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Health and Safety Services plays a key role in ensuring that all accidents, incidents, injuries and occupational illnesses are properly reported and investigated and that employees return to work safely and effectively. Health and Safety Services reviews all injury and incident reports received and follows up to ensure that injuries/incidents are properly investigated. The goal of the investigation process is to determine what remedial action can be taken to prevent a recurrence of the event. See Humber's Accident Reporting and Investigation Procedure for more detail.
Health and Safety Services is responsible for filing and managing Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) claims on behalf of the College. Employee work-related injuries that result in Health Care (services obtained from a health care practitioner such as a doctor or chiropractor) or Lost Time (absence from work beyond the day of the injury) must be reported to the WSIB within 72 hours otherwise Humber can be fined. Once advised of an injury, Health and Safety Services will, if applicable, submit a report to the WSIB and manage the claims process, while staying in communication with the injured employee and his/her supervisor.
Humber is committed to providing a co-operative and proactive environment to assist and support employees who are unable to perform their job duties as a result of an illness or injury.
Most employees who experience an injury or illness, regardless of whether it is work-related or not, are able to return to work even while they are recovering. Humber is committed to an employee's early and safe return to work after such an injury or illness. Health and Safety Services will work with the employee and his/her supervisor to develop a Return to Work plan to support the employee's safe return when they are medically able to do so, and incorporating any accommodation requirements, if applicable. See Humber's Return to Work Policy for further information.
Humber students who are required to participate in unpaid work placements in order to complete their program requirements are eligible for insurance coverage for work-related accidents through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) or private insurance. The coverage for students on unpaid work placements is funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) and not by the placement employer or Humber. Humber personnel responsible for overseeing students on unpaid work placements are to ensure that a Student Placement Incident Report form is completed and submitted to the Health and Safety Services, who will in turn manage the claims process with the WSIB and MTCU.


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A. The XML file that the file screen violations are written to is located in the <volume>:\System Volume Information\SRM\DSAuditLog folder. The files are of the format log<number>.xml (e.g., log000000001.xml). There will be as many as 10 log files of 10MB each. When 10 log files exist and a new log file is needed, the oldest log file will be deleted to make room for the new log file (e.g., after log files log000000001.xml through log000000010.xml exist and are each 10MB, then log000000001.xml will be deleted to allow log000000011.xml to be written to the file. These files are system protected and should not be directly accessed.
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What is E-Hoops?
Inclusive Environment
E-Hoops is an inclusive basketball program that trains and develops both typical and special needs kids.
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Whether you're a student looking for community service credits or an active citizen looking for opportunities to give back, E-Hoops is a nonprofit organization open to volunteers who want to make a difference in real people's lives.
Rapid Growth!
E-Hoops is growing, with locations in the South Bay (Sunnyvale), North Bay (San Francisco), and Central Valley (Riverbank). Check out "Locations" above for more details & season schedules!


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We like seasons at Seren and we recognize that they are all different and need different sorts of beers.
Red Ryding Hood (Spring) – 5.2%. A red-hued ale brewed with rye, and liberally hopped with American hops. Just the thing to usher in the spring. Available on draft and in 500ml bottles.
Summer Wheat (Summer) – 5%. A golden wheat beer, bursting with hoppy goodness. Perfect for those long summer days. Brewed with a clean fermenting yeast, so don't expect the banana and clove of German-style wheat beers, but rather a refreshing summer ale.Half of the grain bill is wheat, so the beer will be hazy. Available on draft and in 500ml bottles.
Enchantress (Summer) – 6%. Let the Enchantress captivate your senses. Blonde and seductive, and a bit dangerous if you let your guard down. A Belgian style Saison with a twist, using new world hops. Spiciness and clove plays under a fruitiness. Finishes dry. Strong but refreshing. Available in 330ml bottles.
Browncoat (Autumn/Winter) – 4.7%. A brown ale brewed with an inviting spicy and fruitiness to it. Great as the evenings start to draw in. Available on draft and in 500ml bottles.
Crafty Smoke (Winter) – 5.6%. Ebony-hued smoked porter. Beech-smoked malted barley gives a moderate smoke aroma and flavour, with light roast playing underneath. A fantastic beer to drink by the fire on those dark winter evenings. Available on draft and in 330ml bottles.


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The University of Santiago de Compostela is pleased to announce the publication of three job vacancies in internationalisation in the university administration services. A description of the positions, additional details and conditions are available on their website (in Spanish).
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Personal tools
Dividend cover
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<math>Dividend~cover = \frac{earnings~per~share}{gross~dividend~per~share}</math>
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If a company has earnings per share of 10p and it pays out a dividend of 3.5p, the dividend cover is 10 / 3.5 = 2.86
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As a rule of thumb, a ratio of 2 or higher is normally considered safe (i.e. the company can easily afford to pay the dividend).
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Week 3 is finally proving to the NFL that no team is invincible.
First there was the Jaguars stunning take down of the Ravens, then the Bears overtime win against the Steelers and even the Jets pulled out a victory.
Now it's Aaron Rodgers turn to come back to Earth. With the lowly Cincinnati Bengals visiting Green Bay, the Packers got off to a slow start and watched as it snowballed into something much more concerning. After allowing the Bengals to complete their first touchdown of the year, Cincinnati did something to Rodgers that every defense dreams about.
He just jumped the route!
PICK-6! #Bengals50 pic.twitter.com/GbVv5WJIUJ
— NFL (@NFL) September 24, 2017
This isn't Rodgers playing poorly. This is the Bengals' defense just playing better. Completing short throws are usually a given for the Packers. Not so much this time. William Jackson III jumped the route beautifully and ran it back for an easy six points.
It's rare to see Rodgers make a mistake like this in Green Bay territory. This is only Rodgers' second career pick-six and his first since 2009. The last time he tossed one the Packers lost 38-28 to the then 1-7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
In just two quarters the Bengals have more than doubled their point total for the year. They lead the Packers 21-7 at halftime.
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Whisk together the melted butter, sugar and salt. Add flour and ground almonds and stir until it feels like damp sand. Press dough evenly along bottom and halfway up the sides of an 8-inch round tart pan with a removable bottom. Use waxed paper or buttered fingers to even out and press dough tightly into the corners. Prick crust all over with a fork and chill while you preheat oven to 350 degrees about 30 minutes. Set pan on a baking sheet and bake until crust is golden brown, about 25 minutes.
