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The winter months provide the ideal conditions for getting a tattoo, granting ink seekers the perfect opportunity to keep their newly etched artworks covered and to let their skin heal. That's why it's no surprise so many of the tattoo owners we work with can attest to the winter months being one heck of a busy season. Though you're seeing green now, don't fall victim to a single season spike. Keep the winter business surge going all year round.
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For example, if you experience a surge in business during the winter like most tattoo shops do, make it last into the warmer months by generating some referrals… now! You can do this by starting to offer your current customers rewards for each referral they bring in. So, let's say for each referral brought in the referrer gets 1000 loyalty points, and 1000 loyalty points gets that customer half off their next touch-up or piercing. You might also want to consider giving a special to the customer being referred. Maybe a special like $10 off first tattoo or piercing. Making a small, initial investment will payout in double if this generates lifetime customers. It's tactics like this that helps to promote loyalty at your tattoo shop and it actually causes your current customers to do your marketing for you. You don't need to spend money on ads because you have your current customers acting as walking, talking, marketers.
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As part of the 10 a.m. ceremony, veterans spoke to guests before decorating graves in the 331-acre cemetery.
Because of the anticipated heavy traffic, event organizers asked drivers to use the Koch. Rd. exit from Interstate 255 and park in the shuttle lots at the Jefferson Barracks VA medical center. Another shuttle will was offered from the Sheridan Rd. Metro station beginning at 8 a.m.

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Gov. John Kasich visited University of Cincinnati today where he signed a bill aimed at improving military veterans' and service members' access to higher education and jobs. It's also intended to help prevent military identity fraud and theft.
House Bill 488 helps veterans' to more easily transition to employment and improves their access to higher education and employment. The bill is based on proposals that the Governor Kasich introduced in March as part of the Mid-Biennium Review (MBR). The legislation provides more uniform standards for awarding credit for military experience by Ohio's public colleges and state boards issuing occupational licenses and certification.
"We certainly appreciate Governor Kasich's leadership in bringing these proposals forward, and the enthusiasm of everyone in both the Ohio House and Senate to work together to make them the law of the state," Ohio Department of Veterans Services Director Tim Gorrell said. "This elevates Ohio's status as a veteran-friendly state and as a place all veterans can be proud to call home."
The major provisions of House Bill 488 include:
Helping veterans get jobs — Veterans often have advanced training in many of the skills that Ohio job creators are seeking. The bill makes it easier for veterans to transfer their skills to receive credit toward a professional license so they can quickly begin applying their skills in good-paying jobs that support their families, job creators and their communities.
Fast track to state licenses — The bill contains a number of provisions that strengthen opportunities for veterans who work with a professional license board, including making sure they can use their GI Bill dollars to pay for national or state occupational license and certificate testing fees, a prioritized process to expedite licensing and certification for veterans and their spouses, a consistent and broad definition of veteran to allow the State of Ohio to treat all veterans equally and creation of a centralized website that provides state occupational licensing information to veterans and their spouses.
Link to private employers with veterans' preference – The bill permits private sector employers to voluntarily register with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services if they provide a preference in hiring for veterans and spouses, and requires the Ohio Department of Veterans Services to provide, on its website, a link to a list of these employers.
Giving veterans college credit for their military training and experience – Veterans who work toward a college degree deserve credit for the military training, experience and coursework they've received in the service – credit that can allow them to earn their degrees faster and reach their goal of obtaining a good-paying civilian job. The bill requires Ohio's higher education system to develop the means to make this happen. It creates the Military Transfer Assurance Guide to provide a baseline of standards, procedures and tools for granting college credit for military experience for any public college and university, providing more consistent services across the state system.
- •Academic credit for military training and experience: Veterans who are working toward a college degree deserve credit for their prior military training and experience. The bill requires that Ohio's that higher education institutions grant free college credit for military experience.
- •Better academic counseling for veterans: The bill requires that all public higher education institutions provide high-quality academic and career counseling for veterans to help them ease back into civilian life and navigate the unique programs designed to support them. Veterans would also receive priority course registration.
Helping Ohio veterans make the transition to college – When re-entering civilian life as a college student, veterans often struggle to learn their options and the many opportunities available on a college campus. There are colleges and universities in Ohio with first-rate veteran offices or specifically assigned counselors to support transitioning veterans. The bill encourages every public campus in Ohio to implement these "best practices." The bill also requires that veterans and active military service members will be provided priority course registration at Ohio public institutions, ensuring that they have access to the classes they need to succeed and thrive in civilian life. These programs are strengthened by a provision in the bill requiring the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents to report on their implementation and to recommend improvements for integrating student veterans into campus life.
Protecting Ohioans called to active duty – The bill also includes a provision to increase the penalties for identity theft against an active duty military service member and their spouse, and members of the National Guard and Reserves who are called to active duty.


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In response to President Mario Mendoza:
Well, with his current high approval ratings (52-60% in various polls) we know most Americans are proud of President Mendoza.
His approval rating among Hispanics stands at a remarkable 70%.
Doug Ross recently posted the chart above to illustrate the depressing disconnect.
As John Nolte noted earlier this morning, this is all made possible by O's touchingly protective palace guard:
It's pretty easy to have a 54% approval rating when the media either refuses to report bad economic news, or manufactures happy talk around news that can't be ignored.
