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How the Alarming Number of Graphic Designers Without Work Unleashed in Me the Desire to Transform their Lives
As I type this, we are in the final few weeks of development of our new photo-editing app, Tweak, so I feel it's time I wrote a piece detailing the idea behind the concept and how it came to be.
First, a bit of back story: I'm an illustrator, writer and Photoshop artist, working in the publishing, PC games and music industries for over 20 years.
I moved to Prague in the spring of 2006, landing a job as a photo-retoucher/editor for a top fashion photographer. After a few months, I became pretty well-known in the community so it wasn't long before the local graphic design college approached me to come in and talk to the students about working with Photoshop.
At the beginning of the first lesson, I asked the students to raise their hands if they planned to pursue a career in graphic design.
Every hand shot up. I then asked if they subscribed to a monthly magazine. Not one hand went up. If the students themselves didn't buy magazines, I thought, where did they think the jobs were going to come from? It was this that started the germ of an idea…
A couple of years later, I was sitting at a bench in one of Prague's famous beer gardens with an attractive female friend. It was a gorgeous summer day and the light framed her head in a halo of golden curls so I snapped a couple of photos of her drinking and laughing in the sun. Later that week, I took a look at the results: beautiful girl, sun streaming through her hair, enjoying life: perfect! But WTF?! Directly behind her sat an enormous tourist, his low-slung jeans revealing a butt-crack of epic dimensions. No problem — I opened the photos in Photoshop and erased the tourist with the stamp tool in a matter of minutes.
Cut to summer, 2015. I was in the same beer garden telling a couple of graphic designers about the incident when it suddenly hit me! Why was it not possible for me to edit those photos as I sat with her that day instead of having to wait until I got home to do it?
Over the course of the next few hours, I outlined my plan: to create an app that linked users to an army of Photoshop wizards available 24/7 to retouch their photos and return them to their phones within minutes. I began to see how this could create regular income for thousands of under-employed or jobless graphic designers, those who had been trained for work in careers with plummeting salaries or, in the case of the printed media, no salary at all. I envisioned a new work force, working from home, cafes and libraries. No longer would these workers have to commute miles each day to jobs that barely paid the rent. With Tweak, these workers could dictate their pay, hours and environment.
That same day, I met my partners, Cedric Maloux and Carlos Meza, and, over the next couple of months, put flesh on the bones of the original idea. The simplicity of the concept, coupled with the fact that we were creating something that put people to work rather than robbing them of their livelihoods, made each meeting a joy to attend. To the sound of laughter and high fives, the concept evolved.
Almost everyone to whom we've explained the idea thinks it is revolutionary. However, there will always be those who will see the app as yet another threat to their ever-dwindling salaries. To them, I say this: over a million photos are uploaded to the internet EVERY MINUTE plus, for every photo uploaded, there are dozens that don't make it due to an inherent flaw, glitch or photo bomb: there is more than enough work to go round.
According to a survey in Forbes magazine, graphic designers lag behind all others on the IT pay scale while 11.8 percent of all graduates are unemployed. It is these people who will benefit from Tweak the most.
Tweak will succeed or fail according to the stamina, speed and quality of our artists. In order to make this concept a reality, we need as many designers as we can to cater to the thousands of edit requests we expect as we head towards our launch date in March.
Help us to help you enter this revolutionary new age of employment! Sign up for Tweak as a designer today!


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September 04, 2009 - The Miami HeraldBy Richard Gephardt and Tommy Thompson
Far too often in our nation's policy-making process, we allow ourselves to get caught up in the divisive aspects of issues rather than focusing on how we can work together to achieve a historic, bipartisan result. Nowhere has this been more evident than in the debate over health-care reform set to enter a critical phase when lawmakers return to Washington next week.
Regardless of the divisive tone, Congress and the administration cannot afford to get sidetracked. More than one out of seven Americans do not have health insurance. In the absence of meaningful near-term reform, the Urban Institute estimates that an additional 20 million Americans could be without health insurance by 2019. Every day that goes by without action creates more uncertainty, fear and risk.
Skyrocketing health-care costs, a key driver of the current debate, make families more vulnerable and place an unprecedented burden on many of our nation's businesses. Premiums alone for employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States have been rising four times faster, on average, than workers' earnings since 2000.
After weeks of spirited debate, it is time to officially reset the tone and come up with a bipartisan reform package that brings down costs, increases access and affordability, promotes American ingenuity and innovation and, most important, empowers individuals to prevent chronic disease that accounts for 75 percent of our nation's health expenditures and make better health choices.
When President Obama takes to the podium in front of a joint session of Congress next week, he should recommend three equally important steps:
First, a bipartisan White House summit focused on measurable, action-oriented ideas. Providing high-quality, affordable healthcare to every American is inherently a non-partisan issue. So is the need to increase insurance coverage, prevent chronic disease and promote innovation. By bringing together Democrats and Republicans, along with labor unions, business leaders and other stakeholders, the president would be sending a strong message that his administration is committed to reaching a meaningful solution this year.
As members of America's Agenda -- a bipartisan organization of businesses, labor unions and government leaders -- we recently conducted listening sessions around the country where we heard loud and clear that middle class Americans -- with and without insurance -- are bearing the burden of rising healthcare costs. With many Americans still struggling to put food on the table and a national unemployment rate approaching 10 percent, we cannot let partisan differences stand in the way of constructive conversation and dialogue.
Second, shine a spotlight on the common-ground policies that have taken a backseat to the divisive elements of the debate. Remarkably, for all the talk about the need to address skyrocketing healthcare costs, we have done little to help Americans understand how existing reform proposals will help prevent chronic disease, a proven cost driver and perhaps the most fundamental concern for an increasingly elderly population. Investing in health innovation -- from effective use of health information technology to funding breakthrough research and initiatives that will help cure our most pressing medical challenges -- should also be a centerpiece of the public dialogue around cost containment.
A recent survey commissioned by America's Agenda found a statistic on which Republicans and Democrats broadly agree. Seventy-five percent of voters support reform that will give their primary care or family doctor the support of a coordinated team of allied professionals like nurse practitioners, nutritionists and preventive care specialists. These health professionals would provide continuing care between doctor visits, increase the physician's productivity, decrease medical errors, and reduce health costs over the long run.
Third, explain in clear and simple terms how healthcare reform will create jobs and drive new investment in our nation's economy. In an expanded system, we will need more doctors, nurses, technicians and researchers. With chronic disease prevention as a cornerstone, we will create new opportunities in other fields, such as sustainable agriculture and nutrition.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that since the recession began in December 2007 employment in the healthcare sector has grown by 513,000 jobs. By recognizing the potential of better healthcare as a growth engine, we will be enabling much-needed activity across multiple sectors of our nation's economy.
