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|Originally Published: Wednesday, 8 December 1999
|Author: John Eastman
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NovaStor Rings in the New Year With Free 24-Hour Technical Support
NovaStor Corp. announced that they will offer a free 24-hour Y2K support service to all their customers between Dec. 31, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2000.
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SIMI VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1999--NovaStor Corp. announced that they will offer a free 24-hour Y2K support service to all their customers between Dec. 31, 1999, to Jan. 3, 2000.
"We at NovaStor are committed to insuring that our customers will continue to do business after the new year," said Peter Means, president of NovaStor. He went on to say: "NovaStor has been in the forefront of backup and recovery software for over 12 years and we have thousands of satisfied customers using our full line of end-user and network backup software.
"The quality of our technical support has built a strong reputation for NovaStor and we intend to be available to offer free support to our customers at this most critical time. We are an essential part of their Y2K preparedness programs, therefore we will be available to insure everything runs smoothly."
NovaStor is recommending that companies take full backups of all their computer systems just prior to the end of 1999. For critical systems, a copy should be stored at an alternate location. For nonstop computer systems, an additional incremental backup should be completed prior to midnight on Dec. 31.
NovaStor also recommends that companies continue to perform comprehensive backups for several weeks after Jan. 1 to insure that there are no unforeseen Y2K problems in their hardware or software that can affect their data.
NovaStor will have technical support engineers available 24 hours a day from Dec. 31, 1999, until Jan. 3, 2000, to answer all customer calls relating to the Y2K issue.
Established in 1987, NovaStor is a leading developer and supplier of data protection and disaster recovery software for Windows 9x/NT, NetWare and Linux. NovaStor has developed a wide range of desktop, home network, Internet and enterprise network backup, data synchronization and data management software solutions that position the company as a major provider of Internet and Enterprise data protection solutions.
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I have to confess that I'm such a sucker for dessert. No need for anything too avant-garde. Just give me a slice of cake or a scoop of ice cream and I'll be jumping up and down or even do a cartwheel. Ok, that's obviously a bit hyperbolic. Don't get me wrong, I love a good dessert. If possible, all day long.
I'm always on the look out for some good sweets whenever I'm traveling. Finally, I came across this one in Stavanger (Norway) at a restaurant called Renaa Matbaren. In the menu it just say Pavlova With Mango. But when it's out of the kitchen, I was blown away. The pavlova is so cripy on the outside yet still gooey on the inside. They managed to make a small crack on the top, and filled it with seasonal berries (blueberry, currants, etc) and slathered it with some good ol' homemade passion fruit coulis. And the mango sorbet is the creme de la creme. Sweet yet tangy, and so smooth. I simply can't stop after the first bite. Pure indulgence in a plate.

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1. Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has taken various initiatives to promote Khadi through Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).
2. The details are as follows:
a. One of the key interventions is the development and implementation of 'Khadi Mark'. The Khadi Mark was launched in September 2013 subsequent to notification of the Khadi Certification Regulations 2013. The Khadi Mark not only guarantees the genuineness of Khadi products but also promotes Khadi as a brand that connotes social, cultural, and environmental values 'Khadi Mark'.
b. KVIC engaged a fashion designer of national and international repute for designing Khadi products to make them more competitive and appealing in domestic as well as overseas markets.


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Gordon Waze cultivated his Djing style in one of the most respected and admired house music havens in the world — San Francisco, California. Since beginning his Dj career in 2000, Waze (also operating under the moniker Dj "Helicopter" Gordon & Sunwoo) has become one of the most sought-after Djs in the large San Francisco Dj community. His universal popularity arises from his expertise in crossing many genres of electronic dance music (including deep, electro, minimal, tribal, tech, funk, and breaks) with his seamless live remixes of loops, effects and a cappellas over a creative selection of house music tracks. Playing alongside house music legends such as Deep Dish, Lee Burridge, Axwell, Oscar G, Danny Howells, Laidback Luke, Kaskade, Cedric Gervais, and Lil Lous Vega has inspired Gordon's passion for the art of Djing and catapulted his skills towards even greater levels of excellence.
Recently Gordon has been in the studio, collaborating on productions with Sultan feat. Dirty Vegas, on Harem Records., and has released past remix projects for Oscar G (Murk/Funky Green Dogs) and Danny "Buddah" Morales. His latest release is out now on Nervous Records — Oscar G's "Angel" (Gordon Waze Dub).
Gordon Waze holds one of the most esteemed residencies in San Francisco, at the recently unveiled Vessel (http://www.vesselsf.com) located in the Union Square district, and co-owned by one of the founders of New York's highly respected CIELO (http://www.cieloclub.com).
Gordon Waze also performs throughout San Francisco's diverse house music venues which range from ultra-chic lounges, banging nightclubs, and secret afterhour locals dominant in San Francisco. Gordon's past residencies include PINK (owned by Naked Music's Franky Boissy), 1015 Folsom (http://www.1015.com), Supperclub, the legendary ENDUP (San Francisco's longest-running club since 1973; (http://www.theendup.com), and superclub Ruby Skye (home to Danny Tenaglia, Deep Dish, Paul Oakenfold, Tiesto, Pete Tong, and John Digweed), among others. Gordon Waze is also resident DJ at the world-renowned "DEEP END" house music day camp (http://thedeependcamp.com) at the annual Burning Man festival (http://www.burningman.com), which gathers over 50,000 art, culture and music enthusiasts from around the world. Gordon Waze's international forays include CIELO, Seoul, Indonesia, Russia, Siberia, Mexico, Panama City, and Colombia.


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Louis Eugene Harper was sentenced yesterday to life in prison for the 2010 robbery and murder of Arizona State University student Zachary Marco.
Harper, 21, will be eligible for parole after 25 years, but Harper also earned an extra 15 years in prison for armed robbery, and those sentences will run consecutively.
See also:
-Louis Harper Pleads Guilty in 2010 Murder of ASU Student Zachary Marco
-Two Suspects Held on $1 Million Bail. Cops Fear for Third Suspect's Safety
-Two Suspects in Custody. Dad to Alleged Accomplice: "Deal's Off the Table"
-Mother of Suspect Says Son Didn't Do it -- Calls Tempe Police "Dogs"
Harper pleaded guilty last month to the charges as part of a plea agreement.
Marco was 21 years old when he was gunned down after refusing to give up his belongings as two men attempted to rob him while walking home from the school's Tempe campus.
That other man was Harper's co-defendant, Marion Patterson III, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in February. Based on court records, it appears that his sentencing is scheduled to be held later this month.
Marco was the second ASU student to be murdered in 2010, about five months after Kyleigh Sousa was killed in a robbery attempt in the parking lot across the street from the school's Tempe campus. The killer in that case, Joseluis Marquez, was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder last month, after the Maricopa County Attorney's Office rejected his attorney's attempts for a plea deal.
Marquez is scheduled to be sentenced on December 14 in that case.
In Marco's case, his killers were arrested about a month after his death.
A few weeks before the two were arrested, Marco's father made a plea to a national audience on CBS's The Early Show, asking that the shooter's accomplice turn himself in. In return, Dan Marco said he'd help provide legal defense to the accomplice, ensuring he'd get a deal that "allows him to see the light of day again."
After Patterson's and Harper's arrests, Dan Marco made it clear that they didn't turn themselves in, and the deal was off the table.
Both suspects' fingerprints were found on Zachary Marco's computer bag, which was located later near the crime scene, and text messages between Patterson and Harper discussing the shooting were found by police as a result of a search warrant.
Patterson and Harper won their gamble by not turning themselves in, in a sense, since neither of them will be ordered by a judge to die in prison without the chance of parole.
Still, they may not want to look at a calendar for quite some time.


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Vivendi and Telefónica enter into talks over GVT sale
French group Vivendi is to enter into exclusive talks with Telefónica over the sale of its Brazilian broadband unit, GVT.
Telefónica has seemingly beaten competition from Telecom Italia, and convinced Vivendi to choose its bid of €7.45 billion to secure the asset and solidify its position in the Brazilian market.
The Spanish operator plans to integrate GVT with its existing Brazilian mobile business, Vivo, as it attempts to further tap into the growth of the Brazilian middle class.
According to the Financial Times, 40 million Brazilians have entered the middle class over the past ten years, turning the country into an essential telecoms market for global companies.
Telecom Italia's slightly lower offer of €7 billion for GVT has been rejected, and there are now questions over whether it will exit the market by selling its TIM Brasil subsidiary.
Vivendi has been adopting a strategy that positions itself away from telecoms and focusses predominately on media and entertainment, and the sale of GVT is said to be significant in achieving that goal.
Telefónica's offer includes €4.7 billion in cash and a 12% stake in the combined unit.
The deal, however, is likely to be scrutinised by the country's anti-trust body, given the company's increasing presence in the market.


