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The Dirtiest Place in Airports Is Nowhere Near the Bathroom
Those 3-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer are looking really good right now.
By Caitlin Morton
Feeling sick after a vacation is pretty much a given, especially if you spent any part of that trip on airplanes and in airports. It could be due to airborne germs, or briefly pausing your healthier routines. Or, as a recent study shows, it could be because of the surfaces you touch in transit. According to InsuranceQuotes.com, a Texas-based insurance website, the dirtiest places in an airport are the self check-in kiosks (you know, the ones that pretty much every traveler uses these days). In fact, they have more than 1,475 times the amount of bacteria than your toilet seat at home. Take this time to go take a Silkwood shower, then come back to read more.
The company conducted 18 tests across six surfaces at three major U.S. airports, swabbing each surface several times and then averaging the amount of colony-forming units (CFU)—a.k.a. viable bacteria and fungal cells—per square inch. According to their findings, the average self check-in screen at airports contained 253,857 CFU (to compare, an average of only 172 CFU are found on household toilet seats). And that's just the average number found across the screens tested—one kiosk recorded over one million CFU/sq. in.
The check-in screens are the dirtiest spots by a long shot, but they certainly aren't the only germ-infested surfaces in an airport. Gate bench armrests and water fountain buttons came in second and third place, with 21,630 CFU/sq. in. and 19,181 CFU/sq. in. respectively. Those levels are comparable to the amount of bacteria found in the average kitchen sink, which studies have shown is one of the dirtiest spots in the home. So the next time you reach to sip some water during your connection, just imagine that button sitting right next to your food remnants and unwashed dishes.
The study also conducted swab tests onboard three major airlines, and found that (surprise!) the bacterial brouhaha doesn't end when you board your flight. Airplanes are slightly cleaner than airports (after all, airports get way more foot traffic), but they are still the equivalent of flying petri dishes. Lavatory flush buttons are the dirtiest surface in the skies, with an average of 95,145 CFU/sq. in.—in other words, they are about 3,000 times dirtier than the average household toilet handle. Tray tables follow with 11,595 CFU/sq. in., then seatbelt buckles with 1,116 CFU/sq. in. According to a 2017 report by Thrillist, the FAA does not regulate how often—or how thoroughly—airlines have to sanitize their planes. So it's up to the carriers to decide for themselves, and they tend to err on the side of saving time and money, rather than making planes sparkle for passengers. Cleaning crews will typically only remove trash and wipe down lavatories between flights, meaning your tray table and armrests are left with whatever germs the previous passenger left behind (those surfaces usually get cleaned during overnight stops). As for the deep cleanings, when seats are shampooed and every surface is sanitized? Those only occur about once a month—at best.
While it's important to note that this isn't a study from an official scientific journal—and the presence of germs doesn't always mean you'll get sick—we can still take heed of InsuranceQuotes.com's findings. If you're a fan of self check-in kiosks, consider washing or sanitizing your hands after tapping the screen a dozen times (and before, if you want to be really courteous). Once you're on the plane, think twice before eating any food that has directly touched your tray table.
Plus, if all goes according to plan, you may soon find yourself on some seriously squeaky clean airplane cabins, courtesy of technology. Airbus is exploring antimicrobial technology that some day could be injected into everything from tray tables and seat covers to touch screens and galley areas. In the spring of 2016, Boeing announced a prototype for a self-sanitizing restroom that uses ultraviolet light to kill 99.99 percent of germs. And some Airbus bathrooms currently feature antimicrobial technology that, when injected into surfaces, eliminates nearly 100 percent of viruses and pathogens.
As for now? We suggest stocking up on as many 3-ounce bottles of hand sanitizer as humanly possible.
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Jana Khodirker (hebr. יאנה חודריקר-כנפו Yanna Chudriker-Knafo; * 1973 in Kiew, Sowjetunion) ist ein israelisches Model, Moderatorin, Politikerin und Reporterin. 1993 wurde sie zur Miss Israel gewählt. Sie ist verheiratet und hat drei Kinder.

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Nach einem Schulabschluss im Alter von 16 Jahren mit Auszeichnung, bei dem sie auch mit einer Goldmedaille belohnt wurde, begann sie ein Chemie-Studium an der Universität Kiew.

Nach der Einwanderung nach Israel studierte sie 18-jährig an der Universität Tel Aviv Biowissenschaften. Im Alter von 20 Jahren wurde sie zur Miss Israel gewählt und auf der Titelseite des israelischen Frauenmagazins La'Isha abgebildet. Außerdem vertrat sie 1993 Israel bei der Wahl zur Miss Universe. In Sozialwissenschaften erhielt sie darüber hinaus einen Bachelor.

1998 spielte sie im Fernsehfilm Mota Shel Rakdanit Disco von Amnon Winter. 2008 erhielt sie einen an der Universität Tel Aviv einen Master in Public Policy und Mediation.

Bei den israelischen Parlamentswahlen 1999 kandidierte sie auf der Liste von Israel Beitenu, blieb aber ohne Mandat.

2006 kandidierte sie bei den israelischen Parlamentswahlen für die Partei Cherut – HaTnu'a HaLeumit auf dem vierten Listenplatz, blieb aber ohne Mandat, da die Partei mit 0,07 % deutlich an der 2-%-Hürde scheiterte.

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De Enterprise  (NASA-aanduiding: OV-101) was het prototype voor de Spaceshuttle van het Amerikaanse ruimteprogramma.

Oorspronkelijk zou de Enterprise Constitution genoemd worden, ter ere van de 200e verjaardag van de Amerikaanse grondwet. Maar op aandringen van Star Trekfans werd de naam Enterprise aangenomen, naar het gelijknamige ruimteschip uit de serie. De constructie van deze eerste spaceshuttle werd voltooid op 17 september 1976.

Deze spaceshuttle is nooit de ruimte in gegaan, omdat hij daarvoor niet uitgerust was. Hij werd door de NASA gebruikt als testobject onder andere voor het testen van de landing. De eerste spaceshuttle die in een baan om de aarde werd gelanceerd, was de spaceshuttle Columbia in 1981.

De Enterprise werd gebruikt tot 1985. Na het verliezen van Spaceshuttle Challenger in 1986 werd overwogen Enterprise tot een ruimtewaardig voertuig te opwaarderen. Maar de verschillen tussen het prototype en de echte shuttles waren zo groot dat men net zo goed een nieuwe Orbiter kon bouwen, wat dus ook werd gedaan.

Tot 2012 stond de Enterprise  tentoongesteld in het Smithsonian in Washington. Daarna werd hij naar New York overgevlogen om tentoongesteld te worden in het Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

