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Stillinger Family Funeral Home Terms of Use Agreement.
The effective date of this Agreement is August 1, 2011.
This web site is owned by Stillinger Family Funeral Home ("Stillinger Family Funeral Home"). Stillinger Family Funeral Home provides this web site and related services to you, the user of this web site, only for your personal, non-commercial use and subject to your acceptance of and compliance with this Terms of Use Agreement ("Agreement"). Please read the terms contained herein carefully before using this web site and/or the services associated therewith. Your use of this web site and the associated services confirms your unconditional acceptance of these terms and conditions. If you do not accept these terms and conditions, do not use this web site.
This web site is provided by Stillinger Family Funeral Home through an agreement with Batesville Casket Company and its affiliated companies (collectively, "Batesville"), which provides design and/or hosting services for the site. You acknowledge and agree that Batesville may claim the benefits of any protections afforded to Stillinger Family Funeral Home under this Agreement, including but not limited to any protections which minimize or eliminate liability, and further that Batesville may exercise any rights afforded to Stillinger Family Funeral Home under this Agreement, regardless of whether Batesville is expressly identified in connection with a particular protection or right enumerated in this Agreement. You further acknowledge and agree that this Agreement does not place any obligations on Batesville.
Be advised that certain areas within this web site and certain services offered through this web site are governed by additional terms presented in conjunction with those areas or services. You must agree to these additional terms before using those areas or services. The additional terms and this Agreement shall apply equally. In the event of an irreconcilable inconsistency between the additional terms and this Agreement, the additional terms shall control.
1. Stillinger Family Funeral Home reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to revise this Agreement at any time. Any changes to these terms will be included in a revised version of this Agreement accessible through the web site. Your continued use of the web site and related services following posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes your unconditional acceptance and agreement to be bound by the changed terms. You must cease using the web site if you do not agree to be bound by the revised terms and conditions.
2. This web site and related services are intended only for use by those 18 years of age or older and of the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which they reside. If you do not meet these requirements, you cannot use this site without the accompaniment and supervision of your parent or legal guardian.
3. Stillinger Family Funeral Home grants you a limited, nonexclusive and revocable license to make personal and non-commercial use of this web site. This license does not include any rights not specifically enumerated herein. You may copy, download or print materials from this site for your own personal and non-commercial use. In this context, "personal and non-commercial use" does not include posting, uploading or otherwise publishing the materials to any other web site. This license does not include the right to copy, download, print, reproduce, modify, resell, redistribute or republish any of the content of the site for any commercial purpose without the express, written permission of Stillinger Family Funeral Home. Further, this license does not include the right to bypass any technical measures used to prevent or restrict access to any portion of the site; to use any data mining, robots, or similar automated data gathering and extraction tools to access the site; to violate or attempt to violate the security of the site, or to interfere with or attempt to interfere with the proper working of the site. You agree to use this web site only for lawful purposes and in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein.
4. The material presented on this web site is for general information only. This web site may contain information about products that may or may not be available outside the country of origin, or may be available under different trade names or trademarks. Please contact a representative of Stillinger Family Funeral Home for further information about the products and services described. Nothing on this web site shall be construed as an offer to sell any product or service to any particular customer or in any particular jurisdiction. Stillinger Family Funeral Home reserves the right to accept or reject any offer to purchase any products or services.
5. Some areas of this site or services associated with the site may have information, data, text, software, music, sound, photographs, graphics, video, messages, links, or other materials ("Content") submitted by registered users of the site. You acknowledge that Stillinger Family Funeral Home does not control this third-party Content, and that the opinions expressed in said Content are not necessarily those of Stillinger Family Funeral Home, Batesville or any content providers, advertisers, sponsors, affiliated or related entities. Stillinger Family Funeral Home does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity or quality of such Content, and Stillinger Family Funeral Home makes no representations or warranties regarding any information or opinions posted to or otherwise included on or transmitted through the web site. You understand that by using the web site, you may be exposed to Content that is offensive, indecent or objectionable. Under no circumstances will Stillinger Family Funeral Home or Batesville be liable in any way for any Content, including, but not limited to, for any errors or omissions in any Content, or for any loss or damage of any kind incurred as a result of the use of any Content posted, emailed, transmitted or otherwise made available via the web site and/or associated services. You acknowledge that any reliance on material posted or submitted by other users will be at your own risk.
6. You acknowledge that your use of this web site is at Stillinger Family Funeral Home's discretion, and that your license to use the site may be terminated by Stillinger Family Funeral Home at any time.
7. This web site and all of the material that it contains is owned by Stillinger Family Funeral Home, Batesville or their third party licensors and is protected by intellectual property and other laws throughout the world. Except as permitted by this Agreement, nothing found on the web site may be copied, reproduced, republished, distributed, sold, licensed, transferred or modified without the express written permission of Stillinger Family Funeral Home. You agree that you will not take any actions inconsistent with Stillinger Family Funeral Home's ownership of the site and its content, or with Batesville's ownership of any content licensed for use on this web site.
8. The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on this web site are owned by Stillinger Family Funeral Home, Batesville and/or third parties, and this web site's trade dress is owned by Stillinger Family Funeral Home and/or Batesville. All trademarks not owned by Stillinger Family Funeral Home are the property of their respective owners, and, where used by Stillinger Family Funeral Home, are used with permission. Nothing contained on this web site may be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any right or license to use any trademark. You agree that you will not take any actions inconsistent with Stillinger Family Funeral Home's ownership of the trademarks and trade dress used on this site, or with any third party's ownership of its trademarks used on this site.
9. By using this web site, you consent to Stillinger Family Funeral Home's collection and use of personal information as discussed in Stillinger Family Funeral Home's Privacy Policy, which is hereby incorporated into this Agreement. A copy of the Privacy Policy can be accessed here. You further consent to Batesville's collection and use of personal information in accordance with the provisions of its Privacy Policy, which can be accessed here http://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/batesville-privacy-policy.html . Batesville's collection of information is limited to information necessary to facilitate its role as host of the web site.
10. Any communications you send to Stillinger Family Funeral Home by electronic mail are on a non-confidential basis, and Stillinger Family Funeral Home is under no obligation to refrain from reproducing, publishing, or otherwise using them in any way or for any purpose. Stillinger Family Funeral Home shall be free to use the content of any such communications, including any ideas, inventions concepts, techniques or know-how disclosed therein, for any purpose including developing, manufacturing and/or marketing goods or services. The sender of any communications to Stillinger Family Funeral Home shall be responsible for the content and information contained therein, including its truthfulness and accuracy.
11. You agree to accept responsibility for your activities while visiting the site or using any associated services. Without limiting the foregoing, you specifically represent that you understand that you, and not Stillinger Family Funeral Home, are entirely responsible for all Content that you upload, post, email, transmit or otherwise make available, either privately or publicly, through the web site or any associated services.
12. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all the rights to any Content you post or submit to the web site or using any related services, that use of the information or Content you post or submit does not violate the intellectual property rights of any third parties, nor any third party's privacy rights, rights of publicity and other proprietary rights, and that use of the information or content you post or submit will not cause injury to any person or entity. You further represent and warrant that any Content you post or submit to the web site will not contain libelous, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material; will not contain any material that is or may be viewed as threatening, abusive, insulting, hateful, harassing, degrading, indecent, profane or obscene; will not advocate any unlawful activity; will not contain or link to any information that you do not have a right to make public; will not contain software viruses or other harmful devices; will not comprise unsolicited or unauthorized advertising; and will not be part of any mass mailing or other form of spam. You agree that you will indemnify Stillinger Family Funeral Home, Batesville and their affiliates for all claims resulting from or related to Content you post or submit.
13. You further represent and warrant that you shall not (i) impersonate any other person or entity or falsely state or otherwise misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity, or adopt a false identity if the purpose of doing so is to mislead, deceive, or defraud another; (ii) forge headers or otherwise manipulate identifiers in order to disguise the origin of any Content you post or submit to or via the web site and any related services; (iii) use the web site and any associated services in any manner which could damage, disable, overburden, impair, or otherwise interfere with the use of the web site and associated services by any other users, or which could damage, destroy, or otherwise disrupt or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment, including but not limited to by means of posting, submitting, transmitting or providing a link to any computer viruses, Trojan horses, worms, or other harmful computer code intended to damage, interfere with, intercept, monitor surreptitiously, or take over another computer; (iv) attempt to gain unauthorized access to this web site, any related website, computer system, or networks connected to this web site, through hacking, password mining, or any other means; (v) provide material support or resources (or to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, or ownership of material support or resources) to any organization(s) designated by the United States government as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (vi) obtain or attempt to obtain any materials or information through any means not intentionally made available through this web site, including but not limited to harvesting or otherwise collecting personal or contact information of other users; and (vii) contact anyone who has asked not to be contacted, "stalk" or otherwise harass another person or entity, or harm minors in any way.
14. You hereby expressly grant to Stillinger Family Funeral Home and Batesville a royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, irrevocable right and license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish, edit, translate, perform, transmit, sell, exploit, sublicense or otherwise distribute and display the Content for any reason and in any manner it chooses, including for promotional and advertising purposes, alone or as a part of other works, in any form, medium or technology now known or later developed, and you waive all moral rights in all such Content.
15. Stillinger Family Funeral Home does not and is not obligated to regularly review, monitor, delete or edit the Content of the web site or any associated services. However, Stillinger Family Funeral Home reserves the right to do so at any time in its sole discretion, for any reason or no reason, and to edit or delete any posting or submission with or without notice, and you acknowledge that Stillinger Family Funeral Home has the right to do so. Stillinger Family Funeral Home is not responsible or liable for damages of any kind arising from any Content, or from Stillinger Family Funeral Home's alteration or deletion of any Content, even when Stillinger Family Funeral Home is advised of the possibility of such damages.
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18. Stillinger Family Funeral Home provides this web site and the associated services in connection with one or more affiliated companies. Any terms and conditions related to the disclaimer of warranties, your obligation to indemnify Stillinger Family Funeral Home, and your available remedy in the event of any dispute apply equally with respect to these affiliated companies.
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24. You agree that if you are dissatisfied with the web site or any services offered in connection with the web site, if you do not agree with any part of this Agreement, or you have any other dispute or claim with or against Stillinger Family Funeral Home or Batesville with respect to this Agreement or the web site, your sole and exclusive remedy is to discontinue using the web site and any services offered in connection with the web site.
25. You agree that the laws of the State of Indiana will govern this Agreement, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws. Any action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or your use of this web site must be brought in the state courts located in Ripley County, Indiana, or the federal courts located in Marion County, Indiana, and you hereby consent to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of such courts. You further agree to file any cause of action with respect to this Agreement within one year after the cause of action arises. You agree that a cause of action filed after this date is barred.
26. This Agreement represents the entire understanding between the parties regarding your use of the web site, and supersedes all other agreements, express or implied, between them. This Agreement shall not be modified except as permitted in Section 1 of this Agreement or except in writing, signed by an authorized representative of Stillinger Family Funeral Home. If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the remainder of this Agreement shall be enforced to the extent possible, and the offending provision shall be treated as though not a part of this Agreement. Stillinger Family Funeral Home's failure to act with respect to a breach of this Agreement by you or others does not constitute a waiver of its rights with respect to that breach or any subsequent breach, nor shall it constitute a waiver of any other rights under this Agreement.
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Wikia Maps is a map creation tool from Wikia. Wikia Maps has two map creation options. You can use Wikia Maps to create maps in a manner similar to those that you may have previously created in Google Maps. Wikia calls those maps "real maps." The truly cool feature of Wikia Maps is the option to create maps on pictures that you upload. Wikia calls those maps "custom maps." Custom maps are created in Wikia Maps by uploading a picture or selecting a picture from the Wikia Maps gallery. You could upload a picture of a historical map, a picture from a place that you visited (I'm thinking of my pictures taken from the top of the Empire State Building), or you could upload a picture of a drawing that you made. You can add map placemarks to the image that you upload to use as the basis of your custom Wikia Map.
Odyssey.js is an open source map creation tool from CartoDB. Through Odyssey.js you can create mapped stories in three formats; slide, scroll, and torque. In all three formats viewers will see a location on a map along with the text and pictures of your story. The slide and scroll formats are fairly straight-forward, you click through slides or scroll through a story. The torque format allows you to connect elements of your map to a timeline.
Visits is an online tool for creating a location history timeline by using your Flickr images and Google Maps. The service allows you to select a set of your public Flickr images and match them to your Google Maps history. Visits uses the date information in your Flickr images and Google Maps history to create a timeline. The timeline events are represented as sets of circles.
National Geographic's Map Maker Interactive offers themes on which users can create custom map displays. Within each theme there are subcategories to choose from. For example, you can select the theme Physical Systems Land then choose volcanic eruptions to display on your map. Map Maker Interactive also provides drawing tool and marker icons that you can place on your map. In the sample pictured below I circled Iceland and placed a volcano icon on it.
ikiMap is a free service for creating custom maps online. The service allows you to build custom maps on top of Google Maps, Bing Maps, and Open Street Maps. You can also use a completely blank canvas and upload a map. The maps that you create on ikiMap can be shared publicly or privately. Your maps can be constructed collaboratively on ikiMap. To create a custom map on ikiMap you do have to register on the site and confirm your registration in an email. Once you're registered you can start building a map. The simplest way to build a custom map on ikiMap is to choose a base layer and add custom placemarks. There is a collection of dozens of placemark icons to choose from. If you don't like the placemark icons in the gallery, you can upload your own icons. Each placemark can contain text, images, links, and embedded videos.
Animaps is a service that was built for the purpose of allowing users to create animated Google Maps. The basics of creating maps in Animaps is very similar the process for creating maps in Google Maps. The main benefit of using Animaps over Google Maps is that you can create a tour of your placemarks that plays through according to the timing that you specify. Another benefit is that you can build in colored shapes to expand and contract to demonstrate patterns. You can also import images to your map from Flickr, Picassa, and Facebook. Click here to watch a demonstration of Animaps in action. You do not need a Google Account to use Animaps, you can register on the site or use Facebook credentials to log-in.