How much worse does it have to get before the president's lame excuses and strawmen fail to fool the mushy middle? I wish I knew.


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Tried to order a pizza from the Haney place mall location on a friday night at 7:45 PM, and the clerk at the counter tells me they aren't making any more pizzas tonight because they close soon. They close at 9 PM according to their advertising. She told me to go to another location on Lougheed Hwy. Drove to the other location, this location wouldn't make the order either, saying they don't make pizzas in that size, even though it's right on the flyer. Walked out at this point.
Other visits to the mall location, I've seen the clerk spraying windex in the 'warmer' where the pizza is sitting to clean the glass, while the pizza is still in there....who knows how long it's been there. Would you like some ammonia with your pizza today...no thanks.
The staff at these locations seem to have an attitude about doing any form of work other than taking pizza out of the warmer and putting it on a paper plate, as if you are inconveniencing them so much for making them have to prepare something off of the actual menu. Don't bother with this place.
I went here for a quick bite to eat before catching a movie at the nearby theatre. The service here was very slow having to wait quite some time to get to the counter, maybe it was just the 'joe' in front of me who was being to picky and trying to impress his woman or something but it seemed to take them forever to get through. The food was OK, but I felt quite ill later in the evening....something about it was off. The dining room area was not overly clean. I'm not sure I'll be going back here anytime soon, there are other fast food outlets in this shopping centre.
Took some friends here from out of town. We wanted something a little different and a little nicer than the average place. Food was excellented, and quite authentic with a nice sized menu to choose from. The decor is very greek, without being tacky, with the traditional colours of greece, blue and white. Very enjoyable evening, and one of the nicer restaurants in Maple Ridge.
Have been continuing to go here. Lunch specials are a great value. Decor has been recently updated with new tables, chairs, and tv screens. Can be busy at times during the lunch hour, but take out is always speedy and you never have to wait very long for your order.
Haven't been here in awhile, but thought I'd try them again. Haven't tried the pizza, but the pastas are little more than noodles thrown in with pizza sauce and some toppings covered with cheese... The garlic toast was good.
The prices are quite low here, but you basically get what you pay for. The food was edible, but doubt I'll be back, there are better places.
I've ordered here a few times, and when they first opened, the pizza was quite good. The last time I ordered here I think it will be my last. The pizza, in appearance looked great, and had lots of toppings, but the taste was a bit off. The sauce and many of the meats taste like they've been sitting in a fridge for a week and ended up pulling some of them off...the ham was slimy...and rather stale. The last two times ordering here its been like this. The peppers they included were dry and one had brown spots on it like it hadn't been stored correctly. There are better pizza places in the area.
It has been many years since I ordered from Electra, but noticed their new location on 224th st, across from the Memorial Peace Park, and thought I would give them a try. I was pleasantly suprised to see that the menu, including the numbers for their pizzas, has remained the same for over 30 years. The pizza ordered was excellent, and worth the slightly higher price you pay compared to some of the chain places. Pizza was hot, with a good amount of topings and tasted great. The service was quick and friendly. The interior is quite new, but also rather small compared to their old location, but one of the few Pizza restaraunts in Maple Ridge that you can actually dine in. I will be ordering from here again in the future.


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Nate Diaz Manager Mike Kogan Won't Stop, Can't Stop, Making His Client Look Bad
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At this point, we all know that Nate Diaz has been suspended and fined for calling Bryan Caraway a "Fag" through his twitter account. Other than deleting and re-wording his original tweet, Diaz has been silent on the matter since originally criticizing Caraway for accepting the Submission of the Night bonus cash that was originally designated for Pat Healy until "Bam Bam" tested positive for marijuana metabolites after choking out Jim Miller at UFC 159.
Diaz's new manager Mike Kogan, however, just can't seem to shut up about it all — and he's making his client look even worse in the process.
Immediately following Diaz's tweet, Kogan issued a ridiculous justification to MMA Junkie that showcased a stunning lack of self-awareness.
"Guess what? The word faggot, at least in Northern California, and where Nate is from, means bitch," Kogan said. "It means you're a little punk. It has nothing to do with homosexuals at all. So when Nate made the comment that he made, he didn't make it in reference to homosexuals or calling Caraway a homosexual. He just said it was a bitch move."
Separating the word "faggot" from its many historical applications for insulting gay people, as Kogan tried to do, is a stretch. But let's say that it was possible to separate them. We'd still be left with Diaz publicly calling someone a "bitch" — another word commonly used to insinuate homosexuality, and far more often used to insult women — and Kogan defending the usage of that word just as strongly.
Even if we recognize the obvious fact that Diaz's tweet was insensitive, few people would crucify him simply for using those slurs in a moment of frustration. All we're asking for is a little reflection, and some recognition of the fact that, though you may not be a bad dude deep down, that was an insensitive thing to say and a sincere apology is warranted. Or, again, to at least shut up about it all.
Kogan seems far too dense to do that. The manager was recently on MMA Fighting's MMA Hour and went out of his way to insist that both he and Diaz are offering no apologies.Read More DIGG THIS


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Skip to comments.WRONG SIDE OF THE BORDER ("I didn't do anything wrong!")
