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It was Valentine's Day, and darn it, she was going to be spending her evening alone… once again. And her night alone too.
Dang! But why did her life have to be so boring and so empty?
God, why did you have to create me to be such a social-shy introvert? Simi cast her eyes heavenward and frowned depressingly at the pillows of patchy grey skies. Why couldn't you make me bold, witty, a lover of people and crowds and… and some kind of modern-day party animal, huh? Why create me, offer me this pretty face, and then dump on me this burden of… of… Simi searched her head for a better word than timid… of a retiring personality?
Why couldn't she get a man?
Why couldn't one stop her as she was walking now and just pay her a compliment?
"Aunty, look where you dey go, abeg? Abi you blind?"
Simi blinked, took a hasty sidestep and mumbled an apology. "Sorry, Oga."
There, it had to be a rough-looking, crude, musky sweaty bodied man, didn't it? Simi whooshed a low hissing breath, even now when she was desperately praying for a man, it was the no-no type God tossed her way. Why couldn't it be a man in Toyota Rav4… or in a sleek looking, curvaceous Venza pulling up beside her and asking her which way she was headed?
The splatter of water, and possibly some particles of sand, came at the same time as the blast of the earth-shattering honk. Then the car blew past her.
"Oh God, what is this?" Simi exclaimed, her hand grabbing her muddy water stained skirt whilst she raised her head to glare at the car barrelling down the street. "What kind of idiot driver is this, eh? Bloody jackass!" She cussed and spread wide her fingers at him in an impish childish curse. "Wakah!"
Not mollified by the venomous display, Simi looked down at her skirt and grimaced. Now, she was going to walk the rest of the way home looking a mess.
"And all because some senseless driver wouldn't slow down knowing this damn broken tarred street is filled with puddles of muddy water from yesterday's rain." Simi grumbled, wringing the hems of her skirt. "And the idiotic driver didn't even bother to stop, thoughtless thing!"
She retrieved a handkerchief and started pat-drying her skirt… the best she could. Why people thought owning a car equated owning the entire highway, she would never understand. So, pedestrians could walk anymore because some people owned cars, huh? Selfish people! The engineers that added pedestrian lanes to highways and expressways are not normal, abi? Nonsense!
Simi abruptly stopped her mental mutterings and stared at the back-rearing car. The car… the SUV that had splashed mud water on her was backing up… towards her.
Or wasn't it towards her? Simi halted… and waited.
The car… a sleek red, curvaceous Venza pulled up beside her. The front glass wound down. "Hey, did I splash mud water on you?"
"No, it was ocean water you splashed on me!" The words flew out of her before Simi could think to slip on her usual caution-hat.
The man laughed. Then he apologised. "I'm sorry. I guess that was a stupid question. And I guess, driving at that speed, along this road, was also quite stupid. I sincerely apologise. Hope no lasting damage was done?"
"Oh, since this is not Valentino, I am sure I can wash it and it will be back to new." Since her tongue was still too sharp-edged, Simi inhaled and offered a faint smile. "Apology accepted. Thanks for back-pedalling to offer it."
"Back-pedalling? I like the expression." He widened his smile.
And his white teeth winked at Simi. Or rather, she thought they winked at her. They probably hadn't. And she probably should not start thinking that he was a good looking man… which he was. But she shouldn't be thinking that now… or ever.
"How about I give you a ride the rest of the way?" He offered and beamed that toothy smile again. "I bet it's embarrassing having to walk with that mud-stained skirt."
"Very embarrassing. But…" Simi caught her tongue between her teeth and winced. "Ah…" she soothed the tip of her tongue with her teeth. "Yes, a ride the rest of the way would be nice. Thank you."
"Jump in then." He shifted inside to push open the front passenger door.
"I'm Gani, by the way." He introduced once she got in.
"Simi." Simi introduced, settling on the amazing leather seat.
Dang, was God sort of answering her… well, it had been a prayer of some sort and God seemed to be listening to her if she was riding home in a Toyota Venza.
"A pleasure to meet you, Simi. I hope you would still consider it a pleasure despite my bathing you with mud water." Gani sent her a sideways smile. "So, returning from work?"
"Yes." Be mentally here, she chided herself. "I'm a teacher. French and Spanish teacher at Hopewell. I drop off at the highway and walk the rest of the way home most times."
"Ha, French teacher. That would make this, bonsoir, right?" Again, his smile was swift and toothy.
If only wishes were horses, Simi mentally sighed. Then bolstered her own smile. "Bonsoir would be acceptable. Although, bonjour still works even at this time. It's just five-ish and late afternoon, or early evening greetings can maintain the bonjour status."
"Hmm, interesting." He gave his head a double dip. "Do you enjoy teaching, or just something you do while on the wait for something better?"
"It is my profession. I am a trained teacher." At his glance, Simi nodded and smiled. "The world hasn't stopped producing them… teachers, I mean. I love to teach. I always did and so, I pursued it after my A-levels."
"Now, that is even more interesting. Usually, you hear people say in-the-meantime when it comes to jobs as teachers. I'm glad we still have professionals who enjoy the job."
"Many only go on the defensive because of the society's mind-set concerning teachers, and because of the way they are treated by the nation's government. If many, and that is the government inclusive, would recall that teachers are professionals just like doctors, lawyers, engineers and the likes, they would accord us our due respect and most of us wouldn't be tempted to feel ashamed of our chosen profession." Simi paused to point her finger. "I'll be stopping by that red-painted container. The house it's standing in front of is mine."
She gave a quick smile. "Not mine like I own it. But that's where I live."
"Cool." He tipped on his trafficator and started pulling to the side of the road. "It was nice meeting you, Simi. And my sincere apologies once again about the mud spatter. I promise to be a more conscientious driver. At least, to avoid getting wakah… or is it, shege curses heaped on me in future." His grin flashed as he winked.
"I didn't… you saw that?" Simi felt her cheeks flame.
"I did." His grin widened. "I was debating whether to stop or not, then I saw you raise your hands and jerked all five fingers at me." He let out a laugh. "I actually did laugh. But I knew for certain then that I needed to back-pedal."
"Oh." Could her cheeks feel any hotter? "Well, sometimes, these childish… childlike… children's habits stay with us and we unconsciously express them. I…" Should she apologise for the wakah? No, he'd deserved it… and it a meant nothing. Hopefully. "Thanks for the ride. And for the repeated apologies." She turned, pushed open the car door, then cast him a final glance. "Have a good evening and a happy Valentine's Day."
"Oh yes, it is Valentine's Day." Gani nodded, smiled. "Happy Valentine's Day, Simi."
She would have loved to wait until he'd driven off, but Simi didn't want him getting the impression she was watching him… or his Venza.
She pulled open the pedestrian gate and walked into the yard. The blast of music from the front flat told her her cousin was home and she was in a partying mood. Simi sighed as she opened the front door and entered their mini-flat's even more mini living room.
Yeti had the ceiling fan rolling at full blast and her body wriggling in effortless fluid movements to the loud beats as she worked her makeup in front of the half-length mirror she'd brought out from their bedroom.
"Hey, welcome back." She cast Simi a quick smile and then instantly frowned. "What the heck happened to your skirt?"
"I got splashed with mud water." Simi strolled to the DVD player and turned the music down a notch. "Then, I got a ride from the man who splashed the water on me."
"It was the least he could do after putting that ugly mess on you." Yeti muttered, her attention back on her image in the mirror. "Anyway, how was your day?"
"Exhausting." Simi found a free spot on the sofa holding all manner of makeup items. "Going out with Fola?"
"Of course, I am." Yeti sent her a wink. "It's VD, baby girl. No dulling. And no staying up, waiting for me to come back either. It's clubbing, dinner and then… naughty-moments all night long with me and Fola."
"Lucky you." She could do with all three, Simi thought enviously. Although, she'd never been comfortable with naughty-all-night-long moments with any guy. Sex wasn't just something she did lightly. Yet, she wouldn't mind getting her engines oiled after the Sahara-desert dry years of abstinence.
Gosh, what normal already sex-active woman stayed three years without so much as a nuke in the netherworld, huh? There's got to be something wrong with her.
"I wish I could tag along with you guys." She sighed aloud. "Not for the all-night business… but at least, dinner outside this house for today would be something."
"Eya. But you're not coming." Yeti spread out her dark gold shadow even as she winked. "This is a 'him and her' night and it's going to be all about Fola and moi."
"Valentine's Day is not primarily about lovers, you know." Simi absently murmured, picking a Mac lip pencil and twirling it. "It's about sharing love generally to everyone."
"Na you sabi." Yeti told her. "My love… all of my love tonight is dedicated to Fola."
"Maybe I should go for the love feast holding in church." She hadn't wanted to go. But surely a church program was better than boring hours at home? "They are inviting a comedian and the choir will be sensationalizing us." If only it didn't sound so dreary.
"Not to talk of the free suya and drink." Yeti was openly laughing at her. "Babe, no dull yourself this evening abeg. If na dat mumu Kenny wey wan die on top ya mata, abeg follow am dis night. Which wan be church program for Valentine's Day nau? Shuo!"
Yeti probably had a point. But Kenny? Heck no! He was, as far as Simi was concerned, an undesirable element. A total nuisance, if ever there was one. He smoked like a chimney and drank like a fish. And the gossip in the neighbourhood was that he belonged to some cult.
No way. She would preserve her boring life rather than risk it.
"I will stay home and watch a movie instead." Simi decided aloud. It was becoming her every Valentine's Day ritual, after all. "And if I want suya, I'll just stroll to the junction later." She heaved off the sofa. "Let me change, bathe and get ready for my own stay-at-home Valentine's Day, abeg."
Simi was stretched out on the sofa, her Valentine's Day all-time No.1 movie Valentine's Day slotted in the DVD and playing on the TV screen. Her movie date companions were her bottle of cashew nuts and a glass of juice—that was for the entrée session of the evening. Later, she'd be strolling out for that suya and then she'd get out the bottle of cheap wine from their refrigerator.
She heard the brisk knock and scowled even as she roused from the sofa. It was no doubt their neighbour, Mummy Fisayo. The woman was worse than the abeg-borrow-me girl in the MTN advert. If Mummy Fisayo didn't require to borrow something in a day, then that day wasn't complete.
Simi unlocked the door… and it was him. Gani.
Oh God! Why the heck was she wearing this ragged jeans cut-offs and a crop top?
"Hey, glad I caught you. Didn't think I'd be that lucky." His toothy smile flashed.
"Caught me?" Simi tugged the crop top and tried not to fidget.
"At home. Thought you might have gone out."
"Oh." Leave the darn top alone! Simi silently rebuked herself. But her fingers stayed there and tugged. "Yes, I am home. I mean, I haven't gone out yet." He'd switched to a T-shirt and denim trousers. Earlier, in the car, it had been short-sleeved shirt and some cotton trousers. "Did you want something?"
"Yeah. To ask you out." He wiggled his eyebrows; like in a coaxing manner. "That is if you don't have any plans."
"You came to ask me out?" Her fingers fell off the hem of her top. "Oh. Ah… well, the thing is I, um, had some plans. I'm attending a church program a little later." Lord, please forgive me. But a girl's got to show she has some activity in her life.
"Oh." He looked momentarily disappointed. And Simi started to wonder how to get out of her lying excuse. "Look, I know this might be an imposition, but could you possibly ditch your church program and come out with me? We'll maybe see a movie, stop over at some club, have a drink and move our bodies to some dance beats, and then dinner?"
"Club?" When it came to dancing, she had two left leg and they never coordinated well. "Ah… shouldn't you be making this invitation to your girlfriend?" Investigate the field first before you start worrying about your epileptic dance steps.
"I would be, if I had one." Gani slowly smiled.
The truth or that line men pulled when they wanted a lady dropping her guard? He looked honest enough, Simi thought, and boy, really very good looking. So, a Valentine's date with a good looking man who drives a Venza?
"Okay." Simi agreed and stepped back from the door. "Come in and sit, while I change into something… suitable."
"Thanks." He followed her in. "Oh, Valentine's Day. I love that movie."
"So do I. Which is why I'm watching it…" Simi timely cut off the again and snatched up the bottle of cashew nuts and half empty glass of juice. "I'll be right back."
"Take your time." He reassured, lowering into the sofa.
Yeah, she would need to take her time to figure out what best to wear, Simi thought as she buried her head deep in her closet. Heavens! It seemed God had indeed been listening to her mentally rant. At last, her boring and boo-less Valentine's Day jinx was going to be broken. She was actually going on a date where she wouldn't be an inconvenient third-wheel.
If nothing more came out of this date tonight, at least she'd have spent the evening with a man that was, for some few hours, her man.
They saw a romantic comedy flick. And thereafter, going along with his earlier recommendation, they went to a not-so-popular club in the heart of the city. Simi had insisted on that particular club. But it turned out her two left legs managed to emulate dance steps that may not have looked like nothing choreographers invented but they left without anyone coming to bodily harm. And that to Simi spelt mega success.
Dinner too was a success. She couldn't recall the last time she sat across a much more attentive, jovial, witty without being garrulous and funny without being ludicrous man. He was the perfect date. The perfect gentleman and Simi started to wonder if she should be taking it further.
Could she sneak it in that she had the flat to herself tonight?
What would he think of her the next day after sex on the first day they met?
Was she prepared for a sexual commitment? Or would it just be a one-night stand?
She didn't even have a condom in the house. She hadn't needed to have one in the last three years. Yeti too never kept any. Fola seemed to have a stockpile of them at his place.
Gosh, should she even be thinking condoms? It was their first date for heaven's sake! Probably their only date. Simi, stop trying to leap before you have learnt to crawl, she chided herself, and shut off her over-busy mind.
"I hope you had a good time like I did." Gani said as they stopped in front of her door.
"I did, very much." Simi clasped her hands in front of her and smiled congenially at him. "Thank you for a wonderful evening, Gani."
"We can do it again. Valentine's Day is not the only day to have fun and spend time with someone you consider special." He flashed the toothy smile Simi already loved. "I'd like it very much if we repeated this again."
"You would?"
He nodded, beamed the smile. "I really would. I'd like to get to know you more, Simi."
"Okay." Why prevaricate, play hard to get and waste valuable time? "We can get to know each other and see how it goes."
"Let's do that. Meanwhile…" He stepped closer. "Happy Valentine's Day, Simi."
Then he kissed her.
Just like that. In front of her door. Outside in their yard. Where Mummy Fisayo was probably peeping at them through her window… and would gossip about it for the rest of the year. And she would be considered the new neighbourhood slut.
Simi thought all that as she responded to the kiss and enjoyed the kiss. Good looking—check. Drives a Venza—check. Good kisser—triple check. Thank you, Lord!
He ended the kiss, stepped back and smiled charmingly at her. "Have a good night, Simi. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Good night, Gani."
This time, she waited until he was through their pedestrian gate before she entered the house. She had to secure the gate, after all.
But as she strolled into the mini-flat with it's even more mini living room she shared with her cousin, Simi decided that today, in this year 2017, it had indeed been a happy Valentine. And she wondered if it had been the same for everyone.
She hoped it was.
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LANSING, Mich. ‒ Gov. Rick Snyder today announced his determination that the city of Detroit is in a financial emergency and that no satisfactory plan exists to resolve it. The Governor reached his conclusion after thorough review and consideration of the unanimous, independent review team's report, which he received on Feb. 19, 2013, under Public Act 72 of 1990 (Local Government Fiscal Responsibility Act).
"Additional action is needed to fix the financial crisis in Detroit," Gov. Snyder said. "Chronic budget troubles have taken a significant toll on everyday life for citizens in the city. Detroiters deserve to feel safe when they walk down the street, to have their street lights on, to have the bus show up to take them to work. Working together in partnership we can and will develop solutions to fix the city's finances, stop the cycle of overspending and one-time fixes and collectively get Detroit on the path being a great city once again."
The city now has 10 calendar days to request a hearing before the governor or his designee. If requested, the hearing would take place at the Richard H. Austin Building in Lansing, on Tuesday, March 12, 2013. Following the hearing, or after the 10-day period expires, the governor will confirm or revoke his original determination. If confirmed, the management of the emergency would be assigned to the Local Emergency Financial Assistance Loan Board, who would be charged with appointing an Emergency Financial Manager or EFM.