Tripline is a service designed to enable anyone to record a trip they've taken or to plan a trip itinerary. What Tripline is really intended to do is to give you a platform to "present" your trips to others. To do this Tripline allows you to add details to each stop on your itinerary, add images, and add music to the presentation of your trip. When completed your map essentially becomes a slideshow tour. There are a few different ways that you can create trip on Tripline. You can use your mobile device to check-in at different locations and have Tripline plot those points for you. You can do that using Foursquare or by geolocating your Tweets. The other way that you can create trips on Tripline is to plot them directly on the Tripline site.
Scribble Maps is a fun and useful application for drawing and typing on Google Maps. Using Scribble Maps anyone can draw and type on a map. All of the zoom options and most of the search options available on Google Maps are available when using Scribble Maps. You can zoom in on an area and then type text, draw a circle or a box around an area, you can even doodle stick figures or whatever you like on your map. Maps created by using Scribble Maps can be shared via email or embedded into your website. Scribble Maps Pro (an upgrade that requires a payment) allows you to import KML files, import spreadsheets, and import SHP files. Importing KML files allows you to add free-hand drawings on top of files that you may have already created for Google Maps or Google Earth. Importing spreadsheets makes it easy to quickly add placemarks to a large number of places. SHP file importation allows you to add custom shapes to your maps.
Quikmaps is a nice map creation tool that allows you to quickly draw, type, and insert icons on a Google Map without requiring you to have a Google Account. You can register directly on the site itself. Quikmaps is similar to Scribble Maps. Placing icons on Quikmaps is a simple matter of dragging and dropping elements. Maps can be shared via email or embedded into your blog or website.
UMapper is a custom map creation tool that allows you to create maps from just about any JPG, PNG, or GIF file. Using UMapper is a simple process of uploading an image and selecting a map service (Google, Yahoo, Bing) as the basis for the map. The finished maps can be embedded into your blog or website. UMapper also offers a platform for creating your own geography game. UMapper GeoDart is a simple game in which players have to locate the places the you specify.
Mapfaire is a free tool for quickly creating maps that contain simple placemarks. Using Mapfaire you can create a custom map that highlights places you specify. To use Mapfaire just sign in with your Google Account then name your map and start adding placemarks. To add a placemark all you need to do is enter a location then label your placemark. You can publish and edit your maps at any time.
Target Map is a service that allows anyone to create mapped displays of data sets. Users of Target Map can importa and map their own data sets, use data sets from other users, use data sets found online, or manually input data onto a map. When I created my sample map, I choose to manually input data. Target Map allows you to map data for a country, a region, or for the whole world. You can customize the display to make borders appear faint or bold and alter the look of data points. Although at first glance Target Map's user interface might not appear to be terribly intuitive, it is actually quite easy to use if you follow the directions. Target Map is free to use if you agree to publish your maps to the public gallery. If you want to keep your maps private you can do so for a small fee.
World Map is a free program developed by the Center for Geographic Analysis at Harvard University. World Map is designed to enable creation, visualization, and exploration of geographically referenced information. In other words, you can build some great mapped data visualizations on the service. To create a map on World Map you can use the more than 1800 data sets that are stored in the service or you can upload your own data sets. The majority of the data sets in the World Map library have abstracts explaining a bit about the purpose and scope of the data. There are five default base maps that you can choose to build upon. Alternatively, you can choose to create your map completely from scratch and upload your own base layer to build upon. Maps that you create on World Map can be embedded into a website, printed, or viewed in Google Earth.
GeoCommons provides excellent tools for creating and sharing map-based data visualizations. Users can select a from twelve base maps to build upon. After choosing a base map users can select from more than 49,000 public data sets or upload their own data sets. Map creators can add more than one data set to their maps. To complete the visualizations users can specify colors, shades, shapes, and apply numerous filters to determine what is or is not displayed from their chosen data sets. Completed maps can be shared as KML files or embedded into blogs and websites.
Map a List turns Google Spreadsheet information into Google Maps placemarks. The finished product is a Google Map of the information you've selected from your Google Spreadsheets. To create a map from your spreadsheets you need to register for a Map a List account and give it access to your Google Docs account. Map a List then walks you through each step of selecting a spreadsheet, defining the parameters for your map, and choosing placemarks. Just like in Google Maps you can customize the placemark icons that are used in your Map a List displays. Your maps can be shared publicly or privately. Your maps can be downloaded as KML files to use in Google Earth.
Heat Map Tool is a tool for easily creating heat maps or incident maps from a CSV file. To create a heat map all you need to do is upload a CSV file then specify your desired display attributes like scale, colors, and opacity. You can edit the display attributes of your map whenever you like. If you're wondering how to create a CSV file you can do so by exporting from a spreadsheet in Google Documents or exporting from an Excel file. Click here for directions on exporting from Excel. The free version of Heat Map Tool allows you to have up to 100 data points on your map and up to 500 hits per day on your map.
MapFab is an excellent free map creation tool built on top of Google Maps. MapFab offers a few advantages over Google Maps, but the most notable advantage is that you do not have to create an account in order to create your custom maps. To start creating custom maps on MapFab just head to the site and enter your starting location. Then select from the menu of custom placemarks and enter a description. There is a variety of font colors to choose from when you label your placemarks. That same variety of text colors can be applied to your map title too. Just like on Google Maps you can draw polygons and circles on your maps. Also like on Google Maps you can draw lines, but on MapFab you can change the colors of your lines.
Google Maps Engine Lite allows you to go beyond manually adding placemarks to your Google Maps by uploading a spreadsheet of locations that will be displayed on your map. You can import up to three spreadsheets per map. You can also draw custom lines and shapes on your maps. Like any other Google Map you can invite others to collaborate with you. You can share your map by embedding it into a website. Click here for directions on using Google Maps Engine Lite.
Last fall Google introduced Google Earth Tour Builder which made it easier than ever to create tours in Google Earth. To create a tour with Tour Builder you need to install the Google Earth Browser Plug-in and you need to have a Google Account. Once you have those two things and you're signed into Tour Builder just follow the clear Tour Builder directions to build your tour. The first step is naming your tour and adding a cover image. Next you will search for your first location then click "add to tour" to add the location to your tour. You'll then be prompted to add images, videos, and text to your placemark. Each placemark can have up to 25 images and videos. The images and videos will be displayed as a gallery rather than as a linear stack of images as is the case if you edit placemarks in Google Maps or Earth. Repeat the process of adding locations and placemarks until you finish telling your story. Click here for directions for creating a tour in Tour Builder.
The Thematic Mapping Engine provides users with a very simple way to create Google Earth kmz files. Thematic Mapping draws on data provided by the United Nations to create maps depicting all types of development data and environmental science data. Users select a statistical indicator category, select a year or range of years, and the manner in which they would like the data displayed in Google Earth. If you're using a Windows computer you can preview your files before downloading them.

