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"The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom." ~ Justice William O. Douglas
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Column by Alex R. Knight III. Exclusive to STR Much has been made in the press recently about former Texas Governor turned Trump's Energy Secretary Rick Perry's economic statement: "Here's a little economics lesson: supply and demand. You put the supply out there and the demand will follow." To be sure, at first assessment, this statement seems counter-intuitively inverted. The most basic understanding of free-market principles instantly refutes it: Demand must precede...
Column by Paul Hein. Exclusive to STR The journey you are about to undertake requires you to travel directly South. Would a compass be helpful? Today you would use a GPS device, but its directions would be based upon some sort of internal compass. There is one situation, however, admittedly far-fetched, that would make a compass unnecessary. If you were to begin your journey from the North Pole--not near it, or close-by--but directly upon the pole itself, you could not go in any direction BUT...
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Original article Although much of Trump's "America First" foreign policy agenda – NATO is "obsolete," foreign wars are a drain we can't afford, etc. – has fallen by the wayside, the mere expression of such sentiments is enough to enrage the internationalists. That such a man is occupying the White House is an affront to them: they cannot let it stand. Their campaign to cleanse the American political landscape of such sentiments is the most comprehensive –...
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Commissioned by Tsar Peter the Great (1672-1725) as "a window looking into Europe," St. Petersburg is a planned city whose elegance is reminiscent of Europe's most alluring capitals. Little wonder it's the darling of today's fashion photographers and travel essayists: built on more than a hundred islands in the Neva Delta linked by canals and arched bridges, it was first called the "Venice of the North" by Goethe, and its stately embankments are reminiscent of those in Paris. An Imperial city of golden spires and gilded domes, of pastel palaces and candlelit cathedrals, it's filled with pleasures and tantalizing treasures.
Conceived in the soul of a visionary emperor, St. Petersburg is Russia's adopted child. With its strict geometric lines and perfectly planned architecture, so unlike the Russian cities that came before it, St. Petersburg is almost too European to be Russian. And yet it's too Russian to be European. The city is a powerful combination of both East and West, springing from the will and passion of its founder, Tsar Peter the Great (1672-1725), to guide a resistant Russia into the greater fold of Europe, and consequently into the mainstream of history. That he accomplished, and more.
"The most abstract and intentional city on earth"—to quote Fyodor Dostoyevsky—became the birthplace of Russian literature, the setting for Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. From here, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, and Rimsky-Korsakov went forth to conquer the world of the senses with unmistakably Russian music. It was in St. Petersburg that Petipa invented—and Pavlova, Nijinsky, and Ulanova perfected—the ballet, the most aristocratic of dance forms. Later, at the start of the 20th century, Diaghilev enthralled the Western world with the performances of his Ballets Russes. Great architects were summoned to the city by 18th-century empresses to build palaces of marble, malachite, and gold. A century later it was here that Fabergé craftsmen created those priceless objects of beauty that have crowned the collections of royalty and billionaires ever since.
The grand, new capital of the budding Russian empire was built in 1703, its face to Europe, its back to reactionary Moscow, which had until this time been the country's capital. It was forcibly constructed, stone by stone, under the might and direction of Peter the Great, for whose patron saint the city is named. Just as the U.S. capital, Washington, D.C., rose from a swamp, so did Peter's city. It was nearly an impossible achievement—so many men, forced into labour, died laying the foundations of this city that it was said to have been built on bones, not log posts. As one of 19th-century France's leading lights, the writer Madame de Staël, put it: "The founding of St. Petersburg is the greatest proof of that ardor of the Russian will that does not know anything is impossible."But if Peter's exacting plans called for his capital to be the equal of Europe's great cities, they always took into account the city's unique attributes. Peter knew that his city's source of life was water, and whether building palace, fortress, or trading post, he never failed to make his creations serve it. Being almost at sea level (there is a constant threat of flooding), the city appears to rise straight up from its embracing waters. Half of the River Neva lies within the city's boundaries. As it flows into the Gulf of Finland, the river subdivides into the Great and Little Neva and the Great and Little Nevka. Together with numerous tributaries, they combine to form an intricate delta. Water weaves its way through the city's streets as well. Incorporating more than 100 islands and crisscrossed by more than 60 rivers and canals, St. Petersburg is often compared, except for its northern appeal, to that other great maritime city, Venice.
St. Petersburg's gleaming Imperial palaces emphasize the city's regal bearing, even more so in the cold light of the Russian winter. The colourful facades of riverside estates glow gently throughout the long days of summer in contrast with the dark blue of the Neva's waters. Between June and July, when the city falls under the spell of the White Nights, or Belye nochy, the fleeting twilight imbues the streets and canals with an even more delicate aura. During this time following the summer solstice (from June to early July), the gloom of night is banished, replaced by a twilight that usually lasts no more than 30 to 40 minutes. To honour this magical phenomenon, music festivals and gala events adorn the city's cultural calendar.
St. Petersburg is not just about its fairy-tale setting, however, for its history is integrally bound up in Russia's dark side, too—a centuries-long procession of wars and revolutions. In the 19th century, the city witnessed the struggle against tsarist oppression. Here the early fires of revolution were kindled, first in 1825 by a small band of starry-eyed aristocratic officers—the so-called Decembrists—and then by organized workers' movements in 1905. The full-scale revolutions of 1917 led to the demise of the Romanov dynasty, the foundation of the Soviet Union, and the end of St. Petersburg's role as the nation's capital as Moscow reclaimed that title. But the worst ordeal by far came during World War II, when the city—then known as Leningrad—withstood a 900-day siege and blockade by Nazi forces. Nearly 1.1 million civilians were killed in air raids, as a result of indiscriminate shelling, or died of starvation and disease.
St. Petersburg has had its name changed three times during its brief history. With the outbreak of World War I, it became the more Russian-sounding Petrograd. After Lenin's death in 1924, it was renamed Leningrad in the Soviet leader's honour. After the demise of the Soviet Union, the city's original name was restored by popular vote. Following the failed coup d'etat of August 1991, which hastened the demise of the Soviet Union and amounted to another Russian revolution, the city reverted to its original name—it was restored by popular vote, the first time the city's residents were given a choice in the matter. There were some who opposed the change, primarily because memories of the siege of Leningrad and World War II had become an indelible part of the city's identity. But for all the controversy surrounding the name, residents have generally referred to the city simply—and affectionately—as Piter.