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Packers look like the team they were supposed to be all along in win over Eagles
If you destroy the tapes from the first 11 weeks of the 2016 NFL season, the Packers' 27-13 win over the Eagles on Monday Night Football would not feel like a surprise.
You climb out from under your rock, awake from your coma or come to your senses after a 'Men in Black' style memory eraser flash and sit down to watch TV. The Packers, with their two-time MVP, former Super Bowl champion, megastar QB Aaron Rodgers slice through the Eagles' defense, dispatching of a team with a rookie quarterback, rookie coach and lack of playmakers. This is what we expected the 2016 NFL season to look like.
It's only because of the events that have transpired since August that the Eagles entered this mutual desperation game as four-point favorites.
But you haven't been under a rock, so you know all about the narratives that have surrounded these two teams all season long.
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You know about Carson Wentz, the wunderkind rookie who jumped from FCS North Dakota State to the pros, was unexpectedly handed the keys to the team after the Sam Bradford trade and led the Eagles to a 3–0 start.
You know about the Packers, who have already lost six games, engendering debate about the coach, the quarterback and the team's long-running lack of interest in free agents. You know that every aspect of Rodgers's life has been—fairly or unfairly— dissected in public, from his mechanics to his receiving corps to which family members send him Christmas gifts and which ex-teammates have his cell phone number.
That heavily-scrutinized version of Rodgers felt different from the one who arrived at Lincoln Financial Field Monday night and handed the Eagles their first home loss of the season after wins there against Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Minnesota and Atlanta.
The Packers' offense was unstoppable from the first drive, on which Rodgers went five-for-six for 47 yards, ran for two first downs and threw a touchdown to Davante Adams. Receivers spent most of the night running slants and other quick routes like layup lines as Rodgers got rid of the ball quickly and fed it to them in perfect stride. In all he completed 30 of 39 passes to eight different receivers for 313 yards and two touchdowns.
The Eagles' defense was unable to get him off the field, as the Packers controlled the ball for more than 35 minutes and went a startlingly efficient 10-for-14 on third down.
It's tempting to ascribe a larger narrative to this game about Rodgers's redemption—Rodgers was fired up to silence the critics, he knew the season was on the line, yadda yadda yadda. The truth is, even though Rodgers has not lived up to his usual All-World standard this season, we all know he's capable of conducting an offense like this. This was his third straight 300-yard game. He has thrown 27 touchdowns and seven interceptions this season. His nine years as a starting QB are a larger and more reliable sample size than his first 10 games, or the X-number of games you'd like to go back to if you include the end of last season.
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The Eagles, to their credit, made a game of it early. Wentz answered Rodgers's first drive by leading an 11-play, 81-yard touchdown drive of his own, on which he was 6-for-6 for 70 yards and ran the score in himself. With the Eagles down 14–7 and backed up to their own half yard line, a stalled drive could have put them down two scores before halftime. Instead Wentz threw a ball right to Jordan Matthews's back shoulder along the sideline and the Eagles methodically drove into field goal range, ran out almost all of the clock and cut it to 14–10.
After getting the ball right back to start the second half, the Eagles again charged into Packers territory. But then Wentz made his worst throw of the night, a ball that sailed over Zach Ertz and right into Ha Ha Clinton-Dix's hands for the game's only turnover.
Rodgers, after what felt like an eternity without the ball, made Philly's defense pay right away. On the very first play of his first drive of the second half, he went play action, looked left and then bombed one deep right to Davante Adams for a 50-yard completion. The Packers settled for a field goal on that drive, but went 75 yards on 13 plays for a touchdown on their very next one. It was that kind of night.
Attention now shifts to the future, which is where the Eagles are better off looking anyway. Both teams are 5–6, but should have different expectations about the season's final five weeks.
Both are 1.5 games behind the second wild card spot, but the Eagles are stuck in last place in the thriving NFC East. The Packers' easiest path to their eighth consecutive playoff berth may be to storm back to the top of the NFC North. They trail the 7–4 Lions by two games (and the fading Vikings by one), but have a better division record and could be in position to wrestle it away in Detroit in Week 17.
The Eagles are less likely to be playing in mid-January, but they should still have optimism looking forward. Wentz's statistics have regressed from his hot start, but his future remains widely regarded as bright. The Eagles will put better pieces around him than he had on Monday, when Ryan Mathews was out, Jordan Matthews left early, Nelson Agholor was a healthy inactive and the offensive line was shuffled around for a variety of reasons.
The Eagles have winnable games ahead, including home tilts with all three division rivals, each of whom they played to one-possession games on the road. But it's hard to ignore the fact that they have lost six out of eight games, and they are right to be disappointed by a defense that forced zero turnovers, recorded zero sacks and made it entirely too easy for Green Bay's receivers to get open.
We know less about how the season will play out for the Packers, who halted a four-game losing skid in which their defense allowed an average of more than 38 points per game. This team, which should have Super Bowl aspirations for the entirety of Rodgers' prime, has either turned an important corner or shown us a flickering glimpse of what their once-promising season could have been.
Truthfully, what's fun about watching the NFL is that oftentimes there's a lot we don't know. Even now there are teams that will rise or fall over the season's final five weeks that we aren't expecting. But for one night at least, what we thought we knew about these teams last August was indeed the case.


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Of course, the aim is to make a production plant, efficient and clean, compliant to all latest food regulations (you can fill a truck with those regulations....). Even so, I always try to give it some touch.
But sometimes you just have to let go.
The plant will be opened within a few weeks, and this is what the building looks like in reality.
Try and spot the 10 differences.... :)


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Shirley Leung just can't quit the Olympics
Will Shirley Leung ever get over the loss of the Olympics? No, of course not:
I can't help but get wistful when I hear Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti gush about hosting the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Those were the Games that could have been Boston's had we not self destructed, paving the way for LA to win the bid.
Why won't you stupid peons ever learn?
Giant mega events like this are good for newspaper sales ! They are great for wealthy, connected people to get contracts, special seating, special commissions, special travel lanes .... all paid for by the masses to the benefit of the Upper Crust.
Shirley is a bought and paid for spokesperson for us. As one of the 'good minority' she knows that she can be tolerated and even partially accepted when moving from the South End to Milton. She knows the Boston Public Schools aren't good enough for her kids....she is a staffer for the Boston Globe after all...the elite. And people in Milton wouldn't have had to pay the debt service (just like us in Brookline, Wellesley, Wayland...)
Shirley knows that giveaways to the rich, tax breaks for mega corporations, will end up with her getting a special seat or two on the adjacent bleachers of the beautiful people.
If it wasn't for that darn Chris Dempsey and that Z fellow with their darn logic, facts, and degrees in economics and understanding of history we would really have had another boondoggle on our hands full of special Massachusetts kickbacks. Silly Chris should have sold out and become one of us!
We could have had the Olympics like Putin, or Xi, or like Rio....with all those left over wasted facilities and debt up to their eyeballs. Darn and drat.
More cocktails!
She's going to ban your
She's going to ban your natural gas, lawfully owned guns, straws, leaf blowers, fertilizer, pet stores with actual pets,, plastic bags, water bottles, families with more than 1 child, dogs, dancing without a permit, cars, air travel for people making less than 100k a year, non-craft beer, coffee that costs less than $3.00 a cup, Styrofoam, Italian restaurants actually staffed by Italians, smoking, mumbletypeg, parking meters which accept quarters, laundromats, affordable tickets for working and middle class people to sporting events, transfats, talk radio, devout Catholics, toilets that flush, reruns of Cheers, non-pink baseball hats, national fast food chains, bjork, gluten, seafood from restaurants other than Legals, cold tea, window air conditioners, and karaoke for the good of all 'Bostonians' whom really live in Wellesley, Weston, Lincoln, Sudbury, Newton, and Brookline.
And yet you silly simpletons remain ungrateful for the care and consideration of your betters looking out for you!
"Don't play mumbletypeg with him, he'll steal your leg"
-David Crosby
4 Way Street
Holy shit...
Shirley Leung Moving to Globe Spotlight Team
Can you imagine?
Don't feel bad, Cardinal Law. Boston is full of poopy-heads, who can't appreciate the value of one-on-one attention from the clergy. Let the children come to me, He said!
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Had we won, we'd have self destructed.
Close Shirley. Close.
Self destruction
The carnage was incredible! Gridlocked streets from morning into the night. Food rotting in trailers with nowhere to go. Residents fleeing the city. Restaurants forced to change their names. Free speech suppressed. It was awful.
How did we come to this?
Remember when newspaper columnists, whatever their political leanings, were of the people or for the people? Or at least pretended to be? From her impenetrable elitist bubble Leung is the most clueless, out of touch writer ever, and she doesn't even care.
