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U.S. Appeals Court: Business's Prohibition On Dreadlocks Is Not Racial Discrimination
In EEOC v. Castastophe Management Solutions, a female job seeker responded to an ad for a sales job. The applicant was qualified and interviewed well. However, as a condition to hiring her, the business requested that she change her hairstyle from dreadlocks to a "professional-looking" haircut because part of her job duties would be selling the business to the public. The job seeker refused and contacted the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) stating that the business discriminated against her on the basis of her race. The EEOC then brought a claim for intentional racial discrimination.
The EEOC argued that prohibition of dreadlocks in the workplace constitutes race discrimination because dreadlocks are a manner of wearing hair that is physiologically and culturally associated with people of African descent. In other words, the EEOC argued that a ban on dreadlocks in the workplace is indistinguishable from a ban on African-Americans in the workplace.
The business argued that its grooming policies are not associated with race and that the EEOC was over-reaching in its interpretation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion.
The Court agreed with the business, stating that Title VII protects discrimination based upon "immutable traits" like skin color, but reading Title VII to include mutable characteristics, such as hairstyles, would be beyond the scope of the law's intent. While the court acknowledged that "cultural characteristics" can change over time, a change in the Title VII to cover "cultural characteristics" can only come from the legislature.
That is not to say that discrimination based on hairstyle is always permissible. One can envision a scenario where hairstyle can be used as a pretext for discrimination based upon race, and Title VII addresses those types of employment decisions. However, that wasn't the argument put forth by the EEOC, which seemed to strive for an expansion of Title VII not originally contemplated when it passed.
This decision re-affirms what racial discrimination is and is not under Title VII, and draws a bright line as to what are permissible policies and what are discriminatory policies so businesses can be guided accordingly.
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One of the most tedious parts of preparing the paperback print-on-demand version of a book is fixing up the formatting to minimize hyphens, widows and orphans (single lines at the beginning or end of a page), and dangling words on a single line at the end of a paragraph. This is particularly difficult if you're formatting on the cheap with a word processor rather than a proper page layout tool like InDesign.
Fortunately, LibreOffice includes some useful features which can make your life easier. I would assume other programs like Word will have similar options hidden away in their settings, too.
For example, I added a missing comma to this paragraph which used to be two lines, and it suddenly became three, leaving a dangling word at the end, and creating an orphan where it pushed the final line of the final paragraph on that page onto the next page.
So, how do we fix this? Changing margins would work, but would impact the entire book. Changing font size would work, but would stand out if we reduced it by even half a point. Revising the wording would work, but it's already about as sparse as it can be.
The answer is in the character formatting:
The LibreOffice Character Format window has a 'scale width' option, which leaves the font height the same, but makes it wider or narrower. If you change this by a few percent, it will change the position of the words, but not be obvious to the reader. In this case, we're changing it to 98%, for a tiny 2% reduction in character width.
Job done. We're now back to two lines, and you can't even see the joins.
Now, let's look at another option. Instead of scaling the font horizontally, we could scale the entire page vertically.
Here's the original page, with the evil paragraph which caused all this fuss:
So, next, we select all the text on the page, and choose paragraph formatting. If there were some dangling lines at the top of the page where a paragraph was split across a page break, we'd skip them.
The Paragraph Format window has a line spacing control, which lets you specify spacing as a percentage. In this case, we can set it to 98% to slightly reduce the spacing on this page.
This allows LibreOffice to move the orphan from the next page back to meet the widow on this one:
So there's an alternate way to fix the page, without changing the paragraph. Personally, I prefer the character spacing change as this page will have one more line than the facing page, so the two will seem misaligned. But, it may be useful in some cases where you can't fix the formatting any other way.
Sold 600 books, or, more precisely, 603 with three returns. That was a bit of a shock, even after the 100+ I sold in the couple of months before.
I'll be interested to see how February goes, I'll be happy if I at least manage to sustain the 100+ of the last few months.
I'm twelve thousand words into the first prequel to Petrina. Originally the two were to be a single novel, but I quickly realised I had two different stories in the same book and had to split them out; hence two prequels instead of one.
One of the difficult things I find in writing is getting half-way through a scene and realising that it's pointless and boring. You need something to go in the story there, but the scene you're writing has no reason to exist other than filler. Do you throw it out? Do you rewrite it? Do you need to change the next scene so you don't need to fill the gap?
The good part comes when you suddenly realize not only what's missing from that scene, but that the element you're adding is actually going to fill in some plot holes later where you couldn't justify a character's actions. Suddenly it all comes together and you can race through five thousand words to the next roadblock.
The difference between trade publishing and self-publishing reminds me a lot of the difference between Hollywood movie releases and the old B-movie method.
Hollywood puts the movie in hundreds of cinemas, hopes for a big opening weekend, then forgets about it because the next weekend's movie is coming soon. If the movie doesn't do well in the first weekend it rapidly disappears, even though the movie might have been a success if released a week before so it didn't conflict with some other entertainment venue which kept people out of the cinemas that weekend.
B-movie producers would release the movie slowly, judge the reaction, see if any changes had to be made, and try to build up an audience over time. Unless it was abysmally bad, they could probably make a profit, but it might take a few years.