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Apparently this beast of a frame was "A high school design project" in 1990. Damn, all I got to do was make wind powered cars out of used shampoo bottles. How the other half live!
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Mistaking whether a girl is flirting with you or just being friendly can lead to serious disappointment, not to mention embarrassment. Know the signs of each before you make a move in the wrong direction.
Step 1
Notice how exactly she flirts with you. There's a difference between friendly flirtation and romantic flirtation. If she's smiling, laughing at your jokes, or looking for a place next to you at the lunch table, then she's interested in you, but there's no guarantee she wants you romantically. However, if her gaze lingers, she goes out of her way to find a chance to talk to you, or mentions mutual interests she wants to enjoy with you, then these are more reliable signs that she's genuinely romantically interested in you.
Step 2
Know what her motivation is with you when she's giving you attention. If you have something she wants, are in a position of professional power, or you have a social status that requires her to be friendly -- then she may not be interested in you romantically. However, if you can't think of a reason she would feel obligated to befriend you, she may be flirting.
Step 3
Don't confuse kindness or sympathy for romantic interest. Consider the way you have presented yourself to her. If you have a sob story and she knows about your personal struggles, or if kindness is one of her shining traits -- then she may be just friendly and not romantically interested.
Step 4
Ask your friends, her friends, or anyone who has known her for a while if she is this friendly with everyone. They'll be able to give you some context in which to put your own interaction with her.
Step 5
Watching the woman as she interacts with other men can give you the answer you're looking for. If she's just as flirtatious with other men as she is with you, or her friendliness toward other guys makes you feel jealous, this is a red flag that she is just being friendly with you or just flirts with everyone. However, if that sparkling smile and lingering gaze is something she shares only with you, chances are she's really flirting.


