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I can offer you a Nexus S to use for internet connectivity. Its small and you can find free wifi you can stay connected. PM me if interested. Hang in there man.

EDIT: Just received a scammer PM - using /u/democritus20 impersonating u/democritus2

Shameful.

: from democritus20 sent 8 minutes ago https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=/deleted/ Thanks so much if you can help it means alot!

Transfats in the form of hydrogenated oils in baked products are really an invention of the 20th century. In fact it is simply due to a marketing ploy by P&G.

https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/02/03/146356117/who-killed-lard

Lard and butter were used before and can be used again. And before you make the shelf life excuse, I buy cookies all of the time from Belgium and Germany that are imported. They only use butter. https://www.jules-destrooper.com/en

Roads are like the Field of Dreams, "If you build it they will come" and fill up all the lanes.

Great book on Traffic and Traffic design: https://www.amazon.com/Traffic-Drive-What-Says-About/dp/0307277194

A lot of the time you'd be fine, you can check the Bacteria data at different sampling stations here: https://baltimorewaterwatch.org/

If you click on a station, then view "trends", and clink on the Bacteria chart you can see a timeline of when the water passes/fails at different locations.

However, stirring up the silt from the harbor floor is generally a gamble. Maybe you get no human feces, maybe you get a shit ton. Maybe you're stirring up plain old sediment, maybe you're stirring up chromium and cobalt.

If you do participate in any water activity that may involve getting splashed (sailing/ paddling/boating/magnet fishing/etc.), I suggest that you pick up some Chlorhexidine Gluconate soap like this.

There's some sort of "techy" advice that would probably be beneficial too.

1. If you don't already own one, get a portable power bank like this. I like Anker products so that's why I linked that one, but feel free to buy another that's highly rated. I have an iPhone 6s and a 10,000 mAH like that one will charge it roughly 4 times.
2. Netflix & Amazon Prime Video let you download videos to your mobile device. Clear some space off and download a bunch of enjoyable videos you can watch in a public place (e.g. not porn. Or porn if you feel so inclined, live your best life.)
3. Buy a comfortable set of over ear headphones. Fuck off with those in-ear joints, an hour into your favorite adult film and the actors won't be the only ones moaning from ~~pain~~ enjoyment. Not sure what to get? Here you go, Sennheiser won't be the cheapest option but they make great headphones; I personally have owned that exact pair for 2 years and they still sound great and feel comfortable, and I wear them for several hours a day at work.

>We need to decentralize the decision making and let people do what's best for them, rather than allowing policy makers (however well intentioned) to pick what they think is best for us.

Do you mean like the system as it was before Obamacare? When 44,000 more poor and middle class people died every year for preventable reasons? When twice as many people went bankrupt?

First, sorry to hear that your car was stolen. That would make anyone feel awful. No one likes to feel like they're not in control - and being robbed of anything takes away that feeling of control.

Second, I'm sure you locked your car. This jackass most likely had a key fob range extender that just amplifies the signal from your house so the car thinks the keys are nearby. Auto manufacturers should be ashamed that their RF signals are one direction only, instead of a keyed bidirectional exchange, but oh well. I checked on my wife's new car (hers unlocks in a similar way) and there is NO WAY to turn this behavior off.

Anyways, anyone reading this should get a faraday cage for their keys to keep them in when you're at your house. This will prevent people from breaking in the easy way - like in this video. They'll have to resort to the old way of smashing a window. I don't own this one, but see here for a keyfob faraday cage on Amazon.

FYI - I have nothing to do with that product, just did a quick Google to find an example.

Get yourself some wheel locks. https://www.amazon.com/McGard-24215-Chrome-Thread-Wheel/dp/B004UARNHO/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=best+wheel+locks&qid=1563371995&s=gateway&sr=8-2

Damn! I wish I could sell my books for $250. O_O

I hate to shill, but if anyone is interested my novel about Baltimore is only $9 and zero school children were scammed to get it printed. It's a sort of 'Alice in Wonderland' set in Baltimore, where a young girl wakes to find that the city is completely abandoned and goes off to explore and find out why.

If you can wait a week, the Visionary Arts Museum is starting their "Flicks on the Hill" summer movie series with Jaws on July 9th. Admission to the museum is free for the 4 hours prior to the start of the movie (movie at 9pm, museum is free starting at 5pm).

Another outside the box suggestion would be Illusions in Fed Hill. You can get tickets on Groupon here: https://www.groupon.com/biz/baltimore/illusions-bar-and-theater. The main magician Spencer Horseman won't be around and I can't comment on the other performer but the bar is consistently rated a top date spot.