In honour of the city's 300th anniversary in May 2003, the government spent more than 1 billion dollars restoring St. Petersburg to its prerevolutionary splendor. Some of that hastily applied gloss has begun to fade but with St. Petersburg's most famous son, Vladimir Putin, having shone a light on his hometown, revamping for prestige events continues in fits and starts. More than ever, busloads of tourists come to feast their eyes on pastel palaces, glittering churches, and that great repository of artwork, the Hermitage.

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As the week after the big election began Monday, conversation in the Los Angeles area moved from politics to the Lakers' sudden coaching change. The two topics weren't totally disconnected.
Many Lakers fans are disappointed that the team, in its hurried search for a new coach, chose not to rehire Phil Jackson. But they actually should be happy to see the team move beyond the memory of the man who led them to five National Basketball Association championships from 2000 to 2010.
In pining for Jackson, the Lakers franchise and its fans were becoming like the Democrats who spent decades yearning for another President John F. Kennedy and the Republicans who compared every candidate for the party's presidential nomination to President Ronald Reagan.
Worshiping legends didn't work for the Democrats, losers of five of six elections between the presidencies of Lyndon Johnson and Bill Clinton. Plenty of analysts say it has stifled the Republicans for the same reasons, who lost two straight elections amid the rise of new generations of voters who have no personal memory of Reagan.
This brings to mind an apocryphal story that comedian Mort Sahl told in the 1980s. At a Democratic fundraiser, people kept touting presidential candidates by saying: "Al Gore - he's just like Kennedy." "Richard Gephardt - he's just like Kennedy." "Joe Biden - he's just like Kennedy." Sahl had heard enough, and asked someone, "Is there anyone in the Democratic Party who isn't like Kennedy?" The other guy said, "Yeah - Ted Kennedy."
Mike D'Antoni, whom the Lakers have hired after abruptly firing Mike Brown, is not just like Phil Jackson.
Then again, D'Antoni is a well-regarded, veteran NBA coach who has worked with Lakers stars Kobe Bryant and Steve Nash before, a pretty good find for a team in sudden need of a new man two weeks into the season.
And it might be that the Phil Jackson of 2012 would not have been the Jackson of Lakers fans' fond recollections, now that he is 67 and has held and resigned from the team's coaching job twice before.
It would have said bad things about the Lakers if the leaders of Los Angeles' most popular sports franchise thought the only solution to its problems rested with a retired legend.
It's good news for Lakers fans that the team is ready to create a new identity for itself.
In the same way, it says bad things about Democrats and Republicans when they think the only answers come from party heroes of the past.
After Mitt Romney's loss to President Obama in last week's election, Republicans are seeking a way forward. While Reagan should remain a role model in many ways, the GOP of the 2010s cannot be built around idealized memories of an icon of the 1980s.
What's true for the Lakers is true for political parties: An organization can't move forward while looking backward.


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FONTANA - More than 100 people in need of food and clothing stood in line on a chilly Saturday morning at Bethel Christian Fellowship Church.
The church at 9134 Mango Ave. holds a "Vision of Hope" food and clothing distribution from 10 a.m. to noon on the third Saturday of every month.
Mary Hernandez of San Bernardino was given a donation during the event.
"It was great what the church is doing for the community," she said.
Church officials advertise their distributions throughout the region hoping to get the word out to as many people in need as they can.
"That's what we're called to do. We're reaching out to people a little less fortunate," said Matthew Tringali, ministry assistant leader.
The church began holding its distribution events about five months ago.
It started out serving about 50 families and now is prepared to provide for 100.
As the holidays approach, Tringali expects more people to arrive at the distributions.
"Well, just because it's the holidays people are short on cash," he said, "and also we try to do a little extra around the holidays as far as giving out shoes and jackets on top of it."
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Social media, gossip websites and mommy blogs are abuzz about the antics of a young Florida girl who climbed inside a large skill crane and began handing out plush to other kids in an arcade. A picture of the event snapped by the parent of another child has been making the rounds on Reddit, Perez Hilton, Huffington Post and Gawker, among other rumor sites.
The pint-size Robin Hood, reportedly from Ft. Lauderdale, has apparently struck a nerve. News organizations around the world, including England's Daily Mail, have picked up on the story after it first appeared on Reddit. Comments posted on websites have been nearly unanimous in hailing the young lady as heroic.
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Ruby and Rose
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Ruby and Rose were doves, which meant they were pale grey gerbils with bright red eyes. They were very light sensitive and we had to put an opaque guard over their cage to protect them from the department's overhead lights. When they were about six months old they had an argument which resulted in violence. They had to be put into separate cages on opposite sides of our desk and could not even run around in their exercise balls at the same time without trying to start the fight up again.


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This is the device that converts any high definition television into a smart TV. The thumb-sized unit simply plugs into a television's HDMI port, connects to a Wi-Fi home network, and allows you to browse the Internet, send emails, or use apps on the television. The included wireless mouse provides untethered point-and-click navigation of app icons or websites and its underside has a full QWERTY keyboard for typing emails or website addresses. The mouse's built-in accelerometer translates hand movements into action on the screen, supporting interactive gameplay. The unit displays the Android mobile operating system on the screen and provides instant access to 100,000 apps and channels including, Netflix, YouTube, ESPN, and Hulu, available via the Google Play store. Uses 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi. Powered by AC or a television's USB port (adapters included). 4 1/4" L x 1 1/4" W x 1/2" D. (4 oz.)
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This thing works!!
By Jimd
from calgary, canada
wonderful device but the remote requires two hands because it is overly sensitive to movement - I bought another one
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Kind_Jim
from Seattle, Wa
It is a fairly inexpensive way to allow internet access onto a newer TV set with HDMI or USB ports. The problems are that the curser is very difficult to keep on the target when pressing the Enter button and the keyboard must be used with one finger because of an unstable base. I would look for a better solution if one exists.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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This is a keeper
By Ro
from Tucson, Arizona
This has preloaded apps for movies, music. The front of the hand held control manages the mouse/pointing arrow, and with a flip to the back of the control you have a complete keyboard...very easy to use. I haven't experimented with all this devise can do, but it got me to movies within an hour of plugging it in and that's what I wanted.
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Boy Did I Feel Stupid...
By EmBee53
from Grover Beach, CA
I haven't even gotten it hooked up to the TV yet because I'm having trouble connecting it. And I have a college degree!I'm going to get it connected one way or another. Maybe then I can give it a decent review.