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I'll be honest. 12-14 months was a pretty difficult time - probably the hardest stage other than newborn. I felt like Jonas was grumpy most of the time, and would often express his displeasure loudly. Mealtimes were especially trying, with Jonas squawking at Darby and me and until we somehow figured out what he wanted. And heaven help us if we had to spend time cutting up his food. Actually, during this time, he was probably acting like a normal baby. But he had been such a good baby that we weren't used to it. If he cried a few times during the day, it was like he was a monster. We were so spoiled!
|Boy can pitch a fit. He did not want to take a cute Valentine's picture.
Now, I would say this is my favorite age so far. His development has just exploded. His first word was "ball", which was quite an obsession for several weeks. I am not exaggerating when I say he would say it at the very least 200 times a day. My aunt came and visited and said it was probably more like 200 times an hour. He still loves that word (and playing with balls), but he can say quite a few others now - mama (very stingily), dada (all the time), book, bath, block, apple (ba-ba), banana (nana), cheese (tsee), chip, papa, down, thank you (dee doo), no. He likes to point to noses and say "no." He is also obsessed with belly buttons and will try to pull up people's shirts to find them. He can point to our ears and eyes when prompted. He says quite a few animal noises. My favorite is "mbooo" for cow.
|His beloved Thomas the Tank Engine ball.
|He loves this book that G-ma and Papa got him for Valentine's Day. When he sees the page with all of the fruits, he begs for berries.
|I hope his obsession with pulling books off shelves will someday lead to an obsession with actually reading.
|An outtake from his ACU alumni magazine photo shoot. I was really tempted to submit this picture, but I went with one of him actually smiling.
He is much more cuddly than he used to be and rests his head on our shoulders whenever we pick him up. He still loves to play with hair - his own or ours - especially when he is sleepy. He also is still a dedicated three-finger sucker. That is going to be a very difficult habit to break, I'm sure, but right now it is still cute.
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May 4, 2017, St. Louis Region – Gateway Motorsports Park President and CEO Curtis Francois spoke at today's Anders and St. Louis Sports Commission Symposium: "Inside the Business of St. Louis Sports" at Washington University.
Francois spoke during the 9 a.m. panel discussion, "On The Horizon: St. Louis Blockbuster Events," and was joined by Chris Roseman (St. Louis Sports Commission Vice President of Events), Howard Richards (University of Missouri Assistant Athletic Director – Community Relations) and Mike DeCola (2018 PGA Championship chairman). The symposium was moderated by Dr. Patrick Rishe, Director of the Washington University Sports Business Program and President and founder of Sportsimpacts.
Francois was introduced by Dr. Rishe as "the man who saved racing in this region" (after he purchased the dormant motorsports facility in Madison, Illinois in 2012).
"I appreciate the compliment but I'm not sure it was me," Francois said. "There are a lot of folks here that were pulling the rope along with us to make that happen. I was the one that was the cheerleader to begin with. Looking back on the opportunity that was presented to me, it was really a decision that took a lot of time. I had to put some thought into it because I knew it was going to change my life. I'm a real estate developer and I've always been a guy who flies below the radar.
"I was a professional racer and I do a lot of development in the Metro East (a region in Illinois that comprises the eastern suburbs of St. Louis) and the opportunity arose to bring Gateway back. I thought long and hard not about what it was going to do for me from a financial standpoint, but the opportunity to take a major league facility that was underutilized and revitalize it. A lot of cities across the United States would die to have that opportunity. In St. Louis we really hadn't recognized what was there. We had 57,000 seats on the (1.25-mile) oval, 20,000 seats on the drag strip and another 2,500 seats on an off-road racing track. It was a tremendous venue that needed someone to shepherd it through the hard times. It was not a hard decision, but it was a hard-thought decision. It's been going well and we really credit the fans and participants that are helping us make it happen."
Dr. Rishe asked Francois why the facility had failed and was shuttered.
"I can tell you that was first on my mind," Francois said. "We needed to figure out why. We couldn't go back in and make the same mistakes. We looked at it and ultimately decided that a facility like Gateway Motorsports Park had really relied on one type of racing, one type of sanctioning body, it was NASCAR at the time, and it was just not enough to keep the lights on year after year. We flipped that model around and said, 'How many events per year can we host?' We have our major events: INDYCAR, NASCAR and NHRA. But then we have more than 300 other event days on the calendar. That really makes a big difference. We came up with our karting complex. We have a road racing course. We have off-road racing. A perfect example of this is we're hosting our third 5k run of the year this weekend. We'll have a Christmas light display that'll be over a mile-and-one-half long during the holiday season, which is cool. All of those different ways of repositioning the track to take advantage of a tremendous facility and infrastructure we have in place. It's really turned around where it's utilized on a day-to-day basis.
"It's a very unique model. Look at what we're doing with INDYCAR, specifically. That is like having the playoffs and the Winter Classic every year. It is so important for us this year. This is the first time ever that all of the stars and cars of the Indianapolis 500 are coming to St. Louis. It's the real deal. This is a foundational year to lay the infrastructure to grow this for the next 20, 40, 60, 100 years. Last year Indianapolis celebrated their 100th anniversary. Long Beach has a 40-year history. St. Petersburg has a 20-year history. And you see them growing hundreds of thousands of fans for those weekends. As we bring the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Presented By Valvoline to St. Louis it is a bit of an educational process. Unless you're a motorsports fan, you may not understand the significance of what's coming. It is important for us to develop this foundation.
"INDYCAR is a great new demographic for us. Some of it is similar, as far as parking and feeding our guests and make sure they have a great time. INDYCAR has a more international appeal and it's certainly a group that embraces technology. INDYCAR is the highest level of open wheel racing in the United States. We are seeing a higher corporate level of involvement than our other races. It's a great thing for St. Louis."
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Tickets for the inaugural Bommarito Automotive Group 500 Presented By Valvoline may be purchased online at www.wwtraceway.com/indycar/ or by calling the GMP ticket office at (618) 215-8888. Tickets start at just $35. Kids 15 and under are free (general admission) with a paid adult.
For more information on Gateway Motorsports Park, please call (618) 215-8888. Follow GMP on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram.
For more information on the Verizon IndyCar Series, please visit www.indycar.com.
About Gateway Motorsports Park
Gateway Motorsports Park is the home of INDYCAR, NASCAR and NHRA racing in the St. Louis region. Located just five minutes from downtown St. Louis and covering more than 340 acres, Gateway Motorsports Park is the largest outdoor entertainment facility in the area. Gateway Motorsports Park's facilities include a 1/4-mile drag strip, 1.25-mile superspeedway, 1.6-mile road course, a state-of-the-art Karting facility and a 14-acre, multi-purpose dirt off-road venue.