If you like The Orville, you might like The Expanse (Formerly a ScyFy Show, now being produced by Amazon, also a series of books).

The character Amos is originally from Baltimore, there's a novella that dives into his past in a dystopian Baltimore. The Churn.

I guess you simply don't know and did not bother to look it up. There's actually a tremendous literature on mindfulness techniques and their effectiveness with a broad range of issues folks deal with. I'm struck by your ignorance--like a cult? Focusing on your breathing and really trying to be 'in the moment' >is cultish?

Read Full Catastrophe Living, the book that really moved the approach forward...it originated from psychologists working in hospital settings to reduce stress in cancer patients.

>I seriously doubt you have any basis or proof to show these techniques are "powerful."

Below one study from British Journal of Psychiatry, published in 2013 that used over 500 kids in 12 schools:

To assess the acceptability and efficacy of a schools-based universal mindfulness intervention to enhance mental health and well-being.

Method

A total of 522 young people aged 12-16 in 12 secondary schools either participated in the Mindfulness in Schools Programme (intervention) or took part in the usual school curriculum (control).

Results

Rates of acceptability were high. Relative to the controls, and after adjusting for baseline imbalances, children who participated in the intervention reported fewer depressive symptoms post-treatment (P = 0.004) and at follow-up (P = 0.005) and lower stress (P = 0.05) and greater well-being (P = 0.05) at follow-up. The degree to which students in the intervention group practised the mindfulness skills was associated with better well-being (P<0.001) and less stress (P = 0.03) at 3-month follow-up.

>You could probably get better results letting the kids settle their dispute in a boxing ring. Knowing how to defend yourself seems a lot more empowering than being forced to sit still.

...Ah, the internet, where hunches and opinion eclipse data and facts just a click away.

EDIT: added stuff

"From Wednesday morning through Thursday morning....The remnants of Ida will interact with a stalled front, resulting in a prolonged period of heavy rainfall beginning Wednesday morning and continuing through Wednesday night. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are expected, with localized amounts up to 6 inches possible... This amount of heavy rainfall will not only result in the potential for considerable flash flooding of creeks, small streams, and urban areas, but also the potential for river flooding on the main stem rivers."

Grab yer raincoat.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/us/baltimore/21202/weather-warnings/348707

A similar situation occurred in Parkersburg, West Virginia last November, except the discovery occurred when the unknown substance containing warehouse caught on fire - https://weather.com/news/news/2017-11-08-parkersburg-west-virginia-chemical-plant-fire

The Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, one of the research groups mentioned in the article, is currently conducting a survey on this very topic and they are trying to get feedback from people that have moved in or out of the city in the past 3 years. You can fill it out here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/bniajfisurvey.

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Can you find a source for some of the images? I looked up a few articles but there wasn't anything interesting.

That said, I did find the book &quot;for sale&quot; on Amazon and the reviews are kind of hilarious:

>I bought 50 of these and finally my rooftop deck permit got approved. 10/10 would buy again

Wonder if the app can spy on users. Link to android version of Baltimore Police Dept app

AirBnB might be a good resource. Some places offer the option of longer-term rentals. Good luck!

Where in Dundalk? I don't recognize the street?

ADD: Yeah- looking at the route map, none of the streets in Dundalk this route covers look like the picture, so I'm gonna have to toss this crazy back to you all. (I'm counting Dundalk starting at Ponca/Lombard and onward).

2x ADD: This crazy came from right about here.

Dundalk pride restored.

You don't want a box around it. Boxes can do more harm then good because they keep water from flowing into the tree pit. You can pick up a decorative fence and put it up yourself. The ones by my house hold in the mulch just fine.

Something like this

or this

For those who don't know, the legality of same-sex marriage is being put to a public referendum this November in the state of Maryland.

Obviously, I hope that everyone here who sees it will turn out to help retain the rights and benefits of all married Marylanders.

Edit: Producer took it down for some reason; Here's the new link: https://vimeo.com/51832808

Also, this project was 100% volunteer. The only dime spent on its production went to rent gear.

To help, though, think of it this way:

Elections are run by... The State.

