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My dad is an officer in the U.S. Coast Guard, and although we've moved several times I can't remember ever living more than 50 miles from the ocean. One would think that having a father in the Coast Guard and living so close to the water would mean that I have plenty of experience with the ocean, but in fact the opposite is true.
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I knew I was in for it when the latrine caught on fire in the middle of the night.
I'm writing to you today with a heavy heart. This holiday weekend when most of us were celebrating the 4th of July, a home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania experienced a devastating fire. Three adults and four children died in this home fire. There were no smoke alarms in the home.
Note: This article originally appeared on The Huffington Post. Since its original publication five more children have died from heatstroke in cars in the United States.
Does it ever seem like Washington isn't listening to us? Well, recently the Senate Appropriations Committee sent a message that they were hearing us.
Summer has always been my favorite time of the year. My family does not let a summer weekend go by without finding something to celebrate and a reason to get together and have a barbecue - Memorial Day, Father's Day, the 4th of July and 4 birthdays all within a week of each other at the end of July (mine, my mom, my daughter, and my sister)!
One Saturday afternoon last month, I was lying on my couch watching a thought-provoking, sophisticated film – OK, it was "The Notebook" – when I decided I wanted some popcorn.
Before I begin this blog, I have a confession to make: When I was younger, I was never good about drinking water. I'm not proud of it, but it's true.
Hundreds of families and kids of all ages swept through the fabulous Highline Stages in New York City on May 18 for the first national Safe Kids Day family event.
We all have experiences that are so meaningful -- personally and professionally -- that we always remember. I'll never forget walking through South Africa with a group of people all committed to making sure babies were born free of HIV and that their mothers would be able to live in good health and care for them.
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We don't have any dedicated product managers today. Or, more accurately, engineers manage products themselves.
Some of our recent launches include Stripe Connect (stripe.com), support for Canadian users, and Stripe.js version 2 (stripe.com). They were overseen by Amber Feng and Ross Boucher, Sheena Pakanati, and Alex MacCaw, respectively. All are full-time engineers.
As we've grown, we've tried to be careful about the structures we put in place. A lot of companies seem to naturally — almost mimetically — adopt a fairly "normal" hierarchy: product managers, engineers, designers, project managers, etc. Given their universality, it'd seem plausible that they're roughly optimal.
I believe that having dedicated product managers probably isn't ideal in every situation, however. They're very effective in many companies, and having full-time product managers might even be right for Stripe at some stage, but it's not what we want right now.
I think there are a few reasons as to why this is working well for us today:
There are obviously many great product managers in the world. Still, to the extent that having a "product manager" implies having a separation between the person who builds the product and the person who manages it, a few downsides seem to come up repeatedly:
Many people at Stripe have founded start-ups before (fourteen of us, I think), and part of our goal in shaping the company isn't just to build a successful product, but also to create the best long-term work environment we can. If something is immediately expedient but will lead great people less satisfied over the long-term, we don't want to do it.
In building a product, I've always thought that "consider doing some things that don't scale" is pretty good advice: manually add content, go visit your early users in person, review all the contributions by hand, etc. Figuring out how to eliminate the unscalable parts as you grow is much easier than trying to design the scalable solution from scratch.
We're trying to do the same thing with the Stripe organization. (Almost all of our emails are internally public. How long can we sustain this? I'm not sure.) We've hit lots of bottlenecks, and the claim here certainly isn't that we've figured everything out.[2]
Still, not having product managers is working well today, and my suspicion is that we won't end up with something that looks exactly like most other technology companies. But it'll be interesting to see how it unfolds.
[1] Though this post focuses mostly on product engineering, the engineers who work on other parts Stripe, not to mention the people who work on design, business, support, etc., are all pretty exceptional. I suspect the workflow described here works only if everyone gets along very well and has a similar perspective.
[2] Sometimes, I vaguely feel that "how we work" posts have the feel of Potemkin villages. "Everyone is blissfully happy and nothing could be better."
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Candidacy qualifying for municipal posts within Lowndes County opens Monday and runs through the week, according to the Lowndes County Board of Elections.
Qualifying is the official process to become a candidate for elected office. Both newcomers seeking a first elected term and incumbents seeking reelection must officially qualify to run through the elections board.
Qualifying ensures a candidate lives in the proper district for the office of interest and meets other requirements for candidacy.
Slated for this year's Nov. 5 elections in Lowndes County are:
City of Valdosta
City Council District 2 (incumbent Deidra White)
City Council District 4 (incumbent Alvin Payton)
City Council District 6 (incumbent Robert Yost)
Cost to qualify for one of these posts: $465
City of Valdosta School Board
District 1 (incumbent Annie Fisher)
District 2 (incumbent Vanessa Flucas)
District 3 (incumbent Warren Lee)
Cost to qualify for one of these posts: $35
City of Hahira
Mayor (incumbent Wayne Bullard)
City Council District 1 (incumbent Terry Benjamin)
City Council District 4 (incumbent Rose Adams)
Special election item to fill a vacancy in City Council District 2
Cost to qualify for mayor: $108; City Council: $63
City of Dasher
Mayor (incumbent G.R. Holton)
City Council Post 1 (incumbent Julian Copeland Jr.)
City Council Post 2 (incumbent Donald J. Bryan)
Cost to qualify for mayor: $72; City Council: $54
City of Lake Park
Mayor (incumbent Eric Schindler)
City Council, four, each at large (incumbent council members Lane, Moss, Sherrill, Whitfield)
Cost to qualify as mayor: $108; City Council: $54
City of Remerton
City Council, three each (incumbent council members Brantley, DeCesare, Tatum)
Cost to qualify: $150
While incumbents are listed above, it does not mean they are seeking reelection, though the only
incumbent to publicly announce through The Times a desire not to seek reelection has been Valdosta District 1 school board member Annie Fisher.
In preparing for this week's qualifying, Deb Cox, Lowndes County Board of Elections supervisor, said her office has received several calls from people interested in qualifying for office. One regular question from council incumbents has been would they have to leave their council seats to run for mayor. The answer depends on the respective municipality's rules.
For example, a city council person whose term ends at the end of this year could stay in office while running for mayor but could not also seek reelection to another term simultaneously as a city council member; however, a sitting city council member whose seat is not up this year for reelection would have to resign immediately to run for mayor, unless a respective city's ordinances specifically resolve such matters in a different way, Cox said.
