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CNN's Brian Todd combs through a new report from a privacy watchdog board commissioned by the government that says some of the NSA's surveillance is illegal - just as Edward Snowden speaks out in an online chat session.
What is new,Nothing about our government is on the up and up.The USA has the most crooked,corrupt government in the history of the USA.That makes ALL of them TRAITORS and impeachable,and it is time to do it.Jim Thomas Phx.Az.
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News - Sep 2011
September 21st, 2011
Introducing Stone ToolsSeptember 21, 2011
Early Craftsmanship, to the right of this column, is a new feature on BecomingHuman. This 18-minute video is an introduction to humankind's first surviving technology, demonstrates how stone tools were made and looks at how this technology became more complex.
September 1st, 2011
Oldest site for distinctive early stone tools foundSeptember 01, 2011
Stone tools played an important role in human evolution and one of the most significant stone technologies was the Acheulean, distinguished by the tools' characteristic tear drop and oval shaped handaxes. This technology, named for the place in France where some of the first examples were found in the 19th century, was thought to have originated around 1.4 million years ago (ma).


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This plea was forwarded to me this afternoon:
From: "email@example.com" <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 10:06 AM
Subject: Aussie/pit mix in great need – 248891
Dr. Coleman has asked for an emergency rescue for this dog. She is a Aussie/Pit mix with 8 pups and is about 2 yrs. old. She is extremely sweet and loving. She came into the shelter on 11/27/12 as a stray with an injury. She is HW-, but her left rear leg is in need of an amputation. She apparently had a rubber band or something like that around her leg. It is necrotic and beginning to smell. I know it is very short notice but we need to have an answer today about this dog. If you can't help mom, could you help the pups? Please let me know ASAP. Thank you in advance for all your help.
Tracy Dunlap
Sr. Animal Care Technician/Volunteer Coordinator
Memphis Animal Services
The apparently dog came in to MAS with an injured leg yesterday. She appears to have a litter of newborn pups whom she is caring for. Her leg is in such bad shape that the tissue is dead, it stinks and can not be saved. MAS with its "cutting edge" vet clinic the city likes to brag about in its new $7.2 million facility isn't helping her. But if no member of the irresponsible public steps up by 5:00 to get the vet care MAS refuses to provide for mama, it sounds like they'll kill her and her pups. Alternatively, it sounds like they'll kill mama and let someone bottle feed her pups if requested.
Last I heard, MAS was seeking AAHA accreditation for the vet clinic in an effort to reassure the public that pets were being cared for at the pound. I hope people will make sure AAHA is aware of the pound's refusal to treat this poor mama dog. It's not because the MAS vets don't know how to amputate legs – they've done it before. But that was then, I guess. Now=mama dog with her leg rotting off, left in a cage with her 8 newborn pups, but only until 5 o'clock. It's starting to smell.
Monsters. Fire them all. This is not a shelter. It is a pet slaughterhouse.


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by Fred W. Anson and Jackie Davidson
She was a really nice lady and a wonderful friend. But she wouldn't stop talking about her "ministry". He was a really great guy, warm, friendly, outgoing and really, genuinely cared about people. But he couldn't stop talking about his "ministry". I could stop right now and you could give us names, places, and "ministries" couldn't you? That's right even if we've never met, even if we live in different states, go to different churches and are theologically at odds we could both tell each other stories about Christians we've known that fit the scenario that I've just described. Isn't that interesting?
Or how about this one?
She had a dramatic, born again experience. Her life was dramatically changed and she became a different person it seemed, almost instantly. There was no doubt that God had intervened like a bolt of lightning and performed a miracle. That was a month or two ago and now she was telling me, "I've just got to find my ministry!"
Sound familiar?
Maybe it was you.
Maybe it's you right now.
Modern American Christians (we can't speak for other cultures, we don't know them well enough) are obsessed with finding, having, and growing their "ministry". The lady that we described in our opening couldn't tell you if the Book of Hebrews was in the Old or New Testament, couldn't tell you why the doctrine of the Trinity was important, and thought that Joel Osteen was a wonderful man of God and gifted Bible teacher – and for the record, he's a heretic. Another lady that we knew was bouncing from one seminary to another trying to get her credential so she could have a public "ministry" and start preaching at churches. All this while divorced and the single mother of two kids who, we suspect, were feeling the neglect that comes from being sacrificed for "ministry".
Fred Anson was one of those kids. His father was in many ways a wonderful man but everything and everyone got sacrificed for his "ministry". As his mother used to say, "Why is he down at the church building repairing a pipe when our pipes are leaking here at home? Why is he over at the house of the co-worker doing a remodel so he can witness to him when our house is falling apart?" And Fred would add, "Why was he always off doing volunteer work for children's charities rather than explaining to his own kids how to survive in this broken and fallen world?" Oh yes, friends, we know all too well what happens when "ministry" becomes the ultimate thing in a Christian's life. As well known Presbyterian Pastor Timothy Keller notes:
What is an idol? It is anything more important to you than God, anything that absorbs your heart and imagination more than God, anything you seek to give you what only God can give. . . .
An idol is whatever you look at and say, in your heart of hearts, "If I have that, then I'll feel my life has meaning, then I'll know I have value, then I'll feel significant and secure." There are many ways to describe that kind of relationship to something, but perhaps the best one is worship.
A counterfeit god is anything so central and essential to your life that, should you lose it, your life would feel hardly worth living.1
Isn't this really what's so often happening with "ministry" these days in modern American Christian culture? We've turned a good thing into an ultimate thing – and by doing so have turned it into an idol. Thankfully Keller also gives the solution to the problem:
Idols cannot simply be removed. They must be replaced. If you only try to uproot them, they grow back; but they can be supplanted. By what? By God himself, of course. But by God we do not mean a general belief in his existence. Most people have that, yet their souls are riddled with idols. What we need is a living encounter with God.2
OK, the concept is good but how can we make this real? What worked for us was thinking through this whole "ministry" thing and coming to realize that the the word "ministry" simply means "to function in the office of a servant". So if we're "ministering" I'm really doing nothing more than serving – which is biblical, just as Bob Deffinbaugh explains:
The predominant word for ministry in the New Testament is diakoneo (the noun form of which is diakonia). From this root, the term, deacon, (in Greek, diakonos) is derived. One of many possible expressions, it most accurately conveys the New Testament function of ministry. Our Lord and the apostles employed diakoneo to invest ministry with a meaning to both the Jews, and the Greeks.
To the Greeks, there was no dignity in service. In the words of the Greek sophist:
"How can a man be happy when he has to serve someone?"
The only service deemed to be of high value was that rendered in behalf of the state.
How different was our Lord's concept of the ministry:
"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served (passive form of diakoneo) but to serve (active form of diakoneo), and to give his life as a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45).
Jesus taught His followers that serving was a vital part of discipleship:
"If anyone wants to serve (diakoneo) me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant (diakonos) will be too. If anyone serves (diakoneo) me, the Father will honor him" (John 12:26).
In the teaching of Jesus, greatness was to be measured in terms of service:
"Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them. But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant (diakonos), and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all" (Mark 10:42-44).
All of this invested New Testament ministry with a dignity unimagined by the Greeks of that day.3
So if one wants a "ministry" for any other reason other than out of an attitude of service something isn't right. Further, the question is this, "service to who?" Trust us, we speak from hard experience when we say that it's entirely possible to think that you're serving others when you're really just serving yourself. And we will state plainly that the praise and gratitude of those people that you help can be intoxicating! It can be easy to serve to get the high that comes from it. And yes, the recognition that one can get from "ministry" have you breathing rarefied air if you're not careful – you might even start believing that you actually deserve the praise that you're getting.
