes: ... The Annual Meeting and elections of directors and officers will be held on Wednesday evening, 6:30 PM at The Mill 185 in West Boylston MA. Please RSVP if you plan to attend so that we can have the room set up appropriately. Plan is to order off the menu. Entrées run from $10-20 dollars, and is a mix of Italian American, Smokehouse, and American Comfort Food items.
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George Clark writes: ... WAPA members will be flying out to Chatham Airport (Airnav:CQX) this coming Sunday, April 17. Plan is to meet up at CQX at 12:30 for lunch. Anyone is welcome to join us.
Confirmed: Weather look great. Meet up at CQX for lunch. 12:30 PM
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George Clark writes: ... FAASTeam Rep. Kenneth MacDonald and FAASTeam Program Mgr. Jim Adams will present this eye opening safety seminar on preventing loss of aircraft control. We will review and discuss loss of control accidents and see how they could have been prevented.
Every year countless aircraft depart from controlled flight, unfortunately many pilots do not recover control prior to impacting the ground, resulting in serious injuries or death. This is an interactive seminar, so bring your questions.
This seminar hosted by Worcester Area Pilots Association and Juniper Hill Golf Course. The Juniper Grill will be open at 6:00 PM for food and drinks prior to the start of the seminar. Seminar starts at 7:00 PM.
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George Clark writes: ... The annual Holiday Party is being held again at the Overlook in Charlton. It starts at 5pm on Saturday the 5th. Reservations required, click HolidayParty2015 for details.
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George Clark writes: ... The annual WAPA Fly-in picnic will be held at Gardner Airport. We will be flying it to an active micro-jet airshow, so be sure to announce on CTAF and wait for word from the Air Boss that the runway is clear. The fly-in previous years has been a very enjoyable event. Everyone is welcome. If for some reason last minute weather results in a change in plan, we'll announce it on WAPA unicom. and update this posting.
Special thanks to Gardner Aviation Services for hosting our annual summer event.
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George Clark writes: ... The next WAPA meeting will feature a presentation by Graeme J W Smith
2015 is the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain the most significant air superiority contest in history. In this presentation Graeme J W Smith will outline the difficulties faced by the British in aircraft supply and pilot training as they struggled to make up their losses while facing daily odds of 5:1 against. Illustrated with photography from the present day of the South East of England where the Battle took place - the talk includes discussion of Graemes preparation to fly the Tiger Moth and Harvard trainers culminating in flying the Supermarine Spitfire. Wing Commander Tom Neil who was 19 during the Battle provides veteran commentary (by video) as to how it really was in 1940.
The meeting will be held at the Worcester Airport Terminal, 6:30 PM. Wednesday 17 June 2015.
WAPA will provide Coffee and light refreshments.
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How to get the nail polish look from the 3.1 Phillip Lim fashion show
As you may have noticed, New York Fashion Week has been popping out plenty of fabulous ideas for fashion, hair and makeup. While not every look would work in real life (some of those 'dos and styles are totally out-there), the nail fashion that showed up on the models at the 3.1 Phillip Lim show is definitely doable. Here's the how-to.
According to Glamour Magazine's beauty blog, the stylists at the show used a toffee-colored nail polish and a gray tone to get the look. You can find both colors in the Lippmann Collection – Nail Lacquers line, or test out your own combination. Neutral shades are great for the office, but there's no reason why you can't get bolder on the weekends!
Just paint your nails with a base coat like Lippmann Collection – Rehydrating Base Coat With Aloe Vera, then apply two coats of the first color you're using all over the nail. When that's completely dry (which should take about 30 minutes), apply a piece of tape to each nail with one edge going straight down the middle. It helps to stick the tape on your hand first so it's not too sticky – this could damage the polish underneath.
Now just paint the exposed side of the nail with the other color, take the tape off when it's dry and apply a top coat. Chic, no?


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Nevados de Chillan holds a special place in the heart of CASA Tours owners, guides, and guests. This mountain is responsible for more epic powder days, adrenaline-inducing lines, and "Best run ever!" exclamations than any other resort in South America. Chillan's lunaresque terrain, wide-open backcountry, un-crowded slopes, laid back mountain scene, and consistent snow conditions make it one of the best big-mountain ski & snowboard destinations in the world. It is so good that we made it the backbone of most of our Chilean tours.
On the 3,122 meter (10,243 ft) southern slope of Volcan Chillan are nine lifts that offer the longest rides in South America and vertical descents up to 1,800 meters (5,900 feet). Pirigallo, a steep bowl on the eastern side of the mountain, is a paradise for skilled riders. Our CASA guides frequently provide opportunities to tour into the wide open Tres Marias, Valle Hermoso and Shangri-La valleys, or ascend one of the three volcanic peaks that rise above the lift-serviced resort. Las Trancas, a sleepy alpine town located only 7km from the resort, offers comfortable accommodation as well as a variety of restaurants and bars. We consider Chillan to be the crown jewel of the Andes.
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One day before the Oscar nominations are to be announced for what Hollywood did best last year, the Golden Raspberry – or Razzie Award – people have announced their contenders for those filmmakers who collectively slipped on a banana peel in 2013.
Just like the Academy Awards, there are surprises as well as expected names in the running.
