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Honestly, could it get any better than salad sometimes? Big, beautiful, colorful -- and so often simple -- salads are a perfect choice when you're planning dinner in a pinch. Tailor the components just so to please picky dinner guests, or fix one as a vehicle to use up leftovers in the fridge -- salads are easy that way.
Go for a spin with the chopped salad from Chaya. Chopped romaine lettuce tossed with fresh corn, avocado, cucumber and nicely spiced shrimp, this Chaya's chopped salad is fresh and bright, and it packs no shortage of heat from its jalapeño-spiced dressing.
Or try the tricolore salad from Nancy Silverton. A simple yet colorful blend of nicely assertive lettuces (arugula, frisée and endive), the salad is tossed with a homemade anchovy dressing and topped with a sprinkling of freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano.
Craving chicken? Try Nordstrom's chopped chicken salad. Both tart fresh apple slices and dried apple chips flavor this salad, tossed with sliced onion, lightly spiced candied almonds, julienned strips of chicken and creamy goat cheese. The salad is tossed with a bright Champagne vinaigrette. The whole recipe, including the candied almonds, comes together in about an hour, perfect as a side or a light meal.
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Total time: 50 minutes
Servings: 4
Note: Adapted from Chaya. For the celery seed powder, grind celery seeds in a spice or coffee grinder, or use a mortar and pestle.
2 jalapeños
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
Juice from 1 lemon
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
1. Roast the jalapeños: Place the jalapeños on a rack set over a stove-top burner and roast until charred on all sides. Set aside until cool enough to handle, then peel and seed.
2. In a blender, combine the jalapeños, mayonnaise, lemon juice and olive oil, and blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper. This makes about 1 cup dressing. Cover and chill until needed.
Sautéed shrimp
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 1/8 teaspoons cumin
1 1/8 teaspoons onion powder
3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 plus 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Pinch cayenne pepper
Pinch celery seed powder
2 tablespoons olive oil
12 ounces medium shrimp
1. In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, salt, cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper, cayenne pepper and celery seed powder to make a spice blend.
2. Heat a sauté pan over medium-high heat until hot, then add the olive oil. Add the shrimp and sauté until slightly opaque, 1 to 2 minutes, then sprinkle over the spice blend and continue cooking just until opaque. Remove from heat and set aside.
Chopped salad
2 hearts of romaine, chopped
1 cucumber, diced
1/2 avocado, diced
1 whole cob white corn, kernels removed (about 1 1/3 cups kernels)
Sautéed shrimp
Dressing, divided
1/4 cup crumbled cotija cheese
16 cherry tomatoes, halved
1/4 cup chopped cilantro, as a garnish
1. In a large bowl, toss the chopped romaine with the cucumber, avocado, corn kernels and shrimp. Add half the dressing and gently toss to coat. Add additional dressing, a couple of tablespoons at a time, to coat as desired.
2. Divide the salad among 4 plates and top each with 1 tablespoon cheese, 4 halved tomatoes and 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro. Serve immediately.
Each serving: 498 calories; 18 grams protein; 22 grams carbohydrates; 6 grams fiber; 40 grams fat; 6 grams saturated fat; 126 mg cholesterol; 6 grams sugar; 1,638 mg sodium.
Total time: 35 minutes
Servings: Four as a starter; two as a main course
Anchovy dressing
5 anchovy fillets (preferably salt-packed), rinsed (backbones removed if salt-packed)
1½ tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon fresh-squeezed lemon juice, plus more to taste
1 large garlic clove, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more to taste
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
In the bowl of a food processor or a blender, purée the anchovies, vinegar, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper. With the motor running, add the olive oil in a steady stream through the feed tube to create an emulsion. Taste for seasoning and add more salt, pepper or lemon juice if desired. This makes a generous one-half cup dressing; use the dressing or transfer it to an airtight container and refrigerate it for up to 3 days. Bring it to room temperature before serving.
Salad and assembly
6 loosely packed cups arugula
5 packed cups frisée (leaves torn from the heads)
3 red Belgian endive, core removed and discarded leaves pulled from the core (you can substitute 4 cups torn radicchio leaves)
Kosher salt
Anchovy dressing
1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
1. In a large wide-mouth bowl, combine the arugula, frisée and endive. Sprinkle with one-half teaspoon salt or to taste, and toss gently with your hands to distribute the salt evenly. Drizzle one-half cup of the dressing and sprinkle over one-fourth cup of the Parmigiano-Reggiano, tossing gently with your hands to coat the lettuce leaves with the dressing. Taste for seasoning and add more salt, dressing or lemon juice if desired.
2. Pile the salad on a large plate or divide it among 4 individual plates. Sprinkle the remaining 3 tablespoons of the Parmigiano-Reggiano over the top and serve.
Each of 4 servings: 376 calories; 8 grams protein; 20 grams carbohydrates; 16 grams fiber; 31 grams fat; 6 grams saturated fat; 10 mg cholesterol; 2 grams sugar; 608 mg sodium.
Total time: 1 hour, plus cooling time for the almonds
Servings: 4
Note: Adapted from a recipe from Nordstrom.
Spiced candied almonds
1 tablespoon egg white (about ½ egg white)
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/2 pound blanched almond slivers
1 tablespoon sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch ground cayenne pepper
1. Heat the oven to 300 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the egg white until frothy, then whisk in the brown sugar until the sugar is moist. Add the almonds, tossing to evenly coat.
2. Spread the almonds into a single, evenly spaced layer on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Toast the almonds until they are golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
3. While the almonds are toasting, in a small bowl combine the sugar, cinnamon and cayenne pepper.
4. When the almonds are done, immediately sprinkle over the spice mixture, using a spatula to toss the hot almonds with the spices until evenly coated. Set the almonds aside to cool completely before using. This makes a generous 2 cups of spiced candied almonds, more than is needed for the remainder of the recipe; the almonds will keep, sealed in an airtight container, at room temperature for up to two weeks.
Champagne vinaigrette
2 tablespoons minced shallots
1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons sugar
3/4 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 cup champagne vinegar
1/4 teaspoon plus 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
Generous 1/8 teaspoon ground white pepper
3/4 cup canola oil
In the bowl of a blender, beat together the shallots, mustard, sugar, garlic, vinegar, salt and pepper. Slowly blend in the oil to form a creamy vinaigrette. Taste and adjust the seasonings if desired. This makes a generous cup of vinaigrette, which will keep, covered and refrigerated, three to five days.
Chicken, apple and goat cheese salad
1/3 cup Champagne vinaigrette, more to taste
8 to 10 cups (10 ounces) mixed greens
4 ounces sliced tart apple, preferably Granny Smith
1 cup spiced candied almonds, divided
6 ounces goat cheese, divided
1/4 red onion, sliced into thin half-rings
3 ounces dried apple "chips"
12 ounces cooked chicken, cut into strips
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1. In a large bowl, combine one-third cup vinaigrette and the mixed greens, apple slices, one-half of the spiced candied almonds, one-half of the goat cheese (added in small dollops), the red onion, apple chips and chicken. Gently toss together, adding additional dressing as needed and seasoning to taste with salt and pepper.
2. Divide the salad among four plates. Garnish each serving with the remaining spiced candied almonds and goat cheese, sprinkling the almonds over the salad and adding the cheese in small dollops. Serve immediately.
Each serving: 854 calories; 38 grams protein; 48 grams carbohydrates; 7 grams fiber; 59 grams fat; 14 grams saturated fat; 97 mg cholesterol; 24 grams sugar; 384 mg sodium.
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Nebraskans want some kind of voter ID law, but a senator's second attempt to bring such a bill misses the mark, according to Secretary of State John Gale.
Nebraskans want some kind of voter ID law, but a senator's second attempt to bring such a bill misses the mark, according to Secretary of State John Gale.
Larry Dix, executive director of the Nebraska Association of County Officials, read Gale's statement during Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee hearing on Legislative Bill 381, Thursday, March 7. The bill, introduced by Sen. Charlie Janssen of Fremont, would require Nebraskans to show a photo ID when voting. Janssen, a candidate in the 2014 governor's race, introduced a similar bill last year, which failed.
Former senator Brenda Council of Omaha said LB381 might be unconstitutional. Amy Miller, ACLU Nebraska legal director, and Adam Morfeld, the Nebraskans for Civic Reform executive director, agreed. Morfeld said his group of 27 Nebraska organizations would sue the state if the bill passes.
"Voting is a fundamental constitutional right, not only the U.S. constitution," she said. "But I urge the members of this committee and the Legislature as a whole to not forget the Nebraska Constitution."
The Nebraska constitution prohibits anything hindering a qualified voter, which is a registered voter, she said.
Thirty-three states now have voter ID laws, with one of the strictest being Indiana. Janssen based LB381 on that law. His bill would make the Department of Motor Vehicles offer a state identification card at no cost to a voters who can't afford another government photo ID. Mail ballots wouldn't require a photo ID, unless it was the person's first time voting. Anyone who doesn't provide the ID at the polls would have to cast a provisional ballot, which means voting officials have to verify the person's identity.