The plot of the next Avengers
The plot of the next Avengers movie:
Iron Man collaborates with Ant-Man to use Pym Particles to construct miniaturized event venues and athletes' village (and miniaturization portals for spectators) that fit unnoticed on the mezzanine level of Courthouse Silver Line station (just up the road from Stark-Gillette world HQ)
The foreshadowing of ironic tragedy casts a pall over the opening ceremonies when the pre-miniaturized blue-bike cyclist carrying the last leg of the torch relay is denied boarding to a Silver Line bus at South Station because it's rush hour, blue bikes don't fold, the bus' external bike rack is full, and rules is rules (even if she is miniaturized and the bus is not). The intrepid cyclist prepares for a desperate trip through the Silver Line tunnel, wondering how much the ceremony will be delayed (since relative to her shrunken state, the normally one-half mile trip is something like 75 miles). Tragically, the question becomes moot when the faint glow is seen by former Massachusetts Governor Mike Dukakis, who's taking the T to the Olympics. The full-size Duke, ever on the alert for recyclables or garbage, sees the whispy emanation (doubtless from a carelessly disposed (and illegal in T property) cigarette). Thinking quickly, he grinds his heel into it to snuff it - saving the T from a potentially system-crippling smoke condition!
Shirley you jest
"I'm doing everything I can.
"I'm doing everything I can. And stop calling me Shirley."
Hold on...
I'm starting to think that Shirley's got an agenda.
Just confirming she hasn't
Just confirming she hasn't boarded the T in 15 years, if ever.
If our infrastructure were up to the task - and the mayor didn't sign away our first amendment rights without reading the contract - and they didn't plan on hacking down all the trees on the Common for beach effing volleyball - and the IOC weren't a cartoon mafia even by the standards of the place that practically invented corruption in America - maybe Bostonians could have mustered some cautious optimism!
But that would've involved like, effort and stuff, so... nah. Let's just shame everyone who wanted a realistic plan.
This is why
Shirley Leung "has to take the Red Line from her Milton home. And a couple months ago, there were delays on the Red Line when she was on it, and she was all sorts of dumbfounded."
Shirley Leung's experience is a good example of why Brendan Halpin asked Governor Baker to take the T to work for a week. He refused.
Chris Dempsey on The Take at NECN, "Assessing the Troubles on the T"
Secretary of Transportation Steph Pollack
Or, you know, if it had made some kind of sense.
Despite my comments about the out-and-out negativity (never mind naked hostility) we express in "Our Fair City" towards anything non-provincial, in the end Boston and the Olympics just wouldn't have been a good fit.
And considering the demands the USOC was putting on the city just to keep the bid alive, the decision to kill it was the right one.
Still, I say to people, "If the Boston Marathon hadn't started over 100 years ago, and someone said today, 'Hey, maybe Boston should have a marathon!' that person would be ridiculed mercilessly. After all, Boston is a complete city just as it is.
I was JUST wondering when she was going to do this again. As of this writing, 37 out of 37 comments on the Globe site are anti-Olympics.
Gotta love it. It's a person from the suburbs, living in the suburbs, whining about how "we" lost the Olympics...on purpose.
The best one
"What next, Shirley, a column doubling down on the one you wrote urging the Market Basket workers to go back to work?"
For once, a good Globe comment! Something something blind squirrels …
Shirley, like the Boston Olympics, is a subject best put to rest. The most disturbing thing about this story is that people are coming to Uhub to comment on comments in the Globe's comment section.
Why we don't let people comment on the Globe site
One of the biggest hypocrisies I love about the Globe is how we don't allow free speech. Adam, at least, mostly allows free speech and even allows comments negative of himself. Because he is a real mensch and understands that he is not perfect and occasionally makes a minor error and is open to personal growth. Unlike President T, Shirley Leung, Jim Braudie and Brian McGrory who never think they made a mistake in their life and believe that saying "I'm sorry" or "I made a mistake" is a huge sign of weakness.
The Globe reflects this and does not allow comments critical of their policies, their agenda, the power brokers and certainly not the writers of their articles.
Being the great hypocrites that we are, we tell the people what to think, how to think it, and don't accept criticism. If you do criticize me you are a misogynistic radical right wing troll who in the interest of the greater good we will not give people that option.
That is one of the best reasons to have a paywall and to make everyone sign up to put down comments. Big Sister is watching you ! Do not look at that Woman behind the Curtain running the Globe!
Because newspaper comment sections have become a cesspool
And if Adam had the kind of comment volume to moderate that a major newspaper has, my guess is he wouldn't do them either.
One of the biggest hypocrisies I love about the Globe is how we don't allow free speech.
The Globe reflects this and does not allow comments critical of their policies, their agenda, the power brokers and certainly not the writers of their articles.
No 'free speech' about it. It's a private website You have a right not to read or comment. No one is forcing you to comment. No one is infringing on your rights to free speech. The courts have deemed this time, and time again, in favor of the website. It's not a free speech issue at all.
Now the rest of your comment about it being a 'not so nice thing to do' and whether they should or not is up for debate.
You are correct legally
I don't at all mean to suggest that the Globe should be required to allow free speech, they are perfectly in their rights to do what they want with their website. But unlike, say, the NYTimes or UHUB, or the Herald, they closely monitor each and every comment. If anything is strongly said about their false news, biased message or incompetent writers, they will edit it out. Not because it is abusive, filled with personal insults, or inappropriate language, just because it doesn't fit into their message and might give its few paying readers something to think about.
I am saying that the Globe is no fortress of Free Speech, not that they should be forced to do anything. I think we are in agreement.
Not like I have a degree in journalism or anything ;)
Watch out there, Jimmy Fallon
You're breaking character.
Comments have nothing to do with free speech
Most people who comment on news are usually angry trolls, who will just try to be biased or racist. Nothing is stopping you from blogging with a link to an article bashing it.
I think people forget what the first amendment really means - it is about not being punished by the government. If you are a garbage person and decide the whole world should know your opinion about 'libtards' or 'darkies' or 'durn foreigners' or 'fruits' then the government cannot punish you, but the public can - and before you say your employer fired your for your free speech, most companies have a code of conduct. For example, Walgreens and CVS have in their employment contract they can terminate employment for various things, part of which is trashing them on social media.
The framers of the constitution didn't ever consider some fat tub would be typing out racist conspiracy theories with their thumbs over a coffee dahk on the way to work in the morning.
You think THAT's disturbing?
The most disturbing thing about this story is that people are coming to Uhub to comment on comments in the Globe's comment section.
Some guy actually posted a comment commenting on people commenting on comments in the Globe's comment section!
And that's why NPR axed their
And that's why NPR axed their comment section.
Only one thing to say about that:
No comment.
I used to care about the
I used to care about the Olympics, back when it had a captive audience and I've even attended a couple with my parents(Montreal 1976 and Lake Placid 1980). I've lost interest, with the exception of hockey at the Winter Games. By saying no, Boston avoided a lot of hassle for one fortnight of sports that we generally don't care about. On the other hand, I'm looking forward to the World Cup, even taking days off to watch particular matches.
I know that hosting the
I know that hosting the Olympics would have been a huge waste of money and resources and would probably have strained Boston's infrastructure,
It would have been cool and exciting to have Olympic games right next to us.
I already had a family member and two old swim club friends (now coaches) dibsing my house.
If you were here during the DNC shitshow, when they made up all sorts of security theater bullshit for the MBTA and Commuter Rail but would not shut down the MIT reactor, you might think twice about what you consider "cool and exciting".
I was wondering what sport you participated in
Since actual Forrest Gump had football. Did somebody hold up a stop sign at the other end of the pool?
"actual Forrest Gump"
Actual? I hate to break it to you ...
"Shirley, Boston ain't your kind of town."
Gotta love someone who loves her previous home so much that she's making the greatest efforts to reshape her 'new' (she's been here for a few years now) home to make it more like it.
However, Leung's sense of what makes Boston great is so off base that it seems destructive itself.
In her view, what makes L.A. and New York "great" world-class cities is identical to what ought to make Boston "great".
i.e. Boston is lacking that....shall we say? that " world-class-ness". Her writing often suggests a patronizing superiority characteristic of not only transplants but of a certain economic class as well. "We get it, Shirley. We all know that you think you are an authority on these things."
"Sorry, Shirley. Maybe you should think about returning to L.A. in time for their Olympics. You'll be happier.
Boston ain't your kind of town."
Apologies to Dave Loggins
"There ain't no gold and there ain't any Olympic $ for you, Shirl.
But you're the number one fan of yourself from Milton-ee".
The Glob site sucks
Once the article finally loaded I was able to make an attempt at reading the comments. Dumb site would only show me 4 at a time and I was unable to scroll through them. Why does anyone even bother with that "news" site?
Shirley sure loves to remind
Shirley sure loves to remind people how foolish and wrong she is. The only people who benefit from the olympics are corrupt politicians and their greedy billionaire friends. It is a con to funnel tax money and other resources from the middle class to the worst of the 1%.
...just the bid process alone was leading to about $2000 a month in freelance work for me.