Up for this year's 34th annual Razzie Awards – to be presented March 1, the night before the Oscars – are some A-Listers, including first-time nominees Johnny Depp, Naomi Watts and Selena Gomez, as well as 31-time nominee Sylvester Stallone.
Previous "winner" Halle Berry, who proved a good sport by showing up at the ceremony to pick up her 2006 Razzie for Catwoman, has a chance to make another appearance, too.
Among those "honored" are:
Worst Picture
After Earth
Grown-Ups 2
The Lone Ranger
A Madea Christmas
Movie 43
Worst Actor
Johnny Depp, The Lone Ranger
Ashton Kutcher, Jobs
Adam Sandler, Grown-Ups 2
Jaden Smith, After Earth
Sylvester Stallone, Bullet To The Head, Escape Plan and Grudge Match
Worst Actress
Halle Berry, The Call and Movie 43
Selena Gomez, Getaway
Lindsay Lohan, The Canyons
Tyler Perry, A Madea Christmas
Naomi Watts, Diana and Movie 43
For a complete list of nominees, click here.
Also, notes Golden Raspberry Foundation founder John Wilson, for the first time in their history, the Razzies are working with their worldwide fan-base and the crowd-funding website Indiegogo to, in his words, "put on a high-end show this year and pave the way for the first ever Razzie Awards Broadcast in 2015."
Perhaps Sylvester Stallone could underwrite it.
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i am using wordpress 3.0 and the NextGEN Gallery 1.5.5 - plugin. for some reasons this plugin generates wrong thumbnail size. for example: in the options i set "width x height" to "150 x 105" and ckeck the option "ignore image propotions".
then i upload an image with a dimension of 900x624 and the plugin generates a thumbnail with a dimension of 147x105. but it should be 150x105.
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I'm giving user options to select certain properties on command line. User want to select comma separated list. So user will see something like this
- Prop1
- Prop2
- Prop3
So user can give 1,3 and hit enter and user will get 1 and 3 databases created. But these Prop1, Prop2, Prop3 has unique names and ids, which I've given in same batch script as properties and I want to concat all those depending on options user has selected and pass to my build script.
Example of properties:
SET propertyID1=11
SET propertyID2=12
SET propertyID3=13
SET propertyID4=14
SET propertyID5=15
SET propertyIDPref1=011
SET propertyIDPref2=012
SET propertyIDPref3=013
SET propertyIDPref4=014
SET propertyIDPref4=015
SET propertyName1=A
SET propertyName2=B
SET propertyName3=C
SET propertyName4=D
SET propertyName5=E
call :parse "%M%"
goto :eof
set list=%~1
for /F "tokens=1* delims=," %%f in ("%list%") do (
if not "%%f" == "" call :getLineNumber %%f
if not "%%g" == "" call :parse "%%g"
if "%%g" == "" call :printPropertiesConcatenation
goto :eof
echo "Gr8 " %buildPropertiesList%
goto :eof
echo file name is %1
set propID = 'propertyID'%1%
set propStr=propertyID
set propID=%1
set newvar=!%propStr%%propID%!
echo %newvar%
set propNameStr=propertyName
set propName=!%propNameStr%%propID%!
echo %propName%
set propIDPrefix=propertyIDPref
set propIDPrefixWithPrefix=!%propIDPrefix%%propID%!
echo %propIDPrefixWithPrefix%
set buildPropertiesList=%buildPropertiesList%','!%propIDPrefix%%propID%!
goto :eof
I can read correct values from these properties on iteration and see it using echo in loop. But I want to concat these values and pass it to build script. But I don't get way to see all concatenated values in one variable.
I want something like this. set propNames = A,C and set propIds = 11,13 in the end so that I can pass propNames and PropIds.
From above code I want buildPropertiesList to have 011,013
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Does anyone REALLY care about Apple TV? Sounds like a dead horse to me. IWatch might have some takers - cut little gadget and could actually be helpful, although mthinks samsung or google will get there first.
c"mon people...this is a serious question.
Eventually AAPL will produce a device that kicks content providers and console makers in the family jewels.
How long before that comes to market....AAPL's pace is excruciatingly slow.
Better yet is the notion of AAPL becoming a "bank" via iTunes.
Sounds rather ludicrous, however controlling flow of money is a natural outcome of what Jobs had in mind.
Hardware just a tool.
AAPL software integrated into every aspect of your life.
" Does anyone REALLY care about Apple TV? "
I do. But, i can't tell you why, because i really don't know.
The entire world will care. Just like with the iPhone. No one will understand the magnitude until they see it.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Fan boys want the iTV and will pay any price. Joe six pack will buy Samsung.. Apple needs to do something with content. If we can all cut the cable cord, APPL stock will skyrocket.
Buying DIS would shoot AAPL up $150 in short order
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Unfortunately, Apple TV will not be enough any more. There is no way it can live up to two+ years of hype, no matter how good it is. I am not a big fan of iWatch (if it is real), but then again, I didn't think the iPad was all that either when it first came out--was seriously wrong about that.
Apple has made other cute little gadgets like the Ipod and it turned into the Iphone and then the Ipad that is still morphing. Don't think cute little gadgets are the end game. 5000000 Itunes accounts and growing all started from the little IPOD gadget.
IF we all had a way to get hi speed internet at home without the cable TV company
IF Apple buys Neflix, VUDU etc.