Janssen was amending the bill to allow election officials in rural areas to vouch for the identity of voters if they forget to bring their ID to vote. He cited a 2012 report by the Pew Center on the States that found 24 million U.S. voter registrations, or one out of eight, were no longer valid or significantly inaccurate.
"The report also found 1.8 million dead people listed as voters and 2.75 million people registered in more than one state," he said.
But because Nebraska hasn't had widespread voting fraud, Gale said the bill might not be appropriate for the state. Gale's statement was read in a neutral position. Other opponents said the bill could reduce the amount of people who vote by putting up barriers. Some groups who might be hurt included students and adopted children who might be on the move, and people who can't easily travel such as the elderly and disabled, including veterans.
Former judge Jan Gradwohl said veterans might be in homes or hospitals and not able to go to the Department of Motor Vehicle to get the ID required by this bill.
"Here are people who have fought for the right to vote and who would be themselves unable to vote," she said.
Supporter Marty Brown, vice president of Nebraska Taxpayers for Freedom, said the American flag in the hearing room reminded him of his service in the military in 1965. People spit on him when he returned from service, he said.
"We don't have any respect for that flag," he said. "In reference to LB381, we'd give some of that respect back."

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(BPT) – With millions of Americans slated to gain access to healthcare under the Affordable Care Act, many may find themselves unknowingly at risk for medical identity theft, a crime that costs the country $41.3 billion annually. In the United States, an estimated 1.5 million people have their ID stolen each year.
"It is a cruel twist on the traditional crime of personal identity theft," says Jo-Ellen Abou Nader, senior director of Express Scripts' Fraud, Waste and Abuse program. "When a person's medical identity is stolen, they may find that false information is added to their personal health record such as a change in blood type or inaccurate allergies."
Stolen medical identities often fuel another crime: prescription drug fraud and abuse. Thieves can use stolen information to illegally obtain prescription drugs and sell them on the secondary market. Illegal drug diversion costs the nation $73.5 billion each year, and prescription drug abuse is responsible for more deaths than heroin and cocaine combined.
Abou Nader offers the following tips to consumers to help fight against medical identity theft and fraud:
* Guard your card: Protect your medical identification card at all times and keep it in a safe and secure location. Some healthcare companies, like Express Scripts, have Fraud, Waste and Abuse programs in place to identify fake or forged prescriptions and other signs of fraudulent activities. If your card is lost or stolen, immediately alert your insurance company.
* Toss with caution: When throwing away prescription bottles and vials, remove the labels or black out your personal information so it is illegible. When throwing away documents containing protected health information, shred the documents instead of discarding them in the garbage.
* Protect your personal information: Be alert to impersonators or email phishing scams asking you for your personal information and never give out your passwords over the phone, internet, or via email. If you are unsure, call the company directly to inquire about the request.
* Be privy to privacy policies: Before agreeing to the privacy policies of anyone you do business with, read through their policies in detail to completely understand how your personal information will be used. If you have questions, request more information.
* Lock up your bottles: Keep your prescription bottles hidden or locked away, especially during the holiday season when you may have an increase in visitors that will have access to your personal belongings.
* Read your EOB Statements: It is important to carefully read any explanation of benefits (EOB) statements you receive from your health plan after treatment to make sure the services listed are accurate. Review the name of the provider, the date of service and the service provided. If it includes information that does not look familiar, be sure to immediately report it to your health plan provider.
For more information about how to protect yourself against medical identification theft, visit Express Scripts' Healthcare Insights blog at http://lab.express-scripts.com/.


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Gov. Nikki Haley says South Carolina needs to get rid of government regulations that hamper businesses.
Haley signed an executive order Tuesday creating an 11-member task force to review regulations and make recommendations on which ones to throw out.
She's also directing her Cabinet members to review their agencies' regulations and report their recommendations to the task force by mid-May. She can't mandate other state agencies do the same, but she's encouraging them to do so.
The task force has until mid-November to issue its report to the Legislature. The idea is that regulation changes will be introduced for the 2014 legislative session.
Haley says regulations that slow things down are costing businesses money and jobs. She says she's not asking agencies to compromise safety.


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Law students (JD only) enrolled at Chicago-Kent are welcome to attend any or all of the program sessions free of charge. Course materials, lunch and admittance to the reception are not included; however, copies of the materials will be available in the library after the program.
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For information regarding the current CLE courses being offered or to register for any of the programs, please visit: cle.kentlaw.edu or contact the Office of Continuing Legal and Professional Education at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 312-906-5090.
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Jonas Brothers are disbanding.
Nick, Joe and Kevin announced Tuesday they're ending their highly successful run. The news comes after the brothers abruptly canceled their tour over creative differences earlier this month.
The breakup was first reported by People magazine. Publicist Jesse Derris confirmed the news and said no other details were available.
The brothers told People the breakup was unanimous and came after Nick Jonas told his brothers in a meeting earlier this month that he felt "trapped."
The New Jersey brothers formed the band in 2005 and built a fan base through their association with the Disney Channel.
The band had been scheduled to release its fifth album later this year.
(Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
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NEW YORK (AP) - The Jonas Brothers are disbanding.


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Car Comparison
2013 Ford F-150: New vs. Old
The Ford F-150 is not redesigned for 2013, but because the automaker puts its popular full-size pickup truck on a continual program of improvement, we thought it instructive to compare the 2013 Ford F-150 to those that came before it.
The Ford F-150 lineup is diverse, offering three cab styles, four different powertrains and 10 trim levels. For this installment of New vs. Old, we'll focus on the F-150 SuperCrew model, which is popular with recreational buyers. We'll also be comparing the 2013 model to F-150s going back to 2009, the last time the truck was completely redesigned.
For 2013, the Ford F-150 Limited debuts, serving as the top-of-the-line model. It comes only in red, black or white paint with body-color trim and 22-inch polished aluminum wheels. A turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 is standard, along with a sport-tuned suspension, high-intensity discharge headlights, red-and-black leather, real aluminum interior trim and piano black cabin accents. The Limited model is also equipped with a MyFord Touch infotainment system; heated and ventilated front seats; heated rear seats; a power sunroof; and a premium Sony audio system.
All 2013 Ford F-150 models receive revised front styling, a standard 4.2-in information display, new colors, updated trim details and redesigned wheels, including beadlock-mount compatible rims for the SVT Raptor model. The Raptor also donates its hill descent control system to the F-150 FX4 model, and F-150 buyers can get power telescopic and folding trailer towing mirrors.
Are these upgrades compelling enough to recommend buying a new 2013 F-150 over buying a used one? Let's find out.
Fuel Economy
Ford offers the F-150 SuperCrew with a choice between four different engines: a 302-horsepower 3.7-liter V6, a 360-hp 5.0-liter V8, a 365-hp turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 and a 411-hp 6.2-liter V8. None of these engines receive updates for 2013, and fuel economy numbers haven't changed compared to the 2011 and 2012 models.
However, if you're comparing the new 2013 F-150 to a 2009 or 2010 model, the new truck's engine roster offers more powerful, more capable and more fuel-efficient powertrains. The exception in terms of fuel efficiency is the thirsty 6.2-liter V8 engine, but before 2011, Ford didn't offer a V8 of comparable size and horsepower.
If you're looking for a reason to buy the 2013 F-150 over a used 2011 or 2012 model, look to the payload chart. When properly equipped, the 2013 F-150 SuperCrew can carry up to 2,620 lb of payload, 30 lb more than last year. The maximum trailer-tow rating remains 11,300 lb.
Additionally, you might find it instructive to know that in 2012, the F-150 added standard hill start assist, and that F-150 models with a 4-wheel-drive system gained neutral-tow ability, allowing owners to flat-tow the truck without damaging the drivetrain. A new heavy-duty payload rating also debuted for the XL, XLT and Lariat SuperCrew equipped with the standard-size cargo bed.
The SVT Raptor models were also upgraded for 2012, adding a limited-slip front differential, Euro-flange wheels with the wheel weights mounted on the inside of the rim and a front camera system paired with the optional navigation system.
Armed with these facts, we recommend selecting a 2012 F-150 if you decide to shop for a used truck.
Prior to 2011, when the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) strengthened its crash test requirements, the Ford F-150 SuperCrew was a 5-star crash test rock star, and rollover resistance ratings were four stars for the 2-wheel-drive models and three stars for the 4-wheel-drive models. After the changes to the NHTSA tests, the F-150's overall crash test rating declined to four stars, with the frontal-impact score dropping to three stars. Rollover ratings remained the same.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) gives the 2009-2012 Ford F-150 its highest rating of Good in the moderate overlap frontal impact crash test, the side-impact crash test and the rear-impact injury prevention test. A roof crush strength test result is available only for 2011 models built after February of 2011, and for the 2012 model. A Good result for this assessment means the IIHS named the F-150 as a Top Safety Pick in those model years. That rating has not yet been carried forward for the 2013 F-150 as this article is written.