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Gossip Girl Actress Dreama Walker Opens Up About Her New ABC Show
Twenty-five-year-old Dreama Walker can certainly relate to the naïve, career-driven character that she plays on her new ABC sitcom. At age 17, Dreama moved to New York with high hopes of making it as an actress. Instead, she found herself busing tables at a restaurant in Times Square. Though it's taken several years (and coveted parts on Gossip Girl and The Good Wife), Dreama has landed her, well, dream role on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. Her character, June, moves to New York and promptly loses both her job and her apartment. She finds a roommate named Chloe (Krysten Ritter), a scheming con artist and party girl who steals not only June's money, but her fiancé too. The two end up forming an unlikely friendship. Fans of New Girl and 2 Broke Girls will appreciate this female-centric comedy, which also stars Dawson's Creek's James Van Der Beek as... himself (a narcissistic parody of himself, you'll see!). Read on to learn more about Dreama's personal style and what she thinks of the show's provocative title.
debuts tonight, April 11, at 9:30 pm EST on ABC.


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Our new President has adopted the idea of having Czars to deal with special issues of importance. He has named about three dozen Czars dealing to address significant matters like global warming and executive compensation. Their appointments have become very controversial, as there have been complaints about them circumventing the congressional approval and oversight processes.
I say damn these naysayers. I have come to embrace this idea despite the fact of being Jewish and having an aversion to Czars, due to a history of pogroms against my ancestors. And I just feel that we need a few more to round out Obama's efforts.
Yard Sale Czar – Since the government has put out a handbook to guide us about how to be in compliance with product safety laws when having a yard sale, it would be most important to appoint a Czar to assure proper enforcement of these rules. Along with that, the Czar should consider standards for signs advertising the sales. I see some pretty dreadful ones. Also, used underwear and socks should be restricted from sales as this is a definite product safety issue.
Apology Czar – To many of us watching news reports of his most recent trips abroad, President Obama seemed to be on an "apology tour" for perceived misbehaviors of America in the past. I think he has just begun to scratch the surface on this and needs to appoint a Czar to root out all past inappropriate behavior of the American government and people. I can think of many he has not yet touched on. For example, he needs to apologize to Spain for the Spanish-American War, to Mexico for accepting Texas into the Union, to France for underpaying for the Louisiana Purchase and to the rest of the world for our basketball team's performance at the 2004 Olympics. I am sure there is enough work here to carry through at least four years of his presidency. Just the 70's with Afros, bell-bottom pants and tie-dyed clothing could cover a couple of years' work.
Twinkie Czar – Dan White blamed this iconic food as the reason why he murdered Harvey Milk and George Moscone. Since that time, Twinkies have never recovered and our country has never been the same. This Czar could help to reestablish the importance of this unjustifiably maligned source of unique nutritional value. As part of the Czar's role Hostess Cupcakes, Ding-Dongs and Snowballs can be brought back to their former glory as well. Given enough time, ice cream specialties such as Push-Ups could also be saved.
BCS Czar – You may have noticed that despite rising unemployment, two wars and a battle over health care, our Congress has taken up the mantle of the BCS rating system for college football and establishment of a national playoff system. While President Obama has spoken out on this issue, he still needs to appoint a Czar to bring this sad chapter in the history of the Republic to a compassionate ending. Nothing stresses the average American more than not knowing whether their alma mater will have a fair shot at bringing home the national championship trophy.
Saved Jobs Czar – Since President Obama has introduced this new concept of saved jobs, most Americans have been left in the cosmic dust. As the country loses jobs at a clip of about 450,000 per month, it is clear he has not done a good job of communicating about these "saved" jobs. A new Czar to specialize in this area would work wonders in helping Americans understand this new concept. Photo ops with plumbers, office workers and engineers who have had their jobs saved by the Anointed One would help our collective psyche. I suggest he not appoint that drab economist who he keeps rolling out for congressional hearings. He would only remind us all of the jobs lost.
And, finally:
Latke Czar – This may not affect the average American, but to Jewish Americans this is of utmost importance. Since the President has done everything possible to antagonize Jews over Israel, I thought he might go for this one. For those of you who do not know, latkes are a potato pancake-like delicacy that is an intricate part of the Hanukkah celebration. Unfortunately, there are some pretty bad latkes out there. Since we wait all year to savor these delectable items, being faced with bad latkes during Hanukkah can ruin the entire holiday season and carry over into the New Year. While attending our first White House Hanukkah Party, my wife thought at first glance their latkes to be puffy crab cakes which demonstrates that even the accomplished White House chefs can mutilate this food. If President Obama appoints a Czar now, he can save many Jews a lot of anguish during the upcoming holiday season and possibly lock up the Jewish vote for generations.
I am confident that each of you can pinpoint other Czars that could help solve the festering problems of our nation. We need to advise our President on these so he can incorporate them into his administration. And the bonus here is that if he appoints enough Czars he can solve at least one important problem – unemployment.


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The Associated Press has nixed "homophobia," "ethnic cleansing," and a number of other terms from its Style Book in recent months.
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Per the official Red Wings' Twitter feed today:
UPDATE: The Wings will honor Nick Lidstrom by officially retiring #5 on March 6 when we host the Avalanche. pic.twitter.com/j9hXNAiGXD— Detroit Red Wings (@DetroitRedWings) August 1, 2013
It's a great choice for the organization paying tribute to what was the best rivalry in the NHL during Lidstrom's career.
The seven-time Norris Trophy Winner, four-time Stanley Cup Champion, Conn-Smythe victor, Triple-Gold Club Member, and first European Captain to host the Stanley Cup will have his iconic #5 grace the Joe Louis Arena rafters next to other greats Steve Yzerman, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Sid Abel, Terry Sawchuk, and Alex Delvecchio.
Good luck getting tickets to this one, folks. What a night that should be.
Here is the Wings' press release
Detroit, MI…Detroit Red Wings Senior Vice President Jim Devellano today announced that the Red Wings will officially retire Nicklas Lidstrom's number "5" in a special pre-game ceremony on March 6, 2014, when the Red Wings host the Colorado Avalanche.
"For a long time, there was no doubt in ownership's and management's mind that Nicklas Lidstrom would play his entire career with the Detroit Red Wings and that his sweater would fittingly go up into the rafters along with the other all-time greatest Red Wing players – Abel, Delvecchio, Howe, Lindsay, Sawchuk and Yzerman," said Devellano.
Lidstrom, who announced his retirement on May 31, 2012, completed a remarkable 20-year career in the National Hockey League with the Red Wings. A four-time Stanley Cup champion with the Detroit Red Wings and a seven-time winner of the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League's best defenseman, Lidstrom finished his illustrious career ranked in the top 10 all-time among defensemen with 264 goals (ninth), 878 assists (sixth), 1,142 points (sixth) and 132 power-play goals (fifth). He played in 263 postseason games, second all-time among NHL players (Chris Chelios – 266), and 1,564 regular season games, second in franchise history behind only Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe (1,687).
Lidstrom was Detroit's third-round pick (53rd overall) in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He made his NHL debut with the Red Wings in Chicago against the rival Blackhawks on October 3, 1991. The Vasteras, Sweden, native collected 60 points (11-49-60) during his rookie campaign and finished as the runner-up to Pavel Bure for the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's Rookie of the Year. Lidstrom was named to the 1992 All-Rookie Team. His stellar freshman season was simply a prelude of things to come over the next two decades.