Qualifying starts at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 26, and runs through regular business hours until 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, at the Lowndes County Board of Elections, 2808 N. Oak St. More information: Call (229) 671-2850; or fax (229) 333-5199; or email email@example.com
Meanwhile, citizens may register to vote up to 30 days prior to the Nov. 5 election. Early voting starts Oct. 14.
In addition to the already listed municipal elections, Remerton will have a referendum on changing SPLOST VI fund allotment; countywide, voters will have a say in the SPLOST VII referendum.


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Two men from opposites ends of the world have now found themselves locked in a friendship likely to last for the rest of their lives.
Lanny Martinson, who now lives in Texas, was a US marine serving his country in Vietnam. He was in Khe Sahn, forty five years ago, on June fourth when he was badly injured.
"When I got wounded, it ended up there was four dead and twelve wounded...so it was not a pleasant thing," Martinson recalls.
Martinson's dog tags were lost in Khe Sahn.
That is until Australian native, John Naismith, took a trip to Vietnam in 2011. Naismith says the trip unveiled a long lost treasure.
"And saw something shining in the dirt. It was half in the ground and a little bit out...low and behold it was a US Marine's dog tags," Naismith says. "I just thought maybe I can find him and post it back to him in the mail..."
"We started off e-mailing each other backwards and forwards and then we finally made the first phone call," Naismith says.
"They ask if my name was LP Martinson and I said yes it is, and he said I have something of yours," Martinson recalls.
The two finally met after a years long campaign on social media using Facebook. Naismith was able to track down Martinson. And with the help of a Vietnam Veterans Motorcycle Club in California, the two met in Texas.
"It's very overwhelming...I had to have a little alone time," says Martinson.
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The ARB staff, in coordination with the California Energy Commission and the local air pollution control districts, have developed guidelines to establish a Lower-Emission School Bus Program. The guidelines provide criteria for the purchase of new school buses and retrofits of existing school buses to reduce particulate matter emissions. The bus replacements and retrofits of existing school buses will reduce school children's exposure to harmful diesel exhaust emissions. Sign up for the e-mail list.
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A Daly City man was arrested early Saturday after allegedly stealing
candy from a South San Francisco convenience store with a replica gun and for
allegedly hiding drugs in his rectum when cops caught up with him in San Bruno.
Michael Aragon, 29, was taken into custody following the heist, which occurred about 3:30 a.m., in the 600 block of El Camino Real.
The suspect brandished a pistol when stopped by store clerks after trying to steal the candy, according to police.
He refused to pay and drove off on El Camino Real.
Officers in the area found the suspect walking away from his vehicle at the San Bruno Towne Center shopping area.
Officers determined he was under the influence of a controlled substance and then while booking him at San Mateo County Jail in Redwood City, a search yielded crystal methamphetamine hidden in his rectum.
Aragon was arrested on suspicion of first-degree robbery, altering a
replica firearm to appear like a real gun, possession of methamphetamine,
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|alkanet (ˈælkəˌnɛt)
|a European boraginaceous plant, Alkanna tinctoria, the roots of which yield a red dye
|anchusin, Also called: alkannin the dye obtained from this plant
|See also bugloss any of certain hairy blue-flowered Old World plants of the boraginaceous genus Anchusa (or Pentaglottis), such as A. sempervirens of Europe
|another name for puccoon
|[C14: from Spanish alcaneta, diminutive of alcana henna, from Medieval Latin alchanna, from Arabic al the + hinnā' henna]
any plant of the 50 or so mostly Mediterranean species of the genus Anchusa and the closely related Pentaglottis sempervirens, bearing blue, purple, or white forget-me-not-like flower clusters on hairy, herbaceous stems. They belong to the family Boraginaceae. True alkanet (A. officinalis) bears purple flowers in coiled sprays, on narrow-leaved plants, 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Large blue alkanet (A. azurea), popular as a garden species, reaches 120 cm (4 feet) and has large, bright-blue flowers with a tuft of white hairs in the throats, and narrow leaves. Oval, pointed evergreen leaves and white-eyed blue flowers characterize the evergreen alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens), which reaches 100 cm (3 13 feet). All three species grow in fields and roadside waste spaces. True alkanet has become naturalized in some areas of eastern North America.
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Join your favorite mountain-biking mascot every Saturday for a bike ride down the Discovery Trail followed by family fun at the Adventure Center! After the bike ride, Woolly leads a mini parade around the climbing wall with music, dancing, face painting, and a frozen summer treat.
An 11 year-running summer tradition at The Village at Mammoth, the annual VillageFest has been dubbed "California's Highest Rib Cook-Off". Featuring more than just a cooking competition, this FREE festival offers concerts by local bands, crafts, a beer garden and much more.
The 27th Annual Kids Fishing Festival presented by Mono Council for the Arts is fun for the whole family. Kids 14 and under can learn to fish at the Snowcreek ponds from 8am-2pm.
Spend a weekend hitting the trails of our famed Mountain Bike Park with personalized coaching from legendary MTB rider Cam Zink. Improve your riding, master your favorite trails like a pro or give something new, like jumping, a shot.
Dinner for two at Campo Mammoth in The Village, try a seat on the patio for a perfect summer evening.
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Jarod Johnson and Chris Pelerin rap out 3 hits apiece while Tyler Wright and Jason Fish contribute 2 each as Ticonderoga drubs Hadley-Luzerne 12-2 to win the Hall of Fame Classic in Cooperstown.
Former Saranac Lake standout Adam VanNortwick, a freshman at St. Lawrence University, wins the 1,500-meter run at the New York State Collegiate Track & Field Championships.
Malone's Erica Golden pitches a no-hitter while winning both games in a 3-2, 4-1 doubleheader sweep of Norwood-Norfolk.
The Plotinos of Keene spell double trouble for Indian Lake. Joe Plotino belts 2 homers, including a grand slam, in the boys' 15-3 win while Tara Plotino goes 6-for-7 in the girls' 31-9 rout.
Lori Babbie pitches a 2-hitter with 8 strikeouts as unbeaten Northeastern Clinton defeats Beekmantown 6-0.
Mike Murnane hurls a one-hitter in Seton Catholic's 4-0 upset of division-leading Northern Adirondack.
Adam Chapula belts a walk-off 3-run homer to give NCCS an 8-5 triumph over Peru.
Seniors Sara Hanfield (11.3 miles) and Brad Bouchard (10.5) lead the Chazy Central Swimming for Miles program. 165 students in grades 9-12 complete 1,000 miles in 5 weeks.