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A very 'smart' product.
By Chris
from Orleans, Ontario
Meets all expectations.
Easy to convert HD TV to Smart TV
By Cornflower
from Alberta Canada
Directions were clear for set up of TV - Had no issues with Netfix subscription - immediately we received programming. Only concern was 'where to plug into TV' - however, the choice became obvious once installing converter
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By jayski
from Glendale, AZ
rapid delivery easy to use
Does the job
By Upstatepano
from Upstate SC
I wanted the advantages of a smart TV without having to purchase a new TV. Works great. Saving a lot of money now with Netflix instead of purchasing movies from cable.
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Not all it's cracked up to be.
By Rick the handyman
from Lexington, SC
Difficult to navigate the WEB from page to page.
Sounds better than it is
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from Houston, TX
Variety of apps good. Kept freezing or disconnecting while loading. Catalog photo misleading regarding size. Keyboard too small and difficult to use. Curser hard to control/operate.
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Uproot Wines Paving the Way for Wine Ecommerce
When Uproot Wines launched their online store in November 2014, they did so with a brand new integration between their ecommerce platform Shopify and ShipCompliant, which automates compliance checks for selling wine online. Find out how Uproot Wines is setting themselves apart from the competition, and how Shopify and ShipCompliant are helping them to revolutionize wine ecommerce.
The Story
Uproot is an alternative choice for the next generation of wine drinkers. With the massive foodie culture that has exploded onto the scene, Uproot decided to provide top quality wines to go with that food.
"It's all about the experience, our great customer support, and the great stories behind our wines," says Jay Levy, co-founder of Uproot. "We're part of the makers market. We make very small batches of premium wine using the best french oak barrels. Our customer base in their late 20s, 30s and 40s are very much underserved when it comes to a wine that's targeted at them – but is good.
Uproot creates between 75 to 500 cases of each wine annually – that's it.
Shopify Plus came through as the platform that could accomplish what we wanted and gave us the most control. Being able to accept alternative forms of payment like Bitcoin, having better analytics and data for targeting customers – these were all key in our decision to choose Shopify Plus.
The Problem
Selling wine online is a challenge.
"It got to a point where I wanted to just start selling t-shirts," Jay jokes. "They don't go bad, you don't need to be 21 to sign for them, they aren't fragile and don't break."
Additionally, each US state has its own regulations on how wineries can sell direct to consumers. Merchants need to file paperwork and pay taxes in every state they sell in.
That's why Uproot needed ShipCompliant, an industry-leading tool that automates real-time compliance checks for wine orders being shipped to customers. ShipCompliant also provides a direct gateway to many different wine fulfillment locations, including two that Uproot is using to streamline quick delivery of their orders.
But Uproot also wanted to sell their goods on Shopify Plus, Shopify's enterprise plan, instead of traditional wine ecommerce platforms with limited functionality. To do this, Uproot needed to integrate ShipCompliant with Shopify.
The Solution
Uproot hired an agency called Verbal+Visual to integrate Shopify and ShipCompliant's APIs.
"Shopify's API and extensive documentation gave us the ability to rather seamlessly integrate with ShipCompliant using an embedded SDK," said Verbal+Visual's Caroline Molloy.
Jay says the team at Uproot is excited by how much easier their lives will be with the Shopify and ShipCompliant integration. Non-compliance codes tell them why certain orders aren't compliant, and what they need to do to manage them.
"We're able to automate the passing back and forth of orders into ShipCompliant from Shopify," Jay said.
The future of wine ecommerce
ShipCompliant is currently working on developing a Shopify app that any Shopify store can use to integrate ShipCompliant.
"Launching an application to introduce compliance checks for a Shopify store would create an opportunity for Shopify to service the wine industry, and for wineries to take advantage of Shopify's quick setup and feature rich app environment," said Emily Sheehan from ShipCompliant.


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Portland Police website for DOJ documents
The Portland Police Bureau now features a link on its website dedicated to information regarding the Department of Justice investigation into the Bureau: CLICK HERE.
Information currently found on this link includes: meeting times and locations of various advisory councils and committees; an action item matrix associated with the DOJ proposed settlement; information regarding the Bureau's Behavioral Health Unit; and DOJ-related documents, including information on training, policies and internal affairs investigations.
On July 18, 2013, Judge Michael Simon granted time for the United States, city, and the Portland Police Association to file legal briefs this fall on several issues leading up to trial if the parties involved can't reach agreement.
"The Portland Police Bureau looks forward to continued engagement with all parties involved in this settlement agreement, as well as the community," said Chief Mike Reese. "Even though the agreement has not been adopted by the court, we want to ensure we have a place on our website that serves as a clearinghouse for any items related to the Department of Justice investigation, including meeting times of our various advisory committees. We also have the action item matrix documenting the progress we've made in implementing the proposed settlement. These items were either already in process or were reforms the community had strongly advocated for."
The Police Bureau will continue to add information on this site that is relevant to the pending DOJ agreement.


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Brian May undergoing more tests after MRI reveals 'abnormalities'
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Brian May is admitting there could be more to his back problems than some torn discs. The Queen guitarist says on his "Bri's Soapbox" web page that his recent MRI which revealed the disc damage also indicated "some abnormalities in the bones."
May explains that since Christmas he's undergone "a succession of blood tests, ultrasounds, and various kinds of scans, to see if they could rule out various kinds of cancer," and so far the tests have "eliminated a lot of nasty things."
The rocker adds that the specialist he's seeing hasn't found "any evidence of cancers in the tests," and has given him "permission to be optimistic." But May still doesn't know just what's wrong. He says he went in for another scan Tuesday morning, so he expects to know more soon.
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i love mexican food, but i don't know of too many good places to really get some authentic stuff. sometimes i'm picky about restaurants, and trying new ones too. i usually need tips, and references to wanna try one. so anybody got any recommendations for any good mexican places in any of the four jersey shore counties? anywhere in monmouth, ocean, atlantic, or cape may. even in north jersey if it's worth mentioning.
Los Charritos in Union City, NJ for some REAL AUTHENTIC Mexican food, not to mention all of the other authentic Mexican, Cuban, Colombian, Honduran, Uruguayan, Dominican, Ecuadorian bodegas, markets and restaurants. Long story short, you want REAL Hispanic food no place tops Union City.
theres 2 nice mexican food place in wilmington, nc its called tower 7 and k38 but owenedby the same people and man its amazing. but when mexican food hits my stomach man does my stomach go off.