Posted on 11/24/2002 9:10:44 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
POHENEGAMOOK, Quebec Michel Jalbert never imagined that his usual excursion to gas up at the cheapest place in town would land him in a Maine prison for five weeks and create an international incident. Even now, after U.S. officials finally released Jalbert on $5,000 bail and as he awaits his trial in U.S. District Court early next year, the spirit of cooperation that forms the social and economic fabric of this Canadian border town remains frayed.
People who once thought they had written permission to cross briefly into Maine to buy gasoline without visiting U.S. Customs now worry about the risk to save 20 cents a gallon. Pohenegamook is a mostly French-speaking community where houses and families straddle the border and logging trucks barrel out of the Maine woods to feed the town's thriving lumber industries. But now its residents are rethinking their habit of comfortable coexistence with their American neighbors. The fallout has even reached the four Mainers who live at the edge of Pohenegamook and count on the town for utility services, snow plowing and trash collection.
Jalbert's arrest and imprisonment made headlines across Canada for weeks and inspired an outpouring of moral and financial support from people in both countries. It raised speculation that he was singled out as an example to all border scofflaws in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Secretary of State Colin Powell visited Canada on the day of Jalbert's release, calling the ordeal an "an unfortunate incident" and promising future fairness for Canadians who cross the border regularly for gas and other errands. Still, Jalbert's treatment raised questions about the logic and fairness of customs and immigration operations at Maine's northernmost outpost.
The toll on Jalbert has been severe. A part-time woodsman, Jalbert ran up more than $5,000 in telephone bills, legal fees and lost wages while being held in Piscataquis County Jail in Dover-Foxcroft. He suffered depression and anxiety attacks and lost 10 pounds while separated from his common-law wife, Chantail Chouinard, 26, who is five months pregnant, and their 5-year-old daughter, Debbie. There were days, alone in his cell, when he sobbed in despair.
The 32-year-old Jalbert returned home Nov. 14 to his family's cozy rented bungalow set back from busy Route 289. With temperatures in the teens and more than a foot of snow on the ground, his work in the woods is finished until spring. Last Sunday he had his first good night's sleep in more than a month.
"I found it very difficult because I didn't do anything wrong," Jalbert said through an interpreter while sitting on a dark blue leather couch in his living room. "The border patrol officers know we're just going to gas up. They treated me like a criminal. Anybody could have been in my situation. I'm the one who pays for the others."
Jalbert is charged with entering the United States without a customs or immigration inspection, possession of a firearm by an illegal alien and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He faces a maximum sentence of being barred from the United States for up to 10 years and/or up to 10 years in jail, but his attorney hopes Jalbert's sentence will wind up being time served.
Locals and U.S. officials dispute that Jalbert's arrest had anything to do with efforts to increase border security following last year's terrorist attacks. Border patrol reports said agents Christopher Cantrell and Pedro Hernandez were simply doing their jobs on Oct. 11, when they arrested Jalbert as he drove away from Ouellet's Gaz Bar. Opened in 1983, the gas station is located about 200 feet across the U.S. border in Estcourt Station, Maine.
U.S. officials said Jalbert had three strikes that led to his arrest. Before buying gas, he failed to stop for an inspection at the U.S. Customs Station, situated about 1,000 feet farther down the road that runs along the Canadian frontier. Then Cantrell and Hernandez found a 20-gauge shotgun in Jalbert's old green Jeep and learned that Jalbert had a criminal record. Jalbert was found guilty of breaking and entering and receiving stolen goods when he was 18 years old.
Jalbert and other locals said Cantrell is an overeager, uncompromising agent who is unfamiliar with the way things have been done in this area of the border for decades. They said Cantrell arrested another Pohenegamook man, Dany Ouellet, on Aug. 8 for failing to report to U.S. Customs before buying gas. They said Ouellet, who lives just down the road from the gas station, was handcuffed and hauled off, leaving his wife and child crying hysterically in their car. Ouellet was held for 10 days before he was released and barred from entering the United States for five years.
"Cantrell was new and he doesn't know the game around here," said Guy Leblanc, a Pohenegamook town councilor and the customs officer at the Canadian Customs Station, which is located one house away from the gas station.
Border Patrol officials back their agents and dispute that Cantrell overreached his authority. "It's an agent doing his job," said Monte Bennett, assistant chief patrol agent at U.S. Border Patrol district headquarters in Houlton. "Our agents were just on patrol. Better technology and improved communication is making enforcement easier."
Jalbert's arrest has had a chilling effect on Pohenegamook, especially among patrons of Ouellet's Gaz Bar and people who live near the border.
At the U.S. Customs Station last week in Estcourt Station, cars and trucks occasionally rolled down Frontier Road, checked in at the station and headed back into Canada to buy gas. Others drove in from Route 289 and headed straight down the driveway to the pumps. Leblanc said some residents have stopped by the Canadian Customs Station to pick up forms to apply for a pardon for criminal convictions so they may enter the United States legally.
Many here think Jalbert's arrest was unnecessary and all the residual hubbub is foolish. Several houses along Frontier Road sit directly on the borderline, reflecting a time before 1910 when the boundary was less clear. Some people pay taxes to both countries. Most feel the leeway granted in the past was justified.
"It's difficult for us who have lived by the boundary all these years," Renette Dion, 61, said through an interpreter. She has lived in her spick-and-span home on Frontier Road since 1969. Her backyard garden is in Maine. She remembers when the U.S. Customs Station was located beside her house, near the gas station's driveway, before it was moved to the present location in the 1970s. She remembers having U.S. Customs agents over for dinner and baby-sitting their children.