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Issue 11
In this issue we examine 'Health and the Nation'. Where does Scotland stand in wellness terms at home, at work, culturally, economically, politically and as a civic society? We also feature a range of broader public policy issues as usual. As always, we welcome comment and contributions. Please contact us if you would like to discuss advertising in or writing for the next edition at email@example.com. Issue 12 will be published in August 2015 and with one Referendum and one UK election down - and a Scottish Parliament election to come - that issue will examine government and governance across the UK and the implications of the outcomes for Scottish policy.
Health and the Nation
Here you will find all this issue's articles on the policy focus of Health and the Nation
Coalition, Cooperation and Culture-Change
Edinburgh's council leader believes double-devolution of economic policy powers and funding powers to local councils would see a complete transformation of local democracy and local economies for the better
Hard work, hard times: The lived experience of in-work poverty
Recent work by Ipsos MORI Scotland in Glasgow confirmed that having a job is no longer a guarantee of avoiding poverty
Christie 4 years on: People and Services
People need to have significant control over what services are and how they are provided to make a real impact on inequality
Christie 4 years on: Missing Real Opportunities?
Dave Watson argues that while the general direction of travel of the Christie Commission as a roadmap for reform is still evident, the way has been lost in key areas
Christie - 4 years on : Digested or Diverted?
Christie made clear that demographic change and limited public funds mean we cannot continue as we are but current thinking has become ever-more short-term and cautious as the Referendum and endless elections distort the debate
Christie - 4 years on: Prevention - so much agreement, so little progress
Cultural and systemic factors have inhibited the prevention agenda - real incentives are needed to overcome the reactive status quo
Governments, trust and empowering communities
Can trust in government be increased via the 'enabling state' - where the government's role transforms from doing things to people to doing things with them?
Developing a real Northern Powerhouse?
Does city-led devolution in England present a threat to Scotland's economic success?
Scotland's Evolving Land Reform
Calum Macleod believes the Scottish Government's land reform proposals are progressive but relatively modest attempts to usher the relationship between Scotland's people and land into the 21st century
Does Scotland have the capacity to produce its own energy policy?
Paul Cairney examines the effect of the current constitutional position on energy policy in Scotland
Policy Shorts
Snippets of stories you may find of interest
- Reforming Healthcare
- Housing and Wellbeing in Scotland
- Four national approaches to dementia - not just one
- Finding our green spaces
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- Transport for Edinburgh - Integrated Transport for a Smart City
- Worth more than the First Minister? Senior Salaries in Scottish Quangos
- Dundee: From Waterfront redevelopment to city economy regeneration
- Social Business Can Transform Public Services
- Bringing alive the Digital Participation Charter for Scotland's citizens, communities and businesses
- A Planet of Smart Cities: Scotland's digital challenge
- Success secrets shared: Learning from the best Mittelstand and British global niche champions
- Public Services Reform and Public Opinion
- Increasing digital participation levels in Scotland - what needs to happen next?
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Here comes 7 Monks Grand Rapids: the award winning beer bar's third location is set to open April 21
As regular travelers to northern Michigan, the bar at Traverse City's 7 Monks has become one of our favorite destinations over the last few years. It's also been named one of Draft Magazine's Best Beer Bars in the Country, among many other things.
We recently had a chance to hang out at the Boyne City taproom as well, which preserves the semi-industrial feel of the original location, paired with the same rustic-fancy menu and friendly, knowledgable service we have come to know at the TC version.
So the opening of 7 Monks Grand Rapids – especially one a couple hours closer to us in Chicago – is welcome news. Per the below, they open April 21 with plenty of specialty beers on hand.
It also makes the question of "where to drink in Grand Rapids" a little bit more difficult, adding itself to the landscape of brewery taprooms and other top beer bars like the original HopCat.
That being said, don't expect to see 7 Monks return to that Draft Magazine "best beer bar" list next year – per their FAQ last year, multilocation spots get their own best-of list which includes the likes of Bangers & Lace, HopCat, World of Beer and so on.
I'd put a shiny nickel on 7 Monks making that list next time around.
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7 Monks Taproom Set to Open in Grand Rapids April 21
Official opening will feature specialty beers brewed for the acclaimed craft beer bar and gastropub.
Grand Rapids, Mich. – 7 Monks Taproom will officially open its doors at 740 Michigan Street NE on April 21, 2017 at 4 p.m. The opening will feature an impressive, one-of-a-kind selection of specialty beers that have been brewed specifically for 7 Monks over the years. Short's Funky Boss, Short's Whatcha Whatcha Want, Mighty Things (a Brewery Vivant/Schilling Beer Co. Collaboration), Mendelian Inheritance from Spreciation Artisan Ales – even Jared's Mom (from Odd Side Ales) will be there.
"We have been honored by great partnership's with some of the nation's leading breweries, and are thrilled to bring our own unique take on craft beer to Grand Rapids," said co-owner Matt Cozzens.
That take, as co-owner Jim Smolak explains, will include 51 taps featuring seasonal craft beers from Grand Rapids, the state and around the world; an emphasis on Trappist beer; gastropub food highlighting Michigan products; live music; charitable events; and a taste of Northern Michigan served up by head chef Danielle Garlock.
7 Monks will also offer its popular Friar's Union membership program at the Grand Rapids location. A lifetime membership, the benefits include $1 off all draft options, special food/beer pairings, tasting events, 20% off crowler fills and more.
Opening hours for the taproom will be from 4 to midnight on April 21 and 22, and 11 a.m. to midnight on April 23. Opening hours will be 3 p.m. to midnight Monday thru Thursday, 11 a.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sundays. 7 Monks plans to open for lunch seven days a week beginning June 1.
To find out more about 7 Monks Taproom, please visit www.7monkstap.com/grand-rapids/.
About 7 Monks Taproom:
7 Monks Taproom is a craft beer bar and gastropub that has been named one of America's 33 Best Beer Bar's (2015) by Thrillist and to Draft Magazine's 100 Best Beer Bars in America for three consecutive years. With a heavy focus on Belgian Ales, especially Trappist beer, European ales and lagers, 7 Monks also offers a variety of wine, cider, and the best craft beers from Michigan, the United States, and the world. 7 Monks Traverse City is located at 128 S Union St., 7 Monks Boyne City is located at 202 Lake Street, and 7 Monks Grand Rapids (opening April 21, 2017) is located at 740 Michigan Street NE. Visit them online at 7MonksTap.com.
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Get it together, or don't get it at all. You've got to get organized today, and now. Do you know how much time you are wasting everyday by not being organized. What takes you an hour to finish should only take you maybe 10 minutes. You are basically being overworked and underutilized, and you are contributing to this phenomenon everyday. Here is your chance to finally take some action and get your stuff straight. First things first; you've got to realize that organization starts in your mind and in your thought process. It's all about systems. A creative systematic approached to everything, is how you bring clarity, structure and organization to your life. For the most part, the reason so many people are disorganized is because they have complicated their lives with random sporadic activity which cannot be traced to any real reasoning or cause. They wake up and jump into their day, absent from any purpose or direction and hope to accomplish many things…….something…….…anything. They will always succeed in accomplishing something but, it will not be a peaceful, productive, and efficient day. They are consistent in one thing, chaos. You must take control of your life by taking control of your year, by taking control of each month, by taking control of each week, by getting a handle on every day, by taking control of each hour….you get the point. At most this article should take you roughly 5 minutes or less to read and re-read and afterward you should be well on your way to bringing sanity back into your disorganized lifestyle.
The mental game you must play is to begin to break everything down you must accomplish everyday into small systems or procedures. These small systems will form the building blocks to a larger complete system that will be the basis of clarity to you and your life for every week, month and year. The idea is that it's not what you have or do not have that makes you more organized, but rather what you do or do not do that does. You can go out and purchase a nifty shiny new pocket protector, day runner, organizer chart, file cabinet, computer software, briefcase with suede lining and built in calculator, palm pilot, or whatever else you may come up with or Google online and in the techie magazines. None of this stuff will ever do you any good if you are oblivious to using it correctly, effectively, and consistently. It just won't work. Organization begins and ends with consistent habitual repetition. There is nothing more and nothing less to it. You decide on what you will do, and you do it over and over again. In the beginning you will no doubt experience a little bit of a challenge in sticking to the system. But if you can commit to 5 days of doing the same thing over and over again, you will have in fact created a new positive habit for yourself. You do know, habits good or bad begin this way right; and that is exactly what we're trying to accomplish.
Let me give you an example. Suppose you are always missing important papers and therefore important information and appointments. You must first create a system for receiving the papers, and processing them. In other words, what do you allow to enter into your life at all? You do not have to receive or bring home every piece of information given to you. You need to consciously decide at the time it is presented whether or not it is valuable enough for you to allow into your space. If not, leave it where it is and save yourself the headache. If you decide you need it for whatever reason then take it and place it in your designated temporary location of storage. Now here is the critical point. If this is going to work, the place of storage must be used for this purpose and this purpose alone. It cannot be a place for permanency or for leisure things that are of no importance to you at all. What you are going to do is, place the paper here when you get them, then whenever you have time, like back at home with a free hour, you will go through the papers again and then place them in their proper final resting place. What often happens to so many people is that they misplace the papers before ever getting them home. Remember, there will be a home for these articles of info, because you've already established that they are needed in your life Right! So to start, let's find you a small accordion file, preferably one that is nice enough to carry around in the car and durable enough that it won't be damaged easily. There are lots out there, so check the department stores and pick up one today. You'll be glad you did it! Hurry up and get it and we'll meet back here for the Day 2 session! Happy Organizing!
Copyright © 2006 Kenneth Martin, Jr.
Practical Personal Development
Practical wisdom, for practical lives, practical words, to practical people, from a practical guy!