My income is at the lower side of five figures, before you ask. And I have no politicians as friends.
I'll defend her
And I think that people's obsession with an effort abandoned 3 years ago speaks poorly to both sides.
But like I wrote in the subject line, I'll give her credit for this. She thought it was a good idea. She saw it as Boston's chance to be on the global stage for a few weeks. She's also right that Boston could have probably landed the games had the powers that be didn't pull the plug on the effort. Since she thought it was a good idea, she laments that Boston didn't get it when she hears the mayor of Los Angeles talk about how great it is that they are going to host the games. This is not a complex concept to understand.
Some commenters on this website throw around the phrase "world class" when talking about some failure or other in the city (ignoring that "world class" cities also have similar, if not worse, problems.) Sure, the games probably would have bankrupted us, but it also would have given us the opportunity to work on some of our failures. You need a push to get into motion, but for the likes of Leung, Boston likes inertia.
I understand your point that
I understand your point that Shirley believed that the Olympics were a good idea. I fault her for her blind allegiance to the cause despite at the very best a thin veneer of a plan if not outright misrepresentation.
I fault her for holding the repairing the MBTA hostage until the Olympic agreement was signed. Throwing out so much of what makes Boston great for the sake a dog and pony show put on by some pretty croaked operators.
Finally for those of us who have been around here for more than a few years ago, we know how political deals work in this area. For Shirley to firmly tighten her blinders in light of thoughtful questions that were raised suggests an advanced degree of synchophancy rather than the questioning mind of a columnist.
You really think she's done?
And I think that people's obsession with an effort abandoned 3 years ago speaks poorly to both sides.
You really think this won't come up again? If you really think this is done and over, I got a nice piece of tideland you might be interested in ...
Shirley is not done because Fish is not done. And Fish will keep trying year after year to promise the moon while draining away the stars from everyone around.
If Shirley can't STFU about this, then someone is planning to try again.
Now that I've read the story, I have a theory. Because the mayor's meetings were in Boston last week, maybe she saw the presentation on the Olympics and got curious about how things were going.
So, I guess we can blame the conference of mayors for this. That's a large conspiracy, but whatever
World Cup 2026
Well, they announced this morning that the US (and Canada & Mexico) are hosting the World Cup in 2026. Foxboro is on the list of possible stadium sites, so there is still a chance to have a big world event right here without all the debt associated with the Olympics.
Seems like a decent trade-off.
Was a bad idea from the start and almost never works. But I completely would not even entertain the idea once they started talking about chopping down 100+ year old trees to get stuff through. Wish I could find the link about that.
Also, it's not like our transit even works?
The entire concept that actual beaches
are unacceptable places to host BEACH volleyball games was what got me about the Common proposal, even before I found out they were going to cut down trees to build the venue.
Time to face facts Shirley
Boston didn't need the largest McDonalds restaurant in the chain, which is apparently one of the requirements for hosting the Olympics.
Maybe we can host the World
Maybe we can host the World Cup instead? Kraft can build that new stadium then!
Cities don't host World Cup
Countries do.
The US hosted in '94.
North America will be hosting in 2026! http://www.united2026.com/
1994, not 1996
Corrected! Thanks.
If World Cup comes here, it will be to Gillette Stadium
not to any possible new Revolution stadium. They need the capacity of Gillette.
We've had the World Cup here before, in 1994, at the old (pre-Gillette) Foxboro Stadium.
The only place that Shirls is relevant
Is on the Eagan and Braude Echo Chamber of the Air. (All Boston Elites All the Time!)
And the only place that is relevant is in the Range Rovers that patrol Concord, Lincoln, Wayland and similar 'burbs.
Shirley, you lost. We won. Give it up.


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Fargo Skateboarding is everything skateboarding: a skate shop run by skateboard enthusiasts, and a nearly 10,000 square ft. heated indoor skatepark. Originally opened in 2007 as Smalltown Skate Shop by NIU graduate Ariel Ries, the company recognized a need for a year-round community space that would be a training facility for skateboarders.
In 2015 Smalltown moved 4 blocks east, changed it's name to pay homage to it's new location in the recently restored Fargo Theatre that was built in 1929. Expanding from being strictly retail, Fargo Skateboarding now offers skateboard lessons, classes, and skate session times, along with special events including contests, live music, clinics, and art shows. Fargo Skateboarding welcomes and encourages people from all abilities and ages to progress their skateboarding skills in a safe, fun environment.
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Sunday, May 5th, 12:00pm-2:00pm, $10 (Rain date Sunday, May 12th) (maximum number of students: 20)
Skateboarding is fun! This one day clinic is designed to introduce skateboarding to anyone who wants to give it a try. Instructors from Fargo Skateboarding will be teaching the first steps to safely getting on a board. We recommend coming to the clinic if your son or daughter are interested in enrolling into the Skateboarding Class, and anyone who signs up for the clinic will be given a $10 credit towards the class. Fargo will provide skateboards and safety equipment for those who do not have their own.
Pre-registration is required.
When: June 2 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Fee: $10.00
Build on the basics and learn the foundations of park and street skating. Work on ollies, dropping in, and pumping. Understand park etiquette and how to comfortably flow through the skate park with an emphasis on safety. This class can be taken several times.
Ages 6+ Fargo Skateboarding Staff This class is meant to help students learn the basics of skating and essentially just learn how to ride.
Fridays, May 10th-31st, 4:00-5:00pm (rain makeup date: Sunday, June 2nd 10:00am) $70
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3rd Cir. Says Fax Requesting Completion of Customer Satisfaction Survey Was Not a "Solicitation" or Pretext for Same under the TCPA
In Mauthe v. Nat'l Imaging Assocs., No. 18-2119, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 11232 (3d Cir. Apr. 17, 2019), the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found that a fax was not a solicitation for goods and services. Moreover, the fax did not tell Mauthe that he [*7] could purchase healthcare management services from defendant or direct him to a website… Read More


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By Linda Shiflett, San Carlos
San Carlos Rotary (Club Rotario de San Carlos) will hold its annual "Rotary Parade of Homes" on Tuesday, February 10, 2009. The tour will begin at 1 p.m. at the San Carlos Country Club parking lot. The parade of homes is the major fund-raising event of the San Carlos Rotary. Each year six homes in the San Carlos area are visited. They are selected to give the visitor a unique opportunity to see a wide range of the homes available in San Carlos. Visitors on the tour will be treated to a variety of architectures, furnishings and vistas.
Transportation will be provided and the tour ends with a margarita party at the San Carlos Country Club Palapa followed by a raffle. The raffle will include items donated by local merchants for massages, dinners, sporting activities, gifts for the home, art objects, etc. The cost for the tour will be 200 pesos and includes one raffle ticket. Tickets may be obtained from any Rotarian or can be purchased from 9 a.m. until noon at Banamex. All proceeds from the Parade of Homes goes to the education of students in the San Carlos area.
The San Carlos Rotary Club is an English-speaking Rotary Club whose members are full or part-time residents of San Carlos including Mexican, American and Canadian citizens. Currently, there are about 60 members. Many of their most active members are visiting Rotarians that participate in the club's activities. The primary focus of the Club is supporting the education of the schoolchildren in the San Carlos community.
The meetings from November until the end of May are every Tuesday at noon at the Marina Terra Hotel in San Carlos, except the last Tuesday of each month when the members' spouses may also attend an evening meeting with the members. These meetings are held at various locations. Visiting Rotarians who wish to attend the evening meeting must contact the club at least one week prior to the meeting. If you wish to attend a meeting, please contact Jim Haldeman at 226-0965, or if you are calling from outside of Mexico: 011-52-622-226-0965.
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The tram would climb up the Coronado National Forest via the backside of Mount Lemmon, ascending from Catalina State Park along the path of power lines, Pima County officials say.
Supervisor Ray Carroll, the Republican whose district includes Mount Lemmon, and County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry said this week that the tram is a post-Aspen Fire idea whose time has come.
Guarantees for the masses to enjoy the cool of Mount Lemmon summers, fall foliage and the limited ski season are propelling Carroll and Huckelberry to seek a rapid transit solution.
"The timing is obviously right," Carroll said. "I'm open to this. You have to ensure access to the mountain for everyone. We don't want to close the door to this idea."
Doors to a shuttle have been shut, if not locked, since county voters approved the Mount Lemmon shuttle as one item of the 56-part transportation bond measure in November 1997. Shuttles could have started as early as 1998, but most of the study and subsequent opposition occurred in 1999 and 2000.
Huckelberry says it may be time to abandon the rubber-tire transit plan in favor of the aerial tramway. He is not daunted, under either scenario, by costs.
"The capital part was never an issue," Huckelberry said. "It is operating costs and maintenance. They will far outstrip the initial capital costs quickly."
But tramway construction would require much more than $1.5 million. The county will seek approval of new bonds in May.
