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1) People who think that because it has snowed, they don't have to pick up after their dogs, are some of the lowest form of scum alive. I hate these people. It's bad enough they are that bad--you can't even kick any snow over it??
2) Shoveling your walk INCLUDES the two parts from the corner to the street. Every neighborhood has disabled people, and leaving it as nothing but six feet of foot-holes is beyond anti-social. Finish the job. For the record I shoveled out 12 last weekend.
3) Five to ten minutes of shoveling is *probably* more efficient than 15-20 minutes of spinning your tires and rocking your car back and forth and annoying 100 people.
I'm laughing at Kip's remarks, primarily because, as I hobbled (see below) out to my deck at lunchtime today with our dog, I thought to myself ... hmmmm, I'm in our backyard. I can let whatever he does freeze!
2) I'm hobbling because I had foot surgery a month ago and I can only take the dog to the deck. This snow has been awful for someone like me -- and I'm only temporarily disabled! I'm scared to death of falling and fortunately my husband (who's helping our middle one move to NYC right now) cleared a really nice path, front, back and deck. Kip is absolutely right! Even "abled" people will thank those who remember that shoveling needs to go to the street.
Every once in a while I'm cheered by non-partisan stuff. I saw some lamebrain criticism of the left (and Obama) the other day and was cheered when others rolled their eyes and said, essentially, "Really? That's all you got?"
And today, there was news that Sen. Tom Coburn, a Republican, is battling prostate cancer once again. And I was thinking that I hoped no one would be an awful enough human being to make snide remarks. And though i'm sure some did, I didn't see any. It's nice to see human beings, upon occasion.
"President Obama has nominated attorney Debo Adegbile to head the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division. Adegbile has a long history of advocating for the release of unrepentant and convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal."
Does any Obama supporter want to explain this?
Hope you recover soon Beth, this weather is no joke to be disabled in.
At least you can let your dog do what it wants in your yard (although it's not good for the grass) but it really bothers me what so many people do the neighborhood. I can't do that because I'm urban. Even if you forget a bag, go back and pick it up (presumably you live nearby). Or for god's sake kick snow over it. Why would anyone subject their neighbors to that, not to mention make dog owners look terrible?
Kip -- We are very new dog owners (since September) and we are so paranoid that we go back when we don't have enough bags! Then again ... we're suburbanites and we don't want our neighbors to be mad at us! I completely agree with you, though.
how many do u think 'nuff?
@Beth: I don't wish Coburn ill. I just wish him everything he's wished for his enemies!
Kip -- I agree with most of what you said about dog owners not scooping up the poop, except the part about kicking snow over it. Isn't that just (pun intended) trying to cover up the evidence (and then having some unsuspecting person step right into it)?
--@Bruce L: With regard to your first paragraph, totally correct, although I would allow him to be retroactively aborted!
Barry3, when I heard of the nomination and the Mumia representation, I poked around some on the web about him. It appears that the administration wants him because he has a strong record on voting rights issues. The Department apparently wants to make voting rights issues a priority, and it should, because of all the shenanigans your side is up to.
Or, are you and others trying to use Adegbile's involvement in the racially charged Mumia case to label him an "arch liberal" or whatever, and to demonize him Willie Horton-style?
Perhaps it is you who ought to do the explaining.
Meanwhile I'm not yet persuaded that Adegbile is a great choice. He was passed over for some leadership position in the NAACP and maybe one other organization. No one has said why, and I'd like to hear more about it. There can't be any competency or personality issues. If there are, he's a bad choice.
But not because he did what lawyers do.
Thank you for making anything I might write on the topic of defense attorneys defending defendants superfluous.
He has an absolute right to an attorney in the courtroom. But once the case is over, the guy was a cheerleader for this guy. Also he wasn't forced to defend this cop killer, he could have turned down the case.
Nice try with the Willie Horton cheap shot. Of all the civil right's attorneys in the country, this is the guy that the WH chose.
Shenanigans? Showing an ID. What is teh problem with having to show an ID? If you vote early, you have to show an ID.
"Any time a voter uses Early Voting, the voter must present a government-issued photo ID such as a current Illinois driver's license, a current state identification card issued by the Illinois Secretary of State or a current passport. This is a requirement under Illinois law."
So is showing an ID for early voting violating someone's civil rights?
-- I wonder how many Obamaites are celebrating the unemployment rate dropping to 6.7% today?
ZORN REPLY -- I'm so happy Obama was re-elected so we wouldn't have to listen to the preening and crowing and strutting from Republicans about how all the economy needed was Mitt Romney to start turning around. And turning around it is. Slack December job growth numbers, but most economists will tell you things are headed the right direction.
Do you remember the last few months under GWB? We'd have danced in the streets with today's new job numbers.
A questions, rather than an assertion of fact: Are there Republicans who are privately pleased by Christie's problems, maybe even hoping he's personally implicated? Jeb Bush, Paul Ryan, Rubio? Thoughts? I would expect that this would come up in Republican debates if Christie runs for the nomination.
There are plenty of conservatives that are pleased since they don't believe that Christie is "conservative enough". A couple of prominent names are Mark Levin and Glenn Beck.
As for politicians, probably no different than when a democratic presidential primary candidate steps in it .... they secretly smile.
"but most economists will tell you things are headed the right direction." - 54 months into an economic recovery, I sure hope so. I do remember the last few months under GWB - they were disastorous.
Do you remember the first 7 years under GWB? Do you know what the avg monthly unemployment rate under GWB was?
You bet they are. They will be very careful to remain private about it except for maybe Rand Paul who seems to have a strong personal dislike for him (and it's mutual). Who benefits the most out of all of them? Probably Scott Walker because he is the candidate who most closely resembles Christie.
-- How was he a cheerleader for Mumia, in a way that bothers you? Explain. Usually the defense lawyer is a bit of a cheerleader for the defendant/petitioner. Usually he's the only one in the world doing that while everybody else in the world is calling for his client's head. It's called courage.
-- Didn't have to take the case? Taking on unpopular clients, unpopular causes. Probably for free. (Mumia didn't pay him, did he?) Imagine a lawyer doing those sorts of things. It's called courage.
-- Had to pick this guy of all the civil rights lawyers? Well, that was my question, is he really the best choice, but you seem to have ignored his very substantial civil rights and voting rights record.
-- Willie Horton reference not a cheap shot at all. Mumia's case is racially charged. He is a black radical accused of killing a white Philadelphia cop. Adegbile -- Mumia -- Adegbile -- Obama -- Mumia -- black cop killer. That's what you're doing. Don't deny it.
-- Voter ID laws, yes, they disproportionately affect minorities and they're a direct effort to suppress minority and Democratic voters, but the story goes so much deeper, and I look forward to a vigorous effort by DOJ to stamp out the outright tyranny that some Republican officials are imposing on minority voters in a raw power grab.
You're just wrong all over, my friend.
He wasn't just a defense attorney defending a cop killer, he thought the guy was a martyr for the cause of racism. That's his prism of life.
He made the choice to take the case and should live the consequences of that choice.
I am not making this a racial case and I do deny it and am offended that you are accusing me of racism. I would say the same if cop would have been black. As I always say, when you have no arguement, scream racism.
I disagree with who is correct.
...hat's his prism of life. He made the choice to take the case and should live the consequences of that choice.... As I always say, when you have no arguement, scream racism."
When they're called on it, racists typically characterize their accusers as 'screaming' or 'crying' racism, even when their accusers are speaking quite calmly. It's their prism in life. Mischaracterizing the accuser as emotionally overwrought is a way for the racist to deny the need for genuine self-examination.
You made the choice to sound like a racist and should live with the consequence of that choice.
"When they're called on it, racists typically characterize their accusers as 'screaming' or 'crying' racism, even when their accusers are speaking quite calmly. It's their prism in life."
Barry3 wrote nothing that is deserving of being called racist or even racially insensitive no matter what you think of his analysis.
What I took from his first comment is this - the optics of bringing aboard Abu-Jamal's lawyer aren't great especially in an administration that is going through a very rough patch. Let's say that in the last two years of his second term, Bush had nominated someone who defended a white supremacist for the same position. No matter what I thought of the guy as a lawyer, I would criticize the choice for bad optics or sending the wrong message.
Is any of this fair? Not entirely but neither is life and politics is even less so. GJO'L and MrJM make very reasonable points about how people should view the role of lawyers. Personally, I could never defend scum like Abu Jamal or a white supremacist but I get that our system needs people to do that. As an advisor to Obama, however, I would tell him not to even float the name of someone who defended Abu Jamal. Fair or not, it doesn't look good. There are plenty of others to choose among so why invite controversy especially at a time like this? It's an unforced error.
"As I always say, when you have no arguement, scream racism."
The reason you always say that is that it's an assertion, a dodge, not an argument. A cut and paste assertion requires no effort, as opposed to an argument, which requires substantiation. I'm not calling anyone racist only stating that this knee-jerk assertion is worthless (and lazy).
"Let's say that in the last two years of his second term, Bush had nominated someone who defended a white supremacist for the same position."
If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was a Jewish lawyer who represented Matthew Hale, and I believe the Anti-Defamation League came to his defense when he was being considered for disbarment. Guess it's pretty disgusting for a bunch of Jewish people to defend a white supremacist, right?
I really like last week's snow.
It was light, and puffy, and crystally at night.
I agree the street/sidewalk interface is a problem, but its a problem of frequency more than attitude. The snow plows make more runs than people do with their shovels. The plows block the ends of the sidewalks faster than you can clear them out.
I don't understand the idea of burying poop under some snow...doesn't it eventually melt? Just as people don't understand why I don't like dogs doing their business on my lawn, even if the pick it up. Do they hose down the grass and wipe it clean? I like to run around barefoot on my herbicide-free lawn, why would I want to be sliding on some partially cleaned up patch of my grass. Use your own lawn or at least keep it in the parkway, which I guess belongs to everyone.
Really really liked the snow. This rain/fog/gloom is a downer.
BTW, Barry, if you think there's no such thing as racism, you should take a look at the infamous Snowflake Thread, where one of our own was accused of being racist against white people.
Dog droppings: Most in my 'hood have mutts do it on the parkway; but sometimes the dogs do it on the front grass, hard to dissuade em when they are intensely interested (personal testimony)! Don't bury it, no spring surprises, if u get home delivery papers use the plastic sleeve.
You running around barefoot on the grass, public joy or private midnight pleasure? Can posters here come over to applaud your grace and skill?
[[ZORN REPLY -- I'm so happy Obama was re-elected so we wouldn't have to listen to the preening and crowing and strutting from Republicans about how all the economy needed was Mitt Romney to start turning around. And turning around it is. Slack December job growth numbers, but most economists will tell you things are headed the right direction.
Someone from Moody's flatly said he didn't believe the job report yesterday and considers it an outlier. We shall see.
But Eric, there are a lot of people who would dispute your "economy getting better" idea (though I must agree there are certainly economists who think so).
IBD did an "Obama job index," to talk about where things are now and where they were when Obama first became prez. Things are NOT very good, by many metrics, including median household income (down) and workforce participation -- which is at about a 40-year low. The only reason the unemployment rate dropped is because so many people just up and quit looking.
Take a deep breath, re-read what I wrote, and try again if you can come up with something reasonable rather than distort what I wrote.
My comment was about optics, which is a huge part of politics. It's probably much bigger than any of us wish but it's there and it's not going away.
I don't care who defends Matthew Hale (and I think that case has more to do with drugs than homosexuality but whatever) or Mumia Abu-Jamal. My only point is that it doesn't look good to appoint lawyers who have represented unpopular defendants to high visibility political positions. Maybe that's unfortunate but a lot of times politics is more about the sizzle than the steak. Again, feel free to lament that but don't jump on me for acknowledging a reality.
Please, Kip, you know that racism against white people is the only kind of racism left. Blacks now have all the power, doncha know. It's hard to be white these days.
Greg J - Your biases aside, I trust the majority of Americans to understand the need to defend unpopular defendants and I think most even admire the lawyers who take on such thankless tasks.
You never did answer why its mot a violation of someone's civil rights when an ID must be shown to vote early, but it is a violation of someone's civil rights to show the ID on election day. Care to answer?
Do you think Debo Adegbile would have defended a white radical accused of shooting a black cop?
"You made the choice to read racism into my statements."
None of you can show a racist statement that I made. I oppose a nominee of Obama's who happens to be black and defnded a black radical cop killer and you think its racism. None of look at the facts. You just see a conservative criticizing Obama and your knee jerk reaction is racism.
I don't think there is no such thing as racism, I just don't think there was any occurring on this thread - except in the minds of those on the Left that want to find it everywhere.
And your very reasonable second comment reveals the source of our disagreement.
