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I watched the video rth posted about the Traub motorcycle. Cool beans.

On our honeymoon the mr and I visited an aunt and uncle of his in Idaho. Mr spent a few summers on their ranch in Bishop as a teen but he hadn’t seen them for a while. I loved them immediately.

This is his uncle Ray’s daddy.
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has drawn a Republican primary challenger who launched his campaign by criticizing the first-term senator for having supported bipartisan spending deals, voting to convict President Donald Trump in his two impeachment trials and voting to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.

Trent Staggs, the mayor of Riverton, Utah, a municipality of about 45,000 people near Salt Lake City, kicked off his bid Tuesday with a video in which he also highlighted Romney’s former residency in Massachusetts — where he served as governor from 2003 to 2007 — and accused Romney of breaking promises made in his 2018 Senate campaign.

“The only thing I’ve seen him fight for are the establishment, wokeness, open borders, impeaching President Trump and putting us even deeper into debt,” Staggs said in the video.

Romney, the 2012 GOP presidential nominee, has yet to announce whether he will seek a second Senate term next year representing his adoptive state. Staggs indicated that he is seeking the GOP nomination regardless of Romney’s decision.
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Well this feels a little snarky.
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raison de arizona wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 5:24 pm Well this feels a little snarky.
Perhaps. But appliances have RIGHTS too, ya know. :? 8-)
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Tom Grossi, YouTuber and sportsball fan, is touring the country raising money for St Jude's:

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A good news story

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-25/ ... /102389492

A paralysed man has regained the ability to walk smoothly using only his thoughts for the first time, researchers said, thanks to two implants that restored communication between brain and spinal cord.

Key points:
Gert-Jan Oskam was paralysed in his legs for more than a decade after suffering a spinal cord injury during a bicycle accident
A brain-computer interface was implanted above the part of the brain that controls leg movement
The interface uses algorithms based on AI methods to decode brain recordings in real time

The patient Gert-Jan Oskam, now aged 40, said the breakthrough had given him "a freedom that I did not have" before.

The Dutchman has been paralysed in his legs for more than a decade after suffering a spinal cord injury during a bicycle accident.

But using a new system he can now walk "naturally", take on difficult terrain and even climb stairs, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
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Revenue: $3.05

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(There are a multitude of reasons why this is the case, so spare me the expert analysis, just sharing because I find it comical)
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I decided this week not to read the Boebert and MTG threads. Maybe it was because I was in a migraine episode, maybe they were tiresome. My life has improved. The migraine is still migraining, but I am not inflicting myself with their anger/ignorance vibes. There are two possible new Snarksaurus entries to describe them - "angerant" or "ignangry". :biggrin:
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Ignangry

I like it but auto correct is gonna hate it.
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Phoenix520 wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 9:33 pm Ignangry

I like it but auto correct is gonna hate it.
Add it to your dictionary.
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Interesting chart.
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this is not the onion: https://www.rawstory.com/sound-of-music-nazi/
A California elementary school made major revisions to its sixth-grade performance of "The Sound of Music."

Parents at Rolling Hills Elementary complained about Nazi elements, including swastikas and "Heil Hitler" salutes, used in telling the story of the von Trapp family's escape from Nazi-ruled Austria in the years before World War II, and school officials intervened, reported KNBC-TV.

“These social media posts of our children could leave them vulnerable to co-opting of these photographs by nefarious individuals or groups meant to mock or exploit our children for their own purposes,” said Fullerton School District superintendent Bob Pletka in a statement. "I made the decision to remove these signs and symbols associated with genocide from the play."

Pletka said he also wanted to foster a safe and respectful environment for alls students, and some parents said they were creeped out by the Nazi elements in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, which is based on a 1949 memoir by Maria von Trapp.
So, the nazi kids need to be "respected"
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Flatpoint High wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 8:48 pm this is not the onion: https://www.rawstory.com/sound-of-music-nazi/
A California elementary school made major revisions to its sixth-grade performance of "The Sound of Music."

Parents at Rolling Hills Elementary complained about Nazi elements, including swastikas and "Heil Hitler" salutes, used in telling the story of the von Trapp family's escape from Nazi-ruled Austria in the years before World War II, and school officials intervened, reported KNBC-TV.