While crust bakes, bring milk, agave and salt to a simmer in a medium saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate in a medium heatproof bowl. Let it sit for about 2 minutes without stirring. Starting in the middle of bowl, whisk chocolate together until evenly melted and the mixture a smooth and shiny dark brown.
Fan pear slices around bottom of the tart shell in one even layer. Whisk beaten egg into the chocolate filling and pour filling over pears and crust. Decrease oven temperature to 300 degrees and return tart to oven; bake until filling is set but still a little wiggly in the center third, about 15 minutes. Remove and cool tart completely on a rack at room temperature. Remove tart from pan sides and carefully transfer to a platter. Slice and serve slightly warm or at room temperature.
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Build-A-Bear Workshop to Open Pop-Up Stores In Time for the 2010 Holiday Season
ST. LOUIS, Sep 17, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Build-A-Bear Workshop(R), the interactive retailer of customized stuffed animals, announced it is planning to open approximately 10 pop-up stores in time for the Christmas season. Store openings will begin in October. This expansion makes the experience of Build-A-Bear Workshop available to many more holiday shoppers this season and gives consumers the chance to discover the fun of making their own stuffed animals and great personalized gifts. The pop-up stores provide the company with a great opportunity given that the stores will be open during the company's busiest seasons when there is a natural increase in mall traffic and when consumers are focused on gift spending. The company will look for opportunities to keep select stores open following the holiday season.
The Build-A-Bear Workshop pop-up stores will offer an extensive assortment of the latest holiday animals, fashions and accessories as well as an edited assortment of the signature stuffed animals and fashions found in its more than 400 existing stores worldwide. Build-A-Bear Workshop is based on the premise that nearly everyone, regardless of age, has a special fondness for stuffed animals. At Build-A-Bear Workshop, visitors, or Guests, create their own stuffed animals as they "choose, stuff, stitch, fluff, name and dress" their way through a series of bear-making stations.
About Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc.
Build-A-Bear Workshop, Inc. is the only global company that offers an interactive make-your-own stuffed animal retail-entertainment experience. The company currently operates more than 400 Build-A-Bear Workshop stores worldwide, including company-owned stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and France, and franchise stores in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle East, and Mexico. Founded in St. Louis in 1997, Build-A-Bear Workshop is the leader in interactive retail. Brands include make-your-own Major League Baseball(R) mascot in-stadium locations, and Build-A-Dino(R) stores. Build-A-Bear Workshop extends its in-store interactive experience online with its award winning virtual world Web site at buildabearville.com(R). The company was named to the 2009 and 2010 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For(R) lists. Build-A-Bear Workshop (NYSE: BBW) posted total revenue of $394.4 million in fiscal 2009.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" (within the meaning of the federal securities laws) which represent Build-A-Bear Workshop expectations or beliefs with respect to future events. Our actual results may differ materially from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, those detailed under the caption "Risk Factors" in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2010, as filed with the SEC, and the following: general economic conditions may continue to deteriorate, which could lead to disproportionately reduced consumer demand for our products, which represent relatively discretionary spending; customer traffic may continue to decrease in the shopping malls where we are located, on which we depend to attract guests to our stores; we may be unable to generate interest in and demand for our interactive retail experience, or to identify and respond to consumer preferences in a timely fashion; our marketing and on-line initiatives may not be effective in generating sufficient levels of brand awareness and guest traffic; we may be unable to generate comparable store sales growth; we may be unable to renew or replace our store leases, or enter into leases for new stores on favorable terms or in favorable locations, or may violate the terms of our current leases; we may be unable to effectively manage the operations and growth of our company-owned stores; we may be unable to effectively manage our international franchises or laws relating to those franchises may change; the availability and costs of our products could be adversely affected by risks associated with international manufacturing and trade, including foreign currency fluctuation; we are susceptible to disruption in our inventory flow due to our reliance on a few vendors; high petroleum products prices could increase our inventory transportation costs and adversely affect our profitability; we may be unable to operate our European company-owned stores profitably; fluctuations in our quarterly results of operations could cause the price of our common stock to substantially decline; we may be unable to repurchase shares at all or at the times or in the amounts we currently anticipate or the results of the share repurchase program may not be as beneficial as we currently anticipate; we may improperly obtain or be unable to protect information from our guests in violation of privacy or security laws or expectations; we may suffer negative publicity or be sued due to violations of labor laws or unethical practices by manufacturers of our merchandise; we may suffer negative publicity or negative sales if the non-proprietary toy products we sell in our stores do not meet our quality or sales expectations; our products could become subject to recalls or product liability claims that could adversely impact our financial performance and harm our reputation among consumers; we may lose key personnel, be unable to hire qualified additional personnel, or experience turnover of our management team; we may be unable operate our company-owned distribution center efficiently or our third-party distribution center providers may perform poorly; our market share could be adversely affected by a significant, or increased, number of competitors; we may fail to renew, register or otherwise protect our trademarks or other intellectual property; we may have disputes with, or be sued by, third parties for infringement or misappropriation of their proprietary rights; poor global economic conditions could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and capital resources; and we may be unable to recover amounts due to us from our affiliate, Ridemakerz LLC. These risks, uncertainties and other factors may adversely affect our business, growth, financial condition or profitability, or subject us to potential liability, and cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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I came across a post on FuturePundit: Television Watchers Die Sooner:
TV kills.Now of course, it is not the TV itself that is doing the damage--rather it is the prolonged sitting. It just so happens that watching television is associated with prolonged sitting. So TV is not a cause, rather it is a marker.
Study highlights:
A study found that every hour spent in front of the television per day brings with it an 11 percent greater risk of premature death from all causes, and an 18 percent greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease.
The findings apply to both obese and overweight people as well as people with a healthy weight because prolonged periods of sitting have an unhealthy influence on blood sugar and blood fat levels."
Come to think of it, blogging is also associated with prolonged sitting...
And of course, you can't blog without sitting and reading the news and what other bloggers are writing...
Maybe if I just write shorter posts?
[Hat tip: Instapundit]
Technorati Tag: Blogging and TV.
