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The King Street Transit Pilot is now in full effect. The project takes place on King Street from Bathurst Street to Jarvis Street. Expected pilot duration is one year.
The pilot is about moving people more efficiently on transit, improving public space and supporting business and economic prosperity along King Street. Local traffic access will be allowed. During the course of this pilot project, vehicles are not allowed to drive through the intersections on King Street, except for: TTC Vehicles, emergency vehicles, bicycles, and road maintenance. (see map for design of each block)
Taxis are allowed to travel through the intersections of the street between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.
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That is what Mr. said to me all last week before we left! 🙂
We arrived in San Francisco Saturday night and are having a great time. Getting here on the other hand was quite the experience. When we got to the airport on Saturday, it was rainy but nothing major. By the time we were loading, a storm had moved in and it was raining pretty good. We also were having a really pretty lightening show. Once we were loaded, the pilot announced that there would be a short delay taking off. As we were sitting there, a passenger across from us asked the flight attendant if it was normal practice for the crew to leave all the luggage sitting in the rain. His response was that due to the lightening, they had closed the ramps to the plane and the crew had taken shelter back inside the airport. Therefore, everyone's luggage was getting soaked!! (all the photos in this post are from my phone, so let me apologize that they are not great quality. But I only brought my Ipad and can't upload from my camera)
What you can't see very well in the above picture is the luggage trailers sitting in the rain, loaded with luggage, getting wet.
Now, that wasn't the only issue with this trip. Oh no. Mr. and I sat there, in the plane, on the runway, in the rain, for over two hours. Here we are at about 1 hour 45 minutes into the wait….
The children on the plane were beginning to get a little restless! As well as the real children under the age of five! 🙂 Two hours and 10 minutes after our original takeoff time, we took off!!
We arrived in San Francisco, got into our rental car and we were off! But wait….we didn't go straight to the hotel. Oh no. I forgot to enter Center at the end of the street address of our hotel into the GPS and we ended up on a street with the same name in Oakland!! When we pulled up to the address, Mr. looked at me and politely said, "I don't think this is our hotel." No, it wasn't. It was an abandoned, industrial area. And not a good area to be in at all. After dark…alone…and lost. I quickly punched the address in the GPS and off we go. Again. We got to see the Bay Bridge (or whatever the name of it is) twice though. Very pretty all lit up! (I tried to take pictures while we were going across it, but they are all blurry)
Once in our hotel room, we began to unpack our rain-soaked luggage. Everything (except my shoes, which I packed in plastic shoe tubs) was wet. We had to hang up and lay everything out to dry. It looked like our suitcases had exploded!
We had clothes on the bed, jeans over the backs of chairs, and my unmentionables (you could actually wring water from them) hung over the dresser drawers and TV! I will spare you from the picture of that! 🙂 It looked sort of like a Victoria's Secret store.
We spent Sunday at Pier 39 with our good friend, Leanna, who lives about 1 1/2 hours from SF. We shopped, ate a hot dog from a street vendor, seafood at Bubba Gump's, watched the sea lions, and walked to Ghirardelli Square. I have never seen so much chocolate in one spot and the smell was heavenly! One word…Awesome!
Poor Mr. is allergic to chocolate and can't enjoy it. But that didn't stop Leanna and I from buying some!
On Monday, I was on my own as Mr. is stuck in a conference until noon on Thursday. I walked the 1.8 miles back to the Pier and did some more shopping. I am one happy camper if I can do some shopping along the water! I sat on a bench by the water and ate another hot dog! (for some reason, these plain meat and bread hot dogs taste really good) 🙂
Mr. and I had plans to go out with some others from the conference last night for dinner, but he ended up taking me to an Urgent Care Clinic. (if ever in SF, the Golden Gate Urgent Care is the place to go) I kept thinking I was just tired from the trip, but ended up having an infection and needed some antibiotics. I'm much better today and taking it easy.
I had a wonderful sandwich and chocolate chip cookie for lunch today at The Posh Bagel and a walk through a courtyard full of flowers and shops close to the hotel.
I still have a list of things to do before we leave on Friday. So I gave myself a little time to rest today and hopefully will be back on the street tomorrow!
Hope y'all are having a great week too!

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CNN) -- Jill Thacker was dying for a cup of coffee when she recently ran into a 7-Eleven convenience store. To her pleasant surprise, the coffee was free -- as long as she would commit to drinking it in either a red Mitt Romney cup or a blue Barack Obama cup."Which are you going to choose, Mom?" her son asked.Which, indeed. A gun-owning, big-government-hating Republican, Thacker's every instinct told her to buy a Romney cup. But Thacker, 56, and her daughter have asthma -- a pre-existing condition -- and with Obama as president they'll be guaranteed the ability to buy insurance.Thacker stood in the 7-Eleven and stared at the red and blue cups, stymied by the choice they represented.Perhaps no other election has posed such a difficult personal decision for some conservatives: How do you vote if you're ideologically conservative, but you're benefiting, or stand to benefit, from the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as "Obamacare"?"In 2008, health care was a very conceptual, a very theoretical issue," said Michael Traugott, a professor of political science and communication at the University of Michigan. "This year it's very concrete and real."...Obamacare tells insurance companies they can't say no to people with preexisting conditions, or charge them more because of their health issues.http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/06/health/republicans-conflicted-...Amazing how stupid issues can lead people to vote against their self-interest.Peter
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Shortly after unveiling the unique Phantom Celestial bespoke model at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Rolls-Royce has shown another one-off, this time based on the Ghost entry-level model (funny how a $272,000 car gets to be called an entry-level one).
Revealed on Rolls-Royce's official Facebook page, the Ghost Chengdu Golden Sunbird is inspired by an ancient Chinese artifact from the late Shang Dynasty called the Golden Sun Bird, discovered in 2001 in Chengdu city and represented by the sculpture shown in the first photo from the gallery.
The one-off Ghost appears to be based on the LWB model and features many bespoke motifs inspired by the ancient ring-shaped piece of foil, made of nearly pure gold. The design of the treasure, including the four birds flying in the same counter-clockwise direction around the sun, can be seen on the Ghost's embroidery, veneers and the coach-line motif.
The golden paint that covers the engine bonnet, roof and boot lid, as well as the golden upholstery and golden treadplates are also unique features of the Rolls-Royce Ghost Chengdu Golden Sunbird. Rolls-Royce doesn't say it, but the Spirit of Ecstasy statue appears to be made of gold too.
One thing is for sure; the gold theme is treated much more tastefully than on the Fenice Milano gold-plated Rolls-Rolls Ghost we saw last year. The client that commissioned this unique car remains anonymous, but we assume he or she comes from China.
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In an exclusive interview conducted not twenty minutes ago super villain Simon Cowell opened his heart to this reporter. So Simon...
Simon Cowell: Please refer to me as Mr. Cowell or a simple your majesty will do.
Ok. Mr. Cowell it's being a very hectic year for you hasn't it? All the scandals and trauma with the US version of the X-Factor must have really taken it's toll on you?[/i](There's a long pause while Simon sips a strange coloured drink. The pause continues for a uncomfortable length of time as he dabs his mouth with what can only be described as a tissue made of bald eagle feathers.)
Simon: I'm sorry who are you?
I'm a journalist. Working for The East Sussex Mid Morning Gazette.
Simon: And what are you doing here?
Conducting an interview.
Simon: Who with?
With you.
Simon: Of course (he waves his hand dismissively towards my face) I'll have a double latte and a Great White Shark sandwich.
A Great White shark sandwich? You do know their an endangered species don't you?
Simon: Of course! I only eat the finest of endangered species it keeps me forever young and allows me to have a finger up the bum of youth culture.
That is...(before I can finish I am cut off by a slap which cuts my cheek as Simon has a spike on one of his rings.)
Simon: I know exactly what every person wants and they want me! Simon Cowell.
(He allows my blood to run from his ring into a small vial he has brought from his pocket.)
Simon: Do you see what my empire has achieved.
(I shrug in a "Not a f*****g clue sort of way")
Simon: If I say a trio of singing Arabs shall be Christmas number one, so it shall be! If I create a competition which requires family members to destroy treasured possessions on live TV for no reward my will, will be carried forth. At a glance the birds will fall from the sky and the tide shall turn back....
(Simon has taken to standing on the table at this point and has his foot resting on my chest. I have the strange feeling he is gauging whether or not I could present a challenge in a fight.)
Simon: Let me ask you a question newspaper-man.
Ok then, this will be interesting a sort of role reversal....
Simon: If you talk out of line again Cheryl, I'll skin you alive and wear you like a mink stole!
I'm not Cheryl....
Simon: I know that. I just get confused sometimes. (Simon has removed his shoes as he perches on the edge of the table like a Mountain Lion) Here is my question to you. If I've made seven million pounds since this interview began...did you say something?
Simon: I grow more powerful by the moment my ears are transcending time I'm able to hear things in the instants before they are said. Have you seen my money room?
I'm afraid I haven't.....
Simon: Of course you haven't because your not important or me. I have had women break their pelvis because they cant get their legs wide enough when they see my money room.
Ok ok. Let's try and get this interview back on track here. There's being several rumours suggesting that your currently funding a new space program. Can you confirm this?
Simon: Yes! My "Destroy The Failures!" scheme.
And what does that entail?
Simon: I'm going to be Frank with you....no I'm going to stay as Simon. My "Destroy The Failures" scheme is my most brilliant idea since the last idea I had. I realise that my hundreds of talent shows create thousands of mindless clones releasing the same droning spores onto our radio airwaves but I also understand that they all have a shelf life of about one single and then everyone loses interest. So I want to take all my one hit wonders, round them up and fire them into the sun on my spaceship "Smug Bastard One".
You cant do that! These are human beings were talking about here.
Simon: It's all in the contract. Clause 21.A- All contestants may remain on the planet until the public cotton onto them being a one trick pony. Once that point has being reached then you are to be fired into the sun.
And people actually sign this?
Simon: Dam right they do. People are that desperate to be famous they will sign anything. Do you know what my hobby is?
No. Please do tell.
Simon: I pay the homeless to kiss at traffic lights.
(He says this with a absolutely dead pan face which betrays no emotion but his eyes speak of a perverse enjoyment he gets from doing this)
Ok Simon it's being interesting talking to you...
Simon: I've been rather bored.
(Simon stands up and leaves without as much of a look in my direction.)
The whole interview was a very strange experience as although I clearly heard the words Simon said I did not once see his lips move.