Peru's Sara Facteau (800) and Ticonderoga's Jeremy Hall (discus) take firsts in the Eddy Meet in Schenectady.
Beekmantown's David Peryer gives up just one hit while striking out 10 in a 1-0 victory over Tupper Lake. Scott Tower pitches a 4-hitter in a losing effort.
Saranac basketball standout Tom Welch signs a letter of intent to attend Bucknell University.
Art Graves wins the 3,200-meter run as Peru nips PHS 67-65 to win its second straight CVAC boys' track title.
Peru overcomes Mike Zurlo's 39 in the rain at Bluff Point to finish the golf season at 8-0. Tom Provost and Bob Mihal shoot 40s to lead Peru while teammate Brian McGovern finishes the season unbeaten.
Jodi Van Schaick, Kerry Melville, Sue Bergh, Tina Peryea, Angie Dumas and Ann LaVeck lead the Malone girls to the championship in the annual VanDusen Invitational track & field meet.
Lara Froehlich, Jen Goette and Marie Barber each take 3 firsts as Peru completes its season unbeaten to claim its first girls' track title in 10 years.
Dean Gough raps out 3 hits and Elizabethtown-Lewis captures the MVAC North title with a 7-6 win over Crown Point. Bill Cook belts a 2-run homer for the Panthers.
Winning pitcher Tracy Snow singles in the deciding run in the bottom of the 8th inning as PHS knocks off previously unbeaten Peru 12-11 in CVAC softball. Tammy Bardon chips in with 5 hits and Jill Provost, 4.
Billy Gay of Elizabethtown-Lewis pitches a no-hitter, but gives up 8 walks in a 4-3 loss to Westport.
John White, Erick Stevenson and Dan Manning lead PHS to an 87-54 win over Ticonderoga, wrapping up the Hornets' second consecutive CVAC title in boys' track.
Cher Hough pitches a 4-hitter and Peru beats MAI 9-5 for its 20th straight victory, giving the Indians their fourth consecutive CVAC Div. I title in softball.
Tim Newell's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the nine plates the winning run as Redford spoils the CVBL debut of McGee's Mud Hens, 3-2. Keith Tedford adds a 2-run double.
Former Plattsburgh State and Moriah standout Mike Shpur, assistant pro at MacGregor Links in Saratoga, birdies the third hole of a sudden-death playoff to capture the New York State PGA Pro-Assistant Tournament with partner John Taylor.
Harry Duprey belts a 2-run homer and John Gratto adds a 2-run double as Plattsburgh State beats SUNY Cortland 6-3 in the opener of a doubleheader split.
Peru's Tom Moore sprints to victory in the 220-yard dash in 20.8 seconds, breaking the Section VII record.
MAI's Mark King outduels Tim Leary of St. John's, 1-0, with the run coming on two errors. King allows 2 hits with 13 strikeouts while Leary gives up 3 hits with 11 strikeouts.
Junior Barcomb pitches a 3-hitter with 14 strikeouts as Ellenburg whips Plattsburgh 14-3 in a CVBL opener. Barcomb helps his cause with 3 hits while Jerry Duprey drives in 3 runs. Harry Yelle accounts for 2 of Plattsburgh's 3 hits.
Ray Dubuque pitches a no-hitter in Plattsburgh's 9-0 victory over St. Mary's of Champlain. Tom Beauvais rips a 2-run homer while Jack Wallace adds 2 hits. Jim Baker tosses a 4-hitter in Game 2 as PHS wins 10-3 for a sweep.
Champlain's Randy Couture wins his 6th straight game over two seasons, besting Dannemora 10-5. Steve Ashline and Charlie Niles each contribute 2 hits.
Six-foot-four Len Costin tosses a 2-hitter with 13 strikeouts as Willsboro tops Schroon Lake 9-3. Randy Dickerson belts a home run and Toby Ahrent, a double.
Lou Coty, who was 25-4 pitching for the NATO Army team in France in 1962, tosses a 2-hitter with 12 strikeouts as Peru wallops Altona 16-2 in Adirondack Baseball League play. Dan McKillip and Roger Grube each chip in with 3 hits. Pat LaBarge's infield hit in the sixth ruins the no-hit bid.
Yankee farmhand Tom Kowalowski, off to a 27-for-84 (.321) start with Greensboro, is among the top 10 hitters in the Class A Carolina League.
Len Kelly pitches a one-hitter and Ros Spinks belts a grand slam as Scheier's Cardinals open the City Softball League season with a 20-0 thumping of The Salvation Army.
Wayne Ano of AuSable Forks pitches a 4-hitter in a 6-0 victory over Lake Placid.
Dannemora's Frank Dukette gives up a lead-off single to Dick Batchelder and then goes on to pitch a one-hitter in a 9-0 win over Rouses Point. Bill Brennan and Stan Gordon contribute 2 hits apiece.
Geary Andrews rips a 2-run triple and Bob Burdo pitches a one-hitter with 15 strikeouts as OLVA defeats St Joseph's of Malone 9-0.
Deer season is lengthened by 10 days — from Oct. 20 until the end of November — in order to boost the wartime food supply.
Donahue bests Arnold "No Hit" Beauchemin as Dannemora tops St. John's 3-2 in a game marred by 14 errors.
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The Race For The Conch Eco-SeaSwim is a features 1/2 mile, 1-mile and 2.4-mile sea swims in Turks & Caicos in the Caribbean Sea. It also offers a free 100-meter swim for children. All races are held on 7 July, the first Saturday of each July, and are part of the West Indies Bluewater Ocean Swim Series. The 2.4 mile and the 1 mile races can be done back-to-back on the same morning. The competition is organized by Ben Stubenberg and Chloe Zimmerman and is one of the World's Top 100 Open Water Swims.
The races are held at the in gorgeous beautiful Grace Bay Beach in front of Flamingo Cafe, next to Club Med in Providenciales. Turks and Caicos in in the British West Indies. Turks & Caicos is located 550 miles southeast of Miami, near south of the Bahama Islands. The waters in July are calm, warm, and beautifully clear. There are direct airline flights from Miami, New York, Atlanta, Charlotte, Boston, Toronto and London.
Started in 2010, the event attracts several world class swimmers, including renowned marathon swimmer Marcos Diaz from the Dominican Republic.
To complete the 1-mile race, the race organizers recommend that swimmers should be able to swim comfortably in a pool or open water for 45 minutes or less without stopping. To complete the 2.4-mile race, participants should be able to swim 2 miles comfortably under 90 minutes. The swim is aimed at both competitive and recreational swimmers.