I think that the majority of the public dislikes all lawyers and that politicians in both parties are adept at messaging that a lawyer's support of an unpopular defendant is a mark against the lawyer in question.
--I'm not sure you gents really get what civil rights lawyers do. They represent people whom you and many other people call "scum." If anything, that part of it makes him even more qualified for the job. This is a Democratic administration. They aren't going to ask William French Smith or Bill Rehnquist to do this job, OK? They picked a civil rights lawyer, and from all appearances, he happens to be a pretty good and aggressive one. It's fine, relax, the prison gates are not about to open.
--Still waiting to hear something specific that was awful about his handling of that Mumia matter. You've had ample opportunity to assert it, and at this point you've defaulted. Besides, his nomination is a couple of months old so I would think it would have leeched out by now. And OK, you want to hold his choice to do that case against him but you don't want to deny Mumia his right to representation. Think about that position carefully; maybe you will rethink it.
--I'm not sure I meant to call anyone racist, and if it was taken that way, I won't apologize, but I will clarify that the Willie Horton reference was dead on because many folks who blindly sling mud at the administration for nominating Adegbile for this position on the ground that "he represented Mumia, what horror!" and then have nothing else to back it up (just like what has happened on this thread) are using race for political advantage. Barry, you started this little conflagration with your broadside about oh, look, he nominated Mumia's lawyer, so if the shoe fits, wear it my friend.
--Voting Rights Act, where to begin? Do a google search on the Texas ID law and the litigation surrounding it, as it has been struck down at least once and I think is still being litigated. Something to do with a half million to a million Texans not having government IDs, and something like Hispanics being far more statistically likely to be among those people, along with women whose citizenship name may not match the name on their ID, so they're not allowed to vote under this law either. It's clearly aimed at making it harder for poor people and minorities to vote, and it has a disproportionate impact on them. I don't have more time to go into it further or answer your other question about early voting but I think early voting is different than requiring an ID to vote, period, and if you like, I'd say maybe we ought not to require government IDs for early voting either, just let everybody vote who is registered to vote and employ existing methodologies to root out registration fraud, rather than come up with tactics aimed at keeping classes of registered voters from voting so that certain parties can win certain key states.
I know, we'd kick your Republican butts every time if that happened, but whatever. Look for more voting rights litigation in the runup to 2016 and I honestly hope to be in the middle of it this time. Hint -- I won't be representing the fascists.
Whoops, did I say fascists? Sorry.
But you guys have a good day, OK? Happy Sat-Sun. I don't mean any of this personally.
The shoe doesn't fit, so I won't wear it.
"Still waiting to hear something specific that was awful about his handling of that Mumia matter." He had the choice to decline taking the case of a cop killer - he CHOSE to do so.
"but I think early voting is different than requiring an ID to vote," - so how is checking for ID inn one instance a violation of one's civil rights but when its done on a different day its not? I agree with your take on fraud.
Why wouldn't you represent a facist?
This show is nothing compared to bill Maher's show. He sets the new standard in debate.
"He had the choice to decline taking the case of a cop killer - he CHOSE to do so."
Yes, and if you understood the first thing about the ideals of the American justice system (not that we always achieve said ideals), you would understand that this is a *good* thing.
I might but not in this instance. I've represented worse.
Thanks for making clear where you're coming from. Adegbile is to be condemned because he chose to represent Mumia. I think we get it now. As Dienne said, we get that you don't get it.
And yes, the shoe does fit, but Barry, you wear it well!
You are so very clearly condemning this nominee for DOING HIS JOB! You get that, right? If a defense lawyer picks and chooses which clients he will represent based on fear of not being able to take a higher position down the road, do you realize how many accused would not be afforded adequate, qualified representation? That is not the way our system is designed to work.
And yes, you brought him up and his nomination; do you have any problems with how he conducted himself in his representation? Do you even know how he conducted himself? Or is it simply that he "CHOSE" to represent someone that you find despicable?
That's the beauty of this country, we all afforded the same rights of representation no matter what we may be accused of! That is part of how we are all guaranteed a fair trial!
It's fine if he was DOING HIS JOB, but does Obama choose him, out of all of the potential choices, for this PARTICULAR JOB?
I have a problem that he made his client into a martyr after the trial. His client was found guilty in three hours by a jury and Debo kept railing about his client being railroaded by the system.
- I know very well what civil rights lawyers do. That has absolutely nothing, zero, nada, to do with my discussion about the political optics of what they do, which even a cursory reading of my comments would reveal.
- His handling of the Abu Jamal matter is equally irrelevant to my comment except that if he had refused to take the case it might have helped his image with more people than hurt it with others.
- Both parties use race for political advantage and that is likely to increase. Get used to it.
- You suggest that voter ID laws are "clearly aimed at making it harder for poor people and minorities to vote, and it has a disproportionate impact on them." No, they are aimed at fraud and if someone doesn't have an ID, which is required to engage in so many other transactions in life including government transactions, then I don't feel the least bit sorry for him that he can't vote. If you don't have an ID, you don't qualify as someone who should be participating in the vote. The solution is to act like an adult for once in your life and get an ID. We can't keep coddling the lowest common denominator. If any of this sounds harsh, I apologize because it's not nearly as harsh as I actually mean it. I tend to understate things here in order to be polite.
No, anyone who isn't enough of an adult to meet the bare minimum requirements for functioning in our society is screwing himself. The parties bend over backwards with voter outreach and the government bends over backwards helping people who have taken virtually no responsibility for helping themselves. The slightest effort gives you the ability to vote. I don't feel sorry for anyone who doesn't make it.
"If you don't have an ID, you don't qualify as someone who should be participating in the vote." Could you direct us to where this requirement is delineated in the Constitution?
Your views with regard to voter ID seem to me to be a rare departure from your adamant live-and-let-live philosophy, expressed with regard to every other topic I can think of. Here you're calling for an increased level of government oversight, and championing the requirement that innocent patriots must jump through additional hoops to exercise their most basic right as citizens. Have you no concern for how many of your tax dollars will be wasted litigating the validity of these voter ID initiatives? I shudder to think that partisanship might be coming into play here, and I'm sure you'll be more than happy to point out how you're actually being consistent.
"Here you're calling for an increased level of government oversight, and championing the requirement that innocent patriots must jump through additional hoops to exercise their most basic right as citizens." - To provide a basic control to assure that fraud in the voting (a primary gov't function) is minimized.
Once again, to any takers - why is it not a violation of someone's civil rights to ask for ID on early voting, but it supposedly is a violation if it is done on election day?
Why can I legally hold a book propped on the steering wheel while driving but not a cellphone?
Why can I have a teeny tiny GPS screen in the dashboard, but not a retina display ipad on the passenger seat showing directions to the exact same destination?
Article today about the insurance companies expecting to take a big hit when accident rates go down due to advances in automotive safety tied in to autonomous vehicles and near-term accident avoidance features. Where's the article that shows that state and local governments are planning for future declines in speeding and other vehicle-related fines due to less motorist, and more computer, control of vehicles?
I have a very live-and-let-live philosophy but that doesn't apply to protecting our tax dollars or institutions from waste, fraud, and abuse. You correctly anticipate that I'm happy to explain my consistency in this area. I hope you'll return the favor.
I have been consistent in advocating deep cuts in spending and taxes, as you well know. I oppose gay "marriage" legislation even though it only saves each taxpayers a few dollars at the absolute most. I also support removing government from marriage entirely, which eliminates benefits for real married couples and that has put me at odds with many conservatives. Incidentally, that view is consistent with letting anyone get married in a way that is much less restrictive than we have now. That, my friend, is truly live-and-let-live.
When it comes to issues like corporate welfare and eliminating special business tax deductions and subsidies, I have split with the business community. I split with the wealthy on the issue of eliminating the mortgage interest deduction and other similar special tax breaks. I want to drastically reduce foreign aid despite the small impact that will have. In summary, I want all of our welfare to be means-tested and go to citizens only.
Speaking of citizens-only, I support heavy fines for businesses who hire illegals. I do not want our tax dollars wasted on illegal aliens, which means not allowing them access to courts, police, hospitals, or schools. Taxpayers have no obligation to illegal aliens and we should require ID for government services to make sure the right people are getting them. And making sure that the right people are getting services necessitates an ID requirement even when it comes to citizens. ID requirements help prevent welfare fraud and fraud related to other government benefits/activities including licensing, transfer payments and voting.
Litigating voter ID cases should be simple but the opponents are inconsistent and their arguments are laughable. The opponents don't want voter ID requirements but they are more than happy to support ID requirements for private transactions (from purchasing tobacco to purchasing certain movie tickets) that don't affect them and are a whole lot less important than voting rights. Part of the reason I support ID requirements in government transactions has to do with safety but the biggest reason is helping to make sure our tax dollars are not being wasted. Anyone who cares about the integrity of our vote should support, at an absolute minimum, the requirement that every voter must show an ID. I don't see any way around that and I find the case against to be logically bankrupt.
"I hope you'll return the favor." Hey, I'VE never claimed to be consistent, because I try to look at each issue on its own merits. Though we've argued about even the idea that I don't have an overarching, one-size-fits-all philosophy before.
"Anyone who cares about the integrity of our vote should support, at an absolute minimum, the requirement that every voter must show an ID." As for this issue, I would be a lot more kindly disposed toward your argument had these voter ID laws come in response to documented rampant abuse of the system by the folks without IDs. Such abuse has not been demonstrated to my satisfaction in the many threads about this topic. Thus, I continue to believe that these new laws are a political ploy by Republicans in certain states. But, I'm open to reconsidering my opposition, if a compelling enough case can be made that these laws are necessary. With all due respect, I don't believe you've made that case.
I'll always respond to you because you are always interesting. I hope the feeling is mutual.
Regarding consistency, why is it necessary for me to be consistent while you can decide each issue on its own merits? Do conservatives have a special duty to maintain consistency while liberals can make things up as they go along? You asked for consistency in order to demonstrate that my position on the voter ID issue isn't based on mere partisanship - and I delivered. Upon what is your inconsistency based? If you don't have underlying principles supporting your positions, you are susceptible to the reasonable criticism that your own conclusions are based on partisanship.
We've had many discussions here where various commenters have provided evidence of voter fraud. You can Google those conversations as easy as I can. If it hasn't been proved to your satisfaction in the past, I can only wonder what you think of the case of the journalist who successfully posed as Atty. General Eric Holder even if he didn't actually vote as Holder. If it's that easy doesn't it suggest that we have a real potential problem even if fraud isn't rampant as some have tried to prove? Even if we don't have a fraud problem (and there is enough evidence to convince me that there is), why do we wait until we have a problem to take the bare minimum step of requiring basic ID to prevent the most obvious offenses? It makes no sense unless the opposition to ID laws are purely partisan.
Pardon the interruption, but by all means do NOT be consistent. You gentlemen are above such banal things!
Consistency demonstrates a lack of serious personal thought, a failure of imagination, and an absence of conscience, as noted many times through the centuries.
It's not "necessary" for you to be consistent; it just seems that you frequently like to point out that everybody should be able to do what they want, with a minimum of government intervention, absent a strong rationale FOR intervention, so I wondered why this would be different. And it's been my impression that you DO like to be consistent in your application of your ideology, so it seemed worth inquiring about. As for partisanship, I'm certainly not above it, but, to me, this issue remains in the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" category. The anecdotal evidence that you refer to is just not that compelling to me, sorry. As always, you've been gracious in replying to my comment.
Live and let live, but if you are an illegal, if you are poor, if you are dumb, if you are not "adult" enough to get a government ID, then . . . live and let die. I get it, I just don't agree with it.
I thought it would go without saying that "live and let live" also applies to taxpayers. That seems to require tight controls over how their money is spent to minimize the transfer payments they are required to make. Contrast that with private voluntary transactions where such controls obviously aren't necessary.
Applying this to your list, GJO'L, the illegals don't deserve any taxpayer money or services, the poor citizens deserve almost 100% of our welfare dollars (which is why I want to cut out corporate welfare, breaks for the wealthy, etc.), the dumb could fall into any category, and those citizens who refuse to act like adults get the kick in the a_ they need to force them to act their age rather than more coddling which does them no favors.


