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"Elephant in the room" or "Elephant in the living room" is an English metaphorical idiom for an obvious truth that is either being ignored or going unaddressed. The idiomatic expression also applies to an obvious problem or risk no one wants to discuss.[2]

It is based on the idea that an elephant in a room would be impossible to overlook; thus, people in the room who pretend the elephant is not there have chosen to avoid dealing with the looming big issue.

The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first recorded use of the phrase, as a simile, as The New York Times on June 20, 1959: "Financing schools has become a problem about equal to having an elephant in the living room. It's so big you just can't ignore it."[3]

This idiomatic expression may have been in general use much earlier than 1959. For example, the phrase appears 44 years earlier in the pages of a British journal in 1915. The sentence was presented as a trivial illustration of a question British schoolboys would be able to answer, e.g., "Is there an elephant in the class-room?"[4]

The first widely disseminated conceptual reference was a story written by Mark Twain in 1882, "The Stolen White Elephant", which slyly dissects the inept, far-ranging activities of detectives trying to find an elephant that was right on the spot after all. This may have been the reference in the legal opinion of United States v. Leviton, 193 F. 2d 848 (2nd Circuit, 1951), makes reference in its opinion, "As I have elsewhere observed, it is like the Mark Twain story of the little boy who was told to stand in a corner and not to think of a white elephant."

A slightly different version of the phrase was used before this, with George Berkeley talking of whether or not there is "an invisible elephant in the room" in his debates with scientists.[5]

In 1935, comedian Jimmy Durante starred on Broadway in the Billy Rose Broadway musical Jumbo, in which a police officer stops him while leading a live elephant and asks, "What are you doing with that elephant?" Durante's reply, "What elephant?" was a regular show-stopper. Durante reprises the piece in the 1962 film version of the play, Billy Rose's Jumbo.

The term refers to a question, problem, solution, or controversial issue which is obvious to everyone who knows about the situation, but which is deliberately ignored because to do otherwise would cause great embarrassment, or trigger arguments or is simply taboo. The idiom can imply a value judgment that the issue ought to be discussed openly, or it can simply be an acknowledgment that the issue is there and not going to go away by itself.

The term is often used to describe an issue that involves a social taboo, such as race, religion, or even suicide. This idiomatic phrase is applicable when a subject is emotionally charged; and the people who might have spoken up decide that it is probably best avoided.[6]

The idiom is commonly used in addiction recovery terminology to describe the reluctance of friends and family of an addicted person to discuss the person's problem, thus aiding the person's denial. Especially in reference to alcohol abuse, the idiom is sometimes coupled with that of the pink elephant, q.v. "the pink elephant in the room."

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Grand Traverse Distillery, a maker of craft spirits including vodka, gin, rum, whiskey and bourbon, will open a tasting room at the Downtown Market in Michigan.

Founded by Kent Rabish in 2007, Grand Traverse Distillery is based in Traverse City, and is the largest micro-distillery in Michigan. In his commitment to using local ingredients, Rabish uses corn, wheat and rye grown at Send Brothers Farm, just nine miles northeast of the distillery's production facilities.

Rabish said: "Grand Traverse Distilleries is among the very few using the 'grain-to-bottle' method, which means we start with fresh, local rye, corn and wheat, and combined it with pure glacial water to create our artisan spirits.

"Single batch, handmade, one-at-a-time is how we bring our spirits to market, and we are excited to be the first local distiller to open a tasting room in Grand Rapids."

The Grand Traverse Distillery Tasting Room at the Downtown Market will feature spirits to taste and buy by the bottle. The tasting room will also offer local products and mixers that best complement their spirits, such as syrups, peanuts and pickles, as well as clothing, glassware and barrels for those who want to age their own spirits.

Downtown Market president and CEO Mimi Fritz said: "While artisan spirits are growing rapidly, Grand Traverse Distillery is committed to the re-emerging art of craft distillation, and we are thrilled to add an incredibly popular, ultra-premium Michigan brand to the Downtown Market.

"They are a perfect addition to our space and mission."

Grand Traverse Distillery will continue to make all of its products at its Traverse City facility. The spirits also are available at tasting rooms in Leland, on Traverse City's Front Street and in Frankenmuth, with another tasting room coming soon at Black Star Farms.

Construction on the space will begin this month, and the tasting room will open in December.

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Comic-Con will be in San Diego through 2016, but beyond that, organizers have yet to commit.

With an expanded convention center now a derailed dream, San Diegos hospitality industry is stepping up its efforts to entice its most beloved convention, Comic-Con, to stay in town through 2018.