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Louis Vuitton LU Epi Saint Jacques Shoulder Bag- Made in France, 8/10 Condition
Title: Louis Vuitton LU Epi Saint Jacques Shoulder Bag- Made in France, 8/10 Condition
Brand Name: Louis Vuitton
Item Type: Handbags
Item: Shoulder bag
Made In: France
Gender: Women
Material: Leather
Dimensions: 9" L x 9.75" H x 4" W/ 23 cm L x 25 cm H x 40.5 cm W
Shoulder Drop: 11"/ 28 cm
Outside Condition: 8/10
Inside Condition: 8/10
Line: Epi
Model: Saint Jaques
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Known worldwide, Louis Vuitton is one of the most notable names in fashion. It was founded in 1854 and has been growing ever since. High quality materials and attention to detail are part of what keeps people buying this brand.
Louis Vuitton began manufacturing trunks in Paris in 1854, and the company he started went on to become one of the world's most famous makers of luxury goods, known especially for its designer luggage pattern: a beige-on-chestnut monogram, "LV." Vuitton's high-quality travelling trunks were such a hit that he had to expand his factory within a few years, relocating to Asniéres in 1860. As the years went by the Vuitton line gained international recognition, thanks in part to a bronze medal at the 1867 World's Fair and a gold medal at the 1889 World's Fair, both held in Paris. After Louis died in 1892, his son, Georges, took the company to new heights, developing what is recognized as the first "designer label" on a product. (Widespread copying of Vuitton patterns pushed Georges to design the distinctive "LV" monogram.) Vuitton's luggage company has since become a world leader in luxury consumer goods, with products that include travel books, perfume, distilled spirits and designer clothing.
Louis Vuitton has become a sort of status symbol over the years, with the popularity continuously growing.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. Event facilities measuring 646 square feet (60 square meters) include a meeting/conference room. This Goussainville hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a television in the lobby. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Comfort Hotel CDG Goussainville is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 50
- Number of floors - 5
- Bar/lounge
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Computer station
- One meeting room
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Conference space size (meters) - 60
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (feet) - 646
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Television in lobby
- Free Wi-Fi
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
Free self parking
- Room Amenities
- Coffee/tea maker
- Hair dryer
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Satellite TV service
- Free Wi-Fi
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
- Dining
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Comfort Hotel CDG Goussainville has a restaurant on site.
- Accessibility
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
Comfort Hotel CDG Goussainville Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at noon
Special check-in instructions:Guests planning to arrive outside of the regular check-in hours should contact the hotel in advance to arrange an alternate check-in time. Contact details can be found in the booking confirmation received after reservations are made via this website.Front desk hours are limited on Sunday and Monday as follows:Sunday: 7 AM - Noon and 5 - 9 PMMonday: Noon - 11 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets allowed, Only dogs and cats are allowed, Pet maximum weight in kg is 8
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
- Breakfast fee: EUR 10 per person (approximately)
- Pet fee: EUR 12.00 per pet, per day
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This hotel has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.


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NORMAN — One person was injured in structure fire in far east Norman Saturday morning, east of Lake Thunderbird.
Norman firefighters responded to 16415 Kasey Drive where they found the occupant of a manufactured home suffering from burns to the head and neck area, said Deputy Fire Chief Jim Bailey. Firefighters treated the adult male who was later transported to Norman Regional Hospital by EMSStat.
It took crews about 45 minutes to extinguish the fire, which was called in around 8 a.m. Saturday. The home had heavy fire showing upon Norman firefighters' arrival, Bailey said.
There is a preliminary damage estimate of $15,000 to both the structure and contents. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Norman Fire Marshals office, he said.
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Though the budget measures were quickly and unanimously approved, the New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. board of trustees heard the concerns of a mother whose daughter was severely beaten at New Albany High School prior to fall break.
Madeline Hamby told the board that her daughter, Kayla, has permanent hearing loss in her right ear because of an attack Hamby said was the result of bullying.
She said though the students involved were suspended for five days, she didn't think the punishment was harsh enough.
"The children were only given five days suspension..." Hamby said. "But five days suspension from school is not good enough. My daughter fears going back to school and I don't know if I'm going to let her go back."
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My update: Somewhere in the tww I believe. I haven't been doing any tracking or temping or anything so I am just going based on signs and symptoms. I think I am about half way through. Not too hopeful as I am working on accepting the fact that I will most likely never get pregnant on my own. Looks like adoption may be pushed off until the new year. I work in retail and we are about to get into our busy season. I am however looking for a new job and my DH got a long term sub job (he is a teacher) so that could pan out to something more permanent which I think I would get more serious about a new job then. Don't mean to ramble...just haven't been on in a while. Not sure what stage we are at as we are trying to get pregnant but not really TRYING if that makes any sense...
Good luck to all you lovely ladies. I hope you don't mind me stopping in to update you all and start the Monday update!
My update: Should O this week. Started using the last of my cheap opk, enough to take 2 tests each day for this whole week. We've managed to bd every other day lately, so we'll keep that up and maybe even try to get in a few consecutive days just to be safe. I am really really hoping for a positive opk before Saturday, because we probably won't get a chance to bd this weekend. The calendar says Friday, so fingers crossed!
My update- CD25 and since I have company coming this Thursday I decided to test and I got a hpt, from a test that expired last month, and a -hpt, from a $ store one, so I called the RE office for a blood test and it came out to be positive but very early. So I go back Wednesday to check my numbers again. My prog. numbers were very good so that was reassuring because my last m/c my prog #'s were low (below 10) now they were 29. My HCG #26. I'm keeping my fingers crossed because I think this was my last chance for a drug cycle. Please wish me luck!
Have a great week everybody!
Kristin: I hope everything works out with your job and your husband's job. Sometimes things have a way of falling into place all at once. Are you considering IVF or just looking to adoption? Good luck with whatever you choose!
Britt: Sending you O vibes...good luck I hope you find time to BD!
Perry: Sounds like good news for you!! Good luck!
My update: CD 19 for me. We BD a few times while on vacation and then every other night since day 14. Fingers crossed. I really hope this is the month because then I will not have to make a decision about the letrozole I had a dream the other night that I had a baby. Maybe its a sign?? Good luck to all this month!
Perry-that is great news. Keep us posted but positive thoughts to you.
Kay- congrats on dh's job. I am a teacher and it isn't easy. I also understand retail as that is what my husband does. Keep us posted on your 2ww. It is a long time to go not knowing anything.
Britt-sending o vibes and o sign vibes your way.