Included in early discussion is the tram's destination and whether there should be some other mass transit--light shuttles--to Ski Valley or the commercial section of Summerhaven.
With much of the residential and commercial areas lost to the Aspen Fire in June, tram or shuttle planning is appropriate, Huckelberry said.
After a period of sharp acrimony between Huckelberry and Carroll over the shuttle three years ago, the two are united in the passion that the mountain is open to all.
"With all the money the county is spending there and all the money that was spent to fight the fire, it is important that it be accessible to all, to everyone who lives and works in Tucson and beyond," Carroll said. "Mount Lemmon is not some exclusive enclave. It belongs to everyone."
Added Huckelberry: "Historically, it's been a little schizophrenic up there with some people believing there should be no visitors."
Those who have visited Albuquerque or Palm Springs can picture a long span climbing from high desert to forest.
The Sandia Peak Tramway, a 2.7-mile aerial ride that is billed as the world's longest, rises from the northeast edge of Albuquerque to an elevation of 10,378 in the Cibola National Forest. The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is a 2.5-mile ascent from the California desert to an elevation of 8,516 in Chino Canyon. Summerhaven is at 8,000 feet.
Switching from shuttle buses to an aerial tramway would not be a difficult maneuver for the Board of Supervisors. It has repeatedly altered the bonds and the county's Truth in Bonding Ordinance to delete or rearrange projects or schedules.
Carroll, Huckelberry and other county officials sought six years ago to relieve congestion on the General Hitchcock Highway that winds up Mount Lemmon and to open the recreation areas up to more people. Carroll particularly has pushed for disadvantages and those unable to drive to get up the mountain.
Voters gave the green light to a plan to "provide public transit access ... to Mount Lemmon and Summerhaven and to Sabino Canyon Recreation area," according to the ballot question. "The bond funding will provide for turnouts and other facilities adjacent to the roadways to allow the transit to operate safely along these two-lane roads."
Other county, state and federal funds would have covered costs of buses and operations.
The whole matter sputtered when opposition--generated chiefly by Summerhaven residents Judy Lefton, a former Tucson Citizen reporter and business editor, and her husband, Michael "Lefty" Lefton--arose over the placement of the visitors' center and shuttle stop.
Longtime Mount Lemmon property owners Arthur and Mary Faul had agreed to donate the property to the county. Carroll, then in a precarious position with Huckelberry and Democrats who controlled the Board of Supervisors, saw his dream for a shuttle nearly vanquished. Repeated raids were made on the bond funds for the project.
Smoothed relations and the slow pace of the shuttle bus plan has Huckelberry thinking about the tramway.
With up to 20 stops, the shuttle could take an hour and a half or more, Huckelberry said. The tram could make the trip in 15 minutes.
Still, the lower-tech bus shuttle would offer access to the Sun Tran bus line so car-less visitors and non-drivers could take Sun Tran to the Udall Recreation Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road, to catch a Mount Lemmon shuttle. Under previous plans, four shuttles would make roundtrips daily.
Udall Center is about 12 miles from downtown; Catalina State Park is about 20 miles from downtown.
Huckelberry and Carroll also have emphasized that fares will not be prohibitive, because they will be subsidized much like the county helps underwrite some Sun Tran routes and other rural transit with about $3 million a year.
An adult ticket on the Sandia tram is $15. At Palm Springs, adults ride for $20.80.


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Kenya and Somalia vow to fight terrorism threat
What you need to know:
- Neighbouring leader thanks Kenya for sending army to fight Al-Shabaab
- Presidents join hands to rid region of threats
President Kenyatta and his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamed on Sunday agreed to fight terrorism until the Horn of Africa nation was free of security threats.
The two Presidents who met at State House, Mombasa, observed that terrorism and Al-Shabaab threats remained the greatest impediment to the progress of Somalia and the region.
"All of us in the region and the international community should focus on fighting the terrorist group to secure Somalia's and the region's unity," President Kenyatta said.
The Heads of State also called on the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (Igad) to hasten the restoration of social and economic stability in Somalia.
"Igad should focus on providing technical assistance to the Federal Republic of Somalia in implementing the stabilisation process," President Kenyatta said but noted that the people of Somalia must lead the process.
Addressing the public after the closed-door meeting, the Kenyan Head of State said his government was committed to assist Somalia realise development and peace.
President Mohamed thanked Kenya for sending her forces to fight the Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia, saying this contributed immensely to his country's and the region's peace and prosperity.
In calling for support from friends and neighbours, Mr Mohammed said: "We must all stand firm to fight Al-Shabaab, terrorism and extremism and to defeat them and prevent the spread of their militant ideology in this region."
He commended the cordial bilateral relationship between the two states and promised to continue working more closely with Kenya which is "more than a neighbour".
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The Somali leader urged Igad to support Somalia put its dark past behind and revive its structures and the functionality of its government institutions to enable her people realise their dream of a peaceful nation.
On the issue of thousands of Somali refugees living in Kenya, President Kenyatta promised that the government would aid their repatriation as soon as the conditions were right back home.


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Going to a movie or watching it at home can be a very fun activity, whether you're with friends, siblings, or on your own. However, at times your parents might have concerns regarding a movie's content and may not let you see it. As frustrating as this might be, you can have an honest conversation with your parents and see if you can change their mind. Educating yourself on the movie and sharing with your parents why you want to see it can help a lot. Even if they say "No" at first, acting more mature and responsible can show them that you deserve to see it and increase your chances of a "Yes" later!
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Method 1 of 3:Preparing for a Conversation
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1Search the movie online and check its rating. Go to film review websites such as IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes, and check the movie's rating and the awards it received. Having reliable outside sources that show how good the movie is will help your argument on why you should definitely see this movie.[1] X Research source
- Ratings are important, but so is their date. A PG-rating in the 70's or 80's is different from a PG-rating today. Make sure you check the date of the movie, and have your parents evaluate the rating accordingly.
2Read reviews. Whether it's other viewers' or famous critics', reading reviews on websites like IMDB or Rotten Tomatoes will help you see different opinions regarding the quality of the movie, and will likely give you more reasons why you should watch it.
- Parents might value other parents' opinions more when it comes to screening movies, so try to find reviews of the movie at sites that are made specifically by parents, for parents, about the content of movies.[2] X Research source
- Many movies on websites like IMDB include parents guides that are often quite helpful.
3Talk to your friends' parents. Ask them what they think of the movie. If they have positive views, ask if they would be willing to share those with your parents.
4Read the book first, if applicable. If the movie was a book initially, read it. This will show your parents that you're invested in the movie, and it might make them happy to see that you are reading. You might want to discuss the book with your parents as well.
5Include the movie in your studies. Realizing that the movie can help your studies will encourage your parents to let you see it. You can try to incorporate the movie into a school project and thus see it.
- For instance, you can read the book and then see the movie to compare differences between film and literature representations in a written essay or an oral presentation.
- You can also see the movie as an example of some kind of social problem (like how Fight Club deals with male aggression), and write a critical analysis on it.
- If you were planning on seeing the movie with your friends, you can turn this into a group project. Your parents might enjoy seeing you enhance your teamwork skills and socialize at the same time.
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1Ask your parents to talk. Make sure it's the right time. If your parents seem stressed about a work deadline or cooking dinner for a big party, you might want to pick another time when you can have their full and calm attention.[3] X Research source
- Simply approach them and say, "Hey Mom and Dad, do you have a minute?" or "Mommy/Daddy, I'd like to talk to you about something."
2Show appreciation. It is always great to start with showing appreciation for all that they have done for you, to let them know you are not taking them for granted.[4] X Research source
- You can mention how it made you very happy when they let you do another fun activity in the past, or let you see a movie before, and remind them that you are very thankful for those. Showing them how it was a positive experience when they gave you permission for something might increase your chances with your new request.
- For instance, you can start by saying, "I had a great time going out with my friends last month and it really strengthened our friendship, so thank you for letting me do that," and later add, "I think going to this movie with them might be equally fun and rewarding!"
3Introduce your request directly. Although showing appreciation is important, keep it short and get to your main point; don't ramble or confuse your parents on what you might ask. Tell them directly that you want to see this movie and that you're asking for their permission.[5] X Research source
- Try to include the specific details, such as "I'd really like to see the movie Leap! on Friday at 6 pm at this theater with Sam and Norah from school, and it would make me very happy if you let me do that."
4Share your research. Tell your parents about the movie's reviews, ratings, awards, and if possible, that you can connect them with your friends' parents to see what they think.
- Use your research to make your reasons stronger. For example, say "I really want to see Leonardo DiCaprio in this movie because he won the Academy Award for the male lead," or "Spider-Man: Homecoming received a 7.9 rating on IMDB, so I think it might be a great film!"
- If you've decided on doing a school project on it, mention that immediately and tell them how seeing the movie will help you academically and intellectually.