So the state must have... an administration or department or something for that

So that department must have... a website

Let's go to a search engine and put in "Maryland elections" (without quotes)

https://www.bing.com/search?q=maryland+elections&amp;PC=U316&amp;FORM=CHROMN

first result: http://elections.maryland.gov/county_status_page_root.html

Maryland state board of elections. :)

This guy gets lots of love from my NextDoor group: Toyin Anim Hauling 57

Baltimore

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lmgtfy

Here is the Maryland law:

A marriage ceremony may be performed in this State by:

(i) any official of a religious order or body authorized by the rules and customs of that order or body to perform a marriage ceremony;

(ii) any clerk;

(iii) any deputy clerk designated by the county administrative judge of the circuit court for the county; or

(iv) a judge.

you may want to check this out.

edit: click on "SUBTITLE 4" and then "2-406", on the left-side panel

PSA- Baltimore City 311 has an amazing app for android and iOS, making it easier for you to track your complaint (or compliment!)

well, I have privacy concerns with giving out information about my past. also, I was just trying to shed light on how ridiculous it is to hold a random internet stranger to a higher standard than the city government.
anyway, here is a source

Well, you don't have to GO there. They're on GrubHub now.

https://www.grubhub.com/restaurant/chuck-e-cheeses-8888-waltham-woods-rd-baltimore/770087

I was there, it's the pagoda in Patterson Park:

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Patterson+Park,+Baltimore,+MD&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=39.289995,-76.583719&amp;spn=0.003566,0.008256&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=58.858685,135.263672&amp;oq=patterson+&amp;hq=Patterson+Park,+Baltimore,+MD&amp;t=h&am...

Amazon to the rescue!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1596298286/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til?tag=thedepstomus-20&amp;camp=0&amp;creative=0&amp;linkCode=as1&amp;creativeASIN=1596298286&amp;adid=02WH00H9VHM3745Q8054

There's an interesting book about them, simply called 'Rats'. Guy more or less lived in an alley in NYC for months to study Rats. It wasn't a bad book if you want to learn about Rats, I suppose.

https://www.amazon.com/Rats-Observations-History-Unwanted-Inhabitants/dp/1582344779

It sure is easy to use. Get it on iOS or Android.

Motherfucking Dougherty's, bro.

Not really right over the line. Kingsville is closer to Harford County.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=baltimore+county&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=39.443617,-76.425018&amp;spn=0.423677,0.617294&amp;sll=39.400122,-76.398582&amp;sspn=0.211972,0.308647&amp;hnear=Baltimore,+Maryland&amp;t=m&amp;z=11

That could absolutely be done. Just fill out the form here with your organization and we’ll help you with it. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=JrEsMa7Gwk-ADTGOZ5zmx7rMB6p_BwBEgy1hwkW9bgRUNUsxRklGMzkyUzA0QzcxMlNaSDZGMExBUi4u&amp;wdLOR=c4EF8A53F-7FE8-934F-9B98-389678BE9126

I also live in Federal Hill and have had mice problems in the past. The house next to us has had different tenants just about every year, and I like to think they are the ones attracting the mice. Regardless, one thing that I believe has done a great job at keeping the mice away is this. These just plug into an outlet that is not blocked and make a very high pitch noise that apparently mice hate, but is hard to notice for non-mice (dogs included.) We have one in our kitchen and another in the living room connected to the kitchen, and once we started using these, our mouse problem was solved for the most part.

If we do get a mouse, standard old mouse traps are the most reliable.

Avoid sticky traps as the mouse is just stuck there, alive, and it tends to freak people out.

There's a board game night the last tuesday of every month at Wind-up Space. The place is awesome, the guy who runs it is cool and they have Dominions, Munchkin and games I never heard of like Ascension and Ticket to Ride.

The promenade is awesome. Lots of runners and very flat so you can get some really fast miles. That's probably the safest in the city. I'm not sure how many miles you log a week but you can easily get a good 10 mile run out of running a loop of the promenade. There are also group runs a few nights a week. I recently started going to one in federal hill on Mondays and love it. I live up in charles village now so I run through Hopkins a lot and go to either druid lake or lake montebello. Here's my garmin profile if you want to see some good routes: http://connect.garmin.com/profile/obz7805

Indeed, it is Fleischmann Vinegar Distillery -

• http://wikimapia.org/2347596/Fleischmann-Vinegar-Distillery-formerly-Melvale-Distillery

• http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-06-20/news/1994171139_1_vinegar-distillery-rye

Have you ever heard of Geocaching? I am sure there are a ton of cool Geocache locations in Baltimore! It's like treasure hunting - and if you plan ahead you could even create your own romantic geocache.

md-ultimate.org lists some stuff.