Rarely do lawmakers have an unprecedented opportunity to unite behind an issue that affects every American, regardless of gender, age, income or party affiliation. As the president and Members of Congress come together on Capitol Hill next week, it is time to set aside the partisan rhetoric and reach a historic agreement that brings down cost, provides a boost to our nation's economy, increases coverage and protects overall quality of care.
Put simply, the American people deserve no less.
Richard Gephardt, D-Mo., a former leader of House Democrats, and Tommy Thompson, a former secretary of Health and Human Services and a former governor of Wisconsin, are members of America's Agenda.
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Despite missing the cut at the FedEx St. Jude Classic, Spencer Levin still has a good chance to earn a berth into next week's U.S. Open.
Levin will not earn any world ranking points for his two days in Memphis, but is still slated to finish No. 60 in the Official World Golf Ranking on Sunday. The top 60 in the ranking are exempt into the year's second major.
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CRAFTSBURY, Vt. — More than two dozen Vermont communities said "no" Tuesday to any possibility of shipping tar sands oil by pipeline through the state, as concerns grow among environmentalists about potential spills.
At least 28 communities among those that took up the nonbinding Town Meeting Day resolution approved the measure, according to the group 350 Vermont, which is concerned about climate change and is campaigning for the resolution. The group's final tally was not immediately available Tuesday night.
Currently, Portland Pipe Line Corp. ships crude oil through pipeline between Maine and Montreal. But corporation CEO Larry Wilson has said the company has no active plans to reverse the flow and ship tar sands oil across northern New England, as many fear.
Environmentalists say tar sands oil poses a greater threat of a pipeline spill because it is thicker and more corrosive.
Most of the communities that voted on the resolution Tuesday were scattered around Vermont ranging from Burlington to Bennington. The pipeline runs through northern Vermont, through the Northeast Kingdom towns of Burke, Jay, Irasburg, Newport, Troy, Barton, Sutton, Victory, Lunenburg and Guildhall.
Craftsbury, which is in the Northeast Kingdom, voted for the resolution against any tar sands oil pipeline.
"That's why we brought it here to Craftsbury where we are directly affected by the potential of a catastrophe," Peggy Sapphire said during the town meeting.
The voice vote came at the end of the meeting after residents approved a $3.5 million school budget, spending up to $130,000 to buy a new fire truck, selling a 1976 tanker to help offset the cost, and lunching on macaroni and cheese.
Anne Hanson, who helped get the tar sands oil resolution on the agenda, said she was pleased to learn at the meeting that the school's new wood pellet burner was saving energy and that legislators were working on other energy efficiency measures.
"The opportunity that we have here today is to not only, I believe, protect local resources but also to make a statement from our region and Vermont that we are looking for a very different energy future," she said.
To make sure the discussion was balanced, the moderator called for critics of the resolution to speak as well.
Joe Young balked at the proposal, particularly a provision that the town require that fuel vendors doing business in Craftsbury provide complete lists of the refinery sources for all fuel. He suggested that meeting that requirement would be too time consuming.
Town officials also received a letter from a Canadian consulate general on the tar sands oil issue but voters rejected a motion to read the letter at the meeting.
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Amidst the vast lifelessness that one might initially sense when driving through Iceland — the moon-like fields of rocks and craters, the barren peaks of the central ranges, the bubbling mudpots that hearken back to the time of the dinosaur — lies a pristine beauty unlike anywhere else in the world. Iceland evokes a true sense of tranquility, a land untouched and unspoiled. Look closer, and you'll see what sort of beauty it has to offer.
Waterfalls cascading down the cliffsides, mountain slopes skirting down to the sea, emerald-green fjords intertwining through glacial coastline. Look to your right and you'll see a herd of reindeer grazing in the pastures, on your left, a verdant oasis with birds of all shapes and sizes singing their morning songs.
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Author: Mladen Jelicic Place: Bosnia and HerzegovinaDate: 23 January 2009
Discussing the cuisine of Bosnia and Herzegovina is quite a demanding task, because a lot of different cultures have left their marks in this small country over time. Let´s just mention some of the peoples who, during the past centuries, were ruling the area: Celts, Greeks, Romans, Slavs, Turks, Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, and so on. Even the Crusaders passed through Bosnia and Herzegovina.
If we suppose that each of these cultural influences brought with them one of their traditional recipes – just one dish – we get a rich mosaic of influences, which has also been shaped by different religious traditions.
Central European and Mediterranean impacts are very important in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Eastern or Italian culinary influences. The cuisine has also been strongly influenced by "oriental" cultures. It is difficult to talk about Bosnian or Herzegovinian cuisine in particular – the range of different meals is enormous.
Moreover, the country is of course influenced by its landscape. There are hundreds of rivers, many lakes and a coast line. The fertility of the soil, the climatic conditions and the proximity towards the sea have a high impact on the seasonal fruits of the region and the way of cooking them. The Herzegovinian kitchen often uses steamed vegetables, while in the Bosnian part food is prepared in a time-consuming way, using a lot of meat.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is especially famous for its barbeque specialties. The variety of combinations for the barbeque as well as the different sorts of meats used, are astonishing. Dishes prepared at the barbeque include: sausages, schnitzels, kidneys, livers, T-bone steaks, shish kebab and white kidneys, to mention only a few. Beef, calf, pork, lamb, chicken, different sorts of sea and river fish and shells, vegetables and mushrooms are also commonly used. By combining all these ingredients, the result is an amazingly long list of dishes that are cooked, baked, fried or served fresh.
Sweets and desserts speak of a heritage of different traditions: you can taste for example delicious Hazelnut cake as well as halva, baklava, walnut-stuffed apples known as tufahija, doughnuts, or stuffed dry plums cooked in port wine. All in all, Bosnia and Herzegovina has a very interesting culinary tradition, with something for all tastes. It could please even the demands of the most refined gourmands.