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"Our Famous Hearty Breakfast" is one of Sunny Street Cafe's favorites on the menu, with two eggs, buttermilk pancakes, choice of bacon, ham or sausage; and choice of hash browns, grits or fresh fruit. Sunny Street Cafe recently opened on Sept. 24 and is located on 140 W Sandy Lake Rd.
Sunny Street Cafe recently opened a new location in Coppell on Sept. 23. Specializing in breakfast, lunch and the beautiful combination of the two that is brunch, Sunny Street Cafe is open from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. daily.
When I pulled up to Sunny Street Cafe, the first thing that caught my eye were the windows. Completely covering the front of the restaurant, the windows provide a warm, sunny and safe feeling throughout breakfast. The windows, however, are not the only source of joy in the homey restaurant. Everything is brightly and beautifully colored; one of my favorite features is a wall at the entrance covered in an adorable peach wallpaper — perfect for pictures.
I was not the only one with this thought either, for there are various props laid out for fun, photo booth-like pictures, including a paper mustache and an "I heart Sunny Street Cafe" sign.
My party of three was seated immediately in a booth towards the middle of the restaurant. Looking around, I notice shelves of succulents in the back of the restaurant, but most strikingly, I noticed I could watch as the chefs prepared my food. This gave me a sense of security because I knew my food would be fresh and that the kitchen was sanitary.
I decided to go classic with "Our famous hearty breakfast". I received two scrambled eggs, three pieces of bacon, hash browns and two plate-sized buttermilk pancakes that melted in my mouth. In my time, I have tasted a lot of pancakes, but none like these. In fact, all of the food was delicious. Growing up with chickens in my backyard, I have never been a fan of eggs from anywhere but my own home, as there is nothing quite like fresh food.
However, Sunny Street's eggs are not just bearable, but enjoyable. The bacon is a perfect blend between chewy and crunchy that I firmly believe both sides of the bacon stratosphere could come together and enjoy.
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However, it was more my taste in tomatoes than the meal itself, for both Nico and his younger sister, Gaby, raved about the delight of the quesadilla.
Gaby ordered Oreo pancakes from the kids menu, which when she saw were listed, caused her to squeal in delight and excitement. Just like my buttermilk pancakes, the Oreo pancake was thick and fluffy, but were quite astonishingly good with the Oreo bits. Both Gaby's and my only complaint is there was not quite enough Oreo in the pancake. We only got Oreo every few bites.
I adored Sunny Street Cafe and cannot wait to return. It will definitely be my place for all breakfast-related meals moving forward. I was very impressed by its atmosphere, price – less than $30 for the three of us combined, including tip and tax- and delicious food.