Yea when i checked out uncw i ate at tower 7 i got this huge @ss seafood burritto it was awesome
I could use a plate of lechón asado, arroz con gandules and a side of maduros.


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I have got wpa handshake but unable to get key...i m submitting 3 *.cap files which contains IVs.Plz get me wpa key for each cap file...
I have attached files in : hxxp://uploading.com/files/cacfc23c/cap.rar/
Ivs? Wpa? You're somewhat mixed up I think. Not to mention that no one in his right mind would download anything from you.
beside being illegal to hack a network that is not yours , obviously you have know idea what you doing how the hell you going to get WPA from IVS
Knowledge is Power
For WPA-PSK cracking needs 4-way hanshake capture. IVS pertains to WEP cracking. Don't miss these two things.


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As I came up the steps behind her friend, Mrs. Janeway, she took hold of me and asked 'Who is this?'
This was the first time I had ever seen Dr. Janeway in the sick-room.
Mrs. Janeway wanted to spend the day with her son's family over at Oriental, so I was laying out to cook my own dinner.
Major Janeway also had a narrow escape, a ball passing so close to his forehead as to redden the skin.
Fragments of fish vertebr of Anogmius type were also found here by Dr. Janeway.
"I am sorry to say, I fear there will be fighting among the tribesmen," replied Mr. Janeway, one of the Christian workers.
I shall never forget one day at lunch after Dr. Janeway had been seeing some of these mentally mortgaged men and women.
The 14th regiment now numbered three hundred men for duty, commanded by Lieut. Colonel Janeway.
About this time, I reminded him of the account of Janeway, which he once read at my desire.
Hector Cowan, whose face had suffered, backed up Janeway's demand.


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Phillip's Dry CleanersBy Amie Barrodale
In New York, I did not want to go online and search for a gifted dry cleaner, and so I took the recommendation of a friend. The shop was in Nolita, and the cleaner was skeptical. The stain was unlikely to come out, he explained, and to attempt it, he would need a week. I told him I was leaving in three days, and he shrugged. He apologized.
In Seattle, I went online and found a place called Phillip's Cleaners. What attracted me was not so much the raves—there were twenty accounts of removals of stains deemed unremovable—but the complaints. One man said that for a year, he had brought Phillip several shirts and two pairs of pants weekly. Then, for no apparent reason, Phillip had said to the man, "I don't want your business anymore."
There were several reviews of that sort. And due to a kink in my psychology—one that I believe is shared by many—this indicated to me that I had found in Phillip something very rare: a master.
My mom drove me to his shop. We had trouble finding it; naturally, it was small and not so much nondescript as invisible. She parked out front.


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Lil' Wayne may be a big name in hip hop music, but he's a moral and intellectual lilliputian who trivialized the murder of Emmett Till " by using it to make sick, caviler, sexist, and misogynistic references to women." If you are in need of a strong Black male role model, Paul Robeson is your man.
From Paul Robeson to Dwayne Carter, Jr. "Lil' Wayne"
by Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
"Robeson was socially conscious, socially responsible, and socially relevant."
The one word to describe Paul Robeson is "giant." He was born April 9, 1898 and died January 23, 1976. He was a person of extraordinary power, significance, and importance; a man of enormous strength and stature. Paul Robeson was an artist of the highest order; a singer, actor, scholar, and activist. He was considered by many to be one of the most important figures of the twentieth century.
Robeson was "race man." He was an African American who used his enormous strength and stature as an artist, intellect, and international figure to represent the race, disproving at every turn bigoted notions of White power and Black inferiority. Robeson was socially conscious, socially responsible, and socially relevant. James Baldwin once wrote, "Robeson…lives, overwhelmingly, in the hearts and minds of the people whom he touched, the people who gained from him the power to perceive and the courage to resist…He lived in our times, we live in his…"
In a recent interview with the Hollywood Reporter, singer, actor, and life-long activist Harry Belafonte stated, unlike Robeson (whom Belafonte knew quite well) "I think one of the greatest abuses of this modern time is that we have had such high-profile artists, powerful celebrities. But they have turned their back on social responsibility."
"Carter and his ilk take us back."
One of the current examples of a socially irresponsible high-profile artist is Dwayne Carter, Jr. aka "Lil' Wayne". Carter is a rapper; a hip hop artist. Dwayne was born in 1982, eighty-four years after Robeson. One would only expect artists to become better educated, better informed, more socially conscious and aware. Unfortunately, Carter and his ilk take us back.
While working with rapper Nayvadius Wilburn aka "Future" on his "Karate Chop" remix, "Lil' Wayne" drops the line, "beat the p---y up like Emmett Till..." Does "Lil" Wayne, Epic Records Chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid, or any rational adult in their inner circle have any idea how disgusting, demeaning, and socially irresponsible this is? Have they no shame?
Emmett Till was a 14 year-old African American boy from Chicago, IL who was visiting relatives for the summer in the small town of Money, Mississippi. On August 24, 1955 while out playing with his cousins young Till was accused of whistling at or flirting with a White woman, 21 year old Carolyn Bryant. On August 28, 1955 in response to the alleged whistling incident, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam arrived at Till's great-uncle's house where they took Till, transported him to a barn, beat him and gouged out one of his eyes, before shooting him through the head and disposing of his body in the Tallahatchie River, weighting it with a 70-pound cotton gin fan tied around his neck with barbed wire. His body was discovered and retrieved from the river three days later.
The brutal murder of Emmett Till was a seminal moment in African Americans struggle for human rights, a turning point. Tens of thousands attended Till's funeral. Images of his mutilated body were published in black magazines and newspapers, rallying popular support and sympathy across the U.S. Intense scrutiny was brought to bear on the condition of African American civil rights in Mississippi and throughout the entire country, with newspapers around the country critical of the state.
"One would expect artists to become better educated, better informed, more socially conscious and aware."
Paul Robeson the artist dedicated his entire life to fighting the hatred and racism that motivated Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam to brutalize and murder an African American teenager. Lil' Wayne, the so-called artist, decided to trivialize that horrific and historic event by using it to make sick, caviler, sexist, and misogynistic references to women. I ask again, has he no shame?