Michelle- those dreams are great. It's such a nice feeling but sad when you wake up to feeling empty?
Good luck and baby dust to all.
Michelle- Dreams do come true, GL.
Basteach- Hope your 2ww goes by quickly with great results at the end. Hopefully AF goes on a 9 month vacation. About the feeling, it does subside when you get another positive obviously but what worked for me was keeping very busy. I took a stained glass class to help me focus on other things. HTH
IVF is so expensive in U.S.A that's why we've decided (if we don't get pregnant again till next summer) to do IVF hopefully next summer in Europe b/c is way cheaper plus my family lives there so it's easier for me.
Britt: Hopefully you ovulate before the weekend but if you BD on friday and ovulation happens during the weekend you should be ok.
perry: That's great news,I am keeping my fingers crossed for you.KUP.
B: Hang in there,it's very hard when you see other pregnant women.I don't think that feeling ever goes away but hopefully you'll get a BFP soon.
Michelle: I really hope this is your month too.With my second pregnancy I dreamed that I got a BFP and I got one three days later so maybe that was a sign.
My update: CD# 22,in the 2ww.I have a feeling we are not going to have another baby at least not the natural way so the last couple of cycles I have been relaxed,it's really weird.I was really sick last week,I had a bad cold so we didn't BD a lot,3 times and normally I would be stressing out that maybe we lost our chance but I don't feel anything.Also,when I tested last cycle and I saw the BFN I didn't get upset at all,usually I get super sad and cry a bit.Instead I said to my self:"oh,well".
I think I am super scared that even if I get a BFP I will have another m/c and I am not sure I will be able to handle that.
I rather not get pregnant at all than have another m/c.
Sorry for the long update ladies.
Perry- Congrats girl!! It is still early for it but a positive is a positive and I will be keeping you in my daily prayers..
I lurk often but am not ready to come back yet..hope you all understand..
My update: I am in my 2ww which it seems like a lot of us are. CD22, so as usual I am driving myself nuts. I wish there was a way they could just look in my belly and see if anything is going on that way I would know. I have no patience!
Perry: Congrats! Sending prayers
Bas: I know how you feel. I should be preggo too. M/c in May. It is hard. I just took on a job as a nanny for a couple that my dh works with. Believe it or not that has helped me a lot. The kids keep me busy and they are so fun to be around!
Looking forward to reading a lot of positives!! Fingers crossed (toes too)
BFP! April 2012!
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Perry- Tons of sticky vibes sent your way!
Good luck, baby dust, O vibes to everyone else!
Vybe77- Thinking of you often and I hope things are getting better and that your doing well.
Mini update- My numbers didn't go up as high as they would like. It went from 25.8 to 38 and it should be at least 41. They said they like the numbers to go up by 1.6. I do have to go back Friday for another blood test because they said since I was so early testing they would like to see if my numbers go over 100. What confuses me is they keep saying I tested really very early so that's probably why my numbers are still low. My questions are 1. I did the HCG shot on CD 12 and I was to test no earlier than 10 days later but test 2 wks later CD 26. Well I tested on CD 25, is that too early? Question 2. My normal cycles are 27-28 days 98% of the time so now when I went back for blood test #2 and my number was only 38 has anybody been in this situation or know anybody that had positive results? Thanks for any info.
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Republican Keith Rothfus of Sewickley defeated incumbent Democratic Rep. Mark Critz of Johnstown, Cambria County, by a margin of 52 to 48 percent to win election in the newly re-drawn Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District.
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Currently in Congress, as Americans lose confidence in our foreign policy, there is a little known battle playing out that has drastic First Amendment implications. Large communications companies such as BellSouth and Verizon are fighting hard to create a "tiered" internet, where those who pay more get the best access.
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Apple rumored to be working on both A5X and A6 chipsets for next generation devices
iMore heard Apple was going quad-core with a full on, next generation A6-powered iPad 3, so did Bloomberg, but The Verge heard dual core and strings have been found identifying a less ambitious A5X chipset instead. Which one is it? Both? Neither? Mark Gurman from 9to5Mac thinks it's almost certainly both.
Going by this naming scheme, the next major iOS device processor revamp (A6, not A5X) would be called the S5L8950X. Now, we have discovered evidence that Apple is working on that specific chip. Deep in the iOS 5.1 betas (as shown below) sits references to two next-generation iOS device chips: the previously discussed S5L8945X and this brand-new S5L8950X. While nobody has found this 50X (A6) chip in the code until now, we can report that both next-generation processors entered the iOS code simultaneously. This would seem to indicate that Apple has been working on two next-generation chips.
Why there are two new chipsets in the works is anyone's guess. Mark thinks Apple A6 may be bound for the iPad 3, while the Apple A5X goes to the less demanding Apple TV 3. The less powerful chip could also go to an updated, but still lower priced iPad 2, or something we haven't even seen yet, like the long-rumored Apple iTV television.
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After 5 years or whatever of iOS device, why do people continue to speculate that there will be a "less expensive" version of a new device, even though this has never happened? If you want a cheaper iPad, you get the last generation. If you want a chapter iPhone, you get the last generation. What point would there be in Apple suddenly changing this business model?
Take that with a 7, 8, 9.7, and 12 inch grain of salt.
"Take that with a 7, 8, 9.7, and 12 inch grain of salt."
So why the two referenced processors? Apple TV 3?
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Exactly, they kept previous versions on the market. They didn't release an iPhone 3GSX when the iPhone 4 came out as a "slightly upgraded but less expensive" option. If you don't want to pay for the newest model, you get the previous one.
That's okay, though... it makes for better "news" to talk about a 7-inch iPad or an iPad 2S with a faster processor but no retina display that will be released to compete more directly with the Fire.
Just like the iPhone 3 and 3s, as well as the iPhone 4 and 4s, there will most likely be an iPad upgrade to the iPad 2 with a name like iPad2s.... Which is just an updated iPad 2. Unless Apple places an A6 chip in the next iPad, it will be nothing more than an upgraded iPad 2.
I believe that given Apple's track record, the next iPad will just be an upgrade of the iPad 2 with no major redesign so a chip like the A5x would be appropriate. The "x" for extra or extreme will be required for the new display, but little else.
Who says it has to be both in iPads why not in iPhone.
Also unless Apple is ussing Tegra 3 there is no other quad-core that I know of and Apple uses Samsung in the Past and m they have is dual-core also quad-core has not been out long enough.
It's this simple:
A5 dual-core: iPad 3, iPhone 5, Apple TV 3.