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Dial 811
Electricity for many of today's homes is provided by underground lines. Damaging or disturbing a line can cause a power outage in your home and your neighborhood or worse–you could be seriously hurt or killed. Never dig around your home or business without first calling to check for wiring, cable or other underground utilities such as natural gas lines, water, or sewer lines.
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Colorado law requires underground utilities to be located BEFORE anyone digs. Whether you are a contractor working on a site or a homeowner working around your own home, this may be the most important number you ever dial.
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Gallery Facility
of it's gallery space at EastSide Village in the
Arts District in Downtown Plano.
renewal rate made it impossible for the association to afford
continued occupancy. Every attempt was made to negotiate a responsible path forward to retain the space, but to no avail.
to inspire and encourage its member artists and achieve
the mission of the organization:
encouraging the visual arts development of the
membership, and inspiring awareness of the visual arts
by sharing the joy, passion and beauty
within and beyond our Plano community."
and upcoming scheduled exhibits. We will keep everyone
informed as the options and opportunities are identified.
history of the Plano Art Association, the organization
has thrived for more than four decades and it will
certainly do so for decades to come. The closing of the
gallery comes very close to the end of term of our
current excellent leadership. We all look
forward to choosing a new executive team
that can build on the strong
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|Follow link to see the Pipistral Vegan Winter Coat.
170g Primaloft Eco Body/130g hoods & sleeves.
Whole coat packs away in the hood to make a pillow.
|"Cloudveil" Enclosure Jacket (Vegan Coat)
The link is to the newer styles which are not 200 gm.
This is my "dog rescue" jacket. Warm with tons of pockets and LOTS of mobility.


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By Special to the Daily World
Mayor Kasim Reed announced recently that the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport will open on May 16.
"The opening of the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal is a major milestone for Hartsfield-Jackson airport and the City of Atlanta," Reed said. "The international terminal will strengthen Atlanta's position as the capital of the Southeast and a vital global gateway for the United States. Our city has long been a preferred destination for international business and tourism, and I look forward to May 16 when we greet travelers from around the world in this new, state-of-the-art terminal."
The opening of the international terminal will coincide with record numbers of international passengers and flight operations at Hartsfield-Jackson. In 2011, Hartsfield-Jackson welcomed 9.86 million international passengers and managed 68,781 international flight operations (takeoffs and landings). The Federal Aviation Administration estimates that Atlanta will handle more than 13 million international passengers by 2015.
"The Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal has a focus on efficiency and customer-friendly design, so it will serve our international guests well now and in the future," said Aviation General Manager Louis Miller.
Planning, design and construction of the international terminal project created about 3,000 jobs. It will take about 1,500 people to manage, operate and maintain the international terminal complex, creating as many as 1,000 jobs.
Construction of the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal and its 12-gate concourse began in summer 2008. The facility connects with the existing international concourse, creating a world-class, 40-gate travel complex.
The international terminal will eliminate the need for Atlanta-bound passengers to recheck their baggage. Passengers will access the international terminal via I-75 at Exit 239.
On a separate note, Reed also signed the new vendors for the contracts with the Atlanta Airport into law earlier this week.
Fulton County Superior Judge Cynthia Wright denied a request for an injunction by four losing proponents to block the city of Atlanta from signing airport concessions contracts.
Losing proponents SSP America Inc., Midfield Concessions Enterprises Inc., Take-Off Concessions LLC and Atlanta Airport Restaurants LLC all tried unsuccessfully to prevent the city from entering into agreements with the winning proponents. Shortly after Judge Wright issued a order to deny the injunction, Reed signed the contracts, allowing the construction of food and beverage concessions in the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal to proceed for a spring 2012 opening.
The opening of the terminal, complete with necessities and amenities for the traveling public, is critical to the continued success of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport as the world's busiest passenger airport and as the No. 1 economic engine in the city and metropolitan region, the mayor said. The contracts will also rejuvenate the current food and beverage options in the existing terminal and concourses.


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It's easy for HR to get wrapped up in data and numbers, but a school in the UK has a reminder that all employees are valuable.
Here's a nice way to end the week. A letter sent home by primary school in Lancashire, UK, has made headlines with its supportive message reminding students that there is life beyond test scores. The letter accompanied national test results, and told students that tests couldn't measure their value to their teachers, friends, families and communities.
Read the letter below, and let us know in the comments what valuable employee traits often go unmeasured:
"Please find enclosed your end of KS2 test results. We are very proud of you as you demonstrated huge amounts of commitment and tried your very best during this tricky week.
However, we are concerned that these tests do not always assess all of what it is that make each of you special and unique. The people who create these tests and score them do not know each of you... the way your teachers do, the way I hope to, and certainly not the way your families do.
They do not know that many of you speak two languages. They do not know that you can play a musical instrument or that you can dance or paint a picture.
They do not know that your friends count on you to be there for them or that your laughter can brighten the dreariest day. They do not know that you write poetry or songs, play or participate in sports, wonder about the future, or that sometimes you take care of your little brother or sister after school.
They do not know that you have travelled to a really neat place or that you know how to tell a great story or that you really love spending time with special family members and friends.
They do not know that you can be trustworthy, kind or thoughtful, and that you try, every day, to be your very best... the scores you get will tell you something, but they will not tell you everything.
So enjoy your results and be very proud of these but remember there are many ways of being smart."
What valuable employee traits do you think often go unmeasured?


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The list of students below are exempt from 2nd semester final exams
1st Hour
- Ava C.
- Kelsey D.
- Isabella J.
- Chauncy L.
- Grace Mc.
- Noah P.
- Destinee R.
- Sydney S.
- Melanie V.
7th Hour
- Jonah B.
- Mackenzie C.
- Kayla C.
- Anthony F.
- Josh G.
- Adam K.
- Cameron M.
- Nate M.
- Tyler O.
- Sommer R.
- Daniela S.
- Jacob S.
Students who have to take exams should study all old quizzes given back this week. You can also review materials by going back through old posts starting in January (in links on the left if you're on a computer, or all the way at the bottom of the scroll on a phone). Everything we have covered this semseter will be on the final exam:
- Realism notes
- "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
- "To Build a Fire"
- "The Story of an Hour"
- "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
- Slave narratives:
- Frederick Douglass
- Harriet Jacobs
- Slavery by Another Name & Convict Leasing
- Harlem Renaissance
- "I, Too" by Langston Hughes
- Paul Dunbar's poetry
- The Great Gatsby
- Of Mice and Men
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Scheduled cleanup days
Tahoe Blue Crew
Tahoe Blue Crew info | Scheduled cleanup days | Cleanup essentials | With thanks
Have just a few hours? A planned event or scheduled clean-up day is perfect for you! Whether you are a local or only visiting for a short while, this is a limited time commitment with maximum rewards. Join our community during high beach-impact times (like the week after July Fourth and after Labor Day), when we will be out on our local beaches, cleaning up after the party.
These are the coordinated efforts for clean-up days and informative events around Lake Tahoe. Check back, as we will update this page as events are added.
Annual Keep Tahoe Red, White & Blue Beach Cleanups
After the July Fourth festivities, our beaches are thrashed with trash. This trash can hurt wildlife and lake clarity. Be a part of the solution and help us this day to keep our beaches clean. We will provide refreshments, cleanup bags, gloves, and hand sanitizer. Please bring your reusable water bottle, gloves if you have them, sunscreen, your friends and family, and a smile! Each attendee will receive a raffle ticket for great prizes from Keep Tahoe Blue and our partners. Questions? Call 530.541.5388 or email firstname.lastname@example.com or information.
Date: July 5
Time: 8:30 am - noon.
#TeamFireworks Beach Clean Up
We all enjoy the traditional Tahoe South July 4 and Labor Day fireworks shows which receive national accolades for the spectacular displays! However, with so many people having fun, it's important we follow up with beach clean-up days. We appreciate your support in reducing the impact of holiday beach use after these events!
#TeamFireworks scheduled cleanup days:
Dates: July 5 through July 9 and September 5 through 9
Time: 8am-10am
- 4H Beach
- Tahoe Shores
- Nevada Beach
- Round Hill Pines
Sign up online | Map of #TeamFireworks Beaches»
Get Involved
Beaches are assigned on a first-come, first –served basis. Call 530.541.5388 or email email@example.com to reserve your beach, dates, and clean up kits.