"Future" makes a feeble attempt to defend the indefensible by telling MTV News "The record it was done from a good place, good art, he ain't have no bad intentions when he was thinking about it like that." Relative to this ignorance, there is no good place; this is not good art; and their intentions are irrelevant.
Gil Scott Heron, one of the original rappers wrote in Message to the Messengers: "We got respect for you rappers… But if you're gon' be teachin' folks things, make sure you know what you're sayin'… Because if you're gonna be speakin' for a whole generation; And you know enough to try and handle their education; Be sure you know the real deal about past situations… Four letter words or four syllable words won't make you important; It'll only magnify how shallow you are and let everybody know it…"
This is a current example of how far we as a community have strayed from standards of conduct and decency. Anything goes for the sake of a dollar, a record sale, a fleeting moment of fame. Ignorant rappers can demean our history and demean our women. They can use our history to demean our women and claim "it was done from a good place, good art…"
Paul Robeson was a giant! Dwayne Carter, Jr. has turned his back on social responsibility; he is shallow and has let everybody know it. He is by his own admission and moniker just, "Lil".
Dr. Wilmer Leon is the Producer/ Host of the nationally broadcast call-in talk radio program "Inside the Issues With Leon," and a Teaching Associate in the Department of Political Science at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Go to www.wilmerleon.com or email: [email protected]. www.twitter.com/drwleon
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It is to set self-conscious philosophy singing and dancing, like the young gretry, to the tune of a waterfall.
"The price broke to a dollar and twenty yesterday," said gretry.
I just met gretry's statue on the stairs; he had enough and fled.
A great deal of the poetry set to music by gretry is by Marmontel.
It was then that he told gretry he was going to buy in the July crops.
Hitherto he had been a bear; now, after the talk with gretry, he had secretly "turned bull" with the suddenness of a strategist.


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Rock Hill, S.C. – Brevard College placed 100 out of the conference-record 822 student-athletes on the 2008-2009 South Atlantic Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll that was announced from the SAC office today. This was the first year the Tornados have been eligible to be put on the conference honor roll, having been provisional members in 2007-2008.
The SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll recognizes those student-athletes who carry at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average and have completed at least one season in the conference-sponsored sports of football, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, men's and women's tennis and men's and women's golf.
The 822 student-athletes represent 36 U.S. states, 30 foreign countries and three Canadian provinces. More than 25 percent (211) of the honorees held grade point averages of 3.75 or higher. Of those, 21 student-athletes carried a perfect 4.00 GPA.
The sport of women's soccer had the most honorees with 114, followed by football with 100. They were followed by baseball (89), men's soccer (73), volleyball (71), softball (65), women's basketball (62), women's cross country (49), men's tennis (39), women's tennis (38), men's golf (35), men's basketball (31), men's cross country (29), and women's golf (27).
For the third year in a row, Newberry College led the way with 113 student-athletes recognized. Wingate University was close behind with 108. First-year conference member Brevard College had 100. Tusculum College placed 99 on the honor roll, followed by Mars Hill College with 93, Carson-Newman College with 87, Lincoln Memorial University (77), Catawba College (73), and Lenoir-Rhyne University (72).
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Target Field's Kirby Puckett statue is being called "Tonya's Revenge" because she signed off on a sculpture that doesn't resemble her estranged husband, so future generations will have no idea what he looked like.
When the Puckett's were getting divorced in 2002 there were many bad stories that came out against Kirby. Tonya accused her former husband of threatening her in multiple ways. This being said. Would making a statue that she feels doesn't look like him really get back at her former husband?
Compare the images below. How close are they to each other?
To say that this statue doesn't look like Kirby Puckett is an insult to Twin Cities sculpture Bill Mack. If you click on the link above you can view lots of different works from Mack? All of the artwork that he has created about famous figures is very accurate. Mack designed many of the prominent statues on Target Plaza including Hall-of-Famers Puckett, Harmon Killebrew, and Rod Carew. Each one of these statues is superb and fits the characteristics of each individual player. Killebrew's Paul Bunyan-like swing, Carew's unique batting stance, and Puckett's signature game all adorn the plaza area leading to Target Field.
Puckett's statue will draw conversations for years to come. Future generations of Twins fans will wonder about the legend of Kirby Puckett. Past generations will be able to tell these future generations of the career and the game that came to define his career.
In the age of the internet and ever increasing communication avenues there will always be a way for fans to remember what Puckett looked like. Fans can directly access the internet from cell phones and iPods at the game. This unlimited access will allow fans to find real-life images of Puckett at the touch of a button.
There are also images of Puckett that are found throughout Target Field. The Majestic Pro-Shop has pictures of Puckett to purchase. The Kirby Puckett atrium is full of images of Puckett from his playing days. So there are multiple ways for Twins fans to find a picture of Puckett.
If the statue is truly "Tonya's Revenge," then she failed miserably. Kirby Puckett and his image will be etched into the minds of fans as long as the organization exists. For Twins fans there will always be the thought of Kirby rounding the bases in the '91 World Series, his catch in the same game, and that infectious smile.
That is the image that will resinate in the minds of Twins fans in the years to come.
That is the image that will resinate in the minds of Twins fans in the years to come.


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Surfing against each other in the final for an unprecedented third time in a row, Kelly edges past Owen Wright in the dying seconds to win $105,000. The final started off slow but ended in fireworks as Kelly let Owen go on a wave with less than a minute left and in need of an 8.6.
With a big backside air and a couple of big Avatar turns, Owen got the score he needed, but left Kelly out the back and in control of his own destiny. Kelly responded on the very next wave with a huge layback snap followed up a bunch of turns to the inside where he raised his hands to the judges in one of 'Gimme the score!' type of gestures.
He got the score (deservedly) and the crowd went into hysterics. Kelly has now won three events this year and takes a commanding lead over #2 Owen Wright going into the European leg of the tour. If there's anyone capable of catching him it's Owen. His nickname is "Avatar" because he's tall (6'3") yet light and strong which makes for a rare blend of power and agility. He's got the crazy airs on lock, and has the heat smarts that other guys with his talent don't.
However, as much as surfing is a young mans game, the oldest guy just keeps winning. Can you say "Ke11y" in 2011?
ASP Press Release: Slater Defeats Wright In Historic Final To Win Hurley Pro At Trestles, Strengthens ASP Ratings Lead
Kelly Slater tops Owen Wright in their third consecutive Final to win his fifth Hurley Pro at Trestles title.