I'm much more of an expert on league and club ultimate, but you should check out Sobo ultimate

OK, so help me understand here. You say you work full time. If you don't have to pay the penalty you earn about $11k or less. That means you'd have to earn $5.73 per hour working full time to earn less than $11k - completely illegal by law. Minimum wage in MD is $8.75. So you have to be making more than $11k. The only other way you'd qualify for being exempt from ACA penalties is if the lowest price on the health care markets for coverage is > ~8% your income after subsidies which would be impossible, because let's assume in the outrageous event that health insurance on the market place cost you $1000. That means you'd qualify for an ACA penalty exemption if you made $12500 or less if you met the 8% rule - but we know that's absurd, because A.) $12500 is an extremely low income and B.) There are plans on the marketplace that costs less than $1000 per year.

https://www.healthcare.gov/2016-exemptions/

It only took me about 15 minutes to shop around the MD Health Connection. I assumed you're say around 26 years old and earn $20,000. I came up with these silver plan options for you:

http://imgur.com/a/x6VgC

There are multiple plans in there that cost less than $100 per mo or cost close to $100 per mo (I only took a snippet of a few). You're telling me that you can't come up with about $~80-100 per mo. for your own health? Let's find some priorities here. How about cutting out one bottle of wine/case of beer one weekend: $15-20. Skip lunch/eating out 3-4 times per month: $30 (assuming you're super cheap). Find a cheaper cell phone plan: $10. Skip buying coffee, tea or whatever 3x per mo.: $10. Save just a little bit more at the grocery store: $10. Skip going to the bar just one weekend: $20-30. Boom, you've already saved close to $100 for health care. Priorities. Just spend some time doing some homework on buying health insurance before you completely give up and say you can't obtain it when you didn't even try in the first place.

Keep in mind that the tracker predictions are constantly being updated. This morning it showed the edge of the storm barely grazing Baltimore and now it shows all of the city and county within the predicted area that will be heavily affected. Keep updating throughout the day and tomorrow morning to better know what to expect.

EDIT: now showing about 4" of rain over a 24-hour period, which is significant.

https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/atlantic/2020/tropical-storm-isaias

That seems to be a common thought, but prices aren't too far removed from Locust Point or Canton (which are mentioned as well). In the spring there seems to be plenty of places in the 300s (usually mid-to-high). Web developers in this area make an average of $64K, so I don't think that kind of price point is crazy.

Here's the first hand account by the person on nextdoor, with some follow-up information.

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https://nextdoor.com/news_feed/?post=148644542

So much there... Excuse me for going off here but this is my professional opinion: Programming is a difficult discipline. If your husband wants to do it well professionally, it'd be best to commit to a community college and get an associates degree. A summer's just not enough time to grasp it and expect to land a job that pays.

Here's the important thing: there are a ton of disciplines around IT. Programming is an important one, but its an equal among others. In a company of any given size there will be developers, QA testers, operations staff, design, and project managers. Each requires a different set of skills, and at the end of the day each gets a similarly-sized paycheck.

My advice is this. Right now it's important for your husband to identify what discipline he's suited for, and the best way to find out is to dabble a bit in all of them. You can get a virtual host from Digital Ocean for $5 a month. Get their cheapest plan. Figure out how to put a website live on the web. Learn how to install a web server, throw up a simple site, learn how to assign A records and CNAMEs. Try a more complicated site that uses a dynamic language (i.e. PHP, node.js, Ruby, etc...), figure out how to integrate a database (MySQL, Postgres, etc...). This is something that can be accomplished in a summer. It'll probably be shit, but it'll be his. If he gets through it, he'll get exposure to a slew of disciplines and better yet something that will fill up an empty resume.

In addition, here's some other technologies to investigate:

• Version Control: git, mercurial, svn
• Web servers: apache, ngnix
• JavaScript
• CSS
• Static site scriptors: Jekyll, Docpad

Good Luck!

Bloedes Dam Viewpoint and Ilchester Rocks are pretty nice

Right where this taxi is, right? g maps

Those have been back for 6 days now. They remove them and put them back once in a while (about every 2 weeks). I got nailed by it back in April. 40 in a 25. The threshold is 37, so keep it below that.

For what it's worth, his LinkedIn page still lists him as a part owner and his wikipedia page doesn't saying anything about selling his share. https://www.linkedin.com/pub/steve-geppi/6/6a0/457 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Geppi

Np. I put together a thing for PowerBI if you want to play with it - I put it on dropbox here, you can get PowerBI here. I really encourage you to take a look, it'll help you dig into some of the trends just by clicking around.

Some highlights:

• Violent crime is definitely up over the past few years - we went from 211 homicides in 2014 to 342 in 2015 and 318 last year. Violent crimes in general are up, but auto crimes and larceny are down.