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Planning to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina? Read the restaurant tips of our writer, Mladen Jelicic-Troko:"We have a large number of excellent restaurants which serve delicious dishes. I would personally recommend the following places." Sarajevo: "Avlija"Avlija is a garden restaurant surrounded by a tall wall, hidden from curious eyes. The restaurant was carefully sheathed with laced structure of white mats that are framed with a green grass mats featuring discrete music. They serve home made food such as large steaks, doughnuts with sour cream, cheeses, salads and large choice of wines and beers. "Kod Kibeta" This is a restaurant which serves typical, traditional Bosnian cuisine, such as delicious pies, salads, roasted lamb, klepe (a sort of Bosnian ravioli stuffed with minced meat and served with sour cream and garlic). Somuni (traditional bread), home made pear and plum grappa, beers and wines are served. Mostar"Libro"This place looks like your Grandmother's dining room. It is filled with the genuine spirit of hospitality. The restaurant cooks with recipes from the old, traditional kitchen: Huge portions of salads, pickles, soups, all kinds of meat and even pickled eggplants are served. The specialty of the house is trout, which is highly recommendable.Neum "Humska kuca"This pleasant and jolly place offers a huge terrace with a beautiful sea view and gives you the full Mediterranean feeling. The food served is mainly sea fruit, traditional recipes prepared the simple way, together with perfectly balanced ingredients of good quality and freshness. Squids, white and black risotto and shells of all kinds are served, as well as carpaccio with fresh shrimps. The restaurants also feature a long list of quality wines, mainly from Dalmatian and Herzegovinian vineyards.Banja Luka"Ognjište"Ognjište is truly a temple of national food: sausages of horse meat, peppers stuffed with cheese and sour cream, calf "ispod saca" (steel cover, prepared on open fire), mac (sword) with four kinds of meat, smoked pork stuffed with sour cream. Not to forget the specialty of the house: kidney in milk is a dish that you could not find anywhere else. Slatina (a small village near Banja Luka)"Lovacki bar" A Restaurant that offers a variety of prepared wild game and doughnuts baked with black flour and a delicious sour cream. They also offer snails with garlic and ingredients, hare's fillet in hunter's sauce, young boar with spruce and sweet and sour sauce.
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Inva Mula, born in Tirana, Albania in 1963, is one of the leading sopranos of her generation. Famous to filmgoers as the voice featured in the Diva Dance in Luc Besson's Fifth Element, she has performed to great acclaim across the world, and is a regular performer at La Scala in Milan. Her album Il bel sogno is performed with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ivo Lipanović and features famous arias by Puccini, Gounod, Massenet and Verdi.
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The One World Human Rights Festival will take place in Pristina from 12-16 December. Its aim is to promote human rights, freedoms, and democracy, but also to feature meaningful debates on issues like human rights, civil society, foreign policy, environmental policy, etc.
The Tirana International FIlm Festival (TIFF) is the first international cinema festival of its kind in Albania and will be held from 5-10 December
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Asiana Airlines is South Korea's second-largest airline. It has recently tried to expand its presence in the United States, and joined the Star Alliance, which is anchored in the U.S. by United Airlines.
Here's a closer look at Asiana Airlines:
Founded: 1988.
Fleet: 79 planes, including 12 777-200ERs.
Headquarters: Seoul.
Daily flights: 268.
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Destinations: 23 countries, 71 cities, plus 12 cities in Korea.
Employees: 9,073 employees, including 3,321 office workers, 4,582 cabin crew and 1,170 technical and ground staff.
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I'm currently a paramedic that works for a flight company as a dispatcher, I've already got my BS in Emergency Medicine, am in nursing school (ADN) at a community college and am trying to wrangle an externship one day a week between the ED and on the helicopters with my company. I ultimately want to join the Air Force Reserves as a flight nurse. My big question is this: what can I do to get my foot in the door with the air force reserves so as to secure a position later on? (aside from graduate with my RN in the first place lol) Who should I talk to as far as making contacts? I'm open to any suggestions and really appreciate any feedback you all can give me. Thanks so much!!
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Specialty: 1 year(s) of experience in Emergency, Critical CareMay 11, '09According to the Air Force Website, I need a BSN to be on active duty. To be in the reserves, you can have a bachelors in another field and an ASN as long as you are a licensed RN. At least thats what the online advisor told me...May 16, '09The AFR is now requiring a BSN. There was a nurse in my reserve squadron who was and AD graduate, and an experienced critical care nurse. She came into the military as enlisted, and is working on her BSN.
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Spokane, WashingtonMay 16, '09Did your friend have a bachelors in another field already as well? Or did she only have an ADN?May 16, '09I've got my first bachelors in Emergency Medicine, so from what I understand I'm already eligible for officer training school since I've completed my undergrad. I'm just waiting to finish up my ADN as a second degree (which I will eventually convert into a BSN). I could've done a fast track BSN as a second bachelors, but those are a little too stiff for my pocket book at the moment...Jun 4, '09paranurse125:
you may want to jump over to the govt/military nursing area and repost your question - there may be more input from all of the ad & reserve rns who can shed some more light onto your dilemma. otherwise, from all of the posts i have read over there, your best resource would be a healthcare recruiter, who should have the answers to those types of questions. good luck.Jun 29, '09I am going to join as soon as I get my BSN and have spoken to a reserve flight nurse. At this point the AF is only accepting BSN even for reserves, although in the past they have accepted ASN's, but that is when they are really really low on flight nurses. Also, according to her, your time spent as a reservists is different than traditional reservists because you have to fly every 90 days. You have to go through basically the same requirements as pilots when it comes to flying (flight physical and a 6 week flight class), a 6 week nursing flight class, water survival/POW camp survival, tech school, etc which would be about 6 months straight, after comissioning and going through OTS (which is also 6 weeks). The flight school is currently in a classroom, although they are trying to implement a program where you fly and when that school is over then you come back to home base. She also said it is hard to work as a FT nurse and be a flight nurse in the reserves because of the flight hours and regular time you have to put in. OTC is in Maxwell AFB, AL, the rest of the training in San Antonio (Lackland AFB). She says that in twenty something odd years shes been activated twice, but all other trips shes signed up for.
I would suggest finding an aeromedical squadron nearest you and speak with someone from there. You can ask a recruiter for that info, or if you already have access to go on base then just go and talk to anyone. I called the squadron where I live and they were more than willing to speak to me and give me info.