Though the F-150's NHTSA crash test rating declined starting in 2011, this change reflects modifications to the NHTSA's crash test program instead of an engineering failure, as the 2011 truck's structural design is identical to earlier model years in which Ford's popular pickup aced the tests. An IIHS Top Safety Pick for the 2011 and 2012 models, combined with top scores in other tests for 2009-2012, also indicates that the F-150 SuperCrew is a safe vehicle whether you select a new one or a used one.
Since 2009, when the F-150 was last redesigned, the truck has proven relatively trouble free. According to Consumer Reports, the F-150's drive system has proven problematic for nearly a decade, and that trend appears to impact the 2009 model to a small degree, but otherwise the F-150 pickup is generally reliable.
Ford equips every new 2013 F-150 with a 3-year/36,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty and a 5-year/60,000-mile powertrain warranty with 24-hour roadside assistance.
Ford's certified pre-owned (CPO) program for selected used F-150 models includes a 172-point vehicle inspection, a vehicle history report, free roadside assistance, a 12-month/12,000-mile warranty on more than 500 different vehicle components and a 7-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty. Ford also throws in three months of free satellite radio service.
Ford's CPO warranty certainly gives used F-150 buyers the coverage necessary to instill confidence.
A brand new 2013 F-150 SuperCrew starts at $32,150 for a base XL model with 2-wheel drive and a V6 engine, and tops out at $57,835 for an SVT Raptor model with all the extras.
Alternatively, as this article is written, 2009-2012 F-150 SuperCrews with pre-owned certification are available for between $18,750 and $53,000, depending on mileage, trim level and equipment. Narrow that price range to between $28,000 and $35,000, and it's clear that truck buyers can get a nicely equipped, low-mileage used F-150 for the same price as a bare-bones 2013 F-150 in XL trim.
Loans for used vehicles typically carry higher interest rates, but as this article is written, Ford is offering 1.9 percent financing for 36 months on all CPO vehicles. That's less than the 2.9 percent interest rate Ford Credit offers for the same term on a new 2013 F-150, but CPO truck buyers miss out on a $1,000 rebate. Ford is also offering up to $3,000 in rebates and bonus cash to clear out 2012 stock.
Unless you're shopping for the Limited, or you really want those new beadlock-mount wheels on the SVT Raptor, our recommendation is to consider a CPO F-150, or a new 2012 model while supplies last, before pulling the trigger on the 2013 model.
The 2013 F-150 is available for the first time with MyFord Touch technology, an information, entertainment, and navigation system with a large color touchscreen in the center of the dashboard. To accommodate truck owners who might be wearing gloves while trying to use the system, the F-150's MyFord Touch system includes a redundant set of hard controls.
In addition to the optional MyFord Touch system, every 2013 F-150 includes a standard 4.2-in information display screen. The F-150 FX4 model gets a standard hill descent control system, and SVT Raptors have standard beadlock-capable wheels.
If these features are important to you, a new F-150 might prove irresistible. But they aren't quite compelling enough for us to recommend a new F-150 over a previously owned one.
AutoTrader Recommendation
While Ford's upgrades to the 2013 F-150 lineup are appealing, truck buyers considering a new Ford F-150 should strongly consider getting a certified pre-owned model from the 2011 or 2012 model year.
These used versions of the F-150 offer essentially the same horsepower, torque, fuel economy, towing capacity and payload capacity as a 2013 F-150. Furthermore, the 2011 and 2012 F-150 models are equally safe. But perhaps the best reason for choosing a CPO model is that you can get a nicer, better-equipped truck for the same price as the base 2-wheel-drive XL model.


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|[Gentoo Linux Home] [GLEP Index] [GLEP Source]
|Optional runtime dependencies via runtime-switchable USE flags
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|Standards Track
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|11 Jul 2012
This GLEP addresses the issue of referencing optional runtime dependencies in Gentoo packages and ebuilds. It does introduce a concept of runtime-switchable USE flags to achieve that goal.
Optional runtime dependencies are often found in packages installing various scripts (shell, python, perl). These are not strictly required for the particular package to work but installing them enables additional functionality.
Unlike in compiled programs, enabling or disabling those features (dependencies) does not affect the files installed by the package. They can be installed and uninstalled independently of the package, resulting in changes of functionality without a need to rebuild the package.
Currently such dependencies are usually expressed only through pkg_postinst() messages. This forces user to manually install the necessary dependencies, and uninstall them when they are no longer necessary.
Another solution is to use regular USE flags. Those flags do not strictly follow the principles of USE flags because they do not affect files installed by the package and are not entirely effective to the package (a disabled feature will still be available if necessary dependency is installed). Additionally, it requires unnecessary rebuilds of the package in order to change the dependencies.
The ebuilds aiming to provide features enabled through optional runtime dependencies should:
Additionally, the ebuilds must obey the following rules:
The package manager should treat flags listed in IUSE_RUNTIME as regular USE flags, except for the following:
|The package manager has to ensure that all relevant information is stored in the installed package metadata.
|The result of this check can be cached when updating the metadata of installed package, and it is not strictly required that a package manager must ensure that the dependency graph is still consistent afterwards.
The proposed solution tries to solve the issue of handling runtime dependencies while reusing the existing infrastructure. Most importantly, users will be able to reuse the existing tools and configuration files to enable and disable optional runtime and build-time dependencies alike.
The remaining reused features include:
Alternative proposed solution involved creating additional SDEPEND variable. That proposition had the following disadvantages:
Those disadvantages could be fixed by either extending dependency syntax alike Exherbo (grouping, annotations) or using USE flags. The latter is practically equivalent to this solution yet introduces another variable unnecessarily.
In order to support runtime-switchable USE flag changes on installed packages, a package manager should store the following information in the installed package metadata:
The package manager should be also able to update the list of effective USE flags in installed package metadata (USE) without rebuilding the package.
The following procedure should apply when a dependency atom is considered (either as a package dependency or user-requested atom):
Furthermore, after installing all dependencies introduced by the above procedure (run_rdepend resolution), if a package was queued for runtime-switchable USE update, the package manager should write a new value for USE key in installed package metadata.
Package managers not implementing this GLEP will consider the IUSE_RUNTIME variable as an irrelevant bash variable and treat runtime-switchable USE flags as regular USE flags. The dependency tree will still be consistent yet packages may be rebuilt unnecessarily.
This document has been placed in the public domain.


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1. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?libflashplayer.so Apr 2, 2012 4:51 PM (in response to digiday)
being able to reproduce crashers consistently helps to narrow down specific problems. the random crashers are difficult to track and otherwise fix.
the latest Flash Player version, 11,2,202,228, was release last week. that would make 11,1,102,62 two version behind. would you mind to upgrade to the latest player? there are some crash fixes in our latest offering. you can go here to update: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
it is possible to downgrade, but that is not advisable as the older release will not always be up to date with secuirity patches. if you option for this, you can grab older builds here: http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html#main_Archived_v ersions
Note: make sure to completely uninstall the existing version.
2. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?pwillener Apr 2, 2012 8:58 PM (in response to digiday)
Also, what is your display adapter, driver version & date?
3. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?pwillener Apr 2, 2012 9:21 PM (in response to digiday)1 person found this helpful
Received the following PM from digiday:
Hi Pat,
Thanks for your reply.
I can't reply on my thread... there is no reply button that appears. I'm not sure if I'm locked out or something... sometimes things don't seem to work correctly on the Adobe forum.
My display driver info is...
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
version 22.214.171.12433
I sent a private message to "libflashplayer.so" too, but I never received a reply from him. I asked him why I wouldn't have received a desktop notice of the previous two Flash player updates since I always have received them in the past... I haven't changed any system update notification settings.
I just updated the Flash player about three weeks ago... and "libflashplayer.so" is telling me there has been two updates since then, but I didn't receive any updater download notice... is there a Flash player update every week now, but Adobe doesn't send desktop update notices any more?
Can you please post in this topic that you are also having difficulies to reply in your own topic: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/984429
If you also cannot reply in that topic, please start a new topic in that forum http://forums.adobe.com/community/general/forum_comments
4. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?pwillener Apr 2, 2012 9:26 PM (in response to digiday)
Please refer to this topic http://forums.adobe.com/thread/945765 and check if there are any newer drivers available for your display adapter.
5. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?pwillener Apr 2, 2012 9:53 PM (in response to pwillener)
From digiday:
I posted on the thread about not being able to post on a thread. :^(
The problem isn't with my display driver... everything else with it works fine. I updated my display driver months ago and the problem with the Flash player crashing only started a few weeks ago with the version before 22.214.171.124. I don't update my display driver or audio driver every time they come up with a new one because that can cause problems... ie - Windows driver updates that used to come through and install themselves automatically in Vista would cause major problems and one time it completely destroyed my audio and it was never recoverable... after weeks of troubleshooting that back in 2010 I had to finally just upgrade to Windows 7 and wipe my hard drive clean... therefore, driver updates only happen with me if the driver gets corrupted and doesn't work at all.
The problem isn't with the display driver... it is with the Flash player.
I understand if you are reluctant to update your device drivers, although a System Restore Point will make 100% certain that you can revert if something goes wrong.
