UPDATE:Yes, yes, I know that ATMs have to be ADA-compliant, but still, this one is in a drive-up only bay, where signs clearly say that pedestrians should visit the ATM in the entrance lobby for safety’s sake. The only way a person with severe vision impairments could safely visit this one is if he or she is in the left-hand rear passenger seat. How often does that happen? Clearly, not often, even though someone has added a somewhat helpful addendum to the notice about the audio assistance: “Blind people shouldn’t drive.” Via: Flickr Title: Blind people shouldn’t drive By: GinnyRED57…
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Boing Boing: Happy Sysadmin Day, Ken! Today is the last Friday in July and that makes it Sysadmin Appreciation Day! As I said in my acceptance speech when I won the Locus Award for my story, When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth: Systems administrators are the unsung heroes of the twenty first century, our tireless morlocks who keep the entire universe running. The best sysadmins I’ve met treat their jobs as holy callings. They understand that they’re keeping the infrastructure of the information age alive and functional. Hey, I did not know this. My husband David is a kind of sysadmin…
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Via: Flickr Title: 07-28-07_1237.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 28 Jul ’07, 12.38pm CDT PST
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Via: Flickr Title: 07-28-07_1230.jpg By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 28 Jul ’07, 12.32pm CDT PST
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AP: New Details on Tillmans Death – Forbes.com Among other information contained in the documents:_ In his last words moments before he was killed, Tillman snapped at a panicky comrade under fire to shut up and stop “sniveling.” _ Army attorneys sent each other congratulatory e-mails for keeping criminal investigators at bay as the Army conducted an internal friendly-fire investigation that resulted in administrative, or non-criminal, punishments. _ The three-star general who kept the truth about Tillman’s death from his family and the public told investigators some 70 times that he had a bad memory and couldnt recall details of…
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Fundraiser to feature machine guns – Yahoo! News BOSTON (Reuters) – A planned Republican fundraiser in New Hampshire aims to promote gun ownership in America by letting supporters fire powerful military-style weapons — from Uzi submachine guns to M-16 rifles. ADVERTISEMENT The Manchester Republican Committee is inviting party members and their families to a “Machine Gun Shoot” where, for $25, supporters can spend a day trying out automatic weapons, said organizer Jerry Thibodeau. “It’s a fun day. It’s a family day,” said Thibodeau of the August 5 event. “It’s quite exciting.”
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Australian thief battered in fish shop – Yahoo News CANBERRA Reuters – A man who attempted to rob an Australian fish and chip shop found himself on the losing side when the angry shop owner threw fish batter and hot oil at him. ADVERTISEMENT “The hot oil missed but the batter hit the offender and he fled empty handed,” South Australian police said in a statement.
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The Democrats Contempt Play – TIME Conyers, in his own nod to civility, warned three often-outspoken members of his own caucus to respect the civil tone of the hearing before they made their remarks. Indeed, nary a member on either side raised their voice and the panel had occasional moments of laughter, as whenRepresentative Chris Cannon accidentally voted against his own amendment in a voice vote. Oh, they’ll love this in Utah. What a maroon.
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The Salt Lake Trib has a surprisingly robust editorial on the passing of Tammy Faye Bakker Messner. I’ve never approved of televangelists whose conspicuous consumption while spouting the so-called “prosperity gospel” seemed out of keeping with the Biblical message of helping the poor – it was too much like helping themselves to as much cash they could cadge from a gullible public. But even so, “nil nisi bonum” and all that. Although, I’m pretty taken with the image of Tammy Faye’s spackle – you know, that stuff she laid on with a trowel. Salt Lake Tribune – Tammy Faye Messner:…
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NTSB Report Brief I never knew there were two plane crashes in Lambs’ Canyon, an old family haunt of ours in Utah. This is one of them. (tags: utah plane crash)