IF Apple takes over Time WArner and Comcast
IF All content providers wil play ball with Apple
Then Apple could really take on the new future of TV, which is narrow casting. Get to watch what I want when I want.
All a tall order and a whole lot more than making a TV set !


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You can relatively find a decent spot to park, but unless you don't have car you'll either have to walk or ride the shuttle.
The parking at times can be irritaimg, but when you do park, its a hassle getting out because the cars are parked so closely together.
Parking for students is at a minimum, Parking permits are mandatory unless you are will to pay a $30 ticket everyday. The parking lots are horrible they have way to many pot hole or lose gravel! However, when you do find a good spot it's pretty close to class
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Parking spaces are always there but they can fill up quickly.
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Went to water polo all day. Danette was with me, so not much of an opportunity to sneak out for a run.
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Actual vs Planned
Upcoming races
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Run: 23h 25m 28s - 118.01 Mi
Strength: 2h 20m
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Strength: 5h 30m
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Stretching: 10m
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I think most of us are aware of our elected officials and the jobs they do on behalf of our communities, but we should also recognize the contribution our community boards and civic associations make in affecting conditions in our neighborhoods.
As a member of Community Board 11, I work alongside 49 other volunteers who operate in an advisory capacity when it comes to matters such as zoning issues, variances and other land use applications. We also have several committees which work on education, transportation, environmental, parks and health issues, among other important community matters.
Sometimes we address citywide issues as well. Board members may not always agree with one another, but we all respect each other and focus on our commitment to our communities. We are lucky to have a phenomenal office staff headed by District Manager Susan Seinfeld.
At our March meeting, we had a change in leadership due to term limits. Jerry Iannece, our chairman for many years, did an outstanding job in conducting our monthly meetings and representing the board at various meetings and functions.
Our new leaders include Chairwoman Christine Haider and Vice Chairwomen Laura James, Ocelia Claro and Eileen Miller. I look forward to working with our new dynamic team of leaders.
Also in the forefront of community leadership are the local civics. This is the ground level where community issues and problems are discussed. Working with city agencies, our elected leaders and the community board, those issues and problems are looked into and addressed.
Many civics are affiliated with the Queens Civic Congress, an organization with considerable influence because it represents more than 100 civic and community groups countywide.
I would urge all residents to join their local civic group and participate in meetings and discussions. If possible, attend monthly community board meetings, especially if there are issues on the agenda concerning your area. Board members want to hear the concerns from the community. It helps us decide how to vote on the various issues that come before the board.
You may also consider joining the board. We particularly need more representation from the Auburndale community at the present time.
We are lucky to live in a wonderful area. There are problems, especially with overdevelopment and education matters, but if we all work together we can make a difference.
Henry Euler
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God wants to grow us in grit in order fight to the finish in the things that matter. He gave us the Bible to learn the truth that leads to a better life and rebuke the lies that lead to sin. We need to fight against lies, to put Christ first, and to find the joy in any circumstance.
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[Watch] Here's What Happens When Your Side Chick Crashes Your Wedding
It's a scene out of a Tyler Perry movie.
Lee Daniels is one of the most controversial directors in Hollywood, but no one can argue his loyalty as a friend.
In our exclusive video, the filmmaker steps up to defend criticism of his dear friend Mariah Carey (who also had a role in his Oscar-winning film Precious) playing a sharecropper in his latest effort, Lee Daniels' The Butler. "They was stupid, and they didn't do their research," Daniels says of critics who believe Carey is too light-skinned to play a sharecropper.
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Case Report
Persistent cerebellar ataxia after exposure to toluene
Version of Record online: 7 OCT 2004
DOI: 10.1002/ana.410020518
Copyright © 1977 American Neurological Association
Annals of Neurology
Volume 2, Issue 5, pages 440–442, November 1977
Additional Information
How to Cite
Boor, J. W. and Hurtig, H. I. (1977), Persistent cerebellar ataxia after exposure to toluene. Ann Neurol., 2: 440–442. doi: 10.1002/ana.410020518
Publication History
- Issue online: 7 OCT 2004
- Version of Record online: 7 OCT 2004
- Manuscript Accepted: 16 MAY 1977
- Abstract
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An optometrist and a glue sniffer exposed independently to toluene vapors developed cerebellar, pyramidal, and cognitive dysfunction. All deficits cleared completely in the former but persisted in the latter. The findings confirm a previous report of a toluene-induced neurological syndrome that is exclusively central, sparing peripheral nerves.


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"Widening the Circle" is a passionate, even radical argument for creating school and classroom environments where all kids, including children labeled as "disabled" and "special needs," are welcome on equal terms.
In opposition to traditional models of special education, where teachers decide when a child is deemed "ready to compete" in "mainstream" classes, Mara Sapon-Shevin articulates a vision of full inclusion as a practical and moral goal. Inclusion, she argues, begins not with the assumption that students have to earn their way into the classroom with their behavior or skills, it begins with the right of every child to be in the mainstream of education, perhaps with modifications, adaptations, and support. Full inclusion requires teachers to think about all aspects of their classrooms pedagogy, curriculum, and classroom climate.