• The police district where you're living is the Northern District, which has 11% of the city's crime despite it being one of the largest districts. This data doesn't say why, but you could look at the ACS for clues.

In your neighborhood, which is Abell, crimes reported break down as:

• 39% larceny (auto and petty, 260-some incidents total)

• 9% street robberies (61 incidents)

• 0.45% homicides (3 incidents)

• 0.3% home robberies (2 incidents)

• 0.15% rapes (1 incident)

Play with the data more if you want, you could calculate some averages but I got somewhat lazy at the end.

I saw them for the first time at the Brews & Bands gig on Saturday! They only have one album, Dirty Horns from 2014. I downloaded it from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-Horns-Lazlo-Motherless-Children/dp/B00NE5HGEG/

Definitely a solid garage rock/heavy blues band, can't wait to see them again. Facebook seems to be your best bet.

If the light is on because of a real code, resetting it will only cause it to light up the first time you start the car.

The reason they are hesitant to reset is also in case you are trying to mis-represent the vehicle/in case of accident/insurance claim. If you were selling it, and the light is on because brakes are failing, they might be liable.

That having been said, the solution to what you want is only an Amazon away, and there are tons of cheap options. The one I have cost 7 bucks, got it the next day.

https://smile.amazon.com/OBD2-Scanner-Professional-Diagnostic-Effortlessly/dp/B0725Q6X7B/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1536704940&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;keywords=reset+check+engine+light&amp;psc=1 (note: This is not the one I got, its tied to a smartphone app by BT which is why it was cheaper. Also not endorsing any product here).

Good luck!

Try this map...

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=209810455872301981582.000462ce92750098b15bf&amp;msa=0

If you come out of the harbor, follow the shoreline all the way around the Sparrows Point Steel Plant & Fort Howard, then fish around Hart Miller Island. Watch the fish/depth finder for holes, dips, or sudden rises in the bay floor, and fish around them. Also, follow the shipping channel and fish the steep edges. Striped bass and fat white perch should be hanging out looking for an easy meal.

Another spot to fish.... the supports for the Key Bridge. Striped Bass tend to hang close by on a strong outgoing or incoming tide. Use some fresh cut menhaden (bunker), or live-line a small spot.

I wish I had a boat so that I could actually follow this advice. My dad's boat has been out of the water for the past 2 years due to bad outdrives.

Good luck!

EDIT: Another good link to watch. Updated every Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/fishingreport/index.asp

Bar in fells - https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.282596,-76.592426&amp;spn=0.002417,0.005284&amp;t=m&amp;z=18&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=39.282602,-76.592283&amp;panoid=WBTrgi8PwxlwUKdujn6b4g&amp;cbp=12,333.84,,0,2.1

that's right - just 'Bar'

> essential benefit

Ya know, the right sure does love their talking points right now. The essential benefits are obviously good. Take a look...do they seem 'extreme'? Whats extreme is that we're the only wealthy country that doesnt guarantee this type of table stakes access for all.

I second this. I ride the metro quite often and the Charles Center stop is MUCH easier than making the transfer to the light rail (which doesn't put you all that close to the Inner harbor anyway). One note though: There are two exits in the Charles Center station. The exits are about 2 blocks apart from each other, so keep that in mind so you're not confused when you leave the station. I'd suggest using the Fayette st exit and walking south on Light st.

Here's the street view of that exit: https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.289613,-76.612199&amp;spn=0.002354,0.005284&amp;t=h&amp;z=18&amp;layer=c&amp;cbll=39.289606,-76.613384&amp;panoid=0C1IZ3DUnMOKEW_NhQLzNg&amp;cbp=12,18.86,,0,-4.88

With the orioles game sold out, or on the verge of a sell out. Looks like you'll be getting down there plenty early. This one is my jam

Since Fells Point AirBnBs are being mentioned I wanted to give a shout out to this place.

The people who own that place are great. It's bit to the north of Fells Point proper but you can't beat the price.

Take the 3 or 11 bus down

also get a CharmCard

For those interested in going to the Baltimore Comic-Con today, Groupon has a deal.

Deal

But wait, I thought we're not in an El Niño right now? The 2015-2016 one having ended already, and I've heard nothing of a 2016-2017 return. Although we have a La Niña for Winter 2016-2017, it been weak and I don't actually know if the La Niña conditions have continued this late in the winter this year.

EDIT: Fixed a grammar mistake in the last sentence.

I heard about something similar on a Ted Talk by Jane McGonigal, who invented a game to help her recover from a head injury. She calls it Super Better. The talk is definitely worth a watch, if you haven't seen it already.