So tell me friend, who's getting the glory there?
And here's a question: Who gave you the talents that you're now sharing with others? Remember this?
For the kingdom of heaven is like a man traveling to a far country, who called his own servants and delivered his goods to them. And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability; and immediately he went on a journey.
(Matthew 25:14-15 NKJV)
We are, of course, only speaking to ourselves since we know no one else has ever forgotten or taken for granted the fact that without the Master we would be nothing and have nothing. He owes us nothing, and we owe Him everything. So it's only logical that when in service our attitude must always be, "He must increase, but I must decrease." (John 3:30 NKJV) Friend, without Jesus we are nothing!
In the end the real question is this: Why do you need a "ministry" if you have a Master?
The Way of The Master
Now here's the thing about having a Master: He gets to tell you what to do when to do it, and how to do it. And, here's the part that modern Christians don't seem to like much, He can tell you when to stop or not do it all. Example, let's consider the Apostle Paul.
While the exact chronology and dating of the events in the Apostle Paul's life are still a topic of dispute among biblical scholars,4 the fact remains that there was a significant gap between when Paul became a Christian and when he became a missionary. Remember the Book of Acts covers events that occurred between around 30-62AD.5 That puts Paul's conversion (Acts 9:1-9) around 33AD and his first call to missions (Acts 13:2-3) at about 47AD. Folks that's a 14-year gap!
Think about that! Here is a guy who was schooled by one of the most famous and respected Jewish Rabbis not just of his time but of all time, Gamaliel (see Acts 22:3). A man to whom Jesus Christ personally appeared to in a vision and whose life Christ completely overturned and transformed. This is a guy that today would be on the Christian talk show, church, and book circuits within a year or two of his conversion. Yet what was the Master's bidding during that 14-year period? What "ministry" did he have? Apparently, it was the "ministry" of being trained, equipped, and prepared for what was to come because once the Master said, "Go!" he went – and he performed masterfully when he did.
Still not convinced? Then let's talk about this guy called Moses who spent 40-years exiled in the wilderness until God called him to his "ministry".6 Or how about Abraham who had to wait for 19-years from the promise of Isaac until his birth?7 Or, last but not least, how about Christ – God incarnate – who had to wait for 30-years for His "ministry" only to have it last 3-years? The way of the Master is not our way my friend – it's far better!
Yes, it's tempting for a new Christian to want to go into some sort of ministry. Baby Christians are on fire for the Lord. They want to spread their new found joy to everyone. And this is especially true for former Mormons or those who come from other works-based religions. Ex-Mormons are used to having their Bishop tell them what to do – and remember in Mormonism if you say no to a calling there will be hell to pay down the road. So when Ex-Mormons become Christian, if they're asked they just say yes to everything. Their pastor loves it! However, a year later they end up with too many ministries, an overloaded plate, and none of it being done well. Plus they are not doctrinally trained enough to actually minister to others.
And we could talk about all those "zombie" Facebook groups that were started and then abandoned because someone who just had to have a "ministry" created the group on a whim. Then they discovered the hard way that they weren't equipped to lead or sustain such an endeavor either practically or theologically. So there the group sits, doing nothing, going nowhere, benefiting no one, crickets chirping, existing but not alive. If there were dust, rust, and wood-rot in cyberspace it would be covered with it.8
Finally, since it's so common, we want to warn our transitioning Mormon friends about well-meaning Christians who will try to turn them into weapons against Mormonism immediately after they leave the LdS Church. This isn't idle speculation – expect it, it will happen. Simply put, don't listen to them.
Consider this: Could Christ have had a better weapon than Paul against the apostate Judaism of his day? Or a better weapon than Moses, a former Prince, against pagan Egypt for that matter? Yet the Master waited until they were properly equipped and trained before He missioned them – think about that my friend. We know that it is so, so, so easy to pick up the sword against the LdS Church after you exit and even easier to swing it, but here's a word of advice learned from hard experience: Don't.9
Equipping the Saints (and Other Stuff That Everyone Seems to Want to Ignore)
We have seen a lot of harm come from Baby Christians (and sorry Ex-Mormon but after you exit you are a baby Christian no matter how long you were in the LdS Church and what your callings were) who have no firm theological foundation, don't know their Bible, have no knowledge of proper hermeneutics, Christian Church history, historic Christian orthodoxy, modern Christian culture, or even proper Christian terminology, create a "ministry" for themselves. We have seen them destroy their own faith while they're destroying the faith of others – usually taking themselves and their parishioners and into the morass of atheism. We have seen them alienate themselves from the community of saints due to their unteachable attitudes and recalcitrant behavior. We have even seen them end their own marriages because they were so driven to have a "ministry" that they ran over their spouse. We have seen them do exactly as Jesus said they would:
"They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch."
(Matthew 15:14 NKJV)
Ironically, even the infidels know better than to act with such folly! One of Fred's mentors – an apostate, cultural Jew – once challenged him with this, "How do you know what to do about what's going on until you know what's going on?" And in a similar vein, a secular, materialist, agnostic mentor, counseled him to, "Do nothing for the first 90-days except watch, listen, and learn. That way you'll know exactly what to do on day 91." This, of course, is nothing more than an echo of the biblical wisdom which says:
"Fools think their own way is right,
but the wise listen to others."
(Proverbs 12:15 NLT)
"A wise man doesn't display his knowledge,
but a fool displays his foolishness."
(Proverbs 12:23 TLB)
"Sensible people always think before they act,
but stupid people advertise their ignorance."
(Proverbs 13:16 GNT)
"Become wise by walking with the wise;
hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces."
(Proverbs 13:20 The Message)
"Fools have no interest in understanding;
they only want to air their own opinions."
(Proverbs 18:2 NLT)
So you want a ministry? Here's a tip, change the 90-days to 9-years from Fred's secular mentor's advice and wait patiently on the Lord while you're doing it. And if you have any questions while you're waiting just open up your Bible and start reading. But trust us, friend, while you're waiting you will still have plenty to do – life happens!
Equipped But Not Called
It's also common for mature Christians to try to make those that they haven't really been called to, a target for "ministry". They do so by not spending the time required to learn the worldview and theology of the people that they're approaching. Instead, they just go out and act as if these people are clones of them self. As Nancy Pearcey observes:
What would you think of a missionary in a Muslim country who refused to learn about Muslim culture? He would not be very effective in communicating a biblical message. Cultivating a missional mind-set means being willing to learn both the language and the thought patterns of our mission field.
When Paul said, "I have become all things to all people" (1 Cor. 9:22), he did not mean dressing like the locals. Nor was he embracing cultural relativism. Instead he was taking the assumptions of his audience into consideration in his language and approach. He tried to see the world through their eyes so he could communicate more persuasively.10
The harm that this presumption causes is unbelievable. We have seen one transitioning Mormon after another driven into atheism due to well meaning but ignorant and culturally insensitive Christians disrespecting and offending them in this manner. They figure that if Christians can't be bothered to learn about them then obviously Christianity doesn't have anything to say to them. And frankly, we don't blame them having once been on the receiving end of this closed-minded, myopic, and often bigoted, behavior ourselves. If you have any doubts about this just go up on just about any Mormon/Evangelical internet discussion board and you'll see it. If that doesn't do it then go on YouTube and watch the "Street Screechers" driving Mormons away from God and deeper into Mormonism on Temple Square.