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text: January 2, 2012 Around the World with Globe-Trotter – By Elizabeth Hunt Brockway – Founded in 1897, Globe-Trotter is a timeless and classic English brand. The bags take the traditional form—boxy rectangular cases rarely seen today, reminiscent of a time when jet setters dressed to the nines to travel the skies. Each bag is handmade in Broxbourne, Hertforshire, UK (about 20 miles outside of central London) with the same techniques used over a century ago when the first bags were crafted. Made with a hardened fibreboard body, a material developed by the Brits in the mid 19th century, they are finished with leather handles and leather capped corners. Today, many of the styles have been modernized with wheels making the luggage more convenient for the current traveler always on the go. And while the bags look effortlessly chic straight from the store, they only get better with age and wear. Unlike other brands where scrapes and stains might ruin their veneer, the Globe-Trotter suitcase earns an edge with its travel wounds. It might just be me, but each new stamp in my passport marking my voyage into a new country seems like a personal token of triumph; with these trunk like bags, we can do the same, bringing back the old style of "stickering" our suitcase, letting each one tell a story of where its been. – Though there are always the classic shades and styles, the brand recently introduced a line of soft leather bags fit for carry-ons, a first in their history. This past April, joining the rest of the world (or at least Britain and America) in the Royal-Wedding-Fever, Globe-Trotter had a specialty line of Kate and William bags. Though these are no longer available, the brand does offers a few other "limited editions" styles on their website, including "Candy"—a suitcase with a hot pink body. The wide variety of styles are available for purchase in stores all around the world as well as their website, www.globetrotter1897.com. In the recent years, American prep-favorite store, J Crew, has partnered with the historic brand selling a few items on their website as well. – Over the past 100 years, Globe-Trotter has racked up its fair share of notable patrons including former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II, and Sir Edmund Hillary on the first successful trek to the summit of Mount Everest. And though we might not have her jewels, we can now travel in her style with luggage fit for the Queen. Elizabeth Hunt Brockway is a fashion, art, and film obsessed writer and photographer from Washington, DC. She began her career at fashion PR firm, PR Consulting, followed by a year interning at American Vogue, and is presently working with stylist Elissa Santisi and Into the Gloss blogger, Emily Weiss. She currently resides in Manhattan. TweetEmail About the Author Elizabeth Previous articleI Want What She's Wearing: The Sweater Coat Next articleShopping For: Studs You may also like August 15, 2018 Shop the Trend: Evening Sequins August 7, 2018 Our Swimsuit Favorites August 6, 2018 Custom Everything w/ CONSORTIUM Pop-Up August 2, 2018 Tips: How to Travel Like A Pro


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Pacified. Classified.
Keep in line. You're doing fine.
Lost your voice? There ain't no choice.
Play the game. Silent and tame.
Be the passive observer, sit back and look,
At the world they destroyed, and the peace that they took.
Ask no questions, hear no lies,
And you'll be living in the comfort of a fool's paradise.
By letting it happen without a fight...
You're already dead, You're already dead.
With your endless debates about wrong and right...
You're already dead, You're already dead.
Nothing's going to change if you're not prepared to act,
There's no point complaining after the fact,
Content to be a number, branded X and neatly packed...
You're already dead, You're already dead. Crass, 'You're Already Dead' 1984
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So do soldiers with their high-horse syndrome.
"I'm so important, I wield a gun and shoot brown people to protect your safe...err...poppy fields"
Right. Because all soldiers shoot "brown people" and "protect poppy fields". I don't know about American soldiers, but I know that my own country's soldiers are in Afghanistan not to protect Americans or Swedes, but to help the civilian population there make a better life for themselves without oppression. That includes destroying opium fields and providing farmers with other crops instead of it.
Looks like you have no problem swallowing the koolaide.
It takes more courage to lay down a weapon than to pick up one.
Weapons only give courage to the weak a truly courageous man needs no weapon.
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I'm sure this post will ruffle a few feathers. That's what it's intended for, so knock yourselves out.
If there's anything in this world that disgusts me, then it's pacifists. Pacifists put themselves on high horses, and look down on others who do not follow their beliefs - who are willing to get their hands dirty to protect others. Pacifism is opposition to war and fighting, but in recent days, it is more of an opposition to any and all forms of violence. I will say this; Pacifists aren't just dilusional fools who walk through life thinking it's some kind of happy rainbow lane in Candyland, all the while looking down at people from their high horses.
No. Pacifists are cowards who renounce any and all responsibility to protect the people they love. Pacifism is an excuse not to take responsibility, and easy to hold on to until you know how difficult it is to watch your loved ones suffer. I have yet to meet a pacifist who retained his belief in pacifism when his loved ones were threatened. Those people were hypocrites, as it turns out. It's easy to renounce violence until the day comes when your family is threatened.
We all wish there could be a world where we didn't have to use violence. But between serial killers, bank robbers, gangbangers, and terrorists, not everybody has the option of putting down their guns and preaching non-violence. Protecting people's lives is more important than some half-baked notion about non-violence, a half-baked notion that, if followed, will cost the lives of innocent people. And yet at the end of the day, the pacifists will still sit on their moral high horses, and look down at anyone who uses violence, no matter how many innocent lives were saved by its use.
To me, as a former soldier, pacifism is the unwillingness to risk your own life to protect those you love. In other words - cowardice.
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Originally posted by ANOK
I don't think a person should be completely pacifist, it depends on the situation. We have to remain somewhat flexible in our ideology, and use whatever we need that works best for a given situation. (Like Marxists supporting temporary nationalism, even when they are apposed to nationalism ultimately)
I believe state sanctioned violence to increase capitalist interest is wrong. But violence against a true aggressor is justified if necessary.
Does it make a person a coward to be apposed to violence, except in the most extreme and necessary situation?
Originally posted by Germanicus
reply to post by Gauss
society does need elements to be preserved from the old warrior societies - such as honor, pride, dignity, and an unrelenting, concrete solid, unwavering self-respect.
I agree. Wouldnt this be pretty cool though? Some guy insults you or wrongs you in some way and instead of calling the Police like a scared little rat, you go battle in the thunderdome.
Two men enter. One man leaves.
I hate that we cant work out our own problems. I should not have to worry about 'victims compensation' or assault charges if some jerk dishonours me.
There are flaws but screw the weak. This is why we have devolved. We live in a society that is almost 'survival of the weakest'.
We will never have a Spartan-like society. We will keep getting worse if we keep carrying the weak.edit on 28-5-2012 by Germanicus because: (no reason given)
Im not sure if it can be changed because most of you really are pathetic cowards.
Originally posted by Gauss
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Exactly what I and many others on this thread thinks. To me, that policy when it comes to violence, is common sense. Starred ya, dude. Thanks for posting.
Originally posted by Germanicus
Everyone is a coward. Its sickening. People should be ashamed of themselves.
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The Pentagon won't send its hardware where we are going. The Fourth of July parade will be homemade and down-home. A patriot is not a missile everywhere.
And just as well. There is something increasingly artificial in these postwar productions. Do we replay the last hurrahs in order to prove to each other and the ''millions watching at home'' that we are not experiencing a relapse of Vietnam syndrome? Do we go out in public to do an impression of pride in country?