Baltimore had quite the explosion between 1815 and 1862 It's population roughly quadrupled. We saw the establishment of the B&O Railroad, as well as the first telegraph system along the same length.

http://www.oldmapsonline.org/en/Baltimore Is an impressive resource of maps through the years; not just of Baltimore, but all over.

Rachael's Dowry is a small bed and breakfast near my neighborhood. It's a couple blocks from Camden Yards and a few more from the Inner Harbor. They have almost nothing but five star reviews on TripAdvisor

Check the @Waze live map, which has all the road closures (Artscape & Construction) marked: https://www.waze.com/en/livemap/directions?latlng=39.297027976231945%2C-76.6188669204712&amp;zoom=15

You can get AMC through Sling TV: https://www.sling.com/

I don't have it myself, but they offer a free trial. If you only want Walking Dead, you could also purchase through Amazon, which has an app on the Roku. This is how I watch AMC shows and have been pretty satisfied.

> Wife just told me, "I need you to buy a gun as soon as possible." She is the most sensible liberal you will ever meet but when rioting is taking place in broad daylight, random bystanders getting pulled from cars and beaten, robbed, having their cars destroyed just 40 miles away. Things are a bit different.

"[A neoconservative is] a liberal who has been mugged by reality. A neoliberal is a liberal who got mugged by reality but has not pressed charges."

-Irving Kristol

It takes between 6 and 9 months, but check out the Nanodegrees from Udacity: https://www.udacity.com/nanodegree

They are certificate programs that cost $200/month. From the website: "Leading technology companies design and teach Nanodegree programs with our help, and also endorse them. They know what technical skills they need to hire for and which new skills their employees need. Because they use the technologies and skills they teach, they teach them in a concrete applicable way. Nanodegree programs also focus on learning by doing so you can practice and demonstrate your new skills."

Right now they have courses in Front End Development, Full Stack Development, iOS Development, and Data Analyst

That's terrible. Buy earplugs and a vibrating alarm clock from Amazon.

Locally, check around Greektown (confusing, I know). There are a bunch of Hispanic groceries along Eastern Ave, even all the way down to Fell’s may have a few places to stop in.

If locally isn’t possible, Amazon is always an option!

uh... what? Are we even looking at the same link? The Nighthawk AC1750 is an excellent middle-of-the-road router for regular consumer use, and the Amazon listing I linked you to has 21k reviews with a 4-star average. 70% of the reviews are 5-star reviews.

Edit: I see. Apparently they are starting to ship the R6700v2 instead of the R6700. Hmm. I don't really know what to tell you do about that. The Nighthawk has been pretty widely regarded as the top consumer-grade router for the last couple of years. I'd be shocked if the v2 trashed that, but it's not out of the question. You could always spend more and get the R7000, which is a great device, or spend less and get the R6230, which is a perfectly serviceable device that most consumers won't max out anyway. Are any of these the v2 device? I have no idea. Amazon has an awesome return policy though.

Edit2: Another reviewer recommends this as an alternative in the same price range: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B00Z0V2NQ8

>How did Sgt. Wayne Jenkins and the others get away with robbing, planting evidence, and lying on affidavits for half a decade? >BW: It can’t be just a simple lack of supervision. During that time, the City was effectively waging war on its citizens. Politicians and police brass needed stats to show they were doing something about crime. Jenkins brought the stats and so, as in war, they looked the other way when he crossed the line.

Damn shame.

>Are you optimistic that the six-member Commission to Restore Trust in Policing, made up of lawyers, judges, and former cops, will put their finger on why and how the GTTF criminal enterprise flourished—and what can be done to make sure it never happens again? >BS: I was encouraged by the creation of the commission and it seemed to me like Senator Bill Ferguson had the right attitude. There were clear reasons why this happened and why it needs to never happen again. But the commission repeats some of the mistakes that enabled GTTF. The commission has not been transparent. It is headed by a judge, and includes three former cops, so it's still cops investigating cops, and we know that doesn't work. I hope that at the least we might get some public testimony out of this, which could be cathartic for the community.

This sucks. We don't need catharsis, we need our public servants that us taxpayers pay for, to do their jobs properly, and if they are corrupt, they need to all be shown that nobody is above the law. This book and Justin Fenton's upcoming book will hopefully be as instrumental in acknowledging major issues in this city as Not in My Neighborhood was.

> Do you have a smartphone?

Also if you do OP, get the transit app. (ios)(android)

The story of Baltimore’s peregrine falcon is one of my kids’ favorites; just read it to them yesterday. Much better than the other children’s book we’ve been hearing so much about lately....