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Disappointment…Deep disappointment
I had been anticipating Pope Francis' speech to a joint session of Congress ever since I learned it was planned. From the beginning of his papacy, Pope Francis has established himself as a fearless advocate for the least, and an unapologetic prophet to both the church and the nations. He established himself as a leader who shunned the glitter of the Apostolic Palace for the simplicity of a small guesthouse. The People's Pope, who rebuked the rich and ate with the poor, who scolded the extravagance of the industrialized world as he drove through it in a humble and fuel efficient Fiat. Someone who visited with prisoners, prayed with families and walked with indigenous children.
What would he say? What words would he have for the Congress of the most financially wealthy, militarily powerful, commercially industrialized, colonial nation in the history of the world? The possibilities seemed endless.
My family and I recently moved from the Rez to DC where one of the benefits is that many historic events take place literally in your back yard. So today I went down to the Mall and joined thousands of others who congregated there in order to watch the speech on the jumbo-tron displays that were setup.
The atmosphere was electric. The west lawn of the U.S. Capitol was at capacity and the grass on the mall was also quickly filling. Cheers could be heard when the speech started and soon everyone was attentively listening to the words of Pope Francis as he addressed a joint session of the 114th Congress of the United States of America.
My anticipation began changing to nervousness early in the speech, when the work of Congress was compared to the work of the Biblical leader Moses. Immediately I recalled another speech, just a few months ago, by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a joint session of this same Congress. He went to Capitol Hill to speak about his fear of the impending nuclear deal the United States was negotiating with Iran. His fear was so great, that in his speech he offered to share the covenant God established with Israel (in the Old Testament) with the United States. He did this by proclaiming that the "United States and Israel share a common destiny, the destiny of promised lands…"
"Promised lands" are troubling for the indigenous peoples who inhabit them. One does not need to read far into the Biblical book of Joshua to learn that Promised lands for one nation literally means God ordained genocide for another. So by implication, in sharing Israel's covenant of "Promised Lands" with the United States, Prime Minister Netanyahu was granting a divine pardon to the United States of America for the genocide which this country perpetrated against the indigenous peoples of these lands.
But Pope Francis wouldn't do that. Would he?
"… it is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present."
Pope Francis
His comparison to Moses was primarily regarding the establishment of laws and not in direct reference to "Promised lands." But still I was nervous.
Next Pope Francis invoked "three sons and a daughter of this land, four individuals and four dreams." Again, I got nervous, not as much by the names he invoked, but by his use of the word "dreams." You see, America is built on dreams. It is a nation of promise. But why? Why is there an "American dream" and not a French Dream, a UK Dream, or a Belgium Dream? That is because those countries do not sit on lands that were "discovered." Every year the United States celebrates that in 1492 Christopher Columbus "discovered" America. But how can you discover lands that were already inhabited? You can't, unless you first dehumanize those who were here prior.
The discovery of America is a racist colonial concept that requires the dehumanization of indigenous peoples.
And discovery and slavery are why America is the land of "opportunity." The American dream is predicated upon an empty continent and free labor. And Pope Francis was building on the theme of America's dreams.
My nervousness grew.
About half way through his speech, Pope Francis mentioned the indigenous peoples of this land. My heart jumped. I was nervous, but eager. This was it. Here was the section. What would he say? What sin would he address? The Catholic Church's Doctrine of Discovery? The colonialism of Europe? The stolen lands and broken treaties of the United States?
Congress, the nation, even the world was listening.
Speak Pope Francis! Lift up the voices of the oppressed! Use your global pulpit to speak truth to the nations!
I waited in anticipation…
"Tragically, the rights of those who were here long before us were not always respected. For those peoples and their nations, from the heart of American democracy, I wish to reaffirm my highest esteem and appreciation. Those first contacts were often turbulent and violent, but it is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present."
What??? Did I hear him right???
"…it is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present."
My heart sank. My body went numb. I could not believe my ears. Pope Francis was standing on the world stage dismissing the Catholic Church's devastating Doctrine of Discovery.
The people's Pope was standing before a joint session of the 114th Congress of the United States of America excusing them for their genocidal history against the indigenous peoples of Turtle Island.
"…it is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present."
Those words are still ringing in my ears.
"…it is difficult to judge the past by the criteria of the present."
Disappointment. Deep disappointment.
Mark Charles (Navajo) serves as the Washington DC correspondent for Native News Online and is the author of the popular blog "Reflections from the Hogan." His writings are regularly published by Native News Online in a column titled "A Native Perspective" which addresses news directly affecting Indian Country as well as offering a Native perspective on national and global news stories. Mark is active on Facebook, Twitter,YouTube andInstagram under the username: wirelesshogan.