"It's stupid," Dion said of the recent crackdown. "To go to my garden, I'd have to go to Customs, and then what do I do when it's closed? It's ridiculous to put in new laws that make life difficult."
Germaine Levesque, 75, lives next to the Canadian Customs Station. The boundary line runs through the kitchen of the home where she and her husband, Edmond, raised 11 children. The boundary is marked on the house's exterior, a black line painted on white shingles.
A few houses down, Denis Desjardins, 45, has a tempered opinion of Jalbert's situation. The boundary line runs right through the center of his home. His kitchen and living room are in Canada. His bathroom and two bedrooms are in the United States.
"Mr. Jalbert is not all correct because he has a criminal record," said Desjardins, an unemployed electrician. "But it went too far. It was not his intention to do anything wrong on the American side."
Philip Dumond, 71, is one of four Mainers who live in Estcourt Station, at the edge of Pohenegamook. A retired Maine game warden, Dumond has lived at the eastern end of Frontier Road for 45 years. Since Jalbert's ordeal, Dumond has had trouble getting town agencies to pick up his trash or plow the last 300 feet of road to his house, as they always have in the past. Canadian officials installed surveillance cameras last summer to watch the end of the road where a general store located on the Maine side of the border was selling U.S. cigarettes illegally. Dumond said U.S. officials recently installed cameras and a gate near the U.S. Customs Station as well.
Pohenegamook officials have promised Dumond that police and fire trucks will come if he calls, but he's not so sure, living on the fringe of a 100-acre no man's land at the very tip of northern Maine.
"Indirectly, I got hurt by this," Dumond said. "Border Patrol had a right to do what they did, but they should have used their heads. The bottom line is we're lacking communication between Canada and the U.S."
Pohenegamook officials said they are concerned about the liability of providing public services in Maine and the long-term effect of Jalbert's experience on local residents. They hope to get some answers and work out a solution when they meet with Canadian and U.S. customs and immigration officials in a closed-door session on Dec. 4.
"We just want to know what will happen in the future so we can advise people living on the border," said Guy Leblanc, the town councilor and Canadian Customs officer. "We want to live in peace."
Jalbert said he regrets violating the law, but he said he wasn't alone. He didn't drive out of his way to the U.S. Customs Station that Friday afternoon because nobody in Pohenegamook ever did, thanks to special dispensation provided in a 12-year-old letter from then-Customs Director Emery Ingalls in Portland to gas station owner Gaston Ouellet. Typewritten in June 1990, the letter said townspeople could continue the practice of "no reporting if the customers are just planning to buy gas and return to Canada."
Still, it wouldn't have done Jalbert much good if he had reported the day he was arrested, because the customs station is open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily and he bought gas shortly before 3 p.m.
Jalbert said border patrol agents stopped him because they saw a blaze orange hunting vest on the seat beside him. He said he kept the shotgun in his truck during the hunting season in case he saw partridge while working in the woods. Because hunting is popular in Jalbert's rural community, he figures there were several other hunters in line for gas that day who likely had shotguns or rifles in their vehicles.
As for his criminal record, Jalbert attributes the 14-year-old charges to youthful indiscretion. He said an acquaintance gave him a Canadian flag, a power drill and a tool box as payment for a $20 loan. He said he was charged with the crimes after the acquaintance was arrested for breaking into a local mechanic's garage and implicated Jalbert. Jalbert said he returned the items, was fined $200 and served no jail time.
Jalbert's American attorney, Jon Haddow of Bangor, has filed a motion to have the U.S. charges dismissed. In particular, Haddow believes it's outrageous that Jalbert was expected to get permission to enter the United States, given the letter from the former customs director.
"This was expressly permitted by the U.S. government," Haddow said. "This whole thing is petty. It's way overboard, and it's misdirected."
James Michie, spokesman for U.S. Customs in Washington, D.C., said the letter and its look-the-other-way policy are under review. For now, he said, residents of Pohenegamook should follow the advice of the signs and check in with U.S. Customs officers before buying gas.
What isn't clear is whether Ouellet's Gaz Bar will survive the turmoil. Leblanc said business at the station dropped by about 50 percent after Jalbert's arrest, but it has improved since Jalbert returned home. Leblanc said he hopes Ouellet's remains open because it helps keep prices down at the five gas stations within Pohenegamook. While they charge about 20 cents a gallon more than Ouellet's, gas stations throughout the rest of Quebec usually charge about 50 cents a gallon more.
Despite the potential cost savings, Jalbert no longer buys gas at Ouellet's. He's collecting unemployment benefits now that his seasonal work is over, and his wife is on pregnancy leave from a local sawmill. So Jalbert is thankful for the financial support they have received, especially with mounting legal bills from his American and Canadian attorneys. Radio listeners in Ottawa raised $5,000. A group in Pohenegamook hosted a benefit pig roast Saturday. And another group in his wife's hometown is hosting a benefit brunch today. Letters and checks have come from all over Canada and the United States.
"I was surprised to see the people in the U.S. who understand the situation and I thank them very much," Jalbert said. "It was really heartwarming."
Looking ahead, Jalbert worries about the outcome of his case. He hopes U.S. officials decide to drop the charges against him. If not, he hopes they settle on a fair fine. Above all, he believes U.S. and Canadian officials must work out the kinks in their oversight of a border that defines the lifestyle of an entire town.