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DuPont: A Case Study in 3D Corporate Strategy
Posted on September 1, 1997 by energyprbe
Greenpeace Position Paper
The response to the ozone crisis by DuPont, the inventor of CFCs and the largest producer of ozone depleting chemicals in the world is a prime example of the 3D corporate strategy.
DENY: On June 30, 1975 a Du Pont advertisement in the New York Times read: "Should reputable evidence show that some fluorocarbons cause a health hazard through depletion of the ozone layer, we are prepared to stop production of the offending compounds." However, the July 16, 1975 issue of the trade magazine Chemical Weekly quoted the Chair of the Board of DuPont saying that ozone depletion theory is "a science fiction tale…a load of rubbish…utter nonsense."
In 1979, Du Pont continued the denial game be saying: "No ozone depletion has ever been detected…all ozone depletion figures to date are based on a series of uncertain projections."
DELAY: In 1980, Du Pont initiated the formation of the Alliance for Responsible CFC Policy, a fancy and misleading title for an anti-regulatory industry lobby group, that found a natural ally in the Reagan White House. Once Reagan took office, Du Pont suspended further research for alternatives to CFCs, knowing that there would be no political pressure for immediate action.
As late as 1986, the Alliance was still arguing that the science was too uncertain to justify any action. In 1987, Du Pont testified before the US Congress that "we believe that there is no immediate crisis that demands unilateral regulation." At the same time, the world was consuming over 1 million tonnes of CFCs, and Du Pont and the United States had the lion's share of the global ODS market.
Even after the 1987 signing of the Montreal Protocol, the international agreement to control ozone depleting substances, Du Pont campaigned against effective controls on the use of CFCs. On March 4th, 1988 Du Pont Chair Richard E. Heckert wrote to U.S. senators:
"Du Pont stands by its 1975 commitment to stop production of fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons if their use poses a threat to health. This is consistent with Du Pont's long established policy that we will not produce a product unless it can be made, used, handled and disposed of safely and consistent with appropriate safety, health and environmental quality criteria. At the moment, scientific evidence does not point to the need for dramatic CFC emission reductions. There is no available measure of the contribution of CFCs to any observed ozone change…"
DOMINATE & DUMP: Du Pont's strategy, along with that of the rest of the chemical industry, has always been to ensure that once regulations on CFCs did come about they would be well positioned to control the CFC replacement market with a new generation of chemicals, such as HCFCs and HFCs.
This fact did not escape Dr. Mostafa Tolba, former head of the UN Environment Programme, who was quoted in the June 30, 1990 edition of The New Scientist, "…the chemical industry supported the Montreal Protocol in 1987 because it set up a worldwide schedule for phasing out CFCs, which [were] no longer protected by patents. This provided companies with an equal opportunity to market new, more profitable compounds."
Du Pont's Freon Division Director, Joseph Glass said: "When you have $3 billion of CFCs sold worldwide and 70 percent of that is about to be regulated out of existence, there is a tremendous market potential."
DUMP: One proven way to ensure continued corporate profits from obsolete technologies is to create new markets in those parts of the world that are euphemistically referred to as "developing countries". These countries are frequently the dumping grounds for old technologies which have been discarded in industrialized countries for environmental, human health or technological reasons. Hence the Du Pont full page ad in the April 27, 1992 New York Times, letting the world know that "we will stop selling CFC's as soon as possible," but only in the "US and other developed countries." Any technology which is not acceptable for any of the above reasons in industrialized countries must be seen as obsolete for all countries. CFCs fall into this category, as do HCFCs, HFCs and methyl bromide.
The chemical industry has been very successful through the Montreal Protocol in safeguarding its continued profits through the prolonged use of these obsolete technologies in developing countries. Thus the Montreal Protocol permits the continued use of CFCs in developing countries until the year 2010, the use of HCFCs until 2040, and as of yet there is no agreed upon phase-out date for methyl bromide. Consequently, the production and consumption of all of these ozone depleting substances is radically increasing in Article 5 countries.
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September 23, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news
By Amy Woodyatt, Christian Edwards, Hannah Strange, Aditi Sangal and Adrienne Vogt, CNN
Updated 9:32 p.m. ET, September 23, 2022
What we covered
Four Russian-occupied areas began voting in referendums on joining Russia, according to their separatist leaders. The referendums are illegal under international law and dismissed as "a sham" by Western governments and Kyiv.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's "partial mobilization" orders were followed by protests, tearful goodbyes and long lines of traffic trying to leave the country.
436 bodies were exhumed from a mass burial site in Izium, with most showing signs of violent death and at least 30 with traces of torture, a local official said as the work was completed Friday.
At least 1,300 anti-war protesters were detained across Russia earlier this week, with some directly conscripted into the military, according to a monitoring group.
1:36 p.m. ET, September 23, 2022
Russia knows there will be severe consequences if nuclear weapons are used in Ukraine, NATO chief says
From CNN's Amy Cassidy in London
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg looks on ahead of a meeting with US President Joe Biden during the NATO summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, Spain, on June 29. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Russia knows there will be "severe consequences" if nuclear weapons are used in Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told CNN's Julia Chatterley on Friday.
"They know that there will be severe consequences. I will not elaborate exactly on how we will react, that depends on what kind of weapons of mass destruction they may use," he said.
His comments come after Russian President Vladimir Putin raised the specter of using nuclear weapons in a speech on Wednesday.
"We are sending these messages and we're making it clear to prevent that from happening," Stoltenberg said.
"The thing is," he continued, "the likelihood of any use of nuclear weapons is still low, but the potential consequences are so big, so therefore we have to take this seriously. And the rhetoric, the threats that President Putin [is] putting forward again and again increase tensions, are dangerous and are reckless."
9:39 a.m. ET, September 23, 2022
Germany says it's open to accepting Russians who want to flee their country
From CNN's Nadine Schmidt in Berlin
German officials are indicating that the country is open to accepting Russians who are trying to flee the country.
"Many Russians who are now being called up do not want to take part in this war either. This is a good sign," the German Chancellor's spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit told reporters during a regular news briefing. "A way must be left open for Russians to come to Europe and also to Germany."
EU members states must find a "viable solution" on how to deal with Russian conscientious objectors to Russian President Vladimir Putin's "partial mobilization" orders, he added, saying motives of each such objector must be examined before asylum is granted.
On Thursday, Germany's foreign and interior ministries indicated that citizens fleeing Russia could apply for asylum in Germany.
''Deserters threatened with serious repression can - as a rule - obtain international protection in Germany,'' Germany's interior minister Nancy Faeser was quoted saying in the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Germany had taken in 438 people from Russia through a program that is supposed to offer protection to dissidents, journalists and scientists, adding that procedures had already been changed in April so that "as a rule, conscientious objection is a reason for protection," interior minister spokesperson Maximilian Kall said.
Exact number of Russians applying for asylum is not yet available.
UN experts say evidence shows war crimes, including torture of children, committed in Ukraine
From CNN's Mick Krever
A United Nations panel of experts says their investigation has found evidence that war crimes have been committed during Russia's war in Ukraine, including cases of rape and torture of children.
"In the cases we have investigated, the age of victims of sexual and gendered-based violence ranged from four to 82 years," Erik Møse, chair of the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. "The Commission has documented cases in which children have been raped, tortured, and unlawfully confined. Children have also been killed and injured in indiscriminate attacks with explosive weapons."
The panel said that it had identified two incidents of ill-treatment of Russian soldiers in Ukrainian captivity.
The three human rights experts on the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine traveled to Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Sumy, visiting 27 towns and interviewing more than 150 people.
Speaking at the UN Security Council on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov dismissed the "increased activity of international justice," calling it "undoubtedly a put-up job."
The Commission said "some Russian Federation soldiers" have been responsible for sexual and gender-based violence.
"These acts amounted to different types of violations of rights, including sexual violence, torture, and cruel and inhuman treatment. There are examples of cases where relatives were forced to witness the crimes," it added.
Møse also noted that a number of attacks investigated by the panel "had been carried out without distinguishing between civilians and combatants, including cluster munition attacks and airstrikes on populated areas."
Commission members "were struck by the large number of executions in the areas that we visited," Møse added.
"Common elements of such crimes include the prior detention of the victims as well as visible signs of executions on bodies, such as hands tied behind backs, gunshot wounds to the head, and slit throats," he reported. "Some of the victims reported that after initial detention by Russian forces in Ukraine, they were transferred to the Russian Federation and held for weeks in prisons. Interlocutors described beatings, electric shocks, and forced nudity, as well as other types of violations in such detention facilities."
Western countries slam the Russian-backed "sham" referendums in Ukraine
From CNN's Mick Krever in London and Nadine Schmidt in Berlin
A woman votes during a referendum in a mobile polling station in Mariupol, Donetsk People's Republic, Ukraine, on September 23. (AP)
Four Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine began voting in referendums on joining Russia, according to their separatist leaders. The referendums are illegal under international law and dismissed as "a sham" by Western governments and Kyiv.
Here's what governments around the world are saying:
The outcome of "sham" secession referendums in four Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions is "almost certainly already decided," the UK ambassador to Ukraine said on Friday.
"There will be results publicised of something that didn't happen. I wonder whether anyone will even be called to vote. They won't need to. The outcome is almost certainly already decided," Melinda Simmons said on Twitter.
''Switzerland condemns sham referendums in parts of Ukraine'' the Swiss Federal Council said in a statement on Friday, adding that ''the referendums currently taking place in Ukrainian territories partially occupied by Russia do not conform with the law and are illegal under international law.''
Condemning the violation, the Federal Council also said it "will not recognize the results of any of these sham referendums."
The President of the Swiss Confederation Ignazio Cassis clearly stated this position to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in New York on Wednesday when representatives from countries around the world met for the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, the statement added.
NATO (A US-led alliance)
"We condemn in the strongest possible terms the plan to hold so-called 'referenda' on joining the Russian Federation in the Ukrainian regions partly controlled by the Russian military," the North Atlantic Council, NATO's principle decision-making body said in a statement.
"Allies do not and will never recognize Russia's illegal and illegitimate annexation of Crimea. Sham referenda in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions of Ukraine have no legitimacy and will be a blatant violation of the UN Charter. NATO Allies will not recognize their illegal and illegitimate annexation," the council added.
US has privately warned Russia against using nuclear weapons for several months, officials say
From Katie Bo Lillis, Oren Liebermann and Kylie Atwood
A Russian Yars intercontinental ballistic missile launcher parades through Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow, Russia, on May 7. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images)
The US has privately communicated to Russia for the past several months that there will be consequences if Moscow chooses to use a nuclear weapon, according to US officials.
It was not immediately clear how or when the warnings were sent. The State Department was involved, according to one official. The Biden administration has also leaned heavily on intelligence channels to communicate sensitive messages to Moscow throughout the buildup and prosecution of Russia's war in Ukraine, including recently in the negotiations over wrongfully detained Americans.