I was here for a conference back in August (I actually moved here later that month) and stayed at a nice Airbnb close to the Inner Harbor: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/15396905. The building felt very secure building and it was pretty convenient for me. The one thing I'll note is that it's about two blocks away from Shock Trauma, so I could hear a lot of helicopters, but once I got used to it, it was fine. :)

Enjoy the city!

I have not yet been, but very much want to hit up Meet27 the only place to eat that is closer would be Charmingtons but that is more a cafe.

Im a wounded Iraq war vet and just started my Company this January. I find that your cost are lower but not by a whole lot when scaled to the size of the truck/ per cap. The main problem I have ran into is once you have sold an item at one price its expected to stay that price by your customers Even though Pork and Chicken Prices have rocketed. But I agree not every truck needs to be gourmet, just offer a good value and general experience and convenience. Check out my Kickstarter and where we are at on our truck so far. Currently I'm using a lent vending trailer from a veteran supporter. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shaneb/hogzilla-sow-squeals-on-wheels-a-veteran-owned-com

I've organized this and these in the past. Attendance is usually 10-15 (non-creepy, erudite, pleasant) people. Maybe it's time for another?

They have a tiny lot so you have to get there super early, but I've had good luck parking at Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary School right across the street from the stadium lots:

Sharp-Leadenhall Elementary School 150 W. West Street Baltimore, MD 21230

They only charge a couple of bucks and the money goes to help the school. It's a gamble whether or not they'll have any room though so proceed with caution.

You're thinking of a different abandoned pier...lol. That one is concrete, this one (next to Bond Street Wharf) is made of wood. Here's the maps view: https://maps.google.com/?ll=39.279482,-76.594577&amp;spn=0.001177,0.002642&amp;t=h&amp;z=19

Nice work. Just FYI, Facebook videos get taken down all the time, so might wanna make some mirrors of them.

I went ahead and saved the mp4s for you:

• http://www.filedropper.com/riotsinbmoreopeningrandompeoplescarsgivemeabreakhowisthissolvi
• http://www.filedropper.com/ijusttookthistothepeopleprotestinginbaltimoreshameonyouplease

I can't speak from personal experiences, but I've heard a lot about Betamore. Check out their 12-week academies. That said, if he doesn't know what he wants, it's worth him taking a free online course at Codecademy or similar website before spending a chunk of change on a summer program. He would probably get more out of a paid program if he went in with a basic understanding of programming, too.

I'm not a huge fan of just saying "audits" will fix everything. What exactly are you expecting to find? Some sort of "GOTCHA!" of a Politician or executive pocketing money funding lavish expenditures rather than the money going somewhere useful?

Take the data on the Baltimore City schools, for example. The top earners are in the MOSTLY $100s range, with the "CEO" sitting in the low $300s. http://data.baltimoresun.com/salaries/baltimore-city-public-schools/updated-2015/?showvals=true&amp;NullVariableName=&amp;sortby=Total%2BEarn&amp;sortdirection=DESC

When you really think about it, these salaries just aren't that ludicrous. "Software Engineers" and "Software Architects", and a wide range of IT jobs in the DC area easily eclipse those salaries with sometimes far greater benefits (http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-Software-Engineer-l-Washington,-DC.html)

So it's not like we're 'wasting' a ton of money on people. I know to someone making $30,000/year $150,000/year sounds like a lot of money, and it can be; but around these parts? Shit that's upper middle class.

You're not even doing 'decent' in this area unless you're over $100K.

Not OP but I googled the quote and found this: http://seekingalpha.com/article/3129276-cvs-healths-cvs-ceo-larry-merlo-on-q4-2014-results-earnings-call-transcript?page=6 (link is to the 6th page of the transcript, just fyi)

> "Under the bill, casino operators would not pay the personal property tax on any equipment in their facility." I don't know if that's a normal practice for other gambling venues in other areas, but that seems sketchy to be there as a matter of fact. What taxes would come out of the casino's other than income taxes from workers?

Casinos would pay the state 52% of its revenues from slot machines and 10% of its revenues from table games. That is a boatload of money. In July 2012 Maryland Live in Arundel Mills (alone) paid the state $23.7 million in taxes

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/maryland-live-casino-pays-more-174200562.html

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/maryland/annapolis-rock-via-appalachian-trail is one of my favorites, they have some campsites at the top. Also check out Cunningham Falls State Park and the area north of Frederick around Thurmont. These are all around 1.5hrs out of Baltimore. For a shorter hike Weverton Cliffs or Maryland Heights near Harpers Ferry area great.