Simply put dear mature Christian brother or sister, taking it upon yourself to go into "ministry" without the proper equipping, training, and divine calling is not only poor stewardship of your talents, it can actually harm the very people that you think you're helping. Whether it's people in Africa, the homeless, or well to do Ex-Mormons, they are precious souls to be loved and cared for. It is extremely important that the person who is shepherding these people be prepared to shepherd them in accordance with the Golden Rule. And if all this has made you realize that you need more time to prepare yourself for the mission field then just sit back and rest in the arms of the Lord while He prepares you like He did Paul.
Wait on the Lord;
Be of good courage,
And He shall strengthen your heart;
Wait, I say, on the Lord!
(Psalm 27:14 NKJV)
Have you not known?
Have you not heard?
The everlasting God, the Lord,
The Creator of the ends of the earth,
Neither faints nor is weary.
His understanding is unsearchable.
He gives power to the weak,
And to those who have no might He increases strength.
Even the youths shall faint and be weary,
And the young men shall utterly fall,
But those who wait on the Lord
Shall renew their strength;
They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary,
They shall walk and not faint.
(Isaiah 40:28-31 NKJV)
Further, the Bible tells us both plainly and repeatedly that we are to be under pastoral oversight not just in our ministry but in general.11 Be accountable, be teachable, be shepherded yourself. Never stop researching and pray for God's guidance constantly. If and when the Master says "Go!" then go. If and when the Master says, "Stop" then stop. If He says, "Speak" then speak. And if He says, "Be quiet" then stop speaking and remain silent. After all, friend this really isn't your "ministry" at all is it? It's His, always has been, always will be. So say it with me, dear Christian:
"I have no ministry, I have the Master. And that's enough."
1 Timothy Keller, "Counterfeit Gods", pp.xvii-xviii
2 Ibid, Chapter 7
3 Bob Deffinbaugh, "The Meaning of New Testament Ministry"
4 Timeline of the Apostle Paul
5 Chronology of Acts and the Epistles
6 Exodus Bible Timeline
7 Complete Bible Timeline
8 And by the way, before you start one yourself, speaking as people who have been administrating multiple Facebook groups over a number of years (and have the scars to prove it) please know there's a reason why they call Internet administration, "feeding the beast" when it comes to providing content and "taming the beast" when it comes to monitoring and administrating it. It's not for the fainthearted or ill-equipped!
9 Please see Fred W. Anson's article, "On Taking Up The Sword" for a fuller explanation and caution on this. Want to guarantee that you will remain a Baby Christian forever our newly exited Ex-Mormon friend? No problem, just pick up that sword and start swinging it!
10 Nancy Pearcey, "Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes", p.250, Kindle Edition. In specific regard to Mormonism, the reader may also be interested in Fred Anson's article, 'Weak Arguments #9: "I don't need to understand Mormon culture or learn how to speak like a Mormon…"'
11 Please consider the following:
"Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you. Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner. Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen."
(Hebrews 13:17-21 ESV)
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another."
(Proverbs 27:17 ESV)
"Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ."
(Galatians 6:1-2 ESV)
"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector."
(Matthew 18:15-17 ESV)
"Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working."
(James 5:16 ESV)
"Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken."
(Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 ESV)
"My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins."
(James 5:19-20 ESV)
"Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another."
(Ephesians 4:25 ESV)
"For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another. Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith; or ministry, let us use it in our ministering; he who teaches, in teaching; he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness."
(Romans 12:3-8 NKJV)


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Snap Preview Anywhere, known as Snap Shots, Snap Shots Integrator, mShots, and many other names, is considered by many as one of the most annoying "gimmicks" on the web, continues to be enabled by default on WordPress.com blogs. Many new bloggers are still "testing" this gimmick which allows a thumbnail preview or feed view of the linked content when the mouse hovers over the link.
When it first came out, a lot of top bloggers took it for a test drive, then soon realized how much it interfered with the reading and interaction of their blogs, annoying readers. Wise bloggers know that anything that gets between a reader and the blog content loses readers.
Note: Over the years since its release, Snap Preview Anywhere has changed its names many times. As of 2009, WordPress.com turned away from Snap Preview to use their own in-house version, mShots. The following instructions show how to turn off the Snap version as well as the WordPress.com mShots version. For more help on WordPress.com, check out the many discussions on how to turn off and disable mShots.
After a lot of research myself, the only justification I've found for using Snap Preview/Snap Shots is for sites which provide links to blog reviews, Theme reviews, or graphics. The tiny thumbnail view of the visual aspect of the site or image matches the theme of the post content.
The main three reasons that so many people don't like it are:
- It pops up a thumbnail without warning as their mouse moves over the link, even accidentally, startling the reader and covering up content they are trying to read.
- It doesn't meet with accessibility standards and makes reading content hard for those with visual impairment.
- Since this is installed on a blog by its owner (or by default unfortunately by WordPress.com), single hosted WordPress and WordPress.com blogs must take action themselves to turn this off, often after a backlash from their readers.
- The only way for the reader to turn it off on a global scale is through an "opt-out" program, forcing the reader to visit the Snap Preview site to turn it off. The site turns it off for that IP address. Switch IP addresses by moving to another computer, Internet service, or otherwise, and it's back.
It doesn't add value to your blog. It's hard to even see what's in the small thumbnail image. It takes time and bandwidth to load the popup. You should be able to make it go away by clicking anywhere on the page away from the popup, which sometimes takes a long time to go away, and may cause you to inadvertently click a link, causing you to leave the page and forcing you to back up to the original page, or just leave it in frustration.
On the Snap Preview Anywhere/Snap Shots popup, there is an option to disable it. I've clicked this numerous times and it has never worked (Update: It currently works, but if you change computers, locations, or renew your IP address – it stops working). It also interferes with one of my most powerful blog post writing tools, the Copy Link Text (CoLT) Firefox Extension which allows me to quickly copy and paste full code-ready links into my blog posts. Since implementation of Snap Preview/mShots on the WordPress.com blogs, including the main site pages, it takes me an addition ten to twenty minutes to generate my weekly WordPress Wednesday News reports as I do battle for the links with the popup windows.
If you want the gimmick, leave it turned on.
If you want it turned off:
- In WordPress.com blogs: Go to Presentation/Appearance > Extras and uncheck the Snap Preview/Snap Shots/MShots feature box to disable it on your blog. Click Update to save the changes.
- Full Version WordPress Blogs: In order to work on a full version WordPress blog, the Snap Preview WordPress Plugin must be installed and activated. To disable it, deactivate the Plugin and remove it from your blog's server.
- Opt-Out and Disable Snap Preview Globally: In theory, you can disable Snap Preview on a site-by-site basis through the popup windows, but it has never worked for me. Or you can visit their site and disable Snap Preview there, but it only disables it per IP address. It will stop you seeing it on any web page with the feature enabled. (I've not found a way to globally block mShots on WordPress.com blogs.)
- Ask Your Favorite Blogger: If you find it on a favorite blog, ask the blogger to stop using it. They may like the gimmick effect and not realize how much it is annoying you and the other readers. They won't change anything until you let them know.
Need a second opinion? ShandyKing disabled Snap Preview based upon feedback from his readers, even after he posted an article that got him in the top rankings listing the top 100 blogs using Snap Preview.
I've installed Snap a week ago and have asked my readers for their honest feedback. After a week of testing it out I have decided to remove it from my site. In fact I have come to the conclusion this tool hurts website owners more then helps them.
Before I go into why I feel the way I do about it I would like to congratulate the folks over at Snap on creating a viral product and for additionally getting WordPress to agree on making their plug-in available on 600,000 Blogs.