LOWER TRESTLES, California/USA (Wednesday, September 21, 2011) – Kelly Slater (USA), 39, has won his fifth Hurley Pro at Trestles title, defeating Owen Wright (AUS), 21, in a hard-fought Final that saw the iconic Floridian overtake the young Australian in a last-minute exchange with a final score of 17.50 to 16.74.
Slater and Wright's third consecutive Final bout marks a first in ASP history, as no two competitors have faced off in three successive ASP Dream Tour Finals – a noteworthy statistic in sparking this new rivalry in the battle for the ASP World Title.
Slater roared to life on the Final day, unloading the highest heat-total of competition, 18.40 out of 20 in the Semifinals, and maintained his lethal form throughout the day's entirety with a consistent display of new-school airs and patented carves to clinch his unprecedented 48th elite ASP World Tour victory and third of the season.
"Owen (Wright) is tough and he's been surfing great," Slater said. "There really are no weak points to his surfing and he's going to be a standout in every spot. A lot of the guys tried to get him this week and I got lucky in that last exchange. I was taking the first wave of the set under his priority and once I got priority I wanted to wait. It almost looked like there wasn't a wave after Owen's. It's been fun surfing against Owen and surfing Lowers. It's been a great week and thanks everyone for the crazy support, it's been wonderful."
Wright, current No. 2 on the ASP World Title rankings, has continued to build momentum throughout his sophomore year amongst the ASP Top 34 and dispatched of a rampaging Mick Fanning (AUS), 30, and rookie prodigy Julian Wilson (AUS), 22, en route to his rematch against Slater, but was unable to solidify the victory over the veteran in the Final.
"I've been enjoying the rivalry," Wright said. "We've had some great heats and the last three finals have been great. I'm glad the sets came through at the end. It was a bit of a dud final but I'm glad that last exchange came though at the end. It made it exciting."
Julian Wilson (AUS), 22, was a standout throughout the Hurley Pro at Trestles, earning the highest single-wave score of 9.80 as well as the second-highest heat-total of 18.23 in his Quarterfinals win over Joel Parkinson (AUS), 30, and consistently unloaded some of the most progressive maneuvers of the contest.
"I had a bit of fire after yesterday, not against Joel (Parkinson), but just to show that I could beat him," Wilson said after his Quarterfinal win. "I've dreamed about surfing against Joel and Mick (Fanning) my whole life and yesterday gave me a lot of confidence to go against him today."
The young Australian got off to a slow start in his Semifinals matchup versus Owen Wright after an interference and was unable to rebound, finishing equal 3rd overall. Wilson now sits at No. 11 on the ASP World Title Rankings.
Heitor Alves (BRA), 29, who finished equal 5th in New York, continued his giant killing spree at the Hurley Pro Trestles, defeating ASP World Title campaigners Taj Burrow (AUS), 33, and Adriano de Souza (BRA), 24, before falling to Slater in the Semifinals to earn his career best result of an equal 3rd place finish.
"Thanks God for everything in my life," Alves said. "This is a good result for me. Adriano is a good surfer, he rips this wave and surfs very well. This is a great event for me and I enjoy this wave."
Alves' performance moves him from No. 20 to 14 on the ASP World Title Rankings.
The next stop on the 2011 ASP World Title season will be the Quiksilver Pro France from October 4 – 13, 2011.
For additional ASP information log on to www.aspworldtour.com
1 – Kelly Slater (USA) 17.50
2 – Owen Wright (AUS) 16.74
SF 1: Kelly Slater (USA) 18.40 def. Heitor Alves (BRA) 16.57
SF 2: Owen Wright (AUS) 14.74 def. Julian Wilson (AUS) 10.04
QF 1: Heitor Alves (BRA) 12.77 def. Adriano de Souza (BRA) 12.50
QF 2: Kelly Slater (USA) 17.60 def. Josh Kerr (AUS) 11.07
QF 3: Owen Wright (AUS) 15.67 def. Mick Fanning (AUS) 15.67
QF 4: Julian Wilson (AUS) 18.23 def. Joel Parkinson (AUS) 14.93
Heat 1: Heitor Alves (BRA) 12.74 def. Taj Burrow (AUS) 9.80
Heat 2: Josh Kerr (AUS) 15.27 def. Jeremy Flores (FRA) 12.97
Heat 3: Mick Fanning (AUS) 18.23 def. Damien Hobgood (USA) 10.27
Heat 4: Julian Wilson (AUS) 15.67 def. Adrian Buchan (AUS) 12.37
CURRENT ASP WORLD TITLE TOP 10 (After Hurley Pro at Trestles)
1 – Kelly Slater (USA) 44,950 pts.
2 – Owen Wright (AUS) 39,900
3 – Joel Parkinson (AUS) 35,400
4 – Adriano de Souza (BRA)31950
5 – Josh Kerr (AUS)30,800
6 – Taj Burrow (AUS) 29,250
7 – Mick Fanning (AUS)28,200
8 – Jordy Smith (ZAF)27,500
9 – Jeremy Flores (FRA)23,700
10 – Michel Bourez (PYF) 22,250


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This is the backpack that turns young padawans into full-fledged Jedis, reminiscent of a famous scene in "The Empire Strikes Back." When this cuddly Yoda is strapped to their backs, children will feel like Luke Skywalker, carrying his Jedi Master through the obstacle course of the Dagobah swamps. Whether carrying snacks to the park in the zippered pocket or telekinetically lifting X-Wings out of the mud, all "luminous beings" wearing this pack may be reminded of Yoda's lesson of perseverance: "Do or do not. There is no try." Adjustable straps fit all ages 3 and up. 24" H x 6" W x 6" D. (2 lbs.)
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We used the Yoda backpack for a Star Wars theme birthday party for six-year old boys. The Jedi training included an obstacle course done with this Yoda on the backs of the aspiring Jedi. It was so cute! Perfect for birthday fun! Delivery time was incredible! May the force be with you.
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GREAT backpack for Yoda youngters fans!
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Yoda is very real looking and the backpack is soft & lightweight. The capacity is very small, however, due to the stuffing of Yoda itself. Also, the straps should be made to tighten more for the smaller child (my son is 7 y/o but about the size of a 9 y/o) and the straps are still too long at their tightest setting.
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My 5 yr. old grandson's reaction to receiving this product was pure joy. He could not stop smiling and was so enthused about his new YODA backpack. He put it on immediately and modeled it for us. When he took it off, he began playing with it as if it were a big stuffed toy. It made me feel good to have given him something he obviously loves.