In a similar way, the trade publisher throws a book out onto the book store shelves for a few weeks until they're returned, sells them as remainders and forgets about it. A self-published author might make very little money on their first novel, make more after they rewrite the blurb, change the cover and fix any issues early readers complain about, and sell thousands of copies a few years down the line when they've released other books that brought in some dedicated fans.
Last year I planned to release three novels and a dozen short stories. Due to slacking and tight deadlines in my day job I ended up with seven short stories and no novels, but I did learn how to create print-on-demand books as well as e-books, and I wrote over 200,000 words in half-finished novels and stories.
This year I'm going to aim for the same again, which shouldn't be too hard as I have all those novels and stories to finish off and release. Let's see how it goes.
Another good post on the subject:
Three good articles on the subject:
I think there's something to be said for starting a story early and then removing the beginning. I've been struggling to find the right place to start Horror Movie and I think that's achieved by cutting out the first chapter. The good parts can be put in the story later, while the boring parts aren't required.
This way, the story starts with things in motion, and the characters are clearly doing things which result from the events of those deleted scenes. This is similar to a problem I'd often see when editing indie movies, where a scene would begin with actors standing there doing nothing. In the real world, they would have been doing something beforehand, but the director hadn't thought of what that was. Often I'd cut the beginning of a scene and get into it when the action was building up.
An old article, but a good one. Elmore Leonard, Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle.
Unfortunately it's a New York Times link, but seems to work despite their paywall.
To summarise:
- Never open a book with weather.
- Avoid prologues.
- Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
- Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said"
- Keep your exclamation points under control.
- Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
- Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
- Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
- Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
- Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
Like all writing 'rules', some of them are made to be broken, but I agree with most and understand why he suggests them as rules because I've seen all these problems in short stories I've critiqued.
Without even realising, I've passed 100,000 new words for the year. I'm well behind schedule due to life intervening and they're spread across too many stories, but it's still a good milestone to hit.
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Inspired by some discussions on a writing forum.
Prologues can work, but I feel they're very much overused. For them to work, they need to be something from the history of the main character in the story (which is probably better handled when it becomes relevant to the story rather than as a prologue), or obviously something that doesn't include the main characters of the story, and the events have to become important later. The prologues I hate are included solely because the writer isn't good enough to build the exposition into the story, or they're back story with some interesting characters who I expect to be part of the main story and then they disappear at the end of the prologue.
Good examples of prologues, for example, would be many of Clive Cussler's books where the prologue is usually years in the past, it clearly doesn't involve the main characters of the novel, it will become important later if not the driving force for the plot, and it's an interesting story in its own right. Bad examples would be many of the unpublished novels I've critiqued over the last few years.
Great PDF on why the old publisher slush pile system was such a disaster:
On the Survival of Rats in the Slush Pile
It's an old one but I only just came across it.
I just read the opening of The One That Got Away on Amazon using the 'look inside' feature and realised that the tiny sample size there means that you can't read much of the story in the 'look inside' sample; a story which doesn't get to the point quickly isn't going to sell well because readers need to be enticed by what is available.
Which isn't so bad as stories should open with a bang and keep the reader's interest. I'm going to try an experiment; I've rewritten the opening of The One That Got Away on Amazon to cut it down and enter the real story faster while leaving the original, slower, opening on Smashwords. Let's see which of them sells better.
This is an edited version of a comment I originally posted on the Passive Voice blog.
Writers get far less respect in the movie world than written fiction. Yet many are happy to work for free to get any kind of credit, and hope they actually do get their credit at the end.
There's a big difference between novel writing and screen writing. If you have an unpublished novel, you can at least show it to your family and friends, whereas if you have an unproduced screenplay they probably won't even know how to read it. The only way for a writer to prove they can write a movie is to write a movie that's actually produced.
The other issue is that the screenplay is only the beginning of the work. Once it leaves the writer's hands, the actors will improvise and the director will change lines or rewrite whole scenes. When the shoot is complete and the movie is just a bunch of files on a computer, the editor will cut lines, move shots around or even cut entire scenes which don't work. The director may record new off-screen dialogue or some extra shots to fill in plot holes.
So by the end of the movie, it may bear little resemblance to the original screenplay. After many other people have interpreted it and revised it, the writer may justifiably be unable to take much credit for what finally reached the screen. In my case I take no credit for the ending of the one feature-length movie I wrote which was actually produced because the director threw out my wonderful ending and replaced it with his own.
By the time the premiere rolls around the writer thinks the director is a dick for rewriting their screenplay, the director thinks the writer is a hack because they had to change so much to make it work and the editor thinks the writer is self-indulgent because he had to cut out half the dialogue and the director is clueless because he had to spend six hours looking for any two shots he could cut together to make the final scene work.
Which has given me a good idea for Horror Movie. Damn, got to rewrite part of it again.
Hey, I just got banned from Absolute Write for questioning 'Global Warming' 🙂 ! Which isn't such a bad thing, I need to spend less time on forums and more time writing.
It also gave me a good idea for another short story that I'm going to try to get written in the next week or so, and some future blog posts:
"Deifying scientists" – which was the original subject of the thread until someone brought up 'Global Warming' and someone else starting posting paraphrases from the fake Heartland 'strategy document'.
"Why are so many writers left wing?" – which is an interesting subject and I think it's more complex than it might first appear.