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London, UK (PRWEB UK) 11 December 2011
VPS.net is proud to be the first company to release an intuitive interface for their services hosted within the VPS.net cloud. The control panel is the first of its kind within the hosting industry and provides customers with a Windows-like desktop interface which allows them to manage multiple VPS simultaneously from within their own browser. This beta version is now available to all VPS.net customers, including resellers, and this also gives their customers the opportunity to test the new environment and provide feedback to VPS.net about any bugs they find or suggestions they might have to help improve the system.
Rus Foster, managing director of VPS.net, went on to say: "The new VPS.net user desktop will revolutionise the way cloud servers are managed. The easy-to-use interface will give our customers complete control of their cloud hosting platform allowing them to comprehensively manage every aspect of their VPS."
On a secure connection users can access the VPS.net desktop through a standard web browser. Here they are able to perform routine maintenance, create new cloud instances and manage the account all with a single login and all in a few clicks.
Rus added: "The new control panel gives the customer complete control giving them the power to manage their VPS cloud effectively and efficiently. It has been developed to make our customers lives easier and we can safely say that it does just that."
Recognised for being one of the first providers of cloud hosting products on the market, VPS.net have once again led the way of innovation by providing a world-class control panel which could revolutionise the way customers manage their VPS clouds and hosting services in general.


text: Selected by National Geographic Traveler in 2011 and 2012 as one of the ten best holiday lighting displays in the world, St. Augustine's Nights of Lights feature millions of tiny white lights that create a magical atmosphere in the Nation's oldest city. Tracing its origins to the Spanish tradition of displaying a white candle in the window during the Christmas holidays, the spectacular lighting reflects the city's 448-year history and illuminates the beautiful setting for lasting holiday memories. www.NightsofLights.com


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We know that local businesses can use the web to attract and engage a local audience just as effectively as other companies do on a large scale.
Chicago, IL (PRWEB) January 31, 2014
Chicago Internet marketing agency OneIMS has made a name for itself managing web campaigns for major brands and international corporations, but now the company wants to put its expertise to use for helping local businesses. With its recent launch of OneIMS Local, the agency plans to help smaller businesses secure a place in the community—online and off—and remain competitive in an increasingly web-focused marketplace.
OneIMS works with companies across industries, developing and executing integrated marketing campaigns that streamline services like branding, web design, mobile web advertising, social media and more. Though services like these are the cornerstone of marketing campaigns for major brands and larger companies, local businesses may not always realize the ways in which they, too, can benefit from an online presence. "Local businesses often think that web marketing isn't for them, or that they can't use it to target the local audience they're trying to reach," said Solomon Thimothy, CEO of OneIMS. "We know that local businesses can use the web to attract and engage a local audience just as effectively as other companies do on a large scale."
Thimothy explains that while local businesses may have struggled to effectively market themselves online in the past, modern web technology has created new ways to connect with audiences within specific geographic communities. Using strategies like mobile web advertising, local listing optimization and localized display advertising, an Internet marketing agency can focus tightly on a specific area. "Local businesses today have a huge variety of tools at their disposal for reaching the right audiences online," said Thimothy. "They can run a marketing campaign focused squarely on the people around them, and that's an unprecedented level of control that can yield big rewards."
By launching its local Internet marketing division, OneIMS plans to reshape how small and local businesses market themselves online, and to make them significantly more competitive in the crowded online marketplace. By using local web marketing to their advantage, small businesses can establish an online presence as effective as a major national brand's, making it easier to secure a lasting place in their communities.
To learn more about OneIMS Local, visit them at local.oneims.com.
About OneIMS:
OneIMS is a Chicago Internet marketing agency specializing in customized web strategies and results-oriented marketing campaigns. Using the latest and best practices in SEO, PPC, web design, social media management and more, OneIMS connects businesses with their customers both on and off the web. By providing clients with detailed analytics and reports, OneIMS makes it easy to understand the value of online marketing and how it strengthens a business of almost any size. To learn more about these and other services, visit http://www.oneims.com/ or call 1-888-ONE-IMS-1.


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Sending My Big Brother Off/
On Friday, I sent my brother off to war. That sounds so dramatic. I'm not trying to be, that is just what it was. I wasn't sending him off to a conflict, for an operation, on a rescue mission because, technically, there is still a war happening.
This is his second deployment to Afghanistan and I wasn't able to go with my parents to send him off last time so it was really important to me to come this time. I was such an unsupportive sister during his first deployment. He received one box of biscotti in total from me the whole deployment. I just went into a state of denial that he was in a war-torn country, and my coping mechanism was ignoring him. Incredible selfish and incredibly embarrassing. It was a stark contrast from when I wrote him a letter every single day during his plebe summer at the Naval Academy. This one will be different, Petey, promise.
All of this is new to me despite the fact that I was grew up an army brat. My dad had the best deal ever - he was a veterinarian in the Army so I never once had to cuddle with a teddy bear like the ones they were giving out to the children on Friday instead of my dad.
|Ryan hugging the "Uncle Peter bear" my mom insisted on snagging for him
I kept asking over and over again, "Wait...there isn't a ceremony?" And I kept getting the same answer from my brother with a little laugh, "No." I didn't press Peter for an explanation even though if you know my brother, he can go on and on about the ins and outs of the military (not a criticism, Petey, just a fact). I felt like I shouldn't be talking about unnecessary things when these were the last few moments before I wouldn't see him for a year. It just boggled my mind that we were sending them off to war like they were going on a field trip in grade school. Roll call and then get on the bus. The only difference was that they had to make a stop to get their weapons. I know that this is their duty, this is their job. Maybe there aren't ceremonies because what would be worse than the awkward standing among hundreds of families in a gym until a Marine announces that it is time to for a final goodbye would be to have watch a stuffy ceremony when all you are thinking about is how you will get through the next year without your loved one.
I kept looking around the gym at all of the quiet conversations happening. Every time I saw a mom with a baby and a husband in uniform, I had to fight back a sob because I cannot fathom the ache that fills up their hearts as they are left for a whole year without the love of their life and without their counterpart in the already demanding, sacrificing and confusing world of parenting. I respect all you military wives (like Sarah and my aunt-in-law Kathleen), fiancées (shout-out to my sister-in-law-to-be, Laura! Although to be clear, she is not a parent like the other two), girlfriends, husbands and boyfriends who survive and find a way to thrive during these deployments. I am so sincerely thankful for your sacrifices.