"They need to rectify this problem," Jalbert said. "It just doesn't make sense."
Staff Writer Kelley Bouchard can be contacted at 791-6328 or at:
Arrest proves guilt--ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up.
With the Visa Express scheme for your Saudi "friends", and considering that none of the 9/11 hijackers came from Canada but slipped through YOUR immigration policy, it should be us sealing the border.
Oh I agree. I was just being a smart@$$.
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Posted on 01/01/2013 by Darren Poupore
With 2012 clearly in the rearview mirror, many of us are reflecting on the events of the past year before looking forward to the promises of a New Year. If we were to look further back, into the last century, we would discover that the Vanderbilts and their friends celebrated the holiday in many of the same ways as we do today.
In 1901, George and Edith Vanderbilt invited a large party of friends and acquaintances to Biltmore to ring in the New Year. The house party—twenty guests in all—included diplomats, lawyers, authors, and military officers. One of the most notable was Joseph Hodges Choate, a prominent New York lawyer and the U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain.
The house party stayed at Biltmore for about a week. Due to bad weather, the guests stayed inside for the first couple of days. Ambassador Choate made use of the Library, which appealed to him as "the most charming part of the house." Others exercised in the Gymnasium and swam in the "vast swimming tank." When the weather improved, they went hiking, hunting and horseback riding. They also took garden strolls and went on carriage drives to see "the farms and the wonderful stock."
On New Year's Eve, the party "sat up to greet the New Year and were very merry indeed," Choate remarked in a letter to his wife. "There were games and dancing, hot punch served at the stroke of 12 and quite a revel even after that. Mrs. Vanderbilt fills her great place with the utmost fitness."
A few years earlier, in 1895, George Vanderbilt hosted another grand affair. "The festivities began with dinner in the banquet hall at 8 o'clock," a local newspaper reported. "At 9 o'clock the gathering repaired to the tapestry gallery, where the time was spent in cards… After 11 the call to dancing returned the guests to the banquet hall where merriest mirth reigned until the hour of 12 was suddenly announced by the Imperial Trio, who broke from a Strauss waltz into Auld Lang Syne. The loving cup was quaffed and a toast was offered to 'Our Host.' When the musical honor stilled, there was a short response by Mr. Vanderbilt, and dancing was resumed. The movements of the Virginia Reel, led by Mr. Vanderbilt and Mrs. Charles McNamee, concluded the pleasures and in genial good wishes the party retired."
William B. Osgood Field was a guest at that party. He recalled, "We danced the old year out… This afternoon as the sun went down below Pisgah, I picked up a horseshoe full of nails. I trust it will bring us all the happiest of years in '96."
Happy New Year to you all!
About the photo: The Third Floor Living Hall in Biltmore House is interpreted as the site of a Vanderbilt-era New Year's Eve party, complete with examples of the time period's formal dress for ladies and gentlemen.Return to Blog


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Elizabeth Scalia nails this with the hammer of truth. Just nails it:
The big deal is simply this: the press put aside context and decided to paint this company as some radically-religious-gay-hating-entity and then let the forces of anger, hate and spite have their way with it. The truth is, one can be a Christian and still be sympathetic to some parts of the so-called "gay agenda" without signing on in toto. One can disagree on the issue of gay marriage — based on scripture, or thousands of years of tradition, or on natural law — without actually hating anyone. But the right to principled opposition is being erased, quickly, and the press is doing all it can to help erase it. We are losing the right to say, "I don't think the same way you do; my opinions are different." That matters, a lot.
This is our mainstream press — the people charged with the public trust — and it has moved beyond advocacy and into "search and destroy" mode.
This is not about being "right" or "wrong" on an issue. This is about menacing and bullying people into conforming or paying the price. It's about the bastardization of the word "tolerace" in our society, to the point where the word no longer means "live and let live" or "let people be who they are"; the word has become distorted in a very unhealthy way. Someone's a bigot? Let him be a bigot; like it or not, a man is entitled to his damn bigotry. Someone's a curmudgeon? Let him be a curmudgeon. Someone's a misogynist (or, conversely, a male-hater?) let them be! People are entitled to be who they are — just as a church is entitled to be what it is — free of government compulsion to be what they are not. We cannot "make" people be more loving. We cannot "legislate" kindness. A bigot, or a hater (of any sort) will eventually find himself standing alone, will have to figure things out for himself. Or, not.
If people are no longer entitled to their own opinions, or to think what they think, then we are not free people, at all. Period. Full stop. That's a fundamental as it gets.
You can't argue cogently with that and still call yourself a person who believes in the principles this country was founded on.
You just can't.
Read it all and pass it around.
This sort of truth needs to go viral.


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Minister Shatter welcomes closeness of cross-border co-operation
March 24, 2011
The Minister for Justice and Law Reform, Mr. Alan Shatter T.D., and Northern Ireland Minister of Justice, Mr David Ford MLA, met today in Belfast for the first time since Minister Shatter's appointment.The meeting, which was held in Minister Ford's Stormont offices, was also attended by Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan and PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott and officials. The two police chiefs briefed the meeting on the security situation and on ongoing cross-border co-operation across the range of policing activity.