"Global warming: scam or what?" – I've been following the 'Global Warming' circus for around twenty years now and I rarely enter threads about it because they're so tedious and boring. But I really should write something about it one day.
Character names are one of the hardest things to get right in a story. In the past, I've agonised for hours trying to pick the right character name before even starting the story… and then changed them again after the story was finished.
Lately though, I've been trying something else. Instead of picking a name, I name them for their role in the story or their personality and pick a name to replace it at the end. This has the additional benefit that I don't forget what they are supposed to be doing in the story, since their name tells me.
With War Show, for example, I have Cool, Beer, Nerd, Nazi, Girl and Granny as some of the main characters. Their roles are reasonably self-explanatory and I'm sure I'll come up with some good names later.


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What vulnerabilities in Android phones tells us
A couple of days ago, Jon Oberheide and Zach Lanier gave a presentation at SchmooCon about hacking android phones. Since then there's been lots of talk about what the vulnerabilities in mobile phones means.
It looks to me like the mobile phone market is now much like the market for enterprise software was back in the early dot-com era. Back then, there weren't many application-level vulnerabilities known. We knew about buffer overflows, of course, but SQL injection wasn't even described until December 1998. Over the next few years, people found all sorts of clever ways to exploit carelessly-written software.
Vendors, however, weren't keen on following secure coding practices until their customers made passing source code security audits a requirement for buying their software. Once customers started requiring careful reviews, the quality of enterprise software increased dramatically.
That's where we seem to be today in the mobile world – much like we were for enterprise software back in the dot-com era. We're just starting to learn how clever hackers can exploit mobile devices, and I'd guess that the people who create mobile applications have an outlook that's similar to the one that we had back then - they're probably more interested in getting their products to market quickly than they are in getting them to be secure.
And just like enterprise software vendors didn't take application security until their customers forced them to, I'd guess that the developers of mobile applications won't take security seriously until they're required to by their customers. That's what the discovery of vulnerabilities in Android phones tells me.


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Sunday, October 18, 2009
Crafty Catz-Colour combo: Black, White and 1 other colour + ribbon
Saturday Spotlight w/ Hidden Potential-To Make A Scene!!
To create my spooky purple sky, I used a die cut flower for a template and then sponged lavender ink around it. I like how the little scene turned out! The mummy and bat stamps are from Michales $1 bin!! I also used my CB Distressed Stripes EF for the background. Thank you for stopping by! Tammy
14 comments:
- CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...
Hi Tammy
Your card is fantastic ,i just love the image and the bats,thankyou for joining us again at CraftyCatz,
Hugs Dianne xx
- October 18, 2009
- Crystal said...
AWWW Tammy I LOVE this, its sooooo adorable...love the purple and black and that fun image!!! Great card girl!! Hugs!
- October 18, 2009
- Darlene (SCS:akronstamperdpk) said...
Oh WOW ... this is awesome!! LOVE the purple/black combo and your scene is wonderful! Your clouds look fantastic by the way!! Great job! Thanks for joining us at Saturday Spotlight. Hope to see you again next week!
- October 18, 2009
- Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...
I love the scene you created Tammy with all the purple!! What an awesome color combo!! Love those clouds!! Your take on the Saturday Spotlight is a real treat!! Glad you were able to play along. I always love your creations.
- October 18, 2009
- Jessica G. said...
Fun scene! Love those clouds and the purple is the perfect color to make the black and white elements pop. Thanks for joining us in this Saturday Spotlight challenge and hope to see you next week, too!!
- October 18, 2009
- Donelda said...
oh wow, funky cool!! I love , love, love the purple background clouds!! That is just so cool!! What a great creation!!
- October 18, 2009
- carol said...
oh wow great colour, brill card, thanks for joining us at CraftyCatz, x carol
- October 19, 2009
- Heather said...
Oh This is adorable!!! Be sure to stop by my blog today ~ you won a free image from last week :) Have a great day!
- October 19, 2009
TEE!! Oh how I LOVE that little mummy character!! Too darn cute!! Love your purple sky and what a lovely scene you've created here hun!! So fun and spooky cute!! :) Thanks for playing along with us at Saturday Spotlight...love seeing your creations!! HUGS
- October 19, 2009
- Terry Oulboub said...
Oh my goodness, you really have a FUN and crafty blog. All of your creations are lively and fun; you've made each design so incredibly great! I love this mummy with the buttons - the colors you've chosen are sensational. Your whole blog is FANTASTIC! What a fun place to be!
- October 19, 2009
- Maria Matter said...
love this purple...what a fabulous card Tammy! Your clouds look amazing too!
Blessings, Maria
- October 19, 2009
- theneon said...
So very clever to use a flower die cut to make the purple clouds. I love this card.
- October 21, 2009
- Erin... said...
love it! Glad you could join us at Saturday Spotlight this week:)
- October 23, 2009
- Inkerbelle said...
That's absolutely adorable!!!
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On the Raiders' opening drive, Burns had a 36-yard run, immediately followed by a 24-yard run to the end zone. After a three-and-out by the Suns, punt returner Dionte Mullins took the punt all the way back for a 60-yard touchdown.