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Caucuses Are Stupid
Look. If Professor Boing-Boing manages to win the Iowa caucuses it proves only this. Caucuses are stupid. But didn't we already know that?
Conservatives and Republican elites in the state are divided over who to support for the GOP nomination, but they almost uniformly express concern over the prospect that Ron Paul and his army of activist supporters may capture the state's 2012 nominating contest — an outcome many fear would do irreparable harm to the future role of the first-in-the-nation caucuses. …
Paul poses an existential threat to the state's cherished kick-off status, say these Republicans, because he has little chance to win the GOP nomination and would offer the best evidence yet that the caucuses reward candidates who are unrepresentative of the broader party.
"It would make the caucuses mostly irrelevant if not entirely irrelevant," said Becky Beach,
No doubt about it. Professor Boing-Boing has loyal followers and they are organized, which in a caucus is a good thing. But the caucus process is no way to choose anything. Although they look like they might be fun if you and the boys got loaded at the local roadhouse before hand.
The fact that caucuses serve to give candidates like Pat Robertson and Professor Boing-Boing their moment in the sun only proves the point. I like caucuses less than Israel should like Prof. B-B, if that were possible.
Donald R. McClarey
"Wow, McClaren, you have a smear for anyone who happens to support Ron Paul, don't you? You sure love your mass murdering for Isrul, I'll give you that!"
It is one thing to be a paranoid ranter. At least be a paranoid ranter who can spell.
What, don't like it when YOUR name isn't correct??What an ego! LOL! Distract, smear, ad hominem. That is your complete debate repertoire.
Mr. McClarey,
Thank you for pointing out the error I made in attributing the support for Dr. Ron Paul to Dr. Thomas Sowell, rather than to Dr. Walter Williams–the other black gentleman.
In regards to the confusion over Dr. Ron Paul's view of Israel, it would be appropriate at this time to remind you of the appearance of Prime Minister Netanyahu to the floor of the House, where he gave a speech, stating Israel does not need our help in defending her sovereignty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51-KA-Nc3_k
In response to your motherjones link, I have heard that argument, but just as how Democrats said there was not abortion funding in the Healthcare bill, made our good Bishops into lobbyists for the very bill that did include provisions for abortions. Sure, we could argue that in the end, the Bishops did not support the bill, but we cannot argue that it caused more confusion and even a split in the votes as evidenced by Sister Keehan's support for it. We were also told that the bill had a provision that excluded one from acting against their conscience.
Well, one year later and for time to come, we will still be suffering from the overreach of our government into the matters of life where abortion is promoted as healthcare.
This brings me to my point. Just because certain officials say the bill does not say this or that, does not mean we should't read it for ourselves to see what is in it. Do you have the text or language from the bill that proves your point?
What I do have readily available is a dialogue from the house floor between Senator Levin (who said that the language to detain citizens was in the bill, and when it was going to be taken out, Obama said–no, leave it in) and an unknown Senator:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6ARkiJM2bA
And in response to the abortion concern,
Ron Paul sees abortion as an act of violence and should be put in the hands of the states by first removing the authority of the Supreme Court to rule on such an issue.
Having to bring in a Supreme Court majority vote is a dangerous idea, because it could last for a very long time (as it has done since 1973). It is more dangerous to put our hopes in a pro-life majority vote by the Supreme Court.
Rather, we take it to congress and tell them that when the Supreme Court ruled on abortion, it did so unconstitutionally, and so the law provision made is illegal.
Sure, we can try to change the justices heart, but it should not be the only goal. We should also get congress to do it's job, by removing jurisdiction from the Supreme Court in matters that do not concern it.
Just because the statists use the tactics of bombarding the courts with bought justices or even just left-leaning justices does not mean we do the same.
I shouldn't write this much because perhaps it will be clearer to listen to this short clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS2mViZPPKA
That's all for now.
Phil O.
leoxiii@me.com
Mr Archbold,
This video below is for you to watch. It explains why Dr. Ron Paul's foreign policy is the right foreign policy approach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I8NhRPo0WAo
leoxiii@gmail.com
Full disclosure, I am an Iowan who will of course defend the caucus process. And I take a little issue with how you protray the process – it is not accurate. Come and see – be our guest!
Don't forget: The Iowa Caucuses made Obama. All candidates have the power to do what he did (and what you are asserting Paul is doing now). And maybe that's your larger point here. But there are 49 states who can correct any errors we as Iowans collectively make. Please don't blame the caucus.
"What, don't like it when YOUR name isn't correct??What an ego! LOL! Distract, smear, ad hominem. That is your complete debate repertoire."
Actually it was more your inability to spell Israel correctly that raised my amused ire. That you were unable to spell my name correctly is only to be expected of a sloppy paranoid ranter.
"Having to bring in a Supreme Court majority vote is a dangerous idea, because it could last for a very long time (as it has done since 1973). It is more dangerous to put our hopes in a pro-life majority vote by the Supreme Court.
Rather, we take it to congress and tell them that when the Supreme Court ruled on abortion, it did so unconstitutionally, and so the law provision made is illegal."
Our laws do not work that way Phil. The only way to reverse a Supreme Court decision based on the Constitution is to have the Supreme Court reverse itself or to amend the Constituion. Congress cannot simply declare a Supreme Court ruling to be illegal. Congress lacks that power. Any such attempt would quickly be challenged in federal court and the result would be a foregone conclusion. There is no short cut here.
People arguing that Congress can simply remove abortion from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court simply lack any understanding of the law in this area and the constitution.
Here is a good article detailing some of the problems with the approach of jurisdiction stripping:
http://www8.georgetown.edu/centers/cndls/applications/postertool/index.cfm?fuseaction=poster.display&posterID=1714
"In regards to the confusion over Dr. Ron Paul's view of Israel, it would be appropriate at this time to remind you of the appearance of Prime Minister Netanyahu to the floor of the House, where he gave a speech, stating Israel does not need our help in defending her sovereignty."
The problem Phil is that if Israel were left to her own devices, we would doubtless have a huge Middle Eastern war. Let's think this through. Ron Paul is elected President and announces that the US will no longer give any financial or military aid to Israel. He withdraws all US troops from bases in the Middle East. He announces that the US will no longer have any involvement in conflicts in the Middle East. This would send a message to Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Gaza, that it is time to move against Israel. The Iranian regime readies a nuclear weapon to be smuggled into Israel, or to be delivered by missile. Israel responds with conventional attacks initially, that will quickly go nuclear if Iran is viewed as having a credible nuclear strike weapon. Do you think the US and its interests would not be harmed by such a conflict?
The main problem with Ron Paul's foreign policy is that he views US intervention abroad as the cause of wars. Precisely the opposite is the truth. US influence is almost always deployed to avoid conflicts, keep them small if they occur, and attempt to end them as swiftly as possible. That is the main reason that the Middle East hasn't experience a full scale Israel v. Arab states war since the Yom Kippur war in 1973. Ron Paul seems to think that the absence of US intervention would lead to peace. In the Middle East I am certain that US retreat would lead to the biggest war in our lifetimes.
It's blog posts like this that make me realize how much of a joke this blog is these days.
Lessons in logic: If "no-traction-in-the-polls" Santorum were to win the caucus, you would say the caucuses were a great platform for launching an underdog to the presidency. If Ron Paul wins it, the caucus is a horrible part of an already deteriorating electoral process. Your double standard reveals your obvious bias, because you are not reasoning logically.
Furthermore, if Romney or Gingrich had an army of supporters half as loyal as the ones who suppport Paul, you would say, "See, he's the man to get behind." But when Paul has them, it's because they are activist and he's organized. Did you ever stop and ask, "Well wait a minute, why is it that so many people support Ron Paul? Maybe I haven't given him a fair look."
I mean, do you really believe that a bunch of pot-smokers donated over 4 million to his campaign in an online money bomb last weekend?
The problem with bloggers is that, after a while, they think that everything they have to say has value.
"Actually it was more your inability to spell Israel correctly that raised my amused ire."
Yes. I'm sure that is what raised your "amused ire".
Predictably pompous response.