And I am so incredibly thankful to my parents and all of the other parents who miraculously were able to hold it together until that awkward announcement for a final goodbye brought along tears, cracking voices and muffled I-love-you's. I would be losing it the whole time if I had to send my sweet Ryan away to a danger zone, but my parents knew that crying isn't the way to spend the last hour for a long time.
I pray that somehow God brings peace to our world. How Miss-America of me, no? But I do pray that. What a world that would be.
Peter, my big brother, who has always believed in me and took my dreams seriously even when I didn't, is such a great man. Sure, he is my big brother and we fight, but he is such a great man. Thank you for choosing to be in the military even though you knew the sacrifices that your job demands.
And since there wasn't a ceremony to send you off, Petey, here is the often-used blessing that Grandpa gave me on a plaque for my baptism. I hope it reminds you of that amazing trip we took last fall to Ireland because of your generous gift. Love you, big brother.
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
|Ignore my frantic hand waving goodbye
|Extremely touching moment when my brother saluted my dad, a retired Army officer, as he passed.
|Peter stepping onto the bus
|Ryan waving bye as the buses drove away


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The body's ability to make a powerful antioxidant enzyme called glutathione peroxidase, is dependent on ample dietary sulfur. Carlson MSM (methylsulfonylmethane) offers a source of sulfur to supplement, maintain and support overall health.*
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Open Thread: Everything You're Reading, Watching, Listening To and Looking At
This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
The theatrical poster for the original 1988 release of John Waters' Hairspray featured two pairs of legs, one belonging to a man in dark pants and shoes, the other to a woman in a striped pencil skirt and white heels. They appeared to be dancing.
I was 11 in 1988, and although I knew about Faces of Death and giggling over late night softcore porn on pay cable at sleepovers at my friend Danielle's mom's house, I had no idea who John Waters was. Still, I found myself standing, idly slurping a slushie through a straw in the aggressively brown, aggressively upholstered lobby of the mall movie theater, and looking at this poster with curiosity while my friends collected their popcorn and Sno-Caps so we could go catch the latest entry in the Police Academy series, which we paid actual money to see.
I look at the poster now and can't really figure why that moment has stuck in my memory all these years. It seemed extremely cool to my 11-year-old eyes, and the title -- HAIRSPRAY -- resonated with me in an era in which my friends and I were in a constant silent competition to see who could "pouf" their hair into the most perfectly round donut-shaped forehead explosion. Hairspray was a part of my life on a level with eating and breathing. I could argue the merits of Aqua Net versus Adorn, although I preferred Aussie's Sprunch Spray, which was basically glue.
It felt -- and I swear I am not making this up -- like the poster was speaking to me, a flat paper siren signing that it was meant for me to see it, that this was important, that I should remember.
You know the story, if only because you are familiar with the 2002 musical redux or the 2007 film version based on the Broadway show, but in case not: Tracy Turnblad is a fat teenager in early-1960s Baltimore, where racial segregation is still the norm, and the thing she wants most is to be on local dance TV series, The Corny Collins Show. When Tracy wins a dance competition, Collins suggests she audition for the show. Tracy and her best friend Penny try out, and Tracy is selected, although only over the vicious protestations of mean rich girl Amber Von Tussle, the most popular girl on the show. As Tracy's star rises, she uses her newfound fame to campaign for desegregation of both The Corny Collins Show and of the local amusement park -- which is owned by Amber Von Tussle's parents.
I did not see Hairspray for a few years after first seeing that poster. I don't remember the exact circumstances -- I probably caught it on cable at my mom's place, as she had all the premium movie channels my dad did not. When I finally did, one of the first things I noticed was the fact that Tracy Turnblad doesn't seem to know she is supposed to hate herself -- she doesn't seem to understand that she's not supposed to wear attention-grabbing clothes, or to go after the hot guy, which were two things I knew with more certainty than anything else in my life at the time.
Tracy Turnblad is fat, full stop. She's not fat only by Hollywood standards, and she doesn't wear a size 10. She is legitimately, genuinely fat, as is her mother Edna, played by the always-perfect-in-everything Divine. Tracy is also the most self-assured teenager you'll ever meet. Her bulletproof confidence never wavers, even when her peers are openly disparaging her size, and even when her mother is plying her with diet pills and bemoaning how she looks "big as a house" on televsion. If that weren't enough, Tracy also gets crap from the rich kids for being "white trash" and "dirty."
But Tracy Turnblad doesn't give a fuck. At a Corny Collins-sponsored dance contest, prior to trying for the show, she marches directly into the middle of the front line for "The Madison," putting herself between pretty, popular Amber and her boyfriend Link, whom Tracy will eventually date.
Tracy's enthusiasm for herself seems to infect everyone around her. Later, on The Corny Collins show, she is asked to do Ladies' Choice, in which she selects a dance partner out of a lineup of all the conventionally handsome boys on the show. While a lot of these dudes were making jokes at her expense when she first tried out, now the whole line seems to be gunning for her affection, as she eventually settles on Link Larkin, the handsome leading man. He doesn't like her in spite of her size, nor because of it. He rather seems oblivious to it, dazzled by her unsinkable charm.
Tracy's unbashed self-acceptance is what this film is most often remembered for, and Tracy Turnblad is frequently held up as an icon of body positivity and confidence (you can even buy an updated plus-size version of the roach dress she wears in the final scene). She not only accepts herself, but beyond that, she celebrates who she is, and what she looks like. She is excruciatingly earnest and upbeat, and it's hard to not see her as a ray of sunshine amongst the film's more cynical characters.
But here's the surprising thing: Tracy Turnblad, fat heroine, is also a razor sharp satire of a white savior complex.
Abject worship of Tracy aside, Hairspray isn't actually a movie about a cheerful fat girl who achieves her dream of dancing on a local TV show (although, it is telling that this is what it tends to be remembered for -- likely because ANY story about a cheerful fat girl being happy with herself is so very rare). Hairspray is really about racial segregation in 1960s Baltimore. The Corny Collins Show is segregated. The local amusement park is segregated. Tracy realizes the extent of this injustice almost by accident, and warms to the cause over the course of the film, until she basically sets out to "fix" racial segregation in her city, in collaboration with her new friends.