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text: Patty Petty 9 Report post Posted June 6, 2008 Well here I am for a quick post before hitting the sack. It's 12:38 and I have to be up early to pick Emmie up at the airport. I just wanted to say... Amylou... we warmed them up just right for tomorrow night! Don't you worry! :003: I haven't read any other setlists as I have said a million times... and I am horrible with entire setlists.. I am just too into the show to jot it down or anything. But.. LOTS of highlights for me... Sweet William, Honeybee, Face In The Crowd, Saving Grace.. WOW! They really vamped that one up even more.. and carried it out... it was great! Let's see, let's see.. what else... Even The Losers, Bo Diddly's a Gunslinger/Mystic Eyes.. I am braindead right now. I must get sleep! See you all tomorrow! Night night! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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MailChimp Terms of Use have you Scratching Your Head?
The recent email from "Mailchimp Legal" yesterday regarding changes to the MailChimp Terms of Use has some of our clients very concerned.
Let's break down the recent changes to the MailChimp Terms of Use and dig into how they might impact your business if you're using their services.
Good news – it's not nearly as scary as the email makes it sound.
With that being said, it is complicated and you should take a close look at your account to make sure there aren't any unexpected surprises as they roll out these changes.Continue reading


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In the 1950s, sociologists coined the term "homophily" — love of the same — to explain our inexorable tendency to link up with one another in ways that confirm rather than test our core beliefs. Those who liked Ike, in other words, liked each other. The term didn't catch on, but the concept is now enjoying a renaissance, in part because it has been repeatedly invoked to explain the American electorate's apparent polarization into equally self-regarding camps.
"Similarity breeds connection," the sociologists Miller McPherson, Lynn Smith-Lovin and James Cook wrote in their classic 2001 paper on the subject, "Birds of a Feather: Homophily in Social Networks," and "the result is that people's personal networks are homogeneous." This year, other academics have cited homophily in elucidating everything from why teenagers choose friends who smoke and drink the same amount that they do to "the strong isolation of lower-class blacks from the interracial- marriage market." Researchers at M.I.T. even published "Homophily in Online Dating: When Do You Like Someone Like Yourself?" which showed that you like someone like yourself most of the time, online or off. So much for "opposites attract."
The Web site O'Reilly Radar, in its continuing discussion of technology trends, raised the question earlier this year of how to get opposites back into the equation. In "Homophily in Social Software," Nat Torkington, a trend spotter for O'Reilly Media, argued that "homophily raises the question for social-software designers of how much they should encourage homophily and how much they want to mix it up." Social-software designers are the people behind Web sites like Facebook and MySpace, which tend to bring birds of a feather together. Meanwhile, chains of recommendations ("if you liked . . . ") on sites like Amazon reinforce our original preferences even as they claim to expand our horizons.
To counter the seemingly universal trend toward homophily, Torkington invited his readers to figure out how to create "serendipity." One information-technology specialist described a feature he would add to Facebook called "the Stretch," which would help students "find a group of people a little different" from themselves. Someone else brought up the online book cataloger LibraryThing's UnSuggester, which identifies the book least likely to share a library with the book you mention.


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NewsWire: 'Rings' fans enjoying 'Trilogy Tuesday' - CNN.com
'Rings' fans enjoying 'Trilogy Tuesday'
CNN.com - December 16, 2003
(AP) -- For would-be Hobbits, Elves and wizards, it's a can't-miss opportunity.
Die-hard "Lord of the Rings" fans are enjoying "Trilogy Tuesday," a back-to-back-to-back marathon of all three films, including the first public screenings of the third and final movie, "The Return of the King."
Most of the tickets had been purchased hours after they went on sale in October, but fans lined up for hours before the trilogy's noon start to stake a claim on the best seats.
The 99 theaters participating in the trilogy marathon arranged numerous treats for fans, with some setting up buffets for the breaks in between the movies. At the end of "Return of the King," everyone will receive a gift from New Line Cinema to commemorate the occasion.
Michael Brown, a 22-year-old student at Johns Hopkins University, was first in line at the 900-seat Senator Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, arriving at 10:45 a.m. Monday with a tent, a sleeping bag and a box of PowerBars.
"I spent 10 hours waiting for 'The Two Towers' to open, and about the same for one of the 'Harry Potter' movies. I try to be first in line for just about everything that premieres here," Brown said. "I do this to myself because I love movies, and I feel like if I'm going to go see the movies, I might as well do it right."
Ordinary moviegoers, though, may feel daunted by the trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen and Sean Astin. It began with the "extended edition" of "The Fellowship of the Ring" from noon to 3:30 p.m. "The Two Towers," also in extended form, was to follow at 4:30 p.m., leaving time for a break of an hour and 45 minutes before the 10 p.m. start of "The Return of the King."


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[Video installation, PVC model from a real scale 1:1000 / projection 280×280 cm / model 70×100 cm]
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Bring Your Look to a Whole New Level with Sephora
Richel Newborg
July 9, 2014
Some of the top beauty brands are found at Sephora. Some of my favorites are Philosophy, Stila, Kat Von D and Bare Minerals. Beauty consultants can help you find the right cosmetics for your skin tone, skin type or even a special look for every occasion you can imagine. I've never had a bad experience shopping online at Sephora. It's always a great experience. We love that you get free samples with every purchase when you shop online! Another bonus is that you can join their very popular V.I.P program and get points for every purchase, invites to special events and a special free product during your birthday month when you make a purchase. The program is free to join and you can use your V.I.P. rewards in-store or online anytime you shop.
Sephora also has a great line of products for men. If you are looking to clean up your man and give him some products to take proper care of his skin, then stop by Sephora and they will help you find what you need to get your guy looking dapper (and smelling good) in a flash. I think secretly my hubby likes shopping there for stuff for him but he will never tell me that!


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The announcement of a new political party via the merger of existing opposition parties has been overshadowed by the latest developments in understanding the feasibility of schoolgirl skirts being lifted by certain moving objects.
The general policies of the new party, 'Minshinto' (or Democratic Innovation Party), are completely unknown to the public but the majority of the population now have a firm grasp of what kinds of things travelling at particular speeds can lift a schoolgirl skirt.
"I now know that I'm wasting my time if I want to run past a schoolgirl to lift up her skirt as we've now established that even a professional sprinter can't even achieve this feat," said one voter.
Despite the majority of the electorate being unaware that the Minshinto party will be launched on March 27 they are content in the knowledge that a Ferrari travelling at 110 Km/h will lift a schoolgirl's skirt passing within a distance of around two metres.