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Austin house show lives on at Whitis House
The house show is an intangible concept, and yet some people know just exactly how to do it right. House shows bring the community and intimacy of a party with the energy and sound of a venue show. Austin's "Whitis House" is a little-known house venue that will be hosting San Antonio's own Televangelist and Austin indie lords Did You See Those Bats? on Dec. 20, right before Christmas.
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Texas politician and musician Kinky Friedman released his first album in 40 years, titled the Loneliest Man I Ever Met.
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If you're lethargically residing on your couch due to mass turkey consumption and want to rid your body of tryptophan, then this week's playlist is what you need. This playlist is dedicated to dancing your Thanksgiving turkey off.
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After Dubai, a star-studded premiere of Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal was held at PVR, Juhu on November 22. The same evening, the film received a clearance from the Pakistan Censor Board to release the film in Pakistan, making it the first-ever Indian film to have the same day-and-date release in Pakistan.
The sparkling Mumbai première radiated with the presence of John Abraham, Bipasha Basu, Arshad Wasi, director Vivek Agnihotri and producer Ronnie Screwvala as they walked the red carpet. Suniel Shetty, Ken Ghosh, Shekhar Suman, Soni Razdan, Pallavi Joshi, Yukta Mookhey, Manav and Shweta Kohli, Narayani Shastri and Sagarika Ghatge were also present.
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With our package for the new pool, we are getting 1-skimmer and 2-returns (jets). I was wondering if you all think we should go with more than this in the setup.
Our pool will be 16 X 32 inground vinyl, rectangle. It will be in our backyard, no trees within about 80-90 feet of it. Pretty much wide open area, so I don't think we will get much leaves or debris in it, but not sure yet. Do you guys think the 1 skimmer will do the job??
I am of going with a suggestion of getting the 1 skimmer and then adding a poolskim if necessary to pick up the slack.
I mentioned this in another post, and someone mentioned debris getting stuck in the steps area, and it might be good to put a 3rd return jet there to help circulation of stuff off the steps. That makes sense, so I may add that 3rd jet. What do you guys think, will I need more than that?


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Standard Profits: Make2Pack and ISA88
David Chappell is chair of the Make2Pack/ISA88 Part 5 standards development effort, with Complete Manufacturing Automation Associates - LLC, and retired Proctor & Gamble section manager for batch technologies. Help ISA88 committee members increase dialog about, completion of, interest in, and use of Make2Pack. Join in with your comments or questions to help the standard along, on your way to gaining competitive advantage, reducing overall costs by half. David A. Chappell, Make2Pack chair, and other ISA88 Part 5 committee members provide intelligence and specific links for this effort, spanning OMAC, WBF, and ISA standards efforts.
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ISA88 Part 5 draft: Command, control, status, and functional strategy
We're seeking input on possible language in ISA88 Part 5 draft standard. Figures 6-12 follow, on functional strategy, and other concepts. Please provide comments to ensure the standard is understandable, appropriate, and useful across industries and areas of control, machine control, batch control, and continuous control, as well as flexible and scalable, across hybrid applications. See diagrams. Leave your comments.
A series of discussions follow seeking input on possible language in ISA88 Part 5 draft standard. Figures 6-12 follow with diabrams on functional strategy, and other concepts. Please provide comments to ensure the standard is understandable, appropriate, and useful across industries and areas of control, machine control, batch control, and continuous control, as well as flexible and scalable, across hybrid applications.
Interactions between modules are generally not managed and are deeply imbedded within the FS as indicated in Figure 6: Traditional Modular Interactions. In Module A of the Figure 6 example interaction with Module Z occurs from within the body of the FS automation and requires detailed knowledge of the interfaces provided by Module Z.
- Command and control can be implemented using simple logic or more sophisticated interfaces based on data types other than Boolean for exchange of command and control as represented in Figure 7 and Figure 8.
- Not all traditional implementations of commands by a module are fault tolerant, often providing little to no error checking or error recovery.
- Not all modules are traditionally designed with a command and control interface that manages access by external entities as indicated in Figure 9: Interactions of multiple entities.
- Traditional approaches generally require that if more than one entity requires the use of a module, those external entities must interact in a way that prevents unintended actions by the FS.
- Traditional approaches often avoid using small reusable modules because they lack a standard approach for managing their interactions. Figure 10 and Figure 11 represent two approaches to automate the same system. The 2 module implementation minimizes module interaction where the 12 module implementation maximizes reusable modules.
- The separation between equipment phase and equipment module procedural, coordination and basic control across modules is not always pure as represented in Figure 12. For the purposes of Part 5, procedural control is identified as any control that has a quiescent state that requires an external entity to issue a command to cause it to leave that state and carry out the intended functional strategy, at the conclusion of the execution of the functional strategy the quiescent state will be reentered. Basic control does not have a quiescent state as part of its functional strategy and is capable of self direction from and to any state.
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ISA88 Part 5 draft: Traditional automation designs for batch recipes
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Responsible habitat management is a defining characteristic of private forest stewardship in B.C. To help small-forest owners be the best forest stewards they can be, we've put together a 2-part series titled "Managing Wildlife Habitat: Everything You Need to Know About Northern Goshawks".
In the first post we introduce some defining characteristics of the species and briefly explain why, as a forest owner or land manager in British Columbia, it's important to pay close attention to coastal Northern Goshawks.
Why Do Northern Goshawks Matter?
Presently, coastal Northern Goshawks (laingi subspecies) are red-listed by the BC Conservation Data Centre (you can learn more about what it means to be on the red list from the B.C. Ministry of Environment website).
Coastal Northern Goshawks are also listed as a threatened species by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) — a federal committee that assesses and designates which wildlife species are in danger of disappearing from Canada—and the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA) lists the coastal Northern Goshawk as a Schedule 1 threatened species. Goshawks on the east side of the Coast Range (interior BC) are not considered at risk.
Without appropriate management actions Northern Goshawks and forestry operations can conflict. It's important to understand the breeding chronology and habitat requirements for this bird in order to establish an appropriate management plan.
The Basics: What is a Northern Goshawk?
Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) are one of three species of Accipiter hawks recognized in North America. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology describes the Northern Goshawk as "the bigger, fiercer, wilder relative of the Sharp-shinned and Cooper's hawks."
The Northern Goshawk is a medium-sized, robust forest-dwelling raptor about the size of a raven (length: 56–61 cm; wingspan: 98-115 cm) with short, broad wings and a long rudder-like tail well adapted for maneuvering and flying through forests in pursuit of prey.