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About Me
Philosopher, Musician, Nature-fanatic- all titles that I answer to with pride...
I received my Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and currently teach philosophy classes there as a Lecturer. I love teaching philosophy, and discussing it whenever possible (coffee, anyone?). I got into teaching philosophy after abandoning what I thought was going to be my career in politics aimed at "fixing the world", having come to the conclusion that at this point in world history, any substantial improvements will have to originate as broad societal movements. I am hopeful about the future of our species, but also very deeply worried. I am greatly concerned about the role that religion and "gut reactions" play in our world, since I think that rigorous analysis, often of a scientific nature, clearly ought to guide our beliefs, actions and policies. To this end, I decided to dedicate my life to sharpening my own critical thinking and trying to help others do the same. Philosophy is the only discipline that serves to unite everything- all subjects, all possibilities, and all areas of experience into one realm of careful, precise discourse, and is therefore, in my humble opinion, the greatest sphere of study.
I strongly favor the "analytic" approach to philosophy over the "continental", and specialize in naturalistic epistemology, philosophy of mind/cognitive science, metaphysics, philosophy of science, and logic. I have a paper on the nature of the mind and artificial intelligence published in the book, Transformers and Philosophy, and have presented philosophical papers on such topics as: time, addiction, martial arts, ancient skepticism, and business ethics. Currently, my research focuses on developing an alternate approach to epistemic justification, one heavily grounded in the recent results and theories of neuroscience and cognitive psychology, which I hope will solve some of the problems with current epistemic theories...
I am also a musician (with a new album forthcoming at some point fairly soon!), a "computer enthusiast", and a big fan of fantasy/sci-fi novels. Whenever possible, I spend a lot of time hiking, camping, and doing other things outdoors.
1/14/19: Time for the new semester! Materials for Spring 2019 courses are posted in CU Canvas.
5/6/16: I'm honored to be the first person to receive both the Philosophy Department Morriston Teaching Award (2016) and the University of Colorado Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award (2014-2015)! My thanks go out to the many great teachers and students with whom I've been lucky enough to learn!
Office Hours: MWF, 12:40pm-1:30pm.
Location: Innisfree Coffee on the Hill.
Please feel free to drop by with any questions, or simply to chat about philosophy, life, the universe and everything...


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Extra Extra Extra.... Try It Make It Workshops
It seems that you lot can't get enough of our Monday Morning Try It Workshops, our weekly "come and have a play" courses that enable you to learn about new art materials or processes while having fun. Just £7.50 for each 2 hour session (materials ARE included) means you can pick and chose which ones to attend.
Places are limited to 12 students and they become Fully Booked on a regular basis so be quick!
If you have missed out on booking a morning session, don't worry, where possible we try to run an afternoon event on the same day. At the moment we have made a pm workshop for the following:
Metal Effects Panel – 6th Feb 2012 - 1:30pm
Layers of cocoon Strippings – 13th Feb 2012 - 1:30pm
Layers of cocoon Strippings – 13th Feb 2012 - 1:30pm
We are always happy to take suggestions of what techniques you would like to do, which materials you aren't sure how to use or what effects you want to learn how to achieve. So get in touch and we can try and programme them in!
We are also on the look out for new tutors to create an even more varied list of workshops so if you think you can teach a lovely bunch of ladies (with the occasional man) and pass on your knowledge of all things creative, please contact Stevie with your ideas and any imagery. email@example.com or call 01332 873929


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CHICKEN....I think is a staple these days. This was not the scenario , say about 30 years back. Chicken was not allowed inside the kitchen of many Indian homes. I remember , as a child, when I visited my grandmom's house, chicken was cooked and eaten in earthen pots in the garden if my uncle and aunts wished to. Later the used pots were thrown away. Whatever the reason may be , for
us it was a picnic sort of thing. Perhaps because of this restriction , chicken tasted heavenly then.
In the present day scenario, Chicken is a rescuer, very handy, easily available and quick to make. It is absolutely necessary to prepare it in different ways. It is not difficult as you are spoilt with choices. Whichever way you cook it, it's a hit for my men. This flexibility of this bird really makes me happily cooking it.
Here's for you today Coriander Chicken..... A very easy recipe with minimal spices. I have used only sliced onion, garlic paste, dry red chilli powder, green chilli-coriander paste in it!
Chicken : 500 gm.
Fresh Coriander leaves : 250 gm
Garlic Paste : 2 table spoon
Red Chilli Powder : 1tsp
Plain Yogurt : 100 gm
Bay leaf : 1
Green Chilli paste : 2tbsp
Onion : 2 medium
Garam Masala Powder ( Punjabi ) : 1/4 tsp
Salt : As per taste.
Sunflower / Soyabean Oil : 3 tablespoon
Wash the chicken ( boneless or with bones ) pieces very well, Pat dry. Beat well the yogurt and pour over the chicken. Add little salt. Mix well and refrigerate in a tightly closed container for 2 hours. Take out half an hour before cooking.
Cut and discard the end portion of the Coriander sprigs. Wash very well. Roughly chop and prepare a paste in the mixer. Keep covered in a tightly closed container , otherwise the flavour goes.
Slice the onions thinly and wash. Heat oil in a wok. Temper with the bay leaf. Add in the sliced onions. Fry till golden brown.
Put in the garlic paste. Fry well till the raw smell goes. Put in the green chilli paste and add little salt. Fry till the oil separate from the spice mix.
At this stage, add the chicken along with the marination. Stir and cover. Cook at low flame stirring occasionally.
When the chicken is half done , pour in the coriander paste. Stir well. Cover again . After 5-8 minutes open and sprinkle the garam masala powder. Stir and cook for another 2 minutes.
Please note, no water is required for this recipe as it is cooked in the water that is released from the yogurt. It is a no turmeric recipe.
Enjoy with rotis or parathas or pooris.... We also had a cauliflower and potato curry alongside!


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Plot Summary:"Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, all that remains is the legend of Jason Vorhees and his demented mother, who had murdered seven camp councellors. At a nearby summer camp, the new counsellors are unconcerned about the warnings to stay away from the infamous site. Carefree, the young people roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence. One by one, they are attacked and brutally slaughtered. Suspense and screams abound in this compelling chiller."
This one made an even better impact on me on DVD as I could fully
appreciate the effort that Director Steve Miner went to to try and propel
the (at that time) potential series forward.
The plot again is simple, a bunch of youths set up camp for summer season 5 years later in the same area as Camp Crystal lake, and again despite
repeated warnings decide to carry on, and regret it.
Interestingly this film, as far as I can remember anyway, was the first time the heroine from an original film returned in the sequel to do a
'Janet Leigh'.
This time around I did feel more afraid for our heroine as she was up against the real deal, and the sack over his head made him very scary
looking indeed!!
Very gory and with a few good scares, this film seems to have aged
slightly better than the original.
Retaining the spirit of the original but providing more of the good stuff
(i.e. bums, boobs and bloodshed) worked really well, as this film is
actually very good.
This Steve Miner film is as generic and ho-hum as they come; Now grown
Jason Vorhees hacks horny campers to death to avenge his nutbar mother's
Well, at least it moves more than the first film, which had a
great ending surrounded by about minutes of tedium. Here we have one or
two OK-looking women, but the girl who plays Vicki (and looks like a
younger, hotter Karen Allen) gets two points taken off for a) Cowering in
the corner like a baby when 'ol Potato Sack Vorhees comes after her, and
b) For searching for a missing disabled character up...stairs...good God!
(Being in a wheelchair, I'm a bit sensitive about that).
Anyhow, said guy-in-wheelchair is victim to the film's best scene, one of the most inventive and amusing (quite ironic actually) death scenes ever put to
film (hey, I never said I was THAT sensitive). It's the only inventive
thing in the whole film, which starts off with a fifteen minute flashback,
that truly is pitiful and spends the rest with nondescript characters and
atrocious dialogue.
This and said good-looking chicks make the film better
than the first film, but a lead chick with a face like Laraine Newman from
SNL and a main villain who runs around with a sack on his head, are the
final straw.
Fans may disagree, but this bargain basement film is one you really can
afford to skip, watch parts and instead, or better yet, try
'Halloween' or 'Black Christmas'.
This is undoubtedly one of the best sequels in the Friday the 13th franchise. It may not be as scary as the first, or have the same atmosphere of unease that the first movie created, but it has got great moody ambience to it and - you'll be pleased to hear - has much better acting. The opening scene is truly terrifying, and when it is over you just know that this movie is going to be good. It is one of the most unpredictable and genuinely scary scenes I have ever come across in any Horror movie; you really aren't expecting what you will see play out on-screen.
There are some nice touches in the movie. 'Crazy Ralph's brief return is one that is met very differently to his appearance in the first movie. In Friday the 13th, his intonations of impending doom were a source of many laughs, but in this film his warnings seem far more serious after we have seen from the first film that he is indeed right. His departure in Friday the 13th, Part 2 is one that provides one of the movie's many surprises. Other great scenes include a chase through the forest than can't help but chill, a bar scene where Ginny ponders the relevance of Jason Voorhees and a great final showdown that is far better than that in the first movie.
Amy Steel made a brilliant leading actress, and the fact that she (like so many of the heroines of latter-day horrors) can take care of herself (and has mind enough to actually get into the car when running from the killer!) is one that makes the viewer both associate with her and root for her. Other cast members are rather forgettable, but the killer himself is one that sticks in the mind long after the end credits have run their course. The portrayal of an emotion-less, methodical killer is top-notch, and a scene in which the killer wears a pillow-case (not as funny as it sounds, I assure you!) over his head with his one eye staring blankly out is particularly effecting.
Steve Miner's directing matches Sean Cunningham's almost flaw-lessly, and the same eerie atmosphere that was apparent in the first film is visible. The movie has a murky, brooding feel, and the death scenes are particularly effective (although not quite so horrific as in the first).
This was a remarkable sequel with great acting, good scares, and an interesting (but cringe-worthy when that old jumper goes on!) ending. Watch this one!