Speaking afterwards, Minister Shatter said: "I am delighted to get this early opportunity to meet with Minister Ford. The importance of cross-border cooperation in the fight against crime cannot be overstated. The Garda Commissioner and Chief Constable have briefed us on the work that the two police forces are doing and I have been struck by the high level of cooperation taking place and by the closeness of the relationship between the two police forces. This, in turn, is matched by a determination at political level to cooperate in every way possible."
Addressing the threat posed by so-called dissident groups, the Minister said: "We will not allow the small number of people who remain opposed to peace to distract us from the progress that has been made. What the so-called dissidents are dissenting from is democracy. Their campaign of violence is morally bankrupt and designed to set at nothing the will of the Irish people. On behalf of the Irish Government, I want to reiterate our commitment to the work of our police services and to implementing the democratic will of the Irish people, North and South, as set out in the Good Friday Agreement."
The two Ministers also discussed criminal justice cooperation in areas such as probation, youth justice, forensic science and the management of sex offenders. Minister Shatter stated: "It is clear from today's meeting that there is excellent work ongoing across the range of criminal justice areas. That can only be to the benefit of the public on both sides of the border. It is vital that we continue to learn from each other and work together."
Also speaking following the meeting, Minister Ford said: "North South co-operation is key in the fight against crime and to ensure that criminals do not use the border in an attempt to escape justice. Devolution has provided the opportunity to enhance working relationships between both justice departments and it is important that this continues, at both a political and operational level."Posted in: Articles & Statements


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MILWAUKEE – The Concordia University Wisconsin Softball team features a dangerous lineup from top to bottom and when all players are zoned in, it can make for a difficult time for its opponents. On Saturday, Alverno found that out the hard way as the Falcons combined for 19 runs over two games, sweeping the Inferno with 10-0 and 9-5 wins.
- Final Scores: CUW 10, Alverno 0 (F/5 - Game One): CUW 9, Alverno 5 (Game Two)
- Location: Alverno Field – Milwaukee
- Records: CUW 16-6, 5-1 NACC; Alverno 7-15, 0-6 NACC
CUW 10, ALVERNO 0 (Game 1)
- The Falcons bats came ready to roll with a three-run first inning, followed by a five-run second. Following a double steal, which scored Maddie Zazas (Mundelein, Ill.), Carly Sobrilsky (Brookfield, Wis.) belted a two-run home run to complete a three-run first.
- In the second inning, Zazas drove in Allison Peters (Elk Grove, Ill.) with an RBI single to make the score 4-0. Christine Sharon (Cornell, Mich.) then launched a grand slam over the left field fence, putting the Falcons on top 8-0.
- Sobrilsky finished the game 2-for-2 with three RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Falcons offense in the opener. Zazas added two hits, including a double and scored twice, while Deidra Weinberger (Mayville, Wis.) finished the opener with three hits.
- Emily Brekke (Waterford, Wis.) moved her record to 8-4 by throwing the first four innings. Brekke struck out eight batters and allowed two hits before handing the ball off to Kendra Little for the final three outs. Little (Hudson, Wis.) pitched a scoreless fifth to complete the 10-0 win.
- The Falcons were looking at a potential split, trailing 5-0 after five innings in game two. From there, the bats got rolling again, highlighted by a seven-run sixth inning for a 9-5 comeback victory.
- In the seven-run sixth it was Molly O'Connell (New London, Wis.) who started the rally with a solo home run. Weinberger would make the score 5-2 when she scored on a throwing error and Lexi Holsten (Oshkosh, Wis.) brought the Falcons within a run with a two-RBI double.
- Sharon scored the tying run in the sixth, coming home on a passed ball before Sara Rosenow (Kimberly, Wis.) drove in Holsten to give the Falcons their first lead of the game. Becky Bonnin (Kenosha, Wis.) completed the rally with an RBI single, plating Rosenow.
- The Falcons would add a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh as Holsten roped her second two-RBI double of the game, this time plating Sharon and Weinberger.
- Amy Kornowski (Hartland, Wis.) picked up her second win of the season by throwing the fifth inning. She allowed one run in the frame, which was in relief of O'Connell. O'Connell went four innings, surrendering four runs, three earned. She struck out two.
- Brekke picked up her fourth save of the season with two scoreless innings of work. She gave up a pair of hits and struck out one.
- The Falcons will face MSOE in a crucial NACC doubleheader tomorrow at home. The Raiders, who have won 11 straight games, are 6-0 in the NACC while the Falcons counter with a 5-1 league mark. First pitch from the CUW Softball Field is set for noon.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A cultivar of the tropical pepper Capsicum chinense having small, round, extremely hot green to red fruit.
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- n. An intensely piquant chilli pepper, species name Capsicum chinense.
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I see that the OED definition number 3 for the word habanero reads
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In any case, I'm pretty sure I'd rather get a colonoscopy with a red-hot poker dipped in habanero salsa than see this.
This is not as inauthentic as it sounds, actually, because the habanero is a close relative of Cuban sweet peppers ajà dulce, a.k.a. ajà cachucha.
The Pepper Garden, "All the C. chinense species are often referred to as habanero, but that appellation is a misnomer because literally hundreds of pod types exist
The name habanero refers to a specific pod type from the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. "
The habanero is the hottest chile pepper you'll find in your local grocery stores, and they are very, very hot.