5Share your reasons honestly. Be honest about why you want to see the movie and share this with your parents. Doing your research will likely strengthen your reasons to watch the movie, but beyond that, your personal reasons matter.
- Don't hesitate to share why you care about seeing this movie. If it's because you want to bond with your classmates at your new school, say "Some of my new classmates are going to see this after school, so I want to spend time with them and also enjoy this movie!" If there is an actor in it whom you really love, let your parents know how it gets you excited!
6Address their concerns. Your parents might be concerned that the movie includes inappropriate content such as scenes of violence or sex. Tell them that you are aware of this content and how it might be harmful, but that you are also cautious and mature enough to handle it.
- For instance, if there are bloody scenes of fighting, say, "I know this movie has some scenes of violence, but I know that violence is never the solution to anything. I'm also aware that all of it is merely acting, and not real."
7Be respectful and kind, not demanding. If your attitude says, "You have to let me see this movie!", it is likely that you won't get your parents' permission. Remain calm and make them feel that you value and respect their opinion.
- If you find your tone getting demanding, take a few, deep breaths slowly, and start talking in a low, friendly voice.
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1Empathize with your parents. After you've delivered your request calmly and kindly, your parents might still say, "No, you absolutely cannot see this movie." Although at times it might not make any sense why they wouldn't let you see a movie, trying to understand their reasons might give you a new perspective.
- Ask them why they don't want you to see it, and listen to them carefully. Try to really understand what their points and concerns are. You might be surprised to see how some of them might make sense.[6] X Research source
- Ask them if they would let you see it when you are older, or not at all, and have them explain why or why not.
2Ask them to pre-screen it for you. Oftentimes parents are concerned about sex and nudity, profanity, drugs and violence included in the content of the movie. Ask them if they can see it first, and screen it for you, or if there is a family-friendly version they can have you see.
3Start acting more mature. One of the reasons why your parents won't let you see the movie might be that they think you are not mature enough. Acting more responsibly will show them otherwise, and even if they don't let you see a movie now, they might change their mind later.
- Help with household chores such as washing the car or doing laundry, clean your room, and make your bed regularly.
- Be nice and respectful to your siblings and parents, and don't start fights.
- Be understanding and stay calm even if you don't get your way with certain things. This will show that you are mature enough to handle failure or rejection, and that you are determined.
4Ask them again later. Once you've intentionally started behaving better and proved to your parents that you are more mature than they might think, try asking them again after a while. [7] X Research source
- You can also suggest doing something in return, for instance, helping with the dishes daily or vacuuming the living room for a month, if they let you see this movie.
5Stay calm and respect their decision. No matter what your parents reply with, you should always learn to respect their decision and act your best. If they do not say "Yes" immediately, it's very important that you stay calm instead of getting angry or throwing a tantrum. Otherwise, you might ruin your chances of a "Yes" forever.
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Show that you're committed to seeing this movie.
They are your parents, so you can just talk to them and show your point of view on why you would like to go to the movie.
Tell them you agree on all rules, and take your cell phone with you if you're going without adult supervision.
- Be honest with your parents but make sure the reasons you share are appropriate for them and won't alarm them.Thanks!
- Asking parents to pre-screen can backfire, as they might find it inappropriate and confirm their decision not to let you see it.Thanks!
- ↑ https://www.raindance.org/top-10-film-review-websites/
- ↑ http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/8-great-movie-review-sites-for-parents-with-kids-in-mind/
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hanaan-rosenthal/advice-for-teens_b_2037523.html
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hanaan-rosenthal/advice-for-teens_b_2037523.html
- ↑ http://kidshealth.org/en/teens/talk-to-parents.html#
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In this video, we chat with two Gold Medal winners in The Great Canadian Wine Match: winemaker Norm Hardie and wine lover Joe Hache, who rallied thousands of votes for Norm's pinot noir to be named Canada's Best Wine with Pizza.
They join me from Norm's winery in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
Note: there's a slight delay of a few seconds with their responses because they're recording from Norm's cellar.
– Joe describes the first time he tasted Norm's pinot noir and why that occasion was so memorable
– Norm talks about what makes this pinot noir and others from the County so different from other regions
– Both men talk about why pinot noir can pair beautifully with pizza, which types, and why the simplest foods can be the best matches with complex wines
We'll post part two of our conversation in the next day or two.
Norm and Joe recording our video chat in Norm's cellar … tough work, but they're up for it. Photo courtesy of Joe Hache.
Norm Hardie beside his wood-burning open-air pizza oven on the winery grounds.
Natalie: Today, we're joined by two gold medal winners in the Great Canadian Wine Match, winemaker Norm Hardie, and wine lover Joe Hache, who rallied thousands of votes for Norm's Pinot Noir to be named Canada's Best Wine with Pizza. They join me from Norm's winery in Prince Edward County, Ontario. Welcome to you both.
Norm: Great to be here Natalie, thanks for having us.
Natalie: Alright, great. Let's start with you, Joe. Tell me about the first time that you tasted Norm's Pinot Noir, where were you? What did it taste like?
Joe: Well, we moved to the county just for the wines and one of the first wineries we came to was Norm Hardie Winery and he introduced me to this Pinot Noir. I fell in love with it. It's just incredible and later on we tried it with pizza and it blew my mind.
Natalie: And how did it strike you, taste-wise? Medium, full body? How would you describe it to someone who's never tasted Norm's Pinot Noir?
Joe: Well, I'm a white wine drinker and I don't drink a lot of red wine. But I came in here and this big gregarious guy said "Joe, you got to try my red wine, my Pinot Noir." And I don't like a heavy red wine and this one, it's just pure heaven. I love Pinot Noir now and Norm's introduced me to Pinot Noir.
Natalie: That's terrific.
Norm: We got one more coming next.
Natalie: That's great. And I'll just throw in my two cents because I've tasted Norm's entire lineup, including his wonderful Chardonnays and Pinot Gris, but I especially love the Pinot Noir because I find they're just like liquid satin, fresh cherries, yet really in balance and great with food. So before we go to Norm, Joe, tell me why you think Norm's Pinot Noir pairs so well with pizza.
Joe: I love pizza and I love wine, and these two just go right together and it's actually kind of interesting because he grows vegetables for his pizzas, right beside his grapes. So I don't know if that has anything to do with it but it just matches it. It's incredible.
Natalie: That's a really good point. Norm, tell us a bit about this Pinot Noir first, then we'll talk about pairing it with a pizza. But what is different from your county unfiltered Pinot Noir from, say, your other Pinot Noirs? Give us a sense about what makes this wine different.
Norm: Well I primarily make two Pinots, one from Niagara, one from the county and once in a while we do my (inaudible) here. The big difference between the county and Niagara is the sites in Niagara have less limes and more clay, so they tend to be really big and full bodied and rich, whereas the county is about the purity and acidity. We have this wonderful limestone soil and soils, limestone locks (inaudible). This works best for wonderful delicacies, wonderful purity and at the same time, great layers. So we have a lot of flavour and the wine feels very heavy. And also, near the county we have this amazing acidity.
Natalie: Right, and do you think that's a key reason why this Pinot Noir pairs well with pizza? Is it the acidity that's working, say with, tangy tomato sauce, that's part of pizza? Why do they pair so well?
Norm: Well I think, you know, you look at Tuscany and the foundation of their cooking is the tomato and they've got (inaudible) that's got amazing acidity and it works. And with our pizzas, they're primarily some (inaudible)-based sauce, there's sweetness and there's brightness to that. And the acidity in our Pinot just lifts all the flavour and brings it together nicely.
Natalie: And what would you say, both of you, question for both of you. Norm's Pinot Noir, which I think is one of the flagship wines in Canada, that's just overkill for pizza, like it's this out of whack, shabby chic kind of combo. What are you doing pairing it with pizza, why not duck a l'orange? Or something more fancy?
Norm: You know, pizza is a bit like a sandwich. To make a great sandwich, it's really hard, and we brought out the two best pizza chefs in Toronto, they worked in Italy, they worked in (inaudible), they worked in (inaudible). So we're making something that is so simply beautiful and it's something that we can do on our patio and everyone loves pizza. So now do pizza and Pinot on the patio, it is good for the shabby chic, but it is what it is, a great pizza everyone loves and works well with Pinot, just works beautiful with Pinot.
Joe: And make no mistake about it, we've had this Pinot with other meals at home but there's nothing better than sitting out on the patio in the sun with pizza and Pinot, as Norm says.
Natalie: Ah, awesome. And Joe what is your favorite type of Norm's pizza that you like with this Pinot Noir?
Joe: I like a red sauce because it actually matched right in, but I think you had seven different pizzas out there. But for me its red sauce and a little bit of pepperoni and vegetables and actually right now we have a pizza right in front of us.