Sometimes new Flash Player versions require new device driver features (or fixed device driver features) in order to function correctly.
If you are reluctant to update your drivers, disable Hardware Acceleration, and Flash Player may work better (see http://forums.adobe.com/thread/891337).
6. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Apr 3, 2012 9:55 PM (in response to pwillener)
Well, now I'm able to reply... guess they got it fixed.
My display driver info that I sent you last night on PM was,
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
version 188.8.131.5233
And the Flash player that I have now is version 22.214.171.124, dated 02/15/2012, but I haven't received any notices for any newer Flash player updates since then, and according to the Flash player download page, there are four newer versions... so what happened to the notices for those updates from Adobe? Is Adobe doing silent releases of the Flash player updates?
And the last version Flash player that I had that worked well and didn't crash was version 126.96.36.199, dated 11/10/2011.
My current display driver is dated 05/20/2011... it was only replaced because the previous original stock display driver that came with Windows 7 got corrupted in a tragic video app previewing accident... that original display driver dated back at least to mid 2010 and I never had any crash conficts between it and the then current Flash updates, in spite of not updating that display driver until July of 2011.
The question is, if my Flash player is suddenly causing conflicts with a slightly dated display driver, why did Flash updates previously never cause Flash player crashes even though I was updating the Flash player with every update but not replacing my display driver with every update? Why is it suddenly a conflict only with the last the last few Flash player updates?
By the looks of all the results that come up when I do a search on this forum for "Flash crash", it seems there are many other people who are having problems with their Flash player crashing.
I can see there is a difference and a problem with current Flash players crashing more than usual, so to attribute that to a display driver that is one or two updates old doesn't seem to really answer this problem.
7. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?pwillener Apr 3, 2012 10:36 PM (in response to digiday)1 person found this helpful
According to the Archived Flash Player page http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html there has been only one release 18.104.22.168 (a security fix) between your current installed player and the latest version 11.2. I suggest that you update to 220.127.116.11 if you don't want to upgrade to 11.2 at this time.
Why does 11.2 not work with your currently installed device drivers? My guess is (and it's only a guess) that 11.2 uses new features that are not correctly implemented in your older device drivers. But of course there is also a chance that it is a bug in 11.2, but to be sure you would have to test it and install the latest drivers for your display adapter.
You can send a bug report to Adobe (see http://forums.adobe.com/thread/953796), but I am pretty sure that they will not investigate it deeply if you are unwilling to update your device drivers.
8. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Apr 3, 2012 10:48 PM (in response to pwillener)
Hi Pat,
I see 3 versions between mine and the current one... as pasted in and labeled below
- (Released 3/28/2012) Flash Player 22.214.171.124 (170 MB) 1 < the newest Flash Player
- (Released 3/28/2012) Flash Player 10.3.183.18 (67.3 MB) 2
- (Released 3/05/2012) Flash Player 18.104.22.168 (174 MB) 3
- (Released 3/05/2012) Flash Player 10.3.183.16 (67.3 MB) 4
- (Released 2/15/2012) Flash Player 188.8.131.52 (174 MB) 5 < my current Flash Player
It isn't that my Flash player doesn't work... it crashes when I get more than about five videos loaded in tabs... I have a desktop CPU and RAM monitor and I still have plenty of RAM left (over half) when crashes start occuring. This happens when I'm loading YouTube videos or videos from other sites that are Flash based.
I'll try the most current Flash player update and let you know how it goes.
9. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?pwillener Apr 4, 2012 3:49 AM (in response to digiday)1 person found this helpful
digiday wrote:
- (Released 3/28/2012) Flash Player 126.96.36.199 (170 MB) 1 < the newest Flash Player
- (Released 3/28/2012) Flash Player 10.3.183.18 (67.3 MB) 2
- (Released 3/05/2012) Flash Player 126.96.36.199 (174 MB) 3
- (Released 3/05/2012) Flash Player 10.3.183.16 (67.3 MB) 4
- (Released 2/15/2012) Flash Player 22.214.171.124 (174 MB) 5 < my current Flash Player
Two of these are security updates released for Flash Player 10.3.
10. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Apr 4, 2012 11:48 AM (in response to pwillener)
Okay, I see now.
I wonder why Adobe mixes updates for different versions of the Flash player together into the same list.
Is Adobe releasing silent updates for their software now?
11. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Apr 4, 2012 12:24 PM (in response to digiday)
Correction to my information above about the last Flash player that I had that didn't have the crashing problems... it was version 184.108.40.206 dated 11/10/2011... two versions before version the 188.8.131.52 that I've been having problems with lately.
I incorrectly listed 220.127.116.11 as the last one that worked well, but that's the one I have currently.
I'll write back after I install and test the current Flash player.
12. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Apr 10, 2012 1:46 PM (in response to digiday)
Okay, I got the update notice a couple of days ago for the newest version of the Flash player, version 184.108.40.206. So apparently Adobe has resumed sending update notices in spite of their prior practice of issuing silent updates the last few times.
I installed this Flash player update but I still have the same NVIDIA video driver that I had before... NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430, version 126.96.36.19933, dated 05/20/2011.
I've tested it now by loading as many as 10 Flash videos from YouTube and a couple other sites and I've had no Flash player crashes so far.
This seems to indicate that the newest Adobe Flash player has some bugs worked out of it, and that the older 2011 video driver has no effect on whether the Flash player crashes.
Based on this experience of getting Flash player updates that sometimes have problems and some that don't, I would be inclined not to update my Flash player after this since I have one that seems to work well once again, fearing that I'd update in the future only to go through some of the same problems as some previous Flash player updates.
13. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Jun 24, 2012 2:05 PM (in response to digiday)
Okay, I just had to UNINSTALL the new broken Flash Player v 11.3.300.262 that got FORCE INSTALLED by Adobe, then I had to download my slightly older previous Flash Player v 220.127.116.11 from 3/28 that I was trying to keep, and I installed it and it works now... Firefox will play Flash video and Flash content once again, unlike with the stupid new v 11.3.300.262 that has apparently been reeking havoc on so many computers around the world.
I started hearing from friends about new problems with a force installed Flash player yesterday and I gave them advice about installing an older Flash player, then I checked my own computer today only to see that now I had been sobotaged by Adobe on Friday 6/22. I thought to myself "Wow, I didn't even install that new Flash Player... how could it have gotten on my computer?."
But why is Adobe force installing their new Flash player on billions of computers when it's causing so many web browsers to not play video?
When I first just tried to install my previous Flash Player v 18.104.22.168, the installer gave me a very cryptic, indistint message saying...
"Error 1722. There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expercted. Contact your support personnel or package vendor. Action NewCustomerAction 1, location: ...\InstallPlugin.exe,c..."
So the stupid Adobe installer isn't even smart enough to give a message saying, "You need to uninstall your existing Flash player plugin before you install this one.
And could I advise the appropriately named "Jive" forum software people to work on this forum interface a little more? Jeezus, this cursor is jumping all over the place when I backspace and the spell check has NEVER worked in this Adobe forum software, but the inline spell check works just fine in this browser on every other web and forum text interface that I've ever used.
What's up Adobe?
14. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?SteveInMalta Dec 3, 2012 5:40 AM (in response to digiday)
I have had constant problems with Flash Player for the past couple of years using IE and Firefox - so today I downloaded Google Chrome (I had refused to use it before today because it was always being 'forced' on me when I downloaded other things)
I have just had one hour free of Flash Player crashes so it if continues like this then I will be a convert of Google Chrome!
15. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Dec 3, 2012 5:10 PM (in response to SteveInMalta)
Google Chrome, while being inferior in terms of how it is designed, inferior in how its bookmark manager appears as a separate tab instead of an easy to use bookmarks bar on the left side of the browser like in Firefox, and many of its convoluted, non-intuitive, hard to find features, it IS in fact superior in how it handles Flash content and Flash videos.
I was having so many crash problems with my beloved Firefox browser, even with one of the slightly older Flash Player plugins that worked the best, so I finally gave up on Firefox for playing Flash videos and I tried Google Chrome. As much as I hate to admit it, I've NEVER had one single Flash player crash with Google Chrome, whereas I was having them all the time with Adobe's lousy Flash Player plugins in Firefox.
I guess since Google Chrome has some sort of built-in Flash Player, it doesn't have the problems that Firefox has with the problematic Flash plugins and their continually botched updates that Adobe is always forcing on users unless the user has the wherewithal to turn off the stupid Flash updating control on their machine.
I posted to the Google Chrome forum asking why their bookmark system is so convoluted and poorly designed, and I asked if there was a Google Chrome plugin that allowed it to have a normal bookmark bar on the left side of the browser where you can drag and drop bookmarks easily to, like Firefox, but there isn't.
So when you have the Google Chrome bookmarks "tab" open, you can't see your bookmarks at the same time that you're looking at any other web page tab... so you can't drag and drop bookmarks in to your bookmarks bar. And you can't see the bookmarks underneath the bookmarks folder that you are viewing... you only see the bookmarks within a bookmarks folder in a second column to the right of where all of your bookmark folders are, so it makes it very difficult to find any given bookmark that you've saved in to a bookmark folder... it's just more poor design by Google.
