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Category: politics

10/11/10 05:02 - 61.ºF - ID#52936

Pride Center Rally Against Palladino's comments


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: October 11, 2010             

The Pride Center of WNY Organizes Rally to Decry Carl Paladino’s Homophobic Comments

Buffalo, NY – “I don’t want our children brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option” Carl Paladino. In response, Jorien Brock, Senior Director of the Pride Center of WNY states: “This is exactly the kind of appalling public discourse that perpetuates anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender violence and tells our young LGBT folks that they are alone, do not have other options, and leads them to commit suicide.” Brock continues” And what is this about an option? Aren’t we past the point of even having a discussion about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered folks choosing to be who they are. This is not an option…it IS who we are, and who we are is very good.”

In response to the outrageous and disparaging comments made by Mr. Paladino, The Pride Center is inviting the community to stand by them in a public rally to protest these comments at 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 12 in front of Mr. Paladino’s campaign headquarters at 295 Main Street in the City of Buffalo. This will be a peaceful rally to show Mr. Paladino, the people of Western New York and those throughout New York State that he does NOT speak for us.

Mr. Paladino states that “we” should not get him wrong, he does not want to hurt LGBT people?. “This is exactly what he is doing;” states Brock,“This language is hateful and hurtful.” Suicide is the number one cause of death for young LGBT people. More gay youth than any other group take their own lives because they are afraid, they do not feel safe, they do not believe they can grow up to be loved, they feel that society does not and will not accept them for who they are.

The mission of the Pride Center is to work with the community to make Western New York a safe, healthy, and satisfying place for LGBT people to live, work, and establish their families. We want people to know that you are not alone, there are people and resources here to support you, and perpetuating discrimination against LGBT people will not be tolerated.

WWW.PRIDECENTERWNY.ORG


P.S. I still have a bag full of aloe!!
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10/07/10 04:56 - 67.ºF - ID#52914 pmobl

Aloe explosion

I wanted to repot my huge aloe and give it some breathing room.there is a lot more in it than I thought.... Before picture, current explosion on the kitchen table. If you want some aloe plants contact me and you can have them. I successfully potted a nice spider plant and a phylladendron.

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10/07/10 11:13 - 60.ºF - ID#52913 pmobl

Beautiful birthday cake

Saw this at merge today...

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Category: work

10/03/10 08:22 - 45.ºF - ID#52893

Parts pix

Here are pix of the parts in the post below.

The whole box
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Toolbox
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Toolbox
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mini zip ties (these bastards are expensive but who needs 200?)
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1 of 3 jars of screws
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3 PSUs
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USB converters
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about half of the cables
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Category: work

10/03/10 08:18 - 45.ºF - ID#52892

Geek parts

I've gotten out of the biz of computer repair tech and have some stuff to get rid of. Make an offer.

Cables
6 USB cords: 2-1', 2-3', 2 -6'
5 Ethernet cables 10/100 cat 5e
2 power cord
1 s-video cord
4 RJ45
1 SATA
1 long TV cable

Other
- 3 power supply units: 450W, 305W, 550W (new in box). Can't guarantee the other two work.
- thermal compound
- an amazing array of screws - in 3 jars! I'm sure that's the deciding factor.
- mini zip ties
- 2 PS2 mice
- 1 toolbox
- set of USB to x converters

RAM
Laptop - 2 - 512MB PC2 5300S, 1 - 667 DDR2 2gb, 1 - 512MB PC2 4200S
Desktop:
3 - 512MB DDR2 3200U 333mhz
1 - 512MB DDR 266
1 - 256MB DDR 3200U 400mhz

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Category: tourism

10/02/10 06:14 - 49.ºF - ID#52883 pmobl

So freakin' close

I got so freakin' close to sand run falls this time, prolly within 500 yards. I lost the trail at the very end and lost patience.


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Category: pets

10/02/10 06:10 - 49.ºF - ID#52882 pmobl

all-terrain poodle

Nisha is such a cool dog. She crossed this creek on a fallen log by herself (i slipped the first time across). I used the gaia map app and it worked well. I'll post the track next.

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Category: home

10/01/10 07:45 - 55.ºF - ID#52868 pmobl

Squash party

An array of squash dishes, including pumpkin ale.

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Category: home

10/01/10 02:35 - 58.ºF - ID#52866 pmobl

I love my office

Babies, grandpas, puppies, chickens, Jill & Kelly...

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Category: work

10/01/10 12:04 - 58.ºF - ID#52864

database job?

I took on a database job that I'm stuck on and would like to farm out the rest of it.

Platform: OpenOffice Base
Customer contact: none
Paid: yes
Estimated completion time: 3-5 hours (I've got the tables set up and some of the forms. I have to finish writing out the rest of it so I can hand it over.)
Difficulty level: 2/5.

I'm just stuck on the scripting. I used to be a pro scripter but it's been five years :-p I went back and looked at my last big Access project and was stunned at the complexity and depth of the app. I guess I build other stuff nowadays - skatepark? better borough governance?

Anyone interested?

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