The warnings come as Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to turn to nuclear weapons in a speech on Wednesday amid a series of embarrassing setbacks on the battlefield in Ukraine.
US officials have emphasized that this is not the first time Putin has threatened to turn to nuclear weapons since the start of his re-invasion of Ukraine in February, although some analysts have seen this threat as more specific and escalatory than the Russian president's past rhetoric.
For now, top CIA officials have said publicly that they have seen no signs that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons. But some military analysts have been concerned that Russia may seek to use a so-called tactical, or battlefield, nuclear weapon in response to its poor showing in Ukraine — a tactic sometimes called "escalate to deescalate." Intelligence officials believe Putin would likely only turn to that option he felt Russia or his regime were existentially endangered, and it's not clear if he would feel that losing his war in Ukraine would fit that description.
12:11 p.m. ET, September 23, 2022
Ukrainian foreign minister meets with Chinese counterpart
From CNN's Mick Krever and Nectar Gan
Ukraine's foreign minister has met with his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Dmytro Kuleba posted a photo on Twitter of him shaking hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
"I met with State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi to discuss relations between Ukraine and China," Kuleba wrote. "My counterpart reaffirmed China's respect for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as its rejection of the use of force as a means of resolving differences."
Wang Yi met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday, according to the Chinese foreign ministry.
What China says: The Chinese news agency Xinhua provided Beijing's account of the meeting between Wang and Kuleba.
"Chinese President Xi Jinping has pointed out that sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries must be respected, the purposes and principles of the UN Charter must be fully observed, the legitimate security concerns of all countries must be taken seriously, and all efforts that are conducive to the peaceful settlement of the crisis must be supported," it quoted Wang as saying.
Wang said that "China has always been committed to promoting peace talks, never stands idly by, never adds fuel to the fire, and never takes advantage of the situation for self-interest," Xinhua reported.
Analysis: Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan last week — but the mood was noticeably different from their triumphant meeting in Beijing, weeks before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Putin conceded that Beijing had "questions and concerns" about his faltering invasion, in a subtle nod to the limits of China's backing and the growing asymmetry in their relationship.
The shift in tone is unsurprising given Russia's string of humiliating defeats on the battlefield, which has exposed Putin's weakness to his friends and enemies alike.
Read more here:
Analysis: As Russia raises nuclear specter in Ukraine, China looks the other way
CNN's Tim Lister contributed reporting to this post.
Ukrainian officials describe 'coercion' tactics of "sham" referendums
From Olga Voitovych, Maria Kostenko, and Mick Krever, CNN
Ukrainian officials from occupied areas of the country are on Friday accusing pro-Russian forces of using coercive tactics in referendums on secession, which Western leaders have described as a "sham."
Petro Andriushchenko, an adviser to Mariupol's Ukrainian mayor, said on Telegram that "the main means of coercion for voting is door-to-door canvassing."
"The commission consists of two people with a ballot box and ballots, and two armed men," he said.
"They knock on the doors of apartments/houses, force neighbors to make people come to the commission. Coercion, coercion and more coercion. In fact, they offer to say 'yes' or 'no' directly into the barrel of a gun."
Mariupol is in Donetsk, one of four Ukrainian regions -- occupied to varying degrees by Russian and pro-Russian forces -- where Russian-backed leaders are holding what Ukraine and Western governments have decried as sham referendums on joining the Russian Federation.
Andriushchenko is not in the city, but has been a reliable conduit for information from Mariupol. CNN is not able to independently verify his and other characterizations.
"Polling stations are located in shops and cafes," Andriushchenko said. "However, they are empty. There are no usual amenities such as polling booths there. The mark is made under the close supervision of armed people. This is what Russian democracy looks like."
Yurii Sobolevskyi, deputy head of the Kherson Regional Council, told CNN that the effort being carried out in his region has seen very little turnout.
"Most people are determined not to go," he said. "That's why this door-to-door idea came about, because when armed people come to your house, it will be difficult and dangerous even to refuse to vote."
He said that the United Russia political party -- the ruling party in Russia -- has been campaigning for secession while also handing out food packages to residents.
He said that the population of Kherson city, which is occupied, had been reduced by half since Russia's invasion. Those who remain, he said, skewed toward the elderly.
The Ukrainian mayor-in-exile of Melitopol -- which is in Zaporizhzhia region, and occupied by Russia -- also urged residents to boycott the vote.
Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram that to participate was to "assume part of the responsibility for war crimes in Bucha, Borodianka, Mariupol, Izium, etc."
"Participation in a pseudo-referendum is the worst betrayal," he said. "Yourself, your family, all Ukrainians, your country!"
Kremlin says LPR, DPR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions can join Russia "quite soon" following referendums
From CNN's Anna Chernova
A woman casts her ballot during the first day of a referendum on the joining of Russian-controlled regions of Ukraine to Russia, in Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 23. (Alexey Pavlishak/Reuters)
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday the territories currently controlled by Russian forces and holding so-called referendums on joining Russia can become part of the Russian Federation "quite soon."
The referendums have been widely condemned by western governments and in Kyiv as illegitimate.
Some background: Parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson -- which are occupied to varying degrees by Russian or pro-Russian forces -- have begun what pro-Russian local administrations call "referendums" on whether to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation.
Speaking at a regular press briefing Friday, Peskov explained what steps Russia would take if the regions announce majorities in favor of joining Russia.
"Of course, certain decisions of our parliament and president will be required, as well as the signing of the necessary documents, that is, a whole range of procedures," Peskov said.
Once the procedure of those territories officially joining Russia is complete, Russian law will apply there.
When asked if that would mean any attempt of Ukraine to regain the territories would be regarded as an attack on Russian territory, Peskov said: "Of course."
"If the act of entry of these territories into the Russian Federation is carried out, then the relevant provisions of our Constitution will apply [there]," he added.
When pressed further on how long the recognition process might take, Peskov said:
"I can't say exactly, but I'm actually convinced that it will be quite soon."
Large parts of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions are still held by Ukrainian forces. The voting processes are irregular, and the process been dismissed Western governments and Kyiv as a "sham," held under military occupation and effectively carried out at gunpoint. Western governments have said they will not recognize the results or the absorption of these areas into Russia.
It's 3pm in Kyiv. Here's what we know.
Russian President Vladimir Putin dramatically escalated the conflict this week, after announcing the "partial mobilization" of Russian citizens. Today, the war enters a new phase, with what have been denounced as "sham" referendums on joining Russia being held in four Ukrainian regions.
"Referendums" on joining Russia have begun: Separatist leaders in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine say that referendums on joining Russia are underway. Western and Ukrainian leaders alike have denounced the exercise -- which will take place in Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia -- as a farce of no legal consequence.
Kremlin says four regions can join Russia "quite soon": Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Friday that the territories holding the so-called referendums can become part of the Russian Federation "quite soon." This could provide Moscow with a pretext to further escalate the conflict, since Putin claimed on Wednesday he would use "all the means at our disposal" to protect the "territorial integrity" of Russia.
Ukrainian leaders urge vote boycotts: Serhii Hayday, the Ukrainian governor of Luhansk, said on Telegram: "Russians will calculate and draw any result that is favorable to them." He said the presence of an "armed man" in each polling station "should force people meekly to cast their vote." Hayday is one of several Ukrainian leaders urging people to boycott the vote.
Tearful goodbyes as "partial mobilization" begins: Many Russians have bid emotional farewells to their families, following Putin's announcement that 300,000 reservists would be drafted into the army to bolster his faltering invasion. Some have attempted to flee the country, with a sharp spike in the demand for -- and price of -- flights to visa-free destinations.
Anti-war protesters drafted into army: More than 1,300 protesters were arrested after Putin's speech on Wednesday, as anti-war opposition broke out across the country. Some of those detained have been directly conscripted into the Russian army, according to a monitoring group. The punishment for refusing the draft is now 15 years in jail.
Russia rebuked at United Nations Security Council meeting: "Russia really felt the hot breath of world opinion" at Thursday's UNSC meeting, a senior US State Department official said. Russia has long looked to China for support in its war efforts, but Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov did not receive "a shred of comfort" from his Chinese counterpart, according to the official. "Everybody said this war has to end."
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince aided prisoner release: Mohammad bin Salman took a "direct" and "personal" role in the release of 10 foreign prisoners held by pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists on Wednesday. According to a Saudi official, it was MBS' "own initiative" to speak with Putin. "Regular calls" since April led to the release of 5 Britons, 2 Americans, 1 Moroccan, 1 Croatian and 1 Swede.
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The government will have to spend almost Rs 1 billion to organize the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards. The organizers have demanded US$ 4 million from Nepal for getting to organize the event, according to Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) CEO Deepak Raj Joshi. The Cabinet has decided to organize the event in Nepal with NTB and Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) the joint co-organizers. Coordinator of the Visit Nepal Year Suraj Vaidya and Joshi have been handed the responsibility to negotiate with the organizers about the event fee. "We are in course of discussion. We have only held discussions on the venue and guests but have yet to sign agreement. We have yet to finalize event fee as well," Joshi told Setopati. Joshi revealed that the organizers have demanded the amount for technical preparations including event management to fees for the artistes. But both the NTB and KMC do not have working procedure to pay a foreign company in such manner. A member of the high-level committee formed by the government to organize the event confided that additional Rs 200 million will be needed for air fares, accommodation and local transportation for the guests and participants. "The majority of them have demanded business class tickets while they will also want five-star hotels. Another Rs 200 million will have to be spent in that," the member told Setopati. Millions will also have to be spent on security for the guests and awards taking the expenditure to almost Rs 1 billion. NTB CEO Joshi, however, claimed that the money will be well-spent providing unprecedented promotion for Nepal. "This is an event with a viewership greater than that of Oscars. This will create a brand for the city. We can also send a message that we are capable and safe to organize such huge events," he reasoned. "They will name the event Nepal IIFA and many television channels will promote the event as Nepal IIFA." He said the event will also provide an opportunity to bring multiple stars. "We have to spend around Rs 50 million to bring one star now. Around 100 stars of that level will arrive for the event. Videos about Nepali destinations will also be played during the event. We have almost agreed on that. Such videos will be useful for us even in the future."
Published Date: Friday, Ashar 13, 2076, 18:00:45
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Taste test: These potato chips had very wiggly shapes and a nice golden yellow color, with a few dark spots on the edges of some chips.
We crunched in to find that the chips had an intense crunch, but that good crunch quickly got overshadowed by the habanero, as it was sufficiently strong to became the real focus of attention. The mango was most noticeable on the first bite, as the heat could be felt immediately and then grew stronger, plus it stayed around for the aftertaste. This should should serve as a reminder to take the habanero pepper seriously. Our snackers enjoyed these a lot while enjoying some draft beer.
Smell test: Slightly fruity smell, but no heat.