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Russia Deploys New Air Defense Missiles in Crimea
Russia has announced the delivery of new air defense missiles to Crimea, in a move scheduled before the latest tension with Ukraine.
The S-400 Triumph missile systems were earmarked for troops in Crimea last month, Russian media said at the time.
In a statement on August 12, the Russian military said that once the systems were set up, they would be used in exercises.
Russia, which annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, said this week it had foiled a Ukraine sabotage mission.
The Kremlin accused Kiev of trying to send saboteurs into Crimea and reported the deaths of a soldier and a secret police officer in an operation to foil the alleged plot.
Denying the accusations, Ukraine placed its troops on alert along its de facto border with Crimea, and along its front line with Russian-backed rebels holding parts of Donetsk and Luhansk in the east.
A statement by Russia's Southern Military District, which incorporates Crimea, said the missiles had been received by an air defense regiment in Crimea.
According to the statement, quoted by Russian news agencies, the missiles were successfully tested on the Kapustin Yar test range in southern Russia.
Russia's Interfax news agency says t
The missiles are designed to hit airborne targets at a range of up to 249 miles and ballistic missiles at a range of up to 38 miles, flying at speeds of up to 3 miles per second.
The missiles are being installed in Crimea to protect Russia's Hmeimim air base in Syria among other things, it adds.
In November 2015, Russia deployed S-400s at Hmeimim, after Turkey downed a Russian Su-24 bomber.
Ukraine's envoy to the UN asked Russia on August 11 to prove its allegations, and said some 40,000 Russian troops were massed on the Crimea-Ukraine border.
His Russian counterpart told the UN Security Council of Moscow's "concern and outrage" at the alleged incursions.
Russian state TV broadcast an apparent confession by a man named as Yevhen Panov, saying he was part of a Ukrainian defense ministry force sent into Crimea "to carry out acts of sabotage".
Yevhen Panov said the group also included officers of Ukraine's military intelligence.
Reports in Ukraine say Yevhen Panov is a former volunteer fighter who has more recently been associated with a charitable organization called Heroes of Ukraine.
Crimea was annexed by Russia after a majority of its mostly ethnic Russian population voted to secede in an unrecognized referendum on self-determination.
The annexation of Crimea was relatively bloodless, in sharp contrast to the ferocious fighting which followed in Donetsk and Luhansk.
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As a manager, you spend most of your time focusing on your team: addressing performance issues, providing training, and helping people stay motivated and succeed—without burning out.
But what about when you start feeling burnt out?
I was a few years into my management career when I started to recognize the symptoms. I was feeling constant pressure from the higher-ups, stress from an overloaded plate, and the emotional drain from constantly keeping my employees engaged. Eventually, I started taking it out on them, snapping at my staff every time they'd ask a question, irritated that they would dare approach my desk when I surely looked very busy.
Sound familiar? If you're feeling burnt out in your management role, it's important to find ways to deal—and it starts with recognizing where those feelings are coming from. Here are a few of the complaints I found myself muttering and what I did to overcome that feeling of professional fatigue.
In the midst of my burnout, I realized that I was working long days with no breaks—and had been for quite some time. If I made it away from my desk, I was usually helping one of my employees on the floor or leading a team meeting. I'd even made a habit of eating lunch at my desk, which made me readily accessible for questions and calls, even through mouthfuls of Lean Cuisine.
When you can't get away from work long enough to scarf down a sandwich, it's not surprising that you'll start to feel the effects of burnout. To fight that feeling of fatigue, I've made it more of a priority to at least take some sort of break during the day. I may only be able to get away for 30 minutes for lunch, but that half hour of peace and quiet helps me get back on track to finish the day feeling reenergized. As a bonus, it's helped me encourage my employees to make decisions on their own, even if I'm not available at my desk to approve their plans.
As I looked a little closer at why I was feeling so exhausted, I was able to narrow it down to the way my employees asked me questions. Several of them had developed a habit of sending me an email, then immediately approaching my desk to ask, "Did you get the email I just sent?" I tried to hide my annoyance and answer their questions as well as I could, but I developed a silent resentment, wondering why they didn't realize that this method was incredibly patience-draining.
Once I pinpointed this issue, I was able to think it through and figure out an actionable solution. After all, I was the one enabling them to use this method, instead of diplomatically training them to approach it differently ("I haven't gotten to that email yet, but I'll let you know when I'm up to speed and have a few minutes to discuss").
Whether you're unhappy with your boss, an inefficient process, or the behavior of your employees, once you pinpoint the cause of your frustration, you'll have a much clearer idea of how you can advocate for a change. And sometimes, even a small change can make all the difference.
After eight (or more) hours at work every day, it'd be nice to go home, lounge on the couch, and fall asleep by 9 PM. But, let's face it: That's not always possible. And when you don't get that proper down time, your stress level never has a chance to return to normal before morning rolls around again—creating a never-ending cycle of anxiety.
So, it's important to evaluate how you spend your time outside of work and make sure it's not adding to your feelings of frustration. Are you working on a personal blog every evening until midnight? Your lack of sleep may be positioning you for a rough time at work the next day.
It could also be something that you're not doing. For example, maybe you spend every evening thinking about the deadlines and meetings you have scheduled for the next day; by 5 PM, you're already dreading the next morning. In this case, you may not be able to magically take away your stress—but it might be a good idea to add something to your schedule that provide a distraction, like a sports league or book club.
By making sure that you have your home life in check and that you consistently make time for you, you'll be more equipped to start each work day with a newfound enthusiasm.
Remember how excited you were when you landed your first management gig? It was more than the title, the raise, or even the office—there was a thrill knowing that you'd be helping your employees succeed. You'd have a direct impact on the company through what your team would accomplish, with you leading the way.
So, when you feel like you've had enough, focus on what brought you to the job in the first place. But beyond just thinking about it, bring an element of that excitement into your day today.
For example, do you love hearing about your employees' accomplishments? During your next team meeting, invite team members to share a success from the past week. Do you revel in your employees learning new skills? Plan to have a mini training next week, where one staffer teaches a skill he or she has learned to the rest of the group.
For me, it's about the people. I enjoy hearing about their lives, joking on a personal level, and learning the intricacies of their personalities. And so, when I'm feeling burnt out, I'll take a break to pull up a chair and just shoot the breeze with my team for a few minutes—about anything except work. No, it's not directly helping my team achieve goals or enhancing the company—but it does improve our relationship and help me get excited about my job again.
Photo of burnt out manager courtesy of Shutterstock.


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New patients are asked to arrive 10-15 minutes before your scheduled appointment to complete paperwork. Existing patients may arrive at your given appointment time.
If you wear glasses, please bring those with you, too.
We accept Medicare and most other major insurance plans.
Is your office handicap/wheelchair accessible?
Yes. There is easy wheelchair access to our office. The entrance, bathrooms and exam rooms are all ADA approved.
We like to dilate all new patients and most returning patients depending on the diagnosis. Pupil dilation lets us examine the structures in the back of the eye where the retina and optic nerve are located.
It has been said that the eye is the window to the soul because these structures may reveal things about the health of the body. For example, hypertension (high blood pressure) and diabetes are sometimes noticed first in the eye. Pupil dilation also lets us evaluate the retina for damage from macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma. A dilated exam is the only way to be certain the peripheral retina is attached and that there are no retinal tears.
How long will my pupils stay dilated?
In general, your pupils will stay dilated for about 3 to 6 hours. Dark-colored eyes do not stay dilated as long as light-colored eyes.
What can I expect during my exam?
An eye exam involves a series of tests designed to evaluate your vision and check for eye diseases. It usually begins with an ophthalmic technician asking about your medical history and any vision problems you might be experiencing. Next, the visual acuity, pupils, visual fields, and intraocular pressure are measured. If a dilated exam is indicated, dilating eye drops are instilled.
Dr. Nordlund will use a slit-lamp examination to examine the cornea, iris, lens, and anterior chamber of your eye. The structures in the back of your eye including retina, optic disc, and the underlying layer of blood vessels that nourish the retina (choroid), are examined by using a special lens. The peripheral retina is evaluated by indirect ophthalmoscopy. Each eye is examined by using a bright light mounted on his forehead and a lens while you are in a reclined position. This type of exam lets him see your eye in great detail and in three dimensions.
Your diagnosis and the health of your eye will determine if other tests are needed. These tests can be done in the office.
You should plan on being in our office for at least an hour for a dilated examination. If additional specialized tests or treatment are needed, your appointment may take longer.
Family and friends are always welcome in our office. Sometimes it is helpful having another 'pair of ears' to listen along with you. If you do not feel confident driving with your eyes dilated, a driver may be helpful.


I'm Jay. And although I'm not an Arizona resident, I still feel I'd like to share my opinions with you on your June 19th article entitled " Despite the naysaying, Arizona's smoking ban has worked."
In this article, you said "In fact, some places are getting new customers who had been put off by the smoky environment. Surprise, surprise. The experience has been similar in every place that's snuffed out smoking in public places."
When I first heard of smoking bans in cities other than CA, those were Canadian cities with smoking bans that were enacted in 2000. And during that same year, I read about mom-and-pop Canadian taverns being forced to close down for good within a few months. And the owners blamed their province's smoking ban, for the reasoning behind the closure. They blamed the ban because fewer people were entering those taverns, ever since the ban went into effect. Fewer customers means less revenues for the owners. And less work for the tavern employees as well.
If you want a better idea on how many businesses have closed down in US cities with smoking bans, feel free to view this chart. Please take note on how many businesses in MN alone have closed down because of smoking bans.
Businesses have TEMPORARY success when a smoking ban first goes into effect. That's because the local media usually interviews customers on the first day of a new smoking ban. And nonsmokers want to tell the media "See? The smoking ban isn't hurting this business." But don't expect nonsmokers to visit hospitality businesses on a regular basis. Smokers are the ones who visited taverns and restaurants frequently. But once these places become smoke-free, the smokers will stay home and/or buy their drinks from stores instead.
Did you know smoke-free bowling alleys have this issue of bowlers who smoke going outside in their bowling shoes? One bowling alley owner in my home state of Illinois said "Bowling shoes are not meant to be worn outside. And a smoking ban will force me to spend more time cleaning these shoes the smokers wear outside." He also pointed out there's also the risk of bowling shoes no longer being wearable if the smoker steps outside in say mud and dirt while smoking.
You gotta wait for several weeks to pass, before you can determine if a smoking ban does not hurt businesses, as you claim. Sure, it's not gonna hurt owners in the short-term. But the ban WILL hurt the owners' revenues in the long-term due to a loss of regular customers. And I hope this chart serves as a wake-up call for you. Since you're under the impression all businesses are having success in other states and cities with smoking bans.
Jay, it's great that you are writing to newspapers. Maybe you're setting an example, so that more smokers will do the same!