Lidstrom spent all 20 seasons of his career in the Motor City, a rare feat in today's professional sports landscape. He never missed the playoffs during his career, advancing to the conference finals eight times, the Stanley Cup Final six times and winning the Stanley Cup four times in 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2008. In 2002, the steady defenseman became the first European-born player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoffs MVP despite playing on a team littered with flashy NHL stars such as Steve Yzerman, Sergei Fedorov, Brett Hull, Dominik Hasek and Brendan Shanahan. He was named captain of the Red Wings prior to the start of the 2006-07 season and led Detroit to back-to-back Stanley Cup Final appearances in 2008 and 2009. He became the first European-born captain to lead his team to a Stanley Cup championship with a 4-2 series win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2008.
Lidstrom was recognized as the NHL's top defenseman seven times over a 10-season span from 2001-2011. His seven Norris Trophies (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011) tie him with Doug Harvey for second most all-time, trailing only the legendary Bobby Orr (eight). Lidstrom won his first Norris Trophy at age 31 and in 2011 he became the oldest player ever to win the award at age 41. He holds Detroit's single-season records for assists (64) and points (80) by a defenseman, ranks fourth in franchise history with 1,142 points and has the highest plus-minus rating (+450) in the NHL since 1991-92, his first year in the league. Lidstrom was named a First Team All-Star 10 times during his career (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011) and a Second Team All-Star twice (2009, 2010). He was selected to play in 12 NHL All-Star Games (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011) and picked to captain his squad in 2011. Lidstrom ranks in the top three all-time among defensemen in the postseason with 54 goals (third), 129 assists (third), 183 points (second) and 30 power-play goals (first). He was named the NHL's player of the decade from 2000-2009 by both the Sporting News and SportsIllustrated.com.
Lidstrom's durability over his 20-year career is nearly as impressive as his litany of accomplishments. He missed just 44 regular season games since he entered the league in 1991-92. Twelve of those 44 games came during the 2011-12 season. Lidstrom played in every regular season game seven times during his career and played in 80-or-more games 14 times in 20 seasons. Over his 20 consecutive playoff appearances, Lidstrom would miss just two postseason games due to injury, both in 2009. He skated in 263 of the 265 playoff games the Red Wings played from 1992-2012.
Lidstrom also found success at the international level throughout his career. He represented his native Sweden at numerous international competitions and is a member of the exclusive 'Triple Gold Club' having won an Olympic gold medal with Sweden in 2006 and an IIHF World Championship title in 1991 to go with his four Stanley Cup championships in Detroit. 2013-14
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Possible mammoth tooth found in waters off New Hampshire
A New Hampshire fisherman has discovered whale vertebrae, porpoise skulls and an old fuel tank that he thought was a treasure chest. Now, he may have hit the big time: a possible mammoth tooth.
Mike Anderson of Rye was fishing for scallops near Rye Harbor on Tuesday when he winched up the dredge he trawls behind his boat and noticed a 6-inch, triangular object amid the scallop shells and rocks.
"We knew right off it was a tooth because it has a nerve at the top," he told the Portsmouth Herald (http://bit.ly/15xDlOr).
Will Clyde, a University of New Hampshire associate professor of geology, said it may be a fossilized mammoth tooth.
He said mammoth and mastodon bones have been dragged up before in nearby waters, although they're more commonly found in the western and southern parts of the country. He wants to take a closer look, he told Anderson's co-worker, Shane Nicols, in an email.
But closer examination will have to wait. Clyde is in Argentina on sabbatical until June.
Anderson said he pulled the odd object from a depth of about 120 feet about eight miles south of the harbor. He said it was the weirdest thing he has ever snared, although previous finds include whale vertebrae and porpoise skulls. He also has found the body of a drowned kayaker.
Anderson said he would really like to find a tusk next.
Information from: Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com


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I'm in the process of making final plans for my next trip to the US, where I'll be visiting Florida (Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton), then off to Macworld in San Francisco for my Powertools workshop on Apple's Keynote (details upcoming).
After, I'll stay on to do some more training, hopefully picking up some workshops, but likely leaving California before the Presidential Inauguration in January. Certainly, I will be able to pick up some of the feeling of change by the time I arrive in Florida on Christmas Eve (look for my reindeer).
Here in Australia, we experienced our change from a tired, conservative, "let's go to war with George W." fear-mongering government almost a year ago, and the relief has been palpable. Many of those who took the time to write to newspapers and blog about the shift noted a sense of human dignity having been returned to the Australian landscape, when a more progressive government was elected in November, 2007.
Now, because of the way I think about presentations (and how to best use Keynote), I am very aware of the power of presentations to persuade, using engaging and involving methods based on cognitive neuroscience, adult learning principles, and knowledge management. I am picking up "gigs" from individuals and organisations who wish to learn how to use these methods with their particular audiences, whether they be colleagues, politicians and their advisors, or church attendees.
In many respects, the Democrat party has been lousy at delivering persuasive messages, ineffectual at dealings with Republican hubris. In my presentation at Macworld this year, I discussed the power of emotions to persuade, and referred to psychologist Drew Westen's book, The Political Brain, as evidence of this.
Here is part of the slide I used, showing a quote from the book:
I wanted the Macworld audience to understand the pervasiveness of emotions, whether in presenting, in politics, or in teaching, and how this aspect of human behaviour could be harnessed to make message giving more persuasive.
Westen's thesis is that the Democrats have been poorly informed in how to deliver messages, allowing the GOP and its fear-based messages to hold sway, none more so than what the world is observing with the McCain/Palin team. (Believe me when I say the world is watching the US elections intensely, and we can see how poor economic management in the US has global effects. Ask the Icelanders, whose state-based airline just went bankrupt).
In Australia, surveys have shown that about 75% of Australians want an Obama victory next week. And we've had a year of living through "You'll be sorry" messages from the conservative elements within Australia. So far, despite the economic challenges, the current progressive Government is managing quite well, and we here have been afforded some protection from the worst of the impending global recession.
If you heard last week's Apple Q4 earnings call (I played some of the audio from the iTunes podcast at this week's iMUG AGM as part of my President's report), you would have heard CEO Steve Jobs singing the praises of Apple customers, of how they cleverly choose Apple products despite their premium price, even if it means waiting a little longer to afford them. He spoke of the economy's unpredictability while speaking of Apple's being protected from the buffeting the PC world is experiencing with their razor-thin margins and lack of innovation. Great products and $25 Billion in cash and no debts is a great means by which to weather the current turbulence.
In an insightful column recently, Robin Bloor wrote of "the sound of crashing Windows" referring to his observations, backed by data, that the Mac is making incredible inroads into the public and corporate mind and market share, challenging Windows' dominance.
About Microsoft he wrote,
"Microsoft has very little territory on which to fight. In fact it almost feels as though the game is already over. It has no direct retail footprint and it doesn't do hardware. It even suffers from the indignity that while you can run Windows under OS X, you cannot run OS X under Windows. Because of virtualization, Windows has become a Mac app for running legacy PC applications in the Mac world – and the Mac world is currently expanding at 3 times the rate of the Windows world."
In other words, at least with respect to IT, change is on its way and it's inevitable.
I want to suggest to you that an Obama victory next week will hasten that change significantly.