You can distinguish an adult Northern Goshawk from both Cooper's and Sharp-shinned hawks by their larger size and their greyish colouration compared to the rusty-brown colouration of the other two birds.
Where do Northern Goshawks live?
Within Canada, 100% of the range of the Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies occurs within British Columbia. Range boundaries occur in the coastal rainforests of Haida Gwaii, Vancouver Island, other British Columbia coastal islands and the coastal mainland west of the Coast Mountains.
Northern Goshawks are sub-canopy dwellers in closed-canopy coniferous or mixed forests with mature (45+ years) forest structure.
For the most part, Northern Goshawks are non-migratory. Males primarily remain on or near their nest territories year-round, while females tend to make short-distance movements to mostly lower elevations in winter.
What does a Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies look like?
Descriptions of the Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies will differ depending on the age and sex of the birds. Northern Goshawks less than 3 years old are called immatures or juveniles, while birds older than 3 years are considered adults.
You can identify an adult Northern Goshawk by the bold white stripe above its red eyes. The white eyebrow stripe separates the black crown on top of the bird's head from its blue-grey back.
Adult Northern Goshawks have white chests with dense grey barring that can appear light grey from a distance. Long, somewhat rounded, tails have bands of alternating grey and black. Northern Goshawks also have yellow legs and feet with black talons.
Male and females are similar in colour, shape and characteristics, but male Northern Goshawks are smaller than females
A juvenile Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies is recognizable by its faint white eyebrow stripe, dusky brown colour and buff-coloured chest with dark brown vertical streaks.
Please stand by for the next post in our 2-part series "Everything You Need to Know About Northern Goshawks" with detailed information to help you know how to:
- identify nests on your property
- understand breeding habitats
A big thanks to Molly Hudson, biologist with TimberWest, for her expertise in helping us put this information together.


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The School of Nursing supports global learning for all degree levels. We aim to expose our students to global health issues, cultural awareness and competence, social justice and healthcare development for disadvantaged communities in the United States and abroad. Our service learning approach envelopes our academic programs with community service in combination with critical, reflective thinking.
This service learning mission runs in the fall with a focus on pediatrics and medical-surgical practice. The mission focuses on interprofessional learning while providing free medical and major surgical care to the impoverished people of the urban Kingston area. On average, each mission provides primary care to over 1,000 people.
Our next mission to Jamaica: October 2017
Our first service learning mission took place in March 2010 with an emphasis on OB nursing. Faculty and students worked with local doctors in the village of Pastores near La Antigua, Guatemala to meet the needs of 1,157 patients. Trips run twice a year in the Greater Panchoy Valley surrounding Antigua focusing on medical-surgical type practice, public health, obstetrics and pediatrics.
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What is one way that you can reduce that stress of traveling? One way is to choose the right airline. To do this, you should do some research. What kind of research? You need to look into where you are going. This matters because you depending, on where you are going, can decide the cost of your plane ticket.
One way to choose the best airline is the price. Many airlines had to jump up their prices because of the way gas prices climbed! One of the best airlines with lower gas prices is Southwest Airlines. Why are their prices so much lower than many other airlines? Southwest airlines have lower prices because they locked in their gas prices when other airlines didn't. Southwest airlines also do not charge extra for bags either! While many airlines are now charging a lot of extra money for each piece of luggage you take with you, Southwest airlines are not.
What is another reason to choose Southwest airlines? Another reason is that Southwest airlines are almost always on time. They are hardly ever late. If for some reason they are, then they make up for it in the air! Southwest also always has friendly staff members. The flight attendants, as well as the captains, are all very obliging. This can make your travels a lot better!
Southwest also does maintenance on their planes more often than any other airline. They periodically check out their planes to see if they are in good working order.
What is another airline that is very reliable? Jet Blue is also an excellent airline. Jet Blue also has some excellent prices. This airline is also on time most of the time. Jet Blue also has excellent prices as well. The down side to Jet Blue is that it is not available in all places. Jet Blue is only available in certain areas of the country.
Is their another choice? The other option that is very good is United Airlines. United Airlines does charge extra for luggage, but they have lower ticket prices than some of the other airlines. United Airlines also has a good track record when it comes to being on time. That factor is important because everyone wants to ensure being on time when they travel.
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Thanksgiving celebrations are usually centered around a table of wonderful food. There are always the traditional Thanksgiving dishes present and they are usually enjoyed by most of your guests. There are some guests, such as children, that may not list favorite Thanksgiving dishes on their best liked food list. For these guests, it is always wise to have some not so traditional items on your table. Along with the pumpkin and pecan pie, have a cherry, apple or chocolate pie available for your guests. Brownies also go over well, with children. Some Jell-O served beside your ambrosia dish is a good choice to add to the menu.
Have ice cream and whipped cream available for use over pies and with cakes. That adds a touch of sweet creativeness to your meal. Have some hot chocolate, ginger ale and bottled water ready to serve as alternatives for tea or coke. Some hot apple cider served can be an unique and crowd pleasing experience. With the traditional turkey or ham, have some baked chicken available, also. Sausage balls are great to serve at holiday gatherings. Along with the dressing, serve some plain white rice and baked potatoes. You can also serve a tossed salad. For those who do not want to eat rich or high fat foods, have some low fat butter, sour cream and salad dressings available. Here is another great tip. I recommend having a bag of chipped ice on hand, so you do not run out. Guests can get quite thirsty.
Another great holiday tip is to dress your table up with a colorful Thanksgiving theme table cloth. Your food will look wonderful with this holiday presentation.
For extra entertainment, you can have some traditional holiday favorite movies on hand to show your guests. In another room, you can have some holiday music playing and let this area be a conversation room. If you have some trivia games or other board games, these can be enjoyed by your guests and their children. This will help everyone to have fun.
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Let your guests know, as they arrive, where your bathroom is located and where the trash area is, if they are not familiar with your house. That will make them more comfortable.
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Section 1-AA players ready to team up at Cager Classic
Burrell senior Pete Spagnolo believes Section 1-AA boys basketball players brought a specific mentality to the court when they faced each other this season — a gritty, sometimes surly style that wasn't always graceful or suitable for framing.
"Nobody's afraid; nobody steps down," said Spagnolo, a key guard on Burrell's WPIAL runner-up team. "Everybody in the section knows they can hang with anybody. It's more than an offensive section. Teams are tough."
Apollo-Ridge senior guard Josh Reynolds is in complete agreement.