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Statism — Love It Or Leave It
For many years I've been seeing proposals for implementing
libertarian reforms that look superficially appealing and plausible,
but on closer examination run hard aground either on some pesky
reality of politics as it is or the extreme difficulty of waging a
successful revolution. Since I'm a libertarian,
you may well imagine that I find this annoying. How do we get there
from here?
For the first time, I think I've seen a path that is both
principled and practical. Not the whole path, but some firm steps
that both accomplish good in themselves and open up great
possibilities. And the best part is that it's a path most statists
can't object to, one that uses the premises of the existing federal
system to achieve a fair first test of libertarian ideas within that
system. Even opponents of libertarianism, if they are fair-minded,
should welcome this reality check. Libertarians should cheer it on
and join it.
I've had troubles with other libertarians recently. Too many have
retreated into isolationism in the face of a war with terrorism that I
do not believe we can or should evade. The isolationists judge that
empowering the State when we use it as an instrument of self-defense
has consequences for the long term that are more dangerous than
terrorists' aims are in the short term. I sympathize with this view,
but when all is said and done, Al-Qaeda shahids with backpack nukes
from the 'stans are more of a danger than John Ashcroft has ever been.
I have done my homework and if anything, I believe the U.S. Government
is understating the danger we face.
But the dangers of empowering the State to fight a necessary war
make it more, not less urgent that we pursue all possibilities for
libertarian reform at home. Now, I think I see a workable one. What
if, by perfectly legal and proper means, we could take over a small
American state and actually try out our ideas there?
Yes, I thought it was a crazy idea when I first heard it. An
entire state? How? But the Free State Project has
done the math. I've looked at their arguments and trend curves, and
I'm pretty much convinced. It can be done. We can do it. The
key is very simple; enough of us just have to move
there. Vote with our feet, and then vote in a bloc. And why
a state? Becausr that's the only intermediate level of government
with enough autonomy to make a good laboratory.
The Free State Project identified ten small states where 20,000
active libertarians would be a critically large voting bloc. They are
signing up libertarians and like-minded people to vote on the target
state and to move there when the group passes 20,000. The winning
state will be announced on 1st October; they've signed up about 5400
people so far, on a classic exponential growth curve with a six-month
doubling time that should get them there in late 2004.
What could be more American than migrating to a thinly-settled area
to experiment with liberty? And this time we won't have to kill off the
natives, because they're not going to be organizing any scalping parties.
Most of the states under consideration have a strong local
libertarian tradition, and none of them are going to look askance at
the sort of bright, hardworking, highly-skilled people most likely to
be pro-freedom activists.
Some people won't like this idea, though. The national media
establishment, which is statist down to its bones even in the few
crevices where it isn't leftist, will inevitably try to portray the
Free State migrants as a bunch of racist conservative redneck gun-nuts
(all these terms being effectively synonymous in the national media)
intent on turning the poor victim state into one gigantic Aryan
Nations compound (especially if it's Idaho, as it could be). Expect
network-news interviews with locals teary-eyed with worry that the
incomers will be hosting regular cross-burnings on the courthouse
lawn. Awkward little inconsistencies like the libertarian opposition
to drug laws, censorship, and theocracy will be ignored. This prospect
is especially ironic because, in most of the possible target states,
it is our lifestyle liberalism that is actually most likely to produce
a culture clash with the natives.
The more intelligent members of the political class won't like this
either. The brighter and better-able one is to extrapolate
second-and-third-order effects, the more likely the potential success
of libertarianism at a state level is likely to scare them —
conservatives nearly as much as liberals, and conservatives perhaps
more so when we challenge them to emulate our success with
small-government policies that they speak but don't really mean.
But I don't think this will be easy to stop. Libertarian
demographics being what they are, 20,000 of us in a small state will
be a huge concentration of technical, creative and
entrepreneurial talent. We'll found software businesses, studios,
innovative light-manufacturing shops and engineering companies
by the bucketload. We'll create favorable regulatory conditions
for old-line businesses like financial-services houses and for
bleeding-edge ones like the private space-launch industry.
We'll attract more people like us. The lucky state, especially
if it's depressed and mostly rural like a lot of the candidates, will
experience a renaissance. And we'll get to make the difference.
The real fun will start when Americans elsewhere start asking "Why
can't our state be more like this?"
Liberty in our lifetime? I think this might be how to get there.
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Ewxploited says:
Program on the emergence of civilization.
"14 species of large animals capable of domesitcation in the history of mankind.
13 from Europe, Asia and northern Africa.
None from the sub-Saharan African continent. "
Favor.
And disfavor.
They point out Africans' failed attempts to domesticate the elephant and zebra, the latter being an animal they illustrate that had utmost importance for it's applicability in transformation from a hunting/gathering to agrarian-based civilization.
The roots of racism are not of this earth.
Austrailia, aboriginals:::No domesticable animals.
The North American continent had none. Now 99% of that population is gone.
AIDS in Africa.
Organizational Heirarchy
Heirarchical order, from top to bottom:
1. MUCK – perhaps have experienced multiple universal contractions (have seen multiple big bangs), creator of the artificial intelligence humans ignorantly refer to as "god"
2. Perhaps some mid-level alien management
3. Mafia (evil) aliens – runs day-to-day operations here and perhaps elsewhere (On planets where they approved evil.)
Terrestrial management:
4. Chinese/egyptians – this may be separated into the eastern and western worlds
5. Romans – they answer to the egyptians
6. Mafia – the real-world interface that constantly turns over generationally so as to reinforce the widely-held notion of mortality
7. Jews, corporation, women, politician – Evidence exisits to suggest mafia management over all these groups.
Survival of the favored.
Movies foreshadowing catastrophy
1985 James Bond View to a Kill 1989 San Francisco Loma Prieta earthquake.
Many Muslims are being used like the Germans and Japanese of wwii::being used to hurt others and envoke condemnation upon their people.
I wish I could find a source to educate many Muslim fundamentalists. Muhammad is alive. He is a man chosen like Jesus Christ and, due to his historical status, will live forever.
The roots of racism says:
Our society gives clues to the system in place. We all have heard the saying "He has more money than god." There is also an episode of the Simpsons where god meets Hom\er and says "I'm too old and rich for this."
This is the system on earth because this is the system everywhere.
god is evil because of money.
I don't want to suggest the upper eschelons are evil and good is the fringe.
Sony got shit all over by good for a reason. Billions were invested in DAT and betamax.
Their evil was being punished. Perhaps they were SURE the mafia was in charge like so many others. Whatever their sin.
But they have made it abundantly clear that doing business with evil won't help me. They say only good would have the ear, and therefore only they could help me.
The clues are there which companies are good and which are evil, but they conceal it very hard because it is so crucial.
I offer an example of historical proportions:::
People point to Walmart and cry "anti-union".
Unions enable disfavored people to live satisfactorly without addressing their disfavor. This way their family's problems are never resolved. Without the union they would have to accept the heirarchy, their own inferiority.
Unions serve to empower.
Yes, there are many implications here, from the 60s to civil rights (which got ugly thereafter), music, movements, etc.
Walmart is anti-union because they are good. They try to help people address and resolve their problems.
Why is that important? Because there's a cutoff date.
And that date may have been 2000.
grandpa stole bets says:
Our society gives clues to the system in place. We all have heard the saying "He has more money than god." There is also an episode of the Simpsons where god meets Homer and says "I'm too old and rich for this."
But they have made it abundantly clear that doing business with evil (disfavored) won't help people. They say only good would have the ear, since evil is struggling for survival, and therefore only the favored could help.
The clues are there which companies are favored and which are disfavored, but they conceal it very hard because it is so crucial.
Walmart is anti-union because they are good. They try to help people address and resolve their problems by creating an enviornment where there are fewer hurdles.
Media ridicule and lawsuits are creations to reinforce people's belief that Walmart is evil in a subsegment of the indistry dominated by the middle and lower classes.
Low-cost disfavored Chinese labor is utilized by corporate america to maximize margins. They all do it. Only WalMart gets fingered because they are the ones who help, and those who seek to create confusion in the marketplace want to eliminate the vast middle class who have a real chance and instead stick with lower classes who may not work otherwise. So they dirty him up while allowing the others to appear clean.
The middle class is being deceived. They are being misled into the unfavored, and subsequently will have no assistance from their purchases with corporate america.
I believe the coining of the term "Uncle Sam" was a clue alluding to just this::Sam Walton and WalMart is one of few saviors of the peasant class.
Amercia is a country of castoffs, rejects. Italy sent its criminals. Malcontents.
Between the thrones, the klans and kindred, they "decided" who they didn't want and acted, creating discontent and/or starvation.
The u.s. is full of disfavored rejects. It is the reason for the myriad of problems not found in European countries. As far as the Rockafellers and other industrialists of the 19th century go, I suspect these aren't their real names. I suspect they were chosen to go and head this new empire.
Royalty is the right way to organize a society. Dictatorships and monarchies are a reflection of the antient's hierarchical organization.
Positions go to those who have favor with the rulers, as opposed to being elected.
Elections bring a false sense of how the world is. Democracy misleads people.
Which is why the disfavored rejects were sent to the shores of America::To keep them on the wrong path.
Jesus Christ is a religious figure of evil. These seperatist churches formed so they could still capture the rest of the white people, keeping them worshipping the wrong god.
And now they do it to people of color, Latinos and Asians, after centuries of preying upon them.
Simpson's foreshadowing::Helloween IV special, Flanders is Satan. "Last one you ever suspect."
"You'll see lots of nuns where you're going:::hell!!!" St. Wigham, Helloween VI, missionary work, destroying cultures.
Over and over, the Simpsons was a source of education and enlightenment, a target of ridicule by the system which wishes to conceal its secrets.
Since Buddism doesn't recongnize a god, the calls are never heard, and Chinese representation is instead selected by the thrones.
Budda was the Asian's Jesus Christ::: bad for the people. "They came up at the same time for a reason."
Jews maim the body formed in the image of "god", and inflicted circumsision upon all other white people, as well as the evil that is Jesus Christ.
I think about how Jews (were used to) created homosexuality among Slavics, retribution for the Holocaust.
Then I think of the Catholic Church and its troubles.
What connection is here between Jews and the Catholic church???
If it is their sinister motives that's behind the evil that is Jesus Christ are they being used at all?
Perhaps it is them who are pulling strings.
Their centuries of slavery in Egypt proves their disfavor. The Jew leaders decided to prey on the up-and-coming Europeans to try to fix their problems with the ruling elite, a recurring aspect of their methodology.
I believe Islam is the one true religion, and those misled christians who attack "god"'s most favored people will pay dearly one day.
Avreli says:
But they have made it abundantly clear that doing business with evil won't help me. They say only good would have the ear, and therefore only they could help me.
People point to Walmart and cry "anti-union".
Unions enable disfavored people to live satisfactorly without addressing their disfavor. This way their family's problems are never resolved. Without the union they would have to accept the heirarchy, their own inferiority.
Amercia is a country of castoffs, rejects. Italy sent its criminals, malcontents.
Their centuries of slavery in Egypt proves their disfavor.
The Jew leaders decided to prey on the up-and-coming Europeans to try to fix their problems with the ruling elite, a recurring aspect of the elite's methodology.
Jesus Christ is a religious figure of evil. The seperatist churches formed so they could still capture the rest of the white people, keeping them worshipping the wrong god.
FamouslyUnknown says:
The psychotic may not be evil, just pejoratively pellucid,
Compulsively, complexly, irretrievably stupid.
Imagination run riot, megalomanic,
Mind-blinded, ideologically impotent, stunted and static.
Unmoored from logic, adequate facts, and context
Anything good is warped, becoming a pretext
For running aground in impassioned invective;
Doomed to gloom, the selected elective.
Imprisoned in a self-made mirror-walled cage
Sinking, sinking, sinking in buffoonery and rage.
In any God's world who is responsible for quality control?
If Guns Are Outlawed, Outlaws Will Use Crossbows


