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Short posts. Longer than a tweet.

Permission

Ask forgiveness and not permission.
Otherwise you’ll never get permission, and never get denied that permission. You’ll exist in a state of limbo for as long as you wait to take action. Then when you finally do take action, you’ll be chastised for taking action without permission (that was never coming).

Why are race tracks called Downs?

I was watching a movie last week where there was a Downs I now can’t remember. I think it was in California somewhere and it struck my ear oddly.

Dover Downs is nearby. Churchill Downs hosts the Kentucky Derby every year. But this was a new Downs to me and it got me thinking. I understand where Park and Course come from, but downs?

Why are horse race tracks called downs?

From Who came up with downs? – Harness Racing Newsroom – USTA – USTROTTING

The British and the Irish.

The term downs comes from Great Britain and Ireland where around the year 1500, horse races were held on grassy plains before formal race tracks were built. These grassy areas were known as downs. Later, after real tracks were constructed (usually on the same sites) they named the track and kept the downs in the name. Probably the most famous track there was Epsom Downs which originated around 1661 and became famous for the big race they started known as “The Derby.” 

 

The Breaking News Consumer’s Handbook: Active Shooter Edition

On the Media has a number of handbooks for how to deal with certain situations. Since we’re now all potentially breaking news and media figures, the active shooter edition is good advice to keep in mind.

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook - Active Shooter Edition

There’s a printable PDF edition if you want to keep it near your computer or television. It’s a good reminder for all of us.

Fix Publicize no longer publicizing your posts

Publicize, the part of Jetpack that pushes my posts to Social Media™ has stopped working recently. It turns out to be an issue with the plugin after the last update.
There is a manual fix from the developer.

If you’re comfortable editing files, you’ll need to go to *YOUR DOMAIN*/wp-content/plugins/jetpack/modules/publicize
Open the publicize-jetpack.php file and remove the lines shown here

I removed lines 362-380, saved the changes and now Publicize is working again. I’m sure they’ll include a fix in the next Jetpack update, but this will get you up and running again until then.

Bike Share Safety

Here’s a remarkable fact: Not a single person has died using bike share in the United States.
A new study looks at why bike share is so much safer than regular biking

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