Norm: My favorite is sausage pizza. It's made with meat in the county, it's made by (inaudible), recognizable both by the LCBO and as a sausage curator. So he has worked some (inaudible) until he's made the sausage come out in the wine. And the sausage pizza has been huge here in the summer.
Natalie: Wow, and you mentioned you have a pizza there with you. Can you hold it up and show us and make our mouths water even more?
Norm: Oh yes, this is our classic. Classic Margarita, very simple, tomato, little bit of basil, (inaudible), lots of mozzarella and a little bit of basil. Nice and simple, perfect and red sauce, you know.
Natalie: Wow, you've done your job. Tell us, too, Norm, about the way you adapt the pizza dough. You were mentioning to me via email a while back, it depends on the humidity and the temperature of the day? How does that affect what kind of preparation you give the pizza?
Norm: We work on the basis that it's going to be dry on Saturdays and Sundays. We make the dough on Thursdays so it works beautiful on Friday. When we hit Saturday, then it becomes a little trickier, how quick the dough comes out of the fridge and bouncing it and then able to run it to the kitchen.
The guy has just got it and the super humid days, all hot, he brings the dough out, not as fast as we do on cooler days when it's very, very dry. When they stretch the dough, it's in perfect precision and the dough is so critical, very much like the sandwich. You can have the best fillings on the sandwich and terrible bread then you have a terrible sandwich. The dough's absolutely critical.
Natalie: It is, even for me when I go to a restaurant the bread is the canary of the mind, the first tell if this is going to be a good meal or not. You know it's foundational. But bread and wine, you can't get more foundational than that, too.
Before we wrap up this part of our conversation, guys, tell me Norm, how did you get the idea to have an outdoor, wood-burning oven right on the site of the winery? Was it just a passion for pizza or when did that happen?
Norm: I've always loved a great pizza and I decided I've been working in (inaudible) for a long time there's something I want to do really, really well. And everyone loves pizza and pizza, you know, is the heart of that and pasta in Italy are the two foundations. Everyone loves it. Let's build a beautiful oven that (inaudible). Let's do this and make sure we do one thing right. And that was the idea and we actually built the oven four summers ago. We had it ready in August and there was a lot of pressure to open it, but we just weren't ready. So we want (inaudible) to ensure that everything in place, that when we opened it we opened it on a very, very hot (inaudible).
Natalie: Wow, terrific idea. So we're going to wrap up our conversation, this part of it. We're going to come right back and we're going to talk more about the county and some other wine-related stuff. So thank you for this part, cheers.
Norm: Welcome. Cheers!
Here's another post with Norm's favourite pizza and wine pairings, plus more pictures of that beautiful wood-burning oven.


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One of the most remarkable observations about the neocortex is that no matter where you look, the activity of neurons is sparse, meaning only a small percentage of them are spiking at any point in time. The sparsity might vary from less than one percent to several percent, but it is always sparse. Sparse distributed representations (SDRs) model this property and are a key component of HTM theory [1].
Our research on SDRs is aimed at uncovering properties of sparse representations that provide insight into the neocortex. The research also provides a practical mathematical framework that helps explain some of the numbers and parameters used in HTM systems.
Our research has focused on binary sparse distributed representations, i.e. an array consisting of a large number of bits where a small percentage are 1's and the rest are 0's. The bits of SDRs correspond to neurons in the brain, where 1 represents an active neuron and 0 an inactive one. Each bit typically has some meaning (such as the presence of an edge at a particular location and orientation). The information is distributed amongst the bits such that no single bit is critical.
In [2] we show that high dimensional sparse patterns can be classified extremely reliably, even in the presence of large amounts of noise and failures. We discuss the union property, which allows multiple patterns to be simultaneously represented and recognized. This property is what enables HTM sequence memory to make multiple predictions about the future. The paper derives scaling equations for computing the probability of false positive and false negative errors, both with and without unions.
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[1] Cui, Y., Ahmad, S., & Hawkins, J. (2017) The HTM Spatial Pooler – a neocortical algorithm for online sparse distributed coding. Front. Comput. Neurosci., 11, 111.
[2] Ahmad, S. & Hawkins, J. (2016) How do neurons operate on sparse distributed representations?
A mathematical theory of sparsity, neurons and active dendrites. arXiv, arXiv:1601.00720.
[3] Hawkins, J. et al. (2016) Biological and Machine Intelligence. Sparse Distributed Representations chapter.


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This spring and early summer have been wetter than usual. It is also warming up. Both my garden and my MS thrive in warm and humid conditions. I do not. I do however love my garden and the beauty in it. So a trade-off.
We have planted many, many liliums - mostly the heavily scented ones which cause River and others a lot of grief. There are more coming into bloom each day. And some of their stems are over six feet tall, with up to fifteen blooms to a stem. I have never seen them grow to that size before.
So is the increased pain and fatigue and decreased mobility/flexibility worth it? Hell yes.


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My oldest daughter is a tomboy but you'd never know it by looking at this photo. She loves to pose for me and she's always full of surprises.
Last week, she was keeping me company in the master bathroom while I was putting on my makeup and doing my hair when her face suddenly got all serious and she announced, solemnly, that she missed her foster family.
"I miss my foster family, sooo much! I really want to visit them but you won't let me and that makes me sad. I feel like I have two hearts thumping in me." Then she patted her chest to show me where those two hearts were thumping.
It was sweet and touching and I stroked her silky cheek with the back of my hand and told her that I love her two hearts with all of my one heart. Then I gently reminded her that she doesn't have a foster family.
Yep, she made it all up.
She was never in foster care in China so she clearly didn't really miss her foster family. And she knows what a foster family is so there's no confusion about that either. She was merely pretending. She has a beautiful imagination and frequently tells stories with fuzzy edges between reality and fantasy and this was just another story to her. She probably hasn't even thought about it again but I sure have.
She doesn't have a foster family but if she'd gotten that one critical little detail right, I almost certainly wouldn't have questioned her sincerity about the rest of what she said. But maybe I should be skeptical because there's a pretty hefty price to pay if I get it wrong.
As I write this, she's playing in the other room and she isn't sad or mournfully missing anyone or bearing the weighty burden of any aspect of her unfortunate beginnings. And that's a relief because, even though my intentions are always completely honorable, I have tremendous power to influence how she internalizes some pretty hefty issues. I can make her believe that she's suffered tragic and unfair losses, that people on the other side of the world cry for her and miss her and think about her every day, that it's perfectly understandable that she'd miss them too. And even though all that might very well be true, there's a pretty good chance that she wouldn't be spending any time thinking about it if I didn't make a ritual out of putting it under her nose and helping her scrutinize her feelings about it. In other words, I'm careful not to treat my kids like injured baby birds because they might start believing that's what they are.
I feel like I should end this with some really enlightening tie-up-the-loose-ends way but I can't do it. I know it's a hard subject for many adoptive parents to discuss because most of us want to err on the side of caution and that means we'll risk delving into these issues prematurely because we think doing it early will make the path easier to navigate later. Personally, I don't recommend that because I've seen many instances of kids crying for lost loved ones that they clearly don't remember. But there must come a time when we need to wade out into these waters with our kids just so they don't think we're uncomfortable discussing these topics. I'm not sure what that age is but I know it's not 5 and a half. Maybe ten? If anyone with older adopted kids has started discussions about "loss", I'm curious to know how it went.
As always, you can see the everyday happenings of my cheerful little brood on our family blog, here: http://2happy.typepad.com/
16 responses to "I miss my Foster Family…"
I completely share your thoughts. I also didn't want to delve into these topics when my daughter was too young. My daughter though, didn't share my timeline and at age three started asking some really tough questions and really probing for details. For her, it's been a process, but I think she truly needed the information to fill in the gaps we'd left in her story–the "gaps" being the parts of the story I knew she'd find painful. She wanted the details and wasn't at all satisfied with our happy, abbreviated version. I so wished she was!
I don't think there's necessarily an "ideal" age; it's too individual. Like you said, you don't want to push it at them, but you also don't want to be evasive (which I was guilty of) when they ask about it. I think my daughter's active imagination was coming up with stories that were far scarier than the truth. I think at one point she was pretty sure WE'D put her in the orphanage. For her, getting the whole story on the table was very important. She's had moments of grief over it, and that's been heartbreaking to see, but after she learned her story, I also saw new confidence emerge in her. The questions she'd had were scarier for her than the reality, if that makes sense.
I guess the best age is whenever they have the hunger to know.
My girls know where they were before we adopted them but we call it a SWI or "the big baby room" and never call it an orphanage. The orphanages in the cartoons are not the same and we didn't want them to have an incorrect image of where they were or why they were there.
They know they didn't grow inside my belly but they don't know the term "birth mother" or "first mother". To them, "mother" is synonymous with permanent love and the knowledge that their mother gave them away would only cause them to worry that someday I'll do it too. Especially if their first mother did it because she loved them. How confusing would THAT be? We tell them that they grew inside the China Lady's tummy (and that is why they are Chinese). None of these modified titles and names are lies. It's all truth. But it's served up in sizes that don't confuse them or make them sad.