“These social media posts of our children could leave them vulnerable to co-opting of these photographs by nefarious individuals or groups meant to mock or exploit our children for their own purposes,” said Fullerton School District superintendent Bob Pletka in a statement. "I made the decision to remove these signs and symbols associated with genocide from the play."

Pletka said he also wanted to foster a safe and respectful environment for alls students, and some parents said they were creeped out by the Nazi elements in the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, which is based on a 1949 memoir by Maria von Trapp.
So, the nazi kids need to be "respected"
Or is it that the parents don't want images of their children in Nazi costumes out on the internet? Without the context of the children being in a play, it could appear - years later - that the children were part of some weird Nazi cult growing up. Context is everything, and you can't control that on the internet.
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:yeahthat:
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Ok, everybody here should know by now how much I lurves it when some jackwad gets sanctioned in court.

After the Finchem sanctions earlier today, Dunford unknowingly sent me “over the rainbow” with this gem tonight.

Seems Roberto Mata was a passenger on Avianca Airlines, and he sez he got hurted when a beverage cart ran into his knee. He sued the bastids in NY State Court. Avianca as Defendant moved it to the Feds.

Mata is represented by Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, P.C., the case originally assigned to Schwartz. At sometime it was reassigned to Peter LoDuca.

And things are moving along when Avianca’s lawyers send a letter to the judge saying they can’t find any of the citations in LoDuca’s latest filing.

Judge can’t find them either, and BOOM .. Order to Show Cause #1 is dropped.

Time goes by, and Well there was another Show Cause issued today. This is one pissed off judge.

Oh, it involves ChatGPT and AI too! Dude submitted an AI brief.

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Holy crap, whatta maroon!
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Really? Serious bodily harm when a airline servicing rolly "hit" the plaintiffs knee? What was his knee hanging out in the corridor between the row of seats anyway? :brickwallsmall:

The complaint as on removal to federal court:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap ... 68.5.1.pdf

The initial reply by the airline:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap ... 68.4.0.pdf

a couple of snippets:

Avianca went thru a bancruptcy proceeding and the plaintiffs claims seem no longer enforcable.

Avianca quotes international the Montreal treaty and thinks plaintiff filed too late after the 2 year limitation.
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Celine Dion cancels all tour dates amid health battle with incurable neurological disorder

Celine Dion has officially announced the cancelation of her Courage World Tour after her continuous battle with an incurable neurological disorder.

The iconic 55-year-old singer took to Instagram to update fans on her health condition.

"It is with tremendous disappointment that we have to announce today the cancelation of the Courage World Tour," Dion began her in-depth post.
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Sweet tooth and all that ...
Black bear takes 60 cupcakes from US bakery, scaring staff
Animal charged at one worker before dragging container into parking lot amid a series of human encounters with bears in Connecticut

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Sat 27 May 2023 04.18 BST

A hungry black bear barged into the garage of a Connecticut bakery, scared several employees and helped itself to 60 cupcakes before ambling away.

Workers at Taste by Spellbound in the town of Avon were loading cakes into a van for delivery on Wednesday when the bear showed up. There are 1,000 to 1,200 black bears living in Connecticut, the state environmental agency says, with sightings last year in 158 of the state’s 169 towns and cities.

The bakery’s owner, Miriam Stephens, wrote in an Instagram post that she heard employee Maureen Williams “screaming bloody murder” and yelling that there was a bear in the garage.

Williams told TV station WTNH that she shouted to scare the bear off but it retreated and came back three times.

Williams said the bear charged at her so she backed out of the garage and ran.

Surveillance video obtained by WTNH shows bakery workers walking around the side of the business to try to scare the bear, but then running away after it scares them.

The video shows the bear dragging a container of cupcakes from the garage into the parking lot. Stephens said the bear ate 60 cupcakes.

A baker finally got the bear to leave by honking a car horn, Williams said.



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Your new hangout?
US to give away free lighthouses as GPS makes them unnecessary
Program aims to preserve the properties, most of which are more than a century old, to anyone willing to preserve them

Guardian staff and agency
Fri 26 May 2023 14.17 BST

Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America’s shorelines protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety are being given away at no cost or sold at auction by the federal government.

The aim of the program run by the General Services Administration is to preserve the properties, most of which are more than a century old.