And there is no normal menu bar at the top of the Google Chrome browser, like any other application in the world. Actually, I think Google may be taking lessons on how to create poorly designed, non-intuitive applications from Microsoft.
But the Flash content plays without a hitch and it never crashes no matter how many videos you have loaded in multiple tabs... that is, the number of videos that you have loaded in Google Chrome is only limited by the amount of RAM you have in your machine, and if you have a little desktop CPU/RAM monitor widget, you can always see if you are approaching your maximum RAM usage.
My Google Chrome NEVER crashes with multiple Flash videos loaded, and Firefox with the Adobe Flash plugin was always crashing. Google Chrome does pause and the little wheel spins for a couple seconds once in a while, but it always recovers and it never crashes. So for Flash video anyway, Google Chrome seems to be the way to go.
16. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?SteveInMalta Dec 4, 2012 8:00 AM (in response to digiday)
Hi there, excuse me but I am no techie! :-)
When you say that your Google Chrome doesn't handle bookmarks very easily what do you mean? I have added all the bookmarks that I had on Firefox and now have a Bookmarks bar showing the favourites.
It wasn't apparent how to do this but a simple google search gave me the answer - if I remember correctly I had to add an 'app' or plugin that someone had written and then my bookmarks were visible - and it actually says 'Imported from Firefox' as the label.
So I can now open a new tab and select the bookmark that I want.
Are you saying that you cannot add bookmarks to the list because there is a white star which lets you bookmark any wen page.
Please forgive my lack of technical knowledge but I was not understanding what your problem with bookmarks was exactly.
Regarding flash player - I watch a lot of UK TV online via BBC iPlayer (a wonderful tool) and all the other players for Channel 4 / 5 etc. And the Flashplayer crashes were getting really annoying especially with ITV Player as every time you start a session again you get six new ads to watch before your program starts - I was watching the same adds maybe six times in a twenty-five minute program!
So Google Chrome is wonderful even though it may not be as great as Firefox - :-)
17. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Dec 4, 2012 3:34 PM (in response to SteveInMalta)
Hi SteveInMalta,
Here are some things that might help you to understand what I wrote about in my last reply.
Note that what WAS known at the "Quicklinks Bar" that appears at the TOP of the browser in Firefox (a single horizontal line of the most commonly used links for a user to have quick access to), below the address bar, is now referred to as the "Bookmarks Bar" by Google's software developers in Google Chrome. But Google calls the "Bookmarks Bar" (which is otherwise the vertical, retractable bar of that shows ALL of your bookmarks that appears on the left side of the Firefox and IE browsers) the "Bookmarks Manager", which is now a tab in Google Chrome, placed as other webpage tabs, and not a retractable bar on the left side of the browser, as it was in Firefox and in IE.
This adds to the ongoing confusion that is part of the many problems with Google Chrome... it is not intuitive and the references to features have been scrambled around by Google themselves for Google Chrome.
So what was previously known as the "Bookmarks Bar" in Firefox, which was the retractable, closable bar that you can see all the time if you choose to in Firefox, is now called the "Bookmark Manager" in Google Chrome, which is now a tab that displays one's bookmarks instead of a bar that is visible all the time. So by putting the bookmarks in a browser tab, just like webpages, you cannot see your "Bookmarks Manager", formerly known as the "Bookmarks Bar", at the same time that you are looking at a webpage.
Since, in Firefox, you can see your Bookmarks Bar on the left side of the browser at the same time that you are viewing any given webpage in a tab, you are easily able to click-drag-and-drop a webpage tab and drag it to any given bookmarks folder that you have created previously, making it very easy to save bookmarks to the precise location in your bookmarks folders that you desire... YOU CANNOT DO THIS IN GOOGLE CHROME by nature of thier convoluted "Bookmarks Manager" tab that they have unfortunately invented.
And since, in the "Bookmarks Manager" tab, you cannot see the bookmarks that you have saved beneath each of the bookmarks folders that you've created and saved bookmarks in, it makes it far more difficult to find any given bookmark that you are looking for. In other words, you have to keep clicking on folders to then finally actually see the bookmarks that you've saved within the folders, as they appear in a second column to the right of the column of bookmarks folders. This is another horrible basic design mistake in the Google Chrome browser.
And easy to access features and functions that were previously, conveniently placed in named categories in a normal menu bar that appeared at the top of the browser interface (or any other program), like "File", "Edit", "View", "Tools", "Options", or "Help" are now scattered in a haphazard way under the little wrench on the right side-top area of the browser interface in Google Chrome, and now it seems the little wrench has been changed to three short, fat horizontal lines, which of course means, "Everything that was in a normal menu bar is here"... doesn't everyone know that?
So perhaps re-reading my last post, or reading what I'm reiterating above will help... maybe not.
Basically Google has created a new car called Google Chrome, and that car has its wheels on its roof, the car's engine is in the backseat with a blanket over it, the trunk is located underneath the car, the steering wheel is on the outside of the passenger door and the dashboard is hidden in the glove compartment, which is back at the dealership that sold you the car to begin with.
But the Flash videos play great and they don't crash!
Possibly this would be a discussion better served on the Google forum, but probably not, because there are mostly only a bunch of Google software developers and their minions who are answering questions there, in complete denial about how they bungled the basic design of how their browser works.
18. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?SteveInMalta Dec 4, 2012 11:05 PM (in response to digiday)
I am sorry but I really don't understand why you say '
Note that what WAS known at the "Quicklinks Bar" that appears at the TOP of the browser in Firefox (a single horizontal line of the most commonly used links for a user to have quick access to), below the address bar, is now referred to as the "Bookmarks Bar" by Google's software developers in Google Chrome. But Google calls the "Bookmarks Bar" (which is otherwise the vertical, retractable bar of that shows ALL of your bookmarks that appears on the left side of the Firefox and IE browsers) the "Bookmarks Manager", which is now a tab in Google Chrome, placed as other webpage tabs, and not a retractable bar on the left side of the browser, as it was in Firefox and in IE.'
Please look at this screen shot of Google Chrome and note the Bookmarks detail which is displayed when I click on Imported from Firefox heading on the Bookmarks bar which is NOT a tab in google chrome but a bar which you need to add
19. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Dec 5, 2012 1:32 PM (in response to SteveInMalta)
Hello SteveInMalta,
I've been talking about how bookmarks are handled in Google Chrome in general, not how they are imported as an HTML bookmarks archive file as a whole set when you are first changing over to Chrome from some other browser.
All of the references that I've made in my last two replies are about creating NEW bookmarks in Google Chrome from webpages that are being viewed in Google Chrome and then the ease or lack thereof in accessing them later.
You are merely referring to the fact that you were able to easily import your previously saved bookmarks from Firefox in to Google Chrome. I thought it was pretty obvious that I was talking about creating new bookmarks within Google Chrome.
If you aren't following what I wrote and then reiterated in my last two replies here, there probably isn't much more I could write that would make my points any more clear.
If you actually live in Malta, then you may speak Italian or another Mediterranean language as your first language, and not English, and that may account at least partially for why there is a communication gap between us.
I did find it at least a bit amusing that in your screenshot of your bookmarks that it shows at least two different porn website links... maybe you could have posted your example of your bookmarks without exposing yourself as a porn connoisseur, so to speak.
But then, by mentioning that I recognized two of your bookmark link icons as porn websites, that in itself implicates me as being a connoisseur of some of the same guilty pleasures, so how smart does that make me?
20. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?SteveInMalta Dec 6, 2012 1:06 AM (in response to digiday)
Don't you use the white star at the top right to add a bookmark? Seems easy to me - only trying to help but I'll stop now.
21. Re: Why does the newest Flash player for Windows crash so much?digiday Dec 6, 2012 1:54 PM (in response to SteveInMalta)
Hi SteveInMalta,
I'm going to try one more time, but this is my last attempt to explain what I'm talking about.
I indeed use the star button to create bookmarks in Google Chrome... the alternative is to go to the three fat lines button, then drag down to "Bookmarks", then to the submenu "Bookmark this page", so the star button is a little faster to create a bookmark. But the problem is, that's just the beginning of the convoluted, old fashioned process of saving a new bookmark in Chrome if you want to put that bookmark in a specific bookmarks folder.
Let's say the you have around 50,000 bookmarks or more saved over time, and in an effort to be more organized in how you save those bookmarks, you create bookmarks folders to categorize your bookmarks... you can do this in Google Chrome and in Mozilla Firefox.
But in Google Chrome, you can't see any of the webpages in tabs that you are otherwise viewing in your browser window when you are viewing the Bookmark Manager tab because the Bookmark Manager tab is just another tab, like any other tab, unlike the Bookmarks Bar on the left side of the window in Firefox. So unless you have a second browser window open along side of your first browser window, say with both of them at half the size of your monitor screen, you can't see your bookmarks folders or any of your bookmarks within at the same time that you are viewing a webpage. But in Firefox, you can have the Bookmarks Bar open at the left side of your single browser window and you can see your Bookmarks bar on the left side at the same time that you are viewing any given webpage tab that you have open.