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I'm a proJS enabler, meaning that I assume the visitors to have JS turned on! Many cries out loud "Your site sucks because I can't access your site when I turned off JS". So, I did some research on what sites that malfunction when JS is turned off. Please keep in mind I only tested 1~2 min each per site.
Facebook - MessagesCan not see messages at all
Youtube - Add/Remove ModulesGets stuck at "Load ..." screen
Blogger - clicked on this text "Try the template designer"Gets stuck at blank screen
Twitter - Top TweetsCan not see top tweets on home page
Warning: the following will likely offend someone's mom, and the defeatist attitude will contribute to m0aR jocks giving wedgies to nerds and shoving them into lockers and possibly also raise cancer rates in children or something. Also, a note: this is directed to web developers in general.
(For the following, imagine Homer Simpson prancing around mocking Flanders or something.)
Ooooh, a "stern warning", oh I'm sure those overpaid execs are just shivering in their £ 500 loafers at the thought that they've been issued something with about as much teeth as the "angry letters" the UN issues to random dictators committing whole-scale genocide of some ethnic group they hate while sipping their freshly-squeezed morning orange juice and playing a round of golf with their military buddies in the warm tropical sun. Yeah.
Meh. If the laws don't actually do anything about it, I guess so.Seriously did Target ever actually change their web site after they were sued? Did they pay out more than a bajillionth of .005% of whatever they earn to the guy who complained?? I don't remember anything happening to the 2000 Sydney Olympics committee, do you? It's like it doesn't matter.
Nobody will chastise you for not knowing (or more likely not caring about) the difference between a real button that talks to a server and an anchor tag with "#" as the href with some CSS-dressing to make it look like a button (promising me it does something!!!) with a bunch of onclick events stuffed into it. With maybe 4 extra divs wrapped around it for good measure (like Google does). 'Cause I mean, look, Google does it. Google does lots of silly things, lots of bad code, Javascript that's poorly written. All you hear is praise. "Ooooh, teh googles! ♥ ♥" Can you hear the girls' hearts aflutter? I can. ♥ ♥ ♥
See, just non-rich weenies whining. They can babble 'til foam comes out of their mouths, but you don't have to listen to them. Is this why they aren't working at Google or eBay or Facebook?? Is this why their web sites look like a cyborg designed them??
So I turn it on... and I see...
...a normal twitter page.
WTF. No sharks. No lasers. No Nazis. Nothing is spinning, dancing, glowing, no custom content just for me, not even a clock giving me real time. "It's like they don't want your CPU to get cold or something." Hm...
Yeah. Awesome! This is the profession I want to be associated with! We've never heard of the separation of concerns, or if we did, Jeff Croft just told us it's nothing more than a web developer's wet dream, not to be confused with reality.
I should switch jobs and go clean toilets before I get so depressed I commit suicide or something. Or maybe I should go write an angry letter on teh interwebs.
So you're saying that all Web Application that aims to be Desktop feel are totally wrong? Google Email, Google Doc, Online collaboration tool, online office tools are all wrong?
Simply speechless...
A computer program has to do less than what something like it on the web
No - that sort of thing might be useful if they ever get any of them to actually work - unfortunately all of the ones you mention are all broken because Google hasn't employed anyone who knows how to write JavaScript.
Even if they did work the only benefit they'd have over a downloaded application is that you don't need to download anything in order to use the application.
There are quite a few working JavaScript based applications you can download that do work - using Adobe Air. That environment also ensures that you can't turn JavaScript off.
Because a compiled program running on your computer will be much faster than a scripting language running on the web. Plus approx 10% of people don't have JavaScript.
Also with a chat program running on your computer it can use the correct port that chat programs use rather than clogging the web port withchat.
You should ALWAYS texst your web page works before you start adding JavaScript to it.
Are you saying your site is as good as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Blogger?
Those sites have succeeded despite poor accessibility, because they have a large/monopoly position combined with a killer application. If you reckon your site meets those targets (and you have a few million in the bank for when you get sued), maybe you can afford not to worry about accessibility.
The reality is that for most of us, we can't afford the luxury of turning away potential visitors by laziness or a lack of consideration for their needs. When I write a website, I want it to appeal and be accessible to as many people as possible - and sometimes that means putting in a little extra effort to provide a more accessible route than the hi-tech one that I direct most people to.
And then there's the moral dimension. Many of the people who browse without Javascript active have some form of disability or impairment and so are using assistive technology, which doesn't always support Javascript fully or even at all. Do you really feel comfortable telling those people that they aren't worthy enough to look at your website?
If you don't provide an alternative for those without JavaScript then those 5-10% of possible visitors will go elsewhere and possibly convince their friends to go elsewhere as well giving you a much smaller audience than you would otherwise have. Where going elsewhere is not an option there is a greater possibility that those who don't have the option to use JavaScript will consider legal action.
Also with the growing number of annoying scripts that interfere with peoples being able to use the web the weay they want there is a growing tendency for people to have JavaScript turned off.
Time for me to get my two cents in I guess (as I'm all about accessibility).
1) sg707, it's a well established fact that the largest sites on the web have a lot of shortfalls when it comes to how they produce their code. Stephen regularly tells about Google's poor JavaScript implementations and he's entirely correct. If you want a classic example of how the major sites fail at a basic level to consider their code correctly, try pushing any of the top 1,000 websites through the W3C validator. Several studies have been published independently which clearly show time and again that of the most popular sites on the web, less than 25% of them even pass (x)HTML validation on the front page of their sites. While that may seem like a non-issue, it's just a perfect reflection of how poorly code is maintained or produced at heavy industry levels.
3) Regarding accessibility. With the large sites, it does seem crazy to dump such a potentially large proportion of individuals who may have scripting disabled as non-customers however this goes on all the time. Millions of people suffer disabilities of some sort yet only around 2% (approx) of websites even meet the basic accessibility standards (like WCAG AA), because many sites simply don't understand the disabled they ignore them and hope they go away (discrimination exists online, as offline). While the web is getting better the unfortunate consequences are that we live in a society where the Facebook's of the world are perfectly happy to impose restrictions on their visitors even if they lose a number of people purely because they have plenty more visitors where those came from.