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2-4 December 2012
Baturraden Grebeg Suran Shadow Puppet Late Show
I hosted Rachel, a couchsurfer from Malaysia. She came both in a perfect timing and imperfect timing. Perfect because in Javanese calendar, it was the Suro month where she could watch the shadow puppet late show of Grebeg Suran festival in Baturraden; and imperfect because Malaysia won over Indonesia on a soccer match, so some of Indonesian kept talking about it when they knew that Rachel is a Malaysian. Yeah, silly, but people do those kind of things.
Rachel, Olive (a local CSer), and I went to Baturraden at 9 PM. It was raining, but we wouldn't miss the event. The Grebeg Suran is hold once a year, as the top event of the Muslim New Year celebration. Every region in Java have their own similar festival, with different names. It usually starts with a parade or procession of people in traditional clothings carrying goat as sacrificial animal and various crops. Then there's a moment when people will overrun and eat tumpeng (= cone shaped steamed rice with lots of dishes around it) to get blessings. I missed those interesting moments though, but I wouldn't miss the shadow puppet show.
We sat among the crowd to watch the "Semar Arep Mbangun Kahyangan" (= Semar Wants To Build The Heaven) shadow puppet show. That was my first time watching the live show. They had all the gamelan traditional music instruments set, with a group of female singers we call sinden. I think the show was quite spectacular because there were three dalang (=puppeteer) performing. They use mixed Javanese language, sometimes with jokes in Banyumasan dialect. We didn't watch the full show because it might take hours till around 4AM.
Curug Bayan, Pancuran Tujuh, Curug Belot
The next day, we went to curug Bayan for free because we got there earlier than the ticketing officer. Rainy season made the volume of the waterfall increased. It was more beautiful than usual, I suppose. We took some pictures and went to our next destination: Pancuran Pitu or Pancuran Tujuh hotspring through the Lokawisata Baturraden. The Lokawisata ticket costs Rp 8.000,-/person on weekdays, Rp 12.000,-/person on weekends or holidays. You can also take a different route straight to the front of Pancuran Tujuh entrance by vehicle from Bumi Perkemahan Baturraden. But I prefer to take 2.5 kilometers walk through the forest from Lokawisata 😀 I always love the view and the healthy benefit. The Pancuran Tujuh entrance ticket is Rp 9.000,-/person (sorry, I'm not really sure, a bit forgot).
We sat in front of gua Selirang, soaking our tired feet. We met some older men, around 40s, work for the goverment. They talked to us and a little tried to flirt. We felt uncomfortable because we knew that those kind of people usually waste our taxes for useless expenses like taking unreasonable vacations and "ordering" prostitutes to sleep with. Ew… OK, skip that part. We skipped the hotspring bath as well and proceeded to my favorite swimming spot: curug Belot.
The cemented path down to the river was too slipery, so I suggested Rachel and Olive to take an alternative way. There is terraced ground with trees and other plants beside the road. We were in doubt, but I finally went down and checked if we could get to the river. Seemed fine, so I told Rachel and Olive to follow. We took off our shoes and got really dirty because of the "extreme track". Hahaha..
Curug Belot was also more beautiful than usual. Rachel and I swam there, watched the local children jumped from the rocks, enjoyed the paradise screenplay of the nature. I don't know why, but I always feel both fear and happiness everytime I come here.
The cloudy sky forced us to end our pleasure. We went up, following the local children. It was creepy, but safer than walked on 45 degrees slippery cemented path. There was a mosque where we parked our motorbikes. They have a bathroom, but that time we changed our clothes in a local's house. I used my limited Kromo Inggil (= polite Javanese) to ask for her permission. She was nice and really applied the Javanese humbleness by saying, "of course you can change your clothes in this room, but please pardon the untidiness."
Museum Wayang Banyumas
Early morning, Rachel and I went to GOR Satria (Satria sports stadium) and bought serabi. Serabi is a traditional cake made of rice flour, coconut milk, and sugar. Then we went to my friend, Angga's house and drink badeg. Badeg is similar to nira, but it's already in the process of making palm sugar. Thicker and sweeter.
Around 9 AM, we took Rachel to Museum Wayang Banyumas, the Banyumas Puppet Museum. I got a copy of guidebook to their collections. Unfortunately they don't have the English translation. I hope I can translate it soon, because it might be helpful for the foreigners since the caretaker doesn't speak English.
Museum Wayang Banyumas is located in the old Pendopo Si Panji (Si Panji Hall) area. The caretaker told me that they moved Pendopo Si Panji from Banyumas to Purwokerto on January 1937 according to their belief that the pillars needed to be put where they belong, on the headwaters of Kali Serayu (= Serayu river). They moved all the pillars without crossing Kali Serayu, but went round through Semarang region to Purwokerto. Pendopo Si Panji is now located in front of alun-alun Purwokerto (= Purwokerto city square).
He also told me about a well behind the old Pendopo Si Panji. There is a sacred well. It's actually a small plate wide hole. They enclosed it with fence. People usually come and pray for their wishes to come true there. He said that not every man can get water from that well. Only the lucky ones will meet the guardian spirit of the well and get their wishes granted. The guardian spirit is a woman. Sometimes she appears as an elder, sometimes she appears as a young woman. Maybe you should try it out of curiosity, but do ask about the ritual first.