It's not just that Obama is a switched-on technophile (as compared to the near-technophobic MacCain), able to better use social media to get his message across, but he far more mirrors how Apple operates. He comes from a minority background and must overcome huge resistance to change by conservative elements who prefer a "the herd might stink, but at least it's safe with them" mentality that has prevailed hitherto.
But pain in the hip-pocket, loss of jobs at home and children in a flawed war, and the sub-prime mortgage fiasco, appears to have Americans asking themselves if the Microsoft-style FUD the GOP is asserting about Obama remains tenable.
If Obama succeeds, then a shift in how FUD is experienced by the voting public (we here in Australia have compulsory voting) will be demonstrated. FUD can only be effective if the product you have to offer has "good enough" qualities compared to the "as good as it gets", and thus price and conformity are preferred over innovation and difference. The failure of Vista to even make the "good enough" grade has proved a tipping point for Microsoftian FUD.
Obama winning next week will be like the horns at Jericho blowing, bringing down many walls of separation between sections of the American populace, in place for hundreds of years. It will have far reaching effects, locally and globally, and the world will definitely alter its attitude to the US and its citizens after eight years of President Bush and his administration.
My assertion is that an Obama victory will loosen up many prejudices, while others will harden in the first year when the vanquished sit around ready to pop out the inevitable "told you so". But the overarching effect I expect many will feel, including nations other than the US, will be a sigh of relief together with the generation of hope.
Many of us who have been part of the Mac world, experiencing prejudice and being squeezed out from the mainstream despite preferring the better, more emotionally satisfying product, will perhaps also feel a sense of joy if Obama succeeds. That's not to say all Mac users are Democrats – far from it. But even progressive Republicans will prefer change this election, having had enough of the present administration with its central message of "family values" and a "war on terror", and not wishing its de facto continuation with McCain/Palin.
Just like the effects of Roger Bannister running the first sub-four minute mile in 1954 saw many others quickly follow with their own sub-four records, thus breaking through a shared psychological barrier, the breaking through the race barrier next week, should it happen, ought to see many other shared psychological barriers also fall over.
I believe one of those barriers will be that artificially imposed on the Mac in industry, schools, and personal use. If there is one negative here, it's that despite the psychological shift that would occur with an Obama win, the economic recession America will experience (is currently experiencing?) may see excessive financial conservative belief reflected in a "stay the course" with Windows attitude, despite evidence of its failures, doubts about getting Windows 7 out on time, and of course total cost of Windows ownership. The continuing moves to Open Source, a further threat to Microsoft, will parallel the openness of an Obama led government I would hope, in strict comparison to the incumbent's history of secrecy.
I can't vote in the US election, even though my father served in the US military at Fort Bragg in WWII, but I have a real love for the nation and its original principles, and a dislike for the faux patriotism displayed by those who believe they represent "real Americans". I'm hoping when I get to the US in December I will experience the winds of change blowing through.
We did it here in Australia, and we're doing OK, all things considered. Perhaps we'll chat about the election results at Macworld in January. See you there.
(Today's New York Times has an interesting piece on how Drew Westen's ideas are influencing the Democrat's message delivery process here. If his process is show to be effective in an Obama win, it will also put another nail in the Powerpoint coffin, with its "just fill in the bullet point cognitive style", in preference to a more visual and emotionally effective Keynote-style I will be teaching at Macworld 2009).


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Delmonico's The steaks are why you come, but Delmonico's is also retro in all the right ways: an elegant dining room, perfect gin martinis and service that'll make you feel like Don Draper. Order: Double cut filet, 10 oz. ($34.50)
6001 Quarry Lane, Independence, 216-573-1991, hospitalityrestaurants.com
Downtown 140 Chef Don Triskett builds upon the work of his predecessor, Shawn Monday, with a four-part menu where inventive "firsts" are as much the draw as the main course. Order: Ahi tuna tartare cone ($4)
140 N. Main St., Hudson, 330-655-2940, downtown140.com
Fahrenheit Chef Rocco Whalen has mastered the art of regularly changing his menu to never let things get stale, but somehow every visit always feels pleasingly the same. Order: Grilled lamb loin ($26) with crispy salt and herb fries
2417 Professor Ave., Cleveland, 216-781-8858, fahrenheittremont.com
Fire The fact that Doug Katz is such a passionate supporter of local farmers and a great chef makes patronizing his restaurant plain fun. Plus, the meats and fish out of his tandoor oven are always spot on. Order: Foie gras studded mortadella ($14) with marinated pecorino, apricot jam, arugula and grilled flatbread
13220 Shaker Square, Cleveland, 216-921-3473, firefoodanddrink.com
Flying Fig The combination of chef Karen Small's commitment to using fresh, local products; a from-scratch-style; and finesse with Asian and Mediterranean flavors makes for reliably great dishes. Order: Tempura-battered green beans ($7) with ponzu sauce and pineapple caramel
2523 Market Ave., Cleveland, 216-241-4243, theflyingfig.com
Lola (*) Our Iron Chef's love for meats and the Midwest packs in diners at this beloved hot spot, which relocated from Tremont in 2006. Of course, when you're feeling nostalgic, you can always go to Lolita. Order: Seared sea scallops ($30) with sweet pea tart
2058 E. Fourth St., Cleveland, 216-621-5652, lolabistro.com
Michelangelo's Nobody in Cleveland does Italian better than chef and owner Michael Annandono, who favors rustic Piedmontese cuisine notably in carpaccios, meaty ragouts, duck and truffle dishes. Order: Sacchetti ($25), ricotta and black truffle stuffed pasta and white truffle cream sauce
2198 Murray Hill Road, Cleveland, 216-721-0300, mangelos.com
Momocho (*) For a guy who has no local rival when it comes to imaginative Mexican fare, chef Eric Williams refuses to let his menu stand still. A hip but not hipster vibe adds to the fun, and the guacamole lives up to the hype. Order: Achiote-spiced shrimp ($16)
1835 Fulton Road, Cleveland, 216-694-2122, momocho.com
Moxie Chef Jonathan Bennett's commitment to making everything from scratch (from butter to burrata) always impresses, and his revamped menu reflects how people eat now (small, medium and large plates). Order: 12-hour veal roast ($23.50)
3355 Richmond Road, Beachwood, 216-831-5599, moxietherestaurant.com
Parallax We can't ignore the quiet success of the Tremont spot where chef Zack Bruell shows off how simple Asian-inspired dishes and fresh fish can yield bold results. Order: Grilled salmon ($19) with Latin-style creamed corn and South American pepper sauce
2179 W. 11th St., Cleveland, 216-583-9999, parallaxtremont.com
Pier W (*) At a place all about seafood, it's imperative to have a chef like Regan Reik, who can make even humble fish elegant. The dramatic views of Lake Erie and the downtown skyline don't hurt either. Order: Pistachio almond crusted tilapia with lavender honey butter ($21)
12700 Lake Ave., Lakewood, 216-228-2250, selectrestaurants.com
Players on Madison Restaurateur Gary Lucarelli's landmark spot still packs them in with chef Tony Romano's contemporary cuisine and Players' signature custom and specialty pizzas and pastas. Order: Pollo pesto pizza ($16)
14253 Madison Ave., Lakewood, 216-226-5200, playersonmadison.com
Thyme Chef and owner John Kolar makes his mark with bold flavors and reinvented condiments: ginger wasabi aioli for a tuna slider, espresso barbecue sauce with a hangar steak, and the tomato marmalade that jazzes up a piece of halibut. Order: Grilled hangar steak ($21)
716 N. Court St., Medina, 330-764-4114, thymetherestaurant.com
Saffron Patch (*) On the upscale side of ethnic cuisine, this favorite proves that curry doesn't have to overpower, showing the wide range of savory flavors Indian cuisine offers. Order: Murgh malai tikka ($14)
20600 Chagrin Blvd., Shaker Heights, 216-295-0400, thesaffronpatch.com
Salmon Dave's Call us crazy for favoring this Rocky River spot over its seafood sister downtown, but we can't ignore the Pacific Rim influence or gold rush saloon vibe. Order: Great Lakes walleye with hazelnut crust ($23)
19015 Old Lake Road, Rocky River, 440-331-2739, hrcleveland.com
Sergio's Sarava (*)
Chef Sergio Abramof's Shaker Square spot is an authentic take on his native South American culture. The flavors are exotic but not off-putting, and Abramof's "street plate" selection will make you always want to dine here tapas-style. Order: Tamale cakes ($6.95)
13225 Shaker Square, Cleveland, 216-295-1200, sergioscleveland.com
Three Birds (*) Chef Rachel Spieth cooks with equal parts imagination and hyper-seasonal ingredients at this contemporary West Side spot. Located in Lakewood's historic Bonne Bell property, the place shines in summer with courtyard dining. Order: Seared foie gras ($15)
18515 Detroit Ave., Lakewood, 216-221-3500, 3birdsrestaurant.com
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what the heck is that smell in the air today
Original post made by Shannon, Embarcadero Oaks/Leland, on Apr 7, 2007
Comments (22)
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 7, 2007 at 12:54 pm
I've heard it is a fire at a metal scrap yard in RWC. Logged on here for verification. . . still looking.