Burns added a 31-yard touchdown to give the Raiders' 25 first-quarter points. Quarterback Jowan Watson also threw for 150 yards and three touchdowns, one of which was a 49-yard touchdown pass to Mullins.
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Diaz's biggest challenge should come from Belen Jesuit's Ryan Rodriguez (15:31) while Pines Charter's Tomas Gimenez-Beron should crack the top 10.
At the Westminster Academy Invitational, Calvary Christian's Joel Lacy will vie for a repeat boys' title after clocking 16:45 a year ago.
Lacy ran 16:59 to win the Spanish River Invitational earlier this season before clocking a season-best 16:24 to finish seventh in the Flrunners.com Boys' Race of Champions.
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"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows.
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John 16:33
Full disclosure?
I am something of a poor-man's, Biblical Jacob: wrestling—in my own way—with God (Gen 32).
Though I historically spend at least part of each month mentally grappling with the Star Hanger, His and my bouts have been more frequent this year.
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I hearken back to Jesus: bruised, abandoned, bloodied, beaten and nailed to a cross. It is as though I can still hear Him cry out, "'Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?' which means 'My God, my God, why have you abandoned me (Matt 27:46).'"
Thankfully, He frequently reminds me of a bittersweet truth: that this world is not my real home. He whispers that this darkness was never His plan.
In my best moments I recall that He made Adam and Eve, gave them a literal Eden, and dwelt there with them. And how they chose—just as I sometimes still choose—sin.
With that awareness I try to thank Him for His mercy… that He (all powerful Creator) patiently endures my doubts.
Occasionally He reminds me of miracles on earth, like bringing my boy through "terminal" cancer. I'm so glad that Michael is still with me. But things don't usually end that way. So…
In other moments He brings to mind permanent Miracles in the Golden City, such as how He recently, fully healed my father by taking him to Heaven. Admittedly, I have strong, mixed feelings about Pa's new Address.
I miss Dad so much that, while typing these words, I have to force down the sob that wants to push from my heart, and out my mouth.
I'm so grateful that Jesus shows me that it is okay to experience emotions that come with grief—for we do not serve a God who is far off (Acts 17:27); we snuggle into a loving King who fully understands our suffering. How do I know?
By now you've likely heard the story of the Son's good friend, Lazarus, who died while Jesus was ministering in another town.
Do you recall how our Savior reacted when he got word of his buddy's passing? In John 11:35 we see His humanity:
The verse doesn't say that Christ's eyes welled up. Scripture does not record a mere single, glistening tear touching the Lamb of God's cheek. No…
He bawled.
He missed His friend.
He knew that this wasn't the Father's original plan.
From His reaction I know that's okay to cry, and acceptable to mourn.
Church attenders are aware of how Lazarus' story ends. Jesus literally brings him fully back from the dead: absolutely alive, healthy and happy. In a sense, that's what He did for my papa.
Only, unlike Lazarus, the resurrection didn't take a few days—Dad's was instant. Far Far's eyes closed on earth and immediately opened to a warm welcome, in the Land beside the Crystal Sea.
Though I didn't get to embrace my dad just then, he's waiting there for me. Scripture says he, too, is fully back from the dead: absolutely alive, healthy and happy.
My family doesn't get to see Far Far just now—but we will get to embrace him before too long, eternally-speaking.
Maybe you're like Jacob:
Perhaps you've found yourself metaphorically tussling with our Maker.
Perchance you are more like Lazarus' sister, Mary:
She was ticked that Christ hadn't prevented the death, and demanded an answer.
Conceivably you are responding like Christ:
Having an ugly cry at a devastating loss, even though you know that Heaven is real. And indescribably awesome.
It just might be that you're reacting like King David:
Asking the "why" questions that El Shaddai is big enough, and kind enough, to handle.
But I imagine you're more like me.
Flitting back and forth between all of the above.
That's okay.
He understands.
And He still whispers to you and me:
"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God.
Isaiah 40:1


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Operating the School Uniform Shop with the aim of providing high quality uniforms at a reasonable cost.
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The 8th graders got to see PHS through the eyes of high school students, while getting a taste of what their next four years will be like. They played games, went on a school tour, participated in discussion groups and talked to members of different clubs and sports.
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Members of Mrs. Meghan Yarnell's Junior High 6th Grade Art Class went on an after school trip to Gathering Volumes Bookstore, where they had a Visual Journal Workshop!
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When former Woodland Principal Mr. Larry Studer retired in 1993, in lieu of a retirement gift, he asked that donations be used to help Woodland children. Annually, the Studer Foundation helps about 30 families. Mr. Studer and his wife recently visited and were surprised to see over 20 retired staff members were on hand to surprise him!
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Posted: 8/17/2018
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Posted: 8/17/2018
PHS Band Alumni: It's time to register for the 2018 Alumni Band!
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Posted: 2/23/2018
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Toth Student competes in AMA National Motocross Championship
Bryce Queen, who will be in second grade at Toth Elementary School this coming school year, loves racing dirt bikes! Bryce has qualified for the largest amateur motocross race in the world: the 37th Annual Rocky Mountain ATV/MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, presented by Lucas Oil, to be held July 30 through August 4 at the historic Loretta Lynn Ranch in Tennessee.