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Ola Dickman leads FMV's development project for low signature attributes to increase the Swedish military's ability to conceal themselves from future threats of detection.
"By avoiding detection valuable time is gained during an operation. It is a relatively inexpensive method of protection. In case of discovery one must have other protective capabilities, such as warning and countermeasure systems, ballistic protection, or the possibility to move away very fast", said Ola Dickman.
One of the development projects is about tricking the enemy into thinking that a combat vehicle that weights 35 tons is something completely different, or to get it to blend into the surroundings to avoid detection from thermal sensors.
It sounds like Harry Potter's invisibility cloak and is based on the widespread military use of thermal imagers. By outfitting the vehicle with cd -sized thermal plates, the vehicle operator can choose to project any pattern seemingly in any temperature. The vehicle simply acts like a huge heat-TV, where each tile is a pixel.
With the help of the plates, the vehicle can either mimic its surroundings or take the form of a harmless object, like a passenger car, if you are, for example, in an urban environment. The technology of the thermal plates transforms the combat vehicle into the world's heaviest thermal chameleon. With a special camera the vehicle operator can take pictures of another vehicle or background pattern and then direct the system to create a disguising thermal pattern image. In less than a minute the vehicle will appear just like the camouflage-generated model when viewed by an infrared camera.
"My focus is technology development. We are always one step ahead of the acquisition. By working with development, we have good control of future sensors and the technology solutions that will be needed to conceal people, vehicles and equipment from future threats of detection."
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When we, or a family member or friend, are faced with an injury or illness, physical or emotional, our thoughts turn to God in prayer for healing. We want to believe that God will grant healing, but we wonder. And if we as Catholics have doubts, what does this mean to a hurting world, also in need of healing? In her new book Healing: Bringing God's Gift of Mercy to the World, Mary Healy answers these questions and more: Is Jesus still healing people today? How do we know if God wants us to pray for healing? Isn't God asking us to endure suffering and hardships instead of asking for healing? Can my broken heart be healed as well as my body? Through the study of Catholic tradition, the lives of the saints, and ordinary people, you'll begin to understand how the message of inward healing is also a message that we as Catholics are empowered to take outward to the world.
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Fat Henry Knox was a gigantic American bookstore clerk who rolled cannon caissons like MDMA tablets, served as the chief Artillery officer of the American Revolution, was a founding father and homeboys with George Washington, served as the first Secretary of War (back when we still had badass offices like that) and was so hardcore in his unstoppable ability to protect the Continental Army with an endless barrage of face-obliterating grapeshot gunfire that nowadays the most secure military facility in the United States – Fort Knox – bears his name.
People like to talk shit about Knox for his weight. Sure, the fact that he was a signer of the Declaration of Independence means he was literally the first fat American, but here's the deal: He was a big dude who kicked the snot out of punks and was so baller that the fort bearing his name is, no joke, literally packed from floor to ceiling with enough gold bricks to back up every single dollar bill ever printed in the United States and still have enough left over to club Kim Jong-Un and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad retarded.
As far as I'm concerned if this dude had been rocking that shit in the mid-1990s they might as well have spelled Fat with a Ph, because Fat Henry Knox was basically the first American gangsta.
Run from the police picture that, nigga I'm too fat,I fuck around and catch a asthma attack,That's why I bust back, it don't faze me,When he drop, take his Glock, and I'm Swayze.
Born in 1750 to first-generation Scottish immigrants, Knox grew up in pre-revolutionary Boston. He dropped out of school at age 11 to help his momma after his con-man pops lost the family fortune on shitty business practices then bailed on the family, leaving his wife and 10 kids to fend for themselves. Knox grew up on the skreets, got a miserable retail job working behind the counter of a bookstore, and spent all of his spare time reading about badass shit like cannons and artillery and other things that kill people with explosions.
Within 10 years, Knox was running his own bookstore and was a member of the local militia unit. Sure, he didn't have cannons to work with, but he liked watching the Brits work their guns during military drills outside the city.
Knox wasn't a huge fan of British rule over the colonies, but life got real intense for him in 1770, when he was at some random political rally that got out of control and the redcoats ended up firing a volley of muskets into the crowd, killing five people. From that point on, he was pissed. This, of course, didn't stop him from boning and then eloping with the daughter of the King's Royal Secretary to Massachusetts then going off and signing the Declaration of Independence because, fuck it, insert your favorite misogynistic rap lyric about killing people and banging chicks here.
School of Hard Knox.
The British eventually had enough of the Colonies whining and complaining about every fucking thing the King did, so they send a bunch of dudes over here to kill us all. They occupied Boston in 1775, but not without a fight – Knox, a Private in the Colonial Militia, was on the battlefield at Bunker Hill, charging straight into the British lines with fixed bayonets, completely not giving a damn that he was like a foot taller and a hundred pounds heavier than any other Colonial infantryman on the field and was probably a really good target for British snipers. It would be Knox's first battle. By the time it was over, he'd have served in every single major engagement in the Northeastern Theater.
After the Brits defeated the Americans at Bunker Hill and occupied Boston, Henry Knox went to General George Washington and offered his services – not as a gunslinger, but as a dude who had read a lot of books about cannons and probably knew how to operate one. Washington was so impressed at having anybody in his entire army who could at least fire one of those damn things, so he and John Adams made Knox a Colonel and put him in charge of the previously-nonexistent Artillery army of the Continental Army.
Of course, there was one minor problem with this.
The Continental Army did not have a single piece of artillery in their entire organization.
No problem. Knox knew how to get shit done. Sure, maybe the Brits had every single firearm bigger than a musket in the greater New England Area, but the rebels had taken Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York, and he'd bring those damn guns to the front lines if he had to carry them on his back. Knox rode the 300 miles from Boston to New York, surveyed the fort, and checked out their graveyard of busted cannons. Most of them were unusable, but Knox found 59 guns ranging from 4-pounders to 24-pounders that could be salvaged. All he had to do was drag them 300 miles back to Boston across unpaved roads in the middle of December in upstate New York, and he'd have to be quiet about it because he didn't have any infantry to defend the convoy and if the British figured out what was going down they'd roll up and turn the entire column into a mile-long line of corpses.
Knox found 42 sledges, recruited an army of civilian workers, and proceeded to haul 62 tons of artillery 300 miles through snow and ice in the middle of the winter, in territory that was technically occupied by the enemy. When they went uphill, they all shoved as hard as they could. When they went downhill, they used drag chains and ropes to keep the guns from breaking away, falling down the hill, and probably either breaking and/or killing someone. When a couple guns broke through the ice of a frozen lake and fell to the bottom, Knox engineered a team to ice-fish them out of there.
It took about a month, but the caravan crossed the Hudson River, went over the Berkshire Mountains, and down an old, unmarked, unpaved Indian trail to Boston, where Knox set them up on Dorchester Heights and blew the British out of Boston. When the Continental Army marched into Boston, Knox was at the head of the army. The first thing he heard when he entered the gates, and I shit you not about this, was some loyalist asshole in the crowd shouting a terribly-unclever fat joke at him.
Knox had won the battle, but the Father of American Artillery still had a hell of a job ahead of him. He had a bunch of guns, but none of them were the same caliber. Hell, some were British, some were French, and others were these weird-ass American-built ones made by some jerkwad Unabomber crackpot blacksmith in his garage. He also had an army of guys who had never worked a cannon before, but he recruited 1200 semi-competent soldiers, taught them how to shoot the thing, and then pumped them up so hard that by the end of the war the Continental Artillery became famous for being the last rebel units to withdraw from any battle.
As you read that paragraph, it's important to remember that prior to the Battle of Bunker Hill Henry Knox's entire body of knowledge on artillery came from books he read and not from any first-hand life experience on the subject.
"Yeah, uh… any of you guys know how to work this thing?"
Knox also thought it might be cool if the artillery could, you know, move around with the rest of the infantry to support them, which is something that hadn't been really done very much during this time of history, probably because cannons were a thing most armies actually had and they weren't being forced to make due with an artillery arm that was about half the size of what it should be. So, since he was already basically an expert on moving cannons from place to place, this became Knox's speciality.
The best example of this is at the Battle of Trenton, when Washington crossed the Delaware River in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve to kill a bunch of Germans in their sleep. Sure, we always see that pic of Washington standing in a rowboat looking epic with a sword, but what you don't see is Fat Fucking Henry Knox somehow bringing 18 full-sized field artillery pieces across that same river in those same shitty little boats. Knox crossed the river, set up his guns in the streets of Trenton, New Jersey, then shot the Hessians point-blank when they walked out of the houses they were quartering in. When they tried to charge him, he smoked them with his nine (pounder). Then he sailed his shit BACK across the river.
18 cannons, each one weighing about 2400 pounds. In these boats.
Knox was promoted to Brigadier General, and proceeded to continue kicking every ass he could find in a 300-mile radius from his position. At the Battle of Princeton, he covered the American withdrawal after they were routed by British infantry, and Knox's gunners did such a badass job of it that it actually turned the entire tide of the battle around and the Americans ended up winning. At Brandywine the Brits launched charge after charge and eventually overran the American positions, and those artillerymen suck in the middle who didn't die working their guns fell back and launched attacks to try and re-capture them (and were, by and large, killed in the process). When the Brits took stock of the guns they'd captured, the Regimental commander sent a letter to his commanding officer that basically read, "What the fuck is going on here I have no idea how the hell they run an artillery battalion when none of their guns are even the same caliber."
Knox made up for the loss of these guns at the Battle of Monmouth, when he personally rode back-and-forth across the entire battlefield moving his guns around and directing the batteries while enemy snipers took potshots at him.
During breaks in the fighting, Knox created the Springfield Arsenal in Springfield, Mass – a facility that produced cannons and rifles through the Revolution, Civil War, and World War II. They were manufacturing U.S. Army M-14s when that plant finally shut down in 1968. Oh yeah, and he also set up a school to instruct military personnel in 1779, teaching artillery operation and tactics in what is, for all intents and purposes, the first military academy in American history.
Knox served through the war, and was the guy who directed the artillery barrages during the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. He ordered "ricochet shot", meaning the ball would be shot at knee level in such a way that it would blow apart legs and knees, then bounce and continue going with enough force to cripple more people. His first shot of the siege killed a British General. At 800 yards, he not only leveled the city, but he destroyed every British artillery piece and a bunch of ships they had stationed in the harbor. The British commander surrendered Yorktown without a fight, ending the American Revolution.
After the war, Brigadier General Fat Henry Knox was briefly the Commander-in-Chief of the American Army, but was then appointed to President Washington's cabinet as the first Secretary of War. He set up a militia that became the National Guard, created the United States Navy, suppressed a revolution in Massachusetts, then talked a bunch of shit about how the new Constitution kicked ass. He retired in 1794 after 20 years of service to his country.
Knox died in 1806 from a ruptured appendix. Nowadays Fort Knox, the home of a large portion of American gold deposits and supposedly the most heavily-fortified position on American soil, bears his name.
Fittingly, in 1964, an attempted breach of Fort Knox by global supervillain Auric Goldfinger was saved by British secret agent James Bond, thus bringing this entire story full-circle.
"General Knox, who has deservedly acquired the character of one of the most valuable officers in the service, and who combating almost innumerable difficulties in the department he fills has placed the artillery upon a footing that does him the greatest honor." - George Washington
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The Knox Museum Bio
Who Served Here?
Bilias, George Athan. George Washington's Generals and Opponents. Da Capo, 1994.
Brooks, Noah. Henry Knox, a Soldier of the Revolution. G.P. Putnam, 1900.
Puls, Mark. Henry Knox. Palgrave, 2008.