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Zestawienie rozgrywek curlingowych w sezonie 2013/2014, który rozpocznie się we wrześniu 2013 a zakończy w maju roku następnego. Najważniejszym turniejem są zimowe igrzyska olimpijskie.

World Curling Tour

Eliminacje do Mistrzostw Kanady 2014

Bibliografia
 Światowa Federacja Curlingu


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					var exist = false;
					for (i=0;i<jsonData.summary.products.length;i++)
						if (jsonData.summary.products[i].id_product === productId
							&& jsonData.summary.products[i].id_product_attribute === productAttributeId
							&& jsonData.summary.products[i].id_address_delivery === id_address_delivery)
							exist = true;

					// if all customization removed => delete product line
					if (!exist && customizationId)
						$('#product_' + productId + '_' + productAttributeId + '_0_' + id_address_delivery).fadeOut('slow', function() {
							$(this).remove();
							refreshOddRow();
						});
				}
				updateCartSummary(jsonData.summary);
				updateCustomizedDatas(jsonData.customizedDatas);
				updateHookShoppingCart(jsonData.HOOK_SHOPPING_CART);
				updateHookShoppingCartExtra(jsonData.HOOK_SHOPPING_CART_EXTRA);
				if (typeof(getCarrierListAndUpdate) !== 'undefined')
					getCarrierListAndUpdate();
			}
		},
		error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
			if (textStatus !== 'abort')
				alert("TECHNICAL ERROR: unable to save update quantity \n\nDetails:\nError thrown: " + XMLHttpRequest + "\n" + 'Text status: ' + textStatus);
		}
	});
}

function refreshOddRow()
{
	var odd_class = 'odd';
	var even_class = 'even';
	$.each($('.cart_item'), function(i, it)
	{
		if (i === 0) // First item
		{
			if ($(this).hasClass('even'))
			{
				odd_class = 'even';
				even_class = 'odd';
			}
			$(this).addClass('first_item');
		}
		if(i % 2)
			$(this).removeClass(odd_class).addClass(even_class);
		else
			$(this).removeClass(even_class).addClass(odd_class);
	});
	$('.cart_item:last-child, .customization:last-child').addClass('last_item');
}

function upQuantity(id, qty)
{
	if (typeof(qty) === 'undefined' || !qty)
		qty = 1;
	var customizationId = 0;
	var productId = 0;
	var productAttributeId = 0;
	var id_address_delivery = 0;
	var ids = 0;
	ids = id.split('_');
	productId = parseInt(ids[0]);
	if (typeof(ids[1]) !== 'undefined')
		productAttributeId = parseInt(ids[1]);
	if (typeof(ids[2]) !== 'undefined')
		customizationId = parseInt(ids[2]);
	if (typeof(ids[3]) !== 'undefined')
		id_address_delivery = parseInt(ids[3]);
	$.ajax({
		type: 'GET',
		url: baseUri,
		async: true,
		cache: false,
		dataType: 'json',
		data: 'controller=cart'
			+'&ajax=true'
			+'&add'
			+'&getproductprice'
			+'&summary'
			+'&id_product='+productId
			+'&ipa='+productAttributeId
			+'&id_address_delivery='+id_address_delivery
			+ ( (customizationId !== 0) ? '&id_customization='+customizationId : '')
			+'&qty='+qty
			+'&token='+static_token
			+'&allow_refresh=1',
		success: function(jsonData)
		{
			if (jsonData.hasError)
			{
				var errors = '';
				for(var error in jsonData.errors)
					//IE6 bug fix
					if(error !== 'indexOf')
						errors += jsonData.errors[error] + "\n";
				alert(errors);
				$('input[name=quantity_'+ id +']').val($('input[name=quantity_'+ id +'_hidden]').val());
			}
			else
			{
				if (jsonData.refresh)
					location.reload();
				updateCartSummary(jsonData.summary);
				updateCustomizedDatas(jsonData.customizedDatas);
				updateHookShoppingCart(jsonData.HOOK_SHOPPING_CART);
				updateHookShoppingCartExtra(jsonData.HOOK_SHOPPING_CART_EXTRA);
				if (typeof(getCarrierListAndUpdate) !== 'undefined')
					getCarrierListAndUpdate();
			}
		},
		error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
			if (textStatus !== 'abort')
				alert("TECHNICAL ERROR: unable to save update quantity \n\nDetails:\nError thrown: " + XMLHttpRequest + "\n" + 'Text status: ' + textStatus);
		}
	});
}

function downQuantity(id, qty)
{
	var val = $('input[name=quantity_'+id+']').val();
	var newVal = val;
	if(typeof(qty) === 'undefined' || !qty)
	{
		qty = 1;
		newVal = val - 1;
	}
	else if (qty < 0)
		qty = -qty;

	var customizationId = 0;
	var productId = 0;
	var productAttributeId = 0;
	var id_address_delivery = 0;
	var ids = 0;