Crucially, Sapon-Shevin takes on arguments against full inclusion in a section of straight-talking answers to common questions. She agrees with critics that the rhetoric of inclusion has been used to justify eliminating services and "dumping" students with significant educational needs unceremoniously back into the mainstream with little or no support. If full inclusion is properly implemented, however, she argues, it not only clearly benefits those traditionally excluded but enhances the educations and lives of those considered mainstream in myriad ways.
Through powerful storytelling and argument, Sapon-Shevin lays out the moral and educational case for not separating kids on the basis of difference.
About the Author
Mara Sapon-Shevin is Professor of Inclusive Education in the Teaching and Leadership Department of the School of Education at Syracuse University. She teaches in the University's Inclusive Elementary and Special Education Teacher Education Program that prepares teachers for inclusive, heterogeneous classrooms. She frequently consults with districts that are attempting to move towards more inclusive schools and respond more positively to student diversity, providing workshops and support for teachers, students, parents and administrators. Mara presents frequently on inclusive education, cooperative learning, social justice education, differentiated instruction, friendship, community building, school reform, and teaching for diversity. She works with other educators and community members to design workshops and learning experiences to help participants build relationships across ethnic and racial groups and collaborate for friendship and peaceful co-existence. Mara can often be found leading conference groups in community building, singing and dancing. The author of over 150 books, book chapters and articles, Mara is also the co-author of a seven session curriculum entitled, "Endracism/Endinjustice: Challenging Oppression, Building Allies" designed for high school and college students. She is the co-producer of a DVD entitled "and nobody said anything: Uncomfortable Conversations about Diversity" that explores critical teaching incidents on social justice for faculty in colleges and universities. Her most recent book is Widening the Circle: The Power of Inclusive Classrooms (Boston: Beacon Press, 2007).
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"Widening the Circle is an ambitious, impassioned argument for inclusive schools powered by a vision that goes far beyond the mutilated version of 'mainstreaming' common in American schools today. To Sapon-Shevin the current state of affairs is a caricature of inclusive education, reductive and impoverished, a place where every student is defined by a putative deficit, imprisoned in a label. Her goal—breathtaking in its sweep—is to break through the walls of the prison, and to set us all free. She shows us that huge questions of democracy and freedom can be discovered in a simple game of musical chairs, that our deepest values are enacted in our everyday classroom practice. A dazzling manifesto and call to arms."—William Ayers, author of Teaching toward Freedom and To Teach
"Widening the Circle is packed with sharply observed challenges to conventional ways of thinking. It digs beneath classroom strategies to find larger truths about difference, exposing the moral implications of segregation in the process. One by one, Sapon-Shevin skewers the philosophical and practical objections to inclusion. Her book should be read by all educators, not just those in the field of special education."—Alfie Kohn, author of The Schools Our Children Deserve and What Does It Mean to Be Well Educated?
"I love the spirit that infuses the book and the constant reference to the connection between school values and larger democratic values, as well as its attention to the nitty-gritty of classroom life. A book both practical and thoughtful."—Deborah Meier, author of The Power of Their Ideas
"With a profound vision and a gift for storytelling, Sapon-Shevin leads educators to think of social justice in terms of classrooms that are truly inclusive, and in the process, challenges and broadens the very ways that we think about inclusion: of whom, in what ways, for what purposes. Essential reading for all educators."—Kevin K. Kumashiro, Director, Center for Anti-Oppressive Education


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Buddha Delight Roll 9.00
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Pan Seared Pork Dumplings(6) 5.00
Pan Seared Vegetable Dumplings(6) 5.00
Roast Duck 14.00
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Bean Curd *spicy
Ma Po Tofu* 9.15
with or without diced pork, bell peppers, mushrooms, snap peas, water chestnuts, and soft bean curd.
Shredded Pork With Bean Curd And Mushroom 9.75
Crab Meat With Bean Curd 11.00
Pan Seared Stuffed Bean Curd 9.75
stuffed with minced shrimp.
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steak with pineapple and onions in a sweet sauce.
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available spicy or not spicy.
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By Sam Baker - 06/10/11 08:23 PM EDT
Enrollment in new state-based insurance pools finally topped 20,000 in April, according to new figures released Friday by the Health and Human Services Department.
The pools for high-risk patients have fallen far short of their enrollment targets, thanks in part to high premiums. Nationwide, the pools grew by a total of roughly 3,100 people in April — the most recent month for which data is available.
Total enrollment was at 21,454 as of April 30, according to HHS. The increase from March is roughly in line with previous months' updates.
Late last month, the department announced that it would lower premiums in the 23 states where high-risk pools are operated by HHS. The remaining 27 sates run their own plans.
The insurance pools were designed as a temporary bridge for people with pre-existing conditions. Beginning in 2014, insurance companies will be required to cover people with pre-existing conditions. Until then, sick people can enroll in one of the new high-risk pools.
Originally, people were only eligible for the high-risk pools if they had been denied coverage from a private insurer. HHS dropped that requirement last month at the same time it reduced premiums.


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It's compelling to watch Exxon, the strongest in the group, finally get crushed.
Even as it takes one hit after another, this market has remained resilient.
Jim Cramer thinks United Parcel Service's is being helped by Amazon.