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The cultural phenomenon of Black Friday is radically changing as brick-and-mortar department store giants die off and online shopping becomes increasingly convenient and popular, the New York Times' Tiffany Hsu reports.
Why it matters: "The retail bonanza is increasingly met with indifference or disapproval by Americans who want to spend time with their families, sleep in and give underpaid retail employees a break," Hsu writes.
The big stores that used to be the main attractions on Black Friday — such as Sears and Toys 'R Us — are closing their doors.
Big-ticket items with the most tantalizing discounts are more likely to be bought online now instead of in stores.
Free shipping deals on Cyber Monday and Black Friday have resulted in most consumers choosing to order online instead of waiting in long lines in the cold to be the first to take advantage of in-store sales.
The extended time frame for Black Friday deals has led to calmer lines as well.


'Think of things that won't erase, won't go away, can't be destroyed.
These can be personal–perhaps memories that will outlast the destruction of their settings; or some act of good or wrong that never stops affecting your life; or something physical, but non-living, something that literally can not be killed.
You can go big, too. Mythic, cosmologic, religious. What will outlast you? What will humanity be unable to do in?
Your poem can be a list or catalog, but it can also be a letter or a song. Shape it in the way that suits you, but try to find at least three things.
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Well this is a first. Sure we've seen games based on movies. We've even seen movies based on games. However, I'm fairly definitely positive we've never seen a movie based on a game that was supposed to be based on the same movie only the movie never came out but now it will because of the game. Normally something that complicated would have surely ripped open a hole in time and space. Luckily though (I can only assume) we were saved at the zero hour by this site's all time favorite human being, none other than Sir Vin Diesel.
Turns out Wheelman, starring our chiseled savior, is going to be a movie after all and be directed by John Singleton. Originally, the game was supposed to coincide with a movie of the same name, however the movie ended up being canned while the game still came out as planned to lukewarm reviews. This was a no-brainer as Vin Diesel + movie + cars = crap ton o' cash.
Details on a new Tony Hawk game are expected soon. Score another win for my crystal ball! It looks as if Activision has used the previously unheard of two year layoff to change things up a bit. So much so that apparently you won't be using a controller to play the game if you believe GameTrailers' Geoff Keighley who says you are "not going to be playing Tony Hawk with a controller in your hands." Could be that this one is a Wii exclusive that will be using the Wii Fit balance board. More likely though is that Activision is crafting a skateboard peripheral for the 360 and PS3 crowds. We'll find out May 15th.
Speaking of Activision, looks like they'll be combining two of my favorite things in the whole wide world: Modern Warfare and LeBron James. World premier gameplay footage of the newest Call of Duty… errr Modern Warfare 2 will drop during the NBA Eastern Conference finals. Perhaps the first look at this year's sure to be best seller is the only thing that could possibly upstage my Cleveland Cavaliers.
We'll leave you with a couple videos that have surfaced that should not be viewed at work or in front of younglings. The first is from the fine folks at BioWare. It shows off some gameplay for Dragon Age Origins to the sounds of a potty mouthed Marilyn Manson. Curious.
And, what the hell, I'll give you the 15 appetizing seconds of Modern Warfare 2 that wets the appetite for the official world premier.
You can find all three videos after the break.
Please Don't Kill Me Vin Diesel!
This video is rated R. Contains language that may not be suitable for children. You've been warned. What do you want from me? When Vin Diesel threatens you, you GET SCARED!
Modesty be damned. Mr. Diesel has finally said what you should already know! So deadly that even when sucking on helium he still sounds tougher than you! It is well known that Vinny is a fan of the pixels AND the grids and talks about both in this interview with Jonathan Ross of BBC One.