"Against certain teams, like Burrell and West Shamokin, it would get a little chippy," Reynolds said. "People would get physical and start talking. But that's part of what made the games interesting."
Look for the hatchet to get buried this weekend when four players from Section 1 team up for the East in the 17th annual Cager Classic all-star game set to tip off about 8 p.m. Saturday at Highlands.
Spagnolo and Reynolds could be on the court at the same time with section adversaries Anthony Rocco of West Shamokin and Ford City's Dave Lattanzio.
Section 1 teams beat up on each other, which helped prepare some for the WPIAL playoffs. And Burrell and Apollo-Ridge did more than show up — much more.
Both made runs to the semifinals, with Burrell taking matters a step further with an appearance in the championship game for the first time since 1979.
"I hope we can play well together and win," Spagnolo said. "I hope we can help show how good our section is even more."
Burrell (19-8) and Apollo-Ridge (18-9) also made the state playoffs. Their thrilling WPIAL playoff runs included upset wins in the quarterfinals, both occurring in a matter of hours on a Saturday afternoon at Plum High School. It was later dubbed "Pandemonium at Plum."
Apollo-Ridge clipped No. 4 seed Jeannette before Burrell downed No. 2 Greensburg Central Catholic.
"I think having us and Burrell in the Final Four made some people take a second look at the section," Reynolds said.
Said Spagnolo: "I respect Apollo-Ridge a lot. We watched them play before us at Plum. That helped get us ready (to play GCC).
"When we played West Shamokin and Rocco scored 40 and they beat us, that was a huge wake-up call for us."
Rocco will be the first boys player from West Shamokin to play in the Cager. Organizers extended invites to players from that school for the first time.
"We don't get any respect in the playoffs," Rocco said of Section 1 teams. "But I think, this year, Burrell and Apollo-Ridge opened some eyes."
West Shamokin (11-11) made the WPIAL playoffs, too, but lost to Riverside in the preliminary round.
"There are a lot of what-ifs," Rocco said. "But I am glad for what we accomplished. We helped show that Section 1 isn't that big of a joke."
Two other Section 1-AA players also will play in the Cager but remain on the opposing side. Deer Lakes' Tim Jaczesko and J.J. Kowalkowski are on the West roster and will be joined by their coach, Jon McKay.
The all-time series between the East and West at the Cager is even at 8-8.
Burrell and Deer Lakes (16-7) shared the section title. Apollo-Ridge not only was third in the section, but third in the WPIAL.
"There were some good rivalries, and we all have a mutual respect for one another," Reynolds said. "This game is going to be fun. It's a great way to end the season. We'll all get along and have a good time."
Spagnolo and Reynolds said they feel a need to prove their worth to A-K fans who did not see them play in person.
"It adds a little more pressure," Reynolds said. "Hopefully, we all click and play well.
"This was one of those seasons you don't forget."
Bill Beckner Jr. is the local sports editor of the Valley News Dispatch. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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today probes wider issues (how compliant are we, even politically?). We won't even mention Bill Murray and the early scene in Ghostbusters. Anyway: It's often said that some people walk out on Compliance, apparently disbelieving that a prank caller, pretending to be a local cop, could actually get the store manager of a fast food chain to strip search a stellar employee looking for stolen loot.
Well, it happened in real life, in Kentucky, in 2004, at a McDonald's. Here's one report. The photo at left comes from a surveillance camera, entered in record at the trial. shows the strip search about to begin.
Greg Mitchell on media, politics, film, music, TV, comedy and more. "Not here, not here the darkness, in this twittering world." -- T.S. Eliot
Sunday, August 26, 2012
'Compliance' in Real Life
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The Bobby B. Lyle School of Engineering in partnership with TEDxSMU are proud to present a Conversation with Dr. Beth Wheaton
"The Secret Life of World Changers"
Tuesday, March 19th at 2:00 pm
Vester-Hughes Auditorium in Caruth Hall
Dr. Wheaton will provide insight into living the dynamic life of a world changer and how combining fields of expertise can turn chaos into social change.
A Q&A moderated by Dean Christensen of the Lyle School will follow her talk.
Although she holds titles ranging from economist to professor to CEO, Dr. Beth Wheaton is most vocal about the fact that you don't need a title, unlimited time or abundant money to change the world. Her greatest commitment in life is working with students, community members, colleagues and friends to put their unique talents and varied interests into action to create cataclysmic social change. Beth holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Temple University, and an M.S. in International Business and Trade from Grambling State University. She is an Economics Senior Lecturer at Southern Methodist University, and the Founder and CEO of Equip the Saints, a non-profit consultancy that works to strengthen nonprofit organizations worldwide and to equip world changers to fulfill their personal missions. Beth is a researcher on the subjects of child labor, the economics of human trafficking, the economics of capital punishment and the economics of border security.


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History of Gregg County and the Gregg County Sheriff's Office
On April 12, 1873, an act of the 13th Legislature of the State of Texas created Gregg County. The new county was carved out of a portion of the existing Upshur County. The Honorable B. W. Brown, representative from Upshur County, was active in urging the passing of the act and in naming the county Gregg after General John B. Gregg, under whom he and others living in the new county served in the Confederate Army.
The act was presented to Texas Governor Edmund J. Davis for his approval on May 1, 1873, but the act was neither signed by him nor returned to the Texas House of Representatives during the time prescribed by the Constitution of the State of Texas and, therefore, became a law without Governor Davis' signature.
Commissioners were appointed, land surveys conducted, and the county elections commenced on June 25, 1873, and continued for four days. The following county officials were elected: R. B. Levy, District and County Clerk; M. S. Durham, Sheriff; Britton Buttrell, Treasurer; A. S. Taylor, Surveyor; T. D. Campbell, Peace Justice, Precinct 2; John W. Lawrence, Peace Justice, Precinct 4; and W. P. Victory, Peace Justice, Precinct 5, Longview was chosen as the county seat over the other nominee, Awalt, by a vote of 524 to 125.
On April 30, 1874, an act of the 14th Legislature of Texas approved extending the area of Gregg County southward to take in a part of Rusk County. Gregg County's boundaries as we know them today were finally established.