…It sucks on my part to find out that I was placed on the top 100 then have to tell the world why I don't want to use it. Since I did request public feedback, I should be honest and report my opinions on it.
There are alternatives to Snap Preview. Cooliris allows the user to click a link to open the preview popup window, rather than have it forced upon you. If any similar product is to have success, it must allow the user to completely control their experience. Allow them to choose whether or not they want to see the popup previews, don't force them upon them, or make them do a dance to remove it from their view.
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Endicott College
Beverly, Massachusetts
There are three spots in Endicott College rumored to be haunted. First, Brindle Hall is the site of mysterious happenings: unexplained noises like hissing or marbles rolling on the roof, shades that go up by themselves, and trees seen outside that bend to form the name Julie, the name of ...
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House of the Seven Gables
Salem, Massachusetts2.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Susan Ingersoll, former owner and relative to Nathaniel Hawthorne, is still seen walking down the halls and peering out of the windows. The presence of a child has been reported in the attic, but is thought to be playful. Strange sounds are heard, objects move by themselves, and a chair ...
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Morning Glory Bed and Breakfast
Salem, Massachusetts2.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
This bed-and-breakfast inn is said to be haunted a young woman in turn-of-the-century clothing. Ghostly children are believed to reside here as well.
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Howard Street Cemetery
Salem, Massachusetts2.8 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Giles Corey, one of the accused witches of the Salem trials, was pressed to death nearby (slowly crushed by heavy stones). His ghost is reported at this cemetery and he was said to have cursed the local sheriff department; those in position as sheriff have suffered heart attacks, felt the ...
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Hawthorne Hotel
Salem, Massachusetts2.8 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
This hotel boasts a haunted elevator and sixth floor. Legend has it that a double murder over a lovers' quarrel occurred here. Chandeliers are said to sway and cold spots can be detected.
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The Burying Point
Salem, Massachusetts3 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Judge Hathorne, also known as "The Hanging Judge" for his role in the Salem Witch Trials, is buried here. At night, light anomolies are caught on camera and some of the local homes are thought to be haunted by ghosts that are buried at this site. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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The Lyceum - Turner's Seafood
Salem, Massachusetts3 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Formerly the Lyceum and now Turner's Seafood, the spot is said to be haunted by a woman in a long, white period dress on the staircase. She has also appeared as a reflection in mirrors. Some say the land on which it stands was once an apple orchard belonging to ...
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Joshua Ward House
Salem, Massachusetts3.1 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
At this historic house built in 1784, the spirits of Sheriff George Corwin and Giles Cory are said to linger. Both men are associated with the Salem Witch Trials.
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The Witch House - Jonathan Corwin House
Salem, Massachusetts3.2 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
The Witch House, aka Jonathan Corwin House, was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin and is known for being the only structure still standing in Salem with direct ties to the 1692 Salem witch trials. It was Corwin who investigated the claims of witchcraft after the accusations arose, which resulted ...
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St. Mary's Cemetery
Salem, Massachusetts3.2 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Witnesses have seen a ghostly gray figure walking alongside them and have felt unpleasant vibes from the forest down the hill. There have also been sounds of claws on the path and a waist-high light that appeared near the top of the hill.
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Haunted Salem: Strange Phenomena in the Witch City
Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Haunted Salem & Beyond
Lynda Lee Macken
Ghosts of Boston: Haunts of the Hub (Haunted America)
Sam Baltrusis
Proctor's Ledge
Salem, Massachusetts3.8 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Proctor's Ledge was the true site of Salem hangings. It's said that there is still a high psychic energy remaining since the hysteria ended. A note to anyone who investigates: the land is private property and located behind a series of houses; if you don't get permission first, there is ...
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Endicott Family Cemetery
Danvers, Massachusetts3.9 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
The Endicott Cemetery has three ghosts, locals say. Their identities are thought to be the spirits of the only three gravestones in the cemetery that haven't toppled over: Margaret and her two sons, Jeremy and Alex. The public is not allowed here and No Trespassing signs are posted because of ...
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Salem State University
Salem, Massachusetts4 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Salem State University is reported to have many ghosts, including the spirits of a student who hanged herself and a man in black in Gramley Hall, two girls who were electrocuted at Gramley Library, a little girl who died in the elevator shaft at Clewell Hall, and a haunted portrait ...
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Peabody Institute Library of Danvers
Danvers, Massachusetts4.5 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Make too much noise in the Peabody Institute's Library of Danvers, established in 1854, and you may be shushed by a ghost. The apparition of an old man likes to sit in the research section on the third floor, and is known to shush loud library patrons.
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Windward Grille
Essex, Massachusetts7.2 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Locals say the restaurant called Windward Grille, housed in a very old building, is haunted by a couple whose apparitions float near the walls. Other ghosts have been seen as well, and witnesses report cold spots, flickering lights, and toilets that flush on their own. The house may once have ...
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The Blue Door Bed and Breakfast
Middleton, Massachusetts7.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Several ghosts are said to be in residence at this cottage built in 1692, and one is the builder, Philip Knight. Another is Rebecca Towne, who wears a blue dress and floats through the dining room. Captain Henry Quiver died here in the 1850s, and was said to join the ...
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Hammond Castle
Gloucester, Massachusetts8.5 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Built in the 1920s by John Hays Hammond Jr., the unusual castle has different sections built in varying architectural styles: Romanesque, Medieval, Renaissance French, and Gothic. It also includes odd features like passageways and raining rooms. Mr. Hammond himself is believed to reside in his beloved castle still, although he ...
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Harold Parker State Forest
Andover, Massachusetts13 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Harold Parker State Forest now has 35 miles of woodsy trails and roads, ponds, swamps, forests and rocky outcroppings, but evidence of its 18th-century farming and milling operations may be seen here as well. Ruins of houses and unmarked graves can be found on the grounds. Some say that beyond ...
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Bellingham-Cary House
Chelsea, Massachusetts13.9 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
The Civil War-era mansion known as the Cary House is private property, but it has a legend attached. The daughter who lived here had two beaus on opposing sides of the war, and they happened to kill each other on the staircase. Rumor has it that on Mr. and Mrs. ...
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Boston Light
Hull, Massachusetts15.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
The Boston Light, built in 1783, is said to be haunted by an old sailor who hates rock 'n' roll music. When Coast Guards tune in to rock stations in the vicinity, they find that their radios suddenly switch to classical stations. At the lighthouse, footsteps and cold spots accompany ...
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Ghosts of Boston Town
Holly Nadler
Spooky Creepy Boston
Nicholas Goodwin
Boston's Haunted History: Exploring the Ghosts and Graves of Beantown
Christopher Forest
Fort Warren
Hull, Massachusetts16.6 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Fort Warren, a pentagonal structure of stone and granite, was completed near the beginning of the Civil War and was decommissioned in 1947. It was named after Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his well-known ride. The fort is haunted by a ghostly lady in ...
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Omni Parker House Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts17.1 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
At this hotel, rumored to be haunted, witnesses claim that doors open and close by themselves, lights turn on and off, and apparitions of folks in old-time clothing have been spotted. Voices have been heard as well in the lobby, restaurant and halls.
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Boston Athenaeum
Boston, Massachusetts17.2 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Author Nathaniel Hawthorne claimed to have seen the ghost of the scholarly Reverend Harris at this historic library.
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Fort Revere
Hull, Massachusetts17.4 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Fort Revere, formerly Fort Independence, was renamed to honor patriot Paul Revere. It was used from the American Revolution through World War II and was decommissioned in 1947. A number of eerie experiences have been described by witnesses here, such as unexplained noises and whispers, and shadows that rush ...