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The Medicaid Battle Gets Theological
Posted By Bethany Barnes on Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:30 PM
If the first public hearing on Medicaid expansion is any indication, the debate is only going to get more uncomfortable for those on the religious right who oppose Governor Brewer's plan.
While Brewer has already been trying to court her faith-conscious foes by using pro-life rhetoric in championing her plan, testimony by community members appealing to this crowd came out more as a God-based guilt trip.
Republicans are already trying to distance themselves from the one biblical barb that was on their side during the lengthy House Appropriations Committee hearing as the remark gains national attention.
"Jesus had Judas and Republicans have Gov. Brewer," said Maricopa County Republican Chairman A.J. LaFaro.
House Speaker Andy Tobin, R-Prescott Valley, tweeted that the comment was inappropriate and called for LaFaro's resignation and Rep. Rick Gray, R-Sun City, tweeted that LaFaro doesn't speak for him.
Glen Hamer, president and CEO of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry (who is a Republican and for the expansion), blogged that LaFaro "needs to be consigned to the kiddie table."
While lawmakers attempted to steer conversations away from morality and back to policy it didn't stop religion from cropping up throughout the hearing.
One woman's testimony was almost quite literally "I was blind but now I see." A young woman testified that AHCCCS saved her eyes from a rare disease and if she gets kicked off the program in December she may go blind.
Rev. Jarrett Maupin flat out asked the GOP, "Who's on the Lord's side?"
"I'm not sure we can prescribe a position to God since he has not signed in," Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills, joked.
Gray said that he was uncomfortable with Maupin's assertions and brought up scripture, which turned into an awkward theological dance between him and Rep. Chad Campbell, D-Phoenix.
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"When we look at what's right and wrong there isn't a clear cut 'this is what God's word says,'" Gray said. "If we want to go to a scripture we can look at what Paul said, 'if a man doesn't work don't let him eat.' You're not supposed to feed them if they don't work."
Campbell then questioned if Gray was implying that the expansion of coverage would apply to people who are unemployed and Gray said Campbell was taking things out of context. Gray said he didn't want to get into a theological debate since that would require taking all scripture into account.
"Your reference was using scripture that was based around a person's employment status so I can extrapolate that to assume that you're saying that we're trying to provide health care coverage with this expansion to people who are unemployed and don't do anything with their lives," Campbell said.
Gray then thanked Campbell for questioning him so that he could say that that wasn't his point at all.
After many testified about the life or death nature of the decision at hand, Rep. Justin Olson, R-Mesa, the committee's vice chairman, cautioned against asking how someone can claim to be religious and be against the expansion.
He said that the point of the hearing wasn't to answer the question of whether or not it is right to help others, even though that is a Christian goal.
"That is certainly something that all people of faith aspire to, is helping others, but I think there is clearly a distinction between what Jesus did and lobbying Caesar," Olson said. "The question we have before us is, 'Is this the appropriate form of government or not?'"
—Bethany Barnes is Arizona-Sonora News Service's Don Bolles Fellow
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Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds
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Katie Bach, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution who was not involved in the report, said the study showed that "we have a group of people who got long Covid and at least up until now have been unable to get back to work, and it is a nontrivial number of people."
She said the report reflects only a slice of the work force: employees with workplace exposure to the virus who are knowledgeable enough about workers' compensation to file claims. It might include employees who are younger or sicker than the overall working population, while also missing other workers with long Covid, said Ms. Bach, whose own research suggests that about 500,000 people in the United States are currently not working because of long Covid.
The New York report also found some optimistic signals. Since the pandemic's first wave in early 2020, long Covid cases decreased as a percentage of workers' compensations claims and of Covid-related claims. The decrease coincided with the advent of vaccines, which studies suggest reduce the risk of long Covid, and with new coronavirus treatments, supporting the idea that if people can avoid becoming severely ill from their initial infection, they are less likely to experience long-term symptoms.
Still, Mr. Vasisht said the agency continued to receive claims for workers with long Covid, especially after surges in infections. The report also suggested that more employees than reflected in the data might have met the criteria for long Covid claims. The vast majority of all Covid-related claims, over 83 percent, were filed by essential workers — in occupations like health care, law enforcement and security services. But only 29 percent of their claims met the definition for long Covid, while 44 percent of nonessential workers met that definition.
That could be because "essential workers might not have been able to stay home from work beyond the required quarantine period," the report said. And health care workers might have "self-treated their symptoms" rather than seeking medical care, the report said, adding "essential workers may have long Covid rates higher than the data suggests, creating a blind spot for policymakers."
"A lot of people can't afford to not work and so they're working when they really shouldn't be, continuing to work while they're sick," said Ms. Bach. She said that the experience of people with similar post-viral conditions like myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome suggests that some people who work despite their long Covid may have harder recoveries. "When people who have a condition whose hallmark symptoms are fatigue and brain fog go into work, they're not going to be as productive and they're probably reducing their odds of improvement," she said.
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Sainsbury's opens its new store at Conran's Bluebird food-haven on London's King's Road today in its latest test of a new-format store.
The grocer said that the store, branded: 'Sainsbury's Market at Bluebird' offers a 'unique range of foods in a vibrant environment'.
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Gao, Yang, Connell, Jennifer Petsche, Wadhwa, Lalita, et al.. "Amniotic Fluid-Derived Stem Cells Demonstrated Cardiogenic Potential in Indirect Co-culture with Human Cardiac Cells." Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 42, no. 12 (2014) 2490-2500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10439-014-1114-5.
Amniotic fluid-derived stem cells (AFSC) have been shown to be broadly multipotent and non-tumorogenic. Previous studies of direct mixing of AFSC and neonatal rat ventricle myocytes indicated evidence of AFSC cardiogenesis. In this study, we examined human AFSC cardiogenic potential in indirect co-culture with human cardiac cells in conditions that eliminated the possibility of cell fusion. Human AFSC in contact with human cardiac cells showed expression of cardiac troponin T (cTnT) in immunohistochemistry, and no evidence of cell fusion were found through fluorescent in situ hybridization. When indirectly co-cultured with cardiac cells, human AFSC in contact with cardiac cells across a thin porous membrane showed a statistically significant increase in cTnT expression compared to non-contact conditions but lacked upregulation of calcium modulating proteins and did not have functional or morphological characteristics of mature cardiomyocytes. This suggests that contact is a necessary but not sufficient condition for AFSC cardiac differentiation in co-culture with cardiac cells.