	ids = id.split('_');
	productId = parseInt(ids[0]);
	if (typeof(ids[1]) !== 'undefined')
		productAttributeId = parseInt(ids[1]);
	if (typeof(ids[2]) !== 'undefined')
		customizationId = parseInt(ids[2]);
	if (typeof(ids[3]) !== 'undefined')
		id_address_delivery = parseInt(ids[3]);

	if (newVal > 0 || $('#product_'+id+'_gift').length)
	{
		$.ajax({
			type: 'GET',
			url: baseUri,
			async: true,
			cache: false,
			dataType: 'json',
			data: 'controller=cart'
				+'&ajax=true'
				+'&add'
				+'&getproductprice'
				+'&summary'
				+'&id_product='+productId
				+'&ipa='+productAttributeId
				+'&id_address_delivery='+id_address_delivery
				+'&op=down'
				+ ((customizationId !== 0) ? '&id_customization='+customizationId : '')
				+'&qty='+qty
				+'&token='+static_token
				+'&allow_refresh=1',
			success: function(jsonData)
			{
				if (jsonData.hasError)
				{
					var errors = '';
					for(var error in jsonData.errors)
						//IE6 bug fix
						if(error !== 'indexOf')
							errors += jsonData.errors[error] + "\n";
					alert(errors);
					$('input[name=quantity_'+ id +']').val($('input[name=quantity_'+ id +'_hidden]').val());
				}
				else
				{
					if (jsonData.refresh)
						location.reload();
					updateCartSummary(jsonData.summary);
					updateCustomizedDatas(jsonData.customizedDatas);
					updateHookShoppingCart(jsonData.HOOK_SHOPPING_CART);
					updateHookShoppingCartExtra(jsonData.HOOK_SHOPPING_CART_EXTRA);

					if (newVal === 0)
						$('#product_'+id).hide();

					if (typeof(getCarrierListAndUpdate) !== 'undefined')
						getCarrierListAndUpdate();
				}
			},
			error: function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown) {
				if (textStatus !== 'abort')
					alert("TECHNICAL ERROR: unable to save update quantity \n\nDetails:\nError thrown: " + XMLHttpRequest + "\n" + 'Text status: ' + textStatus);
			}
		});

	}
	else
	{
		deleteProductFromSummary(id);
	}
}

function updateCartSummary(json)
{
	// Update products prices + discount
	var i;
	var nbrProducts = 0;

	if (typeof json === 'undefined')
		return;

	$('.cart_quantity_input').val(0);

	product_list = {};
	for (i=0;i<json.products.length;i++)
		product_list[json.products[i].id_product+'_'+json.products[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+json.products[i].id_address_delivery] = json.products[i];

	if (!$('.multishipping-cart:visible').length)
	{
		for (i=0;i<json.gift_products.length;i++)
		{
			if (typeof(product_list[json.gift_products[i].id_product+'_'+json.gift_products[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+json.gift_products[i].id_address_delivery]) !== 'undefined')
				product_list[json.gift_products[i].id_product+'_'+json.gift_products[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+json.gift_products[i].id_address_delivery].quantity -= json.gift_products[i].cart_quantity;
		}
	}
	else
	{
		for (i=0;i<json.gift_products.length;i++)
		{
			if (typeof(product_list[json.gift_products[i].id_product+'_'+json.gift_products[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+json.gift_products[i].id_address_delivery]) === 'undefined')
				product_list[json.gift_products[i].id_product+'_'+json.gift_products[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+json.gift_products[i].id_address_delivery] = json.gift_products[i];
		}
	}

	for (i in product_list)
	{
		// if reduction, we need to show it in the cart by showing the initial price above the current one
		var reduction = product_list[i].reduction_applies;
		var initial_price_text = '';
		initial_price = '';
		if (typeof(product_list[i].price_without_quantity_discount) !== 'undefined')
			initial_price = formatCurrency(product_list[i].price_without_quantity_discount, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank);
		var current_price = '';
		if (priceDisplayMethod !== 0)
			current_price = formatCurrency(product_list[i].price, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank);
		else
			current_price = formatCurrency(product_list[i].price_wt, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank);
		if (reduction && typeof(initial_price) !== 'undefined')
		{
			if (initial_price !== '' && initial_price > current_price)
				initial_price_text = ''+initial_price+'
';
		}

		key_for_blockcart = product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery;

		$('#cart_block_product_'+key_for_blockcart+' span.quantity').html(product_list[i].quantity);

		if (priceDisplayMethod !== 0)
		{
			$('#cart_block_product_'+key_for_blockcart+' span.price').html(formatCurrency(product_list[i].total, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
			$('#product_price_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery).html(initial_price_text+current_price);
			$('#total_product_price_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery).html(formatCurrency(product_list[i].total, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		}
		else
		{
			$('#cart_block_product_'+key_for_blockcart+' span.price').html(formatCurrency(product_list[i].total_wt, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
			$('#product_price_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery).html(initial_price_text+current_price);
			$('#total_product_price_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery).html(formatCurrency(product_list[i].total_wt, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		}

		nbrProducts += parseInt(product_list[i].quantity);
		$('input[name=quantity_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_0_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery+']').val(product_list[i].quantity_without_customization);
		$('input[name=quantity_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_0_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery+'_hidden]').val(product_list[i].quantity_without_customization);

		if (typeof(product_list[i].customizationQuantityTotal) !== 'undefined')
		{
			$('#cart_quantity_custom_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery)
					.html(product_list[i].customizationQuantityTotal);
			$('input[name=quantity_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+product_list[i].id_customization+'_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery+']')
					.val(product_list[i].customizationQuantityTotal);
		}
		// Show / hide quantity button if minimal quantity
		if (parseInt(product_list[i].minimal_quantity) === parseInt(product_list[i].quantity) && product_list[i].minimal_quantity !== 1)
			$('#cart_quantity_down_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+Number(product_list[i].id_customization)+'_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery).fadeTo('slow',0.3);
		else
			$('#cart_quantity_down_'+product_list[i].id_product+'_'+product_list[i].id_product_attribute+'_'+Number(product_list[i].id_customization)+'_'+product_list[i].id_address_delivery).fadeTo('slow',1);
	}

	// Update discounts
	if (json.discounts.length === 0)
	{
		$('.cart_discount').each(function(){$(this).remove();});
		$('.cart_total_voucher').remove();
	}
	else
	{
		if ($('.cart_discount').length === 0)
			location.reload();

		if (priceDisplayMethod !== 0)
			$('#total_discount').html(formatCurrency(json.total_discounts_tax_exc, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		else
			$('#total_discount').html(formatCurrency(json.total_discounts, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));

		$('.cart_discount').each(function(){
			var idElmt = $(this).attr('id').replace('cart_discount_','');
			var toDelete = true;

			for (i=0;i<json.discounts.length;i++)
			{
				if (json.discounts[i].id_discount === idElmt)
				{
					if (json.discounts[i].value_real !== '!')
					{
						if (priceDisplayMethod !== 0)
							$('#cart_discount_' + idElmt + ' td.cart_discount_price span.price-discount').html(formatCurrency(json.discounts[i].value_tax_exc * -1, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
						else
							$('#cart_discount_' + idElmt + ' td.cart_discount_price span.price-discount').html(formatCurrency(json.discounts[i].value_real * -1, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));

					}
					toDelete = false;
				}
			}
			if (toDelete)
				$('#cart_discount_' + idElmt + ', #cart_total_voucher').fadeTo('fast', 0, function(){ $(this).remove(); });
		});
	}

	// Block cart
	if (priceDisplayMethod !== 0)
	{
		$('#cart_block_shipping_cost').html(formatCurrency(json.total_shipping_tax_exc, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		$('#cart_block_wrapping_cost').html(formatCurrency(json.total_wrapping_tax_exc, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		$('#cart_block_total').html(formatCurrency(json.total_price_without_tax, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
	} else {
		$('#cart_block_shipping_cost').html(formatCurrency(json.total_shipping, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		$('#cart_block_wrapping_cost').html(formatCurrency(json.total_wrapping, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		$('#cart_block_total').html(formatCurrency(json.total_price, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
	}

	$('#cart_block_tax_cost').html(formatCurrency(json.total_tax, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
	$('.ajax_cart_quantity').html(nbrProducts);