There have been 20 Sheriff's in the history of Gregg County
1.M. S. Durham: August 14, 1876 – 1880
2.T. D. Campbell: 1881 – 1882
3.A. A. Killingsworth: 1883 – 1890
4.J. C. Howard: 1891 – 1902
5.S.R. Thrasher: 1903 – 1906
6.G. W. Little: 1907 – 1914
7.J. R. Garner: 1915 – 1916
8.D. S. Meredith: 1917 – 1920
9.J. R. Garner: 1921 – 1922
10.A. A. King: 1923 – 1924
11.Martin Hays: 1925 – 1932
12.Will H. Hays: 1933 – 1936
13.A. A. King: 1937 – 1938
14.Will H. Hays: 1939 – 1942
15.Lonnie Smith: 1943 – 1946
16.Noble Crawford: 1947 – 1972
17.Tom Welch: 1973 – 1979
18.Mike Fetter: December 28, 1979 – 1980
19.Bobby S. Weaver: 1981 – 2000
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Battle of the Belfast Sushi Takeaways!/
I was talking about sushi over on Facebook and my friend Claire recommended I try Sakura on Botanic Avenue in Belfast next time, rather than Yo Sushi! Michael & I had actually been to Sakura twice a number of years ago, when they were the only place that had a sushi train in Northern Ireland. It was so long ago I couldn't even remember what it was like to compare to our staple Yo Sushi! takeaway boxes. So I picked up a big twelve piece box for £16.50, at Sakura, and a large salmon & tuna box for £7.50 from Yo Sushi!
Firstly ordering at Sakura was trickier than Yo! because there aren't really premade boxes or pick and choose from. Secondly the menu to order from doesn't have images of each piece, and even though we get sushi often I still don't really know all the names of the things I like, or don't like. I know what a hand roll is (I'm not keen on them), California rolls and maki, but everything else is always ordered with a point at the picture on the Yo Sushi! menu.
So even though the Sakura takeaway menu is more extensive than the Yo Sushi! one, I was a little flustered at what to order and in the end just asked for the large selection.
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Tastewise I think Sakura is closer to what you might get in a traditional sushi restaurant in Japan, whereas Yo Sushi! is more of a westernised version of the food type, which I think I prefer. You can't say that Sakura portions aren't generous, in fact I've no idea how I'm going to manage to eat it all this evening while the raw fish is still good!
After my Sakura experience I think I'll stick with Yo Sushi! at least for takeaway boxes for now. I think Sakura would be better for sitting in, so that's on my to do list. Now what am I going to do with all this fresh sushi?? I'm off to hunt for some lose trousers with an elasticated waist band....


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22 Responses
| raj
commented on Nov 29 2012 11:33AM
|it is really very sreng that dispite lots of feedback you have not change the flyer,people have problem to open your flyer, so far you have not done anything.
| lidia - fustrated
commented on Apr 29 2012 1:25PM
|cant get into flyer screw yoy
| lea - cant get into flyer
commented on Apr 29 2012 1:24PM
|the ** with you people cant get into the weekly flyer take my business elswhere
| Tom
commented on Apr 20 2012 4:53AM
|This flyer is not easy to open as Metro ,Food Basic,and the others. I will never waste my time again to check it.Fortino's management does not care to improve it, so I will not care to shop to their stores either.
| bummy - hi, exspensive
commented on Feb 13 2012 2:54PM
|hi,interesting i like fortinos but but its EXSPENSIVE..... pasint little brother pacotion little sister patipons pations on a britter day!~!`
| al - Can not open flyer
commented on Mar 4 2011 10:35AM
|The only option to oenflyer is by item.
Unable to open full page view.
Is a problem with the flyer?
I have no problem to open No frill flyer.
Would you know why this is happening?
| Elizabeth - coming into the real world
commented on May 31 2010 1:49AM
|I have to agree with most of the comments that I have read, In the past I have found it hard to find the flyer, and it is really small. The prices are starting to get a little better. The fruit should be cheaper I can get for half the price elsewhere.I really think that if you want the market then you need to come into the real world. chow Liz
| donna
commented on May 21 2010 9:59AM
|don't like the flyer at all.
| ed - difficult
commented on May 7 2010 3:38AM
|to hard to find!
| Admin - New website still has the old flyer format
commented on Mar 30 2010 6:19PM
|Even though Fortinos have redesigned their website, they have still maintained the old flyer format which some people still prefer. To access it, simply the select "Page View" option instead of the default "Item View"
| Mark
commented on Feb 25 2010 3:48PM
|my god, your prices are through the roof!
I will stick with Wal-Mart!
| Joan - flyer............to much of a hassle finding it.
commented on Feb 25 2010 3:46PM
|I must have clicked on 6 different sites just to find your flyer.
back to no frills.
| Xenia Zakaib - Can't Read This!
commented on Jan 20 2010 4:43PM
|Too small, can't read the specials!!!!!!
| Sue - Flyer Look
commented on Jan 9 2010 6:25AM
|yikes, I agree with others, the new flyer is not at all people friendly, I much preferred the old way of looking at it....please please change it back!
| M Sykes - What! no flyer for tomorrow!
commented on Jan 7 2010 6:25AM
|I shop with Grocerease shoppers I am a shut-in, Up until now, I could see next flyer as shopper calls me today for tomorrows shopping list. How do I know specials etc. if it is not on line today?
| BigHog - Fortino's Flyer
commented on Dec 31 2009 2:29PM
|I appreciate that you may being trying to modernize your online flyer presence. I have to say I find using your new flyer difficult and I will likely rely on the paper version. I suggest rolling back to a more traditional version.
| elle
commented on Dec 6 2009 6:03AM
|your flyer has changed and not for the better!!!
| Admin - link has been corrected
commented on Nov 23 2009 1:59PM
|Hi Gloria,
Thanks for providing the link. The link on this page has been corrected.
| Gloria - Link to Fortinos Flyer
commented on Nov 22 2009 11:14AM
|took a while but I found the Fortinos flyer here: (copy and paste it into browser address line)
| Jerry - Flyer Link
commented on Nov 20 2009 12:03PM
|I agree with Brenda.
Will have ti shop at Metro this week.
| Brenda - Flyer link
commented on Nov 20 2009 9:08AM
|When I click on "View Fortinos Flyer" it comes back link does not exist. I have more trouble getting in to your flyer than anyone elses. You need to hire a new programmer.
| Tracy
commented on Nov 12 2009 8:22PM


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Wildwood will host the Dixie Youth Majors (ages 10-12) District 4 baseball tournament beginning Saturday at the Wildwood youth baseball complex. The tournament begins at 2 p.m. with San Antonio against Bushnell. Sumter plays Hernando American at 4 p.m., Groveland plays Hernando National at 6 p.m. and Fruitland Park plays Wildwood at 8. The double-elimination tournament resumes Monday with games at 2, 4, 6 and 8 p.m. The winner will represent District 4 in Bartow on Aug. 3.
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