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- Performed well in our baking test
- Baked cake in recommended time
- Dishwasher safe
- Has handles
We got perfectly good results with the Baker's Secret 9" x 13" Cake Pan #1074982. The convenience of a nonstick finish helps cake squares come out without sticking and makes cleanup easy. This pan is also inexpensive, making it a great budget buy if you're looking for quality without a high price tag.
About Our Testing: We evaluated 17 cookie sheets and pans in our 2014 test. We tested them for their ability to bake Nestle Toll House Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough evenly and also assessed the helpfulness of the manual, the presence or absence of handles, and whether or not the product is dishwasher safe.
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Leila Walker, Research Associate, Collection of Shelley and His Circle, New York Public Library and Lecturer at Queens College, leads a reading group on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The group will explore the themes of language, intimacy, and monstrosity, as well as participate in close readings of selections from the novel. Participants will be reading from the Norton Critical Edition of the 1818 text. Advance tickets are required, as space is limited.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018, 1–3 pm
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At Yoder Insurance, our minimum liability is 10 times the state minimum level. We believe that this added support is crucial to keeping your assets safe, and our status as an independent agent means we can shop around for you to keep you protected while also offering you competitive pricing.
Yoder Insurance's staff is here to support you in making the right decisions. And, when the time comes to file a claim we will work with you step by step. Our claims department is available 24 hours to help guide you through the claims process.
If I rent a car, do I need to purchase the rental coverage from the rental car company?
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Roxie Food Center serves sandwiches, community near Balboa Park
They line up all day long. Concrete contractors and nurses, mail carriers and police officers, students and new moms, a whole Richard Scarry book's worth of people hungry for sandwiches from Roxie Food Center.
The men behind the counter know almost everyone. Simon, Peter and Tony Tannous have been running this Mission Terrace corner store in one iteration or another since they bought the building in 1975. The brothers' prowess with meat, cheese and bread is well documented in San Francisco sandwich lore, but their reputation is not built on sandwiches alone. Roxie's dedication to the community — its sponsorship of Little League teams, Easter egg hunts, Thanksgiving dinners and Fourth of July parades — has made the business an indelible part of its neighborhood.
You wouldn't know any of this from the outside. The deli sits on a quiet residential street across from Balboa Park, marked only by a few S.F.-centric murals (Candlestick, a streetcar, the Giants logo) and a green awning advertising "sandwiches liquor lotto." There are bodegas just like it all over the city, objectively clean but still a little grungy, complete with friendly proprietors and cramped aisles stocked with everything a person might need at 9 a.m. or 9 p.m.
Roxie stands out, first, for its sheer volume of foot traffic. The place can turn out more than 400 sandwiches on a busy Saturday, but it still maintains its ties to the neighborhood. There's a constant stream of regulars walking in, joking around as they order, and leaving about 10 minutes later with a biceps-size sandwich and often a smile.
Then there are the sandwiches themselves, which are wonderful.
Not in a "foodie" way — nothing comes from heirloom seeds or the hands of artisans — but in a simple way, a real way, a way that only a cold cut or hot roast beef sandwich can be. They come toasted, stuffed with Columbus meat and cheese and basic fixings (mustard, mayo, iceberg lettuce, tomato slices, pickles, red onion, jalapeño), but aren't so big you can't take a bite. You can customize your own from a list of ingredients, but why would you when you can have one of the specials?
There's the Roxie, a classic Italian marvel of ham, mortadella, salami, cheese and vinegary chopped artichoke hearts. The Simon Special, loaded with turkey, pastrami and melted cheddar studded with jalapeños, is far more delicious than you'd expect.
Tri-tip is roasted every day for Tony's Special, a beautiful mess of hot beef, molten cheddar, barbecue sauce, mayo, jalapeños and horseradish. The meatball sub is reliably good if not remarkable; the breakfast sub, laden with ham, cheese, egg and bacon, would effectively smother a hangover.
These would be nothing but pretty good subs if it weren't for their Dutch crunch bread — the Bay Area's other famous loaf — from a secret bakery that makes it custom for the deli when time permits, and from Raymond's in South San Francisco when it doesn't. Each roll is toasted perfectly, its dense crumb taking on an almost cracker consistency, and its sweet, buttery top bits (a trick of rice flour, sugar, butter and yeast) achieving proper crackle. Dutch crunch is often too doughy or sweet or both, but here, I understand its purpose.
You might assume, as I did, that the Tannous brothers are natives, what with the Dutch crunch bread, the murals and the photos of community events and long-ago sports teams that paper the walls. But they come from a Greek Orthodox Palestinian family tossed between Middle Eastern countries before they immigrated to San Francisco on the sponsorship of their uncle, who operated a small grocery store.
They worked odd jobs and scraped enough money together to buy the building, already anchored by a corner store that the brothers knew could be a gold mine thanks to recreation hub Balboa Park. Simon Tannous had some restaurant experience and overhauled the lackluster sandwich menu. Word began to spread. Together and separately, the brothers opened, and closed, more delis throughout the Bay Area and Sacramento.
Their community involvement began as an effort to organize into a sports team the youths who would loiter on the corner; the store has gone on to sponsor baseball, basketball and football teams at Balboa High School, City College and others. They've received championship rings, recognition from the Small Business Association and an induction into the Balboa High School Hall of Fame. Over the past 28 years, they've watched the Mission Terrace Fourth of July parade and barbecue they sponsor swell from a few people to more than a thousand.
Roxie life has been good to the Tannouses, but none of the brothers' nine children work in the deli. They're off getting master's degrees instead of making sandwiches, says Simon Tannous, now 62. He takes out his phone to show me photos of smiling young people in rugby jerseys and party dresses — children of the American dream, raised on an empire of cold cuts.
Anna Roth is a freelance writer in San Francisco. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @annaroth
What to order: Roxie Special, Simon Special, Tony Special, Breakfast Special (all $8.99 for a junior, which is big enough for an average person; $11.99 for a regular, which can feed two).
Where: Roxie Food Center, 1901 San Jose Ave. (at San Juan Avenue), San Francisco, (415) 587-2345.
When: 7 a.m.-9 p.m. daily.


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Tea Partiers Should Get Serious
Anyone who's been to a Tea Party rally knows this is no Astroturf movement. These are ordinary citizens, rightly furious that the federal government has sold the country a junk mortgage on its future, sticking America with an unsustainable debt.
Yet there are those who doubt the new activists' sincerity, asking, in effect, "Where were you when George W. Bush was spending faster than Lyndon Johnson?" It's a fair question.
The Tea Partiers insist they're nonpartisan, devoted only to staving off our looming fiscal apocalypse by any means necessary. If so, they can prove their authenticity by backing substantial cuts in entitlements and defense.
Tea Party pressure has already forced President Obama to call for a three‐year freeze of nonsecurity spending. But that's just 16 percent of the federal budget. You could zero that out entirely next year and still end up hundreds of billions in the hole.
Rail against earmarks, foreign aid and "welfare queens" to your heart's content. But all that comes to a rounding error in a $3.7 trillion federal budget, over 75 percent of which consists of defense and entitlements.
To his credit, Rep. Paul Ryan, R‐Wis., ranking member on the House Budget Committee, has proposed a "Roadmap for America's Future" that makes serious cuts: $650 billion over the next decade — for starters. After raising the retirement age, voucherizing Medicare and reforming the tax system, Ryan's plan would eliminate the long‐term deficit, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
Former Reagan official Bruce Bartlett argues that endorsing Ryan's road map is the "minimum requirement" for anyone serious about cutting spending. But for the middle‐class, middle‐aged folks leading the Tea Party brigades, some of those cuts could bite pretty hard.
That's why Bartlett doubts many of them have the fortitude to embrace what's necessary to solve the budget crisis without raising taxes. Here's their chance to prove him wrong.
The Tea Partiers — often thought to be hawks — might further demonstrate their credibility by calling for cuts in the Pentagon's $663 billion bottom line. As my colleague Ben Friedman likes to point out, we don't really have a "defense" budget: "The adjective is wrong."
We're spending ourselves into bankruptcy to maintain America's Globocop role, to gird for possible war with China (an absurd proposition) and to pursue the profoundly unconservative project of trying to socially engineer failed societies like Afghanistan into modernity.
The threats we face don't require taxpayer enrichment of Northrop‐Grumman and General Dynamics. New destroyers and submarines are neat, but when it comes to battling the likes of the underpants bomber, they're about as useful as a wet flounder, and far more expensive.
Ryan aside, it's pretty clear that the GOP isn't serious about reducing spending. House Minority Leader John Boehner, R‐Ohio, distanced the party from the road map almost as soon as it was released, leaving reporters with the distinct impression that Ryan had soiled the punchbowl.
In the middle of the recent fight against socialized medicine, Republicans fought hard to protect the chunk of our health care system that's already socialized. If there's money to be saved trimming waste from Medicare, "we should spend it on Grandma!" insisted Sen. Lamar Alexander, R‐Tenn. GOP leader Michael Steele proposed a "contract with seniors" insulating Medicare from cuts.
But that's no surprise. Politicians live to get re‐elected, and they won't change their behavior unless and until voters force them to. What this country desperately needs is a political movement that will pressure them to change their ways.
The Tea Partiers could become that movement — if they're serious.


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Glee's Matthew Morrison has paid tribute to his late co-star Cory Monteith by dedicating a song to him during a live performance yesterday (July 14).
The Will Schuester actor also remarked upon Monteith's passing at the beginning of the show at New York's 54 Below venue, according to Us Weekly.
A source said: "Matt came out before the show started and said, 'We lost a great young man too soon'. He said Cory was a beautiful person.
"Then he told the crowd, 'You came out to see a show, I came out to do one, so let's honor Cory with this performance'."
Morrison then performed a version of A Chorus Line song 'What I Did For Love', which was also sung by Monteith's girlfriend Lea Michele on the season two premiere of Glee.
The insider added: "He was very emotional on stage. It was difficult for him to get up to perform, but he did not want to disappoint anyone."
Other tributes have been paid to Monteith by his Glee co-stars and friends after news of his death broke on Sunday (July 14).
The 31-year-old, who played Finn Hudson on the Fox show, was found dead in a Vancouver hotel room on Saturday (July 13). The cause of his death has not yet been established.
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- Joe, Andrus Driver
Andrus Transportation is a family owned business, which means we understand how important home time is. One of our primary goals is to see that our drivers are not out longer than ten days at a time, with many being home on a weekly basis. Andrus Transportation was founded by a driver. Our main concern when doing business is our family of drivers and their families. We recognize our drivers are our number one asset.