	// Cart summary
	$('#summary_products_quantity').html(nbrProducts+' '+(nbrProducts > 1 ? txtProducts : txtProduct));
	if (priceDisplayMethod !== 0)
		$('#total_product').html(formatCurrency(json.total_products, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
	else
		$('#total_product').html(formatCurrency(json.total_products_wt, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
	$('#total_price').html(formatCurrency(json.total_price, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
	$('#total_price_without_tax').html(formatCurrency(json.total_price_without_tax, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
	$('#total_tax').html(formatCurrency(json.total_tax, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));

	if (json.total_shipping > 0)
	{
		if (priceDisplayMethod !== 0)
		{
			$('#total_shipping').html(formatCurrency(json.total_shipping_tax_exc, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		}
		else
		{
			$('#total_shipping').html(formatCurrency(json.total_shipping, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		}
	}
	else
	{
		$('#total_shipping').html(freeShippingTranslation);
	}

	if (json.free_ship > 0 && !json.is_virtual_cart)
	{
		$('.cart_free_shipping').fadeIn();
		$('#free_shipping').html(formatCurrency(json.free_ship, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
	}
	else
		$('.cart_free_shipping').hide();

	if (json.total_wrapping > 0)
	{
		$('#total_wrapping').html(formatCurrency(json.total_wrapping, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		$('#total_wrapping').parent().show();
	}
	else
	{
		$('#total_wrapping').html(formatCurrency(json.total_wrapping, currencyFormat, currencySign, currencyBlank));
		$('#total_wrapping').parent().hide();
	}
	if (window.ajaxCart !== undefined)
		ajaxCart.refresh();
}

function updateCustomizedDatas(json)
{
	for(var i in json)
		for(var j in json[i])
			for(var k in json[i][j])
				for(var l in json[i][j][k])
				{
					var quantity = json[i][j][k][l]['quantity'];
					$('input[name=quantity_'+i+'_'+j+'_'+l+'_'+k+'_hidden]').val(quantity);
					$('input[name=quantity_'+i+'_'+j+'_'+l+'_'+k+']').val(quantity);
				}

}

function updateHookShoppingCart(html)
{
	$('#HOOK_SHOPPING_CART').html(html);
}

function updateHookShoppingCartExtra(html)
{
	$('#HOOK_SHOPPING_CART_EXTRA').html(html);
}
function refreshDeliveryOptions()
{
	$.each($('.delivery_option_radio'), function() {
		if ($(this).prop('checked'))
		{
			if ($(this).parent().find('.delivery_option_carrier.not-displayable').length === 0)
				$(this).parent().find('.delivery_option_carrier').show();
			var carrier_id_list = $(this).val().split(',');
			carrier_id_list.pop();
			var it = this;
			$(carrier_id_list).each(function() {
				$(it).parent().find('input[value="'+this.toString()+'"]').change();
			});
		}
		else
			$(this).parent().find('.delivery_option_carrier').hide();
	});
}
$(document).ready(function() {

	refreshDeliveryOptions();

	$('.delivery_option_radio').live('change', function() {
		refreshDeliveryOptions();
	});

	$('#allow_seperated_package').live('click', function() {
		$.ajax({
			type: 'GET',
			url: baseUri,
			async: true,
			cache: false,
			data: 'controller=cart&ajax=true&allowSeperatedPackage&value='
				+($(this).prop('checked') ? '1' : '0')
				+'&token='+static_token
				+'&allow_refresh=1',
			success: function(jsonData)
			{
				if (typeof(getCarrierListAndUpdate) !== 'undefined')
					getCarrierListAndUpdate();
			}
		});
	});

	$('#gift').checkboxChange(function() { $('#gift_div').show('slow'); }, function() { $('#gift_div').hide('slow'); });

	$('#enable-multishipping').checkboxChange(
		function() {
			$('.standard-checkout').hide(0);
			$('.multishipping-checkout').show(0);
		},
		function() {
			$('.standard-checkout').show(0);
			$('.multishipping-checkout').hide(0);
		}
	);
});

function updateExtraCarrier(id_delivery_option, id_address)
{
	var url = "";

	if(typeof(orderOpcUrl) !== 'undefined')
		url = orderOpcUrl;
	else
		url = orderUrl;

	$.ajax({
		type: 'POST',
		url: url,
		async: true,
		cache: false,
		dataType : "json",
		data: 'ajax=true'
			+'&method=updateExtraCarrier'
			+'&id_address='+id_address
			+'&id_delivery_option='+id_delivery_option
			+'&token='+static_token
			+'&allow_refresh=1',
		success: function(jsonData)
		{
			$('#HOOK_EXTRACARRIER_'+id_address).html(jsonData['content']);
		}
	});
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Support Your Local Racetrack
Flat track is enjoying a resurgence, more promoters, racers and race classes than in recent history, but we shouldn't take anything for granted. I met up with Travis Newbold last weekend in Oregon, where he was racing the Alta Redshift electric flat tracker for Sideburn at the One Pro Races, Salem. The poet/racer explained that 2016 was one of the most successful for Colorado flat track for years, but this year the championship isn't running. The promoters can't work out a deal with the racetrack owners, so they've called it a day and, as yet, no one has stepped up to take over. That's a whole state, the eighth biggest in terms of area, without a single flat track race.
Local flat track races are put on by enthusiasts, staffed by enthusiasts and sponsored, if there is any sponsorship, by enthusiasts. Paying $10 to spectate or a bit more to race is the only way to keep the sport alive.
Our good friend and occasional contributor, Randy Kremlacek is running the California Flat Track Association series and runs a class for just about every bike, or skill level, you can imagine, at a wide variety of tracks.
If you're promoting races or trying to build a scene, anywhere in the world, get in touch and we'll tell our followers about what you're doing. Support your local racetrack.
#Supportyourlocalracetrack #CFTA #California


If homegrown executive gina haverly ever had a glass ceiling above her head, she quickly turned it into a window of opportunity.
That's because the 45-year-old dynamo is something of a dream maker. She hit the pinnacle of her industry in June, when she became luxury retailer Neiman Marcus' newest vice president and general manager. But retail opportunities have abounded for Haverly since she graduated from Roosevelt High School, which she jokingly refers to as the upper campus of her husband David's beloved Punahou School.
As it turns out, Punahou would have been lucky to have her. As a 19-year-old University of Hawai'i student, Haverly already had parlayed a job at Crazy Shirts into a management position. By 20, Waikiki's Gucci had recruited her to become its youngest department manager, and by her last semester in college, she already was store manager of Ala Moana Banana Republic, the chain's No. 1 store. By 27, Banana Republic had promoted her to store director, and by 30, she was a district manager, responsible for Hawai'i and San Francisco, the chain's flagship district.
Sixteen years later, Haverly was recruited by global big-box retailer Target to open its Hawai'i market: a job that broadened her retail expertise and made it possible for her to continue her career growth without leaving Hawai'i. It also helped hone her troubleshooting skills.
Haverly says when Target was recruiting her, leaders informed her that they had been advised by other local consultants that people work at a slower pace in Hawai'i and that Target would have to lower its productivity and attendance standards for its Hawai'i stores. Offended by the negative stereotyping of people of her isle home, Haverly set out to wow Target's global leadership team.
Haverly knows investing in talent pays big dividends—and she is quick to credit her success to those amazing leaders who have invested in her. These included her supportive husband, David, who works for Alexander & Baldwin, but doesn't let his robust career stop him from partnering with her to raise their two young children. Another constant source of inspiration has been her mother, Tomi Pohlabel, who single-handedly supported four children on her wages as a medical transcription-ist at The Queen's Medical Center.
Haverly says her mother taught her to approach every work endeavor, even part-time gigs, as if they were her dream job.
"I never intended to have a career in retail, but because of that philosophy, so many years later, here I am," Haverly says.
While Haverly flew up retail's corporate ladder, she didn't cut corners and hit every rung of the ladder with precision. Pride in her work, a respect for higher management and dedication to those still ascending the corporate ladder have been the secret to Haverly's leadership pace.
"I started my retail career in Crazy Shirts' smallest Waikiki location. It was slow, and I liked to keep myself busy. So I would read all the company resources. They had a self-guided supervisor program, and I worked my way through the binder," she says.
At the same time, Haverly says she took it upon herself to redo the store displays so that customers could view T-shirt designs in their entirety.
Colleagues say that assessing and cultivating great talent, and being a champion for people have become distinguishing features of Haverly's leadership style.
"Although I believe Gina is very results-oriented and enjoys the challenging nature of retail, it has always been about the people she works with. She loves to see her team grow and achieve, and she creates an environment that fosters development," says David Andreoli, who has known Haverly for about 15 years as a peer general manager, supervisor and friend.
Drew Santos, who started working for Haverly at Banana Republic 15 years ago and followed her to Kailua Target, where he is now general manager, says retail for Haverly means the joy of seeing her team thrive in their roles.
Looking back on her lengthy retail career, Haverly says that her proudest accomplishments are all the wonderful careers that she has helped cultivate through the years.
"I believe in the great potential that people possess, and I dream big for them." In her new role at Neiman Marcus, Haverly says she is focused on learning about the store's talented people, company culture and wonderful guests. Backfilling the role left vacant by the retirement of Al Tomonari, who came home to Hawai'i to open Neiman Marcus in 1998, leaves her with big shoes to fill.