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Sacco's Bowl-Haven
Somerville, Massachusetts17.6 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Sacco's Bowl-Haven, investigated by TV's Ghost Hunters, has been owned by the Sacco family since 1939. It's believed to be haunted by a former employee. Witnesses have described the feeling of something breathing on their neck and balls that return when the machine is off. The Ghost Hunters debunked the ...
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Cutler Majestic Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts17.6 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Built in 1903, the historic theater is said to be haunted by a former mayor of Boston who died during a performance, a little girl, and a married couple wearing turn-of-the-20th-century clothing.
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Verna's Donut Shop
Cambridge, Massachusetts17.8 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Below Verna's Donut Shop is a basement storeroom, used to hold supplies for the doughnut shop and the adjacent cake-decorating shop, and it's rumored to have more than flour and sprinkles. A ghost, or at least a shadowy figure, has been seen crouching behind the boxes.
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Charlesgate Hotel
Boston, Massachusetts18.5 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Charlesgate, built in 1901, was bought by Boston University to use as a dorm in 1947, and then was also used as a dorm by Emerson College through the late 1990s. It's now a condo building. Some of the hauntings are attributed to séances held by college kids or a ...
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Bradford College - Northpoint Bible College
Haverhill, Massachusetts18.6 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Urban legend has it that this is the very New England college that stored H.P. Lovecraft's famed evil book Necronomicon, buried deep underground. Although the Lovecraft book "Necronomicon" is a work of fiction, fans maintain that the book of spells actually exists at Northpoint Bible College (formerly Bradford College). It ...
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Berklee College of Music
Boston, Massachusetts18.6 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Established in 1945, Berklee College of Music has been attended by many famous musicians. And it also has a haunted dorm, a 1900s former apartment building that eventually was remodeled into the Sherry Biltmore Hotel. When the hotel caught fire in 1963, started by a boy playing with matches, many ...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: Ghosts, Legends, & Lore
E. Ashley Rooney
Haunted York County: Mystery and Lore from Maine's Oldest Towns
Roxie J. Zwicker
The Pines Cemetery
Tewksbury, Massachusetts18.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
The Pines is the old cemetery from Tewksbury State Hospital. There are numbered markers here for over 10,000 individuals who died at the hospital. It is rumored that many bodies were exhumed and taken to Boston for medical students to train on. The cemetery is located in the woods and is ...
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The Boston Conservatory
Boston, Massachusetts18.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
The Boston Conservatory, some say, is haunted. There have been numerous reports of footsteps, doors that slam themselves, disembodied voices, objects that go missing, and other strange phenomena, especially in the dorm buildings. Some attribute the activity to the fact that the place was an 1800s hospital where many spirits ...
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Boston University - Shelton Hall
Boston, Massachusetts18.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
The fourth floor of Boston University's Shelton Hall is said to be haunted by playwright Eugene O'Neill, who spent his last years there. It was built in 1923 as a Sheraton Hotel and had been renamed the Shelton; the university bought in in 1954. Witnesses say the elevator works by ...
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Tewksbury Cemetery
Tewksbury, Massachusetts19.3 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Locals tell of a ghostly white woman who walks here, as well as a dark, leather-skinned creature who follows guests through the graveyard.
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Woman In White Dress
Belmont, Massachusetts19.9 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Seven years ago on my way home driving through Belmont, as I always did, around 2:30 in the morning I saw a woman in a long flowing white dress (looked like she was possibly in her late 30's/early 40's but I am bad with age) walking up Royal Road (right ...
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Minot's Ledge Lighthouse
Scituate, Massachusetts20.2 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
This lighthouse is said to be haunted by a former lighthouse keeper who was killed when the original lighthouse that stood on this spot was destroyed in a storm.
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Holiday Inn Tewksbury
Tewksbury, Massachusetts20.4 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
An apparition moves from the ballroom to the hall, and can only be seen out of the corner of the eye. When you turn to look at it, it vanishes.
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Lake Gardner
Amesbury, Massachusetts22 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
At Lake Gardner, some say, the ghosts of children and adults who have drowned here can be seen and heard in the sandy and wooded areas.
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USS Salem
Quincy, Massachusetts22.2 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
This former Navy cruiser is now a museum ship and open to the public. The ship, in one of its duties, served as a hospital after the 1953 Ionian Earthquake, and many spirits from throughout the ship's service are said to have lingered here. Ghost tours are offered regularly, a ...
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Pine Manor College
Brookline, Massachusetts22.4 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Students of Pine Manor College say that the lights along the pathway near the Main House (the administration building) turn off as they get close, then turn on again as they pass by. Mists have materialized in the nearby woods, and witnesses have noted a disconcerting feeling that something is ...
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Haunted Portsmouth NH: Spirits and Shadows of the Past
Roxie J. Zwicker
Haunted Cape Cod & the Islands
Mark Jasper
Haunted Massachusetts
Thomas D'Agostino
Old Dudley Road
Billerica, Massachusetts22.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Although the New Dudley Oxford Road is in use today, its ancestor, the Old Dudley Oxford Road, still exists for about a mile. Apparently unable to quit his favorite route, a spectral horseback rider in Colonial garb is said to patrol the remains of the old road.
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Regina Russell's Tea Room
Quincy, Massachusetts22.8 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
At this psychic/tarot business and tea room, a female apparition is said to reside. She has often been seen standing near the fireplace, and has visited since the place opened in 1970.
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The Village Inn
Dracut, Massachusetts23.6 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
The restaurant here is said to be haunted by a little boy and a little girl. The boy hangs out in the lounge area, but he runs away whenever anyone comes near him. The little girl is seen walking through a tunnel that runs between the restaurant and the barn ...
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Everett Square Theatre
Boston, Massachusetts24.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Everett Square Theatre has recently undergone renovations. Folks have reported blinking lights, unexplained noises, and uneasy feelings of unseen presences inside the building.
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Riverside Theater Works
Boston, Massachusetts24.7 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Riverside Theater Works, formerly French's Opera House, is haunted by Esmeralda, who died during a fire. "Essie" is said to haunt children who are performing in plays, and has been seen floating above the stage. Esmeralda died in a purple chair in the audience near the right side of the ...
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Island Path Road
Hampton, New Hampshire24.9 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
The town of Hampton was the site of a major 1600s witch hunt, and Goodwife Eunice Cole was accused of the crime. She is said to have cursed a group of sailors who taunted her. When a sudden storm blew up and the sailors vanished, Goody Cole was convicted of ...
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Concord's Colonial Inn
Concord, Massachusetts26 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
TV's Ghost Hunters has featured this inn, at which Room 24 is said to be haunted by a ghost.
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Mary Belanger House
Lowell, Massachusetts26.3 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
This is the house where a woman named Mary Belanger supposedly died when she fell into the fire pit in the back yard and burned to death. Events such as visible apparitions and floating objects support this claim. I also took a photo in the cellar that captures an ...
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Governor's Mansion
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire26.4 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
State senator Warren Brown, confident of winning an election to become governor, built this mansion in 1880. He lost the election, but many years later it is still called Governor's Mansion. An owner who purchased the place in 2000 witnessed apparitions, orbs, voices, a disappearing staircase, strange noises, electrical anomalies, ...
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Regis College
Weston, Massachusetts27.1 miles from Beverly Cove, MA
Regis College's haunted College Hall, built in the late 1920s, is rumored to have several ghosts in residence, including a roaming cold spot. A former piano teacher opens and closes doors and occasionally plays the piano, and the fourth floor is home to some spectral nuns, students say.