Posted: 7/30/2018
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Posted: 7/12/2018
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The cataclysmic earthquake in Haiti — to which my Bicol Clinic Foundation was one of the first responders, bringing two doctors, two medical students, one volunteer and 1,500 pounds of medical supplies (that we almost had to sneak into the country) — has presented a dilemma. There was the horror of the immediate, the desperation of the intermediate and the hopelessness of the future. How can we, as Americans, going forward target our sense of duty?
I am headed back to the United States after spending another 10 days in Haiti. Our goal on this trip was to provide equipment to amputees and tend to children in an orphanage within a tent city in Port-au-Prince. In mid-March, before we left, we sent about $10,00 worth of wheelchairs, walkers and canes to the country.
We are trying to do our part, but there is much to be done. The needs are immense, but there is a lot, with proper coordination and giving, that can be achieved. Some examples:
Donations of mosquito netting can help avoid the spread of diseases like malaria. During the rainy season, the assault from mosquitoes will be relentless in the many open-air tent cities that serve as housing. Use of mosquito netting has shown results in Africa and Asia, for instance, and it would do so in Haiti, too.
In addition, while food distribution efforts have generally succeeded, the United Nations and non-government organizations should step up the distribution of high-calorie, high-protein porridges and meals. These are needed to prevent vitamin deficiencies, in particular a lack of Vitamin A.
There is also a need for portable latrines and septic tanks, as well pumps to clean them out. This equipment is vital to keep diseases such as cholera in check. Immunization programs are also needed.
Our foundation plans to work with Green Children's House Foundation, with plots of land that have a Green school tending young amputees, a Bicol Clinic tending the medical needs of the community, and a physical therapy center.


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I…am a cliche. And I can't express how much I don't care that I am. I. Love. Paris. I love Paris so much. I love it so much that I would trade my first born for a bite of croissant. For a glimpse of the sparkling Eiffel tower. For a stroll through Le Jardin du Luxembourg.
I really didn't think it was possible for Paris to fulfill my expectations. I really didn't. And honestly it didn't seem fair- how can a place really meet the perfectly formed idea I had created of it in my mind? But it did, and somehow it was better than I had dreamt it would be. I know how cheesy that may sound, but it's the honest truth. I feel towards this city what a normal person should feel towards a dear loved one- unconditional love. Every building is exquisite, every bite of food could bring you to tears, every charming alley-way out charms the next! Everyone told me this is what Paris was like, and now I'm telling you. Paris is the city of lights and love and forever happiness. Please go.
I have too many photos to fit into one post, so in this entry I'll list my favorite places we ate, where to stay, and some tips. In the next post I'll list our favorite things that we did.
First, I picked the warmest and driest time of year to go, August/September. This makes a huge difference for me when traveling, because weather can really make or break your trip. Why spend a bunch of money to get caught in the rain for a week because the tickets were cheaper? If you're going to do it, do it right. Obviously if you rather see Monet's garden in full bloom in the spring or be there during all the Christmas festivities, ignore my advise. But personally, I love visiting when places are their sunniest. Also, do some research on the time you are there, apparently August is when a lot of Parisians leave the city and some places close down, which could be a bummer. Research! Research!
As for the best location to stay in, my favorite arrondissements were 3,4,5, and 6. These were the most quintessential Parisian neighborhoods. We actually stayed in the 2nd district, which was great, but those four is where we will stay when we go back.
Our favorite places to nom.
Coffee: Ob-La-Di Cafe, Coutume Cafe, and Nate's favorite Cuillier
Croissants: Du Pain et des Idees, Tout Autour du Pain, my favorite Le Grenier a Pain
Breakfast: Cafe De Flore and La Creme de Paris
Lunch: Breizh Cafe and Season
Dinner: Les Philosophes and Les Ombres
Places I will try next time…
Peonies, Marcelle, Candelma, and Cafe Kitsune
It should be noted that I had 17 croissants in the 5 days we were there. Yes, I think not having really eaten gluten in 6 years was part of how extreme that number is but also…not. Why would you not have 3 croissants a day? And how can one choose betweeen butter and chocolate? You can't. You don't. You get both. Every time. Also it's worth noting that I did a lot of research before we went and found out a lot of people who can't eat gluten or wheat in North America (here!) can tolerate it in Europe. Turns out that's true for me and I ate more bread than I ever have in my entire life and I felt great. So, it's also known as gluten heaven and made me question everything.
Tips and Tricks
– Don't bother eating all the perfect croissants unless it's before 10:30am. In most cases we got there around 8 when they were just fresh.
– Everyone told me that "every cafe has the best food!". I didn't believe them and obsessed over where we would eat dinner every night. Turns out, every cafe has the best food and just pick the one with the cutest outdoor seating.
– True, the lawn in front of the Eiffel Tower can get over crowded and people try to sell you things which is annoying. If you picnic, just do it off to the side or in a hidden spot so no one bothers you.
– The Eiffel Tower sparkles every night at dusk and then for a few minutes every hour on the hour after that. You must see this close up and far away at least 3 times. Nate didn't know it sparkled at all and the first time it happened he thought he was witnessing a miracle. So there's that.
-If you're not using public trans, use Uber, we got ripped off by a few taxi's.
-No one hated us because were were American (that I know of). Everyone was extremely nice and helpful and if you aren't a super annoying tourist I feel you will also have this experience with the locals.