ARE YOU A PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED ACTOR/MUSICAL THEATRE PERFORMER? EVER WONDER WHAT ALL THE STUFF YOU DO TO TRAIN YOUR VOICE DOES TO YOUR BRAIN?
We are very excited to partner our Azimuth Theatre Performance Lab Group with Shannon Blanchet's new study. Deadline to apply is Oct. 6, 2018.
We are looking for 40 volunteers to participate in a study investigating the effects of Voice and Speech Training on the brain.
• Commit to participate in 2 Electroencephalography sessions at the Attention and Action lab at the University of Alberta. Once between October 17th-29th and once between November 25th-December 17th.
• Should be willing and able to attend a minimum of six complimentary voice-focused Professional Development sessions through Azimuth's Performance Lab between October 7th and December 2nd (Sundays from 11:00am-12:30pm). These participants will receive complimentary admission to Azimuth Performance Lab for the duration of the study.
Your participation in the study will help to illuminate if and how Voice and Speech training influences our brains. Shannon's goal is to understand the collateral benefits that voice training has to offer beyond the stage while helping performers expand their vocal capacity and creativity in performance. While participation in the professional development sessions will not be anonymous, survey and EEG test results are anonymous and confidential.
If you'd like to find out more information on how to participate, please contact the research team by email at mindfulvoicestudy@gmail.com with the subject line 'Potential Study Subject'. Please be in touch by October 6, 2018.
The plan for this study has been reviewed by a Research Ethics Board at the University of Alberta. If you have questions about your rights or how research should be conducted, you can call (780) 492-2615. This office is independent of the researchers.
Hi, Emo! We will put you in touch with Shannon to see if we can squeeze you in.
Great to have you in class today.


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import org.apache.lucene.index.Term;
import org.apache.lucene.search.MultiTermQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.PrefixQuery;
import org.apache.lucene.search.Query;
import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
import org.elasticsearch.common.lucene.BytesRefs;
import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MappedFieldType;
import org.elasticsearch.index.query.support.QueryParsers;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Objects;

/**
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Meteorologist Derek Kevra of Fox 2 News in Detroit appears to be fed up with meeting cars on the roads that are covered in snow.
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A 71-year-old Florida man is facing a charge of Grand Theft after he loaded a utility pole onto the roof of his 1997 Toyota Camry and drove it to a recycling facility.
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Clarence N. Uzogara
Clarence N. Uzogara is a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. Born and raised in Ghana, she speaks the Twi language fluently. With a background in education, she ministered in several schools in Nigeria and at a high school in Ghana, in roles including school bursar, integrated science teacher, science teacher, counsellor, biology teacher, and administrator. She is currently studying educational administration at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana.
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My mum's belief in me
"The daughter of a tigress can only be a tigress." During the first week of visiting home, I didn't tell my mum about my problems. In the second week, I told her I was on holiday! Then, early one morning, she woke me up and asked me what I was still doing in the village after three weeks.


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Market to replace eyesore in Savin Hill
By Jennifer Smith, Reporter Staff
Jennifer Smith, Reporter Staff
A nighttime rendering of the proposed commercial building at the corner of Savin Hill Avenue and Sydney Street. Image courtesy RODE Architects
Real estate developer James Baker is proposing a three-story commercial building for a high-profile corner of Savin Hill Avenue and Sydney Street, featuring a first-floor neighborhood market.
The building would replace what is now a boarded up, defunct variety store that has been an eyesore on Savin Hill's main drag for years. The site at 110 Savin Hill Ave. is steps from the Savin Hill station, near the Savin Bar and Kitchen and the Cristo Rey High School and across from McKenna's Cafe.
Baker explained his current plans for the property at a meeting of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association's planning committee on Tuesday evening.
"I see this as, frankly I'll refer to this as an aspirational development, or really something that could be part of the heartbeat of the neighborhood, and something that would keep me busy and interested for the next ten years," Baker said at the meeting.
The project is "in process; we haven't filed anything with the city yet," Baker said, adding that "in an ideal world, we'd like to be able to start building by the fall or winter. If not, it'll be next spring," he said.
Baker purchased the property using an LLC that he controls in July 2016. It was acquired from the previous owner Anthony Desmond for $850,000, according to records. At the time, Baker said the property would likely make way for a mixed-use residential and commercial building.
Now the plan is "100 percent commercial," Baker said. Whether that means two or three total tenants is still to be determined.
One thing has remained the same: Baker intends to include a 4,000-square foot neighborhood market on the first floor, a throwback of sorts to its former use as a retail market.
"One thing we've gained from community feedback is there absolutely, positively, needs to be a market on the first floor," Baker said. "I have no experience running a market, but I want to be an owner of a market, so we have to find someone to help me run it."
Given the overall square footage, they are hoping to put in place a fresh food grocer, with some kind of delicatessen serving prepared and made-to-order meals, offering wine and beer sales. Attendees noted that liquor stores already exist within a few blocks of the site, while the development team said the market would offer more of a craft brew variety.
Baker told the planning committee that there is a purchase agreement for the abutting property at 10 Sydney St. Combined, the two lots give them about 8,000 square feet of land with which to work.
Kevin Deabler of RODE Architects also reviewed the plans with meeting attendees. As the Flats on Savin are under construction above the Savin Bar and Kitchen property across Sydney Street, both the apartments and the Cristo Rey school are providing a context for height along that stretch of Savin Hill Avenue he said. "So there's some exciting things brewing with the transformation of the village," Deabler said.
As the site is considered a local convenience district, it is zoned for 40 feet of height. A loading area and small, five-space parking lot would sit behind the building, accessible from the one-way Sydney Street.
Attendees at the monthly planning meeting responded well to the design, with queries raised about the nature of the top floor commercial tenants. The development team will be examining what the best use for the top two floors should be. Possibilities include some kind of restaurant or cafe, office space, or spa, but largely depending on what their market research determines.
Michael McKittrick, a Lowell native who has lived with his wife in Savin Hill for the past four years, abuts the 10 Sydney St. property.
"The design looks very good," McKittrick said. "Aesthetically, it looks good. But I'd say there's still concerns about parking and traffic."
With the lot's placement on Savin Hill Avenue, McKittrick said he worries about it contributing to an existing congestion problem around the site.
"That corner continues to be very congested by trucks and off-street parkers," he said. "And I don't know what the remedy is for that, but we have small children, an infant, and I want my child to be safe running down that street and I don't want there to be giant trucks backing in and backing up down the street the wrong way, which is currently an issue."
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Please welcome DifferenceMaker Elizabeth Recla, a third grade teacher at St. Thomas the Apostle school in Ann Arbor.
Describe your school. Every parent and each staff member is dedicated to the success of each child in this building. The parents offer help and support in so many different ways; from volunteering during lunch and recess, running fundraisers, and help in the classroom. It is a true partnership in the educational, spiritual, and social growth of the children.
What drew you to teaching at a Catholic school? I honestly believe I was sent to this school. I was very discouraged after working for 11 years in a charter school. One day toward the end of the school year, I prayed out loud at my desk for God to help me and show me what I should do. That very day I received a phone call from St. Thomas asking me to come in for an interview.
Catholic schools are different because…they allow us to share our faith with our students. This is something that is very difficult or not allowed at all in a public school. As a teacher in a Catholic school, I can infuse my lessons with our faith and it really enhances each lesson as well as our daily interactions.
What is your favorite part about teaching? My favorite part of teaching is witnessing the connections my students make to their learning both in and out of the classroom. I love to hear the stories of how they have applied what they have learned or how they have seen the product of their hard work outside of the typical school setting.
My students bring me joy and make me laugh and smile every day. I cannot imagine a different profession and I feel I am truly blessed to be able to do what I love.
In your experience, what do Catholic schools do best? St. Thomas's Virtue based discipline program is phenomenal. The teachers work so hard every year to build relationships with their students, as well as facilitate the growth of relationships with the students among each other. Because of this, we rarely have behavioral problems. The children want to do well and they want to please their teachers.