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Life of a Haunted House: The Barnstable House of Barnstable, Massachusetts--Genealogy of a Real Haunted House
Paul J. Bunnell FACG
Haunted Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts
Renee Mallett
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This is something you can't usually see: the bow of an American nuclear aircraft supercarrier, the new Gerald R. Ford—the lead ship of a new class that will start replacing the Nimitz-class in 2015.
It was just put in place at Huntington Ingalls's Newport News shipyard, at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, along the James River, Virginia.
American aircraft supercarriers are some of the biggest structures built by humankind. I remember the first time I saw one in person and it blew my mind.
The new supercarriers would be more efficient than the current Nimitz-class ships, with a new flight deck design that has a different layout and structure to handle airplanes more efficiently. The deck also includes Electromagnetic Aircraft Launching System catapults—four of them. The island—the control tower on the side—has been reduced in size and pushed towards the stern of the ship. [Huntington Ingalls]


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Unemployed Greeks Look To Create Their Own Jobs
In Greece, more than 21 percent of the working-age population is jobless. For Greeks under age 25, the rate is more than double that.
Some young Greeks are frightened that the economy, now in free fall, will take years to recover, so they're leaving for jobs abroad. A few entrepreneurs, however, are trying to start businesses during the worst recession in decades.
A magnet for these young entrepreneurs is CoLab, a business incubator in a weathered building near the Athens Cathedral in the city center. CoLab opened in 2009, with just one occupant — a Spanish travel writer.
Now, it has 45 occupants including software and programming whizzes, Web developers, corporate responsibility consultants and even a couple of yogis.
One of the stars here is Panos Papadopoulos, a 28-year-old computer scientist. He's the co-founder of BugSense, which tracks bugs in mobile phone applications. BugSense is already making a profit and has Silicon Valley investors.
When you don't have a job that means you have plenty of time. You should do something with that time.
"We have 5,000 developers from Japan to Argentina," Papadopoulos says. "Some of our customers include Samsung, Skype [and] VMware."
He mentors younger entrepreneurs like 25-year-old John Katsiotis, who co-founded a new company called Parking Defenders. It's developing a smartphone application that helps people find parking spots in Athens.
The app allows users to notify each other when they're about to vacate a spot. "I see a list of all the users that are interested, and I choose one," he says. "So that person can come and take my spot."
Katsiotis thinks the idea has potential, since parking is so scarce in Athens that people sometimes leave their cars on sidewalks.
A Need To Be More Creative
Dimitris Tsigos, who leads a young entrepreneurs association in Greece, also likes the idea. He says he especially likes that Katsiotis is exploring his idea creatively, something young Greeks don't do enough of, according to Tsigos.
Many of his own relatives thought he was nuts when he started his successful e-learning company, Virtual Trip, 12 years ago, when he was still in college. An aunt told him a real job meant working for the government.
"The Greek dream was that you are hired in the public sector," Tsigos says. "You go to work at 8, you leave at 12, and you get 1,200 euros."
That's about $1,600 a month. Not everyone worked these easy hours, but at least public sector jobs used to be safe. The constitution protected public workers from getting fired.
That changed in 2010, when Greece took billions of dollars in bailout loans to keep from defaulting on more than $400 billion in debt. International lenders — who include the European Union, the International Monetary Fund and the European Central Bank — are demanding that Greece fire 150,000 public workers over the next three years to cut costs. Austerity measures also forced more than 100,000 businesses to close last year.
That's left young Greeks with virtually no options, Tsigos says.
"That's why they are frightened," he says. "That's why you see all these demonstrations with people expressing anger, because they're frightened. Because they see all [these plans] they had in their mind is now destroyed."
He says he hears from about 10 young entrepreneurs a week, but says that's not enough to call it a trend.
Huge Job Losses
Most young Greeks say they feel adrift in an economy that shed more than 300,000 jobs last year. Venetia Kogkou, 31, lost her job as a librarian two years ago. Many of her friends are also unemployed.
Kogkou says she's sent out hundreds of resumes, with no response.
"When I was a little girl, my mom used to tell me that if I didn't study, I'd end up working at the supermarket," Kogkou says. "But you know what? I can't even get a job there."
She and her friends say they see no option but to leave Greece.
John Katsiotis, the young computer scientist, says he's going to stay. His smartphone app on parking hasn't made any money yet, and he's not sure it ever will.
"When you don't have a job, that means you have plenty of time," he says. "You should do something with that time."
He says he wants to use this time to create a job, even in this morbid economy. The Greek economy is now in its fifth year of recession, and economists have predicted more years of stagnation.
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A Small Transformation Experiment
On November 15th of 2010, I began a small experiment. The lease on my car ended that day, and I just turned the car in and took the bus home. I decided to see what life would be like without a car.
My office is close to a subway stop and there is a bus stop near my home. I only had to figure out how to get them connected, as well as the schedules of all the pieces of the route. For those times when I would need a car, I joined Zipcar. They have several cars located across the street from my office.
This experiment continued until June 18th of 2011 when I acquired a new vehicle. Thus, it is obviously feasible to live without a car. However, with hot summer upon us, and my ultimate admission that it is inconvenient to not have a vehicle, I am back among the driving public.
This experiment showed me that I could dramatically reduce my transportation costs, from $700 per month (for lease, gas, maintenance and insurance) to $60-80 per month (for subway and bus fares and an occasional Zipcar). However, this does not include the cost of my time in transit, which increased substantially.
A cross-town meeting would require determining the mix of subways and buses needed to get from here to there and back. I had to build in extra time to handle schedule variations. This sometimes resulted in my arriving at a meeting an hour early because the connections happened to dovetail nicely. I was only rarely late.
I would catch up on my email or read magazines and other materials during these transit times, so the time was not really lost. Nevertheless, were I not on public transportation, or waiting at a transit stop; I would not have spent my time this way. Thus, there was certainly some inefficiency.
I met quite a variety of people on the subway, and especially on buses. For many cases, my first impressions were dead wrong. Most people seemed poor, and perhaps unable to afford their own vehicles, but occasional conversations uncovered graduate students, aircraft pilots, and lawyers. In general, people were quite friendly.
I have become a fan of public transportation. However, for me to fully transform my mode of transportation from private to public, three things need to change:
- The transportation network has to be more robust, enabling me to efficiently get between more places.
- Route planning has to only require a glance, not a web search, either at a posted map or a smart phone app.
- Schedules need to be much more predictable, with the time until next subway or bus arrival displayed at each stop or on another smart phone app.
Succinctly, I need a system much more like Washington's than Atlanta's.


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Long Border Waits Test Patience, But Relief May Be On The Way
The line of cars to cross the U.S.-Mexico border into San Diego on a recent weekday stretched far beyond the eye's reach. It wound around curves, crossed the bridge spanning the Tijuana River, nearly reaching the city's financial district. Somewhere near the middle, Candelario Gonzalez was sitting in his white pickup truck, his wrists draped over the steering wheel.
"I've been waiting about an hour," he said, "And I estimate the entire wait's going to be two hours and forty minutes to cross."
This is a daily routine for Gonzalez, who lives in Tijuana but works in San Diego six days a week. Waits approaching three hours are the norm, meaning he spends upward of 18 hours a week just sitting in his truck, idling.
For the tens of thousands who cross this border daily, these exasperatingly long waits are a constant source of frustration, not to mention strained bladders -- the reason Gonzalez gave for depriving himself of water while in his truck.