You could try Baltimore's Hostel. I've had friends stay there and they have mostly had good experiences.

At that price point and with that number of people, I'd really strongly recommend tracking down an AirBnB in or around the Federal Hill and Fells Points neighborhoods. Both aren't very far from the stadium. Do a little map research when you look at a listing and if you have questions, feel free to PM me or comment here and we can tell you if it's a good spot or not.

There's another one here. It's been there for as long as I can remember.

Wooden and steel ships were often sunk near the edge of the water in preparation for infilling, or using them as platforms to expand land on top of them.

Here's another set of grounded ships and barges that are currently being used for that purpose: https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;ll=39.249753,-76.584116&amp;spn=0.005691,0.011362&amp;t=h&amp;z=17

From what I have heard, it's pretty hard for a DJ to get into the scene in the Bmore/DC area. B.A.D.ass Raves every once in a while has the first two slots in every room open for new talent. They might be your best bet.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/BADASS-RAVES/182240747544

I have had some success with Handy. They are very, VERY flexible and the prices seem reasonable to me. You can cancel with no charge 24 hours before the cleaning and you can get discounts for regular cleanings.

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This would be cool. Arlington, VA has the Arlington loop trail. It pretty much rocks (minus the douches who speed through using it as a cycle race track). http://www.mapmyride.com/us/seven-corners-va/arlington-loop-route-1102505 , http://www.bikearlington.com/pages/maps-rides/

You can try Patapsco Valley State Park. Park at 4 Ilchester Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043. Nearby there is an abandoned building, train tracks covered with graffiti.

Then you can enter the park via a nearby bridge (Grist Mill Trail.) Along this trail you will come across a dam and a tunnel. A river runs through the park and there's even a nice waterfall.

Google Map link. Some random pictures. Enjoy!, this park has to be my favorite spot in this state.

Highly recommend CityMapper. It pulls it’s information from Google Maps, but the user interface is a lot better. It’ll show every transit option that’s available in your vicinity, ETA’s, and how much they will cost.

I recommend the Fell's Point area, especially near Broadway. You can walk around the water there, it's right near the inner harbor. Best to use google maps: https://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=39.282183,-76.593192&amp;hl=en&amp;ll=39.282207,-76.593189&amp;spn=0.000947,0.002064&amp;sll=39.28215,-76.593139&amp;sspn=0.000947,0.002064&amp;t=h&amp;mra=mift&amp;mrsp=1&amp;sz=20&amp;z=20

Lots of great bars and restaurants around there. Check out max's if you like good craft beer.

I have a few of those in my house. You can buy them at Microcenter in Parkville and they don't require any bogus "cloud" subscriptions or anything.

Basically you set them up and point them at spots that cover a decent area and then set up an old computer with something like http://www.ispyconnect.com

You can use that free software to monitor all of your cameras and record on motion. If you set them to save to a Dropbox folder, then your recordings are synced online so you have a record in case someone jacks your laptop or you want to check out anything while you're at work (and don't want to open a port in your firewall to directly access the camera from outside your home network).

It's a hell of a lot cheaper than buying some commercial/subscription security package if you (like many people) have an old spare computer laying around that you can set up as the "server".

There are also some interesting products currently funding (like Canary) that make it a lot more turnkey but they sometimes cost more and not all are available for purchase yet.

I figure a recording device is a good way to keep secure since people will always find a way in if they really want to get in and it goes a long way to scaring people off as well as identifying them if they actually do break in.

Yea it will work fine. We skipped cable, have an HD antenna, basic Comcast Internet and subscribed for the year to MLB.tv combined with https://unlocator.com and everything has been stellar, except for the Os some of these nights

LasikPlus with Sonny Gohl (I've heard he moved on to another). Both my wife and I did it. Mine was back in 2003 and I am still glad I did it. That said, there might be better technologies out there now, so I can't speak to that.

I have needed glasses to drive / see far for 3-5 years now, but it's still better than needing them 24/7, and I definitely was sufficiently warned this would be the case (I'm now 45 y/o). A pair of regular for night and sunglasses for day when out hiking etc. I can still legally drive w/out which is a nice fallback.

I'm a software developer and often create visualizations for the web applications I create. I'm not sure how much you know about development, but web apps are written in JavaScript and the main visualization library out there is D3.js. You can check out the examples page on that website to see the kinds of visualizations typically created in D3. If you were to go this route, you'd need to bunker down and learn JavaScript and the D3.js library.