a resident of Palo Verde
on Apr 7, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Just verified it here:
Web Link
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 7, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Should we be concerned about breathing outside?
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 7, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Thankyou for the verification. It's really awful:((
a resident of Midtown
on Apr 7, 2007 at 2:18 pm
The scrap yard fire in Redwood City today is a potent and toxic reminder that the air we breathe is not a local resource, its a planetary resource. We are all responsible for and vulnerable to our actions that effect air quality including what we drive, what we burn and what we consume.
I was make ill by the fumes and smell. Burning auto scrap has an incomprehensible mix of dioxin producing products of combustion. I feel very vulnerable in a complex urban environment at times like this. I feel compelled to demand better policing of potential pollution sources like chemical plants, paint manufacturers, scrap heaps, SUV's, construction diesel engines, etc.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 7, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Whiskey bottles,
brand new car
oak tree in my way
to much coke
to much smoke
another drink fool would drown you
Oooh oooh that smell
can't ya smell that smell
that smell thats around you...
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 7, 2007 at 4:39 pm
The following was posted on the Duvenck/St. Francis mail serv this afternoon. The Baylands Park was closed due to the smoke which was termed "toxic. People in RWC, Atherton, EPA, and Menloi Park were warned to stay inside especially asthmatics, the elderly, and others with lung and cardiac problems. Last I saw it, the PA Muni golf course was open. ====================================================== Scrap Yard Fire Sends up Thick Smoke REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KCBS) -- A fire burning at a scrap metal yard in Redwood City is sending up toxic smoke according to Menlo Park Fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman. Schapelhouman advises anyone in Redwood City, Menlo Park, Atherton or East Palo Alto who smells the smoke to go indoors and shut the windows and doors until the smoke passes. Weather conditions are causing the cloud of smoke to spread and shift in direction. The single alarm fire broke out just after 8 a.m. at the facility in the 600 block of Seaport Boulevard and is expected to burn for hours into the afternoon. "The fire's burning in a big mound of salvage. This is a facility that salvages metal and stuff out of vehicles mostly and there's big mountains of material on site and there is a fire inside of one of the big mountains. We're working with the folks on scene here at the facility to move the pile away so we can apply water and foam to extinguish the fire," said Fire Captain Bruce Meisenbach. __._,_.___
a resident of Greenmeadow
on Apr 7, 2007 at 9:46 pm
My family was not warned via any public means that I heard to stay inside, and yet this story at the Mercury News
Web Link
...claimed that residents of Palo Alto WERE warned.
Did anyone else receive a warning? If so, in what format?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 8, 2007 at 12:06 am
I may be wrong but I think that what Phil posted ("ooh that smell") is an old (70's?) song lyric. I can't remember the name of the group but I think it was one of those Southern rock groups, possibly Lynyrd Skynyrd, or another of that genre. So much for your nasty, uninformed reply to Phil, Mr/Ms/Miss "Oooh La La"!
On a more serious note, we got a lot of very bad smelling smoke here near 101 but, unlike residents in nearby communities, we got NO warnings of any kind. I subscribe to the EDIS email bulletins and regularly get their warning emails when there are toxic releases from the refineries, etc. but nothing came from them either. When I first saw and smelled the smoke I logged on here at P.A. Online but found nothing. There was nothing on the local TV stations. Finally my husband called 911, which may or may not have been the proper thing to do. He was told there was a fire in Redwood City but wasn't told the smoke could be toxic or what precautions to take. In other words, we were once again completely on our own, just as we were in the flood of '98. Once again we got no phone warning, same as on 12/31/05 when we came within a few inches of flooding again. Once again the "powers that be" in Palo Alto have let us down...not provided important information in a timely manner, in a situation involving public safety. I've abandoned hope of any improvement.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Apr 8, 2007 at 10:03 am
Why would anyone need to be told that kind of thick, stinky haze was toxic? It was obvious! Sure I wanted to know what was going on; but I'm smart enough to figure out the obvious on my own. Lump this together with unnecessary SUVs, global warming, and the rest, we're killing this planet and have only ourselves to blame.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 8, 2007 at 10:04 am
Hey neighbors.....
thought that most of you would know that those were song lyrics from a southern rock band that was quite well known....thanks for coming to my assistance neighbors.....no offense intended there....oooh la anger........ease up.....look for some eggs.......is it safe to come outsdie now?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 8, 2007 at 10:33 am
The telephone warning system in Palo Alto had 'signficant' problems - again. Fixinig it or getting a better one should be a #1 $$$$ priority.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 8, 2007 at 10:48 am
Mary, how is it supposed to work? What was the problem?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 8, 2007 at 10:57 am
Re "Biteme": Of COURSE it was immediately evident that the smoke was vile and nasty and one shouldn't be breathing it. But the actual kind and level of toxicity cannot be detected merely by odor and appearance by a lay person and the proper response would be defined by kind and amount. For example: Should we merely stay inside or should we plug up our fireplace opening and duct tape around the doors? Should we stay inside until given an "all clear" notice or just until things appear to be back to normal?