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We have released a new firmware update (1.13.1) for Philips DiamondClean Smart toothbrush handles. The firmware update will fix charging issues and improve the brushing experience. This firmware update will only take a few minutes.
Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Smart firmware update
Instructions on how to update the Sonicare DiamondClean Smart firmware (1.13.1)
Before updating, make sure that the DiamondClean Smart is charged for at least 15 minutes to ensure a successful installation.
Instructions on how to automatically update firmware
- Update (or download) the latest version of the Philips Sonicare app from the App Store or Google Play.
- Open the Sonicare app
- Connect your Philips Sonicare DiamondClean Smart toothbrush to the Sonicare app
- A notification will tell you that a new firmware update is available
- Follow the in-app instructions to update to the newest firmware (1.13.1)
If consumers are not seeing a notification, follow the manual instructions.
Instructions on how to manually update firmware
1) Open the Sonicare app
2) Select the hamburger menu in the top left corner
3) Tap on 'My products'
4) Select 'Philips DiamondClean Smart Connected'
5) Tap on 'My handle'
6) Tap on 'Handle update'
7) Tap the red info icon next to 'handle update'
8) Finally, tap on the update button to update your handle
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PHP is used as the programming languages for CMS, content management systems, such as WordPress and Drupal.
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PHP is the most popular scripting language on the web. Without PHP Facebook, Yahoo, Google wouldn't have exist. The course is geared to make you a PHP pro.
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Oakland's cowardly prosecutor
Greeting you on your return from an out-of-town business trip, your next-door neighbor complains that your teenage son nearly struck her dog early the previous afternoon in your new pickup, which you have expressly forbidden the boy to drive.
Your son vehemently denies borrowing the truck, but you ground him anyway and order him to spend the weekend resealing your deck without fee.
A few hours later, your son's basketball coach and his assistant stop by to protest that your son spent the previous afternoon and evening at an away basketball game, precluding any possibility that he could have been using your truck at the same time.
Should you A) apologize to your son and rescind his punishment? B) explain that you're now uncertain about his guilt and offer to pay him for resealing your deck? Or C) lock them in a closet until your son has finished the free resealing job?
Protecting jurors from the truth
If you chose C), you just might have what it takes to work for Oakland County Prosecutor Dave Gorcyca, who apparently will stop at nothing to avoid admitting that his office may have put an innocent man behind bars.When we last encountered Gorcyca, he was desperately trying to block a new trial for former kindergarten teacher James Perry, whom the Oakland prosecutor accused of sexually assaulting two young boys in an empty Oak Park elementary school classroom.
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David Gorcyca, Oakland's cowardly prosecutor
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Oakland County has been scarred by incompetent courts and controversy since Gorcyca took office. He is at fault but he also had many attorneys and judges who turned a blind eye allowing him to remain in office as long as he has. An ethics citation? Justice would be better served if Gorcyca has federal criminal charges filed against him and he then is sentenced to jail time. Likely after all the hoop-la he will get a slap on the wrist. The real damage will be the end to his wife, Lisa Gorcyca's judicial aspirations.
- April 6, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Thank God.
- April 11, 2008 at 7:09 PM
I am still wondering how David Gorcyca got away with his bias and self serving conduct for so long without a peep from a single person. Objective prosecution by his office have been almost non-existent since the first day he took office. Where is this county's checks and balances of our courts!!!
- June 8, 2008 at 7:12 AM
Gorcyca is slime.
- June 25, 2008 at 9:43 PM
Might what a fine example of intellectual cripples.
- July 10, 2008 at 11:17 AM
She'll be elected, and will nifong from the bench. He'll get a slap on the wrist. Nothing will change.
- August 28, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Has she even apologized for what her husband did to James Perry?
- September 11, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Nope. Mrs. Nifong is now a circuit court judge and even the Free Press is pretending that this is perfectly acceptable.
- January 4, 2009 at 5:52 AM
The cowardly prosecutor . . . I would of used the word corrupt prosecutor is back in the news with his ethics violation charges reinstated. I was thinking it was the Michigan Supreme Court that had originally filed the complaint against Gorcyca. That was pretty bold the Attorney Grievance Commision slightly the top judges of the state and thinking it was OK. Keep us posted on this. There is more to the story than what the paper are reporting.
- November 4, 2009 at 12:05 PM


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Cities across the world, especially in developing nations that may lack strong institutions, often struggle to keep pace with rapid urbanization and have difficulty meeting the urban development and transportation needs of their citizens. At the same time, social media, the widespread adoption of mobile and smart phones, and new location-based services provide a wealth of new data to address these challenges.
"As an organization focused on sustainable, people-centered transport solutions, we see a great deal of potential for data to make transit more efficient and serve people better, in a way that benefits governments, citizens, and the environment," says Jacob Mason, Transport Research and Evaluation Manager for ITDP, "this symposium is a great opportunity for transport and development experts to get the newest tools to improve quality of life in cities around the world."
The symposium is tentatively scheduled for April 20, 2017 in San Francisco, USA.


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Located on the glacier-fed, salmon-running Kasilof River, Tundra Bob's is the cozy cabin that is perfect for the Alaskan Experience. You can have all the peace and quiet that this secluded cabin offers or if you're ready for adventure you are not too far from the highway or trail that will take you to it.
The interior is brand spanking new but Bob recycled the siding from the original homesteader's cabin on the site. The wide covered porch offers a great spot to relax and watch the river run and tell fish stories. There is also a partially covered deck with a picnic table and a grill to cook up the day's catch. A stairway leads you down to the river where you can cast your line.
Stepping inside Tundra Bob's Cabin, you enter the comfy living and dining area where satellite TV and WiFi are provided. To the right is the completely equipped kitchen and the Mermaid bathroom.
Further Details: Up the stairs to the bedroom where the sound of the running river will lull you to sleep on the queen bed or the twin trundle bed. No matter what room you are in, there are plenty of windows to provide panoramic gazing at life on the river and in the forest.
About The Owner: My wife and I moved here in 1990 I am a drywall contractor. My wife is a school teacher.
It is a good location and it is next door to our home.
Relax with the view of the river. Fish, watch the Bald Eagles, Moose and other wild life that pass through.
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United headed out to the Ukraine on Sunday in confident mood following their 4-1 triumph over Aston Villa, and have the upper hand following victories in their opening two Champions League encounters with Sporting Lisbon and Roma.
"Kiev´s defeats mean they will have to beat us, which is good," Ferguson told Manchester United Radio. "It means we can set out our stall to play counter-attack. We expect a tough game but our two wins mean we are in a good position."
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For Deanne Tate, president and chief executive of Veterans First, the selling points of the Orange County nonprofit's new digs are many.
At about 9,300 square feet, the second-floor office suite in the heart of downtown Santa Ana has upwards of three times the space of the organization's previous headquarters, which Tate described as "an open pit" where it was difficult to carry on a productive conversation with the homeless and at-risk veterans who came in for services.
The organization, which was founded in 1971, had operated in a cramped office suite on Edinger Avenue for about six years.
Now, there's room for weekly yoga classes in a workshop room, and when volunteers from Healing Hands Wellness Center come by to give free massages, there's space for that too.
Kids can hang out in the children's lounge while their parents get help looking for jobs or transitional housing. Each of Tate's full-time staff members — many of them veterans themselves — has a place to sit, while Los Angeles-based partner organizations, such as 1736 Family Crisis Center and Volunteers of America, have office space to meet with clients when their representatives are in town.
But one of the most exciting things about the new place has nothing to do with the extra breathing room, Tate said.
It's the fact that, one floor below, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Long Beach Healthcare System is set to open a community resources and referral center in a couple months, as part of a partnership with Veterans First, the county's only nonprofit working to provide a multitude of services to homeless veterans.
"It's really great to see," Tate said Wednesday, sitting in her corner office, still in a semi-unpacked state of disarray. "Everything's right here."
Together, Veterans First and Veterans Affairs will form a one-stop shop for struggling veterans, who would otherwise have to chase down services in locations spread around the county — a task that can be especially difficult without a reliable mode of transportation.
If a homeless veteran comes into Veterans First, for example, staffers there may be able to help him or her move into one of the organization's housing programs, while downstairs, the VA could help provide mental health services.
The center is among just 25 of its kind in the country — 17 were granted funding in 2010, and a group of 13, including the Orange County partnership, were funded in 2012, said Jean Willis, community resource and referral coordinator for the VA in Long Beach. The only other community resources and referral center in the vast area covered by the Long Beach network is in Las Vegas, though the VA operates several community health clinics.
"What's unique about it is that it's not necessarily a medical model — it's more of a psychosocial model," Willis said, "designed to function intentionally with community partners to be able to bring services to veterans who may fall into the cracks."
Tate said that once she can find enough reliable volunteers to staff the place, she hopes to fill one of those cracks, by keeping Veterans First open all day, seven days a week.
That way, veterans who are released from Orange County's Central Jail, just across the street, in the wee hours of the morning would be able to make Veterans First — not a bar, and not the street — their first stop.
Friday afternoon, as guys who regularly stop by Veterans First for lunch or a shower meandered around the new facility alongside local officials at an open house, case manager Joseph Fernandez said navigating the transition back to civilian life is always difficult.
The 25-year-old Irvine native — who served in Iraq as part of the Army's 4th Infantry and later in the National Guard — channels his own experiences trying to fit in with "18-year-old kids" at Orange Coast College when he's helping other vets.
"It was like, 'Why is everyone so happy?'" he said.
Although many of his clients are Vietnam-era veterans who have struggled with homelessness for years, Fernandez said he's seen increasing numbers of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans his own age who have begun battling substance abuse or mental illness.
His new office, he said, is "a lot better" and more private.
Down the hall, veterans dressed in uniforms and elected officials squeezed into the Veterans Lounge, dedicated to the memory of Marine Lance Cpl. James Hassell, a Navy Achievement medal winner who would frequently visit the old Veterans First location when he couldn't sleep. He died before he could see the new center.
Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Santa Ana) and Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen thanked Tate for Veterans First's work in the community, and thanked the veterans for their service.
Clients snapped photos on flip phones and guests craned their necks to see a giant red ribbon snipped in the middle of the room. Tate dabbed her eyes.
Veterans First Service Center
888 West Santa Ana Blvd. Suite 200
(714) 547-0615
Online at veteransfirstoc.org.
VA's Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 (Press 1)