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It might not be a coincidence that Stougaard - a fan of chiles such as habanero and
The kitchen at Finnegan's turns out inventive interpretations of traditional pub fare, such as habanero-marinated chicken wings or "Irish nachos" - pork, bacon, cheese and salsa atop waffle-fried potatoes.
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Released last year in the US, The World Ends With You brought action role-playing to the real-world setting of Shibuya reimagined by Square-Enix.
In the game, Neku Sakuraba searches the alternate plane of Shibuya's "underground" for predatory "noise". Since we were hanging out in the fashionable Shibuya area much of today, we thought it would be fun to have Totilo reenact some of the scenes from one of his favourite games.


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The Atlantic speaks to Abby Morgan, Vimeo's Senior Manager of Strategic Sales Partnerships, to find out how the video site put together Wieden & Kennedy's amazing Terry Crews "Muscle Music" video.iAMAPresident
On Wednesday, President Obama held an "AMA" session on Reddit -- probably the coolest thing any President has ever done. But now that the buzz has died down, people are questioning the substance of the President's answers. As Matt Creamer writes over at AdAge, while it was a smart tactic, there was a noticeable lack of real content in the Q&A. Alexis Madrigal calls the session just another "campaign stop." And according to Slate, here are 10 questions Obama should have answered.Biz Turns Director
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is going behind the camera. He told the SF Chronicle that he will be one of the celebrities that will team up with Canon and Ron Howard to direct one of a series of short films for the second installment of the Project Imagination campaign. Apparently, he loves cinema and photography, and spent some time as a graphic artist.Scenes from 'Branded'
Wired has a clip from upcoming sci-fi flick "Branded," which gives marketers intentions a diabolical sheen when an ad exec finds out that advertising is actually manipulating people's brands. "I want people to really experience the advertising campaign for the film, the social media part of the campaign and the film itself as different parts of the same work of art," said co-writer/co-director Jamie Bradshaw.
Naked Gamers
Are you a competitor, habitualist, soloist or politician? Predictive gaming analytics company Playnomics teamed with Naked Play, the gaming division of Naked Communications, to boil down gamers into eight different archetypes, in an attempt to help brands narrow down gamification strategies for their products and messages. Via Kotaku.
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We know Internet spam is bad, but why does it happen? Why do people comment on news articles with links to buy cheap handbags, makeup or get a deal on Viagra? Greg Stevens at The Kernal goes into the darkest areas of the Interwebs to bring you the truth about spam.


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While the go-to design for most downstairs family rooms is a large television, couch and coffee table, that configuration just doesn't lend itself to serious board-game play.
"The TV never got turned on," says Dan Friedman, who with his wife, Amy Duryea, and two daughters, Audrey, 7, and Lucy, 1, has lived in their Cedar Mill home for seven years.
"It just seemed like a waste," Duryea said of the roomy area with access to the backyard. She used it to get some miles in on the treadmill, but other than that, the room was used by grown men who have gathered regularly for years to play Dungeons & Dragons and other old-school war games, Friedman says.
So there they were, crowded on the couch, leaning over a small coffee table in order to play.
"It wasn't functional for the guys," Duryea says. "They have very specific needs with the games."
After Duryea and Friedman got to talking about it, Friedman says, he became focused on reworking the space.
"We have to do this," he remembers saying. He says the room was becoming a storage space instead of being used to its potential.
Duryea says she got to thinking about reassessing space for what you need in the house just as a friend did when she turned her formal dining room into a music room.
"My parents were sort of surprised that we did this," she says about removing perfectly fine furniture. "But if you're not using it, not turning on the TV, why have it?"
Out went the trappings of a traditional family room and in went a game table, bar and storage.
"Might as well do it right if you're going to play," says Friedman, a neurologist with Tuality Healthcare.
The table was the most important piece of the puzzle, and Duryea wanted the bar to store beverages and chips so everything would be at hand on game nights.
She and Friedman had met designer Lora Coburn of CoCo Designs when she helped them create Audrey's bedroom, so they asked her back.
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The highlight, however, is the table, Friedman says. He'd seen a game table online that was designed so you can draw on it and just wipe it clean. So his table was designed with a grid under Plexiglas to make it easy to draw maps and keep track of information necessary when playing Dungeons & Dragons, which centers on characters who embark on imaginary adventures set amid fantasy worlds. The game, which dates to the '70s, is ongoing, with characters engaging in battles, solving problems or gathering treasure and information, while winning points to amass power.
"It's exciting," Friedman says of his new room. "I can't wait to have the guys over again."
Duryea, who takes part in game nights with other neighborhood friends, says their decision to turn the room into a traditional family room seven years ago was a mistake and, in the end, a waste of money.
Now, the highlight for her is just knowing the space is being used.
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What struck my odd about the map the OP presented was the massive blue area over the Rocky Mountains. Unless I am missing some variable I don't see an area that's 7000+ ft above sea level being submerged.
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As a name "Robo Advice" is misleading and unhelpful
Since that time the market has become increasingly crowded with both established technology providers and new up-start businesses advertising Robo Advice solutions.
As new names have entered the space, with great interest we have examined each as they have become available. We have been surprised to see how many of these solutions are jumping on the Robo Advice name but not actually offering auto advice or any advice at all. What they are in fact offering is an execution only solution with guidance. They appear to be trying to give as much help as possible without stepping over the line into advice.