A6 quad-core: MacBook Air.
This sounds right to me. We're already hitting the limits of the original iPad's hardware as newer apps are released. Adobe Photoshop Touch is just the latest example. A quad core iPad leaps ahead of all other iOS devices dramatically in processing power. As much as I'd love for my next iPad to have a quad core chip, it would accelerate the development of apps that are incompatible with older iPhones and iPads. These portable devices really don't need that much power. But a MacBook Air would.
Here is just a thought..... The tegra 3 quad core chips don't support lte yet, so is it possible that the a6 quad core doesn't support lte yet either? Using that theory, the a6 chip could be for wifi and non lte iPads/ iPhones while the a5x could be for the lte chipset . That trade off could also possible help balance battery life. Hey till the official announcement it's all speculation anyway
Perhaps they'll keep the iPhone dual core and put the quad core in the iPad? Or there will be two screen sizes of iPad? Won't know for sure until the iPad announcement.
Isn't it common knowledge that Apple is working on more than one project associated with a product line (ie: more than one iPhone design,) then wouldn't it stand that they may also be working on more than one chipset design.
Maybe a summer release iPod Touch with the A5X? IPhone has the spotlight in fall now, and the Touch didn't get a hardware bump last year, so a summer announcement of new Touches would give Apple that summer hardware event each year back, between the two huge bookends in the spring and fall. I could also see it used in the "single purpose" Apple TV 3, and that device saved for such a summer event as well, as it would get lost at a new iPad or IPhone announcement.
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By LIBBY CLUETT
Downtown Mineral Wells was abuzz with youth and adults busy washing windows.
Because they could.
This was a part of New River Fellowship's spring break for about 40 students, from fifth through 12th grades, and their second year to participate in Mission Mineral Wells.
Monday through Wednesday afternoons, "we have gone around town doing random acts of kindness, which included washing windows for the downtown businesses, pumping gas for people [and] washing car windows at gas stations," said Dan Rasmussen, campus pastor for New River Fellowship in Mineral Wells.
But those were just some of the acts the fellowship performed.
Rasmussen said they also wrote uplifting notes and placed them on cars in parking lots and brought Sonic drinks to the Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce and a few other businesses. The group also purchased domino games and took them to the Mineral Wells Senior Center and played with the seniors.
"We put together 270 food bags, which is enough to feed the needs of Strawn, Mingus and Graford," he said of their work at They also worked at New Haven Helping Hands.
The kids not only came from here, but also from Weatherford, Brock and Aledo.
"In the mornings we have partnered with Palo Pinto Baptist Association churches, including Leaning Tree Church and Rock Creek Baptist Church, and did Vacation Bible School at Travis Elementary," he explained, adding that another group of churches was also having a program at Houston Elementary School.
New River Fellowship wants to take root in Mineral Wells.
"We are called as a church to Mineral Wells and will be establishing a campus here in the near future," said Rasmussen. "We are actively searching for a location and are praying that God will open the right place for us. Until that happens, we want to take every opportunity to bless and serve our community. Mission Mineral Wells has been a great way to do that. We want our students to serve and love, like Christ, in everything we do and develop a passion for serving others.


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Officials are floating a proposal to combine Bluefield's two merchants associations as part of ongoing efforts to revitalize the local economy.
Economic Development Director Greg Shrewsbury said he feels combining the Downtown Merchant's Association and South Bluefield Merchant's Association into a single group could benefit the city economically. Shrewsbury said the proposal will be discussed with local merchants at an upcoming economic development meeting.
"We are actually going to be having a meeting this month with local merchants," Shrewsbury said. "We want to — as part of our economic plan — have one merchants association for the entire city versus having several small merchants associations. Having one merchants association gives the city more leverage than having several small organizations. We also want to start pulling businesses in to the Team Blue concept merging that into a shop local campaign."
Some business-owners in the city are wary of whether or not combining the two associations would benefit the local economy overall.
Art Riley, president of the Downtown Merchants Association, said he is not personally in favor of a single merchants association but that other downtown merchants might feel differently.
"We have shied away from one merchants association because of the diversity of the kind of stores and businesses we have in the two different areas," Riley said. "There is a one-mile stretch there from the top of the hill there that is a no-man's land. I would have to take this decision before our membership. We have a street fair that we hold every year whereas South Bluefield holds Lemonade Day's every year. I am personally not in favor of this, but it is up to our membership. I am sure this will be suggested as part of the downtown revitalization plan."
Riley said the idea of combining the two merchants association has been discussed in the past, but never acted upon due to differences between the groups.
"We have addressed this issue before and it has not worked out," Riley said. "The subject of combining the two has been brought up in the past, but it has never been done. We have certainly worked very hard with the South Bluefield Merchants Association in different events and to get our city moving again. Jeri Ball does a great job in South Bluefield. I will be more than happy to take it to our membership, but I personally view it would be counterproductive. If this is brought up, we will ask our membership to consider it."
However, other merchants believe changes must be made due to the present economic climate. Jeri Ball owns Manicures and More and served as president of the South Bluefield Merchants Association for 10 years. Ball said she recently stepped down from the position because she feels merchants from all areas of the city need to band together due to the current state of the economy.
"I was the president of the South Bluefield merchants Association for 10 years," Ball said. "It was mostly our association that was involved in things like Lemonade Days. This year, I gave my resignation because I feel we need to pull together because of all the businesses we are losing in the area. I think we should have one Bluefield merchants association for the city of Bluefield personally because we are seeing so many doors closing."
Ball said she feels having a single merchants association could benefit the city as a whole.
"I don't know how other businesses owners in the area feel, but I feel divided we fall together we stand as the old adage goes," she said. "I think we could accomplishmore as one Bluefield merchants association as opposed to downtown and south Bluefield. I don't know what we might do as far as leadership for a larger merchants association, but I feel both sides should have a leadership position representing south Bluefield and downtown. I feel both sides should pick teams to make this organization up."
In the end, Ball said it will take a consensus of Bluefield business-owners to decide whether or not the two area merchants associations should be combined.
"I think people will change their minds about how they feel about this issue due to the economy," Ball said. "I held my office for so long, and no one has really shown an interest to take over the South Bluefield Merchants Association. I think now would be a good time for us to get together and become one association. I think city officials should talk with our individual businesses to see how we can become one and work as a team."
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Royal Mail customers are being warned that new delivery routes could affect what time they get their post.