So, while you are viewing a webpage that you want to bookmark to a specific bookmarks folder in Firefox, you can simply click-drag-and-drop that webpage tab in to a specific bookmarks folder that is visible in your Bookmarks Bar on the left side of the page in Firefox. YOU CANNOT CLICK-DRAG-AND-DROP A WEBPAGE TAB IN TO THE GOOGLE CHROME BOOKMARK MANAGER TAB BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SEE THE BOOKMARK MANAGER TAB AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU ARE VIEWING A WEBPAGE TAB.
In Google Chrome, unless you want to save your new bookmark in to the same bookmarks folder that you saved your last bookmark to, then you need to go through these 5 steps...
1) Click on the star button
2) Then click on the "Folder:" dropdown menu
3) Then select "Choose another folder"
4) Then you get a new navigation panel and you need to navigate to the other bookmarks folder that you want to save your new bookmark to, which at times can be difficult in you have a lot of bookmarks folders and sub-folders.
5) Then click "Save"
This is the old, convoluted way to save new bookmarks. With the far easier and faster way in Firefox, you simply have your Bookmarks Bar open and visible on the left side of the window, and you click-drag-and-drop your webpage tab for the webpage that you want to bookmark to the bookmarks folder that you want to put it in. That's because you can see all of your bookmarks folders, sub-folders and bookmarks at the same time that you are viewing a webpage... YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN GOOGLE CHROME. In Google Chrome, you need to go through the five steps I listed above in order to save a new bookmark to a specific bookmarks folder. While in Firefox, all you do is click-drag-and-drop a webpage tab to your desired bookmarks folder.
Now, if you are not putting bookmarks in specific bookmarks folders, and you're just globbing all of your bookmarks in to one giant chronological list that is a mile long, then this wouldn't be an issue for you.
I guess this could be compared or analogized to how most Mac users just simply click-drag-and-drop a file from one folder to another when they want to move files around on their hard drive, but even though Windows users can do the same thing on a Windows based PC computer, most Windows users go through the additional steps of right-clicking on a file and dragging down to "Cut", then navigating to the other folder that they want to put that file in and then right-clicking and selecting "Paste".
It's much easier to click-drag-and-drop a file to move it than it is to cut, navigate and paste a file from one folder to another, but most Windows users are conditioned to go the long route instead of the simple route. Additionally, what if you "Cut" a file with the intention of immediately "Pasting" it in to another folder, but you get distracted and you forget to paste that file in to the other folder, then you cut or copy something else later... then you've entirely lost the file that you intended to move a little while ago.
It's sort of the same thing with saving new bookmarks in Google Chrome, but you need to go through five steps to save a new bookmark instead of just "click-drag-and-drop", like in Firefox.
Additionally, when you are viewing your bookmarks folders in the Google Chrome Bookmark Manager, you cannot see all of the bookmarks that each folder contains below each open bookmark folder like you can in Firefox... in Google Chrome, you need to click on a single bookmarks folder to then see the bookmarks that folder contains in a second column to the right of the column where the bookmarks folders appear, making it impossible to look at a group of open bookmarks folders and see the bookmarks that they contain.
If you understand English clearly and you take the time to read and maybe re-read what I've written in my last three replies, this may make sense to you... at least I certainly hope so.


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diazragu08 wrote:
i have a problem with ignorant people as well and most of them just happen to be american (go figure) i listen to all kinds of music from all countries, i might not understand what they say but if it sounds good who the hell cares? alot of people think because a show or song is another ethnicity or country its crap and its not worth the time of day and i try to stay away from people like that infact i try to keep away from people in general they just piss me off lol but that not only goes for music but for preference in clothing as well. sighs* iv found out in highschool that if you didnt have the latest style in clothing or shoes that makes you a target to get picked on by others. iv experienced that first hand and i never was truly the same after it either its been about 8 yrs now and i remember that horrible day as if it were yesterday. but i live day by day doing what i like to do and what makes me happy and at peace i dont really think about the past and i dont forget it either, for all i care people who are that closeminded can go kick rocks lmao
You have an ignorant mind set of Americans. Every country has its ignorant people, and for you to slander Americans is not only harsh, it's terribly wrong. Think before you speak.
my friends would tease me about it...
knowledge is hard to obtain...
Yah Iisten mostly to classical music and every time that someone heres me listening to it they act like I am abnormal. Well I guess I am abnormal. I am a college kid that is nerdy, rational, listen to music only most older people want to listen to and want to be in the FBI.
You see the true colors of people when death stares them in the face.
Yes, cos' I am Chinese and I love the Korean culture & K-POP alot. -.-
Oh please~ I like all genres as long as it is nice.
Hyunseung (:
They do, all the f*ckin' time , mostly because there's no one (except me, obviously) who likes the kind of music I listen to, and it's j-pop/rock.
mad at the world that chooses morality over reason and logic
It's unavoidable 'coz i love listening to Kpop.. and I really experienced that in the past years esp when Kpop wasn't that popular here in our country. my brother used to hate it and argues w/ me but now seems like it have grew on him already or he's just following the trend? haha. my classmates too would even tease us kpop fans and often argue w/ us...but now, they could even see our fave kpop groups topping the charts here, and even doing concerts. and all they just need to see is for the whole country to celebrate them.. LOL
super show 3
yepp. but i dont really care and just shove their remarks off :p
AHAHa then i make them listen to my music and they get hooked XDDD
My family is making fun of me and they call it "stupid", sometimes it's driving me crazy, but I just think something about them, I'm not interest in some arguments, so I usually just let it go.
Only exeption is my mother, we're having arguments all the time, it always goes like this: "What are you listening?" "Nothing, you know." "Oh, you're listening those skew-eyed ones again." "Don't call them skew-eyed, okay?!" "Why not? They have those weird eyes!" "No, they don't, they're actually pretty handsome!" "What? They're ugly!" "No, they're not!!!" :D:D
I don't get why are they doing it.
My friends mostly doesn't know about it and those who knows don't say anything ;-) They just don't care
.... SNSD is THE BEST!!! Screw you, antis
Actually no. My mom hears something with sex and hell in it and she doesn't say anything. Even when I sing along. Seems like people now days that are parents don't give a damn what you listen to. Just what you watch. My favorite song is " Give you Hell" Nobody disrespects me for it.
Watch Cruel City! An amazing drama! :)
Only people I'm close to, like family and old friends.
See you, space cowboy
i have this huge obsession with kpop, especially snsd. some of my friends and family give me crap for it, but nothing comes between me and my kpop! xD jk
although for some reason, everybody forgets that i also have a huge library of cpop and that i don't just listen to kpop. no kpop artist in my music library, except maybe lee hyori, comes remotely close to the number of songs that i own from jay chou, show luo, and especially lee hom wang.
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yea these kid in my class say music i listen to is shit. funny how they listen to song what the media says is good shit like song from lady gaga. also in when ever i listen to music on tje school computer this girl always says turn you shitty music off. but it weird how she was staring at my list of song in play list, it kind of creepy having some one behind you looking at what your doing. scary
stars when you shine, you know how I feel
Well, sometimes. My family thought it was weird that I was so into kpop, jpop, jrock, and etc. at first. A little while after they got past the whole language barrier thing, they began to listen to it too. XD
But with some of my friends and at school its a whole different thing. They've actually told me that because I'm Black I shouldn't listen to Asian music. Race shouldn't even matter. Music has no race but, some ppl just don't understand or they just refuse to.
ahh most of my friends don't know i listen to k-pop and my sisters all like k-pop!
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The Republican "War on Women" has yet another proponent. No joke, the WTF?'s from the GOP have been coming fast and furious of late, but this one takes the cake!
"Life gives us many experiences…I've had the experience of delivering calves, dead and alive. Delivering pigs, dead or alive."
"Georgia State Rep. Terry England compared women seeking abortions of stillborn fetuses to cows and pigs. He was speaking in favor of HR954, which makes it illegal to obtain an abortion after 20 weeks even if the woman is known to be carrying a stillborn fetus or the baby is otherwise not expect to live to term."
"England then decided to say that the argument against abortion must be great if his cockfighting friend is willing to give up cockfighting so that women will stop getting abortions… Said the cockfighting enthusiast, who has been threatened by cockfighting laws, and bristled against them forever until he found his cause in the zygote:
"Mr. Terry, I wanna tell you something. You tell those folks down there, when they quit killing babies, they can have every chicken I've got."
Georgia Representative Terry England (Republican, Auburn)
(no, I'm not trying to propagate a stereotype, this pic is from his website)
Tell members of the Georgia Senate to VOTE NO on HB 954! Find your Senator at http://votesmart.org/.
This is the douchebag who sponsored the bill...
(BTW, this douchebag was a pro-choice Democrat until he "found Jesus" and switched parties)
More GOP logic from Representative Charlice Byrd...
Email Addresses, in case anybody's curious...
Terry England - email@example.com
Doug McKillip - email@example.com
Charlice Byrd - firstname.lastname@example.com
Perhaps the most disturbing update to a blog I have ever posted:
They passed the bill!