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Private Water Companies Join Forces With Fracking Interests
by Sarah Pavlus, via the Colorado Independent
Two of the country's largest private water utility companies are participants in a massive lobbying effort to expand controversial shale gas drilling — a heavy industrial activity that promises to enrich the water companies but may also put drinking water resources at risk.
The situation — which some watchdogs describe as a troubling conflict of interest — underscores the complex issues raised by the nationwide push to privatize infrastructure and services like water, prisons, and roads.
The water companies – American Water and Aqua America – are leading drinking water suppliers in Pennsylvania, where drilling is booming. They also sell water to gas companies — which use a drilling technique that requires massive amounts of water — and have expressed interest in treating drilling wastewater, a potentially lucrative opportunity.
These investor-owned, publicly traded water utility companies are also dues-paying "associate members" of the gas industry's powerful Marcellus Shale Coalition, a fact confirmed by coalition spokesman Travis Windle, who says associate members pay $15,000 annually in dues. "Our associate members are really the backbone of the industry," adds Windle.
Both water companies serve millions of people across the country – Aqua America operates in 11 states and American Water in more than 30. Neither company is currently in Colorado.
The coalition, which is led by major gas producers, contends that "responsible development of natural gas" will bolster the region's economy while providing an important source of domestic energy. It has reported over $2 million in Pennsylvania lobbying expenditures since 2010.
Aqua America joined the coalition in 2010 and Pennsylvania American Water – a subsidiary of American Water – joined in 2011, according to the coalition's quarterly magazine, which publishes a full member list in each issue.
Shale gas drillers use a combination of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," to extract gas from the Marcellus formation in Pennsylvania. The controversial technique forces millions of gallons of water — mixed with sand and chemicals — into the ground to crack the shale rock and release gas. In addition to the potential risks posed by actual fracturing, the process produces large amounts of toxic wastewater that can be difficult to dispose of safely.
The Environmental Protection Agency is currently conducting a congressionally-mandated study "to investigate the potential adverse impact that hydraulic fracturing may have on water quality and public health." Pennsylvania is home to three of the seven sites selected for the nationwide study.
Separately, the EPA is testing the water of some Pennsylvania residents who say that nearby gas drilling contaminated their wells. According to the EPA, early test results indicate the water is safe to drink, however, some environmentalists disagree with that analysis.
In the meantime, the water companies are selling water to the drillers while calling for fracking to be done in an environmentally responsible manner. In a presentation to investors last month, American Water stated that it is "realizing additional revenues from water sales to drilling companies while remaining vigilant in protecting our water sources."
In the presentation, the company noted it is "currently selling water to gas drillers at 34 distribution points in Pennsylvania," and that it "sold 250.4 million gallons of water to gas drillers from January through December of 2011, producing $1.6 million in revenues."
(Some public water utilities sell to drillers too, but no public utilities are part of the Marcellus Shale Coalition.)
American Water spokesman Terry Maenza says the company's support for environmental protection is unchanged by its role in the shale coalition and that it is also a member of numerous environmental groups.
"By the nature of our business, we will continue to be stewards of the environment, ensuring water source protection," says Maenza.
The company isn't currently in the drilling wastewater treatment business, according to Maenza, though during a quarterly earnings call last year, American Water CEO Jeff Sterba told investors, "We are very definitely looking and working in the wastewater treatment area." Maenza declined to comment on any specific initiatives.
Aqua America executive Karl Kyriss says his company's involvement in the coalition helps protect water resources.
"By participating, we can have some direct input into the group that is looking to support development of the Marcellus Shale," says Kyriss. "But we are very much committed that it be done in an environmentally sensitive and protected manner. And we think we can do that better from the inside than just sort of watching what happens."
Aqua America is aggressively positioning itself to take advantage of what CEO Nick DeBenedictis has described to investors as a "water-energy nexus that could have a positive impact on the future of our company." In recent years, the company has made sizeable acquisitions in Texas and Ohio – states that, like Pennsylvania, are home to large shale gas plays – and is also building a pipeline in Pennsylvania to supply water to drillers.
DeBenedictis believes the pipeline will ease the wear and tear on roads and the environment currently caused by trucks carrying water to wells.
Recently, however, that pipeline has come under fire from local anti-drilling activists because the project will displace dozens of residents from a mobile home park.
Like American Water, Aqua America is not currently in the drilling wastewater treatment business, but may expand into that market in the future.
Some environmental advocates see potential conflicts between the interests of the private water industry and the interests of drinking water consumers.
"If American Water and Aqua America wanted to ensure that their water supplies were protected, they would support a national ban on hydraulic fracturing for shale gas," argues Mary Grant, a researcher at Food and Water Watch, which has reported on Aqua America's ties to the coalition. "But, instead of acting on the precautionary principle, they are paying thousands of dollars a year to an industry coalition that advocates for shale gas development, despite the risks to water quality."
"We are concerned that these relationships encourage investor owned water utilities to endorse shale gas development despite its risk to public water supplies," Grant says.
Eric Goldstein, a senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council, adds, "Sometimes the interests of private ownership are inconsistent with the concept of preserving our water resources in the public trust for future generations. And the potential clashing of those interests is why these questions have been raised about whether for-profit companies ought to be running public water supplies."
Sarah Pavlus is a reporter with the Colorado Independent. This piece was originally published at the Colorado Independent and was reprinted with permission.