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OK. I ask this question because I'm working on a patch to improve stretching of operator in Firefox. My opinion is that Integral should stretch by default but not Sum. I attach a screenshot that shows this. From top to bottom: the result I expect (screenshot of Amaya), Firefox with patch applied, Firefox with patch applied + preservation of aspect ratio. > Certainly it is inconsistent, thanks for pointing that out. > The next draft of MathML3 is on the verge of publication and frozen for > internal testing, so I'll make sure that this is logged as an error on > the next draft. > > My recollection is that it was decided that it was an error to have > these stretchy by default, TeX and Word dont stretch these by default > (although in both cases they can be made to stretch given suitable > fonts) and it was thought that MathML should follow this precedent. I'll > check with the WG that this is the case... > > David
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Effect of Music on Psychoneuroimmunological Responses
Conducted by David Kossor, RPh, PhD and Abdul Waheed, PhD
CLICK HERE for Research Publication
Music induces emotional and psychoneuroimmunological responses in humans (1, 2).
Relaxation techniques have been reported to induce enhanced immunocompetence in elderly people (3) and interestingly, in cancer patients (4) by improving their immune system. To study the immune parameters in psychoneuroimmunological responses of music, we chose to measure secretory IgA (5) and IgG (6) levels in saliva. We also measured salivary ?-amylase which has been used as a biomarker for physiological and psychological stress (7). Carbonic anhydrase VI (CAVI) a secretory Zn++ containing glycoprotein has been reported to show a correlation between dental conditions and CAVI levels in saliva (8); we therefore measured CAVI levels before and after music.
In the first pilot studies with eight normal individuals, before and after music, "Magic Mirror", we found that secretory IgA, IgG, and CAVI were increased in saliva of people. The increased level of these biomarkers remained high til 24 hours after music, suggesting that "Magic Mirror" has relaxation effect on individuals by improving their immune parameters and function of salivary gland (Fig.). Effect of music on ?-amylase secretion was not robust, but there was reproducible decrease in ?-amylase after music (Fig). These results are in accordance with literature where psychological stress has been found to increase ?-amylase secretion (9). Therefore, relaxation effect of "Magic Mirror" might have decreased the ?-amylase synthesis and secretion in saliva. It should be noted that few individuals responded better than others with "Magic Mirror." This result could be due to variation among individuals to respond to a specific music.
In the second pilot study, involving seven healthy individuals and two guest patients, we studied the duration of "Magic Mirror" music effect on biomarkers. Similar to the first pilot study, levels of secretory IgA, IgG, ?-amylase, and CAVI in saliva samples were increased post music and stayed high for 2-3 days (Fig). Our two guest patients were also responsive to the music. Their response of IgA and IgG towards music was relatively unstable than the other individuals. There were few normal individuals with poor response; however, response of music was sustained.
These results suggested that the effect of "The Magic Mirror" listening is very effective and could be used in combination with other therapy for cancer or physiologically stressed patients to minimize the effect of their disease.
1. Hasegawa, H., Uozumi, T., and Ono, K.
Psychological and Physiological Evaluation of Music Listening for Mental Stress
Effect of Immune System Imagery on Secretory IgA.
Hokkaido Igaku Zasshi 79, (3) 225-235 (2004)
2. Rider, M.S., Achaerberg, J., Lawlis, G.F., Govern, A., Toledo, R., and Butler, J.R.
Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 15, (4) 317-33 (1990)
3. Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., Glaser, R., Williger, D., Stout, J. et al
Psychosocial Enhancement of Immunocompetence in a Geriatric Population.
Health Psychology 4, 25-44 (1985)
4. Achterberg, J. and Lawlis, G.F. (1984)
Imagery and Disease. Champaign, IL, I.P.A.T.
5. McClelland, D.C., Ross, G., and Patel, V.
The Effect of an Academic Examination on Salivary Norepinephrine and
Immunoglobulin Levels.
Journal of Human Stress 52-59 (1985)
6. Glaser, R., Kiecolt-Glaser, J.K., Speicher, C.E., and Holliday, J.E.
Stress, Loneliness, and Changes in Herpes Virus Latency.
Journal of Behavioral Medicine 8, 249-260 (1985)
7. Takai, N. Yamaguchi, M., Aragaki, T., Eto, K., Uchihashi, K., and Nishikawa, Y.
Effect of Psychological Stress on the Salivary Cortisol and Amylase Levels in Healthy
Young Adults.
Arch. Oral Biol. 49, 963-968 (2004)
8. Leinonen, J., Kivela, J., Parkkila, S., Parkkila, A.K., and Rajaniemi, H.
Salivary Carbonic Anhydrase Isozyme VI is Located in Human Enamel.
Caries Res. 33, (3) 185-190 (1999)
9. Van Stegeren, A., Rohleder, N., Everaerd, W., and Wolf, O.T.
Salivary Alpha Amylase as Marker for Adrenergic Activity During Stress:
Effect of Beta Blockade.
Psychoneuroendocrinology 31, 137-141 (2006)
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Friday, July 07, 2006
Cartoonizized - Lost Mail-Male Scuzees
[edit] Here is a new one with date plaques at the bottom to clear confusion of the changing fashion styles
7 comments:
- S 'naani' J said...
This is very nice. Although, the Y chromosomes may feel a bit gallas :-)
N.B: The word "gallas" is something I picked up yesterday. It is typically Scottish am told. Any guesses?
- Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:58:00 PM
- S 'naani' J said...
Oh, almost forgot. I love the minimalism. The careful use of lines and the use of color on top to give the characters depth.
- Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:03:00 PM
- Katherine said...
Gallas? No Idea!
If your talking about the fact they are all dudes I thought it was a nice play on words - Mail excuses / Male excuses. The idea that business men are drones and havn't changed through the years.
- Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:42:00 PM
- S 'naani' J said...
Yes, I was referring to the fact that all are male. But it totally got me there. On mails and business type males :-)
Quite deep stuff.
"Gallas" (am told) is to act elegant under pressure or criticism.
- Monday, September 19, 2005 8:55:00 PM
- Nik said...
Katherine - are you happy for this to go up into the Cworks portfolio site here..?
- Monday, September 26, 2005 5:41:00 PM
- Nik said...
oops forgot the link! that is here: http://dhost.info/closetjunkie/cworks/
- Monday, September 26, 2005 5:42:00 PM
- Katherine said...
Nik thats fine. Although I have an updated version with date plaques at the bottom to clear confusion of the changing fashion styles. The new images is at...
thanks kath
- Tuesday, September 27, 2005 12:17:00 PM


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In case you're not quite sure what I'm getting at, let me break it down for you.
Breakfast - two slices of toast with cheese and tomato, open grilled
Lunch - two toasted sandwiches filled with cheese, tomato and lettuce (eaten about an hour apart)
Dinner - two slices of toast with cheesy Vegemite
Breakfast - one slice of toast with cheese and tomato, open grilled
Lunch - one toasted sandwich filled with cheese, tomato and lettuce
Firstly, let's acknowledge the reduction in quantity today vs yesterday. I think we can all agree I deserve some sort of award for that.
Other than that small achievement, I do believe this meal plan is an eyebrow-raising cross between totally awesome and concerning. It's awesome because it's delicious. And it includes both tomatoes and lettuce, so I'm ticking off some impressive food groups.
It's concerning because, well, let's see. It's:
- NOT high on the nutritious scale
- high in carbs (I didn't even tell you it was the devil's white bread)
- low in protein
- a bad example for my kids (not that they witnessed each meal, but still...)
- counterproductive to my goal of eating better in 2015
So why do it? Again, this:
|Freaking beautiful
It's yum and it's easy. Making a salad takes time. All that washing and chopping and slicing. It's overrated. I do like a good salad and usually you would see at least one on my "last 5 meals" review list. But the last couple of days, I just couldn't be arsed. Perhaps it's all the fuss of food over Christmas that sent me spinning into this simple bread-fest. Perhaps it's just sheer laziness. I don't know. All I do know is, the madness has to stop.
By writing this blog post, I guess I have self-shamed and in turn encouraged myself to eat something for dinner that is NOT toast.
I think I feel a pizza coming on......
Do you ever find yourself in a food rut?