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 8, 2007 at 11:05 am
What i heard is that they tell people to stay inside in these types of cases, but that is really not the best thing to do....but what else can they say to the masses....ideally people should leave the area and seek fresh air to breathe.....although not everyone can do so....and this could create some larger problems....such as traffic and panic....but staying couped up in your home is really not the best thing to do....homes are not impenetrable to this stuff.....and to kid yourself that it is is simply mistaken.....
a resident of Gunn High School
on Apr 8, 2007 at 12:58 pm
So, I received an email from Palo Alto Online E-Bulletins at 10:46 PM last night, warning me to stay inside, close my windows, and not run my air conditioner. In the body of that note, it said the email was sent at 2:16 PM, so there's another system that perhaps did not work as designed or intended.
I am extremely concerned that there was no apparent communication between Redwood City Fire and the rest of the Peninsula so that warnings could have been given on a more timely basis. Redwood City news reports cite a plume of smoke by 11:00 AM, yet no warnings came to us that I saw. The Palo Alto police knew nothing at 11:30 AM, as I called to ask them about it at that time.
This event seems almost as badly managed as the way the Feds handled NOLA, albeit (thankfully) on a much smaller scale (and I do not mean to in any way lessen the horrors that folks are STILL experiencing in New Orleans by that comparison). Seems like almost everything that could have been mishandled, WAS, from the first call to Redwood City Fire at 8 AM, to the second alarm not being issued until noon, to no warnings whatsoever sent to residents by ANYONE, for whatever reason or reasons.
What if, heaven forbid, this had been a radioactive cloud? What if this was something larger scale? If this smaller toxic event was handled so poorly, what assurance do we have that things will be handled better when our safety is even more at risk?
In my opinion, we need a full accounting and accountability about why we got no messages and what's needed in the future to ensure timely message delivery when toxins are incoming in Palo Alto air. (And the same would be true for any other community--I'm only writing of Palo Alto since that's where we are.)
I look forward to the Weekly investigating this matter thoroughly.
a resident of Crescent Park
on Apr 8, 2007 at 4:38 pm
I know that Redwood City, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto received warnings to stay inside early in the day, but not Palo Alto. I never received any warning at all. It's nice to see that our emergency response system works so well.
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 8, 2007 at 4:48 pm
Phil, evidentliy the teleminder automatic telephone callng system "didn't work" - again.
a resident of Fairmeadow
on Apr 9, 2007 at 5:41 am
I need to get to work, but I have yet to be told it is safe to come outside, can anyone tell me if I can come out of the house yet? And can anyone help me to sue the jerk that owns this scrapyard?
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 10, 2007 at 12:38 am
It isn't safe for you to come out yet, Biteme. Just stay inside, keep warm and quiet, avoid the computer, and we'll call you when it's OK. Stand by...
a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis
on Apr 10, 2007 at 12:01 pm
The article about the failure of the phone notification system says:
"To get the word out, staff did inform KZSU, requesting updates every 30 minutes...". Neither my husband nor I recall ever hearing that KZSU is the "official" radio station for Palo Alto emergency information. I went to the City's website, did a search on KZSU, and got nothing. I also browsed some of the emergency info and did another search on "radio", also with no result.
Radio should be a very quick way to notify people of local situations but if one hasn't been told which station has this information it is of little use. We never listen to KZSU and will have to look up where it is on the "dial". I think this should be clarified by the City. A person should be able to quickly find which radio station to turn to for local emergency information. It should be posted on the City's site. If it's there now, I couldn't find it and I'd be spending far less time trying in an actual emergency.
One of the unfortunate aspects of media consolidation and increasing automation of commercial radio stations is that we are losing a very important means of quick communication via radio in local emergency situations. More and more stations run without any humans being present so they are no longer capable of playing the vital role they once did in being the first to keep people informed. I remember how people used the radio stations to trade information and locate relatives in the '89 quake. Such a thing would be far less likely today but many people are unaware of this change for the worse. And do we have any other kind of change these days, one might ask? But that is a topic for another discussion.
a resident of Community Center
on Apr 10, 2007 at 12:31 pm
I still from time to time hear on radio and TV "this is a test of the emergency broadcast system, this is only a test." Other than the 1989 earthquake and a few instances when heavy rains have created dangerous conditions in Napa, I honestly do not recall ever hearing the emergency broadcast system being actually used for anything other than "a test, only a test."
I believe I have my history right when I say that this system was part of the cold war effort way back when, but the basic concept still seems "sound." (pardon the pun) Perhaps I am naive to think that since it still gets "tested" every week or so by radio and TV stations I listen to, it might have utility for such things as what transpired with the Redwood City fire last weekend.
All well and good that we are soon to be getting an upgrade/replacement to what clearly is a broken phone alert system, but what about this emergency broadcast system that all radio and TV stations supposedly are required to support? It seems to have failed its test this past weekend when the nature of the emergency seemed to be a perfect example of putting it to appropriate use.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
video of SF bike thief
this video shows a guy cutting through a cable lock fairly quickly.
not long ago i was struck hard by the economy and using my bike was a good way to get around for cheap. i didn't really have $30 to spend on food, much less a bike lock. i justified it this way: buying a ulock is cheaper than getting a new bike.
do you think you are too poor to buy a lock? then check your local craigslist for ulocks. i took that route and ended up paying $20 for a lock i still use. that was 4 years ago. guy was moving out of town, never rode his bike thus didn't need his lock anymore either. i'm sure similar situations are still happening here in SF or wherever you live too.
obviously knowing how to lock up your bike is crucial too, no matter how many ulocks you carry with you. ulocks are not fail proof, but they certainly are great deterrents.
by the way, SF police are still looking for this guy. anyone with information is asked to contact Inspector Pomatto at (415) 558-5400 or by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
via streetsblog sf
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We have some Bike Tea Leaf,s in Dublin too it is universal I am afraid. The best deterrent is the biggest and most expensive lock you can afford unfortunately, preferably two locks.ReplyDelete
I have several different types from Padlock and Chain to U Locks. The one I use mostly is a NY Fagetaboutit U Lock with a Cable to go through the Wheels because I have quick release Wheels on two of my bikes .
i carry two ulocks with me at all times. how many is enough? :-D since this set up now for me is kind of heavy in the front part of my bike, i'd hesitate to use more. but you never know! heh.ReplyDelete
I can get buy with a cable to run in and out of Walgreens, but:ReplyDelete
I don't live in SF or NYC.
I didn't buy it Walgreens. It's an armored Abus that cost . . . sixty bucks.
I really need two because it's hardly longer than a u-lock, just a bit more versatile because it can flex.
I wouldn't trust my bike to it if I worked at Walgreens. I'd want an Abus square link chain for that (as well as the u-lock), but I'm not sure how I'd afford it if I worked at Walgreens. They make u-locks look cheap.
Whenever I see one of those silly cables on a bicycle I see a bicycle that someone doesn't care about. Although, they are hitting the u-locks hard in SF so I may be looking at a something new for the Bat.ReplyDelete
Adrienne, the square link chains are so tough that they cannot be cut even with the industrial equipment of a supplier.ReplyDelete
They actually have to be made to length, which is one of the things that makes them so expensive.
Plus carrying them around bandolier style imparts a certain Euro urban warrior chic.
If a person can purchase a bike then he can also purchase a U Lock or lock with ground anchors. Bike is a precious asset every one should take its care.ReplyDelete
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