So I guess I'm saying that the terminology made all of the difference to our kids. In time, all of the pieces will fall into place but they're content with the kindergarten version of the details we've shared so far.
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you find a balance, and it's tough. i love this post. a wise person once said to me, 'let her be the guide' and that's what we've done. granted, we've adopted and almost 4 year old (in 2 weeks- adopted in September) who has a RICH and full history in China- 3.5 years at New Hope with nannies that LOVED her- and ones she names and remembers fondly (where before she'd wail for them to return). Now we go through the Lifebook that Hope put together for her and talk about her friends and nannies, not so I can remind her of what she's lost, but so that she can connect with her beginnings and never forget those who loved and cherished her. She had 6 nannies, but they were crucial to her learning to attach and love. Thank God for them.
And when she does have her (very few and far between) moments- where she wants to be the "baby" – be held like one, fed like one- we go with it. We know it's meeting a need deep inside of her, even if it is "play". But like you, we don't treat her like an injured bird. She's strong, courageous, beautiful, resilient, and not afraid to cry and let us know "where" she is emotionally. She is already so much braver than I've ever been my whole life.
my hope is that i can raise a confidant, loving, self-actualized girl. one who is able to INTEGRATE her losses, not internalize them. my hope is one day she'll know that some losses never leave us, but become part of who we are- and if we allow it, our grief/pain has the power to transform us.
Yep, it would have been a totally different deal if my kids were older when we adopted them. As it is, they don't remember anything at all from their pre-adoption life. I guess I'm not too surprised since I distinctly remember being 4 years old but nothing before that. We moved when I was 3 and I don't have any memory of life in the old house. For me, all of my memories started at 3.5 to 4 and didn't really become reliable or verifiable until age 4.
I do wish our little one (Maddy) remembered her foster family though. She was 25 months old when we adopted her and we took her back to visit them just before her 4th birthday and she didn't remember anything. It was kinda sad.
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Talking adoption with our children is very close to my heart. I have quite a different perspective- as do my children. Initially I was going to comment here but my comment turned into a long blog post of my own.
Parenting is full of personal choices and I appreciate that you might feel differently about this particular issue than I do but I'm surprised that you chose to debate me in such a unfriendly way.
I wanted to refrain but simply cannot. How do you know for sure that your daughter did not have a foster family? Many times the ap's are told their children were never in foster care and many times I have found that to be incorrect information. I do not understand why the SWI's tend to cover up that information, but in many cases they do. I respect that you know more about your daughter than I do, but I strongly encourage you to delve a little deeper to really confirm that she is 'making it up'.
P.S.Your daughter is very beautiful and I can tell by your writing that she is much loved.
Hi Kay! I'm glad you didn't refrain! I enjoy the opportunity to think about things in different ways and share thoughts and ideas with other people in our community.
The child in question (Gwen) was referred at 13 months of age. She wasn't in foster care and we know this because we found an ex-patriot living in her city who volunteered at the SWI. She'd been visiting all of the babies for many months and she confirmed that there were no children in foster care.
Our other daughter (Maddy) was supposedly in foster care from the age of 8 months but we learned that she didn't start foster care until age 14 months. Most of what the SWI told us about her history was totally incorrect. We were able to track down her foster family (who we believe is actually her birth family) and we flew back to China and spent five days with them. They'd been visiting her at the SWI since her birth and only started to foster her when she got very sick. They had her for ten months before we adopted her. Only 17 months had passed when we reunited them and Maddy didn't remember them at all. Nothing, nada, zip. Not the language or her room or her toys or her cousins. Not even the woman we're convinced is her birth mother. We're in email contact and we'll take her back to visit them again when she's older. It's possible that this is the foster family Gwen said she missed. She knows this is Maddy's foster family though.
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Just to clarify one point I made earlier (in a comment here)… When I said that we modify the titles of some things (like calling the orphanage the SWI or avoiding terms like birth mother), I guess I should have clarified that we do this because our kids are still very young. Even though we don't call her their mother, we speak very respectfully of the woman who carried them inside of her and gave them to the nice people who would care for them until we came to China to bring them home.
Yes, it's sugar coated but they're only Kindergartners! Obviously the words we use to explain their story will mature as they do.
I completely respect the right of all parents to pick the timeline and language that works best for their family and I only share my opinion on sites like this because I hope our perspective can be one of many that prospective parents find helpful as they face similar issues.
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I'm at a loss at to what was so unfriendly about Diane's comment or the post she wrote on her blog.
What fun to see old friends! How have you been, Sparky!?
Thanks for your clarification, and what you says makes perfect sense now. That is really interesting about the possibility that your other daughter's foster parents may have been her bio's. From research I have read, that may be more common than we'd think.
Kay, I'd love to know more about how common this might be. I've heard of such things but we never would have believed that it was possible that we'd be one of those families who figures it out. But dozens of little "Ah Ha!" moments just fell into place during our visit with them. When you think about it, it's not really that far fetched.
Part of why we keep our family blog public is so our girls birth families might someday be able to find them and know they're healthy and happy.
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I don't see how Diane's blog was "unfriendly". If anything I think her daughters have some great insight that you might have overlooked? Particularly her oldest daughters' comment:
"She didn't make it ALL up. Those feelings about missing another family are REAL. "
Regardless of the lack of foster parents, she is obviously feeling that something is missing. It seems that too much emphasis was put on the wrong use of the word "foster"? I can't blame a 9 year old for using the wrong term because, after reading this post, I'm thoroughly confused on who you call what? Even I wouldn't know what to call her birth parents and what to call the people who took care of her at the orphange/baby factory/baby city or whatever the label is.
What was important, and missed, is that she tried to express her sense of missing an emotional attachment, but it was brushed aside because it was tied with a misused vocabulary word?? Which I find very ironic thinking that the same 9 year old can fully understand the word "foster" and not understand "birth mother" or "orphanage" because I would think that both of those words would be pre-requisites for fully understanding the term "foster"…
Maybe next time you should ask her to explain further?
There are some things I would like to clarify:
1. "She was merely pretending. She has a beautiful imagination and frequently tells stories with fuzzy edges between reality and fantasy and this was just another story to her."
Im no psychologist, but I think if you were to discuss this with a child psychologist, they would tell you that some of these things should not be brushed aside just because there is a "fuzzy edge"…many things that are suppressed have a "fuzzy edge" between reality and fantasy.
2. "she's playing in the other room and she isn't sad or mournfully missing anyone or bearing the weighty burden of any aspect of her unfortunate beginnings."
Just because you haven't seen it, does not mean that she does not carry a burden. More than likely, she's internalizing it or keeping it a secret…perhaps because the clues that she gives are brushed aside because she uses the wrong vocabulary or "fuzzy edges"
3. "And that's a relief because,"
Personally I would be very worried if your adopted daughter has never poured out her heart, lungs, and tears for a full night. I don't know any adoptee that has not done this while growing up…regardless of their adoption situation.
4. "I can make her believe that she's suffered tragic and unfair losses,"
What is there to "make her believe"? It's the truth…she has suffered tragic and unfair losses.
5. "understandable that she'd miss them too"
She is missing them…regardless if someone else misses her or not.
6. "there's a pretty good chance that she wouldn't be spending any time thinking about it"
Wow….fat chance! either that or you have a robot for a daughter.
7. "Personally, I don't recommend that because I've seen many instances of kids crying for lost loved ones that they clearly don't remember."
Do you honestly think your kids will not cry or they won't miss lost loved ones they don't remember just because you waited until 10 or 12 years old before even acknowledging they were adopted and have missed loved ones??
You only address the concern of addressing this too early. What about if you try to address and acknowledge the issues too late? Meaning, if you keep brushing aside these questions and concerns she has and the stories with "fuzzy edges" because you are waiting for the "ideal age" to start "wading into the waters", but you miss it by a year, 2, or 3 years? What irreparable damage do you cause then? For a year, 2, or 3 your daughter is internalizing and struggling with a gigantic burden on her own because you refuse to address it until "the perfect time"? Are you willing to risk this?
My sister was adopted when she was an infant. I was adopted at 5. If 5.5 is too young, then what do you do with someone like me? Based on your writing it seems that you would assume that I would struggle more than my sister because I was much older when I was adopted and have more feelings. Ironically, my sister has had much more difficulty with missing her family than I have.
Im sorry to be so blunt, but there are a lot of things in your post that really concern me from an adopted perspective….I don't think many other adoptees would disagree with me…
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You're kidding, right?
I'm not going to defend my parenting practices to you. Especially when you use terms like "baby factory". We're not talking hypotheticals here. We're talking about MY kid so I get to decide when the discussion is going over the line.
I've tried to keep this an open and friendly debate but I guess that's just not possible.
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