The company is reorganising its routes as it now delivers more parcels, because of a growing number of people who shop online. The majority of customers will continue to get their mail by lunchtime, but some could receive it earlier or later than before, depending on where they live on the new routes.
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I'd like to be able to tell my postman just to "hold" my parcels at the sorting office though and pop a card through my door. It seems such a waste trekking them round the streets when I won't be in to accept it (my neighbours often work nights, so I'd hate for them to be woken).
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I'd be happy for parcels to be held at the sorting office provided the sorting office was open daily until 8pm to allow me to collect it. A 3 hour window on a Saturday is not sufficient.
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Today, asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass within 17,200 miles—or 15 minutes—of Earth, according to scientist Bill Nye.
While the asteroid, which Nye said is comparable in size to the one responsible for the 1908 Tunguska event, is expected to pass harmlessly by, Nye said it is a very close shave, relatively speaking.
"This one will miss us by about 15 minutes," Nye explained. "Fifteen minutes difference and that's it."
If it were not for those 15 minutes, life for millions of people could end.
"If such a meteor were to hit Atlanta or New York City or Boston, that would be it for those municipalities," Nye said. As much as 1,200 square miles would be destroyed, Nye added.
According to Nye, there are approximately 100,000 "Earth-crossing" asteroids and, for the first time in human history, the possibility exists that something could be done should one threaten Earth.
"It is something that we as humans all over the world ought to get involved in," he said.
The flyby won't be visible to the eye, but some observatories will broadcast the event online. EarthSky.org has compiled a list of links to online viewing for those who want to tune in for live images.
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Tonawanda News — Clayton Hess has had a target on his back all season. Tonawanda coach Hank Hughes knew that opposing defenses were going to focus on his star, but the senior has still put up big offensive numbers to carry his team on most nights.
He scored 27 points on Friday night against Cleveland Hill — more than half of Tonawanda's points — but it wasn't enough. The Eagles outscored the Warriors, 33-23 in the second half to secure a 55-47 victory.
The Eagles remain unbeaten in ECIC IV and the Warriors (5-6, 2-3 ECIC IV), now with three league losses, are trying to stay afloat in the league. Hughes said it's been even more difficult because his team isn't used to losing.
"The last two years, we're not used to losing at all," Hughes said. "Now it's happening a bit and I think Clayton is feeling a bit of the pressure. ... I think he's a tad overwhelmed and a little frustrated because teams are keying in on him so much. It's tough on a young kid, but he's doing a great job scoring."
The Warriors came out strong in the first quarter, holding the Eagles scoreless for the first five minutes. Hess scored 15 of his 27 in the first half and was hitting almost everything he put up — he sunk two step-back 3-pointers at the end of the first quarter to energize the home fans.
After 16 minutes, Tonawanda led by two and Hughes said after the game he was thrilled with the defensive effort his players gave all game, especially in the first half. But in the second half, Cleve Hill scored the first eight points and went on a 12-2 run. Tonawanda made a few runs and came within four with just over a minute left, but the Eagles converted their free throws to close out the win.


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by Cindra Halm
Something haunts Tracy K. Smiths second book of poems—perhaps the invisible yet palpable veil between life and death. Yet Duende doesnt present as mystical, or even morbid, although its often melancholy. Ordinary and varied themes of relationships, the weathers that swell and recede inside and outside of bodies, historical and newsworthy episodes, and music and film references all populate the book. As does the duende itself, the Spanish term for a restless daemon. Its Portuguese cousin, saudade, a vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist also appears, as do poem titles such as Astral and The Nobodies, entities that hover above and beyond physicality. These force fields, feelings, and diffuse states of being are the tonal characters, like charged electricity, that inhabit the spaces among narration, scene, and line.
So the duende, in all of its in- and dis- carnations, coheres the volume as the strong and intriguing organizational thread. On the page, however, the poems remain grounded in vibrant images, persona voices (a long-dead species of tiny human; kidnapped teens in Uganda; poetry itself), and specific places (Brazil in particular), even as they contemplate ethereal meaning. Here is the beginning of El Mar, offered in Lucille Clifton-like snapshot-musings:
There was a sea in my marriage.
And air. I sat in the middle
In a tiny house afloat
On night-colored waves.
One of Smiths strengths is the quiet slide into surprising metaphor, as in the beginning of the sonnet Diego,—
Winter is a boa constrictor
Contemplating a goat. Nothing moves,
Save for the river, making its way
Steadily into ice. A state of consternation.
—or the poignant, long-lined couplets of Letter to a Photojournalist Going-In:
You go by bus or truck, days at a time, just taking it
When they throw you in a room or kick at your gut,
Taking it when a strong fist hammers person after person
A little deeper into the ground. Your camera blinks:
In History the most daring and stylistically different piece of the collection, the poems own voice, in separate and unique sections, weaves a creation story of heritage, language, human suffering and success—of how words make the work of the world manifest, and how restlessness is at the root of that manifestation ah, duende again. This ambitious poem about naming and the power inherent in that articulation feels both volatile and intricately wrought.
More full of innuendo and intertwined voices than Smiths debut book, The Bodys Question, Duende pays homage to and beautifully expands upon Federico Garcia Lorcas idea that a felt perception of death-in-life underscores all creativity. In fact, reading this volume—which is epic in impulse and dramatic in gesture—is like watching a production of a Lorca play: while you may be the reader/viewer, privy to a world of both sensuality and shadow, theres the uncanny feeling that someone, something, may be reading/watching you.
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Petaluma native Julia Ruth Ross, who engaged passionately with the world — through rich personal relationships but also economics, which she termed "the study of choices" — died March 15, barely a month after her Feb. 8 marriage. She was 29 and living in Santa Ana.
She died of septic shock at Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach a day after being admitted, said her father, Joseph West of Petaluma. She had experienced mild, flu-like symptons for a few months, he said, but nothing that would have indicated a fatal outcome.
Results of a coroner's investigation are pending.
Ross was born Julia West on April 27, 1983. She graduated from Petaluma High School in 2001, her youth characterized by wide-ranging interests and the determined personality that was her signature.
A green-haired punk rocker, she was among the first girls to play Little League baseball. She was a voracious reader who also played youth soccer and worked with the Youth Conservation Corp in Point Reyes National Sea Shore. She had a brain for mathematics and an equal ability to approach anyone she wanted to meet.
"She was just sweeping up every life experience she could," her father said. "And she collected people; she wasn't afraid to walk up to anybody."
Even as a teenager who at times resisted her parents, she continued also to embrace them, said her mother, Dru West.