The development of modern technology, including GPS, means lighthouses are no longer essential for navigation, said John Kelly of the GSA’s office of real property disposition. And while the Coast Guard often maintains aids to navigation at or near lighthouses, the structures themselves are often no longer mission critical.

Yet the public remains fascinated by the evocative beacons, which are popular tourist attractions, beloved local landmarks and the subject of countless photographers and artists, standing lonely but strong against tides and storms, day and night and flashing life-saving beams of light whatever the weather.



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We needz us a Fogbow Lighthouse!!!!! :biggrin:
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Tiredretiredlawyer wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 9:15 am We needz us a Fogbow Lighthouse!!!!! :biggrin:
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Hopefully a haunted lighthouse! :lol:
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Definitely on the "haunted"!
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Greatgrey wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 11:51 pm Ok, everybody here should know by now how much I lurves it when some jackwad gets sanctioned in court.

After the Finchem sanctions earlier today, Dunford unknowingly sent me “over the rainbow” with this gem tonight.

Seems Roberto Mata was a passenger on Avianca Airlines, and he sez he got hurted when a beverage cart ran into his knee. He sued the bastids in NY State Court. Avianca as Defendant moved it to the Feds.

Mata is represented by Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, P.C., the case originally assigned to Schwartz. At sometime it was reassigned to Peter LoDuca.

And things are moving along when Avianca’s lawyers send a letter to the judge saying they can’t find any of the citations in LoDuca’s latest filing.

Judge can’t find them either, and BOOM .. Order to Show Cause #1 is dropped.

Time goes by, and Well there was another Show Cause issued today. This is one pissed off judge.

Oh, it involves ChatGPT and AI too! Dude submitted an AI brief.

We’re having the same problem with fake citations at the library where I work. People are trying to verify citations from articles they find while researching. The articles and the works cited are all AI generated. :brickwallsmall: :brickwallsmall:
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RTH10260 wrote: Sat May 27, 2023 4:51 am Really? Serious bodily harm when a airline servicing rolly "hit" the plaintiffs knee? What was his knee hanging out in the corridor between the row of seats anyway? :brickwallsmall:

The complaint as on removal to federal court:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap ... 68.5.1.pdf

The initial reply by the airline:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap ... 68.4.0.pdf

a couple of snippets:

Avianca went thru a bancruptcy proceeding and the plaintiffs claims seem no longer enforcable.

Avianca quotes international the Montreal treaty and thinks plaintiff filed too late after the 2 year limitation.
This case goes weird:
Lawyer apologizes for fake court citations from ChatGPT

By Ramishah Maruf, CNN
Published May 28, 2023, 9:01:00 AM

New York (CNN) — The meteoric rise of ChatGPT is shaking up multiple industries – including law, as one attorney recently found out.

Roberto Mata sued Avianca airlines for injuries he says he sustained from a serving cart while on the airline in 2019, claiming negligence by an employee. Steven Schwartz, an attorney with Levidow, Levidow & Oberman and licensed in New York for over three decades, handled Mata’s representation.

But at least six of the submitted cases by Schwartz as research for a brief “appear to be bogus judicial decisions with bogus quotes and bogus internal citations,” said Judge Kevin Castel of the Southern District of New York in an order.

The fake cases source? ChatGPT.

“The court is presented with an unprecedented circumstance,” Castel wrote in a May 4 order.

Among the purported cases: Varghese v. China South Airlines, Martinez v. Delta Airlines, Shaboon v. EgyptAir, Petersen v. Iran Air, Miller v. United Airlines, and Estate of Durden v. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, all of which did not appear to exist to either the judge or defense, the filing said.

Schwartz, in an affidavit, said that he had never used ChatGPT as a legal research source prior to this case and, therefore, “was unaware of the possibility that its content could be false.” He accepted responsibility for not confirming the chatbot’s sources.

Schwartz is now facing a sanctions hearing on June 8.

In an affidavit this week, he said he “greatly regrets having utilized generative artificial intelligence to supplement the legal research performed herein and will never do so in the future without absolute verification of its authenticity.”

In late April, Avianca’s lawyers from Condon & Forsyth penned a letter to Castel questioning the authenticity of the cases.

In an affidavit filed Thursday, fellow attorney Peter Loduca said he “had no reason to doubt the sincerity” of Schwartz’s research and that he had no role in the research.



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