4) As for your assumption sg707, it's partly right and partly wrong. If your website is non-commercial or not a public entity (as in you're not making any money and you're not providing an important public service) your liability as far as disability law is somewhat restricted (though that's not to say that you couldn't be legally pursued to make your site compliant if you were found to be purposefully discriminating against them - which obtrusive scripting could qualify as). In addition, those who are disabled are more likely to go to your competition than simply go after you. What I would say though is that killing 10% of your potential audience (with the % of disabled individuals on top) by simply using scripting which could be made unobtrusive is like shooting yourself in the foot. Not only do you leave yourself open to potential lawsuits (if someone really was offended by the obvious discrimination), you're literally saying that you really don't want every visitor you could have.
PS: The Federal appeals court did rule that web publishers were not required to comply with the ADA, however that has now been resolved since the adaptation of the ADA to further include (explicitly) web related services. The ADA alike many disability laws were seriously out of date as when they were written the only concerns were offline stuff (or government works online AKA Section 508), now that is no longer an issue. Almost all anti-discrimination laws mention the web and in addition, you don't only have the ADA to worry about... if your website is viewed (for example) by an individual from the UK, you could be sued under British law for violating a citizen of this countries rights not to be discriminated against (and as your site is publicly visible to the UK you're liable as you're technically trading here too.
You are not going to have the Web Standards Evangelical Movement's black-clad jack-booted ninja storm troopers break into your bedroom in the night-time and drag you away because you were making millions with your site that only works for 89% of the population (isn't that a pretty big majority??).
Laws aren't perfect, people get away with murder, it doesn't change the fact that businesses are hurting themselves (intentionally or otherwise), their visitor numbers, their potential profit margins (million dollar button goes here) and violating the law still gives us hardcore nuts to call everyone else a criminal
jQuery is proof enough that if you make any technology simple enough for a newbie to take control of, they'll abuse it to the point of insanity
Off-topic and cool: http://stacybleeks.com/facebook_tutorials.html
yeah still needs JS on bleh
That is it, I am professing my love to you now :lol: That is one of the best things i've read evar.
You must be out of your mind if you want JavaScript to have read/write access to your drive.
I hope Stephen wasn't saying that was a good thing! Javascript was specifically built not to be able to do that for a reason... so what's Air's excuse (for breaking that rule)?
For those, blame should go to a programmer if something is broken.
Yes. Though often even if they are aware of what they did wrong, they have already moved on to another project. It seems jQuery has brought scripting into more hands than plain Javascript ever could, so people in general are just using scripting more than they used to... again, with the same consequences of not being aware of how to do it "right" (or at least "good enough").
A note on Andy's twitter: After at least a week of getting the nasty message, it vanished. But it seems to be hitting pages randomly. A twitter bug? Or twitter admins trying to stop the various insidious ways Javascript makes you add pr0n to your tweets? (there's even a variant which could do this on any mouseover... anywhere on the page, so, the whole viewport)
So I'm pretty sure Andy was unaware of it:http://stommepoes.nl/twitgoogle.png (some of those pages are straight twitter pages while others are apparently pages who redirect to twitter pages)
Some other person's random page had it:
Turning on Javascript gives you... some ordinary twitter page. Without Chewbacca. Or, for now, pr0n.
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This coming Wednesday night, I and another member of my team are coming up to your area for three days to cache hunt. I was wondering if you knew of any inexpensive hotels in the area. We are primarily interested in a place to sleep, nothing fancy. Any information you have would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help!
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napoleon1801 found Boreas Rex LXI (Dan Olson) (Traditional Cache) at 8/3/2006
Log Date: 8/3/2006
THE GOOD NEWS: Found the cache okay, it was my first day in St. Paul. The cache itself is not entirely weatherproof since the lid of the container was popping off and the log was damp. Luckily I had I snack baggie with me that I was able to put the log in. I took the Minnesota canoeing pin (one of my fav sports!) and left 3 quarters. I also snagged the presidential puppy for the return trip to oklahoma but.....
THE BAD NEWS: Right across from the dog park, black male (highschool age) comes up to me from the apt's to the west and asks me where the gas station was. Told him I wasn't from around this part of the city, and I left off to find the Scout cache. He walked behind me for a little and when I turned the corner he was gone and I thought I was in the clear. When I'm about a mile away from Scout cache I stop and am about to snag a drink from a local's water hydrant when the same black guy and his friend pop out from the bushes and yell "Give me the bag!" I went to the ground with my rucksack and clenched my arms tight to my body so I wouldn't lose it (I had my laptop inside just in case I was able to get some wifi to find more caches...) I wound up taking some punches to the face and yelled as loud as I could for some locals to help. There were about 8 people in the surrounding area I saw who did nothing.
The straps on my pack broke and I chased after those 2 guys (I ru
n 4 miles every other day, no way they were going to lose me), but then the third guy (black male, early 20's, well built) came out and pushed me in the opposite direction, also threatening to "pop a cap in my ***" if I didn't start running, so I took the hint. I didn't get to see the getaway vehicle, but a local told me that it was a red Taurus-like car. Also lost my digi cam and the evil duck travel bug in my ruck. Luckily the zippers were broken on the sides of my pack and Garmin plus my laptop power cord fell out. I'm sorry to lose both the bugs, I don't losing other people's stuff.
I just hope whoever goes into this neighborhood next will take a geobuddy preferably with some self defense training.
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Hmmm... I found that one already. I don't think I'll be returning any time soon. The really sad thing about this is that no one went to help.
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Quite a story. I almost stopped in that area on Sunday, but I was cached out and went home for a nap instead. I have to say, though, that in all my travels around town, I've never really felt threatened. Creeped out once along the river, but never threatened.
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I wonder if the police would be willing to setup a sting to nab the offenders.
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Hmm, not the best area, but not the worst either:
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Sorry to hear about napoleon1801 loss of his stuff, thats one of the resaon I try to stay in the burbs, but that is not always sake either.
Did insurance cover any of your electronic?
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I never really knew why, but I always felt a little creeped out when caching in that park. Perhaps it had something to do with all of the broken auto glass in the parking lot.
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It's a good reminder for all of us. Won't change anything I do already, I try to stay aware as much as possible, take the Dobie when I can, and hide the valuables out of sight. Stay safe everyone and I'll see you all in 2 weeks.
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Robach had been chair of the Labor Committee, but was replaced last week when the Senate's new leadership announced Independent Democratic Conference member Sen. Diane Savino, D-Staten Island, would take over the post.
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