-Things are not open all the time (New York has spoiled me) so make sure to look up and/or call to make sure they are open, we ran into this problem because we like to eat lunch at 3pm. Weird, I know.
– Give yourself time to wander around. People told me this and I didn't do it because I'm obsessed with planning, but seriously, make time for this.


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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Nuclear Winters
I don't have a fresh take on the Milton Bradley-Mike Winters fiasco. I just really wanted to write a headline playing on the volatility of the now suspended umpire. Hopefully there are some New York Post headline writing talent scouts scanning the blogosphere.
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Still havent seen what Winters did. What did he say or do?
- September 27, 2007 at 8:50 AM
- Mookie said...
I think Winters called Bradley a MF'r
- September 27, 2007 at 9:46 AM
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After the break we followed the Kennet and Avon canal to Stanton St Bernard before starting the steady climb to the base of Milk Hill, a short drinks break preceded the ascent through thousands of orchids to the highest point in Wiltshire. At the summit there was another drinks break to recover and to allow the leader to catch up. It was then a steady downhill walk along a section of the Wansdyke back to the start.
Descending Walker's Hill
Which is the oldest? The combined age of all the walkers or the yew tree (circa 1700 years old)?
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Source of the Hampshire River Avon, White Horse, a stile and resting place for the coffin and ancient mystic carvings? No the cover of a Led Zeppelin album!
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The pool is closed often with no rebate on your huge amenities bill . pool opened well into june
Good experience - older apt's that have been renovated, but overall a good value.
The community is beautiful, the landscaping always well taken care of, the floorplans are well laid out and roomy, the units are modern and decorated in tasteful colors with nice floor coverings, light fixtures, appliances, and cabinetry. The office staff is friendly with great follow-thru & the maintenance staff are prompt and professional. Moreover for us pet lovers, the pet stations throughout the community are appreciated in addition to the awesome new Bark Park. Thank you!
I really love how quiet and clean this complex is. The only downfall is that I have never lived in a complex that raises the rent for each year you want to stay. If a resident wants to renew their lease it means they really like living where they are. So why punish them by raising the rent? A little discouraging.
It's a bit expensive, but I'm living alone, so I guess that's the trade off. Some of the recreational facilities are not in the condition I'd like--structural, they're not up to spec; maintenance is fine. I don't like their electronic payment system, but at least they have one.


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Mon 27 Jun 2011
June 27, 1970
Posted by Dan Romascanu under rock
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It was my birth today and I am 58 now. I cannot however forget another June 27, 41 years ago. In 1970 in Bucharest, Romania, Blood, Sweat & Tears were on a 'good will' tour during the short period of relative freedom during the Communist rule. The concert took place in a skating ring arena which was not used during the summer, and we hear many of the hits of the band that were familiar to us from Cornel Chiriac's Metronon broadcasts at Radio Free Europe – Spinning Wheel, And When I Die, Sometimes in Winter. At the end of the concert after a few encores the band left, but we, part of the young folks in the audience stayed shouting 'we want more' and then 'USA'. The police entered with police dogs and dragged us out. That was my first taste of police brutality and repression under Communist dictatorship, a great lesson on my 17th birthday, a lesson that I never forgot.
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Happy birthday! I will never forget the image USA had in the Socialist Republic of Romania. It was the absolute El-Dorado, the Land of the free, the promissed- land. For us, the kids, it was hard to imagine the quality and quantity of life. And the colours of America puzzeled us. We lived in a coulorless country dominated by the grey…
Thanks, Codrut. You are so right. BTW – I appreciate your cycle of articles on filme-carti.ro about the 'road-companion' writers and their awakening at the contact with the Communist paradise. I hope that one day these chronicles will be gathered in a book – it's a territory little explored by historians and literary critics.
Happy birthday, Dan!
Have you seen Time Stands Still, about a similar coming of age in 1950s Hungary?
That story, and yours, makes me hopeful when I hear about kids with garage bands in Iran…
Thanks, David! Yes, music can bring people together, music can be subversive for repressive rulers, and no wonder that dictatorships fear it and try to block access of their young people to the music of their time. You may want to read also my post on a great documentary about the role of music in the fall of Communism – http://dan.romascanu.net/documentary/documentary-how-the-beatles-rocked-the-kremlin-2009/


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Over the past few decades, American politicians have told so many lies that their entire platforms are now effectively nothing but lies. I sometimes like to imagine what it would be like if "truth-in-advertising" laws required political parties had to write their platforms honestly. I think it would look something like this:
Hello there! We hate you. Like, really really hate you. It doesn't matter, because you're going to vote for us anyway, because we'll promise you lots of free shit and nobody can resist free shit. Don't ask us where it comes from, we're not some evil right-wing economists, we just know that you have a right to have it.
Race and gender relations are one of our top priorities, which means we have to keep them as tense and miserable as possible so that we can continue to be elected on that platform. We vow to constantly shriek about the plight of black Americans while simultaneously doing everything we can to keep their families separated and living just above the poverty line, because poor people seriously love free shit.