See: Georgia House forces women to carry potentially stillborn fetuses t...
This is from the website of Representative Doug McKillip who sponsored the bill:
Yesterday was a big day. In the final minutes on the final day of the Legislative Session, we managed to pass the most sweeping pro-life legislation in Georgia history.
HB 954, better known as the "Fetal pain" bill will end elective abortions from taking place after 20 weeks of pregnancy. This legislation provides for the first ever ban on barbaric late term abortions in Georgia.
Despite the best efforts of the liberals and their vicious attacks, we succeeded in saving the lives of the innocent unborn.
I just want to thank you for your prayers and support through this fight. I couldn't have done it without the power of prayer and the encouragement I received from so many.
Due to our efforts, thousands of innocent lives will be saved each year in Georgia.
With your continued support, you have my word that I will continue working to pass sweeping conservative reforms that reflect our values.
Thanks again and God Bless,
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I need to reward my former statement because it reads as though I am disgusted with Richard. While writing that comment, I was looking at the smiling photo of Georgia Representative Terry England (Republican, Auburn). Terry England, you have no idea the emotional and physical harm you do to women by that legislation! Families do not benefit from such barbaric legislation. Society reverts back to the Stone Age. Remember, we did not leave the Stone Age because we ran out of stones, we thought our ways to better living.
I wouldn't hold a lot of hope for SCOTUS doing anything sensible. 6 Catholics are on the Court, and 5 tend to vote together as a block - Kennedy, Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Roberts. Kennedy is considered a "swing" vote, but I'm not that convinced. It was, after all, Kennedy, who delivered the majority opinion in the recent case allowing the police to strip search anyone in custody - even for the most minor infraction. Thomas votes however Scalia and Roberts tell him to, and Alito walks pretty much hand in hand with Scalia on over 85% of the opinions. And none of these individuals are going away anytime soon.
it really is time for the SCOTUS to revisit this issue. abortion is legal, yet many states are effectively making them illegal, or impossible. it seems to me that the Court needs to re-confirm the legality of abortion, or make it altogether illegal. if RvW is upheld, then all these ridiculous pieces of legislation need to be thrown out. if RvW is overturned, then we'll know it's time to move to another more reasonable country. either way, let's clarify this once and for all.
I've set off some interesting emails to these bozos...
Your frame of chickens for human health is about as crazy as I have ever heard. Your reasoning is so far away from good sense I just cringe. My heart just goes out to the women in your district. May your god help them because you surely do not.
Oh! Look!
…email addresses!
In my wildest dreams I never thought this would be passed, unconscionable, is too mild a word.
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As the so-called Republican "War on Women" becomes more and more difficult to distinguish from an Orwellian horror story, the Georgia House of Representatives has upped the ante once again. After a 14 hour day of fist-fighting lobbyists and a Democratic walk-out, Theocratic Republicans passed HB 954. Known by Republicans as the "Fetal Pain Bill," and by everyone else as the "Women as Livestock Bill," HB 954 prohibits all abortions after 20 weeks -- including the removal of a potentially stillborn fetus.
Oh my god! I cannot believe what I just heard! cows, pigs, chickens and cockfighting! What has that to do with abortion? Do his wife, mother, daughters, if he had any, count? What if they were faced with death in childbirth of mother or baby?
Dogly, you are right, but in addition, take away his male genitals. He clearly does not know the difference between life and death for women of child bearing age.
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Wood, Braves roll over Indians
Rookie Alex Wood isn't just learning on the job for the Atlanta Braves.
The left-hander keeps winning, too.
"Today wasn't one of his best outings," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "He was spraying it around a little bit and got his pitch count up, but he's tough to take swings at."
Wood pitched five-plus strong innings, Elliot Johnson had a two-run triple and Atlanta beat the Cleveland Indians 2-0 on Tuesday night.
The Braves have won two straight, improving the majors' best record to 79-52. They have won 14 of 17 at Turner Field and own baseball's home mark at 45-18.
Closer Craig Kimbrel pitched a perfect ninth to earn his 42nd save, most in the majors, in 45 chances.
He struck out Drew Stubbs and retired pinch-hitter Lonnie Chisenhall and Michael Bourn on groundouts.
Atlanta took a 2-0 lead in the second inning. Brian McCann walked with one out, advanced to third on Joey Terdoslavich's single to right field, and both runners scored when Johnson tripled over Stubbs near the wall in right.
Wood (3-2) allowed five hits, a career-high four walks and struck out five in 5 2-3 innings. He's 3-0 with a 1.46 ERA in his past six starts.
Wood credited pitching coach Roger McDowell with making a timely mound visit in the third. The rookie retired the first two batters he faced and was ahead in the count on Jason Kipnis and Carlos Santana before walking both batters.
McDowell wanted to help Wood slow down his pace and not rush to make the next pitch. But he also wanted to talk strategy with the rookie and McCann, the catcher.
After McDowell returned to the dugout, Wood got Mike Aviles to ground into a forceout and end the threat.
"He comes out and he has an idea what we should do to that hitter," Wood said. "That's definitely a big help. As long as we execute it, it usually ends up working out pretty good."
Cleveland had won two straight and five of six, but lost despite holding Atlanta to just three hits.
"Our pitching's been on point, but you've got to score to win," Bourn said. "You can't score zero runs and win the game. It's not going to happen.
"We've got to find a way to put some runs on the board and help our pitchers out."
Rookie Danny Salazar (1-2) gave up three hits, two runs and two walks in four innings. The right-hander struck out three.
Wood issued his four walks in the first three innings, but he worked around Asdrubal Cabrera's leadoff double in the fourth and Kipnis' two-out double in the fifth.
A two-out single by Michael Brantley chased Wood in the sixth. The next Atlanta pitcher, Luis Ayala, walked Stubbs, the only batter he faced, but Scott Downs ended the threat by striking out pinch-hitter Jason Giambi.
Cabrera went 3 for 4 and was the only batter with more than one hit, but Johnson drove in the game's only runs.
"I got a fastball out over and hit it well enough to get it over Stubbs' head, and we get a couple of runs off a guy that throws really hard," Johnson said. "But Woody was the story of the day, pretty much commanding all of his pitches and keeping them off balance."
Gonzalez indicated that Johnson, claimed off waivers last week from Kansas City, likely will stay with Atlanta with second baseman Dan Uggla set to come off the disabled list on Wednesday.
Johnson started his fifth game at second base in Uggla's place.
Notes: Braves RF Jason Heyward rejoined the team for the first time since getting hit by Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese last Wednesday, breaking the right side of his jaw with a 90 mph fastball. Heyward hopes to return for the playoffs. … Atlanta RHP Brandon Beachy was in the clubhouse one day after learning there's no structural damage in his surgically repaired elbow. Beachy, who has missed 109 games over the past two years, hopes to return by the end of next month. … The Indians and Braves met for the first time since 2007 and for the first time at Turner Field since 2004. … Uggla went 2 for 4 with a homer in his last rehab appearance Tuesday with Triple-A Gwinnett. … Atlanta had its fewest hits in a victory since getting three on July 19, 2012, against San Francisco.


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13 Gifts for Home Cooks and Food Lovers
The holidays are just around the corner and that means its time to start thinking about finding the right gift for everyone on your list. If you have a gourmand on your list or are just looking for something more original than a bottle of red to bring your host for Thanksgiving, we have you covered!
Lately the kitchen has been inundated with tools made of plastic, rubber, and silicone. Here, we go back to basics with items made of all natural materials: a stainless steel ice cube tray, drinking straws made of glass, and an earthenware colander are just some of the items on our wish list.
1 Our green gift guide for food lovers
2 Glass Drinking Straws, $24.99 for four from Abe's Market
3 White Dipped Spoon, $10.00 from Ashes and Milk
4 Bamboo Hala Cookbook Holder, $32.00 from Abe's Market
5 Stainless Steel Ice Cube Tray, $35.00 from Brook Farm General Store
6 Hand Loomed Cotton Honeycomb Hand Towel, $24.00 from Terrain
7 Reclaimed Slate Cheese Board, $48.00 from Uncommon Goods
8 Earthenware Colander, $26.80 from Leif
9 Salad Hands, $32.00 from Canvas Home
10 Wine Ring Cocktail Napkins, $26.00 by Avril Loreti
11 Printed Herb Jar, $6.00 from Terrain
12 Spice Rub Set, $59.00 from Culinarium
13 Covered Jars with Chalk Surface, price by request from Canvas Home
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Griggs county students help Dakota Wizards beat bullying
Special to the Times-Record
Bismarck's Dakota Wizards basketball team, a developmental league team for the Golden State Warriors, has taken on a new opponent, bullying.
Earlier this month, the Wizards invited Griggs County Central students to their final home game to assist in their game plan to send out the message "stop bullying now."
At the game, students took a pledge to treat people fairly, be inclusive and take action when bullying is happening to others. Additionally, the team highlighted a new North Dakota's new anti-bullying law, "Cassidy's Law", which goes in effect this July.