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Q: Microsoft.ML rel 0.8.0 error in fitting model I have a data set where I have 4 types of data

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*The to be predicted enum (label)

*Trading hours enum

*Direction enum

*floating point values

I load the data the following configuration method, I have highlighted the text fields.

I fit my pipeline like this (screen shot due to the lines of code)

this causes an exception Result
StackTrace:
at Microsoft.ML.Trainers.SdcaTrainerBase`3.TrainCore(IChannel ch, RoleMappedData data, LinearPredictor predictor, Int32 weightSetCount)
   at Microsoft.ML.Runtime.Learners.StochasticTrainerBase`2.TrainModelCore(TrainContext context)
   at Microsoft.ML.Runtime.Training.TrainerEstimatorBase`2.TrainTransformer(IDataView trainSet, IDataView validationSet, IPredictor initPredictor)
   at Microsoft.ML.Runtime.Data.LearningPipelineExtensions.DelegateEstimator`1.Fit(IDataView input)
   at Microsoft.ML.Runtime.Data.EstimatorChain`1.Fit(IDataView input)
   at Microsoft.ML.Runtime.Data.EstimatorChain`1.Fit(IDataView input)
   at Microsoft.ML.Runtime.Data.EstimatorChain`1.Fit(IDataView input)
   at Microsoft.ML.StaticPipe.Estimator`3.Fit(DataView`1 view)

What am I missing in my estimator?

A: the issue was in the multiclass nature of trend, ML.net is not dealing with it the way was intended, instead the datatype of enum's need to be uint values

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