Well aware that rival cities like Anaheim and Los Angeles still have a keen interest in luring a convention of Comic-Cons size and worldwide stature away from San Diego, Mayor Kevin Faulconer is appealing to local hoteliers to hold the line on future room rates during the July meeting when demand for lodging is the highest all year and rooms the costliest.

He plans to attend Comic-Con Internationals board meeting on Sunday to make a personal pitch to organizers and remind them how much San Diego values their annual meeting, which draws more than 130,000 attendees, fills hotel rooms countywide, and commands international media coverage.

Comic-Con International currently has formal commitments to stay in San Diego through 2016, but future years remain up in the air.

While no decision on a future Comic-Con contract will be made at the groups board meeting, the citys Tourism Authority, which is responsible for securing long-term bookings at the convention center, is hoping to finalize an agreement by the first of the year.

Toward that end, the tourism agency is currently seeking agreements from hotels in the Comic-Con convention room block to not raise their rates above 2016 levels for the years 2017 and 2018. It is not the kind of request that would be made for any other convention, no matter how lucrative, Tourism Authority CEO Joe Terzi said. During this years convention, discounted room rates ranged from a low of $161 a night to $380.

Of the more than 50 hotels in the 2014 Comic-Con convention room block, close to 30 have already signed agreements stipulating that for 2017 and 2018 they will not deviate from what they pledged for 2016, Terzi said. In addition, major waterfront convention hotels are committing to some free meeting space for Comic-Con events, and the center itself will adhere to a much discounted rent, which this year totaled nearly $200,000.

Comic-Con has expressed concern over the last several years that its getting very expensive for their attendees to come to San Diego and while they recognize that theyre here at a premium time of year, they feel theyre being taken advantage of to a degree, Terzi said. I believe that Comic-Con is ours to keep but we cant get too cocky and create an environment that doesnt work for their customers.

The latest effort to cement a deal with Comic-Con feels a little like deja vu. Four years ago, former Mayor Jerry Sanders, as Faulconer is doing now, pressured the citys hoteliers to offer more competitive room rates as part of an ultimately successful bid to win Comic-Cons business through 2015. At the time, Los Angeles and Anaheim were also heavily courting Comic-Con.

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Not to be confused with someone who rides the roof of a train, or Atapper.

A roofer or roof mechanic is a construction worker who specializes in roof construction. Roofers concentrate on the application of materials that waterproof and/or weatherproof buildings, designed materialas a substrate for the roofing materials to be installed on, the rafters, beams, and trusses are the frame or skeleton for the roof to be built upon. Roofers must be able to work, have good motor skills and possess general carpentry skills.

In Australia this type of carpenter is called a roof carpenter and the term roofer refers to someone who installs the roof cladding (tiles, tin, etc.).

In the United States, the most common roofing material is asphalt shingles.[1] In the past, 3-tab shingles were used; nowadays, "architectural" or "dimensional" shingles are becoming very popular.[2]

Depending on the region, other commonly applied roofing materials installed by roofers include concrete tiles, clay tiles, natural or synthetic slate, single-ply (Primarily EPDM or Rubber, PVC, or TPO), rubber shingles (made from recycled tires), glass, metal panels or shingles, wood shakes or shingles, liquid-applied, hot asphalt/rubber, foam, thatch, solar tiles, and specialty roofs like Duro-Last. "Living roof" systems, or rooftop landscapes, have become increasingly common in recent years in both residential and commercial applications.[3][4]

In the United States, regulation of the roofing trade is left up to individual states. In California, for example, the CSLB(California Contractors State License Board) licenses and monitors roofing contractors. Unlicensed contracting of projects worth over $500 my result in stiff fines or even time in prison.[citation needed]

The United Kingdom has no legislation in place that requires a roofer to have a license to trade, although some do belong to recognized trade organizations.[citation needed]

There are 4 main types of Roofers; Shinglers, who primarily install shingles, shakes, tiles, and other nail-on products on roofs with 5:12 pitches or above, Metal Roofers, who focus on metal panels, Single-Ply or "Flat" Roofers, who focus on roofs such as Single-ply or foam roofs, and "Hot" Roofers, who work using Tar-based products. It is not uncommon, however, for companies to have their roofers to multiple styles of roofing, and certain manufactures will only allow specifically selected installers, thus making these 4 types limiting.

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Crews have been working at the future site of Freddys Frozen Custard & Steakburgers.

The Wichita, Kan.,-based company announced earlier this year that it would be building a new restaurant in St. Joseph at 210 N. Belt Highway, just south of Taco Bell.

We are excited to have commenced construction, said Lexie Pearce, public relations coordinator.

Ms. Pearce said construction schedules are always subject to unforeseen delays, but Freddys is currently scheduled to open sometime between late February and mid March.