In November 2010, GCC lost student Cassidy Joy Andel to a suicide that was blamed, in part, to bullying. The tragedy sparked the beginning of "Cassidy's Law", which will attach consequences to those who participate in the bullying of others.
The school's response to the loss was to begin a determined fight against bullying.
Members of GCC's leadership team, the school's Students Against Destructive Decisions chapter and other students jumped at the invitation to publicly tell Cassidy's story and pledge to put an end to bullying.
At the start of the Wizard's game attending GCC students were invited onto the court, alongside players and coaches. Together they led the crowd in an anti-bullying pledge.
At halftime of the game the GCC students again took to the court where GCC student Shelby Jacobson spoke on how bullying affected our community and how it has become a nationwide problem.
"This pledge was a great gesture for our society," Jacobson said. "Bullying is a problem everywhere and we need to stop it."
After Jacobson's speech North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem thanked the GCC students, spoke about "Cassidy's Law" and how efforts are being made at the state level to stop this crime to society.
After halftime the GCC students and Wizard fans were able to sit back and enjoy the game. The Wizards pulled off a massive comeback and were on top when the final horn sounded.
Shaylee Andel, Cassidy's sister, was pleased with the event.
"It is nice [bullying] is being recognized and more people are aware of it," she said. "Hopefully people will now become more involved."
T.J. Carlson also enjoyed the event.
"I thought it was really inspiring to se everyone come together for such a good cause," he said.
The Dakota Wizards are now working with the Golden State Warriors to show a video of the pledge at their games and at games across the NBA.
The students hope their actions eventually help pave the way for the end of bullying and GCC principal Travis Jordan was proud of his students for their action.
"I'm very proud of our students," Jordan said. "They have taken the courage to stand up for what is right, and hopefully will not just say the pledge, but rather act and live it."


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North America's Third Flash Détente Unit Coming to North Coast
Custom crush services provider Carneros Vintners will be offering customers use of a new flash detante system during the 2012 harvest. The system is being built in Italy by Della Toffola Group and is expected to arrive in July. It'll be the first flash unit in the North Coast.
Carneros Vintners opened in 2009 and is part of the Vintners Group, which operates Lodi Vintners near Woodbridge, CA. They've been running a slightly larger flash unit in Lodi since 2010.
The new system is rated at 20 tons an hour and will have three holding tanks, allowing for processing three separate lots at a time. Normally these machines come with one tank.
"We can potentially receive fruit from three clients, or assist one client with three different lots," general manager Tyson Rippey said.
Some north coast customers hauled fruit to Lodi in 2010 and 2011 while many were too small for the unit in Lodi, which has a truckload minimum.
The new unit will require a minimum of 10-15 tons of fruit.
"We turned away a lot of business because the lots were too small to really work in Lodi during the last couple of years," Rippey said.
Flash has long been used in Europe, South America and Australia. The U.S. is sometimes slow to adopt new winemaking technology. There are now three flash units in North America – One is at Monterey Wine Company and was made by the French company Pera. A small demonstration unit made its way over to Carneros Vintners during the 2010 harvest.
The units have received rave reviews and are said to have been quite useful during the last two seasons that were fraught with rains, botrytis, under ripe grapes.


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This is the image of Chianti: the countryside between Florence and Siena, with churches, farms, fields in bloom and many unforgettable paths. Driving along the Chiantigiana (SS222) with its winding curves, climbing up and down steep hills, touching the main villages of the region. Immersed in the vineyards famous for its red Chianti wine.
Although the area is accessible by bus, it is better to rent a car to stop all the time you want in each winery.
The important thing, when going through the Chiantigiana, is to keep your eyes open for these signs that indicate the possibility of a "DEGUSTAZIONE DI VINO" (wine tasting). Almost all the farms that produce wine, offer the possibility of tasting and buying bottles of Chianti, at a much lower price than the stores.
Back on the road after a relaxing coffee around this beautiful region among the beautiful landscapes, and more hillsides, green cypress trees, snaking roads. We seem to go back in time, until we arrive at Castellina in Chianti.
Castellina is a town that seems gone back in time at 1400, with its fortified walls, the old castle and its tower and "Via delle Volte" with its oil and wine shops. If you want to see more towns in the Chianti region, visit Radda, a small medieval town, and then Gaiole here is found the Geographic Farmers Cooperative Chianti which gathers over 200 local producers.
After an interesting day, what better than finishing the evening at the Castello di Brolio (10 km south), owned by Baron Ricasoli, former Prime Minister of Italy, which for years has been dedicated to his wine. Before a tour visit to the wine cellars with wine tasting, finally a dinner in one of the local Inns among the flavors and fragrances of Tuscany, all with fresh ingredients grown near the castle.


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: Museullaneous, Date: 07 Jun 2011
The Webteam is launching a new initiative: innovations@austmus. Read on to find out more...
innovations@austmus is a new series of thought-provoking talks focussed around leadership and innovation designed to engage, excite and elicit discussion. Join us on the first Thursday of each month in the Museum's newest function space to hear a range of speakers, new ideas and the opportunity to network.
Talks will start at 4pm, finish at 5pm and then we'll retire to the local watering hole for a drink and further discussions. These events are free, all that we ask is that you book.
You can follow the discussions on Twitter (#innovationsaustmus), and short, sharp summaries will also be posted to the Web 2.U blog.
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East Texas Woman Admits to Putting Meth in Coffee Before Giving Birth
A Huntington woman has been sentenced to probation after she pleaded guilty to child endangerment, and admitted putting meth in her coffee just before giving birth.
An arrest warrant obtained by KTRE.com says Amanda McAdams, 26, tested positive for meth several times during her pregnancy and tests were done on her baby, which also came back positive.
The child's father, Joseph Broussard, 42, also failed a drug test and admitted to snorting meth before his baby was born.
McAdams told Angelina County authorities she was "tired and worn out."
Both McAdams and Broussard accepted a five-year probation sentence.


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MILLBURY � The casino proposal is officially over.
Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday to cancel the townwide referendum that had been scheduled for Sept. 24 on a host community agreement with Mass Gaming & Entertainment for a slots casino.
The motion was read by Selectman Brian M. Ashmankas, the sole selectman who had not signed the host community agreement, who also serves as campaign director of a group attempting to pass an initiative petition to repeal the state expanded gaming law.
Town Manager Robert J. Spain Jr. said that representatives of Mass Gaming & Entertainment, a subsidiary of Chicago-based Rush Street Gaming, notified him Friday of their intent to terminate the agreement signed with the town July 23.
"Because of that withdrawal, and they officially withdrew their application in front of the Planning Board, because of that at this time we believe it's not prudent to hold the election," Mr. Spain said.
Although some absentee ballots had already been cast, after consulting with lawyers and the secretary of state's office, Mr. Spain said the town could legally cancel the election.
Town Clerk Jayne Davolio said she would destroy the ballots and post a warrant notifying residents about the cancellation.
An impact study undertaken for the town by Pro Forma Advisors was halted immediately after the applicant withdrew the proposal, Mr. Spain said. They had incurred roughly $21,000 worth of work, which will be paid for under the $50,000 already allocated to the town by the developer.
"Even though they pulled out, there's still no cost to the town," Mr. Spain said.
Any other town costs related to the casino proposal, including legal fees, will also be paid for by Mass Gaming & Entertainment.
Mr. Spain said, "In that short period of time we blew through 50 grand like that; 30 of that in legal fees."
Related to Mass Gaming & Entertainment's withdrawal, Department of Public Works Director Robert D. McNeil III told selectmen that town and state engineers would start looking again at the design phase for improvements to McCracken Road, where the casino would have been located, at the end of the month.
"We were hoping to get two-thirds of that project by our friends from Chicago," Mr. McNeil said.


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Our goal also includes mirroring the demographics of Orange County in the demographics of our students and employees. The College engages in aggressive recruitment and retention strategies to continuously address the underrepresented populations among our students and employees. In addition, the College's President and leadership team include diversity considerations in decisions affecting all students, faculty and staff at SUNY Orange.
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Local pharmacist Tim Barrick was honored as Kiwanis Citizen of the Year.
Local pharmacist Tim Barrick was honored as Kiwanis Citizen of the Year.
Barrick is involved in several community outreach programs, as well as running The Clinic Pharmacy.
Barrick graduated from Shawnee High School before attending the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. He currently teaches at an adjunct at the OU College of Pharmacy.
Barrick attends St. Benedict's Catholic Church along with his wife, Jamie, and two sons Grant and Jack.
He has been involved in several service organizations, including the Shawnee Jaycees, The Troy and Dollie Smith Family YMCA Board of Directors, Shawnee United Way, Rotary Club, Shawnee Youth Baseball Board of Directors, Shawnee High School Basketball Boosters, and the Shawnee High School Golf Booster Club.
Barrick volunteers at the Pottawatomie County Free Clinic, and is also a member of the Greater Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce.
"I appreciate the award," Barrick said. "It was a huge surprise."
"They [Kiwanis] make such a positive impact," he added. "To receive an award from them makes it that much more special."


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