We also care deeply about income inequality and lament the disappearance of the middle class that mysteriously disappeared while we were sending trillions of dollars to Wall Street. It's a total mystery what happened to the middle class, but one solution we have is to bring in a lot of migrants from the countries that Republicans keep bombing, because we hear they're super-smart and massively productive, and if they're not, then we'll just offer them some free shit to keep them happy.
We'll never rest until there's true equality in America. If that means everyone living in mud huts, defecating in the streets and standing in ration lines, well, that's a price we're willing to pay from our highly secure and air-conditioned DC offices and gated communities. That's how committed we are to fixing inequality.
By the way, if you don't support us, it means you're a racist sexist homophobic transphobic islamophobic bigot.
You can trust us, because we're nothing like those race-baiting, gender-baiting, socialistic Democrats. We believe in equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. Specifically, we believe that everyone should have an equal opportunity to become the indentured servant of one of the billionaires who contributes to our campaigns.
As Republicans, we believe that it's real jobs, and not government programs, that drive the economy. Cheap jobs. If you're unhappy with your wage, don't worry, we'll just bring in another few million third-world immigrants on lottery visas who will do the job for you and then send their paychecks back home to enrich their totalitarian governments at your expense.
We believe very strongly in the ancient adage si vis pacem, para bellum, which means: "if you want peace, make up some bullshit story about human rights abuses and then bomb the fuck out of every country that even whispers about self-determination." Trust us on this; we have a lot of Foreign Policy experience, which you know is a very sophisticated and nuanced topic because we call it "Foreign Policy" instead of "waving our dicks around".
Don't put your faith in those incompetent Democrats. Technically, we don't know how to do anything either, but that's OK, you'll vote for us anyway in the hope that we won't do anything. You've already given up any optimism that we might try to reverse any left-wing policies or cultural shifts, which is good, because we're terrified that people will say mean things about us if we do, so we won't. We'll basically do nothing and that's what you really want.
By the way, if you don't support us, it means you're pro-Terrorism.
So, like, the biggest problem with America right now is drug prohibition. It's totally the root of every other problem. All those people in prison? If it weren't for the drug war, they'd totally be, like, really creative and productive and hard-working citizens.
And weed has all these great medicinal qualities. It will totally help patients and generate tax revenue. Like a dozen states are already doing it, but Johnny Law still says it's illegal in all the others. It's total BS, man, and the drug war is a failure and we should stop right now. That is the most important issue of our age and we vow to keep bringing it up it over and over again.
Borders and armies are just, like, state-sponsored terrorism or something. They use those tools to oppress you. If you could just free your mind, you'd realize that none of these things are necessary for peace or stability. If you just let everybody be free, they will totally self-organize and compete fairly on the market. We know that's true because we asked the other libertarians we hang out with exclusively and they all agreed.
Don't worry about demographics, dude. We promise you, once these people learn the gospel of libertarianism, they'll never turn back. We just need more awareness of our platform, and for the Democrats and Republicans to stop busting our party members for drug trafficking. Not cool, man.
By the way, if you don't support us, you're violating the NAP.


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Karachi: Some 48 women were raped during the first quarter of 2009 in Karachi alone. This, however, is just the number of registered cases, while the actual figure is far higher, since a large number of cases are not even registered. This was revealed on Thursday at the launch of the Aurat Foundation's quarterly report on violence against women. The launch followed by a press conference at the Karachi Press Club (KPC).
About 529 women were victimised in 419 incidents that occurred across 23 districts of Sindh between January 1 and March 31, MPA Nusrat Abbasi from the Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F) said, while she shared the findings of the report with the media.
Abbasi said that despite a great strength of women in the parliament, not a single bill or resolution on women's issues had been presented in the assemblies during the present government. Female parliamentarians must show unity at least on initiatives taken for providing relief to women, if not on other issues, Abbasi said. "Women holding reserved seats in the assemblies must not forget their mandate and take their responsibility of bringing relief to the women of the country," she added.
The report also highlighted the trend of not registering crimes. According to the findings, FIRs were registered merely in 143 cases whereas 241 cases could not be registered, while in 35 incidents, the status of the FIR could not be ascertained.
The corrupt police system has made it very difficult for victims to register their cases and especially when the accused are influential, the report said, while referring to Section 154 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), according to which, any person can register a case at a police station against any accused.
Although Jirgas were banned in 2004, as many as 31 Jirgas held on women-related issues during the quarter in which seven women were given as compensation to settle tribal conflicts or free will marriage issues, disclosed Aurat Foundation Sindh Coordinator Lala Hassan.
Five cases were registered against Jirga holders and some were also arrested but released later since most of the parents of survivors and Jirga holders denied conducting any Jirga, he said, adding that others were bailed out through courts.
The report points out that most of the accused were husbands (66 cases), brothers (15), cousins (nine), uncles (two), fathers (five), in-laws (22), close relatives (34) police personnel (18), area people (18), robbers (three), son or step son (nine), more than 46 (women accused in suicide and attempt suicide), 74 others while the relationship of 147 accused with victim could not be ascertained.
The report states that the motives that mainly remained behind the murders were domestic conflicts in 16 cases, robbery in three cases, money issues in two cases, matrimonial disputes in four, land dispute in two, tribal conflict in two, lust for sex in three cases and the motive behind murders could not be ascertained in 27 cases.