What is Robo Advice?
The phrase 'Robo Advice' has been adopted from our friends across the pond in the US. In the UK, it covers many different types of proposition including the online delivery of simplified advice (now termed by the FCA, Streamlined Advice).
In 2014 the FCA's thematic review defined streamlined advice as being "where firms use streamlined and/or automated advice processes to provide customers with a personal recommendation based upon their personal and financial circumstances". In 2015 the FG15/1: Retail investment advice review further clarified this as "Advice that is limited to one or more of a customer's specific needs and does not involve analysis of the customer's circumstances that are not directly relevant to those needs".
The first definition is a key defining point and this is the basis used to determine if an offering is truly "Robo" Advice. They must provide a personal recommendation based upon the individual's personal and financial circumstance. The second condition for Robo Advice is that the advice must be automated i.e. driven by computer algorithms. Advice delivered by human advisers supported by an online advice process is also fails the test. It is computer assisted advice sometimes called Cyborg advice.
Many execution only solutions are masquerading as Robo Advice
In their 2015 review, referenced above, the FCA also provided a definition of execution-only, "A service consisting of the execution and / or reception and transmission of client orders relating to particular financial instruments at the client's initiative. The firm does not give any advice on investments or assess appropriateness".
By comparing this definition to that of Streamlined Advice, we can clearly determine that an execution only solution would be defined as one that simply allows an individual to browse potential products, and then purchase. It doesn't offer a personal recommendation and it doesn't offer any kind of risk suitability assessment. However, and this is where the "grey area" can start, execution only propositions can provide information and guidance but it must not in any way be personal to the individual. If it does then inadvertently it may be judged to be advice. Because advice is considered onerous, most of the "so called" Robo new entrants, steer clear of giving advice. Nevertheless, because there is currently some cachet associated with being called a Robo, few new entrants object to the term.
The most common of these new "Robos" focus on purchasing of ISAs and general investment accounts.
Many of the solutions we have reviewed allow the user to simply define the amount they wish to invest (either a lump-sum or monthly contributions) and then set their own risk profile. They are then presented with a forecast for the potential return on investment, more often than not either a deterministic forecast or a very basic stochastic forecast. If the user is happy with the forecast, they are able to simply purchase their ISA.
If we take this user journey, which is very common among these "robo" solutions, and try and define it based on the definitions outlined by the FCA, it is clear that as no personal recommendation has been made, these solutions should be considered execution only, not Robo Advice.
Why EValue solution is true Robo Advice
EValue began working some time ago on creating our Robo Advice solution. It was and remains our view that consumers want and need advice and when they receive help have a tendency to think they have had advice even when all they have received is guidance. A tension therefore exists between providing as much support as possible to help consumers and wishing to avoid giving advice. EValue's view is that the safest and most effective way to help consumers is to provide advice and meet the appropriate regulatory standards. We have therefore spent much time defining a series of decision tree and advice algorithms to provide streamlined advice in the areas of investment, protection and retirement.
The standard EValue solutions follows the following key steps:
- About You – The first step is designed to learn about the individual's personal circumstances.
- Your Money – The second step gathers information on the person's individual goals and objectives for the future.
- Your Current Situation – This third step is used to understand the user's financial circumstances.
- Your Attitude to Risk – The final step takes the consumer through our tried-and-tested rigorous risk suitability assessment.
While completing these steps, EValue's decision tree algorithm is determining the individual's eligibility to receive Robo Advice, before then feeding all the information gathered into our advice algorithm that then generates a personal recommendation. Thus delivering advice online, this can truly be considered Robo Advice.
EValue is already working with a number of our clients on their Robo Advice offerings. These offerings will follow the above process and use both our decision tree and advice algorithms.
The distinction between Robo Advice and execution only is an important one. As an industry we must act in the best interest of the consumers and ensure they are fully aware of what they are going to receive by using any financial services technology.
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Han Chae Young bounces back beautifully after giving birth
Actress, model, "Korea's Barbie Doll," and now new mom Han Chae Young is back to work after giving birth to her first child barely two months ago. She recently posed for the November issue of W Magazine looking gorgeous and ready for the chilly Fall weather!
The great thing about this shoot is that whatever "baby weight" she may think she has left to lose is totally concealed by the Fall theme. That fur vest looks amazing on her, though!
Ok, maybe I'm a weirdo, but over the number of years this style of coat has been on the racks, I could never ever like it. Every time I see a jacket like this I think of big black Hefty trash bags o_0
I'm not sure I like her hair color. It looks slightly odd against her skintone, but I do like her earrings and bag!
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This dining table is as beautiful as it is practical. The Alden Dining Table is handcrafted from solid wood and finished with a durable, washable clear lacquer finish that is impervious to water and stains. Warm and elegant on its own, or paired with the Alden Sideboard, this table will be the centerpiece of your home (or office). The back-beveled detail on the top edge was designed to give lightness to the inspiring expanse of wood. Its splayed legs are spaced to accommodate 8 people for meals, games or meetings. But one thing is certain-no matter where you use it, or who is sitting at it, you'll likely be talking about it.
All of Eastvold's authentic, heirloom quality furniture comes with an exclusive Eastvold Furniture tag, listing your name and the date your piece was finished.
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|DIMENSIONS: 84" W x 36" D x 29" H
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