Under different circumstances, turning such a serious topic into kitsch could be a total disaster. But Hairspray focuses all its campy mockery squarely on its white characters, making fun of their overt racism and their fear of desegregation -- as well as their fear of black people in general. Amber Von Tussle's parents (portrayed, incredibly, by Sonny Bono and Debbie Harry) don't want to see their amusement park integrated. They chide their daughter for choosing "colored" songs on the Corny Collins show, instruct her to "act white," and eventually chant together on television, "Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!" This last bit was lifted directly from former Alabama Governor George Wallace's 1963 inaugural address, and became a popular slogan of the era amongst whites opposed to racial integration.
But as over-the-top as the Von Tussles are, Penny Pingleton's mother is completely outrageous. Having tracked her rebellious daughter to a record shop in a predominantly black neighborhood, Prudence Pingleton walks the streets clutching her purse and throat and screaming incoherently at any black person who even looks at her. When a drunk man asks her for some change, she practically throws her purse at him and begs him not to "hurt" her; it's hard not to read this as coded to mean she's afraid he will rape her. (In a great moment, the man in question patiently takes some money from her purse, hands it back to her, and says thank you.) As she runs down the street, several black residents openly laugh at her; when she finds a police car, she begs the cop inside for help, only to rush away flailing and shrieking in terror when the cop also turns out to be black.
Eventually, Penny's parents literally cage their daughter in her bedroom when Penny starts dating Seaweed, the son of Motormouth Maybelle, a popular local figure who hosts the once-a-month Negro Day on The Corny Collins show, and who owns a record shop. (As a fun aside, the quack doctor who tries to hypnotize Penny into liking white boys is played by John Waters -- but you probably knew that.)
Prudence Pingleton is an extreme case, and it's obvious we're supposed to laugh at her. Still, even Tracy doesn't escape the satire -- at one point, mid-makeout-sesson with Link, she sighs wistfully and says, with all her characteristic earnestness, "Oh Link, I wish I was dark skinned!"
Link replies, "Oh Tracy, our souls are black, even if our skin is white."
What's brilliant about this exchange is that this is shit that white people actually say. Presented as a punchline, the absurdity of it is inescapable. When Tracy finally successfully integrates The Corny Collins Show in the big final scene -- after Motormouth Maybelle and Little Inez have convinced the governor to free her from reform school -- she does it by simply pushing a guard out of the way and leading her friends in front of the television cameras, and this happy fairytale ending manages to be satisfying not because it's anything close to realistic, but because it's not -- wouldn't it be nice if a go-getter attitude and a sunny disposition could solve all the world's injustices?
Refreshingly, Hairspray doesn't hate its characters, even as it relentlessly makes fun of them. It's a good-natured, kind-hearted silliness that falls more under the category of laughing with the film rather than at it. Like pretty much all John Waters movies, Hairspray is at its core a romantic ode to the pleasures of refusing to fit in, and the joys of being totally unacceptable. It is a film about being the opposite of what social pressure wants you to be, and basking in the attention, negative or otherwise. And if we can't laugh at ourselves, what else have we got?
I missed all this when I saw the film as a kid. In fact, what stuck with me most on that first viewing was the too-brief scene in which squeaky-clean Tracy and friends find themselves in a beatnik apartment where Ric Ocasek paints and Pia Zadora talks about ironing her hair and eventually offers the invitation, "Let's get naked and smoke!" I didn't want to be Tracy; I wanted to be the beatnik chick, and it's probably not a coincidence that I quit the hair pouf shortly thereafter and bought a straightening iron for my hair (after a few ill-conceived efforts at literally ironing my hair with an actual clothes iron, as done in the movie -- thanks for that idea, John Waters).
Of course, this was all before I saw Beetlejuice -- which came out a month later that same year. But that, my friends, is another story.


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Pleasant View Mennonite Church (Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA)
Pleasant View Mennonite Church, at Manheim, Pennsylvania, USA, was established in 1999 as an outreach of the New Haven Mennonite Church (Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship) which was filled to capacity at that time.
Jacob and Alverta Ebersole learned of the sale of the Pleasant View United Zion Church building located along Hossler Road, and the Pleasant View Cemetery located along Buckwalter Road in Manheim. Eugene Kreider, a real estate agent who attended that church, said the group using the church at that time would have first priority to purchase it. A few days later, that group voted to not purchase the building. It was in good condition, and after much prayer and discussion the group from New Haven decided to purchase it. The United Zion Church and the Cemetery was purchased on 31 August 1999 for $160,000.00. The down payment was $60,000.00 and the remainder was to be paid over five years with no interest being charged. The last payment was made on 3 January 2003.
Prior to the first service, those interested in moving to the new congregation attended a meeting at New Haven on 26 July 1999, to organize the Pleasant View Mennonite Church. Marvin Zeiset had been ordained as minister in 1990 at the Mount Hope Mennonite Church and was serving without charge at New Haven since 1997. He was asked to take responsibility as minister at Pleasant View, and in December 1999, the new congregation voted to accept his ministry. Linford Weaver, who had been serving as deacon at the New Haven congregation, also transferred continued to serve in the same position at Pleasant View.
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Sporting Hill Christian School opened on 26 August 2010 with 25 students. Dean Zeiset served as principal and teacher for grades six through eight. Kwamaine Parson taught grades three through five and Louise Hoover taught grades one and two.
In the summer of 2011, the Millmont Mennonite Church (MAMF) asked if Pleasant View would be interested in assisting with the outreach work they started in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. After bringing it to the congregation, Pleasant View agreed to accept the opportunity. Groups from Pleasant View helped to find and prepare a building for use in 2012.
Dean Zeiset was ordained on 21 April 2013 to assist his father in the ministry. As of 1 January 2013 membership was 77. The ministerial team consisted of Luke Martin, bishop; Marvin Zeiset, David Sensenig, and Dean Zeiset, ministers; Linford Weaver, deacon.
Stauffer, Romaine, ed. Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship 1972-2013. Myerstown, Pa.: Little Mountain Printing, 2014.
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Denominational Affiliations: Mid-Atlantic Mennonite Fellowship
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Provides the status of all clusters visible to this AWS account. Allows you to filter the list of clusters based on certain criteria; for example, filtering by cluster creation date and time or by status. This call returns a maximum of 50 clusters per call, but returns a marker to track the paging of the cluster list across multiple ListClusters calls.