But they've also become one of the biggest sources of frustration for the civic, business and tourism communities on both sides of the border, because of the untold economic losses they believe result from people's unwillingness to brave the lines.
Three years ago, when drug violence south of the border spiked, southbound cross-border tourism dried up. As violence has decreased and those fears have eased, officials are trying to draw tourists back. But Kenn Morris, who runs a cross-border consulting group, said they have a new hurdle to overcome.
"It's not security anymore, it's border wait times," he said, based on findings from surveys his firm has conducted. "If fewer people are crossing because they say, 'I'm not going to take three hours or four hours to wait in line,' then that impacts the San Diego economy," and also the economic recovery south of the border.
Federal statistics compiled by Morris show that since 2000, the number of people legally crossing the southern border into the U.S. has fallen by nearly half, from 24 million to just 13 million a month, in large part due to long border waits.
Morris' firm estimates that border crossers who do brave the lines spend $10 million to $15 million a day in San Diego and California, with the potential being much greater if long waits are shortened and some of those historic crossing trends can be revived.
Addressing long waits are something Morris said has been a lower priority since Sept. 11, 2001, when the border clamped down amid security concerns.
In recent years, customs officials have implemented programs meant to ease the pain of long border waits, at least for some travelers, by reserving some lanes for crossers who have been pre-screened. Those measures have only provided some relief because of the need to work within the existing, outdated infrastructure.
But more permanent relief appears to be finally on the way. For the first time since 1974, the San Ysidro-Tijuana port of entry, the busiest land border crossing in the world, is being renovated and expanded.
Old inspection booths are being replaced with new high-tech ones that Customs and Border Protection Officials expect will allow officers to speed up processing times. An extra booth is being added to each lane, meaning the number of inspection booths will double by the time the project is completed in 2014.
"The speed at which an individual inspection takes place is going to be faster, much more efficient, and the flow of traffic is going to be better for the traveler," said Joseph Misenhelter, assistant director of passenger processing at the San Ysidro port.
Misenhelter said the hope is to cut waits down to a half hour. But that's just for cars.
There's plenty of frustration among people who cross on foot, too, waiting in a line that often twists and turns for more than half a mile.
There are plans to improve wait times for them also, said Anthony Kleppe, a manager at the General Services Administration, the federal agency building the project. Plans eventually call for two separate facilities, compared to the single existing one, to process pedestrian crossers, Kleppe said.
But Congress hasn't funded that project, exasperating business and civic leaders on both sides of the border, and the daily crossers, of course.
Jesus Maestro was in the pedestrian line recently, having resigned to his fate the way most regular border crossers here have.
"What can you do?" he asked, as he shuffled forward along with the mass. "Nothing. Just wait. That's all you can do."


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PAC hits Cheney on gay marriage
A conservative super PAC will go on the air in Wyoming Monday with an ad attacking Liz Cheney as wobbly on gay marriage.
The eldest daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who is challenging Sen. Mike Enzi in a Republican primary, stressed in a statement this summer that she is "not pro-gay marriage."
But the spot from the American Principles Fund features a 2009 MSNBC appearance in which Cheney said she opposed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and touted the State Department's decision to "extend benefits to same-sex partners."
"In Wyoming, Cheney campaigns as a conservative," a narrator says in the 30-second ad, which will air statewide. "In Washington, she appears on MSNBC to campaign against a marriage amendment and support government benefits for gay couples."
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Liz Cheney's younger sister, Mary, is openly gay and married her longtime partner in D.C. last year. Dick Cheney is on record supporting same-sex marriage.
The campaign blasted the ad.
"This is a dishonest smear by an out-of-state super PAC," said spokeswoman Kara Ahern. "The people of Wyoming deserve better."
In August, the campaign released a statement to complain about a "push poll" from an outside group that asked voters: "Are you aware that Liz Cheney supports abortion and aggressively promotes gay marriage?"
"I believe the issue of marriage must be decided by the states, and by the people in the states, not by judges and not even by legislators, but by the people themselves," Liz Cheney said at the time, a position consistent with her comments during the 2009 MSNBC interview.
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That prompted a rebuke from her sister on Facebook.
"For the record, I love my sister, but she is dead wrong on the issue of marriage," Mary Cheney wrote.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the executive director of the American Principles Fund, said this is the first of many races her group will engage in. She believes that social issues are winning issues for the GOP and worries about party elites trying to downplay abortion and gay marriage.
"The unilateral truce on social issues within the GOP is bad for our party and wrong for our country — our core values are under attack, and we will stand for those who stand for what's right," she said in a statement.
The tagline of the ad is: "Liz Cheney: Wrong for Wyoming."


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In the February issue of The Construction Specifier, we published the article, "Using Gypsum Wallboard for Acoustical Control," by Ashwin L. Himat. The piece dealt with new drywall products designed to reduce noise. However, one reader was concerned there was a bigger picture to keep in mind. Steven Zalben, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, wrote:
The use of acoustical sealant to reduce sound transmission was only cursorily mentioned. Using an appropriate sealant on both top and bottom plates, and sealing all perimeter joints of all layers, is as important—possibly, more important—than the mass. The mass primarily addresses the structure-borne sound, while sealing primarily addresses airborne sound.
We asked the article's author to respond.
Mr. Zalben's feedback on the use of acoustic sealants along wall and ceiling edges for dampening airborne sound transmission is quite valid. It is important to incorporate these sealants into all aspects of the gypsum-board-finishing process, and also to apply acoustical putty around all electrical boxes to prevent similar airborne sound transmission.
The function of gypsum board sealant is similar to that of the viscoelastic polymer used as the middle layer in laminated noise-reducing gypsum boards—both convert sound energy into thermal energy. The image below helps illustrate the sound transmission paths that could be present in most buildings.
I would further like to emphasize adding mass with layers of drywall to dampen airborne sound has its disadvantages. For instance, it is not as effective for improving the sound transmission class (STC) rating of the wall system, and it reduces the footprint of the usable space. Decoupling methods using resilient channels also have their limitations, as they are easy to short-circuit during installation. The newer concept of a laminated noise-reducing gypsum board achieves high STC ratings without any of the limitations that often result from adding extra layers of drywall or using resilient channels.


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We are thrilled to share the November Daisy Dori booklets with you, and we know they will make your daily schedule a little brighter. Planner booklet is for the month of November 2019 and is in Personal size (3.7″ x 6.7″), similar in size to our Personal Ring-Bound pages and to the FoxyFix No. 4. Graphic design by Jaimee.
Every page is printed in the color and theme of that month's Daisy Day Planner; the kit items, add on and sticker will go perfectly with the Daisy Dori booklet. The only dated element in the Daisy Dori is the monthly calendar on the first page.
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Amount of Thiamine (vitamin B1) in Stew, hominy with mutton (Navajo)
Back to product's complete Nutritional Details data.
There is mg amount of Thiamine (vitamin B1) in amount of Stew, hominy with mutton (Navajo)
VITAMIN B1 (Thiamine or Thiamin)
One of the B group vitamins very much needed for carbohydrate metabolism, nerve conduction and energy production.
Our body only stores small amounts of B1 as it is water soluble and deficiency can occur in relative short time (14 days) if there is inadequate dietary intake. You can obtain decent amounts of B1 from lean meat, legumes and Brewers yeast as these are the richest sources of thiamine.
Determine, under different quantities, how much of Thiamine (vitamin B1) nutrient can be found in Stew, hominy with mutton (Navajo). Calculate and convert the amounts.