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Timothy Geithner's new book, "Stress Test," runs 580 pages and covers countless moments of crisis and fear during his time as New York Fed president and Treasury secretary. Read our colleague Andrew Ross Sorkin's magazine article on Mr. Geithner and the book for more on the broad themes it recounts. But in the meantime, here are a few smaller chunks that we found particularly revelatory.
Geithner was aware of — and worried about — the gravitas gap. Seemingly every profile written about him has noted that he has a boyish look about him (as Vogue memorably put it, "the kind of looks that can go either way: Half an inch one way he's John F. Kennedy; half an inch the other he's Lyle Lovett"). As it turns out, Mr. Geithner himself considered his youthful appearance to be a weakness in his potential candidacy for Treasury secretary, along with his lack of experience in more public-facing roles. "In a period of turmoil and uncertainty, the public would want to see a familiar and reassuring face in charge of the country's finances," he recalled telling Senator Barack Obama in 2008 in their first meeting when the role was discussed. "I had spent my career in obscurity, and I didn't think of myself as a reassuring presence. I looked young. I had never appeared on TV."
That first foray into the public spotlight was every bit as disastrous as it seemed. Mr. Geithner's first major speech, in February 2009, was billed as the rollout of the Obama administration's plan to end the financial crisis. It was a debacle on every level, and from Mr. Geithner's account it seems he and his staff could see it coming like a slow-motion car crash. After settling on Feb. 10 to roll out the administration's plan, the Geithner aide Meg McConnell noted, "But we don't have a plan." Indeed. "The run-up to my speech was horribly tense," Mr. Geithner writes. "White House staff wanted the speech to reassure the public by emphasizing our determination to get tough on Wall Street and save taxpayer dollars. My Treasury team wanted to reassure the markets by emphasizing our determination to do whatever it took to prevent more bank failures. The results were predictably schizophrenic."
Oh, and speaking of a lack of public speaking background? "I was supposed to do a few rehearsals to learn how to use the teleprompter, but I kept putting them off; I finally did a couple of halfhearted run-throughs that evening, repeatedly stopping to edit my text as I went along. I also had no time for prep sessions for my national TV appearances after the speech. … I did zero minutes of prep for the first TV interviews of my career."
No wonder the stock market fell 500 points that day and speculation ran rampant that Mr. Geithner would be the first Obama cabinet member to be fired.
But it may have been partly Sheila Bair's fault. During that time, Mr. Geithner was deeply irritated by what he saw as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairwoman Sheila Bair's flawed proposal to deal with the crisis — and even more so by leaks he attributed to Bair's staff. Ms. Bair, who wrote a book of her own that is sharply critical of Mr. Geithner, proposed a plan for a "bad bank" that would buy up many of the crummy assets clogging the books of major banks. When articles about the idea were published in the run-up to the February speech, "the markets loved those articles," Mr. Geithner writes, "because the government-run bad bank sounded like a way for Wall Street to dump its garbage on Uncle Sam at generous prices."
Mr. Geithner's staff had a subtle way to ascertain that it was Ms. Bair's staff that was leaking these details: "My staff got so annoyed by the drumbeat of FDIC-planted stories that at one point they gave Sheila's aides a harmless snippet of wrong information, just to see if it would end up in the media. It quickly did."
He blames the negative reaction to the speech in part to FDIC leaks: "As bad as my speech and my delivery were, the reaction of the markets had a lot to do with their expectations, fueled by pre-speech leaks, that we would announce a bad bank to buy troubled assets at inflated prices."
Geithner's relationship with Larry Summers is really complicated. Back in the 1990s, Larry Summers promoted Mr. Geithner, a young Treasury career staffer, into a series of roles that launched his career at the highest levels of economic policy. It is clear from the book that the two men have a close, intertwined, yet fraught relationship. Mr. Summers was essentially passed over for Treasury secretary at the start of the Obama administration in favor of his protégé, placed instead as the less prestigious head of the White House national economic council.
When President-elect Obama called Mr. Geithner to ask if he would serve as Treasury secretary while Mr. Summers ran the council, "I immediately said I would, even though I knew it would mean more awkwardness." Geithner added: "Some of our former colleagues thought the idea of Larry at the NEC bordered on lunacy. It was hard to imagine a former Treasury secretary in an advisory role. And the NEC director is supposed to be an honest broker … while Larry wasn't known for sublimating his own views."
The subtle tension continued during the transition period before the start of the Obama presidency. "Larry's mantra in those days was 'discontinuity,' the importance of distinguishing the Obama response from the pre-Obama response. … But I didn't like Larry's frequent derision of Hank [Paulson] and Ben [Bernanke]; I was protective of them, and of course implicated in virtually everything they had done." His critiques, Mr. Geithner continued, "weren't entirely wrong, but Larry hadn't been there, and I didn't think he had earned the right to second-guess with that degree of confidence."
And perhaps never was their relationship more tricky than the summer of 2009, when President Obama was deciding whether to appoint Mr. Summers to be Federal Reserve chair or to reappoint Mr. Bernanke. While Mr. Geithner doesn't convey this decision with the drama he offers in other moments in the book, it is clear it was a difficult moment for all involved.
"I told the President I thought the current arrangement was working well, and I said this didn't seem like a great time for a change at the Fed … When it became clear the president wanted continuity, Larry was disappointed, but I think he also recognized it wasn't an ideal time for a change. He was tired, too, and he considered leaving the administration. But the President, Rahm [Emanuel], and I all leaned on him to stay, and he relented."
He adds later in the book: "We had our differences during the crisis, and nothing was ever easy when he was around, but he was the most talented policy thinker I knew. I felt bad that the Fed chairmanship hadn't worked out for him."
It seems that Mr. Summers could see the writing on the wall for his possible Fed chairmanship. "The job would open up again in 2014, but when the President, on my recommendation, nominated my excellent former Fed colleague Janet Yellen to be vice chair in April 2010, Larry mused that she was certain to be the next Fed chair, because she would be too compelling a choice to pass over — another correct prediction."
In the White House (as in life), there is a difference between real meetings and fake meetings. This chunk should be inserted in every book about public administration, or maybe management in general: "Meetings are life in Washington. Often they're just for show, a way to suggest motion or commitment to an issue. Sometimes their main purpose is to make people feel included. But occasionally they're the real thing, a forum for actual policy making. I got into the habit of walking into crowded meetings in Larry's office and joking: 'Is this a real meeting or a fake meeting?' In other words, are we talking about a policy that requires a decision, or just talking? When it was a real meeting, I'd usually suggest that we skip the throat-clearing and fast-forward to the end of the PowerPoint deck so we could get to the debate about options. I wore my impatience too openly."
He tried to make his pre-crisis speeches boring. In the years before the crisis, Mr. Geithner was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, making him a key overseer of Wall Street. He saw many risks and frailties in the financial system in that role, some of which would prove prescient. But by his own telling, his efforts to draw attention to them were hardly the stuff of a public campaign.
"I did talk a lot about risks to the stability of the financial system, usually to financial audiences. … I didn't seek media coverage, and I didn't get any. But I did try to convey what I was learning about the strengths and weaknesses of the system, and to outline my hierarchy of concerns. In my careful, qualified, occasionally tortured way, I tried to lean against the wind."
And, even more pointedly: "My speeches were never a model of clarity or hair-on-fire force. I was careful to express my concerns in understated, nuanced, deliberately dull language that wouldn't move markets or depress confidence."
Gene Sperling is a stone-cold Pop-Tart thief. "At one point, Meg [McConnell, an adviser] noticed that a strawberry Pop-Tart she had bought from one of Treasury's vending machines had vanished. She looked over at Gene [Sperling, then a counselor to Mr. Geithner], who shrugged and admitted he had eaten it. He said he would buy Meg another in a tone suggesting he comprehended neither the enormity of his crime nor the inadvisability of messing with Meg when she was tired and hungry."
"'When, Gene?' she demanded. 'When are you going to get me another?'"


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--The New York Times is looking for a few well-read engineers to join its ranks.
Thomas Friedman, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist and author of the best seller The World Is Flat, made the pitch while giving the keynote speech at an anniversary celebration for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare program.
"We are desperate at The New York Times for engineers. In fact, they asked me to mention it and make a pitch here," he said.
"For some reason, you people don't think we're cool. Come on. We're not Google, I know, but we're not that bad," Friedman said.
The Times columnist asked any interested students to approach him and give him their card. But there is just one catch: the leading newspaper is a bit choosy.
"Please don't come if you don't read The New York Times," he said. "Please don't come if you don't read at least three newspapers a day. We need people who can really imaginatively mash those things together."
11 TV shows to watch after Game of Thrones ends: Need to fill your Game of Thrones void? These shows might do the trick.
Devilish David Tennant is a hell of lot of fun in Good Omens: Apocalyptic new miniseries adapts Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's book.


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A Coastal American restaurant LOCATED IN A BEAUTIFULLY DETERIORATING NEW ORLEANS MANSION BUILT IN 1883
Cavan Restaurant and Bar feels like an upbeat, fun dinner party set in a 19th Century Garden District mansion. Our menu offers our expressions of classic Coastal American dishes incorporating the freshest locally-sourced ingredients. Our cocktail list is rooted in the classics but features our own drinks created also using locally-sourced ingredients. Our wines are boutique, old-world selections that are accessible and meant to be shared. At Cavan, we share the same love of family, friends and community as Terrence Smith, an orphan from County Cavan IR who immigrated to and eventually raised his family in this very neighborhood, did. Our happy hour is offered daily from 4-7pm and includes half off classic cocktails, glasses of wine, local beers and select appetizers. Cavan has been best described as "an Uptown restaurant with a downtown edge."
WRBH 88.3 Radio Station graciously offers their parking lot to our guests, located just across Magazine St from Cavan.
In addition, there is free parking along Magazine St., Foucher St., and adjacent streets.
3607 Magazine St
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