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|18 Mar 2014
Cannot successfully install Java V7 update 51 on Windows 7 machine
I am running Windows 7. I installed directly from java.com; I have tried this a number of times now with the same result. Most recently, I uninstalled Java first, then rebooted my computer. I ran the debugger while running the test Java page at Java.com. Note: I am not a programmer (although I did do some scientific programming many years ago in Fortran; I have not learned any object-oriented languages). I am also getting very frustrated
I get an application error, General Exception, Name: JUT, NullPointerException: null.
In the Java console I see the following errors (I have left out a lot of intervening stuff but can include it if that will help):
java.net.SocketException: Address family not supported by protocol family: connect (this occurs twice)
com.sun.deploy.net.FailedDownloadException: Unable to load resource: Java Uninstall Applet Caused by: java.net.SocketException: Address family not supported by protocol family: connect
network: Cache entry not found [url: http://java.com/applet/JavaRemovalTool/launch.jnlp, version: null]
basic: JNLP2Manager.initialize(): JNLP not available: ../../applet/JavaRemovalTool/launch.jnlp basic: exception: null.
java.lang.NullPointerException at sun.plugin2.applet.JNLP2Manager.getAppInfo(Unknown Source) at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Ignored
exception: java.lang.NullPointerException basic: Dialog type is not candidate for embedding
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|18 Mar 2014
Welcome to the Seven Forums.
Sorry if the sounds silly, but why do you need Java installed?
If you need it (perhaps for Open Office databases), then we can work on getting it go install. But most people can live without it installed these days.
|My System Specs
|18 Mar 2014
Well, it *is* silly, I suppose, but one of my favorite pastimes is Griddlers puzzles (Griddlers.net - Logic puzzles), and they use Java. I understand there are security risks with Java; I run Norton security, and disable Java in the browsers I use most often (Chrome and Firefox); I only enable it in IE, which I don't use for anything else. (Whether this makes it safer or not I don't know, but it does make me feel better).
Could I live a long and happy life without Griddlers? Yes, but I do enjoy them. If I can't do them any more, I'll survive but I will be just a little sadder.
|My System Specs
|18 Mar 2014
Not silly at all. I had Java installed just for a Word game
...then they took that version of the game down :-(
Which version of IE are you using? IE11?
Try the installer from here:
Download Java Runtime Environment 22.214.171.124 (32-bit) - FileHippo.com
If that fails, please try to stay awake thru this long thread. I know that the issues in that thread are different from yours, but I'm hoping that something in there might help.
|My System Specs
|18 Mar 2014
I'm using IE 11.0.4. The installer from FileHippo failed in the usual way. Now I will see if JavaRa will do anything useful - I see it claims to update as well as remove. Wish me luck!
|My System Specs
|18 Mar 2014
JavaRa didn't help
Nope, JavaRa didn't help either.
Other things I have tried (all with the same unsuccessful result):
Disable Norton firewall and virus
Install both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Java
Still stuck.
|My System Specs
|18 Mar 2014
Windows 10 Pro. 64/ version 1709 Windows 7 Pro/64
I also have a silly question.
Are you now or have you ever installed Advance System Care (A.S.C)?
|My System Specs
|18 Mar 2014
You might try a total uninstall of Norton before installing Java.
|My System Specs
|18 Mar 2014
To my knowledge I have never had Advanced System Care; the name doesn't ring a bell, and it doesn't show up on my list of programs.
I'll see about uninstalling Norton; I want to make sure I have the files to reinstall it first.
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|Jamie Dornan
|Sheriff Graham
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|May 1, 1982
|Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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James "Jamie" Dornan is one of the main actors of Once Upon a Time, portraying the role of Sheriff Graham/Huntsman.
Early life
His father, Prof. James Dornan, is an obstetrician, who often lectures at QUB. He was a teenager when his mother died. He attended and boarded at Methodist College, where he excelled on the rugby pitch as well as in the drama department. While at MCB, he met David Alexander, who would become his songwriting partner in 2002, when they founded their two-piece Irish folk outfit, Sons of Jim. Dornan has been quoted as saying that if he ever entered the music business again, he would do it very differently. The boys were young, naïve, and under-prepared. Their record label, "Doorstep Records", was named after a sandwich shop in Belfast.
Dornan attended the University of Teesside, but dropped out and moved to London upon being approached by the Select Model Management agency.
On the set of an Asprey photoshoot in 2003, Dornan met English actress Keira Knightley, who introduced him to her agent at PFD. The pair dated for three years. In 2006 he appeared in the Sofia Coppola film, Marie Antoinette. He used to perform in the folk band Sons of Jim, but the band disbanded in 2008. He has modelled for Calvin Klein (with both Kate Moss and Eva Mendes), Dior, Aquascutum and Armani, among many other brands.
Dornan appeared in the drama film Shadows in the Sun in 2009, which starred three-time Academy Award nominee Jean Simmons. In 2008, he played the lead role of Ed in the Hammer Horror production Beyond the Rave.
In 2011, he began playing the role of Sheriff Graham in the fantasy-adventure ABC television series, Once Upon a Time, that premiered on Sunday, October 23, 2011. A regular castmember for the first seven episodes of season 1, Dornan was eventually killed off from the series, shortly after his character's fairytale counterpart - the Huntsman - was revealed.
Gallery of behind the scene stills released to promote the actor.


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New Vegetarian Breakfast
Coming soon … our new vegetarian breakfast choice, Home-made Vegetable Slice!
Made with vegetables, porridge oats, pine nuts and spinach this new additional to the breakfast menu will be available soon. This is the third prototype I've made recently and even though I say it myself it's delicious. As an alternative to the usual meat options for breakfast like the Full Highland Breakfast, this is both healthy and tasty but not at all heavy. The vegetable slice will be served with mushrooms, cherry tomatoes and a fried egg.
I am still putting a few finishing touches to our new breakfast menu but will be launching this in the next few weeks. We already offer vegetarian options like vegetarian sausages served with mushrooms, tomatoes and egg and the fried egg sandwich. Try this as a great start to the day and there's nothing healthier than porridge to start your day. A great favourite with marathon runners and all you non-athletes. We will be offering all your favourites on the current menu with some new enhanced dishes.