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Protect Your Tax Return — and Refund — From Identity Thieves
How identity thieves take advantage of online filing
En español | The tip-off can come when you try to e-file your tax return but it won't go through. Or when an expected refund doesn't arrive. Or when the IRS sends you a letter saying that multiple returns were submitted in your name.
Before assuming it's a technical glitch or red-tape snag, consider a growing possibility: You've been hit by tax ID theft.
That's when a fraudulent return is filed electronically under your identity so crooks can collect your refund. All they need is your name, Social Security number and birth date — and a computer. No W-2s or other tax documents required. They just make all that information up.
Ninety percent of IRS refunds are issued within 21 days of the IRS receiving them, says an IRS spokeswoman. Some go out in as little as 10 days.
But, she adds, it can take several months longer — sometimes not until summertime — for the IRS to receive tax-related paperwork issued by employers and confirm the income numbers with claims made on tax returns.
So by the time the ID theft is discovered, your refund has gone to a scammer. It may be direct-deposited into a bank account temporarily used by the scammer under the false identity, mailed out as a Treasury check (often to a vacant home) or preloaded on a debit card, from which the money can be withdrawn from an ATM.
One consolation: You as the taxpayer aren't liable for the missing refund — the IRS will eventually send you the money you're due.
How to protect yourself? Filing early may do the trick — but scammers file early, too. Other than that, you should do all you can to safeguard the personal data that, in the wrong hands, make this crime possible.
The IRS cracks down
The spokeswoman says that the IRS deals with returns from 140 million households a year: "We try to get people's tax refunds to them as quickly as possible while making sure the integrity of the system is whole and sound." Combating ID theft crime is a "top priority," she says.
Crooks may get thousands of dollars per fake return; real taxpayers are left with a hassle-filled ordeal of having to prove their own identity to get the money they're owed. Or worse — if a taxpayer is receiving disability benefits, the Social Security Administration could take the return as evidence that the person is working, and cut off the benefits.
In 2011, the IRS reports, it stopped more than $1.4 billion in ID theft refunds from reaching suspected criminals and identified more than 260,000 fraudulent returns involving identity theft. That's a huge jump from 2010, when the agency reported stopping $247 million in bogus refunds and 49,000 fraudulent returns.
In January, the IRS and the Justice Department announced a nationwide crackdown targeting 105 people in 23 states allegedly involved in identity theft and tax refund fraud. Federal investigators are also eyeing 150 money service businesses and auditing 250 check-cashing businesses that the IRS says may "knowingly or unknowingly" be facilitating refund fraud.
More recently, the IRS charged a high school student in Louisiana with tax fraud after she was found with the Social Security numbers, addresses and birthdates of 189 classmates.
A broken system?
But in its latest report to Congress, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS), an independent organization within the IRS, said that there are "over 50 gaps in IRS procedures" to adequately prevent, detect and resolve this crime.
"The system is definitely broken because the [privacy] laws on the books are designed to protect the taxpayer," says Laura McElroy of the Tampa Police Department, which is playing a lead role in police efforts to combat tax ID theft. "But with the advent of e-filing, those laws now protect the criminals. As we're investigating, the hands of the IRS are tied because it can't provide us with taxpayer information."
Tampa police began a six-month investigation after noticing that the illicit drug trade was waning. Traffic stops of known or suspected dealers were turning up not crack cocaine but "massive amounts" of preloaded debit cards, ledgers and laptop computers used to e-file fraudulent returns.
Investigators eventually found that identity theft instructors had been teaching weekly classes to up to 100 people, some of them drug dealers, on how to steal identities.
"Criminals find insider 'moles' who work at a corporation," says McElroy. "For $200, they can buy the names, SSNs and birthdates of 10 victims from moles who can, and do, work at places that cater to an aging population, such as a medical facility."
A sting by Tampa police, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and other agencies brought the arrest of 49 alleged tax-related identity thieves. In addition, the USPIS intercepted some $100 million in mailed bogus tax refunds before they reached scammers.
Finding victims, living or dead
In this type of identity theft, anyone is at risk. But the dead are special targets – with help from Uncle Sam. The Social Security Death Master File, available online, is another way that crooks can get everything needed for a fraudulent e-filed tax return.
Consider the case of Craig Steven Jarrell, who died unexpectedly at age 49 on Jan. 2, 2011. Two months later, his grief-stricken mother – AARP member Leah White, 70 – tried to e-file his 2010 return. "But it was rejected at the IRS website," she says.
The reason: On Feb. 1 – just a few weeks after Jarrell's obituary was published online – a scammer in Florida filed a fraudulent tax return under his identity. About a week later, a $1,500 refund for Jarrell was direct-deposited into a bank account in Boca Raton.
"My son lived here in Michigan and never even visited Florida, but a deposit was made into a bank account there in just a few days, no questions asked," White told Scam Alert. "But even after the IRS confirmed the fraud, I still had to provide his birth certificate, death certificate and go through all kinds of rigamarole to finally get his refund check."
Jarrell's actual amount of $432 finally reached her in December.
In all likelihood, the Florida scammer might have happened upon Jarrell's obit and then gleaned his personal data from the SSA's Master Death File.
You may also like: Tips for taxpayers who owe money to the IRS.
Sid Kirchheimer writes about scams and consumer issues.


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Hairshirts: who's wearing them, who's not
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Hairshirts used to be the clothing article de rigueur for penance and mortification. I mean, if you bust one out now, no one's going to argue that it's anything less, but to an extent they've had their moment. Beyond their famous use by ascetics, lay persons also wore them periodically to stave off the corporeal temptations, and men of note sometimes wore them under their robes. Today only the Carthusians and Carmelites can be seen wearing them--some orders banished them because donning them became viewed as obnoxious and self-serving--but now I'm wondering: what might be the modern fashion shorthand to let the world know we're being penitent. What's the modern day equivalent of the hairshirt?


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Sunday I took another visit to Greenwood Cemetery, an African-American cemetery here in Nashville. While photographing tombstones, I saw the one for Georgia Gordon Taylor. Georgia was one of the original Fisk Jubilee singers, and wife to Rev. Preston Taylor, the founder of Greenwood Cemetery. She and Preston married on May 7, 1890. Georgia passed away almost 100 years ago on June 7, 1913.
I also looked up her obituary – this is what appeared in the June 13, 1913 issue of the Nashville Globe.
"Another Jubilee Singer Gone"
On Saturday morning the death angel came into the city of Nashville and removed from her midst one of her most highly respected women, Mrs. Georgia Minor Gordon Taylor. She had suffered for several months, and the end was not a surprise to those who had some knowledge of the condition, and in fact she realized several months ago that it was only a question of time with her. It was only five hours between the time that Mr. William Brewster was found dead when Mrs. Taylor breathed her last. Mrs. Taylor was one of the best known characters in this city, and she enjoyed both a national and international reputation as a Jubilee Singer.
A useful life was closed last Saturday morning when Georgia Gordon Taylor entered "Brith Mansions above." We were girls and schoolmates and members of the choir of thirty at old Fisk in 1868-1871. We labored together as soprano singers in concert tours to raise funds for Fisk in her poverty. When George L. White asked for volunteers to go north to sing for money out of the hearts and pockets of the people for our school, Georgia was among the first to offer her sweet flute-tone voice in the service. There came a time that we must have a name; special prayer was offered in which our leader, Mr. White, tarried at the mercy seat all night, and toward morning he opened his Bible to the scripture about the Jew's year of Jubilee and later he came in with a beaming face and said, "Children, you shall be called 'Jubilee Singers."'