"What I cherish about Julia is she kept growing and growing into who she was more and more," her mother said. "She always was just so loving to us, even when she was determined to be who she was."
She added: "I felt honored that I got to raise this beautiful girl who became a beautiful woman. She continued to help me grow as a human being, as a mother and as a woman."
Ross studied business at Santa Rosa Junior College and in 2007 earned her bachelors degree in economics, with a minor in applied mathematics, from Humboldt State University.
She studied for her Ph.D. in economics at UC Irvine, on a full scholarship, but left with her masters degree in 2009 to apply her knowledge in a "real world" environment.
When she met Eric Ross, a hardware engineer who would become her husband, she said to him: "Economics is awesome because it is all about the study of choices. People have infinite wants and desires, with limited resources, so folks have to figure out how to choose what to do with our resources. You can apply it to everything in life."
At her death, Ross was a senior consultant at Urban Sciences in Long Beach.
Joseph West, an engineer, recalled that after years of coaching his daughter in mathematics, she returned from UC Irvine eager to show him her final exam in the subject.
"I said, 'Julia you've gone so far beyond me that I can't even understand the questions,'" West said. "And she got this huge grin on her face — and it was so wonderful. You love it when your children surpass you."
Ross's survivors also include her brother Marc Fish of Inverness and her sisters Nancy Martin and Laura West of Petaluma.
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A new year brings 750-plus new laws for California residents. Ten of those laws were authored or co-authored by Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher and Sen. Joel Anderson who both represent Rancho Bernardo. Here's a complete list of laws that will go into effect beginning Sunday.
Fletcher authored or co-authored the following new laws:
- AB 648, co-authored by Assemblyman Marty Block, D-Lemon Grove, requires that the district attorney and victims in criminal cases to be notified when a defendant applies for clemency.
- AB 687, co-authored by Assemblywoman Beth Gaines, R-Roseville, streamlines the adoption process and amends certain laws including the delegation of "certain authority to a licensed private adoption agency that has provided adoption-related services to a birth parent or prospective adoptive parent."
- AB 754 allows for deployed, active military service members to file declaration of candidacy or nomination papers by an attorney.
- AB 813, co-authored by Gaines, "cleans up" certain provisions of last year's AB 1844, or as it is colliquially known, Chelsea's Law. Among the changes, it allows the California Sex Offender Management Board to hold closed sessions and immunes board members from liability "for good faith conduct."
- AB 1014 exempts brewers from California Retail Food Code requirements and allows for craft beer makers to open tasting rooms if food is not served.
- AB 1111, co-authored by Holly Mitchell, D-El Segundo, "would prohibit a court from garnishing wages or levying a bank account for the enforcement and collection of fees, fines, forfeitures, or penalties imposed by a court against a person under 25 years of age" if the court finds proof that the person is homeless.
- AB 1247 seeks to improve pension reform transparency and requires CalPERS to report annually, among other changes.
Anderson authored or co-authored the following new laws:
- SB 918 allows a mutual water company to elect directors to staggered 4-year terms rather than at annual board meetings.
- SB 26, co-authored by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Los Angeles, increases penalties for illegal use, possession or transporting of a cell phone and "facilitates the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation's efforts to implement a managed access system to block authorized wireless transmissions."
- AB 316, co-authored by Assemblywoman Wilmer Carter, D-Rialto, classifies stolen copper materials exceeding $950 as grand theft.
Check back with Patch to find a list of the "10 Most Interesting New California Laws."


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The Bronx Writers' Center Workshops
at the Future Home of the Bronx Council on the Arts
A Series of Free Workshops and Events for Writers
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
6:30-7pm Speed Writing: Meet other writers while responding to short writing prompts. Bring work in progress.
7-8:30pm Living in Sequence: A Graphic Novel Workshop Ray Felix,Executive Director of the Bronx Heroes Comic Con, will lead an intense workshop on this growing format. He will speak to writing, drawing and publishing. All who are interested in the genre are encouraged to attend. FREE.
This event is part of The Big Read in the Bronx. Participants will receive a free copy of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. (Supplies are limited.)
All welcome! Bring a notebook, a pen and your creative energy.
The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. For more information, visit www.neabigread.org.
Additional support is provided by the Robert Bowne Foundation and the New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund INC., and the Westchester Square Branch of the New York Public Library
The Bronx Writers Center supports and develops the appetite for writing and reading in the Bronx. The BWC searches for and promotes new voices and audiences and engages the community in literary and literacy programs.
The Bronx Writers Center, a program of the Bronx Council on the Arts, is supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Robert A.Bowne Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts' Literature Program, NYC Council Member James Vacca, New York City Department of Youth and Community Development,Arts Midwest, the Scherman Foundation, the Lambent Foundation, NYC Department of Small Business Services/Avenue NYC and the Westchester Square Branch of the New York Public Library.
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EnerVault Nears Completion of Its First Commercial-Scale Flow Battery
The flow battery market is defined more by grandiose claims than by commercial projects in the ground. But with $24.5 million in funding and an executive team hailing from SunPower, Tesla, and a range of other companies, EnerVault is now going public with its performance expectations.[read more]
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Watch the Rolling Stones record Sympathy for the Devil. There's a lot of magic happening in bedroom project studios these days but I wish more productions were still created like this.
"Sympathy for the Devil is also the title of a producer's edit of a 1968 film by Jean-Luc Godard whose own original version is called One Plus One. The film, a depiction of the late 1960s American counterculture, also featured the Rolling Stones in the process of recording the song in the studio." – DRJVancouver
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Giant mutant spiders invade Manhattan. In 3D. I'm sold. Spiders 3D is the newest film from Tibor Takacs (The Gate; I, Madman) and stars Patrick Muldoon (Starship Troopers, Stigmata), Christa Campbell (Drive Angry, The Mechanic), William Hope (Aliens, Dark Shadows), Pete Lee Wilson (Blade II) Jon Mack (Saw VI) and Sydney Sweeney (The Ward). In the film, a defunct Soviet space station crashes into a New York subway, bringing with it a new breed of space spiders that quickly mutate to massive proportions.
Did I mention it is in 3D? Really, what better way to enjoy giant mutant spiders than in 3D? Spiders 3D will have its world premiere at the 2012 3D Film Festival in Los Angeles. The fest runs September 20th-22nd in Downtown Los Angeles, with Spiders 3D playing on the 20th.
For more info and to buy tickets, visit 3DFF.org. And in the meantime, enjoy this new stills.