You may choose to eat vegetarian food for a variety of reasons, whether it's religious or moral grounds or for health reasons you'll find plenty of choice here. Of course there's still the traditional Full Highland breakfast comprising steak sausage, bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes and egg which is hugely popular. But if you're here for a few days you can try something different each day. We are happy to cater for special diets and if you let us know in advance we can get alternatives for your breakfast such as glutein free bread and muesli and soya milk.
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, as the say, so let's get the day off to a great start and let you make the most of your holiday.


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It's that time of the century again. Time to sell your real estate, rid yourself of cherished possessions and purge the evil tendencies of your wicked soul.
The world is scheduled to end in late 2012 -- at least according to New Age scholars who look to a 2,000-year-old Mayan calendar for guidance -- and it's time to start preparing.
The Mayans, who were scattered across southern Mexico and Central America from around 2000 B.C. until the Spanish conquest of the 17th century, are noted for astronomical insight and for their "Long Count" calendar, which comes to an end, or perhaps resets, on Dec. 21, 2012.
Cue the destruction of the world.
Hollywood is already playing along. "2012," a big-screen blockbuster from the director of 2002's "The Day After Tomorrow," is scheduled to hit screens in November. Publishers are also cashing in, and the far reaches of the Internet are abuzz with speculation on the end of the world.
Our troubled times are proving to be fertile soil for doomsayers sowing the seeds of Armageddon. Experts say that's usually how it works.
"Apocalypticism rises and falls with economic and political conditions on the ground," said Stephen Prothero, chairman of the religion department at Boston University. "Give a culture some leisure time and excess income and they'll forget about the end of the world pretty fast. But mass an army at the border, and prophesies of the end of times will spike just as quickly."
While the Mayans aren't normally known as major players on the religious scene, beliefs in the end of the world, or the world to come, are common themes across most major faith traditions.
"Our fears about the end of the world are fairly universal," Prothero said. "What changes is the form those fears take."
This time around, they're taking the form of Roland Emmerich's "2012," in which the arms of the Christ the Redeemer statue above Rio de Janeiro break off. St. Peter's Basilica is reduced to a pile of rubble, and Exodus-style natural disasters plague the planet.
It's not a religious film per se, but its religious imagery and end-of-days tribulations will resonate with audiences -- particularly young people -- who take their spiritual cues from pop culture, experts say.
"Hollywood movies tend to succeed if they don't underestimate (the sophistication of) their audience," said Lynn Clark, associate professor of new media at the University of Denver. "There is an urgency for (spiritual discovery) that is part of the undercurrent of young people's lives these days."
Youth may not be avidly reading their Bibles and attending church in large numbers, but Clark said they do look to the entertainment industry to initiate religious discussions.
Indeed, religious notions of the apocalypse and pop culture's obsession with what rock band R.E.M. called "The End of the World as We Know It" have often gone hand-in-hand. When Armageddon appears imminent, churches will exploit those fears to get people into the pews.
It worked for William Miller in the midst of an economic downturn in 1837, when he predicted the Second Coming of Jesus in 1843. When that date passed, he changed the date to 1844. Though his failed prophecies eventually became known as the "Great Disappointment," his followers nonetheless kept the faith. Today, they're known as Seventh-day Adventists, one of the world's fastest-growing churches.
People like knowing how it all ends -- hoping, of course, it will end well -- or that someone else has already figured it out.
"It's an idea as old as the species that we are part of a pattern, therefore, somebody may be able to trace it ahead of us," said Volney P. Gay, a professor of psychiatry and chairman of the religious studies department at Vanderbilt University. "There is a certain kind of comfort or relief in that we don't have to worry anymore."
Which brings us back to the Mayan calendar, and its focus on 2012.
Publishing giant HarperOne recently released a 356-page book by self-proclaimed Mayan shaman Carlos Barrios, "The Book of Destiny: Unlocking the Secrets of the Ancient Mayans and the Prophecy of 2012," that says many interpreters of the Mayan calendar have gotten it all wrong.
The world won't end when the calendar does in 2012, he says. A new cycle will begin anew, and the doomsday scenarios are already upon us. Armageddon, it seems, may already be in progress.
"A large part of humanity will disappear. This will not happen in 2012, but in the years leading up to this date as one cycle ends and another begins," Barrios writes. "This period is when are in the most danger."
In other words, it's time to clean up our act so that the next cycle -- what Barrios describes as a 5,200-year era of peace and self-awareness -- can get started.
"If we take the chance to change, we have the opportunity for harmony," Barrios said in an interview from Colombia. "We are going to pass to the next level with more possibilities to develop ourselves. It's not today to 2012. It's today to the future."


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TRENTON >> Former U.S. Sen. Bob Torricelli is asking Trenton to cut him a break on taxes for one of his properties in the capital city, which currently boasts a major tenant.
But one elected city official spoke out on Monday about giving Torricelli any tax abatement for his property at 101 S. Warren St.
"I'm really totally against these tax abatements," South Ward Councilman George Muschal said. "We've got poor people who should have things before rich people have it. I know we're trying to make the city a lot better than it is, but giving out freebies is not the way to do it."
According to an application submitted by Torricelli's company, Woodrose Properties Golden Swan Urban Renewal LLC, the former senator who served from 1997 until 2003 is seeking a 10-year tax abatement to transform the three-story building to market-rate housing upstairs and replace the heating and cooling system. The developer, who also owns the South Warren Street building across the street where the new Starbucks is located, is threatening to close down the building and end its leases if financial assistance is not provided.
Torricelli paid $44,733 in taxes for the property this year, a city official said Monday. If the tax abatement is approved by city council, the former Democratic senator looks to pony up a payment in lieu of taxes of $14,000 per year, netting an approximate saving of $300,000 over a decade. The savings could fluctuate as Torricelli would reimburse the city 10 percent of his revenue — projected close to $147,800 — from his rental units.
"The hope is to transform this historic building into more of a residential structure," Torricelli said Monday night of the former Caola Building. "There's simply too much vacant office space in downtown Trenton and not enough quality, market-rate housing. We'll take the building and remove some of the offices and attempt to get more people on the streets and more people living downtown in market-rate housing."