The report further says that the motive behind honour killings mainly was karo kari or doubt of illicit relations (20 cases), domestic conflict (five), land dispute (one), free will marriage (one) tribal conflict (one), money (one) while in 24 cases, the motive could not be ascertained.
In the incidents of suicides committed by 47 women, 30 were due to domestic conflicts, four due to forced marriages, two due to free-will marriages. The motives behind nine suicides could not be ascertained while one woman committed suicide due to poverty.
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- Place the two mounting rails on a smooth work surface with the front ends of both rails facing you.
- Remove the two bracket nuts from the adjustable mounting bracket using an appropriate wrench or nut-driver.
- Place the mounting bracket on either the 7.62cm or 15.24cm (3in or 6in) wide flush-mount threaded studs.
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Friday, July 6, 2012
#4 A Roadside Stand Selling Something
13 comments:
- Alison said...
Great pictures Melissa...I remember seeing those roadside firework sellers ,when we were in Dallas over this period in 2009!
Alison xx
- July 6, 2012 at 4:14 PM
- Tammy said...
What a fun scavenger hunt! You're really able to cross this one off the list! This reminds me of a permanent fireworks stand on the road outside of Chattanooga TN. I would pass it every time I drove to Florida. I always wondered, do people really buy fireworks in March? LOL. I wouldn't think it would be too profitable 365 days a year.
- July 6, 2012 at 6:14 PM
- Jane said...
great photos Melissa, we have fireworks over the sea all through the summer, you get fed up with it by September!
- July 7, 2012 at 1:31 AM
- scrappyjacky said...
This definately wouldn't be one you'd find in the UK....although fireworks can be sold all year....it's only in certain shops.
- July 7, 2012 at 2:47 AM
- helena said...
one thing I love about the scavenger hunt is seeing how different small things are in toehr places - roadside firework stands don't exist in UK
- July 7, 2012 at 3:16 AM
- Jimjams said...
^^^ What Helena said :o)
I was just going to say what an unusual way to sell fireworks!!
I wish the sale was equally restricted in the UK - and that the display-style fireworks were properly licensed!
Hope you had a great 4th July trip!
- July 7, 2012 at 3:26 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Darn, I never even thought of firework sellers as roadside stands. Of course they are! I was looking for the farmer's produce stands and haven't found one yet. Looks like I missed my chance for the fireworks--they've all folded up and left now.
- July 7, 2012 at 9:11 AM
- heart.hearth.home. said...
Great set of photographs and I love the More bang for your Buck title. Never seen these stands before so thank you for showing them. Haven't found my roadside stand yet, got to keep looking!
- July 7, 2012 at 11:39 AM
- Maria Ontiveros said...
I adore this! Don't tell anyone but it may be my favorite of the finds so far. I love fireworks stands and fireworks in general - great job!
- July 7, 2012 at 5:56 PM
- Beverly said...
You definitely covered this one, Melissa :) I was so bummed, I saw horses driving to the river but the camera wasn't accessible. On the drive back I had it beside me with the big lens on...did I see a horse, nope, nary a one @@ Check on Wednesday to see what I crossed off the list ;)
- July 9, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- debs14 said...
Although we can buy fireworks anytime over here in the UK, you would never see them on sale by the side of a road! Only certain shops can sell them and they have to be locked away and you have to be a certain age to buy them. November 5th is our big firework day when we celebrate Guy Fawkes day.
- July 9, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Karen said...
It's illegal to sell fireworks in New York so I'd have to go to Pennsylvania to find one of these!
- July 9, 2012 at 8:21 PM
- boysmum2 said...
Those sort of stands pop up here in Nov in time for fireworks day on the 5th. Will ahve to find something else to picture as can't wait until Nov!
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Expentiture: 2 day PE LSA contract
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Staff training
Additionality (Sailing)
Release time for subject leader to produce/ monitor action plans
Release time for subject leader to carry out joint practice development (JPD).
Impact: More after school and lunchtime sports activities are now offered
A wide range of indoor and outdoor PE activities are offered
All PP children participated in an extra-curricular sporting activity
Good and outstanding practice is now observed during Joint Practice Development
Children are keen to represent school in competitions
More higher level swimming certificates awarded
More children involved in intra and inter school events
Athletics certificates were gained by older children.
Allocation for 2017/2018 £16,800
(This represents a significant increase on previous years' funding and stakeholders, including the children, will help us decide on firm plans.)
Provisional plans for use:
Continue to employ a PE LSA, 2 days per week
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The use of multispectral cameras to remotely sense land cover over wide areas has been used for a number of years. More recently the use of multiple wavelength lidar sensors are being studied with the hope of more accurately classifying land cover types.
Researchers at Ryerson University in Canada are reporting impressive results from their use of multispectral lidar sensors that are capable of recording a diversity of spectral reflectance from objects.
They used two different methods to develop land cover classification of an urban study area. The first was image-based classification, where intensity and height images are created from LiDAR points and then a maximum likelihood classifier is applied.
The second is point-based classification, where ground filtering and Normalized Difference Vegetation Indices (NDVIs) computation are conducted. A dataset of an urban area located in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, is classified into four classes: buildings, trees, roads and grass.
An overall accuracy of up to 89.9% and 92.7% is achieved from image classification and 3D point classification, respectively.
Impressive results.