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Perhaps you followed the drama that surrounded the International Bluegrass Music Association moving its annual World Of Bluegrass convention from Nashville to Raleigh, NC last year. The group, which supports the art and business of bluegrass worldwide, wrestled with declining attendance and many complicated pros and cons of Nashville. We were courted by officials from Raleigh who proved beyond a doubt that they wanted World of Bluegrass to be part of their Fall calendar and culture. And long story short, we made a very tough decision to head to a new city and it went better than any of us dared to hope. Even the IBMA Awards show was a hit, despite the painful sacrifice of moving out of the Ryman Auditorium.
Nashville, TN -- Detour bluegrass band is proud to announce they will perform Wednesday, August 13 at 7:00 p.m. at Music City Roots - Nashville's acclaimed Roots and Americana variety show hosted by Jim Lauderdale. This live concert event, featuring Sam Bush, Detour, Balsam Range and Becky Buller, will be webcast nationwide at musiccityroots.com or via the new Livestream app for phones and tablets. Fans can also tune in to Hippie Radio 94.5 FM in Nashville. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at MusicCityRoots.com.
Joelton, TN -- Award-winning bluegrass fiddler, songwriter, and singer Becky Buller has announced she is currently booking dates for 2015 under a new four-piece band format. Buller will be fronting her own band with the finer details to be announced in the coming weeks.
Joelton, TN -- In an effort to brighten up your weekend, Dark Shadow Recording announces the debut single, "Nothin' To You," from Becky Buller's forthcoming album 'Tween Earth And Sky available for download and airplay worldwide Friday, March 28, 2014. Penned by Buller, "Nothin' To You" is everything you've come to love in a bluegrass song: lovelorn lyrics set to a lightening fast melody with high, high harmony and banjo, banjo, banjo!
Joelton, TN -- Dark Shadow Recording announces Becky Buller as the latest signed artist on the label. Featuring a host of Bluegrass super-pickers and all-star vocalists, her twelve-song album will feature eleven original compositions. Buller's first solo project in ten years is already underway, with Producer/Engineer Stephen Mougin (Sam Bush Band, Nedski & Mojo) at the helm.
The newest addition to the Darin and Brooke Aldridge band family is Romy Elizabeth Haley, born March 1, 2013 weighing in at 7 lb. 6 oz. and measuring 20.75 inches long.
Cherryville, N.C. -- Mountain Home Music recording artists, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, have announced the addition of award-winning fiddler, singer and songwriter Becky Buller to their band. "Brooke and I are very pleased to welcome Becky to our musical family," Darin says. "She is a multi-instrumentalist and a gifted singer/songwriter. We're looking forward to making a lot of great music together."
Nashville, TN -- Pinecastle Records is pleased to announce today's new single, "Martha and Mary" by Nu-Blu. The song was written by Becky Buller and Nancy Cardwell and appears on Nu-Blu's first gospel album, Nail By Nail set for release October 30, 2012. The single has been serviced to bluegrass radio stations and is also available at AirplayDirect.com.
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The controversy over director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period drama Padmavati, which was renamed as Padmavat post CBFC's (Central Board of Film Certification) suggestion, just does not seem to end. While the film is finally going to release all over India on January 25, 2018, Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje on Monday announced that the film won't be allowed a screening in her state.
In a statement, Raje said that Padmavat will not be screened in any theatres in Rajasthan and that the decision was taken to respect the sentiments of people of in her state. She also stated that for Rajasthan Rani Padmini is not just a history chapter but a matter of self-esteem. Raje has directed Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria to make sure that the movie is not screened in any theatre in the state.
Padmavat starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Shahid Kapoor will clash at the box office with Akshay Kumar's Padman, which is also going to release on January 25, 2018.


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In case you missed it…. I'm buying a house! Well, can't quite afford a house in London, it's actually a 2 bed flat but still, it's a place of my own. And the best part? I CANT WAIT TO DECORATE! I'm not quite in there yet but I sure am planning everything already.
The lovely team at Flamingo Gifts spotted my "How To Buy A House" blog series on hunting for a house and sent me some beautiful presents which are frankly, perfect housewarming gifts! A house plant just doesnt cut it anymore.
So if you're looking for gift inspiration, or just downright loveliness, take a closer look at these babies….
These Abode tall tins by Magpie are adorable and so useful! I've got one in the kitchen holding teabags, another holding biscuits and the middle-size one in my bathroom holding cotton pads!
It's £16 for the full set, and the set features a mouse design, a whale and a deer. The colours are really cute, adding a bit of a modern twist on a classic tin.
They're so versatile, they would look great in any sort of kitchen – whether it's a retro Cath Kidston kitchen or minimalist New York loft style apartment.
I'm a HUGE fan of a statement cushion and this comic-style POW Pop Art Cushion by Sass & Belle is brilliant. It's hand crafted and looks quite expensive. You can get ZAP and BOOM cushions too. It's only £17.45, I would have paid more for it.
This will make a perfect addition to any TV-lovers sofa – I just need to make sure I don't spill anything on it. (I'm guilty of using a cushion to prop my TV dinner on more than one occasion)
And finally, saving the best until last – it's this GENIUS magical log and squirrel plant pot £22.50. You might think it's just a plastic plant pot with a cute animal in it, but it's really clever.
The squirrel sits in a water well underneath the interior plant pot. There are ropes which link the plant pot to the water well so that the plant absorbs only the amount of water it wants!
So you can put loooads of water in the well and it won't overwater. This is ideal for serial plantkillers like me – or if you're going on a long holiday and want to make sure your plants are well supplied.
You can check out Flamingo Gifts house-warming range here!
What's your favourite item? Would any of these look great in your home?
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Boys & Girls Clubs Of Benton And Franklin Counties In Pasco, WA
From June 10 to August 21 the Boys & Girls Club is offering summer camps at two locations in Pasco, Washington.
Details of the Event
The activities in the summer capms are designed for fun as well as to aid in the prevention of summer learning loss.
Each week is a new adventure centered around a theme. For more details please call 509-543-9980.
Locations: Main Branch, 801 N 18th Ave & James McGee, 4601 Horizon Drive - both in Pasco
For more information go to http://kidexpert.org/camps/summer-camps/
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Our pub has a variety of spaces that you're welcome to use for any event. The Garden View lends itself perfectly for private dining and dinner parties. The Old Cottage is great for more casual of gatherings and drinks parties with friends of family. Our Gin Garden is a beautiful setting for celebrating through the warmer months.


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CSPAN also has a livestream here.
Last year, my livestream interview with Alan Simpson on FDL following a closed door meeting of the Catfood Commission helped expose the backroom shenanigans and attempts to destroy Social Security that were being hidden from the American people.
Now we face an even greater threat to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from the Supercommittee. I'll be livestreaming again today, and after the meeting I hope to catch up with some of the committee members once again.
You can sign a petition to be delivered to the president, telling him to protect Social Security here.
Please leave any ideas for questions to ask supercommittee members in the comments below, if I don't get to them this time I will try again at their next meeting.
You can also call Senator Murray and Rep. Hensarling to demand they broadcast all meetings, not just the opening statements and canned speeches. Click here for phone numbers and a script.


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The Fresh New Start Initiative (FNSI) is a program that helps people reinvent themselves and gives them the opportunity for a fresh, new start. Whether they are simply on the edge, or have already fallen down, we help them get back up and put them on a path to a better life.
This program was started because we saw that so much is done for those who have fallen through the cracks, and still so much more needs to be done, but not nearly enough has been done to help those who haven't yet fallen over the edge. We aim to remedy this by expanding all of our assistance programs to a larger population through the FNSI.
There is so much we help with. So much that it seems like it would be too long to list everything so we will list some of the most important services we offer:
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