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North Dakota oil extraction in the Bakken Formation currently totals 20-30 million gallons of fresh water PER DAY for fracking.
Multiply that by the number of sites fracking nationally and you get a clear vision of how much precious water is wasted in this toxic process.
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That looks like a deceptive and diversionary assertion to muffle opposition in communities and state governments.
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"Drilling" wastewater has been prohibitively expensive to clean, because it not only includes fracking additives, it includes produced geologic water from the target rock strata. The geologic water has high specific conductivity from its salt content and may also include radionuclides. The produced geologic water usually continues to flow after drilling is completed, and common practice is to accumulate it in open lagoons with plastic liners. The produced water is too salty and radioactive for conventional municipal water treatment plants.
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This is an unholy alliance.
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2012 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards by Network Products Guide
Posted on April 20, 2012 by Paul Hammond
Unstoppable! Virtual PBX Wins Yet Another Award for Virtual PBX Complete
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Panasonic Cordless Phones Deliver Business Quality
Posted on April 11, 2012 by Paul Hammond
Home and office phone systems have come a long way in the past few years. Numerous upgrades have made all types of phones more accessible, especially with Panasonic cordless phones.
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VirtualPBX® Wins 2011 Unified Communications Product Of The Year Award From Internet Telephony
Posted on April 5, 2012 by Paul Hammond
Virtual PBX Complete with VoIP Anywhere Recognized for Innovation
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Skip to comments.Key sponsors Speedo, Omega back Michael Phelps after apology for marijuana pipe photo
Posted on 02/03/2009 4:19:16 PM PST by Wolfie
Key sponsors Speedo, Omega back Michael Phelps after apology for marijuana pipe photo
Two of Michael Phelps' leading sponsors expressed support for the Olympic great Monday, a day after he apologized for being photographed in a British newspaper inhaling from a marijuana pipe. Luxury Swiss watchmaker Omega termed Phelps' actions a private matter and "nonissue." Swim wear manufacturer Speedo called the 23-year-old American a "valued member of the Speedo team."
Phelps acknowledged "regrettable" behavior and "bad judgment" after the photo appeared Sunday in the tabloid News of the World.
Speedo gave Phelps a $1 million bonus for his record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. Phelps joined Speedo in 2001, a year after making his Olympic debut in Sydney. He dominated the Beijing Games in the company's high-tech LZR Racer suit.
"In light of Michael Phelps' statement yesterday, Speedo would like to make it clear that it does not condone such behavior and we know that Michael truly regrets his actions," Speedo, which is based in Nottingham, said in a statement to The Associated Press.
Related links PHELPS Photo "Michael Phelps is a valued member of the Speedo team and a great champion. We will do all that we can to support him and his family."
Omega said it was "strongly committed" to its relationship with Phelps, calling his Beijing accomplishments "among the defining sporting achievements in the history of sport."
"The current story in the press involves Michael Phelps' private life and is, as far as Omega is concerned, a nonissue," the company said.
The News of the World said the picture was taken during a November house party while Phelps was visiting the University of South Carolina. Under World Anti-Doping Agency rules, an athlete is subject to sanctions only for a positive test during competition periods.
"Michael Phelps is a great Olympic champion," the International Olympic Committee said in a statement to the AP. "He apologized for his inappropriate behavior. We have no reason to doubt his sincerity and his commitment to continue to act as a role model."
Wow! That is quite an accomplishment! Those currents around the SFB are insane, and the cold...my hat is off to you.
Hey dude. Some of us are not dope smokers, alcoholics, cig smokers or losers. Dope smoking is not healthy.
I would rather see other swimmers get a chance to make some endorsement money. $10 million a year just to Phelps is foolish. Sad but he is a doper.
According to government statistics more than 100,000,000 Americans have done it. Looking at the same statistics you would find that more than half of all adults under the age of 60 in this country would admit on a government survey that they have smoked marijuana. A lot of people haven't done it. That's true. But a whole lot have, including a lot of Christians and conservatives. People don't talk about it a lot because it carries a certain social stigma, and of course it is illegal, but if you had some way of knowing who has done it I think you would be surprised at how many people you know who have done it and in some cases still do it occasion.
He is a doper and what he did is still illegal and he does have a responsibility to those who sponsor him....I am shocked that his sponsors have not dropped him, I guess they have bought into the idea that everyone does it and he is only 23.....I say Barbra Streisand to that and he should be held accountable..... What bothers me the most is our society has become so excepting of bad behavior....
Yup, been there, done that. Swimmers, sky divers, and believe it or not, top motorcycle racers all smoke pot regularly. As one champion racer explained to me, he can hear each engine part screaming as he races--it "talks to him." Funny thing is, if it were legalized, a huge part of the border war violence would go away, and inner city kids would have to find real jobs. Boy that would suck, huh.
Glad to meetcha! Actually I don't do it anymore, but for real I know some of the best scientists, engineers, and CEO's who partake regularly. Most of them quite well off.
I love that quote I saw it earlier today.
"Swimmers, sky divers, and believe it or not, top motorcycle racers all smoke pot regularly."
All of them do? Come on. That's b.s. I'm sure some do. I wouldn't doubt that the percentage of these people who do it is higher than the national average because their mostly young, more likely to be male than female, and at least sky divers and motorcycle racers are people who would tend to be more likely to live on the wild side somewhat. The same would go for snow boarders. But not all of them smoke pot. That's just a ridiculous thing to say.