As part of the agreement, the former politician nicknamed "the Torch" has pledged to spend $230,500 on renovating the South Warren Street property. He purchased the property from the city in 2005 for $1, property records show.
The former senator is applying for the abatement under state statute.
"It's not like a developer goes in and asks for an abatement," Torricelli said. "This is available under the statute, and what it does is it takes your taxes to 10 percent of the revenues, which is kind of a standard tax rate in New Jersey, anyway."
The developer has already renovated space in the building to fit a dental clinic at the property. The Subway will still remain a tenant.
"Otherwise, it becomes medical first floor and residential in the remainder of the building," Torricelli said, noting the second and third floors will be fitted with one-to-two bedroom apartments. "It's really aimed to young people."
Despite being removed from office the past 14 years, Torricelli has remained a power player in the political world.
For Trenton Mayor Eric Jackson's campaign in 2014, the former senator twice gave the first-time mayor the maximum allowable contribution of $2,600 for the regular and runoff elections. His company, Lambertville-based Woodrose Properties, also chipped in another $1,000 to Jackson's campaign chest in March 2014, according to information on the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission website.
Torricelli was embroiled in his own campaign finance controversy when he was senator, ultimately prompting him to not seek re-election.
Asked if he felt critics would point to the tax abatement as a form of payback, Torricelli responded, "I think having invested several million dollars in Trenton and started investing when few others would, I'm happy to take any scrutiny."
"I put my money where my mouth is and invested in a struggling city, and I think we've made a real difference, as evidenced by the opening of Starbucks today ... which also had a 10-year abatement," the former senator said. "When the abatement ran out, now it's paying full taxes."
Torricelli said his property at 39 W. State St., where PNC is located, also had a 10-year abatement.
"Between our parking structures, and our office buildings and commercial facilities, I'm very proud of the taxes we pay in Trenton and I think it's at least our fair share," Torricelli said.
However, Trenton Councilman Muschal does not see it that way.
"Torricelli should have enough money," said Muschal, who claims the senator's "name carries weight but also the name's been tarnished." "Once you're in these projects, you don't start a project unless you have money to back it, and I'm a firm believer in that. After a while, you got a city that's paying no taxes. No revenue is coming into the city if everything is a freebie."
Not all council members were as strongly as opposed to the tax abatement as Muschal.
"I need time for (Trenton Business Administrator Terry) McEwen to give us an explanation as to the tax abatement and how many other businesses have tax abatements and what it's doing to spur the economic development downtown, because that's really important," said North Ward Councilwoman Marge Caldwell-Wilson, who received a $250 campaign contribution from Torricelli in 2014. "We just need to have a discussion at council about it. We have a lot of tax abatements in the city of Trenton, it's not just him."
None of the other council members returned messages seeking comment. City council will vote Thursday on introducing the ordinance. If approved, a second reading will follow at council's next meeting to finalize the tax abatement.
Trenton spokesman Michael Walker also did not return a message seeking comment.
As an earlier investor in Trenton, Torricelli said "a lot of the Christie years were wasted" but he thinks "it's been a bipartisan neglect."
"I think we've got an opportunity, but this is far from certain," the former senator said of Trenton's future. "The main thing we need is for the light rail system to be run down State Street to revitalize that business district."
Torricelli also criticized Gov. Chris Christie's proposal to tear down the state's Health and Agriculture and Taxation buildings in Trenton. The Republican governor wants new state office buildings to house the agencies on state land.
The State House Commission voted last month to delay the project until Gov.-elect Phil Murphy is in office, but a special meeting was called Thursday to resurrect the plan under Christie's tenure.
"I think the state building these new state office building, surrounded by parking lots, with no access to mass transit and not part of a more comprehensive mixed-use development that includes market-rate housing and new retail is a tragic mistake," Torricelli said. "These new state office buildings get built once in a generation, and we're doing it exactly wrong. Nobody builds standalone state office buildings anymore. Any developer for the value of that state office lease would build market-rate housing and get people downtown."
If a private developer is involved in the state office buildings project, the former state senator believes it will help lessen the burden of taxes in Trenton.
And like most other businesses in the capital city, Torricelli saw his taxes double under the city's tax revaluation, which was implemented this year, at some of his properties.
"The taxes are to the point where it's going to very hard to keep investing in downtown if there's not some state assistance to maintain these taxes," Torricelli said, adding Starbucks placed a cap of what taxes it would pay so Woodrose is paying the balance. "Some of these buildings now are being subsidized by our parking lots at the Trenton Train Station, where also the taxes are unbelievable."
With Starbucks becoming an immediate staple on South Warren Street and the first location in Trenton for the coffeehouse giant, Torricelli visions the area becoming an emerging restaurant district.
"Right now, there's a variety of restaurants on South Warren Street," Torricelli said. "There are services, banks, Starbucks and Subway. We're making it into an environment where young people will want to live. I'm actually excited about it."


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A gale force weather system moving toward California is being blocked by a strong high pressure blockade installed over California the past two days.
The Gale will instead be forced to move North and around into Canada on a clockwise high pressure pattern set up over Washington.
A moisture field moving into Southern and Central California should deliver some small amounts of rain to areas of the State but I am forecasting chemtrail activity in the L.A. region tomorrow to stop any chance of precipitation.
Meanwhile, off Mexico, a large thunderstorm system is targeted by microwaves; we can see the blast pattern and the resulting dry-air hole in the center of the core as it is imploded.


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|Beth "cry-baby" March
Also, I have a rather large crush on the nerdy host, Ira Glass.
|Ira "HandsomeInGlasses" Glass
But now! Now you can go to the Cinema Nova and you can watch a two-hour long live This American Life show - with bonus visuals! Great animations, a short film, dance, music - the works! A cast of impeccable storytellers, and dishy Ira. It's absolutely brilliant, and includes David Sedaris. Wouldn't it be great to bottle these real life stories and then take them apart to figure out how to recreate it in fiction? Are they so amazing because they're spoken out loud, usually by the people to whom the story actually happened?
The very visual story about the discovery of Vivian Maier's photographs was the highlight for me, I think (oh, it was all so good). Check out her amazing photographs from the 50s and 60s here.
|photo by Vivian Maier
Visit the This American Life website.
* Totally worth the ugly, chin-wobbling sobfest. I just don't listen on the tram anymore.
**Threatening via twitter to throw their undies.