Besides the obvious custard and steakburgers Freddys has compiled a menu of different beef hot dog variations, patty melts and veggie burgers.

The franchise is proud to be family-oriented. Founders Bill and Randy Simon wanted to create a steakburger reminiscent of the ones they enjoyed with their father, Freddy, in the 1950s. The two men teamed up with a successful restaurateur, Scott Redler, to create Freddys.

Mr. Simon, a World War II veteran, was not only the inspiration behind the menu, but inspires the schoolchildren he visits by telling stories of his military career.

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OConners Irish Pub is moving to a new location, spending about $175,000 to renovate the former Perkins Restaurant at 2200 N. Limestone St., according to construction permits filed with the city this week.

The Irish restaurant opened at its current location at 2336 Northmoor Drive in Springfield about six years ago, said Tina Ramsey, who owns the restaurant with her family.

However, the business has since outgrown the space and its owners felt the former Perkins would be a better fit due to additional parking, and more seating and banquet space. The new location will also have more restrooms and a bigger bar area.

Customers should notice few differences in the layout of the new space, Ramsey said.

Its basically going to be a replica of what we have now, except bigger, she said.

The new location will be about triple the size of the current OConners location, Ramsey said. Its not yet clear when the move might be complete, but the goal is to open the new site by early next spring.

Perkins Family Restaurants closed its final location in Springfield earlier this past spring.

Along with a bar, OConners is also a full-service restaurant with about 25 employees. The restaurant also hosts parties and other large events. The new site will be beneficial because there is often an hour wait for customers on Friday nights, Ramsey said, and the restaurant has lost some business due to a lack of seating.

The new space will allow for about 10 to 12 additional tables.

Were a family establishment and we just need more room, Ramsey said. The city of Springfield has been behind us since the day we opened. Its unbelievable the support we get from this town.

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CTV Montreal Published Saturday, November 15, 2014 2:28PM EST Last Updated Saturday, November 15, 2014 6:35PM EST

Commercial rent hikes, construction work and parking issues have been felling businesses in the West End at an alarming rate as the high street on Sherbrooke has seen a worrying number of empty storefronts crop up.

Its hard to park. I had a customer call up for a pick up. She asked is there any parking? I said yeah but whether there will be in two minutes I dont know, said Tony Russo of Cavallaro restaurant.

Sewer repairs and other construction issues have led to detours that also limited access to the area.

When theres major construction it has an impact on sales, said Russo

Merchants talk informally to each other but theres no formal group, as there are on many other similar strips.

Borough Mayor Russell Copeman said that it might be time for the merchants to get together and set such an association up.

There are several advantages, Copeman told CTV Montreal. Theres an obligatory membership for all the store owners on the street, so it provides a source of income to help with activities and planning and ambiance on the street but it also allows the city to allow for face-to-face dealings with one organization and thats helpful in trying to improve the public domain and the atmosphere on the street.

Such a group also becomes eligible for funding, which can help further the battle against vacancies and dilapidation.

About a decade ago the Sherbrooke Street West Merchants Association, led by merchant Necdet Kendir, received a three year grant, and Emploi Quebec paid three-quarters of the salaries of two employees.

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Before: Unused Flower Bed

1 pond kit (includes liner and pump materials) stone spray paint shovels and picks utility knife wheelbarrow hose backhoe (optional)

1. Choose a location for the pond that is relatively flat. Before digging for the pond, contact your local utility marking service to make sure there are no buried electrical, gas or plumbing lines.

2. Decide on the shape of the pond. If using a flexible pond liner, use a garden hose to outline different shapes. Once you've decided on a shape, spray paint the outline on the ground. If using a pre-formed hard plastic liner, trace it with the spray paint.

3. Use hand shovels and picks to dig out the pond shape. If putting in a large pond, you may want to consider renting a backhoe. Dig out a place for the filter and pump to sit on the side of the pond area.

4. Lay out the felt liner or underlayment, pulling tight to get rid of as many wrinkles as possible. Next, lay out the pond liner. Don't cut the flexible liner yet, since it will stretch into the hole as it is filled.

5. Fill about 3/4 full with water, stretching the liner to pull out the majority of wrinkles.

6. Cut the liner around the pump and filter with a utility knife. Tuck the liner into the pump or filter. Snap frame in place to seal opening, according to manufacturer's instructions.

7. Line the bottom and sides of pond with fieldstones to hide the liner. To keep the water from looking muddy, hose and scrub the stones first.

8. Cut the liner and finish filling with water. Landscape the area as desired. Note: If the water looks murky, don't worry. The sediment will settle to the bottom or get filtered out within a couple of weeks.

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