"their" = "they're"
Back awaaaay from the monitor...
We all remove part of ourselves from reality periodically, some with drugs some without. Most "recreational activities" involve temporarily getting away from reality for a while, watching a movie, reading a book, going for a hike, doing crafts. If nothing else you gotta sleep once in a while, and while you sleep you dream. Getting away from reality is an important part of good mental health, it's only a problem for the ones that forget how to come back.
Personal ethics.
Being outlawed might be the reason for the criminal activity but the narcissism of the end user is what drives demand.
After all when you face God and he shows you the victims of your use then what is your response? "Not my fault?"
If you knew that someone got shot for every jar of peanut butter you ate, are you still going to be eating peanut butter?
LOL, I think you meant to say "You're worse than Hitler!"
So what if someone lives on a farm and grows their own? I don't see a lot of victims there.
/nanny state assclown mode
I don't have a problem but really how many of the joint smoking Freepers and general population really grow their own? Did Michael Phelps demand proof the marijuana was grown behind the house he took the bong hit?
If home grown pot was really big there wouldn't be need to smuggle it across the borders.
Honestly on both sides is needed. The holier than thou crowd gets off by lecturing others on how to live while the other side pretend they would support medical marijuana as passionately if they didn't want to smoke for their own enjoyment.
Responsibility for your actions is my problem with it.
I think most people would say the violence would go down tremendously if not stop in the event that it were legalized.
I'm just saying that not all joints are the product of smuggling, but being a product of an illegal activity does invite other illegal activities. Not that legalization won't involve illegal activities, but probably of a very different, non-violent kind.
I don't smoke and have no desire to if it were legal, but that doesn't mean people can't believe it isn't a waste of resources to prosecute people who do use.
A lot of bad things happen up stream in the supply chain of things we use every day. Whether it's miners getting black lung to supply us with coal or steal workers losing body parts to the mill or fishing boats sinking or drug cartels having their little wars.
If God is going to hold all of the upstream "victims" of our various usages against us I don't think any of us are making it to heaven.
Am I for legalization, sure why not. Even harder drugs like meth caused less violence back when they was legal.
But for the individual user if you know your actions of buying and smoking a joint is causing others to suffer is it ethical to keep doing it?
The coal miner, fisherman, steelworker, etc takes risks for employment. In much the same way the drug addict takes risks for their own reasons. Yes I can argue there is a certain amount of "guilt" if you buy gold knowing that a large amount of miners die for large amount of gold mined.
The big difference is that US Steel don't go out and shoot a six year old because she was in the way in a drive by shooting or the coal company isn't going to kidnap a girl as a sex slave because you buy coal.
I don't care about those who make bad choices as those who never get a choice. It isn't even about drugs. Congress outlawed clove cigarettes sometime last year. Hell I used to love to smoke them and I think the law is stupid. But I am not going to go out and buy black market clove cigarettes and create a demand that leads to violence.
If you grow your own, fine but if you are buying your marijuana from a dealer knowing that most likely it is causing all sorts of violence and death up the supply chain then that is the most narcissistic act I can think of.
In fact I have more respect for the hard core addict who has to have the drugs than the social users who can take it or leave it.
To me it is much the same as the drunk drivers. Getting yourself killed is one thing, getting innocent people killed in pursuit of your own pleasure is one of the worse sins.
What about polution? Things aren't so bad now but back in the gray triangle days of the rust belt there were plenty of "innocent bystanders" paying for US Steel's profits.
Clove smokes aren't illegal, at least not federally. But even if they were, it's not the demand that leads to violence, it's the black market. If you ain't smoking it somebody else will.
I gave up pot a long time ago, scotch tastes better. But that doesn't mean drug laws aren't stupid, and that doesn't mean holding user accountable for what suppliers in a foreign country MIGHT be doing (don't really know if joint X came from one of the cartels doing crazy stuf in Mexico or not) and wouldn't be doing if there weren't these stupid laws.
Your equivalency is all wrong. A drunk driver is actively doing something risky to others. A drug user (assuming they aren't driving) is not. You're using way too much contageous sin logic. Somebody I don't know doing something I can't control that might or might not (depending on the supply chain) be related to getting me that stuff isn't my fault, isn't my problem, and I'm not carrying the guilt for it. You're waving around that same kind of universal guilt that people used for all Black Friday shoppers (and American capitalists in general) after the Long Island incident, their stupidity isn't my fault.
Do you really think those arguments is going to work when you stand in judgment in front of God?
Things like steel or coal bring good to society in general, pollution has to be weighed against that good. Exactly what good does dope or other illegal drugs do for society? Other than some medical use it isn't good for anything but pleasure. Thereby you can't compare a farmer losing an arm to produce apples for your dinner table or a steel plant polluting to the drug trade.
**Somebody I dont know doing something I cant control that might or might not (depending on the supply chain) be related to getting me that stuff isnt my fault, isnt my problem, and Im not carrying the guilt for it.**
By your logic it don't matter what others do as long as it don't effect me I take it.
I agree the laws are stupid, the government is responsible for that but I don't see any responsibility on your part.
I don't pretend to know what God thinks. I know what I think, and I don't believe in collective guilt.
What others do doesn't matter if you're not a direct participating part of it. I didn't do it, I didn't tell them to do it, I didn't setup the system that encouraged them to do it, I don't have any responsibility. I am not the conscience of the planet.
So let me ask you this question.
Would you buy a product made by a slave?
That was the intent of my question. Since you have never tried pot then you have no first hand knowledge of its effects........
Kinda like a virgin college professor explaining an orgasm...............LOL!
Red herring question.
Here's the problem with your hole position. Basically you're saying that a guy that smokes pot is bad because a fellow "employee" of the guy that sold the pot to a guy who sold the pot to a guy who sold the pot to a guy who sold the pot to the guy smoking the pot killed an innocent bystander. If you're going to play six degrees of seperation on guilt like that we're all going to hell.
No I am not saying the guy who smokes is bad. I am saying his actions cause bad things to happen. Take Phelps I don't think he is bad or you was bad when you toked. I think he was ignorant of what his actions caused.
If you think it takes six degrees of separation to find an innocent victim of someone using an illegal drug then yes you are ignorant.
I know how supply chains work, so I don't merely think but KNOW that the murder example you're using is at least six degrees separated from the guy smoking a joint.
"A guy who's in middle age like me is not much influenced by endorsements, anyway."
Not to mention, a speedo on a middle age guy is not a happy visual.
I don't believe God punishes us for our actions on Earth. We have Saints that did horrible things before they was saved. What I believe what God does is show us what we did on Earth and how they affected others and judge us from how we react. If you discovered that a joint you bought years ago indirectly got someone killed and you was very regretful in your heart for your action then I believe God forgives.
On the other hand "Well it isn't my fault, the government should of legalized it" I don't think will fly.
**I know how supply chains work, so I don't merely think but KNOW that the murder example you're using is at least six degrees separated from the guy smoking a joint.**
I am really interested on how you "KNOW". I don't recall drug dealers setting up their system based on Harvard Business School tactics.
But no joint I bought ever indirectly caused anything, not to the layers you're looking at. I bought from some guy, who bought from some other guy, on and on until you get to some drug cartel that might or might not have been in some war with some other drug cartel. I didn't tell them to get into a war, and I didn't make the drugs illegal which created the black market that spawned the cartels, I spent $1 on a joint.
Supply chains work the way they work for reasons that have nothing to do with Harvard Business School. The cartels that get into wars can't ber bothered with selling dime bags to high school kids. They sell hundreds of kilos to smugglers, who then sell to some guy that's going to part them out into smaller units for resale, and smaller units again, and again, and probably again, and then finally some high school kid is buying a joint. Million dollar guys aren't interested in $10 sales, and $10 sales guys don't have the resources to participate in million dollar sales.
If you're going to eat all the guilt for everybody on every supply chain in your life you're going to be doing a lot of praying. Because every supply chain for everything you have ever purchased, has some immoral SOB doing nasty things to kids in it. There's bad people in the world with legit jobs too, they don't just work for drug cartel. Collective guilt, like all other forms of collectivism, is just silly.
I, on the other hand, never liked him. He always came across to me as arrogant. Even back in Athens '04.
There are plenty of successful folks who rationalize their alcohol intake in the same manner.
LOL, maybe if I kicked back with a reefer.....
Dude, it's so easy a caveman could do it. And to do it really well requires only the caveman and a little Miracle Gro. Not that I've ever done it, mind you, but if you can master the concept of "lights on for 12 hours, lights OFF for 12 hours", you can easilyhave prize-winners come spring. Envision the equivalent of the giant pumpkin competition in Half Moon Bay, CA.
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The state's high school graduation rate has declined to 74.1 percent from 80.1 percent, but state officials pointed out they were using a new formula.
The education department previously had counted students who left schools to get General Education Development certificates as graduates.
The new standard, required under legislation passed in 2005, excludes them, as recommended by the National Governors Council.
Evan Dreyer, spokesman for Governor Bill Ritter, says regardless of the formula being used the numbers are not satisfactory.
He noted the government wants to cut the drop out rate in half within a decade.
Females outperformed males with a graduation rate of 78 percent compared to 70.3 percent.
The rate for American Indian students was 56.9 percent; for Asian students, 82.5 percent; for black students, 62.7 percent; for Hispanic students, 56.7 percent; and for white students, 80.8 percent.


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Code Name: Kill Zone
Today, when bomb-throwing madmen rule nations and crime cartels strangle the globe, justice demands extreme measures. For twenty years, ex-CIA agent John Barrone fought his country's shadow wars. Now, he spearheads a secret strike force of elite law enforcement and intelligence professionals on a seek-and-destroy mission against America's enemies. The world is stunned when brutal Cali cocaine king Luis Mendoza announces that he's seceding from Colombia to form his own country of Pangea, where he will rule for life. Mendoza's already bribed so many officials and politicians that his new land is formed without a fight. The U.S. knows it cannot stand idle as a hostile country based entirely on drugs, misery, and blood is created. With no official sanction, Barrone and his team are tapped to pay a visit to Pangea, and take out "El Presidente" Mendoza and the rest of his cartel by any means necessary. But Mendoza is expecting trouble, and he's got the killing power on his side.
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